Linuxers April 2004

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 12, Issue 21
by Prasad Kulkarni 11 Apr '04

11 Apr '04

Thank U very Much Dr.Nagrjuna, Mr.Trevor Warren all those who actively participated in todays User group meeting at MET's IIT. We hope to make the same success next time with more and more no of (use/hacke)rs attending it. With warm regards, Prasad Kulkarni, Course Coordinator, MET's IIT. Phone: 022-26519258 ----- Original Message ----- From: <linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> To: <linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in> Sent: Sunday, April 11, 2004 12:01 PM Subject: Linuxers Digest, Vol 12, Issue 21 > Send Linuxers mailing list submissions to > linuxers(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linuxers-request(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linuxers-owner(a)mm.ilug-bom.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Linuxers digest..." > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: joining the LUG meet on 11/4/04 (Prasad Kulkarni) > 2. [ot] Need contact info of journos to press releases > (Trevor Warren) > 3. Problem with mplayer playing .mpg file. (Rajen M. Parekh) > 4. Training material (Kamlesh Shah) > 5. Re: joining the LUG meet on 11/4/04 (Rajesh Rajani) > 6. Re: Training material (Nagarjuna G.) > 7. Re: Re: joining the LUG meet on 11/4/04 (Trevor Warren) > 8. Conversion of legacy documents to Unicode standard > (jitendras(a)vsnl.com) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > -- > http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers >

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[ot] Need contact info of journos to press releases
by Trevor Warren 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Afternoon Fellas, Based on our mandate of working more at the grass root level we had decided on the following lines. GLUG-Bom could issue press releases for all FLOSS meetings/workshops that the glug-bom conducts. In case anyone can help with local Journalist contacts please feel free to call/mail me *ASAP*. Trevor -- ( >- -< ) /~\ __ Scaling FLOSS in the __ /~\ | \) / Enterprise : trevor.w(a)pvision.biz \ (/ | |_|_ \ Call Now: 9820349221 / _|_| \____________________________________/

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LAN available : lets have a party
by jnshah 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Trevor wrote Some reason that we can't try to have fun too......???. After all the s/w is all available whats just needed is acess to the LAN. If probably Nagarjun or someone else can help pitch in towards organising on that front things should work out fine. Trevor I offer place, 6 Pcs with lan and tea/coffee. Let's have a party. FREEDOM MATTERS jitendra

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[ILUG-BOM] !!! Free Fedora + T-Shirts Give Aways at FLOSS mess Tomorrow!!!
by Trevor Warren 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Fellas, Looking forward to metting up at the upcoming FLOSS meet tomorrow 15:00 hrs "Just For Fun". Trevor -- ( >- -< ) /~\ __ Scaling FSF/OS in the __ /~\ | \) / Enterprise : trevor.w(a)pvision.biz \ (/ | |_|_ \ Call Now: 9820349221 / _|_| \____________________________________/

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need knoppix 3.3 urgently
by Rohit Baisakhiya 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

hello luggers, I need knoppix 3.3 very urgently.have to give a presentation to a client.Its very urgent.If anybody have it please lend it for a day or i pay cash for it. looking for reply. Rohit Baisakhiya.

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your morning cuppa FLOSS
by Trevor Warren 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

