Re: A simple question about the Security Advisories

2008-09-20 Thread Thomas Preud'homme
Saturday 20 September 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : Hello, I am new bee to Debian. I notice the Security Advisories on the main page of Debian. Is there an auto-update tool in the debian system which can auto update software and auto fix some bugs make me needn't to take care about

Re: A simple question about the Security Advisories

2008-09-20 Thread Chris Bannister
[Please don't post in HTML] On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 11:31:10AM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am new bee to Debian. Welcome. I notice the Security Advisories on the main page of Debian. Is there an auto-update tool in the debian system which can auto update software and

A simple question about the Security Advisories

2008-09-19 Thread RobinShi
Hello, I am new bee to Debian. I notice the Security Advisories on the main page of Debian. Is there an auto-update tool in the debian system which can auto update software and auto fix some bugs make me needn't to take care about the Security Advisories? Thanks.

Re: A simple question about the Security Advisories

2008-09-19 Thread Jeff Soules
Generally, when you see an advisory, run (as root, or using sudo if you have it installed): apt-get update apt-get upgrade and that should update you. You should generally pay attention to Security Advisories, because as you learn more about the system, you'll understand them more : ) and more

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-26 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 15:49:48 -0800 Paul Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Justin Hartman wrote: So down to the simple question. Is this really normal on a PC-based Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian? With the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, not usually. With Dell, HP, Acer

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-21 Thread Paul Johnson
Justin Hartman wrote: So down to the simple question. Is this really normal on a PC-based Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian? With the IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads, not usually. With Dell, HP, Acer, etc, yes, the experience is typical. This is a result of most laptop vendors

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-21 Thread Joe Emenaker
Paul Johnson wrote: Voting with your money is important when it comes to compatability on Linux. I'd be all for getting something other than a Dell, but they were the only ones I could find that offered a laptop with a screen resolution meeting or exceeding 1600x1200. Does anybody know of

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-19 Thread Chris Lale
Steve Lamb wrote: Justin Hartman wrote: Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option? Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter distributions which focus mostly

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 17 Feb 2007, Steve Lamb wrote: Justin Hartman wrote: So down to the simple question. Is this really normal on a PC-based Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian? Yes. Laptops are notorious for having horrible compatibility with anything other than the OS

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-18 Thread Justin Hartman
On 2/18/07, Anthony Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not really what you want to hear, but try Ubuntu live; if it works, at least you'll know that it's *possible* to get things running in Linux. Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option? Regards Justin Hartman PGP Key ID: 102CC123

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Justin Hartman wrote: Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option? Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter distributions which focus mostly on the x86 architecture. A

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-18 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 18 Feb 2007, Steve Lamb wrote: Justin Hartman wrote: Wouldn't the Debian Live CD work as a better option? Not really. Since Debian has so many different release architectures they really don't push automatic detection and configuration as far as the splinter distributions which

Re: It's a simple question....

2007-02-17 Thread Steve Lamb
Justin Hartman wrote: So down to the simple question. Is this really normal on a PC-based Laptop to experience such pitfalls in installing Debian? Yes. Laptops are notorious for having horrible compatibility with anything other than the OS they are shipped with. This is because to cram so

It's a simple question....

2007-02-16 Thread Justin Hartman
) * Preventing Gnome from crashing almost immediately on startup (only an upgrade to unstable fixed this) * Various network related issues (lots of trial and error) * Not able to print to a SMB network printer (tried everything yet still can't get there) So down to the simple question. Is this really

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-29 Thread celejar
On 1/28/07, Hodgins Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Firewalling routers are $50 and do a reasonably good job. Any recommendations? What are you using? I believe that just about any home wireless AP / switch / router these days does stateful packet inspection and NAT, making it a decent HW

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread Hodgins Family
Firewalling routers are $50 and do a reasonably good job. Any recommendations? What are you using? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/28/07 09:08, Hodgins Family wrote: Firewalling routers are $50 and do a reasonably good job. Any recommendations? What are you using? I use a Netgear RP614v2, but don't like it. The Linux geek fave is the Linksys WRT54GL, since it runs

