Re: [expert] Remote Administration Confusion

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, you wrote: I recently posted the my problem below to the newbie list. However, I think it may be more likely I'll find an answer on this list. I wouldn't consider myself a newbie, though I am not an expert either. Probably in the vast waste land in between where I

RE: [expert] Adding GNOME to gdm in MDK7.2beta2

During install it gives you a choice if you want to do an auto login under one name but I don't know how to fix it. Wilson -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of TK Kim so my questions: 1. How do I add 'Gnome' to the current(gdm) login manager

[expert] security scripts

hello MANDRAKE! i accidently switch off the nighly security scripts.. how can i turn them back on? /usr/share/msec/custom.sh doesn't work somehow... thanks in advance PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-online.com/~perler/identity.html PGP fingerprint: DAC6 2FDA 1ED7 AD55 BD1F 5142 3D5F

[expert] Procmail filter commands?

Hi list, Say, I'm setting up some additional rules in my Procmailrc filters and there are some items I wish to specify on the "kill" list. Now the reason for this "kill" list is so that the incoming message won't even be stored as soon as the parameters for this rule are satisfied. I want to

[expert] Urgent -- HelixGnome installs but NO desktop!

Dear friends: I just downloaded HelixGnome from www.helixgnome.com and from the HelixGnome server. I have done this before and never had a problem. Due to reinstall of my system, I've had to reinstall Helix-Gnome, too. I made sure to install the Mandrake 7.1 mdk rpms as always. I can get into

Re: [expert] Re: Switching from user A to user B without rebooting?

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Mage and friends: You are RIGHT! I knew about the "exit" option but I used only to get back from "root" to "user". I didn't know that you could type "exit" as USER and that that would bring up the login prompt. I tried it and it works just as

Re: [expert] reiserfs info needed

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: Just out of curiousity, what's the file size limit with ext2? I think it's 2GB but I need to know for sure. Does anyone know? Ext2 is a 32-bit file sys, which can address up to 2^31 kb, or 2gb, as well as reiserfs. A quick way to find out the file

Re: [expert] Console equivalent of VNC?

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Asheesh Laroia wrote: Hello everyone. I wanted to know if there was a way I could access a tty device (say, tty6, where I run PINE) from an xterm. Just as I can access different Xs through VNC, is there an equivalent? I've tried screen, but I have no idea how to use

Re: [expert] Remote Administration Confusion

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Eric Mings wrote: You probably seek VNC, from www.uk.research.att.com, once you get it installed, run a 'vncserver' command on the server, and at your admin box, type vncviewer ip of server:1. That should get you an X-session with twm running. Edit the vncserver script to

[expert] Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake

Hello, Does anyone have any experience with Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake?? Thanks in advance. -- Tom Wike UNIX System Administration FDAO Productivity Infrastructure Texas Instruments, Inc.

Re: [expert] Re: [Announce] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Beta 2 available

On Sat, Sep 16, 2000 at 02:53:50PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: Kadjo N'DOUA wrote: MandrakeSoft is happy to announce the second Beta of its next release (Ulysses). Among many new features, you will discover KDE 2 (1.94), MenuDrake, Kernel 2.2.17 2.4 ... Read the announcement:

Re: [expert] Console equivalent of VNC?

That sounds like a cool thing to do, but I meant that I'd do the following: bootup my machine chvt 6 login; run pine Now, after having done that, is there a way I can remotely read tty6, or remotely display its contents? If possible, I'd like to be able to remotely control tty6, even if

Re: [expert] Re: [Announce] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Beta 2 available

Ron, Relax. In my humble opinion, unless you are senior management at Mandrake or a signifcant shareholder (which you obviously are not) then you should keep your criticisms (and in this case personal attacks) to yourself. Quite frankly I am tired of your trollish remarks and comments. If every

Re: [expert] Procmail filter commands?

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Hi list, Say, I'm setting up some additional rules in my Procmailrc filters and there are some items I wish to specify on the "kill" list. Now the reason for this "kill" list is so that the incoming message won't even be stored as soon as the

Re: [expert] Procmail filter commands?

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Hi list, Say, I'm setting up some additional rules in my Procmailrc filters and there are some items I wish to specify on the "kill" list. Send it to /dev/null ? ie: :0: # Spams * ^Subject: .*cash.*sex /dev/null

Re: [expert] I hang up my linux box

Thanks for the answer. The question is that when I say hang up, I'm saying the I cannot do anything. I have tested the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X, but the answer was nothing. However, I have to admit that I didn't test the Ctrl-Alt-F1 option. I would try the next time. But, I think that

Re: [expert] Configuring fstab

Thank's Alex for the answer. I have modified the filesystem file and it works ok with the hfs filesystem, but with the udf no because that filesystem also can be mount as iso9660, showing a file Readme.txt. I have tried to put the udf before the iso9660 in the filesystem file, but it works in

Re: [expert] I hang up my linux box

Thanks for the answer. The question is that when I say hang up, I'm saying the I cannot do anything. I have tested the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the X, but the answer was nothing. However, I have to admit that I didn't test the Ctrl-Alt-F1 option. I would try the next time. But, I think that

Re: [expert] Configuring fstab

Thank's Alex for the answer. I have modified the filesystem file and it works ok with the hfs filesystem, but with the udf no because that filesystem also can be mount as iso9660, showing a file Readme.txt. I have tried to put the udf before the iso9660 in the filesystem file, but it works in

[expert] Can't Use dialup as normal user

Hello all, I just installed the 7.2b and can't use my internet dial up as normal user. I get the message "can't write modem lock file" in the debug window. I noticed this same problem with the 7.1b1 and never did find where the "modem lock file" is supposed to be, can anyone shed some light on

Re: [expert] Procmail filter commands?

