Re: Enabling remote X display

Florian Kulzer wrote: start here: http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-tune.en.html#s-xssh Hi, I found a solution to my problem. # find /etc/X11 -type f -print0 | xargs -0 grep nolisten /etc/X11/xinit/xserverrc:exec /usr/bin/X11/X -dpi 100 -nolisten tcp gave me the clue After rea

Re: VNC client/server combo doing VNC over HTTP

On 3/11/06, Mark Fletcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: nullman wrote:> 2 short infos to clarify :>> 1. VNC over http doesn´t existIs that strictly true? Both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and RealVNC Personal Edition offera version that  allows access through a web browser on the client side, specifically to be

Re: CUPS to windows 98

--- mslinuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Another impatience question. > I've configured my box to connect to a shared > printer on a windblows98 box. > Setting up is done on CUPS, > > > Info > Location > DeviceURI smb://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sharedprinter > State Idle > Accepting Yes > JobShe

Re: REPOST: DSL/Networking Help

Leonard Chatagnier wrote: Reposting for no response. If I'm doing something wrong, please tell ma and I'll correct it. I really do need help on this issue an in setting up debian for DSL service and networking. Have set up my W98SE already for networking and DSL but need help with Debian. Thanks

Re: How to restore /bin?

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:32:46PM +1100, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:02:17PM +1100, John O'Hagan wrote: > > To my surprise, most things seem to be working; but I'm wondering if I > > can expect problems, and if there's a way of restoring /bin to the > > correct state for a

Re: APT -- if I do this will I screw the pooch?

On Sat, Mar 11, 2006 at 02:34:17AM -0500, Mark Fletcher wrote: > Andrew Cady wrote: [...] > >This should be perfectly safe so long as you don't use both machines > >to apt-get at the same time. If you do, though, one apt-get could > >try to resume downloading a file currently downloading in ano

automounting of CD

Hi All, We are creating one Linux distribution based on debian. Our distro is ready but the problem is : the auto-mounting of the CD is not working. We need to mount it externally. Which package we need to modify in order to make our distro auto mount the CD. Thankyou for any help Regards, Indr

exim4: local parts case sensitive

Hi, what's the reasoning behind having local parts case sensitive with exim4? Maybe I better turn that off? It'll likely confuse senders. GH -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I can not lock screen.

I don't recieve any error and I am not log in as root. On ส., 2006-03-11 at 14:42 +, Olafur Jens Sigurdsson wrote: Þann 2006-03-11, 19:22:22 (+0700) skrifaði Surachai Locharoen: > I use debian testing and Gnome 2.12. I can not lock screen. How to fix > it? Is this problem related to the x

distribution upgrade question

What would the steps be to go from sarge stable to sarge unstable using apt-get? For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I figure out how to get debian's xwindows interface talking. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contac

VLAN problem

I am trying to get VLANs working on eth1 on a server. Whenever I try to run ifup eth1 I get: SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address Failed to bring up eth1. I tried shortening the configuration to the "bare minimum" in /etc/ network/interfaces: auto eth1 vlan1 iface eth1 inet static

Debian on an AMD64 Processor

Hello List, What's the deal with Debian on AMD64 processors? I am building a new box for the first time in quite a while, and have become a little confused about the whole 64bit processor thing. Can I run regular Debian Sarge on an AMD64 processor, or do I have to run the AMD64 port? Thank

Re: distribution upgrade question

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:16:02AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: >What would the steps be to go from sarge stable to sarge unstable using >apt-get? For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I >figure out how to get debian's xwindows interface talking. First off, Sarge is the stable rel

Re: VLAN problem

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:21:42AM +, Arnór Kristjánsson wrote: iface eth1 inet static address 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 vlan_raw_device eth1 This is wrong. It seems you don't want to use eth1 with an IP address, so don't configure eth1. If all traffic going through e

Re: Debian on an AMD64 Processor

On (14/03/06 10:21), Andy wrote: > What's the deal with Debian on AMD64 processors? > > I am building a new box for the first time in quite a while, and have > become a little confused about the whole 64bit processor thing. > > Can I run regular Debian Sarge on an AMD64 processor, or do I have t

Re: Difference between for and while loop

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Intel Xeon EMT64

Hi everybody I want to run a webserver on an Intel Xeon machine. Which release do I have to install? AMD64? Is it save? Any suggestion apreciated. Tanks Beat -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian on an AMD64 Processor

Clive Menzies wrote: Yes 32bit sarge will install on your box but if you want to take advantage of 64bit processing power, you need the 64bit install: https://alioth.debian.org/docman/view.php/30192/21/debian-amd64-howto.html#id220463 Thanks Clive. That clears things up nicely for me. This is

RAID1 with only ONE member?

