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Re: Linux Certification
by Leo Mauler 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Is there the MidWesterner "catch" to the RHCE/RHCT test still, that one must pick a coast to travel to, in order to take either test? Or is there a more local testing center for the RHCE/RHCT? I know that you can take CompTIA's "Linux+" test here at the Prometric Testing Center in Lenexa, having taken and passed said certification, but its a written test and thus unlikely to get the same prestige as the RHCE/RHCT test. --- Brad <brad(a)bradandkim.net> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 10:58 -0700, Linux Rocks > wrote: > > Howdy: > > > > I was considering to pursue a Linux certification. > > According to your opinion which certification is > > better or more rewarding to pursue, if any. > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > Though it is distro-specific, I think that RHCE is > the top Linux > certification. Their testing procedure is more > rigorous than most other > certs. It's a hands on lab type test instead of > multiple choice or > true/false. They have also now introduced the RHCT > which is similar in > procedure, but a lower level cert. Be > forewarned....if you go for the > RHCE, study long and hard and be prepared for a > grueling day on test > day. > > Brad > > > _______________________________________________ > Kclug mailing list > Kclug(a)kclug.org > http://kclug.org/mailman/listinfo/kclug > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Re: Help cross-referencing files
by Jack 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

--- Brad <brad(a)bradandkim.net> wrote: > > > I'd use associative arrays in Perl or dicts in > Python. Trying to do > > this in awk would be painful. > > ... > > > -- > > I had considered Perl, maybe I will give that > another look. There is no > way I know of to get this out of the IOS, but if > someone can correct me > on this please do. > How about: home:~$join file1 file2 > file2a home:~$join file2a file3 > file3a syntax : join [options] <file1 name> <file2 name> Or at least that used to be the syntax. It may have changed. 'Man join' or 'info coreutils join' should get you there. also you can specify which field is the match field for each file with options -1 and -2. Also, the files have to be sorted on the key field. I know this may not be as exciting as writing an awk or shell script, but it should get the job done. And if you need to remove any columns from the final file "cut" should do the job. So if you need to sort the files then match them and then cut fields out: !/bin/bash # my file merger script sort -k12.14 vpifile > file1 sort -k1.14 ipfile > file2 join -1 2 -2 1 file1 file2 > file2a sort -k16.9 file2a > file2b sort -k1.9 macfile > file3 join -1 1 -2 2 file3 file2a > file3a cut 2 file3a > tadafile #end Of course you'll have to replace the values for filenames, keyfileds and such. HTH, Brian D. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Plan great trips with Yahoo! Travel: Now over 17,000 guides! http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide

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Re: Linux Certification
by Brad 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Leo Mauler <webgiant(a)yahoo.com> > To: brad(a)bradandkim.net, kclug(a)kclug.org > Subject: Re: Linux Certification > Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 11:27:10 -0700 (PDT) > Is there the MidWesterner "catch" to the RHCE/RHCT > test still, that one must pick a coast to travel to, > in order to take either test? > > Or is there a more local testing center for the > RHCE/RHCT? > > I know that you can take CompTIA's "Linux+" test here > at the Prometric Testing Center in Lenexa, having > taken and passed said certification, but its a written > test and thus unlikely to get the same prestige as the > RHCE/RHCT test. > -- They offer the test in Lenexa at least once a year, usually twice I believe. It's on Monrovia or Rosehill just south of 87th in Lenexa. If you don't get that one you will be going to St Louis, Minneapolis, Denver, Chicago or somewhere not too far away. Brad

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Re: Migrating to Linux - WP
by Jack 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

--- Jonathan Hutchins wrote: > > ... A recent article in one of the print mags I get - > LJ, LM, or SysAdmin - > noted the horrible results of opening a vanilla MS > Word doc in OO, saving > the "changes", then re-opening it in Word. > Formatting disaster would be > polite. > How recent? I have to disagree with this statement. I can only assume the writer of the article didn't know what he was doing. I have no problems with plain vanilla Word docs. I do have trouble with Word retaining the update link capability between table of contents on docs created in OO, but rarely do I have a formatting disaster going either way. Brian D. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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OT: captchas
by Tim reid 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

I have a question for the CS majors ;) Captchas http://www.captcha.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha Has anyone ever seen any writing on the idea of caching the different captcha images, manually decoding them and storing the "meaning" of the captcha in a database. Then cross referencing the "meaning" of the captcha with the image filename. That way you would have the ability to have a bot load a page/service protected by a captcha, read the image filename, and decode the captcha. Is this a valid idea?

