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Re: [Wlug] maxing out the cpu

by Jamie Guinan

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Mike Leo wrote: > 2 meetings ago, someone was trying to push the cpu of Andy's > homemade router to 100% using a for/loop of some sort....can > someone remind me of the syntax of that? > > while true; do; done Close, while true; do true; done -Jamie

March 17, 2006

Re: [Wlug] maxing out the cpu

by Mike Frysinger

On Thursday 16 March 2006 22:44, Mike Leo wrote: > 2 meetings ago, someone was trying to push the cpu of Andy's homemade > router to 100% using a for/loop of some sort....can someone remind me of > the syntax of that? personally, i prefer the bashism: :(){ :|:&};: -mike

March 17, 2006

maxing out the cpu

by Mike Leo

2 meetings ago, someone was trying to push the cpu of Andy's homemade router to 100% using a for/loop of some sort....can someone remind me of the syntax of that? while true; do; done or something similar? thanks

March 17, 2006

FreeBSD snd_emu10k1 issues

by TheLobster

Hey, I currently have FreeBSD 6.1 installed. I have a sound blaster audiology 2 and in order to use it on previous linux and freebsd installs I needed to load snd_emu10k1 into the kernel. When i run "kldload snd_emu10k1" as root, the computer completely freezes up. Gnome doesn't respond, no keyboard responce (Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+alt+F1) and everything seams to lockup. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Bob -- --------------- Bob Breznak 908 672 2841 robert.breznak(a)gmail.com IIsAGeek.Com Crimson Key LnL Webmaster Masque Webmaster TechNews Webmaster BiLaGa Webmaster Guerrilla Improv SCP Rep Guerrilla Improv Webmaster

March 17, 2006

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: Upcoming meeting Wed Mar 15 7:00 PM

by Frank Sweetser

On Mon, Mar 13, 2006 at 08:27:49AM -0500, Jared Greenwald wrote: > Is there going to be a presentation accompanying this talk? I might > not be able to go, but I'm very interested in the topic. Yes, I'll make my slides available after the meeting. -- Frank Sweetser fs at wpi.edu | For every problem, there is a solution that WPI Network Engineer | is simple, elegant, and wrong. - HL Mencken GPG fingerprint = 6174 1257 129E 0D21 D8D4 E8A3 8E39 29E3 E2E8 8CEC

March 13, 2006

Re: [Wlug] REMINDER: Upcoming meeting Wed Mar 15 7:00 PM

by Jared Greenwald

Is there going to be a presentation accompanying this talk? I might not be able to go, but I'm very interested in the topic. Thanks, Jared On 3/12/06, Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > HI Everybody, > > Its that time again for a WLUG meeting! > > At this month's meeting, WLUG member Frank Sweetser will be presenting > "Wireless Networking Security". > > Frank will be doing a quick overview of some of the major security > related issues in setting up a wireless network, the major > vulnerabilities (WEP weaknesses in particular), and ways to close up the > holes. He will also include a brief demo of Back Track, a bootable linux > CD that includes numerous security related tools, and use it crack a WEP > key. Frank is a Network Engineer at WPI, where his duties include Linux > administration and the care and feeding of the campus wireless network. > > I'll bring a book for the no cost raffle: > The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Manual > 2nd Edition > ISBN: 0-13-188222-8 > Published by Prentice Hall > > After the meeting, we'll go out to the Tech Pizza restaurant to enjoy > pizza, soda, and conversation on a variety of topics (including Linux!). > > See ya at the meeting! > > Andy > > - -- > Andy Stewart, Founder > Worcester Linux Users' Group > Worcester, MA, USA > http://www.wlug.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFEFOlsHl0iXDssISsRAretAJ4v2SVLPuKOredGZ/89Me7eTdDgfwCfcjNT > jIu8JKcO5IBeih8LoAA76Sg= > =aN9b > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

