Re: [SLUG] Perl Regular expression help
Sorry to bring up an old thread but I just had to comment on this... $quoted_author = Jamie Wilkinson ; Try: /pg=[^]*/ match zero or more of the character class that is not an ampersand. Except there is nothing stopping the variables being reordered, no? So you may need to match a leading ? instead of . You could get crazy and try to do this in a single regex but two stage is clearer. e.g. sed -e 's/pg=[^]*//g' -e 's/?pg=[^]*/?/' cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] System admin graphing tools
$quoted_author = Ken Foskey ; We all know we should do it. Provide a monitoring system to see how our system loads are going. I have a couple of links that look interesting: In terms of graphing + alerting all-in-one have a look at: www.opsview.org ...which combines a lot of the tools already mentioned. I was also going to mention www.groundworkopensource.com but they seem to have gone out of their way to hide the actual open source bit. Download link? cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Testing glue records
$quoted_author = Ashley Glenday ; Thanks John, I've tried that too, the only thing that comes up is ns3 and ns4. So the current glue is ok. Out of curiosity, could it be something to do with the fact that I used to have ns1 and ns2 set up on an old server and those records haven't been removed from the tld servers? No, otherwise you would see the old, incorrect glue. This level of DNS is something I do so infrequently I end up having to relearn it all over again. It sounds like the new glue is not set up correctly. We could be more helpful if we knew what the domain was. :-) cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] VPS hosting
$quoted_author = Bernie Pannell ; We migrated to Bullet Proof Networks earlier this year from another provider, have been very happy with the service, support, monitoring. They're a commercial setup, so not as cheap as some of the others quoted. They have an impressive client list. http://www.bulletproof.net.au You will find that the higher prices are reflected in a different kind of service. They run it on VMware and your server can migrate to a different host during maintenance or if a physical host fails. This also means it's running off a FC SAN. Most VPS are run off a single server, local disk. If something happens to it you are down. You get what you pay for basically. I personally use Linode because my priorities are cheap then quality. If I was running a business off it, the extra cost would probably be worth it. cheers marty -- nfgaida - I want an America that isn't full of easily amused idiots watching crap on TV. [1] Anon Coward - Yeah? Well, I want an America full of nymphomaniac supermodels who own breweries. Deal. [2] [1] - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=108411cid=9215217 [2] - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=108411cid=9215314 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon mirror?
$quoted_author = sonia ; Anyone know of (or how to find) an Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon mirror? IIRC it's no longer supported, so not even archive.ubuntu.com carries it. Ah, https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases says EOL on 18/4/09. Time to rethink the upgrade? Hardy has support till April 2011 (Desktop) and April 2013 (Server). cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: Linux netbook? (Marghanita da Cruz)
I meant to reply to this earlier but must have deleted Margharita's email, so sorry about the threading breakage but... From: Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.au and for the eeePC, this mob seems to be offering a Linux install on the Asus Eee PC S101 - presumeably they also offer the option of Xandros. http://www.vgcomputing.com.au/nsasusEPCS101-BRN026X.html This is a nice offer but not only are you still paying the Microsoft tax you are also paying for the Linux install. Might be good for someone new to Linux but I can't see many SLUGers taking them up on it... cheers marty -- In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] That problem with Evince.
$quoted_author = Amos Shapira ; If you want the window to be as large as possible while still cooperating with other windows/apps then maybe you should consider maximize button (next to the X button on top right corner in default theme, I don't remember the shortcut key). alt-F10 cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: Which wireless data service should I signup to? was [SLUG] Don't buy ZTE's
$quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; This was my concern and why I started looking at the router options - I am looking for wireless but not necessarily mobile. So it all depends on how mobile you need. I saw the Virgin (home phone/ethernet) and Telstra (four ethernet ports) options while I was in Melbourne. The virgin phone/ethernet package did not permit relocation of the device - perhaps this was related to the home phone/telephone number component. Virgin don't permit the device to be used as true mobile broadband. If they notice it connecting to cells away from your registered home address they reserve the right to cut off your service. However, if you move house you just let them know and take it with you. cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: network manager over writes resolv.conf
$quoted_author = Daniel Bush ; If it comes to that, there must be a way to disable network manager? There is! Install 'wicd' http://wicd.sourceforge.net/ cheers marty -- Nod. Mindreading is a less useful skill than mindwriting, considering all the blank media on the hoof in every major city. - Anthony de Boer alt.sysadmin.recovery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu friendly PCI/USB WiFi?
