manglement-compatible comparison of SuSE vs. Debian

ils, or aimed at the switching-from-windos desktop-focused audience. cheers+TIA, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / signature.ng Description: PGP signature

Re: manglement-compatible comparison of SuSE vs. Debian

>Now if he was running Mandrake, then I'd understand... I'm in the position to never have touched Mandrake, thanks $deity. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503

Re: apt-get to unstable

trib change that to deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib >deb http://security.debian.org/ unstable/updates main contrib non-free and forget about security.d.o for unstable. cheers, &rw --

`apt-get update` going "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

MergeList /var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_binary-i386_Packages E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Any hints? 6 other boxes (stable, testing and unstable ones) are not affected. cheers, &rw -- / Ing.

Re: `apt-get update` going "E: Dynamic MMap ran out of room"

On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 13:13:26 +0100, "Benedict Verheyen" writes: >Search the debian mailing list archives. It's asked about every other day. >write this APT::Cache-Limit 1000; into /etc/apt/apt.conf Thanks all, now it works again. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Wa

pam_userdb and version of .db-file

of doing this? Maybe one which has some probability of surviving the next libdb<$num>-upgrade? TIA+cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / signature.ng Description: PGP signature

Re: GPG/PGP signing

ething sensible (like keyserver.net)? Or do you expect people to regularly search the wide 'net for each&every me-too - server that's out there. Or not. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T

Re: GPG/PGP signing

On Fri, 01 Nov 2002 19:37:14 GMT, Colin Watson writes: >On Fri, Nov 01, 2002 at 07:49:09PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> >> keyserver the.earth.li >> >> I've never ever heard of "the.earth.li" before, for example. Does it >> sync with

Re: GPG/PGP signing

) waldner@fsck->~ $ gpg --recv-key --keyserver wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net C33A2BC0 gpg: key C33A2BC0: "Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" not changed gpg: Total number processed: 1 gpg: unchanged: 1 cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec

Re: Drive with no partition number

you want to access the data from OSs that assume a partition table on everything (eg windos). cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / signature.ng Description: PGP signature

latest apache security update broke php

s? cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / signature.ng Description: PGP signature

Re: ext2 vs ext3 vs xfs vs reiserfs

ms are not in any way compatible/interchangeable >with others. Yup. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / signature.ng Description: PGP signature

apache log question

ferer CustomLog /var/log/apache/agent_log agent CustomLog /var/log/apache/access_log combined However, agent_- and referer_log stay empty, and in access_log I never ever have a referrer or user-agent logged. I have a feeling that I will feel tremendously stupid, but I just can't figure it

Re: apache log question

On Tue, 03 Dec 2002 00:23:09 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: >LogFormat "%{Referer}i -> %U" referer <...> >I have a feeling that I will feel tremendously stupid, but I just can't > figure it out ATM, so TIA for any advice. Thanks to all who have pointed out my

Re: apache log question

ely. you were right there , except that apache now logs at least "-" and the user-agent, which is more than simply nothing. And those files exists (I triple-checked right now), have the right permissions et al (apache screams bloody murder anyway if that isn't the case). y

Re: How insecure are cable connections, versus dialup?

ho then >later try to connect to the boxes their scripts successfully penetrated. Of course, the real point is to never rely on one safety net alone. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / signature.ng Description: PGP signature

sendmail just queueing everything

st. [i.p.a.d], dsn=2.0.0, stat=Sent (gBO0skBh032423 Message accepted for delivery) And yes, smart.host was responsive and accepting mail all the time (lots of mail initiated from other hosts in that timeframe). sendmail at both home and smart.host is 8.12.3-4. Any ideas/hints/flames? cheers+T

Re: Permissions for non-root user to use ppp

etup by default that way or not >> anymore. -- - ___ - Robert Waldner Junior Network Engineer // / ___ _/_ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW960-RIPE --- /--- / / / / /___/ / --- EUnet EDV-DienstleistungsgesmbH -- /___ /___/ / /

Re: how do i NAT a legacy network ?

want. The kernel does not actually know about RFC1918, it's all IP-adresses to him ;-) &rw -- - ___ - Robert Waldner Junior Network Engineer // / ___ _/_ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW960-RIPE --- /--- / / / / /___/ /

exim and +@domain

Hi! I need above construct for use with procmail. How can I tell exim to accept all + and deliver it to ? &rw -- - ___ - Robert Waldner Junior Network Engineer // / ___ _/_ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

exim && received:-lines

How can I get exim to put the envelope-to in the received-line? please reply to the list, i'm not subscribed at home but at work... &rw

Re: 3com 3c905b

s ethernet cards, IIRC. the driver will work with the 3x509b, just use the disk that comes with the card and disable plug'n pray if you don't want to mess around with isapnp... &rw -- - ___ - Robert Waldner Junior Network Engineer // / ___

Re: Route Table, more info

_ use 192.9.200.0, these aren't private ip-adresses, take a look at RFC1918. &rw -- - ___ - Robert Waldner Junior Network Engineer // / ___ _/_ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW960-RIPE --- /--- / / / / /___/ / --- EUnet EDV-Dien

Re: Is sendmail open to relay?

but have info. A working online-tester can be found at http://www.abuse.net/relay.html>. &rw -- - ___ - Robert Waldner Junior Network Engineer // / ___ _/_ -- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RW960-RIPE --- /--- / / / / /___/ / --- E

Re: openssl-dev anywhere?

uffer.h": Et voila, it's libssl-dev. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / msg02148/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

proprietary software problem (ut23003_demo)

lies on DXTC/S3TC support. xdpyinfo doesn't find that externsion either. But since I'm using the more-or-less same setup on both PCs (X 4.1.0-16 with the latest and greatest nvidia drivers), I'm somewhat confused. googling for the problem didn't turn up anything either. Any hint

Re: creating a c: filename

grep d: lrwxrwxrwx1 waldner waldner 1 Dec 21 10:42 d: -> d cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / pgpW9ghVL48Cv.pgp Description: PGP signature

Sarge box not rebooting..

/init.d/umountfs lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 2004-06-23 02:38 S90reboot -> ../init.d/reboot Any hints? The /etc/init.d/reboot file is what I expected: echo -n "Rebooting... " reboot -d -f -i but as it doesn't even display "Rebooting" I guess it doesn't actually

Re: Sarge box not rebooting..

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:25:08 +0100, John Smith writes: >On Mon, 2004-12-27 at 10:48 +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: >> I have a HP DL380 here with Sarge (current as of now) on it. Problem > It must be one of the most mentioned boxes on these lists, a >distinction I wouldn&#

Re: Sarge box not rebooting..

nage to *not* kill >> itself? > >Ofcourse it goes through great lengths to do exactly that - NOT >kill itself. It kills all processes _except_ itself and its >caller. Any hints on what it _could_ be, or on what I can do to further narrow down the problem? cheers+tia, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / pgpZ2zDgEFQUZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Sarge box not rebooting..

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:40:48 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: >>>Hmm, can it be that killall5 doesn't actually manage to *not* kill >>> itself? >>Ofcourse it goes through great lengths to do exactly that - NOT >>kill itself. It kills all processes _except_ itse

Re: Sarge box not rebooting..

at it could be :( I've put more info (`dpkg -l`, `ps auxwww`, cpuinfo, meminfo, lsmod) at http://www.waldner.priv.at/temp/machine.txt (it'd make for one long email otherwise). cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / pgp7l1c6LYEM9.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Sarge box not rebooting..

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:30:27 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: >>No, kill(-1, SIGWHATEVER) is guaranteed to kill all processes >>/except/ the caller. "man 2 kill" on any unix/linux box. What kernel >>are you using, this might be a kernel bug. Is this an i386 or >>ano

Re: Re: Sarge box not rebooting..

(not at the office today, I hope I got the reply right nonetheless) Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: >Well, it would be perfect if you could reproduce this. Try something like: >If this prints "Caught SIGCLD" then that is a severe kernel bug. >Try both "cc foo.c" and "cc foo.c -lpthread" please.

Re: can't the shell do a better job

of the history. Is there a possibility to jump to the end of >history again? C-c works for me. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / pgpZDiP8qyXZF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian on an old PC

running off a terminal server. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / pgpW7W89QbhEu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Broken part of ram -- 100% broken?

ot; parts aren't consistent between checks, in which case you're probably out of luck. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / pgpJozt3MPTCF.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Installing redhat 7.2 under debian

rver project: It allows you to run linux inside linux: Any distributions inside any distributions. Each virtual server has its own packages, its own services, its own users and is confined to using some IP numbers only and some area(s) of the file system. You can think of them as virtual machines.

Re: apt or aptitude on sarge

d 5 or 6 machines to Sarge since Monday, using aptitude. Whilst for the most part it worked fine, it "held back" a great many packages, though I wasn't able to figure out the reason. So I ran an `apt-get upgrade` afterwards, which also pulled those packages up to Sarge versions.

Re: limiting access

An alternative would be to have some sort of an "rbash/bin" >directory someplace which all restricted users could be pointed at. >You'd want to avoid including, for obvious reasons, /bin, /usr/bin, or >administrative commands. This is what I was looking for, now all I need i

q ad security.debian.org

samba, updated to potato here, TIA, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: q ad security.debian.org

>deb http://security.debian.org/ potato/updates main contrib non-free works. Thanks! I´ll have to remember that when woody becomes stable ;-) On Tue, 22 Aug 2000 11:26:03 +0200, Preben Randhol writes: >Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 22/08/2000 (11:20) : >> Someone

Re: ISP server assigned nameserver addressing - how?

e PPP manually, man pppd. I suggest turning on debugging in pppd, the assigned nameservers should be logged and you can then add them manually to resolv.conf. hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

getting rid of ide-scsi-emulation

ANSI SCSI revision: 02 -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: ISP server assigned nameserver addressing - how?

the whole page html-wise... &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Login with user name in CAPS

" and yes, there were capital letters, only, then. scnr, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Password decrypting ? Sendmail problems ?

into clear text ? go to freshmeat.net and search for john, it´s a (more or less) brute -force password-cracker, if he was silly enough to choose an insecure password, you´re there. hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \

Re: Password decrypting ? Sendmail problems ?

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 22:56:03 PDT, Nate Amsden writes: >Robert Waldner wrote: >> go to freshmeat.net and search for john, it´s a (more or less) brute >> -force password-cracker, if he was silly enough to choose an insecure >> password, you´re there. > >thats one of the

Re: You are a Linux Guru!

then >> start adding packages afterwards. This is actually what I like most on apt/dpkg: ever tried installing only the base-system and then just doing something like ´apt-get install exmh´? I´d like to see another package manager *that* powerful... &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL P

eth0-=promiscous mode?

problem, I´m sure, but I wouldn´t consider this until it´s the last option left. There *has* to be a more elegant way. Anybody willing to point me in the right direction? TIA, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT

Re: eth0-=promiscous mode?

On Fri, 25 Aug 2000 21:59:39 +0200, Robert Waldner writes: >Anybody willing to point me in the right direction? lart($self,"man ifconfig"); ifconfig --help didn´t show, but man... time to get out of panic-mode... &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone:

Re: sendmail reports I/O problem

bigger than <$SIZE> then they should complain at >>> MAIL From:<> SIZE=150895 where your mailserver tells them the size of the mail. hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Very strange system/sound problem

1], so current may build up under some circumstances. hth, &rw 1: I guess they aren´t powered via the UPS? -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

q ad refusing smtp-conns with sendmail

Hi! I´m looking for a solution which will let me refuse smtp-connections from some hosts with specific 5xx-error-messages. Any hint in the right direction? (Other than writing my own sendmail-rules, I tried but didn´t really understand the most part of them.) I *think* there´s a package out

Re: q ad refusing smtp-conns with sendmail

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 13:19:44 EDT, Richard A Nelson writes: >On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> >> I´m looking for a solution which will let me refuse smtp-connections >> from some hosts with specific 5xx-error-messages. > >sendmail will do this for you.

Re: ssh from nt?

f I had the choice, I=B4d go for teraterm, much easier to configure, use and *free*. &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

general backup question/tar

and get the files I need but is this considered good practice or am I missing something? Also, is there a possibility to find out (rather than trying through tar tv(Iz)) if a tape is tar.gz, tar.bz2 or plain tar? Thanks for any advice, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone

Re: general backup question/tar

no problems with different versions etc pp. I simply do a full backup every week or so, cycling through (at the moment) 8 tapes. &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: sendmail reports I/O problem

ong_, see http://www.nortelnetworks.com/products/03/products/5000.html for an example) I would only accept a service where I have to explicitly state what features (and with them: problems) I want to have. It´s cleaner to do your billing based on bandwidth consumption or data volume, but geez,

Re: sendmail reports I/O problem

quot; or friends somewhere in the contract? That´s a marketing gag, nothing else. Most, if not all, ISPs have a *very* clear idea what "fair use" is in GB/month...real flat rates are *expensive*, at least here in europe. &rw stddisclaimer: opinions expressed are my own, no

OT: flat rates (Re: sendmail reports I/O problem)

tted, you >know :) s/KPN/KPNQwest/ ;-) I know, but nevertheless I like clear statements, even if that means volume/bandwidth-based billing. cheers, &rw stdddisclaimer: not speaking for any organization, only for myself. -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

gdi (WinDos-only?) printer

ope anyone can shed a little light on this...and, hopefully, a way I can use this printer with linux/debian, as a last resort maybe via smbprint? TIA, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Port 118

according to www.snort.org ist some kind of "SQL Services". hth, &rw On Sat, 16 Sep 2000 12:05:36 +0200, Sven Burgener writes: >What's port 118 for? I can't find it in /etc/services though I have it >in my logs as a denied (outgoing) packet (destination port i

Re: Exim and DomainZero

n >>(dlesage.com). Since I've got a cable connection at home, I figured I'd >>try to set up exim to receive emails sent to (user)@dlesage.com. Outgoing >>messages work fine, but messages sent to (user)@dlesage.com never show up, >>but never bounce either. -- /

Re: Exim and DomainZero

all the mail unless it is, for whatever reason, unavailable at the moment. The others serve as backups. &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Spammer by incompetence, RBL may be an option

can not do that. It may be best to report this -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Question about updates

efault locations? You may want to subscribe to debian-security; there´s a link on the website under "Mailing Lists" somewhere. hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Spammer by incompetence, RBL may be an option

On Wed, 20 Sep 2000 12:19:58 PDT, kmself@ix.netcom.com writes: >On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 04:21:42PM +0200, Robert Waldner ([EMAIL PROTECTED] >at) wrote: >> Also the RBL is used throughout the internet for *blackholing* all=20 >> IP-connectivity from spammers. If you misconfigur

Re: Spammer by incompetence, RBL may be an option

nk you´ve got the right (or all) subscriber(s) ;-) Your done was sent at Wed 22:27, but I´ve received another bounce from them now, at Thu 05:24 (all UTC+-0). cheers, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: pptpdconfig.pl

The two versions are for different types of some alcatel-adsl-modems, the "upstream" homepage is stated somewhere in the accompanying documentation. hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Spammer by incompetence, RBL may be an option

On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 14:46:46 CDT, will trillich writes: >On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 04:21:42PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: >> I sent a (friendly) message to the postmaster at my.netvigator.com >> already, informing them of the problem and pointing out directions to >> fix i

OT (Re: Message saying this lists's mailbox is full)

window -- to disperse the fumes. -- -- Joe Thompson, ASR SCNR, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Message saying this lists's mailbox is full

l mailing-list software sets to some bounce-address. just for clarification, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

receive own posts (Re: Message saying this lists's mailbox is full)

urance that they went where I want them. But that´s to everyones liking, listar has the per-user ECHOPOST option therefore. &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: What's with at.debian.org?

~] host -t any ftp.at.debian.org samosa.debian.org ftp.at.debian.org does not exist at samosa.debian.org (Authoritative answer) [waldner:~] host -t any at.debian.org samosa.debian.org at.debian.org does not exist at samosa.debian.org (Authoritative answer) tia, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMA

Re: VIRUS WARNING - apologies

oked at my headers. Can anyone tell me if I was the one who >sent it? > >-- >Andrew > >On 26-Sep-2000 Pollywog wrote: >> I apologize for this error. I just switched from Exim to Postfix and this >> took my by surprise. I will modify my configs to prevent recurrence.

Re: tape drive

On Thu, 28 Sep 2000 16:56:27 CDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I just installed an HP SCSI Tape drive on my Debian(2.2) server. How do >I found out what device it installed it as, and how do I mount it, so I can ta >r stuff onto it? You don´t _mount_ a tape drive. You _t_ape _ar_chive (hence tar)

Re: tape drive

>3 DBC=190026fc SBCL=ae > >is this a problem with the tape drive, the SCSI card, or is it user error? SCSI parity error looks like a SCSI problem for me. Maybe the cable? &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff

Re: Good Book for setting up T-1?

for a 1601_R_, not for an old CH-model. just my 2 cents, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

flamewar ;-? (Re: firewall (fwd))

ks ((no answer)==(127.0.0.2)) -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Serial port tunnel...

>there's software to forward to an IP socket, by not a device file. > > -Cheers Max. -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: Linux on Desktops -- Are there stats anywhere?

them 3 days to fix it ;-) What I mean is: find some others with the same problem. Together you´ll probably have better luck. hth, &rw 0: java, not -script -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

q ad removing /var/cache/apt/archives/*

;-) cheers, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

Re: tracing route

neral: ping -Rv is expecially useful if - you want to trace asymmetric routes - there´s a firewall inbetween which filters traceroute´s udp-packets jfyi, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \KPNQwest/AT tech staff| Diefenbachg. 35 A-1150 Wien /

majordomo gone?

Hi! It seems that the majordomo-package is no more on the mirrors, neither in the stable/unstable/frozen hierarchies...it gets listed if you do a search via www.debian.org, though. Any hints? cheers, &rw

mailing-list managers (Re: majordomo gone?)

Hi! I'd be grateful if some people on the list would share their opinions on other mailinglist-managers. I've only used majordomo until now and don't know anything about others. tia, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fax x533 \ \

kernel compile woes

Hi! I'm trying to compile a fresh kernel 2.0.38 (for ide-scsi-support). The problem with gcc29 and kernels 2.0.x I know, so I installed gcc272 and changed the top-level-Makefile accordingly. So far, so good. but a 'make bzImage' bombs out with gcc272 -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.0.38-clean

Re: kernel compile woes

sting at the moment, I simply compiled the kernel on another debian-box. Lucky me to have one... I'll test the RAM when I have spare hardware and will post any results. Thanks for the help (also to the ones who mailed me privately)! cheers, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: postfix help

gt; valid domain name which can be updated everytime you're IP is >> reassigned. Works great for those of us stuck on dialup links. > >Do you mean DynDNS? It sure ain't free - according to their pricing page (at >www.dyndns.com) there's a $50 pa charge, plus the cost of

Re: 2.1 or 2.2 help - correction

e yet to run into a real problem (ok, I haven´t configured X yet ;-), but I´d suggest going right for potato if you´re installing from scratch. The new features would be worth some problems and the more people are helping to test the sooner it´ll get the "stable" release ;-) . just my 2 c

Re: How to get dependencies also ...

-install fvwm2 > >which will download not only fvwm2 but also all of >it's dependencies and install them (after informing me >of those dependencies)? apt-get install fvwm2 (without the "-") hth, &rw -- / Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Phone: +43 1 89933 0 Fa

Re: apache & php

the following did it for me: --- ka:/home/waldner# grep php /etc/mime.types application/x-httpd-php phtml pht php application/x-httpd-php3php3 application/x-httpd-php3-source phps application/x-httpd-php3-preprocessed p

software watchdog

Hi! My home-debian-box starts to behave rather odd lately, now and then it will freeze completely. The only thing working is ICMP, I can´t even get a TCP connection open, the screen is frozen, neither mouse nor keyboard will generate any event. I´ve already tried changing all I have on spare

Re: software watchdog

On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 19:33:25 EDT, paul writes: >> My home-debian-box starts to behave rather odd lately, now and then it >> will freeze completely. >> >Is there anything consistent about the behavior? How long between reboot >and freeze? Are there any error messages during startup? What >app

Re: software watchdog

On Sat, 08 Jul 2000 12:32:32 +1200, "C. Falconer" writes: >1) Temperature... has a CPU fan, case fan, or PSU fan seized up and >died? no, all fans running fine (see <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) >2) Have you changed anything recently? moved it, rebooted it, run a >new kernel? no, the hardw

Re: Compaq Armada 1750

What type is the card? Slink or Potato? I succeeded installing potato on a Compaq Armada M700 with a Kingston Ether/modem-combo, so I may be of help with slightly more specific questions ;-) cheers, &rw On Fri, 07 Jul 2000 04:49:51 PDT, Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira writes: > Hi

Re: burner & sound

On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:05:07 CDT, "techlists" writes: >second, I installed an ide CD-Rom Burner. It's recognized by the >system, as /dev/hdc I can mount it, but xcdroast does not see it. >I read the how to, and attempted to install the ide-scsi emulator. I >see it start up on boot, but When

Re: t-dsl

On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:04:45 -0300, Linux Newbie writes: > This may sound like a silly question, but what is the >use/purpose of PPP over Ethernet? Why is it better than setting up a >connection with ifconfig eth0? Afaik Deutsche Telekom uses PPPoE for authentication/billing purposes, so he

Re: 3c90x woes

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:16:58 PDT, "Raphael Crawford-Marks" writes: >as86 -0 -a -o bootsect.o bootsect.s >make[1]: as86: Command not found you´ll need the bin86-package >I've never heard of as86...couldn't find any packages by that name either. finding packages by filename is easiest via http:/

Re: [Q] ports 757 and 1024

On 01 Aug 2000 14:35:50 +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen writes: >Would anyone happen to know what the ports 757 and 1024 are used for >of the top of their heads? according to http://www.snort.org/ 1024 is "ODD Packet - NetSpy", dunno about the other. hth, &rw

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