Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-21 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 9:30 PM Dan Ritter wrote: > > You don't want a bond, you want a bridge. > > Bonding takes two interfaces that talk to the same switch on the > other side, and makes them into one bond nic. You need support > on the switch, too, which is unlikely in a D-Link 8-port unless >

Homebuilt NAS: System Drive Filesystem?

2020-08-21 Thread Patrick Bartek
Hi! All: For my Homebuilt NAS [specs below], I've decided on a very small 32GB SanDisk flash drive for the system drive to keep the 6 available SATA II connectors free for storage drives. But I'm concerned about writes wearing out the flash drive too soon. I don't know if it has wear leveling

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 20:10:50 -0400 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Friday, August 21, 2020 04:11:19 PM Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > I don't disagree, but how likely is it that local10's intended > > recipient will... > > > > 1. Have GnuPG installed on their Windows machine? > > 2. Know how to use

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 22/8/20 3:46 am, local10 wrote: > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux > and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able > decrypt and read them? > > Any ideas? Thanks Lots of

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread rhkramer
On Friday, August 21, 2020 04:11:19 PM Matthew Graybosch wrote: > I don't disagree, but how likely is it that local10's intended > recipient will... > > 1. Have GnuPG installed on their Windows machine? > 2. Know how to use it to decrypt files using local10's public key? Shouldn't this be just

What is the average time NVIDIA drivers driving their newest cards reach Debian?

2020-08-21 Thread Artur Żarek
Hello dear Debian users! I'm a long time lurker of this newsletter, and a Debian user for about four years now (on multiple machines). This is my very first post on this legendary mailing list, so please, be forgiving. :) For a couple of last months I've been planning to upgrade my old GTX 660Ti

[OT] Linux-Fan's bad signatures (Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows)

2020-08-21 Thread Linux-Fan
Teemu Likonen writes: * 2020-08-21 20:24:29+02, Linux-Fan wrote: > GPG should also run on Windows, but is a little harder to use IMHO. GnuPG it is pretty hard everywhere. Your recent signatures are reported as "bad" (at least by Notmuch and Mutt). The signed data (message) doesn't match with

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-21 20:24:29+02, Linux-Fan wrote: > GPG should also run on Windows, but is a little harder to use IMHO. GnuPG it is pretty hard everywhere. Your recent signatures are reported as "bad" (at least by Notmuch and Mutt). The signed data (message) doesn't match with the signature. About

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Hans
Am Freitag, 21. August 2020, 22:24:48 CEST schrieb Hans: Additional info: Just see here https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19943903/build-windows-7z-self-extracting-installer-on-linux-server-how-to-change-exe-ic[1] Good luck! Hans > Am Freitag, 21. August 2020, 19:46:13 CEST schrieb

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Hans
Am Freitag, 21. August 2020, 19:46:13 CEST schrieb local10: Don't know, how stupid the user is. Try to use a selfexttracting form, like blapacked.exe. I suppose, to make a double click on this file, he will most likely be able to manage. Installing software, huh, much too hard for most windows

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:59:15 +0200 wrote: > If you are somewhat serious about security, you better don't use this: > > "ZIP supports a simple password-based symmetric encryption >system generally known as ZipCrypto. It is documented in >the ZIP specification, and known to be seriously

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread tomas
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 02:42:23PM -0400, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:46:13 +0200 (CEST) > local10 wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on > > Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she > > would

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Linux-Fan
john doe writes: On 8/21/2020 9:11 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-08-21 11:24, Linux-Fan wrote: [...] Encrypt on Linux: $ 7z a -ptestwort -mhe=on secret.7z secret.txt Decrypt on Windows: Double-Click or use commandline: % 7z x -o. secret.7z So, the recipient must install 7-Zip on

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 12:10, Teemu Likonen wrote: I forgot to say that the file names are not encrypted in Zip archives. They can be seen without password. To protect against that use Zip twice: the inner layer is unencrypted archive for all the files and outer layer encrypts the inner Zip file.

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 9:11 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 2020-08-21 11:24, Linux-Fan wrote: local10 writes: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a  non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas?

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 11:24, Linux-Fan wrote: local10 writes: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a  non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks Consider 7-Zip from Debian package

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-21 22:00:45+03, Teemu Likonen wrote: > If your security is just about confidentiality (other's can't have the > content) and you don't have really serious hackers targeting you then > probably encrypted Zip archives are good enough. Obviously a good enough > password is needed and

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 10:46, local10 wrote: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks I maintain a working Windows installation for use-cases like

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 13:31:00 -0500 Paul Johnson wrote: > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versions on its website, and > it's not some mystery box like Signal. ++ It also has the advantage that the cryptext will stay encrypted on any intermediate servers. WhatsApp and Signal claim their

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 9:00 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 08:51:44PM +0200, john doe wrote: Okay, it uses the same syntax as for a subshell '$()'. No, one of them is $'' and the other is $(). They have nothing in common. One of them is a form of quoting. It acts just like ''

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-08-21 19:46:13+02, local wrote: > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on > Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would > be able decrypt and read them? If your security is just about confidentiality (other's can't have the content)

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 08:51:44PM +0200, john doe wrote: > Okay, it uses the same syntax as for a subshell '$()'. No, one of them is $'' and the other is $(). They have nothing in common. One of them is a form of quoting. It acts just like '' except that it performs various backslash

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 8:37 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 02:35:35PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: No. Use $'...' instead of '...'. sed '/line1/{N;N;a line-to-add\n}' input-file Crap. Of course I meant to write sed $'/line1/{N;N;a line-to-add\n}' input-file Okay, it uses the

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Matthew Graybosch
On Fri, 21 Aug 2020 19:46:13 +0200 (CEST) local10 wrote: > Hi, > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on > Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she > would be able decrypt and read them? The "zip" command has an "--encrypt" option. As long

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 02:35:35PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > No. Use $'...' instead of '...'. > > sed '/line1/{N;N;a line-to-add\n}' input-file Crap. Of course I meant to write sed $'/line1/{N;N;a line-to-add\n}' input-file

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 08:09:26PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 8/21/2020 7:51 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > If you're doing this from bash, you could use bash's special $'...' > > quoting to pass a newline encoded as \n . > > So something like the following: > > $ sed '/line1/{N;N;a

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Paul Johnson
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 12:46 PM local10 wrote: > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux > and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able > decrypt and read them? > GnuPG. It's in Debian, there's Windows versions on its website, and

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Linux-Fan
local10 writes: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks Consider 7-Zip from Debian package p7zip-full and available for Windows syswtems:

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 7:46 PM, local10 wrote: Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks Veracrypt could be one option. -- John Doe

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 7:51 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 07:49:07PM +0200, john doe wrote: Hello all, I'm trying to use the command provided at (1): $ sed '/pattern{N;N;a try\d10}' input-file sed: -e expression #1, char 0: unmatched `{' Are you missing a second / character after

Re: Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread Darac Marjal
On 21/08/2020 18:46, local10 wrote: > Hi, > > What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux > and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able > decrypt and read them? Signal (signal.org) Signal is an instant messaging application. It uses a

Re: POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Aug 21, 2020 at 07:49:07PM +0200, john doe wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to use the command provided at (1): > > $ sed '/pattern{N;N;a try\d10}' input-file > sed: -e expression #1, char 0: unmatched `{' Are you missing a second / character after the pattern? Why are you

POSIX compliant sed making newline character

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
Hello all, I'm trying to use the command provided at (1): $ sed '/pattern{N;N;a try\d10}' input-file sed: -e expression #1, char 0: unmatched `{' As I understanded, I should make a newline before the right brace. I thought that '\d10' should do it but as shown above it does not. What am I

Encrypt files on Linux, decrypt on Windows

2020-08-21 Thread local10
Hi, What would be a reasonably secure and simple way to encrypt files on Linux and then send them to a non-technical Windows user so she would be able decrypt and read them? Any ideas? Thanks

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-21 Thread deloptes
Dan Ritter wrote: > You don't want a bond, you want a bridge. > > Bonding takes two interfaces that talk to the same switch on the > other side, and makes them into one bond nic. You need support > on the switch, too, which is unlikely in a D-Link 8-port unless > it has a management interface --

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Semih Ozlem wrote: > However I do not know how to install new programs in knoppix > (still there is apt-get install as a command, but debian packages > no longer seem to work, and I do not know which packages work with > knoppix system, [...]

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi Thomas, Thank you for your email and recommendation. It seems that knoppix uses less ram. However I do not know how to install new programs in knoppix (still there is apt-get install as a command, but debian packages no longer seem to work, and I do not know which packages work with knoppix

Re: In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-21 Thread Dan Ritter
Jaikumar Sharma wrote: > Hi folks, > > I'm using Debian 10 (point release 5) and i've set up the bonding for > eth0 and eth1 in 'active-backup' mode, i'm using virtualbox VM for > testing it, if i disconnect cable (virtually from first ethernet - > eth0) ping to bond0 IP stops and if i

In network bonding second nic (eth1) is not pingable while first one (eth0) is always pingable"

2020-08-21 Thread Jaikumar Sharma
Hi folks, I'm using Debian 10 (point release 5) and i've set up the bonding for eth0 and eth1 in 'active-backup' mode, i'm using virtualbox VM for testing it, if i disconnect cable (virtually from first ethernet - eth0) ping to bond0 IP stops and if i disconnect it from eth1 and reconnect on eth0

Re: SSI Apache2 Buster not working

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
On 8/21/2020 3:33 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: john doe wrote: I just installed apache2 on Debian Buster. I'm trying to use SSI in an html page: $ cat try.shtml This file last modified When accessing the page through my web browser, I only get 'This file last modified' without the date

Re: SSI Apache2 Buster not working

2020-08-21 Thread Sven Hartge
john doe wrote: > I just installed apache2 on Debian Buster. > I'm trying to use SSI in an html page: > $ cat try.shtml > > This file last modified > When accessing the page through my web browser, I only get 'This file > last modified' without the date being displayed. > the command

