[02:23] <Kevin__> Hi. I just setup ProFTPD and am trying to FTP into my /var/www directory. Whenever I try to make changes, I'm getting a permission denied error.
[02:26] <Kevin__> Any ideas? I chmoded the www folder to 664 and am still having trouble.
[08:25] <Xperiment62> ive installed a counter strike 1.6 server onto intrepid ibex server, how can i get it to autostart without having to login and start it via ssh?
[09:01] <Blaenk> hey guys if I already have php and apache (but I run lighttpd) how can I install mysql, just apt-get mysql?
[09:02] <Jeeves_> mysql-server
[09:02] <Blaenk> thank you Jeeves_
[09:02] <Blaenk> can I install phpmyadmin from the repositories as well or would I have to do that manually since I'm using lighttpd, my web directory is /var/www
[09:03] <Jeeves_> you can install it
[09:03] <Jeeves_> it will place a symlink in /var/www
[09:04] <Blaenk> thanks again Jeeves_
[09:04] <Blaenk> oh cool it lets one choose what web server they're running
[09:05] <Blaenk> hmm I don't see a symlink, I did put 'lighttpd' during installation, perhaps I should restart lighttpd
[09:06] <Jeeves_> Ow, I only installed it with apache (lighty sucks) so i'm not sure how it works with lighty
[09:06] <Blaenk> haha okay thanks
[09:10] <Blaenk> Jeeves_: do you know where phpmyadmin is installed to/
[09:10] <Blaenk> ?
[09:10] <Blaenk> ah, /etc/phpmyadmin
[09:11] <Jeeves_> Blaenk: The config files are there
[09:11] <Blaenk> yeah I get it now thanks :)
[09:11] <Jeeves_> /usr/share/phpmyadm (or something)
[09:12] <Blaenk> yeah
[09:14] <Blaenk> do you know where I go to change my password Jeeves_? for phpmyadmin, I overwrote htpasswd.setup with my credentials in it but it still only accepts user admin and no password
[09:14] <Jeeves_> In your mysql-config
[09:15] <Blaenk> hmm
[09:15] <Jeeves_> mysqladm password
[09:15] <Jeeves_> orso
[09:15] <Blaenk> oh thanks
[09:23] <Blaenk> is there a way I can list users or something, I only know of root and myself, blaenk, somehow though I'm still able to login with user 'admin' and no password
[09:24] <Blaenk> yeah I even went into mysql database in phpmyadmin, clicked user and it doesn't even show 'admin'
[09:24] <Blaenk> only trace of 'admin' I see is in htpasswd.setup but I already overwrote that
[09:35] <Blaenk> oh I figured it out
[09:35] <Blaenk> it's in the privileges section in phpmyadmin, didn't even know there was such a section
[09:39] <Blaenk> ugh, I'm still able to login
[09:40] <Blaenk> it's allowing any user to login without a password
[09:40] <Blaenk> not just admin
[09:40] <Blaenk> /but if I login with root I get all privileges
[09:41] <Blaenk> fixed it :D
[10:59] <kaushal> hi
[10:59] <kaushal> when i rebooted Ubuntu Server 8.04 all the /tmp contents got cleared
[10:59] <Nafallo> yes.
[10:59] <kaushal> is there a way i can prevent it
[11:00] <Jeeves_> chmod 000 /tmp :)
[11:00] <Nafallo> /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh:rm -f /tmp/.clean /var/run/.clean /var/lock/.clean
[11:01] <Nafallo> /etc/init.d/mountall-bootclean.sh:	# Clean /tmp, /var/lock, /var/run
[11:01] <kaushal> Nafallo, so comment it in that bash script
[11:01] <kaushal> right
[11:02] <Nafallo> however, if you put stuff you want to keep in /tmp you are probably doing it wrong.
[11:02] <kaushal> Nafallo, yes
[11:02] <kaushal> Thanks Nafallo
[11:02] <Nafallo> nw
[11:03] <kaushal> so if i comment it in those scripts it would prevent it from clearing the /tmp folders
[11:03] <kaushal> right
[11:03] <kaushal> is that what i understand you correctly
[11:03] <Nafallo> which you shouldn't really, yes :-)
[11:04] <Nafallo> actually... no.
[11:04] <Nafallo> leave bootmisc
[11:05] <Nafallo> /lib/init/bootclean.sh is probably right
[11:05] <Nafallo> the clean_tmp() function
[11:05] <Nafallo> evil, evil hack to do it that way though.
