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Kmail Trouble
by Mangesh Bhalerao 01 Jun '03

01 Jun '03

Hi everybody I had some trouble with my previous installation of RH 8.0 so I compleatly took of backup my whole user directory ( exactly tared the whole thing) . After the second installation I put the same directory completly at its place (/home/user). Every setting what I found was intact but there was a trouble with Kmail. I setup Kmail's mail format as Maildir . At first I could see every mail atits place but when I tried to click open it I got blank document and inthe subject field in the list I found the subject field of the accessed mail as "No subject". That means it completly got vanished even after the backup ! Is there any one who can help me out to find some way out of this trouble. Thanking you in advance. Regards Mangesh Bhalerao --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.478 / Virus Database: 275 - Release Date: 5/6/2003

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[Announce] msnp.py 0.3 released
by Manish Jethani 31 May '03

31 May '03

msnp.py is an implementation of the MSN instant messaging protocol in the Python programming language. This pure Python package makes it extremely easy, quick, and efficient to build applications that need to interact with the MSN messaging service. http://msnp.sf.net/ Features: * Login; logout * Presence states (online, away, etc.) * Full-fledged API-supported friend list management * Privacy settings * Chat conversations (start, join, leave) * Instant messages * Typing notifications * HTTP proxy (tunnelling) support Version 0.3 includes full support for friend list management, enhancements to session/chat APIs, minor bug fixes, and a new tutorial: http://msnp.sf.net/tutorial.html msnp.py is based on the works of Mike Mintz: http://www.hypothetic.org/docs/msn/index.php -Manish -- ``There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.'' -- Morpheus, in The Matrix

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experiences with the upcoming kernel 2.6
by linuxdev 31 May '03

31 May '03

Hi everybody, Just been testing kernel 2.5.70 on rh 9.0 with reiserfs. One thing's for sure, the final stable 2.6 is going to be a surefire cracker of a kernel. Not only is it fast (no i am stating it subjectively no tests to back it up from my side), but due the pre-emptive kernel feature for desktop along with the interactivity improvements to scheduler, the response is more than snappy. It rocks. Here's a simple "test" i carried out. On my regular kernel i was untarring the kernel tarball and at the same time i tried listening to an mp3 on xmms. Needless to say there was skipping. and even after the untar was complete there was considerable disk thrashing. Step in kernel 2.5.70. Everything works as if its the only thing running around ! The trend for this kernel is to sort of split it as for server and for desktop. You don't need, infact you will hate 2.6 if you use pre-emptive kernel feature for a server environment. However before you jump for www.kernel.org to get a tarball here's a few things that might help you along. 1. do not. i repeat do not select filesystems, ide,scsi options as modules. build them into kernel. The simple reason for this is that there are lots of issues to be ironed out in modules before the stable release. As of now there will be no new features to be added. Its more like a bug-fixing contest right now. 2. before you start whining about unresolved symbols in modules while installing take a look at the modutils available at kernel.org. i forget the link right now. The regular stock modutils do not work with newer kernel. Thats another reason to build the options into the kernel. 3. one thing i haven't got right on my i845glad mobo. alsa sound. Can't get that damned thing to work. And add to my pain every keeps praising it all the more. grrrr. Having said all this please do not blame me for any data / hair loss for any experiments you carry out with that new cracker. I simply stated my experience. ;) I could definitely help you out trying to get a stable conf for this new gizmo tho. next time around i'll post my experience with different (ext2/3/reiserfs) filesystems. cya, C Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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Keeping in touch
by Roshan D'Silva 31 May '03

31 May '03

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Munich Moves to Linux..
by Pranav Joshi 30 May '03

30 May '03

Interesting article on ZDnet The local government in Munich, Germany, has voted to move 14,000 computers from Microsoft's Windows to the rival Linux operating system, despite efforts by the software giant to hang onto the multimillion-dollar contract. http://www.zdnetindia.com/techzone/linuxcentre/stories/82640.html __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

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can Linux recognise windows files
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 29 May '03

29 May '03

Hi, Many thanks to all who replied to my query on partitioning. I'll try it out over the wkend! One question: I have some files jpegs, docs etc. in Windows fat32 system, while linux uses ext2(I gather). Can I still access these docs from linux? Thanks, --Royce.

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[News] ayttm/Philip on Express Computer
by Manish Jethani 29 May '03

29 May '03

Indian helps make seamless instant messaging possible Universal instant messaging means you never have to worry about which IM client your buddies use. While proprietary products like MSN Messenger and Yahoo Messenger would like to lock you in, the free software alternative—ayttm—wants to set you free. FREDERICK NORONHA takes a look at ayttm and finds out what motivates its geographically dispersed developers Read rest of the article here: http://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030602/indcomp1.shtml

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How to partition?
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 29 May '03

29 May '03

Hi, I've been eager to try out Linux for a while, but never could as I just couldnt figure out the partitioning requirements. This is where I've always got stuck & given up a on Linux installation. I've got CDs of Knoppix 3.1, PCQLinux 8.0 & ELX 2.0, but I could never get past the partitioning stage with any of them. Also all published articles on installing these packages barely have a sentence relating to partitioning, which has added to the frustation. To describe my challenge simply, I have Windows C:,D:,E; & F: . F: is 11Gb, & all I want to do is to simply use this space & partition for Linux & Swap. Is that so difficult? Is it possible to get some guidance in simple English on how to do this. I need a "Select this then click on that & then click OK" kind of guidance, such as which Windows has (BTW why is Linux so much harder to install than Windows. Is Windows smarter?)Ooops, *now* I've done it!. Can any one clear the mist for me ? I'm sure no one else has has these questions! Thanks, --Royce.

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] How to partition?
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 28 May '03

28 May '03

Hi, all, ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] How to partition? > > I've been eager to try out Linux for a while, but never could as I just > > couldnt figure out the partitioning requirements. This is where I've always > I can guide you with redhat installation may be others are > similar. > 1)Boot from Your CD (I hope you know this) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Something strange here.. I've stopped getting the LUG-Bom mail from the list. Even my question re. partitioning(which many kindly answered) did not get sent back to me thru' the list! I received the replies to my query only 'coz the mails were CCd to me as well as the list. So how did I get unsubscribed? Do I subscribe again? Thanks, --Royce.

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System Administrator
by shaukath ali 28 May '03

28 May '03

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Problem in display in rh 8.0
by Girish Hanchate 28 May '03

28 May '03

Hi, I have installed RH 8.0 on P IV system with 845 Intel chip set mother board. My GUI is not getting configured on same. Like old version of RH in which u have Xconfigurator utility to configure GUI, RH 8.0 is not such type of utility for configuration for same. Kindly advice the how to configure same on RH 8.0. rgds Girish __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com

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[ILUG-BOM] LINKS: Enterprise GNU/Linux implementation (Mumbai, June 12-13)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 28 May '03

28 May '03

ENTERPRISE GNU / LINUX IMPLEMENTATION Hotel ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton, Mumbai June 12 & 13, 2003 Day One Thursday, June 12, 2003 09:15: GNU/LINUX -- GENESIS & ITS PRESENT RELEVANCE * Free Software Paradigm vs. Proprietary Software Paradigm * Fundamental Difference: o Is software a goods or a service? o Copy able and non-copy able resources * Ethics & Business Model for copy able resources * Creativity, Hacking & Publishing * Users' right to repair * What is the meaning of 'free' in free software? * The genesis of Free Software: 1984 to today * The birth of GNU/Linux * Why is GNU/Linux Relevant? o Stability o Security o Virus Free o Open Standards o Economical o Social Relevance o Ethics & Economics o Education o Owned & Regulated by the community * Is it legal to sell free software? o Sell software with the source code * Free software in India Dr. Nagarjuna G Director (Free Software Foundation, India), Academic Member (HBCSE) 10:00: GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES Dr. S. Ramakrishna, Senior Director, Ministry of IT 11:00: OPEN SOURCE ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE * Current trends and landscape of non-proprietary software * 'Open source', 'free software', 'GNU Public license' - Explained * Industry trends in adoption of non-proprietary software in large enterprises and organization � benefits and challenges * Role of open source / non-proprietary software, including Linux, in the enterprise architecture planning in the near and medium-term future. * Defining Enterprise Architectures involving structured moves towards increasing use of non-proprietary software. * Strategies for enterprise architecture planning and experiences in adopting Linux and other non-proprietary software in complex settings * State of the industry in 'enterprise strength non-proprietary software architectures' Dr. Gautam Shroff, Head: Enterprise Architecture, TATA Consultancy Services 12:00: ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES FOR LINUX MIGRATION 14.00: Strategies for Deploying Linux on Enterprise Servers Basant Kerketta, System Analyst The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. 14:45: LINUX IN AN ON-DEMAND ERA The emerging e-business on demand marketplace is resulting in heightened need for interoperability and standardization within the IT infrastructure that supports it. Linux shines out in this regard, because of it's unique ability to run across hardware platforms, right from embedded devices to the biggest mainframes in the business, as well as its ability to support a broad range of middleware, software and enterprise applications across the board. In this session the latest trends in Linux, as well as how it can used in various customer scenario's, to meet today's rigorous demands from cutting edge technology will be discussed Sandeep Menon, Linux Business Manager � ASEAN/SA, IBM India Ltd. 15:45 :Linux Usage in an Online Environment G.M. Shenoy, Sr. Vice President, NSE.IT 16.30 :Deploying GNU / Linux Abhijit Dasgupta, VP: IT, Times of India Group Day Two Friday, June 13, 2003 09.15: Deploying GNU / Linux in a Multi User / Multi Environment Dr. G. Sivakumar, Head: Computer Centre, IIT, Mumbai 10.00: Deploying Financial and HR applications on Linux Platform * The background under which we went in for the HR and Financial applications * WHat OS oprtions were available to us * Why we chose Linux over others * What were the concerns * How we addressed these concerns * What was�our experience with Linux implementation� (what were the issues that we faced and how we resoved them) Neeraj Bhai, CTO, IDBI Bank 11.00 State of the Dolphin Gerardo Narvaja , MySQL AB 12:00: COST EFFECTIVE SUPER COMPUTING FOR THE ENTERPRISE An alternative to traditional supercomputing is a method of linking multiple computers together to form a unified and very powerful system.. Beowulf clusters are specialized supercomputers that are gaining popularity in the technical and enterprise computing market because of their high performance at a relatively low cost * Evolution of Supercomputing * Details of Beowulf Clustering and how to select the right cluster for your application * Designing a linux cluster * Network Interconnects * Storage management * Cluster Management and Monitoring * Scalabiltiy , Reliability and Availability. * Area of Applications * Case studies on price performance gain with clusters Narayanan Subramaniam, Technical Head Benz Infotech Consultancy Services 14:00: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NON-PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE * The Alternative Intellectual Property of OSS * The Legal innovation involved in Open Source Software * Legal Validity of the GPL: Is the GPL legally enforceable? * Understanding the differences between the various licensing options available within the Open Souce Movement � the Free Software v. Open Source Debate * Survey of cases / judicial developments in the area Lawrance Liang, Legal Researcher, ALF 14.45 Deploying GNU/LINUX in eGovernance N. C. Nagarjuna Reddy Officer on Special Duty IG Registration & Stamps, Govt. Of A. P. 16:00: LINUX ON THE DESKTOP Breach Candy hospital runs a totally integrated hospital information system that runs on a Linux platform for both backend and front-end operations. Mr. Desai would discuss the implementation strategies and how this has benefited the hospital. Dilip Desai, Head IT, Breach Candy Hospital 16:20 GNU / Linux Deployment for the Enterprise � Indian Scenario * Is GNU / Linux Enterprise Ready ? * Economic viability of Linux implementation for the Enterprise. * Factors to be considered before deploying Linux in organizations. * Infrastructure Requirement. * Migration Challenges - Windows to Linux * Legal aspects of GNU / Linux Service providers. * Long term and short-term financial viability. * Evaluating economic viability of desktop implementation of GNU / Linux MODERATOR: Prakash Advani, Sr. VP, Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd. * Dilip Desai, Head: IT, Breach Candy Hospital * Shashank Sathe, CIO, Repro India Co-Sponsors: Benz Infotech Consultancy Services Official Publications: Linux For You More information, contact: HASHIM POONAWALA T: +91-22-2828 1301 F: +91-22-2828 1305 E: hashim at marcusevansin.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 285320
by Bhushan Kelshikar 27 May '03

