[OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG meeting

2018-04-06 Thread Bill Strosberg
llows people like me to follow things without hunting through the web site. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] asterix + pots + raspberry pi = good ?

2017-09-25 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 2017-09-25 2:03 PM, Peter Sjöberg wrote: I guess it should work but never been playing with asterisk,voip or so I'm asking for an over all opinion. Customer has 3 POTS to an old Talkswitch ct.ts001 pbx and from that it then goes over intranet to a pile of voip phones (talkswitch TS-350i). The

[OCLUG-Tech] Fwd: IM/IT position at the Canadian Museum of Nature

2016-04-13 Thread Bill Strosberg
All: Job position at Museum of Nature I was asked to post to this list. http://nature.ca/en/about-us/careers-volunteering/careers/project-leader-information-management-information-technology -- Bill ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http:

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] imap connection from unknown

2016-03-19 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 16-03-19 08:13 AM, James wrote: Figured out the imap connection, it is expected. Still have no idea where the 38gigs came from. On 2016-03-18 11:38 PM, James wrote: I used 38 gig yesterday which is way higher than usual. I think my Raspberry Pi has been hacked. $ netstat Active Internet co

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] tar or rsync for backup greater than 50Gb

2016-02-29 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 16-02-28 09:10 PM, Bruce Harding wrote: Hello Bill long time no talk. I'm finally get around to making backups of my home computer and home server. the first script I'm looking at is creating backups on the machines which houses original files. It uses tar to do this. Next would be th

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] tar or rsync for backup greater than 50Gb

2016-02-28 Thread Bill Strosberg
For a one-time thing, tar is simple. If you are incrementally backing up the same general data set, rsync will save a lot of time and datathroughput. I think about the location of data as well - if it is local the decisions are different than data remotely located across slower and more expens

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OpenStack use case in NCR

2016-02-01 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 16-02-01 02:11 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > What do you mean by “NCR”? I would assume National Capital Region (unless you live in Quebec where prominent signs indicate la ville de Quebec is the National Capital). Twenty five years ago it would have meant National Cash Register (these were quaint an

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Odd behaviour in find

2015-11-25 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 15-11-25 02:21 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 01:51:51PM -0500, Bill Strosberg wrote: >> 'sadasdasdasd' >> >> >> Sad as das DASD?Anyone else remember an IBM DASD? Size of a >> refrigerator. Could now be replaced by a USB thum

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Odd behaviour in find

2015-11-25 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 15-11-25 01:39 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > Is it just me or should this work? > > $ find -xdev -- foo > find: unknown predicate `--' > $ > > But not this? > > $ find -- foo -xdev -name 'sadasdasdasd' > $ > ___ > Linux mailing list > Lin

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] another philosophical question about git -- avoiding merge problems

2015-05-14 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 15-05-06 06:45 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > yet another process-oriented question about git ... not long ago, i > was teaching a 1-day intro git course and, early on, one of the > students mentioned that one problem they were having with their > current VCS was too many people trying to check

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

2015-05-02 Thread Bill Strosberg
nullmailer, > nor how to replace nullmailer by exim, which I believe supports starttls. > > > > On 2015-05-02 10:30, Bill Strosberg wrote: >> David: >> >> >From what Spamhaus is saying it means you have an open relay - allowing >> systems external to your network th

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Nullmailer on Ubuntu 12.04

2015-05-02 Thread Bill Strosberg
David: From what Spamhaus is saying it means you have an open relay - allowing systems external to your network the ability to send mail from your server without any authentication. Basically this means you are accepting connections to use your server as a "sender" of anything without making sure

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] dd disk

2014-10-31 Thread Bill Strosberg
lure impending I promote one of the hotspares into production and build a new one. Backup servers are a lot cheaper than data recovery. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recovering data from a potentially damaged drive

2014-10-26 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 14-10-25 08:49 PM, Alex Pilon wrote: > I have a Seagate Momentus 5400.6 250GB SATA HDD that I removed from a > dying EEE PC 1015PEM. I haven't touched it in months, and now want to > copy the remaining data I haven't backed up. Unfortunately, I can't > probe the partition table, much less read a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Computer Hardware Stores

2014-07-19 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 14-07-19 05:27 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: I've been reasonably happy with my purchases and interaction with Canada Computers, in particular the Rideau Store, though I've also dealt with Merivale and Kanata branches. JN Same with me, although I'm in the far east (Orleans). Canada Compu

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] is there (or should there be) a local embedded linux interest group?

