July 2001 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

apache server

by jim stith

dan; yes, i can ping client to server and server to client. i looked at ipchains -L -n and the only source other than 0.0.0.0/0 was 192.168.1.1 which is the ip address of the server and the target was accept at ports 53 -> *. the other accept was prot all source 0.0.0.0/0 and ports n/a. everything else had target of reject (tcp udp) et.al. chain forward policy is accept chain output policy is accept now to be honest with you, i haven't much of a clue what the above means. hopefully, you do. any more help muchly appreciated. jim s

July 28, 2001

Firewall Script hacking (LONG)

by Paul Gelinas

Hi, I've been meaning to do this for months, so here goes: Many of you (like me) probably use Bob Ziegler's firewall scripts (or some variant/derivative thereof) for maintaining your firewall. These scripts (particularly the IANA listings) need to be updated periodically.

July 27, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Fwd: [Don.Reagan@trw.com: Need help on a Linux issue]

by Theo Van Dinter

On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 08:55:15AM -0400, John Stoffel wrote: > I've just sent a reply to Amy (who I know from WPI days) for the user Ditto. HP has two good documents on configuring JetDirect cards to do LPD and to configure UNIX machines to print to them. Linux specific: http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/support_doc/bpj06515.html LPD/UNIX in general: http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/support_doc/bpj02836.html I was able to set this up on a test RH7.1 machine at work and print a few test pages. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "Remember: while root can do most everything, there are certain privileges that only a partner can grant." - Telsa Gwynne

July 26, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Fwd: [Don.Reagan@trw.com: Need help on a Linux issue]

by John Stoffel

Andy> If anybody feels like writing an answer to this technical Andy> question, you have a chance of getting it published in SysAdmin Andy> magazine. If you're interested, directly contact Andy> Don.Reagan(a)trw.com ASAP. I've just sent a reply to Amy (who I know from WPI days) for the user to setup and use LPRng and IHP printing tools. Works great from our Solaris boxes to HP printers on the network. And I know Patrick supports Linux with LPRng as well, so the user should be all set and on the way. John John Stoffel - Senior Unix Systems Administrator - Lucent Technologies stoffel(a)lucent.com - http://www.lucent.com - 978-952-7548

July 26, 2001

Fwd: Call for Papers: 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference

by Andy Stewart

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Call for Papers: 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 15:50:25 -0700 From: Usenix Assocation <mktgadm(a)usenix.org> To: astewart(a)world.std.com Attn: Worcester Linux Users' Group Dear Worcester Linux Users' Group, Below is a conference announcement and Call for Papers for the 2002 USENIX Annual Tehcnical Conference. Please let me know if you have a more appropriate method for submitting this information. Thank you for your assistance! Best Regards, Alexandra Szczepanski USENIX Association/SAGE 2560 Ninth Street, Suite 215 Berkeley, CA. 94710 ph (510) 528-8649 fx (510) 548-5738 www.usenix.org ----------------------------------------------------------- 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference June 9-14, 2002 Monterey, CA http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/ The 2002 USENIX Technical Conference seeks original and innovative papers about the applications, architecture, implementation, and performance of modern computing systems. As at all USENIX conferences, papers that analyze problem areas and draw important conclusions from practical experience are especially welcome. Some particularly interesting application topics are: *Cluster computing *File systems and storage systems *Complexity management *Distributed caching and replication *Mobile code *Mobile/Wireless computing *Multimedia *Networking and network services *Reliability and QoS *Security and privacy *Ubiquitous computing *usage studies *Web technologies *Energy/Power Management *Interoperability of heterogeneous systems FREENIX is a special track within the USENIX Annual Technical Conference that showcases the latest developments and applications in freely redistributed technology. The FREENIX track covers the full range of software and source code including but not limited to Apache, Darwin, FreeBSD, GNOME, GNU, KDE, Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Perl, PHP, Python, Samba, Tcl/Tk and more. FREENIX is looking for papers about projects with a solid emphasis on nurturing the open source/freely available software community and talks which advance the state of the art of freely redistributable software. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: *Cross-platform source portability and binary compatibility *Desktop metaphors *Distributed and parallel systems *Documentation *File system design *Highly-available systems *Graphical user interface tools *Storage Systems *Highly-scalable and clustered systems *Security *System and user management tools *Quality Assurance *Large scale system management *Print Systems *Free Software development/mgmt *Operating system design *Interesting deployments of free software Submission guidelines and conference details are available on our website: http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix02/cfp/ Submissions to the Freenix Track are due on November 12, 2001. Submissions to the General Refereed Sessions Track are due on November 19, 2001. Join us in developing the best technical conference program of 2002! ==================================================================== The 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference is sponsored by USENIX, The Advanced Computing Systems Association. www.usenix.org ==================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

