Re: backup/restore

2022-12-30 Thread Michael D. Setzer II via users
On 30 Dec 2022 at 17:07, Bill Cunningham wrote: Date sent: Fri, 30 Dec 2022 17:07:57 -0500 To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org From: Bill Cunningham Subject:backup/restore Send reply to: Community support for Fedora

Re: backup/restore

2022-12-30 Thread Barry
> On 30 Dec 2022, at 22:08, Bill Cunningham wrote: > > In visiting the backup subject from some time ago, I have found that from > most environment boots that are rescue type boots, there are two restores > that seem to be available. > > 1. rsync, of course, and; > > 2. I have seen

[Fedora 38] Call for Test Days

2022-12-30 Thread Sumantro Mukherjee
Hi Fedora users, developers, and friends! It's time to start thinking about Test Days for Fedora 38. For anyone who isn't aware, a Test Day is an event usually focused around IRC for interaction and a Wiki page for instructions and results, with the aim being to get a bunch of interested users

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Dec 30, 2022, at 16:34, Bill Cunningham wrote: > So would it be safe to set this to 1 day? Copy the file to /etc/tmpfiles.d/ before changing it. I am slightly concerned about whether it is a good idea to change to 1 day. Please be careful. -- Jonathan Billings

backup/restore

2022-12-30 Thread Bill Cunningham
In visiting the backup subject from some time ago, I have found that from most environment boots that are rescue type boots, there are two restores that seem to be available. 1. rsync, of course, and; 2. I have seen fsarchiver. Now I have never seen restore/dump in a rescue environment. So

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill Cunningham
On 12/30/2022 4:16 PM, Jonathan Billings wrote: On Dec 30, 2022, at 13:14, Bill C wrote:  I see. Of course I meant/tmp/* Files in /tmp are automatically removed by systemd-tmpfiles on Fedora based on a schedule defined in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf

Re: directories in /usr

2022-12-30 Thread Christian Stadelmann
Thanks for the hint on "rpm -qf"! I only ever used `dnf provides`, which takes a longer while. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct:

Re: audio fails under sudo

2022-12-30 Thread Christian Stadelmann
You really really really shouldn't play audio/video under sudo (or browse the web or whatever). Please don't. sudo (as the root account) is meant to be used for system administration only, i.e. stuff like `dnf install blabla` or `vim /etc/[some config file]`. For almost everything else, you

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Dec 30, 2022, at 13:14, Bill C wrote: >  > I see. Of course I meant/tmp/* Files in /tmp are automatically removed by systemd-tmpfiles on Fedora based on a schedule defined in /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf (https://github.com/systemd/systemd/blob/main/tmpfiles.d/tmp.conf) So, files older

Re: audio fails under sudo

2022-12-30 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:41:58 -0800 Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 12/30/22 08:13, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > I'd appreciate any suggestions of a workaround for this situation. > > Works fine without the "sudo". It also fails when run in ~root > > > > sudo mpg123 t.mp3 > > Why are you trying to run

Re: audio fails under sudo

2022-12-30 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 12/30/22 08:13, Geoffrey Leach wrote: I'd appreciate any suggestions of a workaround for this situation. Works fine without the "sudo". It also fails when run in ~root sudo mpg123 t.mp3 Why are you trying to run it with sudo? ___ users mailing

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:24:42 -0500 Felix Miata wrote: > stan via users composed on 2022-12-30 09:15 (UTC-0700): > > > On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:28:16 +0100 GianPiero Puccioni wrote: > > >> Yes, I do this so often that I have an alias in my .bashrc > >> dus="du --max-depth=1 -h |sort -h" > >>

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 13:16 -0500, Bill C wrote: > I have seen these files mount up. In the tmp directory. Now are these > erased at reboot and automatically cleaned. If so, there's definitely > no need to delete them, just not copy to a backup or archive. > > O Of course. However I understood

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill C
I have seen these files mount up. In the tmp directory. Now are these erased at reboot and automatically cleaned. If so, there's definitely no need to delete them, just not copy to a backup or archive. On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 1:11 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 12:57 -0500,

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill C
I see. Of course I meant/tmp/* On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 1:11 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 12:57 -0500, Bill C wrote: > > I usually use 'rm -rf /temp/*' and have been warned against it. I > > haven't seen any problems I know of happening because of this. > > Owing to how

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2022-12-30 at 12:57 -0500, Bill C wrote: > I usually use 'rm -rf /temp/*' and have been warned against it. I > haven't seen any problems I know of happening because of this. Owing to how file unlinking works in UNIX/Linux systems, if a process has a temporary file open when you delete it,

Re: audio fails under sudo

2022-12-30 Thread Geoffrey Leach
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 08:46:40 -0800 "Doug Herr" wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > > I'd appreciate any suggestions of a workaround for this situation. > > Works fine without the "sudo". It also fails when run in ~root > > > > sudo mpg123 t.mp3 > > I think that is

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Bill C
Bashrc is a file I know of but I am not familiar with and have never edited. I usually use 'rm -rf /temp/*' and have been warned against it. I haven't seen any problems I know of happening because of this. On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, 11:25 AM Felix Miata wrote: > stan via users composed on 2022-12-30

Re: audio fails under sudo

2022-12-30 Thread Doug Herr
On Fri, Dec 30, 2022, at 8:13 AM, Geoffrey Leach wrote: > I'd appreciate any suggestions of a workaround for this situation. > Works fine without the "sudo". It also fails when run in ~root > > sudo mpg123 t.mp3 I think that is considered a feature and not a bug, but thinking about what is

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread Felix Miata
stan via users composed on 2022-12-30 09:15 (UTC-0700): > On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:28:16 +0100 GianPiero Puccioni wrote: >> Yes, I do this so often that I have an alias in my .bashrc >> dus="du --max-depth=1 -h |sort -h" >> it shows the all the subdir sorted and in an easy to read way. > Now

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread stan via users
On Fri, 30 Dec 2022 11:28:16 +0100 GianPiero Puccioni wrote: > On 29/12/2022 18:49, stan via users wrote: > > PS > > If you want to know the biggest space hogs, run > > du -S -BM / | sort -g | less > > or something like it that suits your desires. > > > > Yes, I do this so often that I have

audio fails under sudo

2022-12-30 Thread Geoffrey Leach
I'd appreciate any suggestions of a workaround for this situation. Works fine without the "sudo". It also fails when run in ~root sudo mpg123 t.mp3 High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layers 1, 2 and 3 version 1.31.1; written and copyright by Michael Hipp and others

Re: housekeeping

2022-12-30 Thread GianPiero Puccioni
On 29/12/2022 18:49, stan via users wrote: PS If you want to know the biggest space hogs, run du -S -BM / | sort -g | less or something like it that suits your desires. Yes, I do this so often that I have an alias in my .bashrc dus="du --max-depth=1 -h |sort -h" it shows the all the subdir