Re: Difficulties setting up pam_ssh_agent_auth

2020-04-08 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 08/04/20, john doe (johndoe65...@mail.com) wrote: > On 4/8/2020 9:20 AM, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > I'm having trouble setting up pam_ssh_agent_auth.so, which allows users > > with authenticated public keys to sudo. > Did the user in question is in the sudoers file? >

Difficulties setting up pam_ssh_agent_auth

2020-04-08 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm having trouble setting up pam_ssh_agent_auth.so, which allows users with authenticated public keys to sudo. cat /etc/pam.d/sudo auth sufficientpam_ssh_agent_auth.so file=/etc/security/authorized_keys @include common-auth @include common-account @include

Re: Reading pdf files

2019-06-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 16/06/19, Gary Dale (g...@extremeground.com) wrote: > On 2019-06-15 12:43 p.m., Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > We agree it is uncommon to use both (you go further and claim it is even > > common to use neither), and we agree it is common to use either one or > > the other (you go further and

Re: Reading pdf files

2019-06-15 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 15/06/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > I use mupdf from time to time, but as it doesn't refresh automagically like > Evince when I run 'pdflatex' on an open pdf file whose tex source I've > modified, I prefer the latter. Depending on your editor, it should be simple to sync the PDF to changes

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 17/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > On 2019-05-17, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > On 16/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > >> On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > >> > > >> > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and d

Re: Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 16/05/19, Curt (cu...@free.fr) wrote: > On 2019-05-16, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > > Consequently I'd be grateful to know if: > > > > * it is possible to somehow install the backport kernel and dependencies > > during the netinstall process > >

Install backport during netinstall installation process

2019-05-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I've been struggling to fully setup some machines with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F motherboards and Intel x553 NICs (which require recent ixgbe support) as Debian stable machines. Thanks to considerable help from this list, I've been able to successfully setup the machines over the net using buster/testing

Disk setup to boot both RAID1 disks

2019-05-11 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I wish to configure a server with two SATA connected SSD disks in software RAID1. I'm not sure how best to configure the disks for boot, particularly in UEFI boot mode, to ensure that /dev/sdb can be booted if (for example) /dev/sda fails. I have been configuring each disk as follows: Device

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-11 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 09/05/19, Rory Campbell-Lange (r...@campbell-lange.net) wrote: > Hi David > > On 08/05/19, David Christensen (dpchr...@holgerdanske.com) wrote: > > On 5/8/19 10:32 AM, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > I'm setting up some servers with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F motherboards wit

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-11 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 09/05/19, didier gaumet (didier.gau...@gmail.com) wrote: > Le 08/05/2019 à 22:47, Rory Campbell-Lange a écrit : > [..] > > I downloaded debian-testing-amd64-netinst.iso on 29 April but having > > just tested this I'm not getting a choice of distribution. I'm in expert

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-09 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi David On 08/05/19, David Christensen (dpchr...@holgerdanske.com) wrote: > On 5/8/19 10:32 AM, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > I'm setting up some servers with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F motherboards with Intel > > x553 cards that require the ixgbe kernel module. > > > > The lat

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-09 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 08/05/19, Brian (a...@cityscape.co.uk) wrote: > On Wed 08 May 2019 at 22:12:41 +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > On 08/05/19, Rory Campbell-Lange (r...@campbell-lange.net) wrote: > > > On 08/05/19, Andy Smith (a...@strugglers.net) wrote: > > > > On Wed,

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-08 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 08/05/19, Rory Campbell-Lange (r...@campbell-lange.net) wrote: > On 08/05/19, Andy Smith (a...@strugglers.net) wrote: > > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 06:32:43PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > > Is there a clever way of downgrading the installation to stable while > &g

Re: Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-08 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi Andy On 08/05/19, Andy Smith (a...@strugglers.net) wrote: > On Wed, May 08, 2019 at 06:32:43PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Is there a clever way of downgrading the installation to stable while > > keeping the testing kernel and associated ixgbe module? > >

Testing netinstall, but use stable release?

