Find out what process is accessing the network

Hi Is there any way to find out what processes are causing a transfer of data across the network card? Netspeed applet shows a continuous download rate of about 10kbytes per second and I am unable to figure out what process is causing that. Thanks Rajkiran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: Find out what process is accessing the network

On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 01:17:40 -0500, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 11:16 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Is there any way to find out what processes are causing a transfer of > > data across the networ

Sarge install problems with Adaptec 7902 controller

Hi, I am trying to install sarge on a HP Workstation with a Seagate SCSI disk on an Adaptec 7902 Ultra 320 SCSI adapter. However, the installer fails to detect the hard disk at all. There was no such problem when installing Redhat 9. Redhat loads the module aic79xx.o before the install program beg

apt/preferences origin pins for file:// sources

Hi, A couple of weeks ago, I switched over to Debian from RedHat. So far things are fine, but I am facing a problem with apt-get. I have downloaded the first few iso images of sarge and have them lying on my hard-disk. I have the following lines in my '/etc/apt/sources.list' === deb file:/mnt/sar

Re: apt/preferences origin pins for file:// sources

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 10:33:51 +0530, Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A couple of weeks ago, I switched over to Debian from RedHat. So far > things are fine, but I am facing a problem with apt-get. I have > downloaded the first few iso images of sarge a

Re: df shows negative blocks...

On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 15:44:42 +0200, J. van der Horst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ther, > > when I run 'df' I get a negative block size: > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda2-802259910193 1 0 34% / > > fsck: > > fsck 1

Re: vim place marker

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 08:57:35 -0500, dircha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Surprisingly enough, I believe I answered this here not 2 weeks ago. > > Rather than copying and pasting, to find the answer execute: > :help position > > The solution there worked for me, at least. > Thanks a lot, I too ha

Installing/Updating debian on a machine with no internet access

Hi all, I have recently switched over to Debian/Sarge from Redhat 9.0. This is at my home where my pc has an internet connection. I had downloaded the first few iso images using jigdo, installed from them, then over the past few months, installed/upgraded several packages using apt-get. I want to

Problem ejecting cdrom after dist-upgrade

Hi, I have just done an 'apt-get dist-upgrade'. Now the 'eject' fails to eject the cdrom and gives the error: eject: unable to eject, last error: Inappropriate ioctl for device My drive is an ide cdrw and I am using the ide-scsi module. In my /dev directory, 'cdrom' is a symbolic link to 'cdrom0'

Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

Hi, In a fresh install of Buster with XFCE desktop, locking the screen blanks the monitor and the monitor enters a power save state. After that, neither moving the mouse nor typing on the keyboard would turn the monitor back on. Typing the password without any visual feedback (while the monitor c

Re: Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

> The opinion is that it is a bug. See > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2019/06/msg0.html Thank you for the feedback. I have filed a bug report for this issue. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=929834 Please note that this issue does not occur if using the slick-greet

Local search broken for documentation of numpy, matplotlib

Since upgrading to Buster, the search functionality for some packages like python-numpy-doc and python-matplotlib-doc is no longer working. The search page just displays the progress indicator graphic without generating any results. This is an issue for me as my primary work computer has no interne

Re: Local search broken for documentation of numpy, matplotlib

On Mon, Feb 24, 2020 at 8:23 PM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > I suggest to check the changelogs (upstream and Debian-specific, > whichever applies to the delta between the version you had before and > the version you now installed from sid) to see if the issue is > _knowingly_ fixed - becaue if not t

Getting wake-on-lan to work in Etch

Hi, I am trying to get "wake on lan" to work in Etch. I have a motherboard with an onboard NIC which supports wake-on-lan. I have enabled wake-on-lan in the bios. When I poweroff the computer during POST, I am able to remotely wake it, but if I shut it down from Etch, power to the NIC is also

Re: new debian user. help :)

Lorenas Bartkus wrote: hi, I'm new in debian and previosly i used windows xp. now i decided to try debian for the first time. i have downloaded boot cd to install debian from network, in the bigining everything gone well but when i was asked to choose the mirror i can't. because it was said no

Getting wake-on-lan to work in Etch

Hi, I am trying to get "wake on lan" to work in Etch. I have a motherboard with an onboard NIC which supports wake-on-lan. I have enabled wake-on-lan in the bios. When I poweroff the computer during POST, I am able to remotely wake it, but if I shut it down from Etch, power to the NIC is also bei

Re: Mount NTFS read only for nun root user

Oscar Corte wrote: Hil all: I´m able to mount an NTFS partition from the root user. I do this trhough a command window, logging in as Super user "su" and then executing the "mount" command. However, when I exit from root to tue regular user the mountd partition is not available. ¿How can I

Re: Getting wake-on-lan to work in Etch

On 7/26/07, Gilles Mocellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Le Wednesday 25 July 2007 01:46:03 Raj Kiran Grandhi, vous avez écrit: > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to get "wake on lan" to work in Etch. I have a motherboard > > with an onboard NIC which supports

Where to find missing documentation

Hi, Is there any way to get most of the documentation that has been removed from the debian repositories? I can always get the documentation manually from the respective project sites, but then, I would be losing the functionality of 'apt' and manually updating and maintaining the documentatio

Re: Where to find missing documentation

I think many docs have been moved to non-free, though you are not being clear about which documentation. For example, the ConTeXt typesetting package has it's doc in context-doc-nonfree, which is in pool/non-free/c/context-doc-nonfree/ So, you might want to add non-free to your sources.list, if

Re: Accessing software programs from disk

Welcome to the wonderful world of linux. If, after you read this post, you still think you made a terrible mistake, there are a couple of instructions at the end using which you can recover your original windows installation. On the subject of which: I can't find anything, anywhere, that tel

Re: How to minimize hard drive spin up and spin down?

Amit Uttamchandani wrote: Hey guys, I'm a happy camper with Debian Etch here on my old laptop. Thanks to all the developers and the users for the great work! Right now, I have an old laptop with a noisy harddrive. I have installed laptop-mode tools and set my hard drive spin down to around 20 s

Re: Mounting an ext2 filesystem at mount point with specific uid, gid

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm using debian 4.0r1. I have an ext2 partition at /dev/hda1 and want to mount it at /home/storage/store. The /etc/fstab record I use is as follows: /dev/hda1 /home/storage/storeext2 defaults 0 4 Before I mount it, the command "ls -al /home/storage"

Re: How do you unmount all your drives

Sid Arth wrote: Hi, is there a command I can use that unmounts all unnecessary drives? And what command can I use to just unmount one drive? What do you mean by unnecessary? If you do not want to access files in those drives, you can unmount them with: # umount /path/to/mount/point That wil

Re: etch + xp

Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: But I want to install XP in another disk, different from which etch is installed. So XP will install its own bootmanager into the mbr of this different disk. Am I wright? Remember that I can tell the bios from what disk the system boots. I gues I can use this in order

Re: FLOSS support for signed PDFs

I wrote: How are they doing this detection [of Acroread]? Celejar writes: I don't know. I suspect they rely on internet explorer being the browser, install some sort of activex control and retrieve whatever information they can about the users' computer. (This can potentially include sensi

Re: PATH to java in X11

Henrique G. Abreu wrote: I'm running Lenny. I've inserted the lines to .bashrc as you sad but it only worked to the terminal it had no effect in gnome (eg: using Alt+F2) I inserted 'source /etc/profile' directly into /etc/X11/Xsession.d/55gnome-session_gnomerc and it's working now! I still want

Re: resize the partition with /

So I'd like to resize hda2 but I can't as it said I need to unmount hda2 before resizing. People suggest using a live CD but it's not possible with my old laptop (I didn't even install etch using CD, I can only install etch via goodbyemicrosoft.com). USB boot is also not available. If a cou

Re: Network card activation

Oscar Corte wrote: Hi all I’m using Debian Etch, and in order to activate my network card y have to go into “Networking” gnome’s option menu, click on eth0, then click on “Deactivate” button and then on “Activate”. I don't get an IP address unless I do this. There should be a configuration whe

Cannot run iceweasel on remote host

Hi, I am facing a weird problem when trying to run iceweasel on a remote host through an ssh session. I have logged into the remote host using "ssh -Y " and at the prompt of the remote host, I ran iceweasel. However it appears that a local instance of iceweasel is started. There is no iceweas

Re: Cannot run iceweasel on remote host

Liam O'Toole wrote: On Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:08:29 +0530 Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I am facing a weird problem when trying to run iceweasel on a remote host through an ssh session. I have logged into the remote host using "ssh -Y " and at the prom

Re: resize the partition with /

Manu Hack wrote: If a couple of reboots is ok for you, the following method might work. Yes, and thanks a lot for the instruction. You can use 'dd' to clone hda2 to hda1. Boot your system with "init=/bin/bash". When you get to the bash prompt, do bash# dd if=/dev/hda2 of=/dev/hda1 When th

Re: resize the partition with /

Manu Hack wrote: Edit the file /tmp/newroot/boot/grub/menu.lst and replace (hd0,1) with (hda0,0) and root=/dev/hda2 with root=/dev/hda1. Similarly fix the root filesystem entry in /tmp/newroot/etc/fstab by changing /dev/hda2 to /dev/hda1. Now you should be able to boot into either of your two pa

Re: how to set up a Web server thru a wireless router

Serena Cantor wrote: I have 2 PCs that are connected to wireless router, which is connected to a cable modem. Now I want one PC to be a Web server, so people all over the world can access it on Internet. Since the two PCs form a private network, how should I set up? Most routers support port

How to detect whether your machine is compromised?

Hi, There is an article on slashdot, http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/05/1234217&from=rss which says that most of the phishing sites are being run from rootkitted linux boxes. I dunno how accurate their analysis is (the results were not released), however I wonder if there is any wa

Re: How to detect whether your machine is compromised?

Hi, Thanks to everyone for contributing several tips. I am looking forward to a highly educating weekend :) Here is a summary of packages that were suggested in the various replies: aide: Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment - static binary bastille: Security hardening tool chkroo

Re: Math Package to Solve Linear Equations?

Thomas H. George wrote: I'm feeling stupid. I used to have a math package which inverted matrices to solve systems of linear equations - i.e. enter the matrix and the y values and the program inverts the matrix and reports the x values. I know how to do it manually but it is laborious for lar

Re: script program surprise

Jude DaShiell wrote: I went and ran script and ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg to catch the failure happening. I was wondering why the size of the file was 137K when I finished so had me an examine of the typescript file. There's loads of ansi garbage in the file. Is there a package I can

Re: How to detect whether your machine is compromised?

Chris Bannister wrote: http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/05/1234217 http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/CD0B9D97EE6FE411CC25736A000E4723 Those were the very links with which this thread was started :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscr

Re: password protect file befor emailing

BartlebyScrivener wrote: I want to send a longish pdf file to an unsophisticated Windows user. If possible I would like to password protect it. Is there a way to password protect files on Etch? # apt-get install pdftk $ pdftk input_file.pdf output encrypted.pdf user_pw password $ man pdftk

Re: Can I schede a command to be run when I have log out?

Serena Cantor wrote: I use sarge and crontab. If I log out, what happen to the program I started ? Can you be more clear? If you want to run a command every time you logout, you can add it to ~/.bash_logout file (Assuming bash is your login shell). If you are running a command in the backgro

Re: Network card activation

Oscar Corte wrote: Raj: Thanks a lot for your answer. The recommended documentation helped me to understand many aspects of Linux networking. Now I use “ifdown” and “ifup” commands to activate my network card and went to etc/network/interfaces to change the line: allow-hotplug eth0 for iface

Re: iceweasel tab question

Wakko Warner wrote: I know one browser I used or maybe even firefox used to. Is it possible to configure iceweasel so that when you middle click on a tab it'll open another tab with the same contents? You might want to look into TabMixPlus, https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1122

Re: Maxime a window from CLI.

Brad Sawatzky wrote: On Mon, 15 Oct 2007, ccostin wrote: There is a possibility to maximize or minimize a window from CLI, (command which will tell to GNOME or KDE to maximize/minimize a given window similar to Ctrl+F10/F5). Or to tell to a window manager the width and the height, to resize t

Re: viewer or pager like antiword for open office files?

BartlebyScrivener wrote: I've googled on this for awhile, but must be using wrong terms. Looking for a viewer or pager that will allow me to cat .odt files from command line or view them and send text to stdout without opening oowriter? Looking for an equivalent to antiword for oowriter files.

Re: permission of script linked to cron

Haines Brown wrote: I have a script, ~/scripts/backup, owned by root, that mounts an external UPS drive, creates a directory based on date, and backs up my hard disk with the exception of a few directories. I created a symlink to /etc/cron.weekly to automate the job, but because the script is lo

Re: permission of script linked to cron

Haines Brown wrote: Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Haines Brown wrote: I have a script, ~/scripts/backup, owned by root, that mounts an external UPS drive, creates a directory based on date, and backs up my hard disk with the exception of a few directories. I created a s

Re: mounting usb hard disk

Lorenzo Bettini wrote: Hi I have an external usb hard disk which also contains an ext3 partition (besides the standard fat one). When I switch it on, kde detects it and offers to open the contents in a new window (for both partitions); however, while the fat partition is mounted on a direct

Re: Old mixed distro machine upgrade to stable: possible? worth it?

Jaime Herazo B. wrote: Do you guys think it's worth to do a dist-upgrade to stable at this point? i'm inclined to just format it and be done with that mess, but he doesn't want to go that route since he'd have to reconfigure it all (i'd personally be willing to pay that price to be able to have

Re: Contacts printing

Rodolfo Medina wrote: I managed to sync my mobile phone to the PC with opensync, so I copied the Contacts into the file system. Then I fetched them with Evolution, but I don't like the way it prints them out, and it doesn't seem to be customizable. If you imported the contacts into evolution,

Re: Contacts printing

Rodolfo Medina wrote: On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 01:12:06PM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote: I wish a way to print the Contacts (about 300) that I have stored in a directory, one per file. Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I think you just need to write a script in your favorite langu

Re: etch apt - Failed to fetch kernel, Size Mismatch error

Siju George wrote: Hi I am unable to upgrade my Debian Etch System to the new kernel. Could some one please help me with this? Details below == fsdc:~# cat /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib deb http:/

metacity2.14.5 under etch: keyboard lockup when opening a window

Hi, I use gnome+metacity in etch. I am experiencing random lockups of the display since a few hours. Opening a window seems to trigger this. So far it has happened when launching gvim, iceweasel and gnome-terminal (not everytime). What happens in such cases is that the newly opened window is

Re: metacity2.14.5 under etch: keyboard lockup when opening a window

Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hi, I use gnome+metacity in etch. I am experiencing random lockups of the display since a few hours. Opening a window seems to trigger this. So far it has happened when launching gvim, iceweasel and gnome-terminal (not everytime). What happens in such cases is that

Re: resolv.conf question

Paul E Condon wrote: I'm running Etch. My resolv.conf starts with the line: # generated by NetworkManager, do not edit! and contains entries that I want to have new different values. I want to change the values in a way that last through a reboot, and I'd like to do it by editting a file using

Re: X11 header and library files?

ISHWAR RATTAN wrote: What .deb package contains X11-header and libraries for developmental work? -ishwar apt-cache is your friend for this. Try, apt-cache search man apt-cache for more info HTH Raj Kiran -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr

Re: reverting to 'standard' etch installation

arge from etch) Package: * Pin: release a=stable Pin-Priority: 1001 YMMV -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Installer stops (freezes) when scanning hardware

access a shell in vc2 and vc3, the other consoles contain the debug messages. That might give you a clue as to what is happening. You can also use 'ps' to see what process is causing the delay. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xdvi shows no font

anu Does converting the dvi into another format (ps or pdf) give the desired result? -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xdvi shows no font

Manu Hack wrote: On Nov 2, 2007 9:53 PM, Raj Kiran Grandhi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Manu Hack wrote: Hi, I'm using sid and usually I don't need to configure the font in order for xdvi to function properly. But now suddenly xdvi shows no font (I have file with some graphics

Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

feeling that I am missing something fairly obvious. Please provide some pointers in this regard. Thanks -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

Ron Johnson wrote: On 11/02/07 22:07, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hi, Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without having to

Re: Manage message threads in icedove/thunderbird

Kent West wrote: Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hi, Is there an extension/configuration parameters for working with message threads in icedove? For instance, I would like to be able to move an entire thread to a specific folder, or delete an entire thread without having to select the individual

Re: home network behind a firewall/router

is missing here to get the connection to the internet from LAN & DMZ? Any advices will be appreciated! You did enable IP masquerading on your gateway machine, didn't you? Also output of "iptaples --list" on your gateway and "route" on your lan clients would help. --

Re: Debian Failure Setting Password

password now. It's the last time I'll ever do that. well, better to learn to do it properly than not do it at all... -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Minolta driver and management software for Linux

advance for assistance, advice, suggestions; Jeff K -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to check tftp server is running?

h command I can call to run the tftp server? Install some tftp client (say tftp-hpa), then try getting a file from the machine: == $ tftp localhost tftp> get somefile == If you get an error almost immediately saying the file could not be found, that means the server is running :) --

Re: Minolta driver and management software for Linux

jekillen wrote: On Nov 4, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: jekillen wrote: Hello: I am trying to set up a Minolta Magicolor QMS printer. The printer is a postscript laser printer. (The actual model number is QMS 6110 and it is dis- continued). The printer is set up to connect via

Re: disable mounting of bogus CD device on Toshiba USB stick?

nd an uninstall utility using which you can disable the cdrom 'feature'. Unfortunately, the uninstaller runs only on windows, so you will need access to some windows box to run it from. Apart from using the uninstaller, I do not think there is any way to disable the annoying cdrom c

Re: Programmers Text Editor

I am sure vim users don't even bother to remember the mode. They just out of doubt. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to check tftp server is running?

-hpa To check whether the server is running, install some tftp client (say tftp-hpa), then try getting a file from the machine: == $ tftp localhost tftp> get somefile == If you get an error almost immediately saying the file could not be found, that means the server is running :) -- Raj Ki

Re: List of packages on a Debian / Ubuntu system

dpkg-www can show you a list of packages installed in the last days. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't connect to local machine using ssh

fig but I may have missed it. If it makes a difference, its a thinkpad with fingerprint reader enabled which works for local login but also with a password Something I miss just about every time is to add the/your user to a list of allowed users in /etc/ssh/sshd.conf or similar. Just a thought. Ken

Re: Programmers Text Editor

looked into it, but I am sure it is possible. q + something starts recording (of macro), and you stop that by pressing q. Instead of reaching for Esc, you can also just Ctrl-[ if you find it easier. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Apache2 Dying

strace /usr/sbin/apache2 > strace.txt gives me a 0 length file), but, I You can use "strace -o apache.trace /path/to/apache2" to save output to apache.trace. You might also want to look at the timing options of strace (-t -T and -r) -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Manage users in a HTTPS interface.

+interface Perhaps webmin is what you are looking for. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT:weird problem downloading big files

lease could say me what's wrong? Someone correct me if I am wrong, but I think routers operate at a much lower level and don't know anything about files and their sizes. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Colours in VIM

ou can ask it to display text colored according to some predefined syntax, but not arbitrarily. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: security concerns for home work network

section of your smb.conf file. As Andrew has mentioned, your setup is probably ok as long as you don't have any ports forwarded into your lan. But for anything else, better safe than sorry ;-) -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: truecrypt 5

sues are sorted out. I have not tried it yet, but I suppose it should be possible to just download the source and compile it? -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Unable to install debian via netinst.iso CD,

passing the parameter debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated=true (either =true or =1, not sure, google it up a bit) Alternatively, you can use debmirror to set up a partial mirror and get the gpg authentication mechanism working. -- Narendra Sisodiya -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To

Re: Question Regarding Directory Prompts

bash prompt howto. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Grub Boot Error on Lenny

appropriate changes specific to your system. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

nd in the bug reports. Too scary! -- Raj Kiran Grandhi /* * Linux vmsplice Local Root Exploit * By qaaz * * Linux 2.6.17 - 2.6.24.1 */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #include #define __KERNEL__ #in

Re: Serious local root exploit in linux kernel

Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Please see: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=464945 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/190587 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=432229 A local root exploit has been discovered in the linux kernel yesterday

Re: command to obtain current display resolution

help, RD -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User- Network Problem

x27;sleep 120' at the end of /etc/init.d/networking so that the second attempt of dhclient occurs before the networking script returns. Not an elegant solution, but it just worked. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Problem changing display color in 'ls'

t may be showing up in green because ls thinks it is an executable file. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New User- Network Problem

to change anything. I also wouldn't edit the scripts to, for example, to insert a delay. Instead, I would write a delay script in /etc/init.d and symlink it in the right spot in /etc/rcS.d. Yes, this appears to be the better thing to do. Thank you. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,

Re: confused about web servers

stubbornly insists on opening every file it recognizes with the corresponding application. For example, when I click on a link to a code snippet, I just want it displayed in the browser, not fire-up a full-blown IDE just to have a glimpse at the code. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Password problems

s the password, it should not be able to make changes to the system (install/remove packages) with the old password. If it is, then most probably the machine might have been compromised. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two

Re: Password problems

e the user's password. Does the command 'id root' give you an error? If yes, then there are probably some issues far more serious than a misbehaving app! Check your passwd and shadow files and make sure they are in order. Check your sudoers file for anything weird. -- Raj Kira

Re: Password problems

. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, including the error of blaming it on the computer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Password problems

asked it to "Save it for this session". Closed gdmsetup and launched it again. No password asked. Closed gdmsetup, changed root password from a terminal and relaunched the gdmsetup. No prompt for password, but got an error saying that the wrong password has been supplied. -- Raj

Re: Password problems

s not have a password. gksudo ls That should prompt you for your current user password (if configured so in /etc/sudoers) Please experiment by providing your old/new password in each case and post back your findings. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the com

Re: Password problems

Frank McCormick wrote: I'll have to get back to you. Its midnight here and I can't wait for the last sudo to expire . You can set the timestamp_timeout option in sudoers to 0 while testing. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer

Re: install on lessCd pc

>>From: Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for Trusted Compuintg Geeks (v1.0) >> >>On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 10:11:39PM +0900, Kuniyasu Suzaki wrote: >>> >>> >>From: Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>Subject: Re: Release: KNOPPIX5.1.1 for T

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ounds? Thanks, Raj Kiran Grandhi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: remote installing without loale drive (CD, USB;Floopy)

chine using pxe or tftboot or something like this. I saw somebody doing it with Fedora!! Read the netboot section in the Debian installation manual. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will find at least two human errors, including the err

Re: typewriter function for an impact printer?

Very interesting. While I am not aware of any such app, doesn't "cat > /dev/lp0" (or equivalent) work? I like the concept. Please post back your experience. Thanks, Doug. -- Raj Kiran Grandhi -- At the source of every error which is blamed on the computer, you will fin

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