gcc and binutils

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
seems that they have 2-3 files having the same names. should I always use the one from gcc? that is, install binutils first, then rpm -i gcc --replacefiles. Or could I avoid that by bulding binutils a different way? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: ebooks?

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
search for book reader in http://freshmeat.net Ken Moffat wrote: Anyone know of a reader for ebooks, in particular MSReader compatible? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\

Re: juba1.celestial.com

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
the last time I tried to setup uucp server was about 10 years ago on a OS/2 2.0 warp ...couldn't even remember hwo to do it again now. the only problem with ISP's smtp server is that htye checked your source domain. if I could masquerade the envelop as my ISP domain, then everything should be

[ot] minimum install of COL 3.1

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
Mr. Net Llamma, I just found that Caldera's minimum install still included Xfree86-4.2.0. It's a red tick and there is no way I could turn if off Caldera stills owed me 60-day free phone support (Volution?) which I still hadn't used until now. ... :) -- Swiftly. Silently.

Re: glibc-2.2.5

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
you meant after you installed glibc-2.2.5, your gcc-2.95.3 would no longer compile a thing? hmm.. let me try it tonight. do you want me to compile a specific package? If not, I would just try proftpd-1.2.6. COL 3.1 came with glibc-2.2.1. My installation of glibc 2.2.5 seems to have rendered

Re: glibc-2.2.5

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
note: prior to my test buiod of glibc-2.2.5 on the test server, I upgraded her binutils to 2.13 and gcc to 2.95.3 via the rpms I checkinstalled on the production server). -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \

Re: glibc-2.2.5

2002-10-06 Thread m.w.chang
and the binutils 2.13 was compiled by gcc-2.95.3 note: prior to my test buiod of glibc-2.2.5 on the test server, I upgraded her binutils to 2.13 and gcc to 2.95.3 via the rpms I checkinstalled on the production server). -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

rebuilding perl 5.8.0 plus spamassasin

2002-10-05 Thread m.w.chang
I am stuck in the spamd test... could I skip the tests... ? t/basic_lintok t/db_based_whitelistok t/db_based_whitelist_ipsok t/forged_rcvd...ok t/lang_pl_tests.ok t/nonspam...ok t/razor.Test skipped:

juba1.celestial.com

2002-10-05 Thread m.w.chang
does all replies to linux-users goes to that site? my sendmail complained about no route to host. -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^2.4.19 10:45am up 12:37, 2 users, load average: 1.12,

Re: glibc-2.3 is out

2002-10-05 Thread m.w.chang
glibc-2.3 requires gcc-3.2. maybe that;s the resaon... I am about to try my first glibc-2.2.5 compile.. hmm... got lots of obstacles when I started to do things myself: sendmail, perl, sasl, ... Be a little cautious with the new glibc... I've seen a lot of cry-baby over broken apps and

Re: Hardware upgrade

2002-10-04 Thread m.w.chang
If you are to run a server, beware of the heat problem with AMD CPU. linux's support for AMD chipsets may be better than M$ OS. don't know for sure. socket 478 celerons (starign with celeron 1.7G) would be out soon. maybe you should hold on a while and as good as a performer(close enough

Re: putty 0.53

2002-10-04 Thread m.w.chang
got a source file not found error when I click it with mozilla... let me try again with linux wget Bill Day wrote: Yes its out, 0.53.. has been for about a week or two http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we

Re: is putty 0.53 out?

2002-10-04 Thread m.w.chang
the link I chcked was from google.com http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ m.w.chang wrote: I saw an annoucenment in comp.security.ssh but didn't find the program in Simon's webpage. don't know it it's the problem of transparent proxy deployed by most ISPs

Re: putty 0.53

2002-10-04 Thread m.w.chang
guess it's my mozilla 1.2 beta problem. sorry. the otpion ssh-bugs (workaround for openssh server bugs) is interseting. m.w.chang wrote: got a source file not found error when I click it with mozilla... let me try again with linux wget -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux

Re: smrsh

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
the error is obviously a permission issue. I will summarize my problem in brief detail later (listing the owner/permission of related folders). right now, I want all features working. :) where can I find a doc about smrsh regarding the folder permission and ownership? I *still* don't

