Re: printer problems
From: Richard Schmitt (richard_schmitt_at_charter.net)
Date: 08/01/04
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To: fedora-list@redhat.com Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:33:57 -0400
Thanks to the person at Price technology for encouraging me to check the
printer drivers one more time. I had spent a good deal of time doing
that but there was one driver I had not tried and that was the one.
So now the printer works.
Thanks, Richard Schmitt
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> 1. Re: printer problems (fredex)
> 2. Re: A backup problem (Satish Balay)
> 3. Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up (Scot L. Harris)
> 4. Re: libbonobo upgrade problem (Alan Hill)
> 5. Re: MPlayer!!! (Christopher J. Bottaro)
> 6. Re: libbonobo upgrade problem (Christopher A. Williams)
> 7. Re: two monitors -> one large desktop (Christopher J. Bottaro)
> 8. Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up (Rui Miguel Seabra)
> 9. Re: libbonobo upgrade problem (Alexander Dalloz)
> 10. Re: Sendmail Starting (Jake McHenry)
> 11. Re: K3bSetup (Grega Fajdiga)
> 12. Re: MPlayer!!! (Alexander Dalloz)
> 13. Re: Sendmail Starting (Alexander Dalloz)
> 14. Re: printer problems (Price Technology)
> 15. Re: MPlayer!!! (Christopher J. Bottaro)
> 16. Re: A backup problem (Hannes Mayer)
> 17. Re: MPlayer!!! (Alexander Dalloz)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:17:49 -0400
> From: fredex <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
> Subject: Re: printer problems
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
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> On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 10:46:42AM -0400, Richard Schmitt wrote:
> > Switching to Fedora Core 2 seemed reasonably smooth. But now I am unable
> > to connect to an HP LaserjetIIIP via the smb network. The printer runs
> > on another Windows machine in the network. The network works. In fact,
> > if I try to print on the Laserjet, the machine receives the message and
> > runs two pieces of paper through but there is no printing on it.
> >
> > The Laserjet seems to be connected and communicating with the Fedora
> > machine, but the files to be printed somehow do not make it to the
> > printer,
> >
> > Anyone have similar problems or, even better, a solution?
>
> Not me, but I have had a lot of problems getting CUPS/Samba configured
> so that I can print from linux to windoze and also the other direction.
> I spent hours perusing the samba documentation, I urge you to do the
> same. I'm not (at the moment) running Fedora, but on my Tao linux box
> the samba docs can be found in /usr/share/doc/samba*4/docs, where there
> are several PDF files. also in a subdir are all the html files. There is
> a LOT of documentation there, so if you're willing to slog thru it you
> may find the info you need.
>
> good luck!
>
> Fred
>
> --
> ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ------------------------ ----
> Do you not know? Have you not heard?
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> He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.
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> Message: 2
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 11:20:34 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Satish Balay <balay@fastmail.fm>
> Subject: Re: A backup problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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> On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Mike wrote:
>
> >
> > I am installing Linux Fedora Core 2 over a an older RedHat version, 7.1. The
> > application is a complex one providing a real-time video feed. While
> > reasonably schooled in the application side there are any number of esoteric
> > pieces I am struggling with. Specifically something as simple as backing up
> > the system.
> >
> > I've tried TAR and SMB only to create ever increasing volumes. The problem I
> > think is that my attempts are chasing the links instead of simply backing up
> > the links. I simply want to create a backup that I can copy back, untar or
> > the like, if I must re-create the system. All my software is a CVS archive,
> > however much of the meddling I've done to Linux is in the libs, file
> > structures, links, .conf files and the like.
> >
> > Any direction will be greatly appreciated.
>
> How about just using rsync for backup?
>
> rsync -a source_dir destination_location
>
> And if the destination is on a remote machine:
>
> rsync -az -e ssh source_dir user@remotemachine:destination_location
>
> Satish
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 3
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:25:20 -0400
> From: "Scot L. Harris" <webid@cfl.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up
> To: Fedora List <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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> On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 16:56, Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
> > would someone like to explain what is going on to a newb? yall are
> > suffering hacking attempts from korea? or are the addresses spoofed
> > from korea or something? thanks.
>
> It appears that a number of people have noted login attempts on the ssh
> port. Many of these attempts appear to be from systems with IP
> addresses located in Korea. Not really surprising. Attempts like these
> occur all the time across the Internet.
>
> Tools such as nessus make this very easy to scan huge pools of IP
> addresses for easily exploited systems. This particular attempt appears
> to be automated and is probably a special purpose tool written that is
> looking for some particular type systems with known default user account
> names/passwords. It is possible that it is a virus that is trying to
> spread but viruses normally use a different method (mass emails primarly
> or compromised web servers).
>
> For the most part this is normal on the Internet. As long as you use
> strong passwords (8 characters or more, upper/lower case, numerics,
> special characters, non-dictionary based) and disable any services you
> don't actually need/use as well as use a firewall (both hardware and
> iptables) and keep your system patched there should be little to be
> worried about.
>
> The Internet is and has been a hostile space for some time. If you
> really want to see what is going on setup a system with snort or use
> ethereal and connect directly to a cable or dsl router. The number of
> port scans and attempts at accessing your system may surprise you.
>
> There is not a whole lot you can do about it except take precautions.
> Running chkrootkit and tripwire can alert you if something changes that
> should not. But if you do the other things mentioned above you should
> have little to worry about. Spending a lot of time and effort to track
> them down is not really worth it IMHO.
>
> --
> Scot L. Harris
> webid@cfl.rr.com
>
> Most burning issues generate far more heat than light.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:26:44 -0400
> From: Alan Hill <malaclypse2@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: libbonobo upgrade problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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> On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:07:38 -0700 (PDT), kate <kate7234@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > So you launcehd Evo and got a dialog box ? -
> >
> > Cannot activate component
> > OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent :
> > The error from the activation system is:
> > Unknown CORBA exception id:
> > 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/INV_OBJREF:1.0'
> >
> > I rebooted, and everything works. But of course, it
> > should have not have given such grief!
>
> Same here. telnit 3; telinit 5 did not fix things, a full reboot did.
>
> --
> Jerry
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 5
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 16:30:20 -0500
> From: "Christopher J. Bottaro" <cjbottaro@alumni.cs.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: MPlayer!!!
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
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>
> Erik Espinoza wrote:
> > Just out of curiousity, whats wrong with the rpms in your opinion?
>
> mplayer-1.0-preblahblah sucks. i've never ever had a 1.0 version that
> didn't segfault on 50% of the videos i tried to play. i've tried
> installing from rpm and source on FC1, FC2 and maybe even RH9.
> everytime i get more segfaults than proper playing.
>
> mplayer-0.92 has always done me right. i can't find it any of the yum
> repositories i use though.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 6
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 10:34:08 -0600
> From: "Christopher A. Williams" <chrisw01@privatei.com>
> Subject: Re: libbonobo upgrade problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1091291647.4693.1.camel@spike-home.comcast.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain
>
> On Sat, 2004-07-31 at 10:26, Alan Hill wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 15:07:38 -0700 (PDT), kate <kate7234@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > So you launcehd Evo and got a dialog box ? -
> > >
> > > Cannot activate component
> > > OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent :
> > > The error from the activation system is:
> > > Unknown CORBA exception id:
> > > 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/INV_OBJREF:1.0'
> > >
> > > I rebooted, and everything works. But of course, it
> > > should have not have given such grief!
> >
> > Same here. telnit 3; telinit 5 did not fix things, a full reboot did.
> >
>
> Confirmed on both my and my parent's systems as well (3 total). A full
> reboot required in each case. That bugzilla ticket should probably be
> updated. I'm not sure if a full reboot is a work-around of a fix...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> --
> ===============================
> "Our lives begin to end the day we
> become silent about things that matter."
>
> -- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 16:32:12 -0500
> From: "Christopher J. Bottaro" <cjbottaro@alumni.cs.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: two monitors -> one large desktop
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
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>
> thank you all for the replies, they were very helpful.
>
> Christopher J. Bottaro wrote:
>
> > what would be a good video card to do this? by good i mean, cheap and easy
> > to setup in FC1 (or 2, i don't mind upgrading).
> >
> > thanks for the help.
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:48:49 +0100
> From: Rui Miguel Seabra <rms@1407.org>
> Subject: Re: MORE SSH Hacking: heads-up
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
> Message-ID: <1091263729.3170.1.camel@roque>
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>
> On Fri, 2004-07-30 at 18:36 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > I also have one important question ask:
> >
> > Who in their right mind would _still_ be running sshd on its default port of
> > 22?
>
> And I an important comment: wtf does it matter? A good profiler won't
> pay attention _only_ to what should be the expected application...
>
> Rui
>
> --
> + No matter how much you do, you never do enough -- unknown
> + Whatever you do will be insignificant,
> | but it is very important that you do it -- Gandhi
> + So let's do it...?
>
> Please AVOID sending me WORD, EXCEL or POWERPOINT attachments.
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> Message: 9
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:46:41 +0200
> From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de>
> Subject: Re: libbonobo upgrade problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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> Am Sa, den 31.07.2004 schrieb Christopher A. Williams um 18:34:
>
> > > > So you launcehd Evo and got a dialog box ? -
> > > >
> > > > Cannot activate component
> > > > OAFIID:GNOME_Evolution_Mail_ShellComponent :
> > > > The error from the activation system is:
> > > > Unknown CORBA exception id:
> > > > 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/INV_OBJREF:1.0'
> > > >
> > > > I rebooted, and everything works. But of course, it
> > > > should have not have given such grief!
> > >
> > > Same here. telnit 3; telinit 5 did not fix things, a full reboot did.
> > >
> > Confirmed on both my and my parent's systems as well (3 total). A full
> > reboot required in each case. That bugzilla ticket should probably be
> > updated. I'm not sure if a full reboot is a work-around of a fix...
>
> > Chris
>
> Just added your confirmation as comment to the bugzilla entry.
>
> Alexander
>
>
> --
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13
> Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3.ad.umlsmp
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> Message: 10
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:53:12 -0400
> From: "Jake McHenry" <linux@nittanytravel.com>
> Subject: Re: Sendmail Starting
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alexander Dalloz" <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de>
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2004 9:24 AM
> Subject: Re: Sendmail Starting
>
>
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> >
>
>
> OK, I found this. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions creates killproc to look in
> /var/run for the pid file, which exists but was empty. I don't see the
> /var/spool directory in any of the /etc/rc.d files.. where would this be
> stored?
>
>
>
> [root@ntlh root]# locate sm-client.pid
> /var/run/sm-client.pid
> /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid
>
>
> [root@ntlh root]# cat /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid
> 2308
> /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q 1h
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Jake McHenry
>
> MIS Coordinator
> Nittany Travel
> http://www.nittanytravel.com
> 570.748.6611 x108
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 11
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:57:51 +0200
> From: Grega Fajdiga <Gregor.Fajdiga@guest.arnes.si>
> Subject: Re: K3bSetup
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1091293071.3141.2.camel@cable155-82.ljk.voljatel.net>
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>
> V sob, 31.07.2004 ob 13:04 je Michael Schwendt napisal(a):
> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:19:25 +0200, Grega Fajdiga wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I can't find K3bSetup (the setup program for k3b on Fedora. Where can I
> > > get it?
> >
> > Search this document for 'k3b':
> >
> > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/2/i386/os/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html
> >
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bye,
> Grega
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 12
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 18:50:00 +0200
> From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de>
> Subject: Re: MPlayer!!!
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1091292600.3326.4.camel@serendipity.dogma.lan>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
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> Am Sa, den 31.07.2004 schrieb Christopher J. Bottaro um 23:30:
>
> > mplayer-0.92 has always done me right. i can't find it any of the yum
> > repositories i use though.
