[ubuntu-uk] IFSec show in Birmingham NEC 2011

2010-10-25 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hi I have been to the 2010 IFSec show (IT and other Security show) at the NEC in Birmingham and even though it was a very good show I was very disappointed as there was no Linux stand and was wondering if anyone would like to setup a stand (businesses or individuals separate or jointly)http://www.

[ubuntu-uk] Fwd: Find a Router's IP address

2010-10-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Hi > The scenario is as follow: > 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan > 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin > 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you can NOT reset it > 4.v This router is a "home" / consumer router like Netgear, Li

[ubuntu-uk] Find a Router's IP address

2010-10-19 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hi The scenario is as follow: 1. You have permission to work as Admin on a Lan 2. You do NOT have any documentation from the previous Admin 3. You find a router / WiFi Router that is in use and therefore you can NOT reset it 4. This router is a "home" / consumer router like Netgear, Linksys, etc. S

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-06 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> >> try running sudo chmod 777 * on the directorys and files > > > Arghhh - while it's entirely possible that this might resolve the issue, > > that's possibly the WORST thing you can do to resolve a permissions based > > issue! > > Please don't ever suggest chmod-ing full permissions to everyon

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Further more: -- Loged in as the cAdmin user on the command prompt $ smbclient -L //rs0002 Enter cAdmin's password: Domain=[rs0002] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.4.7] Sharename Type Comment - --- IPC$

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
user and cAdmin group AND allow anyone else full access - Valid users are test1 user AND cAdmin group BUT only the cAdmin user can access the particular share even thought both users can see the share -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United

[ubuntu-uk] Titles

2010-09-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
does not mean that I need to do everything by hand does it? :-):-) thanx -- _____ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
uct from: copy = Music Store that this copy all the settings from the Music Store and replace the "variables" with what you state as the values to be Can you elaborate on the Recycle bit as this does look interesting, I did not go through your article as yet so maybe you are explainin

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
ill however check this agian BTW: It is an Ubuntu 32 bit v10.4 desktop install with Webmin v Latest -1 and Samba 3 I believe if anyone was wondering. thanx _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 223

[ubuntu-uk] Samba Shares

2010-09-01 Thread Cornelius Mostert
what the fault/s is/are thanx -- _____ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] Basic network gateway server setup

2010-09-01 Thread Cornelius Mostert
must be 255.255.0.0 thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Fed-up with VMWare!

2010-08-31 Thread Cornelius Mostert
hardware settings for it, Make sure in your BIOS that it is turned on and supported. -- _____ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Fed-up with VMWare!

2010-08-26 Thread Cornelius Mostert
UIs for it but VirtualBox seems to be easy enough to not take too much time of my daily routine. The big box still run ESXi though... -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

2010-08-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> > Hello Comelius, > I would not have thought that a joggler was reliable enough for a file > server, unless you are doing it just for the challenge. My joggler often > needs a reboot or just crashes > > All I can add is that if you want a quiet file server, you could get an > Acer > Revo 3610 -

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

2010-08-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
ust for the challenge. My joggler often > needs a reboot or just crashes > Right I am running Ubuntu off my USB stick. Yes my joggler is also not stable crash and burn etc, but I like try. As I stated I have installed Samba and Swat BUT on trying to start smbd it state: un known command, I tri

[ubuntu-uk] Code management systems

2010-08-19 Thread Cornelius Mostert
does not matter so much. thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Joggler as a File server

2010-08-19 Thread Cornelius Mostert
not startup 4. Tried the Samba config tool also. 5. I tried to hit (from an ubuntu PC) the IP address of the joggler and can ping it but "connecting to a Windows Share" returned smb://. could not be found/connect Any ideads -- _ Cornelius Most

[ubuntu-uk] OT: I Need a Table for a Show

2010-08-12 Thread Cornelius Mostert
, Worcester, Birmingham thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Network Manager

2010-08-03 Thread Cornelius Mostert
XXX.XXX and the network device is on 10.10.XXX.XXX -- _____ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu for small business

2010-07-28 Thread Cornelius Mostert
ice mail, etc... Aside from this you could also make use of LTSP and "OLD" pcs as terminals -- _________ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubun

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Disappearing windows

2010-07-05 Thread Cornelius Mostert
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[ubuntu-uk] Disappearing windows

2010-07-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
s how do I get the window to appear again?? I could open another window (like terminal window - if it is the terminal window that disappeared) but how do I get the disappeared one back... thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075

[ubuntu-uk] OT: Need some Routers

2010-06-30 Thread Cornelius Mostert
recommend, I know about ubuntu/debian education and the normal user apps like open office, but as there is almost NO it infrastructure, so any other software will be nice. Any one knows Moodle?? thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United

[ubuntu-uk] OT: does any one know of a J2ME GPS system for Mobiles

2010-06-21 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hi all Bought a Phone with GPS (contained Software) but the software expired and is WAY too expensive, So I was wondering if anyone know of GOOD GPS software that will run on J2ME that include Voice navigation. It is a Sony Erricson and does NOT run Android or Windows... Thanx -- ubuntu-uk@lists

[ubuntu-uk] Home brew for WiFi network routers

2010-06-10 Thread Cornelius Mostert
subnets 4. What home brew do you consider to be the best for replacing firmware on the WiFi routers thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu in Business - London, July 13th

2010-06-09 Thread Cornelius Mostert
How cool is that!!! It is just a shame that most of these nice events are held in London... When can we have an event like this in xyz outside of London maybe closer to the middle of the county thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United

[ubuntu-uk] Subject: Re: OT: DRUPAL site got killed...

2010-05-28 Thread Cornelius Mostert
it cam back that the CSS were re created!! thank you very much -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https

Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: DRUPAL site got killed...

2010-05-28 Thread Cornelius Mostert
>Seems to be working. >/s Surely as Senior IT Specialist this should be a piece of cake? :P You could laugh but event the best Diesel technician might struggle on a petrol or electric engine Thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist

[ubuntu-uk] OT: DRUPAL site got killed...

2010-05-27 Thread Cornelius Mostert
were missing so I can try to replace them... My Site: www.cjmITsystems.com thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still have upgrade problems

2010-05-27 Thread Cornelius Mostert
command or how would I do that? -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Still have upgrade problems

2010-05-26 Thread Cornelius Mostert
read write my group read only and others none... -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Still have upgrade problems

2010-05-26 Thread Cornelius Mostert
ut am not sure how i got rid of it. Please help -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] OT: SIP/VoIP app based on J2ME

2010-05-18 Thread Cornelius Mostert
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] NO_PUBKEY !!!

2010-04-13 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> > I am getting this every time I do an Update from Update Manager >> W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net intrepid Release: The following >> signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: > > NO_PUBKEY 9BDB3D89CE49EC21 >> I have tried this:? sudo gpg --keyserver keyse

[ubuntu-uk] NO_PUBKEY !!!

2010-04-12 Thread Cornelius Mostert
s 64 bit thanx -- _____ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu MID - Still Live

2010-04-12 Thread Cornelius Mostert
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu 64 bit - GRUB

2010-03-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
KGrubEditor... -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Audio in, Record and transmit over Network

2010-03-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
The problem I have with PulsAudio is that it looks like you have to "extend" ALL of the audio cards of all of the clients that you would like to play over AND this is a problem IF it is a NON linux client OR if the number of clients could vary. -- _______

[ubuntu-uk] Audio in, Record and transmit over Network

2010-03-01 Thread Cornelius Mostert
lan trafic and the stream will not go out to the Internet. thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubunt

[ubuntu-uk] Orca and 8.10 messed up my KP 0 key

2010-02-16 Thread Cornelius Mostert
?? -- _ Cornelius Mostert -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] ubuntu-uk Digest, Vol 58, Issue 5

2010-02-02 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo all I am looking into Asterisk now and would like to know if anyone has any experience with it. Setting up, Installing, Hardware that works/Not works, etc thanx -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

[ubuntu-uk] Upgrade SAMBA

2010-01-14 Thread Cornelius Mostert
tar file to my home dir and ran all the install commands from there... Could it be that 3.3.7 is installed BUT not running and if so COULD 3.2.3 and 3.3.7 run side by side?? -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818

[ubuntu-uk] Myth with Cam in

2009-12-21 Thread Cornelius Mostert
(wireless or not) Would Myth also be able to store the incoming stream?? It would be my first play with Myth so please be gentle... -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] VNC to more than 1 viewer

2009-12-21 Thread Cornelius Mostert
easy but 1 to X??? This will all sit in a local network so no need to wory about firewalls etc... thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] VNC to more than 1 viewer

2009-12-17 Thread Cornelius Mostert
easy but 1 to X??? This will all sit in a local network so no need to wory about firewalls etc... thanx -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https

[ubuntu-uk] Myth with Cam in

2009-12-17 Thread Cornelius Mostert
(wireless or not) Would Myth also be able to store the incoming stream?? It would be my first play with Myth so please be gentle... -- _ Cornelius Mostert Senior IT Specialist United Kingdom: 075 2233 4818 International: 0044 75 2233 4818 -- ubuntu-uk

[ubuntu-uk] OpenVZ ?

2009-08-07 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo all I am proficient in VMServer and ESXi on both Win and Linux, but came across OpenVZ and Linux-VServer, I understand it is not a "True" virtual environment as it still makes use of the host core but I was wondering if any of you had any experiance with it. AND yes I knowit is for Linux and

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine?

