Re: USB keyboard unreliable since dist-upgrade on 1st of June

2015-06-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 29/06/2015 2:36 AM, Michael Biebl wrote: This might be https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=789723 Try upgrading to udev 221-1 or disabling /lib/udev/rules.d/42-usb-hid-pm.rules by creating an empty file in /etc/ e.g. via touch /etc/udev/rules.d/42-usb-hid-pm.rules Looks

Re: USB keyboard unreliable since dist-upgrade on 1st of June

2015-06-29 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 29/06/2015 8:00 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: It's a bug in udev, which is now part of systemd. EXACTLY, just why systemd is a problem, creeping in to other areas and causing grief. So sad. A. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Re: [OT] Television licensing. was: Re: pptp-based vpn

2015-08-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Huh, don't give our stick government any ideas; TV has never had a license issue in my lifetime in AU. And if the LNP (Liberal/National Party - coalition or rather demolition!) ... succeeds in screwing us over more, it just might be on their cards :( We have pay tv, but plenty of free to air;

Re: cp output format

2015-07-17 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 16/07/2015 10:23 PM, Haines Brown wrote: Sorry for this elementary question. I want to do sequential copies with a command like this: $ cp --backup=t file .../destination/file. When periodically run it produces file, file.~1~, file.~2~, etc. How do I get rid of the ~ so that the

Re: cp output format

2015-07-18 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 17/07/2015 9:16 PM, Nicolas George wrote: Le nonidi 29 messidor, an CCXXIII, Andrew McGlashan a écrit : HOME_DIR=$(grep ^${fix_name}: /etc/passwd|cut -d: -f6) eval HOME_DIR=~$fix_name is much simpler, more efficient, and would work with NIS- or LDAP-based user databases

Re: cp output format

2015-07-18 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 18/07/2015 9:40 PM, The Wanderer wrote: mmv file.~*~' file.#1 Okay, well from the OP ... $ cp --backup=t file /destination/file First time use of mmv: $ mmv file.~*~ file.#1 However, the next time you try the cp again, it will create a new ~1~ as it doesn't exist and using mmv

Re: cp output format

2015-07-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 19/07/2015 7:59 PM, Nicolas George wrote: cmp /cdrom/300_megs_file_1 /cdrom/300_megs_file_2 ... and when you are done buying a replacement for your optical drive, you can tell me if cmp was really better than a hash. You make a very

Re: Off topic, but has lists.sourceforge.net hung itself for good?

2015-07-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 20/07/2015 8:39 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: I am on a couple mailing lists hosted at lists.sourceforge.net. Msgs to those lists goto a black hole, and the last msg I got from that server was around 14:20 EDT Thursday.

Re: Off topic, but has lists.sourceforge.net hung itself for good?

2015-07-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 20/07/2015 9:34 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: On Sunday 19 July 2015 19:13:10 Andrew McGlashan wrote: Hi, On 20/07/2015 8:39 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: I am on a couple mailing lists hosted at lists.sourceforge.net. Msgs to those lists goto a black hole, and the last msg I got from that server

Re: squirrelmail problem -- updated php5.6 from dotdeb.org on wheezy [solved]

2015-11-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 8/11/2015 9:25 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Now I do use a self-signed certificate with my own root CA setup, > the root certificate is installed and added to the cert store as > follows: > > > # cd /usr/share/ca-crtificate

squirrelmail problem -- updated php5.6 from dotdeb.org on wheezy

2015-11-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, # cat /etc/debian_version 7.9 I recently updated php 5.4 to 5.6 via dotdebs [1], these are the package differences libapache2-mod-php55.4.45-0+deb7u1 amd64 php5-cli 5.4.45-0+deb7u1

Re: no SMART support for western digital drive

2015-11-15 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 16/11/2015 3:32 PM, kamaraju kusumanchi wrote: > Running gsmartcontrol on a brand new Western Digital hard drive > says that SMART support is unavailable. I was under the impression > that most hard drives have SMART support these days. Given

Re: Isn't this a security compromise?