Re: Hardware upgrade

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
I would never trust VIA chipset for serious work. Grab a board that use intel chipset, like i845g that supports 333Mhz clock for RAM. Couldn't quite remember. Jim Conner wrote: Well, pending an unforeseen emergency expense, I plan on upgrading my aging(ok, ancient) hardware. The

Re: Fwd: Hollings Bill

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
is it really the spirit of the bill? what made M$ more trust-worthy than linux? A bill to force computer users to run new Intel AMD CPU boards in a non default mode that precludes using any OS but M$ Win is off topic on a linux users list? -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In

Re: smrsh

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
I used google.com and didn't get anything. I try again. is /usr/adm/sm.bin the only needed directory? -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^2.4.19 4:45am up 13 days, 9:14, 0 users, load

Re: tracing ips

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
I will do a search on freshmeat.net. I have seen a few replacements that claimed to be better hhan the orignal traceroute. i'm endeavoring to determine the whereabouts -- the city would probably be adequate -- of a cable modem with a particular ip address, the equivalent of whereis instead

Re: tracing ips

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
the geographical location of IP cannot be guaranteed as the responsible parties may not reveal their secret hideout. I suppose not even spy satellites can peek into the IP of a network card of any internet appliance on planet earth. not in the near future.. :) thanks. i've done that. what i

is putty 0.53 out?

2002-10-03 Thread m.w.chang
I saw an annoucenment in comp.security.ssh but didn't find the program in Simon's webpage. don't know it it's the problem of transparent proxy deployed by most ISPs... -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-10-02 Thread m.w.chang
hmm... is there an easy way to check whether the miler is ready? I want to skip smrsh and go directly to your article on anti-virus and spam filter. ok, I will skip the sasl first since smailauth.html didn't cover every thing (not from source as you need -DSASL to compile sendmail). I just

sendmail from source [2]

2002-10-01 Thread m.w.chang
ok, disabling smrsh and adding back mailer(procmail) to config.mc fixed my problem. Seems that I couldn't set the folder permissions and ownership properly for smrsh to work. I would skip smrsh for the meantime after I got all the features installed (libmiler, sasl, auth, ...) now, how could

Re: sendmail from source [2]

2002-10-01 Thread m.w.chang
') APPENDDEF(`conf_sendmail_LIBS', `-lsasl') APPENDDEF(`confLIBDIRS', `-L/usr/lib/sasl') APPENDDEF(`confINCDIRS', `-I/usr/include/sasl') m.w.chang wrote: ok, disabling smrsh and adding back mailer(procmail) to config.mc fixed my problem. Seems that I couldn't set the folder permissions and ownership

Re: Feature Freeze on 2.5 Kernel

2002-10-01 Thread m.w.chang
so it would *not* be another drastic change like that from 2.2 - 2.4? great...save some money... :) BTW, can I install a 2.5 on COL 3.1.1 or do I need to upgrade other packages as well?? Beats me. You *should* be able to. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: My glibc problem...

2002-10-01 Thread m.w.chang
are you merely following the steps in the linux-sxs sites? let me walk your steps again to be sure. still using glibc-2.2.1 that came with WS 3.1. so I am a good rat. some (not most or all) of the linux-sxs articles made certain assumptions that's not applicable to amateurs like me. just the

Re: Converting doc (Word documents) to html in batch mode

2002-10-01 Thread m.w.chang
did you try your luck in http://freshmeat.net? search for document convert or microsoft word html Joel Hammer wrote: Is there a command line tool to convert a word document to html? Thanks, Joel -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. /

Re: Feature Freeze on 2.5 Kernel

2002-10-01 Thread m.w.chang
I bought the WS 3.1 to avoid the huge upgrade gap from COL 2.4 (kernel 2.2.). ... ok, we got gentoo and linux-from-scratch now, but I am not ready for them. Net Llama! wrote: Money for what? Sure its going to be a significant change. The architecture is different, it has new features,

Re: [OT] - Date fixed

2002-09-30 Thread m.w.chang
I still wondered whether innd can forcibly set the date of all incoming messages to local time using the perl frontend script. Jesús Antonio Santos Giraldo wrote: Date fixed... Sorry for disturbing.. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: irc anyone? [ot]

