Re: Antivirus in Debian?

2003-03-29 Thread Jason Healy
e the files in their home directory. If you really want security, just create yourself a non-admin account and use that for everyday use. No matter what happens, the only files in danger will be the ones you own. Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: using white noise for cryptography

2003-03-13 Thread Jason Healy
/www.cs.berkeley.edu/~daw/rnd/audio-entropyd None of those are white-noise RNG (like the one you described), but they may still fit the bill for your needs. Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: OS X Games

2003-02-24 Thread Jason Healy
ally boot a virtual machine running Mac OS (8.6 and later, including X) on a virtual console, so you can run Linux and Mac OS at the same time. Of course, if you have a Mac, why aren't you just running OS X? =) Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: OT: how to convert apple/mac .dmg to .iso images?

2003-01-31 Thread Jason Healy
nt if you need to boot directly off of a CD. Finally, if you have access to the mac, you can always use it to convert the image into ISO, and then copy it to your linux box to burn. Obviously, this is only useful if you have a mac with no CD burner; otherwise you would just burn the CD from the ma

Re: firewire / hfs volumes (continued)

2003-01-21 Thread Jason Healy
can easily back files up from the debian box to the mac over the network using tar and rsync. That may not help you, since your machines are in different places, but it is an option. Good luck! Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LaTeX cents sign

2002-09-23 Thread Jason Healy
ad, but you can try: \usepackage{textcomp} \textcent The textcomp package provides many of the funky symbols, and additionally defines friendly names for them. That ought to do it.... Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ msg03207/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Alternatives To NFS?

2002-09-20 Thread Jason Healy
ilesystem type will fix your problems. I didn't see the original post; do you know why the NFS connection hangs? Could it be lock-related? Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Ad removing proxies

2002-09-19 Thread Jason Healy
th either a blank space, or a message that says "This Ad Zapped". Very nice. I don't know much about the other proxies; you might be able to get adZap to work with them as well if you don't need the overhead of squid. If you want to try that approach, I can share configs i

Re: Restricting IP to shell users

2002-09-12 Thread Jason Healy
t_owner module of iptables. Check the FAQ at: http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/HOWTO/packet-filtering-HOWTO-7.html and search for the "owner" matching rules (--uid-owner). Using this rule, you should be able to route packets origniated by a specific user out on a specific inte

Re: Restricting IP to shell users

2002-09-11 Thread Jason Healy
et to the box by ssh-ing to 192.168.0.1 and jane can only get to 192.168.0.2? Or do you want joe's and jane's processes (such as virtual hosted web servers) to only bind to certain ports, or both? Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: USB gamepads

2002-09-06 Thread Jason Healy
as a default super nes, found at: # http://www.resexcellence.com/index_archive/index_04-01d.shtml MAP1="2 1 3 0 4 5 9 8" MAP2="$MAP1" # call the actual binary, passing the joystick args # the '-y' enables 'hi-res' mode snes9x -y -joydev1 $JOY1 -joymap1 $MAP1 -joyde

Re: usb mouse and XFree86 config problem

2002-06-18 Thread Jason Healy
and mouse. If that's the case, you can either use the traditional access device (/dev/psaux), or instantiate the modules and access them through /dev/input/mice. Hope that helps, Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Configuring Samba to join a NT domain

2002-06-13 Thread Jason Healy
ead /usr/doc/samba-doc/htmldocs/DOMAIN_MEMBER.html (install the samba-doc package if you don't have it). That explains everything you need to know; you have to have your box listed on the primary domain controller for the network first. After that, you can join the domain. Jason -- Jaso

Re: home network with mac

2002-06-03 Thread Jason Healy
(both the mac, the debian box, and also the switch, modem, and gateway information). I'm afraid I don't know about the netatalk error, and it's been a while since I played with that, so I don't have any suggestions there. When you say you can connect to the machine, does that mean

Re: home network with mac

2002-06-02 Thread Jason Healy
a simple setup like yours. Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: two ethernet cards

2002-05-29 Thread Jason Healy
s rooted in how ethernet and IP networks are designed. Search the archives for more info on why this happens and why you can't change this behavior. Hope that helps, Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Java

2002-05-13 Thread Jason Healy
=== begin Child.java == package my.package; public class Child extends Parent { ... } == end Child.java == Make sure the class files live in a directory structure like: /.../my/package/{files} and compile from the directory that contains the "my" directory. Jason -- Jason Healy

Re: xscreensaver

2002-04-17 Thread Jason Healy
At 1018969990s since epoch (04/16/02 09:13:10 -0400 UTC), Marcelo Leal wrote: > what the command line for lock the screen with xscreensaver ??? > i use xlock, but the xscreensaver is more cool than that one... try `xscreensaver-command -activate` Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.lo

Re: How do I get off the list??

