General Linux

cron - sftp doens't work
Hi John, these are the last message on the cron log: Aug 4 11:55:00 musdom1 CROND[25683]: (root) CMD (/root/sftp-Launch.sh) Aug 4 11:55:00 musdom1 CROND[25683]: (root) CMD (/root/sftp-Launch.sh) Aug 4 12:00:00 musdom1 CROND[25696]: (root) CMD (/root/sftp-Launch.sh) Aug 4 12:00:00 musdom1 CROND[25696]: (r... 5 Aug 2006 04:59

Authentication problem?
Hi, I have a Windows 2003 AD domain across 3 subnets: 192.168.1.0 192.168.2.0 192.168.3.0 There is is Windows DC at 192.168.1.0 and at 192.168.2.0, but not on the 3rd subnet. A CentOS linux file server running Samba 3.010146 is on the 3rd subnet. Local users on the 3rd subnet can access the files on the L... 3 Aug 2006 21:06

Mount usb device
I've problem to mount usb device. My machine using SCSI harddrive and already mount with /dev/sda1 - /dev/sda3. I try to mount with another mount point (such as /dev/sda4, /dev/sdb1 etc.) but the error message shown "is not a valid a block device" So, anyone who's using the SCSI harddrive and can mount the usb dev... 1 Aug 2006 11:26

Bigfoot update
http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=5215442&nav=2aKD Bigfeet fanatics meet in northern New York WHITEHALL, N.Y. The 60-odd people who convened in a northern New York R-V park yesterday afternoon weren't interested in finding a yeti, or the Loch Ness monster even. They were looking strictly for Bi... 31 Jul 2006 18:54

Forgot password for Ubuntu
Help, help! I have forgoteen the password for getting into Ubuntu afdter leaving it for two months. How do I retreive this?? ... 7 Aug 2006 07:43

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Robert Heller wrote: It is only READ-ONLY for non-root users. You need to elevate your privilege level to edit it: sudo vi /boot/grub/menu.lst or sudo emacs /boot/grub/menu.lst Hi Robert What eventually worked for me was sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst Paul Sudo will ask for... 26 Jul 2006 18:14

Verizon FIOS activation
The question: Can Verizon FIOS activation be done via Linux? I'd like to have the higher speed of FIOS (for a trivial price increase relative to DSL), but I only have Linux. A search of old postings and at http://www.dslreports.com/forum/vzfiber shows that Wes Newell apparently activated and is using hi... 26 Jul 2006 18:14

BIOS detects 4 GB RAM, but kernel does not
Hello, On a dual core Pentium 4 EM64T machine (Intel Desktop Board D915GAV), we used four 1GB RAM (DDR 400) modules. The BIOS (EV91510A.86A.0444) detected all the four 1 GB modules, but once the OS is booted, only ~3.1GB is available for usage (from dmesg: "Memory: 3210516k/3267772k available"; see below). The ... 29 Jul 2006 11:29

Firefox, Flash & sound
Hi, when I try to watch videos from youtube or other flash applets, I get no sound until I restart Firefox. I know FF has some weird sound system, because Opera ja Mozilla work fine. FIREFOX_DSP setting in firefoxrc doesnt help. Im using Kubuntu (KDE), but I had same problem with Slackware (Fluxbox/Gno... 26 Jul 2006 10:09

Time to start Linuxing..some questions?
Background. I used to run many unix systems including Lunix :-), years ago, mainly servers. Then I sold that company, and gave up having much to do with computers, apart from my aging Wn98 box which does all I *mainly* need.. Except I DO miss the ability to fiddle cleanly and easily, have things like cron a... 29 Jul 2006 18:23