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread Hodgins Family
I use a Netgear RP614v2, but don't like it. The Linux geek fave is the Linksys WRT54GL, since it runs Linux and can be upgraded with 3rd-party binaries. It's a wireless access port, but also has 4 RJ45 jacks and has a firewall. US$54 at Newegg. Thanks! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread John L Fjellstad
Hodgins Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Linux geek fave is the Linksys WRT54GL, since it runs Linux and can be upgraded with 3rd-party binaries. It's a wireless access port, but also has 4 RJ45 jacks and has a firewall. US$54 at Newegg. Thanks! Make sure you buy v4 or below. v5

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/28/07 13:32, John L Fjellstad wrote: Hodgins Family [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Linux geek fave is the Linksys WRT54GL, since it runs Linux and can be upgraded with 3rd-party binaries. It's a wireless access port, but also has 4 RJ45

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 08:08:55AM -0700, Hodgins Family wrote: Firewalling routers are $50 and do a reasonably good job. Any recommendations? What are you using? Get any old (now 486 or newer) box and install basic debian on it. Add shorewall and you have a totally configurable

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread John L Fjellstad
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 01/28/07 13:32, John L Fjellstad wrote: Make sure you buy v4 or below. v5 can't be upgraded (and doesn't run Linux) I thought that was the difference between the WRT54GL and WRT54G. You're right. The WRT54GL is the linux version. From what I can

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-28 Thread Zach
On 1/28/07, John L Fjellstad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make sure you buy v4 or below. v5 can't be upgraded (and doesn't run Linux) The WRT54G v4 was re-released as the WRT54GL - the L for Linux. Zach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble?

Re: A simple question

2007-01-27 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 01:28 +, s. keeling wrote: And I would imagine any of them could be used if you chose to avoid those three. Try out some of the other wm's. You might like them. Gnome, KDE, and XFCE are not the only choices available. There was some discussion about putting a whole

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/07 01:44, Andrei Popescu wrote: On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:24:33 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shouldn't the setup of a firewall be part of the installation routine? Perhaps prior to running tasksel, some script could query

Re: Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installsand security

2007-01-27 Thread Angelo Bertolli
For console, you can use lokkit: lokkit - basic interactive firewall configuration tool (console interface) But I don't think it gives you as much control as iptables. Angelo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installsand security

2007-01-27 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:21:36 -0500 Angelo Bertolli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For console, you can use lokkit: lokkit - basic interactive firewall configuration tool (console interface) But I don't think it gives you as much control as iptables. My point was that it would be very difficult

[OT] Re: A simple question

2007-01-27 Thread s. keeling
Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 01/26/07 19:28, s. keeling wrote: Gnome, KDE, and XFCE are not the only choices available. Yes they are. Unless you want to be investigated by Them. The NSA the RCMP are suspicious of anyone running desktop Linux (too many freethinkers), and are

Re: A simple question

2007-01-27 Thread s. keeling
Sven Arvidsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 01:28 +, s. keeling wrote: And I would imagine any of them could be used if you chose to avoid those three. Try out some of the other wm's. You might like them. Gnome, KDE, and XFCE are not the only choices available.

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installsand security

2007-01-27 Thread Hodgins Family
to create a default set of rules that would work for many people. The default set of rules only needs to get people through the installation safely. After that, they can alter them with their favourite program, as needed. The rules here:

Re: [OT] Re: A simple question

2007-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/07 17:52, s. keeling wrote: Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 01/26/07 19:28, s. keeling wrote: Gnome, KDE, and XFCE are not the only choices available. Yes they are. Unless you want to be investigated by Them. The NSA the RCMP are

Re: A simple question

2007-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/07 18:00, s. keeling wrote: Sven Arvidsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sat, 2007-01-27 at 01:28 +, s. keeling wrote: [snip] Not necessary with any sort of net connection. It doesn't take long to apt-get/aptitude/synaptic install a wm.

