PLUG east side mtg tonight: virtual worlds and Blender

2011-07-14 Thread PLUG Announcements
The PLUG east side meeting is the 2nd Thursday every month. July's meeting is tonight and will have two presentations. Time: 19:00 Location: Kiva room in the Kirk Student Center Address: Mesa Community College (MCC), 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ 85202 Presenter: Connie J Mableson Topic: Ope

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-14 Thread Sam Kreimeyer
Hello Mark, Have you tried using Kon-Boot? It's a bootable image that edits the kernel to bypass the password prompt. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: ht

Conezilla vs dd

2011-07-14 Thread Mark Phillips
I bought a larger hard drive for my laptop, so I need to clones my existing drive to the new drive. I have one of those cool usb hardrive caddies for my new drive, so all I need to do is fire up a live cd and clone the disk. I know I will have to repartition the new drive once it is cloned to recap

Re: Conezilla vs dd

2011-07-14 Thread Alan Dayley
Clonezilla is designed and easy to use for exactly this need. Use dd if you want more control and don't mind using an additional tool to adjust the partition sizes. Alan On Jul 14, 2011, at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I bought a larger hard drive for my laptop, so I need to clones my exist

Re: Conezilla vs dd

2011-07-14 Thread Stephen
I like clonzilla for base metal backups. very handy with windows based OS's dd i great for anything else. I think clonezilla uses dd under the hood, but i cant remember. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: > I bought a larger hard drive for my laptop, so I need to clones my ex

Re: Conezilla vs dd

2011-07-14 Thread Matt Graham
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: >> I was wondering if the list has a preference for clonezilla over a plain ol' >> dd to clone a drive. From: Stephen > I like clonzilla for base metal backups. very handy with windows based OS's > dd is great for anything else. If a filesys

Cube Farm at Rackspace

2011-07-14 Thread keith smith
go to 30 seconds and start watching.  I suspect this is a Rackspace facility.  I'm interested in hearing what people think of this environment. Keith Smith--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.

cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread keith smith
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbaw3R6KGU Keith Smith--- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mail

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread Jordan Aberle
I have a few of my small business clients on rackspace, never really had any problems with them. On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:45 PM, keith smith wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brbaw3R6KGU > > > > > Keith Smith > -

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-14 Thread Lisa Kachold
If you don't have the ability to boot something like a DVD/CD or USB key, try john the ripper? Save the encrypted string to a test file and run it through john the ripper running on your system: Ubuntu: # apt-get install john Centos/RH/Fedora: # yum install john Example use: # john -single c

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread keith smith
I think they are strong and come highly recommended, I was wondering what people thought of the cube farm. Keith Smith --- On Thu, 7/14/11, Jordan Aberle wrote: From: Jordan Aberle Subject: Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video To: "Main PLUG discussion list

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread Dan Lund
Other than being the usual, the wall-less cubes are unique... well, for most companies. --Dan Lund On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 4:37 PM, keith smith wrote: > > I think they are strong and come highly recommended, I was wondering what > people thought of the cube farm. > > > > ---

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread keith smith
I'm not sure I would enjoy that environment unless it is very social and very fun. Keith Smith --- On Thu, 7/14/11, Dan Lund wrote: From: Dan Lund Subject: Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video To: "Main PLUG discussion list" Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 5

Re: need help installing to a USB stick

2011-07-14 Thread Mike Bushroe
Just a suggestion, but what about dropping the USB stick in the mail and avoiding the long rides? Mike -- Burn the Land, Boil the Sea, You can't take the SKY from me! --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscri

etiquette nudge

2011-07-14 Thread Mike Bushroe
> > -- Forwarded message -- > From: Joseph Sinclair > To: Main PLUG discussion list > Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:47:12 -0700 > Subject: Re: Looking for NAS Hardware Recommendations > It's in the firmware zip file[1], something like FWUpdate.exe (they change > the name sometimes). >

Re: Conezilla vs dd

2011-07-14 Thread Brian Parma
On 07/14/2011 02:06 PM, Matt Graham wrote: On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mark Phillips wrote: I was wondering if the list has a preference for clonezilla over a plain ol' dd to clone a drive. From: Stephen I like clonzilla for base metal backups. very handy with windows based OS's dd is g

Re: etiquette nudge

2011-07-14 Thread Dan Lund
Ranks right up there with the top/bottom post thing, huh? --Dan Lund On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Mike Bushroe wrote: >> -- Forwarded message -- >> From: Joseph Sinclair >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:47:12 -0700 >> Subject: Re: Looking for N

Re: etiquette nudge

2011-07-14 Thread Lisa Kachold
But not nearly as bad as political discussions and personal attacks... On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Dan Lund wrote: > Ranks right up there with the top/bottom post thing, huh? > > > --Dan Lund > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Mike Bushroe wrote: > >> -- Forwarded message ---

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread Bryan O'Neal
I have something similar but cleaner, neater, better looking, and it is in a room with just my team. I like the open no cube environment quite a bit. On 7/14/11, keith smith wrote: > > I'm not sure I would enjoy that environment unless it is very social and > very fun. > > > -

Re: Is it possible to extract the root password from the file system?

2011-07-14 Thread Mark Phillips
Lisa, John the Ripper has been running for almost 2 days trying to crack the passwordstill no success. :) Mark On Jul 14, 2011 4:28 PM, "Lisa Kachold" wrote: > If you don't have the ability to boot something like a DVD/CD or USB key, > try john the ripper? > > Save the encrypted string to a

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread Jordan Aberle
I'm sure it increases production, it's hard to surf the internet all day and play games without walls to hide what you're doing. :) On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Bryan O'Neal < bryan.on...@theonealandassociates.com> wrote: > I have something similar but cleaner, neater, better looking, and it

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread Vimal Shah
Coming from Motorola/GD, the 8-ft cubicle was my escape from everyone and was a place where I could code in solitude, and of course surf/play games! Being at a start up, the transition to a cube farm was difficult at first, but has proven to be much more productive. My guess would be it seems to ma

Re: etiquette nudge

2011-07-14 Thread Stephen
I forget these things as gmail Tisha up allot automatically --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss

Re: cube Farm Rackspace with link to video

2011-07-14 Thread Stephen
The Guy with the mini Nov makes me envious On Jul 14, 2011 4:37 PM, "keith smith" wrote: > > I think they are strong and come highly recommended, I was wondering what people thought of the cube farm. > > > > > > Keith Smith > > --- On Thu, 7/14/11, Jordan Aberle wrote: >