[expert] firewall question

2003-08-31 Thread engage
Since setting up Shorewall to discard bad/malformed packets, I've been getting a lot of log entries like this. Why? I know that the displayed destination address is a broadcast address. Aug 31 08:31:18 n0sq kernel: Shorewall:badpkt:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT=

Re: [expert] firewall question

2003-08-31 Thread engage
On Sunday 31 August 2003 11:43 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 09:46, engage wrote: Since setting up Shorewall to discard bad/malformed packets, I've been getting a lot of log entries like this. Why? I know that the displayed destination address is a broadcast address. Aug 31 08

Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?

2003-08-25 Thread engage
On Sunday 24 August 2003 12:42 pm, you wrote: engage wrote: On Sunday 17 August 2003 11:11 am, Larry Sword wrote: Helge Hielscher wrote: Hello, what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks (if there is any)? Try cdrecord. If you are using KDE then open a Komqueror

[expert] wireless ethernet questions

2003-08-24 Thread engage
I've been trying to figure out why wireless seems to behave so weird on both RedHat and Mandrake. This has been an on-going problem. I got rid of RedHat because I've had better success with Mandrake. I'm currently running ML 9.0 on my server and 9.1 on the notebook. On the server box, I'm

Re: [expert] Re: Software to record DVD-R/RW?

2003-08-24 Thread engage
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 03:03 pm, stefmit wrote: You haven't seen my post from Sunday, with all relevant links, have you? http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/ -- link to source inside this article, worth reading, anyway, which is why I won't give the direct link ;) Stef Man, I get

Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?

2003-08-24 Thread engage
On Sunday 17 August 2003 11:11 am, Larry Sword wrote: Helge Hielscher wrote: Hello, what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks (if there is any)? Try cdrecord. If you are using KDE then open a Komqueror window and type man:/cdrecord. Using cli a plain man

Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?

2003-08-24 Thread engage
On Sunday 17 August 2003 10:59 am, Byron Poland wrote: On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 13:13, Helge Hielscher wrote: Hello, what software (in 9.1 or cooker) may I use to record DVD-R or DVD-RW disks (if there is any)? TIA and Regards, Helge You need to install cdrecord-dvdhack this is what Mandrake

[expert] DNS trouble?

2003-07-05 Thread engage
I have this weird problem that only 2 web sites won't load into Mozilla or Konqueror. I can ping the sites and dig returns DNS info. Furthermore, the browsers in my Win2K client can load these sites. Also, when I add the IP/domainname combo into /etc/hosts, the sites will load into the Linux

Re: [expert] spamassassin kmail - using spamd with kmail?

2003-05-30 Thread engage
I'm using spam assassin with kmail. Basically, start the daemon with spamd -d (you could add such a command to rc.local so that it will start after a reboot). Then add 2 kmail filters (not POP filters). The first filter criteria is used to prevent exceeding spam assassin's file size limit of

[expert] OT : politics

2003-05-30 Thread engage
Even Al Gore conceded. Get over it and move on because nothing's going to change until the next election. Actually, I expect Bush to continue to be President after the next election. I'm glad that someone is doing something about terrorism besides talk about it (Gore probably would have done a

[expert] multiple ML 9.1 troubles

2003-04-12 Thread engage
1. My Win2K and ML 9.1 VNC client on the notebook cannot connect to the Linux VNC server since doing a fresh install to ML 9.1 on the server box. This setup worked when using ML 9.0 on the server box. Error message: Could not start process Unable to create io-slave: Too many open files. (There

[expert] sftp and sshd ports

2003-04-12 Thread engage
If I change the port assignment for sshd, do I need to modify sshd_config so that the sftp server points to the same port that ssh is running on or do I leave it at the default port of 115? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] wireless in ML 9.1

2003-04-03 Thread engage
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 09:21 pm, Dave Sherman wrote: engage wrote: Well, I did a fresh install for ML 9.1 on my notebook since an upgrade from 9.0 broke stuff. (Reboot still doesn't work, though). Anyway, how do I change the configuration to use a shared key instead of an open system

[expert] wireless in ML 9.1

2003-04-02 Thread engage
Well, I did a fresh install for ML 9.1 on my notebook since an upgrade from 9.0 broke stuff. (Reboot still doesn't work, though). Anyway, how do I change the configuration to use a shared key instead of an open system setting (for WEP, of course)? ML 9.1 configured the pcmcia wireless card as

[expert] ML 9.1 sux

2003-03-31 Thread engage
It broke my wireless connection and the Reboot button doesn't work. I did an upgrade from 9.0. I'll try a fresh install but if that don't do a proper job I'm going to try a different distro. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] FrontPage

