Re: DVD playback problems

2006-11-11 Thread p
On Sat, Nov 11, 2006 at 01:15:04PM +, Piers Kittel wrote: __deletia__ > mplayer is now able to play back the DVD as the user "piers" but Xine > still won't play the DVD back with the output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ xine > This is xine (X11 gui) - a free video player v0.99.3. > (c) 2000-200

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

2002-03-14 Thread p
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 02:10:46PM -0800, Petro wrote: > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:04:14AM -0800, Lazarus Long wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 12:47:25AM -0700, Adam Conrad wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > > > From: Lazarus Long [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Tuesday,

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

2002-03-14 Thread p
On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:38:59PM -0600, DvB wrote: > "Kurt Lieber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Lazarus Long said: > > > Again, there is no excuse for racism in Debian. Other packages have > > > elided the inappropriate material in the past, as they should. > > > > No, they shouldn't. D

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

2002-03-14 Thread p
On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 09:49:56AM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: > > >b.s.! making fun of someone else's skin color is patently wrong, and i > >don't care how you want to slice it or garnish it with "red herring": > > No! bullshit to you > > free speech is free. // please. in my country, yell

Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material

2002-03-14 Thread p
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 04:45:33PM -0800, Petro wrote: > On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:25:48PM +0000, p wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 09:49:56AM +1100, John Griffiths wrote: > > > > > > >b.s.! making fun of someone else's skin color is patently wrong, and

kernel compile will not stop

2002-03-21 Thread p
debs, i'm trying to compile a kernel, but it will not stop compiling. compile method: --- the debian way -- 1) make meunconfig 2) make-kpkg clean 3) make-kpkg --revision=custom.1.0 kernel_image kernel: --- 2.4.0 (i know, it's old, but it w

cannot fetchmailconf in sid

2002-04-01 Thread p
debs, in sid, fetchmailconf gives me: Fields don't match what fetchmailconf expected: Not matched in dictionary keys: ['showdots', 'spambounce'] does anyone have a take on this? thx. b. // -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: Athlon AMD 64 3000+

2005-12-14 Thread p
On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 09:46:08PM -0500, Aaron Stromas wrote: > Greetings, > > Which Debian image should I install for AMD Athlon 64 system? TIA, > > -a > // i believe i used the amd-64 port: http://www.debian.org/ports/amd64/ luck. // -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: wacom graphire4

2005-12-20 Thread p
On Sun, Dec 18, 2005 at 05:13:39PM +0800, kangja wrote: > Hi, > thinking about getting a Wacom Graphire4. > I am using 'testing' with kernel 2.6.8 and XFree86 4.3. > Getting the pen/tablet to work would be a staightforward process? > > kangja > // i don't have experience with the graphire4,

Re: only root can access the camera

2006-02-21 Thread p
On Tue, Feb 21, 2006 at 10:17:26AM -0300, ochnap2 wrote: > Hi, I have a Kodak C330 that I want to use with digikam, but it seems that > only root can access it. I'm using a fully updated sid. > > I googled a solution for the problem but I found only solutions for old > versions of hotplug, etc.

Re: Icewm still being maintained

2002-04-18 Thread p
On Thu, Apr 18, 2002 at 03:02:49PM +0100, Anthony Campbell wrote: > Looking at http://www.icewm.org today, I see that - contrary to posts on > this list and elsewhere - icewm is still being actively maintained and > a beta release of 1.2.0 is due out this month. Good news! > > Anthony > // eggs

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread p
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 11:37:24AM -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > Hi! > > I have a problem ejecting cdrom > > as normal user: > > $eject cdrom > eject: unable to eject, last error: Invalid argument > > as root: > > #eject cdrom > (ejects the cdrom without trouble) > > the owner and permisions

Re: eject cdrom

2005-07-21 Thread p
On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 02:30:10PM -0700, Enrique Morfin wrote: > > Have you tried using "eject /dev/hdc" ? Is the cd > > mounted while you try to > > do this ? Have you tried ejecting the cd without it > > being mounted? > > > The cd is umounted. > i have tried /dev/hdc, /cdrom, cdrom, /cdrom/,

Re: Announcing a new book: The Debian System -- Concepts and Techniques

2005-07-26 Thread p
On Mon, Jun 27, 2005 at 03:05:03AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > Dear all, > > I am pleased to announce the availability of my new (English) book > "The Debian System", which Open Source Press[0] introduced at the > Linuxtag 2005. __deletia__ > -- > .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: AMD 64 recommendations

2005-07-27 Thread p
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:13:08PM +0200, Emil Khatib wrote: > Hi everybody. I just bought a new Athlon 64 machine and I wanted to > ask if anybody has tried the amd64 port. Is it enough stable for a > desktop system? What are the advantages of using the amd64 port over > using sarge i386 + amd64 k

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread p
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:01:40AM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing Sawfish-gnome as my window > manager. I'm having problems with the system hanging randomly with no > error messages, etc. The only thing I haven't eliminated yet is sawfish > and gno

Re: WM Suggestions

2002-06-07 Thread p
On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 06:27:11PM +, p wrote: > On Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:01:40AM -0600, Robert L. Harris wrote: > > > > > > Ok, running gnome at work. Been useing Sawfish-gnome as my window > > manager. I'm having problems with the system hanging ran

Re: Various digital camera questions and Re: (FIXED!) gphoto2 from CVS to deb package

2002-06-21 Thread p
[snip] > > At this point I'll go back to the beginning; several > others have posted to the list about digital cameras, and since I've been > "around the block" a couple of times with my digital camera under GNU/Linux, > I figure I'll add to the collective wisdom such as I can ;) [snip]

Re: watching an avi

2005-09-23 Thread p
On Sat, Sep 17, 2005 at 07:48:26PM -0400, Rick Pasotto wrote: __deletia__ > Sometimes xine runs but the display window remains black > and the sound plays fine. __deletia__ when that happens to me, i just double click xine's black window, which then becomes full screen; then i double click it a

[no subject]

2004-10-15 Thread P P PRASAD
Dear Sir Can you guide me in following case : We are having a System having 2 HDDs C & D . On C Windows 2000 Server is installed and on D Red Hat 9 is installed. Now D is nearly full. We want to format C and extend it for Linux. My hitch is if I delete partition of C, The system won't boot and I

SWEN isn't slowing down

2003-10-07 Thread A P
These f** SWEN emails are still pouring in. I am getting about 80 per day. It's sickening.   I have added practically every major country suffix in my /etc/mail/access file and I am discovering new ones every day!  Man, I am so close to blocking "net" and "com". Well, in that case I might just

ssh tunneling

2003-08-25 Thread P. Kallakuri
this is not really a debian question, but i tried elsewhere and got no satisfying answers. i have seen bunch of geniuses on this list, so i can risk the kicking-around for an answer!! :) here's the output of nmap of my gateway/firewall: Port State Service 22/tcp openssh

Re: ssh tunneling

2003-08-26 Thread P. Kallakuri
" from the Internet, # enable this next line # #$IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $EXTIF -p ICMP -s $UNIVERSE -d $EXTIP -j ACCEPT by default ICMP traffic is disabled and when i setup a firewall in our research lab about 3 years back, thats how i left it. our research machines were open on the internet whe

I have a dream... what do you think?

2003-06-15 Thread Frederiks, P.
Title: I have a dream... what do you think? The debian box-profile: - Box:=Desktop;Multimedia Servers:=None Security:=usability-first Country:=NL GUI:=Medium-light Nice-scheme:=responsive-desktop prefered-sound-system:=esd;alsa Fonts:=Anti-Aliased;west

RE: naming of debian distributions

2003-06-15 Thread Frederiks, P.
Title: RE: naming of debian distributions The official woody CD's I have create apt.sources lines containing the word 'unstable'. I don't know why, but I do know for sure this is the official woody-release and NOT sid.

Re: Removeing N lines from a file

1999-02-11 Thread P Asokan
re not hit by the off by 1 error anywhere I multiboot win 95 and RH 5.2 Linux; I am in the middle of replacing RH 5.2 with debian. I am now sending this from Win95; so I am not able to offer a tested solution. Hope this helps P Asokan P S: On re-reading, the note looked too 'teacherish';

Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?

1999-02-28 Thread P Asokan
tudy, persons to contact? P Asokan

Re: Debian and Redhat - are most linux users missing the point?

1999-02-28 Thread P Asokan
ore people write for it ... you get the picture I started with Slackware four years back, about a year back switched to RH and a few weeks back succeeded (many earlier failed attempts) in getting Debian installed. I would hate to see a world where Linux zone is Unipolar as the commercial software zone. P Asokan

error - SIOCADDRT

1999-03-18 Thread Asokan P
( the machine's ip ) works, as does ping anything else on the network - the local net is 192.168.3.x I am running 2.2.2 kernel on hamm P Asokan

Unidentified subject!

1999-03-18 Thread Asokan P
In the office we have a WIn NT machine connected to the INternET and that is running WinGate. What should I do to use this sort of a connection, to upgrade debian, by using apt-get? I cannot wait to run slink. P Asokan

sendmail or smail =exim!

1999-02-02 Thread Asokan P
Could you please point to a source URL for exim. TIA P Asokan

Re: Invisible files smbfs W95

1999-02-02 Thread P Asokan
May be this will help: When looking through the kernel rebuilding meny - menuconfig - I saw something about an error in Win95 - the description seems to fit your symptoms - but I am relying on my memory here. Please check There was also a work around for that configurable in the same place P

Re - the signature line

1999-04-09 Thread Asokan P
- searching the archives is not the first thing a newbie thinks of. And the unsubscribe mail does not seem very useful. P Asokan

Newbie: Installation problems

1999-05-07 Thread Sudhir P
Hi, Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now). My present set up: -- I have an i586 system in which I have dos, linux

Re: IP Masq

1998-10-07 Thread Dimitri P.
"You have IP-masq"do you mean configured or simply installed? you can run ipmasqconfig , or edit /etc/ipmasq.conf read the how-to or simply do this: ipfwadm -F -p deny ipfwadm -F -a m -S xxx.xxx.xxx.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx the address of your internal class

Re: IP Masq and debian

1998-10-08 Thread Dimitri P.
pages just said that there were no useful man pages. After removing >ipmasq and rebooting telnet to the machine worked fine again. > >I executed the following commands to get masquerading to work manually: > > ipfwadm -F -p deny > ipfwadm -F -a m -S 192.168.1.0/24 -D 0.0.0.0/0 >

Re: Dialup ISDN performance

1998-10-19 Thread Dimitri P.
can download at the rate of about 4-5 Kb/KB, with ISDN >using both channels its around 6-8 KB at best. > >I would like to hear from anyone else using dialup isdn either on linux or >win95. > >Dimitri P. > > > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >

Re: ADSL and Linux (or specificly Debian)

1998-10-20 Thread Dimitri P.
All you are doing really as far as the linux box is concerned is changinf the masqarading from a dynamic ip to a specific static one. Depending on how your masquarading is set up, you need to tell it what one of the two static IPs assigned to you is. At least in hamm the masquarading config is i

Re: ISDN Adapter or Eth Router or Serial

1998-10-26 Thread Dimitri P.
r number" is in a way a regular extension as if you were using an internal phone system. Centrex allows you to forward calls and use features thet are otherwise available only if you have your own phone system installed. Dimitri P. At 08:26 PM 10/25/1998 +, Steven Udell wrote: >Hel

Re: Looking for a PDF reader

1998-04-24 Thread pignon . p
Andreas says : >oooppssforgot to say there's a package for acroread ( the acrobat reader) on >the debian ftp server,but i think you should be better to use a >mirror from France,check in the contrib section,it's there: >*** Opt contrib acroread 3.0-1 3.0-1 Adobe Portable >D

Re: Request for window manager recommendations

2005-06-13 Thread Eric P
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Have just finished installing sarge (am a first-time debian user, very impressed), and now am chosing a window manager. I have fond memories of using a little-known WM called VTWM on SunOS, but that was almost 10 years ago now. I'm guessing th

Re: Sarge Upgrade DEBOCLE ! ! !

2005-06-15 Thread Eric P
Craig Russell wrote: Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote: Help me please! I have mistakenly trusted the Debian community and upgraded to Sarge and it is a DISASTER. HOW COULD YOU HAVE DONE THIS TO US ! ! ! (Reading database ... 70119 files and directories currently installed.) Removing xserver-rage12

Misc. Newb Help

2005-06-16 Thread Eric P
hank you to the Debian community. I'm glad to have finally jumped the fence! Eric P. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Misc. Newb Help

2005-06-17 Thread Eric P
Greg Folkert wrote: On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 23:22 -0500, Eric P wrote: 1. Nvidia driver - is there a Debian way to approach this? Or just run the Nvidia installer? apt-get install module-assistant ; m-a a-i nvidia That worked (once I installed the kernel-header file). The nvidia driver is

Re: Misc. Newb Help

2005-06-17 Thread Eric P
Eric P wrote: Greg Folkert wrote: On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 23:22 -0500, Eric P wrote: 1. Nvidia driver - is there a Debian way to approach this? Or just run the Nvidia installer? apt-get install module-assistant ; m-a a-i nvidia That worked (once I installed the kernel-header file). The

Re: Misc. Newb Help

2005-06-20 Thread Eric P
Greg Folkert wrote: 2. I have a .bash_profile in my user directly, but it's not being sourced ever. Any idea why? I tried .profile as well w/o any luck. Okay, are you talking for your *X* environment or CLI or both? Both. Eric P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] w

Re: Misc. Newb Help

2005-06-20 Thread Eric P
Patrick Rutkowski wrote: On Monday 20 June 2005 10:14 pm, Eric P wrote: Greg Folkert wrote: 2. I have a .bash_profile in my user directly, but it's not being sourced ever. Any idea why? I tried .profile as well w/o any luck. Okay, are you talking for your *X* environment or CLI or

Re: Misc. Newb Help

2005-06-21 Thread Eric P
Dominik Epple wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 07:05:11AM +0100, Alan Chandler wrote: On Tuesday 21 June 2005 06:19, Eric P wrote: Patrick Rutkowski wrote: On Monday 20 June 2005 10:14 pm, Eric P wrote: Greg Folkert wrote: 2. I have a .bash_profile in my user directly, but it's not

Re: ColdFusion MX (was Misc. Newb Help)

2005-06-21 Thread Eric P
you give me any install tips? I've had success w/this installer on SuSE 8.0/9.2 Pro in the past... I didn't see anything resembling 'compat-libstdc' for Debian. I even did a search on www1.apt-get.org. Thanks for any pointers, Eric P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Starting Appletalk services...

2005-06-26 Thread Eric P
"Starting Appletalk services (this may take a while)" Yes, it sure does. What services are these anyway? It seems to add 10-15 seconds to boot time on my 1.5 GHz box. Thanks... Eric P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Japanese input

2005-06-26 Thread Eric P
en I log in. Any suggestions? Thanks for reading! Eric P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Starting Appletalk services...

2005-06-26 Thread Eric P
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Eric P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> "Starting Appletalk services (this may take a while)" >> >> Yes, it sure does. What services are these anyway? It seems to add >> 10-15 seconds to boot time on my 1.5 GHz box. >

Coldfusion MX

2005-06-28 Thread Eric P
o avail. Thanks for reading! Eric P -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mozilla .8

2001-02-16 Thread ray p
I'm now running the Progeny debs for Mozilla .7. I would like to go to .8 but so my menus and stuff do not get broken I would like to go with debs. So does anyone know if there are any Mozilla .8 debs out there yet? Thanks much.

SSH with IPmasq

2001-03-13 Thread ray p
I have a firewall (floppyfw) based that I am trying to do SSH through to my Debian box on the other side and it will not work. I have uncommented the lines that are supposed to allow forwarding to the box behind it in the scripts and still everytime I try to connect I get connection refused. I

2.4.x kernel on a current woody machine

2001-03-17 Thread ray p
Is the current incarnation of Woody ready for the 2.4.x kernel? In other words if I want to do this is there anything special I have to do or should it just work?

apt-get dist-upgrade

2001-03-17 Thread ray p
Is anybody else getting some odd perl errors from apt and if so have you fixed it or do you know what is going on? Thanks.

Nvidia .97 drivers

2001-03-18 Thread ray p
Has anybody played with these yet and if so how do they work and did you have any problems. Also is the new AA stuff worth the risk of a update? Thanks for any info.

Re: special keys (volume etc.) - how to use?

2001-03-24 Thread ray p
I saw something about how to do this on linux.com a few weeks ago. You might take a look at that. Erik Steffl wrote: is it possible to use special keys on various keyboards? lot of keyboards have various extra keys - for example volume settings, cd control, internet shortcuts etc... I tho

Programowanie za pomocą skryptów

2000-05-26 Thread M P
Chciałbym przesłać do zaopiniowania programik, który moim zdaniem świetnie pasowałby do Linux'a. Jest on napisany w oparciu o bibl. curses i służy do łatwej budowy menu wyboru w skryptach. Nazywa się win3 i zwraca do shell'a wartość będącą numerem wybranego przez użytkownika skryptu wiersza.

How to keep apt from updatine the kernel

2001-02-08 Thread ray p
I just installed the international patches and installed my kernel. It all went well except now apt wants to reinstall the stock kernel. How do I keep it from doing this? Thanks very much.

Re: MPG / AVI player

2001-06-19 Thread ray p
Mplayer. mplayer.sourceforge.net. You can even build debs from the cvs sources they also have links to the windows dlls that you will need. Now having said that where do you get the Futurama episodes from? On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 08:55:53PM -0500, Jonathan Daugherty wrote: > Does anyone know of

Re: Ripping MP3s

2001-06-20 Thread ray p
apt-get install ripperx (I don't think it is Potato) rip ogg files at 160 with varaiable bitrate smaller and sounds better then mp3s all the software that comes with Debian can play them and no legal issues. :). All in all a good thing Ripperx can also use lame and there are some unofficial debs

Re: kernel compiles

2001-06-22 Thread ray p
IMHO it is easier I think this is a good thing. Also if you have amny similar machines having your kernel image as a .deb makes it *very* easy to install it on many machines. Also it never forgets to run lilo :). The main part I like about it is it remembers all the messy little steps so I can f

Re: Why use fakeroot when compiling kernel?

2001-06-23 Thread ray p
If you are using kernel-package you have to have root rights to compile it. Using fakeroot lets you do it without being root kind of like sudo. On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 10:40:34AM -0500, Ken Januski wrote: > Thanks to all who've helped me in recompiling my kernel. I used > kernel-package on one de

Re: Why use fakeroot when compiling kernel?

2001-06-23 Thread ray p
never used fakeroot or sudo but > realize that they allow root privileges without being root. What I'm > wondering, and I know this is very basic, is why it is better to do > whatever you're doing as a fake root rather than as the real root? Is it > a matter of security, con

Re: Serial Mouse problem

2001-06-28 Thread ray p
If form console you do cat /dev/mouse and move the mouse what happens? If you do not get random noise that is not your mouse device. Also in your XF86Config file what does it have for the protocol? Also do you have GPM running and what branch of Debian are you using? On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 08:

Re: Can't open root device

2001-06-29 Thread ray p
I would suggest that you get the example config file from http://www.markybob.com put that in your source tree as .config and run make oldconfig then use make menuconfig to tweak it only changing things you are sure you understand. Do not use xconfig. This is what solved the same problem for me

Re: security

2001-06-29 Thread ray p
If you really want help with this project send a mail signed with a good trusted key that proves that you are who you say you are and really do work for this Uni. Otherwise I hope everyone on this list is smart enough to ignore you. On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 07:44:05AM -0500, Chris Parker wrote:

Re: nVidia Riva TNT graphics card driver

2001-06-29 Thread ray p
Download the tarballs from the Nivdia website go into the kernel module tree and type make install (as root of course) do the same fro th GLX module. change your XF86Config-4 file like the readme says and you will be good. Basically go read the readme and you should be fine. On Fri, Jun 29, 20

Re: nVidia Riva TNT graphics card driver

2001-06-29 Thread ray p
29, 2001 at 11:29:41AM -0600, ray p wrote: > > Download the tarballs from the Nivdia website go into the kernel module > > tree and type make install (as root of course) do the same fro th GLX > > module. change your XF86Config-4 file like the readme says and you will be >

Re: how stable is the testing branch?

2001-07-06 Thread ray p
Testing is as stable as any other ditro of Linux not up to the Debain stable though. Having said that I would agree to only run testing if you have a need but it sounds like you do and I don't think Koffice will compile on stable. Having said that don't apt-get dist-upgrade every day. I would ch

Re: TTF fonts

2001-07-07 Thread ray p
http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Font-HOWTO.html http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/FDU.html http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/TT-Debian.html http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/doc

Re: Kernel 2.4.5 at last! Problems

2001-07-10 Thread ray p
Config files can not be brought forward across major kernel versions. Use the config file that came with the image as a starting point or the example config on http://www.markybob.com is a decent starting point. On Tue, Jul 10, 2001 at 05:35:24PM +, Victor wrote: > After extreme deliberatio

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-07-12 Thread ray p
Or better yet get putty. It supports SSH 2 with public key authentication. And is small enough that you can put a key the client and the scp and sftp (FTP tunnled through SSH) client on ~2 floppies It can be run from the floppy and can connect to any SSH server has a lot of very cool features. U

new.net tlds, resolve.conf, squid

2001-07-12 Thread ray p
I'm trying to set up my Woody box to see the TLDs served by new.net's root servers to do this I added the line "search new.net" to my /etc/resolve.conf now I can ping the servers on the new tlds (maxim.free) and when I run a browser that does not go through my Squid I can browse to them. But bro

Re: ssh to a machine with sshv2

2001-07-13 Thread ray p
It maybe that the Sun box has ssh 1 turned off and the openSSH boxes have it turned on. By default the non-free ssh 2 server has 1 turned off by defualt openSSH leaves it turned on. On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 11:03:26PM -0300, Alejandro Gar?n wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 03:16:12AM -0300, Al

Re: dependency problem in Debian unstable distribution

2001-07-16 Thread ray p
Somebody pushed the new version of locales down early that version of glibc will be in testing in ~10 days according to the excuses page/ On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 03:40:03PM +0300, Emil wrote: > > locales depends on glibc_2.2.3-7 > glibc_2.2.3-7 does not appear to be available > > > -- >

OT Pop3 mail service

2001-07-16 Thread ray p
Does anyone know of a good Linux friendly pop3 mail provider free would be good although pay would also work. Thanks for any thoughts on the subject. -- BOFH excuse #103: operators on strike due to broken coffee machine pgpjMIaUZsopQ.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: port forwarding

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
Actually those 2 lines are my full set of firewall rules. Just waiting for someone to show how they can be breached before I go for a more complex setup ;-)

Re: port forwarding

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
This is appallingly primitive but it works for all services like Napster ICQ and so on. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/init.d/firewall echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward /sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j MASQ ipchains i

Re: Help with ip-spoof protection in Debian

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
Can you then have procmail to put all the mail that does not go into the mailing list folders into a default mailbox? # Put mail for pkirk in its own mailbox :0: * ^(From|Cc|To).* $HOME/mail/patrick Or would that break all the rule processing? Speaking of rule processing, I found a dynamic way o

Mutt questions

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, After being away from all this for a year or so, learning to make make mutt work again is proving a bit of a battle. One of the big changes in the last 12 months is that the top half of every other mail reads: [-- PGP output follows (current time: Sun Aug 5 22:04:05 2001) --] sh: gpg: c

Re: iptables log random access attempts to my server. why?

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
actually I just deinstalled portsentry because of this. There are a huge number of Linux boxes out there that are desperately scanning port 111 looking for a nfs type server. Its worth setting the trip wire level a little higher to avoid being swamped with spurious info.

Re: Help with ip-spoof protection in Debian

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
| > dpkg-distaddfiledpkg-preconfigure dpkg-source | > dpkg-divert dpkg-reconfiguredpkg-split | | ??? Argh! Sometimes I wonder if I should give it all up and take up knitting instead. Many thanks for pointing that out

Re: port forwarding

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
| > /sbin/ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j MASQ | | But doesn't this just masquerade the outgoing connection, and responses? | This won't help if a PTP client tries to initiate a connection with me while | I'm behind the firewall. | I hate to say this but I have no idea why

Re: Moving Directories

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 09:49:36AM +1000, Steven Farrier wrote: | I have the / directory stored in /dev/hda2 and the /usr directory stored in /dev/hda3. My question, how would I move /usr to /dev/hda2 and vice-versa? Is speace an issue. What is the output of df -h

Re: Mutt questions

2001-08-05 Thread P Kirk
It all works. Many thanks dman. What do people recommend as a console newsreader with a mutt like interface? Patrick

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
On Mon, Aug 06, 2001 at 04:55:16AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | What if I choose to just connect my machines to a hub hooked up to the cable | modem? How would I configure them to access the internet then? There's a fine HOWTO on IP masquarading that I used in your position. http://www.li

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
| I just got a DSL connection (last night) and my firewall logged a | bunch of DENYed packets on port 138 (Netbios datagram service) from | another IP in my DSL subnet. Somebody messed up . BTW I | apache is logging a whole bunch of Code Red requests already! Now I I uninstalled portsentry beca

Sieving with procmail

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
Hi all, I have procmail doing a lot of very useful stuff now and am left with that great mass of spam that needs filing. I have all mail to me going to my inbox. I have all mail for mailing lists going where they should I'm left with 2 or 3 mails every hour that hang about in /var/spool/mail/pa

Re: Sieving with procmail

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
At the bottom of the file? That makes more sense. So would this work properly or is there a gotcha I need to think of before pitting it at the bottom of .procmailrc? # Put mail for that is not addressed to me or a mailinglist # in its own mailbox :0: * ^(From|Cc|To).* $HOME/mail/junkmail -- P

Re: package to get exchange mail?

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
| to have a Debian mail server grab that mail and | deliver it to my normal mailbox. | | Any idee-ers? | Ask the sysadmin to have Exchange act as a POP server. If they insist on the replication, etc. its Outlook only AFAIK.

Re: package to get exchange mail?

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
Thats just for mail access. Exchange is not a mail server, it just happens to do mail as part of being a workflow type server. Unless the sysadmins allow him to access just the mail component, he has to use Outlook. This is because Exchange replicates calendars, tasks, etc. For example, boss has

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-06 Thread P Kirk
Hi Jake, Connecting to a hub without a firewall means that each machine becomes an exposed node and that all communications between them can be picked up by a packet sniffer. So that's the root passwords given away and a shortcut to either having the ISP pull the account or being RBL-ed. Stop l

Re: Mailing list software ... which one to use?

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Mailman seems very easy to configure and very popular with the busier lists. Sourceforge uses it. -- Patrick "sig-free and proud of it" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: Cable Modem on Linux

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
| I don't care if my machines can packet-sniff things coming across the | network-- they're all for personal use. I'm not using them in a configuration | where one machine's information needs to be kept private. | | -- Deven | | I know you don't care. You think that if there's nothing personal

Re: satellite hookup

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
I'm quoting for a firewall/proxy server for a some satellite connections in the UK. Let me know what your providers setup will be and I'll see if I can help. -- Patrick "sig-free and proud of it" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

Re: IP Masquerading

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Firewall 1 is excellent having most of the features that are available in Linux. I remember reading somewhere Checkpoint do SOHO versions for about $500 so its not too expensive as these things go. On 0, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >What is a good program for Windows 98 that will allow me to set up

Re: debian humor

2001-08-07 Thread P Kirk
Well, it added a laugh to my day and that's always welcome. -- Patrick "No sig in my .sig" Kirk GSM: +44 7876 560 646 ICQ: 42219699

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