COL Workstation 3.1.1

2003-01-08 Thread m.w.chang
I downloaded the iso directly from ftp.iso.caldera.com (without registration on the webpage). It seems that the installation process willl always access the network (after knowing that the cdrom has the files)and it would abort the installatio process for an unknown reason. must I register my

Re: [gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
what's the command? the english user guide give examples for all fs except xfs. > Create a linux partition, and format for xfs. take a look at the user guide yourself. :) the step after creating the 3 minimum partitions. > No more dangerous than any other command you run as root. Why would you

Re: [suggestion] db.html

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
thanks >> is it possible to place a link for db.html (compiling berneley db-4.x) >> in section "database"? that makes sense, I believe. :) > sure. I'll do that. if the procedure is proven, it'll help those that want DIY. I finally reached the point where compiling a new package will produce Tim'

Re: updating openssh

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
I barely remembere that the moment you rpm -e sshd, your last openssh session would be killed./ stayler wrote: On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 16:00:26 +0800, m.w.chang wrote: while sshd is active, can one rpm -e openssh and use checkinstall? That I can't say. Since I went over to Slackware, I&#x

[gentoo] the new xfs fs support

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
it's the 1.4 rc2 686 LiveCD just downloaded the gentoo 1.4rc2 LiveCD. the installation guide didn't mention how to create a xfs root partition. what should I do to use xfs? btw, the step of using dd to clean the first 1k of partition could be dangerous, isn't it? a wrong output device will ren

Re: LAN*Assist on linux?

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
vnc or tight vnc need the xfree86 right? is there a console mode tool? Wil McGilvery wrote: > I use tight VNC and it will do what you want. Tight VNC has several good options for >use over slow connections. > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org

Re: Voice recognition

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
someone boasted how he used a nokia phoen to remote login a linux server. how about using the mobile phone's voice reconigtion capability? Joel Hammer wrote: > I would like to have a linux computer be able to respond to simple voice > commands. For example, to words like menu, action or cancel and

Re: updating openssl

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
yes. `rpm -q --whatrequires openssl` said so. stayler wrote: > mod_ssl will need to be redone if memory serves -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscr

Re: updating openssh

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
my telnet is set to work on LAN only (not over the internet). just in case but if I cuold use openssh only, I would rpm -e the telnet daemon. the only hussles is the key. I have to figure out a way to let me access my private key anywhere in the internet when I need it. Net Llama! wrote: > We

Re: updating openssh

2003-01-07 Thread m.w.chang
while sshd is active, can one rpm -e openssh and use checkinstall? stayler wrote: > Done it a couple times. Just cron a restart of sshd for a few minutes > later then kill sshd after the make install, plus editing of > sshd_config of course... > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux

updating openssh

2003-01-06 Thread m.w.chang
how could one upgrade openssh if openssh is the only remote shell available on a linux server? I always fell back to telnet when I needed to update openssh. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux

Re: updating openssl

2003-01-06 Thread m.w.chang
2 more: wget and lynx m.w.chang wrote: > just learnt that. a power failure yesterday night forced me to reboot > the linux server, and sshd refused to run. had to recompile it. > so far, I had recompiled: proftpd, fetchmail, openssh, bind. > I think sendmail would have been affected i

[suggestion] db.html

2003-01-06 Thread m.w.chang
is it possible to place a link for db.html (compiling berneley db-4.x) in section "database"? that makes sense, I believe. :) right now, it's listed only as a part of sendmail_antispam. also, the gcc_notes was not listed under any section... if I didn't miss it. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly

Re: updating openssl

2003-01-06 Thread m.w.chang
just learnt that. a power failure yesterday night forced me to reboot the linux server, and sshd refused to run. had to recompile it. so far, I had recompiled: proftpd, fetchmail, openssh, bind. I think sendmail would have been affected if I used ssl login. let me check apache... Net Llama! wrote

Re: updating openssl

2003-01-06 Thread m.w.chang
how would openpkg help resolve the version dependency problems? Bill Campbell wrote: I'm looking very seriously at moving all of our customization and local additions to work under the openpkg package manager. This allows one to work without changing the vendor's stuff at all, and is supported o

Re: updating openssl

2003-01-06 Thread m.w.chang
that means i have to recompile all programs that depends on openssl? doh... maybe I should stay with the symlink solution for a while... > Building static binaries should be avoided unless you have a really good > reason. They're an order of magnitude larger, and less efficient. I > wouldn't

LAN*Assist on linux?

