Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 15 iul 19, 09:15:19, Kent West wrote: > > However, now with the machines upgraded to Debian 10 (Buster), > "/usr/bin/lsb_release -a" reports the Debian version as 10 rather than as > 10.0, and apparently the SMA expects that minor number as well as the major > number. This issue will most

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 15 July 2019 16:15:23 Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 03:09:28PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > Well, in this particular case, the Quest SMA is a Systems Management > > Appliance, which provides management and data-collection > > capabilities of devices on a network. When a s

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Kent West
On 7/15/19 3:54 PM, Nicolas George wrote: Kent West (12019-07-15): - They plainly state that they support Ubuntu 18.04, but not Debian. So, did I get this right: this is a software, if you install it on Ubuntu 18.04, it can tell you on what OS and version it runs, REMOTELY. Is that it? Yes

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Nicolas George
Kent West (12019-07-15): > - They plainly state that they support Ubuntu 18.04, but not Debian. So, did I get this right: this is a software, if you install it on Ubuntu 18.04, it can tell you on what OS and version it runs, REMOTELY. Is that it? Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Des

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Kent West
On 7/15/19 3:15 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 03:09:28PM -0500, Kent West wrote: Well, in this particular case, the Quest SMA is a Systems Management Appliance, which provides management and data-collection capabilities of devices on a network. When a sysadmin wants to use t

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 15 July 2019 16:09:28 Kent West wrote: > On 7/15/19 2:48 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> 3) It spurs me to ask: So, if not via LSB, what is the canonical > >> way to programatically determine the version of an installed Debian > >> setup? > > > > Why would a program want to know? > > > >

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 03:09:28PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Well, in this particular case, the Quest SMA is a Systems Management > Appliance, which provides management and data-collection capabilities of > devices on a network. When a sysadmin wants to use the SMA to find out about > PCs on the ne

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Kent West
On 7/15/19 2:48 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: 3) It spurs me to ask: So, if not via LSB, what is the canonical way to programatically determine the version of an installed Debian setup? Why would a program want to know? That won't give it very much information, since the system may very well have

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Stefan Monnier
> 3) It spurs me to ask: So, if not via LSB, what is the canonical way to > programatically determine the version of an installed Debian setup? Why would a program want to know? That won't give it very much information, since the system may very well have a mix of packages from different Debian r

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 02:34:39PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > 3) It spurs me to ask: So, if not via LSB, what is the canonical way to > programatically determine the version of an installed Debian setup? cat /etc/debian_version

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Kent West
On 7/15/19 9:25 AM, Michael Stone wrote: On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 09:15:19AM -0500, Kent West wrote: However, that didn't solve the issue; apparently the SMA release on the "Description:" line of output from "lsb_release -a" instead of the "Release:" line. And now we see one of the big reas

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Michael Stone
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 09:15:19AM -0500, Kent West wrote: However, that didn't solve the issue; apparently the SMA release on the "Description:" line of output from "lsb_release -a" instead of the "Release:" line. And now we see one of the big reasons why the LSB initiative failed: the vend

Re: Buster install

2019-07-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 09:29:55AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > What's the point of preserving the environment, but resetting PATH? It assumes you trust yourself, and that you did not intentionally sabotage your own environment. The changes that you, the owner and administrator of your computer

Re: Where'd lsb-compat go?

2019-07-15 Thread Kent West
NOT REQUIRED READING; this is just a follow-up for documentation purposes in case anyone else needs this info from the list archives. (TL;DR at bottom) On 7/11/19 1:48 PM, Kent West wrote: 1) I have several Debian boxes running as kiosks, and reporting to a centralized Quest-branded "Systems

Re: Buster install

2019-07-15 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:42:52AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 09:11:17AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > On Du, 14 iul 19, 00:09:09, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > > Use "su -" (or "sudo -s") if you want to achieve that... > > > > You probably meant 'sudo -i' ;) > > Ye

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Joe
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 09:07:05 -0400 Dan Ritter wrote: > to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 06:21:28AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > Reco wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 02:05:04PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > > > > > > That's not

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Dan Ritter
to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 06:21:28AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > Reco wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 02:05:04PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > > > > That's not a problem sending mail via a script; that's a problem with > > > > Google's view o

proftpd mod_sftp broken in buster?

2019-07-15 Thread Markus Raps
Hi there! Anyone else having trouble with setting up sftp using proftpd on buster? DefaultRoot ~ RequireValidShell off SFTPEngine on Port SFTPLog /var/log/proftpd/sftp.log S

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Joe
On Mon, 15 Jul 2019 10:34:44 + Andy Smith wrote: > Hi Pierre, > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 06:17:50PM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > I tried with mail.mailutils, and I get the following error: > > > ><< 550-5.7.1 [2a01:e35:8a7f:9c50:2e4d:54ff:fed0:5806] Our system > > has detected th

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Pierre, On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 06:17:50PM +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > I tried with mail.mailutils, and I get the following error: > ><< 550-5.7.1 [2a01:e35:8a7f:9c50:2e4d:54ff:fed0:5806] Our system has > detected that ><<< 550-5.7.1 this message does not meet IPv6 sending guidel

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 01:28:40PM +0300, Reco wrote: > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 06:21:28AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: [...] > > Why do you think they have that requirement? > > An error message included a link to support.google.com. Along with the other > things it says: Heh. Great minds think al

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread tomas
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 06:21:28AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 02:05:04PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > > That's not a problem sending mail via a script; that's a problem with > > > Google's view of the reputation of the mail server tha

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Reco
On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 06:21:28AM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Reco wrote: > > Hi. > > > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 02:05:04PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > > > That's not a problem sending mail via a script; that's a problem with > > > Google's view of the reputation of the mail server tha

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Dan Ritter
Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 02:05:04PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > > > That's not a problem sending mail via a script; that's a problem with > > Google's view of the reputation of the mail server that you are using. > > (Which may be the machine that you are typing on, o

Re: Flatpak or repository apps

2019-07-15 Thread Alessandro Vesely
On Fri 12/Jul/2019 13:27:08 +0200 Reco wrote: > On Fri, Jul 12, 2019 at 09:33:44AM +0300, Georgios wrote: >> Hi there! >> >> Based on security and stability i was wondering what is more preferable? >> >> Installing apps through flatpak or through debian repositories? > > I trust Debian at packagin

Re: sending mail via a script

2019-07-15 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 02:05:04PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > On Sun, 14 Jul 2019, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > > > > > hi, > > > I'm looking for a way to send a mail via a script What are the available > > > solutions ? > > > > I tried with mail.mailutils, a