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[OFF TOPIC] Any Linux /Java / Sybase professionals
by Dinesh Bareja 19 Apr '03

19 Apr '03

Hello folks An off topic post here. please excuse me. I am looking for a company or individuals who have expertise in Sybase ASE 12.5 for Linux. A client is interested to explore some upcoming development propositions, and I am trying to find a potential partner / lead developer for this. Any and all references will be welcome and I sincerely thank you all in advance for all the help. 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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Help wanted: Developing linuxconf-like utility
by Amol Hatwar 19 Apr '03

19 Apr '03

Prabhu, give your e-mails a subject next time. Prabhu Writes: > Hi all, > > I am interested in developing an utility which is similar to the linuxconf or the Mandrake Control Center. I am doing it as my final year project. > I want the utility to start, stop, restart, and install the variour services(ftp, telent, dns....). > > For this is it necessary to use intermediate repository to store the configuration parameters. > > I am a new linux user, just started it a vew days back. > > Please help me, how to start about. > > Thanks in advance, > > prabhu

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Linux, Immature?
by Amol Hatwar 19 Apr '03

19 Apr '03

Hi all, There was this link I followed from slashdot. It's a Computer Weekly article which documents Novell calling Linux as an immature OS. In case you're wondering, "Who will make it mature and industrial strength?" -- Novell will! Here's the link: http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=121012 It's hight time all of us mailed Novell telling them _it's GNU/Linux_ and it is already a mature OS. So mature that it makes software companies are strangulate their own OS projects. Or maybe we could all mail them saying that, "Geee you're right, Linux is immature. But hey! have you tried GNU/Linux... it's more powerfull than most Linuxes out-there". Tch.. tch... management speak :) Warm wishes, Amol Hatwar. ___________________________________________ It's most certainly GNU/Linux, and not Linux. Read more here: http://www.gnu.org/gnu/why-gnu-linux.html

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Re: Linux, Immature?
by Nikhil Karkera 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

On Fri, 18 Apr 2003 zeeble(a)softhome.net wrote : >And what might the difference between GNU/Linux and "most >Linuxes" be? >This nomenclatural fight that seems to crop on giving proper >"recognition" to GNU+Linux rather than just Linux seems to get a >lot carried away at times. The whole purpose of the GNU project >was to allow free source sharing, as well as a whole set of >values. And not just crap hum-dum about what a particular group >thinks should be the way that Open Source must be run. But as >this GNU/Linux and Linux Oh dear. Here we go. I hope this doesn't result in another painfully long nightmarish thread. Members, please don't let it. Well atleast the subject line isn't "List going to the dogs" :) Some solace! Regards, Nikhil.

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sorry forgot to change the subject in my last mail
by Ninad Purohit 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

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Regarding internet access from PC Quest Linux 8.0
by ketan sahasrabudhe 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

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Loops 2k3 National Technical event in Fr. Agnal, Vashi
by Sameer Shinde 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Hi All, There will be a Technical event in Fr. Agnal Engg. College, Vashi called LOOPS 2k3 from 25 - 27 of April. They are looking for some seminars & workshops for their events. If we from lug-bom, can held some seminars, I think it will help them ( & us also ) to wide spread the linux awareness. Is there Any ppl. from Fr. Agnal College who can enlighten the matter? The ppl. interested into this can cotact to Miss. Anisha Chabra & miss. Sapna Aligeti @ anichachhabra(a)hotmail.com alsapnah(a)hotmail.com Happy Linuxing, SAMEER :)

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Invitation to DOC-SHOP, 19-23 May 2003
by PUKAR Monsoon 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

