Re: [expert] PCMCIA: Texas Instruments PCI1420 not working afterkernel-update

2002-07-30 Thread t_gecks
civileme schrieb: t_gecks wrote: configuration: Mandrake 8.1 lspci: ... 00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420 ... Windows says: PCI1420 at i/o-address 0x3e0 and irq 11 tried that with [root@... root]# modprobe i82365

[expert] Lost Control Center

2002-07-30 Thread jarmo
Just upgraded kde from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 and seemed to go ok... BUT...First what found...ControlCenter stopped working... Have this issue been under discussion and fixed...I have been 2 months now without linux because of travelling,so haven't read news lately... So please,if discussed,point me

Re: [expert] supermount problem?

2002-07-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday July 29 2002 07:11 pm, Darren King wrote: I am running 8.2 with the cooker kernel. With the old kernel, I had no problems accessing cd's but now I get Stale NFS file handle when I try to ls under the cdrom directory. Is this a known bug? Is there a known fix? Darren It's a

[expert] logcheck and prelude

2002-07-30 Thread Daniel Woods
In LM 8.2, prelude service is included and generates messages to the log files. I use logcheck (and portsentry) and I keep getting messages like these ... Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jul 30 06:29:19 www prelude: Debug: Flushing queued report for id=0x4001d680, count=3... Jul 30

[expert] Building a New Server..

2002-07-30 Thread Gavin Rollins
Dear Experts, I'm planning on building a Server for my School, here are the parts I plan on using, please give me your feedback on my selection of parts list. CPU:Celeron 1.8GHz 478 pin MB: ASUS P4B533/WA Memory: PC2100-512/CL2 HDD:MAXTOR MX4G120J8 (120GB)

Re: [expert] Building a New Server..

2002-07-30 Thread kwan
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Gavin Rollins wrote: Dear Experts, I'm planning on building a Server for my School, here are the parts I plan on using, please give me your feedback on my selection of parts list. CPU: Celeron 1.8GHz 478 pin MB: ASUS P4B533/WA Memory:

Re: [expert] Lost Control Center

2002-07-30 Thread nDiScReEt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 30 July 2002 3:46 am, jarmo wrote: Just upgraded kde from 3.0.1 to 3.0.2 and seemed to go ok... BUT...First what found...ControlCenter stopped working... Have this issue been under discussion and fixed...I have been 2 months now

[expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have one I'm trying to use sudo for some tasks that I start up, so that I don't have to do a full su to root in a shell window first and then execute the command that I want to run. However, I can't seem to get the thing

[expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
I've added a startup script to my /etc/rc.d/init.d directory, but when I try to do a chkconfig --list {the-file} so that I can see it, I'm informed that service {the-file} does not support chkconfig. How do I add something that exists in init.d to chkconfig? --Dave --

[expert] Disabling PCMCIA support

2002-07-30 Thread Raphael Summers
VERSIONS: Mandrake 8.2, Kernel 2.4 Hi, I am trying to install linux-wlan-ng in order to get my ActionTec wireless PCMCIA card to work. After a lot of research over the last few days, I have been warned that this may not be possible due to the fact that the PCMCIA source is integrated with the

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread jipe
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:30:07 -0700 David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have one I'm trying to use sudo for some tasks that I start up, so that I don't have to do a full su to root in a shell window first and then

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread civileme
David Guntner wrote: I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have one I'm trying to use sudo for some tasks that I start up, so that I don't have to do a full su to root in a shell window first and then execute the command that I want to run. However, I can't

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: I've edited /etc/sudoers to allow group wheel to execute all command, and I made sure that my regular user account is part of that group. Then I type something really simple like sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog. It then prompts

[expert] MandrakeUpdate bug found

2002-07-30 Thread Albert E. Whale
I was attempting to install the libpcap rpm (to satisfy a dependency issue for snort) and encountered the following error message: [/root] MandrakeUpdate rpminst didn't install: 'libpcap0-0.6.2-3mdk' 'libpcap0-0.6.2-3mdk' added to the already_installed_list already installed: 'libpcap0', SHOULD

Re: [expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread James T. Nelson III
Check the man page for 'chkconfig'. Under the 'RUNLEVEL FILES' section is a description of what you need to do. Jim On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 13:38, David Guntner wrote: I've added a startup script to my /etc/rc.d/init.d directory, but when I try to do a chkconfig --list {the-file} so that I

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
jipe grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:30:07 -0700 David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, what the heck password does sudo want from me? :-) if you don't need password protection, just add NOPASSWD like this: ME MY_PC = NOPASSWD: MY_COMMAND I saw that note in

Re: [expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread Ray Warren
On 30 Jul 2002 at 10:38, David Guntner wrote: How do I add something that exists in init.d to chkconfig? Look in man chkconfig ,in the section: RUNLEVEL FILES. Ray Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread Daniel Woods
type something really simple like sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog. It then prompts me for a password. No matter what password I put in (even when I put in the root password), it tells me the password is wrong. So, what the heck password does sudo want from me? :-) It wants the

[expert] Overriding msec

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
I'm currently (trying to be) running my system with msec set to level 4 for the greater protection level. I've used kcontrol to set my login console settings so that it will show the available users with those new lame icons that replaced the cool penguins, and allow for a reboot from the

Re: [expert] Building a New Server..

