General Linux

iptables allow ssh from network segment
hey folks, what's the proper way to only allow ssh in iptables from a particular network segment? for instance from addresses only in my ISP network segment. (154.20.x.x)? while i'm here, one last thing. what's regarded as more secure; allowing access via MAC address or local network address? eg: iptab... 22 Mar 2006 02:18

cannot handle file 'libc.so.6' with TLS data
Hello Forum, I have installed Centos 4.0 on a intel 32 bits box. On this box I have an application that works with a non-tls libc.so.6. When I run this application, I get the following message: cannot handle file 'libc.so.6' with TLS data The glibc installed is 2.3.4-2.13 I tryed to switch between LINUX_K... 23 Mar 2006 13:14

post SUSE install: "boot disc failure..."
Hi, Can anybody help a linux-newbie I have just installed Linux SuSE 10.0 on my pc (celeron 2.5MHz, two physical harddrives - drive 1 and drive 2), by erasing drive 2 and unplugging the hard drive cable from the drive 1 (on which XP is still installed) and installing SuSE on drive 2. All went well untill my o... 20 Mar 2006 11:37

mplayer, xmms, real audio, etc
I'm mucking about with xmms, but I think I'm going to use mplayer for, really, most all media playing. Yes? Here's how I arrived at that decision: <http://www.wbur.org/listen/> has the following links: Windows Media Player <http://www.wbur.org/listen/feed/shoutcast.asx> Quicktime (may not work in ... 19 Mar 2006 10:44

how turn dma option 'on' for kernel support
hi guys, im having this frustrating problem where i cant turn on the dma option..doing hdparm as root i get... #hdparm -d1 /dev/hda /dev/hda: setting using_dma to 1 (on) HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted using_dma = 0 (off) ... i read somewhere that maybe the kernel has not been compile... 17 Mar 2006 20:29

remove drm from wmv files
Hi all, mplayer sometimes doesn't play wmv files, and I suspect its because they have drm. The screen becomes green and garbled. Does anyone know of a way to remove drm from wmv files? It would have to work on linux. iksrazal ... 13 Mar 2006 19:10

Update KERNEL
How to update KERNEL? Should i have to download the kernel, compile and install or i can directly update in through web ... 13 Mar 2006 07:42

sendmail problem
Hi all, I apologise for posting in the wrong group but its kinda urgent.... my sendmail is giving me problems..although my sendmail is running locally on my linux box but still its not listing any ports..... # nmap -sTU 192.168.10.240 Starting nmap 3.70 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2006-03-11 17:40 UTC ... 14 Mar 2006 06:28

Error on startup
When I startup Ubuntu it begins to load then says: /dev/hda2 not found! Dropping to a shell! Then: /bin/sh: cannot access tty; job control turned off And sits there giving me a command prompt (not the bash one) Please help, nobody seems to know what this is. ... 9 Mar 2006 12:24

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