Re: Services Offered by Freelance Network and Infrastructure Engineer

[Bat Phil]

But then again, If you can't do the basic stuff yourself, you have no
business running a network of any kind. So is he actually going to get any
work advertising such services here?

Just a thought.


On 5 Oct 2017 18:10, "fred roller"  wrote:

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> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:44 AM, InvalidPath 
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>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:04 AM, Terry Polzin  wrote:
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>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Ed Greshko 
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 On 10/05/17 22:50, Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
 > Worldwide Announcement 4th October 2017
 >
 > This announcement addresses individuals and Small and Medium
 Businesses (SMB).
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 Advertising for work on a user's list?

 I advocate for your being banned for life from this forum.


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Re: Constant Guard Service Alert

[Bat Phil]

When you say you got an alert do you mean an e-mail or an instant message
type alert?

The internet is full of so-called security companies who use these sort of
tactics scare users into believing that they have a problem with their
system, that usually doesn't actually exist, and that the solution they are
SELLING can resolve. Mostly the packages they sell are over-priced and next
to useless.

Let's face it, if their software was actually any good, then it would be
widely known, well-respected and in widespread use. Then they would not
need to resort to such cynical marketing ploys.

My advice, for what it's worth is ignore any such alerts. However, if you
are still worried, then there are lots of technical forums out there and
users that will both point you in the direction of numerous free tools and
give you the knowledge to use them.

All the best
Phil


On 7 September 2014 13:55, Mickey binary...@comcast.net wrote:

  Then as a Linux user it does not apply to me or do I have to remove it
 and How ?




 On 09/06/2014 08:47 PM, Mark Bidewell wrote:

 Interesting, I got an alert at 6:33PM.  My PCs are OSX, Linux Mint and
 SolydXK with assorted VMs.  I'm scanning, but I wonder if there is a
 malfunction as the bot detected was Windows related.  Go to:
 https://amibotted.comcast.net/.  My output reads:

  

 Bot Notes:

 Threat behaviors:  Downloads rootkits and steals sensitive
 information.
 Threat type (intent):Information Stealer (Information Theft 
 Sublease tool).
 Alternate names: W32.Rootkit /W32.Alureon/
 W32.Renos/W32.TDSS/W32.DNSChanger
 Threat behavior description:
 The TDL/TDSS Gang (aka., Tyler Durden Loader). The TDL rootkit is a
 Master Boot Record (MBR) infector, targeting Microsoft Windows systems. The
 latest TDL rootkit is currently Version 4, and utilizes MBR hooking, a
 process that deceives a user by appearing to have been initially deleted.
 Upon a system restart, the rootkit/trojan is re-installed. This provides
 the remote attacker highly persistent backdoors into victim systems. Public
 research estimates the TDL/TDSS group to have been in operation since
 mid-2008.

 Observed traits:
 The TDL/TDSS rootkit has been observed spreading via spam and phishing
 e-mails. The observed stages of infection are as follows:

 Infect a victim (Stage 1) via spam, drive-by-downloads, and malicious
 attachments.Wait idle until the Stage 2 Trojan is ready for download.
 Load a rootkit Trojan (Stage 2).
 Alter the system to obfuscate Stage 1 and 2 infections (Stage 3).
 Infect other sites, allowing third-party access to sensitive information.

 Capabilities:
 After an initial infection, the Stage 2 rootkit is normally loaded via a
 fast-flux worm. Once the infection has passed to Stage 3, various other
 threats (such as ZeusBot, Buzus, RogueAV, PoisonIvy, etc.) may be installed
 and utilized by criminal operators. The authors behind the RudeWarlockMob
 are members of a professional criminal organization that also offers
 affiliate funding to anonymous distribution providers, infection operators,
 and other criminals.

 Times Seen: 23


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 On Saturday, September 06, 2014 06:39:46 PM Mickey wrote:
  Got a email from Comcast.net, saying I have a Bot on my Computer, and
 how to
  elimnate it, Not so sure that I want to follow their directions.
 
  How I would I determine if this is true using Linux , I have Fedora 20
  installed ?

 Maybe your neighbor's infected computer is borrowing your WiFi ;)

 In short, don't forget about other devices that may be using your internet
 link such as mobile phones, tablets, TVs, etc.

