Re: [ubuntu-uk] EDM179: Response From Alan Johnson, Secretary of State for Education and Skills

2007-01-01 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
On 22/12/06, James Tait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are also parts in there that > > I recognise from somewhere (e.g. "measured inclusion rather than blanket > Sorry to respond to my own post, but I just realised why it all seems so > familiar -- it's almost word-for-word what's in the of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 19:16:46 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The permissions shown in the contents of /home/ftp are: > > total 8 > drwxr-xr-x- 2 root root 4096 2007-01-01 18:26 [porc] > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7 2007-01-01 16:31 send to > You need to set the permissions fo

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Tony Arnold
Colin, Colin Humphrey wrote: > Regards your suggestions I have made a directory with a chmod permission > of 777. Though I cannot upload to this directory from the winxp machine. > > when I use the following: > > "put upload" > > this is what I get: > > "200: Port request successful. Conside

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread James Dalley
I don't really know what you are trying to do but if it is a win machine, Filezilla is an exellent ftp gui that allows you to do everything your trying to with linux filesystems, from creating dir's to setting 3 digit file/dir permissions (ie 777, 755, 644) by simply right clicking on the fil

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Save screencast target file - play offline??

2007-01-01 Thread alan c
Freddie Ruddick wrote: > On 01/01/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> How can I save the target file of the screencast such as >> http://ubuntuvideo.com/installing_updates_on_ubuntu > > Click the google video button (bottom right of the video window), > click go to google video, then use the

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Save screencast target file - play offline??

2007-01-01 Thread Freddie Ruddick
On 01/01/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I save the target file of the screencast such as > http://ubuntuvideo.com/installing_updates_on_ubuntu Click the google video button (bottom right of the video window), click go to google video, then use the download button of the page that

[ubuntu-uk] Save screencast target file - play offline??

2007-01-01 Thread alan c
How can I save the target file of the screencast such as http://ubuntuvideo.com/installing_updates_on_ubuntu so that I can play the video offline please? -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/U

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
Regards your suggestions I have made a directory with a chmod permission of 777. Though I cannot upload to this directory from the winxp machine. when I use the following: "put upload" this is what I get: "200: Port request successful. Consider using PASV. 553: Could not create file." [Wha

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:20:51 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "when I attempted mkdir I received this" > > mkdir: cannot create directory '[/var/ftp/upload]' no such file or > directory This one is from mkdir trying to create the upload dir in /var/ftp/ and finding that /var

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
No this is just a "local" job - thanks for the tip _ MSN Hotmail is evolving – check out the new Windows Live Mail http://ideas.live.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://w

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
>> Yes. >> So I thought. I have attempted both commands from the terminal prompt and on both occasions I received these error messages: "when I attempted mkdir I received this" mkdir: cannot create directory '[/var/ftp/upload]' no such file or directory -- "when I attempted chmod I received

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Tony Arnold
Graham Cole wrote: > On 31 Dec 2006, at 10:47, Colin Humphrey wrote: > >> This is the 1st time I have used the ftp Daemon/server to transfer >> data, I >> am using it before I attempt other safer protocols such as sftp. > > Fair enough, but do bear in mind that the OpenSSH server is trivial

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:32:24 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are the terminal and the command line the same > thing? > Yes. Robert McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED]www.ormiret.com Rock doesn't create psychos, it he

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Edgy sometimes stalls on boot.

2007-01-01 Thread Alan Pope
On Mon, 2007-01-01 at 13:13 +, Llywelyn Owen wrote: > I've a niggly problem with edgy. Sometimes during boot it stalls at > about 30-40% of the graphic progress bar and there's nothing I can do > to move it along except a hard reboot whereupon it boots as normal. > It's not a big problem but I

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
>> Since the server isn't working with that it is likely to be getting upset by things it doesn't understand in the config file. >> That explains things. Are the terminal and the command line the same thing? _ Be the first to hear w

[ubuntu-uk] Edgy sometimes stalls on boot.

2007-01-01 Thread Llywelyn Owen
I've a niggly problem with edgy. Sometimes during boot it stalls at about 30-40% of the graphic progress bar and there's nothing I can do to move it along except a hard reboot whereupon it boots as normal. It's not a big problem but I would like a fix and at the moment the web searches I've made h

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Robert McWilliam
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:39:46 + "Colin Humphrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Soon figured that out. is this [if not what is] the right way to go > about it? > > I appended the following in /etc/vsftpd.conf: > > anon_upload_enable=YESmkdir /var/ftp/upload >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] uploading files ftp

2007-01-01 Thread Colin Humphrey
What I meant is that you should chmod the directory you'll be uploading to beforehand. This needs to be done on the Ubuntu machine, not via anonymous FTP. You can either use chmod from the terminal or change the permissions for the directory from the file manager. Soon figured that out. is t