Linuxers January 2005

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Cyber Cafe
by Derwyn Dpenha 19 Jan '05

19 Jan '05

> That doesn't stop them from changing the IP. They just have to > change the client settings from dhcp to static ip. 1) When u load any OS do u allow the user permissions to change the ip or mac address if so then the setup and policy is bad. Admin user rights are usually kept with the owner or admin. 2) Also if u use squid and if he does change the ip would he not have to know ur network ips range 2 do that. So if the IP is out of range in squid would he still be able to log on to the net. Derwyn

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] cyber cafe setup
by Ashish Saboo 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Glad some of you are thinking for Cyber cafe solution :) On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 Kenneth Gonsalves wrote : >> > > > If staff members are changing IP or MAC addresses after being told > > not to, you have a policy problem. anybody can change IP address, maybe a more tech savvy customer. Apart from policy issue, it has to be made tamper proof. Today the most contentious point of easy access to Internet access in public domain is that they cannot be traced back , the way a user can be if accessing from home /Office . Apart from the merits/demerits of the arguments. There are hardly viable solution available both cost or technically fit. > >not my cybercafe - owner is computer illiterate and his staff are >taking him for a ride Most operators are computer illiterate, so what if some one claims them to be in the top 20% of Income bracket. Think of the STD/ PCO booth . A simple box with a bill printing machine helped a rapid penetration of telephone service. Sam Pitroda & co can take their credit but only the native vendors push with their crude but yet adaptible time keeping machine made the PCO booth business sell like hot cake ! Why can't this happen with Internet ? >- i (foolishly?) told him that linux will >liberate him Keep going, buddy you can prove your detractors stupid ;) Cheers Ashish Saboo President Association of Public Internet Access Provider (ApiAp) The voice of independent Cyber cafe operators URL: http://www.apiap.cybernook.net Blog: http://apiap.blogspot.com

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[commercial] Students Take Note. Professionals Too.
by Amit Bagadia 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Looking for ppl for a project,for development of a cellular communications device. if you meet the criteria for any of the following descriptions plese send me a personal mail with your CV attached. Software Engg: Should be *expert* in Java and Linux Education - B.Tech/M.Tech ; computer science background not must Experience - More than 3 years of programming experience. Experience in telecom is an added advantage Essential Skills - Java, Linux, JSP, Servlets Role - Telecom software development Telecom Engineer: Education - B.Tech/M.Tech ; computer science background not must Experience - should have more than 3 years experience in the telecom industry Essential Skills - SMSC, Messaging Gateways, SS7, GPRS, MMS Role - Development and integration of telecom software Symbian Expert: Education - B.E / B.Tech / MCA / M.Tech Experience - More than two years of hands-on experience of designing and developing Symbian applications targeted at Series 60 mobile platform. Experience in telecom domain preferred. Mandatory Skills: Symbian architecture, Symbian programming, Strong C/C++. Proficiency with RDBMS is a plus Role - Design and development of terminal applications Reply if any queries to amitbagadia(a)gmail.com.

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Freebsd/Freesbie CDs
by Soumen Dass 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

Anyone having Freebsd 5.3 (this is the latest Production Release, I presume) CDs available? Or know a shop in Mumbai where I can buy them? I saw the screenshots of Freesbie on osdir.com... they look AWESOME!! Anybody tried that? I'm pretty satisfied with Fedora Core 1. But I must find out what makes the Freebsd users go ga-ga about their system's virtues :) On a related note, I have made a 4.3G primary partition for Freebsd. Is this enough space for a typical home user profile? I'm not into heavy gaming or GBs of music etc... Infact one of the aims of this exercise is also to have a visually appealing but light, fast & fully functional desktop with decent amount of free space. Already using FVWM on my Linux setup, so you might have guessed that I'm the greedy type ;) -- Soumen Dass [Registered Linux User # 272639 - Linux nova 2.4.22-1.2115.nptl i686] "One Architecture, One OS" also translates as "One Egg, One Basket".

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tar file error
by Sandesh Singh 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

I had my backups in the file 'backup.tar' earlier in 2004, using the command : tar -cf backup.tar `ls -A` I needed to backup again, so (in 2005) I used the comand : tar -uf backup.tar `ls -A` But now when I try to extract from the file, using - tar -xf backup.tar I get the error : tar: This does not look like a tar archive tar: Skipping to next header tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors The archive manages to extract the files modified/created only in 2005. I dont remember getting any error messages while creating the tar file. Any pointers ?

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Colinux for those stuckinthemuck
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

On Tuesday 18 January 2005 17:06, Shahed Moolji wrote: > some hacks like the one listed below, > http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=cache:Ewzl4I8KpzsJ:www.colinux.org >/wiki/index.php/SoundSupportInColinux+coLinux+sound+support&hl=en > > but I had found it far eaiser to use vmware and get sound in linux > when running in a windows host, *out of > the box*. > > That was my experience. Yours may differ.:-) Aha. I have not even booted into a winwoes box for yrs. the last time i used it was in October in Goa in a cybercafe. I found windows difficult to use. I bluntly refuse to use any chip that requires windows based development tools. rgds jtd

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Colinux for those stuckinthemuck
by sherlock＠vsnl.com 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

On Thursday 20 January 2005 14:49, Shahed Moolji wrote: > > Colinux allows you to run GNU/linux and windows at the same time > > like VMware. unlike vmware tho it is free and opensource - could > > Unfortunately, it does not have good sound support. ^^ What is "it"?. The colinux uses either winwoes drivers natively or linux drivers natively (if i have understood things correctly). If anything the 2.6 kernel has better sound capability than windoze and is used in professional grade sound equipment :-). jtd

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Home network (connecting 2 pc's)
by Sameer Niphadkar 18 Jan '05

18 Jan '05

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 Rony Bill wrote : >>Dear Sameer, > >This is interesting. :-) What is the technique with the serial cable? Assuming PC A is fully loaded and NFS linux dump folders are globally available, how does the other PC B which has an unformatted HDD and no floppy/cd get booted? How does PC A see the HDD of PC B through the serial cable? Normally HDDs have either hdan, hdbn, hdcn or hddn within the 2 IDE ports. What is the device name in PC A for the HDDs in PC B? > >Thanks and Regards, > >Rony. We need a 'null modem' cable for a serial link. On one side we need to set up the ppd to accept connections via the null modem lead. So we need to creat a /etc/pp/option.ttyS0 We also need to add the following lines to that file ************ cable lock noauth asyncmap 0 crtscts local silent 192.168.1.1:192.168.1.2 #Your IP add server:client 115200 #Your line speed connect 'chat -v -f /etc/ppp/lin.chat' ********************************** Do chk out the the man page of pppd for details. Now for the clent we need to create a script called /etc/ppp/lin.chat with following contents *************************** TIMEOUT 3600 CLIENT CLIENTSERVER\C **************************** We can configure the client in the similar manner and then launch the pppd on the client using $ pppd /dev/ttyS0 Do contact me offlist for more details. Sameer

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Quasar Accounting under the GPL
by komal 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

Does this mean search for accounting and inventory package on Linux end? http://lwn.net/Articles/119148/ Regards, Komal

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ssh attacks to be aware of...
by santosh rao 17 Jan '05

17 Jan '05

guys this archive tells u of a particular ssh attacks trying out ip from a list generated by tcpdump. this happened to me today. the binaries listed in the mail try and login through ssh as the user guest or test or u know common users, please go through this link. very important for us to know. http://lists.ssc.com/pipermail/linux-list/2004-July/021300.html

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Linuxers January 2005