[11:07] <Nafallo> remove it that is
[11:07] <kaushal> Nafallo, I am running Ubuntu 8.04 Server
[11:08] <Nafallo> yes. so?
[11:08] <kaushal> I did find / -name "bootclean.sh" -print
[11:08] <Nafallo> if you're putting persistant files in /tmp you're doing it wrong :-)
[11:08] <kaushal> yeah i understand that
[11:09] <kaushal> there are some application files which is in /tmp folder
[11:09] <Jeeves_> kaushal: So fix the application
[11:10] <Jeeves_> next upgrade, you change will probably be overwritten
[11:10] <Jeeves_> and than, all your data are belong to /tmp
[11:11] <kaushal> Nafallo, do i have to comment out the function clean_tmp()
[11:11] <kaushal> in bootclean shell script
[11:13] <Nafallo> kaushal: wouldn't know. I've told you were to look. I don't want to break your system further :-)
[11:15] <Jeeves_> Nafallo: :)
[11:15] <Jeeves_> kaushal: You're fixing symptoms, not the problem
[11:15] <Jeeves_> why would you want to do that
[12:45] <didrocks> jamie_: you didn't have too many things to change in my code?
[12:55] <jdstrand> didrocks: your code seemed it would work fine, but basically wanted things in different places
[12:55] <jdstrand> s/but/but I/
[12:56] <didrocks> jdstrand: yeah, I saw it :)
[12:57] <didrocks> well, glad it can helped a little :)
[12:57] <jdstrand> didrocks: you helped a lot, thanks!
[12:57] <jdstrand> :)
[12:57] <didrocks> you're welcome :)
[15:01]  * ScottK filed Bug 310599, so here's your chance to scream if you object.
[15:32] <agampher> hello, what is the best way (best practice) to keep Apache from starting automatically on boot?
[15:33] <Deeps> invoke-rc.d apache[2] remove
[15:33] <agampher> thanks
[15:38] <zul> ScottK: have you got 5.1 to build on jaunty?
[15:39] <ScottK> zul: Yes.
[15:39] <ScottK> I test built it last night and it succeeded.
[15:39] <zul> with the mysql-test suite?
[15:39] <ScottK> There were test suite failures, but they didn't break the build.
[15:39] <zul> got a log?
[15:40] <ScottK> No.  I didn't think that far ahead.
[15:40] <zul> can you send me a log?
[15:40] <ScottK> No, since I haven't got one.
[15:41]  * ScottK will toss it at a ppa.
[15:47] <agampher> Deeps: ok, I can't seem to get that command to work correctly - invoke-rc.d: unknown initscript, /etc/init.d/apache2 not found.
[15:48] <agampher> using update-rc.d apache2 remove also seems to fail
[15:48] <ScottK> zul: It should appear here in due course: https://launchpad.net/~kitterman/+archive
[15:48] <zul> ScottK: k thanks
[15:49] <Deeps> urr, yeah, not invoke, update
[15:49] <agampher> update throws this error:\
[15:50] <agampher> update-rc.d: /etc/init.d/apache2 exists during rc.d purge (use -f to force)
[15:50] <agampher> should i force it?
[15:50] <Deeps> yea
[15:50] <Deeps> it's warning you that the script still exists, are you sure you want to prevent it from starting automatically?
[15:50] <agampher> thanks for your help, that worked
[16:30] <Gargoyle> me waves - have a good xmas !
[16:50] <ScottK> zul: Built on i386 and amd64 (lpia still in progress) so have fun with the build logs: https://launchpad.net/~kitterman/+archive
[17:32] <LeeQ> I need help with sudo... not sure exactly what i did but now I can't do anything via sudo... says user is not in the sudoers file
[17:37] <LeeQ> and that is my only user...
[17:37] <LeeQ> how do I get prcledges back?
[17:38] <leonel> LeeQ: boot in maintenance  and in the server console  fix the user
[17:39] <LeeQ> how do I do that?
[17:41] <leonel> LeeQ:  go to the server  and  in the server keyboard  press   CRTL-ALT-DEL   then the reboot process will be started
[17:41] <leonel> at the grub prompt select  the    recovery mode
[17:41] <leonel> that will leave you in a  root  shell
[17:42] <leonel> there you can fix the user
[17:42] <leonel> then
[17:42] <LeeQ> ah, ok, then just add the user back to the admin group?
