Re: [SLUG] Online banking
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:56:19 +1100 Benno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I was wondering what peoples current experiences with online banking is. I'm currently successfully using commonwealth netbank, and ingdirect however for various reasons I am currently looking at other alternatives. So what other banks have netbanking that works with linux browsers? I use westpac and anz with Galeon on i386 and PowerPC (ie no Java). Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +---+ J. Headley: God, root, what is difference ? G. Haverland: God can change the byte order on the CPU, root can't. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MYOB on SAMBA share
How can I speed this up? (shoot the users is not an option :) Start with reading the SAMBA manuals (swat pages, on line doco, etc) about oplocks. Turning them off to get better MYOB performance might be your answer. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MYOB on SAMBA share
All clients are windoze. 98se,2kpro, XPpro home. Oh, and get rid of the XP home users NOW. Even windows 3.11 has better network handling than XP home. Migrate them to XP pro or 2K pro. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MYOB on SAMBA share
A caution here. If as you say you have multiple users and those users are simultaneously accessing the MYOB DB, be very careful about disabling oplocks. Corruption may well follow. If you want to test, you should backup the affected folder FIRST before disabling oplocks. Then test with the maximum number of users pounding away at the same records. Follow-up by inspecting the carnage... ;) On 25 Nov 2003 at 18:22, Del wrote: How can I speed this up? (shoot the users is not an option :) Start with reading the SAMBA manuals (swat pages, on line doco, etc) about oplocks. Turning them off to get better MYOB performance might be your answer. -- Del -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Online banking
On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Benno wrote: Hi all, I was wondering what peoples current experiences with online banking is. I'm currently successfully using commonwealth netbank, and ingdirect however for various reasons I am currently looking at other alternatives. So what other banks have netbanking that works with linux browsers? I use the ANZ and StGeorge. Out of the two the ANZ wins for ease of use and maximum browser compatability. StGeorge works well enough with a reasonably recent version of Java - the catch is Java is required and a lot of systems don't have it. -- ---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
[SLUG] compiler warnings
I am getting this error: process.c:1018: warning: passing arg 1 of `putenv' discards qualifiers from pointer target type It turns out that I am sending a const string to putenv which is defined: ./stdlib.h:extern int putenv (char *__string) __THROW; This discards the constness of the string. Then I find this: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/1999-08/msg8.html which implies that it was const ages ago. Should I raise this as a bug? -- Thanks KenF OpenOffice.org developer -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] compiler warnings
On Tue, 2003-11-25 at 23:45, Ken Foskey wrote: I am getting this error: process.c:1018: warning: passing arg 1 of `putenv' discards qualifiers from pointer target type It turns out that I am sending a const string to putenv which is defined: I'd ask on the relevant libc list :] 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] Online banking
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 08:16:27 +1100 (EST) Rick Welykochy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, Benno wrote: I was wondering what peoples current experiences with online banking is. I'm currently successfully using commonwealth netbank, and ingdirect however for various reasons I am currently looking at other alternatives. So what other banks have netbanking that works with linux browsers? I bank with Westpac. Netscape 4.7x on Linux/RH 7.4 works fine. Unfortunately, recent Netscapes and Mozillas do not work, simply because the link to the online banking page is in some weird Javascript that these browsers cannot handle. Go figure. I've got https://olb.westpac.com.au/ bookmarked :-). That avoids the JS crap. Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +---+ UNIX *is* user-friendly, just picky about who it chooses for friends! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] compiler warnings
It turns out that I am sending a const string to putenv which is defined: ./stdlib.h:extern int putenv (char *__string) __THROW; snip Should I raise this as a bug? It isn't actually a bug. putenv puts the supplied string into the environment (not a copy, the supplied string). This means a future call to getenv will return a pointer to it, (a char *), which can be modified to change the value. Thus to be correct putenv can't take a const, as it can't guarentee how the pointer will be used in future. Take a look at the man page for putenv, in particular the notes. As you can see from the description, the function has a rather interesting history in glibc ;-) Regards, nash [Too much C for my own good] -- Brett Nash [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Online banking
Benno wrote: Hi all, I was wondering what peoples current experiences with online banking is. I'm currently successfully using commonwealth netbank, and ingdirect however for various reasons I am currently looking at other alternatives. So what other banks have netbanking that works with linux browsers? Cheers, Benno I use Heritage Building Society (http://www.heritageonline.com.au) with Mozilla and Phoenix without a problem. They make heavy use of JavaScript so Konquerer is a bit of a mixed bag; some stuff works, but the menus aren't displayed making the site only vaugely useful in Konquerer. SHAMELESS_PLUG Keeping in mind I'm a computer nerd and what I know about finance can be etched on a pebble with a blunt chisel, Heritage have one of the best mortgages SWMBO and I have found - justified refinancing and is saving us a packet. YMMV. /SHAMELESS_PLUG Cheers, James -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] compiler warnings
At Tue, 25 Nov 2003 23:45:48 +1100, Ken Foskey wrote: I am getting this error: process.c:1018: warning: passing arg 1 of `putenv' discards qualifiers from pointer target type It turns out that I am sending a const string to putenv which is defined: ./stdlib.h:extern int putenv (char *__string) __THROW; This discards the constness of the string. Then I find this: http://sources.redhat.com/ml/libc-hacker/1999-08/msg8.html which implies that it was const ages ago. Should I raise this as a bug? quoting from putenv(3) (from manpages-dev.deb 1.60-3): NOTES The putenv() function is not required to be reentrant, and the one in libc4, libc5 and glibc2.0 is not, but the glibc2.1 version is. Description for libc4, libc5, glibc: If the argument string is of the form name, and does not contain an `=' character, then the variable name is removed from the environment. If putenv() has to allocate a new array environ, and the previous array was also allocated by putenv(), then it will be freed. In no case will the old storage asso- ciated to the environment variable itself be freed. The libc4 and libc5 and glibc 2.1.2 versions conform to SUSv2: the pointer string given to putenv() is used. In particular, this string becomes part of the environment; changing it later will change the environment. (Thus, it is an error is to call putenv() with an auto- matic variable as the argument, then return from the calling function while string is still part of the environment.) However, glibc 2.0-2.1.1 differs: a copy of the string is used. On the one hand this causes a memory leak, and on the other hand it violates SUSv2. This has been fixed in glibc2.1.2. The BSD4.4 version, like glibc 2.0, uses a copy. SUSv2 removes the `const' from the prototype, and so does glibc 2.1.3. -- - Gus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Good IT Research Tool. www.library.jivalti.com
Folks: I am not trying to promote these guys, but I really liked the detailed info they have on very complex IT products. Check them out at www.library.jivalti.com. Pretty cheap as well. Main site www.jivalti.com They don't accept Yahoo/Hotmail/Excite/Aol etc email ID's in 'New User', needs to be your corporate/business/university email ID. -Tim __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Good IT Research Tool. www.library.jivalti.com
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 11:51, Tim Noltes wrote: Folks: I am not trying to promote these guys, but I really ... ... am a bottom of the barrel spammer?? From the original email; Received: from [198.123.20.131] by web20712.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 25 Nov 2003 16:51:45 PST Some interesting DNS lookups; host 198.123.20.131 131.20.123.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer hydrogen.arc.nasa.gov. host www.library.jivalti.com www.library.jivalti.com is an alias for library.jivalti.com. library.jivalti.com has address 198.123.20.135 host 198.123.20.135 135.20.123.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer library.jivalti.com.arc.nasa.gov. host www.jivalti.com www.jivalti.com is an alias for jivalti.com. jivalti.com has address 198.123.20.134 host 198.123.20.134 134.20.123.198.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer jivalti.com.arc.nasa.gov. I'm sure those people actually doing something productive at the AMES research centre will be real pleased when your antics get their email black holed. Cheers, Malcolm V. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] MYOB on SAMBA share
On 25/11/2003, at 5:21 PM, Four Star Computing Services wrote: I have a network that has just put in a SAMBA server. Debian woody, stable distro installed They are now complaining of the system running slower than before. Previous set-up was Win2kPro workstation sharing the PRM file with 6 users while being used as a client. I had almost exactly the same issue a few months back. I thonk it was smb2 to start with but unfortunately now i can't remember exactly what it was that solved the problem - but i'm running v3 now and it's working fine. fyi my smb.conf globals looks like this: [global] workgroup = WORKGROUP server string = File Server allow trusted domains = No passdb backend = tdbsam, guest passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u passwd chat = *Enter\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\sUNIX\spassword:* %n\n . unix password sync = Yes log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_KEEPALIVE SO_SNDBUF=8192 SO_RCVBUF=8192 add user script = /usr/sbin/useradd -d /dev/null -g machines -c 'Machine Account' -s /bin/false -M %u logon script = %U.bat logon drive = H: domain logons = Yes enhanced browsing = No dns proxy = No wins support = Yes panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d hosts allow = 192.168.1., 192.168.200., 192.168.0.15 hide files = /Network Trash Folder/TheVolumeSettingsFolder/ ..now the only problem is that users smb passwords are expiring every month and i can't find any documentation about it at all. but that's another story.. cheers, ..S. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Status of Debian servers?
Hi People, Can someone in the know please update us on the current status of the Debian servers? In particular, I would like to know the status of 0) the mailing list subscription service 1) the bug tracking system 2) packages.debian.org Thanks, Erik -- +---+ Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yes it's valid) +---+ When a user mailbombs me with 100,000 messages, we call it denial of service and the guy can be thrown in jail. When 100,000 SPAMMERS send me one mail each, we call it marketing. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Working more productively with bash 2.x
http://www.caliban.org/bash/index.shtml (I found this link on http://sourcefrog.net/weblog/) It looks like a nice summary of some of the handy things bash can do these days -- and undoubtedly a useful link to throw at any person claiming that zsh is a superior shell ;) -Andrew. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] sudoers syntax - why wont PASSWD ask for a password
On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 09:32:17PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: I found /etc/sudoers on there when I was seeing how this strange new OS worked and noticed my user had been added to the wheel group and that wheel had full sudo access. I began wondering why linux distros didn't do that :-) But redhat _do_ do that. Well actually something very much like that. consolehelper is a sudo like tool which is lets you run reboot, powerdown etc... without a password. Actually a lot of proggies use it: $ ls -l /usr/bin/ |grep ' - consolehelper'|wc -l 54 Matt -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Running SpamAssassin as user nobody
When I fire up SA in the default mode it fires up as root and when ir gets passed an email by spamc it switches to user nobody. Thus I decided to start it as user nobody anyway and gave that use a home directory in /tmp and a subdir /tmp/.spamassassin with owner and group of nobody. Even after all this I still find that spamd is trying to access the /root directory. Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9852]: connection from ext.lannet.com.au [127.0.0.1] at port 1782 Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Creating default_prefs [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Cannot write to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Couldn't create readable default_prefs for [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: processing message [EMAIL PROTECTED] for root:99. Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: clean message (0.3/5.0) for root:99 in 0.0 seconds, 3439 bytes. Any ideas? -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://www.lannetlinux.com -- Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. -- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. - Scott Granneman, SecurityFocus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Running SpamAssassin as user nobody
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 15:51, Howard Lowndes wrote: When I fire up SA in the default mode it fires up as root and when ir gets passed an email by spamc it switches to user nobody. Thus I decided to start it as user nobody anyway and gave that use a home directory in /tmp and a subdir /tmp/.spamassassin with owner and group of nobody. Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Creating default_prefs [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Cannot write to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Couldn't create readable default_prefs for [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Any ideas? Try running su - nobody before starting spamassassin. -- Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Running SpamAssassin as user nobody
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Chris Deigan wrote: On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 15:51, Howard Lowndes wrote: When I fire up SA in the default mode it fires up as root and when ir gets passed an email by spamc it switches to user nobody. Thus I decided to start it as user nobody anyway and gave that use a home directory in /tmp and a subdir /tmp/.spamassassin with owner and group of nobody. Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Creating default_prefs [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Cannot write to /root/.spamassassin/user_prefs: Permission denied Nov 26 15:41:43 ext spamd[9963]: Couldn't create readable default_prefs for [/root/.spamassassin/user_prefs] Any ideas? Try running su - nobody before starting spamassassin. su - nobody -c '/etc/rc.d/init.d/spamassassin start' Starting spamd: Could not create INET socket: Permission denied IO::Socket::INET: Permission denied -- Howard. LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people http://www.lannetlinux.com -- Flatter government, not fatter government - Get rid of the Australian states. -- To mess up a Linux box, you need to work at it; to mess up your Windows box, you just need to work on it. - Scott Granneman, SecurityFocus -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
