Re: Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-27 Thread will trillich
That's quite an assertion. How can I confirm it HAS been compromised, as opposed to thinking it's a possibility? On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Tue, 25 Jan 2011, will trillich wrote: > > In kern.log there's only > >

Re: Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-26 Thread will trillich
Ooh, hadn't noticed that. "I'm sorry, Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that..." :) So... Nobody else has had a weird shut-down-all-user-processes-and-all-daemons event? I must be special! On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:58 PM, elbbit wrote: > On 26/01/11 01:26, wil

Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-25 Thread will trillich
Never seen this before -- all daemons and all user processes killed. Zap. It happened around 23:17 Sunday, Chicago time (that's when /var/log/* abruptly stopped). Any idea what might cause this? I was ssh'd in to my Debian server and... disconnected. No problem, I was using *screen* to *vim* some

Weird server mystery: self-reset, mostly

2011-01-23 Thread will trillich
Never seen this before -- all daemons and all user processes killed. Zap. It happened around 23:17 Chicago time (that's when the log-daemons quit logging). What would cause this? I was ssh'd in to my Debian server and... disconnected. No problem, I was using screen to vim some Catalyst modules, s

Re: how to get past apt-get errors? is there a manual workaround? SOLVED

2009-03-16 Thread will trillich
sloppy email habits. Argh! ] On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 03:26:39PM -0600, will trillich was heard to say: > Hi debianites -- a question for DPKG and APT experts: > > We're stuck with apt-get and haven't found a way past it yet -- any > ideas would be welcome: > > Our post

Re: how to get past apt-get errors? is there a manual workaround?

2009-03-11 Thread will trillich
apt-get clean (and autoclean) don't seem to help any, either. argh! On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:26 PM, will trillich wrote: > Hi debianites -- a question for DPKG and APT experts: > > We're stuck with apt-get and haven't found a way past it yet -- any > ideas would be

how to get past apt-get errors? is there a manual workaround?

2009-03-11 Thread will trillich
he process we just started the process moments ago...?) # locate libpq.so.3 # locate libpq.so /usr/lib/libpq.so.4.1 /usr/lib/libpq.so.4 (and there's nothing in lost+found on the partition where /usr/lib is located...) -- will trillich -- http://faq.serensoft.com/ With a burning "yes&qu

apt-get BROKEN (postgresql-client-7.4 lost its "libpq.so.3")... ideas?

2009-03-11 Thread will trillich
ith postgresql-client-7.4) From: "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." b...@iguanasuicide.net On Monday 09 March 2009 15:31:23 will trillich wrote: > # /etc/init.d/postgresql-7.4 stop > Stopping PostgreSQL 7.4 database server: mainError: pid file is > invalid, please manually kill the stale s

apt-get upgrade trouble (with postgresql-client-7.4)

2009-03-09 Thread will trillich
its hat, but not here: Errors were encountered while processing: postgresql-7.4 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: Press return to continue. Argh! Any help would be gratefully appreciated. Thanks! -- will trillich -- ht

apt-get upgrade... and now postgres 7.4 won't start!

2009-01-25 Thread will trillich
er: could not find the database system Expected to find it in the directory "/var/lib/postgresql/7.4/main", but could not open file "/var/lib/postgresql/7.4/main/global/pg_control": No such file or directory """ there *is* a pg_control.gz file there, which contains "[] "...? ideas? -- will trillich -- http://faq.serensoft.com/ Less is only more where more is no good. -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

exim: too many connections?

2008-03-13 Thread will trillich
0:11:06 CST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux # /usr/sbin/exim4 -bV Exim version 4.69 #1 built 30-Jan-2008 09:41:07 -- will trillich -- http://faq.serensoft.com/ "The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions." -- Mike Krzyzewski -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: lsof -- "No such file or directory"...?

2007-07-20 Thread will trillich
indeed it does. On Fri, 2007-07-20 at 10:16 -0500, will trillich wrote: > # apt-get install lsof > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > The following NEW packages will be installed > lsof > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not u

lsof -- "No such file or directory"...?

