Announcement: Dec. 1998 Meeting

["LeRoy D. Cressy" <ldc@netaxs.com>]

Philadelphia Linux Users Group

                        PLUG

TOPIC:  There have been several messages floating around the plug
        list lately.  One is concerning Ira's question about SCSI
        devices in the /dev directory.  Another concerns a Trojan
        horse in a Linux package.

        The SCSI problem as stated by Ira is:

        Situation: If a SCSI device is turned off at the time the
        computer is booted, the SCSI portion of the kernel code will
        not discover it and will not create the appropriate device
        node in the /dev directory.

        The Trojan Horse problem:

        This past month Bruce Perens wrote in the Linux Weekly News
                http://lwn.net/1998/1119/Trojan.html
        about the possibility of a Trojan horse being inserted in a
        Linux package by someone.  This possibility becomes more
        probable as the number of packages available for Linux 
        increases.  This should be a concern for anyone that is 
        either a system administrator, or a maintainer.

        Sendmail Problem:

        Martin wrote asking about a sendmail problem that he has,
        about setting up sendmail to do bouncing through his ISP.

        Writing Device Drivers:

        Ben asked about writing device drivers for the serial port.

        This month we will discuss these and other problems that
        you have concerning your Linux System.

        Hope to see you Wednesday Evening:-)
WHERE:  Cyberloft Cafe 
        1525 Walnut Street, 2nd floor 
        Philadelphia, PA        
        http://www.cyberloft.com  
        215-564-4380

When:   Wednesday December 2, 1998
        7 PM

COST:   None

PLUG:   Philadelphia Linux Users Group meets the first Wednesday 
        of every month.


Mostafa Eldefrawy (mostafa@netaxs.com) has been gracious and has 
provided PLUG with their meeting space.  For superior web page
design see http://www.cyberloft.com/


Hope to see you at the Cyberloft,

LeRoy Cressy

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