July 2003 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

Annual WLUG BBQ - July 16th - Wed - 6 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, The annual WLUG BBQ will be held in place of our next meeting! The BBQ will be held at Doug Waud's house in Shrewsbury, MA. Thanks, Doug! Directions can be found on the WLUG website. WLUG will supply burgers, dogs, chips, soda. Feel free to bring other food items that you might like to share with the rest of us. You may also BYOB if you so desire. The rain date will be on Thursday, July 17th. Call Doug's house directly if there is any question about the weather. Try www.switchboard.com and search for "Waud" in "Shrewsbury MA". Please RSVP to Andy Stewart so we have some idea how much food to purchase. See ya there! Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 10, 2003

looking for free login software...

by Stephen C. Daukas

Anyone aware of free software (CGI, et al.) that i can use for my website that would allow users to create a login (with approval), and to log those logins, and so on? I really don't have the time to write one myself and I'm sure they are out there somewhere... Thanks! Steve

July 9, 2003

Seting up IPSec

by Skip Gaede

Hi, I'd like to try setting up a FreeS/Wan IPSec tunnel between my network and anyone who has a static IP address for test purposes. My cable connection is assigned by DHCP, but I have a registered name for the address, sgaede.ne.client2.attbi.com. On my private subnet, I have a second PC. I can run Win98, W2K, and a couple flavors of Linux on my gateway, and Linux / Win98 on my private subnet. I've tried setting up a connection between the two boxes, but it fails because the two machines are on the same subnet... Anyone interested? Thanks, Skip

July 8, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Linux Consulting Services in MA?

by Andy Stewart

On Monday 07 July 2003 8:47 pm, Mike Peckar wrote: > Well, you could just post your problems here, then pay for the pizza and > beer after our meetings... > > :-) It works for me! :-) -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 8, 2003

RE: [Wlug] Linux Consulting Services in MA?

by Mike Peckar

Well, you could just post your problems here, then pay for the pizza and beer after our meetings... :-) -----Original Message----- From: wlug-admin(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-admin@mail.wlug.org] On Behalf Of Adam Keck Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:48 PM To: WLUG List Subject: [Wlug] Linux Consulting Services in MA? Does anyone know of any Linux consulting services in Mass? My company is looking for someone to turn to if we have a linux problem that resists solving. We are a Debian shop. -Adam _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

July 8, 2003

Linux Consulting Services in MA?

by Adam Keck

Does anyone know of any Linux consulting services in Mass? My company is looking for someone to turn to if we have a linux problem that resists solving. We are a Debian shop. -Adam

July 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] spamassassin/procmail question

by Theo Van Dinter

On Mon, Jul 07, 2003 at 02:21:40PM -0400, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I have successfully set up spamassassin on my Red Hat 8 box but I > thought I'd try to install a new version so I could use the Bayesian > filters. Mmmmm, Bayesian filter ... > After installing the rpm, all I needed was a .forward file: > > "| /usr/bin/spamassassin || exit 75" You used SA for delivery which wasn't suggested. That functionality was removed a while ago (2.40?) > My email just disappears, but there are some words about needing to Yeah, SA doesn't deliver mail anymore. There were big warnings in the INSTALL and/or README doc about it. > use procmail to invoke spamassassin. So, I changed my .forward: You don't need procmail if you're going to use it site-wide (ie: via MTA), but most people use procmail. FYI. > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" Just get rid of the .forward. The default in Linux (and definately in RH) is to have procmail be the local delivery agent (LDA). So procmail ought to already be in /etc/smrsh, and you can just use a .procmailrc and it'll automatically be read during delivery. If you had to make the symlink and such, you'll want to check your setup to see if you're doing something custom. > My best guess is that the .forward file isn't right, and I'm haven't > been a procmail user, so I'm not at all sure what it needs. I got the > .forward contents from the spamassassin docs. Some platforms need that, some don't. We should probably change that section of the docs to be more clear about things. -- Randomly Generated Tagline: "The way of the warrior is one of peace interrupted by an occasional unavoidable ass-kicking." - unknown