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
well. that means I should just restore the old sendmail till assistance comes.. :) It should be really easy, other than those owners and persmissions iessues... Net Llama! wrote: actually, no, i'm awake (its only 21:45 here). but i'm no sendmail expert, so i don't think i can offer much

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
permission problem.. help... Sep 29 21:18:06 server smrsh: uid 500: attempt to use procmail Sep 29 21:18:06 server sendmail[22075]: g8TDI6rw022075: to=|exec /usr/bin/procmail, ctladdr=toylet (500/100), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=32614, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable

Re: [ot] openssh.html

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I am quite sure that there was once an article that got steps taught how to compile openssh and openssl (in the same article). maybe it was relocated... wasn't there a sxs article on compiling openssh? I could't find it anymore.. I am sure that I had seen it... I was trying to update it

Re: OT DICT Server at KurtWerks

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I have been looking for something like that just wonder whether there are word processors that could make use of that daemon... not M$ word, I guess... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've brought up a DICT server, for those of you who want to look up More information and downloads at

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
is it related to the libmilter compilation error above? maybe I undefine procmail as mailer and try again... m.w.chang wrote: permission problem.. help... Sep 29 21:18:06 server smrsh: uid 500: attempt to use procmail Sep 29 21:18:06 server sendmail[22075]: g8TDI6rw022075: to=|exec /usr

Re: [ot] openssh.html

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I wanted to update the linux-ssx article only. not having problem with openssl or openssh. thank you for the attention. :) What distro are you trying to run it on? Also have you updated OpenSSL as well? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: [ot] openssh.html

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I am using nobody. is it secured? Net Llama! wrote: I guess i should add that in order for PrivSep to work, you need to create an sshd user (with /bin/false or something similar as its shell), -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I just wanted to have the auth via pam (and later openldap) option working. do I still need the sasl? btw, mr. douglas, does your sendmail from source article include support for SASL? no it doesn't. I was gonna put it there, but when I tested it, self-signed certs were rejected by all

Re: OT irc....the sequel

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
it's time for me to test chatzilla on win$... :) Net Llama! wrote: same bat server: irc.openprojects.net same bat channel: #linux-users -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\

Re: OT DICT Server at KurtWerks

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
btw, hope it has a win$ client... maybe a few lines of perl winsock script.. :) m.w.chang wrote: I have been looking for something like that just wonder whether there are word processors that could make use of that daemon... not M$ word, I guess... -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
ok. I ended up using make install-cf CF=config (by reading the Build script, funny that Build refused to do it) you can't do that. you just run 'sh Build config.cf' and then manually install config.cf and submit.cf into /etc/mail (renaming config.cf to sendmail.cf) - -- -- Swiftly.

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I am retrying again an hour later... I will stop using smrsh for the meantime to avoid more permission issues... btw, when I compile sendmail, there is no -DMILTER in the progress diagloue... am I missing something? why is your procmail getting called by smrsh? defining local(procmail) in

Re: OT For all of us Old Fart$

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I still keep the 10-year-old source codes of a simple accounting system me my classmates. It's a piece of course work, using RM/COBOL on Data General Unix or IBM PC. Haven't been looking for a compiler after I started using LInux... I had about 10 20-drawer file cabinets full of COBOL

Re: [ot] openssh.html

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
I compield my openssh --with-privsep-user=nobody --with-privsep-path=forgot. It worked (during ssh login, I could see a child process of sshd owned by nobody in ps aux) Net Llama! wrote: i'm pretty sure that you have to use the sshd user for PrivSep. anything else and you're just running it

Re: [ot] openssh.html

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
someone told me that 9.9.6c or older are not affected by that slapper bug (of course, there may be other older problems). The big security problem right now is openssl. One needs 0.9.6e or better. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: scripts and speed

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
google search on speed up perl cgi script produced some links... i am no perl expert, though. :) ronnie gauthier wrote: I need some advice on a script I'm developing. The script is perl from flat file. If the site does well a port to Msql is in order. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly.

Re: OT generic array server?

