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stiv2khi00:13
stiv2khow come my /var/log/apache2/access.log is empty?00:13
atouknbody accesed it?00:13
stiv2katouk: its been empty for months00:13
stiv2katouk: and i access it all ther time, among others00:13
atouknot a clue    mine's working00:14
atouktheres a setting to turn it off, but i can't remember where00:19
storkyour problem is apache00:22
storkmaybe you want lighttpd00:22
m1rgn00:26
stiv2kuhh00:27
stiv2kwhy would i want lighttpd?00:27
storkit's neat00:36
peanutband less of a resource hog00:48
* peanutb mumbles about apache hogging all his vps' ram00:49
peanutbyet lighttpd wasent pheaseable for some reason00:49
* peanutb cant remember why00:49
atouki phorget a lot too00:50
peanutbprolly because i was too lazy to port over the vhosts.ohh thats what it was. It didnt have a serveralias thingy00:51
peanutbso i would have had to make a different vhost for each address00:51
jncpeanutb: "feasible"  sorry to correct you if you don't like to be corrected01:54
peanutbjnc, i suck and spelling, thanks for correcting me01:55
jncoh geeze, you know what, netinst is the same as either desktop or server installs03:22
jncwhat do I need openoffice.org installed for on my server install?03:22
jncI don't, but it's there03:22
jncwhat the hell!03:22
kgoetzhm?03:23
jnckgoetz: 127.0.1.1       karma.pimpcat.org       karma03:38
jncwhy are Ubuntu installs setting this as 127.0.1.1 and not 127.0.0.1 ?03:39
jnchttp://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2005/06/msg01047.html03:40
jncI am reading this, but I do not understand it03:40
kgoetzjnc: thats how debian does it now, i dont know why (and i dont like it)03:44
kgoetzafk. going home03:44
jnc'k03:44
jncfound also http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=38876503:44
jncpeanutb: what are you using for VPS?04:06
peanutbyes04:07
peanutbumm04:08
peanutbi think its umm.... whatever vpslink.com uses04:08
peanutbi think its opensomething04:08
lamontjnc: what's not to understand?04:10
lamonthaving the system think it's proper name is 'localhost.localdomain' because eth0 isn't (or is that 'is'?) up is just silly04:10
peanutbwait. how did you know i have a vps?04:11
lamontpeanutb: what is a vps?04:11
lamont* peanutb mumbles about apache hogging all his vps' ram04:11
lamontthat might be how we know...04:12
jnclamont: why bother having that in the hosts file at all, then?04:13
lamontwhich 'that'?04:14
jncjust one line will do it,   127.0.0.1  localhost.localdomain hostname04:14
lamontbut not hostname04:14
jnchm04:14
lamontif I'm on my machine and connect to it by name, it routes directly, regardless of what IP I use.04:14
peanutbohh. right04:15
jncyeah I guess it does, then04:15
lamontand listing it that way is what makes things think that the proper name of the machine is 'localhost.localdomain' (e.g., /etc/mailname...)04:15
* jnc stabs Gutsy Xen04:15
peanutblamont: its a Virtual Private Server04:15
lamontah, ok04:15
peanutbim moving to shared hosting soon though04:15
peanutbtoo much to upkeep04:15
peanutband too much monthly04:16
peanutbmaybe when i get more money ill get a box to colocate04:16
jncoh I misunderstood, thought you were running a VPS business04:16
peanutbno04:16
jncI have some Xen problems tonight04:16
peanutb:(04:16
jncit's crashing randomly on x8604:16
peanutbhmm04:16
peanutbsounds like fun fun fun04:16
jnc"Running hooks" ... " Segmentation fault"04:17
jncand then I get booted out of ssh, it won't let me log in again04:17
peanutbhmm04:17
jncseveral blog entries point at TLS being flakey04:17
peanutbdonno04:17
peanutbXen is a weird program04:17
peanutbshareing a kernel between os' scares me04:18
peanutbthough they do it at vpslink too04:18
jncbut there's libc-xen, so why should I mess with TLS04:18
jncI had Xen working alright with a stable Debian release04:18
jncso I thought, hey Gutsy is out with better Xen support (or so I heard)04:18
lamontjnc: new-n-shiny doesn't necessarily equal 'better'. :-(04:19
jncnot very pleased so far, it's been problematic and I haven't found documentation that shows from A-Z a working setup04:19
jnclamont: we're not talking new and shiny here, it's a release, I kind of expected it to work.   I expect debian releases to be stable, and they are, so I am not making a fair comparison04:20
jnclooks like I should be hacking with 6.06 LTS04:20
lamontjnc: I meant new-n-shiny xen04:20
jncreally wish this stuff Just Worked04:20
jncoh04:20
peanutbopenvz. thats it04:20
jncopenvz is pretty common04:21
lamontI'm not sure how much activity xen has seen yet.  Not much work -> some rough edges.04:21
lamontgnome et al get hammered by the dev community during the process, so that part tends to be right-good.04:21
* peanutb is still using dapper on his vps04:22
peanutbi cant afford the downtime that could arise04:23
peanutband of cource apt is messed up04:23
peanutbahh the joy04:23
