Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples)

2021-09-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 09:38:34AM -0400, Cindy Sue Causey wrote: > There's also that thing about how terminals will interpret the > different types of quotes (dumb/typewriter/ASCII versus > typographic/curly/smart) very literally. I experienced THAT fail > firsthand and now try to remember to plug

Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples)

2021-09-05 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 9/5/21, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 12:28:37AM -0500, Intense Red wrote: >> > In /root/.bashrc I use this to give a red prompt including host and >> > full path followed by a new line. >> >>I take this idea a bit further, se

Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples)

2021-09-05 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Sep 05, 2021 at 12:28:37AM -0500, Intense Red wrote: > > In /root/.bashrc I use this to give a red prompt including host and > > full path followed by a new line. > >I take this idea a bit further, setting a longer prompt and setting > workstation hosts for spe

Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples)

2021-09-05 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
On 9/5/21, Intense Red wrote: >> In /root/.bashrc I use this to give a red prompt including host and >> full path followed by a new line. > >I take this idea a bit further, setting a longer prompt and setting > workstation hosts for specific colors for user logins,

Re: Why ``color_prompt`` is only set for ``xterm``? (colored prompt examples)

2021-09-04 Thread Intense Red
> In /root/.bashrc I use this to give a red prompt including host and > full path followed by a new line. I take this idea a bit further, setting a longer prompt and setting workstation hosts for specific colors for user logins, and then doing a red prompt for servers. Part

Re: ctrl-p not working as expected at bash command prompt on debian docker container

2021-04-26 Thread Steve Dondley
On 2021-04-26 02:43 PM, Steve Dondley wrote: I downloaded and ran this docker image: https://hub.docker.com/_/debian It works, but typically when I hit the ctrl-p key at the bash prompt, it acts like the up arrow key and shows the previous command. However, I have to hit ctrl-p twice to show

ctrl-p not working as expected at bash command prompt on debian docker container

2021-04-26 Thread Steve Dondley
I downloaded and ran this docker image: https://hub.docker.com/_/debian It works, but typically when I hit the ctrl-p key at the bash prompt, it acts like the up arrow key and shows the previous command. However, I have to hit ctrl-p twice to show the previous command and twice each time to

Re: May be a beat to death subject getting rid of keyring prompt for auth

2021-02-27 Thread Tixy
is some basic and fairly simple may to remove that obstacle. > > Can someone tell me how to arrange things so that I have no prompt for > login keyring authentication when opening mail account in `evolution'. > > I don't mean password for mail account but I get prompted fo

May be a beat to death subject getting rid of keyring prompt for auth

2021-02-27 Thread reader
how to arrange things so that I have no prompt for login keyring authentication when opening mail account in `evolution'. I don't mean password for mail account but I get prompted for login keyring auth that I know nothting about. When it comes up everything else freezes until I deal

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-16 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 04:50:18PM -0600, David Wright wrote: > > PS1='\u@\h $(date +"%d %b %Y %H:%M:%S") :\w\$ ' > > Could \D{format} not do that? Oh, good catch. I've... never used that before. ;-) I scanned the PROMPTING section of the man page too quickly and only saw the \t \T \@ \A parts.

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread Vipul
> if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then > > PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\$ > ' You forgot to add "\d", in PS1 value, that explains different behavior of prompt in console and Guake

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread David Wright
On Fri 13 Dec 2019 at 14:36:09 (-0500), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 07:20:53PM +, shirish शिरीष wrote: > > Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by > > bash and guake ? > > guake...? No idea what that is. apt-cache says

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread Dan Ritter
shirish ??? wrote: > at bottom :- > > On 13/12/2019, Dan Ritter wrote: > > shirish ??? wrote: > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by > >> bash and guake ? > &g

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread shirish शिरीष
at bottom :- On 13/12/2019, Dan Ritter wrote: > shirish ??? wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by >> bash and guake ? >> >> bash is - >> >> $ guake --version >> Gu

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 07:20:53PM +, shirish शिरीष wrote: > Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by > bash and guake ? guake...? No idea what that is. apt-cache says it's a terminal. So I'm just going to assume that it works like any other

Re: how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread Dan Ritter
shirish ??? wrote: > Dear all, > > Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by > bash and guake ? > > bash is - > > $ guake --version > Guake Terminal: 3.6.3 > VTE: 0.58.2 > VTE runtime: 0.58.2 > Gtk: 3.24.13 >

how to have a common prompt in bash and guake so I can view date and time as part of prompt ?