March 13, 2006

REMINDER: Upcoming meeting Wed Mar 15 7:00 PM

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI Everybody, Its that time again for a WLUG meeting! At this month's meeting, WLUG member Frank Sweetser will be presenting "Wireless Networking Security". Frank will be doing a quick overview of some of the major security related issues in setting up a wireless network, the major vulnerabilities (WEP weaknesses in particular), and ways to close up the holes. He will also include a brief demo of Back Track, a bootable linux CD that includes numerous security related tools, and use it crack a WEP key. Frank is a Network Engineer at WPI, where his duties include Linux administration and the care and feeding of the campus wireless network. I'll bring a book for the no cost raffle: The Official Samba-3 HOWTO and Reference Manual 2nd Edition ISBN: 0-13-188222-8 Published by Prentice Hall After the meeting, we'll go out to the Tech Pizza restaurant to enjoy pizza, soda, and conversation on a variety of topics (including Linux!). See ya at the meeting! Andy - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEFOlsHl0iXDssISsRAretAJ4v2SVLPuKOredGZ/89Me7eTdDgfwCfcjNT jIu8JKcO5IBeih8LoAA76Sg= =aN9b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

March 13, 2006

Fwd: [Wlug] problems with smb export on external usb drive

by Jim Dibb

Sorry to followup to my own email but I eventually solved my problem by reformatting the filesystem and copying all the data back to it. I just couldn't get the security set right. I could mount the share, but not see any files on it. From that point I reformatted, without doing anything else, and everything worked fine from then on. THanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jim Dibb <jimdibb(a)gmail.com> Date: Mar 7, 2006 8:00 PM Subject: Re: [Wlug] problems with smb export on external usb drive To: Worcester Linux Users Group <wlug(a)mail.wlug.org> > > > > > > > > Great answer, that was it. Only question I have is whether I have > > to > > > disable SeLinux control of smbd and nmbd or just smbd. Thanks! > > > > Those aren't really the proper answer. The correct solution is to > > label the filesystem for smbd access, or add the desired filesystem > > label to the policy. > > > > But I suppose your solution is ok, akin to disabling a firewall > > instead of unblocking the one port you need. > >

March 8, 2006

Re: [Wlug] Adding repositories?

by Chuck Anderson

On Wed, Mar 08, 2006 at 07:46:23AM -0500, Bill Mills-Curran wrote: > So, I'm feeling a bit worried. Does anyone have a sense of how much > these repositories should be trusted? Core, Extras, and Livna are designed to cooperate and not upgrade each other's packages. Anything else depends on the repository maintainer. If a repo replaces Core packages, it may or may not interfere with Core updates, Extras, Livna, etc., depending on the extent of those replacements. Some would argue that if you are replacing Core components, it isn't really Fedora anymore, and you shouldn't report bugs to Fedora about your system in that case. You could try picking and choosing just the packages you want from the 3rd party repos and install those manually. However, in many cases, Core libraries are being replaced to add functionality that was missing from the Core version, or programs are recompiled with different options to enable support for additional features, e.g. MP3 support, which the program you want might need. Therefore, it isn't always an option to use a 3rd party repo in a piecemeal manner. In fact, the maintainers of those repos may frown upon that, since it causes them more of a support headache when users report bugs which are really only due to them not using all the packages from said 3rd party repo. You could go the other way and completely switch to some of the larger repos which have "everything" including updates, etc., but then you are diverging from Fedora even more. The proper solution to these problems of course is to fix or enhance the Core, Extras, and Livna packages so the 3rd party repos don't need to replace them, or for the 3rd party repo maintainers to cooperate with Fedora by contributing directly to Core, Extras, and Livna. Some of the issues are technical problems with the design of the software, such as the aforementioned MP3 support--those kinds of features should be modular so that they can be loaded at runtime from a separate package which provides the legally questionable components. Then that package could go into e.g. Livna.

March 8, 2006

Adding repositories?

by Bill Mills-Curran

I've added a new repository (or two) to my yum config, and I'm feeling a bit exposed. I wonder what other WLUG members do about additional repositories. In an effort to support vlc, I had added the livna repository, and when that stopped working (after recent fedora updates), I found that switching from livna to dries helped. Now I notice that there are quite a few packages from dries that will update fedora packages. So, I'm feeling a bit worried. Does anyone have a sense of how much these repositories should be trusted? TIA, Bill

March 8, 2006