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-27 Thread Douglas Allan Tutty
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 10:01:43PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/07 19:03, Hodgins Family wrote: Many people are installing Debian from the internet. Yet, the Securing Debian Manual suggests no contact with the internet until the

A simple question

2007-01-26 Thread j Mak
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Re: A simple question

2007-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/07 18:08, j Mak wrote: I intend to install etch with xfce and would like to know how many cd-s do I have to download that include the base system. I read somewhere that the first cd doesn't include the entire xfce desktop. Do the first

Re: A simple question

2007-01-26 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 16:08 -0800, j Mak wrote: I intend to install etch with xfce and would like to know how many cd-s do I have to download that include the base system. I read somewhere that the first cd doesn't include the entire xfce desktop. Do the first and the second cd include

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Hodgins Family
Many people are installing Debian from the internet. Yet, the Securing Debian Manual suggests no contact with the internet until the installation is secure. The manual states that installing the OS off the web is not the best idea (Section 3.3 found here:

Re: A simple question

2007-01-26 Thread s. keeling
Sven Arvidsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 16:08 -0800, j Mak wrote: I intend to install etch with xfce and would like to know how many cd-= s do I have to download that include the base system. I read somewhere that= the first cd doesn't include the entire xfce desktop.

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Joey Hess
Hodgins Family wrote: Are net installs (let's say for a Desktop environment) totally without vulnerability risks? When, during an installation, do/should people think about security/vulnerability issues of the software they are installing? Well, let's see.. to perform a network install, you

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/07 19:03, Hodgins Family wrote: Many people are installing Debian from the internet. Yet, the Securing Debian Manual suggests no contact with the internet until the installation is secure. The manual states that installing the OS off

Re: A simple question

2007-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/26/07 19:28, s. keeling wrote: Sven Arvidsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Fri, 2007-01-26 at 16:08 -0800, j Mak wrote: [snip] And I would imagine any of them could be used if you chose to avoid those three. Try out some of the other wm's. You

Re: Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Angelo Bertolli
Hmmm, every time I do a net install, it installs the base files first, reboots, and then uses the actual system to install the rest... Angelo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Hodgins Family
Did you *read* the link you posted? Yes, I've read/seen this Appendix F section in various versions. Up until the last version that I read (version 3.10 of last November) there has been a FIXME: test this setup to see if it works properly. Didn't exactly inspire me to use it as an aid for net

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 01/27/07 01:16, Hodgins Family wrote: Did you *read* the link you posted? Yes, I've read/seen this Appendix F section in various versions. Up until the last version that I read (version 3.10 of last November) there has been a FIXME: test this

Re: A simple question FORK! Something that bugs me about net-installs and security

2007-01-26 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:24:33 -0600 Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Shouldn't the setup of a firewall be part of the installation routine? Perhaps prior to running tasksel, some script could query the user about using a firewall and/or help him/her set an appropriate one up?

Re: Simple question

2005-12-23 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:08:33PM -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Killall. Seems like a bad idea, unless the service is hung. Using the proper init script would make more sense. To simply stop the service, /etc/init.d/gdm stop as root would do the

Re: Simple question

2005-12-23 Thread Teilhard Knight
Teilhard Knight wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Formally it's: invoke-rc.d gdm stop But everybody (including myself) uses: /etc/init.d/gdm stop To stop it permanently use: update-rc.d gdm remove Thanks a lot. Teilhard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: Simple question

2005-12-23 Thread Teilhard Knight
Am 2005-12-20 04:04:24, schrieb Teilhard Knight: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? It depends. 1) For killing it the current bootet Computer /etc/init.d/gdm stop 2) Only from the runlevel 2 rm /etc/rc2.d/??gdm 3) Permanently apt-get --purge remove gdm

Re: Simple question

2005-12-23 Thread Teilhard Knight
On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 17:08 -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Killall. Or '/etc/init.d/gdm stop' Right, thank you. Teilhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Simple question

2005-12-23 Thread Daniel Webb
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 03:05:38PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: Am 2005-12-20 04:04:24, schrieb Teilhard Knight: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? It depends. 1) For killing it the current bootet Computer /etc/init.d/gdm stop 2) Only from the runlevel 2

Re: Simple question

2005-12-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-12-20 04:04:24, schrieb Teilhard Knight: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? It depends. 1) For killing it the current bootet Computer /etc/init.d/gdm stop 2) Only from the runlevel 2 rm /etc/rc2.d/??gdm 3) Permanently apt-get --purge remove

Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread Teilhard Knight
What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Teilhard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread Teilhard Knight
What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Teilhard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread John Oxley
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 04:25:04AM -0600, Teilhard Knight wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? /etc/init.d/gdm stop -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread David R. Litwin
What's the command to stop a service like gdm?Killall. -- —A watched bread-crumb never boils.—My hover-craft is full of eels.—[...]and that's the he and the she of it.