Hello List, I am building a new backup box and would like to use linux software RAID-1. But I can only afford to buy one disk right now. Can I configure a RAID-1 array with only a single member for the time being, and then add additional member disks at a future date? Is is simple and safe to a

Re: RAID1 with only ONE member?

Andy a écrit : Hello List, I am building a new backup box and would like to use linux software RAID-1. But I can only afford to buy one disk right now. Can I configure a RAID-1 array with only a single member for the time being, and then add additional member disks at a future date? Is is simp

S-ATA HDD unter Debian

Hallo Mein Prob is das ich Debian gern auf einer S-ATA-Platte zum laufen bringen will, ich aber nich weiß ob und ab welchem Release Debian von Haus aus S-ATA-Platten unterstützt. Hatte es schon einmal probiert, allerdings hatte Debian dann gar nichts gemacht, nur angezeigt das er Hardware suchen

Re: Debian on an AMD64 Processor

Andy wrote: > Hello List, Hello Andy, > [..] > Can I run regular Debian Sarge on an AMD64 processor, or do I have to run > the AMD64 port? Both the i386 port and the (unofficial) amd64 port of Sarge will run fine on amd64 hardware. If you're running the i386 port on amd64 hardware you can ch

Re: strange bluetooth pairing woes

i still couldn't find the solution. my headset paired successfully, my phone seems(!) to pair successfully too. i have some hcidump output from the part where the error seems to occur, maybe someone is able to help with this? greets, oliver > HCI Event: Number of Completed Packets (0x13) plen 5

iptables & programs

Hi all :-) i installed several program in wine emulation i'd like block the internet connection on these programs ;-) which better solution of this problem? I think is not a good idea run tcpdump 4 sniff whole trafic of this programs.. and is possible that program can connect to several host or

Re: If my graphics card and monitor work in Knoppix...[question]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 09:34:32PM -0800, Hex Star wrote: > Hi, I was wondering, since Knoppix is a live CD based off Debian, if my > graphics card and monitor work fine with the GUI does that mean that it'll > also work fine with regular 'ol Debian? Thanks! :-) it *should* work without any funny

Re: If my graphics card and monitor work in Knoppix...[question]

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:29:28PM -0800, Hex Star wrote: > Also, does the Debian installer have the megaraid driver so I can use my HP > NetServer LH3Rs embedded NetRAID controller which currently has all my HDs > connected to it? (6 9GB SCSI HDs) Thanks! :-) i believe the standard sarge installe

Re: How to restore /bin?

John O'Hagan a écrit, le 14.03.2006 05:02 : > In an unfortunate (beer-related) incident, I rm'ed /boot and /bin from my > etch > laptop. I had /boot backed up, but not /bin, so I copied that from an oldish > Mepis CD. hello, i'm on etch too (2.6.12-1-386) here's my `ls /bin/*`

Re: How to restore /bin?

John O'Hagan a écrit, le 14.03.2006 05:02 : > In an unfortunate (beer-related) incident, I rm'ed /boot and /bin from my > etch > laptop. I had /boot backed up, but not /bin, so I copied that from an oldish > Mepis CD. hello, i'm on etch too (2.6.12-1-386) here's my ls /bin/* **

Re: VLAN problem

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:21:42AM +, Arn?r Kristj?nsson wrote: > I am trying to get VLANs working on eth1 on a server. Whenever I try > to run ifup eth1 I get: > SIOCSIFNETMASK: Cannot assign requested address > Failed to bring up eth1. > > I tried shortening the configuration to the "bare

Re: posting question

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 06:59:34PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Monday 13 March 2006 18:41, Paul E Condon wrote: > > I sent a message to this list a few minutes before 9am MST this > > morning and haven't seen it on the list yet. Is the server having > > problems? or is it likely something that

