Re: [techtalk] Question for the group
There was a virus "demo" created for linux called bliss or .bliss. It would attach itselft to binaries and propagate much like win/dos based viruses. However the only damage it could do would be to files that it owned. Unless it was part of a trojan and gained root perms it wouldn't be a big threat. You could probably find more information about it if you searched at datafellows.com or maybe mcafee. -elainerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] question
It means Read The (appropriate F word) Manual K Kirby wrote: > > What is RTFM? If it's not too much trouble? > > Kelly > -- > > = http://www.MAILPUPPY.com == > 10MB, Auto-Reply, Address Book, & more FREE! > Your FREE E-Mail Retriever! > powered by OutBlaze > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Linux DNS solution?
Sally, Get BIND ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind/src/8.2.2-P5/bind-src.tar.gz It should compile and install easily on Linux. You can also probably get rpms for bind if you use redhat or friends. If this is your first experience with DNS then buy the Orielly book DNS and BIND by Cricket Liu. It is really helpful for setting up a DNS server. Once you have bind up and running and understand how to add zones and basic management your linux box can be used as a DNS server. You will also need to contact internic and register your linux box as a name server. (http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/makechanges/itts/host) -elainerd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, I have just a quick question: > > How would a linux box be used as a DNS server? > > Thanks > -Sally > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Solaris DBM files - .pag and .dir extensions?
The dir file is the database. Are you sure that the .pag files are not just symlinks to the .dir file? -elainerd Christian MacAuley wrote: > > Hi, everyone. I hope i don't get shafted for asking for some help > with Solaris Sparc ... > > I'm migrating a website from my former FreeBSD / Apache web server > over to Solaris Sparc / Apache (i'd rather not do this, but it's what > the boss man wants). The website relies on password protection via > the Apache AuthDBMUserFile directive, where usernames and passwords > are stored in a DBM file. > > I have been using the dbmmanage script that comes with Apache to > manage my DBM files. In FreeBSD i can create a DBM file called > "axess" by adding the user "jellhead" (or any username) using this > command: > dbmmanage axess adduser jellhead > > In Solaris instead of creating one file called "axess", this command > creates two files: > axess.pag > axess.dir > > Does anyone have an experience with this? > > Thanx muchly! > > ~Christian > > > » Christian MacAuley » [EMAIL PROTECTED] » http://jellspace.net > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Best OS for NAT?
FreeBSD or OpenBSD would be best for this. OpenBSD is arguably the most secure operating system around and FreeBSD is very secure out of the box and has ipnatd which does an excellent job for NAT. > Kath wrote: > > My school district is planning to switch from WinNT boxes running > proxy software to Network Address Translation. I'm gonna try to > convince the guy from the tech company who does our 'net stuff to use > a Linux distro. Which one would be the best to use? I'm favorable > towards Debian, what are your thoughts? > > Or would I be better off to use a BSD, like OpenBSD? > > - Kathy -- ******** Elaine Poulsen Product Operations Engineer Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband Can you get @Home service? http://www.home.com/now ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Distribution problems
FreeBSD Anthony Russello wrote: > > Hey all. > > Currently I am using Mandrake 7.1. But it's not quite meeting my needs as > a mailserver. Seems to be too desktop oriented for what I want to do. > > I've tried out debian, but due to the 3 day long install process just > to get a properly working box, I'm not too big a fan. If it's the best > one for the job, I guess I'll just have to suck it up and deal with it. > > Basically, I need a server based distribution, with all the built in > features of Mandrake, but all the flexibility and control of Debian. I > just started trying out Caldera, but their partitioning program during the > graphical install left much to be desired. > > Can anyone here recommend a good distribution which will allow me to get a > fully functional mailserver going without spending days just installing > and recompiling the OS and kernel but with all the flexibility and > compatibility that debian has? > > Thanks for your time. > > Anthony > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk -- Elaine Poulsen Product Operations Engineer Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband VOICE: 801.234.8319 FAX: 801.234.8480 Can you get @Home service? http://www.home.com/now "Do not approach wild animals." ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] su and PATH?
