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Re: [ILUG-BOM] mail delivery problem with china
by Amish Mehta 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Arun K. Khan wrote: > >On Thu, 2006-07-13 at 12:22 +0530, Amish Mehta wrote: >> I have a customer who uses linux (RH9) and sendmail as outgoing >> SMTP server. >> >> There is a strange problem. SMTP server delivers e-mails >> everywhere around the world except the domains in China. Most of >> times sendmail gives errors that "lookup failed" and returns >> e-mails after 5 days of trying. > The NS machines must be down/unreachable or the NS entries @ the Domain > registrar may not be up to date. Have you tried to resolve MX record > manually? Yes MX resolves... but I tried debug mode with -d<N.NN>. Sendmail fails at lookup of AAAA record (which it does before doing MX). But sometimes it DOES succeed and mails get delivered too. But most of times it does not succeed. So I dont know why? It fails with both local as well as iqara DNS. I also updated 'root' zone but problem still exists. >> For some domains it states "invalid sender xyz(a)vsnl.net" and keeps >> trying for 5days. > I know you are using sendmail but ... > Are you trying to send the messages directly from your own SMTP server i.s.o. > of the ISP's SMTP relay (smart host)? If so, the receiving MTAs may be > configured to reject messages from IPs that do not match with vsnl.net's > SMTP host(s). Well I cant use VSNL as smart host as customer uses iqara network and VSNL allows only its own network to use its own SMTP. So their is no smart host, its directly delivery. But right now I am interested in solving "lookup failure" problem first not this one. You may be right for this "invalid sender" problem. Thanks. Amish.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] mail delivery problem with china
by Amish Mehta 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Dinesh Joshi wrote: > >On Thursday 13 July 2006 12:22, Amish Mehta wrote: >*snip* >> On Googleing I found someone having same problem way back in 2001 >> but there was no solution. Also I found there is lots of control >> by Chinese government. >> >> Is this problem with RH9? or sendmail with RH9? But then why does >> problem occur only with China? >> >> So please let me know if someone has (had) same problem and >> solution if it was solved. > > Umm...he needn't use Sendmail as his outgoing SMTP. He can use his > provider's SMTP server. The problem shouldn't be with RH9 since is a > very well tested, stable distro and still is being used commercially. > If there is such a bug then it should be reported on Redhat's bugzilla > but it seems highly unlikely. I dont like idea of smarthost, afterall Linux is capable and I dont like ISP queuing up mails. Recording mails is easy that way. Its not that I dont trust the ISP but I prefer instant and direct delivey. > I dont think the great firewall of China has anything to do with it. > AFAIK, if the reverse look up on your IP fails then your mail isn't > accepted by the target's SMTP server. I guess this must be your problem > because I dont think your customer has bought a domain name and a > static IP... Reverse lookup exists but ofcourse points to something.iqara.net. But then noone can have fully qualified domain as reverse lookup. Many companies have multiple domains. One IP cant reverse lookup to all. Amish.

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mail delivery problem with china
by Amish Mehta 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hello All, I have a customer who uses linux (RH9) and sendmail as outgoing SMTP server. There is a strange problem. SMTP server delivers e-mails everywhere around the world except the domains in China. Most of times sendmail gives errors that "lookup failed" and returns e-mails after 5 days of trying. These are domains hosted in China. Sometimes delivery succeeds when I do: sendmail -v -q For some domains it states "invalid sender xyz(a)vsnl.net" and keeps trying for 5days. I tried with local DNS as well as ISP (iqara) DNS. But problem exists with both. On Googleing I found someone having same problem way back in 2001 but there was no solution. Also I found there is lots of control by Chinese government. Is this problem with RH9? or sendmail with RH9? But then why does problem occur only with China? So please let me know if someone has (had) same problem and solution if it was solved. Thanks in advance. Amish. P.S. OT question: anyone know if iqara provides SMTP server?

