On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:21:27PM -0800, Katie wrote:
OK, here's what I've got:
#!/bin/bash
qy | lynx https://secureweb.ucdavis.edu:443/cgi-auth/sendback?\
http://email.ucdavis.edu/news/news-succeed.html\
^^
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 20:09:05 -0800
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] newbie annoyed with tin
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On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:04:25PM -0800, Katie wrote:
#!bin/bash
echo qy | lynx
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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 21:21:27 -0800 (PST)
From: Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] newbie annoyed with tin
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, here's what I've got:
#!/bin/bash
qy | lynx https://secureweb.ucdavis.edu:443/cgi
Congratulations Katie!
I wanted to add my thanks to everyone for their comments. As someone who
doesn't post much but reads everything, I really appreciated the
information, especially Jeff's step-by-step bash script description. Those
of us mock-newbies* without specific questions also benefit
I've never written a complex shell script before. I googled around and
found some sights that gave me a clue what to do. I followed what they
said and it didn't work.
I entered and saved the info in vi, changed the permissions using chmod
a+x filename, tried to run it and nothing happened.
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 11:05:31AM -0800, Katie wrote:
snip
I entered and saved the info in vi, changed the permissions using chmod
a+x filename, tried to run it and nothing happened. I'm pretty sure
it's in the search path.
When in doubt, go into the directory where the shell script is, and
Katie wrote:
Can someone show me step by step how to make this into a shell
script?
Bill Kendrick wrote:
Well, show us what you've got.
#!bin/bash
echo qy | lynx https://secureweb.ucdavis.edu:443/cgi-auth/sendback?;;
http://email.ucdavis.edu/news/news-succeed.html;;
-force_secure
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:04:25PM -0800, Katie wrote:
#!bin/bash
echo qy | lynx https://secureweb.ucdavis.edu:443/cgi-auth/sendback?;;
http://email.ucdavis.edu/news/news-succeed.html;;
-force_secure -accept_all_cookies -auth=login:password /dev/null
That's what's in my first attempt at
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:09:05PM -0800, Bill Kendrick wrote:
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 08:04:25PM -0800, Katie wrote:
#!bin/bash
In addition to Bill's remarks below, this line needs to be
#!/bin/bash
That is, an absolute path (starts with slash) rather than a relative
one.
echo qy |
OK, here's what I've got:
#!/bin/bash
qy | lynx https://secureweb.ucdavis.edu:443/cgi-auth/sendback?\
http://email.ucdavis.edu/news/news-succeed.html\
-force_secure -accept_all_cookies -auth=login:password /dev/null
When I enter the file name at the command line I get this message:
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Katie wrote:
OK, here's what I've got:
#!/bin/bash
qy | lynx https://secureweb.ucdavis.edu:443/cgi-auth/sendback?\
http://email.ucdavis.edu/news/news-succeed.html\
-force_secure -accept_all_cookies -auth=login:password /dev/null
When I enter the file name at the
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Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 20:29:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Katie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [vox-tech] newbie annoyed with tin
To: voxt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Katie wrote:
I don't have an /etc/news/server file. I tried to create one
Maybe I should replace newbie with completely pathetic and clueless?
I don't have an /etc/news/server file. I tried to create one, but it
didn't work. Most likely I did it wrong. How would I create
/etc/news/server?
I don't know how to set anything in my login script. :-(
My user name is
Well, I did everything suggested, but when I put in tin -r it connects to
news.ucdavis.edu, but then gives me:
servers active-file contains no newsgroups
Exiting
and it takes me back to the command line. Does this have to do with what
I did?
There was already stuff in the .bashrc file, but I
Oh wise and powerful rulers of linux, I grovel before
you seeking your wisdom.
I wanted tin, so I downloaded it from the net. When I
tried to install it with KPackage I was told it needed
libncurses. So I downloaded and installed libncurses.
Then I installed tin. It seemed to be successful.
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 02:30:10AM -0800, Katie wrote:
I tried the tin -r, got a cannot connect to server
message. So I tried creating /var/lib/news/active.
That didn't work either. 2am is a bad time to be
dealing with this, maybe I just made a sloppy mistake.
What do I do? :-(
On my
Quoting Katie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
1. [...katie]$tin
2. this message flashed at the bottom of the screen
really quickly:
copyright...
can't open /var/lib/news/active
try tin -r to read news via NNTP
3. [...katie]$
By default (absent anything on the command line or user environment
katie,
try this:
$ export NNTPSERVER=news.ucdavis.edu
$ tin -r
see if that helps. this will only work as long as you're coming in
on ucd's modem pool. if you're using DSL, you'll have to use a
different news server.
just to let you know, some people like a newsreader named slrn. i have
a
on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 04:13:37AM -0800, Rod Roark ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Saturday 25 January 2003 02:30 am, Katie wrote:
Oh wise and powerful rulers of linux, I grovel before
you seeking your wisdom.
Cool. ;-)
...
I tried the tin -r, got a cannot connect to server
problem #2 of ??? :-)
So now I'm trying to install pico. I downloaded it and tried
installation through KPackage, but was told I needed:
libtinfo.so.5
I looked it up on rpmfind and it said it was contained in
ncurses-5.2-34.i686(ori386).rpm
which I downloaded, but when I tried to
on Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 03:53:34PM -0800, Katie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
problem #2 of ??? :-)
So now I'm trying to install pico.