2007-07-20 Thread will trillich
` -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 106324 2006-05-15 18:09 /usr/bin/lsof* eh? any ideas? -- will trillich "The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work -- and the only way to do great work is to love what you do." -- Steve Jobs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

RAD tool for debian?

2007-07-06 Thread will trillich
on debian 3.1, we're using postgres (not mysql) backend, and phppgadmin for setting up the tables... any ideas? -- will trillich "The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work -- and the only way to do great work is to love what you do." -- Steve Jobs

rock solid

2007-06-30 Thread will trillich
:42:12 up 190 days, 23:42, 2 users, load average: 1.05, 1.05, 1.00 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc Sat Jun 30 15:42:12 # ho hum, serves files, backs up, yada yada, all in a year's work. -- will trillich "Gratitude is riches. Complaint is poverty." -- Doris Von Kappelhoff -- To UNS

uptimes > 50.0, dmesg says 'race' a lot...?

2006-08-24 Thread will trillich
, batch 1 cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 2, batch 1 Normal per-cpu: cpu 0 hot: low 32, high 96, batch 16 cpu 0 cold: low 0, high 32, batch 16 HighMem per-cpu: empty will a reboot-with-fsck fix this, maybe? or is there deeper doo-doo to wade through? -- will trillich "The great enemy of clear langua

apt-get install: x11-common vs xfree86-common: "trying to overwrite /etc/X11/Xsession"

2006-03-29 Thread will trillich
n package xfree86-common dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/x11-common_6.9.0.dfsg.1-4_all.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) ideas? -- will trillich "Their iz ate errers in these sentance."

php won't connect to postgresql

2006-03-10 Thread will trillich
'm missing. any help would be appreciated! -- will trillich "Their iz ate errers in these sentance."

Re: moodle config tips? (or, PHP vs POSTGRES?)

2006-03-09 Thread will trillich
On 3/8/06, will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > having a bit of trouble getting moodle off the ground -- any pointers > are welcome. > > after installing it we browse to localhost/moodle/admin and get > NOTHING. here's a telnet session to illustrate: > > teln

Re: moodle config tips? (or, PHP vs POSTGRES?)

2006-03-09 Thread will trillich
On 3/8/06, Roberto C. Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > will trillich wrote: > > having a bit of trouble getting moodle off the ground -- any pointers > > are welcome. > This may sound dumb, but did you bother to read the README.Debian file? > I just took a look at

moodle config tips? (or, PHP vs POSTGRES?)

2006-03-08 Thread will trillich
2006 13:49:30 tried both libapache2-mod-php4 and libapache2-mod-php5, same results. php[45]-pgsql are both installed. aaugh! -- will trillich "Their iz ate errers in these sentance."

Re: apache2 -t... can't find Apache.pm?

2006-02-05 Thread will trillich
g > file, right? so the line isn't removed. reasonable approach, but: # cat /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/perl.conf PerlModule Apache2 # even if it isn't needed, why can't it find it in the @INC listed (below) but i *can*? > On 2/6/06, will trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

apache2 vs mod_perl2: "Can't locate Apache.pm in @INC"

2006-02-04 Thread will trillich
b/perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/share/perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5 /usr/share/perl5 /usr/lib/perl/5.8 /usr/share/perl/5.8 /usr/local/lib/site_perl . /etc/apache2) so why can't it get its electronic hands on /usr/lib/perl5/Apache.pm? argh! (and, isn't that second-to-last "dot" entry a

where to point JAVA_HOME?

2005-12-07 Thread will trillich
how does a newbie learn where best to point environment variable $JAVA_HOME to? and what packages are likely candidates to install (debian sarge) in order to have the ingredients needed to point JAVA_HOME to? any pointers hungrily welcomed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

OSPORTFOLIO install troubles: any java/tomcat gurus familiar with this on debian?

2005-12-02 Thread will trillich
osportfolio.org looks like a neat setup, so we thought we'd give it a whirl... but we can't find the cliffs notes on getting java up and running. apt-cache search java brings up a BUNCH of stuff and we don't know one from another. from instrux at http://wiki.osportfolio.org/confluence/display/Te

Re: plone vs siteroot -- where's the config? SOLVED: _SUPPRESS_SITEROOT

2005-08-19 Thread Will Trillich
Will Trillich wrote: okay, i need a whap with the clue stick. how do i remove the configs for zope/plone? "--purge remove" does NOT do the trick. but http://localhost:9673/_SUPPRESS_SITEROOT/manage was a nice workaround and very* easy* to find. *very easy, as in sarcasm, as in

plone vs siteroot -- where's the config?

