| zylstra555 | sommer: Is there a way to cause the computer to reconnect every, say, 45 minutes or so? | 00:00 |
|---|---|---|
| zylstra555 | sommer: Like, to drop its current connection, and reconnect? | 00:00 |
| sommer | zylstra555: from your ISP? you could setup a cron job to restart networking I guess... | 00:01 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: But, it is connected through a router, so that probably wouldent work | 00:01 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: What if I set up a computer in a remote location to just sign into its FTP server every 45 minutes, and then disconnect? Do you think it could perhaps keep the connection up? | 00:02 |
| sommer | ya, what you might try though is a setting a cron job to ping an Internet host every so often... to make sure the connection is working | 00:02 |
| sommer | that's a good idea too | 00:02 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: How would I do that? | 00:02 |
| sommer | zylstra555: you would need to have access to another outside computer I guess | 00:03 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: Rather, what is the ping command? (I can get the Cron job up, I use Webmin for things like that, which, is my way of cheating CLI) | 00:03 |
| sommer | ah | 00:03 |
| sommer | zylstra555: this page covers it pretty well: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto | 00:04 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: Is there a difference between scheduled commands, and scheduled cron jobs? | 00:04 |
| sommer | not sure what "scheduled commands" are... do you configure that through the gui? I'd think they are the same things though | 00:05 |
| sommer | or they could be at jobs :) | 00:05 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: Ill just go with Cron jobs, it should work fine | 00:05 |
| sommer | cool | 00:06 |
| keithclark | This may be a stupid question, but I have to ask. I have ssh working but is there a graphical front end for it instead of using the terminal to start programs? | 00:08 |
| sommer | gnome-terminal :) | 00:09 |
| keithclark | :) | 00:09 |
| sommer | you could create a shell script with the commands you'd like to execute, then create a launcher | 00:10 |
| keithclark | Yeah, good idea | 00:10 |
| sommer | you'd probably want to setup ssh-keys if you haven't, to avoide having to enter a password | 00:11 |
| keithclark | No, I've not done that. Is that easy to do? | 00:11 |
| zylstra555 | sommer: Once again, thanks. Hopefully, pinging will fix the problem | 00:12 |
| sommer | yep, here's some instructions: http://doc.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/serverguide/C/openssh-server.html | 00:12 |
| * zylstra555 over and out | 00:12 | |
| sommer | zylstra555: you're welcome | 00:12 |
| keithclark | Awesome, thanks | 00:12 |
| sommer | np | 00:12 |
| keithclark | Now, If I could just figure out port forwarding on my router | 00:14 |
| Deeps | www.portforward.com | 00:14 |
| keithclark | deeps, thanks....you guys are just a never ending information pool! | 00:16 |
| keithclark | Deeps, amazing database! | 00:19 |
| keithclark | Is there a way to distribute the computation of copying a dvd? | 00:37 |
| === Cahan is now known as rtorrent | ||
| === rtorrent is now known as Cahan | ||
| Cahan | somehow rtorrent is corrupting my filesystem and causing my server to freeze up (Ubuntu 7.04), and I need to boot a live cd and run fsck to fix it. rtorrent is run from a ReiserFS partition and is saving to an Ext3 partition if that helps | 01:19 |
| mindframe | Cahan, you using the most recent stable? | 01:34 |
| Cahan | whichever one apt-get installs, I only installed it this mornign | 01:34 |
| mindframe | bad idea | 01:34 |
| mindframe | http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/ | 01:35 |
| mindframe | compile/install the latest stable | 01:35 |
| Cahan | mindframe, I see, thank you, brb then, need to fix the server first | 01:36 |
| kgoetz | if the rtorent in ubuntu is broken a bug should be filed | 01:37 |
| mindframe | if its not the most current stable then there are bugs :) | 01:38 |
| kgoetz | there are bugs in the most current stable too | 01:39 |
| mindframe | nothing that i've noticed so far | 01:39 |
