May 2000 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[SLE] Network security
by moseley＠hank.org 28 May '00

28 May '00

I have a static IP, but nothing points to my machine yet (meaning DNS or any links). The only way people could find my IP address is by my mail or port scanning the network, I'd guess. Anyway, I surprised how often my firewall rejects connections. I get quite a few telnet and ftp attempts (those are blocked not by the firewall, but with tcpwrappers which does a finger of them when they try to connect), but also for port 137 which is netbios ns. Anyone know what people are trying when they try to connect to port 137? Is this just a fact of life that everyday people try to access? Bill Moseley mailto:moseley@hank.org -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Partitioning Problem
by smolnar＠jadeinc.com 28 May '00

28 May '00

SuSE v6.3 on a pentium with a 20 GB HD (along with two others) installed as the primary slave. I want to change the type of the last three partitions on the 20 GB HD (it's partitioned into 10 DOS partitions) from DOS to Linux (I have RH v6.1 on one of the other HDs on the platform) in order to install v6.3. I had started the process yesterday and was about half way through the install when there was a power failure and the machine rebooted into W95. At that point I discovered that W95 wasn't reading the changed partition table. I use PowerDesk 4.0 on that machine (on both of my machines as a matter of fact, although first on Igor, the pentium) because of the unexplained failure of the original MS file manager. If I go back into YaST and change the linux partitions back to DOS, PowerDesk will read the restored partitions, after reformatting ( with the new feature of not supporting long file names) as before. I would appreciate some insight and pointers, as to what I'm doing, or failing to do! Thanks in advance. Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D. Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for Chemistry Stochastic and multivariant http://web.jadeinc.com/FoundationChem -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Starting a server at boot time
by ncfcrh＠global.co.za 28 May '00

28 May '00

Hi I have a dumb question : I still am not sure exactly where to add commands to run programmes I want to start at boot time; I want my ISDN dial server to start automatically whenever the machine is booted. Where do I put this command? Thanks Grant. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a dumb question : I still am not sure exactly where to add commands to run programmes I want to start at boot time; I want my ISDN dial server to start automatically whenever the machine is booted. Where do I put this command?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Grant.</FONT></DIV></BODY>

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Re: [SLE] mv = move
by pinard＠iro.umontreal.ca 28 May '00

28 May '00

Eugene Tyurin <eugene_tyurin(a)yahoo.com> writes: > > for f in *.xxx ; do mv "$f" "${f%.xxx}.zzz"; done > > > > This will rename all *.xxx files to *.zzz > The reason why mv *.xxx *.zzz works in DOS, but not in Unix is that > Unix shells expand wildcards and pass the whole list of files to 'mv'. Never consider Unix shell as a problem, as you pretty have complete control at any time. Just use any of: mv \*.xxx \*.zzz mv '*.xxx' '*.zzz' mv "*.xxx" "*.zzz" ay. There are a _lot_ of possible variations on these themes :-). However, `mv' will not expand `*' itself, so far that I know. Unless the program cooperates at doing something meaningful, you are out of luck. Of course, the program could be modified, and the maintainer is collaborative. The difficulty, and not a small one, is to decide what should be the specifications, as once set, they may not easily be changed (imagine if `mv' specifications were later changed in incompatible ways, just before people did not think hard enough on the first try). -- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Illegal use of our email server
by thomas＠noproblem.net 28 May '00

28 May '00

Dear Sirs, One of your member 'milanuk(a)yahoo.com' have sent at least one message starting with: ========== From: monte(a)www.noproblem.net [mailto:monte@www.noproblem.net]On Behalf Of milanuk(a)yahoo.com ========== Our company has no knowledge of such a person, nor have we a 'monte(a)noproblem.net' address. Please take all appropriate actions in order to stop and prevent future illegal use of our server. Please let us know, to the best of your knowledge, what have happened and measures to be taken to close this security hole. Best regards. Thomas Beauchamp Managing Director No Problem Services Ltd -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] pdq print interface
by fsanta＠arrakis.es 28 May '00

28 May '00

Hi everyone. Have the (very nice) xpdq interface running on 6.4 with my HP560c printer. I can print ascii and PS files. The documentation tells me that I can add other formats too and gives an example for jpeg. But it doesn't work. Anyone using pdq? Have a good weekend, Steve. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] ATI Xpert@work 32bit? and upgrade to kernel 2.4.x(pre)?
by neonatus＠gimp.thz.net 28 May '00

28 May '00

Hi! I have two questions: 1. I have noticed that my ATI XPERT@WORK 8MB graphic card only runs at 24bit depth @ 1280x1024 resolution. In windooze it runs at 32bit depth at the same resolution (I have suse 6.2 and the XFree that came with it). Is there perhaps a newer X-server for this card - I have xmach64-3.3.4-7 installed. 2. Can someone please tell me if there are some specific changes needed to upgrade to kernel 2.4.x (pre) from kernel 2.2.16pre2. THX in advance! Bostjan -- Bo¹tjan Müller [NEONATUS], neonatus(a)gimp.thz.net, http://surf.to/NEONATUS For my PGP key finger: neonatus(a)gimp.thz.net, RSA id: 0x90178DBD, ICQ #:7506644 Celular: +386(0)41243189, Powered by S.u.S.E. Linux 6.2, Student of VFUL I believe the technical term is "Oops!" -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Setting directoy umask
by admin＠brevsville.com.au 28 May '00

28 May '00

Is it possible to set a umask for a directory such that every file placed in that directory automatically sets a specified umask. Thanx for any help Chris -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] howto configure group mail with sendmail?
by kengheng＠2bsure.com 28 May '00

28 May '00

I'm using Suse6.4, I need to send a group of members with sendmail, can sendmail be configured to send a group of member with an email address, eg: when I send to this email address, member(a)abc.com, then the members that have been included in a file or may be other methods, as long as they can be indicated as the member of abc.com, then after I sent to this email address(member(a)abc.com). all the member of abc.com will recieved one copy of my mail... thanks ckh :) _____________________________________________________________________ Sure, you can have free email. But free Email, Voicemail and Faxmail? Check it out at http://www.2bsure.com -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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[SLE] Browser dies before router connects
by colWilson＠bigfoot.com 28 May '00

28 May '00

My browser (IE5) on my client (Win2000) dies before my router (SuSE 6.4+wvdial.dod+modem) connects to the site. Can I either give IE a longer timeout or give linux a longer time out? Thanks. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/

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