2003-03-17 Thread engage
I'm trying to install the frontpage extensions but I'm getting the following error message when running the script fp_install.sh . What tar file is the message referring to? Cannot find the FrontPage Extensions tar file in /usr/local/frontpage/version4.0/. Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] Kmail POP filter

2003-03-10 Thread engage
On Monday 10 March 2003 03:32 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 09 Mar 2003 11:21 pm, engage wrote: Is anyone using this (Settings-Configure POP filters)? I'm trying to get it to delete HTML e-mail from the mail server instead of transferring it to the client. It doesn't appear to work

Re: [expert] Kmail POP filter

2003-03-10 Thread engage
On Monday 10 March 2003 07:22 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Monday 10 March 2003 08:17 pm, engage wrote: On Monday 10 March 2003 03:32 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 09 Mar 2003 11:21 pm, engage wrote: Is anyone using this (Settings-Configure POP filters)? I'm trying to get

[expert] Kmail POP filter

2003-03-09 Thread engage
Is anyone using this (Settings-Configure POP filters)? I'm trying to get it to delete HTML e-mail from the mail server instead of transferring it to the client. It doesn't appear to work. Mandrake 9.0, sendmail-8.12.6-3.2mdk, gnu-pop3d-0.9.8-6mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] finding security holes

2003-03-08 Thread engage
There is. Use an e-mail program that has filters. On Saturday 08 March 2003 10:08 am, Jim C wrote: Great. Now if there just were a way to avoid vewing it in Netscape 7.0. :-/ I'm very sorry!!! I didn't know that i was writting messages in html. I've ... It isn't difficult to modify

RE: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won 't boot and also installer doesn't work anymore

2003-03-07 Thread engage
Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote .. Another. So you have 1G or more? I know the stock kernel won't handle mem above 1G. Does the rescue CD get you into linux? The enterprise kernel is what you want for large mem (for mdk provided kernels) Brian D. Klar - CVE Multimax

Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won't boot and also installer doesn't work anymore

2003-03-07 Thread engage
Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote .. Hi Adrian, Try this, take out your new memory, go to Linux, install entreprise kernel (it supports large memory) from MDK cds, then check lilo if new kernel is their, reboot your system, check if can loggin the new kernel, then

Re: [expert] finding security holes

2003-03-07 Thread engage
On Friday 07 March 2003 07:10 pm, civileme wrote: You can activate prelude and watch the logs, and you can load chkrootkit, and you can compile the kernel specifically for your machine with all modules compiled in and none loading, which helps proof against rootkits, but remember linux is by

Re: [expert] finding security holes

2003-03-07 Thread engage
On Friday 07 March 2003 07:49 pm, Leonardo wrote: I'm very sorry!!! I didn't know that i was writting messages in html. I've had some problems with my home mdk box so i'm using (unfortunately) outlook. I'll try to figure out if there's any option that can disable the html format on e-mail

Re: [expert] a question about pdf attachments

2003-02-26 Thread engage
After further investigation, I found that the problem was with people using Outlook. On Friday 21 February 2003 05:23 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Friday 21 February 2003 07:18 pm, engage wrote: Everytime I receive a message with a PDF file attachment, it shows up as in-line text. Any other

[expert] question about df

2003-02-25 Thread engage
After deleting a 100 MB file, df shows no change in disk usage. Why is this so? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] question about df

2003-02-25 Thread engage
ext3. On Tuesday 25 February 2003 12:06 pm, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: What type of filesystem are you using. Filesystems like Reiserfs tend to allocate a bunch of inodes when they're first used, and then not release them when the files are deleted. Sometimes, that will cause what you're seeing.

Re: [expert] a question about pdf attachments

2003-02-22 Thread engage
View-Iconic Attachments On Saturday 22 February 2003 03:05 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 22 Feb 2003 12:18 am, engage wrote: Mandrake 9.0, Kmail 1.4.3 (set to display attachments as icons). Where did you set 'to display attachments as icons', please? Anne Want to buy your Pack

[expert] a question about pdf attachments

2003-02-21 Thread engage
Everytime I receive a message with a PDF file attachment, it shows up as in-line text. Any other attachment type shows up as an icon. What is causing the problem with the PDF file attachments? Mandrake 9.0, Kmail 1.4.3 (set to display attachments as icons). Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] Xnest questions

2003-02-15 Thread engage
On Saturday 15 February 2003 12:18 am, James Sparenberg wrote: On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 21:16, Jack Coates wrote: On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 20:43, James Sparenberg wrote: ... I do this with VNC all the time. My desktop runs tight vnc but only inits to run level 3 ... then from work etc I

RE: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?

2003-01-29 Thread engage
I wish you people would quit cluttering my mailbox with all this crap. There are other lists where this would be appropriate. Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote .. first of all... repeat after me. FRANKI IS NOT AN AMERICAN :-) I'm an Aussie... Second.. the US must be spending what ?? 5-10

[expert] anyone know the meaning of this?

