On line meet up Thursday 17:30

2020-07-22 Thread Keith Bainbridge
. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

On line meet up Thursday 17:30

2020-07-21 Thread Keith bainbridge
board computers. Most use Pi's. We have been meeting on line since April at https://meet.jit.si/SBCCandSBCGeelongForums generally for about 2 hours. Very informal. To get the timing right as close as possible, it is 17:40 as I send this note. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com

Re: XFCE4 - How to increase font size on applications?

2020-07-19 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 20/7/20 6:40 am, Liam O'Toole wrote: On Sun, 19 Jul, 2020 at 17:31:12 +1000, Keith bainbridge wrote: On 16/7/20 9:15 am, hobie of RMN wrote: Perhaps adjust your display setting to smaller numbers? Or is everything else readable? Some is, some isn't.:) Firefox, Thunderbird, Leafpad

Re: XFCE4 - How to increase font size on applications?

2020-07-19 Thread Keith bainbridge
well. Both are gnome forks, but use fewer resources, and allow more freedom of choice about how they appear on screen. Could be worth a try? -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: XFCE4 - How to increase font size on applications?

2020-07-15 Thread Keith bainbridge
? Perhaps adjust your display setting to smaller numbers? Or is everything else readable? -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Putting a Debian Repository in a Mint 20 System for Chromium

2020-07-09 Thread Keith bainbridge
via menu nor from CLI. You might do better from a full install -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

2020-07-07 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 7/7/20 1:26 pm, Keith bainbridge wrote: On 7/7/20 8:20 am, Dan Ritter wrote: Gary Dale wrote: This is a wish-list feature but I'm running Debian/Bullseye and the only version of Firefox is the ESR one. It's stable but it has display bugs that I'd like to if they are fixed in a newer

Re: Firefox non-ESR update needed

2020-07-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
e Mozilla site. I use a separate partition for the apps I use mostly - I multi boot and /home is mounted noexec. If that sounds like to advanced there is the beta option as well. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: sources.list for security

2020-07-05 Thread Keith bainbridge
/ experimental main contrib non-free Sorry - I just remembered I could have saved the original file. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Remove undesired entries in MATE "Applications" sub-menus

2020-07-05 Thread Keith bainbridge
rks better - subjective comment, of course. Right clicking its menu allows editing. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Very old hardware...

2020-07-05 Thread Keith bainbridge
On 5/7/20 1:50 am, Davide Lombardo wrote: Maybe I can just setup this PC as a Tor's Relay Again, the Pi would likely be better -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Very old hardware...

2020-07-05 Thread Keith bainbridge
020-07-03 12:30, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > The ratio of power consumption to > computing power is like with an old 100 W light bulb. +1 I hadn't thought of that bit, but guess it's true. Then there is the matter of replacing broken bits -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Very old hardware...

2020-07-05 Thread Keith bainbridge
t it. I saw that you have a DVD, so try a couple of live .iso and see how they go. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-15 Thread Keith bainbridge
ific. Having said that, I can't check in another environment, other than debian, mint - oh I could download and run an ISO in vbox. Am I that desperate to prove the point - not yet. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Zoom- best practice?

2020-06-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
of preference: 1. Use a separate Debian alongside my daily driver, and use Only for the Zoom meetings I would install a Debian VM for Zoom and alike software. -- John Doe I did too - until somebody suggested firejail. I always got prompts to install add-ons in chromium. -- Keith Bainbridge

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
gular user again. Easy. Have you tried nemo (cinnamon's file mgr) in KDE? It'll likely bring in a bit of gtk stuff, but that shouldn't hurt anything. -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: KDE run Dolphin as root?

