Question about maximum group name length

2000-05-10 Thread Adam Goode
I noticed that if I try to make a group with a really long name, it doesn't work. I can, however, create really long usernames. Looking in the source of the passwd package, I see that usernames are limited by whatever utmp can handle, but group names are limited by an arbitrary (max 16) limit. Can

from ipchains to ipfwadm

2000-05-10 Thread Emilis
Can anyone revert this from ipchains to ipfwadm ? : ipmasqadm autofw -A -u -r udp 51200 51201 -c 7175 ipmasqadm autofw -A -u -r tcp 51210 51210 -c 7175 Thanks

dependency problem when install library without using deb

2000-05-10 Thread 50191914
For example,if I install a library with the compress tar file instead of deb ,however,when I install some package in deselect,it will have dependency problem saying i havn' installed that library becuase I don't use the deb package ,instead of using force-dependency each time for each package,can

ssh an obsolete package?

2000-05-10 Thread Charles Lewis
deselect shows: --- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section non-US --- *** Opt non-US libssl09 0.9.4-5 none *** Opt non-US ssh 1.2.3-3 none Is ssh imbedded in another package or what? Surely it's not truly obsolete! Charles Lewis, Director of

Re: Slang frontend to debconf

2000-05-10 Thread Joey Hess
Martin Fluch wrote: does anybody know, which packages I need to install in order to get the slang frontend of debconf running under woody. libterm-stool-perl -- see shy jo

Re: SOLVED: Slang frontend to debconf

2000-05-10 Thread Martin Fluch
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Joey Hess wrote: Martin Fluch wrote: does anybody know, which packages I need to install in order to get the slang frontend of debconf running under woody. libterm-stool-perl Thanx, that did the trick. Martin -- If windows is the answer, it must have been a stupid

Clipboard?!

2000-05-10 Thread David Henningsson
Well, I read somewhere about that there was a clipboard in Linux. And it was supposed to work as this: You mark a text and it will immediately be in the clipboard. Then click the middle button and it is pasted. I have no middle button. So there is some kind of emulation of that in linux,

Sound problems (PCI128)

2000-05-10 Thread David Henningsson
That sound thing in Linux seems to be a real mess... :( I downloaded kernel 2.2.14 to get support for PCI128. I don't know if it is 1370 or 1371, but I took a chance on 1370. Ányway, the wave is working but the midi isn't (I mean the midi port, I have an external synth module). So I wen't to

Re: Slang frontend to debconf

2000-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
Martin Fluch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: does anybody know, which packages I need to install in order to get the slang frontend of debconf running under woody. Till now I get only the following output: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/mfluch dpkg-reconfigure debconf debconf: failed to initialize frontend:

Re: no subject

2000-05-10 Thread Colin Watson
Ivan J. Varzinczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what the domain name is, in that case, aol.com.

Re: From IP to domain name

2000-05-10 Thread Gary Hennigan
Ivan J. Varzinczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what the domain name is, in that case,

AIX NAT vs. Debian Masq

2000-05-10 Thread Mullins, Ron
Sorry for the cross post, but maybe someone reads debian-user and not debian-firewall that knows. -Original Message- Hey, I'm trying to take over the firewall of our company. I would like to deploy a Linux masq'd gateway (which I have done before for another company) to replace AIX

Looking for a Linux RADIUS Client

2000-05-10 Thread 50191914
Hello, Since my school establish a wireless LAN network,but they need us to use a Authentiation client to enter user name and password which is passed to the RADIUS Server,how ever,the school just support windows . So I need to find out how to connect it using linux by myself.to now I

no apache HEADER?

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
i can get apache (1.3.9) to autoindex a directory, but *NOT* with an included HEADER or README file-- from httpd.conf: Options +Indexes IndexOptions +FancyIndexing ReadmeName README HeaderName HEADER IndexIgnore HEADER* README* .htaccess *# *~ when i

Re: how do i get/install Apache::DB for debian?

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
Eric Hanchrow wrote: w == w trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: w i'd like to debug some CGI scripts; apparently Apache::DB w is the ticket--what *.deb package is that a part of? w # dpkg -S DB.pm w libnet-dns-perl: /usr/lib/perl5/Net/DNS/RR/AFSDB.pm w faqomatic:

Re: How to rsh but keep original user's environment?

2000-05-10 Thread Graeme Mathieson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Ralf G. R. Bergs [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I need to rsh into a different account on another local host, but keep my original environment. The user should NOT be prompted for a password (this is easy, using .rhost). The problem I'm facing

Re: From IP to domain name

2000-05-10 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
:- Ivan == Ivan J Varzinczak [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, everybody! I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what

Re: From IP to domain name

2000-05-10 Thread Drew Bloechl
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 10:25:02AM -0300, Ivan J. Varzinczak wrote: Hi, everybody! I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what

Configuring networking

2000-05-10 Thread Norman Walsh
When I installed 2.2 (from the frozen tree), it didn't recognize my pcmcia card (a 3com Cardbus) so it wouldn't configure network support. For some reason, booting off the floppy that install created loads eth0 just fine. But now how do I get it configured? I tried reinstalling netbase but that

Re: From IP to domain name

2000-05-10 Thread Mark Schiltz
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Ivan J. Varzinczak wrote: Hi, everybody! I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what the domain name is,

.so files needed

2000-05-10 Thread Roger Roden
I'm trying to set up Debian Slink to use my new VooDoo 3. When I try to install the rpm's it gives a long list of required files for both RPM's. I need to know which packages I need to apt-get install to get it working. Here's the list of files it gives (please excuse double mentioning of files):

Re: Howto search and replace...

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
perl is designed for this kind of thing. use it carefully, though--AFTER you back everything up! #!/usr/bin/perl use File::Find; see 'man File::Find' (or perldoc 'File::Find') for the full poop. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Their is five errers in this sentance.

Re: From IP to domain name

2000-05-10 Thread w trillich
Ivan J. Varzinczak wrote: I'd like to know if someone can give me any sugestions about how I can discover the domain name given an IP address. For example, if I have the IP address 205.188.146.23, I would like to discover what the domain name is, in that case, aol.com. I've

Re: lilo in potato, and the 1024 cylinder issue

2000-05-10 Thread Tom Pfeifer
The current potato version of lilo (21.4.2-1) already does support booting from beyond 1024 cylinders. In order to boot from beyond 1024, you need to use lba32 in /etc/lilo.conf as stated below in an excerpt from the changelog.gz file: Changes from version 21-3 to 21-4 (12-Apr-2000) -- John

Re: ssh an obsolete package?

2000-05-10 Thread Gary Hennigan
Charles Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: deselect shows: --- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section non-US --- *** Opt non-US libssl09 0.9.4-5 none *** Opt non-US ssh 1.2.3-3 none Is ssh imbedded in another package or what? Surely it's not truly

Richiesta di aiuto

2000-05-10 Thread GIUSTINO OLIVA
Cortese Responsabile, sono un utente Macintosh ma mi sto interessando a Linux. Vorrei installare Linux sulla mia macchina Apple. Ho acquistato il n. 1 della rivista CHIP special, che è accompagnata da due CD ROM per l'installazione del sistema Linux e i software relativi. Mi hanno detto però che

Re: ssh an obsolete package?

2000-05-10 Thread kevh
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 01:38:00PM -0500, Charles Lewis wrote: deselect shows: --- Obsolete/local Optional packages in section non-US --- *** Opt non-US libssl09 0.9.4-5 none *** Opt non-US ssh 1.2.3-3 none Is ssh imbedded in another package or what?

WebCam3 USB problem

2000-05-10 Thread Ivan J. Varzinczak
Hi, everybody! I'm trying to configure a webcam3 USB in my 2.3.99-pre6 Linux box, but when I run xawtv it gives an error message saying that there's no /dev/video device. Here is the situation: cartman:~# cat /proc/devices Character devices: 1 mem 2 pty 3 ttyp 4 ttyS 5 cua

Re: Configuring networking

2000-05-10 Thread Oliver Hingst
Norman Walsh wrote: When I installed 2.2 (from the frozen tree), it didn't recognize my pcmcia card (a 3com Cardbus) so it wouldn't configure network support. For some reason, booting off the floppy that install created loads eth0 just fine. But now how do I get it configured? I tried

Re: no apache HEADER?

