Linux-Misc Digest #672, Volume #20 Thu, 17 Jun 99 13:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux jingle (Colin Smith)
Netscape and pine...unusual question (David)
TERM problem (vineet)
TERM problem (vineet)
Re: Redhat Firewall Needed For Linux (Jeremy Douglas)
Re: NT cross compiler for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux RAID Reliability? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: help: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not availableerror (mist)
lpr:connection refused (Monika Sellin)
Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Shutting down as a normal user.. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux time - human readable form? (Glenn)
Newbie--RH5.2--make--Promise UDMA/66--PPP ("Communications Committee")
Intermed. to Adv. Linux Book? (Brent Sadler)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (Mark Evans)
Re: Redhat Firewall Needed For Linux (Johan Kullstam)
Perl CGI and access question ("Thierry Leveque")
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Matthias Warkus)
Re: TERM problem (Phil Rule)
Re: Linux time - human readable form? (Robert Lynch)
Re: INFORMIX ODBC CLIENT FOR LINUX ? ("YouDontKnowWho")
Re: Linux time - human readable form? (Joe Smith)
Re: SUID programs: are they normal? (Ben Slusky)
A few problems w/ Red Hat 6.0 ("Travis Blissett")
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
ppp (Patrick)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News ("John Hardin")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Smith)
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux jingle
Date: 16 Jun 1999 22:35:06 GMT
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 12:50:20 -0400, Drew M. Mooney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How about just asking:
>
>"where did you THINK you wanted to go today?"
>
>James Beard wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Hi all.
>>
>>Is there is a Linux jingle? A catchy little tune?
Has to be "All Right Now" by Free! :)
[SNIPPED]
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|Colin Smith: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Windows 2000: |
|Linux: Delivers on the promises Microsoft make. | The Zeppelin of |
| http://www.linux.org/ | operating systems.|
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,netscape.public.mozilla.unix
Subject: Netscape and pine...unusual question
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 07:24:35 -0700
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Ok, here's a rather unusual question, maybe some
of you will get a kick out of. I want to know if it's
possible to have netscape be a primary mail client
while at the same time I can use pine, but they both
access the same mail files/directories? Does netscape
and pine have similar mail reading/storing
functionality?
The reason for this question is that I recently got a
cable modem at home and as anyone who knows
about cable modems would know, they do not allow
remote telnet access to check mail and such. Well,
since my machines are on all the time anyway, I figured
I could just telnet into my linux box and use pine when
I'm away from home and when I'm at home i could use
netscape mail client because i prefer that in X.
However, the dilemma exists of checking mail. I keep
many of my messages for a while and I want to be able
to store them all in the same location for both mail
clients to be able to use. So is this possible? And if it
is how would I go about doing it? Would it be just a
matter of setting up pine so it points to the same mail
directory as netscape mail does? And what possible
negative effects might this cause if any?
Please let me know if you have any ideas. Thanks.
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From: vineet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TERM problem
Date: 17 Jun 1999 12:30:50 GMT
When i try to start pine, top etc it gives error "Unknown terminal type
linux". But these programs work in kde Why?
echo $TERM in character terminal gives "linux"
echo $TERM in X gives "xterm"
TIA
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From: vineet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TERM problem
Date: 17 Jun 1999 12:30:48 GMT
When I want to start pine or top it gives the error " terminal type linux
is unknown"
But these programs are working properly in kde.
echo $TERM in chracter terminal gives "linux"
echo $TERM in X windows gives "xterm"
TIA
Vineet
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From: Jeremy Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat Firewall Needed For Linux
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:28:18 -0400
CodeWright wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> >
> > Please advise ASAP where I can download a Firewall program for Redhat 5.1 +
> > Need one fast!!
> > Thanks
> >
> > (Using colleague's email so please send response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --
> > 'Opinions are my own and not representative of my employer'
>
> ipfwadm (for Linux 2.0.x) or ipchains (for Linux 2.2.x) at
> http://www.xos.nl
>
> These will require that you compile IP Firewall support into the Linux
> kernel
> (it's one of the config options).
>
> --
> Lew Pitcher
>
> Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
I recommend socks5 for a firewall not bad I am using it. Goto
www.filewatcher.org and search for socks5*rpm this is a preconpiled preinstalled
proxy/firewall thatyou just need to configure.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: gnu.gcc.help,gnu.g++.help,alt.linux
Subject: Re: NT cross compiler for Linux
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:28:06 GMT
That doesn't sound right. The implication is that objects compiled on NT
with a native compiler will run on i386 Linux. It seems to me that you
would have to build/acquire a cross compiler that runs on NT as the
original question stated.
