Re: Hi there

2002-01-04 Thread Keith Antoine
On Friday 04 January 2002 02:49 pm, Kurt Wall observed: On January 03, Bill Parker enlightened our ignorance thusly: Thought I would check this list out Greetings. I like it here. They haven't kicked me off yet, anyway. ;-) Kurt As if we haven't tried you tenacious old bugger!! -- Keith

Re: Switching to DHCPDC on Comcast

2002-01-04 Thread Bill Day
On Thursday 03 January 2002 22:33, you were heard blurting out: snip 2. Does anyone know how long I will likely be keeping each assigned dynamic number? I maintain a domain name on register.com and can access my box and get mail with my domain name, provided I can associate my domain name

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Declan Moriarty
Was it Bill Campbell who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 02:42: On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:23:10PM +, Ronnie Gauthier wrote: Not quite right. If I set up IBM.com in my dns anyone on my network would go where my records point to and nothing can supercede them except a lawsuit. Not

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Declan Moriarty
Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: One call initrd after a recompile. Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI for it but no idea how to use it. GUESSING /sbin/mkinitrd? The other strange spot to watch is

Re: /etc/group

2002-01-04 Thread toylet =?x-user-defined?q?=5Blinuxism=5D=5B=A4p=AA=B1=B7N=5D?=
It took me 2 tries to understand /etc/group. daemon:1000:101::xxx,yyy xxx,yyy are the memebers of the group daemon, not the group to which daemon belongs. I think this should read: Simply add the named user to the daemon group. then make /var/run root:daemon and 775. Kurt --

Re: Hi there

2002-01-04 Thread Rick Sivernell
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 16:10:48 +1000 Keith Antoine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 January 2002 11:39 am, Bill Parker observed: Thought I would check this list out Well you got here, so welcome.. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061

OT Re: IT jobs Florida

2002-01-04 Thread Tim Wunder
Randy wrote: Check out the mailing list at www.flux.org for S. Florida. There are a lot of good techie people on it, and not being one myself, I can not answer intelligently (also grew up in the 70's and not many brain cells still alive) Or, if you wish, I can ask a few folks at the next

Re: ssh plus PATH

2002-01-04 Thread Tim Wunder
Keith Antoine wrote: On Friday 04 January 2002 06:54 am, scott curtis observed: Keith Antoine wrote: #2. Can someone tell me how one adds a PATH statement. Is there something on SxS, that I missed, know its been said before but I have no hardcopy. I also remember there is a prescribed

government skill form

2002-01-04 Thread Chang
I just grabbed a copy of a government skill form for Hongkong. I didn't see Linux. It got UNIX, UNIX ADMIN, and IBM AIX though. -- The pivotal point is the second chance, judged by another set of criteria. In Linux We Trust -- http://linux.nf and news://news.hkpcug.org

More Steps Jan 5

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
PALMPILOT-GUI INTERFACES (Susan/Alan) moved information CODE DEVELOPERS-PalmOS- PALMPILOT-PROGRAMMING- Rapid Development Tool Install -EMULATOR -SDK -PILRC -PRCTOOLS -Putting it all together Enjoy (and if you make a bundle, throw muni) -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hi thereot

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 13:09, Bill Parker wrote: Thought I would check this list out Gerday Bill. Your SxS material is still being used. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:48, Declan Moriarty wrote: Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: One call initrd after a recompile. Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI for it but no idea how to use it. I don't knw Mandrake but

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 14:12, Bill Campbell wrote: On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 07:23:10PM +, Ronnie Gauthier wrote: Not quite right. If I set up IBM.com in my dns anyone on my network would go where my records point to and nothing can supercede them except a lawsuit. Not internic, your ISP, IBM

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:38, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay. I stand corrected. Then stand re-corrected. All that any user on the 'internal' network has to do is pull from some other DNS. It's typical to access a dn server geographically close. but it makes little difference in reality. The

Re: government skill form

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:17, Chang wrote: I just grabbed a copy of a government skill form for Hongkong. I didn't see Linux. It got UNIX, UNIX ADMIN, and IBM AIX though. IBM AIX5L is Linux, you can lie and cheat on your form quite successfully. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IT jobs Floridaot

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On January 03, Randy enlightened our ignorance thusly: The 70's were hell on brain cells, I think, it's all just a blur. The normal conversation went something like what are these I don't know just take a couple:). Backup a decade: If you can remember the 60's, you weren't there. --

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread John Hiemenz
On Friday 04 January 2002 08:07 am, Mike Andrew wrote : On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:48, Declan Moriarty wrote: Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: One call initrd after a recompile. Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI for

Re: Hi there

2002-01-04 Thread Glenn Williams
- Original Message - From: Bill Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:39 PM Subject: Hi there Thought I would check this list out Well, then... Hey! and welcome! Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user #

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:59, John Hiemenz wrote: I save initrd for things like emergency boot disks ... makes sense. But I just avoid it. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at

Updated Steps (1/4)

2002-01-04 Thread Linux StepByStep
Bind/DNS - major cleanup/re-org removing old/stale/duplicate info and adding more security tips, and rndc configuration info (Doug Hunley) ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: IT jobs Florida

2002-01-04 Thread Lee
Randy wrote: On Thursday 03 January 2002 10:21 am, you wrote: Randy wrote: Any Floridians on the list? What does the IT sector look like down there? This is my last northern winter. Thanks, Randy Donohoe Every kid out of high school bills him/herself as a computer whiz

RE: OT Re: IT jobs Florida

2002-01-04 Thread Tom Wilson
Tim Wunder wrote: Who was the commedian who said, sure, alcohol kills brain cells, but only the WEAK ones? The wise Cliff Claven was heard to say: Well, ya see Normmy, it's like this...a herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the

RE: government skill form

2002-01-04 Thread Lavinius Romio Petru
Indeed ...they just won't admit it :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mike Andrew Sent: Saturday, 5 January 2002 12:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: government skill form On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:17, Chang wrote: I just grabbed a

more updated steps (1/4)

2002-01-04 Thread Linux StepByStep
Moved all mirror-related content to mirror subdir (mirrors take note) ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Douglas J Hunley
anyone know of any hacks/methods/etc to limit a particular userid to only one login at a time? i.e. admin #1 logs in as root to do something, meanwhile admin #2 sshes into machine as root to do something, but is not allowed to log in. just trying to keep people from tripping over each other

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread John Hiemenz
On Friday 04 January 2002 12:17 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote : anyone know of any hacks/methods/etc to limit a particular userid to only one login at a time? i.e. admin #1 logs in as root to do something, meanwhile admin #2 sshes into machine as root to do something, but is not allowed to log

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Net Llama
--- Douglas J Hunley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: anyone know of any hacks/methods/etc to limit a particular userid to only one login at a time? i.e. admin #1 logs in as root to do something, meanwhile admin #2 sshes into machine as root to do something, but is not allowed to log in.

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Federico Voges
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, pam_limits??? README.pam_limits from eServ 2.3.1: - - --- pam_limits module: Imposing user limits on login. THEORY OF OPERATION: First, make a

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Net Llama
A possibly far less complicated solution (although along the same lines) is to just have the shell in /etc/passwd changed to /bin/false (or something equally useless) each time a person logs in, and then changed back to /bin/bash when they log out. The only problem with this is it could all go

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Joel Hammer
Since login is run by inetd, you could configure tcpwrappers to run a script to check if the user is already logged on, perhaps. Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: in mandrake how does

2002-01-04 Thread Keith Antoine
On Saturday 05 January 2002 12:07 am, Mike Andrew observed: On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 21:48, Declan Moriarty wrote: Was it Keith Antoine who wrote on Friday 04 January 2002 08:33: One call initrd after a recompile. Get the update files downloaded and installed. I can see the GUI

Re: ssh plus PATH

2002-01-04 Thread Keith Antoine
On Friday 04 January 2002 11:42 pm, Tim Wunder observed: Are you looking for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable? export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=path to libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH HT, Tim Thats another one I wanted too, so thanks; goes into notebook. -- Keith Antoine aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St,

Re: Switching to DHCPDC on Comcast

2002-01-04 Thread Dave Anselmi
Joel Hammer wrote: 2. Does anyone know how long I will likely be keeping each assigned dynamic number? I maintain a domain name on register.com and can access my box and get mail with my domain name, provided I can associate my domain name with an ip number on register.com's server. I still

Re: ssh plus PATH

2002-01-04 Thread Dave Anselmi
Tim Wunder wrote: Are you looking for the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable? export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=path to libs:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH The linux loader, ld, keeps its own list of library paths so this tends not to be necessary. But that means you have to run ldconfig after installing any new

new Steps! (1/4)

2002-01-04 Thread Douglas J Hunley
New bio pages of the Editors (most of em anyway) are now up on the site. Front Page-Snapshots. (Doug Hunley) -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf Don't underestimate the power of survival of the fittest - Linus

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Douglas J Hunley
Federico Voges babbled on about: Hi, pam_limits??? sweet! so pam has a use after all ;) thanks -- Douglas J Hunley (doug at hunley.homeip.net) - Linux User #174778 Admin: Linux StepByStep - http://linux.nf Meeting, n.: An assembly of people coming together to decide what person or

Re: new Steps! (1/4)

2002-01-04 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Friday 04 January 2002 16:56 pm, Douglas J Hunley wrote: New bio pages of the Editors (most of em anyway) are now up on the site. Front Page-Snapshots. (Doug Hunley) Getting page not found on Bill Campbell. --

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
Nobody has mentioned it, but there's a real danger that you could wind up unable to administer your system. This is particularly true because the original question referred to the root user. Suppose something goes wrong with the on allowed root connection. What then? You could even find

Re: allowing sinlge-login only?

2002-01-04 Thread Aaron Grewell
True. If you only want one console, use NetWare. ;-) On Fri, 2002-01-04 at 16:07, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: Nobody has mentioned it, but there's a real danger that you could wind up unable to administer your system. This is particularly true because the original question referred to the root

Re: IT jobs Floridaot

2002-01-04 Thread Harry G
On Friday January 04 2002 11:29 am, you interfaced in analog form: On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 01:57:31 +1130 Mike Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On January 03, Randy enlightened our ignorance thusly: The 70's were hell on brain cells, I think, it's all just a blur. The normal conversation

KDE configuration

2002-01-04 Thread Clint Tevlin
I've installed eD2.4 on my intended gateway PC but KDE appears stretched vertically, ie icons and menubar spacings. How can I adjust this? Cheers, Clint. ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at

re snapshots

2002-01-04 Thread Mike Andrew
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 02:55, Linux StepByStep wrote: [snip] nicely presented Mr Doug. -- http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

RE: ELX iso's...ot

2002-01-04 Thread lesley
What is an ELX iso ??? -Original Message- ·ol : Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] ˆ¶æ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] “úŽž : 2002”N1ŒŽ4“ú 12:05 Œ–¼ : Re: ELX iso's...ot On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:04:06 -0500 Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just ftp'ed the elx iso's

Re: ELX iso's...ot

2002-01-04 Thread Collins Richey
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:22:35 +0900 lesley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is an ELX iso ??? -Original Message- _·_o_l : Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _¶_æ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ú__ : 2002_N1__4_ú 12:05 ___¼ : Re: ELX iso's...ot On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:04:06

Fw: Re: ELX iso's...ot

2002-01-04 Thread Collins Richey
On Sat, 5 Jan 2002 13:22:35 +0900 lesley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is an ELX iso ??? -Original Message- _·_o_l : Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] _¶_æ : [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ú__ : 2002_N1__4_ú 12:05 ___¼ : Re: ELX iso's...ot On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 19:04:06

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
The point I was making is that even if(when) you get you domain name transfered, if the original hosting entity does not remove you from their dns table no one accessing the net from them(their network) will be able to access your new host. And yes, a user can use just about any dns server,

Re: Internet Server Sanctions

2002-01-04 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
Yes, most of us here can do that no problem, and do as a rule when trouble shooting access problems. But dont expect the average user to do more than say a site is broken. They have no clue to what a dns is much less how to use one vs. another. On Friday 04 January 2002 14:22, Mike Andrew

Re: KDE configuration

2002-01-04 Thread Ian
Clint Tevlin wrote: I've installed eD2.4 on my intended gateway PC but KDE appears stretched vertically, ie icons and menubar spacings. How can I adjust this? 'man xvidtune' /usr/X11R6/bin/xvidtune -- Linux SxS [http://sxs.webhop.net/] ___

Re: Switching to DHCPDC on Comcast

2002-01-04 Thread Joel Hammer
Well, fooling around with dhcpcd: The man page says dhcpcd will try to configure your interface; however, when I run dhcpcd against my intranet dhcp server with dhcpcd -d eth0, the interface isn't changed at all. The lease files are set up on the client computer, but no attempt is made to