Re: Telnet

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
telnet is not bad per se, provided we know (1) that they happen, (2) if we need them in our use case and (3) how to turn them off. I guess most people who use telnet as a general network client do not know either (1) nor (2) nor (3). Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Look, ma no telnet [was: Telnet]

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
seems to be able to do TCP server.) Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Telnet

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
Curt (12023-12-04): > I think you're buggering yet another fly here. I think you should read the docs and shut up. I know what I am saying. -- Nicolas George

Re: Telnet

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
Curt (12023-12-04): > Telnet doesn't alter the actual data being transmitted Yes it does, read the doc before posting wrong information here. -- Nicolas George

Re: Telnet

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
Marco Moock (12023-12-04): > Is that really the case? Yes. > Other applications like telnet or vi don't care about it, so I > assume(d), it is up to the application to handle it. Applications can decide to change the mode of the tty or catch SIGINT. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Telnet

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
Marco Moock (12023-12-04): > ncat also uses ^C to kill the process. No, this effect of ^C is part of the operating system. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Telnet

2023-12-04 Thread Nicolas George
etwork protocol, you should use a really transparent client. Traditionally people use netcat (nc), but it handles EOF approximatively. For that use, I strongly recommend socat. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: bash vs. dash and stdin

2023-11-22 Thread Nicolas George
Max Nikulin (12023-11-22): > Is there a document that describes shell behavior in respect to stdin in > such cases? The shell did not eat your stdin here, ssh did. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Weird MAC address

2023-11-22 Thread Nicolas George
Marco Moock (12023-11-22): > Sorry, not gracious-arp, proxy-arp can be responsible for that. Thanks for clarifying. But AFAIK, with proxy ARP, the network mask covers all the networks covered by the proxy. That is not the case here. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Weird MAC address

2023-11-22 Thread Nicolas George
you mean? On the server, we never enabled an option to accept ARP information that does not come as a reply to a request from the network stack, if such an option even exists, so even if such a packet came it should not have reached the ARP tables. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Weird MAC address

2023-11-22 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. Since last we have four MAC addresses in the ARP table of a server that should not be there: $ ip route default via XXX.XXX.98.254 dev eth0 onlink XXX.XXX.96.0/22 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src XXX.XXX.98.94 But: $ ip neigh | grep -v 'XXX.XXX.9[6789]' XXX.XXX.103.161 dev eth0

Re: rdiff-backup-2.2.2-1 old/new interface

2023-11-21 Thread Nicolas George
ribed with '--new --help'. > > Unfortunately I'm unable to translate to the new interface. > Any suggestions? Hi. What have you tried? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: rhs time out error?

2023-11-21 Thread Nicolas George
input and output, going directly into operation mode skipping the authentication phase. That way, if a client supports it, you can connect to a IMAP server through SSH and a key, for example. It is a tragedy that not more authenticated protocols do not support the same thing. Regards, -- Nicolas

Re: Request advice on Optimal Combo-usage of Gmail and Mailman, as mentioned in Msg-Id. "2023/11/msg00443"

2023-11-13 Thread Nicolas George
jeremy ardley (12023-11-14): > I use Bluemail on android. It claims to do threading though I don't use it. > Bluemail seems competent. A quick search for screenshots on the web leads to the conclusion that no, Bluemail does not do threading, just linear conversation. Regards, -- N

Re: Request advice on Optimal Combo-usage of Gmail and Mailman, as mentioned in Msg-Id. "2023/11/msg00443"

2023-11-13 Thread Nicolas George
| | | | | | /o-o \o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o \o-o-o I am sad that so few software implement this one. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re : [HS] alternative à Signal sous Debian et SANS smartphone

2023-11-11 Thread nicolas . patrois
r la page ouèbe qui va bien. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plus gros ? P : Non... Une carte bleue suffirait...