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-21 Thread The Wanderer
On 2020-08-21 at 08:39, Albretch Mueller wrote: > using this silly batch code I got (what I believe to be) all errosr > reported by dmesg: Wow. That's some dense, opaque code. > and they look like: > ~ > [ 38.468249] [ cut here ] > [ 38.468287] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID:

SSI Apache2 Buster not working

2020-08-21 Thread john doe
Hi, I just installed apache2 on Debian Buster. I'm trying to use SSI in an html page: $ cat try.shtml This file last modified When accessing the page through my web browser, I only get 'This file last modified' without the date being displayed. the command 'a2enmod mime' tells me that

Re: right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-21 Thread Albretch Mueller
something I haven't still been able to do is reset the clock of the mac book air 1,1 on which I installed Debian Linux. If I go: 1) type your root password on a RAM based text K -> Computer -> System Settings -> Personalization -> Regional Settings -> Date et Time 2) enter password 3)

right after installation errors reported during booting (dmesg) ...

2020-08-21 Thread Albretch Mueller
using this silly batch code I got (what I believe to be) all errosr reported by dmesg: _OFL_PRFX=dmesg_$(whoami)_$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S); _OFL="${_OFL_PRFX}.log"; time(dmesg > "${_OFL}") 2>> "${_OFL}" ls -l ${_OFL} wc -l ${_OFL} _OFL2="${_OFL_PRFX}_2check.log";

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Semih Ozlem wrote: > I used "dd if=isofilename of=devicename" So the partition table afterwards is the one which came with the ISO. MBR based, but accompanied by an invalid GPT. Further, this implies that your Live system is only running on RAM and not using a writable system disk.

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Semih Ozlem
Also if one creates a partition on some device, say /dev/sda becomes /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 after partitioning (which can be done with gnome disk utility, or gparted, or from the command line, and I forget the exact commands now probably "parted mkpart") then "dd if=isofilename.iso

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Semih Ozlem
I used "dd if=isofilename of=devicename" and when using this command I use a blank usb or one with a partition, and device name gets filled with the partition that will be overwritten if anything was previously on it. Thomas Schmitt , 21 Ağu 2020 Cum, 14:14 tarihinde şunu yazdı: > Hi, > > Semih

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi Thomas, (You need to reply to the list, not to my mail address directly.) > the computer has 4gb RAM This should suffice for a RAM based session. But if you add large software packages, then 4 GB for everything will at some point not be enough. >

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-21 02:35, Semih Ozlem wrote: Hi, When I try installing some programs while running debian live from a usb, I get a message saying that there is no space left on device. I presume this means that the space allocated on the usb for debian is not enough to install the program in

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi Brian, It helps partially, but I think (I have not yet tried it in a particular case) the problem is not in var/cache/apt/archives ... Even if the necessary packages are stored someplace else, if the system you are running is low on space, then the system won't be able to complete the

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Semih Ozlem wrote: > When I try installing some programs while running debian live from a usb, I > get a message saying that there is no space left on device. > I presume this means that the space allocated on the usb for debian is not > enough to install the program in question. More people

Re: question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Brian
On Fri 21 Aug 2020 at 12:35:02 +0300, Semih Ozlem wrote: > Hi, > > When I try installing some programs while running debian live from a usb, I > get a message saying that there is no space left on device. > I presume this means that the space allocated on the usb for debian is not > enough to

Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...?

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-20 14:58, Andy Smith wrote: ... dm-integrity can now be used with LUKS (with or without encryption) to add checksums that force a read error when they don't match. When there is redundancy (e.g. LVM or MD) a read can then come from a good copy and the bad copy will be repaired. So,

question regarding no space left on device message

2020-08-21 Thread Semih Ozlem
Hi, When I try installing some programs while running debian live from a usb, I get a message saying that there is no space left on device. I presume this means that the space allocated on the usb for debian is not enough to install the program in question. I am wondering if there is a way to

Re: Disks renamed after update to 'testing'...?

2020-08-21 Thread tomas
On Thu, Aug 20, 2020 at 01:34:58PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-08-20 08:32, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > >On Thursday, August 20, 2020 03:43:55 AM to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >>Contraty to the other (very valid) points, my backups are always on > >>a LUKS drive, no partition table.

LUKS and bit rot

2020-08-21 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-08-20 14:30, Dan Ritter wrote: > David Christensen wrote: >> On 2020-08-20 08:32, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: >> I have been pondering bit-rot mitigation on non-checksumming filesystems. >> >> >> Some people have mentioned md RAID. tomas has mentioned LUKS. I believe >> both of them

Re: force apt (apt-get) to use ipv4

2020-08-21 Thread basti
Am 21.08.20 um 06:52 schrieb Georgi Naplatanov: > On 8/20/20 4:53 PM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I know I have a problem with ipv6 on one machine where ipv6 is enabled but >> cannot reach outside the local network and ipv4 has a proper working network >> connection to the outside