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[Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Linux sys_prctl LKM based hotfix]
by Baishampayan Ghose 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello! Forwarded message included. Regards, BG - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] Linux sys_prctl LKM based hotfix Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:01:38 +0000 From: Abhisek Datta <abhisek.datta(a)gmail.com> Hello, Recently a critical vulnerability/behavioural flaw has been discovered in sys_prctl() in kernel/sys.c in Linux kernel. Exploitation of this bug can lead a local attacker to gain root privileges on systems running a vulnerable version of the kernel. Original advisory from RedHat Security Team: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0574.html Attached (link provided) is a LKM based hotfix which should prevent exploitation of this bug using the publicly used techniques. This hotfix is not sufficiently tested for production level deployment. So please use at your own risk although trusted sources apart from myself has confirmed that this hotfix does work without any problem. Information related to this hotfix like how to use it and how can you test your system for this vulnerability can also be found in my blog: http://www.eos-india.net/abhisek/blog/linux_prctl-2006-07-12-23-31.html - -- It appears that this list doesnt allow .tar.gz attachments. So here is the link to the hotfix: http://www.freeshell.in/~abhisek/linux_prctl_lkm.tar.gz - -abhisek - -- Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose(a)ubuntu.com> Ubuntu -- Linux for Human Beings http://www.ubuntu.com/ 1024D/86361B74 BB2C E244 15AD 05C5 523A 90E7 4249 3494 8636 1B74 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEtehFQkk0lIY2G3QRAvp7AJwOUuOf5NA9oXTJOKB/d5eU6+cU/wCgvY5a kOuwB5qGIlYQ7xQvmjmStbU= =bJWX -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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MTNL ADSL router
by Krishna Dagli/Krushna Dagli 13 Jul '06

13 Jul '06

Hello, Can anyone tell me which router will work best for MTNL TriBand and Linux? MTNL has provided following list on their website [http://mumbai.mtnl.net.in/triband/htm/tri_faq.htm#11] # D Link 502 T # Comtrend CT-564 # Westell A –90-30199-07 # Zyxel Prestige 660 H –61 # Erricsson HM410c # Xavi(7722+) I do not have any USB port on my home machine (its old celeron 550 machine), just ethernet. Thanks Krishna

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[OT] ogg supported in external media players?
by Rohit V Bhute 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

This is a deviation from Debarshi's email. I wanted to know whether ogg-vorbis files can be played in the ubiquitous MP3 players or the iPod? And on another tangent, are the MP3 players supported in Linux? What about cell-phones like Nokia 3250, N series, etc.? Are they completely locked in to the Nokia Suite? -- Rohit V. Bhute http://blog.rvbhute.org

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sorry for prev msg
by Harsh Busa 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

sorry the 31 languages on a cd msg was sent to the list my a mistake ... sincerly apologize for the error -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ogg Vorbis tag reader
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

> Forget about RMS. Thomson which holds the rights to the fraunhoffer > institute patents for MP3 could go after u. Then they would be going after a number of other GNU packages too. > http://www.mp3licensing.com/royalty/ to count your potential > liability. Completely RAND u know. > Do not take licensing and patent issues lightly. They can impair your > life. Especially since the closed software companies are scrapping > the barrel bottom for ideas and money. I know that. That is why I asked the GNU people. But, there are many GNU packages which are flaunting MP3 support. Is this not strange? Moreover these patents are very strangely worded. eg., the LZW and GIF patents prohobit you from making programs that encode pictures in GIF, but there is no restriction on decoding them; I heard although MP3 is patented the ID3 tags are not. In fact my only requirement is reading the tags. Now dont claim that you know more about patents than Dr. Richard M. Stallman, and Prof. Eben Moglen put together. Cheers, Debarshi

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Qmail backup
by Hozefa Motiwala 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Hi I have a Qmail server running on a machine,running samba, configured on a window$ network. I want to take regular backups of the emails from the Qmail MailDir.(Maybe a cron job or something) Please suggest a good way to do so. Thanks Hozefa.

