Re: login message

2000-06-26 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 11:23:16PM +1000, Bill wrote: > Hi all > Can anyone tell me where to change the login message > when logging into Debian Box with SSH. You can put it in /etc/motd, and enable PrintMotd yes in sshd_config. Paul.

Re: login message

2000-06-26 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 11:23:16PM +1000, Bill wrote: > Hi all > Can anyone tell me where to change the login message > when logging into Debian Box with SSH. You can put it in /etc/motd, and enable PrintMotd yes in sshd_config. Paul. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

OT: ip database

2000-06-13 Thread Paul van Empelen
Hi, Does anyone know if there is a good database around for keeping track of IP addresses? I now use the reverse dns for this, but it doesn't give me any overview of VLANs, nor does it tell me if we are running out of space in a range. Preferably a tool under Debian, but payware is fine as well

OT: ip database

2000-06-13 Thread Paul van Empelen
Hi, Does anyone know if there is a good database around for keeping track of IP addresses? I now use the reverse dns for this, but it doesn't give me any overview of VLANs, nor does it tell me if we are running out of space in a range. Preferably a tool under Debian, but payware is fine as wel

grepping in ps output

2000-04-28 Thread Paul van Empelen
Hi, I am working on a bourne script that can restart services if they hang. If the process does not respond, I want to kill and restart it, but I haven't found a good way to locate it's process ID from the ps output. And not all processes use a /var/run/.pid. With the commands ps ax | grep pro

Quote of the day...

2000-04-02 Thread Paul van Empelen
Hi, We are currently building a new (web) hosting center. I recently recieved the following email regarding one of the issues: > A trolley with a console and keyboard (..) has been raised as a > requirement for the Unix platform (..). However, the canteen > asked their trolley back, and Mike

Re: Strange Network Problem (TTL?)

2000-03-09 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 04:50:42PM -0500, Chris Wagner wrote: > At 08:33 PM 3/9/00 +0100, Paul van Empelen wrote: > >Ping will show you the TTL of the returning icmp packet. I can't tell you > >exactly what the TTL does on the iron where the ping packet will bounce. > &g

Re: Strange Network Problem (TTL?)

2000-03-09 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 04:26:26AM -0500, Chris Wagner wrote: > What precisely is the TTL when it comes to pings? And what do you mean by > "open DNS"? > Ping will show you the TTL of the returning icmp packet. I can't tell you exactly what the TTL does on the iron where the ping packet will bo

Re: Strange Network Problem (TTL?)

2000-03-09 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 08:07:23PM +, Fraser Campbell wrote: > Paul van Empelen wrote: > > > Can you show us some traceroutes. And can you ping from the other side? > > Sorry I was a little short on information. We can ping other hosts on the > remote network without p

Re: Strange Network Problem (TTL?)

2000-03-08 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Wed, Mar 08, 2000 at 04:28:48PM +, Fraser Campbell wrote: > We are having a problem reaching a specific host on another network. The > host is unreachable from Windows desktop machines. I thought it might be a > problem with the TTL setting on the remote system (it still might be I > suppo

Re: SPAM

2000-02-28 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 12:13:09PM -0800, Robert H. Clugston wrote: > What can I do to stop these messages from coming in. Is there anything > to > help stop the flow of unsolicited commercial e-mails? Hi, There are a lot of sites dedicated to prevend spamming. Here are my bookmarks. Note

Re: control break on sun box

2000-02-26 Thread Paul van Empelen
On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 04:26:57PM -0500, Allen Ahoffman wrote: > Hi: > I want to set up a terminal server using a LInux box, so I can get console > access to Sun systems. > I want to eliminate the problem of when a system is power cycled it sends > out "noise" or control-break signals over the se

Bind zonefile checker

2000-02-23 Thread Paul van Empelen
Hi All, Can anyone in this list recommend a good syntax checker for zonefiles? Or even better: A management tool for BIND? Preferrably in Perl or Shell... Thanks for the answers, Paul.