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Possible Linux Sysadmin Job!

by Keller, Tim

Hey, A buddy of mine just dropped me a mail asking me if he knew of anybody looking for linux sysadmin job... Drop me a line and I'll send you in the right direction. Tim.

July 18, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Postal Experiements

by Stephen C. Daukas

I especially like the one about the cheese wheel that "oiled" its way through the box! ;-) Charles R. Anderson wrote: >I mentioned this at the BBQ...you might find this funny. > >http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html > > >

July 18, 2003

Re: [Wlug] Client could not connect using FTP in a network which the server using ipchains.

by Charles R. Anderson

On Fri, Jul 18, 2003 at 10:34:14AM +0700, Aramico wrote: aramico> I 'm implementing ipchains in my gateway server, aramico> so, all the thing I've done were masquerading all the clients connection, aramico> so, port 20,21,22,23,25,110,80,53 (ftp data,ftp, ssh,telnet,mail, http, and dns are masqueraded. Normally you don't masquerade individual ports; why did you do that? Just masquerade your internal IP block to your external address: ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.0.1/24 -d 0.0.0.0/0 -j MASQ aramico> My clients got no problem using the internet for http, mail access, aramico> but they get problem on ftp, they could not connect, aramico> the error was " ftp: connect :Unknown error number" Active (PORT) FTP doesn't work across NAT without special help. Try using passive (PASV) FTP instead of active FTP (enter "passive" on ftp command line), or switch to iptables, which can handle NATting FTP: http://www.linuxchix.org/content/courses/security/connection_tracking -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

July 18, 2003

Client could not connect using FTP in a network which the server using ipchains.

by Aramico

Friends, can you help me here, I've got a problem, I 'm implementing ipchains in my gateway server, so, all the thing I've done were masquerading all the clients connection, so, port 20,21,22,23,25,110,80,53 (ftp data,ftp, ssh,telnet,mail, http, and dns are masqueraded. My clients got no problem using the internet for http, mail access, but they get problem on ftp, they could not connect, the error was " ftp: connect :Unknown error number" can you please tell me whic other port that I should to masquerade in order to enable ftp access from my client, Thanks Aramico

July 18, 2003

Postal Experiements

by Charles R. Anderson

I mentioned this at the BBQ...you might find this funny. http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume6/v6i4/postal-6-4.html -- Charles R. Anderson <cra(a)wpi.edu> / http://angus.ind.wpi.edu/~cra/ PGP Key ID: 49BB5886 Fingerprint: EBA3 A106 7C93 FA07 8E15 3AC2 C367 A0F9 49BB 5886

July 17, 2003

RSVP for Party...

by Keller, Tim

Andy, I will be attending the BBQ. Thanks, Tim.

July 16, 2003

Re: [Wlug] mozilla can't find my mail

by Gregory Avedissian

Thanks. That was the right file. The .bak file was still good, so I just placed it, and it works now. Greg Adam Elliott wrote: > If you go into your "home/avedis/.mozilla" directory, then into your > profile dir, and the funky-looking directory after that... > > grep newsrc_root * > > should reveal the setting inside of prefs.js (and maybe prefs.bak)... > Don't know exactly what the error is (probably a corrupted file) but I'd > expect it to be somewhere around there. > > -Adam > > On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > > >>My filesystem got crunched, and mozilla stopped seeing all my mail >>messages and accounts. I tried re-installing (1.3) and it still doesn't >>see anything. I got this error message - >> error occurred reading the startup config file >> >> line 258 SyntaxError: unterminated long string >> literal. user_pref("mail.newsrc_root"), >> "home/avedis/.mozi# HTTP Cookie File >> >> >>I'm not clear on what or where the startup config file is. Is there an >>easy way to save this? I'm probably going to upgrade from SuSE 7.2 to >>Debian 3 in about a week, so maybe it doesn't matter. I have backup >>copies of all my mail files on another drive, and I hope to resurrect >>those after I re-install everything. Instructions for doing that might >>be more useful. Thanks. >> >> >>Greg >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>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 16, 2003

Re: [Wlug] mozilla can't find my mail

by Adam Elliott

If you go into your "home/avedis/.mozilla" directory, then into your profile dir, and the funky-looking directory after that... grep newsrc_root * should reveal the setting inside of prefs.js (and maybe prefs.bak)... Don't know exactly what the error is (probably a corrupted file) but I'd expect it to be somewhere around there. -Adam On Wed, 16 Jul 2003, Gregory Avedissian wrote: > My filesystem got crunched, and mozilla stopped seeing all my mail > messages and accounts. I tried re-installing (1.3) and it still doesn't > see anything. I got this error message - > error occurred reading the startup config file > > line 258 SyntaxError: unterminated long string > literal. user_pref("mail.newsrc_root"), > "home/avedis/.mozi# HTTP Cookie File > > > I'm not clear on what or where the startup config file is. Is there an > easy way to save this? I'm probably going to upgrade from SuSE 7.2 to > Debian 3 in about a week, so maybe it doesn't matter. I have backup > copies of all my mail files on another drive, and I hope to resurrect > those after I re-install everything. Instructions for doing that might > be more useful. Thanks. > > > Greg > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > >

July 16, 2003

mozilla can't find my mail

by Gregory Avedissian

My filesystem got crunched, and mozilla stopped seeing all my mail messages and accounts. I tried re-installing (1.3) and it still doesn't see anything. I got this error message - error occurred reading the startup config file line 258 SyntaxError: unterminated long string literal. user_pref("mail.newsrc_root"), "home/avedis/.mozi# HTTP Cookie File I'm not clear on what or where the startup config file is. Is there an easy way to save this? I'm probably going to upgrade from SuSE 7.2 to Debian 3 in about a week, so maybe it doesn't matter. I have backup copies of all my mail files on another drive, and I hope to resurrect those after I re-install everything. Instructions for doing that might be more useful. Thanks. Greg

July 16, 2003

Linux programming Job

by Andy Stewart

If interested, please reply directly to Chris Currier and not me or the list. Later, Andy ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Linux programming Job Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 17:22:57 -0400 From: "Chris" <chris(a)abbottsearch.com> To: <jabr(a)blu.org>, <cclug(a)capecod.net>, <info(a)wemalu.org>, <andystewart(a)attbi.com>, <linux(a)beaver.wpi.edu> Hello, I got your email off GLUE. I am looking for someone for a full time job in NH. Need to have solid Linux experience working with drivers and kernels. Any help is appreciated and a finders fee will be awarded to the individual who puts me in touch with the appropriate person. Chris Currier Principal Abbott Executive Search 603-669-9909 ex 205 603-321-6292 mobile 603-606-5502 fax ------------------------------------------------------- -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 15, 2003

Reminder: WLUG BBQ - Wednesday, July 16th - 6 PM

by Andy Stewart

HI Everybody, Don't forget about the annual WLUG BBQ to be held on Wednesday at Doug Waud's house in Shrewsbury. The start time is 6:00 PM. More details and directions can be found on the WLUG website. Come celebrate WLUG's 6th anniversary! See ya there! -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

July 15, 2003

Re: [Wlug] installation of nVidia TNT2 M64 PCI video card

by donald vitkus

Michael Long wrote: >Hi, > >I have just installed the above card along side my existing AGP video >card. I rebooting using the AGP card and ran Yast2 (SuSE's configuration >tool) in order to configure it. Everything seemed to go well. I then >rebooted the system, went into the bios and told it to boot using the >PCI video card. The system detected the card. Just as SuSE started to >boot the system hung right after displaying *GRUB Loading Stage2*. Any >suggestions on how to resolve this would be appreciated. > >The system specs: > >SuSE 8.2 (clean install as of last week) >ABIT KT7/KT7-RAID motherboard >800 mhz AMD Athlon >512mb RAM >ATI Rage 128 AGP video (old) >nVidia TNT2 M64 PCI video (new) > > >Thanks, >Mike > > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > > > > thoes the software support the video card

July 14, 2003

installation of nVidia TNT2 M64 PCI video card

by Michael Long

Hi, I have just installed the above card along side my existing AGP video card. I rebooting using the AGP card and ran Yast2 (SuSE's configuration tool) in order to configure it. Everything seemed to go well. I then rebooted the system, went into the bios and told it to boot using the PCI video card. The system detected the card. Just as SuSE started to boot the system hung right after displaying *GRUB Loading Stage2*. Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be appreciated. The system specs: SuSE 8.2 (clean install as of last week) ABIT KT7/KT7-RAID motherboard 800 mhz AMD Athlon 512mb RAM ATI Rage 128 AGP video (old) nVidia TNT2 M64 PCI video (new) Thanks, Mike

July 14, 2003

IPSec -- Thank you!

by Skip Gaede

Hi Mike, I personally want to thank you for taking the time to help me setup an IPSec tunnel using FreeS/WAN. It's nice to know that there are people like you who are willing to invest the time to bring a newbie up to speed. Thanks again, Skip

July 11, 2003

Re: [Wlug] spamassassin/procmail question

by Bill Mills-Curran

Theo, Thanks for straightening me out about spamassassin. It's working like a champ now. Thanks, Bill

July 10, 2003

Re: [Wlug] looking for free login software...

by Aramico

Man, you can find the things that you've defined here : http://www.hotscripts.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?bool=AND&query=cgi&catid=all http://www.scriptarchive.com/ http://www.cgi-resources.com/ http://www.free-scripts.net/ Bye there and have a nice day! - Aramico - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen C. Daukas" <stephen(a)daukas.com> To: "WLUG" <wlug(a)wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 2:44 AM Subject: [Wlug] looking for free login software... > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

July 10, 2003

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