2005-08-19 Thread Will Trillich
okay, i need a whap with the clue stick. how do i remove the configs for zope/plone? "--purge remove" does NOT do the trick. long version: apt-get update apt-get install plone three notices popped up with tips and advice, the last one including "You must create

trouble with "apt-get install apache-ssl"

2005-08-19 Thread Will Trillich
after finally giving up (insert frustrated sigh here) trying to configure ssl with apache, we tried "apache-ssl" and had more trouble -- as if the install script did something screwy: # apt-get install apache-ssl Generating a 1024 bit RSA private key

how to mount a windows 'share' under linux

2004-11-27 Thread will trillich
we'd like to automate backups from the office windo~1 box using rsync. we can do it usnig samba and the ftp-like interface, but all timestamps are lost this way (unless there's an option we've missed). we googled for things like 'mount windows share under linux filesystem' and get .exe downloadable

using parted -- safely on /dev/md*?

2004-09-25 Thread Will Trillich
known DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #54 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Tired of SLOW BROWSING THROUGH THE ONLINE APACHE MANUAL? Get your own local copy and never worry about bandwidth again: apt-get install apache-doc Then browse /usr/share/doc/apache/manual.html, quick like a bunny. --

sarge vs spamassassin

2004-09-08 Thread Will Trillich
we're getting "X-Spam-Status: No" but with "identified this incoming email as possible spam" anyhow. huh? this is from a plain vanilla sarge install, running exim4 with cyrus21 delivery. there's a setting in need of repair... get a load of this-- ==8<=== X-Spam-St

disabling root logins -- HOWTO

2004-09-08 Thread Will Trillich
as non-root from wherever, and then sudo and su when necessary. delightful! === if there's other intervening traps to look for, we'd like to know about it. comments welcome. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIA

sarge dist-upgrade "Package is in a very bad inconsistent state"

2004-09-06 Thread Will Trillich
f.y.i. in trying an upgrade (dist-upgrade) from woody to sarge, we ran into trouble with the following sympoms: [EMAIL PROTECTED] apt-get -f install postgresql Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: The following

automating sa-learn via cyrus mailbox?

2004-08-28 Thread Will Trillich
i've been thinking again, so to avoid doing something dangerous i thought i run it past y'all'uns-- :) we're running cyrus21 and exim4 for email services, and would like to automate the "sa-learn" feature system-wide. so why not create a "user.spam" cyrus mailbox, BOUNCE any spams there and have

Re: repartitioning software raid1 -- remotely?

2004-08-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Sat, Aug 21 at 04:09AM +0100, David Leggett wrote: > Doing stuff like this remotely is fun ;) > > I would recommed that you use LVM to manage the size of your "partitions" so > you can simply assign space to wherever you store your data easily. > > Also I would recommend upgrading the kernel

Re: "screen" saves life, all in a day's work

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Aug 20 at 08:43PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >On Thu, Aug 19 at 10:06AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > >>You can also start it up at, say, boot time running, for example, > >>user-mode-linux or Hercules. > > > >what

Re: "screen" saves life, all in a day's work

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Aug 20 at 01:09PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 02:35:53AM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 19 at 10:06AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > > > You can also start it up at, say, boot time running, for example, > > >

repartitioning software raid1 -- remotely?

