Re: [SLUG] cname domain redirection Q

2008-02-03 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 11:48:34AM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: > I have adomain.org.au, the domain will be dropped in the next few month, > and, all web data will reside on overseasdomain.net hosted remotely > > currently, CNAME has been set, so, local users typing 'adomain.org.au' > reach web dat

Re: [SLUG] HA Active/Passive Firewall - with TCP and NAT tracking

2008-01-30 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:14:43PM +1100, Greg Cockburn wrote: > On 30/01/2008, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:49:50AM +1100, Greg Cockburn wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I want to know if

Re: [SLUG] HA Active/Passive Firewall - with TCP and NAT tracking

2008-01-29 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 11:49:50AM +1100, Greg Cockburn wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to know if it is possible to share/track TCP/VPN(IPSEC)/NAT > connections between 2 Linux hosts. > > At home I have a great Firewall. It runs LEAF Bering uClibc 3.X / OPENSWAN > / OPENVPN. It is great. > > At w

Re: [SLUG] Restricting access to certain IP addresses with OpenVPN

2008-01-29 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 30, 2008 at 09:44:33AM +1100, Andre Kolodochka wrote: > Hi sluggers, > > We have OpenVPN server running internally for employees to access our > network from home. We have a request from a potential client to access > some internal demo systems. They are happy to install and use OpenVP

Re: [SLUG] web/domain redirection ?

2008-01-25 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Jan 25, 2008 at 07:21:27PM +1100, Voytek Eymont wrote: > how can I divert web/domain to a foreign server that I have no control over ? > > I have a domain.org.au, the web server pages for the domain now needs to > be served from anotherdomain.com on a remote server > > I've tried to set a

Re: [SLUG] Call for the likeminded.. Assistance with Local Linux Distro

2008-01-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 07:27:42PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody.. > > I have stumbled into something which I think is too big for > me and I am looking to reach out to people who might find > some value. > > By Trade, I am a Programmer/Project Manager. Last year I > worked at t

Re: [SLUG] Mass converting Gigabites of wma to mp3

2008-01-21 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 01:52:11AM +1100, Sam Gentle wrote: > On Jan 22, 2008 12:59 AM, Daryl Thompson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have 287Gb of my music still on an external HD in Windows Wma format > > in multiply directory's under a top directory of "wma" > > i wish to mass con

Re: [SLUG] Fedoara 8 or Suse 10.3

2008-01-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jan 17, 2008 at 12:43:44AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > Would it be better to use Suse 10.3 or Fedora 8 as a distribution to use > > to study Linux for the LPI exams? > > Whichever you are more comfortable with. The differences are either covered > by LPI, or don't matter too much an

Re: [SLUG] Asynchronous Distributed Filesystem

2008-01-16 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 05:46:35PM +1100, Joel Heenan wrote: > Hi, > [snip] > > Sorry I didn't mean to say differences I meant to say distances. The > DR site is a good 20km away. I have not researched this thoroughly but > it was my understanding that GFS was designed for fibre connected > volum

Re: [SLUG] Asynchronous Distributed Filesystem

2008-01-15 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 05:15:51PM +1100, Joel Heenan wrote: > SLUG, > > We have a requirement in a new project to have a distributed > filesystem. Files are written to one of 32 * 200MB volumes and we need > to keep them in sync with a DR site. Rsync, I believe, will be just > too slow to replica

Re: [SLUG] Some advice on a creating very specific startup behaviour

2008-01-14 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 01:33:44PM +1100, Adam Kennedy wrote: > Hi folks > > I'm working on an open source virtualized automated testing system (see > http://pitatesting.org/ or http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?PITA for details) > and I need some advice on hacking a simple linux install to create a

[SLUG] Re: Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-08 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Alex, > > Dunno whether it's enough. My HP laptop has 512 and that's quite okay, mind > you it has a faster processor than this machine. > > Hard to tell...someone's going to have to play with it to find out :) > > Regards, > > Patrick > >&g

