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Re: [Alug] Debian security
by Ricardo Campos 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

> stable is *old*. It's missing pretty much every bug introduced > anywhere in about the last two years, a luxury that any more recent > distribution doesn't have. Like:- http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/25608.html ;-) > (Of course, it's also missing most features introduced in anything > during the last two years.) Which is why I run testing. stable would be fine for servers, but I like using my home computer to the best of it's abilities. > If you're not running stable - well, security.d.o doesn't have updates > for testing and unstable. Well, surely *someone's* scrutinising the security of the new packages? And Woody was set to be frozen in May... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] retry: So what died?
by Ricardo Campos 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

> Shutting down gives me a console that repeats 'ext3 journal aborting' ad > infinitum. Eventually I just powered it off. I assume dmesg and /var/log/messages provide no clues? Can you turn off journalling? Perhaps you could try booting from a rescue floppy/CD and mount the drive and see if you get the errors still. *realises that someday it will probably happen to him* -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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retry: So what died?
by Richard George 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 If I can persuade pine to send this from the right account, this time... (and apologies to the moderator) My PC is currently a very sick penguin; I think that the HDD has died, but I also have my suspicions that it could be the IDE interface. Short of swapping drives (as I don't have a spare), can anyone hazard a guess as to how I work this out, or if it could be something else entirely? Errors include (from memory) {hdb: drive not ready error} Typing 'ls' returns a set of io errors, one naming each file in the directory. Typing 'clear' (or mount, etc) returns 'command not found' Shutting down gives me a console that repeats 'ext3 journal aborting' ad infinitum. Eventually I just powered it off. TIA for any help, Richard - -- http://www.fromtheshadows.com/ Fingerprint: 542C ADA9 47CE 7AA8 2274 PGP Key http://www.fromtheshadows.com/gpg 496A FC43 312C 3D94 2CC8 A friend is someone who knows how to distract a runaway brain - Millie -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9CGKJ/EMxLD2ULMgRAlcwAJ9MmM6+cdYIsgsKW3CEfkUniKypYACfSqEl 5s1MDt/dYUZLihEdWOQ7OgY= =28A5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Debian security
by Ricardo Campos 13 Jun '02

13 Jun '02

I just had a thought- I still get updates from Redhat about vulnerablilities on their system- often 2 or 3 a week. And I was wondering- how come I don't keep having updates for Debian? I have security.debian.org in my sources.list, but apt-get upgrades rarely downloads anything. Surely more vulnerabilities exist? Am I missing something? -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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RIP Act
by Ricardo Campos 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Sorry about this, but this is an issue regarding all IT professionals, all users of encryption and in fact all people in our country. Please read the article and forward this message to anyone who might be interested. >http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/11/156240&mode=thread&tid=158 > This comment http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=34017&cid=3679592 has > the necessary links for you to do your bit... -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Xearth prog
by Paul 12 Jun '02

12 Jun '02

Hi Folks Saw a neat world map running on a laptop that could plot user defined points and lines on it. Where can I get the source code for it ?? Regards, Paul.

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Tar - Argument list too long
by Ashley 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

I have a CD with a number of files on. I am trying to extract a list for files with a certain extension and then copy them to another location with the directory structure intact. To do this I choose tar and find: cd /mnt/cdrom tar -cf ~ash/test.tar `find . -name "*.dwg" -print` This would create a tarball, which I could copy, and expand into a new location. However, on running the command the following error is returned: "/bin/tar Argument list too long" There are probably around 4000 files on the CD with a .dwg extension. How can I get around this problem? Is there a better solution to what I am trying to achieve? -- Ashley T. Howes, Ph.D http://www.ashleyhowes.com "when all the animals of this world are gone, man will die of loneliness"

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re:lower spec linux
by tom potts 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

I've got a Suse 5.2 that I've succesfully loaded on 386 with 4 meg ram! I've also got a RH4.2 but havent tried that but I believe once you've installed that and set up a large enough swap you can then put 7.2 on as an upgrade If its looking at the outside world check it with Saint/Satan though (see other mail in 11/06 listing) Tom __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com

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mySQL Update problem....
by Simon 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Hi everyone... I'm trying to update a few columns on one row using an sql statement, but I don't seem to have the correct syntax... I'm using :- $dbh->do("update <tablename> set <column1> = <new-value1> <column2> = <new-value2> where <column3> = <value3>"); This doesn't work... however if update only one column it does, so I figure I must be missing something. I've looked through the docs and can only find update examples with one column to be updated. Please help!!!!!! Simon

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Security and the Internet
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

(Running Debian 'Testing' with kernel 2.4.18) I chanced to read a copy of Linux Format magazine recently which had an article about security and appropriate software. That prompted me to install PortSentry. But not long after that it occurred to me that I am already running a firewall (iptables) and, in theory, nothing undesirable should be getting through (I did say 'in theory'). Under those circumstances PortSentry would seem to be surplus to requirements so I uninstalled it again. Is it overkill to run a firewall and PortSentry? The same article also mentioned Saint (previously Satan) so I had a go at that. It lists a number of potential weaknesses on my system, lpd for example, but doesn't say what the potential weaknesses might be or how to fix them. How can I find out more on this? This then prompted another train of thought. If inetd starts (and I assume stops) services such as Exim when an internet connection is established why do we need /etc/ppp/ip-up.d and ip-down.d to start and stop additional services. Why can't it all go in inetd (or Xinetd)? Although I have a dial-up connection at the moment I am looking to the future to when I may have ADSL (should BT ever get round to my area - ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!) and a permanent connection. Best wishes Barry Samuels (My memory is so bad I suspect it was programmed by Microsoft)

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