2020-06-06 Thread Keith bainbridge
. And yes - not good idea to log into any GUI. My experience is I can't - I guess by design -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: make apt show packages in column

2020-05-17 Thread Keith bainbridge
[upgradable from: 2:8.2.0439-1] virtualbox-6.1/unknown 6.1.8-137981~Debian~buster amd64 [upgradable from: 6.1.6-137129~Debian~buster] xxd/testing 2:8.2.0716-3 amd64 [upgradable from: 2:8.2.0439-1] -- Keith Bainbridge keithr...@gmail.com 0447 667468

Re: Kali Linux installation failure on VirtualBox

2020-05-09 Thread Keith Bainbridge
ully aware of what's the issue so you can help. Thanks in advance, HB. Good afternoon Harry I sometimes have to go into the settings for the virtual device and untick the other boot options - CD and floppy from memory. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is there a Debian oriented Rasberry Pi list

2020-05-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
een so far. And no, I haven't made one. Maybe when this laptop gives up, and I am more patient. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Reporting bugs in Stable

2020-04-19 Thread Keith Bainbridge
rom memory, packages stay in SID until about 2 weeks of no major issues?). -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Seeing command history when using MATE terminal

2020-04-18 Thread Keith Bainbridge
story from several terminals, there are ways to do it, for example, set a different $HISTFILE for each terminal. Or this in .bashrc? # append to the history file, don't overwrite it shopt -s histappend PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND" -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-12 Thread Keith Bainbridge
history with fora that are available in browser is that I forget to go look at what is happening; even when I ask a question. At least with email, I get a prompt to look at un-read mail. If the interface is as good as google mail in browser, I won't last long; maybe 2 minutes. -- Keith

Re: Debian is testing Discourse

2020-04-12 Thread Keith Christian
Is there a general "war on mailing lists" going on? On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 7:30 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 12 apr 20, 12:03:12, Reco wrote: > > > > The million euro question here is how actually good (or bad) is that > > "e-mail interaction with Discourse" is. > > Having a highly

Re: Help on package selection

2020-04-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
you to know how to search the web for this info - try linux alternatives to onenote vmware -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

2020-04-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
(because there's no terminal). Kind regards, Andrei alt-f2 used pop-up a box to enter the password, if needed -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

2020-04-07 Thread Keith Bainbridge
). Better still, list commands that you are happy to run as sudo withOUT passwd individually at the end of sudoers. eg keith ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/ Would I include a file manager? U,no -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Any way to open Thunar as root beside this?

2020-04-07 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 8/4/20 5:31 am, Alexis Grigoriou wrote: You could press Alt-F2 and enter sudo thunar Or is that gksu thunar But I recall a similar question a few weeks back. Perhaps xfce doesn't support gksu any longer. I recall that it did back when I used it. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3

Re: kvm CM how to attach existing hdd partition

2020-04-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
TIA! Dennis Dennis What VM manager are you using? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: python3 modules -- apt vs pip?

2020-04-04 Thread Keith Christian
TOUCHÉ: Also should be careful with names of python packages since mistyping can lead to installation of malicious software and with sudo it makes it even more fun - google for "python malicious packages"

Re: Small Open Source Digital Classroom

2020-04-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
, but there was no obvious delay). It followed into current ubuntu (19.10) as well - quickly. Somebody here knows the process, right? If not I could go back and check it out. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: now gmail rant

2020-03-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
our Manager brought his TV into the office for us to sneak in occasionally. My better half was a teacher then - the kids watched most of as their study for that day. PLEASE, I just like having a bit of fun sometimes. At 72, I reckon I've earnt that much? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

now gmail rant

2020-03-05 Thread Keith Bainbridge
that into context, my current time is Fri06Mar2020@14:23:53 Many of you will read it on Thursday evening? My solution has been to bcc my self and an archive address. I am slowly working towards a better email server, but it takes time. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447

Re: Offline install from CD - not allowed to install SSH server

2020-03-04 Thread Keith Bainbridge
' is the opposite of what you need. I get that you'd like to complete the install without connecting if you have a flaky internet, but if you're not connected, I don't see how the install will set up you debian mirror. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 4/3/20 10:08 am, Gary L. Roach wrote: Thanks for the information. Caja can be started as root. This solves my problem but it would still be nice if someone could fix the Dolphin problem. Perhaps you need to take that to KDE team? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Dolphin as root

