old book on learning question
Probably nobody knows what I'm talking about but... Many moons ago a mentor gave me a book to read on how to teach yourself. It wasn't on any specific topic. The author may have been a mathematician. Maybe written in the 1960's. Not much to go on. The other book the same fellow gave me was 'Calculus Made Easy' by Silvanus P. Thompson. That book rocked. What one fool can do, another can. Thanks for any tips! -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: old book on learning question
On 12/13/2010 02:46 PM, Matthew Gillen wrote: > Perhaps "how to solve it" by George Pólya? YES! Thanks man, -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: How to select and setup a desktop computer with GNU/Linux.
On 12/17/2010 10:15 AM, don warner saklad wrote: > Any of you kind conversationalists interested in a bit of > conversation... giving a call... regarding ideas how to select and > setup a desktop computer with GNU/Linux?... My last few computers have been HP. Generally reliable hardware. Then I install favorite distro of the moment. Try a live DVD or USB to see if the distro will work on that particular computer. I've never purchased anything from these guys but I probably will try them out eventually. http://www.system76.com/ Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne http://fisique-boston.com/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/echadbourne https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/themnemeproject ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
why do you play with computers?
i just finished up a website. i wrote a cms from scratch for fun in php. just installed it on a vps. everything pretty much worked. that feeling... wow, i know to some of the 'real programmers' on the list it's no biggy, but to me, wow, really, this stuff works! and that is the feeling. that is why i play with computers. a friend compared it to manual labor. in a good way. in that you see your effort. makes sense here. i work and at the end of the day see a difference. so, why do you play with computers? what is your experience? -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: why do you play with computers?
On 01/21/2011 10:17 PM, Jack Coats wrote: > I said it is corny. ... Now 40+ years later, they still mesmerize > me. I don't have the knack or skill to play first person games, but > enjoy watching others play, not so much to see the game as to marvel > at the mesh of hardware and software it takes to get it to work. Yeah games captured my imagination as well. Still do. God knows how many hours I've logged in life so far. For me it all started with an Atari C380... http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/dedicated/videopinball.html The 2600 was childhood ecstasy. Blew my mind. In junior high school we had an Apple IIe in the library that nobody really knew how to use. I would do things like 10 ? eric hates english class 20 goto 10 and run out of the room. :p Then believe it or not I had a 2 year love affair with an HP-11C. OMG that thing was the perfect calculator! Now it's all things Gnu/Linux and still lots of fun. -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: drupal on linux?
On 02/16/2011 11:51 AM, R. Luoma wrote: > I need to do an evaluation of > Drupal for a website content management system. > > While Drupal is available through the package > managers, I am trying to figure out > how to get started. > > Do anyone have suggestions for tutorials/books? > > (I do realize that some gentle readers > favor other systems such as Plone) > > Thanks, It's pretty darn easy to use. Download it from their site and check out their readme. Painless install. Go through every admin menu item and you'll understand the software. I use it for a local non-profit and it works well. Hope that helps. Eric Chadbourne http://healthfit-pro.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: drupal on linux?
On 02/16/2011 01:49 PM, Mark Woodward wrote: >> You have the same dev/qa/staging/prod problem with Wordpress as well. > > There are so many things I would do if I had the time. The world needs a > "professional" grade CMS system. To me, it is a no-brainer that there > should be a stage, qa, and deploy development cycle. What's wrong with > these guys? I suspect most users of Wordpress and Drupal don't need that feature. They only have production. I personally just do it manually. My laptop is dev, and there's a test and prod on my server. Easy enough for a few not heavily trafficked sites. - Eric C - the one who is developing a CMS in his spare time but will probably die of old age before it's finished. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: drupal on linux?
On 02/16/2011 06:01 PM, MBR wrote: > On 2/16/2011 3:47 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: >> >> I suspect most users of Wordpress and Drupal don't need that feature. >> They only have production. >> >> I personally just do it manually. My laptop is dev, and there's a test >> and prod on my server. Easy enough for a few not heavily trafficked sites. >> > How do you do this manually with Drupal? It would seem to me that you'd > need to know a whole lot about Drupal's internal architecture and what's > stored in which tables in order construct a query that would grab data > related to the structure of the website but not affect the content or > the users or other things where the authoritative version of the data is > on the production server. Also, some of the data will almost certainly > contain keys that are references to records in other tables on the > development site. Those references will have to be modified to be On my tiny little site dev and prod are exactly the same. I'm the only person changing stuff. > correct on the production site. And it's likely that not all of this > can be done just with SQL, since some tables contain serialized > representations of PHP data structures. If there's an easy solution > that produces correct results, I'd love to know what it is. > > Mark Rosenthal For a very large drupal based site where users, writers and admin(s) are changing stuff I don't know what the solution is. Possibly some db synchronization scheme... I haven't had to deal with that yet. These folks have a pretty high profile client list. They have probably figured it out. http://acquia.com/customers What would you suggest for a cms that makes the dev - test - prod cycle easy? Why? (I wish to copy them!) Thanks, Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
gnupg cracker
Hi all. Anybody know of a good script to brute for the password for a forgotten pgp password. I have the public and private keys. Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne http://healthfit-pro.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: gnupg cracker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks for the tip on the program. Fortunately I didn't have to use it. I found the password in an old backup. I'll make a revocation certificate now in case I do that again. - - Eric C - the one hanging out in a very quiet irc room /join #blu -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNcnl/AAoJEMepoCRXYYMJlIgIALfbrJqyY/40QdwxFpO19kAF HKJ/OGJp2ynQoe+hbz2WTQShENFDP9zuMWF6Ozj72pproy9RH5ypdAHzuSKodGl0 TXHG7ClWZ/0pscfvbxUJurQeMTExLymIywXawhgHYV4L6b7zfILATHqNeutW4Oiq CyVgurJ/dvMRvxR7m5iqMRaccYrTn9nabL/e0CusAlYf1guNYw3O3y3VpFop8zBx CYHuwAZXQYHP4vG0kjqJtNc3WDnI/MA/vZx0HR/aoEN8db+7ZQ8JyXoav68WehwR 4QnfpZC2n0rSeEtBl7PMetBU9pDfif5/ruFZPuO4dfmje3x84UDO27oyPalAmms= =6xpc -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
gnome nautilus control l
Hi, Anybody know how to make this permanent? I'm always jumping between nautilus and terminal and the navigation path in text is more useful (for me) than icons. This is on Ubuntu 10.10. Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne http://healthfit-pro.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: gnome nautilus control l
