Re: [SLUG] More nomination madness

2006-02-27 Thread Lindsay Holmwood
Chris Deigan wrote: Nominating is so fun, most of you have no idea what you're missing out on.. ;) I'd like to nominate Telford Tendys for ordinary committee member - Telford has been a great help this year on the CTTE, and I'd welcome him to continue on his efforts. I second! And, Lindsay

[SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread ashley maher
G'day, I'm trying to set up virtual hosting using apache2 on an ubuntu box. I'm basing the setup on a config file I've used for apache 1.3 from an old server that has run for years. Ubuntu being debian based uses a file for each virtual host. So following the apache2 example should all be

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread James Purser
Okay this may be a stupid suggestion but have you set up apache to deal with virtual hosts? is something like the following in the main config: NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 -- James Purser Producer/Presenter - Linux Australia Update http://k-sit.com - My Blog http://la-pod.k-sit.com -

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread Chris Deigan
quote(ashley maher); I'm basing the setup on a config file I've used for apache 1.3 from an old server that has run for years. BAD BAD BAD Ubuntu being debian based uses a file for each virtual host. Yeah, and being Debian, the main concept of configuration is magic! Everything you need to

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread ashley maher
James, On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 20:51 +1100, James Purser wrote: Okay this may be a stupid suggestion but have you set up apache to deal with virtual hosts? is something like the following in the main config: NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 NameVirtualHost is in the default site file.

[SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread jam
On Monday 27 February 2006 18:33, elliott-brennan wrote: Hiya James, iinet are ultra arrogant, do it our way or Piss Off (literal exact words) That's sounds particularly nasty! What was up their arse? Hi Patrick I was hurt and wounded. For years I had had a dialup account (from dim memory

[SLUG] Yet Another Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Kedzierski
Hi, I'd like to nominate Jeremy Apthorp aka nornagon for the position of ordinary committee member. I have a feeling that he will make a good committee member with his enthusiasm and ideas. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Yet Another Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread Chris Deigan
quote(Michael Kedzierski); I'd like to nominate Jeremy Apthorp aka nornagon for the position of ordinary committee member. I have a feeling that he will make a good committee member with his enthusiasm and ideas. I second this nomination. -Chris. -- DDR for SLUG *is* cool. -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread r . polanskis
Here's what I do, with a template config file that contains the below. The httpd.conf is static in that it contains only global info for the host.Only the most basic info for the site is included in httpd.conf, as I want to push it out (via n1sps) as a template. Then I include the file

[SLUG] Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread nornagon
I nominate Matthew Palmer for Ordinary Committee Member. -- - nornagon Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Kedzierski
On 2/27/06, nornagon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I nominate Matthew Palmer for Ordinary Committee Member. I second the nomination. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread nornagon
I nominate Mark Greenaway as an Ordinary Committee Member. -- - nornagon Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

[SLUG] Accepting Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread nornagon
I accept a place as an Ordinary Committee Member. -- - nornagon Jeremy Apthorp -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Accepting Nomination

2006-02-27 Thread dave kempe
nornagon wrote: I accept a place as an Ordinary Committee Member. um you have to get voted in for that... you mean you accept a nomination.. :) dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=ashley maher Any kind soul mind pointing me to a url that has working debian based examples of vhost configs Quick explanation: * I add the NameVirtualHost entries I need to /etc/apache2/ports.conf * I create per-virtual files in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled that look roughly

Re: [SLUG] well I'm defeated!

2006-02-27 Thread ashley maher
On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 13:03 +0100, Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=ashley maher Any kind soul mind pointing me to a url that has working debian based examples of vhost configs Quick explanation: * I add the NameVirtualHost entries I need to /etc/apache2/ports.conf This appears to be

Re: [SLUG] Linuxworld stand for LA!

2006-02-27 Thread telford
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:25:26PM +1100, Pia Waugh wrote: We could even show some demos of non-commercial FOSS that just inspires the imagination. Why non-commercial? Is it a condition of getting a stand at m8s r8s? I'm pretty partial to

[SLUG] Dates of Linuxworld

2006-02-27 Thread telford
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 11:27:45AM +1100, Craige McWhirter wrote: Depending on the date for Linux World, count me in for all three. http://www.linuxworldexpo.com.au/ 28 - 30 March 2006 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and

Re: [SLUG] Linuxworld stand for LA!

2006-02-27 Thread Robert Collins
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 08:15 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, Feb 26, 2006 at 09:25:26PM +1100, Pia Waugh wrote: We could even show some demos of non-commercial FOSS that just inspires the imagination. Why non-commercial? Is it a

Re: [SLUG] Problems with iptables GRE

2006-02-27 Thread Peter Rundle
Howard, I don't know if it helps but. to allow PCs inside a PIX firewall to access a pptp server on the outside I had to allow gre in both directions. I.E the pptp server needs to send gre packets to the PC but the traffic from the server to the PC is not seen as part of the outbound

Re: [SLUG] Mass nominations

2006-02-27 Thread Jamie Honan
On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 04:02:42PM +1100, Chris Deigan wrote: quote(Pia Waugh); Lastly, I nominate Jamie Honan for ordinary committee member. For those who don't know Jamie, he is a previous SLUG President, a fantastic guy, a great person to bounce ideas off and I think if he can be

Re: [SLUG] Problems with iptables GRE

2006-02-27 Thread Howard Lowndes
Peter Rundle wrote: Howard, I don't know if it helps but. to allow PCs inside a PIX firewall to access a pptp server on the outside I had to allow gre in both directions. I.E the pptp server needs to send gre packets to the PC but the traffic from the server to the PC is not seen as

Re: [SLUG] Sick gnupg keyring

2006-02-27 Thread Christopher Vance
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 09:26:21AM +1100, Peter Howard wrote: Sometime recently my gnupg keyring got stuffed. When I try to access keys now I get the following output: gpg: checking the trustdb gpg: mpi larger than indicated length (2 bytes) gpg: keyring_get_keyblock: read error: invalid

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 19:10 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So you're prepaired to lose a customer! I'm not a business customer, I don't want and can't afford business rates ($100+/month) That's unusual, in my experience (not with iinet) business rates are usually significantly cheaper

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread Michael Fox
On 2/28/06, Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's unusual, in my experience (not with iinet) business rates are usually significantly cheaper than residential rates. Not from any ISP I have ever seen. Just look at the Internode Business plans compared to Home/Soho ones. Speaking of

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread James Polley
On 2/28/06, Michael Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2/28/06, Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's unusual, in my experience (not with iinet) business rates are usually significantly cheaper than residential rates. Not from any ISP I have ever seen. Just look at the Internode

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread Craige McWhirter
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 11:58 +1100, James Polley wrote: Nor from any that I've seen.. Perhaps I got lucky but I'm making a significant saving by purchasing under my company name rather than a standard residential ADSL plan. -- Cheeers, Craige. signature.asc Description: This is a

[SLUG] Free AlphaPC 164

2006-02-27 Thread Ian Wienand
Free to good home * AlphaPC 164 * 433Mhz Alpha 21164 Processor * 128Mb RAM * 18Gig Quantum Atlas 10K SCSI drive * Pioneer SCSI CD * Archive 4326xx SCSI tape drive (DDS-2?) with a whole bunch of tapes * Inbuilt IDE controller - takes normal IDE disks. * IDE hard drive cage (modified

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Michael Fox wrote: On 2/28/06, Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's unusual, in my experience (not with iinet) business rates are usually significantly cheaper than residential rates. Not from any ISP I have ever seen. Just look at the Internode Business

Re: [SLUG] Free AlphaPC 164

2006-02-27 Thread Ian Wienand
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 12:12:20PM +1100, Ian Wienand wrote: Free to good home Thanks, it has found a new home :) -i signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

[SLUG] internet access via mobile phone

2006-02-27 Thread Bret Comstock Waldow
Is anyone using a mobile phone for internet access? Is there a provider that is Linux-friendly? (or OS agnostic, anyway) I'm moving to Oz soon, and considering this approach. I'd be interested in any experiences, resources, etc. Cheers, Bret pgpRtEOx2GEWd.pgp Description: PGP signature --

RE: [SLUG] internet access via mobile phone

2006-02-27 Thread Roger Barnes
Hiya Bret, Is anyone using a mobile phone for internet access? Is there a provider that is Linux-friendly? (or OS agnostic, anyway) I'm moving to Oz soon, and considering this approach. I'd be interested in any experiences, resources, etc. I use a mobile phone

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread Chris Deigan
quote(Michael Fox); Not from any ISP I have ever seen. Just look at the Internode Business plans compared to Home/Soho ones. Although AAPT's business stuff is interesting:

[SLUG] Re: internet access via mobile phone

2006-02-27 Thread Matthew Palmer
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:43:50PM +1300, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: Is anyone using a mobile phone for internet access? Is there a provider that is Linux-friendly? (or OS agnostic, anyway) I'm moving to Oz soon, and considering this approach. I'd be interested in any experiences,

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread Ryan Verner
On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 12:35 +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: This one time, at band camp, Michael Fox wrote: On 2/28/06, Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's unusual, in my experience (not with iinet) business rates are usually significantly cheaper than residential rates. Not

Re: [SLUG] internet access via mobile phone

2006-02-27 Thread Erle Pereira
On Tue, Feb 28, 2006 at 04:43:50PM +1300, Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: Is anyone using a mobile phone for internet access? Is there a provider that just came here myself, www.unwired.com.au seemed the be the most promising. However it was not available in my coverage area. incidentally..this

[SLUG] Telstra broadband and Redhat 8.0

2006-02-27 Thread Chiz-mail
Hi I am using Redhat 8.0 and would like to have a broadband account with Telstra. I contacted them and they have no idea if I can use their modem with Redhat 8.0. I would appreciate if anyone has actually achieved this or has any knowledge of how I can get these to work together. Thank

Re: [SLUG] Telstra broadband and Redhat 8.0

2006-02-27 Thread Chris Deigan
quote(Chiz-mail); I am using Redhat 8.0 and would like to have a broadband account with Telstra. I contacted them and they have no idea if I can use their modem with Redhat 8.0. Telstra have no idea about much at all. I would appreciate if anyone has actually achieved this or has any

Re: [SLUG] Re: internet access via mobile phone

2006-02-27 Thread Terry Collins
Matthew Palmer wrote: but it doesn't hold a candle to an open access point. grin 7/52 were open locally, aka not encrypted when I war-drove (passenger actually) to the quack recently. Was looking on www.nodedb.com and found the bigpong has public access points at the local knocking shop and

Re: [SLUG] Re: Comment from iinet

2006-02-27 Thread jam
On Tuesday 28 February 2006 14:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This one time, at band camp, Michael Fox wrote: On 2/28/06, Craige McWhirter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's unusual, in my experience (not with iinet) business rates are usually significantly cheaper than residential rates. Not