Re: How to set system-wide PATH

2001-10-22 Thread Alexander List
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Joe Hu wrote: > Does anybody know how to set default sytem-wide PATH? After installing > Apache, I'd like to add /usr/local/apache/bin to the system path. I don't > want to do it in the .bash_profile, because that only works after a shell > session is started. $ man bash # s

Re: 3com 905c

2001-09-28 Thread Alexander List
On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, Christofer Algotsson wrote: > p166mhz w/ 128Mb RAM, five SCSI-disks, 3c905b, some PCI videocard. I'm not sure if this applies to your particular problem, but from my experience with 3com cards on old mainboards... Have you had a look at the PCI bus? Is the mainboard's bus c

Re: fork bomb protection

2002-01-31 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Thedore Knab wrote: > Although I have spent a lot of time securing things, I still fear that > fork bombs may kill the box. > > Is there a way in the 2.4.17 kernel to prevent fork bombs from crashing > a system ? I think ulimit (builtin of bash) is your friend. Try ulimit -

Re: Mass installation procedure for Debian?

2002-02-02 Thread Alexander List
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Oliver Andrich wrote: > I have to deal in the near future with a lot of Debian machines, that I will > setup and configure for two customers. I like to develop or use some mechanism > for mass installation of these machines, and for easily s

Re: AW: dist-upgrade on remote server

2002-02-05 Thread Alexander List
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > Be extra careful with network drivers! A small hint from someone currently 2000km away from his machines: I had to play with a new firewalling setup, meaning that there was a big chance to lock myself out. Given

Re: Mass installation procedure for Debian?

2002-02-06 Thread Alexander List
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Oliver Andrich wrote: > many thanks for the hints, ideas and all this. I have to look at the different > approaches and what comes closest to what I really want. Much to read and > test. Please come up with your findings here, at least I'm very interested in other people's ex

Re: Building custom kernel based off stock debian kernel

2002-02-07 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Nick Jennings wrote: > After examining the source tree from this, I have found that it does > not have a .config at all, and I do not this any of the debian patches > have been applied. This looks like kernel.org source. This is a plain source, as it only contains the tarb

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-14 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Russell Coker wrote: > > This is becomming not scalable, and I want to start to use a mail > > server with auth based on sql, using MySQL for example. I am thinking in > > use a debian woody( I'll wait till woody becomes stable), with sendmail as > > smtp server, but I am

Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox

2002-02-16 Thread Alexander List
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new messages. Huomenta! No concrete so

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Alexander List
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Craig Sanders wrote: > the particular mail server that needs conversion has about 6000 users. > most of whom have very small mailboxes. some have obscenely large > mailboxes (200MB or more). last time i checked there was a total of > about 6GB in /var/spool/mail If you hav

Re: upgrading just one "stable" package to "testing" version

2002-03-19 Thread Alexander List
If you just want single Packages from other versions of the distribution, without upgrading all the rest, you might be interested in http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2002/1/mail and adapting that to your needs. regards Alex -- "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plan

Re: gated on woody

2002-04-19 Thread Alexander List
On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to get gated working on an fresh installed woody. > It compiles with no errors but I can't even bring gated to check > his conf file (-C). All I get is an simple "Abort". Have you tried to strace it to find out why it aborts? Alex --

Re: [sendmail] Virtual domains

2002-05-13 Thread Alexander List
On Mon, 13 May 2002, Davi Leal wrote: Hola Davi! > Reference: http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html > FEATURE(`genericstable', `hash /etc/mail/genericstable')dnl > GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/generics-domains')dnl > I have made a '/etc/mail/genericstable' file with two lines: > mj [

Re: How to set system-wide PATH

2001-10-22 Thread Alexander List
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Joe Hu wrote: > Does anybody know how to set default sytem-wide PATH? After installing > Apache, I'd like to add /usr/local/apache/bin to the system path. I don't > want to do it in the .bash_profile, because that only works after a shell > session is started. $ man bash # se

Re: Mass installation procedure for Debian?

2002-02-02 Thread Alexander List
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Oliver Andrich wrote: > I have to deal in the near future with a lot of Debian machines, that I will > setup and configure for two customers. I like to develop or use some mechanism > for mass installation of these machines, and for easily se

Re: AW: dist-upgrade on remote server

2002-02-05 Thread Alexander List
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Florian Friesdorf wrote: > Be extra careful with network drivers! A small hint from someone currently 2000km away from his machines: I had to play with a new firewalling setup, meaning that there was a big chance to lock myself out. Given t

Re: Mass installation procedure for Debian?

2002-02-06 Thread Alexander List
On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Oliver Andrich wrote: > many thanks for the hints, ideas and all this. I have to look at the different > approaches and what comes closest to what I really want. Much to read and > test. Please come up with your findings here, at least I'm very interested in other people's exp

Re: Building custom kernel based off stock debian kernel

2002-02-07 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Nick Jennings wrote: > After examining the source tree from this, I have found that it does > not have a .config at all, and I do not this any of the debian patches > have been applied. This looks like kernel.org source. This is a plain source, as it only contains the tarba

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-14 Thread Alexander List
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Russell Coker wrote: > > This is becomming not scalable, and I want to start to use a mail > > server with auth based on sql, using MySQL for example. I am thinking in > > use a debian woody( I'll wait till woody becomes stable), with sendmail as > > smtp server, but I am

Re: ipop3d not moving mail from /var/spool/mail to mbox

2002-02-16 Thread Alexander List
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jarno Elonen wrote: > After a recent system update, ipop3d stopped moving users' mail from > /var/spool/mail to mbox. Now both 'mail' command and pop3 clients show empty > mailbox even if exim has in fact pumped /var/spool/mail full of new messages. Huomenta! No concrete sol

Re: Upgrade a mail server

2002-02-18 Thread Alexander List
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Craig Sanders wrote: > the particular mail server that needs conversion has about 6000 users. > most of whom have very small mailboxes. some have obscenely large > mailboxes (200MB or more). last time i checked there was a total of > about 6GB in /var/spool/mail If you have

OT: Looking for reliable ISP in Friedberg/Germany

2003-04-02 Thread Alexander List
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello fellow Debian users in Germany! I'm looking for an ISP in the vicinity of Augsburg/Germany (Friedberg), who're able to provide DSL or leased line access with at least one fixed IP at reasonable cost. Thanks for any pointers! Kind regards Alex

OT: Looking for reliable ISP in Friedberg/Germany

2003-04-02 Thread Alexander List
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello fellow Debian users in Germany! I'm looking for an ISP in the vicinity of Augsburg/Germany (Friedberg), who're able to provide DSL or leased line access with at least one fixed IP at reasonable cost. Thanks for any pointers! Kind regards Alex