Re: Recommendation for FTP server

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:33:44 -0500 (EST), Jude wrote: >If I were setting up an ftp server, I would create a /pub directory in >/home and would also create a /home/pub/incoming directory then lock any >guest into the /home/pub and /home/pub/incoming directories. The >/home/pub directory would b

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

Yes, very helpful. I'll look at mount options. Here's what I did on the old Windows server: Each user had their own login. All logins sent to the same read-only area, with one subdirectory in which all users could write. I know how to set that all up with regular FTP servers like ProFTPD. Other

nfs problem

I'm trying to get NFS going with a Wheezy server and a Jessie client using Webmin and vi. It connects, but mounts the directory and file with nobody:nogroup as the user:group (and nobody isn't set to universe read/write -- tried to do that, but NFS won't let me). I see from the 'Net that this

Re: random reboots of my Lenovo ThinkPad (3.16.7-ckt20-1+deb8u1) (kernel stack trace)

On 2015-12-25 15:42, Sven Arvidsson wrote: > On Fri, 2015-12-25 at 03:16 +0100, Staszek wrote: >> On 2015-12-24 15:07, Sven Arvidsson wrote: >>> Try disabling nouveau, both in the kernel and the xorg driver, and >>> see >>> if the crashes stop. >> >> Ok, but what other driver shall I use instead? >

Re: MAC address and security

On 12/31/2015 04:42 PM, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2015-12-30 16:11:39 +0100, Hans wrote: >> I changed the MAC cause of security purposes in this mail. > > FYI: > > http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/67893/is-it-dangerous-to-post-my-mac-address-publicly I disagree here: while I don't t

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0

Am Donnerstag, 31. Dezember 2015, 22:14:49 schrieb Michael Biebl: > Am 29.12.2015 um 19:34 schrieb Hans: Hi Michael, > Maybe your initramfs contains an outdated udev rules file. > If you update the initramfs via update-initramfs -u, does that change > anything? No, I already tried this, but it mad

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0

Am 29.12.2015 um 19:34 schrieb Hans: > Hi folks, > > just a question about network names, which I do not understand. > > I have two different computers, both are installed with the same versions of > debian packages. But one of it has enp1s0 as network interface name( my EEEPC > 1005HGO) , the

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

On 31/12/15 03:10 PM, Gary Dale wrote: On 31/12/15 06:15 AM, Fernando Arenas wrote: First my sincere congratulations to the entire team that works every day to improve this wonderful operating system. The reason for writing to you is to have found in a package called openclipart2 clipsarts clea

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

On 31/12/15 06:15 AM, Fernando Arenas wrote: First my sincere congratulations to the entire team that works every day to improve this wonderful operating system. The reason for writing to you is to have found in a package called openclipart2 clipsarts clearly sexist content in which women are p

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

I was going to respond to the original post privately, as my thoughts are off topic, but at this point, I think I need to do it publicly. While pornography and its attendant portrayal of women, children, and even men as sex objects encourage all manner of perverse behaviors, I don't that think

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 18:19:26 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:55:08AM -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > > Fascinating stuff. The one thing I forgot is cp and dd are not the > > same. > > Well... if you cp the image to the _device file_ it amounts practically > to dd (but

after sudo aptitude dist-upgrade lost Unicode in ttys and xterm

After I did sudo aptitude dist-upgrade I lost support for Unicode chars in the ttys as well as xterm. Instead I get '?'. Ideas? Linux debian 3.17.1 #9 SMP Fri Nov 7 23:05:01 CET 2014 x86_64 GNU/Linux No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:

Re: entries of /var/cache/debconf/config.dat concerning purged packages

On 2015-12-31 18:00:09 +, Brian wrote: > On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 17:58:52 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > > Is it normal that /var/cache/debconf/config.dat contains entries that > > correspond to purged packages? > > No. OK, thanks. So, I've just reported a bug. BTW, I've also seen that ther

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

If I were setting up an ftp server, I would create a /pub directory in /home and would also create a /home/pub/incoming directory then lock any guest into the /home/pub and /home/pub/incoming directories. The /home/pub directory would be where I'd put files available for download and the /home

