Re: [Hampshire] Jammy and SMB v1.0
Thanks Tim. After a lot of research, I've identified the most likely culprit: the kernel. Working box runs 5.x whereas non working box is 6.x Anyone know what my next move should be? I'd rather get 6.x talking to smbv1 than revert to an older kernel if poss. Cheers Rob On Thu, 31 Aug 2023, 16:45 Tim via Hampshire, wrote: > Not sure where you look but is it possible that SMBv1.0 has been turned > ogg on the non working PC as it is no longer support etc etc. > > > Does this help: > > > https://www.ncomp.co.za/index.php/about-us/niel-blog/36-how-to-enable-smbv1-in-ubuntu-20-04-so-i-can-browse-my-old-nas > > > Tim H > > > On 31/08/2023 16:38, rmluglist2--- via Hampshire wrote: > > Hi all > > > > A real curious one this… I have an old NAS box which only accepts > SMBv1.0 connections. I can connect to it: > > Sudo mount – t cifs sharename mountpoint -o > username=foo,uid=bar,gid=foobar,vers=1.0 > > > > from one of my Ubuntu jammy boxes with no problem. A newer machine > (fresh install – but exactly the same version of jammy – identical output > from lsb_release -a) gives the mount.cifs(5) error Input / Output error > with exactly the same command that worked on the first box. It goes as > far as asking for my password on the NAS box so it’s not a connection or > permissions thing. > > > > Doing a quick dmesg reveals that VFS CIFS SMBV1.0 is not recommended blah > blah blah. Said NAS is a proprietary OS and I can’t patch it to go beyond > v1.0 > > > > So looks like there’s some sort of setting on the working box that’s not > being replicated on the non-working box. Both contain the same version of > samba (i.e. samba –version) throws up the same response on both boxes so > I’m a bit stumped. This is a difficult thing to google for as there are > so many parameters: most references to samba v1.0 seem to be for those > trying to get their new server to speak v1.0 whereas I’m trying to get a > client to connect. > > > > As ever – thanks in advance. > > > > Rob > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > -- > -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] VLC on Ubuntu not playing some DVD VRs
Hi all This might sound like an old chestnut but I'm fed up of googling because it is qutie "subtle" I have some home-recorded DVDs (converted to ISO) which won't play on VLC on Ubuntu (Jammy). VLC opens and crashes immediately. The trouble is: * The same files play fine on VLC on both Mac and Windows * Some other home-made DVD ISOs play fine on Jammy. It may be that I recorded the working ones with one DVD recorder and the non-working ones with another DVD recorder. Come what may - both Mac and Windows will play all of them. I've run vlc from the command line and I get the error below. It looks like it's something to do with a locale. FWIW I've changed the output between wayland on gnome and X11 - but neither works. Any ideas anyone? Cheers Rob VLC media player 3.0.16 Vetinari (revision 3.0.13-8-g41878ff4f2) Warning: Ignoring XDG_SESSION_TYPE=wayland on Gnome. Use QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland to run on Wayland anyway. disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/index.bdmv disc.c:437: error opening file BDMV/BACKUP/index.bdmv bluray.c:2652: nav_get_title_list((null)) failed dbus[7041]: arguments to dbus_message_iter_append_basic() were incorrect, assertion "_dbus_check_is_valid_utf8 (*string_p)" failed in file ../../../dbus/dbus-message.c line 2760. This is normally a bug in some application using the D-Bus library. D-Bus not built with -rdynamic so unable to print a backtrace Aborted (core dumped) -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Detect USB or SATA drive
Hi all I need a bit of help identifying drives that I (stupidly) didn't put a sticker on before I initialised them. I have about 6 drives connected to my media server. 2 are inside the case connected by SATA (1 is the OS (Xenial) and the other is media). Then there are 4 connected externally (in one 4 bay das jbod). It would be useful to me if I could determine (via df -h if poss) which are usb and which are usb. I've tried lsusb and lshw -C disk but neither are helping. lshw keeps telling me they're all SCSI for example which I know is wrong. They're all SATA - it's just that some are connected via USB, some aren't. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [OT] Annoyance - Windows Sound
