stupid question

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
when i use emacs to edit a file it creates a backup file with the same name and a '~' at the end of it. the original file is the one with the '~'. my question now is, is there anywasy to force emacs to create more files with '~' at the end. say for instance i do: emacs test, edit that file and th

DSL QUESTION

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
when i first got dsl set up Bell Atlantic was giving out static ip's. recently two of my friends decided to get dsl, but BA stuck them with dynamic ip's over pppoe. BA provides support for windows and MAC OS, but not for linux... i am pretty sure that the same can been done by using one of the ppp

Strange log entries

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
recently i have been seeing a lot of strange messages in my log files. shoul i be worried that there are entries like the one below or is this typical tcp/ip behavior? Packet log: input REJECT eth1 PROTO=17 0.0.0.0:68 255.255.255.255:67 L=328 S=0x00 I=0 F=0x T=128 (#25) Packet log: input REJ

Re: Strange log entries

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
D] =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: Re: Strange log entries =>Resent-Date: 28 Jan 2000 16:14:38 - =>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; => =>On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Adrian Walters wrote: =>> recently i have been seeing a lot of strange mes

RE: DSL QUESTION

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
the Bell Atlantic DSL router box ("modem") =>does this as well. USWest supplied me with a Cisco 675 =>router and it does masquerading by default. => =>-Original Message- =>From: Adrian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =>Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000

RE: DSL QUESTION

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
i like the setup that USWest gave you. i wish BA had done the same in our area, but what can you expect when dealing with one of the baby bells. for now i will take a look at http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe.html and see what i can dig up. On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Patrick O Neil wrote: => =>Hmmm.

Re: Strange log entries

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
interesting as far as i know my isp is not using dhcp on my subnet. my ip is static... is it possible someone on my subnet is trying to obtain their ip throught dhcp? On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, Robert Glover wrote: =>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:31:36 -0500 =>From: Robert Glover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: expn and vrfy

2000-01-28 Thread Adrian Walters
what do these options do? On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, matt boex wrote: =>Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 14:18:10 -0800 (PST) =>From: matt boex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: expn and vrfy =>Resent-Date: 28 Jan 2000 22:19:55 - =>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTE

what does this mean?

2000-02-01 Thread Adrian Walters
i have been receiving a lot of these in my logs? is it a problem with my nic or something with the lines or the network? Feb 1 09:04:10 na kernel: eth1: tx interrupt but no status Feb 1 09:05:22 na kernel: eth1: tx interrupt but no status Feb 1 09:19:01 na kernel: eth1: tx interrupt but no st

Help with Kernel Upgrades

2000-02-02 Thread Adrian Walters
is there any place i can look at that will give me the changes from say kernel 2.2.12 - 2.2.14. i am thinking about upgrading my kernel but ony if it is worth while. http://www.kernelnotes.org shows the differences between kernel 2.0 and 2.2 but not different versions of a 2.2 kernel... 10:53am

xfs question

2000-02-03 Thread Adrian Walters
i am recieving the following error in my log file. does anyone know how to fix this? Feb 2 22:42:20 na xfs: Element #0 (starting at 0) of font path is bad or has a bad font: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" -- 1:02pm up 3 days, 23:24, 2 users, load average: 0.57, 0.37, 0.25 -- T

startx question

2000-02-04 Thread Adrian Walters
does anyone know what this is and how to fix it Feb 2 22:42:20 na xfs: Element #0 (starting at 0) of font path is bad or has a bad font: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Web analyzer

2000-02-04 Thread Adrian Walters
On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Craig Zody wrote: =>Hello all, => =>I'm looking for suggestions on what software is available to analyze httpd =>logs. => =>What works for you? well i personally like webalizer, it was easy to set up and the conf files lets you setup relly nice =>Is an RPM available (possib

Re: RH 6.2?

2000-02-10 Thread Adrian Walters
is 6.2 available? On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Jason Pratt wrote: =>Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:54:59 -0500 =>From: Jason Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: Red Hat Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Subject: RH 6.2? =>Resent-Date: 10 Feb 2000 22:45:58 - =>Resent-From: [EMAI

RE: RH 6.2?

2000-02-10 Thread Adrian Walters
4:03 - =>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; => =>Forgot to mention the word "Beta" sorry... => =>ftp.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/redhat-6.2beta/iso => =>-Original Message- =>From: Adrian Walters [mailto:[

RE: RH 6.2?

