Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-24 Thread Joe B
Hi James, Did you ever resolve your issue? Did you do the suggestions that Felix pointed out? > You may not need one. What CPU do you have? >lscpu >inxi -S Run these above commands and paste each one here, then report back Joe B

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread Felix Miata
James Freer composed on 2024-08-21 15:15 (UTC+0100): > I realise 32 bit is going but i haven't the cash at > present to consider a new PC. You may not need one. What CPU do you have? lscpu inxi -S Both of these will report CPU model, from which you can tell if indeed it only su

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread didier gaumet
Le 21/08/2024 à 15:44, didier gaumet a écrit : [...] it is nontheless 64 bits hardware. Hey, reread your prose before posting, man! ;-) => nonetheless

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread didier gaumet
Le 21/08/2024 à 15:15, James Freer a écrit : My apologies No need to apologize :-) I should have remembered that traditional installation medias are rarer amongst user-friendly distros like Ubuntu that provide primarily live-medias i thought this image was a live image and that was what i

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread James Freer
On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 at 13:29, didier gaumet wrote: > > Le 21/08/2024 à 14:15, James Freer a écrit : > > > I was hoping i was doing the right thing with this live DVD. I realise > > 32 bit is going but i just wanted to test the hardware. I can't risk a > > hard disk install until i have leave from

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread didier gaumet
Le 21/08/2024 à 14:28, didier gaumet a écrit : [...] - You can use a Debian installation image as a repair image to start a shell that permits you to verify some basic points (no GUI...) [...] ...without installing anything on the disk(s)...

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i wrote: > Is your machine really so old that it won't run a 64-bit Debian ? > In your situation i would just try one from: > https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/bt-hybrid/ I gave the wrong link. Sorry. (The above is for BitTorrent download). Correct for direct download

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread didier gaumet
Le 21/08/2024 à 14:15, James Freer a écrit : I was hoping i was doing the right thing with this live DVD. I realise 32 bit is going but i just wanted to test the hardware. I can't risk a hard disk install until i have leave from work and can spend the necessary time on an installation. Seems odd

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, James Freer wrote: > > For a live DVD install as i want to check the hardware is okay i tried > > using debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso. This i presume would just spin up > > but it has asked for partitioning etc > Seems odd to ask for partitioning on a liveDVD. debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso. is an

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread James Freer
On Wed, 21 Aug 2024 at 13:02, Michael Kjörling wrote: > > On 21 Aug 2024 12:52 +0100, from jrjfr...@gmail.com (James Freer): > > For a live DVD install as i want to check the hardware is okay i tried > > using debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso. This i presume would just spin up > > but it has asked for p

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread DdB
Am 21.08.2024 um 13:52 schrieb James Freer: > i tried > using debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso This is an installation image (the first of a whole set). What you want is a live iso such as for example: debian-live-12.6.0-i386-xfce.iso unfortunately, i could only dig up https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimag

Re: Newbie install - Live DVD for 32 bit system

2024-08-21 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 21 Aug 2024 12:52 +0100, from jrjfr...@gmail.com (James Freer): > For a live DVD install as i want to check the hardware is okay i tried > using debian-12.5-i386-DVD-1.iso. This i presume would just spin up > but it has asked for partitioning etc which suggests it is going to do > a hard disk in

Re: Newbie

2020-06-30 Thread Martin McCormick
=?euc-kr?b?yLK6tMjx?= writes: > Hi Arun, > > Yes this is question place. > > Sincerely, Byung-Hee > It is one of the most helpful groups I know of as sometimes, there are questions that don't lend themselves to a search engine string although one can get really lucky if you try to not u

Re: Newbie

2020-06-26 Thread 황병희
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:26:00 -0700, Arun Mathai wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I am a total newbie for debian. > > I have some technical difficulties and questions that i want to ask. > > Could anyone please tell me how to proceed. Hi Arun, Yes this is question place. Sincerely, Byung-Hee -- /ho

