Re: [gentoo-user] Re: MAC addresses
You can actually change your MAC address using ifconfig for many types of NIC's. --James 2009/4/30 Eric Martin freak4u...@gmail.com Anthony Metcalf wrote: Sergey A. Kobzar wrote: James, thank you for the useful tip. The output of macchanger: # macchanger eth1 Current MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6d (Intel Corporate) Faked MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6e (Intel Corporate) # macchanger eth0 Current MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6c (Intel Corporate) Faked MAC: 00:15:17:1a:6e:6d (Intel Corporate) How is it possible? I thought NIC has one MAC only.What does mean 'Faked MAC'? Current MAC = MAC in firmware on the card, Faked MAC = MAC the OS is telling the network? yes, you can set the mac to what ever you want. There's a line in /etc/conf.d/net that explains how to do this (with macchanger).
Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Gentoo/GMail/download to Evolution
This is actually pretty easy since gmail accepts both IMAP and POP3 access. Just set up an account for him, go into the settings and enable pop or imap then configure evolution. For more information just google gmail imap/pop. You can also use ssmtp to send email through your or his gmail account so you could have his desktop send you his log files to keep track of security and any errors. On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Mark Knecht markkne...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Sorry for being a bit off topic here but it's for a good causee. Thanks in advance, I manage a Gentoo machine for my dad who is in his 80's now. He's not the least bit Linux literate but likes Gnome and has used Gentoo as a user only for about 5-6 years now. He has just started switching from Time-Warner's Roadrunner cable modem service to Verizon's FIOS. His new link is up and his speed is very nice. (20Mb/S downlaod, 5Mb/S upload using Speakeasy.net to test.) The issue he is running into is that Roadrunner's SMTP server is not allowing him to send email, presumably because he's not on one of their IP address. Anyway, he's thinking I need to convert him over to a Verizon email address but I was thinking that if he could continue using Evolution but send and receive through GMail it would be a better long term solution. Is this a good idea and more importantly is this possible? What sort of issues will I have managing this for him. Thanks, Mark
Re: [gentoo-user] simple firewall
Have you tried Firewall Builder? You can use Firewall Builder to make all the rules for iptables. On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 8:47 AM, gigli gi...@swipnet.se wrote: Peter Humphrey skrev: On Sunday 05 April 2009 11:41:55 gigli wrote: i will give shorewall a new try and hope i'll make better progress thsi time My gateway machine has three interfaces and uses shorewall to protect them. If you like I could tar up /etc/shorewall and send it to you. I've had to create macros for several services and put them in /usr/share/shorewall, but if you run shorewall try /etc/shorewall it'll tell you which you need. I made them by copying others and changing bits. The three interfaces are the external network (a DSL modem), the internal wired network (an Ethernet switch) and a wireless network (an access point). I don't suppose my setup is the acme of elegance or wit, but it seems to work. The rules file is 195 lines long. Hi peter I would be happy if you mailed me the tar. I have only one interface and need to protect my computer while connected through openvpn, i guess openvpn goes directly through my pfsense box bothways and it would be nice to stay protected then. Or have i misunderstood that? Martin gi...@swipnet.se
[gentoo-user] How to check a terminal session remotely
Here's my problem, lets say last night I start a rather long emerge in an xterm window or in a separate session like Ctrl+Alt+F2 or whatever. The next day I'm at work or a friends house and I ssh into my desktop so I can check on the status of that emerge. Is their a way for me to take over a session and see what's going on through the terminal? I'm sure this is something simple, but so far google hasn't been much help since I really don't know what key words to search for. --James
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: emerge problems
Will do, thanks for your assistance! On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Nikos Chantziaras rea...@arcor.de wrote: Nikos Chantziaras wrote: /etc/portage/packages.use: dev-java/sun-jdk -doc Typo. It's /etc/portage/package.use. You need to emerge -N world after that.
Re: [gentoo-user] emerge problems
What is the best way to block this package?
On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 6:35 AM, pk pete...@coolmail.se wrote:
James Stull wrote:
I switched my eselect profile from a generic gentoo system to desktop.
Unfortunately I keep getting this error when I run emerge -uDNav world
I
tried it with the --skipfirst flag but I continue to have this problem.
* One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies:
*
* =dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0* pulled in by:
* ('installed', '/', 'dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.11', 'nomerge')
*
Hi,
The docs are fetch-restricted; you need to download the documentation
from http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/; and follow the instructions in
the ebuild.
Best regards
Peter K
[gentoo-user] emerge problems
I switched my eselect profile from a generic gentoo system to desktop.
Unfortunately I keep getting this error when I run emerge -uDNav world I
tried it with the --skipfirst flag but I continue to have this problem.
* One or more packages are either masked or have missing dependencies:
*
* =dev-java/java-sdk-docs-1.6.0* pulled in by:
* ('installed', '/', 'dev-java/sun-jdk-1.6.0.11', 'nomerge')
*
Thanks for any help you can provide.
Re: [gentoo-user] Seeking advice about backup and partitioning; preparing to dual-boot Linux onto Vista drive
Actually you shouldn't need any open source or 3rd party software for repartitioning Vista. From what I heard vista disk manager allows you to resize it's partitions. You may want to try that first, if it doesn't work then try one of the other suggestions. For backing up your data, I would suggest you look at ntfsclone, I use it for imaging all my clients at work. Just make sure your disk is clean before you clone it. --James On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 1:39 AM, Kevin O'Gorman kogor...@gmail.com wrote: Dude, I'm getting a Dell! It's gonna come with Vista, and I have to use it that way for work. But I want to put a Linux partition on there. So I need to repartition. Having learned to be cautious, I'm wondering if there is a good open-source way to back up about 300GB of NTFS such that I can restore fairly smoothly. It has to be fairly fast, so file-by-file copies are probably going to suck. I'll have 100MB ethernet to a big-enough drive. Then, I'm wondering about partitioning tools. I can use PartitionMagic 7.0. I've heard of gparted, but not used it. Any advice? TIA ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
Re: [gentoo-user] Changing profiles
Grant, I've had a similar problem when I installed 2008.0 hardened instead of the desktop. Here is a link to the post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-713346.html I would suggest that after you select your desktop 2008.0 profile to run the following: emerge --sync emerge -uDNav world --Riv On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: I've looked over this: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-upgrading.xml but I'm still not sure if I can choose any of the above. ... why? Do you have a specific question? Did you even bother to try to choose one? I read a while back that changing from certain profiles to certain other profiles is impossible without a complete reinstall. I'd like to change to hardened/amd64/multilib but also have the option to switch to default/linux/amd64/2008.0/desktop if I have problems with a hardened profile like I do on my laptop. Can I do all that? Wow, why couldn't you have said that in your first post? It would have saved a round trip. Also, and I'm probably nit-picking here, but usually when I see a I heard that or I read a while back my initial thought is What is your source because a lot of times people will say things and have no idea wtf they're talking about (myself included). I couldn't find anything to support that, in fact the official Gentoo hardened docs seem to indicate you *can* switch to hardened (though you should probably read the docs yourself) but you basically need to recompile *everything* after switching to hardened. You should read the hardened docs [1] and probably ask on the gentoo-hardened ML. However if you just want to switch from 2007.0/desktop to 2008.0/desktop that's perfectly fine/possible. If people had to re-install every year when a new profile came out I think they'd get ticked off pretty quick. I'm really surprised to hear that. Can I switch my laptop from a hardened profile to a non-hardened one? I know I've been told I can't do that. You think an 'eselect profile set 2 emerge -e world' will accomplish the entire thing? - Grant
