Remote conversion of server from RedHat to Debian?

2002-01-16 Thread Andy Gardner
OK. Any ideas of the best way to remotely change the linux distro on a dedicated server from Redhat to Debian? No, the machine doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. Thanks for any help. -- Andrew P. Gardner barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP? We could ask ICANN to

Help - just deleted root's crontab - recovery?

2002-12-06 Thread Andy Gardner
Doh. Typed crontab -r instead of crontab -e Any way of recovering the file or even getting a partial copy from a cache somewhere on the box? Stupid stupid stupid. -- Andrew P. Gardner barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP? We could ask ICANN to send WIPO a cl

Re: Some help with mod rewrite needed.

2003-03-13 Thread Andy Gardner
>Hi, > >I am currently struggling with Apache's mod_rewrite. >What I need to do is the following: > >Every URL on the domain mydomain.com should be redirected to: >http://www.some-other-domain.com/some-aspfile.asp?something > > >So basically the whole domain should be redirected to *one* specific p

rpc.statd buffer overflow attempt?

2003-03-22 Thread Andy Gardner
Just noticed the following in logs for one of my servers: Mar 21 22:28:23 your rpc.statd[196]: gethostbyname error for ^X—ø^X—ø^Z—ø^Z—ø%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\220\220\220\220\22 0\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2

Re: COMMERCIAL: Anyone leasing a debian server?

2000-04-10 Thread Andy Gardner
Hi, Zentek International does provide such a service using Debian servers. If you would like more information, just mail me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] As for the availability of other companies using Debian, i can tell you that you'd be hard pressed to find even a handful. I use nextvision.net a

Re: COMMERCIAL: Anyone leasing a debian server?

2000-04-10 Thread Andy Gardner
I checked the communitech.net website... such as at their dedicated server webpage (http://www.communitech.net/hosting/dedicated/unix/packages.cgi ) and they all stated they run Redhat 6.1. Maybe you could direct us to the correct webpage for debian hosting? http://www.communitech.net/hosting/dedic

Dual port serial card required

2000-08-22 Thread Andy Gardner
Hi fellow Debian ISP'ers. In the past I've helped out a Net Cafe in a small town in Mexico get their dial-up going, so the local people don't get fleeced by the telco's. They were running 2 lines, but now need to expand. Problem is, we can't locate a dual port serial card locally, and they're n

Re: followup: inittab weirdness?

2000-08-23 Thread Andy Gardner
List; In regards to /etc/inittab being altered to spawn a getty on ttyS3 on reboot. Tried the egrep -r (through the entire filesystem) and ttyS3 shows up in /dev/mem, /dev/core, /dev/kmem/, /etc/inittab and in /var/run/stab, some docs,/usr/include/asm/serial.h and in the logs. Thanks for the tip

Re: DNS master and NOTIFY

2001-04-23 Thread Andy Gardner
>> My understanding of DNS/BIND is that the SOA and NS entries are in >> seconds, which would explain your problem quite nicely... why don't you >> try to change the numbers to the actual seconds, and see if that >> helps... see my soa below... > > I tried and it doesn't fix the problem. Any other

Remote conversion of server from RedHat to Debian?

2002-01-16 Thread Andy Gardner
OK. Any ideas of the best way to remotely change the linux distro on a dedicated server from Redhat to Debian? No, the machine doesn't have a CD-ROM drive. Thanks for any help. -- Andrew P. Gardner barcelona.com stolen, stmoritz.com stays. What's uniform about the UDRP? We could ask ICANN to s

Contacting a linux box behind a vicious cable internet firewall?

2002-08-16 Thread Andy Gardner
OK. I have a debian machine on a cable internet connection and I want to ssh into it from the outside. Currently can't do it. The Cable ISP blocks ALL ICMP traffic which certainly doesn't help. My first thought is to set the machine up to punch a stunnel connection through to dedicated server in

Re: Contacting a linux box behind a vicious cable internet firewall?

2002-08-18 Thread Andy Gardner
onnect to a port on that >trusted host from a 3rd computer and get redirected back in to the firewall >one. Hmm, I probably havn't explained it very well, but check it out >anyway. > >http://www.me.lv/jp/ > >Hope this helps. > >- Original Message - &g

Re: ISP shopping list

2002-08-27 Thread Andy Gardner
And you need to tell us how you will be connecting to your upstream provider. DS0? The linux box you need doesn't have to be a screamer. 2nd hand would be fine. How many incoming lines will you require? Buy a multi-port serial card, and modems. Of course, if the terrain allows it, and to preven

Re: Bandwidth... compression... saving $$?

2002-09-02 Thread Andy Gardner
At 9:12 PM +0200 9/2/02, Russell Coker wrote: >The best thing that people in countries like Australia can do is to lobby >their politicians to change some of the telecommunications laws. Allowing >more competition in the local telecoms market would lower prices. Which is when the monoploy telco w

Re: Some help with mod rewrite needed.

2003-03-13 Thread Andy Gardner
>Hi, > >I am currently struggling with Apache's mod_rewrite. >What I need to do is the following: > >Every URL on the domain mydomain.com should be redirected to: >http://www.some-other-domain.com/some-aspfile.asp?something > > >So basically the whole domain should be redirected to *one* specific p

rpc.statd buffer overflow attempt?

2003-03-22 Thread Andy Gardner
Just noticed the following in logs for one of my servers: Mar 21 22:28:23 your rpc.statd[196]: gethostbyname error for ^X—ø^X—ø^Z—ø^Z—ø%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%8x%62716x%hn%51859x%hn\220\220\220\220\220\220\22 0\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\220\2

Re: mod_rewrite : the weapon of mass-destruction.

2003-06-20 Thread Andy Gardner
The first item of the rewrite command cannot include a hostname in it, only the location on the host and name of the object they're asking for. You need to use a RewriteCond clause before the RewriteRule to check the host name. Refer to http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html Rewrite

Re: Debian on a Dell-Server???

2004-01-02 Thread Andy Gardner
http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.html http://www.hadrons.org/~guillem/docs/redhat-debianize.txt On Jan 2, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Daniel Holze wrote: Hello debian-isp, Anyone know, if i can Debian on an Dell-Server? Dell says olny RedHat9 :-/ -- Best wishes, DWL-Deutsche Webleas

Re: AOL testing new anti-spam technology

2004-01-23 Thread Andy Gardner
On Jan 23, 2004, at 7:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: spf.pobox.com Am I correct in thinking that if I set up a TXT DNS record "v=spf1 -all" for all domains that DON'T have email addresses attached to them, that this will prevent people from hijacking those domains to use for fake email address

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Andy Gardner
Just be aware that it's actual mod_alias rather than mod_rewrite lines in that extract, so the first line should be Of course, it will only break due to the error if you don't have mod_rewrite loaded. On Jun 7, 2004, at 11:58 AM, Robert Cates wrote: Thanks much! The rewrite solution looks

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Andy Gardner
The only problem I have with using Mod_Rewrite for this sort of thing is if you want to do it to every VirtualHost on your server, and you're a heavy user of Mod_Rewrite, you have to add that entire set to EVERY VirtualHost container, because Mod_Rewrite commands within a VirtualHost container

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Andy Gardner
http://127.0.0.1 On Jun 7, 2004, at 3:41 PM, Dena Whitebirch wrote: I was getting pounded by these too and am wondering though if it worried anyone else that we might be considered to be attacking Microsoft by doing this rewrite? Might there be a similar way to just 'stop' them like sending th

Re: spam from an auto-responder

2004-06-15 Thread Andy Gardner
You could always tell him that he's just handing his new email address out to all the spambots testing his old one. That might scare him enough to turn the damn thing off. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: SPAM

2000-02-28 Thread Andy Gardner
you can use sendmail's access table feature, see www.sendmail.org i have almost 700 domains/networks blocked in mine. you can add custom messages to it too which is cool. Got nothing better to do with your day than constantly update the list? http://www.orbs.org would be my vote. Since you're runni

Re: SPAM

2000-02-28 Thread Andy Gardner
Just keep in mind that ORBS amounts to a "denial-of-service" service. They do not verify the sites submitted before placing them on their black hole list. They run an open-relay test first. You're just upset because you ended up on a black list once. -- Andrew P. Gardner Never underestimate the po

Does hotmail using any spam blocking services?