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 14/10/2015 3:37 PM, Himanshu Shekhar wrote: > I searched today about what to do if one forgets his/her linux password. > The following links described the process: > https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Debian_reset_root_password > http://xmodulo.com/how-to-reset-root-password-in-debian-ubuntu.html

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 14/10/2015 12:53 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > No. My id on this mail server is "zlinuxman". I have no idea who > "thecoughingcanary" is. Nor do I understand why the SMTP server > would allow "thecoughingcanary" to send out e-mails in my

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 14/10/2015 1:09 PM, Stuart Longland wrote: >> No. My id on this mail server is "zlinuxman". I have no idea >> who "thecoughingcanary" is. Nor do I understand why the SMTP >> server would allow "thecoughingcanary" to send out e-mails in my

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Of course ftp, clear text passwords, is also a problem; if it was this, then every time you update files via ftp, can you then immediately change your password when done? Mute point if they are using their own credentials to send mail and not your

Re: whatsapp on Debian?

2015-10-17 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 17/10/2015 9:52 PM, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I've found several how-to's about installing whatsapp on Linux and > Debian but none of them was useful to me. Anyone out there who was > successful with the issue and can report how to do? I'm

Re: smartphone forum for the technically-oriented

2015-10-17 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, Okay, well I think *you* are on the right track; many people will give away waaay too much data using their mobile spy machines ;-) - just ask Richard Stallman for one. On 17/10/2015 12:38 PM, rlhar...@oplink.net wrote: > On Fri, October

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

2015-10-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 11/10/2015 5:16 AM, Timothy Hobbs wrote: > Be careful of AdBlock: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AdBlock#Acceptable_Ads_Program_and_sale > > Use uBlock instead. I would say uBlock Origin -- it seems to be a better option to uBlock from what I've heard. Cheers A.

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

2015-10-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 11/10/2015 5:06 AM, Curt wrote: > Seems there is a boolean option for Firefox versions 8 and above that > can be toggled (about:config in the address bar) > > plugins.click_to_play > > which may satisfy your needs. > >

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

2015-10-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 11/10/2015 3:07 AM, brian wrote: > My wife and I live out in the wilds of Maine, and the only > internet service we can get is satellite, which means a maximum of > 250 MB total up and down per day. That allowance gets drained away > by these

Re: Video-UNfriendly browsers?

2015-10-11 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 11/10/2015 9:59 AM, edonkey2001-deb...@yahoo.it wrote: > Get Policeman addon, go to Manage rule sets: > Enable "Allow any request" > Then go to Edit custom rules, and add a persistent rule: > Reject media, leaving origin and destination fields empty. > > You can't now watch any video on any

Re: trouble tracking down H264 codec for iceweasel

2015-10-11 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 12/10/2015 3:25 AM, bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > I've got two systems running jessie. > > Somehow iceweasel on one system has got the cisco OpenH264 decoder installed, > but the other one doesn't. > > I can't seem to track down how I've managed to install it. > > Anybody know how I can get

Re: [OT] Has my e-mail account been hacked?

2015-10-13 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 13/10/2015 7:15 PM, Jochen Spieker wrote: > Stuart Longland: I had a similar case on my self-administered mail > host. A friend of mine has an account there and random hosts from > all over the world used his credentials to send legitimately >

Re: Comments on Lenovo desktops

2015-07-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi Lisi, On 13/07/2015 8:48 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: But I don't like the loook of this: Trusted Platform Module (TPM 1.2) Security Chip Again, comments please. I would be more concerned Lenovo for other reasons; helping customers with spyware MITM SSL certs for that reason alone, even

Re: Another system management tool to disappear.

2015-08-30 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 31/08/2015 1:24 AM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: On Mon, 31 Aug 2015 01:00:27 +1000 Andrew McGlashan andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au wrote: And ANYONE whom speaks against systemd is, quite simply, just like one who utters the name Voldermort in the Harry Potter story. Both

Re: Another system management tool to disappear.

