Re: Root privilege

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Danesh Daroui wrote: > How can I have root privilege in graphical mode? Don't. Most X programs aren't designed or audited to be run as root. Running most X programs as root may constitute a security hazard. > I can run any command by using "sudo" but how can I have full privilege in > graphi

RE: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
James Stevenson wrote: >> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only >> against incoming messages, and is useless against spyware which >> "phones home" or zombie-ware which spews email spam. > > Not totally correct. A firewall is only as good as the traffic that is > permi

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Ivan Imperl
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | Testing is currently settling down immediately prior to release : | once it's released, the pace of updates will be slow and | manageable. | | Most of what you need is on the first DVD of any Debian set - | therefore all you need is a 4.4GB download. I do not

RE: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
James Stevenson wrote: >> > > useful in this environment? >> > Many folks like that one. I use shorewall. You can always block >> > outgoing ports that you dont use. If you dont run an ftp server, block >> > port 20 and 21, etc. >> > >> That is why I really like the "default deny" mentality. Star

How to create a debian-Cd like a standard

2007-01-09 Thread abdelkader belahcene
Hi, I create a debian Cd from a selected packages for my own purpose, so I have 2 cd's, the first official one ( a bootable cd) and the second built with dpkg-scanpackage. Instead of this a want a Cd like the official standard ( to respect the tree of directories). To do it manually it is hard ( t

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
http://wiki.ursine.ca/Top_posting Danesh Daroui wrote: > Actually I had tried it before and I couldn't. It is cool since Debian > increases security like this, but I modified login settings in login > page to allow "root" to login and now it works. Don't do this. Leave the defaults alone and ju

Re: dpkg-buildpackage, debian etch, beryl

2007-01-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
> .libs/display_options.o: In function `compDisplayInitOptions': > ../src/display_options.c:268: undefined reference to `XStringToKeysym' > ../src/display_options.c:285: undefined reference to `XStringToKeysym' > ../src/display_options.c:302: undefined reference to `XStringToKeysym' > ../src/displa

Re: minimum space

2007-01-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-12-24 20:52:52, schrieb Sven Arvidsson: > On Mon, 2006-12-25 at 00:26 +0530, Cheatah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > wht is the minimum space required to install debian sarge?? > > Hi, > > The answer to this question can be found in the installation manual: > > "You must have at lea

Re: Why Disable Root ssh login?

2007-01-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-12-24 17:37:42, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I think we already had this discussion -- see "Michelle's sex" in the > archives. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/09/msg00515.html > > Or was she being sarcastic? Currently the "European Court of Justice" is working on the legali

Re: Why Disable Root ssh login?

2007-01-09 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-12-24 16:03:28, schrieb s. keeling: > David Jardine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > It could be what lines up along the rail of a sinking ship, > > but I think she meant rat's tail. This was the missing word in my vocabulary > To the best of my knowledge, Michelle is still a "he". :-) Not i

Re: netfilter, iptable ...

2007-01-09 Thread Gerard Robin
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 06:56:37PM -0500, David Clymer wrote: From: David Clymer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: netfilter, iptable ... X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.3 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on murphy.debian.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-S

Re: set up Etch to unicode

2007-01-09 Thread csanyipal
Hello Roberto! On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 06:50:02PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 11:19:51PM +0100, csanyipal wrote: > > > > OK I installed utf8-migration-tool, but how can I use it? > > > > No man page is here. Try to locate utf-8, but can't find any > > utf8-migrati

Problem with scanner Plustek OpticPro U12 and scanimage (sane_start: Device busy)

2007-01-09 Thread sciencisto-debian
Hi. I've got a Plustek OpticPro U12 scanner (it's a little old) running under Debian "Etch". I have installed SANE and the scanner works fine with xsane, xscanimage, kooka, quiteinsane,... but not with scanimage. When I try to do a multi-scan with scanimage like this: scanimage -p --batch-count

Re: Encrypted file systems

2007-01-09 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 08.01.07 16:27, Francis Healy wrote: > I currently use a Windows XP/Linux dual boot laptop. My company will > likely begin to require encryption on laptop systems. I have built a few > etch systems and noticed that it offers encryption as an option in the > setup. My company uses PGP for encr

Re: RBL lookup errors

2007-01-09 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 08.01.07 20:16, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Jan 8 17:46:42 bogota postfix/smtpd[19538]: warning: > 31.162.103.70.relays.ordb.org: RBL lookup error: Host or domain name not > found. Name service error for name=31.162.103.70.relays.ordb.org type=A: > Host not found, try again > > Did something h

