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Grex > Helpers > #48: System Problems Item. Please attempt to rhyme where possible. |  |
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ajax
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response 75 of 231:
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Oct 11 05:03 UTC 1996 |
Thanks DaveL, I changed my perms
No longer will I pout
I think that Backtalk switched them on me
When I checked it out
I clicked the link to change my list
To see what all I got
But I backed out of that page
Without changing a dot
Checking .cflist perms later
rw-rw---- it said
Jan or Steve might fix it up
And put this bug to bed
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kaplan
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response 76 of 231:
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Oct 13 03:20 UTC 1996 |
just after 10 we tried to dial
then we waited for a while.
761-3000 was ringing open
it will be fixed soon I'm hopin'
successfully connected on 761-3554.
happier we could not be more.
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robh
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response 77 of 231:
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Oct 13 03:34 UTC 1996 |
Looks like ttyh4 is gone for a while
There are no processes on it, which should make you smile
But the system still thinks that kr is on
After the next reboot, that problem should be gone
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scott
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response 78 of 231:
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Oct 13 14:28 UTC 1996 |
Fat-fingered my password, what the hell,
"Incorrect Password
See http://cyberspace.org/badlogin.html"
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janc
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response 79 of 231:
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Oct 13 16:18 UTC 1996 |
When Backtalk runs it isn't you
So changing files is hard to do.
A program called ``partutil''
Permits your .cf files until
They can all be written
By the group Backtalk is in.
Partutil, alas
Has been a morass
Of bugs which I trust
have now bitten dust.
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scott
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response 80 of 231:
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Oct 13 20:30 UTC 1996 |
I fear I gave an incorrect amount;
I got the http error on a shell account!
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ajax
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response 81 of 231:
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Oct 13 20:51 UTC 1996 |
I think that error is somebody's feature
The page explains the "bad login" creature
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scott
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response 82 of 231:
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Oct 13 23:01 UTC 1996 |
But if I don't know lynx,
then that URL stinks!
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ajax
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response 83 of 231:
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Oct 14 02:40 UTC 1996 |
I see your point, but it's not a bug
It's a user interface debate to tug
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srw
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response 84 of 231:
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Oct 14 04:32 UTC 1996 |
URLs are becoming ubiquitous.
(rhyming that would be ridiculous)
With respect to lynx, there's nothing to know,
type lynx <URL> and off you go.
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robh
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response 85 of 231:
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Oct 14 05:29 UTC 1996 |
It also works, I think you'll see,
if from within Lynx you hit the "g"
Then enter the URL, and you're off in a flash!
(This has an advantage - the program won't crash
If you mis-type the URL from the command line.
I always use "g", and the program runs just fine.)
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scott
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response 86 of 231:
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Oct 14 11:00 UTC 1996 |
Of course I knew all that,
it's for the newbie I'm up to bat!
For how would I know,
the G key means "Go"?
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janc
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response 87 of 231:
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Oct 14 14:59 UTC 1996 |
The part of the message that says "Password Incorrect"
Is enough to tell most why they couldn't connect.
But for accounts deleted and passwords forgotten,
A help file you have to log in to read would sure be rotten.
That's the advantage of the URL:
You can access it remotely as well.
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ajax
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response 88 of 231:
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Oct 14 16:48 UTC 1996 |
If you've a browser, and know what you're doing;
Not everyone does, or they need some clueing
You know the person's at a login query
So why not give the info right therey?
Like logging in as "help" to get text
Or as "confused" if you're really perplexed
Tell them to log in as "badpasswords" to get
Explanations with no need for a web browser hit
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remmers
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response 89 of 231:
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Oct 14 17:04 UTC 1996 |
(That response at my sensibility is eating;
Stanza 2 has some blatant linguistic cheating.)
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mdw
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response 90 of 231:
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Oct 15 08:56 UTC 1996 |
The old message 'login incorrect'
was causing quite a flood of mail
from users most sincerely abject
because they could not connect
So as remedy new messages we provide
incorrect password, no such loginid,
and other short messages will now betide
the poor user whose fingers collide
The world's most popular browser is netscape
and url's are ubiquitious in advertising
so from confusion to escape
we post a url nice short and shipshape
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meg
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response 91 of 231:
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Oct 15 12:39 UTC 1996 |
While pondering a response had me stumped
I was unceremoniously bumped
from ttyh0
a "NO CARRIER" did show
(and my participation file was subsequently dumped)
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remmers
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response 92 of 231:
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Oct 15 13:14 UTC 1996 |
Was your pondering of long duration?
Perhaps the idle timer is your explanation.
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rcurl
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response 93 of 231:
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Oct 15 14:54 UTC 1996 |
As I sit, weak and weary,
Pondering a question or a queary,
I find that thinking all in rhyme
Diverts my thoughts and kills much time.
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meg
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response 94 of 231:
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Oct 15 16:33 UTC 1996 |
My ponder did last but a minute
but alas the system did freeze
the item was stuck with me in it
then the modem hung up - geez louise
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davel
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response 95 of 231:
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Oct 16 13:03 UTC 1996 |
Of course, the single "login incorrect" message is a security feature on most
systems - giving minimal info to those trying to crack accounts. On Grex,
of course, where anyone can get an account & then get all the usernames they
want, or even get lists of logged-in users without creating an account, this
is definitely not an issue. Giving more informative messages was a great
idea, Marcus. Hope it helps the flood of help requests.
Meg, I've had this happen to me a number of times - not mostly in reading
responses, either (so the combination of pager & idle timer is definitely not
involved - it's happened a few times in mid-keystroke in vi, for example).
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popcorn
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response 96 of 231:
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Oct 20 05:08 UTC 1996 |
Lately we've had small rashes
of Grex crashes.
Perhaps this explains the freeze
that Meg sometimes sees.
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davel
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response 97 of 231:
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Oct 21 00:39 UTC 1996 |
When it's happened to me, sometimes I've been able to redial & connect
instantly.
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robh
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response 98 of 231:
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Oct 22 07:01 UTC 1996 |
The system is up! I can play with my toys!
Unfortunately, I got lots of line noise
On ttyh7 and ttyh4,
The phone connection must have been poor.
I'm currently on ttyh9
And no noise at all, the signal is fine.
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kaplan
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response 99 of 231:
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Oct 22 13:13 UTC 1996 |
I'm on ttyh1 and I can't believe how fast grex is responding. Here's hoping
that grex is working well because it is so happy with its new home. Of course
I expect that the difference is that I'm not usually on at this hour.
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