GITweb

2009-08-08 Thread Suno Ano
Hi folks, I put together some info about installing GITweb http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/scm.html#gitweb maybe someone finds it useful :-] pgpm50QKmDdLg.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Securing/encrypting a remote server

2009-08-06 Thread Suno Ano
[skipping a lot of lines ...] Justin> Does anybody else have any ideas? Do I need a /var/tmp as well Justin> or could I bind mount tmp to both? The usual problem with full-disk encryption like for example dm-cypt/luks[0] is that you need to unlock the container at boot. With remote access that

Re: Help with postgresql upgrade

2009-08-03 Thread Suno Ano
- first you install the newest version of pg - then drop it is cluster, not the .deb - upgrade the old cluster i.e. databases to the newest version of your pg installation see /usr/share/doc/postgresql-8.4/README.Debian.gz pgp4x9FWFxT0o.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: How to partition and format external disk to ext3

2009-08-02 Thread Suno Ano
hce> Hi, I bought an external disk (1 BT) and I am only connecting it hce> to a Debian box, not window. Is it a good idea to re-fomat it by hce> ext3? Has anyone done it? What is the procedure and commands to do hce> it? Anything I should be aware of not demage it? If you bought a new HDD, it

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Suno Ano
Thierry> Oupss sorry, did not see that your link was the same as mine. Thierry> Then is it possible that you machine can't boot from usb Thierry> device? Thierry Well, if he alters the boot order from the BIOS so the machine boots From USB before the disk, everything should work fine; below is

Re: Fwd: Inquiry: How to set the crontab job permanently

2009-07-26 Thread Suno Ano
- turn of HTML http://expita.com/nomime.html - do not copy to /tmp as it gets cleaned out by default [0] - just put your script into ../cron.daily and make it executable i.e. chmod 755 then it will run at midnight (default) [0] http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.

Re: Inquiry: How to set the crontab job permanently

2009-07-25 Thread Suno Ano
Hadi> We have set a new scheduled task through crontab job list , as Hadi> the followings : Hadi> #crontab -e Hadi> 30 23 * * * cp ~www/db_backup/cdr/cdrFromMSC* /tmp Hadi> It is functioning correctly but we will loose it after server Hadi> reboot . Can you please let us know how we can set

Hosting GIT repositories

2009-07-24 Thread Suno Ano
Ladies, Gents, catsndogs, I wrote an article how to setup a GIT hosting platform in order to host and manage GIT repositories securely and with per-repository user management. In short: - gitosis is used (available as official .deb) - write access respectively user management is done via SSH k

Re: linux articles / howto's

2009-07-22 Thread Suno Ano
[skipping a lot of lines ...] Lubos> It seems that I have to take another approach so I'm wondering Lubos> if there is someone who would be interested in Lubos> presenting/submitting helpful linux articles/howtos on Lubos> linuxconfig.org website. There is also possibility on Lubos> collabora

Re: How do you read mail with gnus?

2009-07-18 Thread Suno Ano
lee> Yeah, you got an endless ~./emacs with a lot things in it. But lee> that doesn't say how to get gnus to work, either. You have to start with Gnus-select-method and nnmaildir (imap) and nntp (news). See examples in my .emacs and/or manual. lee> It seems to be fine with the ~/.gnus I create

Re: How do you read mail with gnus?

2009-07-18 Thread Suno Ano
Lee> Hi, How do you read mail, stored in local maildirs, with gnus? I Lee> don't see any mail displayed; M-x gnus-no-server shows an empty Lee> buffer, though I specified nnmail to access the maildir where the Lee> mail is. Lee> There are 5 options you can change, listed in the Lee> doc

iRedMail - an enterprise-class Mailsystem for Debian

2009-07-16 Thread Suno Ano
Hi Folks, I just wanted to tell you about iredmail, a fully fledged email system. iredmail itself is a set of shell scripts used to install and configure standard components available as .deb like for example postfix, dovecot, clamav, etc. I have tested the whole thing on Lenny -- non-virtualized

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-07-08 Thread Suno Ano
The CSS has always just been a low priority plus, I am by no means a "webdesigner" ;-] I am utterly open to suggestions regarding CSS. How would some CSS guru alter http://sunoano.name/misc/css/default.css in order to make it better? The HTML itself, I cannot really change as it comes out of Emac

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-07-08 Thread Suno Ano
Scott> Being able to use something like etckeeper with svn (maybe via Scott> svk) would be very useful to me, has anybody tried this? I never tried myself i.e. I only use git as backend. Looks like only those ,[ grep -A3 VCS /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf ] | # The VCS to use. | # VCS="hg" |

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-07-08 Thread Suno Ano
Andrei> It does simplify searches within a page, but it might take too Andrei> long to load over a slow connection. Actually I think all content on one page simplifies searching a lot more; we can use Ctrl+f with firefox/iceweasel for example. pgpyzJZB50rgm.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Resizing partitions on production environment

