Re: AD-like environment under Linux

2009-02-02 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 22:11 +0100, Nagy Dániel wrote: eg.: I have a Linux server, and can a Windows client log in with eg. a roaming profile? What is the goal to achieve? Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: How to disable a network interface

2009-02-02 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-02-02 at 22:31 +0100, Nagy Daniel wrote: What is the -_offical_- way, for disabling an on-board LAN [like eth0], I mean it stays disabled after reboot too? Thank you in anticipation in /etc/network/interfaces, there is a line, which brings up the networks on boot: ---snip---

Re: hald/dbus Question

2009-01-31 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2009-01-31 at 17:14 +0100, Thomas H. George wrote: Notes: The system will boot to Ubuntu with no problems, it is just trying to run it as chroot that fails to open the desktop window. What are you trying to accomplish? Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Joining Two Videos

2009-01-28 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2009-01-28 at 13:58 +0100, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Hal Vaughan wrote: I have to join two videos, in different versions, one in .mpg for DVDs and one in .mp4. What's the best program that can do this without glitches or a high learning curve on Etch? No editing, no dissolves,

Re: Fsck encrypted filesystem

2009-01-26 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-01-26 at 09:17 +0100, line...@ruiner.halo.nu wrote: Hi I have a relaively recent debian install with LUKS encrypted filesystem, default options. An error has been detected on the HD and it will not boot anymore, FSCK wants the root password to do system maintenence. I

Re: 'who am i' command does not produce output in 'mrxvt'

2009-01-23 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 21:44 +0100, Countable Infinity wrote: 'who am i' produces the following output in gnome-terminal: hum...@nifty:~$ who am i humptypts/22009-01-24 02:12 (:0.0) However, in mrxvt, it does not produce any output. hum...@nifty:~$ who am i hum...@nifty:~$

Re: sound card not detected

2009-01-21 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2009-01-21 at 17:22 +0100, Tamas Hegedus wrote: I really do not have the module. ... This does not return anything on my computer: locate snd-intel8x0 | grep 686 Have you run 'updatedb' lately (or through cron), such that 'locate' database is up to date? Best, Rob -- To

Re: how to download Java Applet

2009-01-18 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2009-01-18 at 19:17 +0100, Abdelkader Belahcene wrote: Hi, I saw on remote server an applet running I want to download it, I saved the file, I checked the files are downloaded comprising the applet (at least with that name), when I ran it locally, it didn.t work !!! Here for example

Re: apt-get upgrade error: package `coreutils' contains empty filename ?

2009-01-17 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2009-01-17 at 21:33 +0100, Eric Higgins wrote: # apt-get upgrade ... Preconfiguring packages ... (Reading database ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/dpkg_1.13.26_arm.deb (--unpack): files list file for package `coreutils' contains empty filename Errors were

Re: Anyone got qc-usb working with kernel 2.6.28 and amd64?

2009-01-06 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 02:24 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to get a Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Web (lego webcam based on logitec) working on my box running kernel 2.6.28 amd64 kernel. I managed to fix compilation errors using a patch I found on the bug tracking system plus some extra

Re: Anyone got qc-usb working with kernel 2.6.28 and amd64?

2009-01-06 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 20:51 +0200, subscriptions wrote: On Mon, 2009-01-05 at 02:24 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: I'm trying to get a Logitech, Inc. QuickCam Web (lego webcam based on logitec) working on my box running kernel 2.6.28 amd64 kernel. I managed to fix compilation errors using

Re: e2fsck /dev/md0 issues

2008-12-21 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-12-21 at 05:42 +0100, M.Lewis wrote: I having an issue with my RAID array. I get some errors on boot, but the boot process is going beyond them and mounting the drive anyhow. So far as I can tell, all the data is present and readable. I would like to resolve these errors though.

Re: alsa and default sound input/output

2008-12-14 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 11:05 +0100, Emanoil Kotsev wrote: subscriptions wrote: Hi all, I am using Skype and my webcam has an in-build microphone. Is it possible that after hot-plugging the webcam, the default microphone (input) is from the webcam? But at the same time

alsa and default sound input/output

2008-12-13 Thread subscriptions
Hi all, I am using Skype and my webcam has an in-build microphone. Is it possible that after hot-plugging the webcam, the default microphone (input) is from the webcam? But at the same time the default sound output is still to the on-board sound-card (i.e. laptop speakers)? At the moment I

Re: common folder for a group of users

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 08:37 +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello List, A pair of user asked me to create a common folder: what is the (best) Debian way to do it ? Thanks in advance, Jerome The folder has group in which the users reside. The permissions on the folder are rws. Best, Rob

Re: common folder for a group of users

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 10:45 +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: subscriptions wrote: The folder has group in which the users reside. The permissions on the folder are rws. You probably meant permissions: drwxrws--- Johannes Yep! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ

Re: common folder for a group of users

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 12:27 +0100, Jerome BENOIT wrote: Hello, thanks for your quick reply. I have an another question: may the MASK of the involved user be adapted ? Thanks, Jerome The mask is set locally or can be set in /etc/login.defs Whichever you prefer. Best, Rob -- To

Re: expand /var, decrease /home space

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 10:51 +0100, Chris Davies wrote: Appropriate Docroot and Log entries in /etc/apache/sites-enabled/* complete the picture, and it leaves /var/www pretty much untouched. (I use Alias directives to link back into /var/www/* as and when necessary.) Note:

Re: tcpip stops working after some time

2008-12-12 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 22:10 +0100, Micha Feigin wrote: For some reason after a few days of uptime , tcp stops working on my machine. Ping and dns lookups work, tcp doesn't. I tried both wired and wireless, removing the firewall and unloading all firewall related modules but nothing seems

Re: mirroir debian sarge

2008-12-11 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 15:59 +0100, Anthony wrote: bonjour, je ne parviens plus a trouver le mirroir officiel sarge. A t-il été supprimé, ou deplacé ? Nous avons encore des machines en sarge... merci Bonjour, Je ne connais pas la réponse, mais si vous poser la question en anglais, vous

Re: expand /var, decrease /home space

2008-12-11 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 00:39 +0100, steve wrote: fairly successful attempt at running a webserver it made /var only 2.8 gig and made /home 280 something gig. now I want /var to be say 200 gig, and /home alot smaller. for obvious reasons. If the reason is using www, why not configure

Re: Unrestrict chown?

2008-12-10 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-12-09 at 22:40 +0100, Christopher Zimmermann wrote: Hi! On my debian box using linux kernel its not possible to give away files: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% touch foo [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% chown otheruser foo chown: changing ownership of `foo': Operation not permitted only root

Re: X-server doesn't start after boot-up

2008-12-08 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 19:41 +0100, raman narasimhan wrote: i've a debian etch system.. i'm using the grub loader.. immediately after the boot process when the login screen is to take over, instead of the login screen, i get this ... | Hz ? |

Re: DPT2044W SCSI adaptor with disk installed but no /dev/sd* devices created

2008-12-08 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 15:23 +0100, Arthur Marsh wrote: lee wrote, on 2008-11-29 04:07: Hm, I've always been using the kernels from kernel.org without problems. How do you make .deb's of kernel.org kernels under Debian (kernel-package, checkinstall, ???) Arthur. Download the source

Re: cryptsetup, hald and automounting external disk

2008-12-06 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 00:50 +0100, Michal R. Hoffmann wrote: On 04/12/08 21:28, subscriptions wrote: Hi all, I am using cryptsetup (LUKS) successfully on most of my partitions (i.e. not /boot) and external disk drives. For the external drives, HALD recognises the LUKS encrypted

Re: Mounting Samba and fstab problem

2008-12-06 Thread subscriptions
On Sat, 2008-12-06 at 17:52 +0100, Jesse Sheidlower wrote: I'm trying to set up a Samba share on a Lenny laptop that I can access as a regular user (i.e., me). I've tried going through the man pages and Googling, but I'm still hung up on something. I can mount it manually with: $

Re: Remote signing of large files

2008-12-06 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, Dec 04, 2008 at 12:26:31PM +, Magnus Therning wrote: I'd feel a bit more safe if the signing could be done on a separate server. However, the built files are large and I don't want to introduce a bottle neck by transfering all files back and forth over the network. The above

Re: Monitor is going blank

2008-12-05 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 15:58 +0100, Brian Kimsey-Hickman wrote: I have a fresh Debian Stable installation that I am trying to use as a informational kiosk. The only thing I changed from the default installation was to switch from gdm to kdm. My problem is the screen is going blank after

cryptsetup, hald and automounting external disk

2008-12-04 Thread subscriptions
Hi all, I am using cryptsetup (LUKS) successfully on most of my partitions (i.e. not /boot) and external disk drives. For the external drives, HALD recognises the LUKS encrypted partition and prompts for a password. Does anybody know where I can configure the system such that the external disk

Re: insserv encrypted /home

2008-12-03 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:55 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: Hi, Short version: does anybody use cryptsetup and insserv at the same time successfully? I recently re-installed Debian on my laptop because I wanted to repartition my hard drive and use an encrypted filesystem for /home.

