Ric

Thats excactly what i needed, ive been trying to grep and awk my way thro it, this is so much easier. Thanks A Lot Ric

Read it as a .ini file Thanks

Can any one tell me how to read variables from a text file so they can be used with in a bash script ie text file has serverone_host=amber serverone_ip=10.0.0.1 servertwo_host=green servertwo_ip=10.0.0.2 and so on bash file picks out the different variables so rather then having to edit a load of scrips i would only have to edit the text file each time i deploy a system gee i am asking the question and that doesn't make sense to me hope it make sense to some one out there Regards Ric

quick reply presuming you are wanting a filtered transparent proxy change the shorewall rules /etc/shorewall/rules so thet the line REDIRECT loc 3128 tcp www is REDIRECT loc 8080 tcp www 8080 is the default port for dansguardian then restart shorewall in the /etc/squid/squid.conf add if they are not there already httpd_accel_host virtual httpd_accel_with_proxy on httpd_accel_uses_host_header on httpd_accel_port 80 restart squid and all should be well if that dosnt work ild post my squid.conf file after i get back from work Regards Ric

I have the same MotherBoard and Mandrake was doing the same i found i needed to disable legacy usb support, then it carryed on (dont know why it worked but it did 4 me) Ric

Thanks i will give that a try Ric

Hi I hope some one can help me, I use a perl script to make logon scripts for my samba domain, #! /usr/bin/perl # Generate a custom logon script when a user # logs into the network open LOGON, ">/home/share/netlogon/$ARGV[0].bat"; print LOGON "\@echo on \r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST F: NET USE F: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST H: NET USE H: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST I: NET USE I: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST J: NET USE J: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST T: NET USE T: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST S: NET USE S: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST R: NET USE R: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST K: NET USE K: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST V: NET USE V: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST W: NET USE W: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST U: NET USE U: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST X: NET USE X: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "IF EXIST F: NET USE F: /DELETE /y\r\n"; print LOGON "NET TIME \\\\$ARGV[1] /SET /YES\r\n"; # print LOGON "NET USE H: /HOME\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE I: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\Students\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE J: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\Learning\r\n"; # print LOGON "NET USE T: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\Applications\r\n"; # print LOGON "NET USE S: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\BootImages\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE R: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\applications\r\n"; if ($ARGV[2] eq "teachers") { print LOGON "NET USE K: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\Teachers\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE V: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\AdminStudents\r\n"; } if ($ARGV[2] eq "admin") { print LOGON "NET USE K: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\Teachers\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE V: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\AdminStudents\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE W: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\AdminTeachers\r\n"; } # print LOGON "deltree /y c:\\windows\\profiles\\* \r\n"; print LOGON "if not \"%OS%\"==\"Windows_NT\" GOTO NT9x\r\n"; print LOGON ":NTOS\r\n"; print LOGON "echo \"Windows NT\"\r\n"; print LOGON "echo printers\r\n"; print LOGON "\\\\$ARGV[1]\\netlogon\\con2prt.exe /f\r\n"; print LOGON "regedit /s printerpatch.reg\r\n"; print LOGON "logonprinters.vbs\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE H: \\\\$ARGV[1]\\$ARGV[0]\r\n"; print LOGON "GOTO END\r\n"; print LOGON ":NT9x\r\n"; print LOGON "echo \"Windows 9x\"\r\n"; print LOGON "if exist \"c:\\WINDOWS\\PROFILES\\\" deltree /y c:\\windows\\profiles\\*\r\n"; print LOGON "NET USE H: /HOME\r\n"; print LOGON "if not exist c:\\windows\\proguard.exe copy \\\\$ARGV[1]\\Netlogon\\ProGuard.exe c:\\windows\r\n"; print LOGON "del c:\\windows\\*.pwl\r\n"; print LOGON "c:\\windows\\proguard.exe\r\n"; print LOGON "R:\\packages\\INTERCHK\\W95Inst\\setup -inl -a\r\n"; print LOGON "start /wait r:\\packages\\INTERCHK\\Savagent.exe -update -poll=3600\r\n"; print LOGON "GOTO END\r\n"; print LOGON ":END\r\n"; print LOGON "echo \"DONE!!\"\r\n"; print LOGON "EXIT\r\n"; # print LOGON "pause\r\n"; close LOGON; This all works very well however i now want to be able to test which lab a machine is in the machines are all names lab1-01, lab1-02, lab2-01 etc. now to the question does anyone know how i can do a 'if' command that only looks at the 1st 5 letters of the machine name (the lab1 bit) The machine name is passed to the script as $ARGV[3] hope that makes sense regards Ric

Hi don't know if you ever fixed this problem but i have the same graphics card,, i got it working by installing the nvidia drivers then running drakxconf again, this got me in with opengl support regards Ric

Thanks for the quick response, that is exactly what i amm looking for . Cheers Ric

Can some one help me with a script that can read a list of full names, then strip all but the first 3 letters of the first name and join it to the the surname to make a username. ie Full Name richard smith --- becomes ricsmith unless there is already a user called ricsmith in which case it would make richsmith . then run the useradd command : useradd -d /home/ricsmith -g some_group -p (get a password from some other file) then out print out the fullname, username and password to yet another file . Dose any of that even make sense. Thanks for any help. Ric

Thanks for the reply, I have since taken that card back to the shop and swapped it for a pinnacle pctv rave card, now i can get a picture but only static for sound dose anybody have any experiance with this card/thoughts ideas (dose this now need a new thread) Ric

I have bought a Hauppage WinTv card because i had read they work with mandrake but it didn't. found out it had the cx88* chipset and google'd around for a bit and found http://bytesex.org/cx88/ but i dont know what to do with that, anybody have any ideas what to do, or another sollution to get it working. Ric

The k3b rpms from their website works for me the mandrake rpms that ship with mdk9.2 dont, Thats for dvd+rw btw Ric

I put 8.2 onto kazza and renamed it 9.2 to see if any one would take the bait and they did so sorry if ive wasted your bandwith :D

Im sure if they posted a link to the torrent here we could help them with the faq :D

what dose the do, I havent come across it before Ric

I have being messing about with the loki setup program trying to make a installer, I have got the installer compiled and working all exept the menu entrys in kde, where it hoses my menu and i have to run menudrake to get it back, has anybody else had this, or any idears how to fix it Regards Ric

Does any one know how to get heretic 2 running in mandrake 9.1, I have gone thru the lgfaq with no joy heres what i get in the console Registered 11 signal handlers ========================== Heretic II =========================== Added packfile /usr/local/games/heretic2/base/htic2-0.pak (4347 files) Executing global default.cfg Could not find /home/rickles/.loki/heretic2/config.cfg Unable to exec config.cfg NET Initialized Loaded DLL /usr/local/games/heretic2/base/client_effects.so as 0x8a26a50 Setting default sound support "snd_sdl.so" Loaded DLL /usr/local/games/heretic2/snd_sdl.so as 0x8a26e48 Console initialized. VID: initial refresh glx Loading /usr/local/games/heretic2/ref_glx.so Loaded DLL /usr/local/games/heretic2/ref_glx.so as 0x8a29f48 Initializing VID module ref_gl version: GL 2.0 Glimp_Init(...): +++++++++++++++++ Loaded DLL /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 as 0x8a2c0d8 Setting mode x11 for device mouse Initialized 640x480 16bit 60Hz display Got GLX context 640x480 0byte pp/bits/rgb 0 BEGIN R_SetMode() R_SetMode() - CDS not allowed with this driver Initializing OpenGL display END R_SetMode(): mode set GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation GL_RENDERER: GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X/AGP/SSE/3DNOW! GL_VERSION: 1.4.0 NVIDIA 43.21 GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_point_parameters GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_ARB_vertex_program GL_ARB_window_pos GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_clip_volume_hint GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_square GL_NV_fence GL_NV_fog_distance GL_NV_light_max_exponent GL_NV_packed_depth_stencil GL_NV_pixel_data_range GL_NV_point_sprite GL_NV_register_combiners GL_NV_texgen_reflection GL_NV_texture_env_combine4 GL_NV_texture_rectangle GL_NV_vertex_array_range GL_NV_vertex_array_range2 GL_NV_vertex_program GL_NV_vertex_program1_1 GL_NVX_ycrcb GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_multitexture GL_SGIS_texture_lod Internal signal handler called... HereticII Heretic II Linux 1.06 Built with glibc-2.1 ... received Signal 11 (SIGSEGV): Segmentation violation (ANSI) ... SIGSEGV: attempting graceful exit... Stack dump: { 0x8097805 : heretic2 [0x8097805] 0x401405ce : /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 [0x401405ce] 0x401ad3b8 : /lib/i686/libc.so.6 [0x401ad3b8] } Please send a full bug report to support@lokigames.com Shutting down sound. Shutting down input handling Shutting down sound. Thanks for playing Heretic II! any idear

ut has installed in a fashon but it has not decomressed the maps, stright from the lgfaq (just to keep Dolson happy) that fix the problem for me hope it helps regards Rickles

I think there is a bit in the nvida faq/readme about the permisions problem, not sure if that will help with ut, i dont have any problems with it in 9.1 tho, Regards Rickles

im just a stalker, its being sitting in my email archive for a year, ohh how I look back on those days when http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ still worked and u didnt have to route round the keyboard for the ~ sign that has rubbed off. Regards Rickles

ahh but on Mon, 8 Jul 2002 dolson helped me out alot when i first started using linux, so i dont mind the big nerd Rickles

That warm fuzzy feeling was short lived :?

Yippie Ive Finally being able to help some one out :mystismiles:

before typing sh ssam.... in the console try typing export SETUP_CDROM=/mnt/cdrom or /mnt/wherever/your/cdrom/is then do your normal sh ssam..... hope that helps, Ric