| mindframe | and i use it quite a bit | 01:39 |
| Cahan | mindframe, you think I should remove the current install before compiling the latest one? | 01:49 |
| mindframe | yes | 01:50 |
| mindframe | apt-get remove --purge | 01:50 |
| kgoetz | Cahan: if your building from source checkinstall may be helpful to you. | 01:51 |
| kgoetz | (dont know if you've built stuff from source or no) | 01:51 |
| Cahan | not by had no, but I've read a guide once :p | 01:51 |
| kgoetz | also, backporting mifght work if your so inclined | 01:51 |
| Cahan | mindframe, is purge required? or would a remove suffice? | 01:52 |
| mindframe | well a few of the config syntax changed somewhere between those versions so yes | 01:52 |
| kgoetz | if you build from source you'll use different config file anyway | 01:52 |
| kgoetz | s/will/should | 01:53 |
| Cahan | righto | 01:53 |
| mindframe | i mean .rtorrent.rc | 01:53 |
| mindframe | version from apt might not even produce that | 01:53 |
| kgoetz | user configuration? i doubt its patched to remove stuff | 01:54 |
| kgoetz | !info rtorrent gutsy | 01:54 |
| ubotu | rtorrent (source: rtorrent): ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.7.4-2ubuntu2 (gutsy), package size 285 kB, installed size 768 kB | 01:54 |
| kgoetz | what came before gutsy? i think thats what 7.04 will be | 01:54 |
| mindframe | feisty | 01:55 |
| mindframe | !info rtorrent feisty | 01:55 |
| kgoetz | !info rtorrent feisty | 01:55 |
| mindframe | heh | 01:55 |
| kgoetz | snap ; | 01:55 |
| kgoetz | ;) | 01:55 |
| ubotu | rtorrent (source: rtorrent): ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.6.4-1 (feisty), package size 314 kB, installed size 860 kB | 01:55 |
| mindframe | yeah that's a terrible version to use | 01:55 |
| kgoetz | !info rtorrent hardy | 01:55 |
| ubotu | rtorrent (source: rtorrent): ncurses BitTorrent client based on LibTorrent. In component universe, is extra. Version 0.7.9-1 (hardy), package size 329 kB, installed size 924 kB | 01:55 |
| mindframe | i remember having quite a few problems with it when feisty was current | 01:56 |
| kgoetz | wonder if theres a backported version | 01:56 |
| kgoetz | or how hard a backport from hardy would be | 01:56 |
| mindframe | probably easier just to compile | 01:57 |
| kgoetz | i prefer to backport if i can, but each to their own :) | 01:57 |
| Cahan | tar -xvf right? | 01:58 |
| mindframe | yeah its nice to keep everything in-house | 01:58 |
| mindframe | zxvf | 01:58 |
| mindframe | then cd into libtorrent dir. ./configure && make && sudo make install | 01:58 |
| mindframe | then cd to rtorrent dir and do the same | 01:58 |
| kgoetz | use checkintall if you can. makes it easier to remove the thing later | 01:59 |
| mindframe | they both have an uninstall option in the makefile | 01:59 |
| mindframe | make uninstall | 01:59 |
| kgoetz | you have to hang onto the source though | 01:59 |
| mindframe | true | 01:59 |
| mindframe | im gonna try out checkinstall | 02:00 |
| mindframe | looks neat | 02:00 |
| kgoetz | it works 'well enough' for small things. not sure i'd try to checkintall OO.o or Linux, but not tried :) | 02:01 |
| Cahan | huh, i have no C compiler installed | 02:03 |
| kgoetz | Cahan: not by default no | 02:03 |
| kgoetz | !be | 02:03 |
| ubotu | Sorry, I don't know anything about be - try searching on http://ubotu.ubuntu-nl.org/factoids.cgi | 02:03 |
| kgoetz | bah | 02:03 |
| kgoetz | !build-essential | 02:03 |
| ubotu | Compiling software from source? Read the tips at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware (But remember to search for pre-built !packages first) | 02:03 |
| Cahan | thanks kgoetz | 02:04 |
| kgoetz | as factoids go, thats pretty useless | 02:04 |
| kgoetz | !b-e | 02:04 |
| ubotu | Compiling software from source? Read the tips at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingSoftware (But remember to search for pre-built !packages first) | 02:04 |
| kgoetz | alias | 02:05 |
| === yarddawg is now known as yarddog_ | ||
| SwissPhoenix | Hi there, I just toying around with hardy and noticed that any eth interface other than eth0 is being renamed to eth#_rename. I tried adding more interfaces to the 70-persistent-net.rules file, but that does not the trick.... | 09:48 |
| DsB | hi to all | 12:12 |
| DsB | how can i manage a proxy server install in ubuntu from the web browser, is there some pakage that will do that? | 12:13 |
| dthacker | ebox? | 12:26 |
| faulkes- | proxy server? depends on the proxy server | 12:55 |
| faulkes- | squid has a web ui built in with it iirc | 12:55 |
| Diogo_79 | hi to all | 12:57 |
| Diogo_79 | can i post some questions that i have about ubuntu-server | 13:11 |
| Diogo_79 | ? | 13:12 |
| faulkes- | that is what the channel is for, you have no need to ask, to ask questions | 13:24 |
| * fromport like humble ;-) | 13:31 | |
| === Ben____ is now known as BCMM | ||
| BCMM | Is there a way to see the messages that scrolled on boot, over an SSH connection/ | 13:59 |
| BCMM | the machine has no working monitor | 13:59 |
| Nafallo | cat /var/log/dmesg | 13:59 |
| BCMM | and some kind of error is happening during boot up | 13:59 |
| BCMM | hmm | 13:59 |
| BCMM | isn't that just teh same as dmesg output? | 13:59 |
| BCMM | i need to see the output of init | 13:59 |
| Nafallo | ah | 14:00 |
| Nafallo | serial? | 14:00 |
| BCMM | ah, how do you do that? | 14:00 |
| Nafallo | how to configure that beforehand II?RC | 14:00 |
| Nafallo | there are a page about it on help.u.c/community :-) | 14:01 |
| BCMM | thanks | 14:01 |
| BCMM | hmm what exactly do you mean by "serial"? what should i search for? | 14:02 |
| BCMM | does it require extra hardware? | 14:06 |
| Nafallo | yes | 14:06 |
| Nafallo | rs232 | 14:06 |
| faulkes- | basicly you are connecting a serial console cable to another device which can see those messages | 14:07 |
| faulkes- | i.e. a console server (2511, 2611 in cisco land) or other manufactuer, but it could be another linux box, wyse terminal, etc.. | 14:08 |
| Diogo_79 | is squid capable of block ports? | 14:30 |
| Diogo_79 | how can i configurate ubuntu to block msn and porno sites with squid? | 14:38 |
| faulkes- | that is best answered by going to the primary squid site | 14:46 |
| faulkes- | however, you can only block http based msn stuff, if you wish to either proxy or filter msn traffic, that is something you want to do with ip tables | 14:46 |
| faulkes- | as for porno sites, that's a bit trickier, squid allows you to do url regex filtering | 14:47 |
| faulkes- | so, you could tell it any url that contains "porn" or "sex" would be disallowed | 14:47 |
| faulkes- | I'm unusure if it does content level filtering | 14:47 |
| faulkes- | you might want to look at dans guardian for that (which is squid based iirc) | 14:48 |
| Diogo_79 | ok, faulkes thanks for the help | 14:48 |
| faulkes- | squid is a bit tricky to learn for configuration but generally once you get the syntax down, you'll be good | 14:49 |
| faulkes- | the primary squid site has some good howto/material | 14:49 |
| Diogo_79 | tel me one thing | 14:49 |
| Diogo_79 | is there a good web administration utility for configuration of squid on ubuntu server | 14:50 |
| dthacker | Diogo_79: there are some lists you can pull in that list most of the adult sites, but you'll have to read the logs. | 14:50 |
| dthacker | and add sites as needed | 14:50 |
| faulkes- | Diogo: squid itself has a built in web management facility, I'm not sure about how much it covers as I don't use it | 14:50 |
| faulkes- | iirc it's just a cache administrator function | 14:51 |
| faulkes- | dans guardian may have more, you would have to investigate | 14:51 |
| dthacker | Diogo_79: no idea on the web utility. I just use the command line | 14:51 |
| Diogo_79 | ok | 14:51 |
| faulkes- | and of course, it all depends on what you want / require in the way of a "web management facility" | 14:51 |
| * faulkes- is a firm believer in vi being the management facility | 14:52 | |
| Diogo_79 | web management only for a local computer with ssh access on ubuntu | 14:52 |
| dthacker | faulkes-: ++ | 14:52 |
| faulkes- | "web management" is a very broad topic, you'd have to be more specific | 14:53 |
| Diogo_79 | manage squid with the web bwoser on a client computer | 14:54 |
| faulkes- | and yes, you can configure web based management utilities for local/local lan only access | 14:54 |
| Diogo_79 | sorry my bad english | 14:54 |
| faulkes- | I'm going to assume when you say "manage" you mean the ability to configure squid as required (i.e. add new rules, etc..) | 14:54 |
