Re: [expert] is it possible for cracker to cover his track?

2003-11-08 Thread Dave Seff
Be very careful. Many people miss this bit of info: Check for installed RSA/DSA keys in any ssh accounts. Just because you change passwords doesn't mean you're safe. He/She may have a stray account that, if an RSA/DSA key was installed would give acces without password needed. -Dave On Fri, 2

[expert] UNIX/Linux Admin in New York City Area

2003-10-27 Thread Dave Seff
I know this may look like spam, but if any of you are in the NYC are and are looking for a Full time UNIX(sun)/Linux (Mandrake) job, Contact me off this list, I have a spot opening up and I don't really want to pay a headhunter. -Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go t

[expert] ECMP and iproute2

2003-10-22 Thread Dave Seff
Does anybody at Mandrake know if iproute was compiled using gcc > 3 against the 2.4 kernel? I know it's kind of a dumb question but I am trying to do Equal cost multipathing ( using 2 ISP's at the same time) and I am am running across a strange but common problem. It seems that I have set everyth

Re: [expert] Missing kernel source from 9.2 isos...

2003-10-21 Thread Dave Seff
> isn't not supplying the > kernel source technically a violation of GPL? It probably was not intentional. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Shockwave Player for Linux Campaign

2003-10-21 Thread Dave Seff
Done. More OEM's and companys should have this. It would be amazing to some people the responses they would get. Instead most of them just say," The only people that want this are Windows users" with their heads still buried in the sand. On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

Re: [expert] Flash Broken (FYI)

2003-10-21 Thread Dave Seff
That worked also. Thanks everyone. On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 20:56, Dave Seff wrote: > I had actually tried to search for the file with rpmdrake. I'll try with > urpmf and see what happens. > > > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 11:29, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-

Re: [expert] Flash Broken (FYI)

2003-10-21 Thread Dave Seff
I had actually tried to search for the file with rpmdrake. I'll try with urpmf and see what happens. On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 11:29, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 05:17, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Monday 20 October 2003 12:42 am, Dave Seff wrote: > > > I

[expert] Flash Broken (FYI)

2003-10-19 Thread Dave Seff
I noticed that The Flash player from Macromedia.com is broken in 9.2 because of a missing libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 I couldn't find it in any package so I symlinked it from libstdc++.so.5.0.5. It appears to be working but I am always thought symlinking the different versions was a ugly hack. Anyw

Re: [expert] HOWTO Samba server with XPHome & ME clients

2003-09-05 Thread Dave Seff
IIRC, XP Home was always crippled to talk to an SMB server, including an MS server You couldn't map drives, yada yada The general assumption was that home users should be part of a 'corporate LAN'. What I mean by 'corporate' is that there shall be no central fileserver, and no authentication

[expert] Shared Raw file systems

2003-06-17 Thread Dave Seff
9i and others? -- Dave Seff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Linux Mail Servers for Win clients

2003-03-23 Thread Dave Seff
:02, John Haywood wrote: > On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 02:13 pm, Dave Seff wrote: > > On this topic, does anybody know of any project that aims to be a > > drop-in replacement for exchange? > > Well, you might look at CommuniGate Pro (commercial) with the new plugins. It > might not

Re: [expert] Linux Mail Servers for Win clients

2003-03-06 Thread Dave Seff
d be happy for me to set up a new PC to do this job and I am keen to > have > a go. As far as I know this will be the first one in my area and want to encourage > the use > of Linux. > Any ideas? > tia -- Dave Seff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Samba LDAP PDC an answer, not a question

2003-03-02 Thread Dave Seff
main at all would have been possible under these conditions. > > > > Jim C. > > > > > ______ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Dave Seff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] web cam for linux

2003-01-14 Thread Dave Seff
I use the Philips PCA646VC. Works quite nicely. -Dave On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 19:37, bascule wrote: > i would welcome recommendations from folk in the uk for a cheap basic webcam > that will work with gnomemeeting etc. > > bascule -- Dave Seff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want t

[expert] Samba Bug Found!!!

