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Sendmail question.....
by Simon 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Hi guys, Hoping for some help here....... It's a question about the virtual user table, if I make any changes directly in the text file, do I have to do a "makemap" to update a db file? If so, can anyone help me out with the correct command please, I've got the "BAT Book", which I've found whilst being a cure for insomnia and very informative, it doesn't tell me what I need to know.. Or it probably does have the information in there, but my eyelids start drooping before I get to the relevant part!!! TIA Simon

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Re: [Alug] Acrobat/Ghostscript printing
by MJ Ray 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Ted wrote: [...] > Therefore I don't recognise the situation Mark is describing, at any rate > for the Reader viewer. If Mark is referring to other viewers, with which > PDF is "hairy", gives "unhelpful error messages", etc., then my first > reaction is "don't use that viewer". [...] Yes, but given that some PDF files make both of the viewers I have here fail with cryptic messages, that leaves me with a choice of zero viewers. Not exactly the most readable document ever ;-) > But, in summary again, provided you use Acrobat Reader, in my belief here > are no major problems with PDF unless it has been badly generated; with > the caveat about Adobe software (not sure if this applies to Reader) > possibly getting huffy about non-Adobe source. That is a huuuge pair of caveats you have there. First off, if it's not free, it's not here (with one shameful exception AFAIK). Secondly, if their reader throws its toys out of the pram if non-Adobe producer software creates it, do you really want to support Adobe trying to pull a Microsoft? They're not really the most fluffy of corporations, as the current Sklyarov/Elcomsoft case and the resultant Adobe Boycott should show. This difference in software may well be why I don't recognise the situation that you describe and view PDF as being a fairly bad format for document distribution. When is a standard not a standard? -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Qmail custom setup
by MJ Ray 08 Feb '02

08 Feb '02

Darren: > Anyone up on qmail/perl? I need to migrate a system from sendmail to qmail > but could do with some help What exactly is the perl for? If it's to change the mbox files into maildir ones, then there are already scripts to do that. I think the qmail web site has some. (Do you really want a non-free mailserver?) -- MJR

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Alug meeting in Norwich on the 24th at UEA??????????
by Adam Bower 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Hi ppl, Does a UEA person want to book us a room for the 24th so we can have a meeting? there may be beer in it for you if you do it btw..... I don't know the exact process but it shouldn't be difficult, someone will be able to give you details when you come forward.... Adam PS if you got this and you are not on the alug list then go here to subscribe http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main/ you know who you are ;) -- Adam "a funny thing about regret is, that it's better to regret something you have done, than to regret something you haven't done"

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Re: [Alug] Acrobat/Ghostscript printing
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Ted wrote, quoting me: > > In many cases, xhtml is a better format for document interchange. > > Horses for courses, of course; and where xhtml may be useful, XML may be > even better. If you're not fussed about how the person at the other end > will format the layout, then it's probably OK (depending on what kind of > document it is). If what you want them to see is precisely what you see, > then it can get very hairy. As this thread has shown, I think, PDF is also about as hairy because of the fragmentation of the standard by its owner. Files look different in each viewer and some viewers don't like some files. At least with xhtml+css, you can specify as much formatting as the viewer supports, but they can nearly always see it all, even if misformatted. With PDF, if the viewer doesn't support all the formatting, you're left with some unhelpful error message and no way to recover the information. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Trolltech competition
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Ian wrote: > I have just uploaded my beta software in the Trolltech competition to win a > Sharp Zaurus. Has anyone else on the list entered? What competition? ;-) -- MJR

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Do I realyy have a trojan ?
by bsamuels＠beenthere-donethat.org.uk 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

I recently saw the following in a chkrootkit report: Feb 7th - Checking `lkm'... You have 1 process hidden for readdir command You have 1 process hidden for ps command Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed Checking earlier reports I see: Jan 19th - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Jan 21st - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Jan 23rd - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Jan 25th - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Jan 29th - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Jan 31st - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Feb 1st - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected Feb 3rd - Checking `lkm'... You have 1 process hidden for readdir command You have 1 process hidden for ps command Warning: Possible LKM Trojan installed Feb 5th - Checking `lkm'... nothing detected So although the first warning appears on Feb 3rd it does not show on Feb 5th but re-appears on Feb 7th. Because of that I'm assuming (hoping?) it may be a false alarm. Well it does say 'Possible'! I have only a standard dial-up connection and have PMFirewall installed and running when I'm connected to the internet. I run chkrootkit every other day. What do you think chaps? (Chaps is a generic term which includes chapesses). Barry Samuels

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Re: [Alug] Acrobat/Ghostscript printing
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Ted Harding: > However, after 'ps2pdf' this PS file converts to a PDF file of size 40667 > bytes -- actually smaller than the original! (of course, there is > compression involved here; if I turn off compression I end up with 207810 I notice that ps.gz is missing from your figures? Anyway, PDF is a good idea poorly executed, I think. By introducing multiple incompatible versions of the format and making implementers have to play "chase the document trail" if they want to do a full version, they've pretty much guaranteed it's always going to cause pain. (The document trail comment is based on commend from the CL-PDF library authors, not personal experience.) Oh, remember that xpdf (or even pdf2ps and ps2ascii in some cases) recovers you the original text for editing. In many cases, xhtml is a better format for document interchange. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] New Scientist Article
by Ricardo Campos 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

> No, this is something more - I think the concept is to make the multitrack > original available, which with modern editing/mixing tools can be altered, Sortof like mods? Mods have been around for a long time (anyone remember Octamed on the Amiga?), and you can download them, analyse how the sequence was put together AND the samples are included for your taking/altering. You can download loads of them at www.modarchive.com (and you can view/play them with www.soundtracker.org) The files themselves tend to be far smaller that the resulting MP3/OGG/WAV formats. Besides which, shouldn't we be thankful for any positive publicity, even if they don't get the licensing terms *exactly right*? It's funny how any attempt to get GNU/Linux (or Open Source Software or whatever) exposure to a wider audience always gets pooh-poohed. Maybe they should have printed the GPL and bored their readers to death? Now *that* REALLY would have helped! Ricardo _______________________________________________ "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net Check my online diary out: http://www.rscampos.net/blog.html -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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Re: [Alug] Isdn adaptors
by Ricardo Campos 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

> heh, reminds me that i will go and play with the alug wiki website (btw > /me likes wiki, already updated the FAQ once today!!) to point out that > ppl are in #alug during the week not just on Monday nights, we may not > always be talking but it could be useful for ppl to know. I never knew that.... And I look forward to running through the scripts on the ALUG site ;) > Anyhow maybe i should write up a home networking, fileserving, > firewalling, printing, etc. etc. HOW-TO at some point... I've got into a habit at work of writing HOWTO's for every awkward (or not so awkward) problem we've had. It's saved our bacon a few times! Ricardo _______________________________________________ "There are several codes, and I know several of them." -Mr. Precise. http://www.rscampos.net Check my online diary out: http://www.rscampos.net/blog.html -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org Powered by Outblaze

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