[DNG] Runit logging

I’m running a custom daemon with runit-sysv, which is working fabulously so far! Much simpler than existing sysvinit scripts! My question is whether there is any way to make svlogd compress the logs when it rotates them? Do I need to tell svlogd to ignore any rotation and setup some sort of

Re: [DNG] why does mount expect NTFS?

Could it be exfat? I sometimes see NTFS messages appear in syslog when I try to mount exfat drives using pmount. > On 11 Aug 2019, at 11:51, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > So I want to find out what's in /dev/sda4 on my hard drive. The > computer has *never* had Windows on it. So I try to mount

Re: [DNG] dns vs connection manager

https://manpages.debian.org/stretch/connman/connman.8.en.html Look at the -r option. Maybe that lets you disable the built-in DNS proxy. Was that previously set somewhere? > On 11 Jul 2019, at 01:31, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > This morning DNS wasn't working on my laptop, though it worked

Re: [DNG] Php 7.03 on ascii

ing{pu} > php7.0-mcrypt{pu} php7.0-mysql{pu} php7.0-opcache{pu} php7.0-readline{pu} > php7.0-xml{p} php7.0-zip{pu} > ttf-dejavu-core{u} > 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 45 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 0 B of archives. After unpacking 32.7 MB will be freed.

Re: [DNG] Php 7.03 on ascii

https://deb.sury.org/ You can get php7.3 from that repository for ascii. Just use the “stretch” equivalent name from debian. > On 6 Jun 2019, at 00:53, hal wrote: > > Hi all, > I happened to glance over at the supported PHP matrix[1] on php.net yesterday > and noticed 7.0x is EOL. This is

Re: [DNG] Install failure: cannot boot netinst

> On 28 May 2019, at 12:13, Blair, Charles E III wrote: > > >>> I'm wondering whether there can be a mismatch between >>> installer output and what the monitor is expecting. >> >> Have you tried booting with the kernel option “nomodeset”? I have >> needed that sometimes on systems that

Re: [DNG] calendars, contacts, to do lists

> On 25 May 2019, at 18:25, Rick Moen wrote: > > Quoting Rod Rodolico (r...@dailydata.net): > > [...] >> NOTE: there is a split from Owncloud called NextCloud (nextcloud.com). > [...] > > Those considering these options may wish to be aware that both of these > projects are coded in PHP5 and

Re: [DNG] Devuan AMI

> When I did this, I had to pre-include the ssh keys, so I haven't fully > mastered the process, but it was good enough for the task at hand. Apparently there’s some “cloud-init” package that might handle that? I’m still not entirely sure what that package does and how it works though. When I

Re: [DNG] New application ready to test: hopman

> On 24 Apr 2019, at 01:06, Didier Kryn wrote: > >> Le 23/04/2019 à 13:22, Edward Bartolo via Dng a écrit : >> Making it a Debian package should be easy. Use dh_make to create a >> 'debian' subdirectory with the necessary Debian control files. Then, >> when that is ready build the debian

[DNG] Running Devuan Ascii on AWS

I’m looking at migrating some servers from a local ESXi onto AWS, or just rebuilding them from scratch inside AWS. Has anyone successfully run Devuan ascii on AWS? Is there anything special that needs to be installed, like open-vm-tools in VMware? Any other considerations to take into account?

[DNG] pmount with exfat

Upgraded a test system running Ascii with Xfce4 to Beowulf today. I noticed that the old system had consolekit and udisks2/gvfs installed and the upgrade for udisks2 in beowulf wanted to install elogind. In this case I decided to ditch udisks2 and try out pmount, but I’ve noticed that pmount

Re: [DNG] simple-netaid-backend debugged.

