Re: Missing OPs (wes: Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything)

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 08:10:44PM -, Curt wrote: [...] > He'll disppear eventually, though. Not that I want him to, mind you. If all of us are as snarky, the prophecy might be self-fulfilling. If I were you, I'd adjust my timeout period to a (small, positive, nonzero) multiple of 24

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 02:16:30PM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sun 31 Jul 2022 at 06:28:18 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > > On 7/31/22 04:50, Curt wrote: > > > On 2022-07-31, wrote: > > > > > Doesn't it seem from the OP that the daemon doesn't > > > > > start? > > > > I interpret the process

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 8:08 PM Lucas Castro wrote: > Not required any programming skills. > > You can always start reading the mantainer guide. There is so much chores > you can take. > I actually started reading The Guide for Debian Maintainers but I do not have time right now to dedicate to

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Lucas Castro
Not required any programming skills. You can always start reading the mantainer guide. There is so much chores you can take. Em 31 de julho de 2022 19:32:25 BRT, Timothy M Butterworth escreveu: >On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 6:00 PM Lucas Castro wrote: > >> There is no Debian certification, >>

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Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 6:00 PM Lucas Castro wrote: > There is no Debian certification, > But in turn you can become a debian mantainer and debian developer and > request a certification that prove you are If It's really important for you. > > One day I might be a debian maintainer. My

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Lucas Castro
There is no Debian certification, But in turn you can become a debian mantainer and debian developer and request a certification that prove you are If It's really important for you. Em 31 de julho de 2022 13:27:24 BRT, Timothy M Butterworth escreveu: >On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 12:06 PM Bret

Re: Missing OPs (wes: Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything)

2022-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2022-07-31, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, July 31, 2022 07:50:54 AM Curt wrote: >> Maybe the OP (who's disappeared anyway, as they >> often do) should look there. > > Hmm, what's the criteria for determining a missing OP? Looks like his first > post was at 10:55 last night, so when

Re: GUI app started from command line (Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything)

2022-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2022-07-31, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Sunday, July 31, 2022 05:44:25 AM Curt wrote: >> It's a GUI app so why he's trying to start it at the command line is >> anybody's guess. > > I'm anybody (I think) so I'll take a guess -- if you start a gui type app > from > the command line, I

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread David Wright
On Sun 31 Jul 2022 at 06:28:18 (-0700), Paul Scott wrote: > On 7/31/22 04:50, Curt wrote: > > On 2022-07-31, wrote: > > > > Doesn't it seem from the OP that the daemon doesn't > > > > start? > > > I interpret the process list in the original post as showing a > > > running dyn_updater: > > > >

Re: random data during install

2022-07-31 Thread David Wright
On Sun 31 Jul 2022 at 17:19:22 (+0100), Piscium wrote: > On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 13:49, David wrote: > > > > It seems like preseeding requires the building of an iso? If so that > > > is not I was looking for as there is a bit of work to do that that! > > > > You haven't explained what you're

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread David Wright
On Sun 31 Jul 2022 at 07:51:22 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Linux-Fan > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:37:37 +0200 > > Formatting it to ext2 should work and not cause any issues ... > > Other authorities claim "factory format" is optimal and wear of flash > storage is a concern. A

Re: random data during install

2022-07-31 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 10:01:11 +0100 Piscium wrote: > It seems like preseeding requires the building of an iso? If so that > is not I was looking for as there is a bit of work to do that that! That is one of several ways to do it. You can script building the ISO, of course, to automate it. I

Missing OPs (wes: Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything)

2022-07-31 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, July 31, 2022 07:50:54 AM Curt wrote: > Maybe the OP (who's disappeared anyway, as they > often do) should look there. Hmm, what's the criteria for determining a missing OP? Looks like his first post was at 10:55 last night, so when you wrote this, he hadn't been heard from or seen

GUI app started from command line (Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything)

2022-07-31 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, July 31, 2022 05:44:25 AM Curt wrote: > It's a GUI app so why he's trying to start it at the command line is > anybody's guess. I'm anybody (I think) so I'll take a guess -- if you start a gui type app from the command line, I think, at least in many cases, you see various status and

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 12:29:54PM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2022-07-31 at 10:51, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > > > From: Linux-Fan > > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:37:37 +0200 > > >> Formatting it to ext2 should work and not cause any issues ... > > > > Other authorities claim

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread The Wanderer
On 2022-07-31 at 10:51, pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: Linux-Fan > Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:37:37 +0200 >> Formatting it to ext2 should work and not cause any issues ... > > Other authorities claim "factory format" is optimal and wear of flash > storage is a concern. A revised

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 12:06 PM Bret Busby wrote: > On 31/7/22 10:21 pm, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 10:13 AM Roberto C. Sánchez > > wrote: > > > > Debian, as a project and an organization, does not offer any > >

Re: random data during install

2022-07-31 Thread Piscium
On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 13:49, David wrote: > > It seems like preseeding requires the building of an iso? If so that > > is not I was looking for as there is a bit of work to do that that! > > You haven't explained what you're thinking, or why, but it sounds wrong. > Most people would preseed a

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Bret Busby
On 31/7/22 10:21 pm, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 10:13 AM Roberto C. Sánchez > wrote: Debian, as a project and an organization, does not offer any certifications.  However, what is it that you are specifically seeking? Even

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread Linux-Fan
pe...@easthope.ca writes: From: Linux-Fan Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:37:37 +0200 > Formatting it to ext2 should work and not cause any issues ... Other authorities claim "factory format" is optimal and wear of flash storage is a concern. A revised "format" can impose worse conditions

