[expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

Hi all, Does anybody know how to shut a w2k box down remotely from MDK9.0 (needs to be a clean shutdown). Thanks, Tony. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error,

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Does anybody know how to shut a w2k box down remotely from MDK9.0 (needs to be a clean shutdown). Format c: ? (that'll save you from a lot of future grief as well :) ) -- ./mvh Christian Jul Jensen I'm not quite sure what I'm participating in. I

RE: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

That would be nice, but my Infrastructure Manager would not be impressed. -Original Message- From: Christian Jul Jensen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 9:20 AM To: Expert (E-mail) Subject: Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Tony S. Sykes

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 01:20, Christian Jul Jensen wrote: On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Does anybody know how to shut a w2k box down remotely from MDK9.0 (needs to be a clean shutdown). Format c: ? (that'll save you from a lot of future grief as well :) ) Cold. Truly

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

Umm...for a server, use desktop to connect to the win box and the select shutdown. I usually have a toolbox set up somewhere with all the fun little reskit tools. Theres one called shutdown.exe that works a treat on a workstation or server - easiest way is connect to the toolbox and then run

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

just ssh in and shutdown, cygwin has both, or u could install one of the hundreads of trojans that have this feature for windows :) JG ps its not polite eticate to have such a large signature Tony S. Sykes wrote: Hi all, Does anybody know how to shut a w2k box down remotely from MDK9.0

[expert] XDMCP connexino failed

Hi, i have a server with Mandrake Linux 9.0 installed with X session (GNOME used) launch at startup. I tried to connect on this server with a X client on a windows laptop. When i launch it, it browse the network to setup a list of available server. But i can't see my server. If i try to connect

Re: [expert] ncurses-devel mdk

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 21:22:21 -0800 Bharath Sankaranarayan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ncurses-5.2-25mdk but I could not find on rpmfind.net the same development version You need libncurses5-devel-5.2-25mdk It will be on you 9.0 cds and in the 9.0 dir of any of the Mandrake mirrors. In Mandrake

Re: [expert] No Floppy?

I tried the first step and for whatever reason, it would mount the floppy, but gave IO errors whenever I tried to access the mount point. So, I did the second item. The syntax I had to use was: mknod 0 b 2 0 and I created the 0 device in the directory you specified and linked it. I then

[expert] StarOffice Quickstart for Gnome2?

Hi Everyone, Just downloaded my copy of StarOffice from MandrakeClub. Does anyone know of a GNOME2 quickstart applet/script for StarOffice or OpenOffice? I have already tried the ooqstart-gnome rpms and also tried to build it from source but was unsuccessfull. Anyone? --Sandeep Today's tip:

[expert] Help with fetchmail/fetchmailconf

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have been running postfix on my system for a long time, primarily for sending mail, receiving mail from my yahoo pop mail account. I am now trying to setup fetchmail to work with postfix and procmail plus spamassassin to act for both incoming

[expert] A test-ignore

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[expert] Testing once more

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Still nothing to see here. Keep moving. - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux)

[expert] Digital camera advertisment

Hello friends, I would like to buy a digital camera with usb conection; I would like to have it fully runing with my Mandrake 9.0 and gphoto2. But, I am very confused; lots a lots of cameras; someone are listed as mandrake 9.0 supported hardware; some more in the gPhoto2) supported cameras.

Re: [expert] Digital camera advertisment

On Thursday 21 November 2002 11:38 am, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: Hello friends, I would like to buy a digital camera with usb conection; I would like to have it fully runing with my Mandrake 9.0 and gphoto2. But, I am very confused; lots a lots of cameras; someone are listed as mandrake

Re: [expert] Digital camera advertisment

Hi, I added the following to my /etc/fstab since the Mandrake 8.2 days and it still works fine with MDK9 too. /mnt/digicam /mnt/digicam supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=vfat,--,user,umask=0,ro 0 0 I just plugin in my digicam and copy stuff from /mnt/digicam which is shown as a drive on my

