Re: /tmp permissions

1998-09-14 Thread Phil Humpherys
he's not the root user, he won't be able to use up the root-reserved part of the disk (about 6%). But yes, /tmp (where ever it happens to live) is designed to be a scratch area for all users. -- Phil Humpherys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DriverSoft Unix Systems Administrator

Re: 386SX-33 for pop3 server and proxy server

1998-09-14 Thread Phil Humpherys
> I think you need more than 4 MB to install Linux (or FreeBSD). No, 4MB is the minimall installation requirement. -- Phil Humpherys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DriverSoft Unix Systems Administrator Mobile: +1.801.725.3257 WWW/PGPkeys: http://www.spire.com/~humphery

Re: Getting mail from a POP3 server

1998-09-14 Thread Phil Humpherys
I now realize) without any luck. Can > someone point me to a straight forward solution, preferably with > examples of the config files? I don't really care which software I use, > just so long as I can get it to work. I highly recommend fetchmail. -- Phil Humpherys

Re: How to find my IP address

1998-09-20 Thread Phil Humpherys
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Okay, this oughtta be an easy one. How do I determine what IP address > I've been given by my dhcp server? > > Okay, I just figured out one way: ping HOSTNAME. Duh. But is there > another way? /sbin/ifconfig ppp0 -- Phil H