2002-07-30 Thread Robert Goshko
On Tue, 2002-07-30 at 10:16, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Gavin Rollins wrote: Dear Experts, I'm planning on building a Server for my School, here are the parts I plan on using, please give me your feedback on my selection of parts list. CPU:Celeron

Re: [expert] Building a New Server..

2002-07-30 Thread Jonathan I. Nori
Hi! If this is just a server, and not a workstation, then there really isn't a reason to put a CDRW in it. However, with the amount of disk space you're dropping into this box I would get some kind of high-capacity tape backup system, as you are mmore than likely going to need to back up

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread Michael Viron
David, For example, if you are logged in as user linux1, then it wants the password for user linux1. All other passwords will be rejected. This is why people typically give someone sudo root access (with a limited subset of commands they are allowed to run) instead of the root password (at

Re: [expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
Ray Warren grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 30 Jul 2002 at 10:38, David Guntner wrote: How do I add something that exists in init.d to chkconfig? Look in man chkconfig ,in the section: RUNLEVEL FILES. No manpage for that, either. Oh great, I'm starting to think that I may have

[expert] possible problems with devfsd standard configuration in Mandrake 8.2

2002-07-30 Thread Robert Grasso
Hello, I am reporting strange problems with my Mandrake 8.2 installation on my Intel PC - maybe the key is with devfsd (Mandrake version is devfsd-1.3.25-1.1mdk). I am a 10-years Unix-user, and a 2 years part-time Unix/Linux admin, but I really don't know devfsd. So I have been reporting

Re: [expert] Quota on XFS problems

2002-07-30 Thread gikoreno
I tried using the normal kernel (i.e. the non secure one), and it didn't make any difference :( The quota tool still doesn't work as expected. I'm still thinking it has to do with that "if" statement because I don't see what else it could be... Is there anyone running LM 8.2, all partitions

Re: [expert] Quota on XFS problems

2002-07-30 Thread Bryan Whitehead
gikoreno wrote: I tried using the normal kernel (i.e. the non secure one), and it didn't make any difference :( The quota tool still doesn't work as expected. I'm still thinking it has to do with that if statement because I don't see what else it could be... Is there anyone running LM

Re: [expert] Quota on XFS problems

2002-07-30 Thread Bryan Whitehead
Bryan Whitehead wrote: gikoreno wrote: I tried using the normal kernel (i.e. the non secure one), and it didn't make any difference :( The quota tool still doesn't work as expected. I'm still thinking it has to do with that if statement because I don't see what else it could be...

Re: [expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread Larry Sword
Go to the MCC and under Installable do a search in the Find: box for man and HOWTO from there you may select the documentation packages to install. Larry David Guntner wrote: Ray Warren grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 30 Jul 2002 at 10:38, David Guntner wrote: How do I add something

Re: [expert] Overriding msec

2002-07-30 Thread Daniel Woods
I'm currently (trying to be) running my system with msec set to level 4 for the greater protection level. I've used kcontrol to set my login console settings so that it will show the available users with those new lame icons that replaced the cool penguins, and allow for a reboot from the

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread Darren King
It should want your password, not the root password. On Wed, 2002-07-31 at 03:30, David Guntner wrote: I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have one I'm trying to use sudo for some tasks that I start up, so that I don't have to do a full su to root in a

Re: [expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread Jason Bowman
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 01:38 pm, David Guntner wrote: I've added a startup script to my /etc/rc.d/init.d directory, but when I try to do a chkconfig --list {the-file} so that I can see it, I'm informed that service {the-file} does not support chkconfig. How do I add something that exists in

[expert] Can't get phpgroupware working

2002-07-30 Thread ddc_prueba2
Hello world! I just untar and run http://127.0.0.1/phpgroupware/setup/index.php to create a header.inc.php file. As explained in installation doc, I did (as postgres user): /usr/bin/createdb phpgroupware /usr/bin/createuser phpgwuser --pwprompt So far so good, but it seems to work with

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread Vincent Danen
On Mon Jul 29, 2002 at 07:56:32PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: I'm also going to make sure that my FTP server and sshd server are listening to non-standard ports, to make it harder for someone to find an access point. This is trivial. An nmap scan will give an attacker an idea

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Jul 30, 2002 at 10:30:07AM -0700, David Guntner wrote: I'd look this up in the man page, but the package doesn't seem to have one Well, the first thing I'd suggest is reading the sudo document on MandrakeSecure: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/sudo.php That should answer

