Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-31 Brian : > On Fri 31 Jan 2014 at 07:56:29 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > > Brian argued that a private key+allowusers does not improve security with > > respect to passwords+allowusers. > > I did :). > > > I use private key authentication with a 21 characters passphrase which is > >

Re: Connot load Wheezy in a "virgin" desktop -- SOME RESULTS

For previous installation attempts to install Wheezy in my box -- consisting of a Gigabyte GA-Z87N mainboard, an Intel i5-4670K processor with integrated GPU and two Seagate 2gb hard drives -- I used the 7.2 Wheezy netinst disk. For the most recent attempts I used the 7.3 version. The results desc

Re: put gparted on minimum system, for disks over 2TB

On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 12:17:24 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > > IMO cfdisk is not a great choice due to sector sizes and starting sector > (can cause problems with GRUB) > > parted or gdisk will happily partition large drives, fdisk not so much. > There is also gnu-fdisk package, that has cfdi

Re: Viber on Debian

On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 05:00:03PM +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 08:38:52PM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > > On 1/28/2014 3:00 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > > >Licence - is the noun > > >License - is the verb > > > > Not in the United States. > > yep! ooops, should be:

Re: Viber on Debian

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 08:38:52PM -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote: > On 1/28/2014 3:00 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: > >On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: > >> > >>and if it exists, scrape the page for the license e.g.:- > >>$ curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber|html2te

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 05:16:15PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: > No advertisement at all. I'm a member of this debian user group and > have wheezy installed with the kind help of other members on this > mailing list. I'm fairly new at this and simply suggesting a clone > software that I have used in

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

On Sat, Feb 01, 2014 at 01:02:16AM +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 09:48 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Have you edited ~/.config/Terminal/terminrc to enable xfce4-terminal > > to issue the beep? > > > > The relevant line is: > > > > MiscBell=FALSE > > > > Set it to TRUE. >

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

* On 2014 31 Jan 15:38 -0600, David Guntner wrote: > I forgot to mention: The "play" command is part of the SoX package, so > if you try running it and get a "not found" response, install sox. There is also 'aplay' from the alsa-utils package which would appear to do the same. - Nate -- "The

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

* On 2014 31 Jan 18:04 -0600, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 09:48 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Have you edited ~/.config/Terminal/terminrc to enable xfce4-terminal > > to issue the beep? > > > > The relevant line is: > > > > MiscBell=FALSE > > > > Set it to TRUE. > > Neither my

Re: Viber on Debian

On Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:25:02 -0800, Man_Without_Clue wrote: On 01/28/2014 11:53 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:13:13PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/01/14 19:00, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: and if it e

Re: Viber on Debian

On 1/28/2014 3:00 AM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: and if it exists, scrape the page for the license e.g.:- $ curl -s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viber|html2text|grep License|head -n1 That will pick up bad grammar, maybe better is: cu

Re: Viber on Debian

On 01/28/2014 11:53 PM, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 07:13:13PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/01/14 19:00, Chris Bannister wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 12:18:56PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote: and if it exists, scrape the page for the license e.g.:- $ curl -s http://en

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On 01/02/14 08:02, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Fabrice, > > You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on > this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free > program called "EaseUS Disk Copy". I have used this software to clone > a complete copy of Windows from on

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Sat, 2014-02-01 at 01:01 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: > On 02/01/2014 12:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 22:41 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: > >> Your solution seems the easiest of the adequate solution I have > >> received. Howewer I have received a pm about clonezilla w

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 09:48 -0600, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Have you edited ~/.config/Terminal/terminrc to enable xfce4-terminal > to issue the beep? > > The relevant line is: > > MiscBell=FALSE > > Set it to TRUE. Neither my Arch nor my Linux install have got such a file :D. -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On 02/01/2014 12:53 AM, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 22:41 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: Your solution seems the easiest of the adequate solution I have received. Howewer I have received a pm about clonezilla which seems like a tool tailored for this kind of job. What are the adva

