Dear Anthony:
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Thanks for your comment. I regularly peruse this and the newbie list €
and am always open to constructive information.
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When we read information written by others describing a problem, €
sometimes the problem is described exactly as it is; sometimes there €
is more behind the description which has not been conveyed
sufficiently €
well.
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I have learned to not assume one particular scenario or view based
upon €
what is described so I ask questions which help me understand the €
situation better.
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My initial response expressed a concern that his system/network was €
compromised such that it was told to induce the sleep mode. If this €
was all his system was induced to do, that would be great but we know €
that much worse could have been done and is possible to do, which is €
why I addressed his question utilizing a Systems or Wholistic style €
approach. His question remember, included the phrase, "how to €
completely disable anything ..."; I introduced Tripwire into the €
discussion for his consideration so that he could discover whatever €
attack was going on by using it. Tripwire is very powerful tool for €
tracking what is being attacked, how and even in what manner ... it €
tracks everything and keeps logs of whatever is going on and can
negate €
any process from proceeding forward was well. Tripwire is perfect for
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discovering the fact and existence of an actual attack if one is in €
fact occurring. However, if one does not have Tripwire it is
extremely €
difficult to determine the source and manner of how an attack was €
executed. Tripwire after it has learned the normal operations of a €
system can stop absolutely nearly anything thrown at it, and so it is €
an appropriate tool for him which could effectively stop any outside €
program which may induce or may have induced that behavior or any
other €
unauthorized system behavior. And if his authorization is merely that
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of a user, he can possibly pass on the information shared to his
System €
Administrator for possible implementation of the commercial or open €
source version of Tripwire where appropriate and necessary.
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In the process of a later exchange I brought out the point of other €
possible solutions which could be done from within a control panel or €
other system option which may also have been overlooked.
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Usually when someone writes that they want to disable "anything" they €
usually mean that they intend to disable anything that causes the €
behavior or action that they are complaining about, AND any other
thing €
imitating or proceeding or causing other unknown or unexpected effects
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within a system. It turns out that everything is a matter of €
interpretation -- English, just as any human language is not precise
as €
a mathematical equation or even as precise as a score of Beethoven or €
Mozart or other musical script.
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There is room to interpret and view many things, many ways especially €
over time. Remaining flexible to such is an Art; all anyone can do is
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work to refine oneself in it.
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On Nov 9, 2005, at 11:05 PM, Anthony Lanni wrote:
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Jonathan, check your APM or ACPI settings. You can quickly check
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which one you're using by
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looking in /proc; one or the other (usually not both) will be there.
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Both are easily googled, as well.
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My yellowdog box defaulted to APM; that's not really a problem, since
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it's a laptop anyway, but I
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suggest upgrading to ACPI for support and configurability.
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Also check the Advanced tab in the Screensaver control panel. You
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may be able to ignore my
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previous paragraph completely.
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And Derick, if I may offer a bit of advice; please read people's
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questions more carefully in order
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to provide a useful solution set. The original post - which you
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thoughtfully included
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in your first reply - makes it clear that the machine just went to
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sleep, not just once but twice.
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On 10/5/05, Derick Centeno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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... From your more detailed
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description this time around it appears that your system didn't
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shutdown; it was merely asleep. Completely different scenario than
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what was described. ...
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On Oct 5, 2005, at 2:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> Hello,
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> I'm trying to set up YDL 4.0.1 as a server and this morning when I
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> came back to work, I found that the OS was asleep - I couldn't ping
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or connect
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> to any services.
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>
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> Does anyone know how to completely disable anything that would put
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the
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> computer to sleep?
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...
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