[Dorset] OT: Bling Disaster

I couldn't resist posting this: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/11/bing-loophole In essence, Bing has this huge security hole (why are we not surprised).  The guy that discovered this problem was then threatened with legal action by MS if he didn't remove the info from his Blog.  (H

[Dorset] OT: MS Patents using a GUI to access sudo!

Another one I couldn't resist: http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7,617,530.PN.&OS=PN/7,617,530&RS=PN/7,617,530 There's a lot of discussion about this over on Groklaw and PJ has got it a bit wrong by saying tha

Re: [Dorset] OT: MS Patents using a GUI to access sudo!

On 12 November 2009 at 01:07 Robert Bronsdon wrote: > If this patent were ever to come up in court I would just fight prior  > existence. A GUI requesting priviledge escalation has existed on OSX and  > *nix long before MS ever implemented it in Windows - end of story.  > Personally I am happ

[Dorset] Off Topic: SunOS Help needed

Hi,   We have a customer who is using SunOS on Sparc Workstations to run a test station.  Some time ago, we developed a number of test programs for this system and we are now in the business of supporting them.  These programs all run inside their own environment and are written in a test specific

[Dorset] Disk size in Asus EEE

I'm getting a bit confused with the diskspace available on my mother's Asus EEE 700. By default, these came with a 4G flash drive and I've added a 4G SD card.   Xandros seems to have appended the SD Card to the original 4G, because the Disk Utility (a GUI tool in the Settings tab) says that all the

Re: [Dorset] Disk size in Asus EEE

  On 23 June 2010 at 09:38 Bob Dunlop wrote: > I've not used a 700 but I'm guessing disk space is about right.  > The initial 4G (sda) will also have big chunks reserved for swap and the > Xandros recovery partition.  Hence only 1.4G for the user.   Yes. I've now discovered that sda is split int

Re: [Dorset] Disk size in Asus EEE

On 23 June 2010 at 00:57 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > You'd think, looking at that, that much of sda's space is not being > used.  You can use fdisk(8) to list the partitions on each drive.  The > size of each unit is given in the preamble. > >     sudo fdisk -l /dev/sda >     sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb T

[Dorset] Next Meeting - Next Wednesday in Bournemouth

I'm working away to day (and running a bit late), so just a quick reminder that the next meeting is in Bournemouth next week. -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wednesday 2010-08-04 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.

[Dorset] Work related: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server

Hi,   We need to test something using RHEL.  We won't be using it (unfortunately ;-( ); we just want to try something out.  Is is possible to get a free (unsupported) copy?   The links we've found seem to need a password to unlock them. -- Next meeting: Blandford Forum, Tuesday 2010-09-07 20:00 htt

[Dorset] OT (ish): Accessing a SparcStation remotely with a graphical interface from a Windows Box

  Hi,   We need to do some work with our SparcStation again, but this time remotely from a windows machine.  I can telnet to it and carry out the usual shell type activities, but one or two things we need to do with it, launch a dialog box under X.   What is the simplest way to do this?  I was init

Re: [Dorset] OT (ish): Accessing a SparcStation remotely with a graphical interface from a Windows Box

    On 11 October 2010 at 14:18 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > We need to do some work with our SparcStation again, but this time > > remotely from a windows machine.  I can telnet to it and carry out the > > usual shell type activities, but one or two things we need to do with > > it, launch a dialo

Re: [Dorset] OT (ish): Accessing a SparcStation remotely with a graphical interface from a Windows Box

    On 11 October 2010 at 15:04 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > 6. In your telnet session type, DISPLAY=windows_hostname_or_ip_address:0.0 > > 7. In your telnet session type, export DISPLAY > > ... > > I'm OK until I get to step 6, when I get a 'Command not recognised' > > error.  Is s

Re: [Dorset] OT (ish): Accessing a SparcStation remotely with a graphical interface from a Windows Box

    On 11 October 2010 at 15:50 John Cooper wrote: > On 11/10/10 15:23, d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk wrote: > >> Excellent!  A step > >> forward.  Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be > >> an export command in the > >> csh.  According to the man pag

[Dorset] Using USB Sticks with Tiny Core Linux

Hi,   Has anyone played around with Tiny Core Linux?   I'm trying to build a custom distro using TC and am managing to sort out most things OK.  One thing I'm struggling with is getting the system to automatically mount a USB Stick when I plug it in.  The FAQs on the TC website give some informatio

[Dorset] Adding files to a Live Disc, separate to the core image

Hi,   My experiments with Tiny Core are progressing reasonably well, but I have a more generic query about Live Discs in general and creating ISOs in particular.   Ideally, what we would like to do is to create a core distro, based on Tiny Core, but with some custom scripts and apps included as par

[Dorset] My Identity

I just realised that when I post through Webmail from work, you have no idea who I am ;-(   I've just added a Sig.    Terry Coles -- Next meeting: The Broadway, Bournemouth, Tuesday 2010-12-14 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ How to Report Bugs Effectively:

[Dorset] Writing a Boot sector to a CD

Hi,   Things have moved on with the discovery that unlike other bigger Live CDs, Tiny Core unmounts the CD after booting.  This means that all we have to do is to write our additional files to the disc alongside the normal files produced by the TinyCore tools.  We can then mount the disc again from

Re: [Dorset] Writing a Boot sector to a CD

On 09 December 2010 at 07:47 "d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk" wrote: > There is only one problem.  I can stick a CD in the hole and open it using any > decent burning program, such as k3b or Brasero on Linux or Nero or Roxio on > Winblows.  I can then add my files and burn a new i

[Dorset] Identifying the drive containing a CD

Hi, We're still playing with Tiny Core Linux and are now exploring more ways of adding our own data to the running system from the original CD.  You might recall that I was asking some time ago how to write data to the ISO image and rewrite it from a DOS Box.  We have found a way to do this, but i

Re: [Dorset] Identifying the drive containing a CD

  On 04 January 2011 at 13:34 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Does > >     ls -l /dev/disk/* > > show anything interesting if the CD is in the drive?  Perhaps the CD can > have a label or UUID.  You should at least see the CD drive in by-id > although that won't be useful as part numbers change.  That c

[Dorset] Message to Ralph: What was that command you used?

Ralph,   At the meeting last night you used a command to discover the IP address of your domain.  Paul just asked me what it was, but all I could remember was that it was a TLA something like git, (but not git).   Can you remind us?   Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Crown Hotel, Blandford Forum, Tues

Re: [Dorset] Message to Ralph: What was that command you used?

  On 12 January 2011 at 08:55 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > It was dig(1);  domain information groper.  Here's some examples to send > onto Paul.  Thanks Ralph.  I've passed this on. Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tue or Wed 2011-02-?? 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http:/

[Dorset] Use of cat to concatenate .gz files

Hi,   I came across this thread http://tinycorelinux.com/forum/index.php?topic=8437.0 on the Tiny Core Linux Forums.  One of the users came across some information that lead him to suggest the use of cat to overlay additional .gz files on top of the tinycore.gz file.  This contains the bulk of the

Re: [Dorset] Use of cat to concatenate .gz files

  On 17 January 2011 at 12:16 Tim Waugh wrote: > The secret to this is that the gzip format is clever enough to work > correctly when two gzip files are simply concatenated. > > I don't know the details of why it works, but I believe it's something > to do with the "streaming" nature of gzip, com

Re: [Dorset] Use of cat to concatenate .gz files

  On 17 January 2011 at 12:24 "d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk" wrote: >   > > On 17 January 2011 at 12:16 Tim Waugh wrote: > > The secret to this is that the gzip format is clever enough to work > > correctly when two gzip files are simply concatenated. > > &

Re: [Dorset] Use of cat to concatenate .gz files

  On 17 January 2011 at 12:37 Simon P Smith wrote:  > As I said earlier, gzip files can be concatenated as they are a> sequential > list of > members.  If you stitch two together, when being processed, gzip just > happily finds > the next member header after the end of the original file and cont

[Dorset] Setting up hostname in Linux

Hi,   Here is a really basic question; how is the hostname defined in modern Linux distributions?  Generally this is done for us by the installer, so we don't have to know how to do it, other than fill in the name of the PC into the box provided.   The reason I'm asking is that I've just spent abou

Re: [Dorset] Setting up hostname in Linux

  On 04 April 2011 at 23:37 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > Hi Terry, > > > Maybe my memory is faulty, but my recollection of doing this on > > earlier Unix systems, (like Solaris), is that the hostname went into > > the file called hostname (or similar) and that did it (after a > > reboot). > > Debia

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

All, I'm almost back from the Hebrides (last week this week), so I'm raring to go to the next Meeting which is on Tuesday 2013-08-06 at The Broadway, Bournemouth. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway. Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2013-

Re: [Dorset] Laptop advice please

> On 12 August 2013 at 08:54 Clive Wills wrote: > Last night my laptop cover/screen broke again for the second time at the > hinge. (Dell Inspiron 1525) It cost over £80 to repair last time and the > same has happened this time, it looks as if the hinge puts a strain on > the cover. As the lapt

[Dorset] OT: Reading and Copying UFS Formatted Hard Disks

Hi, Anyone have any experience of mounting disks formatted as UFS? I only need read capability, so I can get some data off the disk, but our efforts to mount the thing were defeated here on Friday. We have a Sparc Ultra 5 box here which has fallen foul of the 'IDPROM contents are invalid' fault

[Dorset] Open Source Document Management Tools

Hi, Has anyone any experience of Open Source Document Management Tools? We have been using a proprietary solution at work for some years now, but it is a pretty poor performer and expensive to procure and maintain, so we are looking for a replacement. Key Spec Points are: 1. Ability to store a

Re: [Dorset] Open Source Document Management Tools

> On 30 September 2013 at 22:21 Adrian Warman wrote: > Without knowing a bit more about the number of users, numbers of files, > platforms, etc., it's hard to make specific suggestions. However... > > Might you consider a combination of git plus one of the many git GUI > interfaces for the basic

[Dorset] OT: Networking through VMs

Guys, I have a very strange networking problem here at work and cannot see the wood for the trees. The OT bit is that the VMs are Windows XP guests running in Virtual PC (XPMode) on Windows 7 hosts. However, the problem is relating to being able to ping between guests and (sometimes) from hosts

[Dorset] Mega Help Needed - Can't Boot into Kubuntu 13.10

Hi, Yesterday I (belatedly) realised that my desktop PC with Kubuntu 13.10 installed hadn't put any updates in since way before Christmas. Assuming that the Muon Updater had stopped alerting me, I ran it and found that around 300 + packages needed updating, including the kernel. Unfortunately, a

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week to Go

Hi all, The next meeting is one week away and will take place at the usual place (The Broadway) and at the usual time (8 pm) on the 1st April. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway. See you there. Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-04-01

[Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

Hi All, I'm 'Up North' this week, but will be back in time for next week's Meeting. It will be at The Broadway at 8 pm, exactly one week tonight. See http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings:pub#the_broadway. Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-05-06 20:00 Meets,

Re: [Dorset] Next Meeting - One Week Tonight

> On 29 June 2014 at 22:52 C A Wills wrote: > Hope to be there with an old problem. > Back before going to Switzerland I had a USB HD back-up fail and it was > suggested that I try connecting via an adaptor. > Terry has a lead which may do (could you bring it with you please > Terry?) Im not su

[Dorset] Hot Backup Mode

Can anyone explain hot backup mode in the context of file server as opposed to a database? Can it be done? Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-08-05 20:00 Meets, Mailing list, IRC, LinkedIn, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread on mailing list: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug

[Dorset] Alternatives to DCOM or NetDDE on Linux

We are looking into porting one of our major products to RHEL. Its history goes back to the days of Windows 3.1, so it makes heavy use of DCOM and NetDDE; we would like to establish if there is anything that would ease our path. My boss Chris, (who is the real developer here), has done some searc

[Dorset] C-MOTIF

Has anyone ever heard of a programming language called C-MOTIF? It has come up in a requirement and Google doesn't throw up any useful hits. I'm wondering if they really mean 'Programming in C for the MOTIF Window Manager'. Terry Coles -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2014-08-05 20:00 Me

[Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

Hi, Our company has a presence in several European countries and our collective bosses would like to set up a Corporate Social Network based on Linux servers and Clients running on Windows hardware. The system would have to be private to the company using the Intranet or our other shared network

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

> On 30 September 2014 at 14:33 Ralph Corderoy wrote: > > > Hi Terry, > > > I believe that the management are not really sure what they want in > > terms of functionality so are looking for suggestions. We have > > discussed this locally > > What's the nature of the information you want to shar

Re: [Dorset] Social Networking in a Corporate Environment

On 30 September 2014 at 15:30 Andrew Montgomery-Hurrell wrote: > If they already use Microsoft Office (and especially if they already > subscribe to Office 365) then Yammer is a service that is specifically > designed to be a corporate social network at the Office 365 Mid-Size Business > tier.