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
Isn't a dictionary server just a different kind of finger or gopher server? username=word, information=definition. is there something like a generic request-response server? XML? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've brought up a DICT server, for those of you who want to look up $ dict -h

Re: OT generic array server?

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
a better project title should be: a generic stream-based request-response server using XML is there something like a generic request-response server? XML? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\

Re: OT DICT Server at KurtWerks

2002-09-29 Thread m.w.chang
it really got one. seems that there hasn't no support for pronounciation yet. imagine making something like this on mobile phone networks... more handy than a electronic dictionary. m.w.chang wrote: btw, hope it has a win$ client... maybe a few lines of perl winsock script

Re: building sendmail from source

2002-09-28 Thread m.w.chang
* sh Build install-cf root@server: cf ./Build install-cf Using M4=/usr/bin/m4 make: *** No rule to make target `sendmail.cf', needed by `install-sendmail-cf'. Stop. I resorted to use `make install CF=config`, but the output file is /etc/mail/submit.cf not sendmail.cf using back caldera's

Re: irc anyone?

2002-09-28 Thread m.w.chang
i need help compiling sendmail... but I guess you are sleeping now. Net Llama! wrote: If anyone has some time to kill, i'm on irc right now: irc.openprojects.net #linux-users -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\

Re: httpd proxy

2002-09-27 Thread m.w.chang
you meant squid? ignore me if it was not. Roger Oberholtzer wrote: I always used to use Apache as an httpd proxy. However, what experience has anyone had with alternatives? Good bad things. Gottchas. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust.

Re: CONNECTIVITY TO MOTHERSHIP

2002-09-27 Thread m.w.chang
I could still post from Hong Kong... Sys Admin wrote: It appears that there are some issues with Road Runner in my area. Some of you may not be able to reach the SxS site. I've been assured that techs are in the area and are working on the issue. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~.

Re: httpd proxy

2002-09-27 Thread m.w.chang
I am using squid... havne't checked out the apache possibility. thanks for the info. still quite afraid to compile apaache + mods... you meant squid? ignore me if it was not. No. I currently use Apache as a proxy. Always have. Works nice. It is only a proxy for internal boxes accessing the

Re: mozilla xulplanet toolbar

2002-09-27 Thread m.w.chang
I will edit prefs.js directly. it's sad that some sites just shut their doors when you're not using ie. which adds a bar with lots of preference choices. The most interesting at first glance is the spoofing menu, which allows mozilla to pretend to be other browsers, a feature I like about

building sendmail from source

2002-09-27 Thread m.w.chang
rpm -qil libmilter Package created with checkinstall 1.5.2 /usr/doc/libmilter/README /usr/include/libmilter/mfapi.h /usr/include/libmilter/mfdef.h /usr/lib/libmilter.a root@server: sendmail ./Build Configuration: pfx=, os=Linux, rel=2.4.19, rbase=2, rroot=2.4, arch=i686, sfx=,

Re: about Cypheus

2002-09-26 Thread m.w.chang
can't winfax to talk to hylafax server? Sara Alberti wrote: Good Morning! I'm using Hylafax faxserver and I've some problems with the Win client Cypheus... -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org

Re: Mozilla 1.0

2002-09-25 Thread m.w.chang
the standard way to move between fields was and is TAB key. Even in the days of Foxpro and IBM 3270 terminals, it was and is the tab key. IN IBM termianl world, ENTER means submit or refresh. I've been logging into UNIX boxes for over 15 years. It's always been: usernameEnter

Re: Apache Worm

2002-09-25 Thread m.w.chang
I suspect you only need to update your mod_ssl for apache. Not sure, though. use OpenSSL. According to the Apache web site (http://httpd.apache.org/), you should upgrade apache to 1.3.26 or 2.0.40, unless you are using UNIX, in which case, 2.0.39 should be safe. -- Swiftly. Silently.

