Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Charles Myers]

Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:


Charles Myers wrote:

 

Yep just saw that as I got your email!!! :) thanks for the tip..   
All is well again.. I will be MORE careful next time.. hehehehe
   



Playing around with init is not a good idea for newbies unless
they are willing to break things and lear from their mistakes.

I tried this runit but knew enough to back out my changes when
it wasn't working correctly :-).

Erik
 


Point well taken :P

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Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Charles Myers wrote:

> Yep just saw that as I got your email!!! :) thanks for the tip..   
> All is well again.. I will be MORE careful next time.. hehehehe

Playing around with init is not a good idea for newbies unless
they are willing to break things and lear from their mistakes.

I tried this runit but knew enough to back out my changes when
it wasn't working correctly :-).

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[SLUG] Fwd: Club history

[Lindsay Holmwood]

Hi all,
Although i'm familiar with the past few years of SLUG history, would
some of the old timers care to help me out with the following email?

Cheers,
Lindsay

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Lindsay,

I have heard it rumored that one of the first Linux User Groups in
the world was founded in Australia.

I understand that the Sydney Linux User Group (SLUG) was established
in 1993 only 2 years after Linus Torvalds originally created the Linux
operating system.

Would you have any information with regard to whether SLUG was the first LUG?
If not the first where in the rankings would you guess it would be placed?
If not would you have an indication of which global LUG's may have
established earlier that SLUG?

eg. SVLUG (Silicon Valley LUG) and BALUG (Bay Area LUG)

SVLUG
From what I can tell, SVLUG was originally named the Silicon Valley
Computer Society (SVCS) and formed in 1988 as a PC-Unix SIG. Linux was
first discussed at a SVCS meeting in April 1992. The group was renamed
the Linux SIG in 1995 and then renamed the Silicon Valley Linux User
Group in 1997.

This might give me enough information to establish a ranking and any
information would be greatly appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Steve Demeo
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Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Charles Myers]

Gonzalo Servat wrote:


On 5/27/06, Charles Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[..snip..]



I just tried to install it.. In my noobness :(   now ubuntu wont 
boot... It

gets to a point where it says:


-runit: leave stage: /etc/runit/1
-runit: enter stage: /etc/runit/2

And there it waits :(

Looks like another reinstall :(



You don't have to re-install. Try editing the boot line from within
the GRUB boot manager and get rid of the "init=/sbin/rinit" bit and
see if it boots with /sbin/init. Failing that, you can boot off a
Linux CD, mount the partition and remove the rinit changes you just
made so it uses init again, or you can try and fix rinit.

Cheers,
Gonzalo.


Yep just saw that as I got your email!!! :) thanks for the tip..   
All is well again.. I will be MORE careful next time.. hehehehe


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Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Gonzalo Servat]

On 5/27/06, Charles Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[..snip..]


I just tried to install it.. In my noobness :(   now ubuntu wont boot... It
gets to a point where it says:


-runit: leave stage: /etc/runit/1
-runit: enter stage: /etc/runit/2

And there it waits :(

Looks like another reinstall :(


You don't have to re-install. Try editing the boot line from within
the GRUB boot manager and get rid of the "init=/sbin/rinit" bit and
see if it boots with /sbin/init. Failing that, you can boot off a
Linux CD, mount the partition and remove the rinit changes you just
made so it uses init again, or you can try and fix rinit.

Cheers,
Gonzalo.
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Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Charles Myers]

On 27/5/06 10:28 AM, "Robert Collins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 10:21 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
>> 
>>> Hmmm,
>>> 
>>> This looks interesting:
>>> 
>>> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/2126222
>> 
>> Hmm, tried installing it under Ubuntu but id didn't work.
>> 
>> What i did was:
>> 
>> - Go to http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/pool/main/r/runit/
>>   and grabbed
>> 
>>  runit_1.5.1-1.diff.gz
>>  runit_1.5.1-1.dsc
>>  runit_1.5.1.orig.tar.gz
>> 
>> - Unpacked and built a .deb using
>> 
>>  dpkg-source -x runit_1.5.1-1.dsc
>>  cd runit_1.5.1
>>  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc
>> 
>> - Installed the deb using dpkg.
>> - Fiddled with the grub boot menu stuff as per the article.
>> - Ran "sudo sudo runit-init 6"
>> 
>> At this point it complained about a missing directory /etc/runit
>> so I backed out all the changes.
>> 
>> If I get some time I might try this again and figure out why its
>> not getting set up correctly. Maybe on my old laptop.
> 
> This is shipped in Ubuntu - apt-get install runit-run.
> 
> Cheers,

> Rob



I just tried to install it.. In my noobness :(   now ubuntu wont boot... It
gets to a point where it says:


-runit: leave stage: /etc/runit/1
-runit: enter stage: /etc/runit/2


And there it waits :(


Looks like another reinstall :(



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Re: [SLUG] Ruby Sunday.