27 May '03

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 285320
by Bhushan Kelshikar 27 May '03

27 May '03

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 285320
by Bhushan Kelshikar 27 May '03

27 May '03

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[ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 285320
by VC Bothra 27 May '03

27 May '03

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[ILUG-BOM] LINKS: Enterprise GNU/Linux implementation (Mumbai, June 12-13)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 27 May '03

27 May '03

ENTERPRISE GNU / LINUX IMPLEMENTATION Hotel ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton, Mumbai June 12 & 13, 2003 Day One Thursday, June 12, 2003 09:15: GNU/LINUX -- GENESIS & ITS PRESENT RELEVANCE * Free Software Paradigm vs. Proprietary Software Paradigm * Fundamental Difference: o Is software a goods or a service? o Copy able and non-copy able resources * Ethics & Business Model for copy able resources * Creativity, Hacking & Publishing * Users' right to repair * What is the meaning of 'free' in free software? * The genesis of Free Software: 1984 to today * The birth of GNU/Linux * Why is GNU/Linux Relevant? o Stability o Security o Virus Free o Open Standards o Economical o Social Relevance o Ethics & Economics o Education o Owned & Regulated by the community * Is it legal to sell free software? o Sell software with the source code * Free software in India Dr. Nagarjuna G Director (Free Software Foundation, India), Academic Member (HBCSE) 10:00: GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES Dr. S. Ramakrishna, Senior Director, Ministry of IT 11:00: OPEN SOURCE ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE * Current trends and landscape of non-proprietary software * 'Open source', 'free software', 'GNU Public license' - Explained * Industry trends in adoption of non-proprietary software in large enterprises and organization � benefits and challenges * Role of open source / non-proprietary software, including Linux, in the enterprise architecture planning in the near and medium-term future. * Defining Enterprise Architectures involving structured moves towards increasing use of non-proprietary software. * Strategies for enterprise architecture planning and experiences in adopting Linux and other non-proprietary software in complex settings * State of the industry in 'enterprise strength non-proprietary software architectures' Dr. Gautam Shroff, Head: Enterprise Architecture, TATA Consultancy Services 12:00: ENTERPRISE STRATEGIES AND CHALLENGES FOR LINUX MIGRATION 14.00: Strategies for Deploying Linux on Enterprise Servers Basant Kerketta, System Analyst The New India Assurance Co. Ltd. 14:45: LINUX IN AN ON-DEMAND ERA The emerging e-business on demand marketplace is resulting in heightened need for interoperability and standardization within the IT infrastructure that supports it. Linux shines out in this regard, because of it's unique ability to run across hardware platforms, right from embedded devices to the biggest mainframes in the business, as well as its ability to support a broad range of middleware, software and enterprise applications across the board. In this session the latest trends in Linux, as well as how it can used in various customer scenario's, to meet today's rigorous demands from cutting edge technology will be discussed Sandeep Menon, Linux Business Manager � ASEAN/SA, IBM India Ltd. 15:45 :Linux Usage in an Online Environment G.M. Shenoy, Sr. Vice President, NSE.IT 16.30 :Deploying GNU / Linux Abhijit Dasgupta, VP: IT, Times of India Group Day Two Friday, June 13, 2003 09.15: Deploying GNU / Linux in a Multi User / Multi Environment Dr. G. Sivakumar, Head: Computer Centre, IIT, Mumbai 10.00: Deploying Financial and HR applications on Linux Platform * The background under which we went in for the HR and Financial applications * WHat OS oprtions were available to us * Why we chose Linux over others * What were the concerns * How we addressed these concerns * What was�our experience with Linux implementation� (what were the issues that we faced and how we resoved them) Neeraj Bhai, CTO, IDBI Bank 11.00 State of the Dolphin Gerardo Narvaja , MySQL AB 12:00: COST EFFECTIVE SUPER COMPUTING FOR THE ENTERPRISE An alternative to traditional supercomputing is a method of linking multiple computers together to form a unified and very powerful system.. Beowulf clusters are specialized supercomputers that are gaining popularity in the technical and enterprise computing market because of their high performance at a relatively low cost * Evolution of Supercomputing * Details of Beowulf Clustering and how to select the right cluster for your application * Designing a linux cluster * Network Interconnects * Storage management * Cluster Management and Monitoring * Scalabiltiy , Reliability and Availability. * Area of Applications * Case studies on price performance gain with clusters Narayanan Subramaniam, Technical Head Benz Infotech Consultancy Services 14:00: LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF NON-PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE * The Alternative Intellectual Property of OSS * The Legal innovation involved in Open Source Software * Legal Validity of the GPL: Is the GPL legally enforceable? * Understanding the differences between the various licensing options available within the Open Souce Movement � the Free Software v. Open Source Debate * Survey of cases / judicial developments in the area Lawrance Liang, Legal Researcher, ALF 14.45 Deploying GNU/LINUX in eGovernance N. C. Nagarjuna Reddy Officer on Special Duty IG Registration & Stamps, Govt. Of A. P. 16:00: LINUX ON THE DESKTOP Breach Candy hospital runs a totally integrated hospital information system that runs on a Linux platform for both backend and front-end operations. Mr. Desai would discuss the implementation strategies and how this has benefited the hospital. Dilip Desai, Head IT, Breach Candy Hospital 16:20 GNU / Linux Deployment for the Enterprise � Indian Scenario * Is GNU / Linux Enterprise Ready ? * Economic viability of Linux implementation for the Enterprise. * Factors to be considered before deploying Linux in organizations. * Infrastructure Requirement. * Migration Challenges - Windows to Linux * Legal aspects of GNU / Linux Service providers. * Long term and short-term financial viability. * Evaluating economic viability of desktop implementation of GNU / Linux MODERATOR: Prakash Advani, Sr. VP, Netcore Solutions Pvt. Ltd. * Dilip Desai, Head: IT, Breach Candy Hospital * Shashank Sathe, CIO, Repro India Co-Sponsors: Benz Infotech Consultancy Services Official Publications: Linux For You More information, contact: HASHIM POONAWALA T: +91-22-2828 1301 F: +91-22-2828 1305 E: hashim at marcusevansin.com

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Problems playing mp3s
by Siddhesh Poyarekar 27 May '03

27 May '03

Hi, I have mandrake 9 installed and i can listen to cda and wav format files through xmms (or any other player). But for any mpg encoded audio, i don't get error messages, just no sound. For mpg video, there's no sound. For mp3 audio, only the trackbar proceeds; no sound. I do have MPG Layer 1/2/3 plugin on my system, so that probably isn't the problem. mpg version is 1.2.7 (If that should help) Siddhesh.

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[ILUG-BOM] [OT][Commercial] Seminar on Enterprise Gnu-Linux implementatiion
by Trevor Warren 26 May '03

26 May '03

Hello Luggers, ENTERPRISE GNU / LINUX IMPLEMENTATION Hotel ITC Grand Maratha Sheraton, Mumbai June 12 & 13, 2003 Day One Thursday, June 12, 2003 More information, contact: HASHIM POONAWALA T: +91-22-2828 1301 F: +91-22-2828 1305 E: hashim(a)marcusevansin.com For Details on the contents of the workshop please check attachment below. PN: I personally am just forwarding this mail to help the organisers out. For any queries please get in touch with the requisite authorities as mentioned. Trevor -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevor(a)clovertechnologies.com __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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DOC-SHOP Review TODAY
by PUKAR Monsoon 26 May '03

26 May '03

Dear Friends: PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research) invites you to the DOC-SHOP Review -- a series of student presentations followed by a two-hour panel discussion on archiving and documentation with ASHISH RAJADHYAKSHA, C.S. LAKSHMI and MADHUSHREE DATTA. This Review is the concluding event in the PUKAR Monsoon DOC-SHOP, a five-day workshop for undergraduate students held from 19-23 May 2003 at PUKAR. For more information about the DOC-SHOP, see http://www.pukar.org.in/doc-shop/index.html. The panel discussion will feature the following speakers: ASHISH RAJADHYAKSHA is Senior Fellow of the Centre for the Study of Culture & Society (CSCS), Bangalore (http://www.cscsban.org), and was the editor of the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (1999). He is an active member of the editorial collective of the Journal of Arts and Ideas, and is a regular contributor to Framework and to Sight & Sound. He has written the book Ritwik Ghatak: A Return to the Epic (1983), was Editor, The Sad and Glad of Kishore Kumar (Research Centre for Cinema Studies, 1988); was Editor, with Amrit Gangar, of Ghatak : Arguments/Stories (Screen Unit/Research Centre for Cinema Studies, 1987). He is currently coordinating the CSCS Media Archive (http://www.cscsban.org/html/media_archive.htm). He was co-curator, with Geeta Kapur, of the exhibition Bombay/Mumbai 1992-2001, part of the exhibition Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, at the Tate Modern, London, 2001. C.S. LAKSHMI is the Founding Trustee and Director of SPARROW (Sound and Picture Archives for Research on Women), Mumbai (http://www.sparrrowonline.org). She writes fiction in Tamil under the pseudonym Ambai, and her translated stories have been published in a collection called A Purple Sea (Manas, 1997). She has been a researcher in women's studies for thirty years, and has authored The Singer and the Song: Conversations with Women Musicians (Kali for Women, 2000), the first in a three-volume oral history series called Seven Seas and Seven Mountains, with detailed interviews with fifty notable women in the arts in India. She is also the author of The Face Behind the Mask: Women in Tamil Literature (Stosius/Advent Books, 1984). MADHUSHREE DATTA has been making non-fiction and documentary films since 1993. Her first film was "I Live in Behrampada" (1993), on the Bombay riots in 1992-1993. She has since made eight films on diverse themes such as performance and female impersonation in "Sundari: An Actor Prepares", on visual cultures in "Made in India", on young girls growing up in "Memories of Fear", on the 12th century bhakti poet Mahadevi Akka in "Scribbles on Akka", and on sexuality and girl trafficking in "Ailo Bailo Sailo". She has written extensively on the politics of facts, and is presently working on a multi-part film on the mega-metropolis of Mumbai. She is a Founder Member and is the Executive Director of Majlis, Mumbai, a centre for multicultural initiatives. Date: TUESDAY 27 MAY 2003 Time: 5.00 P.M. to 7.00 P.M. Presentations from the PUKAR Monsoon DOC-SHOP 7.00 P.M. to 9.00 P.M. Panel Discussion on Archiving and Documentation At: PUKAR c/o Aragon Services 4th Floor, Kitab Mahal Dr Dadabhai Naoroji Road Mumbai 400001 Kitab Mahal is next to New Excelsior Cinema, and is near VT Station. Entrance to Kitab Mahal is from the New Book Company on Dadabhai Naoroji Road. _____ PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research) P.O. Box 5627, Dadar, Mumbai 400014, INDIA E-Mail <mailto:secretariat@pukar.org.in> Phone +91 (022) 2207 7779, +91 98200 45529, +91 98204 04010 Web Site http://www.pukar.org.in

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[Announce] Ayttm 0.3.1 has been released!
by Philip S Tellis 26 May '03

