Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) here it comes!@#$!

2002-08-26 Thread Ambar Roy
> I personally am fine with anywhere within 20 KM of South Delhi. And > unfortunately this remark is going to be taken as a dictatorial > statement and be the end of all discussion on this topic, I guess :-( How about having the meeting in some central location in Delhi? East delhi is a bit far a

Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) here it comes!@#$!

2002-08-26 Thread Ambar Roy
> PS: Why does the list seem to drop all my messages?? It seems that the list drops my messages if i send them from any email id other than the one by which i am subscribed. Now can't I at least get a failure message in this kinda case?? Bye, /\ |\/| |3 /\ r ===

Re: [ilugd]: Help

2002-08-27 Thread Ambar Roy
> When I run my red hat linux 7.3 many a times it displays a message saying > application panel crashed can anyone suggest what could be the reason. Can this just be an example of buggy software. I know that red hat normally doesn't tend to ship latest packages, but application crashes are mostly

Re: Meeting guidelines (was) Re: Fwd: Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) here it comes!@#$!

2002-08-27 Thread Ambar Roy
> P.S. For those select few on the list, who despite everybody's untiring > effort, fail to identify humour even when it is smack on their face, this > mail was a JOKE. Gawd!!! Damn.. and i was thinking about all those pizzas from dominos sponsored by the newcomers ;) Bye, /\ |\/| |3 /\ r

Re: Fwd: Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) here it comes!@#$!

2002-08-28 Thread Ambar Roy
> Should smoking be allowed during the LUGD meetings. > > I would vote on non smoking in LUGD meetings. I also vote for smoking to be not allowed in any closed room. Smoking should only be allowed in open spaces, and places where non smokers are not bothered. Bye, /\ |\/| |3 /\ r PS: I don't

Re: Fwd: Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) here it comes!@#$!

2002-08-28 Thread Ambar Roy
> Hey, although I like it when people agree with me, I never said I didn't > want smoking; just that smoking Raj would be ... so now we have another rule for the ilugd meetings: - Nobody shall smoke another member of ilugd during a meet. or is it only: - Nobody shall smoke Raj during a ilugd meet.

Re: [ilugd]: HHGTTG meeting

2002-09-09 Thread Ambar Roy
> As discussed yesterday, we can spend Saturday listening to the > original Hitch-hikers' Guide BBC radio play and eating pizza and > drinking b33r (optional). If everyone's OK with the date/time, I'd > propose Saturday the 14th. We meet at noon and can go on till > evening. Venue is Munirka, B

Re: [ilugd]: HHGTTG meeting

2002-09-09 Thread Ambar Roy
> http://www.bbcshop.com/bbc_shop/product.asp?pf%5Fid=05634770 24&shop=bbc&mscssid=4XTQSXHTQKS92N0C0002U40F6EWP4E37 > > 43 UKP, 8-CD set. Contains all 12 episodes of both radio series and > `Douglas Adams's Guide to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. 43UKP ... ouch... so am I invited to hear

Re: [ilugd]: how to mount usb x drive

2002-09-09 Thread Ambar Roy
> could anybody please help me how to mount usb x drive (the ultimate storage > device) in linux . What is the usb x drive? And what makes it the ultimate storage device?? or is "the ultimate storage device" a part of the name of this product. Bye, /\ |\/| |3 /\ r ==

Re: [ilugd]: File level encryption in Linux

2002-09-19 Thread Ambar Roy
> I am running Qmail and my users doesn't want root to > access their Maildir. > Didn't find any thing other than encrypting whole > filesystem which doesn't solve my purpose.Any tool > available in linux ??? With qmail you can apply a filter to each incoming mail. How about adding a pgp encryptio

Re: [ilugd]: slow running perl script..

2002-09-19 Thread Ambar Roy
This looks like a classic case of memory leaks or your program using an algorithm that takes up a lot of memory as it processes the file. The symptoms you describe are that of excessive swapping to/from virtual memory. What does the memory usage show for your system and your perl program? Bye,

Re: [ilugd]: Interesting!

2002-09-19 Thread Ambar Roy
> Search google for "go to hell", *including* the quote marks. Notice the > first hit on the page. rotfl.. i am sure that this is a joke on google's part ;) anyway.. this is probably google's way of telling ppl that u can feel lucky even if u wan't to go to hell.. Bye, /\ |\/| |3 /\ r PS: If

Re: [ilugd]: Interesting!