[17:42] <leonel> just exit the shell and all will start as normal
[17:42] <leonel> LeeQ:  I don't know what you did  ...
[17:42] <leonel> LeeQ:  but you need to fix the user with sudo permissions
[17:43] <LeeQ> I think I removed the user from the group inadvertantly
[18:18] <SpaceBass> hey folks
[18:18] <SpaceBass> i woke up this morning and out of the blue my 8.10 server can no long do user authentication against my OSX Server
[18:19] <SpaceBass> nothing changed on either end - logs on the apple side don't show any authention errors...any ideas about troubleshooting from the ubuntu side?
[18:19] <SpaceBass> getent passwd shows the directory users
[18:20] <zicada> is it straight up samba ?
[18:20] <SpaceBass> no samba involved
[18:21] <zicada> gotta know what protocol we're talking about
[18:21] <zicada> :)
[18:21] <SpaceBass> ldap+kerberos
[18:21] <zicada> oh
[18:21] <zicada> out of the blue is always scary
[18:21] <zicada> :D
[18:21] <SpaceBass> exactly
[18:21] <SpaceBass> no updates, no changes, nothing
[18:21] <zicada> logically if you didnt do anything, someone or something else did
[18:22] <zicada> so, might wanna start on that end
[18:22] <zicada> things dont just happen, except full disks and such, or, well i know nothing of osx,- some sort of auto update feature ?
[18:23] <SpaceBass> auto-updates are disabled
[18:23] <SpaceBass> in this case, its easy to think of the osx server as a BSD box
[18:23] <zicada> and nobody else has access to either box with enough privs ?
[18:23] <SpaceBass> no
[18:25] <SpaceBass> looking at the logs now
[18:25] <SpaceBass> although I suppose if it was hacked then I won't see anything
[18:26] <zicada> yeah, could be
[18:26] <zicada> fraid i dont know enough about ldap
[18:26] <SpaceBass> although I doubt that was the case...but could happen
[18:54] <MatBoy> someone here ever used LVM on softraid during an install ?? I'm not able to find any docs about it
[18:58] <Faust-C> MatBoy: what are you wanting to know
[19:01] <SpaceBass> zicada, problem solved :D
[19:01]  * SpaceBass wipes egg from his face
[19:01] <zicada> ha, what was it ?
[19:01] <zicada> you did something didnt you ? :D
[19:02] <SpaceBass> no, lack of something
[19:02] <SpaceBass> server out of HD space
[19:02] <SpaceBass> lol
[19:02] <zicada> haha
[19:02] <zicada> i actually said that too
[19:02] <zicada> even tho i didnt really think that was it
[19:03] <SpaceBass> you did say that...i see that now
[19:12] <sommer> zul: not sure if you saw my message this weekend, but I have updated ebox packages in my ppa
[19:17] <MatBoy> Faust-C: how should I set it up ? make 2 raiddisks and set LVM on it ?
[19:18] <Faust-C> the setting up is up to you
[19:18] <Faust-C> and yes you make each disk a md and then lay LVM on top
[19:18] <MatBoy> Faust-C: but each MD is fixed
[19:18] <MatBoy> so it's not an advantage
[19:19] <Faust-C> what do you mean each md is fixed
[19:20] <Faust-C> a hdd (physical or raid) is fixed of course
[19:20] <Faust-C> LVM deals w/ the file system(s) not the physical aspects of the storage medium
[19:21] <zul> sommer: cool i didnt see it this weekend but send an email to remind to have a look
[19:21] <MatBoy> Faust-C: ok, but when I have 2x 250GB in raid1 using softraid I can't put multiple LVM's on it ofcourse :S
[19:21] <zul> sommer: it probably wont get done til after christmas though since today is my last day at work
[19:26] <sommer> zul: no problem
[19:28] <Faust-C> MatBoy: wow you just confused me
[19:28] <Faust-C> my setup is 4 1Tb disks making 2 TB of usable space
[19:29] <Faust-C> and multiple lvm volumes (around 8)
[19:29] <Faust-C> and you dont make a huge ass LVM, you use what you need
[19:30] <Faust-C> and use the correct file system (xfs doesnt shrink)
[19:30] <MatBoy> Faust-C: weird, I can make a MD1 raid one, but no LVM on it
[19:30] <MatBoy> :S
[19:30] <Faust-C> you have to commit it
[19:30] <MatBoy> let me look
[19:30] <Faust-C> MatBoy: each hdd is a md dev
[19:31] <Faust-C> md-1 and md0 (example)
[19:31] <MatBoy> Faust-C: yep, have that here
[19:31] <MatBoy> mhh
[19:31] <MatBoy> how do you mean than ?
