Re: [techtalk] email web interface

archives here if that would be helpful... http://linuxchix.mercersburg.net/docs/search/techtalk.html Walt -~ You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach him to learn by creating curiosity, he will continue the learning process as long as he

[techtalk] sco unix...

I'm the new, proud owner of an unusual little beast: a sco unix box. Unfortunately, I have no information about the previous logins. (I bought this at a bankruptcy sale for $100) My question is what is the sco unix equiv of 'linux single' so I can get into this thing

Re: [techtalk] VNC on LINUX

Mine is as follows (minus the header stuff..) xrdb $HOME/.Xresources xsetroot -solid blue sawfish & panel & gnome-terminal -title "Walt's Command Centre" & Also, I don't run the server as root (since I can always su root from a term window). Does X start and run proper

[techtalk] programming question... (theory)

erver-end to reside on a linux box... What (if any) are the advantages of Delphi over C++? Vice-a-versa? I understand Borland's Kylix product is a Delphi development environment for Linux. Does anyone have experience with both languages to offer a comparison? Appreciate any input! Thank

Re: [techtalk] Re: rpms r bad?

Conor wrote: >I don't know *how* many times I've read through rpm --help without >spotting that! > >Thanks Telsa. Dittos, indeed: that really is a useful tip! Walt -~ The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized

Re: [techtalk] Re: rpms r not-so-good.

s enough to make me switch to Debian on my next install or not. :-) Walt -~ The unfortunate thing about this world is that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad habits. Somerset Maugham ___ techtalk mailin

Re: [techtalk] Re: rpms r bad? (was Linux-Mandrake)

ntion upgrading existing files, etc... Walt -~ Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. Theodore Roosevelt ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

Re: [techtalk] botched newbie kernel compile

What distribution are you running? Walt -~ Given a thimbleful of facts we rush to make generalizations as large as a tub. Gordon W. Allport ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk

RE: [techtalk] NAT, Routing, or something else?

Can you setup your firewall to be a DNS server and handle pointing to the devices on your network as a domain? Dont' know how this sort of thing works through a router and all, so just a thought! Walt -~ The meek shall inherit the earth, but having inherited the earth, shall

Re: [techtalk] frightening, I know... :-)

because it seems that when one learns a more complex system it is easier to learn and comprehend a new but simpler system. Like your mind has been expanded or something.. :-) Walt -~ Those carried away by power are soon carried away. Malcolm S. Forbes ___

[techtalk] frightening, I know... :-)

te any input on this... Thanks, Walt -~ Hold always the sign of blood in horror. Take care not to shed or stain thyself with it, for the mark is never washed away. Saladin ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] htt

Re: [techtalk] ... DNS servers

At 10:37 PM 4/10/01 +1000, Mary wrote: >On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 06:21:26AM -0400, Walt wrote: > > Also, InterNIC doesn't check for > > authoritativeness, in my experience... Not > > 100% sure about that, maybe it does only > > on the primary DNS but it didn't

Re: [techtalk] Registering DNS servers

idn't seem to on the secondary. Walt -~ The path to success is paved with good intentions that were carried out. Bob Edwards ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

[techtalk] pcnfsd??

I am trying to get MacNFS ( www.thursby.com ) working but it keeps asking for PCNFSD support from the server before it will try to connect. I can find absolutely no reference to PCNFSD on Redhat after version 5.0. Am I missing something or are they? Walt -~ Open and obvious devotion

Re: [techtalk] port purposes...

Installed lsof; lsof | grep LISTEN and it shows that ports 659, 678, 683, and 688 belong to incarnations of nfs. Neato, gotta say that was exactly the type of thing I was looking for! Thanks much all, esp. Laurel! Walt -~ A man about to speak the truth should keep one foot in the

Re: [techtalk] port purposes...

tcat it is different but usually in the 2000-4500 range. Could it be netcat itself? Thanks for the info thus far! Walt -~ The burning of an author's books, imprisonment for opinion's sake, has always been the tribute that an ignorant age pays to th

[techtalk] port purposes...

