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RAM Testing
by Rony Bill 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hello Luggers, I tried the softwares for a bootable RAM tester floppy from both the sites below. http://www.memtest86.com/ www.simmtester.com The simmtester worked excellently. The memtest one hung my (good) comp half way while testing. So the simmtester one is worth keeping in your handy floppy collection, to check for bad RAMs. Regards, Rony.

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Should vi be doing it?
by abhilash kumar 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi Well the directory has 777 permissions, and I mean any user "xyz" not only "root". But the point is that as the file is readonly how is vi allowing to do forced write, and change the ownership of file? Even if it allows this then should't it be restricted to root or at most the owner/group-members!! The version of vi that I use is "vim-enhanced-6.2.98-1" on a RedHat9. Abhilash ___________________________________________________________ Win a castle for NYE with your mates and Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] how about an online meet-up
by Raseel Bhagat 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

Hi, I agree with this point too. I'm in Bangalore, but I'd like to participate in the Bombay ILUG discussions. So lets, do the Yahoo idea! On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 Adil Kodian wrote : > > > > > > These aren't things that need to be arranged. People should always be > > > online in the lug chatroom. Most of us from around India hang out in > > > #linux-india on irc.freenode.net, and we have these online meet-ups > > > about once a day for 24 hours at a time. > >forming an auxillary IRC, Yahoo - etc list/room/group would be a good >idea - as a) not everyone on this list is in mumbai and b) not >everyone may be in town on the day of the meeting. > >-- >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers Raseel Bhagat

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Linux Administrator
by komal 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

What constitute as a *qualified* Linux System administrator ? Thank you

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[TidBit] Java Vs. .NET
by Amol Hatwar 16 Nov '04

16 Nov '04

This is link is a must see. It gives 101 reasons why Java is better than .NET. The 101st reason is a good one :). Here's the link: http://www.manageability.org/manageabilityWiki/WhyJavaIsBetterThanDotNet Enjoy. ah ---- Note: This link is being given in jest, not for starting debates and battles.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Bittorent Fedora 3 problem
by Vinayak Hegde 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:03:42 +0530, Sujeet Bhatt <sujeet.bhatt(a)gmail.com> wrote: > The md5sum file is the last one to be downloaded. I'm still waiting > for it. The question is: if the md5sum does not match, will all this > downloading over several days be in vain? Or will Bittorrent somehow > resurrect the files to their pristine glory after all of them have > been downloaded? If all the files are downloaded and md5sums do not match, it is a waste of time and bandwidth. Sad but true :(.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Freezing HDDs
by Vivek J.Patankar 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

On Sun Nov 14 22:36 , gaurav chaturvedi <gaurav.p.chaturvedi(a)gmail.com> sent: > I have the file up-loaded the Techrepublic file in pdf version size = 552 kb. >You can download The pdf file from this link >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mumbai_GNULinux/files/ It's available to group members only. What of non-members? Vivek

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Need Linux software
by komal 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

I need Fedora Core 3,Suse Professional 9.2. Thank you Komal

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Redhat enterprise support
by komal 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

What are list members experience about Red Hat Enterprise Linux support and services? It is worth paying huge amount of money for support? After reading article on lwn about Enterprise Linux: is it broken? (http://lwn.net/Articles/109527/) I wonder whitebox Linux initiatives worth following. Is it true that numbers of Red Hat supports call are found on popular Linux news group? Regards Komal

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Freezing HDDs
by Vivek J.Patankar 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

On Sun Nov 14 9:10 , 'Rony Bill' <ronbilly(a)hotpop.com> sent: >Sometime back there was talk about freezing hard disk drives. > >"An executive who froze his broken hard disk thinking it would be fixed has >topped a list of the weirdest computer mishaps. " > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4003733.stm Some years back I read a whitepaper from techrepublic.com about harddisk failures and what to do in such cases. Freezing a harddisk was one of things to try incase it won't spin up. The paper even mentioned of a hard disk that used to spin-up only when tapped on the side with a screwdriver, and stopped immediately. According to the report, the technician attending the problem continuously tapped the disk for two hours so that the client could transfer his data to another harddisk.

