Re: [SLUG] Website

Looks like a generic problem, can't access much of anything. On 9 September 2015 at 23:12, Heracles wrote: > I must congratulate the webmaster for turning an easy to navigate site > into a nightmare. I know my system is a bit dated. (I am using Debian 8 > with

Re: [SLUG] Promoting Linux Companies

Does it have to be a commercial company? I'm pretty sure Linux Australia would be interested. On 6 March 2013 21:10, Patrick Shirkey pshir...@boosthardware.com wrote: Hi, If you have a Linux oriented company that would like to receive some free promotion to a global audience please get in

Re: [SLUG] A Library android.

I have a mate a USYD that is also librarian and is doing an IT course, he's actually writing something similar to this at the moment for an assignment but using QR codes. It might be adaptable though? On 23 October 2012 11:51, wbenn...@turing.une.edu.au wrote: I’m a Librarian. The Department

Re: [SLUG] Tuning Systems and Energy Use (Sys Admin Roles and Responsibilities)

That's a max rating, if you are running s PSU with high efficiency and low voltage hardware (eg slower CPU/RAM, SSD), then you will be a lot better off than owning a dual GPU, i7 gaming beast. On 18 October 2012 20:51, Jeremy Visser jer...@visser.name wrote: On 18/10/12 10:58, David Lyon wrote:

Re: [SLUG] Tuning Systems and Energy Use (Sys Admin Roles and Responsibilities)

On 19 October 2012 10:09, gr...@zeta.org.au wrote: Not many people are aware, but I was surprised, after discussing with some engineers a few years ago, that the physical vibrations of equipment in their racks can actually cause power increases and performance issues purely as a result of the

Re: [SLUG] Roles and Responsibilities of Information System Administration

I wondered why this come through so late! On 27 September 2012 14:02, Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.auwrote: Mark Walkom wrote: Hi Marghanita, I've forwarded this to the SAGE-AU lists as well. snip Thanks Mark, SLUG has been down for a week or so. In the meantime

Re: [SLUG] Roles and Responsibilities of Information System Administration

Hi Marghanita, I've forwarded this to the SAGE-AU lists as well. Thanks, Mark On 25 September 2012 08:46, Marghanita da Cruz marghan...@ramin.com.auwrote: Hi All, The submission deadline for chapter proposals for Organizational, Legal, and Technological Dimensions of Information System

Re: [SLUG] Extra Debian DVD's

Try something like this - http://agix.com.au/blog/?p=2708 But I have to ask - why? On 23 August 2012 17:43, Lee Isaacson lee.isaac...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I am going to download the Debian 6.0.5 DVD and extra DVD's The extra DVD's as far as I know are the files in the Debian

Re: [SLUG] Customer site hacked with brut.php - what to do?

On 22 August 2012 12:00, David Lyon david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.com wrote: I have a customer with a hacked website. When I ftp'd to their web-server I found this wart (listed below - saved as brut.php): How did the hacker put it on my system ? What could it have comprimised ? What can I

Re: [SLUG] fixing default system path?

What does echo $PATH give you? If nothing check the users home directory and look in any ~/.bash* files for a PATH setting. eg; mark@bender:~$ echo $PATH /opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin mark@bender:~$ ll .bash* -rwxr-xr-x 1 mark staff 3.0K 19 Jul

Re: [SLUG] Recyling Computers

Donate them or give them away to whom ever will take them! We gave a whole bunch of old desktops to the Scouts earlier this year and I usually give away my own old hardware. Trying to sell it isn't worth the hassle or return. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/

Re: [SLUG] Open source log analyser tools (or: Alternatives to Splunk)

We're looking at 2G a day, which is AUS$30K a year. And were on the S end of SME so it's a hell of a lot. The only way we could cut this amount down would be is if we wrote a customer parser that read the application logs that cut out all the replicated crap (mostly environment variable stuff)

Re: [SLUG] Open source log analyser tools (or: Alternatives to Splunk)

On 9 May 2012 17:13, Daniel Solsona dsols...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, It really depends on what are your needs. We want to track a file as it hits our comms server (via FTP/HTTP), transfers to our app server, processes and is then generated out to the comms server and then picked up by the

Re: [SLUG] Open source log analyser tools (or: Alternatives to Splunk)

On 9 May 2012 19:23, Daniel Solsona dsols...@gmail.com wrote: With logstash you have an agent in each server. There you can configure inputs, filters and outputs. Inputs: file, syslog, etc Filters: grep, regexp. Here you can do magic. Outputs: file, elasticsearch, redis, amqp, etc (lots of

[SLUG] Open source log analyser tools (or: Alternatives to Splunk)

