Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
Good evening All Just wondering if this is ALL good advice? Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying politicians. Thanks Enhance your email security Encrypt your mail! For enhanced message security use Encrypted Email. There are many vulnerabilities w

Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Rh Kramer
Notes: * In general, reply to the list, I am subscribed under a slightly different username and will see any replies. * As is often the case, there is more than one way to skin this cat, although I won't mind other approaches, especially if they are simpler, I would like to learn what I'

Resolved: Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Rh Kramer
Ohh, two more things: On the following line, I failed to delete the last i (part of ignore) > /rhk03/Dusan_scintilla_git/RS041-scintilla-syntax-highlighter/.giti Ahh, I think I found my problem -- .git is a directory, not a file -- sorry for the noise. On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 5:54:33 AM

Re: Docking browser tabs to windows manager.

2019-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 02 dec 19, 19:09:55, Tomas Zubiri wrote: > Hello, I'm mainly a browser user, the OS is a thin shell that I require to > run a browser, > I check my email in GMail, do my finances in google sheets, use whatsapp > through a web interface, banking through a browser interface, etc... > > Is the

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 03 dec 19, 20:42:30, Keith Bainbridge wrote: > Good evening All > > > Just wondering if this is ALL good advice? > > Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying > politicians. Most appear to be quite sensible, but I'm not using Thunderbird. Do note that encry

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 03 dec 19, 05:54:33, Rh Kramer wrote: > Notes: > >* In general, reply to the list, I am subscribed under a slightly > different > username and will see any replies. > >* As is often the case, there is more than one way to skin this cat, > although I won't mind other approaches,

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread rhkramer
Andrei, Thanks very much! (Please forgive the nitpicky comment below.) On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 07:16:22 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > With 'find' instead of 'locate'. > > find dir_with_repos -type d -name .git > > or > > find dir_with_repos -type d -name "*.git" > > if you also h

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 08:07:16 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 07:16:22 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > With 'find' instead of 'locate'. > > > > find dir_with_repos -type d -name .git > > > > or > > > > find dir_with_repos -type d -name "*.git" > > > > if

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:54:33AM -0500, Rh Kramer wrote: > locate --regex \/\.gitignore Your quoting is all wrong here. What you want is: locate --regex '/\.gitignore' The / does not need to be quoted, either for the shell, or for the regex. It's just a regular old character with no special

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
Quoting Brian (2019-12-03 14:39:28) > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 08:07:16 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 07:16:22 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > With 'find' instead of 'locate'. > > > > > > find dir_with_repos -type d -name .git > > > > > > or > > > > > >

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 08:39:28 AM Brian wrote: > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 08:07:16 -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 07:16:22 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > With 'find' instead of 'locate'. > > > > > > find dir_with_repos -type d -name .git > > > > > > or

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 09:09:45 AM Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > With 'find' instead of 'locate' (adapt dir): > > find DIR_WITH_REPOS -type d -name .git That helps, also, especially with the note "adapt dir" (or maybe "adjust dir", or "specify dir appropriately" (I don't know why I'm trying

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Dan Clery
Any security advise without consideration of your threat model is less than ideal. As others have said, if you send me an encrypted email, and I'm not prepared to deal with it, your message won't be recieved (your great aunt Tilly isn't going to be able to read your encrypted emails without a bunc

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread rhkramer
On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 09:01:16 AM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 05:54:33AM -0500, Rh Kramer wrote: > > locate --regex \/\.gitignore > > Your quoting is all wrong here. What you want is: > > locate --regex '/\.gitignore' > > The / does not need to be quoted, either for t

Metavariable [was: Help with --regex in locate]

2019-12-03 Thread tomas
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 08:07:16AM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: [...] > On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 07:16:22 AM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > With 'find' instead of 'locate'. [...] > It took me a minute (well, a trial) to realize that dir_with_repos is a > metaname (right word?). I prefer a

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 03 dec 19, 15:09:45, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > What I have so far settled on is to distinguish "variables" in capital > letters, and explicitly hint that it should be changed, like this: > > With 'find' instead of 'locate' (adapt dir): > > find DIR_WITH_REPOS -type d -name .git > >