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Filesystem Check
by Sandesh Singh 15 Nov '04

15 Nov '04

I wanted to know if there is any 'scandisk' sort of utility for Linux. I know about "fsck", but it warns me against running it on mounted filesystems. It doesn't run even in the single user mode. Actually, after I went thru the startup scripts (Fedora Core 1), I saw that it checked for a command line argument ("forcefsck") and ran the checking utility. That worked. But is there a better solution than that? I mean, everytime I want to check the filesystem, I dont want to go thru grub. -- [ Sandy ] Windows [noun] A thirty-two bit extension and GUI shell to a sixteen bit patch to an eight bit operating system originally coded for a four bit microprocessor and sold by a two-bit company that can't stand one bit of competition. Visit me : http://sandesh247.blogspot.com/ Or : http://www.geocities.com/sandesh247/

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Is this supposed to happen!!!!!!
by abhilash kumar 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Hi all, Consider a file with read-only permissions for all that is r--r--r-- is a directory with permissions of 777. The owner of the file is say a user "abc". 1.Any other user say "xyz" can write to this file after opening it with vi using a forced write(wq!). 2.After the forced write "xyz" becomes the owner of the file. Abhilash ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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PHP problem solved..
by abhilash kumar 14 Nov '04

14 Nov '04

Hi all Thanks for the help provided I could install and work on PHP 4.3.4 finally.... abhilash ___________________________________________________________ Moving house? Beach bar in Thailand? New Wardrobe? Win £10k with Yahoo! Mail to make your dream a reality. Get Yahoo! Mail www.yahoo.co.uk/10k

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What is the meaning of these?
by komal 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

Hello In top command output I see aio/0,ato/0,events/0,kacpid,kblocked/0,pdflush,scsi_eh_o,migration/0 without any command evoked. What are all these command or process resoponcible? thank you Komal

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Linux home networking
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 12 Nov '04

12 Nov '04

> > Task 1 : Activate the network card does it detect the ethernet card? kg Yeah it does show the Card details .. it's a DLink Lan Card. So it shows "Realtek ...." If "redhat-config-network-gui" is the same dialog brought up from the Desktop Start Menu->System..->Network. I tried that before posting here.. it shows the network card inactive. I tried putting in a static IP instead of the default DHCP, didn't work. I get a message box "Unable to activate..."

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[Admin] Festival Alert
by Linuxers Admin 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

The festival season is here. Diwali, Id, Christmas and New Year are upon us. There's a danger that this list will get swamped with greetings. I request people not to send messages with the sole purpose of wishing all list members. It's fine to attach a text only greeting at the bottom of your ON TOPIC messages. Thanks -- List Admin

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HAPPY DIWALI
by Rony Bill 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Wishing everyone at ILUG-BOM a very Happy Diwali and a Prosperous New Year. May the new year bring new ideas and technology that will move our Nation further ahead to new heights. Keep up the scientific temper. Best Wishes, Rony.

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Knoppix doesnt detect my CDs
by Onkar Nawathe 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

hi I use knoppix 3.4. When i load cd into my cdrom or into my cdRW and click on the CD-ROM icons under devices i get the follwing error message twice.... 1. mount: special device /dev/cdrom1 does not exist Please check that the disk is entered correctly 2.mount: special device /dev/cdrom does not exist Please check that the disk is entered correctly Also k3b deos not detect any CD-ROMs or CD-RWs in the I use a Asus CD-RW writer and a Samsung CD-ROM I did not encounter any problems when i tried to burn CDs in Xandros (but the burning speed is too less - 4KBps). Can anybody guide me as to what might be going wrong and how to tackle this situation. By the way, Happy Dipawali guys. Hope u enjoy a crackerless but a bright diwali....enjoy!! regards, Onkar Nawathe. Onkar P. Nawathe