Dear Friends: Please circulate this announcement as widely as possible to UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS in Mumbai. To register for the PUKAR Monsoon Doc-Shop, or for more information, contact Sanjay Bhangar at 3105 0246 (mobile), 2494 5046 (residence), Shonali Sarda at 3259 5974 (mobile), or Rahul Srivastava or Shekhar Krishnan PUKAR at 2207 7779 or <mailto:monsoon@pukar.org.in>. Regards, Rahul Srivastava, Shekhar Krishnan, Shonali Sarda and Sanjay Bhangar _______ PUKAR Monsoon 2003 DOC-SHOP, 19-23 May 2003 WHAT IS A DOC-SHOP? "Doc-Shop" is a shorthand term for "documentation workshop". In a Doc-Shop, undergraduate students will discuss acts of documentation as a creative and critical exercise, and simultaneously gain hands-on experience with various old and new media technologies. WHY DOCUMENTATION? Today all of us deal with information in great abundance. The Internet is a huge archive of information with massive streams of ideas, discussions and stories flowing through its networks. This makes special demands on us as creative and critical people. Any creative and critical engagement today means also learning to deal with such enormous archives, and understanding how they are made. Participating in a Doc-Shop is one such form of engagement. Doc-Shops help us to develop our conceptual skills and make sense of archives shaped through new media and digital technologies. They equip us to document the world on our own terms. The world around us is mediated by new technologies that shape our perceptions acutely. Yet most of us do not have access to these technologies, nor are we encouraged to shape the mediated reality around us. PUKAR views documentation not simply as a passive act of recording reality, but an active, creative process that allows us to participate in the construction of reality around us. PUKAR MONSOON DOC-SHOP in MAY 2003 Between 19 and 23 May 2003, PUKAR shall be conducting the Doc-Shop, as part of PUKAR Monsoon 2003. The Doc-Shop will be a week-long series of workshops that encourage hands-on learning of technical skills and equipment, and foster a critical and intellectual engagement with the terms and practices of documentation. The Doc-Shop will be facilitated by a group of resource persons: artists, media producers, documentalists and activists. The PUKAR Monsoon 2003 theme, "On Cities, On Water" will be the main content of the Doc-Shop. The Doc-Shop is open to all undergraduate students in Mumbai, and will be held for about 20 students. The Doc-Shop will culminate in the production of a small archive of images and words and other productions which can be used in further phases of the PUKAR Monsoon 2003 from June to August 2003 (see below). Each day will consist of a morning "reading-cum-discussion" session. These will be followed by afternoon "practicals" that will enable the hands-on use of different technologies. After five days, we hope that small groups of students will form who work on specific projects -- a short video, photo-essay, radio or sound story, a piece of fiction or an essay, or any other creative form -- on the PUKAR Monsoon theme of "On Cities, On Water" (see below). The small documentary projects will be exhibited publicly in the week following the Doc-Shop, and will form the basis of future events with local and international audiences in the PUKAR Monsoon 2003. DAY 1: The Moving Image Documentary films have a complex story of relating to the modern world, and we begin our Doc-Shop by reflecting on this story. Does the movie camera capture reality as a given? Or does it shape it through the selective eye of the movie-maker? What sense do we make of the huge archive of documentaries that exist today, and how do we evaluate their contribution to our understanding of the contemporary world? Handling a digital video camera and making some samples of moving images will be an important part of the session. DAY 2: The Photograph The still photograph has its own language and potency to shape our world and photographic images reach out to us through posters, advertisements and personal photo-albums. How do they shape our relationship to knowledge, with their particular method of recording reality? How does digital technology change the story of the photograph? The use of digital cameras and actually taking photographs will enhance reflection on these issues. DAY 3: Sound-Scapes Radio and the Internet have transformed the experience of "hearing" into a specialised zone that makes sound an autonomous space to act upon, for all those interested in documentation. How does one relate to audio archives today? How do audio records produce their own version of visual culture? Learning the nuances of sound archives through digital audio recording technologies and producing audio stories will complete this session. DAY 4: Words and Writing Words and texts remain crucial components of documenting reality. A script for a film, or a caption for a photograph, is vital to structure even visual forms of archiving. How do we relate to words and writing as old and new modes of documentation? How do we use words creatively to innovate on classificatory systems and taxonomies? How do we simply become better writers and therefore better archivists, even when using new visual media? Creative writing and "naming" exercises will form part of these reflections. DAY 5: Web Art Visual and performing art forms can be seen as the most sophisticated modes of documenting the complexities and nuances of lived experience. That is why we understand the richness of past and the present by relating to all kinds of art forms. However, digital technologies have transformed many art practices in all kinds of ways. We focus on the newly emergent form of "web art" as a space that reflects on earlier artistic traditions, and links the themes of the four previous days as converging in virtual or cyber-space. If the Internet is the most obvious manifestation of the "excess" and "overload" of documentation practices, then perhaps "web art" is a competent way of taking charge -- through participation, creation and subversion of virtual space. Making your own virtual and web-based creations will be a vital part of the learning experience. About the PUKAR MONSOON Pedagogic interventions are important to a new generation of urban youth whose critical understanding of society is mainly formed in the space of undergraduate colleges, and through negotiating the world of the mass media. In a spirit of engagement with these unexplored spaces and voices, PUKAR organises the PUKAR Monsoon: a series of lectures presentations, interactive sessions and activities from May to August every year in which college students address a specific theme through a variety of creative pedagogic approaches. The first annual PUKAR Monsoon, held in July and August 2002 in eight colleges in Mumbai was "The City at Work: Livelihoods and Ways of Belonging". Reflection on the history and economics of everyday life in the city helped students cultivate a critical sensibility about the market at a pre-professional stage of their lives. In the PUKAR Monsoon 2002, we used the idea of livelihood or work as an entry point for student participation in small activities or documentation projects to examine and understand how class and cultural identities are changing in the context of globalisation in Mumbai. Three short video-clips, installations, charts and small essays were some of the output which were then collectively shared and discussed in a subsequent discussion at The Bombay Paperie in August 2002. PUKAR MONSOON 2003: "On Cities, On Water" The theme for PUKAR Monsoon 2003 is "On Cities, On Water". Water as substance and as medium has been central to urban development throughout human history. In our city, as in many other world cities, modern urban experience and "structures of feeling" are definitively connected to the city's geographical form as island, and its location on the coastline. In the context of globalisation, other dimensions of water, and of the relationship between cities and water are becoming increasingly visible and contested in the public arena -- notably, the privatisation of water resources and the infrastructural networks delivering water. One of the aims of PUKAR Monsoon 2003 is to enable young people to develop a critical understanding of these and other relationships between cities and water. We propose that these connections could be explored along four axial dimensions of water -- in relation to its role as conduit, in the promotion of concourse and commerce, and in its dimension as contaminant. PUKAR Monsoon 2003 will work to create a better understanding of the political and cultural implications of these connections among the student participants, and will also attempt to extend the dialogue with other citizens. We expect that artists, intellectuals and activists from the student community as well as from the wider public in the city and beyond will participate in different ways. Our attempt will be to facilitate dialogue and debate, encourage artistic, intellectual and creative expression, and demonstrate civic-political concerns. _____ PUKAR (Partners for Urban Knowledge Action & Research) P.O. Box 5627, Dadar, Mumbai 400014, INDIA E-Mail <mailto:secretariat@pukar.org.in> Phone +91 (022) 2207 7779, +91 98200 45529, +91 98204 04010 Web Site http://www.pukar.org.in