> I'm also working on an alternative to poettering's ifplugd for the > automatically wired connect option of simple-netaid. > > Aitor. > Can you borrow code from netplug for that? It does the same as ifplugd. —Tom___ Dng mailing list

Re: [DNG] Request for testing of slim/experimental

> Yes, though I just discovered it on my system, and whilst I believe it's > a plain, dist-upgraded ascii with a well-defined couple of variations, > I've also "fixed things"(tm). > > Does anyone else have bogus 'w'/'last' reports? I’m running consolekit with lightdm on a regular ascii. I just

Re: [DNG] WAIT_ONLINE_METHOD=none

> On 18 Feb 2019, at 21:50, Didier Kryn wrote: > >> Le 17/02/2019 à 17:29, Mike Tubby a écrit : >> If you install 'haveged' package /dev/random and /dev/urandom should (a) be >> better quality and (b) programs that need chunks of random data such as SSL >> on start-up should come up more

[DNG] Creating directory in /var/run on bootup

I'm running the barman backup software for PostgreSQL and the documentation says I should configure the lockfile directory to be on a volatile partition like /var/run/barman. Since this software runs every minute via cron instead of having a daemon process, there is no service script in

[DNG] Debian dev takes a break from packaging systemd

https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=19/01/21/042251 “Michael Biebl, long-time maintainer of systemd for Debian (2010 or earlier, based on changelog.Debian.gz), is taking undetermined holidays from packaging it.” “Will stop maintaining systemd in debian for a while. What's going on is just

Re: [DNG] Request for comments - training room

> On 4 Dec 2018, at 00:51, Bruce Ferrell wrote: > > I've found that AD is VERY sensitive to time differences, even in a pure > windows environment. How Windows admins tolerate it I have yet to figure out. That would be from Kerberos? That’s a requirement regardless of using AD or MIT

[DNG] Network error after upgrading packages on beowulf

I ran a package update on a beowulf server last week, and now when I login via SSH I have noticed that networking appears to be partially broken. I can ping localhost, but no hosts outside of the machine, either from local subnet or external like google. There seems to be no outbound networking

Re: [DNG] Implementing directory services/Kerberos

On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 17:20, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > Héctor González - 09.11.18, 00:02: > > >> Quoting wirelessd...@gmail.com (wirelessd...@gmail.com): > > > [snip] > > > > > >>> So my next question is, whats the recommended package to > > >>> authenticate > > >>> with LDAP and allow users

Re: [DNG] Implementing directory services/Kerberos

On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 at 10:02, Héctor González wrote: > > > >> Quoting wirelessd...@gmail.com (wirelessd...@gmail.com): > > [snip] > >>> So my next question is, whats the recommended package to authenticate > >>> with LDAP and allow users to login to a desktop via their LDAP > >>> account? I've

Re: [DNG] Implementing directory services/Kerberos

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 at 15:45, Rick Moen wrote: > > Quoting H??ctor Gonz??lez (ca...@genac.org): > > > There is also nslcd, which I remember using with samba-ad, as nscd > > didn´t like that ldap for some reason, and it has a different > > config file /etc/nslcd.conf > > > > I´d use nscd first,

Re: [DNG] Online DNS & Bind Refeences.

> On 6 Nov 2018, at 21:56, terryc wrote: > > 1. What do people recommend as online sources for Bind configuration > these days. > > 2. what programs do you recommend for checking the configuration files. > > > LS; My antique hardware that was the nameserver and web for the LAN > suffered a

Re: [DNG] Everyone OK for using the logger program for runit logging?

On Tue, 23 Oct 2018 at 07:37, Rick Moen wrote: > The mainstream choices (disregarding journald) in 2018 are rsyslog and > syslog-ng, period. A case could be made for either. I _think_ > rsyslog remains more common. I've personally only encountered > syslog-ng in embedded logging appliances

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

> ..you mean remmina? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remmina > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=remmina > https://manpages.debian.org/stretch-backports/remmina/remmina.1.en.html Sorry, yes. I blame autocorrect for that mistake. —Tom ___ Dng

Re: [DNG] Devuan + remote desktop of Ubuntu = how?

> > For Ubuntu there is Remina or like (if I recall the proper name) but duno > what needs for Devuan. > > Misko Remains is also available from ascii-backports. —Tom ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Stop the madness!