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[OT] Happy Diwali All !!
by risqer 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Hope you all have great holidays and a blessed new year! -- Regards, Saurabh Sawant. (risqer). http://www.x31.aboho.com

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Fedora Core 3 released
by Venkatesh Hariharan 11 Nov '04

11 Nov '04

Fedora Core 3 is now available for download. FC3 includes support for Hindi, Punjabi, Gujrati, Bangla and Tamil. The Lohit family of fonts for these languages are included with FC3. These fonts have been released under GPL. http://fedora.redhat.com/download/mirrors.html Venky

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Php Problem
by abhilash kumar 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Hi Sorry I forgot the error_log it says "child exit signal Segmentation fault (11)". <?php phpinfo(); ?> also produces the same result. short_open_tag is set to "on". Abhilash ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] Unable to boot from new Image after compilation of kernel
by Srinivas G. 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: noel seq [mailto:noelseq@hotmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2004 5:33 PM > To: linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Unable to boot from new Image after compilation of > kernel > > > Hi, > > I am trying to load scsi drivers on my RHL8.0 kernel 2.4.18-14. As per the > driver docs, I need to rebuild the kernel with scsi support and then load > the modules. > > I have run the following; > > make menuconfig > make dep > make bzImage > > The image is created in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot directory and have > copied the same to /boot > > edited /etc/grub.conf and added the new image as initrd /bzImage > > When I try to boot into linux using this kernel I get the following > message. > > VFS: Cannot open boot device "LABEL=/" > please append a correct "root=" boot option > kernel panic :VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00 > > Am able to boot using the previously installed kernel. > The other lines in grub.conf are copy/pasted and same as previous entries. > > Where am I going wrong. > > Do I really need to recompile the kernel or is there some other way to > load > the scsi drivers. > > One more info, once I make bzImage, it gives me the following information: > Boot sector is 512 bytes > setup is 4774 bytes > ssytem is 1144 kb > kernel is too high for standalone boot from floppy > make [1] leaving ....... > > I tried deselecting some of the options like bluetooth, etc in make > menuconfig, but the size of the bzImage does not go below 950Kb. > > Regards, > > Noel > > _________________________________________________________________ > The all-new MSN Search. Get fast and precise results. > http://search.msn.co.in Try it now! > Dear noel, Please follow the following steps to build the new image kernel. You have not mentioned the kernel version here. For 2.4.x kernel, please follow the following steps. All these steps should perform from the kernel source directory i.e. /usr/src/linux-2.4 1. make menuconfig - we can do the modifications here. 2. make dep - updates the dependencies. 3. make bzImage - creates the image file under i386 directory. 4. make modules 5. make modules_install - before executing this command please change the EXTRAVERSION variable in the source directory under linux/version.h Based on this name it will create the modules directory under /lib/modules... 6. make install - This will copy the System.map and bzImage files to /boot directory and creates the links and finally updates /etc/grub.conf files. For more information please follow the following link. http://www.cpqlinux.com/kernel.html Regards, Srinivas G

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Problem working with php
by abhilash kumar 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

Hi all, I am facing some problems with working on "php". I have installed Apache 2 as the webserver on a RedHat 9.I also have mysql installed. I downloaded the php-5.0.2 source and on running the ./configure --with-mysql --with-apxs2 there are no error messages. make and make install also don't give any error messages. In the httpd.conf file th following lines were added LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so AddType application/x-httpd-php .php But then upon opening any "php" file I still get a blank page in the browser. The Apache server is works well with html files. I will be greatful for the help.Thanks in advance. Abhilash ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Problem working with php
by Amish Munshi 10 Nov '04

10 Nov '04

>>>linuxwarrier(a)yahoo.co.uk 11/09 5:26 pm >>> Hi all, But then upon opening any "php" file I still get a blank page in the browser. The Apache server is works well with html files. What does the log files of httpd speak?

