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those could come in handy. Thanks :-)

I see some bash scripts with double pipes, || , what do they do?

I would go crazy constantly having to do sudo, you should set a root passwd sudo passwd root

you are probably right, that all the info I need is available online, but a book feels nice; I like to get a way from the computer when I can.

I will see if I can get you some more info. The fact that it started on all of his computers at the same time leads me to believe it is a problem with QUEST DSL edit added later/// he is going to start things off by contacting his provider quest. Hopefully they can sort it out.

I am writing this question to help a friend with his gentoo systems. i think I have all of the correct information. One day portage quit working on both of his gentoo systems, which are on two seperate computers. It seems the faliure happens when portage trys to download a file, it fails at resolving the host. Wget also fails when using a hostname. He is able to use wget and portage if he uses an ip address(not a hostname) in his make.conf or when using wget with an ip address(not hostname). He is able to surf the web with both links and firefox. He is also able to download programs using lin

I just ordered a python "for absoulute beginners" book. I need to start from the very beginning. Other then my very small amount of bash scripting I do not really know much of anything about programming. I can't wait until it comes.

lets say I wanted to do this same scripts using python, which I know absolutely nothing about. Am I able to use the same gnu programs like: cp, sed, mount?

I always use the ftp utility avalible with the windows command line. It is not very fancy but can do all of the basic stuff.

I needed to get his computer back, so I reinstalled windows millenium, updated it, deleted the IE icon, then installed firefox. I no longer need anyone to check over my log file.

I have not yet done any posting over there. I have just registered. Maybe I should make a point to post at TC.

you may have better luck with the newest version of ubuntu, it may still be in testing. So are you out of luck with your mandrake cds, or just delayed? Is this computer one of two you have linux on, or is this the only one? I thought you also had a faster one.

after some googling, I notice lots of people have entries for spyspotter in ther log file, I do not. I must be infected because I am getting the same popup from spyspotter constantly. Do any of you skilled spyware removers know why spyspotter is not showing up in my hjt log?

did you ever try this: you can add an entry to your /etc/modules with the following command. This will try to load the correct sound module at boot echo "snd-cs4236 dma1=1 dma2=0 io=0x0534 irq=5" >> /etc/modules then try a reboot you may need to unmute your alsa with the command alsamixer those values probably have a 50/50 chance of working for you

then why would I need a recommendation if they admit everyone :confused: , I was under the impression they could not take everyone who wanted to enter the classroom. I don't think I am fully following you. I just have a forum membership, is that what you mean? edit added later// I sent them an application email to [email protected] . I got an automatic response saying they would contact me in a few weeks. Does that mean I may or may not get accepted?

the exec was my problem. I have this link that explains why http://www.faqs.org/docs/abs/HTML/internal.html#EX54 I guess it does serve a purpose :-)

I was just messing around using a for loop. I would assume my for loop would work on every item in this substitution `ps -Ao comm`, it does not. As soon as I enter "yes" in my input, it executes the command echo $i, then stops. Why is it not looping until every item in `ps -Ao comm` has been used as a variable? #!/bin/bash for i in $(ps -Ao comm) do echo "do you want to kill the following process [y/n], or enter [exit] to quit" echo $i read IN case $IN in [yY]|[yY][eE][sS]) exec echo $i;; [nN]|[nN][oO]) echo "continuing to next process";; exit) exit;; *) echo "process ignored, continuing to

I would greatly appreciate your recommendation, I am willing to make a commitment :-) at tomcoyotes.org I have a user account, but have not yet made a request for classroom training. Should I do that before you recommend me? http://forums.tomcoyote.org/index.php?showtopic=1421 My user name is the same at tomcoyotes.org

this is the sight that the popup wants me to go to. it is trying to sell me adware removel for the adware it installed http://c.spyspotter.com/landings/208-9108/alt_download.html

Thanks for the input :-)

did most of the hijack this log team get trained at tomcoyotes? Is it tough to be accepted to get trained there? I would really like to learn how to anlayize logs, do you have any suggestions on getting accepted to tomcoyotes course?

My father in law had a new tool bar that was installed, I told him I would do my best to find everything. I ran both spybot and adaware, adaware seemed to remove the toolbar. He still is getting the popup from e.spyspotter.com. Below is the log file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 9:56:54 PM, on 5/22/2005 Platform: Windows ME (Win9x 4.90.3000) MSIE: Internet Explorer v5.50 (5.50.4134.0100) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\KERNEL32.DLL C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSGSRV32.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\mmtask.tsk C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MPREXE.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\MSTASK.EXE C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SSDPSRV.E

interesting. Giving that example, would it be a good habit not to use back ticks, is there any reason I should keep using them?

I agree, learning any programming language(even bash) is great for the mind. I too am wanting to make a family websight(mainly for learning), I will probably end up learning some php also. I got as far as getting a domain, ourfamilyonthego.com. Let me know how things come along :-)

that seems easy enough :-) are back ticks used for command substitution in other languages? do you know why bash is depreciating them?