Re: kernel RPM building procedure

2001-01-23 Thread Thornton Prime
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What is the kernel RPM building procedure? RPMs are self documenting. Download the src.rpm for the kernel and install it. It will install the kernel source, all the additional packages (like pcmcia) and patches that were used to build the kernel r

kernel RPM building procedure

2001-01-23 Thread apark
What is the kernel RPM building procedure? -A. ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list

Re: traceroute problem

2001-01-23 Thread Christopher McCrory
Hello... Mario Torre wrote: > Hi, > > I have a problem with traceroute, when I ask it to trace something the call > goes in timeout: This is the 'devel' list you probably want the guinness list. > > $ /usr/sbin/traceroute www.kataweb.com (eveything I try!) > > traceroute to www.

traceroute problem

2001-01-23 Thread Mario Torre
Hi, I have a problem with traceroute, when I ask it to trace something the call goes in timeout: $ /usr/sbin/traceroute www.kataweb.com (eveything I try!) traceroute to www.kataweb.com (194.185.98.179), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 * * * 2 * * * 3 * * * 4 * * * 5 * * * . .

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Tony Nugent
On Tue Jan 23 2001 at 17:20, Matt Fahrner wrote: > At any rate, as I said I don't mind if other options are there as well, > but I think sendmail should remain. Agree 100%. But it should be one option of several mail server packages on offer. (Which may bring up the issue of "distribution bloa

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Isn't RedHat playing with fire and making us play with fire by using > software If you don't like Red Hat Linux, go use something else. OpenBSD maybe, We've had this debate before and before and -- Cheers John Summerfield http://www2.ami.com.au/ for OS/2 & linux

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Matt Fahrner
Though I have no issue with offering an option other than "sendmail", I wouldn't want to see "sendmail" go away. We pretty much use the same "sendmail" configs on all of our heterogeneous systems including Suns and wouldn't want to have to port "postfix" or something to all of our non-Linux system

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Ingo Luetkebohle
On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 09:02:40PM +0100, Jean Francois Martinez wrote: > Isn't RedHat playing with fire and making us play with fire by using > software who is either a regular provider of security problems ie > wu-ftpd (what is wrong with proftpd?) or software who is > _structurally_ unsecure li

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Craig Kelley
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: > On 23 Jan 2001, Jean Francois Martinez wrote: > > > or software who is _structurally_ unsecure like sendmail? > > I personally don't understand it either, I've been pushing to replace it > with postfix for quite a while. > > The main arguments

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Bill Nottingham
Jean Francois Martinez ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > Isn't RedHat playing with fire and making us play with fire by using software > who is either a regular provider of security problems ie wu-ftpd (what is wrong > with proftpd?) The fact that proftpd has been a) historically worse b) unmaintained

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On 23 Jan 2001, Jean Francois Martinez wrote: > Isn't RedHat playing with fire and making us play with fire by using > software who is either a regular provider of security problems ie > wu-ftpd (what is wrong with proftpd?) proftpd is at least as much of a security problem as wu-ftpd. Take a lo

Re: Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Jean Francois Martinez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:05:41 +0100 (CET), Bernhard Rosenkraenzer said: > > > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > > > > Today I found that several unwanted guests have been able to connect via > > > ftp (not any more!). I also

Structural security problems in Redhat 7

2001-01-23 Thread Jean Francois Martinez
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:05:41 +0100 (CET), Bernhard Rosenkraenzer said: > On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > > Today I found that several unwanted guests have been able to connect via > > ftp (not any more!). I also found some mysterious files 'running' on > > the server. I wa

Re: cert#37843 Just Hacked - Hidden Directory!

2001-01-23 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Chances are they replaced your ps with a patched version that doesn't > show their stuff. Reinstall the procps package. Better yet, reinstall > the system. You never know what else they've done to you. Rhis command will give some clues about what's changed: rpm --verify

Re: cert#37843 Just Hacked - Hidden Directory!

2001-01-23 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Albert E. Whale wrote: > Today I found that several unwanted guests have been able to connect via > ftp (not any more!). I also found some mysterious files 'running' on > the server. I was able to detect the processes using the monitor > utility (or top). However, I was UN

Re: apt

2001-01-23 Thread Bill Nottingham
Matilainen Panu (NRC/Helsinki) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > > Also, for some this is a policy decision. At least if you want to > > automate the upgrading. > > > > In a bigger scale this would also be way faster on 100 Mbit/s > > connection ;-) > > I have a hard time imagining life without apt o

Re: apt

2001-01-23 Thread John Summerfield
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > but there's no way to tell wget to download only the packages that > are installed on the system. That's true. It's also true I'm not at the computer waiting for them to download. And there's the further point that when I decide to install something additional, th

Re: Matrox G400 info/plea

2001-01-23 Thread Uncle George
"the X server would wedge." what does this mean, or better look like?! /gat Dax Kelson wrote: > > There has been a long standing bug where if you obscured a running OpenGL > app (or switched to a different virtual desktop), the X server would > wedge. > >

Re: apt

2001-01-23 Thread Matilainen Panu (NRC/Helsinki)
On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, ext Pekka Savola wrote: > On 22 Jan 2001, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote: > > Arnaud Gomes-do-Vale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hello, > > > > > > The Debian APT tool is included in Conectiva Linux 6.0 with an RPM > > > back-end. Are there plans to include it in RHL ? I