December 2004 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] Rejecting backscatter mail in postfix
by W.D.McKinney 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

>-----Original Message----- >From: Patrick Shanahan [mailto:paka@wahoo.no-ip.org] >Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2004 02:37 PM >To: 'SLE' >Subject: Re: [SLE] Rejecting backscatter mail in postfix > >* Togan Muftuoglu <toganm(a)dinamizm.com> [12-02-04 03:37]: >> Third alternative is not to use backup MX at all, since clever MTA >> should have a resending que for the mail somewhere between 4 to 5 days. >> So mail should not be getting lost. Since the spammers almots always use >> the backup MX to deliver their junk no backup MX also means less junk > >This is my present condition, but I still get undeliverable mail >notices from suse ezmlm when I have had my system off the air for >30 minutes or longer for some kind of maintenance. note: the >30 minute time figure is a guesstimation rather than an accurate >observation. > >But there is no handy way to see if your system has *lost* mail due to >downtime that I know of. > We run a Barracuda Networks Anti Spam/Virus Firewall for our e-mail service and that really helps. E-mail stays queued for all MTA's that are offline. Very sweet and effective. Dee

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Re: [SLE] new suse home site (merged into novell's)
by Anthony Brock 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Since we're on the subject, has anyone found the list of package for each version? They used to have a page that listed the packages (with a brief description) for 9.1 Prof, 9.0 Prof, etc. However, I haven't been able to find it for months. In fact, I can't even find it for 9.2 on the current site. Tony >>> Branimir Vasilic <brana7(a)comcast.net> 12/02/04 09:22AM >>> > At the old site everything could be find easily through clear links > (downloads, support, product info etc.). On the new site it seems that I actually like the new site better. From browsing it a little it seems that the content is more or less identical to the old site except the navigation is changed. The menu on the left side has links to most parts of the site which for me makes it easier to navigate since you don't have to click through the links to get to a certain page - you can just follow through the menu choices and go there immediately. > everything is in a big mess. It is rather difficult (at least for me) to > find the suse mirrors page, the download page etc. I found that very easy. From the main menu go to "SUSE LINUX products->SUSE LINUX professional". This makes good sense and is obvious. Then you choose "downloads&demos->SUSE ftp server->mirrors". This again makes sense to me and is well organized. The new site is different but that does not necessarily mean it's worse. Brana -- 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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Re: Re: [SLE] unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan
by David Sexton 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

> > From: Sunny <sloncho(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2004/12/02 Thu AM 11:56:30 EST > To: dasexton(a)cox.net > CC: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: Re: [SLE] unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan > > > I am running Suse 9.1, I am not sure what version of apache I am using I think it's verson 2.0. And when I try to access my domain it times out. The domain name is sexton.homelinux.org IP 24.252.34.77. And like I said port 80 is setup to forward from the wlan to the lan then to my computer on the lan side . > > > > Here is how my network configuration is setup. I have a dynamic ip address on wlan side. So I use dydns.org to keep the ip address up dated. The router is setup to forward port 80 from the wlan to my computer on the lan then to my suse box that has apache on it. > > > > Hope this helps explain what i have going on more. > > > > thanks for your help. > > > > David > > David, > I allowed myself to nmap your machine. The only open port shown is 22 > (ssh). So it seems that your router config is not ok. Port 80 is not > open as far as I can see. > > Here is the output: > > sunny@linux:~> nmap -P0 24.252.34.77 > > Starting nmap 3.75 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2004-12-02 10:51 CST > Interesting ports on ip24-252-34-77.om.om.cox.net (24.252.34.77): > (The 1650 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered) > PORT STATE SERVICE > 22/tcp open ssh > 113/tcp closed auth > 7000/tcp closed afs3-fileserver > 7001/tcp closed afs3-callback > 7002/tcp closed afs3-prserver > 7003/tcp closed afs3-vlserver > 7004/tcp closed afs3-kaserver > 7005/tcp closed afs3-volser > 7006/tcp closed afs3-errors > 7007/tcp closed afs3-bos > 7008/tcp closed afs3-update > 7070/tcp closed realserver > 7100/tcp closed font-service > > Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 51.767 seconds > > > Cheers > Sunny > > -- > Get Firefox > http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=10745&t=85 > > -- > 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 > > > I did a nmap on my linux box from the lan side and I got the following. I don't see port 80 open. I am pretty sure the Suse firewall is off. How do know for sure that my suse box is not eating port 80? nmap -P0 sexton.homelinux.org Starting nmap 3.50 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2004-12-02 11:10 CST Interesting ports on 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): (The 1652 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE 22/tcp open ssh 111/tcp open rpcbind 139/tcp open netbios-ssn 445/tcp open microsoft-ds 887/tcp open unknown 2049/tcp open nfs 5801/tcp open vnc-http-1 Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.081 seconds

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gnucash
by Russ 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

