Re: SUSE 9.0 is out now

2003-10-30 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
Aside from minor version bumps in the kernel and KDE, does anyone know why SuSE did a major version bump from 8 to 9 on this? We are just now setting up to use 8.2 in our systems. Anyone have a good argument for us going with 9 instead? On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:31:15 -0800 Mike McKinlay [EMAIL

Re: SUSE 9.0 is out now

2003-10-30 Thread James McDonald
Roger Oberholtzer wrote: Aside from minor version bumps in the kernel and KDE, does anyone know why SuSE did a major version bump from 8 to 9 on this? We are just now setting up to use 8.2 in our systems. Anyone have a good argument for us going with 9 instead? Redhat Mandrake are at 9.x release.

username / id

2003-10-30 Thread Vu Pham
Hi all, Is there any function to get the user name if uid is known, and vice versa ? Similar for group. Thanks, Vu ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc - http://smtp.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread James McDonald
Vu Pham wrote: Hi all, Is there any function to get the user name if uid is known, and vice versa ? Similar for group. Thanks, cat /etc/passwd | grep ^.*:x:500: | awk -F: '{print $1}' cat /etc/passwd | grep ^.*:x:[0-9]*:500 | awk -F: '{print $1}' This is probably not what you want but it does

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread Vu Pham
- Original Message - From: James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:57 AM Subject: Re: username / id Vu Pham wrote: Hi all, Is there any function to get the user name if uid is known, and vice versa ? Similar for group.

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
This may help if you are doing this from a program: man getuid On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 22:57:14 +1100 James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vu Pham wrote: Hi all, Is there any function to get the user name if uid is known, and vice versa ? Similar for group. --

Re: Moving to London OT

2003-10-30 Thread Rick Sivernell
Federico Congrats and like the others enjoy, try to blend in and do as they do, then kick back and roll with the flow, it will be a great ride. Enjoy all of it. Cheers and best to you -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux Registered Linux User

Re: Moving to London OT

2003-10-30 Thread Federico Voges
Hi, Thank you guys! You'll have to forgive me for the shortness of the message, but as you can imagine I have too much to do in very little time :( Bye! Federico Voges Socio gerente Intrasoft Tel/Fax: 54-11-4833-5182 Malabia 2137 14 A e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Motherboard advice

2003-10-30 Thread Harry G
I am about to build another PC to be used as a workstation. I picked up a box of 5 new Seagate SCSI 3 50 gig drives for $250.00 total, so I am thinking of using some them for this. Since SCSI controller boards are about $100.00 or so, I was thinking of using a server mother biard with built

Re: Motherboard advice

2003-10-30 Thread Net Llama!
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Harry G wrote: I am about to build another PC to be used as a workstation. I picked up a box of 5 new Seagate SCSI 3 50 gig drives for $250.00 total, so I am thinking of using some them for this. Since SCSI controller boards are about $100.00 or so, I was thinking of

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:25:39 -0600 Vu Pham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:57 AM Subject: Re: username / id Vu Pham wrote: Hi all, Is there any function to

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread vu pham
Thanks everybody who has replied. Perhaps I will go with one of the following suggestions : - popen with the cat /etc/passwd | grep or - read the /etc/passwd , /etc/group and parse them. Thanks ! Vu ___ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 07:53:35 -0600 Rick Sivernell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 06:25:39 -0600 Vu Pham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: James McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 5:57 AM

Re: SUSE 9.0 is out now

2003-10-30 Thread Matthew Carpenter
I'd like to know as well. I'm quite happy with SuSE 8.2 Pro. But there is so much software included in SuSE that perhaps they have included new revisions of a lot of software that would never make the sales-bullet-points. There were some rough edges that may have been cleared up as well. For

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread James McDonald
vu pham wrote: Thanks everybody who has replied. Perhaps I will go with one of the following suggestions : - popen with the cat /etc/passwd | grep or - read the /etc/passwd , /etc/group and parse them. Thanks ! Vu Umm I was just playing with id and if you [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ id

This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Robert E.Raymond
Hi all, I'm testing sendmail. If you receive this you all know it works. If you don't, no one but me will know it doesn't work. I'll also know it works, but you're welcome to respond just to confirm that you received it anyway. ___ Linux-users

Re: SUSE 9.0 is out now

2003-10-30 Thread Rick Sivernell
List I have just purchased the Suse 9.o pro for my new linux user. I will start install onto a brand new 200gig hard drive, After rebate $129.00 at Frys. I will let everyone know how it goes, may even update spouse's machine too. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296

Re: username / id

2003-10-30 Thread Rick Sivernell
Roger That too will do the trick, my suggestion was using the cl stuff offered only. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gentoo Linux Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust!

Re: This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Robert E.Raymond
On Thursday 30 October 2003 15:37, Robert E.Raymond wrote: Hi all, I'm testing sendmail. If you receive this you all know it works. If you don't, no one but me will know it doesn't work. I'll also know it works, but you're welcome to respond just to confirm that you received it anyway.

Post-halloween doc updates.

2003-10-30 Thread Dave Jones
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I couldn't resist the irony of posting a post-halloween document just before halloween. Quite a few changes since last posting here, and with each posting I tend to get a lot of useful feedback for the next round of changes. Dave

ADMIN: DNS changes

2003-10-30 Thread Douglas J Hunley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It seems the DNS services provided by our new web host can't hold a candle to the services graciously offered by Bill Campbell, so we will be switching back to Bill tomorrow nite (Fri). DNS should propogate over the weekend and everything should be

Re: SUSE 9.0 is out now

2003-10-30 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
I would be interested to know if the driver for wireless lan cards using the ACX100 chipset from TI is included. I have added the driver by hand to 8.2 but would love to see it properly integrated in 9 so it starts nicely on system boot. I eagerly await your findings. On Thu, 2003-10-30 at

Re: ADMIN: DNS changes

2003-10-30 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Will this break my email filtering rules again? - Original Message - From: Douglas J Hunley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:00 PM Subject: ADMIN: DNS changes -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It seems the DNS services provided

Re: Motherboard advice

2003-10-30 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Yes, they will fit in a standard form factor. There shouldn't be any problem with using the buit in ports. They may not perform as well as some SCSI boards but you pay more for the boards. Look at Tyan's line of boards. They are supposed to be good. Harry G wrote: I am about to build

Re: Motherboard advice

2003-10-30 Thread Chong Yu Meng
There is one thing you need to watch out for : For the latest SCSI cards, there is the U160 and U320 standards which offer higher data transfer rates, but these are also very susceptible to small physical or electrical defects. Specifically, I have found that connecting a SCSI drive externally

Re: ADMIN: DNS changes

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Matthew Carpenter: Will this break my email filtering rules again? Probably. Kurt -- We wish you a Hare Krishna We wish you a Hare Krishna We wish you a Hare Krishna And a Sun Myung Moon! -- Maxwell Smart ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: ADMIN: DNS changes

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Douglas J Hunley: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [DNS woes on mothership] Kudos to Bill for his wonderfull service and generosity in offering this to the SxS community. Indeed. Huzzah! Kurt -- An exotic journey in downtown Newark is in your future.

Re: This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Robert E.Raymond: Hi all, I'm testing sendmail. You have my sympathies. If you receive this you all know it works. I'm *so* relieved. If you don't, no one but me will know it doesn't work. Pity, that. I'll also know it works, but you're welcome to respond just to confirm that

Re: ADMIN: DNS changes

2003-10-30 Thread Bill Campbell
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Matthew Carpenter: Will this break my email filtering rules again? Probably. I don't know what DNS would have to do with filtering rules. Bill -- INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC UUCP: camco!bill PO

Re: This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Robert E.Raymond
On Thursday 30 October 2003 20:08, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Robert E.Raymond: Hi all, I'm testing sendmail. You have my sympathies. If you receive this you all know it works. I'm *so* relieved. If you don't, no one but me will know it doesn't work. Pity, that. I'll also know it

Re: This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Jay Nugent
Greetings Bob, On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Robert E.Raymond wrote: On Thursday 30 October 2003 20:08, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Robert E.Raymond: Hi all, I'm testing sendmail. ...stuff Bobbettized... But it still doesn't work! Any ideas? I followed the SxS to the letter Do

rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Michael Hipp
Rdesktop works like a champ as a way to get into a W2k Server box and run Win apps. But it appears it will only work for 90 days unless I cough up some *more* $ to MS. (I own more licenses of various MS junk than any 3 people I know. The idea of having to buy yet another license in order to

RE: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Wil McGilvery
Are you using terminal services for remote admin or as a terminal server? How many people are accessing the box at one time? Wil -Original Message- From: Michael Hipp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 10/30/2003 11:12 PM To: Linux Users Cc:

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Michael Hipp
Wil McGilvery wrote: Are you using terminal services for remote admin or as a terminal server? How many people are accessing the box at one time? Wil Just me for now but I plan to add others later (and don't want to be limited to 2 sessions). So I set it up in the application mode. Also, admin

Re: This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Robert E.Raymond
On Thursday 30 October 2003 11:04, Jay Nugent wrote: Greetings Bob, On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Robert E.Raymond wrote: On Thursday 30 October 2003 20:08, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Robert E.Raymond: Hi all, I'm testing sendmail. ...stuff Bobbettized... snipped,

RE: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Wil McGilvery
I don't know any way around the licensing. I guess if you use the software, you pay the price. What applications are you trying to access? Wil -Original Message- From: Michael Hipp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 10/30/2003 11:22 PM To: [EMAIL

Re: This is just a test

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Jay Nugent: [whack] Sendmail ships with its configuration set to ONLY listen to the loopback device. You can reconfigure it by simply changing one line (no need to run m4 and all that crap!). Well, Red Hat certainly ships Sendmail this way. The default Slackware Sendmail

Re: ADMIN: DNS changes

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
Quoth Bill Campbell: On Thu, Oct 30, 2003, Kurt Wall wrote: Quoth Matthew Carpenter: Will this break my email filtering rules again? Probably. I don't know what DNS would have to do with filtering rules. Ah, you're correct of course. Big fat thinko over here. Kurt -- You can tune a

Spam to Stop Spam

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
I'm not quite sure what to think about spam that wants to sell me some sort of spam blocking. That would be metaspam, yes? Grumble. Sigh. Wherez my pillz? Kurt -- To the systems programmer, users and applications serve only to provide a test load. ___

Mandrake 9.2 Destroys some CD Drives

2003-10-30 Thread Kurt Wall
Here's a interesting one for you Mandrake fans, as seen on another mailing list. Some LG CD-ROM drives that do not meet the ATAPI specification are being destroyed by Mandrake 9.2. Not mandrake's fault, LG's fault for interpreting the FLUSH_CACHE command as the UPLOAD_FIRMWARE command! Here's

Re: rdesktop and Win Terminal $erver

2003-10-30 Thread Michael Hipp
Wil McGilvery wrote: I don't know any way around the licensing. I guess if you use the software, you pay the price. What applications are you trying to access? For now, mainly Quicken, QuickBooks, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, MPLAB (PICmicro IDE), PowerBible CD, MS Office, TaxACT. That covers about