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Probelm accessing Internet from Linux 8.0 thru *MS Proxy*
by ketan sahasrabudhe 18 Apr '03

18 Apr '03

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formatted partition
by Pradnyesh Sawant 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

a very weird thing happened with me today. i changed the filesystem type of an "ext3" partition to "vfat" using "fdisk". i even booted into my windoze os, formatted the newly created partition, and can use the whole of 2.5GB. the weird thing starts now. i boot again into my gnu/linux os, and change the filesystem type in "/etc/fstab" to "vfat". when i tried to mount the partition, an error "wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda9, ......" was displayed. however i was able to mount the partition as "ext3" without any problems i can even copy files to that partition the funny thing is that i can access the same partition as "vfat" from windoze and as "ext3" from gnu/linux. the files that i store from windoze are not accessible from gnu/linux and vice-versa any comments are welcome :-) -- Pradnyesh Sawant(The doubtfire) B.E. I.T. (V.E.S.I.T.) spradnyesh(a)gmx.net Ph. no.:27703060 http://www.geocities.com/spradnyesh

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Off Topic: Seminar Announcement [Next ASET talk]
by nagarjun＠hbcse.tifr.res.in 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Some of you may be interested in attending the seminar Prof. Sivakumar. Nagarjuna ----- Forwarded message from ASET Forum <aset(a)tifr.res.in> ----- > Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 13:52:25 +0530 (IST) > From: ASET Forum <aset(a)tifr.res.in> > Subject: Next ASET talk > To: Nagarjuna <nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in>, > S Ananthakrishnan <ananth(a)ncra.tifr.res.in> > > Please publicise. Thanks. > > With regards, > > B.Satyanarayana, > Coordinator, ASET Forum. > > + From: ---------------------------------------------------+ > | ASET Forum, TIFR, Colaba, Mumbai, INDIA, 400 005 | > | Tel : +91 22 2215 2971 Ext: 2928 Fax: +91 22 2215 2110 | > | Mai : aset(a)tifr.res.in Web: www.tifr.res.in/~aset | > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > > > Title : Cryptographic Protocols and Internet Security > Speaker : Prof. G. Sivakumar, Computer Science Department > Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai > siva(a)cse.iitb.ac.in, http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~siva > Date : Friday, April 25, 2003 > Time : 1600 hours > Venue : AG-66 > Abstract: > > We will start with an overview of Internet security requirements (such as > privacy, integrty, authenticity), threats (sniffing, spoofing, denialof > services) and vulnerabilities (virus, Trojan Horse, buffer overflows). > We will then separate the three main components of security--- Data > security, System security and Transmission/Network Security and present > useful defence mechanisms used at each layer. At the heart of most defence > mechanisms are Cryptographic protocols, which are security related > interactions for reaching agreement between two or more principals, for > example for authentication and key distribution. Such protocols are > usually described by alternate transmission and receipt of (encrypted) > messages in pre-defined format and sequence between principals. We will > conclude by introducing several logics that have been proposed to model > cryptographic protocols and corresponding proof techniques used to prove > properties of the protocol such as vulnerability to attack by interception > or spoofing of messages. > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ nagarjun(a)hbcse.tifr.res.in www.hbcse.tifr.res.in/gn/ Key fingerprint = C1E2 1B8C 8E98 A697 68B7 ADAC E956 6D4B DE90 BF01

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Re: Probelm accessing Internet from Linux 8.0
by ketan sahasrabudhe 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

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Pango:installation & other issues
by SWAPNIL HAJARE 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Dear all, We are a group of final year B.E.(Computer) students from VJTI,Mumbai working under Prof. Jitendra Shah on Localization project.We are trying to develop Unicode based input method for Devanagari using GTK+ and Pango.Given below is installation procedure for Pango: * Installing Pango 1.2.1 on rh8.0 from tarball :- 1)Requirements: pkgconfig >= 0.15 Glib >= 2.1.3 Xft >= 2.0 first make sure that all these packages are installed on your system. If not, you can always get their latest tarballs from http://www.gtk.org/ 2)next check out whether the file /etc/ld.so.conf contains an entry /usr/local/lib 3)run /sbin/ldconfig from bash 4)set environment variables $export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/lib/pkgconfig $export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/lib:/lib:/usr/lib:/var/lib:/usr/X11R6/lib: 5)now you should not have any problem in installation (use ./configure,make ,make install) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Making pango-viewer example work:- Pango installation directory contains a subdir 'examples' which contains an example program illustrating Pango's capability of displaying text from various scripts.But this program doesn't work directly.You have to follow these steps: a. first go to 'example' directory in Pango installation directory b. run 'make' from bash.You'll get an error message stating some required file is not found in '../pango/' directory.Find out the missing file ( using locate,whereis etc.) and copy that file to 'pango' directory in Pango installation directory. c. repeat the above step until you get rid of similar error message. d. Next, when you start getting error message reporting a file missing in 'modules' directory, go to 'modules' directory in Pango installation directory.There you will find dirs like indic,hebrew,tamil arabic etc. One-by-one go to each of these dirs and run 'make'. Once you finish all these steps successfully, go to 'examples' directory and type ./pango-viewer to see output. have a nice day. Bye. Swapnil ===== swapnil __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Plus For a better Internet experience http://www.yahoo.co.uk/btoffer

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how do i register
by kiran bane bane 17 Apr '03

17 Apr '03

Hi Guys, I want to attend the workshop in SAKEC on 19 th and 20 th. how do i register for the event. i would also like to know the schedule for the event. regards. kiran bane

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need prof. desai's ctc nos for iiit-b workshop
by Trevor Warren 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Hello Prakash, We are in the process of conducting a full fledged 2 day workshop for the students at iiit-b also aimed at toning down the depth of the projects and hand-holding them towards getting started. Sorry for re-requesting the information as the others are with me at home which i keep forgetting to get to work. Bye for now and have a nice day. Trevor

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Probelm accessing Internet from Linux 8.0
by ketan sahasrabudhe 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

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(no subject)
by harmeek singh jhutty 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

hi luggers, this is my first mail,can u plz help me out.i have installed cdk(curses development kit)from the net,but i'm hjaving problems compiling the examples provided.can plz someone help me out, bye micky end HARMEEK SINGH B.E(COMPUTER SC. ENGG.) R.I.T,MAHARASHTRA.