I have recieved several replies for a replacement of Windows Quicken. When I use YaSt to look at the dependences I see that gnome is one of them. Since I use KDe and I was under the impression you cannot run it and gnome, if I install gnome will I be given an option to select it or KDe at login? Second can gnome printing run if I'm using CUPS? Thanks in advance!! -- Russ

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How to change version information in YOU?
by Gabor Istvan 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Hello Everybody: Recently I have upgraded my Suse 9.0 system to Suse 9.1 through YAST System Update. After this I wanted to update the new system by YOU. However the version is still 9.0 in the YOU System Information window and YOU searches for update packages according to this info. How can I set this version info to 9.1 in YOU? Thanks for the help, IG

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Re: Re: [SLE] unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan
by David Sexton 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

> > From: Sunny <sloncho(a)gmail.com> > Date: 2004/12/02 Thu AM 10:54:29 EST> To: dasexton(a)cox.net > CC: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com > Subject: Re: [SLE] unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan> > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 10:40:30 -0500, David Sexton <dasexton(a)cox.net> wrote: > > I have setup apache and every thing seems to be working fine. I can access it from with in my LAN. How ever I am unable to access it from the outside. I have the router setup to forward port 80 to the computer with apache on it. But it dose not work. I have ssh setup setup in the same manner and it works fine. I wonder if there is some setting that deny outside ip's in apache. > > > > Thanks > > > > David > > David, > it is unlikely someone to respond. There is no enough data. What > version of apache? What version of Suse? What exactly happens - unable > to access is to wide as a meaning. Any error messages? Timeouts? Have > you tries to telnet to port 80 from outside? Etc. > To many things to guess. > > Sunny > -- > Get Firefox> http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=affiliates&id=10745&t=85 > > -- > 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 > > >Ok, I am running Suse 9.1, I am not sure what version of apache I am using I think it's verson 2.0. And when I try to access my domain it times out. The domain name is sexton.homelinux.org IP 24.252.34.77. And like I said port 80 is setup to forward from the wlan to the lan then to my computer on the lan side . Here is how my network configuration is setup. I have a dynamic ip address on wlan side. So I use dydns.org to keep the ip address up dated. The router is setup to forward port 80 from the wlan to my computer on the lan then to my suse box that has apache on it. Hope this helps explain what i have going on more. thanks for your help. David

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Samba freezes my machine
by Paul W. Abrahams 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

I'm running SuSE 9.1 with the latest updates, and Samba is freezing my machine. Here's what shows up in the system log (numerous similar timeout entries omitted): Nov 30 15:00:07 townserver kernel: smbfs: unsupported module, tainting kernel. Nov 30 15:02:09 townserver kernel: smb_add_request: request [c1e66e80, mid=7582] timed out! Nov 30 15:02:40 townserver kernel: SMB connection re-established (-5) Nov 30 15:09:39 townserver kernel: smb_add_request: request [c1e66e80, mid=7597] timed out! and after a reboot: Nov 30 15:19:09 townserver syslogd 1.4.1: restart. A Google search revealed the following information: -- begin quote -- It seems there's a bug in the kernel that everybody knows about, but us. Here's a clip of what I've found via a google dig: "The 2.6.x sendfile() system call seems to be broken in the kernel. Try adding "use sendfile = no" to your smb.conf." Added that single configuration line and everything is now operating as expected. Even though the default setting for "use sendfile" is no, it is either not being recognized during samba startup or is being toggled "yes" by some other config statement. Either way, this'll do it. While I was in the smb.conf I added: use sendfile = no large readwrite = no max xmit = 16644 We're back to normal and maybe even a bit better. I can go home now. -- end quote -- However, adding the suggested sendfile and other entries did not solve the problem, though it revealed a Samba bug in the processing of sendfile by SWAT: no matter how you change the "use sendfile" entry, the change is not reflected in the smb.conf file. Anyone else seen this, or have a clue about what is ailing smbfs? Paul

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Re: [SLE] unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan
by W.D.McKinney 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

>-----Original Message----- >From: David Sexton [mailto:dasexton@cox.net] >Sent: Thursday, December 2, 2004 03:40 PM >To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: [SLE] unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan > >I have setup apache and every thing seems to be working fine. I can access it from with in my LAN. How ever I am unable to access it from the outside. I have the router setup to forward port 80 to the computer with apache on it. But it dose not work. I have ssh setup setup in the same manner and it works fine. I wonder if there is some setting that deny outside ip's in apache. > >Thanks > >David > > What is the domain ? IP address ? Dee

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unable to acess apache web page I setup from outside of my lan
by David Sexton 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

I have setup apache and every thing seems to be working fine. I can access it from with in my LAN. How ever I am unable to access it from the outside. I have the router setup to forward port 80 to the computer with apache on it. But it dose not work. I have ssh setup setup in the same manner and it works fine. I wonder if there is some setting that deny outside ip's in apache. Thanks David

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VOT: 1/100 of a euro
by Jeffrey L. Taylor 02 Dec '04

02 Dec '04

Is there a name for 1/100 of a euro. It seems very awkward to say the current exchange rate is point seven four euros to the dollar. TIA, Jeffrey

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