Linux is like wearing pantyhose

DanC

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It's a new experience, and kinda "Icky" -

But - as part of "CrackRack3 The Next Generation" I must suck it up, and deal with my "nix" anxiety.

Got PERL actually compiled from sourcecode and installed tonight!
Wooohooo (homer voice)

I know, it's boring - but I gotta do something huh?

Cheers :)
 

Kilowatt

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Gee Dan, I'm startin to feel just the opposite, WinBlow$ is like wearing dirty underwear. :disgust:
 

TOOCOOL

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<< Linux is like wearing pantyhose >>


How you know what it is like to wear pantyhose?:)
 

DanC

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Lighten up guys... this would be humor/irony

I'm learning (slowly) I'm an old guy.... :)

Linux does give me a higher crack rate on this machine... all the better to assist in slapping down (uh - excuse me) - uh... bolstering TA's stats. :)
 

Dale

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<< Linux is like wearing pantyhose >>

what TOOCOOL said!

after you have finished at CPAN installing all the perl modules
get thyself to http://www.php.net/downloads.php

with PERL and PHP (and wget) as your friends, you will never
lack for a way to communicate with Dnet to get your stats

once boredom does set in http://www.vmware.com/ and then install
W2K server and you can run 2000 in a window in nix and play
solitare while you monitor your herd

I think your having fun already and it is just starting

..Dale
 

DanC

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Dale -
To satisfy EVERYONE's curiosity - I used to ski. When I'd ski, I'd get cold. My wife- 2 wives ago, said pantyhose under the thermals would make everything dandy.
OK - so - I tried it!... It was, well... ICKY - kinda like Linux -

Actually I'm kidding, Linux is just new to me. I'm getting there, and thanks for all your help! :)
 

Russ

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Personally, I find it gratifying that Dan is getting in to Linux. Since I have a small headstart, right now he's making me feel like a genius! Bwhauauauauaha! Of course, that probably won't last long since he's one of those software geeks who figures things out pretty quick.:)

Russ, NCNE
 

Dale

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I knew it was in jest

it was just the only comeback I could think of ; )

..Dale

ps dnet is 3 hours ahead of schedule tonight
 

JWMiddleton

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Hi Dan,

My wife had me clean out some of my junk in the garage yesterday and I bet I threw out 50 lbs. of old UNIX training material. One sheet translated Primos commands to UNIX, not very useful today! A few of the books were on admin of Netware for UNIX. Pr1me had a version of Netware 3.x that ran on top of UNIX System 5.4 on a 386-16. They actually sold a few copies of it. Later it was ported to run on Sun. Now it is the landfill!

Good luck!:):D
 

ColinP

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Hi everyone,

here's a little script I just wrote to page me if my house alarm goes off, should work a treat on Linux boxes (only tested on RH6.0). Might need a little bit of adjustment for other 'IXs..

Just take 2 wire from your alarm hold off terminals to a 12V relay, and take the contacts to pins 7 &amp; 8 on your comm2 port (9-way).

Have fun,

Col.

Code:
#!/bin/bash
# Colin Parkes
# 15/10/2000
#
# This script monitors a comm port for any signals sent in (eg. cts, dsr)
# If detected, it dials a pager through the other comm port via a modem and 
# sends 999, when clear it sends 666.
# I use it with a relay across pins 7 &amp; 8 (RTS &amp; CTS). The relay is triggered
# by the 12 volts from my burglar alarm (Most burglar alarms have a 12 volt
# hold off voltage which goes to the external bellbox, when the alarm is 
# triggered, this drops.)
#
# Make sure you have the following UUCP files in place for CU to work..
# For Linux you should find sample scripts.
# cp /usr/doc/uucp-1.06.1/sample/* /etc/uucp/
# /etc/uucp/port : ( device = /dev/ttyS1)
# /etc/uucp/dial : ( check the dial string in case the modem is in quiet mode)
#
alarmdir=/var/log/alarmmon
statefile=comm1temp
logfile=alarmlog
#
while [ ! -d $alarmdir ]
  do
    mkdir $alarmdir
    chmod 777 $alarmdir
  done
while [ -z &quot;`ps -ef | grep -v grep | grep statserial `&quot; ]
  do
    statserial -d /dev/ttyS0 > $alarmdir/$statefile
      if [ `cat $alarmdir/$statefile` -eq 16390 ]
      then
      echo &quot;OK&quot;
      sleep 1
      else
      echo &quot;Alarm&quot; >> $alarmdir/$logfile
      date >> $alarmdir/$logfile
      cu -p port1 -c <pagernumber>,,,999,#
	sleep 1
        while [ `cat $alarmdir/$statefile` -ne 16390 ]
        do
        statserial -d /dev/ttyS0 > $alarmdir/$statefile
        sleep 1
        done
      echo &quot;Clear&quot; >> $alarmdir/$logfile
      date >> $alarmdir/$logfile
      echo &quot;&quot; >> $alarmdir/$logfile
      cu -p port1 -c <pagernumber>,,,666,#
      fi
  done
 

Michael

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ColinP - is that's your real pager number in the code, you might want to blank it out.

Michael