On 03/24/2011 01:14 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Eric Chadbourne > wrote: >> >> Anybody know how to make this permanent? >> >> I'm always jumping between nautilus and terminal and the navigation path >> in text is more useful (for me) than icons. This is on Ubuntu 10.10. >> > > If you have the Configuration Editor loaded, navigate the treeview: > Apps, Nautilus, Preferences, > > Tick the checkbox labeled "Always_use_location_entry" > I couldn't find the Configuration Editor in the menu but alt-f2, gconf-editor and the directions you specified did the trick. Thanks Ted. -- Eric Chadbourne http://healthfit-pro.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: Android Tablet
On 04/06/2011 10:06 AM, Richard Pieri wrote: > On Apr 6, 2011, at 9:40 AM, Jerry Feldman wrote: >> >> IMHO, the tablet computers should eventually replace the most of >> the netbooks and cut into laptop sales. Tablets seem pretty cool but I sure do like my netbook. I can do real work on it, it runs various gnu/linux distros just fine and it was inexpensive. http://blog.dreamhost.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/photo1.jpg ;-) On the train everyday I see folks enjoying their iPads. Which is cool. But I spent a hell of a lot less on my Nintendo DSi, can play Call of Duty 4 and if it drops it probably won't break. But my crystal ball of what consumers will do next has always been kind of weak. -- Eric Chadbourne http://healthfit-pro.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
help desk software
Hi all. I need to create a tech support dept for a medium size non-profit. What ticket software would you suggest? Thanks! -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: help desk software
On 05/10/2011 10:47 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 10:00:26AM -0400, Eric Chadbourne wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I need to create a tech support dept for a medium size non-profit. What >> ticket software would you suggest? > > The only problem I've ever encountered using RT is getting > people to use it when they've never used ticketing software > before. > > -dsr- > RT it is. Thanks guys. -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: help desk software
On 05/10/2011 06:02 PM, Randy wrote: > At one company, I customized the help desk application so that it could be > used by the call center to track shareholder issues. That is cool! - Eric C. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] What do typical Linux users do WRT protecting their systems from malware
Since my browser and email client are the main way I communicate I use no-script / firefox and plain text email. I do fresh installs often and run clamav. Clamav found an evil shell script once for me. Anybody running any security software on their droid? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] To catch a thief
I suggest no honey pot. Notify the police, secure your house, protect your family. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Copy MAC address list from on Linksys router to another
It has a way to expot and import its settings. I wonder if that file can be directly edited? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] bad lun bad target
Hi All, I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 on a compaq presario cq57 laptop and i'm getting the following in dmesg: [ 16.481412] scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic- xD/SD/M.S. 1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS [ 16.481479] Bad LUN (0:1) [ 16.481603] Bad target number (1:0) [ 16.481705] Bad target number (2:0) [ 16.481802] Bad target number (3:0) [ 16.481907] Bad target number (4:0) [ 16.482002] Bad target number (5:0) [ 16.482097] Bad target number (6:0) [ 16.482191] Bad target number (7:0) [ 16.483331] sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk [ 16.483666] sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0 Everything seems to be working fine though. Can I assume it's merely a hiccup with the sd card reader that works itself out? Thanks for any tips, Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] mysql mystery
I suspect a minor error in your PHP script maybe. If it's not too long post it here. - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] chronic cpu spikes - X and kworker have gone mad
hi all, i'm playing with a new laptop. tried running ubuntu 11.04 but it kept crashing. tried running fedora 15 but it kept crashing. guessed it had something to do with the environment so i installed xubuntu. it's currently not crashing but i am getting a constant stream of spikes in cpu usage. it appears x and kworker are eating up almost 100% of the cpu about once a second. any tips on how to stop this? all my other linux boxes are happy. but this inexpensive laptop is giving me the blues. tia, eric c (the one who said he was going to get a new laptop from system76 but tried to save cash) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] chronic cpu spikes - X and kworker have gone mad
On 08/23/2011 08:21 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: X + kworker is probably a video driver or display detection problem. --Rich P. installed the proprietary ati/amd graphics driver suggested by ubuntu. now the laptop is usable but i still notice cpu usage spikes around 25% for no reason other than moving my cursor around. fwiw i'm on a presario cq57. i'll keep googling. thanks for any suggestions! - eric c ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] chronic cpu spikes - X and kworker have gone mad
I ran into this after falling down the stairs with my laptop (ow!) I did some research and found that kworker eating lots of CPU can sometimes be related to hardware problems. I reseated the memory in the laptop and the problem was resolved. I'm not saying it's a hardware problem, but it could be. Ryan I'm going to max out the ram this weekend after a trip to microcenter. So if that's an issue it will be fixed. I think the isue is just that the hardware doesn't play well with gnu/linux. Thanks for all the tips! - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Gnome 3 Compatible Video Card
It's not as flashy but I'm enjoying xubuntu. I do not find unity or gnome 3 easier to use. You may want to try out Xfce. - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] The America Invents Act
On 9/27/2011 7:47 PM, Derek Martin wrote: No it doesn't; there are much, much better arguments why all software patents should be invalid. If you have 96 minutes to spend, rms has given a very good talk on that very topic: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=669200964006594520 Fantastic vid. Hadn't seen that one. Thanks Derek. - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] The America Invents Act
On 9/28/2011 7:33 PM, Hsuanyeh Chang wrote: Sorry folks for wasting you so much time on this thread. Please, if you could, remove all my words in this mailing list. (Can I close source when I once opened it?) I believe I have accidentaly entered into a terrain where I should not have entered. I will try to unsubscribe from the list later today or tomorrow. Sorry again if any of my words have offended anyone... I think it unlikely anyone was offended. It's nice to hear another opinion. Though there are sharks in these waters. ;) Consider staying. The blu list has been a great place for me to learn. "Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do." - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] how to manage a bunch of ms boxes?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi All, I have a public computer lab with a little under 40 windows PCs. The teachers and students are always finding novel ways to break them. They must run Windows. As the sole IT guy in our org keeping these machines working is eating up too much of my time. Does anybody have any suggestions on how to keep these boxes running? Here's what I'm currently thinking of doing. Install Ubuntu and virtualbox on all of them. Upon automatic login a shell script starts that checks for the latest windows image. If the PC already has the latest image then start virtualbox in full screen mode else download image and then start vb. This way every user has the same exact 'computer'. It will make my life and the teachers lives easier. What do you think? Thanks, Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOmulBAAoJEMepoCRXYYMJLJgH/RgZ/DfvZTcyH+y4OZX801it iQZTGswQV6GORUMWH+RwE1rNCQcNmoQThx2Ki+lmJ/WIStxZXYa1VPWG1j/0k8tF xmvpqUZ+SNZ+zA0PEvce2FY1fmq7sfu6NDpn24WSWbTJvmJMM7aYalIEXbJshd7n 2xM5BEwjFmGuMYCS4f3rRZLzf7HMUfI+VpnBG6+BDftoWkrh+PLMh0vDByXL1gYv 6AIlVj7lKaP8JnfpaX7a/V+5JplH/oUTwb6IysgBp4K9QQ0Gy60JQsbyVPDVPgDV RZZHu+Ge7A9i2I9mnYQI4G1+4/VDpJZsPHTFTbdr+UjEUHSybwwnzGQimAhRnTs= =FRTt -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] how to manage a bunch of ms boxes?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 After looking at about 6 possible solutions I've decided to try out returnil. returnilvirtualsystem.com the reason is that it returns the system back to it's previous state upon reboot, is easier to manage than my original plan with virtualbox and they have a no cost download. it's not f/oss, which sucks, but it will work for now. Many thanks for your excellent suggestions! - - Eric -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOnWjyAAoJEMepoCRXYYMJhuoH/AmwRClnGhK5tl1Jg+INPgl3 LvJ9FTaOIfdDK7vsNop8AZFIdYRccp3iG3qF3giDuGIaovfdkM5/bRLDi0tPvu1a +LYe5eOaU9sbpn1c3zScrF2sE1woKgZ48chIOwkQqMciCHK2ZbW3ZP9hlQRCailB btK2MLYhvOeV1PVYSD/EBojXkeginbdaEZLUpzXBj+ynFQNqVhnbOldt0Jnf0JLr /bg6dbwqFW6Rw/JZyVBIM6YDibmS/2zM2XGSRrDD1eNpgXLYiG4QusI/xRscLmk7 NfWoGT/YtFxgfFduZacLsbiN41UZqfP+PfiOm0MgE6yQhx5q73FUh4Ojg+N4a/o= =IIF2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] website designer
Hi, Anybody here a really good website designer or know of one? A friend of mine has a small electrical consulting business and wants his site redone. Pretty easy job. Less than 6 pages of static HTML. But it has to look great. Thanks for any tips, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] website designer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You make a good point John. I am more than capable of making the site for my friend but what I consider well made is not what he would like. As an example, I was making a site for a local business and they asked that the page would have the little "loading" bar. You know like some bloated flash based site. They just thought that looked cool. Ugh. So I don't make sites for anybody anymore except the couple I manage for my $employer. My friend just wants something visually appealing. I would also ask that it be w3c compliant. - - Eric. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJOpx3cAAoJEMepoCRXYYMJbQEH/1yWKUIE3HexZotWfBmAKp7t XijWwoTKFLqME4Z3euIRYUzXkp9Hmr3Cq88nZ2cJhcs1Xe4epjlTHe1WmSLI7njW MnlL0xwwdYCGsp7XY/tGsa+i0KYldCHCa0dJ2CTEgLruHhV+gwRQ6Tr+HP6kVU3p HHzR9kyfXaP8aZgTg6DaPkKB9O72Wp5c42AmVubnZOiOu/ZC8JYE3zhjcU1LnRSh 5pB4tfJS2s9P+qL3dB5KHcKw6qwdS0HJ0/yi9c7MPKlo/DLiaFq21GD1mGIvfomD 6xpvRmyzL5Wi04ca3/M29zEsXMFjdFuJP2g0wFUnY/wFcYmpDhXdbRTh1VU8mew= =Occ3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] Mass CORI .exe
I was running clamscan and hit a .exe that's a reported trojan.agobot. dug around and found that it came from cori. Apparently they answer electronic cori requests with an email link to an executable file. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] REL Mass CORI .exe
We requested the cori. Oddly enough the state does this on purpose. I submitted the false positive to clamav and asked the state if I could speak with their tech person about alternative ways to securely distrib info. Windows only and an exe is pretty strange to me. Sounds like a good way to get local companies cracked. On Nov 7, 2011 5:26 PM, "Ricker, William" wrote: > Sounds to me like how one reconfigures a compromised server to deliver a > Trojan. > > Unless you had actually requested a CORI, highly unlikely the actual > origin is the stated return address. > > Not speaking for $DayJob > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Boston Linux Meeting Reminder, tomorrow, Wednesday, November 16, 2011 Rolling out IPv6 on Linux
Hi, I'm not able to make this meeting. Will there be any slides or video posted? Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Howdy
Cool website you have. Fun looking stuff. - Eric On 11/28/2011 5:33 PM, Drew Van Zandt wrote: > Drew Van Zandt > Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics ( > http://artisansasylum.com/ ) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Off-Topic [IP] BufferBloat: What's Wrong with the Internet? (fwd)
On 12/12/2011 05:33 PM, Gordon Marx wrote: On Dec 12, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Bill Horne wrote: At some point, the Internet will need a major overhaul. For what I do, which is mostly email, it worked as originally designed. For what many ISP's and content providers are attempting to do, which is near-real-time content delivery, it can be "bent to fit" by adding ever-fatter pipes and ever-larger buffers, at the expense (as the OP pointed out) of degrading key performance metrics like latency. Hey, you should check out this startup in Kendall. They're called Akamai, they're 13 years old and have ~$1B in yearly revenue, and they deliver like 30+% of internet traffic without fattening pipes or degrading latency. My 2¢. YMMV. It does! Gordon doesn't speak much on the list but when he does it usually makes me chuckle. - Eric C. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] php foreach variable variable post
I have a list of columns being retrieved from a function, select_groups(), as an array. These are being using to dynamically generate a form. The form is used post to another page for processing. I want to generate the list of columns again, put those column names into $_POST[] to get the values made by the user in the form. Something like: I know I'm close. Any tips? Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] php foreach variable variable post
On 12/31/2011 09:36 AM, Dan Kressin wrote: value, have you looked at the import_request_variables function? that is exactly what i was looking for! many thanks, eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Full disk encryption
gpg, virtualbox and /home encryption. only santa knows what i'm doing and he doesn't care. - eric c ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] wiki suggestions?
Hi All, I'm going to use a wiki to share some classes on-line. Some of the teachers who will be using the wiki are not very technical. So a simple user interface and ease of use are important. I also have a very strong preference for open source software. Right now I'm thinking http://www.twiki.org/ Any suggestions? Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] wiki suggestions?
On 01/29/2012 12:20 PM, David Kramer wrote: Yes. Foswiki Interesting. I'll put it on a server Monday and take a look. Thanks! - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] wiki suggestions?
Excellent suggestions by all. I've decided to give wikispaces a go. The non-profit I work at has a bunch of adult education courses and instead of a trillion Word docs floating around the ever expanding company shared samba drive I figure we'll try this on a very limited basis and see how it goes. Thanks! - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Network Traffic Visualization
On 02/01/2012 03:40 PM, Daniel C. wrote: - Do you have any preference for how you see it? Oh oh oh! Pick me, pick me! Make really bad stuff bold bright pink and not red. Red is good luck in some cultures. Pink, heh, that's kind of funny. Thank you all in advance! Hopefully I'll be able to produce something genuinely useful. Dude post a download on the list. I would love to check it out and watch my noisy network in action. Thanks, Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] wiki suggestions?