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

> On Sun Nov 7 7:06 , Sarfaraz Kazi <sarzkazi(a)yahoo.com> sent: > > >the motherboard manual says that you have to short the > >solder points in order to clear the cmos before you > >put in the new battery. can anybody please guide as to > >how to locate these solder points and how to short > >them. > > Clearing the CMOS is usually done by shorting two pins on the > motherboard using > a jumper. Details of where these two pins should be found > will/should be in the > motherboard manual. In certain motherboard types the CMOS is > cleared by keeping a > designated key depressed and switching it on. > In case you cannot locate the pins, CMOS can also be cleared > by removing the > CMOS battery. > Vivek IT WORKS....IT WORKS....IT WORKS!!!! Whew!! got the machine to run, at last. the contact between the cpu and the heatsink turned out to be the culprit. just took out the heatsink/fan, re-applied some thermal compound and put it back in. Voila! everything's fine with the world again!! Thanks to all of you for your kind help, advice and suggestions. ilug-bom rocks!!! yooohoooo :-). Sarfaraz. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Developing File Systems
by Concepts 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

Hello All, Concepts has always been in forefront for providing software professionals with right directions, methodology to ensure that they remain on cutting edge of development and continue to win, with quality training from experienced Industry Experts. We are extremely happy to announce first of its kind special �File System Driver Workshop�. Don�t miss this opportunity to see first-hand how Concepts illustrates File System Fundamentals with a discussion of broader operating systems issues for developers as well as practical issues related to development of FSD and Filter Drivers. Total Duration: 24-30 Hrs (Only on WeekEnds) Cost: Rs. 6000 per participant Venue: Concepts, Kothrud, Pune, India. If you have any queries feel free to call us on 020 56261180 / 09822773721. Or mail us at info(a)conceptssys.com Thanks & Regards, Team, Concepts. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Linux home networking
by Pillai, Gishu R (GE Energy) 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

After a rush of blood to the head, I got Steven's network programming book and installed RHL 8 on my old machine.. But predictably enough, I got stuck in no time... after some tinkering with my drives and an accidental partition format, I have RHL8 on dual boot working . But the network doesn't work... So I have a machine running WinXP and lots of crunching power connected to my trusty P2 running Win98 and RHL8. The trouble now is that WinXP and Win98 autodetect network settings and able to communicate with each other. RHL 8 on the other hand is struggling to activate the ethernet card which it has detected. Task 1 : Activate the network card Task 2 : I think Samba is used to share files with Windows. What I need is to be able to browse the files on the Linux box via the Windows explorer and vice versa Any help or pointer to a how-to would be appreciated. Thanks, Gishu Pillai

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[COMMERCIAL] Linux System Administrator Situation Vacant
by Hyper Tech 09 Nov '04

09 Nov '04

[COMMERCIAL] Linux System Administrator Situation Vacant Do you believe that you can make Open Source work for an Enterprise? If you are around 2 years experienced on Linux and have a sound knowledge on whats in Linux, please read on... Required Graduates / Post Graduates / Diploma Holders with 2 Years experience on Linux System Administration for employment in a consulting firm. The person will be deployed full time at a reputed client's Head Office. Totally Blue Collared job. So, Attitude Matters a lot. Knowing Linux well is technically the only requirement along with knowledge of any Programming Language. Knowledge of Perl for System Administration is an added advantage. Please mail in your Resumes with why you feel that _you_ can make OSS work to hypertech2k4(a)yahoo.com immediately. The early bird catches the worm obviously. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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[Commercial] Job Opening for Project Manager - IT
by OSPOnline 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

We have an immedidate opening for Project Manager - IT for an International Company for their Mumbai branch. The candidate should be an MBA with atleast 3 yrs experience. Any exposure to Finance will be be preferred. The salary is between 2.5 - 3.0 lacs p.a. Its a permanent position. Those interested may reply off the list and mail their profiles to info(a)ospians.com at the earliest.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Vivek J.Patankar 08 Nov '04

