search for: beckera

I have just been thru rebuilding a server that had been suffering severe performance problems. I transferred the partitions to another hard drive, copying into freshly formatted filesystems. This made a HUGE difference in performance. One key directory structure stores email messages in an structure where there is a directory for each mail account, and the messages are stored in

I have replaced a WinNT4 PDC with a Samba server. I'm not experiencing problems with file sharing/locking at all, but printing is another issue. In this network, there are several dot-matrix printers that are ONLY printed to using a DOS application, and a laser (HP 2300, PCL and PS) that is primarily used for Windows printing. Problem: Windows clients (using downloaded drivers from

I'm NOT the authority here, but AFAIK, Htree is presently available only as a patch for 2.4 kernels (which includes RH8). I think that Htree was still beta code at the time RH8 was frozen (and may still be, from RedHat's perspective). I do not have the impression that the Htree patch has been applied in any standard RedHat kernels or kernel updates. I hope I am wrong, and that

Several months ago, I replaced a WinNT4 PDC with a Samba server. It was a successful transition, and has been working without trouble. Since the beginning, I have had no issues with file sharing/locking at all, but printing was another matter. In this network, there are several dot-matrix printers that are ONLY printed to from a DOS application, and a laser for Windows printing. All printers

Hello all, I know this question is (strictly speaking) off topic, but if someone could at least point me in the right direction, I would be most grateful. I have an older system (RH 6.2, overdue for upgrade) with an ext2 partition that was pushing 99% filled. I did some space recovery and I have it down to around 90% utilization now. I have rebooted the unit, and brought it up single-user