$quoted_author = Masood ; ASUS WL-167G appears to be supported by rt2500 kernel module (I checked 2.6.26). Also, it seems it's the only one with Linux support specifically mentioned on manufacturer's website. But I haven't used it so if you really have to go USB, you can give it a try.* Be wary of anything using the rt2500 kernel module in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-ubuntu-modules-2.6.24/+bug/190515 And it doesn't appear to be resolved in the Intrepid Alphas... :-/ cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] tuning a maximum load
$quoted_author = Grant Street ; I have a problem where I am running thirdparty software sporadically my machine(s) get into a state where they are responsive to pings but not ssh or a local console. Re-nicing the troublesome software doesn't help? 1 enable Magic SysRq to hopefully get somthing out of it. You could give that a try and see if it gets you a console back at least. 2 Is there a way to tune the way/algorithm the kernel uses so that under load it will kill off processes earlier or more aggresively under extreme load. I'm not aware of anything like a CPU version of OOM killer but I have come across a project aimed at process level CPU limiting. http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/ cheers marty -- It'd go along with the 'Caution - hidden dip' signs on some of then more undulating local roads, which always have me looking out for concealed bowls of guacamole. --Tanuki alt.sysadmin.recovery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Right way to kill firefox from a script?
$quoted_author = Amos Shapira ; We have a test script which runx Firefox to visit a web site and after a few seconds it stops it. My first thought was Why use a GUI app to test something automated?... Surely there are more elegant ways to achieve what you need... cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Right way to kill firefox from a script?
$quoted_author = Amos Shapira ; Because it has to run all sorts of JavaScript, Flash, pull images etc. and generally do what a browser does as part of the test. We need a real browser (multiple browsers types and versions from multiple platforms, actually) to access that web page, wget and friends won't cut it. Have you explored tools like Selenium? Selenium is a suite of tools to automate web app testing across many platforms. Selenium... * runs in many browsers and operating systems * can be controlled by many programming languages and testing frameworks. http://selenium.openqa.org/ cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] wireless broadband?
$quoted_author = Tony Cosentino ; I use mobile broadband with the 3 network. It was by far the best value 18 months ago when I got it. It still is one of the best value wise with the caveat that you are only going to be using it in metro areas with 3 coverage. Once you start roaming it's no longer included in your cap and the per MB charge can add up quickly. If I know Del, he'll be sailing outside of 3's coverage because the fish bite better in those kinds of places. :-) cheers Marty -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] multiple domain to one web site
$quoted_author = Voytek Eymont ; do I need anything else in apache virtual container?: No, it's only purpose is to redirect to a different container. --- VirtualHost 111.222.333.444:80 ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ServerName www.new.net.au ServerAlias new.net.au Redirect permanent / http://www.old.com /VirtualHost --- As Jeff posted in his blog [1] libapache2-redirtoservname (in Debian derivatives at least) provides the functionality to do this in one line and without the extra container. [1] http://bethesignal.org/blog/2008/04/24/smooth-upgrade-to-ubuntu-804-lts-on-my-linode/ cheers marty -- I simply tell them If _I_ don't have a ticket number then _you_ don't have a problem. Call the helpdesk. Repeat as many times as necessary. - Jay Mottern alt.sysadmin.recovery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Manipulating DNS - some progress to report
$quoted_author = Howard Lowndes ; I then went and looked at the man page for dhclient and saw that there can be such a thing as a dhclient.conf file. I don't have one in /etc/ so I created /etc/dhclient.conf with the following lines: SNIP which seems to accord with the man page, but it appears (judging by a strace) that neither dhclient nor dhclient-script looks at that file. the man page should have provided some guidance but see if you have a directory /etc/dhcp/ or /etc/dhcp3/ that dhclient might be looking in. cheers marty -- Skirwan - And if pigs can fly, and I can ride one, and they fly me to hell, and it just froze over, and we all have ice cream... [1] talonyx - I really need to stop reading Slashdot while on codeine. [2] [1] - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=28984cid=3113144 [2] - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=28984cid=3113355 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Manipulating DNS - some progress to report
$quoted_author = Howard Lowndes ; Nuffink, just /etc/dhcpd.conf (which I only use when I have interface eth1 running), and /etc/dhclient.conf which I have just created. I might try creating a /etc/dhcp/ directory and the symlinking into it. I tried that but it didn't do the trick. which distribution? what dhclient version? cheers marty -- I simply tell them If _I_ don't have a ticket number then _you_ don't have a problem. Call the helpdesk. Repeat as many times as necessary. - Jay Mottern alt.sysadmin.recovery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] DST in debain
$quoted_author = Jeff Waugh ;
Definitely. gutsy-backports is batshit insane, but gutsy-updates receives
important (but non-security related) bug fixes such as this.