2015-08-30 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 29/08/2015 8:49 AM, T.J. Duchene wrote: snip rubbish Lennart is the /main/ reason systemd exists; vocal or not. The linux kernel is bloated, it shouldn't be as large IMHO either. It too goes against the *NIX way Read Lennart's own blog,

Re: Re; Okay, that's too much now!

2015-09-07 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 7/09/2015 7:15 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > Carl didn't overstate half as much as calling systemd a cancer with > tentacles. > (Do cancers actually have tentacles??). It's plainly obvious, it is exactly what it is. Read Lennart's own blog if you want more proof, it's all there, unless he has

Re: Another system management tool to disappear.

2015-09-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 2/09/2015 12:11 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > Which, I am afraid, puts you in the pattern of those who defend the > approach the cabal has taken. > > (Concerning the use of "cabal": > > http://0pointer.net/blog/revisiting-how-we-put-together-linux-systems.html > > Although I'm not really sure they

Re: Another system management tool to disappear.

2015-09-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 1/09/2015 3:08 AM, pecon...@mesanetworks.net wrote: > If you want to exit the shell normally, typically the 'exit' command > will suffice (it depends on your shell, obviously). And if, for some reason, you can't exit a shell normally; but you can login again in a different session, then you

Re: Another system management tool to disappear.

2015-09-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 31/08/2015 10:33 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > Agreed. For what it's worth, I don't think this particular > iteration of the discussion has gotten nearly as heated or as > hostile or as harmful as many of the previous ones have done. Perhaps it is

Re: Another system management tool to disappear.

2015-09-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 1/09/2015 11:08 PM, The Wanderer wrote: >> > west!david 12:22:14 ~ $ diff -U0 VC-login-*[ey] >> > --- VC-login-jessie 2015-08-31 11:34:23.476573261 -0500 >> > +++ VC-login-wheezy 2015-08-31 11:38:11.0 -0500 > How did you get these files? I haven't been able to come up with a

Re: Re; Okay, that's too much now!

2015-09-07 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 8/09/2015 5:09 AM, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 05:29:14PM +1000, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> On 7/09/2015 7:15 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> I gather Devuan is doing well. So there are choices. One of course is >>> stick >>> with Debian,

Re: Debian on Dlink DNS-320

2015-09-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 28/09/2015 7:32 PM, Alexandre GRIVEAUX wrote: > I want to install debian on DNS-320, i can start debian installer but at > the end i'm stuck at installing the kernel. > I'm missing a partition scheme, i guess the file system is on sda(sata > or usb) and the kernel on nand but the last is

Re: [OT] Soliciting Advice on e-mail and web-hosting providers

2015-12-06 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 7/12/2015 12:16 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > Obviously you don't trust your router. Mine has been reflashed with > DD-WRT. Nothing comes in that I don't let in. Sure, but that is assuming that DD-WRT is all good; which I would be confident about. But it also means that those that are "let

Could this be @jackstormwriter ?

2016-01-05 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 http://jacksoren.com/ Jack Soren writes thriller, suspense and detective novels. He also writes shorter stories...or stories of medium length, or stories when he's bored...or when he's awake...or if he's gettin' paid - okay, mostly only when

Re: LVM info - OTHER than HOWTO's

2015-11-18 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 19/11/2015 6:14 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Windows XP runs on a dedicated machine whose functions are browsing and > email. XP -- that's dead now; lots of security issues that will never get fixed. Do you really need Windows now? What is it that XP does for you that you can't do with

Re: self-encrypting drives (SED)

2015-11-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 21/11/2015 8:17 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > David Christensen a écrit : >> >> As I understand it, self-encrypting drives (SED) encrypt everything >> (including the boot partition). To use this feature, you need a >> computer with BIOS/ UEFI that supports it -- e.g. the BIOS will prompt >>

Re: self-encrypting drives (SED)

2015-11-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 21/11/2015 1:59 PM, David Christensen wrote: > On 11/20/2015 01:04 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >> Anyone with physical access can do whatever they want. You can >> set up restrictions in the BIOS or set restrictions in the boot >> loader, but

Re: self-encrypting drives (SED)

2015-11-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 22/11/2015 6:11 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Andrew McGlashan a écrit : >>> Assuming the vendor firmware has no backdoor or flaw allowing to bypass >>> the user-defined password. >> >> Ditto for the drive's own firmware. ;-) > > That's what I was refe

Re: self-encrypting drives (SED)

2015-11-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 22/11/2015 6:17 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Andrew McGlashan a écrit : > What problem does it solve exactly, besides the need of a keyboard ? > I do not see how this "solution" protects against tampering of the > unencrypted boot part. True, physical access and you are still toast. A.

Re: self-encrypting drives (SED)

2015-11-22 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 22/11/2015 8:01 PM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: > Andrew McGlashan a écrit : >> >> On 22/11/2015 6:11 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: >>> Andrew McGlashan a écrit : >>>>> Assuming the vendor firmware has no backdoor or flaw allowing to bypass >>>>>

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
/system_filter and #it's related log file. ### END INIT INFO # Author: Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> # set -x # PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin DESC="Save exim4 system_filter archive" NAME=archive-sy

Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
at /etc/init.d/archive-system-mail #! /bin/sh ### BEGIN INIT INFO # Provides: mailarchive # Required-Start:$syslog # Required-Stop: $syslog # Default-Start: 2 3 4 5 # Default-Stop: # Short-Description: Save exim4 system_filter archive ### END INIT INFO # Author: Andrew Mc

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/06/2016 6:02 AM, Brian wrote: > Your premable was enough: > > In the Solaris world and most SYSV systems like it, there was a very > simple startup system; it was not systemd, nor is it the "modern day > sysvinit. It was much simpler and worked very, very well and extremely >

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/06/2016 6:17 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: >> Perhaps, but why? I'm not asking it to log anything to syslog; just to >> create it's own log file in the /var/log directory. > > Just going off the comments at the top -- states "required-start: > $syslog". Although, I suppose that you could've

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/06/2016 5:24 AM, Brian wrote: > Otherwise, hobby-horses probably require a different venue. If you do > not have a problem please try to find somewhere which does not require > Debian support). As per the subject, required script will NOT run and in my message: My script is meant to

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
:46 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> The order of the scripts alone allowed for everything to be very, very >> simple and no script relied upon any other; they were self dependent. >> If you wanted something to be available before your script, you made >> sure your

Re: Linux startup, Wheezy -- a required script won't run on startup, but can run manually without any trouble

2016-06-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Thanks for your reply. On 10/06/2016 5:06 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> In the Solaris world and most SYSV systems like it, there was a very >> simple startup system; it was not systemd, nor is it the "modern day" >> sysvinit. It was muc

Re: ssh again

2016-06-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Also consider making an ssh group and limit access in the sshd_config to that group. And /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny (tcpwrappers). Not everything in this reference is good for Debian, but most of it is: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-ssh_restrict/index.html lsgroups?

Re: Mailing-list configuration

2016-06-15 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 14/06/2016 3:09 AM, Nicolas George wrote: > The lack of reply-to header. If you see no reply-to header, then only do reply to list as already instructed with L for mutt, which I don't use. Always do reply to list, it's simple. IF someone says they are not subscribed, please CC me, then

Re: dovecot -- Require different setting for mail_location for each of POP3S and IMAPS protocols

2016-02-22 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 23/02/2016 4:27 AM, Christian Seiler wrote: > On 02/22/2016 06:00 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> I've tried getting this answered on dovecot mailing list, but not >> having success so far; so I'm trying here too now (considering it is a >> Debian system that was upgr

Re: Warning Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

2016-02-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 24/02/2016 11:47 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > I wrote: >>> ... google ... Kim Schmitz ... rofl ... i am not that curious. > > Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> Actually he doesn't run mega.nz any longer and he has said that he >> wouldn't trust the site now due

Re: user History File.

