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Clubbing Bandwidth
by Richard Unitek 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi, One of my friend has 2 DSL lines[64K each]. Questions: 1> Can he club this bandwidth into a machine [Linux machine] 2> and from there how can he distribute clubbed bandwidth to many users . He wants to provide internet connection in his building. He would like to have a bandwidth restriction on each such user. Any help/links will be highly appreciated Rich

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Installing & Configuring OpenRADIUS or FreeRADIUS - help required urgent.
by Ajay Dand 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Dear All, I have to install one of the freely available RADIUS package on Linux for one of my customers. I've tried to googlize the search, however there is no definitive guide to installation. I am looking for help from people who have installed/configured the above packages in a live/production environment. Thanks in advance. Ajay Dand

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Mandrake Linux 9.x
by Rahul Pilani 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hi all .. new to this mailing list.. had just one query.. anyone living in the andheri area has mandrake linux 9.x cds that i can borrow.. too long a download to be downloaded.. and otherwise it is difficult to find.. sorry if I bothered you.. Rahul Pilani ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com

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Redhat 9.0 required...
by Kalpesh M. Vyas 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hi All, I need Redhat 9.0. Does anyone have it ??? Thanks & Warm Regards, Kalpesh M. Vyas

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Ruparel college students at matunga road (western ) need help in GNU/Linux
by jayaram shastri 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

The college (TYBSC Computers GNU/Linux course) requires 1-2 experts who can help the students in linux. The experts may have to visit the college once or twice to solve the problems of the students. Those interested may please contact Mr. Raosaheb Vice Principal at the college immediately. Tel no: 24303081. J D Shastri __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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Needed Help on Display..for RedHat 2.1 Advanced server
by Aswin Bhupalam 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hello e'body, Firstly, I'd like to thank u all for the support u gave for my previous querries... The Problem is, we successfully installed RedHat 2.1 Advanced server with GUI on my box. It was running properly. we were installing Oracle 9i... and after that installation we rebooted the system. Now, the system boots in command mode only. I tried "startx"...failed. I tried configuring with "setup" , it tests the resolution and stuff successfully(i'll be able to see the GUI while it probes), didnt work out... again startx fails after reboot. please tell me how to proceed.. Thanks & Regards, Aswin Bhupalam

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April GLUG meet
by Kapil Karekar 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hi everybody, 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… As far as I know nobody has volunteered to give any tech talks. If you have learned something new ... please come forward to share it with everyone. The other things that can be discussed during the GLUG meet are: 1. The workshop at SAKEC. Lets identify the topics that can be handled at the workshop. lets get volunteers to give lectures. Divide ourselves into teams to prepare slides for each topic that is to be handled during the workshop. This will ensure that the speakers have some breathing space. 2. Discuss how everybody can contribute towards making our GLUG list and site the best. 3. Discuss any new ideas that any of us may have. This is just a tentative list of topics that I could think of. Please add to this list so that we can have a fruitful evening. It would be nice if Trevor could tell everybody about the belgaum and hubli workshops. keep mailing, Kapil Karekar

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upgrading from 2.2.15 to 2.4
by akr!linux-delhi.org＠linux-delhi.org 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

thanks to all for the responses. (yes, potato and woody refer to debian releases - and don't have anything to do with kernel versions. thanks for correcting. it's just that i have started mentally identifying 2.4 with woody.) also, upgrading kernel from 2.2 to 2.4 is not like any other upgrade since it crosses the lakhman rekha from filesystem ext2 to ext3 (as supreet pointed out). thus in some ways there's no going back! that's why i wanted specific advice. of course, i could simply install the new system from scratch. but that would be too time consuming, etc etc. that's the last resort anyway. so, my qs again - has anyone actually done the kernel upgrade using apt? someone also suggested downloading the binary image and adding one more entry in lilo.conf. i don't know if that will work though. regds ajit ranade. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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[Fwd: [DDI-1013] Buffer Overflow in Samba allows remote root compromise]
by Trevor Warren 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: Erik Parker <erik.parker(a)digitaldefense.net> To: bugtraq(a)securityfocus.com Subject: [DDI-1013] Buffer Overflow in Samba allows remote root compromise Date: 07 Apr 2003 07:45:16 +0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Digital Defense Inc. Security Advisory DDI-1013 labs(a)digitaldefense.net http://www.digitaldefense.net/ |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Synopsis : Buffer Overflow in Samba allows remote root compromise Package : Samba, Samba-TNG Type : Remote Root Compromise Issue date : 04-07-2003 Versions Affected : < Samba 2.2.8a, <= Samba 2.0.10, < Samba-TNG 0.3.2 Not Affected : Samba 3.0 Alpha Versions, CVS Versions of Samba-TNG CVE Id : CAN-2003-0201 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------| o Product description: Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba-TNG was originally a fork off of the Samba source tree, and aims at being a substitute for a Windows NT domain controller. o Problem description: An anonymous user can gain remote root access due to a buffer overflow caused by a StrnCpy() into a char array (fname) using a non-constant length (namelen). StrnCpy(fname,pname,namelen); /* Line 252 of smbd/trans2.c */ In the call_trans2open function in trans2.c, the Samba StrnCpy function copies pname into fname using namelen. The variable namelen is assigned the value of strlen(pname)+1, which causes the overflow. The variable 'fname' is a _typedef_ pstring, which is a char with a size of 1024. If pname is greater than 1024, you can overwrite almost anything you want past the 1024th byte that fits inside of sizeof(pname), or the value returned by SVAL(inbuf,smbd_tpscnt) in function reply_trans2(), which should be around 2000 bytes. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned the name CAN-2003-0201 to this issue. This is a candidate for inclusion in the CVE list (http://cve.mitre.org), which standardizes names for security problems. o Testing Environment: Tested against source compiles and binary packages of Samba from version 2.2.5 to 2.2.8 on the following x86 platforms: Redhat Linux 7.1, 7.3, 8.0 Gentoo Linux 1.4-rc3 SuSe Linux 7.3 FreeBSD 4.6, 4.8, 5.0 Solaris 9 o Solutions and Workarounds: Upgrading to the latest version of Samba or Samba-TNG is the recommended solution to this vulnerability. Samba version 2.2.8a, and Samba-TNG version 0.3.2 are not vulnerable. There will be no new releases for the 2.0 line of Samba code. The only fix for Samba 2.0 is to apply the patches that Samba is providing. A workaround in the current source code for this specific vulnerability would be to modify the StrnCpy line found at line 250 in smbd/trans2.c in the Samba 2.2.8 source code: -StrnCpy(fname,pname,namelen); +StrnCpy(fname,pname,MIN(namelen, sizeof(fname)-1)); As a result of this vulnerability being identified at least three others have also been found by the Samba team after reviewing similar usages in the source tree. One is a static overflow and the other two are heap overflows. Applying the fix above will only protect against the specific problem identified in this advisory. To fully protect yourself, you must apply the patches from Samba, or upgrade to 2.2.8a. Samba is available for download from: http://www.samba.org/ Samba-TNG is available for download from: http://www.samba-tng.org/ o Exploit: An exploit named trans2root.pl has been posted on the Digital Defense, Inc. website. A quick udp based based scanner named nmbping.pl has also been posted to assist you in identifying Samba servers on your network. Both are available for download from the following URL: http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/securitytools.html This exploit works against all distributions listed in the testing environment section. Usage is as follows: trans2root.pl <options> -t <target type> -H <your ip> -h <target ip> This exploit should work against all x86 Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD hosts running the 2.2.x branch of Samba. Hosts with a non-executable stack are not vulnerable to this particular exploit. The exploit will cause the target host to connect back to the host running the exploit and spawn a root shell on the defined port (default is 1981). The scanner is very easy to use, and should detect and identify Samba and Windows SMB services. Usage is as follows: nmbping.pl <network/cidr> o Forced Release: This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild. Digital Defense, Inc. discovered this bug by analyzing a packet capture of an attack against a host running Samba 2.2.8. The attack captured was performed on April 1st, 2003. Samba users are urged to check their Samba servers for signs of compromise. Samba and Digital Defense, Inc. decided to release their advisories before all vendors had a chance to update their packages due to this vulnerability being actively exploited. o Revision History: 04-07-2003 Initial public release Latest revision available at: http://www.digitaldefense.net/labs/advisories.html o Vendor Contact Information: 04-03-2003 security(a)samba.org notified 04-03-2003 elrond(a)samba-tng.org notified. 04-03-2003 Samba Team responds via telephone, acknowledges vulnerability 04-03-2003 Elrond of Samba-TNG responds and acknowledges vulnerability 04-04-2003 Samba Team notifies vendorsec mailing list 04-07-2003 Initial public release o Thanks to: Elrond of Samba-TNG, The Samba Security Team, and everyone on the Digital Defense Inc., SECOPS team. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQE+kT/5jB+XO4ZKjSARAsJpAJsH05MqOIqauWrK1kKOAkwmCsXorgCeK92r eDEmOgRY4z7Y0b7HecHyf+A= =Af+n -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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[OT] Debian (unstable) CDs
by Abhir Joshi 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Does anyone living in Mumbai have recent Debian (unstable) distro on CD? If yes, and willing to share, I would like to have the CDs for one day. Please reply to this off the mailing list. -- Abhir Joshi http://education.vsnl.com/abhir/

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Problem with Fonts using gtk
by Rajen M. Parekh 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

