Re: [SLUG] Where to buy cheap Cisco routers?
Amos Shapira wrote: 2008/10/26 Dean Hamstead [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ebay cisco stuff is constantly churning through. However your question seems two fold. 1) im not sure what router i want 2) where can i get one. You are right - I'm looking both for a place I can find stuff and a good advise. so as for point 1) you will need to be more specific with your requirements. However assuming an adsl router, ebay is still a great place to start. However im sure many will point out that cheaper alternatives may prove just as, if not more, satisfactory to a cisco solution. My workplace has a few dozens of servers, desktops and virtual servers. They are all hanging through a tiny SonicWall TZ170 which isn't coping. We already have the xDSL modems. I think what I need is an Ethernet-connected box which can copy bits around more efficiently than the TZ170. I got a few pointers to iptrading, which was the only serious one I found on Google before I turned to the list. I'm considering their offer. The problem with Cisco kit is the cost. If you use the TZ 170 in a security context, then the replacement is a Cisco ASA (most likely out of your budget), but if it's mostly for routing, then a Cisco 1811 or 1812 (1841 and 1861 would be out of your price range) As to where to get one, I only know of iptrading or Ebay cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] wireless access point ?
At 09:45 PM 6/03/2008, AKS wrote: what if i plug in an wireless access point through my existing modem ? have anyone used it before . im not sure will it work or not? please suggest. This works fine, it's exactly what I do. modem/router = 8 port switch = AP cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] DIY networking kit at Aldi.
At 10:18 PM 4/01/2007, Howard Lowndes wrote: ...and a $12,000 fine for using it if you do an installation. Joseph Goncalves wrote: Hi All, There is a good value networking kit comming up on Thursday 11th at Aldi stores. For under $40 you get: - 50m of Cat 5e UTP network cable - 1 pair of tongs (I think they mean crimp tool) - 20 RJ45 connectors - 50 cable holders for wall mounting - 1 wall outlet with 2 sockets - 2 wall outlets with 1 socket - 1 tool to remove isolation on the cable Regards Joseph ... if that installation has the capability of connecting to the PSTN -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: FoIP (was: Re: [SLUG] Modem/Router recommendations please.)
At 12:10 PM 2/01/2007, Penedo wrote: On 02/01/07, Ken Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fax does not go well on VOIP, to do with VOIP sending discrete packets and suppressing silences, where a fax is one great big block of data, not designed to be broken up. Yes I know that. But there is something called T.38 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.38) which sounds like some standard to send Fax over IP between two T.38 devices, and I was wondering whether I can have some sort of a bridge which will allow me to do: PSTN-Fax - fax-to-T.38 plug - FoIP line to bridge - PSTN line - PSTN fax so it might help me send and receive faxes over the Internet using my regular HP PSC 2400 all-in-one box. T.38 needs to be implemented right through the VoIP path (ie: the ATA/Voice gateway, the SIP/H.323 boxes etc) Even then, it's a nasty piece of work to get right. I know some Telcos don't even support it. Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] SPAM is ramping up
At 10:31 AM 21/12/2006, Howard Lowndes wrote: Dean Hamstead wrote: add something in IP tables to ignore the host then you will save some data as well. I know greylisting is all the rage at the moment, but tarpitting/stuttering seems to be the next big thing due to spambot authors writing bots that can get around the greylist delays. Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] UPS for Linux
At 11:00 AM 24/08/2006, you wrote: Sorry to dump this on the list as I don't have time to research this. I have had a phone call from a friend out shopping for a UPS for a Linux server I set up for him, si I need to find out quickly. Can anyone make a quick recommendation? Must be ethernet interface, not USB, etc. If you *must* have an ethernet interface, the price skyrockets, however APC UPS' are well equipped in the connectivity area, the newer (small) units have a combo USB/Serial port dependant on the cable you get and apcupsd (http://www.apcupsd.org) is a nice piece of software. The more expensive units also have a web/snmp/ethernet card as an option. I also hear that the MGE UPS' are pretty good as well. cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] BGP Protocol
At 12:08 PM 27/07/2006, O Plameras wrote: Martin Barry wrote: oh, that's a whole can of worms right there. time to convergance varies from network to network: - number of eBGP iBGP talkers - number of feeds and size of feeds - underlying hardware (CPU intensive) BGP works well on Cisco4500s and Cisco7000s. Cisco4500s and Cisco7000s runs on Motorola and RISC CPUs respectively and are 1980s technologies. Yet, they are considered the leaders in handling BGP routing. Eww ... old :) Now, BGPs run on Linux, for example, http://www.zebra.org and http://www.quagga.net. Linux runs on PC platforms which are constantly enhanced in terms of CPU speeds. It will be interesting to test out convergence of BGP on these Linux platforms, specifically and performance in general, then compare with Cisco platforms. Just thinking loud. Not Linux I know, but FOSS nonetheless, there is also OpenBGPD (http://www.openbgpd.org/ ) from the OpenBSD crew. We (the former Comindico) were getting a proposal together to run a test of OpenBGPD as a multi-hop eBGP peer, to take the load of our customers instead of distributing the full table across every edge device that needed to speak BGP. cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ADSL Query
At 02:09 PM 24/02/2006, Rajnish wrote: After looking at the broadbandchoice website for some weeks now, I've figured that I'd ask the sluggers. What are your suggestions for a modest $50/month commitment, minimum 512Kbps plan from an ISP that does not shy away from Linux (slackware, fedora) ? With the market the way it is, the more it seems that you get with your $50, the more restrictions there can be on the service. BBChoice is a good place to start, bearing in mind that most of the comments you will see on whingepool, are complaints :) Linux-supporting ISP's ar few and far between, simply because of the breadth of experience of their helpdesk staff. I'd guess that most users use a router which does the NATing for their LAN, as you would most likely be doing with your setup. And one other question: to avoid having long wires running across the length of the house (phone's in one corner, my computer's in another), I was considering a wireless router (?). What are the draw backs of this ? And also is it likely to interfere with a baby monitor ? Wireless routers are good, use a separate access point myself, simply because I have a cisco 1700 router As for the interference - most likely not baby monitors are usually 433 or in the 900 MHz range, Wireless ethernet is 2.4GHz Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] [ot] Using telephone wiring for networking?
At 10:41 AM 6/12/2005, James Gray wrote: On Tuesday 06 December 2005 09:20, Robert Collins wrote: On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 08:41 +1100, Matt Moor wrote: Hi Richard, This was one of those buzz-wordy type things a few years ago, and some of the big consumer network device companies put out product. I didn't hear about any of them reaching 100Mbit/s, though - and I'd be really surprised if they did, given the number of pairs available in your standard phone line (CAT3, as others have mentioned). You will need special hardware, as listed on the homepna.org site you linked, and I'm not sure what linux support is like. The equipment would also need to be AUSTel certified to be legal in australia (Perhaps not for a PABX system? Dunno if it would even work in this environment) Cheers, Matt P.S. If it's not AUSTel certified, but you want to take the risk, you'd want to know the difference between the US phone network (voltage, etc), and the australian one. AIUI austel certification only kicks in if you are connecting the thing to the phone network. If you happen to have a bunch of copper in the walls, that is not connected to the public network - it does not apply. And by connected to the public network they mean in any way through any device. So even if you isolate your network from the public one with a router or modem etc, you're still deemed to be connected. Not sure if you're still deemed to be connected if the external/public link is wireless though (they are more concerned about electrical isolation than spurious data). At tleast this was how the regs were written back in '95 when I was AUSTel Certified. Things may have changed - usual disclaimers apply. This is not completely true. If your router is connected to the PSTN, then it is the demarcation between the private and public networks. It is the router that needs to be certified, not the home network wiring. If you were to use the home network wiring to carry voice traffic onto the PSTN (not VoIP, but analogue voice), then the cabling would need to be installed by a licensed person. cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] linux locks up cisco - but how/why?
At 09:08 AM 17/08/2005, Glen Turner wrote: DaZZa wrote: The Cisco device would block the bad port if it detects a problem. The switch ports in the c8?? are too dumb to do that. Aye. It's probably a jabbering network interface card (eg, sending the last packet repeatedly, with corruption). These are usually isolated by the switch, but we're talking household kit here (which tends to do cut-through switching which will pass jabbering frames whereas enterprise switches usual take the slower but safer path of receiving and checking the entire packet before re-transmitting it). I've found it to be the opposite .. commodity gear uses store-and-forward rather than other schemes. Rob -- All biography is ultimately fiction. This is random quote 225 of 1268. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] web site analysis/statistics
At 12:05 AM 17/05/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Relatedly, can anyone recommend a good squid log analyser? There's quite a few around -- but i'd like to see what people actually recommend. I used Calamaris in the past and liked it. That *was* a while ago though :) cheers, Rob -- We don't hate vegetarians, we just think they're funny. This is random quote 1159 of 1268. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] [OT] Light email replacement for Outlook Express
At 11:29 AM 26/02/2004, Simon Wong wrote: Can anyone recommend a light (it needs to run on Windows ME so I don't trust Mozilla Mail to work) email client that can handle multiple accounts as a replacement for Outlook Express? I am checking out Phoenix Mail (http://www.snapfiles.com/get/phoenix.html) as one option. I need something reliable for my sister (until I get her laptop onto Linux ;-) Eudora has always served me well. There is even a tool to convert Eudora mailboxes to Unix mbox format cheers, rob -- He can't be a man cause he doesn't smoke the same cigarettes as me -The Rolling Stones - Satisfaction This is random quote 33 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] screen(1) lovers anonymous
Jeff Waugh wrote:
Here's a cool feature that I've added to all of my ~/.screenrc files now:
hardstatus on
hardstatus alwayslastline
hardstatus string %{.bW}%-w%{.rW}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{..G} %H %{..Y} %d/%m %C%a
It creates a status bar that has tab-like thingies which looks like this:
http://www.gnome.org/~jdub/random/screen-love.png
Very cool!
