Re: Debian on Dell Inspiron

1999-06-04 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Jun 03, 1999 at 09:50:55PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > Has anyone had any luck installing Debian 2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 7000? I > have a 3c575 CardBus adapter which I'd like to use. I've got the NIC > working under RedHat 6.0, but I'd rather use Debian as its what I have on > all my other Li

Re: needed, PAM && LDAP help

1999-06-12 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jun 11, 1999 at 10:17:37PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > caesar login: test > Password: > Last login: Fri Jun 11 21:40:19 1999 from - on tty8 > /bin/login: error in loading shared libraries: /lib/libnss_ldap.so.2: > undefined symbol: ldap_set_option Oops, this means I need to recompil

Re: Files access rights

1999-06-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jun 14, 1999 at 06:50:43PM +0200, Sami Dalouche wrote: > I have just taken a look at the Debian security and found that Debian is > NOT secure !!! > A lot of files in /etc can be read by all users and they don't need it, so, > it's a security hole. > For exemple, these files : > > hosts.de

Re: An empassioned plea for deaf ears...

1999-06-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Jun 15, 1999 at 11:59:31AM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: > So... again... I make my annual cry to the package gods: > > Why are the *system-critical* binaries dynamically linked? If you hose your > ld.so, ld-linux, or libc, that breaks login (so there's no way to get into > the system after a

Re: ldap/pam problem

1999-06-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 05:53:07PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On 16 Jun 1999, Rob Browning wrote: > > > > > If so, then when I tried those modifications, I couldn't figure out > > how to get reasonable behavior. If you have > > > > auth sufficient pam_ldap.so > > auth r

Re: PAM (pluggable auth. modules)

1999-06-18 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 02:45:55PM +0200, Varga Robert wrote: > > What do I need to do to enable PAM on slink? > > Is it enough, to install the pam libraries and other related packages, or > do I have to recompile/reinstall/replace some files/packages? PAM is only enabled for sudo, netatalk, and

Re: Use MD5 to check packages

1999-06-18 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Jun 18, 1999 at 09:43:18AM -0500, Stephen Pitts wrote: > The only caveat is that about half of the packages I have installed > actually contain md5 information. For those that do, you can check very > easily, by doing "cd /; md5sum -cv /var/lib/dpkg/info/.md5sums" Or you could install the

Re: How to determine local IP

1999-06-21 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 08:54:03AM -0500, Ramesh Natarajan wrote: > This message was sent from Geocrawler.com by "Ramesh Natarajan" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> > > Hi, Once dialed in, how to determine the local (dynamically assigned) IP id? > I know pppd invokes ip-up with the local IP. But outside th

Re: V. basic script question

1999-06-21 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Jun 21, 1999 at 11:03:05PM +0200, J Horacio MG wrote: > ~> > I'm on a dial on demand connection and I have this script in > ~> > /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/ for having the mail fetched from my ISP everytime I > ~> > make a connection, and then sent locally: > ~> > > ~> > - start script - > ~

Re: [Linux] where is tip or cu?

1999-06-23 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Jun 23, 1999 at 01:49:19PM +0200, Nico De Ranter wrote: > > Howdy, > > I need to talk to my serial port. On other Unices I would > use tip or cu. Any idea which package contains these tools? > (I know they both exist for Linux since I used them before, > unfortunately I reinstalled De

Re: mod_auth_mysql and dso?

1999-07-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Jul 14, 1999 at 09:49:01PM +0200, Toens Bueker wrote: > > test:/etc/apache# /usr/sbin/apachectl start > Syntax error on line 101 of /etc/apache/httpd.conf: > Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_auth_mysql.so into \ > server: /usr/lib/apache/1.3/mod_auth_mysql.so: undefined \ > symbol: my

Re: passwd and smbpasswd sync

1999-02-25 Thread Ben Collins
) and stack the modules for the passwd program, I don't know if the samba package comes with it's own pam module, but there is one available somewhere (this is needed for passwd to be aware of the smb passwords). -- --- - ---- - --- - - - ---

Re: Debian Packages compiled with PGCC

1999-03-02 Thread Ben Collins
PU intensive) is ok? -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Core - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems The Choice of the GNU Generation -- -- - - - --- --- -- - - --- - --

Re: seriously hosed slink system

1999-03-04 Thread Ben Collins
; these messages) Looks like your filesystems are not getting mounted, were there any errors to this affect? -- --- - ---- - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Core - [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Ben Collins
f Debian. Aside from the obvious errors, I think we should note the criticisms, they are actually quite true (they didn't beat around the bush when mentioning them either). -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: I can't believe this

1999-03-08 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Mar 07, 1999 at 09:43:11PM -0800, George Bonser wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 1999, Ben Collins wrote: > > > Aside from the obvious errors, I think we should note the criticisms, > > they are actually quite true (they didn't beat around the bush when > > mentioning

Re: SLink ipfwadm or ipchains?