Re: set up Etch to unicode

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:17:11AM +0100, csanyipal wrote: > Hello Roberto! > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 06:50:02PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 11:19:51PM +0100, csanyipal wrote: > > > > > > OK I installed utf8-migrati

Re: Encrypted file systems

2007-01-09 Thread Magnus Therning
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:16:34 +0100, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >On 08.01.07 16:27, Francis Healy wrote: >> I currently use a Windows XP/Linux dual boot laptop. My company will >> likely begin to require encryption on laptop systems. I have built a few >> etch systems and noticed that it of

etch images

2007-01-09 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi list! what is the difference between the images of etch in the links (10-Nov-2006) http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/ and (weekly snapshot) http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-cd/ I want to install etch. What images are recommended? Thanks in adva

Re: Encrypted file systems

2007-01-09 Thread Jochen Schulz
Francis Healy: > > I currently use a Windows XP/Linux dual boot laptop. My company will > likely begin to require encryption on laptop systems. I have built a > few etch systems and noticed that it offers encryption as an option in > the setup. My company uses PGP for encryption on Windows lapto

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Russell L. Harris wrote: Yesterday I read another article bemoaning the large number of Window$ machines which have been commandeered remotely and turned into spam-spewing zombies. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/technology/07net.html where I read it Hugo If I understand the matter corre

Re: PPRacer and video card problem

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
Marty wrote: David Shultz wrote: On 1/7/07, Marty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I see where the Display Data Channel (or DDC protocol, which IDs your monitor) module (ddc) is loaded, but none of the output. Maybe you are missing the I2C drivers for your motherboard or the graphics card drivers, bo

Re: totem media player...

2007-01-09 Thread Marcelo Gondim
Hello! I was able to watch it with the Firefox's extension Media Player Connectivity and the Real Player plugin: http://www.real.com/linux/?rppr=rnwk&src=040104freeplayer I hope it works for you. Cheers! On Ter, 2007-01-09 at 00:38 +, Michael Fothergill wrote: > Dear folks,

Cannot boot after sarge->etch upgrade

2007-01-09 Thread Vladimir Kozlov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, I know it sounds strange (I've already did this on four servers without problems) but on the last I've got a problem - it does not boot after upgrade. This computer has SATA in combined mode (I do have both SATA and PATA disks). When SATA is in

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread John Hasler
Doug. writes: > I think dip is for users who may "dial ip" e.g. establish a ppp link... It's named after the old dip program. > ...and dialout is for users who may "dial out" anything. Connecting to a remote computer via a modem and terminal emulator program was once the only reason most users n

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 08:49:25PM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:28:16PM -0600, John Hasler wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West writes: > > > okay, I'll buy that, but then what's dialout for? > > > > You need to be in "dialout" to run programs such as Minicom that c

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:35:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > James Stevenson wrote: > > >> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only > >> against incoming messages, and is useless against spyware which > >> "phones home" or zombie-ware which spews email spam. > > > > No

Re: How to create a debian-Cd like a standard

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:01:51AM +0100, abdelkader belahcene wrote: > Hi, > I create a debian Cd from a selected packages for my own purpose, so I > have 2 cd's, the first official one ( a bootable cd) and the second > built with dpkg-scanpackage. Instead of this a want a Cd like the > official s

Re: Cannot boot after sarge->etch upgrade

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:42:38PM +0300, Vladimir Kozlov wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello, > > I know it sounds strange (I've already did this on four servers without > problems) but on the last I've got a problem - it does not boot after > upgrade. > This compu

Re: Cannot boot after sarge->etch upgrade

2007-01-09 Thread Vladimir Kozlov
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Douglas, Yes, by "combined" mode I mean BIOS parameters for SATA, but as far as I understand in this mode sata drives should appear as sd* and pata as hd* (at least this was true for sarge). Strangely enough I was able to boot using systemresquec

Re: What's wrong with abiword in etch

2007-01-09 Thread Mark Grieveson
> After upgrade to etch , the abiword won't start anymore. > (I've tried to reinstall it , but that doesn't help) Perhaps purging it, and then reinstalling, would work. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

no linebreaking in icedove

2007-01-09 Thread Hans Gubitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, icedove doesn't insert linebreaks although it is set in the options. Any ints? hans -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFo6rHzGQvG9Pd4JcRAh6FAJwOW

about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Nevruz Mesut Sahin
Dear Friends first I am going to tell you my aim then what I did and resoult. on my system is kernal 2.6 and apache 2.2 is running. My aaim is to run multi domains on apache server with ssl support. ( I created ssl certicates by openssl sucseccfull for each domain there is no problem with c

