[leaf-devel] Bering-uClibc: qmail ???

2005-03-17 Thread Michael D Schleif
I am very surprised that I cannot find qmail for Bering-uClibc. What am I missing? Can somebody, please, make a Bering-uClibc qmail.lrp ??? TIA -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely

Re: [leaf-devel] modutils testing

2004-05-10 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:05:10:11:17:09-0500] scribed: snip / IIRC, the IPSec scripts don't try to load any modules unless IPSec support isn't already enabled. I simply load all required modules at boot. If you really want, you can add new modules to /etc/modules at

[leaf-devel] Dachstein-CD - Bering ???

2004-04-29 Thread Michael D Schleif
I have noticed in recent months that Charles is migrating from DCD to Bering, and that migration has entailed some sleight-of-hand over straight Bering. Charles, have you published your DCD-Bering ``distribution''? What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to

Re: [leaf-devel] Dachstein-CD - Bering ???

2004-04-29 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:04:29:11:36:11-0500] scribed: Michael D Schleif wrote: I have noticed in recent months that Charles is migrating from DCD to Bering, and that migration has entailed some sleight-of-hand over straight Bering. Charles, have you published your DCD

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:03:13:16:47:02-0600] scribed: snip / I propose making log_mnt a new leaf.cfg variable (could also come in via the kernel command line). Rather than the format you used, however, I would like to use the existing PKGPATH/LEAFCFG format

Re: [leaf-devel] New linuxrc mods ready for testing

2004-03-13 Thread Michael D Schleif
* Charles Steinkuehler [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2004:03:13:21:51:06-0600] scribed: Michael D Schleif wrote: `not be hard-coded' is _exactly_ what I am referring to. I don't know how you are doing this; but, I can see value in having some arbitrary director(y|ies) persist across reboots -- in some

Re: [leaf-devel] LEAF Platform

2003-07-23 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Also sprach Erich Titl (Tue 22 Jul 02003 at 07:29:23PM +0200): Hi everybody I am just about to port Bering to a new embedded piece of hardware, except for a few keyboard errors quite successfully. I believe this platform could be very interesting for anyone contemplating a distribution of

Re: [leaf-devel] SF.net Tip of the Week

2003-03-04 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Also sprach Mike Noyes (Tue 04 Mar 02003 at 07:46:00AM -0800): On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 07:58, Mike Noyes wrote: This breakdown of the url may make things easier to understand. Please let me know if further explanation is necessary. Standard prefix: a

Re: [leaf-devel] compact flash ???

2003-02-20 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Also sprach David Douthitt (Thu 20 Feb 02003 at 04:25:07PM -0600): On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 19:25:28 -0600 Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you booting off of this? How? Any special preparation to boot off of USB? You could say I am. It's a three-media startup: install

[leaf-devel] compact flash ???

2003-02-19 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Certainly, after all this time some of you have been using this stuff with LEAF, there must be a HOWTO? Anyway, I am about to embark down that road and I'm hoping that we can start a thread to consolidate the DO's and DONT's for using this type of media with LEAF. Some of the first questions

Re: [leaf-devel] ML volume

2003-02-09 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 09:45, Mike Noyes wrote: Everyone, It has come to my attention that our leaf-user list volume is discouraging some/many users from using it. We have a variety of options to address this issue. a) Keep things as they are. b) NNTP

Re: [leaf-devel] ML volume

2003-02-09 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 10:16, Lynn Avants wrote: On Sunday 09 February 2003 11:45 am, Mike Noyes wrote: b) NNTP support (news.gmane.org and/or nntp.sourceforge.net) I like NNTP, but it doesn't necessarily address the volume problem at all. Lynn, Correct. It

Re: Light a candle, curse the glare (was: Re: [leaf-devel] ML volume)

2003-02-09 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Vladimir I. wrote: Mike Noyes wrote about Re: Light a candle, curse the glare (was: Re: [leaf-devel] ML volume): Ray, One of our project members sent me a message off-list expressing a concern over leaf-user list volume. I have no idea how many of our users No need to keep it

Re: [leaf-devel] ML volume

2003-02-09 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Ray Olszewski wrote: At 11:03 AM 2/9/03 -0800, Mike Noyes wrote: On Sun, 2003-02-09 at 10:39, Ray Olszewski wrote: It would be easier to develop an (informed) opinion on this if we (or at least I) knew a bit more about what causes you to bring it up as a concern. There is a big

Re: [leaf-devel] Template system [was Webconfiguration]

2003-02-01 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Lynn Avants wrote: snip / I see either this concept can be embraced or ridiculed, but if you don't see it as necessary in the future you plainly haven't followed the desires on list for the last year or two. Packetfilter, apkg (Oxygen), LINCE, Mosquito, and individual systems are proof

Re: [leaf-devel] glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in resolver

2002-11-08 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Another reason to use djbdns . . . Greg Morgan wrote: FYI, Greg Morgan Red Hat Network Alert wrote: Security Advisory - RHSA-2002:197-09 -- Summary: Updated glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in

Re: [leaf-devel] RE: Bering - included libraries

2002-09-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Eric B Kiser wrote: You must mean inside that really obvious directory named /lib. Urgh, it is now probably a moot point to mention that I am a newbie. Your patience is appreciated. Here is where I am now. I execute the command #zebra -d to start the zebra process running as a daemon

Re: [leaf-devel] RE: Bering - included libraries

2002-09-21 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Eric B Kiser wrote: I am using David's zebra.lrp package and trying to get it to run on Bering_1.0-rc3. I wanted to check out what he did before I got started on mine. I will, however, be using UML_slink to do my compiling. You bring up an interesting question regarding ssh having the

Re: [Leaf-devel] Redundancy in /var/log files

2002-08-02 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Jacques Nilo wrote: Hi Everyone I have been asking myself for quite some time why there was so much redundancy in the content of /var/log files in a LEAF distro. A typical example is when your ports are being scanned, that is when your iptables messages starts increasing. You will find

Re: [Leaf-devel] Compiling ssh secutity issue

2002-08-01 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Manfred Schuler wrote: this is another topic. Your link reports vulnerabilities in openssl. This information is about a trojan in the openssh source tarball. The trojan opens a backdoor when compiling ssh. It is no security issue for leaf, only a hint for those people compiling ssh.

Re: [Leaf-devel] Perl help

2002-07-17 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: Anyone, Will removing the following lines from enforce_naming leave the perl script functional? Yes, absolutely yes; provided that either all of the lines are completely _removed_ or completely commented out. # Verify that all files are lowercase, except Makefiles

Re: [Leaf-devel] Perl help

2002-07-17 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 08:58, Michael D. Schleif wrote: Mike Noyes wrote: Anyone, Will removing the following lines from enforce_naming leave the perl script functional? Yes, absolutely yes; provided that either all of the lines are completely _removed_

Re: [Leaf-devel] Current CVS Oxygen Tree

2002-07-17 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 12:23, David Douthitt wrote: I've been looking at some things, and updated syslinux and e3 (in the CVS tree) to their apparent current versions. I've noticed that CVS can be a major pain, especially with renaming files, or deleting or moving

Re: [Leaf-devel] CVS structure ???

2002-07-17 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Jeff Newmiller wrote: On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Michael D. Schleif wrote: [ snip ] I am starting to realize that, perhaps, I should take a directory based approach to helices' cvs tree. I have not settled on any particular structure. However, I am wondering about several things

Re: [Leaf-devel] CVS structure ???

2002-07-17 Thread Michael D. Schleif
David Douthitt wrote: [ snip ] My model has been the following: archives/ somearchive.tar.gz otherarchive.bz2 ... iproute2/ distinfo Makefile patches/ somepatchname.diff somepatchname2.diff ... work/

Re: [Leaf-devel] cvs commit directory structure ???

2002-07-16 Thread Michael D. Schleif
, Michael D. Schleif wrote: No matter how hard I try, I cannot commit a directory structure to cvs. I get lock failures, even when I try to commit them one directory at a time. Clearly, there is some approved process for doing this and I do not know what that is. Michael, I looked

Re: [Leaf-devel] cvs commit directory structure ???

2002-07-16 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: On Mon, 2002-07-15 at 22:39, Michael D. Schleif wrote: No matter how hard I try, I cannot commit a directory structure to cvs. [ snip ] I looked at your commit messages, and I think I understand what you were trying to accomplish. Here is a sequence that I believe

[Leaf-devel] cvs commit directory structure ???

2002-07-15 Thread Michael D. Schleif
No matter how hard I try, I cannot commit a directory structure to cvs. I get lock failures, even when I try to commit them one directory at a time. Clearly, there is some approved process for doing this and I do not know what that is. Also, what is this limitation that all files must use

[Leaf-devel] CVS structure ???

2002-07-10 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike and I were discussing cvs off-list. Since much of this is un-structured now, perhaps, we can impose some user-friendly and consistent form on our cvs tree. I am starting to realize that, perhaps, I should take a directory based approach to helices' cvs tree. I have not settled on any

Re: [Leaf-devel] CVS structure ??? [LONG]

2002-07-10 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Jeff Newmiller wrote: On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Michael D. Schleif wrote: [ snip ] [1] Should I have separate trees for different underlying versions of net-snmp? For example, I committed net-snmp v4.2.4. I am contemplating building and committing both v4.2.5 and the totally different

Re: [Leaf-devel] CVS structure ??? [LONG]

2002-07-10 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Mike Noyes wrote: On Wed, 2002-07-10 at 15:16, Michael D. Schleif wrote: Jeff Newmiller wrote: On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Michael D. Schleif wrote: [1] Should I have separate trees for different underlying versions of net-snmp? For example, I committed net-snmp v4.2.4. I am

[Leaf-devel] dcd: cleanup issues ???

2002-07-10 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Several months ago, Charles and I had an off-list discussion regarding several dcd related issues. I know that he has his todo list, to which I've contributed possible solutions; but, I also have issues with which I've struggled on my own. One thing that Charles and I want to do is remove all

Re: [Leaf-devel] dcd: cleanup issues ???

2002-07-10 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Michael D. Schleif wrote: [ snip ] One thing that Charles and I want to do is remove all user configurable parameters from all init scripts. To that end, I have reviewed all /var/lib/lrpkg/*.conf, based on this list of packages that I use: [ snip ] My removal recommendations are based

Re: [Leaf-devel] dcd: cleanup issues ???

2002-07-10 Thread Michael D. Schleif
guitarlynn wrote: On Wednesday 10 July 2002 20:06, Michael D. Schleif wrote: Also, in standard dcd v1.0.2, what program uses /etc/rpc? NFS and SUN login. I think a few people are using this style of access on LEAF boxes. O, now I see it: /etc/init.d/mountnfs.sh OK, /etc/rpc

Re: [Leaf-devel] OpenSSH security

2002-07-03 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Nathan Angelacos wrote: I'm curious about /etc/group modification? I've upgraded two (2) potato's and two (2) woody's. Yes, there is a new user in passwd/shadow; but, I do not have any new group for sshd. Yes, I have seen the instructions for installing manually; but, I cannot find

Re: [Leaf-devel] OpenSSH security

2002-07-02 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Jacques Nilo wrote: [ snip ] At this point, a default compile of OpenSSH will use privilege separation with the sshd user. For new LEAF installations/releases, do we want to deviate from the (new) OpenSSH standard, or accomodate it and move on? I have a clear position on this: we

Re: [Leaf-devel] OpenSSH security

2002-07-02 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Nathan Angelacos wrote: I'm curious about /etc/group modification? I've upgraded two (2) potato's and two (2) woody's. Yes, there is a new user in passwd/shadow; but, I do not have any new group for sshd. Yes, I have seen the instructions for installing manually; but, I cannot find

[Leaf-devel] DCD: ipfilter.conf patch

2002-05-06 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Here is a patch for /etc/ipfilter.conf [DCD, v1.0.2], the need for which I discovered while researching my multiple external interface challenge: # diff -bu ipfilter.conf ipfilter.conf.OLD --- ipfilter.conf Mon May 6 16:30:20 2002 +++ ipfilter.conf.OLD Mon May 6 16:10:14 2002 @@

[Leaf-devel] ANN: ntpclient.lrp v3.45

2002-04-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Although there are already several other ntpclient.lrp's out there, this one is different: [1] It is the smallest that I've found: # ls -al ntpclient.lrp -rw-r--r--1 helices leaf 7651 Apr 26 09:32 ntpclient.lrp [2] It includes an init script starting, stopping and configuring the

Re: [Leaf-devel] ANN: ntpclient.lrp v3.45

2002-04-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: Although there are already several other ntpclient.lrp's out there, this one is different: snip http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/helices/ntpclient/ntpclient.txt http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/helices/ntpclient/ntpclient.lrp I'm finally getting

[Leaf-devel] Access to developer sites ???

2002-04-05 Thread Michael D. Schleif
As I recall, prior to the recent changes to http://leaf.sourceforge.net/, there was a link to a developer's site via the main menus on the leftmost side to this page. Perhaps, I am thinking of the Main Menu | Developer Content link. However, would it be valuable to put these links under

[Leaf-devel] Past Articles repository ???

2002-04-05 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Recently, I have seen several posts regarding searches for items seen in LEAF articles quite in the past. I also have found myself looking for something that I'd swear I had seen on the main ttp://leaf.sourceforge.net/ page, or in the rightmost Past Articles column. Would it be valuable to

Re: [Leaf-devel] DCD /etc/init.d/netstd_misc ???

2002-03-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Likewise: /etc/init.d/netstd_init ??? Michael D. Schleif wrote: Why does this file exist? It does nothing and wastes space . . . What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-03-01 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: It sounds almost like you want a minimal set of enumerated binaries and functions, and then Oxygen would add set X and Dachstein would add set Y. Nope. No. Nein. Niet. Non. :-) There is NO baseline. There is one standard: the formation of a package.

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-19 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: I apolologize for leaving in the middle of an important conversation. Unfortunately, this will happen from time to time. Life gets in the way :-) I, too, have been erstwhile distracted and now is not the best time to take on all detractors. It is disconcerting when one's

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-19 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: [ snip ] In the long term, I want to be able to run from secure media. In the short term, I use CD for write protected storage and floppy for write-enabled storage (wich I write-protect between sessions :). Suppose a package designer stores something in /etc/mypackage

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-15 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Correction: my bad . . . Michael D. Schleif wrote: Voilà! Serge Caron wrote: Let me reduce my confusion to its firstmost problem: How does your sed process facilitate ``*I don't backup program binaries*''? AFAIK, ${pkg}.list files -- _minus_ ${pkg}.exclude.list files -- define

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-15 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Correction #2: my bad . . . Michael D. Schleif wrote: Voilà! Serge Caron wrote: Let me reduce my confusion to its firstmost problem: How does your sed process facilitate ``*I don't backup program binaries*''? AFAIK, ${pkg}.list files -- _minus_ ${pkg}.exclude.list files

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-15 Thread Michael D. Schleif
David Douthitt wrote: On 2/14/02 at 8:05 AM, Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know that it is available; but, it is *not* included in DCD -- is it included in Oxygen? I do not argue against its usage; rather, I am often frustrated by lack of real awk, sed and sort

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-15 Thread Michael D. Schleif
David Douthitt wrote: On 2/14/02 at 4:36 PM, Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example, /var/log is the standard residence of logfiles. Is it? Only in Linux apparently; my Unixware and HP-UX systems use /var/adm/syslog. I am sorry that you always miss my point. We

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-15 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: [ snip ] I am waiting for a plane and cannot do that right now. I suggest you visit http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/scaron/leaf.htm with a fresh eye and mess around with the discussion.img floppy. Please take apart root.lrp before you start (just for fun!). If I

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-14 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: Glad to be of service! I am confused ; [1] Shouldn't your sed process: sed -e /^etc/d -e /^[/]etc/d -e /^[.][/]etc/d \ ${pkg} ${pkg}.light actually be this? sed -n /^[./]*etc/p ${pkg} ${pkg}.light I am only concerned with deleting lines that start

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-14 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: This is where I get lost. When you said: ``When I want to backup, I simply remove the write protect tab on the floppy. I can assure you that it takes a lot of config data to fill 1.6Mb of compressed space.'' I thought that you were backing up *only* config data.