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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would share
what I have found:

Hardware setup:

AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
64MB AGP graphics card
1GB DDR400 RAM
160GB HD configured as follows.
   500MB boot partition
   10GB swap partition
   142GB root partition
250GB HD configured at home partition


I have tried the following installs, in order:

Gnome desktop (64 and 32 bit) - desktop crashes at login and will not work
Mate desktop (64 bit) - works fine
Cinnamon desktop (64 and 32 bit) - desktop crashes as soon as I run an
application
LXDE desktop (32 and 64 bit) - works fine but some warnings flashed when
updating via YUM (something about unknown metadata)


I set up two user accounts, put some data in the home folders and
configured Thunderbird on both accounts (did this on the Mate install). On
subsequent installs, I mapped the home partition to my data drive and it
mapped straight to the home directory structure previously set up - all the
data is there, as are the e-mail settings and browsing history. All this
without any further intervention.

Unfortunately, the current LXDE install won't let me create any additional
users for some reason (despite having set my account up as administrator),
so I can't yet confirm that my second account will also map to the pre-existing
home folder for that user, but I have no reason to believe it won't.

I'll have another play when the new memory arrives, I still want to try
Gnome and KDE, but I do like the look of Cinnamon so far (despite not being
able to get it to work yet).

Many thanks to everyone who contributed their knowledge and opinions.

Phil




On 5 September 2014 21:22, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:

 Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical
 data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although
 presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then
 it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting out permissions??


 Generally speaking, yes.  Even more important, be sure to back up /home
 before you start this, just to be on the safe side.
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

I did consider that possibility Eddie and it may well limit my ultimate
choice of desktop. I am hoping that the main limiting factor is the lack of
system memory rather than video memory. However, I will have to wait for a
couple of days to find out.

Thanks for your input.
Phil
On 7 Sep 2014 23:36, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. eoconno...@gmail.com wrote:

  On 09/07/2014 06:29 PM, Bat Phil wrote:

After a weekend of installing and re-installing, I thought I would
 share what I have found:

  Hardware setup:

  AMD Semperon 300+ (old)
  64MB AGP graphics card
  1GB DDR400 RAM
  160GB HD configured as follows.
 500MB boot partition
 10GB swap partition
 142GB root partition
  250GB HD configured at home partition


  I have tried the following installs, in order:

  Gnome desktop (64 and 32 bit) - desktop crashes at login and will not
 work
  Mate desktop (64 bit) - works fine
 Cinnamon desktop (64 and 32 bit) - desktop crashes as soon as I run an
 application
  LXDE desktop (32 and 64 bit) - works fine but some warnings flashed when
 updating via YUM (something about unknown metadata)


  I set up two user accounts, put some data in the home folders and
 configured Thunderbird on both accounts (did this on the Mate install).
 On subsequent installs, I mapped the home partition to my data drive and it
 mapped straight to the home directory structure previously set up - all the
 data is there, as are the e-mail settings and browsing history. All this
 without any further intervention.

 Unfortunately, the current LXDE install won't let me create any
 additional users for some reason (despite having set my account up as
 administrator), so I can't yet confirm that my second account will also map
 to the pre-existing home folder for that user, but I have no reason to
 believe it won't.

  I'll have another play when the new memory arrives, I still want to try
 Gnome and KDE, but I do like the look of Cinnamon so far (despite not
 being able to get it to work yet).

  Many thanks to everyone who contributed their knowledge and opinions.

  Phil




 On 5 September 2014 21:22, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:

 Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical
 data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although
 presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then
 it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting out permissions??


 Generally speaking, yes.  Even more important, be sure to back up /home
 before you start this, just to be on the safe side.
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  I'm going to go out on a limb and say it could be that the graphics card
 isn't strong enough?...I mean 64MB?I don't know off hand what the
 memory requirements are for a standard Gnome desktop...but I'm thinking it
 might need more than that?.I do know that I have machines with 256MB
 graphics and they run fine..but nothing under that(so far!)I dunno
 I guess if I'm wrong then no worries...since I'm not a guru or even a
 professional on any level! Just adding my two cents


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Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

Hello all

Please forgive my ignorance, but I've decided to upgrade to Linux. I've had
a play with both Ubuntu and Fedora 20 (both with the LXDE desktop) and done
a few installs, updates, application installs, etc. and am getting more
confident / knowledgeable as I go.