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread mick.crane
On 2022-07-31 16:18, Paul Scott wrote: I may have gotten ddclient to work with a configuration supplied by dyndns.org .  I won't know for a while because I haven't successfully changed my IP address by reseting my cable modem. Just resetting the modem is probably not enough. You'll probably

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread peter
From: Linux-Fan Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:37:37 +0200 > Formatting it to ext2 should work and not cause any issues ... Other authorities claim "factory format" is optimal and wear of flash storage is a concern. A revised "format" can impose worse conditions for wear? Does any

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
On 7/31/22 07:42, David wrote: On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 23:28, Paul Scott wrote: On 7/31/22 04:50, Curt wrote: On 2022-07-31, wrote: I would be just as happy to have ddclient working. I only have dyn_updater because ddclient didn't seem to be working. Hi, I haven't used any of these

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2022-07-31, Paul Scott wrote: > > On 7/31/22 04:50, Curt wrote: >> On 2022-07-31, wrote: Doesn't it seem from the OP that the daemon doesn't start? >>> I interpret the process list in the original post as showing a >>> running dyn_updater: >> You're right. I misread all that

Re: random data during install

2022-07-31 Thread David Wright
On Sun 31 Jul 2022 at 10:01:11 (+0100), Piscium wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 at 03:04, David Wright wrote: > > > People with more experience of preseeding might comment on > > whether this suggestion would work. I notice that this option > > is available, which might be what you want: > > It

Re: VFAT vs. umask.

2022-07-31 Thread David Wright
On Sat 30 Jul 2022 at 09:13:55 (-0700), pe...@easthope.ca wrote: > From: David Wright > Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 00:00:29 -0500 > > When you copy files that have varied permissions onto the FAT, you may > > get warnings about permissions that can't be honoured. (IIRC, copying > > ug=r,o= would not

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread David
On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 23:28, Paul Scott wrote: > On 7/31/22 04:50, Curt wrote: > > On 2022-07-31, wrote: > I would be just as happy to have ddclient working. I only have > dyn_updater because ddclient didn't seem to be working. Hi, I haven't used any of these tools, but FYI in case you are

Debian NMS Book

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
All, I started writing a book on using debian to run multiple Network Management Systems. Currently it is compiled as one book per service. The services include: Cacti, phpServerMon, FTP, TFTP, NTP, phpIPAM and NTOP. If anyone wants to proofread them of is interested in building NMS systems The

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 10:13 AM Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > Debian, as a project and an organization, does not offer any > certifications. However, what is it that you are specifically seeking? > Even within the various certifications offered by different groups, > there is a great deal of

Re: Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
Debian, as a project and an organization, does not offer any certifications. However, what is it that you are specifically seeking? Even within the various certifications offered by different groups, there is a great deal of difference. For instance, are you interested in a sysadmin-type of

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
On 7/31/22 04:50, Curt wrote: On 2022-07-31, wrote: Doesn't it seem from the OP that the daemon doesn't start? I interpret the process list in the original post as showing a running dyn_updater: You're right. I misread all that somehow. Documentation is infuriatingly sparse, but mentions

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 11:50:54AM -, Curt wrote: > On 2022-07-31, wrote: > > > >> Doesn't it seem from the OP that the daemon doesn't > >> start? > > > > I interpret the process list in the original post as showing a > > running dyn_updater: > > You're right. I misread all that somehow.

Re: random data during install

2022-07-31 Thread David
On Sun, 31 Jul 2022 at 19:01, Piscium wrote: > On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 at 03:04, David Wright wrote: > > People with more experience of preseeding might comment on > > whether this suggestion would work. I notice that this option > > is available, which might be what you want: > It seems like

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2022-07-31, wrote: > >> Doesn't it seem from the OP that the daemon doesn't >> start? > > I interpret the process list in the original post as showing a > running dyn_updater: You're right. I misread all that somehow. Documentation is infuriatingly sparse, but mentions that the app's ( a

Debian Certifications

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
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Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 09:44:25AM -, Curt wrote: > On 2022-07-31, wrote: > > > > The next question(s) would be: is it documented? Does it have a > > config? a log file? > > https://help.dyn.com/linux-update-client-install-guide/ > > It's a GUI app so why he's trying to start it at the

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Curt
On 2022-07-31, wrote: > > The next question(s) would be: is it documented? Does it have a > config? a log file? https://help.dyn.com/linux-update-client-install-guide/ It's a GUI app so why he's trying to start it at the command line is anybody's guess. > Perhaps, if you know which service it

Re: random data during install

2022-07-31 Thread Piscium
On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 at 03:04, David Wright wrote: > People with more experience of preseeding might comment on > whether this suggestion would work. I notice that this option > is available, which might be what you want: It seems like preseeding requires the building of an iso? If so that is

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 11:24:30PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > On 7/30/22 11:00 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 05:55:23PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > > Can someone please help me diagnose why dynupdater is not seeming to > > > update > > > my ip address so I cna access

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 2:00 AM wrote: > On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 05:55:23PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > > Can someone please help me diagnose why dynupdater is not seeming to > update > > my ip address so I cna access my local computer from somewhere else. > > > > ps ax |grep dyn > >5237 ?

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread Paul Scott
On 7/30/22 11:00 PM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 05:55:23PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: Can someone please help me diagnose why dynupdater is not seeming to update my ip address so I cna access my local computer from somewhere else. ps ax |grep dyn    5237 ?    Sl  

Re: dynupdater not seeming to do anything

2022-07-31 Thread tomas
On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 05:55:23PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Can someone please help me diagnose why dynupdater is not seeming to update > my ip address so I cna access my local computer from somewhere else. > > ps ax |grep dyn >    5237 ?    Sl   170:43 dyn_updater >    5269 ?    Sl