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
short version: how to repartition a software raid 1 (mirroring) remotely? long version: so the client (hundreds of miles away) has a fresh debian woody running on a software raid1 (mirroring) setup. but the partitioning needs an overhaul: Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on

Re: RE : What is the current stable version

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #52 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Would you like to GET APACHE TO HIDE CERTAIN FILES? It's as easy as adding this to your /etc/apache/httpd.conf: PerlModule Apache::Constants

Re: "screen" saves life, all in a day's work

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Aug 19 at 10:06AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >very, very sexy, this "screen" thing. very! > > You can also start it up at, say, boot time running, for example, > user-mode-linux or Hercules. what's that all about? curiou

Re: security updates

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Aug 19 at 11:49AM -0400, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > right, but i can't do that. the rest of my message went on to > say that when i try to apt-get upgrade (i've already > apt-gotten updated), because i haven't done it in so long, apt > tries to upgrade 500+ packagest for me, which i don't hav

Re: security updates

2004-08-20 Thread Will Trillich
quot; and i'll follow appropriate dependencies, downloading what's needed for that one install. apt-get upgrade will download the whole shootin' match. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #

maxqueries dns error resolving spamcop.net

2004-08-19 Thread Will Trillich
Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #14 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : What's a RUNLEVEL? It's simply a big-time setting group; runlevel 2 might have a full-blown web server plus X running,

Re: on RAID1: is HDA+HDD okay? c: d:

2004-08-18 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Aug 17 at 10:46PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Alvin Oga wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: > > > lemme check to make sure i grok the recommendation -- HDA and > > > HDB are primary and secondary on the first bus (C: and D

Re: software RAID1: oops!

2004-08-18 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Aug 17 at 10:04PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: > > so it's best to have a raid1 disk on each bus -- but do they > > both have to be primary? > best config: hda + hdd and hdb + hdc > - both raid has a primary dis

on RAID1: is HDA+HDD okay?

2004-08-17 Thread Will Trillich
On Sun, Aug 15 at 09:53PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: > > $ sfdisk -d > > # partition table of /dev/hda > > unit: sectors > > > > /dev/hda1 : start= 63, size= 192717, Id=83, bootable > > /dev/hda2 : start= 192

Re: Debian equivalent of /etc/profile.d

2004-08-17 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Aug 17 at 09:32AM -0300, Leandro Guimaraens Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > Em Tue, 17 Aug 2004 05:20:06 +0200, Jeremy Brown escreveu: > > does all initialization I want to do need to go directly > > into the file "/etc/profile"? sorta. according to "man bash" there's /etc/profile (login) a

Re: Reverse DNS?

2004-08-17 Thread Will Trillich
're asking them to do you a favor. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #1 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking to use your Debian machine as a FIREWALL? No problem! Try "apt-ge

Re: Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-17 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Aug 16 at 02:43PM -0700, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 12:47:10AM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > > - is there significant reason to shun reiserfs? > > - what's the optimal/recommended recovery method? > > Best reason to shun it is that when the fi

Re: screen vs. multiple xterm's + remote connection

2004-08-16 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Aug 16 at 03:58AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >you can now switch to console (alt-ctl-f1) or another xterm or another tty anywhere (other computers, possibly on other continents) :) > >and do "screen -D -R" to reattach to your original sess

Re: screen vs. multiple xterm's

2004-08-16 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Aug 16 at 12:24AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > > ><>okay, it's a bit of hyperbole. but MAN i don't remember what > >life was like a few weeks ago without "screen"! > > > >there i was, minding my own

calendar server recommendations?

2004-08-16 Thread Will Trillich
ux (preferably .deb -available) calendaring server packages. hmm? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #50 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Want to specify EDITOR SETTINGS WHEN LAUNCHING F

Re: woody -> installed on DUAL-PROCESSOR software RAID!

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
On Sun, Aug 15 at 09:53PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Sun, 15 Aug 2004, Will Trillich wrote: > > $ sfdisk -d > > # partition table of /dev/hda > > unit: sectors > > > > /dev/hda1 : start= 63, size= 192717, Id=83, bootable > > /dev/hda2 : start= 192

Filesystem recovery with ReiserFS

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
tirades (your problem) are irresponsible noise. - is there significant reason to shun reiserfs? - what's the optimal/recommended recovery method? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #27 from Will Trillic

woody -> installed on DUAL-PROCESSOR software RAID!