[expert] Help with fetchmail?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Something has gone wrong here. I have tried to setup fetchmail to work with my local postfix and procmail. I have fetchmail setup to query my yahoo pop mail server every 2 minutes. It is actually downloading the mail from yahoo to what appears

Re: [expert] 9.0 Networking === ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

That's why Odyssey is still powering my boxes -- the little engine (release) that could. Now Pierre, don't hold back, go ahead and tell us how you really feel Pierre Fortin wrote: I don't like this resorting to this kind of post, and I'll probably start a small

RE: [expert] ncurses-devel mdk

Thanks for all those who have posted. I will give it a shot. Bharath -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Charles A Edwards Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] ncurses-devel mdk On Wed, 20 Nov

Re: [expert] Help with fetchmail?

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 11:49:13AM -0500, Praedor Tempus wrote: : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- : Hash: SHA1 : : Something has gone wrong here. I have tried to setup fetchmail to work with : my local postfix and procmail. I have fetchmail setup to query my yahoo pop : mail server every 2

Re: [expert] Digital camera advertisment

Thanks for the information; I will try with other camera. Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) I hooked up an Olympus D-380 via USB and it popped up as a removable storage device. I didn't try very hard but Gphoto2 didn't

[expert] nagios contrib rpms won't run cgi's, solution

Just to save someone else a few hours... If you're running at msec 4 and you install Nagios 1.0.6b from the contrib rpms... 1) the WWW interface is its own rpm, get nagios-www. 2) msec 4 mangles the permissions for nagios's logs every hour -- edit /etc/security/msec/perm.local and put this in:

Re: [expert] Digital camera advertisment

It seems to be a usefull help; thanks so much -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) El Jue 21 Nov 2002 17:58, Sandeep Khanna escribió: Hi, I added the following to my /etc/fstab since the Mandrake 8.2 days and it

Re: [expert] Help with fetchmail?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I was wrong. The new message WERE coming in and being processed by procmail into their respective KMail folders. The thing is, they never show up as new and unread messages (red text), instead showing up as already read, making it hard to track

Re: [expert] XDMCP connexino failed

http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto take two of these and call in the morning if it still hurts :-) On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 04:29, Laurent Mesuré wrote: Hi, i have a server with Mandrake Linux 9.0 installed with X session (GNOME used) launch at startup. I tried to

[expert] Test-Final to group

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Final test here, promise - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE93RQ91i/6R1B/Yh0RAuEmAJ9f/MWn31Z7sSQHeHsmvWhqbCvPTQCfXKMW

[expert] Mandrake 9.0 Networking Woes

eth0 eepro100 eth1 e1000 Both cards are starting fine BUT for eth0, eepro100 driver, says (dmesg):: eth0: 0 multicast blocks dropped. e1000: eth1 NIC Link is Up 10Mbs Half Duplex (connected to 10Mbs LAN for now, thats why) device eth1 entered promiscuous mode I can't ping out/in from

[expert] Postfix, procmail working now, I think. A few pointers

I think I have fetchmail-postfix-procmail working now on my system but for one thing I miss. I use Kmail as my mail client and I like the color coding it does for new/unread messages vs read messages. Is there a way to bring back the coloration when one is using fetchmail + postfix as the MTA

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

I can think of a few options, none of them good. 1: Install VNC on both machines. 2: (if W2k Server) Install Terminal Services Remote Administration mode, Use a linux RDP client to connect to the W2K. I have seen a RDP client for Linux but can't remember where, a quick Google search should

Re: [expert] No Floppy?

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 07:05, Tom wrote: I tried the first step and for whatever reason, it would mount the floppy, but gave IO errors whenever I tried to access the mount point. So, I did the second item. The syntax I had to use was: mknod 0 b 2 0 Been a while since I'd done it

[expert] Curious question about KDE

Whatever happened to the ability to hover over a music file and have it play? Also what happened to the icons that when you hovered them changed to an open folder icon? Just curious as I have installed mdk 9 and lost these couple of things from 8.1. Brian D. Klar - CVE Network Engineer WPAFB

[expert] evolution and dictionaries.