2000-05-10 Thread Mike Brownlow
w trillich wrote: i can get apache (1.3.9) to autoindex a directory, but *NOT* with an included HEADER or README file-- snip when i browse to that listing via http, i do get the directory listing (which properly hides HEADER and README) but there's no text included above or below the

Newbie Slink install CDROM problem on old computer

2000-05-10 Thread Andy L. Krietemeyer
Hello: I have successfully installed and configured the base system of slink (2.1r4) on a 486 machine with 24 meg. The install program recognized and installed debian from the (Creative Labs) ATAPI CDROM. When I get to dselect to install packages, whether from a profile, selected tasks, or

XMMS and jumpy Bit Rate

2000-05-10 Thread Bryan Scaringe
When using XMMS, some MP3s seem to cause the play-progrss bar to jump wildly, and the Bit Rate changes as well. Is this the result of Variable Bit Rate (VBR) encoding, or just improperly encoded MP3s? Thanks, Bryan

Unidentified subject!

2000-05-10 Thread dave flowers
Hi. I am a 25 year old Windows 95 user and I am interested in being a computer programmer. I know that you can write programs with the Linux operating system. I would like to know if I could download Linux and still be able to run Windows. Eventually, i will convert to strickly Linux, but for

Re: Unidentified subject!

2000-05-10 Thread ktb
Yes you can go to -- http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/#new-inst read that in particular for your question section -- 4.7 Lossless Repartitioning When Starting From DOS, Win-32 or OS/2 Linux is a lot of fun. Hope you enjoy yourself:) kent - Original Message - From: dave flowers

Re: Clipboard?!

2000-05-10 Thread Surefire
David Henningsson wrote: Well, I read somewhere about that there was a clipboard in Linux. And it was supposed to work as this: You mark a text and it will immediately be in the clipboard. Then click the middle button and it is pasted. I have no middle button. So there is some kind of

libNoVersion.so missing?

2000-05-10 Thread Richard Black
Hi I am trying to run a piece of software in a debian potato setup and get the following error message almost immediately (after which the application stops): error in loading shared libraries: libNoVersion.so.1: cannot open shared object file or directory I was able to get rid of the problem

Re: Free MP3 players?

2000-05-10 Thread Corey Popelier
X11Amp, now known as xmms, the Linux version of WinAmp. apt-get install xmms should do the trick. Cheers, Corey Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 10 May 2000, Dylan Paul Thurston wrote: Are there any free, graphical MP3 players out

Re: Free MP3 players?

2000-05-10 Thread Steve Zinck
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 08:51:16AM -0700, Dylan Paul Thurston wrote: Are there any free, graphical MP3 players out there? The only one I've found so far is mp3blaster, which runs in text mode. Most MP3 players seem to use the very non-free mpg123; why? Mny. Check out

IMAP-before-SMTP

2000-05-10 Thread Carl Muckenhoupt
I'd like to set up [POP|IMAP]-before-SMTP on my system. Are there any Debian packages that provide support for this? Failing that, does anyone have advice on how to set it up through non-Debian resources? I'm currently using exim as my MTA.

what is asp?

2000-05-10 Thread Pollywog
I sometimes find entries in my log that go something like this: May 11 02:33:10 lilypad tcplogd: asp connection attempt from [206.yyy.yyy.yyy]. Does anyone know what this asp could be? thanks -- Andrew

Re: what is asp?

2000-05-10 Thread Andrei Ivanov
ASP==Active Server Pages. Andrew - Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://arhses.dyndns.org -| http://scorpio.dynodns.net -| http://scorpio.myip.org-|

Re: Clipboard?!

2000-05-10 Thread John Bagdanoff
On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 09:40:59PM +0200, David Henningsson wrote: Well, I read somewhere about that there was a clipboard in Linux. And it was supposed to work as this: You mark a text and it will immediately be in the clipboard. Then click the middle button and it is pasted. I have no

maildir and pine ...

2000-05-10 Thread Adam Shand
hey. i know that the debian versions of pine that are around are linked against libc-client4.7, and that libc-client has been patched to support maildir for uw-imap. does anyone know what is necessary to make pine support imap? and if it already does cause of the libc-client patches how do you

Re: Newbie Slink install CDROM problem on old computer

2000-05-10 Thread John Bagdanoff
On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 08:07:26PM -0400, Andy L. Krietemeyer wrote: Hello: I have successfully installed and configured the base system of slink (2.1r4) on a 486 machine with 24 meg. The install program recognized and installed debian from the (Creative Labs) ATAPI CDROM. When I get to

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