Re: Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread Steve Block
On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 05:08:33PM -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Killall. Seems like a bad idea, unless the service is hung. Using the proper init script would make more sense. To simply stop the service, /etc/init.d/gdm stop as root would do

Re: Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread Colin
Teilhard Knight wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Formally it's: invoke-rc.d gdm stop But everybody (including myself) uses: /etc/init.d/gdm stop To stop it permanently use: update-rc.d gdm remove -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of

Re: Simple question

2005-12-20 Thread Glenn English
On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 17:08 -0500, David R. Litwin wrote: What's the command to stop a service like gdm? Killall. Or '/etc/init.d/gdm stop' -- Glenn English [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

simple question

2005-09-09 Thread roberto
hi all, i'm trying to use gvim options window to set my own display settings, but i don't understand what this line means: Hit CR on a set line to execute it. i tried with Ctrl or Ctrl+R but nothing happened please help bye -- roberto debian sarge, kernel 2.6.8

Re: simple question

2005-09-09 Thread roberto
On 9/9/05, Jay Vollmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 09 September 2005 02:53, roberto wrote: Hit CR on a set line to execute it. i tried with Ctrl or Ctrl+R but nothing happened Hi Roberto. CR usually means Carriage-Return - in other words, hit the ENTER key. yes, it works,

Simple question about upgrading programs

2005-06-05 Thread Andras Lorincz
I used to compile Xorg and mplayer from cvs. For mplayer I generate the debian package and in the case of Xorg use make install. My question is: do I need to uninstall the previously installed mplayer or Xorg before installing the new one, or I can install the new ones over the old ones? Thanks.

Re: Simple question about upgrading programs

2005-06-05 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:41:29PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote: I used to compile Xorg and mplayer from cvs. For mplayer I generate the debian package and in the case of Xorg use make install. My question is: do I need to uninstall the previously installed mplayer or Xorg before installing the

Re: Simple question about upgrading programs

2005-06-05 Thread Andras Lorincz
Thanks, and sorry for that thread thing, it was not intentional :) On 6/5/05, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jun 05, 2005 at 11:41:29PM +0300, Andras Lorincz wrote: I used to compile Xorg and mplayer from cvs. For mplayer I generate the debian package and in the case of

simple question

2004-12-15 Thread Paul Akkermans
Can somebody tell me what a kernel_lock() is? thanks in advance, PA

Re: simple question

2004-12-15 Thread Sam Watkins
On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:57:14PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: Can somebody tell me what a kernel_lock() is? I suggest try a list that knows about the kernel! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: simple question

2004-12-15 Thread Mike M
On Thu, Dec 16, 2004 at 07:14:04AM +1100, Sam Watkins wrote: On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 08:57:14PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote: Can somebody tell me what a kernel_lock() is? I suggest try a list that knows about the kernel! Capable of subscribing to debian-user but clueless about Google - I

very simple question that I can't answer

2004-10-20 Thread Samuel Ferrer
Hi guys I want to install Java based products starting with jdk itself. But I dont have make installed because it belongs to the developer package. questions: - where to get that package? - how to install it? - how to register to this list? Saludos Maquina

Re: very simple question that I can't answer

2004-10-20 Thread Sergio Basurto
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:30:25 +, Samuel Ferrer wrote: Hi guys I want to install Java based products starting with jdk itself. But I dont have make installed because it belongs to the developer package. questions: - where to get that package? which package jdk or make. make

Re: very simple question that I can't answer

2004-10-20 Thread Michael Marsh
On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 14:30:25 +, Samuel Ferrer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys I want to install Java based products starting with jdk itself. But I dont have make installed because it belongs to the developer package. questions: - where to get that package? - how to install it?

