/srv/irclogs.ubuntu.com/2008/06/17/#ubuntu-server.txt

macGerhardhey guys, I'm running 8.04 on a server, fresh install, I can't sudo or su, it just stalls any ideas?00:02
=== ing_contrib_lpic is now known as gatewayer
macGerhardanyone?00:04
teamcobrais anyone here well-versed in the ways of imap maildir structure?00:05
teamcobramac: url of the issue? (sorry, missed your question)00:05
macGerhardteamcobra: do you mean me?00:06
teamcobrayes00:06
macGerhardoh, ok :). I have a clean 8.04 install on a server, sudo nor su will work00:06
macGerharddid something change in 8.04?00:06
teamcobrawoah...00:07
macGerhardI remember it working in the previous versions...00:07
teamcobrano, sudo should work... only for the first user you create00:07
teamcobrathe others won't be in the sudoers list00:07
macGerhardyep, well I am the only user on the machine00:07
macGerhardcreated at install00:07
teamcobrasu won't work until you assign a root passwd w/ sudo passwd (not recommended)00:07
teamcobrahrmmmm.....00:07
macGerhardcould it be because of the hostname?00:08
teamcobrakind of a pickle, because you need to be root to edit /etc/sudoers ;p00:08
macGerhardyeah, pretty much00:08
teamcobrapossibly, but that really shouldn't be happening00:08
macGerhardI can't even cat it or something00:08
macGerhardreboot?00:08
teamcobrayeh, looks almost like a reinstall :/00:09
macGerhardcrap, root as well00:09
macGerhardhmmm, ok, something must have gotten screwed then00:09
macGerhardcheers anyways :)00:09
teamcobrayea, check the install media too00:09
macGerhardteamcobra: that's an iso00:10
macGerharda server-only image00:10
macGerhardwill double-check00:10
Wicky656nagios or zabbix? which is the bigger pain in the rear to deal with?00:18
mindframecan someone help me with cryptsetup... i created two keys for this device, one using a passphrase and one using a keyfile.  i want to delete the passphrase key slot 0.  when i run 'cryptsetup luksDelKey /dev/sda1 0' it asks me to 'Enter any remaining LUKS passphrase:'    what passphrase should i enter here?00:34
erichammondmindframe: Is slot 0 your passphrase or the keyfile?00:37
erichammondmindframe: reading closer, looks like you're saying it's your passphrase.00:37
mindframeerichammond, i used luksformat to create it with a passphrase so i assume 0 is the passphrase00:37
erichammondmindframe: Try using this option: cryptsetup luksDelKey --key-file KEYFILE ...00:38
mindframeerichammond, i used the same passphrase when i added the key... so could that cause problem?00:38
mindframeerichammond, where is the keyfile located for the passphrase?00:38
mindframei assume there isnt one00:39
mindframe*added the keyfile00:39
mindframei wish luksformat would let me specify a keyfile instead of passphrase00:40
erichammondmindframe: I hate to hear "assume" when dealing with encrypted data :)  Try using luksDump to see if it gives you info.00:41
mindframeit shows two enabled keys00:41
mindframe0 and 100:41
mindframeslot 1 shows Key material offset:26400:41
mindframeso i think thats the keyfile00:41
mindframeok im going to start over00:42
erichammondmindframe: According to the cryptsetup manpage it does support a key file in luksFormat, just using a different calling method00:42
mindframeyeah i just saw that00:42
mindframeheh00:42
mindframethanks00:43
erichammondmindframe: When you want to remove a slot, you need to authenticate with a *different* slot so that it knows you will still have access to the encrypted data.00:43
mindframethats what i thought... so i thought it wanted the passphrase i used when creating that keyfile00:44
mindframebut it said there were no remaining keys that would use that passphrase00:44
erichammondmindframe: cryptsetup luksDelKey --key-file YOURKEYFILEFROMSLOT1 /dev/sda1 000:44
mindframebut i want to delete 0 and keep 100:44
mindframehrmm next problem, i dont see a way to specify FS type with cryptsetup luksFormat00:45
erichammondmindframe: RIght, You're deleting 0 and telling it you'll still have access with keyfile from 1.  Worth trying if you're going to throw it away anyway.00:46
mindframeah okay00:46
erichammondYou can use a different command: luksformat -t FSTYPE /dev/...00:46
mindframehow do i specify keyfile with that one?00:47
mindframe--key-file still?00:47
erichammondmindframe: dunno00:47
a13xanybody know which package jarsigner is part of?00:52
docta_vi'm trying to build an i386 package on a amd64 system00:55
docta_vi use dpkg-buildpackage -ai386 but it still builds a 64 bit package00:55
docta_vany tricks i'm missing here?00:55
erichammonda13x: In Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy, jarsigner appears to be part of openjdk-6-jdk00:57
erichammonda13x: Here's how I found it: sudo apt-get install -y apt-file; sudo apt-file update; apt-file search jarsigner00:57
erichammonda13x: jarsigner is also in sun-java5-jdk and sun-java6-jdk00:59
a13xthanks a lot, forgot to restart shell after installation01:01
chmacAnyone know which package vim PHP syntax highlighting is contained in?02:10
leoneldo you have    syntax on ??02:15
chmacleonel: That was indeed the fix :)02:22
chmacleonel: Thanks02:22
leonelchmac: set that  in /etc/vim/vimrc02:22
chmacleonel: I added it to ~/.vimrc which also works02:23
chmacleonel: It seems like a sensible default, but whatever, it's on now :)02:23
=== jjesse_ is now known as jjesse
a13xcxo, (if you are still there) i think i set up the raid that i was talking02:49
a13x*about02:49
a13xhowever, when i disconnect one of the drives it freezes kernel until i reconnect and there is some file system corruption02:50
a13xis fakeraid hot-swappable?03:00
TwigathyI have a strange problem.03:13
Twigathy2 ethernet interfaces, eth0 and eth2. Both DHCP. One internet facing, one facing a private chunk of LAN (Not internet facing). Bringing up both eth0 and eth2 results in 2 "default" linus in the 'route' command, and connectivity is...weird at best. Anyone got clues as to how to fix this?03:14
TwigathyMy current fix is "route del default" and hope it whacks the right one03:14
a13xis there a dhcp server on the LAN?03:19
TwigathyThere's DHCP on both sides03:20
TwigathyI suspect what is happening is both dhcp servers give the thing a default gateway and it gets confused...03:20
a13xset static ip on lan side03:21
a13xyou will also have to set the lan dhcp server to give out that static ip as the gateway03:22
a13xand you will also have to set ipv6_forward to 103:23
TwigathyAny way to make that persist across reboots? (The ipv6 forward stuff)03:23
a13xand i if am not wrong you will have to set up nat rules in ip tables03:23
Twigathyyuck :<03:23
a13xonly 3 rules03:23
a13xvery simple03:24
a13xalthough, one ftp mode will not work03:24
TwigathyI've not got an ftpd running03:24
a13xcommercial routers mangle with ftp traffic03:24
a13xi am not sure if those rules will take care of ftp03:24
Twigathyhmm, I wonder if it'd be easier to give the LAN a net connection.03:25
a13xits not that bad, i've done it03:25
TwigathyThen I could have a default gateway on both interfaces, but it might get even more confused!03:25
a13xplus, if you install squid transparent proxy you can do all kinds of fun things03:25
TwigathyUpsidedownternet? ;)03:26
a13xmaybe03:26
Twigathywell, cheers - I will try fiddling with a static IP :)03:28
meoblast001hi04:13
meoblast001im in some serious need of help04:13
meoblast001my IRC server wont allow clients to connect04:13
meoblast001im using IRCd-Hybrid04:13
meoblast001heres my configureation file04:13
meoblast001http://pastebin.com/dbe551e504:14
meoblast001im desperate for help04:14
=== freeflyi1g is now known as freeflying
krautmoin08:47
exothello all, any idea to make a copy of my ubuntu server Hardy, as a backup, I mean a full copy of the file system and it's packages and configs10:01
ivoksdd10:01
ivoksdd into an image10:01
exothmm ?10:01
ivoksdd if=/dev/yourpartition of=/mnt/other_disk/backup.iso10:02
exotis it restore-able  easily ?10:02
ivoksdd if=/mnt/other_disk/backup.iso of=/dev/yourpartition10:02
ivoks:D10:02
exothaha10:03
ivoksthis probably isn't what you are looking for10:03
CrummyGummyexot: What Raid are you using?10:03
exotno raid10:03
CrummyGummyNever mind then...10:03
exotokay great .. but is it possible to copy the partition while the server is up ?10:04
ivokswhy noy? you are reading it... i've never tried, tough...10:06
CrummyGummyIt will slow things horribly.10:06
CrummyGummyexot: Are you using LVM?10:07
exotno I don't use LVM10:07
ivoksyou should :D10:07
exotyeah .. it's late now :)10:08
ivoksfwiw, i never do bit-for-bit copies of data10:08
ivoksi always do logic backup; list of installed packages, dumps of databases and ldifs and configuration10:08
exothmm.. I started to be worry10:08
