Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
Hi Jaques: > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. > > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html > > 2 chapters in the Bering user's guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime.html > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bumail.html I'll give them a look, but remember I'm not english native. Regards. -- Jaime Nebrera Herrera [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 07:59:07AM +0200, Jacques Nilo wrote: > We have three new pieces for the Bering documentation that will be released > with rc4 coming out shortly. > > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. Great stuff! I like the page about time in particular. That's something I always wanted... ;) I'll try to stay out of the content, more or less... So this is mostly just proofreading. Comments inline: > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html Proofreading: 10.3: "If you want to add an hard-disk..." -> "If you want to add a hard-disk..." 10.9: "PLease refer to..." -> "Please refer..." Suggestion: 10.8: Maybe mention ssh along with smtp/nntp towards the end? > 2 chapters in the Bering user's guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime.html 13.1: "...Jeff Newmiller from which..." -> "...from whom..." 13.9: "Miscellaneous" g) maybe add some reason? Or just elaborate slightly more...? h) Does backing up etc.lrp save stuff if one chooses to go with ntpdate.lrp? (I guess not, but it ought to be a little clearer imho) i) great ;) > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bumail.html 14.1: "... a help..." 14.2: "If you want to send mail...: ACCEPT fw net 25 tcp ...well, I might want to send it to an *internal* host ...(?) 14.3: "After changing the cronjob is updated automatically." Maybe it's just me, but some punctuation might be good: "After changing, the cronjob is updated automatically." -or even a small mention of *how* cron sees that something's changed (that the timestamp on the directory is updated) "You can edit the multicron file as above or (probably a better idea) insert a new file with the syntax as before for each additional purpose." Might be better phrased as something like: "To add jobs to be run, you can edit the multicron file. A better idea might be to put them in (a) separate file(s) in /etc/cron.d/ (keeping the syntax)" ...or something Also this might be a good place to mention /var/spool/cron/crontabs/ -in case somebody would like to run a userland cronjob. And if that gets added, then a note on the fact that userland crontabs don't have the "user" -field. I know this is not supposed to be a new manpage, but having been through a bunch of cron-related stuff recently, I think it would be great to 'spell it out' just a *little* more. MHO, HTH, TIA a.s.o. ;) Jon Clausen --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
Have you checked that ntpdate will run after serial modem is working, I have seen ntpclnt try to run before it can reach the internet! It might work fine for other connections but not a pppd demand dialing. Larry Platzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Jacques Nilo wrote: > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 07:59:07 +0200 > From: Jacques Nilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc > > We have three new pieces for the Bering documentation that will be released > with rc4 coming out shortly. > > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. > > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html > > 2 chapters in the Bering user's guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime.html > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bumail.html > > There are still some unresolved hyperlinks. > > Jacques & Eric > > > > --- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ___ > leaf-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Jacques Nilo wrote: > We have three new pieces for the Bering documentation that will be released > with rc4 coming out shortly. > > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. > > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html > > 2 chapters in the Bering user's guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime.html 13.3.2 : preformat example commands 13.3.3 : preformat example commands 13.3.3 : activate link to arachnoid 13.3.3 : I am pretty sure the second Shorewall rule should be ACCEPT fw loc udp 37 13.5 : "See Bering Installation Guide" ... perhaps should be a link to ___, except that I don't see a section on /etc/lrp.conf to link to. Omit? Note: 13.5, 13.6, and 13.7 and 13.8 are all (effectively) mutually exclusive approaches to the optional setup of automatic time maintenance, and should be presented as part of the same section 13.5... perhaps 13.5.1, 13.5.2, 13.5.3, and 13.5.4. 13.6 : b/ ... "timsersever" should be "timeserver" 13.7 : not having done this, I wonder whether "svi ntpsimpl restart" is needed. 13.9 : Spelling: "Miscellaneous" --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k --- --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
Am Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2002 07:59 schrieb Jacques Nilo: > We have three new pieces for the Bering documentation that will be released > with rc4 coming out shortly. > > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. > > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html -- snip --- # SPACECHECK, will check the space available on the root device. # If the remaining free space is <= MINKB or <= MINPER, each level # of file mask(s) will be wiped, until the minimum available space # is met or level 5 is reached. Files are individually null'ed # to 0 size. They are not rm'ed. (syslogd will not be interrupted) # When the level set in MAIL_LEVEL, is reached or exceeded, an # alert will be sent to ADMIN. (If set) lrp_SPACECHECK=NO # YES or NO lrp_SC_MINKB=-1 # <= -1 to disable. lrp_SC_MINPER=2 # >= 101 to disable. Default 2%. lrp_SC_MAIL_LEVEL=2 # >= 6 to disable. lrp_SC_MNT="L" lrp_SC_MOUNT="/var/log" I guess the above comments are self explanatory :-) snip This isn't self explanatory. What are lrp_SC_MNT="L" lrp_SC_MOUNT="/var/log" ? I guess the spacecheck will happen on lrp_SC_MOUNT and not on the root device. No idea what lrp_SC_MNT stands for... kp --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
Hello K-P you are right, there is even a small error in the abbreviated version, At the bottom I included a part of the original xml documentation. hope this makes it more clear. > Am Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2002 07:59 schrieb Jacques Nilo: > > We have three new pieces for the Bering documentation that will be released > > with rc4 coming out shortly. > > > > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. > > > > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html > > -- snip --- > # SPACECHECK, will check the space available on the root device. > # If the remaining free space is <= MINKB or <= MINPER, each level > # of file mask(s) will be wiped, until the minimum available space > # is met or level 5 is reached. Files are individually null'ed > # to 0 size. They are not rm'ed. (syslogd will not be interrupted) > # When the level set in MAIL_LEVEL, is reached or exceeded, an > # alert will be sent to ADMIN. (If set) > > lrp_SPACECHECK=NO # YES or NO > lrp_SC_MINKB=-1 # <= -1 to disable. > lrp_SC_MINPER=2 # >= 101 to disable. Default 2%. > lrp_SC_MAIL_LEVEL=2 # >= 6 to disable. > lrp_SC_MNT="L" > lrp_SC_MOUNT="/var/log" > > I guess the above comments are self explanatory :-) > > snip > > This isn't self explanatory. > What are > lrp_SC_MNT="L" > lrp_SC_MOUNT="/var/log" > ? > I guess the spacecheck will happen on lrp_SC_MOUNT and not on the root device. > No idea what lrp_SC_MNT stands for... > I hope this part of the original documentation will makes things more clear. lrp_SPACECHECK=YES# YES or NO You can find this variable in the systemconfiguration. The default is NO. This will check how much space there is left on a device you specify. If the space is less than the limit you set than a choosen action will be performed. For example delete files and mail an alert In contrast to the original Dachstein and LRP version which tested the root device the Bering image tests the /var/log device as this is on a separate partition. The configuration may seem a little complicated at first. The lrp_SC_MNT= sets the abbreviation for the different partitions/directory that should be tested lrp_SC_MNT="L T" Corresponding there should be a variable set with the name of the partition / directory lrp_SC_MOUNT_L="/var/log" lrp_SC_MOUNT_T="/tmp" Now you can specify a treshold for the memory to take an action. You can specify this as KB (lrp_SC_MINKB) or percent of the partition.(lrp_SC_MINPER) lrp_SC_MINKB_L="200" lrp_SC_MINPER_T="30" in this case there will be an action as soon as the free memory on /var/log is less than 200 KB on the /tmp partition there will be an action as soon as the amount of free space is less than 30% As soon as one of the treshold for a certain partition is reached the following action is taken. look if there is a variable specifying the level and nullify the files in this variable. Now the space is checked again to see if the space is still under the treshold level if yes then the next level files is nullified. This continues untill level 5 is reached. lrp_SC_L1="/var/log/*.4.gz" lrp_SC_L2="/var/log/daemon.log" in level 2 /var/log/daemon.log will be set to 0. Regards Eric Wolzak member of the Bering Crew --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
Jon, Jeff, KPK and Larry: Thanks everyone for the useful feedback. I'll include most of your comments/remarks. Here is the updated version of butime.html: http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime1.html I still have to fix the rest: Jacques --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Jacques Nilo wrote: > Jon, Jeff, KPK and Larry: > Thanks everyone for the useful feedback. > I'll include most of your comments/remarks. > Here is the updated version of butime.html: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime1.html You seem to have altered my suggested fix for shorewall to allow connection to an internal timeserver. If the rdate server is in your protected network, and the rdate command is to be executed on the firewall to set the time, then the connection has to go FROM "fw" TO "loc". Also, you added in some lines under 13.5 to allow ntp protocol through... but ntp is to port 123, not port 37 like for the rdate command. "The main inconvenients..." should probably be "The main drawbacks..." "A list of available timeservers... from ntpd OR ntpdate." 13.6 : "For YOUR internal network..." This is looking very nice, Jacques. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k --- --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 22:59, Jacques Nilo wrote: > We have three new pieces for the Bering documentation that will be released > with rc4 coming out shortly. Jacques, Please update your Bering User's/Installation guide XML files in our CVS repository. Thanks. http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/leaf/doc/guide/ Note: our doc tree in cvs exports nightly to our /pub/doc directory on the shell server. If you place the html files in cvs they will be available from: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/guide/install-bering/ http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/guide/user-bering/ > We would welcome proofreading, comments and suggestions before release. > > 1 chapter in the Bering installation guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bisystem.html > > 2 chapters in the Bering user's guide: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime.html > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/bumail.html > > There are still some unresolved hyperlinks. -- Mike Noyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://sourceforge.net/users/mhnoyes/ http://leaf-project.org/ --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc
Jacques, Eric: May suggest in butim1.html 13.5 "here you have ..." remove and handle like in 13.3 "there are three common ..." then "Method 1:" "method2" I think it would look better to be consistent. Larry Platzek [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Jacques Nilo wrote: > Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 22:48:49 +0200 > From: Jacques Nilo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [leaf-devel] Help needed: new chapters in Bering doc > > Jon, Jeff, KPK and Larry: > Thanks everyone for the useful feedback. > I'll include most of your comments/remarks. > Here is the updated version of butime.html: > http://leaf.sf.net/devel/jnilo/butime1.html > > I still have to fix the rest: > Jacques > > > --- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > > ___ > leaf-devel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel > --- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ___ leaf-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-devel