2002-04-16 Thread Jason Healy
et myself added manually (which worked -- I'm back on the list now). So I do think that something is up with the list; it's not just people who can't follow directions. Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Samba Won't Take Passwords

2002-04-15 Thread Jason Healy
nts in the log files? /var/log/samba/smb should at least let you know if the computer attempting to connect is passing the right credentials or not. Also, what's your SECURITY line set to in your conf file? Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Samba Won't Take Passwords

2002-04-15 Thread Jason Healy
you don't care about the encryption and don't want to have to mess with the server side too much to make things work. Your call. Jason -- Jason Healy http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2 nics, 1 network, puzzle?

2002-03-28 Thread Jason Healy
At 1017330461s since epoch (03/28/02 03:47:41 -0500 UTC), Juhan Kundla wrote: > Ühel ilusal päeval [28.03.2002] kirjutas Jason Healy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Only one node on an ethernet segment may broadcast at any one time, > This is not completely true. It is quite pos

Re: 2 nics, 1 network, puzzle?

2002-03-28 Thread Jason Healy
t prevent you from getting what you want. The kernel does this because (1) the assumptions are valid according to the protocols and (2) because its easier to code and faster for the machine to implement. Rock on, Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2 nics, 1 network, puzzle?

2002-03-27 Thread Jason Healy
out the underlying physical layer may seem a little weird. The general rule is: one IP subnet per physical network segment. And, by extension, only one interface per machine is necessary (allowed?) per physical network segment. Whew... if you stuck with all that, then I think you deserve 1/2 credit towards a networking course, or something! =) Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 2 nics, 1 network, puzzle?

2002-03-27 Thread Jason Healy
dundant (as explained above). Does that make any more sense? Basically, while the kernel doesn't support what you want, one could ask the question, *why* would you want to do it in the first place?Again, I'm not trying to say you're wrong in what you want, but I'm just trying to explain why the kernel probably won't support it. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT crossover cable speed

2002-03-26 Thread Jason Healy
nnection; each port on the switch only gets traffic bound for the machine on that port. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: 3dfx howto -- whereis?

2002-03-26 Thread Jason Healy
I'm afraid it's been too long for me to remember how to set this stuff up from scratch, but hopefully I can still help. Also, check the list server archives from the past 18 months. There have been other posts about DRI on the Voodoo 3. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: 2 nics, 1 network, puzzle?

2002-03-26 Thread Jason Healy
second subnet to connect to. If you don't have one, don't just invent one on the same ethernet segment; it won't be worth the trouble. But if you do have multiple subnets, that's an easy (and correct) way to use the second NIC. Hope something in there helped somebody, Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Apache to Apache-SSL

2002-03-24 Thread Jason Healy
one virtual host that uses SSL, unless you have separate IP addresses. My config also listens on 8000, so I've left that stuff in (I don't want to edit it out and ship it, as it might not work). Good luck, and may the force be with you. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|

Re: Apache to Apache-SSL

2002-03-24 Thread Jason Healy
ual hosts (as ssl doesn't support name-based virtual hosts), but after that, all was well. I'm happy to share my httpd.conf if anyone is curious. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: Best Email Web Application

2002-03-15 Thread Jason Healy
At 1016235863s since epoch (03/15/02 18:44:23 -0500 UTC), Angus D Madden wrote: > Dave Scott, Fri, Mar 15, 2002 at 12:45:18PM -0800: > > Anyone have any ideas on what is the best Web Based email application. > > > > I was using Neomail, but it's just too plain, is there anything with > > more opt

Re: OT: cdburning: tao, dao and fixating

2002-02-19 Thread Jason Healy
oes support -nofix and -fix, so maybe you could try burning it with -nofix, and then going back afterwords and running -fix separately. That way, the drive might have an easier time fixating if it's a separate operation and has has time to reset? Total speculation here on my part; I'm not a

Re: OT: cdburning: tao, dao and fixating

2002-02-19 Thread Jason Healy
ought I'd throw it out there in case it helps you. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/

Re: Screen Dump Util

2002-01-29 Thread Jason Healy
-one-liner ? Try installing 'scrot'. It takes a shot of the whole screen, or a window, and saves it in a filename of your choice. You can use date variables (ie, %Y %M %D) as a template for the filename, and thus get a timestamped name with every shot. Jason -- Jason Healy|[E

Re: any good LaTeX books/docs recommended to beginners?