Postgresql logging problem

2019-12-03 Thread Johann Spies
We have upgraded two servers by installing postgresql(pgpd) 12. Both servers are running Debian Stable. On the problem server we have: pg_lsclusters Ver Cluster Port Status OwnerData directory Log file 11 main5432 online postgres /var/lib/postgresql/11/main /var/log/postgres

Re: Metavariable [was: Help with --regex in locate]

2019-12-03 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I think the canonical name is "metasyntactic variable" [1]. I've > seen also just "metavariable", although Wikipedia would say that > the latter belongs in the realm of logic [2], not programming. AFAICT those two usages are one and the same: when you see "foo" it's because the code is actually

Re: Metavariable [was: Help with --regex in locate]

2019-12-03 Thread tomas
On Tue, Dec 03, 2019 at 10:18:59AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I think the canonical name is "metasyntactic variable" [1]. I've > > seen also just "metavariable", although Wikipedia would say that > > the latter belongs in the realm of logic [2], not programming. > > AFAICT those two usages a

Re: Docking browser tabs to windows manager.

2019-12-03 Thread Jonathan Dowland
The Chromium (and Chrome) browsers have (or had) a feature called "application link" which does something similar to what you are asking for. You browse to a site/page/app that you wish to make into an "application", and then ask the browser to create an "application link". In the background

Subcontratacion y Outsourcing: Lo legal y lo fiscal para este 2020

2019-12-03 Thread Paulina Escobar Camargo
Buenas tardes, Eres un Outsourcing o subcontratas personal a través de uno? Esto puede ser de tu interés. Este 2020 será un año de modificaciones, cambios y actualizaciones en materia laboral y fiscal. Es bien sabido por todos que la actual administración tiene como prioridad en su agenda pol

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user you can administer through the web interface. hi Roberto, alas, I already did that, without success. n

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 20:42:30 +1100 Keith Bainbridge wrote: Hello Keith, >Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying >politicians. Ideally, all one's email should be encrypted because if it isn't, the ones that *are* encrypted simply SCREAM 'look at me, I'm interesti

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 17:37:59 +0100, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a normal user >to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user you can >administer through the web interf

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 03 dec 19, 15:55:37, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 20:42:30 +1100 > Keith Bainbridge wrote: > > Hello Keith, > > >Should I use it for ALL my mail, or just sensitive stuff, like lobbying > >politicians. > > Ideally, all one's email should be encrypted because if it isn't, the >

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a > normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by authenticating as that user > you can administer through the web interface. >

camera led flashes while waking system up from sleep

2019-12-03 Thread dinar qurbanov
laptop camera led flashes while waking system up from sleep. i would like to report a bug. which package should i put? i think it is systemd or lightdm, or both. i am using debian 10 with xfce.

camera led flashes while waking system up from sleep

2019-12-03 Thread dinar qurbanov
laptop camera led flashes while waking system up from sleep. i would like to report a bug. which package should i put? i think it is systemd or lightdm, or both. i am using debian 10 with xfce.

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread John Hasler
https://www.wired.com/2015/10/mr-robot-uses-protonmail-still-isnt-fully-secure/ Besides, most users will continue to use Gmail and the like. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 13:17:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a > > normal user to the lpadmin group. Then by authenti

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: When it pops up the requester, did you change it from the default root to your name you've added to lpadmin and your passwd? That works here. yes, I do that, and my password is refused, as well as the root one

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 December 2019 14:23:34 Brian wrote: > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 13:17:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > > > It has a been a while, but my recollection is that you add a

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Gene Heskett
On Tuesday 03 December 2019 15:58:45 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Gene Heskett wrote: > > When it pops up the requester, did you change it from the default > > root to your name you've added to lpadmin and your passwd? That > > works here. > >yes, I do that, and my password is

solved - Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631

2019-12-03 Thread Pierre Frenkiel
On Tue, 3 Dec 2019, Brian wrote: I wish I could have confidence in your interpretation of what you see. The pop-up has two blank fields. Why you maintain the default user is "root" and it needs to be changed is beyond me. Yes, I maintain it... I don't have 2 blank fields, but 2 fields co