July 26, 2001

Using foreign characters in filenames

by Bryan Scaringe

On some FTP sites, I've come across directory names that contain foreign characters. I am using the standard *nix commandline FTP client, and was wondering how one goes about typing characters. I can use Mozilla to traverse the directory structure, and although it displays properly, if I click the direcotry name, It brings me to a page labeled: Index of /%E9%E9%E4%20%E7%E3%E4 the %20 is a space, the rest of the characters are foreign vowels. And I can continue traversing the tree from there. Internet explorer works the same way on my windows machine. But in order to use the command line FTP program, I'd have to actually type it in (cut 'n paste doesn't work). Even outside of FTP, I have had files with foreign characters, and they're a pain to manipulate without a GUI.

July 26, 2001

Fwd: [Don.Reagan@trw.com: Need help on a Linux issue]

by Andy Stewart

HI gang, If anybody feels like writing an answer to this technical question, you have a chance of getting it published in SysAdmin magazine. If you're interested, directly contact Don.Reagan(a)trw.com ASAP. Thanks, Andy ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: [Don.Reagan(a)trw.com: Need help on a Linux issue] Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 16:58:41 -0400 From: <arr(a)oceanwave.com> To: andystewart(a)mediaone.net Howdy, Liz (your sister) said you'd be the man who may know the answer to this. I write a column (Q&A) for SysAdmin magazine, but I'm not a Linux person and know diddly about their printing stuff. If you can answer this guy's question (cc me) and it's a sufficiently complex answer, I'll be happy to print it in the next issue I write up. If you're not interested, thanks for reading this far, and sorry for bothering you. :} ------- start of forwarded message (RFC 934 encapsulation) ------- Importance: Normal From: "Don Reagan" <Don.Reagan(a)trw.com> To: <jrmckins(a)yahoo.com>, <arr(a)oceanwave.com> Subject: Need help on a Linux issue Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 11:47:31 -0700 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - ------=_NextPart_000_001C_01C114FF.9640F520 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am a reader of the Sys Admin magazine. I was wondering if you can help me on a Linux issue. I can't print to a networked HP LJ 5Si printer. Notes: I Can ping the printer. I can ping all network resources. Printer is in the same hub as my computer. Tried to setup printer on computer using CUPS, LPR, PDQ, PRINTTOOL, and Mandrake Hardware setup tool. CUPS asks me for a command line. I tried something like "IPP://PrintServer/PrinterName:9100" Also with the word socket in the front. None of the examples I have seen ask for the IP. I tried one command line with the IP but it didn't work. None of the documentation is clear on networked HP printers. It seems like I have tried every combination. Tried a raw IP print to the printer "lpr raw(a)123.123.123.123 test" Printer runs these protocols: Netware, TCP/IP, AppleTalk, and LAT. We print to this printer in Windows using a Windows 2000 print server. I am the maverick I want to dual boot Windows and Linux. Using CUPS (Common Unix Printing Service) with IPP, Socket, and other setup lines. Not sure of the command line for this. I tried editing the /etc/printcap, and /etc/printrc files. I Got the PDD for the HP 5Si printer. I thought maybe my editing of printcap or printrc was stopping the CUPS or other methods of setup from working so I went back to the original copies. Oh ya, before you say something simple like read the print man page--I did, also I went to Mandrake documentation, HP printing for Unix web page, read the documentation at Linuxprinting.org web site, Read the printing documentation at Red Hat web site. Not sure it is a HP Jetdirect network card in the printer. Though I suspect I could use HP Jetdirect software to set it up on a Windows machine. I guess what I really need is someone who has printed from a Linux variant to a networked HP printer. Everything I read says this is traditionally a hard issue because of varies issues. Compatibility has been an issue. System: Mandrake Linux v8 full install, Dell GX110 computer. 3Com905 network card. Thank you, Don Reagan Senior Systems Administrator 310.812.6273, don.reagan(a)trw.com TRW Systems/IIT (S&ITG) One Space Park, R2/1015C, Redondo Beach, CA. 90278 -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