2002-01-09 Thread Jason Healy
They won't help you learn LaTeX, but they're great for helping to remember those little details, and they're small enough to keep by your computer. Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/

Re: [OT] Open Portable Document Format?

2002-01-02 Thread Jason Healy
may be "encrypted". This means that it's not as simple to create PDFs as straight postscript, but it isn't too difficult (I wrote a simple Java library that creates line art PDFs without too much trouble). Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/

Re: OT: free cmd is lying to me

2001-12-03 Thread Jason Healy
search front-end to all the Debian listservers at: http://lists.debian.org/search.html Free is a little tricky to understand, since it makes it look like all your memory is being used all the time. In reality, this is good, because you'd rather your machine be using all the memory rather than let

Re: OT: free cmd is lying to me

2001-12-02 Thread Jason Healy
you start new processes. > 2. Why does "free" leave the impression on me that no swap space is used? probably because none is =) . 2GB of physical RAM is a lot to exhaust... Hope this helps. If I've misread your question about free (i.e., you know about the buffer/cache

Re: VooDoo3 Problem *someone must know*

2001-11-18 Thread Jason Healy
Device" Identifier "Voodoo3" Driver "tdfx" VideoRam16384 EndSection Section "DRI" Mode0666 EndSection = That's all I can remember right now. Give that stuff a shot, and if you're still in trouble, write back and I'll see if I can jog my memory more... Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/

Keyboard Media Keys not working after 2.4.5->2.4.12 upgrade

2001-10-26 Thread Jason Healy
p on the console (according to showkeys). Does anybody know what changed between 2.4.5 and 2.4.12 that would cause the keycodes to no longer be generated/recognized by the kernel? Thanks, Jason -- Jason Healy|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.logn.net/

Re: Voodoo3. DRI, X4.1.0 and Bus mastering <- Still no joy

2001-10-04 Thread Jason Healy
ive you better output. This is a new motherboard, but even on my old crappy motherboard everything worked the same, so I'm pretty sure that I have it working without bus mastering. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Voodoo3. DRI, X4.1.0 and Bus mastering <- Still no joy

2001-10-03 Thread Jason Healy
r. I thought that it was the reason why I couldn't get 3D to work, but it turned out that I had a few other problems. I needed to install xlibmesa3, set my resolution to 1024x768 @ 16bpp, and get DRI working. I kind of forgot about the bus mastering thing once it started working

Re: accounting total traffic

2001-10-02 Thread Jason Healy
(eth0:0, eth0:1, etc). You could run bandwidth usage analysis on each interface, which would map nicely to each domain. Alas, if you're using name-based virtual hosting, it's tough to sort out the traffic, since the packets only know about IPs, and not hostnames. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: my Voodoo3 wants to accel

2001-09-29 Thread Jason Healy
7; module to be loaded; it > is, but that doesn't do it - I need to do something else. Make sure you have xlibmesa3 installed -- that was what I was forgetting with my Voodoo3. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: DNS/Domain questions

2001-09-28 Thread Jason Healy
t;DNS and Bind" book (the one with a dragonfly on the cover) if you're going to get heavily into DNS. Hope that helps some. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Follow-up Question: Serving web pages for local use only

2001-09-26 Thread Jason Healy
or have no suffix at all), then they won't be served properly. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: libapache-mod-mp3

2001-09-20 Thread Jason Healy
That's weird, because it works fine with WinAmp. Try another player, and I'll let you know if I figure anything out. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: SUID

2001-09-18 Thread Jason Healy
piled binary to do so. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: general ups experience

2001-09-12 Thread Jason Healy
surge protector, 8 outlets (4 surge, 4 ups/surge), and it's pretty accessible. I got it for about $100 online. HTH, Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Bootloader with USB support

2001-09-07 Thread Jason Healy
otloader. Anybody know of a bootloader that can handle this? Thanks, Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: buggy broadband (?)

2001-09-04 Thread Jason Healy
n connectivity dies, try to ping things. Can you ping the modem? Can you ping the router (one hop after the modem)? Can you ping your nameserver? Finding out exactly where the failure is will help you get some leverage with the cable company. Good luck, Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: who has *arguably* the best iptables firewall script around here?

