Re: netcat in listen mode don't exit

2009-02-12 Thread Tod Detre
k at the package logtail. For example you might run this command: while :; do nc -l -p 5558 -c "logtail /var/log/syslog"; done This would have nc exit when it's done dumping /var/log/syslog and the next time someone connects it should pick up where it left off. Regards, Tod Detr

Re: Upgrading Hard Drives

2008-08-15 Thread Tod Detre
le system a could have everything in one / partition where system b has separate /boot, /usr, etc. if you do the --exclude syntax right it'll even create the base dir and just exclude everything under it. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1

Re: Upgrading Hard Drives

2008-08-15 Thread Tod Detre
and copy each partition separately instead of the entire drive. The tricky part would be the boot sector, but that can be easily rebuilt by booting off a rescue cd, chrooting to the now-moved system and re-running grub-install. Make sure you mount all of the filesystems like /boot, /proc, e

Re: Pre-Boot eXecution Environment DHCP problems

2007-12-21 Thread Tod Detre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You should be able to remove that from the boot order. In the system's bios the boot order will list something like "cdrom, net, disk". Just remove the net option. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - [EMAI

Re: can't access localhost

2007-09-20 Thread Tod Detre
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > *However, I still can't access CUPS or ping localhost.* > > > What might be wrong? > > Where do I start to look? When you run /sbin/ifconfig is the interface lo up? Are there any messages in /var/log/syslog that might be

Re: reinstall all packages

2007-09-20 Thread Tod Detre
se in the egrep section. for pkg in `dpkg --get-selections|awk '{print $1}'| egrep -v '(dpkg|apt)'`; do dpkg --force-all --purge $pkg; apt-get install $pkg; done Make sure you backup what you can before you do the above script. I haven't tested it and I'm sure it&#

Re: Upgrading from Etch to Lenny

2007-09-20 Thread Tod Detre
hange the sources in /etc/apt/sources.list to the new distro. Then I run 'apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade'. You may have to work out some individual package conflicts, but it's not bad. I highly suggest you back up any important data before you do this. Regards, Tod Detre

Re: Migrate kernel 2.4 to 2.6

2007-06-27 Thread Tod Detre
in the initrd. I did this by adding megaraid and megaraid2 to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-877-LINUX-FIX - Expert Open Source Software IT Services. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (Cyg

Re: Is there any chance to find out in which package the start-stop-daemon

2007-06-22 Thread Tod Detre
ll of the packages available on your apt sources for a specific file, even if they're not installed. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-877-LINUX-FIX - Expert Open Source Software IT Services. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.

Re: ssh on lan by hostname instead of dynamic ip

2007-06-22 Thread Tod Detre
re long and hard to remember, but you can copy and paste and put it in your script. The address is based on the MAC address of your card and so shouldn't change unless you change hardware. Use ping6 to see if the machines can ping each other. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://

Re: apt-caher or approx?

2007-06-22 Thread Tod Detre
it was corrupt, but apt-cacher wouldn't download a new version. Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-877-LINUX-FIX - Expert Open Source Software IT Services. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using Gn

Re: Connected to DHCP server but cannot access internet

2007-06-21 Thread Tod Detre
is switched off. What should I do > next to diagnose the problem? I know that the DHCP server is not at fault, > because other operating systems on my computer can reach the internet (and > Debian used to as well!). > > With best regards, > Rehceb Rotkiv Regards, Tod Detre -

Re: cmdline tool to search through pdf files?

2007-06-21 Thread Tod Detre
omate heavy duty > keyword searching. Anyone has experience with that? > > very thanks! > > Regards, Tod Detre - -- Pantek, Inc. - http://www.pantek.com/ - [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1-877-LINUX-FIX - Expert Open Source Software IT Services. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1

FSCK!!! only 8 disks!!!!