2009-07-07 Thread Suno Ano
If the filesystem allows for it, you can do it online. There, in line 389, is an example of howto grow xfs: http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/lvm.html#resizing_volumes pgpul0F7Q9xfp.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

2009-07-07 Thread Suno Ano
Jochen> Do I get it right that you are doing it basically the same way Jochen> but just use 'aptitude install' instead of 'apt-get Jochen> dselect-upgrade'? yes Jochen> If yes, this puzzles me even further since I did the same as Jochen> you but when I run 'aptitude install' aptitude still w

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-07-07 Thread Suno Ano
Hi folks, Chris> Actually I took a peek with Seamonkey as well and apart from Chris> white rabbits that I could live without - and other prettifying Chris> that I definitely will live without :-) everything renders OK. http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/faq.html#your_site_css_sucks_mate!_i_ha

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

2009-07-07 Thread Suno Ano
wrong URL before, here we go http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.html#get_and_or_set_list_of_installed_packages pgpxehYW1nhIb.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: dpkg --set-selections and aptitude

2009-07-07 Thread Suno Ano
Jochen> - How should I proceed concerning the auto/manual status of all Jochen> those packages? below you can see how I replicate a system; since two or so years now, I simply "inject" the package list on the new system and then "aptitude install" does the trick i.e. there is no crazy circular

Re: How to creat private PGP key ?

2009-07-05 Thread Suno Ano
dehqan> In The Name Of God I'll be thankfull if you guide ; How to dehqan> creat private PGP key in debian 5 ? With which software ? I wrote a guide that will show you how http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_security.html#gpg pgpUkXTXTG16g.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: debian testing installer & encrypted LVM question

2009-07-03 Thread Suno Ano
Giorgos> Hello to everybody! My laptop has a partition with Vista and Giorgos> the rest of the disk is free space. I boot the debian Giorgos> installer cd and the question is: can I somehow select the Giorgos> 'lvm + encrypt' scheme while preserving the vista partition? Giorgos> This 'use ent

Re: Flash on Debian ... I'm at my wit's end

2009-06-28 Thread Suno Ano
Flash is always a bit tricky ... once it works, then it stops working for no obvious reason, then it may work again of course, for no obvious reason etc. :-) I got used to switch back and forth (using update-alternatives for example) between the manual install and flashplugin-nonfree http://

Re: Create a service

2009-06-26 Thread Suno Ano
Jesus> Hello, I created an aplication with Mono to test a hardware, but Jesus> I need to create a service to run this aplication, the problem Jesus> is that I need that if this service go down it has to go up Jesus> itself. Someone knows how can I make it or where can i get some Jesus> help?

Re: installing from usb

2009-06-25 Thread Suno Ano
abdelkader> Hi, I followed the doc, to install lenny from usb. I put abdelkader> the full CD1 iso in the usb Maybe using a network install when using an USB stick to install Debian would do a better job for you?! http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.html#install_debian

Re: iredmail + PostgreSQL

2009-06-24 Thread Suno Ano
Just wanted to communicate that my question had been answered http://www.iredmail.org/forum/post459.html. Starting with a .5 release, iredmail will support both database backends i.e. MySQL and PostgreSQL. pgphHX6tK1mfW.pgp Description: PGP signature

iredmail + PostgreSQL

2009-06-24 Thread Suno Ano
Hi folks, anybody using iredmail with PostgreSQL as it is storage backend. If so, mind sharing your changes to the setup scripts? - http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/ - http://www.iredmail.org/forum/ - http://www.howtoforge.com/iredmail-mail-server-with-ldap-postfix-roundcube-squirrelmail-dov

Re: Apache in testing - ServerTokens Prod

2009-06-22 Thread Suno Ano
Ansgar> These settings are set in /etc/apache2/conf.d/security. Changing it Ansgar> there works here. (If you set them in apache2.conf, I suppose you Ansgar> would have to set them after the include directive for conf.d.) Right ... that stuff lives in /etc/apache2/conf.d/security since Lenny n

Apache in testing - ServerTokens Prod

2009-06-22 Thread Suno Ano
On some host (debian testing), I am running Apache and tried to add ServerSignature Off ServerTokens Prod to /etc/apache2/apache2.conf in order to silence Apache a bit. http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/07/22/improve-apache-web-server-security-use-servertokens-and-serversignature-to-disable-hea

Re: Backup config files in home directory

2009-06-21 Thread Suno Ano
Matthew> Unison is the "more complicated than necessary" option here. Matthew> If all that is needed is backup, unison is not the best Matthew> choice. true, but then having a backup without a clearly defined restore scenario does not make a lot of sense. Once Unison is up and running that par

Re: Backup config files in home directory

2009-06-20 Thread Suno Ano
Tzafrir> If you want to follow that route, you can use rsync as well. Tzafrir> Or even go a bit further and use hard-links (-H) to make Tzafrir> yourself a "wayback machine". Unison basically is a bidirectional rsync (the rsync algorithm is used), so why make things more complicated than neces

Re: Backup config files in home directory

2009-06-20 Thread Suno Ano
ronggui> Hi all, I have other files and directories in the home ronggui> directory, and I just want to backup all the config files, ronggui> most of them are hidden files and directories. Now I use tar ronggui> and manually exclude my other files and directories with ronggui> --exclude argume

Re: puzzled about cron and anacron

2009-06-17 Thread Suno Ano
[skipping a lot of lines ...] Paul> I leave my computer on overnight just so I can have this job Paul> done, but there are indications in the log that seem, to my Paul> untrained eye, to be anacron restarting cron jobs every morning Paul> --- why? And how does it arrive at 7:35? The README.De

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-06-17 Thread Suno Ano
Peter> Metadata = data stored in .svn/ ? yes, problem is, Subversion does not have one directory i.e. one .svn/ at the root of the project where is stores metadata but it scatters them all over the place which is very annoying. Git only has one .git/ at the project root at that is it http://sun

Re: "iwlist wlan0 scan" problem with iwl4965

2009-06-16 Thread Suno Ano
Frank> you need to unload and reload the module (rmmod iwl4965; Frank> modprobe iwl4965), in order to use the new firmware. (But that Frank> should not be needed, if you use Debian stable [Lenny]). This gets even easier if ones hardware is supported by the stuff that ships with one of the avai

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-06-16 Thread Suno Ano
Peter> You can use svk instead of svn I do not see how this solves the metadata issue if you use a version control system directly without the smartness etckeeper brings to the table e.g. by using its .gitignore settings. svk is an attempt to inject the notion of being a decentralized scm into

Re: IRC - A beginners tutorial can be fun too :-)

2009-06-15 Thread Suno Ano
Dotan> Nice. Any chance of doing a Quassel version for KDE user? Hehe ... Well, I am a GNOME boy so as far as I am concerned no. I also lack the time. However, feel free to steal from me, link to me, whatever you see fit :) pgpPxR00oO8WV.pgp Description: PGP signature

IRC - A beginners tutorial can be fun too :-)

2009-06-15 Thread Suno Ano
Hi folks, in the past it happened more and more often that I had been asked by people if I could show/help them with joining an IRC network. Those folks are, or shall I say, have been mostly ordinary Windows users (think of retired Uncle Bob). After I educated person #8 on the fine arts of IRC, I

Re: etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-06-14 Thread Suno Ano
Oliver> Thanks a lot. This is great. I had been looking for some tool Oliver> like that for a while and had some failed attempts with SVN Oliver> (failed with respect to the metadata). yes, SVN, about that ... see http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/scm.html#why_git Oliver> Thanks for the h

etckeeper - keeping /etc under version control

2009-06-14 Thread Suno Ano
Hi folks, I wrote an article about etckeeper... that nifty thing that allows to keep /etc under version control and thus "rollback" in case something bad happens during an upgrade or so. http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/scm.html#etckeeper pgp07fiZKbukS.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Are there any major issues with Debian testing?

2009-06-13 Thread Suno Ano
Zephyrq> I'm playing with an Athlon 64-bit processor (LE-1620 Zephyrq> specifically) and need to download an image...which one? Here is info on how to install Debian testing from an USB stick: http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/debian_notes_cheat_sheets.html#install_debian_from_USB_stick 64b

iredmail

2009-06-13 Thread Suno Ano
Does anybody know, are there any plans to package iredmail? http://www.howtoforge.com/iredmail-mail-server-with-ldap-postfix-roundcube-squirrelmail-dovecot-clamav-spamassassin-amavisd-debian-5.0.1 http://code.google.com/p/iredmail/ pgpGDnXkVrrdH.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [OT] The perfect system ...

2009-06-13 Thread Suno Ano
>> If I was to plan to build the "perfect" system from scratch, using a >> motherboard bundle (with up to 8GB DDR RAM), top line graphics card, >> ditto sound card that would allow connection with an external amp to >> jive up the sound quality - what might this thing of technological >> beaut

Re: LVM how to

2009-06-13 Thread Suno Ano
Gianni> how can I resize the LVM default partition layout of debian? Gianni> The root is to small around 400mb... I looked around the web Gianni> but it look like I need to do that from a rescue cd, which one Gianni> should I use? Any good link for a easy how to :) I wrote an article about it

SSH tutorial / Monkeysphere

2009-06-12 Thread Suno Ano
Hi folks, I have wrote an SSH tutorial which I wanted to share http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/ssh.html Particularly the Monkeysphere part. Imho that project deserves our attention as it certainly is something considerably important. I hope you folks like it a bit; I also just created an IRC