2001-08-28 Thread Jason Healy
ewalls that allow connections to the internal machines; etc). Pick the ones you like, study them well, and use them. I personally read some good tutorials, borrowed a lot of stuff, and crafted my own to fit my needs. If you're interested in a DHCP-cable-NAT-gateway-that-runs-services firewall scrip

Re: launch apps with special keys

2001-08-22 Thread Jason Healy
his requires the keys to be mapped correctly. Hotkeys does not require the keys have X11 Mappings; you can just use the raw keycodes. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: tabs in xemacs

2001-08-20 Thread Jason Healy
nil t) (untabify (1- (point)) (point-max nil) (add-hook 'java-mode-hook '(lambda () (make-local-variable 'write-contents-hooks) (add-hook 'write-contents-hooks 'text-mode-untabify))) ;;; Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Xv-problem on xfree 4.0.3

2001-08-05 Thread Jason Healy
t;-s" flag, which uses shared memory. It's slower, but it will work (worked for me). Also, you can upgrade to XF 4.1, which fixes this problem (again, it worked for me). Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Xv-problem on xfree 4.0.3

2001-08-05 Thread Jason Healy
ull-screen? I > cannot find an option that would toggle to full screen > mode when I use th -s option... Sorry, I don't have a DVD player, so I can't help you there. I could get full screen using mplayer (for AVIs and MPEGs) -- it would do a resolution switch and then scale to the scre

Re: iptables log random access attempts to my server. why?

2001-08-05 Thread Jason Healy
eports. Also, look into iptables "--limit" directive; it keeps the reporting of similar packets (same host/port) down to a reasonable level. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: OT:Perl %= operator

2001-08-02 Thread Jason Healy
' means the remainder of the division of the left operator by the right. 7 divides into 2 zero times, leaving a remainder of 2. 2 is the answer. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: pdf editor

2001-07-28 Thread Jason Healy
F out just so you can edit it with a text editor. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: ipchains rules: REJECT vs. DENY

2001-07-25 Thread Jason Healy
seconds, but that just makes life more annoying than anything; no real security is gained. I know it's not "nice" to drop packets on the floor, but the way I see it, these guys don't deserve to be treated nicely to start with... =) Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: ipchains rules: REJECT vs. DENY

2001-07-25 Thread Jason Healy
ear to the outside world, and that choice is up to you. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Tiff to Jpeg files

2001-07-24 Thread Jason Healy
s from the shell for you (it also contains "mogrify" if you want to scale/transform your images as well). `apt-get install imagemagick` ought to do the trick. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-07-12 Thread Jason Healy
;t do on a public machine). Anybody want to donate a CA-signed version of this applet that would be trusted by browsers?? Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-07-11 Thread Jason Healy
#x27;t important, I'd set my linux box to lose elections... Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: sysadmin won't allow linux - PLEASE HELP

2001-07-11 Thread Jason Healy
pompous), and if they have any sense they'll warm up to you. My college's IT department was cold and unfriendly, until you get to know them. After some friendly chats, they'll let you do whatever you want. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: [OT] Harassment of open source developer !

2001-07-04 Thread Jason Healy
nd Ziplock(tm) to refer to plastic storage bags. If Adobe doesn't sue people, well-intentioned as they may be, then they have no legal recourse against Microsoft Illustrator when it comes down the line. Admittedly, Adobe's lawyers were jerks about it, but still... Jason -- Jason Healy|

Re: abbreviations for non-native english speakers

2001-05-31 Thread Jason Healy
g On The Floor Laughing TLA Three Letter Acronym PHB Pointy-Haired Boss (Dilbert reference to incompetent Middle Management) Hope that helps, (where did I put that Jargon file?) Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Apache and Virtual Hosting

2001-05-14 Thread Jason Healy
t that little tidbit, so make sure that your virtualhost rules are compliant with apache 1.3.9 before you try much else. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Filtering mail w/ procmail

2001-05-07 Thread Jason Healy
s. Then look for some unique information that you can filter on. Often mailing lists insert their own header (such as "X-Mailing-List" or "X-List-Reply"), or use a standard header (such as "Sender") with the list address in it. You can try to filter on these as well. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: trouble booting 2.4.4

2001-05-07 Thread Jason Healy
At 989287374s since epoch (05/07/01 07:02:54 -0400 UTC), Herbert Xu wrote: > Jason Healy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > flexible == good. Unfortunately, there wasn't much warning about it, so I > > bet a lot of people (and their respective machines) are p

Re: trouble booting 2.4.4

2001-05-06 Thread Jason Healy
a lot of people (and their respective machines) are panicing. Best of luck, Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: weird jump in use reported by df

2001-05-06 Thread Jason Healy
the big space hogs are. Again, it's hard to give specific advice since I don't know what parition is growing. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Having 3 jpg images side by side to create one bigger image?

