Re: [DNG] system administration of non-systemd distros and releases

2021-11-28 Thread tito via Dng
On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 20:09:33 -0600 goli...@devuan.org wrote: > On 2021-11-27 18:27, tito via Dng wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 15:39:53 -0600 > > goli...@devuan.org wrote: > > > >> On 2021-11-27 15:00, Mark Rousell wrote: > >> > On 25/11/2021 22:57, Steve Litt wrote: > >> >> Like I said in 2014,

Re: [DNG] system administration of non-systemd distros and releases

2021-11-28 Thread Peter Duffy
Thanks for posting that. I confess that I'd not seen it before. It does indeed hit all the nails squarely on the heads. On Sat, 2021-11-27 at 15:39 -0600, goli...@devuan.org wrote: > On 2021-11-27 15:00, Mark Rousell wrote: > > On 25/11/2021 22:57, Steve Litt wrote: > >> Like I said in 2014, > >>

[DNG] networking thinking

2021-11-28 Thread o1bigtenor via Dng
Greetings In anticipation of a fiber optical connection (moving from a wireless) I have been planning out and purchasing some bits of hardware. Am finding that networking is, at least sure seems to be, another black hole for time and effort. TL;DR (skip to last paragraphs for the question(s)) At

Re: [DNG] networking thinking

2021-11-28 Thread tito via Dng
On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 07:20:14 -0600 o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > Greetings > > In anticipation of a fiber optical connection (moving from a wireless) I > have been planning out and purchasing some bits of hardware. Am finding > that networking is, at least sure seems to be, another black hole for

Re: [DNG] networking thinking

2021-11-28 Thread wirelessduck--- via Dng
> On 29 Nov 2021, at 01:07, tito via Dng wrote: > > On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 07:20:14 -0600 > o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: > >> Greetings >> >> In anticipation of a fiber optical connection (moving from a wireless) I >> have been planning out and purchasing some bits of hardware. Am finding >> that

Re: [DNG] networking thinking

2021-11-28 Thread d...@d404.nl
On 28-11-2021 15:36, wirelessduck--- via Dng wrote: On 29 Nov 2021, at 01:07, tito via Dng wrote: On Sun, 28 Nov 2021 07:20:14 -0600 o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: Greetings In anticipation of a fiber optical connection (moving from a wireless) I have been planning out and purchasing some bi

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-28 Thread Bob Proulx via Dng
Mike Tubby wrote: > ... but if you run a nameserver you may well need: > > /var/cache/bind > > as that's where your zonefiles are ;-) Sorry. No. I am curious what led you to that conclusion? By default in the Debian packaged configuration only the cached zone files downloaded on secondari

Re: [DNG] Wanting to set up an email system

2021-11-28 Thread marc
> Greetings > > Started way back when when I got to the web full-time using webmail. > Haven't ever setup an email system and AIUI it is a system - - - there are > a lot of parts that have to work together to have everything working well. > > A mentor, now deceased, recommended using Claws but ev

[DNG] lpr print pdf file landscape orientation

2021-11-28 Thread Haines Brown
I have bsd-lpr. I can print a text file with landscape orientation with $ lpr -o landscape file.txt My problem is that I cannot print pdf files in landscape orientation. $ lpr -o landscape file.pdf does nothing. I don't want to make landscape the default CUPS orientation. Atril rotates the di

Re: [DNG] What not to back up

2021-11-28 Thread Steve Litt
Bob Proulx via Dng said on Sun, 28 Nov 2021 10:57:36 -0700 >Mike Tubby wrote: >> ... but if you run a nameserver you may well need: >> >> /var/cache/bind >> >> as that's where your zonefiles are ;-) > >Sorry. No. I am curious what led you to that conclusion? > >By default in the Debian p

Re: [DNG] Viewing file content (was Re: system administration of non-systemd distros and releases)

2021-11-28 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 09:23:05PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > Olaf Meeuwissen said on Fri, 26 Nov 2021 18:40:37 +0900 > > >Hi, > > > >Steve Litt writes: > > > >> What could possibly be easier than vim /var/log/messages, or > >> vi /var/log/messages, or emacs /var/log/messages, or > >> nano /var/lo

Re: [DNG] Wanting to set up an email system

2021-11-28 Thread d...@d404.nl
On 27-11-2021 16:17, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote: Greetings Started way back when when I got to the web full-time using webmail. Haven't ever setup an email system and AIUI it is a system - - - there are a lot of parts that have to work together to have everything working well. A mentor, now de