Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 29/1/20 6:02 am, Patrick Bartek wrote: My point is that sudo is more of a security "hole" since it only requires a user's password which in my experience are less secure since most users create short, easy to remember ones. Which is why I suggested you tell sudo to require root password.

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread Keith Bainbridge
Good afternoon I take it that you have booted the .iso and run the installer - on to a separate usb stick. Where did you install grub?If by chance it installed on to sda, then allowing the PC to just boot should run grub and offer the choice of booting debian or win10. What happens

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 30.01.2020 10:27, David Christensen wrote: > On 2020-01-29 10:51, David Christensen wrote: >> root@d-i:/# grub-install --target x86_64-efi-signed >> grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/modinfo.sh >> doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory. > > I was able

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-01-29 10:51, David Christensen wrote:     root@d-i:/# grub-install --target x86_64-efi-signed     grub-install: error: /usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/modinfo.sh doesn't exist. Please specify --target or --directory. I was able to install grub for x86_64-efi: root@d-i:/#

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread David Wright
On Wed 29 Jan 2020 at 09:04:43 (+0200), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 28 ian 20, 08:24:29, David Wright wrote: > > > > My view is that more damage is done to home systems by the sysadmins > > than by external malice, so anything that protects the system from > > such damage is a useful resource.

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread David Wright
On Wed 29 Jan 2020 at 16:52:19 (-0700), ghe wrote: > > (Blush, blush) > > I took those boards out, and the names went back to what I'd expected > them to be. > > I have no idea why. It doesn't make sense to me -- absolutely nothing > changed that had anything to do with Ethernet interfaces. The

Re: LV verkleinen zonder te unmounten?

2020-01-29 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 04:40:02PM +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > > > Op 29-01-2020 om 15:47 schreef Geert Stappers: > > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 02:30:03PM +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > >> Hallo, > >> > >> Ik kan een logical volume (LVM) vergroten met iets als: > >> lvextend -rL +10G

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-01-29 11:28, Peter Ehlert wrote: maybe this will help http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/persistence.html Thanks for the reply. :-) I prefer a working Debian install on a USB flash drive, so I can install whatever tools I choose (including home-grown) in a familiar

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-01-29 11:09, Hans wrote: Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2020, 19:51:28 CET schrieb David Christensen: Hi David, although it is not recommended as the documentation is telling, but just try out RUFUS or UNETBOOTIN to create a bootable USB-Stick. Maybe this works better than using dd. Just a

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread ghe
(Blush, blush) I took those boards out, and the names went back to what I'd expected them to be. I have no idea why. It doesn't make sense to me -- absolutely nothing changed that had anything to do with Ethernet interfaces. The OS and the BIOS didn't change either. I put them back in, and

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Michael Stone
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 03:18:13PM -0700, ghe wrote: But that had nothing to do with naming Ethernet interfaces. At least to a human it didn't. They're still on the same PCI bus (0, and soldered to the same places on MB, as I find I've said before). some motherboards are better than others

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 03:18:13PM -0700, ghe wrote: > Do you know something interesting about screwdrivers and UDEV? You made this mistake earlier, and now once again. It's not udev. You *USED* to be able to use udev to work around this. Not any more. The new workaround is systemd.link(5).

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread ghe
On 1/29/20 8:14 AM, Curt wrote: > You haven't been using a screwdriver lately by any chance? Yes. I put a couple PCI cards back in. But the E'net ports had the same names when they were in there earlier and when they were out. The change happened when the were put back. But that had nothing to

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread Peter Ehlert
maybe this will help http://cosmolinux.no-ip.org/raconetlinux2/persistence.html On 1/29/20 10:51 AM, David Christensen wrote: debian-users: I would like to create a USB flash drive with Debian that I can boot in new Windows 10 machines with UEFI Secure Boot, so that I can examine things,

