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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Microsoft vs. Government of Peru
by Saswata Banerjee & Associates 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Further to my previous note on Microsoft's DotNet running on linux, This is an article which appeared in PCQuest website. It gives details of how to run C# and .Net on Linux. http://www.pcquest.com/content/linux/handson/102082102.asp Regards Saswata ----- Original Message ----- From: "Saswata Banerjee & Associates" <scrap(a)saswatabanerjee.com> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 8:24 AM Subject: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Microsoft vs. Government of Peru > I was at microsoft tech ed yesterday > > I saw the microsoft response to the problem. > They have already come out with a version of Microsoft DotNet which is > desinged to work on FreeDBS (as a first step) and later on other linux / > unix OS. They are giving the codes free, with a license that allows use for > non-commercial applications. This will allow software developed for > Microsoft DotNet platform (win xp, etc) to "RUN FROM" linux based servers. > It already mostly supports access from non-microsoft OS. > > The thing is called ROTOT and is in beta, so I expect they will add more > features to it later. I think this way they are going to tell govts. like > peru that they are also in open source, they are not proprietory (they spent > an hour drilling THAT into our heads) and give a larger user platform to vb > developers. > > Apparently, there are already 2 open source (non-microsoft) initiatives that > have ported dotnet framework to linux in Europe. The MS guys were trouting > these as evidence of their "potentially cross-platform capabilities" > > Regards > Saswata > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ram Baji Rao" <ramrao(a)bajirao.com> > To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 10:46 AM > Subject: [ILUG-BOM] Microsoft vs. Government of Peru > > > > Edgar Villanueva, a legislator from Peru, has put a proposal for Peru > > government agencies to standardize on Free Software for their own > > internal use. > > > > This proposal worries Microsoft! > > > > Some government bodies around the world, e.g. in California and Peru, > > have adopted an aggressive attitude towards restricting the use of > > proprietary(read Microsoft) software and favouring open source. > > > > Open source appeals to government bodies because of its high > > functionality, very low cost and easy compliance with licensing laws. > > > > Of course, Microsoft will try to persuade governments to avoid open > > source software. They realize that , when governments choose Microsoft > > as their foundation they are likely to select the whole suite of > > products to go with it rather than fight incompatibilities. > > > > In July 2002 the UK Government also announced a new policy on the use of > > open source software which favors a pragmatic approach. > > > > Back to the Peru case: Villanueva's point is that: Everybody has to deal > > with the government. If a government uses Microsoft software, its > > citizens will probably have to use the same software to communicate with > > it. A government web site that only supports Microsoft Internet Explorer > > would lock citizens into that Microsoft product. In contrast, government > > sites using open standards and avoiding patented software would allow > > citizens to choose between many different kinds of software to access > > the site. > > > > Free Software, also called Open Source, is itself a kind of open > > standard - its source code is its own reference. Developers of > > proprietary software can use that reference to create interoperating > > programs, without infringing on the actual Open Source code. Thus, when > > a government uses Open Source, it assures its citizens a choice to > > purchase both proprietary and Open Source software for communicating > > with their government. The people's choice will be based on factors like > > functionality, quality, and convenience, rather than on customer > > lock-in. > > > > Read more about this interesting happening at > > www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26616.html > > > > Also see: > > www.SincereChoice.com > > > > Ram > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > > > > >

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Resizing /
by Nikhil Joshi 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Hi! I'm planning to install Dos for using MASM (for real mode assembly) but i don't hav ny Dos partitions. I only hav /boot swap nd / like this : ============================================================ Disk /dev/hdc: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 526 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 6 48163+ 83 Linux -> /boot /dev/hdc2 7 526 4176900 5 Extended /dev/hdc5 7 15 72261 82 Linux swap /dev/hdc6 16 526 4104576 83 Linux -> / ============================================================== i wud like to resize / to make room for Dos. is this possible? theres a tool called resize2fs , but havent used it i guess u gotta b really careful with tools like this ... Can ny1 guide pls? -- Nikhil

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Fwd: Guidance required
by Tahir Hashmi 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

----- Forwarded message from Atit Narhariprasad Pathak <pathakatit(a)rediffmail.com> ----- Date: 28 Sep 2002 10:54:17 -0000 From: Atit Narhariprasad Pathak <pathakatit(a)rediffmail.com> Reply-To: Atit Narhariprasad Pathak <pathakatit(a)rediffmail.com> Subject: Gudance required To: tahir(a)ncst.ernet.in [snip] My name is Atit Pathak, I B.Sc. graduate.I am working in management institute as Lab. Asst. of Computer Center. I have knowledge of Installation of software, Maintaining LAN Netwok, NT Admin.I learn everything here without doing any courses. Now i want to learn Linux and get a good job on same. Please guide me for what should i do? As now i am learning linux by book. Pls. give reply and guide me. Thanking you, Atit Pathak ----- End forwarded message ----- This person is not on the mailing list. Those who reply, please cc to the poster also. Thanks -- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://staff.ncst.ernet.in/tahir tahir AT ncst DOT ernet DOT in We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed

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japh (whats obfuscation)
by Satya 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