Smartmontools (Simple question)

2004-02-12 Thread James Tappin
In the /etc/init.d script for smartmontools there is a condition that checks whether start_smartd is equal to yes. Is there a proper way to set this variable so that smartmontools starts at boot -- or is the whole thing a leftover SuSEism and thus a bug that should be reported? This is with

Re: Smartmontools (Simple question)

2004-02-12 Thread Martin Hermanowski
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 06:45:50PM +, James Tappin wrote: In the /etc/init.d script for smartmontools there is a condition that checks whether start_smartd is equal to yes. Is there a proper way to set this variable so that smartmontools starts at boot -- or is the whole thing a leftover

Re: Smartmontools (Simple question)

2004-02-12 Thread Alan Shutko
James Tappin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the /etc/init.d script for smartmontools there is a condition that checks whether start_smartd is equal to yes. Is there a proper way to set this variable so that smartmontools starts at boot Check /etc/default/smartmontools -- Alan Shutko [EMAIL

Re: Smartmontools (Simple question)

2004-02-12 Thread James Tappin
On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 13:05:55 -0600 Alan Shutko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Tappin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the /etc/init.d script for smartmontools there is a condition that checks whether start_smartd is equal to yes. Is there a proper way to set this variable so that

LDAP simple question

2002-05-27 Thread Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira
Hi all, I started to play with ldap today. Installed openldapd for potato. I have a simple domain: animus.com.br and put the following at sladp.conf include /etc/openldap/slapd.at.conf include /etc/openldap/slapd.oc.conf schemacheck off loglevel

Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Francis Pineda
Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as my system is set

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Isabelle Hurbain
On Tuesday 19 February 2002 07:29, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, Really Cool I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 00:29, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! Greetings! 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? Supposedly it's the home user, but considering the

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Gustavo Noronha Silva
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 Francis Pineda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user? From professionals to professionals, I don't think Debian is

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Gary Turner
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, Really Cool I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Oki DZ
Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, "Really Cool" I find it very appealing and hope to install it as soon as my

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread ben
On Monday 18 February 2002 10:29 pm, Francis Pineda wrote: Greetings Debian Community! I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have shosen to research Debian. He says it's, Really Cool I find it very

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Michel Loos
Em Ter, 2002-02-19 às 04:11, Gustavo Noronha Silva escreveu: On Mon, 18 Feb 2002 23:29:44 -0700 Francis Pineda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1. What is the user base targeted? Is it simply geared towards the home-user looking for a free OS? Or is it geared more towards the power-user?

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Paul 'Baloo' Johnson
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Francis Pineda wrote: (It's recommended you turn your line wraps on to 72 columns for the comfort of the people reading your messages) I am currently a computer networking student researching different flavours of Unix/Linux. From the advice of my instructor, I have

Re: Few Simple Question

2002-02-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 04:26:29AM -0800, Paul 'Baloo' Johnson wrote: On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Francis Pineda wrote: 2. Where is Debian located? I understand there are over 800 distrubuters nationwide that communicate via e-mail and message boards. But is there a specific home to debian? I

Re: A simple question about wildcards with tar

2001-10-04 Thread Yvonne Kelly
-Original Message- From:Walter Landry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:Wed, 03 Oct 2001 13:57:58 -0700 To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: A simple question about wildcards with tar Greetings, I'm trying to make a backup with tar, but there are certain files that I don't want

A simple question about wildcards with tar

2001-10-03 Thread Walter Landry
Greetings, I'm trying to make a backup with tar, but there are certain files that I don't want to include in the backup. Reading the info documentation about tar, it says that I can use the --exclude=PATTERN option. So if I type tar -cvf backup.tar --exclude='*.fig' * then it excludes all

Re: A simple question about wildcards with tar

2001-10-03 Thread Colin Watson
On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 01:57:58PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: I'm trying to make a backup with tar, but there are certain files that I don't want to include in the backup. Reading the info documentation about tar, it says that I can use the --exclude=PATTERN option. So if I type tar

Re: magicfilter simple question

2001-09-23 Thread Jakob B. Jensen
On Mon, Sep 17, 2001 at 09:16:44PM -0700, Mike Egglestone wrote: Hi, I installed magicfilter and setup 2 remote printers. What would be the best way to add a 3rd printer? also, how do you set the default printer? Before, I would just blow away /etc/printcap and then add all 3 printers at

magicfilter simple question

2001-09-18 Thread Mike Egglestone
Hi, I installed magicfilter and setup 2 remote printers. What would be the best way to add a 3rd printer? also, how do you set the default printer? Before, I would just blow away /etc/printcap and then add all 3 printers at once. Is there a better way? Would it be okay to backup my /etc/printcap

