KCLUG September 2004

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New to the but not linux
by docv 19 Sep '04

19 Sep '04

I have been using linux for about 7 years now, but just join the mail list about a month ago and been lurking and watching since. The Mailman page for the list does describe what the list is actually for but I have seen a few questions along with the comments. I've got a problem with a data drive (ext2 formatted as /home) that I need some direction on where to go to find help with. Specifically if there's any way to recover from a "bad super block" when attempting to mount the drive? I've Goggled for an answer, but without success. Any suggestions? -- Steve Vaitl

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RE: LARGE scale email
by Phoenician 19 Sep '04

19 Sep '04

<snip>crash 3m Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 11:26 PM To: kclug(a)kclug.org Subject: Re: LARGE scale email better start reading, there are many options that may or may not make your mail server secure...if you want 'ultra secure' unplug it and lock it in a bank vault. Any service that is connected to the internet is potentially vulnerable. As far as which email server to use...everyone usually has a personal favorite. <snip> I understand that everyone has a personal preference; I also understand that if I want a completely secure system that it should not be put on-line. That is why I specifically asked for peoples opinions. I was _hoping_ for insightful replies of people who have more experience than I have in this area. To this date, I have only use RH 7.2 and Sendmail. I am neither attached to RH or Sendmail and seeing as how the company that I work, which also happens to be a M$ solutions partner, I wanted to get it right the first time. The implementation time period is relatively short. So, that being said, is there anyone out that would care to share their experiences? - M

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Help!!! my box has had a stroke
by Gary Hildebrand 18 Sep '04

18 Sep '04

Fortunately it still works for e-mail, but I have a fair amount of critical files, and I can't use Konquerer to shuffle them off to disk. Shy of kissing everything goodbye and re-installing -- is there anyone who could help me either re-install KDE or extract the files to a CD or two, so I can continue? It would be easier if I could bring things in; my house is crammed and I can barely navigate as it is. FYI system here is SuSE 7.2 and I have the CD's. I'm wondering if I could configure the ethernet card and simply transfer files that way, burn CD's and then go on from there??? It took a power bump just one too many times and fsck just ate up the inodes. Gary Hildebrand St. Joseph

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two Email domains
by Michael Pratt 17 Sep '04

17 Sep '04

I am running Postfix from Mandrake 10 and am trying to run two domains from my place of employment. for some reason they are getting crossed because if I send an email to name(a)mydomain1.com it somehow gets renamed to name(a)mydomain2.com. Is there a way through virtual hosts to isolate these domains? name(a)mydomain1.com gets forwarded to an aol account which is set up through procmail But name(a)mydomain2.com seems to be forwarding also in addition to going to the proper address. I am pulling my hear out on this one. Can someone shed some lite on this? Mike -- Michael Pratt Nova Blue Inc. http://www.nbmap.com -- Michael Pratt Nova Blue Inc. http://www.nbmap.com

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Microsoft Releases Image Handling Patch
by Jonathan Hutchins 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

According to Computerworld, "Microsoft has released a "critical" patch to fix a security flaw affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software programs process images in the JPEG image format." That sounds suspiciously like the imagelib vulnerabilities that were patched last week. You don't suppose Microsof would stoop to using free Open Source code internally in Windows, do you?

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RE: Microsoft Releases Image Handling Patch
by Brian Densmore 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

According to the News, and we all know how reliable news sources are, it is a different bug entirely. Besides I thought the imagelib affected png formats. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hutchins > > According to Computerworld, > > "Microsoft has released a "critical" patch to fix a security flaw > affecting how Windows, Office and developer tools software programs > process images in the JPEG image format." > > That sounds suspiciously like the imagelib vulnerabilities > that were patched > last week. You don't suppose Microsof would stoop to using > free Open Source > code internally in Windows, do you? > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug >

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RE: Computerworld: Sybase Offers Free Database For Linux
by Brian Densmore 15 Sep '04

15 Sep '04

FYI, both sites appear to be Firefox/firebird/firefengle friendly. About Sybase, they may be a little too late to the game, but alternatively it offers a M$ -> Linux pathway for current Sybase users. So I say anything that creates Linux opportunity and choice is a good thing. Personally, I think MySQL is winning the DB wars. With Postgres a close second. I wonder what Wal-Mart uses these days? They have a ***Monster*** DB and ***Monster*** transaction activity. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jonathan Hutchins > > "Sybase is releasing its new ASE Express Edition for free in hopes > of attracting customers who will later upgrade to Sybase's ASE Small > Business Edition. > > http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95856,00.html?nlid=LIN" > > (Note: Sybase's web page is not konqueror friendly, it's > amusing how it > fails; computerworld's isn't great either but if you scroll down far > enough you'll find the article.) > > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug >

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RE: [OT] Clinton Assault Weapon Ban Ending - was - RE: gmailinitiations
by Brian Densmore 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Kelley > > <snip> > Something, that wouldn't be possible to do legally today. Because > > the assault weapons still cannot be fully automatic. They also may > Not to nitpick, > But all "assault weapons" are select fire, selectable between fully > automatic/or bursts and semiautomatic. > What we call the assault weapons as in the ban are not really assault > weapons, but nearly a bastardization of the true meaning, to scare > soccer moms. Not true. I had the opportunity to purchase a .44 "semi-automatic" rifle a few years back. Totally legally, before the Clinton ban. This is called a semi-automatic, but in reality is a .44 sub-machine gun. A simple modification turns this semi-automatic "assault weapon" into a fully automatic mass-people-killing "assault weapon". The modification is and almost always has been illegal, but lots of people do it anyway, I'm sure. I'm sorry, but I really see no reason for these weapons to be legal. I have a gun and use it to kill food with (food <> human beings), and Shooting a deer with an assault weapon pretty much nullifies the food quality part of it, not to mention the fur/leather quality.

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RAID array troubles... suggestions?
by Rich Edelman 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

I'm trying to get a new fileserver at work up and running, we're using SuSE 9.1 with a 3ware 9500S-12 RAID card (uses the 3w-9xxx module), and 12 250GB SATA drives. Problem is, I can't create a partition on this thing of over 300G. The default SuSE kernel does include large block device support (CONFIG_LBD=y). Linux fdisk has problems with creating a device over 2TB, but even GNU parted can't create more than a 300G partition on this raid array. I suppose I COULD forego the partition and create the array right on /dev/sdb (instead of /dev/sdb1), but I really don't feel comfortable with doing such a thing. I have tried the latest kernel and the latest firmware for the RAID card, too. Anyone have any ideas? The RAID card itself can see and use the entire array (I hit Alt-3 when booting, and verified the array), so I'm beginning to think it's got to be a driver issue. Rich

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Computerworld: Sybase Offers Free Database For Linux
by Jonathan Hutchins 14 Sep '04

14 Sep '04

"Sybase is releasing its new ASE Express Edition for free in hopes of attracting customers who will later upgrade to Sybase's ASE Small Business Edition. http://www.computerworld.com/newsletter/0,4902,95856,00.html?nlid=LIN" (Note: Sybase's web page is not konqueror friendly, it's amusing how it fails; computerworld's isn't great either but if you scroll down far enough you'll find the article.)

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