Re: rpm hangs

2003-03-21 Thread dballester
For strange reasons, sometimes rpm gets 'freezed' when working with database. For now, the method that I know to solve the hang ( but no futures hangs ) is to kill all rpm process. Go to /var/lib/rpm and delete all __db.00(number) files. Then rpm processes will work correctly until the next hang ;

Re: Firewall Issue

2003-03-21 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 15:41:56 -0600, Mike Vanecek wrote: > > > > As someone pointed out to me once, iptables -L -v only shows one table. > > > > > > > > "service iptables status" gets 'em all. > > > > > > Would you please expand on this? I am not se

Re: redhat-config-packages

2003-03-21 Thread Michael Schwendt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 13:40:09 -0800, Stephen Mah wrote: > Is there a way to configure the Package Management utility to point to > an NFS server with the redhat tree? > instead of putting in the CD everytime you want to add/remove a group of > packag

Re: redhat-config-packages

2003-03-21 Thread Paul Vandenberg
Hi, You probably should install agt-get from http://psyche.freshrpms.net. I'm not sure, but it might do want you want. Regards! -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: dhcp-release

2003-03-21 Thread pete peterson
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 21:59:43 -0100, Torgny Nyblom wrote: > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 19:13, Pete Peterson wrote: >> >> The dhclient man page seems to imply that "dhclient -r" will do that. > > I whish it was that easy. That only returns: -- # dhclient -r eth0 > cat: /var/run/dhclient.pid: No suc

Removing glibc 2.3.1

2003-03-21 Thread John Ketchum
Hi I need some advice about removing glibc 2.3.1. Here's how I got where I am. Installed gcc 3.1 from tarball sources on RH 7.3 machine. (with custom compiled 2.4.19 kernel) Upgraded machine to RH 8.0 still running 2.4.19 kernel Now I had an 8.0 machine with gcc 3.1 in /usr/local/bin, and gcc 3.2

Segmentation Fault - Balsa

2003-03-21 Thread Mike Vanecek
RH 8.0 w/updates I did the glibc update yesterday. I am no longer able to use Balsa; it either has a segmentation fault or hangs and has to be killed. Any advice on what to do to get it back? -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-l

Gnome

2003-03-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There is (in gnome) the command lan:/ how kde ? -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Problem upgrading glibc.

2003-03-21 Thread Steven W. Orr
[Upgrading things like glibc make me nervous. :-(] I downloaded all of the new glibc rpms and said: rpm -Uvh glibc* It said Preparing 100% Then is said glibc-common 100% Then glibc 100% Then it said restarting init. Then it just hung. I killed it with a -9 and tried to see what I had. It said

Re: Install of 8.0 in freezing at different points

2003-03-21 Thread Giovanni Iaboni
Il gio, 2003-03-20 alle 17:37, David Boyes ha scritto: > I have the 3 CD image install disk for Redhat 8.0. I believe called ISO. > > All three check out on the test before install. > > I am installing on a 3.2gb drive that is formatted FAT32. > > The install process seems to be going flawlessly

disabling root access from ssh login

2003-03-21 Thread Bruce Douglas
hi. new to linux. i want to disable direct root login/access to my linux (rh8.0) box. i want to have the user have to login as user foo, and then have to su to root. is there an easy/quick way to do this? i tried the following with no luck: vi to /etc/ssh/ssh_config and added the line: PermitR

Re: mail client text based

2003-03-21 Thread Jay Crews
Joe Klemmer writes > > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 12:04, Jay Crews wrote: > > > The question is, does yahoo run a pop or imap server? > > They do. You just have to pay for it. Yes..$29.95/yr I think. Which brings me back to the origional question, of, with all the good email options,

Re: Problem upgrading glibc.

2003-03-21 Thread Giovanni Iaboni
Il ven, 2003-03-21 alle 19:31, Steven W. Orr ha scritto: > [Upgrading things like glibc make me nervous. :-(] > > I downloaded all of the new glibc rpms and said: > > rpm -Uvh glibc* > > It said Preparing 100% > Then is said glibc-common 100% > Then glibc 100% > Then it said restarting init. >

RE: disabling root access from ssh login

2003-03-21 Thread Rick Carroll
Simple oversight... The file should have been /etc/ssh/sshd_config Not ssh_config that one is for ssh client... Rick -Original Message- From: Bruce Douglas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:disabling root acces

RE: Vsftpd.ftpusers user restriction does not work?

2003-03-21 Thread Matthew Saltzman
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Dan G wrote: > userlist_deny is not for vsftpd.ftpusers. What I am looking for is a > simple user entry in vsftpd.ftpusers to deny access like ftpaccess does > for wu-ftpd. The man page for vsftpd says vsftpd.ftpusers should do > this, but it does not. Anyone have any ideas wh

Re: disabling root access from ssh login

2003-03-21 Thread Sergio Durand
maybe you change wrong file ... try change /etc/ssh/sshd_config i put this configuration (PermitRootLogin no) and works fine... see ya!! Bruce Douglas wrote: new to linux. i want to disable direct root login/access to my linux (rh8.0) box. i want to have the user have to login as user foo, and th

Re: disabling root access from ssh login

2003-03-21 Thread Jay Turner
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 10:44:39AM -0800, Bruce Douglas wrote: > i tried the following with no luck: > > vi to /etc/ssh/ssh_config and added the line: > > PermitRootLogin no > > i then restarted with > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart > > i can still login as root... Right change, wrong file. Yo