2019-12-13 Thread shirish शिरीष
Dear all, Can somebody share how can I have a common prompt which is ok both by bash and guake ? bash is - $ bash -version GNU bash, version 5.0.11(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.

Re: Xfce4-Terminal Prompt is Changed by ANACONDA

2019-10-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i meant not [...] man bas, section PROMPTING. but rather [...] man bash, section PROMPTING. Have a nice day :) Thomas

Re: Xfce4-Terminal Prompt is Changed by ANACONDA

2019-10-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > or some reason the Xcfc4-Termial is: > (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ > rather than: > comp@AbNormal:~$ Check the content of the environment variable PS1. me@myhost:~> echo $PS1 \u@\h:\W> The meaning of the "\"-codes is explained in man bas, section PROMPTING. I gues

Xfce4-Terminal Prompt is Changed by ANACONDA

2019-10-21 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have just installed Anaconda 19-10 on my up to date Buster platform as user. For some reason the Xcfc4-Termial is: (base) comp@AbNormal:~$ rather than: comp@AbNormal:~$ which is what the installer created. What is going on here, and how do I get the prompt back? The root prompt is

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-03 Thread David Wright
; > > > execute a script > > print a string > > Are you actually able to discern the OP's desires? I can't. I found > everything they said in this thread completely impenetrable. At first > I thought they wanted to write a script that would change the bash

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
rn the OP's desires? I can't. I found everything they said in this thread completely impenetrable. At first I thought they wanted to write a script that would change the bash prompt by setting the PS1 variable > If you make your screen narrow before you cut and paste, you won'

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-03 Thread David Wright
On Tue 03 Sep 2019 at 15:07:43 (+), Larry Dighera wrote: > On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 08:48:50 +0200, Computer Planet > > wrote: > > >Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? > > Have a look at `man bash` and search for 'trap.' Trap is designed to break the sequential fl

Fw: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-03 Thread Larry Dighera
On Mon, 02 Sep 2019 08:48:50 +0200, Computer Planet wrote: >Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? Have a look at `man bash` and search for 'trap.' trap [-lp] [[arg] sigspec ...]               The command arg is to be read and executed when the shell receives signa

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-02 Thread David Wright
st your wishes). We don't read minds. > Now, I ask the question in other terms: > Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? > e.g.: user@mypc: # bash script has just finished! [prompt] > with the prompt that remains immediately after the string printed. >

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-02 Thread tomas
On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 09:30:44AM +0200, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Computer Planet wrote: > > Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? > > e.g.: user@mypc: # bash script has just finished! [prompt] > > with the prompt that remains i

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-02 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Computer Planet wrote: > Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? > e.g.: user@mypc: # bash script has just finished! [prompt] > with the prompt that remains immediately after the string printed. Do you mean something like this ? $ echo -n 'use

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-02 Thread tomas
On Mon, Sep 02, 2019 at 08:48:50AM +0200, Computer Planet wrote: > Thanks guys, > but this is not the solution I'm looking for ... > Now, I ask the question in other terms: > Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? Hm. You mean echo Still a bit confused about where y

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-01 Thread Computer Planet
Thanks guys, but this is not the solution I'm looking for ... Now, I ask the question in other terms: Is It possible to print of a string at the exit of a bash script? e.g.: user@mypc: # bash script has just finished! [prompt] with the prompt that remains immediately after the string pr

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-01 Thread tomas
On Sun, Sep 01, 2019 at 03:22:32PM -0400, Lee wrote: [...] > You have to source the script instead of running it. Yes, exactly. > I'm not entirely clear about a new shell gets it's own env that > disappears when the shell exits thing, but try this: It's not only a shell thing. It's a basic Uni

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-01 Thread Lee
#\[\033[91m\] " > so that after finishing the script the prompt will write in red...? > > If I try in prompt # PS1="\[\e]0;\u@\h: > \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w > #\[\033[91m\] " > command no problem, write in

