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Clubbing Bandwidth
by Richard Unitek 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

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

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

10 Apr '03

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

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Mandrake Linux 9.x
by Rahul Pilani 10 Apr '03

10 Apr '03

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

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

09 Apr '03

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

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

09 Apr '03

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

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

09 Apr '03

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

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April GLUG meet
by Kapil Karekar 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

Hi everybody, The April GLUG meet is to be held at HBCSE on 13th april at 04:30 p.m. For directions to reach HBCSE please visit: http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/pipermail/linuxers/Week-of-Mon-20021104/006987.ht… As far as I know nobody has volunteered to give any tech talks. If you have learned something new ... please come forward to share it with everyone. The other things that can be discussed during the GLUG meet are: 1. The workshop at SAKEC. Lets identify the topics that can be handled at the workshop. lets get volunteers to give lectures. Divide ourselves into teams to prepare slides for each topic that is to be handled during the workshop. This will ensure that the speakers have some breathing space. 2. Discuss how everybody can contribute towards making our GLUG list and site the best. 3. Discuss any new ideas that any of us may have. This is just a tentative list of topics that I could think of. Please add to this list so that we can have a fruitful evening. It would be nice if Trevor could tell everybody about the belgaum and hubli workshops. keep mailing, Kapil Karekar

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

09 Apr '03

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

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[Fwd: [DDI-1013] Buffer Overflow in Samba allows remote root compromise]
by Trevor Warren 09 Apr '03

09 Apr '03

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

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

08 Apr '03

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

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

08 Apr '03

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

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

08 Apr '03

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

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thanks for the help extended at Hubli/Belgaum Workshop
by Trevor Warren 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

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

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can i upgrade only kernel from 2.2.15 to 2.4 without a distro upgade?
by akr!linux-delhi.org＠linux-delhi.org 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

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

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Diskless Nodes
by Nikhil Joshi 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

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

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Workshop at SAKEC - call for speakers!
by Ashok Iyer 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

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

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help!) basic installation help
by Abhijeet D Mhatre 08 Apr '03

08 Apr '03

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

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

07 Apr '03

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

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Optimum Load Average?
by Vinayakam Murugan 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

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

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Re: rsh issues
by GNUrpreet Singh 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

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

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

07 Apr '03

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

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Need Help
by Prashant Parab 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

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

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(no subject)
by Mahesh Joshi 07 Apr '03

07 Apr '03

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

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

05 Apr '03

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

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Commands using ftp
by Varun 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

How can I carry out commands on a remote machine by using FTP. The remote machine only has an FTP port open. Telnet and ssh ports are blocked using IPtables or are simply disabled Geek by Nature GNU/Linux by choice If GNU/Linux doesn't have the solution, you have the wrong problem mailto: varunop(a)yahoo.com website: http://varunop.blogspot.com Unix is very simple, Only it takes a genius to simplify it --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more

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

05 Apr '03

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

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

05 Apr '03

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

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Mandrake 9.0 help
by Sheetal Chopra 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

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

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[HUMOR] re netiquette warning of afterlife for wrong doers like spammers etc,
by Dinesh Bareja 05 Apr '03

05 Apr '03

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

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

04 Apr '03

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

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

04 Apr '03

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

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

04 Apr '03

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

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File and Samba Srvr
by Kamlesh Shah 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

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

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

04 Apr '03

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

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

04 Apr '03

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

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Meetings of April
by Amish Munshi 04 Apr '03

04 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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GLUG site updated
by Kapil Karekar 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

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

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rsh issues
by GNUrpreet Singh 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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module compilation problems
by Rahul Saxena 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

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

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Meeting of April UPDATED
by Amish Munshi 03 Apr '03

03 Apr '03

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

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

03 Apr '03

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

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(no subject)
by amit kalyani 02 Apr '03

02 Apr '03

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

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