Re: [SLUG] measuring traffic

2008-01-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jan 08, 2008 at 06:53:51AM +, Visser, Martin wrote: > This won't work if it is a network with a dumb (cheap/unmanaged) switch. (An > old dumb hub/repeater would be fine but almost no one uses these nowdays). > > You really either need to get access to the gateway (and even then it may

Re: [SLUG] Let the UMPC wars start :)

2008-01-06 Thread Alex Samad
Is 512M really enough memory ? On Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 09:46:57PM +1100, elliott-brennan wrote: > Hi David, > > I know, I was wondering about the price too. > > One of the links I found stated that the company claimed it was going to > make it competitive with the eeepc - whatever that *really

Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem

2008-01-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:55:53PM +0900, Adrian Chadd wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008, Alex Samad wrote: > > sounds like xfs it is then > > .. of course, you could benchmark how it performs, you could try > a few things, like "pull the power out whilst you're working

Re: [SLUG] linux filesystem

2008-01-01 Thread Alex Samad
sounds like xfs it is then On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 03:10:41PM +1100, Richard Heycock wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2008 at 02:51:08PM +1100, Sam Gentle wrote: > > On Jan 2, 2008 2:35 PM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I am going to

[SLUG] linux filesystem

2008-01-01 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am going to be working on some large files (~5G) and I was in the process of making some room with lvm, did the formatting as ext3 and thought maybe there is a better fs for the job. These are video file that I will be working on. Just wondering what other people used for large size file

Re: [SLUG] Tuesday afternoon shell command optimisation party!

2007-12-20 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 09:18:06PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Alex Samad wrote: > >On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:57:39PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > >> This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote: > >> > > >> > > >

Re: [SLUG] Tuesday afternoon shell command optimisation party!

2007-12-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Dec 18, 2007 at 11:57:39PM +1100, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > > > > >> > sed 's#[^,]*##g' input.txt | tr -d '\n' | wc -m > >> > >> Something like the following might be close: > >> > >> awk 'BEGIN{FS=","}{$0~",$":i=i+NF?i=i+NF-1}END{print(

[SLUG] Nolisting (another form of whitelisting)

2007-12-13 Thread Alex Samad
A friend has brought this to my attention http://nolisting.org/, wondering if any one else was using this ? alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.

Re: [SLUG] RedHat Cluster Suite as a replacement for linux-ha?

2007-11-30 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:31:47AM +, Amos Shapira wrote: > Hello, > > I'm beginning to give up on making Linux-HA's heartbeat work for my > environment (CentOS x86_64) and am wondering what other option have I got to > help me: > 1. Use IPVS to maintain a cluster of servers serving virtual IP

Re: [SLUG] find -exec

2007-11-28 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 10:16:45AM +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 28/11/2007, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > > > I have this commend which i use > > > > find -mindepth 2 -type d -exec bash -c 'ls -l "{}" | tail -

[SLUG] find -exec

2007-11-27 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I have this commend which i use find -mindepth 2 -type d -exec bash -c 'ls -l "{}" | tail -n 2' \; I have tried to format the -exec option with out the bash -c, but I can't figure out a way to escape off the | I could make a function out if it, but was wondering if there were any find e

Re: [SLUG] RegEx question

2007-11-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 04:48:20PM +1100, Rick Welykochy wrote: > Stuart Guthrie wrote: > >> Not being a regex expert I was hoping someone could point me at a >> list, forum or just give me a pointer on how to achieve this: >> Field that must have 2 out of 3 of these: >> standard a-z/A-Z >> arabic

Re: [SLUG] howto record a Windoze media stream directly to mp3/ogg?

