Re: [Linux-users] CLUG list test

2024-01-29 Thread steve
Yeah, we've earned the grey beard of seniority... 37 years in the Unix/Linux field now, and I've just explained the correct permissions on /tmp, and why. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose! Steve January 29, 2024 10:11 PM, "Chris Hellyar" mailto:ch...@trash.co.nz?to=%22Chris%20

Re: [Linux-users] CLUG list test

2024-01-28 Thread steve
I've been here about 15 years now. January 25, 2024 3:12 AM, "James Osbourne Holmes" mailto:jamesosbournehol...@gmail.com?to=%22James%20Osbourne%20Holmes%22%20)> wrote: Got it. Thank you.jim No Dual Citizens in American Government. Dual Citizens are by definition Traitors. I

Re: [Linux-users] fedora query

2022-07-31 Thread steve
I'm using F36 as my main desktop. dnf just does it in my experience. Steve July 30, 2022 12:08 PM, "Rik Tindall" wrote: > "Hi, do you know of anyone in CHCH who can help out upgrading fedora?" > > Email contact will be established for anyone

Re: [Linux-users] Boot help, in-person if possible

2021-02-14 Thread Steve Brorens
Thanks very much On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 22:45 Helmut Walle wrote: > Hi Steve, > > sorry to hear about health and energy - all the best for improvements in > that regard! > > (U)EFI dual boot can become tricky with some combinations. Which Windows > version do you have? >

Re: [Linux-users] Boot help, in-person if possible

2021-02-13 Thread Steve Brorens
Thanks very much Helmut. Yes "ubunti" = "ubuntu", I am restricted to working from my phone. I think I'll organise a Ubuntu on a USB and boot from that. As you say I should then be able to start the one on disk. Wish me luck On Sat, Feb 13, 2021, 22:45 Helmut Walle

[Linux-users] Boot help, in-person if possible

2021-02-12 Thread Steve Brorens
Hi, Had a very sweet dual boot system on my T490 working for the last year or more. Today, did a "reboot" on the windows side and up came up: Unexpected return from initial read: Volume Corrupt, buffersize 1000. Failed to load image \EFI\ubunti\grubx64.efi: Volume Corrupt start_image()

[Linux-users] Linux commandline/sysadmin course restarting this coming Monday.

2020-12-01 Thread Steve Brorens
year, to pass on to that person who's always saying they're keen to "up" their skills when they "get a round tuit" :-) - Steve ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

[Linux-users] Linux commandline/sysadmin course restarting this coming Monday

2020-04-27 Thread Steve Brorens
plenty of time to set up your server in time for Monday if you want to participate! - Steve ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Time to change email

2017-09-15 Thread steve
backups and use IMAP clients and you've got a far better DR solution than VF ever offered in the first place ). And of course, there are many uses for a VPN to a server in the USA for example... HTH, Steve On 15/09/17 21:17, Chris Hellyar wrote: My 2c... Buy your own domain, pay

Re: [Linux-users] Cheap rack $1 Buy Now

2017-07-03 Thread steve
@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP https://www.greengecko.co.nz/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Clearout time...

2017-04-11 Thread steve
Hi George (: Only PC2-5300 stuff. 512MB Cheers, Steve On 12/04/17 10:28, Peter Simmonds wrote: Hi Chris, Is there any laptop memory? I'm looking for ddr1-3 stuff Also keen on one 17inch monitor. Cheers, Peter On 11/04/2017 11:43 a.m., steve wrote: Sorry no ECC... It's all

Re: [Linux-users] Clearout time...

2017-04-10 Thread steve
Sorry no ECC... It's all the cheap stuff (: On 11/04/17 09:40, Bevan wrote: On 11 April 2017 at 08:18, steve <st...@greengecko.co.nz <mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz>> wrote: but no HDD. Hi Steve Do you have any PC3-10600 DDR3-1333 ECC Ram ? Regards Bevan Linu

[Linux-users] Clearout time...