2016-02-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 29/02/2016 2:19 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > There is the ttysnoop package, but I strongly advise consulting > with a knowledgeable local lawyer before using it. If your laws > protect privacy at all, using it on a user without their > explicit consent is likely to be a crime. # aptitude show

Re: Verify packages?

2016-02-27 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 27/02/2016 7:57 AM, Brian wrote: > On Fri 26 Feb 2016 at 15:24:04 +0100, Christian Seiler wrote: > >>For known rootkits you can use the chkrootkit tool (available >>also as a Debian package), but that also has it's limitations. > > Being incapable of detecting anything sigificant

dovecot -- Require different setting for mail_location for each of POP3S and IMAPS protocols

2016-02-22 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Okay, I've tried getting this answered on dovecot mailing list, but not having success so far; so I'm trying here too now (considering it is a Debian system that was upgraded from squeeze-lts to wheezy). Old dovecot allowed me to configure past

Re: How to get consistent names for USB ports...

2016-02-26 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 27/02/2016 5:46 AM, Christopher Swingley wrote: > udevadm info --query=name --name=/dev/ttyUSB0 --attribute-walk udevadm info --query=name --name=/dev/sdg --attribute-walk Could you do something similar for mdadm RAID [external USB drives] devices? Probably only need the serial number

Re: How to get consistent names for USB ports...

2016-02-26 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 27/02/2016 6:22 AM, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2016 at 06:10:49AM +1100, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> >> On 27/02/2016 5:46 AM, Christopher Swingley wrote: >>> udevadm info --query=name --name=/dev/ttyUSB0 --attribute-walk >> >> udevadm info --que

Re: Warning Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

2016-02-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 23/02/2016 9:50 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Sven Hartge wrote: >> You cannot wget a mega.nz URL. You have to use a Javascript-enabled >> Browser to get the file. > > Shall i really enable insecure Javascript to download a malicious ISO ? > > ... google ... Kim Schmitz ... rofl ...

Re: Warning Linux Mint Website Hacked and ISOs replaced with Backdoored Operating System

2016-02-24 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 23/02/2016 10:02 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > Hi, > > Nicolas George wrote: >> Of course, that does not mean MD5 and SHA-1 should be used nowadays. New >> theoretical attacks are found, keeping using hashes with known weaknesses is >> stupid. > > The ISO checksums are provided more for

Re: nytimes pages that fail in iceweasel [SOLVED]

2016-02-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Hi, On 21/02/2016 2:12 AM, Steve Kleene wrote: > user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", false); > > When I changed this to "true" in my original prefs.js, the web > pages worked properly. > > The newly enabled function, IndexedDB, apparently has some

Re: nytimes pages that fail in iceweasel [SOLVED]

2016-02-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 21/02/2016 3:47 AM, Reco wrote: > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stefan_Kimak/publication/281066023_Some_Potential_Issues_with_the_Security_of_HTML5_IndexedDB/links/55d3438208ae0b8f3ef92886.pdf?inViewer=0=0=publication_detail Okay, thanks, a reload of the page yeilded the /right/

Upgraded squeeze-lts server to wheezy -- client exim4 connections over tls give segfault

2016-02-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I've been running squeeze-lts VM on a squeeze-lts Xen server. Updated the VM to wheezy and it most ly works okay, but but mail connections fail with a segfault #  swaks -4 -s mail.affinityvision.com.au -tlsc -p 465 --ehlo affintiyvision.com.au -au andrewm -ap  -t

Upgraded squeeze-lts server to wheezy -- client exim4 connections over tls give segfault

