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(...) hmmm.... looks like named couldn't bind to port 53 - is there anything else bound to that port? perhaps inet or some other named proccess? Dan (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| | Re: Free server with CGI?
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Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> schreef in berichtnieuws G7DD83.4ty@lugnet.com... (...) their (...) <> (...) (URL) MB of webspace and CGI-access. Saskia (24 years ago, 17-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Or 3, but I admit hyperbole. :) (Three at the office for most things, two at home. Got a serial number in a weird place at the office...) (...) Bah. I'm convinced even Eric Allman doesn't _really_ understand sendmail. Me, I just remember those (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) if you're scripting, why not just write a script that would edit your files for you? that way, you run one command, and it'll update the 14 (or 2 :) files that need updates... (...) even sendmail is manageable - it just needs a little love :) (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Well, yeah. Someone _desperately_ needs to come up with a scaleable solution that doesn't involve fourteen different file mungings to change a single entry. Some folks in the local Linux enthusiasts group wrote "DENTS", which was supposed to (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) oh, of course - learning how to set up dns and deal with it is every's geek duty :) I was just saying that for a smallish setup, it is more hassle than it's worth... aside from the learning part :) Dan (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Geek value. :) Actually, there can be some real uses, too. Sure, if it's just four or five machines, it's easy to keep up a hosts file on each of them. One of the things I wanted my home network to be able to do, though, was handle the "LAN (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Dan Boger" <dan@peeron.com> wrote in message news:3AB0C8D8.10401@...ron.com... (...) True, but for centralised management DNS makes life much easier. Dan (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Sure, but it's not a good idea. If you're making fake domains, don't use a real top-level. It's better to do something like "jamie.local" and "imndiot.local". I notice that imndiot.com is one of the few actually available .com domains -- (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) if only a few hosts are supposed to access those "domains", why bother with dns at all? just set up the hosts file on all the computers to point those domains to whatever IP you need... Dan (the other one, I guess :) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Jamie Obrien" <jamien@interworx.com.au> wrote in message news:GA8CAH.57C@lugnet.com... (...) Just set up your DNS as authoritative for these domains. To prevent it trying to access the global root servers whenever you try and access a domain (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nope, MapInfo is in Troy, NY. (Actually it's in North Greenbush.) (...) I might have to refresh my memory of DenebaCad... (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) This statement is coming from an individual who forgets passwords that must be changed every 30 days.[1] Aren't most passwords acquired through human engineering anyway? Chris 1. Now, I ask someone else to do the stuff on the system that (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) I suspect that lockouts after password retries aren't to secure the system, they're to secure the user. Draconian measures tend to reinforce the idea that passwords are _important_, and you should _remember_ them. [0] Oh, and we (system (...) (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) nodnod... just because I'm going stale doesn't mean everyone else needs to :) btw, have you tried the 7.1 betas yet? are they usable? I figure I'll have to get over my 7.0 block and start getting into that... Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) uhh.... have a valid login and remember it's password? ;) or, get your admin to set the lockout to 30 minutes or so, so at least you don't have to bother him every time your forget :P Dan (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Or netfilter/iptables, to keep up with the cutting edge. (24 years ago, 13-Mar-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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