At 07:03 PM 3/7/2012, Brian wrote:
On Wed 07 Mar 2012 at 16:05:01 -0500, Ethan Rosenberg wrote:
> At 06:57 PM 3/6/2012, Brian wrote:
>>
>> Please let us know how you make out.
>
> Brian -
>
> Thanks.
>
> Not well regrettably.
>
> I tried the stable version and then testing, and had the same resu
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:32 PM, T o n g wrote:
>
> I've got the following entry in my cron job:
>
> 1 1 1 */2 * me my-this-job
>
> How often will it execute?
>
> Checking the log, I notice that it run on Jan 1 and Mar 1. That's really
> not something that I've been expecting for. I have another c
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 19:14 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:51:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> > ... I just wondered that it looks like the driver doesn't work anymore,
> > since the WLAN adapter also is lost after reinstalling nm.
> >
> > http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Co
Hi,
I've got the following entry in my cron job:
1 1 1 */2 * me my-this-job
How often will it execute?
Checking the log, I notice that it run on Jan 1 and Mar 1. That's really
not something that I've been expecting for. I have another cron job fired
at Feb 1, so no doubt that my cron was work
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:27:29 +0100, Pierre Penninckx wrote:
>
> (...)
>
>> So like I said I didn't manage to make permission 100% work through
>> sshfs, though it works on the server or through DokanFS. The ACL on the
>> /srv/movies folder is: # fi
>
> Distance is irrelevant, but rather how the network itself is shielded
> from the outside.
>
> Kind regards,
> Andrei
I am not sure what you are implying here. I am not changing any
network settings nor am I opening up any ports expect when I run
xserver on windows.
All I am trying to do is us
>
> Do you have a non-Win 7 (e.g. XP) that you can try to see if it exhibits the
> same behavior? This would probably identify the culprit end
Sorry, don't. I am guessing I might have missed a setting somewhere.
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On 9 March 2012 07:46, Rob Owens wrote:
> 1) It typically maxes out my internet connection. Plain old rsync
> would do this too, unless there is a throttling option that I don't know
> about. Rtorrent, which I use, has a throttling option.
Slightly tangential, but do you know about "trickle"?
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>
> IIRC there is a version requirement for Samba to play nice with W7. Google
> for Samba and Windows 7
>
> Larry
The
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 18:56:19, Rob Owens wrote:
> >
> I'm a bit of a novice, so my terminology may be off. But by "public" I
> mean a torrent that I upload to any public tracker, like
> thepiratebay or something. Anyone could download my torrent, not that they
> would know to look for it.
You don
Howdy!
A friend is having the devil's own time trying to get qemu-kvm working for
himself. I have no such trouble.
We are both using Squeeze. I have a quad Phenom-II with 8GB RAM, nVidia video.
He has a dual Athlon with 3GB RAM, ATI video (and recently bought and tried an
nVidia AGP card). Bot
On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 12:24:10PM +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 06 mar 12, 19:18:49, Rob Owens wrote:
> > I'm considering using bittorrent to back up large files such as pictures
> > and home movies. I am the admin for several of my family members'
> > computers. The idea would be to bac
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:25:53, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "... Give users a restricted shell such as scponly or rssh. These
> shells restrict the commands available to the users so that they are
> not provided any remote execution privileges."
> Is it really necessary?
Do you (plan to) have users
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:21:02, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "There are other role accounts and aliases on your system. On a small
> system, it's probably simplest to make sure that all such aliases
> point to the root account, and that mail to root is forwarded to the
> system administrator's persona
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:18:07, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "Finally, you should consider changing root's default 022 umask (as
> defined in /root/.bashrc) to a more strict umask."
> Which one?
If you understand umask(s) you will know.
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On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:13:06, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "Add root and the other users that should be able to su to the root
> user to this group."
> I'll be the only user of the server. Should I create a guest user for
> me? Will it be enough to have a root access?
It is considered good practice
On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 09:53:31AM -0800, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 16:18, Rob Owens wrote:
> > I want to keep this data private. What are my options, besides a VPN?
> > I hesitate to use a public torrent even on encrypted data, because the
> > computers of tomorrow may easily
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:07:21, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "This sounds great, but it: only applies to ext2 or ext3 file systems…" [1]
> What about ext4 (and others)?
You may safely assume ext4 includes any features that ext2 and ext3
include.
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On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:05:40, Stayvoid wrote:
> What can I do to disable keyboard access at all? (I'll use a remote
> connection (SSH).)
Does your VPS have a "keyboard"?
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On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 06:18:40PM +0100, 0xAAA wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 07:18:49PM -0500, Rob Owens wrote:
> > I already use BackupPC successfully for offsite backups between family
> > members. Very large files are sometimes a problem, however, which is
> > why I'm considering bittorrent
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:55:51, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "To manually update the system, put the following line in your
> sources.list and you will get security updates automatically, whenever
> you update your system. Replace [CODENAME] with the release codename,
> e.g. squeeze.
>deb http
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:54:09, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "The presence, for example, of development utilities (a C compiler) or
> interpreted languages (such as perl - but see below -, python, tcl...)
> may help an attacker compromise the system…"
> "So, without Perl and, unless you remake these u
On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 06:27:29PM +0100, Pierre Penninckx wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using sshfs to access files on my server and it works great.
> However I have a problem with permissions.
>
I recall having similar issues several years ago. I don't remember
exactly how I fixed it, but possibly
On Tuesday 28 February 2012 9:06:48 am lina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I wonder:
>
> 1]
>
> can the output like:
>
> 5
> 3
> 1
> 5
> 3
>
> direct it into the LibreOffice directly. without copy and paste.
Since no one has addressed the libreoffice (I assume calc) directly, how about
this: Look up the
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:21:12 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote:
> Hi Stayvoid!
> I am overwhelmed by your posting flood.
I'm not. He is already in the bozo bin.
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>
> IIRC there is a version requirement for Samba to play nice with W7. Google
> for Samba and Windows 7
>
> Larry
The only issue I have with Samba right now is that I have to
authenticate from windows every time I reboot either of my systems. Is
there a way to stop this.
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On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 05:15:05 +1300, Chris wrote in message
<20120307161505.GA8420@tal>:
> Mmmm, "apt-cache show sd" :(
..try a Sid box: ;o)
arnt@celsius:~/speil$ apt-cache show sd
Package: sd
Version: 0.74-1
Installed-Size: 812
Maintainer: Christine Spang
Architecture: all
Depends: perl, libdat
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:31:14 +0300, Stayvoid wrote in message
:
> Hello.
>
> "FIXME: Talk on how to do a debsums on a stable system with the
> MD5sums on CD and with the recovered file system restored on a
> separate partition."
> How to do it?
>
> http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debi
On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 11:45:12 +0200, Andrei wrote in message
<20120308094512.GB25134@sid.nuvreauspam>:
> On Jo, 08 mar 12, 05:15:05, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >
> > It downloads data when you are online?
>
> Only on request by the user (currency exchange rates).
..beyond a week by default, it'll
Am Donnerstag, 8. März 2012 schrieb Stayvoid:
> Hello.
Hi Stayvoid,
> "Note that you could introduce the configuration above in the user's
> .profile. But then you would need to setup permissions properly in
> such a way that prevents the user from modifying this file. This
> includes: having the
Hi Stayvoid!
Thanks for what I perceive to be an attempt to help to improve the
securing Debian manual.
Am Donnerstag, 8. März 2012 schrieb Stayvoid:
> Hello.
>
> "Note, however, that there are rootkits which might work even in this
> case, there are some that tamper with /dev/kmem (kernel memo
Hello Daniele,
Daniele Guerrieri wrote:
> Every time I START the system, just before the prompt for passphrase, there
> are some complaints about the / filesystem: something like "Cannot find
> harpsiRoot volume" and also mobprobe: unix module not found. So it
The ‘modprobe: unix module not foun
Hi everyone,
i' m a new debian user and subscriber to this mailing list.
I'd have one or two questions about some weird messages.
I installed debian with 'expert install', made an encrypted volume
(LUKS-crypt) which requires a passphrase in which subsequently i put an LVM
physical volume which c
>> On Thu, 8 Mar 2012 17:06:54 + (UTC), said:
C> I make the backup for my /home directory with plain "tar". What are the
C> benefits/drawbacks of using "cpio" instead?
Older versions of tar wouldn't read from stdin or any other list of files,
and they also had really short limits on fi
Hi to Everyone,
On the Desktop of my association, there was no wireless card. So, I
purchased one that is said to be Debian compatible. It is a PCI card
TP-LINK
TL-WN751ND
It is supposedly based on an Atheros chipset AR 9227
I plugged it inside the Central Unit on a PCI slot, and then boote
Probably. ext4 is mature and stable enough that I don't think it makes
sense to use ext3. Unless, of course, some policy dictates or you are
preserving an existing legacy partition, I would go with ext4.
I just rebuilt my workstation and used ext4 for all, and all of the
boxes we are building at w
On Thursday 08 March 2012 12:06:54 pm Camaleón wrote:
> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:37:12 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote:
> > I guess that implies I'd better do something about the permissions on
> > that read-only subdirectory before the next (and each) time I run that
> > find...cpio command.
>
> Nothing y
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:27:29 +0100, Pierre Penninckx wrote:
(...)
> So like I said I didn't manage to make permission 100% work through
> sshfs, though it works on the server or through DokanFS. The ACL on the
> /srv/movies folder is: # file: movies
> # owner: root
> # group: videos
> # flags: -s
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:30:59 +0300, Stayvoid wrote:
>> I wonder why the OP didn't keep all the questions in just one thread if
>> they are addressed to the same subject.
> Sorry again. I've though it was a good idea to split those because some
> issues may lead to a long discussion.
I have no pr
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:15:30 -0700, Ryan J Nicholson wrote:
> The following packages have unmet dependencies:
> build-essential :
> Depends: libc6.1-dev but it is not going to be installed or libc-dev
This says that you have to manually install "libc-dev" first.
> Depends: g++ (>= 4:4.4.3) but
> Why do you think debian-security was the wrong list? You even got answers to
> some questions you posted there, what's wrong with those?
People told me (in private) that my questions are not connected with
security and I shouldn't post them there. I've also been told that
debian-security is used
> nobody did
Sorry. I learned my lesson.
> Most of them could be
> answered with the right google search.
It's true, but most of the answers you get will be something like "do
foo because foo is a Good Thing."
I want to know the reason for doing foo.
> Also, Im happy to see you are eager to learn
> I wonder why the OP didn't keep all the questions in just one thread if
> they are addressed to the same subject.
Sorry again. I've though it was a good idea to split those because
some issues may lead to a long discussion.
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On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:51:18, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>
> ... I just wondered that it looks like the driver doesn't work anymore,
> since the WLAN adapter also is lost after reinstalling nm.
>
> http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse#Command_Line
...
> By running 'iwlist scan' I don't get the expected o
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:37:12 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 March 2012 12:51:48 pm Camaleón wrote:
>> On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 08:39:05 -0500, Randy Kramer wrote:
>> > % find . -print -depth | cpio -ov > tree.cpio
>
>> However, if you remember to use -depth, find will instead start
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 14:11 +, lina wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Last time I added one user,
> Later I used deluser some_user_name
>
> but some information still keep it in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
What information is left? We would expect one line per user, but if the
line is still there, then
On Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:19:23 +0800, lina wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Camaleón wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:11:44 +0800, lina wrote:
>>
>> "On topic" can be omitted :-P
>>
>>> Last time I added one user,
>>> Later I used deluser some_user_name
>>>
>>> but some information still k
On Qua, 07 Mar 2012, Stayvoid wrote:
Hi there.
I've recently read Securing Debian Manual and I have some newbie
questions connected with security.
I've thought that debian-security is the right list
for them, but I was wrong.
What is the proper list for such questions?
Why do you think debian-
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:46 PM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:11:44 +0800, lina wrote:
>
> "On topic" can be omitted :-P
>
>> Last time I added one user,
>> Later I used deluser some_user_name
>>
>> but some information still keep it in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
>>
>> My questio
On 03/08/2012 05:29 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Mi, 07 mar 12, 14:52:19, Wayne Topa wrote:
UPDATE
Fount the problem. Even though dpkg -l bootlogd said it was installed.
some how back in January the bootlogd executable had been removed.
Aptitude was able to purge/install the package and the l
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 06:13, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
>
> "Violations, such as incorrect passwords or trying to run a program
> you don't have permission for, are logged and mailed to root."
> Where can I check this?
Log in/switch to root and run a mail reader, e.g. Mutt
If you diverted root's
On Thu, 2012-03-08 at 11:40 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Mi, 07 mar 12, 19:41:43, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> >
> > Installed the following packages:
> > bridge-utils (1.5-2ubuntu1.1)
> > dnsmasq (2.57-1ubuntu1)
> > dnsmasq-utils (2.57-1ubuntu1)
> > h
On 08/03/12 16:40, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
Sorry list, I didn't expect what was about to come...
nobody did
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:40:26 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>>
>> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
>> is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
>
> Sorry list, I didn't expect what was a
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 07:12, Camaleón wrote:
> On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:46:24 +0300, Stayvoid wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>
> (...)
>
> Hi.
>
> Before going any further, would you care to explain what's going on here?
> Were you bitten by a dancing bug or something like that?
>
Agree on that.
Stayvoid, I
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 22:11:44 +0800, lina wrote:
"On topic" can be omitted :-P
> Last time I added one user,
> Later I used deluser some_user_name
>
> but some information still keep it in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
>
> My question is that: is it safe do delete the entry regards the delete
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From: yudi v
To: Debian users mailing list
Sent: 3/8/2012 4:23:56 AM
Subject: X forwarding to a Windows 7 PC
Hi all,
I am trying to forward X from a Debian PC (laptop) to windows 7 pc
(desktop) without using SSH.
Will either use xming or mobaxterm on windo
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 12:52:01, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
>
> You can post them here as long as they are Debian related[2]. If there
> is a better list for any specific question you will get hints.
Sorry list, I didn't expect what was about to come...
Kind regards,
Andrei
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On Jo, 08 mar 12, 17:35:38, Stayvoid wrote:
> > You really, really should read
> > http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html first (this applies to all
> > your other questions as well).
> I read it some time ago.
Well, maybe you should read it again. I'm not kidding, I've read it
myself seve
On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:46:24 +0300, Stayvoid wrote:
> Hello.
(...)
Hi.
Before going any further, would you care to explain what's going on here?
Were you bitten by a dancing bug or something like that?
Greetings,
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On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:22:27 -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> On 03/07/2012 04:10 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> > Fine, but for the next time don't be lazy and reply each user
> separately, on its own thread>;-)
>
> 1. That scatters the conversation.
On the contrary, it helps to keep the thread in a
> In ten years I've never seen so much of a flood sent to this list.
I'm really sorry for this, but it's not that easy to find.
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> The one which suits your needs :p
Could you point me to the guide that actually explains this?
Every guide I read says something like: "do foo because foo is the right way."
It doesn't make any sense.