2019-05-08 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm setting up some servers with A2SDi-8C-HLN4F motherboards with Intel x553 cards that require the ixgbe kernel module. The latest stable netinstall image allows one to load the ixgbe module but the network interfaces aren't seen. However, the latest testing netinstall sees the network

Re: amd64 stable netinstall failing repeatedly 'scanning the mirror'

2019-03-24 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 24/03/19, Rory Campbell-Lange (r...@campbell-lange.net) wrote: > Hi. I'm stuck in the DC and it's getting cold! > > I'm trying to install debian-9.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso using the > non-graphical installer. All is fine till I hit the 'configure apt' > stage, when it simply han

amd64 stable netinstall failing repeatedly 'scanning the mirror'

2019-03-24 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi. I'm stuck in the DC and it's getting cold! I'm trying to install debian-9.8.0-amd64-netinst.iso using the non-graphical installer. All is fine till I hit the 'configure apt' stage, when it simply hangs at 'scanning the mirror'. I can still ping the network. I've tried three different

Re: Replace systemd

2017-07-05 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 03/07/17, Greg Wooledge (wool...@eeg.ccf.org) wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 08:42:11PM +0100, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: > > Simply put; systemd doesn't suit me. Its a bit like being asked to use > > an graphical editor instead of vi. Or being forced to use Windows. My >

Replace systemd

2017-07-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I run Debian on my laptops and several servers. On my laptop I've had several recent occasions when it has been irksome to try and find the cause of a service not starting or shutting down, and I've concluded that I'd like to move away from systemd as I don't like the binary log. This isn't a

Re: rolling-back, reverting system upgrades?

2009-12-22 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 21/12/09, Tixy (debianu...@tixy.myzen.co.uk) wrote: On Mon, 2009-12-21 at 16:03 +, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: snip You can also use the fabulous facility of snapshot.debian.net to get specific resources from a particular time in the past. snip It doesn't look like

Re: rolling-back, reverting system upgrades?

2009-12-21 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
of snapshot.debian.net to get specific resources from a particular time in the past. To assist you in doing this you may wish to run a dpkg -l installed_packages_$(date +%d%m%Y).txt or something so that you know what version of what you had installed previously. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange Director r

Need secure kernel for stable/testing machine.

2004-04-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
to run sid kernels, or are these truly 'unstable'? Thanks for any advice. Please cc me off-list as I get the digest. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact

Re: debian to logon ms exchange server

2004-04-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
to be enabled on the server. I don't know about security token mechanisms though. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mail Server Design

2004-04-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
- Several cheaps servers, dividing mailboxes across servers. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Antivirus (with exim+courier-imap+fetchmail)

2004-04-16 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan-acl/ for integration of virus-scanners and spamassassin. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

PAM : passwords with at least 6 chars

2004-04-15 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm using testing which seems to have a somewhat different PAM setup that before. I'd like to know how to set a minimum password length to 6 characters. Also, is it possible to fail 'passwd' if the password fails the dictionary check? Thanks for any help. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL

Serious dpkg segfault problem

2004-04-15 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
-15 (using .../libpam-runtime_0.76-16_all.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libpam-runtime ... E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg received a segmentation fault. myhost:/var/cache/apt# dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell

Solved [was: Re: Serious dpkg segfault problem]

2004-04-15 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
/usr ran out of disk space. Apologies. On 15/04/04, Rory Campbell-Lange ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I'm trying to update my system and its seriously broken. How can I reinstall dpkg, when dpkg is Segfaulting? libpam-runtime was broken during upgrade earlier. Thanks for any help. Its much

Get config questions on install

2004-04-15 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I seem to have set one of my servers not to have questions asked when upgrading/installing etc. How can I change the 'quietness' of the installation process? Please cc me off-list -- I get the digest. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net

php4, testing and php4-pgsql

2003-03-25 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
' -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: spamassassin and exim in woody

2003-03-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
system runs exim and I am wanting to integrate spamassassin into it too. I am not sure of the best way to do this, and would appreciate some assistance with the configuration. I am using the versions of both packages contained in woody. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED

Zuarus and hot-plug

2003-03-11 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
: CDCEther.c: no repsonse in BULK IN Mar 11 10:43:58 roz kernel: CDCEther.c: rx status -110 Mar 11 10:43:58 roz kernel: CDCEther.c: no repsonse in BULK IN -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe

Apache SSL, self-signed certs, Mac Explorer 5 problem

2002-12-12 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
. Trying to load the raw certificate after exporting it on the Linux box or by exporting it from the PC Explorer box does not work either. Any insight and, ideally, fixes much needed! Cheers Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Mail problem with my machine name

2002-09-02 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
:${sender_address_local_part}}@campbell-lange.net # authenticate_hosts = smarthost.isp.com Thanks for any help. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

normal user access to serial port

2002-06-30 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
How does one allow a normal user to access a serial port? I'm confused about which device/group to configure. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

send and receive mail through eth1

2002-06-25 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
) interface eth1. I'd be grateful to know what I need to do to get this going. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

use 'woody' or 'testing' in sources.list?

