[techtalk] cross compilers?

2001-04-20 Thread Michelle Murrain
Hi folks, I'm trying to install some software (kivio, actually) from source. I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1, and I do have a fairly recent gcc (gcc-2.96-0.33mdk to be exact) installed by rpm. In doing the configure, I get the following error: ... checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works.

Re: [techtalk] cross compilers?

2001-04-20 Thread Akkana
Michelle Murrain writes: > So I'm confused. It's my understanding that gcc does indeed compile C++ code. > So why does this configure say it doesn't? It does, but the C++ support in gcc is a separate package. You want the cpp and gcc-c++ packages with version numbers corresponding to the versio

[techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Kath
I have the directory /var/www/shag/   I want to link /var/www/kathweb/shag/ to it, so when someone goes to www.kathweb.net/shag/, the directory of shag/ is displayed.   How do I do this?   And yes I know about virtualhosting, but that is not an option right now because my friend's ISP's DNS s

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Samuel Tesla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Should be as simple as: $ ln -s /var/www/shag /var/www/kathweb/shag or the same with relative paths. just remember it's: $ ln -s cheers! - -- -=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=- Samuel Tesla

[techtalk] Should I feel honored?

2001-04-20 Thread Kath
I decided to review my own logs (I know I should do it more often).Apparently, my web server has been attacked repeatedly and if the IP is true (If I am reading it right, maybe it is just mumbo jumbo I'm misinterpreting), it is coming from USC.Here is the log:Apr 18 15:25:08 hwnet /sbin/rpc

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread jenn
Samuel Tesla wrote: > just remember it's: > > $ ln -s And if you're like me and constantly forget which order it's in, 'ln --help' or 'man ln'. Your mind it too important to clutter with memorising things that can be looked up that easily. :) Jenn V. -- "Do you ever wonder if the

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 07:58:28AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > And if you're like me and constantly forget which order it's > in, 'ln --help' or 'man ln'. > > Your mind it too important to clutter with memorising things that > can be looked up that easily. :) I finally memorised it by fig

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Jen Hamilton
That's exactly how I figured it out. It used to always confuse me until I realized that (as long as the new directory is named the same as the old), you can just do # ln -s filename. Cool. Jen On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Mary Gardiner wrote: > On Sat, Apr 21, 2001 at 07:58:28AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [techtalk] Should I feel honored?

2001-04-20 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
> Apparently, my web server has been attacked repeatedly and if the IP > is true (If I am reading it right, maybe it is just mumbo jumbo I'm > misinterpreting), it is coming from USC. Here is the log: This is an attempt to attack rpc.statd. The attack failed or you wouldn't be seeing it. Congratu

Re: [techtalk] Should I feel honored?

2001-04-20 Thread jenn
Nicole Zimmerman wrote: > Like I said, often it could. I have had zero responses from e-mails I have > sent to ISPs and boxes (at universities, at corporate computers, personal > boxes) in response to attacks. Well, if anyone ever gets an attack from (or spoofed from) a simegen.com box, pleas

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Caitlin
On Friday, April 20, 2001, at 04:20 PM, Kath wrote: > I have the directory /var/www/shag/ >   > I want to link /var/www/kathweb/shag/ to it, so when someone goes to > www.kathweb.net/shag/, the directory of shag/ is displayed. >   > How do I do this? >   > And yes I know about virtualhosting, b

Re: [techtalk] Should I feel honored?

2001-04-20 Thread Kath
Are you familiar with snort? I'm having some problems setting it up. - Kath - Original Message - From: "Nicole Zimmerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 7:58 PM Subject: Re: [techtalk] Should I feel honored? > > Apparently, my web server has b

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Kathryn Hogg
Mary Gardiner said: > There is one argument ln *needs* - the file being linked to. The name you > give it is actually an optional argument (it will just give it the same > name by default). Hence the new name has to be the second argument, otherwise > it would be a bastard to parse the arguments.

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Kathryn Hogg wrote: > And if you get it backwards, ln will happily tell you that the file already > exists. unless you're trying to make a symlink to a directory, in which case you get no error and a very useless broken link in your directory ;) V. _

[techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread BiOFH
Ack! Bad BiOFH... BAD! I haven't read this list in ages... But, I saw this and wanted to send out a little caveat to you that may or may not apply (depending on how the server is set up). Depending on how and if the web server in question handles symlinks, (Options ->FollowSymLinks or Options-

Re: [techtalk] Should I feel honored?

2001-04-20 Thread Nicole Zimmerman
What's the problem? I've only set it up from a debian package but considering that it *works* for me, I can let you know what I have it configured as. -nicole At 21:57 on Apr 20, Kath combined all the right letters to say: > Are you familiar with snort? I'm having some problems setting it up

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Samuel Tesla
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 21 Apr 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > $ ln -s > > And if you're like me and constantly forget which order it's > in, 'ln --help' or 'man ln'. > > Your mind it too important to clutter with memorising things that > can be looked up tha