Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-28 Thread Grant Taylor
On 7/28/20 5:18 PM, james wrote: If you know a way around this, with full privileges one gets with static IP addresses, I'm all ears.? A hack that I see used is to pick up a small VPS for a nominal monthly fee and establish a VPN to it. Have it's IP (and ports) directed through the VPN

[gentoo-user] BugDay - August 1st - Everyone is welcome to join!

2020-07-28 Thread Aisha Tammy
# Gentoo BugDay Come join us over at #gentoo-bugday on freenode IRC on the first Saturday of every month to squash bugs and make Gentoo a bit more awesome. You don't need to be a Gentoo developer or even a coder to help us on BugDay. Our next BugDay is on 1st Aug 2020 and we have started

Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-28 Thread james
On 7/28/20 12:05 PM, Wols Lists wrote: On 28/07/20 16:01, james wrote: (2) DNS resolvers, (?) mail-servers for a robust mail system that "I" admin, and (1) internet facing web server and (1) internal only facing or limited outward facing Web server for development and security based testing.

Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-28 Thread james
On 7/28/20 12:10 PM, Wols Lists wrote: On 28/07/20 16:01, james wrote: (2) DNS resolvers, (?) mail-servers for a robust mail system that "I" admin, and (1) internet facing web server and (1) internal only facing or limited outward facing Web server for development and security based testing.

Re: [gentoo-user] OT: Can a linux vmware guest tell if its host is CPU constrained?

2020-07-28 Thread Sid Spry
On Mon, Jul 27, 2020, at 9:24 PM, Adam Carter wrote: > > Compare realtime it to measured CPU time. If one realtime second is > > shorter than a > > CPU second then you know the host is pausing your VM. There are other ways > > to > > check, but this should always work if you can contact an

Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-28 Thread Wols Lists
On 28/07/20 16:01, james wrote: > (2) DNS resolvers, (?) mail-servers for a robust mail system that "I" > admin, and (1) internet facing web server and (1) internal only facing > or limited outward facing Web server for development and security based > testing. Static IP are basically $5/month

Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-28 Thread james
On 7/28/20 4:23 AM, Peter Humphrey wrote: On Monday, 27 July 2020 22:10:59 BST james wrote: I just ran across this document. I hope you find it relevant to your mail issues. https://bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2020/07/small-mailserver-bcp/ Small Mailserver Best Current Practices Thank you

Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild: How to deal with external repositories properly (best practise)?

2020-07-28 Thread Ramon Fischer
Oh yeah, as Neil was pointing that out. I will give it a try and report soon. -Ramon On 28/07/2020 14:52, tastytea wrote: On 2020-07-28 12:02+0200 Ramon Fischer wrote: Hello tastytea, I am aware of this "workaround", thank you. :) I guess, I was not precise enough: The ebuild

Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild: How to deal with external repositories properly (best practise)?

2020-07-28 Thread tastytea
On 2020-07-28 12:02+0200 Ramon Fischer wrote: > Hello tastytea, > > I am aware of this "workaround", thank you. :) > > I guess, I was not precise enough: > > The ebuild "drm_master_util-"[1] is hosted on my repository, but > the ebuild file itself pulls in an external repository[2].

Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild: How to deal with external repositories properly (best practise)?

2020-07-28 Thread Ramon Fischer
Hello tastytea, I am aware of this "workaround", thank you. :) I guess, I was not precise enough: The ebuild "drm_master_util-"[1] is hosted on my repository, but the ebuild file itself pulls in an external repository[2]. My question is: Is it a best practise to fork the external

Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild: How to deal with external repositories properly (best practise)?

2020-07-28 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 28 Jul 2020 06:47:50 +0200, Ramon Fischer wrote: > I have set up my first ebuild repository[1] with one package > "x11-misc/drm_master_util" to run "X" without root privileges. I am > still making it to work[2]. The ebuild file accesses an external git > repository[3]. > > The thing I

Re: [gentoo-user] Ebuild: How to deal with external repositories properly (best practise)?

2020-07-28 Thread tastytea
On 2020-07-28 06:47+0200 Ramon Fischer wrote: > […] > The thing I am concerned about, is, that I am pulling something from > an external source, which I am installing on my system and giving it > root privileges[4]. > > The only best practise I can think of, is, to fork the external >

Re: [gentoo-user] Local mail server

2020-07-28 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 27 July 2020 22:10:59 BST james wrote: > I just ran across this document. I hope you find it relevant to your > mail issues. > > https://bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2020/07/small-mailserver-bcp/ > > Small Mailserver Best Current Practices Thank you James. I seem to have fixed my