We are looking at Splunk for syslog analysing to close a hole in our application visibility, but it's expensive. I've looked at alternatives like logstash and graylog2, but I wanted to see if anyone had some experiences they would be willing to share on either splunk or other. This was raised a

Re: [SLUG] Linux Fax Server

We were using Hylafax as of about 5 years ago, but due to the constant problems we were having with the modems and the cost associated, we just went with email-to-fax. I know that's not what you wanted to know, but if they are receiving anything over a few faxes a day it's really worth using

Re: [SLUG] Linux Internet Radio - how to ?

http://radiotray.sourceforge.net/ Might need to use the tgz and play with dependencies, but worth a shot! On 14 February 2012 16:54, David Lyon david.lyon.preissh...@gmail.comwrote: On my Nokia phone I located this channel: - http://www.paris-one.com/dance/ Works on my phone. Anybody

Re: [SLUG] Android for work

Did you try XFCE or something a little more light weight on the GUI front? Or even disable all the default fancy stuff. I am still running 10 and gnome 2.3 and don't have any issues on a laptop at least 4 years old, looking to upgrade this weekend to 11.something and XFCE. On 15 December 2011

Re: [SLUG] non-root users cant use network

Here's my strace, I just cut the parts around where you highlighted to save on the wall of text; stat64(/home/mark/.netrc, 0xbff3cb44) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 0) = 3 bind(3, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=}, 12) = 0 getsockname(3,

Re: [SLUG] ot: android app for server monitoring ?

Nagios + Nagroid will do it. On 18 July 2011 08:41, Voytek Eymont li...@sbt.net.au wrote: (it seems my virtual server self re-boot has been solved, it was 'caused' by 'quota checking' procedures, thanks for all the help suggestions) any good suggestions for an android app to server

Re: [SLUG] Subscription-based netfiltering (parentally speaking)

DNS filtering could be an option; http://www.opendns.com/ On 21 June 2011 16:17, K L k...@attitia.com wrote: Hi All, does anyone know of any linux-based filtering software I can put in place to protect him from himself? Requirements would be; Subscription-based; so, someone out there

[SLUG] Re: [Jobs] Systems Admin - Build Engineer

On a more general note, cause it's always nice to see what the market thinks, I noticed this advertised this morning on the jobs list and I was curious; How many sysadmins would have enough programming experience to fulfil this job, or programmers with sysadmin experience. And more importantly, of

Re: [SLUG] Re: [Jobs] Systems Admin - Build Engineer

SAGE-AU (I'm a member) and other similar organisations like ACS, as well as user groups like SLUG/Linux Australia can also provide avenues for jobs. So it'd be worth checking those out as well. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs:

Re: [SLUG] Android ssh, nix.tools?

ConnectBot seems to be the one to use. If you haven't already, root your phone! On 22 April 2011 07:00, Voytek Eymont voy...@sbt.net.au wrote: (Is Android slug or chat?) What's a good ssh client ? what other good tools are there (so I can pretend to be a sysop)? IMAP client? Data

Re: [SLUG] Question about migrating from sendmail to Gmail

How and where are your archives stored? You can get Gmail apps to connect to a server and pull down any mail that is sitting there (eg if you use IMAP) easily. However this might be of use - http://www.zoliblog.com/2007/10/24/simplified-guide-to-importing-all-your-archive-email-into-gmail/

Re: [SLUG] Server licences

Don't take this the wrong way, but what about asking HP and Dell directly yourself. Perhaps the client doesn't have the technical understanding to relay their requirements and based on what the vendor is saying, reconcile them both? On 22 February 2011 09:50, Jim Donovan j...@aptnsw.org.au wrote:

Re: [SLUG] Which Virtualisation, and why?

I'd suggest something like XenServer (if you use Windows by day). It is very simple to use and manage which is handy when it's just a hobby type approach and it saves having to worry about installing and managing an OS and then the hypervisor like KVM, plus their GUI tools are great (again, *if*

Re: [SLUG] Just one more step to get started on Facebook

Bloody hell! On 17 December 2010 12:14, Facebook confirm+ac2x1z0bzbhvnlm9yzy5...@facebookmail.comconfirm%2bac2x1z0bzbhvnlm9yzy5...@facebookmail.com wrote: Hi Sidney, To complete the sign-up process, please follow this link:

Re: [SLUG] virtualbox

There are two versions of it that's why; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox#Licensing Sounds like you aren't using the OSE version. On 3 December 2010 11:48, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Hi all, just a scratch my head question on Virtualbox and GPL. Virtualbox.org states

Re: [SLUG] Networking for IT Professionals.

As a SAGE-AU member, and currently attending this years SAGE-AU in Hobart right now, I don't mind plugging it either! On 11 August 2010 21:36, Jeremy Visser jer...@visser.name wrote: Sharon Doig said: Perhaps you can help me with my question. I know there are networks for Librarians that

Re: [SLUG] Telstra USB wireless internet

Got it working on Karmic no major problems. Apparently it's even easier on Lucid, just plug and play. On 4 June 2010 09:33, Ben Donohue donoh...@icafe.com.au wrote: Hi all, I'm fixing a pc for someone. Their MS windows got horribly virus infected after being on the internet for a short

Re: [SLUG] Virtualization - Whither goes thou?

Just thought I would chime in and say this has been an awesome thread, lots of stuff learnt just from a few hours today. Thanks for sharing all. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html

Re: [SLUG] Virtualization - Whither goes thou?

There is lots of gotcha's, depends on what path you want to take :) Citrix's XenServer offering would do what you want but it's not GPL (but it does have some upsides). Otherwise Xen would do it no worries. If you haven't played with many offerings then XenServer might be a better option, it's a

Re: [SLUG] Virtualization - Whither goes thou?

Good points, especially the NAS/SAN being the single point of failure. DRBD and OCFS work well together, I had a play around with those as well. On 13 May 2010 11:45, Jake Anderson ya...@vapourforge.com wrote: Personally I'd go with the max memory setup you were talking about but I wouldn't

Re: [SLUG] Another good reason to stick with NON-DRM'd stuff

Wow, not even a months notice! *Customer Notification - 5th March 2010* http://bigpondmusic.com/WMA_support/?cid=30070-wma On 17 March 2010 10:56, elliott-brennan m...@elliott-brennan.id.au wrote: Saw this e-mail from Bigpond today (they're not my ISP). ** *Dear BigPond^® Music

Re: [SLUG] deleting older files from /boot

I should also have said you'd need to remove this as well - linux-image-2.6.31-14-generic-pae That will remove the vmlinuz and initrd files and rebuild grub. On 9 February 2010 14:23, Mark Walkom markwal...@gmail.com wrote: You are better off using apt (or dpkg) to remove the packages, eg; m

Re: [SLUG] deleting older files from /boot

Ahh in that case get familiar with yum :) http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-centos-fedora-linux-yum-command-howto/ On 9 February 2010 14:30, Voytek Eymont li...@sbt.net.au wrote: On Tue, February 9, 2010 2:23 pm, Mark Walkom wrote: You are better off using apt (or dpkg) to remove

Re: [SLUG] deleting older files from /boot

The whole thing apparently. On 9 February 2010 14:34, DaZZa dagi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:23 PM, Mark Walkom markwal...@gmail.com wrote: You are better off using apt (or dpkg) to remove the packages, eg; Which part of CentOS did you miss? CentOS != Debian/Ubuntu

Re: [SLUG] deleting older files from /boot

Well I already totally missed your Centos mention before so I may not be the best source of advice here ;) I only have minor experience with yum sorry, hopefully someone else can lend a hand. On 9 February 2010 15:04, Voytek Eymont li...@sbt.net.au wrote: Mark, thanks again I just noticed

Re: [SLUG] Overheating

Well the grease is needed as it facilitates a higher efficiency of heat transfer from the chip to the heatsink. Is this a laptop or a desktop PC? What are the CPU and GPU chips? On 31 January 2010 20:32, Ken Foskey kfos...@tpg.com.au wrote: My computer crashed today and I have finally

Re: [SLUG] Windows XP Pro OEM EULA and VirtualBox

You can usually find a vendor will to part with OEM if you buy something small like a mouse. Otherwise try seeing if someone has a copy they no longer need, there should be a few with Win7 out. 2009/11/12 Scott Waller sc...@wallers.com.au Hi SLUG, Had an interesting day today, our IT

Re: [SLUG] Windows XP Pro OEM EULA and VirtualBox

. I need something concrete to show these very nervous Windows only IT guys. I might check out the Windows 7 OEM EULA, maybe it will let me install it on VirtualBox. Scott Mark Walkom wrote: You can usually find a vendor will to part with OEM if you buy something small like a mouse

[SLUG] Clipboard app for Ubuntu?

I used to use klipper which was awesome, but gnome's glipper doesn't want to work on 9.10 for me. I found GCM (http://gcm.sourceforge.net/) but it's older than glipper by a long shot. Rather than having to install a hundred odd meg of KDE binaries to get klipper to run, does anyone have some

[SLUG] Switching gnome workspaces with mouse scroll - Ubuntu 9.10

Hi All, I upgraded to Karmic last night but I prefer one panel at the top of my screen so I removed the bottom panel and the workspace switcher in that and added another applet to the top panel. But now I can't switch between the spaces with mouse scrolling, I know the key combo to do this but

Re: [SLUG] Switching gnome workspaces with mouse scroll - Ubuntu 9.10

Awesome, thanks for that! 2009/11/10 jam j...@tigger.ws On Tuesday 10 November 2009 09:00:20 slug-requ...@slug.org.au wrote: I upgraded to Karmic last night but I prefer one panel at the top of my screen so I removed the bottom panel and the workspace switcher in that and added another

Re: [SLUG] RAID Woes - Expanding Storage

You'd probably be best off finding the largest directories (eg user's $HOME) and moving that onto the mirrored TB drives, and go from there. 2009/11/3 Nigel Allen d...@edrs.com.au Hi All I'm trying to assist a client who is running out of space. They have an HP DL360G4 with 2 x 160GB

Re: [SLUG] quiet computer

Take a look at the Noctua range on 120m fans. I'd also replace the GPU fan/heatsink as they are noisy even when idle. 2009/10/7 Ken Foskey fos...@tpg.com.au: My computer is too noisy.   It is not graphics because it is not used much and when it does there is enough background noise.  It is the

Re: [SLUG] Invision phpBB Site Content ripping

Well apart from the ethics of ripping off someones forums (unless they are yours that is) I mod on a few of forums running IPB (2/3) and you can't get access to others PMs, even via the admin control panel. As far as I know you would need access directly into the database. 2009/10/6 Kyle

Re: [SLUG] Invision phpBB Site Content ripping

to a new setup. So nothing diabolical. But it appears we may be out of luck? Kind Regards Kyle Mark Walkom wrote: Well apart from the ethics of ripping off someones forums (unless they are yours

Re: [SLUG] Petabytes on a budget

I was thinking the same, but I reckon because they are just backing up/archiving data it wouldn't be too bad. ie They aren't looking for huge performance, just huge, cheap storage. 2009/9/3 Morgan Storey m...@morganstorey.com I know I am a geek but that is hot. I am wondering if they see any

Re: [SLUG] Cheap 3G mobile internet broadband plans ... what they don't have!

That's a given, mobile internet or not! 2009/8/6 Kevin Shackleton kev...@reachnet.com.au Telstra == being shafted. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's

[SLUG] Any knowledgeable bacula users on the list?

I've been battling with some issues with our install of 1.38 (etch, stable release) and I cannot seem to get the backups back on track. Rather than submit the list to the rather long problem and ensuing configs I figure I'd ask first. Essentially the problem is that bacula appears to have lost

Re: [SLUG] virtualisation solutions?

Well XenServer 5 would do it, but it's not FOSS. Virtualbox *might* if it's Solaris 10 (I haven't gotten 9 working yet), pretty sure the others will work - Windows will and I find it faster on my laptop than on bare metal. Xen is pretty powerful, but there is still a lack of good, solid

Re: [SLUG] virtualisation solutions?

Is that for OSE? I know xVM can do it but I thought OSE couldn't (yet). 2009/3/19 Tony Sceats tony.sce...@gmail.com with VirtualBox 2.1.4 you don't have to setup any bridging, at least not to be on the same LAN (ie, my VirtualBox machine is on the same subnet as my the physical machine)

Re: [SLUG] PHP5 and OCI8

Thanks Rachel, That is the explanation that I needed to make it clear. 2009/1/19 gr...@zeta.org.au On Mon, 19 Jan 2009, Mark Walkom wrote: Hi All, Can anyone confirm if the below, taken from phpinfo, is equal to installing this - http://www.oestby.com/doc/php5_oci8.php - by its self

[SLUG] PHP5 and OCI8

Hi All, Can anyone confirm if the below, taken from phpinfo, is equal to installing this - http://www.oestby.com/doc/php5_oci8.php - by its self? *PDO* PDO supportenabled PDO drivers oci, mysql *PDO_OCI* PDO Driver for OCI 8 and laterenabled It was added by using the php-db

Re: [SLUG] .ssh/config and setting user names for hosts

Of course! Thanks Jeff. 2009/1/8 Jeff Waugh j...@perkypants.org quote who=Mark Walkom I know I can set a per host user or a default global username, but what if I want to set a global default and then have specific usernames for a handful of hosts? eg; User mark Host host1

[SLUG] .ssh/config and setting user names for hosts

I know I can set a per host user or a default global username, but what if I want to set a global default and then have specific usernames for a handful of hosts? eg; User mark Host host1 Host host2 Host host3 Host host4 Host host5 user dummy Host host6 Host host7 user sysop I have this sort

[SLUG] Free to any home - assorted 17/19 CRTs (Pickup Only)

We have a bunch of oldish CRT monitors at work here that are taking up space, they are all working and have their cables. If anyone is willing to come to Crowns Nest they can take as many as they want. Here's the list; * 11 assorted HP 17 monitors, models 7500 to 7550. * Hitachi CM621F 17 *