Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:39:21 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/23/2012 12:27 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb > > error: /dev/sdb: No medium found > > > > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdc > > error: /dev/sdc: No medium found > > > > > > Btw, for context, here is the background to this dev

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

Thanks, Geoff! Sorry I do not understand (please see below): On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:28:24 -0800 Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 11/22/2012 08:21:20 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:39:20 -0800 Geoffrey Leach > > wrote: > > > > > On 11/22/2012 06:41:21 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/23/2012 12:27 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb > error: /dev/sdb: No medium found > > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdc > error: /dev/sdc: No medium found > > > Btw, for context, here is the background to this device: it is a tablet > (ARNOVA 10). From my e-mail of earlier this afterno

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 12:07:01 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/23/2012 11:30 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:17:47 +0800 Ed Greshko > > wrote: > > > >> > >> Are you saying you don't have an sdb1 or sdc1? > >> > >> If the device you have is a storage device which has partition t

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/22/2012 08:21:20 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:39:20 -0800 Geoffrey Leach > wrote: > > > On 11/22/2012 06:41:21 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > > > On 11/22/2012 02:38 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:57:46 -0600 Ranjan Maitra > > > > > wrote:

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

Thanks again, John! This does not work for me. On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:23:27 -0800 John Wendel wrote: > On 11/22/2012 06:41 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/myusb > > The "blkid" command will give you more info about the device > > sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb > > will show yo

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 19:39:20 -0800 Geoffrey Leach wrote: > On 11/22/2012 06:41:21 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > On 11/22/2012 02:38 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:57:46 -0600 Ranjan Maitra > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > >> > > > >> Following up on my previ

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/23/2012 11:30 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:17:47 +0800 Ed Greshko > wrote: > >> >> Are you saying you don't have an sdb1 or sdc1? >> >> If the device you have is a storage device which has partition table defined >> it you should get /dev/sdbX (where X is an integer).

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/22/2012 06:41:21 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On 11/22/2012 02:38 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:57:46 -0600 Ranjan Maitra > > > wrote: > > > > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> Following up on my previous e-mail, I wanted to mention that two > usb > > >> interfaces are being re

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 11:17:47 +0800 Ed Greshko wrote: > On 11/23/2012 10:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > >> I didn't catch your original email, so please excuse if I answer a > >> question you didn't ask. > >> > >> You want to mount a usb device that for some reason doesn't automount? > >> > >>

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/22/2012 06:41 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: sudo mount /dev/sdb /mnt/myusb The "blkid" command will give you more info about the device sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb will show you the partition type ( like PTTYPE="dos" ), if there is one. sudo blkid -p /dev/sdb1 will show you the filesystem type

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/23/2012 10:41 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > >> I didn't catch your original email, so please excuse if I answer a >> question you didn't ask. >> >> You want to mount a usb device that for some reason doesn't automount? >> >> Try these commands in a console window: >> >> [1] unplug the usb devic

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

Hi John, Thanks for helping out! On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:08:24 -0800 John Wendel wrote: > On 11/22/2012 02:38 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:57:46 -0600 Ranjan Maitra > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Following up on my previous e-mail, I wanted to mention that two usb > >>

Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On 11/22/2012 02:38 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:57:46 -0600 Ranjan Maitra wrote: Hi, Following up on my previous e-mail, I wanted to mention that two usb interfaces are being recognized. Here is the relevant output of % usb-devices T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=0

Re: What are these for?

On 22 November 2012 19:13, lee wrote: > Ian Malone writes: > >> Also the equivalent is not su, it's actually suid, which does rely on >> the individual application to assume and drop privileges responsibly. > > In which way is relying on an application that uses polkit to do only > what it is su

Re: What are these for?

