sendmail virtusers question

2001-09-29 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! Following situation: I have a domain where some specific addresses ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) should be accepted and then be forwarded to another address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). So I thought that the perfect job for the virtusertable, did some entries of the form [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Re: sendmail virtusers question

2001-09-29 Thread Robert Waldner
>On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: >> Following situation: >> >> I have a domain where some specific addresses ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> should be accepted and then be forwarded to another address >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). >> >> So I thoug

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-29 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:02:16 BST, Alex Hunsley writes: >Who runs the debian list? I emailed the list owner address a little while ago >and haven't received a response. What I said in this email was: I think that i >t >is an omission not to say in the confirm list subscription email message that >a

Re: Security Auditing Tool for Analysing Networks?

2001-09-29 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:16:04 BST, xio writes: >Still, I would like to run a Security Auditing Tool against my machine, >to see if I missed anything. Any good tools out there you can >recommend? nessus for relatively thorough jobs, for the quick portscan nmap is your friend. Of course, that's n

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-29 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 13:20:43 BST, Alex Hunsley writes: >> But OTOH, I post here since ~ 2 years, with an unmangled address, and >> haven't seen any increase in spam. > >Yeah, I suppose a debian usenet group isn't the most likely place to trawl for >email address. I'm not sure I the trawlers targe

Re: sendmail virtusers question

2001-09-29 Thread Robert Waldner
(please, don't Cc me on list-mail, I read all the lists I post/mail to) On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 06:17:37 PDT, Alvin Oga writes: >do yoou mean virtusers or virtusertable >( big difference FEATURE(`virtusertable', `hash /etc/mail/virtusers')dnl cheers, &rw -- -- Russell Foster: "Tell me $DEITY what

Re: sendmail virtusers question

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:17:16 EDT, Richard A Nelson writes: >On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Robert Waldner wrote: > >> I have a domain where some specific addresses ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >> should be accepted and then be forwarded to another address >> ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). >

Re: sendmail or perl: which is the bad one..

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
>> >>Yup, perl is to old to understand character classes >> >> >> >>> sendmail is "8.11.3+8.12.0.Beta7-8". >How about: > 1) mkdir > 2) cd > 3) apt-get source sendmail/unstable > 4) cd sendmail* > 5) dpkg-buildpackage -uc -us > 6) dpkg --install ../*.deb <...

Re: sendmail - blocking addresses

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 22:57:44 BST, Carlos Sousa writes: >Richard A Nelson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> add this to /etc/mail/access (create if necessary): >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] REJECT >(Gee... THE cowboy himself... like having the Pope answer your >question about your local church attendance sch

Re: DNS forwarding

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:53:26 +0200, "Christian Schoenebeck" writes: >I configured one Debian box as an internet router for our local network, >but I've got a little problem with DNS. I installed bind 8.1x bind 8._1_? <*gasp*> Upgrade, please. Upgrade. 8.2.3 is the security-wise recommended one.

Re: sendmail - blocking addresses

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 14:55:31 BST, Carlos Sousa writes: >Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Uhm? Quite "stock" sendmail 8.9.3-23: >(snip) > > ka:/etc/mail# grep -i access databases > > access_db:hash:-o:/etc/mail/access:: > >

Re: list etiquette

2001-09-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 30 Sep 2001 20:03:14 CDT, Hall Stevenson writes: >* Alex Hunsley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010930 16:54]: >> I read my email from several places, not all of which have a linux box >> handy (e.g. work). Is there a promail equivelent for windows? > >I use Outlook Express when I'm at work and have

Re: list etiquette

2001-10-02 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 01 Oct 2001 11:40:57 BST, Alex Hunsley writes: >Robert Waldner wrote: >> And for [EMAIL PROTECTED]: well, you obviously need a more >> reliable way to bloody *always* include your .sig... Btw, is >> privacy.com your domain or are you affiliated? I'd guess no

Re: list etiquette

2001-10-02 Thread Robert Waldner
(sending to alex, too, cause I guess he's not subscribed here ATM) On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:48:27 BST, P Kirk writes: >>And for unsubscribing here: >>- I'm only one person, if you have problems with me, say so, I'll just >> do the equivalent of killfiling you. >>- if you use debian, it's probably

Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2001-10-03 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:03:36 BST, Alex Hunsley writes: >What's obnoxious about it? I don't want spam, dad. It's that simple. Almost nobody wants spam. It's that simple. But such is life. I also don't want advertising in my physical mailbox (and yes, this also costs the recipient money. My hous

Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2001-10-03 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 16:10:06 BST, Alex Hunsley writes: >Robert Waldner wrote: >> If you believe in using fake addresses, why not use something like >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] This doesn't (and probably won't) exist, so you >> have the benefit of a faked address

Re: SPAM WARNING: spammers use Debian lists for harvesting

2001-10-04 Thread Robert Waldner
(mantra: *please* do *not* Cc me on list-mail, I read all the lists I post/mail to) On Wed, 03 Oct 2001 18:47:12 +0200, martin f krafft writes: >* Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2001.10.03 18:26:21+0200]: >> this.is.a.trap.graffl.net TXT "thi

Re: How to run testing and stay sane?

2001-10-07 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 07 Oct 2001 17:04:17 CDT, Richard Cobbe writes: >* I know how to do the upgrade (edit /etc/apt/sources.list, then apt-get > update ; apt-get dist-upgrade); I'm mostly interested in methods for > maintaining the system after it's been upgraded. Another suggestion: Get a new apt (I mysel

alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-26 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I have a "TerraTec 512i digital" sound card, which, according to alsa-project, is supported via the fm801-module. So I did some RTFM, apt-got installed alsa-source, and built+installed the proper modules_image. So far, so good. Everything seems to load ok, alsplayer, -mixer, xmms (via

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 00:12:38 +0100, Robert Waldner writes: <...> Grr, a hard reboot (eg power off/on) fixed it. cheers, &rw -- -- Russell Foster: "Tell me $DIETY what have I done to deserve this?" -- David P. Murphy: "You wanted to be a sysadmin. --

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
(pls Cc me on replies, I'm not subscribed for a few weeks, tnx) On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 17:21:54 EST, Faheem Mitha writes: >> Of course I un-muted everything according to the FAQ. > Did you unmute everything? First of all I went with http://www.alsa-project.org/~jfulmer/alsa-faq.html (2.8): a

Re: alsa woes: everythings loads, but no sound

2002-01-27 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:21:36 EST, Faheem Mitha writes: >I think sound in Linux is a bit flaky. It never was for me. In contradiction, it ever was one of the easiest things to get working, Until alsa hit the stage. But I guess that's (part of the) price you pay for no longer being able to use

Re: error in newaliases

2001-05-20 Thread Robert Waldner
h_ messing ´round and installing some- and each and everything in various versions... If you need further assistance, drop me a line. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ \ Xsoft GmbH | T: +43 1 796 36 36 692 /

Re: Suitability of USRobotics Message Modem ?

2001-05-20 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 20 May 2001 22:39:22 BST, Darren Wyn Rees writes: >Would some people give me an opinion on the US Robotics external >56k Message Modem ? Is it suitable for use with Linux. Yes, it runs just fine, no tweaking necessary. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | <[EM

Re: modutils

2001-05-23 Thread Robert Waldner
the machine having 2.4.4 kernel and be able to run it >smoothly? There´s a FAQ on www.debian.org about that, see http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ \ Xsoft GmbH | T: +43 1 796 36 36 692 /

apache SSI trouble

2001-05-31 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I´m running apache on one of my boxes, but ran into trouble regarding SSI now. For some of the vhosts it works, for some not. A vhost with working SSI looks like this: ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] DocumentRoot /home/a.b.c/html ServerName a.b.c ErrorLog /home/a.b.c/logs/e

Re: ORBS?

2001-06-01 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:04:27 EDT, "Noah L. Meyerhans" writes: >Does anybody know what happened to ORBS? http://www.orbs.org simply >shows "Due to circumstances beyond our control, the ORBS website is no >longer available." There's no further explanation. Well, according to Alan Brown they were

Re: ORBS?

2001-06-02 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 17:44:11 EDT, "Noah L. Meyerhans" writes: >On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:21:37PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: >> On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:04:27 EDT, "Noah L. Meyerhans" writes: >> >Does anybody know what happened to ORBS? http://www.orbs.org

q ad junkbuster-config

2001-06-07 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I´m using junkbuster for quite some time now, and am impressed and quite happy with it. Now today I wanted to install it on some server of mine, to get its goods to some windoze-using friends of mine. I´ve configured it to listen on the external IP of the box, and connected there. But

space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of space for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any package? I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). (Pls CC me on replies, I'm not on the list with this address) cheers+tia, &rw -- -- > Naja, inzwische

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-15 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:53:19 +0200, Maurits van Rees writes: >> Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of >> space for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any >> package? I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). >That man page has something that come

Re: space-limiting /var/cache/apt/archives

2004-10-17 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 23:40:29 PDT, Paul Johnson writes: >> Is it possible to somehow tell apt to use no more than X MB of space >> for the archive, or not to keep more than Y versions of any package? >> I can't find anything about it in apt.conf(5). >apt-get autoclean (and it isn't in apt.conf(5),

Creating own installer images

2004-07-01 Thread Robert Waldner
atly appreciated, since I think I tripled the amount of grey in my hair today ;) 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 / pgpTYr6fQ6IP2.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Creating own installer images

2004-07-02 Thread Robert Waldner
y that one to match the version of your custom kernel. .-.-.-. step. I did as required, inserted my custom kernel details, and commented out all the other entries, but afterwards it always complained that it couldn't find the kernels I just commented out. cheers, &rw --

moving an installed Debian system onto RAID-1

2004-07-02 Thread Robert Waldner
't copy/paste that for obvious reasons). Any hints/pointers? The various howtos etc. aren't all that helpful for this kind of problem. cheers+TIA, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73

Re: moving an installed Debian system onto RAID-1

2004-07-05 Thread Robert Waldner
ll raid-disk 1 failed-disk 1 As soon as I can mount it as root-fs I'll add sda3 to the set. 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 / pgpCsHNvAk6GZ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: moving an installed Debian system onto RAID-1

2004-07-05 Thread Robert Waldner
go look how it's configured? >That's all I can think of...? Sorry, I'm not much help at this point. Eh, you tried. Noone can ask more. Thanks! 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 / pgpFbFzbu6OY3.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: moving an installed Debian system onto RAID-1

2004-07-07 Thread Robert Waldner
only of the disk, but of the partition. Correct? Can't move to a 2.6 kernel or Sarge/Sid, as this is going to be a production box. But I'll give it a try tomorrow. Thanks! cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pick up a shell session after ssh timeout

2004-07-08 Thread Robert Waldner
h, but it is, by using screen(1), for example. 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 / pgpZ41HFoZofC.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: vi globally append question

2004-07-15 Thread Robert Waldner
line >to a hash, pls help. :%s/^/\#/g , although that obviously doesn't care if the first character already is a # sign. You'd probably need backrefernces for that, which I know nothing about. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \

Re: Locked out of system

2004-07-27 Thread Robert Waldner
have an editor to fix fstab. Or take the harder way or re-creating fstab: `cat <fstab` ;) 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 / pgpHopTwOsKe9.pgp Description: PGP signature

FS-mounting as user woes

2004-08-02 Thread Robert Waldner
rmixed testing/unstable, nearly the same kernel (home: 2.4.26-1-k7, lapdog: 2.4.26-1-686) and the same mount (2.12-7). 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 / pgppkLoFONQQu.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: FS-mounting as user woes

2004-08-02 Thread Robert Waldner
Set the owner and group of all files. (Default: the uid and gid of the current process.) So, when I run mount as user, it _should_ be OK (but isn't!). Of course I can specify my own UID/GID in fstab, but what of other users on the box? And work-a-kludging via a

Re: Squatted harddisk

2004-08-09 Thread Robert Waldner
ckages.debian.org/filelight 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 / pgpbfiB5LpuVv.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Old Stable Distribution

2003-07-29 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 09:31:37 CDT, Shashank Bhide writes: > Where could I find the distribution for the Old Stable (Potato)? I >searched debian.org but could not find it at all. http://archive.debian.org/ cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec I

Re: Creating MP3 for portable players

2004-06-21 Thread Robert Waldner
tions." I don't think it has been debianized, though. But what good is a system without stuff in /usr/local/ anyway ;) cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73

Re: [Rant] The Endless Search for a Mail Client That Doesn't Suck

2004-08-10 Thread Robert Waldner
ly useful, especially if it'd properly use sequences. Or is there something like that already and I just haven't found it yet? 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 / pgpUjU9AsWEXx.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Debian release archive (was: One More time.)

2004-08-18 Thread Robert Waldner
ome of those don't actually carry debian-archive ("The requested URL /debian-archive/ was not found on this 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 x

Re: What is the minimum RAM needed for 2.4?

2004-03-09 Thread Robert Waldner
ernel if I fudge up the >2.4 install. Just run `mkboot` prior to upgrading, then you can always boot from floppy in case something breaks. 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 / pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: What is the minimum RAM needed for 2.4?

2004-03-10 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 14:23:40 CST, Kirk Strauser writes: >At 2004-03-09T14:33:56Z, Robert Waldner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> 32 MB are plenty for Debian itself. I'm running Woody on an i386SX 16 MHz >> with 4 MB RAM without problems (installing was another matter,

Re: Newbie: export command doesn't operate when I execute it using a script?

2004-04-20 Thread Robert Waldner
script with `source try_it`, works for me in that case (using bash). 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 / pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: how to prevent sarge from being delayed

2004-05-03 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 03 May 2004 07:28:23 -, "Monique Y. Mudama" writes: >Finally an opportunity to ask this burning question! > >What's an NMU? Non-maintainer upload. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTEC

bind 8.4.7 and notifys

2006-11-26 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! While migrating a nameserver, I noticed a difference between BIND 8.4.6 (Debian -1) and 8.4.7 (also Debian -1) - the latter one doesn't send NOTIFYs when a zone is changed&reloaded. I tried explicitly setting "notify yes;", both globally and in the zone definition, but still no luck:

Re: ripping several hundred cds?

2006-11-26 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 12:03:10 EST, Matt Price writes: >as part of this project I want to rip all of our cds to mp3 or ogg (if >someone has a suggestion ofr an ogg-friendly ipod-replacement?). I'm >doing enough of these that I'd like to have as little user interaction >as possible -- just shove in

ps Start time oddness

2007-05-03 Thread Robert Waldner
S+ 12:29 0:00 grep grep qusrv02:~# On all of my other machines I tried that, the Start time is the current time, just as expected. Any hints on why this is so? It's no big deal, just ... odd. cheers+TIA, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \

Re: ps Start time oddness

2007-05-10 Thread Robert Waldner
as installed as Sarge, but it's fully upgraded. >Or maybe you have an old grep running? Nope, I checked that. 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 / pgpI8E0PSEXYe.pgp Description: PGP signature

Enlightenment E17 and off-screen windows

2013-10-26 Thread Robert Waldner
Aloha, some applications don't play nice with the way E17 handles virtual desktops and will position themselves off-screen. Anyone know of a way to force such windows back on-screen? "Cleanup windows" kindof works, but will rearrange everything else, too - usually not what I want. Also, as

Re: proccess

2002-03-11 Thread Robert Waldner
're not out to get you. 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 /

Re: linux on IBM PS/1

2002-03-18 Thread Robert Waldner
cial boot disks for a mailclient? 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 / pgpIRhz8v2htC.pgp Description: PGP signature

checkpoint fw1 on debian

2002-03-19 Thread Robert Waldner
herwise), therefore we simply used tarpd http://freshmeat.net/redir/tarpd/10247/url_tgz/tarpd-1.6.tar.gz HTH. 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 /

Re: spammers are killing me

2002-03-20 Thread Robert Waldner
g the tester at http://www.abuse.net/relay.html instead. 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 / pgprSZc79XSWX.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: checkpoint fw1 on debian

2002-03-22 Thread Robert Waldner
the .tar.gz, you should now have >> the .rpm. >> Do >> .-.-.-.-.-.-. >> # alien -g CPfw*rpm >> # cd cpfw*/debian >> # vi control >> >> Source: cpfw1-spX >> Package: cpfw1-spX >> Depends: cpfw1 (=41-1) >> >> # vi changelog >> >> edit packe

Re: Should I use a proxy? DNS cache?

2002-04-06 Thread Robert Waldner
let it resolve fully on its own (eg no b"forwarder" in the config, just the root nameservers). All of them are available as Debian packages. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F

Re: Procmail Rules for Debian lists

2002-04-09 Thread Robert Waldner
tagged with >> X-Mailing-List which is what I'm checking on. Hmm, have you tried procmails TO-macro? 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 / pgp7ZuBqaXDgt.pgp Description: PGP signature

2.6.15, pcmcia and make-kpkg

2006-01-16 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I'm trying to build 2.6.15 (from stock kernel.org sources) with make-kpkg on my laptop. Everything works out fine, except for PCMCIA/ PCCARD support. I have all the relevant options set in the kernels .config as modules, but make-kpkg binary just won't build them. No yenta_socket.ko, n

dist-upgrade wants to remove postfix, install exim

2006-02-04 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! On one of my Sarge boxes, when I try an aptitude dist-upgrade, it wants to remove postfix and install exim instead. Now I don't have anything against exim in particular, I just don't want it on my box ;) The following packages will be automatically REMOVED: postfix The following NEW p

Re: dist-upgrade wants to remove postfix, install exim

2006-02-05 Thread Robert Waldner
On Sat, 04 Feb 2006 19:30:02 PST, Andrew Sackville-West writes: >> On one of my Sarge boxes, when I try an aptitude dist-upgrade, it wants >> to remove postfix and install exim instead. Now I don't have anything >> against exim in particular, I just don't want it on my box ;) > try man apt_pr

Re: dist-upgrade wants to remove postfix, install exim

2006-02-08 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 09:35:11 PST, Andrew Sackville-West writes: > apt-cache policy exim4* shows that it conflicts and replaces any > mail-transfer-agent, so the dist-upgrade will do that and there's no > way around it I know of. > > I'm no apt- guru by any stretch, but you could --- remove (not pu

Re: usb2 to fast

2006-02-15 Thread Robert Waldner
h Linux' VFAT support, and the the file_names_ aren't what the gadget expects? Try mounting your device as "msdos" ('mount -t msdos') instead of vfat (obviously no long filenames then, though). cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-S

Re: Enlightenment and long menus

2005-07-10 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:03:30 +1200, Chris Bannister writes: >> I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with >> long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the >> desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I >> see it pop up sh

Re: Enlightenment and long menus

2005-07-12 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:27:10 +0200, Nikolai Hlubek writes: >> I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with >> long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the >> desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I >> see it pop up sho

Re: how to compute number bytes downloaded?

2005-07-26 Thread Robert Waldner
Do `ifconfig -a`, note the sent and received bytes of the proper network device, do another after finishing with your "usual" network session. Compute. Watch out for 32-bit - counter overflow. A tad more easily, start `iptraf` just before and look at the relevant output just after. Anyway,

Re: cups in debian??

2005-08-01 Thread Robert Waldner
med cups exists. CUPS packages in Debian are (for whatever reason) named cupsys/-client. Check if CUPS is in fact listening on port 631, `netstat -pant | grep cups` should give you a hint. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROT

postfix' queue-dirs taken over by the Debian-exim user

2005-08-10 Thread Robert Waldner
/null fi though how that would concern /var/spool/postfix is currently beyond me. Especially since /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb doesn't even exist on this box. Any hints? cheers+tia, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Switching to Debian (from Fedora)

2005-08-23 Thread Robert Waldner
nel; how can i >> do it using apt-get? >at the CD boot prompt type in "linux26" to install the kernel 2.6 Alternatively, you can install a 2.6 kernel with `apt-get install \ kernel-image-2.6` (which will tell you which exact kernels are a/v). No need to reinstall the whole sy

Re: 'Shredding' a hard disk

2002-06-13 Thread Robert Waldner
finally erasing and reformating >the whole drive. Are there any apps out there that do this or do I have >to roll my own solution using something like "cat /dev/urandom | dd"? >Any suggestions? Use dd. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-S

Re: Java in Opera 6.01 static

2002-06-13 Thread Robert Waldner
On 13 Jun 2002 16:07:18 BST, Gregor Szyrach writes: >Hallo group, >ich hoffe, ich bin hier richtig? Yes, you've come to the right place. But, since this is an international group, please speak English, or ask the German debian-user-list. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Wal

Re: man or info?

2002-06-20 Thread Robert Waldner
eers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x99 / -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: man or info?

2002-06-21 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 20:05:37 BST, Colin Watson writes: >On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 05:36:58PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 20, 2002 at 05:33:42PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: >> > But http://freshmeat.net/projects/info2man/ helps. >> > (no .deb available tho

Re: hdd=scsi in lilo

2002-06-21 Thread Robert Waldner
y >help will be very welcome. IIRC (it's been a while since I had an IDE-writer) the correct syntax is "hdd=ide-scsi". cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 503 72 73 | F +43 1 503 72 73 x9

Enlightenment and long menus

2005-07-08 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I'm using Enlightenment (0.16.5-6), which seems to have a problem with long menus, eg. ones that have more entries than will fit on the desktop. When I select one of those (like Debian Menus/Apps/Net), I see it pop up shortly, then it instantly vanishes. Any hints on how I could make s

Re: Problem with Firefox and Mime (I think)

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Waldner
uot;, but can't seem >to find the .deb file. 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 / pgpyeMrJBSJ99.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: apt-? method to get list of current packages installed

2005-08-30 Thread Robert Waldner
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:41:11 PDT, Eric Brown writes: >How do I get a list of the packages I currently have installed? `dpkg -l | egrep ^ii` >It'd be really nice if I could find out when they were installed too. I don't think this information is kept. cheers, &rw -- /

kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7, and parallel port printing

2005-08-31 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi. I installed kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7 on my Sarge box one or two weeks ago[0], and everything seemed fine. Until today I wanted to use the printer[1], and try as I might, I could only get garbage out. I couldn't even print via echo >/dev/lp0. After fiddling around, purging&reinstalling cu

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7, and parallel port printing

2005-08-31 Thread Robert Waldner
On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 16:42:58 CDT, Matt Zagrabelny writes: >first step, as you guessed it, is getting >$ cat /etc/passwd > /dev/lp0 >to work. Yep, that's why I explicitly mentioned that even that didn't work (though I usually use /etc/issue.net ;) ). >are you using udev? have you checked dmesg?

Re: Starting background process in ssh session

2005-09-01 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:33:28 EDT, "Roberto C. Sanchez" writes: >command & > >However, when I log out of the machine, the ssh process on my local >machine blocks. If you don't care as much about your ssh session as the command running on, `man nohup`. cheers, &rw -- -- "Having a firewall that

Re: Starting background process in ssh session

2005-09-01 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 17:44:46 EDT, "Roberto C. Sanchez" writes: >> If you don't care as much about your ssh session as the command running >> on, `man nohup`. >That wasn't it. I still had to kill the ssh process on my local >machine after starting the remote process. Of course that wasn't it.

Re: kernel-image-2.6.8-2-k7, and parallel port printing

2005-09-02 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:03:51 +0200, Robert Waldner writes: >2.6.8: >parport: PnPBIOS parport detected. >parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778), irq 7, dma 3 > [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,ECP,DMA] >parport0: Legacy device >lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven). FWIW, I toy

Re: Why do SSH cracking attempts start with "Did not receive identification string"?

2005-09-02 Thread Robert Waldner
that to start trying userids and passwords? Probably becasue at first they do a sweep and look where port 22 is at least open, before they start with "real" cracking attempts. cheers, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTE

phpBB-alike

2005-10-24 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I'm looking for an easy-to-administrate web forum, something like phpBB (though with a tad less security holes if possible ;) ). Any suggestions? cheers+TIA, &rw -- / Ing. Robert Waldner | Security Engineer | CoreTec IT-Security \ \ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | T +43 1 50

Re: phpBB-alike

2005-10-25 Thread Robert Waldner
27;t suffer from feature-creep. I don't >believe it's packaged for debian. Thanks to both of you, I'll have a look. 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 / pgptQlAlIGOWM.pgp Description: PGP signature

Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Waldner
Hi! I'm currently converting the SOs laptop to Debian. Problem is that it's rather underpowered in terms of RAM - 128 MB and no chance of upgrading. So I'm looking for a window manager/desktop environment that doesn't have the memory footprint of Gnome or KDE. Personally, I'm fond of Enligh

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 23:23:03 GMT, Andrew M.A. Cater writes: >> Any suggestions? >Icewm / fluxbox I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. With both of them. cheers, &rw -- -- Gibt's das auch mit umweltfreundlichem oekologisch abbaubaren -- atomfreien Strom von

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-10 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 00:38:01 +0100, Marcus Lundblad writes: >> Any suggestions? >Perhaps ROX for desktop icons and file manager? You mean the package "rox-filer"? cheers, &rw -- -- cm: 500 MB fuer /boot ist aber ein, aehhh, interessantes gefuehl -- -- haben deine kernel-images lethale blae

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-11 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:27:32 PST, Andy Gower writes: >> >Icewm / fluxbox >> I can't figure out how to put shortcuts to applications on the desktop. >> With both of them. >With IceWM, it is dead easy to add shortcuts to either the taskbar >along the bottom or a customized menu coming from the st

Re: Window manager/desktop environment that's not RAM-intensive

2005-11-12 Thread Robert Waldner
On Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:07:42 PST, Andy Gower writes: >Maybe I wasn't clear enough. Shortcuts to applications in IceWM can >be displayed as small icons on the taskbar next to IceWM's equivalent >of the "start" button from Windows. This is a display style very >similar to the quick launch section

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-14 Thread Robert Waldner
On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 06:05:51 PST, Steve Lamb writes: >> Thanks to asshat US Corporations like yours, I was out of work for 13 >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] months because my job was shipped to India. >Yes, because making money is such a crime in a free market society. So >much so that when corporatio

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