Mail Lists, IRC Meeting Organization Coordination and Unity

2010-02-05 Thread Lisa Kachold
Historically, Hans has maintained the PLUG email lists in compliance with the rest of LUGs across America in non-moderated fashion. Various PLUG controversies about the lists have consistently been waged: A GREAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE LEFT PLUG DISCUSS because of these issues: 0) Job Post clogs

PLUG: Mail Lists, IRC Meeting Organization Coordination and Unity

2010-02-05 Thread Lisa Kachold
Alan chimes in: -- Forwarded message -- From: Alan Dayley Date: Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 9:24 PM Subject: Re: PLUG: Mail Lists, IRC Meeting Organization Coordination and Unity To: Lisa Kachold Interesting discussion, Lisa. I must first come clean with what is probably obvious by

Re: How to stop the deluge of entries in /var/log files?

2010-02-05 Thread Matt Graham
On Thu, 2010-02-04 at 18:15 -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: Feb 4 04:11:01 crond: root /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh Feb 4 04:12:01 crond: root /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh [this is running every minute] Bad cron job somewhere, unless the script is totally breaking all syslog

Best sources best prices idea/suggestion

2010-02-05 Thread joe
On the PLUG website, it would be very helpful to add a category called Best sources/prices where PLUG members could post information about the best sources and best prices members have found for various computer-related products and services. A few days ago, I was advised (for health reasons

Re: How to stop the deluge of entries in /var/log files?

2010-02-05 Thread joe
On Thu, 2010-02-04 joe wrote: Feb 4 04:11:01 crond: root /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh [this is running every minute] I found what was causing this problem. It is a security utility called msec that runs every minute apparently sniffing for promisc(uity) and any other unseemly activity on

Re: OT: Host recommendations

2010-02-05 Thread keith smith
I host my business site at GoDaddy. I find they do a good job and my business website is always responsive - at least when I go to it. I also have a HostGator reseller account which is where I park all my other domains and experiments. The HostGator hosted sites have been a little slow once

Re: Best sources best prices idea/suggestion

2010-02-05 Thread Eric Shubert
j...@actionline.com wrote: On the PLUG website, it would be very helpful to add a category called Best sources/prices where PLUG members could post information about the best sources and best prices members have found for various computer-related products and services. A few days ago, I was

Re: Best sources best prices idea/suggestion

2010-02-05 Thread joe
j...@actionline.com wrote: ... cat6 cables were only $5.25/ea. That's not too bad considering a 25' cat6 cable is about $2.80 in materials alone. Cat5e is close to half the price of cat6. I'd be happy to put ends on bulk cables for anyone who would like that done at installfests. Ends are

Re: Best sources best prices idea/suggestion

2010-02-05 Thread Eric Shubert
j...@actionline.com wrote: j...@actionline.com wrote: ... cat6 cables were only $5.25/ea. That's not too bad considering a 25' cat6 cable is about $2.80 in materials alone. Cat5e is close to half the price of cat6. I'd be happy to put ends on bulk cables for anyone who would like that

Re: How to stop the deluge of entries in /var/log files?

2010-02-05 Thread joe
Joe last wrote: Thanks Craig. Re the permissions item, I neglected to say that the reported files and directories are already set with the correct permissions, but those claims of wrong permissions keep on coming anyway. Then Craig wrote: that defies my understanding of things so I struggle

Re: How to clear/reset syslog?

2010-02-05 Thread joe
Craig wrote: as root... /var/log/messages which is shorthand for, echo /var/log/messages or whichever file you want to empty. Done Thanks again. That helps. I did know how to do that, but I just wondered if it was okay to empty those voluminous files from time to time. I've also

Re: OT: Host recommendations

2010-02-05 Thread Steve Phariss
I second bluehost.com I have several sites hosted with them including my wife's Business. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 5:06 PM, AZ Pete su...@cactusfamily.com wrote: Hi All, I'm pretty much fed up with my web hosting provider and would like any recommendations. My current host's server

Re: Best sources best prices idea/suggestion

2010-02-05 Thread Stephen
I rather like monoprice.com for cables On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:57 AM, j...@actionline.com wrote: On the PLUG website, it would be very helpful to add a category called Best sources/prices where PLUG members could post information about the best sources and best prices members have found for

Re: chess

2010-02-05 Thread Stephen
http://www.linux-gamers.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=989 excerpt As reported on slashdot the world champion chess program Schredder has been released in a version for Mac and Linux. This is important because it is the first time a major software player in the chess world has released a

Best cable prices.

2010-02-05 Thread joe
Someone just recommended monoprice.com for cables and I inadvertently deleted the message (sorry for not crediting the person who provided this source) ... but when I checked, sure enough, their prices are even better. Significantly better. So, yet another example of why we need a menu/link on

Re: How to stop the deluge of entries in /var/log files?

2010-02-05 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 11:56 -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: Joe last wrote: Thanks Craig. Re the permissions item, I neglected to say that the reported files and directories are already set with the correct permissions, but those claims of wrong permissions keep on coming anyway.

Re: How to stop the deluge of entries in /var/log files?

2010-02-05 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2010-02-05 at 11:56 -0700, j...@actionline.com wrote: Joe last wrote: Thanks Craig. Re the permissions item, I neglected to say that the reported files and directories are already set with the correct permissions, but those claims of wrong permissions keep on coming anyway.

Best cable prices.

2010-02-05 Thread R P Herrold
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010, j...@actionline.com wrote: Someone just recommended monoprice.com for cables and I inadvertently information, why not have a menu/link on the PLUG page specifically for best sources and best prices? Who is the webmaster for the PLUG website? the archives contain this