2007-10-29 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:58:51AM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > I'm using mplayer to record a Windoze media stream, then converting the > file to mp3: > > % mplayer -cache 512 -vc null -vo null -ao pcm:file=${outfile} > http://1.2.3.4:8080 > % toolame -m s "$i" "$newname" > > The machine I'm wo

[SLUG] winbind + nsswitch issues

2007-10-29 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I have just installed a amd64 debian box, installed samba & samba-common 3.0.26a-1 and winbind 3.0.26a-1 I have taken a working smb.conf from another machine (the one I am upgrading from). I have done a net join I have updated my /etc/nsswitch passwd: files winbind group: files w

Re: [SLUG] ipv6.broadway.aarnet.net.au

2007-10-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 02:02:47PM +1000, Christopher Vance wrote: > On 10/23/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I will want to set this on an openwrt box, do you see any problems ? > > My gateway runs a different free OS, so I can't give explicit > step

Re: [SLUG] ipv6.broadway.aarnet.net.au

2007-10-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Oct 23, 2007 at 10:38:28AM +1000, Christopher Vance wrote: > On 10/23/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any one know what has happened to ipv6.broadway.aarnet.net.au > > (::192.231.212.5) > > , I used to use it as a 6to4 gateway. But it doesn't

[SLUG] ipv6.broadway.aarnet.net.au

2007-10-22 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Any one know what has happened to ipv6.broadway.aarnet.net.au (::192.231.212.5) , I used to use it as a 6to4 gateway. But it doesn't seem to be working any more. Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subsc

Re: [SLUG] raid1 mdadm or lvm mirror's

2007-10-17 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 10:32:02PM +1000, Matthew Hannigan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 17, 2007 at 07:47:35PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > [ ...] > > I have some data that I don't really care if it dies/get lost. I can't do > > that > > on a lv by lv basis with

[SLUG] raid1 mdadm or lvm mirror's

2007-10-17 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am in the process of rebuilding my server and I am planning my disk usage. I have 2 drives. Traditionally I would do 4 partitions to make up 4 md's md0 /boot ( ~ 500M - I like have space here) sda1 + sdb1 md1 / (~10G) sda2 + sdb2 md2 swap sda3 + sdb3 md3 LVM PV sda4 + sdb4 from the P

[SLUG] Samba v's Windos Server

2007-10-16 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Question for slug. I look after the IT side of things for a friends business, right now they have 3 pc running windows XP - has to be, the main client app is Access - VBA. They have 1 server which is running debian + vmware, I have Windows 2000 server installed in VMware and I am using AD,

Re: [SLUG] Moving o/s' around

2007-10-15 Thread Alex Samad
I think there are some scripts PV2VM to help with that On Tue, Oct 16, 2007 at 11:22:15AM +1000, John wrote: > Hi list, > > I'd like to change my os of choice to Ubuntu again (long story) but retain > the Winxp setup that I have by running it as a VMware image on Ubuntu. > > This would seem to

Re: [SLUG] CLP? Novell course 3072

2007-10-08 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I would have to second this, I have seen a lot more Redhat than I have of SuSe. I followed the same track with rche, just sit the exam Alex On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 10:37:25AM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > On Tue, 9 Oct 2007 10:06:51 +1000, "Antonio Candito" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > >

Re: [SLUG] Comsec behaving badly, how to talk to a big business

2007-10-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 01:09:50AM +, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 07/10/2007, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 12:35:10AM +, Amos Shapira wrote: > > > On 05/10/2007, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: [SLUG] Comsec behaving badly, how to talk to a big business

2007-10-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Oct 07, 2007 at 12:35:10AM +, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 05/10/2007, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > looks like they are sending a > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > when it should be a > > > >

[SLUG] Comsec behaving badly, how to talk to a big business

2007-10-05 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am having problems with comsec sending badly formatted emails, I have emailed them faxed them, but its the case of a big business spending lots of money on their it, why would one of their clients know better then them. My problem is I run my own domain and I run my own mail server (exim