2003-01-05 Thread m.w.chang
Saw this question in hkpucg.linux. how could you create a console session such that both the remote and local users can see the same screen and keyboard? kind of like the whiteboard in netmeeting. The guy said you could do that easily with SCO Unix. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In L

Re: updating openssl

2003-01-05 Thread m.w.chang
you meant when builing those packages (like bind in my example), I needed to use the --option to force static library build? can I make bind to refer to libcrypto.so rather than libcrypto.so.x.y.z where x.y.z is the version? in the meantime, I am using symbol link. >> dig: error while loading sh

proper way of compiling packages that used openssl

2003-01-05 Thread m.w.chang
i upgraded my openssl to 0.9.7 and suddenly, many packages complained about missing libcrypto.so.0.9.6. hwo could I compile those packages such that they would not refer to the version of the libcrypto to be used? --with-ssl=/usr/ssl --openssldir=/usr/ssl are these options the source of pro

updating openssl

2003-01-05 Thread m.w.chang
after updating my openssl to 0.9.7, many packges that were compiled by myself was broken. dig: error while loading shared libraries: libcrypto.so.0.9.6: cannot load share d object file: No such file or directory It seems that I used the wrong method to compile them, which made them to be versi

Re: 2002 Remembrances

2003-01-01 Thread m.w.chang
that should have been "joyful" rather than "joyous". Same to you. May the force and farce be with you. :P > Here's hoping you all have a profitable, safe, and joyous new year. > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sx

Re: Total Information Awareness

2002-12-30 Thread m.w.chang
I remembered another term for your "TIA" phrase: Entropy of information > Total Information Awareness! Is this off topic? > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.l

Re: Performance enhancements

2002-12-30 Thread m.w.chang
are you sure about this? it's in the source codes? I suppose any normal kernel would suggest scream for help and halted if not gracefully shutting down the system. I suppose you were joking. :) > All recent 2.4.x kernels consume physical memory before going to swap. > That said, completely disabli

Re: SOLVED! Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread m.w.chang
or you may just buy a better heatsink. heat is alwaya a problem of AMD CPU, in additional to stability problem with VIA chipsets. Running with a new Duron 1GHz and I'm (so far) stable as can be. Granted, I've only been testing it for a couple hours, but the XFree86-4.2.1 SRPMs built fine. I res

sendmail and email address

2002-12-22 Thread m.w.chang
by default, does sendmail accept email address with non-printable characters (8-bit characters)? if not, could I set sendmail.cf (or better, m4 run from config.mc) to accept them? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sx

Re: ext2->ext3

2002-12-20 Thread m.w.chang
roger that. I wanted to take the chance to make use of the knoopix 3.1 beta... can I just do it with an empty partition + knoppix cd? boot knnoppix, mount / (hda9) to /mnt/tmp backup to empty partition umount / format hda9 into xfs restore data from empty partition usin cp -a edit /etc/fstab reb

Re: ext2->ext3

2002-12-20 Thread m.w.chang
what's the easiest way to convert the / mount point to xfs? can I just do it with an empty partition + knoppix cd? boot knnoppix, mount / (hda9) to /mnt/tmp backup to empty partition umount / format hda9 into xfs restore data from empty partition usin cp -a edit /etc/fstab reboot [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: MechWarrior 2

2002-12-18 Thread m.w.chang
you can, but you may not have the time.. Net Llama! wrote: > I dont' have the resources or the knowledge to arrange such an event. > > On 12/17/02 23:38, m.w.chang wrote: >> if Mr. Llama could arrange an online webcaset of installing >> xfree86+winex (from tar-balls),

Re: MechWarrior 2

2002-12-18 Thread m.w.chang
I want to try a free-of-charge solution. HEHE... > Transgaming makes RPMs available to subscribers, which installed quite nicely > on SuSE 8.1 -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /(

Re: Tualatin?

2002-12-18 Thread m.w.chang
it's the 0.13 micro process, using FCPGA2 packaging. Also covers the socket-478 Celerons. > The P3 and Celerons over 1Ghz are of this type, IIRC -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk

Re: MechWarrior 2

2002-12-17 Thread m.w.chang
if Mr. Llama could arrange an online webcaset of installing xfree86+winex (from tar-balls), it will be nice... I think it could be a really big event... m.w.chang wrote: > I knew that (I did the search,too), but how .. -_- > anyone got a step-by-step? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~

Re: MechWarrior 2

2002-12-17 Thread m.w.chang
I knew that (I did the search,too), but how .. -_- anyone got a step-by-step? I can do xfree86+icewm myself, but wine and 3d driver setup and those il8n and font stuffs... daunting... Net Llama! wrote: > Then throw away your windoze box(es), cause both work with wine. or at > least that's

Re: MechWarrior 2

2002-12-17 Thread m.w.chang
I wanted to keep playing diablo2 and counter-strike on the linux workstation, if I could manage xfree86 and wine(x). When that happens, I could run away from Window$ foreever. Matthew Carpenter wrote: > Yeah, I'd say it's beyond me as well... I have a Diamond Viper330... How > do I even KNOW if

Re: How to mount a filesystem with ownership rights

2002-12-16 Thread m.w.chang
I saw a package called "pammount" in freshmeat.net search there for "pam mount" Collins wrote: > I've created a separate partition for my daughter's mp3 collection, > and this is mounted via fstab to /home/cecilia/mp3. > > The only problem is, she can't created new directories. Each time I > hav

Re: MechWarrior 2

2002-12-16 Thread m.w.chang
I hope an expert in wine/winex/xfree86 in this mailing list will write a sxs article on "directx/opengl games on linux". It's beyond me... Matthew Carpenter wrote: > I did check Google first but haven't been able to find a whole lot of > recent information. I skimmed that listing but will read it

Re: Compiling gcc

2002-12-15 Thread m.w.chang
copy that... > % >http://hunley.homeip.net/linux_sources/utils/gcc_notes > > use a seperate build dir (gcc_build) > > gcc >= 3.0: > ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-system-zlib --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix >--with-slibdir=/lib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu > make bootstra

Re: Fancy New Computer: Will it work with linux?

2002-12-15 Thread m.w.chang
that's because most linux games hadn't pushed the limit. Try soemthing like Ghost Recon or Battlefield 1942 (if not the upcoming DOOM3). Nayway, if you don't allow games in computers, P4 is an overkill at its current price. > Should be fine with recent 2.4.x kernels (EHCI), not the box on the > w

Re: Compiling gcc

2002-12-14 Thread m.w.chang
is the notes accessible from the sidebar on the webpage? I culdn't quite find it... Douglas J Hunley wrote: Is there a howto or other easy to follow instructions for linux for installing gcc? http://hunley.homeip.net/linux_sources/utils/gcc_notes -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux W

Re: chroot jail for telnet/openssh users

2002-12-12 Thread m.w.chang
been there. someone told me that bash -r is not safe at all. And you cannot use cd under all circumstances, even within the restricted shell. Jim Bonnet wrote: > m.w.chang wrote: >> someone from hkpcug.linux suggested this one for me: >> http://www.gsyc.inf.uc3m.es/~assman/jail/

Re: chroot jail for telnet/openssh users

2002-12-11 Thread m.w.chang
someone from hkpcug.linux suggested this one for me: http://www.gsyc.inf.uc3m.es/~assman/jail/ but... hmm.. it's a bit complicated. I'd expect a simpler solution, seomthing that would be covered by linuxjournal. Federico Voges wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 >>is there a

(11th Dec, 2002) Samba 2.2.7a released

2002-12-11 Thread m.w.chang
(11th Dec, 2002) Samba 2.2.7a released This is the latest in the Samba 2.2 stable releases. This release is primarily to correct issues with Samba's large file support. However, there are a few other minor bugs fixes as well. The complete Release Notes are available on-line. The source tarball

chroot jail for telnet/openssh users

2002-12-11 Thread m.w.chang
is there an easy-to-fllow tutorial or sxs that teaches linux newbie how to setup one? I saw many people asking about it actually. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://w

Re: upgarding to glibc-2.2.5

2002-12-11 Thread m.w.chang
I did, and there was nothing wrong with the compilation process. just that during make install, the libpthread had error. It was COL 3.1, fresh-install (purely for testing the upgrade procedure). I would need to try again this weekend to post the insatll error (hopefully, before everyone forgot and

Re: upgarding to glibc-2.2.5

2002-12-11 Thread m.w.chang
ok. will try again this x'mas eve... ho..ho..ho... Net Llama! wrote: > That someone was me, and that was an anomaly of some sort. I've never had > problems outside of that one box. >> in the last few days, I have seen someone mentioning a problem with >> symlink to libcs.so.5 or something. does i