Hi all, I an using Red Hat Linux 8.0. I have installed True Type Fonts (http://corefonts.sourceforge.net). The fonts work perfectly fine with all applications (Mozilla, Open Office, KDE applications, etc., but application based on gtk+ don't use these fonts. For example, Abiword. While using Abiword, the fonts list doesn't show the true type fonts that I have installed. Same with applications like Gedit, Gnumeric, Nautilus, etc. I can't figure out the problem. I tried deleting old cache files, old configuration files, of these applications, including .gnome, .gtkrc, etc. I also tried rebooting, but somehow these applications refuse to show these fonts. Any clues, pointers? Regards, Rajen. -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org)

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Issues with Linksys wireless LAN card
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

hi again-- well i dont know what the problem was, but i plugged in the card again to see if it works and all i can say is tht THE FREAKIN CARD WORKS!!! its cool to have wireless LAN access on Linux. And I dont see why it wouldnt have worked, after all my Linksys card is based on a Prism2 chipset which has been supported by Linux. regds -NDK _________________________________________________________________ Catch the Oscar fever. See winners & losers. http://server1.msn.co.in/MSNSpecials/oscar2003/index.asp Right here

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thanks for the help extended at Hubli/Belgaum Workshop
by Trevor Warren 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hello luggers..;) I would like to take this oppurtunity to thank Hanisha and Warren on their service rendered towards conducting the workshop at IIIT-B(Hubli). Thanks again and hoping that luggers will keep pitching in for benefit of the community. Trevor

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can i upgrade only kernel from 2.2.15 to 2.4 without a distro upgade?
by akr!linux-delhi.org＠linux-delhi.org 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

folks i have the debian 3.0 seven disk ditro (which is an installation set for both kernels 2.2.18 or 2.4, i.e. both potato and woody). i am currently running debian with kernel 2.2.15. i would like to do a kernel upgrade to 2.4 without having to re-partition disks etc. can anyone please tell me how this can be done using the ditro set that i have? any help greatly welcome. regds ajit ranade. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .

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Diskless Nodes
by Nikhil Joshi 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hello linuxers, I tried to configure Diskless Nodes in our college. I'm first trying with one server and one client. Now the client is able to identify itself and the server i.e. it knows the IP address of the server. However I am not able to ping the client from the server. Also the client starts loading the kernel. However the Kernel does not load fully and the booting does not continue. I have no clue what may be the problem. I went through LTSP documentation but I could not figure out from that too. Please guide. P.S. I saw that there are two LED's on the Network Card and one glows continuosly and other blinks according to the traffic. I guess the constantly ON LED is clock signal/Carrier or something. Now when I directly connect the cable from Server to the node there is no LED glowing. However when I connect them through Hub the LED glows. Do I need to use a hub just to connect one Server and one node? This is from a person who has no knowledge whatsoever of Networking. Please bear with me. -- Nikhil nikhiljoshi.cjb.net

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Workshop at SAKEC - call for speakers!
by Ashok Iyer 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hello people, As posted earlier, the GLUG has agreed to conduct a workshop at Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College (SAKEC) - Chembur. Thanks a ton folks! Date: 19th. and 20th. of April (third Sat. and Sun.) The audience for the workshop will comprise of students from 3 engineering streams: a) Electronics b) Information Technology c) Computers We can expect approx. 100 to150 odd students for the workshop, maybe more. Adequate facilities in terms of infrastructure are in place(lecture hall, LCD projectors, Labs etc.). Audience background: ----------------- The audience have no clue of what GNU is all about. Some have just heard about "Linux". Zero exposure & practical experience. So we would have to start from scratch but can get technical quickly. SPEAKERS NEEDED!! ------------------ Speakers are needed for the workshop. Harsh has confirmed himself and Trevor's presence for the same. As Harsh suggested, it would be nice to have people who wanna speak for the first time. Please come forward. It would be a privilege to have Dr. Nagarjuna around. Maybe Harsh and Trevor can take over this and decide the topics and speakers. You can contact me at 28169393(residence) after 8:30 pm or at 26875452 (office). Regards, Ashok Iyer

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help!) basic installation help
by Abhijeet D Mhatre 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hi Sheetal On Wednesday 02 April 2003 22:15, Sheetal Chopra used the keyboard to ent= er=20 the following: > I also tried RedHat 8.00., but the dual boot didn't work, then XP > overwote my redhat installation. This overwriting of MBR usually happens when you install windows "after" you install Linux. Windows doesnt recognize Linux and writes into the mbr. Try installing Linux after you install windows. Linux detects that there is windows and makes a relevant entry into its loader so that you get the option of booting into windows. -- Regards Abhijeet D Mhatre Email: abhijeetmhatre(a)gmx.net --------If wishes were horses Migs would fly.-----------

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Red Hat 9.0 ISO's available!
by Ashok Iyer 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Red Hat 9.0 ISO's are available with me. Contact me at 26875452 (office) or 28169363(residence). Can anyone give an ftp site to upload the ISOs? Regards, Ashok -- <-------------------------------------------> <The box said: For Windows 95 or better. . .> <So I installed Linux! > <------------------------------------------->

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Optimum Load Average?
by Vinayakam Murugan 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Can anyone explain the concept of Load Average and how can one determine the optimum load average for their server? -- Warm Regards ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Vinayakam Murugan Manager - Software The Argon Company Pvt. Ltd. Dhanraj Mahal , "G" Block, 4th Floor, Chatrapati Shivaji Marg, Mumbai - 400 039. Phone : 56361300 Ext 205 Landmark : Near Gateway of India, Regal Cinema

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Re: rsh issues
by GNUrpreet Singh 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

> Message: 5 > Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] rsh issues > From: Amitay Isaacs <amitay(a)aero.iitb.ac.in> > To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > Organization: CASDE, Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay > Date: 03 Apr 2003 14:27:08 +0530 > Reply-To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You have to enable rexec service along with rsh service. ya! i also was suspecting something like that. can u plz tell me a lil more about how to start that service thx for the reply gnurpreet > > Amitay. > > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 17:24, GNUrpreet Singh wrote:

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Resource errors on Ilug-bom site
by Philip S Tellis 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/MailingLists/displayMailingLists Gives a Site Error, as do many other pages on the site. I thought someone had fixed this last week. Philip -- I know you believe you understand what you think this fortune says, but I'm not sure you realize that what you are reading is not what it means.

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Need Help
by Prashant Parab 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

Hi Group, We are using rsh command for file transfer between our two servers. We are using ssh protocol for rsh by using 'rsh -e ssh '. As we are not using certficates for ssh, the ssh daemon ask the password from the user before establishing the connection with the remote server. rsh don't have any facility to embed password in the command itself. The problem starts from here. As we want to automate the whole process we are planning to run the rsh command in the cron jobs. Now in the cron job we cannot enter the password. I think in the shell script i cannot supply the password in the situation like this. Will anybody kindly suggest me a way to overcome this problem, like using any other scripting language or something else. Thanx and regards, Prashant Parab

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(no subject)
by Mahesh Joshi 06 Apr '03

06 Apr '03

Hi! We are looking for Experienced Linux Professionals,with hands on Experience in Installation of Servers like mail servers,in Mumbai and Goa, on assignment basis. Interested Linux professionals kindly contact us with CV at mjoshi(a)shreyaninfotech.com. Thanks, M.Joshi Shreyan Infotech (P) Ltd.

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GNU & Linux - Setting the Record Straight
by Clinton Goveas 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

Here is an article on NewsForge increasing awareness on the GNU operating system: http://newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/03/31/1527206 Regards, Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com --- "Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness."

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Commands using ftp
by Varun 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

How can I carry out commands on a remote machine by using FTP. The remote machine only has an FTP port open. Telnet and ssh ports are blocked using IPtables or are simply disabled Geek by Nature GNU/Linux by choice 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!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more

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Re: list going to the dogs
by Dot Dot 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

Hi Geeks, This is my first mail to the ILUG, but I do follow mails exchanged. With due respect to all of the luggers who expressed their views on this thread, I would like to point out something from a newbies point of view. 1. Please understand that we are new to Linux. We want help from LInux gurus like you to help us. And there are many of us, feeling reluctant to ask questions, because we dont know if they will sound silly. 2. Please dont intimidate us with strict rules for sending a mail to LUG mailing list. Let us feel free to ask questions, even if it looks like trivial to geeks. We understand that your time is valuable. But we would like to request you to take some time out to sort out our issues. I understand it when you get irritated seeing a mail seeking job. But let us be happy that there are people out there looking for a job in Linux. We are growing. Let us not think that they are not upto our standards. They didnt get a chance to understand Linux earlier. 3. We will be sad if you start a new mailing list for linux gurus. We will feel left alone. I thought we want to make people aware of Linux and encourage them to use it. Not to create groups of geeks and newbies. Please dont discriminate. Try to help us solve our trivial issues. 4. I personally will agree to categories. Let us give it a try. There is no need to enforce it strictly. The views expressed here doesn't implicate that any of the esteemed lugger thought low about the newbies. -- Newbie __________________________________________________________ Get Your Electric Email at http://webmail.electricmela.com

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IndLinux.org releases Hindi interface for Gnome
by Clinton Goveas 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

More news from the translation front. IndLinux.org has released a Hindi version of the Gnome interface, opening open source software up to the more than 400 million Hindi speakers globally. http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/04/04/2050257 Regards, Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com --- "Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness."