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Jo, 25 iun 20, 05:06:30, Weaver wrote: > (2) There are a lot of people around who prefer to use your mind, and > not their own. It's a good gauge in determining if someone is worth > helping or not. Anyone deserves a chance. Gently pointing them towards the fine manuals is also help. Kind reg

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Weaver
On 26-06-2020 07:55, Olivier Humbert wrote: > Le 2020-06-25 23:33, Mark Allums a écrit : >> Ask one question per post. Do research yourself (Google is your friend.) > > Google is no one's friend. > Google is a business. > > The real (interesting) sentence should have read : (a search engine is >

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Olivier Humbert
Le 2020-06-25 23:33, Mark Allums a écrit : Ask one question per post. Do research yourself (Google is your friend.) Google is no one's friend. Google is a business. The real (interesting) sentence should have read : (a search engine is your friend.) Olivier

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Mark Allums
Ask one question per post.  Do research yourself (Google is your friend.) Mark On 6/25/2020 4:26 PM, Arun Mathai wrote: Hello Guys, I am a total newbie for debian. I have some technical difficulties and questions that i want to ask. Could anyone please tell me how to proceed. Regards, Arun

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:26:00 -0700 Arun Mathai wrote: > Could anyone please tell me how to proceed. Ask away. There is already some good advice on this thread. You might also read (or at least browse) Eric Steven Raymond's How To Ask Questions The Smart Way, http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-quest

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Weaver
On 25-06-2020 20:05, davidson wrote: > On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 Weaver wrote: >> On 26-06-2020 07:26, Arun Mathai wrote: >>> Hello Guys, >>> >>> I am a total newbie for debian. >>> >>> I have some technical difficulties and questions that i want to ask. >>> >>> Could anyone please tell me how to proceed

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread davidson
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 Weaver wrote: On 26-06-2020 07:26, Arun Mathai wrote: Hello Guys, I am a total newbie for debian. I have some technical difficulties and questions that i want to ask. Could anyone please tell me how to proceed. [Begins evaluating OP against checklist below] First, make

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Weaver
On 26-06-2020 07:26, Arun Mathai wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I am a total newbie for debian. > > I have some technical difficulties and questions that i want to ask. > > Could anyone please tell me how to proceed. First, make your subject line in the email descriptively relevant to your problem. D

Re: Newbie

2020-06-25 Thread Joe
On Thu, 25 Jun 2020 14:26:00 -0700 Arun Mathai wrote: > Hello Guys, > > I am a total newbie for debian. > > I have some technical difficulties and questions that i want to ask. > > Could anyone please tell me how to proceed. > > Ask questions here, start a new question for each unrelated prob

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-18 Thread emetib
> > This Vortex won't last long enough. it only feels like -40 f where i'm at. > Several of the responses I've received are opening my eyes to > what can be done with some straight forward (if not simple) shell > commands. the beauty of the cli em

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-18 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/17/2016 10:59 AM, David Wright wrote: On Sat 17 Dec 2016 at 17:57:26 (+0200), Lars Noodén wrote: On 12/17/2016 05:40 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] I don't wish anything but full path to all files in a top level directory. Followup question how should I found the answer for myself. I lo

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-17 Thread emetib
something else that you could use is 'locate' it's on most systems nowdays and it updates each night from cron. it's not as cpu intensive and you can update is quickly with 'updatedb'. if you're just searching removable media, as in your /media/... example then find would be better. i prefer

THANK YOU [Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?]

