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by David Freeman 28 Jul '01

28 Jul '01

In a deep and meaninful conversation with a list member whom I work with we were discussing the future of computer operating systems. One of the feature that it was decided on would be required to really boost *NIX OS's was on from NT (and Netware) which is file access lists. Does any one know of a way of implementing a per USER based access lists for files on *NIX. i.e. file foo.bar can be read by fred and alice, bob has write and read access and Eve has no access. As far as I am aware there is know way of doing this easily Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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National Sysadmin day
by David Freeman 27 Jul '01

27 Jul '01

Its national sysadmin day today. the BBC has an article on it with this fantastic quote " I know many of you might have a low opinion of "techies". (Let me just point out here that the image you might have of system administrators staying up all night, surrounded by pizza boxes, old Coke cans, playing Quake is NOT right. That's developers you're thinking of.) " http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1460000/1460166.stm Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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OT: Keyboards and sugar
by David Freeman 27 Jul '01

27 Jul '01

Is there anybody on list who can explain what a KVM switch actually does inside, i.e. its not just a simple switch it does somesort of emulation of keyboards and mice. Also are there any chemists on the list who could draw a diagram of a glucose molacule? Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Which file
by David Freeman 27 Jul '01

27 Jul '01

When you log into a Box there are two message files used, one called motd is given when you have logged in, what the name of the file which is displayed before you log in i.e. Welcom to My computer all senssions are logged Username: This is on a Sun box running solaris. Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Bloody Vikings
by David Freeman 27 Jul '01

27 Jul '01

Has anyone else recieved an email from some Spanish person with a 293KB attachment with a .doc.bat extension? I recieved two copies which put me over my inbox size limit and I missed aload of stuff from email this morning. Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] backup loop
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Adam Bower wrote: >and reduced the machine to the overall speed of a windows box. It's funny you should say that; that was one of the first thoughts that crossed my mind when the linux box was, for the first time ever, as responsive as a slug! Jen

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Re: [Alug] backup loop
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

Alexis said: >(who's had plenty of fun with cron before...) Ah! I also am surprised that the file didn't simply replace itself, why did it build up to size 33241453? crontab now changed to 0 12 * * * /home/jenny/backups 10 12 * * * /root/mainbak Fun and games today - just had to deal with first 1st aid casualty since finishing course a few months back, as a guy got a sheet of metal racking drop on his head. Thanks all, Jenny.

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backup loop
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 26 Jul '01

26 Jul '01

'Lo All, I appear to have sent my box into a timewarp of some kind. I set crontab to run my newly created backup file with * 12 * * * /home/jenny/backups the contents of /home/jenny/backups are if [ -d /home/jenny/cwp/ ]; then tar -czf /backup/cwpbak.tar.gz /home/jenny/cwp/ fi if [ -d /home/jenny/ ]; then tar -czf /backup/jen.tar.gz /home/jenny/ fi (I'm doing the dir and the sub dir as the contents of /cwp are shortly to be moved elsewhere) This set off as it should, and, wow, the entire computer has gone bonkers. tty0 has reams of computer generated code crunching away like mad, and, on logging in to tty1 (which took a good 20 secs) ps -aux shows masses of extra stuff, for example gzip and the above tar command seem to be running lots of times. Goes up to number 1253. I've tried a CTRL-C and have a nice white message saying "interrupted" but it still is crunching away. I'm about to do a reboot, hopefully that'll sort it out, but can anyone tell me *why* it did this? When I ran the command in there from a cli it executed fine. Jen ("Alarmed" of Burwell) ps. It is now taking 8 years to shut down. :-( Ah - message: " VFS: file-max limit 4096 reached". Oops. No wonder. I'm starting to suspect the * 12 * * *................)

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test message
by Brett Parker 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Well, read the subject, I've just changed e-mail address and changed all my subscription details, so now I'm testing to see if it all works as it should ;) Cheers, Brett

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Re :More on .Net (ashleyt.howes)
by Earl Brannigan 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Hi Ashley, > > Based on recent discussions on this list about .Net, I though I would share > an article on use.perl.org: > Cheers, quick and specific read. Pretty much confirms what I'd thought all along, .NET is nothing new but a hodge-podge of existing ideas/technologies. M$ Have never innovated a single thing, why should they start now ? Cheers Earl

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Re: [Alug] Bascule
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

MJRay wrote> >There's no originality in nicknames these days. Even if i call myself Euphrasia Bartleflock? Does anyone recall the subject on iRC of finding how many words you can make from mrsbarrett using grep? The final command i tried was something similar to grep -Ei "^[mrsbarrett]+$" /usr/dict/words (I have it at home, so that is from memory) This did the job, but it used all the letters as often as it pleased. Can we make it so it only uses each letter in the pattern once? Euphrasia

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Next meeting
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Hi all, could anyone likely to be coming to the bbq (5pm +) on the 12th send me the following details? We'll then keep it off-list but will be able to suss out how much food to get in. Ta Jenny_Hopkins(a)toby-churchill.com - Name - coming to meeting 12/7 - staying for bbq - will bring food (specify) - have a portable bbq to bring if necessary - have large awning (joke)

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RE: [Alug] Phreaked out
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Darren wrote: >I am in Essex, but there doesn't seem to be any decent groups near by so >guess I will be joining you guys soon if you will have me :) Ola. Next meeting coming up 12 Aug near Ipswich, incorporating Geek BBQ, if you are up for that. Jen.

