i would like to subscribe to psyche-list mailing list ----- Original Message ----- From: <psyche-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 8:30 PM Subject: Psyche-list digest, Vol 1 #1399 - 4 msgs > Send Psyche-list mailing list submissions to > psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > psyche-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx > > You can reach the person managing the list at > psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Psyche-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Port monitoring activity (Anoop Chandran) > 2. Installing RH 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop (Greg Goldstein) > 3. odd x-windows behavior (Jeffrey Ross) > 4. RE: SUDO QUESTION (Hattie Rouge) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > From: "Anoop Chandran" <anoopchandranj@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Port monitoring activity > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 17:28:08 +0000 > Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > hi, > > there's something called etherApe which is a protocol analyser .. i don't > know whether it will > give a statistics based on ports.. > iptables log in linux is a good thing but will churn out huge amount of > data > > regards, > anoop. > > > >From: "Jason Dale" <redhat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Port monitoring activity > >Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 16:48:30 +0200 > > > >Hi all, > > > >I am looking for a standard run-of-the-mill Linux command > >that functions similarily to '/usr/sbin/mtr' ( A network diagnostic > >tool ) except can monitor how many network packets get sent > >to or from a specific port. For example, I would want to know > >how much traffic get's sent to and from port 25 on eth0, and how > >many bytes get transferred with each packet. (A nifty way of finding > >out who is sending chompy emails). > > > >The command can display a screen, much like mtc, which get's > >updated realtime and/or at set intervals, showing interface/port > >activity levels. > > > >I don't know if any of you guys have been hit by the > >W32.Blaster.Worm yet, but the kind of tool I am talking about will > >be very useful in finding out what ports have 'unusual' amounts > >of activity. > > > >Jason. > > > > > >-- > >Psyche-list mailing list > >Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Messenger V6.0. Give it a fun name. > http://server1.msn.co.in/sp03/ilovemessenger/index.asp Win cool stuff! > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: Greg Goldstein <greggold@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Installing RH 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 laptop > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:43:27 +0200 > Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Hi all, > > I have encountered 2 problems in installing RH 8.0 on a Dell Inspiron 2500 > pentium III laptop > > 1. The X-server always crashes when I try to start X after installation. I > have done a re-install with low-res option, same result. I can run the laptop > at runlevel 3, it seems normal. During the installation the screen text and > graphics looked very good, and the external mouse and touchpad worked > normally. > > 2. I found that "bringing up eth0" always gave the result "failed" . (The > ethernet card does work as the laptop connects with internet via ADSL under > windows). According to the specs, the network card is: "Data/fax network > adapter: optional 10/100 LAN + 56K, V.90 mini-PCI card modem". > I did a search of experiences with this laptop using linux and found the > Debian module eepro100 works to support eth0 in this laptop in Debian linux. > In Mandrake linux the eth0 (eepro100) loads automatically. Is there a reason > why the network card might not be recognized? > > Any advice would be much appreciated. > > Greg > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:29:52 -0400 > From: Jeffrey Ross <jeff@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: odd x-windows behavior > Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > something got corrupted and I don't know what... > > I'm running on RH7.3 and when I started xwindows using gnome the > following happens... > > 1) the screen saver comes on at weird random times, even while I'm typing > 2) windows that I open specifically the terminal on the menubar are > perminantly "stuck" if I unstick them sometimes I can move them > sometimes I can not. > 3) start here menu that opens when I started gnome was unmoveable so I > chose "stick" and I can now move it > > very bizzare... > > I have since deleted all my .gnome files/directories in my home > directory, no difference.... > > TIA > Jeff > > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > From: "Hattie Rouge" <redhat@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: RE: SUDO QUESTION > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 22:38:13 -0700 > Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Well, I know this one is "...dead, Jim", but perhaps I can answer your > second question which is how to do what it is you originally wanted to > do. > > As Gordon pointed out, the redirect is handled by the original shell > (Thanks, Gordon. I learned something. One of those, 'Oh yes, of > course, I should have known that' moments.) so what you want to do is > sudo a new shell and put the redirect in it. > > I tested > > sudo sh -c 'cat test >> /tmp/t' > > which worked for me. > > > Dana Bourgeois > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:psyche-list-admin@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of jim car > > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 7:12 PM > > To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: SUDO QUESTION > > > > > > Gordon, > > > > Thanks for the suggestion but I was able to figure out a > > different way to > > get the same result. > > > > Using sudo I copied the httpd config file to a backup copy > > and an httpd.tmp > > file. Then I used > > changed the ownership of the httpd.tmp file to the user that > > is running the > > script, redirected > > the new config info to the httpd.tmp and the sudo copied the > > httpd.tmp file > > to the real httpd.conf > > file. > > > > Thanks for the help. > > > > On the desktop - MacOS X > > In the server room - Linux > > Windows? In the trash? > > > > > > > > > > >From: "jim car" <macosxwhatelse@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >Subject: Re: SUDO QUESTION > > >Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 05:10:20 -0700 > > > > > >Gordon - > > > > > >There is a problem with the command you suggested. When you run > > > > > >sudo dd if=./httpd.tmp of=/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > > > > > >the contents of httpd.tmp just overwrites /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > > > > > >Looking at the dd man page I played with the seek and > > notrunc options. > > >With seek it will keep the original file then add however much blank > > >space until > > >you reach the seek amount and then write httpd.tmp to > > httpd.conf. Problem > > >then becomes the second time you run the script it will > > write over what > > >was > > >written > > >during the first run unless I were to delete all of the blank lines. > > > > > >Even though notrunc is listed in the man page and on the little help > > >description of > > >dd, when you try to issue the command there is an error stating that > > >notrunc is not > > >a recognized option of dd. > > > > > >Any ideas? Thanks. > > > > > > > > >On the desktop - MacOS X > > >In the server room - Linux > > >Windows? In the trash? > > > > > > > > >>From: Gordon Messmer <yinyang@xxxxxxxxx> > > >>Reply-To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>To: psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>Subject: Re: SUDO QUESTION > > >>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 22:12:12 -0700 > > >> > > >>jim car wrote: > > >>>Why can't a user issue the following commands using sudo? > > It always > > >>>comes back as permission denied. The sudoer's password is > > accepted. > > >>> > > >>>sudo cat ./httpd.tmp >> /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > > >> > > >>In this example, two things are happening: > > >>1) sudo authenticates the user and runs "cat ./httpd.tmp" as root > > >>2) the user's shell attempts to open /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and > > >>write > > >>the output of "sudo" into that file. > > >> > > >>Redirection is not handled by "sudo", or any other command you run: > > >>it's a > > >>function of the shell in which the redirection was > > requested. Naturally, > > >>you can't sudo that. You can however, accomplish what you > > want this way: > > >> > > >>cat ./httpd.tmp | sudo dd if=/dev/stdin > > of=/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > > >> ( useless use of cat, primarily intended to display the use of > > >> /dev/stdin ) > > >> > > >>or more simply: > > >> > > >>sudo dd if=./httpd.tmp of=/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf > > >> > > >>dd, unlike the shell, will do redirection in a command that can be > > >>evoked > > >>from sudo. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>-- > > >>Psyche-list mailing list > > >>Psyche-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > >>https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list > > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ > > >MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. 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