lamontthe tradeoffs are LTS for rock solid server with time-proven bits, or current release for a good desktop experience that probably does well in the data center (and will get fixed if it doesn't, of course)04:24
lamonthrm...  so when I plug a 20A UPS plug into a custom-cord that has a 15A plug on the other end and then plug that into a 15A power strip that's plugged into a 300W UPS which is plugged into a 20A circuit, is that bad?04:26
peanutbwha?04:28
peanutbso long as you dont use more than 20 amps at the end you should be fine, but its bad practive04:29
peanutb*practice04:29
peanutblamont: ^^04:29
lamontpeanutb: the 300W ups will trip well before I hit 20 A04:29
peanutbthen you are prolly fine04:30
peanutbbut its still bad practice04:30
* lamont has done electrical construction, and majored in EE in college...04:30
lamontit's extremely bad practice.04:31
* peanutb is still in HS04:31
peanutbsrry i dont have any big credentials04:31
lamontthen again, so is taking a perfectly good 14 gauge extension cord, and replacing the outlet end with a 20A outlet.04:31
* peanutb is los04:31
peanutbt04:31
lamontwow.  I actually used a 12 gauge cord.04:32
* peanutb feels sad that his only credential is an @ubuntu.com email04:32
lamont20A plug is specifically different than a normal house plug04:32
peanutboh04:32
peanutbis that the erm one with the pin sidewayse (the pin that isint turned sideways for 240V?)04:33
jncpeanutb: you work for the company?04:42
peanutbthe comapny?04:43
peanutbwhat company?04:43
peanutbi dont work for any company04:43
peanutbim in highschool04:43
peanutband until august i couldent legally work for anyone (except family)04:43
jncoh.  just inquiring about the "credential" you mentioned04:44
peanutboh04:44
peanutbim a "official member"04:44
peanutbhttps://launchpad.net/~paul-bartell04:45
peanutbdue to my loco team involvement04:45
jncI used to develop some pro audio ebuilds for the Gentoo system04:46
peanutbyou see i have nothign worth showing.04:46
* jnc laughs along04:46
peanutbi contributed a partial patch for 1 package04:46
peanutbhopefully more next summer or during winter break04:47
jnc13?  Google needs to update its index a bit quicker than that04:47
jncyou can look me up if you want, my name's Eric Shattow04:48
peanutb14 now actually04:52
jncyou're gettin' old04:52
peanutbright04:52
peanutbi know... so old04:52
jncremember being 6 years old?   man, for me that was like MS-DOS games04:53
jncfor you that would be... a prince song on the radio over and over again04:54
peanutblmao04:54
jncY2k "crisis"04:55
peanutbi remember the backstreet boys and N'Synch04:55
peanutblmao04:55
peanutbyeah the whole Y2k thing was funny04:55
jncmy kid sister is 16, so I had to live with 98 degrees, and all that boy band crap04:55
peanutbi didnt get it tohough04:55
peanutbnn nn nwow04:55
peanutbwow04:55
peanutbyeah, for some reason i pull out the old cds, and like them04:56
jnceveryone does, even if the music sucked04:56
jncmy secret joy is Ace of Base04:56
jncbut, it's a secret.   No one understands how awesome Ace of Base is.04:57
jncnot even me.04:57
peanutb:)04:57
jncDo I know why I danced to michael bolton videos?04:57
jncno.04:57
* peanutb gets out the beatles every so often. my first cd was yellow Submarine04:57
jncooh trippy04:58
peanutbthen i think it was hmm... Parachutes by coldplay04:58
peanutb(which i bought in like 2003)04:59
jncbetter than ezra, offspring, metallica, B-52's, Guns 'n Roses, Concrete Blonde...05:00
jncya ya05:00
jncmusic is what kept me interested in linux through the rough years05:01
peanutbyeah05:02
jncstarted trading songs as WAV files, it took 2 days to send one05:02
peanutbdo you have a last.fm?05:02
jncnah05:02
jncsocial networking sites piss me off05:02
jnceven for something harmless and interesting like last.fm05:02
peanutbwell... mines they did to me too... but i decided i had to sign up ust to stop people from asking what music i like: http://www.last.fm/user/peanutb/05:03
peanutbi gotta go and finish this homework though05:03
* jnc laughs05:03
jnccool beans05:03
peanutbbeans?05:04
jncit's a line from a slasher movie05:04
peanutbright i was sort of in a political-bashign mood today05:04
jnceverytime the character kills someone he says "Cool beans."05:04
peanutbthats why the music is erm... anit-bush05:04
jncpasswords are commonly based on what music a person likes05:05
jncthat makes last.fm an interesting tool for me05:05
jnc;)05:06
peanutbmao05:06
peanutblmao05:06
peanutbwell... i dont think mine is05:06
* peanutb wonders what his password is for last.fm05:06
peanutboh yeah05:06
peanutbor things they despise05:06
lamontpeanutb: http://www.elect-spec.com/nema_plgsokt.htm05:09
lamontthis is a NEMA 5-20 plug05:09
lamontyou'll notice that all 4 combinations are available05:09
lamontand that you can plug a 15A plug into a 20A receptical05:10
peanutbyeah. seems right05:11
* peanutb needs to do his homework for real this time05:11
peanutbarent NEMA standards also for electrical enclosures?05:12
* peanutb feels stupid for takeign the long way, redoing it the short way, and then getting the same answer05:13
jncugh, TLS issues on Gutsy Xen06:08
jncmakes apt-get break, and other fun side effects06:08
jncOffending process: mount06:18
lamontpeanutb: National Electrical Manufacturers Association - so, yeah.06:42
peanutbok06:42
peanutbgotta go to sleep06:42
peanutbtalk to ya someother time06:42
krautmoin07:53
_rubenmornin07:55
nrpilmorning08:05
AussieHatterfresh install of 7.10 server is hanging at running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)  should this section be taking long ?08:54
Kamping_Kaiserno08:55
Kamping_Kaiserbut that depends what 'long' means08:55
Kamping_Kaiserand the speed fo the server08:55
AussieHatterfast server, long time now08:58
AussieHatterabout to press reset08:58
AussieHatternew dual core p4, with a painful sata chipset that needs a new kernel08:59
AussieHatterok my mistake.08:59
AussieHatterit was output on the console, a shell was waiting underneath after i pressed a key09:00
AussieHatternow i will suffer getting used to using sudo :)09:01
_rubenah .. the dreaded 'running bootscripts after login prompt has been displayed'09:08
AussieHatter_ruben, yeah it threw me :)09:11
AussieHatteris the default kernel smp enabled ?09:12
_rubenyes09:12
_rubenunless you ended up with the -i386 one for some reason09:13
AussieHatteri see, it only shows the SMP using uname -a09:13
_rubencat /proc/cpuinfo should show you all cpu's/cores it has found09:13
AussieHatterright, good one, they are both there :)09:14
AussieHatterwas webmin ever in ubuntu ?  i know it was removed from etch09:15
_rubenwebmin isnt compatible to way ubuntu has its config files organized09:15
_ruben!webmin09:15
ubotuwebmin is no longer supported in Debian and Ubuntu. It is not compatible with the way that Ubuntu packages handle configuration files, and is likely to cause unexpected issues with your system09:15
AussieHatteri have been looking at something like ispconfig for easy management, is there anything else hiding away ?09:16
_rubenthere's ebox, but im not sure how extensive it is09:16
_rubenthere are rumours/plans to expand it for the next release (hoary)09:17
AussieHatterwhat firewall manager tool is hiding in 7.10 ?09:18
_rubenthere's several available in the default repositories i think, i always write my own scripts09:18
AussieHatter_ruben, i am familiar with shorewall, always too lazy to learn iptables09:19
_rubeni really recommend at least reading a couple of tutorials, so you have at least a small grasp of what's going on09:19
_rubenyou shouldn't use scripts that you dont really understand, imo09:20
_rubenfirewalling is a rather important thing, though it also depends on the needs/environment/etc ofcourse09:20
AussieHatteri have been using shorewall for years now,  i am quite familiar with whats going on09:20
AussieHatteri havent found the need to invest in learning iptables proper09:21
AussieHatterthough i have a pretty good grasping09:21
AussieHattershorewall is a great project imo09:22
AussieHatterlots of good networking tutorials09:22
AussieHatterhave you been a debian user ?09:23
* Nafallo thinks iptables is easier then shorewall09:24
AussieHatternafallo, really ?09:24
AussieHatterfor quick changes ? adding port frwards ? seeing logs ?09:24
Nafalloyes09:25
AussieHatterwow. i just found that once it gets complex shorewalls layout is easy to look at and see whats going on09:26
AussieHatterare you familiar with mondo ?  it was good in sarge for backing up / cloning a running distro and saving as an .iso for bare metal restore, what would one use on ubuntu >09:27
AussieHatter?09:27
NafalloI'm not friend with shorewall since I noticed my 10Mbps in became 2Mbit in because of it.09:27
Nafallowe have everything Debian has and more.09:27
AussieHatterNafallo, oh, wow, i wouldnt be either, thats nasty,09:27
AussieHatteri cant find mondo09:28
AussieHatterare you familiar with something similar ?09:28
Nafallonafallo@wizard:~$ apt-cache show mondo | grep ^Section09:29
NafalloSection: universe/utils09:29
AussieHatterNafallo, and once you removed shorewall your speed increased ?09:29
AussieHatterah, i see, i dont have universe turned on09:29
NafalloAussieHatter: once I wrote iptables.sh and removed shorewall yes.09:29
AussieHatterNafallo, were you familiar with iptables before that ?09:30
Nafalloyes09:30
AussieHatteri have just suffered the last day trying to get a via saa chipset working with etch09:31
AussieHatter'sata'09:31
AussieHatterwhats your thoughts on allowing root login and not using sudo ?09:34
Nafalloman sudo_root09:35
AussieHatteri see, thx09:36
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_rubenAussieHatter: i've been a debian user in the past, then moved to opensuse/sles, now in the process of moving to ubuntu (orienting and experimenting atm mostly)09:48
_rubeni kinda like the sudo approach, especially the logging part so its a bit more clear which collegue managed to fuck up :-P09:50
_rubenone downside tho, currently only root has a passwd set on our servers, we login using ssh keys09:50
_rubenone option would probably be to give root a passwd and have the admins use that for sudo instead of their own09:55
Kamping_Kaiser<_ruben> there are rumours/plans to expand it for the next release (hoary) <- hardy10:07
* _ruben slaps forehead10:08
Kamping_KaiserAussieHatter, used mondo on dapper, worked well10:08
Kamping_Kaiser_ruben, lol10:09
* Kamping_Kaiser finnally reaches bottom of scrollback10:09
_rubenhmm .. mondo sounds promising (from looking at the apt-cache info)10:09
_rubenKamping_Kaiser: in busy channels like these i tend to only read a few hours tops of the backlog :p10:10
Kamping_Kaiser_ruben, whats the downside with you and sudo and root?10:10
* Kamping_Kaiser didnt get that bit10:10
Kamping_Kaiseri'm bored, i have time to readd it all ;)10:10
_rubenmy boss probably wouldnt apreciate it if i spend most of the morning reading irc backlogs :p10:10
Kamping_Kaiserlol10:10
* Kamping_Kaiser has only been gone 60 min10:11
_rubenah o10:11
_rubenk10:11
_rubenmy 'backlog' was from 4pm yesterday till 8am today (3hrs ago) :p10:11
Kamping_Kaiserlol.10:11
Kamping_Kaiseri only stopped 8 minutes before you started ;)10:12
_rubenbut concerning sudo, sudo by default requires the passwd of the current user, but on our current (suse) servers, the users dont have a passwd10:12
* Kamping_Kaiser is lacking reasons to fanboy etch atm :( i need to find some funky feature10:12
Kamping_Kaiserhuh? not at all?10:12
_rubenwe login using ssh keys10:13
_rubenand direct root login at the terminal10:13
Kamping_Kaiserstill, no passwords is a bit... much10:13
Kamping_Kaiser       rootpw      If set, sudo will prompt for the root password instead of10:13
Kamping_Kaiser                   the password of the invoking user.  This flag is off by10:13
Kamping_Kaiser                   default.10:13
_rubenit saves 'maintaining' ~6 passwds on ~30 servers (rough estimate)10:14
Kamping_Kaiserthats understandable. still have issues with *no* password at all (then again, keys are hard to fake)10:15
_rubenthat's the option i opted as a decent alternative in our situation10:16
_rubenKamping_Kaiser: well, no password isnt the same an empty password, so i dont see any harm in it10:16
Kamping_Kaiser_ruben, suppose so10:16
_rubenat the console only root can login, and even if ssh is misconfigured (allowing non-key logins), then one could still not login as a user (but only as root, if ssh would be even more faulty configured)10:17
_rubenbut these are exactly the things im investigating as part of a possible move from suse to ubuntu10:18
oly_mk2anyone able to help with a windows share mount problem, i have added in a share on the windows server into fstab it works fine10:27
oly_mk2except when the windows server is rebooted, then ubuntu can no longer read the share10:27
Kamping_Kaiserthe share probably times out and is unmounted10:28
oly_mk2until i go and manually unmount and remount it, which is a pain because the windows servers get rebooted a fair bit10:28
oly_mk2if i try and access it i get an i/o error10:28
Kamping_Kaiseryou could try unmounting+remounting every X hours in a cronjob10:28
oly_mk2hum, yeah its not ideal though10:29
oly_mk2i tried adding errors=remount-rw in fstab like you can with ext partitions10:29
oly_mk2but that does not seem to work10:29
Kamping_Kaiser`man fstab` will tell you what options you get for windows shares10:29
oly_mk2is cifs any better at handling this than smbfs does nay one know ?10:30
Kamping_Kaisermaybe `man mount`, i cant remember10:30
_rubenhmm .. that's odd .. never tried it with ubuntu, but under suse the mount resumes to work after the windows box is up and running again10:30
_rubeni think i used cifs back then10:30
oly_mk2okay may try cifs, and the info is in man mount i just found out10:32
oly_mk2thats why i coudl not find it when i looked :)10:32
AussieHatterI am back...  its dinner time here in aussie land... reading backlog10:33
sorenoly_mk2: cifs is preferred over smb and has been for quite a while.10:33
oly_mk2oh okay, i had not even heard of cifs till today10:34
Kamping_Kaiserhehe10:34
AussieHatteryes i have used mondo for the last few years and it has been great untill etch where it wants to install a different kernel !! seriouslt !!10:34
AussieHatteretch has been good until recent mobos and old kernel :(10:34
AussieHatterpita10:34
AussieHatterdebians ongoing problem10:34
Kamping_KaiserAussieHatter, different kernel in the new system?10:34
oly_mk2i will give it ago, also found nomand in the mount command which might fix it just need to read up on exactly what it does10:35
Kamping_KaiserAussieHatter, everyones ongoing problem10:35
AussieHatter2.6.18 in etch, via sata chipset needs 2.6.22 at least10:35
AussieHatterthen i tried a backported d-i which worked but then vmware wouldnt compile10:35
AussieHattergrrr10:35
AussieHatterafter 5 or 6 hours of time wasted....10:36
Kamping_KaiserAussieHatter, ah, i saw you asking about it the other day in #debian10:36
AussieHatternow I think i am finally going to make the move to ubuntu10:36
AussieHatterKamping_Kaiser, yes, it was pain10:36
AussieHattercifs has been the win stack for a long time now hasnt it ?10:40
Kamping_KaiserXP~ iirc10:41
Kamping_Kaisermaybe even ME10:41
AussieHatteri think so also10:41
AussieHattermounting smbfs is a good option10:41
AussieHatternot sure why people stuff around with ntfs10:41
AussieHatteri guess only locally or dual boot10:41
Kamping_Kaiserits hard to mount using smbfs from the localhost? :)10:41
AussieHatterright :)10:41
Kamping_Kaiser:)10:42
AussieHatterhmmm, passwordless ssh has been tempting but i've never quite felt safe enough...10:45
Kamping_Kaiserkeybased ftw. i just keep forgetting to set it up10:46
AussieHatterone pain i've suffered with gui linux and ubuntu or debian is the X user is logged in as a normal user but then if you want to move a file or folder there is no way to elevate privileges to copy file where you want to10:47
AussieHatterunless there is a way and i dont know10:47
Kamping_Kaisergksudo nautilus10:47
_rubenor ksudo :)10:48
Kamping_Kaiserdebian used to have a 'root filebrowser' option in the Applications menu, but i note its disapeared10:48
Kamping_Kaiseror that :)10:48
AussieHatterso is a file browser setup to use gksudo ?  do you have to enter this in a term ?10:49
Kamping_Kaiseralt+f210:49
Kamping_Kaiserput it in the box10:49
AussieHatterok i will check it out10:50
AussieHatterwhat about plugging in a usb stick ? the other day discover found it then would only mount it read only !10:51
AussieHatteron 7.04 that is10:51
Kamping_Kaiserwhat filesystem? does it have a hardware 'read only' switch?10:52
AussieHatterKamping_Kaiser, no it was vfat10:54
AussieHatterhmmm, vmware is saying i may need to upgrade libc5 to glibc ... what could this mean ?10:58
AussieHatterah, maybe because x-window-system is not installed10:58
* Kamping_Kaiser wouldnt know, i dont do proprietary software ;)11:00
AussieHatterKamping_Kaiser, ahhh, vmware is great :)11:00
Kamping_Kaiseryou can keep it :)11:01
AussieHatterthere isnt a free alternative as far as i know ? though they give it away for free,11:01
Kamping_Kaiserbochs? qemu?11:01
_rubenvirtualbox, xen, ...11:01
Kamping_Kaiser!free11:01
ubotufreedom is important. Ubuntu is as free as we can make it, which means mostly free software. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html and http://www.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/licensing11:01
Kamping_Kaiserread first link11:01
AussieHatternice :)11:01
Kamping_Kaiser:)11:01
AussieHatterxen doesnt run xp11:02
AussieHatterdinner time11:02
_rubenlunch time11:02
Kamping_Kaiserlater mate11:02
AussieHattermmmmmm foood11:02
Kamping_Kaiser:(11:02
* Kamping_Kaiser is abandoned11:02
_rubenwell .. table soccer time, which is the usual thing to do during lunchtime here at work ;)11:02
Kamping_Kaiserhehe11:03
* Kamping_Kaiser resumes coding11:03
_rubenbbiab11:03
rooausShould "do-release-upgrade" upgrade a 7.04 install? Does the server upgrades happen at the same time as a desktop release?11:07
Kamping_Kaiseryes, the servers update at the same time11:08
rooausKamping_Kaiser: Thanks. It uses the /etc/apt/sources.list doesn't it? I have a 7.04 server at work that reports "No new release found" yet today I was able to update my laptop (desktop install). Both point to the same mirrored repo.11:10
Kamping_Kaiseryes, thats the correct file11:11
* Kamping_Kaiser wonders why he doesnt see rooaus and AussieHatter in #ubuntu-au11:11
rooausOnly difference is the work server is behind a firewall that only allows updates from the configured repo, laptop has unrestricted internet access. Strange?11:12
Kamping_Kaiserthere might be auto update tools, i dont know.11:13
* Kamping_Kaiser does such things by hand11:13
rooausheh, only found this channel now, didn't even know there was an #ubuntu-au channel :)11:13
Kamping_Kaiser:)11:14
rooausmight ask in that channel, maybe it is a mirroring issue. thanks.11:15
Kamping_Kaiserchange sources.list -> apt-get update -> apt-get dist-upgrade (or aptitude dist-upgrade) done11:17
Kamping_Kaisernot sure how the mirrors matter :)11:17
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rooausI read the supported upgrade method was using do-release-upgrade. I have no probs doing the apt-get upgrade just thought I would follow docs in case something went wrong, easier to explain to the boss :)11:23
Kamping_Kaisernever seen do-release-upgrade, so i cant really helpa  great deal with it11:24
rooausdo-release-upgrade sorry, from update-manager-core.11:27
Kamping_Kaiserah, i dont use update-manager (not sure all the ubuntu bits are in debian anyway)11:27
lousygaruahow is the gutsy server? does it have spinning compiz terminals? :)11:30
Kamping_Kaiserlol. no.11:31
AussieHatterback again, there is a #ubuntu-au ?11:32
AussieHatterwell, Aussieland is on the map.11:32
Kamping_Kaiser:D11:32
Kamping_Kaiserjoin us! and drink with me!11:32
AussieHatterdammit ! in my sleep haze it hit something in mirc and lost the title bar11:34
Kamping_Kaiserlol11:34
Kamping_Kaiserxchat ftw11:34
AussieHatterwhat is ftw ?11:34
Kamping_Kaiserfor the win11:35
AussieHatterah11:35
AussieHatteron my xp laptop currently11:35
Kamping_Kaiserand yes, theres an #ubuntu-au11:35
Kamping_Kaisersearch for 'silverx'11:35
Kamping_Kaiserits xchat for windows11:35
AussieHatterah ok11:35
AussieHatterKamping_Kaiser, do you know where the timeout setting for sudo is ?11:36
Kamping_KaiserAussieHatter, sudoers file iirc11:37
AussieHatterhmmm, no timout in that file11:37
AussieHatteri will find it later :)11:37
Kamping_Kaiserman sudoers11:37
_ruben       timestamp_timeout11:37
_ruben                   Number of minutes that can elapse before sudo will ask for a passwd again.  The default is 15.  Set this to 0 to always prompt for a password.  If set to a value less than 0 the user’s timestamp will never11:37
_ruben                   expire.  This can be used to allow users to create or delete their own timestamps via sudo -v and sudo -k respectively.11:37
Kamping_Kaiserwe need a manpage search bot11:38
_rubenthat'd be nice indeed11:38
Kamping_Kaisereg !ubotu man sudoers timeout11:38
_rubentho could cause quite some spamming11:38
AussieHattergood plan11:38
Kamping_KaiserPM to caller?11:38
_rubencould trigger an 'excess flood' anyways11:40
Kamping_Kaisertrue.11:40
AussieHatteromg so many times i am forgetting to put that sudo in front11:41
_rubena web search engine would do the trick, combined with a botscript that'd build the proper url to the web page11:41
Kamping_Kaiserlol11:41
_rubenwith possibly some higlighting11:41
_ruben+h11:41
* Kamping_Kaiser thought +h was a switch for the moment11:42
Kamping_Kaiserman search +h timeout11:42
Kamping_Kaiser;)11:42
_rubenhaha12:02
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rooausKamping_Kaiser: You about?13:50
rooausKamping_Kaiser: FYI, I ran wireshark while doing a "do-release-upgrade" and found it gets the release info from http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/meta-release. The server is firewalled and can only contact the configured repo.14:01
_rubensounds plausible .. the repo's dont tell you what's current or not14:02
rooausgotta love Ethereal (oops wireshark) ;)14:03
* _ruben is more of a tcpdump kind of person]14:04
sommeranyone know if it's possible to enable smtp auth, but only for a certain group?14:24
sommerusing sendmail or postfix?14:25
ScottKsommer: What problem are you trying to solve?14:25
sommercurrently we don't have smtp open from outside the network, but things have changed and we now need to.14:26
sommerbut I was wondering if it's possible to only allow smpt access to certain addresses14:26
sommeror users14:26
sommers/smpt/smtp/14:27
sommerI see you can configure what type of auth mechanisms you want to use, but not how to limit service availability.14:28
lamontsommer: iptables or tcpwrapper come to mind14:28
* lamont would probably use iptables14:28
sommerlamont: makes sense, but how would you let iptables know which users to allow14:29
lamontiptables would limit what IP's could be used.14:29
sommerah... couldn't you do that from postfix/sendmail though?14:30
lamontI see that maybe I misinterpreted "addresses"14:30
sommerlamont: sorry email addresses14:30
lamontright14:30
lamontso, not an iptables thing.14:30
lamontso you want mail arriving from the internet to only be allowed if the destination address is in a list of specific users?14:31
ScottKsommer: Look into smtpd_sender_login_mismatch (IIRC)14:31
sommerScottK: cool will do14:31
lamontScottK: thanks.  I'm definitely having parsing issues this AM14:32
sommerlamont: not exactly... I guess I want certain users to be able to use SMTP from a mua14:32
ScottKsommer: The mumble login mismatch limits email addresses that can be used via SMTP Auth to certain users per address.  If you can addresses not to be useable via SMTP Auth, list them with a non-existant user.14:34
sommerScottK: thanks mumble?14:36
ScottKmumble meaning I can't remember the exact name and didn't want to give it to you wrong.14:37
ScottKIt's in the postfix docs.14:37
sommerScottK: ah... cool I'm looking into it.14:38
Carryhello, i'm new to server-software... my book says there's a bin conf and htdocs in the ServerRoot...16:17
Carrynot in my ubuntu 6.0 lts lamp16:17
Carry:/16:17
Carryhelp?16:17
sommerCarry: all the apache configs are in /etc/apache2 and the ServerRoot is set to /var/www by default16:18
Carrysommer: tnx, take a look now..16:19
sommerCarry: here's a link to Ubuntu specific Apache instructions: https://help.ubuntu.com/6.06/ubuntu/serverguide/C/httpd.html16:19
Carrytnx16:20
Carrymy book uses /usr/local/apache..16:21
sommerCarry: it usally depends on which instructions you use to install Apache... if you compile from source /usr/local/apache is the default I believe.16:22
sommerCarry: I find it easier to use binary packages provided by the distro myself.16:23
Carrysommer: i used the server-iso, used lamp-option..16:23
sommerCarry: ah... then you should have everything installed.  The next step would be to learn the configuration needed to accomplish what you want to do.16:24
Carrysommer: wanted to use it to learn how it works..16:25
Carrynever compiled from source..16:25
peanutbeep16:25
sommerCarry: you should be able to use your book then, just remember to look in /etc/apache2 for configs and /var/www for the files your serving.16:28
* Carry is reading file apache2.conf in /etc/apache2 now16:30
Carryno httpd.conf :/ ..16:30
sorenIt's called apache2.conf nowadays.16:31
Carry:/ where's the bin and conf directory :/ ? not in ServerRoot :/16:32
Carrysoren: tnx..16:32
sorenI don't know what the bin and conf directory is.16:32
mralphabetCarry: cgi-bin?16:32
Carrymralphabet: soren my book says in ServerRoot Directory: bin conf htdocs htdocs/manual icons16:33
mralphabetis that an apache 1 book?16:34
Carrymralphabet: yes, and cgi-bin16:34
Carrymralphabet: apache216:34
mralphabetI actually don't know where the cgi-bin is . .. I don't use it heh16:35
soren/usr/lib/cgi-bin16:36
Carrysoren: found...16:37
Carryempty :)16:37
sorenWhat did you expect to find?16:38
Carryjust learn where things are..16:39
Carrycan't find it in /etc/apache2/apache2.conf16:39
sorenIt's in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default16:40
Carrymralphabet: book = apache 2.016:40
mralphabetCarry: yeah, caught that16:41
Carryis there a new book?16:41
* mralphabet doesn't know16:42
* Carry want's it :)16:42
sorenUbuntu server session in #ubuntu-classroom in 5 minutes, people.16:55
mutaliskI installed ubuntu server 7.10 and on boot it stops after rc.local and doesn't give me login prompt.  I have to hit enter before it gives me a login prompt.17:16
mutaliskIt's not a big deal, just kind of annoying17:17
mutaliskany ideas on what might be causing it?17:17
sommermutalisk: I'm not sure if this exactly what you're seeing, but this bug 65230 may be related.17:27
ubotuLaunchpad bug 65230 in upstart "startup messages continue on screen after first login prompt appears" [Low,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/6523017:27
mutaliskyeah that doesn't seem to be lated to what I'm experiencing17:28
jnchttp://pastebin.ca/74570217:36
jncdammit. Xen is not happy on this box.17:36
jncnow taking suggestions, is there a preferred stable Ubuntu platform for running Xen?17:36
mralphabetnot 7.10?17:38
LifeSFis there a way to install ubuntu-server entirely with the typical automatic script and STILL be able to configure the static ip because i've been rushing with the /interfaces17:48
LifeSFi'm in the re-install process right now, in expert mode... and i'm starting to think i should not be in there yet17:49
jncmralphabet: which release though17:54
jncFeisty? LTS 6.10?17:54
mralphabetjnc: 7.04 should work fine17:54
jncerr17:54
jncokay Feisty server.   I'll give that a whirl17:55
jnchave to remember to move /lib/tls out of the way hmm17:55
jncany other cavets?17:55
Nafallojnc: no, edgy isn't an LTS.17:55
mralphabetjnc: I don't know that xen has been built against the kernel in 7.10 yet17:55
jncerr... 6.0n forget what n is for the Dapper17:56
Nafallomralphabet: there is a XEN flavour in Universe.17:56
Nafallojnc: 617:56
Nafallojnc: 6.1 really17:56
mralphabetNafallo: ahh17:57
jncthing is, I went through some pains to get Xen operating on a debian r4.0 install, but it worked beautifully.  I was going to nuke the box and set it up For Real This Time, so I'm trying out all my options17:57
jncno Xen for the LTS release?17:58
Nafallowithout trying I would say 7.10 is the best Ubuntu for XEN right now.17:58
jncoh17:58
Nafallosecurity supported until 9.0417:58
Nafallowith LTS coming out 8.0417:59
jncNafallo: it's certainly easy to install, but I can't make it work without causing a horrible crash17:59
zuljnc: only built from source with dapper17:59
jncthe Xen kernel in Gutsy causes a panic when using 'mount'17:59
Nafallozul: hehe, hi Mr. Xen. feel free to take over this discussion ;-)17:59
jncwhich uh, is kind of a big deal18:00
jnc=)18:00
zuljnc: eh?18:00
jnczul: having trouble with Gutsy Xen on a dual smp xeon (with hyperthreading) box18:00
zuljnc: oh what kind of problems18:01
jncI install "ubuntu-xen-server", reboot, machine comes up fine.   Trying to xen-create-image dies and locks the box up in a panic at or around the "running hooks" phase18:01
zuljnc: can you open a bug in launchpad? and i can have a look18:02
jncoh yes, of course.  What information do we want?18:02
zulthe oops mainly..18:03
jncI'll make the bug report, meanwhile http://pastebin.ca/74570218:03
jncis that the same as bug #135041 ?18:05
ubotuLaunchpad bug 135041 in linux-source-2.6.22 "xen-image-create fails with kernel panic" [Undecided,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/13504118:05
jncI have some phobia of filing duplicate bug reports ;)18:05
atoukQUESTION: since moving my pages to unbutu server i get - Warning: mysql_free_result(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL result resource  errors18:05
zuljnc: just add the information to the bug report18:06
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mralphabetatouk: was there a version difference in the mysql packages?18:14
jncsetting up a fresh install of netboot'd hdmedia image, and Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10 Server edition ISO18:17
atoukhave to check18:17
jnc5g root, 5g swap...   will try to document what I do18:17
atoukold box is offline so i have to power it up and get version #s18:18
atoukpages were generated with dreamweaver, so I'll check their site too18:20
mralphabetatouk: It sounds like it is really a code issue18:27
LifeSFlitteraly going nuts trying to set up a static ip; i got scared away from the expert install of ubuntu-server... i'm still a newb when it comes to linux18:27
LifeSFprobs in the /interfaces18:28
mathiazLifeSF: have a  look at the interfaces man page - man interfaces18:29
atoukdoing research now.   looks to be php warning message that was suppressed before, so it wa there, but i never saw it18:29
LifeSFmathiaz: how do i do that?18:30
mralphabetLifeSF: from the command line, type 'man interfaces'18:32
LifeSFoki18:32
LifeSFthnx18:32
LifeSFmathiaz; is there a way for me to print out man interfaces?18:46
jnczul: the xen kernel is segfaulting when I run 'man tee'18:48
jnczul: very confused now.  should I continue to append to that bug report?18:48
zuljnc: then something is wrong with your18:48
zul'er wrong with your 'puter might want to run something like a memory check or something18:49
jncweird, it was not a problem before, I can run memtest8618:49
jncI see in dmesg without having run xen-create-image or anything some problem shortly after device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl   initalizes18:50
jnc[<c014ed84>] __report_bad_irq+0x24/0x80, [<c014f059>] note_interrupt+0x279/0x2b0 ...18:50
jncirq 9: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)18:50
jncnobody cared?  I care. :(18:50
zuljnc: try booting with irqpoll18:53
jnczul:   "linux initrd=blah irqpoll"  like this?18:53
zulyeah18:54
LifeSFthere a way for me to print out man interfaces?18:54
mralphabetLifeSF: can you print anything else?18:54
LifeSFlol, i mean from the terminal18:54
LifeSFor can i open them elsewhere?18:55
mralphabethttp://www.google.com/search?q=man+interfaces18:55
mralphabetfirst link should be what you are looking for18:55
mralphabet;)18:55
LifeSFlol alright; not identical but i'm sure the one you linked me to is better :P :) so i'll use that one :)18:56
jnczul: no change.  going to go run memtest now18:56
jncI'm confused why it would suggest running with irqpoll when I already am18:57
jncbut oh well18:57
mralphabetLifeSF: I don't know about better, but it should be close18:57
LifeSFjust wanted to say thnx :P :)18:58
mralphabetnp, glad to help18:58
* jnc pokes /proc/cmdline18:58
jncoh hey, what the heck, it's not in there :(18:58
jncokay, needs to be on GRUB module line18:59
jnczul: thanks for your help though, kernel panics are a little over my head to figure out19:00
zuljnc: no probs19:03
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atoukgot it   error reporting was set up different in php.ini.    it's always the little crap19:12
jnczul: "ACPI AWARE OS: [NO]" in BIOS settings makes everything work19:18
jnczul: is this a bug?19:18
jncif so, what kind of bug and what do I write about it, where...19:19
zuljnc: i dont even know where you are getting that from since I dont know the context19:19
jnczul: the generic Ubuntu Gutsy kernel works fine with that box the way it was19:19
zulyeah there is no acpi in the xen kernel19:19
jncwith the Xen kernel, it has problems unless I disable ACPI in BIOS19:19
jncso hmm...  is this a bug with the Xen kernel?19:20
zulnope its intentional xen doesnt support acpi19:21
jncoh this is a good byte to put in the Xen community documentation then :P19:22
zulif I had time then maybe yes :)19:22
jnczul: why not ship with "acpi=off" in the grub config?19:23
jncfor Xen kernels I mean19:23
zuljnc: it depends on the machine19:23
jncoh okay, so it would break other machines?19:24
zulfor example mine works fine19:24
zulanyways i have to go back to work19:24
storkcan anyone recommend a firewall ?19:42
ScottKiptables?19:50
storkmaybe something for http packet filtering19:52
storkor http connection throttling19:52
zulagain iptables19:54
storkit can do throttling ?19:54
zulstork: you probably want something like mod_throttle then19:57
storkgood thinking19:59
storkbut my server is running under jetty19:59
mralphabetjetty?20:08
storkjava servlet container20:10
storki think i'll run it through lighttpd under mod_proxy20:10
mralphabetahh20:14
nealmcbjnc: are you saing if you want to run a xen machine, you have to boot the physical machine without acpi in the bios?20:43
nealmcb*saying20:43
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