1999-05-17 Thread Tod Detre
WTF?!?!?!?!? Please someone tell me that linux isn't limited to 8 scsi disks! If it isn't tell me how the FSCK to fix this. I'm trying to set up a raid array with 10 disks after a couple crashes I read man MAKEDEV and found out that there is indeed a limit of 8 scsi disks. 8-( --

netscape & mail

1998-09-17 Thread Tod Detre
Ok I don't want to use netscape's mail program. Is there anyway to tell it to launch mutt/pine when you click on a mail-to link? -- Tod Detre |"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at | least find you handy." -Red Green |"It i

(forw) [q2servers] Re: Best option for performance

1998-09-17 Thread Tod Detre
lding another machine and when I do I'll be doing a FreeBSD > vs. NT comparison. > --- Brought to you by PlanetQuake: http://www.planetquake.com ... the epicenter of everything Quake. Web Interface: http://list.criticalmass.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=q2servers Browse/Search Old News, E

(forw) [q2servers] Re: Best option for performance

1998-09-17 Thread Tod Detre
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Re: TCPIP stack needs work?

1998-09-17 Thread Tod Detre
is it latency, code path, reliability, > what? > > Tod Detre wrote: > > > I'm on the quake 2 server mailing list and recently they are complaining > > about > > linux's tcp/ip stack. A few of them said that free=bsd and ever NT work > > better > > tha

TCPIP stack needs work?

1998-09-16 Thread Tod Detre
p stack or is more likely they have something misconfigured or even is it in id's linux port of q2? -- Tod Detre |"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at | least find you handy." -Red Green |"It is TOD not TODD! Do you see God spelling his name | Godd?" -Me

Re: hmm... an idea

1998-07-06 Thread Tod Detre
Yeah. hmm.. how will the dynamic computer know when its IP changes? Is > it possible to run a script to notify the name server? > > Thanks, > -Paul > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Tod Detre |"If the women do

wierd error

1998-07-02 Thread Tod Detre
s got to do with the harddrive, but I was installing a system and I can't get anything on it that would work the harddrive hard. Tod Detre |"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at | least find you handy." -Red Green |"It is TOD not TOD

Upgrade problems

1998-06-27 Thread Tod Detre
ftped myself to ftp.debian.org and found the files where dselect was supposedly looking for them. I'm using ftp.debian.org directory /debian/hamm dists main non-free contrub it gets the lists just fine, but can't get the files Tod Detre |"Losers whine about their best, winners go home

kerberos 4

1998-06-27 Thread Tod Detre
ok I go the packages for kerberos 4, but when I try to install the user one it complains that I don't have libcomerr2. I can't seem to find it anywhere. Any ideas? Tod Detre |"Losers whine about their best, winners go home and @%^& the | prom queen."

Raid controlers

1998-06-26 Thread Tod Detre
What raid controlers are supported in linux? Is the adaptec AAA-130 series? I'm looking into buying one, so is there a reccomened choice? Thanks. -- Tod Detre |"Losers whine about their best, winners go home and @%^& the | prom queen." -Sean Connery (The Rock)

Kerberos

1998-06-26 Thread Tod Detre
Does anyone know where I can get binaries/source for kerberos v4? I need 4 not 5 'cause 5 is not entirely backwards compatible. Tod Detre |"Losers whine about their best, winners go home and @%^& the | prom queen." -Sean Connery (The Rock) |"It is TOD

VAXstation Linux

1998-06-25 Thread Tod Detre
Is there any plans to port Debian to VAXstations? I know there is a port of NetBSD, but Debian would be so much cooler. Tod Detre |"Losers whine about their best, winners go home and @%^& the | prom queen." -Sean Connery (The Rock) |"It is TOD not T

Printing

1998-06-19 Thread Tod Detre
# rlp|Remote printer entry:\ # :lp=:\ # :rm=remotehost:\ # :rp=remoteprinter:\ # :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\ # :mx#0:\ # :sh: -- filter #! /usr/sbin/magicfilter default filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=laserjet -dNOPAUSE -sOUTPUTFILE=- --