Hi all I have a /* not wishing to tempt fate */ stable /* end of wish */ Windows machine which works in every respect other than it intermittently has a problem with cracking / delayed sound during heavy disk access. Try listening to music and looking at ebay concurrently and it's very annoying. In all other respects the box is fine - albeit approaching 5 years old. Not being a gamer - I've no real need to upgrade - so the cost of the upgrade itself + MS Office (required for work) + my magnification software is non-trivial. Apparently this is a very common problem but most searches I've done suggest a driver issue - but I've tried all these (including using a sound card as opposed to onboard sound) and same issue pervades so I can't see how it can be a driver issue. Has anyone come across this and fixed it? Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Grouping Files for backup
Hi all I've never been a bash script expert (to say the least!) but I need a clever script (I assume that's the easiest way but please say if not) that can turn 120 files (amounting to 2Tb of data) into 40 files of <=50Gb for an archiving project I'm about to embark on. Can anyone help / give me some pointers? I can guarantee none of the files are over 50Gb in size. So it's a question of something like: Create an empty archive (call it n.tar.gz) Repeat Find next (uncompressed) file Compress it to tmp.tar.gz If size of tmp.tar.gz < (50Gb - current size of n.tar.gz) then Append tmp.tar.gz to n.tar.gz Else Close n.tar.gz Alert me so I can write n.tar.gz to MD Create next empty archive ((n+1).tar.gz) Add tmp.tar.gz to (n+1).tar.gz End If Until all files have been compressed The end product should be 40 files called n.tar.gz (where 0-- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] 9-pin dot matrix printing - golden oldie
Hi all Anyone know / remember how to configure a 9-pin dot matrix printer with lpr on a modern distro (e.g. Ubuntu)? As I recall from way back, you could do lpr file.txt and it would go straight to the printer. lpq gave a print queue. I've lpstat -t but it's not detecting the printer. What I want to do is get it to print native characters instead of treating everything as graphics. I have it printing "graphics" fine via CUPS but it's printing everything (even lines of code) as graphics - so it's very slow. And for the curious - no - I'm not having this replace my modern printer - but I hate to see working tech binned - and besides which I have a box of untouched fanfold paper in the loft. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] On the scroung: Working 20-120Gb IDE HDD
Hi all I'm trying to resurrect an old Sun machine but struggling to find a (3.5" IDE) hdd small enough (120Gb the limit apparently). I'm loathe to buy one off ebay (you just never know) despite their being very cheap. Does anyone have such a drive they know is working they'd be prepared to send to me for free? Obviously I'll pay postage. Cheers R -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] VGA to HDMI in low res modes (Clever Video box required)
From: Hampshire [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire Sent: 25 January 2019 23:54 To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Cc: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: [Hampshire] VGA to HDMI in low res modes (Clever Video box required) >Have you ever tried it? No >When you plug a graphics card in, it will automatically disable the on board >one. >What type of expansion slots do the old PCs have? PCI, AGP or what? There is no slot to plug a graphics card into. These are some Dell servers I got very cheap (Poweredge something or other) and they have no such slots. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] VGA to HDMI in low res modes (Clever Video box required)
From: Hampshire [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of James Courtier-Dutton via Hampshire Sent: 25 January 2019 23:54 To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List Cc: James Courtier-Dutton Subject: Re: [Hampshire] VGA to HDMI in low res modes (Clever Video box required) >Another option, is to find an old graphics card that does DVI, and install it >in the old PCs. Said machines all have onboard graphics so not an option. >Another option, is to buy a better display, that supports VGA and HDMI inputs. I have one but these are becoming increasingly hard to find – and often (in my experience) while they have a VGA input, they cannot handle the BIOS text modes as they’re so low-res. >Another option, is to stop using the old PCs entirely, and get newer ones. >You don't explain why you need the old PCs. Cost. This is part of an Advanced PhD project. To upgrade the entire cluster to newer machines (even if they weren’t completely new) would still be funds than I can spare. On Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 11:56, Rob