08 Nov '04

On Sun Nov 7 7:06 , Sarfaraz Kazi <sarzkazi(a)yahoo.com> sent: >the motherboard manual says that you have to short the >solder points in order to clear the cmos before you >put in the new battery. can anybody please guide as to >how to locate these solder points and how to short >them. Clearing the CMOS is usually done by shorting two pins on the motherboard using a jumper. Details of where these two pins should be found will/should be in the motherboard manual. In certain motherboard types the CMOS is cleared by keeping a designated key depressed and switching it on. In case you cannot locate the pins, CMOS can also be cleared by removing the CMOS battery. Vivek ---- Get Urchin 6 On Demand web analytics. Because you can't wait to be found. http://www.urchin.com/?utm_campaign=U6OD&utm_medium=email&source=spymac.com…

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[Announce] Linux Bangalore delegate registration open
by Philip Tellis 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Linux Bangalore 2004 delegate registration is now open. Visit http://www.linux-bangalore.org/2004/register/ to register. Live registration stats available at http://www.linux-bangalore.org/2004/register/stats.php Philip -- The Shuttle is now going five times the sound of speed. -- Dan Rather, first landing of Columbia

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

> Sarfaraz, Sachin: > I'm facing exactly the same issue since last > two days. Have a feeling its something to do with SMPS. Because > I got it started once or twice randomly by touching the SMPS or > somewhere on the motherboard while powering on. (Earthing > problem?) Sarfaraz, pls keep me posted if you get any clue; > ditto from my side. > Veer. Hi Veer, guess what? i changed the smps and now the system starts up. one problem solved. but i'm into another soup now! as i mentioned in my first post, the system powered off suddenly while i was working on something. well, actually at that time i was trying to re-install windoze xp. i dual-boot with xp & gnu/linux (mandrake 9.1 - kernel 2.4.2<something>) . xp installed on c: and wasn't working. the system went off in the middle of the installation process. now when i start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd drive works but i don't get any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting the single beep on boot. the hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some problem with bios. does it has to do anything with the fact that i changed the cmos battery while the system was down? Sachinji, ramzaam mubarak aapko bhi! can you please help me out with this one? Regards, Sarfaraz. <sig> Danny : "They say I've paid my debt to the society." Tess : "Funny, I didn't receive a check!" - "Ocean's Eleven" </sig> __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Vivek J.Patankar 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

On Sat Nov 6 5:19 , 'Rony Bill' <ronbilly(a)hotpop.com> sent: >> Ever heard about hydro foils? Good for small vessels. Not practical on >> larger ones. >Yes and seen one too in a Bond movie 'Thunderbird'. 'Thunderball' ---- Get Urchin 6 On Demand web analytics. Because you can't wait to be found. http://www.urchin.com/?utm_campaign=U6OD&utm_medium=email&source=spymac.com…

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[ILUG-BOM] Unable to boot from new Image after compilation of kernel
by noel seq 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Hi, I am trying to load scsi drivers on my RHL8.0 kernel 2.4.18-14. As per the driver docs, I need to rebuild the kernel with scsi support and then load the modules. I have run the following; make menuconfig make dep make bzImage The image is created in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot directory and have copied the same to /boot edited /etc/grub.conf and added the new image as initrd /bzImage When I try to boot into linux using this kernel I get the following message. VFS: Cannot open boot device "LABEL=/" please append a correct "root=" boot option kernel panic :VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00 Am able to boot using the previously installed kernel. The other lines in grub.conf are copy/pasted and same as previous entries. Where am I going wrong. Do I really need to recompile the kernel or is there some other way to load the scsi drivers. One more info, once I make bzImage, it gives me the following information: Boot sector is 512 bytes setup is 4774 bytes ssytem is 1144 kb kernel is too high for standalone boot from floppy make [1] leaving ....... I tried deselecting some of the options like bluetooth, etc in make menuconfig, but the size of the bzImage does not go below 950Kb. Regards, Noel _________________________________________________________________ The all-new MSN Search. Get fast and precise results. http://search.msn.co.in Try it now!

