On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 08:01:52AM +, Andy Smith wrote:
> Now, after the disk_image has arrived, it looks very odd. fdisk
> thinks it is 8 times bigger than it really is, and thinks it has 4K
> sectors. I can't use "kpartx" to get at the partition inside it, and
> fsck.ext4 doesn't like its fir
Hi Stefan,
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 05:31:37AM +, Andy Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 11:32:37PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > What happens if you use diskimages that contain directly a filesystem
> > without going through the trouble of using a partition table?
> > Does `ext4` also
* 2024-01-15 15:20:51-0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> In your dd commands that moved these filesystems, did you specify ibs=
> and/or obs=
> ?
> If so, what values did you use?
"dd" is not a special tool for accessing device files. It's a simple
file copy tool: like "cat" or "cp" but with differ
Hello,
On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 03:20:51PM -0600, Nicholas Geovanis wrote:
> In your dd commands that moved these filesystems, did you specify ibs=
> and/or obs=
No. I don't see how that would make any difference. I could as well
have used "cat|ssh" instead of "dd|ssh". Also note that the image
fi
Nicholas Geovanis (12024-01-15):
> In your dd commands that moved these filesystems, did you specify ibs=
> and/or obs=
> ?
> If so, what values did you use?
Why do you ask this information? How do you think it will be useful?
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 4:58 AM Andy Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 11:32:37PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>
> > What happens if you use diskimages that contain directly a filesystem
> > without going through the trouble of using a partition table?
> > Does `ext4` also get tripped by the d
Hi Stefan,
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 11:32:37PM -0500, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> Do you need a partition table?
These are other people's virtual machines so to some extent I don't
have a say on what they put inside them. It is always nice to
understand what is going on though!
> What happens if you
> Now, after the disk_image has arrived, it looks very odd. fdisk
> thinks it is 8 times bigger than it really is, and thinks it has 4K
> sectors. I can't use "kpartx" to get at the partition inside it, and
> fsck.ext4 doesn't like its first partition at all.
Thanks for this experiment. I was luc
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 9:37 AM Andy Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got a disk image that sits on top of an LVM logical volume
> that is on top of an mdadm RAID-1 that is on top of a pair of:
>
> Device Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB
> Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
>
> so let';s s
Hi,
Andy Smith wrote:
> what I meant was that fdisk showed a single partition of
> 3.2TB size, while the entire disk being only the 400G
Then it's what i would expect from fdisk.
> I did try using fdisk on the destination to delete the partition and
> recreate it with the correct numbers, but t
Hi Thomas,
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 02:33:37PM +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> I wonder, though, why fdisk would misrepresent the total disk size,
> which i would expect to come from the storage device.
> Maybe fdisk is more confused than i expect.
>
> Can you show the whole output of fdisk from th
Hi,
Andy Smith wrote:
> I've got a disk image that sits on top of an LVM logical volume
> that is on top of an mdadm RAID-1 that is on top of a pair of:
> Device Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB
> Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
> so let';s say that is at /dev/foo/disk_image (where
Hi andy,
Am 14.01.2024 um 09:15 schrieb Andy Smith:
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 08:01:52AM +, Andy Smith wrote:
If necessary and if there is a way, I *can* nuke off the target
machine's "foo" volume group and recreate the RAID array if I have
to make it 512e format. But obviously I'd like some
On 14.01.2024 13:15, Andy Smith wrote:
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 08:01:52AM +, Andy Smith wrote:
If necessary and if there is a way, I *can* nuke off the target
machine's "foo" volume group and recreate the RAID array if I have
to make it 512e format. But obviously I'd like some way to move th
On Sun, Jan 14, 2024 at 08:01:52AM +, Andy Smith wrote:
> If necessary and if there is a way, I *can* nuke off the target
> machine's "foo" volume group and recreate the RAID array if I have
> to make it 512e format. But obviously I'd like some way to move this
> disk image and have it still wo
Hi,
I've got a disk image that sits on top of an LVM logical volume
that is on top of an mdadm RAID-1 that is on top of a pair of:
Device Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 4TB
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
so let';s say that is at /dev/foo/disk_image (where /dev/foo is the
name of th
On Mi, 15 sep 21, 09:54:29, John Hasler wrote:
> The Wanderer writes:
> > In theory you could, but in practice it would break well before that.