2000-02-10 Thread Adrian Walters
4:03 - =>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; => =>Forgot to mention the word "Beta" sorry... => =>ftp.kernel.org/pub/mirrors/redhat/redhat/redhat-6.2beta/iso => =>-Original Message- =>From: Adrian Walters [mailto:[

How big should swap be?

2000-02-11 Thread Adrian Walters
how big should your swap partition be? i have 32 mg of ram. what should my current swap size be? is is better to have two swap partitions or should i have one large one? what are the advantages and disadvantages? -- 12:57pm up 3 days, 11:40, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- To u

Re: update my x2 56k modem?

2000-02-26 Thread Adrian Walters
this should do the trick. you will have to boot up in windows for this to work though.an several reboots might be required. :) browse on over to http://www.windrivers.com/script/info.asp?id=316 click on driver page then click on v.90 modem upgrades from there you shoul be good to go just make su

quota question

2000-02-14 Thread Adrian Walters
i already have quota set up on two of my partitions, now i want to be able to have it echo a message upon login that says when a user is over quota and by how much . i know this can be done on solaris, but i am not sure how to do on linux. can anyone point me in the right direction... -- 4:22

quota question

2000-02-16 Thread Adrian Walters
got no response on this the last time but i figured i would try again. i already have quota set up on two of my partitions, now i want to be able to have it echo a message upon login that says when a user is over quota and by how much . i know this can be done on solaris, but i am not sure ho

Re: Oracle 8i

2000-01-29 Thread Adrian Walters
so what exactly is the difference between 8i and 8? or what ever the pay version of oracle is... On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Reiner Rusch wrote: =>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 05:37:14 +0100 =>From: Reiner Rusch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: Re: Oracle 8i =>Resent-Date: 29 Jan 2000

Re: Oracle 8i

2000-01-29 Thread Adrian Walters
how do you join? On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Brian Hand wrote: =>Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2000 12:20:41 -0600 =>From: Brian Hand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: Re: Oracle 8i =>Resent-Date: 29 Jan 2000 18:18:48 - =>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Rese

RE: expn and vrfy

2000-01-29 Thread Adrian Walters
i had the same problem... apparently sendmail is case sensative. try using this instead: define(`confPRIVACY_FLAGS', `authwarnings,noexpn,novrfy') then m4 /etc/sendmail.mc > /etc/sendmail.cf /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart that should do it. On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Charles Galpin wrote: =>Date

question about runlevels

2000-01-30 Thread Adrian Walters
when you machine boots up it starts certin services -- httpd, smb, etc etc is it neccessary to stop alll of these services when the machine is rebooted or it this done automatically? for instance i have S55httpd in my /etc/rc.d/rc3.d folder do i need to have a K55httpd in the same folder --

OT .signature files

2000-01-30 Thread Adrian Walters
have seening this done many times -- how do you put your machine uptime in you .signature file? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Linux/Unix Certification

2000-01-31 Thread Adrian Walters
is there any Linux/Unix Certification out there? basically i am looking for something like microsoft's mcse, something that i can learn on my own... 2:35pm up 1 day, 56 min, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Linux/Unix Certification

2000-01-31 Thread Adrian Walters
so which one would you guys/gals recommend? which would look better on a resume? and be the most beneficial in terms of learning? :) On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, Alan Wilson wrote: =>Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:25:47 -0600 (CST) =>From: Alan Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [

Re: Changing Apache location

2000-03-02 Thread Adrian Walters
# DocumentRoot: The directory out of which you will serve your # documents. By default, all requests are taken from this directory, but # symbolic links and aliases may be used to point to other locations. DocumentRoot /home/httpd/html just add or change this in your httpd.conf to poing to the p

question about moving from one machine to another

2000-03-03 Thread Adrian Walters
i am going to be upgrading from one machine to another. i was just curious as to whether i could just move harddrives from one machine or do i have to reinstall everything. the machines will have completely different hardware. -- 1:10pm up 19 days, 9:51, 4 users, load average: 0.21, 0.

Re: Linux Shell Programming

2000-03-03 Thread Adrian Walters
i looked through this book and it looks well written... Teaching yourself unix shell programming by sams publishing On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, George Chantzopoulos wrote: =>Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 21:13:36 + =>From: George Chantzopoulos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [E

Re: question about moving from one machine to another

2000-03-03 Thread Adrian Walters
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Re: Help!!!!!!!

2000-03-08 Thread Adrian Walters
chmod 1777 On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Rodrigo Moya Piernavieja wrote: =>Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 18:09:02 +0100 =>From: Rodrigo Moya Piernavieja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: Re: Help!!! =>Resent-Date: 8 Mar 2000 11:23:23 - =>Resent-From: [

rpmrc

2000-03-11 Thread Adrian Walters
what are the optimal settings to put in your rpmrc to rebuild rpms on a 686? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: ATI All in Wonder 128

2000-03-14 Thread Adrian Walters
go to the xfree site and read the faq there is a lin in there on how to set it up. if i remember correctly you will have todownload a driver from suse. On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Edward Schernau wrote: =>Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 17:17:22 -0500 =>From: Edward Schernau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EM

top for two cpus

2000-03-14 Thread Adrian Walters
is there any way for me to make top monitor two cpus? or a patch that i can download to do this? i am looking for something that still has the look and feel of the original top, but will support two cpus? -- 8:05pm up 1 day, 20:15, 2 users, load average: 2.02, 1.07, 0.43 -- To unsubscrib

Re: top for two cpus

2000-03-14 Thread Adrian Walters
sent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Resent-cc: recipient list not shown: ; => =>On Tue, Mar 14, 2000 at 05:45:30PM -0800, Hidong Kim wrote: =>> Adrian Walters wrote: =>> > =>> > is there any way for me to make top monitor two cpus? or a patch that i =>> > can download

Re: Permissions Question

2000-03-15 Thread Adrian Walters
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: =>Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 10:22:34 -0800 =>From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: Permissions Question =>Resent-Date: 15 Mar 2000 18:24:31 - =>Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>

stop a user from running programs

2000-03-16 Thread Adrian Walters
is there anyway that i can stop a user from running programs from their directory or /tmp? without disabling this for every user? -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: DSL "modem" (further info) (yet more info)

2000-03-24 Thread Adrian Walters
i am using bell atlantic as my dsl provider down here in nj. i have the Westell externel modem, and have been using it for about 6 months now. i avodided getting the internal modem because a how-to i read stated that internel cable/dsl modems were not compatible with linux (no drivers). i am not s

problems with cd/dvd

2000-03-26 Thread Adrian Walters
i am trying to view a dvd acoss my netowrk using samba. when ever i try to open one of the files on the cd i get the following error in my logs. does anyone know what this means or know how i can fix this. the cdrom is new and it reads cd's perfectly. Mar 26 18:21:19 na kernel: hdc: command error

Maximum hd size

2000-04-03 Thread Adrian Walters
is there any limit on the size of harddrive that linux will recognize. I want to get a 40+ gig harddrive, it will be used as a fixed storage. maxtor makes a 60g that i migh be insterested in getting if it will work in linux. -- 3:23pm up 12 days, 3 min, 1 user, load average: 2.00, 2.00, 2.

RE: Maximum hd size

2000-04-03 Thread Adrian Walters
h? That would improve search speed... => =>-Manuel. => =>> -Mensaje original- =>> De: Adrian Walters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] =>> Enviado el: Lunes, 03 de Abril de 2000 01:26 p.m. =>> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>> Asunto: Maximum hd size =>> =>> =>

Re: dynamic IP to static IP for webserver

2000-06-10 Thread Adrian Walters
try using www.dhs.org On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Han Liu wrote: =>Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 12:25:12 -0400 =>From: Han Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =>Subject: dynamic IP to static IP for webserver =>Resent-Date: 10 Jun 2000 16:22:16 - =>Resent-From: [

OT Question on web email

1999-12-01 Thread Adrian Walters
does anyone know if there is a free web based email program and where i can find it? thanks. -Adrian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Login

1999-12-21 Thread Adrian Walters
is this a console login or is it a log on through telnet? >From: "Philander Hopkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Login >Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 19:31:26 CST > >When my system boots up and the PC is ready for me to logon it will not let >me typ

space delimited to comma delimited

1999-12-29 Thread Adrian Walters
i know this has been asked a billion times, but howwould you take a space delimited file and put comas where the spaces are. a shell cript is preferred over a perl script __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubs

how do the ip of a PPP connection?

2000-12-05 Thread adrian walters
i am trying to write a little shell script that will update my dns on a remote machine every 10 minutes, using nsupdate. the problem is I need to get the IP address of my dsl connection, but i can't seem to find a way to parse the output from ifconfig. my connection uses PPPOE. i would be very app

Re: Setting CMOS date

1999-11-08 Thread Adrian Walters
just type hwclock --set --date=newdate where newdate is in the format 11/8/99 10:00:00 make sure you use military time. for instance 6 pm today is 18:00:00 so just run /sbin/hwclock witht the proper arguments and all should be well. let me know if this works for you. **be sure to reboot so prog