For something even more geeky try putting wormulon
(http://raisdorf.net/projects/wormulon) in the hardstatus line as well :)
cheers,
rob
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Re: [SLUG] Help with some kernel hacking
At 05:15 PM 17/12/2003, DE LUCA Ben sent this up the stick: Hey there, im trying to port a device driver from x86 to my alpha , im very new to kernel development and to the alpha platform. And was wondering if any one might be able to give advice or mentor me. Not that I can help at all, but just out of intrerest - what driver are you trying to port? Rob -- Eggs on top, canned goods on the bottom ... This is random quote 476 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Freedom and Alternatives
At 11:57 AM 12/12/2003, Christopher Vance made a rockin' answer to Brad Kowalczyk : much snip Mate, that was probably the best answer I have seen in a long time to a question like that ... well done :) Cheers, Rob (Fellow multi-OS user) -- Age before beauty; and pearls before swine. This is random quote 205 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Postfix and regexp
At 01:13 AM 5/11/2003, Voytek sent this up the stick: ** Reply to note from Kevin Saenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue, 04 Nov 2003 12:24:07 +1100 why are you tuesday 10pm? Kevin, that's a good Q. the answer is long and involved, and, I do not understand some parts of it... snip so, today, when I noticed I'm out by DST, and, adelaide no longer is there, I though, I'd try an NTPD instead of daytime, I've set up NTPD sometime in 1999, but, never used it since then, NTPD had these in: poll interval = 16384 augean.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au ntp.cs.mu.OZ.AU ntp.ml.csiro.au ntp.tip.CSIRO.AU tick.usno.navy.mil tock.usno.navy.mil time.nist.gov 206.54.0.21 Bad ... these are stratum 1 servers. Ordinary folks like us should *really* be synchronising to stratum 2 servers. Real differences between the strata amount to milliseconds usually. www.ntp.org has *all* the info. I guess, NTPD takes an average between local machine time as well as remote clocks, and, I guess, NTPD shouldn't be invoked on on obviously incorrect time, and, I guess, if I left NTPD running, it would eventually correct the time. Perhaps an interval of '16384' prevented re-calc from being somewhat quicker... Not really. ntpd will adjust (slew) your clock according to the dfirtfile (/var/ntp/drift) ntpdate steps the change in one hit (see below). which reminds me, I should really configure ntpd on my Linux server. ntpd probably isn't the best solution for an intermittent dialup, unless you can stay dailled up for about 24 hours while ntpd sets up a drift file. If the Linux box is dialling, put ntpdate into your ppp.up script If you do decide to go ahead with ntpd, be sure to check out the pool.ntp.org website. Cheers, Rob -- A good quantum physicist is hard to find. This is random quote 140 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Time Servers
At 02:35 PM 1/09/03, Edwin Humphries sent this up the stick: What public secondary time servers are useful for those of us on AEST? pool.ntp.org is a good one, have a look at the web site (pool.ntp.org ... funny that) cheers, rob -- A penny saved is ridiculous. This is random quote 169 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Netgear Wireless
At 05:59 PM 18/08/03, mick sent this up the stick: A friend of mine (who owns a pub and will pay me in BEER! to fix this)has asked me to set up a wireless LAN for him. I suggested a Linux Box for the server, because I always recommended Linux. He has given me an IBM Aptiva for the server hardware (perfect), a netgear wireless Hub and a WG311 wireless LAN card for the server. He will use a Toshiba Laptop running XPoo to access all this wireless goodness. PROBLEM: I can't seem to find a driver or generic driver for this card. The server will probably run Redhat 9.0 (although I'm open to suggestions). So if anyone can point me in right direction, please do, your help would be greatly appreciated. Since this is for beer, I'll weigh in :) The WG311 is Atheros-based, so the driver found at https://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/ *may* work. Can't say for sure, never tried it. cheers, Rob -- You want to buy a magical chia pet? This is random quote 1243 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] is it just me!!
At 09:22 PM 31/03/03, Mick Boda sent this up the stick: /stevenk/alsa 404 error! Here is the output; Failed to fetch http://people.debian.org/~stevenk/alsa/./Packages 404 Not FoundReading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done W: Couldn't stat source package list http://people.debian.org ./ Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/people.debian.org_%7estevenk_alsa_._Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory) I don't think it's your fault Mick, there is no Packages file on Steven's site. You might want to try fetching the package you need directly (alsa-modules-2.4.20-386_0.9.2+1_i386.deb should work) Then do a dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.4.20-386_0.9.2+1_i386.deb from wherever you downloaded it to install. Apologies for the sig ... bad sigmonster! Cheers, Rob -- Make your own mistakes, not somebody else's. This is random quote 781 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] debian woody on an alpha...
At 10:32 AM 29/03/03, J A Barton sent this up the stick: Firstly, the date. When checked from the srm console the date is correct, however from debian.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ date Sun Mar 29 11:29:11 EST 2065 ^^^? does anyone have any ideas other than forcing the date back 20yrs and a day? Only ever seen this when the date was set in ARC and then the boot console was swapped back to SRM. By the way, none of my Alphas exibit this problem (two multia's, a PC64 and a PWS-500au). Try setting the date in linux and then use systohc(?) to set the hw claock. Also, at boot, just after activating the swap partition, i get the following scsi error: scsi0: MEDIUM ERROR on channel 0, id 0, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 0a 40 c6 00 00 26 00 Info fld=0xa40e2, Current sd08:01: sense key Medium Error Additional sense indicates Unrecovered read error This seems not to affect anything, but i have not yet done anything that is to disk-thrashing so am unsure how much i should be worrying... Dunno about that one And finally, the petty question... Is there anyway of shortening the keystrokes to boot into debian? I have set the options from the srm console, so that a simple boot will boot the harddrive, but then i get an aboot prompt to pick a kernel, and seeing as i have only the one, it seems a bit pointless. From the SRM prompt () type: set auto_action boot The show command is your friend in SRM. Cheers, Rob -- Wisdom from kids: Don't pull Dad's finger when he tells you to. -Emily, age 10 This is random quote 1208 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] problem adding source during debian install
At 06:43 PM 28/03/03, Mick Boda sent this up the stick: I select edit sources list by hand I type http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/./ I recieve the following error message E: Type 'http, etc,etc,/i386/./' is not known on line 9 in source list /etc/apt etc, etc. If I change this to deb http://people/debian etc, etc I recieve and error message that line 9 of /etc/apt/sou is malformed. Well, your entry _is_ malformed :) Try making it: deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386/ ./ Note the space between the / and ./ Cheers, Rob -- Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earthbound misfit, I. This is random quote 1103 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] NIS cannot detect root users
At 08:32 AM 16/03/03, pesoy misak sent this up the stick: i have two computers that has debian woody in each of them and trying to serving an NIS and NFS server NFS is working fine and NIS during the setup is fine but I can't log in as root the root account is there but is locally not as NIS users. And when I type ypcat passwd the results is nobody:x:x:x:x:x:/dev/null yosep:xxx:x:/home:/bin/bash so the root is not bind for some reason could you please tell me what is happening and solve them out It's not good security practice to distribute root via NIS. If, for some reason, the NIS server is unavailable, then you will nt be able to log in to any box at all. cheers, rob -- A modest man is usually admired; if people ever hear of him. This is random quote 163 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Win2k - Linux VPN
At 04:55 PM 13/03/03, Adam W sent this up the stick: Just on this topic of VPN's. I have been meaning to ask everybody. How secure are VPN's in terms of packet sniffers/encryption etc. The company that I work for has decided to use citrix Nfuse or whatever the S^#@ is! Because they argue that using a VPN is insecure - I totally disagree with this, as I know massive multi-national corporations use these and rely on these. And as if these companies would use this if it was insecure. A IPSEC VPN seems to be most secure out of these technologies, when I worked for a large ISP we used to implement them (with 3DES encryption and key regeneration every hour). Since the actual keys aren't transmitted, they can't be sniffed. They were a nice cash cow for us, being a managed service and all. However, you still want a firewall or the like protecting the VPN box, if the VPN box is compromised, then the whole VPN is compromised too. cheers, rob -- It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. This is random quote 724 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Advice for a Web Cafe
At 02:36 PM 10/03/03, Kevin FItzgerald sent this up the stick: I am setting up an Internet cafe/Community access point at my church. We have a room and 50 Machines all with Windows Lic's for the desktops, and I want to run RH8 as the server and Backend. I will probably set it up as an NIS Server for ease of admin etc but thats not the question for this topic. What i would like is recommendations of filtering software that I can put on the RH8 server to block access to Porn etc (Being a church this is very important). Can anyone suggest a Linux Equivalent to products like Net Nanny etc? Squidguard springs to mind. Have a look on freshmeat.net. cheers, Rob -- Quite content to sit on this fence... quite content, now a little bit older... This is random quote 921 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian (2.2)/Windowmake How do you resize a window?
At 10:19 AM 10/03/03, Terry Collins sent this up the stick: I know it sounds sime, but all I can work out under Debian 2.2/WindowMake is how to iconise or maximise my windows. How do I stretch the window to the size I want? i.e. right click on title, choose Resize/Move - then what? I haven't been able to work this bit out. I usually grab the bottom-right corner of a window and stretch it to whatever size I want. cheers, Rob -- There's nothing wrong with you a shotgun blast to the face couldn't fix. This is random quote 1059 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] postfix: mynetworks clarification.
At 11:52 AM 6/03/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this up the stick: The documentation for postfix states that the default for mynetworks parameter is mynetworks_style = subnet and that this Trust SMTP clients in the IP subnetworks that Postfix is connected to. In Postfix 2.0.4, etc/main.cf says: # By default (mynetworks_style = subnet), Postfix trusts SMTP # clients in the same IP subnetworks as the local machine. # On Linux, this does works correctly only with interfaces specified # with the ifconfig command. Now, the machine that postfix sits on is connected to two networks (external and internal). External is 210.23.146.0/?? and internal 192.168.100.0/24 If I leave the default settings, will other members of our service provider be able to use our machine as a mail relay? (Ie. those coming in off 210.23.146.0 network?) AFAICT, maybe not real sure on this I guess the obvious solution is to just specify mynetworks = 192.168.100.0/24, 127.0.0.0/8 and I won't have to worry, but I'm curious about if this is really necessary (and correct). This is correct. cheers, Rob -- We take no responsibility for non-receipt of this email because we are running Windows NT everyone knows how glitchy that can be. This is random quote 1153 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Postfix: checking that I've got this right.