>
> I run Sid on my desktop. It's been years since I've had any breakage.
> I suspect that it's because I run FVWM, avoid anything connected with
> freed
On 9/15/2021 6:45 AM, Brian wrote
> I was also rather hoping Tanstaafl would contribute a few words on how
> the unstable model contrasts with Gentoo's rolling release model.
Well, it's been many years, but basically, you could select what
'branch' you were on using keywords (stable, testing, etc)
The Wanderer writes:
> In theory you could, but in practice it would break well before that.
I run Sid on my desktop. It's been years since I've had any breakage.
I suspect that it's because I run FVWM, avoid anything connected with
freedesktop.org or Gnome, and am careful about when to upgrade.
On 2021-09-14, Brian wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated
>> regularly?
>
> Why not? Update when you want to. How does this differ from Gentoo's
> rolling release aspect? Go for testing if you want to be a little
> conservative?
>
>> Anyone do thi
On 2021-09-15 at 06:45, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 22:42:12 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
>
>> On 2021-09-14 at 16:33, Tanstaafl wrote:
>>> Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it
>>> updated regularly?
>>
>> In theory you could, but in practice it would break we
On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 22:42:12 -0400, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2021-09-14 at 16:33, Tanstaafl wrote:
>
> > On 9/13/2021 11:02 AM, Brian wrote
> >
> >> On Mon 13 Sep 2021 at 10:18:54 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I
On Wed, Sep 15, 2021 at 10:06:47AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Ma, 14 sep 21, 16:33:55, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated
> > regularly?
>
> Technically, yes.
>
> > Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') s
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 16:33:55, Tanstaafl wrote:
>
> Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated
> regularly?
Technically, yes.
> Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers?
I used to run sid as the main system on my daily driver laptop.
Having
On Ma, 14 sep 21, 23:18:48, Brian wrote:
> On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 16:33:55 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >
> > Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated
> > regularly?
>
> Why not? Update when you want to. How does this differ from Gentoo's
> rolling release aspect? Go fo
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 04:33:55PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 9/13/2021 11:02 AM, Brian wrote
> > On Mon 13 Sep 2021 at 10:18:54 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I want to set
> >> up, but it depends...
> >>
> >> I'm a form
On 2021-09-14 at 16:33, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 9/13/2021 11:02 AM, Brian wrote
>
>> On Mon 13 Sep 2021 at 10:18:54 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I want
>>> to set up, but it depends...
>>>
>>> I'm a former Gentoo user, and
On Tue 14 Sep 2021 at 16:33:55 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 9/13/2021 11:02 AM, Brian wrote
> > On Mon 13 Sep 2021 at 10:18:54 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I want to set
> >> up, but it depends...
> >>
> >> I'm a former
Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers?
>
> I'm sure someone does, but it's not *wise*.
yes indeed. server + sid is contradicting somehow unless you do development
of server software
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On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 04:33:55PM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hmmm... ok, so, I could run sid 'forever', as long as I keep it updated
> regularly?
>
> Anyone do this for important (maybe not 'mission critical') servers?
I'm sure someone does, but it's not *wise*.
On 9/13/2021 11:02 AM, Brian wrote
> On Mon 13 Sep 2021 at 10:18:54 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I want to set
>> up, but it depends...
>>
>> I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
>> aspect, since i
Hi,
14 sept. 2021, 16:35 de amaca...@einval.com:
> Debian 11 - Bullseye - released on 14th July 2021 will have [at least] five
> years
> support as stable/oldstable.