Re: limit on attachment in mail to list

2023-11-09 Thread Nicolas George
Hi. hlyg (12023-11-09): > list doesn't seem to accept my mail, because of big attachment i believe Good, I do not want to receive big attachments from mailing-lists — and no attachments at all from this one. And I am far from alone in that aspect. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux

2023-11-07 Thread Nicolas George
to...@tuxteam.de (12023-11-07): > (note how that one stops short of saying "character special file"? $ file prog/ffmpeg/libavfilter/buffersrc.h prog/ffmpeg/libavfilter/buffersrc.h: C source, ASCII text Do you think this is not a file? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.as

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux

2023-11-07 Thread Nicolas George
to...@tuxteam.de (12023-11-07): > "/dev/zero is not a file" It is lying. Regarde, -- Nicolas George

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux

2023-11-07 Thread Nicolas George
David Wright (12023-11-07): > in white on a red background. I'm not sure what that's meant to demonstrate. It proves nothing, either for a directory or for a device. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux

2023-11-07 Thread Nicolas George
John Hasler (12023-11-07): > Try to edit one. Try to edit /dev/zero. -- Nicolas George

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux

2023-11-07 Thread Nicolas George
John Hasler (12023-11-07): > On System III directories were files. On Linux, directories are files. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: On folders vs. directories and history [was: how to compare...]

2023-11-06 Thread Nicolas George
, I am not interested in splitting hair about stylistic devices. -- Nicolas George

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

2023-11-04 Thread Nicolas George
erfect solution. So all we have to do is trust that the original poster has made the cost-benefit analysis according to one's own priorities and not try to convince otherwise. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: All the unicorns are dead on Linux (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

2023-11-03 Thread Nicolas George
useful for performances, but when it comes to I/O, they them harder. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: On folders vs. directories and history [was: how to compare...]

2023-11-03 Thread Nicolas George
using the metaphoric word instead of the precise one. -- Nicolas George

Re: How to compare one folder to one directory

2023-11-03 Thread Nicolas George
Alexander V. Makartsev (12023-11-03): > Personally, I don't see the problem, because I was talking to people not > Unix user interfaces. You talk TO people ABOUT Unix user interface. -- Nicolas George

Re: On folders vs. directories and history [was: how to compare...]

2023-11-03 Thread Nicolas George
sical world, I have *sometimes* seen a folder inside a folder, but a folder inside a folder inside a folder inside a folder… Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: How to compare one folder to one directory

2023-11-02 Thread Nicolas George
are: they do not contain anything except a list of names and numbers. Folder is the metaphor, directory is the fact. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

2023-11-02 Thread Nicolas George
Alexander V. Makartsev (12023-11-02): > It could be also a limitation or bug of overlayfs since it doesn't have > locale/iocharset/codepage parameters for mount. No, it is not: Unix file names are made of octets, not characters. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: How to compare one folder to one directory (was: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?)

2023-11-02 Thread Nicolas George
ngs in the “computers are too complicated for you so we'll make them guess what you want to do and pretend they're easy but it's normal if they crash” mentality where we cannot get the computer to do what you want because it is second-guessing our instructions: vague and not suited for technical communication. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

2023-11-02 Thread Nicolas George
y...@vienna.at (12023-11-02): > > I ear with ARMbian you have to use Docker to build a kernel. That makes > > a pretty strong “why not ARMbian”. > No No what? No Docker is not necessary or no it is not a reason to ditch armbian? -- Nicolas George

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

2023-11-02 Thread Nicolas George
who knows what else. More probably because you tried to use it on a non-Unix filesystem (or even non-Unix system). Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Installing on Radxa Rock Pi 4B using SD-card-images

2023-11-02 Thread Nicolas George
y...@vienna.at (12023-11-02): > Why not try ARMbian? I ear with ARMbian you have to use Docker to build a kernel. That makes a pretty strong “why not ARMbian”. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Alternative to NetworkManager on Debian 12

2023-11-01 Thread Nicolas George
Max Nikulin (12023-11-01): > I am curious if ConfigureWithoutCarrier= and IgnoreCarrierLoss= from > systemd.network(5) may help. > > NetworkManager has a similar option, unfortunately it may be changed > per-device, not per-connection. I do not have the time to test it anew. IIRC, when I tried,

Re: How to compare contents of two folders against third one?

