Re: [techtalk] ssh woes/mysteries

2001-06-30 Thread P. M. Wright
On June 29, 2001 02:25 pm, Michelle Murrain wrote: > The strange part, is I also can't ssh into that box from a Mac OS X > machine that sits next to it. But other linux boxes on the network > work fine. try ssh-ing from the Mac OSX box using the IP number, rather than the server name. I'll bet yo

Re: [techtalk] switch function in C (or how to read commandline args?)

2001-06-30 Thread James A . Sutherland
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 17:56:28 -0500, you wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> What you can do is switch() on the FIRST character of the word, then >> use strcmp() to check for each possibility - something like this: > >Yuck. Argument parsing is not a performance problem. Arguments? No. I just use

Re: [techtalk] switch function in C (or how to read commandline args?)

2001-06-30 Thread James A . Sutherland
On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 21:32:38 +0100, you wrote: >I want to read a bunch of commandline args or config options from file >in a C program. Now, in bash, I can use a switch structure to do stuff >based on the *string* presented. AFAIR, in C, you can only switch on an >*int*. > >So, how do I use a

[techtalk] switch function in C (or how to read commandline args?)

2001-06-30 Thread Conor Daly
I want to read a bunch of commandline args or config options from file in a C program. Now, in bash, I can use a switch structure to do stuff based on the *string* presented. AFAIR, in C, you can only switch on an *int*. So, how do I use a switch to process my config options? Or do I have to b

[techtalk] (Rant) Linux and security

2001-06-30 Thread kath
My friend works for an ISP.  Last week, a machine (a server at a company they provide high speed access for) was compromised and was used to launch attacks at others and I believe used as a slave in DDoS attacks (His network was extremely slow and once the user unplugged the compromised mach

Re: [techtalk] Marking the Mutt folder contents

2001-06-30 Thread Telsa Gwynne
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 10:13:43PM + or thereabouts, Subba Rao wrote: > > I do tag several email and save them to a folder in one attempt. How do I > 'delete' or mark the contents of the email folder as 'read' in one attempt? t for tag a message. T for tag a pattern. in this case th