>
> Three years between releases
>
~ two years ;)
> plus a year after the next release plus usually
> two years LTS support after
On Tue, Sep 14, 2021 at 02:33:23AM +0300, Andrei POPESCU wrote:
> On Lu, 13 sep 21, 10:18:54, Tanstaafl wrote:
> >
> > I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
> > aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases with other
> > distros.
>
Debian 11 - Bullseye
On Lu, 13 sep 21, 10:18:54, Tanstaafl wrote:
>
> I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
> aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases with other
> distros.
You already received good answers for your questions, so I'll just add
that one of Debian's stre
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 10:58:26AM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote:
>
> 6) After that year, the release goes into "long-term support" mode, and
>received security bug fix support from a different team. The LTS
>team may choose to support only server packages, not desktop packages.
>
A slight
On Mon 13 Sep 2021 at 10:18:54 -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hello,
>
> So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I want to set
> up, but it depends...
>
> I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
> aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases
On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 10:18:54AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
> I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
> aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases with other
> distros.
>
> So... what is the current LTS version and when is its EOL, and when will
> the nex
>
> So... what is the current LTS version and when is its EOL, and when will
> the next one be released, and what will be its EOL?
>
In Debian world "stable" version created every several years, so you can
move from one stable to another.
Here is info about current versions
https://wiki.debian.or
Hello,
So, I'm considering Debian for a new homebrew MX gateway I want to set
up, but it depends...
I'm a former Gentoo user, and really appreciated the rolling release
aspect, since it meant no huge jumps between LTS releases with other
distros.
So... what is the current LTS version and when is
On Lu, 30 aug 21, 07:47:13, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> Thank you all for the help. Edwardo's mnemonic is a great help. So is the
> rest of the information. As to the BackupPC configuration change. While it
> is possible to redirect the backup in the config file, it is specifically
> not recommended. No
ory out from
underneath backuppc (which could lead to confusion and disaster in the
future when you have forgotten about the symlink), can you change a
backuppc configuration setting so that the backups are put where you
want them?
David
On Mon, 2021-08-30 at 10:18 -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> On 29/08/2021 21:10, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > The syntax is: ln -s TARGET LINKNAME
> >
> > I.e. you specify the existing thing first, and the name of the link that
> > you want to create last.
>
> If you need a mnemonic, this is ju
On 29/08/2021 21:10, Greg Wooledge wrote:
The syntax is: ln -s TARGET LINKNAME
I.e. you specify the existing thing first, and the name of the link that
you want to create last.
If you need a mnemonic, this is just like cp.
$ cp ORIGINAL NEW
creates NEW as a copy from ORIGINAL. Similarly,
$
l directories appear on both drives. This is obviously not
what I want. I need the pool files on the Backup disk and not on my
system disk. What have I done wrong.
Sincerely appreciated any help.
Gary R
Rather than trying to symlink the backup repository directory out from
underneath backuppc (w
On Sun, Aug 29, 2021 at 04:59:35PM -0700, Gary L. Roach wrote:
> I don't have occasion to use links very often and tend to get confused as to
> which direction the link is pointing. Specifically, I am trying to redirect
> backuppc files from the normal /var/lib/backuppc directory to another disk
>
Hi all,
I don't have occasion to use links very often and tend to get confused
as to which direction the link is pointing. Specifically, I am trying to
redirect backuppc files from the normal /var/lib/backuppc directory to
another disk mounted at /media/Backup, a 1TB disk that is not being
us
This went only to John whereas I meant to send it to both John and the list.
-- Forwarded message -
From: Andrew Cater
Date: Thu, Oct 1, 2020 at 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Confusion on how to do it.
To: John Brumby
Hi John,
Everything in one would be 40 odd DVDs worth but you can
Hi,
John Brumby wrote:
> Is there such a thing as a Full Debian Os ISO to be downloaded.
Afaik, there is no single ISO which contains all packages.
The usual advice is to download the first three DVD sized ISOs.
In case of 64-bit x86 computers:
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd
drive came in.
There is a small pocket in the tray containing a pamflet
that one suddenly realizes is too deep to be just the booklet.
Everything was there and I do believe that is the first
usb-C cable I have ever encountered.
Again, thanks for clearing up the confusion.
Martin
Dan Ritter writes:
> If I recall correctly, Martin doesn't see well, which explains a
> chunk of the confusion here.
Well, my wife has excellent vision and we were talking
about how pictures can be almost worthless after a certain point.
Several of those small connectors look
On Ma, 11 feb 20, 09:47:50, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> That sounds like a Micro usb port. If you have a connector like that
> try inserting it very gently. If it doesn't go in easily, flip the
> cable and try the other side.
The regular Micro-B connector supports only USB 2.0. The USB 3.0 Micro-B
c
gt; fortunately doesn't plug in but that's the size of whatever fits.
> Crucial says it is usb-A .
If I recall correctly, Martin doesn't see well, which explains a
chunk of the confusion here.
Martin: Crucial is probably describing the other end of the
cable they supplied -- a
ebian.org
> Subject: Re: usb Confusion
> Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 14:48:04 + (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> That sounds like a Micro usb port. If you have a connector like that
> try inserting it very gently. If it doesn't go in easily, flip
o: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: usb Confusion
> Resent-Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 13:31:55 + (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
> SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a sma
Hi,
Martin McCormick wrote:
> After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
> SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small
> rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac
> lightning connector is almost exactly the same size but
> fortunately does
On 2/11/20 8:31 AM, Martin McCormick wrote:
> After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
> SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small
> rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac
> lightning connector is almost exactly the same size
Martin McCormick composed on 2020-02-11 07:31 (UTC-0600):
> After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
> SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small
> rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac
> lightning connector is almost exactly
After recently ordering and receiving a new 1 TB external
SSD drive, I realized I had no way to connect it. It has a small
rectangular slot about 8 MM or a quarter of an inch long. A Mac
lightning connector is almost exactly the same size but
fortunately doesn't plug in but that's the siz
Original Message
*Subject: * Re: identity confusion
*From: * The Wanderer
*To: * Debian-user
*CC: *
*Date: * 2020-1-24 01:19 PM
I've just re-checked the raw message, and although I could have sworn
I'd seen a plain-text version of the message in
On 03/02/2020 15:11, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 09:57:13AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
[...]
That's strange I thought I had it set for text for this list. But it wasn't.
It's fixed now.
Things happen. It is now. And I thank you very much :-)
Cheers
-- tomás
Now all
On Mon, Feb 03, 2020 at 09:57:13AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
[...]
> That's strange I thought I had it set for text for this list. But it wasn't.
> It's fixed now.
Things happen. It is now. And I thank you very much :-)
Cheers
-- tomás
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*Subject: * Re: identity confusion
*From: * Tomas
*To: * Debian-user
*CC: *
*Date: * 2020-1-24 12:06 PM
You're very welcome. One small request -- could you teach your
mailer to not send HTML? I was hard-pressed to make heads or
tai
On 2020-01-24, Gene Heskett wrote:
>> >
>> > Gene's headers
>
> As sent.. User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10
>
Yeah, I managed to misread that somehow, and instead of a clarification,
I might have achieved a mystification. Oops.
--
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Gene Heskett wrote:
> As sent.. User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10
KMail 1.9.10
KNode 0.10.9
all from trinity.
I use Kontact 1.2.9 and indeed the second post by Wayne Sallee was in HTML,
but I click view HTML and it is nicely readable.
Anyway - wanted to double check what exactly Gene was using as news
I hate to return to the original subject but.. ;-)
Long ago and far away, your best sources of info on the real, effective,
and plain-old UIDs was the man pages for setXuid (2). They describe the
differing meanings and outcomes.