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SAKEC contact nos.
by Ashok Iyer 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Hello guys, I will be out of station from 16th. April evening to 18th. April evening. So, I am providing you with the contact numbers of the concerned personnel, in case you require any last minute clarifications. The HOD of SAKEC is Mr. B.R. Bairi and his residence contact number is 25288038. The contact nos. of the people responsible for the event logistics (IEEE people) are as follows: 1. Sameer (student and IEEE member) Cell no: 9820213271 2. Professor Kotak (IEEE head of SAKEC) Cell no: 31011207 My cell no. is 9820986748 and you can contact me anytime. Regards, Ashok Iyer

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Schedule - SAKEC workshop
by Ashok Iyer 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Hello Luggers, We are still short of at least 2 speakers for the workshop at SAKEC. Well, it's SoS time now. Please come forward to speak. Here is the schedule: Day I (19th. April 2003) -------------------------- Pre-Lunch Session ------------------- 1) Getting around with GNU - OS basics, GNU/Linux CLI and Desktops. -- Harsh Busa. 1 - 1.5 hrs 2) Installing a dual boot GNU/Linux System. -- Dinesh Shah. 1 - 1.5 hrs. 3) "Economics of Free and Open Source Software and FLOSS in Education" -- Dinesh Shah Sessions (2) and (3) will be combined! Post Lunch Session -------------------- 4) Carrying out daily chores with GNU/Linux - Warren Brian Noronha. 5) Text editing with VI and Emacs and programming in Shell Scripts in Bash and C with GCC. -- SPEAKER NEEDED ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Talk #5 is one of the most important topics, since the hands-on sessions in the labs depend of this topic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6) Hands-on programming session on Knoppix in the lab. for 50 students out of 100. -- SAME SPEAKER AS FOR (5) ABOVE. 7) Q & A sessions for the remaining 50 students including maybe a small introduction to the PRC. -- Harsh Busa/Dinesh Shah Threads (6) and (7) would execute simultaneously on different processors(classrooms). Day II (20th April 2003) ---------------------------- Pre-Lunch Session -------------------- 1) Understanding the Software Freedom Murder of the Myths - -- Dr. Nagarjuna (1 hour) 2) Basics of System Administration and Networking. -- Trevor Warren ( 1 hour) Post-Lunch Session -------------------- 3) Introduction to GUI programming with QT or GTK. -- SPEAKER NEEDED - 1 hr OR ---- 3) Security - An Introduction -- SPEAKER NEEDED - 1 hr. OR ---- 3) An Introduction to Python. -- Maybe Dr. Nagarjuna 4) Intro to Apache and writing small CGI applications using PHP. Maybe an introduction to Perl. -- SPEAKER NEEDED 5) Hands-on programming session on Knoppix. for 50 students out of 100. 6) Q & A sessions for the remaining 50 students including maybe a small introduction to the PRC. -- Trevor Warren Threads (5) and (6) would execute simlutaneously on different processors. We are also on the lookout for someone who can talk on QT/GTK programming. We may then accomodating this one and get rid of some other talk. This would really be beneficial. We may need to rearrange the sessions, depending on the availability of speakers for the orphaned topics. Please suggest if the schedule is good enough. We have tried our best to pack enough power! Regards, Ashok Iyer

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CDK programs!!!compilation problems??
by harmeek singh jhutty 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

hi luggerzs, this is my first mail,i hope u'll get me out of this fix. i tried to install CDK(curses development kit),but i dont know how to compile it's programs,can somebody plz help me out, bye, micky. HARMEEK SINGH B.E(COMPUTER SC. ENGG.) R.I.T,MAHARASHTRA. _______________________________________________________________________ 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] (no subject)
by rupesshnaadar＠powersurfer.net 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Could you please re-post your mail with an appropriate subject line. Rupessh ----- Original Message ----- From: "harmeek singh jhutty" <mail4micky(a)rediffmail.com> Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 7:01 pm > hi luggers, > this is my first mail,can u plz help me out.i have installed > cdk(curses development kit)from the net,but i'm hjaving problems > compiling the examples provided.can plz someone help me out, > bye > micky >

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Mumbai Luggies
by hemanthzone 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

Hi Mumbai Luggies, I would like to be a part of this Linux Group. Just need ur suggestinos to improvise on linux areas. Regards, HEMANTH Hemanth Kumer L Experience is what you get, when you did not get what you wanted Get Your Private, Free E-mail from Indiatimes at http://email.indiatimes.com Buy The Best In BOOKS at http://www.bestsellers.indiatimes.com Bid for for Air Tickets @ Re.1 on Air Sahara Flights. Just log on to http://airsahara.indiatimes.com and Bid Now!

