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Perl plea for help....
by Simon 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

As promised in my last mail wanting help, I've been reading up on perl nd having a go and playing with a script sent to me by Raphael (Many thx) .... Now my problem is, for some reason, in my virtual user table, there are space and tab's, how do I get the split to recognise the tab as well as the space char? my @fields = split(" ", $_); # Break it down, this is the original and sees the space ok... my @fields = split(" ", $_) || split("<ascii for tab?", $_); # Break it down, is this anywhere close ? What I'm aiming for is a script that I can add/modify or delete entries in the virtual usertable..... I can get the entries added without any problems, but I will probably be posting again at some time to get help on modifying and deleteing them... #! /usr/bin/perl -w # make sure we get command line args if (not(defined($ARGV[0]))) { print "\n\n\nUsage: chk_alias <username>\n\n\n"; exit(1); } my $username = $ARGV[0]; # Get the username from commandline chomp($username); open(VUT, "</etc/mail/virtusertable")|| die "Cannot read virtusertable\n"; while (<VUT>) { # Read a line from /etc/mail/virtusertable my @fields = split(" ", $_); # Break it down my $alias = $fields[0]; my $user = $fields[1]; # User name chomp($user); next unless $user eq $username; print "Alias for $username is $alias\n"; } close VUT;

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Re: [Alug] Sendmail question.....
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Simon: > [...] if I make any changes directly in the text file, do I have to do a > "makemap" to update a db file? I think so. Sendmail may try to do it itself if it notices: I can't remember if that was standard sendmail, or some FBSD tweak, though. > If so, can anyone help me out with the correct command please, [...] Sorry, I normally have to crib from the man page for makemap. -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] New Scientist Article
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Ricardo: > Besides which, shouldn't we be thankful for any positive publicity, even > if t hey don't get the licensing terms *exactly right*? It's funny how any > attempt to get GNU/Linux (or Open Source Software or whatever) exposure to > a wider a udience always gets pooh-poohed. [GPL troll snipped] Oh, there's no pooh-poohing here. I just wish they'd called a spade a spade instead of a digging implement. Not all digging implements are spades, but they really are talking about spades. The article is good, but it's worth pointing out the inaccuracy, else this abuse of terminology will continue. Politically Correct, anyone? -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Isdn adaptors
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

John wrote: > Bigger problem: I have never configured either fetchmail nor sendmail before fetchmail -- it's fairly simple if you follow the man pages and run everything in debug mode until you're sure the config options work. If it's just simple POP3 (+possible ssl) access, you might want to look at "retchmail" instead, which is faster and has a very simple config file format. > Biggest problem: I know nothing about samba, iptables/ipchains or any of > that stuff. Nor did any of us, but the HOWTOs for them are actually actively maintained, which helps. > Massive problem: I'm likely to have to maintain this machine remotely either > via direct isdn dial in or via the net. via the net is probably easier. Time to get used to securing ssh. ;-) -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Acrobat/Ghostscript printing problem
by Edenyard 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Thanks for your ideas, Ted: On Wed, 06 Feb 2002 19:40:38 -0000 (GMT), (Ted Harding) wrote: > Then try > a) viewing the PS file in ghostscipt/ghostview/gv ; > if this works try printing it from gv. > If it doesn't work, are there pages which > you can print to file which do work? > b) try printing the PS straight: lpr file.ps > GV wouldn't view the FILE.PS generated by Acrobat. I got this message: [ GNU Ghostscript 5.50 (2000-2-13) [ Copyright (C) 1998 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA. All rights reserved. [ This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file COPYING for details. [ Error: /invalidaccess in -dict- [ Operand stack: [ --dict:914/1241(G)-- [ Execution stack: [ %interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- [ 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 2 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- [ --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push 1 3 %oparray_pop 1 [ 3 %oparray_pop .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- [ 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- 1 3 %oparray_pop --nostringval-- [ --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- [ Dictionary stack: [ --dict:914/1241(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:50/200(L)-- --dict:914/1241(G)-- [ [ Current allocation mode is local [ Current file position is 91 [ GS<1> [ ... and that is very similar to what gets left in Turboprint's log when I try to print from Acrobat. I tried printing various separate pages in the document, but I got the same result whether I tried any 1 or all 57. I tried printing FILE.PS straight to LPR and that gave me the same result. The length of FILE.PS (when Acrobat has printed all 57 pages) is some 1.34Mb. It seems as though it's GS that's falling over. GS's messages seem very cryptic to a bear of very little brain like me. I did wonder whether this was something to do with fonts. I looked in the GS fonts directory and read the "documentation", such as it is. Then I looked in the Acrobat fonts directory, thinking that I could copy some over to GS and somehow tell it to use those. However, GS names the files in a DOS 8.3 format, all with extensions. AR doesn't - it seems to use names of random length, so how I'd persuade GS to use them is totally beyond me. Help!!! (Please!) Gerald.

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free monitor - needs repair
by Syd Hancock 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Apologies if this is on the wrong list. Free 15in monitor to anyone who wants to try and repair it :) Private email for details Syd

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pipes?
by david casal 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Hi list, What would be the easiest way of running a data stream from an app to another? I've been looking at pipes but can't see a simple way of doing it. The app I'm using has shell access, and I'd like to get the output of the other (which is run from shell) to come back. How about: mknod /tmp/mypipe p exec_with_piped /tmp/mypipe "pd -nogui mypatch.pd" > whatever echo "some command" > /tmp/mypipe wait I'm thinking the 'wait' is good idea, so I have -some- control over the flow? Bit lost as to how it all works... D david casal --0+ --- d.casal(a)uea.ac.uk --9+ --- www.ariada.uea.ac.uk/~dcasal --)+

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Is there any truth in this...
by Simon 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

http://www.microsoft.com&item=q209354@212.254.206.213/1338825GHU_98.asp Microsoft aquires RedHat.... If true, guess that'll be some more bugs in the updates... Simon

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Re: [Alug] New Scientist Article
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Ian: > No, this is something more - I think the concept is to make the multitrack > original available, which with modern editing/mixing tools can be altered, > improved etc and then relased in the same format [...] Yes, more like "copyleft" material than just "open source". -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] New Scientist Article
by MJ Ray 07 Feb '02

07 Feb '02

Ian Bell: > The important thing is that the concept is being fed to a broader audience > rather than what the correct term for it is. Let's all try to say GNU Linux > from now on eh? Indeed, but if you start referring to "Open Source Music", surely you just mean music for which the sheet music is available and you can make your own arrangements of? Hardly a new concept. Yes, it's GNU/Linux if that's what you're speaking of. Otherwise how can you tell if you mean the whole OS or just the kernel? ;-) -- MJR

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