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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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Sorry...
by John Woodard 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

Due to some poxy virus which has knocked me sideways I couldn't make today's meeting/installfest. Hope all went well and beat the Syleham score of just one sucessful install. -- cheers, BJ

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Re: [Alug] CGI perl script help needed.... sorted
by Simon 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

I read the O'Reilly book and misunderstood it... I consider myself duly enlightened and a happy bunny with a working script... Thanks, much appreciated.. Simon On Monday 10 Jun 2002 7:54 pm, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > Simon <simon(a)sparksy.org.uk> writes: > > I've been asked to do a cgi in perl that will create and delete user > > accounts.. > > > > So I've setuid a script, but can't get it to add users using a system > > call.. > > > > system("/usr/sbin/useradd", "-g 45 -s /bin/false -d > > /home/popusers/users/goresmail/<userid here>"); > > That's not how you use system() in Perl. > > system("useradd", "-g", "45", ...); > or system("useradd -g 45 ..."); > > "man perlfunc" has the details.

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iptables: modprobe failing
by Ricardo Campos 11 Jun '02

11 Jun '02

When I recompiled my kernel to 2.4.18, I added basically most of the Netfilter modules as, err.. modules. However; modprobe ip_tables /lib/modules/2.4.18/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o : init_module: Device or resource busy. lsmod doesn't show any ip_tables or similar modules loaded. I installed the iptables package (debian), but I get the same error. Any ideas? TIA Ricardo -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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