2017-04-10 Thread steve
NAS. Also have wired mouse/kb and square 17 inch monitors for same. A load of old memory. Ask for specifics. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP https://www.greengecko.co.nz/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa

Re: [Linux-users] Be a Linux secret squirrel

2017-02-24 Thread steve
On 22/02/17 21:50, Ross Drummond wrote: Unfortunately it seems like a work in basement rather than walking into a casino and ordering a Martini, shaken not stirred, type of job. .. and a basement in Wellington too. -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http

Re: [Linux-users] startup woes

2017-01-24 Thread steve
to approximately mirror your environment. Steve On 01/24/2017 10:49 AM, Barry wrote: Thank you for your reply, what a horrible suggestion. After googling I opened a second xterm and logged in no problem. mount showed that the correct ptn was mounted and df showed I have 7G available. I then tried

Re: [Linux-users] startup woes

2017-01-24 Thread steve
in memory. This should allow you to see your disks and hopefully fix your boot problems. First off - can you see both disks, and are they the right way around? good luck ( and I still owe you a lunch! ), Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http

Re: [Linux-users] Discovery of global IPv6 address

2017-01-07 Thread steve
/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman

Re: [Linux-users] Back ups, cloud storage and the kitchen sink

2016-11-21 Thread steve
know, all things are relative, and risk is a very subjective scale ). hth, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] CLUG Bank Account

2016-05-16 Thread steve
-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz <mailto:Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz> http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listi

Re: [Linux-users] Linux Conference Australia 2019 in Christchurch

2016-05-16 Thread steve
of the university. Check out previous LCA events here: https://linux.org.au/LCA Cheers, Happy to help. -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list

Re: [Linux-users] modem recommendations - VoIP on 2talk

2016-04-17 Thread steve
use nobody else does sound quality is brilliant ) using BT friends and family. I have a spare... (: As for fibre... yeah, right... bung us some over. Uploading websites is still best done overnight over ADSL, the best that we can get! Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.green

Re: [Linux-users] Do Linux users get "past it"?

2016-04-16 Thread Steve holdoway
thanks for asking! ), as the act of walking away for 10 minutes usually helps. Steve ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Google-chrome and chromium wont accept facebook ssl cert

2016-03-18 Thread steve
ntOS 7. Is your machine patched up to date??? It could be local intermediate certs being out of date. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___

Re: [Linux-users] CCCitizen

2016-03-15 Thread steve
CentOS 7. Maybe someone from the council is reading this list. Maybe they can get this fixed. -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailin

Re: [Linux-users] xargs and awkery

2016-03-09 Thread steve
un-if-empty to the xargs, just to be paranoid. Can't see the need for backtics either ( which should be replaced in modern bashes for $(...) so a new shell isn't forked to run the command ) (actually I'd just buy a bigger disk) Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Lin

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives new years special. :-)

2016-01-13 Thread steve
to the owners on how well it's protected, not the local legislation! Steve *mail delivery is a minefield of idiotic rules and hoops that you have to jump through... there's the odd whim involved too to increase your 'reputation'. For example, a classic I found last year is that if you use IPv6, you'

Re: [Linux-users] Targeted spam

2015-11-22 Thread steve
at a large ebay-like site, for example. +1 but does sort of require that you run your own mail server, which has loads of downsides too. Just look at the colour of my hair, and I'm only 26! Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com

Re: [Linux-users] Installing Foundation on Linux Mint 17.2

2015-11-06 Thread steve
com> Ph 03 216 2053 Cell 027 3089 169 ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin

Re: [Linux-users] spammers on linux list

2015-10-29 Thread steve
from the menu select view->headers->all. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

2015-10-29 Thread steve
the same USB bus. Not quite the 50c computer, but pretty close! :) Yeah right. By the time you're kitted out with a running RPi in NZ you've spent into the 3 digits. Volker cubieboard / truck -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com

Re: [Linux-users] Computer free to first in.