2016-12-17 Thread Richard Owlett
On 12/17/2016 9:40 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: ls -R /media/data produces the content but not the NEEDED format. I want a list like: /media/data/dir1/filea /media/data/dir1/fileb /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filex /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filey /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filez /media/data/dir2/filea /me

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-17 Thread David Wright
On Sat 17 Dec 2016 at 17:57:26 (+0200), Lars Noodén wrote: > On 12/17/2016 05:40 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > [...] > > I don't wish anything but full path to all files in a top level directory. > > > > Followup question how should I found the answer for myself. I looks > > basic enough ... > > TIA

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-17 Thread Kushal Kumaran
Richard Owlett writes: > ls -R /media/data produces the content but not the NEEDED format. > > I want a list like: > /media/data/dir1/filea > /media/data/dir1/fileb > /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filex > /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filey > /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filez > /media/data/dir2/filea > /media

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-17 Thread Lars Noodén
On 12/17/2016 05:40 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: [...] > I don't wish anything but full path to all files in a top level directory. > > Followup question how should I found the answer for myself. I looks > basic enough ... > TIA One way would be to use find combined with realpath. find /med

Re: [Newbie] Can ls command format output my way?

2016-12-17 Thread The Wanderer
On 2016-12-17 at 10:40, Richard Owlett wrote: > ls -R /media/data produces the content but not the NEEDED format. > > I want a list like: > /media/data/dir1/filea > /media/data/dir1/fileb > /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filex > /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filey > /media/data/dir1/subdir1/filez > /media/d

Re: newbie help request

2015-05-26 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 10:54:52PM +0200, deloptes wrote: > Ed R wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > I've just installed debian 8.0 on a thinkpad t41 laptop. Installed w/ grub > > boot selected as this is only OS on system. All seemed to go well until > > reboot which failed due cache sync errors. Cu

Re: newbie help request

2015-05-13 Thread deloptes
Ed R wrote: > Greetings, > > I've just installed debian 8.0 on a thinkpad t41 laptop. Installed w/ grub > boot selected as this is only OS on system. All seemed to go well until > reboot which failed due cache sync errors. Current symptons are I can't > restart from the software as I see a "Kerne

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-16 Thread Tom Roche
For the benefit of OP with similar {concerns, interests, problems}, I have documented my process @ https://bitbucket.org/tlroche/linode_jumpbox_config/wiki/Home Part is scripted, and part is not, but even the part that is *not* scripted provides cut'n'pasteable console input. The good news is,

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-10 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Tom Roche a écrit : > > me@laptop:~$ date ; traceroute www.whatismyip.com >> Sun Nov 9 09:33:06 EST 2014 >> traceroute to www.whatismyip.com (141.101.120.15), 30 hops max, 60 byte >> packets >> 1 10.8.0.1 (10.8.0.1) 99.579 ms 99.584 ms 104.230 ms >> 2 * * * > ... This shows that forwardi

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-09 Thread Mart van de Wege
Tom Roche writes: > summary: I have a routing problem on the server side of the VPN, as > diagnosed by Mart van de Wege[1]: veel dank Mart! I hope to fix that > problem using these linode instructions[2]. > No problem, I remember tearing my hair out when I ran into this in the past, at home and a

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-09 Thread Tom Roche
summary: I have a routing problem on the server side of the VPN, as diagnosed by Mart van de Wege[1]: veel dank Mart! I hope to fix that problem using these linode instructions[2]. details: Tom Roche Sat, 08 Nov 2014 23:47:29 -0500 [3] >>> My jumpbox/server firewall is currently set to forward

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-09 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Tom Roche a écrit : > > My jumpbox/server firewall is currently set to forward everything, using > `iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE` This rule doesn't forward anything, it just enables masquerading. IPv4 forwarding is enabled with sysctl net.ipv4.ip_forward=1.

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-09 Thread Mart van de Wege
Tom Roche writes: > > * `ifconfig` shows a new entry=`tun0`, which looks correct > * I can `ping` the server using either its real IP# or `10.8.0.1` > * I can `ssh` to the server using either its real IP# or `10.8.0.1` > * `nslookup www.whatismyip.com` gives correct results > This tells me that

Re: [newbie] OpenVPN: {DNS, ping, ssh} work, HTTP fails

2014-11-08 Thread Tom Roche
for completeness, added server firewall settings below: Tom Roche Sat, 08 Nov 2014 21:07:03 -0500 https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2014/11/msg00440.html > summary: I'm running [OpenVPN] from an LMDE [client through a Debian > jumpbox/server]. After I [start the server, start the client] mos

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-13 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 13 October 2014 10:11:29 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 03:20:27PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Quite. It is ALL there. I keep hoping that something will be the basics > > for beginners (which is where we started on this thread). Teaching notes > > for college sounded

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-13 Thread Joe
On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 22:11:29 +1300 Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 03:20:27PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Quite. It is ALL there. I keep hoping that something will be the > > basics for beginners (which is where we started on this thread). > > Teaching notes for college sounde

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-13 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 03:20:27PM +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Quite. It is ALL there. I keep hoping that something will be the basics for > beginners (which is where we started on this thread). Teaching notes for > college sounded great. Also have a read of this: http://www.debian-administra

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-12 Thread songbird
just as a general comment, ufw is workable almost out of the box, it has a gui interface gufw. a while ago i used the arno-iptables- firewall script as that also did what i needed to have done. my problem is that i tend to not do much with things once they are set up and working so whatever

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-12 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 12 oct 14, 17:18:10, Joe wrote: > > You basically have two options, to use a firewall tool, or to hack a > script yourself. The existing tools, last time I looked, aren't really > that versatile, they are intended to make simple firewalls using a GUI. > That's reasonable, because once you w

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-12 Thread Joe
On Sun, 12 Oct 2014 15:20:27 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > > Quite. It is ALL there. I keep hoping that something will be the > basics for beginners (which is where we started on this thread). > Teaching notes for college sounded great. > You basically have two options, to use a firewall tool,

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 11 October 2014 22:59:23 Reco wrote: > Dear list contributors, > > On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:27:56 -0400 > > Peter Zoeller wrote: > > Hi: > > I might be able to help here as well. I have some teaching notes > > somewhere when I taught system security at my college. > > > > Peter > > > >

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-12 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Saturday 11 October 2014 21:27:56 Peter Zoeller wrote: > Hi: > I might be able to help here as well. I have some teaching notes > somewhere when I taught system security at my college. Thanks!! Lisi > > Peter > > On 09/10/14 05:03 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 09 October 2014 21:59:1

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-11 Thread Reco
Dear list contributors, On Sat, 11 Oct 2014 16:27:56 -0400 Peter Zoeller wrote: > Hi: > I might be able to help here as well. I have some teaching notes > somewhere when I taught system security at my college. > > Peter > On 09/10/14 05:03 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Thursday 09 October 201

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-11 Thread Peter Zoeller
Hi: I might be able to help here as well. I have some teaching notes somewhere when I taught system security at my college. Peter On 09/10/14 05:03 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: On Thursday 09 October 2014 21:59:12 Charlie wrote: On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:54:48 +0200 lee sent: I still have a very good

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-09 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Thursday 09 October 2014 21:59:12 Charlie wrote: > On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:54:48 +0200 lee sent: > > I still have a very good tutorial that uses iptables and helps you to > > learn how to build a firewall. I've archived it for reference in > > 2003. I could send it to you by email if you like (7

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-09 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:54:48 +0200 lee sent: > I still have a very good tutorial that uses iptables and helps you to > learn how to build a firewall. I've archived it for reference in > 2003. I could send it to you by email if you like (760kB). I would be very interested in this as well Lee. Th

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-09 Thread Bob Holtzman
On Thu, Oct 09, 2014 at 02:54:48AM +0200, lee wrote: > Richard Owlett writes: > > > I'm aware of "Securing Debian Manual". I'm looking for more an > > introductory document. > > I'm not sure what you're looking for. It's a good idea to have at least > a good basic understanding about how a fire

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-09 Thread Richard Owlett
lee wrote: Richard Owlett writes: I'm aware of "Securing Debian Manual". I'm looking for more an introductory document. I'm not sure what you're looking for. Unfortunately that makes two of us. But I'm seeing a definition evolve as incoming replies nibble around the edge of my ignorance.