On Friday 24 January 2020 15:56:52 Brian wrote:
> On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 20:50:41 -, Curt wrote:
> > On 2020-01-24, Brian wrote:
> > > On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 20:36:19 +0100, deloptes wrote:
> > >> Gene Heskett wrote:
> > >> > I'll second that, its ugly stuff to try and read as text. In
> > >> >
On Friday 24 January 2020 13:13:02 David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 12:36:13 (-0500), The Wanderer wrote:
> > On 2020-01-24 at 12:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > On Friday 24 January 2020 12:06:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
On Friday 24 January 2020 12:36:13 The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2020-01-24 at 12:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 24 January 2020 12:06:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> > Thanks for the id
On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 20:50:41 -, Curt wrote:
> On 2020-01-24, Brian wrote:
> > On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 20:36:19 +0100, deloptes wrote:
> >
> >> Gene Heskett wrote:
> >>
> >> > I'll second that, its ugly stuff to try and read as text. In fact I tend
> >> > to just skip over messages that have
On 2020-01-24, Brian wrote:
> On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 20:36:19 +0100, deloptes wrote:
>
>> Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>> > I'll second that, its ugly stuff to try and read as text. In fact I tend
>> > to just skip over messages that have no text content.
>>
>> I was thinking you are using knode-trinit
On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 20:36:19 +0100, deloptes wrote:
> Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> > I'll second that, its ugly stuff to try and read as text. In fact I tend
> > to just skip over messages that have no text content.
>
> I was thinking you are using knode-trinity
Why? Did it just pop into your mind
Gene Heskett wrote:
> I'll second that, its ugly stuff to try and read as text. In fact I tend
> to just skip over messages that have no text content.
I was thinking you are using knode-trinity
On 2020-01-24 17:06, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
[...]
Thanks for the ideas.
You're very welcome. One small request -- could you teach your
mailer to not send HTML? I was hard-pressed to make heads or
tails of your response.
Hi.
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 07:06:28PM +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> > FWIW, his messages display on my end as plain text; I have my client set
> > up to do plain-text display only, and if a HTML-only message shows up it
> > actually tends to display as *blank* [...]
>
> Funny. My mutt
uot; -> "Message Body" -> "Plain text" (vs. either "Simple
HTML" or "Original HTML"), but why that's resulting in plain text for
this message when I see others appear as blank I don't know.
Sorry for having introduced confusion he
On Fri 24 Jan 2020 at 12:36:13 (-0500), The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2020-01-24 at 12:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Friday 24 January 2020 12:06:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> >> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >> [...]
> >>
> >> > Thanks f
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:36:13PM -0500, The Wanderer wrote:
> On 2020-01-24 at 12:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> > On Friday 24 January 2020 12:06:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
[...]
> >> You're very welcome. One small request -- could you teach your
> >> mailer to not send HTML? I was hard-pressed
Gene writes:
> I'll second that, its ugly stuff to try and read as text. In fact I
> tend to just skip over messages that have no text content.
With Gnus I rarely notice that a message is in HTML: it handles it
automatically. The only time it becomes a problem is when the HTML is
buggy.
--
John
On 2020-01-24 at 12:30, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 24 January 2020 12:06:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> > Thanks for the ideas.
>>
>> You're very welcome. One small request -- could you teac
On Friday 24 January 2020 12:06:19 to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
> >
> >
>
> [...]
>
> > Thanks for the ideas.
>
> You're very welcome. One small request -- could you teach your
> mailer to not send HTML? I was hard-pressed to make
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 10:23:03AM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
>
>
[...]
> Thanks for the ideas.
You're very welcome. One small request -- could you teach your
mailer to not send HTML? I was hard-pressed to make heads or
tails of your response.
Pretty please?
Cheers & thanks
-- tomás
Original Message
*Subject: * Re: identity confusion
*From: * Tomas
*To: * Debian-user
*CC: *
*Date: * 2020-1-24 03:44 AM
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 06:11:37PM -0500, Wayne Sallee
Wayne Sallee wrote:
> This is interesting. I'm not sure what to think about this.
>
> on terminal, as user1
> su -
> # Enter root password.
so now you are root
> su - user2
> # No password is needed.
so now you are user2
> mysql
> Access denied for user 'user1'@'localhost' (using password: NO
On Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 12:48:51AM -0800, didier.gau...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> Does the --login option provide the same result?