2002-09-19 Thread Ambar Roy
> Search google for "go to hell", *including* the quote marks. Notice the > first hit on the page. I was showing this to a few coworkers, and there I noticed the 3rd Link, and an intresting 6th link ;) Ambar PS: The links are for populat web sites, so now just figure out which ones! ==

Re: [ilugd]: File level encryption in Linux

2002-09-20 Thread Ambar Roy
> PGP is fine for sending the mails.But what about > incoming mails.Users doesn't want the incoming mails > to be seen by Sys Admin(root). The only solution is to change the users. This is plain not possible. SMTP is an unencrypted system, and the only way to get privacy is by using pgp, gpg, s/mi

Re: [ilugd]: File level encryption in Linux

2002-09-20 Thread Ambar Roy
> Asif> Hi Raju, PGP is fine for sending the mails.But what about > Asif> incoming mails.Users doesn't want the incoming mails to be > Asif> seen by Sys Admin(root). Regards. Asif. > > He should ask his correspondents to send him PGP-encrypted messages > only then. Otherwise it's tr

Re: [ilugd]: Interesting!

2002-09-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> There is something more interesting than this. > > Enter "go to hell" in Text Box, then press "I'm > feeling Lucky" button instead of "Google Search" > button. Well a lot of people to whom I told this were actually confused about this, because they could not figure out why the resulting site was

Re: [ilugd]: Minutes of meeting Sunday 2002-09-22

2002-09-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> 6. - The text format would be rtf, to be converted to sgml later or > probably directly sgml. Please don't use rtf as the text format. IMHO it is best to use XML or some other totally free and open format. RTF is essentially a microsoft format, and most of the RTF tools that work are from

Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) From Prasanna

2002-09-22 Thread Ambar Roy
Raj, At least put the commercial tag. I thought this was going to be another one of your security bulletins :( Ambar To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.ma

Re: [ilugd]: Minutes of meeting Sunday 2002-09-22

2002-09-23 Thread Ambar Roy
> RTF was chosen since it's easily creatable by everyone, whether on > Windows, Linux or another platform. The idea behind using RTF was to > enable students to use familiar tools for creating the content. The > site will also accept SGML content, hope that satisfies you :) Then why don't we jus

Re: [ilugd]: Interesting!

2002-09-23 Thread Ambar Roy
naturally this is a google bug that some group has created. So microsoft had to change their website address! It is a good thing, i can never go anywhere with most m$ technologies anyways! Another thing I noticed today was that www.disney.com was also in the list @ 4th position after AOL on the 3r

Re: [ilugd]: Spam-time?!

2002-11-07 Thread Ambar Roy
show some netiquette could they be moved to unmoderated status. I have seen this being done on a few email lists, and it is extremely effective in keeping the list well behaved. One of the things that I would like to see implemented is snipping of the footer

Re: [ilugd]: Using SendMail In your Application

2002-11-08 Thread Ambar Roy
> I am making a mail management software and have been > asked to use sendmail for receiving and dispatching > mails. The application is on C++. Please let me know > if you have any ideas, thoughts and suggestions. > Please let me know how to approach ? Whatever you do, just make sure that your app

Re: [ilugd]: [OT] ISDN connectivity between inter state exchanges

2002-12-05 Thread Ambar Roy
Atul, I seriously doubt if there would be problems with isdn lines across states. Have you configured the computers so that they can connect using a normal modem first? I mean use normal external modems in place of your isdn modems and then use them to connect the 2 computers to each other. If

Re: [ilugd]: more 24online

2002-12-09 Thread Ambar Roy
What is this 24Online thing? What kind of connections do they provide? And where all can you get them in delhi? Ambar To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check archives at http://www.mail-a

Re: [ilugd]: substitute to visual studio

2002-12-09 Thread Ambar Roy
> as a novice to Linux i would like to know the substitute to a package like visual studio in LINUX environs Actually there is no substitute for visual studio under linux. But if you wan't to program under linux, here are a few options: 1. Kylix from borland. If you like visual studio, then you