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How to reach SAKEC
by Ashok Iyer 16 Apr '03

16 Apr '03

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call for speakers - sakec workshop
by Harsh R Busa 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

hi all ashok had mailed calling for speakers and idea for the workshop at Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engg College abt GNU/Linux awareness, but its strange to get a luke warm response from the list. please suggest set of softwares / tools that can be used by engg students so that we can enlighten them abt the same. we need help from ppl who use gnu/linux to create awareness abt gnu/linux in academic institutions. we invite ppl to spk on topics relevant to engg students like programming in QT, Graphics programming (c graphics), DSP type of things etc. guys plz come forward help create a wave in the academic world :) currently we have chalked out a tentative schedule that is as follows : Day - I :- 19th April 2003 1) Understanding the Software Freedom Murder of the Myths 2) Getting around with GNU - will talk about OS basics, GNU/Linux CLI and Desktops. 3) Installing a dual boot GNU/Linux System - redhat and/or knoppix. 4) Wonders of GNU - Where and how is GNU being used. How can students benifit ? 5) Question - answers with Handson session - for batch 1. Day - II :- 20th April 2003 1) Text editing with VI and Emacs and programming in Shell Scripts in Bash and C with GCC. 1) or maybe we will have will have QT programming or something around gui 2) Basics of System Administration and networking. 4) Intro to Apache and writing small CGI applications using PHP. 5) handon - batch 2. feed back is welcome. Regards Harsh

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] call for speakers - sakec workshop
by Nikhil Karkera 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

On Sun, 13 Apr 2003 Harsh R Busa wrote : >hi all > >ashok had mailed calling for speakers and idea for the workshop >at Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engg College abt GNU/Linux awareness, >but its strange to get a luke warm response from the list. If there is any plan to distribute CD's during the event, I can take the responsibility of burning some. I would need the original CD though(can't download the images on my bandwidth). >1) Understanding the Software Freedom Murder of the Myths >2) Getting around with GNU - will talk about OS basics, GNU/Linux >CLI and Desktops. >3) Installing a dual boot GNU/Linux System - redhat and/or >knoppix. >4) Wonders of GNU - Where and how is GNU being used. How can >students benifit ? >1) Text editing with VI and Emacs and programming in Shell >Scripts in Bash and C with GCC. >1) or maybe we will have will have QT programming or something >around gui >2) Basics of System Administration and networking. >4) Intro to Apache and writing small CGI applications using >PHP. People will usually be ready to try out an OS, if they know how to get their basic work done, like checking e-mail, using office apps etc. One session should probably be dedicated to this. How to customise your OS, connect to the Net, check mail, intro to a decent office app etc. Day to day activities. 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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Message from the Simputer mailing list...
by Frederick Noronha (FN) 15 Apr '03

15 Apr '03

________________________________________________________________________ Message: 1 Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 12:49:08 -0000 From: "Mika Jokivuori" <mika(a)jokivuori.net> Subject: Need a partner in Mumbai Hey there, Foreign NGO is looking for educational and/or it group (Linux etc) to be part of the project that is looking for usability of Simputer in different educational projects in India. Please reply by email. Thanks, Mika ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

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Workshop at SAKEC - details
by Ashok Iyer 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

Hello people, I visited SAKEC on the 9th and 10th of April and spoke to the HOD. Prof. B.R. Bairi and students. The registrations have begun and a rough figure will be available on the 16th or 17th. A few IEEE guys have come forward as volunteers. The workshop will comprise of final year and third year students from ETRX/Computers/IT. 100 or maybe more. First year and second year students cannot be accomodated due to space constraints. This is sad since these are the students who would be in a position to facilitate the growth of GNU/Linux movement in the college. But the principal wants it this way. For hands on training, a lab consisting of 20 computers, each with a CDROM drive, will be available. Other labs are also available but the computers - though branded and very new, do not have CDROM drives and do not have GNU/Linux. So Knoppix cannot be used for the hands-on progamming sessions in these other labs. ------------ Is there any alternative way in which we can use these labs for the hands-on programming sessions since 20 computers would probably not be sufficient? The college may dedicate a new upcoming laboratory for GNU/Linux. But they still have a lot of questions some of which may be answered during the workshop. Unfortunately, due to lack of awareness among students and staff, the college alone accomplish this. So, we have the additional responsibility of convincing the college staff and answering their questions. This is important considering the fact that the college does not have a single person (student or staff) who knows the benefits of using GNU/Linux. Even if some students are enthusiastic, the management will not give students any freedom unless they are themselves satisfied. Therefore, one of our aims during the workshop, should be to facilitate the develpment of a GNU/Linux laboratory. -------------- A classroom that can accomodate 100 odd students has been arranged for. The problem is that the room is beautifully lit by sunlight so I wonder how the presentation slides would be visible. Silly, but is a valid point, nevertheless. :-). Any suggestions? The people who have confirmed their presence for the workshop are Dinesh Shah, Harsh Busa, Trevor Warren, Dr. Nagarjuna and Warren Brian Noronha. More speakers are needed. Please come forward.Veterans, newcomers . . The following is a tentative list of topics: 1. Understanding Software Freedom with GNU - Murder of the Myths 2. Getting around with GNU – OS basics, GNU/Linux commands and desktops. 3. Installing a dual boot GNU/Linux system 4. Economies of Free Software and revenue models (3 and 4 will be combined) 5. Text editing with VI and Emacs, programming with Shell Scripts in Bash and C programming with GCC – Hands on session for students in the laboratory. 6. Basics of System Administration and networking – commonly used commands and networking concepts. 7. Wonders of GNU - Where and how is GNU being used? How can students benefit? 8. Introduction to web technologies – Apache and writing CGI applications with PHP. 9. GNU/Linux Online Resources + Q & A sessions. Topics may be clubbed together, added or deleted. Since the workshop is for 2 days, maybe we need more topics. Harsh, Trevor please suggest. Apologies for the exceedingly long mail. :-) Cheers, Ashok

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[Fwd: [RHSA-2003:089-00] Updated glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in RPC XDR decoder]
by Trevor Warren 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

-----Forwarded Message----- From: bugzilla(a)redhat.com To: redhat-watch-list(a)redhat.com, redhat-announce-list(a)redhat.com Subject: [RHSA-2003:089-00] Updated glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in RPC XDR decoder Date: 10 Apr 2003 19:33:00 -0400 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated glibc packages fix vulnerabilities in RPC XDR decoder Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:089-00 Issue date: 2003-04-10 Updated on: 2003-04-10 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: sun RPC XDR integer overflow Cross references: Obsoletes: RHSA-2002:166 CVE Names: CAN-2003-0028 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated glibc packages are available to fix an integer overflow in the XDR decoder. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 6.2 - i386 Red Hat Linux 7.0 - i386, i686 Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386, i686 Red Hat Linux 7.2 - i386, i686, ia64 Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386, i686 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386, i686 3. Problem description: The glibc package contains standard libraries that are used by multiple programs on the system. Sun RPC is a remote procedure call framework that allows clients to invoke procedures in a server process over a network. XDR is a mechanism for encoding data structures for use with RPC. Glibc contains an XDR encoder/decoder derived from Sun's RPC implementation, which was demonstrated to be vulnerable to an integer overflow. An integer overflow is present in the xdrmem_getbytes() function of glibc 2.3.1 and earlier. Depending upon the application, this vulnerability could cause buffer overflows and may be exploitable leading to arbitrary code execution. All users should upgrade to these errata packages which contain patches to the glibc libraries and therefore are not vulnerable to these issues. Red Hat would like to thank eEye Digital Security for alerting us to this issue. The Red Hat Linux 8.0 errata packages also contain a number of bug fixes that are not security related. For details, see the list of bugzilla bugs fixed by this errata or the ChangeLog. [Updated 9 April 2003] Some bugs newly introduced by the Red Hat Linux 8.0 errata packages has been discovered, such as wine problems or problems with debugging threaded applications. Once the glibc upgrade has been completed, you must either reboot the system or restart all programs on the system (for example, by using telinit 1 and switching back to the old runlevel). Rebooting the system or restarting the system programs is necessary to avoid vulnerable glibc copies in memory and because changes in NSS internal interfaces which mean that one cannot mix old NSS modules or libresolv in an application with upgraded NSS modules or libresolv in one running application. If sshd is running so that the other services can be restarted remotely or for a remote reboot during an unattended glibc upgrade, glibc will also restart sshd. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 76531 - /etc/group breaks when lines longer than 671 characters 77467 - upgrade to RH 8.0 glibc breaks mysql remote connections 81901 - character limit on any line in /etc/group - not to exceed 860 82565 - Commands that access group names fails when NIS group is large 82619 - maximum number of users in group 82645 - SEGV in __res_nquery (/lib/libresolv.so.2) 82662 - regex library handle initialized values and crashes 88052 - register_printf_function() forgets to clear table 88056 - double free() from iofclose() on libio/tst-fopenloc 88093 - setcontext() is not signal safe 88099 - buffer underrun in read_input_file/gencat.c 88101 - using uninitialized local variable in math/test-tgmath 88104 - uinitialized variable used for __ieee754_gammal_r(NaN,) 87656 - LTC2324-Thread improperly loses lock on mutex when thread is cancelled. 86359 - /lib/i686 no longer used? 86339 - Update to glibc-2.3.2-4.80 breaks SSH 86465 - Undefined __ctype_b using glibc with ncurses 86468 - crossover 1.2 does not work since export LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 workaround in glibc is missing. update 8.0 glibc 86534 - RedHat's glibc-2.3.2 and Samba -> assert_uid() failures? 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 6.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.1.3-29.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/glibc-2.1.3-29.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.1.3-29.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.1.3-29.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/6.2/en/os/i386/nscd-2.1.3-29.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.i386.r… ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.i386.rpm i686: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-18.7.0.9.i686.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-32.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm i686: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-32.i686.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.2: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.4-32.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.4-32.i386.rpm i686: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.4-32.i686.rpm ia64: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-2.2.4-32.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-common-2.2.4-32.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-devel-2.2.4-32.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/glibc-profile-2.2.4-32.ia64.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.2/en/os/ia64/nscd-2.2.4-32.ia64.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.2.5-43.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-static-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/glibc-utils-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/nscd-2.2.5-43.i386.rpm i686: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/glibc-2.2.5-43.i686.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i686/glibc-debug-2.2.5-43.i686.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/glibc-2.3.2-4.80.6.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-common-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-devel-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-profile-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-debug-static-2.3.2-4.80.6.i38… ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/nscd-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/glibc-utils-2.3.2-4.80.6.i386.rpm i686: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/glibc-2.3.2-4.80.6.i686.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i686/glibc-debug-2.3.2-4.80.6.i686.rpm 7. 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Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/publickey/ You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 8. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0028 9. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security(a)redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact/ Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux on Celeron ?
by Nikhil D. Kikkeri 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

no issues on celeron.i have it working on my laptop. rgds -NDK _________________________________________________________________ Mobile, masti, magic! Cool ringtones & logos. http://www.msn.co.in/mobile/ Get noticed

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Fw: [ILUG-BOM] Linux on Celeron ?
by Royce & Sharal Pereira 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

Hi, ----- Original Message ----- > standard hardware and it detected and worked properly. Incidentally, I use a 810 Motherboard with Intel PIII 800 Mhz, 256 MB ram, 2 x 40GB HDDs, >CDWriter, DVDROM and printer. I'm Planning to buy a PC for home. It will be a Celeron 1.2G, due to cost considerations(compared to P4). Are there any issues re installing Linux(specifically PCQuest Linux 8.0) on a Celeron system? Any particular motherboards or peripherals/cards I should avoid (or use)? Thanks, --Royce.

