Re: i915: wheezy / jessie freeze under X

2014-01-28 Thread Ralf
Hello Chris The global information right after these introduction lines detailed information within your mail: answer after each question (console rights, recovery mode & xkbcomp) regards, ralf -- I downgraded to pure Jessie, here the proof, whole command-lines ;-) ralf@debian:~$ cat /etc/apt/

Re: How to Downgrade from Wheezy to Squeeze

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
Please don't top post - it requires extra effort for people to work out what you are referring to. On 29/01/14 13:54, John D. Hendrickson and Sara Darnell wrote: > if you knew how to build and install a kernel without using a package > if you knew the /var/lib/dpkg/status and available and /etc

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2014-01-28 Brian > On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 15:31:25 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > 2014-01-28 Joe > > > > > And so was Raffaele's reply. If you will be using ssh from outside, set > > > up keys and disable the use of passwords. Use a good password or phrase > > > on the private key, and keep

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread lina
> Why, there's new output. Instead of 3 dhclients you've got 2. :) > PIDs are different from the last time too. That's a start, at least. > > >> I don't know how to check further, the /proc/3321/ and /proc/3125 give >> me no clue. > > ps -eo pid,ppid,args | grep 3321 > ps -eo pid,ppid,args |

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Reco
On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 13:57:01 +0800 lina wrote: > I tried this, to get a better guarantee, I rebooted late, here is the > new output: > > udp0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:* > 3321/dhclient > udp0 0 0.0.0.0:68 0.0.0.0:* > 3125/dhclient

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread lina
On Wednesday 29,January,2014 12:56 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:55:52 +0800 > lina wrote: > >> I comment the last >> iface eth0 inet dhcp > > Correct /etc/network/interfaces would be (notice that 'allow-hotplug' > is above 'iface eth0'): > > # The loopback network interfac

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-28 Thread Anubhav Yadav
Okay, Thanks for everything guys!! But still I am not able to get this work. So is what I am trying to do: Case I : Without Preseed: I boot from the PXE server. I go to the mirror selection page on the debian installer. I execute a shell. I create the directories #mkdir -p /etc/apt/apt.conf.d t

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Reco
Hi. On Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:55:52 +0800 lina wrote: > I comment the last > iface eth0 inet dhcp Correct /etc/network/interfaces would be (notice that 'allow-hotplug' is above 'iface eth0'): # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback # The primary network interface allow-h

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread lina
On Wednesday 29,January,2014 11:15 AM, lina wrote: >>> >> tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* >>> >> LISTEN 2731/couriertcpd >> > >> > Running IMAP server on a desktop is an uncommon thing. >> > Do you really need it? > I have no much idea how did I introduce this at the first pl

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread lina
>> 2] I don't know why the dhclient occupy several ports to listen, and >> what's a little annoying is that seems my IP address barely changed even >> I reboot after one night. > >> tcp6 0 0 :::143 :::* >> LISTEN 2731/couriertcpd > > Running IMAP server on a deskt

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
Jochen Spieker wrote: > François Patte: >> Le 28/01/2014 14:35, Sven Hartge a écrit : >>> Jochen Spieker wrote: lina: > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > > d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs >>> If this is actual ls output then your filesystem

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
François Patte wrote: > Le 28/01/2014 14:35, Sven Hartge a écrit : >> Jochen Spieker wrote: >>> lina: ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs >> >>> If this is actual ls output then your filesystem is broken and you >>> sho

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 29/01/14 01:18, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:58:22 + > Brian wrote: > >> On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 09:46:43 +, Joe wrote: >> >> >> > > Good passwords, no. But most of the posts I've seen about hacked Linux > installations where the point of entry was known seem to blame ssh, > p

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Jon Danniken
On 01/28/2014 12:37 PM, Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 11:40:04 -0800, Jon Danniken wrote: > >> Thanks Brian, I ended up removing openssh-server, as it was not >> something I needed; it was automatically installed and set up to run as >> a "feature" of the live CD I used to install Debian wi

