Re: [OCLUG-Tech] looking for a new host for my web site for april 1

2017-03-11 Thread Michael Walma
On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Robert P. J. Day wrote: so, recommendations for local hosting to which i can move this? thanks. I use OVH. A French company, with servers in Quebec. Basic vps starts from $5 a month. Tech support, the little I've needed, has been fast and knowledgeable. https://w

[OCLUG-Tech] Open Data for Development Challenge - Défi Données ouvertes pour le développement

2014-01-06 Thread Michael Walma
I am forwarding this on behalf of a friend involved in in the event, which I think might be of interest to the open source community. Please consult the web site for more information, I can't help. Michael --- I am pleased to share with you the invitat

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

2011-12-06 Thread Michael Walma
Hello Folks, The announcement that Debian will no longer be supporting 'oldstable' aka 'lenny' means that I will need to migrate my modest set-up to 'squeeze'. I thought I might take advantage of the opportunity to reconsider some of my package choices. I am currently running Postfix, Doveco

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] CarletonU VPN?

2011-10-05 Thread Michael Walma
Quoting "Stephen Gregory" : > On 04/10/11 04:42 PM, Michael Walma wrote: > >>> My wife needs access applications through the Carleton University VPN. >>> The documentation I've seen suggests that one would use a Cisco VPN > >> Thanks Singer, I di

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] CarletonU VPN?

2011-10-04 Thread Michael Walma
information) has been bundled with the client > for you. Just get the PCF file and import it into vpnc. > > Singer > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 08:43, Michael Walma <mailto:m...@walma.org>> wrote: > > Hello All, > > My wife needs access application

[OCLUG-Tech] CarletonU VPN?

2011-10-04 Thread Michael Walma
Hello All, My wife needs access applications through the Carleton University VPN. The documentation I've seen suggests that one would use a Cisco VPN version 4.x client. I've googled around and seen that the Cisco-supplied Linux client leaves a lot to be desired, but that 'vpnc' is supposed

[OCLUG-Tech] Authoritative-only DNS Server?

2011-02-09 Thread Michael Walma
Hello all, I am looking for recommendations for an authoritative-only DNS server to replace Bind on my virtual server slice. Bind is over-kill for my needs, which is just to serve authoritative records for my domains (with traffic at only dozens per day) and places too much of a demand on

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] VPS Service Providers

2011-01-07 Thread Michael Walma
Quoting "Peter Meyer" : > RE: VPS Hosting > > Have a look at http://www.dreamhost.com > > Peter > Thanks. Dreamhost appears to be Los Angeles-based and I require the server to be in Canada. Michael ___ Linux mailing list Linux@lists.oclug.on.ca http

[OCLUG-Tech] VPS Service Providers

2011-01-07 Thread Michael Walma
Hello All, I am in the hunt to move my servers from a VPS hosted by vpsville.ca to another service provider. My patience has run out with vpsville, which, while realtively cheap, has not worked out for me in terms of reliability or responsiveness to problems. I know there was some discussi

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] privoxy or similar tunnel?

2010-12-26 Thread Michael Walma
On 10-12-26 08:26 PM, Prof. John C Nash wrote: > My wife wants to view some TVO transmissions over the Net while in the USA, > but gets a > message that she is in the USA and content is only for Canada. I've a server > in Canada and > am thinking of trying privoxy or similar tunnel. Does anyone h

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] persistent live usb

2010-04-18 Thread Michael Walma
who had a good experience with Kubuntu and has done the first order of research. Michael Robert Echlin wrote: > > Does this work for non-Intel platforms, like my MIPS-ish JZ4750? > Rob > > *From:* Michael Walma > *To:* nas...@uottawa.ca > *Cc:* linux > *Sent:* Fri, April

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] persistent live usb

2010-04-16 Thread Michael Walma
. Michael Michael Walma wrote: > I've had good luck with persistent live usb's using kubuntu. > > > Prof. John C Nash wrote: >> Following up on J-F's interesting presentation, I tried a Linux Mint live >> USB. >> >> This works fine.