2023-11-01 Thread Nicolas George
Maybe some parameter for diff or rsync that I missed or another utility? I doubt it, it is too specific a use case. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Nix on Debian for installing packages

2023-11-01 Thread Nicolas George
, will somebody give me the hints that will save me some times in trial and error to get my head around the logic? Thanks in advance. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Alternative to NetworkManager on Debian 12

2023-11-01 Thread Nicolas George
work would get de-configured if somebody pulled the ethernet cable (and that happens a lot here!) and rebooted the machine while they were at it, and the NIS and NFS do not appreciate it much. I switched to ifupdown and everything worked nicely. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re : Comment agrandir une page au format PDF

2023-10-19 Thread nicolas . patrois
On 19/10/2023 19:38:38, Basile Starynkevitch wrote: > On 10/19/23 18:58, Olivier wrote: > > Comment agrandir ces documents de façon à les imprimer ou les > > décomposer en plusieurs pages A4 ? Essaie pdfposter. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'i

Re: Git for backup storage

2023-10-06 Thread Nicolas George
m looking for. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Git for backup storage

2023-10-06 Thread Nicolas George
branch, the original data is not actually deleted. I asked a question and somehow it has become my responsibility to explain things… Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Git for backup storage

2023-10-06 Thread Nicolas George
. They only allow to keep the last commits, not decimate them. > --interactive" it is possible to squash e.g. daily commits into weekly or > monthly ones. The drawback is that git rebase changes commit hashes. git rebase is too inefficient for that kind of use. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Git for backup storage

2023-10-06 Thread Nicolas George
john doe (12023-10-06): > I do not understand why you would want multiple repos, to me this looks > like this would fit the bill for a Git branching workflow. Please elaborate. How do you work around the fact that Git is terrible at removing data with a single repository? Regards, -- N

Git for backup storage

2023-10-06 Thread Nicolas George
of existing packages in Debian that could make my work easier? Thanks in advance. -- Nicolas George

Re: "sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb" ... (then no device listed)

2023-09-25 Thread Nicolas George
an use rsync or anything I want to do the transfer. Add Tinc to get a stable reachable IP. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: auto add usb network to bridge

2023-09-25 Thread Nicolas George
es that will be of use for you are “bridge_ports none” and “post-up ip link set dev wlan* master”. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: PATH revisited: one PATH to "rule the [Debian] World"

2023-09-24 Thread Nicolas George
Michel Verdier (12023-09-24): > This one is easy : bash read /etc/bash.bashrc and ~/.bashrc. Only for interactive shells. There are no interactive shells in the ancestry of your desktop environment if you log from a display manager. If it was so easy, the OP would have found it. -- Nico

Re: [a bit OT] Automate a (G o o g l e) search from a list of strings

2023-09-20 Thread Nicolas George
describes breaks Google's terms of use is the same. Now, if your interrogation is whether we think you would get away with it. Well, as it is roughly equivalent to asking if I think you are smarter than the people at Google, I will respectfully decline to answer. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: [a bit OT] Automate a (G o o g l e) search from a list of strings

2023-09-19 Thread Nicolas George
they have detection: please only do this on a computer and network access when you will be the only one inconvenienced when they block your access. It happened on a computer I co-administrate. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: "locate" easier to use than "find"

2023-08-24 Thread Nicolas George
Stanislav Vlasov (12023-08-24): > Sometimes it's unexpected :-) Then the shell prints an error and I try again. Still less time wasted than these two mails. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: "locate" easier to use than "find"

2023-08-24 Thread Nicolas George
Stanislav Vlasov (12023-08-24): > With a really large amount of files there will be overflow of process > environment (or too large cmdline). If I expect a very large amount of files, I can use it another way. -- Nicolas George

Re: "locate" easier to use than "find"

2023-08-24 Thread Nicolas George
ot; ls **/*(N@-@) Zsh rulz. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re : Re : Re : Re: Clavier/souris Cherry DM 9100 bluetooth

2023-08-17 Thread nicolas . patrois
, en SID, je suis au plus récent... Regarde les journaux (sudo journalctl -f) de l’un et de l’autre quand tu branches et débranches le clavier. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plus gros ? P

Re : Re : Re: Clavier/souris Cherry DM 9100 bluetooth

2023-08-17 Thread nicolas . patrois
oyau, les modules, etc. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plus gros ? P : Non... Une carte bleue suffirait...

Re : Re : Re : Re : FFMPEG ?

2023-08-16 Thread nicolas . patrois
e, il est toujours là. C’est pour ça. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plus gros ? P : Non... Une carte bleue suffirait...

Re : Re : Re : FFMPEG ?

2023-08-16 Thread nicolas . patrois
On 16/08/2023 20:11:10, Gaëtan Perrier wrote: > Il me semble que le paquet ufraw est sorti de debian. > Gaëtan Heu non, je l’ai bien dans Sid. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plu

Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found"

2023-08-10 Thread Nicolas George
orphaned files. A lost+found directory elsewhere… is just a directory with a wacky name. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Why or why not back up "/lost+found"

2023-08-10 Thread Nicolas George
what lost+found is for? If not, please read some documentation about it. The explanation of its function contains the answer to the question I left quoted above. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re : Re : Plantage suite à ajout de desktop icon dans /usr/share/applications/

2023-08-07 Thread nicolas . patrois
nexion/reconnexion plus tard, tout redevenait normal même après avoir joué. Il restait parfois quelques scories qui ont fini par disparaître. Personnellement, je n’ai pas d’icone en fond d’écran, j’ai toujours détesté ça : une barre en haut, gkrellm à gauche ou à droite et c’est tout. nicolas p

Re : Plantage suite à ajout de desktop icon dans /usr/share/applications/

2023-08-06 Thread nicolas . patrois
sur une même machine et chacun peut avoir ses préférences de gestionnaires de fenêtres avec ou sans gestionnaire de bureau. Il n’y a pas de raison d’en installer un unique pour tous, on n’est pas dans Windows. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait p

Re : Retbleed en lançant Debian-12 et kernel panic

2023-08-06 Thread nicolas . patrois
ours, il est remplacé par full-upgrade. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour qu'on nous considère comme des humains ? Un cerveau plus gros ? P : Non... Une carte bleue suffirait...

Re: Lack of text console?

2023-08-04 Thread Nicolas George
Kamil Jońca (12023-08-04): > Where text console can be configured? > Recently I got laptop with debian installed. I wanted to log in into > text console but Ctrl-Alt-F1 does nothing - it seems that lightdm(?) > started at first console. Have you tried Ctrl-Alt-F2? Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re : mot de passe BIOS

2023-07-27 Thread nicolas . patrois
On 27/07/2023 17:21:38, hamster wrote: > Super, ca marche impeccable. Merci a tous. > C'est tellement facile que c'est a se demander pourquoi ils mettent un > mot de passe sur le BIOS. Parce que la machine peut être physiquement verrouillée ? nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉ

Re: General Questions

2023-07-25 Thread Nicolas George
Source Code (12023-07-25): > I have thought I have right to ask any question Oh, you have the right all right. And I have a right of not helping you. Which is exactly what I will do from now on, since you just spat in my face when I tried to. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Descript

Re: General Questions

2023-07-25 Thread Nicolas George
Source Code (12023-07-25): > People, how to solve problem with rfkill without install rfkill? Step 1: get rid of stupid constraints. Step 2: install rfkill. Step 3: solve problem. Step 4: learn what top-posting means. Step 5: stop doing it. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.

Re : Équivalent Canon logiciel ?

2023-07-24 Thread nicolas . patrois
On 24/07/2023 09:43:52, ptilou wrote: > Alors malheuresement ce sont des gens qui m'empoisonne la vie, et non > essaye de m'aider ! Mais qu’est-ce que tu racontes ? Je ne comprends rien à tes messages, qu’on dirait pondus par une chaîne de Markov bizarrement programmée. nicolas patrois

Re: Problème Email sous ROUNDCUBE-

2023-07-16 Thread nicolas
Le 2023-07-16 13:33, NoSpam a écrit : Bonjour. Vérifier que l'opérateur autorise un autre serveur SMTP que le sien. Chez FREE, dans l'espace abonné, blocage du SMTP sortant=oui par défaut Et pour finir, j'ai changer de smtp qui, effectivement, ne devait pas autoriser d'en,vois avec d'autre

Re: Unable to ssh to Debian 9 from 9 or 11

2023-07-16 Thread Nicolas George
ssues with the key AT ALL and the issue has been fixed for hours anyway. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Unable to ssh to Debian 9 from 9 or 11

2023-07-15 Thread Nicolas George
ight here. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Nvidia graphics driver naming convention

2023-07-15 Thread Nicolas Marie
Hello. I've got three workstations using different Nvidia GPU. I upgraded them from Debian 11.6 to Debian 12: * The first one is a Geforce GT520 (Fermi) so I used the package *nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-390xx* and it works like a charm. * The second one is a Geforce 1050 Ti (Pascal)

Re: file descriptor VS file handle

2023-07-13 Thread Nicolas George
stdio subsystem of the libc. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

2023-07-11 Thread Nicolas George
t can hardly be called migrating, can it? Or maybe I am missing something ? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Migrating from hard drives to SSDs

2023-07-11 Thread Nicolas George
et the kernel decide. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re : mise a jour bullseye vers bookworkm avec aptitude

2023-07-09 Thread nicolas . patrois
l’inverse. J’utilise apt la majorité du temps mais quand il merde (mise à jour bloquée), je mets à jour avec aptitude (qui permet plus de choses qu’apt) en ligne de commande ou plus rarement encore, en ncurses. nicolas patrois : pts noir asocial -- RÉALISME M : Qu'est-ce qu'il nous faudrait pour q

Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?

2023-07-03 Thread Nicolas George
ow which one is the N6 or the N8? Or the US route 65 or 67? The objects that are by their number are the exception, not the rule. -- Nicolas George

Re: Why does Debian have code names for releases?

2023-06-26 Thread Nicolas George
t year we are in, usually. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: php7.4 on bookworm

2023-06-26 Thread Nicolas George
reached its end of life one year and a half ago and its end of life support six months ago. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: How to create a systemd service that interact with nftables service

2023-06-25 Thread Nicolas George
don't know. > > Check interfaces(5) and look for "up", "post-up" and "pre-down". Linux's firewall is designed so that it can be configured before the interfaces are up, or even exist. Without that, there would be a short time with the interface up but no firewall.

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-23 Thread Nicolas George
doing it by themselves is a waste of time. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: OT: Pedantic, yet wrong

2023-06-22 Thread Nicolas George
Ottavio Caruso (12023-06-22): > You've managed to be pedantic and patronising yet wrong. You expect help with that attitude? Not from me at least. Goodbye. -- Nicolas George

Re: fetchamil / procmail as non root : unable to call script

2023-06-21 Thread Nicolas George
using lacks the pipe at the beginning of the line. > Le mar. 20 juin 2023 à 08:34, a écrit : Please do not top-post. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: How to stop systemd or whatever does,to always tries to check and fix disk errors

2023-06-21 Thread Nicolas George
Mario Marietto (12023-06-21): > A rude behavior like yours The rude person here is you and only you. -- Nicolas George

Re: How to stop systemd or whatever does,to always tries to check and fix disk errors

2023-06-21 Thread Nicolas George
Mario Marietto (12023-06-20): > Or am I missing something ? Yes, a lot. -- Nicolas George

Re: package managers problem

2023-06-21 Thread Nicolas George
o feed them. The freedom of speech is not the right to be listened to. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: How to stop systemd or whatever does,to always tries to check and fix disk errors

2023-06-20 Thread Nicolas George
erence between a behavior and a profession. -- Nicolas George

Re: How to stop systemd or whatever does,to always tries to check and fix disk errors

2023-06-20 Thread Nicolas George
issistic > / omnipotent one. Do not expect any help from me in the future. And I urge the competent people on this mailing list to read this insulting and entitled paragraph and consider whether they want to expend time helping somebody like you. Good luck. -- Nicolas George

Re: How to stop systemd or whatever does,to always tries to check and fix disk errors

2023-06-20 Thread Nicolas George
st, start by respecting the people who are here, and that includes observing how their mails are formatted and trying to do the same. -- Nicolas George

Re: package managers problem

2023-06-20 Thread Nicolas George
Charles Kroeger (12023-06-20): > > As far as I know, apt is pretty much apt-get > If you're using Debian 12 then the -get is gone. [citation needed] Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: Firefox resource utilization (was Re: A case for supporting antiquated hardware, was Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?)

2023-06-08 Thread Nicolas George
her.) -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Screen locker

2023-06-05 Thread Nicolas George
with the display manager, so that information should not be relevant. It is not an issue if users can ctrl-alt-F2 to another VT and startx.) Oh, I forgot: it needs to work with passwd and shadow from NIS, because it's still the 20th century around here. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: A hypervisor for a headless server?

2023-06-02 Thread Nicolas George
Victor Sudakov (12023-06-02): > Oh, I'm a rare kind of newbie. I have 25 years of FreeBSD > experience and about 10 years of Solaris experience. Newbies who think they have a lot of experience are, sadly, not a rare breed. Goodbye. -- Nicolas George

Re: Isn't KDE Live ISO accompanied by an ultra-light Windows Manager, like OpenBox is with LXDE?

2023-05-30 Thread Nicolas George
l introduce something that obsoletes Wayland and something that obsoletes that thing that obsoletes Wayland before the move to Wayland is complete. Regards, -- Nicolas George

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
hat you describe is the reason for /(s)bin vs /usr/(s)bin, not the reason for (/usr)/bin vs (/usr)/sbin. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
giving advice to anybody who might co-administrate with me. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
hl (12023-05-13): > root@debian:~# /sbin/ifconfig  wlx12345 list regdomain > list: Unknown host Told you ifconfig was a red herring. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: sudoers question

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
ssword, then making sure commands that are obviously harmless do not ask for the password. There are harmless commands that for some reason require privileges. Configuring sudo to permit them without password is a good idea. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
Jeremy Ardley (12023-05-13): > The actual reason is they have deprecated it in favour of the ip command No it is not the actual reason, as ifconfig has been in /sbin since way before ip existed. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
users with a command they rarely need was less convenient. Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
jeremy ardley (12023-05-13): > wlan0 is an interface like any other and ifconfig works with it > > Your issue is you don't have a wlan0 on your particular system so you got an > error. Check before saying something wrong. -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: how to find out regdomain/country of wifi network

2023-05-13 Thread Nicolas George
Jeremy Ardley (12023-05-13): > ifconfig needs to be run as root or sudo. e.g. Wrong. cigaes@ssecem ~ $ sudo ifconfig wlan0 list countries wlan0 list co: error fetching interface information: Device not found cigaes@ssecem ~ $ /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 list countries wlan0 list co: error fetching

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