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call for speakers - sakec workshop
by Harsh R Busa 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

hi all ashok had mailed calling for speakers and idea for the workshop at Shah and Anchor Kutchhi Engg College abt GNU/Linux awareness, but its strange to get a luke warm response from the list. please suggest set of softwares / tools that can be used by engg students so that we can enlighten them abt the same. we need help from ppl who use gnu/linux to create awareness abt gnu/linux in academic institutions. we invite ppl to spk on topics relevant to engg students like programming in QT, Graphics programming (c graphics), DSP type of things etc. guys plz come forward help create a wave in the academic world :) currently we have chalked out a tentative schedule that is as follows : Day - I :- 19th April 2003 1) Understanding the Software Freedom Murder of the Myths 2) Getting around with GNU - will talk about OS basics, GNU/Linux CLI and Desktops. 3) Installing a dual boot GNU/Linux System - redhat and/or knoppix. 4) Wonders of GNU - Where and how is GNU being used. How can students benifit ? 5) Question - answers with Handson session - for batch 1. Day - II :- 20th April 2003 1) Text editing with VI and Emacs and programming in Shell Scripts in Bash and C with GCC. 1) or maybe we will have will have QT programming or something around gui 2) Basics of System Administration and networking. 4) Intro to Apache and writing small CGI applications using PHP. 5) handon - batch 2. feed back is welcome. Regards Harsh

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Qt Linker Error
by Akhilesh S Shirbhate 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

Sorry for my previous mail which is incomplete.... I pressed send button by mistake.... Do excuse my for my small mistake... I have a small problem here... I was writing a small application which used XML using the classes in Qt's XML Module... I faced some linking problem. I thought I I had made some mistake... Then I read Qt documentation again.... But soon I realized that I was doing verything right.... So I took Qt's own example from the Qt tutorials, you can get that tutorial example here online... : http://doc.trolltech.com/3.1/outliner-example.html The compilation I did was using this statement: g++ -lqt -L$QTDIR/lib -I. -I$QTDIR/include -o a.out main.cpp outlinetree.cpp The error I got was this : ------------------------------------------------------------------ /tmp/ccx2pBby.o: In function `OutlineTree::OutlineTree(QString, QWidget *, char const *)': /tmp/ccx2pBby.o(.text+0x22): undefined reference to `OutlineTree virtual table' /tmp/ccx2pBby.o(.text+0x2c): undefined reference to `OutlineTree::QPaintDevice virtual table' /tmp/ccx2pBby.o: In function `OutlineTree::~OutlineTree(void)': /tmp/ccx2pBby.o(.text+0x788): undefined reference to `OutlineTree virtual table' /tmp/ccx2pBby.o(.text+0x792): undefined reference to `OutlineTree::QPaintDevice virtual table' collect2: ld returned 1 exit status ---------------------------------------------------------------- I never saw these kinda errors previously.... Why is it so ? Please help me out, I need help very very urgently... Thanking you in advance... Akhilesh

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Qt Linker Error
by Akhilesh S Shirbhate 14 Apr '03

14 Apr '03

I have a small problem here... I was writing a small application which used XML using the classes in Qt's XML Module... I faced some linking problem. I thought I I had made some mistake... Then I read Qt documentation again.... But soon I realized that I was doing verything right.... So I took Qt's own example from the Qt tutorials, you can get that tutorial example here online... : http://doc.trolltech.com/3.1/outliner-example.html The compilation I did was using this statement: g++ -lqt -L$QTDIR/lib -I. -I$QTDIR/include -o a.out main.cpp outlinetree.cpp -- **************************************** * Never say die unless you are dead ! * * * * .oooO * * ( ) Oooo. Only those who will * * \ ( ( ) risk going too far, * * \_) ) / Can possibly find out * * (_/ how far one can go! * * * * http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~akhilesh/ * ****************************************

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tell me here r we meeting
by qa zx 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

Hi all, As i am a new member to join can u tell me when and where is this meeting carried out, So that i can also join in. ' A linux fan __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com

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Disable Nonprivileged users from reboot
by Varun 13 Apr '03

13 Apr '03

On RedHat any valid user can shut down or reboot the sysytem by giving the following shell command user@machine # poweroff user@machine # reboot How can I disable it? I have already disabled CrlAltDel. Also is there any other way a nonprivileged user can shutdown a system, if so how do I disable it. 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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Workshop at SAKEC - sequel to earlier mail
by Ashok Iyer 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

As per further discussions with the IEEE guys at SAKEC who have volunteered for the event, the following points are now clear: 1. There are around 95 registrations already completed. The registrations are carried out through the IEEE forum website so the possibility of dummy registrations are minimal. 2. There will be a public address system (mike+speakers) etc. , LCD projectors etc. available. 3. The problem of sunlight can be offset using venation blinds. :-) Regards, Ashok -- <-------------------------------------------> <The box said: For Windows 95 or better. . .> <So I installed Linux! > <------------------------------------------->

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Commercial: Asus P5AB Motherboard
by jtdsouza＠softhome.net 12 Apr '03