At 03:21 PM 6/03/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this up the stick: We have a mail server on the inside of our network, that cannot be reached externally, but serves all mail for our systems. Postfix on our firewall/gateway is to forward all mail destined for our mail systems to this server. To complicate things, we have more than one domain name, but postfix should automagically change the domain name to our regular one on the way through. (Ie. [EMAIL PROTECTED] should be changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and passed through to our internal mail server.) Additionally, scripts on the firewall/gateway send to the root user and the root user has a .forward file which contains my email address. To rewrite domains, you use the masqurerade_domains option. myorigin = $mydomain mydomain = capitalholdings.com.au masquerade_domains = capitalholdingsgroup.com.au You might also want to check http://www.postfix.org/rewrite.html and man(5) virtual for address redirection. I'm not sure what to set mydestination to as according to the docs it specifies what domains this machine will deliver locally rather than forwarding to another machine. However if postfix is proxying, do I set this as per normal - in which case how should I set it for our other domain names? (Is below correct?) mydestination is used for local delivery Have a look at http://www.postfix.org/faq.html#firewall for setting up Postfix on a firewall Here's the parameters I think may need to be set in main.cf (got a feeling I've got this wrong as the proxying concepts aren't clear for me): myorigin = $mydomain mydestination = $myhostname localhost.$mydomain $mydomain relaydomains = $mydomain capitalholdingsgroup.com.au mynetworks = 192.168.100.0/24, 27.0.0.0/8 proxy_interfaces = 192.168.100.1 virtual_alias_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/virtual mydestination should be the hostname of the internal mailserver. There really is no need to allow relaying for the whole 127.0.0.0/8 subnet you really only need 127.0.0.1/32 and /etc/postfix/virtual to contain the following line: capitalholdingsgroup.com.au capitalholdings.com.au I'm not sure you'll need that cheers, Rob -- The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist is afraid that it is. This is random quote 1033 of 1254. Distance from the centre of the brewing universe [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] How to create an ISP
At 14:54 7/02/2003, Phillipus Gunawan sent this up the stick: Doh... is it really true there is no ducumentation on the net i can look up? Didn't I give you a link (tldp.org) to search? If you really want others to do your homeopwrk, then I think you are asking in the wrong place. Where have you looked? Did you read http://tldp.org/HOWTO/ISP-Setup-RedHat-HOWTO.html at all? You haven't said anything about the size of this pretend ISP, so I think you have done pretty well thus far. There is a book by Geoff Huston (Telstra Internet chief scientist) called ISP Survival Guide, (John Wiley Sons, Nov 1998) Read a little bit about it at http://www.potaroo.net/books.html If you need bandwidth prices, call backbone providers (worldcom, Telstra, Comindico or the like) and ask. Check out vendor websites for hardware prices. Be specific - how many dialin lines are you required to have, how many customers are you providing services to, are there any other services you will provide apart from dialup? Nobody is going to do your homework for you. Rob Anyway, i have tought about that, i made 1 dedicated linux as a router gateway. it will receives dial up connection from a client and redirect it with some RAS with squid.. so far, thats what i found on the web. but, is that the right way? how about the phone line? what modem should i use? can experienced_person guide me or show me the light? Thanks. --- Jamie Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: I got an assignment, to create almost full documentation (implementation and pricing) on how to create an ISP in Sydney. Step 1: Get lots of funding -- you're going to lose a lot of money. :-) -- When the bosses talk about improving productivity, they are never talking about themselves. This is random quote 1207 of a collection of 1274 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] NIS/YP question
While this is not strictly a Linux question, it does involve some Linux boxen (and a couple of Windows and FreeBSD systems :) I have about 5 machines at home, networked together. Usually, about three of them are in use at any given time. To save updating various bits of info when I make a change that would affect them all (adding or renaming a host, changing a user password etc.) would it be a good idea to use NIS/YP or some such service? This way, I would only have to make a change on the server and have it reflected on the various hosts. What would be an alternative to NIS in this situation? LDAP? cheers, Rob -- Hail / Praise / Ia / Fuck / Grep / Eat Eris / Bob / Cthulhu / The Conspiracy / Kibo / Spam This is random quote 558 of a collection of 1274 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] How to create an ISP
At 13:16 4/02/2003, Phillipus Gunawan sent this up the stick: Greeting SLUG, I got an assignment, to create almost full documentation (implementation and pricing) on how to create an ISP in Sydney. Is there any available article I can lookup which is a real story? Preferably is a small-medium ISP which using Linux/RedHat as their servers. IIRC, there was a document on http://tldp.org along these lines. Try googling for it as well. cheers, Rob -- Any priest or shaman must be presumed guilty until proved innocent. This is random quote 272 of a collection of 1274 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Firewall MD5 signatures on processes
At 23:49 29/01/2003, Matt M sent this up the stick: And totally unimplementable on a machine where the same binaries can have different MD5 sums across different installations, e.g. the one you all are (most likely) reading this mail on now. Unless the MD5 sums table is build when you install the machine/software or configure the feature. Correctamundo! Y'all should remember, these Windows firewalls are designed to be installed on a single machine (hence the term personal firewall) and - while they will work on a box acting as a gateway - they will only verify MD5 sums of local software. So in effect, these apps combine a bit of Tripwire/Aide with a packet filter. Unix software rule: Do one thing, and do it well Windows sofware rule: Do everything cheers, Rob :) -- Create your own opportunity. Blackmail a senior executive. This is random quote 419 of a collection of 1273 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Problems configuring woody for cable
At 09:10 30/12/2002, Adam Bogacki sent this up the stick: Tux:/home/adam# cat /etc/resolv.conf search paradise.net.nz nameserver 203.96.152.4 nameserver 203.96.152.12 Tux:/home/adam# /etc/network/interfaces # /etc/network/interfaces --configuration file for if up(8) if down(8) # the loopback interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The first network card ... during Deb install #(network, broadcast gateway are optional) auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static adress 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 Seems strange that your cable provider would assign you an address in the 192.168- range. Does Paradise cable use DHCP to assign the address? If so, try making sure that either pump or dhcpd are installed, and comment out all the existing eth0 stuff and put the following into /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth0 iface eth0 dhcp Do /etc/init.d/network restart and see if everything works. Failing the above, I had a look at the web page to see what support they offrered, and it seems as though Paradise cable is provided by TelstraClear (formerly Saturn). There is a Cable-modem HOWTO at http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/Cable-Modem/index.html. Have a look at the entry there for Saturn. Cheers, Rob -Original Message- From: David Kempe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 30 December 2002 9:39 AM To: Adam Bogacki Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] Problems configuring woody for cable Adam, you really have to get back to basics. forget linuxconf, its not needed. please tell us the output of these commands and we can get the details of exactly what is wrong. cat /etc/resolv.conf cat /etc/network/interfaces ifconfig if your resolv.conf looks like what you typed below then DNS is broken. take out the search parameter for now, just have two lines that read nameserver x.x.x.x and nameserver x.x.x.x I have never needed to touch /etc/networks - i think it is either redundant or built from /etc/network/interfaces hope that helps, dave - Original Message - From: Adam Bogacki To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 7:12 AM Subject: [SLUG] Problems configuring woody for cable Hi, I'm running Woody testing/unstable in a dual boot-system and have recently had 512Bd cable installed. The XP drive is fine but I can't seem to get it going with Woody. I apt-get installed linuxconf via ppp, read through the help files as suggested, and added in all known values for DNS Servers, IP (Static), Gateway, and SubNet mask. I did not see anywhere to include network settings for pop3 or smtp (presumably to go in ./muttrc and Mozilla). I keep getting the message Can't find package 'pythonmod' although via 'apt-get update', 'apt-get upgrade' and 'apt-get -u dist-upgrade || apt-get -f install' I found that 'pythonmod' had indeed been installed. 'netconf -status' gives me 'module pythonmod does not exist' ? Service samba is not running Executing: /etc/rc2.d/S20samba start' My /etc/resolv.conf is 'search paradise.net.nz nameserver 203.96.152.4 203.96.152.12' my /etc/networks is localnet 192.168.1.0 eth0_netmask 255.255.255.0 which confuses me - where did that DNS come from ? my IP is 203.79.110.81 Similarly my /etc/hosts had (last time I looked) three different designations for my system (Tux): 127.0.0.1 Localhost 192.168.1.1 Tux 203.79.110.81 Tux loghost . I presume these have been calculated by Linuxconf. I received the linuxconf message forwarding of IP traffic is not active in the kernel and trying an apt-get update still gives me something wicked happened resolving 'mirror.aarnet.edu.au:http' Sorry for the confusion - any solutions ? Adam Bogacki [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [forwarding] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- After all, we only go around once. There's really no time to be afraid. This is random quote 206 of a collection of 1269 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?
- Original Message - From: Michael Lake [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 7:21 AM Subject: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ? Hi all, I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not maybe to use. Previously I just had put the install scripts put one on for me but now I can see I have quite a few choices. Use is mainly for home machine--machine but will be using at at uni where it will be effectively directly connected so security is a concern. (my IRIX box here shows several attemps / week) But also I wont be using virtual hosts or anything fancy (hence dont need proftp). So simpliclity is a plus. Users will be mainly me at uni. Anyone used oftpd, vsftpd or twoftpd. On my Debian box I use vsftpd, couldn't be happier with it. Real lightweight, good throughput, and no known buffer overflows or anything :) Can't be too bad - ftp.redhat.com runs on it, as does ftp.openbsd.org On my FreeBSD boxes I use lukemftpd, so far, there isn't much of a difference, lukemftpd can do a couple things that vsftpd can't - like chroot and kerberos/S-key authentication cheers, Rob -- Teaching should be such that what is offered is perceived as a valuable gift and not as a hard duty. - Albert Einstein This is quote 76 of 1254. snip ftp package guff -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?
- Original Message - From: Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Michael Lake' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:27 PM Subject: RE: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ? Hi all, I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not maybe to use. apt-get install proftpd You didn't really read the email, did you? But also I wont be using virtual hosts or anything fancy (hence dont need proftp). So simpliclity is a plus Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ?
- Original Message - From: Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Rob B' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:49 PM Subject: RE: [SLUG] What ftpd - oh the choices ? I need to add an ftpd to my Debian laptop and wwondered what ppl have used and can recommend and what not maybe to use. apt-get install proftpd But also I wont be using virtual hosts or anything fancy (hence dont need proftp). So simpliclity is a plus Just because proftpd can do this fancy stuff, doesn't mean its not easy. I don't use those functions and never have. However I use it, because out of the box its ready to roll, and not to mention very secure. End case! I'd have to disagree on both points there - it might be ready to roll, but it has been the victim of some very serious security flaws in the past. I think that, when compared to lukemftpd or vsftpd, proftpd is overkill. Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] I think I'm being DoS'd - What can I do ?
At 09:08 27/11/2002, Adam Hewitt sent this up the stick: I used to work as a network engineer for a large national wholesale ISP, and it was *policy* that we provided bandwidth, *not* filtering. Their philosophy was that if you are being DoS'ed you need to contact the source ISP and get them to block, otherwise we would still get charged for the traffic from our supplier. I can kind of see their point, but it doesn't really help the average end user. Even when code red was running riot, we still did not filter... When I was in support at UUNET/WorldCom/borg - we filtered (on request only) when CodeRed and Nimda were peaking. Most likely because we had no policy that said we would not do it, but we also had no policy that said we would :) We also helped out smaller customers (whose links were so badly congested that they were essentially cut off) by contacting the ISP of the source of the problem. Not sure if this sort of thing will happen any more though. cheers, rob -- God gets boring when you let him have his way. This is random quote 541 of a collection of 1265 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] Help with Webalizer
At 08:58 26/11/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this up the stick: FreeBSD - libjpeg is in the ports tree, gd isn't, nor is webalizer. But after you build the libraries and link all the files from /usr/local/include to /usr/include (or compile webalizer with a --include=/usr/local/include) it's a piece of cake :-) FYI, the ./configure under FreeBSD *DID* detect the lack of libjpeg and gd without any problems at all. This was installing from source too (2.0.7 IIRC) - maybe this is a RedHat specific build problem?? Webalizer is in the ports tree (ports/www/webalizer) as is gd (ports/graphics/gd) cheers, Rob -- Is it the Chad? Is it the Chad? - Chad (Charlies Angels movie) This is random quote 61 of a collection of 1265 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] offtopic - nntp traffic volume question for ISP admins
At 11:25 25/11/2002, Broun, Bevan sent this up the stick: Can any ISP admins give me an idea of how much traffic is downloaded for the major top level groups. Ie how much will be downloading per day or week if we decide to bring in all of comp. and all of aus. When I was setting up feeds for customers, we advised that you needed a 10 meg connection JUST for news if you wanted all 25000 odd groups that we carried. Found this little bit of info : Usenet Statistics (2002/03/18 - 2002/03/19) Total feed size (excluding cross-posting): 353062.59 Mb in 1730196 articles over 1.00 days Average daily rate (excluding cross-posting): 353058.50 Mb, 1730176 articles Total feed size (including cross-posting): 489372.94 Mb in 2438056 articles Average daily rate (including cross-posting): 489367.28 Mb in 2438028 articles cheers, Rob PS: any vacancies for a VPN/install engineer floating around? Starting in Feb would be good :) -- Death is an illusion. Life is a hallucination. Taxes are objective reality. This is random quote 413 of a collection of 1256 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian network install
At 12:14 22/11/2002 +1100, Richard Hayes sent this up the stick: Reading the Debian installation how to I did not see how many floppy disks I need to do a network install? I did this with my Alphas, and I only needed the two boot floppies. cheers, rob -- Vote Cthulhu! Why choose the lesser evil? This is random quote 1128 of a collection of 1256 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Need to lease an IP block.
- Original Message - From: David Hill [Hostcentral] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 1:06 PM Subject: [SLUG] Need to lease an IP block. Hi all, Does anyone know of any person or company that would be willing to lease me a portable /24? Hmm ... that'll be tough - APNIC will gladly give you a minimum of a /20. Justifying 4.96 IP's isn't gonna be easy though :) cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] web-based photo albums
At 13:47 3/11/2002 +1100, Craige McWhirter sent this up the stick: On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:27, Rob B wrote: I am about to set up a web-based photo album for my family, and I wonder if y'all have any experience with them. I've found curator to a good photo gallery tool. I've been told that bins is apparently better. - no database, images should be stored as files Check. - web-upload would be real nice Manual upload of webpages generated by curator. It also have a very sweet templating system. I've gone with Gallery (gallery.sourceforge.net) simply due to the fact that it is the only one that does a web-based upload and doesn't need a database. I needed this feature due to the non-technical nature of the users (not me). cheers, Rob -- No man should marry until he has studied anatomy and dissected at least one woman. - Honore de Balzac This is random quote 850 of a collection of 1254 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] web-based photo albums
At 09:26 1/11/2002 +1100, Michael Lake sent this up the stick: On Thursday, October 31, 2002, at 05:41 PM, Kevin Waterson wrote: You will need a late version browser to render the CSS correctly. With Older browser ymmv. I have it up with some sample images at http://www.wildcherry.com.au Some browser feedback for you. MS Explorer 5.2 on Mac OSX just shows a black page with no links or anything and thats a late model browser. Mozilla 1.2b on Mac OSX works fine. More browser feedback: Opera 6.05 on WinNT renders the menu on the top right (IE 6 shows it on the top left) and shows all thumbnails in a row along the top of the page. Page loads fast on a dialup connection tho. -- One tentacle, one vote. This is random quote 886 of a collection of 1257 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] web-based photo albums
Hi Sluggers, I am about to set up a web-based photo album for my family, and I wonder if y'all have any experience with them. There are a few must-haves: - no database, images should be stored as files - web-upload would be real nice So far, I am looking closely at Gallery (http://gallery.menalto.com/index.php) and yappa (http://sourceforge.net/projects/yappa/), but I was wondering if anyone has used something else. Cheers, Rob -- Another such victory over the Romans, and we are undone. This is random quote 216 of a collection of 1256 Distance from the centre of the brewing universe: [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian Public Key fingerprint = 6219 33BD A37B 368D 29F5 19FB 945D C4D7 1F66 D9C5 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] traffic shaping
I have a traffic shaping script (wondershaper from lartc.org) that I want to run automagically. Where would the best place for it be - in the dhclient-enter-hooks script, or somewhere else? All I'll be doing is calling a small bash script that loads the shaper script. cheers, Rob -- Pussy cat up to no good!... This is random quote 906 of a collection of 1252 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Encouraging General 'ftp' to 'ssh' Migration?
At 11:30 20/09/2002 +1000, David sent this up the stick: what windows clients do folks recommend for rsync/SSH, or sftp connecting winXX to a linux server. Personally, I am happily windows-free, but I can't see any obvious rsync/sftp/gui windows client for my command-line-challenged colleagues. I've looked briefly at PuTTY sftp and it works fine, but the version I was looking at was totally command line. Did I miss something? www.shaolinsecureftp.com could be a go - never managed to get it working properly under WinNT tho cheers, rob -- I'll be back. This is random quote 676 of a collection of 1251 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] how do I force user to change password on first login
How can I add a user, and have them forced to change their password on first logon? This will be on Deb 3.0 On my *BSD boxen I have a file called change #!/bin/sh if /usr/bin/passwd then /usr/bin/chpass -s /bin/ksh exec /usr/local/bin/bash --login fi This is put into /etc/shells (making it a valid shell) and the user made to have this script as a shell. Will this work on Debian, or is there a way to make PAM do what I want? cheers, Rob -- I'm just a revved up youth on a thrill-kill rampage. This is random quote 679 of a collection of 1251 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] cacti .deb problem
At 19:19 9/09/2002 +1000, evilbunny sent this up the stick: dpkg-reconfigure debconf you need to specify a lower setting so dpkg prompt you for MySQL settings, had the same problem with mozilla, i reset debconf to dialog and medium... Monday, September 9, 2002, 7:21:15 PM, you wrote: RB OK - here's one for the debian gurus: RB bunbun:/var/lib/mysql/mysql$ sudo apt-get install cacti RB Password: RB Reading Package Lists... Done RB Building Dependency Tree... Done RB Sorry, cacti is already the newest version. RB 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. RB 1 packages not fully installed or removed. RB Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. RB Setting up cacti (0.6.7-2) ... RB ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'loop@localhost' (Using password: YES) RB ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'loop@localhost' (Using password: YES) RB dpkg: error processing cacti (--configure): RB subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 RB Errors were encountered while processing: RB cacti RB I have tried purging all dependencies of cacti (including all mysql stuff) RB but this error keeps popping up. It seems to me that the cacti configure RB script seems to think that it's username should be loop - but the mysql RB server doesn't know of a user by that name. Well after the security update of cacti, I am still stuck with cacti half-installed and unable to remove it: bunbun:~# dpkg -P cacti (Reading database ... 29204 files and directories currently installed.) Removing cacti ... Purging configuration files for cacti ... ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'loop@localhost' (Using password: YES) dpkg: error processing cacti (--purge): subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: cacti I have purged the mysql-server stuff and removed the databases (I selected this option when installing mysql-server) and re-installed all the cacti and mysql-server dependencies but I'm still getting the same error. Help!! Rob -- This statement is false. This is random quote 552 of a collection of 1250 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] cacti .deb problem
OK - here's one for the debian gurus: bunbun:/var/lib/mysql/mysql$ sudo apt-get install cacti Password: Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Sorry, cacti is already the newest version. 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 packages not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B will be used. Setting up cacti (0.6.7-2) ... ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'loop@localhost' (Using password: YES) ERROR 1045: Access denied for user: 'loop@localhost' (Using password: YES) dpkg: error processing cacti (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: cacti I have tried purging all dependencies of cacti (including all mysql stuff) but this error keeps popping up. It seems to me that the cacti configure script seems to think that it's username should be loop - but the mysql server doesn't know of a user by that name. Does anyone have any ideas? cheers, rob -- You mean you need drugs to hallucinate? This is random quote 1236 of a collection of 1250 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Network speed testing
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2002 8:57 PM Subject: [SLUG] Network speed testing I used to have a program running under linux which wasa little like traceroute except that instead of just showing all the hops from one point to another it somehow tested and displayed the speed of each hop. I have been googling without success. Can anyone remember the name of such a tool. There's bing (stochastic bandwidth measuremetn tool), and mtr (Matt's Trace Route) for starters Find 'em on freshmeat.net Cheers, rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Fwd: help needed please
On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 16:21:52 +1000, Martin sprayed into the ether: $author = Nathan McKinlay ; 1) no libmmll wasn't install. However I was unable to install it: webster:/# apt-cache show libmmll W: Unable to locate package libmmll webster:/# apt-get install libmmll Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done E: Couldn't find package libmmll -- # apt-cache search libmm libmm11 - Shared memory library libmm11-dev - Shared memory library - development -- those weren't Ls, they were ones... :) 2) the php4.ini file that I found was in /etc/php4/apache/php4.ini when I looked inside it - it had nothing in it at all. it most definately should not be empty. 3) Should Istill try this option? try installing libmm11 first. 4) not sure how to do that dpkg -l | grep libmm will show the following if it is installed: bunbun:~$ dpkg -l |grep libmm ii libmm111.1.3-6.1 Shared memory library so it is installed on my machine. I'm having trouble with php/apache and cacti at the moment, so I'm following this thread closely :) Cheers, Rob -- Beyond good and evil lies North Dakota. This is random quote 292 of a collection of 1246 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] rdate
