Re: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Adam Wendt
Somewhere in the past 24 hours my script that grabs slashdot headlines and puts them in my root menu actually connected and pulled some headlines down but sense then its updated its self again with a blank file cause it can't connected ;-( I really have no idea whats up but i'm going to die if I

Re: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Adam Wendt
OMG IT JUST LOADED! Go check now before it dissapears again! -Adam- On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Adam Wendt wrote: Somewhere in the past 24 hours my script that grabs slashdot headlines and puts them in my root menu actually connected and pulled some headlines down but sense then its

Re: Command-line mail program

2000-02-23 Thread Jeffry_Smith
I deleted the originals, but I believe the original need was to get reports e-mailed. To my mind, a better idea would be to put the reports on a web server, then e-mail notify people that they are available. Of course, that depends on infrastructure security, but it should be at least as

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:52:05 EST Derek Martin said: For that reason, I'd like to ask that the reply-to field be removed, and the list's reply behavior returned to the original `reply to sender' behavior. While I don't think Paul would object TOO strenuously to me calling him

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
I personally would prefer to *keep* the reply-to feature on this list, just as it is now. -- #kenP-)} Ken Coarhttp://Golux.Com/coar/ Apache Software Foundation http://www.apache.org/ "Apache Server for Dummies" http://Apache-Server.Com/ Come to the first official

RE: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Niall Kavanagh
In a message dated: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:21:08 EST Adam Wendt said: Somewhere in the past 24 hours my script that grabs slashdot headlines and puts them in my root menu Can I see this? :) Check out the perl module XML::Parser, combined with LWP::Simple you can do anything you like with the

RE: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Niall Kavanagh
Check out the perl module XML::Parser, combined with LWP::Simple you can do anything you like with the RSS files that most sites (including Slashdot http://slashdot.org/slashdot.xml, and my own site http://www.kst.com/headlines.rss) use. I have a script that pulls various headlines into a MySQL

Re: Flyers for Feb 29th

2000-02-23 Thread Jeffry_Smith
Doing this in Brookline, will see about Hollis (unless someone's already there). How about into BN and Borders in Nashua? jeff smith Jerry Kubeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 02/23/2000 10:20:21 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Question regarding a procmail rule.

2000-02-23 Thread Steven W. Orr
That worked. Thanks. I stacked the conditions up and thought they were or'ind. Instead, they're and'ind. -- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Stranger things have happened but none stranger than this. Steven W. Orr- Does your driver's license say Organ

Re: Flyers for Feb 29th

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Kubeck
All those places are great. I haven't had any offers yet from anyone else. I have sent press releases to all the major papers. Jerry Doing this in Brookline, will see about Hollis (unless someone's already there). How about into BN and Borders in Nashua? jeff smith Jerry Kubeck [EMAIL

RE: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Niall Kavanagh writes: In a message dated: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:21:08 EST Adam Wendt said: Somewhere in the past 24 hours my script that grabs slashdot headlines and puts them in my root menu Can I see this? :) Or check out http://www.newsclipper.com/ . --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark

Re: Flyers for Feb 29th

2000-02-23 Thread dsbelile
Jerry Kubeck wrote: Can anyone set out flyers for the Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting at the libraries, computer shops, etc in their are this week and weekend? Jerry - Jerry Kubeck Customer Support Appropriate Solutions,

Re: Promo for 29 Feb

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Jeff, Can you send me anoother of your flyers in a word doc. I can't find where I put the first one Jerry Found at events.linsight.org ( congrats I believe to Dan for getting this out there): LUG Meeting: Linux and Communication A LUG presentation by DIGI International Presentation : Digi

Sorry

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Yes, ask me how much I love the Auto-reply feature.. Sorry for the past two, now three emails. Jerry - Jerry Kubeck Customer Support Appropriate Solutions, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.AppropriateSolutions.com

Re: Promo for 29 Feb

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Jerry Kubeck wrote: Jeff, Can you send me anoother of your flyers in a word doc. I can't find where I put the first one Jerry Blasphemer! Vile heathen! Apostate unclean! Er, sorry. What I meant to say was that if you have a Linux system, it might be easier to

remote X

2000-02-23 Thread dsbelile
how do i set up remote x for administration? ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug

Re: Redhat auto update??

2000-02-23 Thread Thomas Charron
Quoting Mark Fearer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hello. Is anyone aware of an auto update command in Redhat 6 that will go out to Redhat's site and grab the latest patches, etc? TIA Goto freshmeat.net and search for 'autorpm' --- Thomas Charron Wanted: One decent sig Preferably litle used

Re: Command-line mail program

2000-02-23 Thread Bill Freeman
Paul Lussier wrote: ... Besides, attachments are, in general, a Bad Idea (TM) :) E-mail is supposed to be short, sweet, and to the point :) -- Seeya, Paul Doing something stupid always costs less (up front) than doing something intelligent.

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Bill Freeman
As long as we seem to be voting, I'd like the reply to go to the individual by default: 1. It would be more convenient for me because I send private replies at least as often as I post (and at that my posts *still* usually aren't well enough thought out). 2. It would be

Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Kubeck
The meeting on Feb 29th will be at Stark Mill Brewery, 500 Commercial St, 3rd Floor-Riverview Room. Manchester, NH. I will post the directions tomorrow. The presentation will be by Mark Sexton and Bill Word from Digi International on Linux and Communications. The new news about this meeting is

Re: Command-line mail program

2000-02-23 Thread Paul Lussier
In a message dated: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 13:32:59 EST Bill Freeman said: Seeya, Paul Doing something stupid always costs less (up front) than doing something intelligent. Bean counters are *always* wrong! A conclusion is simply the place where

Shirts, Sweats, mugs.

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Well, I have news.not so good news at the moment for expediency sake. We are very creative with our Logo, and it is causing a few problems with the smaller and less expensive screen print companies. In order to really know about final costs I am going to go to Manchester (I will be

FW: [LBS] Soapbox

2000-02-23 Thread Lori Hitchcock
-Original Message- From: Lori Hitchcock [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 12:43 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:RE: [LBS] Soapbox Hi Folks, I too have a lot on my plate right now and could use some input as to areas that are not being

packet sniffer

2000-02-23 Thread Matt Herbert
Hey everybody, Let me apologize in advance, this isn't directly linux related, but I thought I could draw on the deep pool of talented sys admins that frequent the list. Anyway, our lab network has become extremley bogged down, and we can't seem to figure out what is causing the problem. I

RE: packet sniffer

2000-02-23 Thread Lussier, Kenneth
ethereal, tcpdump, snort, cheops, etc. etc. etc. Kenneth E. Lussier FISC-RMS "The best things (software) in life are FREE" -Original Message- From: Matt Herbert [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 2:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: packet

Re: packet sniffer

2000-02-23 Thread Kurth Bemis
At 02:46 PM 2/23/2000 , you wrote: tcpdump and also look at pulhas.org ~kurth Hey everybody, Let me apologize in advance, this isn't directly linux related, but I thought I could draw on the deep pool of talented sys admins that frequent the list. Anyway, our lab network has become

Heres something funny.

2000-02-23 Thread Kurth Bemis
MS compares NT to linux. http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/nts/news/msnw/LinuxMyths.asp This is a joke. ~kurth Kurth Bemis Senior UNIX Network/Systems Administrator, USAExpress.net/Recursive Tec/Ozone Computer [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.usaexpress.net/kurth ICQ UIN - 6624050 Callsign -

RE: Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting

2000-02-23 Thread Taylor, Chris
Jerry, What time will the meeting be? - Chris S. Taylor -Original Message- From: Jerry Kubeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 2:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting The meeting on Feb 29th will be at Stark Mill Brewery, 500

RE: Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Kubeck
Dinner and chat 6-7, meeting at 7 PM Jerry Jerry, What time will the meeting be? - Chris S. Taylor -Original Message- From: Jerry Kubeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 2:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting The meeting on

Re: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Adam Wendt
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Paul Lussier wrote: In a message dated: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 07:21:08 EST Adam Wendt said: Somewhere in the past 24 hours my script that grabs slashdot headlines and puts them in my root menu Can I see this? :) It's based on a script for WindowMaker but my version is

Re: wtmp

2000-02-23 Thread Thomas Charron
Quoting Jeff Macdonald [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Anybody have any suggestions on how to fix this system file that doesn't involve rebooting the system? Mine is showing me junk... Err, wtmp is a binary file.. If you cat it, it will indeed, look like junk.. --- Thomas Charron Wanted: One decent

Re: Apache and Netscape

2000-02-23 Thread Randy Edwards
The answer is to build the environment in the most robust, common-sense, easy-to-manage manner possible. This also includes (gasp) documentation. That's easy -- that's the first # comment line at the top of the script, right?! :-) -- Regards, | Moore's Law: Every 2 years CPU power will

RE: Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting

2000-02-23 Thread Lori Hitchcock
Where is the meeting? I don't think I'm getting all my mail. How can I check to see if I'm on the announce list, the org list and everywhere else? Lori On Wednesday, February 23, 2000 4:15 PM, Jerry Kubeck [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Dinner and chat 6-7, meeting at 7 PM Jerry

Re: Feb 29th GNHLUG meeting

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry
Meeting is on the Slug calendar for Feb 29th. It is our first Quarter GNHLUG meeting. Should be a good one Jerry Lori Hitchcock wrote: Where is the meeting? I don't think I'm getting all my mail. How can I check to see if I'm on the announce list, the org list and everywhere else? Lori

Re: Slash who?

2000-02-23 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
At http://linuxapps.com , if you do a search on Slashdot, there are several apps/scripts to fetch the latest /. stories. There are some that download them to a PalmPilot "for reading on the go". I used to have one for Gnome that sat on the menu bar that scrolled like a regular news ticker. FYI,

RAID/Mirroring options

2000-02-23 Thread Adam Johnson
I'm starting to look for mirroring or RAID options for a linux box I'm going to upgrade at work. I'm trying to keep this pretty economical. I'd love to be able to build the new box on one drive, and once it's ready to move into place, take the drive from the box that's currently in service and

help

2000-02-23 Thread Suzanne Hillman
help ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **

Re: Novell Utilities for Linux

2000-02-23 Thread Adam Johnson
--- You wrote: Does anyone know if there are ports of Novell utilities like NList, etc. for Linux? Either that, or does anyone know if the Dos/Windoze based utilities will run under wine? TIA, Kenny --- end of quote --- Caldera has had novell client and admin tools for NDS since the '94 - '95

Re: apache

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
someone wanna do me a big favor? mail me their init.d scripts for Apache? i can't get mine to work at all. also...how do i make stuff appear in annon FTP dir? you put something in there and nothing shows under ftp. the server is in.ftpd. and i can't find any documentation on it. ..

Re: Command-line mail program

2000-02-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Such as the old recommendation that signatures be a maximum of three lines? Well, I've always heard it was supposed to be less than 10, at least that's what emacs complains about ;) That's perfect. Bloated sigs from a bloated editor. ;-)

Re: MySQL question

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Does anyone know how to log into a MySQL database if the password you though you set doesn't work ? A quick search in the bugtraq archiv;-) Ferenc ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Derek Martin wrote: Some time in the not-too-distant past, this list's reply-to field got filled in with its own address. Yes, it was done at the request of mumble list members. The rationale was something like, "This is an open discussion list, so it only makes sense

Re: Command-line mail program

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
cut down on the amount of time he spends sending out reports. He spends hours sending them, and it just seems to me a total waste of time. Besides, it's a great oppertunity to get Linux in the front door for a change! What the following does is find users belonging to the given group, and send

Re: help

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
Suzanne Hillman wrote: help Um, everything o.k. with you RG? :) -- PGP/GPG Public key at http://cerberus.ne.mediaone.net/~derek/pubkey.txt Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator Arris Interactive| A Nortel Company [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: apache

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan wrote: someone wanna do me a big favor? mail me their init.d scripts for Apache? i can't get mine to work at all. also...how do i make stuff appear in annon FTP dir? you put something in there and nothing shows under ftp. the server is in.ftpd. and i can't find

Re: remote X

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Hi, how do i set up remote x for administration? Could you please detail this a little more? For system administration though, you don't want to do this, unless there are no users on the server, and you are sure no hacker will ever get to the server. Ferenc

Re: RAID/Mirroring options

2000-02-23 Thread Jason M. Korkin
Try looking into the DPT SCSI RAID controllers... they seem like they are pretty good -- plus they actually *SAY* that they support Linux directly. Also FYI... Adaptec just bought these guys out not too long ago... Jason. Marc Evans wrote: Since you are talking more about data

Re: RAID/Mirroring options

2000-02-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On 23 Feb 2000, Adam Johnson wrote: From what I remember of Linux's software mirroring, that wouldn't work so well. If things have changed, I'd love a pointer to info along these lines. What's your baseline? Does Linux's software RAID work as well as hardware RAID? No. But Red Hat,

Re: apache

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Hi, Derek Martin wrote: Hey, I can't help it, that's my title! [At least, it is until Friday, Nopp, it's not only yours. Somebody else, who wrote the orig message, also has it sometimes. So don't worry, I didn't manipulate the mail, I just cleared some more info that would have led to the

Re: grumble

2000-02-23 Thread Robert Fowler
HI what ive noticed is : "complaining about wasted bandwith surely will" R. Fowler Feb 2000 ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter:

Re: grumble

2000-02-23 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
I kind of like the reply-to header. It adds humor-value to the list in the absence of squeegy jokes.. Sort of like a "LUG Bloopers" ;-) Kenny Derek Martin wrote: O.k. -- for the record, out of those who have decided to be vocal on the subject, we have exactly ONE vote (from the

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
Benjamin Scott wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Derek Martin wrote: Some time in the not-too-distant past, this list's reply-to field got filled in with its own address. Yes, it was done at the request of mumble list members. The rationale was something like, "This is an open discussion

Who can be a Seniour unix sys admin?

