Re: [vox-tech] [Lug-nuts] Secure Wiping hard drives

> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Darth Borehd wrote: > Anything requiring power tools, sledgehammers, drills, or small bits flying > off is > vetoed by the company HR due to safety.  Shotgun is *WAY* out.  (Except for > maybe the Texas office). Would they allow running trucks over hard drives?

Re: [vox-tech] Secure Wiping hard drives

I believe shred could also do the job. shred -u -z On May 11, 2012 11:14 AM, "Tony Cratz" wrote: > On 05/11/2012 10:21 AM, Rod Roark wrote: > > DBAN looks like it will do what you want: > > > > http://www.dban.org/ > > > > >There is also the program 'scrub' which can do a full secure >

Re: [vox-tech] Problems with missing 'missing' file

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 05:52:30PM -0700, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Eric Lin (notapplicable.h...@gmail.com): > > > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 03:43:54PM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote: > > > I'm trying to compile a firmware flashing app (I have a MultiTech modem > > &g

Re: [vox-tech] Problems with missing 'missing' file

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 03:43:54PM -0700, Cam Ellison wrote: > I'm trying to compile a firmware flashing app (I have a MultiTech modem > with a motorboating problem, and the firmware upgrade is said to be the > answer) and keep running into the same error. The app was developed for > OSX, but t

Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)

I feel like addressing the third point... On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 05:08:07AM -0700, Dr. Denny Scronek wrote: >3. He had to wipe my old crap and install a new OS from a stick ... >seemed to go quickly because I have a fast beast. I first tried booting his system with SystemRescueCD (gentoo

Re: [vox-tech] Speaking of no boot.......

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 07:59:20AM -0700, jimbo wrote: > I too have had a problem with my Linux drive and as Dr. Schronek I am not > comfortable with the whole shell/bash thing. Did I say that right? Yes, as long as you don't say Bash shell. That'd be like saying ATM machine. > I repaired the w

Re: [vox-tech] (no subject)

Dr. Scronek, I sent you an e-mail about being available starting Sunday. I'm reasonably confident I can do this (I'm comfortable with terminal, and I'm hoping the Xorg.0.log file will tell all; it probably will). To do the job, I might need an Internet connection for reference (or not. Sometimes,

Re: [vox-tech] Problem Reinstalling GRUB2

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 10:25:04PM -0700, Bob Scofield wrote: > grub-install --boot-directory=/boot /dev/sda1 > > This command generated this error message: > > "/usr/sbin/grub-setup: warn: Attempting to install GRUB to a > partitionless disk or to a partition. This is a BAD idea.. > /usr/sbin/

Re: [vox-tech] Write but not delete...

In that case, all I can think of is somehow automatically running chattr +i on the file right after the upload. From the man page for chattr, "A file with the 'i' attribute cannot be modified: it cannot be deleted or renamed, no link can be created to this file, and no data can be written to the fi

Re: [vox-tech] Write but not delete...

Take a look at the sticky bit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_bit. In Linux, it means "files in [the] directory may only be unlinked or renamed by root or their owner." chmod +t dirname -Eric On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 01:17:29PM -0700, Richard S. Crawford wrote: > I don't think this is possib

Re: [vox-tech] Unix installation problems

For your ubuntu installation, just do: sudo apt-get install m4 -Eric On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 06:08:56PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote: > I had some problems with a Unix based program and I inquired about it and > they sent me the following message: > > >- Report this post

Re: [vox-tech] [netCDF #QCY-964177]: netcdf - 4.0.1 problems

On Mon, Mar 01, 2010 at 03:45:33PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote: > When I type echo $PATH I get: > > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > > how under the directory /home/snyderjm/Desktop/netcdf-4.0.1 I have ncdump > and ncgen. As a matter of fact here is my dire

Re: [vox-tech] Problems installing and running UNIX based programs

On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 01:32:58PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote: > I am having problems with installing programs on LINUX ubuntu 9.10. That > includes having problems setting environments using setenv. Is it possible > to have some one go over the program webpages to help me install > some of these

Re: [vox-tech] LINUX installation question windows Vista

ou install an OS on it. -Eric > > Thanks, > > Jason > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Eric Lin > wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:13:26PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote: > > > To Whom it May Concern, > > > > > > I have a computer wi

Re: [vox-tech] LINUX installation question windows Vista

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 12:13:26PM -0800, Jason Snyder wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > I have a computer with windows Vista and am having problems creating a > partition due to pagefiles. I was wondering if it is possible to just > install/run linux from an external hard drive where I can ea

Re: [vox-tech] Sopcast

On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:34:17PM -0800, Aaron Brayton wrote: > Hi all, > > Someone showed me P2P streaming today, and I'm trying to explore it on > my own. I seems as though I need to install sopcast, but I'm having > trouble. > > I'm running Ubuntu 8.10. > > I tried installing the package

Re: [vox-tech] apt-get problem

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 01:14:51PM -0800, Norm Matloff wrote: > The machine came with Ubuntu 8.04 installed, and I haven't upgraded. I > recently installed the new version of R, 2.10.0 using apt-get, and the > installation went fine except for a message which went something like, > "Inconsistency

Re: [vox-tech] samba: smbpasswd not working

On Fri, Jan 08, 2010 at 01:32:16AM -0500, Peter Salzman wrote: > I'm trying to access Linux "shares" from a windows machine. So I went > through this on my Linux server: > > # cat /etc/passwd | mksmbpasswd > /etc/samba/smbpasswd > # smbpasswd -U p > New SMB password: > Retype new SMB password: >

Re: [vox-tech] Et tu, Debian

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 08:03:53PM -0800, Richard Harke wrote: > Recent news that some MS users are locked out of their files by a screw up > at MSN. > Well, Debian has me locked out of some files. I have some data in an > encrypted > file system and I use loopback and cryptsetup to get to it. I ve

Re: [vox-tech] Wired & Wireless connection problems - Jaunty KDE4.3

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 03:10:28PM -0800, Thomas Johnston wrote: > But, my labmate has a live CD of karmic koala. I booted that (making > no permanent changes to my computer) and the wired connection worked > immediately. However, no wireless connections were available. Via > the wired connectio

Re: [vox-tech] Wired & Wireless connection problems - Jaunty KDE4.3

On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 12:13:52PM -0800, Thomas Johnston wrote: > The two main networking problems are: > (1) i can't get a wired network connection established. I am on the > UC Davis campus in my office. I click the button to connect and it > just hangs on "obtaining IP address". Under the Wi

Re: [vox-tech] feeding a bash variable to date?

On Sat, Nov 07, 2009 at 11:10:48AM -0800, Gandalf Parker wrote: > this works > date -d '2009-11-06 17:07:54 32 hours' > > this works > offset="'2009-11-06 17:07:54 32 hours'" > > This does not work > date -d $offset > > this seems to work but doesnt > echo $offset |date -d - Try this: offset=

Re: [vox-tech] Connecting to moobilenetx

On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 01:59:00PM -0700, Bill Kendrick wrote: > On Tue, Oct 06, 2009 at 01:28:34PM -0700, Eric Lin wrote: > > It took me some time to figure out how to get my connection to moobilenetx > > on the UCD campus working last year, so I decided to write a guide for

[vox-tech] Connecting to moobilenetx

Greetings all, It took me some time to figure out how to get my connection to moobilenetx on the UCD campus working last year, so I decided to write a guide for anyone who decides to use it. 1. Check for WPA support In a virtual terminal (xterm, rxvt, Konsole, GNOME Terminal, etc.), type: