Re: [expert] groups

2002-11-17 Thread David Guntner
Angus Beath said: My install of 9.0 was running fine and then all of a sudden whenever I connect it tells me it can't find the name of the group I'm in. i.e. id: cannot find name for group ID 100 This is making me crazy - any help at all will be gratefully appreciated. Look in /etc/groups

Re: [expert] Mailboxes size on Postfix

2002-11-16 Thread David Guntner
this. I have webmin 1.0.30 installed on the machine but I can't find it either. What exactly is it that you're trying to change? The size limit of an incoming message, or are you trying to put some kind of file size limit on the users' mailboxes? --Dave -- David Guntner

[expert] Kinda strange find behavour

2002-11-15 Thread David Guntner
I've got a cron job that runs every night, to get rid of Mozilla cache files. In it, it does: cd /home for d in `ls` do if [ -d $d/.mozilla ]; then find $d/.mozilla -type d -name Cache -exec rm -rf {} \; fi done And every morning, I have an E-Mail waiting for me saying: find:

Re: [expert] Kinda strange find behavour

2002-11-15 Thread David Guntner
. :-) Thanks for the information! --Dave David Guntner wrote: I've got a cron job that runs every night, to get rid of Mozilla cache files. In it, it does: cd /home for d in `ls` do if [ -d $d/.mozilla ]; then find $d/.mozilla -type d -name Cache

[expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
it, just resize it to make it a bit bigger. To the best of my knowledge, you have to unmount a filesystem before you can resize it. So for the moment, I'm stuck. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http

[expert] How to recover RPM database?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
I'm getting an error when I try to run rpm on anything. The message I get is: rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. error: db4 error(-30981) from dbenv-open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30981) There doesn't seem to

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
shell prompt. But a umount /var still results in a /dev/hde6 busy response. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, David Guntner wrote: I need to unmount my /var filesystem so that I can use diskdrake to resize it. I've gone to init level 1 (single user mode), which kills all processes that should be using it (like syslog

Re: [expert] How to recover RPM database?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:38:04AM -0800 : There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. rpm --rebuilddb gets that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM database? I've seen others

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
such option at the boot menu So if you can give me the information I need to boot up in single user mode, I'd appreciate it and will give it a try. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
? If so, are you saying that you can boot from it in a way which *doesn't* start the installer? :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
Seth Zirin grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 15:03, David Guntner wrote: By disk 1, are you referring to CD number 1? If so, are you saying that you can boot from it in a way which *doesn't* start the installer? :-) He is suggesting that you can boot from Install CD

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
for the information and input they provided. This wasn't a complete wash-out for me, since I did learn some neat new tricks about getting into single-user mode and so on, and that kind of thing can be handy to know at certain times. :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say

Re: [expert] How to unmount /var?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
be --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Partition size limit in the OS?

2002-11-12 Thread David Guntner
Thanks again to all whho offered information regarding my problem with unmounting /var so that I could resize it using diskdrake. I've got a new question now, that hopefully someone will know the answer to. When I run diskdrake in the GUI to examing things, it shows the partition as properly

Re: [expert] named, httpd dysfunctional on reboot (sometimes)

2002-11-10 Thread David Guntner
Carroll Grigsby said: On Sunday 10 November 2002 06:27 pm, Jim Tarvid wrote: I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. Jim: There is an old proverb that says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any chance of fitting a UPS into the budget? I put one in last

Re: [expert] layer 7 application layer filtering.

2002-11-07 Thread David Guntner
looking for vunerable machines to exploit, that they deal with that traffic themselves. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] layer 7 application layer filtering.

2002-11-07 Thread David Guntner
have to be changed from redirect to RedirectMatch.) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [expert] Ive been hacked!

2002-10-31 Thread David Guntner
in updates. -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] usernames

2002-10-28 Thread David Guntner
, and check None under Show Users. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Enemies Purchased by Gates

2002-10-25 Thread David Guntner
(and everyone else's) bandwidth droning on and on about something that's outside the purview of this list. Yes, it *is* an important matter. And there are more appropriate forums for discussing it in depth. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http

Re: [expert] autofs not unmounting

2002-10-23 Thread David Guntner
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Re: [expert] Mandrake 9....Control Center problem

2002-10-19 Thread David Guntner
it needs. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] MySQL not starting at boot

2002-10-19 Thread David Guntner
through 5? I'm thinking that maybe it's related to running msec level 4. If that's the case, how do you override and tell it to allow that service to run at startup? Any help would be appreciated. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com

