Re: Why is there a prompt for a root shell when the default linux kernel boots?

2002-05-01 Thread Lupe Christoph
Use the source, Luke. /usr/share/initrd-tools/linuxrc is: #!/bin/sh # # $Id: linuxrc,v 1.3 2002/01/25 12:46:20 herbert Exp $ PATH=/sbin:/bin . /linuxrc.conf if [ $DELAY -gt 0 ]; then echo Waiting for $DELAY seconds, press ENTER to obtain a shell. trap

qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread eim
qpopper related question Hello Debian-security folks, I've noted in my syslog a strange qpopper related entry: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa.

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR Unknown command: capa) sounds quite strange, anyone has idea what

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread eim
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:10, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR Unknown

RE: Why is there a prompt for a root shell when the default linuxkernelboots?

2002-05-01 Thread Santiago Vila
Howland, Curtis wrote: Where might one find documentation on this bf2.4 kernel? See dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4 as I said... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread eim
Thanks Lionel ! On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:35, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:21:20PM +0200, eim wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:10, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]:

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: Hi, I've noted in my syslog a strange qpopper related entry: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR

faulty pam module

2002-05-01 Thread Ian Cumming
I'm getting these in my logcheck logs May 1 12:11:46 ids afpd[21702]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so Anyone know what this means? cheers, Ian. -- Ian Cumming, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The number of Unix installations has grown to 10, with more expected. -- The Unix

Re: PPTP with Encryption

2002-05-01 Thread Jean-Francois Dive
another solution you may want to try is to use freeswan + pptp. If the windows machines are 2k or sup, you dont need to install any additional soft on the machine. however, ipsec config on 2k and XP is a pain. So, i reckon the best way to do, would be to use a vpn client on the windows machine

Pam_chroot not available for Debian

2002-05-01 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Ok guys, I promised back in october (after a thread regarding chrooting users that I started) to take a look at PAM_chroot (currently provided by RedHat's Linux-PAM). I was up til 4 am yesterday and finally made it: libpam-chroot-0.6-1_i386.deb - available at

Re: Why is there a prompt for a root shell when the default linux kernel boots?

2002-05-01 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 07:31:02PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 03:23:06PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: It is there as part of the installer to make like easier for those wishing to do things that the installer does not support by default. It has nothing whatsoever

qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread eim
qpopper related question Hello Debian-security folks, I've noted in my syslog a strange qpopper related entry: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa.

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR Unknown command: capa) sounds quite strange, anyone has idea what this

RE: Why is there a prompt for a root shell when the default linuxkernel boots?

2002-05-01 Thread Santiago Vila
Howland, Curtis wrote: Where might one find documentation on this bf2.4 kernel? See dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/bf2.4 as I said... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread eim
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:10, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR Unknown

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread Lionel Elie Mamane
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:21:20PM +0200, eim wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:10, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR Unknown command: capa) sounds

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread eim
Thanks Lionel ! On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:35, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 12:21:20PM +0200, eim wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:10, Lionel Elie Mamane wrote: On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]:

Re: qpopper related question

2002-05-01 Thread Sven Hoexter
On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 11:47:25AM +0200, eim wrote: Hi, I've noted in my syslog a strange qpopper related entry: * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: connect from foo.bar.org * May 1 11:48:10 foobox in.qpopper[11047]: @foo.bar.org: -ERR Unknown command: capa. Well, (-ERR

faulty pam module

2002-05-01 Thread Ian Cumming
I'm getting these in my logcheck logs May 1 12:11:46 ids afpd[21702]: PAM adding faulty module: /lib/security/pam_cracklib.so Anyone know what this means? cheers, Ian. -- Ian Cumming, [EMAIL PROTECTED] The number of Unix installations has grown to 10, with more expected. -- The Unix

Re: PPTP with Encryption

2002-05-01 Thread Jean-Francois Dive
another solution you may want to try is to use freeswan + pptp. If the windows machines are 2k or sup, you dont need to install any additional soft on the machine. however, ipsec config on 2k and XP is a pain. So, i reckon the best way to do, would be to use a vpn client on the windows machine

Re: Why is there a prompt for a root shell when the default linux kernel boots?

2002-05-01 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 07:31:02PM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 03:23:06PM -0600, Erik Andersen wrote: It is there as part of the installer to make like easier for those wishing to do things that the installer does not support by default. It has nothing whatsoever to

Pam_chroot not available for Debian

2002-05-01 Thread Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña
Ok guys, I promised back in october (after a thread regarding chrooting users that I started) to take a look at PAM_chroot (currently provided by RedHat's Linux-PAM). I was up til 4 am yesterday and finally made it: libpam-chroot-0.6-1_i386.deb - available at

Re: Why is there a prompt for a root shell when the default linux kernel boots?

2002-05-01 Thread Lupe Christoph
Use the source, Luke. /usr/share/initrd-tools/linuxrc is: #!/bin/sh # # $Id: linuxrc,v 1.3 2002/01/25 12:46:20 herbert Exp $ PATH=/sbin:/bin . /linuxrc.conf if [ $DELAY -gt 0 ]; then echo Waiting for $DELAY seconds, press ENTER to obtain a shell. trap timeout=yes