when you su use su - root or su -l root to take on roots environment. Brian Sweeney wrote: > > Hey all- > > Quick questions that's been bugging me for some time...if I telnet to a > machine as a normal user and SU as root, I don't gain any of the root user's > standard PATH. So when I try to execute programs I have to specify > /usr/sbin, or /usr/bin, or whatever. I'm using bash. > > I know this is one of those things where I'm missing something REALLY basic > about my understanding of environment variables, so I'm figuring someone out > there's got an answer that'll make me say "DOH! Right. That makes sense." > > Anyone? > > -Brian > > - > Brian J. Sweeney > Systems Admin > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk -- Elaine Poulsen Product Operations Engineer Excite@Home - The Leader in Broadband VOICE: 801.234.8319 FAX: 801.234.8480 Can you get @Home service? http://www.home.com/now "Do not approach wild animals." ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] can't get my gcc working as cc
Check the Makefile for something like: CC=cc change cc to gcc. That may work. alissa bader wrote: > Hey there all, yet another really solaris question, > but I think it's general enough to apply to this list > :> > > I have installed gcc and it seems to work all right. > but when i try to compile some software that asks for > cc, the compile fails. I've tried setting up a > symbolic link for /usr/ucb/cc to gcc, that doesn't > work at all. Any other suggestions? thanks! > > --alissa > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. > http://im.yahoo.com/ > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Re: [grrltalk] girly t-shirts
I buy geeky clothes from www.thinkgeek.com. There is also www.copyleft.net and www.nerdgear.com sara ruohotie wrote: > > and whatnot printed on them. did anythinghappen with that?? i'm really > > interested in getting some shirts like that if they are available...let me > > afaik nothing has happened, but i was just wondering whether there is > a shop, where one can go and buy geek-stuff. a shop in nyc or boston > or something. a shop *anywhere*? > > > stephani > > sara > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] OpenBSD vs. Debian 2.2
Yes. The warm fuzzy feeling of knowing you are running a superior operating system. ;-) Kath wrote: > I'm using Debian 2.2 (potato) for my school's webserver right > now. Would there be any benefits in changing the OS to OpenBSD 2.7 > (Besides security, of course)? - Kath ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] Re: OpenBSD vs. Debian 2.2
Bek, See www.defcon1.org and www.freebsdrocks.com for sites that have good examples, HOWTOs for FreeBSD. Bek Oberin wrote: > curious wrote: > > Jumping from Debian to OpenBSD requires a little learning curve since > > devices/default shells and lots of commands behave diffrently and use > > diffrent switches... > > Do you happen to know of a resource along the lines of "BSD for > Linux Users"? > > I'd class myself as an experienced used, having had extensive > experience with several different distributions (currently using > Debian) but as I want to be a Sysadmin one day I recognize that I > need to learn a few different Unices. I'm planning on installing > FreeBSD on a spare computer I have here and networking it to my > existing ones, hopefully to use it as a gateway server when I get > as far as grokking NAT etc. > > I have a book "The Comprete FreeBSD" by Greg Lehey which is > pretty good but obviously oriented at somebody who hasn't used > Unix before. It's been helpful and I have read through it, but > something that covered -just- the differences would be even > better! > > bekj > -- > : --Hacker-Neophile-Eclectic-Geek-Grrl-Queer-Disabled-Boychick-- > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tertius.net.au/~gossamer/ > : Dare to dream, hope, believe, seek, feel, find, and love. > : -- Mike Hull > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] "MS Office" type software
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Re: [techtalk] Bind gui frontend?
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Re: [techtalk] killing processes on dead pts/n 's
Are you using kill -9 to kill it? David Merrill wrote: > > Greetings, > > I access my linux box from work with PuTTY, and occasionally I lose my > connection. When this happens, I wind up with a process (mutt usually, > or vi) that is still running, that I sometimes cannot kill using > "kill", or with top. It seems to be because the process no long has a > pts associated with it. > > Is there any other way to reliably kill such a process and free its > resources? It's not a huge problem, but after I've accumulated a dozen > or so of these, it bugs me. > > tia, > > -- > Dr. David C. Merrill http://www.lupercalia.net > Linux Documentation Project [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Collection Editor & Coordinatorhttp://www.linuxdoc.org >Finger me for my public key > > "Violence accomplishes nothing." What a contemptible lie! Raw, naked > violence has settled more issues throughout history than any other method > ever employed. Perhaps the city fathers of Carthage could debate the > issue, with Hitler and Alexander as judges? > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] LILO problems
After making your changes to the conf file, run the command lilo and then make sure it doesn't report any errors. Your changes should now be live. -elainerd A Kozic wrote: > > I've got my laptop set to dual boot RedHat & Win98, with linux as the > default. My boyfriend uses the computer to play windows-specific games, > and very frequently he isn't paying attention to the computer when it > boots, so it goes into linux. This is a real pain for him, and a few times > he's turned the power off while it was booting because he didn't want to > wait. > > I have tried editing the lilo.conf file, but it doesn't seem to be > acknowledging my changes. Setting default=dos does nothing, but > all changes I make seem to do nothing. For example I have tried changing > the lable of other partition from "dos" to "Windows" or "win" or "DOS". I > reboot, and lilo still says "linux, dos". > > When I look at the file again, my changes have been saved. > > Is there possibly more than one copy of lilo.conf? Can other settings > elsewhere override it? > > -- A Kozic > > >A Kozic| Tell a man there are 300,000,000,000 stars > ICQ 97567379 | in the universe and he will believe you. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Tell him a bench has wet paint on it and > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | he'll have to touch it to be sure. > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