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Eduard Bloch writes: > I remember is the nasty behavior of dd when a short read occurres - > aborting instead of retrying as cp does. Not sure whether they changed > the default mode to blocking mode nowadays. Use ddrescue. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

Look in the /etc/ssh/ directory or /etc/default/ subdirectory those configuration files likely will be in one of those two locations. On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Steve Matzura wrote: Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:32:34 From: Steve Matzura To: debian Subject: Recommendation for FTP server Resent-Date: T

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Hallo, * Thomas Schmidt [Thu, Dec 31 2015, 06:11:39PM]: > Hi, > > Steve Matzura wrote: > > The one thing I forgot is cp and dd are not the same. > > I was surprised that cp onto block devices really works as > needed for this purpose. > You could also do > cat debian-8.2.0-amd64-BD-1.iso >/dev/

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0 (second try)

Hi Brian, > Is there no sign of any discovered interfaces for the Aspire in the > output of dmesg? > I get this: dmesg | grep eth0 [2.201866] forcedeth :00:0a.0: ifname eth0, PHY OUI 0x732 @ 1, addr 1c:75:08:2c:84:f8 [ 36.198523] forcedeth :00:0a.0 eth0: MSI enabled [ 36.198795

Re: entries of /var/cache/debconf/config.dat concerning purged packages

On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 17:58:52 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Is it normal that /var/cache/debconf/config.dat contains entries that > correspond to purged packages? No. echo purge | debconf-communicate

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 11:55:08AM -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > Fascinating stuff. The one thing I forgot is cp and dd are not the > same. Well... if you cp the image to the _device file_ it amounts practically to dd (but in dd you can set the block

Re: Avermedia Tuner Volar HD Green USB

On Thu, 2015-12-31 at 18:18 +0100, Gábor Hársfalvi wrote: > Dear Sven Arvidsson! > > When I plug in the stick it sends me -> > > Dec 31 18:14:34 debian-dell kernel: [ 1973.017840] usb 2-1.7: new > high-speed USB device number 8 using ehci-pci > Dec 31 18:14:34 debian-dell kernel: [ 1973.119793] u

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

Le primidi 11 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a écrit : > That locks the user in their home directory That locks the user in any directory of your choosing. Choosing the home directory is the most common case, and therefore the one you find explained, but not the only option. Regards, -- Nic

Creating a .deb package!

I have made some bash scripts (about 300 lines). I want it to be available for direct install along with some additional files for direct use. How can I make the .deb file out of a shell script and about 5 more text files? Also, how can I get it added to the Debian repositories? Regards Himanshu S

Re: RIP and Thank You.

On 2015-12-31, Steve Matzura wrote: > 42! How sad. So it isn't the answer to everything.

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 11:55:08 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: > Fascinating stuff. The one thing I forgot is cp and dd are not the > same. cp reads and writes file. dd reads and writes file. Why are they basically not the same for the task of putting an isohybrid on a USB stick?

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

Hi, Steve. On 31/12/15 14:07, Steve Matzura wrote: > That locks the user in their home directory, but I have to give them > access to other things outside that directory, just not let them go > walking around and get into any other directory on the system. That's > why I was thinking of VSFTP, wh

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 11:32:34 -0500 Steve Matzura wrote: >ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, >non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go >wandering around outside your home area, unless there's a way to >protect against that in the ssh configurati

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Hi, Steve Matzura wrote: > The one thing I forgot is cp and dd are not the same. I was surprised that cp onto block devices really works as needed for this purpose. You could also do cat debian-8.2.0-amd64-BD-1.iso >/dev/sdc But for old unixers no other tool than dd comes to the mind. > Now,

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:37:09 +0100, you wrote: >Le primidi 11 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a écrit : >> ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, >> non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go >> wandering around outside your home area, > >Never rely

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Hi, Steve Matzura wrote: > How would I know for sure if it's ISO hybrid, A strong indication is the presence of partitions when inquired by program fdisk. $ /sbin/fdisk -l debian-8.2.0-amd64-BD-1.iso ... debian-8.2.0-amd64-BD-1.iso1 *0 43859651 ... ... You may let xorriso repor

entries of /var/cache/debconf/config.dat concerning purged packages

Is it normal that /var/cache/debconf/config.dat contains entries that correspond to purged packages? -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 16:47:43 +, Brian wrote: >'fdisk -l /dev/sdX' will show a partition table (as described by Thomas >Schmitt). A 21GB image will not fit on a 16GM USB stick. Yes, the ISO is good. fdisk shows everything's fine. I'll have to try this with one of my 32's just to see it work. I

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Fascinating stuff. The one thing I forgot is cp and dd are not the same. Now, does this mean I should run the ISO I made with Jigdo through isohybrid now that I have a running Linux system? On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 17:25:39 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >Steve Matzura: >> Thomas, just dd the file? That re

Re: RIP and Thank You.