Re: insserv encrypted /home

2008-12-03 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 22:44 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: On Wed, 2008-12-03 at 21:55 +0100, Jochen Schulz wrote: I recently re-installed Debian on my laptop because I wanted to repartition my hard drive and use an encrypted filesystem for /home. Everything went quite smooth, but after

Re: Fw: shorewall newbie Revisit: new IP

2008-11-26 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 13:41 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: route -n Destination GatewayGenmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 10.20.20.125 0.0.0.0255.255.255.255 UH0 00 ppp0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth1 10.0.0.0

Re: Fw: shorewall newbie Revisit: new IP

2008-11-26 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 16:07 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: using 10.1.1.5, gw/dns = 10.1.1.4 You have a DNS on 10.1.1.4? C:\ping www.yahoo.com Ping request could not find host www.yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again. No DNS on 10.1.1.4, so the ip of www.yahoo.com can not be

Re: advice on cloning system

2008-11-26 Thread subscriptions
On Wed, 2008-11-26 at 17:25 +0100, François Cerbelle wrote: Le Mer 26 novembre 2008 09:39, tom arnall a écrit : Copy to the new machine from old with: su mount /dev/sda3 /sD cp -dRvpu / /sD The drive on the new machine is bigger

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-25 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 08:44 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: netstat -atn tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:1 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0 0 0.0.0.0:113 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp0 0

Re: Erase cache, clean registry in Linux

2008-11-25 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 15:34 +0100, Manuel Gomez wrote: Hi, i would like to know a tool or software to erase the cache, clean the registry... Somebody could help me? Thank you very much, I appreciate your help. from:

Re: Encrypt file while you are using it

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 15:59 +0100, Manuel Gomez wrote: Hi, i would like to maintain encrypt an archive in all moment, so i would like to know what software can be this. Now i am using Truecrypt, but when i mount the encrypted directory it's vulnerable. Not when your permissions on the file

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 04:58 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: Checked: IP_FORWARDING=On Another things that bothering me I am using class A network as 10.1.1.x/24, subnet 255.0.0.0 ~# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:E0:4C:50:18:FD

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 06:36 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: Thanks for the reply, I admit, yes, it was mistake to create both NIC on the same subnet, though I need to study more about this 'ping 10.1.1.5' on my Debian - with eth0 only, resulting: From 10.1.1.4 icmp_seq=10 Destination

Re: Fw: Shorewall with Debian

2008-11-24 Thread subscriptions
On Tue, 2008-11-25 at 07:00 +0100, Phillipus Gunawan wrote: Just to clear up bit mis-understanding I did not put same IP on eth0 and eth1, they 10.1.1.1 and 10.1.1.4 But both did reside on the same subnet: 255.0.0.0 With this scenario, I assume you corrected me by saying this configuration

Re: receive system mail into inbox?

2008-11-23 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 19:22 +0100, Jack wrote: Hello, is it possible to receive system user mail (the mail one can usually read using the command line mail program, for example system error reports) as normal mail through kmail or any other desktop mail program? If yes, how to

Re: receive system mail into inbox?

2008-11-23 Thread subscriptions
On Sun, 2008-11-23 at 21:36 +0100, Jack wrote: Transmission failed: Could not lock /var/mail/myusername of course i'm trying to read my own mail. Permission problems? ls -lah /var/mail/ drwxrwsr-x 2 root mail 4.0K 2008-11-23 21:31 . drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4.0K 2008-07-26 12:05 ..

Re: Xorg not starting fully on Thinkpad T21

2008-11-21 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 13:12 +0100, Avi Greenbury wrote: Morning all. I've got quite an intermittent problem with my laptop: When I boot, sometimes it gets as far as starting GDM, and then the screen goes blank as per the usual change from a text display to a graphical one, but the grahical

Re: playing multimedia over my local network - how?

2008-11-21 Thread subscriptions
On Fri, 2008-11-21 at 23:04 +0100, H.S. wrote: Hello, I am looking for a setup to play movies and music and to browse photos over my local home network (mostly Debian, one Ubuntu machine, sometimes a Windows machine on the wireless network). How do I start doing that? My objective is to

Re: X11 Forwarding with Lenny?

2008-11-20 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 22:05 +0100, swm38 swm38 wrote: Hello, I can't get X11 Forwarding working with lenny as server. Client is Debian Lenny too, X11 Forwarding works fine with an etch server. The lenny Server is running with the exact same sshd_config as the etch server X11Forwarding

Re: Login manager will not let me log in - machine thrashing

2008-11-20 Thread subscriptions
On Thu, 2008-11-20 at 21:53 +0100, Ken Heard wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have a newly reinstalled Etch plus KDE in a dual core desktop. After the installation was finished I was able to reboot and log in using kdm. The next morning, when I turned on the

inline pgp not working in evolution (when using base64 encoding?)

2008-11-15 Thread subscriptions
Hi all, I use PGP at home and at work using Evolution 2.22.3.1 (both Debian Lenny, appears identical setup). When clicking the email in Evolution at work, it prompts for a password. However at home, Evolution does not prompt for a password. The Evolution program at home *does* prompt for a