Printing with a HP Laserjet 1000w

2003-03-21 Thread Giovanni Iaboni
Hi to everyone, has anyone some hints to print with it? Actually I can print only from OO, but I can't print from another app... -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread John Mathey
Hello all, if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use a mail client inside my network on another computer to pull mail from my redhat box instead of directly from my ISP? Additionally, I've seen a utility called fetchmailconf in previous versions, is that available fo

RE: disabling root access from ssh login /forcing user to change passowrd

2003-03-21 Thread Bruce Douglas
got it!! thanks .. the little things... however, i have another question ... how does one go about forcing a new user to have to immeadiately change their password upon logging in. i created a new user foo i did >chage -d 0 foo when i log in to test, i get the user prompt, when i enter the pas

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Keith Winston
John Mathey wrote: Hello all, if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use a mail client inside my network on another computer to pull mail from my redhat box instead of directly from my ISP? Yes, fetchmail will retrieve your mail and deliver it to your local MTA, which

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 01:40:13PM -0600, John Mathey wrote: > Hello all, > if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use > a mail client inside my network on another computer to pull mail > from my redhat box instead of directly from my ISP? Yes. I did this on a dialup fir

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Tony Nugent
On Fri Mar 21 2003 at 13:40, John Mathey wrote: > if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use a mail > client inside my network on another computer to pull mail from my redhat > box instead of directly from my ISP? Yes, many people do it like that. Myself included. It

Re: dhcp-release

2003-03-21 Thread Markku Kolkka
Viestissä Perjantai 21. Maaliskuuta 2003 00:59, Torgny Nyblom kirjoitti: > On Thu, 2003-03-20 at 19:13, Pete Peterson wrote: > > The dhclient man page seems to imply that "dhclient -r" will do that. > > I whish it was that easy. That only returns: > -- > # dhclient -r eth0 > cat: /var/run/dhcli

Re: Psyche-list digest, Vol 1 #1160 - 16 msgs (I'm out of theoffice... (auto reply))

2003-03-21 Thread Hal Watson
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Re: Quota problems with Redhat 8?

2003-03-21 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 03:48:00AM +, Sanjeewa Wijerathne wrote: > Im running disk quota on my system, but its only on > /home partition. Im not sure you can enable quota on / > --sanjeewa It can be done but it has unpredictable results. Normally when quotacheck runs it umounts the filesystem s

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 13:40 21 Mar 2003, John Mathey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use a mail | client inside my network on another computer to pull mail from my redhat | box instead of directly from my ISP? Provided your first fetchmail deposits to

Re: Editor Documentation

2003-03-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 17:57 21 Mar 2003, Wolfgang Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Can anyone tell me or point me in the right direction as to where to get | hold of some editor documentation. Either in HTML or PDF format. | | What I basically would like to do, is to write some *.sh scripts. And use | the editor co

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Oisin C. Feeley
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, John Mathey wrote: >Hello all, >if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use a mail >client inside my network on another computer to pull mail from my redhat >box instead of directly from my ISP? Additionally, I've seen a utility >called fetchmai

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Oisin C. Feeley
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, Keith Winston wrote: >Some distros bundle fetchmailconf with fetchmail, but I don't see it in >the Red Hat 8 package and I also don't see it anywhere as a separate >package on the CDs. It's really not hard to set up the config file with >a text editor, though. Whoops!

Re: fetchmail question

2003-03-21 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 21 March 2003 06:44 pm, Oisin C. Feeley wrote: > On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, John Mathey wrote: > >Hello all, > >if I configure fetchmail to go pull mail from my ISP, can I then use a > > mail client inside my network on another computer to pull mai

Re: disabling root access from ssh login

2003-03-21 Thread Joe Klemmer
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 13:44, Bruce Douglas wrote: > vi to /etc/ssh/ssh_config and added the line: > > PermitRootLogin no > > i then restarted with > /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd restart This works for me. I just had to change that yesterday. Also, FWIW, you can do - # service sshd restart

Qlogic 2200/66mhz 880014-000

2003-03-21 Thread Saqib Ali
Greetings, I was wondering if anyone is using Qlogic 2200/66mhz Part #:880014-000 on RedHat 8.0 or 8.1 beta? I know it works with RedHat 7.3, so probably it will work with 8.0. But I wanted to make sure there are no issues, before I get into setting up the test environment Thanks, Saqib Ali

syslogd "unknown priority name"

2003-03-21 Thread Mike Vanecek
When rebooting a RH 8.0 system, I get the message syslogd unknown priority name "" during the boot process. I have looked at: /etc/logrotate.d/syslog /etc/syslog.conf /etc/log.d/conf/services/syslogd.conf /etc/log.d/scripts/services/syslogd and do not see anything that would cause this error

Re: ptrace/kernel

2003-03-21 Thread Lachlan Evans
On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 01:53, Justin Zygmont wrote: > just go to a mirror site and download the new ernel package, then type rpm > -Uvh packagename and reboot. This vulnerability sounds like it would be > hard to exploit. Hard to exploit? The exploit is out in the wild. -- Psyche-list mai

Re: ptrace/kernel

2003-03-21 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 15:06 22 Mar 2003, Lachlan Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 01:53, Justin Zygmont wrote: | > just go to a mirror site and download the new ernel package, then type rpm | > -Uvh packagename and reboot. This vulnerability sounds like it would be | > hard to exploit. | |