Local perimeter security training

2004-03-04 Thread Chris Brenton
Greets all, I apologize for this not being completely on topic, but I wanted to pass this opportunity on to GNHLUG members before anyone else. Some of you may recognize me as the author and instructor of SANS' "Firewalls, Perimeter Security and VPNs" track. If you are not familiar with the class

Re: Review sought: Bacula

2004-03-04 Thread Ken D'Ambrosio
Travis Roy wrote: Is (has) anyone using Bacula for network backups? If so, can you give some feedback on what you think of the system? TIA. I tried it for a day or so, didn't like it, though it was to bloated for my needs. Ended up going with hdup: http://miek.nl/projects/hdup16/hdup16.h

looking for Word 2000 "Review Toolbar" equivalent in OpenOffice

2004-03-04 Thread Michael ODonnell
>then forwards a copy of that annotated doc to me, and if >I am not aware that its annotations (which are not apparent >when the document is being viewed normally, right?) >ought not be seen by outsiders, I might (incorrectly) >conclude that it's OK to forward a copy to an outsider. ...and our bu

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Rob Lembree writes: > So for example, I want to grab a whole directory hierarchy > such as 'files', but exclude subdirectory 'exclude', but > include subdirectory 'exclude/include' > > files > files/exclude < this directory is excluded > files/exclude/include < except this directo

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread Michael ODonnell
I presume you wouldn't have asked unless you needed something rather more sophisticated than the following, but FWIW: for dir in `find hierarchyRoot -type d | fgrep -v -x -e excludedName1 -e excludedName2 ` do find $dir -maxdepth 1 -type f -someOtherQualifier -yetAnotherQualifier >>unsorte

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:26:48AM -0500, Brian Chabot wrote: > How about a nice, universal package manager? Not Alien, but something > more userfriendly. Something that will automatically figure out > recursive layers of dependencies, search all kinds of archives for them, > and do it all aut

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread John Abreau
On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 09:59, Rob Lembree wrote: > I need to make a list of files based on a few things. > The list needs to explicitly exclude some directories, > but with exceptions. > > So for example, I want to grab a whole directory hierarchy > such as 'files', but exclude subdirectory 'exc

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread Marc Evans
I'd say go with perl. In fact, you may want to review the SystemImager code (http://www.systemimager.org/) which has this same generalized problem. Note also, gnu-tar has some pretty decent include/exclude mechanisms, which if you are trying to tar up somethine, may be the answer. - Marc On Thu,

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:59:40AM -0500, Rob Lembree wrote: > > I need to make a list of files based on a few things. > The list needs to explicitly exclude some directories, > but with exceptions. > > So for example, I want to grab a whole directory hierarchy > such as 'files', but exclude su

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread Larry Cook
brian wrote: I imagine with perl, you could read in the full directory path, split() on the /'s and push the resulting individual path locations into an array. If the last value of the array is "exclude" then you exclude the directory. If the last value is "include" or !"exclude" (or whatever wo

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 09:26:48AM -0500, Brian Chabot wrote: > >>A decent file comparison and merge tool. > > > >FYI: I use "ediff" mode under emacs for this all the time and I am > >very happy with this tool. This mode handles directory trees and > >three-way merges as well. And, if I have to m

Re: right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread brian
On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 09:59, Rob Lembree wrote: > files > files/exclude < this directory is excluded > files/exclude/include < except this directory or file > files/exclude/others... > > The question everyone is Perl, Python, or something else? > Simple shell scripting for this kin

Re: Review sought: Bacula

2004-03-04 Thread Travis Roy
> Is (has) anyone using Bacula for network backups? If so, can you give > some feedback on what you think of the system? TIA. I tried it for a day or so, didn't like it, though it was to bloated for my needs. Ended up going with hdup: http://miek.nl/projects/hdup16/hdup16.html it works GRE

right tool for the job

2004-03-04 Thread Rob Lembree
I need to make a list of files based on a few things. The list needs to explicitly exclude some directories, but with exceptions. So for example, I want to grab a whole directory hierarchy such as 'files', but exclude subdirectory 'exclude', but include subdirectory 'exclude/include' files fil

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Brian Chabot writes: > Kevin D. Clark wrote: > > Greg Rundlett writes: > > >>A decent file comparison and merge tool. > > FYI: I use "ediff" mode under emacs for this all the time and I am > > > very happy with this tool. This mode handles directory trees and > > three-way merges as well. And

Review sought: Bacula

2004-03-04 Thread Randy Edwards
Is (has) anyone using Bacula for network backups? If so, can you give some feedback on what you think of the system? TIA. -- Regards, | Asking an MSCE to make an unbiased choice about .| software is like asking a Ford dealer's mechanic Randy| how reliable Toyotas or Pontiacs a

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Travis Roy
> How about a nice, universal package manager? Not Alien, but something > more userfriendly. Something that will automatically figure out > recursive layers of dependencies, search all kinds of archives for them, > and do it all automagically (with just user confirmation...) I think a nice frien

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Brian Chabot
Kevin D. Clark wrote: Greg Rundlett writes: A decent file comparison and merge tool. FYI: I use "ediff" mode under emacs for this all the time and I am very happy with this tool. This mode handles directory trees and three-way merges as well. And, if I have to massage the code a tiny bit after

Re: Desktop apps

2004-03-04 Thread Kevin D. Clark
Greg Rundlett writes: > Derek Martin wrote: > > We've been talking a lot about Linux on the desktop these days. I'm > > curious about what applications people find to be lacking on Linux. > > A decent file comparison and merge tool. FYI: I use "ediff" mode under emacs for this all the time a