2002-05-22 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Should I be using 'woody' or 'testing' in my apt sources.list? I'm concerned that if woody becomes stable, I'll suddenly adopt sid. Is woody likely to become 'stable' soon? -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED

recent woody install uses stable instead of unstable

2002-05-22 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
to downgrade perl and a whole lot of basic system utilities. I've modified sources.list and run apt-get update. But at the moment apt-get dist-upgrade does nothing. Should I clean out a cache or something? -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: recent woody install uses stable instead of unstable

2002-05-22 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 22/05/02, Tom Allison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: I've just done a woody install on an old PC and was having an unusually torrid time installing packages. Eventually I checked /etc/apt/sources.list and found that 'stable' was specified. ... I've modified

Re: urgent! where to install .h files

2002-05-20 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi Sean On 18/05/02, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 18-May-2002 Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: I'm trying to install a perl module called Gnokii, which requires one first to compile the gnokii program. Note, gnokii is packaged in Debian (at least under unstable) so you

urgent! where to install .h files

2002-05-18 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
-dir, but none of the files are put in /usr/include although I have specified it. Thanks for any help. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

lpr to NT4 intermittent problem

2002-05-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
axis_1: getconnection: cannot bind to port - +Address already in use I'd be grateful for any insight. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rsync over ssh without password

2002-05-13 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
\ /safedir/backups/ - no passwds ... no keys(might be a bad idea)... On Sat, 11 May 2002, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: I'd like to automate a backup of a user's machine to the server. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

rsync over ssh without password

2002-05-10 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kernel compile advice for ext3, freeswan on pismo

2002-04-30 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
(if there is indeed support for this). -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

exim not routing through isp

2002-04-23 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
= plaintext public_name = LOGIN client_send = : user : pass -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

iptables : subnet base and isp settings?

2002-04-23 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
of a remote name server Any clarification much appreciated. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how can I setup a network monitoring station

2002-04-22 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
, or use the switch's port mirroring feature. Thanks for your help. Rory Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: I have tested tcpdump at another smaller office where I was able to trace all the network traffic between the gateway and workstations all linked on the same small switch. However in the larger

Re: how can I setup a network monitoring station

2002-04-22 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi Mark Thanks for the mail. On 21/04/02, Mark Roach ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, 2002-04-18 at 11:08, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: I have tested tcpdump at another smaller office where I was able to trace all the network traffic between the gateway and workstations all linked

tcpdump: traffic connecting to another machine

2002-04-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how can I setup a network monitoring station

2002-04-18 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
, so I thought I'd try here!] Thanks for any help Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

check for root kit

2002-04-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
way of checking for a kernel module type root kit? Cheers Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

view output of process while

2002-04-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Is it possible to log back into a machine over ssh and 'attach' to a running process so that one can see the output of, say, a kernel compile? -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

bash newbie : no such file or directory problem

2002-04-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
{} \; exit 0 -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Exim - remove many messages

2002-03-26 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
-. cat /tmp/e | exim -Mrm - I solved my problem cludgily by making an output file of exim -bp and then vimming it so that it contained a set of exim -Mrf id lines. I then sourced the file. There must be a more elegant solution without using perl or python. Thanks Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange

Exim relaying and DNS questions (for small mail server)

2002-01-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
ADSL. I've set the mail machine on a fixed ip on 192.168.181.20; the router is on 192.168.181.254. The clients presently pick up mail using [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net

How to setup a pop3 server?