2003-01-09 Thread Dave Seff
M And readded the +users and then it was ok. I haven't had a chance to look through any source, so If anyone from Mandrake reads this, I hope you get a chance to look at it. Cheers, -Dave -- Dave Seff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS

Re: [expert] Kernel error

2002-11-19 Thread Dave Seff
Just curios, Why didn't the kernel just kill gpilotd and not reboot? On your other note, By the time it was brought to my attention, it was already killed. I had no time to run top, let alone gkrellm. > > > Should qualify my own statement :-) 2.4 kernels will kill runaway > processes _if_ they

[expert] Kernel error

2002-11-19 Thread Dave Seff
I had a user's machine (Mdk 8.2) suddenly freeze up. The cpu was at 100% (kernel, not user), and he was kicked back out to the logic screen. I then found this in /var/adm/messages. Nov 19 16:15:39 advisen13 kernel: __alloc_pages: 0-order allocation failed (gfp=0x1d2/0) Nov 19 16:15:39 advisen13

[expert] gedit and the enter keys

2002-11-12 Thread Dave Seff
when I use gedit, if I use the normal enter key it works. If for some reason I am entering numbers and use the enter key on the num pad, I just get squares (unprintable characters). Is there any way to bind this key to function just as the normal enter key? Thanks. -Dave Want to buy your Pa

[expert] apm, acpi, and sleeping

2002-11-11 Thread Dave Seff
I am using mdk9 and a MSI (ms-6378) motherboard with a tv tunercard, dvd, etc. to create my own set-top box. (Custom case and everything - very cool :) ) My problem is that when I try to put the machine into standby using 'apm -s' the screen blanks but the disk and the fans are still running.

Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to workin linux????

2002-11-09 Thread Dave Seff
I always go with linksys for my networing and wireless needs. I haven't come across a device that wasn't supported under Linux. -Dave On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 01:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've tried linux-wlan-ng-pre4/5/6 and I still can't get my wireless card to > work. It's a Netgear MA401.

Re: [expert] /root and /

2002-10-05 Thread Dave Seff
> > Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think you can ssh into root. You can. Even with an 'out of the box' install Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] /root and /

2002-10-05 Thread Dave Seff
On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 00:00, Todd Lyons wrote: > PlugHead wrote on Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 11:33:20PM -0400 : > > > > Why must /root be on the same file system as / ? > > Just a guess, but... If there was a problem mounting your /root > > partition, at boot time, wouldn't you be screwed--because yo

[expert] /root and /

2002-10-03 Thread Dave Seff
Why must /root be on the same file system as / ? I keep mine separate as not to wipe out ssh keys and other things. I can change it after the initial install and all is fine, but the installer complains. Just wondering. -Dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] gkrellm on all workspaces?

2002-09-27 Thread Dave Seff
I right click on the gkrellm that shows up in the taskbar, then go to -> To Desktop -> all Desktops On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 16:47, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > Subject tells it all: How can I get gkrellm 'sticky'? I use GNOME2 and > normal windows have a titlebar to klick on. So I can rightclick an >

[expert] LDAP Howto

2002-09-09 Thread Dave Seff
Does any know of an UP TO DATE how to on Ldap implimentation? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Beta 4: first impressions

2002-08-29 Thread Dave Seff
> Count me as another who liked the way it was previously, where you could > tab between installed and installable, whereas now you have to go back > and forth between aps instead of tabs. Definitely less convenient for me. Amen. Put it back the way it was. Want to buy your Pack or Serv

[expert] Kernel Panic when doing ssh port forwarding

2002-07-15 Thread Dave Seff
While doing alot of X11 forwarding and testing VPN stuff the kernel panics. I can reproduce it every time. Heere is the OOps: Jul 14 21:10:00 gumnaam kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0018 Jul 14 21:10:00 gumnaam kernel: printing eip: Jul 14 21:10: