Re: Unattended upgrades, how do stable et al work after upgrade?

2015-03-16 Thread Seeker
On 3/16/2015 10:53 PM, Seeker wrote: On 3/16/2015 3:57 AM, Tapio Lehtonen wrote: I can't understand how unattended upgrades continues to work after Jessi is stable. In wheezy the config file has "origin=Debian,archive=stable,label=Debian-Security"; "origin=Debian,archive=oldstable,l

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 03/16/2015 10:24 PM, Joris Bolsens wrote: > > [snip] > > Been googling for hours and I cannot for the life of me find what the > problem is. > ~Joris > I can connect just fine to IMAP, it's SMTP that gives me issues. the response when i EHLO the smtps delio i get; joris@debian:~$ telnet m

Re: Unattended upgrades, how do stable et al work after upgrade?

2015-03-16 Thread Seeker
On 3/16/2015 3:57 AM, Tapio Lehtonen wrote: I can't understand how unattended upgrades continues to work after Jessi is stable. In wheezy the config file has "origin=Debian,archive=stable,label=Debian-Security"; "origin=Debian,archive=oldstable,label=Debian-Security"; I don't want to

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-16 Thread David Wright
Quoting Gary Dale (garyd...@torfree.net): > On 16/03/15 12:37 PM, Brian wrote: > >On Mon 16 Mar 2015 at 10:46:25 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > >>Quoting James (bjloc...@lockie.ca): > >> > >>>You can't telnet to an ssl port. > >>>Use: > >>>openssl s_client -connect [IP]:smtps > >>I'm sorry if I m

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 03/16/2015 02:59 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > [snip] > Well you were definitely correct in that this will keep me busy for awhile, can't get thunderbird to connect properly. I have verified that the SSL cert is good (got one from comodo) followed instruction to the letter and checked to make

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-16 Thread Gary Dale
On 16/03/15 12:37 PM, Brian wrote: On Mon 16 Mar 2015 at 10:46:25 -0500, David Wright wrote: Quoting James (bjloc...@lockie.ca): You can't telnet to an ssl port. Use: openssl s_client -connect [IP]:smtps I'm sorry if I muddied the waters by suggesting using telnet. I find it a useful tool to

Re: A discussion on this list a few ago

2015-03-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Paul E Condon wrote: > I remember reading a thread on this list in which OP was asking about > software that would tag files on his computer, text files, pictures, > emails, etc. All sorts of thing, automatically so that he, or maybe she > could find retrieve things that are stored on it. I remembe

Re: A discussion on this list a few ago

2015-03-16 Thread Alexis
On 2015-03-17T13:42:25+1100, Paul E Condon said: PEC> I remember reading a thread on this list in which OP was asking PEC> about software that would tag files on his computer, text files, PEC> pictures, emails, etc. All sorts of thing, automatically so that PEC> he, or maybe she could find

A discussion on this list a few ago

2015-03-16 Thread Paul E Condon
I remember reading a thread on this list in which OP was asking about software that would tag files on his computer, text files, pictures, emails, etc. All sorts of thing, automatically so that he, or maybe she could find retrieve things that are stored on it. I remember someone suggesting a comput

Re: locale problems

2015-03-16 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > cat /etc/default/locale > > root@frank-debian:/home/frank# cat /etc/default/locale > #LANG=en_US.UTF-8 > > Unexpected..I thought it would be empty ? For whatever reason the locales package postinst script simply comments out the lines it manages there. I d

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/16/2015 02:59 PM, Dan Purgert wrote: > On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:23:43 -0700, Joris Bolsens wrote: > >> [snip...] I'm assuming they moved it to here: >> https://www.linode.com/docs/email/postfix/email-with-postfix-dovecot- > >> and-mysql >> >

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 12:23:43 -0700, Joris Bolsens wrote: >[snip...] > I'm assuming they moved it to here: > https://www.linode.com/docs/email/postfix/email-with-postfix-dovecot- and-mysql > Yup, that's the one. Gonna have to update my link then (wrote the note in 2014, didn't think to check i

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Ric Moore
On 03/15/2015 02:26 PM, Joris Bolsens wrote: You could give Proxmox a whirl!! Then install Turnkey Linux containers to it. I'm a perfect idiot and had containers like Wordpress and Owncloud running in no time. Since proxmox is headless, you need a machine on the same localnet to ssh in to admin

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/16/2015 12:14 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > Joris Bolsens wrote: > >> On 03/16/2015 10:27 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: >> >>> Good deal :) >>> >>> I found this one too. It's specific to dovecot + mysql on >>> linode boxes, but it should be relative

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Richard Owlett
Joris Bolsens wrote: On 03/16/2015 10:27 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: Good deal :) I found this one too. It's specific to dovecot + mysql on linode boxes, but it should be relatively easy to sort through and work out for you (or at least easier than the postfix and dovecot manuals ... those are ha

Re: hard-to-reproduce bugs (was: plugged in thumb drive, which disconnected another USB drive)

2015-03-16 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015, at 00:16, Mike Kupfer wrote: > Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 09:04:51AM -0700, Mike Kupfer wrote: > > > - Do I need to have a reproducible test case before opening a bug? > > > > If it is not reproducible, then how does one go about fixing it? > > I deal

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 03/16/2015 10:27 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > Good deal :) > > I found this one too. It's specific to dovecot + mysql on linode > boxes, but it should be relatively easy to sort through and work > out for you (or at least easier than the postfix an

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Dan Purgert
On Mon, 16 Mar 2015 10:07:23 -0700, Joris Bolsens wrote: > On 03/16/2015 09:14 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: >> >> --lots of snippage-- >> > Thanks a ton, I will definitely look into all those things xD I've got a > few days to kill and an entire week off next week. > > > ~Joris Good deal :) I fo

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Lisi Reisz
On Monday 16 March 2015 17:10:31 Joris Bolsens wrote: > On 03/16/2015 03:44 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > Ik have a server that I use for testing. Whem I am not using it for > > testing I run folding@home on it. > > https://folding.stanford.edu/home/guide/linux-install-guide/ > > Really looking for

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 03/16/2015 03:44 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > > Ik have a server that I use for testing. Whem I am not using it for testing I > run folding@home on it. > https://folding.stanford.edu/home/guide/linux-install-guide/ > > Really looking for something that I'll get utility out of, interesting id

Re: Insert a script into systemd boot order at a specific location

2015-03-16 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 16.03.2015 um 13:54 schrieb Christoph Pleger: > Hello, > >> What you probably want, is hook into basic.target or sysinit.target, use >> DefaultDependencies=no, and specify the dependencies/orderings >> explicitly. > > a post from debian-user-ger...@lists.debian.org helped me further: I do > no

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Joris Bolsens
On 03/16/2015 09:14 AM, Dan Purgert wrote: > > --lots of snippage-- > Thanks a ton, I will definitely look into all those things xD I've got a few days to kill and an entire week off next week. ~Joris signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: An odd warning message?

2015-03-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Mar 2015 at 16:08:07 +, Darac Marjal wrote: > However - and this is the part I'm not too sure on - if you connect to a > different host and receive a key you already know (for example, if the > host changes IP address), then I think SSH will do what you've seen: > warn you that it's

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Mar 2015 at 10:46:25 -0500, David Wright wrote: > Quoting James (bjloc...@lockie.ca): > > > You can't telnet to an ssl port. > > Use: > > openssl s_client -connect [IP]:smtps > > I'm sorry if I muddied the waters by suggesting using telnet. > I find it a useful tool to quickly test whe

Re: Battery performance predictor

2015-03-16 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:55:06AM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Is there a good utility out there to predict the remaining > running/charging time of my battery? > > For the "remaining runtime" most of the utilities out there seem to just > divide the remaining capacity by the current power usag

