Re: Aliases and OpenSMTPD

2024-05-27 Thread didar
had this command documented in my anisble recipe for OpenSMTPD. # If you edit the file, you have to run "smtpctl update table aliases" table aliases file:/etc/aliases -- Regards, Didar Tax and title extra. Generated by Signify v1.14 (http://www.debian.org/)

Re: chrony date months off

2024-01-31 Thread didar
ict with the other client/servers You can use "rdate" (openrdate) as quick fix like `ntpdate'. I resort to using it inside my virtual machines on my laptop when it wakes up from hibernation. I use chrony on my production MTAs on the internet though. -- Regards, Didar Worlds are co

Re: Substitute for archivemail

2022-09-07 Thread didar
in. You could have a look at "dovecot-archiver" for consideration if you want. It is *not* available in the debian repos though. https://pypi.org/project/dovecot-archive/ -- Regards, Didar But you'll notice Perl has a goto. -- Larry Wall in <199710211624

Re: disable IPv6 debian

2022-04-15 Thread didar
On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:58:01PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, Apr 15, 2022 at 10:34:25AM -0400, Chuck Zmudzinski wrote: > > I have an issue with a few websites that seem to hang with ipv6 > > If you happen to know their IPv6 addresses and can trust that those > assignments will

Re: Watching a directory, was Re: how would you do this?

2021-08-21 Thread didar
give you a > > warning of being hacked, but of course there are other things > > going on in a system which you expect to access things so it > > is an interesting way to find out what is happening... > > > > after many years and a lot of different things being set up > > i think it is a good idea to keep an eye on what is happening. > > especially with how things are going these days. > > Cheers, > David. > There is an "auditd" package - a Red Hat origin tool/subsystem. It's available on Bullseye, but, I have not tried it recently. It might be what you are looking for. Regards, didar --

Re: dns failover a record

2021-07-13 Thread didar
lented engineer had implemented it back in 2010 something while being an intern in 3 months! HTH, didar > > > > > > > > The most obvious way to do this is dynamic DNS updates. Set up your > > servers to send a dynamic DNS update to your DNS server when they decide

Re: Debian stable - updates

2021-06-25 Thread didar
like to second that. I am currently on Debian Stable since 2019. I migrated away from Ubuntu which I was using since 2006 and I am much happier. Regards, Didar > > Doc Evans > > -- > Web: http://enginehousebooks.com/drevans > -- Two brothers, Mort and Bill, like to

Re: spectre-meltdown-checker: Hash Sum mismatch

2021-02-20 Thread didar
ter scan' Then click on "Start Scan and/or Expiration" button. In the resultant page click on "Check all" button and then click on "Delete selected files". You will be shown another page asking for confirmation of deleting the files - click on the "Del

Re: Conflicting alternatives (was: Debian switchable MTA mechanism)

2021-02-16 Thread didar
king about learning multiple MTAs - using a virtualization environment + configuration management (ansible/chef) + apt-cache-ng works excellently. I have been using VirtualBox VMs (under Win10) with NAT network and ansible + subversion to learn and get dma, exim, opensmtpd as well as postfix to work for my production requirement. My probably inconsequential contribution to this discussion. Didar > > -dsr- > -- Them as has, gets.

Re: Problem with /var/mail file > 2GB with pop3

2020-11-23 Thread Didar Hossain
ficiently). The SIS is a feature that I am really excited about since we have multiple user receiveing the same email - it really saves on storage space. Kind regards, Didar -- "I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power." [Caius Valerius Catullus, Roman poet 87-54 BC]

Re: Local shared storage configuration

2020-11-10 Thread Didar Hossain
t; [1] uid, gid, fmask and dmask mount options > > Kind regards, > Andrei > -- > http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Cheers, Didar -- Committees have become so important nowadays that subcommittees have to be appointed to do the work.

Re: [OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 01:52:30PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:59:06PM +0530, Didar Hossain wrote: > > I have shortlisted Digital Ocean and Linode for my use because both of > > datacenters in India. Is anyone using either of them for MX s

Re: [OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 10:36:46PM +0900, 황병희 wrote: > Didar Hossain writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to host my own email on the cloud - I don't want to use G Suite or > > any > > other commercial service because I would like to have control over my ema

Re: [OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 08:00:32AM -0400, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:59:06PM +0530, Didar Hossain wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to host my own email on the cloud - I don't want to use G Suite or > > any > > other commercial servic

Re: [OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 07:25:42AM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > On 7/31/20 3:29 AM, Didar Hossain wrote: > > I read around a little and it seems that most cloud providers block SMTP > > ports > > (25,587,465) from/t the internet as well sometimes from within their > > net

Re: [OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 07:05:52AM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Fri, 31 Jul 2020 12:59:06 +0530 > Didar Hossain wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to host my own email on the cloud - I don't want to use G Suite or > > any > > other commercial service

Re: [OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 11:30:53AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Fri, Jul 31, 2020 at 12:59:06PM +0530, Didar Hossain wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to host my own email on the cloud - I don't want to use G Suite or > > any > > other commercial servic

[OT] Requesting feedback for VPS/Cloud for email (MX) server?

2020-07-31 Thread Didar Hossain
or MX service? Any and all feedback is most welcome including specialist/small VPS providers who I can consider to host the MX node for my domain at least. Kind regards, Didar -- Fortune finishes the great quotations, #6 "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?"

Re: systemd-nspawn networking inside VirtualBox VM

2020-07-08 Thread Didar Hossain
> Boot=yes > > [Network] > Bridge=br0 > $ sudo machinectl start container I tried this as well. Looks like some specific problem for my setup. > > Alex > I have decided not to pursue this anymore, I need to get things done so will put this off till I

Re: systemd-nspawn networking inside VirtualBox VM

2020-07-08 Thread Didar Hossain
On Tue, Jul 07, 2020 at 06:05:14PM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 7/7/2020 3:13 PM, Didar Hossain wrote: > > Hi, > > > > TL;DR > > How to get systemd-nspawn containers networking so that they can talk to > > each > > other, the host and the internet inside a B

systemd-nspawn networking inside VirtualBox VM

2020-07-07 Thread Didar Hossain
using VMs. Does anyone have experience in having this kind of scenario working? Regards, Didar -- Baby On Board.

[OT] JFYI: Lets Encrypt CAA bug, how to check certificate

2020-03-04 Thread Didar Hossain
the helpful command from the comments on slashdot about this issue. Kind regards, Didar -- The odds are a million to one against your being one in a million.

Re: Understanding the two-year release cycle as a desktop user (and a Debian newcomer)

2020-02-29 Thread Didar Hossain
nce running while I setup Debian Stable with stuff that gave me the same functionality. I have customised my Stable instance with the software that is minimally resource intensive (no GNOME/KDE/XFCE). To make the decision easier: * When work is important stick with Debian Stable * HTH, Didar

Re: Connection closed by [IP] port [port] [preauth]

2020-02-29 Thread Didar Hossain
gt; But beware to have a whitelisted IP address active. I locked myslef out, > after switching to a different computer, like fresh a installed Linux. :-) "fwknop" is another tool to consider if you don't like getting scanned. Regards, Didar > > Regards, > Kla

Re: Best file system to use?

2020-02-13 Thread Didar Hossain
ot of negative stories. ZFS on FreeBSD is probably better if you need that kind of reliability. I am a one man show currently managing the tech, so I don't really have that kind of mental bandwidth to learn and setup FreeBSD+ZFS right now. But, you may explore that path if you have the time. K

[RESOLVED/Thanks] Re: Debian Perl or Brew Perl for production application?

2019-07-04 Thread Didar Hossain
nstall binary packages on > the production. > > In case you need to replicate the setup, or you have more than one > machine one can maintain a repository,making installation of a new > system way easier. > > And you also can contribute back to Debian in case you packaged a n

Debian Perl or Brew Perl for production application?