1999-03-17 Thread Ben Collins
d to use ipchains (or the ipfwadmwrapper included with ipchains). -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Core - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UnixGroup Admin -

Re: libpam-pwdb: optional ???

1999-03-21 Thread Ben Collins
t was a custom setup and not something a depends could handle. pam_pwdb is not required to access /etc/passwd (the pam_unix_* modules handle it quite well). -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debia

Re: update-rc.d

1999-03-27 Thread Ben Collins
out lines add lines etc. I use it on my home and production system. -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux OpenLDAP Core - [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] UnixGroup Adm

Re: login package source?

1999-03-28 Thread Ben Collins
kage. The package is part of "base" but there doesn't > seem to be a source package for it. Anyone know where I can pick it > up? login comes from the shadow source. -- ------- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL P

Re: switch of Debian

1998-12-11 Thread Ben Collins
filesystems makes sure that all of your data was written to disk and that it is clean. After it is done you can turn the computer off. good luck -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux

Re: Joystick

1998-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
luck, Ben -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Newsgroup & Pine

1998-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
help?? > > Thx > Shao. Some isp's require that you use your login/password for newsgroup access, this may be the problem. Try setting a username for the news server in pine (forgot how that works, but it was simple i think). good luck, Ben -- --- - - -

Re: Debian installed in Virtual PC

1998-12-12 Thread Ben Collins
x (1.x wont work). Then make sure you setup your hardrive image properly before trying to boot. If you don't find an answer here, I suggest trying a Macintosh list to find some one who has done it themselves. good luck, Ben -- --- - - --- - - - --

Re: automatic login?

1998-12-13 Thread Ben Collins
ev/tty1 I never tried it till now, seemed to work fine. good luck, Ben -- --- - ----- ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: cfengine cron job

1998-12-14 Thread Ben Collins
run-parts not run it (norun :). To mave it back: /usr/sbin/dpkg-divert --remove /etc/cron.daily/cfengine.norun good luck, Ben -- --- - - ------- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - J

Re: cfengine cron job

1998-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
r it, and actually never installed it with out configuring it, I never noticed. I'll fix it, maybe it will get into slink. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux U

Re: Pam dependencies

1998-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
ing then configuring is how dselect does it, so that's prbably why it hasn't been a problem for others. > Is this a bug? I would say yes. If you could file a bug report, it would be most appreciated. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben

Re: xmcd local database

1998-12-15 Thread Ben Collins
t a thought -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: NIS/something equivalent + security

1998-12-18 Thread Ben Collins
t be able to get the encrypted password). IIRC, the default setup is fairly secure from the debian packages outside of having to enter the blocks into libwrap files (hosts.deny,allow). good luck, Ben -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMA

Re: fte error

1998-12-19 Thread Ben Collins
vice so it should still work with this (plus it isn't suid root :) -- --- - ----- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NIS/something equivalent + security

1998-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
r (ie. the same as it would normally do if there were not NIS). The clear text password entered by the user is not sent anywhere by the NIS client. -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux Uni

Re: Why does 16 bpp look the same as 24 bpp?

1998-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
since it uses less mem and netscape and xterm don't really push the limits of the spectrum :) -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc.

Re: uninstalling smail when a self compiled MTA is present

1998-12-20 Thread Ben Collins
reason. -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Trying to compile a new kernel.

1998-12-30 Thread Ben Collins
setup this way, do you have more than one parallel device? -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- --

Re: Network Neighborhood and IPmasquerading

1998-12-31 Thread Ben Collins
n that it tells B where other machines are. -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Linux GTKicq Security Flaw (thought u should know)

1998-12-31 Thread Ben Collins
cially not the same as passwords on outside systems like ICQ, IRC bots, and webmail accounts :) -- --- - - --- - - - --- -------- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc.