Re: upgarding to glibc-2.2.5

2002-12-10 Thread m.w.chang
in the last few days, I have seen someone mentioning a problem with symlink to libcs.so.5 or something. does it mean an extra step to clear all symlinks before buidling glibc? my last trial (on a fresh-install COL 3.1) was a failure.I could't compile a thing after the upgrade procedure. Net Llama

Re: PPCM.COM

2002-12-09 Thread m.w.chang
see you, military police? > > No doubt for the same reason that somebody would want mpcu.com. Go fig? > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org

linuxnow

2002-12-08 Thread m.w.chang
this website looks good for beginners in linux. Maybe a bit boring for experts :) http://new.linuxnow.com/tutorial/preface.html -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux We Trust. news://news.hkpcug.org/ v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http:

Re: mozilla tip -remote & moz 1.2.1

2002-12-07 Thread m.w.chang
mozilla and netsacpe have been my favorite web appliance. They had never failed me... if mozilla can start stealing jobs from M$ IE... :) BTW, mozilla 1.2.1 is great, and I've even got plugins to work. So I don't need galeon or skipstone or any of the other alternatives. Also mozilla has finall

Re: [patch] fix the ext3 data=journal unmount bug

2002-12-07 Thread m.w.chang
is it the same as this one? http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0208.2/1275.html David A. Bandel wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 16:54:44 -0800 begin Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spewed forth: Andrew Morton (by way of Douglas J Hunley ) wr

Re: [linux-elitists] 5:00 pm EST Friday 6 December 2002 is theDeadline for Comments to the FCC Regarding the Digital Flag Mandate

2002-12-06 Thread m.w.chang
looks more like another national security measure. don't think you could stop it... Jay Sulzberger (by way of Douglas J Hunley ) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Coders! Designers! Artists! Businessfolk! Computer Owners! User-Builders of the Net! Citizens! Why is it imp

Re: Was Mail

2002-12-05 Thread m.w.chang
what's wrong with mozilla (other than habbits :)? Lee wrote: > Thanks a lot guys turned on HTML in Kmail and problem solved. I guess using > Netscape made me kind of lazy in that communator did most of the work and I > uused Kmail as only a back up. Now without netscape I have to learn to set >

ftp-proxy

2002-12-04 Thread m.w.chang
anyone read the ftp-proxy article in november issue of linux journal? do I need that with the capabilities of proftpd? I don't find any thing special... that thing is more suitable for wu-ftpd. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.in Linux we trust. news://news.linux-sxs.org / v \ htt

Re: gcc 3.2.1... it works.

2002-12-04 Thread m.w.chang
does it apply to everything? how about those that uses dynamic libraries? I was unable to update libstdc++. If I keep the old one, everyting will still work fine?? I am quite onfused by the library (not DLL) hell. I built libraries for Foxpro applications. But whenever the Foxpro was upgrade, eve

Re: gcc 3.2.1... it works.

2002-12-04 Thread m.w.chang
can you correct me? I knew you knew what I was actually talking about.. :) Net Llama! wrote: errr...what's a "2.95.3 library"?? On 12/03/02 18:05, m.w.chang wrote: yes, but what about all those 2.95.3 libaries? can 3.2.1 gcc binaries work with older 2.95.3 gcc librarise? I hear

Re: gcc 3.2.1... it works.

2002-12-04 Thread m.w.chang
you meant if I install gcc-3.2.1 to my COL 3.1, recompile *JUST* the proftpd daemon, and it would work without problem? maybe my example is too easy... but I am no gcc expert. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 10:05:39AM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: yes, but what about all those

Re: gcc 3.2.1... it works.

2002-12-04 Thread m.w.chang
the stuffs in COL 3.1 m.w.chang wrote: can you correct me? I knew you knew what I was actually talking about.. :) errr...what's a "2.95.3 library"?? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.20 ^ ^7:00am u

Re: Sendmail (probly FAQish)

2002-12-03 Thread m.w.chang
hmm.. this one is what i needdd when I need to use my ISP's smtp as smart relay for my local sendmail. some ISP's smtp checks the sender names for existing domains if not the username. thanks. > Well, genericstable is for mapping outgoing usernames to the e-mail address so > that mail that I sen

Re: Sendmail (probly FAQish)

2002-12-03 Thread m.w.chang
and make sure that you are using the right aliases file is it /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases? Bill Day wrote: > Should be, that and runing newaliases afterwards (im most certain but its > been awhile since I ran sendmail) > >> I'm using sendmail that came with RH 8, 8.12.5, and kmail 1.4.3 (K

Re: gcc 3.2.1... it works.

2002-12-03 Thread m.w.chang
yes, but what about all those 2.95.3 libaries? can 3.2.1 gcc binaries work with older 2.95.3 gcc librarise? I heard that 3.2.x is *not* downward compatible. You have to go all the away... > I compiled it on an old desktop running OpenLinux 3.1.1. Well... it works. > Compiled binaries are a bit lar

Re: fetchmail error

2002-12-03 Thread m.w.chang
they are still bombing my email account using a non-ascii name as the mailbox name...annoying... there must be a fetchmail solution... and I failed to notice it in the doc... m.w.chang wrote: done. is there a fetchmail option to force-get the messages... the china guys are quite mad about

mozilla-1.2.1 is out

2002-12-02 Thread m.w.chang
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Re: fetchmail error

2002-12-02 Thread m.w.chang
done. is there a fetchmail option to force-get the messages... the china guys are quite mad about chinese names... :) Joel Hammer wrote: > If you feel adventuresome, you might telnet to your pop3 server, and try to > delete the file manually. (telnet server 110.) > Joel -- Swiftly. Silently. In

Re: ext3 Bug in 2.4.20

2002-12-01 Thread m.w.chang
doh... I have my /var using ext3 now... I guess my /var/cache/squid will be having problem on the next power failture... Net Llama! wrote: > Another great reason to be using XFS. ext3 is starting to look more & > more like a toy FS. > > On 12/01/02 19:21, kwa -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly

Re: ext3 Bug in 2.4.20

2002-12-01 Thread m.w.chang
why not fix the unmount commands? make ti to do a sync;sync;sync always. > In data=journal mode the data is left dirty in memory and the unmount > will silently discard it. > - > > A posted patch didn't fix the problem. So, don't use "data=journal" > mode. The default is "data=ordered" mode,

Re: fetchmail error

2002-12-01 Thread m.w.chang
28:38 +0800 From: ¿í´ø¾«Æ·µçÓ°**@[61.149.10.148] Subject: ?Äã?Ѫ±¼ÌÚµÄÍøÕ¾ Sender: ¿í´ø¾«Æ·µçÓ°**@[61.149.10.148] m.w.chang wrote: > I found this in the error log. can I (the receiver) resolve it? Seems > that it's more like a problem with the pop3 mail server > > > Dec

fetchmail error

2002-12-01 Thread m.w.chang
I found this in the error log. can I (the receiver) resolve it? Seems that it's more like a problem with the pop3 mail server Dec 1 00:30:22 server fetchmail[3587]: SMTP error: 501 5.1.7 Syntax error in mailbox address "**@[61.149.10.148]" (non-printable character) -- .~.

Re: 2.4.20 kernel is out

2002-11-30 Thread m.w.chang
I hope so.. still trynig to quit those 199x computer-games on wintendo though some of them are available in linux (like counter-strike). Games and other people's interest in M$ tools are the only reason for me to stay in Win$... gee... mozilla-1.2 is still a bit slow on dealing with large mess

Re: 2.4.20 kernel is out

2002-11-30 Thread m.w.chang
I upgraded it and the realtek card no longer reported about initialization error during boot up. gee... mozilla-1.2 is still a bit slow on dealing with large message, notably in deleting quotad messages Sys Admin wrote: After 116 days, Marcelo seems to have released 2.4.20 final: - 2.4.20-rc4

Re: rm is picky

2002-11-28 Thread m.w.chang
it's rm, not rmdir.. lucky blaster but if you rm -f / ...hmm.. welll... not yet catastropic. try rm -rf / ...hohoho... > rm: '/' is a directory > > well knock me out. > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.in Linux we trust. news://news.linux-sxs.org / v \ http://www.linux-sx

Re: mozilla-1.2 is out

2002-11-28 Thread m.w.chang
yes. doing that in the office.. yesterday's nightly was a bomb. the exe (window build) didn't even work. the baysian spam filter... I love the word baysian. Long lost my meory of queuing theories.. :) Tim Wunder wrote: Ahh, but the real fun is trying the latest trunk builds with new features suc

mozilla-1.2 is out

2002-11-27 Thread m.w.chang
http://www.mozilla.org/release -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.in Linux we trust. news://news.linux-sxs.org / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org news://news.linux.org.hk /( _ )\ http://www.linuxfromscratch.org news://news.hkpcug.org ^ ^http://beyond.linuxfromscratch.

