Re: Could you give an example iptables script? (Help... I want to learn this stuff)

2003-12-24 Thread Shaun Crossley
fraid I might kill > the internet connection like that, therefor I want to ask for some help. I recently ran across the "Easy Firewall Generator for IPTables" web page, where you can plug in some simple requirements and it will generate an iptables firewall script on the fly.

Re: BIND can't find root nameservers

2003-12-14 Thread Shaun Crossley
bilities! :-) For more details see the following url: http://www.whatever.ca/blog/2003/12/9/dns-hell/ -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Xinerama + triplehead + y = FREEZE; y = ?

2003-09-06 Thread Shaun Crossley
g-4 And finally, my most recent XFree86.0.log file: http://www.whatever.ca/misc/XFree86.0.log -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Checking what's installed

2003-08-26 Thread Shaun Crossley
it only reports the installed packages. On my hybrid woody/sarge system, dpkg -l "*lib*" (for example) includes lots of libraries that are status "un" and "pn" which are definitely not installed. But that's just my US$0.0142573 (CDN$0.02) -- YMMV. -- Shaun C

Re: keeping partitions mounted read-only

2003-08-21 Thread Shaun Crossley
t;lsof +D /usr" must be closed before the kernel will permit the partition to be unmounted or remounted. But perhaps I'm wrong. Anyone in the know care to set me straight? -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: keeping partitions mounted read-only

2003-08-20 Thread Shaun Crossley
hat I can temporarily unmount the partition. For example, # lsof +D /var displays all processes with open file handles on /var and subdirectories of /var. You may need to "apt-get install lsof" if it is not already installed on your system. -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EM

Re: raid question

2003-08-17 Thread Shaun Crossley
-disk" you'll call /dev/hda3 a "failed-disk" to exclude it from reconstruction. I've done this once before and didn't lose any data, but I generally recommend having a full backup before playing fast and loose with this sort of thing. Good luck! -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apt-show-versions Question

2003-04-05 Thread Shaun Crossley
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:16:10AM -0600, Stephen Hargrove wrote: > Based on a recent thread on this list, I've constructed the following > bash script: > > #!/bin/sh > # /etc/cron.daily/apt-show-versions: email alerts when new packages > # are available > # > # 2003-

POP3 daemon recommendation?

2003-03-19 Thread Shaun Crossley
shes of insight they could shine my way, which might help me decide between this array of choices? -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: spamassassin and exim in woody

2003-03-19 Thread Shaun Crossley
g page to be quite handy: http://dman.ddts.net/~dman/config_docs/exim3_spamassassin.html I also set up spamassassin as an exim router; you can see the config file snippet here: http://www.whatever.ca/index.php?m=200302#83 I can provide additional config file snippets if you like. -- Shaun Cro

Configuring mutt to view and quote html

2003-03-16 Thread Shaun Crossley
you reply and quote a message, the text is nicely extracted and quoted. Exactly what I wanted -- I hope that someone else out there can benefit from this as well. -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &q

Re: Duplicating Woody Package?

2003-03-14 Thread Shaun Crossley
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 04:21:31 Robert L. Harris wrote: Thus spake Shaun Crossley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > In the past, I've used the following to perform that task: > >dpkg --get-selections > myselections (on the source >dpkg --set-selections < myselections (on the tar

Re: Duplicating Woody Package?

2003-03-13 Thread Shaun Crossley
achine) dpkg --set-selections < myselections (on the target machine) apt-get update && apt-get upgrade (on the target machine) That seemed to work for me. Your mileage may vary! -- Shaun Crossley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.whatever.ca -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: apt-* notify for new packages ? (update)

2003-03-12 Thread Shaun Crossley
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:41:10 Shaun Crossley wrote: You might be interested in this script I came up with upon reading this thread. I called it apt-show-versions and placed it in /etc/cron.daily (and made it executable via chmod +x). [snip] #!/bin/sh # /etc/cron.daily/apt-show-new: email alerts

Re: apt-* notify for new packages ?

2003-03-10 Thread Shaun Crossley
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 18:11:56 Shaun Crossley wrote: You might be interested in this script I came up with upon reading this thread. I called it apt-show-versions and placed it in /etc/cron.daily (and made it executable via chmod +x). [snip] #!/bin/sh # /etc/cron.daily/apt-show-versions: email

Re: apt-* notify for new packages ?

2003-03-10 Thread Shaun Crossley
;-u" switch which eliminates the need for any grepping. I'm also not doing any sorting, but that would be just one more addition in the pipeline. #!/bin/sh # /etc/cron.daily/apt-show-versions: email alerts when new packages # are available # # 2003-03-10, Shaun Crossley, [EMAIL PROTEC

RE: apt logfile?

2001-10-24 Thread Shaun Crossley
>> Is there an apt (or dpkg) logfile? Something that would keep a record of >> what was done when? Just a simple text file with a format of: >> >> >> >> Does anyone else think this could be very useful? > > It's not what you meant, but sometimes I use > ls -ot /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.md5sums | he

RE: fixing demand-dialing ppp

2001-08-22 Thread Shaun Crossley
you don't need whatever functionality might be in the latest ppp, but do need the demand-dial, then this might work for you as well. Of course, perhaps you've already tried this; in which case nevermind. :-) Shaun Crossley, Technician [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kootenay Computers (1995) Inc. 250

Successful Debian Potato install on Compaq Proliant 2500 (was RE: Floppy Install - Need drivers for scsi raid controller)

2001-07-25 Thread Shaun Crossley
t floppies and that I also needed to manually create a series of /dev/ida/c1d0p... nodes for the install to find. So, hopefully this info will be of use to someone... I'd be happy to fill in more details if anyone has any questions. Shaun Crossley, Technician [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kootenay Co

apmd, toshutils, etc. on non-X laptop (Toshiba T1910)?

2001-04-01 Thread Shaun Crossley
oshutils *without* the X components? Or would I have to do that myself (a daunting prospect, as I'm quite new to Debian)? Or am I barking up the wrong tree? Perhaps there's a very simpler way to do what I want. If so, I'd like to learn how! I look forward to any replies. Thank you! /