Re: let: 08: value too great for base (error token is 08) Re: [SLUG] passing parameter to a shell script

2004-08-03 Thread stuartc
the script seems to work in as far as it proces the logs through awstats, but, ocassionaly I get these errors: ./awstatsproc: let: 08: value too great for base (error token is 08) ./awstatsproc: let: 09: value too great for base (error token is 09) Numbers starting with leading 0 are Octal

Re: [SLUG] tcl script - help needed

2004-07-28 Thread stuartc
I need to write a tcl script to provide a GUI over a shell script. Like every other work project this is a yesterday project and I cannot find a site easily on how to write tcl. I have a sample script but it is fairly rough, so I have the 'script structure' it is the gui elements that I

Re: [SLUG] possible bug in libc

2004-07-12 Thread stuartc
On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 13:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Long shot, but have you looked in to the possibly that the machines have been cracked? Might be worth running chkrootkit over them. invader_zim at cia.com.au??? must be cracked! Stuart. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List

Re: [slug] messing up your windows box

2004-05-12 Thread stuartc
Actually, it's not my quote, and I recall that someone else made the statement that connecting a Windows box to the Internet should be a criminal offence. It is grossly irresponsible to connect a Windows machine directly to the net. ;-) -- John Wiltshire on the Sydney Linux User Group

Re: [SLUG] Opinions: SuSE vs Debian?

2004-05-10 Thread stuartc
Hi James, I've been a happy Debian user for nearly 4 years now and have no real desire to switch distro's just for kicks and giggles. I've done a few kicks and giggles distro switches in my time, they are fun for a while but one grows out of the habit. At one workplace I had a 40GB drive

Re: [SLUG] [OT] Way off topic cry for help - recovering a word doc

2004-03-17 Thread stuartc
Can you put it up on a web site somewhere where we can pull it down and try out catdoc, antiword, etc on it. www.nada.com.au/download/ 403 compliant. Time to break out the chmod-stick... yeah i knew the file was going to be hard to recover but this makes it impossible! either that or

Re: [SLUG] Press request: Legitimate uses of P2P

2004-02-17 Thread stuartc
SLUG committee has had a reporter request the contact details of people who are making legitimate (by which I presume he means legal) use of P2P technologies. Hmmm sounds like a sting operation. All P2P is illegal; underground hackers want publicity (that's why they go underground in the

Re: [SLUG] Programming Book, for Open Source.

2003-12-23 Thread stuartc
Which lang' is used most in open source Linux application projects, is it C or C++? And can anyone suggest a book? I'm hoping there might be one that is aimed at working with OS projects, rather than just a book on how to cut code. I'll have a go at actually answering your questions :-)

Re: [SLUG] Help I just destroyed my Root filesystem

2003-06-13 Thread stuartc
I'm new to this list and I need some help! I just ran grub-install on my root partition instead of my boot partition and it appears to have wreaked it. when the old LILO bootloaded installed it used to back up the old first sector of the disk it was installing in under /boot. Hopefully GRUB