All, OK got 1.2 evo from the cooker installed in on my 9.0 box... the small changes they have made do improve the product. But I've got a question or two on dictionaries. On my 1.08 install I had spell checking working. But after the 1.2 install... it doesn't. Going into the preferences I

[expert] CLI app/script for activating modem

I've always handled modem internet connections via a GUI app like kppp. What would be the method for doing this from the command prompt? praedor -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - Friedrich Nietzsche. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] Curious question about KDE

On Thursday 21 November 2002 11:47 am, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN wrote: Whatever happened to the ability to hover over a music file and have it play? In konqueror, select: View-Preview-Sound Files Also what happened to the icons that when you hovered them changed to an open folder icon?

[expert] devfs do not create node for parport zip drive

I have a IOMEGA ZIP drive connected on my parallel port on a freshly installed Mandrake 9.0 system. devfs is enabled. dmesg tell me: ppa: Version 2.07 (for Linux 2.4.x) ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use PS/2 ppa: Communication

Re: [expert] CLI app/script for activating modem

On Thursday 21 November 2002 02:43 pm, Praedor Tempus wrote: I've always handled modem internet connections via a GUI app like kppp. What would be the method for doing this from the command prompt? praedor man pppd can be your friend Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] Help with fetchmail?

On Thursday 21 November 2002 11:49 am, you wrote: Something has gone wrong here. I have tried to setup fetchmail to work with my local postfix and procmail. I have fetchmail setup to query my yahoo pop mail server every 2 minutes. It is actually downloading the mail from yahoo to what

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 12:42, Jim Dawson wrote: I can think of a few options, none of them good. 1: Install VNC on both machines. Could you explain why you consider VNC a not good option? Just curious. -- Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Business Solutions Group, LLC signature.asc

RE: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

I am curious as well about your reason(s), but I can see three things that could annoy me: - It is not scriptable. - It requires a GUI on the UNIX side either X or frame-buffer. - It requires a mouse on the UNIX side. bye. /Sebast : [ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST)

Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom wrote on Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 07:58:59AM -0500 : I found additional info from the Postfix folks: message_size_limit = bytes (i.e. message_size_limit = 1000 for 10 Meg) is for message size limits. mailbox_size_limit = bytes (i.e.

Re: [expert] Fast user switching

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Marzocchi wrote on Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 09:30:58PM +0100 : In Windows XP I'm are able to switch between users without closing the apps. With enough ram (I have 256 MB on my p4 1800), the whole thing is fast and pretty useful: you don't have

Re: [expert] Obtain root privileges with unsecure software

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Olaf Marzocchi wrote on Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 01:00:10PM +0100 : Is it possible, for a user who already has an account in a linux box, to become root by compiling and starting a program known to be vulnerable? Your question is a valid one, but

Re: [expert] Mount problem on XFS partition

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Stefano Pogliani wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:14:43PM +0100 : Is there anything special I need to know in order to administer an XFS partition (some special commands, some special maintenance etc) or, for the sake of using it, it is just

Re: [expert] xinitrc problem

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ron Stodden wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 03:39:53PM +1100 : Since you are going from 8.1 to 9.0, this is a major step (8--9) and compatibility may not be assumed. This is true. The upgrade process is really intended to go from the previous

Re: [expert] hosts.deny and ftp

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Sparenberg wrote on Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:50:35PM -0800 : cd to /etc/xinetd.d and edit the proftd file where it says disable = yes change it to disable = no and restart xinetd. Mandrake also provides helper scripts to do much of this for

Re: [expert] ncurses-devel mdk

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bharath Sankaranarayan wrote on Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 09:05:50AM -0800 : ncurses-5.2-25mdk but I could not find on rpmfind.net the same development version You need libncurses5-devel-5.2-25mdk It will be on you 9.0 cds and in the 9.0 dir of any

Re: [expert] IPTABLES NAT script doesn't work in 9.0 {SOLVED}

Hi all, well I solved my problem. Thanks to all that read this. Since there is a guy which can't run his Mon Mothma firewall (funky name ain't it?) and another with problems with a webserver, let me tell you what I did. And in the end someone may tell me *why* it did work. I must confess I

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sebastien Routier wrote on Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:45:08PM -0500 : I am curious as well about your reason(s), but I can see three things that could annoy me: - It is not scriptable. - It requires a GUI on the UNIX side either X or frame-buffer.

[expert] APM Suppport for Mandrake 9

I have a laptop with mandrake 9.0 2.4.19-16mdk installed. I have been noticing that although I have APM support, my batteries lose their capacity faster than on Windows XP on the same box ( Dual Boot). Does anyone know if the APM support is present on mandrake stock kernel or must I perform a

[expert] Changing Konqueror default web page

This is probably a stupid question, but I have tried to change Konqueror's default home page via Settings - Configure Konqueror, as well as the KDE options, but nothing seems to work (I'd like the browser to come up blank). Mozilla makes this much easier, but loads slower... Thanks, Dan

[expert] Where is gtk-config

Which package contains gtk-config? I can not gtk-devel packages on my Mandrake 9.0 CDs. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Fast user switching

It is not at all difficult to configure the runlevel 5 (or 4 if you're so inclined) to open TWO X sessions simultaneously, with kdm/gdm/xdm/whateverdm included. Then you just switch with CRTL-ALT-F7/8. You might lock the screen when leaving a session if your brother have a tendency of nosing

RE: [expert] Changing Konqueror default web page

You're right, Konq's way of doing this is a little goofy. To start up blank, you can do the following: 1) start Konq 2) type about:blank in the URL bar 3) go to Window-Save View Profile Web Browser 4) (optionally) set it to save the window size 5) Hit OK If your Konq starts with the Konq

[expert] UT2003 and linux

I have runing fine Ut2003 demo, but when I like to buy the programe just a windows release is avalaible :-( Is there any linux release or do I need the windows installation and a linux-server package? thanks for the help in advance -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Murcia España (Spain) Want to

Re: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

Hi, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sebastien Routier wrote on Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 04:45:08PM -0500 : I am curious as well about your reason(s), but I can see three things that could annoy me: - It is not scriptable. - It requires a GUI on the UNIX side

RE: [expert] ncurses-devel mdk

Todd: Thanks for your reply. I have not used urpmi as I am a recent convert from Red Hat. I will try this out. Thx Bharath -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Todd Lyons Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 2:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [expert] Where is gtk-config

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:49:46PM -0800 : Which package contains gtk-config? I can not gtk-devel packages on my Mandrake 9.0 CDs. [todd@fiji ~/RPM/SRPMS]$ urpmf gtk-config

RE: [expert] UT2003 and linux

I thought the Linux release was in the same box as the Windows release, but I can't seem to find any documentation to prove that. In any case, if you're going to buy this, I recommend tuxgames.com. I've dealt with them in the past and have had very good luck. Also, if it isn't Linux, they don't

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: I have runing fine Ut2003 demo, but when I like to buy the programe just a windows release is avalaible :-( Is there any linux release or do I need the windows installation and a linux-server package? thanks for the help in advance

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

David, thanks so much for your help El Vie 22 Nov 2002 00:08, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) escribió: I thought the Linux release was in the same box as the Windows release, but I can't seem to find any documentation to prove that. In any case, if you're going to buy this, I recommend

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

Thanks a lot for the clues Alan. El Jue 21 Nov 2002 16:44, alan escribió: On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: I have runing fine Ut2003 demo, but when I like to buy the programe just a windows release is avalaible :-( Is there any linux release or do I need the windows

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

Alan, My machine is a Pentium III 800 256Mb RAm and with a Geforce 4 Ti with 64 Mb; the demo is runing in it like a charm. See you -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from

RE: [expert] UT2003 and linux

I purchased UT2003 at Walmart, there is no mention of Linux on the box but the linux installer is located on CD3, I haven't had a chance to try it myself, I have too much other junk on my HD...and haven't had time to make room :-( ..but I did check CD3 for the installer.

[expert] Riddle

Can someone help! I have been trying to explain the way bash (Bworks as follows. (B (B$PS1=\\u -2 returns user (B$PS1=\\\u-3 returns user (B$PS1=u -4 returns \u (B$PS1=\u -5 returns \u (B$PS1=\\u -6 returns \user

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

The third CD of UT2003 has a Linux installer. I couldn't tell you how _well_ it works, but it's there. Miark On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 23:59:17 +0100 Francisco Alcaraz Ariza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have runing fine Ut2003 demo, but when I like to buy the programe just a windows release is

RE: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

- It is not scriptable. - It requires a GUI on the UNIX side either X or frame-buffer. - It requires a mouse on the UNIX side. That pretty much sums up Windows too sans the UNIX reference (ok ... they do have perl for windows so I guess it is scriptable) Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

On Thu, 21 Nov 2002 07:44:46 -0800 (PST) alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are a couple of things to need to know to install it. Have two xterms open. Mount the cdrom from one and do the install on the other. Use the full path to the setup binary. You will need to mount and unmount a

[expert] Making a SMTP server in my box.

Hi experts. I needo to make a question. Like a year ago i did something i don't know how to repeat. I set up my host (local.host) to be the smtp server. It sent mails until i had to reinstall linux and never worked again. So the question is, how can i make my PC a smtp server (only for me) so i

Re: [expert] UT2003 and linux

Any performance tips, Alan? I'm running it at 800x600, and with all the detail turned off, or to the lowest setting possible, and the game play still sucks. In WinblowsXP, I run with almost everything turned on or at Normal and at 1280x768 and the game play is smth. I have a GeForce 4 MX

[expert] 9.0 clobbers partition active flag.

I have successfully installed 9.0 on three machines. Two are all OK. On the third, Linux runs, as initiated by XOSL or by its floppy, but always after exit the active flag on the C drive (which contains XOSL) is clobbered, leaving an unbootable machine which requires an MSDOS FDISK run from

Re: [expert] Making a SMTP server in my box.

Gonzalo Avaria wrote: Hi experts. I needo to make a question. Like a year ago i did something i don't know how to repeat. I set up my host (local.host) to be the smtp server. It sent mails until i had to reinstall linux and never worked again. So the question is, how can i make my PC a

Re: [expert] Riddle

ath1410 wrote: Can someone help! I have been trying to explain the way bash works as follows. $PS1=\\u -2 returns user $PS1=\\\u-3 returns user $PS1=u -4 returns \u $PS1=\u -5 returns \u $PS1=\\u -6 returns \user $PS1=\\\u

Re: [expert] Riddle

Larry Sword wrote: ath1410 wrote: Can someone help! I have been trying to explain the way bash works as follows. $PS1=\\u -2 returns user $PS1=\\\u-3 returns user $PS1=u -4 returns \u $PS1=\u -5 returns \u $PS1=\\u -6

[expert] linux_logo on thinkpad

Hey all, I just noticed something interesting the other day and can't seem to find the answer for it. I have a thinkpad 600e that I use for most of my day to day work and I just started thinking about the possibility of upgrading to a faster notebook. Then I realized, I don't even

Re: [expert] 9.0 Networking === ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 00:04, Pierre Fortin wrote: * just enabling modem access resulted in shorewall being silently enabled... When I tried to switch back to LAN mode, I was unable to connect to ANYTHING... The default Shorewall configuration is setup for an ethernet card (eth0). It blocks

[expert] Communigate Pro

Has anyone setup communigate pro server for linux? Thanks Brian