Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Erwan David
Le 09/12/2020 à 04:37, Dan Hitt a écrit : One of the local government agencies that i would like to interact with communicates using Microsoft Team.  The software actually has a debian package, which i have downloaded, but not installed yet. I have a computer running debian 10.3, but it does n

Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Jeremy Ardley
On 9/12/20 12:51 pm, Doug McGarrett wrote: Try this: The camera is called Fogéek and Amazon sold it to me for $49.95. Specs from the box it came in are as follows: Image sensor :              CMOS Pixel :                             5 Million Maximum Resolution :    2592*1944 Frame rat

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 12/9/20 7:08 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Georgi Naplatanov wrote: >> On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: >>> >>> 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an >>> Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you >>> either enable/load a kernel m

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Victor Sudakov
didier gaumet wrote: > Le mardi 8 décembre 2020 à 09:40:06 UTC+1, Victor Sudakov a écrit : > [...] > > Do you mean that if I install the metapackage: > > `apt install nvidia-driver-390` > > this should be sufficient? No GUI tweaking? > > Following the Ubuntu wiki instructions would probably be t

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Victor Sudakov
Georgi Naplatanov wrote: > On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > > xorg/modul

Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Doug McGarrett
On 12/8/20 10:37 PM, Dan Hitt wrote: One of the local government agencies that i would like to interact with communicates using Microsoft Team.  The software actually has a debian package, which i have downloaded, but not installed yet. I have a computer running debian 10.3, but it does not

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread David Christensen
On 2020-12-08 07:29, Fred wrote: Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick.  The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software.  It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus infested, scourge of the Earth softw

Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Yoann LE BARS
Hello everybody out there! On 2020/12/09 at 04:37 am, Dan Hitt wrote: > Does anybody have any experience using Microsoft Team on debian, and is > there anything i need to be cautious about (of course apart from running > software from a giant software company)? Well, considering the pan

Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> https://askubuntu.com/questions/889164/use-phone-as-microphone-in-linux This looks interesting, indeed (tho Plumble is not maintained any more AFAICT, you might be able to use Mumla instead, also available from F-Droid). > https://www.bytesin.com/how-to-use-your-phone-as-a-webcam-on-windows-lin

Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Keith Christian
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020, 20:37 Dan Hitt wrote: > One of the local government agencies that i would like to interact with > communicates using Microsoft Team. The software actually has a debian > package, which i have downloaded, but not installed yet. > > I have a computer running debian 10.3, but i

Re: running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Keith Bainbridge
On 9/12/20 2:37 pm, Dan Hitt wrote: Any advice about the web cam or mic? Dan No experience of team in linux These 2 links give directions on how to use an android phone/tablet as your PC camera/mic: https://askubuntu.com/questions/889164/use-phone-as-microphone-in-linux https://www.bytesin

running microsoft team on debian 10.3

2020-12-08 Thread Dan Hitt
One of the local government agencies that i would like to interact with communicates using Microsoft Team. The software actually has a debian package, which i have downloaded, but not installed yet. I have a computer running debian 10.3, but it does not have a web cam or a mic. So presumably i n

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Dec 09, 2020 at 12:02:17AM +0100, MichaIng wrote: > Sharing files through /tmp is probably rare, but /tmp it is for temporary > files, it's by default a tmpfs No, it's not. It's just a directory inside the root file system by default, in Debian. > (relevant when one wants to minimize fil

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:51:13 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 19:41:42 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > > Ah, yes. Those are Sylpheed options ;) But there's no general way to > > instruct these MUAs to automatically default to 'reply-to-list' for > > any reply to a list mail (i.e., any

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Mike McClain
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 10:53:16AM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package > > says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from > > writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus > > in

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
On 12/8/20 2:21 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: Others have suggested reformatting, but maybe a more constructive path forward is to return the bugger, complaining that it doesn't work. That seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Presumably the stick was bought for some purpose. If yo

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 19:41:42 -0500 Celejar wrote: > Ah, yes. Those are Sylpheed options ;) But there's no general way to > instruct these MUAs to automatically default to 'reply-to-list' for > any reply to a list mail (i.e., any mail with a 'List-ID: ' header), > correct? Try Configuration -> Pre

Re: Emergency mode when root account locked

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 09:30:05 -0600 (CST) gru...@mailfence.com wrote: ... > i was a sys admin for hpux and linux systems for 25 years now retired > having a root password is along the same line as backups for your system > you spend time and money and pray you never have to use it > you set a root

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:29:22 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 15:10:13 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > > On my Sylpheed, ordinary 'Reply' won't do reply-to-list, and I have to > > specifically ask for that (-L by default). I couldn't find a > > configuration option to change that, but

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 15:10:13 -0500 Celejar wrote: > On my Sylpheed, ordinary 'Reply' won't do reply-to-list, and I have to > specifically ask for that (-L by default). I couldn't find a > configuration option to change that, but I might have missed > something. In Claws-Mail, you can do it on a p

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread David Wright
On Tue 08 Dec 2020 at 17:55:41 (-0500), Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> If you never complain&return those products broken-by-design, the > >> companies will keep bringing them to the market. > > Yes, but choose your battles. > > Agreed. I was just proposing it in to remind people that there is such >

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread MichaIng
Am 08.12.2020 um 22:03 schrieb Greg Wooledge: Unexpected clobberin' by root is the actual *worst* case that this security feature is trying to protect against. Imagine this hypothetical scenario: 1) Process A running as regular user alice creates a temp file in /tmp, owned by alice. 2) Dum

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> If you never complain&return those products broken-by-design, the >> companies will keep bringing them to the market. > Yes, but choose your battles. Agreed. I was just proposing it in to remind people that there is such a choice. > In this case the retailer would chuck it in the bin and ask

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 16:21 -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > > Others have suggested reformatting, but maybe a more > > > > constructive path > > > > forward is to return the bugger, complaining that it doesn't > > > > work. > > > > That seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. > > P

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:00:44 -0500 Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 02:48:26PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:44:36 +0200 > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > ... > > > > >Unless you have access to a system on the internet to set up your own > > >VPN se

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread James H. H. Lampert
Hmm. When I put a new flash device into service, at the very least, I wipe all bundled content from it, and may completely reformat it, depending on my needs, just as a matter of course. -- JHHL (I vaguely recall that at one time, if you bought a new wallet, the card-and-picture section would

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread deloptes
Stefan Monnier wrote: > If you never complain&return those products broken-by-design, the > companies will keep bringing them to the market. > Your idea is not bad but only in theory of a dreamer. Nobody cares if you return 1 or even 1000 of 6,- US$ end user price product. It costs perhaps 1$ to

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Joe
On Tue, 08 Dec 2020 16:21:36 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: > >> > Others have suggested reformatting, but maybe a more > >> > constructive path forward is to return the bugger, complaining > >> > that it doesn't work. > > > > That seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Presumably >

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 02:48:26PM -0500, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:44:36 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > ... > > >Unless you have access to a system on the internet to set up your own > >VPN server you have to rely on (paid) VPN providers. > > There are free ones as wel

Re: Can't print to CUPS printer on my server

2020-12-08 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
Gary Dale writes: > I'm running Debian/Bullseye on my workstation and Debian/Buster on my server. > I have an old HP CP-1215 color laserjet attached to the server by a USB > cable. I can print a CUPS test > page from the server but not from my workstation. When I try to print > anything from m

Can't print to CUPS printer on my server

2020-12-08 Thread Gary Dale
I'm running Debian/Bullseye on my workstation and Debian/Buster on my server. I have an old HP CP-1215 color laserjet attached to the server by a USB cable. I can print a CUPS test page from the server but not from my workstation. When I try to print anything from my workstation to that printer

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
>> > Others have suggested reformatting, but maybe a more constructive path >> > forward is to return the bugger, complaining that it doesn't work. > > That seems like cutting off your nose to spite your face. Presumably > the stick was bought for some purpose. If you never complain&return those p

