Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-02 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrew McGlashan To: Horatio Leragon ; Debian-user List Sent: Monday, June 2, 2014 10:01 AM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > You have no idea what a troll is. Yes, I do. English happens to be my first langu

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-02 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Jerry Stuckle To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Monday, June 2, 2014 9:56 AM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > The only one who has wasted his time is Andrew.  Maybe you didn't like  his > answer

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 2/06/2014 10:08 AM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > If you have nothing relevant to contribute to my original question, stop > trolling. You have no idea what a troll is. Calling me a troll is very inappropriate and very offensive. Do not answer any further emails from me and I won't send any to you

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Jerry Stuckle
On 6/1/2014 8:13 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote: *From:* Andrew McGlashan *To:* Horatio Leragon *Sent:* Sunday, June 1, 2014 8:08 PM *Subject:* Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > Fuck off idiot, you

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrew McGlashan To: Horatio Leragon Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 8:08 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > Fuck off idiot, you can lead a horse to water stop calling me a troll. You are not just a simple troll.

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrew McGlashan To: Horatio Leragon Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick >>> Fuck off idiot, you can lead a horse to water stop calling me a troll. > > > >You

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > > > > http://www.linux.org/threads/file-permissions-chmod.4094/ > > That URL links to something quite informative. https://startpage.com/ Search term: wiki chmod > First hit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod I for example oft

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 1/06/2014 9:40 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > Why would I want to download almost 900 MB of Tails ISO just to learn > how to create a backup of system-connections? On reflection, it was clearly the wrong advice for you. How about you start with something like this first [1] ? > Are you crazy?

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 31/05/2014 2:51 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > I would like to back up system-connections (full path is > /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) on to a USB stick. > > The folder in question contains the imported profiles of several OpenVPN > config files. > > I tried to drag the said folder to

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Joe To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Horatio Leragon Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 5:18 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > If you have Internet access, and need to know something new, then a search > with th

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Filip To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Cc: Horatio Leragon Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > http://www.linux.org/threads/file-permissions-chmod.4094/ That URL links to someth

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrew McGlashan To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:16 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick You are definitely a troll. Why would I want to download almost 900 MB of Tails ISO just to learn how

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Joe
On Sat, 31 May 2014 22:50:04 -0700 (PDT) Horatio Leragon wrote: > > > > > > From: Ralf Mardorf > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a US

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-06-01 Thread Filip
On Sat, 31 May 2014 22:50:04 -0700 (PDT) Horatio Leragon wrote: > > > > > > From: Ralf Mardorf > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 1:24 PM > Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a US

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 1/06/2014 3:46 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote: >> "Tails - Privacy for anyone anywhere" >> - [T]he [A]mnesic [I]ncognito [L]ive [S]ystem (based on Debian) >> - this is a TOR project. > > How is Tails relevant to answering my question? Just how they handle this kind of data in a persistent manner an

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Ralf Mardorf To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 1:24 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > PS: Also read > man chown > man chmod I have read those man pages whose contents are only

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrew McGlashan To: Horatio Leragon ; "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 12:54 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > "Tails - Privacy for anyone anywhere" > - [T]h

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Ralf Mardorf To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 12:29 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > cd /path/to/dir/you/want/to/copy/ > tar --exclude=file_that_should_not_be_copied

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 2014-06-01 at 06:29 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > Assumed there's no data on the stick, IOW assumed you plan to copy to a > stick, then don't copy the directories and files directly, but write the > directories and files to a tar archive, so all the permissions are > preserved and you'

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 1/06/2014 12:08 PM, Horatio Leragon wrote: > *From:* Andrew McGlashan >> Tails has a neat method to keep this sort of stuff persistent. > > Tails? "Tails - Privacy for anyone anywhere" - [T]he [A]mnesic [I]ncognito [L]ive [S]ystem (based on Debian) - this is a TOR project. https://tail

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Sun, 01 Jun 2014 04:04:29 +0200, Horatio Leragon wrote: Andrei POPESCU, Saturday, May 31, 2014 10:35 PM: Probably simplest is to switch to root an copy the files to the stick. How do I switch to root? During installation of Debian, I expressly clicked "No" to "Allow login as root" optio

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrew McGlashan To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Sunday, June 1, 2014 2:12 AM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > Tails has a neat method to keep this sort of stuff persistent. Tails? I am unable to find it

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Horatio Leragon
From: Andrei POPESCU To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 10:35 PM Subject: Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick > Probably simplest is to switch to root an copy the files to the stick. How do I switch to r

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Andrew McGlashan
On 1/06/2014 12:35 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Vi, 30 mai 14, 21:51:05, Horatio Leragon wrote: >> I would like to back up system-connections (full path is >> /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) on to a USB stick. >> >> The folder in question contains the imported profiles of several >> Ope

Re: Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-31 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Vi, 30 mai 14, 21:51:05, Horatio Leragon wrote: > I would like to back up system-connections (full path is > /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) on to a USB stick. > > The folder in question contains the imported profiles of several > OpenVPN config files. > > I tried to drag the said fo

Create backup of system-connections on a USB stick

2014-05-30 Thread Horatio Leragon
I would like to back up system-connections (full path is /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections) on to a USB stick. The folder in question contains the imported profiles of several OpenVPN config files. I tried to drag the said folder to my USB stick unsuccessfully. The error message is "Permi