Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread john doe
On 4/21/2018 9:58 PM, David Christensen wrote: On 04/21/18 08:38, john doe wrote: Here's the code I used to let a script prompt for a password: read -s -p "Enter password: " [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit 1 Note that the above 'read' command will operate differently on Dash and on Bash: 2018-04-21 1

Re: Intel - Sky Lake Processor?

2018-04-21 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 22/04/18 12:24, HP Garcia wrote: Does any else have a Debian installed on a pc with a Intel Sky Lake processor? Has anyone got it configured properly without any boot errors? Just curious. HP Garcia Skylake is now well-supported. I am using unstable on a Kaby Lake i7 7700, one release later

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 03:13:09PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: [...] > AFAIK ifconfig was superseded by some component of systemd. No. It's just not installed by default. It is part of package net-tools, which you may install separately... > If

Re: Debian for wide-world, yes we can!

2018-04-21 Thread Ben Finney
MENGUAL Jean-Philippe writes: > Hypra developed […] a service to provide a free software based > computer, as nice as typical PCs, with a better uman support (better > privacy, including search engine, etc) > - 200 blind and old people now use Debian GNU/Linux, Libreoffice and > Firefox thanks to

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 22:01:23 (+), Long Wind wrote: > i copy those freq from monitor's manual > and they work in 9.3 and early distro > > i remove xorg.conf, error seems same > see attachment I don't understand the (EE) line below: do you normally see this with 9.3? And incidentally do you

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 20:10:27 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 13:54:03 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 19:14:06 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > > Is it possible that ps output does not show parameters to switches? > > > > Not AFAIK. Here, I can see lines in the li

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 13:04:20 (-0700), David Christensen wrote: > On 04/20/18 12:38, Brian wrote: > >DECRYPT=$(scrypt dec /usr/local/bin/myscript) && eval "$DECRYPT" > > On 04/21/18 09:36, David Wright wrote: > >If so, then won't the password be revealed by ps while eval is > >evaluating it? > >

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread fmneto
Hello Ennio, this usually happens when you are using a graphics driver that depends on a kernel module that is not shipped with the standard kernel, like nvidia-driver for example. You need to reinstall the module, linking it against the new kernel (boot into 4.15 and reinstall the driver)

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
Long Wind composed on 2018-04-22 00:32 (UTC): > i think my monitor comply with those standards and can support default > setting used by X > and your freq range have little chance of solving my problem You don't know that if you didn't try. Something in the driver could have changed to cause a

Intel - Sky Lake Processor?

2018-04-21 Thread HP Garcia
Does any else have a Debian installed on a pc with a Intel Sky Lake processor? Has anyone got it configured properly without any boot errors? Just curious. HP Garcia

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Dan Ritter wrote: On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 03:13:09PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > > > On 04/21/18 14:24, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > > > One more thing: Because of some changes, from 8 to 9, I am being > asked to > > > do Network Administration, with both

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
Felix Miata composed on 2018-04-21 16:10 (UTC-0400): > ...If you insist on using an xorg.conf file, then express HorizSync > and VertRefresh as ranges instead of values. e.g. instead of > HorizSync 47.71 > VertRefresh 59.79 > use > HorizSync 45-49 > Vert

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Kenneth Parker
Hello David, On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 6:13 PM, David Christensen < dpchr...@holgerdanske.com> wrote: > On 04/21/18 14:24, Kenneth Parker wrote: > >> ... wireless.kernel.org to download Firmware for this B43 Device. >> > > My decommissioned Dell Inspiron E1505 required the same firmware. I > bough

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 03:13:09PM -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 04/21/18 14:24, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > > One more thing: Because of some changes, from 8 to 9, I am being asked to > > do Network Administration, with both Hands behind my Back: Debian CD1 > > does *NOT* install the ifc

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 06:07:28PM -0400, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Thanks! Between you and Abdullah, I believe I have, what I need, next > window with my Friend. > > Consider this "Provisionally Solved". And now for the other thing: > > > One more thing: Because of some changes, from 8 to 9, I

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/21/18 14:24, Kenneth Parker wrote: ... wireless.kernel.org to download Firmware for this B43 Device. My decommissioned Dell Inspiron E1505 required the same firmware. I bought a replacement WiFi card in the hopes it would be better supported by GNU/Linux and *BSD, but can't remember if

