Re: FTP through Tiger Server Firewall problem
I just had a look at the firewall setting available on my TiPB 550 running 10.3.9. The ftp access option says FTP Access (20-21, 1024-65535 from 20-21) if that is of any use. My background is in Cisco routers and their access lists allow for established TCP connections regardless of port numbers. So passive ftp worked well if you allowed ftp but still stuffed up normal ftp unless all ports above 1023 were permitted. It was painful and less secure to have to open up all of the ports that are not well known Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Cheers Greg From: Martin Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:56:23 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: Re: FTP through Tiger Server Firewall problem From: Greg Pennefather [EMAIL PROTECTED] If the FTP client is able to connect and issue commands but then doesn't get any response, then using a passive ftp client and server is the answer. FTP has always been a problem for firewalls and that's why passive mode clients were introduced. Thanks for the suggestions Rob and Greg, but we are already using passive ftp from both dedicated FTP clients and from within web browsers like Safari and they all fail to download the files off the server when the built-in firewall in Tiger Server is enabled despite supposedly enabling FTP in the firewall's allow list. As a test, instead of trying to set up an Advanced Rule along the lines of: ALLOW If protocol is TCP and source port is 20,21 and destination port is 1024-65535 I just opened ports 1024-65535 to FTP and it all worked. However, that is a big swathe of ports to open without the if ports 20,21 are the source criteria so I'll keep looking. Apples docs at this detail are pretty poor :-( -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Console Mac OS X.3 on G3's
Anyone know how I can stop console from generating randomly sized log's namely the log titled console.log that syphons off my Hard drives existing space when the computer is left on for over 24 hours non-stop? All other console logs remain around 4kb but this one seems to grow especially when the computer is on the internet. So far I can only recover the space by moving the log to the trash, restarting and emptying the trash after reboot. It's a little annoying especially during downloads. Any ideas appreciated :) Regards Christian
Re: Console Mac OS X.3 on G3's
What size are we talking here? My computer is connected to the new via airport 24/7 and my whole Library/log/console/ folder is about 60k with logs going back to last month. Have you tried reading the logs to find out what is generating all the data? On 11/6/05 12:01 AM, Christian Kotz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how I can stop console from generating randomly sized log's namely the log titled console.log that syphons off my Hard drives existing space when the computer is left on for over 24 hours non-stop? All other console logs remain around 4kb but this one seems to grow especially when the computer is on the internet. So far I can only recover the space by moving the log to the trash, restarting and emptying the trash after reboot. It's a little annoying especially during downloads. Any ideas appreciated :) Regards Christian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: 2 main reasons against Mac
From: Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 09:28 +0800 10/6/05, Martin Hill wrote [in relation to UI responsiveness]: I'm with you on that one Craig. That's one pet peeve of mine as well. (but the Dell on my desk is another matter entirely *blech*) Wow, the Dells I use all work really well and are plenty responsive under Windows XP. Just that there's no Unix underneath so they're a little bit limited in some ways but then they run software that I can't run on Mac OS X so it's swings and roundabouts. For now :-) My Dell is about a year and a half old and was re-ghosted a week ago and yet draws windows and the like onscreen slowly in that horrible cludgy Windows way. My wife has a late model 3GHz Dell with 512MB of RAM on her desk (also re-ghosted a couple of weeks ago) which she tells me even after the clean install suffers distinct pauses to clicks on buttons etc. She tells me most of her client's PCs are worse than hers (responsiveness-wise) and these are lease PCs that would all be less than 3 years old. Mind you all these corporate PCs are configured with Novell scripts, Zenworks and network user directories so that could be causing some of these symptoms - but it does highlight the fact that many PCs are by no means perfect in this area. I think a more major problem with XP is in multi-tasking with lots of windows open (which I think Craig alluded to). Anandtech and others have also highlighted this problem which Mac OS X seems to handle much more gracefully. -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242