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Mandrake 9.0 help
by Sheetal Chopra 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

where I can find: > _ltmodem-kv-_2.4.19_24mdk.826a9-1.i586.rpm_ ? This appears to be the > needed driver to run an Intel/Agere AC '97 'winmodem' under Mandrake, > but despite searching I have not been able to find it, either in the > Mandrake CDs, nor on the internet. Thanx in advance Sheetal --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more

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[HUMOR] re netiquette warning of afterlife for wrong doers like spammers etc,
by Dinesh Bareja 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Hi folks - we have been devoting a lot of our energies and bandwidth to newbies, geeks, top posting, spammers and whatever. I got this on another list I am subscribed to and I am sure you will find this a welcome change. Lets hope the wrong doers will be enlightened and will mend their ways once they read this !! And I marked the subject [HUMOR] to allow necessary *action* before or after reading this mail. Dinesh ------------- QUOTE ------------- A woman approached the Pearly Gates, and Saint Peter asked for her social security number. The woman told him, and Saint Peter typed on his workstation: pearly-gates:~/peter> grep 212-53-6432 /earth/human/status The computer responded: 212-53-6432 Cindy Smith cms(a)dragon.com!earth naughty pearly-gates:~/peter> Saint Peter then told her she was eternally damned, and that a minivan to hell would be arriving shortly. Cindy began to protest "but what did I do wrong? I loved my fellow neighbor as I loved myself, I was a kind, warm, gentle person! Surely there must be a mistake!" So, Saint Peter looked up on the files, and saw, lo and behold that she truly was a kind, warm, gentle person...until he saw the entry for jan 7, 1992-earth, which read: ***DAMNABLE VIOLATION #69*** Posted irrelevent article to newsgroup. After probing a little more, Saint Peter explained to the woman "It seems that on Janurary 7, 1992 you posted an article to Alt.religion.computers. This article gave no praise of Emacs, no snide remarks toward Microsoft, and not even a comment on the proper definition of 'hacker'! In fact, the article was not even relating to computers at all, and discussed, of all things, human religion! There wasn't even a reference to Bob or Discordianism, Zen, or the Tao of programming. Oh dear, this is terrible." "You see, heaven is a perfect place, and we only have room for the most perfect people. Ever since we ran the T-3 line up from New Jersey we've been particularly harsh on breakers of netettiquite. Didn't you read RFC-23654? The one proposing commandments 11 through 16?" He opened up an XTerm window and searched for some files. After a few moments, the laser printer spat out a crisp sheet of paper. It read: 11: Thou shalt not flame spelling or grammer. 12: Thou shalt not have a .sig file longer than 3 lines. 13: Thou shalt not send "All fags must die" messages to 19 random groups. 14: Thou shalt not request post a frequently asked question. 15: Thou shalt not post to a group without first reading a week's worth of posts, thereby avoiding irrelevent articles. 16: Thou shall not post administrative requests to the main list. When she was done, she began to stammer, but Saint Peter stopped her, saying "I'm sorry. There's nothing I can do. To register a complaint, you'll have to send mail to status-change-request(a)godvax.heaven.com. We have a group of cherubum who manage such requests. But don't send it to status-change(a)godvax.heaven.com, otherwise your request will be distribute to the whole mailing list. They *hate* that! In fact, there's some discussion about making that the 17th commandment..." At that point, a Dodge minivan drove up and came to a stop. Satan, in the form of an IBM salesperson, stepped out. "Welcome!", she said. "We've been waiting for you..." Cindy, almost in a trance, stepped into the minivan and was wisked away to the netherworld, a world of COBOL, System 36's, punch cards, incompatible network standards, and irresponsible news posters. Satan turned to Cindy, and smiled. "You'll like it here", she said, "We have netnews, but we've greatly simplified it. We have only one group, it's alt.talk.sci.comp.soc.rec.misc!" ------------- UNQUOTE ------------- Best wishes - Dinesh Bareja (M) +91 98203 90159 (T) +91 22 2878 9067 |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | ======== http://www.ideagrid.com ======= | | winning strategies ! simple ideas ! | | Open Source Products, Services & Training | |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

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Promotions etc. for workshop at SAKEC
by Ashok Iyer 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Hello all, How do we go about with the promotions for the workshop? Most of the audience would not be having a clue of what GNU is all about. If enough awareness is not created about the workshop, the students would not be interested. I hope you understand. The college management does not know much about this either and hence cannot be relied upon to create awareness. If you can give some pointers on how to go about creating awareness, it would be really helpful. Regards, Ashok Iyer

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April GLUG meet venue?
by Kapil Karekar 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Hi comrades :D I sincerely think that we should not shuffle around the venue for the monthly GLUG meet. This causes a lot of confusion ... to a lot of people. Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at Mankhurd is a good venue. Among all the venues used for previous meets it has been the best. There we have a good airconditioned lecture hall (Summer hai bhai ;-) ...), a projector and a PC available. There is no need to shuffle around the venue. If everybody agrees then I'll put up the notification on the GLUG website. let's not flood the list with one-liners saying "I agree". If anybody has any objection to the GLUG meet being held at HBCSE then we can discuss it like sensible adults :)) Happy Hacking, Kapil Karekar

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Govt. not to support Open Source alternatives
by Chrisil 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Found this on /. LinuxWorld <http://www.linuxworld.com/> has an article <http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0401.indiaopensource.html> with statements from the Minister of Information Technology and Communications of India stating that India is not going to support Open Source alternatives Government-wide. Look like the government dosen't want to take sides. But whether they are keeping the options open or closing doors is the question. Chrisil ===== "I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say 'Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?'" --Mike Godwin, Electronic Frontier Foundation __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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File and Samba Srvr
by Kamlesh Shah 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

Can some one list out the minimum installation required for debian to work as file server, basic authentication, w98 to be clients using Samba, execution of login script and optionally a wine to use windows applications. Regards K. Shah

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linuxers@mm.ilug-bom.org.in
by Amish Munshi 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, If we havec changed from ILUG to GLUG why cant we also change linuxers to something better? I guess when it is time to renew the domain name we can also change the ilug-bom.org.in to something better. If the domain name is requiring a renewal soon then we can change both the linuxers and ilug-bom.org.in together, also try to make the entire email address of mailing list a little short since newcomers do find it a little long due to 3 seperators in the email address. Bye. - -- Amish K. Munshi Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+jOxCbCDhioPGUZ4RAv5KAKCurt25rJdoJQU2NBSDtDPY0pMJYACgoo35 Txx9+Hso9bjhgT1KrvjWp8Q= =r4av -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Govt. not to support Open Source alternatives
by Matthew, Anu 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

M$ wont invest/spend if they dont foresee ample returns. In fact who would do in the corporate world? All the parties know that, I guess. Besides, the (un)-usual perks may be more lucrative to favour non-open-source alternatives. ~AM Found this on /. LinuxWorld <http://www.linuxworld.com/> has an article <http://www.linuxworld.com/2003/0401.indiaopensource.html> with statements from the Minister of Information Technology and Communications of India stating that India is not going to support Open Source alternatives Government-wide. Look like the government dosen't want to take sides. But whether they are keeping the options open or closing doors is the question.

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Meetings of April
by Amish Munshi 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, The April meeting is being sechduled on 13th of April. Someone had come with a proposal of SIES offering a venu for the meeting, if it is possible them do decide and let me know immidiately. I have unfortunately not been in touch with the mails on the list, but realized that a introduction on ZOPE is required. If any of you are conversant with ZOPE then please come forward and let me know. The other topic is going to be in Localization of GNU softwares by Proj. Jitendra Shah. Bye. - -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we trust. Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ipD2bCDhioPGUZ4RAgA1AKCo9SAnXVQxTJKP7v9CsqFuxytJ5gCgmyQP osWQ0yRCpmRG1wrD/ZxE6oU= =xEgZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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problem running java code in jedit 4.1
by Rohit 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

I am using jedit 4.1 as a java editor on linux. The following piece of code compiles well using the JCompiler plugin to give a class file. > import java.io.*; > > class HelloWorld > { > public static void main(String args[]) > { > try > { > BufferedReader buf=new BufferedReader(new > InputStreamReader(System.in)); > > String s=" ",s1=" "; > System.out.print("Enter your string : "); > s1=buf.readLine(); > s+=s1; > > buf.close(); > System.out.println("Your string is : "+s); > } > catch(Exception e){} > > > } > } However when i try to run this program thru java command of Console plugin of Jedit ,it hangs out and i do not get any o/p. whn i try to run the same proram by java command line option of the generated class file it works well. So in shrt can someone suggest how do i tweak jedit to run my program within jedit and not going to the command line.