2020-03-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
r mc I know you wanted to fix dolphin, but.. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: gmail occasionally bouncing list email

2020-03-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
suggestions ( apart from not using gmail ) ? mick +1 Interestingly, I am subscribed under at least 2 gmail addresses (don't ask why) but only one of them gets bounces. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@zoho.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Bringing CPAN,Gems, PIP, PyPi, etc. under APT package management

2020-02-29 Thread Keith Christian
Are there any methods to create Debian packages for these (and similar) package tools (and the files they install) so that Debian's native packaging system has "inventory control" everything? I realize that software has been installed outside of APT's purview since the beginnings of Debian, but I

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

2020-02-26 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 27/2/20 8:54 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Thanks for the positive responses. I am interested now because I am about to buy a new drive. I guess the answer to these will be obvious when I choose LVM at the disk selection stage, but do I need to keep system partitions separate? as I install

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

2020-02-26 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 27/2/20 3:46 am, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:15:44 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Is LVM viable? I can see the benefit of re-sizing on the fly. I use multi-boot. I can see the possibility of /dev/sda1 and LVM using the rest. But is it viable, please? Yes, it is viable

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

2020-02-26 Thread Keith Bainbridge
. Is LVM viable? I can see the benefit of re-sizing on the fly. I use multi-boot. I can see the possibility of /dev/sda1 and LVM using the rest. But is it viable, please? Keith BAINBRIDGE keithr...@gmail.com +61447 667 468 Sent from my Apad On Wed., 26 Feb. 2020, 16:42 Keith Bainbridge, wrote

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

2020-02-25 Thread Keith Bainbridge
. Usually adds about a minute to the upgrade. I am about to look into LVM snapshots NOW, though. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: debian format usb drive that a Mac likes

2020-02-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
It ran linux for another 5 years. Clearly they believe that thier own OS it too big. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: cron error - date command

2020-02-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
, though. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: dislocker package broken, fix in 'sid'. How long 'til in backports?

2020-02-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
nteresting. To answer you question directly, not long.I used a vbox to test upgrading from bullseye to sid, a couple of weeks ago, to see how much difference there is. About 20 packages. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: guys

2020-02-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
them more? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

sudo security flaw

2020-02-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
fixed in version 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u2. For the stable distribution (buster), exploitation of the bug is prevented due to a change in EOF handling introduced in 1.8.26. I'm on 1.8.29. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: cron error - date command

2020-02-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 1/2/20 10:10 pm, Teemu Likonen wrote: If you don't want this % effect you need to escape those characters with backslash: echo `date +\%Y\%b\%d` Thankyou Worked just as I wanted. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

cron error - date command

2020-02-01 Thread Keith Bainbridge
Good evening All I have a niggling problem.Any suggestions, please? If I run echo `date +%d%b%Y` >> /home/keith/.bash_history in a xterm (Mate I think always), I get the expected result: a line in .bash_history reads 2020Feb01 followed by echo `date +%Y%b%d` >> /home/keith/.

Re: Sudo

2020-01-30 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 31/1/20 5:21 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 18:29:06 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: On 29/1/20 6:02 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only requires a user's password which in my experience are less secure since

Re: Whither "bullseye?

2020-01-30 Thread Keith Bainbridge
/ -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: Sudo

2020-01-30 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 29/1/20 9:17 am, Kenneth Parker wrote: So one of my "early actions", is to enter "sudo passwd root" and enter your "normal user password". You should have then been asked to enter and re-enter a new password - for root? -- Keith Bainbridge keith.

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread Keith Bainbridge
t password. Sorry, I think I top posted a little earlier. -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread Keith Bainbridge
- showing about 5G used? I'm working on instinct, so feel free to ignore me. Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 30/1/20 5:51 am, David Christensen wrote: Using a Dell PowerEdge T30 with CMOS Setup configured for UEFI and Secure Boot, I booted d-i and installed onto

Re: Sudo

2020-01-27 Thread Keith Bainbridge
sudo manually, you will normally need to add yourself to the group. Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 26/1/20 6:44 am, Charles Curley wrote: charles@hawk:~$ which sudo /usr/bin/sudo

Re: Sudo

2020-01-27 Thread Keith Bainbridge
VBox version, I ended up with my phone# as my log in. By the bye, Mac OSx used to do the same. At least Android doesn't; and trying to get Admin is terrifying me. Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 28/1/20 8:11 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: And, unfortuantely

Re: Kernel Panic

2020-01-26 Thread Keith Bainbridge
try sudo apt-get update Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468 On 27/1/20 5:24 pm, William Torrez Corea wrote: sudo apt get update

Re: Searching for a package containing ch-releases.en.html and similar history about Debian

2019-12-27 Thread Keith Christian
On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 2:58 PM Sven Joachim wrote: > On 2019-12-27 12:20 -0700, Keith Christian wrote: > > > It seems at one point there was a debian documentation package that > > contained either text or HTML versions of the project's history as > > seen on th

Searching for a package containing ch-releases.en.html and similar history about Debian

2019-12-27 Thread Keith Christian
It seems at one point there was a debian documentation package that contained either text or HTML versions of the project's history as seen on this page: https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/project-history/ch-releases.en.html Unable to find anything on packages.debian.org containing

Re: Home made backup system

2019-12-19 Thread Keith Bainbridge
remount,exec /mnt/g502/ && cd /mnt/g502 && ./daily.sh extract from daily.sh: DAY=`date +%Y%b%d` NOW=`date +%Y%b%d%H` HOUR=`date +%H` YEAR=`date +%Y` cd /mnt/g502 cp /home/keith/rsyncExclusionList.txt ./ date >> ./copydailyStarted echo "g502" &

Re: Macbook Post-Installation Issue

2019-12-16 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 17/12/19 5:46 am, Kent West wrote: Unless things have changed recently (and I don't believe they have), you could also run "sudo tasksel" and pick the Desktop Environment[s] you prefer. Just worked for me, when I tried it just for fun -- Keith Bainbridge keith.ba

Buster 10.2, new mediawiki install unable to connect to database

2019-12-16 Thread Keith Christian
Fresh format-disk-and-install Buster 64-bit. This is my third attempt, with the mediawiki installer having problems logging in to MariaDB every time. I've installed mediawiki (Jessie?) with zero problems. NOTE-MariaDB was installed with a simple "sudo apt -y install mediawiki" as described

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-09 Thread Keith Bainbridge
teProv": "Victoria", "city": "Melbourne" Only problem is there is no such continent. How can I believe in its accuracy? Thanks again. I'll mail the results of using the other SMTPs -- Keith Bainbridge keith.bainbridge.3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 7/12/19 10:55 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Have had a couple of questions that have gotten me thinking deeply, primarily about whose/what safety I am really trying to protect. My best answer is personal, physical safety of my family. Good afternoon all I have pondered over all you pros

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
to the support teams for assistance. You can also notify the website’s administrator about the problem. Should I be worried??? Or am I also cynical? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 3/12/19 8:42 pm, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Just wondering if this is ALL good advice? Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying politicians. I'm still here. Have had a couple of questions that have gotten me thinking deeply, primarily about whose/what

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
, with personal thanks for other responses. My typing speed is slower than I like to believe. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
ess of encryption. The people I will be a addressing will mainly fall under the group that wont bother trying. Other responses follow -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
; General > Config Editor set use_status_for_biff to false set mail.server.default.autosync_offline_stores to true Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com 0447 667 468

Re: KDE desktop not accessible after installation

2019-11-02 Thread Keith Bainbridge
that disappeared?), and I have no .xsession* file.?? Anyone know what I am missing to get this to work? I am running an up-to-date testing system... Thanks, Kenward G'day Kenward Is there a plasma option? -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Firefox Seems to Have a Mind of It's Own

2019-10-25 Thread Keith Bainbridge
verses it's) hits people hard, learning English from the Latin-Based Countries. +1 -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: unattended-upgrades does not install upgrades on shutdown

2019-10-15 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 15/10/19 11:31 am, Keith Bainbridge wrote: How to prevent a repeat is the real question. My only suggestion is extend the time-out, but how long.  Maybe run manual upgrades on one machine every day, before shutting down the others?? There was a response suggesting getting cron to run

Re: unattended-upgrades does not install upgrades on shutdown

2019-10-14 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 14/10/19 7:42 pm, Yvan Masson wrote: You were right Keith: after applying some updates manually, remaining updates are properly installed with unattended-upgrade… Now I need to understand what was blocking. It was intuition rather than any knowledge I had - beyond the fact

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-14 Thread Keith Bainbridge
into /root. Same result. If I su, get # prompt and 'alias' works. Typing alias gets list as expected. exit. Try su -c and same results. exit. su -c "alias" - not found. So where do I put .bashrc for a su - "alias" to work, please. Should I have started a new topic?

Re: unattended-upgrades does not install upgrades on shutdown

2019-10-13 Thread Keith Bainbridge
as worked at the very beginning)? Best regards, Yvan Perhaps there was a larger than normal upgrade to exceeded to 10mins delay, and it's all stalled Suggest a manual upgrade to see what results you get. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 9/10/19 1:42 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: Yes that sounds correct: if the mount didn't happen, the script isn't there, so it won't run. I meant to say that I'd get cron to mount the disk, then run the script and unmount it. Thanks again Jonathan. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
, it was also reported that the University is part of the Defence Force training system. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 8/10/19 12:45 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Mon, Oct 07, 2019 at 10:49:01AM +1100, Keith Bainbridge wrote: Well I think the bash line means that the bash command uses ~/whatever as data (which it could do without the x switch?) like any program does with data files. I wasn't aware

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 5/10/19 1:22 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 07:03:59PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: I wonder if having /home on a 'noexec' partition would stop this attack, please? I don't know specifically about this attack, but noexec is trivial to circumvent. Here's three ways

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-05 Thread Keith Bainbridge
I'm still lurking here, but not sure what this suggestion means. Please expand. On 5/10/19 1:22 am, Jonathan Dowland wrote: On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 07:03:59PM +1000, Keith Bainbridge wrote: I wonder if having /home on a 'noexec' partition would stop this attack, please? I don't know

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
Yes Brian - precisely. Thanks. And Joe has repeated you, with a few suggestions to 'improve' the situation. Now to convince people to switch. I believe it is easier than adjusting to recent updates elsewhere, but... Worth trying though. Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
So it's not just 4 major regional hospitals here. Could it be the attacks are connected. By the bye, I a current-time documentary earlier this year, in a local public hospital with what looked very like WinXP on the monitor behind the doctor being interviewed. Keith Bainbridge

Re: Email based attack on University

2019-10-02 Thread Keith Bainbridge
source of the attack, the suggestion now is that the attack was aimed at Defence Force people. Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468 Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Email based attack on University

2019-10-02 Thread Keith Bainbridge
-information-got-out/11550578 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-10-02/the-sophisticated-anu-hack-that-compromised-private-details/11566540 -- Keith Bainbridge keithrbaugro...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: KDE program 'klipper' is missing from Jessie to Stretch

2019-08-15 Thread Keith Christian
On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 11:39 AM Bob Weber wrote: > On 8/15/19 9:49 AM, Keith Christian wrote: > > Bob, > > Thank you. > > I assume the clipboard application that installs by default on stretch can > be removed and replaced with the (far superior, IMHO) klipper ap

Re: KDE program 'klipper' is missing from Jessie to Stretch

2019-08-15 Thread Keith Christian
Bob, Thank you. I assume the clipboard application that installs by default on stretch can be removed and replaced with the (far superior, IMHO) klipper app? Or can (or should?) the two clipboard applications coexist? Keith On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 4:48 PM Bob Weber wrote: > On 8/14/1

KDE program 'klipper' is missing from Jessie to Stretch

2019-08-14 Thread Keith Christian
klipper was a feature-rich clipboard manager but I can't find it in Stretch. This is all I see: $ apt-cache search klipper cairo-dock-clipper-plug-in - Clipper plug-in for Cairo-dock cairo-dock-clipper-plug-in claims to be a clone of klipper but the features seem to be hidden. Anyone know if

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-13 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/13/2019 5:29 PM, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/13/2019 1:16 PM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 18:40, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/13/2019 11:35 AM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 16:31, Joe wrote: On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:28:04 +0200 wrote: On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:23

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-13 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/13/2019 1:16 PM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 18:40, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/13/2019 11:35 AM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 16:31, Joe wrote: On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:28:04 +0200 wrote: On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:23:35AM -0500, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/12/2019 4

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-13 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/13/2019 1:16 PM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 18:40, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/13/2019 11:35 AM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 16:31, Joe wrote: On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:28:04 +0200 wrote: On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:23:35AM -0500, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/12/2019 4

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-13 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/13/2019 11:35 AM, Michael Howard wrote: On 13/08/2019 16:31, Joe wrote: On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 15:28:04 +0200 wrote: On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 08:23:35AM -0500, Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/12/2019 4:00 PM, elvis wrote: On 12/8/19 11:23 pm, Keith Steensma wrote: The same thing happens

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-13 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/12/2019 4:00 PM, elvis wrote: On 12/8/19 11:23 pm, Keith Steensma wrote: The same thing happens if I fill in 'root' as the login even though a 'root' login is not permitted in the default 'sshd_config' configuration.  Even when I change the configuration to allow for 'root' login

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-12 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/12/2019 9:34 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: Keith Steensma wrote: On 8/12/2019 9:23 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 08:23:17AM -0500, Keith Steensma wrote: I've installed both Version 9.9 (OldStable) and 'Buster' (Stable) and found that both version seem to have the same

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-12 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/12/2019 9:18 AM, john doe wrote: On 8/12/2019 3:23 PM, Keith Steensma wrote: I've installed both Version 9.9 (OldStable) and 'Buster' (Stable) and found that both version seem to have the same problem.  It's like I'm doing something wrong.  But these are fresh installs - no modification

Re: Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-12 Thread Keith Steensma
On 8/12/2019 9:23 AM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 08:23:17AM -0500, Keith Steensma wrote: I've installed both Version 9.9 (OldStable) and 'Buster' (Stable) and found that both version seem to have the same problem.  It's like I'm doing something wrong

Secure Shell refuses to accept connections from anyone

2019-08-12 Thread Keith Steensma
login, 'root' can never login. Has anyone run into this behavior before or know about a fix for this problem.  I have formatted, installed, reinstalled and Googled so many times that I many be going crazy. Keith

Re: August 10, 2019

2019-08-10 Thread Keith Bainbridge
at https://cdimage.debian.org/images/unofficial/non-free/images-including-firmware/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: August 10, 2019

2019-08-10 Thread Keith Bainbridge
be there on re-boot), add printer/s etc. When you're happy just run the install program. You'll get the option to leave the present system in place if you prefer. -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: virt-manager (was Re: Virtual Box)

2019-08-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 7/8/19 12:44 am, The Wanderer wrote: it reports that "libvirtd is installed but not running". running sudo libvirtd got me past that problem -- Keith Bainbridge ke1th3...@gmail.com +61 (0)447 667 468

Re: Virtual Box

2019-08-06 Thread Keith Bainbridge
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