Re: Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-01 Thread David Wright
\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w > #\[\033[91m\] " > so that after finishing the script the prompt will write in red...? > > If I try in prompt # PS1="\[\e]0;\u@\h: > \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w > #\[\033[91m\] &

Temporary color prompt in bash script

2019-09-01 Thread Computer Planet
Hi guys! I'm trying, trying and trying but... How I Can put in hte end of a bash script this command: PS1="\[\e]0;\u@\h: \w\a\]${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\[\033[01;34m\]\w #\[\033[91m\] " so that after finishing the script the prompt wi

Re: terminal window returns prompt (was: dash/bash: exec behaviour change on Buster)

2019-07-17 Thread John Crawley
Schmitt wrote: John Crawley wrote: In Buster, the launching dash shell dies *immediately* and the bash prompt returns, even while the new window is still open. tomas wrote: that most probably is due to a change in behaviour of "x-terminal-emulator". My suspicion too. If the x-terminal-emu

Re: Fwd: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-06-18 Thread David Wright
y shell. [I don't see any photos attached. (The entire email is only 4.3kB)] But I have struggled to find out what program is expected to issue the prompt and collect the passphrase under various circumstances (eg unlocking at boot, or unlocking later). > вт, 28 мая 2019 г., 9:38 d

Re: Prompt restart services during pkg upgrades preseed file

2019-06-03 Thread john doe
gt;> be prompted on each upgrade for the list of services you wish to >> restart. You >> can choose this option to avoid being prompted; instead, all necessary >> restarts >> will be done for you automatically so you can avoid being asked questions on >> each library u

Re: Prompt restart services during pkg upgrades preseed file

2019-06-03 Thread Brian
You > can choose this option to avoid being prompted; instead, all necessary > restarts > will be done for you automatically so you can avoid being asked questions on > each library upgrade. > Restart services during package upgrades without asking? > 1: Yes 2: No [*] >

Prompt restart services during pkg upgrades preseed file

2019-06-03 Thread john doe
u can avoid being asked questions on each library upgrade. Restart services during package upgrades without asking? 1: Yes 2: No [*] Prompt: '?' for help, default=2> If I use 'DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive' it works and will use the default value and I don't get a

Re: Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

2019-06-01 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
> The opinion is that it is a bug. See > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2019/06/msg0.html Thank you for the feedback. I have filed a bug report for this issue. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=929834 Please note that this issue does not occur if using the slick-greet

Re: Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

2019-06-01 Thread Brian
rmally. > > > > Also, switching to another VT when the monitor turns off and switching > > back displays the unlock prompt normally. > > > > The closest I could find online was this: > > https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=240200 wherein installi

Re: Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

2019-05-31 Thread Cindy Sue Causey
on. > > Typing the password without any visual feedback (while the monitor > continues to be in the power save state) unlocks the screen and my > session is displayed normally. > > Also, switching to another VT when the monitor turns off and switching > back displays the unlock p

Re: Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

2019-05-31 Thread Jape Person
he monitor back on. > > Typing the password without any visual feedback (while the monitor > continues to be in the power save state) unlocks the screen and my > session is displayed normally. > > Also, switching to another VT when the monitor turns off and switching > back displays the u

Buster/lightdm - after locking screen, unlock prompt not visible

2019-05-31 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
continues to be in the power save state) unlocks the screen and my session is displayed normally. Also, switching to another VT when the monitor turns off and switching back displays the unlock prompt normally. The closest I could find online was this: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-30 Thread Sergey Belyashov
quiet) systemd stops > on waiting for partition, but no any password prompt. I try to boot with > plymouth (ro quiet splash), but it does not help me. I may boot only using > "recovery mode". In this case system asks me for password and I may enter > it (but there are lot of

Re: Fwd: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-29 Thread Sergey Belyashov
I have examine initramfs image and found that it is not tries to mount encrypted partitions other than root. Moreover, it is confirmed by dmesg output: systemd starts before mounting of /var and /home So it is not initrd problem. Problem somethere in system. Best regards, Sergey Belyashov вт, 28