Re: [SLUG] Wireless router with Optus broadband cable

2007-09-27 Thread Alex Samad
another good source is here http://wiki.openwrt.org/TableOfHardware I have a asus Wl500Gp does all thats needed and comes with more flash. There is some problems with running 2.6, openwrt version 7.07 -> 7.09 (just released), although 7.06 is stables. Also the broadcom drivers do not work pr

Re: [SLUG] mdadm/fstab mismatch

2007-09-26 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Sep 27, 2007 at 02:53:59AM +1000, Michael Chesterton wrote: > > On 26/09/2007, at 10:36 PM, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: >> Hmm, thats interesting: >> >> /dev/sda3: UUID="2956c339-fa5e-45d9-ab13-e92a9597ab20" SEC_TYPE="ext2" >> TYPE="ext3" >> /dev/sdb3: UUID="2956c339-fa5e-45d9-ab13-

[SLUG] online drives

2007-09-24 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am investigating online drive - free space provide by ???. Looking for a large space around 10G. I have come across gdrive - use gmail as an online drive any one used this ? Thanks Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http

Re: [SLUG] Which multiport NICs for Linux ?

2007-09-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Sep 23, 2007 at 09:30:09PM +1000, Minh Van Le wrote: > Hello :) > > I want to set up an IP accounting box for a home network. > > My idea is to install x2 quad port ethernet NICs in a Red Hat server to > compose the topology below. > > Do people know of any good Linux compatible multipor

Re: [SLUG] Networking problem - help pls!

2007-09-19 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 11:04:04AM +1000, bill wrote: > I have a home LAN of 4 PCs and 1 laptop. > > Connected phone-line --> modem/router --> gigabit ethernet switch --> PCs ( > via CAT5 cable) > > Problem: the laptop and 3 PCs connect to the 'Net OK. > > 4th PC won't even ping the modem/router,

Re: [SLUG] Linux and Windows interoperabiliy

2007-09-19 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 12:37:04AM +1000, Ken Foskey wrote: > On Tue, 2007-09-18 at 18:34 +1000, Minh Van Le wrote: > > I've been browsing at some Unix interoperability programs and emulators like > > Cygwin, Windows Services for Unix (SFU), coLinux, Uwin, VMWare etc. > > > > My quick question is,

Re: [SLUG] Software RAID Questions

2007-09-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 12:46:31PM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:16:14AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > > >>>>> "Dave" == Dave Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Dave> Hi, the proper way to do it is to generate

Re: [SLUG] Software RAID Questions

2007-09-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 09:16:14AM +1000, Peter Chubb wrote: > > "Dave" == Dave Kempe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Dave> Hi, the proper way to do it is to generate an > Dave> /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf config file and have udadm/udev do the > Dave> right thing on boot. I have simply create the

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for a VPN for linux

2007-09-18 Thread Alex Samad
th ipsec packets are encapsulated as they enter an interface dependant on your ipsec filtering rules - this used to be a pain for writing iptables rules. There was also problems with NAT and ipsec. propper routing settings - setting the right source address to fit your ipsec filters > > R

Re: [SLUG] Recommendation for a VPN for linux

2007-09-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 11:34:10AM +0200, Ian Brown wrote: > Hi, > - Can anybody recommend on a free VPN for linux ? > > - I know that it can be installed on top of IPSec (with > userspace tools like Openswan , http://www.openswan.org/). > > - I know that you can create a VPN using PPTP (Po

Re: [SLUG] Upgrading HP laptop BIOS without Windows, how?

2007-09-18 Thread Alex Samad
Hi my understanding was that hp was moving towards, non windows upgrades of bios/firmware etc. This being done with either free dos or linux boot images Alex On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 06:37:00PM +1000, Visser, Martin wrote: > Even easier, might be get basically any Windows loaded hard drive, sti

Re: [SLUG] Software RAID Questions

2007-09-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 04:42:23PM +1000, slug list wrote: > Hi All > > I am Mucking around wit setting up some Software RAID Disks. I brought 5 x > 500Gb USB2 external Disks and got them really Cheap. I have a situation > where I dont need Llightening fast access to files, but I need a Lot of > S

Re: [SLUG] ADSL Migration from layer 3 to layer 2 with subnet

2007-09-11 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Sep 11, 2007 at 05:53:13PM +1000, Scott Ragen wrote: > Hey Guys, > Internode will be shortly migrating our adsl from layer 3 to layer 2 > pppoe. > I've done pppoe before, so thats not a problem, but we have a 5 ip subnet. > I'm curious to how I configure the server. (Internode have said w

Re: [SLUG] iptables defualt policy

2007-09-10 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Sep 10, 2007 at 02:42:48PM +1000, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Alex Samad wrote: > >Hi > > > >I am just going through my firewall setup and I notice I can no longer do > >iptables -P INPUT REJECT > > > >when did this hap

[SLUG] iptables defualt policy

2007-09-09 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am just going through my firewall setup and I notice I can no longer do iptables -P INPUT REJECT when did this happen ? I could have sworn that is what I used to use as a default, yes I know I can drop and add a -A -j REJECT Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] Problems with linux firewall, PPTP, opening ports

2007-08-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 11:58:00AM +1000, Scott Waller wrote: > Hi Fellow Sluggers, > > I have searched Hi and Lo and need help. I have a weird setup here but > it works well and I would like to try and keep my setup. > > The Scene > > I have a FC6 machine running a firewalling prog called acac

Re: [SLUG] apache2 documentation - howto read on local server

2007-08-17 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Aug 18, 2007 at 12:35:54AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Anyone know what the magical google search should be to figure out how > to read the apache2-doc docs on my local webserver? > > Each HTML file has various versions named *. where is two > char language code, and the links point t

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 01:11:20PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-09 at 13:03 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 08:03:41AM +1000, Ershad Shafi Chowdhury > > wrote: > > > have you considered using the &q

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Aug 09, 2007 at 09:25:27AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 08/08/07, Glen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Named does have a backends system, where you can do untold evil. > > > This reminds me - maybe Power DNS (pdns, already using bind9 internally for dynamic domain (dhcp regis

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
the "hosts" file to resolve names internally? its > > ok for a couple of machines, but if you have hundreds, then views seems to > > be the way to go. > > > > On 8/9/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
gs like squid > On 8/9/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 06:22:46PM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > > * On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:21:42AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > > > I have a domain that is has its primary at

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 11:27:04PM +0930, Glen Turner wrote: > On Wed, 2007-08-08 at 18:22 +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > > * On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:21:42AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > > I have a domain that is has its primary at dyndns.org. say example.com. > > &g

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-08 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 06:22:46PM +1000, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > * On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:21:42AM +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > I have a domain that is has its primary at dyndns.org. say example.com. > > when > > I am at home I would like my internal DNS server to s

Re: [SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-07 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Aug 08, 2007 at 08:42:57AM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 08/08/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > All I want to be able to do is say to my dns server bind9 if you get a > > request > > for mail.example.com don't go the net give it

[SLUG] Injecting information into a bind server

2007-08-07 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I have a domain that is has its primary at dyndns.org. say example.com. when I am at home I would like my internal DNS server to service example.com by making a request to the proper NS servers. But for 1 or 2 select names ie say mail.example.com I would like my internal DNS to return val

Re: [SLUG] SSH attack

2007-08-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Aug 01, 2007 at 11:27:38PM +1000, Jeremy Visser wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > > Seems like I am getting attacked from these ip's > > 59.124.57.147 > > 61.180.85.226 > > 1

Re: [SLUG] SSH attack

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 07:05:33PM +1000, Amos Shapira wrote: > On 31/07/07, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Seems like I am getting attacked from these ip's > > 59.124.57.147 > > 61.180.85.226 > > 155.230.106.16

[SLUG] SSH attack

2007-07-31 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Seems like I am getting attacked from these ip's 59.124.57.147 61.180.85.226 155.230.106.163 202.107.245.4 202.188.161.66 210.164.31.91 212.210.63.18 219.149.182.14

Re: [SLUG] Networking dropouts on Bigpond cable.