26 May '03

Ayttm 0.3.1 is out. Well, it is since a few days but i hadn't time to do the announcement mail. You can download it as usual on the website: http://ayttm.sf.net/files.shtml What's new in this release ? - Multiple accounts per service are now supported by the core. Modules need to be updated to allow this, so far this has been done for MSN and Yahoo. - We now use pspell library instead of ispell (better integration, less resources used). - Everybuddy settings and contact list now have an importer. - Font is now fully specificable - You're warned when typing messages when away - Yahoo! module supports Webcam viewing - Smiley themer (new module) remembers the last selected theme and is far more easy to use than the previous system. - Aycryption (new module) lets you exchange GPG signed and/or encrypted messages with your contacts (using ayttm or another pgp-enabled client, maybe Gaim?) - "Mail notify script" is implemented in MSN And the usual bugfixes: - Code cleanups :) - make dependency tracking fixed (CVS users will be happy to be able to avoid the 'make clean' ;-)) - Crash handler now works without getoptlong - MSN connection failing without warning has been fixed - configure didn't allow to --enable-smtp

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[ILUG-BOM] [ot][jobs][commercial][Fwd: [ilug-goa] Job Position Available]
by Trevor Warren 26 May '03

26 May '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Mario Alvares - AlienWiz <mario(a)alienwiz.com> To: csi-goa(a)yahoogroups.com Cc: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [ilug-goa] Job Position Available Date: 26 May 2003 17:19:54 +0530 Hi All, We have a requirement for one Php Developer at Porvorim. We are in the business of e-commerce web development, website design, software development and Linux web hosting. http://www.alienwiz.com & http://www.alienwebhost.com The following are ESSENTIAL: Knowledge of using the Internet and email. Knowledge and experience coding in HTML, PHP, MySQL & Postgres Strong English communication skills both verbal and written (for documentation) Self Motivated & determined The following are NOT (but would be preferred): Linux server administration Action Scripting Job responsibilities will include coding, documentation and testing. Preference will be given to those in/around Porvorim, Panijm or Mapusa. Email resume with detailed past project development experience, references and hobbies in either doc, rtf, pdf, html or txt to mario(a)alienwiz.com with subject "PHP Developer" Phone enquiries will NOT be entertained. Best regards, Mario Mario Alvares [www.alvares.info] Software Consultant - Software Solutions [www.alienwiz.com] ======================================================= http://www.ALIENWebHost.com http://www.Goenkar.com http://www.travelgoa.com http://www.patrao.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/CNxFAA/0XFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: ilug-goa-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevor(a)clovertechnologies.com __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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[Announce] msnp.py: MSN messaging in Python
by Manish Jethani 25 May '03

25 May '03

http://msnp.sourceforge.net/ msnp.py is an implementation of the latest MSN Messenger protocol (currently, version 7) in object-oriented Python. Current Release: v0.2 v0.2 Features * Login; logout * Presence states (online, away, etc.) * Syncing of friend lists * Chat conversations (start, join, leave) * Instant messages * Typing notifications * HTTP proxy (tunnelling) support -- Manish Jethani (manish.j at gmx.net) phone (work) +91-80-51073488

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[OT] Artificial Intelligence game
by Pranav Joshi 23 May '03

23 May '03

this is a very interesting online game based on 20 questions.. the game AI is very powerful and guesses the correct answer most of the times. it's fun when you beat the computer.. http://y.20q.net:8095/btest?jRO3lPlkXCyHJOp1E7X1O8ZYIv best of luck pranav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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[offtopic][commercial][jobs]Oracle DBA + developers
by Trevor Warren 23 May '03

23 May '03

Hello Linuxers, good-day. There are some core Oracle + D2k requirements. Get in touch with epaul(a)redhat.com if someone's interested or if you have anyone who has core expertise in the above domains. Have a nice day all. Trevor -----Forwarded Message----- From: Elizabeth Paul <epaul(a)redhat.com> To: trevor(a)clovertechnologies.com Subject: Re: Date: 22 May 2003 12:52:26 +0530 Dear Trevor Clover Requirements...... I know you can help...... 1. Oracle DBA - with about 2 - 4 years experience. Compensation - Rs. 18,000/- Rs. 20,000/-. 2. Oracle Developer for D2K - 2 - 4 years experience Compensation - Rs. 20,000/- - Rs. 22,000/-. Liz -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevorwarren(a)softhome.net __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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[Commercial] Red Hat 9.0
by joel_divekar 22 May '03

22 May '03

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[ILUG-BOM] [OT] [ACM] Streamlining XML for data-intensive applications
by Philip S Tellis 22 May '03

22 May '03

ACM Seminar - Streamlining XML for data-intensive applications Friday, May 23, 2003 - 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Tahir N. Hashmi Venue: Lecture Theatre, NCST, Juhu (http://www.ncst.ernet.in/contactus/) Abstract: eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has quickly gained acceptance as a platform and application independent grammar for marshalling data as well as structuring documents for further processing or presentation. As more and more sectors find XML beneficial, most notably the Web Services Architecture, the overly verbose syntax of XML and complicated rules for handling markup and character data begin to approach their limits. This seminar showcases some of the most notable efforts done to overcome these problems. About the Speaker: Tahir Hashmi works in the DAKE (Data and Knowledge Engineering) Division of NCST. He is a Technology graduate in Chemical Engineering from AMU. Tahir is a Free Software user/promoter and Linux geek. His areas of interest include Systems Programming and Application Developm

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Review of Sharity/light
by Sthitaprajna 21 May '03

21 May '03

Hi HAs anyone used this on a multi-OS environment- how well does it perform? http://www.obdev.at/products/sharity/index.html thanks

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[Commercial] Red Hat Linux 9.0
by joel_divekar 21 May '03

21 May '03

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[ILUG-BOM] [Fwd: [ilug-goa] Microsoft Exec took aim at Linux Worldwide , Memo reveals]
by Trevor Warren 20 May '03

20 May '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Praveen Kamat <praveenkamat(a)yahoo.co.uk> To: ilug <ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com> Subject: [ilug-goa] Microsoft Exec took aim at Linux Worldwide , Memo reveals Date: 18 May 2003 23:25:42 +0530 MICROSOFT EXEC TOOK AIM AT LINUX WORLDWIDE, MEMO REVEALS http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5864506.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/uetFAA/0XFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To Post a message, send it to: ilug-goa(a)yahoogroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: ilug-goa-unsubscribe(a)yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevorwarren(a)softhome.net __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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Web Server behind proxy (IPtables problem)
by Varun(Red Hat Certified) 20 May '03

20 May '03

I am preparing a webserver which will work behind a proxy. For this I am using IPtables. The Internal proxy address is 192.168.0.12 The External proxy address is 203.199.111.24 The Webserver address is 192.168.0.14 The code for iptables is given below. My problem is that the website is working when I access it from the internal network despite the fact that there is no DNS for any machines except the proxy. But when I access it from putside the network there is no reply /* Code in iptables */ PROXY_EXTERNAL=203.199.111.24 PROXY_INTERNAL=192.168.0.12 WEB_ADDR=192.168.0.14 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p tcp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p udp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p tcp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p udp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p tcp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p udp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p tcp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p udp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL --dport 20 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p udp --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL --dport 20 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL --dport 21 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p udp --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL --dport 21 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL --dport 20 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p udp --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL --dport 20 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p tcp --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL --dport 21 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -p udp --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL --dport 21 -j SNAT --to-source $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p tcp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p udp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p tcp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_INTERNAL -p udp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p tcp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p udp --dport 20 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:20 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p tcp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 /sbin/iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT --dst $PROXY_EXTERNAL -p udp --dport 21 -j DNAT --to-destination $WEB_ADDR:21 ===== Linux is user-friendly, it is just picky who its friends are If GNU/Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem mailto: varunop(a)yahoo.com website: http://varunop.blogspot.com Unix is very simple, Only it takes a genius to simplify it __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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How to ftp through the Proxy.
by Vinod Bhaskar 20 May '03

20 May '03

Hi friends, I have a DSL (DISHNET) connection and I had set up a proxy server (Jana) in the machine which the DSL line is connected. Now for the browsing there is no problem from other machines which are in LAN. This I had done it by re-directing the broswer by puting the IP address of the proxy server. Now I want to do ftp from my machine using ncftp through the proxy server to our web location www.xyz.com from my machine. I want to do command line operations like ncftpget and ncftpput, which had set in crontab. How to configure my machine to do the same. Please guide me. Regrds, Vinod.

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[Announce] libyahoo2 version 0.7.0 released
by Philip S Tellis 20 May '03

20 May '03

Version 0.7 of libyahoo2 has just been released. Get it from http://libyahoo2.sourceforge.net/ This release includes major feature enhancements, hence the bump in minor version number. New features include: - Webcam support - viewing and broadcasting - Yahoo Chatrooms Improved features: - All calls to connect can now be asynchronous, ie, they can return immediately and make a call to the registered callback function when the connect completes. This will improve response on slow links. (If anyone knows how to do asynchronouse DNS lookups (single-threaded app), please let me know). Also bugfixes and some internal changes. The API has changed, so please read the README and the two primary header files - yahoo2.h and yahoo2_callbacks.h As usual, report bugs on the website. Philip

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Microsoft Licences UNIX OS from SCO
by Amish Munshi 20 May '03

20 May '03

Greetings, Refer to page 17 ot Times of India. It mentions about MIcrosoft Licensing UNIX os from SCO. Bye. -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we trust.

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Matrix Reloaded Nmap/ssh crc32 Picture
by Pranav Joshi 19 May '03

19 May '03

--- ranjeet(a)nttindia.com wrote: > > Hello. > > Trinity actually used nmap to portscan a computer > and then launches a > program to attempt exploiting SSHv1 CRC32 > Finally Hollywood is coming out of the stupid concept flash based hacking.. here's the actual picture from the movie LINK http://www.geocities.com/merciless_messiah/nmap-matrix2log.jpg Happy sploiting pranav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Re [ILUG-BOM] Confusion... Internet Speed
by Abhijeet D Mhatre 19 May '03

19 May '03

Hi, >I am confused about internet speeds and download speeds. >I guess (please correct) a 56 KBPs modem allows a maximum inflow(&outflow!) >of 56 KiloBits ps of data between 2 computers. >But still most(or all?) ISPs in Mumbai offer download speeds(the thing that >u see in the browser downloader or a download manager) is only 5KBPs. >So when we here about Broadband Internet of 1MBPs or 128 KBPs...what are the >actual download speeds? >Why dont all the people refer to actual download speed rather than the max >transfer speeds while referring to their connection? >Please Help! >Thanking in advance, >Hrushikesh Tilak. V90 Modems allow 56 Kbps which is 7KBps bps = bits per sec Bps = bytes per sec The browser usually displays speed in bytes per sec which is about 2-5 KBps usually Actual download speed is not a constant and varies with the no of users logged in. So it cant be mentioned. Acually some sort of statistical quantity should be mentioned. -- Regards Abhijeet D Mhatre Address: 2/19 Shivanand society, Playground cross road, Vileparle (East), Mumbai 400057 Tel: 91-22-26148990/26155144 Email: abhijeetmhatre(a)gmx.net

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Confusion... Internet Speeds.
by Hrushikesh Tilak 19 May '03

19 May '03

Hi, I am confused about internet speeds and download speeds. I guess (please correct) a 56 KBPs modem allows a maximum inflow(&outflow!) of 56 KiloBits ps of data between 2 computers. But still most(or all?) ISPs in Mumbai offer download speeds(the thing that u see in the browser downloader or a download manager) is only 5KBPs. So when we here about Broadband Internet of 1MBPs or 128 KBPs...what are the actual download speeds? Why dont all the people refer to actual download speeds rather than the max transfer speeds while referring to their connection? Please Help! Thanking in advance, Hrushikesh Tilak. _________________________________________________________________ Win a PC. Every 15 days! http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/hclbeanstalktour/index.asp Just take this quiz.