2019-07-01 Thread Didar Hossain
. Do you guys who run production debian stable servers use the debian perl packages or use something like PerlBrew? I asked this question on #perl IRC and they answered "PerlBrew/plenv/perl-build" - I want some experienced opinions from the debian community as well. Regards, Dida

[OT] Systemd and forking programs (was systemd can't start a dæmon and doesn't give any error either)

2018-10-09 Thread Didar Hossain
o that I can make informed decisions whether I should use forking or not in my own scripts. Again this is not a flame bait, I just want to understand Pros and Cons. Regards, Didar -- that's *IT*. I'm never fucking attempting to install redhat again. this is like the 10th fu

Re: SystemD problem with launching a server

2018-08-13 Thread Didar Hossain
On Thu, Aug 09, 2018 at 08:41:39AM +0200, john doe wrote: > On 8/9/2018 1:02 AM, Bill wrote: > >Hi, > > > >So I'd like to run rinetd at boot time on Stretch along with sshd. > > > >I've no problem running rinetd manually using /usr/sbin/rinetd > >or in a script using the same command. ps aux |grep

How to automate away partition prompt in preseeded Jessie auto-intall?

2015-07-30 Thread Didar Hossain
. Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150730133511.GA26561@mylappy

Re: Selling Preinstalled Debian on Laptop Hardware

2011-01-18 Thread Didar Hossain
> i accomplish this task ? > I mean is there any good quality china or anyother laptop available > which i can directly purchase or is there any similar efforts ? > Any other help or suggestions ?? Maybe, the guy that runs ... http://www.idasystems.net/ ... can help. Regards, Didar

Re: [OT-where's Gnome going]Re: transition from Ubuntu -> Debian to avoid Unity Desktop?

2011-01-18 Thread Didar Hossain
tion is that the reason Canonical is backing things like Wayland, Unity and now Qt is probably to move into the Smartphone and Tablet arena. The Unity interface is deceptively similar to ones found on handheld devices. Canonical is playing this close to the chest possibly for tactical reasons. Besides, AF

Re: check, that a script is in a folder

2011-01-05 Thread Didar Hossain
"this is the asdf folder"; else exit 1; fi Why not simple use: if [ -e $SCRIPT ]; then echo "File exists"; else echo "File does not exist"; fi Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubs

Re: encrypt file names zip

2010-11-19 Thread Didar Hossain
> > or there isn't any way? 7-zip under windows can do it :O > > ubuntu 10.10 > Wrong mailing list to ask, but, I believe you can find 7-zip on Ubuntu as well. Didar

Re: Conversion to Ext4 in LVM

2010-11-11 Thread Didar Hossain
> > Someone tell us dummies what the difference and advantage is of > ext4 over ext3, please. > > --doug > http://kernelnewbies.org/Ext4 The above lists the features - can be advantages depending on your POV. Personally, I would not recommend converting, but, rather creating a separate partition for ext4 to test it out. Regards, Didar

Re: [SOLVED] RoundCube not working properly under Lighttpd in Squeeze

2010-10-20 Thread Didar Hossain
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Didar Hossain wrote: > Hi all, > > I am using Postfix + Dovecot(IMAP) + Lighttpd + RoundCube to get a > webmail service working. However, > when I login from the browser (Firefox 3.0.19), I briefly the initial > inbox view and then within

Re: Bridge between two wi-fi cards

2010-10-14 Thread Didar Hossain
t myself, but, maybe you could look at "hostapd" package. Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktik2=9yzdsmtxga0mgmynt9u8k5seegzjzf7y...@mail.gmail.com

RoundCube not working properly under Lighttpd in Squeeze

2010-10-13 Thread Didar Hossain
rcmail_config['debug_level'] entry, but, still don't get anything other than a PHP warning about deprecated usage. Has anybody been able to get RoundCube + Lighty to work successfully under Squeeze? Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org wi

Re:[Closure] [Lenny] KVM hosted lenny starts all processes with high priority

2010-10-04 Thread Didar Hossain
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:37 PM, Didar Hossain wrote: > Hi all, > > I am currently attending a training session and have installed Lenny > as a KVM guest. > I just noticed that all the process are being assigned high priority > (-2) - even the ones > I invoke from the shell.

[Lenny] KVM hosted lenny starts all processes with high priority

2010-10-02 Thread Didar Hossain
priority? Please, I know about nice/renice - I am after changing the default process priority setting. Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.