I've never understood the ${ubuntu_release}-updates thing.
A separate repositry for security I understand due to the need to bypass
mirror lag.
But anything worthy of going into ${ubuntu_release}-updates is surely worth
putting straight into ${ubuntu_release} ? Or is it just me?
cheers
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Re: [SLUG] Ubuntu repository components and what they mean
$quoted_author = Jeff Waugh ;
quote who=Martin Barry
But anything worthy of going into ${ubuntu_release}-updates is surely
worth putting straight into ${ubuntu_release} ? Or is it just me?
Post-release, that archive is never touched. It means that users get to
choose how much damage they're willing to accept:
nice summary. is that (or something equivalent) on wiki.ubuntu.com?
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Re: [SLUG] web/domain redirection ?
$quoted_author = jam ; It all depends on what you are trying to achieve. The answers have been how to re-direct howtos. Another is to edit your delegation of domain.org.au and point it at anotherdomain.com's ip He tried that with the CNAME but as he discovered the remote server is doing name virtualhosting and without configuration for domain.org.au in the web server it doesn't work. On Sat, 2008-01-26 at 01:49 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried to set a CNAME www CNAME anotherdomain.com but that serves blank page, I suspect, the page request arrives as 'domain.org.au' and the remote server expects 'anotherdomain.com' ? That's correct. I suspect if I can get the remote server to add 'domain.org.au' to their web server, it will work...?? It would. If you can't get changes made to that web server, the only alternative is to point the original domain to a server you can control and redirect visitors to the final site, as suggested by a couple of others already. cheers marty -- M. Cullen I suffered from chronic hypochondria for years, eventually went to a naturopath, and was cured with a course of broad-spectrum placebos. [1] [1] - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/08/1070732142498.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Optus dial-up with Linux?
$quoted_author = Leslie Katz ; She uses Optus for her mobile phone network and found out that she can get cheap dial-up from it. Is anyone reading this by chance using Optus dial-up? Is a person with pretty rudimentary knowledge of these things (me) likely to be able to get her connecting to Optus with wvdial? i used to use optus dialup way-back-when. it just workedTM with CHAP. cheers marty -- If you find yourself fantasizing about throwing your actual users in the blender, please get help They're heavy http://www.willitblend.com/videos.aspx?type=unsafevideo=novell -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] USB to serial
$quoted_author = DaZZa ; On Dec 18, 2007 12:59 PM, Alan L Tyree [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there anything that I need to look for in these USB to serial converters? Any special software needed? Be careful which one you buy. Some of the cheaper ones simply don't work. I have one from Lindy, and it's never let me down. Cost a bit more, but well worth it. I can recommend the Belkin one. Detected automatically in Ubuntu. YMMV cheers marty -- xterm The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? http://www.bash.org/?4753 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Tuesday afternoon shell command optimisation party!
$quoted_author = Jeff Waugh ; Here's a starting point. What's a more optimal way to perform this task? :-) the first question was what is the task trying to achieve? :) sed 's#[^,]*##g' input.txt | tr -d '\n' | wc -m you appear to be counting the number of fields in a csv file but unless there is a trailing comma each line worth of data will be 'off by 1' cheers marty -- My Everest is not in Nepal, She's sleeping in the bedroom second right down the hall. Ed Hillary couldn't crack this nut, He'd be hiding in the lounge room with the rest of us. My Everest - Lazy Susan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
$quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; My knoppix/grup startup reports a couple of errors, which I have been happy to live with until now... however, I would like to look into them but am not sure how to capture the error messages before they fly by and KDE starts up. /var/log/dmesg keeps the most recent boot dmesg | less will show what would go to the console but has a limited buffer and may not have the actual boot if the server has been up for some time cheers marty -- It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning. -- Calvin -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] how do I log startup or where do I find the log?