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 08:22:23PM +0100, lee wrote: > > Or better, set VISUAL=emacs and run `sudo -e`, which was designed for > > this purpose. (And which, by the way, will work out of the box on Fedora > > for members of the wheel group.) > In which way is that better? Because emacs isn't actual

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Re: mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

On Thu, 22 Nov 2012 15:57:46 -0600 Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > Following up on my previous e-mail, I wanted to mention that two usb > interfaces are being recognized. Here is the relevant output of > > % usb-devices > > T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#= 15 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 > D:

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

On 11/22/2012 01:55 PM, M. Fioretti wrote: However, I do remember that this thing of having the trailing slash in the source, but not in the destination, is something I have read in many places as the thing to do, and this is the first time I hear speaking against it. The man page for rsync is

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

Am 22.11.2012 23:21, schrieb M. Fioretti: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 23:07:33 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > >> as said: please compare the timestamp on the target most likely the >> timestamp on vfat contains daylight-savings which is not the case on >> unix-filesystems > > Indeed! Thanks. Here

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 23:07:33 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > as said: please compare the timestamp on the target most likely the > timestamp on vfat contains daylight-savings which is not the case on > unix-filesystems Indeed! Thanks. Here are the outputs of fstat on two copies of the same file

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

Am 22.11.2012 22:55, schrieb M. Fioretti: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 22:44:25 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > >>> IIRC, adding a trailing slash /media/Verbatim/photo/ would cause >>> another "photo" folder to appear inside /media/Verbatim/photo/, >>> which is not what I want >> >> i am using rsync

mounting one usb interface (from 2 identified)

Hi, Following up on my previous e-mail, I wanted to mention that two usb interfaces are being recognized. Here is the relevant output of % usb-devices T: Bus=01 Lev=01 Prnt=01 Port=02 Cnt=01 Dev#= 15 Spd=480 MxCh= 0 D: Ver= 2.00 Cls=00(>ifc ) Sub=00 Prot=00 MxPS=64 #Cfgs= 1 P: Vendor=0bb4 P

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 22:44:25 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > IIRC, adding a trailing slash /media/Verbatim/photo/ would cause > > another "photo" folder to appear inside /media/Verbatim/photo/, > > which is not what I want > > i am using rsync since many years in any environment > for backups

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

Am 22.11.2012 22:44, schrieb Reindl Harald: > > > Am 22.11.2012 22:34, schrieb M. Fioretti: >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 22:10:04 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> rsync -rvt --delete --no-o --no-g /home/z/photo/ /media/Verbatim/photo > > this command has a error > the last aparm

Re: failing drives or false positives

On 11/22/2012 04:29 PM, Mark LaPierre wrote: On 11/22/2012 03:04 PM, Brian West wrote: On 11/22/2012 12:58 PM, JD wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Brian West mailto:bionicfre...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi everyone yesterday i began receiving messages from one of my drives in my

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

Am 22.11.2012 22:34, schrieb M. Fioretti: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 22:10:04 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > > rsync -rvt --delete --no-o --no-g /home/z/photo/ /media/Verbatim/photo this command has a error the last aparm is missing a trailing slash >>> >>> Why would that be an

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 22:10:04 PM +0100, Reindl Harald wrote: > >>> rsync -rvt --delete --no-o --no-g /home/z/photo/ /media/Verbatim/photo > >> > >> this command has a error > >> the last aparm is missing a trailing slash > > > > Why would that be an error? > > because i had enough cases with rsy

Re: failing drives or false positives

On 11/22/2012 03:04 PM, Brian West wrote: On 11/22/2012 12:58 PM, JD wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Brian West mailto:bionicfre...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi everyone yesterday i began receiving messages from one of my drives in my hard drive dock that it could be failing.

