Re: /etc/profile no longer used

* Kevin McKinley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030531 13:54]: > On Sat, 31 May 2003 11:57:39 -0600 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Proulx) wrote: > > > Leandro Guimar?es Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > > > Perhaps not exactly, but wider: /etc/environment is meant to be used > > > by all shells, ... > > > > Reall

Re: ssh setup

* Jeff Elkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030531 12:42]: > I'm setting up a previously working woody mp3 server after a crash, but when I > try to run xmms via ssh I get: > > ** CRITICAL **: Unable to open display > > X11 forwarding is turned on. What have I forgotten? more specifically, I take it yo

Re: cdrom symlink won't stay linked to /dev/cdrom1

* Nicos Gollan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030530 10:58]: > On Friday 30 May 2003 19:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is silly question 1 of 3. Every time I restart, the /dev/cdrom > > symlink "magically" gets remapped to /dev/cdrom0. Which is the wrong > > device, so I su and delete it and make a ne

Re: Set hw clock to local time instead of UTC?

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030530 10:28]: > Silly question 2 of 3: Now that my dual boot is working again, I'd like > the time to be correct when I run Windows. I know that during > installation I can tell the system that the hw clock should be local > time, but can't seem to find out

Re: Inserting a into sed's replacement string

* bob parker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030529 10:54]: > I'm using Woody with Gnu sed version 3.02 (the default). > > I want to be able to insert tab chars into the output lines eg > > sed = somefile | sed 'N;s/\n/\t/' > > just gives me the literal 't' immediately following the number at the start >

Re: How to make DNS and DHCP server play nice?

* Jeffrey L. Taylor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030527 20:53]: > 2) configure DHCP server to give out the same IP address each time and > configure DNS with the names and IP addresses once and edit > /etc/resolv.conf once on each box. You could use the dhcp server options "domain-name" and "domain-name s

Re: Mozilla Mail apparently not wrapping lines at 72 characters

* Harshwardhan Nagaonkar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030529 13:48]: > Hey this is even better. I have turned it off now, I expect it will work > on restart of mozilla. > Either way, thank you Travis Crump for the extra info, It helps a lot. > This feature is sort of > irritating (my own opinion). Do you

Re: Mozilla Mail apparently not wrapping lines at 72 characters

* Barney Wrightson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030528 19:25]: > Mozilla does wrap the text, but it uses the following string in the > Content-Type header field: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > The format=flowed part allows mozilla to "undo" the wrapping so that > when you use mozilla to

Re: create an image of a partition

* Rob Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030404 12:51 PST]: > On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 14:21, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030403 15:47 PST]: > > > How about tar-ing up the whole partition. I don't know how much space > > &g

Re: aquirrellmail usser autheintication

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030404 13:09 PST]: > I just set up a machine for a mail server. I tested it as me, and added > some other users, using adduser. Now I can authticate using my user name, > and password, but the others can't. > > Where should I start checking? Can the others log into t

Re: Why des the x window system pacjage depend on xdm?

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030404 13:02 PST]: > I'm installing on a sysem with a relativly small hard disk, so I'm trying > to avoid as many unecessary packages as posible. > > I'm using gdm for my display maanger, and I went to dlete xdm in dselect, > and it toldthe that the "x-window-system"

Re: create an image of a partition

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030403 15:47 PST]: > On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 22:25:47 +0200 > Roman Joost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Does somebody know a better way to create an image of a existing > > partition? > > > > I know dd=/dev/hda1 of=windows_partition.img, but the image has

Re: ip_tables newbie needs help [was "test - please ignore"

* Ernst-Magne Vindal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030403 02:54 PST]: > On Wed, 2 Apr 2003, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030402 09:21 PST]: > > > > > > Is there an easy way to change the rule so I can limit to e.g : > > &g

Re: ip_tables newbie needs help [was "test - please ignore"

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030402 09:21 PST]: > Hugh Saunders wrote: > >[OFF-LIST] > > > >On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:47:20PM -0100, ernst wrote: > > > >>test - please ignore > > > > > >it is *never* necessary to post a test message. > > > > > >why not just post something relevant (a

Re: How should we handle people who can not unsubscribe?