On 12/31/15, John L. Ries wrote: > If the news report is correct, he appears to have self destructed, > which is even sadder. Please go easy on him as we watch how it goes.. This really isn't the most appropriate place and yet it is for me to say... his whole last Twitter feed there.. I did a v

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 11:17:59 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: 'fdisk -l /dev/sdX' will show a partition table (as described by Thomas Schmitt). A 21GB image will not fit on a 16GM USB stick. > How would I know for sure if it's ISO hybrid, and how would it fit on > a standard 16GB drive? Guess it wo

Re: RIP and Thank You.

Noah Duffy writes: > Unfortunately, there will be some mystery surrounding his death until > we get the facts. At this point it looks like the sort of event that will always have some mystery surrounding it. No use speculating, though. More facts will come out. -- John Hasler jhas...@newsguy.c

Re: Recommendation for FTP server

Le primidi 11 nivôse, an CCXXIV, Steve Matzura a écrit : > ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, > non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go > wandering around outside your home area, Never rely on client restrictions for security. >

Recommendation for FTP server

ProFTPD? VSFTP? Something else? I'm needing a secure connection, non-SSH, because a lot of ssh built into FTP clients let you go wandering around outside your home area, unless there's a way to protect against that in the ssh configuration file, which I did look for but have not found. My FTP serve

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

Javier Barroso writes: > As workaround, you can create a dpkg config file on > /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg.d/ (maybe called openclipart2-exclusions) with: > path-exclude /usr/share/openclipart2/png/gustavorezende/gustavorezende_Wom* > path-exclude /usr/share/openclipart2/png/ > Then do apt-get --rein

Re: RIP and Thank You.

Saw this yesterday evening. Very sad news. Unfortunately, there will be some mystery surrounding his death until we get the facts. The memory of him will always live on through the Debian project. -- Noah Duffy noahdu...@fastmail.fm ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) against HTML e-mail! X

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Hi, Steve Matzura: > Thomas, just dd the file? That really works? Yes. It's called "isohybrid". http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/Isohybrid As said: Copy it onto the base device, the whole "disk". It must overwrite MBR, partition table, GPT, whatever partitioning and boot sector is presen

Re: RIP and Thank You.

If the news report is correct, he appears to have self destructed, which is even sadder. --| John L. Ries | Salford Systems | Phone: (619)543-8880 x107 | or (435)867-8885 | --| On Thu, 31 Dec 2015, Steve Matzura wro

Re: Install Apache Modules on Webmin

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:32:57 - (UTC) Philipp Schneider wrote: Hello Philipp, >Why do you use a web frontend for server configuration? It's not possible to know from Jorge's description, but if this is a hosted server, then cPanel access may be all he's got. -- Regards _ / )

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

How would I know for sure if it's ISO hybrid, and how would it fit on a standard 16GB drive? Guess it wouldn't, unless there was a great deal of extra space appended at the time the thing was created which could be truncated/removed. Actually, I strongly suspect that's true because the temp file t

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 10:37:22 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: Thanks for that; I was thinking of doing it. 21GB seems closer to 4 to 5 DVDs than 3. The image is should be an isohybrid one. Put it on a thumbdrive with cat, cp or dd. For example: cat ISO > /dev/sdX X is a, b, c etc. Obtain X fro

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

Hello, On Thu, Dec 31, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Fernando Arenas wrote: > First my sincere congratulations to the entire team that works every day to > improve this wonderful operating system. > The reason for writing to you is to have found in a package called > openclipart2 clipsarts clearly sexist con

Re: wget log from Jigdo

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:57:38 +, Lisi wrote: >Some years ago a friend complained to me that I ignored his advice and never >listened. I said, not at all. I always listen avidly to advice. I always >think about advice. I just don't always follow advice. ;-) LOL. I always find something in

