Re: [gentoo-user] net-mail/mailbase-1.1 and access rights of /var/spool/mail

2013-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:37:47 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I got this message when net-mail/mailbase-1.1 was emerged: * Messages for package net-mail/mailbase-1.1: * Your //var/spool/mail/ directory permissions differ from * those which mailbase wants to set

[gentoo-user] ebtables on Gentoo?

2013-01-29 Thread James
Hello, From here: http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/ We read: The ebtables tool can be combined with the other Linux filtering tools (iptables, ip6tables and arptables) to make a bridging firewall that is also capable of filtering these higher network layers. This is enabled through the

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 28.01.2013 22:49, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: ps: my bigger hurdle will be the bridging-setup for running KVM-virtualization. This was one of the reasons to go back to openrc back then. I have no experience with that, but if it works in OpenRC it should work in systemd. Probably

Re: [gentoo-user] net-mail/mailbase-1.1 and access rights of /var/spool/mail

2013-01-29 Thread Mick
On Tuesday 29 Jan 2013 10:19:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:37:47 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I got this message when net-mail/mailbase-1.1 was emerged: * Messages for package net-mail/mailbase-1.1: * Your //var/spool/mail/ directory

Re: [gentoo-user] ebtables on Gentoo?

2013-01-29 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:45 AM, James wirel...@tampabay.rr.com wrote: Hello, From here: http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/ We read: The ebtables tool can be combined with the other Linux filtering tools (iptables, ip6tables and arptables) to make a bridging firewall that is also capable of

[gentoo-user] Re: ebtables on Gentoo?

2013-01-29 Thread James
Michael Mol mikemol at gmail.com writes: iptables and ip6tables operate at the data layer, layer 3. ebtables operates at the link layer, layer 2. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Netfilter-packet-flow.svg Nice diagram. I'm surveying what's new/available for wired and

Re: [gentoo-user] ebtables on Gentoo?

2013-01-29 Thread Michael Orlitzky
On 01/29/2013 09:45 AM, James wrote: Hello, From here: http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/ We read: The ebtables tool can be combined with the other Linux filtering tools (iptables, ip6tables and arptables) to make a bridging firewall that is also capable of filtering these higher

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 28.01.2013 22:49, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: ps: my bigger hurdle will be the bridging-setup for running KVM-virtualization. This was one of the reasons to go back to openrc back then. I have no experience

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Michael Mol
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 28.01.2013 22:49, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: ps: my bigger hurdle will be the bridging-setup for running KVM-virtualization. This was

Re: [gentoo-user] net-mail/mailbase-1.1 and access rights of /var/spool/mail

2013-01-29 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:36:06 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Tuesday 29 Jan 2013 10:19:16 Alan McKinnon wrote: On Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:37:47 + Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I got this message when net-mail/mailbase-1.1 was emerged: *

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 29.01.2013 20:05, schrieb Michael Mol: I'll note that in your version, you're ignoring the exit statuses of each of those commands. From a correctness standpoint, I prefer Stefan's version. Thanks ;-) Also thanks to Canek for the script-version ... I knew that way but wanted to fully take

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Michael Mol mike...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 28.01.2013 22:49, schrieb Stefan G. Weichinger: ps: my bigger

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 29.01.2013 20:23, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: I really believe the most important thing abount systemd unit files is that they are small and simple. You can also check the exit status from each command in the script, or even better, you can do a test after all the commands are done to

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 29.01.2013 20:05, schrieb Michael Mol: I'll note that in your version, you're ignoring the exit statuses of each of those commands. From a correctness standpoint, I prefer Stefan's version. Thanks ;-) Also

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Stefan G. Weichinger
Am 29.01.2013 20:33, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: When I debugged my way up to the current draft it was helpful to see which line/command failed etc. That's my point; you don't need (and I would venture to say, you

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 1:33 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger li...@xunil.at wrote: Am 29.01.2013 20:23, schrieb Canek Peláez Valdés: I really believe the most important thing abount systemd unit files is that they are small and simple. You can also check the exit status from each command in the

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Alon Bar-Lev
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: I would not bet on that ;) too much resistance. However it is certainly getting better and better: the LWN article on The Biggest Myths about systemd had an overwhelmingly majority of comments positive to systemd,

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Alon Bar-Lev alo...@gentoo.org wrote: On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:49 PM, Canek Peláez Valdés can...@gmail.com wrote: I would not bet on that ;) too much resistance. However it is certainly getting better and better: the LWN article on The Biggest Myths about

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Chadwick
And, BTW, I didn't mean behind in the sense that Gentoo doesn't support systemd; I meant behind in the sense that us systemd users get a lot flak just by mention it in the list. And that's exactly why I see Gentoo as being ahead and actually your talking about a few of the IMO more moronic

Re: [gentoo-user] ebtables on Gentoo?

2013-01-29 Thread Kevin Chadwick
So anyway, my memory of this is all very wishy-washy, but ebtables turned out to be the best way to implement those inter-VM restrictions. It could probably have been done in iptables, but ebtables made it easy to say don't let these two talk. I don;t know the details but I expect that would

Re: [gentoo-user] *draft* for setting up network bridge with systemd (for qemu/kvm)

2013-01-29 Thread Canek Peláez Valdés
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Kevin Chadwick ma1l1i...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: [...] but lets just agree to disagree [...] Agreed. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Re: [gentoo-user] ebtables on Gentoo?

2013-01-29 Thread William Kenworthy
On 30/01/13 05:14, Kevin Chadwick wrote: So anyway, my memory of this is all very wishy-washy, but ebtables turned out to be the best way to implement those inter-VM restrictions. It could probably have been done in iptables, but ebtables made it easy to say don't let these two talk. I

[gentoo-user] 'su' stopped working : reminder needed

2013-01-29 Thread Philip Webb
A few weeks ago, there was a brief thread re a change in a pkg which stopped 'su' from working. It didn't affect my desktop system, so I didn't pay much attention, but it's just hit my netbook. Can anyone remind me what I need to do to restore it ? --

[gentoo-user] fcron

2013-01-29 Thread jens wefer
hey.. I wonder about the last update of fcron.It is an update to 3.1.1, there is a new /etc/crontab file, which is mixed with /etc/fcronfcrontab, without update notice. The latest stable version is 3.0.6 on the fcron homepage. bye, jens.

Re: [gentoo-user] 'su' stopped working : reminder needed

2013-01-29 Thread Nilesh Govindrajan
On Wednesday 30 January 2013 07:46:48 AM IST, Philip Webb wrote: A few weeks ago, there was a brief thread re a change in a pkg which stopped 'su' from working. It didn't affect my desktop system, so I didn't pay much attention, but it's just hit my netbook. Can anyone remind me what I need

Re: [gentoo-user] nvidia-drivers-304.64 build failure against vanilla linux-3.7.4

2013-01-29 Thread Raffaele BELARDI
On 01/27/2013 01:06 AM, staticsafe wrote: I just grabbed vanilla 3.7.4 from kernel.org, the kernel build itself went fine but when I did a modules-rebuild, the nvidia module failed to build. As requested by the error message: I had the same problem, I had success with this: