Minimizing shell access on my VPS

2014-01-18 Thread Aubrey Raech
Hey debian-user list-- I have a friend in another country who only uses Windows, and I wanted to show him a programming project I've been working on. This program only runs on GNU/Linux as of now, and is accessed through the terminal. My first thought is that this isn't a problem; I have a VPS ru

Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-25 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 07:30:54 -0700 Aubrey Raech wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:09:02 +1200 > Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > > > Goes to syslog by default i.e /var/log/syslog IIRC. > > > > Your name resolution issue is seperate, and probably due to needing > > d

Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-25 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:09:02 +1200 Joel Wirāmu Pauling wrote: > Goes to syslog by default i.e /var/log/syslog IIRC. > > Your name resolution issue is seperate, and probably due to needing > different name servers. Ensure you have a tun/tap device and IP etc > from your vpn provider with ; > > $

Re: Re: At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Aubrey Raech
> Put those settings into a file in /etc/openvpn/.conf > > Put your key, crt and ca into that same directory. > > run : > > $/etc/init.d/openvpn restart > > ta da! > > Done. > > This will automatically start on boot unless you change your startup scripts. I did this, and I lose the ability

At my wit's end with openvpn

2013-06-24 Thread Aubrey Raech
Hey all, I'm at my wit's end with openvpn. I've had a VPN service for almost a month now and I haven't been able to use it on Debian sid. I've never used a VPN before, so this is all very new to me. The service works out of the box on my flatmate's Windows computer, and if I use the provided inst

Re: elfsh for PPC

2013-03-21 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:32:27 +0100 mk nithilan wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know if elfsh tool is available for ppc elf files, I > am working on windows environment and I want to instrument powerpc > elf files. Best Regards, > Nithilan MK From what I can find, the answer is no. http://www.

Re: Debian 6.0.6

2013-03-12 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:59:24 -0700 Guru Prasad wrote: > Hello, > > Can you please send me the link to download debian 6.0.6. > I checked in the http://www.debian.org but couldn't find the link for > 6.0.6 version. > Can you please help with the information. > > Regards, > Guru I currently have

Looking for alias-like behavior that works with Alt-F2

2013-03-11 Thread Aubrey Raech
I am running Debian Wheezy with GNOME 3.4. I use Alt-F2 a lot to run some programs, things like gnome-terminal and gnome-dictionary. Those are annoying to type out in full, so currently I have created symbolic links from /usr/local/bin/gt to /usr/bin/gnome-terminal, and /usr/local/bin/gdic to /usr/

Re: I think D-I is recommending unnecessary non-free firmware, where do I take this?

2013-03-09 Thread Aubrey Raech
I feel embarrassed, but I guess I didn't look hard enough. This exact case already exists as a bug for debian-installer (severity: wishlist). http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=684968 Sorry about that. It doesn't look like anything will be done about this, since the debian-installer

I think D-I is recommending unnecessary non-free firmware, where do I take this?

2013-03-09 Thread Aubrey Raech
I've been using Debian for a long time on and off, and I've been using it as my primary (and only) OS for about a year now on a relatively new computer. While I've had issues, they've never been anything that couldn't be fixed by doing a little reading and learning. I'm no expert, but I think I've

Re: can't mount USB thumb drive

2013-03-07 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Thu, 07 Mar 2013 20:58:17 -0500 Joe Zien wrote: > > I am using mepis 12, a debian distro, on my ThinkPad T60 and can't > > mount my thumb drive. > > It is 4GIG fat32 and 90% filled with important files. > > Below is all the info I have on this drive /dev/sdb1: > > > > # fdisk -l > > > > Disk

Re: sound juicer over-range

2013-03-06 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 23:14:47 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > On a broadcast-grade CD deck with high-resolution bar-graph meter with > over-range indicator, the playback sounds clean and no over-range > distortion ("spattering") is obvious. > > However, when the SPDIF output from a playback de

Re: sound juicer over-range

2013-03-06 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 17:10:30 + "Russell L. Harris" wrote: > Sound Juicer 2.28.2 in Debian Squeeze (i386) was easy to use, ran > quickly, and appeared to function properly when ripping tracks of an > audiobook CD to .flac files. > > But upon sub

Re: encrypt connection pc to proxy server

2013-03-06 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 07:53:42 -0800 Kelly Clowers wrote: > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:17 AM, Darac Marjal > wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 06, 2013 at 10:53:55AM +0100, oxy wrote: > >> Hi guys, > >> > >> >> you could set up an encrypted VPN between yourself a

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:41:40 +0100 Chris Davies wrote: > Rob Owens wrote: > > I agree with using ssh, but I'd configure it to force sftp upon > > login like this: > > I figured I'd frighten the OP if I added too much complexity. Yes. :-/ > > >

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 18:24:22 -0500 "Christofer C. Bell" wrote: [snip] > > That said, there have been a number of suggestions towards modifying > the OP's requirements and I'm interested in seeing the reasoning > behind the requirements themselves.

