Re: add user as group member

On Thursday 13 March 2008 11:53:02 pm jeffry s wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 13 March 2008 11:14:43 pm jeffry s wrote: > > > i know this question sound so stupid. > > > after gooogling. i end up with useradd, groupadd, usermod,

Re: add user as group member

usermod -G sys,adm,audio,disk,camera -a skyblue jeffry s wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > wrote: > > On Thursday 13 March 2008 11:14:43 pm jeffry s wrote: > > i know this question sound so stupid. > > after g

Re: compiz on Debian Sid: jerking video replay

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 08:43:22PM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > However, playing videos completely sucks, I always have to change to > metacity for that purpose. Videos "jerk" (if that is the appropriate > expression in English), at a frame rate of an estimated five frames > per second. > > I h

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 03:59:27PM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > The search subcommand can be used to list those packages: > > aptitude search ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant > > though it's still not clear what is really added in this step, since > some of the packages were presumably install

Re: add user as group member

> i do not be able to determine how to add a user to particular group in > the system. > i use to do a manual edit on the /etc/group files and it work fine so far > it is just a matter of curiosity, is there any command out there i can > use for this task? man gpasswd dulev -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: add user as group member

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 jeffry s wrote on 2008-03-14 07:14: > i know this question sound so stupid. > after gooogling. i end up with useradd, groupadd, usermod, userdel, > groupmod, groupdel, groups. > i do not be able to determine how to add a user to particular group in

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:45:44 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: [...] > > > I am fairly certain that it is hal that is doing the automount (nautilus > > > calls gnome-mount which in turns calls hal) The device gets mounted with > > > the permissions 700 and owned by the unprivileged user. How

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 09:22:21AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 03:59:27PM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > > The search subcommand can be used to list those packages: > > > > aptitude search ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant > > > > though it's still not clear what is r

Re: Laptop Wireless

Ed wrote: [...] > Actually, as I use Debian more on the > laptop, I am beginning to be much more comfortable with it and I may just > leave it as is. Everything is working perfectly. I'm glad everything is working out well. :-) -- Chris. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: compiz on Debian Sid: jerking video replay

Andrei Popescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > I would go down the entire chain and check for differences: > > - same video (file/disk/whatever) > - same player and especially check the output options and filters (e.g > Xv seems to behave better on intel than GL, at least on my box) > -

pam_mysql - non-crypt()ish MD5 hash is not supported in this build

i am trying to use pam mysql to authenticate vsftpd user. basically when i try to authenticate against the table with password encrypted with PASSWORD() built in mysql. it work! auth required pam_mysql.so user=root passwd= host=localhost db=dbtest table=user usercolumn=user_name passwdcolumn=u

Re: pam_mysql - non-crypt()ish MD5 hash is not supported in this build

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=373834 On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM, jeffry s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i am trying to use pam mysql to authenticate vsftpd user. > basically when i try to authenticate against the table with password > encrypted with PASSWORD() > built in m

Re: pam_mysql - non-crypt()ish MD5 hash is not supported in this build

I think :-/. Try to paste the string of the general error in google...peraphs you will try a workaround to fix it. Or you may install alternative ftpd, as proftpd. Ultimately Vsftpd gives me strange errors. In ubuntu 7.10, for example, the virtual user tipology don't work. :-/ bye On Fri, Mar 14,

Re: pam_mysql - non-crypt()ish MD5 hash is not supported in this build

i did try to paste the error message in google. but google answer with alien language. kidding, i mean language i don't understand. the bug submitted 15jun2006. i wonder why still not fixed. i download the pam-mysql deb from debian unstable repo and get it install. still no luck i think i want to

Re: pam_mysql - non-crypt()ish MD5 hash is not supported in this build

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 7:30 PM, iena unlike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=373834 > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:16 PM, jeffry s <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i am trying to use pam mysql to authenticate vsftpd user. > > basically when i try to

X doesn't start

Hello, I have posted a similar question to the maiming list. I do it now again because I think I was not clear enough. First I installed debian 4.0r3 amd64 on my desktop and X works. Then I installed debian on my laptop Acer Aspire 9920. But X doesn't start here. When viewing the X server ou

firewall problems killing tomcat and apache

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Re: X doesn't start

On Friday 14 March 2008 01:20, Jan Brosius wrote: > Hello, > > > I have posted a similar question to the maiming list. I do it now again > because I think I was not clear enough. > > First I installed debian 4.0r3 amd64 on my desktop and X works. > Then I installed debian on my laptop Acer Aspire 9

