Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread amos
Michael Lake wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Lake wrote: I am getting double hits in my Apache access.log on a server. This may be a real problem for me as there is a Perl/MySQL application that may get multiple updates. 192.168.1.2 - mike [18/Sep/2004:16:41:34 +1000] POST

Re: [SLUG] Report writer for MySQL + C-ISAM?

2004-09-20 Thread amos
James Gregory wrote: If so, check out tora (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tora/), or you TOra is for Oracle only and as far as I can see (I use it on a daily basis to inspect our Oracle tables) it doesn't do graphs or such. It's just a very easy Oracle table inspector. Cheers, --Amos -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] How to clear sendmail unsent items

2004-09-20 Thread amos
James Gray wrote: Hmmm, why not something like this: mailq # take note of interesting message ID's cd /var/spool/mqueue less [dq]mess_id rm [dq]mess_id rinse and repeat. It's ugly, but it works. I'm sure there's something out there that would do what your after in a nice ncurses interface or

Re: [SLUG] MythTV vs Freevo

2004-09-20 Thread Jason Rennie
Ok so which capture cards do people recommend ? I've got MythTV running but my old TV tuner cards seems to have died somewhere along the way. I was interested in getting a DVB card, what works well with linux and what sort of prices have people seen around the place ? Jason -- SLUG - Sydney

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Lake
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds like it might be a problem with your application - do you get this when you try your application? Can you try to keep around the HTTP response (including the HTML content) of the first response? Are you reffering to the URL:

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread amos
Michael Lake wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds like it might be a problem with your application - do you get this when you try your application? Can you try to keep around the HTTP response (including the HTML content) of the first response? Are you reffering to the URL:

Re: [SLUG] Report writer for MySQL + C-ISAM?

2004-09-20 Thread James Gregory
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 09:08 +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Gregory wrote: If so, check out tora (http://sourceforge.net/projects/tora/), or you TOra is for Oracle only and as far as I can see (I use it on a daily basis to inspect our Oracle tables) it doesn't do graphs or such. It's

Re: [SLUG] Report writer for MySQL + C-ISAM?

2004-09-20 Thread Eddie F
We we're replacing our 16-bit window report writer with Crystal, but It may help to give some description of what Crystal does. I for one don't know but I'm guessing from this that it's some kind of thing that draws graphs and so forth from the output of database queries? Yes... It's a

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Nick Wilcox
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:27:43 +0300, amos wrote Michael Lake wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds like it might be a problem with your application - do you get this when you try your application? Can you try to keep around the HTTP response (including the HTML content) of

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Conrad Parker
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 04:17:50PM +1000, Michael Lake wrote: See the public one at: http://www.caves.org.au/kid/users/search/simple e.g. enter Jenolan Info for the public login is at http://www.caves.org.au/kid_intro.htm you're using HTTP basic auth for your site, which works like this:

[SLUG] Mutt and html messages

2004-09-20 Thread Alexander Samad
Hi I seem to recieve a lot of email from corporate users whos client send me text and html version of the email, is there any way to tell mutt that the text version is the prefered version, right now I have to go through and delete the html version, rather annoying! A signature.asc

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Nick Wilcox
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 16:50:04 +1000, Conrad Parker wrote hence, two GET requests per hit :) the first is challenged to authenticate, the second responds to that. This only happens once. After the first page has been authenticated the browser sends the credentials with every subsequent request

Re: [SLUG] Mutt and html messages

2004-09-20 Thread Benno
On Mon Sep 20, 2004 at 17:12:01 +1000, Alexander Samad wrote: Hi I seem to recieve a lot of email from corporate users whos client send me text and html version of the email, is there any way to tell mutt that the text version is the prefered version, right now I have to go through and delete the

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Lake
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've just entered there using the public user and doesn't seem to see any reloads. Do you see my host in your logs? My IP starts with 192.117.105. Yep. Here it is. The entries 2 seconds apart may be double hits. Im not sure how fast you clicked :-) 192.117.105.145 -

Re: [SLUG] Mutt and html messages

2004-09-20 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=Alexander Samad I seem to recieve a lot of email from corporate users whos client send me text and html version of the email, is there any way to tell mutt that the text version is the prefered version, right now I have to go through and delete the html version, rather annoying!

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Lake
Nick Wilcox wrote: The problem is with your body tag. You have background=#808080 instead of backgroundcolor=#808080. The background attribute is used for images so the browser is going back to the server looking for an image with the same URL as the page. Oh :-( I had better check that, thanks. I

Re: [SLUG] Report writer for MySQL + C-ISAM?

2004-09-20 Thread amos
James Gregory wrote: I'm absolutely certain that it's not only for Oracle because I use it to access postgres and mysql databases on a daily basis. Also, see the 'Using charts' section in the online help for info on drawing graphs. tora-1.3.13-2.1 James. Uhh. Mine is 1.2.4. Time to upgrade and

[SLUG] Linux os or kernel

2004-09-20 Thread john tam
Hi, As a less than newbie, I was wondering if you can help me with Linux, is Linux a kernel only or an operating system or both or are they one of the same thing? Is Everything Linux located in Five Dock? or have they moved to Silverwater somewhere? Hope you can help John Tam -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] Linux os or kernel

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Knight
Hi John, john tam wrote: Hi, As a less than newbie, I was wondering if you can help me with Linux, is Linux a kernel only or an operating system or both or are they one of the same thing? That depends. Literally, `Linux' is just a kernel. However some would argue that it can refer to the

Re: [SLUG] Multiple hits in Apache access.log under mod_perl

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Lake
Nick Wilcox wrote: about Mikes problem with getting multiple hits in his apache logs. The problem is with your body tag. You have background=#808080 instead of backgroundcolor=#808080. The background attribute is used for images so the browser is going back to the server looking for an image with

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread Ken Foskey
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 14:17, O Plameras wrote: Linux and other Open Source is in the best position vis-a-vis other OS even just in this area of Security. Funny slashdot.org has a thread about that http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/17/1438208tid=172tid=8 Read all the article that is

[SLUG] Re: MythTV vs Freevo

2004-09-20 Thread Ben Buxton
Jason Rennie [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered the following thing: Ok so which capture cards do people recommend ? I've got MythTV running but my old TV tuner cards seems to have died somewhere along the way. I was interested in getting a DVB card, what works well with linux and what sort of

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread O Plameras
Ken Foskey wrote: Funny slashdot.org has a thread about that http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/09/17/1438208tid=172tid=8 Read all the article that is linked, the interesting bits are at the bottom. Note that the author wrote the mailman application so he is not a corporate shill.

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread Ken Foskey
On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 23:56, O Plameras wrote: Common sense will tell us that Open Source is rigorously audited by its nature. And it is a simple process to catch security breaches even by using simple tools like diff, etc. What are you auditing for? - Breach of copyright - potential

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread O Plameras
Ken Foskey wrote: On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 23:56, O Plameras wrote: Common sense will tell us that Open Source is rigorously audited by its nature. And it is a simple process to catch security breaches even by using simple tools like diff, etc. What are you auditing for? - Breach of

Re: [SLUG] Mutt and html messages

2004-09-20 Thread Ian Wienand
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 05:12:01PM +1000, Alexander Samad wrote: I seem to recieve a lot of email from corporate users whos client send me text and html version of the email, is there any way to tell mutt that the text version is the prefered version, right now I have to go through and delete

Re: [SLUG] Apache and SSI

2004-09-20 Thread Craig Dibble
Simon Bryan wrote: Hi all, We are trying to use SSI to read the IP address of requests to our webserver so we can deny some ip addresses access to certain pages. I have followed the instructions at: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/ssi.html#configuringyourservertopermitssi Which method did you

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread Jordan Wightman
O Plameras wrote: When one has an audited code that is deemed secure, a diff is created against the newer code. Then, the results are examined for changes. These changes are then analysed manually, if practical ,so avoiding at looking at the entire codes again. Which might help in finding the

Re: [SLUG] Apache and SSI

2004-09-20 Thread Nick Wilcox
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 09:45:04 +1000, Craig Dibble wrote Simon Bryan wrote: Hi all, We are trying to use SSI to read the IP address of requests to our webserver so we can deny some ip addresses access to certain pages. I have followed the instructions at:

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread O Plameras
Jordan Wightman wrote: Which might help in finding the smaller, newer bugs that have been introduced by the new chunks of code. However, this won't help you at all if the program is reasonably complex, as you may get subtle interactions between new code and old, adding both potential security

[SLUG] Signal 11 (SIGSEGV)

2004-09-20 Thread Rod Butcher
Whenever I close a KDE application I get a message about Signal 11 (SIGSEGV) and a dump... system is stable, the programs work fine, just this messy close. Any suggestions for me to look at ? System = 2.6.7-1 with low-latency patches. I've been getting it ever since I recompiled 2.6.7... I

[SLUG] Modem Comms with Data Logger

2004-09-20 Thread Peter Rundle
Sluggers, I've been asked to look into interfacing a Linux system with a scientific data logger. So I'm looking for some advice, web links to rtfms etc to get me started on the best way to speak Linux to the loggers serial interface. Requirement 1. The logger needs to be contacted once a day

Re: [SLUG] Signal 11 (SIGSEGV)

2004-09-20 Thread O Plameras
Have a look at your: /var/log/messages If not enough info, turn ON more by using /etc/syslog.conf Check: #man syslog.conf Rod Butcher wrote: Whenever I close a KDE application I get a message about Signal 11 (SIGSEGV) and a dump... system is stable, the programs work fine, just this messy close.

Re: [SLUG] Modem Comms with Data Logger

2004-09-20 Thread Graham Smith
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 12:08, Peter Rundle wrote: Sluggers, I've been asked to look into interfacing a Linux system with a scientific data logger. So I'm looking for some advice, web links to rtfms etc to get me started on the best way to speak Linux to the loggers serial interface.

Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux Advocate for Parliament

2004-09-20 Thread Ken Foskey
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 10:36, O Plameras wrote: It must be noted that manual inspection and analysis is only one process. The auditors have automated tools that they use to audit in addition to queries and answers as well as other tools like field testing, etc. Automated checking is NOT the

Re: [SLUG] Modem Comms with Data Logger

2004-09-20 Thread Peter Rundle
Thanks for the Kermit link. How does it try to login? Does it come with a windows program to achieve the login? Good question, I'll have to try and dig that up, but yes I suspect that it's delivered with a CD with such software on it. Cheers P. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List -