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread David Wright
On Tue 08 Dec 2020 at 12:41:48 (-0700), Fred wrote: > On 12/8/20 8:53 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > > I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package > > > says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from > > > writing to it without running the inclu

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 09:50:32PM +0100, MichaIng wrote: > And, root should IMO still be allowed to do it, as practically it can anyway > via chown. root can as well remove any file, regardless of sticky bit, so > this would be consistent. Unexpected clobberin' by root is the actual *worst* case

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread MichaIng
I think the topic with the modes just applies when the file is actually created, hence not existing yet. However, aiming for a method to edit a file without O_CREAT, and voila: --- root@VM-Bullseye:~# cat testdir/testfile 143 root@VM-Bullseye:~# sed -i 's/1/5/' testdir/testfile root@VM-Bulls

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 23:08:14 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: ... > In general 'Reply' defaults to Sender, with a few exceptions: > > 1. A smart mailer that detects the message is from a mailing list, most > likely configurable (e.g. Claws Mail already mentioned, probably > Sylpheed as well) On

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:44:36 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: ... >Unless you have access to a system on the internet to set up your own >VPN server you have to rely on (paid) VPN providers. There are free ones as well, e.g.: https://www.techradar.com/vpn/best-free-vpn I don't know how goo

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
On 12/8/20 8:40 AM, steve wrote: Hi, Le 08-12-2020, à 08:29:47 -0700, Fred a écrit : Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick.  The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software.  It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
On 12/8/20 8:53 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote: I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus infested, scourge of the Earth softwar

Re: Can't print to CUPS printer on my server

2020-12-08 Thread Brian
On Tue 08 Dec 2020 at 19:24:45 +0100, deloptes wrote: > Gary Dale wrote: > > > I'm running Debian/Bullseye on my workstation and Debian/Buster on my > > server. I have an old HP CP-1215 color laserjet attached to the server > > by a USB cable. I can print a CUPS test page from the server but not

Re: Can't print to CUPS printer on my server

2020-12-08 Thread Brian
On Tue 08 Dec 2020 at 12:27:18 -0500, Gary Dale wrote: > I'm running Debian/Bullseye on my workstation and Debian/Buster on my > server. I have an old HP CP-1215 color laserjet attached to the server by a > USB cable. I can print a CUPS test page from the server but not from my The server is not

Re: Can't print to CUPS printer on my server

2020-12-08 Thread deloptes
Gary Dale wrote: > I'm running Debian/Bullseye on my workstation and Debian/Buster on my > server. I have an old HP CP-1215 color laserjet attached to the server > by a USB cable. I can print a CUPS test page from the server but not > from my workstation. When I try to print anything from my works

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 06:40:38PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > I lost track a bit about your other hypotheses, but this mode changing > bit when O_CREAT is given somehow rings a bell. I googled "linux o_creat sticky" and got this: https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/kernel-hardening/patch/2

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread tomas
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 06:08:12PM +0100, MichaIng wrote: > Good idea, although it would have been recognised much earlier > during nearly every normal system operation: > --- > root@micha:/tmp# set -o | grep noclobber > noclobber off > --- > > strace is a fantastic idea, but it seem

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread MichaIng
Good idea, although it would have been recognised much earlier during nearly every normal system operation: --- root@micha:/tmp# set -o | grep noclobber noclobber off --- strace is a fantastic idea, but it seems to fail on the lowest level "EACCES (Permission denied)": --- ro

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread tomas
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 05:09:09PM +0100, MichaIng wrote: [...] > >>dash: 1: cannot create testfile: Permission denied > > > >Oh, I see. Strange error message though -- I'd expect dash to > >try to open the file in append mode, not to `create' it. > I was also wondering about that, but dash prin

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread MichaIng
Am 08.12.2020 um 16:55 schrieb to...@tuxteam.de: @Tomas: --- root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# >> testfile -bash: testfile: Permission denied root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# dash -c '>> testfile' dash: 1: cannot create testfile: Permission denied

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 10:42:53AM -0500, Henning Follmann wrote: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:29:47AM -0700, Fred wrote: > > root@ragnok:/home/fred# chown fred /media/usb0 > > chown: changing ownership of '/media/usb0': Operation not permitted > > sudo chown fred /media/usb0 > > Would that work

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread tomas
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 03:57:17PM +0100, MichaIng wrote: [...] > @Tomas: > --- > root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# id > uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root) > root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# >> testfile > -bash: testfile: Permission denied > root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# dash -c '>> testfile' > dash: 1: cannot creat

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package > says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from > writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus > infested, scourge of the Earth software. Yuck! > fred@ragnok:/media/usb0

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Henning Follmann
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:29:47AM -0700, Fred wrote: > Hello, > > I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package > says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from > writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus > infested

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread MichaIng
Am 08.12.2020 um 16:15 schrieb Greg Wooledge: It *has* to be related to the kernel. Where else would the permissions (capabilities) be applied? That is exactly what I am wondering about. Those are pretty minimal Debian install, no SELinux and no AppArmor actively installed, only what is pull

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, If you don't have any real and valuable data on your usb stick, you should probably format it. See https://forum.mxlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=46930 for example. Best regards, l0f4r0

Re: SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread steve
Hi, Le 08-12-2020, à 08:29:47 -0700, Fred a écrit : Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus infested, scour

SanDisk USB stick problem

2020-12-08 Thread Fred
Hello, I bought a SanDisk Cruzer Glide USB stick. The fine print on the package says it has SecureAccess software. It is so secure it prevents me from writing to it without running the included Bill Gates cancerous, virus infested, scourge of the Earth software. fred@ragnok:/media/usb0$ ls

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 03:57:17PM +0100, MichaIng wrote: > root@VM-Bullseye:/tmp# cd /root > root@VM-Bullseye:~# mkdir testdir > root@VM-Bullseye:~# chmod 1777 testdir > root@VM-Bullseye:~# > testdir/testfile > root@VM-Bullseye:~# chown www-data testdir/testfile > root@VM-Bullseye:~# > testdir/tes

Re: Where to report: root fails to edit other users file in sticky bit directory

2020-12-08 Thread MichaIng
Sorry for the late reply guys, I was not subscribed to the list, just got the address from the bug report instructions in case the related package could not be identified, and thought I get an answer directly to my mailbox xD: https://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting.en.html Back to topic. I tot

Re: caja-admin not working in Bullseye Mate

2020-12-08 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 12/8/20 1:26 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Lu, 07 dec 20, 09:58:26, Peter Ehlert wrote: caja-admin not working in Bullseye Mate There are many ways in which some software is "not working". Pardon me. caja-admin adds some administrative actions to the right-click menu: Open as Administra

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 09:43:31 +0100 wrote: > On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:12:09AM +0100, john doe wrote: > > On 12/8/2020 1:50 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > > >On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 23:27:25 +0200 > > >ellanios82 wrote: > > > > > >>  - any suggestions please , for a handy VPN for everyday use : no > > >

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Dan Ritter
Victor Sudakov wrote: > Dan Ritter wrote: > > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > > > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > > > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > > > xorg/m

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Joe
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 11:44:36 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > 2. Access the internet from a different point in the world > >This done for some increase in privacy[1] and/or to pretend you > are in a different location (country) and/or to hide your traffic > from your ISP. > >Unless you hav

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Georgi Naplatanov
On 12/8/20 4:47 AM, Victor Sudakov wrote: > > 3. What is a "driver" after all in Linux terms? A kernel module, an > Xserver loadable module? How do you "install a driver"? (in FreeBSD you > either enable/load a kernel module, or make something like > xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so available to

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread didier gaumet
Le mardi 8 décembre 2020 à 09:40:06 UTC+1, Victor Sudakov a écrit : [...] > Do you mean that if I install the metapackage: > `apt install nvidia-driver-390` > this should be sufficient? No GUI tweaking? Following the Ubuntu wiki instructions would probably be the best solution: https://help.ubu

