Re: Debian 9 network management

2018-08-14 Thread mick crane
On 2018-08-14 09:08, Remigio wrote: Hi there, recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network configuration management method was substantially changed. Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted the network parameters during the installatio

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Wed, Aug 15, 2018 at 02:59:17PM +1000, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 14.08.18 06:44, Richard Owlett wrote: > > On 08/14/2018 01:43 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > > The whole thing is just a plain text file, edited and read with Vim, > > > using multi-level folding, so it all presents as a one-

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Kenneth Parker
This brings up a question: If I am Installing something outside of the Packaging Infrastructure (usually, via a TarBall), I usually install inside of my Home Directory (for example, using $PATH for ~/bin). If I *MUST* make it available to other Users, I use the /usr/local/* directories. Now the

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Erik Christiansen
On 14.08.18 06:44, Richard Owlett wrote: > On 08/14/2018 01:43 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > > The whole thing is just a plain text file, edited and read with Vim, > > using multi-level folding, so it all presents as a one-page TOC. My > > version is probably of limited use to anyone else, as it e

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, local10 wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:44:26 > From: local10 > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition > table > Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:44:40 + (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@list

Re: Hrdware question

2018-08-14 Thread David Christensen
On 08/12/2018 11:01 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote: Le 11/08/2018 à 22:50, David Christensen a écrit : 3.  Do a fresh install of Debian onto the SSD.  Partition manually, creating three primary partitions: /boot (1 GB), swap (1 GB), and root (10 GB). Mind to explain why should /boot be on a sepa

Re: Debian 9 network management

2018-08-14 Thread Jude DaShiell
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018, Dan Ritter wrote: > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 16:27:03 > From: Dan Ritter > To: Remigio > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Debian 9 network management > Resent-Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 20:27:28 + (UTC) > Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > On Tue, Aug

Re: USB2 or 3 WiFi dual band adapters

2018-08-14 Thread Ben Caradoc-Davies
On 14/08/18 12:14, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: On 12/08/18 15:12, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: I am using a TP-Link TL-WN722N (ath9k_htc). I have two. Inexpensive, high-gain antenna, quite reliable despite regular hard work. Since my broadband upgrade from ADSL to gigabit fibre three days ago, I can

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 8/14/18, Johann Spies wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 at 17:18, Patrick Bartek wrote: > >> I'm curious. Did you just do a distribution upgrade on this laptop? >> From what to what? Or was it a clean install? Or is it an old install >> with everything working fine until now? > > I do regular dist

Re: Monitoring copy file security

2018-08-14 Thread Ilyass Kaouam
Thank's Le mar. 14 août 2018 à 18:03, Reco a écrit : > > > apt install auditd > > auditctl -a always,exit -F dir=/home/backup -F perm=war > > md5sum /home/backup/* # any reading/writing command will do > > tail /var/log/audit/audit.log > > Reco > > -- *Ilyass kaouam* *Systems administrator* *

Re: Debian 9 rocks, really

2018-08-14 Thread mark
On Saturday, March 24, 2018 6:31:11 PM EDT Andre Rodier wrote: > Hello all, > > I have been using Linux since more than 20 years, and Debian Linux since > Potato. I even remember the time when you had to carefully read the > documentation of your monitor to avoid damaging it, by choosing the > wro

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 at 17:18, Patrick Bartek wrote: > I'm curious. Did you just do a distribution upgrade on this laptop? > From what to what? Or was it a clean install? Or is it an old install > with everything working fine until now? I do regular dist-upgrades (testing) and have installed it

Re: Debian 9 network management

2018-08-14 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 01:08:40AM -0700, Remigio wrote: > Hi there, > recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network > configuration management method was substantially changed. > Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted > the network pa

Re: does btrfs have a future? (was: feature)

2018-08-14 Thread Matthew Crews
‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On August 14, 2018 6:54 AM, Anders Andersson wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Stefan K shado...@gmx.net wrote: > Before people start discussingfeatures, note that OP uses the > mostly non-standard spelling "feature" when he means "future". Good catch, I

