Squid and FTP

   qwert_zaq ([64]qwert_zaq from ukr.net)
   Answered By Thomas Adam

   [65]http://frox.sourceforge.net

   frox, a transparent ftp proxy

   This  is  the homepage of frox. It is a transparent ftp proxy which is
   released under the GPL. It optionally supports caching (either through an
   external http cache (eg. [1]squid), or by maintaining a cache locally),
   and/or running a virus scanner, on downloaded files. It is written with
   security in mind, and in the default setup it runs as a non root user in a
   chroot jail.

     [Thomas] Cool, I like this! As I am resident on the Squid-Users mailing
     list, I have word that they developers do plan to allow FTP access at some
     point through Squid, but they're not sure when.
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   Thomas Adam ([66]The LG Weekend Mechanic)

   Nadia,

   [67]http://linuxgazette.net/tag/ask-the-gang.html

   will tell you two things -- a) that the subject line of this e-mail is
   dismal, and b) you should send your e-mails to this list in PLAIN TEXT only
   and not HTML. If you look below betweeen the "---annoyance---" marker, that
   is a sample of how your e-mail has reached us. Hardly distinguishable.

   However, to answer your question...

   "Swap" refers to the term by which disk-space can be used as memory. Under
   Windows  (Note Bene -- it is not a windows XP specific concept, but is
   generic over all windows'), this is represented by a file.

   In Linux, however, this is represented by a partition (an area of disk that
   is "housed" by itself). This is then mounted at boot-time in /etc/fstab
   (assuming you have the correct entry). You can make a swap partition by
   doing...

mkswap /dev/hdxx && swapon

   where /dev/hdxx is the device that you want to use for your swap.

   It is also possible to share your windows swapfile with Linux. The following
   howto will help you with that:

     [68]http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/mini/Swap-Space.html

   although I wouldn't recommend it. Instead, I would go with a native swap
   partition.

   HTH,

   -- Thomas Adam
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Uninstalling the files that get untared

   Tim Millard ([69]tmillard from voyager.net)
   Answered By Ben Okopnik

   I'm running [70]Slackware 3.0 on a 486sx with 4MB of ram, and I want to
   install some tar archives. Here's my question: 

     After I have untared a file is there a way I can "undo" the changes that
     tar made?

   I looked on freshmeat.net and could not find any "Install trackers." Perhaps
   I should download that RPM thing from [71]Red Hat and just use that. 

     [Ben] Yep; fairly basic, in fact.

rm `tar tf tarfile.tar`

     This, of course, assumes that the tar file is still in the same directory
     from which you untarred it, your UID and the directory/file permissions
     haven't been changed, etc. That is, if you just untarred it with:

tar xf tarfile.tar

     then the above will get rid of the newly-created files.

      Searching for specific software often requires more than just
     trying a single query and giving up, particularly when the phrasing of the
     query is not definitive. You should also take a look at "checkinstall" and
     "stow" for relevant solutions which you may find necessary later in the
     installation cycle - this assumes that you're installing a non-Slack
     tarball. I also suggest reading my "Installing Software from Source"
     article in LG#74; it deals with several important parts of this process.

     If you're using Slackware, its default package manager (IIRC) is based on
     gzipped tar files. You really don't want to start messing with alternate
     package schemes until you're comfortable with the native one.