Re: [expert] Experiences with add on large disks IDE controllers

2003-08-19 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi, Have you considered this: http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?productId=112familyId=2 We have a bunch of the RM8000 hosting upto 12TB on Mandy. _Thanks Richard --- Peter Stokes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All I have to put together a system which has 2 or 4 180Gb+

Re: [expert] Complete system backup

2003-08-19 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Wow, Can go with mindi/mondo (urpmi mind) would take care of it. Or, in my case, buy a cheapo drive $30.00 gives u 40Gb nowadays, and tar cf /dev/hdb/root.tar / for i in /usr /var /opt /home /whateverfilesystem do tar cf /mnt/hdb/$i $i done So if hda dies, all u do is replace it, and boot

[expert] Updated kernel packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

2003-09-10 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi, Since i build my own kernels from www.kernels.org, patch them with openMosix, do i still need to apply Mandrake's kernel patch? _Thanks Richard. Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory

Re: [expert] Why is urpmi such a pain in the ...?

2003-09-17 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Are you serious?? One man operation?? What will happen if/when the heat stroke gets you? Wandering. --- Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed Sep 17, 2003 at 12:43:05PM -0700, Jack Coates wrote: Problem is people don't take security seriously, so they don't sign up for the

[expert] openssh-3.7p1 Mandy 9.0

2003-09-23 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi ALL, I have a problem with openssh-3.7p1 working on Mandy. It compiles fine, and I perform an install (on /opt/openssh-3.7p1). I can start it fine (link it up to /etc/init.d/..blah blah), so service ssh restart starts it OK. Problem is that then no-one can log in. Keeps complaining about bad

[expert] xdm on two ips?

2003-09-23 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Greetings, I have xdmcp running on my mandy 9.0, and using exceed on the desktop. Problem is it only advertises itself on the primary interface, while i have 2 NIC (2 separate networks). Is this the default behaviour, and if so, where can I allow both ips to be utilized? _Thanks once again in

Re: [expert] openssh-3.7p1 Mandy 9.0

2003-09-23 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Thanks. Mmmh.hard keeping up, but i like my Mandy box, and the only way to keep it is comply with policiesI dont make them unfortunately --- Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue Sep 23, 2003 at 09:52:53AM -0600, Vincent Danen wrote: [..] greatest out there,

[expert] One more try: xdmcp on two ip's??

2003-10-01 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Greetings, I have xdmcp running on my mandy 9.0, and using exceed on the desktop. Problem is it only advertises itself on the primary interface, while i have 2 NIC (2 separate networks). Is this the default behaviour, and if so, where can I allow both ips to be utilized? i.e. I can only login

[expert] icewm exceed

2003-10-07 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
I have problems with icewm I log in fine via exceed, only thing is there is no background!, only default fuzzy black-dotted screen of exceed. I am loggin in remotely, and I am on mdk9.0 On my other machine, where i log in locally (9.1mdk), it is all fine. I can use any theme i want (prefer

SUMMARY: [expert] icewm exceed

2003-10-07 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Never mind... Went into iceprefand that was an option for background color. It was blank, changed it to what i wanted.i thought theme would do that for me _thanks anyway... --- Ricardo (Tru64 User) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have problems with icewm I log in fine via exceed

Re: [expert] Re: All I want to do is FTP

2003-10-08 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
http://rpmfind.net in most cases will have your rpm. But you better update your package lists, perform a urpmi.update -a If you dont have additional sources created for getting packages, check out easy urpmi at http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/index.php This will create a command line to

Re: [expert] All I want to do is FTP

2003-10-08 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
samba then? Mount a linux filesystem via samba to the inferrior breed. Richard --- David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good point, but it presupposes that the other comuputer is a Linux box and not some inferrior breed that doesn't understand scp ;-) -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.

Re: [expert] All I want to do is FTP

2003-10-08 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
circle fight for hours and days to get it set up and then stay the hell away from it. Recommending that a newbie jump in and start hacking smb.conf and smbpasswd is like asking Jack Black to win an Ironman :-) On Wed, 2003-10-08 at 12:08, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: samba

[expert] This Host Wont Die/Shutdown!!