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Commercial - Contract - Mumbai
by Shilpi K. Kedia 19 May '03

19 May '03

Hi, I am looking for a subject matter expert on the topic Sendmail. The person should be well versed with the configuring and installation and troubleshooting for sendmail. The person would be required to work with us for a few hours a week and would have to check the accuracy of the content that is written by the writers. Please get in touch with me if you are interested in this opportunity. Regards Shilpi K. Kedia Net Systems Solutions Tel : 91-22-56926874/75 Mobile : 9820504608 Email : shilpi.k(a)n-syst.com Website: http://www.n-syst.com

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Microsoft to license Unix code
by Sthitaprajna 19 May '03

19 May '03

http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-1007528.html Hilarious?

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Starcom Software expertise in LINUX Server.
by Ajay Sharma 18 May '03

18 May '03

Dear all, We are a five year old software company based at India specialised into: * Network infrastructure setup, management and consultancy and security and system integrity. * Network infrastructure support and managed operations services. * Web application development and web infrastructure setup. * Business process design and application design . We are launching a Product called MANUS (Manager of a Network Unix Server).It is a Comphrensive software solution which allows system administrator to handle the integrated management of a network of servers across the enterprise using a single web-based console. MANUS manages all common network services includes file & print,email,web proxy services,Usenet News(NNTP),address book directories(LDAP),and many more.For more information you can visit http://manus.starcomsoftware.com Brief features of Network Monitoring:- a)Monitor capacity utilisation of key resources eg.lease lines,server CPU loads etc., and tackle capacity planning in a scientific manner with quantitative data. b)Monitor the health of key network resources in real time,and raise alarms when attributes fall outside acceptable boundaries,eg.traffic on a leased line crosses 90% of capacity c)Get daily, weekly and monthly reports,consolidated and pre-user,about usage of the key services. Partial List of our well known Clients are as follows: i) National Stock Exchange of India Ltd ii) The National Securities Depository of India Ltd iii)Mahindra British Telecom Ltd iv) A Petrochemicals major in the Private sector v) Zodiac group of Garments exporters vi) Homeindia, India's online retailing trend-setter vii)The Indian Express Newspaper groups viii) ICICI ix) S.Kumar's Online Ltd,nation-wide e-commerce venture x) Amarchand and Mangaldas and suresh A.Shroff and company,India's most reputed law firm. pls find enclosed our company profile along with our vital accomplishments. Pls reply me for any requirement. Regards, Ajay Sharma. Starcom Software Pvt Ltd.

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kernel recompilation problem
by chandan kumar 18 May '03

18 May '03

Respected Sir, I have same problem that you have faced in recompilation of the kernel. So, kindly tell me how you removed that problem. Thank You. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Mailman udpated
by Nagarjuna G. 18 May '03

18 May '03

Due to some unknown problems which could not be fixed with the old version, I decided to upgrade mailman to 2.1 version. This version seems to be more feature rich particularly for the administrators. During this repairing period all the messages posted were delivered yesterday early morning. Please let me know if you are facing any recent problems. this will help us to keep mailman working better. If any of you know mailman very well and are willing to coordinate with me the lists, please come forward. Thanks for your cooperation. Nagarjuna

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test
by Nagarjuna G. 16 May '03

16 May '03

Please ignore! Nagarjuna

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OT : News Article on various Linux Distros
by Saswata Banerjee & Associates 16 May '03

16 May '03

Study: SuSE leads in Linux improvements Linux has improved significantly in the last two years, a new study released Thursday has found, with a version from SuSE edging out that of rival Red Hat in the businesses features race. Since D.H. Brown Associates last reviewed Linux, versions of the operating system from SuSE and Red Hat have moved from "OK" to "good." Debian made a bigger leap, from "weak" to "good," but still lags the other two versions. May 15, 2003, 10:42 AM PT | Read Full Story http://cl.com.com/Click?q=95-Xd_rQvddoeVatrOY_nyVUWnt0iK5 Regards Saswata

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SCO's lawsuit...
by Matthew, Anu 16 May '03

16 May '03

Greetings Luggers, http://infoworld.com/article/03/05/15/HNscowarns_1.html What do you think about that? Personally I think that this would only *attempt* to tarnish Linux's image in the corporate world, and divert the real benefits to M$. ~Anu Mathew For those who cannot acccess internet: --------------------------------------------------------- SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The SCO Group, which owns key components of the Unix operating system, has sent letters to Linux customers claiming the software is an "unauthorized derivative" of its property. The letters, which were sent earlier this week to companies around the world, warned that commercial users of Linux may face legal liability for using the operating system without a license from SCO. The move follows the filing of a $1 billion lawsuit in March against International Business Machines Corp. for allegedly taking bits of Unix code and transferring them to Linux. IBM dismissed the lawsuit as unfounded. If the latest tactic is successful, it could undermine a tenet of the Linux movement, which has been growing in large part because of the software's very low cost and freedom from the hassles of proprietary software, such as Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)'s Windows. But even if SCO fails to convince Linux users to pay for licenses, it has raised fear, uncertainty and doubt - or "FUD" - about Linux and whether end users can be held liable if other portions are found to be what amounts to stolen property. "When SCO's own UNIX software code is being illegally copied into Linux, we believe we have an obligation to educate commercial users of the potential liability that could rest with them for using such software to run their business," Chris Sontag, a SCO senior vice president, said Wednesday. Lindon, Utah-based SCO acquired control of Unix intellectual property from Novell, which had bought the rights in 1992 from AT&T. AT&T's Bell Laboratories created Unix for minicomputers in the late 1960s and commercialized it in the 1980s. Linux, a Unix derivative first developed in the early 1990s by Finnish college student Linus Torvalds, has in recent years gained in popularity because of its low cost, reliability and ability to run on inexpensive computer hardware. In an e-mail interview Wednesday, Torvalds said he has not heard what components of Linux might be infringing. "I'd dearly love to hear exactly - what - they think is infringing, but they haven't told anybody," he said. "Oh, well. They seem to be more interested in FUD than anything else." SCO also announced it was pulling its own version of Linux, which may be significant because it was distributed under the same license as other versions. That license allows for the free redistribution of the software. "I suspect the current letter is because their lawyers finally noticed that as long as they ship Linux, they are themselves bound by the license under which it ships," Torvalds said. Some observers believe SCO sued IBM in an effort to be bought - a charge SCO denies. SCO's stock price has nearly doubled since it filed the lawsuit, said Bruce Perens, an open-source software advocate and consultant. He said he believes it's a tactic of SCO's investors to recoup their investment. "They don't care who or what they hurt," he said. Darl McBride, SCO's chief executive, said the company is not trying to find a buyer but rather informing users of the problem. He said most Linux distributors leave their customers liable. "Everyone is protected except the users," he said. "We're trying to alert users there are these problems. We're trying to do this in a favorable fashion. ... The hot potato is being passed. We're trying to keep them from being burned."

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phone answering s/w
by Niyant 16 May '03

16 May '03

hello, until i was using windows, i used to run some "phone answering/ message recording" softwares like "supervoice". is any1 here using any such s/w on linux? thanx, ny -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Opera 7 rocks !!! www.opera.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Interest from North Mumbai
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 16 May '03

16 May '03

Kunal is a GNU/Linux fan who is keen to start some activity in North Mumbai. His phone number is (250) 251 2210 Currently, Kunal has a lot of questions -- how should a LUG keep busy, what are suitable activities at a meeting, how to keep a group active? In view of the concentration of Linuxers activities in South Mumbai, would it be possible for veterans of this list to encourage Kunal and team to set up a LUG for the northern suburbs? Our experience in Goa suggests that launching new LUGs in the more remote areas encourages a whole lot of others -- who would have not got otherwise involved -- to get involved with Free Software. FN -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux-On-CD service
by Clinton Goveas 15 May '03

15 May '03

Royce (bethell(a)eth.net), I hope this mail gets through to you Royce, as I have tried 5 times to send you mail (twice through this list), but all attempts have so far failed. When I try sending you mail directly, my SMTP server gets back with the following response: 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) MAIL FROM: <info(a)clintongoveas.com> 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) 250 Sender "info(a)clintongoveas.com" OK... 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) RCPT TO: <bethell(a)eth.net> 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) 250 Connection from trusted IP address. Recipient OK 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) DATA 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) 354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - ( 13) 250 Message accepted for delivery. 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - [ 14] Delivering to bethell(a)eth.net 5/14/2003 10:26:46 PM - [ 14] Attempting to deliver to the domain eth.net 5/14/2003 10:26:48 PM - ( 13) QUIT 5/14/2003 10:26:48 PM - ( 13) 221 Aba he 5/14/2003 10:26:48 PM - SMTP connection with xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ended. ID=13 5/14/2003 10:27:41 PM - [ 14] DNS Error: Domain server failure. Will bounce back Since you are in Mumbai you can contact me at 022 28443323. All these details and more are on the site if you care to visit. The URL is given below. Can someone pass this on to Royce if possible? Regards, Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com --- DistantHost.com Founding Circle http://www.distanthost.com

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[ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 962108
by amit saini 15 May '03

15 May '03

--- linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request > 962108 > > We have received a request from 210.214.202.205 for > subscription of > your email address, <amit_saini77(a)yahoo.com>, to the > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in mailing list. To > confirm the request, > please send a message to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in, and > either: > > - maintain the subject line as is (the reply's > additional "Re:" is > ok), > > - or include the following line - and only the > following line - in the > message body: > > confirm 962108 > > (Simply sending a 'reply' to this message should > work from most email > interfaces, since that usually leaves the subject > line in the right > form.) > > If you do not wish to subscribe to this list, please > simply disregard > this message. Send questions to linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Linux-on-CD service.
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 15 May '03

15 May '03

Hi, Does anyone know the status of Clinton Goveas' Linux-on CD service? It was due to resume sometime now. I sent him a mail re. Mandrake 9.1, but got no reply... thanks, --Royce.

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Linux-on-CD service
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 14 May '03

14 May '03

Hi, Does any one know the status of Clinton Goveas' Linux-on-CD service? I sent him a mail a couple of days back re. Mandrake 9.1 CD, but got no reply. I know his CD writer was down, but the service was due to resume around the 10th May. BTW I have a CD writer in my PC at office if its any help to him. Clinton are you around? :) Thanks, --Royce.

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[Help] LTSP & X-Windows
by OSP 14 May '03

14 May '03

Hi, I am trying to implement LTSP alongside a Windows 2000 Server. Have been successful partially but when it comes to X-Windows, the resoultion of the interface is blurred and thereon cannot do anything further... Could anybody just guide me the way out of this...??? Thanx n' Regards, Ash

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Test
by Nagarjuna G. 14 May '03

14 May '03

Test mail please ignore! Admin

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[Fwd: [PRC] Urgent - PHP/MySQL and Linux Sys Admin - Bangalore,India]
by Trevor Warren 13 May '03

13 May '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Hari Das <hari(a)marlabs.com> To: marlabsindia(a)yahoogroups.com Subject: [PRC] Urgent - PHP/MySQL and Linux Sys Admin - Bangalore,India Date: 13 May 2003 16:30:39 +0530 > Dear Friends > > Greetings from Hari. > Marlabs Inc. ( www.marlabs.com) , ( An INC 500 Company , A D&T National > Fast 500 Company ) , is looking for the following professionals in Open > Source Technologies: > 1. Experienced PHP / MySQL programmers with knowledge of Java ( Sun > ) Technologies > 2. Linux System Administrator > Location : Bangalore, India > Both the above positions need more than 2 years' hands on experience in > relevant areas. > Eligible candidates may send in their latest Resume with the following > details before 14 th May 2003 to hari(a)marlabs.com, , with "Open Source" as > subject > i. Date of Birth > ii. Present Salary > iii. Time required to relocate to Bangalore, if selected > iv. Contact telephone / cell numbers > > You are invited to visit http://hosting.marlabs.com to know more about our > practice in open source and web hosting. > Thanking you in advance. > Regards > Hari > > www.marlabs.com > > -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevorwarren(a)softhome.net __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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what is Venue of next Lug meet. Help for Project.
by vishal varange 13 May '03

13 May '03

Hello Luggers, This is my first mail. I am new to linux. I have few queries please hel p me in solving them. 1) when is the next lug meet ? and Where is it? Could somebody please direct me how to reach the venue. I stay at Nerul, Navi Mumbai. 2) I am an Engineering Student (T.E. Computers) and would like to do my final year project on Linux Platform. Could somebody please suggest any firms where I may approach, or else suggest any topic for the project work. Any suggestion is welcome. Thanking you in advance. --Vishal __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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[Help ] LTSP: X-Windows configuration
by Optimal Solutions 13 May '03

13 May '03

Hi folks, I am trying to get LTSP implemented alongwith a Windows Server. LTSP on the client works properly but when it comes to X-Windows the resolution gets blurred and thereon nothing further can be done. Could anybody plz help me out ??? Thanx n' Regards, Aishwarya _________________________________________________________________ Attention Taureans! See what's in store. http://server1.msn.co.in/features/taurus/index.asp Read on.

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Linux-on-CD service
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 13 May '03

13 May '03

Hi, Does any one know the status of Clinton Goveas' Linux-on-CD service? I sent him a mail a couple of days back re. Mandrake 9.1 CD, but got no reply. I know his CD writer was down, but the service was due to resume around the 10th May. BTW I have a CD writer in my PC at office if its any help to him. Clinton are you around? :) Thanks, --Royce.

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[joke] [OT] Our market share is falling...
by Manish Jethani 13 May '03

13 May '03

(Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental :-) ) Bill: Our market share is falling, what can we do? Ballmer: [Sweating]Improve our products?[Still Sweating] Bill: Don't be ridiculous, if Windows was secure then we wouldn't be able to charge for bug fixes, [not that our software is buggy of course] Ballmer: [Shirt now navy blue]We could take the old standby[Shirt now very dark navy blue] Bill: Aha - [to voice activated Windows box]Bring in the lawyers![Windows BSODs] [To voice activated Linux box] Bring in the lawyers! [Lawyers arrive] Bill: I want Linux to be made illegal Ballmer: [Shirt now dissolving in acidic sweat] Developers! Developers! Developers! Bill: Not now Steve! Lawyers: This will cost you Bill, bribery is very expensive these days. Bill: Nah! - I ran an audit check on the US govt. they haven't complied with the MS Windows Server 2003 EULA clause 0203432448 (You hereby agree that All your base are belong to MS) Lawyers: It shall be done oh fabulously wealthy one! [US Govt. declares Finland a terrorist state, wages violent war, Linus Torvolds writes a quick kernel update then goes into hiding] ... to be continued.

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RedHat Linux 9 >> Free or not?
by Hrushikesh Tilak 13 May '03

13 May '03

I just want to know whether RH Linux 9 is free or not? Because I read about some activation thing on their site. Also why do the ISO's on the FTP sites start with shrike? Should I download the 3 ISO's or should I stick with my present OS ( PCQLinux 8.0)? Is the new linux worth downloading(3 iso images...1.72 GB...about 17 hours!!!)? Please Repsond Thanking You, Hrushikesh Tilak. _________________________________________________________________ What is SARS? Find out! http://server1.msn.co.in/completecoverage/sars/ Be informed.

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Where is the next GLUG meet?
by Kapil Karekar 11 May '03

11 May '03

hi luggers :)) Where is the next GLUG meet? Don't look at me ... I have no clue :P happy hacking !! Kapil

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[ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 513360
by Gurudev 11 May '03

11 May '03

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 04:33:44PM +0530, linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: > Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 513360 > > We have received a request from 202.141.152.2 for subscription of your > email address, <gurudev(a)sdf.lonestar.org>, to the > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in mailing list. To confirm the request, > please send a message to linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in, and > either: > > - maintain the subject line as is (the reply's additional "Re:" is > ok), > > - or include the following line - and only the following line - in the > message body: > > confirm 513360 > > (Simply sending a 'reply' to this message should work from most email > interfaces, since that usually leaves the subject line in the right > form.) > > If you do not wish to subscribe to this list, please simply disregard > this message. Send questions to linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in. -- gurudev(a)sdf.lonestar.org SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

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Using windows server as a gateway
by Adi 10 May '03

10 May '03

Hi, Our windows server is connected by leased line to the internet. I want our linux servers to access this machine for DNS as well as internet traffic. No I cannot use squid or linux as the gateway since the company requires the exchange server hosted on the widows server. Any solution pointers ? -Adi www.roamware.com

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Free/open source developer survey
by G. Sivakumar 10 May '03

10 May '03

I'm forwarding below a request for inputs from developers in India to the survey at the URL below http://siepr.stanford.edu/programs/OpenSoftware_David/FLOSS-US_announcement… being conducted by some researchers at Stanford Univ. with best wishes, Siva. (siva(a)iitb.ac.in) === request ============= From: Seema Arora Subject: Your help with open source developer survey >>>Dear Prof. Sarda: >>>We are researchers at Stanford University who have designed a survey >>>that aims to understand the open source way of producing software. This >>>work is being undertaken by the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy >>>Research and is being funded by the National Science Foundation. I am >>>writing to seek your help in announcing the survey amongst IIT Bombay >>>students and faculty who might be participants in the development of >>>open source software. I have written individually to linux coordinators >>>in India but it would be extremely useful to get the representation from >>>IITs. So far, representation from India has been very low. We are hoping >>>that with increased visibility of the survey announcement, we would be >>>able to attract more respondents from India and hence study specifics >>>relating to India. >>> >>>Please help us generate interest and responses at the site below. I >>>would really appreciate if you could direct this email to the >>>appropriate groups within IIT Bombay and other appropriate contacts who >>>might be contributors to the open source movement. >> >>>The survey is meant for open source developers and can be found at >>>http://siepr.stanford.edu/programs/OpenSoftware_David/FLOSS-US_announcement… >> >>Thanks in advance for your help. >>>Regards >>>Seema

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[ILUG-BOM] Re: Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 200166
by walter demello 10 May '03

10 May '03

confirm 200166 linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote:Linuxers -- confirmation of subscription -- request 200166 We have received a request from 202.149.217.154 for subscription of your email address, , to the linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in mailing list. To confirm the request, please send a message to linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in, and either: - maintain the subject line as is (the reply's additional "Re:" is ok), - or include the following line - and only the following line - in the message body: confirm 200166 (Simply sending a 'reply' to this message should work from most email interfaces, since that usually leaves the subject line in the right form.) If you do not wish to subscribe to this list, please simply disregard this message. Send questions to linuxers-admin(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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mandrake 9.1 isos
by Sthitaprajna 09 May '03

09 May '03

Hi Can someone burn me a set of Mandrake 9.1 isos and get 'em to the next LUG meet? Or if a cd-rw is available at the HBSCE, should i get cd-rs and burn a set for myself? Hope to meet some of the people at my first LUG meet.. cheers

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Linux
by dhiraj tuteja 08 May '03

08 May '03

Sir, I have installed Red Hat Linux version 8.0(pscyche) But I am still having some problems: 1. I have an internal modem and linux is unable to detect it. As it was mentioned in the latest edition edition of linuxforu magazine I tried using KPPP software for configuring internet but received no success. 2. I am still unable to find exactly where to do programming. I have emacs. But still not very comfortable in it. I am referring the book : Unix Concepts & Applications (2nd edition) By Sumitabha Das Publisher Name : Tata Mcgraw Hill Nowhere in the whole book the author has written to use which editor. Just given the commands and I am uuable to find the interface to run them. 3. Sometimes it shows error: Nautilus has no installed viewer capable of displaying "/boot/grub/stage1" (or any other file) 4. I changed some settings and now when shutting down linux I get the message : Shutting down NMB services [Failed] Shutting down SMB services [Failed] Do I need to reinstall? 5. As in windows we have Norton Anti-Virus software. What about Linux. Any other software from where can I get it? Any website! 6. Can I install 2 Linux flavours on same P.C. 7. Now I can my Linux through Windows using Cygwin. I wanted to know like Through Linux I would be able to able to play songs stored On Windows( by mounting the partition or using some software like Wine) or do I have to again load them on Linux 7. Also how to create shortcut on desktop for a particular package. I just drag it to desktop. Is there any other method ? 8. Any free tutorial available on any website to learn linux and its detailed installation procedure guidelines. If available on the Linux Cd itself then how to extract them. 9. Through which software I will be able to write in Hindi fonts on Linux. 10. Is there any facility for address book on Linux. If exists then how to give password to my contacts folder as I don't want to share it. Also how to give password facility for the contacts foler in address book on Windows.(urgently needed) Would be thankful if you could solve some of my these basic queries. Waiting for an early reply. Yours sincerely, Dhiraj

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[Announce] Ayttm - 0.3.0
by Philip S Tellis 08 May '03

08 May '03

Ayttm 0.3.0 has been released. http://ayttm.sourceforge.net/ Ayttm is a Universal Instant Messenger, and is the heir to the everybuddy project. The minor version number bump is so because we feel there are enough new features since 0.2.x to motivate it, and to make people read the release notes. Things have changed and we'll get bugreports if no one reads it. Modules path has changed, it is now $PREFIX/lib/ayttm instead of $PREFIX/share/ayttm/modules, so if upgrading, you have to change your ~/.ayttm/prefs file by replacing "share/ayttm/modules" by "lib/ayttm". You'll find a perl script on the download page that does the job. * Bugfixes - Segfaults fixed ;-) - MSN: Login in predefined state now works - Compilation warnings - Plug memory leaks - gdk_pixbuf optional - Jabber fixes - Yahoo chatroom (bad name displaying) fix - --url command-line option (lets modules handle URLs, ie "aim:goim?screenname=colinleroy") - TOC modules now try ports 80 and 9898 (should stop problems from places with transparent http proxies) - Fix useless Error popup at logout (with Jabber) - Handle TOC Chatrooms name errors - Proxy support fixed (every type of proxy should work with or without auth) - Modules path changed to comply with FHS (read README!) * New features - "Actions": lets you run arbitrary commands with your conversation logs (print, mail, view in browser,...) - New away messages system (allows deletion) - Login on startup now on a per-account basis - Asynchronous connection for jabber - Activity bars for Yahoo,MSN,AIM,ICQ,Jabber (allows cancellation of hung connections) - Yahoo: non-blocking connects for every connection - Shiny new preferences window You can download it (source and rpms) from http://ayttm.sf.net/files.shtml -- Avoid strange women and temporary variables.

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Re: [Fwd: Fwd: hello sir ... -from SDMCET]
by Trevor Warren 08 May '03

08 May '03

Hello Vinod, good-day. We indeed will be glad to meet you all at Dharwad. But planning out for your event at Dharwad will take some time and i suggest you get started on the same. When we meet at iitb-hubli, we can sit and discuss these issues face-to-face. As for the Event and your existing use of Free Software and Open source, yes......that indeed makes me glad and proud. You indeed have made your self and the college proud by insisting on going in for Open Source and Free Software. I would suggest you read up on the following sites that will give you enough information on Free Software and Open source. * www.gnu.org * www.opensource.org Lemme know if you have any other clarification to make on the same. DO keep in touch and lemme know if you desire any clarifications on the same. Last but not the least....post reading up the sites lemme know if you would prefer to rename the event to "Free Software : The Road ahead". Have a nice day vinod. Trevor On Mon, 2003-05-05 at 09:49, vinod vijapur wrote: > Sir, > > Our college is at Dharwad. -> SDM College of > Engineering and Technology. > > Sir, i'll be meeting you at IIIt-b @ hubli. > > according to our HOD, he is planning a seperate event > called "OPEN SOURCE EVENT" at our college. > > This event will be only for promoting Open Source > Softwares and it is our HOD , Prof G.H.Joshi sir's > interest that he wants to do it in a Big way. > > So, We will be really priviledged to have you that > time and enlighten and inspire us all over Open > Softwares. > > I had to convince our another sir prof.Ravindra > Dastikop over the bugs that sir enlisted in OpenOffice > suite and finally he has agreed that this is certainly > far better than the previous such Open Source > softwares.( this shows it's reliability ) > > So sir, our college certainly has the tradition of > using Open Source Softwares for quite a long time and > we are eager to know more about it. > > with Regards > vinod vijapur and vinod b w > > > > > --- Trevor Warren <trevorwarren(a)softhome.net> wrote: > > Hello vinod, > > > > your college is at hubli or belgaum???. We are > > having a workshop at > > iit-b in hubli on 17-18th. You and your college is > > welcome to be part of > > the same. > > > > You can come along if you are interested and this > > way the need to have > > multiple workshops done in the same neighborhood > > could be avoided. > > > > > > Trevor > > > > > > On Sat, 2003-05-03 at 13:22, vinod vijapur wrote: > > > Dear sir > > > first of all i am very sorry for sending u the > > > mail lately... rather i talked to my concerned > > > professor for the event, and came up with the last > > > option i had for u sir. > > > really speaking to provide u a distribution > > > platform on the perticular day, u can always do it > > or > > > some representatives from the company and in > > favour > > > our sir is asking to get some sponsership which > > the > > > rates are as follows... > > > > > > 5000 for providing one full page in the CD > > provided > > > for the event(we are distributing our Technoscope > > CD > > > to all the participents) > > > > > > 2000 for the distribution of the CD's at the > > reception > > > desk itself(the selling will be done by some of u > > r > > > representative or it can always be sorted out by > > us) > > > > > > and abt the talk that u wanted to provide sir, on > > that > > > day we have 8 events running simultaniously, after > > > which debate and innovative idea contest will be > > there > > > after which we have the closing ceremony and i > > think > > > we would hardly have any time for u r > > seminar....so i > > > am sorry that,i cannot arrange seminar on that > > day. > > > > > > but sir as i admire u and ur knowladge and i > > havee > > > keen intrest on u sir, as i am also the secretary > > for > > > the "association of computer science" i would like > > to > > > have a seminar from u at u r convincible date > > which u > > > can provide me in the mail. > > > > > > if u ply notify me on what all aspects u would > > talk > > > and (i feel better for giving some suggestion from > > my > > > side : some thing about sope of linux/knopix in > > career > > > as we are from final year and also about the > > > information of the current IT trends) > > > > > > seeking u r mail > > > yours sincerely > > > vinod vijapur > > > (chair of ISTE student chapter) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Trevor Warren <trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu> wrote: > > > > Hello vinod, > > > > good-day. > > > > > > > > Glad that you have wrote in. I am very pleased > > to > > > > know that you are > > > > impressed by gnu/linux and i suggest that you > > pursue > > > > mastering all you > > > > can while you can and can bounce a mail to me > > > > whenever you have any > > > > issues with the same. > > > > > > > > Okie, as for the paper presentation. Lemme > > know > > > > the dates and the > > > > schedules. Your idea of distributing the knoppix > > > > cd's is absolutely > > > > fundu. Infact considering that 250 students from > > all > > > > over the state > > > > would be there i deem it necessary to hold a 1 > > hour > > > > talk on gnu-linux > > > > and careers in gnu-linux and FSF-Open Source. > > > > > > > > This could provide a platform for the students > > to > > > > learn about possible > > > > career oppurtunities and challenges which would > > > > definitely influence any > > > > future decisions they make. Lemme know what you > > > > think about the same. I > > > > can arrange for Fredrick Noronha from goa to > > help > > > > out on the same and > > > > get a contingent for GOA-Belgaum to help out > > with > > > > the noble cause. > > > > > > > > Also, do you have Knoppix 3.2 with you??. Lemme > > > > know about the same and > > > > if you have the capability to burn 100-150 cds > > for > > > > the same. Blank media > > > > of a reputed manufacturer should cost you about > > > > 7-8/- and you can retail > > > > the same for about 20/- which is the norm we > > follow. > > > > To implement the > > > > decision is left yo your discretion. > > > > > > > > Bye for now vinod and have a nice day. Lemme > > know > > > > about your thoughts > > > > on the same and if we can proceed with the plan. > > > > > > > > Trevor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > > > > > > > From: Trevor Warren <trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com> > > > > To: trevor(a)clovertechnologies.com > > > > Subject: Fwd: hello sir ... -from SDMCET > > > > Date: 25 Apr 2003 01:56:04 -0700 > > > > > > > > > > > > --- vinod vijapur <vinodvijapur(a)yahoo.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 00:57:55 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > From: vinod vijapur <vinodvijapur(a)yahoo.com> > > > > > Subject: hello sir ... -from SDMCET > > > > > To: trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > Dear Sir > > > > > > > > > > My name is Vinod Vijapur and i am a student of > > > > > SDMCET,dharwad. > > > > > > > > > > I got to know about you from my friends > > working at > > > > > IIIT-b@hubli ie. Vinod Waghamare and Amol > > Guttal. > > > > > > > > > > Sir, the reason that i mailed you is that : > > Our > > > > > college is organising a State level Paper > > > > > Presentation > > > > > and Innovative Idea compition "TECNOSCOPE". > > > > > About 200-250 student from all over the State > > are > > > > > expected to meet. > > > > > > > > > > So, As a supporter of Linux and Free software > > > > > foundation, i propose that we distribute > > copies of > > > > > the > > > > > Linux live CD-knoppix.3.2 at a nominal > > price(which > > > > > covers expenditure of the services). > > > > > > > > > > I think that this is a good platform to > > popularise > > > > > Linux and it's usage. > > > > > > > > > > What are your views on this sir ? > > > > > Please let us know. > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > > > > Vinod Vijapur > > > === message truncated === > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. > http://search.yahoo.com -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevorwarren(a)softhome.net __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales Consultant - Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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Which OS are you?
by Pranav Joshi 08 May '03

08 May '03

I found this funny link on FreeOS.com.. take the quiz to find out which os your personality resemble the most.. :) http://bbspot.com/News/2003/01/os_quiz_results.php __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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[Commercial] - Required Programmer/Sys Admin/Kernel Hacker
by Mitul Limbani 07 May '03

07 May '03

Hello Fella Linuxers, Here goes the requirement. Job Profile : ------------- 1 - Perl, PHP, Sys. Admin, Basically Linux Freak. Job Profile : ------------- 1 - ASM, C, C++, System and Kernel Hacker, Device Drivers, Kernel Modules. Candidate profile : ------------------- a) Exp : 1 year and/or should have executed atleast one project, if not employed yet any where should have worked on one of the FLOSS project. b) Should take word impossible as I M Possible. c) Should be positive, with a never say die approach. d) Education : 10th pass not a problem, till the time he knowz his stuff. Motivated person, would know where to search for help, google, newgroups, mailing lists. e) Should take each day as another day at classroom, fast learner. f) Should EAT, SLEEP, DRINK and THINK Linux. Interested candidates can mail their resumes off the list on : geeks(a)enterux.com Best Regards, Mitul Limbani CTO, Enterux Solutions The Enterprise Linux Company (http://www.enterux.com/)

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problem with running samba
by Pradnyesh Sawant 07 May '03

07 May '03

i recently installed rhl7.1 on a comp in my college lab. samba was installed by default. then i downloaded xsmbrowser which is a GUI for accessing other comps on the lan using samba. i installed it and it ran perfectly on the first day. from then on whenever i run "#samba start" as the root, it gives me the following error: "/usr/sbin/samba: box: command not found Starting SMB services: [OK] Starting NMB services: [OK]" then when i run xsmbrowser, and click on Samba Config, it gives me the following error: "Unable to find Domain Master" so it is not possible to access the lan any help will be highly appreciated -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!

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Mutt - HTML mails
by Amish Munshi 07 May '03

07 May '03

Greetings, How do I view HTML mails using mutt/links, presently the html mails are received at attachments, they open using links, but a temporary file which is passed by mutt to links is named similar to mutt9938, links does not recognize this as an HTML file and opens it as simple ASCII file, I would like if mutt can pass the file as mutt9938.html or links open all files as HTML format. Bye. -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we trust.

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Re - problem useing d-link external modem
by koushik lahiri 06 May '03

06 May '03

i am install pcqredhat linux 8.0 but problem is in my external modem not fount by os i run kudzu bot nothing happened. kppp can't found modem when i point out ttys0 (com1) it say modem busy & wvdial say no dial tone ( I am use dfm 560 e d-link modem) plz help me how i dial to internat through a any external modem OR my d-link modem koushik thanks e mail = kk_l017(a)yahoo.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Where is the next GLUG meet?
by Pranav Joshi 06 May '03

06 May '03

How about working together to make the site better? If you are game, mail me i'm with definately in :D (mail me the details at merciless_messiah(a)yahoo.com) p.s. Pranav, dont use a MSN/Hotmail id at least for the *GLUG* mailing list... it looks a bit out of place ;) .... just a suggestion .... flames > /dev/null I'm just a really big fan of Mr. Sabeer Bhatia :p anyways i've changed my subscription address to Yahoo! ;) Peace happy lugging Pranav __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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[OT] C++ doubt
by Abhijeet D Mhatre 06 May '03

06 May '03

HI Friends I have a doubt in C++. when I pass an object to a function, the destructor gets called twice. This behaviour hasn't been mentioned in any books that I have read. Can someone please explain why this happens. In the below example the destructor for p1 gets called twice when it is passed as to the function f. _______________________C++ Code Start____________________________________ #include <iostream.h> #include <stdlib.h> class play { public: int i ; int j; play(int m){i=m; } ~play() {cout << "destructor called " << i <<" " << j << endl; } void f (play p) { p.j = 177; cout << " klkl " << endl; } }; int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { play p(1), p1(2); p.f(p1); cout << "Hello, World!" << endl; return EXIT_SUCCESS; } _______________________C++ Code End_____________________________________ ______________________Output Start__________________________________ klkl destructor called 2 177 destructor called 2 134514273 Hello, World! destructor called 2 134514273 destructor called 1 134519308 Press Enter to continue! _________________Output End_____________________________________ Regards Abhijeet D Mhatre Email: abhijeetmhatre(a)gmx.net

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Where is the next GLUG meet?
by pranav joshi 05 May '03

05 May '03

Kapil wrote:-- >Where is the next GLUG meet? Don't look at me ... I have no clue :P > >happy hacking !! I totally agree to this the ilug-mumbai website never seems to be up-to-date, the first page of the website still says... --snip-- The April GLUG meet is to be held at HBCSE on 13th april at 04:30 p.m. For directions to reach HBCSE please visit: http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20021104/006987.ht… --snip-- shouldn't it be hosting the upcoming GLUG info? The meetings/events section is still stuck in february LINK:- http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/meet/content Regards pranav _________________________________________________________________ Attention Taureans! See what's in store. http://server1.msn.co.in/features/taurus/index.asp Read on.

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Any Utility for capturing parts of a VCD/DVD?
by Anoop Kumar Saxena 05 May '03

05 May '03

I need to capture a few scenes from VCD/DVD for Audio/Visual quiz. Is there any utility in Linux(Gnu/Linux) which can help me? Thanks, Anoop.

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networking problem
by Amit Redij 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hi all, I have following setup. One Linux server (192.168.0) catering to various windoze/Linux clients. DHCP is handling the leases. I want to find out which all machines are in the network(alive) at any given point of time. Also, I may have another sub-network(s) and a router. Is there a reliable and efficient way to get "all" those machines (IP) that are there? Please help. Thanks in advance. -- regards, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amit A. Redij In a world without fences and walls, who needs Windows and Gates?

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Driver - omni.net Plus
by joel_divekar 05 May '03

05 May '03

Hi Supreet I am using Red Hat 8.0. Can you guide me what changes to make and where ? Regards Joel linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in wrote: AFAIK omni.net is serial port modem For Zyxel to work you really do'nt need drivers. The only setting that changes is the serial port settings. In case of debian only tuning I did was to change in serial.conf replaced spd_normal to spd_vhi. That makes it reach its peak performance. Supreet On Sun, 2003-05-04 at 09:58, joel_divekar wrote: > Hi > > I am trying to configure zyxel omni.net plus ISDN TA modem on Linux. Can anybody guide me how to configure the same or from where I can get its linux drivers. > > Regards > > Joel > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com > > Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com > > Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now ! > > > -- > > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now !

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enqury please
by mihir nahar 05 May '03

05 May '03

Respected sir/madam, I am post graduate student from pune,I am presently planning to do project in Unix ( Shell implementation).I need bourne shell's souece code for reference. if u could mail me some related information or actual code then i will be thankful to u. thanking u

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Driver - omni.net Plus
by joel_divekar 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hi I am trying to configure zyxel omni.net plus ISDN TA modem on Linux. Can anybody guide me how to configure the same or from where I can get its linux drivers. Regards Joel Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now !

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Re: we have been having a glug for the past 5 years dear
by Trevor Warren 04 May '03

04 May '03

Hello kunal, good-morning. I am very glad that you have gone out and started a lug of your own. This shows your determination towards bringing the flock together and helping share resources and discussing relevant issues o nthe lines of gnu and linux. Please kunal, i request you don't plagarise this by calling this as "trevor's lug" and my lug. I belong the the ilug-bom and we have been there for half a decade now. Setting up small lugs in local areas to have better and informed interaction is what th eilug-bom has always thought good. But setting up another ilug-bom doesn't solve any purpose. Hope you understand. Why don't you join ilug-bom, want you to help broaden our perspective as much as possible. Have a nice day kunal and lemme know if there is anything i can do towards briging this gap. Trevor --- kunal bharati <kunalbharati(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > hi Trevor, > Thanks for your reply > LUG was created for sharing knowledge and post > problems. > I didnt understood that u told 'why we need another > one' > If only one is needed then why different companies > create Linux. > I know that your LUG is better in activities than > ours. > But, we have just started > We have to be together for Linux > Knowledge must be used to share, not to keep it > limited to ourself. Think over it. > I would love to join your LUG > Hope you understand me > Thank you. > Kunal P.Bharati > [Owner and Moderator: Mumbai_Linux] > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mumbai_linux/ > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo > http://search.yahoo.com ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 04 May '03

04 May '03

I wrote.. >(Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. hmmm >maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) Nikhil D. Kikkeri wrote.. "Uh, Math, Physics, and Chemistry would actually be the favourite subjects of most hackers. Composition too - in their native language." If u read carefully you would notice that not once have i mentioned anything about hackers performing badly in Math or Chemistry it's generalised it is'nt about how you, me or other hackers felt about these subjects it's abt how the average kids feel abt these subjects.. Pranav _________________________________________________________________ Visit Latin America. Discover! Explore! http://www.coxandkingsusa.com/L2/latin_amer/latin_amer_L2.html Experience it!

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[SECURITY] [DSA 297-1] New snort packages fix remote root exploits][OT]
by Trevor Warren 03 May '03

03 May '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Martin Schulze <joey(a)infodrom.org> To: bugtraq(a)securityfocus.com Subject: [SECURITY] [DSA 297-1] New snort packages fix remote root exploits Date: 01 May 2003 15:12:58 +0200 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 297-1 security(a)debian.org http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze May 1st, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : snort Vulnerability : integer overflow, buffer overflow Problem-Type : remote Debian-specific: no CVE Ids : CAN-2003-0033 CAN-2003-0209 CERT advisories: VU#139129 VU#916785 Bugtraq Ids : 7178 6963 Two vulnerabilities have been discoverd in Snort, a popular network intrusion detection system. Snort comes with modules and plugins that perform a variety of functions such as protocol analysis. The following issues have been identified: Heap overflow in Snort "stream4" preprocessor (VU#139129, CAN-2003-0209, Bugtraq Id 7178) Researchers at CORE Security Technologies have discovered a remotely exploitable inteter overflow that results in overwriting the heap in the "stream4" preprocessor module. This module allows Snort to reassemble TCP packet fragments for further analysis. An attacker could insert arbitrary code that would be executed as the user running Snort, probably root. Buffer overflow in Snort RPC preprocessor (VU#916785, CAN-2003-0033, Bugtraq Id 6963) Researchers at Internet Security Systems X-Force have discovered a remotely exploitable buffer overflow in the Snort RPC preprocessor module. Snort incorrectly checks the lengths of what is being normalized against the current packet size. An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code under the privileges of the Snort process, probably root. For the stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.4beta1-3.1. The old stable distribution (potato) is not affected by these problems since it doesn't contain the problematic code. For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.0-1. We recommend that you upgrade your snort package immediately. You are also advised to upgrade to the most recent version of Snort, since Snort, as any intrusion detection system, is rather useless if it is based on old and out-dated data and not kept up to date. Such installations would be unable to detect intrusions using modern methods. The current version of Snort is 2.0.0, while the version in the stable distribution (1.8) is quite old and the one in the old stable distribution is beyond hope. Since Debian does not update arbitrary packages in stable releases, even Snort is not going to see updates other than to fix security problems, you are advised to upgrade to the most recent version from third party sources. The Debian maintainer for Snort provides backported up-to-date packages for woody (stable) and potato (oldstable) for cases where you cannot upgrade your entire system. These packages are untested, though and only exist for the i386 architecture: deb http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-stable-i386/ ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-stable-i386/ ./ deb http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-oldstable-i386/ ./ deb-src http://people.debian.org/~ssmeenk/snort-oldstable-i386/ ./ Upgrade Instructions - -------------------- wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file. If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below: apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration. 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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 165354 911fd22a147390c8cf5d4694b4e2b18b Intel IA-64 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_i… Size/MD5 checksum: 271778 12be6ab4ac58909148a8c9625ebefb99 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35798 57f0772e114cc1130c5c2639fc64be71 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 275284 a8489c8f41fa49d532c0afa67928ee61 HP Precision architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_h… Size/MD5 checksum: 201916 91c8ee56127b14c92736d7d418bc05ca http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35816 a5718f767ebc93178eb820dc5a190579 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 205334 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http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_m… Size/MD5 checksum: 199732 040b188aeb253aa4ec4a6903c3f6f792 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35818 467f455bb8b2c59630470417673e9856 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 202972 755df8c2d9b7e2bc01fec9a0b2259f4d PowerPC architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_p… Size/MD5 checksum: 174508 3b5d1ebec2d40949e49746b4365c0a81 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35804 60575d5c1998634b6bb3d2a9696f95c6 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 177562 c8cdeaab4e7c41c01a435933103fe6dd IBM S/390 architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_s… Size/MD5 checksum: 173002 ff71b2925e1020c278d7d33eed8f8e6d http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35794 5207eb80204af25cdbd77dca4b6cc09e http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 176296 2cc04f18ee550e4595e1680b43c2bf3e Sun Sparc architecture: http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort_1.8.4beta1-3.1_s… Size/MD5 checksum: 176202 6f1325e6c45e06d3f769b18a9ce98274 http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-common_1.8.4beta… Size/MD5 checksum: 35806 91ada09e5b9386b803184417ecbd953c http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/s/snort/snort-mysql_1.8.4beta1… Size/MD5 checksum: 179444 deb6b8580ef04cabecfec3972f4519dd These files will probably be moved into the stable distribution on its next revision. - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For apt-get: deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main For dpkg-ftp: ftp://security.debian.org/debian-security dists/stable/updates/main Mailing list: debian-security-announce(a)lists.debian.org Package info: `apt-cache show <pkg>' and http://packages.debian.org/<pkg> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+sR1ZW5ql+IAeqTIRApAdAKC1eQYjEpX7v5t4fdBeDh7CK5y6awCfdUpd YqHF6Rz3zXbDFPWbU5uuPac= =EfYw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ trevorwarren(a)softhome.net __ /~\ | \) / Pre Sales - Technical, Red Hat \ (/ | |_|_ \ 9820349221(M) | 22881326(O) / _|_| \___________________________________/

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Searching for: Manoj Apte
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 03 May '03

03 May '03

Sorry... should have explained. I'm a Goa-based journalist and try to track the Indian / South Asian contribution to GNU/Linux. Manoj Apte could be in India, or at least of Indian-origin, hence my interest. FN --__--__-- Message: 6 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] NEWS: College Linux, what's it all about? (fwd) From: Amitay Isaacs <amitay(a)aero.iitb.ac.in> To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Organization: CASDE, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay Date: 01 May 2003 12:32:01 +0530 Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Why do you want to find Manoj Apte? It's not clear from the mail? Amitay. On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 12:22, Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote: > Anyone knows links for Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole (see below)? FN > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > URL : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3305 > > [16]Read articles with similar Topic Interview with Professor David > Costa of CollegeLinux > By [17]Eugenia Loli-Queru - Posted on 2003-04-17 18:28:52 > > There is a Linux distro for any possible need and [18]CollegeLinux is > geared towards students and schools! Today, we interview Prof. David > Costa of the Robert Kennedy College in Delémont, Switzerland regarding > their initiative behind CollegeLinux. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frederick Noronha (FN) | http://www.fredericknoronha.net Freelance Journalist | http://www.bytesforall.org http://goalinks.pitas.com | http://joingoanet.shorturl.com http://linuxinindia.pitas.com | http://www.livejournal.com/users/goalinks ------------------------------------------------------------------------- T: 0091.832.2409490 or 2409783 M: 0 9822 122436 -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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we have been having a glug for the past 5 years dear
by Trevor Warren 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hello Kunal, good-day. Please check www.ilug-bom.org.in. We have been having a glug for the past 5 years now. Lemme know any reason why we need another one. I would be glad to see you join in the efforts at ilug-bom.org.in. Have a nice day kunal. Trevor ===== ( >- GNU/LINUX, It's all about CHOICE -< ) /~\ __ http://www.qmailtheeasyway.com __ /~\ | \) / mailto: trevor.w(a)media.mit.edu \ (/ | |_|_ \ Research Asst, MediaLab / _|_| \___________________________________/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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(no subject)
by Dinesh Bareja 03 May '03

03 May '03

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[COMMERCIAL-OT] Windows/Linux Admin
by Nemo 03 May '03

03 May '03

Hello all, We are looking for someone who knows Windows Configuration/Administration and who has basic Linux knowledge and willing to learn more. Linux administrators/ Windows administrators are both welcome to apply. We are based near Vashi and would prefer someone residing near Navi Mumbai. The point is it should not take more than an hour of travelling for the incumbent to reach the office from his residence. Those who are interested may please mail their resumés to jt(a)phoenixsoftech.com Thank you all for the patience Nemo

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Opera 7.10
by Amish K. Munshi 03 May '03

03 May '03

Greetings, I tried Opera 7.10 on RedHat Linux 8.0 and found it the best browser for my low end comp. It is faster than Galeon, does not have a rendering as good as Mozilla engine but does show pages pretty well (and did I forget to tell fast). A mail client integrated into the browser does help a little bit to speed up the work. I am sharing this with you for the only reason that one can show that even on GNU systems there are a few softwares that may not be opensource and can help companies to make money by creating softwares for GNU systems. Bye. -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 03 May '03

03 May '03

> > (Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. > > hmmm maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) > >Uh, Math, Physics, and Chemistry would actually be the favourite >subjects of most hackers. Composition too - in their native language. I guess most hackers are artistically inclined.Most people I encounter are into either music or fine arts.History or Literature too. regards -Nikhil _________________________________________________________________ Visit Latin America. Discover! Explore! http://www.coxandkingsusa.com/L2/latin_amer/latin_amer_L2.html Experience it!

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Help needed for ppp
by Girish Hanchate 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi, Thru minicom u have to enable both channels of ISDN. Normally commands for enabling the channels are given in ISDN manual. After enabling same u can directly connect on both channels i.e 128 Kbps. rgds girish i have an ISDN account (128Kbps) i am using linux redhat 6.2 to share the connection amoung the other machines, it works, but through one channel i have been able to configure it. Can any body help me in getting it configured for the both the channels (e.i. Multilink) to achive 128 kbps. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com

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Code red for open source?
by Rahul Upakare 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi! Lines from Unix's source code have been copied into the heart of Linux, sometimes exactly and sometimes in a modified form designed to disguise their origin, SCO Group Chief Executive Darl McBride said Thursday. Read more at: http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-999371.html -- ============================================================= Rahul Upakare Technical Associate ETU Division NCST, Kharghar. =============================================================

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SEI-perspective on oss
by Sthitaprajna 02 May '03

02 May '03

Hi I was looking to download the SEI's Perspective on Open Source Software from sei.cmu.edu, but looks like there's some routing problem or some such. Also, wayback machine on archive.org did'nt seem to list it....If anyone has a copy of this file, can you please mail it to me offlist? this one is like ~400K and published sometime late 2001.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 02 May '03

02 May '03

I believe tht you havent read the whole article, if u would have though you prolly would hav got the sarcasm here are some snippets frm the article ---Hacker Software--- Popular hacker software includes "Comet Cursor", "Bonzi Buddy" and "Flash". (Everyone knows what they are) ---AMD Processors--- (point no 3) If your son has requested a new "processor" from a company called "AMD", this is genuine cause for alarm. AMD is a third-world based company who make inferior, "knock-off" copies of American processor chips. They use child labor extensively in their third world sweatshops, and they deliberately disable the security features that American processor makers, such as Intel, use to prevent hacking. AMD chips are never sold in stores, and you will most likely be told that you have to order them from internet sites. Do not buy this chip! This is one request that you must refuse your son, if you are to have any hope of raising him well. It's a U.S based company --- Does your son use Quake? --- Point No. 6 Quake is an online virtual reality used by hackers. It is a popular meeting place and training ground, where they discuss hacking and train in the use of various firearms. (LOL.. You Be the Judge) --- Is your son obsessed with lunix--- point No. 8 8. Is your son obsessed with "Lunix"? BSD, Lunix, Debian and Mandrake are all versions of an illegal hacker operation system, invented by a Soviet computer hacker named Linyos Torovoltos, before the Russians lost the Cold War. It is based on a program called "xenix", which was written by Microsoft for the US government. These programs are used by hackers to break into other people's computer systems to steal credit card numbers. They may also be used to break into people's stereos to steal their music, using the "mp3" program. Torovoltos is a notorious hacker, responsible for writing many hacker programs, such as "telnet", which is used by hackers to connect to machines on the internet without using a telephone. (Notice how he has deliberately changed the name to linyos torovoltos... the actual name is easier to remember ;) and about breaking into Stereos is concerned all i can say is WOW!! ) --- Appearance change--- point 9 9. Has your son radically changed his appearance? If your son has undergone a sudden change in his style of dress, you may have a hacker on your hands. Hackers tend to dress in bright, day-glo colors. They may wear baggy pants, bright colored shirts and spiky hair dyed in bright colors to match their clothes. They may take to carrying "glow-sticks" and some wear pacifiers around their necks. (I have no idea why they do this) ( If thats the new dress code maybe i'm outdated :D ) 10. --- academics --- point 10 If your son is failing courses in school, or performing poorly on sports teams, he may be involved in a hacking group, such as the infamous "Otaku" hacker association. Excessive time spent on the computer, communicating with his fellow hackers may cause temporary damage to the eyes and brain, from the electromagnetic radiation. This will cause his marks to slip dramatically, particularly in difficult subjects such as Math, and Chemistry. (Math and Chemestry are difficult anyways even he has mentioned it.. hmmm maybe i sould consider joining Otaku :p) _________________________________________________________________ Still unmarried? Not for long. http://www.msn.co.in/Matrimony/ Find a life partner now

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M$ admits patching is expensive
by Amol Hatwar 01 May '03

01 May '03

Now it's official :). Patching applications is the most costly security job that companies face, according to Microsoft's head of security says Craig Fiebig. More can be found out here: http://www.vnunet.com/News/1140555

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PCQuest Linux 8.0
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, Yesterday I tried installing PCQuest Linux 8.0 on my new Athlon XP 1800Mhz system, with A7N266VM Asus mobo.(Thanks to some of you who advised me to use Athlon over Celeron!). Now... When the installer(anaconda) starts, it probes the hardware..it displays "unable to probe monitor" & after emitting a couple of lines the system hangs. Using the options "Linux noprobe" or linux skipddc" as suggested doesnt skip the probe, & the same problem repeats again. I also trie the "linux rescue" option . Some of you have installed the PCQuest Linux 8.0. Maybe you can advise me... Thanks, --Royce.

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Help needed for ppp
by Jaideep Tejprakash Varma 01 May '03

01 May '03

hi i have an ISDN account (128Kbps) i am using linux redhat 6.2 to share the connection amoung the other machines, it works, but through one channel i have been able to configure it. Can any body help me in getting it configured for the both the channels (e.i. Multilink) to achive 128 kbps. Thanks In advance Jaideep

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NEWS: College Linux, what's it all about? (fwd)
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 01 May '03

01 May '03

Anyone knows links for Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole (see below)? FN ---------- Forwarded message ---------- URL : http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3305 [16]Read articles with similar Topic Interview with Professor David Costa of CollegeLinux By [17]Eugenia Loli-Queru - Posted on 2003-04-17 18:28:52 There is a Linux distro for any possible need and [18]CollegeLinux is geared towards students and schools! Today, we interview Prof. David Costa of the Robert Kennedy College in Del�mont, Switzerland regarding their initiative behind CollegeLinux. 1. What was the initial need to create a distribution specifically for students? Prof. David Costa: This is actually a great question. I read some students saying "do we really need this ? We have slackware, debian redhat and many others which are perfect for students!" Actually this is a myth. Many of the students I know never heard of linux. I am talking about students in management, law or any other non computing subject. Initally we used in our computer lab Mandrake 8.1 and to my delusion many of the things i would and our student would expect where no there. Flash and java plugins to name the browsing related ones. Network sharing with Windows computers to name another major concern. Not talking about movie player and excellent multimedia support. After all student life it's not just about assignments! 2. What kind of applications your distro includes that are particular to students? Prof. David Costa: We added the complete Openoffice suite, browsers plug-in's all preconfigured, network sharing pre configured, windows emulator, many financial calculators/math tools, project management suite and practically everything you need for an easy move from windows to linux without having to give up on the convenience we are used to. Every students on CollegeLinux should not regret his choice. Before the release we tested CollegeLinux with real students. They where expected not to need windows for the testing period, meaning the should have managed to do everything they did with windows on collegelinux. They did and, they are still using collegelinux. 3. Do you have any plans on 'feeding' your students in your College with laptops that run your distro? Some colleges and schools in USA have just started this initiative (reference [19]here). Prof. David Costa: We are mainly a career college, our student population is diverse but we are mainly dealing with adults. It's easier to change your habits when you are young, so while I am convinced that linux is the best enviroment to learn I do respect the views of students and faculty members who might disagree with me. What we will do is starting some classed on a dual major diploma programme: management and linux computing. Then our distribution will be the base of the computing component. Another think I don't like is try to push a distribution or OS with the pre-installed "trick". Afterall the installation is part of the linux learning process. I learned a lot during failed installs, you can tell ;) 4. Who is actually doing the work on packaging and putting the distro together? How big is the dev team? Prof. David Costa: We are currently 4. The lead developer is Mihai Secasiu, other developers are Manoj Apte and Lalita Godbole. Todd Kulesza (from dropline system, the father of dropline gnome) might soon join us for the integration of dropline gnome and a collegelinux robot/auto upated in the next release scheduled for May. I know it's a small team but we do pay (not that well but) our developers. This a not for profit project fully sponsored by the Robert Kennedy College. Many linux developers are working free of charge (e.g. Debian) but with a small paid team we can better control the development and its timelines. 5. What are your future plans for College Linux? Prof. David Costa: The next release will bring some interesting surprises. While dropline gnome is already working fine on CollegeLinux 2.1. The Jedi, we are trying to go a mile further with a perfect integration which will allow our users to keep their packages constantly updated. In this way students will benefit from a stable and complete OS constantly updated with a click. We are also fixing some of the problems with the installer (which was created from scratch) and we take into serious account all the installation problems reported by collegelinux users. We will add more plugins (RealMedia) to the browsers and must important we will constanctly updated our distribution to allow its installation in a great number of configurations. 6. Why Slackware was picked as the "mother" distribution for College Linux, instead of say... Debian or Red Hat? Prof. David Costa: First of all Slackware is a great learning enviroment.Its base allows the more experienced users to customize the system as the want. Red Hat and Debian are excellent distributions but we didn't want to bring another clone to the world. I have seen many of the over 50 Red Hat based distributions. They all use the same installer and system..so I ask myself, why should someone get a clone of the original and not the real Red Hat ? Some of these distribution are certainly justified (e.g. RedFlag linux with the Chinese language support) but many others are just personal experiments. Slackware is one of the oldest distribution well know for its stability and the simple but great package system.We didn't want to bring the rpm dependencies nightmare to our users. Slackware It's probably one the best distributions, the only thing missing (and attention, not because they didn't care about it..is just the way it is to leave more feedom to the experienced user) is a better configured desktop tailored version. It was a challenge, but there are already desktop distributions based on Debian (one I like particularly is Knoppix) and they do their job greatly. [printer.gif] [20]Printer-friendly version [comments.gif] [21]Read 31 comments for this story [email.gif] Let a friend know about this article Your full name: _______________ Your email address: _______________ Your friend's email: _______________ We do not store or give away email addresses Send Email [22]Vote for this Site! [23]Add OSNews Headlines to Mozilla Sidebar [24]Add OSNews to your Opera Sidebar/Panel [25]AvantGO Support. Create custom channel on your my.avantgo.com and use the linked URL with it. [26]Text-based browser support. Use linked URL. [27]WAP support for your phone. Use linked URL. [28]Support for mobile phones with OpenWave HTML web browser version 6+. Use linked URL. [29]Support for the T-Mobile and Danger SideKick/HipTop device. Use linked URL. 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Humour "Is Your Son A computer Hacker"
by pranav joshi 01 May '03

01 May '03

This article had been on adequacy.org a while ago.. it's abt this parent who thinks his son might be a hacker.. Funny Stuff LINK http://www.chasten.org/hacker.htm _________________________________________________________________ Find a partner. For life. http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmlql Meet(a)Shaadi.com

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] PCQuest Linux 8.0
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 01 May '03

01 May '03

Hi, When I tried Knoppix 3.1, even with the boot option 'knoppix lang=us" I always get the German installation messages(i.e after "knx-hdinstall"). How to get it to display in english? ----- Original Message ----- > > > Get Knoppix 3.1 dear! > > regards, > > ah

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