Re: Mozilla 1.0

2002-09-25 Thread m.w.chang
foxpro was following standard and is the posisbly the most successful dBase dialect after the romance of the 3 kingdoms (Fox Software, Ashton-Tate and Nantucket). The TAB was always the key to move between field. Even in nCurse, I believe... I barely remembered that there was a SAA (System

Re: Mozilla 1.0

2002-09-25 Thread m.w.chang
well, mozilla should have added the OKCANCEL buttons to the login prompt. Then users may automagically use the tab key since they see the buttons and know that it's not a text-mode console login. Anyway, I alawys use TAB since 10 years ago whenever I saw more than one field on the screen.

cut

2002-09-23 Thread m.w.chang
cat kernel.01 | cut -f 19-20 -d\ SPT=2701 DPT=27374 SPT=2701 DPT=27374 SPT=2701 DPT=27374 SPT=2701 DPT=27374 SPT=4169 DPT=1433 SPT=4169 DPT=1433 DPT=139 WINDOW=5360 DPT=139 WINDOW=5360 DPT=139 WINDOW=5360 this doesn't quite work because the number of fields varied on each iptables log entry.

Re: cut

2002-09-23 Thread m.w.chang
I understood that the alternative is to modify the log-and-drop entry in ipatbles script, but still, was wondering abotu the possibklity of processing a free-form text file... this doesn't quite work because the number of fields varied on each iptables log entry. field 19 may not always be

Re: OT i'm bored, anyone for irc?

2002-09-23 Thread m.w.chang
thanks for the tip. I am still relying on the rpm commands that I was TOLD to use. I am just no rpm expert but would like to maintain rpm's db referential integrity. :) nice clean emerge unmerge, I would head into /var/db/pkg and start removing information about the packages I removed.

Re: OT install vs un-install

2002-09-23 Thread m.w.chang
I am still caldera's openlinux. It doesn't seem to have that option. Also, I worried if you don't choose full install, something would be left out that might give you headache later... I found it more intuitive to install everuthing in the first place, then take out un-needed things

Re: cut

2002-09-23 Thread m.w.chang
thanks. I guess you wrote html message Brad De Vries wrote: You could try the 'sed' command: cat kernel.01 | sed -e #34;s/.*DPT=/DPT=/#34; -e #34;s/ .*//#34; -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org

Re: what is the command

2002-09-22 Thread m.w.chang
I always use this command line to update the boot loader. worked everytime. isn't grub-install doing the same thing? No its not. I was unable last night, for some reason, to get to the SxS sites to read my own doc on this grin. FWIW its :: grep -v ^# /etc/grub.conf | grub --batch --

Re: symbol count in a text file [iptables log]

2002-09-22 Thread m.w.chang
no nono... this wf doesn't count numeric strings... wf scans a text file or standard input and counts the frequency of words through the whole text, sending resulting output to stdout showing each word and corresponding frequency. I found it with keywords count word, in page 3 of the

Re: The Free Software Foundation's open letter to the UnitedLinux Board

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
insesant wisecraks? what the hack is that? doens't seem to be english. oh.. I never knew the Love is with UL now was a rumour. sorry about that. Isn't UL more related to electricity? it's on the back my power supply, and my monitor. :) Do you understand that Ransom Love IS NOT A PART OF

Re: iptables log analysis

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
a piece of cake for me if I use clipper/foxpro and even C. # chkhit /var/log/messages port,hits 25,10 139,1 6112,20 # -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org

system crashed?

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
out of boredom, I did these, over the openssh connection: cd /proc cd devices cat * ... connection to server lost after a few minutes, I telnet back to my server at port 23. got this: ISS Telnet Configuration Please enter password: I am still in the office, so didn't know what really

Re: The Free Software Foundation's open letter to the UnitedLinux Board

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
ok, this stuff should do it: Virtual Keyboard: http://www.canesta.com/videos/keyboard.asf http://www.canesta.com/chipset.htm ronnie gauthier wrote: Send me some of that shit you're smoking. -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \

Re: system crashed?

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
it really crashed the system. pondering why... cd /proc cd devices cat * connection to server lost -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^2.4.19 7:45pm up 14 min, 0 users, load

Re: iptables log analysis

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
I just need example to get started. my perl is really weak despite of my agiility in foxpro and c. Sep 20 19:51:44 server kernel: iptables IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=64.4.13.202 DST=218.102.112.235 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=119 ID=17967 PROTO=TCP SPT=1863 DPT=3018 WINDOW=16821 RES=0x00 ACK FIN

Re: system crashed?