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-14 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: [ snip ] mds said: By-the-by, this is considerably faster: sed -e /^[./]*etc/d ${pkg} ${pkg}.light Linux people are usually more intelligent than I am. Your sed mask allows for stuff like ...etc and ../../../etc and all kinds of ganes that I prefer not to play

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-14 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Voilà! Serge Caron wrote: Let me reduce my confusion to its firstmost problem: How does your sed process facilitate ``*I don't backup program binaries*''? AFAIK, ${pkg}.list files -- _minus_ ${pkg}.exclude.list files -- define which files comprise the ${pkg} package -- correct? Once

Re: [Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-13 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge Caron wrote: [ snip ] By formulating the concept of a default store and that of an exclusion list, here is _what_I_do_today_ : I boot from a CD which gives me all the storage I need for the job at hand. I define my default store to be on the _floppy_. So far, so good? Then I have

[Leaf-devel] Introduction: mds

2002-02-12 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Hello Finally, I am a card carrying member of your elite group of raconteurs! Hopefully, the stories I tell will be of some value to somebody here ; Although, most of you are very private and hold your credentials close to your chest, I've been around the horn several times in more than

[Leaf-devel] Re: Standards and due process :-)

2002-02-12 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Serge = Serge Caron wrote: I got my first paycheck from a computer center (as they were called then :) in September 1970. You do the math. It is obvious that your message below was heathfelt and the product of a long experience. I respectfully request that you humor me into reading this

[Leaf-devel] Re: netsnmp

2002-02-09 Thread Michael D. Schleif
kp = I am releasing -- to you, per your request -- my three (3) leaf/lrp packages based on NET-SNMP. Descriptions for each package follow. For whatever reason, I cannot get cvs access http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/helices -- anybody know what I need to do to become a card carrying leaf

[Leaf-devel] How to gzip *only* a new application's files ???

2002-02-08 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Surely, all of you experienced LRP'ers have tackled this one! OK, I build a new application on a slink development box. Once I do `make install', how do I know an exhaustive list of *ALL* files to turn into the LRP file? What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987

Re: [Leaf-devel] How to gzip *only* a new application's files ???

2002-02-08 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Matt Schalit wrote: And remember, mds, there's: make -n install to output the commands but not execute them. Cool! I didn't know that one . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . . . Our capacity for understanding is

Re: [Leaf-devel] Preferred package/filesystem location ???

2002-02-08 Thread Michael D. Schleif
David Douthitt wrote: On 2/8/02 at 1:08 PM, Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hence, my interest in filesystem and file location standards . . . This is exactly the reason for the restrictive djbtools license - he wants his code to be in EXACTLY the SAME place in EVERY

Re: [Leaf-devel] More on dates

2002-02-08 Thread Michael D. Schleif
David Douthitt wrote: On 2/8/02 at 5:23 AM, Mike Noyes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2002-02-08 00:43 -0600, David Douthitt wrote: So how important is setting the time/date with date? Is rdate (or ntpclient) enough? I think it's important to have the correct date. My ISP

[Leaf-devel] Preferred package/filesystem location ???

2002-02-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Is there some kind of standard whereby, when building a new LEAF package, we know *where* particular files belong? From my brief experience, it appears that most LRP packages are built with non-default file locations. For example (not to pick on you, Andrew ;), netsnmpd.lrp puts configuration

[Leaf-devel] Why are my libraries so large ???

2002-02-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
OK, first off, with my recent problems with netsnmpd.lrp, I need to roll my own ; So, off I goto my slink development box and start compiling. [1] For the life of me, I cannot figure out how the libraries grew 300% between v4.2.1 and v4.2.3! This is the current netsnmpd.lrp: # ls -al `find

Re: [Leaf-devel] dachstein CD - backup dest

2002-02-04 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I studied why Charles coded this the way it is and decided that this simple rc script is probably the best way. Since the current mechanism bases the backup destination on whence the package last came -- this is a good thing -- I don't see an easy fix.

Re: [Leaf-devel] dachstein CD - backup dest

2002-02-01 Thread Michael D. Schleif
KP Kirchdörfer wrote: the backup destination of packages points by default to cdrom, which is write-protected by technology... Could this be changed easily to default to /dev/fd0? Cosmetic change, I know, for leaf-die-hards, but something new user might be disattracted. This is what

Re: [Leaf-devel] [dachstein] lrp.conf/multicron Spacecheck problem

2002-01-22 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: For instance, just because your /var/cache maybe full, do you want to arbitrarily purge /var/log files? Not for an instant do I suggest that such complexity is insurmountable; rather, it should be clear that this is far more involved and requires a new

Re: [Leaf-devel] [dachstein] lrp.conf/multicron Spacecheck problem

2002-01-22 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I will at least apply the one line fix in the next release. For the future, I'd like to see support for a configuration directory. There would be some default entries, while add-on packages could drop entries into the /etc/purge.d (or whatever)

Re: [Leaf-devel] [dachstein] lrp.conf/multicron Spacecheck problem

2002-01-20 Thread Michael D. Schleif
KP Kirchdörfer wrote: Am Sonntag, 20. Januar 2002 03:18 schrieb Michael D. Schleif: KP Kirchdörfer wrote: Am Donnerstag, 17. Januar 2002 04:15 schrieb Michael D. Schleif: I'll probably try to get the script to check *ALL* currently mounted, writable file-systems...maybe

[Leaf-devel] [RFC] DCD checkfreespace() vs. multiple filesystems

2002-01-20 Thread Michael D. Schleif
[RFC] DCD checkfreespace() vs. multiple filesystems There has been some debate regarding /etc/cron.daily/multicron-d and one of its functions, checkfreespace(), the default configuration for which does *not* recognize nor act on multiple filesystems. What follows is my proposed modification to

Re: [Leaf-devel] [dachstein] lrp.conf/multicron Spacecheck problem

2002-01-16 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: Following problem: Using Dachstein and creating a separate ramdisk /dev/ram1 for /var/log malfunctions lrp.conf spacecheck. I think the spacecheck intention is to monitor /var/log, cause there are the most changes in file size during the routers lifetime

Re: [Leaf-devel] iptraf v2.5 compile problem ???

2001-12-18 Thread Michael D. Schleif
David Douthitt wrote: On 12/16/01 at 7:35 PM, Michael D. Schleif [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nevertheless, I am getting this output: Loki:/home/mds/iptraf-2.5.0/src# make gcc -Wall -O2 -DWORKDIR=\/var/local/iptraf\ -DLOGDIR=\/var/log/iptraf\ -DEXECDIR=\/usr/local/bin\ -I/usr

[Leaf-devel] iptraf v2.5 compile problem ???

2001-12-16 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Current lrp instances of iptraf cannot see anything, except ethernet devices. Since I've been working with wanpipe, I've a requirement to debug tcp issues and want to use iptraf. iptraf v2.5 documentations states: ``IPTraf 2 requires Linux 2.2. It now uses the new PF_PACKET socket family as

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Re:

2001-12-06 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Am I the doofus or what? My only excuse is, when my lrpkg.cfg looks like this, it is easy to miss one:

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Re:

2001-12-05 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: Did you see my post about net-snmp? This package requires libdb.so.2 which is not part of the libraries on the Dachstein CD. I found the file on the Debian web site in the libdb++ package. Did you include it in either of your net-snmp packages? If not, what

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Re:

2001-12-05 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Michael D. Schleif wrote: Charles Steinkuehler wrote: Did you see my post about net-snmp? This package requires libdb.so.2 which is not part of the libraries on the Dachstein CD. I found the file on the Debian web site in the libdb++ package. Did you include it in either of your

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Announcing Dachstein CD RC5

2001-11-18 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: [ snip ] Rebuilt log.tgz (part of ramlog.lrp) using busybox tar in hopes of eliminating broken pipe messages appering on some systems. Did I tell you that that fixes the problem? Of course, in my modified instance, it took me quite sometime to figure out how

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Announcing official release of Dachstein-CD

2001-11-17 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: As always, this is truly superb stuff! Bravo, Charles !!! Couple questions, even though these items appeared in RC5: [1] What is the purpose of the ``leaf'' user? It was in Jacques' example passwd file...I added it mainly as a 'stub' entry for

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Announcing official release of Dachstein-CD

2001-11-16 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: The official release (v1.0.1) of Dachstein-CD is now available for download from the usual places: slow: http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein-CD/ fast: http://lrp1.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein-CD/

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Announcing official release of Dachstein-CD

2001-11-16 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Michael D. Schleif wrote: Charles Steinkuehler wrote: The official release (v1.0.1) of Dachstein-CD is now available for download from the usual places: slow: http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein-CD/ fast: http://lrp1.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD-rc3 available: bash.lrp error

2001-11-11 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I haven't tried bash.lrp since pre-release. There used to be two (2) bash-related problems; now, I find one (1): Mounting local filesystems... ramdisk.pkg: Uncompressing archives - log.tgz/etc/rcS.d/S36ramdisk.pkg: line 33:

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Openssh 2.9.9p2 available -- Dachstein-CD ???

2001-11-08 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Jacques Nilo wrote: I have updated openssh packages to their latest 2.9.9p2 version. They are compiled statically against openssl-0.9.6b and dynamically against zlib-1.1.3 See: http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo Excellent! Charles, is this that version that you are adding to

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD-rc3 available: bash.lrp error

2001-11-01 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I haven't tried bash.lrp since pre-release. There used to be two (2) bash-related problems; now, I find one (1): Mounting local filesystems... ramdisk.pkg: Uncompressing archives - log.tgz/etc/rcS.d/S36ramdisk.pkg: line 33:

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD-rc3 available: bash.lrp error

2001-10-26 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I haven't tried bash.lrp since pre-release. There used to be two (2) bash-related problems; now, I find one (1): Mounting local filesystems... ramdisk.pkg: Uncompressing archives - log.tgz/etc/rcS.d/S36ramdisk.pkg: line 33: 1001 Broken

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD-rc3 available: bash.lrp error

2001-10-25 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: The third release-candidate version of Dachstein-CD is now available. This version feels like it's getting pretty close to done. Lots of minor chagnges, none of them show-stoppers, just getting everything working the way it should. This version is the first

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD-rc3 available: bash.lrp error

2001-10-25 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Michael D. Schleif wrote: Charles Steinkuehler wrote: The third release-candidate version of Dachstein-CD is now available. This version feels like it's getting pretty close to done. Lots of minor chagnges, none of them show-stoppers, just getting everything working the way

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] New Kernels available

2001-10-22 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I have new kernels available, which include patches for a couple recent kernel bugs: [ snip ] I notice that your site http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein-CD/CD-Contents/ indicates file change dates more recent than your original issue of

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] New Kernels available

2001-10-22 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I have new kernels available, which include patches for a couple recent kernel bugs: [ snip ] I notice that your site http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein-CD/CD-Contents/ indicates file change dates more recent than your original

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] New Dachstein-CD: strange file in root.lrp ???

2001-10-18 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I've just put a new version of the Dachstein pre-release CD image online: http://lrp.steinkuehler.net/files/diskimages/dachstein-CD/ When I do this: tar tvfz root.lrp var on my woody box, I find this file:

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD available

2001-10-11 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles == Just a note: If you are going to use bootdisk.bin instead of bootdisk.ima, please, replace all references to bootdisk.ima in README.TXT };Þ Charles Steinkuehler wrote: I have released a preliminary version of Dachstein-CD. Based on Dachstein, LRP-CD, and extensive modifications

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD available

2001-10-11 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Charles == As a deployer of several instances of LRP-CD, I am clearly interested in Dachstein-CD. However, I'm having some difficulty getting this going ; ``Searching for Boot Record from Floppy..OK SYSLINUX 1.62 . . . . . . splash screen . . . Loading root.lrp Boot failed: please change

[Leaf-devel] Re: [Leaf-user] Dachstein-CD available

2001-10-11 Thread Michael D. Schleif
my bad -- i needed to change cmos ; it's ok now . . . Michael D. Schleif wrote: Charles == As a deployer of several instances of LRP-CD, I am clearly interested in Dachstein-CD. However, I'm having some difficulty getting this going ; ``Searching for Boot Record from Floppy..OK