Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} backups... still backups....

2013-07-18 Thread Grant
You're welcome. A pull system does rely on the server being secure, which is why I don't use it for offsite backups to the cloud :-O Wouldn't a push/pull combination be a good compromise? The remote servers push their backups to their own location on a staging server. The backup-storage

Re: [gentoo-user] Locking down a user with a shell account and SSH access

2013-07-18 Thread Grant
My backup user needs a shell on the backup server in order to execute rsync and needs to be included in /etc/ssh/sshd_config AllowUsers in order to SSH in. My authorized_keys file is locked-down. The second field for the user in /etc/shadow is an exclamation point which I think means the

Re: [gentoo-user] Locking down a user with a shell account and SSH access

2013-07-18 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 18/07/2013 18:21, Grant wrote: My backup user needs a shell on the backup server in order to execute rsync and needs to be included in /etc/ssh/sshd_config AllowUsers in order to SSH in. My authorized_keys file is locked-down. The second field for the user in /etc/shadow is an exclamation

Re: [gentoo-user] Locking down a user with a shell account and SSH access

2013-07-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Grant emailgr...@gmail.com wrote: My backup user needs a shell on the backup server in order to execute rsync and needs to be included in /etc/ssh/sshd_config AllowUsers in order to SSH in. My authorized_keys file is locked-down. The second field for the user

[gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration

2013-07-18 Thread luis jure
hello list, i want to migrate my system, currently in a HD, to a new SSD. i thought it would be easy, but i decided to read a little before partitioning the disk (my first SDD) and now i'm really confused... i intend to have only two partitions in the SSD: one for / and the other for /home. i

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration

2013-07-18 Thread Davide De Prisco
I used ssd from workstation to server. I created partitions with fdisk and then I usually push all in with dd from the old disk. For the grub you can install it like a normal disk. If you want you can install a new system and then copy the home directory. The only directory that you can put on a

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration

2013-07-18 Thread luis jure
on 2013-07-18 at 23:40 Davide De Prisco wrote: I created partitions with fdisk and then I usually push all in with dd from the old disk. For the grub you can install it like a normal disk. did you use GPT or plain old MBR? so there's nothing special with grub and gpt partitioned disks?

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2013-07-18 Thread kyd . is . back
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 19:16:01 -0300 From: pizta...@crow.satelite.com To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration Message-ID: 20130718221601.gc31...@crow.satelite.com References: 20130718182232.5c1301ce@acme7.acmenet

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration

2013-07-18 Thread Paul Hartman
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:22 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: hello list, Hi! i want to migrate my system, currently in a HD, to a new SSD. i thought it would be easy, but i decided to read a little before partitioning the disk (my first SDD) and now i'm really confused... i

[gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Randy Barlow
I saw that there were a couple of syslog-ng threads recently, but neither of them mentioned any segfaulting which I am currently experiencing. My log file (dmesg and /var/log/messages) is full of lines like this: syslog-ng[32015]: segfault at 44d8 ip 7f4f3fa23c83 sp 7fffb233b940 error 4

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration

2013-07-18 Thread William Kenworthy
On 19/07/13 06:23, Paul Hartman wrote: On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:22 PM, luis jure l...@internet.com.uy wrote: hello list, Hi! i want to migrate my system, currently in a HD, to a new SSD. i thought it would be easy, but i decided to read a little before partitioning the disk (my first

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Randy Barlow
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 18:41 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: I saw that there were a couple of syslog-ng threads recently, but neither of them mentioned any segfaulting which I am currently experiencing. My log file (dmesg and /var/log/messages) is full of lines like this: syslog-ng[32015]:

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 06:41:14PM -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: I saw that there were a couple of syslog-ng threads recently, but neither of them mentioned any segfaulting which I am currently experiencing. My log file (dmesg and /var/log/messages) is full of lines like this:

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Bruce Hill
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 06:41:14PM -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: I saw that there were a couple of syslog-ng threads recently, but neither of them mentioned any segfaulting which I am currently experiencing. My log file (dmesg and /var/log/messages) is full of lines like this:

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Randy Barlow
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 17:49 -0500, Bruce Hill wrote: Try changing the version at the top of the config file to the present version. It's at 3.4, and I have the gentoo default config. Thanks for the suggestion! -- R

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Randy Barlow
On Thu, 2013-07-18 at 18:41 -0400, Randy Barlow wrote: Has anybody else seen anything like that? I'll add in that this seems to be happening to all three of my x86_64 hosts. It does not appear to happen on my x86 host. -- R

Re: [gentoo-user] [Solved] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Randy Barlow
Randy Barlow wrote: I'll add in that this seems to be happening to all three of my x86_64 hosts. It does not appear to happen on my x86 host. I rebooted one of the hosts that was experiencing this issue, and it did not return afterwards. This surprises me, as restarting the service did not

Re: [gentoo-user] SSD partitioning and migration

2013-07-18 Thread luis jure
on 2013-07-18 at 17:23 Paul Hartman wrote: Hi! hi paul, thanks for your detailed answer! 1. partition SSD (start sector at a multiple of 1MB to ensure proper alignment) 2. format new partitions using discard-capable filesystem like ext4, xfs, btrfs yes and yes (using ext4) 4. rsync your

Re: [gentoo-user] [Solved] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Dan Johansson
On 19.07.2013 02:53, Randy Barlow wrote: Randy Barlow wrote: I'll add in that this seems to be happening to all three of my x86_64 hosts. It does not appear to happen on my x86 host. I rebooted one of the hosts that was experiencing this issue, and it did not return afterwards. This

Re: [gentoo-user] syslog-ng segfaults

2013-07-18 Thread Алексей Мишустин
2013/7/19 Randy Barlow ra...@electronsweatshop.com: I saw that there were a couple of syslog-ng threads recently, but neither of them mentioned any segfaulting which I am currently experiencing. My log file (dmesg and /var/log/messages) is full of lines like this: syslog-ng[32015]: segfault