Re: Web site users, and ftp

2002-11-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
and the server with a packet sniffer, they probably don't need shell access. Make sure that /bin/false is listed in /etc/shells, then change the shell of each user who is going to be using ftp to be /bin/false. If you haven't done that before, it's (as root): # chsh <> /bin/f

RE: Linux file server in Windows & Macintosh environment

2002-10-22 Thread Stephen Ryan
, too, which means you can do neat things like use a parallel-port printer from an iMac. -- Stephen RyanDebian Linux 3.0 Technology Coordinator Center for Educational Outcomes at Dartmouth College -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: compare filesystem types ???

2002-09-27 Thread Stephen Ryan
are infrequent, but running a fsck on a large drive takes forever. It may be well worth the slight performance drop of a journaled filesystem in order to avoid a multi-hour fsck run. -- Stephen RyanDebian GNU/Linux Technology Coordinator Center for Educationa

Re: OT: reviving a battery

2002-09-03 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Tue, 2002-09-03 at 13:58, martin f krafft wrote: > high folks, > > Excuse this off-topic post, I have yet again the desire to profit from > your wisdom... > > I have a couple of batteries for my Dell laptops. Some of these > haven't been in a system for months. Now I check one after the other

Re: HP 2200d (double face) still not working

2002-06-14 Thread Stephen Ryan
and search for "Duplex"). I also found that I needed to set the default paper tray to tray #2 instead of the inane default of tray #1 (manual feed), but you may have already discovered that. Also, for convenience, I'm sending you a copy of that file, but separately, so as not to

Re: HP 2200d (double face) still not working

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
r have been hacked to allow passing additional Postscript options, which lets you set double-sided printing, but I thought setting up the extra printer under CUPS was easier. HTH, -- Stephen RyanDebian GNU/Linux Technology Coordinator Center for Education

Re: SMP working

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
'll have to replace it, either by installing one of the kernel-image--smp packages, or by getting the kernel source and compiling it yourself. $ apt-cache search kernel-image | grep smp will find the precompiled packages for you, and $ apt-cache search kernel-source will

Re: Any X10 users out there ?

2002-06-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
in a box someplace in the basement :-) The exact software you need depends on which computer-to-X10 interface you have, but $ apt-cache search x10 gives a list of them. I have both a CM11A and a Firecracker kit; I've used heyu, xtend, and bottlerocket, and they all work.

Re: Debian: abandon ship? Not me!

2002-06-05 Thread Stephen Ryan
hine or other every week. The developers all get a huge Thank You! from me. -- Stephen RyanDebian GNU/Linux Technology Coordinator Center for Educational Outcomes at Dartmouth College -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unknown HZ value! (16) Assume 100 error

2002-05-03 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 17:32, Paul Gonsior wrote: > Can I get an idea of what this message means please when I perform a ps x? Let me guess; this is on a machine that's been on for a while, isn't it? It's a known kernel bug, in that there's an arithmetic overflow in calculating the uptime after 2^

Re: Unknown HZ value!

2002-04-23 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 04:16, Dave Whiteley wrote: > Hello, > > I have a server that has been running sweetly for almost a > year. Yesterday I did my regular upgrade via dselect while installing > inn, and it has now started printing messages:- > > Unknown HZ value! (22) Assume 100. > > It does t

Re: [Fwd: Re: Internet Crashes]

2002-04-23 Thread Stephen Ryan
ur modem isn't working properly, diald can't make the connection, so it drops all your traffic on the floor. You should then make sure that your network is properly set up to send all outside traffic through eth0 (try looking in /etc/network/interfaces and make sure that the information f

Re: UNSUBSCRIBE

2002-03-23 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 03:07:45PM -0500, Jonathan Tabaco wrote: > Sorry to all those who are inconvenienced by this but I have tried > multiple times to get removed from the mailing list. > > I even sent in the confirm "CONFIRM u03180819391769" > > PLEASE REMOVE ME MANUALLY, as your automated s

Re: Wheel mouse

2002-03-09 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Sat, 2002-03-09 at 15:21, Daniel Toffetti wrote: > On Saturday 09 March 2002 00:17, Kent West wrote: > > >This is what I currently have (working well except for the wheel): > > > > > >Section "InputDevice" > > >Identifier "Mouse1" > > >Driver "mouse" > > >Option "Protocol""IM

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-07 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 23:32, Chris Jenks wrote: > At 10:52 PM 3/6/02, Stephen Ryan wrote: > >On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 19:50, Chris Jenks wrote: > > > At 07:35 AM 3/6/02, Paul Mackinney wrote: > > > >Chris Jenks declaimed: > > > > > Before I put th

Re: networking problems withe Linksys router

2002-03-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 19:50, Chris Jenks wrote: > At 07:35 AM 3/6/02, Paul Mackinney wrote: > >Chris Jenks declaimed: > > > Before I put the router in I had no problem connecting to my Comcast cable > > > modem from either windows, or linux and even had woody installed. After > > > putting the rout

Re: Linux server for work but don't know how?

2002-03-01 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 07:18, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > > I would appreciate some input on this but I think the project is probably > > too big for me. They do want mirror disks in case a hard drive crashes but > > don't think they need to go the whole hog with raid control. Then with > > mirror

Re: mouse problems after switching to Woody

2002-02-27 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 14:52, sam wrote: > > Rather than go into a lot of detail on my problems, I would prefer to get > a reliable reference to a comprehensive discussion about the installation > and trouble shooting of mice. I am currently using Woody (Debian 3.0), a > ps/2 modem, AMD 500 Mhz cp

Re: Diagnosing poor performance

2002-02-21 Thread Stephen Ryan
still being a graphical mail reader. I also use mutt when I'm dialing in from home, which I know many people on this list recommend; it'll take some getting used to, but it is a powerful program and it will be much less strain on your system. HTH, -- Stephen RyanDebian GNU/Linux Technology Coordinator Center for Educational Outcomes at Dartmouth College

Re: from casette tape to computer?

2002-01-25 Thread Stephen Ryan
he loss in sound quality at those points, so you should probably reduce the volume and re-record. I set my brother-in-law up with gramofile to get some old vinyl records, and we had the same problem with not detecting tracks until we had the volume set correctly. HTH, -- Stephen Ryan

Re: automate maildelivery

2001-10-31 Thread Stephen Ryan
gt; Many thanks > > markus > > Maybe you also want to take a look at logcheck: # apt-get install logcheck Logcheck will filter out "uninteresting" messages and highlight potential security violations - both types of messages are very configurable, and it comes with

Re: download directories in ftp?

2001-10-19 Thread Stephen Ryan
ot; This command will toggle between the modes where it asks you and where it doesn't ask you. "Interactive mode OFF" means it won't ask you, "Interactive mode ON" means it will. HTH, -- Stephen RyanDebian GNU/Linux Technology Coordinator Center for Educational Outcomes at Dartmouth College

re: xdm crash

2001-10-11 Thread Stephen Ryan
e problem, but for next time that you're stuck in console mode, or whatever... try "df -h". "df" reports the free space, and the "-h" reports the amounts in the most appropriate units for a human to read. HTH, -- Stephen Ryan

Re: Bootdisk for PCMCIA?

1997-12-24 Thread Stephen Ryan
ing this from memory, so I may have forgotten some details. Holler for more help if this doesn't work. -- Stephen Ryan Debian GNU/Linux Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-06 Thread Stephen Ryan
works fine on both systems, with no software changes at all. ?! Larry asked me yesterday about recommendations for a different kind of mouse, so I think he's going to be replacing the mouse shortly. Thanks again for your help, -- Stephen Ryan Debian GNU/Linux Mathema

Re: mirror problem

1997-11-05 Thread Stephen Ryan
ix-clipboard_2.4-3.deb Try excluding "bo/" instead of "bo". The extra / will make sure it only matches on directory names. -- Stephen Ryan Debian GNU/Linux Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the wor

Re: immovable mouse cursor under XFree86 (Debian 1.3)

1997-11-05 Thread Stephen Ryan
Charles Read wrote: > > I'v installed Debian 1.3 on an AMD-K6 platform. > My Xserver, XF86_S3V, starts out fine and autodetects > the chipset used for my Nitro 3D (S3 ViRGE/GX). > In the /etc/X11/XF86Setup, I specify in the Pointer > section a protocol of "IntelliMouse" and a device > of "/dev/tty