Re: Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread Hans
Am Mittwoch, 29. Januar 2020, 19:51:28 CET schrieb David Christensen: Hi David, although it is not recommended as the documentation is telling, but just try out RUFUS or UNETBOOTIN to create a bootable USB-Stick. Maybe this works better than using dd. Just a suggestion. Best regards Hans

Fresh install UEFI debian-10.2.0-amd64-xfce-CD-1 will not boot

2020-01-29 Thread David Christensen
debian-users: I would like to create a USB flash drive with Debian that I can boot in new Windows 10 machines with UEFI Secure Boot, so that I can examine things, run tools, take images of the Windows system drive, etc., before booting Windows for the first time. I have downloaded,

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread john doe
On 1/29/2020 6:25 PM, Yvan Masson wrote: > Le 29/01/2020 à 16:41, john doe a écrit : >> On 1/29/2020 2:50 PM, Yvan Masson wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, I >>> boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true >>>

Re: OT red por cable con portal captivo sin trafico interno.

2020-01-29 Thread Ramses
El 29 de enero de 2020 14:40:02 CET, Antonio Trujillo Carmona escribió: >El 28/1/20 a las 8:42, Antonio Trujillo Carmona escribió: >>     En nuestro hospital tenemos una VLan de gracia para los equipos >no >> identificados. >> Debido al abuso que se hace de esa vlan nos estamos planteando poner

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-29, ghe wrote: > On 1/29/20 8:04 AM, Curt wrote: > >> 'p' indicates the PCI bus and 's' indicates the slot, was my >> understanding of the naming scheme. > > Yeah. That's what I was told too. > >> Would a BIOS/Firmware upgrade >> modify the PCI bus and slot number of your Ethernet

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Bob Weber
On 1/29/20 12:05 PM, ghe wrote: On 1/29/20 8:04 AM, Curt wrote: 'p' indicates the PCI bus and 's' indicates the slot, was my understanding of the naming scheme. Yeah. That's what I was told too. Would a BIOS/Firmware upgrade modify the PCI bus and slot number of your Ethernet ports? I

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 29/01/2020 à 16:41, john doe a écrit : On 1/29/2020 2:50 PM, Yvan Masson wrote: Hi, I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, I boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. However, before loading preseed.cfg,

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Yvan Masson (2020-01-29 18:09:30) > Le 29/01/2020 à 15:10, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : > > Quoting Yvan Masson (2020-01-29 14:50:26) > >> I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do > >> this, I boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true > >>

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread MAS Jean-Louis
Le 29/01/2020 à 14:50, Yvan Masson a écrit : > However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I > would like this question to be asked in French and more importantly to > have the keyboard layout configured in French. > > I have tried many boot parameters (layout=fr,

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Yvan Masson
Le 29/01/2020 à 15:10, Jonas Smedegaard a écrit : Quoting Yvan Masson (2020-01-29 14:50:26) I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, I boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. However, before loading

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread ghe
On 1/29/20 8:04 AM, Curt wrote: > 'p' indicates the PCI bus and 's' indicates the slot, was my > understanding of the naming scheme. Yeah. That's what I was told too. > Would a BIOS/Firmware upgrade > modify the PCI bus and slot number of your Ethernet ports? I doubt it. SuperMicro's BIOS

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread ghe
On 1/29/20 7:15 AM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > If you can confirm that it was caused by (or at least, occurred after) > a firmware upgrade, then at least you'll know that you need to be ready > for another possible change the next time you upgrade firmware. Nope. No change(s) in the firmware. > The

Re: Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-29 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 11:04 AM Fun Society wrote: > I'm using it on debian (replacing the grub) but it was frustrating using > netinstall ISO, you can't boot live to install the systemd-boot easily, so > I find a way to boot my Debian using grub rescue then install the > systemd-boot. That's why

Re: Re: Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-29 Thread Fun Society
I'm using it on debian (replacing the grub) but it was frustrating using netinstall ISO, you can't boot live to install the systemd-boot easily, so I find a way to boot my Debian using grub rescue then install the systemd-boot. That's why I suggest systemd-boot must be added as bootloader options

Re: ifupdown, NetworkManager and resolvconf (was: NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-29 Thread john doe
On 1/29/2020 4:22 PM, Christoph Pleger wrote: > Hello, > > On 2020-01-28 09:28, Christoph Pleger wrote: > >> on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with >> NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its >> static IP address by a systemd-networkd

Re: OT red por cable con portal captivo sin trafico interno.

