Re: [gentoo-user] Ghost cyber threat

2015-01-31 Thread shawn wilson
On Jan 31, 2015 11:57 PM, "Adam Carter" wrote: > > >> > Do they need telnet or ssh access, >> Not telnet shell but this could be triggered with telnet/nc or even nmap, hping, or tcpreplay - all of which could send an arbitrary payload to tcp or udp ports. >> I don't understand this obsession wit

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread wabenbau
Am Samstag, 31.01.2015 um 22:59 schrieb Joseph : > Is there a way to backup bios setting to a text file etc.; beside > special Windows utility? At least none of my mainboards has such a feature. You could search in your mainboard manual about that. Another way to save your BIOS settings is to ma

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Dale
Joseph wrote: > On 01/31/15 23:42, Dale wrote: > > [snip] >> > Hi Joseph, > > may be only a accidental coincidence... > One thing I can think of is an empty bios coin cell. If that battery is flat, the bios will complain settings are gone. Why would that cause grub to

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
On 01/31/15 23:42, Dale wrote: [snip] Hi Joseph, may be only a accidental coincidence... One thing I can think of is an empty bios coin cell. If that battery is flat, the bios will complain settings are gone. Why would that cause grub to fail? Dont know the reason...I only experienced it se

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 1 February 2015 05:41:36 CET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >J. Roeleveld [15-02-01 05:40]: >> On 31 January 2015 18:50:19 CET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >> >Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: >> >> After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not >do >> >> anything with grub or kernel.

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > J. Roeleveld [15-02-01 05:40]: >> On 31 January 2015 18:50:19 CET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do anything with grub or kernel. I get a bios flash and next i

Re: [gentoo-user] Ghost cyber threat

2015-01-31 Thread Adam Carter
> > Do they need telnet or ssh access, > > I don't understand this obsession with ssh or telnet. Remote code > execution means that malicious party can execute any code on > affected system. > To elaborate, since exim is an SMTP server it will be listening on TCP/25. All the attacker needs to do i

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Meino . Cramer
J. Roeleveld [15-02-01 05:40]: > On 31 January 2015 18:50:19 CET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: > >> After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do > >> anything with grub or kernel. > >> I get a bios flash and next is message: > >> > >> Loading o

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread J. Roeleveld
On 31 January 2015 18:50:19 CET, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: >> After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do >> anything with grub or kernel. >> I get a bios flash and next is message: >> >> Loading operating system ... >> GRUB loading stage2 >>

Re: [gentoo-user] meld - GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS

2015-01-31 Thread Adam Carter
> If you've su'd to root, try 'su -' instead. >> > > Thank you, that was it? > What difference does it make and why on some boxes it has to be "su -" and > on others simple "su" works. > Read 'man su'. I dont really understand this stuff well enough, but a 'login shell', that is, one started by

Re: [gentoo-user] meld - GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
On 02/01/15 11:06, Adam Carter wrote: On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Joseph <[1]syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: When I run "meld" as root I get a strange errors: GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote

Re: [gentoo-user] meld - GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS

2015-01-31 Thread Adam Carter
On Sun, Feb 1, 2015 at 9:29 AM, Joseph wrote: > When I run "meld" as root I get a strange errors: > > GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: > Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application > did not send a reply, the message bus security policy block

Re: [gentoo-user] meld - GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
On 01/31/15 17:57, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: On 01/31/2015 05:29 PM, Joseph wrote: When I run "meld" as root I get a strange errors: what happens when you don't run as root? GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the re

[gentoo-user] IPAM: phpipam ?

2015-01-31 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
What do you gentoo-users prefer for doing IPAM ... ? Learned about http://phpipam.net today ... no gentoo ebuild yet. opinions? recommendations? Stefan

Re: [gentoo-user] meld - GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS

2015-01-31 Thread Alec Ten Harmsel
On 01/31/2015 05:29 PM, Joseph wrote: > When I run "meld" as root I get a strange errors: > > what happens when you don't run as root? > > GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: > > Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote > application did not send a repl

Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread symack
It sounded like a grub -> grub2 issue. After running grub-install you probably fixed a broken fs referece ie / /boot etc... Fresh gentoo installs with manual kernel builds always feel like a warm sweater that just came out of the drier. Ah so clean :) N. ​

Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
On 01/31/15 21:00, Neil Bothwick wrote: On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:53:41 -0700, Joseph wrote: I bootstrap from Gentoo CD and run "grub-install" in change-root. It fixed the problem, but it make me wonder why grub flipped on me. I run upgrade on three other boxes and everything went smooth. When I

[gentoo-user] meld - GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
When I run "meld" as root I get a strange errors: GConf Error: Client failed to connect to the D-BUS daemon: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Updating Gentoo

2015-01-31 Thread symack
On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 4:38 PM, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2015-01-30, Jc García wrote: > > > DON'T unmerge python, remember emerge runs on python, you will likely > > be unable to use the package manager if you do that. > > Been there, done that. :/ > > Wasted about a half-day recovering. > > -

[gentoo-user] Re: Updating Gentoo

2015-01-31 Thread Grant Edwards
On 2015-01-30, Jc García wrote: > DON'T unmerge python, remember emerge runs on python, you will likely > be unable to use the package manager if you do that. Been there, done that. :/ Wasted about a half-day recovering. -- Grant

Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:53:41 -0700, Joseph wrote: > I bootstrap from Gentoo CD and run "grub-install" in change-root. > It fixed the problem, but it make me wonder why grub flipped on me. I > run upgrade on three other boxes and everything went smooth. When I run > upgrade on my main working serv

Re: [gentoo-user][SOLVED] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
On 01/31/15 19:54, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Joseph [15-01-31 19:32]: On 01/31/15 11:59, Dale wrote: >meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: >>>After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do >>>anything with grub or kernel. >>>I get a bios flash and next i

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Meino . Cramer
Joseph [15-01-31 19:32]: > On 01/31/15 11:59, Dale wrote: > >meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > >>Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: > >>>After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do > >>>anything with grub or kernel. > >>>I get a bios flash and next is message: > >>> > >>>Loading operati

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Dale
Joseph wrote: > On 01/31/15 11:59, Dale wrote: >> meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: >>> Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do anything with grub or kernel. I get a bios flash and next is message: Loading operating system ...

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
On 01/31/15 11:59, Dale wrote: meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do anything with grub or kernel. I get a bios flash and next is message: Loading operating system ... GRUB loading stage2 and computer goes bac

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Dale
meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote: > Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: >> After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do >> anything with grub or kernel. >> I get a bios flash and next is message: >> >> Loading operating system ... >> GRUB loading stage2 >> >> and computer goes back reboot c

Re: [gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Meino . Cramer
Joseph [15-01-31 18:12]: > After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do > anything with grub or kernel. > I get a bios flash and next is message: > > Loading operating system ... > GRUB loading stage2 > > and computer goes back reboot cycle, flash bios and the same massa

[gentoo-user] Computer does not boot

2015-01-31 Thread Joseph
After recent upgrade my computer doesn't want to boot. I did not do anything with grub or kernel. I get a bios flash and next is message: Loading operating system ... GRUB loading stage2 and computer goes back reboot cycle, flash bios and the same massage is displayed. What went wrong during

Re: [gentoo-user] Rkhunter now showing Warnings for two files: /bin/egrep & fgrep

2015-01-31 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 31 Jan 2015 12:17:47 +, Mick wrote: > > You can tell rkhunter to ignore them. > > > > % grep grep /etc/rkhunter.conf.local > > SCRIPTWHITELIST=/bin/egrep > > SCRIPTWHITELIST=/bin/fgrep > > I've also been getting the same warning for: > > Warning: The command '/usr/bin/ldd' has bee

Re: [gentoo-user] Rkhunter now showing Warnings for two files: /bin/egrep & fgrep

2015-01-31 Thread Mick
On Monday 26 Jan 2015 22:53:53 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:27:05 -0500, Alec Ten Harmsel wrote: > > >> # grep Warning /var/log/rkhunter.log > > >> > > >> [03:10:32] Info: Emailing warnings to 'root' using command > > >> '/bin/mail > > > > > > -s "[rkhunter] Warnings found for $

Re: [gentoo-user] grub -> gummiboot: good

2015-01-31 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 28 Jan 2015 18:54:17 Tom H wrote: > On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Mick wrote: > > ... and if you have no need for multi-booting then the kernel efi stub is > > very simple to configure and still works reliably (with openrc and no > > initrd here). No need to install a separate boot