Re: Bug#44109: root access to xserver

1999-09-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
X server? Even on a multiuser system, there's no security problem, since root can connect whenever it wants to. > > If you still feel, this is a waste of your time and don't answer (feel > > free to do so), I'll forward this msg to debian-user. > If you don't understand what I'm saying or why, please do. Added debian-user to recipient list. -- Ben Bucksch http://www.bucksch.com

2.1r1 Install kills bsd- and other partitions

1999-08-09 Thread Ben Bucksch
Hi, IIRC: (1) after trying to install Debian in hda5 (this or hda9 were proposed by dselect) (see Fdisk1 below) and using hda10 as swap partition, I found hda8 and hda2(?) killed. I couldn't boot Debian, because LILO didn't want to install in hda5. (2) So I killed hda2 and created hda2 for BSD a

Re: calculating bandwidth requirements

1998-12-13 Thread Ben Bucksch
>> Having said that, is there some rough guide to calculating the mimimum >> bandwidth required to support a given number of users with 56K connections >> to my machine ? Look at your own ip-stats when you're surfing. >feed. That is a T1 in and of itself. Just grab the groups that are >requeste

Re: ISDN on linux

1998-12-11 Thread Ben Bucksch
>Please CC relies as I don't watch this list as well as I should :) Could B interesting 4U >So if anyone knows of some reasonable docs conserning linux and isdn, I would >greatly appreciate the information. >seem to mention internal ISDN cards... Anybody have any ideas? Can anyone >give me a bi

Re: QUantifiable reasons to use debian instead of redhat...?

1998-12-10 Thread Ben Bucksch
>> What I need is a lists of reasons, logical supportable reasons, that I could >> use to convice a change of standardization. Quite literally, this will decide >> what the next 50-100 systems will look like. DO they run Redhat or Debian... http://www.debian.org/intro/about http://www.debian.org/i

ISDN Configuration

1998-12-10 Thread Ben Bucksch
Hi, used isdnutils/isdnconfig to set up my PPP connection to my inet provider. Edited the generated etc-files following the comments. isdn.conf COUNTRYCODE=49 AREACODE=0611 device.ippp0/device.isdn0 LOCALMSN=304329 REMOTEMSN=9732322 After "isdnctrl dial ippp0" imon shows, that 09732322 instead

Fw: install hamm from Inet

1998-12-07 Thread Ben Bucksch
>> Downloaded it 2 times (I think from ftp.debian.org via Go!Zilla like all >> other packages), both times the same error. Now CuteFTPed fom >> ftp.jp.debian.org and WinZip opens it. >> Is it possible, that the server-file is corrupted? >I guess it's possible. But you said WinZip opened it? The f

Re: install hamm from Inet

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
>> "star base2_0.tgz" doesn't work, star uses standard input. I'm fully used to >> it, tried "star < base2_0.tgz" and "echo base2_0.tgz | star". >> Both result in "Error in archive format" or so. >Then I'd guess it's a problem with your base2_0.tgz file. Make sure it >really is a gzipped tar file.

Fw: install hamm from Inet

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
>> I MUST do a 0 floppy install, lacking a floppy. :-) >I start to wonder why this is done now-a-days. They are cheap and >convienent for many things. Although, having them may create security >problems for some. But I'm babling :-) My IBM 8870 at the cellars has one. It's useful for many thing

Re: install hamm from Inet (was: Re: install slink from Inet)

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
>Ok, you want to do a 0 floppy install. I don't have a whole lot of I MUST do a 0 floppy install, lacking a floppy. :-) >experience with those (my bios didn't support the bootable cd's from 2.0 >and I don't use win/dos anymore). Where did you get your install.bat >from? Used the hamm one. (ftp:

Re: install slink from Inet

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
>> the file >> dists/frozen/main/disks-i386/2.1.0_1998-10-31/linux >> is missing. What should I do to install slink from Inet? >> Can I also use the hamm base system with the packages of slink? And later >> update to the slink base? >I'm not quite sure what file you are looking for. The install im

install slink from Inet

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
Hi, the file dists/frozen/main/disks-i386/2.1.0_1998-10-31/linux is missing. What should I do to install slink from Inet? Can I also use the hamm base system with the packages of slink? And later update to the slink base? Thanx Ben

dists/frozen/main/disks-i386/2.1.0_1998-10-31/linux

1998-12-06 Thread Ben Bucksch
Hi, the file dists/frozen/main/disks-i386/2.1.0_1998-10-31/linux is missing. what should I do to install slink from Inet? Thanx Ben