$quoted_author = Marghanita da Cruz ; Thanks Dazza and Marty...checked that file, however, it seems I asked the wrong question. It seems I need the log of the next bit of the startup. Knoppix is running on my laptop. you many need the the X logs, the KDE logs or something else. what's the exact problem you're trying to diagnose? cheers marty -- Life's Little Mysteries. Noel Hunter of Chippendale is one of many to be confused, and amused, by the pair of professionally produced No Regrets street signs near the corner of Greens Road and Albion Avenue, Paddington. Printed in the same style as No Standing signs, their proximity to the College of Fine Arts may give a clue to their origins. Whatever, having regrets while between the signs is subject to a $144 fine from the NSW Dept of Second Thoughts. [1] [1] - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544560873.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Firefox pausing
$quoted_author = Heracles ; Everything pauses, but if she kills Firefox then there are no further problems. I got her to move to Opera and the problem has gone away so I guess the problem is in Firefox. Not really sure why as it works fine on my machine using exactly the same version - except that my machine is a 64 bit athalon and hers is a 1.7GHz P4 style Celeron both running the 32 bit version of Feisty. when you say everything pauses is it because CPU load spikes? i had that problem and there appears to be an issue with firefox and xorg. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/38131 using the suggested workaround fixed it for me: --- Proposed workaround: use Option AccelMethod exa in device section of your xorg.conf cheers marty -- My Everest is not in Nepal, She's sleeping in the bedroom second right down the hall. Ed Hillary couldn't crack this nut, He'd be hiding in the lounge room with the rest of us. My Everest - Lazy Susan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Linux laptop repairs?
$quoted_author = Erik de Castro Lopo ; Anyone have any recommendations for a laptop repairer who knows what Linux is. I have a Dell laptop with nothing but Linux on it a minor hardware problem. most of the time the contractor goes linux, eh? cool and gets on with the job of fixing the hardware. cheers marty -- with usenet gone, we just don't teach our kids entertainment-level hyperbole any more. --Paul Vixie http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2006-01/msg00593.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] iBurst PCMCIA modem experiences? (was: recommended internet wireless)
$quoted_author = Sonia Hamilton ; Has anyone used the iBurst PCMCIA modem yes. on ubuntu (YDMV[1]) you need to download and compile the drivers... http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1794253 cheers marty [1] Your Distro May Vary -- Picture if you will, hundreds of Cisco switches, galloping wildly across the server room, the herd turning as one to avoid the wily sysadmins that are attempting to cull the weak and sick. The slowest switches being captured and herded into racks, where they will spend the rest of their days, passing traffic, dreaming of the freedom they used to have, roaming free in the data center. --That Guy alt.sysadmin.recovery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] appliance - run single application
my google-fu is letting me down. i want run a single application on a machine, appliance like. was looking for a howto for ubuntu or debian but i'm obviously using the wrong search terms. any pointers? cheers marty -- M. Cullen I suffered from chronic hypochondria for years, eventually went to a naturopath, and was cured with a course of broad-spectrum placebos. [1] [1] - http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/08/1070732142498.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] ISP in Sydney? Unwired ?
$quoted_author = David Lloyd ; Carlo, If you're going for ADSL, I give Internode 5 starts for support, service and every other category you can think of. =P How about the Bad Customer Service Category? :P I'd be interested in that story... I've been with them since at least 2001 in 3 different locations and have nothing but praise for their service, support and the quality of their network... cheers marty -- You need only two tools, WD-40 and duct tape. If it doesn't move and it should, use the WD-40. If it moves and shouldn't, use the tape. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] scripting proxy change in Firefox/changing laptop network settings?