2016-02-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I've been running squeeze-lts VM on a squeeze-lts Xen server. Updated the VM to wheezy and it mostly works okay, but but mail connections fail with a segfault. # swaks -4 -s mail.affinityvision.com.au -tlsc -p 465 --ehlo affintiyvision.com.au -au andrewm -ap -t

Re: Upgraded squeeze-lts server to wheezy -- client exim4 connections over tls give segfault

2016-02-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 22/02/2016 5:25 AM, deloptes wrote: > Andrew McGlashan wrote: > what is the mail server on this system? It should have one - perhaps also > exim It is exim4 as per the packages list. I fixed this by regenerating the certificate, that's all it was. Right now it is using my

Re: nytimes pages that fail in iceweasel [SOLVED]

2016-02-21 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 22/02/2016 2:02 AM, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 22:59:26 + Lisi Reisz > wrote: > And how is password-protection incompatible with free software > principles anyway? It's not /really/ free if it needs me to login to access the resources. A.

Re: Iceweasel update error on Wheezy

2016-03-18 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 16/03/2016 11:40 PM, John Hasler wrote: > Marc writes: >> I am perfectly happy to continue downloading from Mozilla if that will >> keep me current, and Debian's repo will not. > > Why do you need to keep current? Just curious. Well, security is a good reason to remain current; but those

Tails -- wheezy based good, jessie based bad

2016-03-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, Just reporting that I have a couple of older machines that both work well with Tails 1.8.2 -- an old Thinkpad that used to run XP and an old Macbook Pro 4,1 (early 2008). Tails 1.8.2 is based on Wheezy. Both machines fail on Tails 2.x -- the Thinkpad gets further than the Macbook Pro. 2.x

Re: Tails -- wheezy based good, jessie based bad

2016-03-14 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 13/03/2016 9:12 PM, Adam Wilson wrote: > On Sun, 13 Mar 2016 13:02:54 +1100 Andrew McGlashan > <andrew.mcglas...@affinityvision.com.au> wrote: > >> Just reporting that I have a couple of older machines that both work >> well with Tails 1.8.2 -- an old T

Re: flash? [OT]

2016-03-14 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 15/03/2016 5:13 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 14 March 2016 14:06:27 Jörg-Volker Peetz wrote: > >> IMHO its worth to try the web without flash. >> HTML5 can do a lot nowadays. >> And visiting sites without using flash helps to get rid of it. The sooner, the better Flash needs to

Re: Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

2016-03-14 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 14/03/2016 7:38 AM, Kynn Jones wrote: > @Russ, @Pascal: thanks for your comments and suggestions. They are > very helpful. A couple of things. ext2 is virtually the same as ext3 and ext4, but the latter two have journal logs. Earlier today I was working on a script and I accidentally

Re: Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

2016-03-14 Thread Andrew McGlashan
This might help, using one of the super blocks that hasn't been overwritten: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-find-alternative-superblocks/ Cheers AndrewM signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: Need help salvaging what I can from major disaster

2016-03-14 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 15/03/2016 6:46 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > I wonder if you could re-align your original partition and then try to > do recovery of that? There won't be any journal to help though, so the > tool I used isn't going to help; but there might be other options to > reconstruct the

Re: Does anyone know how to configure a Brother MFC-J5720DW with cups?

2016-03-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 12/03/2016 11:32 PM, deloptes wrote: > IMO it is not likely that one adds a spy software on such low cost device - > what for? If you want to print confidentail information - there are other > types of printers and setups you could do so. Well, it doesn't need to have it's own /spyware/

Re: iceweasel now firefox-esr?