2002-11-29 Thread engage
When executing kmail through an ssh tunnel, I get this message: DCOP: register 'anonymous-11210' - number of clients is now 2 Who is anonymous-11210? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Install trouble with ML9

2002-11-27 Thread engage
Narfi Stefansson had the solution to my problem. I had to turn on the APIC in the BIOS. I did get ML 9.0 to install but I had a lot of trouble with the network plus I had a heck of a time getting some other apps to work (especially xsane). I think most of my trouble was with setting too high of

Re: [expert] Just checking to see if I'm still subscribed (second try)

2002-11-27 Thread engage
that security level if no clients can access the servers? I'm glad I didn't try level 5! On Wednesday 27 November 2002 11:55 am, you wrote: engage wrote on Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 08:12:19PM -0700 : It seems that my hosts.deny file keeps getting modified with ALL:ALL You selected security level

Re: [expert] Just checking to see if I'm still subscribed (second try)

2002-11-27 Thread engage
On Wednesday 27 November 2002 01:02 pm, you wrote: engage wrote on Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 12:26:44PM -0700 : That was my problem. I simply executed msec 3 from the CLI and that resolved this issue. But, it was my understanding from the installation instructions that msec 4 was a good choice

[expert] Just checking to see if I'm still subscribed

2002-11-26 Thread engage
My mail server has been down for 2 days. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Just checking to see if I'm still subscribed (second try)

2002-11-26 Thread engage
It seems that my hosts.deny file keeps getting modified with ALL:ALL Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] md5sum

2002-11-23 Thread engage
I guess I just needed to clarify the use of md5sum. When executing md5sum -c Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso, why do I get md5sum: Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found? When I execute md5sum Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso I get an md5sum displayed which

Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????

2002-11-17 Thread engage
On Sunday 17 November 2002 08:47 am, you wrote: Yesterday, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: With this kind of trouble, I can see why Linux hasn't made it into the mainstream (as far as the desktop market goes). People always say this when they have a problem. First, you need to I've had more than

Re: [expert] Install trouble with ML9

2002-11-17 Thread engage
I don't recall such a setting in the BIOS. Next time I feel the need to reboot, I'll check it then. Or if Mandrake posts a fix on their website. On Sunday 17 November 2002 10:53 am, you wrote: Did you shut off the cpu catch control in the bios? your pc might or might not have such feature.Mine

Re: [expert] GUI Crashing all the time in 9.0

2002-11-16 Thread engage
On Saturday 16 November 2002 08:37 am, you wrote: Has anyone else had a problem with their machine dropping back from gui to console after a period of uptime? I have a computer that I run at init level 5 and use as my main home PC. However, I also have it running several things out of

Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????

2002-11-16 Thread engage
I'm glad to hear that someone was able to get it to work with the default ML install. I wasn't so lucky. I have finally managed to get it to work after 3 fresh installs of ML 9 plus I had to d/l and install the orinoco drivers since I wasn't able to get the orinoco drivers that came with ML 9

[expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????

2002-11-08 Thread engage
I've tried linux-wlan-ng-pre4/5/6 and I still can't get my wireless card to work. It's a Netgear MA401. I followed the directions in the README file and added alias wlan0 prism2_cs to /etc/modules.conf but I can't get the beast to work! The default install did not associate the card with the AP

Re: [expert] trouble with wireless card

2002-11-02 Thread engage
Mardi 29 Octobre 2002 15:37, Simon Ree a écrit : On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 20:39:28 -0600 engage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yesterday, I installed ML 9 on a Compaq Presario 1200T notebook with a Netgear MA401 PCMCIA wireless card. Also, I installed the linux-wlan-ng-0.1.16-pre4 package

[expert] trouble with wireless card

2002-10-28 Thread engage
Yesterday, I installed ML 9 on a Compaq Presario 1200T notebook with a Netgear MA401 PCMCIA wireless card. Also, I installed the linux-wlan-ng-0.1.16-pre4 package. The prism2_cs and p80211 modules get loaded and the wireless card LED indicates that it sees the AP (steady LED light) which seems

[expert] wireless access point drivers

2002-10-25 Thread engage
Anyone know which driver to use with a Netgear ME102? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] wireless access point inquiry

2002-10-13 Thread engage
On Sunday 13 October 2002 06:16 am, Praedor Tempus wrote: On Saturday 12 October 2002 07:47 pm, engage wrote: Can anyone tell me which driver works with a Belkin model F5D6050 WAP? I've been unable to find one through a Google search or the manufacturers web site or through the wireless

[expert] wireless access point inquiry

2002-10-12 Thread engage
Can anyone tell me which driver works with a Belkin model F5D6050 WAP? I've been unable to find one through a Google search or the manufacturers web site or through the wireless-HOWTO. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-15 Thread engage
On Thursday 15 August 2002 07:35 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: On Tue Aug 13, 2002 at 06:19:34PM -0600, engage wrote: I was unable to upgrade apache-suexec. I got an error message stating that libmm.so.11 is required. But, I have been unable to get libmm.so.11 installed with the mm-1.1.3

Re: [expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-13 Thread engage
On Tuesday 13 August 2002 11:06 am, Vincent Danen wrote: On Sat Aug 10, 2002 at 06:19:20PM -0600, engage wrote: I am trying to update from libopenssl0-0.9.6b-1.1mdk and libopenssl0-devel-0.9.6b-1.1mdk to 0.9.6b-1.3mdk per Mandrake Advisory MDKSA-2002:046-1 for Mandrake Linux 8.1. I did get

Re: [expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-13 Thread engage
On Sunday 11 August 2002 08:47 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: engage wrote: The problem turned out to be with mod_ssl-2.8.5-3.1mdk. I uninstalled 2.8.5-3.1mdk and reinstalled 2.8.5-2.1mdk and that got the server running again. I don't know why the upgrade crashed the server. I'm running

Re: [expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-11 Thread engage
On Sunday 11 August 2002 01:05 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Two thoughts. 1. Don't use Fvh or Uvh with a kernel do ivh always install never upgrade. 2 Did you get a httpd.conf.rpmnew when you upgraded ssl? I don't run apache on a Mandrake box so I don't know if it happens. If you

Re: [expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-11 Thread engage
much help, but it's all I've got at the moment. James On Sat, 10 Aug 2002 22:46:07 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] Grabed a keyboard and said: engage wrote: Neither libopenssl0 package installed with the -Fvh switch but they did install with the -Uvh switch. The Apache

[expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-10 Thread engage
I am trying to update from libopenssl0-0.9.6b-1.1mdk and libopenssl0-devel-0.9.6b-1.1mdk to 0.9.6b-1.3mdk per Mandrake Advisory MDKSA-2002:046-1 for Mandrake Linux 8.1. I did get openssl-0.9.6b-1.1mdk to upgrade to 0.9.6b-1.3mdk but when I try to upgrade the libopenssl0 package with rpm -Fvh

Re: [expert] trouble with libopenssl0 upgrade

2002-08-10 Thread engage
10 August 2002 07:37 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: engage wrote: I am trying to update from libopenssl0-0.9.6b-1.1mdk and libopenssl0-devel-0.9.6b-1.1mdk to 0.9.6b-1.3mdk per Mandrake Advisory MDKSA-2002:046-1 for Mandrake Linux 8.1. I did get openssl-0.9.6b-1.1mdk to upgrade to 0.9.6b-1.3mdk

Re: [expert] speaking of viruses

2002-06-04 Thread engage
MANDRAKE 8.1 On Monday 03 June 2002 11:43 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: engage wrote: chkrootkit displayed the following: Searching for suspicious files and dirs, it may take a while... /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/Newt/.exists /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/.exists /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto

Re: [expert] popup killer for linux?

2002-06-01 Thread engage
On Saturday 01 June 2002 03:54 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sat, 01 Jun, at 17:56:22 -0400, Bill Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's in preferences - advanced - scripts windows. Uncheck the option that says 'open unrequested windows'. Ah, Bill, you're the man! Many thanks. Too

Re: [expert] print servers

2002-04-22 Thread engage
The big question is how difficult is it to interface with Linux? Is it 100% compatible? In other words, I don't want to have to spend a month getting it to work. On Sunday 21 April 2002 09:51 am, Steve wrote: The Netgear PS110 print server is also a very good choice. I went thru two of the

[expert] WAP

2002-04-20 Thread engage
Any recommendations for a WAP? Current models only, please. Mandrake 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] print servers

2002-04-20 Thread engage
Any recommendations for print servers? Current models only, please. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] print servers

2002-04-20 Thread engage
I don't want to do Samba. On Saturday 20 April 2002 02:23 pm, KevinO wrote: Use your Mandrake 8.1 box or a windows box with the printer set up as a share. engage wrote: Any recommendations for print servers? Current models only, please

Re: [expert] print servers

2002-04-20 Thread engage
/services with no success. The printer works fine as a local printer but not as a network printer. On Saturday 20 April 2002 04:37 pm, Larry Sword wrote: What are your requirements? What is the operating requirement. Wan / Lan size? Please provide more / further information. engage wrote: Any

Re: [expert] print servers

2002-04-20 Thread engage
On Saturday 20 April 2002 08:20 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: On Sat, 2002-04-20 at 19:45, engage wrote: I have an HP 660C inkjet printer attached to my Linux box on the parallel printer port. I want to assign it an internal network address so that the Windows clients can access it without