* Osamu Aoki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030328 13:48 PST]: > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 07:10:27PM +0200, Barak Korren wrote: > > Nathan E Norman wrote: > > > > > >Or, we could require users to pass some sort of comprehension test > > >before successfully subscribing to the list > > > > > > > Actullay im

Re: killfile, anyone? - was: someone shouting expletives

* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 19:32 PST]: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 03:39:59AM +0100, Nicolas Kratz wrote: > > Hai. I already wasted too much time on that lost case. Would that be a > > good time to ask for other people's killfile

Re: Newbie Help

* Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 15:59 PST]: > I recently downloaded a .deb file how to I actually install it. The deb > package was not a standard deb package and I am so new I don't know how to > setup a standard .deb file. Please help As Seneca says, to manually install a .deb you can use

Re: [OT] Sacramento broadband ???

* Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 16:32 PST]: > Anybody reading this live in Sacramento, CA? > > My son is moving there from Chicago. He's hooked on good cablemodem > service from attbi. > > What is available in Sacramento? I'd recommend browsing the reviews at http://www.broad

Re: Newbee-ish X and root question

* Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 01:41 PST]: > Please, please, please, don't use xhost. Really. > > Better alternatives: xauth, su -m, ssh -X And (oh yeah, duh) sudo. good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "Computer Science is no more about co

Re: Newbee-ish X and root question

* Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030327 00:21 PST]: > Try running xhost +local:localhost as the user you initially logged in > as from an xterm or similar program. Things will Just Work(tm) then. This will work as long as you're the only user on your machine. This is a bad habit to form if

Re: screen - recover session after a shut down

* Sandip P Deshmukh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030326 03:44 PST]: > is there a way in which i can make screen remember what applications > were open even after i reboot? Well, if you typically use the same applications, you can have them started automatically via your .screenrc. It won't remember wha

Re: [ale] gpg and detached sigs?

* Robert L. Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030326 10:15 PST]: > > > At work we're finally implementing certain lists require you sign your > emails. Using my config at home all is well but the way I was signing > my emails wouldn't work with the mutt/gpg combo. I just added > "--clearsign" to my

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

* Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030326 09:58 PST]: > From /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/en-txt/mini/Partition.gz: > > The primary partition used to house the logical partitions is > called an extended partition and it has its own file system type > (0x05). Unlike primary partitions, lo

Re: Mozilla Calendar servers

* Hanasaki JiJi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 15:50 PST]: > Anyone know of free/opensource software that will function as a server > for the Mozilla calendar? apache + libapache-mod-dav good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- One nation, indivisible, with equality, liberty, and justi

Re: repartitioning: joining two partitions

* Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:59 PST]: > Hello, > > Derrick, you're reply is very helpfull - but I've got > a new question based on the adjacency of partitions. > > This is the partition table as it is: > > hda: hda1 > hdb: hdb1 hdb2 hdb3 hdb4 < hdb5 hdb6 > > > the hda disk is

Re: Newbee-ish X and root question

* Lukas Latz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 13:21 PST]: > Barry, > > su -m surely does it. So what property that's carried over is it that > makes the difference? Two things. Environment variables, to be precise. The two in question are DISPLAY and XAUTHORITY. The former tells X clients where t

Re: Good open source primer?

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 11:27 PST]: > I found myself in a discussion wiht my bosses boss this morning. It was > about how we had time synched all the *NIX boxes. > > Somewhere in the middle of the discussion, it became quite clear that he > simply _did not understand_ the concept of o

web preferred to attachments (was Re: my helvetica looks ugly)

* Roman Joost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030325 00:17 PST]: > On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 12:01:06AM +0100, Matthias Hentges wrote: > > Am Mon, 2003-03-24 um 19.28 schrieb Roman Joost: > > > I was wondering, that my X fonts are looking very ugly now. > > I had the same problem after some apt-get upgrade'i

Re: Official Exim 4 package

* Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030324 08:47 PST]: > On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 08:35:17 -0600 > Jamin Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is already a mess. We don't need more of the same. > > > Could have fooled me, seems to be working pretty well. > > Says the man who has been using

Re: help with playing a midi file

* Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030322 21:55 PST]: > JOSEPH A NAGY JR wrote: > > >On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 20:18:32 -0700 > > Paul Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>My sound card works. I am using KDE on the 2.4.20-k6 kernel. I have > >>a number of midi players installed - kmid, rosegarde

Re: GnuPG on stable?

* Peter Lavender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030322 21:31 PST]: > > > So I add this to my sources.list file and then apt-get install gnupg? > > > > Why don't you read "Installation" at: > > http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/packages/#SECTION0008 > > and figure it out? > > Yep... hit g too so

Re: jigdo-file: Why the name?

* Sharninder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030322 08:32 PST]: > > > > > I've gotta wonder...why is it called jigdo-file instead of jigdo? > > > > because of the .jigdo file used on servers with jigdo access. This makes sense because the jigdo-file package contains the jigdo-file utility (as well as the

Re: font size

* Ruediger Noack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030320 13:01 PST]: > Paladin wrote: > >Do you have xfonts-100dpi-transcoded (and/or 75dpi) installed? > > > ---snip--- > ii xfonts-100dpi-transcoded 4.1.0-16 100 dpi fonts for X (transcoded > ii xfonts-75dpi-transcoded 4.1.0-16 75 dpi fonts for X (transc

Re: ignore the spam. don't reply to it.

* Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030319 15:18 PST]: > > On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > > The proper thing to do is silently ignore such messages. > > i think the proper thing is to "bounce" the spam .. and dont even > receive it in your

ignore the spam. don't reply to it.

* Joseph A Nagy Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030319 20:50 PST]: > Okay, this is just bad, folks. No, THIS is just bad. Again, spamassassin catches spam, and some IDIOT re-posts it back to the list. Get a fucking clue! Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "They that can give up essential libe

Re: locales problem / grep question

* Clive Standbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030319 14:27 PST]: > By the way, recursively searching from / will search all files on any network file > systems you have mounted, which can take ages. If this affects you, you could try > something like > > find / -xdev -type f | xargs -r grep -H -e

Re: stupid problem with Apache

* Ignacio Mas Ivars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030319 13:52 PST]: > Hi all: > > I am having a weird problem with Apache that I know must be pretty > simple to solve, but i am getting crazy with it. I have installed > apache-ssl-1.3.27 with the php4 modules... and everything is working > fine. I

ignore the spam. don't reply to it.

* Jeremy Gaddis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030319 12:58 PST]: > Got this message in my Inbox today, and it appears that it > was sent to a bunch of subscribers to debian-user. It had > an executable file attached, q157498.exe, which is, of course, > a virus, if anyone had any doubts. The proper thing

Re: xv (graphics package)

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030319 11:18 PST]: > Hi, > > I seem to recall that the xv package (graphics viewer / editor) by John > Bradley was formerly included in an earlier distribution (potato, maybe?). > It doesn't seem to be in the current distributions. Does anyone know if

Re: [OT] starting damons as non-priv

* ktb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030318 12:05 PST]: > 1) How can you tell if a program is actually running as a non-privileged > user? Look at the output from 'ps uax' > For example proftpd is configured to run as "User nobody" and "Group > nogroup" but when I do a "lsof|grep proftpd" "root" is list

Re: MySQL 4

* Andrew Pritchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030318 15:27 PST]: > With the recent release of MySQL 4, I was wondering when (if ever) Debian > was going to be incorporating it into at least the 'testing' tree (let alone After two weeks of being in unstable with no RC bugs. > the stable tree). When i

Re: using diff command

* Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030318 15:24 PST]: > I must be really stupid, so forgive me, but I can't figure out for the > life of me how to use the diff command. I've read the man pages and > looked at some stuff on the internet, but I can't get it to do what I > want it to do. But