Malpass via Hampshire wrote: Hi all Does anyone know of a clever video “upscaler” which converts very low res (i.e. text) VGA to HDMI. I have a lot of still working old kit which is outputting VGA. The trouble is the BIOS screen (these are nigh on 10 years old machines) is not UEFI, it’s still text mode VGA. I have tried various HDMI solutions (including going VGA to SCART and SCART to HDMI – which works fine on a BBC Micro btw!) but none of my HDMI monitors can handle this. They can handle things fine when these old machines get into a graphics mode – but on a text mode like the BIOS (or running Ubuntu server) – no dice. Of course, given it’s old hardware, it’s quite often the BIOS that needs checking for CMOS battery, RAM failure etc. At present, I have a nasty hack where I send the output of a given old machine to a mechanical KVM which switches the video output between a 14” monitor that can handle these text modes and a monitor with VGA to HDMI conversion (which handles anything over 640x480 fine but can’t handle lo-res text modes). So when it boots to lo-res mode, I use the 14” monitor and the moment it switches to a graphics mode – I flick the KVM over to a (VGA converted to HDMI) modern monitor. Any ideas anyone? FWIW the upscaler I’ve tried is [1] Cheers Rob [1] https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCART-HDMI-to-HDMI-720P-1080P-HD-Video-Converter-Adapter-UK-Plug-For-DVD-STB/183573964461?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170912102056%26meid%3D22a8ffe8c8e94938b3e80082bdf22309%26pid%3D100753%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D183573964461 <https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCART-HDMI-to-HDMI-720P-1080P-HD-Video-Converter-Adapter-UK-Plug-For-DVD-STB/183573964461?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL.CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170912102056%26meid%3D22a8ffe8c8e94938b3e80082bdf22309%26pid%3D100753%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D183573964461&_trksid=p2045573.c100753.m4841> &_trksid=p2045573.c100753.m4841 -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] VGA to HDMI in low res modes (Clever Video box required)
Hi all Does anyone know of a clever video "upscaler" which converts very low res (i.e. text) VGA to HDMI. I have a lot of still working old kit which is outputting VGA. The trouble is the BIOS screen (these are nigh on 10 years old machines) is not UEFI, it's still text mode VGA. I have tried various HDMI solutions (including going VGA to SCART and SCART to HDMI - which works fine on a BBC Micro btw!) but none of my HDMI monitors can handle this. They can handle things fine when these old machines get into a graphics mode - but on a text mode like the BIOS (or running Ubuntu server) - no dice. Of course, given it's old hardware, it's quite often the BIOS that needs checking for CMOS battery, RAM failure etc. At present, I have a nasty hack where I send the output of a given old machine to a mechanical KVM which switches the video output between a 14" monitor that can handle these text modes and a monitor with VGA to HDMI conversion (which handles anything over 640x480 fine but can't handle lo-res text modes). So when it boots to lo-res mode, I use the 14" monitor and the moment it switches to a graphics mode - I flick the KVM over to a (VGA converted to HDMI) modern monitor. Any ideas anyone? FWIW the upscaler I've tried is [1] Cheers Rob [1] https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SCART-HDMI-to-HDMI-720P-1080P-HD-Video-Converter- Adapter-UK-Plug-For-DVD-STB/183573964461?_trkparms=aid%3D555017%26algo%3DPL. CASSINI%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20170912102056%26meid%3D22a8ffe8c8e94938b3e80082bdf 22309%26pid%3D100753%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26%26itm%3D183573964461&_trksid=p204 5573.c100753.m4841 -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] From ADSL to VDSL (BT Internet)
Hi all I've been offered a free (completely) upgrade from BT ADSL "Total Broadband" to "BT Infinity". As 0 extra cost - why wouldn't I (That's a rhetorical question - not the one I seek answers to!) As part of the agreement over the phone I was told my old BT Hub would be replaced. but this has got me thinking. At present, my master socket (dining room) has an extension into the study so I can make phone calls from the study. Into the study's extension is plugged a phone and an ASDL micro filter. The BT Hub is plugged into the ADSL micro filter in the study. BT tell me that the new router they're sending a)Simply replaces the existing router (so would be plugged into the ADSL micro filter in the study) b)That I can connect this new router as soon as it arrives. I'm not sure I believe this. I was told that VDSL modems need to be connected to the master socket - not an extension. As such, I'll need to uninstall the router in the study and put the new router directly into the master in the dining room. Does anyone know definitively? Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [Golden Oldies] Solaris Boot Order
