[Wolves] Nervous breakdown

[Peter Cannon]

Hi David

On Mon, 2004-02-16 at 16:12, David Goodwin wrote:
> > 
> >>Make sure you specify the _full_ path to any executables you may be 
> >>running in a cron script, as often $PATH is not set.
> >>i.e. not "savget" but "/usr/bin/savget" or "/usr/local/bin/savget" or 
> >>where ever it is.
> > 
> > 
> > Here we go
> > 
> > # Sophos
> > 08 14 * * * /usr/local/bin/savget -a
> > 30 10,16 * * * /usr/local/bin/sweep / -f -p=/var/log/savlog.log
> > 
> > The weird thing is when I made the changes there is now what I call in
> > Windows a ghost file I have the cron file but there is also a cron~ file
> > as well, this is the type of thing I mean I know it shouldn't be there
> > but how do I sort it? and surely it shouldn't happen?
> >  
> 
> I assume you edited the crontab entry using "crontab -e" or similar?
> You should be able to delete the cron~ file - some editors leave them 
> behind so you can revert to an old/previous incarnation of the file 
> incase you make a bo-bo.

you forget O wise one I am but mere spec on the fly that eats from the
dung of your yak

I just use a bog standard text editor,

If only I was in the realms of the gods and could use Vi in conjunction
with bash but Vi frightens me I had a go once but couldn't figure out
how to do something or other and haven't used it since.
> 
> > 
> > OK deep breath, You might shout at me, 1st I always thought the
> > server(PC) had to have a higher number eg x.x.0.99 however the books
> > kept giving the same numbers (I can photocopy to prove if you like) for
> > the client and the server!! I thought maybe Linux was different and
> > thats why they had the same addresses I could ping but I think I was
> > just pinging myself "Doh!"
> >
> 
> It doesn't matter who gets what IP address, as long as they are 
> different, and on the same subnet.

I take it you mean 255.255.0.0
> 
> >>If you are positive you have e.g. networking working ok under Windows, 
> >>then try pinging one box while it's running windows from the other 
> >>running Linux - this would verify that the linux box is configured ok - 
> >>often with two hosts it's hard to tell which isn't cooperating!
> > 
> > 
> > Now this is the good bit possibly it's the names that are clouding the
> > issue ie "hosts" oh! stuff it.
> > 
> > Is this right?
> > 
> > Server(PC) Suse 192.168.0.99
> > Client (Laptop) Fedora 192.168.0.1
> > 
> 
> OK.
> So you have in /etc/hosts :
> 
> 192.168.0.1 fedora
> 192.168.0.99 suse
> 
> ??
Oops! not at the moment at least as far as the laptop is concerned I'll
check the PC when I get home
> 
> You don't need names really - just see if you can get things working at 
> the IP level first, and then add in name resolution - it's one less 
> thing to debug.
> 
> 
> > Now don,t scream I then used the command "mount
> > 192.168.0.2:/home/sneyd/share /home/sneyd/suse"
> 
> I'll assume that 192.168.0.2 is an existing server?

See, I knew you are the all knowing sage
> 
> > 
> > Having created an account on both machines called sneyd (since disabled
> > for any hacker out there) trying to mount the suse share on the laptop.
> > 
> > I did get permission denied by server but I wasn't sure if that was the
> > laptop denying permission to do the mount or the suse machine telling me
> > to get lost.
> 
> Did you edit /etc/exports ? If not add in an entry like :
> 
> /home/sneyd/share *()
> 
> and run "exportfs -rv"

Ok under the GUI in suse it shows (Ooh hang on am I supposed to have
this on both the laptop and the pc?) in my logical mind all I want to
export is the PC share
> 
> 
> > If I can only mount as root surely it will tell me to get lost as user
> > "sneyd" (Fedora) is trying to connect to "sneyd" suse?
> 
> No. NFS will map user id's across (but you need to make sure sneyd has 
> the same User Id on both systems for this to happen).

I'll check
> 
> 
> > 
> > All I want to do is swap pictures and files is that too much to ask?
> > 
> 
> no :)
> 
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Yeah I quite like packages and if you use xamiam's Red Carpet to install
> > them Red carpet will find the dependencies as well pretty good for
> > novices like me.
> 
> apt-get is pretty good too...

Ha Ha this was another ./configure make make install that fell over plus
correct me if I'm wrong it doesn't have a Gui front end
> 
> > 
> > Yeah but I want to be smart like wot U R 
> > 
> 
> 
> If only...

Money any use?
> 
> David.
> 
> 
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Regards

Peter Cannon

peter at cannon-linux.freeserve.co.uk