> EXcerpt from the su man page:
> "For backward compatibility, su defaults to not change the current di‐
>rectory and to only set the environment variables
Does the --login option provide the same result?
EXcerpt from the su man page:
"For backward compatibility, su defaults to not change the current di‐
rectory and to only set the environment variables HOME and SHELL (plus
USER and LOGNAME if the target user is not root). It
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 06:11:37PM -0500, Wayne Sallee wrote:
> This is interesting. I'm not sure what to think about this.
>
> on terminal, as user1
> su -
> # Enter root password.
> su - user2
> # No password is needed.
> mysql
> Access denied for user 'user1'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
A
This is interesting. I'm not sure what to think about this.
on terminal, as user1
su -
# Enter root password.
su - user2
# No password is needed.
mysql
Access denied for user 'user1'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
# Now if I enter:
mysql -u user2 -pmypassword
# It will let me in.
What surpr
On Tue, 22 Oct 2019 at 18:14, John Conover wrote:
>
> I installed debian-live-10.1.0-amd64-xfce.iso from
> https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/
>
> Programs compiled on Debian 9, Amd64, fail to execute, with a wrong
> binary format error.[1]
If you don't provide the
I installed debian-live-10.1.0-amd64-xfce.iso from
https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/
Programs compiled on Debian 9, Amd64, fail to execute, with a wrong
binary format error.[1]
Programs compiled on Debian 8, i386, execute fine.
Any help would be greatly apprec
On 03/01/18 07:30, Brian wrote:
>> Michael Stone wrote:
There is nothing a user can do to *prevent* himself from destroying his
own files,
>> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>>> Actually, there is. It's called making a backup.
>> This is a very good point.
> What *prevents* a user from destroying
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Brian wrote:
> On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 20:15:25 -, Dan Purgert wrote:
>
>> Greg Wooledge wrote:
>> > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:30:55PM +, Brian wrote:
>> >> What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
>> >
>> > Intelligence, or
On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 09:21:30AM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Mon, Jan 01, 2018 at 01:29:46PM -0500, Michael Stone wrote:
There is nothing a user can do to *prevent* himself from destroying his own
files,
Actually, there is. It's called making a backup.
No, that potentially allows him t
On 2018-01-02, Brian wrote:
>>
>> A question in lieu of a parable.
>> Would a resident of a 25th floor flat appreciate a railing on his balcony?#
>
> Indubitably he would. It doesn't destroy his freedom to throw himself
> over it, though.
>
All this talk reminds me of the collapse of the wave fu
On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 20:15:25 -, Dan Purgert wrote:
> Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:30:55PM +, Brian wrote:
> >> What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
> >
> > Intelligence, or an air gap, or both.
>
> More backups?
Care to put a figure on thi
On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 21:03:09 +0100, Thomas Schmitt wrote:
> Brian wrote:
> > What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
>
> Having multiple backups. Some with long intervals between them and some
> on write-once media.
> Big fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite
Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:30:55PM +, Brian wrote:
>> What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
>
> Intelligence, or an air gap, or both.
More backups?
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Brian wrote:
> What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
Having multiple backups. Some with long intervals between them and some
on write-once media.
Of course the user must recover from mental incapacity often enough to
produce and verify good backups and to restore spoil
On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 13:33:11 -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 01/02/2018 12:41 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 13:34:16 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:30:55PM +, Brian wrote:
> > > > What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
>
On 01/02/2018 12:41 PM, Brian wrote:
On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 13:34:16 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:30:55PM +, Brian wrote:
What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
Intelligence, or an air gap, or both.
The same things which prevent him from d
On Tue 02 Jan 2018 at 13:34:16 -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 02, 2018 at 06:30:55PM +, Brian wrote:
> > What *prevents* a user from destroying his own backup files?
>
> Intelligence, or an air gap, or both.
The same things which prevent him from destroying the original files?
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