Linuxers May 2005

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Way to go for Linux !!
by Richard Chang 09 Jun '05

09 Jun '05

Here it is why http://www.linux-mag.com/content/view/1974/2303/ regds, rc

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Resizing partitions
by chirag radhakrishnan 06 Jun '05

06 Jun '05

Nikhil Marathe <nsm.nikhil(a)gmail.com> wrote: I am trying to reduce the size of a partition. In the various guides i read they have told to first resize the filesystem then delete and recreate the partition with fdisk. But how do I get the resized fs size in sectors and won't deleting the partition and recreating it delete the filesystem on it and the data with it.(I have a backup) Nikhil -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Generally it is not a very good idea to resize the partition especially if you have not used LVM. what will happen is that if you delete the partition (which if not the last partition on the HD) hen u will find missing harddisk space! made sense? no? if your prsent partition is of say 2GB and u resize it to 1 GB then there is a chance the remaining 1GB will become unusable! Chirag --------------------------------- Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM & more. Check it out!

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Fwd: Dreamweaver
by Rishi 03 Jun '05

03 Jun '05

Hello, Is there a free software alternative for dreamweaver? Regards Rishi ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Dreamweaver Date: Monday 30 May 2005 1:03 pm From: "Sangeeta Gokhale" To: "Rishi" Cc: "Bharti Flora" Hi Rishi, Can you help us out with finding a cheap way of buying Dreamweaver? If we manage to hire someone, we will use Gimp (instead of Photoshop) but Dreamweaver I think we will require. Thanks, Sangeeta

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Nokia 770
by Puneet Lakhina 02 Jun '05

02 Jun '05

Hi guys, i guess you all must have heard about Nokia 770 its a Linux based Internet tablet that can use bluetooth Wi-FI to connect to the net n has a host of other feature. And its dedicated for Internet i.e. no phone. For developers interested in it, it uses a development platform called maemo(www.maemo.org<http://www.maemo.org>). That is basically GTK+ only but with some modifications to make it optimum for the mobile device. SO most of your GTK+ code should work wtht significant changes. CHeck out the maemo site it has a cool developer tutorial. But one thing struck me about the nokia main site for the device( www.nokia.com/770 <http://www.nokia.com/770>) it does not even mention the term Linux or Open source. Dont know why that is?? Regards, Puneet

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samba and permission
by Komal 31 May '05

31 May '05

I'm using Fedora Core 1. I would like to mount a windows shared folder at fstab and allowing normal user to have read-write permissions. I have tried //192.168.0.1/linux /mnt/my_network_share/linux smbfs username=myusername,password=mypassword, default 0 0 //192.168.0.1/linux /mnt/my_network_share/linux smbfs username=myusername,password=mypassword,rw,uid=root,gid=root 0 0 Both of them will mount the drive, but normal users won't be able to write? How to i make it with write permission? What am i missing? Komal

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] SIS651 chipset story
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 31 May '05

31 May '05

On Monday 30 May 2005 22:10, Rony Bill wrote: > sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote: > > Firstly it seems to be linux compatible. > > http://www.linux-tested.com/results/asus_ab-t2301.html > > Our supplier recently advised us not to go for Asus mobos due to > bad (dealer) support problems, even though Asus is known for being > very good in mobos. Till now Mercury boards were being sold by us Is it via P4M266. what is the problem? I have two boards with power on problems. The battery (the regular suspect) was not the problem. will be sending both back. > as they reported minimum problems even in comparison with Intel > original boards. But lately their on board LAN keeps giving trouble Never had a problem with the lan check your RJ45 male. rgds jtd

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux Device Drivers, by Jonathan Corbet
by Raseel Bhagat 31 May '05

31 May '05

On Tue, 31 May 2005 sherlock(a)vsnl.com wrote : >Available online >http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/ > > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Maaan !!! I was just about keeping pace with LDD, 2nd Edition. I still have so much to cover and understand in 2.4 itself... so many things to explore... !!! Oh well !! So little time, SO much to do ;-) Raseel. Thanks Raseel Bhagat

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Linux Device Drivers, by Jonathan Corbet
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 31 May '05

31 May '05

Available online http://lwn.net/Kernel/LDD3/

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DRM in I945 chipset
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 31 May '05

31 May '05

Time to vote with your wallet i suppose. AMD / VIA C3 it is for personal use until the air clears up. http://www.digitmag.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=4915 Using a mobo with the above will probably leave you exposed in a zillion ways. Even turning off the power is of no help. But for a private corporate network it has the potential to make the admins life interesting (maybe easy?). rgds jtd

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Fw: [Full-disclosure] Re: qmail security guarantee questioned
by Devdas Bhagat 31 May '05

31 May '05

This is currently only qmail on AMD64 with > 4GB of virtual memory, but people should upgrade anyway. Devdas Bhagat ----- Forwarded message from Georgi Guninski <guninski(a)guninski.com> ----- From: "Georgi Guninski" <guninski(a)guninski.com> Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 07:00:22 -0400 To: <rgiambalvo(a)admin.giami.net> Cc: full-disclosure(a)lists.grok.org.uk, qmail(a)list.cr.yp.to Subject: [Full-disclosure] Re: qmail security guarantee questioned X-Mailer: Microsoft CDO for Exchange 2000 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 12:35:48PM +0100, Justin Murdock wrote: > you have yet to demonstrate that this bug will allow the system to be > compromised - you'll be able to save a file in /var/qmail/queue, then > exec it, or a system binary - but you'll still be stuck with very poor > privileges. the program at: http://www.guninski.com/where_do_you_want_billg_to_go_today_4.html#qpopup executes code with root privileges via qmail-popup for me. the same commands zero writing bug. notes for the qmail fanatics: - this is not a dos, this is remote code execution with root privileges - with local access the offsets are easily found, so exploitation is very reliable in this case - djb gives installation instructions in INSTALL which allow root compromise - the payload consists of "int3" which produces trace trap for the microsoft certified solitaire experts (MCSEs) who can't get it -- where do you want bill gates to go today? _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/ ----- End forwarded message -----

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