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opensuse?
by Dave 19 Jun '09

19 Jun '09

Hello, A while back i read something about opensuse being accessible during the install. With a little time i decided to google this, there is an elusive podcast on the subject that i'm trying to get a listen to. I was wanting to know opensuse's current status and if anyone was using it and how it stacked up to other linux distros? Thanks. Dave.

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application imaging
by Dave 17 Jun '09

17 Jun '09

Hello, A while back when i had ghost 7.5 enterprise edition that had a program on it called application imager, ai snapshot. What you did was take a before snapshot of a system, then installed and customized your application and took an after snapshot, it then did a comparison and generated an executable file. I do not have this anymore and am wanting to app image, i'm going to have to a laptop and some other system reinstalls and i'd like to push out exe files with the apps in place. Does anyone use this capability? Thanks. Dave.

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unix machine and ldap authentication
by Dave 16 Jun '09

16 Jun '09

Hello, Long shot question, but here goes. Does anyone have a Unix either Linux or FreeBSD machine authenticating users against an openldap directory? If so, can you write me? I am having issues on configuration. Thanks. Dave.

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Email addresses
by Andrew Hodgson 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

Hi Guys, Please can you ensure you post using the subscribed addresses? If you don't do this, the list software will hold the message for moderation until I can get at it. There have been several of these over the past few weeks. Thanks. Andrew.

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Email addresses
by Andrew Hodgson 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

Hi Guys, Please can you ensure you post using the subscribed addresses? If you don't do this, the list software will hold the message for moderation until I can get at it. There have been several of these over the past few weeks. Thanks. Andrew.

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net screen and cisco pix questions
by Scott Granados 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

My appologies to the moderator, I posted from the wrong address. (please delete that message or ignore) Anyone familiar with netscreen firewalls. I have one to do some configuring on and un familiar. I'm wanting to do things like adding a rule and updating ACLs for specific ip / port combinations. I'm somewhat familiar with pix and very familiar with Cisco ACL expressions but this environment baffles me. I'd be open to a good pointer for beginner reading. or if someone's skilled in this but out of work I'd pay some cheese off list for your time for a primer. ( Cisco Pix as well) I'll probably have a fairly steady flow. I'm a carrier guy very solid on things like BGP and traffic engineering and I'm working for a company that's heavy on layer 2 and simple IP. The main issue is the people before me were extremely unskilled and left no documentation. I'm doing cool things now in the switching fabrick (802-1W + vrrp+ a logical VLAN design) but the firewalls baffle me because they aren't IOS. (I wish I could just do the whole thing around /24s or shorter and OSPF for loops only ; ) let bgp do the rest) Anyway I'm up for an on list discussion of Juniper Net Screen or contact me off list. I'm also up for a data exchange of pix / net screen for complex backbone traffic engineering including PFR if anyone needs it. Thanks Scott

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netscreen questions
by Scott Granados 11 Jun '09

11 Jun '09

Anyone familiar with netscreen firewalls. I have one to do some configuring on and un familiar. I'm wanting to do things like adding a rule and updating ACLs for specific ip / port combinations. I'm somewhat familiar with pix and very familiar with Cisco ACL expressions but this environment baffles me. I'd be open to a good pointer for beginner reading. or if someone's skilled in this but out of work I'd pay some cheese off list for your time for a primer. ( Cisco Pix as well) I'll probably have a fairly steady flow. I'm a carrier guy very solid on things like BGP and traffic engineering and I'm working for a company that's heavy on layer 2 and simple IP. The main issue is the people before me were extremely unskilled and left no documentation. I'm doing cool things now in the switching fabrick (802-1W + vrrp+ a logical VLAN design) but the firewalls baffle me because they aren't IOS. (I wish I could just do the whole thing around /24s or shorter and OSPF for loops only ; ) let bgp do the rest) Anyway I'm up for an on list discussion of Juniper Net Screen or contact me off list. I'm also up for a data exchange of pix / net screen for complex backbone traffic engineering including PFR if anyone needs it. Thanks Scott

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grml in a vm?
by Dave 10 Jun '09

10 Jun '09

Hello, Is anyone running grml in a vm? I've got vmware server and am trying to run grml in a virtual environment. At the boot prompt i enter grml swspeak and then the system boots, this is with the latest grml, then i get a distorted screetch from my sound card under the vm. Does grml have an issue with vmware server's default audio adapter? If so, is there a workaround? Thanks. Dave.

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upgrading from vmware server2 to workstation
by John G. Heim 06 Jun '09

06 Jun '09

I'm thinking of giving vmware workstation a try because I've heard that jaws works well in a virtual machine if you have vmware workstation. I currently use the free product, server2. Jaws does not work well with a Windows virtual machine created with server2. Specifically, the jaws cursor doesn't work. I believe that's because the video intercept driver won't install. Anyway, here are my questions: 1. Has anyone used jaws in a virtual machine in vmware workstation? Does the jaws cursor work? 2. I believe I need to have either fedora or Red Hat, not debian, on my machine to use vmware workstation. Is that correct? 3. Can I backup my server2 virtual machines and then restore them after I've upgraded to workstation?

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] upgrading from vmware server2 to workstation
by Ryan Shugart 29 May '09

29 May '09

John: I use Workstation 6.5.2 daily with no issues. I use Window-eyes and it runs beautifully, no issues with the video drivers so long as VMWare Tools is installed and working. I run Workstation on Windows, but the VM formats are the same between Server and Workstation. You shouldn't have any issues. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: John G. Heim <jheim(a)math.wisc.edu> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 9:56 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] upgrading from vmware server2 to workstation I'm thinking of giving vmware workstation a try because I've heard that jaws works well in a virtual machine if you have vmware workstation. I currently use the free product, server2. Jaws does not work well with a Windows virtual machine created with server2. Specifically, the jaws cursor doesn't work. I believe that's because the video intercept driver won't install. Anyway, here are my questions: 1. Has anyone used jaws in a virtual machine in vmware workstation? Does the jaws cursor work? 2. I believe I need to have either fedora or Red Hat, not debian, on my machine to use vmware workstation. Is that correct? 3. Can I backup my server2 virtual machines and then restore them after I've upgraded to workstation? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] upgrading from vmware server2 to workstation
by Ryan Shugart 29 May '09

29 May '09

John: I use Workstation 6.5.2 daily with no issues. I use Window-eyes and it runs beautifully, no issues with the video drivers so long as VMWare Tools is installed and working. I run Workstation on Windows, but the VM formats are the same between Server and Workstation. You shouldn't have any issues. Ryan -----Original Message----- From: John G. Heim <jheim(a)math.wisc.edu> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2009 9:56 AM To: Blind sysadmins list <blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] upgrading from vmware server2 to workstation I'm thinking of giving vmware workstation a try because I've heard that jaws works well in a virtual machine if you have vmware workstation. I currently use the free product, server2. Jaws does not work well with a Windows virtual machine created with server2. Specifically, the jaws cursor doesn't work. I believe that's because the video intercept driver won't install. Anyway, here are my questions: 1. Has anyone used jaws in a virtual machine in vmware workstation? Does the jaws cursor work? 2. I believe I need to have either fedora or Red Hat, not debian, on my machine to use vmware workstation. Is that correct? 3. Can I backup my server2 virtual machines and then restore them after I've upgraded to workstation? _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list Blind-sysadmins(a)lists.hodgsonfamily.org http://lists.hodgsonfamily.org/mailman/listinfo/blind-sysadmins

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grml or vinux and disk imaging
by Dave 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hello, Does anyone have a remastered Vinux or Grml live CD with software speech and a disk imaging program? Currently i do not have the ability to make one as my machines with Linux are not here. I'm looking for a replacement for Ghost, i need to take the contents of an ntfs partition, it's xp pro, and image it to a larger hard disk. I would have both drives connected master and slave and do it directly from the live CD. If anyone has an iso i'd appreciate it. Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCSA 2003, MCP, Network+, A+) dave.mehler(a)gmail.com

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Outlook 2003 deleting inbox headers
by Dave 29 May '09

29 May '09

Hello, Got a problem of some urgency! I'm hoping some of you running networks will have seen this or know where to look. I'm running outlook 2003 and it is connecting to a gmail account over encrypted imap4. I'm not sure if the problem is gmail's imap4 or outlook 2003, though from what i just saw i'm leaning more toward the outlook. I googled this last time this issue occurred and didn't come up with anything, i'm hoping for some assistance. A while back i was reading email and then without doing anything an outlook dialog came up stating it was deleting messages in my inbox. I want to stress i did not tell it to do so nor did i at that time nor do i now have a virus. I stopped it then. Now about five minutes ago i was going through email, and i selected several messages, right clicked and chose delete. Well, it did, but also removed everything else from the inbox, I went from 400 something msgs to a clean inbox, and while some might say this is great i am not a happy camper on this! I need to know if there's anything on this autopurge thing. If i check in the all-mail archive i've got the messages there, so i haven't lost anything just the headers are gone, but the all-messages archive has like 54000 plus msgs in it and searching it is a pain. I've checked gmail's web interface and like the outlook inbox it is also empty, but the all-mail is still have messages. Any help appreciated. I am hoping i will not have to look for a new mail program. If i do, as this problem is the second time i've seen it any recommendations? I need something that's screen reader friendly, will do what outlook 2003 does but without the issue. Thanks a lot. Dave.

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How do folks diagram?
by Scott Granados 27 May '09

27 May '09

Hi all. So nice to see some action on this list. I'm wondering how folks deal with visio diagrams especially creating these diagrams. I'm a network engineer and frequently asked to build complex diagrams of different environments. Up until now I've been paying a graphic designer to turn text detailed descriptions in to visio documents but wondering if that's the only solution. How are you all creating these? Also, how do you read them simply have a coworker or friend virbalize the diagram or is there a trick? I'm starting a new gig next week and have a feeling a lot of this will come up quickly. Thanks Scott

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accessible BartPE or WinPE
by Dave 26 May '09

26 May '09

Hello, I wrote on this a while back, and got away from it. I was wondering if anyone knew of a procedure to remake a WinPE or BartPE disk to incorporate a screen reader? Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCSA 2003, MCP, Network+, A+) dave.mehler(a)gmail.com

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accessible live CD's
by Dave 25 May '09

25 May '09

Hello, I'm looking for either a pre-made or a howto on how to compile a live CD Linux distribution unimportant so i can drop it in a computer, boot, and have speech, for diagnostic purposes, hardware analysis, and also to have access to custom software such as a system imaging util. Anyone know of something similar? I'm looking for something to replace ghost and it's ghostcast server for the imaging part and something that will talk when a windows machine won't boot so i can troubleshoot it. Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCSA 2003, MCP, Network+, A+) dave.mehler(a)gmail.com

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recommended soundcards for use on a server
by David Edick 22 May '09

22 May '09

Hello system administrators, I have two super micro servers with no soundcards in them as of yet. I am using a USB soundcard for the moment on the one I am using regularly. what sound card do people use with their servers that is a reliable driver signed card that will not break the bank? any help would be appreciated. Thank you very kindly, /David

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terminal services
by Brian Dalton 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hi, Appologies for the cross posting, I am a helpdesk analyst, using jaws version 10, supporting a number of users in an Airline. In my work, I am using many different applications. However, as a jaws user, there are some that are restricting me from offering the kind of support that I need to provide. We use an application called active directory, to unlock user accounts, and change passwords on a regular basis. My understanding is that, jaws is sitting on my c drive on my pc, and the application is sitting on a server. So, when I load up active directory, I get no speech from jaws. I will shortly be using an application called ConsoleOne, to change citrix passwords for users, and the same rules apply. Jaws is on my c drive, and the application is on the server. I have remote desktop for jaws, on my jaws licence. Do I need to have jaws loaded on each server that I am trying to access through terminal services? Or is it possible for me to do this at all. Appologies for the long mail, all help would be appreciated. Brian. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] [jaws-uk] terminal services
by Andrew Hodgson 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hi, There are multiple approaches to this: You do need to have JFW installed on the servers you are going to use it on with the Remote Desktop feature, but there are ways of making this more appealing to the IT staff. In ActiveDirectory, you can install the remote administration kit, which installs all AD tools onto your local machine. You then need to be assigned the correct permissions in AD, but we do this all the time for the helpdesk guys, to allow them to change passwords etc. This is actually far more secure than allowing connections to a server. Not sure about the Citrix part, but if you do need to install JFW onto the servers, I would advise installing it onto maybe one or two machines, which have access to ActiveDirectory and Citrix remote consoles. Hope this helps, Andrew. ________________________________________ From: jaws-uk-bounce(a)freelists.org [jaws-uk-bounce(a)freelists.org] On Behalf Of Brian Dalton [brian_dalton(a)eircom.net] Sent: 20 May 2009 12:15 To: jaws UK; Jaws US; Blind Network list Subject: [jaws-uk] terminal services Hi, Appologies for the cross posting, I am a helpdesk analyst, using jaws version 10, supporting a number of users in an Airline. In my work, I am using many different applications. However, as a jaws user, there are some that are restricting me from offering the kind of support that I need to provide. We use an application called active directory, to unlock user accounts, and change passwords on a regular basis. My understanding is that, jaws is sitting on my c drive on my pc, and the application is sitting on a server. So, when I load up active directory, I get no speech from jaws. I will shortly be using an application called ConsoleOne, to change citrix passwords for users, and the same rules apply. Jaws is on my c drive, and the application is on the server. I have remote desktop for jaws, on my jaws licence. Do I need to have jaws loaded on each server that I am trying to access through terminal services? Or is it possible for me to do this at all. Appologies for the long mail, all help would be appreciated. Brian. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@freelists.org?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request(a)freelists.org ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@freelists.org?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request(a)freelists.org with the Subject:- faq

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Re: [Blind-sysadmins] [jaws-uk] terminal services
by Andrew Hodgson 20 May '09

20 May '09

Hi, There are multiple approaches to this: You do need to have JFW installed on the servers you are going to use it on with the Remote Desktop feature, but there are ways of making this more appealing to the IT staff. In ActiveDirectory, you can install the remote administration kit, which installs all AD tools onto your local machine. You then need to be assigned the correct permissions in AD, but we do this all the time for the helpdesk guys, to allow them to change passwords etc. This is actually far more secure than allowing connections to a server. Not sure about the Citrix part, but if you do need to install JFW onto the servers, I would advise installing it onto maybe one or two machines, which have access to ActiveDirectory and Citrix remote consoles. Hope this helps, Andrew. ________________________________________ From: jaws-uk-bounce(a)freelists.org [jaws-uk-bounce(a)freelists.org] On Behalf Of Brian Dalton [brian_dalton(a)eircom.net] Sent: 20 May 2009 12:15 To: jaws UK; Jaws US; Blind Network list Subject: [jaws-uk] terminal services Hi, Appologies for the cross posting, I am a helpdesk analyst, using jaws version 10, supporting a number of users in an Airline. In my work, I am using many different applications. However, as a jaws user, there are some that are restricting me from offering the kind of support that I need to provide. We use an application called active directory, to unlock user accounts, and change passwords on a regular basis. My understanding is that, jaws is sitting on my c drive on my pc, and the application is sitting on a server. So, when I load up active directory, I get no speech from jaws. I will shortly be using an application called ConsoleOne, to change citrix passwords for users, and the same rules apply. Jaws is on my c drive, and the application is on the server. I have remote desktop for jaws, on my jaws licence. Do I need to have jaws loaded on each server that I am trying to access through terminal services? Or is it possible for me to do this at all. Appologies for the long mail, all help would be appreciated. Brian. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Find the home of your dreams with eircom net property Sign up for email alerts now http://www.eircom.net/propertyalerts ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@freelists.org?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** jaws-uk-request(a)freelists.org ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:jaws-uk-request@freelists.org?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** jaws-uk-request(a)freelists.org with the Subject:- faq

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xp reading a ufs2-formatted drive?
by Dave 17 May '09

17 May '09

Hello, Does anyone know of a utility where an xp or vista machine can read a drive formatted with Freebsd's UFS2 filesystem? I've got a drive, with a dead machine and need to get some data off of it. Thanks. Dave. David Mehler (MCSA 2003, MCP, Network+, A+) dave.mehler(a)gmail.com

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hi and is this list still active
by Scott Granados 01 May '09

01 May '09

I saw lots of messages in google but since I've subscribed it's been pretty dead. Is this list still active. And hi!

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Everything should be back up now
by Andrew Hodgson 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hi, As subject says, everything is now working, let me know if there are any issues. Under the hood we are now on Ubuntu Jaunty on different hardware, and we are using Postfix instead of Exim as the MTA underlying the lists. Hopefully it should all work. Thanks. Andrew.

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Everything should be back up now
by Andrew Hodgson 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hi, As subject says, everything is now working, let me know if there are any issues. Under the hood we are now on Ubuntu Jaunty on different hardware, and we are using Postfix instead of Exim as the MTA underlying the lists. Hopefully it should all work. Thanks. Andrew.

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List downtime today
by Andrew Hodgson 25 Apr '09

25 Apr '09

Hi all, I need to down this list for today as I need to migrate to new hardware. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Thanks. Andrew.

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