Re: Emergency mode when root account locked

2020-12-08 Thread deloptes
Tixy wrote: > I never use hibernate and my disk is > encrypted hibernation works with encryption just fine. I have a problem though with hibernation+NFS

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 dec 20, 11:44:36, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 07 dec 20, 23:27:25, ellanios82 wrote: > >  Hi List   :) > > > > > >  - any suggestions please , for a handy VPN for everyday use : no specific > > purpose, but only to add a little more privacy ?? > > This is quite vage. VPNs are gener

Re: Two questions as I prepare for a new install

2020-12-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 11:48 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 07 dec 20, 18:06:43, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 00:00:54 + > > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > > > 1. Does anyone have any advice (or a link to offcial advice) > > > regarding whether a new bullseye install is bett

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 08 dec 20, 09:47:53, Victor Sudakov wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > Hope it's OK to ask an Ubuntu-related question here, after all > Ubuntu is Debian architecturally, isn't it? Debian is often used as a base for other Linux distribution because it is very easy to customize. Debian derivati

Re: Two questions as I prepare for a new install

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 dec 20, 18:06:43, Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 00:00:54 + > Mark Fletcher wrote: > > > 1. Does anyone have any advice (or a link to offcial advice) > > regarding whether a new bullseye install is better done with the > > testing installer at this time, or by first inst

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 dec 20, 23:27:25, ellanios82 wrote: >  Hi List   :) > > >  - any suggestions please , for a handy VPN for everyday use : no specific > purpose, but only to add a little more privacy ?? This is quite vage. VPNs are generally used for two purposes: 1. Connect a remote system (e.g. a la

Re: caja-admin not working in Bullseye Mate

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 dec 20, 09:58:26, Peter Ehlert wrote: > caja-admin not working in Bullseye Mate There are many ways in which some software is "not working". If you expect this to be solved somehow you must provide more details, like describing (step by step) what you are doing and what is (not) happ

Re: ssh tunnelling testing [solved]

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 dec 20, 14:11:01, Gary Dale wrote: > > The thing is the forwarding setup is the same for port 22 as it is for port > 80. I know that the port 80 forwarding is working so why isn't the port 22 > forwarding? > > I still don't know the answer to that one, but when I changed the external >

Re: Emergency mode when root account locked

2020-12-08 Thread Tixy
On Tue, 2020-12-08 at 10:53 +0200, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Lu, 07 dec 20, 15:35:16, Tixy wrote: > > On Mon, 2020-12-07 at 10:11 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > [...] > > > Another thing to keep in mind is that you might forget your root > > > password if you don't use it once in a while. > > >

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread Alex Mestiashvili
On 12/8/20 9:43 AM, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:12:09AM +0100, john doe wrote: On 12/8/2020 1:50 AM, Charles Curley wrote: On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 23:27:25 +0200 ellanios82 wrote:  - any suggestions please , for a handy VPN for everyday use : no specific purpose, but only

Re: Emergency mode when root account locked

2020-12-08 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 07 dec 20, 15:35:16, Tixy wrote: > On Mon, 2020-12-07 at 10:11 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > [...] > > Another thing to keep in mind is that you might forget your root > > password if you don't use it once in a while. > > For machines that are personal, single user machines, it just makes >

Re: VPN ideas

2020-12-08 Thread tomas
On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 08:12:09AM +0100, john doe wrote: > On 12/8/2020 1:50 AM, Charles Curley wrote: > >On Mon, 7 Dec 2020 23:27:25 +0200 > >ellanios82 wrote: > > > >>  - any suggestions please , for a handy VPN for everyday use : no > >>specific purpose, but only to add a little more privacy

Re: Proprietary drivers management

2020-12-08 Thread Victor Sudakov
Dan Ritter wrote: > Victor Sudakov wrote: > > Hope it's OK to ask an Ubuntu-related question here, after all > > Ubuntu is Debian architecturally, isn't it? > > Mostly, but Ubuntu changes whatever parts they like. Answers we > give are not dependable for Ubuntu, unless someone specifically > says