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RE: [Alug] Code Red worm is unreliable because...
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 02 Aug '01

02 Aug '01

Adam Bower wrote: >maybe I should start the open source Sircam whereby you send me a couple >of your private files and I add them to my home dir, and then I mail some >people random files from my home directory, think of it as an alternative >to freenet with much less software development required ;-) What a great idea! We could send a few to no. 10 DS at regular intervals to add that feeling of authenticity (we don't want to feel second-rate here). Jen

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expect the unexpected
by oms101＠freeuk.com 02 Aug '01

02 Aug '01

expect the unexpected! I do hate it when people say that, because .... But since I am not a total pedant and only have 9/10 for getting side tracked I am posting to ask if anyone knows why my expect script does not work. It apears to log on ok to my remote linux box, but fails to execute anything. I am planning to launch grip, xterm's and the like as I dont have enough monitors, keyboards, space for them or arms as long as my network cabels. Anyway the scripts is like this ---------------CUT here-------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/expect -- # # In this program, we telnet to a host, execute two commands, # and leave. # prevent an untimely end. If you have a command that takes a # time, adjust this set timeout 5000 # We start a telnet session............................. spawn telnet 192.168.0.97 # A telnet session begins with a login prompt, so we 'expect' # one here, and send the username in response. # The \r represents a carriage return. Everytime you would press # <Enter> # interactively, send a \r. expect "login: " send "oms101\r" # We then send the password, note thats not my password expect "assword: " send "mylittlelinuxbox\r" send "xterm &\r" # We know in advance what our command prompt is, and we # 'expect' it accordingly. If we get it, we send the # 'mkdir test' and press enter (\r) expect " >" send "mkdir test\r" exit ---------------CUT here-------------------------------- maybe it is time to learn python! anyway some background here is a screen scrape from the execution of the script ---------------CUT here-------------------------------- >fred_grip spawn telnet 192.168.0.97 Trying 192.168.0.97... Connected to 192.168.0.97. Escape character is '^]'. Welcome to SuSE Linux 7.0 (i386) - Kernel 2.2.16 (2). ford login: oms101 Password: Last login: Wed Mar 28 10:00:24 from charly.local Have a lot of fun... oms101@ford:~ > > ---------------CUT here-------------------------------- and here is what happens when I telnet in and ls the root directory unfortunately no sign of my new test directory, whats going on? ---------------CUT here-------------------------------- oms101@ford:~ > ls mp3 nsmail wav oms101@ford:~ > ---------------CUT here-------------------------------- Chears Owen Date: 30-Jul-01 Time: 19:47:52

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Code Red worm is unreliable because...
by David Howe 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

Just reading up on what happened (or didn't) with the Code Red Worm virus on the bbc news site...... taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1468000/1468329.stm "What might also hamper the ability of the virus to spread is the relative unreliability of Microsoft web servers. " ..... "As Microsoft servers crash more often than many of their counterparts, this might limit the spread of the malicious code. " you gotta laugh haven't you? Dave

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Fwd: Re: Ipswich
by David Freeman 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

Looks like next wednesday is off, just got this from Josette at O'Reilly. Shame. Thanks D --- orajosette(a)mistral.co.uk wrote: > To: David_freeman(a)rocketmail.com > From: orajosette(a)mistral.co.uk > Subject: Re: Ipswich > Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 20:53:29 GMT > > Hi David > Unfortunately Tim had to cancel his trip to Europe due to the sudden > death of > Frank Willison, our Editor-in-Chief and dear friend of Tim. I am sure > that you > understand that Tim needs to stay in Cambridge, MA, to support > Frank's family > and staff. > I will contact you again when we have a new date for Tim. > Josette > ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Xnest
by Andrew Glover 01 Aug '01

01 Aug '01

Hello, Trying to run Xnest with : Xnest :1 which runs fine, however, trying to run an xterm on it doesnt work: xterm -display :1 Xlib: connection to ":1.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server xterm Xt error: Can't open display: :1 And I cant run xhost, either, so does anyone know how I can automatically start an xterm on Xnest, or some other solution please? Thanks, Andrew

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Re: Tim Talk
by brodders＠cwcom.net 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

Hi... Seen nothing about this talk; walked around the Restaurant & can see no notices. Be nice to go so - where? Date & Time? - and how do you get info on talks etc? Nothing put about this at our PP's either. Thx Steve BTexact BT Labs Adastral Park

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IRC Nick names
by David Freeman 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

I would just like to remind members that it is incredibly rude to take the Nick of another Member. I cannot emphasis enough how offensive this and if it is done again action will be taken. Thanks D - Akula, Flamebait, Tux, Carpel. ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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Tim talk
by David Freeman 31 Jul '01

31 Jul '01

Is there anyone on the list planning on attending the talk by Tim O'reilly at BT labs next wednesday? thanks D ===== -------------------- "We all know Linux is great... it does infinite loops in 5 seconds." Linus Torvalds __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/

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password stuff
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 30 Jul '01

30 Jul '01

Hi all: I'm starting to look at various permission options. 1./ In order to be able to shut down as user other than root, I created a file /etc/shutdown.allow as per man shutdown help file. I then entered the users jenny and root. su back to jenny and try "shutdown -a now" but still get the message "shutdown: command not found". 2./ I want to make my linux backup files more foolproof by backing up onto a spare directory on windows box using smbmount. But if I write a small script to do this, I'm going to have to include my password in the script. The best I can find written about doing this anywhere just says that if you have to include a password in a text file, make sure there are no read permissions for users. But would you say it is dodgy to write stuff with passwords at all? How else would you get round this? Thanks! Jen

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Re: [Alug] password stuff
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 30 Jul '01

30 Jul '01

David Freeman wrote: >Depends what else you use the password for. It's my user password, the one that allows me to use samba in the first place. I wondered if it was possible to make a dummy user for no other purpose than making the backup over a samba mount. I just wanted to set up a system that is secure in the interests of good working practice. >If you put it in the file and just make it so it has > >---x------ then you are away. How do you mean? How can I just make it this? >Alternatively, scan.co.uk sell CDRW drives from 65, get one and use >for backup. Hollow laughter at the thought of either having my own money to part with or persuading my boss to do so...... The PATH= blah blah line in bashrc works a treat, thanks. I'll study root's bashrc file and try to understand. Many thanks, Jenny.

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