Re: [expert] MySQL not starting at boot

2002-10-19 Thread David Guntner
1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off Hey, that did it! Thanks! --Dave On Sat, 2002-10-19 at 21:51, David Guntner wrote: This question was asked by someone else earlier, but I never saw a response. Sorry if one was given and I was just being blind

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread David Guntner
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Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-14 Thread David Guntner
Ray Warren grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On 13 Oct 2002 at 13:56, David Guntner wrote: One, the current version doesn't support backups across more than one tape, and two, I can't currently figure out how to identify my tape drive and make it available to Linux. Argh. (See

Re: [expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
Ed Tharp grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sunday 13 October 2002 08:18 am, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 19:24, David Guntner wrote: I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot on the IDE cable in IDE controller 1, with the CD-ROM

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
Kiran grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 07:31, David Guntner wrote: John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Also, is there a reasonably good backup program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as well) that will use the tape

Re: [expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner (me) grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Ed Tharp grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sunday 13 October 2002 08:18 am, Brian Parish wrote: On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 19:24, David Guntner wrote: I've got a Travan TR-4 (IDE) tape drive in my system. It's in the slave spot

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
that looks like it has backup software, could you perhaps direct me to the URL for this software? :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[expert] How to identify tape drive in ML 9.0?

2002-10-13 Thread David Guntner
the appropriate link at this point to make things work? I suspect that MAKEDEV is involved, but I'm not sure what parameters should be used and so on. Any help would be appreciated! --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg

ATTEN TODD Re: [expert] ML 9.0 - postfix calls *all* connections unknown

2002-10-11 Thread David Guntner
:32 -0700, David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (2.2K bytes): Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:00:32 -0700 From: David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] ML 9.0 - postfix calls *all* connections unknown Organization: What a concept

[expert] ML 9.0 - postfix calls *all* connections unknown

2002-10-08 Thread David Guntner
. Any help here would be appreciated. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - postfix refuses remote connections

2002-10-07 Thread David Guntner
Vox grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Silly David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: Again, just so that I'm clear what my problem is: I can even go so far as to telnet in to port 25 from the local host itself, but any attempt to connect from another machine gets

[expert] ML 9.0 Postfix - all connecting hosts are unknown

2002-10-07 Thread David Guntner
as unknown. Again, this didn't happen with ML 8.2, but it seems to be happening consistantly now. Anyone have any ideas what's causing this, and/or how to fix it? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server

Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - postfix refuses remote connections

2002-10-07 Thread David Guntner
Vox grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Silly David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: That's the weird part - the logs show *nothing*. I see a log entry from my DSL router showing the incoming port 25 connection being directed to my Linux box, and then that's

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-07 Thread David Guntner
Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote on Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:33:02PM -0700 : I was wondering about that myself. Thanks for the information, I'll give that a try. But I definitely agree with Toshiro; it's a major step *backwards*. The rpmdrake that comes

Re: [expert] Lots of things broken in 9.0....

2002-10-07 Thread David Guntner
Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:11:23PM -0700 : /usr/bin/mailq and /usr/bin/newaliases don't exist anymore. When I do a ls command, I see that they are now links pointing to /etc/alternatives/mta-mailq and /etc/alternatvies/mta

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-07 Thread David Guntner
Quoting Todd Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED]: David Guntner wrote on Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:15:16PM -0700 : lets you configure your sources for rpmdrake. I hope you can at least appreciate that it would be a source of frustration. :-) Yes. People resist change. We're all that way. If you

Re: [expert] /root and /

2002-10-06 Thread David Guntner
, so you'll at least know it happened. It's a thought, anyway. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] LM 9.0 - postfix refuses remote connections

2002-10-06 Thread David Guntner
be looking? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] rpmdrake 9.0, a step backwards :(

2002-10-06 Thread David Guntner
Quoting Rolf Pedersen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Toshiro wrote: I can't see the contents of the packages as I could in version 8.2. For the files list and changelog, right-click the right pane and select 'Maximum Information'. I was wondering about that myself. Thanks for the information,

Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - postfix refuses remote connections

2002-10-06 Thread David Guntner
Quoting Vox [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Silly David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: I've got postfix running, and while it will happily accept a port 25 connection from the local box, connecting to it from off the home network gets a connection refused response. Anyone

Re: [expert] Woo Hoo! 9.0 installation woes - Thanks to all for the help!

2002-10-05 Thread David Guntner
Rolf Pedersen grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: I've created a /var/mandrake partition on my system. Under that, I've been able to take the ISO files and mount them temporarily so that I can copy the files off of them. What I've done is basically mirror

[expert] How to use rpmdrake in 9.0??

