Re: Fwd: Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/12/2015 11:36 AM, i...@thargoid.co.uk wrote: > Forwarding to the list as I seemed to have managed to leave it off. > Apologies. > > >> >>> Knowledge is easier to duplicate than a physical item. You mentioned the >>> ATM attack. >> >> Incorrect. Knowledge cannot be duplicated if there is no

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/12/2015 10:10 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 09:19:58AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 1/12/2015 8:05 AM, i...@thargoid.co.uk wrote: >>> >>> Nope - I am pretty sure it is something I am, within the context of the >>> above s

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/12/2015 8:05 AM, i...@thargoid.co.uk wrote: > > While it is possible to enforce certain password policies (e.g. must use > capital letters, numbers, symbols etc) these > do not necessarily dictate a secure password. I guess if I know you > phone number, if it is stored in my phone I have > it

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-10 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/10/2015 2:41 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > People like Snowden?? :) Ric > > Snowden had direct access to the files. No hacking required. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Arc

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-10 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/10/2015 6:39 AM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:24 PM, scott wrote: >> On 01/09/2015 09:19 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> On 1/9/2015 8:49 PM, Joel Rees wrote: >>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Martin Steigerwald >>>> wrote:

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-10 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/10/2015 12:24 AM, scott wrote: > On 01/10/2015 12:01 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 1/9/2015 10:24 PM, scott wrote: >>> On 01/09/2015 09:19 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 1/9/2015 8:49 PM, Joel Rees wrote: >>>>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:25 PM

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/9/2015 10:24 PM, scott wrote: > On 01/09/2015 09:19 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 1/9/2015 8:49 PM, Joel Rees wrote: >>> On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Martin Steigerwald >>> wrote: >>>> Am Freitag, 9. Januar 2015, 00:24:06 schrieb Brian: >>>

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/9/2015 8:49 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Martin Steigerwald > wrote: >> Am Freitag, 9. Januar 2015, 00:24:06 schrieb Brian: >>> On Thu 08 Jan 2015 at 22:36:46 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >>>> Am Donnerstag, 8. Januar 201

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/9/2015 4:37 PM, Bob Holtzman wrote: > On Fri, Jan 09, 2015 at 10:49:49AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >snip... >> >> SSH passwords are very safe, if they are long enough. For instance, if >> you have a 10 character password, mixed c

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/9/2015 11:19 AM, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote: > On Sex, 09 Jan 2015, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> SSH passwords are very safe, if they are long enough. For instance, if >> you have a 10 character password, mixed case and numbers (no special >> characters), a brute force attac

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/9/2015 11:29 AM, Danny wrote: >> If you want to inspect further, I would suggest you look at each of the >> jobs being run. See if they are what you expect them to be. Also check >> your /etc/crontab and /etc/anacrontab to see what is in them. > > I would love to investigate further but I a

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/9/2015 4:25 AM, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > Am Freitag, 9. Januar 2015, 00:24:06 schrieb Brian: >> On Thu 08 Jan 2015 at 22:36:46 +0100, Martin Steigerwald wrote: >>> Am Donnerstag, 8. Januar 2015, 14:20:27 schrieb Jerry Stuckle: >>>> Just ensure you're us

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-09 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/8/2015 3:02 PM, Brian wrote: > > If you have resorted to using iptables you have lost it. A standard > Debian install doesn't need it. > > I disagree. iptables is a great tool for blocking unwanted connections. What do you have against it? Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-08 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/8/2015 3:53 PM, Danny wrote: > Hi guys, > > My apologies for replying a little late ... > > It was an absolute struggle getting things to work just so that I can give > more > information about the intrusion. I narrowed it down to cron ... What would > happen is this ... After a boot the ne

Re: Have I been hacked?

2015-01-06 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/6/2015 2:53 PM, Danny wrote: >> A stab in the dark, but is it possible this machine has services exposed to >> the internet, and you'd not applied fixes against the recent shellshock bug? >> > > Jip ... ssh, apache, postfix, popa3d ... come to think of it ... all the candy > is available ...

Re: upgrade from wheezy to jessie

2015-01-06 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 1/6/2015 7:27 AM, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 06/01/15 13:12, Brian wrote: >> On Tue 06 Jan 2015 at 12:11:48 +0100, Gerard ROBIN wrote: >> >>> usually when the distribution changes, I update my system rather than >>> reinstall everything. But for the transition from wheezy to jessie, >>> I w

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS

2014-12-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/31/2014 3:11 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/31/2014 02:32 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> Really, your expectations are unrealistic, especially since you don't >> know my clients, their business, their employees' qualifications and a >> whole lot of other th

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS [Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?]

2014-12-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/31/2014 1:34 PM, Mike McGinn wrote: > > > On Wednesday, December 31, 2014 09:45:53 Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 12/31/2014 4:20 AM, Mart van de Wege wrote: > >> > Jerry Stuckle writes: > >> >> On 12/30/2014 5:49 PM, Don Armstrong wrote:

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS [Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?]

2014-12-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/31/2014 1:10 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Mi, 31 dec 14, 09:45:53, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> >> I've never said anyone should be obliged to maintain Debian the way I >> want. I said the way they are going is not acceptable, so my clients >> are changing dist

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS

2014-12-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/31/2014 1:24 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/30/2014 5:49 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: >>> If Debian is important to their business, then they should hire >>> people to work on the bits of Debian that matter to them. >&

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS [Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?]

2014-12-31 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/31/2014 4:20 AM, Mart van de Wege wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: > >> On 12/30/2014 5:49 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: >>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> The people there have enough to do at work, and like to have a life >>>> outside

Re: Fwd: Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS [Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?]

2014-12-30 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/30/2014 10:07 PM, William Unruh wrote: >> >> On 12/30/2014 5:49 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: >>> On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> The people there have enough to do at work, and like to have a life >>>> outside of work. Be

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS [Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?]

2014-12-30 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/30/2014 5:49 PM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> The people there have enough to do at work, and like to have a life >> outside of work. Believer it or not, not everyone is capable (or >> interested) in spending their life working on

Re: Continuing to use SysV; LTS [Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?]

2014-12-30 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/30/2014 9:45 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Mon, 29 Dec 2014, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> I should also add - that's why they are looking at other distros now. >> They are planning to stay on Wheezy as long as possible. It will >> probably take two years for them to ge

Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-30 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/30/2014 5:37 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 29 dec 14, 22:06:55, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> >> No, from what I've seen, the default is to do preventative fscks, >> depending on the number of boots (and time? I'm not sure). > > Could you please sh

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-29 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/29/2014 10:05 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/29/2014 08:51 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/29/2014 1:27 PM, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 12/29/2014 06:44 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 12/29/2014 1:22 AM, Ric Moore wrote: >>>>> On 12/28/2014 10:58 AM

Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-29 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/29/2014 9:33 PM, William Unruh wrote: >> On 12/29/2014 1:27 PM, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 12/29/2014 06:44 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 12/29/2014 1:22 AM, Ric Moore wrote: >>>>> On 12/28/2014 10:58 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>>>>

Re: Fwd: Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-29 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/29/2014 9:33 PM, William Unruh wrote: >> On 12/29/2014 1:27 PM, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 12/29/2014 06:44 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 12/29/2014 1:22 AM, Ric Moore wrote: >>>>> On 12/28/2014 10:58 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>>>>

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-29 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/29/2014 1:27 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/29/2014 06:44 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/29/2014 1:22 AM, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 12/28/2014 10:58 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 12/28/2014 5:54 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>>>> On Sunday 28 Decemb

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-29 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/29/2014 1:31 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/29/2014 06:44 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> This is a Debian User list. Why don't you want bugs which affect Debian >> users discussed here? And that's what I have seen here - at least until >> you started co

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-29 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/29/2014 1:22 AM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 12/28/2014 10:58 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/28/2014 5:54 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >>> On Sunday 28 December 2014 00:20:20 Celejar wrote: >>>> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:02:52 -0500 >>>> >>>> Jerry St

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-28 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/28/2014 5:54 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Sunday 28 December 2014 00:20:20 Celejar wrote: >> On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:02:52 -0500 >> >> Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> On 12/11/2014 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: >>>> On Thu 11 Dec 2014 at 12:11:26 -0500, Jerry Stuck

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-27 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/27/2014 7:20 PM, Celejar wrote: > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:02:52 -0500 > Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 12/11/2014 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: >>> On Thu 11 Dec 2014 at 12:11:26 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >>>> I often give presentations with my notebook.

Re: SFTP question

2014-12-26 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/26/2014 12:48 PM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:42:21 -0500 > Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >>>>>> It's possible to corrupt ANY program if you replace a .dll or .so with >>>>>> your own code. >>>>> >

Re: SFTP question

2014-12-26 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/26/2014 1:51 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 09:19:49PM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/25/2014 11:23 AM, Reco wrote: >>> Hi. >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:18:11AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 12/25/

Re: SFTP question

2014-12-25 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/25/2014 11:23 AM, Reco wrote: > Hi. > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 10:18:11AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/25/2014 8:54 AM, Andre N Batista wrote: >>> On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:18:36AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 12/24/2014 2:01 AM, Danny

Re: SFTP question

2014-12-25 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/25/2014 8:54 AM, Andre N Batista wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 11:18:36AM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 12/24/2014 2:01 AM, Danny wrote: >>> Hi Bob, >>> >>> You were right, SFTP, FileZilla and Proftp confused the hell out of me ... >>> lol

Re: SFTP question

2014-12-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/24/2014 2:48 PM, Danny wrote: > Hi Guys, > > As a matter of interest, after I installed fail2ban I got this on ssh: > > ### > Hi, > > The IP 122.225.109.103 has just been banned by Fail2Ban afte

Re: SFTP question

2014-12-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/24/2014 2:01 AM, Danny wrote: > Hi Bob, > > You were right, SFTP, FileZilla and Proftp confused the hell out of me ... lol > ... I must add in my defense though that I was in a state of panic after > syslog > warned me of an attack by someone during the night via ssh ... So I > frantically

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/12/2014 6:47 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 11 Dec 2014 at 22:04:56 -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > >> On 20141211_1332+, Brian wrote: >>> >>> Multiply your experience by 10,000 or 100,000 similar accounts and a >>> picture begins to emerge and you can decide on how much confidence you >>> can

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/12/2014 2:34 PM, Brian wrote: > On Fri 12 Dec 2014 at 13:54:39 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 12/12/2014 12:07 PM, Brian wrote: >>> >>> The ^C method only postpones the fsck to another time. The issue of when >>> to run one remains. >> &

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/12/2014 12:07 PM, Brian wrote: > On Fri 12 Dec 2014 at 09:36:33 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 12/12/2014 6:02 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: >>> Jerry Stuckle writes: >>> >>> > This means fsck will never run because I don't use >>&g

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-12 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/12/2014 6:02 AM, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: > > > This means fsck will never run because I don't use > > the laptop outside of those times. > > Plan to use it outside of these times as a maintenance call. Or check > the discussion f

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-11 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/11/2014 1:23 PM, Brian wrote: > On Thu 11 Dec 2014 at 12:11:26 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> If Windows can give you the option as to when to perform a potentially >> critical (do not shut down!) and long running process, why can't Linux? > > As far as ha

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-11 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/11/2014 5:53 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote: > Hi, > fsck may take time. Relax, it needs that time. >>> >>> What if I do not have that time, >> >> Find it (this includes planning - of infrastructure and procedures if >> required). > > Ok, so that means anyone with a nice laptop who wants to

Re: Skipping fsck during boot with systemd?

2014-12-08 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/8/2014 9:42 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Mon, 08 Dec 2014, Christian Groessler wrote: >> Why don't the systemd proponents understand that someone might want to >> interrupt a running fsck? Don't scrutinize the reasons, just accept >> the fact. > > Handwaving issues away is int

Re: Iceweasel Latest update stealing bandwidth uselessly

2014-12-08 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/8/2014 6:25 AM, Alex wrote: > Thank you all for some useful and "interesting" (strange??) replies. > > There is no decrease in stolen bandwidth - still approx 5 - 6Mbyte/10min > using Reko's settings:- > > browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled = false > browser.safebrowsing.enabled =

Re: Iceweasel Latest update stealing bandwidth uselessly

2014-12-07 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/7/2014 6:03 AM, Alex wrote: > Warm greetings to all the wonderful maintainers, > > I am sorry to report that, with the latest Iceweasel (31.3.0) update > came something I did NOT want:- > > This version is constantly loading two google cookies - google.com > google.com.au (country s

Re: Replacing systemd in Jessie

2014-12-03 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 12/3/2014 9:38 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 12/03/2014 at 07:43 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 05:15:36PM -0800, Patrick Bartek wrote: >> >>> On Sun, 30 Nov 2014, Chris Bannister wrote: > Nothing is final yet, jessie is still a moving target IOW not yet stabl

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 1:14 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 11/24/2014 08:18 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> And while Wheezy will still be supported for a couple of years, it's not >> necessarily the answer. While many people don't want the "latest and >> greatest",

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 1:08 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 10:52 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 25/11/14 01:57, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 11/24/2014 8:54 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>>> Jerry Stuckle wrote: >&

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 1:00 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 8:54 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 11/24/2014 2:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Yes, and while the

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 12:37 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/11/14 03:26, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 10:52 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 25/11/14 01:57, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 11/24/2014 8:54 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>>>> Jerry Stuck

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 12:22 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/11/14 03:13, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 10:05 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>> On 25/11/14 00:25, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 11/24/2014 2:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>>> Yes, and

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 11:01 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/11/14 02:01, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 8:58 AM, Martin Read wrote: >>> On 24/11/14 13:25, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> And exactly what is the "Debian way" to add custom (NOT customized &

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 10:52 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/11/14 01:57, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 8:54 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: >>> Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 11/24/2014 2:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>>>> Yes, and while the Linux commu

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 10:05 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 25/11/14 00:25, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 2:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >>>> Yes, and while the Linux community continues, Debian will lose a >>>> lot of dedicated users due to this decision.

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 8:58 AM, Martin Read wrote: > On 24/11/14 13:25, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> And exactly what is the "Debian way" to add custom (NOT customized >> pre-packaged) software to the system? > > As far as I can tell, the obvious things that go into the "

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 8:54 AM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 2:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> >>>> Yes, and while the Linux community continues, Debian will lose a lot of >>>> dedicated users due to this decision. Possibly anothe

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/24/2014 2:56 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: >> Yes, and while the Linux community continues, Debian will lose a lot of >> dedicated users due to this decision. Possibly another fork, or >> possibly another distro. But Debian will lose users. > > 1. At best that's pure speculation. With all due

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-24 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 11:25 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 11/23/2014 09:20 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 11/23/2014 8:42 PM, Ric Moore wrote: >>> On 11/23/2014 12:17 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> That is the huge majority of Debian users. >>>> Some will get a rude surp

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 8:42 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > On 11/23/2014 12:17 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > That is the huge majority of Debian users. >> Some will get a rude surprise when they upgrade and things don't work as >> expected. > > Like what?? I first installed systemd

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 5:29 PM, seeker5528 wrote: > > On 11/23/2014 1:15 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> We're not talking non-technical people here. We are talking companies >> with ITcd departments managing multiple servers and desktops. We are >> talking small companies who c

Re: Installing an Alternative Init?

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 1:27 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 11/23/2014 12:43 PM, Lisi Reisz wrote: >> On Sunday 23 November 2014 17:23:15 Tanstaafl wrote: >>> 'installing systemd, then removing >>> and installing sysvinit' - was absolutely not and never could be >>> considered the *equivalent* >>> of doing a *c

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 2:20 PM, seeker5528 wrote: > > On 11/23/2014 9:17 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> What I see missing in these discussions is the vast number of people >> who don't monitor the lists. That is the huge majority of Debian >> users. Some will get a rude surprise

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 1:15 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 23 nov 14, 12:17:00, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> >> What I see missing in these discussions is the vast number of people who >> don't monitor the lists. That is the huge majority of Debian users. > > I agree that t

Re: systemd-free alternatives are not off topic.

2014-11-23 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/23/2014 11:43 AM, John Hasler wrote: > Andrew McGlashan writes: >> You will never see the full picture of the problem if you only listen to >> what is allowed to be received via the debian-user list... > > What makes you think debian-user is my only source of information? > >> ...and you ar

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/16/2014 10:29 AM, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > Hi, > > Jerry Stuckle writes: >> The problem here is lack of time and/or skills. I would love to help, >> but I already have my plate full. Additionally, I've done device >> drivers and applications, but never

Re: Why focus on systemd?

2014-11-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/16/2014 12:33 PM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > > In general, debian-user is not the right venue for complaints about > Debian decisions; the continuation of the debian-user hijack by these > discussions is a disgrace to this list; please stop. Seriously. > > OdyX > > Your continued ra

Re: If Not Systemd, then What?

2014-11-16 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/16/2014 6:40 AM, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 21. 10. 2014 04:06:23 je Marty napisal(a): >> On 10/20/2014 03:45 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: >>> After much vitriolic gnashing of teeth from those opposed to systemd, >>> I wonder... What is a better alternative? And it can't be sysvinit. > > Why not?

Re: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-10 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/10/2014 3:10 AM, Rick Thomas wrote: > > On Nov 7, 2014, at 6:37 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 11/7/2014 2:40 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: >>> On Jo, 06 nov 14, 22:11:59, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>> > >>> I thought he took special care to no

Re: FW: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-07 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/7/2014 2:40 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 06 nov 14, 22:11:59, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, from the tone of the message I can almost guess whet the >> result of the GR will be. I hope I'm wrong - but if I'm not, it's going >> t

Re: FW: Time for compassion and the Init GR

2014-11-06 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/6/2014 4:55 PM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > - Forwarded message from Sam Hartman - > > Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2014 09:58:29 + > From: Sam Hartman > To: debian-proj...@lists.debian.org > Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org > Subject: Time for compassion and the Init GR > User-Agent: Gnus/5.

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-05 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/5/2014 2:37 AM, Didier 'OdyX' Raboud wrote: > Le mardi, 4 novembre 2014, 21.13:36 Jerry Stuckle a écrit : >> Yes, but you seem to want to stifle any discussion of a possible fork. > > Discussions about possible forks are off-topic on debian-user, please > re-re

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-04 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/4/2014 6:08 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > Le Tue, 04 Nov 2014 17:26:40 -0500, > Miles Fidelman a écrit : > >> Laurent Bigonville wrote: >>> Le Tue, 04 Nov 2014 16:57:20 -0500, >>> Jerry Stuckle a écrit : >>> >>>> On 11/4/2014 4:41 P

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-04 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/4/2014 4:41 PM, Laurent Bigonville wrote: > Le Tue, 04 Nov 2014 21:08:50 +0100, > Peter Nieman a écrit : > >> On 04/11/14 19:04, Laurent Bigonville wrote: >>> Using the threat of forking to make people change their mind >> >> I didn't threaten anybody. >> >>> do not send 100 mails to ML's >

Re: Perfect Jessie is something like this...

2014-11-03 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 11/3/2014 8:36 PM, Joel Rees wrote: > I suppose it may be polemic to assert that forking debian and setting up > a new community would be labor-intensive, fractious, divisive, and > general not a wise use of precious free/libre/open community resources, > in short, "dumb". > But just the fact

Re: Canoscan Lide 210 Scanner

2014-10-30 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/30/2014 3:16 AM, Johann Spies wrote: > This is not Debian specific, but as I experienced it on Debian and > initially thought that it might be a Debian problem, it may help some > other users. > > I recently bought the scanner specified in the subject line after > reading that the saned team

Re: Debian fork

2014-10-20 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/20/2014 6:48 PM, Martinx - ジェームズ wrote: > If this Debian Fork doesn't make use of: > > systemd > dbus > pam > gnome > > And uses EFL + E19, then, I'm in! > > I'm sure that there is room for a new distro, that will sit in the > middle of Debian 7 and Slackware... ;-) > > Cheers! > I ha

Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

2014-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/18/2014 4:41 PM, Joe wrote: > On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:15:16 -0400 > Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > >> >> You obviously don't understand. MX records identify MTAs - that is, >> machines which can receive email. MUAs cannot do that. >> >> To identif

Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

2014-10-18 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/16/2014 9:25 PM, lee wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: > >> On 10/12/2014 10:24 PM, lee wrote: >>> Jerry Stuckle writes: >>> >>>> Among other things, legitimate MTAs have MX records. Anti-spam routines >>> >>> Who prevents a MUA

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2014 4:44 PM, Joe wrote: > On Wed, 15 Oct 2014 15:15:24 -0400 > Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > >> >> It is either OK to delete an email or it is not. You can't have it >> both ways. > > It is *not* OK to silently delete an already accepted email,

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2014 12:40 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/15/2014 12:06 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 10/15/2014 8:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> On 10/14/2014 3:28 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> But you just said it was OK to delete emails. > >>> Please don&#x

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2014 12:34 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 10/15/2014 at 12:06 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 10/15/2014 8:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >>> On 10/14/2014 3:28 PM, Jerry Stuckle >>> wrote: > >>>> But you just said it was OK to delete emai