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread PlugHead
(* Another post to expert, another dropped message... *) On Monday 29 July 2002 10:56 pm, David Guntner wrote: I aggee with you that security through obscurity is no security at all. However, adding obscurity as a layer on top of existing security certainly doesn't hurt anything. :-) Indeed,

Re: [expert] Lost Control Center

2002-07-30 Thread PlugHead
Interesting... I noticed the same thing, went into the icon Preferences/Execute, set run as different user to root. Worked just fine. Then, out of idle curiosity, I tried update-menus. Guess what? It stopped working... (and run as different user was reset.) -Jason On Tuesday 30 July

Re: [expert] Lost Control Center

2002-07-30 Thread PlugHead
(* repost of dropped message *) Interesting... I noticed the same thing, went into the icon Preferences/Execute, set run as different user to root. Worked just fine. Then, out of idle curiosity, I tried update-menus. Guess what? It stopped working... (and run as different user was reset.)

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
Vincent Danen grabbed a keyboard and wrote: My suggestions: Disable FTP. Use scp or sftp. Protocol2 is a good start, but enforce key-based logins only (ie. disable password authentication). This way no one can attempt to brute force your system, they have to have a key, and know it's

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread PlugHead
On Monday 29 July 2002 10:56 pm, David Guntner wrote: I aggee with you that security through obscurity is no security at all. However, adding obscurity as a layer on top of existing security certainly doesn't hurt anything. :-) Indeed, if someone were doing a bulk scan of ip address blocks,

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread PlugHead
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 08:15 pm, PlugHead wrote: (* Another post to expert, another dropped message... *) Hmmm... Apparently I wasn't patient enough. Sorry for the dupes... :} = No one was avoiding him, it was just that an apparent random Brownian motion was gently

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread PlugHead
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 08:39 pm, David Guntner wrote: Ooooh, that sounds promising. I'll have to look into that. Is it particularly hard to make sure that your key is available to those you want to access the system? I presume that even with the system key, they *do* still have to login

Re: [expert] Quota on XFS problems

2002-07-30 Thread gikoreno
> Note, I am running a custom built kernel. 2.4.18 + XFS patches. (no > other changes) > Note: at work quota works on mandrake 8.1 without any problems, > including over NFS. Thanks Bryan, I tried msec level 3, and it didn't work. I have the same setup as you with the exception of the custom

Re: [expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread civileme
David Guntner wrote: civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: I've edited /etc/sudoers to allow group wheel to execute all command, and I made sure that my regular user account is part of that group. Then I type something really simple like sudo tail -f /var/log/syslog.

[expert] Wierd CPU Utilization

2002-07-30 Thread Jason Bowman
This might be something more... like a kernel based problem but sometimes under high load I have noticed the cpu utilization to go to a number of a negative couple thousand. Attached is a capture of vmstat -n 1. Note that the last column is the precent cpu not being used. Jason B.

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Jul 30, 2002 at 05:39:11PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: My suggestions: Disable FTP. Use scp or sftp. Protocol2 is a good start, but enforce key-based logins only (ie. disable password authentication). This way no one can attempt to brute force your system, they have to have a

Re: [expert] possible problems with devfsd standard configuration in Mandrake 8.2

2002-07-30 Thread civileme
Robert Grasso wrote: Hello, I am reporting strange problems with my Mandrake 8.2 installation on my Intel PC - maybe the key is with devfsd (Mandrake version is devfsd-1.3.25-1.1mdk). I am a 10-years Unix-user, and a 2 years part-time Unix/Linux admin, but I really don't know devfsd. So I

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
Vincent Danen grabbed a keyboard and wrote: [...] I hope that makes sense for a very quick-n-dirty response. Yea, it did, actually. Unfortunately, it's more complicated for some of the people that I've given access to my box to deal with, so as much as I'd like to go that route, I don't

[expert] Help!

2002-07-30 Thread D. Olson
What do I do with this? journal-601, buffer write failed invalid operand: CPU: 0 EIP: 0010:[e0a5017b] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010286 eax: 001c ebx: e0a649a0 ecx: c0278620 edx: 3121 esi: dffbe800 edi: 1e29 ebp: dffbe800 esp: c1829ea8 ds: 0018 es: 0019 ss: 0018 Process

Re: [expert] Lost Control Center

2002-07-30 Thread jarmo
On Wednesday 31 July 2002 02:42, PlugHead wrote: Interesting... I noticed the same thing, went into the icon Preferences/Execute, set run as different user to root. Worked just fine. Then, out of idle curiosity, I tried update-menus. Guess what? It stopped working... (and run as different

[expert] Can't get phpgroupware working

2002-07-30 Thread ddc_prueba
Hello world! I just untar and run http://127.0.0.1/phpgroupware/setup/index.php to create a header.inc.php file. As explained in installation doc, I did (as postgres user): /usr/bin/createdb phpgroupware /usr/bin/createuser phpgwuser --pwprompt So far so good, but it seems to work with