Re: [ilugd]:OT Cable internet operator in Kalkaji was more 24online

2002-12-12 Thread Ambar Roy
> Anyone in kalkaji using cable net? > is there anyone providing cable net in kalkaji > or gk2? I get hotwire in C R Park! Also I heard there was a spectranet licensee/cable internet operator @ krishna market. Ambar To unsubscribe, send

Re: [ilugd]: substitute to visual studio

2002-12-12 Thread Ambar Roy
> buddy, visual stdio is a microsoft product.it contains pkg > like VC++, VB, V Java, InterDev. as substitute u can > use C++ with QT library or Java on X-Windows You can do quite a lot using Kdevelop to develop C++/Qt Apps. For Java there is jBuilder which is the same as on windows (except tha

Re: [ilugd]: Re: :[OT] Cable internet operator in Kalkaji was more 24online

2002-12-12 Thread Ambar Roy
> > I get hotwire in C R Park! Also I heard there was a spectranet > > licensee/cable internet operator @ krishna market. > > Who runs hotwire? How good are they? Primus runs hotwire. I have decent experience! Ambar To unsubscribe, send

Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Re: :[OT] Cable internet operator in Kalkaji was more 24online

2002-12-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> On 13/12/02 01:32 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya thus spake: > > Hey. I think you get Hathway at GK2. My experience with Hathway has > > been really good. 256kbps for Rs. 300/month, 64kbps for > > Rs. 1000/month. Speeds are almost equal to what they promise and > > service in general has been excelle

Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Re: : Re: :[OT] Cable internet operator in Kalkaji was more 24online

2002-12-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> > > On 13/12/02 01:32 +0530, Sandip Bhattacharya thus spake: > > > > Hey. I think you get Hathway at GK2. My experience with Hathway has > > > > been really good. 256kbps for Rs. 300/month, 64kbps for > > > > Rs. 1000/month. Speeds are almost equal to what they promise and > > > > service in gene

Re: [ilugd]: Re: [CI] Microsoft plans to share Windows code with India

2002-12-14 Thread Ambar Roy
> Once you have seen Microsoft's > source code the ``shared source'' license prevents you from ever > coming out with a product that looks like, acts like or competes with > the MS product whose source code you saw. As Eric Raymond points out > in http://lwn.net/2001/0712/a/esr-viral.php3 , the vi

Re: [ilugd]: Re: : Re: : Re: :[OT] Cable internet operator in Kalkaji was more 24online

2002-12-14 Thread Ambar Roy
> Roy ji r u from gurgaon ? how much ur isp charge u ? Not from gurgaon, but C.R Park I had office in Gurgaon, but not anymore! My ISP (Hotwire) charges me Rs. 1.5k/month for ethernet based internet. 32k bw cap (which is cleverly advertized as 1:2 shared 64k) and unlimited downloads. IMHO Hotwire @

Re: [ilugd]: Telnet Problem

2002-12-16 Thread Ambar Roy
> are you using the redhat flavour of linux. > the thing in redhat you have to enable telnet in the new versions. There is a reason for this. Newer versions of red hat come with ssh preinstalled. Use ssh in place of telnet. IMHO telnet is dead, and it is best kept that way. SSH is more secure and w

Re: [ilugd]: tip on bad floppy

2002-12-21 Thread Ambar Roy
> I believe that it is better to use the tar.gz format for storing compressed > files. One, it provides better compression than zip. > And, I might be wrong with the second reason that is the zip file format is > more suceptible to damages - mostly > because of its file format - all archive informa

Re: [ilugd]: tip on bad floppy

2002-12-21 Thread Ambar Roy
> If anyone else has some more daredevil tricks for > floppies let me know as I always keep running into bad > floppies. If possible don'tuse 31/2" floppies for any important data. If you must then either make multiple copies of your zip file in the floppy or use 2 or more floppies. Never format yo

Re: [ilugd]: tip on bad floppy

2002-12-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> > IMHO floppies are a very big pain. I have stopped using them, unless > > when nescessary. > > Just get to my age, sonny. I have stopped doing *anything*, unless when > necessary. LOL ;) u don't sound that old! Ambar To unsu

Re: [ilugd]: Jakarta Tomcat

2002-12-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> 1. Download it. > 2. Extract under /usr/local (or whereever you want) > > Done with installation. Only if you have java properly set up ;) > RTFM The tomcat install guides are quite helpful. One should always go thru the install guide of any software before posting these kind of questions. Am