> On 20 Oct 2018, at 12:55, Steve Litt wrote: > > Some folks are asking for automatic sysvinit init script generation, or > else unit file to sysvinit init script converters. Some are asking > Devuan's developers to prioritize their scarce programmer resources to > modifying sysvinit, which is

Re: [DNG] dig vs nslookup: was Weird network issue - slow to resolve IPs

> On 17 Oct 2018, at 15:58, Steve Litt wrote: > > What's your opinion of nslookup as an alternative to dig? Not sure, but > I think you need to install bind to get dig, and not everyone wants to > install bind. Since looking at Unbound and NSD, I’ve been trying out drill as an alternative

[DNG] Implementing directory services/Kerberos

I’m looking to setup some sort of directory services/network authentication for users on a small corporate network running Devuan Ascii. Is it recommended to use Kerberos+LDAP? Are there any good tutorials out there for setting this up and explaining how it works? Where do people learn this

Re: [DNG] su root missing sbin on beowulf

> On 22 Aug 2018, at 20:28, John Hughes wrote: > >> On 22/08/18 08:24, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: >> I installed ascii onto a new machine with ascii-netinstall iso and >> immediately upgraded to beowulf. The machine is a headless VM and has no GUI >> installed. >> >> I notice when I login

[DNG] su root missing sbin on beowulf

I installed ascii onto a new machine with ascii-netinstall iso and immediately upgraded to beowulf. The machine is a headless VM and has no GUI installed. I notice when I login to root with “su” the $PATH doesn’t contain any sbin folders, only bin. If I login to root with “su -“ then the $PATH

Re: [DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

On Wed, 11 Jul 2018 at 04:52, Clarke Sideroad wrote: > > On 2018-07-10 11:41 AM, John Franklin wrote: > >> On Jun 25, 2018, at 6:14 PM, taii...@gmx.com wrote: > >> > >> I have to say your current computer is more than powerful enough for > >> your current uses and I would advise saving your money

Re: [DNG] Unbound details: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

Forgetting to hit reply-all :D On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 13:20, wrote: > > > I haven't been following OSX Server, so they are dropping DNS now ? It's > > always seemed like the unwanted stepchild, not really promoted or > > developed, and with no proper server hardware to run it on (I used to >

Re: [DNG] Unbound details: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

Forgetting to hit reply-all :D On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 13:24, wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2018 at 08:15, Steve Litt wrote: > > > There are disadvantages to having the same software do both auth and > > cache, and BIND is a big honkin complexity. See the djbdns > > documentation for details. I

Re: [DNG] DSA Ascii Aug20

> On 21 Aug 2018, at 02:14, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 02:31:05PM +0100, leloft wrote: >> >> Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:52:19 + >> [SECURITY] [DSA 4272-1] linux security update >> version 4.9.110-3+deb9u2 >> Confirmed: ascii-proposed-updates >> Note: this update has been

Re: [DNG] Unbound details: was Mozilla and cloudflare to hijack all your DNS requests - for your own good of course

> On Tue, 7 Aug 2018 13:27:25 -0700 > Rick Moen wrote: > > >> Most highly rated comment: >> >> I run my own local recursive nameservers even on my portable >> devices. Totally not interested in using anyone's resolvers but my >> own. >> >> Ding! >> >> 1. apt-get install unbound >> 2. sed

Re: [DNG] I need your help or another developer's help with the project devuan with the children

> On 22 Jul 2018, at 23:17, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > Doesn't Raspberry pi normally boot from the microSD card it uses for its > main file system? > Thus all you need to do is make 50 copies of one SD card and stick them into > the microSD card slots of the pi's. > > So once you manage to make

[DNG] Home server replacement hardware suggestions?

I have an old desktop at home running Devuan ascii for some basic server/file storage functions. Unfortunately the disk sounds like it's almost dead so I took a clonezilla backup and now want to find some replacement hardware. Looking to get something a bit more power conservative than this old

Re: [DNG] (forw) [GoLugTech] Microsoft buys GitHub

> On 5 Jun 2018, at 10:02, Jimmy Johnson wrote: > >> On 06/03/2018 06:01 PM, Rick Moen wrote: >> For years, I've been politely telling representatives & users of open source >> projects (Void Linux, many others) 'Hey, you might want to reconsider >> outsourcing your entire source code repos to

Re: [DNG] Creating .deb packages with jenkins-debian-glue

> On 31 May 2018, at 18:51, KatolaZ wrote: > >> On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 05:42:21PM +1000, Tom wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to use dh_virtualenv and and jenkins-debian-glue to package >> a python app into a .deb using jenkins. >> >> I followed all the instructions on

Re: [DNG] npm and nodejs

> On 23 May 2018, at 11:44, Hendrik Boom wrote: > > I'm trying to try out a package (joplin) that is built using nodejs. > > Now the installation instructions seem to require npk, the nodejs package > manager. > > And following links about npm, it appears that npm is

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

> On 22 May 2018, at 18:43, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 12:56:48PM +1000, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > > [cut] > >> >> After removing the packages.devuan.org you will want to downgrade your >> package version to the one from the pkgmaster.devuan.org

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

>> >> Try removing packages.devuan.org: it shouldn't be necessary when you have >> pkgmaster.devuan.org active. My output is: >> >> libpython3.5-stdlib: >> Installed: 3.5.3-1 >> Candidate: 3.5.3-1 >> Version table: >> *** 3.5.3-1 500 >>500 https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC, including respawn

> On 14 May 2018, at 18:51, Steve Litt wrote: > > One property of OpenRC is it has no facility to respawn a daemon when > the old daemon crashes. Some folks like it this way, some don't, but > it's a fact of OpenRC. Except... > > There are two ways to have OpenRC

Re: [DNG] Switching to OpenRC

ng to OpenRC > >> On Tue, 15 May 2018 23:39:24 +1000 >> Tom <wirelessduck@???> wrote: >> >>> Thanks as always for your insightful information Steve. Much >>> appreciated. As someone who knows very little about init systems, >>> can you explain

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

> On 21 May 2018, at 13:35, Vernon Geiszler wrote: > > This is the output from apt-cache policy: > > libpython3.5-stdlib: > Installed: 3.5.3-3 > Candidate: 3.5.3-3 > Version table: > *** 3.5.3-3 100 >100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > 3.5.3-1 500 >500

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

> On 21 May 2018, at 10:08, wirelessd...@gmail.com wrote: > > >> On 21 May 2018, at 04:20, Vernon Geiszler wrote: >> >> Running ascii. Did update then autoremove. Did not look close enough >> at the packages being removed. Libreoffice was one package removed. >>

Re: [DNG] LibreOffice removed with autoremove

> On 21 May 2018, at 04:20, Vernon Geiszler wrote: > > Running ascii. Did update then autoremove. Did not look close enough > at the packages being removed. Libreoffice was one package removed. > It will not install. Going down through the dependencies that will >

[DNG] Switching to OpenRC

I’ve read that the ascii RC has optional support for OpenRC. How can I switch to this on an existing system to try it out? Is it simply a matter of running “apt-get install openrc”? If I switch, will I have to create new service definition files for each existing daemon in /etc/init.d or can

Re: [DNG] Congratulations! and some migration questions

> On 11 May 2018, at 03:12, viverna wrote: > > il devuanizzato Didier Kryn il 10-05-18 17:49:42 ha scritto: >> does the job as it always did. In case you want your system to >> deconfigure/reconfigure Ethernet interfaces when you unplug/replug the >>

Re: [DNG] lsb_release on ascii

> On 17 Apr 2018, at 06:34, aitor_czr wrote: > > The output of 'lsb_release -a' is defined in the 'base-files' package. So, > for the same version of the package, you should get the same output. The > command needs the 'lsb-base' package to work, i think. I just

Re: [DNG] Unable to Install

> On 14 Apr 2018, at 18:37, Florian Zieboll wrote: > > Am 14. April 2018 02:34:16 MESZ schrieb Vernon Geiszler > : >> >> The jessie stick does boot. It just won't retieve the binary-amd64 >> package. The ascii stick shows no operating system. It

Re: [DNG] Keys swapped on cordless keyboard.

> On 10 Apr 2018, at 22:55, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > If there's some way to guess what map a Logitech wireless keyboard needs, > it'd be really useful. Here in Australia, keyboards tend to be US or > maybe US-international, whatever that is. (Found in the full list,

[DNG] PostScript vs PCL

Seeing all the rage against non-PS printing here recently, I’m wondering how PCL compares? Is it better/worse/equal to PostScript? Is there any reason to prefer one over the other? —Tom ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

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