iCal flakey
Anyone else having trouble with iCal after going to Tiger? I have to press down forever on the snooze button to get it to work and most of the time I have to leave it for 5 minutes before attempting again (I'm a snoozaholic). Does it look like I have to reinstall? Brett Carboni Tsunami Snooze-proof wasabi
Re: Mailing List Etiquette
David Watkins wrote: Hi I really enjoy picking up tips and leraning from the many people who contribute to the list. However, in recent times that it is extremely difficult sometimes to find a couple of lines of text some one has replied with amongst maybe a hundred lines of quoted text. Below are a few tips which I've taken from the Usenet Mailing List Etiquette FAQ which you may consider adopting. [..excellent advice about quoting deleted..] -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro Perhaps you should check out the Guidelines URL that accompany each WAMUG message ;-) -- Onno Benschop Connected via Optus B3 at S34°45'36.5 - E139°00'08.7 (Mount Pleasant, SA) -- ()/)/)()..ASCII for Onno.. |?..EBCDIC for Onno.. --- -. -. --- ..Morse for Onno.. Proudly supported by Skipper Trucks, Highway1, Concept AV, Sony Central, Dalcon ITmaze - ABN: 56 178 057 063 - ph: 04 1219 - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Interesting article on cpu switch
Andrew Nielsen wrote: At 18:16 +0800 9/6/05, Paul wrote: I'm praying that Apple remain the Motherboard designers and or builders. Thats where they have had the edge IMO. Would that be like the iMac G5 design which has, er, reported issues? Well, I guess I should qualify that by saying the boards have no issues that the end user can do anything about anyway ;) What I really mean is that there is no BIOS to be fiddled/f*cked with and the dredded PCI Shuffle as I call it when cards need to be shuffled to work together, is mostly non-existant. Not to mention unfinished chip drivers that need updating later when they are 'more' finished. I agree though that they need to iron out their MB bugs much more thoroughly. No one has suggested that Apple may be trying to improve supply through this. When new Apple products are released the gnashing of teeth over non-supply is loud. Am I right that some of the blame for this has been with the chip supplier? Interesting times... Cheers Paul
Re: 2 main reasons against Mac
Martin Hill wrote: From: Andrew Nielsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 09:28 +0800 10/6/05, Martin Hill wrote [in relation to UI responsiveness]: I'm with you on that one Craig. That's one pet peeve of mine as well. (but the Dell on my desk is another matter entirely *blech*) Wow, the Dells I use all work really well and are plenty responsive under Windows XP. Just that there's no Unix underneath so they're a little bit limited in some ways but then they run software that I can't run on Mac OS X so it's swings and roundabouts. For now :-) My Dell is about a year and a half old and was re-ghosted a week ago and yet draws windows and the like onscreen slowly in that horrible cludgy Windows way. My wife has a late model 3GHz Dell with 512MB of RAM on her desk (also re-ghosted a couple of weeks ago) which she tells me even after the clean install suffers distinct pauses to clicks on buttons etc. She tells me most of her client's PCs are worse than hers (responsiveness-wise) and these are lease PCs that would all be less than 3 years old. Mind you all these corporate PCs are configured with Novell scripts, Zenworks and network user directories so that could be causing some of these symptoms - but it does highlight the fact that many PCs are by no means perfect in this area. I think a more major problem with XP is in multi-tasking with lots of windows open (which I think Craig alluded to). Anandtech and others have also highlighted this problem which Mac OS X seems to handle much more gracefully. -Mart I agree, the only Windoze box I know that doesn't regularly 'pause' is mine. IMO this is because it has comparatively nothing installed and has deliberately limited capabilities and is Windoze 2000. Also, networking it with OS X increases it's stability no end compared to having it on a Windoze network. I cant remember the last XP PC I have fresh installed or assembled that didn't crash (to some degree) on it's first day. Often before any changes have been made! Mmm, crashing out of the box, doh! My wife has a late model 3GHz Dell with 512MB of RAM on her desk (also re-ghosted a couple of weeks ago) which she tells me even after the clean install suffers distinct pauses This sounds a little like Ghosting and clean installs are being confused here. Remember that Ghosting (or Imaging) preserves an installation as is which will also preserve any faults, inadequacies, conflicts, viruses, errors... well, you get the idea. If a computer *needs* imaging it is because it cannot be trusted with a custom configuration that takes time and effort to create. So I of course recommend creating it on a more trustworthy computer instead of *relying* wholly on silver bullets. Unless of course your IT department is run by the Dark Side, resistance will then be useless. Push for better quality coffee instead, better chance of a win I say ;) Good Luck Paul
Re: 2 main reasons against Mac
From: Paul Kitchener [EMAIL PROTECTED] My wife has a late model 3GHz Dell with 512MB of RAM on her desk (also re-ghosted a couple of weeks ago) which she tells me even after the clean install suffers distinct pauses This sounds a little like Ghosting and clean installs are being confused here. I understand she has both re-ghosted and clean installed the OS and apps from scratch on many different occasions on her PC and on clients systems that she and the rest of her team supports. Remember that Ghosting (or Imaging) preserves an installation as is which will also preserve any faults, inadequacies, conflicts, viruses, errors... well, you get the idea. The ghost images on both our PCs are variations of the corporate SOE (Standard Operating Environment) image which has been very rigorously tested and de-bugged, so there better not be any viruses - with 9,000 computers at Curtin it would be a pretty scary scenario! (though 800 of them are Mac OS X systems). I can't comment on any inadequacies though ;-) -Mart
Vintage CD-ROM Drive
Free: CD-ROM Drive: Panasonic KXL-D742 4X Portable with SCSI cable and transformer (240V 12VDC). Can run on six AA batteries or rechargeable KXL-D30 7.2V. This 'Quad Speed Portable' was purchased in the USA 1996 US$354 and used with my 'cutting edge' :-) PowerBook 5300. I haven't used it for years, but it worked fine when last used. Not suitable for posting. Willing to arrange a meet in the Eastern suburbs, or it can be picked up from my office in Sawyers Valley. Vlad James 618 92956440
Re: Console Mac OS X.3 on G3's
I'm talking a growth from 4KB to 2.5GB and 3GB. The thing is it's unrecognisable and caused console to crash when opening the massive log. I'm getting the same issue on 3 G3's that are connected to internet over Airport and when left on over night generate 3 gig of logging that syphons all hard drive space. Restart recovers say 300MB and deleting the log recovers all space. Regards Christian On 11/06/2005, at 12:14 AM, Rob Findlay wrote: What size are we talking here? My computer is connected to the new via airport 24/7 and my whole Library/log/console/ folder is about 60k with logs going back to last month. Have you tried reading the logs to find out what is generating all the data? On 11/6/05 12:01 AM, Christian Kotz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone know how I can stop console from generating randomly sized log's namely the log titled console.log that syphons off my Hard drives existing space when the computer is left on for over 24 hours non-stop? All other console logs remain around 4kb but this one seems to grow especially when the computer is on the internet. So far I can only recover the space by moving the log to the trash, restarting and emptying the trash after reboot. It's a little annoying especially during downloads. Any ideas appreciated :) Regards Christian -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] WAMUG is powered by Stalker CommuniGatePro
Re: Console Mac OS X.3 on G3's
Hi, In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:38:10PM +0800, Christian Kotz wrote: I'm talking a growth from 4KB to 2.5GB and 3GB. The thing is it's unrecognisable and caused console to crash when opening the massive log. You'll have to find a way of reading console.log. One way is to go to the Terminal (Applications Utilities). There, you'll need to type: tail /Library/Logs/Console/$USER/console.log Hopefully, the cause of the problem will be apparent after that (might not be, though).
Re: Preview's PDF scale preferences don't work?
On 10/06/2005, at 5:11 PM, James Devenish wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Fri, Jun 10, 2005 at 02:35:02PM +0800, Shay Telfer wrote: I've set Preview to display PDF's at 150% (via its PDF preferences pane), but it doesn't actually seem to do anything. Does it work for anyone else? Try this: change the % magnification, then go to the 'Images' tab and toggle the option 'Scale down large images to fit printed page' twice (i.e. toggle it, then toggle it back again), then close the Prefs window. Does it work for you now? I have the same problem as Shay on my TiPB 867 10.4.1. And James' suggestion did nothing for me. Anyone else? . Peter Sealy Thurgoona AUSTRALIA
OS X Tiger Dictionary English(Aus)?
Hi WAMUGers, Does anyone know if it is possible to replace the US dictionary built in to the system wide Tiger Dictionary application with an Australian English or UK English dictionary? I¹m getting sick of colour being underlined in red! TIA John -- John Winters Phone +61 8 9367 9277 Fax +61 8 9367 9244 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Video of June Meeting now up
The streaming video recording of the June meeting is now up on the web at the usual spot: http://ilectures.curtin.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=692 Thanks again to Susan for the camerawork. Apologies for the small delay due to a server upgrade. Have fun everyone! -Mart -- Martin Hill mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] homepages: http://mart.ozmac.com Mb: 0417-967-969 hm: (08)9314-5242 From: Daniel Kerr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2005 22:44:39 +0800 To: WAMUG Mailing List wamug@wamug.org.au Subject: [Meeting] Meeting Notes from June Meeting Welcome from Peter Hinchliffe for the June Meeting Q A * Moving files across 2 machines so a common area can be used to save so permission error's don't happen. The easiest way for this would be the Shared Folder, and create a folder inside. Then under Owner and Permissions, change it to read and write, and apply to enclosed items. From that point on any files thrown in that folder will be able to be read and written. You can also use a program called BatChMod (VersionTracker) which will also change permissions as well. An email was sent to the US and was sent back because AOL couldn't read the MIME attachment. The problem is to do with the resource forks. To work around it, with Mail (and Preferences) you can choose a feature called Always send as an a Windows attachment ) or Windows friendly attachment and it will go through correctly. Attachments for iCal appointments aren't been adding. You could try deleting the Preference file. Otherwise it may also be beneficial to post to some of the other newsgroups for a response. (MacFixit, Apple Forums etc.) * Matt then showed off OmniGraffle and ComicLife * If you've ever needed to do graphs or charts then OmniGraffle is for you. You start with a blank canvas, open up the inspectors for doing many things. You draw in the shapes you want, triangles, square, stop sign, or you can add stencils. With the line tool you can add a line between two of the items, or more if required. With OmniGraffle it knows what is an object and what is a line. So when you move a shape the lines will move as well. You can also make a shape a magnatised shape. This is done by using Maganitised shapes (with built in magnets). When you move a shape the points connected with stay together. As an example you can it to draw up things like networks, showing all the connections between computers, hardware, cabling, internet, access points etc. Then if you add or move something you can move things around to add it, and then you can see at a glance the overall network points etc. Very powerful. Colours can also be used to differentiate between different items, or groups of items. Spotlight also works with OmniGraffle as well, so you can search for things. It also uses rulers so acts as a smart guide (Inspiration is also a program that does a similar job.) -ComicLife - It integrates with iPhoto and allows you to turn your photo library into a Comic Book. You choose a layout, add in your pictures (directly from iPhoto) (All drag and drop). From there,...add in little objects, shapes and think bubbles. Then add in your text inside the think bubbles and viola you've created your Comic Book. Add in more pages and keep working through each page after page until you've completed a whole book. From there you can print it out or print it to pdf. A good way to make something different from your iPhotos. (Oh and it also makes sounds when you move things around, change font sizes and shapes. It's about US$30 and is shareware. Download a copy from Versiontracker and have a play! Something very different (And fun). Sizing for most pages is reasonable, so with smaller pictures, small enough to email. * Ruben then showed off iLife and the DVD he created * Using iMovie, iPhoto, iTunes and iDVD Ruben gave a run down of how all the software tied together to give a finished product. Pictures and Video footage coming from Ruben's 22nd party. Pictures were all taken with a Digital Still camera, Video taken with a Digital Video Camera. You can drag and drop pretty much any QuickTime file into iMovie. (El Gato eyeTV files, Windows Media files,...etc). Dragging the video files into the timeline, then into sequence you create a seamless mix. By adding transitions you get an even smoother movement through the footage. By then adding your own music from iTunes, you can overwrite the music already there. This can be a good way to hide out too much poor music, or if the music jumps all over the place. Again this adds to the seamless movement of the movie. Once you're happy with the finished product, you can then move it over to iDVD. This allows you to edit it further, add titles, menus, chapters and really turn it into something special! Nice easy software,...does some pretty cool things! Matt then finished it off with a