Re: modem problems

1998-12-31 Thread Ben Collins
some one should be able to tell you if it is or isn't. -- --- - -------- - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Debian 2.0.2 installation

1999-01-03 Thread Ben Collins
ventually found out whyit did it, but I can't remember now. -- --- - ----- ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: hosts.allow - words of wisdom?

1999-01-07 Thread Ben Collins
you have to config it separately. That's not necessarily true. A lot of standalone daemons are, or can be, compiled with libwrap so as to have this functionality built-in. -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: hosts.allow - words of wisdom?

1999-01-07 Thread Ben Collins
tion off to the daemon. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: plog

1999-01-15 Thread Ben Collins
e this? You have to run plog as root. The reason that ppp.log isn't world readable is that your ppp password is more than likely in the log file. -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Lin

Re: plog

1999-01-15 Thread Ben Collins
f users, don't use one of the ones already there, make a new one. -- - -- - ---- - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: login: is md5_crypt anabled?

1999-01-16 Thread Ben Collins
iffs to see. -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Applying kernel patches

1999-01-22 Thread Ben Collins
have a fully patched up pre9 source :) -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: VBScripts within Apache :(

1999-01-23 Thread Ben Collins
memeber the name, but searching on freshmeat or aorund the web should produce something. -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc.

Re: Try to install Debian Linux 2.0, computer resets after loading linux.kernel

1999-01-26 Thread Ben Collins
initialization, and had to be flash upgraded. The upgrade only requires downloading the image and using a boot disk to install it. Check with your motherboard manufacturer's website or call the computer retailer you bought it from. -- --- - - ------- ----- - -

Re: kernel 2.2.0

1999-01-27 Thread Ben Collins
with the Netscape browser they are browsing the ftp site from. Netscape does not know what a .bz2 file is and therefore doesn't relate it to an icon, it gives it the default [?] icon. -- --- - - --- ----- - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: mod_roaming for apache - won't load (slink)

1999-01-29 Thread Ben Collins
against 1.3.4), or you can download the debian diffs with the source to compile it against your current apache. I have it working with the 1.3.4 apache, and it's very useful. -- --- - - --- - - - --- ---- Ben Collins <

Re: chmod script

1999-02-01 Thread Ben Collins
Try: chmod -R og-rwx /path -- --- - - --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: dpkg-source

1999-02-02 Thread Ben Collins
on (if there is a newer version in the new distribution) or > > will it leave my customized package alone? > > It will upgrade the package. Does apt not respect packages that have been "held"? -- --- - ---- ----- --- - - - --- Ben Co

Re: chmod script

1999-02-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 10:28:37PM +, Pere Camps wrote: > Ben, > > > chmod -R og-rwx /path > > But if my files are 400... > > Thanks for your help anyway! > > -- p. chmod -R og-wrx u+rw /path -- --- - - --- -

Re: Query for dpkg.

1999-02-02 Thread Ben Collins
dpkg's ??? > TIA. dpkg -l | more -- --- - - ---- --- - - - --- Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Debian GNU/Linux UnixGroup Admin - Jordan Systems Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- - - - --- --- -- The Choice of the GNU Generation

Re: Can a keyboard pretend to be a mouse?

1999-02-05 Thread Ben Collins
g. > > > > X does this already. > > > > I'm sorry but how about giving some pointers on how to make this > happen. A quick search didn't turn up any docs on this. I believe svgalib (the latest in slink/potato?) will do this.

Re: compiling pine

1999-08-10 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 09:58:56AM -0700, Lazar Fleysher wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am experiencing a problem compiling pine/pico and I do not know how to > handle it. > > I have installed pine396-diffs_2.deb and pine396-src_2.deb from the stable > and this is what I get: > > # dpkg-source -x p

Re: What is the reasonable performance of a home 10mbps LAN

1999-08-11 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Aug 10, 1999 at 07:18:22PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Aug 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:E4:2C:8D > > inet addr:192.168.14.1 Bcast:192.168.14.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMI

Re: gcc troubles again

1999-08-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 08:13:20PM +0200, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > > I've just upgraded to the latest gcc in potato. > It install itself as i386-linux, and when I try to compile, it can't > find cc1. I've solved this problem by linking the > /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux to i586-unknown-linux-gli

Re: gcc troubles again

1999-08-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 08:48:16PM +0200, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ gcc -v > Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-unknown-linux-gnulibc1/2.7.2.3/specs > gcc version 2.7.2.3 > You have mail in /var/spool/mail/ik5pvx > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ $ gcc --version > 2.7.2.3 That

Re: gcc troubles again

1999-08-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Aug 14, 1999 at 10:16:55PM +0200, Pierfrancesco Caci wrote: > :-> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > That's not egcs, that's the gcc272 package. > > > Yeah, either get rid of gcc272 completely, or chec

Re: web db suggestions please

1999-08-20 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 06:35:12PM +0100, richard wrote: > Hi all. > I'm kinda having a go a developing an intranet at work and I need > some opinions from any experts out there. > We have a document register that is obviously used register any > documents written, written in vb and > accessing

Re: (no subject)

1999-08-20 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Aug 20, 1999 at 03:01:19PM -0500, Craig Hancock wrote: > unsubscribe > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null Please READ above All request for sub/unsub are to be sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: install problem with base2_1.tgx

1999-08-21 Thread Ben Collins
> I checked the rescue and driver floppies and niether of them have any > plainly labled reference to tar or gzip. The driver floppy has files on > it that are of the tgz variety ant it seems to work fine. I guess those > two utilities are crammed into some other file on the rescue floppy. I bel

Re: Mounting Windows Partition as /home

1999-08-22 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Aug 22, 1999 at 09:43:55AM -0500, John Foster wrote: > Dan Hatton wrote: > > > > I'd like to share user files on my machine between Windows 98 and Linux; > > since Linux can read and write Windows partitions, I was thinking of > > achieving this by mounting a Windows FAT32 partition as /ho

Re: libc6-dev confilicts with libstdc++2.9-dev?

1999-08-24 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 11:00:35AM -0700, Emile Snyder wrote: > Hrm. I went and got my system all messed up messing with stuff that I > shouldn't have, and now I'm trying to recover. I can't seem to get gcc > and g++ environments to play nice. > > Does anyone have any pointers as to where to go

Re: Files: Debian-to-dos.

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 03:30:43PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a way to save a linux-file to a dos-diskette in a dos-readable way? > (Say I wanted to show you guys a config-file or something when I'm mailing > from an NT-box, not wanting to type the whole thing, or I wanted to take a

Re: Automatic software installing (like Win. 2000)

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 01:19:56PM -0500, Ashley Clark wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Sami Dalouche wrote: > > I would like to know if there's a possibility with apt (or something else) > > to do the same that windows/Office 2000. > > It installs automaticly new software from the CD when you want t

Re: xntp3 replacement on Potato

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 02:31:08PM -0400, Alec Smith wrote: > On Debian 2.1 systems I always used xntp3 to sync my system clocks. I've > noticed Potato doesn't have a .deb for xntp3, and when I tried manually > compiling from the sources used to build the 2.1 debs, I got an error I'm > assuming is

Re: Error with SSH.

1999-08-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Aug 26, 1999 at 05:59:38PM -0500, Jon Marler wrote: > I have read the SSH FAQ(s) and can not find the solution to this problem. > I am getting this error when trying to make a remote ssh connection as any > user other than root: > > Agent parent directory is not sticky, mode is 40777 it sh

deskjet, color cartrige and black text...

1999-08-27 Thread Ben Collins
Ok, I've got a color HP deskjet printer with a color cartrige installed. My problems is that whenever I print something blackand white (be it postscript or just plain text) it wants me to put in the b/w cartrige, which I don't want to have to do. It does this even though I am using the dj500c-filte

Re: /dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:06:15PM +0100, Paul wrote: > I`ve tried looking for "makedev" which dselect tells me is installed but > all I seem to have are the doc files and the /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files. > How do I restore my floppy drive? cd /dev ./MAKEDEV fd This should create the symlinks.

Re: /dev/fd0 erased

1999-08-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Aug 29, 1999 at 09:06:15PM +0100, Paul wrote: > all I seem to have are the doc files and the /var/lib/dpkg/info/ files. > How do I restore my floppy drive? Ooops! I meant: ./MAKEDEV fd0 Sorry

Re: Assembly Compiler

1999-09-01 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 01:54:57PM -0400, Cory Rudder wrote: > Does any one know if there is an assembly lang. compiler available for > Debian? > > Thanks > Cory In binutils, you have the GNU as, and there is also the nasm package. Ben

Re: Netscape (wishlist/ buglist & such)

1999-09-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 01:46:51PM -0300, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > > - Both in the browser & in the mail subsystems, images should be loaded > AFTER the whole text/HTML code has been loaded (and displayed) > Just a comment on this one. Netscape (and other browsers) do exactly that. How

Re: Netscape (wishlist/ buglist & such)

1999-09-02 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Sep 02, 1999 at 02:34:44PM -0300, Guilherme Soares Zahn wrote: > > Just a comment on this one. Netscape (and other browsers) do exactly that. > > However, if the image tags are not accompanied by "width" and "height" > > parameters, Netscape can not render the page until the image headers a

Re: NIS with LDAP

1999-09-05 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 06:26:02PM +0300, Dan Pomohaci wrote: > Is possible to use LDAP as NIS? How can I do it? I read > umlich-ldap-doc but I found nothing about. > I have a small old (486) network (10 computers) working in Debian (slink > version). > > Thanks, Yes it is possible. I suggest us

Re: Why can't I run my program

1999-09-06 Thread Ben Collins
On Sun, Sep 05, 1999 at 09:13:00PM -0700, Wendell Buckner wrote: > I was playing around with GNU C before I getting ready to load GNU C++, and > decided to write a simple c program (The standard hello world app). I was > doing this to make sure that GNU C was working properly. I compiled the >

Re: Linux checks only 8 chars of the password...

1999-09-13 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 01:22:31PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Gernot Bauer said: > > Good morning, > > > > I was wondering, why Linux only checks 8 characters of the > It's not a Linux invention, it's the limitation of the Unix DES method of > encrypting passwords. > > login-password. I u

Re: make-kpkg

1999-09-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 08:57:14AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Does anyone know which package contains make-kpkg? > # dpkg -S make-kpkg kernel-package: /usr/bin/make-kpkg kernel-package: /usr/share/man/man1/make-kpkg.1.gz

Re: make-kpkg

1999-09-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 09:16:00AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 5:05:34 AM, Ben wrote: > > # dpkg -S make-kpkg > > kernel-package: /usr/bin/make-kpkg > > kernel-package: /usr/share/man/man1/make-kpkg.1.gz > > I think dpkg needs to be looked at then... > > [EMAIL PRO

Re: make-kpkg

1999-09-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 09:20:13AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 5:19:33 AM, Ben wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED](12:06pm)-~]%dpkg -S kpkg > > kernel-package: /usr/bin/make-kpkg > > kernel-package: /usr/share/kernel-package/kpkg-vercheck > > kernel-package: /usr/share/man/man1

Re: make-kpkg

1999-09-14 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 14, 1999 at 09:30:11AM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tuesday, September 14, 1999, 5:24:13 AM, Ben wrote: > > That's why. dpkg -S searches your /var/lib/dpkg/info/*.list files for the > > package owning it. I suggest looking at > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages for a search on the

Re: PAM problems

1999-09-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 03:25:45PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have problems with PAM apps since the last upgrade forced them onto my > system. > > First: pam_env.so outputs messages about non alpha-numeric variable names in > /etc/environment when i login. The funny things is, those varia

Re: PAM problems

1999-09-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 05:01:52PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 06:00:17AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 15, 1999 at 03:25:45PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have problems with PAM apps since the last upgrade forced them on

Re: Linux checks only 8 chars of the password...

1999-09-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 05:17:43PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote: > * Ben Collins said: > > > > > login-password. I use a much longer password and would like my system to > > > > check everything of it. Is there a flag I can set that the whole > > > > pa

Re: telnetd-ssl

1999-09-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 04:02:40PM +0200, J.H.M. Dassen Ray" wrote: > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 15:59:57 +0200, peter karlsson wrote: > > telnetd: /dev/ttyp2: Permission denied > > Looks like the permissions on your ttyp devices are wrong; they should look > like this: > crw-rw-rw- 1 root tty

Re: su without password using libpam

1999-09-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 06:29:02PM +0200, Andreas Kurth wrote: > Hi, > > one of the latest potato changes was setting up login and su to use > pam-support. Configuration of login and su has now to be done > editing the /etc/pam.d/ files. > > On my privat machine I am used to let trusted users (my

Re: su without password using libpam

1999-09-17 Thread Ben Collins
Package: libpam-modules Version: 0.69-6 Severity: normal On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 09:12:27PM +0200, Andreas Kurth wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > Or you can add this to your /etc/pam.d/su file after the rootok module: > > > > ### > > auth sufficient pam_l

Re: su without password using libpam

1999-09-17 Thread Ben Collins
On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 11:57:59AM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > Package: libpam-modules > Version: 0.69-6 > Severity: normal > > On Fri, Sep 17, 1999 at 09:12:27PM +0200, Andreas Kurth wrote: > > Ben Collins wrote: > > > Or you can add this to your /etc/pam.d/s

Re: su without password using libpam

1999-09-18 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Sep 18, 1999 at 09:44:58AM +0200, Andreas Kurth wrote: > Ben Collins wrote: > > Ok correction on this. In the /etc/security/su.allow just put "root" (who > > they are > > allowed to su to). and the add this line: > > > > ### > > auth

Re: telnetd-ssl

1999-09-18 Thread Ben Collins
ter is '^]'. > Debian Linux/BSD/GNU/XFree86/etc potato (2.2) dat95pkn.campus.mdh.se > Connection closed by foreign host. > > > Ben Collins: > > Also could you check the version of the login package you have installed, > > I have another person who is having problems after

Re: Remote Login

1999-09-25 Thread Ben Collins
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 08:04:13AM -0700, j way wrote: > Hi, login from ttyS1 is rejected while the same username & password are > accepted > on the main console. Is there some further permission required to > enable? > Thanks for any help, John. Well, you can't login as root on ttyS1 unless you

Re: suidregister problem with apt-get upgrade

1999-09-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 09:42:03AM -0500, Tomislav Renic wrote: > > Here's a problem for you guys... > > I tried apt-get update; upgrade this morning on a potato system, and when it > came time to install the libc6 package, it exited with an error, telling me > that the error came from the post

Re: null password

1999-09-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Sep 27, 1999 at 02:17:13PM -0400, Bob C. Ruddy wrote: > I am setting up an old SparIPC to run debian linux. The main function of > this machine to provide ppp login service. I have a user 'ppp' that I need > to be able to login without a password. The authentication is then done > with pap.

Re: LiLO and Multi distributions

1999-09-28 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Sep 28, 1999 at 10:19:38PM +0100, Joao Pissarro wrote: > Hello all, > > I have isntalled two distributions of Linux (Reh Hat 6 and Debian 2.1) on > two hard disks, just like the following: > > hda1: Win98 > hda3: Debian > hdc5: Red Hat > > I have the joined lilo.conf file, and when I run

Re: What packages are installed?

1999-09-29 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 02:37:08PM +, Jose L Gomez Dans wrote: > Hi! > I suppose this is a *very* basic question, but is there an easy way > to find out what packages are installed? I mean, I can go through > /var/lib/dpkg/available and figure it out. However, if it's a very "popular" > p

Re: Environment Variable weirdness

1999-09-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 08:39:48PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > (1) > Running Debian 2.1, I noticed sth odd about a couple of > environment variables (I am running XFree-3.3.3.1-2). > > First of all : > > HOSTTYPE=i386-linux Compilation was for i386 so it would run on more than just pent

Re: Environment Variable weirdness

1999-09-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 08:54:11PM -0400, Salman Ahmed wrote: > >>>>> "Ben" == Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ben> Compilation was for i386 so it would run on more than just > Ben> pentiums. > > You mean for the initial instal

Re: Security & UID, GID?

1999-09-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 08:20:39PM -0600, Art Lemasters wrote: > One account on my system (e.g., one user in the /home directory) > has had its group permission changed to from x to s without my doing > so, a couple of times. For example, in the /home directory, one user > directory permissio

Re: Sun classic

1999-09-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 12:35:40PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested in installing Debian Linux on a Sun Classic. > Any pointers will be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance, > Oki There is an install text in /debian/dists/slink/main/disks-sparc. Most likely you will want to download t

Re: su username w/o password in potato

1999-09-30 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 11:13:59AM +0200, Remco van de Meent wrote: > Hi, > > With the 'old' secure-su package, one could su to a user without a password, > when set up in /etc/suauth . I was using this quite a lot :) > > However, with the new PAMified packages, I cannot replicate this > functio

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