2001-05-02 Thread Jason Healy
other. Not sure if there are size restrictions (ie, all pictures must be the same size), but the man page ought to help with that. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: problem with dpkg-buildpackage

2001-05-01 Thread Jason Healy
a program to use for signing. In this case, I specified 'gpg' (GNU Privacy Guard), because I already had it installed. PGP would work just as well, I imagine. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: LaTeX convertion tools

2001-04-26 Thread Jason Healy
ebian. It makes PDF files straight from .tex sources. I know there are RTF converters out there as well. A good place to look for TeX stuff is at http://www.ctan.org/ (the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network). Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: SSH faking auth loop : what does it mean?

2001-04-25 Thread Jason Healy
bly administer The Smack to whoever is trying to guess their way into your box. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: Info...

2001-04-24 Thread Jason Healy
7 with an updated BIOS should not have this problem... Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: RAM economy tips

2001-04-20 Thread Jason Healy
is not necessarly bad. If the machine is thrashing, that's a little different. Finally, check your load average. Is it high (ie, greater than 3)? Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: RAM economy tips (OT: pre?)

2001-04-20 Thread Jason Healy
able' releases are 2.2.18, 2.2.19 ... 2.2.X, but in between each of those are some prereleases that may be downloaded and run. Normally, people just wait for the next stable release, but sometimes grab a prerelease because of some important feature (major bugfixes, usually). Jason -- Jas

Re: RAM economy tips

2001-04-20 Thread Jason Healy
inally, do free and top show the correct amount of memory for your system (512MB)? Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: RAM economy tips

2001-04-20 Thread Jason Healy
the top line. No need to panic, though. You might also run 'top', which is a console-based interactive process display. It will show you memory and load stats for all the processes on your box. Have fun! Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: mp3 encoder Deb

2001-04-20 Thread Jason Healy
cept that it produces mp2s. For high bitrates, mp2 is essentially the same as mp3, and there's no nasty patent issues to deal with. mp2 is also supported by most mp3 players. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: lynx and proxy

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
At 987785409s since epoch (04/20/01 07:50:09 -0400 UTC), Renai LeMay wrote: > how do I set Lynx to use a http proxy? set the $http_proxy environment variable, ie: export http_proxy=http://my.proxy.com:8080/ 'man lynx' for more information. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PR

Re: iptables and domain services...

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
un services that need to be guarded then the rules get a little more complex. Again, the BoingWorld tutorial is most definitely your friend. Best of luck, Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: how to set correct time?

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
Make sure that's right, then make sure that your timezone is correct (run 'tzconfig'). Then set the date. For more information about UNIX time, do a 'man hwclock'. It has a good description of how this all fits together. Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: iptables and domain services...

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
f you want a better understanding of how to build a firewall, you should definitely check it out. Hope this clears things up, Jason -- Jason Healy| [EMAIL PROTECTED] LogN Systems | http://www.logn.net/

Re: iptables and domain services...

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
7;t feel like opening all 64,000+ of those ports, try a rule like: iptables -A INPUT -p UDP --source-port domain -j ACCEPT Since DNS requests will appear to come from port 53 (domain), this rule lets all such responses in. For added sanity you could ensure that the destination port is ab

Re: [debian-users] 3Com 3c900 NIC troubles

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
At 987687039s since epoch (04/19/01 11:30:39 -0400 UTC), Randall Hansen wrote: > I'm trying to get my 3Com 3c900B-TPO working under Debian 2.2.18pre21. > Here's what I've tried, and what I know, or think I know :P I have had trouble getting Linux (of all flavors) to find my 3Com cards at times.

Re: Can't ssh in as a normal user anymore

2001-04-19 Thread Jason Healy
seMappingCheck" set to "yes" in your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file? If so, then you cannot log in if your IP address does not reverse-map to a valid hostname. If your DNS is wacky, this might keep you from getting in. Check /var/log/auth.log and see if ssh is giving you any more info. Ja