In perl, we have japhs. Here are two examples: @a=split(q,,,qq,hgNbueCe nxe\nWf agr ryUpr\,,);for($i=015;;){if($i>=@a ){last};$_=$a[$i++].$a[$i-0xe];y;[A-Ma-mN-Zn-z];[N-Zn-zA-Ma-m];;print} @q=split(q??,qq?,JAPH \nacehklnorstubsqrfcnorkjpfdjpmfehi\ ljpag?);$i=0x13;while($i<=@q){print$q[ord($q[$i++])-0141]} Equivalent to: print"JustAnotherPerlHacker,\n"; Now Philip will tell me the ',' should not be there. This one's from ASR, I forget whose sig it was in: $q=q($@@@#$$@#$$$#@%$@#@$#@@@#@#$$$$#$#$@$%$@@$#$#$@$#$@$$%$$$$#$@#@$@$#@$@#$# $@$);@c=split//,'0etianmsurwdkgohvf0l0Pjbxcyzq';$f=1;$s=0;for$c(split//,$q){if ($c ne'$'&&$c ne"@"){print $f?uc($c[$s]):$c[$s]if$c[$s];$s=$f=0;}else{$s*=2;$s ++;$s++if$c eq'@';}print" "if$c eq'%';}print "$c[$s],\n";#probably too general and Dave Brown posted this one in the same froup: print "xx/yy? ";$_=<>;m,([0-9]+)\s*/\s*([0-9]+),;$j=$1;$b=$2; $d=eval;$f=$d-int $d;$t=$f*$b;print int $d,$t&&" $t/$b","\n"; It's supposed to be some kind of math tutor. Now that I read it carefully, I think I see what he's doing. He said: =item Someone commented that even though Perl actually compiled and ran that, I had obviously just fallen asleep on the keyboard and that's what came out. =cut -- Satya. <URL:http://satya.virtualave.net/> A transistor protected by a fast-acting fuse will protect the fuse by blowing first.

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Buggy C prog
by Mandar Khanolkar 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

Allocate memory for arg[] before gets(). Use malloc(). Mandar On Thu, 26 Sep 2002 Nikhil Joshi wrote : >Hi! > >I've tried this simple prog to encrypt a file using XOR > >But it gives "Segmentation Fault " in 'interactive' mode (pls see >the >source code) > >it runs perfectly well in DOS (using Turbo C++ 3.0) > >Can ny1 help pls ? > >-- >Nikhil Joshi >

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[OT] Re: [snip]
by Amish Mehta 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

dat waz pun full mo(o)n. Amish. q u a s i wrote: >Yo! >Hey Trevor mon, yer "[snip]" scissors does no nothin mon!!! It jus

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Whats obfuscation....Victory ;)
by Gurpreet Singh 29 Sep '02

29 Sep '02

hi luggerz i asked u all abt obfuscation, u guyz responded well. i got a few ideas and did my best in the competetion and.... I WON THE SECOND PRIZE for the debugging and obfuscation contest. the feeling was gr8, 2 dyas before u dont know what obfuscation is and after 2 dyas u stand 2nd in an obfucation contest. wud like to thank u all for that ;) gurpreet

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contact between various LUGs
by Gurpreet Singh 28 Sep '02

28 Sep '02

hi i was in goa engg coll lately for a competetion and got to meet a few ppl.what i observed was that, the popularity of linux and the desire among the students to be thorow with linux was clearly evident. i spoke to students from goa and a few from belgam. these guyz do have their local lugs and do what ever bit they can. after talking to then it struck me that why no have some communication between the lugs. what i propose is that, since a lot is going on the lugs on the mailing list and these things are really useful, why not share the popular topics every week on each lug with the other lugs. what we can do is (manually/ or automatedly) select 5 most popular topics on the mailing list, pile up all the discussion on those topics in 1 mail and mail them to every lug so that we can have thier comments too... we may also share the "off the mailing list" activities of each lug. for further discussion on this i have invited a few students from goa lug and belgam lug to attend the workshop @ our college. just an idea.... plz comment gurpreet

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problem with smbmount
by Unmesh Dhake 28 Sep '02

28 Sep '02

Halo, I am having RH7.2 installed on machine. On this machine samba is also configured for windows connectivity. From this machine i need to access folders on unix machine. For this i added two lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local umount /n_exp_ob umount /n_imp_ob smbmount //raman/exp_ob /n_exp_ob smbmount //raman/imp_ob /n_imp_ob Here raman is unix machine name. n_exp_ob & n_imp_ob are linux machine folders where unix machine folders mounted. exp_ob and imp_ob are unix machine folders. Folders are getting mounted correctly, but after some time I am getting following messages on screen continuously and machine stop working. smb_proc_readdir_long: name=\*, result=-2, rcls=1, err=2 Anybody know solution for this. Regards Unmesh

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Re: Buggy C prog
by Amish Mehta 28 Sep '02

28 Sep '02

Hi, You got divine hands :-). Though it worked, you should still allocate memory to arg itself for holding array of pointers. Something like arg = (char **) malloc(sizeof(char *) * 6); arg[5] = NULL; Amish. Nikhil Joshi wrote: > >Hi! >success afterall ... >I used following to allocate memory to arg > >for (i=1;i<4;i++) > if ((arg[i] = (char *) malloc (30)) == NULL)

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