Re: [techtalk] Using Putty to connect to SSH

2000-07-07 Thread Vinnie
et up to support ssh2 with ssh1 compatibility..check out http://www.onsight.com/faq/ssh/ssh-faq-9.html#ss9.4 Hope this helps. Vinnie ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk

Re: [techtalk] Hello from a Newbie!

2000-07-07 Thread Vinnie
unately this doesn't seem to work. Is there another way > to restrict access? If there is how do I do it? that sounds about right...how is it not working (i.e. letting everyone in? letting no one in? -- what happens if you have nothing in h

Re: [techtalk] re: Where's your favorite place to get software?

2000-08-21 Thread Vinnie
> Programmers need food, too. Shopping list: Purina Programmer Chow (hmm..should get some sysadmin chow too, shouldn't I :) ) > Of course. But any company or more wealthy person should buy a version > of the distribution/program or give a donation to the folks developing > them, in order to ens

[techtalk] (another) VMWare Question

2000-08-24 Thread Vinnie
Out of curiousity, has anyone tried using VMWare with a monolithic kernel? (yes, I'm being sick and twisted and altogether vinnie-like here) I really haven't got the first clue how to start, but it strikes me as an interesting challenge...anyone else done it yet? Vinnie (who real

[techtalk] resolv.conf issues

2000-08-31 Thread Vinnie
distro: VectorLinux 1.0 problem: /etc/resolv.conf looks like this search domain.com sub1.domain.com sub2.domain.com domain.net sub3.domain.net sub4.domain.net nameserver nameserver the problem is that the search path doesn't work :( the *first* domain will work, no matter what it

Re: [techtalk] resolv.conf issues

2000-09-01 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Olivier Tharan wrote: > The search list is currently limited to six domains with a total > of 256 characters. > > The last line is important: check that you don't have more than 6 > domains listed and do not have more than 256 characters. Yup, already took that

Re: [techtalk] Distribution problems

2000-10-09 Thread Vinnie
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Anthony Russello wrote: > Basically, I need a server based distribution, with all the built in > features of Mandrake, but all the flexibility and control of Debian. I > just started trying out Caldera, but their partitioning program during the > graphical install left much

[techtalk] Operator shell, sudo and others

2000-10-09 Thread Vinnie
So I'm working on finding a good way of delegating root privs to non-root users -- sudo is something of the defacto standard way, but I'm finding it's not great for what I need to do what I really need to do is give specific users read and/or write access to root owned 600 files -- and using gro

Re: [techtalk] Operator shell, sudo and others

2000-10-09 Thread Vinnie
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000, Jeff Dike wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > using group read and write is not an option. > > Why not? The obvious thing is to chgrp file foo to group foo_group > and anyone who's allowed to modify foo is a member of foo_group. the first reason is because of the software

Re: [techtalk] Operator shell, sudo and others

2000-10-10 Thread Vinnie
On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Olivier Tharan wrote: > Vim has a '-Z' option enabling 'restricted mode': > > -ZRestricted mode. All commands that make use of an > external shell are disabled. This includes suspending > with CTRL-Z, ":sh", filtering, etc. > > This option may also be avai

Re: [techtalk] Mail server

2000-10-12 Thread Vinnie
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Kath wrote: > Can you have a mail server without a domain name for it (just an IP)? I do recall having a linux server set up just this way in high school (the addresses were actually something like user@[255.255.255.255] as I recall, but don't take that for gospel -- this w

Re: [techtalk] Mail server

2000-10-12 Thread Vinnie
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, alissa bader wrote: > if you only have an ip address though, you might be > able to send mail, but how would you receive it? well, I just sent mail from my work account to surmonde@[63.68.131.237] and received it here. I suspect that this *may* require specific setup of you

Re: RFCs (was Re: [techtalk] Mail server)

2000-10-12 Thread Vinnie
On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, curious wrote: > > I tried searching the RFCs and decided there's way too many for me to want > > to read :) > > > Here are some good rfcs to start with: > gigabit and trends: > http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1216.html okay, what's this have to do with the use of IP addresse

Re: RFCs (was Re: [techtalk] Mail server)

2000-10-12 Thread Vinnie
ay 'one track mind' (as in, what-does-vinnie-have-these-days?) the sad part is I actually went to the first two, and didn't catch on to this, which is really sad considering that I've *read* most of these :P btw, the twelve truths of networking (rfc 1925, as I recall) is esspecial

Re: [techtalk] 2.2.16-22 Kernel Compile errors

2000-11-17 Thread Vinnie
um...is there a reason it's trying to compile smp code (like, do you have more than one processor?) anyway, just for kicks, you might try compiling with smp turned off if it's on and on if it's off and see if that helps if turning it off helps and you have more than one processor, then life

Re: [techtalk] 2.2.16-22 Kernel Compile errors

2000-11-17 Thread Vinnie
7;make distclean' copy back in, it gives you your already configured settings back.. at least with make config it does) Also, you might want to see if it's the SMP rule XOR the processor family XOR both settings that fix the problem Vinnie (who spends way too much time tweaking kernels

Re: [techtalk] .biz, .info new domain news

2001-01-09 Thread Vinnie
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Telsa Gwynne wrote: > I await the day with horror when the spambots get the trick of looking > for mailman lists, subscribing (the message is pretty standard and > requires you merely to reply with the subject intact or quote a single > line of the body), sending the stuff, a

Re: [techtalk] domain hosting

2001-01-15 Thread Vinnie
try www.freeshell.org and a free shell account to boot! :) (and membership is less than $40 bucks -- for a lifetime account :) ) V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Katneko wrote: > whats a good web host thats free with min-no bann

Re: [techtalk] A+ Certification

2001-02-02 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001, Mary P. Wood wrote: > Would anyone care to share their recommendations on > favorite books/CDs/online courses/etc. to cram, train, and > hopefully pass A+ Certification? Also, correct me if I'm > wrong, but I've heard that it's supposed to say to the world, > "Hey, I can fix

Re: [techtalk] Pine and new mail

2001-03-09 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Jason wrote: > I think I've isolated the oddness. If I change the refresh interval (I > forget the variable name now) in my .pinerc, it doesn't do anything. I > tried changing it in /etc/pine.conf, and suddenly it's working. Beats me, > since it's reading other configurati

Re: [techtalk] Dual boot machine

2001-03-09 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, A Kozic wrote: > Although I managed (with plenty help) to get linux onto my > previously-windows-only laptop, I am now stumped. which windows? the LDP used to have a number (greater than five, even) of howtos dealing with multi-booting..now there seems to be a much smaller

Re: [techtalk] Dual boot machine

2001-03-20 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, David Merrill wrote: > > Don't whine, help. > I don't think I archived the ones I really liked... The problem with the ones I saw were mostly that if you're a rank newbie there's probably not enough info (and unfortunetly I'm at the point where I don't know if I could writ

Re: [techtalk] IT'S YOUR DAY! ITS FRIDAY & ITS SPECIAL!

2001-03-29 Thread Vinnie
you know, this spam would have been much more interesting had it actually been sent on friday jeeze, the spammers don't even know the days of the week. pitiful. V. [EMAIL PROTECTED] SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org ___ techta

Re: [techtalk] dual boot/ linux writing into win98 partition

2001-03-31 Thread Vinnie
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Terry Yesse wrote: > The parts I'm unsure about: > 1. how to get Linux to write into the Windows partition Compile your kernels with VFAT support, then mount them as a regular drive check out http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO.html > 2. will just copying t

Re: [techtalk] Any good HTML editors for Linux?

2001-04-03 Thread Vinnie
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Karl-Heinz Zimmer wrote: > Just take vim ! > > http://www.vim.org > > Pro: vim is extremely fast - once have learned how to use the keyboard > > Con: (sorry, I don't know of any con's) Con: the learning curve goes straight up :) that said, it's worth learning, for

Re: [techtalk] Almost arrested for using telnet

2001-04-11 Thread Vinnie
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, A Kozic wrote: > But the use in question was using `faggotry' as a synonym for lameness, > which I could say is offensive to the disabled folks, but I'm not disabled > or offended, so I won't. /me wanders out of his lair. Okay, I will. Words are just that -- it's meanings

Re: [techtalk] OT: This takes the cake

2001-04-11 Thread Vinnie
On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Kath wrote: > They are putting new windows in the area where the T1 line enters our > school building. They UNHOOKED the T1 line and left it dangling from > a nearby telephone pole. Actually I surely hope it was unhooked and > not cut. These construction workers have cut

Re: [techtalk] Almost arrested for using telnet(civility)

2001-04-13 Thread Vinnie
On Thu, 12 Apr 2001, Steve Kudlak wrote: > Maybe I should read more closely. Yes, you should. http://www.linux.org.uk/pipermail/techtalk/2001-April/003353.html > MY wonderment is that no one ever > asked what was the problem of running telnet. I think it's because everyone here already prett

Re: [techtalk] linux in sleep mode

2001-04-13 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Lora wrote: > Megan McGuire wrote: > > My laptop goes into sleep mode after a while in screen saver, but I > > cant ever wake it up, I end up having to restart... is there a way to > > turn off sleep mode? I'm using Mandrake 7.2 and KDE. I've been having the 'can't wake up' p

Re: [techtalk] Minor ln -s question

2001-04-20 Thread Vinnie
On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, Kathryn Hogg wrote: > And if you get it backwards, ln will happily tell you that the file already > exists. unless you're trying to make a symlink to a directory, in which case you get no error and a very useless broken link in your directory ;) V. _

[techtalk] gcc supported platforms

1999-10-06 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
well, I've searched the howtos, searched the site and I can't seem to find a canonical 'list of gcc supported platforms' document...any ideas on where to find one? Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-11 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
tandard install..since I don't often do *standard* installs, I don't know this for sure...I haven't met one that won't accept it after install, however. Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://geo