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Aug 09 at 04:15PM +0200, Hans Wilmer wrote: > Thus, at least one of them will be dual CPU systems, but I´m > lacking experience with multi processor machines. Both should > have SATA RAID controllers from 3ware, thus mainboards > providing 64bit PCI slots make sense. i've got a client whos

"screen" saves life, all in a day's work

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
okay, it's a bit of hyperbole. but MAN i don't remember what life was like a few weeks ago without "screen"! there i was, minding my own business... i noticed my /home partition filling up, so i started a laborious copy sendnig the files to another box across town so i could reswizzle my partitio

Re: I hate it when that happens...

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
x27; and then remember to fall back to the full orignial command, consientiously, consciously, carefully, and cautiously. on purpose, even. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #53 from Will Trillich <[EM

Re: Linux help system (Was: -=> Re: I hate it when that happens...)

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Aug 13 at 05:05AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Documentation is a much-ignored standard. > > Some is in man format: > man man > THe GNU project likes info > info info > Some projects prefer HTML: > links /usr/share/doc/postgresql-doc/html/index.html > Others think postscript is cool

Re: I hate it when that happens...

2004-08-15 Thread Will Trillich
On Sat, Aug 07 at 12:07PM +0200, John L Fjellstad wrote: > Paul Gear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And *always* use 'set -u' in shell scripts. :-) > > What does that do? I looked in bash manual, and couldn't find > anything... (always ready to learn something new:-) ) man bash it's in "sh

crack attempt?

2004-08-10 Thread Will Trillich
strator OrgTechPhone: +1-800-562-4206 OrgTechEmail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] # ARIN WHOIS database, last updated 2004-08-09 19:10 # Enter ? for additional hints on searching ARIN's WHOIS database. -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002

Re: Bash equivalent to DOS /p

2004-08-09 Thread Will Trillich
extends your selection; middle-click usually pastes whatever you've got selected (as if you'd re-typed it all frmo your own keyboard, and in a hurry :). -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown (5 matched scroll) D

Re: Bash equivalent to DOS /p

2004-08-09 Thread Will Trillich
I wonder how many of them I need to know > and don't... exactly! keep spreading it around... :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #28 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Would you like t

colored bash prompt

2004-08-09 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Jul 13 at 09:16AM -0500, Reid Priedhorsky wrote: > On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 09:30:18 +0200, Silvan wrote: > >> Also look into the tput program. You tell it what you want (bold, > >> green, etc.) and it outputs appropriate magic for your current > >> terminal. great idea -- i'll have to snoop ar

tips for using "screen"?

2004-08-09 Thread Will Trillich
"push Od" rather than explain them i'll send y'all to "man screen" so you can learn other cool stuff and add to the mix. :) -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #48 from W

"use screen" to "Pick up a shell session after ssh timeout"

2004-08-09 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 08 at 04:15PM +0200, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > Sure, this is not a solution this time. But maybe it is a solution > for the next time: > > $ ssh [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Welcome to remotehost > $ screen > $ long_task > > When you press C-a C-d now, you detach yourself from your screen > se

Re: Pick up a shell session after ssh timeout

2004-08-09 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 08 at 09:50AM -0500, Alan Shutko wrote: > Right, it won't work for this time. But if one uses screen > every time they log in, one will always be able to resume, > whether it times out because of ping, whether the phone line > gets cut, whether the client machine reboots but not i

Re: apt-get install = remove?

2004-07-13 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Jul 13 at 01:10PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote: > On Tue, 2004-07-13 at 12:18, Will Trillich wrote: > > thought this was weird: > > > > # apt-get install webmin-ssl > > Reading Package Lists... Done > > Building Dependency Tree... Done >

apt-get install = remove?

2004-07-13 Thread Will Trillich
thought this was weird: # apt-get upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following packages have been kept back webmin-core webmin-ssl 0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 2 not upgraded.

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 09:31PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > for daemon-config-file-settings, i'm more comfortable > > specifying the whole path. less chance of intervention or > > misdirection based on $PATH mungings...