Re: [ilugd]: burning cds

2002-12-23 Thread Ambar Roy
> but i thought writing at speeds beyond 20x-24x was practically almost > impossible.. well it shows 32x,...40x but the hdd speeds are *not* high > enough to support these speeds .. 150*40=6000Mbps consistent ??? > i thought that was quite difficult to get > i mean we do get 16Mbps and so on by

Re: [ilugd]: dhcp address assigning

2002-12-25 Thread Ambar Roy
> now was slightly worried that if 192.168.0.10 machine is switched off, > someone can assign 192.168.0.10 to his/her machine and access net. > > my method is not good though, and would appreciate if anyone can provide > something better. If your network is small, you can probably try scanning the

Re: [ilugd]: Information required regarding trojan (The Thing)

2002-12-25 Thread Ambar Roy
> monitor> hello all. I have observed that there is a trojan called > monitor> The Thing using port number 6000 on one of the linux > monitor> machines. can any one give me the removal instructions > monitor> and how to block desired ports on linux. im running rhl > monitor> 7.

Re: [ilugd]: Perl RE question:Custom replace function

2002-12-29 Thread Ambar Roy
> PHP has a function in which the replacement of an RE match can be > handled by the name of a given function. Does Perl have something > similar? Should be. After all PHP calls these lots the PCRE functions. > > In other words, I want to do this: > > === >

Re: [ilugd]: dhcp address assigning

2002-12-29 Thread Ambar Roy
> thanks a ton. good ideas, but can't say if i can implement them > successfully :-|. though will work on it. users are not sophisticated > enough to change MAC addresses, so that is not a concern. and may not > prefer user authentication. Just as an afterthought. If you are assigning DHCP based on

Re: [ilugd]: The telnet is not working

2003-01-07 Thread Ambar Roy
> I have installed mandrake 8.2 on my machine and xinetd > service is running fine. In the xinetd.d there was no > telnet file but a file called telnet.rpmnew. I myself > copied it under the name telnet and disable was = no > in that file. Somehow I am not able to telnet on the > linux box as whene

Re: [ilugd]: M$ PC to watches - Linux Advocacy

2003-01-09 Thread Ambar Roy
There was a Linux wristwatch announced by some japaneese company. I don't remember, maybe casio! I don't know what happened to that though. About windows crashing and needing reboots. I would like to say that modern windows. Windows 2000 or Windows XP with proper drivers rarely requires rebo

Re: [ilugd]: Network Booting

2003-01-10 Thread Ambar Roy
> > I want to boot workstation by Network Server using BOOT ROM. I want to know what should write in boot rom and how. or i can purchase ready boot room for this purpose. Or there is any other way for making diskless workstation in Linux environment. > > You seem to be looking for LTSP -- Linux Ter

Re: [ilugd]: running fsck automatically

2003-01-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> Is it possible to config linux server such that fsck is run > automatically on booting with all default options in case of any error > in file system due to imporper shutdown There is a good reason why you need to run fsck manually on non journalled filesystems when there is an error. Running fsc

Re: [ilugd]: how to burn iso image

2003-01-17 Thread Ambar Roy
> i have downloaded linux iso images .the problem is > i am unable to burn these into cd.is thier any iso > cd burner software...that can create a bootable > cd.i tried copying directly but it did'nt create a > bootable cd Most distributions have a small text file with instructions on b

Re: [ilugd]: Memory allocation error

2003-01-28 Thread Ambar Roy
> you have to place the /boot partition below 1024 Use > the advanced mode of fdisk to do the partitioning . > Disk Druid (the default partition manager of RH) is no > good for this Any recent distro will have grub or lilo with lba features. This is not a problem for quite some time now. Ambar

Re: [ilugd]: ORACLE 8i/9i CDs LINUX BASED

2003-02-01 Thread Ambar Roy
> I have Oracle 8.1.6 and Oracle 9.2.0 for Red Hat Linux > with me. If you are interested, contact me offlist. > As far as Vineet's concern about software piracy is > concerned, Oracle 8i / 9i for Linux is available as a > free download. In fact if you ask, oracle should also send you CDs for free

Re: [ilugd]: ORACLE 8i/9i CDs LINUX BASED

2003-02-02 Thread Ambar Roy
> > I have Oracle 8.1.6 and Oracle 9.2.0 for Red Hat Linux > > with me. If you are interested, contact me offlist. > > As far as Vineet's concern about software piracy is > > concerned, Oracle 8i / 9i for Linux is available as a > > free download. > > Seems people just dont understand what freedom

Re: [ilugd]: ORACLE 8i/9i CDs LINUX BASED

2003-02-02 Thread Ambar Roy
> Next thing I will hear is people asking for Windows XP CD's since it > came free with their PC ;). A similar situation will come when ms stats sending free winxp cds! Ambar To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscrib

Re: [ilugd]: ORACLE 8i/9i CDs LINUX BASED

2003-02-03 Thread Ambar Roy
> For your kind information, Windows XP CD (software) is never supplied with > any PC. It is Windows XP Recoverable CD which is supplied with the system in > case the install XP software supplied with the PC get corrupted. In fact a lot of computer manufacturers don't even give u the cd nowadays! A

Re: [ilugd]: gtk , kylix or qt

2003-02-04 Thread Ambar Roy
> Before going in for development look in > sourceforge.net for software that already meet your > needs. And freshmeat.net Mostly you will find what you need, or something that is very close to what you need. For oss projects you can always customize an existing project to your needs! Ambar

Re: [ilugd]: WC 2003

2003-02-12 Thread Ambar Roy
> Pls. keep posting match scores once in a while. I suppose that there are enough websites giving you live match feeds. Why clutter up the list with outdated match scores. Please keep me out of a mailing list for cricket match scores ;) Ambar

Re: [ilugd]: Govt to spend Rs 12,000 cr on e-goverance and e-learning : is this an other exercise to fund Microsoft ?

2003-02-12 Thread Ambar Roy
> Govt of India plans to provide IT infrastructure to schools (excerpt and > link below). India will endup funding MS unless, some of us take a little > time of and help educate the powers that be about Linux. The way in which Indian government works, they end up funding some bi

Re: [ilugd]: LOCATION OF RPM PKGS ON LINUX CDs

2003-02-12 Thread Ambar Roy
Try the find command ;) - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 10:53 AM Subject: [ilugd]: LOCATION OF RPM PKGS ON LINUX CDs   Dear All,   Please let me k

Re: [ilugd]: LOCATION OF RPM PKGS ON LINUX CDs

2003-02-12 Thread Ambar Roy
Raju,     Please don't send mails with such big attachments :( My mail server seems to choke at any mail that is > 20kb :((   Ambar PS: You should at least change your alterego's id once in a while! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ilugd]: Any one in Chennai, with a little time to help setting up Linux/dual boot??

2003-02-17 Thread Ambar Roy
> One of my friend in Chennai wants a little help in setting up Linux with > dual boot. > Can any one help?? Have you considered Linux-India lists, they typically have poeple from all over India ;) Ambar To unsubscribe,

Re: [ilugd]: Helping India's economy

2003-02-23 Thread Ambar Roy
> In fact, when i went to nehru place and asked some people if they will > install linux on the machine instead of windows, they said that they'd > rather gimme a blank disk and linux CDs if im so interested in it. You were lucky ;) When I was in the hardware business, we used to charge extra to in

Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) [Announce] libyahoo2 0.6.3 released

2003-02-23 Thread Ambar Roy
Raj, Do we really need new product announcements in this list? Freshmeat is good enough for most of us. Security updates in a new version is one thing, but this way we might end up like /. where in recent times it seemed that every Linux Kernel version had a story of it's own! Ambar

Re: [ilugd]: (fwd) [Announce] libyahoo2 0.6.3 released

2003-02-24 Thread Ambar Roy
> I thought the libyahoo2 announcement would be interesting since Philip > Tellis of Mumbai is a significant contributor to it, and hence it's of > local interest. Can always desist if people feel that this is a bad > idea. IMHO libyahoo2 is the kind of software that most of us won't wan't to know

Re: [ilugd]: Repeat: Reverse Proxy with Squid

2003-02-28 Thread Ambar Roy
> 1. Where and how do I configure squid to permit connection from the > external browser to the internal host? I have defined the internal IP > address in /etc/hosts on proxy host? U have to set up a acl to allow anyone to access your squid proxy. This part is quite simple. Go thru the squid docs.