2020-01-29 Thread JavierDebian
El 29/1/20 a las 10:40, Antonio Trujillo Carmona escribió: El 28/1/20 a las 8:42, Antonio Trujillo Carmona escribió:     En nuestro hospital tenemos una VLan de gracia para los equipos no identificados. Debido al abuso que se hace de esa vlan nos estamos planteando poner un portal de

Re: Debian netinstall systemd-boot (bootloader) support

2020-01-29 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 2:27 AM Fun Society wrote: > Hi, can you guys add/provide systemd-boot option on the Debian installer? > Because some of the UEFI laptop not supported grub bootloader, The bios > automatically delete boot entry if the name of the grub boot entry not > "Linux" and grub

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread john doe
On 1/29/2020 2:50 PM, Yvan Masson wrote: > Hi, > > I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, I > boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true > url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. > > However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer

Re: LV verkleinen zonder te unmounten?

2020-01-29 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Op 29-01-2020 om 15:47 schreef Geert Stappers: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 02:30:03PM +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote: >> Hallo, >> >> Ik kan een logical volume (LVM) vergroten met iets als: >> lvextend -rL +10G /dev/vg0/backup >> De LV kan rustig gemount blijven, en het filesysteem wordt

ifupdown, NetworkManager and resolvconf (was: NetworkManager and systemd-networkd/systemd-resolved

2020-01-29 Thread Christoph Pleger
Hello, On 2020-01-28 09:28, Christoph Pleger wrote: on my notebook computer, I have a WLAN interface that is managed with NetworkManager and a cable-bound network interface that gets its static IP address by a systemd-networkd configuration file. But as of course on a portable notebook the

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-29, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 03:04:57PM -, Curt wrote: >> On 2020-01-29, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> > Did you perform a BIOS/Firmware upgrade on your motherboard? That's >> > one of the things that can cause this. >> >> 'p' indicates the PCI bus and 's'

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 03:04:57PM -, Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-29, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Did you perform a BIOS/Firmware upgrade on your motherboard? That's > > one of the things that can cause this. > > 'p' indicates the PCI bus and 's' indicates the slot, was my > understanding of the

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-28, ghe wrote: > Buster, SuperMicro box > > The labels for my Ethernet ports have changed. You haven't been using a screwdriver lately by any chance? -- "J'ai pour me guérir du jugement des autres toute la distance qui me sépare de moi." Antonin Artaud

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-29, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:34:15PM -0700, ghe wrote: >> Buster, SuperMicro box >> >> The labels for my Ethernet ports have changed. >> >> There are 2 ports on this box. They used to be called enp6s0 and enp7s0. >> Now they're called enp7s0 and enp8s0 (6, 7,

Re: How to set Gedit left margin to 80 characters

2020-01-29 Thread Default User
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020, 02:17 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 27 ian 20, 19:16:35, Default User wrote: > > Okay, I'm stumped. > > > > I'm running 64-bit Debian unstable, Cinnamon desktop environment. > > > > All I want to do is set the Gedit left margin to 80 characters, so that > > text hard-wraps

Re: LV verkleinen zonder te unmounten?

2020-01-29 Thread Geert Stappers
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 02:30:03PM +0100, Paul van der Vlis wrote: > Hallo, > > Ik kan een logical volume (LVM) vergroten met iets als: > lvextend -rL +10G /dev/vg0/backup > De LV kan rustig gemount blijven, en het filesysteem wordt automagisch > mee vergroot. > > Kan ik hem nu ook verkleinen op

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 09:15:31AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > The enp7s0 style naming is the new "Predictable Network Interface Names" > scheme. That is its official name. It is not, however, an accurate > description of how it works in reality. As you've seen, the names > are NOT

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 04:34:15PM -0700, ghe wrote: > Buster, SuperMicro box > > The labels for my Ethernet ports have changed. > > There are 2 ports on this box. They used to be called enp6s0 and enp7s0. > Now they're called enp7s0 and enp8s0 (6, 7, and 8). Did you perform a BIOS/Firmware

Re: Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Yvan Masson (2020-01-29 14:50:26) > I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, > I boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true > url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. > > However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: >

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 01:17:52PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:15:17PM +, mick crane wrote: > > [...] > > > >That's because "-" tells su to do that. Drop the "-" and it'll leave > > >you in the current dir (among other details, consult the man page for > >

Can't find a way to preseed keyboard layout for all d-i questions

2020-01-29 Thread Yvan Masson
Hi, I am automating Buster installations with a preseed file. To do this, I boot the installer successfully with parameters `auto=true url=tftp://my_server domain=mydomain`. However, before loading preseed.cfg, installer asks for computer name: I would like this question to be asked in

Re: OT red por cable con portal captivo sin trafico interno.

2020-01-29 Thread walter
Antonio Trujillo Carmona: > El 28/1/20 a las 8:42, Antonio Trujillo Carmona escribió: >>     En nuestro hospital tenemos una VLan de gracia para los equipos no >> identificados. >> Debido al abuso que se hace de esa vlan nos estamos planteando poner un >> portal de validación y anular el

Re: OT red por cable con portal captivo sin trafico interno.

2020-01-29 Thread Antonio Trujillo Carmona
El 28/1/20 a las 8:42, Antonio Trujillo Carmona escribió: >     En nuestro hospital tenemos una VLan de gracia para los equipos no > identificados. > Debido al abuso que se hace de esa vlan nos estamos planteando poner un > portal de validación y anular el trafico interno. > No se trata tanto de

LV verkleinen zonder te unmounten?

2020-01-29 Thread Paul van der Vlis
Hallo, Ik kan een logical volume (LVM) vergroten met iets als: lvextend -rL +10G /dev/vg0/backup De LV kan rustig gemount blijven, en het filesysteem wordt automagisch mee vergroot. Kan ik hem nu ook verkleinen op dezelfde manier, zonder te unmounten? lvreduce -rL -10G /dev/vg0/backup Groeten,

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-29, Curt wrote: > On 2020-01-28, J. D. Leach wrote: >> To Whom it May Concern, >> >> Have a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop with the latest Dell firmware >> (1.12.2). This update, and numerous of the preceding ones, do not allow >> ANY type of loading of Debian (or any othe Linux flavor)

Re: Dell BIOS Changes

2020-01-29 Thread Curt
On 2020-01-28, J. D. Leach wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > Have a Dell Inspiron 3668 desktop with the latest Dell firmware > (1.12.2). This update, and numerous of the preceding ones, do not allow > ANY type of loading of Debian (or any othe Linux flavor) onto the PC. In That's

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread mick crane
On 2020-01-29 12:17, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:15:17PM +, mick crane wrote: [...] >That's because "-" tells su to do that. Drop the "-" and it'll leave >you in the current dir (among other details, consult the man page for >details). yes but "su" keeps the user's

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 12:15:17PM +, mick crane wrote: [...] > >That's because "-" tells su to do that. Drop the "-" and it'll leave > >you in the current dir (among other details, consult the man page for > >details). > > yes but "su" keeps the user's path for the executables. > mick

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread mick crane
On 2020-01-29 12:08, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:31:35AM +, mick crane wrote: [...] The only effective difference for me between "su -" and sudo seems to be that if you are in a directory you don't have permissions and want to change something sudo keeps you in the