2007-07-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 10:59:49PM +1000, Voytek Eymont wrote: > > On Tue, July 24, 2007 9:40 pm, Heracles wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Doesn't Bigpond require a heartbeat? I seem to remember something like > > bpalogin being required for a reliable connection to their cabl

[SLUG] Atheros Mini PCI card

2007-07-23 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Anybody know where i can buy one of these ? Thanks Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- 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] Slightly OT

2007-07-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Jul 23, 2007 at 09:24:32PM +0930, Glen Turner wrote: > On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 18:51 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > > I found a USB to DB9M RS-232 Converter at jaycar. My problem is, the > > serial > > ports on the DL are 3.3v. Will these devices handle that prop

Re: [SLUG] Slightly OT

2007-07-23 Thread Alex Samad
jaycar. My problem is, the serial ports on the DL are 3.3v. Will these devices handle that properly ? Alex > > On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 13:33 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > Hi > > > > I was wondering if any body knows where I can get a serial to usb converter > > for &g

Re: [SLUG] Slightly OT

2007-07-23 Thread Alex Samad
ectronics > Farnell > > Mark Phillips > > On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 13:33 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > Hi > > > > I was wondering if any body knows where I can get a serial to usb converter > > for > > a WL-500gP. I am running openwrt on it and would like

[SLUG] Slightly OT

2007-07-22 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I was wondering if any body knows where I can get a serial to usb converter for a WL-500gP. I am running openwrt on it and would like serial access. There are lots of links on the site to american places to purchase such devices. I thought this list might be geeky enough to have some ans

Re: [SLUG] OpenMoko.com online

2007-07-10 Thread Alex Samad
Had a look at the site, looks very interesting in fact I nearly bought one, but I found out they are releasing version 2 in october which will have faster cpu, more flash and wifi A On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 05:34:07PM +1000, Adam Kennedy wrote: > Can I add to that... even if they do work, wo

Re: [SLUG] DNS app

2007-06-14 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Jun 14, 2007 at 05:47:33PM +1000, Max Wright wrote: > Continuing a long struggle with Bind, I wonder if there is another dns > program that is good enough to make it worthwhile starting over? > I can make it do my bidding, but a lot of argument takes place first. > Otherwise, is the Bind m

Re: [SLUG] mdadm

2007-06-12 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 12:29:53PM +1000, david wrote: > On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 11:43 +1000, Alex Samad wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:25:36AM +1000, david wrote: > > > On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 10:22 +1000, Steve Granger wrote: > > > > ... snip > &g

Re: [SLUG] mdadm

2007-06-12 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 13, 2007 at 11:25:36AM +1000, david wrote: > On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 10:22 +1000, Steve Granger wrote: > > ... snip > > >> update-initramfs -k all -u > > >> > > > > > > > > > Lots of warnings (see below). I sort of think these are not problems, > > > because I don't have any raid device

Re: [SLUG] Firefox and 64 bit java plug in

2007-06-06 Thread Alex Samad
there is also gcj On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 08:45:27PM +1000, Steven Tucker wrote: > Ive used both on AMD 64. > Konqueror works with java 1.6, but it came undone when I tried to use a > secure site. Worked great with runescape but not with the Uni log in. > I ended up using Blackdown, and am yet t

Re: [SLUG] routing

2007-06-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 05:38:29PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > In the hope that someone can say "YouIdiot" here are my routing woes: > > A pings B > 1077.886219 192.168.1.1 -> 192.168.1.102 ICMP Echo (ping) request > 1077.914266 192.168.1.102 -> 192.168.1.1 ICMP Echo (ping) reply >

Re: [SLUG] ssh questions

2007-06-05 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Jun 05, 2007 at 07:24:07PM +1000, Voytek Eymont wrote: > > On Tue, June 5, 2007 5:04 pm, Zhasper wrote: > > On 05/06/07, Glen Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2007-06-05 at 12:02 +1000, Zhasper wrote: > > >> 10% of users will choose a poor password. Better to get ssh to > >>

Re: [SLUG] Cheap USB phones working with Asterisk

2007-05-25 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 08:00:44PM +1000, Grant Parnell ELX wrote: > A few months back I bought a cheap USB telephone which of course came with > only Windows software. It was very cheap so I just took a punt, which > after a few days hard work has now paid off. > > The phone comes up as:- > [EM

Re: [SLUG] Re: [SLUG-ANNOUNCE] May SLUG Monthly Meeting

2007-05-24 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, May 24, 2007 at 01:53:41PM +1000, Matt Moor wrote: > Hi All, > > Unfortunately Justin is unable to present his talk "Building a > load-balanced, highly-available web site with Debian, > Pound, Apache, Spread and Wackamole". We're currently seeking other > speakers on the activities list,

Re: [SLUG] dhcpd3 problem

2007-05-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, May 23, 2007 at 12:30:44AM +1000, david wrote: > Ubuntu Edgy, dhcp3-server > > sudo /etc/init.d/dhcp3-server start > fails, although a simple command line starts the daemon and functions > properly, using the same dhcpd.conf (see below) > > I can't make sense of the syslog error

Re: [SLUG] Re: [activities] Call for participation: SLUG Bootcamp

2007-05-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 06:42:02PM +1000, Luke Yelavich wrote: > Hey folks > I am wondering whether anybody is going to bootcamp on the train > tomorrow, and wouldn't mind meeting up with me at Rodes, so I can get to > the event? The HP offices can be seen from the train station. > > Please con

Re: [SLUG] Schedule online for SLUG Bootcamp, this Saturday!

2007-05-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:37:38AM +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > A schedule for the SLUG Bootcamp has been released: > > http://wiki.slug.org.au/bootcamp/schedule > > General information on the event is available at > > http://www.slug.org.au/2007/bootcamp > > If you are interested in

Re: [SLUG] Linux Distro for Compaq Proliant DL380?

2007-05-14 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 01:05:14AM +1000, Annie Lane wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I've just gotten my hands on a Compaq Proliant DL380 server to be used for > hosting a home-made web application and was wondering which linux distro > would best suit in terms of hardware compatibility and server mana

Re: [SLUG] expanding array

2007-05-01 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 04:26:51PM +1000, Ben Donohue wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a CentOS 5 (RHEL5 clone) server that I have just added another > disk to. > It is a raid 5 SATA array with an adaptec controller. > > I've expanded the array with the adaptec software and now the array is > optima

[SLUG] Digital Photo frame

2007-04-22 Thread Alex Samad
Recently noticed these digital picture frames, wondering if they run linux and if there is a networked version ? Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglis

[SLUG] X + keyboard input

2007-03-13 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I am in the process of re installing a laptop with debian. And again I am running into a problem with X and the home/end/page up/page down keys on the keyboard. I have had a quick look around google, but to now avail. I have a normal keyboard, with number page on the side. The current test

[SLUG] GFS + Redhat cluster suite

2007-03-12 Thread Alex Samad
Hi I have been told by a friend that there is a rather big problem with gfs/cluster suite. I haven't come across it but was wondering if others had or had heard of it. The setup 3 nodes cluster (anything bigger than a 2 node will do) fencing done by a HP ilo (although I hear the

Re: [SLUG] Encypted Filesystem

2007-03-05 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Mar 04, 2007 at 12:33:20PM +1100, Trent Murray wrote: > Hi, and thanks to everyone that responded to my question regardin encrypted > filesystems. Some of you asked "What are you encrypting" the answer is > backup data on a remote backup server and I am wanting to ensure that it is > safe