2003-10-10 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Greetings, shutdown -h now, halt, reboot, shutdown -r now, kill -9 1, kill -KILL 1, init 6, system still going strong!!! Finally, pulled out power plug!! Anyway to troubleshoot this further...?? Second shutdown in 6monthssame problem. _Thanks Richard __

Re: [expert] This Host Wont Die/Shutdown!!

2003-10-10 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Yes, i was father of all roots. I believe msec level 3 --- Greg Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 10 October 2003 04:05 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: Greetings, shutdown -h now, halt, reboot, shutdown -r now, kill -9 1, kill -KILL 1, init 6, system still going strong

Re: [expert] This Host Wont Die/Shutdown!!

2003-10-10 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Keyboardless, mouselessrack stackableonly ssh unless completely dead, then i connect the above --- H.J.Bathoorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 10 October 2003 22:05, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: Greetings, shutdown -h now, halt, reboot, shutdown -r now, kill -9 1, kill

Re: [expert] linux complient notebooks

2003-10-15 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Mine is a Dell Inspiron 8100, NVidia Graphics, Pentium III 1ghz, 256 MB RAm.30Gb Harddrive (10NTFS, 10FAT32 shared writing btwn the two OS's, 10 Reiserfs, including root+boot)(Hitachi DK23DA), 3Com Mini PCI adapter, ACPI, LG DVD-ROm and TEAC CD-W216E, Synaptics PS/2 Port TouchPad mice (works

[expert] Kernel Errors every Now and Then

2003-10-15 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Oct 15 09:53:34 nimbus kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0082 Oct 15 09:53:34 nimbus kernel: *pde = Usually system hangs for a while, then after some minutes, goes back into operation mode. During hang, ofcourse, no ps or top or w, anything,

Re: [expert] 9.2 and Windows Compatibility

2003-10-16 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Isnt this interesting?? Run Winblows and Linux simultaneously?? Maybe Mandy 9.2 now installs fine on a FAT32 partition, and can be ran ontop of winblows? I would rather have it the other way around. --- HaywireMac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:31:08 -0700 James Sparenberg

[expert] Mandrake Clustering

2003-10-16 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi All, I came across this yesterday ( http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/clustering ) but unfortunately cant find more info on it than the 1 page pdf document. How does it compare/contrast with, say OpenMosix or Beowulf, and the like. Anyone knows anything about this product, or more

Re: [expert] Dualboot/Multiboot

2003-10-16 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
www.phatlinux.com runs linux on a windoze partition, even on windoze XP/NTFS. Catch? It aint freee.nominal fee however. Richard --- Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Felix Miata schrieb am Thu, 16 Oct 2003 12:17:57 -0400: Run Windows and Linux from

Re: [expert] question on VPN's

2003-10-17 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
--- James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, Ok I'm planing the IT section for a new company. As such I've got a ground up ability to do it as right as I possibly can . the first time. Initial load will be about 20 people (Mixed windows and Linux to start adding other

Re: [expert] Help with ProFTP

2003-10-17 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
The home dir setup can be in /etc/passwd for anonymous(ftp)user Or the directive Anonymous /home/ftp Read:: http://proftpd.linux.co.uk/localsite/Userguide/linked/config_ref_Anonymous.html _Thanks Richard MOllel --- J.P. Pasnak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rodrigo said: Dear experts ...

[expert] Files not Showing up with ls

2003-10-17 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Mandy 9.0, reiserfs 3.6.3 on a Raid5 partition. First, i try to transfer files 8 files from remote host, using either sftp, scp or ftp. File listing there:: total 79984 -rw-r--r-- 1 stuart nimbus 3317856 Oct 17 07:08 s_01_6345.subrun.2d -rw-r--r-- 1 stuart nimbus37602368 Oct 17 07:08

[expert] reiserfs Corruption...some advice

2003-10-20 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi All, Before i go ahead blindly with information from reiserfsck, i thought i should post up here. Corruption after a disk hiccup on an IDE-RAID drive. -reiserfsck suggests running rebuild-tree -I have already backed up the drive as is. Should I continue? (Any bad experiences??)

Re: [expert] reiserfs Corruption...some advice

2003-10-20 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
--- Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: soapbox if you've already backed it up, then go ahead and try rebuild-tree; what have you got to lose? I fully expect you'll have to format and start over, based on my experiences with ReiserFS, but since you've got a back up that's okay. Awww, it

Re: [expert] reiserfs Corruption...some advice

2003-10-21 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
For the record, rebuild tree finished in 8hrs for a 900GB filesystem. All is well, except for one directory structure _Thanks --- Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 10:23, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: --- Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: soapbox

Re: [expert] Kernel Errors every Now and Then

2003-10-21 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
; c010c860 __read_lock_failed+466c/63cc Code; c0165472 __pollwait+22/1ae0 _EIP: Code; c0165472 __pollwait+22/1ae0 = 0: 8b 4b 04 mov 0x4(%ebx),%ecx = Code; c0165475 __pollwait+25/1ae0 _Thanks --- Ricardo (Tru64 User) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oct 15

Re: [expert] is it possible for cracker to cover his track?

2003-10-23 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Installing chkrootkit might be able to tell you when wtmp has something delete in it. I am saying might because there might be another way to cover that too. _Thanks Richard --- Fajar Priyanto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear all, Is it possible

[expert] Upgrade Path from 8.2

2003-10-23 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi All, I have a solid/stable 8.2 box working as a webserver. Since 8.2 is no longer supported, I imagine i have no choice but to upgrade (not that savvy to make my own update rpm's!) I want to throw 9.1 in there. Do i have to go in steps, 8.2 --9.0 --9.1 or simply throw 9.1 cd's and install

Re: [expert] OT Verizon dsl

2003-10-27 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
NopesNo problem with verizon-dsl. I use the adsl package for connecting (it requires username password). Cool thing is that i have an internal network (home of about 4 nodes, windoze, gatewaty is Mandrake), when no one is using the network, it kind of goes to sleepand the moment someone

Re: [expert] Print Accounting

2003-10-28 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
name (in this case, ==lp) Thats itall printjobs go thru linux, and get logged into accouting file. --- Ricardo (Tru64 User) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesnt lpr do accounting, using ac or af: (dont remember exactly) to define accouting file? I think it does...or maybe something within samba

[expert] PS hanging due to NFS?, Cant KILL

2003-10-28 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Hi All, I run an openmosix cluster using Mandrake, and had problems with PS hanging or whole system for that matter. It is still an ongoing issue for a while now, i took it up to openmosix guys, and response is that 90% of the time its network related, the rest 10% hardware! Tracing down the

[expert] Which Mandrake to Buy?

2003-11-17 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
OK, I have some money, would like to support Mandy as much as I like using it. I am intending to upgrade an 8.2 machine (not updates for it anymore, even security, right?), who basic function is running 2 webservers, (virtual) and as an anonymous ftp server. The anonyftp files are on a

RE: [expert] Which Mandrake to Buy?

2003-11-17 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Which Mandrake to Buy? On Monday 17 November 2003 11:43 am, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: I have always done with 8.2. Basically same Freedom, but not Free ($0.00) We all understand the process consumes money! If all you want to do is contribute

[expert] 9.2 and BootDisk

2003-11-19 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Forgive me if this has been discussed. I tried it with 3 different machines, 4 different floppies. A Error Occurred. mkbootdisk failed or Unable to properly close mkbootdisk, No space left on device My problem is that I have dualboot scenarios..with winblows.and its boot loader HAS to

Re: [expert] 9.2 and BootDisk

2003-11-19 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
--- Rolf Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could recompile a smaller kernel. I have made a boot iso, burned to cd, which works as a boot cd, by using isolinux, part of the syslinux package. Read /usr/share/doc/sylinux-* and, if you are interested, I could try to recall how I made

Re: [expert] 9.2 and BootDisk

2003-11-19 Thread Ricardo (Tru64 User)
Even more helpful hints!!! Thanks ALL. This should go into some FAQ somewhere --- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 19 November 2003 03:04 pm, Ricardo (Tru64 User) wrote: --- Rolf Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could recompile a smaller kernel. I have made