CrummyGummythat would make things easy. Just make a snapshot. raid 1 also makes things eay. Just replace the hdd every now and again.10:08
ivoksargghhhh dbmail is crap10:09
captbaritoneis it possible to use the zip utility to create a zip file where the paths inside the zip file are different than what they were in the file system?10:09
captbaritoneFor example zip a deep list of files to a flat structure in the zip file?10:10
exotCrummyGummy, ivoks when restoring the image, is it possible to restore while the another machine is up ?10:12
exotI mean the destination machine10:13
ivoksyou would restore it from live cd10:14
ivokscause image would contain partition table, and everything10:14
exotyeah .. I see10:14
exothmm .. another question please10:14
ivoksso, you have to restore on to exactly the same hard disk10:14
exotis it possible to use dd for incremental backup ?10:14
ivoksno10:14
ivoksdd isn't a backup tool10:14
exotyes I know10:15
ivoksit was a smart-ass suggestion :D10:15
exotjust a stupid question ;)10:15
exotlol10:15
exotso .. any suggestions ?10:16
ivoksyou want bare metal restore?10:21
exotI'm sorry, I don't understand ,, what bare metal ?10:21
CrummyGummyrun backuppc.10:22
ivoksbare metal restore means - my server died and i have blank hard disks, i'll just plug the power cord, put this CD in it and wait untill everything restore10:22
CrummyGummyon a seperate server. It10:22
ivoksif you want that, check out mondo10:22
exotyeah yeah10:23
exotthaaaaaanks!10:23
ivoksbackuppc is normal backup10:23
ivoksexot: i don't think mondo support incremental backup10:23
exotops!10:24
ivoksthere's always bacula10:24
exotahm .. googling10:24
ivoksfull enterprise solution, has incremental backup, supports bare metal restora10:24
ivoksrestore10:24
ivoksbut... it's very hard to setup :)10:24
exotdamit .. nothing in free!10:25
ivoksbacula is free10:25
exotfree in efforts10:25
ivokseh... no pain no gain10:25
exothehe10:25
ivoksyou can't have flexibile solution without interaction10:25
exotokay10:25
exotthen I have dd of full image backup10:26
exotand then I will run bacula10:26
exotI don't have time!10:26
ivokspay someone to do it10:26
exotyeah ... thanks for the advice10:27
blackdiamondhi there, i write from Italy. I've create on my ubuntu a little ftp where anonymous can download files.  I try to test it but my friends say that it doesn't work.. is there someone that can help me to test it?11:16
blackdiamondi use vsftpd11:17
blackdiamondnoone?11:19
blackdiamond??11:21
ivoksit doesn't work?11:22
ivoksmore details?11:22
blackdiamondyeh, friends say that they can't view any files..11:22
blackdiamondthis is my ip and ftp is active now..11:22
blackdiamond151.59.83.7411:22
blackdiamondi've got a file pdf for test..do you see?11:22
ivoksi can't even connect to it11:22
ivokswhere did you put that file on your filesystem?11:23
ivokshow to fix dbmail memory leak:11:23
blackdiamondi put on the directory create with vsftpd that is located uder the home11:23
ivoks*/10 ** * *root/etc/init.d/dbmail-imapd stop ; sleep 1 ; killall -9 dbmail-imapd ;sleep 1 ; /etc/init.d/dbmail-imapd start11:23
ivoksblackdiamond: could you just paste that path, i didn't understand you quite well...11:24
blackdiamondin the filesystem i got /home/ftp (was created by default installing vsftpd)11:25
ivoksright11:25
blackdiamondok11:25
ivoksnow i see it...11:25
blackdiamondwhat do you see? i0ve got two files11:26
ivoksi don't see files, but it did connect11:26
blackdiamondyeh, same of my friends, but as you they see nothing..but i don't know where is the problem11:27
ivoksit should work11:27
blackdiamondin vsftpd.conf i put anonymous , and only download parameter11:27
ivoksdo 'sudo touch /home/ftp/test'11:29
blackdiamondwait11:30
blackdiamondok..it give me nothing11:30
ivokstail -f /var/log/vsftpd.log11:32
ivoksand check if anyone is connecting11:32
blackdiamondfrom root?11:32
ivoksas root, yes11:32
blackdiamondsprry for the stupid question11:32
blackdiamondok11:32
blackdiamondtail: cannot open `/var/log/vsftpd.log' for reading: No such file or directory11:33
blackdiamondtail: no files remaining11:33
ivoksso, you don't have vsftpd?11:34
blackdiamondyeh i have it11:34
ivoksthen there should be that file11:34
blackdiamondmaybe i have to create that log file configuring some parameters on vsftpd.conf?11:36
ivoksinstallation of package creates it11:36
