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AtomicSparkoh hi02:18
jjesseoh hi back02:18
AtomicSparkdid the ubuntu update server project ever get started?02:18
jjessedont' knwo02:20
AtomicSparkhmm. well if one had many ubuntu clients, would be nice to have them point to your local server. like how microsoft does wsus or whatever.02:20
jjesseagreed, but i wouldn't be the best person to help out02:20
AtomicSparkwell ubuntu is working on network policies "tool kit". so many it will get better in time.02:22
AtomicSparkmaybe the new policies plus openldap server, it could be a good replacement for AD.02:24
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Kamping_KaiserAtomicSpark, past an httpd server + local mirror, what would you expect the update server to do?03:03
AtomicSparkwell i'm just seeing if i can cut down on bandwidth. other then that a server that could know what the clients need and update them (not just security fixes) would be nice.03:08
AtomicSparki could just write a cron script to update the computer, but that would tell me if/when/how it was updated.03:09
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reya276anyone in?06:34
Kamping_Kaiser!anyone06:35
ubottuA large amount of the first questions asked in this channel start with "Does anyone/anybody..."  Why not ask your next question (the real one) and find out?06:35
reya276Kamping_Kaiser: having an issue with postfix06:36
reya276I upgraded to hardy and postfix is not working06:36
reya276so I set out to reinstalling and reconfiguring following this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixBasicSetupHowto but things are not working like it did before06:37
Kamping_Kaiserwhat does "Not working" mean?06:38
reya276meaning that when I create a user by doing sudo useradd -m -s /bin/bash <username> it does not at the Maildir since I instructed postfix to do so06:40
Kamping_Kaiserany errors?06:41
* Kamping_Kaiser didnt realise postfix made maildirs06:41
* Kamping_Kaiser afk.06:41
pteagueok, i don't think this is good - "The ext3 file system creation in partition #2 of SCSI1 (0,0,0) (sda) failed."08:39
uvirtbotNew bug: #230750 in openssh (main) "package openssh-server 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.1 failed to install/upgrade: Unterprozess pre-installation script gab den Fehlerwert 255 zurück (dup-of: 230003)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/23075009:31
mathiazzul: re bug 176015 - have you looked into the debian package ?09:35
uvirtbotLaunchpad bug 176015 in quagga "BGP MD5 support regression" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/17601509:35
mathiazzul: I've synced the package for intrepid, and there is an updated patch in Debian.09:36
mathiazzul: it may be worth looking into the debian package.09:36
zulmathiaz: no I took the patch from the mailing list in the bug report but I can do that as well09:39
krautmoin09:50
mathiazzul: It's probably the same patch.09:55
* delcoyote hi09:55
zulmathiaz: basically it is09:55
zulI just have to update the bug report with the new patch09:56
uvirtbotNew bug: #231212 in nut (main) "UPS services does not autostart during boot." [Undecided,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/23121210:46
chalcedonyHELP! I upgraded from Feisty to Gutsy with "do-release-upgrade", it finished Gutsy and restarted, I got the gui screen and tried to update aptitude, 0 % upgraded etc. I tried running "do-release-upgrade" but got an error: System Error: E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. I told someone that I could not open a file to paste the error into. He misunderstood me, he told me to do control+alt+f(1-9) and coltrol+alt+f12:10
Kamping_KaiserGUI? doesnt sound like a server question to me12:15
chalcedonyKamping_Kaiser i'd ask the president if he were here.12:19
* Kamping_Kaiser doesnt get it12:21
royalshelterhi, there, can anyone help me with my wireless settings? I have installed gnome-core, but how can I get to internet via wireless?12:33
royalshelterhi12:36
sorenroyalshelter: Ask in #ubuntu.12:51
Kamping_Kaiseris my ubuntu mirror lacking Packages.gz because ubuntu no longer uses it?13:12
Kamping_Kaiseror is my mirror bust?13:12
Kamping_Kaiserlooks like my mirror. wonder if its a debmirror option... hm.13:14
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nyarlaany chance to see the debian openSSL update applied to dapper? seems critical as far as security is concerned (http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.html)13:51
Deepsdapper isn't affected13:51
nyarlaI know hardy was patched a few days ago13:51
Deepshardy was affected, dapper isn't13:52
Deepshttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-612-113:52
nyarlagood, thanks13:52
Deepsthat said13:52
Deepsif you're using any kind of key based authentication on your dapper system13:52
Kamping_Kaisernot *directly* affected13:52
Deepsif any of those keys were generated on an affected system13:53
Deepsthen those keys are to be considerred compromised and need to be regenerated13:53
nyarlai use ssh, apache, postfix/docevot, vsftp, freenx all with SSL configured13:54
nyarlai dont catch it. If the openssl in dapper doent need update, why would i have to recreate all the keys?13:54
Kamping_Kaiserdid you read what Deeps said ? :|13:55
Kamping_Kaiserif you use keybaed auth and have a key from an affected system that key needs to be considred compromised13:55
nyarlaok ok sorry, I read too fast.My own keys are clean then, i'll watch for foreign ones13:56
Kamping_Kaiserinteresting point.13:58
Kamping_Kaiserwonder if/when a backport of ssh will hit dapper with the blacklist stuff13:58
Deeps07:22:25 < evad> Oh cool, the new Debian SSH rejects authentication from broken keys13:59
Deepsdunno if that's relevant13:59
Kamping_Kaiserthe new ssh in ubuntu does to. the question is if dapper gets the new ssh :)14:00
Deepsah yes, i see new ssh update14:00
* Deeps upgrades14:00
nyarlajust curious : how easy would it be to break a weak key? is it just theoretical or are such tools in the wild already?14:01
Kamping_Kaisernyarla, theres only 65,536 posable keys. for everyone.14:02
Kamping_Kaiserso 20 min~ to generate the keys, then 3x65,536 to brute the server (max)14:02
Deeps65k? where did you get that number from?14:02
Deepshave a read through http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys14:03
Kamping_KaiserDeeps, the only entropy is a 16bit pid14:04
Kamping_Kaiseri read it 2 days ago, i havent updated my reading yet14:04
Kamping_Kaiser3 days ago now actually :|14:04
Deepsfair enough14:04
Deepsnyarla: you'll want to have a read through http://wiki.debian.org/SSLkeys to see just how serious it is14:05
Deepsalthough chances are you're in the clear anyway14:05
Kamping_Kaiserwow. that page is *huge* now.14:06
Deepsyeaah heh14:06
Kamping_Kaiserno one added ntp. interesting. (wonder if no one uses ntp+ssl :))14:07
nyarlareadin it. What a mess :(14:07
Kamping_Kaiseri have to crash blokes. (should have done it already :])14:08
Kamping_Kaiserenjoy your reading. back in 12 hours ;)14:08
Deepsnn14:08
foolanomathiaz: http://public.warp.es/anste/14:22
yoandyHi, how can i make postfix do a copy of a mail based on sender and recipient ("and", both at same time),16:02
ivokscopy to where?16:04
ivoksalways_bcc=somebackupaccount16:05
ivoksand then do procmail rules :)16:05
ivoksbye16:05
_rubenodd .. when i install linux-xen meta package the -xen kernel isnt added to grub16:07
yoandyivoks, mmmm that could work, but if there is a "more direct" way, i would prefer it since this will be done on a heavy traffic postfix server16:09
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yoandyivoks,16:16
yoandyivoks,  that could work, but if there is a "direct/better performance" way, i would prefer it since this will be done on a heavy traffic postfix server16:17
ivoksyou still didn't tell where do you want a copy16:24
yoandyivoks, to other mailbox16:26
ivoksif both criterias (destination and source) are true?16:29
yoandyivoks, yes, for example: if sender=a@domain.net and recipient=b@domain.org then bccto=d@domain.com16:29
ivoksyou have to do that trough procmail16:29
ivoksuser procmail as delivery agent16:29
ivoksand then create rule in /etc/procmailrc16:29
ivoksor you can use whatever delivery agent you want...16:30
yoandyivoks, ok, let me read some doc... about delivery agents :), thanks!16:31
ivoksnp16:32
yoandyivoks, its possible using postfix builtin delivery agent?16:38
ivoksi don't know... maybe16:38
yoandyok, lets keep reading :)16:38
JustineCHi.  I've installed a *minimal* ubuntu for server use.  I'm coming from SysVInit-land, and upstart's a bit new ...17:11
JustineCHow do I start/stop iptables?  according to apt-get, iptables is installed, but there's no entry in /etc/rc.d or /etc/init.d.17:11
Deepsiptables doesn't "run" in that sense17:13
Deepsif the module is loaded, it's running17:13
Deepssimply using the command line tool 'iptables' will ensure any required modules are loaded17:13
JustineCDeeps: so there's no ubuntu analogue of "service iptables stop"?17:14
Deepsi think ufw might be what you're looking for17:14
Deepsbut to my knowledge, no, out of the box, there isnt any scripts to set/replace default firewall rules17:15
Deepsiptables-restore and iptables-save are tools that perform that general functionality17:15
JustineCDeeps I don't want to set/replace, I want to disable. E.g., as necessary to install shorewall ...17:16
JustineCAND, your suggestion: "ufw disable" does the trick.17:16
JustineC--> Firewall stopped and disabled on system startup17:16
JustineCNow I just have to figure out the docs enough so I know that I should know that ! ;-)17:16
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Deepsrmmod iptables would entirely disable iptables17:18
JustineCremoving the mod from the kernel, sure.  How is rmmod's "disable iptables" different from "ufw disable"?17:19
Deepsno idea, i've never uesd ufw17:20
JustineCDeeps: Ok.  It's a "big explore" then :-)17:21
uvirtbotNew bug: #231428 in openssh (main) "package openssh-client 1:4.7p1-8ubuntu1.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 2" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/23142818:01
reya276Can anyone help me solve an smtp authentication issue18:09
reya276how come I'm trying to connect to telnet localhost 25 and it does not work?18:23
InsomniaCityhave you configured it to only listen on certain IPs? is it running?18:24
reya276I do not know18:27
reya276how can I find out18:27
InsomniaCitywell, I've never done it - I'd suggest googling for a tutorial18:27
InsomniaCityor hang around here... Deeps will know all about it :)18:28
giovanireya276: which MTA are you running?18:34
reya276postfix18:34
giovaniif you run "sudo netstat -ad | grep -i postfix" ... what do you get? (if it's more than 2 lines, use a pastebin service instead of pasting it to the channel18:36
giovanierr18:36
reya276nothing18:37
reya276nothing came back18:38
giovani"sudo netstat -ad | grep -i 25"18:38
reya276http://www.pastebin.org/3663018:39
giovaniis postfix even running ...?18:39
giovanithere should've been a LISTEN line there18:39
reya276I belive so18:39
giovani"ps aux | grep -i postfix"18:40
reya276http://www.pastebin.org/3663118:40
giovanioh, you know what, I bet netstat resolved the port18:41
giovani"sudo netstat -ad | grep -i smtp"18:41
reya276http://www.pastebin.org/3663218:42
giovaniyup ... there it is18:43
giovaniand two established connections18:43
giovaniwell ... assuming you did "telnet localhost 25" ... and it's not responding, I'd assume the process is b0rked, I'd restart postfix18:44
cycomhey guys, shouldn't there be something in the topic about the ssl keys?18:44
giovanisudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart18:44
reya276I have restarted postfix countless of times18:44
giovanicycom: no ops here to do so ... I'd have a hard time believing someone didn't know about it by now ... and visits this irc channel18:45
reya276krusty@krusty:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/postfix restart18:45
reya276 * Stopping Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                         [ OK ]18:45
reya276 * Starting Postfix Mail Transport Agent postfix                         [ OK ]18:45
giovanireya276: so ... try telneting now18:45
cycomgiovani: *shrug* better safe than sorry, no?18:45
giovanicycom: yeah, if there was an op here ... we could have em do it18:46
reya276nope all I get is Trying 127.0.0.1...18:46
cycomgiovani: also, I was under the impression initially that it was JUST debian systems affected because every channel I was in had 'debian openssl vuln' and 'Debian users must read this!' etc.18:47
cycomI read it anyhow, and SUPRISE!18:47
giovanicycom: well ... there are very few bugs that affect debian and not ubuntu18:47
giovaniconsidering ubuntu still relies on debian for most patches18:47
cycomgiovani: newbies running ubuntu-server might not know that though ;)18:48
cycombut that's exactly why I read it.18:48
giovanicycom: well ... that's a general user education problem ... not specific to the ssl issue18:48
giovaniubuntu released a security notification18:48
giovanievery admin should be subscribed18:48
cycomyeah, but like I said, doesn't help newbies, or people messing around with home server boxes that aren't subscribed18:49
giovanicycom: ... there's not a solution for that18:49
giovaniagreed -- adding it to the topic here would be not a bad idea -- but it hardly comes close to solving/addressing that problem in general18:49
giovanioh ... it's on the topic in #ubuntu ... case closed18:50
giovanino "newbie" is coming to #ubuntu-server, and not #ubuntu18:50
giovanireya276: honestly, I have no idea what's going on there ... sounds like you may have some odd network config ... maybe restrictions on which ips can connect ... you could try discussing this in #postfix18:50
reya276doing so now18:51
cycomgiovani: heh. you never know.  also, they might not read the whole topic18:51
reya276but telnet should work, or atleast come back with some kind of error but it just stays there18:51
giovanicycom: I think you're nit-picking now18:51
giovanireya276: not always18:51
cycomgiovani: I'm in an 80x24 terminal using irssi.  I can't even SEE the end of the topic without typing /topic18:52
giovanicycom: ... that's your issue, isn't it? it's in the topic ... what else do you want them to do?18:52
cycomput it at the beginning in here, that's all18:52
giovanipeople can't obsess over catering to every possible configuration18:52
mralphabetcycom: I leared about it by reading xkcd.com . . . what sysadmin doesn't read xkcd.com?18:53
cycomIt's a massive security flaw.  I think it should be on the front page, so to speak18:53
mralphabetcall cnn?18:53
mralphabeteverybody panic?18:53
giovanicycom: sent out to all security mailing lists ... period18:53
mralphabetare we the nanny state?18:54
giovaniany sysadmin is going to be doing daily apt-get updates18:54
giovaniit'd be impossible to be separated from this issue for this long and give a shit about security18:54
cycom*sigh* so we should just assume everyone knows, and if they don't, that's their problem?18:55
giovanino ...18:56
giovaniit's been broadcasted to every mailing list, it's discussed on every tech news site, it's on slashdot, it's in the topic of #ubuntu and #debian18:56
giovanithat doesn't sound like "assuming everyone knows"18:56
cycomwhere do you see it in the topic in #debian?18:57
Deepssounds like a good argument against making ubuntu server follow the same philosophy as the desktop18:57
giovaniDeeps: what?18:57
Deepsadministering servers requires a lot more clue than managing your own desktop18:57
Deepscasual desktop users dont care about being on mailing lists, reading tech sites, being on irc and/or reading topics18:58
giovanicycom: the first item: "openssl vulnerability: /msg dpkg dsa1571"18:58
cycomgiovani: EXACTLY.18:58
cycomgiovani: the first item.18:58
mralphabetcycom: we could require everybody register a phone number when they download ubuntu so that canonical can call you with security warnings.18:58
cycomI'm just saying, don't bury it at the end.  the more places where it's posted here, the less likely it is someone will miss it.18:58
Deepsi dunno what all the fuss, given that18:59
Deeps18:46:01 < giovani> cycom: yeah, if there was an op here ... we could have em do it18:59
giovanicycom: I'm not arguing against putting it as the first item ... so stop bitching ... first item or last ... it's in the topic ... I think you're trying to make an argument where there's no reason for it ... first item versus last (the last is more visible to me actually) doesn't have anything to do with this18:59
Deepsno ops are around to do the relevant rask18:59
cycomI'm just concerned by the argument that 'everyone must know by now.'18:59
giovanithat was not the argument18:59
giovanithat was the final straw after 5 examples of how it's been spread19:00
giovaniit was ... after all of this effort, it's likely that anyone who knows shit would know by now19:00
Deepstbh, i dont know any 'real' server admins that weren't aware of this within hours of it hitting the debian mailing list (Assuming suitable timezone)19:00
giovaniexactly ... and not many "newbie" admins are using key-based ssh authentication, which is going to be the main attack vector19:01
Deepsif you're having fun in your bedroom playing with ubuntu server and dont care to keep up to date on what's going on, you'll get hit by apt-get upgrading your stuff for you19:01
giovaniAND ... everyone does apt-get updates ... and if you don't there are MAJOR problems with YOU, not with the information release19:01
cycom*shrug*19:02
giovaniif we had an op here, I'd think it was a fine idea to put it in the topic ... nobody argued that point with you19:02
mralphabetcycom: I charge you with sending a personal message to everybody that joins this channel19:02
cycomI've worked with people who didn't update unless something was broken19:02
giovanicycom: then you know what? this would be a perfect life lesson for them19:02
cycommralphabet: sure, pass the buck to someone else.  lazy bastard.19:02
giovanisometimes people refuse to ever change their behavior until it causes massive problems19:02
Deepscycom: i've worked with crack whores too, doesn't make their way of doing things right (no really, she was a whore and she spent most of her money on blow)19:02
mralphabethah, I'm not the one having a problem with the current state of affairs ;)19:03
cycomgiovani: they got it in the form of a major outage when 20 different code revisions of cisco switch didn't talk so well with one another.19:03
Deepsthere's a reason sysadmins get paid more than desktop users19:03
giovanicycom: obviously not ... because then they would be updating their system regularly, and your point would be moot19:03
Deepsyou're required a suitable amount of education and clue to do the job properly19:04
cycomI didn't say they LEARNED from the lesson.19:04
Deepsand thats the fault of giovani?19:04
Deepslol19:04
cycomDeeps: but not to get the job :)19:04
cycomDeeps: no, I didn't say it was.19:04
mralphabetthen it sounds like this mythical sysadmin that hasn't heard about the problem yet is due for another life lesson.19:04
Deepswhat is your point? cuz this discussion seems to have degenerated very quickly19:04
Deepsyou're citing examples of how not to administer a server19:05
mralphabetDeeps: I think it degenerated long, long, long ago19:05
Deepsit's sorta like the windows desktop user not running windows update, a stateful firewall nor an anti virus19:05
Deepsand using IE5 to browse porn + crack sites19:05
reya276giovani: the folks at #postfix said I'm missing saslauthd19:05
Deepsand blaming it on #microsoft for not having it in the topic "OMG USE WU+FW+AV!"19:05
giovanireya276: and that's preventing you from opening a tcp connection?19:06
reya276giovani: so I'm trying to install it but I get an error stating package is not found19:06
cycomI'm not BLAMING anyone, I'm just citing examples of why it's a good idea to put things like this in places where everyone is nearly certain to see them19:06
Deepsand it was agreed, to a certain degree19:07
cycombut again, I was told I was nit-picking for the idea that it should be at the beginning of the topic, rather than at the end.19:07
reya276giovani: oh they said is part of Cyrus-SSL19:08
Deepsi personally dont think an irc topic is a suitable place to be learning about security vulnerabilities19:08
Deepsbut then i dont give a rats ass eitherway19:08
cycomIf there was a problem with your house's locks and your neighborhood was like the internet, don't you think you'd want that information first, rather than last?19:09
Deepsi think i'd want to be on the locks newsletter19:09
Deepsto ensure that i'm up to date on all manner of lock related issues19:09
Deepsi wouldn't expect it to be on a big billboard outside my house19:10
Deepsnor at the start nor the end of the billboard19:10
reya276giovani: how can I install that package "cyrus-ssl"19:10
Deepssorry, on the big billboard in the backallie of the neighbourhood where few people dare to roam due to the freaks that reside in there19:10
Deepsbackallies*19:10
AtomicSparkso we discussed yesterday about an ubuntu update server and i was suggested to look into making my own local repo mirror or something. how do i go about doing that?19:11
mralphabetreya276: how would you normally find / install a package?19:13
mralphabetAtomicSpark: apt-mirror?19:14
AtomicSparksure something like that. so when my clients update, they all can connect to local server instead of going over the internet19:14
mralphabethttp://www.howtoforge.com/local_debian_ubuntu_mirror19:14
mralphabet^^ first link from google19:14
uvirtbotmralphabet: Error: "^" is not a valid command.19:14
mralphabetuvirtbot: go fly a kite ;)19:15
uvirtbotmralphabet: Error: "go" is not a valid command.19:15
mralphabethah19:15
AtomicSparklol19:16
AtomicSpark25GB or space? mm ill pass.19:16
reya276ok I think I will start from scratch here, how can I delete my entire postfix setup with config files and all19:16
AtomicSparkreya276, sudo apt-get purge postfix19:17
AtomicSparkit will warn you if it cannot remove a folder. this usually only happens if you create a file, such as a backup of the default settings.19:17
reya276dpkg - warning: while removing postfix, directory `/var/lib/postfix' not empty so not removed.19:18
reya276I want to start from scratch as if I did nothing19:18
reya276because somewhere along the line I did something wrong19:19
reya276I should be able to connect to telnet localhost 25 and I can't19:19
AtomicSparkreya276, thats the error i was expecting19:21
AtomicSparkoh wait. no it isn't.19:21
AtomicSparkgo to /var/lib/postfix and tell me what's in there19:21
stickystyleAtomicSpark: if 25GB is a little much for a full mirror, look into apt-proxy also.  that way you cache packages once, rather than mirror everything.19:22
reya276AtomicSpark: prng_exch  smtpd_scache.db  smtp_scache.db19:22
AtomicSparkstickystyle, it would make more sense if i had 100+ clients, but 3? :P19:22
AtomicSparkreya276, using smtp must of created those files. apt-get wont remove anything that's not from the original program. its a safety thing.19:23
reya276AtomicSpark: can I remove them19:24
AtomicSparkreya276, well i'm not sure what they store. i assume email.19:24
reya276AtomicSpark: at this point I don't care I just want to start from scratch19:25
AtomicSparkreya276, if i was you, i would copy them into a backup folder. just to be sure.19:26
AtomicSparkthat way you can move them out of that folder and start from scratch but still have them for when you do a fresh install.19:26
AtomicSparkor something.19:26
AtomicSparkso do like "sudo mv /var/lib/postfix /var/lib/postfix.backup19:27
reya276I'm using this guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix19:27
reya276AtomicSpark: ok done19:27
reya276AtomicSpark: how do I remove those things19:28
AtomicSparkyou shouldn't have a folder called postfix in there now since you did a move.19:28
AtomicSparktechnically you renamed that folder.19:28
reya276oh ok is gone19:28
AtomicSparkso now you should reinstall postfix. i would use tasksel, so it goes right into the configuration. not sure if apt-get does that.19:29
reya276Is this a good guide to follow https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix19:29
AtomicSparkprobably (still loading for me) there is also the official server guide https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/postfix.html19:30
AtomicSparkneed to be careful with community docs. they're sometimes outdated. they should specify what version the wrote it to.19:31
AtomicSparkoh wait. it says at bottom :P19:31
JustineCI installed Hardy today.  Want to install the right kernel sources.  Which to use? "linux-source-2.6.24" or "linux-source"?20:43
Centaur5linux-source is just a dummy package that will install the newest source20:45
JustineCCentaur5 Whereas linux-source-2.6.24 provides a specific version?20:46
JustineCWhich is newer (iiuc, 'linux-source)?20:46
JustineCAccording to apt-cache, "linux-source-2.6.24" & "linux-source"  provide "2.6.24-16.30 - linux-source-2.6 linux-source" and "2.6.24.16.18 -" respectively.20:46
JustineC(a little confused about numbering conventions)20:46
Centaur5The package with the higher number is newer20:48
JustineCCentaur5: Yes, that's obvious.  So which is "higher" ?  (2.6.24-16.30 ) or (2.6.24.16.18)?  The hyphen might make a difference.20:50
Centaur5I guess I've never seen a linux-image or source file without a hyphen. According to my sources 2.6.24-17.31 is newest.20:52
JustineCCentaur5: Assuming its a typo in the pkg info then, (linux-source-2.6.24) is the newest.  I.e., "linux-source-2.6.24" provides newer kernel source than "linux-source".20:55
JustineCi mean ((2.6.24-16.30 )20:55
Centaur5from what I understand is that linux-source will always grab the newest version which would be the linux-source-2.6.24 and then it will also update you to the newest source when a new one is released.20:56
Nafallolinux-source depends on linux-source-2.6.24, which Provides: linux-source, linux-source-2.620:56
Nafallolinux-source will hence provide the newest kernel, as would linux-source-2.6.2420:57
JustineCNafallo: Ok.  Despite the different "Provides" info, then, right?20:58
Nafallolinux-source depends on linux-source-2.6.24...20:58
Nafallobasically, in hardy linux-source you can install either. if you dist-upgrade to intrepid though, linux-source needs to be installed to pull in the new linux-source-$whatever20:59
Nafallohope that helps21:00
JustineCNafallo: Ok. Go it. Thanks.21:00
reya276Ubuntu wiki is extremely slow21:00
reya276trying to load this page and is taking for ever https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UsingTheTerminal?action=show&redirect=BasicCommands21:01
reya276every other site id working great21:01
reya276I hope nothing happened to their servers21:01
Nafalloreya276: I can replicate21:03
reya276is there anyway to create a Maildir with sub directories cur,new,tmp when you do sudo adduser <username>22:13
reya276meaming so that it creates it under the added user home dir22:14
giovanireya276: you could script that up into your own add-user script22:15
giovanido you really want to use system users as mail users? that's a less-common setup these days22:15
reya276yes because we only have like 4 employess22:15
reya276employees22:15
giovaniok22:15
giovaniif it's only 4 ... then jsut do it manually22:16
giovaniit's taken youmore time asking than it would've to do it :)22:16
reya276the issue is that when I create the user and then add the Maildir manually it says that the user does not own the dir22:16
giovaniyou need to use the chown command22:17
giovaniread its manpage22:17
giovanito understand how to use it22:17
giovaniin this case, "sudo chown -R user:group ./Maildir/" probably suffices22:17
reya276ok thanks22:22
reya276I was actually doing it one by one22:22
reya276chown helpdesk /home/helpdesk/Maildir/cur etc...22:22
giovanithe manual has wonderful things to learn :) -- -R is your friend22:23
JanCAFAIK some mail delivery agents will create proper Maildirs for you if they don't exist too22:39
reya276E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11 Resource temporarily unavailable)22:50
reya276E: Unable to lock the download directory22:50
reya276how can I fix this?22:50
reya276through teminal22:50
giovaniyou are running apt already22:54
giovaniquit/kill the process that's runnung -- only one can at a time22:54
reya276I think so and the process did not finish22:54
reya276I do not know what is the process22:54
reya276how can I find out22:55
giovanips aux | grep -i apt22:56
reya276root      9349  0.0  0.0   1772   480 ?        S    17:34   0:00 sh -c yes Yes | apt-get -y --force-yes -f install spamassassin 2>&1 2>/dev/null22:58
reya276root      9351  0.0  0.7  17368 14780 ?        S    17:34   0:01 apt-get -y --force-yes -f install spamassassin22:58
reya276giovani:  how in the world can you tell what is what from there22:59
giovaniuh, you see that apt-get is running there23:00
giovaniyou shouldn't have done that23:00
giovani> /dev/null23:00
reya276ok23:00
giovanithat's why you lost control23:00
giovanisudo kill -9 934923:00
reya276ok23:01
reya276done23:01
reya276now if I try to install again I should be able to?23:01
giovanishould be ... if not ... sudo kill -9 935123:01
giovanijust to make sure that got killed as well23:01
reya276ok23:02
giovaniI don't know why you think you should've forced that, and sent the output to /dev/null ... who told you to run that?23:03
reya276oh I found it on a webpage23:07
reya276dude honestly I don't know jack about linux. or Ubuntu, just learning23:08
reya276so every bit of info you can throw at me would be truly appreciated23:09
giovaniwell ... lesson number one ... don't run random commands without first understanding what they do23:09
reya276so I got my telnet and postfix to receive email, but now having issue with the relay23:09
reya276sending out emails :-(23:09
reya276got yah23:09
reya276giovani: thanks for all your help, but I'm calling it quits for today23:29
giovanireya276: no problem ... mail servers aren't the easiest to set up -- take a break :)23:30

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