2009-08-05 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 12:05:40 +0100 > From: "Gordon" > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Windows 7 in a Virtual Machine? > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; >reply-type=original > > Anyone done this? > If so, a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] evolution and gnome

2009-07-15 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> > > Hi > > > > I just tried on 8.10 to remove evolution but synaptic told me it would > > also remove gnome and gnome desktop environment, why would this happen, > > when i have lots of other stuff that also uses gnome. I said no, but > > is this a bug in the dependencies. > > > > Paul > > > >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup

2009-06-22 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Message: 10 > Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:29:53 +0100 > From: Paul Webster > Subject: [ubuntu-uk] Churning hard disk, glacial startup > To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > Message-ID: >        <4aa51020906210029u380df0feq3f7cd45be...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1

[ubuntu-uk] Mini-success story

2009-06-01 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hi I could say it again Look at SpinRight from www.grc.com I have used it before to fix BSOD's on PCs, I once even fixed a Linux PC as this software does not care about what OS it is it looks at the HDD only bit for bit... I was skeptical of this software when I bought it ( I only bought it in the

[ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu

2009-05-27 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 11:44:31 +0100 > From: James Milligan > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Business with Ubuntu > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain;       charset=us-ascii;       format=flowed;   > delsp=yes > > Wow I must say that's a comprehensive plan of action t

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
>> Bad news, windows needs reactivation. Good luck with that. > > Ah yes, this did occur to me. Sounds like a complete nightmare. :-/ > > Still probably the best solution. My boss's laptop is blue screening on > average twice a day, which obviously, isn't good. > > Really, if I can get him off Vist

[ubuntu-uk] Subject: Image Windows Drive into a VM

2009-05-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> I'm in the situation (with someone else's laptop) where it would be > ideal if I could image their Windows Vista installation on their machine > into a virtual machine, ideally Virtualbox. > > Is this possible at all? Has anyone successfully done anything like this? > If so, what would be my firs

[ubuntu-uk] gnome panels MIA...

2009-05-13 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo all I have a system that has problems to load the Gnome panels, It boots and the moment I log on I get the desk top but no panels In the past I could execute the 2 commandments to load or reload the panels if they frose: gconftool-2 --recursive-unset /apps/panel killall gnome-panel and the

[ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server - Cups

2009-04-22 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Can I just check, why exactly are you using Cups?  Is it for centralized > administration on one server? > > Have you also checked under the Security properties on the printer on > Windows XP? > > Although my other half's PC isn't on a domain (I can check one on a > domain later), if I check the

[ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server - 6000 users :-)

2009-04-21 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Have you tried adding all users on the domain as admins on the local > machine? might be worth a shot, printing works for me and this is what I > have done. ___ Ummm I have +- 6000 users on the domain (not all logged in at any given tim

[ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server

2009-04-21 Thread Cornelius Mostert
OK, SO I plugged the printer directly into the Linux server, used cups to setup the server ans Samba to share the server, everyone is allowed to print. Test, 1.0. Print test page from CUPS - All OK 1.1. Log on to Win client as LOCAL windows Administrator and setup the default domain printer (Share

[ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks

2009-04-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Thanx but I am familiar with / in Linux and \ in windows... i saw a script use \ as i did and naturally I assumes (incorrectly though) that it is also | (pipe) but backward pipe like <, come to think of it the path the person wanted to append to the variable a path that contained a space in it so t

[ubuntu-uk] Samba as Print Server

2009-04-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo all I have a Samba and Printer problem... Site details: Linux Primary Domain Controller - Samba Clients - Win XP Printers - Various shared on the client PCs Print Server - Samba Problem: I have a problem getting NON root/Admin users to print... 1. So PC "A" is a Win XP PC having a shared pr

[ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks

2009-04-20 Thread Cornelius Mostert
>Are you doing this to avoid the mkdir if the directory you are creating >already exists? If so, then the is an option -p which means it is not an >error if the directory already exists. It also creates parent >directories as needed, so: > > mkdir -p $newPath/Sound/MP3 > mkdir -o $newpa

[ubuntu-uk] Bash and Path checks

2009-04-17 Thread Cornelius Mostert
Hallo I wrote my first Bash script! However I am struggling to find a way to test if 2 paths are the same: 1. I use a for loop to run through a set of folders in a path (lets say /home/myFiles/) 2. Now Test if the File Extension is = "mpg" 2.1. If true then I would like to know if the path of the

[ubuntu-uk] commands to navigate a windows network for a script - fstab and domains...

2009-04-15 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> From: Rob Beard > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] commands to navigate a windows network for a >        script > To: British Ubuntu Talk > Message-ID: <49e4b131.1020...@esdelle.co.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > doug livesey wrote: >> Hi -- I have set up a databas

[ubuntu-uk] Release: Welsh Party - Starbucks, Cardiff CF10 2BJ until 7pm

2009-04-15 Thread Cornelius Mostert
> Cornelius Mostert wrote: > > Hallo all.. > > I saw this on your site and would love to go but I have a full family (wife, > > and 2 small children) and therefore can not hang around indefinite and > > therefore would like to ask what is the starting time for the *Morni

[ubuntu-uk] Release: Welsh Party - Starbucks, Cardiff CF10 2BJ until 7pm

2009-04-14 Thread Cornelius Mostert
2BJ until 7pm), I can see it ends at 19:00 when it moves over to the bar. Just to let you know I have to do almost 80 Miles to get to this party and this is just one more reason for me to know the start time... thanx -- Cornelius Mostert Project Manager and IT