At 07:42 12/08/2002 +0930, David Fitch sent this up the stick: On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 21:14, Simon Bryan wrote: Is there a time server in Oz that I can simply run rdate -s against? I keep getting connection refused on the ones I find on Google, yet it worked on one in the States :-( I use ntp against ntp.csiro.au tsk tsk - shouldn't sync off a stratum 1 time server. Check out http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.htm for the info. Cheers, Rob -- The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.|- Humphrey Bogart This is random quote 1021 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
At 15:43 1/08/2002, Ben de Luca sent this up the stick: the dns server on your windows machine is set wrong, check /etc/resolv.conf on your nat box for one to use Doubt it, it get's it's DNS from the NAT machine. The windows machine works, the linux box doing the NAT doesn't. cheers, Rob - Original Message - From: Rob B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ... I have a problem with the routing table - or something - on my gateway box: My linux box NATs for the 10.0.0.0/24 network. From inside that network (on a WinXP box) I can get to the Bigpond cable news-server: C:\nslookup news-server.bigpond.net.au *** Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.1: Non-existent domain *** Default servers are not available Server: UnKnown Address: 10.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name:mec2.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 Aliases: news-server.bigpond.net.au C:\telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 200 Welcome to BigPond Advance -- http://www.bigpond.net.au (Typhoon v1.2.2) quit 205 GoodBye Connection to host lost. C:\ From the box that NATs: bunbun:~# nslookup server Default server: 61.9.192.14 Address: 61.9.192.14#53 Default server: 61.9.192.15 Address: 61.9.192.15#53 Default server: 61.9.128.15 Address: 61.9.128.15#53 Default server: 61.9.192.16 Address: 61.9.192.16#53 news-server.bigpond.net.au Server: 61.9.192.14 Address:61.9.192.14#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: news-server.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 bunbun:~# telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 Trying 61.9.128.12... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out As you can see, the IP that both boxes are connecting to is the same, and the traceroutes from both boxes are identical (apart from the extra hop for the box that is being NATed) -- What if there were no hypothetical questions? This is random quote 1164 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
At 15:48 1/08/2002, Tim White sent this up the stick: Firewall rules? To tell the truth, there are none Maybe you are NATing forwarded traffic only? Don't think that this could happen as the box doing the NAt has only one IP address, and this is what all traffic is NAT-ed to. What about a tcpdump of the external interface of the NATting box? Could try that, Cheers, Rob - Original Message - From: Rob B [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:35 PM Subject: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ... Apologies for the incomplete mail, my email client went awry - I have a problem with the routing table - or something - on my gateway box: My linux box NATs for the 10.0.0.0/24 network. From inside that network (on a WinXP box) I can get to the Bigpond cable news-server: -- I once waxed the floors of a nursing home, pulled off all the rubber feet on the walkers, and yelled FIRE! This is random quote 592 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
At 16:19 1/08/2002, Peter Rundle sent this up the stick: Doubt it, it get's it's DNS from the NAT machine. The windows machine works, the linux box doing the NAT doesn't. your route and iptables listings would really help us help you with the debugging. Like I said, the traceroutes are identical, but here is the route infor and iptables listing from the machine in question: Thanks, Rob bunbun:~# route -vF Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 10.0.0.0* 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 144.132.152.0 *255.255.248.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 default CPE-144-132-152 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0 bunbun:~# iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ipac_inall -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere LOGall -- 127.0.0.0/8 anywhere LOG level warning DROP all -- 127.0.0.0/8 anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere 255.255.255.255 ACCEPT all -- INSIDE/24anywhere ACCEPT!tcp -- anywhere BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET/4 LOGall -- INSIDE/24anywhere LOG level warning DROP all -- INSIDE/24anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere 255.255.255.255 ACCEPT all -- anywhere CPE-144-132-154-148.nsw.bigpond.net.au ACCEPT all -- anywhere CPE-144-132-159-255.nsw.bigpond.net.au LOGall -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning DROP all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ipac_inall -- anywhere anywhere ipac_out all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- INSIDE/24anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere INSIDE/24 LOGall -- anywhere INSIDE/24 LOG level warning DROP all -- anywhere INSIDE/24 LOGall -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning DROP all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP) target prot opt source destination ipac_out all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT all -- anywhere 255.255.255.255 ACCEPT all -- anywhere INSIDE/24 ACCEPT!tcp -- anywhere BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET/4 LOGall -- anywhere INSIDE/24 LOG level warning DROP all -- anywhere INSIDE/24 ACCEPT all -- anywhere 255.255.255.255 ACCEPT all -- CPE-144-132-154-148.nsw.bigpond.net.au anywhere ACCEPT all -- CPE-144-132-159-255.nsw.bigpond.net.au anywhere LOGall -- anywhere anywhere LOG level warning DROP all -- anywhere anywhere Chain ipac_in (2 references) target prot opt source destination all -- anywhere anywhere tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp-data tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:telnet tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:domain udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:domain tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:www tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pop3 tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:https tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:ftp-data tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:ftp tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:ssh tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:telnet tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:smtp tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:domain udp -- anywhere anywhere udp spt:domain tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:www tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spt:pop3 tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp spts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn udp -- anywhere
Re: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
At 16:32 1/08/2002, Martin sent this up the stick: what he means is that a machine can be setup to NAT for the network behind it but not pass out any traffic for the localhost. no, all traffic works fine to and from the box doing the NAT, just can't get to the news server so it would be helpful to know: - what major version of the kernel are you using? 2.4.18 - ipchains or iptables? iptables - what NAT rules are you using? see previous post Cheers, Rob -- Two dead ends and you still got to choose... -Tom Waits This is random quote 1107 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
At 16:57 1/08/2002, Tim White sent this up the stick: Like I said, the traceroutes are identical, but here is the route infor and iptables listing from the machine in question: Could you also do iptables -L -v iptables -L -v -t nat iptables -L -v -t mangle These will show more detail as well as the rules in the nat and mangle tables too. bunbun:~# iptables -L -v Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 1372 121K ipac_inall -- anyany anywhere anywhere 37 2892 ACCEPT all -- lo any anywhere anywhere 0 0 LOGall -- !loany 127.0.0.0/8 anywhere LOG level warning 0 0 DROP all -- !loany 127.0.0.0/8 anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth1 any anywhere 255.255.255.255 245 12696 ACCEPT all -- eth1 any INSIDE/24anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT!tcp -- eth1 any anywhere BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET/4 0 0 LOGall -- eth0 any INSIDE/24anywhere LOG level warning 0 0 DROP all -- eth0 any INSIDE/24anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth0 any anywhere 255.255.255.255 1071 105K ACCEPT all -- eth0 any anywhere CPE-144-132-154-148.nsw.bigpond.net.au 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth0 any anywhere CPE-144-132-159-255.nsw.bigpond.net.au 34 1088 LOGall -- anyany anywhere anywhere LOG level warning 34 1088 DROP all -- anyany anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ipac_inall -- anyany anywhere anywhere 0 0 ipac_out all -- anyany anywhere anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth1 eth0INSIDE/24anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- eth0 eth1anywhere INSIDE/24 0 0 LOGall -- anyeth0anywhere INSIDE/24 LOG level warning 0 0 DROP all -- anyeth0anywhere INSIDE/24 0 0 LOGall -- anyany anywhere anywhere LOG level warning 0 0 DROP all -- anyany anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 1579 109K ipac_out all -- anyany anywhere anywhere 37 2892 ACCEPT all -- anylo anywhere anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- anyeth1anywhere 255.255.255.255 305 19544 ACCEPT all -- anyeth1anywhere INSIDE/24 0 0 ACCEPT!tcp -- anyeth1anywhere BASE-ADDRESS.MCAST.NET/4 0 0 LOGall -- anyeth0anywhere INSIDE/24 LOG level warning 0 0 DROP all -- anyeth0anywhere INSIDE/24 0 0 ACCEPT all -- anyeth0anywhere 255.255.255.255 1226 82709 ACCEPT all -- anyeth0CPE-144-132-154-148.nsw.bigpond.net.au anywhere 0 0 ACCEPT all -- anyeth0CPE-144-132-159-255.nsw.bigpond.net.au anywhere 30 4734 LOGall -- anyany anywhere anywhere LOG level warning 30 4734 DROP all -- anyany anywhere anywhere Chain ipac_in (2 references) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 89 7930all -- anyany anywhere anywhere 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp-data 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ftp 52 3896tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:telnet 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:smtp 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:domain 0 0udp -- anyany anywhere anywhere udp dpt:domain 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:www 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:pop3 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn 0 0udp -- anyany anywhere anywhere udp dpts:netbios-ns:netbios-ssn 0 0tcp -- anyany anywhere anywhere tcp
Re: [SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
At 17:21 1/08/2002, Peter Rundle sent this up the stick: Ok I suspect that you are droping the returning packets from the server you are trying to telnet to, I.E the telnet packet goes out but the reply packet is being dropped. Try setting the input policy to accept for 30 secs and see if it works, if so then set it back to drop and add iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT To your fireall. Alternatively with a policy of drop for outbound packets you might be dropping the outbound telnet packet. I haven't trawled through them trying to match rules to your destination host. If the above doesn't work, try changing the outbound policy for 30 secs and see if that fixes it, then add the appropriate rule. Surely if this were the case then nothing would be working from the firewall - the odd thing is that I can use lynx from the firewall without a problem. I'll try your suggestion in any case. Thanks, Rob -- Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're an arsehole. This is random quote 726 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
I have a problem with the routing table on my gateway box: My linux box masquerades for the 10.0.0.0/24 network. From inside that network (on a WinXP box) I can get to the Bigpond cable news-server: C:\nslookup news-server.bigpond.net.au *** Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.1: Non-existent domain *** Default servers are not available Server: UnKnown Address: 10.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name:mec2.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 Aliases: news-server.bigpond.net.au C:\telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 200 Welcome to BigPond Advance -- http://www.bigpond.net.au (Typhoon v1.2.2) quit 205 GoodBye Connection to host lost. C:\ From the box that masquerades, however: bunbun:~# nslookup server Default server: 61.9.192.14 Address: 61.9.192.14#53 Default server: 61.9.192.15 Address: 61.9.192.15#53 Default server: 61.9.128.15 Address: 61.9.128.15#53 Default server: 61.9.192.16 Address: 61.9.192.16#53 news-server.bigpond.net.au Server: 61.9.192.14 Address:61.9.192.14#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: news-server.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 server 10.0.0.1 Default server: 10.0.0.1 Address: 10.0.0.1#53 news-server.bigpond.net.au Server: 10.0.0.1 Address:10.0.0.1#53 Non-authoritative answer: news-server.bigpond.net.au canonical name = mec2.bigpond.net.au. Name: mec2.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 bunbun:~# telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 Trying 61.9.128.12... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out All the IP addressing looks the same -- Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant ... This is random quote 237 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] The routing problem that shouldn't be ...
Apologies for the incomplete mail, my email client went awry - I have a problem with the routing table - or something - on my gateway box: My linux box NATs for the 10.0.0.0/24 network. From inside that network (on a WinXP box) I can get to the Bigpond cable news-server: C:\nslookup news-server.bigpond.net.au *** Can't find server name for address 10.0.0.1: Non-existent domain *** Default servers are not available Server: UnKnown Address: 10.0.0.1 Non-authoritative answer: Name:mec2.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 Aliases: news-server.bigpond.net.au C:\telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 200 Welcome to BigPond Advance -- http://www.bigpond.net.au (Typhoon v1.2.2) quit 205 GoodBye Connection to host lost. C:\ From the box that NATs: bunbun:~# nslookup server Default server: 61.9.192.14 Address: 61.9.192.14#53 Default server: 61.9.192.15 Address: 61.9.192.15#53 Default server: 61.9.128.15 Address: 61.9.128.15#53 Default server: 61.9.192.16 Address: 61.9.192.16#53 news-server.bigpond.net.au Server: 61.9.192.14 Address:61.9.192.14#53 Non-authoritative answer: Name: news-server.bigpond.net.au Address: 61.9.128.12 bunbun:~# telnet news-server.bigpond.net.au 119 Trying 61.9.128.12... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out As you can see, the IP that both boxes are connecting to is the same, and the traceroutes from both boxes are identical (apart from the extra hop for the box that is being NATed) Any ideas? Cheers, Rob -- Ave, Imperator, morituri te salutant ... This is random quote 237 of a collection of 1254 [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT - Remote display of Win2000 App through Internet
At 13:01 17/07/2002, Richard Hayes sent this up the stick: I apologize for being off topic but I am asking for advise on exporting the display of Win2K box through the Internet preferably. I have an application running on a headless box and want to run it remotely, should I use any or all of these VNC, X Windows, PC Anywhere something else? What are the advantages / disadvantages? I use VNC tunnelled through an SSH session for security, as I have a Linux box on the network as well. VNC can only have one session active at any one time, unlike X - so even if you set it to use a shared session, you are all interacting with the one desktop. Cheers, Rob -- You took my breath away and now I want it back. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 1241 of a collection of 1253 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Using the bios to boot a diskless client
At 14:54 5/06/2002, Richard Hayes sent this up the stick: Has oneone used the bios of a pc to boot using GRUB / PXE or anything else without having a bootprom in the network card? I want to have a 'bog standand' pc without any disk and to be able to boot from the server. There is a program called something like 'system image' but I can not find it. Any clues / pointers would be helpful If the PC BIOS doesn't support netbooting (ie: built-in network port) then you need either: - The network card to have a bootprom on it OR - a floppy drive with a boot image to load into memory, so the system can start sucking down an OS There was a webpage (http://rom-o-matic.net/ ) that built a boot-image via some dropdown menus. Check the pages at www.etherboot.org , http://netboot.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.thinguin.org/ Cheers, Rob -- I wish you humans would leave me alone. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 585 of a collection of 1232 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] b0rked system
- Original Message - From: Rob B [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] b0rked system - Original Message - From: Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] b0rked system quote who=Rob B I then ran tune2fs -j /dev/sda1 through 4 to add the journal, and changed /etc/fstab to make the drives mount ext3 at boot. Before rebooting, I re-made the kernel package with some network settings I had forgotten (didn't remove any config)and installed it, and rebooted - following the default questions re lilo all the way. Now the drives aren't being mounted at all. I can boot into tomsrtbt rescue disk and mount the drive fine to do an fsck on it, but once I boot back into Debian the problem remains. Well, it sounds like your new kernel can't mount ext3 drives, or is it that you've left out SCSI support? I thought so as well, but both the controller and the disks are detected. I also checked the .config file and both the correct SCSI devices and ext3 are included in it. First I would try booting from the emergency disk, mount the root partition and modify /etc/fstab back to ext2 again. ext3 partitions are backwards compatible and will load as ext2. If that doesn't work, I would next try using the emergency disk to boot the root system you already have by giving the lilo prompt on the emergency disk a boot command like: boot linux root=/dev/sda1 Since my emergency disk decided to cark it, I tried booting from the Deb rescue disk, this worked OK, but hammered me with module dependency problems due to it being kernel 2.2.20, and I have no 2.2.20 modules.dep file. I will try again with the rescue disk from the bf2.4 directory tonight. Booted successfully with the bf2.4 rescue disk and was able to repair lilo. I think, (not sure yet) that the issue was caused by the inclusion of the devfs filesystem, and not reading the docs :) I have removed devfs (not game enough to try it ... dunno why I put it in there) I'm recompiling now and will check it out later. Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] b0rked system
Hi all, I'm in a bit of a pickle at the moment - I compiled a new kernel package using make-kpkg for my Debian Woody box, going from 2.2.19 to 2.4.18, with the pre-emptive patch and ext3 support. lilo was updated and all went well and rebooted fine. I then ran tune2fs -j /dev/sda1 through 4 to add the journal, and changed /etc/fstab to make the drives mount ext3 at boot. Before rebooting, I re-made the kernel package with some network settings I had forgotten (didn't remove any config)and installed it, and rebooted - following the default questions re lilo all the way. Now the drives aren't being mounted at all. I can boot into tomsrtbt rescue disk and mount the drive fine to do an fsck on it, but once I boot back into Debian the problem remains. Another (related I'm sure) issue is the fact that lilo has no option to boot the old kernel, and I can't re-run lilo from the rescue disk. The FAQ for Toms disk says to mount the existing hard drive as /mnt (no problem there), and then do chroot /mnt /sbin lilo - but when I try and run lilo to repair the MBR, the damn thing complains that it can't find lilo.real (which is also in /mnt/sbin) TIA, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] b0rked system
- Original Message - From: Jan Schmidt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] b0rked system quote who=Rob B I then ran tune2fs -j /dev/sda1 through 4 to add the journal, and changed /etc/fstab to make the drives mount ext3 at boot. Before rebooting, I re-made the kernel package with some network settings I had forgotten (didn't remove any config)and installed it, and rebooted - following the default questions re lilo all the way. Now the drives aren't being mounted at all. I can boot into tomsrtbt rescue disk and mount the drive fine to do an fsck on it, but once I boot back into Debian the problem remains. Well, it sounds like your new kernel can't mount ext3 drives, or is it that you've left out SCSI support? I thought so as well, but both the controller and the disks are detected. I also checked the .config file and both the correct SCSI devices and ext3 are included in it. First I would try booting from the emergency disk, mount the root partition and modify /etc/fstab back to ext2 again. ext3 partitions are backwards compatible and will load as ext2. If that doesn't work, I would next try using the emergency disk to boot the root system you already have by giving the lilo prompt on the emergency disk a boot command like: boot linux root=/dev/sda1 Since my emergency disk decided to cark it, I tried booting from the Deb rescue disk, this worked OK, but hammered me with module dependency problems due to it being kernel 2.2.20, and I have no 2.2.20 modules.dep file. I will try again with the rescue disk from the bf2.4 directory tonight. Thanks for the help, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Re: Couple of Q's for the educated.
At 12:46 23/05/2002, Angus Lees sent this up the stick: No2. Scanning inbound mail. I _think_ I vaguely remember discussion on this before, but does anyone know a product for Linux which will scan inbound mail attachments as they're spooled for virus', and delete the offending files if they are detected? MTA is sendmail, and whatever local delivery agent comes with RH 7.2. A pointer to a thread in the archives will do for those who don;t wish to raise the discussion again. packages.debian.org search engine looks like a good starting point: a search for virus: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=virussearchon=allsubword=1version=unstablerelease=all Amavis is fast, and can be used with bot Sendmail and Postfix, you will need a virus scanner engine though. I've heard good reports about Dr. Web, RAV and Sophos Sweep. Cheers, Rob -- MITCHELL! Even his name says, Uh, is that a beer? [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 763 of a collection of 1232 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Distributed file system...
At 15:36 17/05/2002, Gareth Walters sent this up the stick: G'day all, I happen to have a small cluster of a few machines that are used for testing, they boot from a floppy and mount root via NFS. I am now allowed to use their hard disks, I was wondering if there is a way I can turn the disks into some kind of distributed network attached storage so users can access it as one large temporary disk (don't care if its slow). I have had a bit of a search and a look around on the 'net but don't see anyway of doing this, yet. Does anyone have any ideas how I might go about it? I think OpenAFS could do this, but don't quote me :) Cheers, Rob -- Specialization is for insects. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 932 of a collection of 1232 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] hello
At 18:14 15/05/2002, will hone sent this up the stick: snip WTF?? -- Answering Machine Message for the Mental Health Institute: If you are co-dependant, please ask someone to press 2 for you. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 190 of a collection of 1232 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Distributed email idea - opinions?
At 06:46 16/05/2002, Ben Buxton sent this up the stick: If this can include an encryption/pgp hook, this may reduce/remove the problem in both transmission interception and who reads it. If you're worried about that, then perhaps IPSec might do the trick. But I'm guessing the NNTP server could easily encrypt messages across the pipe. Spose you could also use stunnel for this. Rob -- Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum: I think I think, therefore I think I am. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 318 of a collection of 1232 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Problems with Telstra Cable that have been happening over the last 3 days
At 14:48 7/05/2002, Matt Hyne sent this up the stick: Do Telstra still use this ugly heartbeat - thought they were going to scrap it because it stops people using VPN software. Yup, they still use it. What VPN software does it stop? Rob At Sunday, 05-05-02 09:20 (+1000), Paul Robinson wrote: Hi Sluggers, I was wondering if anyone else has been having trouble connecting to Bigpond cable lately. Since about Thursday I've barely been able to connect. I'm running RedHat 7.1 with the default kernel and I've had cable working since January with the service being down only a couple of times during that time and each of those times I've been able to check the web and see that there was a problem with the network. snip -- Not only is there no God, but try getting a plumber on the weekend. -Woody Allen [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 825 of a collection of 1231 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ozemail ISP dial up connection
At 15:04 27/03/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this up the stick: Quoting Ken Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi the friendly people at ozemail telephone help, went Linux , we aren't taught about that, bye, or was it 'buy'. I have red hat 7.2 linux just installed, modem establishes connection via internet dialer kppp and KDE and kmail but doesnt initiate ppp. Dialling Sydney ozemail 82109011. Typical bloody Ozemail Are you using wvdial or diald ? Assuming they still use something vaguely sane for login, and PAP/CHAP, then you shouldn't have too much problem. Yes, they are still using very sane, plain old PAP logins. If it makes a difference, the calls terminate on Ascend (Lucent) TNT's. Disclaimer - I worked for OzEmail directly once, have since moved up in the world. Linux is not supported since even your average call centre churn makes training costs prohibitive. I have also never used Linux to initiate a dialup to OzEmail, although that may happen soon enough. Cheers, Rob -- Face it, most servers are run by bloody idiots with no clue (tm). - Ralf Hildebrandt [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 428 of a collection of 1223 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Modem
At 10:16 13/03/2002, DaZZa sent this up the stick: The only _real_ modems left on the planet are the USR's. Preferably the V-Everything Courier's, but the lower models aren't bad either. You tried getting firmware for these things of late? Nigh on impossible. The only thing that you can upgrade is the driver. Very sucky from a once fabulous modem manufacturer. The markets (here we go...) usually have Netcomm Roadster 2's floating around. I saw them just last month. Cheers, Rob -- I must have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as long as a week sometimes to make it up. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 547 of a collection of 1204 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian source package fails at build
- Original Message - From: Jamie Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 11:18 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Debian source package fails at build This one time, at band camp, Rob B wrote: bugger ... this looks like one for the too hard basket ... I'm not that confident :) Nah, just a bit more effort. Look in debian/control for the Build-Depends: line, that's what you'll need installed to build the package. You will have to backport debhelper from woody or sid in order to build it, so do that first. This could get messy, as debhelper in testing depends on lots of other things in testing, and I would be better off upgrading to Testing, which I'm not real keen on at this point (machine is running too well :) I might try statically linking the package on a Testing machine, damn shame that one is an Alpha, so I'll have to learn how to cross-compile AND statically link a package. Any advice? Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian source package fails at build
At 21:47 28/02/2002, Jeff Waugh sent this up the stick: quote who=Rob B How do I fix the utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. error? and if that gets fixed, will the next lot go away? Don't build packages as root - use the fakeroot tool. I recommend downloading the source and running dpkg-buildpackage manually. -rfakeroot will let you build as yourself, using fakeroot. Thats what I have since found, I have a new error now :) as user bunbun:~/apcupsd-3.8.1.5$ dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b dpkg-buildpackage: source package is apcupsd dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 3.8.1.5-1 dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Martin Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] fakeroot debian/rules clean DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux dh_testdir dh_testroot rm -f build-stamp install-stamp # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. make realclean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `realclean'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored) dh_clean debian/rules build DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux dh_testdir # Add here commands to compile the package. autoconf -l autoconf autoconf/configure.in configure /bin/sh: ./autoconf: is a directory make: [build-stamp] Error 126 (ignored) SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown CFLAGS=-O2 -g -Wall ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-powerflute --enable-cgi --sysconfdir=/etc/apcupsd --with-cgi-bin=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/apcupsd --with-catgets --with-pid-dir=/var/run make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make[1]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 For some reason, there is no Makefile in the package (?) Bug? Thanks, Rob -- Ding a ding-dang my dang-a-long ling-long [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 340 of a collection of 1204 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian source package fails at build
At 23:02 28/02/2002, Jamie Wilkinson sent this up the stick: This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Rob B 8 snip 8 Here we have an attempt to run autoconf, which fails # Add here commands to compile the package autoconf -l autoconf autoconf/configurein configure /bin/sh: /autoconf: is a directory Which suggests that you don't have autoconf installed You do have all the build-dependencies for this package installed? You won't be able to build the package from source if you don't apt-get build-dep $package $ apt-get build-dep apcupsd E: Invalid operation build-dep $ apt-get --version apt 0319 for i386 compiled on May 12 2000 21:17:27 but autoconf wasn't installed (nothing has needed it until now) Installing it fixed the error, and as usual, another problem surfaces compile, compile # don't overwrite any existing config file Installing multimonconf make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3815/cgi' make[2]: Entering directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3815/distributions/debian' apcupsd script installation on Debian GNU/Linux is only supported via the debian package management system Obtain the contents of the debian/ directory needed to build the package from: http://packagesdebianorg/apcupsd Look for a file called apcupsd_versiondiffgz and patch it into the top level of your source tree Then from the top of your source tree you may use dpkg-buildpackage to make test packages make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3815/distributions/debian' make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3815' install -m 0644 -g root -o root debian/apcupsdconf `pwd`/debian/tmp/etc/apcupsd install -m 0755 -g root -o root debian/apccontrol `pwd`/debian/tmp/etc/apcupsd touch install-stamp dh_testdir dh_testroot dh_installdocs dh_installexamples dh_installmenu dh_installlogrotate make: dh_installlogrotate: Command not found make: *** [binary-arch] Error 127 sigh cheers, Rob -- Lord, please make me the kind of person my dog thinks I am [152008 km (82078 mi), 2628 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 712 of a collection of 1204 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slugorgau/ More Info: http://listsslugorgau/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Debian source package fails at build
- Original Message - From: Jamie Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 12:01 AM Subject: Re: [SLUG] Debian source package fails at build This one time, at band camp, Rob B wrote: $ apt-get --version apt 0.3.19 for i386 compiled on May 12 2000 21:17:27 Eek, are you backporting to potato? Erm, yeah ... the apcupsd port in potato doesn't do all the pretty things (like logging and graphs), so I figured it would be OK to pull the source package down from Testing and try to build it. make: dh_installlogrotate: Command not found I expect you'll need a later version of debhelper, too. I'm surprised dpkg-buildpackage didn't complain that you didn't have the build dependencies installed, but that might be because older dpkgs didn't check that. bugger ... this looks like one for the too hard basket ... I'm not that confident :) Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Debian source package fails at build
I'm trying to compile a source package from Debian testing on my Potato box. Here is the error: as root /home/loop# apt-get source apcupsd -b --no-download --ignore-missing Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Need to get 1525kB of source archives. Get:1 http://debian.pacific.net.au testing/main apcupsd 3.8.1.5-1 (dsc) [642B] Get:2 http://debian.pacific.net.au testing/main apcupsd 3.8.1.5-1 (tar) [1515kB] Get:3 http://debian.pacific.net.au testing/main apcupsd 3.8.1.5-1 (diff) [9082B] Fetched 3B in 0s (6B/s) Skipping unpack of already unpacked source in apcupsd-3.8.1.5 utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. dpkg-buildpackage: source package is apcupsd utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. dpkg-buildpackage: source version is 3.8.1.5-1 utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. dpkg-buildpackage: source maintainer is Martin Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. debian/rules clean DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux dh_testdir dh_testroot rm -f build-stamp install-stamp # Add here commands to clean up after the build process. make realclean make[1]: Entering directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make[1]: *** No rule to make target `realclean'. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make: [clean] Error 2 (ignored) dh_clean debian/rules build DEB_BUILD_ARCH=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_BUILD_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_BUILD_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux DEB_HOST_ARCH=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_CPU=i386 DEB_HOST_GNU_SYSTEM=linux DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=i386-linux dh_testdir # Add here commands to compile the package. autoconf -l autoconf autoconf/configure.in configure /bin/sh: ./autoconf: is a directory make: [build-stamp] Error 126 (ignored) SHUTDOWN=/sbin/shutdown CFLAGS=-O2 -g -Wall ./configure --prefix=/usr --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-powerflute --enable-cgi --sysconfdir=/etc/apcupsd --with-cgi-bin=/usr/lib/cgi-bin/apcupsd --with-catgets --with-pid-dir=/var/run make make[1]: Entering directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make[1]: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop. make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/loop/apcupsd-3.8.1.5' make: *** [build-stamp] Error 2 Build command 'cd apcupsd-3.8.1.5 dpkg-buildpackage -b -uc' failed. E: Child process failed How do I fix the utmp entry (loop) does not match value of LOGNAME (root); using root at /usr/lib/dpkg/controllib.pl line 47. error? and if that gets fixed, will the next lot go away? -- It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 663 of a collection of 1204 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] netboot Multia and install of Debian via nfs
From: Jamie Wilkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 12:50 AM This one time, at band camp, Rob B wrote: I have downloaded the tftpboot.img file from the debian-stable archives and put it into the /tftpboot directory. The Multia boots, downloads the tftpboot.img file, and then resets itself back to the SRM prompt without doing anything. I've noticed that, but I can't remember which image it was that kept resetting. Try using the tftpboot.img in the testing/ tree, I think I used that one most recently. Yep, that boots fine, but halts at various stages, and I can't determine why. So, following Gus's howto, I tried building my own bootpable kernel. Here is my latest problem: :/tmpdir# mount -t msdos rescue.bin /tmp/fdimage -o loop mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0, or too many mounted file systems man mount didn't enlighten me at all, do I need to edit /etc/fstab? Thanks, Rob Once I get this happening, I'll work on having the root filesystem mounted via nfs :) For that, look at Gus' multia nfsroot howto, I think I link it from my page. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] fstab gone
- Original Message - From: Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] fstab gone quote who=Rob B I have managed to mount / but I an unable to correct /etc/fstab, since I either appear unable to login as root, or the volume is mounted read-only. What to do from here? I have tried dropping to single user and editing /etc/fstab there, but I still can't write to the file. If it's mounted read-only: mount / -o remount,rw Getting something weird here ... :/# mount / -o remount,rw EXT2-fs: Unrecognized mount option ASCII diamond EXT2-fs: Unrecognized mount option ASCII heart mount: / not mounted already, or bad option :/# Thanks, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] fstab gone
- Original Message - From: Jeff Waugh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SLUG] fstab gone quote who=Rob B Getting something weird here ... :/# mount / -o remount,rw EXT2-fs: Unrecognized mount option ASCII diamond EXT2-fs: Unrecognized mount option ASCII heart mount: / not mounted already, or bad option Specify the device instead? That worked, thanks Jeff Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] netboot Multia and install of Debian via nfs
Hey gang, I have a bunch of Alpha's and a Multia (oh joy) that I am trying to get going. It is diskless (completely) and I think I have set up my server correctly. The server rund Debian Woody (testing) and has tftpd, dhcp, nfsboot, nfs-common and nfs-user-server packages. I have downloaded the tftpboot.img file from the debian-stable archives and put it into the /tftpboot directory. The Multia boots, downloads the tftpboot.img file, and then resets itself back to the SRM prompt without doing anything. After seeing the instructions at http://spacepants.org/multia/debinstguide.html it looks to be simple, anyone offer any info on why it's not turning out that way? Once I get this happening, I'll work on having the root filesystem mounted via nfs :) Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Silly Debian question
At 23:26 18/01/2002, Steve Kowalik sent this up the stick: At 6:57 pm, Friday, January 18 2002, Rob B mumbled: your /etc/apt/sources file. I think you mean '/etc/apt/sources.list' Apt will happily ignore /etc/apt/sources. True -- Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. -Sigmund Freud [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 901 of a collection of 1199 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Silly Debian question
At 09:45 18/01/2002, Richard Hayes sent this up the stick: Dear lists, Last night I tried to install Woody on a system without either CDRom or networkcard. I have a number of floppies: driver-1.bin, driver-2.bin, driver-3.bin, driver-4.bin, root.bin and rescue.bin I can easily install the 6 disks but I can not find the other disk images to install a base systems on either the debian CD or ftp site. Do I need the eleven other disks and where are they? There aren't any base- disks for Woody, only Potato. Your best bet is to install Potato and apt-get update dist-upgrade to Woody after fixing your /etc/apt/sources file. Cheers, Rob -- You lookin' at me? You lookin' at me?! [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 1184 of a collection of 1199 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] ISP's AND INTERNET SOLUTIONS
At 13:02 14/01/2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent this up the stick: Take a look at www.alwaysonline.net.au - pretty good deals to be had. nice plug ;) -- Guns don't kill people, I do. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 457 of a collection of 1201 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] how to use kernel-package and patch kernel for xfs?
