Re: Central configuration storage

2010-10-05 Thread Rob McBroom
ormation about systems, and then based on that information, Puppet pushes out (or modifies) configuration files, among other things. (LDAP support is built-in, so long as you add an objectClass and a couple of attributes to your schema.) http://www.puppetlabs.com/ -- Rob McBroom <http:

Re: ldap over ssl help

2009-11-04 Thread Rob McBroom
.openldap.org/doc/admin24/ As for the SSL bits, you'll need a certificate. If you don't plan on purchasing one, there are some good HowTos here: http://sial.org/howto/openssl/ Keep in mind that you can use Start TLS on port 389 (which is what I always do). You don't have t

Re: configuring postfix

2009-06-04 Thread Rob McBroom
ou're asking. running the command "newaliases" don“t solve me nothing All that command does is read `/etc/aliases` and generate `/etc/ aliases.db` from it. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> Because it screws up the order in which people normally read text. Origina

Re: iptables anxiety

2009-05-20 Thread Rob McBroom
/etc/ arno-iptables-firewall/firewall.conf`. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Installing xfce 4.6 on Lenny

2009-04-29 Thread Rob McBroom
has always been the case, it's against the policy of backports.org to accept an upload." Any truth to that? It would explain why XFCE isn't there. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> The magnitude of a problem does not affect its ownership. -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Admit that the typical Debian machine has tons of cruft(8)

2009-04-27 Thread Rob McBroom
considers people that bypass that process to be "illegal", "unregistered", or something like that. Sounds pretty universal to me. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &qu

Re: need a browser that can stream video well

2009-04-19 Thread Rob McBroom
want to experiment with different plug-ins to see which gives the best performance. (This is easier said than done.) -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> The magnitude of a problem does not affect its ownership. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: To check a copy of a file on its originality from its installed package.

2009-04-19 Thread Rob McBroom
r new commands that may have appeared since your shell was launched. I have very little experience using `bash` but from what I've seen, it picks up new commands automatically, so there's no need for an equivalent to `rehash`. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> The m

Re: To check a copy of a file on its originality from its installed package.

2009-04-16 Thread Rob McBroom
o I included it just in case. -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: To check a copy of a file on its originality from its installed package.

2009-04-15 Thread Rob McBroom
m not aware of. % aptitude install debsums % rehash % debsums sudo -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Recording from XM radio

2008-11-05 Thread Rob McBroom
er it because they don't know what it means and you won't find out until the installer is in your house that it wasn't true. I am also unable to find an ISP that doesn't block this and that port "for my safety". -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> Becau

Re: virtual private server? advice requested

2008-10-17 Thread Rob McBroom
the "Community" pages SliceHost offers. They have quite a few articles and I believe some of them cover nginx under etch. (For what it's worth, I've always run apache in a 256 MB slice and haven't experienced any issues.) -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/>

Re: ext3 filesystem and file name restrictions

2008-10-15 Thread Rob McBroom
is just a maximum. It will actually be quite small until you add files, so don't worry about creating it locally and moving it.) Feel free to e-mail me directly if you need help with any of this. (or Google it. There are quite a few good articles out there.) -- Rob McBroom <http

Re: virtual private server? advice requested

2008-10-14 Thread Rob McBroom
you get access to the machine, you can go to lenny if you prefer (see their FAQ). [1]: http://www.slicehost.com/ -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: House wireless/wired router: choices? Plus wireless neophyte questions.

2008-10-03 Thread Rob McBroom
probably needs to use many different networks. Manually switching the laptop back to a static config every time you come home will probably take longer than waiting on DHCP (and is a pain in the ass). ;) -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: my system packages list

2008-10-03 Thread Rob McBroom
ns.txt # apt-get -u dselect-upgrade# or dselect install -- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-11 Thread Rob McBroom
roos and sharks with laser beams :) (we could do it you know - don't try and stop us!) Free societies aren't a threat to one another. We don't like the EU because of their complete disregard for individual rights. It was conceived of and implemented by socialists. It's tha

Re: rsync over lan

2008-09-10 Thread Rob McBroom
your case, the laptop might not always be powered on or it might not always be on the same network as the desktop machine, so you can't set up a simple schedule. --- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rsync over lan

2008-09-10 Thread Rob McBroom
On 2008-Sep-9, at 9:17 PM, tyler wrote: In order to preserve the ownerships, I have to run the above command as root, which requires that I configure sshd on the desktop to accept root logins. Even behind a NAT router, that doesn't seem like a good idea. Am I missing something? --

Re: [OT] was Re: diff display

2008-09-10 Thread Rob McBroom
part of every person. They don't change depending on where (or when) you live. And rights have nothing to do with "need". If you never need to defend yourself, good for you. But you still have a right to. --- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> --- Rob McBroom &l

Re: can't configure networking for static IP address

2008-08-14 Thread Rob McBroom
ose an address that's outside the range the router uses for DHCP assignments. --- Rob McBroom <http://www.skurfer.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]