2002-10-05 Thread David Guntner
define where your cd1,2,3 archives are located and so on. Help? Anyone? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] What does msec want in 9.0?

2002-10-05 Thread David Guntner
Well, I finally managed to get ML 9.0 installed on my box, thanks to lots of help from everyone here. However, it looks like a number of things have changed (I'm not entirely sure that they're all for the better, but that's just me :), and I'm having a number of problems. The most pressing,

[expert] Lots of things broken in 9.0....

2002-10-05 Thread David Guntner
that they are now links pointing to /etc/alternatives/mta-mailq and /etc/alternatvies/mta-newaliases. Unfortunately, when looking in /etc/alternatives, neither of those files exist. Ugh. Anyone have any ideas how to fix this? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say

Re: [expert] How to stop automatic logoff?

2002-10-05 Thread David Guntner
to make available (For me, stable means more than simply, it doesn't crash. The programs that should be there need to be there and work as expected, etc.) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server

[expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
, but an inexpensive one would be fine as well) that will use the tape drive? The next time I manage to destroy my system, it would be awfully nice if I could just restore from the last backup :-) Any information would be appreciated. --Dave -- David Guntner

Re: [expert] Attention Mandrake: Problem with CD2 ISO file

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
will NOT be getting formatted during the install :). --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] ATTENTION TODD! (was Re: Attention Mandrake: Problem with CD2 ISO file)

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote: Damian G wrote on Thu, Oct 03, 2002 at 05:03:22PM + : well, if you know how to extract files from an ISO image, then maybe you could make one for yourself.. try extracting all content from

Re: [expert] Attention Mandrake: Problem with CD2 ISO file

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
tell me that there's no other firmware available. From what I can find at HP's website, it doesn't look like they noticed that that model can't handle the larger media. Thanks for the suggestion, though. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http

Re: [expert] Attention Mandrake: Problem with CD2 ISO file

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
was a good idea, so that I could thank him with a large brick. :-( --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] ATTENTION TODD: Install 9.0 from local disk?

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] ATTENTION TODD: Install 9.0 from local disk?

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
it to grab stuff from /var/Mandrake (and hope it can find the individual RPM directories). I'll try varients if that doesn't work. If I'm barking up the wrong tree here, please let me know! :-) Thanks for the information. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say

[expert] Woo Hoo! 9.0 installation woes - Thanks to all for the help!

2002-10-04 Thread David Guntner
me. :-) Again, thanks to all who have helped me through this. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] Attention Mandrake: Problem with CD2 ISO file

2002-10-03 Thread David Guntner
, it doesn't sound like I'm going to find it in the stores. WHY did they create an ISO file that's going to burn a disk bigger than 650M? They got it right up to the 8.2 release --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server

[expert] wuftpd gone from ML 9? And updating in general....

2002-10-02 Thread David Guntner
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Re: [expert] wuftpd gone from ML 9?

2002-10-02 Thread David Guntner
it in as an available choice in the distribution. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] ML 9.0 final is out?

2002-10-01 Thread David Guntner
Thanks to all for the helpful feedback regarding upgrade vs. clean install. I'll check out the forum entries at mandrakeforum and (probably :) give upgrade a try first. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server

Re: [expert] ML 9.0 final is out?

2002-10-01 Thread David Guntner
Todd Lyons grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote on Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:04:17AM -0700 : Content-Description: Mail message body Thanks to all for the helpful feedback regarding upgrade vs. clean install. I'll check out the forum entries at mandrakeforum and (probably

Re: [expert] ArGoSoft Mailing List Server

2002-10-01 Thread David Guntner
commands. ArGoSoft Mailing List Server -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Getting Apache to allow access to a directory?

2002-09-30 Thread David Guntner
! --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Getting Apache to allow access to a directory?

2002-09-30 Thread David Guntner
of Clay) -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML 9.0 final is out?

2002-09-30 Thread David Guntner
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[expert] Postfix: How does reject_unknown_client work?

2002-09-25 Thread David Guntner
I'm a bit puzzled here and hope someone can enlighten me a bit. In my Postfix configuration, I've got reject_unknown_client set as one of the items in the smtpd_recipient_restrictions list. In my logs, I've been seeing entries saying 450 Client host rejected: cannot find your hostname, [IP

Re: [expert] UDP Port 4156?

2002-09-24 Thread David Guntner
on the Slapper worm. See: http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/75/292799/2002-09-20/2002-09-26/0 --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack

[expert] How to alias and forward in Postfix?