Re: bug report submitted but still no bug number

2014-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 28 ian 14, 21:17:17, Chantal Wobben wrote: > Hello, > > Half a hour ago I submitted a bug on grep with mail to submit email adress. > > But still no bug report number or any respons. > > It is wise to submit it another time or can I better wait. You should wait, the BTS sometimes takes i

bug report submitted but still no bug number

2014-01-28 Thread Chantal Wobben
Hello, Half a hour ago I submitted a bug on grep with mail to submit email adress. But still no bug report number or any respons. It is wise to submit it another time or can I better wait. Roelof --- Dit e-mailbericht bevat geen virussen en malware omdat avast! Antivirus-bescherming actief

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Jochen Spieker
François Patte: > Le 28/01/2014 14:35, Sven Hartge a écrit : >> Jochen Spieker wrote: >>> lina: ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs >> >>> If this is actual ls output then your filesystem is broken and you >>> shoul

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread François Patte
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Le 28/01/2014 14:35, Sven Hartge a écrit : > Jochen Spieker wrote: >> lina: >>> >>> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied >>> >>> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > >> If this is actual ls output then your filesystem is brok

Re: OT: setting up public wifi

2014-01-28 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/28/2014 1:42 PM, Rob Owens wrote: I need to set up wifi in a church, and share the wifi with the rectory (a separate building). I've been doing some research, but am looking advice to help me get through this quicker. Here's what I'm thinking about so far: 1) Get a router that has a "gue

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 11:40:04 -0800, Jon Danniken wrote: > Thanks Brian, I ended up removing openssh-server, as it was not > something I needed; it was automatically installed and set up to run as > a "feature" of the live CD I used to install Debian with (installed as > part of the "live-tools"

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Jon Danniken
On 01/28/2014 03:57 AM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 27 Jan 2014 at 20:24:42 -0800, Jon Danniken wrote: > >> I recently came across a posting by an individual who got his >> Debian machine compromised due to a number of security problems, one of >> which was the default installation and running of sshd w

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Jon Danniken
On 01/28/2014 01:53 AM, Brad Alexander wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Scott Ferguson < > scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> Keep updated, subscribe to the security list, read and follow the fine >> manual:- >> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howt

Re: mtp://[usb:001,022]/131074

2014-01-28 Thread Andreas Weber
On 2014-01-02 16:40, Siard wrote: > Andreas Weber wrote: >> Whatever variant you pick, it seems to me that the whole MTP >> implementation is still a bit buggy and slow. > > This is what I noticed as well. And I see that mtpfs has been removed > from stable and testing. It is in Sid, however, so a

Re: OT: setting up public wifi

2014-01-28 Thread John L. Ries
I actually had a similar job when my wife asked me to set up public WiFi for her yarn shop (her office and mine are also on site). What I ended up doing was to use two routers; the "outer" (public) router being connected directly to the Internet, and the inner (private) one connected to the ou

OT: setting up public wifi

2014-01-28 Thread Rob Owens
I need to set up wifi in a church, and share the wifi with the rectory (a separate building). I've been doing some research, but am looking advice to help me get through this quicker. Here's what I'm thinking about so far: 1) Get a router that has a "guest" account, or some other internet-only

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 15:31:25 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2014-01-28 Joe > > > And so was Raffaele's reply. If you will be using ssh from outside, set > > up keys and disable the use of passwords. Use a good password or phrase > > on the private key, and keep it on a USB stick away from th

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread John L. Ries
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, Craig L. wrote: I think you need to (as user): chmod 755 .gvfs If you really want to get rid of it, you need to unmount it first. df won't show it, but it is a mount point. --| John L. Ries | Salford Systems | Phone: (619)

Re: Help with command - cp

2014-01-28 Thread Mr Smiley
On 28/01/14 13:22, Andrew McGlashan wrote: On 27/01/2014 3:05 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: * The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp. Don't b

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 14:18:48 +, Joe wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:58:22 + > Brian wrote: > > > The conclusion appears to contradict the first statement. I might not be have been very clear; the "first statement" I was referring to is > I know *that* *does* *not* *improve* *secur

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Craig L.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 04:23:04PM +0100, Sven Hartge wrote: > Craig L. wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:00:05PM +0800, lina wrote: > > >> It is so strange, as a user (before I didn't try as user ): > >> > >> dr-x-- 2 lina lina 0 Jan 28 14:44 .gvfs > >> > >> which is under my /

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread John L. Ries
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014, lina wrote: ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs a# rm -rf .gvfs rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory any advice, I think the .gvfs being introduced long time ago when I tried to mount the iphone. Thanks ahe

Re: ERRATUM Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread John Hasler
Lisi writes: > The whole point was that it is difficult > to remove a directory that has things in it. rm -rf -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lis

Re: grub efi does not find windows

2014-01-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 16:34 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 04:16 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:47:33AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org > > wrote: > > > Thanks in advance for any hint about how to make me able to boot > > > windows anew. > >

Re: grub efi does not find windows

2014-01-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2014-01-29 at 04:16 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:47:33AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > > Thanks in advance for any hint about how to make me able to boot > > windows anew. > > Is os-prober installed? Doesn't a chainloader work for an efi boot?

Re: grub efi does not find windows

2014-01-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 11:47:33AM +0100, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: > Thanks in advance for any hint about how to make me able to boot > windows anew. Is os-prober installed? -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
lina wrote: > On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:46 PM, Craig L. wrote: >> On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:34:00PM +0800, lina wrote: >>> On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:24 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: This is normal. GVFS is a userspace filesystem used by GNOME to mount and present external filesystems

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
Craig L. wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:00:05PM +0800, lina wrote: >> It is so strange, as a user (before I didn't try as user ): >> >> dr-x-- 2 lina lina 0 Jan 28 14:44 .gvfs >> >> which is under my /home/lina directory. >> >> while as a root, it shows: >> >> root@debian:/ho

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Craig L.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 10:00:05PM +0800, lina wrote: > On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:46 PM, Craig L. wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:34:00PM +0800, lina wrote: > >> On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:24 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > >>> lina wrote: > >>> > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission den

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Reco
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:00:43 +0800 lina wrote: > 1] about port 631, can I turn it off? since I only print very > occasionally, I don't know the real purpose of cupsd; As others said, listening port 631 on loopback interface is not a problem. > > 2] I don't know why the dhclient occupy several

Re: Viber on Debian

2014-01-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:13:13PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 28/01/14 19:00, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> > >> and if it exists, scrape the page for the license e.g.:- > >> $ curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber|html2t

Re: zenbook not booting after failed suspend/resume (debian/testing)

2014-01-28 Thread Jogi Hofmüller
Am 2014-01-28 15:07, schrieb Selim T. Erdogan: >> apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 > > If the machine wasn't booting, how did you get to a state where you > could run that? Did you use a rescue usb/cd? Booted the machine using the rescue feature from a debian netboot on usb stick

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Raffaele Morelli
2014-01-28 Joe > On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:51:01 -0800 > Jon Danniken wrote: > > > On 01/27/2014 09:41 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > > > > Keep updated, subscribe to the security list, read and follow the > > > fine manual:- > > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ > > > >

Re: zenbook not booting after failed suspend/resume (debian/testing)

2014-01-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 15:28 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 08:07 -0600, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > > Jogi Hofmüller, 28.01.2014: > > > Dear all, > > > > > > Zenbook bootable again. The fix was actually really easy: > > > > > > apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 > >

Re: zenbook not booting after failed suspend/resume (debian/testing)

2014-01-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2014-01-28 at 08:07 -0600, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: > Jogi Hofmüller, 28.01.2014: > > Dear all, > > > > Zenbook bootable again. The fix was actually really easy: > > > > apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 > > If the machine wasn't booting, how did you get to a state where you

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Joe
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:58:22 + Brian wrote: > On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 09:46:43 +, Joe wrote: > > > My recommendation would be to run sshd on a high port number. > > Before the usual chorus jumps in, I know *that* *does* *not* > > *improve* *security*, > > Fine; we are in agreement. > > >

Re: zenbook not booting after failed suspend/resume (debian/testing)

2014-01-28 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Jogi Hofmüller, 28.01.2014: > Dear all, > > Zenbook bootable again. The fix was actually really easy: > > apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 If the machine wasn't booting, how did you get to a state where you could run that? Did you use a rescue usb/cd? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:53:05PM +0800, lina wrote: > > > > > STOP NTP! > > ntpd is currently abused as a DDOS attack vector. > > If your ntpd responds to ntpdc -n -c monlst > > Oh it responds, responds badly: > > $ ntpdc -n -c monlst < 172.21.100.159 > > bash: syntax error near unexpected t

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread lina
On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:46 PM, Craig L. wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:34:00PM +0800, lina wrote: >> On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:24 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: >>> lina wrote: >>> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied >>> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs >

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread lina
On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:32 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > Just check if the following lines are present and active in your > ntp.conf: > > restrict -4 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery > restrict -6 default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery Thanks, they are. # more ntp.conf | grep rest

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread lina
> > STOP NTP! > ntpd is currently abused as a DDOS attack vector. > If your ntpd responds to ntpdc -n -c monlst Oh it responds, responds badly: $ ntpdc -n -c monlst < 172.21.100.159 > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' $ ntpdc -n -c 172.21.100.159 ***Command `172.21.100.159' u

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Craig L.
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 09:34:00PM +0800, lina wrote: > On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:24 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > > lina wrote: > > > >> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > > > >> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > > > >> a# rm -rf .gvfs > >> rm: cannot remove `.gvfs

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
Jochen Spieker wrote: > lina: >> >> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied >> >> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > If this is actual ls output then your filesystem is broken and you > should fsck it, possibly in single-user mode (init 1). Please don't spread panic, when

Re: zenbook not booting after failed suspend/resume (debian/testing)

2014-01-28 Thread Jogi Hofmüller
Dear all, Zenbook bootable again. The fix was actually really easy: apt-get install --reinstall grub-efi-amd64 The question remains what led to this error, but I guess I will never find out ;) Regards! -- j.hofmüller mur.sat -- a space art projecthttp://sat.mur.at/

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 01:43:17PM +0800, lina wrote: >> I read something online, and wonder: >> 1] shall I close the port 123 >> 2] disable ipv6 >> >> Shall I follow the advice from https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6 to >> turn off the ipv6 in wheezy as in squeeze, >

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread lina
On Tuesday 28,January,2014 09:24 PM, Sven Hartge wrote: > lina wrote: > >> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > >> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > >> a# rm -rf .gvfs >> rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory > >> any advice, I think the .gvfs being introduced l

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Sven Hartge
lina wrote: > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > a# rm -rf .gvfs > rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory > any advice, I think the .gvfs being introduced long time ago when I > tried to mount the iphone. > Thanks ahead for yo

Re: Help with command - cp

2014-01-28 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 27/01/2014 3:05 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> * The --dry-run option will show you what the command will do > As I said to Zenaan, it is obviously time for me to bite the bullet of > rsync. It seems a significantly better tool for the purpose than cp. Don't be scared of rsync, it works a great dea

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Jochen Spieker
lina: > > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > > d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs If this is actual ls output then your filesystem is broken and you should fsck it, possibly in single-user mode (init 1). J. -- I lust after strangers but only date people from the offic