$quoted_author = Jeff Waugh ; I'd be happy to demonstrate to you on Friday why NM is such a delight, and why I no longer have to edit /e/n/i or reconfigure network devices on my laptop. did this talk get recorded? i for one would like use something automated but have needs slightly more complex then the norm and the documentation for NM that i can find is abysmal... cheers marty -- Can't buy what I want because it's free. Can't be what they want because I'm me. Corduroy - Pearl Jam -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Another anti-spam idea
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Re: [SLUG] Script not working
$quoted_author = Kazik Malenczak ; I have a script to backup a VMWare virtual machine which when run manually on the box by root runs OK, but when run by cron...well, it doesn't. it's probably a path issue. log the cron output somewhere and check the error. Could someone please tell me why it may not be working. Why does it say about an ssh session opening? I think it may be a pam issue but my skills are a bit patchy with how cron,pam and ssh all work together. scp uses ssh which is using pam for authentication. cheers marty -- its a mailing list... its only slightly better than a web forum. the main improvement is that no one has anime-p0rn avatars. Dean [1] [1] - http://lists.slug.org.au/archives/slug/2005/12/msg00309.html` -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] image spam counter measures ?
$quoted_author = Voytek Eymont ;
what else I need ?
Looks like your missing a perl module (Net/DNS.pm).
it fails with
what's my next option ?
which distro?
for debian derivs try searching for perl module packages like so...
# apt-cache search dns | grep perl
libnet-dns-perl - Perform DNS queries from a Perl script
courier-filter-perl - purely Perl-based mail filter framework for the Courier
MTA
libdns-zoneparse-perl - Perl extension for parsing and manipulating DNS Zone
Files.
libmail-spf-query-perl - Query SPF (Sender Permitted From) to validate mail
senders
libmail-verify-perl - Utility to verify an email address
libnet-dns-fingerprint-perl - library to determine DNS server vendor, product
and version
libpoe-component-client-dns-perl - a DNS client component for POE
i find it works better than 'apt-cache search dns perl' as the package
naming convention inclues the '-perl' and then you can supply whatever
keywords you think are specific enough...
i've found this search ('apt-cache search net::dns') is great if it works
but less reliable as the all .pm's are not always specified in the package
description.
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Re: [SLUG] IPv6
$quoted_author = Howard Lowndes ; I seem to recall reading somewhere that some major US agencies - I think one was DoD - are mandating that their systems change over in 2008, so I think the urgency might be nearer than you predict. i think you will find that they are mandating _support_ for IPv6 which is quite seperate to the _use_ of IPv6. what we need to see is that everything in the core of networks can handle IPv6 by the time everything at the edge can use it. only once people are convinced that services won't be broken will they host them on IPv6 space. this is easier to do within networks where the environment is known. can you imagine how long it's going to take before major public websites are hosted on IPv6 space?!? cheers marty -- IMPORTANT: This email is intended for the use of the individual addressee(s) named above and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or unsuitable for overly sensitive persons with low self-esteem, no sense of humour or irrational religious beliefs. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this email is not authorised (either explicitly or implicitly) and constitutes an irritating social faux pas. Unless the word absquatulation has been used in its correct context somewhere other than in this warning, it does not have any legal or no grammatical use and may be ignored. No animals were harmed in the transmission of this email, although the kelpie next door is living on borrowed time, let me tell you. Those of you with an overwhelming fear of the unknown will be gratified to learn that there is no hidden message revealed by reading this warning backwards, so just ignore that Alert Notice from Microsoft. However, by pouring a complete circle of salt around yourself and your computer you can ensure that no harm befalls you and your pets. If you have received this email in error, please add some nutmeg and egg whites, whisk and place in a warm oven for 40 minutes. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] image spam counter measures ?