July 26, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Jobs

by Marc Hughes

I found the same thing. I currently have a linux job, but I have to commute an hour. Luckily I love my job, and I work at home two days a week. They aren't that hard to find, I had two linux job offers 3 months ago (and I think the economy is better now?). I found them in Boston papers. -Marc On 25 Jul 2001 06:55:55 -0400, Gary J. Hanley wrote: > Unfortunately there isn't much UNIX related jobs in the Worcester area. > I've been working with UNIX since the early '90s and have always had to > travel at least a half-hour to work. > > I think the future is bright though. More companies are moving out *towards* > Worcester from Boston. And because the City recently changed the tax > structure to be a little more business-friendly and the Little Dig making > the city more accessable, there will likely be more companies moving offices > in and around the city in the next couple of years. > > Of that doesn't help you now. Be prepared to commute. :-( > > -- Gary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doctor Orbitz" <orbitz(a)firest0rm.org> > To: <wlug(a)wlug.org> > Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:03 PM > Subject: [Wlug] Jobs > > > > Hello, does anyone know of companies in the Worcester area looking for > > people with programming/web/*NIX skills, or of a good place to find > > consulting type jobs? As in making a webpage, seting up servers, etc > > for somebody. I'm looking for something to put my knowledge to. > > > > Thanks, > > Orbitz > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wlug mailing list > > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 25, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Jobs

by Gary J. Hanley

Unfortunately there isn't much UNIX related jobs in the Worcester area. I've been working with UNIX since the early '90s and have always had to travel at least a half-hour to work. I think the future is bright though. More companies are moving out *towards* Worcester from Boston. And because the City recently changed the tax structure to be a little more business-friendly and the Little Dig making the city more accessable, there will likely be more companies moving offices in and around the city in the next couple of years. Of that doesn't help you now. Be prepared to commute. :-( -- Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doctor Orbitz" <orbitz(a)firest0rm.org> To: <wlug(a)wlug.org> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2001 5:03 PM Subject: [Wlug] Jobs > Hello, does anyone know of companies in the Worcester area looking for > people with programming/web/*NIX skills, or of a good place to find > consulting type jobs? As in making a webpage, seting up servers, etc > for somebody. I'm looking for something to put my knowledge to. > > Thanks, > Orbitz > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 25, 2001

Re: [Wlug] Jobs

by Aaron Haviland

Doctor Orbitz said: > Hello, does anyone know of companies in the Worcester area looking for > people with programming/web/*NIX skills, or of a good place to find > consulting type jobs? As in making a webpage, seting up servers, etc > for somebody. I'm looking for something to put my knowledge to. > > Thanks, > Orbitz Similarly, does anyone know of a suitable type of job for a person that loves making Debian packages and generally tweaking things, but not actually writing code? Someone described me the other day as an "ad-hoc specialist," in that I don't specialise in anything, but I tend to learn what I need to do the job I need (or want) to do. How would I put that on a resume? I'm not looking for something to put my knowledge to. I'm looking to gain more self-taught knowledge. Something I've failed to learn is how to find a good job. -- Aaron Haviland orion [at] tribble [dot] dyndns [dot] org orion [at] parsed [dot] net I previously had a sig here, but it went through the dishwasher.

July 24, 2001