Re: full automated installation preseed without any network connection?

2012-07-11 Thread rjc
means is using Debian Installer (d-i) with preseeding. I personally use it for fully automated install over the network but yes, you can use d-i with preseeding for off-line installation - think CD/DVD or USB memory stick with a local .deb repository. Regards, -- rjc http://tools.ietf.org/html/rf

[OT] Long threads, Was: Re: Filezilla a security risk

2012-07-08 Thread rjc
te I will be corrected that it is a Usenet news group ;^) [1] or not always be 100% right Regards, -- rjc -- 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/20120708183148.ga2...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: Restore point needed

2012-07-07 Thread rjc
' to keep your /etc configuration files in a VCS[0]. [0] git, hg, ... Regards, -- rjc -- 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/20120707092836.ga...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: startup script

2012-07-02 Thread rjc
tion. > [...] > > [0] if $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is not set it defaults to $HOME/.config > > [1] if $KDEHOME is not set it defaults to $HOME/.kde4 > > $KDEHOME is not set, but I have no kde4 directory. Hmmm... I assumed it'll be there since KDE4 is the version in Squeeze. Try

Re: startup script

2012-07-02 Thread rjc
On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 04:38:50AM BST, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 01 iul 12, 18:31:24, rjc wrote: > > > > Desktop Environments or Window Managers do not run $SHELL startup > > files, nor should they. > No, but some display managers do :) > At least gdm (and gdm3 I

Re: startup script

2012-07-01 Thread rjc
ONFIG_HOME is not set it defaults to $HOME/.config [1] if $KDEHOME is not set it defaults to $HOME/.kde4 [2] http://shreevatsa.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/zshbash-startup-files-loading-order-bashrc-zshrc-etc/ [3] http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 Kind regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-us

Re: [OT] something about dropbox

2012-06-26 Thread rjc
use terminal multiplexer (i.e. tmux, dtach, screen, etc.) Ta, -- rjc -- 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/20120626194836.ga13...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: [OT] something about dropbox

2012-06-26 Thread rjc
evice [5] have a look at Joey's git-annex assistant http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joeyh/git-annex-assistant-like-dropbox-but-with-your-own Regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: bash related question, adding variable into path

2012-06-23 Thread rjc
more readable, and they're POSIX. 4. If you need literal results, quote the command substitution - "$id". 5. Last but not least - debug your script! Regards, -- rjc -- 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/20120623102403.ga11...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: Antivirus for CLI

2012-06-20 Thread rjc
ase don't make this lasts > longer than it should. Since it doesn't add anything to the thread and is off-topic could you kindly take this "ping-pong" off the list, please? Ta, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a

Re: Antivirus for CLI

2012-06-19 Thread rjc
A real life example from not so long ago: it detected a Flashback [0] trojan horse while both McAfee and Sophos failed to do so. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_BackDoor.Flashback Regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of &

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread rjc
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 01:27:10PM BST, lina wrote: > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 7:59 PM, rjc wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:47:36AM BST, lina wrote: > >> It's iceweasle related, other browser no problem. > > > > In that case quit Iceweasel and: > &

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread rjc
nal name (keep a copy) and clear all cookies. If that works, the answer is obvious, if it doesn't clear all the other settings, etc. > Is it due to the updating, Highly unlikely. -- rjc http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org w

Re: [OT] google.com

2012-06-15 Thread rjc
ide in? P.S. Am I to assume that it is still on Debian? Cheers, -- rjc -- 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/20120615071224.ga18...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: Up-gradation problem with gnome 2.14

2012-06-13 Thread rjc
ckages > E: The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=431410 Also, correct your sources.list entries. Cheers, -- rjc http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Linux Path

2012-06-11 Thread rjc
suming that you can access any file on the file system simply by appending full path to src. I leave it to you to find out why ;^) The example below simply looks for: /var/www/Webpages2/home/ethan/Gingy/Pictures/Vol_1/b.mp4 which doesn't exist - "/" means "the document root&qu

Re: Network Security Services Update question

2012-06-08 Thread rjc
aptitude safe-upgrade BTW, libnss3 conflicts with libnss3-1d version < 2:3.13.4-2. -- rjc -- 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/20120608222315.ga23...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: Turn Off Screen Saver

2012-06-06 Thread rjc
way to disable screen going blank would be to use xset. % xset s off [0] http://projects.gnome.org/gnome-power-manager/ Cheers, -- rjc -- 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/20120606144133.ga6...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: Unix command(s) to remove files recursively?

2012-06-05 Thread rjc
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 12:15:24PM BST, Wolodja Wentland wrote: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 12:01 +0100, rjc wrote: > > > Suppose that I have, in a certain directory and all its subdirs and > > > subdirs' > > > subdirs' subdirs... etc., a certain number o

Re: Unix command(s) to remove files recursively?

2012-06-05 Thread rjc
d that I want to remove all of them recursively. Is there a Unix > command to do that right away? find top_dir_name -type f -name "*~" -exec rm '{}' \; man find P.S. While you're at it I suggest "man xargs" - you'll find it more useful than "-exec" wit

Re: IMS installation

2012-06-05 Thread rjc
I doubt you'll find it in any recent Linux distribution. > so help me for further process.. Use version 6 (or 7) of OpenJDK instead. Regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas.

Re: can server directly access exported nfs dir ?

2012-06-03 Thread rjc
OK to access it directly ? > > I am not sure how picks nfs is with respect to direct access of its > exported shares You can access the files directly from the server. Direct access is always referable over NFS or any other transport for that matter. -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Flashpalyer poroblems on Lenny.