2015-10-29 Thread steve
On 10/30/2015 04:42 PM, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 Oct 2015 16:12:42 NZDT +1300, steve wrote: cubieboard / truck I know, have one sitting here running. It has its own problems, namely software support being worse, but it has decent Ethernet and disk connectivity. It doesn't have 3

Re: [Linux-users] Syntax to use command output in a script file assigning to variable?

2015-10-20 Thread steve
$( ) instead of backticks ??? Derek. It runs in the same process, instead of starting a new one just for the commend within the backticks. -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa

Re: [Linux-users] ipv6 and kvm guests...

2015-08-31 Thread steve
wrote: Hi Steve... I'd love to help, but I'm not sure what the problem is. :-) Is this all on a private network, or is the centos on the public 'net and you want to route from your client to the 'net without natting it? On 31/08/15 15:37, steve wrote: Hi folks, I'm playing with use

Re: [Linux-users] ipv6 and kvm guests...

2015-08-31 Thread steve
23:57, Chris Hellyar wrote: Hi Steve... I'd love to help, but I'm not sure what the problem is. :-) Is this all on a private network, or is the centos on the public 'net and you want to route from your client to the 'net without natting it? On 31/08/15 15:37, steve wrote: Hi folks, I'm

Re: [Linux-users] ipv6 and kvm guests...

2015-08-31 Thread steve
On 01/09/15 12:01, Fraser McGlinn wrote: On 01/09/15 06:04, steve wrote: The server is remote, on the interwebs, and running CentOS6, which does not offer NAT for IPv6. I'm hosting https://www.greengecko.co.nz there over IPv4, but the IPv6 copy of the site is on the physical server due

[Linux-users] ipv6 and kvm guests...

2015-08-30 Thread steve
). There is no NATing available, so I can't migrate the ipv4 config across to ipv6 equivalents ): Many TIA, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux

Re: [Linux-users] PATA drives - 80/40G

2015-08-25 Thread steve
back memories of school. Youth! -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

[Linux-users] touchscreen support...

2015-08-16 Thread steve
could make suggestions as to how to make it easier to use? Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Freenas zfs mirror or raidz 2

2015-08-14 Thread steve
. Longwinded and tedious but it will work! Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

Re: [Linux-users] media transfer to android tablet

2015-08-05 Thread steve
On 06/08/15 13:45, Jim Cheetham wrote: On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 10:29 AM, steve st...@greengecko.co.nz mailto:st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: Cynical head lurches into action when anything involving Kim Dotcom - he is a criminal after all... whether that's a valid take

Re: [Linux-users] media transfer to android tablet

2015-08-05 Thread steve
://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

Re: [Linux-users] media transfer to android tablet

2015-08-04 Thread steve
to be transferring a lot slower after recent Android updates. Col. ___ +1. I connect wirelessly to cifs shares, but from what I remember, it'll connect to ftp ( ugh! ), maybe ntfs too. -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz

Re: [Linux-users] Acer aspire one and thin clients found

2015-07-30 Thread steve
@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, , recommendations

2015-07-27 Thread steve
not researched lately. But you will get GPS, accelerometers, cameras, etc as well! Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux

Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, , recommendations

2015-07-27 Thread steve
On 28/07/15 08:51, Hadley Rich wrote: On 28/07/15 08:39, steve wrote: and now Cyanogen's gone all corporate, I'm guessing you're talking about Cyanogen OS, not the same-as-it-always-was Cyanogenmod. hads I need research to answer that correctly, but my understanding came from the context

Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, , recommendations

2015-07-27 Thread steve
://arstechnica.com/security/2015/07/950-million-android-phones-can-be-hijacked-by-malicious-text-messages/ Volker See previous comments on Cyanogenmod... -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa

Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, , recommendations

2015-07-27 Thread steve
On 28/07/15 11:30, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Tue 28 Jul 2015 08:39:31 NZST +1200, steve wrote: TBH if all you're looking for is something with that amount of power, I'd be looking for an Android powered pad. Ouch. Google is not the answer. Google is the question. The answer is no thanks. I