Larry Langerholc (561)-997-3789
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Bezalel Geretz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> just compile the g++ source on a NT compiler (of cource this will only
work
> if the source is written in ANSI C)
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7k92rb$vm3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am looking for a version of g++ that runs on Windows NT but is
able to
> > produce executables for Linux on an x386. That is, I am looking for
a
> > Windows NT cross compiler for Linux. Does anyone know if one
> > already exists? Has anyone done this before?
> >
> > It seems that it should be possible to create (compile) one, but the
> > process / instructions for creating gcc cross compilers appears
pretty
> > involved. If anyone knows of a cross compiler that already exists,
or
> > can explain to me how to create one, I'd really appreciate the help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Curt Moffitt
> >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux RAID Reliability?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 12:26:36 GMT
In article <7k984e$huk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rod Roark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >I am a network administrator in a coporate environment and our
> >department's linux enthusiast. I like linux and use it for
everything
> >I can. However, I was just tasked with setting up a 30Gb+ file
server
> >and I really need reliable/cheap solutions. I plan on setting up a
> >new Dell workstation with 2 15Gb IDE drives and then using the
kernel's
> >md driver to make one 30Gb volume. This volume will be then
shared...
>
> Just curious... why do you want to do that? I expect your main
> problem will be backing it up, especially since your filesystem will
> be hosed if either drive fails. What's your plan for backups?
>
> -- Rod
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sunset Systems Preconfigured Linux Computers
> http://www.sunsetsystems.com/ and Custom Software
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
Backups will not be a problem for this -- most of the data is coming
initially from cdroms and is not read/write. It's more flexible
for us to make one huge volume available rather than a jukebox of
cd readers since we can selectively use any left over space for
read/write *if* it's needed. Next year when we submit the new
budget proposal, a DLT or AIT tape drive will be in the works(I
didn't put it in this year because we weren't supposed to need it
yet, but then management decided to go in a different direction
on me... oh well).
One respondent made a suggestion to go with SCSI for the drives, and
for the long term, I have to agree that SCSI is a better solution.
The problem is that the head of the department can pinch a penny
until it screams -- convincing him to go with SCSI will take some
doing, but it's not impossible.
When I find out how long we'll be using the machine, I'll be able
to justify some higher costs since we sometimes set these things
up temporarily(6 months or less). The longer the term, the more
they'll be willing to spend(thanks to moore's law :).
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From: mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help: ipfwadm: setsockopt failed: Protocol not availableerror
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:38:18 +0100
Reply-To: mist <new$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sir Hoagy of the Marshlands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed to us that -
>I believe that on SuSE 6.1 (the version I'm running), you
>don't need ipfwadm. We have ipchains, and that does the
>job nicely.
>
>I could be wrong, but I'm using ipchains and it works
>great as a firewall.
>
>ipfwadm is for the older kernels. I could be wrong; anyone
>wanna venture a guess here?
You are correct. Use ipchains with the 2.2.* series kernel.
--
Mist.
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From: Monika Sellin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lpr:connection refused
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:12:53 +0200
Hallo all,
at one of our linux-maschiens I have a problem with printing. It is
RedHat 6.0 with kernel 2.2.5-15.
The kernel is the orginaly, that comes from cd, not compiled.
The Problem is, that the file /dev/printer go lost. If I want print or
restart the printer with lpc I become
the error: connect: Connection refused
The files /dev/lp[0...2] exist.
Under RedHat 5.2 I had the problem to, but I have mke a mknode
/dev/printer p and restart
printer and it works . But with redhat 6.0 it does not.
Can me help?
best regards
Monika
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Institut fuer Tierzucht und Tierverhalten
Bundesforschungsanstalt fuer Landwirschaft
31535 Neustadt e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Germany Tel: +49 5034 /871 154
Fax: +49 5034 /92579
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:36:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Gene Wilburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
<snip>
> His first name was Tim and I seem to recall his last name was
Paterson.
> I believe his product was called Seattle DOS, and it was essentially
an
> 8086 clone of CP/M. For years folks at MS used to talk about Timcode
--
> bits of assembly language code in the original DOS that none of them
> knew what it did. It wasn't until DOS 5 or 6 that all the Timcode was
> removed.
>
I guess when all the "Timcode" was removed is when all of M$'s programs
went south.... I guess the "Timcode" was better than "Billscode" :^)
Gabriel/TSS!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Shutting down as a normal user..