2012-06-03 Thread rjc
On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 05:32:15PM BST, Lisi wrote: > On Saturday 02 June 2012 07:59:40 rjc wrote: > > locate libklashpart.so > Tried that :-( If your locate database is up to date it means that the file is no longer there and your plugins registry simply doesn't reflect that.

Re: Flashpalyer poroblems on Lenny.

2012-06-02 Thread rjc
Has anyone any ideas? This should work: locate libklashpart.so apt-file is useful tool to search for package names containing specific string in full path, even when the package is not installed: apt-file search libklashpart.so P.S. It looks like KDE-specific part of Gnash. Cheers

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

2012-06-01 Thread rjc
for. Cheers, -- rjc -- 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/20120602062115.ga19...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: `free' in GNU and DSFG?

2012-05-31 Thread rjc
On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 04:00:39PM BST, Camaleón wrote: > If by "reverse" you mean a case sample of we being less restrictive, > well, the fact of having "contrib" and "non-oss" repositories available ^^^ Obviously

Re: Debian 6.0 64 Bit : Putty

2012-05-29 Thread rjc
arth.li/~sgtatham/putty/0.55/htmldoc/Chapter4.html#S4.13.4 -- rjc -- 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/20120529142134.ga1...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: VPN on system boot

2012-05-29 Thread rjc
Asimismo, le comunicamos > que la distribución, copia o utilización de este mensaje, o de cualquier > documento adjunto al mismo, cualquiera que fuera su finalidad, están > prohibidas por la ley. Shorten your signature and stop using HTML, please. -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

[OT] Using Threading Properly [was: Debian as a DDNS Server]

2012-05-28 Thread rjc
to the old thread in any way. 3. Messes up threading in email clients. Thank you, -- rjc -- 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/20120528174743.ga3...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread rjc
ot;stable"! No one wants to do that. You want to choose when to > upgrade, if at all... I agree here, don't change squeeze to stable if you don't want to get into trouble when wheezy comes out. -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread rjc
n.org/debian sid main This is the mistake you made, you've mixed both squeeze (stable) with sid (unstable release) adding squeeze-backports on top of it. I'd recommend reading about mixing of stable, testing unstable - stay away from experimental ;^) - releases and what can you do with A

Re: how to update Debian OS properly

2012-05-25 Thread rjc
Wheezy/SID now want to revert things back. You can always install an older version of the package. [0] It seems like you had several entries in your sources.list file(s) - post the content of your file here. [1] safe-upgrade will only upgrade packages and won't remove any other ones [2] y

Re: Configure sudo

2012-05-25 Thread rjc
ith their options: userhost = /path/to/command option You might find aliases useful. man sudoers Cheers, -- rjc -- 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/20120525100851.ga13...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: mail not sending message

2012-05-23 Thread rjc
"$SUBJECT" "$EMAIL" fi 1. Now it doesn't require Bash (is POSIX-compatible). 2. No need to declare exit status as a variable. 3. Redirect wget to /dev/null, you don't need to remove any files afterwards. 4. Use pipe with mail, no need to save to a file and t

Re: Hebrew - SOLVED

2012-05-23 Thread rjc
ure you have, i.e.: XKBLAYOUT="il,us" XKBOPTIONS="grp:alt_space_toggle" in your /etc/default/keyboard or /etc/X11/xorg.conf (depending on Debian version). Then you can toggle those two layouts with ALT and Space. Cheers, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: OT: language (was: Re: something about rm)

2012-05-17 Thread rjc
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 05:33:45PM BST, Tony van der Hoff wrote: > On 17/05/12 17:23, rjc wrote: > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 04:59:40PM BST, Kelly Clowers wrote: > >> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:05 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > >>> On 17/05/12 03:48 AM, Panayiotis Karabassis

Re: something about rm

2012-05-17 Thread rjc
ing remote dirs with sshfs, anyway. Since SSHFS is a FUSE filesystem in this example that would work - umount however will deal with any filesystem (as long as there's a corresponding mount.$FSTYPE helper program of course). Cheers, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...

Re: OT: language (was: Re: something about rm)

2012-05-17 Thread rjc
suspect that file recovery is his current priority. > >>> > >>> > >> It's a "she". :-) > >> > > "It's"? Shouldn't that be "He's a she"?  ;) > > These days I use singular they and friends when I don't

Re: Spam filter -please !

2012-05-17 Thread rjc
debian-user/2012/05/msg01666.html Top Right -> Report as spam Ta, -- rjc -- 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/20120517083633.ga14...@linuxstuff.pl

Re: /var/swap set to 2048MBytes as configured

2012-05-16 Thread rjc
ill show you all the files included in the package (apart from the ones generated by maintainer scripts). If there's not manual or info pages /usr/share/doc/$package_name usually contains some documentation and/or examples. Cheers, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lis

Re: something about rm

2012-05-16 Thread rjc
s a mount point), rmdir is always appropriate. +1 yes, I know! ;^) One thing worth adding, put these in your alias file: alias mv='mv -i' alias cp='cp -i' alias rm='rm -i' I know it isn't much of a help now but it will save you future grief. Cheers, -- r

Re: server monitoring

2012-05-14 Thread rjc
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 02:32:32PM BST, Denis Witt wrote: > Try remote logging using syslog-ng. rsyslog (Debian's default) supports remote logging. Regards, -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troubl

Re: To the list admins: Call for Ban on this SPAM

2012-05-13 Thread rjc
authority do something. I doubt this is > actually a real person. Looks like machine generated scripting to get > emiail addresses from any who reply. > thanks > frosty You can report SPAM using list's web archive interface. -- rjc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-

Re: Files and directories showing in CLI but not in GUI

2012-05-13 Thread rjc
chmod go-rwx or g-w and o-rwx will be enough to get /home back to desired permissions. Cheers, -- rjc -- 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/20120513120925.ga24...@linuxstuff.pl