Re: S-ATA HDD unter Debian

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:10:00 +0100 (MET) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hallo > > Mein Prob is das ich Debian gern auf einer S-ATA-Platte zum laufen bringen > will, ich aber nich weiß ob und ab welchem Release Debian von Haus aus > S-ATA-Platten unterstützt. > > Hatte es schon einmal probiert, aller

"make install" > debian package

I know there's a tool that will let me run "make install" and then creates a .deb (or .rpm, or .tgz, or ..) of it so that I can remove the package cleanly later and take a nice .deb to install on other machines. I know this exists, I just can't remember the name of the tool :-( Anyone who knows wha

Re: "make install" > debian package

Magnus Therning a écrit : I know there's a tool that will let me run "make install" and then creates a .deb (or .rpm, or .tgz, or ..) of it so that I can remove the package cleanly later and take a nice .deb to install on other machines. I know this exists, I just can't remember the name of the t

Re: Best Linux Laptop

At 1142277356, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Michael Ott wrote: > > > I've heard of lots of people running Linux on IBM > > > Thinkpads, but I can't seem to purchase one from > > > Lenovo without Windows. > > IMHO ThinkPads are just the best laptops you can get, > perio

Re: iptables & programs

Pol Hallen wrote: > i'd like block the internet connection on these programs ;-) > > which better solution of this problem? Create an additional user account and run those programs with that user's rights only. Then use the iptables "owner" module to restrict outgoing connections made by that u

Re: exim4: local parts case sensitive

Hello, On 3/14/06, listrcv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > what's the reasoning behind having local parts case sensitive with exim4? Well RFC2822 says that the local part (i.e. @) may be significant. However exim4 doesn't assume that by default. > Maybe I better turn that off? It'll likel

unsubscribe

unsubscribe me from this list please.   I had amd64 testing installed, but it would not get any thing or install any "desktops"   It kept telling me it had broken packages.   If you ever get debian AMD X2 64 bit working I will try again.   Thanks   Conrad  

Re: Best Linux Laptop

On Tue, March 14, 2006 8:13 am, Jon Dowland wrote: > At 1142277356, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: >> On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Michael Ott wrote: >> > > I've heard of lots of people running Linux on IBM >> > > Thinkpads, but I can't seem to purchase one from >> > > Lenovo without Windows. >> >> IMH

allow port in hosts.allow

Hi,   I want to allow one port number  from one machine in my client machine hosts.allow file how do i do that.   I am running bacula backup for this i need allow 9102 port in bacula client machine hosts.allow file   thanks To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all ne

Re: kanotix HD installation

Rocky Ou wrote: On 3/14/06, *kamaraju kusumanchi* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Rocky Ou wrote: My guess is that Dell uses an intel processor and so you should go with i386. But without knowing the processor's info, we cannot be 100% sure. D

Re: Best Linux Laptop

I've heard of lots of people running Linux on IBM Thinkpads, but I can't seem to purchase one from Lenovo without Windows. I like my dell inspiron 9300, although its very good technically, it could benefit for some better physical quality, but I guess it depends on how much you carry it around

Re: allow port in hosts.allow

David; I asked one of the senior admins here about this as much for me as you. First the application's daemon (bacula-fd) needs to be compiled with tcpwrapper so it will look at hosts.allow file. Second the host or IP range you are 'allowing' must be know. Unlike, ftp, httpd, etc it canNOT be dyna

Xorg makes my kernel go OOPS (not reproducable)

Hello ... i already have had this a few times and i don't know why it is ... i run Debian Sid and a selfmade kernel 2.6.15.6 ... also had it with 2.6.15.4 other times ... and also see sometimes that kdm just exits on random moments ... the last message from an oops was: eecac03a Mar 14 23:13:38 l

Re: unsubscribe

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:41:34 -0600 Conrad McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > unsubscribe me from this list please. We can't do that for you. Read the instructions carefully... > I had amd64 testing installed, but it would not get any thing or install any > "desktops" > > It kept telling me i

Re: If my graphics card and monitor work in Knoppix...[question]

