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  1. gben

    deny ip/domain question

    i am using /etc/mail/deny file as a blacklist to block spammers. however, i find that for example this doesn't work: 200 550 Reject but this works: 200.64 550 Reject the same with domains. this won't work kr 550 Reject but this works...
  2. gben

    trojan/spyware blocks screen display?

    thanks! we took the battery out and unplugged the power. after a few hours we turned on the power, the screen came back! so the cmos was changed. we will reformat the disk and reinstall everything.
  3. gben

    trojan/spyware blocks screen display?

    An XP box has a blank screen at bootup with one long beep followed by three or four short beeps. But the user could sign in using keyboard and hear the windows startup music. tested with a known working video card and the monitor also works on another box. but the box just doesn't seem to...
  4. gben

    How to write/compile code without form?

    hi gvphubli! thanks a lot for the detailed help. i think i am getting there - soon. however, there is one small issue about ByRef argument type mismatch because the original code declares delDays as Integer whereas your code declares Dim strAryParms() As String. how should i go about to solve...
  5. gben

    How to write/compile code without form?

    thanks folks who replied. dimsis, i tried what you suggested, i.e. saving it as vbs and double click on it. i got a message saying there is an error in this line: Public Function delOldFiles(delDays as integer, scanDir as string) can you try it and let me know if it runs successfully on your...
  6. gben

    How to write/compile code without form?

    i am new to vb. i need it to create some simple tools that can run from the command line without forms such as this one i downloaded from the web. i have installed vb6 and when i open it the first thing i get is a form. how can i just write/compile a simple windowless code like you do in c...
  7. gben

    copy graphics from browser cache

    anyone has a simple vbscript that can be run from a scheduler to copy images from IE temporary internet files cache to another folder? thanks for sharing!
  8. gben

    anyone knows what .ink file format is?

    i thought it was coreldraw as well.but i searched its knowledgebase and my impression is that it only uses it for file conversion. a special file named coreldraw.ink gets mentioned a number of times. but that's all. i also found on the web that virtual link's mimio uses the .ink file format...
  9. gben

    anyone knows what .ink file format is?

    someone asked me this question but i don't know the answer :( i did a quick search on the web and found that coreldraw uses .ink extension but couldn't find anything more. any pointer or tips would be greatly appreciated!
  10. gben

    How to get rid of malicious web autostart in XP

    Folks, each time when my wife logs in, her IE browser autostarts going to some website - it used to be www.youtop.com. Now it's pointing to www.gladsky.com I searched the registry and all the folders and files on the local disks for the strings but couldn't find any. Where is the bug hidding...
  11. gben

    FTP port forwarding with OpenSSH

    I hope those who breathe in and out IP packets can help me on this: I had a sniffer listening on the wire between Box_A and Box_B. I set up FTP port forwarding between the two boxes running OpenSSH: Box_A$ ssh -L 2100:Box_B:21 user@Box_B Then in a different xterm window on Box_A I ran FTP...
  12. gben

    forgot admin password

    The user is not in the admin group. One can reset a privileged user password on CISCO/SUN SOLARIS/HP-UX ... as long as one has console access. Can one do the same on XP? Or was it so stupidly designed that one has to re-install the whole thing if one forgets the admin password? Sigh...
  13. gben

    forgot admin password

    Folks, I have just come back from a local computer bookstore and browsed all the XP books available. But I just couldn't find any mentioning of how to reset the password for the admin account on XP professional. The books only tell you how to recover forgotten passwords using hint and the...
  14. gben

    openssh

    specify a different install directory such as /opt/OBSDssh3 at the time when you launch ./configure i recommend that you put etc under that directory as well. after make and make install, cd to the etc subdir and edit the sshd_config file to make it listen on port 2200 for example. then start...
  15. gben

    remote user login problem

    A Solaris 8 box has been relocated with new IP. But it disconnects remote logins (ssh and telnet) for all users except root. And once I ssh to the root account, I can su - user without problem. FTP login is OK for users though. Nothing has been changed. What would be the problem? Where should...
  16. gben

    ifconfig strange output

    you are right. don't know how and why it got there. but thanks a mill for the help. merry christmas and happy new year! -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 355 Mar 10 2001 ifcfg-eth0 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 34 Mar 10 2001 ifcfg-eth0:0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root...
  17. gben

    ifconfig strange output

    Can anyone tell me why the eth0 interface is aliased as eth0:0? The OS is RedHat Linux 7. Thanks. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:05:E2:6C:39 inet addr:219.217.191.17 Bcast:219.217.191.63 Mask:255.255.255.192 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1...
  18. gben

    / partition full

    thanks folks! that has been very helpful... have a good weekend.
  19. gben

    / partition full

    what's the command to find out what files are filling up the / partition? thanks for a reply.
  20. gben

    initpipe and utmpipe in /etc

    yes, I am. But I searched the net and could'nt find any information on those two files. What are they for?

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