Re: are these hacks?
On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:40, Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net wrote: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 05:29:26PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:20, Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net wrote: Occasionally on some websites I visit daily I'll get one of two incorrect results: 1) The home page for www.sogosearch.com 2) A page with nothing but the words It works! on it There is no pattern. It could happen on a refresh of a page or when going to another page on the site. Often refreshing the page a minute or so later produces the correct results. It seems that the sogosearch may be dns related but what could be causing the second? The it works message is the default message for an apache install. That could also be DNS redirecting your queries to 127.0.0.1. What happens if you type cat /etc/resolv.conf in a terminal? #OpenDNS nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 #Speakeasy nameserver 216.27.175.2 nameserver 216.231.41.2 Is OpenDNS having a problem? -- [A]ny group is weaker than a man alone unless they are perfectly trained to work together. -- Robert Anson Heinlein 1959 _StarShip Troopers_ Rick Pasottor...@niof.nethttp://www.niof.net I don't think OpenDNS are having a problem, and they're usually pretty reliable. As John says, it may just be that the sites you're trying to visit are still setting up Apace. Have you got any URLs for us to test? Thanks Harry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: are these hacks?
Quoting Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 06:07:59PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:40, Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net wrote: On Thu, Apr 09, 2009 at 05:29:26PM +0100, Harry Rickards wrote: On 9 Apr 2009, at 17:20, Rick Pasotto r...@niof.net wrote: Occasionally on some websites I visit daily I'll get one of two incorrect results: 1) The home page for www.sogosearch.com 2) A page with nothing but the words It works! on it There is no pattern. It could happen on a refresh of a page or when going to another page on the site. Often refreshing the page a minute or so later produces the correct results. It seems that the sogosearch may be dns related but what could be causing the second? The it works message is the default message for an apache install. That could also be DNS redirecting your queries to 127.0.0.1. What happens if you type cat /etc/resolv.conf in a terminal? #OpenDNS nameserver 208.67.222.222 nameserver 208.67.220.220 #Speakeasy nameserver 216.27.175.2 nameserver 216.231.41.2 Is OpenDNS having a problem? I don't think OpenDNS are having a problem, and they're usually pretty reliable. As John says, it may just be that the sites you're trying to visit are still setting up Apace. Have you got any URLs for us to test? Perhaps you should re-read my original message. These are sites that I've visited daily for several years. Ok. Have you got any URLs so we can see if they're working for us? Thanks Harry -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: How do the pros keep up with the latest kernel?
Quoting Hugo Vanwoerkom hvw59...@care2.com: Stefan Monnier wrote: -bash: http://packages.debian.org/sid/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: No such file or directory As long as you keep `stable' in your /etc/apt/sources.list file, that shouldn't be a problem. h...@debian:~$ http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 -bash: http://packages.debian.org/lenny/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: No such file or directory h...@debian:~$ http://packages.debian.org/stable/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686 -bash: http://packages.debian.org/stable/linux-image-2.6.26-1-686: No such file or directory Hugo Are you trying to download the file? If so you need to put wget or curl before the url, otherwise bash tries to run the URL as a command. Thanks Harry -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: updating with aptitude
Quoting orange orang...@gmail.com: I took the advice from email (thanks Harry), and put only these lines: deb ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib main deb ftp://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian-security lenny/updates main contrib non-free #wine deb http://www.lamaresh.net/apt lenny main ... While those servers may be the fastest for me (they're for my Virtual Private Server in Atlanta, USA - so I don't know why Germany and Austria are the fastest), different servers may be faster for you. You can automatically find the fastest servers for you with the netselect-apt tool, or select local ones manually at http://www.debian.org/mirror/list. Thanks Harry -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: updating with aptitude
Quoting Sven Joachim svenj...@gmx.de: On 2009-04-06 15:46 +0200, orange wrote: this is my sources.list : #deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib #deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib #deb http://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib main deb ftp://ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ lenny contrib main So you're running Lenny which became stable in February. There is nothing wrong with this, but you had better uncomment the first entry for the security updates. Since these are currently disabled, there are indeed no updates for you. Sven To find the fastest debian mirror for you, you can use the netselect tool. Once installed (aptitude install netselect-apt_, you can just use the command 'netselect-apt lenny' (or 'netselect-apt -n lenny' to include non-free software), and netselect will find the fastest mirror and add it to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. Many thanks Harry Rickards -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: updating with aptitude
Quoting Harry Rickards hricka...@l33tmyst.com: ... To find the fastest debian mirror for you, you can use the netselect tool. Once installed (aptitude install netselect-apt_, you can just use the command 'netselect-apt lenny' (or 'netselect-apt -n lenny' to include non-free software), and netselect will find the fastest mirror and add it to your /etc/apt/sources.list file. ... Forgot to mention that netselect will put the mirror's in a sources.list file in the local directory, so to have them put in /etc/apt/sources.list, you'd have to do a 'cd /etc/apt' before running netselect. Many thanks Harry -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Decrypt, Edit and Encrypt a File
Quoting Daniel Burrows dburr...@debian.org: On Sun, Apr 05, 2009 at 05:36:08PM +0200, Samuel Bächler li...@boeser.ch was heard to say: I store logins and passwords of some dozen of Web-Services in an encrypted file. I used to use kgpg to read and update this file. This isn't the answer to your question, but you might want to look at the pwsafe package for another approach to this. Daniel For extra security, you could use something that generates OTP's (One Time Passswords), like the yubikey. Thanks Harry -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Reg. Grub password Change of Permissions for /home folder.
Quoting Gmail POP3 Access iam.perfection...@gmail.com: On Sun, 2009-04-05 at 14:38 +, Harry Rickards wrote: Quoting Gmail POP3 Access iam.perfection...@gmail.com: ... I have edited the file with the follwoing entries : timeout 3 password --md5 encryptedpassword data. Should I delete the below lines of the file [ menu.lst ]. What lines are below? The following lines are present : ... timeout 5 ... You need to insert a hash before the timeout line (the one above), otherwise you'll have two lines contradicting each other. Are you sure there's no other lines, as there seems to be no operating system int eh GRUB file. Also, I apologize to everyone else on this list, as I accidently sent my previous reply to Bhagya himself, not the list. Thanks Harry -- Contact information at l33tmyst.mp -- O ascii ribbon campaign - stop html mail - www.asciiribbon.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Re: Reg. Grub password Change of Permissions for /home folder.
Quoting Gmail POP3 Access iam.perfection...@gmail.com: ... # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) #grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), #grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub #and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot your system. default 0 ## timeout sec # Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the default entry # (normally the first entry defined). timeout 5 # Pretty colours color cyan/blue white/blue ## password ['--md5'] passwd # If used in the first section of a menu file, disable all interactive editing # control (menu entry editor and command-line) and entries protected by the # command 'lock' # e.g. password topsecret # password --md5 $1$gLhU0/$aW78kHK1QfV3P2b2znUoe/ # password topsecret # # examples # # title Windows 95/98/NT/2000 # root (hd0,0) # makeactive # chainloader +1 # # title Linux # root (hd0,1) # kernel/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda2 ro # # # Put static boot stanzas before and/or after AUTOMAGIC KERNEL LIST ### BEGIN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST ## lines between the AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST markers will be modified ## by the debian update-grub script except for the default options below ## DO NOT UNCOMMENT THEM, Just edit them to your needs ## ## Start Default Options ## ## default kernel options ## default kernel options for automagic boot options ## If you want special options for specific kernels use kopt_x_y_z ## where x.y.z is kernel version. Minor versions can be omitted. ## e.g. kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8=root=/dev/hdc1 ro ## kopt_2_6_8_2_686=root=/dev/hdc2 ro # kopt=root=/dev/hda1 ro ## default grub root device ## e.g. groot=(hd0,0) # groot=(hd0,0) ## should update-grub create alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. alternative=true ## alternative=false # alternative=true ## should update-grub lock alternative automagic boot options ## e.g. lockalternative=true ## lockalternative=false # lockalternative=false ## additional options to use with the default boot option, but not with the ## alternatives ## e.g. defoptions=vga=791 resume=/dev/hda5 # defoptions=quiet ## should update-grub lock old automagic boot options ## e.g. lockold=false ## lockold=true # lockold=false ## Xen hypervisor options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenhopt= ## Xen Linux kernel options to use with the default Xen boot option # xenkopt=console=tty0 ## altoption boot targets option ## multiple altoptions lines are allowed ## e.g. altoptions=(extra menu suffix) extra boot options ## altoptions=(single-user) single # altoptions=(single-user mode) single ## controls how many kernels should be put into the menu.lst ## only counts the first occurence of a kernel, not the ## alternative kernel options ## e.g. howmany=all ## howmany=7 # howmany=all ## should update-grub create memtest86 boot option ## e.g. memtest86=true ## memtest86=false # memtest86=true ## should update-grub adjust the value of the default booted system ## can be true or false # updatedefaultentry=false ## should update-grub add savedefault to the default options ## can be true or false # savedefault=false ## ## End Default Options ## title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 root(hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro quiet initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.26-1-686 (single-user mode) root(hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.26-1-686 root=/dev/hda1 ro single initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.26-1-686 ### END DEBIAN AUTOMAGIC KERNELS LIST .. Ok, you'll need to add your first line, 'timeout 3' below where it says 'timeout 5', putting a has before 'timeout 5'. Then you'll need to put 'password --md5 encryptedpassword data' after the '##Password' line. This would make the entire file as following: # menu.lst - See: grub(8), info grub, update-grub(8) #grub-install(8), grub-floppy(8), #grub-md5-crypt, /usr/share/doc/grub #and /usr/share/doc/grub-legacy-doc/. ## default num # Set the default entry to the entry number NUM. Numbering starts from 0, and # the entry number 0 is the default if the command is not used. # # You can specify 'saved' instead of a number. In this case, the default entry # is the entry saved with the command 'savedefault'. # WARNING: If you are using dmraid do not change this entry to 'saved' or your # array will desync and will not let you boot
