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SuperSeniorWhy do many programs have a "/chrome" sub-directory where they are installed?01:45
SuperSeniorI notice this more in open source applications..01:45
uvirtbotNew bug: #386172 in postfix (main) "package postfix None [modified: /var/lib/dpkg/info/postfix.list] failed to install/upgrade: subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/38617202:21
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JDStonei'm getting these errors in dmesg.  All was working well, I shut down my server and brought it home from being at school.  I couple weeks later, I plug my server in, boot it up and now I'm getting these errors.03:50
JDStonehttp://pastebin.ubuntu.com/193919/03:50
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jmarsdenJDStone: At first look, your 1TB drive /dev/sdc may be going bad?? Or the data cable connecting it isn't firmly connected at both ends?  Did you open up the hardware and unplug/replug both ends of the SATA data cable?  Might be worth a try.  Also, could the drive have sustained a nasty physical shock during its move from school to home??04:36
twbWhat does smartd say about it?04:37
twbObviously also check the cabling, and if possible simply replace the data and power cables.04:37
soccerGuyhey guys04:43
soccerGuyi had a question for 32 bits packages on 64 bits machine04:44
jmarsdenGo ahead and ask it :)04:44
soccerGuywoow, so i am not alone04:44
soccerGuythanks jmarsden:-)04:44
soccerGuyi thought nobody is here04:45
soccerGuyanyway my question is04:45
pschulz01soccerGuy: here as well.04:45
soccerGuycool04:45
soccerGuy:-)04:45
pschulz01soccerGuy: There are 32bit library compatability layer for 64 bit machines.04:46
soccerGuyI need to install 32 bit on my amd64, i know chroot can do this or ia32-libs04:46
soccerGuyhowever for ia32libs,  i need to figure otu each package and their dependency04:47
pschulz01I remember that the 'World of Goo' game, which was 32bit only, had some excellent instructions.04:47
soccerGuyi see ia32-apt-get automatically download necessary libs and dependencies04:47
pschulz01Ooo.. I didn't know that.04:47
soccerGuyhowever there is not enough documentation how to use that superb package:-(04:47
* jmarsden will install it and see :)04:48
soccerGuyI know that my question a little spesific:-) but I was suprised that this magical package is infamous in our Linux community04:49
pschulz01http://2dboy.com/forum/index.php/topic,1432.0.html04:49
soccerGuyjmarsden, let me know how it goes!04:49
soccerGuyand good luck!04:49
pschulz01sudo apt-get install ia32-libs04:50
soccerGuyyou will need that04:50
soccerGuypschulz01, yeah i used ia32-libs04:50
soccerGuybut the problem is I need to locate each package and use dpkg and figure out their dependencies, thanks for suggestion though:-)04:50
jmarsdensoccerGuy: Did you read /usr/share/doc/ia32-apt-get/README.Debian ? Seems to explain what is going on reasonably well...04:51
twbIt would be MUCH better to fix the broken package that asks for ia32 libraries.04:51
jmarsdentwb: True ... I'd guessed the software package concerned could be commercial closed binary-only stuff...04:52
soccerGuyyes I did jmarsden, but the thing i dont understand how apt-get understand which package(32 or 64) I want him to install04:52
twbjmarsden: then all you can do is file a bug.04:52
twbjmarsden: but it's important that the user (soccerGuy) at least knows that he should try that approach if it's open to him.04:53
soccerGuysorry what you mean twb?04:54
jmarsdensoccerGuy: line 11 of the README.Debian says:   + Library package names are prefixed with ia32-04:55
jmarsdenSo surely you can do    sudo apt-get install ia32-libsomeliborother   # to force installing the 32bit version.04:56
jmarsdenBut what makes you think you need to figure out all the dependencies by hand... that is what apt does for you... right?04:56
soccerGuyyes04:56
soccerGuyit creates 2 sources list04:57
soccerGuy etc/apt/foreign/sourcelist04:57
jmarsdenYes.  Make sure they include the repository containing the 32bit package you "need" (please do tell is what it is!)04:57
soccerGuyand etc/apt/native/sourcelist04:57
jmarsdenand then use apt-get as normal.04:57
jmarsdenI know, I read the documentation :)04:57
soccerGuyhaha04:58
soccerGuysorry jmarsden04:58
jmarsdenSo ... what exactly is your question or problem?04:58
soccerGuyso if i run apt-get install ia32-apache2, will it install 32bits apache?04:58
soccerGuyi didnt know how to use the package04:58
twbGetting biarch in dpkg would be nice...04:59
jmarsdenWell, apache2 is not a library, so that's not quite what the docs say...04:59
soccerGuyi thought it can download binary packages04:59
jmarsdensoccerGuy: sudo apt-get install whatever-weird-package-you-need.deb   # should pull in whaetver other 32 big dependencies it needs...04:59
jmarsdensoccerGuy: So did you actually try it?  Just apt-get the package you really need??05:00
soccerGuyi didnt try what you said, i will give a try05:00
soccerGuyso i still need to locate the package05:01
jmarsdensoccerGuy: No, you just need to know its name -- but if you don't know that, how do you know that you "need" a 32 bit version of it??!05:01
soccerGuyi mean if i type apt-get install apache2, i can get apache2 for 64 bits and i dont need to figure out dependencies05:01
jmarsdenWhat is the package you are really trying to use that is 32bit only?05:01
soccerGuyI need to install apache2 webserver05:02
jmarsdenThat is not 32bit only!05:02
soccerGuyno, it is not 32 bit only05:02
jmarsdenTrust me the 64 bit version works fine.05:02
soccerGuyi need to use 32 bit version for memory concern05:02
jmarsdenSo... what is the real issue here?05:02
soccerGuyreal issue is ram05:02
jmarsdenAre you 100% sure the 32bit version will use significantly less RAM than the 64bit version?  Where did you get that information from?05:03
soccerGuyI got from various articles05:03
soccerGuyI have only 256MB VPS05:04
jmarsdenHave you tried using the 64bit version and just removed all the modules you do not need, configuring apache carefully, etc?05:04
soccerGuyyes05:04
soccerGuyI optimize the server05:04
soccerGuyaccording to their tuning documentation05:05
jmarsdenBy the time you load all the relevant 32bit libs etc you might find you are not really saving much RAM... can you point me to an article suggesting the use of 32bit apache on a 64bit server to save RAM?05:05
soccerGuyso now i am rereading that line 1105:05
soccerGuysure05:05
soccerGuyone sec05:05
infinitysoccerGuy: Whoever's telling you to use 32-bit versions of apache to save RAM is silly.05:07
jmarsdeninfinity: That is my sense too, but let's read his sources to be sure :)05:07
infinitysoccerGuy: While it's technically true that the data structures are smaller, and it will save a bit of memory usage, you'll also lost all the 64-bit registers and lose a whack of performance in the process.05:07
soccerGuyhttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/935443/64bit-vs-32bit-ubuntu-on-low-memory-systems-why-does-ubuntu-64bit-eat-my-ram and http://www.scribd.com/doc/363677/Benchmarks-AMD64-in-32bit-mode-vs-64bit-mode-Ubuntu05:07
soccerGuyphew05:08
soccerGuyyou can find lots of benchmark on internet05:08
soccerGuyanywayI still dont get how to use this packe, so you are sayin apt-get install package name will be enough05:09
jmarsdenThe first one is about using a 32bit system as a whole, vs using a 64bit system as a whole.  It specifically includes someone saying using a 32bit app on a 64bit system consumes extar RAM because of all the 32bit libs you load just for it...05:09