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 28. Januar 2014, 15:16:57 schrieb lina: > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > > d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > > a# rm -rf .gvfs > rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory > > > any advice, I think the .gvfs being introduced long time ago when I > t

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Glyn Astill
> From: Joel Rees > To: Debian Lists > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, 28 January 2014, 12:52 > Subject: Re: how to remove ? directory > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:16 PM, lina wrote: >> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied >> >> d?  ? ?    ?          ?            ? .gvfs >> >> a# rm

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 01:43:17PM +0800, lina wrote: > Hi, > > I read something online, and wonder: > 1] shall I close the port 123 > 2] disable ipv6 > > Shall I follow the advice from https://wiki.debian.org/DebianIPv6 to > turn off the ipv6 in wheezy as in squeeze, > > Thanks, > STOP NTP!

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Joel Rees
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 4:16 PM, lina wrote: > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > > d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > > a# rm -rf .gvfs > rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory > > > any advice, I think the .gvfs being introduced long time ago when I > tried to mou

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Brian
On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 09:46:43 +, Joe wrote: > My recommendation would be to run sshd on a high port number. Before the > usual chorus jumps in, I know *that* *does* *not* *improve* *security*, Fine; we are in agreement. > but it certainly gives you cleaner log files. Though over a number of

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Brian
On Mon 27 Jan 2014 at 20:24:42 -0800, Jon Danniken wrote: > I recently came across a posting by an individual who got his > Debian machine compromised due to a number of security problems, one of > which was the default installation and running of sshd with > "PermitRootLogin = > Yes". in /etc/ss

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-28 Thread Klaus
On 28/01/14 10:51, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/01/14 21:02, Klaus wrote: Disclaimer: I'm using the older "apt-cacher" instead of "apt-cacher-ng" and there are subtle differences in syntax. I no longer use apt-cacher, but I don't recall any differences in how they process proxy directives in ap

ERRATUM Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 28 January 2014 11:05:33 Lisi Reisz wrote: > # rm .gvfs ERRATUM! # rmdir .gvfs sorry. :-( Typo, I'm afraid. The whole point was that it is difficult to remove a directory that has things in it. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subjec

Re: Disable ipv6?

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/01/14 22:04, Tanstaafl wrote: > Is there an easy way to do this? > > I don't use it, I don't understand it (yet), so I don't want to use it > until I do understand it. > > Thx > > This question has been asked and answered more than once on this list, recently. https://lists.debian.org/

Re: Port 123 and ipv6

2014-01-28 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
Hi On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 03:00:43PM +0800, lina wrote: > >> I read something online, and wonder: > >> 1] shall I close the port 123 > > > > Probably you should, unless you're providing ntp to some other hosts.s > > I have disabled the ntp. Here is other two things: > > 1] about port 631, can

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Tuesday 28 January 2014 10:27:45 lina wrote: > On Tuesday 28,January,2014 06:19 PM, darkestkhan wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:16 AM, lina wrote: > >> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > >> > >> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > >> > >> a# rm -rf .gvfs > >> r

Disable ipv6?

2014-01-28 Thread Tanstaafl
Is there an easy way to do this? I don't use it, I don't understand it (yet), so I don't want to use it until I do understand it. Thx -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/01/14 21:02, Klaus wrote: > On 28/01/14 05:48, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> On 28/01/14 14:54, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Note the trailing slash, so it would be > Acquire::http::Proxy "http://CacheServerIp:3142/";; 1++ > > >> It can't work as the snippet name is in the wrong format >> >> T

Re: grub efi does not find windows

2014-01-28 Thread berenger . morel
Le 28.01.2014 11:41, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org a écrit : ... Sorry for incomplete message. Here is the full message: Hello. At my job, I have a computer on which I can choose the OS so, I installed my lovely debian there (with "some" problems to make it booting because of this damned

grub efi does not find windows

2014-01-28 Thread berenger . morel
Hello. At my job, I have a computer on which I can choose the OS so, I installed my lovely debian there (with "some" problems to make it booting because of this damned EFI ) but would prefer to keep windows in dual boot. Windows partition is still there, but grub does not seems to be able to

Re: fastest linux distro

2014-01-28 Thread berenger . morel
Le 27.01.2014 18:09, Andrei POPESCU a écrit : On Sb, 25 ian 14, 11:16:45, berenger.mo...@neutralite.org wrote: Le 25.01.2014 07:02, Zenaan Harkness a écrit : >I hear rumours that with a modern PeeCee with fast graphics card, >running a compositing "3D" window manager can be higher performance

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread lina
On Tuesday 28,January,2014 06:19 PM, darkestkhan wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:16 AM, lina wrote: >> ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied >> >> d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs >> >> a# rm -rf .gvfs >> rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory >> >> >> any advice, I t

Re: how to remove ? directory

2014-01-28 Thread darkestkhan
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 7:16 AM, lina wrote: > ls: cannot access .gvfs: Permission denied > > d? ? ?? ?? .gvfs > > a# rm -rf .gvfs > rm: cannot remove `.gvfs': Is a directory > > > any advice, I think the .gvfs being introduced long time ago when I > tried to mou

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/01/14 19:41, Anubhav Yadav wrote: >> It can't work as the snippet name is in the wrong format >> >> The correct snippet name is /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/NNproxy >> where NN is a number e.g.:- >> /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90proxy >> >> Make sure you use the ip address not the server name > > I did the a

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-28 Thread Klaus
On 28/01/14 05:48, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/01/14 14:54, Anubhav Yadav wrote: I exited to shell and created the directory apt.conf.d in /etc and put the following lines in it. #nano /etc/apt.conf.d/proxy Acquire::http { Proxy "http://CacheServerIp:3142";; }; Still doesn't seem to work. F

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Brad Alexander
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:41 AM, Scott Ferguson < scott.ferguson.debian.u...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Keep updated, subscribe to the security list, read and follow the fine > manual:- > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ > > Another suggestion I would make would be to regula

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Joe
On Mon, 27 Jan 2014 23:51:01 -0800 Jon Danniken wrote: > On 01/27/2014 09:41 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > > > Keep updated, subscribe to the security list, read and follow the > > fine manual:- > > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ > > Thanks Scott, that's just what I wa

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Thierry Chatelet
On Monday 27 January 2014 20:24:42 Jon Danniken wrote: > Hello list, > > I recently came across a posting by an individual who got his > Debian machine compromised due to a number of security problems, one of > which was the default installation and running of sshd with > "PermitRootLogin = > Yes

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-28 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 27 ian 14, 20:24:42, Jon Danniken wrote: > Hello list, > > I recently came across a posting by an individual who got his > Debian machine compromised due to a number of security problems, one of > which was the default installation and running of sshd with > "PermitRootLogin = > Yes". in /

Re: PXE install, without internet?

2014-01-28 Thread Anubhav Yadav
> It can't work as the snippet name is in the wrong format > > The correct snippet name is /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/NNproxy > where NN is a number e.g.:- > /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90proxy > > Make sure you use the ip address not the server name I did the above. When I come to the page where I am supposed t

Re: Viber on Debian

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/01/14 19:00, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >> and if it exists, scrape the page for the license e.g.:- >> $ curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber|html2text|grep License|head -n1 > > That will pick up bad grammar, maybe better

Re: How to Downgrade from Wheezy to Squeeze

2014-01-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/01/14 18:40, Garry wrote: > >> > > It was one of those situations where everything you do gets trumped. I > decided to use a different server for the openfire install. > For people searching for a solution to the same problem:- Debian Wheezy (note: you'll also need mysql, see the OpenF

Re: Viber on Debian

2014-01-28 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > and if it exists, scrape the page for the license e.g.:- > $ curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber|html2text|grep License|head -n1 That will pick up bad grammar, maybe better is: curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber|ht