Re: [SLUG] simple script prob
Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: echo looking for A3 files to print for files in $Source_A3/*.pdf ; do lp -d xeroxq $file mv $file $Backup_A3 done This is a better way of doing it. But I think it's vulnerable to overflowing the argument list buffer, not sure about file names with funny characters in them, I think if a file name had a carriage return in it, it might not work, don't know. lp -d brothers /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4/*.pdf lp -d xeroxq /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A3/*.pdf rm /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4/*.pdf rm /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A3/*.pdf This has a few bugs which might not be obvious to some, it's also vulnerable to overflowing the argument list buffer plus new files could appear just after the lp -d line is expanded and run, but before the rm is expanded and run, so files could be deleted without being printed. It's no big deal for this application, just a minor inconvenience, it can be avoided using Michaels example above. I would also be wary about making the rm conditional to the success of lp, if lp partially works, spools part of the job and then fails, (I have no idea if lp could do that) you might end up repeatedly spooling the same broken pdf. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] simple script prob
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:23:04 +1100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lp -d brothers /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4/*.pdf lp -d xeroxq /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A3/*.pdf rm /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A4/*.pdf rm /home/user/workflow/Proofers/A3/*.pdf This has a few bugs which might not be obvious to some, it's also vulnerable to overflowing the argument list buffer plus new files could appear just after the lp -d line is expanded and run, but before the rm is expanded and run, so files could be deleted without being printed. It's no big deal for this application, just a minor inconvenience, it can be avoided using Michaels example above. I'd move files one by one to another directory (say a subdirectory) then print them from there; and delete them after. But what ALL this is doing is doing the job that a printer spooler does. I think you're better off leaving this sort of thing to a real print spooler. Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] ISA Servers and Linux
I have installed the python program (and it runs fine) but still cannot connect to the internet through our ISA Server. I have followed the instructions exactly, but still don't seem to authenticate. Has anyone been able to browse the net through an ISA server with Mozilla using the aps098 program? If so, how was it done? Changes to the server are not possible. TIA Stay well and happy Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ISA Servers and Linux
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 22:41, Heracles wrote: I have installed the python program (and it runs fine) but still cannot connect to the internet through our ISA Server. I have followed the instructions exactly, but still don't seem to authenticate. Has anyone been able to browse the net through an ISA server with Mozilla using the aps098 program? If so, how was it done? Changes to the server are not possible. Go to devel.squid-cache.org. There is a link there to a basic-NTLM translating proxy. ISA is almost certainly configured to require NTLM authentication. Rob -- GPG key available at: http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ISA Servers and Linux
On Thursday 20 Nov 2003 10:59 pm, Robert Collins wrote: On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 22:41, Heracles wrote: I have installed the python program (and it runs fine) but still cannot connect to the internet through our ISA Server. I have followed the instructions exactly, but still don't seem to authenticate. Has anyone been able to browse the net through an ISA server with Mozilla using the aps098 program? If so, how was it done? Changes to the server are not possible. Go to devel.squid-cache.org. There is a link there to a basic-NTLM translating proxy. ISA is almost certainly configured to require NTLM authentication. Yes, I know about the translation proxy. The proxy file is called aps098.tar.gz and expands to a series of files that run under python. The program runs, but does not seem to authenticate. Has anyone got it working? Is there an undocumented feature that I have missed? Stay well and happy Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ISA Servers and Linux
Heracles [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Go to devel.squid-cache.org. There is a link there to a basic-NTLM translating proxy. ISA is almost certainly configured to require NTLM authentication. Yes, I know about the translation proxy. The proxy file is called aps098.tar.gz and expands to a series of files that run under python. The program runs, but does not seem to authenticate. Has anyone got it working? Is there an undocumented feature that I have missed? I use it, it's a life saver. here's a bit of my config: [GENERAL] LISTEN_PORT:8081 # obviously 8081 needs to be free, # otherwise the proxy exits with an error. PARENT_PROXY:isa.umug.org PARENT_PROXY_PORT:8080 ALLOW_EXTERNAL_CLIENTS:0 FRIENDLY_IPS: 192.168.1.2 192.168.1.3 URL_LOG:1 [CLIENT_HEADER] # all on one line Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, application/vnd.ms-excel, application/msword, application/vnd.ms-powerpoint, */* User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0) [NTLM_AUTH] NT_HOSTNAME:PUMUG NT_DOMAIN:UMUG USER:umug PASSWORD:umug12 LM_PART:1 NT_PART:0 NTLM_FLAGS: 0682 NTLM_TO_BASIC:0 to test with wget export http_proxy=http://localhost:8081 wget slug.org.au The only other things I could suggest is changing NT_HOSTNAME to a working windows box, just in case only certain hostnames are allowed through, and read the comments in the config file about LM_PART, NT_PART and NTLM_FLAGS. I don't use the NTLM_TO_BASIC option, so if that's the part that isn't working for you, I could test it out for you later, if you like. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Application Server?