That's awesome...thanks David. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

Re: [expert] Procmail filter commands?

Cool...thank you Paul! -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** _||_ in the making of this | ** =\/= message...| Registered Linux user #182496

Re: [expert] Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Tom Wike wrote: Hello, Does anyone have any experience with Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake?? Thanks in advance. I have DSL from Verizon/GTE and it works great under any distro. However, I think it is the ISP you have to worry about. Around here Verizon/GTE only

Re: [expert] reiserfs info needed

On Sat Sep 16, 2000 at 09:10:37AM -0500, Ellick Chan wrote: Just out of curiousity, what's the file size limit with ext2? I think it's 2GB but I need to know for sure. Does anyone know? Ext2 is a 32-bit file sys, which can address up to 2^31 kb, or 2gb, as well as reiserfs. A quick way

Re: [expert] reiserfs info needed

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: On Sat Sep 16, 2000 at 09:10:37AM -0500, Ellick Chan wrote: Just out of curiousity, what's the file size limit with ext2? I think it's 2GB but I need to know for sure. Does anyone know? Ext2 is a 32-bit file sys, which can address up to

Re: [expert] Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Tom Wike wrote: Hello, Does anyone have any experience with Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake?? Thanks in advance. GTE sells DSL separate from ISP service so shop the ISP's for the best deal relative to your desires. Last time I checked, GTE Internet service (which is

[expert] Netscape 6

I've been looking thru documentation and using some trial and error to figure out how to get a command in one of my bin paths in order to run Netscape 6. It comes with its own installer and places files into usr/local/netscape/ and runs with a script called netscape. The only way the

Re: [expert] Netscape 6

How about /usr/local/netscape/netscape at the prompt? Or just ln -s /usr/local/netscape/netscape /usr/local/bin/netscape (or whatever) so you can forego the absolute path? --on Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:12 PM -0400 Logos wrote: I've been looking thru documentation and using some

Re: [expert] security scripts

i accidently switch off the nighly security scripts.. how can i turn them back on? /usr/share/msec/custom.sh doesn't work somehow... /etc/crontab looks like this... SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02

Re: [expert] Netscape 6

How about /usr/local/netscape/netscape at the prompt? Or just ln -s /usr/local/netscape/netscape /usr/local/bin/netscape (or whatever) so you can forego the absolute path? --on Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:12 PM -0400 Logos wrote: I've been looking thru documentation and using some

Re: [expert] Re: [Announce] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Beta 2 available

In a message dated 16-Sep-00 11:15:12 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Quite frankly I am tired of your trollish remarks and comments. If every time you open your mailer and begin to enlighten the list with a YARSC (Yet Another Ron Stodden Criticism) then perhaps you should

Re: [expert] Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake

Nick Webb wrote: On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Tom Wike wrote: Hello, Does anyone have any experience with Verizon/GTE DSL and Mandrake?? Thanks in advance. I have DSL from Verizon/GTE and it works great under any distro. However, I think it is the ISP you have to worry about. Around

Re: [expert] Netscape 6

I wish it were as simple as that...the file 'netscape' in the /usr/local/netscape/ path is a script...pretty simple pretty much just tells the box to run 'run-mozilla.sh' in the same dir. But the ln command gave me an idea.That I thank you for...first I made this script called 'runme' in

Re: [expert] Remote Administration Confusion

VNC is just fine over a local network but I find to be so slow over the internet as to be unusable, even over DSL. Timbuktu eats its lunch over slow connections but you can't get that for linux. I've had to bite the bullet and learn how to use SSH, vi and FTP. You can control EVERYTHING from a

[expert] How to install XFree86 4.01

Hi, I am currently running 7.1 with Xfree86 4.0 and I would like to upgrade to 4.01. I think I've downloaded all the necessary RPMs from 'rpmfind.net' cooker, all the RPMs with 4.01 tag including "xintrc". So now how do I go about installing them? Do I need any other RPMs? What configs do I

[expert] HelixGnome installs but NO desktop -- Solved!

Dear friends: I decided to go ahead and reinstall my Linux Mandrake. Afterwards, I went back to HelixGnome and reinstalled HelixGnome. Everything is now working fine. Thanks so much. Benjamin Benjamin and Anna Sher Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch

Re: [expert] HelixGnome installs but NO desktop -- Solved!

In a message dated 17-Sep-00 00:36:53 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I decided to go ahead and reinstall my Linux Mandrake. Afterwards, I went back to HelixGnome and reinstalled HelixGnome. Everything is now working fine. hmm well onething i noticed is during my own

[expert] Can anyone answer this?

Can anyone tell my WHY Mandrake uses the ld.linux.so2 to load Netscape? Where as RedHat and others just load NS as an executable? What is the purpose? Why is it better ( I'm sure Mandrake people have a reason ). I'm just really lost as to why and what purpose.. Thanks! Alan Keep in touch

Re: [expert] Configuring sendmail

Thank's a lot for the information. I would try to configure it in a few days. Leo Pd why the reply adress is [EMAIL PROTECTED]? "RNDr. Peter FREIMANN" ha escrit: Yes, I often use such redirections - you can indeed have a line like this in your /etc/aliases: alias:

Re: [expert] Configuring sendmail

Thank's a lot for the information. I would try to configure it in a few days. Leo Pd why the reply adress is [EMAIL PROTECTED]? "RNDr. Peter FREIMANN" ha escrit: Yes, I often use such redirections - you can indeed have a line like this in your /etc/aliases: alias: