[techtalk] identd and irc servers

1999-11-28 Thread subb3
Most of the irc servers try to resolve the client identd. Some of them do not even allow a connection. How can I fix this problem? Where is identd invoked from? Are there any security issues with it? Thank you in advance. Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/

[techtalk] Using Crack 5.0

1999-11-29 Thread subb3
I have downloaded the latest Crack 5.0. When I run, $ Crack /etc/passwd or $ Crack /etc/shawdow I get lots of output, that seem to suggest, it is trying to do some "make". Here is the tail end of the output. === make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/too

[techtalk] Samba and kernel options

1999-12-04 Thread subb3
I am a newbie to Samba and have read the HOWTO-SMB and README files. Before you say RTFM, I have some very basic questions. The goal for me is to use the NT systems local printer, CD-R and scanner devices. The SMB documents talk a lot about the Client and Server. The source I have downloaded wil

[techtalk] Re: Using Crack 5.0

1999-12-04 Thread subb3
Thanks to all who replied. I needed to first, merge the local passwd file with the shadow password file. After that, I ran Crack on the merged file and cracker was running in the background. I have also tried Jack the Ripper, which is pretty good and easy to use. Both the programs are CPU inten

[techtalk] FYI - Text based browser

1999-12-04 Thread subb3
Hello everyone, If you are into text based Web Browsers, here is a new one and a good one too. It is called "links" and is based on the original "lynx" http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/links/ This one supports colors and is FAST. The big pain about the GUI based browsers is the time th

[techtalk] Tcl/Tk question

1999-12-07 Thread subb3
I have downloaded the source from scriptics site. Tcl compiles fine. Tk compiles too but gives lots of warnings. When I try to do "make test" that fails. My system has Slackware 4.0. Is glibc2, required for this version of Tcl/Tk? The docs do not mention that. Since the compile is fine, it shoul