[O Plameras]

markt wrote:

There are many issues regarding Ruby to be discussed.
Has Rails done real good things to the progression of the language or more for 
the techniques of new-language promotion?
  


Can one or several sluggers tell us the big picture of ruby-on-rails
instead of just saying it is the hottest topic in WEB-development ?

What is ruby ? What is rails ? Why do people talk about both together
instead of ruby or rails only.

Do I still need python, smalltalk, and perl  when  ruby-on-rails make these
tools seem like Monte Carlo equations in web development ?

Why do I need YET-ANOTHER-DEVELOPMENT-FRAMEWORK
when there are dozens already ?

Thanks for your efforts ?

Being a dynamic language it is fitting that the topic of discussion is 
dynamic.

So this will be decided upon at the Cohi Bar on Sunday.
If the numbers are low, no problem.
More time to Ruby itself.

Venue: Cohi Bar Loft (upstairs), Harbourside. 
dateTime: Around 3pm.

Duration: Until sunset.
Available: Cocktail Bar, wireless.
Parking: Loop around the Wentworth park, up the steep hill of William-Henry, 
left into Jones, park near the end of Jones, walk down to Harbourside over 
walkway.

Alternative transport: Monorail, lightRail, 501 bus (Ryde), walk.
dressCode: Presentable. (It's a cocktail bar).
 
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[SLUG] Migrating from lprng to cpusys: Any gotchas?

[Peter Chubb]

Hi
I'm currently using LPRNG and magicfilter (with custom written
filters) for printing at home ... we have three printers with
different capabilities on a small network of machines.  One of the
machines (a Xerox Phaser 8200) has all kinds of funky machine-specific
postscript for setting image type, resolution etc.  Seems that this is
handled semi-automatically with cupsys, foomatic, and a PPD file (which Xerox
kindly provides).  So I'm thinking about migrating.. (the alternative
would be to set up multiple queues in LPRNG, each of which edits its
postscript on the fly to set the parameters appropriately)

Are there any gotchas I should be aware of in migrating?  Is
there a better way, that I haven't thought of, for handling printing
on Debian Linux?  I still want to b able to do:
   lpr -Pxerox funky.ps
and have it `just work'

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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Peter Chubb]

> "Robert" == Robert Thorsby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Robert> On 2006.05.26 18:37 john hedge wrote:
>> I've been hitting my head all day over awk and sed (grep?)!
>> 
>> My challenge is to search a directory of text files for a string
>> which I want to replace wherever it occurs with a new string and
>> save the file with the changes in the same original file name.

Robert> Try a loop using grep with the -q option to locate the files
Robert> with the requisite text then sed with the -i option to make
Robert> the change.  Something like:

Robert> cd /path/to/directory/ for FILE in do if grep -q "text to be
Robert> replaced" "$FILE" then sed -i 's/text to be
Robert> replaced/replacement text/g' "$FILE" fi done

Alternatively, and more brute force, do:
   for i in *
   do
sed 's/string/repl/g' < $i > $i.backup && mv $i.backup $i
   done

This of course assumes there are no files called x.backup in the
directory.

Or use ed:

   for i in *
   do
   ed - $i <<\EOF
   1,$s/str/repl/g
   w
   q
   EOF
   done

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Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Robert Collins]

On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 10:21 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> 
> > Hmmm,
> > 
> > This looks interesting:
> > 
> > http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/2126222
> 
> Hmm, tried installing it under Ubuntu but id didn't work.
> 
> What i did was:
> 
> - Go to http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/pool/main/r/runit/
>   and grabbed
> 
>  runit_1.5.1-1.diff.gz
>  runit_1.5.1-1.dsc
>  runit_1.5.1.orig.tar.gz
> 
> - Unpacked and built a .deb using
> 
>  dpkg-source -x runit_1.5.1-1.dsc
>  cd runit_1.5.1
>  dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc
> 
> - Installed the deb using dpkg.
> - Fiddled with the grub boot menu stuff as per the article.
> - Ran "sudo sudo runit-init 6"
> 
> At this point it complained about a missing directory /etc/runit
> so I backed out all the changes.
> 
> If I get some time I might try this again and figure out why its
> not getting set up correctly. Maybe on my old laptop.

This is shipped in Ubuntu - apt-get install runit-run.

Cheers,
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Re: [SLUG] Faster boot times

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:

> Hmmm,
> 
> This looks interesting:
> 
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/2126222

Hmm, tried installing it under Ubuntu but id didn't work.

What i did was:

- Go to http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/pool/main/r/runit/
  and grabbed

 runit_1.5.1-1.diff.gz
 runit_1.5.1-1.dsc
 runit_1.5.1.orig.tar.gz

- Unpacked and built a .deb using

 dpkg-source -x runit_1.5.1-1.dsc
 cd runit_1.5.1
 dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -b -uc

- Installed the deb using dpkg.
- Fiddled with the grub boot menu stuff as per the article.
- Ran "sudo sudo runit-init 6"

At this point it complained about a missing directory /etc/runit
so I backed out all the changes.

If I get some time I might try this again and figure out why its
not getting set up correctly. Maybe on my old laptop.

Erik
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Re: [SLUG] Blender: THe final installment

[ashley maher]

On Sat, 2006-05-27 at 08:52 +1000, James Gray wrote:
> On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:03, Pia Waugh wrote:
> > Heya Ashley,
> >
> > 
> >
> > > The final installment of Scott Mcoy's presention on Blender, the Open
> > > Source 3D Animation package and how it used at WIN Television.
> >
> > Are you able to record it? Perhaps SLUG could loan you their video
> > recorder
> 
> I have a digital video camera + tripod (and a spare tape - miniDV) and I'm 
> planning on going to the next SCLUG meeting.  I'm happy to play camera-man 
> for the night. Assuming I record it, I have the facilities[1] to dump it 
> down to VCD (MPEG2), Divx, VHS (bleh)...or whatever.
> 
> Ashley - let me know if you want to take me up and I'll make sure all the 
> kit is in the car :)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
> [1] A Mac. (sorry)

James,

Or any other video volunteers.

Sounds good. Save I still haven't heard the presentor is in agreement,
so until then . . . .

I'll keep people posted.

Regards,

Ashley

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[SLUG] Faster boot times

[Erik de Castro Lopo]

Hmmm,

This looks interesting:

http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/05/03/2126222

I've been reading articles about parallel booting methods since
about 2001, but this one finally seems like it might be the one.

Erik
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Re: [SLUG] Blender: THe final installment

[James Gray]

On Fri, 26 May 2006 13:03, Pia Waugh wrote:
> Heya Ashley,
>
> 
>
> > The final installment of Scott Mcoy's presention on Blender, the Open
> > Source 3D Animation package and how it used at WIN Television.
>
> Are you able to record it? Perhaps SLUG could loan you their video
> recorder

I have a digital video camera + tripod (and a spare tape - miniDV) and I'm 
planning on going to the next SCLUG meeting.  I'm happy to play camera-man 
for the night. Assuming I record it, I have the facilities[1] to dump it 
down to VCD (MPEG2), Divx, VHS (bleh)...or whatever.

Ashley - let me know if you want to take me up and I'll make sure all the 
kit is in the car :)

Cheers,

James
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[Otto Huffman]

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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[john hedge]

Thank you Robert, Matthew & Sam for your ideas.It's late on a Friday night so forgive me but I'm not going to try your suggestions until tomorrow.BWJohnOn 5/26/06, 
Sam Lawrance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 26/05/2006, at 10:43 PM, Robert Thorsby wrote:> On 2006.05.26 22:34 Sam Lawrance wrote:>>> The argument for "-i" is optional; if supplied sed provides a>>> backup; if not supplied sed amends the input file. See "man sed"
>> That is ridiculous.  Unless you know in advance what the argument>> will be, it is not possible to detect that it has not been supplied.>> Look, I don't know whether it is ridiculous or not. I use "sed -i"
> simpliciter often from the command line to wipe all text from a file:> sed -i 'd' input.fileI apologise, that wasn't called for.  I think I see what version youare using - it seems that you can't have a space between -i and its
argument.  It's behaviour I have not seen before (SUS suggests thatit is non-portable, too :).> It works for me; YMMV. I do, however, suggest you RTFM. The man> page is quite clearI did.  It is.  My man page is not your man page ;-)
>> Anyhow, my main point is that any form of '-i' is a nonstandard>> extension.>> In the context of the request I did not think that portability was> an issue. If it were, then clearly something more than my Q&D
> command one-liner might be desirable.Portability is never an issue.  Until you try to run your stuff onsome other platform.  Take it from someone who likes to patch thelinuxisms out of software for fun.
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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Sam Lawrance]

On 26/05/2006, at 10:43 PM, Robert Thorsby wrote:


On 2006.05.26 22:34 Sam Lawrance wrote:
The argument for "-i" is optional; if supplied sed provides a   
backup; if not supplied sed amends the input file. See "man sed"
That is ridiculous.  Unless you know in advance what the argument   
will be, it is not possible to detect that it has not been supplied.