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Making Compressed CDROM in GNU/Linux
by Nikhil Joshi 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Hi! Wrote this small howto for making compressed CD's in Linux. New users will certainly appreciate the fact Linux provides much more features than just security,stability and speed as compared to other popular OS'es. Making Compressed CDROM in Linux Nikhil Joshi Introduction I had often wondered whether there is a way to zip your files, burn them on a CD and then decompress them on-the-fly to save space. Well the good news is there is a method to do the same! Linux provides a Transparent decompression extension to achieve the same. It is useful when you have a lot of text/HTML/ doc files to burn on the CD and you want to save the precious space. It is especially useful to view the e-books which are mostly in HTML format. Prepare the Kernel CAVEAT: Please note that the CD that we are going to make will only be readable in Linux environment as Windows does not have the Transparent decompression extension. First we have to enable the Transparent decompression extension in the kernel. Compiling the kernel is a tricky business and requires patience and will to learn something new. This link will certainly help you: http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/Kernel-Build-HOWTO.html I'll outline the steps below: 1. Download and unpack the latest 2.6 series stable kernel from http:// www.kernel.org/ 2. Type make menuconfig 3. Goto File Systems -> CDROM/DVD Filesystems and enable Transparent decompression extension 4. make; make modules; make modules_install 5. Copy the bzImage to /boot and update the bootloader configuration appropriately The commands Now that we have the kernel ready let's see the commands. Put everything you want to compress in a directory. First we make a compressed directory hierarchy of the directory we want to compress. $ mkzftree intree outree creates a compressed directory (outree) out of a normal directory (intree). Now we will make an iso image out of the directory hierarchy. $ mkisofs -o mycd.iso -R -allow-lowercase -allow-multidot -l -L - z outree That's it!! We have created an iso file which we can burn using any CD Burning Software. I use k3b (http://www.k3b.org/) on Linux. Conclusion I created a normal iso image out of a directory tree and another iso image out of the compressed directory tree. The space savings were obvious: 591MB for normal iso and 448MB using compression. A gain of 143 MB. This directory tree had lots of PDF files which do not compress well as compared to ASCII text files. Overall the space saving was considerable and I am already a fan of Transparent decompression. -- Often it takes some calamity to make us live in the present. Then suddenly we wake up and see all the mistakes we have made. But it is too late to change anything. -- Calvin

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GNUChess
by komal 07 Nov '04

07 Nov '04

Which toolkit and programming framework GNUChess used? It is really very annoying to keep hold on menu to go to the options. Frankly it sucks Regards Komal

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Sendmail Filtering
by Mangesh V Rakhunde 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Hi my question was i run sendmail server configured with smtp-= auth. Is there any way where i can filter the mails or discard the mails ha ving infected attachments. On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 Devdas B= hagat wrote : >On 06/11/04 08:23 -0000, Mangesh V Rakhunde wrote:<= BR> > > I run a mail server i.e sendmail o configured = SMTP auth. > > > > > > > >&= nbsp; My problem is mails. Many machines in and t= hey just send infected mail server itself. > >Plea= se send in plain text, wrapping the lines at 76 characters, or less. = > > >From what I can understand, you have PCs infected by vi= ruses which are >directly sending mail out, and getting your exter= nal IP blacklisted. > >The correct solution to this is to= implement a packet filter which >blocks port 25 outbound, and ens= ures that outbound connections come only > from your real outbound= MTA. > >The logs from this packet filtering firewall wil= l also tell you which >systems are infected by viruses. > >Devdas Bhagat > >-- >http://mm.ilug-b= om.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers [1] [] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Sendmail Filtering
by Mangesh V Rakhunde 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Hi my question was i run sendmail server configured with = smtp-auth. Is there any way where i can filter the mails or discar= d the mails having infected attachments. On Sat,= 06 Nov 2004 Devdas Bhagat wrote : >On 06/11/04 08:23 -0000, Mange= sh V Rakhunde wrote: > > I run a mail server i.e sendmail= o configured SMTP auth. > > > > > = > > > My problem is mails. Many machines = in and they just send infected mail server itself. = > >Please send in plain text, wrapping the lines at 76 chara= cters, or less. > > >From what I can understand, you h= ave PCs infected by viruses which are >directly sending mail out, = and getting your external IP blacklisted. > >The correct = solution to this is to implement a packet filter which >blocks por= t 25 outbound, and ensures that outbound connections come only > f= rom your real outbound MTA. > >The logs from this packet = filtering firewall will also tell you which >systems are infected = by viruses. > >Devdas Bhagat > >-- = >http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers [1] [adstream_nx=] = References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signature

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Sendmail Filtering
by Mangesh V Rakhunde 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

Hi all I run a mail server i.e sendmail o= n fedora core 2. I have configured SMTP auth. My problem is = I want to reject all incoming or outgoing infected mails. Many machines in = our organisation are infected with viruses and they just send infected mail= s. Can I filter them on my mail server itself. Regards <= BR> Mangesh [1] [Re=] References 1. 3D"http://clien=/

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

> > > Sorry about the OT-ness and length of this post. If > > anybody could provide > > any help, I'll be infinitely thankful. > > only way we could help you is if you send the machine as an > attachment to the > list so we can examine it -:) > > kg mebbe i can ask scotty to beam it up!!!:-) sarfaraz. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

> > the system went off in the middle of the installation > > process. now when i > > start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd drive > > works but i don't get > > any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting the > > single beep on boot. the > > hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some > > problem with bios. does > > it has to do anything with the fact that i changed the > > cmos battery while > > the system was down? > > Check your processor and then MB if your processor works well on > another MB. unfortunately, i don't have another system to cross-check the processor with. > Cross check is the best way to narrow down the posibilities. Remove your > processor and refit the assembly, maybe contact problems. This > does not have > anything to do with software installation. i'll try this out. > > Rony. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

> It is possible that some part of your motherboard is touching the > base plate of > the cabinet. In such situations the system doesn't boot up. This > *could* have > happened when you depressed the board to install the new CMOS battery. Try > lifting up the board a little with your finger tip. I usually > have insulation > between the board and base plate. > Could be, Could be not, Couldn't say for sure. > > Vivek checked out this possibility. no luck still! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 06 Nov '04

06 Nov '04

> > hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some > > When you put in the new SMPS, did you disconnect/reconnect the > HDD activity LED wire ? > > > -- > quasi > > Utopia Unlimited! yes, i took out all the connectors before putting in the new smps. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] online monitoring of log files on gnu-linux, aix and hp-ux
by Eshwar Ponraj 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

Hi, I don't have any pointers but this idea might help If you could enable passwordless ssh login to all machines, thru ssh, grep your log files with a pattern and redirect output to a file in those machines, scp that output file into a master node and check if file empty, good else not alert thru mail / console. Good Luck ----- Original Message ----- From: Trevor Warren <trevorwarren(a)yahoo.com> To: ILUG-BOM <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Subject: [ILUG-BOM] online monitoring of log files on gnu-linux, aix and hp-ux Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 19:32:37 -0800 (PST) > > > Morning Guys/Gals, > > Me has an urgent need of advice from your end. > Hoping for some pointers. > > For one of TCS's client we have configured Nagios > and a host of other GPL'ed applns top aid him in > Network Monitoring as part of a very large project. > This last problem has me stumped. > > In my network consisting of purely > AIX/Gnu-Linux/HP-UX i have to provide a single console > for monitoring all logs and trigger an alert/alarm as > soon as a particular message comes up in the logs. > These logs will be both system and application logs > and hence the messages to be tracked has to be > customisable. > > Lemme know if someone has had this problem solved > before or has any inkling of what appln we can make > use of. > > Trevor > > > > ===== > |------|____________________________________|------| > ( >- / Scaling FreeSoftware & OpenSource \ -< ) > /~\ / In the Enterprise \ /~\ > | \) \ | www.fsf.org | www.opensource.org | / (/ | > |_|_ \____________________________________/ _|_| > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > www.yahoo.com > > > > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > -- ______________________________________________ Check out the latest SMS services @ http://www.linuxmail.org This allows you to send and receive SMS through your mailbox. Powered by Outblaze