2014-05-10 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 14-05-09 07:40 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: strictly from a personal interest point of view, i'd like to see *some* sort of local (ottawa-based) group devoted primarily to embedded linux. for the purposes of keeping up to date for my training courses, i'm constantly buying the latest develop

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] how to make a single PDF of a simple, lengthy text file?

2014-01-24 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 14-01-24 07:20 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: ok, it's early and i'm tired so i'm sure i'm missing a simple solution, but i have a moderately lengthy text file i want to convert to PDF. if it was short, i'd just take a screenshot, then use "convert" to convert the PNG file to PDF. but it's

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] encrypted filesystems -- LUKS versus eCryptfs?

2014-01-02 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 14-01-02 02:34 PM, Phil Labonté wrote: Listen, I do not have a password or a login, don't be a jerk or an a-hole... I just want off this list * The Oclug list server does not register people randomly or by accident. * Of the dozens of list servers I monitor, this is the most on-topic

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] books

2013-12-13 Thread Bill Strosberg
All: I've been at this so long that eBooks weren't even a gleam in Tim O'Reilly's eye when I started. I have a pretty complete "zoo" of O'Reilly books on my office shelves. I like dead trees for reference. They run forever without being plugged in. They are available without connection to

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] free mailing list host

2013-11-29 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 13-11-29 08:21 PM, Brett Delmage wrote: I guess all of these could be suitable if you don't care about having your subscribers' privacy violated via the U.S. Patriot Act. i.e. U.S. hosted. Canadian providers? If anyone has been following the revelations on Bruce Schneier's blog and S

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Membership

2013-11-28 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 13-11-27 09:07 PM, Steve Porter wrote: Hi I was hoping you could provide me some details on membership. How to join etc? Was just browsing your site and noticed there isn't a meeting for December listed yet. Please let me know when you have some free time. Thanks Steve __

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Hardware Problems

2013-11-20 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 13-11-20 02:40 PM, Shawn H Corey wrote: On Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:13:33 -0700 "Jean-Francois Messier" wrote: That makes much sense to me...:-) JF --- Le code source libre c'est l'ouverture de l'esprit. Open Source is open minded. Original Mes

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Accounting help needed

2013-04-29 Thread Bill Strosberg
up - and then was completely blown away when the Sage LanPac authenticated across the VPN and ran the clients on three different Host O/S platforms. Cost way less than MS SQL server, needed less hardware and doesn't require annual ransom payments to Re

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for any extra tips on setting up robust, mission-critical PPP

2013-03-20 Thread Bill Strosberg
here in Ottawa is the original author of the PPPOE code used all over the world. You could not have a better resource right in your back yard. Phone and try to set an appointment to interview him - he's a busy guy. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailin

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Help recovering a (software-dead, not hardware dead) hard-drive

2013-02-27 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 13-02-27 09:34 AM, ed stuckems wrote: > actually "parted -s /dev/sd{a,b,c,d,e,f}" is failing to connect to the > device. I've shied away from fdisk given that I eventually want to > work with a drive that's been formatted with a GUID Partition Table. > My understanding is that fdisk doesn't han

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Help recovering a (software-dead, not hardware dead) hard-drive

2013-02-27 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 13-02-27 08:21 AM, ed stuckems wrote: > My test drive is a 1T drive that's connected to the computer via usb > and I'm trying to format the drive so that it'll boot in a (u)efi > machine. The last thing I did with the drive was to try and create > one large partition formatted with a fat32 file

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] NAS boxes

2013-01-07 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 13-01-07 05:19 PM, Prof J C Nash (U30A) wrote: > In another post, Spencer mentions hot running. Agreed. > > About BIOS upgrade, I don't think I did that. I'm not home until > mid-Feb, so cannot check BIOS version (unit behind firewall). Maybe my > unit was shipped a bit later than yours. I know

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Thunderbird IMAP to local move problem

2012-10-09 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 12-10-09 02:59 PM, John C Nash wrote: > Twice this year I've lost some archived messages when moving files from an > IMAP account to > local files on Thunderbird. The problem appears to be that the IMAP server is > slow to mark > messages, and the "move" then deletes them before moving them. >