Hi all Does anyone know how (without a serial link or proper Sun keyboard) to interrupt the boot process on a Sun Blade 150 (openboot)? My machine (bought for pure nostalgia) is either looking for a network boot (if I disconnect my only IDE HDD) or boots from said IDE HDD only to infinitely loop. This is because I got so far installing Solaris from CD before it would go no further without a network. This was an NVRAM issue which Ive now fixed. Clearly I either need: a)A Sun Keyboard with a Stop key these are going for £40+ - too much for a keyboard when (for all other intents and purposes) a standard USB keyboard would work. b)A usb 9 pin serial cable c) To wipe the IDE HDD outside the Sun Blade. Trouble is (sods law) my only IDE HDD caddy has given up and wont power the drive despite it working find on SATAs. Again why throw good money after bad by buying an IDE HDD caddy (£20ish from China is cheapest I can see). Bluntly if anyone has a)A sun keyboard or b)A usb to 9 pin cable or c) A ide hdd caddy that they no longer want please contact me off list and Ill pay shipping. Other than that - any ideas anyone? All in all, Im thinking of putting the machine back on ebay which would be a shame for what could be one key stroke. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Rogue Drive Errors
Hi all I can't explain this - perhaps someone else can. I have a 2TB 3.5" ext4 formatted internal drive (bought only in December) which was reporting errors yesterday. At the time, it was connected via USB Icybox JBOD and threw out more "short read" errors than I could count. I left it running e2fsck -y /dev/blablabla overnight and it was still reporting errors this morning. Getting fed up (and not wanting to write the unit off), I did mkfs /dev/blablabla and when I fired up rsync again - same type of IO errors. At this point I wrote the drive off and used a spare for my purposes. Curious to see if I could get any more information from the failing drive, I then moved it into a USB docking station on a different machine. Running e2fsck again and I got a clean filesystem (no new formatting or anything). Worried that this meant the drive was fine and potentially that particular bay in the (4 bay) Icybox might be the culprit, I moved the rogue drive back into the JBOD (same bay) and guess what - clean bill of health from e2fsck. So in short I have the same drive reporting errors, reformatted reporting errors, physically moved clean, then physically moved back clean. I've never been too hot on the rather low level way Linux handles disks - but I do want to know if the effing thing is good to use or not. Is a clean e2fsck result good enough? If so, were the hundreds of errors it was chucking out safely ignorable?Have I missed anything obvious? Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] ufw
Thanks both – so if I do sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.99 to any port 22 then am I doing anything other than saying 192.168.0.99 can ssh in to this machine? This is what I’m trying to achieve but the “any” is confusing me somewhat – though the rule itself does seem to be doing what I want. Cheers Rob From: Hampshire [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gareth Evans via Hampshire Sent: 03 November 2017 15:28 To: Peter B.; Hampshire LUG Discussion List Subject: Re: [Hampshire] ufw man ufw doesn't seem to have much to say on the matter, but https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UFW suggests "any" in this context means any destination IP address (given that there may be many associated with a host): Allow by specific port, IP address and protocol sudo ufw allow from to port proto example: allow IP address 192.168.0.4 access to port 22 using TCP sudo ufw allow from 192.168.0.4 to any port 22 proto tcp On Fri, 3 Nov 2017, at 14:57, Peter B. via Hampshire wrote: >From any port on y Maybe? On 3 Nov 2017 14:53, "Rob Malpass via Hampshire" <hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: Hi all Simple question (I hope). If I’m opening port x from ip address y on my network with the following command sudo ufw allow from y to any port x …then where does the “any” come from? Anyone know? Seems strange to say “any port” then list the port number – unless I’ve misunderstood the rule. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk -- -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] ufw
Hi all Simple question (I hope). If I'm opening port x from ip address y on my network with the following command sudo ufw allow from y to any port x .then where does the "any" come from? Anyone know? Seems strange to say "any port" then list the port number - unless I've misunderstood the rule. Cheers Rob -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Minidlna
Hi all Has anyone had any success running minidlna? For the life of me, I can't see what I'm doing wrong. It's installed and according to sudo services minidlna status it seems to be running ok but I can't see it either on the server's file manager (which is Xenial) or on any (Windows) clients. Disconcertingly, it doesn't even appear to be building a database or logging to anywhere. I have faffed at length with /etc/minidlna.conf but to no avail. Apparently you can either run it as yourself, and ensure minidlna.conf is pointing at directories that you have write permission to. The alternative (and default) is for it to run as a (non-logging in) user called minidlna. In this case, said user minidlna must have write permissions to all directories specified in minidlna.conf. Not wanting the hassle of chmod hierarchies, I went for the former option and specified it as such user=myname in /etc/minidlna.conf. Is there a winning formula out there? The reason I'm trying to set this up is I rather fancy [2] and sadly it only works with dlna. Cheers Rob [2] https://www.sevenoakssoundandvision.co.uk/p-15794-marantz-m-cr611-music-stre aming-cd-dab-system-ex-speakers.aspx?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIg9D5wqjy1gIVwT8bCh2TO AfNEAQYASABEgIld_D_BwE -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Low Level (but basic) help please
Hi all After a recent power outage here overnight, one of my servers failed to boot and went into emergency mode (Ubuntu 16.04) with no amount of fsck getting me out of trouble. After a lot of faffing with fstab (it has about 5 drives attached to it) I've found the UUID of the failing drive. This was by trial and error removing them all and adding them one by one rebooting each time until I found the problem drive. Now when I do: sudo blkid |grep there is no listing. As (thank goodness) the problem drive wasn't important, I can just leave its entry commented out in /etc/fstab but I'd like to try and fix it if I can. But if I can't see it in the list of UUIDs, how do I mount it and therefore try and fix it? Cheers Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Low Level (but basic) help please
Hi all After a recent power outage here overnight, one of my servers failed to boot and went into emergency mode (Ubuntu 16.04) with no amount of fsck getting me out of trouble. After a lot of faffing with fstab (it has about 5 drives attached to it) I've found the UUID of the failing drive. This was by trial and error removing them all and adding them one by one rebooting each time until I found the problem drive. Now when I do: sudo blkid |grep there is no listing. As (thank goodness) the problem drive wasn't important, I can just leave its entry commented out in /etc/fstab but I'd like to try and fix it if I can. But if I can't see it in the list of UUIDs, how do I mount it and therefore try and fix it? Cheers Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] USB devices power down
Hi all When "should" a USB device (an Icybox JBOD 4 bay DAS in this case) power down? Most (ymmv) USB devices (keyboards, mice etc) are powered from the host if they're not powered from a powered hub. Last night, in response to the recent samba vulnerability [1], I patched then powered down my media server. I left it off overnight as I was too tired to do any sort of testing. This morning, it wouldn't boot to GUI and the logs were telling me it was a USB device fault. Turns out the Icybox (whose drives are referenced in the server's /etc/fstab) was off. Powered the Icybox back up, rebooted the server and all is well. However the Icybox has its own power supply. So I'm wondering why (when it doesn't have any settings/ drivers - the only controls on the front are for fans) - does the unit power down? Is there anything I can do about it - I've never been too hot on low level device handling in Linux. Cheers Rob [1] https://www.samba.org/samba/security/CVE-2017-7494.html --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
Re: [Hampshire] DAT as a backup medium
I agree with just about everything that’s been said – though prior to one of the replies I didn’t know what an archive disk was. The problem for me is a)Cost b)Durability Agree that HDD should last for a few years – but we’ve all seen hdds fail. From what I’ve read, unless you can spread your backups across sites (which may be an option) but tape seems the most durable solution – optical disks are nowhere near reliable for data you don’t want to lose. I find it amazing hdd technology (which we’ve has since the 70s) is still the medium of preference. When someone finally does crack this (I guess when SSDs do finally take over in terms of capacity and price) we’ll all look back on HDD as rather primitive. I guess we’re just in that period of limbo! Cheers Rob From: Hampshire [mailto:hampshire-boun...@mailman.lug.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gordon Scott via Hampshire Sent: 22 April 2017 10:57 To: hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Subject: Re: [Hampshire] DAT as a backup medium YMMV, but I personally have a PC in an another building, running backupPC and connected by WiFi. Your own private 'cloud' would also be an option. I use my garage, but a friendly neighbour who would reciprocate may also be an option. I tend to use Unison for cloning from one machine to another. G. On 21/04/17 15:55, Rob Malpass via Hampshire wrote: Hi all Is DAT still a viable backup medium if you want USB and to avoid optical disks? I’ve got about 8Tb to backup and for various reasons don’t fancy: LTO, BluRay, Cloud or HDD (i.e. NAS). I know DAT’s quite old (and I might even be forced to use DAT160 because of cost) but if it’ll do the archiving (write once read seldom) job I have in mind for 8Tb (even if that’s a lot of tapes) I’d be happy. Thanks Rob <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=emailclient> Image removed by sender. Virus-free. <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email_source=link_campaign=sig-email_content=emailclient> www.avg.com -- Gordon Scott http://www.gscott.co.uk Rescue Tally Ho http://www.yachttallyho.com https://www.facebook.com/yachtTallyHo --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] DAT as a backup medium
Hi all Is DAT still a viable backup medium if you want USB and to avoid optical disks? I've got about 8Tb to backup and for various reasons don't fancy: LTO, BluRay, Cloud or HDD (i.e. NAS). I know DAT's quite old (and I might even be forced to use DAT160 because of cost) but if it'll do the archiving (write once read seldom) job I have in mind for 8Tb (even if that's a lot of tapes) I'd be happy. Thanks Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] [OT] Hardware : Old PC, new hardware
Hi all I'm thinking of resurrecting an old PC for retro gaming. Before I get going, need a few questions answered. I have such a machine (P-IV, 512Mb RAM, decent enough graphics) but it's circa 2004. 1)I've not powered it on in years, but the CR2032 mobo battery is almost certainly dead. Is it a question of just replacing it - or are there better solutions out there nowadays? 2)Is it likely to be a standard battery or do they vary by mobo? 3)I think it has SATA and IDE so I'm going to replace the HDD with an SSD. Any issues here? I've heard some BIOSes complain about the side of the HDD inside, but if we're talking SSD, then 128Gb will be all I can afford so even in 2004, 128Gb wasn't too big a BIOS was it? Any other considerations (VGA to HDMI in DOS mode games)? I think I still have the Windows XP CD and the license no is still on the box. Might have some fun activating it! Cheers Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] HDDs and UUID
Hi all (sorry for various tests, had forgotten which email account I use to subscribe to this list) At present, I have a (3.5" sata) drive connected to my Ubuntu machine via one of those docking station things - I couldn't be bothered opening up the case at the time and as it's only a media server, I thought no more about it. Now I'm considering buying a 4 bay JBOD enclosure and I'd like to move the drive into that. At present, the drive is mounted via putting its uuid in the /etc/fstab. Simple question (which I know I could work out just by swapping the drive but please humour me): if I swap the drive out of its caddy and put it into the jbod, will it still be noticed. The question I'm basically asking is : Is the uuid associated with the drive unit or the controller in the caddy? Cheers all - long time no post - very long story I won't bore y'all with. Rob --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
[Hampshire] Test - please ignore
54321 --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --