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
anyway, I would not cat the /proc/devices/00/* again... :) Iit possibly generated some garbbles that crashed the openssh daemon... Kurt Wall wrote: On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 08:00:01PM +0800, m.w.chang wrote: it really crashed the system. pondering why... cd /proc cd devices cat

symbol count in a text file [iptables log]

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
further to my questino on an analysis tool for iptables log. is there a unix textutils or alike that would count the number of unique symbols in a text file and produce a frequency distribition of them? It should be a common feature in most compilers. I could write one, but just wonder

Re: [chat]

2002-09-20 Thread m.w.chang
bon voyage... ronnie gauthier wrote: Ah, the famous sniff of fools, sails again. no way, mon ami. besidse, sniff, not smoke. will inhale better. -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^2.4.19

The Free Software Foundation's open letter to the UnitedLinux Board

2002-09-19 Thread m.w.chang
Mr. Love and his comrades offending another bunch of people after freeloaders? http://www.lwn.net/Articles/10257/ -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org

iptables log analysis

2002-09-19 Thread m.w.chang
anyone got an *existing* script that could list the ports being blocked by iptables in /var/log/messages plus the number of hits. like this: # chkhit /var/log/messages port,hits 25,10 139,1 6112,20 # sorting is not important. I think I need to use perl if I am to write one. can I do it with

Re: Procmail for dummies.

2002-09-18 Thread m.w.chang
promail could write directly to the system mailbox in /var/mail or /var/spool/mail. you shoudn't need to use smtp to reroute the message. Mr. Hungley's sample procmailrc in linux-sxs showed the use of formail and to: field, tbhough. I have been reading up on Procmail and it appears that it

Re: EDI in linux (everone PLEASE read)

2002-09-17 Thread m.w.chang
foxpro! yeah! harbour-project. :) Ben Duncan wrote: Although everone has a favorite language. when designing such a system, one must compare cababilties, -- .~.Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^

Re: search engine swish-e

2002-09-17 Thread m.w.chang
htdig didn't even include an example for excluding hostname. namazu is more tailored for japanese audience... ??? how do you figure that? all the documentation I read was in english. what namazu better than htdig, other than the start_url thing? -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In

unreal tournamnet 2003 for linux (demo)

2002-09-17 Thread m.w.chang
saw it in freshmeat.net, a gentoo-based setup. anyone tried it? :) -- Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. .~. In Linux we trust. / v \ news://news.hkpcug.org /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^

Re: search engine swish-e

2002-09-17 Thread m.w.chang
I don't know whether it bkocked you before. the exclude hostname issue - that a site could be accessed from multiple domain names. Will namazu be able to handle it with basic setup? not for htdig. you need to well-versed in url_part_aliases. and there is no enough examples in her website.

Re: search engine swish-e

2002-09-16 Thread m.w.chang
is swish-e really so bad? seems that it excludes the hostname when donig indexingOk, I just read the quickstart guide. htdig didn't even include an example for excluding hostname. namazu is more tailored for japanese audience... SwishE is what the SxS used before namazu. it sucked,

[ot] speed.

2002-07-18 Thread m.w.chang
gee.. the US-HK link is really fast message seems to be there instantly... M.W. Chang wrote: I agree, but only if the manual was written to be read by others. I have -- Linux 2.4.18 up 58 days, 1 min, 1 user, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00 Join us in news://news.hkpcug.org and

Re: Updated Step

2002-07-18 Thread m.w.chang
change log for sa.html - remove un-ncessary rules in the sample procmailrc - reset author's email id to avoid spam. :P change log for proftpd.html - a no in proftpd.conf should have been off - add more directives in the sample proftpd.conf - fix some erratic comments in proftpd.conf Nobody

Re: Thinkpad petition

2002-07-18 Thread m.w.chang
no. it will not go... I will bet USD 10 on it. Matthew Carpenter wrote: For a while... Of course, the desktop will stay. -- .~. Swiftly. Silently. Invisibly. In Linux we trust. / v \ /( _ )\ http://www.linux-sxs.org ^ ^ news://news.hkpcug.org

taipei fonts for workstation 3.1

2002-07-16 Thread m.w.chang
anyone got experiences in installing taipei fonts to an english install of COL workstation 3.1 so as to use mozilla to view chinese webpages and news? Would like to have some pointers to doing the project. There is just an ancient Chiense How-to which is serverely outdated. -- may the

outlook virus

2002-07-15 Thread m.w.chang
new virus? --L1db82sd319dm2ns0f4383dhG Content-Type: text/html; Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable HTMLHEAD/HEADBODY FONT COLOR=#FF bATTENTION!/bbrbr You can accessbr bvery important/bbr information bybr this passwordbrbr bDO NOT SAVE/bbr password to diskbr use your mindbrbr now

Re: puzzeled by this log entry

2002-07-15 Thread m.w.chang
I don't see any messenger icon on my win$ desktop. I didn't install MSN stuffs neither. puzzling...why would it try to reach my host. Thanks. Matthew Carpenter wrote: A combination of the port ('MSNP') and the address ('hotmail.com') indicates that this is traffic associated with the

puzzeled by this log entry

2002-07-14 Thread m.w.chang
what was she trying to do? Jul 15 10:03:02 server kernel: iptables IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=64.4.12.72 DST=me.me.me.me LEN=41 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=118 ID=11611 PROTO=TCP SPT=1863 DPT=1042 WINDOW=17011 RES=0x00 ACK URGP=0 Netname: HOTMAIL Netblock: 64.4.0.0 - 64.4.63.255

[ot] x-ray our soul

2002-07-11 Thread m.w.chang
Lately I watched a US news broadcast in Hong Kong. A security expert said that until we could x-ray customers' souls, there would never be true security for airport passengers. I just wondered: what made he believed that the soul was really what it was? It's just a wrapper. Bsisdes, who could

Re: dhcpcd

2002-07-10 Thread m.w.chang
how do you release your IP? is it as simple as dhcpcd -k? I am planning to swtich from adsl to cable (for cheaper but less stable line) so I might need to deal with dhcpcd rather than rp-pppoe soon. any other useful tips for dhcpcd users? maybe I write one should I really change over. Joel

Re: ping

2002-07-10 Thread m.w.chang
the iptables inside your brain is working.. :) ICMP 8,0 - Echo TCP-Reset -- may the force, the farce and linux be with you. See you in news://news.hkpcug.org and http://www.linux-sxs.org ___ Linux-users mailing list -

webmail and netscape format

2002-07-10 Thread m.w.chang
Is there a webmail system that stores messaegs in the format used by mozilla (unix mail?)? IMAP is ok, but you have to wait for the download of all message headers on each folder access. -- may the force, the farce and linux be with you. See you in news://news.hkpcug.org and

Re: DHCP question

2002-07-09 Thread m.w.chang
the dhcp server was resetted. :) All the verbiage which follows simply leads up to this question: How, in the routine course of events, can a dhcp server force a renewal, or terminate, an ip number given to a client and reassign it to another client before the end of the lease time? This is

Re: OT OT

2002-07-07 Thread m.w.chang
why ddin't you just go M$' news://msnews.microsof.com you meant to start a flame, did you? :) Richard R. Sivernell wrote: Need help from a windows NT person. Contact off line so we do not start any flames or upset anyone. -- may the force, the farce and linux be with you. See you in

Re: Evolution importing Outlook data

2002-07-07 Thread m.w.chang
how about netscape? but then outlook didn't export netscape... I wonder how many clients will export netscape formats Michael Hipp wrote: *** Exporting the data to a file and importing it into Evolution comes to my mind... Well yes. But Evolution can't read anything Outlook can export to.

Re: [suggestion] add section news

2002-07-06 Thread m.w.chang
better. thanks. maybe we group mail, news, webmail, mailing list, mail clients, all under a bigger heading messaging... Later Net Llama! wrote: A...ok. Thanks for bringing this to my attention. Fixed by creating a new NEWS category, and moving the two items into it. --

Re: [suggestion] add section news

2002-07-05 Thread m.w.chang
the article on inn is inside section mail. Net Llama! wrote: I'm not following you. What does 'news' have to do with mail? which is a soft-link to mail. -- Linux 2.4.18 up 45 days, 7:00, 0 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Join us in news://news.hkpcug.org and

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