Alright thanks guys for your replies, I've ordered a set of debian CDs to be mailed to me due to the amount of CDs this distro has and I lookforward to using this distro on my HP NetServer LH3R :D On 3/14/06, Matt Zagrabelny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 10:29:28PM -0800, Hex S

fluxbox and screen blanking

I am running a debian derivative system with fluxbox window manager. The screen does not blank and I have failed in finding how to do it? Any ideas will be appreciated. -ishwar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Intel Xeon EMT64

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 11:09, Beat Zimmerli wrote: > Hi everybody > > I want to run a webserver on an Intel Xeon machine. Which release do I have > to install? AMD64? Is it save? > Any suggestion apreciated. first of all, it's called EM64T. You can run wither the i386 or the amd46 version of sar

Re: exim4: local parts case sensitive

Anand Kumria wrote: Well RFC2822 says that the local part (i.e. @) may be significant. However exim4 doesn't assume that by default. Yes, I looked it up in man mailaddr when I found out that they have become case sensitive. It says the domain part is not case sensitive, so I concluded that t

Re: fluxbox and screen blanking

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 16:33, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > I am running a debian derivative system details ? > with fluxbox > window manager. The screen does not blank and I have failed > in finding how to do it? you may want to install Xscreensaver and start it in your ,xsession . I believe blanki

Re: distribution upgrade question

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 11:39, Magnus Therning wrote: > On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:16:02AM -0500, Jude DaShiell wrote: > >For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I restricted ? I see no restrictions here. Just a little less eye candy *lol* > > First off, Sarge is the stable release

Re: If my graphics card and monitor work in Knoppix...[question]

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 07:27:40 -0800 "Hex Star" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alright thanks guys for your replies, I've ordered a set of debian CDs to be > mailed to me due to the amount of CDs this distro has and I lookforward to > using this distro on my HP NetServer LH3R :D You don't need ALL of

Re: Best Linux Laptop

On Monday 13 March 2006 22:13, Michael Schurter wrote: > I know I've seen lots of posts on this before, so I'm sorry for asking > the same questions over and over. > > Someone just asked me what the ideal laptop would be to purchase to > install Debian Linux onto. The main thing is WiFi support an

Re: How to restore /bin?

Quoting Andrew Cady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 05:32:46PM +1100, Paul Dwerryhouse wrote: On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:02:17PM +1100, John O'Hagan wrote: > To my surprise, most things seem to be working; but I'm wondering if I > can expect problems, and if there's a way of restor

Re: MAILTO=/dev/null

Tony Heal wrote: I have a file named 'custom' in /etc/cron.d and the first line in this file is MAILTO=/dev/null. I have a file that is run every minute that tests permissions on a file and emails me it they have changed. This script is to troubleshoot another problem. * * * * * root

Re: RAID1 with only ONE member?

Laurent CARON wrote: You can build your array with the following command mdadm -Cv /dev/md0 -l1 -n2 /dev/sda1 missing for example when you get another drive just partition it, and add the partition to the array with mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdb1 for example Thanks very much Laurent. That s

Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

Hello list Maybe it's a bit OT, but we do want new users, or not? ;-) I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not understand that one of the big differences between Debian and other distros/OSes is that you don't need to download EVERYTHING. They probably get the impression t

Re: S-ATA HDD unter Debian

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:08:03 +0100 (MET) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks so far. > > So my chipset is the following: > > NVIDIA nForce4 SLI and Silicon Image 3114R RAID controller. > > I know that there is a way to make a S-ATA hdd work in Linux but i just > know it from suse linux (a friend

Re: Unreadable DVDs

[KS] wrote: Damien Solley wrote: On Sat, 2006-02-25 at 07:13 -0600, Paul Stolp wrote: * Damien Solley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-02-23 21:15]: Greetings, I am trying to write single session DVD+R discs under Debian Etch (and previously also in Sarge). I have tried Nautilus CD/D

Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello list Maybe it's a bit OT, but we do want new users, or not? ;-) I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not understand that one of the big differences between Debian and other distros/OSes is that you don't need to download EVERYTHING. They prob

Re: iptables & programs

> Create an additional user account and run those programs with that > user's rights only. Then use the iptables "owner" module to > restrict outgoing connections made by that user. > > See "-m owner" and "--uid-owner" in the iptables manual page for > details. Very very thanks! ;-) Pol -- To

Re: Problems with cdrecord under kernel 2.6.15-8

Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 12 March 2006 22:43, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 02:11:16PM -0500, Matthias Julius wrote: OK, that's a different story. Why are you complaining about missing ide-scsi then? Because ide-scsi is missing, and now cdrecord doesn't wor

Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello list Maybe it's a bit OT, but we do want new users, or not? ;-) I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not understand that one of the big differences between Debian and other distros/OSes is that you don't need to download EVERYTHING. They probabl

Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello list Maybe it's a bit OT, but we do want new users, or not? ;-) Why is this OT? It is related to user's of debian. So very much relevant on this list. I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not understand that one of the big differences betw

Re: automounting of CD

Indraveni wrote: Hi All, We are creating one Linux distribution based on debian. Our distro is ready but the problem is : the auto-mounting of the CD is not working. We need to mount it externally. Which package we need to modify in order to make our distro auto mount the CD. Thankyou for any

Re: distribution upgrade question

Jude DaShiell wrote: What would the steps be to go from sarge stable to sarge unstable using apt-get? For now I'm restricted to console mode until or unless I figure out how to get debian's xwindows interface talking. you put two questions. the first is: how to get xwindows working; and 2.

Re: S-ATA HDD unter Debian

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:24:13PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:08:03 +0100 (MET) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Thanks so far. > > > > So my chipset is the following: > > > > NVIDIA nForce4 SLI and Silicon Image 3114R RAID controller. > > > > I know that there is a w

Re: "make install" > debian package

Magnus Therning wrote: I know there's a tool that will let me run "make install" and then creates a .deb (or .rpm, or .tgz, or ..) of it so that I can remove the package cleanly later and take a nice .deb to install on other machines. I know this exists, I just can't remember the name of the tool

Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

Andrei Popescu wrote: Hello list Maybe it's a bit OT, but we do want new users, or not? ;-) I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not understand that one of the big differences between Debian and other distros/OSes is that you don't need to download EVERYTHING. They probab

Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

On 3/14/06, Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Andrei Popescu wrote:>Hello list>>Maybe it's a bit OT, but we do want new users, or not? ;-)>>I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not understand that one of the big differences between Debian and other distros/OSes is that you

mutt assistance

hello, (i know this isnt a mutt user list, however from the chatter on the list it seems that there is a large portion that uses mutt) i am test driving mutt and enjoying it. i dont know if ill revert to evolution, but i'd like to try and get mutt up and running on all cylinders. problem 1) af

Re: CUPS to windows 98

Robert Kopp wrote: --- mslinuz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another impatience question. I've configured my box to connect to a shared printer on a windblows98 box. Setting up is done on CUPS, Info Location DeviceURI smb://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/sharedprinter State Idle Accepting Yes JobShee

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

On 3/13/06, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Sherohman said: > > You can attempt to convince the listmasters or the project as a whole > > in public without abusing them. (And it would be nice if they also > > replied to you in a calm, levelheaded manner as well...) > > Have I not

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 12:58:32AM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > Debian is, bar none, the major source of undesired e-mail for me. I just took a look through the debian-user archive for March at http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ and saw maybe half a dozen spam emails at most. (I did not spend

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

Dave Sherohman wrote: On Sun, Mar 12, 2006 at 07:03:03PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: However, I am still doing the destination sorting via kmail, so I could pick d-u off before it checks the headers SA adds, but I see little or nothing to be gained by that in the real world. But that is on

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

Steve, how about you propose debian-susubscrbers-only which you would moderate? -- Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain -- To UN

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 05:14:42PM +1100, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > Now is this > (i) spam as in unsolicited commercial/bulk email, > (ii) noise as in clueless user looking for eg. windows help, > (iii) noise as in clueless linux user "how do I ...", > (iv) noise as in "that was asked and answered

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

Incoming from Steve Lamb: > Tim Connors said: > > That's a good way to get your bogus opinions across. > > No, that was a way to get my frustration across since the limst managers Your obvious frustration is the only reason why I'm bothering to enter this mess. No offence meant, but you're b

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

Incoming from Steve Lamb: > Kent West said: > > I've been subscribed for several years, and have not felt abused by the > > list managers. > > "He doesn't abuse me, I needed to be punished!" I used it to convey the > fact that they are fully capable of closing a hole that spammers use to > ab

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

Steve Lamb wrote: Kent West said: I've been subscribed for several years, and have not felt abused by the list managers. "He doesn't abuse me, I needed to be punished!" I used it to convey the fact that they are fully capable of closing a hole that spammers use to abuse the list t

Re: Outsider's observation upon the pros and cons of Debian

Mike McCarty wrote: Using my "measured tone" voice... One of the pros of Debian is that I'd only have to become more-or-less expert in one distribution. Why? Not true. There are plenty of us out here that learn the DIFFERENCES between distros and then Linux is Linux. (One friend takes th

Re: Proposed change for subscriptions...