On 01/31/2012 09:24 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: On Jan 30, 2012, at 4:22 PM, Bill Horne wrote: It's almost never going to be the program or environment or online tool that /you/ are most comfortable with, but it /will/ be the one that your users have bought into, and therefore the one they will use. Over time, as the tradeoffs of non-optimal first-pass choices become obvious, you'll be able to guide the group toward more robust and more easily maintained solutions, but if you start out by _dictating_ a course of action, it won't work. This. What Bill says here is why I asked about publishing vs. collaboration (and I'm still awaiting an answer). Saying "we need a wiki" is just going to cause you problems if you really need something else. Both of your responses caught my attention more than any others. I only didn't respond because I wasn't sure what to say. Wikis are good for collaborating. If you have physicists at MIT, Fermilab, CERN and J-PARC working on the same research then a wiki is a good way for them to collaborate. This is the kind of writing that wikis were designed to manage. On the other hand, wikis are *terrible* static document repositories. If you have a Lab full of professors, each with a their own syllabus that needs to be distributed to students, then a wiki is the worst way I can think of to do it. The reason is simple: these faculty cannot just put their documents into a wiki. They need to be rewritten or converted to the wiki format, and that is a gigantic waste of time for a slew of one-offs. Getting those documents back out can be even more painful unless you set them up with file uploads for the static documents in which case the wiki itself is a waste of resources. You all would be better off with a basic web server fronting some kind of networked storage. While I have great respect for the information you provide on the list I could not possibly disagree with you more in my particular situation. The very large amount of educators using wikispaces would probably disagree with you to a certain extent as well. At my $day_job we have teachers. They don't have research assistants like Harvard doing lots of heavy lifting for them. They have to do everything for the class. And quite often, as it the case at a low paying non-profit, different teachers have to take somebody else's class. Maybe it's turn over, maybe it's scheduling. Shit, they might not even know the subject! And a billion '.docs' doesn't help anybody. As an example tomorrow morning I have to get my ass up real early and teach a computer class for a very large local medial establishment. A real teacher made the course. I read it over and found a few technical errors. Corrected them, put the whole course on wikipsaces the other day. Not too difficult. And wikispaces does have export functionality. I haven't tested it yet though. But hey it wouldn't be too hard to scrape their site and put the courses into any format I want. Network storage is a freaking nightmare that I have experienced at a couple of companies. It is not a way to manage information. Wikispaces might suck balls. I don't know. Trying them out now. If they do suck balls I'll just write my own if something doesn't exist that we need. If that situation happens I'll try to recruit you off list to help us! Thanks again, Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] Employee card question
We have a plastic card printer and software that needs to be replaced. Its used for about 150 staff. Any suggestions for a printer and software? Note that unfortunately this will be connected to a windows pc. I'm currently googling and will post anything useful on list. Thanks! Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Employee card question
Thanks for the suggestion Grant. I'll check it out. - Eric C. the one who really does not like printers and has almost no paperwork on his desk. On 02/06/2012 02:04 PM, Grant M. wrote: On 02/06/2012 01:45 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: We have a plastic card printer and software that needs to be replaced. Its used for about 150 staff. Any suggestions for a printer and software? Zebra Technologies (http://www.zebra.com) makes ID Card printers. I don't think that they are cheap, but they should last forever. You can get software from them, and you can also create your own using VisualBasic with their own Zebra ZBasic if you choose. I used to use their printers for medical test kit labels with custom software and they were extremely reliable printing 30k labels a week per printer. Grant M. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] got a new computer coming + dreamhost sucks
Hi Bluers, I just got the boss to sign off on getting me a new workstation. https://www.system76.com/desktops/model/wildebeest Should have my hands on it in a week. I shall control the universe, or at least our small business, from this wonderful computer. It will be used for development and a couple of vm's. I'll put xfce on it of course. ^.^ I have to say it's so darn nice to just buy a computer with gnu/linux on it. This is my first one. I've done a ton of installs but finally I don't have to be concerned with little things that don't work. Just had to tell the group and share my geek ecstasy. // Dreamhost sucks. They host my $work email and 3 websites. Constant issues. Today everything died. Email, websites, and even dreamhost's site! This is the 3rd time in 2 months the email went down. I'm thinking of hosting the sites myself (a server from system76 perhaps) and moving the email to google. I want to support dreamhost but they're just not ready for real business. Anyway, I'm getting a new computer! - Eric C. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] Network IP Conflicts and Dropped Samba Connections Oh My!
Hi All, So I have these two problems. 1. On the company shared drive (samba) once in a while people report microshaft word files getting locked and then they can't use them until they delete the lock files, but it's only one person using the file. The samba server has been running almost a year with zero problems until this recent complaint from a couple of users. 2. Staff is occasionally getting IP conficts. I've checked to make sure my servers have the proper static IPs and that the Comcast SMC Networks router doesn't use these addresses in it's dns range. We have a couple of wireless routers and I'm verifying now they are not the cause. Here's my current guess as to what's happening. 1. One of the cicso switches burned out a fan which I replaced. I think the old bugger is reaching it's end of life. Maybe this is intermittently screwing up samba connections? 2. The IP conflicts are because the smc router has the hiccups and we need to purchase a real business router / vpn. I'm also googling for a good network monitor application that can run on Ubuntu and could maybe help me figure out which (if any) switch is in poor health. All clues welcome. Thanks! - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Network IP Conflicts and Dropped Samba Connections Oh My!
On 03/19/2012 11:19 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > Are the conflicting IP addresses in the DHCP range that the SMC is > managing? That's not clear to me from your description of the > problem. If they are, I might guess that the SMC is periodically > resetting itself and forgetting about addresses it has already > allocated. If you have the ability to setup a monitor port somewhere > in your network infrastructure, you might try setting up a sniffer > there to capture just DHCP packets Yep the SMC is managing all DHCP. On 03/19/2012 11:26 AM, Guy Gold wrote: > 1.Can you post the exact message that implies of the IP conflict ? > 2.Do you have more then one DHCP server on the LAN ? Only one DHCP server. It's just windows boxes giving a generic pop up complaint about an IP conflict. Reboot seems to resolve the issue. > TCPdump, it's cross-distro, it takes longer to master then GUI > sniffers, like Wireshark, but, like most shell-based tools, it's worth > the invsetment. Cool I'll check it out. Sounds like a fun tool to learn more about my little LAN. Well after digging around some today I found that I did have a not too often used server with the same static IP as my samba server. Doh! So I'm _hoping_ that will fix the locked files issue. I had no complaints today about it. :) For the IP conflicts I changed the setting to update addresses on the SMC device to two days. It was 2 weeks. This is just me guessing though. I'll do some more digging around. Many thanks for the excellent feed back! - Eric C The one who wears too many hats. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] school management software?
Hi BLU, Any suggestions for school management software? FOSS is preferred but not mandatory. I saw this but have yet to play with it: http://opensis.com/ Thanks for any tips, Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] school management software?
On 03/23/2012 05:28 PM, Bill Bogstad wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:18 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: Any suggestions for school management software? FOSS is preferred but not mandatory. I saw this but have yet to play with it: http://opensis.com/ No experience, but the Google finds this page which lists lots of FOSS as well as commercial options: http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/Student_Information_Systems Good Luck, Bill Bogstad Great link Bill! Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] What is my work title?
On 03/30/2012 06:32 PM, Rich Braun wrote: Do what you want to do, get paid what you can negotiate, and let others figure out what to call you. Most people just call me Rich. Great quote. - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] off-site backup question
Hi All, Anybody interested in trading a terabyte or so of space on one of their gnu/linux servers for the same on one of mine? This is work related. I'm in charge of IT for a small non-profit. I prefer doing this with a small business or another non-profit rather than an individual. Feel free to email me off list. Thanks, Eric C - the one who heard somebody on this list mention keeping three copies of everything in three different locations and took it to heart. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Death, and other cheery topics
On 05/10/2012 05:34 PM, Daniel Barrett wrote: I'm wondering how other people in our community balance two competing factors: 1. Having a powerful computing environment at home: multiple machines, perhaps some of them hosting VM's, running a variety of operating systems, mounting each other's network drives, etc., plus a backup server, and holding critical information like financial records, tax returns, your family's music collection, etc. 2. The knowledge that when you die, there's no conceivable way your family could understand or operate this system, even if they are smart. For me, I document the system, keep backups and critical documents in a safety deposit box (in case my computers and I perish in a fire) along with a Knoppix CD, and occasionally do a run-through with my non-IT-professional spouse. I suspect it's not enough to ensure she can find the password to our bank account in an emergency. What do you do? Keep important records on non-Linux machines so they're "easier" to access for non-techies? Arrange with an IT-savvy friend to help out if you die? Put the data in the cloud and hope nobody breaks in? Pretend we'll live forever? :-) Dan 1. I don't have a powerful computing environment at home. I'm typing this on a $299 compaq laptop running xubuntu. Now my work computer, wow. A beast by system76. 2. I have an agreement with my family that when I die they have to come with me. Everybody get in the pyramid! Also my hard drive is not encrypted. On purpose. - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] Gnu/Linux, PHP, PostgreSQL help at a non-profit
Hi All, This is "Eric C" who's been posting to the list for a while but this time with his work hat on. Nothing is locked in, but I might be looking for a mid to upper level programmer with experience in PHP and PostgreSQL. I have a project that I need a hand with as my plate is currently full. We have a custom made Access based client management system, think Efforts to Outcomes (ETO™) but more basic and worse, that is horribly buggy and very long in the tooth. I would like to replace this with something understandable, functional and maintainable. Everything will be under the GLP and our price range is between 5 to 10k. I think the amount of time it will take to make what we want greatly depends on ability level. I could write it myself but it would take me a while. I've met guys who could bang this out in a month. Let me know if interested. Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne IT Coordinator Asian American Civic Association 87 Tyler St., 5th floor Boston, MA 02111 617-426-9492, ext. 231 aaca-boston.org Educate. Empower. Employ. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] cloud storage
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 7:07 AM, Jay Kramer wrote: > I always wondered how well rsync would work at mirroring if the files > were encrypted prior to syncing. > > jay I use rsync at work to back up stuff like the shared drive and it works great. Fast too. Thousands of files. Some encrypted but most aren't. If you put everything into a directory, tarred and then say gpg --symmetric, and then rsync'ed that would be a mistake I think because it would have to copy the whole huge file. Thanks, Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] cloud storage
On Sun, Jul 15, 2012 at 9:37 AM, Bill Bogstad wrote: > Rsync does chunk at a time > checksumming on both ends of a transmission before sending anything > for a modified file. Excellent clarification Bill. Thanks. - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] astronomy suggestions?
Hi All, I'm looking for a new hobby and astronomy looks perfect. Low entry barrier, amateurs can actually assist real scientists and it's fascinating. I just downloaded stellarium and omg is it excellent. Works great on my terribly under powered laptop with an amd c-50 cpu. Any astronomy geeks on the list? If yes what software do you like? Any local groups you suggest? Thanks, Eric "All mass is interaction." Richard Feynman ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] astronomy suggestions?
Excellent suggestions all. Thanks! - Eric C. Also typing with thumbs ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] i <3 postgresql vid
Hi All, I first learned about PostgreSQL from this list a few years back. We use it at work now and I love it. One of my coworkers (he's the lone mac guy, I'm the lone gnu/linux guy) sent me this video. Interesting comparison of different databases. MySQL is more broken than I had realized. Check it out. http://vimeo.com/43536445 - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] 'nother question
> btw, i have yet another problem. i have two linux > computers: an acer running xubuntu and an asus running > lubuntu and can't get scp to work between them. i finally > was able to transfer files using rsync, but what about scp? > ssh works ok. am i using a wrong port, i.e. 22? > > tia, > ole dan Maybe add the verbose option and post the output to the list. - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] GnomeOS
> Since I've got XFCE running on all my home machines and my > desktop at work, I'm reasonably pleased by this. XFCE doesn't > get in my way. > > -dsr- +1. I'm running xubuntu on a couple of boxes and as you said, it doesn't get in my way. - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] suggestions on how to free code?
Hi All, Where I work we needed some software. We evaluated about 20 different applications, free and non-free. They were either too expensive (I work at a non-profit) or just sucked. So we rolled our own. I just had my annual review and all I asked for was to make our app gplv3 and allow me to release it. The boss doesn't mind. So I'm tiding things up and will release before xmass. We use this application to manage constituents daily. I wrote it all. Not the best code but works as advertised. My question is, how to release in a way that lays the foundation for a community? I just read http://en.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-Release-Practice-HOWTO/index.html and like it mucho. Any other tips from BLU? Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] suggestions on how to free code?
Absolutely fantastic suggestions and insight from the group. That's a lot of information to think about. Vertical markets and launchpad oh my! When I release it in a couple of months I'll make sure to post here for comment. Many thanks, Eric C - the one who can write code, and has been doing it often lately, but still wouldn't call himself a programmer. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] site access problem
I can see your site just fine here in Quincy. - Eric C On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:58 PM, dan moylan wrote: > > i have several websites hosted at webbytech.net. of these i > am able to access moylan.us, bostonalarm.com, and > fifeanddrum.biz without a problem. > > when i try to access sudburyancients.org, i get a list of > links as though i had entered sudburyancients into a google > search. this is true on my wife's computer as well as my > own -- both running on the same router, of course. > > i can't bring it up on chromium or firefox, nor can i access > it via ssh or ftp, though i can ping it. i rebooted my > computer and the router to no effect. > > my hosting service sees no problem, and a friend i checked > with in framingham has no problem. > > i'm baffled. anyone have any insight? > > tia, > ole dan > > j. daniel moylan > 84 harvard ave > brookline, ma 02446-6202 > 617-232-2360 (tel) > j...@moylan.us > www.moylan.us > [death to html bloat!] > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] web server can't see out but others can see in
Hi All, I have an odd problem. I have an unbuntu web sever in virtualbox. We're sitting behind a small business cisco router. I did the following: 1. I gave the server a static ip in virtualbox and on the router. 2. Opened port 80 on the cisco device. Any source and any ip to static ip. Firewall is disabled on server. 3. Enabled One-to-One NAT. This beast is new to me but nothing worked until I did it. My web server is visible from the world and is visible on our lan. Oddly my server cannot see out. For example: eric@webserver1:~$ ping google.com ping: unknown host google.com and eric@webserver1:~$ sudo apt-get update Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease I suspect I screwed up something with our new router. All hints welcome! Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne IT Coordinator Asian American Civic Association 87 Tyler St., 5th floor Boston, MA 02111 617-426-9492, ext. 231 aaca-boston.org Educate. Empower. Employ. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] web server can't see out but others can see in
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 5:49 PM, John Abreau wrote: > My first reaction would be to check if the vm's resolv.conf is correct. > If outside machines can successfully retrieve web pages from the vm, > then routing seems to be fine. > > Try pinging by ip address instead of by name: instead of google.com, > try pinging 173.194.43.38. If you can ping that, then your problem must > be with DNS. Hi, Hopefully this will provide some clues. Note that I currently have the server set up as one to one nat. I've tried a bunch of other configurations but this one appears to function as desired. The server has ufw enabled to allow port 80. ## eric@webserver1:~$ ping google.com ping: unknown host google.com ## eric@webserver1:~$ ping 173.194.43.38 PING 173.194.43.38 (173.194.43.38) 56(84) bytes of data. < hangs forever here > ## # i'll try pinging a network printer eric@webserver1:~$ ping 10.0.0.15 PING 10.0.0.15 (10.0.0.15) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 10.0.0.15: icmp_req=1 ttl=255 time=0.725 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.15: icmp_req=2 ttl=255 time=0.776 ms 64 bytes from 10.0.0.15: icmp_req=3 ttl=255 time=0.759 ms ## eric@webserver1:/etc$ sudo tail -100 resolv.conf # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8) # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN nameserver 4.4.8.8 nameserver 8.8.8.8 ## eric@webserver1:/etc/network$ sudo tail -100 interfaces # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 10.0.0.17 netmask 255.255.255.0 gateway 10.0.0.1 dns-nameservers 4.4.8.8 8.8.8.8 ## eric@webserver1:/etc/network$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 0.0.0.0 10.0.0.10.0.0.0 UG10000 eth0 10.0.0.00.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 ## In /etc/resolvconf the files base, head and original are all empty. I would post something from the log files but our tiny site is getting slammed by what appears to be automated wordpress attacks. I'm not sure what in this mess would be of use for the apparent dns issue. Thanks in advance for any further tips. - Eric C ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] web server can't see out but others can see in