ivokswhich ubuntu you have?11:36
blackdiamondi have installed it on intrepid testing11:36
ivoks...11:37
ivoksintrepid is work in progress11:37
blackdiamondso think that is this the problem?11:37
ivoksyou shouldn't use it if you aren'y very familliar with linux11:37
ivoksaren't even11:37
blackdiamondpersonally i test also hardy from the beginning..11:38
blackdiamondso i'll try to install it on my hardy..11:38
ivoksif you think it's a bug in intrepid, do report it11:38
ivoksi still don't have intrepid, so i can't test it11:38
blackdiamondand.. do you think it is?11:38
blackdiamondnow i'll take a look at the launchpad..11:39
ivoksi don't know; i can't test it... report it and someone will take a look at it11:41
blackdiamondyeh.. now i find out that there are no bug report yet for this package.. thanks you very much man!!! really thanks11:43
ivoksbut i'm quite sure that it isn't a bug...11:44
ivokssomeone would notice such huge bug in debian11:45
blackdiamondif you want i cant post my vsftpd.conf if you want to see what i get..11:45
blackdiamondif not don't worry man11:45
ivoksyou can, on pastebin.ubuntu.com11:46
ivoksnot here11:46
blackdiamondthat's it http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20826/11:47
ivoksi guess you noticed that file is... strange11:50
ivoksit starts with:11:50
ivoks# has an effect if the above global write enable is activated.11:50
ivoksyou are missing 35 lines from the begining of the file11:50
ivoksand download_enable doesn't exist on hardy11:51
blackdiamonddownload_enable and anon_max_rate=0 i find that values using a guide..11:52
blackdiamondmmm.. i think that i have to read more about that...11:54
blackdiamondnow it must be complete, sorry man http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/20829/11:55
ivoksok... so loging is enabled11:57
ivoksand there should be a log11:57
blackdiamondso?12:02
ivoksls -dl /var/log/vsftp*12:09
ivoksthis results with nothing?12:09
blackdiamonddo you mean /var/log/vsftpd?12:10
blackdiamondit say me "no such file or directory"12:11
ivokssudo apt-get --reinstall install vsftpd12:19
blackdiamondok done12:21
ivoksnow check if file is there12:21
blackdiamondno12:22
blackdiamond:-(12:22
ivoksreport a bug12:22
blackdiamondso the bug reporting is that "there is no /var/log/vsftpd.log by default?12:25
blackdiamondafter installing it..12:25
ivoksno12:25
blackdiamondopsss12:25
ivoksbug is 'vsftpd doesn't work'12:25
blackdiamondah oh yes12:25
blackdiamondbut the think that is strange is that there is the log file right?12:26
blackdiamondi mean that12:26
blackdiamondthere isnt' the log file sorry for my englis language12:26
ivoksi'm not convinced12:28
ivoksthe same package is in hardy12:28
ivokshardy and intrepid have the same packages12:28
blackdiamondyeh12:29
ivokshow about leaving the default file?12:30
ivoksthe default configuration file is configured for anonymous read-only12:30
blackdiamondi chose that configuration to let me people download linux pakages and so on without uploading any files12:31
ivoksthat's the default configuration12:31
blackdiamondso i should be work12:32
ivoksif you don't touch it, yes12:32
blackdiamondyeh12:32
ivoksso, for start, purge vsftpd12:33
ivoksapt-get --purge remove vsftpd12:33
blackdiamondyeh think to do the same12:34
blackdiamondman, thank you very much for your patience12:34
blackdiamondreally geltle12:34
blackdiamondgentle12:34
blackdiamondif you are here next days i'll let you know something if you want, now i'll go out to do some stuffs..12:35
blackdiamondthank you very much!12:35
ivoksnp12:37
blackdiamondbye12:37
sommer_morning all13:26
Nafallomorning sommer_13:27
zulhi sommer_13:32
zulKoon: ping14:04
Koonzul: pong14:04
zulKoon: need a sponsor to upload your dnsmasq fix?14:05
Koonzul: for bug 235868 ?14:06
zulyep14:06
zuler...23940414:06
Koonzul: ah, the merge one. Yes, but mathiaz hs already looked at it14:07
zulwhat about 23586814:07
Koonfor that one I sshould have an SRU ack first, I suppose14:08
zulI just upload it and wait for an accepted14:10
Koonthe patch is a no-brainer anyway, just fixing soren's typo :)14:11
zulyep Ill upload it for you14:14
zuldone14:15
=== jjesse_ is now known as jjesse
lukehasnoname_!packaging14:41