To: newsforge-daily(a)newsletters.osdn.com Subject: Newsforge Daily Date: 09 Apr 2004 03:00:00 -0400 OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT NETWORK DAILY EDITION * NEWSLETTER April 09, 2004 NEWSFORGE DAILY #======= FEATURES =======# Why SCOX price has been so up and down http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/2013226 The SCO Group (SCOX) has been all over the stock board recently, and we thought an explanation was in order. Exclusive: Former Sun exec Green moving to Cassatt http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1831217 BREAKING NEWS NewsForge has learned that former Sun Microsystems Java tools spokesman Rich Green, one of the most outspoken Microsoft critics in the business, has joined former Sun colleague Bill Coleman as a senior executive at Coleman's new venture, Cassatt Corp. of San Jose, Calif. Green resigned last Friday after 14 years at Sun in the wake of the Sun-Microsoft partnership authored by Sun CEO Scott McNealy and Microsoft President Steve Ballmer. VoteHere source code release, however flawed, is huge http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1154224 Bellevue, Washington-based VoteHere's release of a reference source code implementation of its VHTi election verification software is highlighting the vital role of an open source approach to electronic voting alternatives, even one that runs on Windows. #======= NEWSVAC =======# Looking at the New Gnome 2.6 http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/09/025226 Anonymous Reader writes "Maynard Kuona takes a look on Fedora and the installed Gnome 2.6-pre version and discovers a whole new world of new features and well-crafted interfaces built-in on every Gnome-bundled application." Release: Local Area Security Linux 0.5-185MB http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/2117259 Anonymous Reader writes "LocalAreaSecurity.com has released a new version of their live-CD Linux distribution for information security professionals. It contains over 200 security tools including all the usual suspects (Nmap, Nessus, etc.) as well as many other great tools less well known. The ISO images are meant to be burned on 185MB and 210MB miniCDs which they update around twice a month. L.A.S. also publishes many papers on how to use the tools as well as research docs on *nix security. Their latest papers include: Securing Mambo Open Source CMS , "Doing More With Less: Nessus", and L.A.S. Security Tool Review and Howto: kismet" The Impact of Microsoft's New Licensing Scheme http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/2113224 paul hubert writes "Many in the FOSS community consider themselves advocates of GNU/Linux and the GPL. We would like more details on how Microsoft's MCPP initiative will impact FOSS covered by the GPL. Specifically, what are the implications for project teams using, or contemplating using Microsoft licensed technologies? What are the implications to persons, or to businesses that use FOSS in heterogeneous computing environments? The impact of MCPP, both technical and legal, differ for FOSS intended for commercial and non-commercial use. Hopefully by the time you are finished reading this you will have a better understanding of what MCPP is, and its implications on both uses." Expert releases Cisco wireless hacking tool http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1947201 One day after it disclosed a security vulnerability in a wireless networking product, Cisco Systems must contend with a new threat - the long-promised release of a hacking tool that targets wireless networks running its LEAP wireless authentication protocol. Linux Vendors Push Migration Strategies http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1939222 As the spotlight shines ever brighter on the Linux operating system, vendors have begun to develop strategies to help their customers assess the cost of migrating to Linux and open source software and make a smooth transition to a Linux environment. Making storage choices on Linux http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/198234 More and more enterprises are using Linux--even for mission-critical tasks. Agendra Kumar says that it's time enterprises considered Linux on the storage front too, and has some pointers for CIOs when it comes to picking up a storage solution on Linux Lindows.com waves white flag and changes name http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1817246 Lindows.com is raising the white flag and will change its name outside the US instead of fighting Microsoft in international courts, the company has announced. OLS 2004 registration open: July 21st to 24th http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1741215 We are happy to announce that the registration for the 2004 Linux Symposium is now open. The Top 10 List of Worst Business IT Decisions http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/1719205 Personally, I'd put DEC's failure to recognize that commercial VMS users weren't remotely like mainframers in solid second place, although I can think of some other contenders too -- including AT&T's purchase of NCR, the Defense Department's choice of staff and criteria in the development of ADA, and Intel's decision to continue 64-KB block addressing in the i80286. Japan Raids Intel on Competition Concerns http://newsvac.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=04/04/08/179216 Japan's Fair Trade Commission raided offices of Intel Corp. on Thursday on suspicion the world's semiconductor leader pressured personal computer manufacturers to spurn competitors' products, a commission official said.

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[ILUG-BOM] Lets have our Lan party and build our own Flash Mob (SuperComputer)
by Trevor Warren 10 Apr '04

