Early Reminder: Meeting June 7th - Sybase on Linux
by Andy Stewart
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HI Everybody,
I want to send out this early reminder about our upcoming WLUG meeting.
It will be held on Wednesday, June 7th at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid
room on the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA.
At this meeting, Patrick Enright from Sybase Inc. will be talking about
Sybase on Linux. Patrick was kind enough to send me a bunch of Sybase
tee shirts, CDs, posters, etc. which I'll bring to the meeting and give
away to the membership.
After the meeting, we'll go out and have pizza, soda, and great
conversation at the Tech Pizza Restaurant on Highland Street.
I look forward to seeing you there!
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 2 months
Problem with usermod
by Chuck Noyes
Hi All,
I'm running ubuntu (brezzy), and I just shot myself in the foot....
I went to add my username to a new group, but forgot to include the
other groups that I belong to in the command. The command I used was
'sudo usermod -G <new-group> <my-username>'. Now I only belong to
<new-group>. That removed my username from the other groups I belonged
to, including the admin group.
Is there a way undo what I did? I do have a copy of /etc/group before
the change.
Thanks,
-Chuck
12 years, 2 months
Job Opportunity
by Andy Stewart
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Subject: Linux /MySQL Developer/Administrator
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 14:37:51 -0700
From: Sajith Vijayan <sajith(a)techsmartsinc.com>
Reply-To: sajith(a)techsmartsinc.com
To: <andystewart(a)comcast.net>
Hi *,*
I represent TechSmarts, Inc. We have a client looking for a Linux/MySQL
Admin. You being an expert in the area and responsible for the
Linux/MySql community, I would greatly appreciate if you can provide a
reference of a good candidate who will be interested in the position.
Position: Linux /MySQL Developer/Administrator
Location: Needham, MA
The individual will be closely working with the Development and
Architecture team to discuss the product evolution and implementation
strategies
*Requirements*:
Linux and MySQL Developer/Administrator.
You will perform duties related to Linux system administration and MySQL
database development/administration. Experience with Perl and Shell
scripting is required in order to generate reports and to load data into
MySQL.
Thank you for taking the time to review this position. You could call me
or email me to discuss these opportunities.
TechSmarts, Inc offers the most referral program in the industry. If you
refer a colleague or friend who gets the above position, TechSmarts, Inc
will pay you for your referral works. For example, if the above position
goes for 6 months, the referral fee to you would be $1500. Not bad for
helping out a colleague or friend.
Please visit our website at www.techsmartsinc.com
<http://www.techsmartsinc.com/>
Thanks
Sajith
Sajith Vijayan
TechSmarts, Inc
(p) 781-210-2438
(f) 208-988-3640
www.TechSmartsinc.com <http://www.techsmartsinc.com/>
/Smart People, Smarter Solutions/
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 2 months
Job Opportunity at MathWorks
by Andy Stewart
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If interested, please contact the recruiter directly, and tell him "WLUG
sent you". :-)
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I?ve included the URL below for the role but in a nut shell we are
looking for a Sr. Unix Admin who also has a personality. This
individual will be responsible for being the liaison to the development
group and therefore needs to have experience being a ?thought leader?
and establishing ?best practice? within a group.
Take a look at the job description and give me a shout!
You can learn more about MathWorks at www.mathworks.com
Job: http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/opportunities/Job4481.html
Thanks for your time!
Eric
Eric Ellis
The MathWorks
3 Apple Hill Road
Natick, MA 01760
www.mathworks.com
p: 508-647-4423
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 2 months
Job Opportunity
by Andy Stewart
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Hi all,
If you are interested in this job opportunity, please contact the
recruiter directly. I'll try to use the words "Job Opportunity" in the
subject line of similar emails henceforth, in case you consider such
things spam.
Later,
Andy
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Our client in MA (QUALIFIED candidates only please) has a new project in
which they are porting new OO technology written in Solaris to a Linux
based platform. We need a lead and several engineers after the lead is
hired.
Job description:
A lead engineer and several sr level engineers needed to porting some
new OO technology written for a Solaris platform to their Linux based
platform. The code will need to be modified to run on multiple
platforms, both Solaris and Linux.
The work requires proven experience in being able to port a telecom
application from Solaris with the intent of making it multi-platform on
Solaris/Linux (Uni-platform port from Solaris to multi-platform support
on Solaris/Linux)
* Porting of telecom applications on highly-available, distributed
systems (platform level experience...drivers, kernel, etc)
* Understanding of nuances between 32 bit vs 64 bit architecture
If you are interested and qualified, please send your resume to
jspencer(a)optimaleng.com
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 2 months
odbc help
by Mike Leo
Has anyone ever gotten a linux box to speak to a MS SQL server?
I am only assuming i need to configure an odbc DSN from linux to MSSQL, but am not successful yet.
The end goal is to get phpBB2 to talk to my existing MSSQL database.
In order for that to happen, apache has to use php and php has to use an odbc connection to MS
SQL.
Well, php in apache is working now, and php is set to use MS SQL.
isql -s SERVER NAME PWD connects me to my MS SQL database just fine, but iodbctest is failing.
I don't know enough to know what is wrong.
Any help would be greatly apreciated!
mike
12 years, 2 months
Incompatible versions of Mysql 4.0.x and NPTL based systems?
by Michael Zarozinski
*/Hi, I logged into WebHost Manger on our server today and was presented
with this message:
Important Notice: Incompatible versions of Mysql 4.0.x and NPTL based
systems./*
If you are running a newer linux system which is NPTL based (CentOS 4,
Fedora 3+, RHE 4, etc) and are having problems with MySQL 4.0.x
(versions later then 4.0.23*), we recommend upgrading to MySQL 4.1.x as
we have determined that there are compatibility issues on these platforms.
We're running RHE4 (which _is_ NPTL based) and MySQL 4.0.26
Can anyone point me to more information about this issue so I can
determine if we need to upgrade.
Thanx,
Michael Z
12 years, 2 months
hald in ubuntu 'dapper'
by Chuck Noyes
Hi All
I upgraded by laptop from 'breezy' to 'dapper'. It looks like the hald
does not accept the --retain-privileges argument, even though the
upgrade tool added it to the /etc/default/hal file. Now the hald won't
start. Also, my USB thumb drives won't automount. I'm thinking it may be
related to the hald problem.
If I run 'sudo hald --retain-privileges restart', the command fails with
the help screen for the command.
Has anyone else out there seen this problem? Anyone got a fix?
I can always comment out the 'DAEMON-OPT=--retain-privileges' line in
the /etc/default/hal file, so the hald starts without error, but the USB
drives still don't automount.
Thanks,
-Chuck
12 years, 3 months
Re: [Wlug] Backing Up/Moving Evolution
by James Gray
Since it sounds like noone else has responded to your question, I'll give it a shot; even though I don't use Evolution. If Evolution stores emails in clear text, and I bet it does then this might work. You could use grep to try and locate one of your past emails some thing like:
grep -rlF TEXT ~/*
(From the command prompt.) Replace TEXT with an unusual sentance in one of the emails in your folders. This should give you a sense of where the file is located. Once you figure out where the folders are you should be able to simply copy them to your server. I've done this with Thunderbird (from a win machine to a Linux box no less) and it worked well.
If all else fails you might be able to find help on the evolution website.
> I need to find a way to move this
> stuff so I can get a new dual-boot system (windows/linux). I can't even
> figure out which directory all this Evolution stuff lives in.
12 years, 3 months
Take my free stuff, please! ;)
by Theo Van Dinter
Hey folks,
Sorry to blast this out on the list, but I'm in the process of moving
and have a bunch of computer-related items that I'm trying to get rid of.
Most things on here are free for pickup (I'm in the Natick, MA area) or
if you pay s/h I can send it out via USPS/etc. I'd like to receive some
money for the handful of things with a "$" marking, make an offer. :)
Send me a mail and we'll arrange something.
COMPUTER/MONITORS:
$ 2U Rackmount computer, 2xPII 450MHz, 512MB RAM
20GB IDE HD (Maxtor 6E020L0)
CDROM (CD-540E)
3.5" Floppy Drive
Monitors may not be available immediately (ask for details)
$ ViewSonic E771 17" monitor
$ ViewSonic P815 21" monitor
NETWORKING:
2x 2wire DSL Telephone Filter
3Com Etherlink 3C583A AUI/10bT Transceiver
3x SMC Ultra (83C7900F) 10BT/AUI network card
Allied Telesis CentreCom 210T AUI/10bT Transceiver
Cabletron 10 Base-2 to10 Base-T adapter w/lanview
Netgear 4 port dual speed hub #DF104
Netgear 8 port dual speed hub #DS108
Random BNC connectors (right angle, T, terminators, etc) and cable
Zyxel Prestige 643 DSL modem
MISC POWER-RELATED:
Standard grounded 3-pin power cables (2x each black and grey)
AT Power Supply
4x APC ProtectNet P10BT in-line ethernet surge protector
APC ProtectNet PTEL2 in-line telephone surge protector
3x APC 940-0024C cable
APC 940-0095B cable
APC SmartUPS 450 w/ 940-0024C cable
It's free but dead. It'd be useful if you're planning to do a TradeUPS
from APC and want to get some extra capacity. However, it doesn't even
respond or power on when plugged in.