0.0.1] 683 (?) open gandalf [10.0.0.1] 678 (?) open gandalf [10.0.0.1] 659 (?) open Does anyone know of a resource for matching ports with the protocol/software using it? Thanks! Walt -~ Genius is one per cent inspiration and 99 per cent perspiration. Thomas

Re: [techtalk] netware vs. linux..?

s to be relatiely trouble-free. I was kind of lumping GroupWise in with Netware, but I see from the responses that the performance of the two differs vastly. I really appreciate this info! Helps expand my thinking. :-) Thank you, Walt -~ Physical concepts are free creations of the hum

Re: [techtalk] netware vs. linux..?

No! I actually am interested in mentioning to them that a better alternative exists, but since I have virtually no experience with NetWare, I was wondering what, if any, evidence there is to support that. Does Netware offer anything that Linux or even windows does not have or support? Walt

[techtalk] netware vs. linux..?

have better trouble-free uptime than they do... Just wondering if someone else there has comparative experience on Netware. Thanks, Walt -~ I never work better than when I am inspired by anger; for when I am angry, I can write, pray, and preach well, for then my whole temperm

Re: [techtalk] AWStats

want to try just renaming awstats.cgi.conf to awstats.conf. That's basically the only wierd thing I can see with your setup. Feel free to email me your config files if you like! Walt -~ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd;

Re: [techtalk] bash exec persistent confusion...

:-) Thanks! That was it exactly... Walt -~ >#! /usr/bin/perl Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. Sir Arthur Helps ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] h

[techtalk] bash exec persistent confusion...

! Just not this one... Any ideas? Thanks, Walt -~ Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. Sir Arthur Helps ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk

[techtalk] arrgs! routing issues - who's fault?

Hi I need help with this... I recently was assigned a static IP by my cable modem ISP. However, shortly thereafter I was no longer able to ping a very few internet addresses that are on their network. i.e. other IPs on the 24.137.x.x network. Some of them are my biggest customers and need to be

Re: [techtalk] arrgs! routing issues - who's fault?

Ack! Ok, played with netmask a little bit, set it at 255.255.255.0. and everything seems to be working like a charm.. LOL unbelievable. Should've asked 'em that first thing... Thanks James & Kristin! Walt -~ At 12:52 PM 2/21/01 -0600, you wrote: >My initial though

Re: [techtalk] arrgs! routing issues - who's fault?

At 12:52 PM 2/21/01 -0600, you wrote: >My initial thought is "subnet mask"... have you verified that this is set >properly? > >Kristin My netmask is currenlty 255.0.0.0. This is perhaps incorrect? Thanks! Walt -~ You can never hope to become a skilled conversati

[techtalk] been hacked...?

the entire directory was deleted, other than that my computer was hacked? Thanks! Walt -~ When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. Thomas Paine ___ techtalk ma

Re: [techtalk] Keyboard/Mouse Reset Hardware Problem

rms, the linux seems very fast and stable. Extremely easy to configure and simple to use. (and of course, free. :-) http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ I know that doesn't answer your question, quite, but it is a nice alternative! Walt -~ Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it

Re: [techtalk] clock issues??

e members of this list... I feel a little out of place as guy, but at the least I try to be grateful! Walt -~ Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to the state.

Re: [techtalk] clock issues??

ltime. >What is your timezone set to? >(for debian, look at the /etc/localtime symlink (ls -l /etc/localtime)) /etc/localtime is a file on my system and it contains non-ASCII umm stuff that I can't read. I am in Eastern time now, EST should be, but it keeps reverting to EDT... Walt -~

[techtalk] clock issues??

ead of standard time) Any clues what is causing this? Thanks, Walt -~ A jury consists of twelve people chosen to decide who has the better lawyer. Robert Frost ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL

Re: [techtalk] rpm issues...

