[expert] newbie help with iptables

2002-04-18 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
Hello all I'm new to iptables, (and no hotshot with Linux, either), so I'm hoping someone can point me in a good direction for some docs on iptables basics - I just need to get it to accept tcp packets from port 6000, and I don't know the necessary voodoo. Thanks Edmund Want to buy your

[expert] ifconfig help - setting up a VPN

2002-04-04 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
Hello all, I'm trying to set up a VPN so I can connect to work from home. I ran the Cisco 3.51 VPN software, and it created this interface, call it someipsec0. There's no docs, so I'm guessing that I need to run ifconfig on it to bring it up, maybe like: /sbin/ifconfig someipsec0 192.168.0.3

[expert] Upgrading Mozilla problems

2002-02-19 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
Hello all On a stock install of LM8.1, I'm trying to upgrade the .9.4 Mozilla with the .9.7 Mozilla Mandrake .rpm from rpmfind. I did an rpm -Uvh --test mozilla(etc) and got failed dependencies for libnspr4 = 0.9.7 is needed by mozilla-0.9.7-4.1.mdk libnss3 = 0.9.7 is needed by

RE: [expert] A Modern, Low Resources Linux Distribution and All t he Real Reasons Why We Need It

2002-02-15 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
I'd like to see the RULE concept as an option when you do an install of Mandrake - do you want the RULE install, or do you want the xyz install, and then customize from there. Edmund -Original Message- From: Hoyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 1:47 PM To:

[expert] Anyone have any luck getting Tomcat to work with LM8.1 + Apache?

2002-01-24 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
Hello all, I'm hoping someone can point me to a link that has a how-to, or a step-by-step that will get Tomcat working with Apache on a stock install of LM 8.1. I've been to a bunch of sites, followed plenty of documentation, but it just wouldn't work. So, rather than ask if someone can explain a

RE: [expert] MySQL/SQL question

2001-12-31 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
Hi Thomas, You don't need to put your column or table names into the INSERT statement. Just put the values in the same order as the columns. So, if your papers table has the columns author_id and title, then type: INSERT INTO papers VALUES(42, 'Mu Mesons and Quark Emissions'); Then, to select

RE: [expert] Mozilla Java

2001-11-28 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
Here is some collected wisdom that was given to me to get Java working in Mozilla by Isaac, so I'll pass it along to you. I haven't organized it well, but all the info should be there. HTH Edmund 1st, install the jdk/jre, then: youre gonna want the fully qualified file name for the symlink

RE: [expert] blackbox mouse

2001-11-14 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
This is probably better posted to the Blackbox list at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] after searching in their archive at: www.mail-archive.com but to save the trouble here's a couple of ways: Use xset like in [submenu] (Mouse) {} [exec] (Fast) {xset m 7 10} [exec] (Normal) {xset m 3 6} [exec]

RE: [expert] Kernel 2.4.7 release date

2001-09-07 Thread Mitchell, Edmund
I thought I heard someone say end of September... Edmund -Original Message- From: chronos . [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 9:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.7 release date Hi all, Had a quick question, when is version 8.1