Re: Deterring mail relay attempts

2010-06-29 Thread Didar Hossain
ing deter probes such as relay > attempts. Get it working "out of the box" and then tweak it to match > against other exim messages. You could also look at the iptables "limit" and "recent" modules. I use those to drop the automated brute force SSH attempts. Wha

Re: before reaching conclusion that I faced bug no 502849 what more should I check read message

2010-05-10 Thread Didar Hossain
e is inaccessible - probably due to underlying filesystem damage. Xend is bailing out because it is unable to read the TDB file. I am not sure if you can recover/recreate this TDB file. Try a filesystem check, however, I don't suppose the error will be recoverable. Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSC

Re: changing rootdn password

2009-12-28 Thread Didar Hossain
d use separate messages. Look for "rootpw" in slapd.conf Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: postfix+sasl+dovecot script help!

2009-11-26 Thread Didar Hossain
On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Tudod Ki wrote: > > postfix+sasl+dovecot script help! > > Hi everybody! > > I am trying to get the solution for days now, and I don't know what to do > really :S > > I just want to write a script, what does automatically install postfix, > dovecot, and it configu

Re: Someone help me in the right direction for networks <- Might be off topic

2009-10-11 Thread Didar Hossain
users. Now, NIS is being replaced by LDAP. However, I have no experience with LDAP much so can't tell you much. The old NIS-howto and NFS-howto documents are what I had referred to get the NIS+NFS thing going. Maybe you it could still help. HTH, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-use

Re: php cgi

2009-10-10 Thread Didar Hossain
d with Linux commands and some shell scripting *There is something called `webmin' though I would not recommend it to most people. It is a Perl application. Regards, Didar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

[OT] [Debian-User] Best choice hardware?

2004-10-07 Thread Didar Hussain
e decent hardware support like sound and video. Oh, and I will be using it for serious stuff like compiling, development and to watch video ;) My primary OS is Debian. So, I would like Debian or Debian-based distros to work well. Thanks is advance, Didar -- BOFH excuse #113: Root na

Re: Unidentified subject!

2004-08-15 Thread Didar Hussain
y out one of the newer kernels to see if the driver has been updated. You should try out the "eepro", "eepro100" and "eexpress" drivers. HTH, Didar -- I'd rather be led to hell than managed to heavan. Random signature generated by Si

Re: [Debian-user] Woody to Sarge?

2004-08-13 Thread Didar Hussain
ve a go at it myself. If people can upgrade from RedHat 8.0 to Fedora Core1 using "apt-get" then it should no be a problem on Debian at all. Thanks again, everyone. Wish me luck :) Didar -- ... The prejudices people feel about each other disappear when they get to know each other.

Re: problem to connect by ssh in graphic mode session

2004-08-13 Thread Didar Hussain
On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 12:03:53PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > How i take control to my server with ssh in graphic mode, what command i > need to use? > my computer and my server used debian You need VNC and not just SSH to control in graphics mode. Do apt-cache search VNC

[Debian-user] Woody to Sarge?

2004-08-11 Thread Didar Hussain
rom a netinstaller be more advisable? Thanks, Didar BOFH excuse #21: POSIX complience problem Random signature generated by Signify v1.07 http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

[Debian-user] Re: FOSS

2004-08-11 Thread Didar Hussain
nd Customer for developments in countries around > the world and why? > Sorry, can't understand what you are asking, could you please be more clear. HTH, Didar -- Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his

[Debian-user] Re: smbauth problems with Windows 2003 Server

2004-08-08 Thread Didar Hussain
authentication still works just fine. > > > > Thanks for any help. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas? I suspect that Win 2K3 is using ADS (Active Directory Services) in which case you should be trying the pam_ldap with nss_ldap approach. Just a guess though. I h

Re: Easy (hopefully) apt-get question

2004-08-05 Thread Didar Hussain
ewer versions of software that have been "ported" back in to "Stable" from "Testing/Unstable". HTH, Didar -- My CODE of ETHICS is vacationing at famed SCHROON LAKE in upstate New York!! Random signature generated by Signify v1.07

Re: SSHd Problem

2004-08-05 Thread Didar Hussain
o your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file would help me. Didar In this vale Of toil and sin Your head grows bald But not your chin. -- Burma Shave Random signature generated by Signify v1.07 http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Rextricting users

2004-08-05 Thread Didar Hussain
o your /etc/ssh/sshd_config file would help me. Didar Elliptical, n.: The feel of a kiss. Random signature generated by Signify v1.07 http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: how to manage services ?