ubottuThe packaging guide is at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/PackagingGuide - See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/NewPackages for information on getting a package integrated into Ubuntu - Other developer resources are at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment - See also !backports14:41
exothello, I have installed DNS server and configured zones correctly, but the server doesn't resolve internet domains. only mine, any ideas ?14:58
sommer_exot: did you setup a forward to an outside dns server?  usually your ISPs14:59
exotsommer_, I set the forwarders is my local router address15:00
sommer_exot: and your local router can forward?  most can... did you change /etc/resolv.conf?15:01
exotyes it can15:01
exotif I set the dhcp.conf to give only ther router, it can resolve15:01
sommer_any errors in /var/log/syslog from named?15:02
exotno15:02
sommer_you might try setting the forwarder to you ISPs DNS and see if that helps15:03
exothmm .. okay15:04
exotI will try15:05
exotsommer_, it does .. but very very slow15:07
exotis there any idea if we can make to DNS servers, my local and the router ?15:07
exottwo*15:08
sommer_exot: you mean in your dhcp?  if so then yes you can15:11
exotsommer_, yes15:20
exotI added them both15:20
exotbut if I set the router's first,  the browser forwards to google search, if I set the loca dns, it's very slow15:20
sommer_exot: you might try upping the logging, there are some details here: https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/serverguide/C/dns.html15:22
sommer_that's strange that its slower than the router15:23
exothmm .. yes, it's very quick if the router is the only dns server15:23
mathiazKoon: re bug 206763 - ubuntu-vm-builder is maintained in a bzr branch15:50
mathiazKoon: so I'd suggest that you branch ubuntu-vm-builder, make your modification and submit your branch for merging with a reference to the bug15:51
Koonmathiaz: ok, I already maintain my changes in a branch, I just have to figure out how to "submit my branch for merging"15:53
mathiazKoon: well - in the bug view, there is a link on the left that says - link to a branch15:54
mathiazKoon: or something like that15:54
mathiazKoon: you can use that instead of attaching a patch15:54
mathiazKoon: as for proposing your branch, you first need to push your branch to LP15:55
Koonmathiaz: that was the missing step ;)15:56
mathiazKoon: once there, when you select your branch in your code view, there is a link that says Propose for merging15:56
mathiazKoon: ask nijaba about it - he's been doing that a lot lately :)15:57
nijabamathiaz: I love gaining karma in LP ;)16:00
darthmarth37|WkAny thoughts on how to go about mirroring an APT repository without using apt-mirror?16:44
lukehasnoname_Compile apt-mirror on RHEL and use apt-mirror16:45
lukehasnoname_>_>16:45
cxoCan a transparent mirror be created?16:46
cxolike you throw in a rule/script to catch any request for a mirror index file (not sure what its called in ubuntu, its file.xml or something on fedora) and then dnat traffic for that host to your server untill the connection drops or something16:47
darthmarth37|WkI'm just not sure how well cobbler will work with apt-mirror.16:52
zulmathiaz: so just to bug you the idea behind the ppa would be here is an unoffical fix for you bug can you add the server team ppa to try it out17:12
mathiazzul: wouldn't you use your ppa for that ?17:14
zulmathiaz: true but if it comes from the server team it would probably be percieved as more official then me17:15
mathiazzul: well - there won't be an official review or something like that17:15
zulkernel team does it now I believe as well17:15
BrazenSo, any thoughts on using dpkg-reconfigure as a management backend, rather than Augeas?17:16
zulmathiaz: of course17:16
mathiazzul: I'm not sure that having ubuntu-server in the URL would help17:16
mathiazzul: for the kernel team, they only have a small set of packages17:16
BrazenI think nealmcb did have a good point in that contributing to something that is cross-distro would be better17:16
mathiazzul: it may fit in their workflow - we could ask them why and how they're using their ppa17:17
zulmathiaz: sure Ill ask17:17
ScottKzul: I think not being perceived as official is a feature, not a bug.17:17
mathiazzul: but I'm not convinced of the value of having yet another location to look for packages17:17
zulmathiaz: lemme think about it a bit more17:18