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Stress-testing a troublesome Windows 7 system with a Kubuntu LiveCD

2012-07-29 Thread Bill Strosberg
ttle else does, but only after all else has been tried. Mount the drives ro (Read Only) while using them. First step is to clone a complete image, then attempt recovery from the image, not the original. Preserve the original without running the drive any more than necessary, so Tunstall &a

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

2012-03-23 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 12-03-23 01:48 PM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > "a few extra minutes" In my case, 120 minutes. What's your time worth? > Where is the centroid of this region's population? In particular, > where is the centroid of interested persons without private motor > transportation? Time is the most lim

[OCLUG-Tech] Virtual Presence Meetings using Open Source technology

2012-03-22 Thread Bill Strosberg
nge if it doesn't already exist. Thoughts? -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

2012-03-22 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 12-03-22 10:05 AM, Richard Guy Briggs wrote: > Another factor to consider is a question of demographics of > participants. If we are looking at a seniors' club, then parking is > going to be more important and perhaps not too late. If we are looking > at a students' club, then centrallity and

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] OCLUG AGM - discussing change

2012-03-22 Thread Bill Strosberg
I have not attended meetings for years - when the meetings moved from the Lees Algonquin campus downtown, it became painful enough to not bother. Subsequent moves westward were just as bad for me. There have been many meeting topics that were interesting, but not enough to commute in from th

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] web tools for a roster

2012-03-21 Thread Bill Strosberg
"; print_r($_GET); print " \n"; } If you load "http://www.yourserver.org/test_page.php?debug=true";, you will see all the stuff passed to your page by the server. This can really help you figure out how web applications work. Same thing works on the comm

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Migrating to Redhat/Suse from Debian

2012-01-12 Thread Bill Strosberg
a. Thank RMS (and/or whatever God you choose) for making forking projects a valid exit strategy. It isn't the money I object to - I think people should make a profit from their work. I object to the amount of work it costed me in the past on changing platforms due to vendor instabili

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] need help solving an issue with my network

2012-01-01 Thread Bill Strosberg
rs providing different setups to clients. Have your kids added a router unknown to you? 4)Are you blocking port 53 at the firewall? Or on the internal DNS server? These are just a few questions, but the situation is pretty easy to diagnose by watching traffic on the network with Wireshark or whatever. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Apache sercuity question

2011-12-16 Thread Bill Strosberg
didn't. If you read ANY configuration files for Apache, PHP or whatever scripting languages are in use and do not fully understand the keywords and directives there, the ball is squarely in your court. Trusting default settings and permissions

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone local do really fine soldering?

2011-12-13 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 11-12-13 12:23 PM, Rob Echlin wrote: > Hi Bill > What is an ISO shop? > Do you mean a manufacturing facility with ISO x000 Certification? > > Rob Yes. They certified (and have maintained) ISO 9000 and onwards since I did business with them. They built both production and prototype boards for

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] anyone local do really fine soldering?

2011-12-13 Thread Bill Strosberg
ng shop out in Carleton Place (actually three of them) that can do this at a reasonable price. Call Dan Angell at HiQA and see if he can handle a one-off soldering job - he's probably do it for a few bucks or a free lunch with a beer. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for low maintenance Debian mail/dns/web setup?

2011-12-07 Thread Bill Strosberg
ostfix/Dovecot/SASL/MySQL in an ISP-like environment for virtual users without local accounts. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Experience with Keynetz colocation?

2011-11-29 Thread Bill Strosberg
rackmount hardware is preferred. You can buy space on a shelf, a rack or a complete cage if required. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Strange e-mail bounce message

2011-11-23 Thread Bill Strosberg
he MX records point to your domain - some email transfers check to make sure the MX domain matches in reverse lookup to the target domain. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Throwing a Linux Event for Students, would you like to attend?

2011-09-21 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 11-09-21 10:58 AM, John C Nash wrote: > Some of the people teaching 1306 (to call them Profs would be an > exaggeration, as many are > contract teachers, mostly part time and not qualified for academic > appointments, though > often quite dedicated) have been heard to insist on the use of M$ s

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Spam filtering and Web badge

2011-09-16 Thread Bill Strosberg
t (Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada) to help solve a spam problem there. -- Bill Strosberg (former Board member) ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] dumb question. how to I tell a USB1 from a USB 2 port.

2011-09-13 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 11-09-12 10:48 PM, Charles MacDonald wrote: > My generic computer is supposed to have both USB 1 posts and a USB 2 > port. is their an incantation that will tell me which are which (for > example if I plug in a memory stick, can I get a list that says it is > plugged into the USB or USB2 port.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Elementary graphics question (not directly Linux technical)

2011-09-09 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 11-09-09 01:27 PM, Rick wrote: > Could you attach the image? > > If it is of decent quality (probably not if it was in a .doc) perhaps > you could round trip it back to vector format it with trace in > InkScape. > > Then you could do whatever you want with it. > > If it's a musical score, you co

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] internet service in US

2011-09-07 Thread Bill Strosberg
On 11-09-06 07:34 PM, John C Nash wrote: > I have to spend about 5 weeks in Phoenix this winter. > > Does anyone have ideas on a good way to get Internet service in a place that > doesn't have > it installed (condo rental)? There should be a phone line there. Possibly > cable, but > neither in my

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Laptop Screen

2011-07-12 Thread Bill Strosberg
Brett Delmage wrote: > On Mon, 11 Jul 2011, Bill Strosberg wrote: > >> Given your long history with the list, did this happen during one of >> your epic battles with heathens? Did your temper get the better of you? > > Please keep your personal attacks OFF THE LIST.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Laptop Screen

2011-07-11 Thread Bill Strosberg
The Linux Doctor wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I broke the screen on my laptop and I have to replace it. I've located a > company in Canada that can replace it. Their website is > http://www.laptopscreen.com. > > Has anybody here heard of them and have experience with them? I'd like > some feed back before

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] SECURITY ALERT: Phishing Attack (Fwd: Email Security Upgrade)

2011-07-08 Thread Bill Strosberg
s list are professionals that have been dealing with these issues long before phishing got a cute name. Worry more about what you write than that of others. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Simple web-based collaboration, project management: emphasis: small scope, simple

2011-07-07 Thread Bill Strosberg
what they want up front - but they can quickly refine things that are wrong with stuff in use. You get better product targeting from hands-on users than you will ever get trying to figure out what they need before they touch a system. Best part of open systems software is that you have t

[OCLUG-Tech] [Fwd: Re: Distro Recommendations]

2011-05-10 Thread Bill Strosberg
long before apt-get or some such GUI nonsense. Also, when it comes to development there is a lot to be said about stepping back from the edge and working with versions in wide distribution. Your installable base will be broader, and you won't force clients into the same problems you are n

[OCLUG-Tech] rackmount cases in Ottawa

2011-03-23 Thread Bill Strosberg
All: Looking for recommendations for supplier of 2U rack mount cases/systems here in Ottawa. -- Bill S. ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Can I have an nVidia and an AMD/ATI video card in the same machine running Linux?

2011-02-10 Thread Bill Strosberg
Charles Nadeau wrote: > All, > > We are planning to build a machine to be used to develop programs for > statistic analysis with OpenCL. These programs will run on either nVidia or > AMD/ATI video card. In the development machine we would like to use both an > nVidia and an ATI/AMD video card to te

[OCLUG-Tech] iproute2

2010-11-11 Thread Bill Strosberg
All: It's been years since I posted here. I've got a situation that I could use some help on. I've got a client who is doing some interesting things. I've got a firewall with four Ethernet interfaces in that connects to the Internet via PPPoE. eth0 - Internal private network eth1 - Public w

[OCLUG-Tech] Flexible employment opportunity

2010-10-29 Thread Bill Strosberg
this list will be ignored, as I don't want to abuse OCLUG any more than this post. -- Bill Strosberg ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http://oclug.on.ca/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] LKM: redirect file operations

2010-06-13 Thread Bill Strosberg
Taoufik Dachraoui wrote: > Dear, > > I would like to create a Loadable Kernel Module that redirects the file > operations of a given filename > to the functions defined in the module such that whenever any process calls > a redirected file I can see the appeal of this, but this would certainly incu

[OCLUG-Tech] iproute2

2009-09-01 Thread Bill Strosberg
All: It's been years since I posted here. I've got a situation that I could use some help on. I've got a client who is doing some interesting things. I've got a firewall with four Ethernet interfaces in that connects to the Internet via PPPoE. eth0 - Internal private network eth1 - Public wir