APC SmartUPS VS650 w/ 940-0024C cable
"Works", but may or may not drop the load immediately upon power outage.
I believe it just needs a new battery, but I haven't had it checked
out too much, etc. I'd actually like to get some cash for it, make me
an offer.
MISC CABLES AND ADAPTERS:
3x AT Keyboard extension cable
Misc DB15 M-M video cables
Serial 25M-25M cable
2x Serial 25M-9F cable
Serial 25M-25F cable (long)
2x PS2 -> AT Keyboard Adapter
9pin -> ps/2 mouse converter
3x PS2->9pin mouse converter
2x DB15M-M Gender Changer
DB15F-F Gender Changer
4x APC 940-0029A 9M-25M adapters
4x APC 940-0017A 9M-25F adapters
Serial 25F-25F Gender Changer
Serial 25M-25F Jumper Box w/ wires
3x Serial/Mouse 9M-25F Converter
Serial/Mouse 9M-25M Converter
Serial/Mouse 9F-25M Converter
2x Serial 25M-25M thin Gender Changer
2x Serial 25F-25F thin Gender Changer
Serial 9M-9M Gender Changer
2x Serial 9F-9F Gender Changer (1 thin, 1 normal)
3x 5.25"-3.5" floppy data connection converter
3x 9" (?) internal Y power adapter
2x 6" (?) internal Y power adapter
3x 3.5" floppy internal drive power adapters
internal power extender w/ extra fan 3-pin connector
Serial 25M-25F null modem
MULTIMEDIA:
2 Large Speakers
Creative speakers
ISA Random sound card
ISA Sound Blaster AWE 32 sound card
ISA Sound Blaster AWE 64 sound card
misc cd-rom/sound card cables
DRIVES:
$ Kingwin KF23IPF Removable (E)IDE mount 5.25" w/ enclosed:
IBM Deskstar IC35L060AVER07-0 (60GB) HD
120MB Connor IDE HD
3.5" floppy drive Mitsumi D359T6
HP Tape Drive C1528F SCSI
Hitachi CD-ROM Model CDR-7730 IDE
Toshiba CD-ROM XM-5701B SCSI
SOFTWARE:
Alsoft DiskWarrior for Mac OS
ApplixWare for Linux version 4.4.1
Art Explosion Greeting Card Factory Premier CD (Windows/Mac)
Descent
Descent II
Educated Investor Financial and Tax Planning Tool Kit (Windows/Mac)
Macsyma 2.3 for Windows 3.1, 95, NT
Mech Warrior 2 w/ Expansion Pack
Print Shop for Mac
Pro Venture Resumes Windows 98,98,ME
Sendmail Single Switch 2.03
The 11th Hour (the sequel to the 7th guest) CD & strategy guide
The 7th Guest CD
Ulead PhotoImpact 6
SCSI CABLES/ETC:
1-2" internal 50pin SCSI extender
2x SCSI Centronics Terminator
68 pin M-M external SCSI cable, 2ft
Misc internal SCSI cables
SCSI 68pin Differential Terminator
OTHER RANDOM THINGS:
"Go away or I will replace you with a very small shell script" - XL T-Shirt
2 button serial mouse
2x Wintek PC3200 2GB ECC Registered (may or may not work, have seen issues)
3 button serial mouse
3x new AT keyboards
5.25" mounting bracket for 3.5" drive/floppy
Belkin 6 port Firewire hub
Belkin TuneDok for iPod w/ Sony cassette adapter
Cue Cat
HP ScanJet 4C SCSI Scanner w/ 3' 68pin to centronics external SCSI cable (no card)
ISA I/O board (IDE, floppy, 2x serial, game, par
Misc (E)IDE cables
Misc floppy drive cables
RCA UHF/VHF antenna
Radio Shack pillow speaker
SUNON KDE1206PTB1 60x60x25mm Fan new
Spool of Cat. 5 cable, unknown length left
VGA to 5BNC Cable
iRock FM transmitter
mouse couch (pad w/ wrist bits) mark 3
VGA Box (4x RCA A/V -> VGA DB15 Output, hook up camera, dvd player,
video game console, etc, hook up to your VGA monitor)
12 years, 3 months