DCHP

Hi you all, I am a LAN member and I am experiencing a strange behaviour with dchp ip renewal. Every time I restart my Lenny I obtain a new ip addr from one of the 2 dhcp servers. We have a 1 month lease on this servers and this should never happen within this period. any experience on this? reg

Re: DCHP

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Cassiel wrote: > Hi you all, > > I am a LAN member and I am experiencing a strange behaviour with dchp ip > renewal. > > Every time I restart my Lenny I obtain a new ip addr from one of the 2 dhcp > servers. We have a 1 month lease on this servers an

Re: X doesn't start

Jan Brosius wrote: I have posted a similar question to the maiming list. I do it now again because I think I was not clear enough. First I installed debian 4.0r3 amd64 on my desktop and X works. Then I installed debian on my laptop Acer Aspire 9920. But X doesn't start here. When viewing the

Re: X doesn't start

On Friday 14 March 2008 14:46, Tim Channon wrote: > Jan Brosius wrote: > > I have posted a similar question to the maiming list. I do it now again > > because I think I was not clear enough. > > > > First I installed debian 4.0r3 amd64 on my desktop and X works. > > Then I installed debian on my la

Re: X doesn't start

Tim Channon wrote: Jan Brosius wrote: I sent you are private reply pointing to the likely solution which is that there is a script someone has done which will configure xorg for nvidia on a difficult machine. Someone specifically mentions it fixing an Acer laptop in the same 99xx series.

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 03:59:27PM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Browsing the source, /usr/bin/tasksel, shows that selecting "standard > system" ends up running aptitude with a set of search selectors, > something like: > > aptitude --without-recommends -y install ~

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/13/08 22:58, Damon L. Chesser wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] This "[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc# rgrep floppy *" led me to /etc/udev/permissions.rules which has these 2 lines in them: # all block devices on these bu

Re: DCHP

Hi, On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 9:13 PM, Cassiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Every time I restart my Lenny I obtain a new ip addr from one of the 2 dhcp > servers. We have a 1 month lease on this servers and this should never > happen within this period. You can't guarantee what IP address you'll rec

Re: X doesn't start

Thierry Chatelet wrote: On Friday 14 March 2008 01:20, Jan Brosius wrote: Hello, I have posted a similar question to the maiming list. I do it now again because I think I was not clear enough. First I installed debian 4.0r3 amd64 on my desktop and X works. Then I installed debian on my lap

Re: X doesn't start

Tim Channon wrote: Jan Brosius wrote: I sent you are private reply pointing to the likely solution which is that there is a script someone has done which will configure xorg for nvidia on a difficult machine. Someone specifically mentions it fixing an Acer laptop in the same 99xx series.

Re: X doesn't start

On Friday 14 March 2008 03:14, Jan Brosius wrote: > Thierry Chatelet wrote: > > On Friday 14 March 2008 01:20, Jan Brosius wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> > >> Jan > > > > I wrote down what lspci said about the graphics card: > > "VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 8600M GT (rev a1)

Outbound TLS To Specific Domains

I have been searching the lists and google, but can't seem to find a quick answer. I have inbound TLS configured and working such that the remote sending server will connect to us via TLS if the sender supports it. Now... I need to configure the same for outbound sends: if the remote recipient s

Re: DCHP

Yes that's the point, I know you can map a mac address to ensure a static ip but my network admin said this should not be necessary because of the 1 month lease on the servers (running debian etch) I must say I do not know how dchp works exactly, I am a poor web application developer :-) So final

Re: DVD life-cycle

Nuno Magalhães: > > - rip a DVD into a suitable format: divX, whatever. I'd like to make > sure the ripped version is an exact bit-by-bit copy of the original - > for backup purposes mom! - but that's not reeelly necessary. As > long as i have the video, audio and subtitle tracks well-defined

Rename partition in Nautilus Tree

I'd like to be able to customise the contents of the left pane of Nautilus file manager either in "Tree" or "Places" view. I have 2 hard drives and each has 4 primary partitions. Each of the data partitions shows up as a root in this tree view even though it is mounted under a directory name in the

Re: X doesn't start after installing debian

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:49:29AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 01:24:04PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > After you installed nvidia-glx, did you run m-a to build the necessary > > kernel > > modules like the instructions tell you? > > Huh? AFAIK in stable you have

Re: Fresh 7.10 netinstall problems...