Re: MS free [was: Re: HDD]

2002-11-26 Thread m.w.chang
you aren't exactly M$ free. you still got an umbilical chord to Exchange. Until you replaced it with a native linux groupware solution , you are not M$-free. And upgrade to M$ exchange.NET will wrack everything. > Anyway, my latest client has Outlook98/Exchange as a groupware solution and > I wa

Re: mount image and archive files

2002-11-26 Thread m.w.chang
a cd burning software for Window$. last version was 4.0. haven't seen update since then. Nero should be the final winner. >> cue+bin (cdrwin?). is there project for those formats? > ISO. WTF is cdrwin? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.in Linux we trust. news://news.linux-sxs.org /

Re: mount image and archive files

2002-11-26 Thread m.w.chang
still not comparable to a loopback mount (like Stacker). I wonder whether it's possble to mount Stacker vol on ilnux. we only need the stacker filesystem filter. :) >> but there is no filesystem for rar, rpm, or nrg (nero burning rom) and >> cue+bin (cdrwin?). is there project for those formats?

Re: mount image and archive files

2002-11-26 Thread m.w.chang
yes, that's how we did it with iso. but there is no filesystem for rar, rpm, or nrg (nero burning rom) and cue+bin (cdrwin?). is there project for those formats? This thing reminded me of an old DOS product called Stacker. It merely mounted the stacker engine over a loopback device and created a

mount image and archive files

2002-11-26 Thread m.w.chang
we all knew how to mount an iso cd image file. i wonder whether it's possible to mount other formats: nrg and cue+bin under linux. how about tar.gz, tar, rpm, rar and zip? something like winrar 3.0 for Win$ is doing, but via a linux amount point. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.in Li

Re: A little help...

2002-11-25 Thread m.w.chang
there is a tightvnc for speed http//www.tightvnc.org (use google.com if my url is wrong) Jerry McBride wrote: > So sorry, guys wrong support group. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://

Re: NFS vs samba

2002-11-24 Thread m.w.chang
and there is no free NFS clients for window$? if there is a client for WIndows, I could drop samba, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > Depends. With windows machines you need Samba (unless they have NFS > installed which most don't). NFS is nice for unix/linux to unix/linux but > there are security issu

Re: Need help with PPP Server Setup Please.

2002-11-24 Thread m.w.chang
you can possibly skip that step. certain steps in Mr. Parker's article could be ignored. I got my dial-in pppd server working without doing everything on the steps. > ls -al of /usr/sbin/pppd (or /sbin/pppd) should look like this: -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: NFS vs samba

2002-11-23 Thread m.w.chang
Is it better to use samba to share files for LAN? -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )\ Linux 2.4.19 ^ ^11:45am up 21:36, 1 user, load average: 1.01, 1.02, 1.00 ___ Linux-users mailing l

Re: [ot] pronoun for countries

2002-11-23 Thread m.w.chang
they are not what my teacher called BBC english. I am not an expert in english langauge. but the 3 examples you quoted are also American. I guess the Americans are less concerned about certain grammars than the native English in England. Richard Thompson wrote: If you're looking for confusing,

Re: Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-23 Thread m.w.chang
I guess you knew a lot of JPL experts, and Vulcan and dBase... Dude, I grew up in Huntsville. Lived there for 20+ years. My dad was a rocket scientist with GE back in the heyday of the space program. -- .~.Might, Courage, Vision. In Linux We Trust. / v \ http://www.linux-sxs.org /( _ )

Re: [ot] pronoun for countries

2002-11-22 Thread m.w.chang
"go shopping" comes from american English. The Brits will say "go to shop" or just "shop" For swedish or chinese, that's indeed confusion. but given the popularity of american movies, .. Perhaps, but look at this: "I am going to the church" emphasizes a particular church *building*, while "I am

Re: MS again

2002-11-22 Thread m.w.chang
I got a 404 when I hit the ilnk. ronnie gauthier wrote: > MS announces another security flaw. Guess there have been so many that > http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/bixtech/11/21/microsoft.security.ap/index.html -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: [ot] dirty words exist?