Re: a rather simple question

2001-05-23 Thread Philipp Bliedung
thanks a lot! philipp Eric Richardson wrote: Philipp Bliedung wrote: hi I have jdk-1.1.8-3 installed right now. I want to update to jdk-1.2.2 so I got the tar.gz file. Now my question: how can I _replace_ the old by the new? For jdk-1.1.8-3 I uesed apt-get and it told me to get

a rather simple question

2001-05-22 Thread Philipp Bliedung
hi I have jdk-1.1.8-3 installed right now. I want to update to jdk-1.2.2 so I got the tar.gz file. Now my question: how can I _replace_ the old by the new? For jdk-1.1.8-3 I uesed apt-get and it told me to get the jdk-1.1.8-3 tar.gz file and installed it. How can I replace this version by the

Re: a rather simple question

2001-05-22 Thread Eric Richardson
Philipp Bliedung wrote: hi I have jdk-1.1.8-3 installed right now. I want to update to jdk-1.2.2 so I got the tar.gz file. Now my question: how can I _replace_ the old by the new? For jdk-1.1.8-3 I uesed apt-get and it told me to get the jdk-1.1.8-3 tar.gz file and installed it. How

Re: DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question

2001-03-08 Thread Stefan Srdic
MaD dUCK wrote: also sprach Phil Brutsche (on Wed, 07 Mar 2001 10:27:54PM -0600): The problem that I am encountering is that whenever I reboot, my ISP's DHCP server re-assigns the nameserver IP addresses, even though the IP's of my ISP's DNS servers are static!! if you are using dhcpcd as

Re: DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question

2001-03-08 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Stefan Srdic (on Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:32:22PM -0700): I still consider myslef a newbie when it comes to Linux, I've been using Linux for less then one year. Anyway, I found out that my system is running pump to configure my host via DHCP. Where would I find information on pump,

Re: DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question

2001-03-08 Thread Carlos Laviola
On 09-Mar-2001 MaD dUCK wrote: also sprach Stefan Srdic (on Thu, 08 Mar 2001 09:32:22PM -0700): I still consider myslef a newbie when it comes to Linux, I've been using Linux for less then one year. Anyway, I found out that my system is running pump to configure my host via DHCP. Where

DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question

2001-03-07 Thread Stefan Srdic
I've recently learned how-to configure BIND as an DNS caching-only server. So far the DNS caching server configuration of BIND has proven to be awesome!! That combined with a few TCP/IP tweaks in the /proc filesystem and this Penguin flys :-D Throughout my testing I've only encountered one

Re: DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question

2001-03-07 Thread Phil Brutsche
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... I've recently learned how-to configure BIND as an DNS caching-only server. So far the DNS caching server configuration of BIND has proven to be awesome!! That combined with a few TCP/IP

Re: DNS caching only name server: 1 simple question

2001-03-07 Thread MaD dUCK
also sprach Phil Brutsche (on Wed, 07 Mar 2001 10:27:54PM -0600): The problem that I am encountering is that whenever I reboot, my ISP's DHCP server re-assigns the nameserver IP addresses, even though the IP's of my ISP's DNS servers are static!! if you are using dhcpcd as your dhcp

Re: Simple question

2000-11-17 Thread Stefan Janecek
In a galaxy not too far away, Salvador Petit Marti spoke on Thu, Nov 16, 2000 at 09:24:48AM +0100: Sorry, I am a newbie in debian mailing lists... Is debian-user a good place to ask questions about usability/problems with woody? or there is another place?. I am subscribed to debian-testing

Simple question

2000-11-16 Thread Salvador Petit Marti
Sorry, I am a newbie in debian mailing lists... Is debian-user a good place to ask questions about usability/problems with woody? or there is another place?. I am subscribed to debian-testing but it does not appear to have any traffic... Anyway, I am in woody cause of kde2. However, my current

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