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 22:41 +0100, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: > Your solution seems the easiest of the adequate solution I have > received. Howewer I have received a pm about clonezilla which seems like > a tool tailored for this kind of job. > What are the advantage of each solution ? > How do you

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

Le 31/01/2014 19:45, Fabrice Vaillant a écrit : Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of setting up debian to suit my computer. The question I'm asking is, what

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On 1 February 2014 09:16, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: > >> Sorry I consider this some form of advertising. >> This is a Debian group! This program is a windows program. So you need a >> windows installation to use this. Sure they claim you can cre

Re: Suspend leads to black screen without sleep [Dell Latitude E6440]

On 2/1/14, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > I had success with suspend by adding resume=/path/to/swap to my GRUB > bootline. > > To find your /path/to/swap, use: > > $ swapon -s Suspend has usually worked for me, without any swap partition. However, the kernel has been where the significant differences

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 4:21 PM, Henning Follmann wrote: > Sorry I consider this some form of advertising. > This is a Debian group! This program is a windows program. So you need a > windows installation to use this. Sure they claim you can create a bootable > CD/DVD but you still need a windows

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On 2014-01-31, Fabrice Vaillant wrote: > Hi > I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly > fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. > The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of setting up debian > to suit my computer. The question I'm asking is, what

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

David Guntner grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > Paul E Condon grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> >> I need something that I can actually hear even when I not paying >> attention. I know I asked about getting the beep function working, but >> now I want to ask about possibilities of getting the external

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Fri, 2014-01-31 at 16:21 -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 04:02:37PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: > > Hi Fabrice, > > > > You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on > > this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free > > program call

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

Paul E Condon grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > I need something that I can actually hear even when I not paying > attention. I know I asked about getting the beep function working, but > now I want to ask about possibilities of getting the external > speakers, which I know are working for videos

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

On 1/31/2014 3:58 PM, Alex Mestiashvili wrote: I have to agree with you here, Raffaele. While it's nice to talk about users and 20 character random keys, the fact of the matter is, they aren't used by the vast majority of users. In many cases, even those who *should* know better don't do it.

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 04:02:37PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Fabrice, > > You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on > this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free > program called "EaseUS Disk Copy". I have used this software to clone > a complete

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

Hi Fabrice, You have many questions that need answering from advanced users on this list however as a kind suggestion, I can recommend a free program called "EaseUS Disk Copy". I have used this software to clone a complete copy of Windows from one hard disk to another. It worked perfect for my sp

Re: "cloning" a debian installation

I would simply use sudo cp -pr. -- 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/1391201981.688.68.camel@archlinux

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

I have to agree with you here, Raffaele. While it's nice to talk about users and 20 character random keys, the fact of the matter is, they aren't used by the vast majority of users. In many cases, even those who *should* know better don't do it. Sure, you could require a 20 character rando

Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS

Csanyi Pal writes: > Brian writes: > >> On Fri 31 Jan 2014 at 14:32:02 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> >>> csanyipal@b2:/lib/modules/2.6.39.4-4/kernel/drivers$ grep -r 8192 * >>> Binary file media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.ko matches >> >> This kernel does not have the driver for your device. >> >> In a

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

On 20140131_094852, Nate Bargmann wrote: > Have you edited ~/.config/Terminal/terminrc to enable xfce4-terminal to > issue the beep? > > The relevant line is: > > MiscBell=FALSE > > Set it to TRUE. You may have to enable the loading of the pcspkr kernel > module but likely not. > > - Nate Tha

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

On Fri 31 Jan 2014 at 07:56:29 +0100, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > Brian argued that a private key+allowusers does not improve security with > respect to passwords+allowusers. I did :). > I use private key authentication with a 21 characters passphrase which is > at minimum more secure than a 21 ch

freeradius startup delay

hi, i installed freeradius and samba4 (internal dns) on debian wheezy (testing repository) and every time i reboot this system freeradius failes to start "Failed to look up hostname : ip_hton: Name or service not known" It works if i wait until the login prompt and start freeradius manual

"cloning" a debian installation

Hi I'm using debian 7.3 on my laptop (Dell E5530) and it runs perfectly fine. I'm considering remplacing the hdd by a ssd. The thing is I'd rather not go through the hassle of setting up debian to suit my computer. The question I'm asking is, what would be the simplest way(if it is possible) to

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

Another good tip. I recall at some point having alsamixer show the PC speaker to be unmuted but yet cycling it through muting and then unmuting activated the beep. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." Ham radio,

Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS

Brian writes: > On Fri 31 Jan 2014 at 14:32:02 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> csanyipal@b2:/lib/modules/2.6.39.4-4/kernel/drivers$ grep -r 8192 * >> Binary file media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.ko matches > > This kernel does not have the driver for your device. > > In another mail you wrote: > > > So

Re: chronyd startup issues

Marc, * Marc Shapiro wrote on 2014-01-31 at 07:09 (-0800): > OK, I just replaced chrony, yesterday. I have one question. > Is there an equivalent to using chronyc to check how accurate > the time is, or what server is being used? That way, I could > verify that it is connecting on its own when

Re: chronyd startup issues

Philippe, * Philippe Clérié wrote on 2014-01-29 at 19:18 (-0500): > On 01/29/2014 06:10 AM, Mathias Bauer wrote: > > Also, it's probably a good idea to add the -s option to > DAEMON_OPTS in /etc/default/openntpd. maybe. But consider time jumps just after booting won't make reconstructing things

Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS

On Fri 31 Jan 2014 at 14:32:02 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > csanyipal@b2:/lib/modules/2.6.39.4-4/kernel/drivers$ grep -r 8192 * > Binary file media/video/pvrusb2/pvrusb2.ko matches This kernel does not have the driver for your device. In another mail you wrote: > So, again, maybe this is not rig

Re: Suspend leads to black screen without sleep [Dell Latitude E6440]

I had success with suspend by adding resume=/path/to/swap to my GRUB bootline. To find your /path/to/swap, use: $ swapon -s And use that to create your own /resume=/dev/sda2 type of line (remember, yours will vary depending on your installation. Adding it to GRUB is another matter, but if you p

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

On Thu, 1/30/14, Paul E Condon wrote: Subject: making my Wheezy beep. How? To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:40 PM I want my Wheezy desktop (windowing with xfce) to issue a beep after a adjustable amount of time. I expected that I could do this with a

Re: drupal setting up in jessie from package.

Answering my own question: > Can you please help me with drupal-7 setting up w/ jessie? > I have read through many articles on the web and still did not get my > question answered, which is this: though it is almost always is > advised to download|unpack|copy drupal - jessie has it is own > packag

Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS

Brian writes: > On Thu 30 Jan 2014 at 21:12:54 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: > >> sudo modprobe rtl8192cu >> libkmod: ERROR ../libkmod/libkmod.c:505 >> kmod_lookup_alias_from_builtin_file: could not open builtin file >> '/lib/modules/2.6.39.4-4/modules.builtin.bin' > > This is kernel 2.6.39.4-4. Are y

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

Have you edited ~/.config/Terminal/terminrc to enable xfce4-terminal to issue the beep? The relevant line is: MiscBell=FALSE Set it to TRUE. You may have to enable the loading of the pcspkr kernel module but likely not. - Nate -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possi

Re: chronyd startup issues

On 01/29/2014 04:18 PM, Philippe Clérié wrote: On 01/29/2014 06:10 AM, Mathias Bauer wrote: * Darac Marjal wrote on 2014-01-29 at 10:22 (+): On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 12:06:13AM -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: When my system boots up it starts chronyd. The problem is that it seems to not have (

drupal setting up in jessie from package.