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 3/12/19 11:04 pm, Andrei POPESCU wrote: Most appear to be quite sensible, but I'm not using Thunderbird. Do note that encryption can work only if the other side supports it as well and you have their public key. Thanks everybody One advantage of sleeping while most of you are wide awake i

Re: password refused by cups on localhost:631 (fwd)

2019-12-03 Thread Brian
On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 16:13:19 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 14:23:34 Brian wrote: > > > On Tue 03 Dec 2019 at 13:17:21 -0500, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > On Tuesday 03 December 2019 11:37:59 Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > > On Sat, 30 Nov 2019, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: >

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 03 dec 19, 12:50:24, John Hasler wrote: > https://www.wired.com/2015/10/mr-robot-uses-protonmail-still-isnt-fully-secure/ Noting the article is more than 4 years old. > Besides, most users will continue to use Gmail and the like. Sure, but ProtonMail also allows to communicate fairly sec

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 4/12/19 1:19 am, Dan Clery wrote: In a general sense, the more we encrypt communication,  the better we hide our source IP address, the safer we are, because if you only encrypt dangerous communications, it's a clear flag of what messages are dangerous. If they're drops in a sea of noise,

Re: camera led flashes while waking system up from sleep

2019-12-03 Thread dinar qurbanov
i have reported it for "base" pseudo package. https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=946122 .

Re: Is this ALL good advise

2019-12-03 Thread John Hasler
Keith Bainbridge writes: >Perhaps a more secure email provider is my best course? Yes. I suggest Newsguy or another for-pay email provider. Do as I do and configure Fetchmail to download all your new mail every five minutes (and delete it on the server, of course). The snoops rely on people usi

Best/Proper way to dist-upgrade Debian Testing except the kernel?

2019-12-03 Thread riveravaldez
Because updating the kernel requires to reboot the system -AFAIK- in many cases I would prefer to 'dist-upgrade' (all packages) except the kernel -until a moment in which I can reboot the system-, so: 1. Is this something right/viable/acceptable to do? 2. Which would be the best/proper way to do

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread David
On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 01:36, wrote: > I always have trouble with all the rigamarole around quoting for the shell vs. > quoting for the regex (or quoting or not quoting for anything else). > > I don't know what it will take to get it to sink into my head. (Maybe in my > next life ;-) Hi, yes, it

Re: Help with --regex in locate

2019-12-03 Thread rhkramer
Thanks -- I'll try that sometime tomorrow! On Tuesday, December 03, 2019 07:24:49 PM David wrote: > On Wed, 4 Dec 2019 at 01:36, wrote: > > I always have trouble with all the rigamarole around quoting for the > > shell vs. quoting for the regex (or quoting or not quoting for anything > > else). >

Re: RFC Debian and Xfce daily desktop on Dell Latitude 54XX

2019-12-03 Thread David Christensen
On 2019-12-02 21:32, deloptes wrote: David Christensen wrote: debian-user: Is anyone running Debian and Xfce as a daily desktop on a Dell Latitude 54XX laptop? If so, please comment. David https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Dell/Latitude5480 https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebia

calibre mobile read forum?

2019-12-03 Thread Karen Lewellen
Any one here use calibre and a part of the mobile read forum? I wish to join, but the contact form uses captcha. A private answer may be best. thanks, karen

Re: RFC Debian and Xfce daily desktop on Dell Latitude 54XX

2019-12-03 Thread deloptes
David Christensen wrote: > Thanks for the reply.  :-) > > > Do you use X?  If so, which display manager or desktop?  What are the > hardware specs and how does it hold up with heavy desktop usage? Yes X and TDE former KDE3 as display manager (might be exotic to some, but it is so stable and has

Re: Postgresql logging problem

2019-12-03 Thread Johann Spies
Solved: changing the ownership of the custom log in conf.d solved the problem. Regards Johann On Tue, 3 Dec 2019 at 17:14, Johann Spies wrote: > We have upgraded two servers by installing postgresql(pgpd) 12. Both > servers are running Debian Stable. > > On the problem server we have: > pg_lsc