Re: authentication with courier-authdaemon 0.37.3 on Woody

2004-11-22 Thread Robert Cates
56:13 lion courierpop3login: LOGIN, user=robcat, ip=[:::192.168.1.13] Nov 22 20:56:13 lion courierpop3login: LOGOUT, user=robcat, ip=[:::192.168.1.13], top=0, retr=0 any ideas? Thanks again! - Original Message - From: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL

authentication with courier-authdaemon 0.37.3 on Woody

2004-11-22 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I've installed courier-authdaemon, courier-base, courier-pop and courier-imap on my Woody server yesterday, and without really changing the configuration (much), I'm able to access my e-mail from within my LAN, but a user cannot access his account from outside (he uses a dial-up connection t

Re: decent webmail software - does it exist?

2004-11-19 Thread Robert Cates
If I understand correctly, you have experience with IlohaMail... I've just installed it, and tested it using the (default) FS backend which worked fine. But then I carefully reconfigured to use a MySQL backend, which the DB setup seems to have gone fine, however I can no longer login using the

managing user/group Quotas (ext3 - XFS filesystem)

2004-10-19 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I'm having trouble understanding setting up and managing quotas on an ext3/XFS filesystem. Can anybody lead me to good detailed documentation on using/managing quotas? The man pages just aren't helping me much. I'm wanting to manage user and/or group quotas on my ext3 filesystem, and I ha

Re: max requests a celeron web server can handle

2004-07-28 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   since you seem to asking about the 1.3 GHz Celeron machine itself, you could start with using the Apache httpd server benchmarking tool 'ab'.  There are various parameters, but you could simply execute for example -   /usr/local/apache/bin/ab http://www.your_server.com/ and you'll get

Fw: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action taken.

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
see, it happened again... I simply used a 4 letter word, beginning with "P" and ending with "n"! - Original Message - From: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ; "Matej Kovac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
who's making what decision, the largest ISP will take-over the competition, and before we know it, there will be an Internet monopoly much the same as the PC software industry of the past 20 or more years. - Original Message - From: "Russell Coker" <[EMAIL PROTECT

Fw: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action taken.

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
nal Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action taken. Trend SMEX Content Filter has detected sensitive content. Place = debian-isp@lists.debian.org; Matej Kovac; ; Robert Ca

Fw: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action taken.

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
see, it happened again... I simply used a 4 letter word, beginning with "P" and ending with "n"! - Original Message - From: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Matej Kovac" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wedn

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, why don't you make life easier for yourself and forget trying to block Spam! Let your customers and/or users be responsible for blocking Spam! There is plenty of anti-spam software out there for both Windows and Linux platforms for the end-user to choose from and use to block Spam. I mean, I

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
who's making what decision, the largest ISP will take-over the competition, and before we know it, there will be an Internet monopoly much the same as the PC software industry of the past 20 or more years. - Original Message - From: "Russell Coker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&

Fw: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action taken.

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
nal Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: ScanMail Message: To Sender, sensitive content found and action taken. Trend SMEX Content Filter has detected sensitive content. Place = [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Matej Kovac; ; Robert Cates S

Re: Which Spam Block List to use for a network?

2004-06-30 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, why don't you make life easier for yourself and forget trying to block Spam! Let your customers and/or users be responsible for blocking Spam! There is plenty of anti-spam software out there for both Windows and Linux platforms for the end-user to choose from and use to block Spam. I mean, I

Re: restricting sftp/ssh login access

2004-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
aybe somebody knows the reason why? I think my next e-mail will be to the OpenSSH project ;-) Thanks, Robert - Original Message - From: "Andreas John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Cc: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: R

Re: restricting sftp/ssh login access

2004-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, and thanks for the quick replies! Just to be a bit clearer in what I'm asking: I would like to be able to allow my customers to access their accounts (update their web sites) with sftp which as I understand it is an extention to (Open)SSH, and not FTP. I know for example that the Windows appli

Re: restricting sftp/ssh login access

2004-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
aybe somebody knows the reason why? I think my next e-mail will be to the OpenSSH project ;-) Thanks, Robert - Original Message - From: "Andreas John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28

Re: restricting sftp/ssh login access

2004-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, and thanks for the quick replies! Just to be a bit clearer in what I'm asking: I would like to be able to allow my customers to access their accounts (update their web sites) with sftp which as I understand it is an extention to (Open)SSH, and not FTP. I know for example that the Windows appli

restricting sftp/ssh login access

2004-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to restrict user logins to their home directories (or any other designated directory for that matter) using sftp/ssh. I've got my ftp server configured so that normal ftp access is restricted to their home directories, but since sftp uses (Open)SSH, it u

restricting sftp/ssh login access

2004-06-28 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I would like to know if there is a way to restrict user logins to their home directories (or any other designated directory for that matter) using sftp/ssh. I've got my ftp server configured so that normal ftp access is restricted to their home directories, but since sftp uses (Open)SSH, it u

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
OK, you've gone beyond me. What do you mean by blocking the NOP operation or jmp/mov instruction? How would you do this with an Apache server on a Linux platform? Also, wouldn't replacing the www.microsoft.com with localhost (or http://127.0.0.1/) just send the request right back to my own serve

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
You have an interesting point (worry), but one of my rules in life is that if I can prove my innocence, I really don't worry much. I would hate to have to go through the hassle though. 8-) I don't know if the RedirectMatch would trace back to my server/IP, or to the original requester. Can anyb

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
OK, you've gone beyond me. What do you mean by blocking the NOP operation or jmp/mov instruction? How would you do this with an Apache server on a Linux platform? Also, wouldn't replacing the www.microsoft.com with localhost (or http://127.0.0.1/) just send the request right back to my own serve

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
You have an interesting point (worry), but one of my rules in life is that if I can prove my innocence, I really don't worry much. I would hate to have to go through the hassle though. 8-) I don't know if the RedirectMatch would trace back to my server/IP, or to the original requester. Can anyb

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
Thanks much! The rewrite solution looks good to me as well, and I'll add to my config shortly! Thanks again, Robert - Original Message - From: "mimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 2:36

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
Thanks much! The rewrite solution looks good to me as well, and I'll add to my config shortly! Thanks again, Robert - Original Message - From: "mimo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Robert Cates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I hoping somebody can both fill me in on what this SEARCH is all about, and what I can/should do to stop it: Every so often I find a very long request in my Apache access logs that seems to be an attempted SEARCH ("SEARCH /\x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\ ..."). 1). Is this a security problem (on

SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I hoping somebody can both fill me in on what this SEARCH is all about, and what I can/should do to stop it: Every so often I find a very long request in my Apache access logs that seems to be an attempted SEARCH ("SEARCH /\x90\x02\xb1\x02\xb1\x02\ ..."). 1). Is this a security problem (on

login access to change account password only

2004-03-10 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I would like to know how I can allow a customer to login to my server using SSH (preferably using protocol 2 only) to only change the account password. I know somebody who has an ISP who allows FTP access to update her web site, and SSH access to change the account password. That is, she conn

login access to change account password only

2004-03-10 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I would like to know how I can allow a customer to login to my server using SSH (preferably using protocol 2 only) to only change the account password. I know somebody who has an ISP who allows FTP access to update her web site, and SSH access to change the account password. That is, she conn

POP3 accounts

2004-02-11 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   I would like to get a job at a nearby ISP, and therefore I'm trying to learn more on various (technical) aspects of the business.  So I would really appreciate it if somebody would explain to me how I for example can have as many as 50 or so POP3 accounts with an ISP, when I really hav

POP3 accounts

2004-02-11 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   I would like to get a job at a nearby ISP, and therefore I'm trying to learn more on various (technical) aspects of the business.  So I would really appreciate it if somebody would explain to me how I for example can have as many as 50 or so POP3 accounts with an ISP, when I really hav

managing quotas on Ext3 FS

2004-02-09 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   I'm hoping to get some insight on how to setup and manage account quotas with Debian 3.0 in an ISP environment. I have a Debian 3.0 server running, with ext3 file systems, and as I understand it the quota (3.04-1) package does not or cannot fully work with ext3 file systems.  Is there

managing quotas on Ext3 FS

2004-02-09 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   I'm hoping to get some insight on how to setup and manage account quotas with Debian 3.0 in an ISP environment. I have a Debian 3.0 server running, with ext3 file systems, and as I understand it the quota (3.04-1) package does not or cannot fully work with ext3 file systems.  Is there

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, > Even if I replace the kernel, I'm concerned that there's more involved > with the more efficient handling of threads from RH 7.3 to RH 9 than > just a kernel change -- I've installed Debian 3.0r1 with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 right from the start (no need to "replace the kernel") with the requi

Re: Still Considering Debian - But Stuck!

2004-02-02 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, > Even if I replace the kernel, I'm concerned that there's more involved > with the more efficient handling of threads from RH 7.3 to RH 9 than > just a kernel change -- I've installed Debian 3.0r1 with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4 right from the start (no need to "replace the kernel") with the requi

ftp server

2004-01-15 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   I'm hoping someone on this list can help me with an FTP server issue.   I'm running a handful of Internet services on my ADSL line - DNS, Web, e-Mail, and FTP servers. All seem to be running fine, very fast as well, but the FTP server is very slow, e.g. first logging on is quite slow,

ftp server

2004-01-15 Thread Robert Cates
Hi,   I'm hoping someone on this list can help me with an FTP server issue.   I'm running a handful of Internet services on my ADSL line - DNS, Web, e-Mail, and FTP servers. All seem to be running fine, very fast as well, but the FTP server is very slow, e.g. first logging on is quite slow,

Re: Tomcat Hosting

2004-01-13 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I have Tomcat 4.1.29 and the SUN 1.4.2_01 J2SDK installed on my Debian Woody server with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4. I also use the Tomcat binaries from their web site. No problems. If you're considering using the new Tomcat 5.0.* (stable), I would highly recommend using the SUN 1.4.2 SDK due to a

Re: Tomcat Hosting

2004-01-13 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, I have Tomcat 4.1.29 and the SUN 1.4.2_01 J2SDK installed on my Debian Woody server with kernel 2.4.18-bf2.4. I also use the Tomcat binaries from their web site. No problems. If you're considering using the new Tomcat 5.0.* (stable), I would highly recommend using the SUN 1.4.2 SDK due to a

Re:

2003-12-06 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, the 'top' command may be what you want. The very first line gives you the 'uptime' (another command). There's also memory usage info very much the same to that of 'free' (another command). Regards, Robert - Original Message - From: "Ramadoss B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re:

2003-12-05 Thread Robert Cates
Hi, the 'top' command may be what you want. The very first line gives you the 'uptime' (another command). There's also memory usage info very much the same to that of 'free' (another command). Regards, Robert - Original Message - From: "Ramadoss B" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTEC