Re: [ilugd]: Disabling ident in Red Hat Linux 7.2

2002-05-16 Thread Ambar Roy
> Ambar, > > For each service that you want to disable an IDENT lookup for, edit > /etc/xinetd.d/filename, where filename is the name of the service. Change > log_on_success and log_on_faliure from USERID to another method, like PID. > Or just delete these lines [log_on_success, log_on_faliure] to

Re: [ilugd]: RPM Upgrade: v3.0.3-2 to v4.0.3-7x

2002-05-16 Thread Ambar Roy
> Now, I whole heartedly agree with what you are saying - with both the points > above. But what I fail to understand is how it anwers the current question > at hand - that of upgrading RPM from 3.x to 4.x on a RedHat 6.x system. I don't know about you, but anyone who is asking questions about rpm

Re: [ilugd]: procomm ?

2002-05-16 Thread Ambar Roy
> I want to use procomm to connect to a linux machine from windows machine. > Can any body help me in this regard? Basically u will need a version of getty that allows login thru serial lines. I remember doing this a long time back, but I do remember that there was a howto out there that explains

Re: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for?

2002-05-16 Thread Ambar Roy
Please everyone, WINE is not Windows Emulator or WINdows Emulator WINE stands for "WINE Is Not an Emulator", Kinda like GNU and other similar recursive acronyms!   For more information on wine, go to www.winehq.org   Bye,     /\ |\/| |3 /\ r   PS: I don't see any mention abt this "wine is not

Re: [ilugd]: [/.] Problems faced by overseas clients while dealing with Indian software firms

2002-05-16 Thread Ambar Roy
I will say that there are a few things in the article. If you go thru the comments, you will notice the following kinds of problems being faced by the americans.. 1. Unemployed or semi employeed american SW guy blaming indians for taking away their jobs, abt H1-B workers being slave workers, etc.

Re: [ilugd]: RPM Upgrade: v3.0.3-2 to v4.0.3-7x

2002-05-16 Thread Manish K Arya
RPM package upgrade On Redhat 6.X its not possible to install/Upgrade packages of Redhat 7.x. Reason is that your RPM package software itself does not support new rpms.here is a simple solution.just go to ftp://ftp.rpm.org/pub/rpm/dist/rpm-4.0.x/ download db3-3.1.14-0.3.6x.i386.rpm, db3-devel

Re: [ilugd]: procomm ?

2002-05-16 Thread bhatia
Hi Rahul, Just add an entry in your /etc/inittab for a serial terminal-- 4:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty4 5:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty tty5 ... ... 7:2345:respawn:/sbin/mingetty ttyS1 [or whatever port you're connecting to] You may need to tweak the flow control settings on either si

RE: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for?

2002-05-16 Thread vvkoduri
Hi Ashok ! U can checkout the pointer http://www.winehq.com for information. Ramki kvv. Ashok Appu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 05/16/2002 11:30:29 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Veera R Koduri/HSS) Subject: RE: [ilugd]: What does WINE stan

Re: [ilugd]: CDROM not accessible!

2002-05-16 Thread Deepak Bajaj
Hey Sandeep I have tried using 'service autofs stop' command , i see a stopped response in the terminal, but still i am not able to access the CDROM .Is there any other way.Should i replace the CDROM, or recompiling the kernel will help.Also how do i recompile the kernel making sure that it has

Re: [ilugd]: CDROM not accessible!

2002-05-16 Thread Rajat Bhatia
Hi Deepak, Could you provide us with more details about your CDROM: Brand, Model , IDE/Non IDE? Rajat Deepak Bajaj wrote: > Hey Sandeep > > I have tried using 'service autofs stop' command , i > see a stopped response in the terminal, but still i am > not able to access the CDROM .Is th

Re: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for?

2002-05-16 Thread Shishir
WINE stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator. It implements native code to the function calls present in the Windows DLL's. An emulator is something that duplicates the environment that an application runs in. WINE doesn't bother. - Shishir - Original Message - From: "Ashok Appu" <[EMAIL PROT

[ilugd]: procomm and hyperterminal?

2002-05-16 Thread rahul singh
Any answers :- * Is there any similarity between HyperTerminal and procomm? * Can i use HyperTerminal to connect to a linux machine from windows? * What is Zmodem protocol HyperTerminal works on? * What are the things i can do with hyperterminal but not with NetMeeting? rahul __

[ilugd]: procomm and hyperterminal?

2002-05-16 Thread rahul singh
Any answers :- * Is there any similarity between HyperTerminal and procomm? * Can i use HyperTerminal to connect to a linux machine from windows? * What is Zmodem protocol HyperTerminal works on? * What are the things i can do with hyperterminal but not with NetMeeting? rahul __

Re: [ilugd]: procomm and hyperterminal?

2002-05-16 Thread Ambar Roy
> * Is there any similarity between HyperTerminal and procomm? Lots.. they are both similar kinds of applications.. Think about word & word perfect > * Can i use HyperTerminal to connect to a linux machine from windows? Yes, and using 2 methods.. one is thru a modem/null modem connection. one is

Re: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for?

2002-05-16 Thread Gaurav Gupta
WINdows Emulator. gaurav - Original Message - From: Ashok Appu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 10:29 AM Subject: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for? > Hi, > > Could anyone tell me what WINE stands for? > I tried searching the Internet for it but al

Re: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for?

2002-05-16 Thread Narsingh Sahu
--- Ashok Appu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Could anyone tell me what WINE stands for? > I tried searching the Internet for it but all in > vain :-( Hi Ashok, I think you should not try to expand each letter of the name. It stands for WINdows Emulator, in function as well as intention b

RE: [ilugd]: What does WINE stand for?

2002-05-16 Thread D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida
Hi, By the way could anyone give more information on how to configure DLLs for Wine, I am able to run notepad and flash exe's on WINE (winelauncher), but haven't actually configured multimedia. Seems a lot of tweaking has to be done, some configuration files have to be edited, etc. The man page i

[ilugd]: Pretty interesting stuff.

2002-05-16 Thread D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida
HIPPOCRATIC OATH FOR SOFTWARE ENGINEERS Never ever write a line of code that someone else can understand. Make the simplest line of code appear complex. Use long names. Don't ever code "a=b", rather do something like : (AlphaNodeSemaphore = *(int)&(unsigned long) (BetaFrameNodeFarm)); Type f

[ilugd]: Hope isn't from this mailing list

2002-05-16 Thread D.Venkatasubramanian, Noida
The Gatesmobile At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had kept up with the technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25.00 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." In res