Look, I don't know whether it is ridiculous or not. I use "sed -i"  
simpliciter often from the command line to wipe all text from a file:

sed -i 'd' input.file


I apologise, that wasn't called for.  I think I see what version you  
are using - it seems that you can't have a space between -i and its  
argument.  It's behaviour I have not seen before (SUS suggests that  
it is non-portable, too :).


It works for me; YMMV. I do, however, suggest you RTFM. The man  
page is quite clear


I did.  It is.  My man page is not your man page ;-)

Anyhow, my main point is that any form of '-i' is a nonstandard   
extension.


In the context of the request I did not think that portability was  
an issue. If it were, then clearly something more than my Q&D  
command one-liner might be desirable.


Portability is never an issue.  Until you try to run your stuff on  
some other platform.  Take it from someone who likes to patch the  
linuxisms out of software for fun.



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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Robert Thorsby]

On 2006.05.26 22:34 Sam Lawrance wrote:
The argument for "-i" is optional; if supplied sed provides a  
backup; if not supplied sed amends the input file. See "man sed"


That is ridiculous.  Unless you know in advance what the argument  
will be, it is not possible to detect that it has not been supplied.


Look, I don't know whether it is ridiculous or not. I use "sed -i" 
simpliciter often from the command line to wipe all text from a file:

sed -i 'd' input.file

It works for me; YMMV. I do, however, suggest you RTFM. The man page is 
quite clear



Anyhow, my main point is that any form of '-i' is a nonstandard  
extension.


In the context of the request I did not think that portability was an 
issue. If it were, then clearly something more than my Q&D command 
one-liner might be desirable.


Robert Thorsby
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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Sam Lawrance]

On 26/05/2006, at 10:14 PM, Robert Thorsby wrote:


On 2006.05.26 21:47 Sam Lawrance wrote:

On 26/05/2006, at 6:50 PM, Robert Thorsby wrote:

cd /path/to/directory/
for FILE in
do
if grep -q "text to be replaced" "$FILE"
then
sed -i 's/text to be replaced/replacement text/g' "$FILE"
fi
done
Notes:
1.	"grep -q" does not need to be in [test brackets] because it is  
a  test in its own right
2.	if you have filenames with spaces or funny characters it  
serves  yourself right.
3. In case you want this to be portable, keep in mind that '-i' is  
a  nonstandard extension.  '-i' takes an argument, on my platform  
at least.


The argument for "-i" is optional; if supplied sed provides a  
backup; if not supplied sed amends the input file. See "man sed"


That is ridiculous.  Unless you know in advance what the argument  
will be, it is not possible to detect that it has not been supplied.


Anyhow, my main point is that any form of '-i' is a nonstandard  
extension.


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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Robert Thorsby]

On 2006.05.26 21:47 Sam Lawrance wrote:


On 26/05/2006, at 6:50 PM, Robert Thorsby wrote:

cd /path/to/directory/
for FILE in
do
if grep -q "text to be replaced" "$FILE"
then
		sed -i 's/text to be replaced/replacement text/g' 
"$FILE"

fi
done

Notes:
1.	"grep -q" does not need to be in [test brackets] because it is 
a  test in its own right
2.	if you have filenames with spaces or funny characters it 
serves  yourself right.


3. In case you want this to be portable, keep in mind that '-i' is a  
nonstandard extension.  '-i' takes an argument, on my platform at 
least.


The argument for "-i" is optional; if supplied sed provides a backup; 
if not supplied sed amends the input file. See "man sed"


Robert Thorsby
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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Sam Lawrance]

On 26/05/2006, at 6:50 PM, Robert Thorsby wrote:


On 2006.05.26 18:37 john hedge wrote:

I've been hitting my head all day over awk and
sed (grep?)!
My challenge is to search a directory of text files
for a string which I want to replace wherever it
occurs with a new string and save the file with
the changes in the same original file name.


Try a loop using grep with the -q option to locate the files with  
the requisite text then sed with the -i option to make the change.

Something like:

cd /path/to/directory/
for FILE in
do
if grep -q "text to be replaced" "$FILE"
then
sed -i 's/text to be replaced/replacement text/g' "$FILE"
fi
done

Notes:
1.	"grep -q" does not need to be in [test brackets] because it is a  
test in its own right
2.	if you have filenames with spaces or funny characters it serves  
yourself right.


3. In case you want this to be portable, keep in mind that '-i' is a  
nonstandard extension.  '-i' takes an argument, on my platform at least.





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Re: [SLUG] VPN and Monmotha.. :/

[Jamshid Karimi]

Another descendant of FreeS/WAN is strongSwan
http://www.strongswan.org/
JK

--- Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Read my comment again.  I am not suggesting openvpn,
> I am suggesting 
> openswan; it took over from freeswan.
> 
> It supports X509 as well, which freeswan didn't
> (except with 
> extensions).  The other major change is that it does
> not create ipsecX 
> interfaces but uses the existing interfaces, so it
> may need some changes 
> to iptables rules - this one caused me some midnight
> oil burning when I 
> switched over.
> 
> Charles Myers wrote:
> > Howard Lowndes wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >>
> >> Charles Myers wrote:
> >>
> >>> Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like
> I have to head the 
> >>> freeswan way, as it does IPSec
> >>
> >>
> >> I seriously suggest that you go the openswan way
> as I think freeswan 
> >> has stalled.
> >>
> >>
> >> ... where openvpn doesnt (from my
> >>
> >>> readings) :( (shame.. as it is far easier to
> setup)...
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again.
> >>>
> >>> Charles.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:
> >>>
>  Charles Myers wrote:
> 
>   
> 
> > I need to connect to another network (via a
> VPN)... Is this 
> > attainable using this script or do I need to
> somthing else? I have 
> > read conflicting google results and being
> unsure about VPN's I 
> > thought I would ask here.
> >   
> 
> 
>  OpenVPN is trivially easy to set up. Give it a
> try.
> 
>  Erik
>   
> 
> >>>
> > 
> > 
> > hmm, but openvpn doesnt support IPSec does it? The
> server I am 
> > connecting to tells me it's required... ?? :/ Are
> there any alternatives 
> > out there that you might know of that can handle
> IPSec?
> > 
> > 
> 
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Re: [SLUG] VPN and Monmotha.. :/

[Charles Myers]

Ok I blame the flu I'm coming down with.. or Friday... yes thats it 
Friday's to blame :P hehehe cool.. ill look into openswan :)



Thanks for that...




Howard Lowndes wrote:

Read my comment again.  I am not suggesting openvpn, I am suggesting 
openswan; it took over from freeswan.


It supports X509 as well, which freeswan didn't (except with 
extensions).  The other major change is that it does not create ipsecX 
interfaces but uses the existing interfaces, so it may need some 
changes to iptables rules - this one caused me some midnight oil 
burning when I switched over.


Charles Myers wrote:


Howard Lowndes wrote:




Charles Myers wrote:

Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like I have to head the 
freeswan way, as it does IPSec




I seriously suggest that you go the openswan way as I think freeswan 
has stalled.



... where openvpn doesnt (from my


readings) :( (shame.. as it is far easier to setup)...

Thanks again.

Charles.




Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:


Charles Myers wrote:

 

I need to connect to another network (via a VPN)... Is this 
attainable using this script or do I need to somthing else? I 
have read conflicting google results and being unsure about VPN's 
I thought I would ask here.
  




OpenVPN is trivially easy to set up. Give it a try.

Erik
 






hmm, but openvpn doesnt support IPSec does it? The server I am 
connecting to tells me it's required... ?? :/ Are there any 
alternatives out there that you might know of that can handle IPSec?







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Re: [SLUG] VPN and Monmotha.. :/

[Howard Lowndes]

Read my comment again.  I am not suggesting openvpn, I am suggesting 
openswan; it took over from freeswan.


It supports X509 as well, which freeswan didn't (except with 
extensions).  The other major change is that it does not create ipsecX 
interfaces but uses the existing interfaces, so it may need some changes 
to iptables rules - this one caused me some midnight oil burning when I 
switched over.


Charles Myers wrote:

Howard Lowndes wrote:




Charles Myers wrote:

Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like I have to head the 
freeswan way, as it does IPSec



I seriously suggest that you go the openswan way as I think freeswan 
has stalled.



... where openvpn doesnt (from my


readings) :( (shame.. as it is far easier to setup)...

Thanks again.

Charles.




Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:


Charles Myers wrote:

 

I need to connect to another network (via a VPN)... Is this 
attainable using this script or do I need to somthing else? I have 
read conflicting google results and being unsure about VPN's I 
thought I would ask here.
  



OpenVPN is trivially easy to set up. Give it a try.

Erik
 






hmm, but openvpn doesnt support IPSec does it? The server I am 
connecting to tells me it's required... ?? :/ Are there any alternatives 
out there that you might know of that can handle IPSec?





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Re: [SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[Robert Thorsby]

On 2006.05.26 18:37 john hedge wrote:

I've been hitting my head all day over awk and
sed (grep?)!

My challenge is to search a directory of text files
for a string which I want to replace wherever it
occurs with a new string and save the file with
the changes in the same original file name.


Try a loop using grep with the -q option to locate the files with the 
requisite text then sed with the -i option to make the change.

Something like:

cd /path/to/directory/
for FILE in
do
if grep -q "text to be replaced" "$FILE"
then
		sed -i 's/text to be replaced/replacement text/g' 
"$FILE"

fi
done

Notes:
1.	"grep -q" does not need to be in [test brackets] because it is 
a test in its own right
2.	if you have filenames with spaces or funny characters it serves 
yourself right.


HTH,
Robert Thorsby
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Re: [SLUG] VPN and Monmotha.. :/

[Charles Myers]

Howard Lowndes wrote:




Charles Myers wrote:

Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like I have to head the 
freeswan way, as it does IPSec



I seriously suggest that you go the openswan way as I think freeswan 
has stalled.



... where openvpn doesnt (from my


readings) :( (shame.. as it is far easier to setup)...

Thanks again.

Charles.




Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:


Charles Myers wrote:

 

I need to connect to another network (via a VPN)... Is this 
attainable using this script or do I need to somthing else? I have 
read conflicting google results and being unsure about VPN's I 
thought I would ask here.
  



OpenVPN is trivially easy to set up. Give it a try.

Erik
 






hmm, but openvpn doesnt support IPSec does it? The server I am 
connecting to tells me it's required... ?? :/ Are there any alternatives 
out there that you might know of that can handle IPSec?



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Re: [SLUG] VPN and Monmotha.. :/

[Howard Lowndes]

Charles Myers wrote:
Thanks to those who helped with this, looks like I have to head the 
freeswan way, as it does IPSec


I seriously suggest that you go the openswan way as I think freeswan has 
stalled.



... where openvpn doesnt (from my

readings) :( (shame.. as it is far easier to setup)...

Thanks again.

Charles.




Erik de Castro Lopo wrote:


Charles Myers wrote:

 

I need to connect to another network (via a VPN)... Is this 
attainable using this script or do I need to somthing else? I have 
read conflicting google results and being unsure about VPN's I 
thought I would ask here.
  


OpenVPN is trivially easy to set up. Give it a try.

Erik
 





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[SLUG] awk sed (grep?)

[john hedge]

Hi,I've been hitting my head all day over awk and sed (grep?)!My challenge is to search a directory of text files for a string which I want to replace wherever it occurs with a new string and save the file with the changes in the same original file name.
Any help is much appreciated.John
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[SLUG] Ruby Sunday.

[markt]

There are many issues regarding Ruby to be discussed.
Has Rails done real good things to the progression of the language or more for 
the techniques of new-language promotion?

Being a dynamic language it is fitting that the topic of discussion is 
dynamic.
So this will be decided upon at the Cohi Bar on Sunday.
If the numbers are low, no problem.
More time to Ruby itself.

Venue: Cohi Bar Loft (upstairs), Harbourside. 
dateTime: Around 3pm.
Duration: Until sunset.
Available: Cocktail Bar, wireless.
Parking: Loop around the Wentworth park, up the steep hill of William-Henry, 
left into Jones, park near the end of Jones, walk down to Harbourside over 
walkway.
Alternative transport: Monorail, lightRail, 501 bus (Ryde), walk.
dressCode: Presentable. (It's a cocktail bar).
 
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[SLUG] Re: Coding/Snakes/Rubies/Newbies

[Nicholas Jefferson]

Anyone else who wants to mentor Ruby (or start up a competing scheme in a
different language ) is of course also welcome.


Thanks for your initiative, Matt.

I'm willing to teach Python and/or C.

Nicholas
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