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:06:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Anthony DeLuca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How come I can't shutdown or reboot as a normal user. This is my home
> machine....I am told that shutdown is not an available command... I
even
> tried su shutdown -h now.... and it still didn't work...Thanks in
> advance..
I enabled SUID on /sbin/shutdown. I'm the only one who uses
the system, and it's not on a network. Nor is it likely
to be for the forseeable future...
--
Laura Halliday VA3LDH "Que les nuages soient notre pied
Grid: FN03gs a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
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From: Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux time - human readable form?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:44:36 -0400
Hi,
I tried a while back to get a list of all my installed rpms with the
idea that I would set up a cron job to keep track of my installations
using this:
rpm -qa --queryformat %{NAME}' '%{DISTRIBUTION}' '%{VERSION}'
'%{INSTALLTIME}'\n'
It works fine and produces output like this:
redhat-release Manhattan 5.2 912184371
grep Manhattan 2.2 898629532
ash Manhattan 0.2 912184086
xforms-devel (none) 0.88.1 898973940
mtv (none) 1.0.7.7 912878943
My question is how can I convert the linux time into a human readable
form, instead of, e.g., 912184371?
Appreciate your help,
Glenn
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From: "Communications Committee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.act.kernel,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.ppp,linux.sources.ker
Subject: Newbie--RH5.2--make--Promise UDMA/66--PPP
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:06:38 -0500
Reply-To: "Communications Committee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Whoa is me. I have had some success but many failures. I have purchased a
number of brighty colored manuals from large book store chains. I am
learning but slowly.
I have RH5.2 on an Abit BX6 mobo, 64 meg, Celeron 300a stable at 450mhz.
Promise UDMA/66 card WD 41800 18gig HD udma4 on primary master, 3 gig WD
udma2 on primary slave. Matrox Mellinia G200 AGP 8 megs. CDrom and HPRW on
mobo controller.
Used the Mini Howto to enable the drives on the Promise card by passing
(ide2=0xb000,0xb402 ide3=0xb800,0xbc02) to the kernel while booting off a
floppy. Then was able to install and am running Linux now using this method.
Am using 2.0.36-7 kernel but cannot get to any config to enable or patch to
recognize Promise card, hell I don't know enough to determine exactly what I
have to do to get it working so LILO will dual boot with win98. I dnlded
2.0.37 but when I use the make program I get
"`No targets. Stop.'
The former means that you didn't provide any targets to be built on the
command line, and make couldn't find any makefiles to read in. The latter
means that some makefile was found, but it didn't contain any default target
and none was given on the command line. GNU make has nothing to do in these
situations. "
Whats next.
I have got PPP to dial and logon to my provider but I cannot access any of
the web using ping or Netscape etc. Its like no DNS servers are configured
but as far as I can tell they are.
I have had some success, I fooled around for days trying to get the Matrox
card to work with X windows, then I managed to upgrade to the latest version
of X86 and finally that is working.
I used rpm to install and configure KDE it is working fine.
Any help and suggestions will be appreciated . I am going to install Linux
on the laptop I have an extra removable 2 gig hd I am going to use. It is a
Gateway LS2300.
Help Me Rhonda or anyone.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brent Sadler)
Subject: Intermed. to Adv. Linux Book?
Date: 17 Jun 1999 14:46:33 GMT
Hi,
I'm jumping into Linux full speed. I am looking for a book that
teaches Linux operations by looking at corresponding DOS/Win
operations.
Is there such a creature?
TIA,
Brent Sadler
"Imagination is more important than knowledge." --A. Einstein
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From: Mark Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 16:07:12 +0100
Chad Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, I would think that Scalability stems from having the data
> available available to your customers, when they need it. Big Iron's days
> are numbered. I worked for an HMO that even clustered their IBM 390's to
Isn't the Quad Xeon NT box simply the MS variety of "Big Iron"
> ensure availability. If you doubt the value of redundancy, check out a VAX
> cluster sometime, two to four machines acting as a single entity, you could
IIRC the original version of the VAX cluster was 10 nodes, either Processors
or HSC's with the disks being capable of being connected to more than one
HSC at once.
> run over one with a truck and the customers wouldn't notice. That there is
> the key, the pieces can die, but the system must be available, it's a notion
> called fault tolerance.
Can you build something similar with NT? Can you build something similar
with Linux? (What happens when you want to expand the cluster? IIRC you
can only cluster 2 NT machines. Even then it's debatable if it's
anything like a VAX cluster.)
--
Mark Evans
St. Peter's CofE High School
Phone: +44 1392 204764 X109
Fax: +44 1392 204763
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat Firewall Needed For Linux
Date: 17 Jun 1999 10:43:20 -0400
"Warp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Please advise ASAP where I can download a Firewall program for Redhat 5.1 +
> Need one fast!!
> Thanks
go to
<URL:http://rlz.ne.mediaone.net/>
and follow the obvious links.
--
johan kullstam
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From: "Thierry Leveque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Perl CGI and access question
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 11:15:06 -0400
Hi
My problem is hard to explain...so there it is:
First, my WWW user is "www" (without password) (The www server is Apache of
course!)
I have a Perl CGI script that call a little client application (from a third
party), that application connect to a server and return some datas. Then my
cgi display those data on a web page. That is what it supposed to do!
When I am log in as the "www" user (ex. with telnet from a remote machine),
and I call the cgi from the command line (perl), everything works well!
But when I try to call the cgi from a browser.....error! (of course I tried
other command line, like "ls", and it works fine)
I have to tell that the client application is using PGP incription. I try to
give access to all the files needed to the "www" user.
And in the httpd error log I find:
-simple PGP error: 51 SIMPLEPGP_RNGNOTSEEDED ( Unseeded RNG) srsio
can't sign message
(srsio is the name of the client application)
I supposed it's a permission problem, but I can't find anything. Maybe it's
a stupid error but I'm relatively new to unix so....
I need help. What's the differences from loggin as the "www" user and using
a browser?
Please reply to my personal address too.
Thanks
Thierry L�v�que
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
M�diafusion Inc.
1755 Ren�-L�vesque Ouest, #203
Montreal (Quebec) H2K 4P6
Tel. (514) 599-5721
Fax. (514) 599-5729
www.mediafusion.ca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:45:48 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:36:21 -0700...
..and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Obviously, since you don't seem to have any problem
> with the fundementally anti-democratic notion that
> the general population can't be trusted.
>
> Today the gun, tomorrow the ballot box.
Yesterday the nuke. The big bad guvmint has got nuclear weapons! Why
don't they let us have them? You need to draw the border somewhere.
> It's the
> same justification either way. Logic good for one
> is just as good for the other.
mawa
--
Actors will happen even in the best-regulated families.
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From: Phil Rule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TERM problem
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:44:03 +0100
Try setting TERM to ansi, or vt100
TERM=ansi; export TERM or
TERM=vt100;export TERM
HTH
--
Phil Rule
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Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 08:40:04 -0700
From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux time - human readable form?
Glenn wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I tried a while back to get a list of all my installed rpms with the
> idea that I would set up a cron job to keep track of my installations
> using this:
>
> rpm -qa --queryformat %{NAME}' '%{DISTRIBUTION}' '%{VERSION}'
> '%{INSTALLTIME}'\n'
>
> It works fine and produces output like this:
>
> redhat-release Manhattan 5.2 912184371
> grep Manhattan 2.2 898629532
> ash Manhattan 0.2 912184086
> xforms-devel (none) 0.88.1 898973940
> mtv (none) 1.0.7.7 912878943
>
> My question is how can I convert the linux time into a human readable
> form, instead of, e.g., 912184371?
>
> Appreciate your help,
>
> Glenn
> ------
The book "Maximum RPM", p. 77 gives this doozie:
[user@ravel robolog]$ rpm -qa --queryformat '%{installtime}
%{name}-%{version}-%{release} %{installtime:date}\n'|sort -nr +1 |sed -e
's/^[^ ]* //'
which produces on my system:
php-2.0-4glibc Wed Jun 16 18:19:41 1999
rpmfind-1.2-1 Mon Jun 14 18:41:58 1999
automake-1.4-4 Mon Jun 14 14:29:52 1999
popt-1.3-1 Mon Jun 14 14:26:40 1999
autoconf-2.13-5 Mon Jun 14 14:24:51 1999
..
FWIW. Bob L.
--
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http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/
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From: "YouDontKnowWho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: INFORMIX ODBC CLIENT FOR LINUX ?
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 15:56:14 GMT
Does Informix offer its database for Linux?
--
And now we return to our regularly scheduled,
uncommonly entertaining thread...
Art S. Kagel wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>
>dja7 wrote:
>>
>> Has anyone found an INFORMIX ODBC client for linux ?