Re: [Linux-users] Linux-friendly laptop repair shop, recommendations

2015-07-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
... I'm typing on one as we speak. The number that have failed in this way is zero. In fact failing battery life plus the ever increasing need for more power is what has has caused me to supersede them. I do have my backup 15 year old Tosh that's working fine though! Steve

Re: [Linux-users] zoneminder failed install terminal output

2015-06-27 Thread Steve Holdoway
On 28/06/15 08:07, Nick Rout wrote: That doesn't even seem to show what command you entered to generate the output. apt-get install zoneminder I expect... ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz

Re: [Linux-users] zoneminder failed install terminal output

2015-06-27 Thread steve
check what socket mysqld is listening on, and that you have permission to access it ( and that it's running ). $ sudo ps -ef | grep my root 2057 1 0 May30 ?00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/steve-new.pid mysql 2671 2057

Re: [Linux-users] calling networking experts...

2015-06-08 Thread steve
yahoo.com 202 aprs.net 204 akamaiedge.net 232 facebook.com 254 openweathermap.org 280 wunderground.com 324 amazonaws.com 347 google.com Cheers, Steve On 09/06/15 11:59, Fraser McGlinn wrote: In my experience I haven’t had any issues having DNSSEC Validation

[Linux-users] calling networking experts...

2015-06-05 Thread steve
briefly tried Googles resolvers on the way. No improvement. Any thoughts on what I can try to identify the real problem? My thought is that the GCSB are involved somewhere along the line, but as a SysAdm I am paid to be paranoid! Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http

Re: [Linux-users] Spark SMTP port

2015-05-18 Thread Steve Holdoway
On 18/05/15 09:38, Rik Tindall wrote: On 2015-05-18 00:18, Wayne Rooney wrote: On Sat, 16 May 2015 13:05:38 Rik Tindall wrote: I am sure many of you have had to deal with Spark's port 25 block, a spam security measure that they implemented late last year. The problem is how to send email

Re: [Linux-users] Apache PHP frustration

2015-05-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
On 10/05/15 09:05, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Sat 09 May 2015 21:44:59 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: cd /etc/httpd/extramodules sudo ln -s mod_php5.so.5 mod_php5.so Oh crikey, someone decided to manage shared libraries used by apache modules in /etc? And then by the looks of it doesn't

Re: [Linux-users] Apache PHP frustration

2015-05-09 Thread Steve Holdoway
cd /etc/httpd/extramodules sudo ln -s mod_php5.so.5 mod_php5.so and restart On 08/05/15 22:04, Barry wrote: Hi Andrew, That is the complete body of my test php file. Tonight when I run 'systemctl status httpd.service' it fails with the following error msg... May 08 20:33:40 TheBox

[Linux-users] what's 4k support like?

2015-04-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
Is there anyone out there who works more on the visual side of linux than me who can give a quick update on the state of 4k video support??? I'd be most grateful. Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway

Re: [Linux-users] what's 4k support like?

2015-04-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 2015-04-16 at 14:26 +1200, Kent Fredric wrote: On 16 April 2015 at 14:18, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: Is there anyone out there who works more on the visual side of linux than me who can give a quick update on the state of 4k video

Re: [Linux-users] IBM x3400 Server Centos 7

2015-04-13 Thread Steve Holdoway
very much for your support, Peter Simmonds ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Cheers, Steve ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: [Linux-users] Wanted - someone in or near Barrington, with UFB to their property?

2015-03-15 Thread Steve Holdoway
on Ubuntu. Nuff said. Can never understand why you would put any distro other than the official amazon one on an Amazon VPS... And it supports RC4 ciphers. -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa

Re: [Linux-users] Weird mounty magic vanishing files.

2015-02-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
the format u...@remote.host::/remote/dir rather than a single colon. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] Highish end VPS providers in Christchurch???