Re: CVS over ssh hanging on testing

* Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 21:36 PST]: > By the way, she now offers Debian virtual hosts for $30/month. Pretty > cheap, stable, Internet presence with big pipes. Awesome service--we > engaged in an IRC chat session tonight to figure out this problem. See > http://www.acornh

Re: Best mp32ogg encoding/decoding

* Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 13:47 PST]: > Hello everybody, > > I've just found something weird: > I first tried to write a mp32ogg script using an > mp32wav script I found (sorry I > didn't write down the URL). This works great and the > output's smaller than mp3s > > Then, today

Re: Read only fs

* Kris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 13:19 PST]: > I am trying to boot my / fs as read only. Currently the file system is all > /dev/hda1 and this is mounted as root but when I try to boot it in read > only. I get so many errors I just don't know where to start. Any advice > would be appreciated

Re: I need a little help

* Didier Caamano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 12:54 PST]: > I was wondering how I can configure apache 1.3 to not allow visitors to > view the source code of the page when they click on View ->Source > > Is there any option in apache to do that?, any hint will be appretiated. You don't click in

Re: tar ate my symlinks

* Brian Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 12:07 PST]: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:43:09AM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > >* Brian Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 07:52 PST]: > >> I backed up my debian installation with the following: > >> > >&

Re: tar ate my symlinks

* Brian Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 12:05 PST]: > On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 09:53:26AM -0800, nate wrote: > >Brian Victor said: > >> I backed up my debian installation with the following: > >> > >> tar --preserve -cv / | ssh 192.168.2.10 'cat > linuxbackup.tar.bz2' > > > >may I ask why? I ha

Re: CVS over ssh hanging on testing

* Bill Wohler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030316 22:35 PST]: > Another potential clue: an scp *pushing* a large file from the client > to the server writes 132 kB (regardless of the file, as long as it is > larger than 132 kB) and then stalls whereas an scp *pulling* the same > file from the cli

Re: tar ate my symlinks

* nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 10:45 PST]: > Brian Victor said: > > I backed up my debian installation with the following: > > > > tar --preserve -cv / | ssh 192.168.2.10 'cat > linuxbackup.tar.bz2' > > may I ask why? I have never heard of someone attempting such > a task in that manor. I wo

Re: TELNET

* Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030315 11:32 PST]: > and "telnet localhost pop3s" or https fails simply because the other end > wont speak to ya.. :-) .. woulda been nice to see which pop3s server but > oh well openssl s_client -connect $HOST:$PORT good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorsto

Re: Download accelerator

* Joao Paulo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 02:51 PST]: > John wrote: > > > > >There's a gui called downloader for x , it's in unstable anyway > >apt-get install d4x > > > >or alternatively download the source and build it yourself > >http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo/ > >It supports multiple conne

Re: tar ate my symlinks

* Brian Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030317 07:52 PST]: > I backed up my debian installation with the following: > > tar --preserve -cv / | ssh 192.168.2.10 'cat > linuxbackup.tar.bz2' That .bz2 extension on that file is misleading. The usual extension for uncompressed tar archives (which is wh

Re: NFS hangs??

* Alvin Oga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030315 18:22 PST]: > > hi ya > > On Sat, 15 Mar 2003, sean finney wrote: > > > hi -users, > > > > i'm running with two unstable boxes, one as an nfs client and > > the other as a server. when i try and connect from a client, > > it hangs indefinitely, and not

Re: file server recommendations?

* ScruLoose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030314 23:09 PST]: > Hi all, > > I'm interested in making a few files available to friends of > mine, and in having an upload directory for them to give me stuff, too. > I'm wondering what's the best tool for this job. > > * I'll only be talking about a ve

Re: SMTPS/SASL and ports

* Curtis Vaughan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030314 14:13 PST]: > Trying to configure postfix for SASL connectivity. > > Now most mail clients have you check SSL connectivity enabled, but the > port remains 25. However, in /etc/services the smtps is by default set > for port 465. > > So, my question

Re: wget usage help, please

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030314 13:14 PST]: > I wound up with teh command line: > > wget --convert-links --no-parent -r -l0 --domains=www.backupcentral.com \ > http://www.backupcentral.com/amanda.html > > Just to get the final resolutin in the list archive for those that may > search for t

Re: mutt and reply_to not working

* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030314 13:18 PST]: > I have reply_to set to ask-yes in my muttrc. However, when I receive > a message with a Reply-To header set, and I reply to it with 'r', > I am not prompted and the From address is used. If I set reply_to to > yes, the From address is st

Re: new mozilla version in stable ?

* Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030313 09:55 PST]: > Vineet Kumar said: > > Note that "unofficial apt sources" means precisely "not in Debian". > > Sure, you can download stuff in .deb format, and you can use apt to do > > it, but that doesn&

Re: new mozilla version in stable ?

* Ole-Christian S. Hagenes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030312 06:23 PST]: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:07:23PM -0800, Joris Huizer wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > > > I heard of a friend there is a way to get a newer > > version than 1.0.0 in the stable Debian - but I can't > > find it. > > Can anybody

considered harmful (was [off topic] Learning Shell from an old UNIX book)

Hello, I think you've already gotten good answers about the book, and how bash is derived from bourne, and what ksh and csh are. While you're learning about the shells, I think it's important to keep this in mind: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/shell/csh-whynot/ It's good to learn csh in ord

Re: zsh auto completion

* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030311 15:04 PST]: > also sprach Vineet Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.11.2051 +0100]: > > For a druid-style initialization, type 'compinstall'. > > yeah, i remember. that one scared me off the last time! >

Re: identifying [DR]SA key used for ssh key-based login

* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030311 11:45 PST]: > also sprach Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.03.11.1227 +0100]: > > > right, but then i'd have to manage this file, which is everything but > > > nice. > > > > Don't understand. It's easy. > > > > What are you actually trying to

Re: zsh auto completion

* martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030311 11:08 PST]: > with my ZSH 4.0.6 shell, one apparently can do sophisticated > autocompletion. i look into /usr/share/zsh/4.0.6/functions/Completion > and am impressed. however, nothing works. > > how do i enable these completions? For a druid-style i

Re: Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

* Joao Pedro Clemente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 17:20 PST]: > > > I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking > > silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or > > something! > > > > In terms of cost, I traded a few GB to get back a handful of dB; I

Re: ksh download problem ??

* Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030311 10:23 PST]: > Hi Vineet, > > I am new to Debian/Linux world. We have few Debian boxes and a redhat > box with redhat 8.0. All the scripting on debian boxes are done in ksh > and perl. I want to install ksh on redhat box so that I can troubleshoot > and w

Re: How can I find out what MTA a debian machine is using?

* Shyamal Prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 19:35 PST]: > I know you already have your answer, but one very simple way to > determine what software is running is often just to connect to it. > > $ telnet localhost smtp > Trying 127.0.0.1... > Connected to localhost. > Escape character is '^]'.

Re: network troubles

* Robert B Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 16:47 PST]: > i have a network everywhere fast ethernet adapter (NC100). could someone > help me figure out how to get it working? i don't have access to the web This should work with the tulip driver, included with the Linux kernel. I don't have a

Re: LAPTOPS

* james leclair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 13:38 PST]: > > > So, what, if any, suggestions comments or what have you might the experts > suggest I consider > when making my decision on a brand of craptop? Well, I don't know that it counts as expert advice, but I've been happily using an IBM

Re: smtp takes control of bandwidth

* GBV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 10:42 PST]: > Hello, > > I?m using postfix. > > > When someone send a big message, my UP band is tottaly eaten. My > network can?t use the internet services correctly. Well, maybe a good start would be to not send each message 3 times ;-) Ask once, get many

Re: ksh download problem ??

* Vivek Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030310 11:13 PST]: > Hi folks, > > I am trying to download ksh from AT&T official download page. When I click > the release entry I want to download it opens a windows with lots of ASCII/ > junk characters. It seems like its opening the file instead of download

Quiet HDD (was Quiet cases)

I just got a seagate barracuda ata IV (ST340016A) and it's freaking silent. It's almost eerie; it sounds like a solid state drive or something! In terms of cost, I traded a few GB to get back a handful of dB; I think it was worth it =) good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "They th

Re: exim & iptables

* Hal Klingsporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030309 06:26 PST]: > > On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 09:58 PM, Gary Turner wrote: > > >Hal wrote: > > > >>I'm using Woody as a firewall with NAT to protect a small network that > >>includes a mail and web server on an unregistered (192.168) > >>networ

Re: new mozilla version in stable ?

* Joris Huizer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030309 14:28 PST]: > Hello everybody, > > I heard of a friend there is a way to get a newer > version than 1.0.0 in the stable Debian - but I can't > find it. Nope, not in Woody. Maybe your friend is referring to an unofficial apt source, but that's not "in

Re: Optimizing X

* Mark Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030309 07:29 PST]: > On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:22:09AM +, Satish Iyer wrote: > > Hi, > >Whenever I start gnome (by typing gdm on the > > command line) it takes a log of time to start up. I > --snip-- > However, I suspect that you won't get much real

Re: exim & iptables

* Hal Klingsporn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030309 06:26 PST]: > > On Saturday, March 8, 2003, at 09:58 PM, Gary Turner wrote: > > >Hal wrote: > > > >>I'm using Woody as a firewall with NAT to protect a small network that > >>includes a mail and web server on an unregistered (192.168) > >>networ

Re: Script

* Tinus Kotze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030308 12:06 PST]: > I am currently using proftp as a server. I am still learning scripts. I > was thinking of using a script to help me with my access. I would like > to take the xferlog and firstly takeout all the ip's that have logged > into my server. Then I

Re: How can I power down the computer?

* Jeffrey L. Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030308 05:57 PST]: > Quoting Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 06:42:18PM -0600, Ian Melnick wrote: > > > > If there any way to configure debian so it does everything in one step and > > > > I don't need to press the power bottom a

Re: apt-get security question

* Bob Paige <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030307 11:53 PST]: > So, what is the chance that someone could spoof access to an update > server? Does apt-get provide some sort of security (i.e. ssh connection > to the server, or digital signatures on the packages)? You can use signed packages for something

Re: formail help

* Attila Csosz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030307 11:51 PST]: > You don't understand my question. I can set up my .procmailrc for > debian-user mails but not this is my problem as I specified. > My question: which is the minimal set of mail fields to be become a > correct mailbox? (only from, to, sub

Re: Patched sendmail? testing?

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030305 03:54 PST]: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 02:44:41PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 13:11 PST]: > > > My point is that the testing release ahs proven to be stable in a > > > production envi

Re: The Very Verbose Guide to Updating and Compiling Your Debian Kernel

* Daniel Farnsworth Teichert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030305 12:23 PST]: > (Note that the above requires that root has access to your X > display, because it uses 'xconfig'. Now, this is probably going > to show you how clue-less I am, but one simple way I do this on > occasion is by 'ssh -X [EMAIL P

Re: bash: common history across multiple sessios ???

* Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 19:15 PST]: > By-the-by, where does a bash session keep track of command history while > that session is open? > > How does it know whether to use ~/.bash_history or this elusive memory > pointer? It always performs history search/substitution fr

Re: Setting Default Framebuffer Mode

* Ian Melnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 13:51 PST]: > Hello, all > > Every time my computer starts I need to use fbset to change the > resolution. Is there a way to set the default framebuffer mode? I think it depends on your specific framebuffer driver. I get the following information from

Re: bash: common history across multiple sessios ???

* Michael Naumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 15:32 PST]: > Also, I have > trap 'history -a' EXIT > in my .profile. There is a cleaner way to do the above: shopt -s histappend good times, Vineet -- http://www.doorstop.net/ -- "As we enjoy great advantages from inventions of others, we should

Re: bash: common history across multiple sessios ???

* Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 13:01 PST]: > Several years ago, running ksh on several AIX and Solaris servers, and > many, many simultaneous xterm's open on many boxen, commandline history > was _common_ across all of my sessions on a given box. zsh calls this option SHARE_HIS

Re: Patched sendmail? testing?

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 13:11 PST]: > My point is that the testing release ahs proven to be stable in a > production environemnt (for me at least), and has, for example, much more > current perl modules, than stable. This is required for our software to > work. Okay, so even if you've

Re: commands within shell script

* Martin Kacerovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 13:14 PST]: > Hi, > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 12:15:56PM -0800, Vineet Kumar wrote: > > * Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 12:11 PST]: > > > hey, > > > > > > by default, a

Re: commands within shell script

* Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 12:11 PST]: > hey, > > by default, a shell script just appears as the script name in a list > of processes (ps; top), right? how can i make it show each command > called within the script as it's being executed? It already is. For each program call

Re: Patched sendmail? testing?

* stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030304 11:06 PST]: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 05:02:10PM +, Colin Watson wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:32:34AM -0500, stan wrote: > > > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 06:15:02AM -0800, Marc Wilson wrote: > > > > Someone else running testing in a production environ

mozilla mail filtering (PEBKAC)

* Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030303 19:20 PST]: > If you prefer a GUI client, sylpheed and balsa seem to be good choices, > with an allegedly 'mutt-ish' feel. Also, some people use Mozilla Mail, > but it seems to have some issues with effectively filtering list mail. AFAIK, any filtering iss

Re: man pages for xfree

* Phil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030303 11:36 PST]: > It's been a while since I set up an X configuration. The last time was on > a potato machine. There is no XF86Config file in /etc/X11 and when I > "startx" I get > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc: ursr/bin/X11/X No such file or dir > /usr/X

netiquette (was Re: Newbie bull brings own china shop.)

* Brian Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030227 22:10 PST]: > Sorry Kent, I tried posting after as a response and it sucks. I use > spell checking and as most spell checkers are pretty dumb and start at > the top, I end up having to correct or skip other people's misspelled > words before I get to

Re: Where to put environment variables?

* Joao Clemente <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030227 18:16 PST]: > On Friday 28 February 2003 01:06, praveen kallakuri wrote: > > your console may not be spawning a login shell. thats when /etc/profile > > is not read (in other words, /etc/profile is read when you spawn a login > > shell). trying using a

Re: no war

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030227 16:02 PST]: > Iraq. > Please consider this an urgent request. UN Petition for Peace Stand for Idiot. Please consider that you have just sent (presumably everyone you know)'s email address to a public list. This message is off-topic and inappropria

Re: CD-Text

* Tim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20030227 12:10 PST]: > Vineet Kumar wrote: > >cdrecord supports it. So does cdda2wav, for duplicating CDs with text > > Is it possible for cdparanoia to pull this information off the original > and write to a file for cdrecord to use? I

Re: CD-Text

* Sergey A. Ovchar ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030226 12:42]: > Hi. > What is it the AudioCD-Text, and how can I create it for my CD-player ? cdrecord supports it. So does cdda2wav, for duplicating CDs with text. Generally any CDs published by sony/columbia include CD-Text, which usually consists of the

Re: Newbie administrator

* Robert Storey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030226 16:31]: > Considering all the subdirectories in /home, it would probably be better to do this: > > chmod -R 700 /home/* Great googa mooga ... I hope I never have an account on a system you admin. IMO, you have no right to clobber all of your users' f

Re: GUI Mail Client

* Keith O'Connell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030226 02:07]: > client I have used under Linux, but this is "holy-wars" area you are > entering! That much is true! I'm sure I'm not the only one who, on reading "GUI Mail Client" is just _itching_ to respond with '"xterm -e mutt"!' no matter what the quest

/usr/bin/on_ac_power (was man -k apropos --> nothing apropiate)

* Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030226 00:46]: > A problem with similar symptoms is on my laptop: Anacron doesn't run because > it always thinks I am on battery power (even if I'm on AC) and therefore does > not run hard-disk intensive jobs such as updatedb and man-db This was just discuss

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