'nano' is a free version of pico. This may aid your install.
I downloaded it and tried
installation through KPackage, but was told I needed:
On Sat, 2003-01-25 at 16:46, Karsten M. Self wrote:
This doesn't make sense to me. What do I do?
Install Debian ;-)
Or you can resolve your deps in RPM manually. One of the local RH
masochists may be able to point you to the RPM hell resolver flavor of
the week, I can't keep up with
Install Pine. Pico comes with it, and Pine comes with any
reasonable Linux distribution.
Cheers,
--
Rod Roark, Sunset Systems http://www.sunsetsystems.com/
Offering preconfigured Linux computers, custom software and
remote system administration services.
Public Key:
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003, Katie wrote:
problem #2 of ??? :-)
So now I'm trying to install pico. I downloaded it and tried
installation through KPackage, but was told I needed:
libtinfo.so.5
I looked it up on rpmfind and it said it was contained in
ncurses-5.2-34.i686(ori386).rpm
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 03:53:34PM -0800, Katie wrote:
problem #2 of ??? :-)
So now I'm trying to install pico. I downloaded it and tried
installation through KPackage, but was told I needed:
libtinfo.so.5
I looked it up on rpmfind and it said it was contained in
For those of you who answered my call for help: Thank you!
Rick, I understand I did not give you any information, and you all helped
quite a bit having nothing to work with. I figured I would have to have this
information readily available, so I'll pass it on in case you come up with
any
On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, B Raiford wrote:
For those of you who answered my call for help: Thank you!
[...]
Disk: 0 (Pri Master)
Type: ATA/IDE Size: 41.1GB Model: IBM Deskstar DTLA-305040
16383 Cylinders/ 16 Heads/ 63 Sectors
This CHS setting is a magic combination that
While Kevin Martin's page seems to be gone, the
fundamental concept in it that I didn't get elsewhere was that you need
to
make sure all your windows machines can lookup each others' names
through
hosts files or dns services without probing the internet
(unsuccessfully).
(That prevents
Quoting B Raiford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I like building my own computers, so I built one for Linux. Now I find
out almost none of the components are compatible with Red Hat (the
distribution I've got); some are compatible with SuSE (available and
recommended by a friend).
The Red Hat
Quoting B Raiford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
It was suggested that I take everything out of the box that is not needed to
bring up the basic Linux OS; I did, and it began to install.
That should not be necessary, but neither would it be harmful.
I tried to put it on a 6.4GB hard disk, but it
On Mon, 16 Sep 2002, Stephen M. Helms wrote:
I am setting up a linux router/server for my wife's work and needed some help
and wanted some suggestions. There current setup uses a windows computer to
dial up to the internet and then uses internet connection sharing to share the
internet to
For what its worth. The hardware you listed should
work (I have a ppro based box myself). If I read it
right you only have 32MB? Up it to 64MB or more if you
can. 32MB works, but things are slow. When I had
signal 11 on an install it was video card related. Do
a text based install. I would also
I'll be bringing a pair of 10BaseT 8 port hubs to the
next LUGOD meeting. They'll be free to a good home.
Marc
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On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
kevin, is this a crossover cable? my
understanding is that if you
connect two NICs together, one
Hi Bill,
Thank you for the welcoming wishes and the info.
Kevin
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 12:04 AM
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Subject: Re: [vox-tech] newbie
On Thu, Jan 10, 2002 at 07:00
light the NIC card might be bad or you are using a
crossover cable by mistake.
Jay
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From: Mark K. Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:38 PM
Subject: RE: [vox-tech] newbie
When you say no signal coming from the Linux
begin Kevin Dawson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I'm completely new to the realm of LINUX and to your discussion group.
I'm a UC Davis grad student trying to put a bioinformatics workstation
to work at home. Any idea, how I can get some help with
installation-related questions?
The acute issue
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
kevin, is this a crossover cable? my understanding is that if you
connect two NICs together, one (some? all?) of the lines need to cross over
to a different position.
my understanding is that the two signal pairs need to reverse, so they match
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
kevin, is this a crossover cable? my understanding is that if you
connect two NICs together, one (some? all?) of the lines need to cross over
to a different position.
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Gabriel Rosa wrote:
my understanding is that the two
Kevin Dawson wrote:
Hi,
I'm completely new to the realm of LINUX and to your discussion group.
I'm a UC Davis grad student trying to put a bioinformatics workstation
to work at home. Any idea, how I can get some help with
installation-related questions?
The acute issue is how to
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Kevin Dawson wrote:
The acute issue is how to connect a Windows 98 laptop to the LINUX box.
Today, I installed Redhat 7.1 and SAMBA. Consequently, the LINUX machine
can talk to itself via SAMBA but the Windows laptop doesn't see it
through the network (network == a
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On Saturday, January 12 2002 05:06 pm, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
kevin, is this a crossover cable? my understanding is that if you
connect two NICs together, one (some? all?) of the lines need to cross
over to a different position.
The orange
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