On 6/11/19 8:24 PM, Amadeus WM via users wrote:
I have a file that I encrypt using gpg like this:
cat foobar | gpg --symmetric > foobar.gpg
Up until Fedora 30, it was prompting me for the password right there, at
the prompt. In Fedora 30 it pops up a dialog, which I find very annoying.
I don't
I have a file that I encrypt using gpg like this:
cat foobar | gpg --symmetric > foobar.gpg
Up until Fedora 30, it was prompting me for the password right there, at
the prompt. In Fedora 30 it pops up a dialog, which I find very annoying.
I don't know if this is related to gnome-keyring. Is th
Sat, 20 Jun 2015 06:54:03 -0500
g kirjoitti:
> .
> if it is your friend, you should thank him. especially if it happens
> every hour because it is good advise.
Yep, he has done that add on. I agree, good advice, and have done walk
long before this. It has been known long time, that sitting one
On 06/20/2015 12:10 AM, jarmo wrote:
> Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:00:32 +0800
> Ed Greshko kirjoitti:
>>
>> The only application that I think *may* be responsible is workrave.
>> If you have that installed, uninstall it.
>
> I use XFCE4. I think this might be a practical joke of my frien, he's
> progr
Sat, 20 Jun 2015 12:00:32 +0800
Ed Greshko kirjoitti:
>
> The only application that I think *may* be responsible is workrave.
> If you have that installed, uninstall it.
>
I use XFCE4. I think this might be a practical joke of my frien, he's
programming one hamradio logging program, I'm testin
On 06/20/15 11:36, jarmo wrote:
> Some of newest updates brought annoying thing. Anyone else get every
> now and then pop up window, says, Reminder, "sitting is killing you!
> Take a short walk! What makes this happen? Idea is good, BUT this is
> not the way to set reminders! Sta
Some of newest updates brought annoying thing. Anyone else get every
now and then pop up window, says, Reminder, "sitting is killing you!
Take a short walk! What makes this happen? Idea is good, BUT this is
not the way to set reminders! Start thinking, what else hidden there in
distro. So
user A is currently logged in, and in which
session/display
2) if yes, pop up a window in the session of user A, showing the
content of a text file
I know how to do (1) with "who":
[marco@polaris ~]$ who
bill:2 2013-09-10 19:56
this tells me that "bill&qu
> > Check the documentation for:
> >
> > hdparm --secure-erase
> >
> > and/or --security-erase-enhanced
> >
> > gene/
>
> How do you feel about the sentence in the man page jusr before thewse
> options are described thus:
> These switches are DANGEROUS to experiment with, a
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:03 PM, Genes MailLists wrote:
>>
>>
>
> Check the documentation for:
>
> hdparm --secure-erase
>
> and/or --security-erase-enhanced
>
I have used these commands for a number of drives - it is the fastest
way to really erase all data on a drive, and effectivel
On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 12:03 -0400, Genes MailLists wrote:
> On 08/29/2011 08:07 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> >
> >
> > Am 30.08.2011 02:05, schrieb Chris Adams:
> >> Once upon a time, Alan Cox said:
> >>> If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
> >>> simple as that.
On 08/29/2011 08:07 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
>
> Am 30.08.2011 02:05, schrieb Chris Adams:
>> Once upon a time, Alan Cox said:
>>> If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
>>> simple as that.
>>
>> Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
>
> dd if=/dev/urandom
Am 30.08.2011 02:05, schrieb Chris Adams:
> Once upon a time, Alan Cox said:
>> If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
>> simple as that.
>
> Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
dd if=/dev/urandom of=/dev/your/device
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP
On Tue, 2011-08-30 at 11:10 +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:05:11 -0500
> Chris Adams wrote:
>
> > Once upon a time, Alan Cox said:
> > > If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
> > > simple as that.
> >
> > Is there a simple way to do that on Lin
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:05:11 -0500
Chris Adams wrote:
> Once upon a time, Alan Cox said:
> > If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
> > simple as that.
>
> Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
hdparm supports it.
hdparm --security-erase NULL (or the passw
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 21:05, Chris Adams wrote:
>
> Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
this one is a boot diskette... who owns diskettes, still?
http://www.linux-kurser.dk/secure_harddisk_eraser.html
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 21:05, Chris Adams wrote:
>
> Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
On Windows theres a GUI tool that´s open source...
http://eraser.sourceforge.net it includes several data-erasing
standards to choose from.
For Linux there´s "wipe" but it shows it was last updated
Once upon a time, Alan Cox said:
> If you want to erase your drive, issue a secure erase command. It's as
> simple as that.
Is there a simple way to do that on Linux?
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On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:51 PM, Robert Marcano
wrote:
>>> For the record, is there a Format option available in the current F15,
>>> when you right-click on a removable storage device? Just curious...
>>
>> No, for one thing there are no desktop icons in Gnome 3, and
>> right-clicking its entry
> This is just plain wrong. For modern hard drives (manufactured after
> 1994), it is sufficient to overwrite the disk once, with any pattern you
> desire. I'm not talking about floppy diskettes or core memory here, I'm
No it is not, because of things like block sparing.
> talking about hard di
On 08/26/2011 01:46 PM, Bryce Hardy wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
>> For the record, is there a Format option available in the current F15,
>> when you right-click on a removable storage device? Just curious...
>
> No, for one thing there are no desktop icons i
I think this has more or less been said, but I'll say it this
way.
Regarding the use of the term "format". The MSDOG format program
actually did (and may still -- i'm not sure) do a "low-level format"
(which is laying down tracks on a disk) on floppy diskettes. Earlier
microcomputer operating sy
Once upon a time, Joe Zeff said:
> On 08/29/2011 09:26 AM, les wrote:
> > Enter solid state media. The new flash products rely on physics for
> > storage. The data is permanently installed into what you could consider
> > electrically isolated canisters.
>
> Isn't magnetism part of physics any
On 08/29/2011 09:26 AM, les wrote:
> Enter solid state media. The new flash products rely on physics for
> storage. The data is permanently installed into what you could consider
> electrically isolated canisters.
Isn't magnetism part of physics any more?
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On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 23:10 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 14:30, Tim wrote:
> > *Those* people are not the ones to pay attention to
> > when trying to understand the computer. You are one of those people.
>
> Oh yes, I'm a complete fool. And ignorant. That's why I star
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 15:37:23 -0500,
Aaron Konstam wrote:
>
> Remove and erase are synonyms. The people who argue that format does not
> erase the files would have to argue that rm does not remove files.
It doesn't really remove them, it unlinks them. (At least on ext file
systems.) When th
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 14:30, Tim wrote:
> *Those* people are not the ones to pay attention to
> when trying to understand the computer. You are one of those people.
Oh yes, I'm a complete fool. And ignorant. That's why I started using
computers at age 8 (a trs-80 model III) and why I learned
Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/28/2011 10:41 AM, Tim wrote:
>> It removes the file, or directory, from the directory*listing* (the
>> list of what's on the disc). It doesn't actually remove the file (or
>> directory).
On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 16:19 +0200, suvayu ali wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > But then what do we say the function of rm is. Does it erase the files
> > that are its arguments. It also does not erase the file anymore than
> > format does.
>
> The man page says:
On 08/28/2011 10:41 AM, Tim wrote:
> It removes the file, or directory, from the directory*listing* (the
> list of what's on the disc). It doesn't actually remove the file (or
> directory).
AIUI, it also frees up the inodes to be used again. A deleted file can
be recovered if *and only if* the
On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 08:18 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> But then what do we say the function of rm is. Does it erase the files
> that are its arguments. It also does not erase the file anymore than
> format does.
It removes the file, or directory, from the directory *listing* (the
list of what'
On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 12:02 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Twisting the discussion to what words should mean is a futile exercise.
Pot, kettle black.
> Formatting a flash drive means what the gnome page says.
Formatting a drive only means what formatting a drive *actually* does,
not what peopl
On Sat, 2011-08-27 at 15:54 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 00:21 +0930, Tim wrote:
> >
> > Fernando Cassia:
> > > I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting means, laying
> > out
> > > a new file system, and erasing the contents in the process.
> >
> > You can think
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 3:18 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> But then what do we say the function of rm is. Does it erase the files
> that are its arguments. It also does not erase the file anymore than
> format does.