2002-11-22 Thread m.w.chang
I had no problem with that word as well as its sound, but there are always villages/nations that train people/officers to react violently to those that used the freaking word. A different kind of Taliban, I believe. I see no difference between: 1. Fxck you 2. Screw you (with whatever organic or

Re: [ot] Re: car securityext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
and a disarmed linux is the car. > > don't we enjoy fooling around without worrying about parking and > retrieving your car? > > > -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org

[ot] Re: car securityext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
I think it could happen if 1. all cars cannot go beyond 50 km/hr 2. all cars were cloned agianst the same look and design 3. no av or luxurious equipments don't we enjoy fooling around without worrying about parking and retrieving your car? > Congrats. You *did* disable all the built in security

Re: [ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
sorry. many typo in the messages: "save you from" > note that system crashes may have nothing to do with securiyt, but lousy > coding and programming. security won't safe you a endless loop or a > deadlock. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: MS again

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
we all know that programs can create bugs, and bugs can bring about more programs which feed back into the start of the problem. this is business... :) > Although many people bemoan MS's dominance, there is much to learn from this > state of affairs. And, I think that this situation opens up busin

Re: sco linux 4.0 released today

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
On the trip back to my office from my lunch today, in one big bookstore (http://www.jointpublishing.com), I saw a blue Taiwan chinese book called "Redhat 8 Installation". It's just HK$ 78, with 3 FedHat 8 Binaries CD. It's possibly not very different from SCO Linux 4. (SCO didn't even want anyone

Re: [ot] dirty words exist?

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
Speaking as a biology student, fuck is just a different way of saying "place a penx into the vagxna". It's just a voice of difference. The main point is *NOT* whether the word is dirty. NO voice or word is dirty. The problem the *FREQUENCY* of using those words. Do you always talk about screwing

Re: [ot] pronoun for countries

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
I only knew Latin is an IMPORTANT language in biology and medicine (and I was a Biology student). I believe any further study into the field of western medicine requires a good command of Latin. And be a real good drug makers, you need to learn chinese as well. > Latin is one language I read flue

Re: [ot] pronoun for countries

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
she's merelly boasting her ability to create jokes out of languages and reality. :) > As my wife, who is not a native English-speaker says, "English is sure a > f**ked up language. You say you are "going to the store," but you are > also "going to church." You go shopping, but you don't go eatin

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
read october issue of linux journal. the column by Mr. David Bandel. :) I wonder whether there one such steaming relay server for TV signal. >>You wouldn't know a site where I can download a linux radio station >>automation program? Would you? > Now that's a segue. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisi

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
comrade, root is a user, too. while they have differences, a baby don't learn martial arts until he/she could balance, walk, jump, and run. sxs -> step-by-step. and that sex should starts with the origin, ie zero. But he objects to the distinction between user and root (that's a security featu

[ot] pronoun for countries

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
I learnt my english while Hongkong was still a british colony (ok, she's called United Kingdoms now). You sure that it's "its" not "her"? Is that how United Nations described other nations? And, finally, while I'm ranting, the proper pronoun is "its," not "her." As in, "Then every government ca

Re: sco linux 4.0 released today

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
hmm.. this can be a national security issue for US expatriates in Asia. :P m.w.chang wrote: some caches are not under our control. you can do nothing about them except waiting. Same here. I see the same exact page that i saw 24 hours ago. Did you guys refresh / reload the page? because there

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
hmm.. wonder if the weapon control system is using a disarmed linux for speed and size ... m.w.chang wrote: you meant the one that's just released by the US Military, that farts nails onto the road and coughs with shock grenades, and lined with electrical skins? -- .~.Swiftly. Sil

[ot] Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
strangely, I never got enough crash at my DOS PC back then. I write foxpro programs back then. note that system crashes may have nothing to do with securiyt, but lousy coding and programming. security won't safe you a endless loop or a deadlock. This reminds me of beginning cryptology classes

Re: [OT]Seriously OT. Was Re: ext2fs and security settings

2002-11-21 Thread m.w.chang
you meant the one that's just released by the US Military, that farts nails onto the road and coughs with shock grenades, and lined with electrical skins? ronnie gauthier wrote: > I've never owned a car either. But ask me about the trucks I've owned. Wow. Rough day in the 'burgh? ;) -- S

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