2002-09-18 Thread David Guntner
such as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] localuser1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and so on. What I want to know is how to do this in Postfix. If there's a HOWTO (and there probably is :), feel free to point me to it. Any information would be appreciated. --Dave -- David

[expert] How to get tripwire to NOT report something

2002-08-13 Thread David Guntner
? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Attn: Vincent - sudo article at mandrakesecure.net

2002-08-12 Thread David Guntner
Vincent Danen grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Thu Aug 08, 2002 at 12:23:10PM -0700, David Guntner wrote: Sounds good. I'll be eagerly awaiting it. Like I said, I need to have password authentication turned on because some of my friends just flat-out aren't up to anything else

Re: [expert] Why won't Apache let me run shell scripts?

2002-08-08 Thread David Guntner
J. Craig Woods grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: Actually, Brandon hit it on the head. slaps forehead I should have noticed that the directory permissions would have kept the Apache user from getting to anything there Thanks, though! Yes, he did, and I

Re: [expert] I think I found a bug in msec

2002-08-04 Thread David Guntner
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[expert] Some msec weirdness

2002-08-03 Thread David Guntner
from the shell, from umask, informing me that '18' is not an octal number between 000 and 777. Now, I very clearly see set_user_umask(022) in my level.local file. *How* is it coming up with 18? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com

[expert] I think I found a bug in msec

2002-08-03 Thread David Guntner
when it is run. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] I think I found a bug in msec

2002-08-03 Thread David Guntner
for this several months ago. A python patch for what? msec? If so, can you either post it again or tell me where it can be downloaded from? Thanks! --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key

[expert] Attn: Vincent - sudo article at mandrakesecure.net

2002-08-02 Thread David Guntner
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Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-08-01 Thread David Guntner
. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] My shell windows time out??

2002-07-31 Thread David Guntner
msec, it doesn't say anything back to you. No usage response, no current security level is {x} response, no nothing. Is there an easy way to determine which security level the system is running at? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com

[expert] How to use sudo?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
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? :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key

[expert] How to add something to chkconfig?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
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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

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

[expert] Overriding msec

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
it dorking around with that setting? It would be much appreciated! --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

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

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
. 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 as themselves, right? :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-30 Thread David Guntner
think it will be happening anytime soon But thanks for the information. I'll keep it in mind for future reference. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-29 Thread David Guntner
Vincent Danen grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Sun Jul 28, 2002 at 10:17:41PM -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

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread David Guntner
are unlikely to have infected copise to supply. Good advise, all around. Thanks! --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread David Guntner
there and check them both out. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-28 Thread David Guntner
, *again*, to get the system running the way I want when something like this happens :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-27 Thread David Guntner
- there were actually times present. :) Question: Based on this, is my system likely to have been compromised or not? For that matter, what's wted? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-27 Thread David Guntner
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: Checking 'sniffer'... Checking 'wted'... 2 deletions found between {time} and {time} Question: Based on this, is my system likely to have been compromised or not? For that matter, what's wted? wted -- wtmp editor

Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?

2002-07-27 Thread David Guntner
David Oberbeck grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Saturday 27 July 2002 14:18, David Guntner Wrote Thusly: Any other thoughts on the subject? Or is it just time to push the button, Max? (Probably no one will get the joke, but I'm sure you understand the meaning... :) Up Max

[expert] Using ipchains to block an address?

2002-07-22 Thread David Guntner
ipchains call survive through a reboot, or do I need to add it to my rc.local file to make sure it's there after every reboot?), but is there a way to specify a range of addresses with ipchains? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com

Re: [expert] DIRECT DELIVERY and Postfix!

2002-07-17 Thread David Guntner
configuration to have it report the same domain as your ISP won't do anything to help. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [expert] DIRECT DELIVERY and Postfix!

2002-07-16 Thread David Guntner
in /etc/postfix/main.cf - find the relayhost entry in it and set it to your ISP's mailserver. All outbound mail will be delivered to that machine instead of directly to the recipient's mail server. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com

[expert] LSB? (1.2?)

2002-07-15 Thread David Guntner
other comments you'd care to make about it. 5) Please don't just tell me to go to the LSB website. I've already been there, and the information they provide (that I could find) didn't make a lot of sense to me, which is why I'm asking here. :-) TIA! --Dave -- David

[expert] LSB 1.2?

2002-07-09 Thread David Guntner
- I've already done that and the information there isn't in a form/format that *my* brain can process in a reasonable amount of time. :-) Thanks. --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread David Guntner
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: David Guntner wrote: KevinO grabbed a keyboard and wrote: During bootup the kernel needs to read /etc/fstab to know what other filesystems (partitions) to mount where. If /etc/fstab is not in the root filesystem, the system will never be able

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