Re: Fwd: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-28 Thread deloptes
Sergey Belyashov wrote: > As expected nothing is changed. I did not forget to run update-initramfs > after change of fstab. > Attached 3 photos: normal boot, recovery boot before pasword enter, > recovery boot after password and Ctrl-D in recovery shell. I am not a systemd expert. The images does

Fwd: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Sergey Belyashov
As expected nothing is changed. I did not forget to run update-initramfs after change of fstab. Attached 3 photos: normal boot, recovery boot before pasword enter, recovery boot after password and Ctrl-D in recovery shell. Best regards, Sergey Belyashov вт, 28 мая 2019 г., 9:38 deloptes : > Serg

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-28 Thread Sergey Belyashov
I'll try your suggestion. But I think problem is not here. Password ask is after mounting all other filesystems, swapon and flush of journald: [9.986320] intel_rapl: Found RAPL domain uncore [ 10.203636] EXT4-fs (md0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) [ 10.203981]

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread deloptes
Sergey Belyashov wrote: > Root partition is on mdraid but is not encrypted. Home is encrypted only. > Modules are set to most already. > I have this setup on my server, but I removed all crypted entries from fstab because obviously I can not sit infront of the server to type the password when bo

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Sergey Belyashov
Root partition is on mdraid but is not encrypted. Home is encrypted only. Modules are set to most already. вт, 28 мая 2019 г., 9:06 deloptes : > Sergey Belyashov wrote: > > > My problem is about than year old or more. With default options (without > > plymouth) only information about root partiti

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread deloptes
Ross Boylan wrote: > I've discovered that if I type my pass-phrase (waiting long enough > that I think things have settled down), the system boots. > Have you tried setting up the display parameters properly in grub? Sometimes on notebooks the default settings are different and do not match pred

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread deloptes
Sergey Belyashov wrote: > My problem is about than year old or more. With default options (without > plymouth) only information about root partition mount or fsck. Later it > replaced by partition waiting "progress" (moving red asterisks). I have > try to wait about a minute and try to enter luks

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Sergey Belyashov
My problem is about than year old or more. With default options (without plymouth) only information about root partition mount or fsck. Later it replaced by partition waiting "progress" (moving red asterisks). I have try to wait about a minute and try to enter luks password, but no any changes. I t

Re: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Ross Boylan
For at least the last couple of weeks I've had the screen go completely blank during bootup, after displaying initial messages (I changed from "quiet" to "debug" for kernel startup). This is with a luks encrypted root. I saw it under jessie and buster. I blamed failing hardware (I can't get into

Fwd: Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Sergey Belyashov
I have system with soft raid and /home is encrypted (one of raid1 partitions is encrypted using luks with password). When I boot it using default boot kernel options (ro quiet) systemd stops on waiting for partition, but no any password prompt. I try to boot with plymouth (ro quiet splash), but it

Debian Stretch, no password prompt for luks-encrypted home partition during boot

2019-05-27 Thread Sergey Belyashov
I have system with soft raid and /home is encrypted (luks with password). When I boot it using default boot kernel options (ro quiet) systemd stops on waiting for partition, but no any password prompt. I try to boot with plymouth (ro quiet splash), but it does not help me. I may boot only using

Passphrase prompt on boot

2018-09-01 Thread Nick
Short version: why doesn't my PC prompt for its passphrase on tty1? Long version... I have a 'stretch' PC used as a home server, so it doesn't normally require a monitor and keyboard. It has an encrypted filesystem and on boot it asks for the passphrase with this prompt,

Re: Runnlevels are not entered (LILO prompt)

2018-06-11 Thread Reco
An update. On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 08:03:31PM +0300, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 07:06:57PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2018-06-10 hackte Reco in die Tasten: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 02:25:30PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > >> Good day

Re: Runnlevels are not entered (LILO prompt)

2018-06-10 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 07:06:57PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2018-06-10 hackte Reco in die Tasten: > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 02:25:30PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > >> Good day, > >> > >> I run Stretch on my Laptop with sysvinit. > >> > >> I had setup so

Re: Runnlevels are not entered (LILO prompt)

2018-06-10 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2018-06-10 hackte Reco in die Tasten: > Hi. > > On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 02:25:30PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: >> Good day, >> >> I run Stretch on my Laptop with sysvinit. >> >> I had setup some profiles and tried to start them by passing 2, 3, >> 4, 5 at the end of the Kernel commandli

Re: Runnlevels are not entered (LILO prompt)

2018-06-10 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 02:25:30PM +0300, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Good day, > > I run Stretch on my Laptop with sysvinit. > > I had setup some profiles and tried to start them by passing 2, 3, > 4, 5 at the end of the Kernel commandline (I use LILO) but the > appropriated runnlevel

Runnlevels are not entered (LILO prompt)

2018-06-10 Thread Michelle Konzack
Good day, I run Stretch on my Laptop with sysvinit. I had setup some profiles and tried to start them by passing 2, 3, 4, 5 at the end of the Kernel commandline (I use LILO) but the appropriated runnlevel ist not entered. Do I mis something? Since systemd anything is screwed up und nothing is w

Re: gdm login console keyboard settings are propagated to LUKS boot password prompt by initramfs-tools triggers

2017-07-29 Thread Fungi4All
t; The consequence (if not post hoc ergo propter hoc) of these messages > appearing is that it makes the LUKS passphrase prompt to use bépo. Now I know > it, it"s not really a problem for typing the passphrase, but I really think > this is a bug, as there was no clear warning about

gdm login console keyboard settings are propagated to LUKS boot password prompt by initramfs-tools triggers

2017-06-22 Thread David Guyot
dead key, which allows to type Greek letters using the Latin equivalent. I say "supposed" as Debian does not support it yet. The consequence (if not post hoc ergo propter hoc) of these messages appearing is that it makes the LUKS passphrase prompt to use bépo. Now I know it, it's

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-21 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 9/19/16, Reco wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:01:33AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> On 09/19/2016 10:25 AM, Reco wrote: >> > >> >On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:59:03AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: >> >>I had, on a prior machine, changed th

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-20 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
* Reco [2016-09-19 18:21 +0300]: [...] > This line in /etc/sudoers works for me: > > Defaults passprompt_override,passprompt="ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" Try this: Defaults passprompt_override,passprompt="^[[41;33;01mENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE: ^[[00m" Elimar -- "Talking much about onese

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Sven Hartge
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > On 09/19/2016 10:21 AM, Reco wrote: >> Defaults passprompt_override,passprompt="ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" >> >> Of course you should use visudo, not edit /etc/sudoers directly. > True. But I use mc, have done so for years and that seems to work. What > am I endangerin

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
On 09/19/2016 10:21 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:01:33AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: On 09/19/2016 10:25 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:59:03AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: I had, on a prior machine, changed the password prompt for sudo by

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Tony Baldwin
On 09/19/2016 11:21 AM, Reco wrote: Defaults passprompt_override,passprompt="ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" Thanks, this was exactly what I needed! and I'll use visudo, of course. Tony -- http://tonybaldwin.me all tony, all the time

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 11:01:33AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > On 09/19/2016 10:25 AM, Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > >On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:59:03AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > >>I had, on a prior machine, changed the password prompt for sudo b

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Tony Baldwin
On 09/19/2016 10:25 AM, Reco wrote: Hi. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:59:03AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: I had, on a prior machine, changed the password prompt for sudo by adding something (it was "ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" in fact) to the sudoers file, but at the moment

Re: change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 09:59:03AM -0400, Tony Baldwin wrote: > I had, on a prior machine, changed the password prompt for sudo by adding > something (it was "ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" in fact) to the sudoers file, > but at the moment I can not recall what/how I d

change password prompt

2016-09-19 Thread Tony Baldwin
I had, on a prior machine, changed the password prompt for sudo by adding something (it was "ENTER NUCLEAR LAUNCH CODE:" in fact) to the sudoers file, but at the moment I can not recall what/how I did it, but I'd like to do it again. Anyone? TIA Tony -- http://tonybaldwin.m