$quoted_author = Voytek Eymont ; just curious what people are doing to counter image spam combined with dummy text ? I see there are OCR tools/plugins, is that the way to go ? are there alternatives to OCR ? is OCRing spam very resource hungry ? I have Postfix with amavisd, clam, bdc for those using spamassassin... http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/FuzzyOcrPlugin it works a treat. cheers marty -- with usenet gone, we just don't teach our kids entertainment-level hyperbole any more. --Paul Vixie http://www.merit.edu/mail.archives/nanog/2006-01/msg00593.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] apt questions - apt-cacher and /var/cache/apt/archives
$quoted_author = david ; Do the packages in /var/cache/apt/archives represent all the installed packages on a standard Ubuntu system? Can I use this as input to apt-cacher for the purposes of subsequently updating another box? Eg, breezy to dapper. try `aptitude autoclean` or `apt-get autoclean` if you don't have any network level apt caching then i would rsync /var/cache/apt/archives from the upgraded box to the to-be-upgraded box if you are trying to sync installed packages, use `dpkg --get-selections` on both and diff them. cheers marty -- xterm The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? http://www.bash.org/?4753 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] www question
$quoted_author = [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; my customer has said: --- When you have a minute can you please configure our apache server error pages to not list the webserver build and operating system as it is a security risk. For example if I go to www.edc.com.au/fred I get the following information Apache/2.0.53 (Linux/SUSE) --- I can conceive if being a slight risk, in that 'don't bother with all the winders files. Am I naive, is there a risk letting the world know WHAT os and web server you run? you probably need to remove it in quite a few places other than the 404 page. http://toolbar.netcraft.com/site_report?url=http://www.edc.com.au cheers marty -- And true love waits In haunted attics And true love wins On lollipops and crisps True Love Waits - Radiohead -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] modem dialup
$quoted_author = hav ; Hi - I am in Melb, but we don't have a SLUG, anyway, I have a problem there is MLUG (http://www.mlug.org.au/) but stay on the SLUG list, the more the merrier. logging onto my uni (deakin) dialup, I know a little C++ but I've taken up java, and am migrating from Windows. Any tips on compiling would be appr. I have investigated /usr/sbin/doc/share/ppp-2.4.0/ and altered the settings in the ppp-on-dialer ini file, and my modem (ttyS0) does hit the dialin, but it doesn't go very far at all. Any pointers? check /var/log/syslog for any error messages. are your authentication details in /etc/ppp/chap-secrets ? cheers marty -- You get 10 points for difficulty, but for execution you get minus three. Holding On - Lazy Susan -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] BGP Protocol
$quoted_author = PHILLIPS Mark ; Does anybody have any experience with Border Gateway Protocols? I know I don't, I had to Google it! experience, yes. expert, no. :) I am trying to locate people who have had experience operating large networks, in particular people who are familiar with the operation of BGP within the networks. Specifically, what I am trying to locate is some stories of what occurs within a network during periods of instability. So when routes flap, how long does the network take to converge again and what are the factors that influence the network convergence. oh, that's a whole can of worms right there. time to convergance varies from network to network: - number of eBGP iBGP talkers - number of feeds and size of feeds - underlying hardware (CPU intensive) repeated flaps also encounter dampening at some sites. cheers marty -- supine: From the Latin for lying on one's back, to be supine has come to mean inactive. But as Damien Hirst suggests with his maxim Minimum effort for maximum effect, there's nothing wrong with being inactive. An Idler's Glossary - http://www.hermenaut.com/a158.shtml -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Debian + Bluetooth + Sony Ericsson S700i Pairing
$quoted_author = Tom Massey ; with /etc/bluetooth/pin a shell file #!/bin/sh echo PIN: /etc/bluetooth/pin should just have the PIN number, nothing else. cheers marty -- nfgaida - I want an America that isn't full of easily amused idiots watching crap on TV. [1] Anon Coward - Yeah? Well, I want an America full of nymphomaniac supermodels who own breweries. Deal. [2] [1] - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=108411cid=9215217 [2] - http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=108411cid=9215314 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Specialised delivery for Postfix - can it be done?
$quoted_author = DaZZa ; I need to be able to configure it to deliver mail for a specific domain to one mail server without doing a MX record lookup - send all mail @foo.bar.au to 10.1.1.1 and everything else to 12.2.2.2, for example. put this in /etc/postfix/transport foo.bar.au :[10.1.1.1] and these in /etc/postfix/main.cf transport_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/transport relayhost = 12.2.2.2 cheers marty -- No GUI for you! Use lynx!!!, Come back, One year! /avant -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Specialised delivery for Postfix - can it be done?