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

Am 22.11.2012 22:02, schrieb Andras Simon: > 2012/11/22, Reindl Harald : >> >> >> Am 22.11.2012 21:41, schrieb M. Fioretti: >>> Greetings, >>> >>> I am running Fedora 16 x86_64. When I connect an external USB drive >>> and rsync to it my pictures with this command: >>> >>> rsync -rvt --delete --n

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

2012/11/22, Reindl Harald : > > > Am 22.11.2012 21:41, schrieb M. Fioretti: >> Greetings, >> >> I am running Fedora 16 x86_64. When I connect an external USB drive >> and rsync to it my pictures with this command: >> >> rsync -rvt --delete --no-o --no-g /home/z/photo/ /media/Verbatim/photo > > this

Re: why does this rsync commands copy again the same files?

Am 22.11.2012 21:41, schrieb M. Fioretti: > Greetings, > > I am running Fedora 16 x86_64. When I connect an external USB drive > and rsync to it my pictures with this command: > > rsync -rvt --delete --no-o --no-g /home/z/photo/ /media/Verbatim/photo this command has a error the last aparm is

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Re: How do I disable polkitd?

Am 22.11.2012 20:30, schrieb lee: >> or LIVE with how the distribution is supposed to work - on >> installations without a GUI it does not get started at all > > And be stuck with gnome and a lot of other stuff I don't need and > without lots of stuff I do need? I'd be better off with windoze t

Re: What are these for?

Am 22.11.2012 20:14, schrieb lee: > Joe Zeff writes: > >> On 11/21/2012 06:38 AM, lee wrote: >>> And how do you know or make sure that some software uses your password >>> only for that? >> >> Use only software from the Fedora repos and trust the devs to do their jobs. > > Not all the software

Re: What are these for?

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Re: failing drives or false positives

On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Brian West wrote: > On 11/22/2012 12:58 PM, JD wrote: > > > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Brian West wrote: > >> Hi everyone >> >> yesterday i began receiving messages from one of my drives in my hard >> drive dock that it could be failing. so i tested my

Re: failing drives or false positives

On 11/22/2012 12:58 PM, JD wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 8:13 AM, Brian West > wrote: Hi everyone yesterday i began receiving messages from one of my drives in my hard drive dock that it could be failing. so i tested my notebooks drive and th

Re: How do I disable polkitd?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 21 Nov 2012, lee wrote: > it seems systemctl doesn't know about polkitd though pstree shows it as > started by systemd. There don't seem to be files for starting polkitd > in /etc. It cannot be removed because almost 600 packages depend on i

Re: How do I disable polkitd?

On 11/22/2012 05:30 PM, lee wrote: Reindl Harald writes: Am 21.11.2012 15:58, schrieb lee: Hi, it seems systemctl doesn't know about polkitd though pstree shows it as started by systemd. There don't seem to be files for starting polkitd in /etc. It cannot be removed because almost 600 pack

Re: What are these for?

Ian Malone writes: > On 21 November 2012 14:38, lee wrote: > I don't pretend to have the answers to all your questions, but: > >> Matthew Miller writes: >> >>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:37:47PM +0100, lee wrote: > >>> By only asking for and using privileged access when required. That's a >>> f

Re: How do I disable polkitd?

Reindl Harald writes: > Am 21.11.2012 15:58, schrieb lee: >> Hi, >> >> it seems systemctl doesn't know about polkitd though pstree shows it as >> started by systemd. There don't seem to be files for starting polkitd >> in /etc. It cannot be removed because almost 600 packages depend on it >> :

Re: What are these for?

Reindl Harald writes: > Am 21.11.2012 15:38, schrieb lee: >> Matthew Miller writes: >>> Because the syslog interface isn't secure. >> >> How come? Only root can read the logfile. > > THE INTERFACE > > it is not trustable which process generates / fakes a record > also you do not want all from

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Re: What are these for?

Matthew Miller writes: > On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 03:02:54PM +, Alan Cox wrote: >> > And what if the user in the wheel group wants to use emacs to edit some >> > configuration file that can only be modified by root? >> They can use su if they want to use emacs for it. > > Or better, set VISUAL

Re: What are these for?

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Re: What are these for?

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