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:19:09PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:30:49PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > I have now had time to get back to investigating this, and after a > systematic test of all the differences between the 486 config and > the unstable 686 config, I

Re: amd 690g chipset

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 02:04:37PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: > The system is Lenny on an i386 with > a 1700 MHz Celeron and 1 Gb RAM, ASUS P4PE motherboard. > > The slow performance (nearly full processor utilization) occurs not > only with iceweasel but also with galeon (2.0.4), on a variet

starting mc and rxvt fullscreen

I'm tying to add options to the mc and rxvt commands so that they start FS. I tried the man pages and searched on line, but failed to come up with the answer to what is a very simple question. What I need is some kind of command that would look this this: # rxvt --fullscreen or # mc -fs. --

[OT] RIPv2 protocol

Hello, is there any maner to use RIPv2 protocol on a linux box ? I know Zebra but I am using shorewall. What can I use with shorewall to use RIPv2 ?? Thank you! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Couriergraph

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I installed the couriergraph now, and I want to know what I do with the rrd so that I can see the graphics of access to pop3 and imap of my mail server. - -- Márcio Luciano Donada Aurora Alimentos - Cooperativa Central Oeste Catarinense Departamento

Re: starting mc and rxvt fullscreen

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:27:51 -0400 Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm tying to add options to the mc and rxvt commands so that they > start FS. I tried the man pages and searched on line, but failed to > come up with the answer to what is a

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 06:57:27AM -0700, Daniel Burrows wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 03:59:27PM -0800, Ken Irving <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was > heard to say: > > Browsing the source, /usr/bin/tasksel, shows that selecting "standard > > system" ends up running aptitude with a set of search selecto

Re: X doesn't start after installing debian

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:49:13AM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:49:29AM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 01:24:04PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > > > > After you installed nvidia-glx, did you run m-a to build the necessary > > > kernel > >

Re: starting mc and rxvt fullscreen

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:46:24 -0400 Frank McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:27:51 -0400 > Haines Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm tying to add options to the mc

Re: amd 690g chipset

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 02:04:37PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: >> The system is Lenny on an i386 with >> a 1700 MHz Celeron and 1 Gb RAM, ASUS P4PE motherboard. >> >> The slow performance (nearly full processor utilization) occurs not >> only with iceweasel but also wi

Re: Failure of Ethernet link with Belkin adapter & Netgear hub.

Douglas, Brian and anyone else interested, dt> Can other boxes/NICs get 100 Mb/s across the AT hub? Perhaps the AT hub is only 10 Mb/s. The AT-3612TR is one of earliest 12 port hubs on the market. It is 10base-T, half duplex; 100 Mb/s across it is out of the question. Clarification The quest

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 01:41:08AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > It seems to that a base install includes 'required' and 'important', > > while 'standard' will add packages that are considered, well, standard > > on a *nix system, but won't make it unusable if missing (e.g. bc, > > openbsd-ine

Re: compiz on Debian Sid: jerking video replay

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:13:09AM +0100, Johannes Rohr wrote: > I just tried the latest Knoppix 5.3 and I noticed that compiz works > much better there. I took the xorg.conf produced by Knoppix and > replaced my original one with it. And now, video playback has improved > tremendously. > > One

Re: DCHP

Note - The convention on this list is to place your reply below previous messages ("bottom-posting"), after also trimming the quoted part, so that each message can be read top-down. I've tried to reorder this reply that way... > 2008/3/14, Chris Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, Mar 14, 20

Re: Fresh 7.10 netinstall problems...

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 12:03:40PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 10:19:09PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2007 at 05:30:49PM +0100, Digby Tarvin wrote: > > > I have now had time to get back to investigating this, and after a > > systematic test of al

Re: amd 690g chipset

KS wrote: > Douglas A. Tutty wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 02:04:37PM -0500, Russell L. Harris wrote: >>> The system is Lenny on an i386 with >>> a 1700 MHz Celeron and 1 Gb RAM, ASUS P4PE motherboard. >>> >>> The slow performance (nearly full processor utilization) occurs not >>> only with ice

Re: amd 690g chipset

* Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080314 11:14]: > It sounds like a problem with GTK (which both iceweasel and galeon use) > or a problem with the gecko engine (which both iceweasel and gelon use). > > I'd suggest installing Konqueror. You don't need to install the whole > KDE DTE, it will

Re: Connecting the mobile phone via USB

Johann Spies wrote: On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:50:16PM +0100, Shams Fantar wrote: I didn't find information about my problem. I would like to connect to my computer my mobile phone (http://www.samsung.com/ph/products/gsm/gsm/sgh_z170.asp) via USB. The mobile phone is correctly detected :

Resume ... Resume ... Resume ...