2002-01-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
* cucipop (my isp uses this, and they are good. Is this? it is listed as non-free though...) * popa3d I'd be grateful for recommendations. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net

Re: teTeX: cannot setup

2002-01-09 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 07/01/02, Alec ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Monday 07 January 2002 08:35 am, Rory Campbell-Lange wrote: ncurses screen entitled 'teTeX setup utility', which says Could not find app-default file for xdvi and exits. If purging and reinstalling tetex-bin doesn't fix the problem

teTeX: cannot setup

2002-01-07 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
/dpkg returned an error code (1) -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net

Install floppies for MegaRAID: advice needed

2001-12-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I need to install Debian on a Dell poweredge server with MegaRAID. I need install media with a kernel with builtin support or to make my own. How does one go about making install floppies with one's own kernel? Thanks for any help Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell

pipe mutt message into vim

2001-12-07 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
of cat /tmp/xyz but where xyz is the contents of the current message. Before you ask, I do know how to save mutt messages! -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net

get list of current library versions

2001-12-07 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Is there a simple way of get a list of each of the libraries and programs on my machine? While it is simple to extract the package versions from dpkg, its the versions of some of the programs that I need to find. -- Rory Campbell-Lange [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.campbell-lange.net

Alcatel SpeedTouch USB Modem Setup...

2001-12-04 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
On 03/12/01, Ben Hill wrote: As a few of you will know ;), I have been trying to set up my Alcatel SpeedTouch USB modem Have you tried the benoit user-space drivers? I know of one person using this successfully. http://benoit.papillault.free.fr/speedtouch/index.en.php3 Rory -- Rory Campbell

Advice on aacraid, Dell 1U server

2001-11-21 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm thinking of ordering a Dell PowerEdge 1550 1U rackmount server for the office to act as a backup server. The 1U form factor is important to us. For 2200 pounds one gets a Pentium III/133MHz 256K cache, 512Mb RAM, 108Gb 10,000rpm Ultra3 SCSI box with 3 years on-site service. For another

mutt doesn't know about procmail actions

2001-10-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I've got a procmail rc file redirecting my mail either to one or other mailbox or otherwise to my /Mail/mbox mailbox. Mutt by default views the contents of my mail spool (/var/spool/mail/myname) rather than my mbox. Should I repoint mutt to my mbox, by default? How should I do this? Also, how

Make core files writeable?

2001-09-27 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I have been asked by an application developer, who is trying to find out problems with one of their products running on our server, to set up the server so that core files can be written. What are these, and how would I do this? I have also been instructed to, once a core file is generated, to

Exim questions, inc. use Exchange Server?

2001-09-11 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm trying to send mail from my linux box to the outside world. Our office's mail server is MS Exchange on NT4 on address 10.0.0.6. My linux user name is 'rory' whereas my office mail address is 'rory.cl'. Previously I had Exim sending mail out to the web, but the headers showed that the mail

Urgent: VALinux kernel recompile questions

2001-09-07 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Tomorrow I aim to recompile the kernel for a VALinux 2250 Raided server box running Debian 2.2 if at all possible. I need to recompile the kernel because of some really odd network interface problems (the two interfaces on the dual NIC always resolve against the motherboard NIC, eth0) and our file

machine version and platform?

2001-09-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Is there a command that will show my machine, kernel and (possibly) debian version? I recall using such a command but cannot, much to my embarassment, remember it! Thanks for any help. Rory

Setup news help needed

2001-08-31 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm a linux newbie. I'd like to read news on a linux machine on our company network that accesses the internet through a firewall. I believe I'd like to use slrn, as I'm a sometimes mutt user. Do I need to setup a news server, or just the client? If a server is needed, which is recommended? Are

cgi permissions problem: zip and delete

2001-08-06 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I've written a perl cgi that zips directories of files placed on the server over netatalk (file sharing for macs). As the users login as guests to the mac fileshare, the owners of the directories I want to zip (and then delete the originals) is nobody. The owner of the cgi process is www-data.

proftpd : 2 anonymous areas?

2001-08-06 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm trying to make 2 or more anonymous areas on our intranet where people can only view data, not write it. The two directories are /home/x/y/z and /home/x/a My three strategies: 1) make an anonymous directive with suitable directory directives within. Problem: everyone can see /home/x 2) try

Apache on second ip address?

2001-08-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'm moving our intranet onto a new box with address x.x.x.23 from an old box with a x.x.x.247 address. I know very little about networking (I'm afraid everyone is accessing the intranet via the full ip address rather than name), and I would like to ask if it is possible to get the new box to run

ifconfig remove eth0:1

2001-08-03 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
If you saw my last message, Apache on second ip address, I have tried to get Apache to server the same content on two ip addresses off the same adapter. I have setup the second address successfully (I can ssh into it) but can't get Apache to be sensitive to the second ip address. Anyway, this

Don't allow incoming telnet

2001-06-01 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi. How do I stop telnet sessions coming IN? (I only want users to use ssh) grep telnet /etc/services shows: telnet 23/tcp rtelnet 107/tcp# Remote Telnet rtelnet 107/udp telnet /etc/services shows: telnet stream tcp nowait \

Connect to serial device?

2001-05-29 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to connect to a multi-port UPS module via a serial port on my linux box. I have connected to the UPS module successfully using a Windows box and the HyperTerminal program (on COM1). What program would I use on my Linux box? Would I use /dev/ttyS0? Thanks for any help. Rory

Run dos command on NT4 from debian box?

2001-05-04 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to put files in a directory on an NT4 box, run a dos command (a CAD processor batch command) and then bring the files back to the Debian box using cron, samba and perl. I don't know anything about samba or performing commands on NT4 from Linux. Any suggestions? Rory

Debian Compliant UPS for rack of servers

2001-04-28 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
This is a really newbie UPS question. We are putting together a rack with a VA Linux 2130, 2200, two Proliant 1600s (converted with rackmount kits) and an Apple Cube. I need to know what sort of rackmount UPS to serve all the above kit is VA Linux/Debian compliant, so that the VA boxes will go

how to set correct time?

2001-04-19 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I foolishly don't know how to set the correct time for my system clock. The timezone is correctly set to London/England, but the time is about 6 hours out (date reports the time in 'BST' - I presume this is British Standard Time). I tried using the date command but nothing happened. Thanks for

Re: /etc/network/interfaces help please

2001-04-11 Thread Barbara and Rory Campbell-Lange
On 9/4/01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file. .. iface eth0 inet static address 194.159.148.141 netmask 255.255.255.0 need to break that into separate lines-- iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.1 netmask

auto add 127.0.0.0?

2001-04-10 Thread Barbara and Rory Campbell-Lange
Will lots of help from this list I have configured the lo and eth0 interfaces to load at system startup by correctly setting these up in the etc/network/interfaces file. How do I set up the general loopback network address 127.0.0.0? at the moment I am using the keyin route add -net

/etc/network/interfaces help please

2001-04-09 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I need to set my static IP address on startup to x.y.z.141. My router is on x.y.z.1 My network is on x.y.z.0 I'm confused about what I should be writing in the interfaces file. ifup gives the error: /etc/network/interfaces: too many parameters for iface line for the line below. iface

Insert module at startup

2001-04-05 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to insmod the netatalk module at startup. I'd be grateful to know how to do this. alias net-pf-5 appletalk in /etc/modules.conf doesn't seem to be the debian way... Regards Rory

Change size of terminal window?

2001-04-04 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to change the size of the terminal window shown on screen. I'm a Debian newbie. I've got Debian installed on our rather nice new VALinux rackmount box and I've got it hooked up to a Mitsubishi TFT flatscreen monitor. I don't have X running, and I'm doing everything in text mode. At the

Change size of terminal window?

2001-04-04 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
I'd like to change the size of the terminal window shown on screen. I'm a Debian newbie. I've got Debian installed on our rather nice new VALinux rackmount box and I've got it hooked up to a Mitsubishi TFT flatscreen monitor. I don't have X running, and I'm doing everything in text mode. At the

VALinux box - NT4 - Debian emergency!

2000-11-17 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
outline above. Thanks for any help Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange The Campbell-Lange Workshop London

Intel server box for NT, Linux

2000-11-13 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
Hi. We've been running a Linux intranet server on an old Apple Mac. The use and content on the intranet is exceeding the capacity of our old 7200, and it looks like management will cough up for a new server to run Linux, with a tape-backup drive et al. I'd like a recommendation for a popular

Newbie: Install networking problems

2000-10-30 Thread Rory Campbell-Lange
network cards as unsupported: * 3Com 3C359 Velocity XL PCI * 3Com 3C339 Velocity PCI Do I need to compile something into the kernel? Thanks for any help. Rory -- Rory Campbell-Lange The Campbell-Lange Workshop London