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] persistent live usb

2010-04-16 Thread Michael Walma
I've had good luck with persistent live usb's using kubuntu. Prof. John C Nash wrote: > Following up on J-F's interesting presentation, I tried a Linux Mint live USB. > > This works fine. I also tried using usb-creator to make one that is > persistent, but a test > file saved in /home/mint is

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Setting up wireless ?!?

2009-10-31 Thread Michael Walma
William Case wrote: > Hi; > > I am helping a friend install Linux (Fedora 11) as a dual boot. I have > got everything working except his wireless Internet connection (wlan). > I got him connected through eth0, but after that I am stymied. I have > never worked with wireless connections before. >

[OCLUG-Tech] Recommendations for big external disk?

2009-07-21 Thread Michael Walma
Hello there, I am in the market for a largish ( >= 1T ) external drive which plays nicely with linux. I am guessing it will be USB 2.0 but I wouldn't rule out network attached storage if the price/performance were attractive. If it is USB, I would likely reformat ext3 or similar. I wou

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Automatic upload of files to server

2009-05-14 Thread Michael Walma
Sorry, but I need to correct myself. SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND won't actually be useful; it does not even include the destination filename as supplied by the invoking user. Michael Michael Walma wrote: > If you want to try for fancier per-user file names, the > SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Automatic upload of files to server

2009-05-14 Thread Michael Walma
One thing you could do is use the "command=" option in the .ssh/authorized_keys file to force execution of a particular command when ssh/scp is run using a particular public key. You could then write a small bash or perl script to force scp and force it to the file of your choice. For example, pu

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] tutorial on Kubuntu 9.04? Funny problems. Gigabyte Built in video

2009-05-03 Thread Michael Walma
Charles MacDonald wrote: > Well William, you are a least giving me some hints.. > It does look like I have intel made intel video > > cm...@core2blk:~$ lspci > 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM > Controller (rev 10) > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Cor

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Well-loved Linux Thinkpad for sale

2009-03-25 Thread Michael Walma
Thanks for the interest from list members; it has now found a new home. Michael Michael Walma wrote: > I'm giving up my well-loved IBM Thinkpad T30 for a newer model and I > would like to find a linux-home for it. Specs are: > > 1.8g Pentium M processor > 512m ram >

[OCLUG-Tech] Well-loved Linux Thinkpad for sale

2009-03-24 Thread Michael Walma
I'm giving up my well-loved IBM Thinkpad T30 for a newer model and I would like to find a linux-home for it. Specs are: 1.8g Pentium M processor 512m ram 14.1" tft screen ATI Radeon Mobility graphics (1024x768 resolution) 40g hard drive DVD-ROM DLink DWL-G650 PCMIA wireless b/g card (Atheros chip

[OCLUG-Tech] Kubuntu appt update question.

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Walma
On Thu, Jan 08, 2009 at 07:53:28PM -0500, Charles MacDonald wrote: > I have recently started to configure a new laptop with Kubuntu 8.10 > > I have been going slow, asking for a coupple of packeges a day, and it > seems to keep trying to get them for me from ca.archve.ubuntu.com/ > Sorry to come t

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Rogers and Sendmail

2009-01-13 Thread Michael Walma
Jean-Francois Bilodeau wrote: > I run a mail server using a static IP, but for a while, GMail would > refuse any messages from my server, saying that it was a dynamic IP. > I've enabled SPF on my DNS server, and that seemed to fix the problem. > However, I'm curious to know how a server can know if

Re: [OCLUG-Tech] Re: GCC: Request for help to get cluster booting!

2008-09-21 Thread Michael Walma
On Sunday 21 September 2008 01:31:24 Richard Cook wrote: > OMG - It booted!! > > I had made two changes from the last test: > - commented out tftp entry in /etc/inetd.conf >and started /etc/init.d/in.tftpd (forgot to before) > > - Rebuilt the sis900.zlilo file at ROM-O-Matic. >I did not