Re: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Dan Purgert
On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 11:42:38 -0700, Joris Bolsens wrote: >> Confirming "mail server" will keep you busy - especially the initial >> configuration (there will be a lot of "WTF, now what'd I do!?" moments, >> if you're like me). >> >> But yeah, postfix + dovecot (or other sasl agent) is pretty 'se

Re: Battery performance predictor

2015-03-16 Thread The Wanderer
On 03/16/2015 at 11:55 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > Is there a good utility out there to predict the remaining > running/charging time of my battery? > > For the "remaining runtime" most of the utilities out there seem to > just divide the remaining capacity by the current power usage, which > do

Re: An odd warning message?

2015-03-16 Thread Darac Marjal
On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 11:42:50AM -0400, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi all, > Going to ask about this on other lists, but thought I would check here. > I use a shell service called shellworld. > www.shellworld.net > they also host my domain karenlewellen.com > One of the many advantages is that I can

Battery performance predictor

2015-03-16 Thread Stefan Monnier
Is there a good utility out there to predict the remaining running/charging time of my battery? For the "remaining runtime" most of the utilities out there seem to just divide the remaining capacity by the current power usage, which doesn't account for the fact that the current power usage may not

An odd warning message?

2015-03-16 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi all, Going to ask about this on other lists, but thought I would check here. I use a shell service called shellworld. www.shellworld.net they also host my domain karenlewellen.com One of the many advantages is that I can ssh -l between both workspaces for tasks. However when I tried doing th

Re: configuring exim4 smtp to use SSL

2015-03-16 Thread David Wright
Quoting James (bjloc...@lockie.ca): > You can't telnet to an ssl port. > Use: > openssl s_client -connect [IP]:smtps I'm sorry if I muddied the waters by suggesting using telnet. I find it a useful tool to quickly test whether I can reach a port, whether anything is listening, and whether the res

Re: Insert a script into systemd boot order at a specific location

2015-03-16 Thread Christoph Pleger
Hello, > What you probably want, is hook into basic.target or sysinit.target, use > DefaultDependencies=no, and specify the dependencies/orderings > explicitly. a post from debian-user-ger...@lists.debian.org helped me further: I do not have to change anything, just calling update-rc.d for my ini

Re: Overwrite kernel from installation ISO

2015-03-16 Thread Pavlos Parissis
On 16/03/2015 12:18 μμ, Brian wrote: > On Mon 16 Mar 2015 at 11:51:33 +0100, Pavlos Parissis wrote: > >> I ran into this https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779922 >> which prevents me to install latest debian using USB-stick method. >> >> In the bug report it was mentioned that usin

Re: Overwrite kernel from installation ISO

2015-03-16 Thread Brian
On Mon 16 Mar 2015 at 11:51:33 +0100, Pavlos Parissis wrote: > I ran into this https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779922 > which prevents me to install latest debian using USB-stick method. > > In the bug report it was mentioned that using latest kernel works around > the problem.

Unattended upgrades, how do stable et al work after upgrade?

2015-03-16 Thread Tapio Lehtonen
I can't understand how unattended upgrades continues to work after Jessi is stable. In wheezy the config file has "origin=Debian,archive=stable,label=Debian-Security"; "origin=Debian,archive=oldstable,label=Debian-Security"; I don't want to upgrade from Wheezy to Jessie immediately when Je

Overwrite kernel from installation ISO

2015-03-16 Thread Pavlos Parissis
Hoi, I ran into this https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=779922 which prevents me to install latest debian using USB-stick method. In the bug report it was mentioned that using latest kernel works around the problem. But, I can't find a way to copy from another jessie system the lat

RE: Cool things to do with server

2015-03-16 Thread Bonno Bloksma
Hi Joris, > I've got a smallish Debian server that I'm currently not really using for > anything. > At the moment I have it as my own imagehost, general fileserver, vpn, and a > pastebin like thing. > > What are some cool/fun/weird things you use your servers for? Ik have a server that I use f