infinitysoccerGuy: The benchmarks you just showed us showed amd64 LAMP systems outperforming i386...05:09
soccerGuyhey guys, I will show my results after i figure out how to use this package05:10
jmarsdensoccerGuy: I see nothing in those articles recommending running 32bit apache on 64bit Linux.05:10
jmarsdenOK, have fun :)05:10
infinitysoccerGuy: Anyhow.  If you want to test 32-bit and 64-bit, I'd recommend testing a pure i386 install and a pure amd64 install.  Doing anything bi-arch just to run a 32-bit apache will definitely never be a win.05:11
jmarsdeninfinity: Agreed, but soccerGuy apparently doesn't have the RAM for doing both at once on his VPS :)05:11
soccerGuy:-)05:12
soccerGuyjmarsden, did you install any 32bits application by using that package, if you do please just give me an example, thats all i need05:12
soccerGuyapache is big package, so i want to install dnsutils05:13
soccerGuyin 32 bits05:13
jmarsdensoccerGuy: No -- you never provided me with the name of a 32bit-only application I could try out for you :)05:13
soccerGuycan u give me command which i should run05:13
soccerGuydnsutils?05:14
jmarsdendnsutils is available as a 64bit package.05:14
soccerGuyapt-get install dnsutils  install 64 bits05:14
soccerGuythey have 32 bits too05:14
jmarsdenRIght.05:14
jmarsdenYes.05:14
soccerGuyhow can i install 32 bits one05:14
jmarsdenIf you are realy desperate, tweak your apt sources files to exclude the 64 bit one, I suppose.  But this is a 100% pointless thing to be doing.05:15
infinityYou can't.05:15
infinityWe don't support multi-arch package installs.05:15
infinityIf you want random things compiled for i386 on an amd64 system, you get to build them yourself at this point.05:15
soccerGuyaccording to ia32-apt-get, it can do this job, isnt it jmarsden?05:15
jmarsdenFor packages which are in the 32bit world but NOT in the 64bit one, yes.05:16
jmarsdenYou have not gfiven us the name of such a package yet.05:16
infinity(You can dpkg --force-architecture, but it will drive apt insane later)05:16
soccerGuydnsutils isnt a package?05:16
jmarsdenIt has a 64bit version.05:16
billybigriggerok i think i almost have my mailserver setup correctly using dovecot/postfix/ssl05:16
jmarsdensoccerGuy: You need to supply the name of something that is 32bit *only* for this to work.05:16
billybigriggeri'm tailing my /var/log/mail.log and can see when i start thunderbird imap-login and it logs in my user...but i can't recieve mail05:17
soccerGuyumm, jmarsden, I thought this ia32-apt-get can install 32 bits package eventough that package has 64 bits versoion, maybe i am wrong05:17
twbsoccerGuy: given the ridiculous number of filthy dependencies you seem to have, would it be easier for you to just run your proprietary ia32 app within a virtual environment?05:17
billybigriggeri used to recieve regular mail on port 143, but now i'm trying to setup ssl so i forwarded 993 to my mailserver instead of 143, do i  need to forward both ports? or just the ssl 993 port?05:18
jmarsdentwb: In 256MB total RAM in a VPS? Are you serious :)05:18
soccerGuyI am already in virtual enviroment:-)05:18
twbjmarsden: sorry, I didn't see those stats.05:18
twbsoccerGuy: then ask for a second VPS ;-P05:18
soccerGuyhaha twb05:18
twbbiarch is still a massive pain on apt/dpkg.05:18
twbMy usual policy is that if a stupid proprietary app wants, say, RHEL 4.2, then just give it that and leave it the hell alone.05:19
soccerGuyyes twb, I am agree with you, but this package claim that it can figure out dependencies, thats why i am interested05:19
jmarsdensoccerGuy: ia32-apt-get is intended for (I think) cases where there is ONLY a 32bit version of something (say a flash plugin) ... if figures out the deps for that and grabs them for you.05:20
twbsoccerGuy: ia32-apt-get will be a hack; it certainly won't be perfect.  This MUST be the case, because the underlying dpkg infrastructure doesn't support biarch properly.05:20
twbsoccerGuy: out of interest, what is this proprietary thing you're trying to install?05:21
jmarsdentwb: Scroll back... he wants to install 32bit apache because he thinks it will use less RAM...05:21
soccerGuyjmarsden: you are making fun with me05:22
soccerGuy:-)05:22
jmarsdenNo, I'm serious.... you are asking us to help you do something that makes no sense at all.05:22
soccerGuyI will prove you guys that is true once i install apache 32 bits on my server:-)05:22
jmarsdenAs I said earlier, have fun :)05:23
soccerGuythanks guys05:23
soccerGuyI will be digging05:23
twbjmarsden: really?  ahaha05:23
twbjmarsden: I thought he wanted 32-bit apache because he was installing something else, like vmware-server, that wanted to run (say) a 32-bit mod_idiotic.05:24
jmarsdenMe too, at first... took a while for me to understand the reason behind the request.05:24
infinitysoccerGuy: If you're really that concerned about RAM usage, why aren't you just reinstalling the whole systrem as 32-bit?05:25
infinitysoccerGuy: (Still, the performance loss from dropping the amd64 extensions will cripple you far more than the extra RAM will help you, and I stand by that)05:25
soccerGuyinfinity: they only provide 64 bits05:26
infinitysoccerGuy: Yes, so?05:26
soccerGuyI think I need to use chroot05:26
soccerGuyso how can i install application 32 bits?05:27
infinitysoccerGuy: My colo host only provides CentOS.  This doesn't stop me from debootstrapping Ubuntu, and doing a pivot_root install before I whack CentOS completely. :P05:27
soccerGuythanks for suggestion infinity05:27
soccerGuy:-)05:27
infinity*shrug*05:28
infinityMy contention is that if you don't understand bi-arch on Linux enough that you're asking the questions you are, what you're trying to do will only end in tears.05:28
infinityBut, I wash my hands of it, and intend to enjoy a long nap. :P05:28
soccerGuywe will see infinity05:29
soccerGuywe will see05:29
billybigriggerim trying to setup SSL in Dovecot, now does the ssl_cert_file have to be a .pem file? while creating my keys it spit out a .crt and .key not a .pem05:43
jmarsdenbillybigrigger: https://help.ubuntu.com/9.04/serverguide/C/dovecot-server.html05:56
billybigriggerwhen i try to telnet localhost imaps i don't get * OK DOVECOT05:56
billybigriggerjmarsden::: thanks bro, i'm reading the server guide05:56
jmarsdentelnet does not decrypt the SSL for you :)05:56
twbBoo, telnet.  Yay for netcat/socat05:56
billybigriggeri can see in my logs, im logging in ok05:56
billybigriggerJun 11 22:54:01 alixandra dovecot: imap-login: Login: user=<billybigrigger>, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168.1.101, lip=192.168.1.103, TLS05:57
twbjmarsden: he might be using it without SSL05:57
twbApparently not...05:57
billybigriggeri created a self signed cert, pointed dovecot.conf to them in my /etc/ssl dir, enabled ssl, and enabled plaintext_auth05:57
billybigriggerjust like the guide says05:58
billybigriggerforward my router from port 143 to 99305:58
jmarsdenbillybigrigger: Try   openssl s_client -connect localhost:993  # instead of telnet05:58
billybigriggerbut i can't recieve mail, i can send mail, but im using my isp's smtp server for that, so never a problem there05:58
billybigriggerbooya05:58
billybigriggerjmarsden::: that works good05:59
jmarsdenThat's why I suggested it :)05:59
billybigriggerhehe05:59
jmarsdenNow you can type IMAP commands at it to your hearts content to debug your IMAP server setup.05:59
* billybigrigger googles imap command06:00
jmarsdenBTW if that works then you have working SSL certs already (they may be self signed, and not for your domain, etc etc but they are working for SSL at some very basic level of "Working".06:00
SuperSeniorCan I use python scripting to read and write files on Ubuntu Server 9.04?06:05
SuperSeniorwell06:05
SuperSeniorworking with apache of course06:05
SuperSeniorlike using python in the cgi bin?06:05
billybigriggerhmm06:06
billybigriggeri can't seem to pass any imap commands06:06
billybigriggerselect BAD Error in IMAP command received by server.06:06
billybigriggerlist BAD Error in IMAP command received by server.06:06
jmarsdenIf you don't understand the basics of IMAP why are you telnetting to an IMAP port in the first place?06:14
jmarsdenJust exit out and use whatever way of debugging your setup you are most comfortable with.06:14
jmarsdenYou could use mutt or some other IMAP-capable email client if you prefer.06:16
billybigriggeryour losing me06:17
billybigriggerim not an imap-guru :P06:17
jmarsdenThen don't try to telnet to the imap port and type IMAP commands in the first place... I didn't suggest that, you did it...06:18
jmarsdenSince the issue is not what you said it was (SSL cert files)... what *is* the actual problem?06:18
billybigriggeri can't recieve mail06:18
jmarsdenWhat happens when someone sends you email -- how far does it get?  Does it end up in your mailbox on the server?06:19
billybigriggerno06:19
billybigriggerim assuming its being bounced back06:19
jmarsdenassuming is bad.  Where can I send a test email to that you think should reach you?06:20
billybigriggerbillybigrigger@thefrozencanuck.ca06:20
billybigriggeri can send email from this pc to my hotmail account fine06:20
billybigriggerbut sending from hotmail, the mail hasn't shown up yet, it's been a good hour atleast06:20
billybigriggeri shouldn't have to screw with my mx record should i?06:21
jmarsdenYou are not troubleshooting all that well, it would seem.  I just sent you a test and my server logs show: Jun 11 22:20:44 eclipse5 postfix/smtp[16633]: 0B1895685EA: to=<billybigrigger@thefrozencanuck.ca>, relay=thefrozencanuck.ca[68.146.139.247]:25, delay=4.5, delays=0.01/0.04/2.9/1.6, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (250 2.0.0 Ok: queued as DD185916E9)06:21
jmarsdenSo you received it fine, it is somewhere on the server at IP address 68.146.139.247 .06:22
billybigriggerwell then it must be somewhere else, i have been in the process of switching the mailserver from one pc to another06:22
billybigriggeryeah06:22
billybigriggeri have 2 mailservers behind that router06:22
billybigriggeri've pointed the ports from cabo:143 to alixandra:99306:22
billybigriggersince the new server is using ssl06:22
billybigriggerand the old one had no auth, just plaintext06:22
billybigriggerwhich worked fine...06:22
jmarsdenWHich server is listening on port 25 on 68.146.139.24706:23
billybigriggerbah, my bad06:23
billybigriggeri forward the wrong port, i forwarded apache to alixandra not smtp06:24
billybigriggersmtp was forwarded to the old server06:24
jmarsdenWhen you fix that tell me and I'll send you another test email.06:25
billybigriggerk06:26
billybigriggerdone a few minutes ago....06:26
billybigriggernow when i send from hotmail i get a Relay access denied06:26
billybigriggersame with your test email06:26
billybigriggermay i paste your email address here?06:27
jmarsdenRight, now my logs show: Jun 11 22:26:45 eclipse5 postfix/smtp[15577]: 106E15692DD: to=<billybigrigger@thefrozencanuck.ca>, relay=thefrozencanuck.ca[68.146.139.247]:25, delay=1.7, delays=0.01/0/1.3/0.45, dsn=5.7.1, status=bounced (host thefrozencanuck.ca[68.146.139.247] said: 554 5.7.1 <billybigrigger@thefrozencanuck.ca>: Relay access denied (in reply to RCPT TO command))06:27
billybigriggerhmmm06:27
billybigriggerwell i have smtp relay setup to my isp06:27
jmarsdenSo your postfix config is in need of adjustment regarding smtpd_recipient_restrictions, I would think.06:28
billybigriggerbut i thought i had that configured for outgoing email....06:28
jmarsdensmtp relay is when *you* send...06:28
billybigriggerya thats what i thought06:28
jmarsdenYour MX points to your server IP at 68.146.139.24706:28
jmarsdenSo fix postfix on that server to allow me to send you email :)06:28
billybigriggerwell i see smtpd_recipient_restrictions = reject_unknown_sender_domain, reject_unknown_recipient_domain,06:30
billybigriggerand some more06:30
billybigriggerwhy would a default config reject unknown sender domain?06:30
jmarsdenThat's unlikely to be the problem... read the docs to understand what each restriction really does.06:31
jmarsdenYou may want to check your myorigin and mydestination lines in /etc/postfix/main.cf ?06:32
billybigriggermyorigin = /etc/mailname06:33
billybigriggermydestination = alixandra, localhost.localdomain, localhost, $mydomain06:33
billybigriggerseems ok06:33
ScottKbillybigrigger: To answer your reject unknown sender domain question: http://www.postfix.org/postconf.5.html#reject_unknown_sender_domain06:34
ScottKbillybigrigger: Is $mydomain your actual domain or is that literally what is.06:35
billybigriggerthis doesn't make sense, i've copied the postfix/dovecot configs over from a working server, and changed the forwarded ports to the correct pc...06:35
billybigriggerno $mydomain was in there already06:35
jmarsdenbillybigrigger: What does    hostname -d    say ?06:35
billybigriggeri just added alixandra06:35
jmarsdenSo far we are missing your actual domain name :)06:36
billybigriggercg.shawcable.net06:36
billybigriggerahh06:36
jmarsdenThat's not the same thing as thefrozencanuck.ca ... so fix your poxyfix config so I can send email to you ...06:36
jmarsdens/poxyfix/postfix/06:36
billybigriggertry now06:36
jmarsdenNope., still relay denied.  What did you change and did you reload afterwards?06:37
billybigriggeradded alixandra.cg.shawcable.net to mydomains and restarted postfix06:39
jmarsdenYou asked me to send to billybigrigger@thefrozencanuck.ca.  So thefrozencanuck.ca needs to be one of the domains you accept email for... and it still isn't.06:40
billybigriggertry now06:40
jmarsdenOK, you got it.  Can you see it?06:41
billybigriggersent you a reply06:42
billybigriggerthat's really odd....06:42
billybigriggerim going to check the config for the old mailserver06:42
billybigriggermyorigin = /etc/mailname06:43
billybigriggermydestination = alixandra, localhost.localdomain, localhost, $mydomain06:43
billybigriggerthats from my oldserver06:43
billybigriggerand incoming mail worked perfectly fine06:43
jmarsdenOn the old server,  hostname -d    # says what?06:43
billybigriggernothing06:45
billybigriggerhaha06:45
jmarsdenStrange.  Somewhere on that server, either in /etc/mailname or in the hostname you must have thefrozencanuck.ca for it to have worked.06:46
billybigriggerhmmm06:46
billybigriggeri don't recall setting that06:46
billybigriggerbut yes your right06:46
jmarsdenBut you received email over SMTP into that server for user@thefrozencanuck.ca  on it?  Well, anwyay... now you have a working email server.06:47
ScottKWhat about hostname -f?06:47
billybigriggercabo06:51
SuperSenioris there any ghosting software preinstalled on ubuntu server?07:01
jmarsdenThe dd command could be considered ghosting software, I suppose?07:04
jmarsdendd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdc   # will do an image copy of disk sda to disk sdc,  for example07:05