Re: Error message at the login prompt

2015-09-27 Thread Jochen Spieker
August Karlstrom: > On 2015-09-27 14:40, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> >> That's a kernel message that is apparently considered important enough >> to print it on all VTs, irrespective of their current content. > > OK, I see. Thanks for the info, Jochen. Still, I think it looks like a mess. Sure, but

Re: Error message at the login prompt

2015-09-27 Thread David Wright
Quoting August Karlstrom (fusionf...@gmail.com): > On 2015-09-27 14:40, Jochen Spieker wrote: > >August Karlstrom: > >>Today when I started my computer running Debian 8.2 the following error > >>message was displayed at the login prompt (where the user name

Re: Error message at the login prompt

2015-09-27 Thread August Karlstrom
On 2015-09-27 14:40, Jochen Spieker wrote: August Karlstrom: Today when I started my computer running Debian 8.2 the following error message was displayed at the login prompt (where the user name go): macmini login: [ 1615.712744] usb 3-3: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1 My question

Re: Error message at the login prompt

2015-09-27 Thread Jochen Spieker
August Karlstrom: > > Today when I started my computer running Debian 8.2 the following error > message was displayed at the login prompt (where the user name go): > > macmini login: [ 1615.712744] usb 3-3: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1 > > My question is not so

Error message at the login prompt

2015-09-27 Thread August Karlstrom
Hi, Today when I started my computer running Debian 8.2 the following error message was displayed at the login prompt (where the user name go): macmini login: [ 1615.712744] usb 3-3: 1:1: cannot get freq at ep 0x1 My question is not so much about the error message but rather why such

How to automate away partition prompt in preseeded Jessie auto-intall?

2015-07-30 Thread Didar Hossain
Hi, I'm trying preseeded installation with the Jessie netinst CD ISO. Everything seems to work fine, except one prompt that still stalls until manual confirmation for the drive to erase/format/use for target installation. My preseed file and the screenshot of the dailog prompt can be fou

Awaits prompt compliance

2015-07-14 Thread Technical Support
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jessie 3.16.0-4-686-pae kernel stuck at initramfs prompt due to ata_piix module

2015-06-26 Thread Neil H. Gray
Upon upgrading from wheezy to jessie using linux-image-3.16.0-4-686-pae_3.16.7-ckt11-1_i386.deb for the kernel, I discovered that I would get stuck at an initramfs prompt complaining about md arrays not being found. When inspecting the directories, the entire /dev/disk directory was missing

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
I use, mainly the netinst.iso myself - and for Debian5, debian7 and debian8 it has worked (debian 5 on Power4 - standalone and Power5 - virtual, but need a whole disk), debian6 I got to work - eventually (Power5 only tried), but needed to patch yaboot everytime so I waited for Debian7. Debian7 work

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-06-05 Thread Lennart Sorensen
On Fri, Jun 05, 2015 at 02:58:38PM +0200, Michael Felt wrote: > 10 days late replying - my apologies. > PowerPC - if I read that in a literal sense - is that basically "oldish" > Macs that were build on the PowerPC processor. If the answer is yes, is > there any interest in the Ubuntu Community to

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-06-05 Thread Michael Felt
you boot with usb. > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ#How_do_I_boot_from_a_USB_drive.3F > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 26, 2015, at 2:37 AM, Clark Wang wrote: > > On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:05 PM, yu wrote: > >> As I know, yaboot can't set vmlinux and in

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-27 Thread Clark Wang
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Petter Adsen wrote: > > Booting from the network is rather easy, and it is a nice thing to have > set up in case you might need it in a situation like this. Both of my > desktop machines at home are set up to boot from each other in case the > root disk fails on o

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-26 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr.
at the same time in its >> prompt, the right way is to load an alternative config file, such as >> "conf file=/boot/deb/yaboot.conf", but in this yaboot.conf, both >> vmlinux and initrd.gz are under /, the path is incorrect. >> >> so I guess you can write a ne

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-26 Thread Clark Wang
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:05 PM, yu wrote: > As I know, yaboot can't set vmlinux and initrd at the same time in its > prompt, the right way is to load an alternative config file, such as > "conf file=/boot/deb/yaboot.conf", but in this yaboot.conf, both > vmlinux and