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2014 10:17 AM, The Wanderer wrote: > On 10/14/2014 at 03:28 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 10/14/2014 12:03 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >> >>> On 10/14/2014 11:17 AM, Jerry Stuckle >>> wrote: > >>>> Wrong on two counts. First of all, the f

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-15 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/15/2014 8:14 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/14/2014 3:28 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 10/14/2014 12:03 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> On 10/14/2014 11:17 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> On 10/14/2014 8:05 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>>>> If you think I'

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-14 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/14/2014 6:50 PM, lee wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: > >> On 10/13/2014 7:57 PM, lee wrote: >>> Martin Read writes: >>> >>>> On 12/10/14 23:04, lee wrote: >>>>> Bas Wijnen writes: >>>>>> Because for a GR, a member

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-14 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/14/2014 12:03 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/14/2014 11:17 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 10/14/2014 8:05 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> If you think I'm kidding, please by all means go make these silly >>> statements on the postfix list and I'll just sit an

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-14 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/14/2014 11:24 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/14/2014 10:52 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:48:38AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> Rejecting will actually *reduce* traffic, because it doesn't accept the >>> entire messages, it slams the door at the RCPT-TO stage. > >> Re

Re: Recipient validation - WAS: Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-14 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/14/2014 8:05 AM, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 10/13/2014 9:53 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> Not a grey area at all. "...dropping mail > without notification of the >> sender is permitted...". As for the "...long tradition and community >> expectations..

Re: piece of mind (Re: Moderated posts?)

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 7:57 PM, lee wrote: > Martin Read writes: > >> On 12/10/14 23:04, lee wrote: >>> Bas Wijnen writes: Because for a GR, a member of Debian has to request it and it needs to be seconded by at least 5 other members (constitution 4.2.1, 4.2.7). This has not happened. >>>

Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 9:53 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > Apologies if this comes through twice - it doesn't look like the first > one made it (and I got no bounce message :) ). > Crap - then I didn't get it threaded properly. Sorry about that, all. Jerry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
Apologies if this comes through twice - it doesn't look like the first one made it (and I got no bounce message :) ). On 10/13/2014 8:40 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote: > Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> On 10/13/2014 7:10 PM, lee wrote: >>> Brian writes: >>> >>>> T

Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 7:18 PM, lee wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: > >> And, in fact, more and more ISPs are just accepting and discarding >> emails to non-existent users because rejecting such email helps spammers >> (any non-rejected email must be a valid user). > > Th

Re: Moderated posts?

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 7:10 PM, lee wrote: > Brian writes: > >> The mail is accepted. What the recipient does with the mail after that >> is outside the scope of an RFC. There is no obligation on the recipient >> to inform the sender that he has ripped up the mail and junked it. > > When the MTA delivers

Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 10:36 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: > On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 08:28:32AM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >> Which ones? Specific names, please. > > Newcastle University, UK, at least when I worked in that section > last (a few years ago), for one. > > And they

Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 9:49 AM, Mark Carroll wrote: > Jerry Stuckle writes: > >> On 10/13/2014 8:18 AM, Erwan David wrote: > (snip) >>> That's an error and completely idiot : big service provider use >>> different MTAs for inbound (with MX records pointing to the

Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 8:55 AM, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 08:19:37 -0400 > Jerry Stuckle wrote: > >> On 10/13/2014 5:43 AM, Joe wrote: >>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2014 07:32:40 +0100 >>> Jonathan Dowland wrote: >>> >>>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 09

Re: [exim4] Testing and making sense of smtp output

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 5:25 AM, Brian wrote: > On Mon 13 Oct 2014 at 04:06:27 +0200, lee wrote: > >> Harry Putnam writes: >> >>> lee writes: >>> >>> [...] >>> >>> Thanks for the tips. >>> > SMTP>> EHLO 2xd >>> That's an invalid helo string. >>> >>> Is a valid one made up of just the full fqdn

Re: [exim4] mixed up about terminology

2014-10-13 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 10/13/2014 8:18 AM, Erwan David wrote: > Le 13/10/2014 14:14, Jerry Stuckle a écrit : >> On 10/13/2014 2:32 AM, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2014 at 09:05:14PM -0400, Jerry Stuckle wrote: >>>> Among other things, legitimate MTAs have MX record

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