Re: [techtalk] Re: REJECT packet is logged as DENY....

2001-03-19 Thread Rick Scott
(Subba Rao:) > > > >> Mar 18 18:39:48 pasta kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth2 PROTO=6 > >> 24.24.63.86:62779 10.23.86.125:113 L=60 S=0x00 I=26383 F=0x4000 > >> T=52 SYN (#11) (coldfire:) > if the kernel's logging it .. i'm assuming it's a 2.4.x kernel, and > therfore this person better be

[techtalk] Making vi show control characters?

2001-03-19 Thread Amanda Babcock
Does anybody know how to make vi pass control characters through instead of showing them as hex numbers? Thanks! Amanda ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

Re: [techtalk] Making vi show control characters?

2001-03-19 Thread jenn
Amanda Babcock wrote: > Does anybody know how to make vi pass control characters through instead > of showing them as hex numbers? IIRC, type ^V before the character. (EG: ^V^C) Save before you try this... Jenn V. -- "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture

Re: [techtalk] Re: REJECT packet is logged as DENY....

2001-03-19 Thread Rick Scott
(Subba Rao:) > Mar 18 18:39:48 pasta kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth2 PROTO=6 > 24.24.63.86:62779 10.23.86.125:113 L=60 S=0x00 I=26383 F=0x4000 > T=52 SYN (#11) ^^ If I surmise correctly, this (#11) should be the number of the rule that's causing the packet to be dropped on th

[techtalk] Re: REJECT packet is logged as DENY....

2001-03-19 Thread Subba Rao
On 0, Subba Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have implemented one particular rule on the input chain. The rule explicitly > REJECTs queries on port 113. In my kernel-logs, the access is logged in as > a DENY. > > Here is the rule syntax: > > ipchains -A input -j REJECT -i eth2 -s an

[techtalk] REJECT packet is logged as DENY....

2001-03-19 Thread Subba Rao
Hi, I have implemented one particular rule on the input chain. The rule explicitly REJECTs queries on port 113. In my kernel-logs, the access is logged in as a DENY. Here is the rule syntax: ipchains -A input -j REJECT -i eth2 -s any/0 -d 10.23.86.125 -p TCP ! -y the entry in syslog is: Mar 1

[techtalk] Linux Kernel

2001-03-19 Thread Puff Devil
__ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ I tried typing the easier to use "make menuconfig" and got errors as noted: [root@localhost linux

Re: [techtalk] Linux Kernel

2001-03-19 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 02:44:10PM -0800, Puff Devil wrote: Content-Description: kernel trouble.txt > I tried typing the easier to use "make menuconfig" and got > errors as noted: > > [root@localhost linux]# make menuconfig > rm -f include/asm > ( cd in

Re: [techtalk] HD Noises (was: problems with disk IBM 73 Gb)

2001-03-19 Thread Rick Scott
(ktb:) > > The noise your hearing "like a sewing machine" is probably just e2fsck > doing it's job. If you were hearing "clunks" that would be a dead > drive. While we're on the arcane subject of being able to interpret and diagnose various hard drive sounds, I'm told that a HD that sounds like

Re: [techtalk] Characters to avoid in passwords

2001-03-19 Thread Raven, X-apparantly-to
Heya -- [re: characters known to cause problems in passwords] I've run into weird problems trying to feed a password containing an @ into PGP and RACCESS on Solaris 7. I have unfortunately forgotten what the error message was, but we were able to fix it by escaping the @ with a backslash in

Re: [techtalk] problems with disk IBM 73 Gb

2001-03-19 Thread ktb
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:30:42PM +0200, Helen Katz wrote: > > I've never dealt with disks even half as large. I will be more > > curious that helpful here I'm sure but - > > Could you post the actual error messages your are getting and where the > > errors are being written to? Also this 'nois

Re: [techtalk] problems with disk IBM 73 Gb

2001-03-19 Thread Helen Katz
> I've never dealt with disks even half as large. I will be more > curious that helpful here I'm sure but - > Could you post the actual error messages your are getting and where the > errors are being written to? Also this 'noise,' what kind of noise? > Describe it more. When does it happen, an

[techtalk] Characters to avoid in passwords

2001-03-19 Thread Magni Onsoien
I was debugging some password problem the other day (dash first in password at ftp-server -> ftp-server turns off continuation messages that may confuse some ftp programs), and I came to think of if there excists a list of characters to avoid _for technical_ (no security rules) reasons in passwor

Re: [techtalk] Characters to avoid in passwords

2001-03-19 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 09:40:10AM +0100, Magni Onsoien wrote: > to a certain service. An example is the "-" first in passwords (avoid it > by prepending an extra - first when typing the ftp-password..), another > is ":" in passwords at HP-UX 10.10 (I think it thinks the password ends just > be