[19:31] <MatBoy> I have 2 disks, I raid them
[19:31] <MatBoy> raid1
[19:31] <MatBoy> and than LVM on it ?
[19:31] <Faust-C> yes
[19:32] <MatBoy> weird, I thought the same, but was not possible
[19:32] <Faust-C> cause you have to commit (write) the changes
[19:32] <MatBoy> I'm no linux noob, but never used LVM :)
[19:32] <MatBoy> yes and go back
[19:32] <Faust-C> then reboot and it will 'see' it
[19:32] <MatBoy> ok
[19:32] <Faust-C> remember some things arent as dynamic as you would expect them to be
[19:32]  * MatBoy is starting the installer
[19:33] <MatBoy> yes, I had that idea too
[19:33] <MatBoy> I know that when you lost all MD's you need to create MD and exit directly and everything is back
[19:33] <MatBoy> example
[19:34] <MatBoy> mhh, p5K really has a bad onboard nic
[19:37] <MatBoy> Faust-C: mhh, why Faust ? :)
[19:37] <Faust-C> what
[19:38] <MatBoy> where ?
[19:38] <Faust-C> when
[19:40] <MatBoy> now ?
[19:40] <Faust-C> no later
[19:41] <genii> One of those Yukons ?
[19:41] <RediXe> sudo chmod -R 2770 /projects/       Two members of the same group can read and write but if one member creates a directory even though the permissions say read write for the group 2nd group member can not read or write.
[19:42]  * Faust-C uses ug+rwx
[19:43] <RediXe> We will see if we can break it using that
[19:46] <MatBoy> Faust-C: OK, I will stretch up than :
[19:46] <MatBoy> Faust-C: seems to work now
[19:46] <MatBoy> Faust-C: ever used encrypted LVM ? good performance ?
[19:47] <Faust-C> not in production no
[19:47] <Faust-C> too much of a risk
[19:47] <Faust-C> ill encrypt backups but not the live system
[19:48] <MatBoy> Faust-C: yes true indeed, my concern too
[19:53] <Faust-C> hell which should i do first
[19:53] <Faust-C> postfix or dovecot ?
[19:55] <JuleTecki> Hi there, can anyone tell me why my /etc/networking/interfaces is read-only as root? 8.10 server
[19:56] <Faust-C> you mean sudo
[19:56] <JuleTecki> yeah
[19:56] <MatBoy> Faust-C: postfix
[19:56] <MatBoy> Faust-C: why do you want to use dovecot ?
[19:56] <Faust-C> MatBoy: ty
[19:56] <MatBoy> Faust-C: NP !
[19:57] <Faust-C> MatBoy: im just trying to go by docs on website
[19:57] <RediXe> Faust-C: We ran the ug+rw on the server and both client machines but again have a permission denied error.
[19:57] <MatBoy> Faust-C: tyhere is a damn good howto on howtoforge
[19:57] <Faust-C> MatBoy: link
[19:57] <Faust-C> RediXe: did you restart smb and is smb properly configured?>
[19:57] <MatBoy> Faust-C: right
[19:57] <MatBoy> :P
[19:57] <Delvien> Having a problem with SSH, pubkey auth failure, every other computer can connect to it just fine but when i connect to it from a certain one, it fails everytime (when no in a LAN)
[19:57] <MatBoy> hehe some loser is explaning here that Windows ME is a previous release in front of XP...
[19:57] <MatBoy> wtf
[19:57] <MatBoy> :P
[19:58] <Faust-C> Delvien: what does log files say
[19:58] <RediXe> Faust-C: Not using smb - sshfs and git (using git at the moment for testing)
[19:58] <Delvien> Faust-C: on the client or the hose?
[19:58] <Delvien> host*
[19:58] <Faust-C> Delvien: both
[19:58] <Faust-C> RediXe: oic, what do logs say
[19:58] <Delvien> Faust-C: where do i see the log :x
[19:58] <Faust-C> Delvien: /var/log
[19:59] <MatBoy> hehe, he now is seeing she has an old IE :P
[19:59] <Faust-C> its amazing, out of all 5 of these ubuntu server books i have
[19:59] <MatBoy> I doubt if IE7 runs on ME :P
[19:59] <Faust-C> NONE have info on making mail server
[19:59] <MatBoy> LOL
[19:59] <MatBoy> Faust-C: /me is searching for you !!
