[gentoo-user] Re: can't load driver of vmware network on livecd 2008-0-r1

2008-09-09 Thread fei huang
perhaps the pcnet32 modules has a known bug around, I fixed the problem by configuring VMware to simulate a e1000 ethernet card. hope this would help to those noobs. tks fei On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:42 PM, fei huang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi: since I used to install Gentoo through a

Re: [gentoo-user] Exim, Outlook 2007, and Thunderbird

2008-09-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:51:47 -0500, Michael Sullivan wrote: dovecot doesn't seem to have a log. How do I turn on logging for dovecot? It's explained in the config comments, but turned off by default # Log file to use for error messages, instead of sending them to syslog. # /dev/stderr can be

[gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Grant
I've been encrypting and decrypting email on the same remote server. I was under the impression that this was a security risk because it meant having the public and private keys on the same machine. I tried importing the public key to my local system and decrypting via enigmail but I got Error -

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Boris Fersing
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 18:09, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been encrypting and decrypting email on the same remote server. I was under the impression that this was a security risk because it meant having the public and private keys on the same machine. I tried importing the public key

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Sascha Hlusiak
So if you encrypt something for yourself, you'll need your public key to encrypt and your public key to decrypt. Little correction, you need the PRIVATE key to decrypt. Everybody has the public key but since you don't want everybody to be able to decrypt, it's done with the private key.

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Grant
I've been encrypting and decrypting email on the same remote server. I was under the impression that this was a security risk because it meant having the public and private keys on the same machine. I tried importing the public key to my local system and decrypting via enigmail but I got

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Boris Fersing
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 18:40, Sascha Hlusiak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if you encrypt something for yourself, you'll need your public key to encrypt and your public key to decrypt. Little correction, you need the PRIVATE key to decrypt. Everybody has the public key but since you don't

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Matt Harrison
It looks like I've imported a pub/sec keypair now. Should I remove the public key for security? Maybe I misunderstood from the beginning and having both keys on the same system isn't a security issue? - Grant It is still a security issue, but only as much as any other data on your

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Boris Fersing
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 18:50, Matt Harrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It looks like I've imported a pub/sec keypair now. Should I remove the public key for security? Maybe I misunderstood from the beginning and having both keys on the same system isn't a security issue? - Grant It is

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Grant
It looks like I've imported a pub/sec keypair now. Should I remove the public key for security? Maybe I misunderstood from the beginning and having both keys on the same system isn't a security issue? - Grant It is still a security issue, but only as much as any other data on your

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Edenfield
Grant wrote: My understanding of GPG is weak. Can someone point out my misconception(s)? Speaking from a purely practical standpoint, keeping your private and public keys completely separate is extremely inconvenient with (IMO) a negligible security benefit. However, there is arguably a

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Mike Edenfield
Grant wrote: Can I configure this so that I don't have the two keys on the same system? I'd like encrypt with my remote system and decrypt with my local system. Is that possible? It seems like importing my private key also imports the public key. I'm a bit confused as to what you're trying

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 9. September 2008 18:50:54 schrieb Matt Harrison: And yes, if someone does break in and copy your pub/sec keypair, they will have full ability to masquerade as you in signed and encrypted emails. And that's of course only true if the secret key is protected with a weak or no

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Michele Schiavo
Create 2 couple of key. one for remote, other for local. Il giorno mar, 09/09/2008 alle 10.24 -0700, Grant ha scritto: It looks like I've imported a pub/sec keypair now. Should I remove the public key for security? Maybe I misunderstood from the beginning and having both keys on the same

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 9. September 2008 19:24:27 schrieb Grant: Can I configure this so that I don't have the two keys on the same system? Well, on the machine where you created the key pair, you would have to export one of them and then delete it from the local keyring. But why should you? I'd like

Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} GPG: pub sec keys required to decrypt?

2008-09-09 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 09 September 2008, Dirk Heinrichs wrote: Am Dienstag, 9. September 2008 18:50:54 schrieb Matt Harrison: And yes, if someone does break in and copy your pub/sec keypair, they will have full ability to masquerade as you in signed and encrypted emails. And that's of course only

[gentoo-user] Weekly portion of Linux humor (w/Gentoo) :-)

2008-09-09 Thread Joseph
Just to release some tensions, check it out: http://www.linuxscrew.com/2008/09/09/weekly-portion-of-linux-humor-6-pics/ -- #Joseph

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: ctrl+alt+fx doesn't work [SOLVED]

2008-09-09 Thread YoYo siska
On Sat, Sep 06, 2008 at 12:43:04AM +0200, pat wrote: Problem is this line in the keyboard section: Option XkbLayout us,cz Simply, enabling another language disable switching to console (I've check it for another languages too). Ugh =8-() If someone is able to explain why that happen and

[gentoo-user] Printing fails in Open Office only after upgrade to OO 2.4

2008-09-09 Thread Mark Knecht
I've got some documents that we use around the house, like a grocery shopping list, which we've used for a long time. Since upgrading a couple of days ago, one upgrade was OO 2.4, printing fails in Open Office Writer. Printing in other applications seems to work fine. I do see some messages in

[gentoo-user] Re: Printing fails in Open Office only after upgrade to OO 2.4

2008-09-09 Thread Mark Knecht
On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Mark Knecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got some documents that we use around the house, like a grocery shopping list, which we've used for a long time. Since upgrading a couple of days ago, one upgrade was OO 2.4, printing fails in Open Office Writer.

[gentoo-user] bash: no job control in this shell

2008-09-09 Thread Michele Schiavo
When i login from console i have this error : -bash: no job control in this shell I don't know since i have this because i do not usually console login. this is my .bashrc # /etc/skel/.bashrc: # $Header: /home/cvsroot/gentoo-src/rc-scripts/etc/skel/.bashrc,v 1.8 2003/02/28 15:45:35 azarah Exp