uvirtbotNew bug: #375149 in tomcat6 "tomcat6 needs debug start mode with jpda (dup-of: 375493)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/37514907:31
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snori74postfix logs - what rotates them? doesn't seem to be logrotate -(8.04)10:54
snori74hmm, found the info - in Debian/Ubuntu its syslog, not logrotate that does it for mail.log (see: http://www.ducea.com/2006/06/06/rotating-linux-log-files-part-1-syslog/)11:09
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peter_Hi, iam having 300sec delay on *some* session_start() calls in php5 using ubuntu server (virtual esx setup). Any clues? :/ I am lost on this one12:03
peter_never had this problem on our non-virtual debian box12:04
drurewcould someone take a look at this and hit me with ideas of how this could happen ? thanks http://paste.ubuntu.com/194251/12:04
drurewanyone12:12
drurew?12:12
Appiah_I've got a problem with pam_mkhomedir , it does not seam to create a homedir with pam_mount using NFS12:18
Appiah_I have no idea on how to debug either , i entered debug in pam-session but cant see anything about pam_mkhomedir12:18
ssmAppiah_: pam_mkhomedir and NFS sounds tricky.  I'd use autofs to mount, but I'd also use something other than pam_mkhomedir to make the actual directories12:37
Appiah_well in pam_mount.conf.xml it does say <mkmountpoint enable="1" remove="true">12:39
Appiah_I think it's using pam_mkhomedir? either way none of them seams to work12:39
cankoydrurew: apparently hwaddress line in interfaces is not working. And udev seems confused. Do you see any anomalies in kernel log?12:41
drurewcankoy:http://paste.ubuntu.com/194285/12:46
drurewcankoy:Please complain to your hardware vendor. Switching to a random MAC.12:46
drurewPlease complain to your hardware vendor. Switching to a random MAC.12:46
sorenpeter_: Oh, hi :)12:52
sorenpeter_: Anders just mentioned your name a minute ago and here you are :)12:52
sorenpeter_: 300s timeout sounds suspiciously like a DNS thing.12:52
peter_soren: hi, thanks. and happy birthday :)12:53
cankoydrurew: I guess a new eth interface is created everytime MAC is changed (check with 'ifconfig -a'). You need to find a way to stop that, specifically forcedeth driver seems to be the problem.12:54
sorenpeter_: HAhah :) Thanks :)12:54
drurewhttp://xfliu.blogspot.com/2007/08/linux.html found that12:56
drurewim gonna source a driver12:56
drurewwish me luck12:56
drurew:)12:56
cankoydrurew: that looks quite old, I suggest you search ubuntuforums, launchpad bug reports, etc before patching a kernel module.13:01
drurewyou right13:02
drurewcankoy: undoing a mac spoofing .... this is gonna be hard13:07
sommerkirkland: sure, I'll add something to the virt section13:36
al_paunHi. Does anyone know how to split a internet connection let's say ip's from 192.168.1.2-192.168.1.20 to have 30% from bandwidth and rest 70%14:04
al_paun?14:04
magnetical_paun: using traffic shaping?14:09
Ngwould we expect kvm to work on 8.04?15:27
NgI'm starting a guest directly and kvm just seems to chomp 100% CPU and not really do anything15:27
Nghuh, having said that, it appears to do very much the same thing on karmic15:32
arHi16:36
Kirill_I need to have a PHP file exectuted every 10 seconds. Is the best way to do that to write a script that runs 5 times and sleeps 10 seconds at every iteration and then have a cron job run that script every minute? The script downloads a bunch of xml files and stores them locally16:44
ivoksi'd do it with cron16:44
mathiazivoks: does cron support 10 seconds run?16:45
mathiazivoks: hi btw16:45
Kirill_mathiaz: nope, 1 minute16:45
Kirill_ivoks: 1 minute is the lowest denominator :(16:45
mathiazivoks: IIRC cron only support the minute granularity16:45
ivokshi16:45
ivoksoh, 10 seconds... right.. sorry :)16:46
Kirill_is it worth looking into writing a daemon?16:49
ivokswell, technicaly, it's doable with cron :)16:49
ivoksbut that would be a wicked hack, not a solution16:50
Hecateman cron: cron then wakes up every minute, examining all stored crontabs, checking each command to see if it should be run in  the  current  minute.16:51
ivoksright16:51
ivoksso:16:51
ivoks* * * * * sleep 1; do_somethinw16:52
ivoks* * * * * sleep 2; do_something16:52
ivoks* * * * * sleep 3; do_something16:52
ivoks...16:52
ivokswould be a wicked hack :)16:52
Kirill_ivoks: are you using "wicked" as a positive is? :P16:52
Hecatei think forking a script into background that uses an infinite loop and a sleep(10) which thus executes your command every ten seconds, would kill much less performance.16:53
Kirill_Hecate: thanks I'll look into it! :)16:56
Kirill_ivoks: if I can't get that script working I'll use that, thank you :)16:56
ivoks:)16:56
Hecateyou're welcome16:57
troglobytei did the "encrypt home directory" on install of Server 9.04.  Is there a way to back out of that with out re-installing?17:58
troglobyteI found this: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=113579617:58
troglobytebut want to confirm before I really break something17:59
mathiazjdstrand: hey - who sponsored ufw to debian?18:04
jdstrandmathiaz: kees18:05
jdstrandkees is my man ;)18:05
* jdstrand waves to kees18:05
mathiazjdstrand: when was the first release of ufw available in Ubuntu? hardy?18:06
jdstrandmathiaz: yes. See https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuFirewall for versions in Ubuntu18:06
jdstrand(and other stuff)18:07
mathiazjdstrand: great - thank ya18:08
jdstrandnp18:08
maxbtroglobyte: *FIRST* you need to copy all your data out of the encrypted area, then ensure the user is not logged in, so that the encrypted layer is unmounted, and "mv .ecryptfs .ecryptfs_disabled" (as root, obviously) - "Le Rob" misspelt the name of the thing. Take note that some of the files required to mount private area are in fact stored in /var/lib/ecryptfs/USERNAME (to which ~/.ecryptfs is a symlink)18:10
troglobytemaxb, appreciate it!18:13
diffrastupid question about encrypted home dirs -- does root have access to them?18:14
ivoksnot if user isn't loged in18:14
maxbbut yes, when they are18:15
dinger1986has anyone ever heard of an opensource timesheet program18:15
Sam-I-Amjmedina: you around?18:33
jmedinaSam-I-Am: yeap18:33
Sam-I-Amso i've figured out that using launchpad PPAs is near impossible18:34
Sam-I-Amthey dont allow binary uploads18:34
ivokslol18:34
ivokspoint of ppa is to build source18:34
Sam-I-Amit makes my dependencies a huge mess which means each thing i'm building almost needs its own PPA18:34
Sam-I-Amivoks: i viewed it as a place to host source and binary packages18:35
Sam-I-Amnot compiled somewhere else where i can't monitor exactly how they're getting built18:35
Sam-I-Amfor example, i had to manually install some libraries (.deb) from jaunty on hardy... i didnt build them, they just installed fine.18:35
Sam-I-Amhowever, launchpad wont know what to do18:36
Sam-I-Amso it looks like i also need to build all those libraries18:36
Sam-I-Ami build in chroots so my packages don't wind up having interdependencies... which means i'll need to upload all the same source dependencies for everything i'm building (or something like that)18:36
Sam-I-Amjmedina: so if you want these packages either it'll have to wait until i can wrangle launchpad into working... or i'll put up a web server and you can just grab them there.18:37
infinitySam-I-Am: Having hardy packages depend on binaries from jaunty kinda defeats the whole purpose of a PPA.  If you need to backport jaunty versions to make it work, then do that in the PPA as well.18:40
Sam-I-Aminfinity: thats what its looking like18:40
infinity(Nevermind defeating the purpose of a PPA, having an older suite depend on a newer one defeats the purpose of suites...)18:40
Sam-I-Amwell, for example, theres no libcap2 in hardy18:40
Sam-I-Ambut the jaunty one installs fine18:40
infinityAnd what's wrong with building against libcap1?18:41
infinityI suspect it's just a matter of s/libcap2-dev/libcap-dev/ in your Build-Depends, and boom, it builds on hardy.18:42
Sam-I-Amwell, some things work like that18:42
Sam-I-Aman example of one that doesnt is samba and openldap18:43
Sam-I-Amthey hork with older libraries18:43
infinityThings that don't work like that require backporting either the code to work with older libraries, or the newer libraries to the older suites, yes.18:43
infinityAgain, that's kinda the point.18:43
infinityTelling me that I can only use my 2003 car with gas released in 2006 isn't helpful. :)18:43
Sam-I-Ami try to minimize backporting dependencies18:44
Sam-I-Amthats why i'm using chroots... so something that builds find against oldlibversion doesnt magically find newlibversion and compile against it.18:44
Sam-I-Amjust talked with some folks in #launchpad ... think i figured out how i need to work this... might just be more complex than initially determined.18:48
maxbInstalling binaries built for jaunty into a hardy system is somewhat dodgy. Sometimes it'll work, yes, but each case needs careful individual verification18:55
Sam-I-Ami usually test those first18:56
Sam-I-Amits few and far between18:56
maxbGenerally people prefer to rebuild the jaunty source in a hardy environment (with a suitably ~suffixed version number)18:56
Sam-I-Amyeah thats the majority of what i'm doing18:57
Sam-I-Amexcept for 2 libs i just slurped from jaunty18:57
Sam-I-Ami'll just build them from src18:57
Sam-I-Amits just more chroots for me18:57
maxbDo ensure you ~suffix the version even if you make no other changes18:57
maxbWhy is it more chroots?18:57
Sam-I-Ami build every package in its own chroot18:58
maxbwhy?18:58
Sam-I-Amso it wont accidentally start depending on something it shouldnt18:58
maxbYou are aware of pbuilder, right?18:58
Sam-I-Amlike openldap for example... even if you tell it to build against gnutls, it'll toss openssl in its dependencies if the openssl dev libs happen to be there18:59
Sam-I-Ami've heard of it... but i usually use dpkg-buildpackage18:59
maxbYou *really* want to invest the time to learn pbuilder18:59
Sam-I-Ami build openssl against gnutls and also openssl... so those live in two different chroots18:59
Sam-I-Ammmkay... i'll have a look at it19:00
Sam-I-Amthanks for the tip19:00
Sam-I-Ammight simplify life :)19:00
Sam-I-Amtime for a meeting19:00
maxbWith pbuilder, you have *one* chroot per distroseries, and it installs the appropriate packages as specified by the packages Build-Depends for each build19:00
ivoksi hate when someone doesn't even answer when you offer him help19:08
billybigriggercan anyone here suggest a good looking, but lightweight wembail client, my server is an old pos :P20:05
billybigriggerlike 166mhz 98mb ram :P20:05
Sam-I-Amwebmail... client?20:08
Sam-I-Amisnt that a web browser?20:08
billybigriggerwell yeah, but you need a webmail client for postfix, to be able to view it with your browser20:09
jmedinathat is really old machine20:14
billybigriggerlol yes it is20:14
jmedinathat machine wastes a log of energy, you better drop it20:14
billybigriggermy dad donated it to me, i had no idea how long it was sitting in his basement :P he said it hadn't been turned on in 2 or 3 years20:15
jmedina*lot20:15
billybigriggeri have a decent energy efficient 380w psu, amd x2 5000 cpu, 2gb ddr2 800 ram, and 2 raid disks for a new server...20:15
billybigriggerjust no case or am2 motherboard :(20:16
billybigriggerand broke as a joke right now...20:16
billybigriggeri was using my desktop to multi-task as a desktop/server running apache, mysql, postfix/dovecot and doubling as a desktop though just doesn't work20:16
billybigriggerso this pold pentium will have to do for now :P serves my mail fine :P20:17
billybigriggerbut you are right about the energy consumption20:17
drurewneed an http web admin interface for a debian vps, any sujestions?20:29
jmedinadrurew: what kind of VPS?20:30
drurewjmedina: virtual debian (from hosteurope.de)20:31
drurewim a server noob20:31
drurew:)20:31
jmedinaI dont know that "virtual debian" means, there is a log of virtualization products and...20:32
jmedinadrurew: so what do you want to admin from that web ui?20:32
drurewjmedina: yeah, id like to be able to create accounts, admin mail etc20:33
jmedinammm20:33
jmedinaso you already have a mail system?20:34
drurewjmedina: yeah, mail is setup, however id like to be able to admin a few different mail accounts for some friends to be able to host pages and junk20:36
drurew:)20:36
drurewjmedina: also things like setting up my domain etc as well as general apache2 configuration is blowing my mind20:37
jmedinaI dont know anything that does that20:38
jmedinamost web uis works for a specific configuracion20:38
jmedinaprobably you can install ebox20:38
jmedina!ebox20:38
ubottuebox is a web-based GUI interface for administering a server. It is designed to work with Ubuntu/Debian style configuration management. See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/eBox20:38
drurewmainly , just needing an http interface so people can login with their accounts and set things up, yeah ebox, isnt that a dist tho ?20:38
jmedinanop, you can install packages20:39
drurewhow would sftp hold up against ebox?20:39
jmedinadont know20:40
jmedinaI dont use ebox20:40
drurewis it compareable?20:40
jmedinato what20:42
drurewebox20:46
drurewwhy dont i just install both :)20:46
billybigriggerjmedina::: is it possible to install a virtual server os somewhere, and then make an image of it? so i can run the virtual server on this desktop, and in the future when im ready with my new server, to burn an image of the virtual server and have it up and running on the new server already configured?20:46
drurewhey im trying to install ebox on my server, apt-get /aptitude wont let me install it because there is no verification key for the launchpad site, how do i manually add a verification key (via terminal of course) ? :)21:25
diffrahint: apt-key add should be your friend there, but i don't know the exact instructions21:27
MaxMaxHey guys got a question on deploying ubuntu client in a server envoirment can anyone help or am i in the wrong place21:28
tomsdaleit's a little less traffic in here - just ask your question for the naming convention and if someone knows they will reply21:30
MaxMaxok thanks man appreciate it21:30
MaxMaxI was wondering on the following21:30
MaxMaxdoes Ubuntu support "UPN" for user ID"s that is a log in name of something like j.smith@123.come   etc21:31
drurewhashing it out again maxmax21:31
drurew?21:31
MaxMaxwell yea, Tomsdale suggested i try here21:32
MaxMax:)21:32
MaxMaxI had not got a real answer as of yet so trying again21:32
drurewhttp://adsearch-winzero.blogspot.com/2007/10/userprincipalname-user-principal-name.html21:34
drurew!upn21:34
ubottuSorry, I don't know anything about upn21:34
infinityMaxMax: What problem are you trying to solve here?  Mass virtual hosting?21:34
drurewlogin via upn21:35
MaxMaxhi21:35
MaxMaxI want to use UPN names for users to log into a ubuntu workstation21:36
drurewMaxMax: http://blog.scottlowe.org/tag/unix/21:36
MaxMaxchecking21:36
infinityOh, probably would have been helpful if you'd mentioned something about Active Directory in your original question. :)21:39
MaxMaxWell its not really AD related21:40
infinityUPN is an AD attribute.21:40
MaxMaxYes it is, but21:41
MaxMaxon say an XP box I can create a user account using UPN type name and not have that box as part of a AD domain.21:41
MaxMaxjust have it as a stand alone Workstation21:42
MaxMaxthats wht I was trying to get ubuntu to do21:42
MaxMaxthere are two parts.21:42
MaxMaxThe client OS has to support UPN's if that client is ever to talk to a AD server21:43
jamesrflawould this be a good place to ask a question regarding apache and mailman?21:43
infinityMaxMax: Well, yes and no.  When you start enabling all the AD-required bits, they somewhat take over the classic authentication and authorization methods that a UNIX/Linux system would use.21:44
infinityMaxMax: By default, with passwd-style shadow auth, UPN usernames would be illegal.21:44
MaxMaxaH i SEE21:44
MaxMaxI think you have found the problem infinity21:45
MaxMaxSo it looks like the OS does not support this21:45
MaxMaxI bet that goes back to the 70's when bell labs created unix,21:47
MaxMaxSo its more a unix problem than a ubuntu problem, really on in the same but beyond your control at the moment21:48
MaxMaxone ^21:48
infinityMaxMax: Well, like I said, if you install and configure all the samba-related bits required to make your machine behave as an AD client, you can certainly get UPN passthrough auth to an AD master.21:49
infinityMaxMax: But, other than "being like Windows", there's no particularly valid reason why the underlying system needs to support usernames like that.21:49
MaxMaxYes you can, but the problem is you have to use two seperate user id's21:49
MaxMaxyou will use a user id of say 123 for logging into the os and then another to auth on the smb enabled share21:50
MaxMaxno reason you got to be kidding ?21:50
MaxMaxI beg to differ,21:51
MaxMaxlet me explain.21:51
MaxMaxFor a home user UPN names dont ammount to a hill of beans for logging into your workstation be it windows or unix its a non issue. now....21:52
MaxMaxif you work for a company or corporation typically they have IT standards for certain things. One of our standards is how user names are specified. in our case the users use their e-mail address to log in , like m.hello@123,com etc21:53
MaxMaxthis means that users can simply log in with one user id and have access to all resources they are allowed to access21:54
MaxMaxIn the corporate world this is a huge deal21:55
MaxMaxagain home user its a non issue21:55
mathiazMaxMax: why don't you just use the login part (ie the user principal)?21:55
mathiazMaxMax: if you setup kerberos correctly on an Ubuntu system, kerberos will autoamtically appends the realm to your login21:56
MaxMaxYes that will work but its not the same as the standard so hence its not do-able21:56
MaxMaxwell let me put that another way. The up part would be SAY J.SMITH but ubuntu dont like the . period in the name21:57
MaxMaxit cant be used21:57
MaxMaxso the up prat does not work either21:57
MaxMaxso j.smith does not work or j.smith@123.com dont work21:58
MaxMaxjsmith would work ok but thats not standard21:58
MaxMaxI appreciate you guys taking the time to analyze this with me21:59
MaxMaxMy buddy works for motorola here in the USA.. they had the same problem as I do in trying to deploy ubuntu into a corporate envoirement22:00
infinityMaxMax: Mapping logins to unix user IDs can be done transparently with the samba PAM modules, AFAIK.22:01
infinityMaxMax: There's no reason the GDM screen can't accept a "UPN", shove that to PAM, then have it translated to a different local username.22:01
infinityMaxMax: If your users care deeply about what username shows up under "ps axu", then they really don't want to see how Windows represents it all internally.22:02
MaxMaxIt does not have anything to do with samba Infinity Samba emulates MS SMB Protocol. Samba does not do auth in a AD envoirment22:02
MaxMaxSamba is similar to NT Lanman server thats legacy stuff dating back to nt4 win 3.1 etc22:03
infinityMaxMax: No, but samba ships with some PAM modules to ease this sort of pain.22:03
infinityIn the end, what you're really looking for here is PAM glue.22:03
infinityBecause, you'll never have local user accounts that look the way you want.22:03
MaxMaxpam glue ? humm whats that I had not heared of it22:03
infinityBut local accounts don't matter, it's what the user types to login that matters to you.22:03
MaxMaxno local accounts do matter. they have to be able to use upn or j.smith for local login excluding any networking22:04
infinityLocal login != local accounts.22:05
infinity"Local account" is just what you see in "ps" or when typing "whoami".  And has very little to do with what you typed to authenticate to PAM.22:05
MaxMaxok22:05
MaxMaxwell what i need then is for the os to accept local accounts that use upn and for pam to accept this also22:06
infinityI'm stuck on a tiny terminal right now, upgrading my laptop, so web browsing's a bit of a non-starter, but I'd recommend searching for things like "PAM Active Directory UPN" and seeing what you can come up with from people who've been here before.22:07
MaxMaxI have done a fair number of searches, it looks like all flavors of linux has the same problems22:08
MaxMaxPerhaps the issue really come down to the actual nix core in that this was never given a high priority from a update standpoint22:09
MaxMaxhence the pain in deployment22:09
jmedinawhat is "upn"?22:11
MaxMaxUPN = Universal Principal Name22:11
jmedinaMaxMax: o_O, what are they used for?22:12
MaxMaxI would really love to be able to deply a few WS's but gosh so many road-blocks, it makes things a bit tough22:12
jmedinakerberos?22:13
MaxMaxthe term comes from AD active directory22:13
mathiazMaxMax: have you looked at likewise-open?22:13
MaxMaxa upn name looks like your e-mail address22:13
MaxMaxLikewise is total Junk :)22:14
MaxMaxbeen there it does not work as documented22:14
mathiazMaxMax: why? - it seems to solve the issue of integrating linux systems in AD for authentication22:14
MaxMaxwell not really, if you use likewise to auth to AD your still going to have to use a different user id to log into you nix workstation22:15
MaxMaxI dont believe Likewise is even using upn names to pass to the AD controller its just using the first part of the name which would be supporetd via AD22:16
MaxMaxlike accessing a network resource with like \\123 as opposed to \\123.net etc22:17
MaxMaxbut likewise is not my issue22:17
MaxMaxthe issue is that I cannot create a user accont with a UPN name22:18
MaxMaxIf i can get past this point I will be good to go in getting some WS's deployed22:20
Sam-I-Ammaybe you're thinking about realms22:20
Sam-I-Amuser@realm22:20
Sam-I-Amsmells like kerberos22:20
MaxMaxno nothing to do with it22:20
daxrocevening all22:21
MaxMaxhi22:21
MaxMaxlet me explain22:21
MaxMaxSuppose you have a XP pc. On that xp pc you can create a user called j.monk@123.local22:21
daxrocAre there any tools to monitor LSI hardware raid ( megaraid_mbox, megaraid_mm)22:22
MaxMaxI am trying to create a user on ubuntu that is the same as what I do on xp22:22
MaxMaxthis would be a local user account22:22
Sam-I-Ami have users here authenticating to ad with first.last format usernames... but not local users.22:22
Sam-I-Amdont see why it wouldnt let you...22:23
MaxMaxif you could try create an account like j.smith@123.local on your ubuntu box and let me know if it works that would be real helpfull22:24
Sam-I-Ammatt.test:x:1001:1001::/home/matt.test:/bin/sh22:24
Sam-I-Amthere22:24
Sam-I-Amworked here22:24
Sam-I-Amadduser gets pissy unless you change the regex for valid usernames22:24
Sam-I-Ambut useradd works fine22:24
MaxMaxfrom the gui ?22:24
Sam-I-Amno, from a terminal22:24
Sam-I-Amprobably runs the same script though22:24
MaxMaxtry it from the gui22:24
MaxMaxlike try m.test@123.net as a user id22:25
Sam-I-Ami dont have a gui on my machines22:26
uvirtbotNew bug: #377627 in openssh (main) "package openssh-client 1:5.1p1-5ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess post-installation script killed with signal (segmentation fault)" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/37762722:26
mawy022:26
Sam-I-Ambut theres probably a config file somewhere that tells it a list of valid formats22:26
jmedinaubuntu server esont have GUI22:26
jmedinadoesnt22:26
MaxMaxwell I was talking about the ubuntu client22:26
Sam-I-Amlook at /etc/adduser.conf22:26
maware there docs to show how to merge packages in the repositories? For example, if I want to test/contribute to the repositories?22:26
mawnot sure how to do that22:26
MaxMaxit dont work here22:27
Sam-I-Amthe regex is in there22:27
MaxMaxthe . and @ are not supported22:27
Sam-I-Ammaw: google for contributing to ubuntu.  if its an existing package you'd probably need to join the maintainers.22:27
Sam-I-Amif its a new package then you have to go through a bit to get it in the distro first22:27
mawah22:28
Sam-I-Amin the meantime you can use PPAs on launchpad.net22:28
mawwell it is Snort22:28
mawit is already there22:28
Sam-I-Amwhat are you changing?22:28
mawbut the version in the repo is not supported22:28
mawI just want the new version updated22:28
mawnot sure who owns that task22:28
MaxMaxsam If you are able to create a user like that on the server will it allow you to login to that account ?22:28
mawI emailed the maintainer list22:28
mawand updated the launchpad bug22:28
Sam-I-Amis there a newer version in a more recent release?22:28
mawhttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/snort/+bug/28101422:29
uvirtbotLaunchpad bug 281014 in snort "Please merge snort 2.8.4.1-1 (universe) from Debian experimental (main)" [Wishlist,Confirmed]22:29
Sam-I-Amyou can do a non-maintainer upload for the package usually22:29
Sam-I-Amthe maintainers will look at it22:29
* maw is Chris (in that posting)22:29
Sam-I-Amalternatively just build your own :)22:29
mawya...22:29
mawif there is no action22:29
mawI will remove the repo version22:29
mawand compile from source22:29
Sam-I-Amor you can just install the debian package22:29
Sam-I-Amif its updated22:30
mawdebian is usually a lot slower to update things :P22:30
Sam-I-Amso you want it to go from debian to ubuntu...22:30
mathiazmaw: look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuDevelopment/Merging22:30
mawno.. someone else suggested that22:30
mawthanks amt22:30
mawmathiaz22:30
Sam-I-Amif you can install and test it on ubuntu karmic then tell the maintainers it'll be a little quicker in moving there.22:30
mawI am using 8.04 LTS... so that would be the platform I would test on22:31
Sam-I-Amyou wont get a new package added to LTS22:31
Sam-I-Am*maybe* in backportsd22:31
mathiazmaw: merges are only relevant to the developement release (karmic these days)22:31
mawis this considered a new package?22:31
Sam-I-Amits not a security fix22:31
mawah I see22:31
Sam-I-Amso it wont hit an old release22:31
Sam-I-Amit'd go in karmic.. but nothing stops you from installing it in hardy22:32
mathiazmaw: new versions are not available for stable releases22:32
Sam-I-Ami backport crap all the time22:32
Sam-I-Amfrom whatever to hardy LTS22:32
mawok22:32
mawI was mostly interested in the process, mathiaz provided the link for me22:32
mathiazmaw: you could work on getting a backport accepted and published: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBackports22:32
mawok, noted22:32
mathiazmaw: but first the version has to be in the developement release22:33
mawI see22:33
mawwell that's unfortunate as Snort2.7 is useless now22:33
mawso anyone installing from repo has depracated software22:33
Sam-I-Amthats how LTS works unfortunately22:34
maw*deprecated22:34
Sam-I-Amor any older release22:34
Sam-I-Ambut nothing stops you from taking a newer version22:34
Sam-I-Amsometimes they Just Work other times you get to rebuild them22:34
mawif it is known that a package is deprecated it should be dropped from the repo22:34
Sam-I-Amif you want to see deprecated, go run rhel or centos22:34
Sam-I-Ammost of the stuff in there is EOL by upstream22:35
Sam-I-Amopenldap, dhcp, bind9, etc22:35
mathiazmaw: the next step for merging snort is to get a debdiff prepared for the new package, attach it to bug 281014 and ask for sponsorship22:35
uvirtbotLaunchpad bug 281014 in snort "Please merge snort 2.8.4.1-1 (universe) from Debian experimental (main)" [Wishlist,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/28101422:35
mathiazmaw: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SponsorshipProcess22:36
mawok, thanks for pointing me in the correct direction22:37
nick125Good afternoon. I'm having an issue installing Ubuntu Server in VBox (9.04). It keeps locking up at the hardware discovery step. Any ideas on what to try?23:25
glen1nice23:25
glen1hmmm23:25
diffrado any of the terminals have any error output?23:25
glen1not sure I only worked on ubuntu via dedicated23:25
diffraalt+f2/3/4/5 (i'm not sure which one shows logs at the moment.)23:26
nick125alt+f4 shows the logs, but nothing interesting.23:27
diffrawhat's the last thing it does that it's getting hung up on?23:28
nick125Starting PCMCIA Services..but I'm trying to verify the ISO integrity through the installer menu (yeah, I could md5sum it..but)23:29
nick125When I try to install, it hangs up at 2% on detecting hardware23:30
nick125Let me check the logs on an install attempt and see where its hanging there23:31
nick125... How did I know that'd be my luck. Now I try it once I ask for help, and it appears to no longer hang23:33
diffrait's afraid of us :)23:34
* nick125 continues on this install, in the hope he can get the hang of this enough to move his server over :)23:34
glen1is it hard to set up my own email server?23:35
glen1or is that a bad thing if hackers wanted to ddos it lol23:35
nick125glen1: It's not _too_ terribly difficult to do, but it's a bit of work to maintain.23:36
glen1what do I have to maintain23:37
nick125I eventually got tired of maintaining my mail server and moved my mail over to Google Apps for Domains.23:37
diffraglen1: ditto what he said.  also, if you're wanting to do virtual domains, there's a higher level of complexity.23:37
glen1ahh cause Im settin up a little hosting thing to do for fun23:37
glen1and Im wondering about email. I know cpanel allows the user to create them but I was thinking of my dedicated server to them :D23:38
glen1fun stuff!23:38
diffrathings like spam filters need to be updated.  keeping the smtp daemon up to date in case of bugs that could allow outside access.  You should run a proactive daemon like fail2ban that blocks users from brute forcing passwords23:38
nick125Ugh...you won't believe how much I hate cPanel.23:38
glen1diffra, can I create a cron job to update everything23:38
nick125I had to install it a couple times for customers when I was in the hosting business. It..............sucks.23:39