Re: restartd (resurrecting dead daemons)

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 09:34PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > shouldn't that use start-stop-daemon to do its work? > > Quite possibly... but as long as it works... :) sorta. the output from the restart (or cancellati

Re: tips on using "screen"?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 06:00PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > we'd love to hear more about your setup. ~/.bashrc aliases > > or settings, any keyboard macros, ~/.screenrc coolness... > > we're not picky. > > The

restartd (resurrecting dead daemons)

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 02:46PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30 at 06:25PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > > restartd. > > aha. not available for woody, but it's available for sarge... > [hmm -- must look into the /etc/init.d/restartd script to m

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Jun 30 at 06:25PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 04:34:06PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > | problem: xinetd, after working just fine and dandy for weeks at > | a time, gets dozens of "unexpected signal" (source unknown) &

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 05:59PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > --- Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > #!/bin/bash > > /etc/init.d/some-daemon-here restart > > Better to use 'invoke-rc.d' here: > > invoke-rc.d

Re: Creating own installer images

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 06:41PM +0200, Robert Waldner wrote: > I need to create special Debian installer images, as we have > machines here with Promise PDC20378 S-ATA RAID controllers and > need to install Woody on them. The driver for this controller > was opensourced, but it's only available as a modu

tips on using "screen"?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 02:34PM +0200, Kai Grossjohann wrote: > I've started using screen recently. It's way cool. same here. kahuna powerful for us command-line folks. > The best part about screen is that you can set it up such that > each xterm is just a new window showing the existing list of > she

Re: fast, tabbed, gnome/wm- compliant terminal

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
l. where's the pattern? -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #49 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Looking to ENCODE OR DECODE SOME ROT-13 TEXT? No problem. "Vg'f rnfl jvgu I

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 08:58AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Mark Ferlatte wrote: > > >Will Trillich said on Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 04:34:06PM -0500: > >>questions: > >>1) what's the best way (e.g. debian way) to monitor active > >> daemons

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Jun 30 at 11:20PM -0500, Jacob S. wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 22:43:54 -0500 > Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > at http://backports.org, i search for "restartd" and get > > > > Sorry, no packages found. > > At the risk of

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-07-01 Thread Will Trillich
On Thu, Jul 01 at 10:55AM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > $ apt-cache policy restartd > restartd: > Installed: 0.1.a-3 > Candidate: 0.1.a-3 > Version Table: > *** 0.1.a-3 0 > 990 http://http.us.debian.org sarge/main Packages > 80 http://http.us.debian.org sid/main Pack

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-06-30 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Jun 30 at 06:25PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote: > On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 04:34:06PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > | problem: xinetd, after working just fine and dandy for weeks at > | a time, gets dozens of "unexpected signal" (source unknown) &

Re: automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-06-30 Thread Will Trillich
On Wed, Jun 30 at 03:43PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > Will Trillich said on Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 04:34:06PM -0500: > > questions: > > 1) what's the best way (e.g. debian way) to monitor active > >daemons and restart them when necessary? maybe some > &g

automatically restarting dying daemons?

2004-06-30 Thread Will Trillich
.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #51 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Interested in CUSTOMIZING MUTT to work the way you'd like? Visit Tom Gilbert's site at http://linuxbrit.co.uk/mutt/ and download his .muttr

apache-perl: BRICOLAGE troubles

2004-06-29 Thread Will Trillich
wow, this is confusing! On Tue, Jun 29 at 12:57PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > without the two added httpd.conf directives, apache works like a > champ (so apache-perl is working just fine). then we add these > two lines, and... > > PerlSetEnv BRICOLAGE_ROOT

Re: interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? (for remote ssh tunnels)

2004-06-29 Thread Will Trillich
On Sat, Jun 26 at 08:33PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > >>I don't understand why the server would be making the > >>connexion request. By definition, the client does that. > > > >it's not "by definition" -- it's "in the VAST majority of cases". > >as in "very seldom, and it's surely suspicious

trouble getting BRICOLAGE off the ground

2004-06-29 Thread Will Trillich
we did "apt-get" to install it (it's not the most current, but we just want to get it started) with sources.list thus: # /etc/apt/soruces.list for bricolage deb http://people.debian.org/~erich/bricolage / without the two added httpd.conf directives, apache works like a champ (so a

Re: interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? (for remote ssh tunnels)

2004-06-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Jun 25 at 09:56PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >turns out the vast majority of these connections will be coming > >from beyond a remote firewall (remote from where the server is > >located on the 'net): > > Cool. That's t

Re: interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? SOLVED

2004-06-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Jun 25 at 07:43AM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 10:18:39PM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > > > > can linux have multiple 127.0.0.1 interfaces? if so, how? > > As far as I know, every IP number from 127.0.0.1 ro 127.255.255.255 > does a loopba

Re: interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? (for remote ssh tunnels)

2004-06-25 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Jun 25 at 01:24PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >On Fri, Jun 25 at 11:46AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > >>Will Trillich wrote: > >>>can linux have multiple 127.0.0.1 interfaces? if so, how? > > I'm not talking to mysel

Re: interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? (for remote ssh tunnels)

2004-06-24 Thread Will Trillich
On Fri, Jun 25 at 11:46AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > > >can linux have multiple 127.0.0.1 interfaces? if so, how? > > I'm sure it can, but loc is for intra-host traffic - that is, I'm > talking to myself. exactly what's needed

interfaces lo:1 lo:2 lo:3? (for remote ssh tunnels)

2004-06-24 Thread Will Trillich
can linux have multiple 127.0.0.1 interfaces? if so, how? okay -- not sure how to word this, but here goes... a friend of mine is working with a college to establish remote-to-local ssh tunnels -- we've got an application that runs on office computers that listens for a connection from the serv

Re: need simple imap server to serve up some maildirs

2004-06-22 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Jun 22 at 12:26AM -0500, Will Trillich wrote: > On Mon, Jun 21 at 03:31PM -0400, Bojan Baros wrote: > > I have found courier-imap to be easy to set up and use. I > > am using squirrelmail as an imap client, with imapproxy > > added into the mix to speed up things. >

Re: "setuid(UID)" and "chmod 4550" misbehaving

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Jun 22 at 08:41AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >TASK: allow USER1 to run a program AS USER2. > >SOLUTION: setuid bit (in theory, right?) > >PROBLEM: theory not matching execution... > > > >we've got a little C prog

Re: "setuid(UID)" and "chmod 4550" misbehaving

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Jun 22 at 12:55PM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 22 at 08:41AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > >>Why would you not use sudo? > > > >you mean, have apache use sudo to change a user's email (sasl) > >password?

Re: need simple imap server to serve up some maildirs

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Jun 21 at 03:31PM -0400, Bojan Baros wrote: > I have found courier-imap to be easy to set up and use. I am > using squirrelmail as an imap client, with imapproxy added > into the mix to speed up things. any chance you have the plugin "chg_sasl_passwd" working? it allows webmail users to c

startled by what SCREEN can do [was Re: 3 gigs enough?]

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
out why my delete key is borked, i'll be blissful...] -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #5 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : What's a "MANPAGE"? It's the documentation you

Re: querying install times on packages

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Jun 21 at 12:09PM -0500, Rob Benton wrote: > Recently I ran into a problem on my machine at home. I had > made an update of several packages and something went wrong. > What I need is a way to query all installed packages by their > install date. I couldn't find any existing tools like >

Re: "setuid(UID)" and "chmod 4550" misbehaving

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
On Mon, Jun 21 at 06:01PM -0700, Sean O'Dell wrote: > On Monday 21 June 2004 09:23, Will Trillich wrote: > > TASK: allow USER1 to run a program AS USER2. > > SOLUTION: setuid bit (in theory, right?) > > PROBLEM: theory not matching execution... > > Sounds obvi

Re: "setuid(UID)" and "chmod 4550" misbehaving

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
On Tue, Jun 22 at 08:41AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > > >TASK: allow USER1 to run a program AS USER2. > >SOLUTION: setuid bit (in theory, right?) > >PROBLEM: theory not matching execution... > > > >we've got a little C p

"setuid(UID)" and "chmod 4550" misbehaving

2004-06-21 Thread Will Trillich
TASK: allow USER1 to run a program AS USER2. SOLUTION: setuid bit (in theory, right?) PROBLEM: theory not matching execution... we've got a little C program that must be RUN AS a certain user (cyrus) BY another user (www-data) so we figured turning on the SETUID bit would work: # cd /usr

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