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Re: Migrating to Linux - WP
by Justin Dugger 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

The new beta also provides for a database front end. The features page for the beta suggests that OO.org always had a db tool, but only now have they begun work making it more visible and public. But more related to the thread is their WordPerfect filter. A good description here: http://wp.openoffice.org/filter.html Basically, they say right now it can import most WP documents but they don't have an export filter yet. Seeing as how I don't own WP I can't very easily test that feature for accuracy, but the mailing list (the parts that work anyways) seem to imply that it isn't perfect yet, but then this is a beta, after all. Justin Dugger > Whats interesting is that the Linux version of Adabas > was released along with StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2, so if > you put up with the StarOffice desktop you could have > a database application as part of the suite for free. > I don't know if OpenOffice.org has added a database > app yet. I doubt it, the assumption seems to be that > MySQL is easier to learn than it is. :(

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Re: Zone File Help
by Jonathan Hutchins 18 Apr '05

18 Apr '05

Jim, I must apologise, looking through all of my named config files I can't find one that has "@TTL" in it. I just mis-read something. What I do have is a couple of files that don't have the $TTL declaration as the first line, but begin with the "@ A IN SOA..." line and no preceeding "$TTL". The only problems I have are with some of the dynamic DNS addresses, and for some reason with all of the speedera.net addresses like www.nasa.gov, which always come back unknown.

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RE: Migrating to Linux - WP
by Leo Mauler 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

I remember the Linux Corel WordPerfect app. I filled out a registration form for a free copy once. It worked fairly well but by then I had been corrupted by WordPad into only liking M$ Office-like word processing applications. Then StarDivision came out with a free version of StarOffice 5.0 and I never looked back. :) Linux StarOffice 5.1 installed into 120MB fairly comfortably, perfect for that first laptop with the 500MB hard drive. To those who don't know the history: StarDivision, a German company I believe, made StarOffice first, a very close Microsoft Office clone. Then they released a proprietary Linux version, and made it free to test the waters. Then StarDivision was acquired by Sun Corporation. Sun made the source code for nearly all of StarOffice into Open Source (excluding the very proprietary Adabas database software) and OpenOffice.org was born. Whats interesting is that the Linux version of Adabas was released along with StarOffice 5.1 and 5.2, so if you put up with the StarOffice desktop you could have a database application as part of the suite for free. I don't know if OpenOffice.org has added a database app yet. I doubt it, the assumption seems to be that MySQL is easier to learn than it is. :( --- Jack <quiet_celt(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Well H E Double Hockey Sticks! It's about time! > ;') > > I've also heard that there is and has been a Linux > native version of WP for some time. I haven't used > it in a while. I have an older registered and > commercial version around somewhere. I found it > worked ok. Don't remember if I had any complaints > or speed issues, it's been that many years. > > Brian D. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

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Re: PCI 56K Modem
by Jonathan Hutchins 17 Apr '05

17 Apr '05

On Sat, April 16, 2005 2:56 pm, Tim reid said: >> I hate to say it, but a friend of mine spent two years wrestling with >> Fedora trying to get several PCI modems to work, and ended up giving up >> on >> Linux because of it. > I know that you asked for a PCI modem, but would ISA work? I've had > luck with the little bit of ISA Zoom modems that I've worked with. Wasn't me, Tim, somebody else on the list. ISA's work better because they don't usually require drivers, they appear as a serial port on the ISA bus, but a lot of motherboards don't have ISA slots any more.

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Re: Request for help: Debian firewall, and maybe some kernelupgradetips
by Brian Kelsay 16 Apr '05

16 Apr '05

ip_conntrack_ftp is a kernel module, but I'm not sure if it is on my firewall or not. A person could just check "lsmod" to see if it is loaded or "modprobe ip_conntrack_ftp" to initiate. Where in the kernel options is the support for this module? Under networking perhaps? Brian Kelsay >>> Brad <> 04/15/05 10:58AM >>> > Correct me if I'm wrong, but the simple firewall rules > posted earlier would effectively break ftp. Wouldn't > the unpriviledged ports also be blocked? Wouldn't you > need to specifically allow the unpriviledged ports for > either active or passive ftp? Wouldn't you need to > allow outbound ports also? I don't remember all the > rules posted, but I would think that the default rule > would be to drop inbound and outbound unused ports. > > Brian D. The default policy for the Output chain is usually ACCEPT, so there is no need to open outbound ports specifically. The ACCEPT statement on the ESTABLISHED,RELATED line will allow connections to the unprivileged ports since they are related to the connection on port 21. I believe ip_conntrack_ftp helps with this. Brad

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