I have decided to go for Fedora 20 with either the Gnome or KDE desktop
(not decided which yet, so I'll have a play and see what suits best).
However, I do have a few questions and would be grateful for some answers /
confirmation of my assumptions.

1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently
with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?

2. Currently I have 1Gb DDR400 RAM, although I have some 1Gb modules on
their way to me so within a few days I'll hopefully have 3Gb (but I may
have a dodgy DIMM socket so it might only be 2). Will I be able to do a
graphical install with only the current 1Gb or am I better waiting until
the new memory arrives?


Ultimately I plan to install 2 drives in the box - one for the system and
the other for the home directory structure, which in itself raises a few
more questions.

3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
within the home directory?

4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the
home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure to
it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering?

5. Will the reinstalled OS automatically recreate the user accounts based
on the home directories that exist or will I still need to do that?

6. If I need to recreate the user accounts manually, will they
automatically map to the correct user directories in the existing home
directory structure or will that be more tinkering?

7. Besides my data, will the system also be able to access my e-mails,
user-specific settings, etc. set up within the previous install?

8. If I later upgrade my data drive, is it just a case of copying the
home directory structure onto the new drive, plug it in and away I go, or
will I need to configure the OS to recognise the new drive first?


Apologies for the length of my request, but I think that is about it for
now. I'm sure however, that I'll have loads more questions / cries for help
later.

Many thanks in anticipation of some informative replies.
Phil
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

Thanks for your reply Joe.

I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about
the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about
whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user accounts
and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved and
available under the new install.

Thanks again
Phil



On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:


 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
 Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
 within the home directory?


 ~/.thunderbird to be exact.

  4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have
 the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically
 configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering?


 The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions
 mounted unless you tell it.  To do what you want, you need to create a
 custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple.  You specify what
 partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if
 you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted.  Generally
 speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are
 exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video
 collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video.
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

Well that's easy then, I can cope with that.

Thanks again Joe
Phil



On 5 September 2014 19:51, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 11:46 AM, Bat Phil wrote:

 I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda
 about the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering
 more about whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing
 user accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be
 preserved and available under the new install.


 No.  Just create them using the same username they had before.  You'll be
 told that /home/NAME already exists and asked if you want to use it, and if
 so do you want to keep the existing data.  All of the tinkering gets done
 behind the scenes.
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

Got it Marvin, cheers

Phil



On 5 September 2014 19:56, Marvin Kosmal mkos...@gmail.com wrote:

 No ..

 You need to recreate all the users accounts on the new install.

 HTH

 Marvin





 On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Bat Phil batphi...@gmail.com wrote:

 Thanks for your reply Joe.

 I figured (but didn't make it clear) that I'd have to tell anaconda about
 the existing home partition on the second drive. I was wondering more about
 whether it would then automatically create the pre-existing user
 accounts and whether all previous e-mails and settings would be preserved
 and available under the new install.

 Thanks again
 Phil



 On 5 September 2014 19:36, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 11:10 AM, Bat Phil wrote:


 3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
 Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
 within the home directory?


 ~/.thunderbird to be exact.

  4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have
 the home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically
 configure to it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering?


 The installer has no way of knowing how you want your various partitions
 mounted unless you tell it.  To do what you want, you need to create a
 custom partitioning layout, which is quite simple.  You specify what
 partition is mounted where, tell anaconda how you want it formatted or, if
 you want to keep the data, that it's not to be formatted.  Generally
 speaking, /home is the only partition not formatted, but there are
 exceptions, such as if you have a complete drive dedicated to a video
 collection and want it mounted as (let's say) /video.
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

So it's turning out much as I thought then, some of it will be fairly
transparent, but It'll still need a bit of tinkering / tweaking. Looking
like I'll have to learn about numeric user IDs, group IDs and
partition-specific UUIDs though. But learning is a big part of why I'm
doing this.

Cheers Matthew
Phil



On 5 September 2014 20:31, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote:

 On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 07:10:58PM +0100, Bat Phil wrote:
  1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
  understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no differently
  with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?

 64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enables some other CPU
 features (like more registers) which make a significant difference. It will
 take up a bit more RAM, but generally the other things make it worth it.
 
  2. Currently I have 1Gb DDR400 RAM, although I have some 1Gb modules on
  their way to me so within a few days I'll hopefully have 3Gb (but I may
  have a dodgy DIMM socket so it might only be 2). Will I be able to do a
  graphical install with only the current 1Gb or am I better waiting until
  the new memory arrives?

 You can try and see. You'll definitely be happier with more.

  3. Am I correct in my assumption that my mail client (I will be using
  Thunderbird) stores all its e-mails and settings in a hidden directory
  within the home directory?

 Skipping this one because I'm not sure about Thunderbird.


  4. If I do a reinstall later, will the OS pick up that I already have the
  home directory structure on a separate drive and automatically configure
 to
  it or will I have to do a bit of tinkering?

 A bit of tweaking. But it's not hard.

  5. Will the reinstalled OS automatically recreate the user accounts based
  on the home directories that exist or will I still need to do that?

 If you reinstall, no. If you do an upgrade, yes.

  6. If I need to recreate the user accounts manually, will they
  automatically map to the correct user directories in the existing home
  directory structure or will that be more tinkering?

 A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use
 the
 same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on
 the
 numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the
 name matches but the number doesn't, the users won't be able to access
 their
 files.

  7. Besides my data, will the system also be able to access my e-mails,
  user-specific settings, etc. set up within the previous install?

 Stuff that's in your home direcory, yes.

  8. If I later upgrade my data drive, is it just a case of copying the
  home directory structure onto the new drive, plug it in and away I go, or
  will I need to configure the OS to recognise the new drive first?

 It depends how you configure it in the first place, but usually these days
 (and by default in Fedora) the disk mounts are done by partition-specific
 UUIDs -- long random-seeming strings. You'll need to find the new one (with
 the blkid command or a GUI tool) and update /etc/fstab.

 Alternately, you can configure /etc/fstab to mount your home directory
 based
 on something else, including possibly drive letter (iffy, because that can
 move around based on the order things are detected) or filesystem label
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical data
files in the home directories and try it out then. Although presumably, if
I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then it's just a case
of logging in as root and sorting out permissions??

Cheers
Phil



On 5 September 2014 21:00, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 12:31 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:

 A little bit of tinkering is necessary. You'll need to make sure you use
 the
 same numeric user IDs and group IDs -- file ownership is really based on
 the
 numbers, and the name is associated by looking in /etc/password. So if the
 name matches but the number doesn't, the users won't be able to access
 their
 files.


 I'm not sure, but I think that if you reuse an existing home folder and
 tell the setup program not to clear it out, it takes care of that for you.
 The only time I needed to do this, I just made sure that I created the
 accounts in the same order as before so that they had the same UID/GID,
 which is probably safest.
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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

More of clarification than a retraction Paul ;-) but point noted. Sounds
like it won't be a problem once I've upgraded the RAM though.

Cheers
Phil


On 5 September 2014 21:20, Matthew Miller mat...@fedoraproject.org wrote:

 On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 03:31:38PM -0400, Matthew Miller wrote:
   1. I am using older hardware - AMD Semperon 3000+ (socket 754), which I
   understand is a 64 bit CPU. Will this run better, worse or no
 differently
   with the 64 bit OS over the 32 bit?
  64 bit. This is mostly because the switch also enables some other CPU
  features (like more registers) which make a significant difference. It
 will
  take up a bit more RAM, but generally the other things make it worth it.

 Ooh, I need to retract this. Owen Taylor just posted some interesting
 actual
 measurements with current F21 Workstation test images (which are Gnome
 based). His conclusion is that with under 2GB of RAM, the memory saved by
 using 32-bit is actually more of a big deal than the improvements you'd get
 from the CPU in 64-bit mode.

 See

 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2014-September/010565.html
 for details and numbers.

 This may be less true with LXDE or another more-lightweight desktop
 environment, though.


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Re: Some newbie questions

[Bat Phil]

Under normal circumstances yes of course, but at the moment it's just a
case of playing with a system that will only have dummy data on it so it
doesn't matter if I screw things up.

Phil



On 5 September 2014 21:22, Joe Zeff j...@zeff.us wrote:

 On 09/05/2014 01:08 PM, Bat Phil wrote:

 Best thing then is to set up a 2-drive system, put some non-critical
 data files in the home directories and try it out then. Although
 presumably, if I do manage to balls up the IDs and block the data, then
 it's just a case of logging in as root and sorting out permissions??


 Generally speaking, yes.  Even more important, be sure to back up /home
 before you start this, just to be on the safe side.
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