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Joe, On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 15:43:12 +, you wrote: >No, it's the very opposite of knowing where things go. The dd command >is a very simple, completely unintelligent copier. But an ISO file is >an image, literally every byte stored on some medium being scraped up >in order, with the intention th

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu 31 Dec 2015 at 10:21:06 -0500, Steve Matzura wrote: Andrew M.A. Cater's bluray suggestion is a good one. Most everything of what you want should be in the image. An alternative method with more than 3 DVDs is at https://wiki.debian.org/Installation+Archive+USBStick > to put a sock in this

Re: wget log from Jigdo

On Thursday 31 December 2015 15:45:23 Steve Matzura wrote: > Now everything's fixed, up, running, etc., it's quite time to thank > everyone who made suggestions, at least 99% of which were helpful in > some way, if not directly, then indirectly by putting my mind onto a > different thinking path.

Re: RIP and Thank You.

You and a few hundred thousand of your closest friends I'm sure. Very tragic. On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 21:28:08 -0200, you wrote: >Rest in Peace Ian! > >I wanna know exactly what happened with him. > >On 30 December 2015 at 20:44, Lisi Reisz wrote: > >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/ian_mur

Re: RIP and Thank You.

42! How sad. On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:44:26 +, you wrote: >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/12/30/ian_murdock_debian_founder/ >

Re: Installation successful

Thanks Rick. My Speakup problem turned out to be quite a silly one. For some unknown reason, even though I installed with it, after the system booted when the install was done, something pushed every level setting on the onboard sound card down to 0. I had to learn how to use amixer from Samuel fro

Re: wget log from Jigdo

Now everything's fixed, up, running, etc., it's quite time to thank everyone who made suggestions, at least 99% of which were helpful in some way, if not directly, then indirectly by putting my mind onto a different thinking path.

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 10:23:10 -0500 Steve Matzura wrote: > Thomas, just dd the file? That really works? I've got to try this. > I've heard of this being the way to do things, but find it hard to > understand how it could work. I suppose the boot loaders know what to > do with ISO images. > No, i

Re: wget log from Jigdo

It doesn't help, but it *does* make sense. If that were documented in the Jigdo quick-start, that would be helpful. I'll write in and see about having it added as a cautionary note. On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 17:58:20 -0800, you wrote: > >> On Dec 30, 2015, at 1:13 PM, Steve Matzura wrote: >> >> I sti

MAC address and security (was: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0 (second try))

On 2015-12-30 16:11:39 +0100, Hans wrote: > I changed the MAC cause of security purposes in this mail. FYI: http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/67893/is-it-dangerous-to-post-my-mac-address-publicly -- Vincent Lefèvre - Web: 100% accessible validated (X)HTML -

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Rick: I did the Jigdo build on Windows, but I installed Debian from DVD, and that went just swimmingly right up until the post-installation first boot. Actually the system was OK, but for some reason, it set my sound card's volumes, all of them, to 0. That is now being investigated by Debian acces

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

For those who want to try this, the size of the Iso I got from the Jigdo build far exceeds a 16GB stick. It's reported as 20.9GB. I suppose I'll have to use one of my prized 32GB USB3 thumbdrives for this test.

Re: Question: eth0 vs enp1s0 (second try)

On Wed 30 Dec 2015 at 16:11:39 +0100, Hans wrote: > Am Mittwoch, 30. Dezember 2015, 12:58:23 schrieb Jörg-Volker Peetz: > Hi Jörg-Volker > > Did you take a look at dmesg on both systems? Something like > > > > grep -E '(enp|eth)' /var/log/dmesg > This showed no useful information. The only outp

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Thomas, just dd the file? That really works? I've got to try this. I've heard of this being the way to do things, but find it hard to understand how it could work. I suppose the boot loaders know what to do with ISO images. On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 22:34:56 +0100, you wrote: >Hi, > >Steve Matzura wrot

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

to put a sock in this discussion, I have, in fact, gone to one or two locations where there was *NO* Internet at all because the person who wanted an accessible computer had no idea that in this day and age a network connection is a virtual requirement to do anything useful. They were quite happy t