July 7, 2003

Re: [Wlug] spamassassin/procmail question

by Karl Hiramoto

I only have the .procmailrc file in use. I'm using the example .procmailrc file from the example and the .spamassassin/user_prefs from the docs in /usr/share/spamassassin/ from my redhat and spamassassin.org rpm install. I'm not using the .forward try removing that and see what happens. On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > I have successfully set up spamassassin on my Red Hat 8 box but I > thought I'd try to install a new version so I could use the Bayesian > filters. > > **************** > Old version: > > After installing the rpm, all I needed was a .forward file: > > "| /usr/bin/spamassassin || exit 75" > > and I also needed to add a sym link to spamassassin in the /etc/smrsh > directory. It worked fine. > > **************** > New version 2.44 and 2.55 (I got the 2.44 from Red Hat 9, I got the > 2.55 from the spamassassin web site): > > My email just disappears, but there are some words about needing to > use procmail to invoke spamassassin. So, I changed my .forward: > > "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" > > And, I added a .procmailrc: > > :0fw: spamassassin.lock > | /usr/bin/spamassassin > > I added /usr/bin/procmail symlink to /etc/smrsh. > > I get messages in /var/log/maillog like this: > > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 smrsh: uid 21245: attempt to use "IFS=' ' && > exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" (stat failed) > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HO9OM022615: to="|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran", > ctladdr=<bcurran(a)pent584.us.dg.com> (21245/111), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=30518, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HO9OM022615: h67HOAOM022616: DSN: Service unavailable > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 smrsh: uid 21245: attempt to use "IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" (stat failed) > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HOAOM022616: to="|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran", ctladdr=<bcurran(a)pent584.us.dg.com> (21245/111), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=31542, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HOAOM022616: h67HOAON022616: return to sender: Service unavailable > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 smrsh: uid 21245: attempt to use "IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" (stat failed) > Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HOAON022616: to="|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran", ctladdr=bcurran (21245/111), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=32566, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable > > **************** > > My best guess is that the .forward file isn't right, and I'm haven't > been a procmail user, so I'm not at all sure what it needs. I got the > .forward contents from the spamassassin docs. > > Any ideas what I need to do? > > TIA, > Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø Karl Hiramoto <karl(a)hiramoto.org> Work: 978-425-2090 ext 25 Cell: 508-517-4819 http://karl.hiramoto.org/ AOL IM ID = KarlH420 Yahoo_IM = karl_hiramoto ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø You are wise, witty, and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of trash.

July 7, 2003

spamassassin/procmail question

by Bill Mills-Curran

I have successfully set up spamassassin on my Red Hat 8 box but I thought I'd try to install a new version so I could use the Bayesian filters. **************** Old version: After installing the rpm, all I needed was a .forward file: "| /usr/bin/spamassassin || exit 75" and I also needed to add a sym link to spamassassin in the /etc/smrsh directory. It worked fine. **************** New version 2.44 and 2.55 (I got the 2.44 from Red Hat 9, I got the 2.55 from the spamassassin web site): My email just disappears, but there are some words about needing to use procmail to invoke spamassassin. So, I changed my .forward: "|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" And, I added a .procmailrc: :0fw: spamassassin.lock | /usr/bin/spamassassin I added /usr/bin/procmail symlink to /etc/smrsh. I get messages in /var/log/maillog like this: Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 smrsh: uid 21245: attempt to use "IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" (stat failed) Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HO9OM022615: to="|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran", ctladdr=<bcurran(a)pent584.us.dg.com> (21245/111), delay=00:00:01, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=30518, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HO9OM022615: h67HOAOM022616: DSN: Service unavailable Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 smrsh: uid 21245: attempt to use "IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" (stat failed) Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HOAOM022616: to="|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran", ctladdr=<bcurran(a)pent584.us.dg.com> (21245/111), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=31542, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HOAOM022616: h67HOAON022616: return to sender: Service unavailable Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 smrsh: uid 21245: attempt to use "IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran" (stat failed) Jul 7 13:24:10 pent584 sendmail[22616]: h67HOAON022616: to="|IFS=' ' && exec /usr/bin/procmail -f- || exit 75 #bcurran", ctladdr=bcurran (21245/111), delay=00:00:00, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=prog, pri=32566, dsn=5.0.0, stat=Service unavailable **************** My best guess is that the .forward file isn't right, and I'm haven't been a procmail user, so I'm not at all sure what it needs. I got the .forward contents from the spamassassin docs. Any ideas what I need to do? TIA, Bill

July 7, 2003

Looking for PHP/Forms help

by John Stoffel

Hi All, I've been working on a database with a web interface for the past few years in my spare time, and as you can guess, I haven't had much time lately, and they people I'm doing this for would like to get it wrapped up if possible. I'm looking for someone to help me understand/write PHP code (possibly using PHPLIB and oohforms) to add/edit/delete records in a MySQL database. This isn't really hard, except that I need to be able to add/edit varying numbers of fields in each record. For a better example, take a look at: http://jfs.ecotarium.org/AAS/john/sql-search.php and search for the name "Anderson". As you can see, records can have varying numbers of Roles, References, Addresses, etc. The searching of the DB is working just fine, as you can see, it really just needs some tweaking on the search form side, but the core is all there. I've been beating my head out with the PHPLIB oohforms stuff to try and make it so I can start out with a basic record: heading, ref, role, authority number, note and address. I need to be able to allow the user to add additional roles, references, and addresses when adding records. So does anyone out there have either: 1. good oohforms examples? 2. good ideas on what other PHP libraries I can use to make my life simpler, or ideally some code I can steal, file off the serial numbers, and re-work to do what I need? For some piss poor examples of what I'm trying to do with forms, take a look at: http://jfs.ecotarium.org/AAS/john/test/form.php /sql-add-test.php to see what I've been trying to make work so far. Thanks, John john(a)stoffel.org

July 2, 2003