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Sarfaraz Kazi 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

> It is possible that some part of your motherboard is touching the > base plate of > the cabinet. In such situations the system doesn't boot up. This > *could* have > happened when you depressed the board to install the new CMOS battery. Try > lifting up the board a little with your finger tip. I usually > have insulation > between the board and base plate. > Could be, Could be not, Couldn't say for sure. > > Vivek Thanks for the suggestion. I'll check it out. By the way, what do you use as insulation material? I'm using foam padding kind of stuff that came with the board's packaging. Sarfaraz. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] pacenet connection - steps to follow
by Vivek J.Patankar 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

On Thu Nov 4 23:12 , 'Rony Bill' <ronbilly(a)hotpop.com> sent: >This means that some ppp setting will need to be setup just as we do in >dialup. The cable guy did not mention this. He simply said to make ip >configuration automatic and thats it. Maybe he missed this point. > >Rony. He didn't miss a point. IP Address, DNS & Gateway are part of the network configuration. My anology of his statement is that he is a Windows user who is used to configuring all three in the same dialog box. Vivek ---- Get Urchin 6 On Demand web analytics. Because you can't wait to be found. http://www.urchin.com/?utm_campaign=U6OD&utm_medium=email&source=spymac.com…

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RE: [ILUG-BOM] [OT] My PC won't start...Please help!
by Vivek J.Patankar 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

On Thu Nov 4 23:39 , Sarfaraz Kazi <sarzkazi(a)yahoo.com> sent: >process. now when i >start the machine, the fans work, hdd works, cd drive >works but i don't get >any display and no POST,i.e., i'm not getting the >single beep on boot. the >hdd activity led stays constantly on. indicates some >problem with bios. does >it has to do anything with the fact that i changed the >cmos battery while >the system was down? It is possible that some part of your motherboard is touching the base plate of the cabinet. In such situations the system doesn't boot up. This *could* have happened when you depressed the board to install the new CMOS battery. Try lifting up the board a little with your finger tip. I usually have insulation between the board and base plate. Could be, Could be not, Couldn't say for sure. Vivek ---- Get Urchin 6 On Demand web analytics. Because you can't wait to be found. http://www.urchin.com/?utm_campaign=U6OD&utm_medium=email&source=spymac.com…

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[COMMERCIAL] Red Hat openings
by Jatin Nansi 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

Hi all, Red Hat is participating in the BIG LEAP, an IT job fair organised by TIMESJOBS.com. This event is scheduled on Nov.6th & 7th, 2004 between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Venue : Sardar Patel College of Engineering- Bhavan's, Andheri(W), Mumbai The available openings are in the following areas: * Linux System Administrators * Sr. System Engineer ( C/ C++ / QT / J2EE / GTK on Unix / Linux) * Consultants for Linux Implementation * Solution Architect / Pre-Sales Consultant * Linux Instructors Regards Jatin

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pacenet connection - steps to follow
by rohit bhute 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

I've read through the archives for pacenet problems. 1. I used the pppoe command. Does that mean I've rp-pppoe installed ? 2. What exactly do I tell the pacenet people when I tell them to create a linux user for me ? 3. I have Fedora Core 2 updates. Can I use them on Core 1 ? -- Take back the Web - Get Firefox Rohit V. Bhute Mumbai

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Knoppix for Gamers
by komal 05 Nov '04

05 Nov '04

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14576 Regards Komal

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