| Diogo_79 | yes | 14:54 |
| Diogo_79 | you are rigth | 14:54 |
| faulkes- | on that, I'm not sure what exists, although I can imagine that stuff does, in ubuntu particular, I could not say, other than squid does have it's own administrative server portion which is web accessable | 14:55 |
| faulkes- | to what extent it will meet your needs, you will have to look at it | 14:56 |
| faulkes- | primary site will give you that information I imagine | 14:56 |
| faulkes- | and no need to apologize for your english, this is a multi-national channel | 14:56 |
| Diogo_79 | thanks | 14:58 |
| * faulkes- returns to beating on a rebranded bastardized version of IOS on a particular vendors switch | 14:58 | |
| * faulkes- grumbles about it | 14:58 | |
| Diogo_79 | tel me faulkes is squid a firewall what i mean is that squid can filter or block inside traffic to internet | 15:01 |
| Diogo_79 | but it cannot block outside trafic to inside local area network? | 15:02 |
| Tatster | Diogo_79: You may also want to have a look at Ebox (http://ebox-platform.com/ ) it's kind of like a web management framework. | 15:11 |
| chimp___ | during installation of ubuntu server i didnt select the LAMP option, but i want to retrospectively, is it worth reinstalling the server (its a fresh install) or is there a package that will install them together seemlessly like the LAMP option is supposed to | 15:52 |
| Cahan | chimp___, your better off installimg the packages seperate imo | 15:53 |
| chimp___ | Any reason Cahan? | 15:53 |
| Cahan | saves you installing things you don't need | 15:54 |
| chimp___ | Ok :) | 15:54 |
| dthacker | what's an example of something LAMP loads that's typically not needed? | 15:55 |
| Cahan | apache ;p | 15:55 |
| Cahan | lighttpd ftw | 15:55 |
| dthacker | for specific use cases..... | 15:55 |
| Cahan | I don't know, I installed things as I needed them | 15:56 |
| chimp___ | Basically im very new to all this, so if installing them seperately is difficult, then would the lamp option be simpler? | 15:56 |
| Cahan | chimp___, I did it for the first time a couple of days ago, there are good resources on the ubuntu site | 15:57 |
| dthacker | chimp___: tell you what, try it separately once, then if you find you are spending too much time installing, use LAMP next time. | 15:57 |
| dthacker | If you are in a hurry, use LAMP | 15:58 |
| chimp___ | I imagine that doing it myself will at least teach me :) | 15:58 |
| mralphabet | chimp___: sudo tasksel | 16:20 |
| === Diogo is now known as Diogo_79 | ||
| soren | ScottK: The postfix documentation clams that the default for virtual_alias_domains is $virtual_alias_maps. my virtual_alias_maps is set to hash:/etc/postfix/virtual, and I have a few @my-domain.com addresses in there. However, postfix rejects e-mails destined for whatver@my-domain.com if I don't explicitly add my-domain.com to virtual_alias_domains.. | 16:49 |
| soren | ScottK: Am I misreading the docs, are they faulty, or is postfix misbehaving? | 16:50 |
| soren | ScottK: Never mind. I apparantly need more hand holding from the documentation than everyone else :/ | 17:38 |
| === yarddawg is now known as yarddog_ | ||
| === lamont` is now known as lamont | ||
| ScottK | soren: Glad you got it figured out. | 19:11 |
| ScottK | soren: Upstream for Postfix often suggests that the documentation is written with the advanced Postfix user in mind. It's easy to get cross-threaded in there. | 19:12 |
| soren | ScottK: Yeah. The problem turned out to be that I needed a line like "ubuntu-dk.org dummy-value" in my virtual file. | 19:14 |
| soren | ScottK: The docs sort of led me to believe that it'd magically work if I just put a "foo@ubuntu-dk.org destination@address.org" in there, but that was not the case. | 19:15 |
| soren | I understand why, though. | 19:15 |
| ScottK | Upstream is reasonably accepting of patches to improve clarity of the documentation. | 19:17 |
| sainzeo | hello - i have an install of ubuntu server 7.10 on a parallels VM and it stalls when booting at running local scripts...any ideas? | 19:38 |
| * faulkes- grumbles at incorrect labelling | 20:21 | |
| === blue-frog__ is now known as blue-frog | ||
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