Re: [ilugd]: Downloading in ftp mode

2003-03-01 Thread Ambar Roy
I use metaproducts download express under windows for all my downloads. It is free, small and it does the work for me ;) I have used it to download iso images of red hat and mandrake linux in past. check out www.metaproducts.com This is a 200kb download. I have also used flashget to do iso a

Re: [ilugd]: [OFF-TOPIC] Internet Service Providers in Patparganj

2003-03-03 Thread Ambar Roy
I know that this is for ppl in east delhi, but here in South Delhi (GK & C.R Park area) We have Hotwire which imho is a very decent ISP for an average home user. I pay around Rs. 1500 per month for a 64k/16k link with a real ip that is set as a static IP on my machine. The backend bw was quite good

Re: [ilugd]: Internet Dialup configuration problem

2003-03-04 Thread Ambar Roy
> Hey Man > edit resolv.conf and add the following line > > > nameserver 202.54.15.1 > > > ...that is the IP of VSNL's name server. Basically your domain names are > not being resolved. This should do the trick. Take care. I would not recomend using the VSNL 202.54.15.1 comp as your primary name

[ilugd]: Attachments and HTML on the list was Tux is the Everywhere!!!!

2003-03-04 Thread Ambar Roy
Guys, Please give us poor guys a break. Large mails chokes up my mail server :( Please don't send such big mails.In case you feel that there is something really intresting, you can always send a url. Also remember that a lot of us still use text mode mail clients under linux, and html mail does

Re: [ilugd]: Internet Dialup configuration problem

2003-03-04 Thread Ambar Roy
> ...or even better, considering you're running on Linux, use your own > computer as a caching nameserver. Most distributions come with a > caching-only nameserver already configured, so all you have to do is > enable named at boot up (update-rc.d or chkconfig or whatever) and add > `nameserver 12

Re: [ilugd]: File Diff utility

2003-03-04 Thread Ambar Roy
> I am knowing about any interesting file diff utility which can ve used > along with cvs so that file changed in cvs vs local file can be found. as far as I know, any file diff program can be used with cvs. CVS also has a built in diff program. Under windows with WinCVS I use MS WinDiff. It is no

Re: [ilugd]: [OFF-TOPIC] Internet Service Providers in Patparganj

2003-03-05 Thread Ambar Roy
funny.. i rarely get downtime around 1 day in a month total, but in the last week they went with mandatory auth, and their auth client sucks big time, even a brain dead vc/vb programmer comes up with better gui! Ambar PS: my bw used to get uncapped magically at times, not any more :( - Origina

Re: [ilugd]: Problem in PERL script.

2003-03-05 Thread Ambar Roy
does the file user_test have write permissions for the user/group nobody? Because apache runs under the user/group nobody when executing perl scripts.. try to see apache's error log and u will get some info.. put some logging in your script to know where you are getting problems. Ambar - Orig

Re: [ilugd]: [OFF-TOPIC] Internet Service Providers in Patparganj

2003-03-06 Thread Ambar Roy
> The Cable Wallah's actually want you to be ISP's for your own LAN's, > Juggling their cheap bandwidth with more reliable ISDN/leased lines. > Something that Cogent(I think) does for many US ISP's provide cheap > bandwidth which they can juggle around with more reliable providers. > Why you get a

Re: [ilugd]: Linux as a Router !

2003-03-06 Thread Ambar Roy
BlankLinux kernel has ip forwarding/routing built in. You might wan't to check out the firewall-howto and ip-masquerading howto on the net. These will get you thru the basics of setting up the routing tables on a linux box to act as a internet gateway. Since you know cisco and routing, you will bas

Re: [ilugd]: [OFF-TOPIC] Internet Service Providers in Patparganj/east delhi

2003-03-06 Thread Ambar Roy
> Another important information that you people might be interested in... > Reliance is launching their inet service very soon. > I have a friend in Reliance comm. From what he has told me its 900/month, > 64kbps and 2k for installation. hmm... the more the merrier.. more competition will surely dr