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Kenneth Parker
Thanks! Between you and Abdullah, I believe I have, what I need, next window with my Friend. Consider this "Provisionally Solved". Best Regards, Kenneth Parker On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 5:49 PM, Rick Thomas wrote: > Hi Kenneth, > > Have a look at > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unoffic

Re: Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Rick Thomas
Hi Kenneth, Have a look at http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/ You may find something there that will fit your situation… Enjoy! Rick On Apr 21, 2018, at 2:24 PM, Kenneth Parker wrote: > Hello, > > I am helping a Friend install Debian 9.4 to an old

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/21/18 12:10, Brian wrote: On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 13:54:03 -0500, David Wright wrote: On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 19:14:06 (+0100), Brian wrote: On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 11:36:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 20:38:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: T have a script. It contains an impor

Network-related Chicken and Egg Issue, attempting Install of Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Kenneth Parker
Hello, I am helping a Friend install Debian 9.4 to an old, Intel Macbook, where the only Internet access is through a Broadcom BCM4322 Wifi Chip. I got as far as installing the Debian 9.4 CD-1, but couldn't get the Network up. It seems that Debian doesn't wish to support "Non-Free" hardware, and

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/21/18 11:14, Brian wrote: On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 11:36:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: If so, then won't the password be revealed by ps while eval is evaluating it? I do not know the most efficacious way to see the ps output in real time as eval runs. With a bit of trial and error (scrypt i

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/21/18 09:51, Glenn English wrote: That's two recommendations for putting the secret in a separate file; Or how about creating that file, copying it to a CD or USB stick, hanging it on the wall, clearing out the directory, then mounting it when you want to use it. Moving the encrypted fi

Re: A Question about a supposedly missing file

2018-04-21 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 12:46:37PM -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > I have installed a GUI for some of my modeling programs > (http://www.quimica.urv.cat/~pujadas/BDT) on my Debian Stretch platform. > > While there were no warning or error messages during the installation when I > attempt executi

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Felix Miata
Long Wind composed on 2018-04-21 19:42 (UTC): > i don't think deleting xorg.conf will help I think it could and probably would. > the xorg.conf works in stretch 9.3 > i created it to set resolution/freq of monitor > it's quite simple, do you see any option in xorg.conf that might cause > troubl

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/20/18 12:38, Brian wrote: DECRYPT=$(scrypt dec /usr/local/bin/myscript) && eval "$DECRYPT" On 04/21/18 09:36, David Wright wrote: If so, then won't the password be revealed by ps while eval is evaluating it? Apparently, not: 2018-04-21 13:02:16 dpchrist@vstretch ~/sandbox/sh $ cat env

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/21/18 08:38, john doe wrote: Here's the code I used to let a script prompt for a password: read -s -p "Enter password: " [ $? -ne 0 ] && exit 1 Note that the above 'read' command will operate differently on Dash and on Bash: 2018-04-21 12:53:27 dpchrist@vstretch ~/sandbox/sh $ cat rea

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Long Wind
Thanks! when i install 9.4, security update is automatically installed i suspect security update is  cause of trouble in 9.3 i don't have security update On Sunday, April 22, 2018, 2:18:21 AM GMT+8, Ennio-Sr wrote: * Long Wind [210418, 10:26]: >  Thanks, my card is old, but it should

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Christensen
On 04/21/18 08:20, Brian wrote: On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 17:07:10 -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 04/20/18 12:38, Brian wrote: T have a script. It contains an important password. I have encrypted the script [using scrypt] ... I ... decrypt it ... [and redirect the plaintext] to a file ... The

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Long Wind
Thanks! but i don't think deleting xorg.conf will help the xorg.conf works in stretch 9.3 i created it to set resolution/freq of monitor it's quite simple, do you see any option in xorg.conf that might cause trouble? On Sunday, April 22, 2018, 2:28:55 AM GMT+8, David Wright wrote: On S

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 13:54:03 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 19:14:06 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 11:36:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > > > On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 20:38:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > > > T have a script. It contains an important password.

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 19:14:06 (+0100), Brian wrote: > On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 11:36:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 20:38:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > > T have a script. It contains an important password. > > > > If you cat /usr/local/bin/myscript do you see your impo

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 01:48:15 (+), Long Wind wrote: > X works in 9.3, it doesn't in 9.4 > i attach log and conf files My first reaction would be to hide the xorg.conf file and see what X can do when left to its own devices (no pun intended). BTW what's you xorg.conf designed to achieve? Che

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Ennio-Sr
* Long Wind [210418, 10:26]: > Thanks, my card is old, but it should work and it work in 9.3 > i don't think changing resolution/depth will help > the setting is same as in stretch 9.3 > resolution/freq are recommended by monitor's manual > [...] Hi Francisco, yesterday I had a similar problem:

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread Brian
On Sat 21 Apr 2018 at 11:36:05 -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 20:38:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > > T have a script. It contains an important password. > > If you cat /usr/local/bin/myscript do you see your important > password on the screen? With the unencrypted file - yes.