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 15:16:19 +0100 Chris Davies wrote: > Aubrey Raech wrote: > > Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for > > email to a friend directly [...] > > > 1. Not a proper server (http, ftp) &

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:10:53 +0300 Mika Suomalainen wrote: > On 02.06.2012 09:21, Aubrey Raech wrote: > > On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:08:44 +0200 > > Tom Rausner wrote: > > > >> Dropbox ? > > > > Ah, and avoiding third-party servers was also a hopeful :-

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 20:28:22 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 09:34:55 -0500, green wrote: > > > Brian, you seem to be assuming that the router has a public IP (on > > the WAN side), which is often not true. Unfortunately, many ISPs > > pr

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 23:16:09 +0100 Brian wrote: > On Sat 02 Jun 2012 at 15:27:15 -0400, Miles Fidelman wrote: > > > Brian wrote: > > > > I guess it depends on which packages you tell the installer to > > load. One of the options is "web server," but

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-03 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 02 Jun 2012 21:07:15 -0400 Miles Fidelman wrote: > here's another interesting one: > http://www.home.unix-ag.org/simon/woof.html > > From the description: > > --- > Woof (Web Offer One File) tries a different approach. It assumes that

Re: Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-01 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 2 Jun 2012 08:08:44 +0200 Tom Rausner wrote: > Dropbox ? Ah, and avoiding third-party servers was also a hopeful :-/ I'd prefer not to have my files "out there" on the web... more of a direct person-to-person transfer. I've also considered

Programs for direct friend-to-friend file transfer?

2012-06-01 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Debian users! Sometimes I have the need to send files that are too large for email to a friend directly (such as recordings of music I am working on, or similar projects). I'm wondering if there is a program that I could use for direct transfer,

Re: `free' in GNU and DSFG?

2012-05-31 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 31 May 2012 19:42:58 +0900 Hiroki Horiuchi wrote: > Hello. > > I know at least GFDL documents are not `free' in DFSG. > In this respect, `free' in DFSG is narrower than the one in GNU. > Is there any reverse case? > > Thank you in advance.

Re: Application for creating educational flash on Debian?

2012-05-30 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 30 May 2012 20:40:12 +0200 Csanyi Pal wrote: > Hi, > > I'm searching such an application but didn't find any in debian > repository. > > The application should allow creating a flashvideo that can be using > then on a web page. > > Is the

Re: [Junk] Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 27 May 2012 06:46:42 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Please stop this! > > 1. debian-user@lists.debian.org ? > 2. Don't reply privately by "to" or "cc", reply to the list only. > 3. Don't use HTML. Use plain text. > 4. Top posting isn't wanted.

Re: backing up

2012-05-26 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 26 May 2012 16:57:23 -0400 Frank McCormick wrote: > Is there an easy way to back up a couple of profile directories when > you exit a window manager. > I'd like to back up .thunderbird at least when I quit Icewm to GDM... > > Thanks > > S

Re: jigdo-lite debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.jigdo

2012-05-21 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 22 May 2012 08:45:52 +0800 littlehead wrote: > I jigdo-lite debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.jigdo, but when it finished, the > debian-6.0.5-i386-DVD-1.iso is 4.7GB,larger than one DVD-R. I wonder > why, and how to resolve it. > > This may have som

Re: OT: Google chrome stable question

2012-05-21 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 May 2012 12:26:48 -0500 "John W. Foster" wrote: > On Mon, 2012-05-21 at 18:59 +0200, Siard wrote: > > On Mon, 21 May 2012 11:38 -0500 John W. Foster wrote: > > > I know Google Chrome is not directly supported by the debian > > > community

Re: need successfully installed documentation of nginx in Debian

2012-05-21 Thread Aubrey Raech
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 21 May 2012 14:51:16 +0530 Joby Mathew wrote: > Send me the detailed documentation of nginx installation and > configuration process i debian if any one has In squeeze-backports and testing, there's an "nginx-doc" [1] package that contains s