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-11 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
input, and do better at a command line (me, for instance..I think it might be related to the dyslexia, but I have no idea, really..) Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~drachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-11 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
sector virus for linux, so while that would be an issue (and a major one...) under dos/win95/win98, but not linux Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~drachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-11 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
er to 30-40 depending on what I'm up to and how long the machine has been up ;) ] windows sorted :) ) thanks for the tip, though (I think I did know at one point, but I forgot ) Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-11 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Janus wrote: > the most common way to pass viruses was not, despite the hype, the > internet, but booting Wintel with a floppy in the A drive. not just booting -- *accessing* an infected floppy could infect your machine. Annoying as all get out. Vinnie -- Realit

Re: [techtalk] request for ideas

1999-10-11 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Wendt,Andrew wrote: > What is it you'd want the floppy drive to tell the OS? well, on many (if not most) hardware platforms the disk (cdrom or floppy) cannot be ejected unless it's unmounted granted, this can be annoying when you want that cd *now* and who cares which user

RE: [techtalk] Is there a Kill -8, too?

1999-10-12 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Nicole wrote: > Well, I think we have this one just about covered ;o) no kidding! But I saved them all off. Even *I* learned a lot from that :) Thanks everybody! Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website

RE: [techtalk] KDE vs Gnome

1999-10-12 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Beverly Guillermo wrote: > I've seen a runlevel like that in a Solaris environment. =) I've > never seen that on linux, what are you running? I know deadrat does it like that (or similarly enough that it's not worth thinking about :) ) ... what are yo

RE: [techtalk] KDE vs Gnome

1999-10-12 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
wait a minute you're right..I apparently can't read actually, I read all the 3s as 5s...sometimes the automatic error correction in my brain is annoying :) Vinnie On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Vinnie Surmonde wrote: > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Beverly Guillermo wrote: > > > I&#

Re: [techtalk] Question for the group

1999-10-14 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
get all the linux-on-ix86 users, but not all linux users, much less all unix users :) and the internet worm was a worm, not a virus :) Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~drachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

1999-10-15 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
which I should expect to get the > best results. I'm a pretty quick learner and I'm studying O'Reilly's > Programming Perl and I know Java. that's web development..I know nothing about that ;) Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~drachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

1999-10-15 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Vinnie Surmonde wrote: > Probably not that much..If you want to go intel and by new, I'd spec out > something like a pII whatever (doesn't matter that much) with 64 or 128 MB > ram (depends on how price sensitive you are, obviously) and a few gigs for >

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

1999-10-15 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
On Sat, 16 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As Vinnie said: apache, check out .htaccess. I *think* that's > clear-text passwords, I'm not sure. There's almost certainly something > in the apache documentation for more security - or maybe someone here > knows so

Re: [techtalk] Secure web server...

1999-10-15 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
pecially if you keep hot spares of all the important things (especially hard drives, and make backups whether or not you have new hardware) around so if the fit does hit the shan, it's just a matter of popping new whatever in and throwing it back on line. Vinnie -- Reality is a formali

Re: [techtalk] Rising RAM Prices

1999-10-20 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
my mind...it'll wait until spring :) Vinnie (who will be getting two dec multias to tide her over until then, though. wheee!) -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~drachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux

1999-11-08 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
bootpart.exe is a necessity, though... Vinnie -- Reality is a formality, an agreed upon set of lies -- J.D. Catron Obligatory pathetic website at http://george.he.net/~drachen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

Re: [techtalk] dual boot NT/linux

1999-11-08 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
have 1 2000 under my belt..buwahahaha :P ) ) but with it goes fairly simply > ARG!! i turn 30 and suddenly i can't remember a thing!!! that's okay..I'm 21 and can't remember a darn thing anymore (senility is setting in early or something) Vinnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[techtalk] linux router/firewall/keyboard-to-chair converter problems

1999-11-08 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
sort of IP masquerading, so I'm a bit lost right now...I've done routers and firewalls before, but this is the first one I've done with the 2.2.x series (yeah, really...I'm getting behind the times here)...any ideas one what I"m missing (I'm pretty sure it's

Re: [techtalk] a really dumb "make" question

1999-11-15 Thread Vinnie Surmonde
as in the 'make' command is not found, or it can't find the compilers? for the former, install make ;)(I'm so helpful,, no? :P ) for the latter, check paths? Vinnie On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Julie Meloni wrote: > Ok, I've wracked my brain and now I'm just tir

Re: [techtalk] Tar file splitting

1999-11-17 Thread Vinnie Chassot
;d use the split/cat combo with a binary...split/mv might work okay) VInnie [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org

[techtalk] that clothes thread

2000-04-20 Thread Vinnie ChassotXDrachen Surmonde
ing me that they're handy, but I can't seem to see them as anything but extra weight) Vinnie (toying with the idea of moving back right now, the home-in-my-pack thing is getting a bit old...) ___ Get your free, permanent