Folk, At startup of Lenny this message appears. resume: libcrypt version: 1.2.3 resume: Could not stat the resume device file. Would seem logical that in absence of a "resume device file", startup would simply continue. Nevertheless, it waits for or the name of a file. Is there a recommended

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 07:45:06PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 01:41:08AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > > > It seems to that a base install includes 'required' and 'important', > > > while 'standard' will add packages that are considered, well, standard > > > on a *nix

Re: [OT] Petition for Open Parliament

On 14/03/2008, Terence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Such is the egomania of the EUophiles that it defaults to the United > States.. > For me it defaults to the United Kingdom. It'd say that it's guessing based on IP address, but I'm in Israel. Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibb

Install from list of packages [Was: Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system"]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:58:13AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > [1] Doug's method is good, but I want to automate it further. I just > > have to write a sed script to make the output of 'aptitude search !~M~i' > > suitable for 'dpkg --set-selections' > > I'm not sure that's necessary; if the s

Re: Install from list of packages [Was: Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system"]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 09:23:29PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:58:13AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > > > [1] Doug's method is good, but I want to automate it further. I just > > > have to write a sed script to make the output of 'aptitude search !~M~i' > > > suitabl

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 19:45:06 +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: [...] > I just > have to write a sed script to make the output of 'aptitude search !~M~i' > suitable for 'dpkg --set-selections' This might work directly: aptitude -F '%pinstall' search '!~M~i' Some cleanup could be nice, though:

Re: Install from list of packages [Was: Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system"]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 11:39:59AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > Not to be pedantic, but I'd recommend AWK for this sort of thing, e.g., > > awk '{print $2, "install"}' bak/pkg.list | dpkg --set-selections Sure, I just don't know it ;) Regards, Andrei -- If you can't explain it simply, you don

Is it possible to recreate partition table from /var/log/installer data?

Is it possible to recreate a corrupted partition table from the installer data in /var/log/installer/ I accidentally overwrote 5MB over /dev/sda - the partition table and my /boot partion when creating a bootable ISO on a USB key. I have 1 * ext3 boot partition and 1 * encrypted lvm root partiti

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:58:55AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > Sorry for the non debian-specific post. You mean a non-debian specific post. Why not ask on a Ubuntu list? Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Install from list of packages [Was: Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system"]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 09:23:29PM +0200, Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:58:13AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > > > > [1] Doug's method is good, but I want to automate it further. I just > > > have to write a sed script to make the output of 'aptitude search !~M~i' > > > suitabl

Re: etch netinst tasksel "standard system" (was Re: RAID1 Boot Partition)

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 01:41:08AM -0800, Ken Irving wrote: > That sounds plausible, but how do you know that? I was curious since > the "standard system" option apparently is new in the etch installer, > and previously I was used to not selecting anything from the tasksel > dialog. Anyway, bru

Re: Rename partition in Nautilus Tree

Russell Gadd wrote: I'd like to be able to customise the contents of the left pane of Nautilus file manager either in "Tree" or "Places" view. I have 2 hard drives and each has 4 primary partitions. Each of the data partitions shows up as a root in this tree view even though it is mounted under

Re: X doesn't start

Jan Brosius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Tim Channon wrote: > > Jan Brosius wrote: > > > > I sent you are private reply pointing to the likely solution which is > > that there is a script someone has done which will configure xorg for > > nvidia on a difficult machine. Someone specifically mentions it

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:58:55AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Sorry for the non debian-specific post. You mean a non-debian specific post. Why not ask on a Ubuntu list? Doug. I have not had much luck with the ubuntu list. Google could not help me either and I

Re: Connecting the mobile phone via USB

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 07:29:09PM +0100, Shams Fantar wrote: > Johann Spies wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 08:50:16PM +0100, Shams Fantar wrote: > >>I didn't find information about my problem. I would like to connect to > >>my computer my mobile phone > >>(http://www.samsung.com/ph/products

Re: [OT] Problem restricting user privileges in ubuntu 7.10

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/14/08 18:53, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 05:58:55AM +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: >> Sorry for the non debian-specific post. > > You mean a non-debian specific post. No, I don't think so. >

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Re: firewall problems killing tomcat and apache

On 03/14/2008 07:22 AM, Adam Hardy wrote: I'm setting up a server which is a DNS server and broadband gateway for a small LAN, having two NICs with one connected to the DSL modem. It's got dnsmasq and iptables. I'm saying that because I think it's the firewall causing the problem, but I don'