tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
salutations, syscalltrack's log device file is a character device. Reading from it with cat(1) works fine, but reading from it with tail(1) produces no output. At first we thought that it was a bug with our handling of read() and (lack of) handling of lseek(), but it appears that 'tail /dev/ur

Installation Party

2002-09-11 Thread Tal Achituv
Title: Message Hi all!   Not a minute too soon - the date and place are closed for the installation party at the renanim mall...   we got the entire 150sq meters of the *empty* shop next to "Sport Verthaymer" on the 1st floor. for the entire day of the 25th of September (Wednesday) in the

Re: tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote about "tail(1) and char device files": > Perusing the tail source code shows that for files which are not > regular files, tail just hordes up all output, until it runs out of > memory or EOF is reached and only then it prints it. Does anyone know > why

Re: tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 05:58:32PM +0300, Oleg Goldshmidt wrote: > Muli Ben-Yehuda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > At first we thought that it was a bug with our handling of read() and > > (lack of) handling of lseek(), but it appears that 'tail /dev/urandom' > > bechaves in exactly the same wa

2 mail related questions

2002-09-11 Thread Amir Tal
hi all, 1) in maildir folders, how do i see 2nd level folders ? i.e a subfolder under a subfolder. when trying to do so the 2nd level folder seems like empty. (this is in mutt) 2) had kde 3.1 beta installed. removed it and went back to 3.0.3 . kmail opens, and i am able to see all my mail (same

Re: tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 06:55:33PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote about "tail(1) and char device files": > > Perusing the tail source code shows that for files which are not > > regular files, tail just hordes up all output, until it runs out of > > memory

Re: tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote about "Re: tail(1) and char device files": > No, that's not it. For !S_ISREG files, tail does the equivalent of: > > while (read(...) > 0) { > allocate a buffer > add what we read to the buffer > continue > } > > That loop will only

Re: tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 07:22:28PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > On Wed, Sep 11, 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote about "Re: tail(1) and char device >files": > > No, that's not it. For !S_ISREG files, tail does the equivalent of: > > > > while (read(...) > 0) { > > allocate a buffer > > a

Re: tail(1) and char device files

2002-09-11 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote about "Re: tail(1) and char device files": > On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 07:22:28PM +0300, Nadav Har'El wrote: > > POSIX (or SUv3) is available online freely, by the way, so you might want > > to have a look. > > I intend to, when I'll find the time :) Ok

Re: Installation Party

2002-09-11 Thread Sagi Bashari
Title: Message I already suggested my help in the installation + bringing a server with RedHat ISO's (and basiclly anything else that you'll want me to mirror, space is not an issue).   Sagi From: Tal Achituv Hi all!   Not a minute too soon - the date and place are closed

Re: Installation Party

2002-09-11 Thread Ariel Biener
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Sagi Bashari wrote: > More details soon, and at http://www.achituv.com/instparty.php Will the party have internet connectivity ? --Ariel > > Thanks to everybody, > Tal. -- Ariel Biener e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP(6.5.8) public key http://www.tau.ac.il/~ariel/pgp.html =

RE: Installation Party

2002-09-11 Thread Tal Achituv
> Will the party have internet connectivity ? Yes, either thru something Tal Amir will arrange with actcom, or I will bring my own modem and use my own account (in that case - there still is the "ADSL"-enabling of the phone line issue). Tal. ==

UPS support

2002-09-11 Thread David Suna
Can anyone recommend a UPS available in the Jerusalem area that is support by RedHat Linux 7.0? We have had several long lasting power interruptions recently. The UPS I have does not have an interface to allow automatic shutdown of the computer. I would like to purchase a new UPS that can h

Gamatronic UPS software or compatible

2002-09-11 Thread Ariel Biener
Hi, I need such for a Gamatronic UPS (I don't know what make, it's owned by a TAU proffessor). It has serial port, and I need it on RedHat 7.3. Anyone has such thing ? --Ariel -- Ariel Biener e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP(6.5.8) public key http://www.tau.ac.il/~ariel/pgp.html ==

Re: UPS support

2002-09-11 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, David Suna wrote: > > Alternatively, is there a way to send a command from a Windows > machine to the Linux box to shut down?I have software on the > Windows machine that will automatically shutdown the machine > and will execute a command file before shutting down.If I can s

Re: Gamatronic UPS software or compatible

2002-09-11 Thread Max K.
On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Ariel Biener wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > >I need such for a Gamatronic UPS (I don't know what make, it's owned by > a TAU proffessor). It has serial port, and I need it on RedHat 7.3. the Gamatronic guys say u need to pay for linux software for this UPS. > >Anyone has

Re: Gamatronic UPS software or compatible

2002-09-11 Thread shaulka
On Wed, Sep 11, 2002 at 11:32:34PM +0300, Max K. wrote: > On Wed, 11 Sep 2002, Ariel Biener wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > >I need such for a Gamatronic UPS (I don't know what make, it's owned by > > a TAU proffessor). It has serial port, and I need it on RedHat 7.3. > the Gamat

Re: Gamatronic UPS software or compatible

2002-09-11 Thread Ariel Biener
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > the Gamatronic guys say u need to pay for linux software for this UPS. Paying for the UPS software after buying the darn UPS is outrageous. --Ariel > > > Are they willing to reveal the communication protocol? > > > > > > > > Anyone has such thin

Firewall Configurator

2002-09-11 Thread Michael Sternberg
I'm looking for a simple firewall (iptables based) Web configurator. It does not have to be extra smart - basic features will suffice.. What do you recommend ? = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscri

Re: Gamatronic UPS software or compatible

2002-09-11 Thread Ilan Finci
I've got a Gamatronic UPS (750VA), and use the RUPS software to monitor it. It is a general software, that suppose to support many types of UPSs. I don't have the download site (since got it on a CD), but the details are: RUPS Lite - UPS Monitoring Utility. Version 3.1 Copyright(C) Mega System Te

Re: Firewall Configurator

2002-09-11 Thread Official Flamer/Cabal NON-Leader
Quoth Michael Sternberg: > I'm looking for a simple firewall (iptables based) Web configurator. > It does not have to be extra smart - basic features will suffice.. > What do you recommend ? Well, I have been arguing with iptables for a few days (replacing my old firewall with a new Nazi one)...

Re: Firewall Configurator

2002-09-11 Thread Michael Sternberg
There is something called BiFrost (http://bifrost.heimdalls.com/) but its a shareware unfortunately. They want $100 per copy for commercial purposes - and it's only an 1.5 Kb cgi Perl script... I'm looking for open source and maybe for much more simpler one - Web interface for open/close ports a