mathiazzul: if you come accross a package that would fit in the new scheme, let me know17:18
zulI will oh and that samba and suspending your laptop bug is fixed now17:19
mathiazzul: awesome17:20
zulIll file an SRU for it after I grab some lunch17:20
mathiazzul: would it make sense to do a SRU for hardy for samba and upload 3.0.30 ?17:20
zulprobably not right now since we are gettng closer to 8.04.117:21
nealmcbBrazen: yeah - I can imagine lots of different aspects to choosing a backend....  a big discussion - would be nice to have someone who has looked a lot at the different options lay out some useful comparisons17:21
mathiazzul: oh I don't think about 8.04.117:21
mathiazzul: just to get 3.0.30 in hardy at some point17:21
zulmathiaz: I do :)17:21
zulmathiaz: yeah that would be fine but at some point :)17:21
zulbut this would be a good case for the ppa then here is a backport that we want users to test before uploading to -proposed17:23
Brazennealmcb: it was really just something that popped into my head.  I typically prefer to edit config files, but sometimes, like if I don't really care to learn the config file :D, then I just use dpkg-reconfigure, which really is already the gui-frontend we've been talking about17:23
ScottKOn a package specifc basis, yes.17:24
ScottKThat requires the maintainer to have set up debconf questions.17:24
ScottKA lot of packages provide a sane default and then expect you to edit the config file.17:24
Brazentrue, just wondering if maybe it would be easier to expand on that, than start over17:25
BrazenI can see some advantages to the debconf way, too (as there are indeed disadvantages)17:26
Brazensuch as each packages maintainer being responsible for making sure config file changes are updated in the debconf questions17:27
ScottKSetting up debconf is non-trivial.17:28
ScottKIf you want to require it for all server packages, there will be a lot fewer of them.17:28
nealmcbFor admin changes that require config changes to multiple packages I can imagine a system that coordinates them and uses dpkg-reconfigure to implement them.  but I have a fertile and sometimes inconsistent imagination :)17:29
BrazenIs creating and maintaining a whole nuther application to do this trivial?17:29
BrazenI don't think it's a great epiphany or anything, just thought it might something worth mulling over.17:30
nealmcbI do like the idea of pushing some of the config stuff back upstream, and wonder if augeas is doing that in any way17:31
BrazenBesides, I'm a sysadmin, not a developer, and this is probably more a question of which is going to be easier on the developers.17:31
ScottKPersonally I like stuff like postconf in postfix.  I'd much rather use that than dpkg-reconfigure.17:32
nealmcbwell, I think we need a lot of savvy sysadmin input - they are the customers.  it has to work for both developers and admins17:32
ScottKI think it packages want to be generally externally configurable, then they ought to provide a good mechanism like that.17:32
BrazenFunny you should bring up postfix, that's the only think I can think of that I ever use dpkg-reconfigure for :D17:33
ScottKOdd.  I think it has very easy to read and accesible config files.17:34
Brazennealmcb: true, but I try to keep my jihads confined to things that will actually affect me as a sysadmin.  "backend" stuff usually affects the developers more than the sysadmins.17:34
lamontBrazen: and people using a mixture of the two methods has been the source of great pain for me17:35
ScottKBrazen: ^^^^ postfix maintainer for debian/ubuntu.17:35
BrazenScottK: well, it probably does.  It's just one of those things that dpkg-reconfigure got it working just how I needed, so I never bothered to learn the config files.17:35
nealmcbBrazen: true.  So what is your input on the frontend?  Have you tried ebox?17:36
BrazenI HATE ebox17:36
BrazenI've brought this up before, but it is WAY too heavy.17:37
ScottKBecause it uses Apache?17:37
Brazenyes17:37
nealmcbBrazen: is there something you like better?17:37
BrazenWebmin.... yes yes I know it has problems too17:37
ScottKnealmcb: I think 'needs apache' is a valid complaint.17:37
Brazensomebody mentioned, somewhere, that ebox has plans to embed their own webserver17:38
ScottKnealmcb: I think it would be useful if they were web server independent so if someone wanted to run it with lighttpd they could.17:38
cxoits not like its a big deal grade 10s dish out 1000 line http serves everyday17:38
Brazeneven on a web server that will have apache anyway, I would prefer my management app to function independent of apache17:39
cxos/serves/servers17:39
nealmcbgrade 10s?17:40
Brazenyeah, grade 10s, what?17:40
nealmcbbut having a secure, compliant http server is nontrivial17:40
Brazenrewrite it in Ruby and use Mongrel :D17:40
Brazenok, here is one thing though: the ebox way may be a good way to do it, IF you could install ebox on one webserver, and then use it to administer hundreds of other servers through some other lightweight management backend.17:43
sommer_Brazen: I think that's in the works for a future version... maybe not intrepid, but there was mention of it at fosscamp17:44
Brazenthat's why I think splitting out a fontend and backed to management is important (ie Augeas).  Although it will need to be network accessible, either built-in, or possible over ssh ( <-- I like over ssh, because it's already there, and secure)17:46
* lamont has yet to see any web management interface that doesn't make him cry17:50
ivokslamont: java vim applet17:50
ivoksor, even better, java console applet :D17:50
lamontivoks: heh17:51
lamontivoks: ssh avoids the java weight17:51
ivoksbut we are talking about web interfaces, so ssh isn't an option :)17:51
keesmathiaz, jdstrand: since 2.6.26 is now the default in intrepid, I'm going to upload the new AppArmor userspace tools.17:59
mathiazkees: \o/17:59
jdstrandkees: sounds good17:59
mathiazkees: have you read the paper about smacks ?17:59
kees(i.e. AA isn't enabled in the intrepid kernel, so the "breaks the world" userspace tools won't be a problem, but will be ready for testing with new kernels when AA is merged)17:59
keesmathiaz: I skimmed it17:59
keesmathiaz: did you?17:59
mathiazkees: not in-depth18:00
cxo2.6.26 thats a cool kernel version18:00
keescxo: hehe, yeah -- I was thinking the same thing while I typed that.  :)18:00
ivoks2.6.66 will be even better :)18:01
=== bamed is now known as bamed|away
zulivoks: im waiting for  6.6.66 myself :)18:17
ivoks_zul: uff... high hopes :D18:22
zulivoks: heh18:22
lukehasnonameDamnit! I missed the server meeting.18:33
cxoi doubt we will go passed 2.6.4018:39
cxoat least looking at 2.4.x and 2.2.x its not likely18:40
ivoks_well, 2.6 doesn't have 'testing' tree18:45
ivoks_as 2.3 and 2.5 were18:45
ScottKYes.  The development model is entirely different now.18:48
ivoks_has anyone played with adding collation definitions for mysql?18:48
ivoks_oh, france vs. italy in 40 minutes...18:49
ivoks_tak care everyone :)18:50
cxois the match streamed online?18:53
ivoks_cxo: probably18:55
sommer_ivoks_: ya, the euros are awesome, heh19:02
ivoks_sommer_: who's the best, ha? :D19:03
sommer_I've only watched up till friday, recorded the rest, but I like Spain19:04
ivoks_sommer_: spain always has a good start and then fails very early, sometimes even end up third in group19:05
sommer_croatia v. germany was really good match :)19:05
ivoks_nah... i liked our match against poland, cause we had only substitudes playing :)19:05
sommer_don't think I've watched that one yet, was it saturday?19:06
ivoks_yesterday19:06
sommer_ah, ya I should get to that match this week... sigh, so much to do, heh19:07
ivoks_i think france and itlay will play for prestige... romania will win against netherland's 'b' team19:07
lukehasnonamefirefox.com is down19:08
ivoks_i didn't even know there's firefox.com19:08
sommer_ivoks_: heh, the dutch are pretty dang good too19:08
sommer_just saw the ff3 announcment... nice!19:09
ivoks_sommer_: yes, they are my favourite, whenever croatia drops out :)19:09
ivoks_http://mozilla.com/19:09
ivoks_nice :)19:09
* delcoyote hi19:15
nxvlnealmcb: i was just about to send you an email19:16
nxvlnealmcb: i have some minutes to chat since i'm having lunch at home19:16
nxvlnealmcb: i think you are looking for ebox-ucsa integration, didn't you?19:16
zulmathiaz: samba fix uploaded19:28
jdstrandzul: is that a -proposed fix?19:29
zuljdstrand: yep19:30
jdstrandzul: what is the bug number?19:30
zuljdstrand: hold on19:30
zuljdstrand: #180493, #17254119:31
jdstrandzul: I just uploaded samba to -security, and will add notes to those when published19:31
zuljdstrand: thanks19:32
jdstrandzul: this is for CVE-2008-110519:32
zulgotcha19:33
zulmathiaz: ping20:16
lukehasnonamezul: ping - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts20:20
lukehasnonameSee "ping --help" for more options20:20
sommer_heh20:22
zulinfinity: sybase support seems to have disapeared in favor of mssql support in hardy any idea why?20:25
infinityzul: I didn't do it.  But we'd long ago talked about merging them into one module, once one clearly supported all the features of the other.20:26
zulinfinity: ah because I think people are complainnig about it now20:27
infinityzul: People like to do that. :/20:34
zulinfinity: oh I know :P20:34
a13xquestion: what is the best timer frequency for a server20:39
jetsaredimanyone have any ideas as to why my install would stop at "Storing language"?20:42
jetsaredimok - lemmie try a different question...  anyone have any suggestions on installing ubuntu server on a really, really old system?20:46
ScottKjetsaredim: How old?20:50
lukehasnonamejetsaredim: Like, Michael Caine old, or John Wayne old, or Martin Van Buren old?21:07
mathiazzul: wazzup ?21:28
nxvlsoren: ping22:36
tjaaltonseems that redhat openened the RHN upstream: http://www.redhat.com/spacewalk/22:36
nxvlsoren: did you know any easy and quick way to emulate a rpm based system?22:37
nxvlsoren: i just need the rpm tool to check some src.rpm's22:37
ScottKnxvl: What are you trying to do with the srcrpms?22:38
nxvlScottK: just want to check how they package a program to use it as base22:38
nxvls/base/example22:38
ScottKI'd use alien to turn it into a tar.gz (don't turn it into a .deb) and have a look.22:39
nxvlright!22:39
nxvli forgot about alien22:39
* nxvl mans22:39
* nxvl HUGS ScottK 22:41
mathiaznijaba: check this out - https://fedorahosted.org/pulp22:42
nxvldamn22:42
* nxvl has just remember why he hates rpms22:42
nxvlmathiaz: it sounds very cool22:43
nxvlmathiaz: i have dive into it's documentation after UDS since i don't remember who mention it22:43
nxvlbtw22:45
nxvlis there any guide about library packaging for ubuntu?22:45
nxvlor just the debian library guide?22:45
mathiaznxvl: the debian library guide is a good starting point22:46
mathiaznxvl: there are also a couple of session about library packaging that were givin during the developer week back in february22:46
nxvlmathiaz: that's what i thought22:46
nxvloh right!22:46
nxvli hate to work and study22:46
nxvli don't know where is my mind anymore22:47
nxvlit should be the kelly boundy syndrome22:47
ScottKnxvl: There's also a recent motu-school session that was very good.22:47
nxvlScottK: yes, there are a lot of session, i just don't know where is mi mind now22:48
nxvlScottK: after UDS i needed to catch up at work and university and i have just finished all the stuff i needed to do yesterday, so i'm kind of out of my mind22:48
* nxvl HUGS mathiaz and ScottK 22:50
nxvlmmm22:50
nxvldoes it would be a problem to include a lgpl file copyrighted by redhat?22:51
nxvls/file/lib22:51
ScottKNot at all.  LGPL is LGPL no matter who copyrighted it.22:54
nxvlwell i have just go into a NIGHTMARE22:56
nxvlit includes a LOT of software from other licenses and copyrights22:56
nxvl:S22:56
* nxvl will suffer22:57
* ScottK doesn't mind ;-)22:57
ajmitchlicences are great fun23:01
nxvlajmitch: no, they don't :D23:01
nxvlbtw23:01
nxvlif a package includes some libraries, which are already in other packages is it a good practice to just remove them and include as dependencies?23:01
ScottKYes.  It's practically mandatory.23:04
ScottKNot to bad.  18 minutes from sudo do-release-upgrade to the reboot on a dual PIII 450 w/512MB ram server.23:05
jetsaredimScottK: re: age of my server - 1994 or so23:09
jetsaredimI thought it was hung, but just taking forever - it finally got past that and seems to be chugging along23:10
ScottKjetsaredim: What CPU?23:10
jetsaredimpentium 16623:10
ScottKjetsaredim: I think i386 is the oldest we support.23:13
mindframeanyone have an idea why fdisk and cfdisk don't want to create anything larger than a 2.5TB disk on a disk that shows up at 3.5 TB?23:46
mindframeDisk /dev/sdb: 3499.9 GB, 3499925438464 bytes23:47
mindframeFirst cylinder (1-425508, default 1): 123:48
mindframeLast cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-267349, default 267349): 42550823:48
mindframe:(23:48
mindframerunning 64bit so there shouldnt be any limitations there23:50

Generated by irclog2html.py 2.7 by Marius Gedminas - find it at mg.pov.lt!