Re: set up Etch to unicode

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 20:16 +0100, csanyipal wrote: > Hello! > > I upgraded the system from Sarge to Etch. > > Now, I want to setup the X Window system to unicode. are you talking about X applications or simply an xterm (or equivalent)? > How can I do that? have you searched yet? google: utf

/etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc directory from a backup. Now none of the commands in /etc/alternative work (java, wx-config x-www-browser etc). All of the symlinks are present and I have

wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread John C
Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've not done well and purchased one that did n

Re: etch images

2007-01-09 Thread Kamaraju Kusumanchi
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 06:57, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hi list! > > what is the difference between the images of etch in the links > (10-Nov-2006) > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd/ > and (weekly snapshot) > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/i386/iso-

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Nelson Castillo
[Tue Jan 09 15:51:09 2007] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 443, the first has precedence [Tue Jan 09 15:51:09 2007] [warn] _default_ VirtualHost overlap on port 443, the first has precedence (98)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:443 no listening sock

icewm emacs maximized flickering

2007-01-09 Thread Mitchell Laks
I have been using icewm and I have noticed funny behavior of emacs windows. If I maximize an emacs window, and try to move it right or left, (for instance on a two monitor x window), it RESISTS moving and "moves back to where it came from". Complete with flashing and flickering of the window. It i

Re: How to create a debian-Cd like a standard

2007-01-09 Thread Kumar Appaiah
On 09/01/07, abdelkader belahcene wrote: Hi, I create a debian Cd from a selected packages for my own purpose, so I have 2 cd's, the first official one ( a bootable cd) and the second built with dpkg-scanpackage. Instead of this a want a Cd like the official standard ( to respect the tree of dire

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid > AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc > directory from a backup. Now none of the commands in /etc/alternative > work (java, wx-conf

Can NOT record sound on my acer notebook

2007-01-09 Thread ketchup tomato
My debian system is installed under vmwarw workstation in windows 2000. The pc is ACER travelmate 2440, which has on board ac97 sound card. I just install the stable version 2.6.8-3-386 I can hear the sound, but can not record. Does anybody know the reason? Thank you.

Re: gnunet

2007-01-09 Thread operator
/I am curious, how can I access gnunet?/ Martin Paraskevov wrote: > I've just installed gnunet and its frontend > gnunet-gtk. I tried searching for random > stuff in gnunet using the frontend but nothing > ever gets found. Is anybody using gnunet? > Why is gnunet not able to find anything? > Simp

Re: etch images

2007-01-09 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Kamaraju, On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 11:33 -0500, Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Tuesday 09 January 2007 06:57, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > > Hi list! > > > > what is the difference between the images of etch in the links > > (10-Nov-2006) > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_rc1/i386/iso-cd

How can I build debian /dev tree on RHEL 4?

2007-01-09 Thread Supriya Sriraman
Does anyone know how I can build a debian /dev tree on a RHEL 4 distribution? This /dev tree is intended to be loaded on an embedded system that has Debian (version 2.4.16). I am building a debian linux system on RedHat (RHEL 4) and loading it on the embedded box. For RedHat, I am aware that udev

Re: Problem with software-raid/lvm after reinstallation (2.6)

2007-01-09 Thread Jørgen P. Tjernø
(Sorry, Douglas, I didn't mean to send this directly to you, I just realized that's what I did the first time. I need to find out if I can tell Thunderbird to 'prefer' replying to the list instead of the user when I click 'Reply') Douglas Tutty wrote: > Keep in mind that block errors from fsck

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > > Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid > > AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /etc > > directory from

Re: icewm emacs maximized flickering

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:35:24AM -0500, Mitchell Laks wrote: > I have been using icewm and I have noticed > funny behavior of emacs windows. > > If I maximize an emacs window, and try to > move it right or left, (for instance on a two monitor > x window), it RESISTS moving and "moves back to whe

What was SA thinking?

2007-01-09 Thread Steve Lamb
Recently a ton of mail running through SA has been hitting the soft-limit for spam. I have it set tight, 5.0 for mark and pass. 7.0 for reject at SMTP. Mail from this list, from Exim's list, mail from an MMORPG I play and from a motorcycle web site I went to all got blocked. Ok, so maybe so

Etch release

2007-01-09 Thread Tony Heal
Anyone heard anymore about the release of etch? All I can find is an old note on the site stating Dec 2006. Tony

Re: nxserver

2007-01-09 Thread Marco Mandl
On Sun, 07 Jan 2007 10:45:57 -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 05:04:00PM +0100, Marco Mandl wrote: > >> This brings me to security problem. I nx adds its default key then >> everybody could use this default key to login to the corresponding >> user with a ssh client. Wrong?

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Roby
John C wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to > wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will > work effortlessly with etch/sid. > > Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of > debian. > > So far I've not done well

Re: What was SA thinking?

2007-01-09 Thread Raquel
On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 09:58:08 -0800 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently a ton of mail running through SA has been hitting the > soft-limit > for spam. I have it set tight, 5.0 for mark and pass. 7.0 for > reject at SMTP. Mail from this list, from Exim's list, mail from > an

Re: Etch release

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 12:58:28PM -0500, Tony Heal wrote: > Anyone heard anymore about the release of etch? All I can find is an old > note on the site stating Dec 2006. 1. read the archives. we just discussed this. 2. watch the pretty chart http://bugs.debian.org/release-critical/ 3. subscribe

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:25:05AM -0800, Nevruz Mesut Sahin wrote: > Dear Friends first I am going to tell you my aim then what I did and resoult. > on my system is kernal 2.6 and apache 2.2 is running. > > My aaim is to run multi domains on apache server with ssl support. ( I > created ssl

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:16:45AM -0500, Roby wrote: > John C wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to > > wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will > > work effortlessly with etch/sid. > > > > Preferably one whose drivers a

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
On Mon, 8 Jan 2007 20:37 -0500 Mark Grieveson wrote: > I've used wvdial, but I find it only works as root. I've been using wvdial for many years. This command enabled it to be run as user: chmod +s /usr/sbin/pppd I just did not have Debian at that time, so I can't check this. Not 100% sure

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: Due to changing partitions around I managed to mess up my Debian Sid AMD64 install. I reinstalled from scratch and then restored my /e

Re: How to create a debian-Cd like a standard

2007-01-09 Thread Joe Smith
"abdelkader belahcene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I create a debian Cd from a selected packages for my own purpose, so I have 2 cd's, the first official one ( a bootable cd) and the second built with dpkg-scanpackage. Instead of this a want a Cd like the off

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Nelson Castillo
> My aaim is to run multi domains on apache server with ssl support. ( I created ssl certicates by openssl sucseccfull for each domain there is no problem with certificates and keys) like https://www.domain1.com https://www.domaian2.com something like this... > 1. Please don't post entire

no "autodetection" of dvd under etch

2007-01-09 Thread Mauricio Calvao
Hi all, I was just trying to read a dvd (with some pdf and djv files) under my Debian etch desktop. When I insert a cd-rom on the combo cd-dvd drive there automatically pops up a window asking what I should do. Unfortunately, the same does not happen with the dvd disk, neither under KDE nor u

Re: totem media player...

2007-01-09 Thread Michael Fothergill
From: Marcelo Gondim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: debian-user Subject: Re: totem media player... Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:20:40 + Hello! I was able to watch it with the Firefox's extension Media Player Connectivity and the Real Player plugin: http://www.real.com/linux/?rppr=rnwk&src=04

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 10:18 -0600, John C wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to > wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will > work effortlessly with etch/sid. > > Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of > d

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:54:54PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 08:43:36AM -0800, Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > >>On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 04:14:55PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > >>>Due to changing pa

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread cga2000
On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:33:32AM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 12:29:02AM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Quick hack from a bash prompt: > > > > > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure > and certainly more standard than your hack. D

Re: How can I build debian /dev tree on RHEL 4?

2007-01-09 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 11:27 -0600, Supriya Sriraman wrote: > > Does anyone know how I can build a debian /dev tree on a RHEL 4 > distribution? There is a MAKEDEV script that is part of the Debian distribution. The man page is helpful. http://packages.debian.org/stable/admin/makedev Regards, Ca

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:10:15AM +0100, Ivan Imperl wrote: > Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: > > | Testing is currently settling down immediately prior to release : > | once it's released, the pace of updates will be slow and > | manageable. > | > | Most of what you need is on the first DVD o

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Angelo Bertolli wrote: > Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> My LAN is protected by a machine running SmoothWall Express 2.0, >> acting as a firewall and router. Would an internal firewall package be >> useful in this environment? >> > As someone mentioned Linux already has an internal firewall. Or

Re: dial up connection

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Mark Grieveson wrote: > Hello. Is there a graphical application for achieving a dial-up > connection for xfce? I don't wish to use kppp, or gnome-ppp. mv /etc/ppp/no_ppp_on_boot to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot and set the ppp options to persist and to automatically redail if the connection is lost. Us

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread celejar
On 1/9/07, John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debian. So far I've n

no "autodetection" of dvd under etch

2007-01-09 Thread Mauricio Ortiz Calvao
Hi all, I was just trying to read a dvd (with some pdf and djv files) under my Debian etch desktop. When I insert a cd-rom on the combo cd-dvd drive there automatically pops up a window asking what I should do. Unfortunately, the same does not happen with the dvd disk, neither under KDE nor u

Re: why can't I see my messages

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Bryce wrote: > Never mind. somehow that one went through. Email and newsgroups aren't instant (that's what XMPP is for). Give things a day or two before thinking there's a problem. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: How can I build debian /dev tree on RHEL 4?

2007-01-09 Thread Supriya Sriraman
That is what I did - used MAKEDEV to create the debian /dev tree but under /dev1/dev, because I didn't want to mess with RedHat's /dev. See below: MAKEDEV -v -d /dev1/dev hda create hda b 3 0 root:disk 640 create hda1 b 3 1 root:disk 640 create hda2 b 3 2 root:disk 640 . [truncated]... My qu

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
cga2000 wrote: > On Sun, Jan 07, 2007 at 09:22:38PM EST, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >> On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 03:19:56AM +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: >> > Actually I had tried it before and I couldn't. It is cool since Debian >> > increases security like this, but I modified login settings in login

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 14:50 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure > > and certainly more standard than your hack. > > Done..! :-) > > Now, please explain how I can use sudo to tranfer X credentials .. > sudo does not transfer X cre

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote: > On Monday 08 January 2007 14:13, Russell L. Harris wrote: > >> So, before I preach about the dangers of spyware and zombies to my >> buddies using Window$, how can I be certain that my own Debian machine >> has not been compromised and has not become a zombie? Is the

Multimedia docs..

2007-01-09 Thread Digby Tarvin
Has anyone found any good references on multimedia programming applicable to a Debian/Linux system? I have the O'Reilly "Linux Multimedia Guide", but having been published in 1996 is getting a bit dated now, and for audio only covers OSS and not ALSA. I have found using the online documentation a

Re: RBL lookup errors

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > I've just started seeing these messages in my logs: > > Jan 8 17:46:42 bogota postfix/smtpd[19538]: warning: > 31.162.103.70.relays.ordb.org: RBL lookup error: Host or domain name not > found. Name service error for name=31.162.103.70.relays.ordb.org type=A: > Host no

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | This Sempron is 64 bit capable. It will run the 32 bit i386 with no | problems. amd64 is what you need for your 64 bit architecture: ia64 | is the Intel Itanium. There are slightly fewer packages: some 32 bit | only packages don't work easily (Real Player and Fl

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Paul Johnson
Douglas Tutty wrote: > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:35:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: >> James Stevenson wrote: >> >> >> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only >> >> against incoming messages, and is useless against spyware which >> >> "phones home" or zombie-ware which

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Yvan
Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: | If you use apt-get, use -s for simulate or --dry-run Sorry I just remembered. I use apt-get (synaptic). If I add three "testing" DVD-s to apt-s list of available sources, and if the package I want to install is the same at both DVD and Debian repositories will it

Re: set up Etch to unicode

2007-01-09 Thread csanyipal
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:10:42AM -0600, Matt Zagrabelny wrote: > On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 20:16 +0100, csanyipal wrote: > > > > I upgraded the system from Sarge to Etch. > > > > Now, I want to setup the X Window system to unicode. > > are you talking about X applications or simply an xterm (or eq

Re: RBL lookup errors

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:21:11AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > > http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:ivK_kzCDzI0J:www.ordb.net/+ORDB&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1&ie=UTF-8 > > Google says ordb.org shut down December 18, 2006. > Great, thanks. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.

Re: Debian unstable DVD-s

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:38:07PM +0100, Yvan wrote: > Nedavno Andrew M.A. Cater pise: > > | If you use apt-get, use -s for simulate or --dry-run > > Sorry I just remembered. I use apt-get (synaptic). If I add three > "testing" DVD-s to apt-s list of available sources, and if the package I > wan

Re: Why Disable Root ssh login?

2007-01-09 Thread Firebeam
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Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Wackojacko
It certainly does, I do not have all of these symlinks. Obviously, I can create them manually but I would prefer to know why they disappeared in the first place. What command is suppose to create them? Thanks Hi Wackojacko, My guess would be to use 'aptitude reinstall' on the packages tha

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Rick Reynolds
Ken Heard wrote: Whenever I print text, html or pdf files from either Konqueror or Firefox, the text starts so close to the top of each page that the first line either does not get printed, or only part of it is printed. Is there a way to adjust the printing to have the text start say 8-10 mm

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:55:37PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > > >>It certainly does, I do not have all of these symlinks. Obviously, I > >>can create them manually but I would prefer to know why they disappeared > >>in the first place. What command is suppose to create them? > >> > >>Thanks >

Re: /etc/alternatives not working properly

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Mark
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 09:55:37PM +, Wackojacko wrote: > > >>It certainly does, I do not have all of these symlinks. Obviously, I > >>can create them manually but I would prefer to know why they disappeared > >>in the first place. What comman

Re: How to tell if a Linux machine is a zombie?

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 11:23:56AM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 08, 2007 at 10:35:10PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > >> James Stevenson wrote: > >> > >> >> If I understand the matter correctly, a firewall can protect only > >> >> against incoming messages, an

Re: wireless adapter/card recommendations?

2007-01-09 Thread John C
celejar wrote: On 1/9/07, John C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi folks, I'm in the process of changing my home network from wired to wireless and am trying to find a card for a desktop that will work effortlessly with etch/sid. Preferably one whose drivers are already available as part of debi

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread cga2000
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:17:31PM EST, cga2000 wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 03:21:05PM EST, Casey T. Deccio wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 14:50 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Please investigate sudo and sux. If used properly, they are more secure > > > > and certainly more standard than yo

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:28:05PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Pardon my ignorance .. I do my best to stay away from gui apps .. > > Unfortunately, some things flat out require a GUI. > > And I don't use sudo either. > > > > Mind you, I have thought about it and I have come with the conclusi

i386 packages on amd64 arch

2007-01-09 Thread Gilles Mocellin
Hello, I would like to install 32bits packages on my amd64 arch Debian. I know that some people use a 32bits chroot for this, but I don't think it's the best solution. It's possible to install debs with dpkg --force-architecture and it works for most of the packages I've tried. Of course I hav

Re: Text on printed pages truncated

2007-01-09 Thread Ken Heard
Since I wrote my first post I now think that the problem Rick and I encountered is a long standing CUPS bug. I was able to find on an archived thread one post which said so. This thread was hard to find, as the thread name is unrelated to our particular problem. The name is "Not able to print pa

Re: Root privilege

2007-01-09 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 02:06 +0100, Danesh Daroui wrote: > How can I have root privilege in graphical mode? I can run any command > by using "sudo" but how can I have full privilege in graphical mode? apt-get install sux Then you can use: sudo sux - That will get you all the gra

Re: about httpd.conf and ssl.conf

2007-01-09 Thread Kevin Coyner
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 02:22:13PM -0500, Nelson Castillo wrote.. > >I created ssl certicates by openssl sucseccfull for each domain > >there is no problem with certificates and keys) like > >https://www.domain1.com https://www.domaian2.com something like > >this... > >> > >1. Please don't

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:37:01PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 06:28:05PM -0500, cga2000 wrote: > > > > Unfortunately, some things flat out require a GUI. > > > > I'll stick with plain /bin/su. > > > > However, in a situation with multiple admins it is nice to ha

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:08:58PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > For me, if something flat out requires a GUI I go and find a different > way. My firewall box for example has no gui apps at all, no X files at > all... Its a command-line only box. > > I use su. Its only me; I'd need an exta a

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Casey T. Deccio
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 18:17 -0500, cga2000 wrote: > Pardon my ignorance .. I do my best to stay away from gui apps .. > > And I don't use sudo either. > > Mind you, I have thought about it and I have come with the conclusion > that it is just not worth the trouble setting up sudo in a desktop >

Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)

2007-01-09 Thread Douglas Tutty
On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:23:29PM -0500, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 07:08:58PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > > > > For me, if something flat out requires a GUI I go and find a different > > way. My firewall box for example has no gui apps at all, no X files at > > all...

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