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Regarding FFP Tool...
by Vasu 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

all, Is there any opensource source code for calculating the Full Functional Point(FFP) and total estimation of the project. If anyone having any idea regarding this plz help me........ Thanx in Advance..all, -- With Best Regards, Vasu

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GLUG site updated
by Kapil Karekar 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Hi Luggers, The GLUG site has been updated ! Kapil Karekar - your friendly neighbourhood webmaster :-)) Appeal: If we have any experts of ZOPE on the list ... please contact me at: kapil {at} libretech {dot} com http://www.ilug-bom.org.in

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rsh issues
by GNUrpreet Singh 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

hi i had a small problem . i m actually using PVM in it and pvm inturn uses rsh for the communication between different nodes of a cluster. now the problem is that i am being able to rsh between the nodes using commands like [tony@micks tony]$ rsh tonylin [tony@tonylin tony]$ ls ***here micks n tonylin are the host names and tony is the user name**** this kind of a thing works fine, BUT there is another option in rsh such that we send only one command and it gets executed remotely, but i get an error like [tony@micks tony]$ rsh tonylin ls rcmd : socket : Permission Denied [tony@micks tony]$ now i even checked /var/log/messages on both the machines (micks and tonylin) but found no entry! pvm uses similar things thus i m not even being able to add a host on the virtual machine and it also gives the same error message. plz help me on this. GNUrpreet

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Improving the list
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

We were talking about improving the quality of this list, so here are some random suggestions that come to mind: o Introduce the list to new members; it always helps to have critical mass. o Ask list members what *they* expect from the list o Expand the admin team, allocating specific responsibilities to each o Set up another mailing list for linuxers-admin, to coordinate activities among the linuxers o Link up events/reports/happenings on *this* list with (i) other LUGs and FSUGs in and around Mumbai and within the rest of India and (ii) other international networks such as linux-announce(a)NEWS.ORNL.GOV This work should be specifically alloted to one or two persons o Encourage silent members to post o Lot of behind-the-scene emails to encourage more positive activity on the list o While getting angry is natural and a sign of youth, higher politeness levels could ensure better communication o Women members, who seem conspicuous by their absence, need special encouragement... Suggestions from others could take this debate forward. Greetings from Goa! FN -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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Looking for a YellowDog Linux 3.0 Installation CDs
by Clinton Goveas 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

I'd like to obtain the 3 Installation CDs of YellowDog Linux 3.0 for PPC. I plan to use them on my (Graphite, 1 USB, pre-2001) iBook, which is supposed to be supported. Can anyone provide it? Or, does "someone" know "anyone" who can? Please let me know. More info: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/products/ydl.shtml Regards, Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com --- "Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness."

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UberGeek's Switch To Linux presentation (?)
by Clinton Goveas 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

I just thought I'd share this satirical presentation (by UberGeek.TV) with you guys, on why everyone should (not?) switch to GNU/Linux: http://www.ubergeek.tv/switchlinux/ Regards, Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com --- "Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness."

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Issues with Linksys wireless LAN card
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Hi all-- I run Mandrake 9.0 on my laptop.I have a linksys WPC 11 wireless (802.11b) card which i would like to make use of while working on Linux. I got the driver from Linksys and configured it such that I use pcmcia_cs instead of kernel PCMCIA code.the driver was compiled and successfully installed. i opened the wlan-ng.opts file to insert the SSID of the network which in my case is (SMU1911).The campus network uses DHCP. However modifing the file and restarting pcmcia did not help. I know for sure the device is installed because cardctl ident shows the device name correctly.Also when I try to connect from the Mandrake Control center I can see that although bytes are being received, no bytes are being sent. Is there anything that i failed to tweak.what else do i need to have a look at and modify? TIA rgds -NDK _________________________________________________________________ Vrroooom Fasten your seatbelts. http://server1.msn.co.in/msnSpecials/formula2003/index.asp Get set for F1 2003

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Again: Needed Help on Apache Configuration ASAP
by Prashant Parab 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

Hi Aswin, If you are getting the page from your m/c that means apache is running. Check your IPCHAINS setting. I think you must have blocked other user to connect to your webserver. --Prashant

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lpr printing to a dot matrix printer, pls help on some finer aspects supposedly
by Rahul Saxena 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

we are sending a string to a lpr using FILE *prn = popen ( "lpr","w"); finally we do a pclose() this routine get called for some asynchronous event. the problem is that after every close or new open ( i dont know ) the lpr gives a page feed ( or form feed ) and runs to the next page. now the stuff we are printing is 5 lines long i dont want the whole page to go waste.. how do i stop this from happening. i tried keeping FILE *ptr as extern but it does not work ( should it work, ?? ) HELP !!! rahul

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module compilation problems
by Rahul Saxena 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

hello, i am trying to compile the ligitech quickcam driver for 2.4.20, it does not work beacuse some structures inside (kernel source) linux/usb.h have been changed. however when i changed all references to these old structures i am getting a undefined error for the structure. and i am including ( /usr/src/linux/include/linux/usb.h ) can anyone help out here. rahul

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Meeting of April UPDATED
by Amish Munshi 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, I just read the mail from Harsh, if Zope was covered in the last meeting then I guess we should have some other topic covered in the meeting. Anyone who can provide info on some other topic? Bye. - -- Amish K. Munshi God helps those who help themselves. Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+ipFibCDhioPGUZ4RAtsgAJ0Xcvi/thMs4wB2YAYAcLdvM9RFbgCdGmbP 6jlTKZaWUuC+eAaUXW1SQSI= =tY1N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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top-posting
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Is it just me, or do people here really don't know what "top-posting" is and why its frowned upon? Sameer. --

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(no subject)
by amit kalyani 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

hello, I am having a dual system. I recently changed my IP adress of my computer. Now I want to reconfigure the IP addresss in my linux OS. Can anybody help me regarding this matter. thanks and regards, amit. Amit R. Kalyani M-Tech Civil (structures) Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-400076. Hostel 4, Room no: 379. phone:5721008,5720194. _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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seeking a job
by aliasgar kathiriya 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

hy linuxers i just come from baroda to mumbai and join the lugm list i am looking for a good linux job here. if any one have a place for me i will very thankful to them i am ready to work as a trainee also i can configure most of server comfortabley except mailserver,database server aliasgar kathiriya 2/277/3589 tagore nagar, vikhroli(e) mumbai ph no 25744547 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

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Re: Linuxers digest, Vol 1 #871 - 15 msgs
by Rakesh Malpani 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

Hi, I think configuring ur firewall would help. (I belive that your web server is running as the url http://localhost or http://ip works fine on the same machine.) Rakesh. >> Hello E'body, >> >> The problem is: >> >> My Linux(RedHat 7.1) machine is in a lan with windows(2000) machines. >> I'm able to ping from my Linux machine to others and viceversa. >> when I say http://localhost/ or http://ip (actual ip of linux machine) its >> giving me the test page properly. >> But when I use http://ip (actual ip of linux machine) on any of the >windows >> machines it says 'page not found' >> >> please tell me how do I go about this. shud I configure apache? >> >> Thanks in Advance >> >> Truely, >> Aswin Bhupalam, >> Saama Technologies. _____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB, POP3, Spam Filtering with LYCOS MAIL PLUS for $19.95/year. http://login.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus&ref=lmtplus

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A question from Beginner!!!!!!!!!!!!
by Deepali Naik 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

hi manish, i m a very beginner of the PHP. so once i asked the help to one person.. and he suggested to me to join this grp as here there are many more PHP experts are there.. so they can help me in solving this prob... but it seems that.. the memebrs are really very busy in writing *realllly* big mails on "list goes to dogs".. etc.. etc and they find it very disturbing to receive such mails from beginners... anyways. .. i just want to know if any beginner can post his/her queries or not????????? thanx Deepali ------------------------------------------------- Sify Mail - now with Anti-virus protection powered by Trend Micro, USA. Know more at http://mail.sify.com Sify Power mail- a Premium Service from Sify Mail! know more at http://mail.sify.com

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Request for Workshop at SAKEC college
by Ashok Iyer 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi people, The staff and management of Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engineering College (SAKEC)- Chembur, have expressed an interest in conducting a workshop on GNU/Linux. I am an ex-student of SAKEC and hence I am putting forward this request on their behalf. Is conducting the workshop feasible for the GLUG? If yes, we can discuss issues pertaining to this. What are the terms and conditions, if any? Cheers, Ashok Iyer -- <-------------------------------------------> <The box said: For Windows 95 or better. . .> <So I installed Linux! > <------------------------------------------->

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Needed Help on Apache Configuration ASAP
by Aswin Bhupalam 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hello E'body, The problem is: My Linux(RedHat 7.1) machine is in a lan with windows(2000) machines. I'm able to ping from my Linux machine to others and viceversa. when I say http://localhost/ or http://ip (actual ip of linux machine) its giving me the test page properly. But when I use http://ip (actual ip of linux machine) on any of the windows machines it says 'page not found' please tell me how do I go about this. shud I configure apache? Thanks in Advance Truely, Aswin Bhupalam, Saama Technologies.

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new version knoppix
by Vidyasagar Venkatesh 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

the knoppix 3.2 version out...!!!! does anyone have a copy of it? Vidyasagar Venkatesh Kumar mobile: 9869133596 e-mail at: vidyasagarvk(a)softhome.net msn id: arthopodite(a)hotmail.com

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Re: Write up on GNUbeLUG-2003 *Spread The Virus*
by GNUrpreet Singh 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

> > > hi all > > the bnu linux users group meet at belgaum this weekend was very fruitful . > > the a write up on the meet are available at > > http://www.geocities.com/tonysingh4u/gnubelug.txt > > plz go thru n comment > > > > GNUrpreet > > > > PS: fred plz forward this to the belgaum lug and others > > > > -- > Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free > Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to > Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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RFC 3514: New Bit Defined for IPv4 Headers
by Ashok Iyer 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

http://slashdot.org/articles/03/04/01/0218226.shtml?tid=172&tid=156 -- <-------------------------------------------> <The box said: For Windows 95 or better. . .> <So I installed Linux! > <------------------------------------------->

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Re: xinetd problem
by P.V. Mohan Krishnan 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

> until two days back when suddenly no services running on this server > can be accessed from other systems/clients. The "xinetd" is coming > Has anybody setup firewall, IPTables, IPChains??? > Check the shell history... > Kiran Ghag Yes, that seems to have happened. Needed resetting the rules. Seems the modification was done through firewall config option of kde. Thanks for the help. - Mohan