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread tomas
On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 10:31:35AM +, mick crane wrote: [...] > The only effective difference for me between "su -" and sudo seems > to be that if you are in a directory you don't have permissions and > want to change something sudo keeps you in the $PWD whereas "su -" > puts you in /root

Re: Clé USB non reconnue par GParted

2020-01-29 Thread Dethegeek
Bonjour, Pour une clé USB il faut absolument donner à la commande dd l'argument bs (block size). Sans cet argument vous aller user prématurément les cellules de la mémoire flash. La valeur à donner à bs dépend de l'architecture des pages de mémoire de la clé. Pour être tranquille on peut

Re: Clé USB non reconnue par GParted

2020-01-29 Thread f6k
Bonjour, En parlant de formatage de clef, je me souviens avoir vu une étape en plus (que je ne fais jamais) chez Kikinovak pour "partir sur des bases saines", dit-il --- e.g. dans ce post sur la mise à jour d'un bios avec FreeDOS[1]. En admettant que la clef apparaisse comme /dev/sdc dans la

Re: Clé USB non reconnue par GParted

2020-01-29 Thread ajh-valmer
Hello, La formater en FAT 32. La rendre bootable : - sous Windows avec Rufus, - sous Linux avec unetbootin. Mais c'est vrai, il y a eu beaucoup de post à ce sujet, ça ne marche pas toujours. A. Valmer

Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread mick crane
On 2020-01-29 07:04, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 28 ian 20, 08:24:29, David Wright wrote: My view is that more damage is done to home systems by the sysadmins than by external malice, so anything that protects the system from such damage is a useful resource. I think that selective sudo¹

Re: Clé USB non reconnue par GParted

2020-01-29 Thread Norbert Ponce
Pour la nettoyer, si la clé est bien en sde, en root, lancer la commande: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sde conv=notrunc Ce peut être assez long, et même très long... Une fois que dd vous a rendu la main, la clé est visible dans gparted. Il faut alors créer une table de partitions en mode msdos,

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Klaus Singvogel
elvis wrote: > It sounds like it is already using the consistent interface names. It's even possible to name the devices after their MAC addresses. Then it might be possible to identify them uniqly, on the other hand, he will get long device names (enx78e7d1ea46da). Didn't use this method by

Re: Clé USB non reconnue par GParted

2020-01-29 Thread David
Je n'y avais pas pensé... Il est vrai que mon fils n'est pas fortiche pour me transmettre tous les documents à temps... J'ai vérifié, la clé n'est pas bootable elle n'est pas non plus reconnue par le boot-device-order de mon ordinateur Le 2020-01-29 09:39, Norbert Ponce a écrit : Le

Re: Re: Sudo

2020-01-29 Thread Leandro Ramos
I am curious too.

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread elvis
On 29/1/20 5:48 pm, Klaus Singvogel wrote: ghe wrote: Anybody have an explanation? Or somewhere I can start looking? Or know how whatever labels Ethernet ports does it (or why they weren't called 0 and 1 in the first place)? The keywords you want to search for: udev, "consistent network

Re: Clé USB non reconnue par GParted

2020-01-29 Thread Norbert Ponce
Le 28/01/2020 à 21:52, JC.EtiembleG a écrit : Le 28/01/2020 à 15:35, David a écrit : 1. Si je lance l'utilitaire de disque ( "disks" ), la clé apparaît (en tant que sde)   - Modèle : Generic USB Flash Disk (7.76)   - Média : - (rien ne s'affiche, juste un trait horizontal)   -

Re: Ethernet trouble

2020-01-29 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
My shell scripts are all broken now and I'm afraid that next week, after I change all my scripts, something will change things back. Or increment them again. Anybody have an explanation? Or somewhere I can start looking? Or know how whatever labels Ethernet ports does it (or why they weren't