Le 09 octobre 2000, Vinnie écrivait :
> but requires finding a version of vi (or some other editor) that doesn't
> allow reading in of other files or shell escapes (rumour has it that
> berkeley vi has a secure option that does this...I'm going to play with
Vim has a '-Z' option enabling 'restric
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Jeff Dike wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > using group read and write is not an option.
>
> Why not? The obvious thing is to chgrp file foo to group foo_group
> and anyone who's allowed to modify foo is a member of foo_group.
the first reason is because of the software
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 09:05:58PM -0400, Andrew Wendt wrote:
> I don't think fsck really does anything to combat fragmentation does it?
>
> I think it just checks for and repairs filesystem damage, like Scandisk does.
Yeah, I was under the impression that it's actually the ext2 filesystem
that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> using group read and write is not an option.
Why not? The obvious thing is to chgrp file foo to group foo_group and anyone
who's allowed to modify foo is a member of foo_group.
Jeff
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On Mon, 09 Oct 2000, Conor Daly wrote:
>There are significant differences between Windows/DOS and Linux/UNIX as
>far as filesystems are concerned. The primary difference is that Windows
>is a single-user system while linux is multiuser. This has implications
>for you using a direct disk access p
So I'm working on finding a good way of delegating root privs to non-root
users -- sudo is something of the defacto standard way, but I'm finding
it's not great for what I need to do
what I really need to do is give specific users read and/or write access
to root owned 600 files -- and using gro
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Anthony Russello wrote:
> Basically, I need a server based distribution, with all the built in
> features of Mandrake, but all the flexibility and control of Debian. I
> just started trying out Caldera, but their partitioning program during the
> graphical install left much
I could do it in under an hour and 1/2, but I have a super fast connect (.5
Mbps DLs to BNL.gov mirror).
I would say, tough it out with Debian. It is very powerful but easy to use.
What I would recommend doing is the following:
1. Install Debian
2. At the end of the install when it asks you
If your looking for debian with easy install.. go with storm2000
(NOTE: make sure the version you get comes with 2.2.16 kernel.. storm has
a version based on slink (old debain) and potato (current version) under
the same name.. my system didn't support storm's graphical install.. but
the textinsta
Anthony Russello wrote:
> I've tried out debian, but due to the 3 day long install process just
> to get a properly working box, I'm not too big a fan. If it's the best
> one for the job, I guess I'll just have to suck it up and deal with it.
With the CDs available, I found it much closer to a
FreeBSD
Anthony Russello wrote:
>
> Hey all.
>
> Currently I am using Mandrake 7.1. But it's not quite meeting my needs as
> a mailserver. Seems to be too desktop oriented for what I want to do.
>
> I've tried out debian, but due to the 3 day long install process just
> to get a properly wor
Hey all.
Currently I am using Mandrake 7.1. But it's not quite meeting my needs as
a mailserver. Seems to be too desktop oriented for what I want to do.
I've tried out debian, but due to the 3 day long install process just
to get a properly working box, I'm not too big a fan. If it's the bes
Check out the security stuff at www.psionic.com -- great stuff, and they're
locals :P
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From: "K. Ziel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 7:59 AM
Subject: [techtalk] getting ports scanned...
> Hi--
>
> Now that I'm freshly over
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 10:11:22AM -0400 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Caitlyn M. Martin thought:
> Hi, Conor, and everyone else,
> >
> > If you are installing your Linux system or are happy to reinstall, you
> > could split your disk space into at two or more partitions with, at
> > minimum,
Hi, Conor, and everyone else,
>
> If you are installing your Linux system or are happy to reinstall, you
> could split your disk space into at two or more partitions with, at
> minimum, /home on a seperate partition. That way, /home fragmentation can
> be dealt with without needing to take down
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 01:18:37AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
Jeff Dike thought:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> > I'm wondering what disk utilities are available under Linux--or are
> > they necessary? For instance what about a disk defragmentation
> > utility like Norton Speed disk
On Mon, Oct 09, 2000 at 12:26:23AM -0700 or thereabouts, curious wrote:
> *WARNING* be sure to TEST your autoresponder BEFORE going away anywhere...
> THINK mailing list.. THINK of whathappens when a responder REPLYS to a
> mailing list message.. (it recives it's OWN REPLY which it then REPLYS
> T
*WARNING* be sure to TEST your autoresponder BEFORE going away anywhere...
THINK mailing list.. THINK of whathappens when a responder REPLYS to a
mailing list message.. (it recives it's OWN REPLY which it then REPLYS
TO!)
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FIRST: Decide on an overal security policy for the company (who can do
what/ what is important/ what do we do when we want to make changes to our
paremiter {ie. add modems and stuff})
Second:what type of access do you want going in and going out of your
network? (ie. what is the firewall reason
hi,
> I want to set up email autoresponses for email on a SunOS 4.x box. I would
i'm not very sure about this, but you'll have to get some program fex
vacation, activate it and make a file called .vacation (or something)
where you write your autoresponse. but i think that you can't exclude
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