Re: Understanding VPN client options

2017-11-03 Thread George N. White III
On 3 November 2017 at 15:59, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 10:10 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > Using a VPN all depends on how paranoid you are (or rather the OP's > > father-in-law is). They certainly have their uses. > > They can also be simpler to set up than proxies, for

Re: Suddenly, thunderbird will not start

2017-11-03 Thread JD
So, this is an older system where the owner does not wish to upgeade. So I thought I would try and install TB from a downloaded rpm: yum -y install thunderbird-38.0.1-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Examining thunderbird-38.0.1-2.fc20.x86_64.rpm: thunderbird-38.0.1-

Re: Suddenly, thunderbird will not start

2017-11-03 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/03/2017 01:08 PM, JD wrote: On 11/03/2017 01:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/03/2017 12:43 PM, JD wrote: Yet, I cd $HOME/.thunderbird/ and I see the directory of my profile there. I browse the directory, and all the files and dirs are there. I know it's a long shot, but what are the permi

Re: Suddenly, thunderbird will not start

2017-11-03 Thread JD
On 11/03/2017 01:49 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/03/2017 12:43 PM, JD wrote: Yet, I cd $HOME/.thunderbird/ and I see the directory of my profile there. I browse the directory, and all the files and dirs are there. I know it's a long shot, but what are the permissions? On directories: rwx--

Re: Suddenly, thunderbird will not start

2017-11-03 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/03/2017 12:43 PM, JD wrote: Yet, I cd $HOME/.thunderbird/ and I see the directory of my profile there. I browse the directory, and all the files and dirs are there. I know it's a long shot, but what are the permissions? ___ users mailing list --

Suddenly, thunderbird will not start

2017-11-03 Thread JD
$ ps -ef | grep thunder jd 12600 3453 0 13:42 pts/400:00:00 grep --color=auto thunder So, TB is not running at this point. $ thunderbird --version (process:3027): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed Thunderbird 31.8.0 Using GUI: Your Thunderb

Re: Understanding VPN client options

2017-11-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 10:10 -0700, Rick Stevens wrote: > > > That explains it. I've implemented openvpn in a subnet-to-subnet > > > config before from the command-line. Much of this is research for my > > > father-in-law and his fedora box. > > If the OP's father-in-law is simply trying to stay an

Re: Understanding VPN client options

2017-11-03 Thread Rick Stevens
On 11/03/2017 09:31 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 20:33 -0400, Alex wrote: >>> There are several comparison sites you can consult, e.g. >>> http://www.vpncomparison.org/ >> >> Thanks. It's been hard to find a trustworthy review site. > > I'm not specifically recommending t

Re: Understanding VPN client options

2017-11-03 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2017-11-02 at 20:33 -0400, Alex wrote: > > There are several comparison sites you can consult, e.g. > > http://www.vpncomparison.org/ > > Thanks. It's been hard to find a trustworthy review site. I'm not specifically recommending that site, it just popped up when I did a search. > > > Th

Re: F26 rsyslog does not start after update

2017-11-03 Thread Tom Horsley
On Fri, 3 Nov 2017 12:02:06 + Andy Blanchard wrote: > Apparently the latest version of rsyslog > (v8.30.0-3.fc26) is dependant on the latest version of libfastjson > (v0.99.7-1.fc26) which wasn't initially pushed at the same time as the > rsyslog update. This was corrected later on in the day

Re: F26 rsyslog does not start after update

2017-11-03 Thread Andy Blanchard
On 3 November 2017 at 11:43, Cristian Sava wrote: > Hi all, > > After updating F26: > rsyslog > systemd > systemd-libs > systemd-pam > systemd-udev > > syslog does not start! I spotted this problem too. Apparently the latest version of rsyslog (v8.30.0-3.fc26) is dependant on the latest ver

Re: F26 rsyslog does not start after update

2017-11-03 Thread Cristian Sava
On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 07:55 -0400, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak wrote: > > After updating F26: > > > > syslog does not start! > > > This fixed it for me: > > dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing upgrade libfastjson.x86_64 > > - Mike Thanks Mike, good to know, but for now I think it's a security proble

Re: F26 rsyslog does not start after update

2017-11-03 Thread Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak
After updating F26: syslog does not start! This fixed it for me: dnf --enablerepo=updates-testing upgrade libfastjson.x86_64 - Mike ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproj

Re: F26 rsyslog does not start after update

2017-11-03 Thread Cristian Sava
On Fri, 2017-11-03 at 13:43 +0200, Cristian Sava wrote: > Hi all, > > After updating F26: > rsyslog > systemd > systemd-libs > systemd-pam > systemd-udev > > syslog does not start! > Upgrading to F27 solve this but we saw that on many boxes so it's not random. C.S.

F26 rsyslog does not start after update

2017-11-03 Thread Cristian Sava
Hi all, After updating F26: rsyslog systemd systemd-libs systemd-pam systemd-udev syslog does not start! [root@*** ~]# systemctl status syslog ● rsyslog.service - System Logging Service Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/rsyslog.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled) Ac