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread deloptes
local10 wrote: > The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7 image, > I need to test something quick in windows. The iso file  is a windows 7 > image. is it live windows7 - I have heard rumors that such thing exists? Is it recovery disk? but why you don't run it in VM or

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Cindy-Sue Causey
On 8/13/18, Brian wrote: > On Mon 13 Aug 2018 at 17:49:08 +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 08:35:50AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 06:47:02 -0500 >> > Richard Owlett wrote: >> > >> > > PREAMBLE: >> > > I've downloaded a .deb file. >> > > I've re

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread john doe
On 8/14/2018 10:39 AM, Remigio wrote: Il giorno martedì 14 agosto 2018 10:20:04 UTC+2, john doe ha scritto: On 8/14/2018 9:05 AM, Remigio wrote: Hi there, recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network configuration management method was substantially changed. Infact the

Re: Monitoring copy file security

2018-08-14 Thread Reco
Hi. On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 08:52:35PM +0200, Ilyass Kaouam wrote: > Hi, > > I have a database server in which I save the database (dump) > let say > /home/backup directory. > I would like to monitor this directory and find out if anyone is doing a cp > or mv or. apt install auditd

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

2018-08-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 10:31:02AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Mon 13 Aug 2018 at 09:08:28 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > > The other alternatives are: > > > > 1) Stay on stretch. > > 2) Edit /etc/login.defs to restore a functional su command (without needing > >to use "su -"). > > 3) Put

Re: /etc/alternatives feedback for presentation

2018-08-14 Thread David Wright
On Mon 13 Aug 2018 at 09:08:28 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 05:28:37PM -0500, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > For example if I set the EDITOR env var how does > > that interact with update-alternatives when I run visudo? > > The VISUAL or EDITOR variable takes precedence, if

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 07:58:07AM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:56:17 +0200 > wrote: [...] > > I already retracted somewhere else in this thread-forest. Sorry. > > I saw it, but not until after I replied to your message. I

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:45:09 +0200 Johann Spies wrote: > I can push the power on button on my laptop, go and make coffee and > come back and wait a few minutes before I can work. > > The following services each takes longer than 10 seconds to activate: > > systemd-analyze blame > 1min 21.6

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
Il giorno martedì 14 agosto 2018 14:50:04 UTC+2, Greg Wooledge ha scritto: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:05:34AM -0700, Remigio wrote: ... Many thanks Greg for your clear exposition, I think that's what I was looking for. Regards

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 08:56:17 +0200 wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, Aug 13, 2018 at 07:05:33PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2018 17:49:08 +0200 > > wrote: > > [...] > > > > As I said already, dpkg does install dependencies. Actually, I

Re: does btrfs have a feature?

2018-08-14 Thread Anders Andersson
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:26 PM, Stefan K wrote: > In the beginning of btrfs, most blogs, websites, magazins said btrfs will be > THE next standard linux filesystem, so now after araound 10years it doesn't > look so good, or? > > Who use btrfs in production? What do you think - does have btrfs

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread Nicolas George
local10 (2018-08-14): > The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7 > image, I need to test something quick in windows. The iso file  is a > windows 7 image. Then I suspect you would have more luck asking people familiar with windows. Regards, -- Nicolas George sign

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread local10
Aug 14, 2018, 8:47 AM by geo...@nsup.org: > > You can try to mount /dev/sdb itself. > Yes, you're right, I can mount it on /dev/sdb. > > But you are probably doing something wrong in the first place. What is your > > endgame? > The goal here is to create an sd card containg a bootable windows 7

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Joe
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 12:31:22 +0100 Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 01:35:56AM -0700, Remigio wrote: > > desktop or what other software did you install - XFCE, or Gnome > >> or KDE? Then folks might be able to help ... > >> > >> Also, how would you -like- to configure your network