Re: [SLUG] OKI 5540

2007-03-02 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 06:30:21PM +1100, Del wrote: > Alex Samad wrote: > >Hi Del > > > >why not HP_LaserJet_3390, I used it to replace my hp3330 > > I need colour and I need duplex, and the 3390 doesn't do > either. sorry missed the color bit, but I thought i

Re: [SLUG] OKI 5540

2007-03-01 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Del why not HP_LaserJet_3390, I used it to replace my hp3330 Alex On Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 12:02:06PM +1100, Del wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm looking at replacing our venerable HP 3330 MFP > (printer/scanner/fax/copier) > a mid-range model, more up to date, with a duplexing kit and colour. > Al

Re: [SLUG] Commercial Debian support

2007-02-27 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Feb 26, 2007 at 09:12:26PM +1100, Amos Shapira wrote: > Hi, > > One of the questions during the latest distro comparision discussion was > about commercial support. My answer as the Debian supporter was that I know > there is but I can't give a name off the top of my head. > > Today I lea

Re: [SLUG] simple sudoers question

2007-02-27 Thread Alex Samad
On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 11:00:26AM -0800, Mark A. Bell wrote: > Hello, > > I'm running Ubuntu Edgy and I want to give myself permission to halt my > system without using sudo and a password. I've added the following to > /etc/sudoers using visudo: > > marklocalhost = NOPASSWD: /sbin/halt >

Re: [SLUG] howto extract Chapters from movies?

2007-02-23 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 09:20:50AM +1100, Sonia Hamilton wrote: > * On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 08:50:00AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'd like to know what you find :-) > > > > Much much spelunking either is PHD to use or does not work. The best I've > > * On Tue, Feb 20, 2007 at 09:50:35PM

Re: [SLUG] Backup System - Any recommendations

2007-02-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 12:11:51PM +1100, Trent Murray wrote: > Hi all, > > Can anyone recommend a backup solution that can be run centrally from a > linux box and can also backup windows boxes on a LAN > > Apart from performing basic incremental data backups it will also need to be > able to pe

Re: [SLUG] Oddball memory usage?

2007-02-22 Thread Alex Samad
On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:57:48PM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > > Michael Chesterton wrote: > >Peter Hardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > >>On Thu, 2007-02-22 at 16:24 +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > >>>It's recommended that your swap space should be 2x your RAM. In your > >>>case it's .2

Re: [SLUG] Silencing ldapadd, ldapmodify and ldapdelete

2007-02-18 Thread Alex Samad
On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:41:43AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > > > Amos Shapira wrote: > >On 19/02/07, Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>This is out of the script that I an calling from cron: > >> > >>ldapdelete -x -D uid=admin,dc=$DB -w secret > >>cn=nospam$MONTH_NOW,ou=valia

Re: [SLUG] Should I host my own domain?

2007-02-17 Thread Alex Samad
On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 06:03:38PM +1100, DaZZa wrote: > On 2/17/07, david <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >On Sat, 2007-02-17 at 11:57 +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote: > >> That said, hosting stuff on ADSL is *insane*. Get a Linode > >. > > > >OK... I'll bite... > > > >WHY is hosting domestic stuff on ADSL

[SLUG] gumstix

2007-02-14 Thread Alex Samad
Hi Has any one had a play with one of these ? http://www.gumstix.com/products.html any one know where I can get my hands on one in sydney ? Alex signature.asc Description: Digital signature -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: htt

Re: [SLUG] Checking my understanding of using DynDNS.org services.

2007-02-13 Thread Alex Samad
On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 09:48:49AM +0900, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wednesday 14 February 2007 08:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I have had bigpond for about 4 years, I use their smtp server as an > > > outbound, to stop my mail being blocked because it came from a dial up > > > (I'm on cab

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