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Phreaked out
by David Freeman 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Following adams suggestion of watching "The secret History of hacking" I was intreagued enough to watch, I was amazed that the program was actually quite good, it didn't just cover the basic Haxor prats but covered alot of stuff I didn't know like the Home brew computing club etc... I was pleasently surprised by this program. What did others think? Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Maximum linux mag..
by pbit 24 Jul '01

24 Jul '01

Haven`t been keeping-up with all the postings to alug, but I was wondering if anyone has mentioned that `Maximum Linux` has been taken out of publication. Please will people sign the petition at : http://www.petitiononline.com/maxlinux/petition.html thanks..

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Placement
by David Freeman 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

All, I have recently resigned my Job at BT to take up a place on a course at University of Kent at Canterbury. I am going to study Computer Systems Engineering. I know its a year away, but does any one work for a company which does summer placements for students? Thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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RE: [Alug] Maximum linux mag..
by Earl Brannigan 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Cheers Paul, >...Future Publishing group that produce Linux > Format. I didn't recall that it was a 'Future' pub (at least not on the copy that I was looking at the other day - the first).I'll have to check this when I get home tonight, it may have changed hands. You'll be missing it then ? The first copy had an excellent graphic of a rather mean looking Tux smashing through a Windows Icon (you know the floaty window thingy) with the title along the lines of : "Move over Windows... Linux is taking over because its more stable, supported..." and other stuff. Inside the articles were mainly about why Linux is better, it was a real M$ Bash. With a cute little story at the end of some girlie who had given a new lease of life to her old 486 by installing Linux. Well there you have it, I'll probably sign the petition anyways. Cheers Earl

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Maximum linux mag..
by Earl Brannigan 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Hi, ByeBye Max Linux. Too many mags on the shelves, loads of info available anyways. This is part of the usual shakedowns that occur as any new market beds down. Bought one copy (maybe 2) quite liked it because it was soooooo anti M$ (though the publishers do punt some very pro-M$ mags as well). Linux Magazine and Linux Format have proved to be better sources if info for me over the past few months or so. I never subscribe to these things anyways, just browse them at newsagents and buy if I need, usually about 1 in 3 issues is of interest. Sorry to see it go, but that's the world of hard headed commerce I'm afraid. Cheers Earl

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Konquerer Web Browser settings
by John Seago 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Can anyone tell what settings to put in under the appearance tab of Konquerer web Browser in order to get readable text please? John Seago

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Bash script help please!
by bsamuels＠datamansys.co.uk 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Is it possible to compare the sizes of two files from within a Bash script? I don't need to know the actual sizes just which one is the bigger file. I can't find anything useful in the Bash man page. Barry Samuels

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Re: [Alug] cron job
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Thanks everyone! I'm eagerly waiting till 3 pm to see if it works. Andrew Glover wrote: >> if [ -f /home/jenny/cwp/ ]; then >if [ -d /home/jenny/cwp/ ]; then Ah! I wondered what the -f was. Ta. Adam Bower wrote: >tar -czf /backups/cwpbak.tar.gz /home/jenny/cwp/ Missed out the gz. Damn.And the wrong way round! Thanks Adam I've left the o-reilly bible at home this week, it's a hassle to transport between home and work on the bike, could do with two copies really. Shall I share my awful moment with you all? Trying to find the right command to copy a directory to another directory, I went to clear the second directory for a second try. So i typed in rm -r ./* Except - you've guessed what i omitted in my haste - the full stop. Ohmygod. Luckily for me I was not superuser and the puzzled linuxbox asked me if I was sure i wanted to delete Games or something, at which point i woke up and lunged for the kill button. As if i haven't read in my O'R book to sit on my hands when i type a command for this very reason? Hee hee. I'm still pale and shaking. Anyone else ever done this? Jenny.

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Weekly IRC reminder
by Neill Newman 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

This is the automated ALUG irc meeting reminder sent to remind you that there is an irc meeting tonight (Monday) at 8.00pm. The meeting takes place on the irc server irc.openprojects.net in the #alug channel, you can take a look at www.openprojects.net to get more info on the openprojects network. Popular irc clients include tkirc, bitchx, xchat and ircII on Unix, and Mirc under windows. Here are some links to help you get started with irc. Unix http://www.bitchx.com http://www.xchat.org http://freshmeat.net http://www.epicsol.org/ (for Brett!) Windows http://www.mirc.com (loads of help with irc for newbies!)

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Watch as your apache logs grow!
by Brett Parker 23 Jul '01

23 Jul '01

Hi all, Everyone musta heard by now about the nice new IIS worm that, once its got the IIS server, attacks whitehouse.gov. Have a look in your apache logs and see how many times they've tried to attack you... brett@dustpuppy:/var/log/apache$ grep "default.ida" access.log | wc -l 25 and that's on a 33.6 dialup machine ;) Cheers, Brett

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Winmodems
by Christopher Drane 22 Jul '01

22 Jul '01

Has anyone had any joy getting a winmodem to work with linux, or know how I could set up mine to work Lucent LT Winmodem I have been trying to get it to work on a Packard Bell Easy One Dc Laptop. I was would much rather have the internal modem working, don't want to buy a new one. I am running Mandrake 8.0 Any help would be appreciated Chris Drane

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TV program 8pm Sunday
by Adam Bower 21 Jul '01

21 Jul '01

Hi all, This is slightly off topic but may form the basis for some good discussion over the next few days. Tomorrow night (Sunday) at 8pm on Channel 4 there is a program titled "The Secret history of hacking" now this appears to mean hacking in the sense of l33t h4X00r D00D5 and not in the sense of Linus Torvalds and Alan Cox type hacking. Oh well looking forward to seeing if its crap or not...... Adam -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam

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