2003-04-15 Thread Andy Gardner
We have an smtp server that delivers mail to hotmail fine (well, their server says it's been accepted) but it never reaches it's destination mailbox. A while back someone sent a spam with a fake reply address that pointed to a domain whose mail is handled by that machine. Anyone know what spam b

Re: mod_rewrite : the weapon of mass-destruction.

2003-06-21 Thread Andy Gardner
The first item of the rewrite command cannot include a hostname in it, only the location on the host and name of the object they're asking for. You need to use a RewriteCond clause before the RewriteRule to check the host name. Refer to http://httpd.apache.org/docs/mod/mod_rewrite.html RewriteC

Re: Debian on a Dell-Server???

2004-01-02 Thread Andy Gardner
http://trilldev.sourceforge.net/files/remotedeb.html http://www.hadrons.org/~guillem/docs/redhat-debianize.txt On Jan 2, 2004, at 12:36 PM, Daniel Holze wrote: Hello debian-isp, Anyone know, if i can Debian on an Dell-Server? Dell says olny RedHat9 :-/ -- Best wishes, DWL-Deutsche Webleasing o

Re: AOL testing new anti-spam technology

2004-01-23 Thread Andy Gardner
On Jan 23, 2004, at 7:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: spf.pobox.com Am I correct in thinking that if I set up a TXT DNS record "v=spf1 -all" for all domains that DON'T have email addresses attached to them, that this will prevent people from hijacking those domains to use for fake email addresse

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Andy Gardner
Just be aware that it's actual mod_alias rather than mod_rewrite lines in that extract, so the first line should be Of course, it will only break due to the error if you don't have mod_rewrite loaded. On Jun 7, 2004, at 11:58 AM, Robert Cates wrote: Thanks much! The rewrite solution looks

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Andy Gardner
The only problem I have with using Mod_Rewrite for this sort of thing is if you want to do it to every VirtualHost on your server, and you're a heavy user of Mod_Rewrite, you have to add that entire set to EVERY VirtualHost container, because Mod_Rewrite commands within a VirtualHost container

Re: SEARCH attack

2004-06-07 Thread Andy Gardner
http://127.0.0.1 On Jun 7, 2004, at 3:41 PM, Dena Whitebirch wrote: I was getting pounded by these too and am wondering though if it worried anyone else that we might be considered to be attacking Microsoft by doing this rewrite? Might there be a similar way to just 'stop' them like sending th

Re: spam from an auto-responder

2004-06-16 Thread Andy Gardner
You could always tell him that he's just handing his new email address out to all the spambots testing his old one. That might scare him enough to turn the damn thing off.

Dual port serial card required

2000-08-22 Thread Andy Gardner
Hi fellow Debian ISP'ers. In the past I've helped out a Net Cafe in a small town in Mexico get their dial-up going, so the local people don't get fleeced by the telco's. They were running 2 lines, but now need to expand. Problem is, we can't locate a dual port serial card locally, and they're

Re: followup: inittab weirdness?

2000-08-23 Thread Andy Gardner
>List; > >In regards to /etc/inittab being altered to spawn a getty on ttyS3 on >reboot. > > >Tried the egrep -r (through the entire filesystem) and ttyS3 shows up in >/dev/mem, /dev/core, /dev/kmem/, /etc/inittab and in /var/run/stab, some >docs,/usr/include/asm/serial.h and in the logs. > >Tha

Re: DNS master and NOTIFY

2001-04-23 Thread Andy Gardner
>> My understanding of DNS/BIND is that the SOA and NS entries are in >> seconds, which would explain your problem quite nicely... why don't you >> try to change the numbers to the actual seconds, and see if that >> helps... see my soa below... > > I tried and it doesn't fix the problem. Any other