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Please see the following URL and place each one of your emails in the
magic box.
http://lmgtfy.com
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On Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:07:23 +0100, benoit lair wrote:
> 2012/3/7 benoit lair :
>> 2012/3/7 Camaleón :
>>> On Tue, 06 Mar 2012 23:33:00 +0100, benoit lair wrote:
>>>
I didn't specify it, but i've tried:
ping onto an external host
ping onto the gateway of this server
>>>
>>> An
> You really, really should read
> http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html first (this applies to all
> your other questions as well).
I read it some time ago.
Sorry for zillions of questions, but I really want to hear some
thoughts on these topics. The guide is outdated and I hope it'll hel
Hello.
"FIXME: Talk on how to do a debsums on a stable system with the
MD5sums on CD and with the recovered file system restored on a
separate partition."
How to do it?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-after-compromise.en.html
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Hello.
"From this shell, backup the information to another host if possible
(maybe a network file server through NFS/FTP)."
What about SSH?
"Make sure to startup in single user mode, so no other Trojan
processes run after the kernel."
How to be sure?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-de
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 16:49:15, Stayvoid wrote:
>
> What partition scheme is the best for a VPS (MTA + web server)?
The one which suits your needs :p
(SCNR)
You really, really should read
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html first (this applies to all
your other questions as well).
Kind
Hello.
"Note, however, that there are rootkits which might work even in this
case, there are some that tamper with /dev/kmem (kernel memory)
directly to make themselves undetectable."
How to avoid those?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch10.en.html
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Hello.
"... Give users a restricted shell such as scponly or rssh. These
shells restrict the commands available to the users so that they are
not provided any remote execution privileges."
Is it really necessary?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch-sec-services.en.html
Che
Hello.
"Implement IP traffic filtering validating the MAC address."
How to do this?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
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Hello.
"This option is a double-edged sword. On the one hand it protects your
system against syn packet flooding; on the other hand it violates
defined standards (RFCs)."
Is there a way to protect the server against syn flooding without
RFCs' violation?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-
Hello.
"In addition to the usual Unix permissions, the ext2 and ext3
filesystems offer a set of specific attributes that give you more
control over the files on your system."
What about ext4 and others?
"Now that the capability has been removed from the system, an intruder
cannot change any attri
On Wed, 07 Mar 2012 18:23:13 -0300, pierpaolo pilla wrote:
> "
> Can you tell why are you using apt-listbugs to get the updates? I mean,
> "apt-get upgrade" should manage that for you, right? :-) "
>
> With apt-get upgrade, I would have installed even the update with a
> grave bug, that was my lo
Hello.
"There are other role accounts and aliases on your system. On a small
system, it's probably simplest to make sure that all such aliases
point to the root account, and that mail to root is forwarded to the
system administrator's personal mailbox."
How to enable this mailbox thing? Is it secu
Hello.
"Beware: The above printed example is open to a DoS attack by making
many connections in a short period of time. Many emails mean a lot of
file I/O by sending only a few packets."
How to avoid this?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
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Hello.
"Describe the consequences of changing packages permissions when
upgrading (an admin this paranoid should chroot his users BTW) if not
using dpkg-statoverride."
Could you provide more information on this?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
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Hello.
"Finally, you should consider changing root's default 022 umask (as
defined in /root/.bashrc) to a more strict umask."
Which one?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
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Hello.
"Note that you could introduce the configuration above in the user's
.profile. But then you would need to setup permissions properly in
such a way that prevents the user from modifying this file. This
includes: having the user's home directories not belong to the user
(since he would be abl
Hello.
"If you are really paranoid you might want to add a system-wide
configuration to audit what the users are doing in your system. This
sections presents some tips using diverse utilities you can use."
Is it safe? Someone can read the logs.
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-ho
Hello.
"Violations, such as incorrect passwords or trying to run a program
you don't have permission for, are logged and mailed to root."
Where can I check this?
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
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Hello.
"Add root and the other users that should be able to su to the root
user to this group."
I'll be the only user of the server. Should I create a guest user for
me? Will it be enough to have a root access?
(The answer is pretty obvious, but I want to be sure.)
"To make sure that the user roo
Hi,
Last time I added one user,
Later I used deluser some_user_name
but some information still keep it in the /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow.
My question is that: is it safe do delete the entry regards the
deleted user by hand?
Thanks,
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Hello.
"You can set this variable in /etc/apt/apt.conf to another directory
with exec privileges other than /tmp." [1]
Which directory should be selected?
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
Cheers
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Hello.
"This sounds great, but it: only applies to ext2 or ext3 file systems…" [1]
What about ext4 (and others)?
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch4.en.html
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Hello.
"Now, in order to allow some users to shutdown the system, as the
manpage shutdown(8) describes, you must create the file
/etc/shutdown.allow and include there the name of users which can boot
the system. When the three finger salute (a.k.a. ctrl+alt+del) is
given the program will check if
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Karl Vogel wrote:
>>> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:19:19 +0800, lina said:
>
> L> How to configure to make each terminal share one "history"? I found
> L> each terminal saves its own history and no sharing. Is it possible to
> L> let them share?
>
> You can if you d
Hello.
"If you are doing a security update which includes the kernel image
you need to reboot the system in order for the security update to be
useful." [1]
How to make it on a running server?
I don't want to disable my site and mail for that period of time.
Should I use another server to keep the
"Exercise caution when dealing with security upgrades if you are doing
them over a remote connection like ssh. A suggested procedure for a
security upgrade that involves a service restart is to restart the SSH
daemon and then, inmediately, attempt a new ssh connection without
breaking the previous
Hello.
"Bringing the system to run level 1 (single user) and then back to run
level 3 (multi user) should take care of the restart of most (if not
all) system services. But this is not an option if you are executing
the security upgrade from a remote connection (like ssh) since it will
be severed.
Hello.
"To manually update the system, put the following line in your
sources.list and you will get security updates automatically, whenever
you update your system. Replace [CODENAME] with the release codename,
e.g. squeeze.
deb http://security.debian.org/ [CODENAME]/updates main contrib no
Hello.
"The presence, for example, of development utilities (a C compiler) or
interpreted languages (such as perl - but see below -, python, tcl...)
may help an attacker compromise the system…"
"So, without Perl and, unless you remake these utilities in shell
script, you will probably not be able
Hello.
"During the system partitioning you also have to decide which file
system you want to use. The default file system selected in the Debian
installation for Linux partitions is ext3, a journaling file system." [1]
This manual covers only ext-related features. Should I use ext4
instead of ext3
Hello.
What partition scheme is the best for a VPS (MTA + web server)?
According to the guide [1] I should use something like this:
/home
/tmp
/var/tmp/
/var
/opt
/var/mail
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch3.en.html
Cheers
P.S. Sorry for those who already seen this
Hello.
"Before you install any operating system on your computer, set up a
BIOS password. After installation (once you have enabled bootup from
the hard disk) you should go back to the BIOS and change the boot
sequence to disable booting from floppy, CD-ROM and other devices that
shouldn't boot. O
On 8/03/2012 9:24 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
On Ma, 06 mar 12, 19:18:49, Rob Owens wrote:
I'm considering using bittorrent to back up large files such as pictures
and home movies. I am the admin for several of my family members'
computers. The idea would be to back up my files onto their machin
On Jo, 08 mar 12, 14:56:03, Stayvoid wrote:
> > A machine (including any virtual hosts on it) can not be 100% secured
> > from people having physical access to it.
> So the only solution in this case is to run the server at my place. Right?
Depends on your paranoia, since your place is not 100% se
- Original Message -
> From: Dr. Jennifer Nussbaum
> To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org"
> Cc:
> Sent: Wednesday, March 7, 2012 9:42 PM
> Subject: PulseAudio--simultaneous output stopped working
>
> I use PulseAudio on Debian Testing. For the most part it Just Works and i
> didnt
> h
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