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 05:58:53PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote: > On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:18:09 +1000 > Stuart Longland wrote: > > > > The hard bit about things like firewalling, is that there is really a > > minimum technical understanding necessary to do it properly. > > You've got that right. Yea

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-09 Thread Joe
On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 16:08:05 -0700 koanhead wrote: > >> > >> Any service you're not currently using should be disabled. Any > >> service you won't use should not be installed. > > > > Yeah. But ;/ The devil is in the details. > > Where is a list of services. > There's one at /etc/services. It's

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-08 Thread lee
Richard Owlett writes: > I'm aware of "Securing Debian Manual". I'm looking for more an > introductory document. I'm not sure what you're looking for. It's a good idea to have at least a good basic understanding about how a firewall works before you set one up. From there, you could look at to

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-08 Thread koanhead
On 10/08/2014 07:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > koanhead wrote: >> On 10/06/2014 04:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I'm a relatively new convert from Windows to Debian... >>> I'm looking for a reference document that wouldn't scare my friend off >>> Debian and also give me the required information

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-08 Thread Steve Litt
On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 06:18:09 +1000 Stuart Longland wrote: > The hard bit about things like firewalling, is that there is really a > minimum technical understanding necessary to do it properly. You've got that right. Years ago, I despaired of ever understanding iptables, and just put a pf firewa

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-08 Thread Don Armstrong
On Mon, 06 Oct 2014, Richard Owlett wrote: > Yes. I've a reference somewhere on how to do that. What I was looking > for was a document that covers it for someone who likely only has a > vague idea of what a packet is. For a basic firewall configuration, the default ferm configuration is almost ce

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-08 Thread Stuart Longland
On 09/10/14 00:12, Richard Owlett wrote: > koanhead wrote: >> On 10/06/2014 04:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I'm a relatively new convert from Windows to Debian... >>> I'm looking for a reference document that wouldn't scare my friend off >>> Debian and also give me the required information to:

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-08 Thread Richard Owlett
koanhead wrote: On 10/06/2014 04:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm a relatively new convert from Windows to Debian... I'm looking for a reference document that wouldn't scare my friend off Debian and also give me the required information to: 1. close the maximum number of ports. I see hi

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-07 Thread Richard Owlett
Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 06 oct 14, 06:11:36, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm aware of "Securing Debian Manual". I'm looking for more an introductory document. You might want to start documenting this yourself on wiki.debian.org. I'm halfway doing that already by collecting answers to my que

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-07 Thread koanhead
On 10/06/2014 04:20 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I'm a relatively new convert from Windows to Debian... > I'm looking for a reference document that wouldn't scare my friend off > Debian and also give me the required information to: > 1. close the maximum number of ports. > I see him using bro

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-07 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 06 oct 14, 06:11:36, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I'm aware of "Securing Debian Manual". I'm looking for more an introductory > document. You might want to start documenting this yourself on wiki.debian.org. Feel free to add to FAQsFromDebianUser or create a new page. The content could come

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Alexis
Stuart Longland writes: > I can recall once squeezing (desktop) Linux onto a 100MB hard drive. > You wouldn't do that reasonably today. As a data point, the Core Project provides a FLTK/FLWM desktop Linux in a 15MB distro, and a 72MB 'CorePlus' distro providing a range of desktops, including Ope

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Stuart Longland
On 06/10/14 22:38, Richard Owlett wrote: >>>2. Squeeze LTS with Gnome2 - I like it and believe he will like its >>> human interface. >>>3. Wheezy with KDE - Wheezy is more uptodate and I suspect would want >>> some KDE specific applications. >> >> Have you had a look at XFCE? > > Yes, but

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Mon, 6 Oct 2014 14:28:11 +0100 Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 06 October 2014 13:38:45 Richard Owlett wrote: > > Yes, but not for this project. I'm from the CPM-80 era and think > > default Linux installs are just *TOO* big and want to carry small > > to possibly an extreme. > > And you're con

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Lisi Reisz wrote: On Monday 06 October 2014 13:38:45 Richard Owlett wrote: Yes, but not for this project. I'm from the CPM-80 era and think default Linux installs are just *TOO* big and want to carry small to possibly an extreme. And you're considering _KDE_?! *NOT* for _my_ personal system

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 06 October 2014 13:38:45 Richard Owlett wrote: > Yes, but not for this project. I'm from the CPM-80 era and think > default Linux installs are just *TOO* big and want to carry small > to possibly an extreme. And you're considering _KDE_?! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Stuart Longland wrote: On 06/10/14 21:11, Richard Owlett wrote: I intend to set it up as multi-boot: 1. whatever Windows is on it 2. Squeeze LTS with Gnome2 - I like it and believe he will like its human interface. 3. Wheezy with KDE - Wheezy is more uptodate and I suspect would want so

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: On 10/06/2014 02:11 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a reference document that wouldn't scare my friend off Debian and also give me the required information to: 1. close the maximum number of ports. I see him using browser, email, ftp file downloadi

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Stuart Longland
On 06/10/14 21:11, Richard Owlett wrote: > I intend to set it up as multi-boot: > 1. whatever Windows is on it > 2. Squeeze LTS with Gnome2 - I like it and believe he will like its > human interface. > 3. Wheezy with KDE - Wheezy is more uptodate and I suspect would want > some KDE specific a

Re: Newbie friendly security and firewall docs (cookbook?)

2014-10-06 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 10/06/2014 02:11 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: I'm looking for a reference document that wouldn't scare my friend off Debian and also give me the required information to: 1. close the maximum number of ports. I see him using browser, email, ftp file downloading. I don't see him being

Re: NEWBIE installation report - was [Re: You can have any color you want - as long as it's Gnome?]

2013-10-07 Thread davidson
On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Richard Owlett wrote: I just did an install from [Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 "Wheezy" - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20130615-21:54] My choices from the the opening set of menus were: Advanced Options Alternative desktop environments Xfce Advanced options Expert install

Re: NEWBIE question Re: static or dynamic /dev

2013-04-06 Thread Richard Owlett
Joe Pfeiffer wrote: Richard Owlett writes: Roger Leigh wrote: On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 05:42:32AM -0700, sting wing wrote: Question: how does a person know if their /dev is a static or dynamic /dev % findmnt /dev TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS /dev devtmpfs devtmpfs rw,size=249844k,nr

Re: NEWBIE question Re: static or dynamic /dev

2013-04-05 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Richard Owlett writes: > Roger Leigh wrote: >> On Fri, Apr 05, 2013 at 05:42:32AM -0700, sting wing wrote: >>> Question: how does a person know if their /dev is a static or dynamic /dev > >> >> % findmnt /dev >> TARGET SOURCE FSTYPE OPTIONS >> /dev devtmpfs devtmpfs rw,size=249844k,nr_inode

Re: NEWBIE question Re: static or dynamic /dev

2013-04-05 Thread Kevin Chadwick
> What does it mean when /dev is said to be static? dynamic? > What should I be reading about? On Linux, static tends to be used on embedded systems for speed and sanity when you know about all the hardware that will be connected and don't want anything interfering. OpenBSD has a Makedev script wh

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Chris Bannister wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: ... I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working for DE

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > ... > > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I > > just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working > > for DEC I was

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi,I thought about different approach ... Since On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:46:38AM +0900, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Hi, > > On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > ... > > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I > > just never had reason to have con

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-17 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 06:31:50AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: ... > I've been a "computer user" since before Mr. Torvalds was born. I > just never had reason to have contact with *nix. Even when working > for DEC I was much more into analog than digital. I see. I guess you were a VMS or so

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-17 Thread Richard Owlett
Osamu Aoki wrote: Hi, On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: Terho Uotila wrote: Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow passwords. I do not understand. Going by text displayed during the installation I had the impression that shadow pass

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-16 Thread Osamu Aoki
Hi, On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 01:53:47PM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote: > Terho Uotila wrote: > >Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow > >passwords. > > I do not understand. > Going by text displayed during the installation I had the > impression that shadow passwords w

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-16 Thread Richard Owlett
Terho Uotila wrote: Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow passwords. I do not understand. Going by text displayed during the installation I had the impression that shadow passwords were for those overly paranoid about supposed incremental security advantages. My

Re: Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-16 Thread Terho Uotila
Unless you want to try very minimal system you probably want shadow passwords. On Thu, 15 Nov 2012 11:04:21 -0600 Richard Owlett wrote: > 2. Did not enable shadow passwords > (...) > 3. Attempted "su", neither root nor user password accepted You may have hit a bug. I noticed a problem with disab

Password problem confirmed as repeatable - was [Re: Newbie password problem(s)]

2012-11-15 Thread Richard Owlett
Richard Owlett wrote: I've been doing a series of Debian installs over the last several months. YES. There are easier ways to do things. *BUT* my purpose is _educational_ rather than "efficiency" ;) I have a history of problems with the root password not being recognized. If the problem *DOES*

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote in previous post: The sudo package is installed and the user added to group sudo. If >"apt-get install gdm3" installed gd3 this is either a misobservetion >or the discovery of a massive security problem. I'm beginning to suspect "massive security problem." I'm going have to create

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Brian
On Thu 18 Oct 2012 at 11:32:49 -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > Brian wrote: > >On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > >>On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > >>> > >>>When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > >>>sulogin: root acc

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Richard Owlett
Brian wrote: On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell root@localhost:~# At this point I'm allowed to do "a

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-18 Thread Brian
On Wed 17 Oct 2012 at 21:05:00 +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > > root@localhost:~# > > > > At this point I'm allowed

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-17 Thread songbird
Richard Owlett wrote: ... > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines > displayed are: > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > root@localhost:~# > > At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no > password required. > > > Comments, questions, suggestions?

Re: Newbie password problem(s)

2012-10-17 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Mi, 17 oct 12, 12:22:48, Richard Owlett wrote: > > When rebooting into "Rescue Mode", the last two lines displayed are: > sulogin: root account is locked, starting shell > root@localhost:~# > > At this point I'm allowed to do "apt-get install xyz" - no password > required. > > Comments, quest

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Valery Mamonov
2012/10/11 houkensjtu > Thanks Joe, Brian, Murphy > > As I post above, I forgot to say all these experiments were done in my > home on my laptop... > Now I am in my office and re-do all this experiment. > To be short, now all experiment which is done with ip address works well, > while if I do ss

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Thanks Joe, Brian, Murphy As I post above, I forgot to say all these experiments were done in my home on my laptop... Now I am in my office and re-do all this experiment. To be short, now all experiment which is done with ip address works well, while if I do ssh USER@DEBIAN, it will say: ssh: C

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Neal Murphy
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012 08:19:25 PM houkensjtu wrote: > Thanks for great reply!! > I have to apologize for sth... I forgot to say that all these experiments > were done in home on my laptop...omg So, now I solved the problem with > echo "1">/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward > > What is this fil

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Brian於 2012年10月11日星期四UTC+9上午8時00分04秒寫道: > On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 08:35:13 -0700, houkensjtu wrote: > > > > > I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying > > > to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I > > > read several articles on port forwar

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread houkensjtu
Hi Joe! Thank you for detailed reply! Actually I found a switch which solved my problem and now all my experiments works perfectly. The command is: echo "1">/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward but...What is it?! Is there any other way to check and configure my laptop's status without writing directly

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 19:44:27 +0100, Joe wrote: [Some good advice snipped] > However you resolve the initial problem, the ssh server is very heavily > targeted by the bad guys, using password checking bots. A quick and > dirty security measure is to forward a non-standard high numbered > externa

Re: newbie question on port forwarding(and ssh, netcat)

2012-10-10 Thread Brian
On Wed 10 Oct 2012 at 08:35:13 -0700, houkensjtu wrote: > I am a newbie both of debian and networking... Recently I am trying > to connect my home laptop(I have a router in my home) from office. I > read several articles on port forwarding. And I succeeded in opening > an 22 port on my router, al

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