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-26 Thread Clark Wang
On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 3:11 PM, Petter Adsen wrote: > > > > > > Can the machine boot from a USB flash drive? Or over the network? > > > One of these approaches might be easier for you. > > > > > > > I'm trying to find out how to boot form USB. Boot from network also > > sounds good. I'll investi

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-26 Thread yu
As I know, yaboot can't set vmlinux and initrd at the same time in its prompt, the right way is to load an alternative config file, such as "conf file=/boot/deb/yaboot.conf", but in this yaboot.conf, both vmlinux and initrd.gz are under /, the path is incorrect. so I guess you

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-26 Thread Petter Adsen
> > > > installation images (downloaded from here) under `/boot/deb/`: > > > > > > > > > > /boot/deb/initrd.gz > > > > > /boot/deb/vmlinux > > > > > /boot/deb/yaboot > > > > > /boot/deb/yaboot.conf > >

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-25 Thread clarkw
/boot/deb/vmlinux > > > > /boot/deb/yaboot > > > > /boot/deb/yaboot.conf > > > > > > > > So how can I boot the netboot installation images from the `boot:` > > > > prompt and reinstall Debian 8? > >

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-25 Thread Petter Adsen
ian 8 netboot installation images > > > (downloaded from here) under `/boot/deb/`: > > > > > > /boot/deb/initrd.gz > > > /boot/deb/vmlinux > > > /boot/deb/yaboot > > > /boot/deb/yaboot.conf > > > > > > So how can

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-25 Thread Herminio Hernandez Jr
netboot installation images from the `boot:` > prompt and reinstall Debian 8? > > I tried `boot: hd:3,/boot/deb/vmlinux root=/dev/ram read-only > initrd=/boot/deb/initrd.gz initrd-size=300` but it did not work. > (The screenshot taken with my phone.) > > > Thanks. > >

Re: yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-25 Thread Clark Wang
/boot/deb/initrd.gz > > /boot/deb/vmlinux > > /boot/deb/yaboot > > /boot/deb/yaboot.conf > > > > So how can I boot the netboot installation images from the `boot:` > > prompt and reinstall Debian 8? > > > > I tried `boot: hd:3,/b

yaboot: How to load Debian8 netboot installation images directly from the boot: prompt?

2015-05-25 Thread Clark Wang
s from the `boot:` prompt and reinstall Debian 8? I tried `boot: hd:3,/boot/deb/vmlinux root=/dev/ram read-only initrd=/boot/deb/initrd.gz initrd-size=300` but it did not work. (The screenshot taken with my phone. <http://i.stack.imgur.com/mica0.jpg>) Thanks. -clark

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Bob Proulx
John Hasler wrote: > Bob Proulx writes: > > When libc is initially upgraded for the first time it will ask you if > > you want to restart services. You can answer yes or no at that time. > > But once that option has been set I don't know of a way to change it. > > "dpkg-reconfigure libc6" should

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread John Hasler
Bob Proulx writes: > When libc is initially upgraded for the first time it will ask you if > you want to restart services. You can answer yes or no at that time. > But once that option has been set I don't know of a way to change it. "dpkg-reconfigure libc6" should do it. -- John Hasler jhas...

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Friday 30 January 2015 00:10:18 Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 29 January 2015 09:19:30 Lisi Reisz did opine > > And Gene did reply: > > On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:35:49 Gene Heskett wrote: > > > To get the fixes into use, you MUST > > > reboot, no way around it. To do otherwise WILL lea

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Bob Proulx
Mihamina RAKOTOMANDIMBY wrote: > Yes, but how to default the upgrade process to ("dont restart" && "dont even > ask")? > I *will* restart the services, but I will do it manually, in order to check > for functional regression. > Prior to the manual restart of services, I need to *blindly* upgrade gl

Re: apt-get / aptitude [g]libc update not to prompt for restart and not restart

2015-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 29 January 2015 09:19:30 Lisi Reisz did opine And Gene did reply: > On Thursday 29 January 2015 13:35:49 Gene Heskett wrote: > > To get the fixes into use, you MUST > > reboot, no way around it. To do otherwise WILL leave the machine > > vulnerable. > > No, you do not necessarily have

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