Re: ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread Nicolas George
local10 (2018-08-14): > Am having issues trasfering iso file to an sd card using dd: > > # dd if=/tmp/winfile.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=fsync > > dd completes successfully without any issues but when I try to mount > the sd card I can't (wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on > /dev/sdb1)

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:05:34AM -0700, Remigio wrote: > recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch [...] > Could you help me please to understand where are network configuration files > and how to manage them? If, during the installation, you choose to install a Desktop Environment, then Network Ma

ISO file to sd card: Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

2018-08-14 Thread local10
Hi, Am having issues trasfering iso file to an sd card using dd: # dd if=/tmp/winfile.iso of=/dev/sdb bs=1M conv=fsync dd completes successfully without any issues but when I try to mount the sd card I can't (wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1) and fdisk says "Disk /dev/sdb

Re: does btrfs have a feature?

2018-08-14 Thread Matthew Crews
On 8/14/18 3:26 AM, Stefan K wrote: > Hello, > > I'm just just curious. > In the beginning of btrfs, most blogs, websites, magazins said btrfs will be > THE next standard linux filesystem, so now after araound 10years it doesn't > look so good, or? > > Who use btrfs in production? What do you

Re: Installing package *NOT* in repository

2018-08-14 Thread Richard Owlett
On 08/14/2018 01:43 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: On 13.08.18 06:47, Richard Owlett wrote: PREAMBLE: I've downloaded a .deb file. I've recently done such an install but don't remember how. Looking at the man pages for apt, apt-get, aptitude didn't help. Couldn't come up with useful search term fo

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 01:35:56AM -0700, Remigio wrote: desktop or what other software did you install - XFCE, or Gnome or KDE? Then folks might be able to help ... Also, how would you -like- to configure your networking? Hi Zenaan, :-) the desktop environment is Xfce and I'd love to config

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
... > What desktop or what other software did you install - XFCE, or Gnome > or KDE? Then folks might be able to help ... > > Also, how would you -like- to configure your networking? Hi Zenaan, :-) the desktop environment is Xfce and I'd love to manage networking via shell. Thanks and regards

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 at 12:32, Martin wrote: > Just a guess: If you have no working network, DNS in specific, it may take > ages until you local resolver terminates with a time out error. This could be > one reason, why this apt-daily.service (and may be exim) takes that long. > Correct guess.

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Johann Spies
On Tue, 14 Aug 2018 at 12:22, Anders Andersson wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > I don't remember now if it's possible to log I/O activity, but maybe > you can inform us about the physical drive at least? I have a rotating disk - no ssd. I have since removed mar

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Martin
Am 14.08.2018 um 08:45 schrieb Johann Spies: > I can push the power on button on my laptop, go and make coffee and > come back and wait a few minutes before I can work. > > The following services each takes longer than 10 seconds to activate: > > systemd-analyze blame > 1min 21.617s apt-dail

does btrfs have a feature?

2018-08-14 Thread Stefan K
Hello, I'm just just curious. In the beginning of btrfs, most blogs, websites, magazins said btrfs will be THE next standard linux filesystem, so now after araound 10years it doesn't look so good, or? Who use btrfs in production? What do you think - does have btrfs a feature (because ZFS on

Re: Slow boot

2018-08-14 Thread Anders Andersson
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 8:45 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > I can push the power on button on my laptop, go and make coffee and > come back and wait a few minutes before I can work. > > The following services each takes longer than 10 seconds to activate: > > systemd-analyze blame > 1min 21.617s a

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread Curt
On 2018-08-14, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: > writes: > >> On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 03:34:06PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: >>> Hellow, i'm translating to Korean /Bugs section -- WWW. Though i try 3 >>> times for reading again again, i don't understand what means. See below: >> >>

SOLVED (Was: Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request)

2018-08-14 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
Brian writes: > On Tue 14 Aug 2018 at 15:34:06 +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: > >> Hellow, i'm translating to Korean /Bugs section -- WWW. Though i try 3 >> times for reading again again, i don't understand what means. See below: >> >> #+BEGIN_SRC: text from /Bugs/server-request >> The

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i now understand that the page is not about _submitting_ bugs but rather for operating the bug tracker. In that light, Brian's statement would indeed explain the meaning. Brian wrote: > The subject of the mail has no importance and requ...@bugs.debian.org > will completely ignore it. So you c

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Aug 2018 at 01:14:45 -0700, Remigio wrote: > ..- > > What desktop or what other software did you install - XFCE, or Gnome > > or KDE? Then folks might be able to help ... > > > > Also, how would you -like- to configure your networking? > > Hi Zenaan, :-) > the desktop is Xfce and I'de

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
desktop or what other software did you install - XFCE, or Gnome > or KDE? Then folks might be able to help ... > > Also, how would you -like- to configure your networking? Hi Zenaan, :-) the desktop environment is Xfce and I'd love to configure the networking via shell. Thanks and regards

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
Il giorno martedì 14 agosto 2018 10:20:04 UTC+2, john doe ha scritto: > On 8/14/2018 9:05 AM, Remigio wrote: > > Hi there, > > recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network > > configuration management method was substantially changed. > > Infact the file /etc/network/interf

Re: New su behavior in util-linux 2.32

2018-08-14 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2018-08-12 00:13:31 +, Dale Forsyth wrote: > > From: Pétùr > Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 7:41 PM > To: debian-user > Subject: New su behavior in util-linux 2.32 > > Using 'su' generates now an path error when launching programs such as > 'shutdown'. The

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread Brian
On Tue 14 Aug 2018 at 15:34:06 +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: > Hellow, i'm translating to Korean /Bugs section -- WWW. Though i try 3 > times for reading again again, i don't understand what means. See below: > > #+BEGIN_SRC: text from /Bugs/server-request > The Subject of the message

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 04:49:00PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG wrote: [...] > So the reply's Subject is important, is this key point? > The URL was https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request.en.html Hey, thanks for the link! > I need more example. Tomas

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
..- > What desktop or what other software did you install - XFCE, or Gnome > or KDE? Then folks might be able to help ... > > Also, how would you -like- to configure your networking? Hi Zenaan, :-) the desktop is Xfce and I'de love to configure the networking via shell. Thanks and regards

Debian 9 network management

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
Hi there, recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network configuration management method was substantially changed. Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted the network parameters during the installation process and network works now. I t

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > Hi, > > i too read on > https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request > "The Subject of the message is ignored, except for generating the Subject >of the reply." > > This is indeed a riddling statement. > Last time i submitted a bug it had the subject: > > live-w

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread john doe
On 8/14/2018 9:05 AM, Remigio wrote: Hi there, recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network configuration management method was substantially changed. Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted the network parameters during the installa

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
writes: > On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 03:34:06PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: >> Hellow, i'm translating to Korean /Bugs section -- WWW. Though i try 3 >> times for reading again again, i don't understand what means. See below: > > I can't find the text you are referring to. An URL would

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, i too read on https://www.debian.org/Bugs/server-request "The Subject of the message is ignored, except for generating the Subject of the reply." This is indeed a riddling statement. Last time i submitted a bug it had the subject: live-wrapper: debian-live-9.4.0-amd64-xfce.iso image

Re: debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 12:05:34AM -0700, Remigio wrote: > Hi there, > recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network > configuration management method was substantially changed. > Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted > the network pa

debian 9 network configuration

2018-08-14 Thread Remigio
Hi there, recently I installed Debian 9 Stretch and I noticed that the network configuration management method was substantially changed. Infact the file /etc/network/interfaces is almost empty despite I've inserted the network parameters during the installation process and network works now. I t

Re: need help: some words is not easy to understand in /Bugs/server-request

2018-08-14 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Aug 14, 2018 at 03:34:06PM +0900, Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙) wrote: > Hellow, i'm translating to Korean /Bugs section -- WWW. Though i try 3 > times for reading again again, i don't understand what means. See below: I can't find the text you a