diffrai hate administering cpanel.  From an enduser prospective, it's great (I use a cpanel account for my family photo gallery for instance.)23:39
glen1nick125, what other panels are better23:39
diffrai think running apt via cron is discouraged.23:39
diffraNOT LXadmin!23:39
nick125glen1: I found directadmin to be *marginally* better, but I'm not even sure they still develop it.23:39
glen1lol is that from the guy who hung himself23:40
diffrayep.23:40
glen1xD23:40
glen1poor guy23:40
glen1direct admin looks cool23:40
diffrawell, the circumstances are bad, but the guy that found the exploit gave him at least 2 weeks to respond before releasing it.23:40
glen1jeez23:41
nick125I mean, DirectAdmin might be crappy...but it's cheap. cPanel is crappy _AND_ expensive.23:41
glen1he probably meant it as a big fuck u b4 he went23:41
glen1Any open sources ones?23:41
nick125As far as control panels go, there are a few...but when I tried them, they were a nightmare to use.23:42
nick125Then again, I was trying to use them on Gentoo, so that could contribute just _slightly_ to the nightmare.23:42
glen1 hehe23:42
glen1how much is directadmin23:42
glen1sry theres a link lol23:42
glen1my bad23:42
glen1monthly license for 1 server?23:43
nick125ouch, it looks like they really raised the prices.23:43
glen1:O23:43
glen1what was it b423:43
nick125I remember getting VPS licenses for $5/month.23:44
glen1:O23:44
glen1its basically the same price as cpanel23:45
glen1cpanel price is not so bad when you have alot of users on 1 server I guess23:45
diffrathere's webmin/usermin23:45
FFForeverhow can i keep people from being idiots?23:45
glen1shotgun to face23:45
glen1:P23:45
nick125FFForever: I have an idea, but it's illegal....so23:45
glen1I bookmarked webmin page23:45
FFForevernick125, i am open to all ideas :)23:45
nick125Dammit glen1, you gave away my idea :P23:45
glen1ha23:46
nick125Or you could lock them in a bomb shelter, just as long as the lock to the door is on the outside. Of course, make sure it's shielded so they can't call the police.23:46
glen1diffra from an ease of use perspective whats the winner in the webhosting panel game haha23:46
glen1who are these ppl btw23:46
FFForeverthis user keeps deleting his public_html folder and he wonders why his website won't load after he is done23:47
diffraglen1: IMHO?  plesk.23:47
glen1ill look it up23:47
glen1FFForever, LOL23:47
FFForeverive had 8 tickets from him about it23:47
FFForeveri am about to not renew his monthly service contract if he keeps doing it23:47
diffrahe's not asking you to restore backups, is he?23:47
glen1its quite expensive23:47
nick125FFForever: How much is that customer paying?23:48
diffraglen1: you didn't say cheap :)23:48
FFForevernick125, not enough23:48
glen1lol23:48
glen1charge him23:48
diffracheap, easy to administer, easy for end users.  Pick any 2.23:48
nick125FFForever: Drop him, then. Or threaten to charge him for each support instance.23:48
FFForeveri like ehcp23:48
FFForeverits free ^_^23:48
diffrayeah.  customers like that get moved to per incident support.23:48
diffraalso, can you set the directory permissions so he can't delete it?23:49
* nick125 had a client who bought an unmanaged VPS for $6/month and expected us to manage it..23:49
glen1diffra, what two? cpanel and plesk?23:49
diffraany 2 of the three features i listed.23:49
glen1oh23:49
FFForevernick125, you sell vps's?23:49
nick125"I'm sorry, but this is an UNMANAGED VPS." "I'm leaving for Dreamhost!" What I wanted to say: "Don't let the door hit you in the a** on the way out."23:49
nick125FFForever: Used to23:50
diffranick125: most people don't understand unmanaged.  I used to work for dotster support -- it's insane trying to reason with people.23:50
glen1easy to administer, easy for end users mmmm, maybe take off the later and replace with cheap haha23:50
FFForeverdotster?23:50
diffrayeah.  good guys for the most part.23:50
FFForeverHow far would you be willing to go for unmanaged vps's?, nothing past i cant login?23:50
glen1slicehost any good? Ill be making vps's soon23:50
diffra<3 slicehost, glen123:51
FFForeverglen1, i heard they are good but really pricey23:51
glen1whats good about it23:51
FFForever<3 prgmr23:51
diffraFFForever: exactly.23:51
nick125For a VPS, Slicehost doesn't seem that pricey.23:51
diffrapeople coming from shared hosting got quite a shock.  "how do i add an email account?"  "well, that'll be $75..."23:51
glen1lol!23:52
FFForeverdiffra, i would be like uhhh FU! lol23:52
glen1If I set up my own mail server23:52
FFForevermail is a pita23:52
glen1Should I give each mailbox big storage and charge a lot23:52
diffraslicehost: awesome support (#slicehost), awesome servers.  very reliable.  one of my boxes is over 400 days uptime.23:52
nick125diffra: That's part of the problem. Unmanaged VPSes aren't for people who don't know what they're doing.23:52
FFForeveri find community support to replace managed support is shit and slicehost should burn in hell for it23:53
nick125And as far as pricing goes, if I could do the entire VPS thing over again, I wouldn't have a single plan below $25/month23:54
glen1lol23:54
glen1I sometimes prefer irc support23:54
glen1over customer support23:54
diffracommunity support and managed support are not the same thing23:54
nick125Why? Because script kiddies can't slip $25 on their daddy's credit card without him noticing.23:54
diffraalso, the slicehost admins are in IRC, so you can talk to them directly.23:54
FFForeverglen1, i like irc support but when ur in a room with idiots that ask HELP i cant login 40x/hour i would get pissed23:54
glen1nick125, Maybe soon u can have one of my vps soon lol23:55
FFForeveranyone who wants to give out free vps's im game :D23:55
nick125glen1: The company no longer exists...well, it does, but I assume that my partner has ran it into the ground :p23:55
glen1lol I would give them out to spread the word Im sure xD23:55
glen1http://www.gigstrate.com23:56
glen1Im near done23:56
glen1just need to get pricing and write up a few things23:56
FFForeverglen1, cool hit me up when ur giving out promo (free) lifetime accounts :D23:56
FFForeverXD23:56
nick125Supposely, in the first 2 months that I left the company, they were DDoSed about...10 times.23:56
glen1lifetime lol23:56
glen1lol nick125 what company?23:57
glen1FFForever, If I did youll have to be a whore lol "HOSTING OVER HERE!!"23:57
nick125glen1: atarack.com....the site doesn't even load anymore.23:57
glen1what did they do23:57
glen1does anyone else hate business people who dont have a clue23:57
FFForeverglen1, ill be a whore but i will never claim to give u sales :P23:57
glen1they get a degree and think they know their shit23:57
nick125Well...considering that I was the only person (out of two, including myself) that was somewhat people-friendly....23:58
glen1haha23:58
nick125Let's just say that my partner pissed a lot of people off.23:58
FFForevernick125, i am not people-friendly but i do know my stuff :D23:58
glen1lol irc peoples should start the next google23:59
diffraThere's a certain fun to pissing people off from the other end of the support line.23:59
glen1lets ddos google!!!23:59
FFForeverglen1, i am sure google gets ddosed a few times a minuet lol23:59
glen1jk btw theyll rape your bandwidth23:59
nick125diffra: But not when they toss 1gbit at your routers.23:59
diffraI was support, not IT.  What did I care?  ;)23:59

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