[19:59] <Delvien> Faust-C: there is no logfile for ssh in there
[19:59] <Faust-C> MatBoy: ty
[19:59] <RediXe> Faust-C: with git it is attempting to create a file and gets a permission denied unless we run the chmod -R 2770 (or ug+rw) ... not sure where a log would be as this is our first time playing with git
[20:00] <Faust-C> Delvien: messages, auth and daemon logs
[20:00] <MatBoy> Faust-C: this one is kinda nice for you http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=97600
[20:00] <Faust-C> RediXe: all logs should be /var/log
[20:00] <RediXe> Faust-C: okay, I will take a look
[20:00] <MatBoy> Faust-C: damn LVM is really layered :)
[20:00] <Faust-C> MatBoy: yeah im trying to make it simple
[20:00] <MatBoy> Faust-C: yeah, I used it to setup a system for... uhm, dunno anymore
[20:01] <Faust-C> but enterprise lvl as wel
[20:01] <MatBoy> Faust-C: doable using that howto
[20:01] <MatBoy> Faust-C: or use qmail
[20:02] <Faust-C> beb
[20:02] <MatBoy> damn, why is this chick so hot every time
[20:02] <MatBoy> http://images.lekkerding.com/cbhjnsdhgsfgh.jpg
[20:02] <MatBoy> :D
[20:02] <RediXe> Faust-C: Yes I see some logs but nothing descriptive enough to tell me to look it for errors. eg there is no git.log or anything of the sort
[20:03] <Delvien> Faust-C: I dont see anything that is remotely close to SSH in auth or daemon *.log
[20:05] <Delvien> It says this "Host key verification failed
[20:05] <Delvien> but i connect from the same client inside the lan and it works fine
[20:05] <JuleTecki> Hi there, can anyone tell me why my /etc/networking/interfaces is read-only (sudo) 8.10 server
[20:06] <JuleTecki> i cant "touch test" in homedir either
[20:06] <JuleTecki> all in "mount" are "rw"
[20:06] <Faust-C> Delvien: does ssh allow outside connections not in lan
[20:12] <Delvien> Faust-C: Yeah, i do it on my server, but on my desktop im not able to for some reason
[20:13] <Faust-C> Delvien: get a new key
[20:13] <Faust-C> see what happens
[20:14] <LoveGuru> jmedina :)  wC!
[20:15] <Delvien> Faust-C: Have, still doesnt do it
[20:16] <Faust-C> Delvien: and the logs have no relevant errors
[20:17] <Delvien> nope
[20:17] <Delvien> when i try to connect, just host key verification failed
[20:17] <Delvien> Only happens on the one client (my phone)
[20:17] <Faust-C> Delvien: odd
[20:18] <jmedina> LoveGuru: hi, what is "wC"?
[20:18] <RediXe> user1 runs sudo chmod -R ug+rw /path/to/dir    run same command on server to it's proper directory and user2 does same for his directory.    User1 shows  user1:developers    server shows root:developers   user2 shows user2:developers     Everything works for a little bit until user1 has to make a change to a directory that user2 created then we have to run the sudo chmod -R ug+rw /path/to/dir all over again to get past a permission
[20:18] <RediXe>  denied error.
[20:18] <LoveGuru> jmedina: Welcome :) sorry for shortcut :\
[20:19] <Faust-C> RediXe: start over
[20:19] <RediXe> Faust-C: what do you mean by "start over" - like wipe the server and start over? or explain my error again in a different way?
[20:20] <Faust-C> make a completely new directory
[20:20] <Faust-C> and give it proper perms
[20:20] <Faust-C> make sure the folder its in has proper perms as well
[20:20] <Faust-C> if its in /srv/git make sure /srv has perms set
[20:25] <RediXe> on the server it's:    /dir1 root:data   (all users are part of data group)   /dir1/a/   root:developers  (only developers are part of this group   /dir1/a/a/  root:developers   /dir1/a/a/a/  root:developers     /dir1/a/a/a/*   root:developers    I really don't want to set up another git repository if i can help it
[20:25] <Tim__Reichhart> I need help on removing the RSA from my apache server can anybody help?
[20:26] <Faust-C> RediXe: i dont think you should have root be owner
[20:26] <Faust-C> considering there is no real root
[20:26] <Faust-C> also i find that a sercurity risk imo
[20:26] <Faust-C> but thats me
[20:26] <RediXe> Well, then who should be the owner?
[20:26] <Tim__Reichhart> I need help on removing the RSA from my apache server can anybody help?
[20:26] <Faust-C> RediXe: someone in that group
[20:27] <RediXe> Faust-C: is there a way to just change the owner and not owner:group? I want to keep the correct groups that it already has
[20:28] <Faust-C> RediXe: just chown <username>:<whatevergroup>
[20:28] <RediXe> Faust-C: nvm, chown user1 /dir
[20:28] <RediXe> Faust-C: I don't want to have to re-assign all the groups to the sub directories :P
[20:29] <RediXe> Faust-C: Okay, I set my user account as the owner of the directory
[20:29] <Faust-C> RediXe: next time dont use root
[20:30] <RediXe> Faust-C: I just went with what I saw :)
[20:30] <RediXe> Faust-C: So, now that my user is the owner of the root directory and all sub directories is there anything else I need to change so that I don't have to keep running chmod all the time
[20:30] <Faust-C> RediXe: well now ya know, ive had similar issues
[20:31] <Faust-C> RediXe: like i said just make sure a normal user owns the top dir
[20:31] <Faust-C> if it doesnt work start over, make a new dir and go from there
[20:32] <RediXe> Faust-C: We will give it a shot but if I have to start over it will just be moving all the subdirectories into a temp dir. Deleting the top dir. Making it. Setting perms and then mv all the stuff back into it
[20:33] <Faust-C> you will have to chown -R and possibly chmod -R all of it
[20:33] <Faust-C> *maybe*
[20:41] <MatBoy> mhh, 8.10 is really not better than 8.04
[20:45] <Delvien> hmm, ive got hits on my firewall from Cheeseworm, when trying to connect from my ssh client. Is someone eavsdropping my connection?
[20:46] <Faust-C> Delvien: sounds like time to use wireshark
[20:48] <Delvien> What will that do for me?
[20:48] <Faust-C> Delvien: i suggest you look into it
[20:49] <Delvien> There are no interfaces on which a capture can be done
[20:49] <Delvien> sigh, everything has to be so difficult
[20:58] <MatBoy> why does 8.10 boots so bad ?
[20:59] <Faust-C> Delvien: you have to be patient
[21:00] <Delvien> Faust-C: Sorry, just been trying to fix this for 3 hours
[21:00] <Faust-C> Delvien: np, i completely understand
[21:00] <Delvien> Faust-C: figured out what the problem was, the application on my phone was holding an old RSA key.
[21:01] <Faust-C> Delvien: see i thought so
[21:12] <coolrazor> will procmail auto create folders in users' maildirs that I specify in .procmailrc?
[21:19] <henkjan> coolrazor: yes it does
[21:20] <coolrazor> Thank you.  I just got tasked with setting procmail on a production server and I've only done it twice at home :/
[21:43] <LoveGuru> how can i check my system configuration ?
[21:45] <foxytheold> maybe apt-get check will do what u require
[22:02] <Faust-C> i swear i might get spammed for that email but oh well
[22:03] <Faust-C> im tired of ppl writing half a** books, charging money and then leaving the end user broke
[22:17] <tsrk> I have sendmail running to handle php mail() requests but I don't have a FQDN.  In the past I've configured it so that it is tricked into thinking the hostname is the FQDN using the hosts file, but I forgot how to do that.  Does anyone here know how?
[22:21] <jmedina> tsrk: add an entry to your /etc/hosts file, something like:
[22:21] <jmedina> 192.168.1.1 mail.domain.tld  mail
[22:30] <Swiateckix> can anyone tell me what goes wrong here? http://www.swiatechs.com/dmesg.txt
[22:54] <Kevin__> Hi, I just setup ProFTPD on my Ubuntu web server and am getting permission denied errors every time I try and edit a file from a remote machine. Any ideas?
[22:55] <Faust-C> Kevin__: edit how?
[22:55] <Kevin__> via FTP
[22:55] <Faust-C> like conf files
[22:55] <Kevin__> no, it is my /var/www/
[22:55] <Faust-C> Kevin__: are you in www-data group
[22:56] <Faust-C> and i would use /srv/www (just my opinion)
[22:56] <Kevin__> I'm not quite sure, any way I can find out?
[22:56] <Kevin__> ... regarding the www-data group
[22:57] <Faust-C> groups username
[22:57] <Faust-C> username being your username
[22:58] <Kevin__> The server is logged in under my only account and I am logging into FTP via the same account
[22:59] <Kevin__> also, this is probably an important part -> I can't edit the files without sudo'ing in on the actual machine
[22:59] <Faust-C> Kevin__: .... is your user in www-data group
[22:59] <Faust-C> you need to ssh into machine and do 'groups kevin'
[23:00] <Faust-C> if you arent add yourself to group and make sure the folder has rw permission for group
[23:00] <Kevin__> ah got it
[23:00] <Kevin__> one sec
[23:01] <Kevin__> It is outputting "kevin adm cdrom plugdev lpadmin netdev admin sambashare"
[23:03] <Kevin__> Faust-C: What is the command I should run to move myself into the www data group?
[23:03] <Faust-C> Kevin__: to avoid messing you up, man usermod
[23:04] <Faust-C> usermod -g kevin -G admn cdrom plugdev lpadmin netdev admin sambashare www-data kevin
[23:04] <Faust-C> READ before you do that
[23:04] <Kevin__> run "man usermod" and then do that whole string?
[23:06] <Faust-C> yes
[23:06] <Faust-C> how does one install a local deb pkg and have it resolve deps as well
[23:07] <Faust-C> dpkg -i <file> spits unresolved deps but i want them to be pulled in w/ i install the pkg
[23:09] <Kevin__> Faust-C: When I open up man usermod, I can't type unless I type a few random characters to get the "Log file" prompt to come up at the bottom of the screen. I entered the command and am getting "Cannot write to "<string here>""
[23:10] <Faust-C> Kevin__: .... you use the arrow keys to move around
[23:10] <Faust-C> i suggest you read a lil moe
[23:10] <Faust-C> more*
[23:11] <Kevin__> alright, I'm just a little bit confused. Is there a way I can easily add my user to the www-data group or not
[23:11] <foxytheold> i would just ssh into the box and sudo to root then edit the files with vi
[23:12] <Faust-C> foxytheold: thats not sound advice for a novice user
[23:12] <Kevin__> the problem is that I have to allow others to FTP into it and they are even less savvy then me
[23:13] <Kevin__> can I just do sudo adduser kevin www-data??
[23:13] <Faust-C> Kevin__: that right there is why you need to read
[23:14] <Faust-C> i gave you the cmd and man page to read
[23:14] <Kevin__> Faust-C: I'm new to the terminal (and Linux all together) and I really just don't understand what that page is even telling me. I really appreciate the help though, don't get the feeling that I don't!
[23:14] <foxytheold> Kevin read this http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-linux-add-user-to-group/  you might find it usefull
[23:15] <Faust-C> Kevin__: lol i understand
[23:15] <Faust-C> the wiki is a great place to start
[23:15] <Faust-C> you want to be careful how you approach problems, could lead you more pain that you want
[23:16] <Kevin__> by the way, I read online that the files have to be owned by www-data for them to work.. is it okay if they are owned by kevin?
[23:16] <foxytheold> i found howtoforge to have good guides on server setup's enough to give you a good start for sure
[23:17] <Faust-C> owned is fine, just as long as group is www-data
[23:18] <Kevin__> is www-data considered a primary or secondary group.. and how can you tell/
[23:20] <Kevin__> Before I break anything, will the command # usermod -a -G www-data kevin work?
[23:21] <foxytheold> it should do
[23:21] <foxytheold> do a id kevin to see your current groups
[23:22] <Kevin__> yeah, it added me to the group
[23:22] <Kevin__> thanks a ton
[23:22] <Kevin__> one last question - the group on my www folder is "kevin" and www-data isn't an option for me to choose from.
[23:23] <foxytheold> usergroup -g www-data kevin would probs of been the best way to do what u needed , but i could be wrong
[23:24] <hads> adduser $USER $GROUP
[23:25] <Kevin__> wow, it worked. Thanks again guys, I really appreciate it
[23:25] <Faust-C> foxytheold: his other groups will be gone w/ that cmd
[23:27] <foxytheold> arrrg! just lost me screen .. loool tpping to many keys at once.. oh well
[23:27] <foxytheold> tapping even
[23:32] <Swiateckix> Hi, can anyone see why my boot stops: http://www.swiatechs.com/dmesg.txt
[23:34] <eolo999> hi, someone has ever used RedHat Spacewalk and can share impressions?