The man page says:
rm - remove files or directories
I think you can call that accu
On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 00:51 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote:
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 17:54, Aaron Konstam
> wrote:
> It does mean erasing the files on the disk or other media. Now
> what does
> erasing mean. It means that any program whose purpose is to
> list
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 17:54, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> It does mean erasing the files on the disk or other media. Now what dews
> erasing mean. It means that any program whose purpose is to list files
> on the media will find no files. That is what most people mean by
> erasing. In windows the sys
Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 01:24, Tim wrote:
>> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
>> means...
>
> I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting m
On Sun, 2011-08-28 at 00:21 +0930, Tim wrote:
>
> Fernando Cassia:
> > I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting means, laying
> out
> > a new file system, and erasing the contents in the process.
>
> You can think what you like, it doesn't make misconceptions true.
>
> And my comment
> Nobody talked about secure-erasing files to prevent recovery by
> forensic means or undelete ("unformat") utilities, that issue was
> introduced into the discussion by nitpickers on this thread, who
> started arguments about what low-lever formating is, or what the
> format word should mean.
Wel
On 08/27/2011 12:05 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> That isn't what the author wrote.
No, but it's how I interpreted what he wrote.
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On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 11:51, Tim wrote:
> With computing, deluding yourself that something actually means
> something else is an action that will come back to haunt you. Lying to
> other people is an action that may well cause someone serious problems.
Twisting the discussion to what words sho
Tim:
>> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
>> means...
Fernando Cassia:
> I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting means, laying out
> a new file system, and erasing the contents in the process.
You can think what you like, it doesn't make misconcep
On Sat, Aug 27, 2011 at 01:24, Tim wrote:
> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
> means...
I disagree. I think that is exactly what formatting means, laying out
a new file system, and erasing the contents in the process.
format d: on windows or
format d: /fs:j
On 08/27/2011 01:54 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 08/27/2011 04:09 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
>> If you want to suggest a better wording, file a bug report and do
>> that. That would be useful.
> Should that be filed at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/ ? Or elsewhere?
Yeah. That's the place
Rahul
On 08/27/2011 04:09 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> If you want to suggest a better wording, file a bug report and do
> that. That would be useful.
Should that be filed at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/ ? Or elsewhere?
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On 08/27/2011 12:35 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> That isn't what the author wrote.
If you want to suggest a better wording, file a bug report and do
that. That would be useful.
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On 08/27/2011 01:33 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 08/26/2011 10:22 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>> On 08/27/2011 12:24 PM, Tim wrote:
>>> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
>>> means...
>> The other utterly funny thing is the very last paragraph.
>>
>> "Once the drive has b
On 08/26/2011 10:22 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 08/27/2011 12:24 PM, Tim wrote:
>> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
>> means...
>
> The other utterly funny thing is the very last paragraph.
>
> "Once the drive has been formatted, the files on it will have been
Do what thou wilt
shall be the whole of the Law.
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 6:07 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 18:55, Alan Cox wrote:
>> No another meaningless option that wouldn't actually do anything.
>>
>> If you want to blank a drive into a new file system format you j
On 08/27/2011 12:24 PM, Tim wrote:
> To be pedantic, that's a complete misconception about what "formatting"
> means...
The other utterly funny thing is the very last paragraph.
"Once the drive has been formatted, the files on it will have been
completely removed, so you can't get them back. It i
On Fri, 2011-08-26 at 20:07 -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> Hey, look here
> http://library.gnome.org/users/gnome-help/stable/disk-format.html.en
>
> "If you have a removable disk like a USB memory stick or an external
> hard disk, you may wish to completely remove all of the files you have
> on
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 18:55, Alan Cox wrote:
> No another meaningless option that wouldn't actually do anything.
>
> If you want to blank a drive into a new file system format you just need
> to be sure to clean up any confusing superblocks and get the type right.
> For the same fs you will hit
the FAT and root directories so will do the job
quite fine anyway as far as I can see.
> > I'm not 100% sure now, but I believe even 1992's IBM OS/2 2.0 featured
> > a "format" option on any drive object's pop-up menu
>
> Yes, another piece of software
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 17:08, Kevin J. Cummings
wrote:
>> I'm not 100% sure now, but I believe even 1992's IBM OS/2 2.0 featured
>> a "format" option on any drive object's pop-up menu
>
> Yes, another piece of software that was afraid to do something to
if you know enough about Linux to want to
re-format a pen drive, you know enough about the proper tools required
to do it. YMMV.
> FAQ: How to format a Flash drive in Linux
> http://www.ehow.com/how_5092605_format-flash-drive-linux.html
>
> ...and having to call GPartEd instead o
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 15:16, Bryce Hardy wrote:
> No, for one thing there are no desktop icons in Gnome 3, and
> right-clicking its entry in the Nautilus sidebar only offers to open
> or safely remove it.
I should file a RFE then...
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On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> For the record, is there a Format option available in the current F15,
> when you right-click on a removable storage device? Just curious...
No, for one thing there are no desktop icons in Gnome 3, and
right-clicking its entry in the Naut
//www.ehow.com/how_5092605_format-flash-drive-linux.html
...and having to call GPartEd instead of showing a "format" option on
the object' s pop-up menu is just stupid. I don't want to edit
partitions, I want to do a quick format on the device to make 100%
sure any hidden auto-ex
On 08/26/2011 12:49 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 13:31, Bryce Hardy wrote:
>> As a workaround, use Gnome Disk Utility, (search yum for
>> gnome-disk-utility if not already installed.) Hopefully it's available
>> for F10, I wouldn't know for sure. Hope this helps.
>
> Thank
On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 13:31, Bryce Hardy wrote:
> As a workaround, use Gnome Disk Utility, (search yum for
> gnome-disk-utility if not already installed.) Hopefully it's available
> for F10, I wouldn't know for sure. Hope this helps.
Thanks Bryce!
For the record, is there a Format option avail
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
> I know I can probaly just format it from Bash, but I'm curious of what
> is the expected way to initiate a drive format from the Gnome GUI
>
> I'm using an ancient system with Fedora 10 here... uname -a
> 2.6.27.41-170.2.117.fc10.i686
7.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Thu Dec 10 11:00:29 EST 2009
i686 athlon i386 GNU/Linux
FC
PS: The options available on the pop-up menu for the drive object are:
Open
Open with other application
Copy
Rename
Unmount volume
Properties
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:03 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>>
>> # sealert
>> could not attach to desktop process
>> #
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> sealert -b maybe?
T
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On 11/29/2010 05:19 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>
> # sealert
> could not attach to desktop process
> #
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
I have having the following problem with sealert:
# sealert
could not attach to desktop process
#
Any ideas?
>>>
>>> sealert -b maybe?
>>
>> Thanks, Thomas, but get
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On 11/23/2010 06:07 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>>> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>>>
>>> # sealert
>>> could not attach to desktop process
>>> #
>>>
>
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:58 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
>> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>>
>> # sealert
>> could not attach to desktop process
>> #
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> sealert -b maybe?
Thanks, Thomas, but getting the following wh
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On 11/23/2010 04:51 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>
> # sealert
> could not attach to desktop process
> #
>
> Any ideas?
>
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
I have having the following problem with sealert:
# sealert
could not attach to desktop process
#
Any ideas?
>>>
>>> sealert -b maybe?
>>
>> Thanks, Thomas, but getting the following when running 'sealert -b'
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Hash: SHA1
On 11/23/2010 02:48 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Thomas Cameron
> wrote:
>>> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>>>
>>> # sealert
>>> could not attach to desktop process
>>> #
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>
>> sealert
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:22 PM, Thomas Cameron
wrote:
>> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>>
>> # sealert
>> could not attach to desktop process
>> #
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> sealert -b maybe?
Thanks, Thomas, but getting the following when running 'sealert -b':
Nov 23 19:46:33 loca
On 11/23/2010 07:07 AM, Paul Smith wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> I have having the following problem with sealert:
>
> # sealert
> could not attach to desktop process
> #
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul
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Dear All,
I have having the following problem with sealert:
# sealert
could not attach to desktop process
#
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,
Paul
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