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
Hi again, But if we are already talking about this topic...I was wondering who can address herself/himself a Seniour Unix System Administrator? It sounds such a nice title to me, especially because of that Seniour. Well, anybody can, but when won't people laugh at him/her. "The more you know,

Re: Who can be a Seniour unix sys admin?

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan wrote: Hi again, But if we are already talking about this topic...I was wondering who can address herself/himself a Seniour Unix System Administrator? It sounds such a nice title to me, especially because of that Seniour. Well, anybody can, but when won't people laugh

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Derek Martin wrote: That may be so, but the vocal majority appears to rather dislike it at the moment. Well, so far, out of the 300 plus list subscribers, we have ten or so against Reply-To Munging, one for it, and one who abstains. That is hardly a representative

Re: Who can be a Seniour unix sys admin?

2000-02-23 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
It's been my experience that titles mean little. My title is `Security Analyst`. I don't analyze anything. My partner is a `Senior Security Analyst`, and he doensn't analyze anything, either. PHB's like to give everyone a title so they can refer to titles in a meeting without actually

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Jeffry Smith
Derek Martin wrote: Benjamin Scott wrote: On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Derek Martin wrote: Some time in the not-too-distant past, this list's reply-to field got filled in with its own address. Yes, it was done at the request of mumble list members. The rationale was something

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Karl J. Runge
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... Again, if you have to manually manage addresses when replying to mail, you need to upgrade from the original BSD mail client to something written in the 1980s. ;-) Hey now watch where you're stepping!!! BSD mail totally

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
Benjamin Scott wrote: They might even reveal embarassing details of some recent caper they engaged in. coughsqueegeecough ;-) PRECISELY MY POINT! :) -- PGP/GPG Public key at http://cerberus.ne.mediaone.net/~derek/pubkey.txt Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Kenneth E. Lussier
"Karl J. Runge" wrote: May we please change this thread over to vi vs. emacs? vi Vs. Emacs, Emacs Vs. vi.. why is always these two?? What about pico? What is so wrong with pico??? ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL

Re: Heres something funny.

2000-02-23 Thread Ferenc Tamas Gyurcsan
http://www.dot-truth.com and see all of the "Truths" about Win2k as compared to Solaris I love FUD. It cracks me up ;-) Hype #1: Windows NT has remote root exploits. Reality: Shipped Windows(R) NT(R) has a built-in feauture that protects it from any remote root exploit. You can activate

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
"Kenneth E. Lussier" wrote: "Karl J. Runge" wrote: May we please change this thread over to vi vs. emacs? vi Vs. Emacs, Emacs Vs. vi.. why is always these two?? What about pico? What is so wrong with pico??? No way man, Windows Notepad has them all beat by a wide margin. --

RE: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Eckert
"Karl J. Runge" wrote: May we please change this thread over to vi vs. emacs? vi Vs. Emacs, Emacs Vs. vi.. why is always these two?? What about pico? What is so wrong with pico??? I'm partial to TECO myself... - J ex$$ ** To

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Derek Martin
Jerry Eckert wrote: I'm partial to TECO myself... I've reconsidered... edlin is DEFINITELY the ultimate editor known to man. -- PGP/GPG Public key at http://cerberus.ne.mediaone.net/~derek/pubkey.txt Derek D. Martin | Senior UNIX Systems/Network Administrator Arris Interactive| A

Re: need help, pointers, etc

2000-02-23 Thread Bruce McCulley
Thanks, Roger! That sounds like it's exactly what I desired. BTW, that was a very impressive piece of work with those details and especially the cross-references!!! Interesting note that what you referenced is actually a generic standard that Micro$oft Outlook implements - makes me wonder if I

RE: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Jerry Eckert
Derek Martin wrote: Jerry Eckert wrote: I'm partial to TECO myself... I've reconsidered... edlin is DEFINITELY the ultimate editor known to man. Do we have any votes for Son of Stopgap? ** To unsubscribe from this list, send

RE: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Benjamin Scott
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Jerry Eckert wrote: I'm partial to TECO myself... I've reconsidered... edlin is DEFINITELY the ultimate editor known to man. Do we have any votes for Son of Stopgap? Bah. Back in my day, we didn't have none of these "editor" whatchums. We had paper tape! That we

Re: Reply addresses [was Re: MySQL question]

2000-02-23 Thread Jeffry Smith
Punch Cards! Jerry Eckert wrote: "Karl J. Runge" wrote: May we please change this thread over to vi vs. emacs? vi Vs. Emacs, Emacs Vs. vi.. why is always these two?? What about pico? What is so wrong with pico??? I'm partial to TECO myself... - J ex$$