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Ogg Vorbis tag reader.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

Does anybody know about a good Ogg Vorbis tag reading tool? I need a command line utility to read tag information from Ogg Vorbis files, as a part of GNU Songanizer. I am in a hurry since without this, GNU Songanizer will only have MP3 support and I do not know the GNU Project's official policy regarding this till I receive an answer from RMS. If anybody can help it would be really great. In the meanwhile, I will keep googling... Thanks a lot, Debarshi

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 39, Issue 37
by अिनकॆत (Aniket) 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

> Umm...so the modem's web interface is accessible to the entire world or > is it that its listening only on the private interface? > -- > Regards, > Dinesh A. Joshi > Well the D-Link 502T modem interface is open to the world. But I have seen at a friends place that the UTStar modem accepts connection to web interface only from the private LAN port. -- The Future is Open...The Future is LINUX

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ogg Vorbis tag reader.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

>>> Regarding mp3 files, the mp3 codec in patented, but >>> ID3 is not. Though it's OK to read ID3 tags from mp3 files, it's better >>> if you entirely drop support for mp3 in your tool. >> Do not take it otherwise, but I would wait for RMS' opinion on this >> issue. There are a few GNU packages which flaunt MP3 support too. > I know what RMS is going to tell you. Seriously? Then why dont you do the favour of letting me know? Regards, Debarshi

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Unable to display colour tv in Linux.
by Kaushik U Banerjee 12 Jul '06

12 Jul '06

I have been trying to use tvtime to watch tv on debian/fc5 system (kernel 2.6.15 loaded with bttv module 0.9.16.). I am using a PlayTv Pro2 PixelView PV-M4500 which uses the bt878 module. kauv4:~# cat /etc/modprobe.d/bttv install bttv /sbin/modprobe rtc; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install bttv options bttv card=37 tuner=5 kauv4:~# dmesg | grep bttv bttv: driver version 0.9.16 loaded bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture bttv: Bt8xx card found (0). bttv0: Bt878 (rev 17) at 0000:05:00.0, irq: 58, latency: 32, mmio: 0x30001000 bttv0: using: Prolink PixelView PlayTV pro [card=37,insmod option] bttv0: gpio: en=00000000, out=00000000 in=009fc0ff [init] bttv0: using tuner=5 bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9875 @ 0xb0... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA7432 @ 0x8a... not found bttv0: i2c: checking for TDA9887 @ 0x86... not found bttv0: registered device video0 bttv0: registered device vbi0 bttv0: PLL: 28636363 => 35468950 .. ok bttv0: PLL can sleep, using XTAL (28636363). Since I dont have a cable connection at home, I am using a settop box's composite output to connect to the composite input of the tuner card. The problem is that eventhough I am getting a very good display of the tv, everything is in black and white. In the TV input type I am using PAL-NC (note that Indian standards are Pal-BG, which is not in the list of availabe). I've tried connecting my video camera's composite output, but the display is always in black and white. There is no problem with the card since on windoze OS I am getting proper colour display.

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[Fwd: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Off Topic] Request for blog feeds for Planet FLOSS India]
by Baishampayan Ghose 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello guys, Forwarding this mail from ILUG-Cal. I thought it could be useful. Regards, BG - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Ilug-cal-discuss] [Off Topic] Request for blog feeds for Planet FLOSS India Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:29:52 +0530 From: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <sankarshan.mukhopadhyay(a)gmail.com> Hi, I provide hosting space to a smallish planet called Planet FLOSS India (http://planet-india.randomink.org). Not much as you will see except a few regular folks who blog and whose feeds get syndicated (planetised so to speak). I keep on bumping across blogs of various folks in India who do FLOSS - advocate, code, provide artwork, zap bugs and anything that comes to your mind and now and then I try and pull the feeds into the planet. I would like to get this Planet growing (check www.randomink.org as to why it started) and so would request for blog feeds (yours or your friends) which can be aggregated. Oh !! a nice hackergotchi would also be cool although it is optional. Regards Sankarshan - -- Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose(a)ubuntu.com> Ubuntu -- Linux for Human Beings http://www.ubuntu.com/ 1024D/86361B74 BB2C E244 15AD 05C5 523A 90E7 4249 3494 8636 1B74 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEs7WqQkk0lIY2G3QRAiI2AJ0TU/HezehGfMombuDWbta0l9tmRwCgi54J zBFIhwbcw4HLtyc8/WXutZ4= =XR6p -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: MTNL ADSL router
by Roshan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

> And > the crappy > internal webpage does not render in FF / Konqueror. It does in firefox, but certain specific functions do not work. Don't know about Konqueror. Did not try it. For example, When you logout, it confirms whether you wish to close the window, and irrespective of what you click, "Yes" or "No", the window would still be open! But I too, would recommed Dlink 502T Router. Though, I couldn't configure it for using it through USB port, I managed to connect to the internet through Ethernet. Also, if you are planning to buy an ethernet card, incase you don't have one, buy a DLink Ethernet card. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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MTNL's auto reply system to complaints registered online.
by Barkha Khatri 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Seems like MTNL is trying to work out an auto-reply system for replying to complaints registered online. A sample is here: Though, no message was received from the "concerned department" (that part goes blank) :) MTNL Mumbai <please_do_not_reply(a)mtnl.net.in> to me *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Dear Customer, Thanks for booking online complaint. Your complaint details are as below. Customer Name - Barkha Khatri <snip> My details and complaint here </snip> We had forwarded your complaint to concerned department and following reply received from them. Thanks & Regards, Online Customer Care, MTNL Mumbai ===================================================================================== Note: This is a system generated mail, please do not reply. ===================================================================================== Greetings, Barkha.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ogg Vorbis tag reader.
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

--------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Devdas Bhagat <devdas(a)dvb.homelinux.org> To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:00:00 +0530 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ogg Vorbis tag reader. On 10/07/06 22:48 +0530, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray wrote: > Does anybody know about a good Ogg Vorbis tag reading tool? I need a > command line utility to read tag information from Ogg Vorbis files, as ogginfo(1), and a bit of awk/sed/perl Devdas Bhagat ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Baishampayan Ghose <b.ghose(a)ubuntu.com> To: "GNU/Linux Users Group, Mumbai, India" <linuxers(a)mm.glug-bom.org> Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:25:16 +0530 Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Ogg Vorbis tag reader. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 07/10/2006 10:48 PM, Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray cobbled together some glyphs to say: >> Does anybody know about a good Ogg Vorbis tag reading tool? I need a >> command line utility to read tag information from Ogg Vorbis files, >> as a part of GNU Songanizer. I am in a hurry since without this, GNU >> Songanizer will only have MP3 support and I do not know the GNU >> Project's official policy regarding this till I receive an answer >> from RMS. If anybody can help it would be really great. > Well, ogginfo will give you the info / tags about ogg vorbis as well as > ogg theora files. Yes, I came across it too. :) > Regarding mp3 files, the mp3 codec in patented, but > ID3 is not. Though it's OK to read ID3 tags from mp3 files, it's better > if you entirely drop support for mp3 in your tool. Do not take it otherwise, but I would wait for RMS' opinion on this issue. There are a few GNU packages which flaunt MP3 support too. Regards, Debarshi

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[OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai
by Sameer Bagwe 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

Was checking Airtel in Pune and noticed it's available in Mumbai too as of July, 1 2006 Great news !!! http://airtel-broadband.com/mumbai.htm Regards.

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[Commercial] Desktop Systems Specialist (4 positions at PNQ)
by Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 *All CVs to be sent to pramodr(a)redhat.com [pramodr at redhat dot com] if not applied online* Position Summary The successful candidate will join a small but fast growing team that is responsible for all internal support for Red Hat and * has a 93% overall satisfaction rate with our customers (in a recent survey) * develops first class hands-on Linux skills * deals with all levels (including CEO) in the company * gets involved with global projects * with project lead opportunities * on target RHCT (90 days) & RHCE (180 days) * is forgoing a reputation as a fast and friendly expert team * will support Red Hat associates together in becoming 'the leading technology company of the 21st century' * will develop into a world class and hopefully the best Linux internal support group Specifics include: - - Provides day-to-day technical support to employees on network infrastructure and internal desktop systems software and hardware - - Installs, configures and troubleshoots desktop systems, workstations, servers and network issues in a heterogeneous environment - - Maintains passwords, data integrity and file system security for the desktop environment - - Communicates highly technical information to both technical and non technical personnel - - Recommends hardware and software solutions, including new acquisitions and upgrades - - May participate in the development of information technology and infrastructure projects - - May conduct training programs designed to educate an organization's computer users about basic and specialized applications - - Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action Requirements * Technical degree * At least 2 yrs of UNIX/Linux experience in a commercial and/or academic environment * RHCE preferred or else required to be a RHCE within 180 days from employment * Excellent understanding of networking required * Strong UNIX/Linux troubleshooting skills required * Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision * Must demonstrate the ability to see through short-term problems to full resolution * Must possess strong computer ethics * Customer focused and enthusiastic in helping people to resolve technical problems * Ability to translate team goals into individual goals * A fast learner with positive attitude * Shift work and unusual hours are part of the job * Able to travel http://redhat.hrdpt.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=1153 - -- You see things; and you say 'Why?'; But I dream things that never were; and I say 'Why not?' - George Bernard Shaw -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEsxhoXQZpNTcrCzMRAo6OAJ4xnGNYQIV8GMTqSbYlFEqljUTDkgCgvAXm BlUE9pkrAlF9gKuFREHYqvc= =GIPz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: July GLUG meet, and Mumbai Press Club...
by Roshan 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