Good time of the day. Can you please help me with drupal-7 setting up w/ jessie? I have read through many articles on the web and still did not get my question answered, which is this: though it is almost always is advised to download|unpack|copy drupal - jessie has it is own package, so how do i

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

On 1/31/2014 1:17 AM, Артур Истомин wrote: On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 08:37:57PM +, Brian wrote: On Tue 28 Jan 2014 at 11:40:04 -0800, Jon Danniken wrote: Thanks Brian, I ended up removing openssh-server, as it was not something I needed; it was automatically installed and set up to run as a

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

On 01/31/2014 02:26 AM, Scott Ferguson wrote: /snip/ Do you have a PC speaker? What is a PC speaker? I have a woofer and two tweeters that produce sound for video clips from YouTube, but PC speaker must be something else? Yes. It's the thing that goes beep :D If you have one it'll be a piezo or

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

On 1/30/2014 11:29 PM, Raffaele Morelli wrote: 2014-01-30 Brian mailto:a...@cityscape.co.uk>>: On Thu 30 Jan 2014 at 18:53:11 +0100, Denis Witt wrote: > On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 18:42:34 + > Brian mailto:a...@cityscape.co.uk>> wrote: > > > The AllowUsers directive is a

Re: Wireless AP setup: RTL8188CUS

Brian writes: > On Thu 30 Jan 2014 at 23:09:22 +, Brian wrote: > >> On Thu 30 Jan 2014 at 21:12:54 +0100, Csanyi Pal wrote: >> >> > FATAL: Module rtl8192cu not found. The system is: uname -a Linux b2 2.6.39.4-4 #1 Fri Aug 19 14:41:59 CEST 2011 ppc GNU/Linux Description:Debian GNU/Linux

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

On 31.01.2014 08:17, Артур Истомин wrote: > Also, "SSH: passwords or keys?" - http://lwn.net/Articles/369703/ It's no longer an XOR choice now that Wheezy has OpenSSH-server 6.4 in the backports repository. With 6.2 and later it is possible to require both a key and a password. See the configura

Re: Old computer with Savage Video Help

Wow a p3 laptop can't remember the last time I've seen one those at all, let along in a full working state. And here I was thinking I was an old fart with my core2duo laptop :) I do have to say though its amazing the extra life Linux and especially debian imo can give an old machine. A very mi

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

Hi On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 10:40:22PM -0700, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want my Wheezy desktop (windowing with xfce) to issue a beep after a > adjustable amount of time. I expected that I could do this with a tiny > bash script using sleep and echo, but I cannot get echo to make the > computer issue

Suspend leads to black screen without sleep [Dell Latitude E6440]

Another issue with my Dell Latitude E6440 with AMD hybrid graphics is suspend not working. Suspend leads to a black screen, the system does not go to sleep and seems to be still running (power LED and fan are still on). I already tried different kernel: 3.5 (Ubuntu LTS), 3.12 and 3.13 (Debian sid/

Gnome 3.8 and AMD Hybrid Graphics, works in discrete mode not in integrated mode

I have a Dell Latitude E6440 equipped with Haswell processor and intel graphics, coupled with AMD hybrid graphics HD8690M. I am currently using Debian testing/sid, where most hardware is recognized. Standard installation left me with the Intel graphics driver working. I have followed the installat

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

JFTR on my Arch install printf "\a" and printf "\7" do not work when running them in xfce4-terminal 0.6.3 but they cause a beep when using MATE terminal 1.6.2 instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@l

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

2014-01-31 Scott Ferguson : > On 31/01/14 18:52, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > > 2014-01-31 Scott Ferguson > >: > > > > > > > > > Security requires knowledge, you made no such discovery. > > Too much emotional content. :) > Flamefests do no one any good.

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

On 31/01/14 18:39, Clive Standbridge wrote: >> Why don't I get a beep with: >> >> echo -e \a > > Because the shell absorbs the \ and the echo command sees only the > letter a. Try this: > > echo -e '\a' > Good point. Getting the (system) beep is tricky, traditionally it used the ^G. From fogg

Re: making my Wheezy beep. How?

> Why don't I get a beep with: > > echo -e \a Because the shell absorbs the \ and the echo command sees only the letter a. Try this: echo -e '\a' -- Cheers, Clive -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@

Re: How can I secure a Debian installation?

On 31/01/14 18:52, Raffaele Morelli wrote: > 2014-01-31 Scott Ferguson >: > > > > Security requires knowledge, you made no such discovery. Too much emotional content. :) Flamefests do no one any good. If you need a public forum for your views you