>
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/mplayer-0.92.1-0.lvn.5.1.i386.rpm
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable/mplayer-0.92.1-0.lvn.5.2.i386.rpm
>
> no further comment ;)
>
> Alexander
>
>
> --
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13
> Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3.ad.umlsmp
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> Message: 13
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:09:49 +0200
> From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de>
> Subject: Re: Sendmail Starting
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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> Am Sa, den 31.07.2004 schrieb Jake McHenry um 18:53:
>
> > OK, I found this. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions creates killproc to look in
> > /var/run for the pid file, which exists but was empty. I don't see the
> > /var/spool directory in any of the /etc/rc.d files.. where would this be
> > stored?
>
> > [root@ntlh root]# locate sm-client.pid
> > /var/run/sm-client.pid
> > /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid
> >
> >
> > [root@ntlh root]# cat /var/spool/clientmqueue/sm-client.pid
> > 2308
> > /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q 1h
>
> Very strange. Neither on FC1, FC2 nor on Redhat 9 the queue runner pid
> file is created in it's spool directory. That is indeed the wrong place
> for it. You will have to find out what causes that.
>
> find /etc -print0 | xargs -0 grep "/var/spool/clientmqueue"
>
> find /etc -print0 | xargs -0 grep "sm-client.pid"
>
> Please tell me, did you upgrade from a former Redhat release, maybe even
> a 7.x version? Did you install non Fedora stuff related to mail services
> either by RPM or by source?
>
> > Jake McHenry
>
> Alexander
>
>
> --
> Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13
> Fedora GNU/Linux Core 2 (Tettnang) kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3.ad.umlsmp
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> Message: 14
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:23:41 -0500
> From: "Price Technology" <pricetech@charter.net>
> Subject: Re: printer problems
> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@redhat.com>
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> On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:17:49 -0400, fredex <fredex@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us>
> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 10:46:42AM -0400, Richard Schmitt wrote:
> >> Switching to Fedora Core 2 seemed reasonably smooth. But now I am unable
> >> to connect to an HP LaserjetIIIP via the smb network. The printer runs
> >> on another Windows machine in the network. The network works. In fact,
> >> if I try to print on the Laserjet, the machine receives the message and
> >> runs two pieces of paper through but there is no printing on it.
> >>
> >> The Laserjet seems to be connected and communicating with the Fedora
> >> machine, but the files to be printed somehow do not make it to the
> >> printer,
> >>
> Not professing to be an expert but;
> If Fedora and the Printer seem to "see each other" and the printer is
> spitting out "something" then my guess would be a driver/configuration
> problem on the Fedora box. I'd double check settings and see if
> something's amis there.
>
> As to Fred's response:
> > Not me, but I have had a lot of problems getting CUPS/Samba configured
> > so that I can print from linux to windoze and also the other direction.
> > I spent hours perusing the samba documentation, I urge you to do the
> > same. I'm not (at the moment) running Fedora, but on my Tao linux box
> > the samba docs can be found in /usr/share/doc/samba*4/docs, where there
> > are several PDF files. also in a subdir are all the html files. There is
> > a LOT of documentation there, so if you're willing to slog thru it you
> > may find the info you need.
> >
> > good luck!
> >
> > Fred
> >
> I see a lot of "printing from Linux to winders boxes" issues on the list
> and it seems to be a chronic problem. May I suggest an alternative ??
>
> I have a Netgear PS110 Print Server that I use in my network and no longer
> attach printers to the machine. It works great in the winders environment
> and setting it up in Linux has been a no brainer since RedHat 7.0.
>
> I know there are those who will insist that I'm avoiding the problem
> rather than solving it but hey, if it works.....
>
> Joebewan
>
> PS. Fred, I like your signature.
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 15
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:29:18 -0500
> From: "Christopher J. Bottaro" <cjbottaro@alumni.cs.utexas.edu>
> Subject: Re: MPlayer!!!
