Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread rino
Excuse me but am I the only one having problems viewing the mails. I use Mutt and most emails I received are in HTML format. Can something be done (like we standardized on non-HTML emails) or is HTML emails the norm here? Thanks. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread Alain Toussaint
> Couldn't you use hosts.deny to deny all telnet/ssh/etc access to the > machine, then explicitely allow yourself or anyone else you'd like to have > it through hosts.allow? unfortunately,no one of the admin have a static ip (i'm currently fixing it for me and my employer but the others admins ar

Re: [techtalk] Rtf-files?

1999-11-27 Thread Tina Johnsson
Laurel Fan wrote: > > Speaking of which, I want to do rtf->(some relatively standard graphics > format like jpg or png) in batch on unix. Any ideas? (->postscript is > fine as well, since I can use imagemagick convert for ps->(* graphics > format). Hi, You can do like this; first convert the r

Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread Steve Kudlak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Couldn't you use hosts.deny to deny all telnet/ssh/etc access to the > machine, then explicitely allow yourself or anyone else you'd like to have > it through hosts.allow? > > If no one is to get shell access on that machine, you could simply not > load the telnet dae

Re: [techtalk] Users and everything?

1999-11-27 Thread Sunnanvind
> That's actually a VERY large question. The quickest answer I can give >is that most if not all of your config files will be in the /root >directory and start with a dot ".", as in ".filename". Also there will >be directories that start with a dot. You're going to want to copy all >those

Re: [techtalk] Users and everything?

1999-11-27 Thread sara korhonen
> Thanks, but.. how can I connect to the internet when I'm not root? > The modem starts dialing, and then I get a "the ppp deamon died unexpectedly". > When I'm root, everythings fine. > Sunnan it depends a lot on which program you are using. anyway the first thing to do is to set your pppd sui

Re: [techtalk] Users and everything?

1999-11-27 Thread Rino Mardo
try setuid the pppd file chmod +s pppd [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Rtf-files?

1999-11-27 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 27-Nov-99 Re: [techtalk] Rtf-files? by Tina Johnsson@penguinpow > > format like jpg or png) in batch on unix. Any ideas? (->postscript is > You can do like this; first convert the rtf-file to html using rtf2html. > Html files can easily be converted to ps in netscape, ju

Re: [techtalk] Users and everything?

1999-11-27 Thread Nils Philippsen
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Sunnanvind wrote: > Thanks, but.. how can I connect to the internet when I'm not root? > The modem starts dialing, and then I get a "the ppp deamon died unexpectedly". > When I'm root, everythings fine. If you use Red Hat Linux 6.1, this is a known problem -- it should get s

Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread Nils Philippsen
On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Alain Toussaint wrote: > > /bin/false works well. It's the default solution that I know of. > > problem is that wu-ftpd (what's currently in the server) doesn't allow ftp for > user with a /bin/false shell... This may be because /bin/false (or /bin/true for that matter) isn

Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread Alain Toussaint
> This may be because /bin/false (or /bin/true for that matter) isn't in > /etc/shells. Some daemons check for the user's shell there. Just a guess. yep,i read a mention about that,well,live and learn (and i learned a lot in the last 2 weeks). Thanks for the help Alain > Nils [E

[techtalk] Appletalk for Linux

1999-11-27 Thread Samantha Jo Moore
I have this customer for whom I intstalled netatalk (apple talk services). He's running RedHat 6.1. The problem I'm having is with the afpd. Users at their Macs can see and open the files, as long as they are not shared. When a second user tries to open the same database as another one they get

Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread jenn
Steve Kudlak wrote: > > Isn't denying ssh, going to extreme? If all you're doing is hosting web pages, why do users need shells? Most of the end-users I know (I'm talking non-savvy end users) prefer just to click on the 'upload this page with FTP' button on their page creator program. A bare

Re: [techtalk] ftp only shell for users...

1999-11-27 Thread Steve Kudlak
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Steve Kudlak wrote: > > > > Isn't denying ssh, going to extreme? > > If all you're doing is hosting web pages, why do users need shells? > Most of the end-users I know (I'm talking non-savvy end users) prefer > just to click on the 'upload this page with FTP' button o

[techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-27 Thread Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun
On Nov 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] conjectured: > Excuse me but am I the only one having problems viewing the mails. I use >Mutt and most emails I received are in HTML format. Can something be >done (like we standardized on non-HTML emails) or is HTML emails the norm >here? > You are not the first

Re: [techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-27 Thread Jeff Dike
Below is a little perl script I wrote that removes html parts from messages that have text parts as well. I wrote it because exmh goes ballistic when it sees such mail. The only downside that I've seen is that it can't tell if the two parts have the same content, so if someone sends you a pla

Re: [techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-27 Thread Rino Mardo
So I'm not the only one. :( People what do you say? Shall we be more text-/console-friendly and standardized on text only emails. Many thanks to those who responded. On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun wrote: > On Nov 27, [EMAIL PROTECTED] conjectured: > > > Excuse me bu

Re: [techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-27 Thread Kathleen Weaver
>People what do you say? Shall we be more text-/console-friendly and >standardized on text only emails. Standard netetiquette says that not only should text-only be sent to email lists, but also we should cut down on quoting. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-27 Thread Lighthouse Keeper in the Desert Sun
On Nov 27, Kathleen Weaver conjectured: > >People what do you say? Shall we be more text-/console-friendly and > >standardized on text only emails. > > Standard netetiquette says that not only should text-only be sent to email > lists, but also we should cut down on quoting. Isn't there also n

Re: [techtalk] mail format (was re: ftp for non users)

1999-11-27 Thread Rino Mardo
Agree. So what do we standardized on text-only formats? We have yet to hear the silent majority. On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Kathleen Weaver wrote: > >People what do you say? Shall we be more text-/console-friendly and > >standardized on text only emails. > > Standard netetiquette says that not o

[techtalk] Basic Etiquette Reminder

1999-11-27 Thread Deb Richardson
Hi all. I hate to have to do this, but it seems like it's time for the "friendly reminder" again. While there are only two posting guidelines for the LinuxChix lists ( 1. Be Friendly, 2. Be Helpful ), there are some more general guidelines that should be followed when posting to a mailing list.