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 05:14:42PM +1100, Andrew Vaughan wrote: > Now is this > (i) spam as in unsolicited commercial/bulk email, > (ii) noise as in clueless user looking for eg. windows help, > (iii) noise as in clueless linux user "how do I ...", > (iv) noise as in "that was asked and answered

Re: How to restore /bin?

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:02:17 +1100 John O'Hagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > In an unfortunate (beer-related) incident, I rm'ed /boot and /bin from my > etch > laptop. I had /boot backed up, but not /bin, so I copied that from an oldish > Mepis CD. I did this once to /etc, same circu

Re: distribution upgrade question

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something like that ;) I'm curious about this. I've been running pure sid for over a year an

Re: mutt assistance

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 11:47:11AM -0600, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > problem 1) > > after composing a message it shows up as an attachment in the preview > screen before it can get sent out. i have tried putting the following > line in my .muttrc file: > > attachments +I text/plain > > though this

Re: distribution upgrade question

On (14/03/06 10:42), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > > problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something like that ;) > > I'm curious

Re: distribution upgrade question

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 10:42:47AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 > Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > because SID breakes. period. you must know what yu are doing, how to fix > > problems and avoid doing unattended updates or something

udev and some usb mouses.

Hi folk. I have two identical usb mouse which pluged to one comp with two head. I use Xorg 6.9.0.dfsg.1-2 and udev 0.086-1 and kernel 2.6.15.5 In xorg.conf I write rules for this usb mouse as Driver "mouse" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Device" "/dev

Re: distribution upgrade question

Clive Menzies wrote: On (14/03/06 10:42), Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:45:31 +0100 Thomas Jollans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] I'm curious about this. I've been running pure sid for over a year and have never had anything break . What is people's experience with

Re: udev and some usb mouses.

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Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 06:15:10PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > I have noticed that many newcomers to Debian often seem to not > understand that one of the big differences between Debian and other > distros/OSes is that you don't need to download EVERYTHING. This is certainly the case for my U

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How can I turn off shell access (through SSH) for certain users? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: iptables & programs

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 03:13:41PM +0100, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > Pol Hallen wrote: > > > i'd like block the internet connection on these programs ;-) > > > > which better solution of this problem? > > Create an additional user account and run those programs with that > user's rights only. Then

Re: Turning off shell access

On Tuesday 14 March 2006 02:32 pm, Arnór Kristjánsson wrote: > How can I turn off shell access (through SSH) for certain users? "/bin/false" in the last field of /etc/passwd for that user should do the trick. -- anoop [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > ive been running sid for 4 to 5 years and there have been glitches > (maybe severe ones once a year), but by-in-large if i want to try new ^^^ The term is actually "by and large" and it is actually a nautical term. Though, t

Re: Turning off shell access

anoop aryal wrote: > On Tuesday 14 March 2006 02:32 pm, Arnór Kristjánsson wrote: > >>How can I turn off shell access (through SSH) for certain users? > > > "/bin/false" in the last field of /etc/passwd for that user should do the > trick. > Better yet, add something like this at the end of /

Re: Turning off shell access

On Tue, Mar 14, 2006 at 08:32:06PM +, Arnór Kristjánsson wrote: > How can I turn off shell access (through SSH) for certain users? If you want to disable all shell access (including local) then set the user's login shell to something not in /etc/shells (/bin/false is a good choice). If you wa

Re: Newcomers to Debian downloading/ordering full CD-set

On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 17:26:53 + Chris Lale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] > Not everyone has a fast internet connection. If you were downloading > isos on someone else's broadband, I would think that you would probably > manage with just the first 2 CDs to start with. [snip] > I do remem

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