> To: fedora-list@redhat.com
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> Alexander Dalloz wrote:
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/mplayer-0.92.1-0.lvn.5.1.i386.rpm
> >
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable/mplayer-0.92.1-0.lvn.5.2.i386.rpm
> >
> > no further comment ;)
>
> livna is in my yum.conf (i'm using the yum.conf from fedorafaq.org), but
> "yum search mplayer" returns only 1.0pre5 stuff. i guess i just don't know
> how to use yum well. "yum search mplayer-0.92" returns nothing.
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 16
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:32:33 +0200
> From: Hannes Mayer <h.mayer@inode.at>
> Subject: Re: A backup problem
> To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <410BD7B1.1050408@inode.at>
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>
> Satish Balay wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, 31 Jul 2004, Mike wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I am installing Linux Fedora Core 2 over a an older RedHat version, 7.1. The
> >>application is a complex one providing a real-time video feed. While
> >>reasonably schooled in the application side there are any number of esoteric
> >>pieces I am struggling with. Specifically something as simple as backing up
> >>the system.
> >>
> >>I've tried TAR and SMB only to create ever increasing volumes. The problem I
> >>think is that my attempts are chasing the links instead of simply backing up
> >>the links. I simply want to create a backup that I can copy back, untar or
> >>the like, if I must re-create the system. All my software is a CVS archive,
> >>however much of the meddling I've done to Linux is in the libs, file
> >>structures, links, .conf files and the like.
> >>
> >>Any direction will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> > How about just using rsync for backup?
> >
> > rsync -a source_dir destination_location
> >
> > And if the destination is on a remote machine:
> >
> > rsync -az -e ssh source_dir user@remotemachine:destination_location
>
> To get you started with rsync, here is a sample config:
>
> On the backup server:
> /etc/rsync.conf
>
> motd file = /etc/rsyncd.motd
> log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
> pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid
> lock file = /var/run/rsync.lock
>
> [rsync]
> path = /home/rsync
> comment = Rsync Backup Server
> uid = nobody
> gid = nobody
> read only = no
> list = yes
> secrets file = /etc/rsyncd.scrt
>
> Start the rsync server with:
> # rsync --daemon
>
> On the machine with the data to be backuped:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> # backup server
> BSERVER=192.168.200.17
> # backup options
> # see: # man rsync
> OPTS="--force --ignore-errors --delete -a"
> # directory to backup
> BDIR=/home/user
> # do the backup
> rsync $OPTS $BDIR $BSERVER::rsync/
>
> So everything in /home/user gets backuped to the server in /home/rsync
> For further details see 'man rsync'
>
> Cheers,
> Hannes.
>
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 17
> Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 19:34:41 +0200
> From: Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@uni-bielefeld.de>
> Subject: Re: MPlayer!!!
> To: cjbottaro@alumni.cs.utexas.edu, For users of Fedora Core releases
> <fedora-list@redhat.com>
> Message-ID: <1091295281.3326.20.camel@serendipity.dogma.lan>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> Am Sa, den 31.07.2004 schrieb Christopher J. Bottaro um 19:29:
>
> > http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/1/i386/RPMS.stable/mplayer-0.92.1-0.lvn.5.1.i386.rpm
> > >
> > http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.stable/mplayer-0.92.1-0.lvn.5.2.i386.rpm
>
> >
> > livna is in my yum.conf (i'm using the yum.conf from fedorafaq.org), but
> > "yum search mplayer" returns only 1.0pre5 stuff. i guess i just don't know
> > how to use yum well. "yum search mplayer-0.92" returns nothing.
>
> No, you have configured yum to use rpm.livna.org *unstable* which has
> the newer package
>
> http://rpm.livna.org/fedora/2/i386/RPMS.unstable/mplayer-mencoder-1.0-0.lvn.0.13.pre5.2.i386.rpm
>
> and of course that will override the older available stable package.
>
> Alexander
>
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