$quoted_author = DaZZa ; OK, now I get an error message in /var/log/mail Jul 10 16:13:57 sky20 postfix/pickup[32763]: 9012CAFE6A: uid=0 from=root Jul 10 16:13:57 sky20 postfix/trivial-rewrite[310]: warning: database /etc/postfix/transport.db is older than source file /etc/postfix/transport How do I update the database file? I assume it's something like newalias? newtransport? run this: postmap hash:/etc/postfix/transport marty -- xterm The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? http://www.bash.org/?4753 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Dynamic routing - RIP or BGP or what?
$quoted_author = Howard Lowndes ; I want to do some dynamic routing in a network and I don't know whether I should be using RIP or BGP. RIP is an intra-AS routing protocol. BGP is an inter-AS routing protocol. } quagga } 1.2.3.4 ||192.168.1.1192.168.1.0/24 I'net }|eth1eth0|-| } ||default gw | } | |192.168.1.2 || | eth1 | | quagga| | eth0 | || |192.168.2.1 | V V 192.168.2.0/24 When I bring the 192.168.2.0/24 network up I want to be able to broadcast that 192.168.1.0/24 network so that the 192.169.1.0/24 network and anything coming in via 1.2.3.4 knows that it is accessible via the 192.168.1.2 interface, but when I don't have the 192.168.2.0/24 network up I don't want to broadcast it, or let the 192.168.1.0/24 or the public world know anything about it. I have installed quagga where shown but I don't know whether I should be using RIP or BGP and I don't know wheta the config files should look like. Sounds like you want RIP. cheers marty -- In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: Automatic wireless profiles
$quoted_author = Jeff Waugh ; I found that NetworkManager only did its thing on interfaces that *weren'* otherwise defined in /etc/network/interfaces . Have you commented out the eth0 and eth1 stanzas from there? NM works on interfaces that aren't listed as well as interfaces that have a complete auto/dhcp listing, like: auto eth1 iface eth1 inet dhcp hmm... i need two active interfaces though. wireless holds default route but wired has crossover cable to a desktop to run synergy, rsync etc.etc. can NM handle that? i can't tell from the threadbare doco in the man page and on gnome.org... cheers marty -- Nod. Mindreading is a less useful skill than mindwriting, considering all the blank media on the hoof in every major city. - Anthony de Boer alt.sysadmin.recovery - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Re: Automatic wireless profiles
$quoted_author = Michael Kedzierski ; On 6/9/06, Mary Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In other news, installing network-manager-gnome should give you a nice notification area way of managing the thing, assuming you're one of the people (seemingly the vast majority, admittedly) for whom it works. I installed NetworkManager on my new macbook and it worked great at first, picked up wireless and wired flawlessly. Then after a reboot the wireless stopped working then after trying to fix that it stopped working altogether even with reboots and reinstalls. So for now I've uninstalled it and I'm just using the standard tools because they work (for wifi as well). I'm going to take another look into it this weekend. i'd be interested to hear how you go. i'm looking to replace the very manual 'ifscheme' setup i currently have. the only real issue i have at the moment is that at boot networking takes a very long time (~5 minutes). under breezy there was no delay at boot but the wireless (Lucent/Agere Wavelan) was not initialised until after Gnome had loaded. cheers marty -- xterm The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? http://www.bash.org/?4753 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
Re: [SLUG] Looking for a htdig host
$quoted_author = Joshua McCluskey ; We are looking for a place to host htdig, it’s the only service that will be running so our requirements are not as high as the dedicated server options I have been able to locate. But no one really wants to install htdig on a shared host :\ Needs to serve up to about 8000 xml files per month and index around 12000 word, PDF and html files. Any suggestions greatly appreciated. get a virtual dedicated server. cheaper, you can install what you want, performance hit is noticable but you get what you pay for. marty -- It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth. - George Burns -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
[SLUG] Ubuntu-Server doesn't install SSH server by default
just a heads up for anyone installing ubuntu-server, SSH server is not installed by default. their security policy is essentially desktop oriented: As a matter of security policies, ubuntu default install will never listen to any network port. Installing openssh-server will violate this policy, so this bug will not be fixed. https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/44156 make sure you install something before you walk away from the console. cheers marty -- supine: From the Latin for lying on one's back, to be supine has come to mean inactive. But as Damien Hirst suggests with his maxim Minimum effort for maximum effect, there's nothing wrong with being inactive. An Idler's Glossary - http://www.hermenaut.com/a158.shtml -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