Re: Install Apache Modules on Webmin

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 14:50:01 +0100, Jorge wrote: > I am newbie on Webmin + Virtualmin. Since I used cPanel it was very easy > to enable modules such as gd, fileinfo, exif, mysqli, ... using > EasyApache. > In Webmin I guess it should be done under Servers - Apache Web Server - > Configure Apache M

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

On 12/31/2015 07:31 AM, Renaud (Ron) OLGIATI wrote: Thank you for the pointer, I'll install the package immediately, and enjoy a look at those pictures... I'm on it too. :0 Ric -- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and

Install Apache Modules on Webmin

I am newbie on Webmin + Virtualmin. Since I used cPanel it was very easy to enable modules such as gd, fileinfo, exif, mysqli, ... using EasyApache. In Webmin I guess it should be done under Servers - Apache Web Server - Configure Apache Modules, but there the former modules are no present. What

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

My two cents (not worth very much nowadays, I am afraid): I have not looked at the collections but like others, there simply have to be some girlie stuff, scantily clad beauties, ripped men, etc. I suppose these have place in clipart collections, someone might make use of them and not necessari

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

On 31/12/15 12:21, deloptes wrote: Fernando Arenas wrote: openclipart2 so which one is bugging you? There's a list at the end of the OP. I don't agree that any of the images on that list need to be removed from Debian for the reasons stated by the OP (I can't comment on whether they cons

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

Hi, Fernando Arenas wrote: > have found in a package called > openclipart2 clipsarts clearly sexist content in which women are presented > as sex objects. I had a look at https://sources.debian.net/src/openclipart2/2.0%2Bdfsg-1/clipart/ Some of the images in your list are moderate male fantasy

Re: Dovecot Problems?

On Wednesday 30 December 2015 22:56:06 David Baron wrote: > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 21:31:09 Jochen Spieker wrote: > > David Baron: > > > I can no longer log on to my IMAP server from my Android. I can do so > > > from > > > kmail but even the URL is translated to localhost. Using k-9 mail on

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

On Thu, 31 Dec 2015 12:15:01 +0100 Fernando Arenas wrote: > The reason for writing to you is to have found in a package called > openclipart2 clipsarts clearly sexist content in which women are presented > as sex objects. Thank you for the pointer, I'll install the package immediately, and enjo

Re: sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

Hello Fernando: I am not sure that the debian-user forum is the best place for your message: what I mean is that you may want to target better. The debian-user forum is meant for end users who are not responsible for the content of the packages. First, you may want to make a bugreport for the pa

sexist content in the package openclipart2-png

First my sincere congratulations to the entire team that works every day to improve this wonderful operating system. The reason for writing to you is to have found in a package called openclipart2 clipsarts clearly sexist content in which women are presented as sex objects. So I ask you to withdraw

Re: getting high resolution with recent nvidia card

On 2015-12-31 01:24 -0800, Ross Boylan wrote: > I'm running wheezy and recently added a new graphics card (nvidia 980 > Ti) and a new monitor (Dell 3440x1440 resolution). Wheezy's kernel is four years old, don't expect brand-new hardware to work with it. > The connection is > via DisplayPort. I

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Thursday 31 December 2015 09:22:25 Joe wrote: > On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:03:38 + > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 20:32:30 Joe wrote: > > > On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:41:08 + > > > > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 19:34:54 Steve Matzura wro

getting high resolution with recent nvidia card

I'm running wheezy and recently added a new graphics card (nvidia 980 Ti) and a new monitor (Dell 3440x1440 resolution). The connection is via DisplayPort. I would like to get this to work, though I don't necessarily need a lot of acceleration. At the moment the best I can do is 1024x768 (method

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 23:03:38 + Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 20:32:30 Joe wrote: > > On Wed, 30 Dec 2015 19:41:08 + > > > > Lisi Reisz wrote: > > > On Wednesday 30 December 2015 19:34:54 Steve Matzura wrote: > > > > The USB thumb drive idea was just something I >

Re: Putting It All On a Stick

Hi, i wrote: > > with the advise to use cp or dd and its link to > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/ Rick Thomas wrote: > Steve only has a Windows computer right now. [...] He reported to have tried on Linux, too. > so dd or cp are not available. Cygwin or alike ? > Whate