2015-02-12 Thread Steve Holdoway
meant to be doing lately to be honest... Long story, tangled web we weave etc. :-) Well yes. DBA, developer, designer, technical architect, etc. What do the kids call it these days... DevOps??? LOL. Cheers, Chris H. Cheers, Steve On 12/02/15 18:16, Steve Holdoway wrote: Hi Chris

Re: [Linux-users] Highish end VPS providers in Christchurch???

2015-02-11 Thread Steve Holdoway
a dedicated cluster and that wouldn't be cost effective I don't think. Cheers, Steve On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 17:17 +1300, Brett Davidson wrote: Further to Chris' comments... Digiweb/Webdrive, Unleash and Voyager/Net24 all do VM and VPS options. You talking Vmware or a VPS like OpenVZ

Re: [Linux-users] Highish end VPS providers in Christchurch???

2015-02-11 Thread Steve Holdoway
for dedicated stuff as well, and ServerMule to be an alternative cost-effective local provider. Just a happy user, no kickbacks here (: It's a difficult market to keep ahead of, and these are my current favourites. We should set up a freelance SysAdmin group (: Steve On Thu, 2015-02-12 at 17:01 +1300

Re: [Linux-users] On df -i

2014-11-03 Thread Steve Holdoway
warn you of these things. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz

[Linux-users] anyone on Voda ADSL?

2014-09-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
I'm having massive delays with web based traffic today. I use voda adsl services. As an example, a wget of the homepahe of a reference site in Sydney took over 40 seconds. However, a repeat attempt then took under half a second. Is it just me? Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http

Re: [Linux-users] anyone on Voda ADSL?

2014-09-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 2014-09-30 at 12:41 +1300, Roy Britten wrote: On 30 September 2014 12:13, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: I'm having massive delays with web based traffic today. I use voda adsl services. As an example, a wget of the homepahe of a reference site in Sydney took over

Re: [Linux-users] anyone on Voda ADSL?

2014-09-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 2014-09-30 at 12:49 +1300, Hadley Rich wrote: On 30/09/14 12:46, Steve Holdoway wrote: Might do if I could get on it. The problem is*only* http traffic afaict. https is no problem, not is ssh... Telecom have some sort of proxy that plays up some times, perhaps Vodafone too. Try

Re: [Linux-users] anyone on Voda ADSL?

2014-09-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
to them. Back to the helldesk... Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

Re: [Linux-users] whois for new TLDs

2014-09-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
linuxsysadmin.guru (: On Mon, 2014-09-29 at 01:59 +1300, Kent Fredric wrote: On 28 September 2014 21:05, Roy Britten roy.brit...@gmail.com wrote: So it seems that the whois client on my 'buntu box doesn't understand the new TLDs: *.zone, *.rocks, etc. Options for

Re: [Linux-users] Data loggers?

2014-09-28 Thread Steve Holdoway
can easily get them for under $200. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

Re: [Linux-users] Bash Haiku...

2014-09-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
distro version, but upping to version 5.6 has so much going for it. Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users

Re: [Linux-users] shell shock, one more time..

2014-09-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
box be running busybox, not bash? -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

Re: [Linux-users] shell shock, one more time..

2014-09-25 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-09-26 at 11:53 +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote: On 26/09/14 11:22, Steve Holdoway wrote: so... a2dismod cgi on your deb/ubuntu boxes with apache, and whatever the equiv. is on RH, can't think of it for the mo.. That will fix that vector. Or just upgrade to nginx... well

Re: [Linux-users] Bash Haiku...

2014-09-24 Thread Steve Holdoway
anyway... Steve On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 16:39 +1200, Chris Hellyar wrote: Thinking topical, It consumed most of the day as a precaution An exploit is found Bash, CGI scripting flaw new patches employed If you host on line your version of bash do check The repos refreshed Fin

Re: [Linux-users] port forwarding and nat...

2014-09-09 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Tue, 2014-09-09 at 17:44 +1200, aaron mcewan wrote: On Tue, 09 Sep 2014 17:21:06 +1200 Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: I really never did get the hang of this... much like Mondays. I have a little linuxgateway box that delivers the usual DNS/DHCP/squid/squidguard etc

Re: [Linux-users] Vodafone cable modem fault - thoughts

2014-06-14 Thread Steve Holdoway
for sure! Steve On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 16:51 +1200, dave wrote: Hi all, Been experiencing an server not found error (this is intermittent) and occurs on any website i care to visit (or not). Apart from checking the physical (like the cable running from the PC to the D- link router) what

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-06-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
Eeeuw (: I am using kimai now thanks. http://www.kimai.org/ Seems to be working OK so far, although not perfect. Cheers, Steve On Tue, 2014-06-10 at 23:53 +, Davin Pearson wrote: Why not use Emacs for this. Emacs is free and open source. I have written a file called d-time.el

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
Bah, requires gtk3, and that ain't going to run on CentOS 6 ): On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 10:40 +1200, C. Falconer wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Slosh wrote, On 30/05/14 09:12: On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 08:37:26AM +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Does anyone have any

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 12:25 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 May 2014 10:50:47 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Bah, requires gtk3, and that ain't going to run on CentOS 6 ): Wt?!??? Why not? gtk3 is hardly new. It's FOSS, and should just be a compiler away. Volker Even more

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 13:32 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 May 2014 12:36:04 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Even more specifically it requires v. 3.10 or higher, and that's not going to happen on my work machines. I'm curious as to why. It's an application you use on your

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
2014 08:37, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: Does anyone have any recommendations for a decent time recording software - open source of course - that I can use to replace the old exercise book approach??? Cheers

Re: [Linux-users] Time recording software...

2014-05-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 14:55 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Fri 30 May 2014 13:44:26 NZST +1200, Steve Holdoway wrote: Because my workstation is exactly that, and is built with a close approximation of the same packages to the servers I manage. OK. Other ways to achieve

Re: [Linux-users] Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
On 08/05/14 08:04, chris wrote: On 08/05/14 07:53, Steve Holdoway wrote: I run it on this lappie, and tbh I sick or either the GUI or the whole system locking up. I may well be trying Fedora soon. I am running xubuntu 10.04 with not a problem, on my Asus g73s, even the fn keys work Chris t

Re: [Linux-users] Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

2014-05-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
with my feet. Your requirements for a desktop OS and others are not necessarily the same... I would expect that an user of ( primarily ) web based email will not need much specific hardware. They might even prefer KDE or lizards (lol) Steve On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 11:09 +1200, Volker Kuhlmann

Re: [Linux-users] Fwd: Ubuntu One file services

2014-05-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
yourselves - perfectly safe and separate. For example, I have had a server in Canada which provides me with 1TB for $20/mo - but that is an *extra* $20... you can have that much space via sftp for nowt if it's any use! Just a thought or two (: Steve

[Linux-users] BOFH seeks PFY...

2014-04-29 Thread Steve Holdoway
will be required. Drop me a line offlist if you're interested. Cheers, Steve Did I oversell it? They are a great bunch, and it is a very worthwhile cause (: -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa

Re: [Linux-users] Heart Bleed bug

2014-04-19 Thread Steve Holdoway
if you're just binning it?? Cheers, Steve On 20/04/14 00:24, Chris Hellyar wrote: Hi Steve... Not really related to the heartbleed issue, but about apache SSL protocol settings.. Have you had any issues with disabling ssl 2/3 ? I've never managed to get qualsys to give me better than

Re: [Linux-users] Heart Bleed bug

2014-04-19 Thread Steve Holdoway
On 20/04/14 10:32, Steve Holdoway wrote: To be honest, I reckon that you're being pretty paranoid ( even if it is in the SysAdmin jobspec ) by tuning SSL at all, although I do make all these newfangled elliptical ciphers available, and try to use the less computationally complex options

Re: [Linux-users] usb

2014-04-16 Thread Steve Holdoway
Am doing this right now... Linux lappie to Galaxy S2/android. Just need a cheap (!) prepay SIM whilst I'm in Melb... On 17/04/14 14:41, Andrew Errington wrote: Can you tether to a cellphone? Set it up as a WiFi AP then connect to it from the PC. No drivers required. Just curious, since I

Re: [Linux-users] Heart Bleed bug

2014-04-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
No it's not a hoax. Yes it's serious. CentOS 6.5 seems to be patched as of an hour or so ago. On 08/04/14 18:48, chris wrote: Hi All This arrived in my mail box a few moments ago. Http://heartbleed.com/ Question Is this a hoax? If not, how serious is it Regards Chris Waipara

Re: [Linux-users] Heart Bleed bug

2014-04-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
their *websites* are at risk... https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest Here's one I cleaned up earlier... https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=kidstoybox.com.au (: Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype

Re: [Linux-users] OSS on National radio...

2014-03-13 Thread Steve Brorens
Umm, looking at the schedule I see a program on *Uruguay* On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 8:10 PM, Chris Hellyar ch...@trash.co.nz wrote: For those not glued to telly tonight: There's a show coming up on the national program before 9 about open source software, missed the exact time sorry...

Re: [Linux-users] up yours selinux !

2014-03-10 Thread Steve Holdoway
or virtual - and certainly do not use software like this who's prime function in practice is to - as Craig so rightly states IMO - get in the way of Administrators. I am closely following the docker project too... Steve *with the exception of locking down production website docroots where I use lock

Re: [Linux-users] up yours selinux !

2014-03-08 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Sun, 2014-03-09 at 07:39 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: On Sat 08 Mar 2014 16:12:52 NZDT +1300, Steve Holdoway wrote: Useless bloody security system that offers nothing. No wonder its often just turned off. Security for people who can't understand file permissions. Isn't

Re: [Linux-users] up yours selinux !

2014-03-07 Thread Steve Holdoway
On 07/03/14 19:54, C. Falconer wrote: Useless bloody security system that offers nothing. No wonder its often just turned off. Yes - took me about half an hour to find it. With you 100% there! Security for people who can't understand file permissions. Steve

Re: [Linux-users] Linux/Android heaven?

2014-02-26 Thread Steve Holdoway
that was! ) - Tab 10.1 / stock android ( new battery coming then cyanogenmod ) - Samsung 7 inch tab / stock android - Soekris net4801 / voyage waiting to replace asterisk when I get round to it - older soekris / voyage running loads of wifi. Just need the new metric 50 hour days to play... Steve Just

Re: [Linux-users] Linux/Android heaven?

2014-02-26 Thread Steve Holdoway
??? Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux

Re: [Linux-users] site support documentation softrware

2014-02-04 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 2014-02-05 at 12:37 +1300, Miles Rout wrote: If it works, why stop using it just because it's old? On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:39 AM, Steve Holdoway st...@greengecko.co.nz wrote: Being ancient, I normally use trac for this, but really should be moving

[Linux-users] site support documentation softrware

2014-02-03 Thread Steve Holdoway
) view. Let me know what you'd use! Cheers, Steve -- Steve Holdoway BSc(Hons) MIITP http://www.greengecko.co.nz Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/steveholdoway Skype: sholdowa ___ Linux-users mailing list Linux-users@lists.canterbury.ac.nz http

Re: [Linux-users] Disk speed

2014-02-03 Thread Steve Holdoway
seconds = 289.73 MB/sec Second one is the older disk. Steve On Tue, 2014-02-04 at 12:01 +1300, C. Falconer wrote: Timing buffered disk reads: 532 MB in 3.00 seconds = 177.30 MB/sec Timing buffered disk reads: 566 MB in 3.00 seconds = 188.49 MB/sec So the faster one is a 64 GB Intel SSD

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