2004-08-04 Thread Didar Hussain
end are important. Also, you should run the command with the "-n" flag for a dry-run to see what it will actually do, like: update-rc.d -n defaults ...will show you the steps that will happen without doing them. BTW, the above example is analogous to: chkconfig on HTH, Dida

Re: Resize partitions urgent help

2004-08-03 Thread Didar Hussain
Parted is a newt-based front end to the GNU parted library that permits the user to resize, copy, and move disk partitions in the style of PowerQuest's well-known Partition Magic partition table editor. I hope this helps Didar -- BOFH excuse #149: Dew on the telephone lines.

Re: Resize partitions urgent help

2004-08-03 Thread Didar Hussain
t; 1) Copy /work to either /var, /home or /usr with "cp -r" mkdir /home/workback cp -vr /work/* /home/workback 2) Delete partition /dev/hda8 (YES!) 3) Use `parted' to increase the size of /dev/hda7 4) Recreate /dev/hda8 from the available disk sp

Re: iptables rule for sshd

2004-08-02 Thread Didar Hussain
ng through my interfaces? I know that > I can add the -j LOG rule, but that is too hard to read, or perhaps is > there a better way to analyze these logs? Well I use tethereal or tcpdump. Also you might try the "evil" ettercap. Take care, Didar -- BOFH excuse #45: virus attack,

Re: iptables rule for sshd

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 08:29:52PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -sport ssh -j ACCEPT > Try: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT Didar -- BOFH excuse #299: The data on your hard drive is out of balance. Random signature gen

Re: How to save the iptables rules for booting?

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 05:40:57PM +0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > But that would be just like running /etc/init.d/iptables. But what we > need is running the command '/etc/init.d/iptables start'. > > I tried to make a link with the start parameter like > > >ln -s /etc/init.d/iptables '/etc/r

Re: Debianised Firewall

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
mean calling /etc/init.d/iptables alone doesn't work and simply > puts out the help. > You can start it manually by calling the script like: /etc/init.d/iptables start The symlink in /etc/rcS.d/ actually will "start" the iptables script at boot before entering your default

Re: Debianised Firewall

2004-08-01 Thread Didar Hussain
keptical about it :-) After you have your IPTables firewall loaded you can simply do: /etc/init.d/iptables save active This will save your firewall rules. Now, you can simply do: dpkg-reconfigure iptables select "yes" to the dialog box. This will create the appropriate symlink to /et

unsubscribe

2004-07-23 Thread Didar Hussain
He's just like Capistrano, always ready for a few swallows. Random signature generated by Signify v1.07 http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Debian-User] Security Hole!??

2004-07-17 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi, I just discovered that the permissions on /root and /home are "+rx" to "world". Any user can `cd' and `ls' to /root and /home/!!! Its NOT right! I'm using Stable. Should I complain to the security team? Didar -- "Love may fail, but courte

[Debian-User] Thanks Sturla

2004-07-16 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi, Thanks Sturla for clearing my doubt about the kernel-image update. Didar -- Alcohol is like love: the first kiss is magic, the second is intimate, the third is routine. After that you just take the girl's clothes off. -- Raymond Chandler R

[Debian-User] NTP problem

2004-07-15 Thread Didar Hussain
g udp port 123. What, I want to know is, does ntp.debian.org have another port open that will redirect to 123. I will have to use iptables NAT table to change the destination port, wonder if it is possible! If anyone can suggest alternatives as well, it will do. Thank you, Didar Hussai

How do Kernel updates work on Woody?

2004-07-14 Thread Didar Hussain
Hi, I'm a new Debian user. I want to know how do kernel updates happen? Let me explain: I've installed "Woody" on my PC. The kernel is the default 2.4.18-bf2.4 There have been certain recent kernel vulnerabilities. I'm sure these got patched. Then why is that when I do a `apt-get upgrade' I do