Re: mkisofs

2018-04-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Leandro Noferini wrote: > libisofs: WARNING : Cannot add /doc/FAQ/html/index.html to Joliet tree. > Symlinks can only be added to a Rock Ridge tree. This is a justified warning. Joliet cannot represent symbolic links or other non-data file types. To our luck Joliet is not used during booting

Re: mkisofs (was: Installer image for installation via ssh)

2018-04-21 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Curt wrote: > > > > http://www.sgvulcan.com/2010/01/06/installing-debian-using-only-ssh/ Leandro Noferini wrote: > > > mkisofs -o ../custom_install.iso -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 > > > -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ../isonew Steve McIntyre wrote: >

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread Glenn English
> That's two recommendations for putting the secret in a separate file; Or how about creating that file, copying it to a CD or USB stick, hanging it on the wall, clearing out the directory, then mounting it when you want to use it. -- Glenn English

A Question about a supposedly missing file

2018-04-21 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
I have installed a GUI for some of my modeling programs (http://www.quimica.urv.cat/~pujadas/BDT) on my Debian Stretch platform. While there were no warning or error messages during the installation when I attempt execution I get the following: comp@AbNormal:~/Apps/BDT$ ./bdt /usr/local/groma

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread David Wright
On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 20:38:48 (+0100), Brian wrote: > T have a script. It contains an important password. If you cat /usr/local/bin/myscript do you see your important password on the screen? > I have encrypted the script with > > scrypt [enc] -t 10 /usr/local/bin/myscript > > I can, of c

Re: mkisofs

2018-04-21 Thread Leandro Noferini
Steve McIntyre writes: [...] >>mkisofs -o ../custom_install.iso -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 >>-boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ../isonew [...] > genisoimage should be an exact drop-in replacement for mkisofs, or you > can also use xorriso with the same

Re: mkisofs

2018-04-21 Thread Leandro Noferini
Cindy-Sue Causey writes: [...] >> mkisofs -o ../custom_install.iso -r -J -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 >> -boot-info-table -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat ../isonew [...] > I've had some mostly bad luck in this topic (relative to messing > around with virtual machines), BUT...

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread john doe
On 4/21/2018 5:20 PM, Brian wrote: On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 17:07:10 -0700, David Christensen wrote: On 04/20/18 12:38, Brian wrote: T have a script. It contains an important password. I have encrypted the script with scrypt dec -t 10 /usr/local/bin/myscript Looking at: http://manpages.o

Re: encryption

2018-04-21 Thread Brian
On Fri 20 Apr 2018 at 17:07:10 -0700, David Christensen wrote: > On 04/20/18 12:38, Brian wrote: > > T have a script. It contains an important password. > > > > I have encrypted the script with > > > >scrypt dec -t 10 /usr/local/bin/myscript > > Looking at: > > http://manpages.org/scrypt >

Re: apt-get: Error: Timeout was reached

2018-04-21 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Apr 21, 2018 at 10:50:47AM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hi Tomás, > > many thanks for your response :-) [...] > retry temporary address regeneration > Apr 21 10:36:01 master kernel: [3019221.240105] IPv6: ipv6_create_tempaddr: [...] > Al

Re: X does not work in Debian 9.4

2018-04-21 Thread Francisco M Neto
According to your Xorg log you seem to be using a rather old video card. Maybe you should try using lower resolutions/color depths and see if it works. -Francisco On Sat, 2018-04-21 at 01:48 +, Long Wind wrote: > X works in 9.3, it doesn't in 9.4 > i attach log and conf files > > i'm going o

Re: apt-get: Error: Timeout was reached

2018-04-21 Thread Rainer Dorsch
Hi Tomás, many thanks for your response :-) Am Samstag, 21. April 2018, 08:43:20 CEST schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 10:20:12PM +0200, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > > Am Freitag, 20. April 2018, 22:13:11 CEST schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: > > > curl -I http://security.debian.org/debian-