- Original Message - From: John Ferlito [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 8:57 PM On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 07:12:59PM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: Nonono, export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=yes I think it has to be export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES unfortunatley it's case sensitive. Also this will apply all patches that have been installed, you can be selective if you want. I usually do. $ fakeroot make-kpkg --revision=pants.1.0 --added_patches freeswan,mppe configure this sets everything up and patches everything you can then $ make config|menuconfig|xconfig at your leisure and when your happy $ make-kpkg kernel_image OK ... this is what I have so far ... aylee:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14$ export PATCH_THE_KERNEL=YES aylee:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14$ sudo make-kpkg --revision=loop.1.0 --added_patches xfs configure aylee:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14$ sudo make config configure, configure aylee:/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14$ sudo make-kpkg kernel_image compile, compile make CFLAGS=-D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/include -Wall -Wstrict- prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -fno -common -pipe -mno-fp-regs -ffixed-8 -mcpu=ev4 -Wa,-mev6 -C kernel make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/kernel' make all_targets make[3]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/kernel' make[3]: *** No rule to make target `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/include/linux/modversions.h', needed by `sched.o'. Stop. make[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/kernel' make[2]: *** [first_rule] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14/kernel' make[1]: *** [_dir_kernel] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.14' make: *** [stamp-build] Error 2 Help? Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] how to use kernel-package and patch kernel for xfs?
Hi all, I'm going to try a journalled filesystem on my Debian box, and I need some assistance. I'm running Woody (Testing) at the moment, and I have downloaded the kernel 2.4.14 source and xfs-patch and installed it via apt. I notice in the kernel-package documentation, there is reference to patch_the_kernel, but not a lot is explained about this option, such as where and how it is used. Any pointers? Cheers, Rob -- It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 639 of a collection of 1192 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] In Car MP3 Players
At 14:56 11/12/2001, Kevin Saenz sent this up the stick: Hi all, I think I have a little too much time on my hands. :) I am considering the idea of building my own Linux in car Mp3 player. Before I do this I would like to find out if I can get some of the parts in Oz. Also I would appreciate it if anyone could point me in the right direction for the following A touch screen that is big enuf to fit into the dash, and runs X nicely. Power Transformer from 12 volts to computer voltage me thinks it's 5.5 volts or 3.5 ( I think that is only CPU.) Transformer is not the best way due to the -ve rails that computers need, you would be best off with some sort of switchmode PSU. To tell you the truth, you would almost be better off buying a empeg unit (now made by S3, I think) due to the costs of small components ... check www.empeg.com for details Rob -- Chaste makes waste. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 286 of a collection of 1192 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [No Subject]
- Original Message - From: Doctor Zhivago [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] anybody knows what solutions the now-defunct elinux (elinux.com.sg) provides If they are defunct ... most likely none Rob Sorry, couldn't resist :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] [No Subject]
- Original Message - From: Doctor Zhivago [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] anybody knows what solutions the now-defunct elinux (elinux.com.sg) provides If they are defunct ... most likely none Rob Sorry, couldn't resist :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Deleting jobs from postfix queue
At 17:45 5/12/2001, you muttered something like: Hi people Just a quick one, which I coudn't work out after reading the man pages and searching the linuxdoc.org site. How do I delete jobs from the postfix mailq I can see them there and am getting messages that they are being deffered in sending. I can see the original jobs in /var/spool/mail/user and access them via mutt or sylpheed but I can't find the ones it keeps trying to resend, I don't where they are or how to delete/stop them. have tried postfix stop, postfix abort, postfix flush, postfix reload. mutt and sylpheed Try postsuper Rob -- If you are sure your code is free from bugs but the aplication still crashes, try debugging the comments. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 582 of a collection of 1191 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] duplex mode on eth interface
Afternoon all, How can I set the duplex mode on an ethernet card? man ifconfig doesn't seem to mention anything. The reason for this is I am getting a lot of collisions and by setting to 10/half explicitly, I hope to reduce the number. Cheers, Rob -- Mashed potatoes can be your friend. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 713 of a collection of 1191 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] OT: University
At 10:12 21/11/2001, Terry Collins sent this up the stick: 3 years industry experience often counts for a lot more than a degree and you get paid while you gain it. If you want money, become a plumber - they earn more per lifetime than many jobs. The shortage of skilled tradepeople is only going to get worse. ... and they only need to know two things. Sh*t runs downhill and payday is Thursday :) Rob -Licenced electrician, now installing and building VPN's for the largest telco in the world -- Bad things come to those who wait too. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 218 of a collection of 1192 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] time and date question
I have Debian running nicely on a Sun Ultra5, but the time is out by an hour. How can I adjust (using ntpd?) the time to show daylight savings time? Cheers, Rob -- As long as the music's loud enough, we won't hear the world falling apart. [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 205 of a collection of 1183 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] time and date question
At 15:49 2/11/2001, Jamie Wilkinson sent this up the stick: For both of you, check /etc/localtime is a symlink to /usr/share/zoneinfo/Australia/Sydney (or your actual location, swap /usr/share for the location of zoneinfo on your system). Also set your hardware clock to follow UTC. This way the kernel can keep a track of all local time changes due to DST and so on. man hwclock This is how the system has it, I did set hwclock to be UTC, but I'm still on EST rather than summer time Rob -- My favorite weapon is the look in your eyes [15200.8 km (8207.8 mi), 262.8 deg](Apparent) Rennerian This is random quote 738 of a collection of 1183 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Why the different platforms
At 13:17 4/10/2001, Minh Van Le wrote: Why all the platforms ? - AIX, HP-UX, IRIX, Alpha/Sparc/Sun. Please don't group Alpha with Sun ... us DEC owners are hurting enough as it is :) Rob -- Any clod can have the facts, but having opinions is an art. This is random quote 167 of a collection of 1161 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] www.thiefware.com
At 23:39 19/09/2001, Jon Biddell wrote: Is this the so-called SmartTags 'feature' that M$ are including in IE6 ? If so, I feel a lawsuit for copyright violation would only be A Good Thing...:-) Not exactly, but the Smart Tags feature (?), which has since been put away, was similar. This type (was called FlySwat at one time) allows companies to purchase keywords, and once the client is installed on a users PC, the keywords link to the advertisers page. The client is usually an OCX file that is installed alongside another piece of legitimate software. KaZaa, Gator among others use this, fortunately none of this sort of sorftware runs on Unix-type OS's. Cheers, Rob -- Rose tint my world and keep me safe from the trouble and pain... This is random quote 843 of a collection of 1161 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Answer + Disappointment
- Original Message - From: DaZZa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Alister Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 9:15 AM On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Alister Waller wrote: # start curiosity Did this affect both Linux and Windows users? # end curiosity It's OS independant. However, it *is* modem dependant. I posted a reference page - a little google searching for ping+ath0 will find more. DaZZa When I was working in the support section of an ISP, we routinely used a ping with this command (in hex) as payload to hang up customers with only one phone line :) We found that the only modems that it wouldn't work on were the US Robotics - based ones, pretty much everything else was disconnected by it. Cheers, Rob -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] can't mount filesystem
Hi all, Uber-newbie question for you. I have a disk with an ext2 filesystem that I want to mount onto a running system. Trying mount -t ext2 /dev/sdb /export gives the error mount: mount point /export does not exist Help? Cheers, Rob -- It is not down on any map; true places never are. This is random quote 595 of a collection of 1117 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] File system on CD
http://www.ocslink.com/~blunier/ has one called Live CD. Blurb on freshmeat is: Live CD is a project to create a CD that runs Linux. The CD is bootable, and runs Debian Linux without needing a hard drive... Cheers, Rob At 14:19 25/06/2001, you wrote: I came across this article http://www.linuxsecurity.com/articles/host_security_article-3211.html today and remembered this thread... They only talk about *BSD in the article, but you might be able to apply some of the concepts to Linux... - Original Message - From: Peter McCarthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SLUG] File system on CD Just wondering if anyone out their has managed to make their Linux box truly bullet proof by placing the file system onto a CD. I know it might make it a bit inflexable, but I was thinking it must be a great way to make your box hack proof. Or is this idea just plain stupid ? -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Pain looks good on other people; that's what they're for. This is random quote 788 of a collection of 1134 . -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Outlook Express and Mutt/GPG
Flame me if I'm wrong, but I think it is if a message is GPG-signed, OE simply cannot handle it. Probably something to do with these headers Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Eudora handles them fine. Cheers, Rob At 10:31 24/06/2001, enterfornone wrote: Anyone else notice that when reading mail sent with Mutt and signed with GPG, under Outlook Express it shows up as a blank email with two attachments? Is there a way to get OE to read these mails (without having to open the attachment) or is this GNU's way of forcing their proprietary mail formats on the world? :) -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- Ummm U Ug... I rule and you don't. This is random quote 999 of a collection of 1134 . -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] howto copy files and keep details intact?
Hi all, I have a directory of files (ip accounting data) that I want to move to another directory. If possible, how can I do this while keeping the creation date etc the same? Cheers, Rob -- A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of. This is random quote 37 of a collection of 1134 . -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