Re: [ilugd]: Out of Space: X & space problem: help reqd

2003-03-06 Thread Ambar Roy
> OOPS! Sorry for troubling the list. This time the root > partition actually filled up because unnecessary files > were copied to /root. > Is there a way to get advance warning on Disk Space > fillup? you can write a small perl script to parse the output of df, and a corn script to send u a warni

Re: [ilugd]: X with i845

2003-03-07 Thread Ambar Roy
> please tell em my linux is getting problem at 32 gb > hdd > tell me there is any option to boot it from the 98/ > 2000 what is this supposed to be? In case you wan't to start a new post, just send a mail with a proper subject to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is not that difficult, and there are people aro

Re: [ilugd]: Re: aussies raid major ISPs

2003-03-07 Thread Ambar Roy
> OK, let me rephrase: the list is archived and the archives are > searchable at Google and other engines. My basic rule of posting is: > If one day I'm egosurfing for `Raj Mathur' for the benefit of my > mother or my son, I wouldn't want the sort of content that makes me > either blush or quickly

Re: [ilugd]: Guidelines

2003-03-10 Thread Ambar Roy
> - Do not post attachments such as executables or graphics to the > list. Put them up on HTTP or FTP and post a URL. > > - Do not post HTML messages to the list. I don't know what mailserver software is running this list right now, but didn't the previous server have the ability to strip attachme

Re: [ilugd]: firewall package

2003-03-11 Thread Ambar Roy
Red hat 7.2 comes with squid that is a proxy server. If you don't find it installed, then install it from the red hat cds. The Linux kernel has a firewall that is built into it. In most cases, setting up RH as a firewall/gateway is a matter of configuring the Kernel firewall and squid. Search the

Re: [ilugd]: What about TV Tuner

2003-03-12 Thread Ambar Roy
> What are the experience and recommendations of the > list about TV tuner card. I plan to buy one and use on > gnu-linux. i believe one can also do conversion across > medias i.e. VHS to CD etc. The Pinnacle TV tuners give the best quality. And they are quite widely supported on Linux and Windows

Re: [ilugd]: What about TV Tuner

2003-03-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> Mplayer does quite a good job as tv to divx capture as well as tv > viewing What kind of CPU does it require? Also is there any Linux sw that can do real time buffering for instant replays and pause/forwarding? I used to use PowerVCR for this with my older board, and it used to work quite nicely

Re: [ilugd]: What about TV Tuner

2003-03-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> Thanks. The OT part is really useful also. But I have > a sneaky feeling reading on the net while googling > around that Linux has better drivers and performance > for some TV tuner cards :-) and that has me interested ... hmmm... one reason for this is the crappy windows drivers that come with m

Re: [ilugd]: Automating accounts creation on AIX and Linux.

2003-03-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> In AIX, > > Call IBM for support, it's a paid-for OS after all. ROTFL this is a good one.. add it to the ilugd faq. Include Solaris and Windows in that section too ;) Ambar To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with u

Re: [ilugd]: Automating accounts creation on AIX and Linux.

2003-03-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> I would like to get my hands on anything that could > help me do this. > Even makefile.. Does anyone really use makefiles for automatic account creation?? I would use perl or C to get this done. There has to be some oss project for this also! Check out sourceforge.net and freshmeat.net for that!

Re: [ilugd]: Wrox shuts down

2003-03-17 Thread Ambar Roy
> IT publisher Wrox Press is set to close following the collapse into > liquidation of US owners Peer Information last Friday. This is indeed a sad news! I really like the Wrox Press books. Most of their books are very well written and thorough. In case anyone on the list hasn't seen their books, t

Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-20 Thread Ambar Roy
> I have realized interpretor based languages result in > shorter developement cycle than compiled languages. For that reason I > would recommend perl, or python. Unfortunately get skilled people/work > in either in India is non existant. My experience has been that interpreted languages like perl,

Re: [ilugd]: Newbie :Problem with internet connection - hotwire

2003-03-20 Thread Ambar Roy
> i've seen the hotwire client at one of my friend's place. it is NOT > 24online, and they've provided some crap VB application to do the > authentication. don't think they're competent enough to make a linux > app, and also their connection though gives good speeds (7-9 KBps), it > is not reliable

Re: [LIH]Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-21 Thread Ambar Roy
> Ok ours is primarily a web based front end to our business. So the > basically technology in context of a web based application is what I > need to think about. Do you really find Java/JSP to be tough/complicated for web apps? I found that except for the smallest web apps, using Java/JSP with a g

Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-21 Thread Ambar Roy
> I would recommend that you learn PHP. I won't recomend PHP! It is good, it is free, but not much useful for anything other than web apps! Ambar To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe in subject header. Check a

Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> 0. Do we have an IDE for Perl / Python?? I have used a Perl IDE, but I didn't find it of any help. The only popular languages with good IDE are C, C++ and Java (if you count, then include ASP via Visual Interdev, VB, C# and all the other .NET languages) > 1. Can I have a compiled binary for Perl

Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> To sum up, I'd recommend Python as a great language for learning OO > programming and Perl for those programmers who want to have the > freedom to be constructive, creative and innovative. While I do like perl a lot, I have found it's quirks to be too irritating most of the time when maintaining

Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> Supreet> Software development has become a complex task. If you > Supreet> check out any big enough project, they have a style > Supreet> guide, they try to enforce. Which really indicate that > Supreet> there is no standard for indentation even when there are > > Precisely. And

Re: [ilugd]: I want to learn a new programming language, Which one??

2003-03-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> Perl is very heavily used for web programming. Some websites I know of > are : > > slashdot.org > www.ebookers.com > www.jobsahead.com > www.egurucool.com > www.imdb.com > www.hotwired.com Try finding competent perl programmers in India, and you will know why a lot of people prefer to use Java or

Re: [ilugd]: taking backup on DAT DRive

2003-03-22 Thread Ambar Roy
> www.google.com is your best friend. Go bug them with the keywords "backup > mailserver firewall linux tape drive" and watch how google very nicely > serves you with hundreds of pages that answer this query of yours. If they > dont, then come back to the list for some answers. While searching at g

Re: [ilugd]: [OT] Re: : 20Apr ILug Meet

2003-04-03 Thread Ambar Roy
> You forgot mandatory pizza breaks, swapping of essential manly jokes, > bashing M$ whenever context permits(or doesn't), collective wondering > of whether ILUGD is still a society or not, redhat bashing, debian > worshipping, CD swapping (phew), listening through Raj's jokes, > grumbling/chanting

Re: [ilugd]: Is it possible to run office software directly from server ???

2003-04-03 Thread Ambar Roy
You can run MS Office from a MS Windows 2000 Server running terminal services. You will only need to install the MS terminal services client on your windows boxes. In fact you can run a large number of windows apps using terminal services under Windows 2000. The main problem with windows apps is th

Re: [ilugd]: Is it possible to run office software directly from server ???

2003-04-04 Thread Ambar Roy
> For completeness' sake. You will still require the appropriate number > of MS Office licences for this scenario. Well, MS licensing is another issue alltogether. If you are using MS products, then you should contact ms and get an estimate on the licensing costs first. If most people stopped usin

Re: [ilugd]: pdf writer

2003-04-04 Thread Ambar Roy
> does anyone knows a pdf writer for GNU/Linux. > > i tried writing a document in openoffice and converting it into pdf, but > the links that i had put in my document do not work in pdf. > > i'm in urgent need of a pdf writer which allows me to create the > hyperlinks and the page > links for th

Re: [ilugd]: pdf writer

2003-04-05 Thread Ambar Roy
> If you wish to publish online then use XML/XHTML not PDF. Search google for why XHTML should be used > over PDF anytime anywhere. One of the main problems with XHTML is that it is not very well supported by a lot of browsers that people use. A large number of people I know still use Win98 with IE

Re: [ilugd]: pdf writer

2003-04-05 Thread Ambar Roy
> Heck! Adobe Acrobat produces the best quality PDF's with a > variety of proprietary formats because of probably its knowing the > format from which it is converting to PDF "protected" by NDA's between > "Original Software's Manufacturer".I am sure in future better print > quality PDF generation s

Re: [ilugd]: telnet problem with PCQ7.1

2002-01-13 Thread Ambar Roy
> the xinetd.conf in case of Telnet is not correct. > In RHL 7.x , during install, the firewall setup specifically mentions > blocking the telnet port. If you choose to do a custom configure of the > firewall, you can enable the telnet port. Therefore, its ipchains which is > blocking access to te

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