[23:34] <Faust-C> eolo999: it doesnt work on ubuntu (yet)
[23:34] <eolo999> i know
[23:34] <Faust-C> Swiateckix: try testing mem or disabling acpi
[23:35] <Faust-C> you dont have some odd device in there do ya
[23:35] <Faust-C> eolo999: i would ask in #centos
[23:35] <eolo999> i was just curious to hear impressions
[23:35] <Swiateckix> Faust-C: how do i disable acpi? :)
[23:35] <eolo999> the underlaying lib is the same of ubuntu kvm-jeos
[23:35] <Faust-C> Swiateckix: that is something the mighty google will have to answer
[23:36] <Faust-C> eolo999: idk i looked at it and it seems pretty nice
[23:36] <Swiateckix> Faust-C: i have a Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L  ( http://www.linuxhcl.org/browse/product+gigabyte-ga-g31m-s2l?id=6523 ) + a SATA disk, and a dvd drive.. thats it
[23:36] <Faust-C> supposedly ebox is to be on par w/ it but i dont like ebox all that much
[23:36] <Faust-C> Swiateckix: could be some piece of hw going out
[23:36] <Swiateckix> going out?
[23:37] <Swiateckix> as in failing?
[23:37] <eolo999> i have to choose a platform tu build some services on and i found spacewalk which i didn't know before... but i would prefer remaining on ubuntu ;)
[23:37] <Faust-C> Swiateckix: yes
[23:38] <Faust-C> eolo999: well imo they all add un-needed pkgs
[23:38] <Faust-C> so they can make a stable system unstable
[23:38] <Faust-C> but thats my opinion
[23:38] <Faust-C> i hope to create something similar to NRPE
[23:38] <Swiateckix> well its a brand new MB, and well the disk and dvd-drive aren't to old.. but it could be
[23:38] <Faust-C> or whatever nagios calls it
[23:38] <Faust-C> Swiateckix: test mem and disk
[23:39] <eolo999> Faust-C: Thx
[23:39] <Swiateckix> i will try
[23:39] <eolo999> I'd really like to find a viable way to rapidly deploy and administer a modest range of machines
[23:40] <eolo999> *virtual
[23:40]  * eolo999 google for NRPE
[23:40] <Faust-C> eolo999: what are you using for VM
[23:41] <Faust-C> i use esx and manually install each VM atm, takes no more than 10-15 mins actually less
[23:41] <eolo999> now i'm trying xen on 8.04 but it's not a definitive choice... we're just testing
[23:42] <foxytheold> cant u make one vm then clone it,, just a though , never tried it myself
[23:42] <Faust-C> vanilla xen has no decent management tools
[23:42] <Faust-C> foxytheold: yeah but its not that simple
[23:42] <Faust-C> eolo999: i would suggest looking into how suse does it
[23:42] <foxytheold> why as long as you dont setup the network setting in the vm to b cloned..
[23:42] <Faust-C> i forgot what its called but it uses a xml file to store settings and installs w/o user input
[23:43] <Faust-C> foxytheold: there is more to it than that
[23:44]  * Faust-C tries to remember wth its called about some "UUID" for the VM, idk if linux suffers from this
[23:44] <foxytheold> there probs is but that has to be the route for quote "a faster deployment"
[23:44] <eolo999> the nice thing about spacewalk is that it goes from kickstarting to configuring (cfengine/puppet) and updating packages... that's why i asked for it..
[23:45] <Faust-C> eolo999: yeah i completely understand
[23:46] <Faust-C> i plan on makng my own app for administration
[23:46] <Faust-C> or at least presenting it to someone
[23:47] <eolo999> if you go ahead...i'm in...at my office asked me to write 'a bunch of scripts' to do it!
[23:47] <Faust-C> eolo999: heh yeah im wanting to use python for the lang
[23:48] <Faust-C> a node/hub senerio
[23:51] <eolo999> Faust-C: really let me know if you open a public project..
[23:52] <Faust-C> eolo999: PM
[23:55] <Swiateckix> Faust-C: im performing a memtest now
[23:55] <Swiateckix> the ACPI disable seems to have removed some debug information, but there still is a problemt