Thanks Telsa and Caitlyn! I hope that wasn't too obvious a question, because I spent over an hour perusing redhat's site and rpm.org attempting to find the answer, but they didn't seem to be mentioned, but that could just mean my search skills are worthless... hrrm.. :-) Tha

[techtalk] rpm issues...

g RPM to rpm-3.0.4-0.48, and that made no difference. I attempted to upgrade to rpm-r.0-7x from the rpm.org website, but it gives me the same "major numbers" problem as above. Thanks! Walt -~ Documentation is like sex: when it is good, it is very, very good; and when it is ba

[techtalk] more Quake II for linux...

at times the q2 server just shuts down without warning. At first I thought it was under high traffic loads, but that isn't the case since it does it sometimes when there's only one person connected. If anyone has some experience or suggestions, I would greatly appreciate them! Thanks! W

[techtalk] umm well, one question solved :-)

Ahoy, Thanks Glen, I installed the rhl 6.2 kernel (2.2.14-5.0) and VOILA my scsi issue disappeared. That was my first new kernel too, btw... All I can say is "awesome" :-) (Still wondering if q2 is available for freebsd though :-) Thanks, Walt -~ Anthony's Law of the Works

[techtalk] is it dangerous...

Is it dangerous to "upgrade" part of my system's RPM's (i.e., esp the kernel) to rhl v. 6.2 while the rest of the system is still running 6.0 stuff? Thanks, Walt -~ Newton's Little-Known Seventh Law: A bird in the hand i

[techtalk] two things: quake & scsi drv

a properly. I have contacted Seagate, Adaptec, and HP all of whom point to the OS and say they don't know much about it. Any clues? (I'm running RHL 6.0 2.2.5-15smp. The SCSI is an onboard Adaptec 2940 U2W.) Thanks in advance, Walt -~ The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts workin

Re: [techtalk] network speeds...

up. So, is my config messed up, my hardware cheaper, or just the hub vs. switch issue? *Sigh* Sorry I'm such a newbie at all this! Thanks for your time, Walt -~ If you don't care where you are, then you ain't lost. __

[techtalk] network speeds...

n transferring to the server I get 2.5MB. Is this fast? Slow? etc... And why the massive difference in speed? Also, what does the load average under uptime signify? Thanks! Walt -~ In America, any boy may become president and I suppose that's just one of the risks he ta

[techtalk] (no subject)

ked. The other printers I have are probably out of your price range and beyond your need :-) (an ECRM Mako imagesetter ($23k plus stand- alone WinNT RIPstation (software alone was around $7k.) All my printers are PostScript, however. This may be why I have little or trouble. Mayb

Re: [techtalk] ftp_masq stopped working...?

any clues? or more information needed? Laurel Fan wrote: >Is the module loaded? >Is it still loaded when it stops working? >Does passive ftp work? yes, I think so but how do I check for sure? yes (same as above :-) and no, it makes no difference at all. Hope this is helpful... Thanks.

[techtalk] ftp_masq stopped working...?

file, as they've always been my stuff starts to download to the web server for like 10 seconds and then just sits and nothing more gets sent. any clues? or more information needed? Thanks! Walt -~ The most tyrannical governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyon

dualhomed rhl system...

n afford the other support option, though I'm about to resort to it! Walt -~ Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem. Bill Vaughan

RE: [techtalk] ipmask

Thanks much Harry (sp?:-) That's all I needed! Walt --- At 01:59 PM 2/28/00 -0800, you wrote: >Hey Walt, > In /etc/rc.d/rc.local add these lines at the end <...> >That'll do it for you. >HTH, > -~ People who are brutally honest get more satisfactio

RE: [techtalk] ipmask

At 10:49 AM 2/28/00 -0800, you wrote: >Hey Walt, > If you are ftp'ing out then yes. Make to to insert the ftp_mask module. >HTH, Is the ftp_mask module something I need to enable on the server? My client systems are windows nt and 98, btw. Walt -~ Millions saw the apple f

RE: [techtalk] ipmask

While we're on the topic of ipchains, I have a question. I've been using ip masquerading successfully for quite a while now, but I now need to be able to use active ftp from one of the clients. Can I do this through ip masq? if not, can I do it at all? Thanks, Walt -~ As the

Re: [techtalk] Free FrameMaker beta for Linux

Sorry Robert! That's what happens when my plum-sized bran tries to read/write two emails at once! Walt -~ Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects. Will Rogers [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Free FrameMaker beta for Linux

Thanks Richard! I'm already a FrameMaker user and eagerly await the time when I can run a lot more of my business apps on my linux box instead of NT. Now my only concern is getting all my fonts working :-) Walt -~ Today's public opinion, though it may appear as light as ai

[techtalk] ipchains -- allowing specific IP's

sses on my network to get 'out'? or, better yet, allow activity on only certain ports to have outside access? Thanks in advance, Walt Materialists and madmen never have doubts. Gilbert Keith Chesterton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] MAC addr from Cable Modem

Just a note in the fray: My cable modem has no MAC address. It is bound (via something the cable company set up on installation) to my specific network card's mac address. Walt -~ The size of one's feet bears no relationship to the ease with which they can be inserted in

Re: [techtalk] put a drive to sleep...

>Maybe this would help? > >http://staff.washington.edu/xyzzy/scsi.html > Thank you Jen! :-) Appears to be 'xactly what I need. Walt -~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] put a drive to sleep...

ooking for sleep or spin or power (even 'down') and nothing apropriate came up. Is it possible to setup up apmd to shut down a drive at a specific time? Walt -~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[techtalk] put a drive to sleep...

hanks, Walt He who hates vice, hates men. John, Viscount Morley [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[techtalk] symlinks don't show up under windows...

Another question for anybody with Samba experience... I'm having trouble getting symbolic links to show up on my windows machines accessing my Samba shares. I'm also running netatalk+asun and the links show up fine on my mac as directories and seem to work perfectly. Any help? Th

[techtalk] xf86config....

eemed to be the only way I could get a workable XF86Config file... Thanks, Walt -~ For the skeptic there remains only one consolation; if there should be such a thing as superhuman law, it is administered with subhuman efficiency. Eric Ambler [

Re: [techtalk] NIC Question - H E L P!

so >I can't just plug the cable modem into the other one. I have a virtuallly IDENTICAL setup. :-) RH 6.0, one PCI one ISA nic. All I had to do to get it to find the card was enable isapnp. (and read the isapnptools man page...) Walt -~ Security is merely a superstition. It doe

Re: [techtalk] Thanks! and PDF files

ecause I asked the same question a few weeks ago :-) Everyone tells me Ghostscript (which is free and comes with Redhat) creates PDF from PostScript files. I'm not sure exactly how anymore, but the man page should be able to tell you something. (and other people on this list...) Walt -~

Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .

Thank you all! :-) I know am completely unsure of what to do! (jk!) Actually, I can't do anything until the 18 gb drive I ordered arrives in a day or two. I'll let you know how it goes! Walt -~ At 11:28 AM 11/9/99 -0500, Jeff Dike wrote: >> I always wonder why people use ta

Re: [techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .

ould rather reinstall than spend $63, esp. since I'll probably only use it once :-) Thanks though! Walt -~ Man is an animal that makes bargains. Adam Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[techtalk] swtiching rhat drives . . .

nd, I would like to preserve as is, as much as possible. Will I have to actually reinstall Linux onto the 4.5 gb drive or can I just copy everything over or something? If I have to install it, is there anyway to keep all my configuration settings? Thanks in advance, Walt -~ We know our wi

[techtalk] sharing a newly installed HD...

. Also, I have the directories chowned to the the client's group, but ownership changes as soon as I mount the drive. Can anyone help me out here? Thanks, Walt -~ If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it: Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of the

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

At 03:10 PM 10/28/99 -0700, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote: >On Oct 28, Walt conjectured: > >> At 03:44 PM 10/28/99 -0500, you wrote: >> >Holy moly, $800 for setup... I guess if that's what it takes to get cable >> >in a rural area. I also

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

$200 install, $600 modem (not that that's cheap!) Also, I've gotten speeds (twice (jk) :-) of 70-80k per sec. 60k is not at all uncommon. Upload speed is very nice! (and important as we do some off-site websites and currently host a test site) Walt -~ An unlimited power to t

Re: [techtalk] High speed access -- pros and cons

tes that are always fast are still fast.) Of course, we're in a fairly rural area that probably isn't real connected yet, so I don't know what the future may bring. . . I've no personal experience with DSL :-) you'll have to get info on that from somebody else on. . . Wa

Re: [techtalk] ISA Ethernet card under RHat 6

At 07:56 PM 10/25/99 +0200, Nils Philippsen wrote: >On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Walt wrote: > >It only gets shown if the driver for it is installed correctly (it shows >the resources the kernel assigned to the various devices). > >What type of card is yours? > I have an ISA 10mb

Re: [techtalk] ISA Ethernet card under RHat 6

Serena Del Bianco wrote: >>On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Walt wrote: >> My question is: How do I find out stuff like the IRQ >> and I/O address information for the card from the > >system? > >cat /proc/ioports >cat /proc/interrupts None of the things in ioports seem to

[techtalk] ISA Ethernet card under RHat 6

modem, btw) is to be hooked up to the internet, the system doesn't seem to find it. My question is: How do I find out stuff like the IRQ and I/O address information for the card from the system? Thanks, Walt -~ Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the

Re: [techtalk] To me it fast becomes a short-lived discussion. . .

At 05:50 PM 10/19/99 -0500, you wrote: >On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 18:04:12 -0400, Walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >>True. However, Photoshop has supported them for as long as I can >>remember (since ver 3.0, at least) without taking them any farther >>into Illustrator&#

Re: [techtalk] Would like advice on building system

Ultra SCSI hard drive with HP FastRAID hardware acceleration 24X CD-ROM 10/100BaseT Ethernet LAN Matrox Millennium II graphics with 4MB video RAM Sound Blaster Pro-compatible audio Windows NT Workstation 4.0 for $861(+ shipping). Obviously the processor is a downs

Re: [techtalk] To me it fast becomes a non-technicalissue...(COREL/GIMP/PHOTOSHOP etc.)

entirely different tool-sets. Walt (interesting possibilities here. . .) -~ People should be taught what is, not what should be. All my humor is based on destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, I'd be standing in the bread line--right bac

RE: [techtalk] whas up wid da GIMP? [from Updated Enlightenment (more @debian, GIMP and COREL DRAW*)]

it, average desktop user (both business and home) is going to want to be compatible with his/her friends/coworkers/clientele. And this just ain't happening yet. Walt -~ The path to success is paved with good intentions that were carried out. Bob Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

t sure yet) I'm just endeavoring to learn it so that when the time comes, I'll know. :-) Thanks, Walt -~ Those who uphold the law must be wiser and calmer than those who seek to repudiate it. John Lindsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

At 07:13 PM 10/15/99 -0700, you wrote: >On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Walt wrote: > >> There may be some slight database overhead (i.e., time users >> spend logged-in must be kept track of for monthly billing.) > >logged into the box, logged into the website, or logged into a na

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

to keep my initial investment low. Which is exactly what I'm aiming for. When I outgrow my bandwidth and need to buy better stuff, I'll have the money to handle it then. Walt -~ How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have hope of making progress. Niels Bohr [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[techtalk] Secure web server...

;s Programming Perl and I know Java. Thanks much in advance, Walt -~ There are two insults no human will endure; the assertion that he has no sense of humour and the double impertinent assertion that he has never known trouble. Sinclair Lewis **