Hi all, Anyone know of any open source application server projects? The amount of money that we are going to have to shell out for M$/Citrix licensing is rediculous. Thanks! Edd. ~~~ [cliche plagiarised quote goes here] ~~~ _ Hot chart ringtones and polyphonics. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilemania/default.asp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Monthly Meeting Friday 28th November 2003
Sydney Linux Users' Group Monthly Meeting: November When: Friday, November 28th, 6:30pm - 9:30pm Where: UTS Broadway, room 2.4.13 SLUG's monthly meeting, featuring general talks, special interest talks and SLUGlets. Open to the public and free of charge. The rooms this month are 2.4.13 - the level 4 of building 2 at UTS. See the map link above. (Room 2.4.29 for SLUGlets). General Talk Jaime Honan - Recording Digital TV signals under Linux Special Interest Talk (split) Ken Yap - Recording radio with free software Mark Greenaway - Musical things you can do with Linux As usual, SLUGlets will be running in another room during the 2nd half of the meeting for those who do not wish to attend the 2nd talk. 6:30pm: Doors Open 6:45pm: The Usual Suspects QA - Introduction to SLUG + What has Linux done for/to me lately? + SLUG News Discussion 7:15pm: General Talk Jaime Honan - Recording Digital TV signals under Linux 8:00pm: Break Refreshments in the foyer, for a small covering charge. 8:20pm: Split into two groups for: + Special Interest: (split) Ken Yap - Recording radio with free software, then Mark Greenaway - Musical things you can do with Linux + SLUGlets: quick talks and discussion of Linux and Free Software. Dinner Dinner at Spice Boys (Indian), $20 per head. Cheers, Jan. -- Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ISA Servers and Linux
On Thu, 2003-11-20 at 23:06, Heracles wrote: Yes, I know about the translation proxy. The proxy file is called aps098.tar.gz and expands to a series of files that run under python. The program runs, but does not seem to authenticate. Has anyone got it working? Is there an undocumented feature that I have missed? Ah, I didn't realise that that is what you where using. Does it have a debug log you can review to see whats happening? Rob -- GPG key available at: http://www.robertcollins.net/keys.txt. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Continuation of PPP woes.
Not sure but it looks to me like something's deliberately killing the connection. Have you got it set to 'ondemand' by any chance? this would be a bad idea for most people's ADSL since we're not time charged. Also, generally speaking make the connection profile simple and write a keepalive script along the lines of:- #!/bin/bash while [ 0 ]; do # can we reach something that's usually reliable OK=`ping -c5 -w1 mail.isp.com.au` if [ x$OK = x ]; then # no? are we sure? # try some other thing pretty reliable OK=`ping -c5 -w5 ns1.isp.com.au` if [ x$OK = x ]; then # still can't reach it # ensure the connection is killed off adsl-stop sleep 30 # if adsl-stop got stuck, kill pppd to help killall pppd sleep 5 # kill with extreme predjudice to be sure killall -9 pppd sleep 2 # fire it up adsl-start fi fi # wait 5 mins before checking again # while testing you can kill pid-of-sleep sleep 300 done # never gets out of this loop start the script with:- /usr/local/sbin/keepalive /dev/null /var/log/keepalive.log 21 EG in /etc/rc.d/rc.local I usually get quite elaborate with my keepalive scripts that automatically switch between ADSL modem dialup backup. -- ---GRiP--- Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, BMX rider, Walker, Raver rave music lover, Big kid that refuses to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Do people actually read these things? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Samba Problems
I know your problem's solved but I usually test access with smbclient.. smbclient -L servername -U sharename smbclient //servername/shared -U username On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Adam W wrote: Hi All, Having a few issues with a samba share that i cannot work out... Basically i can access a share called shared on my samba server but nobody else can do it on their machines, even though they are part of the same group and that group has access to the share - otherwise i myself wouldnt be able to access it... The other users seem to be authenticating, because they can see their home directory and write/read to it/from it... here is the smb.conf: [global] server string = Samba Server %v security = user map to guest = bad user **^^^ This line is probably a bad idea. If user mistypes their password it logs them in as Guest and they'll whinge they don't have access to stuff. workgroup = WG1 load printers = yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd dns proxy = no printcap name = cups encrypt passwords = yes wins support = true max log size = 50 printer admin = @adm socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printing = cups unix password sync = yes netbios name = woja os level = 20 [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writable = yes [shared] writeable = yes valid users = @shared user = @shared path = /mnt/shared comment = shared folder /mnt/shared is owned by the group shared and all have read write permissions recursively.. Each time i try to browse the shared share on one of the other workstations, this appears in the appropriate log file: [2003/11/19 14:23:45, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(599) compaq (192.168.1.102) Can't change directory to /mnt/shared (Permission denied) [2003/11/19 14:23:45, 0] smbd/service.c:make_connection(599) compaq (192.168.1.102) Can't change directory to /mnt/shared (Permission denied) where else can their permission be denied ??? it doesnt make sense... Thanks for any help.. Adam W. -- ---GRiP--- Electronic Hobbyist, Former Arcadia BBS nut, Occasional nudist, Linux Guru, SLUG/AUUG/Linux Australia member, Sydney Flashmobber, BMX rider, Walker, Raver rave music lover, Big kid that refuses to grow up. I'd make a good family pet, take me home today! Do people actually read these things? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Application Server?
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 03:45:34AM +1100, Eddie F wrote: Anyone know of any open source application server projects? The amount of money that we are going to have to shell out for M$/Citrix licensing is rediculous. I don't know if your idea of Application Server is the same as these folks, but the GNUe project (http://www.gnue.org) are producing an application server as part of their aim to produce an Enterprise-grade internet applications platform. From your comparison to Microsoft and Citrix, though, it looks like you're after more of a centralised server to run regular applications on. Well, any Linux box is capable of doing that, but the problem is that TS or WinFrame will run Windows apps, while a Linux box is going to have a lot more trouble (some Windows apps run on Linux courtesy of Wine, but it's very much on a case-by-case basis). If you're after something along those lines, then you're likely to be out of luck. Encourage your client to switch to thin clients based on Unix - much, much cheaper. Hell, they can spend the licencing fees on software development, which will give them a constantly improving system, for what they used to spend just staying in one spot! If they're not tied to any one particular program, chances are there's an OSS equivalent which will do at least 80% of what they need, and the other 20% can be paid to be developed and given back to the community. Very good publicity... - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] [ot] Powerware UPSen
Hi All, Excuse the off topic post, but has anyone used/had experience with/knows about powerware UPSes? We're looking at a 12kva model, and I hadn't heard of them.. Cheers, Matt Moor -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] dhcpd
I'm trying to normalise the way dhcpd starts on our server (RH7.2); it was started from rc.local with a call to the binary, and I want to see it start (as intended) from the init script. There was no init script, so I copied it over from another 7.2 system, chowned to root and chmoded to 755, added it to chkconfig at run level 3, 4, and 5: everything seems good. However, service dhcpd start/stop/restart/status achieve absolutely nothing: the process continues to run on stop, and does not start on start, and status returns nothing. The script seems very simple (although I'm far from a bash script expert), so I don't know what is happening. Can anyone help? Edwin Humphries, Ironstone Technology Pty Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ironstone.com.au Phone: 02 4233 2285 Fax: 02 4233 2299 Mobile: 0419 233 051 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [ot] Powerware UPSen
Hey Matthew, The powerware UPS's are the new name of Sola (Or internationally known as best power) UPS units. Im not familiar with the unit your looking at, but I have setup the basic models (5125 and 5115), and from a OS compatability point of view, they are very good, the Lanware software supports just about every OS platform and is network capable, allowing full remote management and remote shutdown of LAN servers connected to the UPS. Overall, I havent had any problems with them, for their price they are a pretty a good product vs Leibert and APC. Cheers, Shane. On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 11:31, Matthew Moor wrote: Hi All, Excuse the off topic post, but has anyone used/had experience with/knows about powerware UPSes? We're looking at a 12kva model, and I hadn't heard of them.. Cheers, Matt Moor -- ___ Shane Machon Proprietor LinSec Consulting 'Specialising in Linux and Internet Security Solutions' Ph: (02) 9979-1222 Fax:(02) 9979-1499 Mob: 0414 229097 Eml: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Small psnup prob
I am trying to force rotate files then pipe them to print through lpr but they do not seem to be rotating - below is the command I am using, if anyone can help thanks or could suggest another way around it, lots of thankyou's. # psnup -pa4 -1 test1.ps | lp -d brothers Lyle Chapman Pre-Press Supervisor Torch Publishing Co. 47 Allingham Street, Condell Park 2200, NSW, Australia 612 9795 http://www.torchpublishing.com.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Logging to a program with Syslog
According to the syslog man page, I should be able to use a pipe character to send a log to a program. Adding a line like: user.notice |exec wall WORKDAMNYOU to /etc/syslog.conf, restarting syslog, then running logger whatever (which sends messages from the user facility with a priority of notice) just doesn't seem to work. Logging to a file from this facility / priority does though. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Mike -- __ Mike MacCana ConsultantRHCX, MCSE, MCP+I Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Logging to a program with Syslog
Hi Mike, On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 03:27:16AM +, Mike MacCana wrote: According to the syslog man page, I should be able to use a pipe character to send a log to a program. Adding a line like: user.notice |exec wall WORKDAMNYOU to /etc/syslog.conf, restarting syslog, then running logger whatever (which sends messages from the user facility with a priority of notice) just doesn't seem to work. Logging to a file from this facility / priority does though. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Yep, misreading the man page. :-) A pipe can be used to send the output to a named pipe/fifo, not direct to an executable. You then can have a program reading from the fifo and doing whatever you want, of course. Cheers, Gavin -- Open Fusion P/L - Open Source Business Solutions [ Linux - Perl - Apache ] ph: 02 9875 5032fax: 02 9875 4317 web: http://www.openfusion.com.aumob: 0403 171712 - Fashion is a variable, but style is a constant - Programming Perl -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Logging to a program with Syslog
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 04:59, Gavin Carr wrote: Thanks for your reply Gavin, Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Yep, misreading the man page. :-) A pipe can be used to send the output to a named pipe/fifo, not direct to an executable. You then can have a program reading from the fifo and doing whatever you want, of course. Hehe. I did actually read that man page on my system, but I had heard (or maybe seen) that this could be done directly. When I went online, I found: http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=5topic=syslog.conf Which mentions A vertical bar (|), followed by a command to pipe the selected messages to. The command is passed to sh(1) for evaluation, so usual shell metacharacters or input/output redirection can occur. Is there another version of syslog also called just plain `syslog'? Mike -- __ Mike MacCana ConsultantRHCX, MCSE, MCP+I Cybersource: Providing Quality IT Professional Services for 11 Years Specialists in Unix/Linux, TCP/IP and Web Application Development Level 4, 10 Queen St, Melbourne. Ph : 03 9621 2377 Fax: 03 9621 2477 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Logging to a program with Syslog
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 21/11/2003 04:06:49 PM: On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 04:59, Gavin Carr wrote: Thanks for your reply Gavin, Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Looking at the BSD syslog.conf man page, not the Linux one... I think. Cheers, Scott Yep, misreading the man page. :-) A pipe can be used to send the output to a named pipe/fifo, not direct to an executable. You then can have a program reading from the fifo and doing whatever you want, of course. Hehe. I did actually read that man page on my system, but I had heard (or maybe seen) that this could be done directly. When I went online, I found: http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=5topic=syslog.conf Which mentions A vertical bar (|), followed by a command to pipe the selected messages to. The command is passed to sh(1) for evaluation, so usual shell metacharacters or input/output redirection can occur. Is there another version of syslog also called just plain `syslog'? Mike -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Logging to a program with Syslog
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 05:06:49AM +, Mike MacCana wrote: On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 04:59, Gavin Carr wrote: Yep, misreading the man page. :-) A pipe can be used to send the output to a named pipe/fifo, not direct to an executable. You then can have a program reading from the fifo and doing whatever you want, of course. Hehe. I did actually read that man page on my system, but I had heard (or maybe seen) that this could be done directly. When I went online, I found: http://www.gsp.com/cgi-bin/man.cgi?section=5topic=syslog.conf Which mentions A vertical bar (|), followed by a command to pipe the selected messages to. The command is passed to sh(1) for evaluation, so usual shell metacharacters or input/output redirection can occur. Is there another version of syslog also called just plain `syslog'? I believe at least some of the BSD syslogds support this - your page above is from FreeBSD, by the looks. The standard Linux version doesn't appear to. Depending on what you're trying to do, you might also try syslog-ng, which definitely does support it. Cheers, Gavin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Open Source Document Template Filling Options
We do quite complex document template filling (50 page documents, conditional text etc.) already, using perl and latex. This is quite good, looks very nice etc, but the set up of a new template (especially a large one) is quite complex and requires a knowledge of LaTeX and perl. Until now it has been reports of our own services which were output in PDF (using pdflatex) which was fine, but now we would like to output in a format which is GUI editable whilst still holding document structure (e.g. change a heading and the table of contents is updated) Has anyone used other solutions for something similar? I was thinking my options were: XML + XSLT - rtf OpenOffice scripting - rtf, pdf, doc OpenOffice for layout - latex - rtf/pdf latex2rtf doesn't seem to hold document structure well, even skips the table of contents alltogether openoffice latex output plugin looked like it was doing things the right way. any pointers, tips, experiences cheers -- Woody -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Open Source Document Template Filling Options
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 04:42:32PM +1100, Anthony Wood wrote: Until now it has been reports of our own services which were output in PDF (using pdflatex) which was fine, but now we would like to output in a format which is GUI editable whilst still holding document structure (e.g. change a heading and the table of contents is updated) XML + XSLT - rtf Why not XML + XSLT - LaTeX - pdflatex - PDF? LaTeX output is, in terms of XSLT, just another output format. Then pdflatex can do the right thing with your ToC and the rest. A program I've been looking at, PHPReports, has the reports being described by an XML file itself, so it's pretty much XML + XML + XSLT and so on. If you need to design reports easily, and don't want to screw with your XSLT all the time, that could be another tidy option. - Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