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IPSec on kernels 2.5
by Ravindra Jaju 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

Hi. Does anybody have any experience on using VPNs on IPSec on GNU/Linux systems? I know of freeswan, and tried my hand at it. But our setup has a masquerading firewall, which complicates matters apparently. The Windows users use SonicWall, and I have no idea how it handles things. So, no success with freeswan (help here will be appreciated too) But recently, I switched to kernel 2.5.65+, which has support for ipsec builtin. Does anyone have any experience with 2.5 kernels and ipsec? A howto I found on the net wasn't much help. We have to authenticate with a login/pass to the remote site's VPN gateway, but I found description of no such thing in any of these howtos. Thanks! -- jaju

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list going to the dogs
by Philip S Tellis 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

looking at posts from the last few days, it seems that there is no more quality left in this list. We have people asking the list for jobs (many have been rejected before reaching the list). We have people searching for other people. To both kinds of people, there are sections in your local newspaper that deal with this. Unfortunately, we will always have people who post without subject lines, or subject lines that says "Help" and those who ask the list to unsubscribe them. To those who post asking for a job: The lug has a lot of work if you want it. The website needs to be maintained, meetings need to be arranged, workshops need to be arranged, a lot of promotion and advocacy has to be done. Are you interested? You will not be paid for this ... ever. For programming jobs, there is also a lot of Free software that needs to be developed. You will find projects on sourceforge, savannah and freshmeat. You will probably not get paid for this either. To those who want information urgently - pay for commercial support. To those who complain that no one has responded to their mail - have patience and maybe rethink your posting strategy. To those who post without a subject - To those who want help - try one of the following: http://www.helmeharlan.com http://www.helpmefind.com http://www.helpme2learn.com http://www.helpmelaw.com To those who want to unsubscribe, the address is linuxers-request@mm.... The list software does not understand natural language. Do not say please unsubscribe me. Follow the instructions that you received when you subscribed. If you deleted those instructions, bad on you. To those who ask for sample source code - this list is not to be used for doing your homework. If you need sample code to learn from - the web has Terabytes of it. It is better for you to search for it rather than ask the members of this list to search for you. To those who are unaware of all the programs installed on their system... how can you install something without knowing what you're installing? There's hope yet. Get a list of all programs in /bin, /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin and read the man pages for them. Read the man pages for whatever is mentioned in the See Also section of any other man page. Here's a tip. If a man page says something like foo(8), it means you have to do man 8 foo. If there is no man page, command --help often works. If it doesn't, run the program and see what happens :D. Don't do this as root. In fact, maybe create a temporary account and do it in there (I wouldn't). Finally, before you post, and I repeat, *before*. Search the web, search your hard disk, search the archives. Do everything possible to find your answer without posting. Only if you don't find a solution should you post to the list. If, OTOH, you find a solution, but had a really hard time finding it, *and* it was not listed in the list archives, then feel free to post the solution to the list. Finally, don't ask for help on Linux 8.0. No one has it... yet. Philip -- Did you hear that two rabbits escaped from the zoo and so far they have only recaptured 116 of them?

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List is going to the dogs... ?
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 01 Apr '03

01 Apr '03

What are we doing to make it better? I've learnt a lot from the MumbaiLUG, and am always grateful for their help in setting up the ILUGGoa nearly 3 years ago. Let's work towards making this place more interesting than it currently is. FN -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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some problems faced in RH 7.3
by P.V. Mohan Krishnan 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

We have a server with RedHat 7.3. The networking was working fine until two days back when suddenly no services running on this server can be accessed from other systems/clients. The "xinetd" is coming up properly on booting. Also though no service like telnet/ftp/httpd works, other systems are able to ping the server on IP address. We hav tried the xinetd with debug enabled but no clues there also !! Any help available ? Secondly Apache server on this system has been made functional changing the DocumentRoot to another directory. But it still resolves to /var/www. Is there any other file to be updated.??? - Mohan

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PHP help needed
by Deepali Naik 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

hi all, we r using JavaScript and PHP together... we are facing a problem in passing JS variable to PHP. On selecting from a drop down menu (HTML), we select a particular value. Now we want, according to this value, the related values thaty are there in the data base shld be shown in another textbox. (FOr ex. like in Hotmail registereation, on choosing the country, corresponding states are dispalyed, in a drop down menu. If these states are stored in the table, how do we access it???) PLease heeeeeeeeeeeelp Deepali ------------------------------------------------- Sify Mail - now with Anti-virus protection powered by Trend Micro, USA. Know more at http://mail.sify.com Sify Power mail- a Premium Service from Sify Mail! know more at http://mail.sify.com

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plz stop dogs issue
by Harsh R Busa 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

hi since past few days i m noticing the issue of moderation and forking child lists etc etc. i guess the disuccion has gone too far to be followed up on the list. lets plz keep it for the lug meet where ppl can actually fight as if its glugs AGM (just a suggestion dont think that i m announcing the topic for coming meet) ... all those who cant wait till then plz follow the discussion privately. this is just a request and plz dont start fighting abt this mail. if ppl dont agree with me plz flame me, blame me. take care Harsh ---------------------------------------------------------------- NETCORE SOLUTIONS *** Ph: +91 22 5662 8000 Fax: +91 22 5662 8134 MailServ: Email, IM, Proxy, Firewall, Anti-Virus, LDAP Fleximail: Mail Storage, Management and Relaying http://netcore.co.in Emergic Freedom: Linux-based Thin Client-Thick Server Computing http://www.emergic.com BlogStreet: Top Blogs, Neighborhoods, Search and Utilities http://www.blogstreet.com Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Technology: http://www.emergic.org ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: list going to the dogs
by nici bhatt 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

Hello all, Well from last few days kind of activity going on is of great concern to all members of LUG. Let me tell you if we think that this list is only for quality people than we are doing un-justice to fundamentally growing demand and the people. this should be treated as popularity measure that people are willing to act and react in this list. How one can distinguish own self as a geek? newbie? Surprisingly I have been in this industry from last 11 years and been to almost all Part of the world but I have never seen people who claim that they are geek I have seen people who are working as hardcore developer/architecture to the length who design something which was never thought of but no one has a this kind of problem than why we should have it. we are nothing less than newbie as far as technology is concern and lets do not divide people on this basis otherwise we will block our own growth. As far as job posting is concern I think it is good idea to have them on our site rather than posting to list, have define format for job posting and than filter that posting and redirect to the job listing archive of the site. Dont try to stop this as this is will help us to build good community it self which is helping and growing by its own. Just for personnel discomfort lets not fight we all are here for good reason and be good to absorb some junks for others who are in process to be good or else tomorrow they will also do same thing what they faced during their time. I hope every one will take this in positive manner and understand basic idea behind this. And yes plz.. do not start again on my posting I am not trying to pretend as geek or something like that I have just given you example of my experience and what I have seen in this industry and I dont claim that you have not seen this but this is a humble request that everyone should be considered equally and not on basis of what they know and what we know. Regards, Nici _________________________________________________________________ War on Iraq. See latest update. http://server1.msn.co.in/completecoverage/bushvssaddam/ News, views and more

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number of files in a directory
by Harsh R Busa 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

hi all i wanted to know how many files can one store in a single directory. not total number of files in all subdirectories. we have stored around 70K files in a single directory but here i m looking at a a volume of 300K+ ... if there is any restriction then can they be alterterd from anywhere. any pointers .....help appreciated regards harsh ---------------------------------------------------------------- NETCORE SOLUTIONS *** Ph: +91 22 5662 8000 Fax: +91 22 5662 8134 MailServ: Email, IM, Proxy, Firewall, Anti-Virus, LDAP Fleximail: Mail Storage, Management and Relaying http://netcore.co.in Emergic Freedom: Linux-based Thin Client-Thick Server Computing http://www.emergic.com BlogStreet: Top Blogs, Neighborhoods, Search and Utilities http://www.blogstreet.com Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Technology: http://www.emergic.org ----------------------------------------------------------------

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Configuration problems on the GLUG website
by Sameer D. Sahasrabuddhe 31 Mar '03

31 Mar '03

Hi, I was trying to get to the search feature on the list archives, but the website throws up a configuration error: "Site Error An error was encountered while publishing this resource. Resource not found Sorry, the requested resource does not exist. Check the URL and try again. Resource: http://www.ilug-bom.org.in/MailingLists/displayMailingLists" Same for a few other links on the website. Sameer. --

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Re: list going to the dogs
by Nikhil Karkera 30 Mar '03

30 Mar '03

On Fri, 28 Mar 2003 Aseem Rane wrote : >Having seperate lists is not going to stop people from doing >stupid things like asking for a job or looking for a friend. >Somehow we need to make new joinees read list guidelines/FAQs >and >follow them. I guess the problem here is making sure that people are aware of the general guidelines for posting mails before they actually do. Most people, if aware of the rules and their importance, will not break them. Suggestion: (might sound funny) Give new subscribers an online multiple choice test on basic posting guidelines. Should be able to clear the test, if one has gone through the guidelines, which we get in the initial mail. Subscribe only if passed the test. This not only ensures that the person is certainly aware of the guidelines document and has read it, but also communicates to her/him that the list members are serious about it. Serious enough to keep an entrance test :) Warm Regards, Nikhil. _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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No route to host ?
by Nainil Chheda - [http://services.eliteral.com] 30 Mar '03

30 Mar '03

Hi, I created an export called: /data/acct @linux_ALL(rw,sync,wdelay,root_squash,anonuid=65534,anongid=65534) >From what I read, by using root_squash. Root shouldn't be allowed to >browse the directories and read the data under the mount. Unless it >was somehow given explicit permission to. When I mount that export from another machine, as root on that machine, I can browse all of the folders. The root accounts between machines have different passwords. Any insight as to how I can stop a external root user gaining access to my NFS mount I would appreciate it. Best Regards, Nainil Chheda. Founder, Proprietor eLiteral - A Web Hosting Co. ---------------------------- http://services.eliteral.com/ http://order.eliteral.com/ http://domains.eliteral.com/ ---------------------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 3/25/2003

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No route to host ?
by Nainil Chheda - [http://services.eliteral.com] 30 Mar '03

30 Mar '03

Hi, I created an export called: /data/acct @linux_ALL(rw,sync,wdelay,root_squash,anonuid=65534,anongid=65534) >From what I read, by using root_squash. Root shouldn't be allowed to >browse the directories and read the data under the mount. Unless it >was somehow given explicit permission to. When I mount that export from another machine, as root on that machine, I can browse all of the folders. The root accounts between machines have different passwords. Any insight as to how I can stop a external root user gaining access to my NFS mount I would appreciate it. Best Regards, Nainil Chheda. Founder, Proprietor eLiteral - A Web Hosting Co. ---------------------------- http://services.eliteral.com/ http://order.eliteral.com/ http://domains.eliteral.com/ ---------------------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.465 / Virus Database: 263 - Release Date: 3/25/2003

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Again: Needed Help on Apache Configuration ASAP
by Aswin Bhupalam 30 Mar '03

30 Mar '03

Hello E'body, I tried out what Mr.Amitay and Mr.Mitul told, but it didnt work out. plz help me. The problem is: My Linux(RedHat 7.1) machine is in a lan with windows(2000) machines. I'm able to ping from my Linux machine to others and viceversa. when I say http://localhost/ or http://ip (actual ip of linux machine) its giving me the test page properly. But when I use http://ip (actual ip of linux machine) on any of the windows machines it says 'page not found' please tell me how do I go about this. shud I configure apache? Thanks in Advance Truely, Aswin Bhupalam, Saama Technologies.

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Re: Cyberoam client blues
by Lech Alves 30 Mar '03

30 Mar '03

1.)Get the dialer from http://sourceforge.net/projects/cyberoam/ . 2.)After uncompressing the download rename the file 24onlineClient to CyberClient. 3.)Follow the instructions in the readme file.

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Prashant Lal -Linux Professional
by prashant lal 29 Mar '03

29 Mar '03

dear Sir I have seen this opening on the net and hecnce applying for that my resuma is attached in word format. Waiting for your response. the url of my resume is http://resumes.yahoo.com/nilu_lal/lal regards Prashant Lal B.E.[Comp.Tech] _________________________________________________________________ Catch the Oscar fever. See winners & losers. http://server1.msn.co.in/MSNSpecials/oscar2003/index.asp Right here

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problem
by Vinay Poojari 29 Mar '03

29 Mar '03

I've got news that Internet access via cable modem is arriving in my locality. I am wondering whether there's support for it on Linux. Are there drivers available for the hardware (what kind of hardware?). I am using Hughes isdn which is connected to my linux proxy In2cablenet cable connection is available in the suburbs?? Santacruz(W)?? will i be able to configure it on my linux server if yes tha how is it possible. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

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How to run Audio file in PERL/C?
by Vasu 29 Mar '03

29 Mar '03

Hi All, Is there any other way to run Audio file in Perl or C?. Normally I am using system(......). Can any one help me regarding this....... Thanx In Advance. -- With Best Regards, Vasu

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GUI Developer opening
by meeta ray 29 Mar '03

29 Mar '03

hi , on behalf of my client i have this opening . GUI developers-Critical Skills:: 3+ years coding experience in Qt toolkits, very good in C++ and Network programming, This postion is for chennai anybody interested pl get in touch at the following id move4(a)rediffmail.com regards meeta ray chatterjee calcutta _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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Skewed eyes
by Richard Stallman 29 Mar '03

29 Mar '03

Well, I have my own opinions about RMS. I wonder why most of the population thinks of RMS that way. A recent slashdot post almost confirms this: It is either that the majority population has skewed eyes, or RMS isn't projecting his message in a way that garners trust and wins people. It is quite common for the majority population to have skewed eyes because they are systematically misinformed. For instance, most Americans today believe that Iraq launched the 9/11 attacks, although this is false, because Dubya has persistently misinformed them. Something similar is happening here: the idea that the system is "Linux" typically reaches people before I do. When people learn the system is "Linux", they often think it was mainly developed by Linus Torvalds; when I tell them the truth, they think I am lying. Or they may condemn me for asking them to make a change. If you call the system "Linux", you increase the handicap, so that more people will condemn me. If you call it "GNU/Linux", you will tend to reduce the handicap.

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Prashant Lal -Linux Professional
by prashant lal 29 Mar '03

29 Mar '03

dear Mr. Parimal Shah I have seen the below given add and I can do it for you if it hasn't been done yet. My contact no is +9198921-49819 Waiting for your response. the url of my resume is http://resumes.yahoo.com/nilu_lal/lal regards Prashant Lal B.E.[Comp.Tech] _________________________________________________________________ Say it now. Say it online. http://www.msn.co.in/ecards/ Send e-cards to your love

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Cyberoam client blues
by kishor bhagwat 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

hi world, I just tried out the linc utility and the genlinrc.. trouble is..it doesnt work...i still get that "You are not allowed to login from this machine error.. does that "u-logged-in-from-win-now-u-cant-from-lin" problem still persist? Also, i have a multi-homed machine and the genlincrc shows the hwaddr of both network adapters in the generated file... of course..i tried them both one by one but no luck has anyone got it to work? regds, kishor __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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LVM + XFS + Quotas
by kishor bhagwat 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

hi guys Anyone done this combination before? I'm setting a quota of 64/80 blks (soft/hard) with 0/0 for inodes, but i cant even create a 1KB file in the directory. RH 8.0 with kernel.org's 2.4.19, XFS 1.2 patches.. hsh kishor __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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Network World Fusion - Linux loved,but Windows wins
by Clinton Goveas 28 Mar '03

28 Mar '03

I have come across plenty of articles dissecting the Linux vs. Windows topic, however the following article really stands out due to its honest discussion of the matter from the Linux user's point of view: http://www.nwfusion.com/columnists/2003/0324backspin.html Regards, Clinton Goveas http://www.clintongoveas.com --- "Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness."

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Floating point exception
by Amish Munshi 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, I have a C++ program (http://munshi.dyndns.org/web.cpp) which collects a random slogan from mysql database and display's it inside a document.write(" ") tag for a Javascript. The program generates Floating point exception when run. The method in which I compile it is avaiable at http://munshi.dyndns.org/compile Bye. - -- Amish K. Munshi God helps those who help themselves. Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+gyvzbCDhioPGUZ4RAqdqAJ9zqPrUaEG3G9ACsNeKoQ7R6yMdpwCgiohk mq2yXpBCpdgfFFnHgN4Pq4A= =VYTd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Re: | LinuxForYou... March 2003 |quake 3 demo
by Abhijeet D Mhatre 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

Hi Gurpreet If your computer cannot handle the graphics try a lower resolution 16 bits per pixel. I had the same problem with Unreal tournament on win 98, p3 500, 128 MB Ram,sis 6326. After changing form 24 to 16 bits per pixel it works perfectly with no (perceptible) loss of quality Gurpreet Singh writes: > hi all > had a bit of a hiccup with the quale 3 demo on LFY cd. > it does install smoothly but thje game goes toooooo slow(unplayable) > even when i tried to install it n play on a p4 it was slow. on that very > machine quake3 for windows works very fine... > i even tried with minimum details of graphics, still it was not playable. > what can be the reasom > i m using rh 8 > gurpreet

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] list going to the dogs
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

>[snip] >"Finally, don't ask for help on Linux 8.0. No one has it... yet." > > Dude, whats Linux 8.0? If its new, I'd like to hear about it. the linux kernel version 8, i think i will have kids in school by the time kernel version 8 is released. _________________________________________________________________ Find a partner. For life. http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=hmlql Meet(a)Shaadi.com

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Re: RE: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 |quake 3 demo
by Gurpreet Singh 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

hi all had a bit of a hiccup with the quale 3 demo on LFY cd. it does install smoothly but thje game goes toooooo slow(unplayable) even when i tried to install it n play on a p4 it was slow. on that very machine quake3 for windows works very fine... i even tried with minimum details of graphics, still it was not playable. what can be the reasom i m using rh 8 gurpreet On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 Kiran Ghag wrote : >Hi, >IMHO a linux driven magazine need not cater only to Linux... >Linux's main strength lies not only in Linux itself but the >heterogeneous >work enviroment where all other platforms are well catered to.. >And thus other's coverage is inevitable... >Its true that reliance on how gettings things to work on windows >is not the >desired thing. but mind that when the things are tried on there >(on >windows), its a victory of linux in a sense afif. >If the ppl are really sensible...they'll certainly switch over to >linux in >truest sense as its happening all over the globe... >Till then...we must keep up the good work of creating >awareness... > >Kiran Ghag >Software Engineer @ Patni Computers, India >Work Phone: +91 (22) 2829 1454 Extension 5236 >Web Page: http://kiran7.freeservers.com > _____ > >A university faculty is 500 egotists with a common parking >problem. > > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > >-- > > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Gurpreet Singh Student Final Yr Computer Sc. & Engg. --------------------------------------------------------------------- M A K E Y O U R O W N R O A D --------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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(no subject)
by aliasgar kathiriya 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

dear mr. parimal shah my name is aliasgar kathiriya i read your old message on lug site if there is some linux work please tell me or there is other job for linux please tell me thanku aliasgar kathiriya 2/277/3589 tagore nagar,vikhroli(e)mumbai ph no 25744547 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

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hi
by Aliyah Robinson 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

Hi1 I am looking out for some information on someone called as hemang desai ex- iit, iimc. can u help me? _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

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Squid+WCCP
by Sukhjit Singh 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

Hi Askhok I read about your comments on WCCP+Squid on one site and got your mail id, i need some help regarding configuring WCCP+Squid. I have a cisco router 3660 and 2Mbps leaseline and need to do the caching with Squid, If possible kindly answer few of my questions. 1. Which version of squid to use with Red hat Linux 8.0 2. Is the kernel support added to linux 8.0 3. Can i have the sample squid.conf I will be really greatfull if you could help me in this. Thanks in advance. Regards Sukhjit Singh

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Srini On Vacation
by SRINIVAS TURAGA 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

I will be out of the office starting 03/27/2003 and will not return until 04/07/2003. Catch U Soon Folks!......

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ILUG-Belgaum... an event this weekend
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 27 Mar '03

27 Mar '03

ILUG-BELGAUM, ONE OF the younger LUGs around the place, is to hold its first major GNU/Linux meet in the north Karnataka town of Belgaum on the weekend. It is being held over Saturday afternoon and the entire of Sunday. If you'd like more details, contact rohankangralkar(a)hotmail.com or check out the discussion and announcements at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ilug-belgaum. We from the Goa LUG wish them all the best for and this and other forthcoming events. FN -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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Problem with IP port redirection
by Varun 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

when a query for ftp comes to one PC can I redirest the query to another PC having a different IP address for example if i ftp a PC having IP address 203.199.111.20 can the ftp be redirected to another PC having IP say 203.199.112.24. If this can be done using IPtables can I have the code for it --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop!

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LINK: Linux-Magazine March 2003
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Linux Magazine (Munich) www.linux-magazine.com ... which calls itself 'the magazine for advanced Linux know-how' o Security links of various major distros http://www.debian.org/security/ http://www.mandrakesecure.net http://www.redhat.com/errata/ http://www.redhat.com/mailing-lists/ http://www.sco.com/support/security/ http://www.slackware.com/lists/ http://www.suse.de/uk/private/support/security/ o NETWORKING MADE EASY: In today's high tech world, we all have to deal with computers. Whether it is part of a multinational's work group or just a small office/home office, the chances are we need at some point to interconnect to a network. Here GNU/Linux rules above all others, writes John Southern. Also - Linux in LANS - Network configuration under Red Hat 8.0 - The SuSE Distribution Network configuration (YaST) - Using Windows shares - Samba share configuration - Integrating NT4 domains with Samba - User management and authentication for Samba WORTH NOTING: Microsoft will soon be withdrawing its support for Windows NT4, but Samba for Linux offers a free alternative that provides both users and administrators with a familiar environment. o CHECK POINT SecurePlatform with firewall: CheckPoint's SecurePLatform provides a hardened Red Hat Linux with Check Point's own Firewall-1NG and allows you to install a firewall yourself within a few minutes -- without any assistance from systems integrators or consultants. o MS OFFICE UNDER LINUX: Codeweavers, the makers of Crossover Office -- with more than a little help from Wine -- promise to get the Microsoft Office Suite and a few other Windows programs running on Linux without any hassle. www.codeweavers.com Single license price approx US$ 55. o SOFT HARDWARE, THE BOCHS PC EMULATOR: Though the FLOSS community has developed free alternatives to complex Office suites, PC emulators have proven challenging so far. Despite poor performance, the Bochs ('box') project is at least interesting for test purposes. http://bochs.sourceforge.net o TIDYING UP DOCUMENTS: Part 2 of the LaTeX series looks at putting some structure into your documents. Divide documents into sections and chapters, creating tables of contents, using various list formats and tables, and working with cross-references and footnotes. o BLOCKS AND MESSAGES: The SMB (Server Message Block) protocol specifies how Windows computers communicate on a network. SMB provides access to files, printers, serial lines, and communication channels, such as named pipes and mailshots. Samba is a free SMB implementation. Just what is SMB -- an intro www.samba.org/cifs/docs/what-is-smb.html o MySQL BACKUP: Admins often tend to use mysqldump, a component from the MySQL package, when they need to backup MySQL data. But a more convenient method is MySQL backup. o PARANOIA FOR BEGINNERS: Info security on GNU/Linux. http://www.kerneli.org/ http://loop-aes.sourceforge.net/ http://gsu.linux.org.tr/wipe/ http://freshmeat.net/projects/securedelete/ http://wipe.sourceforge.net/ http://www.outguess.org/ http://wwwrn.inf.tu-dresden.de/~westfeld/f5.html http://linux01.gwdg.de/~alatham/stego.html http://www.erikyyy.de/tempest/ http://tinfoihat.shmoo.com http://www.zapatopi.net/afdb.html o KEEPING IN SYNC: rsync program allows you to synchronise local or remote files and directories using the "rsync remote-update protocol" that first checks for differences between source and target before data transfer commences, thus minimizing transfer volume. o Stadrin is an effective enterprise tool for raising security levels, esp where the static passwords authentication systems are no longer sufficient. o INTERACTIVE 3D worlds with Coin and Qt. o LinuxBIOS Project: Putting GNU/Linux on your motherboard. o KNewsticker DELIVERS THE latest news hot off the press. o Icewm, YOU CAN use an oldermachine as a graphical desktop with light-weight alternative window managers (blackbox, fluxbox, aewm, pwm, larswm) and panels (fbpanel, hpanel, fspanel). o COLOUR CODES: syntax highlighting can improve read- ability when integrating your source code into a website or document. o CREATING CD images with mkisofs & dd o EVER SINCE WOODY, Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 hit the scene, users have started turning to the flagship amongst free distributions. Some help to counter initial obstacles from Dr Linux. o BraveGNUWorld by Georg C F Greve looks at Ninvaders (clone of the console classic Space Invaders), GNOME-Annotate (make notes while working with a web browser), RULE (helping GNU/Linux work on earlier generation hardware) - http://dettus.dyndns.org/ninvaders/ - http://home.swipnet.se/darshiva/software.html - http://www.rule-project.org - http://brave-gnu-world.org o ON THE CD: Kolab server (Germany's IT security federal agency has contracted three firms to provide a Free Software groupware solution accessible with Windows running Outlook and GNU/Linux running KDE clients), Amaya (browsing/authoring tool to publish docs on the Web... WYSIWYG style of interface), RH8 updates, games (3D Open GL Action RPG Space Simulator...) o Next month: - Groupware - Mail User Agents - Multi distributions - Lindows - Bootable CDs o SEND LETTERS and feedback to letters(a)linux-magazine.com -- Frederick Noronha : http://www.fredericknoronha.net : When we speak of free Freelance Journalist : http://www.bytesforall.org : software we refer to Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not price.

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DCOP Server Ka Funda
by Ottavio Profeta 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hi, casually I got your mail, I hope to be useful for you. Just now I got the same problem and perhaps I have the solution (pheraps), try it ! IT SEEMS A PERMISSION PROBLEM YOU SHOULD CHANGE THE PERMISSIONS FOR THE DIRECTORY /tmp/.ICE-unix chmod 777 /tmp/.ICE-unix What does appens ? When You login into the KDE as a normal user, the dcopserver create a file into your home directory called lrwxrwxrwx 1 root other 46 mar 25 17:09 .DCOPserver_sun03 -> /usr/johndoe/.DCOPserver_sun03_192.168.88.88:0 -rw-r--r-- 1 johndoe user 52 mar 25 17:24 .DCOPserver_sun03_192.168.88.88:0 this file contains a reference to the directory in a form like this: local/sun03:/tmp/.ICE-unix/dcop1348-1048616687 1348 OK, now seems that your process can't write to /tmp/.ICE-unix so dcopserver appears don't start. Sincerely, Ottavio Profeta. P.S. If you succeed make me know. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bhushan Tiwari linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in Tue Jan 22 12:34:04 2002 a.. Previous message: [ILUG-BOM] DCOP Server Ka Funda b.. Next message: [ILUG-BOM] Free Software / Open Source evangelists...xpress ur opinion if u want to c.. Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Could anyone please explain me the Funda behind DCOP Server? > What kind of server is it? I just discovered.... DCOP is KDE's Desktop Communications Protocol. It is a lightweight IPC/RPC mechanism built on top of the X Consortium's Inter Client Exchange protocol. It enables desktop applications to communicate reliably with low overhead. > sometimes when I start KDE it gives me an error, saying ... > "Error setting up inter-process communication for KDE. Message is: Could > not read network connection list /root/.DCOPserver_<hostname>_:0 please > check that dcopserver is running!" > How should I rectify that? But again, How should I rectify it ? ßhushån Tïwårï --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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How to run a script as Service
by !＠#$%^&*() 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hey ALL, I have a C executable, which I want to run as a Service just like "httpd" or "mysqld", I guess its called "DAEMON mode", how should I do this. I do not want to run it via CRON. Any pointers, leads are greatly appreciated. Thanking in anticipation. SP __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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tty lock
by Shahed Moolji 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

Hi, I Sco unix, there was a nice command line utility to lock a console / terminal session. It would display an (optional) banner, and unlock only on supplying a password. Is there any such command in linux ? Thanks Shahed.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows |
by Kanwar Plaha 26 Mar '03

26 Mar '03

I think in all fairness, LFY is a much bolder step than PCQ giving away linux CD's as an apology! If PCQ was any bolder, they should've started such a separate mag at least a couple of years ago. In fact they did run a poll whether readers were ready for such a mag and despite gettin overwhelming response in the affirmative (by their own admission) they decided not to go down that path. Another thing, LFY is talking of real applications on Linux, real news about companies moving over to Linux...All other mags (PCQ) have done is tell you how to configure samba or squid ... as if that's what linux is meant for...mags like those have done more harm to the image of Linux as an alternative that anything else. Take for example the case of CRM packages: There are scores of open-source STABLE CRM packages available under linux...or the case of network scanners and firewall packages (there are at least 3 good stable gui based ones) but all they write about is how to get and install such stuff on Windows... I support LFY's initiative (despite what RMS rants about) since they are trying to walk a path no one has walked...and is not GNU/Linux all about doing that? Lastly, here's something everyone should know: When i first went over to LFY's site, it supported only IE. I wrote back to them and complained about it... guess what? In less than 15 days, they got it running perfectly with Mozilla, Konqueror...essentially browser independent. I did not subscribe to the magazine till it was supported on Mozilla or Konqueror. Now that's the kind of response we should expect from people who claim to take up a cause. Kanwar Plaha __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com

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[OT] Distributed file system.
by Nikhil Karkera 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

Hi, We need to create a distributed file system as part of an academic project. We'll be making the system an abstraction over the GNU/Linux FS. The user needs to start up a shell that we provide, and then he is on the DFS. The DFS is spread across about 8 machines in a LAN. Since this is an abstraction over an existing FS, implementation details a not relevant. However, we were wondering over what would be a sound policy of data distribution across the machines? If a user creates a new file, how does the system decide on which machine to actually store it? Storing on the m/c that has maximum free space seems logical, but at the same time a lame policy (or is it the best way?). Currently we are not considering fault tolerance, i.e. each file is stored at a single place (no duplicates). However, if anyone could, please do shed some light on that as well. Warm Regards, Nikhil. PS: We are using PVM and pthreads for programming. _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&…

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] | LinuxForYou... March 2003 | Connecting GNU/Linux and Windows |
by Gurpreet Singh 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

hi FN i was in pune this weekend and was amazed to see LFY on each n every stand in the city, good going! the quality of the magazines content was pretty ok kind, not very impressive! there is still a lot more room for improvement. ->>the RMS interview was BAD. it shud have been certaily much more informative but it wasnt. ->> the articles on suse n openoffice n wine didnt have the spark either BUT i have some praise too ->> the CD was an EXCELLENT compilation! things to watch in the cd... - anjuta - QUAKE 3 for linux suggestions, ->> i think we shud push the magazine to be renamed to GNU/Linux for you. FN can u plz start an e poll for that too. ->> the articles shud be a lil more informative, they shud be aimed at informing the reader abt the topic and also *imparting enuff knowledge to the user to start some action on the topic* ->> can wee have a few more games in the next cd and also indlinux version 0.37 (released at gnunify pune)can be incorporated. judt my humble opinion , nothing to get disheartned,this ofcourse is an amazing start... gurpreet On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 Frederick Noronha (FN) wrote : >JUST AN UPDATE of what's in issue # 2 of what claims to be Asia's >first >[GNU]Linux magazine, covering the technology for beginners, power >users, >IT implementers, developers and the industry. > > CONNECTING [GNU]LINUX & WINDOWS > Tools explained: Explore2fs and WinaXe > CYGWIN A friendly application > VMWare Go the emulation way > GRUB The dual boot metho > WINE Windows on [GNU]Linux > SAMBA Network [GNU]Linux across platforms > >o QUOTE: > LFY: How do you like the magazine? > RMS: I have to say this. I am very, very unhappy with the > magazine. You really should not be doing this. The > magazine should not be named LINUX For You. It should be > GNU/Linux For You. You've got to change this. > (Richard M Stallman, quoted in an interview) > > > o Editor Rahul Chopra says of the last issue: "Day three > of our all-India launch and we had sellouts from > top three cities!" > >o SUBSCRIBE TO LFY for Rs 370 per year, instead of Rs 600. > Valid uptil 31 March 2003. > > o OpenOffice.ORG is sure to give other > proprietory office suites a run for > their money, writes Sharminder Singh. > >o SuSE LINUX 8.1 is easy to install and fun to operate. > It can be used on your home and office desktop, > comes with fundoo games and educational software. > For the server administrator, there are several > useful tools available, says Vijaya Kittu. > > o COOL HANGOUTS FOR DEVELOPERS > www.sourceforge.com > www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/ > www.freshmeat.net > www.python.org > www.kernel.org > www.sun.com/developers/ > www.perl.com > >o IF YOU HAVE had that (anti-'piracy') knock on > your door, and are considering the move to GNU/ > Linux or have migrated since then, write to > freedomyug(a)linuxforu.com with your story. > > o INDIA NEWS > - Red Hat India to expand > - Interview: V Khanna, CEO, Ampersand, Delhi > - LinuxInIndia: extracts from a report by > Nasscom (some on the GNU/Linux found it > ironical that one of India's pro-Microsoft, > and pro-proprietorial code > bodies is tom-tomming GNU/Linux) > - C-DAC taking the open source route. > - Open Source: a disruptive technology? > - Mumbai's Breach Candy Hospital, 180 > beds with advanced diagnostics, has > opted for GNU/Linux. > - Symantec AntiVirus, Mumbai > - Rainmail Intranet from Carizen Software Chennai > - GroupX2, groupware soln from Blore > - Elx, much undernoticed, from Hyderabad > - Legato's NetWorker from Delhi > - eSpark's Realtime, Bangalore > - Atlantic's sales force automation, Delhi > - Arava's Arcon -- mail, Internet, intranet server > >o ENTERPRISE MESSAGING... Firms that use GNU/Linux > for e-mails find it feature-rich, stable and > easy to upgrade. News from Sahara India (1500 > offices... using Qmail), Bharati-Teletech, > Bry-Air (RedHat for e-mail and proxy servers > since 1999), Arcus Ltd. > > o Q-MAIL SERVER IN THE ENTERPRISE. Use > the step-by-step instructions given here > to implement a Q-Mail server in your > organisation. It will take only a few > hours to do so. > >o MITHI cOnnect server: Offers a corporate > email solution with the "performance of > [GNU]Linux and the ease of Windows'" > > o WHAT's NUMA got to do with clusters? > >o INTRODUCING PERL.. Perl is a script language > that can help you carry out a variety of > tasks. Learn aboutPerl data types and variables. > Perl expressions, loops in Perl and more. > > o LINUX databases. MySQL, POSTGRESQL. > InterBase. Non-relational databases. > Four page article. > >o THE SHELL CORNER, beginning with interactive scripts > > o CVS for developers: This software helps > developers living across the world to > pool data in a central location, access > it, make changes to the content, and > save it. (Pages 80-81). > >o [GNU]LINUX IN EDUCATION: An article that doesn't do > justice to its subject. Lot more depth is required > to tackle this. GLUE by Ajith in Delhi is not > mentioned. LIFE of Prof Nagarajuna doesn't get > noticed. RedHat is wrongly credited for "working > closely" to deploy GNU/Linux in 42 schools (if > this is in Goa, the company did only very little) > and BytesForAll.org (something which I'm directly > involved -FN) doesn't focus on these kind of projects > and has never claimed to have worked on it ;-) > > o Design of a diskless client terminal > >o Report on GNUnify in Pune ('RMS was there') > > o Linux World Expo 2003, a report > >o SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 edition is > available from sales(a)seascope.co.in > > o LISTING OF Asia's and India's LUGs and > GLUGs... pretty useful. Accuracy and > depth of info could improve. > >o ROBERT J CHASSELL on why software freedom empowers > the developer, enables the user, and offers > students something they love. (ENDS) > > LOOKING AHEAD: What's your opinion on > a suitable distro to be included in a > future edition of LFY? My suggestion? FreEduc. >-- >Frederick Noronha : http://www.bytesforall.org : When we speak >of free >Freelance Journalist : Goa India 403511 : software we >refer to >Ph 0091.832.2409490 : Cell 0 9822 122436 : freedom, not >price. > >-- > > >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers _______________________________________________________________________ Odomos - the only mosquito protection outside 4 walls - Click here to know more! http://r.rediff.com/r?http://clients.rediff.com/odomos/Odomos.htm&&odomos&&… Gurpreet Singh Student Final Yr Computer Sc. & Engg. --------------------------------------------------------------------- M A K E Y O U R O W N R O A D --------------------------------------------------------------------

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GNU licence issues
by Amish Munshi 25 Mar '03

25 Mar '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, Can I take a GPL software, modify it and give it the name I wish to? I do not mind keeping the credits of the people who have already done the project, but can I become the copyright owner of the new software? I wish to release the modified software also under GPL. Bye. - -- Amish K. Munshi In GNU we trust. Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+e8UFbCDhioPGUZ4RAromAKCNy2FVlGrwwXjid6+b4CA61+xLhgCeJd4z SOHoC/HZ6ebXeCzz5e9UuJo= =v9Cq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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