12 Apr '03

I required Asus P5AB motherboards new / 2nd hand (but working ). The mobo is to be used with AMD K6-2 550 cpus Please email your offer or pointers to sources to me at jtdsouza(a)softhome.net. rgds jtdsouza(a)softhome.net

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[OT][COMMERCIAL]-PHP Developers Needed.
by Kapil Karekar 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

Hi Luggers, We need PHP Developers. Programmers who are interested in working full time may contact me at: kapil {at} libretech {dot} com Thanks, Kapil Karekar Libre Technologies ----------------------------------------------------- Let's build a Free Software economy -----------------------------------------------------

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] How a non-root user can change password in commandline
by Nikhil Karkera 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

On Fri, 11 Apr 2003 Srinivas wrote : >using passwd command how can i pass password argument? > >Exactly I want like this in normal user: > >Command -u <user> -op <old password> -np <new passwpod> I don't know if there is any such command. If there is however (which I seriously doubt), you might want to think about how (un)safe this is. Whatever you type on the shell prompt will not be hidden. Also, all executed commands show up in your history. 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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How a non-root user can change password in commandline
by Srinivas 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

Hi all, How a non-root user can change his password some what like this: <commandToChangePassword> -oldpassword old -newpassword new. "usermod" command will get password as argument. But this can only used by the root. I want to know is similar command avialable for normal-users? Any one plz help me..... Thanks in advance. -- With Best Regards, Srinivas

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server rebooted
by Amish K. Munshi 11 Apr '03

11 Apr '03

Greetings, My server rebooted yesterday evening, I would like to know the reason for the same. The /var/log/message has the following lines. Apr 9 16:08:13 newserver named[5358]: lame server resolving '189.187.106.202.in-addr.arpa' (in '106.202.in-addr.arpa'?):202.106.196.28#53 Apr 9 17:01:01 newserver su(pam_unix)[29172]: session opened for user bin by (uid=0) Apr 9 17:01:01 newserver su(pam_unix)[29172]: session closed for user bin Apr 9 17:18:08 newserver init: cannot execute "/sbin/shutdown" Apr 9 16:07:22 newserver syslogd 1.4.1: restart. Apr 9 16:07:22 newserver syslog: syslogd startup succeeded Apr 9 16:07:22 newserver syslog: klogd startup succeeded Apr 9 16:07:22 newserver kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started. Apr 9 16:07:22 newserver kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-14 (bhcompile(a)astest.test.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7)) #1 Wed Sep 4 12:13:11 EDT 2002 Before the reboot I had renamed shutdown to some other name so that by mistake I do not use the command to shutdown the server. What I noticed is that the system time was 17:18 when the shutdown was attempted by init, but when the server came online again the time in the log is shown as 16:07, is this due to a system (software) crash? The uptime gives an uptime of 9 hours right now, while it was 180+ days before. SYSTEM INFO : RHL 8.0, AMD 1.3G 512MB RAM. Bye. -- Amish K. Munshi Visit http://munshi.dyndns.org/imp for my public key.

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(no subject)
by Varun 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

On RedHat any valid user can shut down or reboot the sysytem by giving the following shell command user@machine # poweroff user@machine # reboot How can I disable it? I have already disabled CrlAltDel. Also is there any other way a nonprivileged user can shutdown a system, if so how do I disable it. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more

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Active device driver...
by Manish Madan 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi, I am planning to write a program to discover particulars of some hardware devices on a system. For the ones where I need to make ioctl() calls, I do not know which device file in /dev to open. How can I discover which file to open and the ioctl never fails ? thanks Manish

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Starting to learn Linux
by Rahul Pilani 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Guys.. i am brand new to linux.. and if mandrake 8.2 was not so user friendly.. i would have dismissed it just as much.. now i am hooked. I have a little programming bg.. hence the interest in linux.. but i am completely new to the unix/linux paradigm. mostly done work on windows. Hence find navigating throug linux a little confusing... Any of you know of a decent website or book.. that i can start learning with? Rahul Pilani ________________________________________________________________________ Missed your favourite TV serial last night? Try the new, Yahoo! TV. visit http://in.tv.yahoo.com

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How to view all users
by Vasu 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi all, Is there any shell command to view all the user names. Anyone plz help me regarding this.... Thanx in advance. -- With Best Regards, Vasu

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April Meeting
by Amish Munshi 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greetings, The agenda for the meet has a introduction to the localizatino issues from Prof. Jitendra Shah, I am not sure about another topic stil since I have not received any feedback from anyone requesting to give a seminar on anyother topic. 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+lRHebCDhioPGUZ4RAsbcAJ92tQhHLhhKHjc6KWJNFNBeiGqKwgCfd4HF Ql3hO6b6RGF9zPQiaHvmfSc= =sdgi -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Active device driver...
by Manish Madan 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi, I am planning to write a program to discover particulars of some hardware devices on a system. For the ones where I need to make ioctl() calls, I do not know which device file in /dev to open. How can I discover which file to open and the ioctl never fails ? thanks Manish

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Active device driver...
by Manish Madan 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Hi, I am planning to write a program to discover particulars of some hardware devices on a system. For the ones where I need to make ioctl() calls, I do not know which device file in /dev to open. How can I discover which file to open and the ioctl never fails ? thanks Manish

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Commercial : Re: [ILUG-BOM] Redhat 9.0 required...
by joel_divekar 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

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Really Looking for a YellowDog Linux 3.0 Installation CDs
by Clinton Goveas 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

Well? Anyone? -----Original Message----- From: Clinton Goveas [mailto:clinton@clintongoveas.com] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2003 10:37 AM To: 'linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in' Subject: Looking for a YellowDog Linux 3.0 Installation CDs 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

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