--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3A00001 Date: 03/04/97 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 11:35pm \/To: TIM QUINTON (Read 4 times) Subj: BOFH Tim Quinton said in a message to Lawrence Garvin: TQ> Lawrence, I am new to this conference. Welcome, Tim! TQ> Do you write the BOFH material? Oh, no. I can't claim any credit for that. I happened upon them many months ago -- the files on my HD are dated October, 1995. I don't know for sure who is the author. TQ> It's very funny, and I enjoy reading it! I can't imagine anyone TQ> really performing their job in that manner.;} That, of course, is what makes it so refreshing for those who are administrators, because at times that's how we'd like to be able to perform our jobs. I'm glad you enjoyed them. lawrence@eforest.houston.tx.us --- * Origin: The Enchanted Forest | Houston, Texas (1:106/8277) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3A00002 Date: 03/04/97 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 11:40pm \/To: CHRISTER_S JOHANNESSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: unix commands Christer_S Johannessen said in a message to Paul Wankadia: PW> I figured that out a little later, but what's the 'f' for??? CSJ> I don't know; I think it means 'force'. I don't know why it should CSJ> be necessary to force anything in a Unix operating system, since CSJ> the system does what it's told, right away... Even when the 'root' user requests deletion of a file, the file must be marked writeable by root. If you remove the 'w' permission from a file, the system will prompt the 'root' user (and other users for files they own, as well) to verify deletion of the file. The -f flag on the rm command tells the system not to prompt upon that condition. lawrence@eforest.houston.tx.us --- * Origin: The Enchanted Forest | Houston, Texas (1:106/8277) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3A00003 Date: 03/06/97 From: ROWAN_CROWE Time: 03:31am \/To: MODERATOR (Read 4 times) Subj: Fun and games... * Moderator writes to steven pasztor, on Monday March 03 1997 at 20:08: M> Ask your sysop to acquire the TCPIP echo, where this subject material M> would be immensely more appropriate. I'm Steven's bossnode. Coincidentally, I just requested that echo not less than 5 minutes ago, after reading about it in another area. It's nice to kill 2 birds with one stone. :) Cheers. [FWIW: FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE on a 386dx40 with 5Mb RAM and 320Mb HD] ... rowan@sensation.net.au --- * Origin: Sensation: Melbourne AUSTRALIA. (3:635/728.1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3A00004 Date: 03/05/97 From: LAWRENCE GARVIN Time: 11:05pm \/To: ROWAN_CROWE (Read 4 times) Subj: Fun and games... Rowan_Crowe said in a message to Moderator: RC> I'm Steven's bossnode. Coincidentally, I just requested that echo RC> not less than 5 minutes ago, after reading about it in another RC> area. Great! Glad to see you in both echos, Rowan. lawrence@eforest.houston.tx.us --- * Origin: The Enchanted Forest | Houston, Texas (1:106/8277) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3B00000 Date: 03/05/97 From: PIETER DE JONG Time: 11:20am \/To: CHRISTER_S JOHANNESSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: unix commands Hello Christer_S! 27 Feb 97 02:46, Christer_S Johannessen wrote to Paul Wankadia: PW> CJ>> It recursively wipes out the root directory of your disk. PW>> I figured that out a little later, but what's the 'f' for??? CSJ> I don't know; I think it means 'force'. I don't know why it should be CSJ> necessary to force anything in a Unix operating system, since the ystem CSJ> does what it's told, right away... if you have an alias that uses '-i' , rm will prompt you for every item. '-f' will override this behaviour. Bye , Pieter --- GoldED 2.41+ * Origin: __Pigs On The Wing__ Leiden, NL. (pjs@xs4all.nl) (2:281/214.7) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3B00001 Date: 03/06/97 From: SARAH NUNEZ Time: 09:22pm \/To: LAWRENCE GARVIN (Read 4 times) Subj: BOFH I somehow managed to delete the first "episode" of BOFH. Could I possibly sweet-talk you into reposting it? (or emailing it to me at Sarah.Nunez@f604.n130.z1.fidonet.org) I sure would appreciate it! ... "A free people ought to be armed." -- George Washington --- GEcho 1.10/gamma * Origin: WordForce Mail-Only System, Republic of Texas (1:130/604) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3C00000 Date: 03/06/97 From: RAPHAEL NEVE Time: 11:08am \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: SMB support for Lan 7.0 -=> Note: Copied (from: LANTASTI) by Raphael Neve using timEd. Hello All, I have a LANtastic 7.0 network with about 15 DOS/WIN machines and a couple Unix (Linux) machines on the same physical cabling. The linux machines communicate via TCP/IP, and the DOS machines over Netbios, no problem. Now I see that Lantastic 7.0 has SMB support. Under linux, I have the Samba Suite which will allow me to set up an SMB server. What I'd like to do is be able to access the Linux machine from the dos machines. These are my questions: - is the SMB support included in LANtastic 7.0 only client support? - is adding SMB support to an existing LANtastic 7.0 config as simple as just adding the SMB_SUPPORT switch to REDIR.EXE? - once I've got SMB support, how do I actually go about making a connection to my Linux box? - if this is not feasible, do you know of any DOS/WIN based NFS client? Thanks in advance, Raph. ... WIN95 causes deafness and hair loss when used by laboratory rats. --- FMail 0.96 * Origin: Canada Dry BBS - France * 3 lines on 47.29.33.85 (2:321/1) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3C00001 Date: 03/06/97 From: PAUL WANKADIA Time: 08:48pm \/To: CHRISTER_S JOHANNESSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: unix commands On 27 Feb 97, Christer_S Johannessen wrote to Paul Wankadia -- PW> CJ> Elite. :) (Eleet) PW> Oh. Thanks. CJ> You're welcome. :-) So when's the party? PW> I figured that out a little later, but what's the 'f' for??? CJ> I don't know; I think it means 'force'. I don't know why it should be CJ> necessary to force anything in a Unix operating system, since the CJ> system does what it's told, right away... Someone else said that it stops it from asking for confirmation or something. PW> CJ> When it's done (after about 5-10 seconds), PW> Why only five to ten seconds??? CJ> Depending on how much you have on your disk, and how fast your disk CJ> is. It took me 7 seconds to wipe out 1070 MB of data... :-( I presume you know how to use your tape-drive... {snrk} PW> CJ> you have nothing left on your disk, PW> I guessed as much. CJ> :-) Someone ought to write a shell for newbies (i.e. for me) that makes sure they don't do anything stupid like 'rm / -rf'. PW> CJ> and no way to get it back. :) PW> Typical... {snrk} CJ> :-) Are there any file-systems that allow undeleting? --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Junyer's Workshop (3:640/772.3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3C00002 Date: 03/06/97 From: PAUL WANKADIA Time: 08:51pm \/To: SARAH NUNEZ (Read 4 times) Subj: (4 of 10) Bastard Operator from Hell On 03 Mar 97, Sarah Nunez wrote to Paul Wankadia -- PW> I only recently got BOFH. SN> So did I, but after reading it, the connection several here made SN> between your post from the text file and BOFH is obvious. It ain't BOFH... PW> I'm still trying to track down the culprit... SN> :-) I've probably deleted it by now, after that rather embarrassing affair... --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Junyer's Workshop (3:640/772.3) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 176 UNIX Ref: E3C00003 Date: 03/07/97 From: PAUL WANKADIA Time: 08:56pm \/To: LAWRENCE GARVIN (Read 4 times) Subj: BOFH On 04 Mar 97, Lawrence Garvin wrote to Tim Quinton -- TQ> Do you write the BOFH material? LG> Oh, no. I can't claim any credit for that. I happened upon them many LG> months ago -- the files on my HD are dated October, 1995. I don't know LG> for sure who is the author. "Simon Travaglia" or something like that. The version that I got off the Net has his email address. If you search for BxFH-related stuff on the Web, you'll find sundry other "Bastard From Hell" files. Simon's even written a FAQ... --- PPoint 2.00 * Origin: Junyer's Workshop (3:640/772.3)