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VPN Question
by Michael Long Aug. 30, 2001

Aug. 30, 2001

Hi all, I have only connected to a network via a VPN using windows software in the past. How do I go about establishing a VPN connection using linux. Do I need to get any software and what other information will I need besides my login, password, and server IP address? Thanks, Mike

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Meeting topics for Sept. 12th
by Andy Stewart Aug. 29, 2001

Aug. 29, 2001

HI gang, I'm looking for a speaker for the Sept. 12th WLUG meeting. If you have a desire to speak on a topic, please bounce your ideas off of me and we'll see if something can be worked out. If you know somebody who'd be a good speaker, please let me know that as well. Finally, I'd like to put out an APB on Rob Bellville. He is our former webmaster, and I"m trying to get in touch with him. His e-mail address doesn't exist any more. If anybody knows Rob or how I can get in touch with him, please contact me ASAP. Thanks in advance, Andy -- Andy Stewart Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org

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apache and SetOutputFilter
by Brad Noyes Aug. 27, 2001

Aug. 27, 2001

Hi Fellas, I'm trying to configure apache to handle .shtml files. I don't know much about apache configuration, so i got some info from apache.org about this. i ended up with this config chunck # put in so we can use .shtml files in /home/httpd/includes <Directory "/home/httpd/includes"> Options +Includes # (took from http://www.apache.org/docs-2.0/mod/mod_include.html) <IfModule mod_include.c> AddType text/html .shtml <FilesMatch "\.shtml(\..+)?$"> SetOutputFilter INCLUDES </FilesMatch> </IfModule> </Directory> When i parse the config file i get this # httpd -t Syntax error on line 408 of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Invalid command 'SetOutputFilter', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration any suggestions here? i'm using the apache that came with red hat 7.0 Thanks, --Brad

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gettin' the Sparc Classic on the network...
by Sands Fish Aug. 24, 2001

Aug. 24, 2001

Hello all, Settin' up the box I won at the last WLUG meeting. I wanna get it on the network here at work. When I watch the boot messages, I see "eth0 LANCE <mac address>" and "eth0 using auto-carrier-detection", but i don't see an entry for /dev/eth0 when i look there. I can ping the local loopback, but when I try to use DHCP in linuxconf to let it grab an address, but in ifconfig, i still only see the entry for the local loopback. Is there a different location for the eth0 device? Any hints? Anything would be appreciated. Thanx everyone. - Sands Fish - eCommerce - telecomNOW - sands(a)telecomnow.com

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Embedded Systems Conference in Boston Sept 5-7
by Skip Gaede Aug. 23, 2001

Aug. 23, 2001

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Re: [Wlug] REPLY TO FROM (!!!)
by ccb＠acm.org Aug. 20, 2001

Aug. 20, 2001

> - Some people expect that a reply will goto the group. > > However, this causes a number of people to respond to the group > when they mean the response to goto the sender only. Of the 40 or so mailing lists that I'm regularly a participant on, the wlug list is the only one exhibiting this behavior. It's generally consider an anachronism, dating to the days when we all had "!" in our email addresses. decvax!ccb

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stat syscall in RH7.1
by Brad Noyes Aug. 20, 2001

Aug. 20, 2001

Hi Fellas I'm trying to get a shared library to work with my red hat 7.1 system. The problem is; when the library makes a system call to stat() i get "<./myprog> error while loading shared libraries: <mylib.so>: undefined symbol: stat". I have tried this on other distro's (debian, namely), and it was able to make the syscall just fine. Any ideas? Here's some info that you may find helpful: i compile with these lines: gcc -g -fPIC -c -g <mylib>.c -o <mylib>.o ld -shared -soname <mylib>.so.0 -o <mylib>.so.0.0.0 -lc <mylib>.o gcc -g <myprog>.o -o <myprog> -L. -l<mylib> ldd <myprog> <mylib>.so.0 => ./<mylib>.so.0 (0x40018000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/libc.so.6 (0x4002d000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40000000) gcc --version 2.96 Thanks for any sugesstions, --Brad

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Re: [Wlug] REPLY TO FROM (!!!)
by Jeffry Smith Aug. 20, 2001

Aug. 20, 2001

Doug Chamberlin said: >At 8/20/2001 11:53 AM (Monday), ccb(a)acm.org wrote: >> > - Some people expect that a reply will goto the group. >> > >> > However, this causes a number of people to respond to the group >> > when they mean the response to goto the sender only. >> >>Of the 40 or so mailing lists that I'm regularly a participant on, the >>wlug list is the only one exhibiting this behavior. It's generally >>consider an anachronism, dating to the days when we all had "!" in our >>email addresses. > >Of the 15 or so mailing lists that I'm regularly a participant on, there >are NO lists which are setup so replies go directly to senders instead of >the list as a whole. Replying by default only to senders hinders one of the >primary benefits of participation - that of sharing info. It is generally >considered "the way to go" to have replies default to the whole list with >strong objections made every time it is suggested that it be changed. > Not a main member of the group (only the mailing list), so take it for what it's worth, but most of the ones I'm on default to replies to the owner. A few changed over to that after some stuff accidently got sent to the list that REALLY should have been private. See http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html jeff ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeffry Smith Technical Sales Consultant Mission Critical Linux smith(a)missioncriticallinux.com phone:603.930.9739 fax:978.446.9470 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thought for today: greenbar n. A style of fanfolded continuous-feed paper with alternating green and white bars on it, especially used in old-style line printers. This slang almost certainly dates way back to mainframe days.

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Re: [Wlug] Extra Hardware
by ccb＠acm.org Aug. 20, 2001

Aug. 20, 2001

I'll take it all. Those make excellent drives for synthesizers. ccb

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Re: [Wlug] REPLY TO FROM (!!!)
by ccb＠acm.org Aug. 20, 2001

Aug. 20, 2001

> Of the 15 or so mailing lists that I'm regularly a participant on, there > are NO lists which are setup so replies go directly to senders instead of > the list as a whole. Replying by default only to senders hinders one of the > primary benefits of participation - that of sharing info. It is generally > considered "the way to go" to have replies default to the whole list with > strong objections made every time it is suggested that it be changed. So be it. I'll hack my MUA to suit my own tastes. ccb -- Charles C. Bennett, Jr. VA LiNUX Systems Systems Engineer, Northeast US 25 Burlington Mall Rd., Suite 300 +1 617 543-6513 Burlington, MA 01803-4145 ccb(a)valinux.com www.valinux.com

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