/*snip*/ >We also have a speaker from > CC-India to give a talk on Creative Commons. WOW! I was reading about Creative Commons a few days ago. I would be glad to know more. Will this notice be on the website too? (http://www[dot]glug-bom[dot]org). The home page hasn't changed for a long time. __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: [OT] Indian progress after 50 years
by Linuxers Admin 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

We need to stop this thread RIGHT NOW. This is not the right forum to whine/complain about progress made by india/china/japan/africa/foobar, reservations, airtel, world war etc. Before starting another [OT] thread, please remember we are a GLUG mailing list. -- List Admin

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lotus notes client for linux
by Harsh Busa 11 Jul '06

11 Jul '06

http://www.techspot.com/news/22153-ibm-unveils-lotus-notes-for-linux.html <snip> IBM is pleased to announce that they are to release a version of Lotus Notes client groupware for Linux. A Linux client has been a long time demand of users of Notes, of which there are some 125 million worldwide. The first available version will be for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3 clients, with a version for Novell Suse Linux desktop coming within three months. IBM promise that, so long as there is a Domino server 7.0 back-end, Linux Notes users will be able to run all applications that are currently available on Windows. </snip> -- __________________________ http://www.ebackend.com/blog

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] Airtel Broadband In Mumbai
by Mitul Limbani 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

> BTW does skype work behind a proxy? I think the question was asked > here but i am tooo lazy to find out. Yes it does. They work on P2P funda :) Thanks & Regards, Mitul Limbani, Founder & CEO, Enterux Solutions, The Enterprise Linux Company (TM), www.enterux.com

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July GLUG meet, and Mumbai Press Club...
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

While the bandwidth and infrastructure war rages on, can anybody give some feedback regarding the propsed (by Anurag) July GLUG meet to coincide with the Mumbau Press Club presentation? Are we having it? Cheers, Debarshi

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qmail + ldap
by rajnish kumar 10 Jul '06

10 Jul '06

Dear all I followed qmailrocks.org for installing qmail, it's works fine but i want also install ldap with qmail for this when patched q mail-ldap-1.03-20050401a.patch patch -p1 > qmail-ldap-1.03-20050401a.patchthen it asks to overrite some file like " base64.o" and gives some error like this "1 out of 1 hunk FAILED -- saving rejects to file conf-spawn.rej" "6 out of 16 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file qmail-remote.c.re" "2 out of 9 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file qmail-showctl.c.rej" and when i run this command "make setup check" then it gives this message "Makefile:315: warning: overriding commands for target `base64.o'" "Makefile:303: warning: ignoring old commands for target `base64.o' ./compile error.c ./compile error_str.c error_str.c:7: error: conflicting types for 'error_str' error.h:22: error: previous declaration of 'error_str' was here error_str.c: In function 'error_str': error_str.c:23: error: 'error_range' undeclared (first use in this function) error_str.c:23: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once error_str.c:23: error: for each function it appears in.) error_str.c:24: error: 'error_proto' undeclared (first use in this function) make: *** [error_str.o] Error 1 so plz could any one help me to integrate qmail + ldap with best wishes rajnish

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