10 Apr '04

Fellas....lets also set a date for our Flash Mob LAN party with Gnu/Linux: Just what is Flash Mob Computing and FlashMob I? A Flash Mob supercomputer is hundreds or even thousands of computers connected together via a LAN working together as a single supercomputer. A Flash Mob computer, unlike an ordinary cluster, is temporary and organized on-the-fly for the purpose of working on a single problem. Flash Mob I is the first of its kind. By bringing hundreds of people like you together in one room, we will have enough computing power to become one of the fastest supercomputers on the planet. Who should participate? Anyone with a 1.3 GHZ Pentium III Celeron/AMD equivalent or better with at least 256MB of RAM. FlashMob I is a radical new idea in the world of supercomputers. Kids, students, adults, professionals, academics, web folk, IT departments, computer clubs, LAN Party types. Anyone with a computer that meets the spec is welcome. What Can I to Do? Bring one or more computers to Koret Gym. Your computer must be at least 1.3 GHZ Pentium III/AMD equivalent or better with at least 256MB of RAM, a 100 Base-T network connection and a CD-ROM. We will provide you with a CD-ROM that you'll boot from. The CD-ROM contains everything you need including an operating system, networking and configuration software and the benchmarking software. It does not matter what your computer's current OS is. Because the software boots from the CD-ROM and runs entirely from memory, your hard drive will never be touched so it doesn't matter what your OS is or what software you have installed. Register and we will send you reminders as the date grows closer. We'll be publishing the .ISO so you can build your own FlashMob! When you arrive, you'll be assigned a Hub Captain who will help you get your computers up and working as part of FlashMob I. You'll be running Linpack -- the benchmarking software used to rank the Top 500 Fastest Supercomputers. So tell your friends, grab computers from home, from work, from school, wherever. Make science, make history, make a supercomputer! Read more at....http://www.flashmobcomputing.org/ -- ( >- -< ) /~\ __ Scaling FSF/OS in the __ /~\ | \) / Enterprise : trevor.w(a)pvision.biz \ (/ | |_|_ \ Call Now: 9820349221 / _|_| \____________________________________/

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joining the LUG meet on 11/4/04
by Ninad 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

Hi I am new to this LUG. I m using and learnng linux since past 3 years Can I just attend the meet on 11/4/04 or is it meant for only experienced users Thanks ninad

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Need help regarding logrotate
by Dilip M 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

Well i'm doing some test on "logrotate" Here are settings ================================================================================ # more /etc/logrotate.d/exim /var/log/exim/*.log { missingok rotate 5 notifempty daily sharedscripts postrotate /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/exim.pid* 2>/dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true endscript } ================================================================================ # more /etc/crontab SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts #m h dom mon dow usercommand 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 01 20 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly ================================================================================ # /etc/init.d/crond restart Stopping crond: [ OK ] Starting crond: [ OK ] ================================================================================ Means , "/var/log/exim/*.log" should be rotated daily at "20:01 " right ??? But i'm seeing like this: ================================================================================ Before 20:01 ================================================================================ # ls -lut /var/log/exim/main.log* -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 155243 Apr 9 19:51 /var/log/exim/main.log -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:51 /var/log/exim/main.log.1 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:51 /var/log/exim/main.log.2 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:51 /var/log/exim/main.log.3 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:51 /var/log/exim/main.log.4 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:51 /var/log/exim/main.log.5 ================================================================================ After 20:01 # ls -l /var/log/exim/main.log* -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 156181 Apr 9 20:03 /var/log/exim/main.log -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:49 /var/log/exim/main.log.1 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:49 /var/log/exim/main.log.2 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:49 /var/log/exim/main.log.3 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:49 /var/log/exim/main.log.4 -rw-r----- 1 mailnull mailnull 0 Apr 9 19:49 /var/log/exim/main.log.5 ================================================================================ I see only the Time stamp of files have changed...,but contents of 'main.log' to not moved to 'main.log.1' Any settings i'm missing ?? Thanks -Dilip -- Sorry for my engalish....it not my mother tongue ;) -----------

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Lets have our Lan party and build our own Flash Mob (SuperComputer)
by Raseel Bhagat 09 Apr '04

09 Apr '04

Hey Dudes, I visited the link and the whole Flash Mob Pa= rty thing sounds damn exciting. Is It possible for US= to have the same kinda thing? I mean...if Delhi ILUG can do it, I th= ink we should be able to do it too , right? :-) Raseel. On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 Mejo wrote : >Krishna Dagli wrot= e: >>Trevor Warren wrote: >> >>>Fell= as....lets also set a date for our Flash Mob LAN party with Gnu/Linux: = >>Is it only me or every one else is also receiving Mr. Warren's m= ail twice? > >Na. Even I got it twice! ;) > = > >> >>Sorry did not read the link but for ou= r Flash Mob LAN party how and when? >>-Krishna. > = >It's not 'our' flash mob lan party. It's all over. Check out the lin= k for details. Delhi LUG is planning to do something like this. ><= BR> > >Regards, > >Mejo >http://li= nux.mejokj.com > > > >-- http://mm.ilug= -bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers [1] [www.rediffmail.=] References 1. 3D"http://clients.rediff.com/signature/track_sig.asp"

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