Sorry for the top post but it just seems easier at the moment. I will resolve this issue today come hell or high water. Thanks for the excellent advice all. That's why I love BLU. - Eric "damn dns!" On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote: >> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss- >> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Eric Chadbourne >> >> eric@webserver1:~$ ping google.com >> ping: unknown host google.com > > That's a pretty conclusive dns failure... > > >> eric@webserver1:~$ ping 173.194.43.38 >> PING 173.194.43.38 (173.194.43.38) 56(84) bytes of data. >> < hangs forever here > > > I don't know what that IP address is, but it should be pingable. The failure > to reply certainly indicates an ICMP failure as well as DNS failure... > > >> eric@webserver1:~$ ping 10.0.0.15 > > Oh dear. You should never use the 0 or 255 networks either. While this is > ok sometimes, the problem is: Some devices just assume a netmask derived > from the zero's, or just assume a broadcast because of the 255. I had this > situation (granted, 10 years ago) where my boss gave me a router, told me to > configure the following networks (insert network diagram here). It was a > cisco router, and the syntax for creating the routes did not allow me to > explicitly specify the netmask - The 10.0.0.0 was implied to be 10.0.0.0/8, > while 10.1.1.0 was implied to be 10.1.1.0/24. Hopefully this sort of thing > is becoming antiquated and phased out in the modern day. > > >> eric@webserver1:/etc$ sudo tail -100 resolv.conf >> # Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by >> resolvconf(8) >> # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE >> OVERWRITTEN >> nameserver 4.4.8.8 >> nameserver 8.8.8.8 > > Google's nameservers are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 > That's a type-o. > > Still, I think it's safe to conclude that your firewall is blocking both > outbound ICMP and DNS. > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] web server can't see out but others can see in
On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Tom Metro wrote: > Rich Pieri wrote: >> 1:1 NAT maps a single internal IP address to a single >> external IP address. With a VirtualBox guest the guest's network >> interface is also the host's network interface. Using 1:1 NAT in this >> environment means exposing the host's interface to public network >> traffic. > > VMs have networking options that let you chose between bridged and NAT > connections between the host and guest. One thing Eric should clarify is > whether the NAT setup is something set in an external firewall > appliance, or was it part of the VM setup. Hi Tom, VM is set to bridged adapter with a static ip. The cisco router has the vm's ip set to 1:1 NAT. As a work around I put the site up on some shared hosting we have until I can overcome my current networking woes. At the moment I think my problems are due to comcast business SMC Networks provided router. A crazy place called the Internet => comcast provided smc networks modem / router => cisco small business router => company lan The smc device doesn't have a bridge mode so I turned off dhcp and set the cisco as a static ip in the dmz. There aren't that many of combinations of options on the smc device. I've probably tried all of them without success. Monday I'll contact comcast and ask them for a router that isn't as old as I am. ;) Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Speakers for IPv6?
+1 On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Chris O'Connell wrote: > John, > > I don't know much about IPv6, but think this is a really important topic > for IT people. Thanks for trying to get this organized. > > Chrsi > > On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 8:26 AM, John Abreau wrote: > >> I'd like to schedule several BLU meetings about IPv6 for next year, >> and I'm looking >> for speakers who can give the kinds of presentations I think would be >> useful. >> >> We had a talk last November, but it fell short of what I had hoped >> for. I was looking >> for presentations where the target audience is people who have already >> decided >> they want to migrate to IPv6, and are asking how to proceed. >> >> The talk we actually got was interesting and informative, but it didn't >> address >> the correct audience. The talk we got focused on persuading a >> reluctant audience >> that they really need to start planning to migrate to IPv6, and it >> didn't really offer >> any useful details on how to proceed. >> >> For starters, I've come up with three basic scenarios I'd like to explore: >> >> 1. A home user with 1-2 desktops, a few laptops/iPhones/Android devices, >> maybe a NAS or Tivo, and a Linksys wireless router that can support DD-WRT; >> >> 2. A small office with 1-2 Linux servers and maybe a dozen desktops and >> laptops >> possibly supporting a mix of Linux, Windows, and MacOS. >> >> 3. A larger enterprise with several locations in different cities; >> dozens of servers >> including Windows, Linux, BSD, Solaris, AIX, etc; desktop, laptops, >> smartphones, >> etc including a mix of Windows, MacOS, Linux, iOS, Android, etc. >> >> To keep things simple, I think it makes sense to focus on migrating from a >> pure IPv4 network to a dual-stack network for these scenarios. Even with >> this >> focus, I imagine it would still take several meetings to cover the basics. >> >> Can anyone recommend speakers who can give these kinds of HOWTO talks? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> -- >> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux & Unix >> Email j...@blu.org / WWW http://www.abreau.net / PGP-Key-ID 0xD5C7B5D9 >> PGP-Key-Fingerprint 72 FB 39 4F 3C 3B D6 5B E0 C8 5A 6E F1 2C BE 99 >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > > > -- > Chris O'Connell > http://outlookoutbox.blogspot.com > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] anybody interested in whipping up some code to help our non-profit?
Hi All, Got my work hat on. I need somebody to make a simple web based way for a medium size non-profit to store client data. We already have one based on Access but it very old and buggy. We're unifying our databases. I've already written our donor database in php & postgresql. I want to hire somebody to write the part where we store client data and the services we provide. You whip up the db schema and a bunch of html forms. Simple and functional is what we're looking for. Something easy to maintain. Here's a link with more detail. http://aaca-boston.org/jobs/DatabaseRFP2012v2.pdf I'm leading the project. Feel free to contact me directly. Thanks for your time, -- Eric Chadbourne IT Coordinator Asian American Civic Association 87 Tyler St., 5th floor Boston, MA 02111 617-426-9492, ext. 231 aaca-boston.org Educate. Empower. Employ. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] xfce update app always incorrect
Hi All, On xubuntu the update app gui always says I have 6 updates when I don't. When I ask it to show me the updates it can't. "Show updates" does nothing. How to I reset this thing? Apt-get works fine from terminal. FWIW I've seen this on two different installations of xubuntu. Thanks for any tips, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] xfce update app always incorrect
> apt-get dist-upgrade > > also shows no updates? > > If so, must be a bug in the GUI. I'd check the bug tracker for reports. > > -Tom > Hi, That resolved the issue. I didn't realize the difference between upgrade and dist-upgrade. You're that man! Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] free constituent management system
Thanks Will. Very nice of you to say. The application is kind of rough around the edges at the moment but I do have funding and will be able to release something significantly better soon. - Eric On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Will Rico wrote: > Hi Eric, > > Congratulations on the releasing the software! I don't have a particular > need at the moment, but will keep it in mind. The screenshots look nice. > > Will > > On 12/29/2012 12:22 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> I've been hacking away on some software and have released it today. We >> use >> it at my job to manage a significant about of donors and such. I'm more >> of >> a basic script writer than a real programmer but the software works as >> advertised and the price is right. If anybody is interested in this type >> of stuff see here for more: >> >> http://themnemeproject.org/ >> >> Thanks, >> Eric >> ___ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] XFCE
fwiw i've been using xubuntu on my work pc for many months now (bad ass system76 box, quad core, 16g ram, 2tb hd) and i'm totally happy. does everything i need. updates haven't broken things, the reason i stopped using fedora. xfce works great. might not be as sexy as the alternatives but it will work just as you expect. no hate towards gnome, kde, and the others. just saying xfce works and i use it a lot. eric c. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] [OT] Migrating domain to Google?
On 2/7/2013 5:35 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: I am looking at migrating my domain name and my two email boxes from another provider to google. For those who have done it, how difficult was it to have Google import your old mail from: 1: A non google address? 2; A @gmail.com address? Keeping people/dates intact of emails and mailbox subfolders on the google domain side? Anything to be careful of? Thanks. Scott Hi Scott, A while back I moved the company I work for to a corporate gmail account. I had to import a huge amount of emails for about 50 staff. Think CEO for the last 10+ years who deletes nothing. Google offers some software, if I remember correctly Windows only, that will connect to your old email accounts and import everything to the new gmail accounts. Note that this software was very slow and had to be restarted a few times. It also didn't transfer all email. Maybe 1 or 2% of email was not transferred for reasons I could not figure out. Dates and sub folders worked. For a corporate environment it can be a chore, but for a single person it should be a breeze. Take a look at their migration software. Hope that helps, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] [Position-available] IT Coordinator Position Available
Hi All, I'm moving on from my current position and would like to assist in helping my employer find a replacement. Note that this isn't the highest paying job but it's for a nonprofit and you'll be using your superpowers for the good of all. Feel free to email me at my work email account if interested. e...@aaca-boston.org Information Technology Coordinator Primary Duties and Responsibilities: - Lead agency vision for technology. - Ensure the agency conforms to state and federal law regarding the storage of personal information. - Ensure internal agency network is stable and secure. - Maintain agency Google Apps account. - Maintain all PC’s, printers and servers. This is a mixed environment with various Windows PC’s and Debian / Ubuntu Linux servers. - Assist staff with technology purchases. - Maintain agency client (currently in MS Access) and development (PostgreSQL) databases and add custom features as needed. - Provide reporting support. - Train staff on effectively utilizing technology. - Update and maintain agency websites, currently designed in WordPress. - Research educational technology and train teachers on use of technology in classrooms. Qualifications/Requirements: - Bachelor’s degree in computer science a plus. - Minimum of 5 years experience administrating Gnu/Linux and Microsoft Windows desired. - Knowledge of SQL, PHP, WordPress, and HTML preferred. - Excellent customer service skills and keen ability to work as part of a team. The original job posting is here: http://aaca-boston.org/career/jobs/ Thanks! -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] boston area company that supports linux?
Hi All, I know of a small company that needs support for a few Debian servers and about 40 Windows desktops. Anybody know of a local company I can refer an associate to? Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] boston area company that supports linux?
On 5/13/2013 6:09 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) wrote: On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 3:58 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: Hi All, I know of a small company that needs support for a few Debian servers and about 40 Windows desktops. Anybody know of a local company I can refer an associate to? Hi Eric, I've launched eQuality Technology <http://equality-tech.com/> LLC. We focus on open source solutions including Drupal and Wikis, devOps and we also do Google Apps. Best regards, Greg Thanks. I'll have them give you a call. -- Eric Chadbourne http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] api? rest maybe?
Hi All, I've written a little web application and a friend of mine has asked for an api. I don't know much about this subject though rest looks understandable. Any suggestions for something to read? All clues welcome. Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] api? rest maybe?
On 05/22/2013 03:00 PM, Daniel C. wrote: On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: Hi All, I've written a little web application and a friend of mine has asked for an api. I don't know much about this subject though rest looks understandable. Any suggestions for something to read? All clues welcome. REST should be fine. I may be old school, but I personally would consider implementing a REST API to be "making it fancy". When I write one-off web apps and I want to add an API, I just publicly expose some of the functionality (with proper security measures in place, of course) via a page that expects a POST and which returns some formatted text. For example if I want an API for a personal finance "app" (fancy word for a mish-mash of scripts) I might have the following "API calls" (really just web pages that are more programmer-friendly): - login.php: post credentials to this to get authenticated - transaction.php: you can POST to this with a couple of fields that define the transaction amount, a short description and optionally a category. It prints out a simple success or failure message. - balance.php: GET only, returns your current balance as an integer in text form If I'm already using these filenames for the "normal" UI then I might prepend them with api_. -Dan Thanks for the info Dan. Think this is the way I'll go. - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] KeePassX
I keep my passwords, all of which are distinct, in a password protected libreoffice doc. Been working just fine. But then again I'm not being chased around the globe like Ed S. I would suggest this to folks who don't have serious security concerns. Heck everybody knows how to use an office doc and from what I understand the encryption isn't bad. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > Rich Braun wrote: >> >> Knowing all this, and knowing that most people have just plain given up >> trying >> to follow best-practices, I've been recommending LastPass.com to my >> non-technical friends: but their service isn't free on mobile phones so >> I'm >> looking for a new recommendation. > > > A piece of paper, a pencil and some space next to the bills in one's wallet. > > http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/06/write_down_your.html > > -- > Rich P. > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Eric Chadbourne http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Are there any SSL certificate authorities that don't cost a king's ransom?
Hi Bill, Would an (advanced or pro) PayPal account fit your needs and not require your own cert + coding? Most shared hosting providers have an SSL option. Dig around in your web hosting control panel. Can't guess what the price will be. Good luck! Eric Chadbourne On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Bill Horne wrote: > I'm pricing SSL certificates for my employer: we're talking about putting up > a "donations" page, and that means using SSL. > > Symantec is charging for Beluga caviar and delivering fish eggs: over $700 > per year. > > Thawte, their little-known-but-lower-priced subsidiary, wants $200/year, for > a single domain. > > I want to know where I can get one for less. When I look at the list of > certificates that Firefox came with, I'm sure that there is /someone/, > /somewhere/, who can sign a certificate without asking my employer to grant > them an annuity. > > I know that there are maybe-yes, maybe-no players in the game, but I can't > use them. I need a certificate from someone who's already in /EVERY/ > browser: in other words, I can only recommend a purchase from an established > certificate authority, not someplace who is trying to become one. Having > said /that/, I'll also say that I don't care if I use a company in South > Africa or one in Beijing: I only care if the users see a lock icon. > > Bill > > -- > Bill Horne > 339-364-8487 > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Are there any SSL certificate authorities that don't cost a king's ransom?
On Sun, Jul 28, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Vince D. Kimball wrote: > There are places like cheapssls.com and gogetssl.com that resell Comodo > and GeoTrust SSL certificates for a lot less than retail. Good links! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] GNU/Linux Distro for Mac?
On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:41 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > > Reason one: Linux desktops suck. All of them... I'll take the bait. I don't think xubuntu sucks. Had been using it for over a year in a work environment and it never failed me. Used it at home for a couple of years too. Things have been working so far I vote a virtual instance of xubuntu! - Eric, the one typing on a Windows 8 laptop. This desktop sucks. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] redhat user question
Hi All, I'm updating a couple of RedHat boxes for a client and see some most likely legacy users. My first thoughts are, who are these users, do they still need access, and what do they have access to? How do you check for users in such a situation? I like to do: cat /etc/passwd |grep "/home" |cut -d: -f1 But I know this doesn't show everybody. I've created users with no home before. Also how can I tell if a user has root permissions or able to access other stuff such as /var/www? Thanks for any tips, -- Eric Chadbourne http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] redhat user question
On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Richard Pieri wrote: > Eric Chadbourne wrote: >> >> But I know this doesn't show everybody. I've created users with no >> home before. Also how can I tell if a user has root permissions or > > > getent passwd | grep -v foo > > where foo is whatever not-interactive shell program you typically use (for > example, /bin/false). > > root users will have UID 0. There should be only one of these but sometimes > there's an auxiliary UID 0 account. privileged users may be in the wheel > group (assuming you have a wheel group) or in the sudoers file. > >> able to access other stuff such as /var/www? > > > Match the GID on the directory with the corresponding GID in /etc/group. > > -- > Rich P. Excellent info! How did you answer so quickly? Don't you have a day job? ;) Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] ceramic tux?
Hi All, About five years ago I sold a member of the group a desktop PC and also gave him a ceramic tux light. If the person I sold this too is still on the list and would like to make a deal so I can get tux back, if he's still alive, please contact me off list. Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] ceramic tux?
Oh and I mean if Tux is still alive, not the guy who purchased the computer. Hehe. For amusement here's a pic. He's wearing a motorcycle helmet with fire and 37337 on the front, hanging out at an old $job. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5QR_LEK2gIHV1lUMlVKQkFSSnM/edit?usp=sharing Thanks. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Eric Chadbourne wrote: > Hi All, > > About five years ago I sold a member of the group a desktop PC and > also gave him a ceramic tux light. If the person I sold this too is > still on the list and would like to make a deal so I can get tux back, > if he's still alive, please contact me off list. > > Thanks, > > -- > Eric Chadbourne > http://themnemeproject.org/ -- Eric Chadbourne http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Has anyone had experience with Social Solutions and/or ETO software?
Hi, I had the chance to briefly play with it. It's pretty slick looking and has a ton of functionality. It's also very expensive and closed source. If you don't have a lot of money or you prefer f/oss check out CiviCRM. http://civicrm.org/ FWIW: http://themnemeproject.org/2013/08/09/nonprofits-saving-money-with-free-and-open-source-software/ Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] payments on the web over 10k?
Hi All, A client of mine needs a store on his site that can accept payments well over $10,000 per transaction. Paypal can't cut it. Any suggestions? These guys look interesting, https://www.braintreepayments.com/, but I have never used them. Thanks for any tips! -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] how to contract correctly?
Good morning most awesome BLUers. Question for you contractors. How do you bill your clients? About a month ago I resigned from my job, paid my bills a few months in advance, and have decided I want to and be an independent contractor. I have never done anything like this before. So far I have been very fortunate in picking up more business than I can handle just by talking with people and using craigslist. I've been charging by the hour though I notice clients seem to prefer charging by the project or milestone. What's the best way to go about billing folks? Increments of a certain dollar amount? How do you do it? A second concern is if my luck does not continue and I have to go several months without any clients. How do you stay busy? Do you partner with other contractors and share when you have to much work? Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] how to contract correctly?
>Get a federal employment ID and open a bank account. Fantastic advice Mark! I didn't know such a thing existed. I just used the IRS online form and got my EIN. Thanks, Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] need advice buying new tablet/laptop
Go to Micro Center in Cambridge. I'm typing on a very thin and quick enough laptop I got there a couple of months ago for $400. i3, 500gb hd, 6gb ram, 4 usb 2, 1 hdmi, dvd, sd card, metal accents, and pretty nice for the price. They have some refurbished computers as well. Good luck, Eric -- Original Message -- From: "barry goldman" To: "discuss@blu.org" Sent: 9/12/2013 12:20:58 PM Subject: [Discuss] need advice buying new tablet/laptop Hi guys, my laptop fried and don't know where to begin picking a new one. I'd like a tablet or small laptop that preferably i could read outside in the DAYLIGHT! and that i can run linux and python on. with sd flash slot and usb ports. is it possible to get one with one of those epaper screens you can read in the sun? used is ok, i'd like to get by on less than 300$ I'm in Beverly mass, but come into cambridge regularly. any ideas of where to see these beasts or how to find one would be appreciated! calling would help too, cause i'm stuck using library computer! 917 526 2580. thanks barry ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] our friend the nsa
I wonder how much to make of this? NSA Backdoor Torvalds was also asked if he had ever been approached by the U.S. government to insert a backdoor into Linux. Torvalds responded "no" while shaking his head "yes," as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter. http://www.eweek.com/developer/linus-torvalds-talks-linux-development-at-linuxcon.html -- Eric Chadbourne 617.249.3377 http://themnemeproject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] our friend the nsa
-- Original Message -- From: ma...@mohawksoft.com To: "Eric Chadbourne" Cc: "BLU" Sent: 9/19/2013 10:10:11 AM Subject: Re: [Discuss] our friend the nsa I think we all agree that he *must* have been approached. The fact that he nodded his head yes bead said no is clear as to what happened. It should be clear that the fact that he was asked means a few things: (1) He has not said he did not put in a back door. (2) Others in the community were probably asked as well. (3) There are probably NSA agents involved in the Linux community covertly. (4) It is quite likely there are multiple backdoors in Linux. It seems, from my little apartment in Quincy, with no data to back this up, that it's safe to assume 1 through 3. 4 I don't know about. I _feel_ safe with the kernel. Gnome and the rest scare me. Linus has balls the size of coconuts. I bet his nod violated the NSL. It would be amusing if the NSA approached RMS. He would get on a roof top with a megaphone and tell people. - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] our friend the nsa
> http://pauldotcom.com/wiki/index.php/Episode332#Interview:_Mr._Brian_Snow Oh good tip. Thanks! - Eric ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] file permission exucute questions
Hi All, Got a basic question for you. On web servers I usually set files to 644 (-rw-r--r--). A designer I'm working with keeps leaving files (-rw-r--r-x) with the last being execute. Is this bad? Why? Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne 617.249.3377 http://theMnemeProject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] file permission exucute questions
-- Original Message --
From: "Chuck Anderson"
To: discuss@blu.org
Sent: 9/29/2013 2:15:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Discuss] file permission exucute questions
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 04:27:41PM +, Edward Ned Harvey (blu)
wrote:
> From: discuss-bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org [mailto:discuss-
> bounces+blu=nedharvey@blu.org] On Behalf Of Eric Chadbourne
>
> Got a basic question for you. On web servers I usually set files to
644
> (-rw-r--r--). A designer I'm working with keeps leaving files
> (-rw-r--r-x) with the last being execute. Is this bad? Why?
Generally speaking, you're both doing something wrong. Generally
speaking, files on a web server should be 640 (rw-r-)
Where the file owner is an actual user, strongly secured, complex
password or no password (ssh keys only).
Set the group to something that apache httpd is part of, and also the
user is part of.
Set the group sticky bit on the parent directory and recursively.
sudo chmod -R g+s /var/www/whateverdir
This way, all new files created will belong to the group of the
parent directory, rather than the default group of the user account.
You probably want to do that for directories only, not files, since
you might end up inadvertently giving setgid elevated privileges to
any scripts/programs under the web root:
chgrp -R apache /var/www/whaeverdir
find /var/www/whaeverdir -type d -exec chmod g+s {} \;
Most excellent advice. Gives me plenty to research.
Thanks
--
Eric Chadbourne
http://theMnemeProject.org/
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[Discuss] Samhain Labs hacked?
Hi, I'm thinking of writing my own little "tripwire" like program to watch one of my web sites. While checking out some of the other stuff out there I went to http://la-samhna.de/ and tried to access their products page my security software popped up a warning saying there is a javascript rootkit and blocked the connection. I tried to go to their contact us page and it's there too. Might be a false positive. Anybody know the email of somebody on that project? Figure I would be nice and tell them Thanks, -- Eric Chadbourne 617.249.3377 http://theMnemeProject.org/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