2016-03-12 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 12/03/2016 4:37 PM, Dale Harris wrote: > Huh, why is iceweasel installing firefox-esr now and not even putting > in a sym. link from iceweasel to firefox? http://www.pcworld.com/article/3036509/linux/iceweasel-will-be-renamed-firefox-as-relations-between-debian-and-mozilla-thaw.html

Re: Iceweasel update error on Wheezy

2016-03-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 17/03/2016 2:52 AM, Andrew McGlashan wrote: > Latest case in point, Firefox 44.x would allow nice and easy copy of a > section of a webpage (links, pictures, everything) -- ready to be pasted > in to an email or a document of some type (fully formatted with relative > link

Re: flash? [OT]

2016-03-14 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 15/03/2016 1:47 PM, David Wright wrote: >> Nothing would ever happen if everyone adopted the logic of "oh well, I'm >> alone so I can't change anything". The journey of a thousand miles >> starts with a single step. >> >>> Does it even notice you didn't even visit its site? "By God", they >>>

Re: Iceweasel update error on Wheezy

2016-03-16 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 16/03/2016 3:05 PM, Marc Shapiro wrote: > What is the difference between firefox-esr and firefox-release? I have > been downloading the tar file from mozilla since this whole thing > started. How different is what Debian now has from the Mozilla tar > file? Will Debian keep up with the

Re: restarting network

2016-03-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 29/03/2016 12:34 AM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 28 Mar 2016 at 10:49:14 +0100, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > >> What is the recommended way of restarting network services after, say, >> changing the parameters in /etc/network/interfaces? > > Guessing game number 1: No /e/n/i before; no /e/n/i

Re: Changing Window Title in Putty

2016-04-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/04/2016 6:12 AM, Aero Maxx wrote: > I only have ssh access to the server, no gui. Umm, the instruction looks very good for putty as you asked for. Which version of putty are you using and what type of machine are you running it from? A.

Re: Changing Window Title in Putty

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/04/2016 11:25 PM, Aero Maxx wrote: > I've played about with the PS1 line, I wasn't aware of a PS2 line, http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2008/09/bash-shell-take-control-of-ps1-ps2-ps3-ps4-and-prompt_command/ > I've done as much as I am able to on my own through trial and error. > > This is

Re: Changing Window Title in Putty

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
> You see I had to change the /etc/screenrc file and turn the hardstatus > line to show that I was in a screen. Well, you did ask specifically about putty and the solution would do what is needed for putty. In which case, it wouldn't matter what the /etc/screen settings are. > I think your

Re: Changing Window Title in Putty

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 11/04/2016 2:04 AM, Aero Maxx wrote: > So what is $PROMPT_COMMAND actually for ? is this the command prompt or > the windows title. This from the prior reference page: PROMPT_COMMAND Bash shell executes the content of the PROMPT_COMMAND just before displaying the PS1 variable. And that

Re: Trouble getting posted

2016-04-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/04/2016 2:04 AM, Gary Roach wrote: > I have tried to post a couple of things in the last few days with no > results. My posts never show up. So this is another test. Is it simply a mailman setting, don't send emails from me to me? A.

Re: Trouble getting posted

2016-04-09 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/04/2016 2:14 AM, Patrick Wiseman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 9, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Gary Roach > wrote: > > I have tried to post a couple of things in the last few days with no > results. My posts never show up. So this is

Re: Changing Window Title in Putty

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
The first thing I do with Putty is adjust the "default settings" to my liking, save it and then use that as a base for new entries for each server that I need to connect to; I save each server's settings. That lends itself well to giving each saved session it's own window title in the manner that

Re: New Weather Protocol?

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/04/2016 5:51 PM, David Baron wrote: > Non of my weather widgets work any longer. OK, Yahoo changed their API, but > the updated widget still does not work. Neither does open weathermap? > > So ... is there something new I must enable in the firewall?? Does this help? http://wttr.in/tlv

Re: New Weather Protocol?

2016-04-10 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 10/04/2016 7:59 PM, David Baron wrote: > On Sunday 10 April 2016 19:06:46 Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> On 10/04/2016 5:51 PM, David Baron wrote: >>> Non of my weather widgets work any longer. OK, Yahoo changed their API, >>> but >>> the updated widget st

Re: [ A little off topic] Best e-mail client for Android

2016-04-11 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 11/04/2016 10:02 PM, German wrote: > I wonder what Debian users use on their phone/tablet. I like K9, just wish it has one more feature when I delete messages, I would prefer them to be shown with a strike through and then I could either /really/ delete them or I could simply undelete

Re: ssd firmware and power cycles etc

2016-03-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 18/03/2016 7:59 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > I will stick with hard drives. Any kind of flash drive can die with little or no notice. However, that article was way back in 2013 ... there have been loads of improvements since then. Current Samsung 850 Pro units in AU have a 10 year

Re: computer cann't shut down

2016-03-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 19/03/2016 11:40 PM, lina wrote: > Every time since I installed the system, > > every time I tried Shut Down, it mainly restart again. I had a weird situation with an ordinary desktop running Winblows; it was fixed by removing the fancy Logitech keyboard and plugging in a more simple one.

Re: Firefox vis a vis source of Chrome

2016-03-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 17/03/2016 4:04 AM, Felix Miata wrote: > Andrew McGlashan composed on 2016-03-17 02:52 (UTC+1100): > >> ...Let Firefox stand on >> it's own, it doesn't need to be a Chrome clone; heck Chrome was born out >> of Firefox in the first place. > > Chrome/Blink w

Re: Sudo

2016-03-19 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 20/03/2016 3:15 AM, Frank Jones wrote: > I have only been using Linux for a short time why cant I use SUDO on the > terminal with Debian I use it with Linu Mint. There is, or was at the very least, an installation choice of whether or not to setup sudo. It is not foreign to /normal/

Re: can you boot a dvd iso file from a tv dvd player?

2016-03-22 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 23/03/2016 12:18 AM, Michael Fothergill wrote: > I own a Samsung BD-C5900 Blu ray/DVD player. I think you will find that the USB port on a DVD player is only for playing content and/or updating the firmware of the player itself. There would be very little chance that it will act as a DVD

Re: Throughput riddle

2016-03-20 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi On 21/03/2016 2:22 AM, arian wrote: > another simple bandwidth check: > # host1: nc -l 8090 > /dev/zero > # host2: dd if=/dev/zero | nc host1 8090 Okay, I'm trying the following. On host 1 # ssh -f name-in-config -L 18090:localhost:8090 'nc -l 8090 > /dev/zero' The "name-in-config" is

Re: New Deb 8 and no sshd access from other hosts [SOLVED]

2016-03-26 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 27/03/2016 4:08 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Tom Browder wrote: >> I have installed Deb on my laptop and reused my old Deb 7 .ssh directory. >> >> I can now ssh into the existing remote servers but cannot ssh into my >> laptop from them

Re: New Deb 8 and no sshd access from other hosts [SOLVED]

2016-03-26 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 27/03/2016 10:04 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > On Saturday, March 26, 2016, Andrew McGlashan > I usually restrict with known IP addresses (static ones) and sometimes > with users having to be in a specific group that allows ssh. Also, > authorized keys enforced instead

Re: exim4 maildir_tag

2016-03-08 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, On 8/03/2016 8:32 PM, Christian Schmidt wrote: > On 07.03.2016 19:34, Andrew McGlashan wrote: >> So, mail queue handling will then be done by dovecot-lda instead of exim4. > > No, dovecot "only" does delivery to your local users' mailboxes/maildirs. That

Re: Using an SSD with strictatime mount option

2016-03-04 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 4/03/2016 12:36 PM, Joel Roth wrote: > On Tue, Mar 01, 2016 at 01:53:11PM +0100, Jochen Spieker wrote: >> Joel Roth: >>> >>> mount -o remount,strictatime / >>> >>> Fixes it. >> >> Great! But wouldn't that still be a good idea to switch to Maildir? :) > > Yes, it just takes a little work to

Re: which files took the space

2016-03-03 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 3/03/2016 1:51 PM, lina wrote: > I figured out, there are so many hidden files. It also may have been files in the file system, but where another file system mount hides them A.

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