>>
>> I am using slackware 3.4
>>
>> I want to do ODBC calls from my linux machine to an INFORMIX
database
>> over a WAN. this way I can format the data into reports using
perl and
>> put it on my web server in html format for endusers to view and
print.
>>
>> any help will ensure my eternal gratitude
>
>You can order the Informix connect product for Linux which is free
and
>includes the Informix/Interbase ODBC driver from the Informix WEB
Site through
>Intraware, Informix's eBus partner. All of the ODBC
>driver vendors have Linux drivers available and most are free for
>non-commercial use.
>
>Art S. Kagel
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From: Joe Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux time - human readable form?
Date: 17 Jun 1999 11:52:09 -0400
Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I tried a while back to get a list of all my installed rpms with the
> idea that I would set up a cron job to keep track of my installations
> using this:
>
> rpm -qa --queryformat %{NAME}' '%{DISTRIBUTION}' '%{VERSION}'
> '%{INSTALLTIME}'\n'
>
> It works fine and produces output like this:
>
> redhat-release Manhattan 5.2 912184371
> grep Manhattan 2.2 898629532
> ash Manhattan 0.2 912184086
> xforms-devel (none) 0.88.1 898973940
> mtv (none) 1.0.7.7 912878943
>
> My question is how can I convert the linux time into a human readable
> form, instead of, e.g., 912184371?
Pipe the rpm output to this:
perl -pe 's/(\d+)\s*$/localtime($1)."\n"/e'
to get this:
redhat-release Manhattan 5.2 Fri Nov 27 11:32:51 1998
grep Manhattan 2.2 Tue Jun 23 15:18:52 1998
ash Manhattan 0.2 Fri Nov 27 11:28:06 1998
xforms-devel (none) 0.88.1 Sat Jun 27 14:59:00 1998
mtv (none) 1.0.7.7 Sat Dec 5 12:29:03 1998
BTW, there are a couple of Perl scripts around that do this kind of
updating. Check Deja.com or the Red Hat contrib archives.
<Joe
--
Joe Smith
University of Pennsylvania
School of Medicine, Cardiology Division
Philadelphia, PA 19104
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Slusky)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: SUID programs: are they normal?
Date: 17 Jun 1999 13:49:47 GMT
Mike Khalili ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: >/usr/bin/suidperl
: Ick. I'd remove it from my system.
: >/usr/bin/sperl5.00503
: Same deal as suidperl.
I recommend you keep those... They can be rather useful, and are quite
secure.
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From: "Travis Blissett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A few problems w/ Red Hat 6.0
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:52:15 -0400
Take it easy on me - I am a Linux Virgin!
I just finished my first installation of Red Hat 6.0.The first problem I am
having is with Lilo, it will not work. I get an error during installation
saying there was a problem with the bootloader program. I try the different
settings but to no avail. I ended up skipping it and now everytime I bootup
I have to use a boot disk, otherwise I get a missing operating system
message. Plus booting from the disk takes forever.
The second thing is once I get into Xwindows, the display is poor quality.
it looks like it is on a very low resolution and it is very grainy. I looked
around but could find anything pertaining to this issue. How can I change
the resolution?
Thank you in advance for your help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:27:08 -0700
On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 13:45:48 +0200, Matthias Warkus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It was the Wed, 16 Jun 1999 13:36:21 -0700...
>...and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Obviously, since you don't seem to have any problem
>> with the fundementally anti-democratic notion that
>> the general population can't be trusted.
>>
>> Today the gun, tomorrow the ballot box.
>
>Yesterday the nuke. The big bad guvmint has got nuclear weapons! Why
>don't they let us have them? You need to draw the border somewhere.
Shrinking borders simply aren't acceptable.
[deletia]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick)
Subject: ppp
Date: 17 Jun 1999 15:58:33 GMT
i dial to my isp by minicom and quit without resetting modem
after typing "pppd -detach /dev/cua0 115200 &"
the pppd process quits after a few seconds
the error message in /var/adm/messages are:
Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: pppd 2.2.0 started by root, uid
0
Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Using interface ppp0
Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/cua0
Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Serial line is looped back.
Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Connection terminated.
Jun 17 23:29:32 love pppd[188]: Exit.
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From: "John Hardin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft
Retest News
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:00:57 -0700
Joseph T. Adams wrote in message <7kagpp$lp0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Microsoft's
>site is big enough that it should be using better than PC-class
>harware and operating systems, and would be both more reliable and
>more cost-effective if it did.
Well, modulo the fact that M$ doesn't have to pay for licensing Windows.
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