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djshotglassaw snap00:08
djshotglassubuntu-server doesnt detect either of my wifi cards00:09
giovaniwhat chipsets are your wifi cards using?00:10
djshotglassAtheros and RaLink00:13
giovaniuh, both should be detected00:13
giovanidmesg | grep ath00:13
giovaniand lspci please00:14
giovanipastebin both00:14
djshotglasshttp://pastie.org/61497700:14
giovanithere's no pci-based wireless card pluggedi n00:15
djshotglasslol there is defintly 2 pci wifi cards in the machine00:16
giovanidjshotglass: there definitely aren't00:16
djshotglasswant a picture?00:17
maxb00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)00:17
giovanithe bios is either not presenting them00:17
djshotglassi just installed wireless tools and i have a wlan0 in iwconfig00:17
giovanioh, sorry, I was focusing on atheros00:17
djshotglassAtheros card isnt there though00:17
giovaniisn't where?00:18
djshotglassin iwconfig00:18
giovaniwell that's probably because it's not recognized on your pci bus00:18
djshotglass:/00:18
giovanithat's not linux's fault00:18
maxbgiovani: check dmesg for anything relevant00:19
maxboops00:19
maxbdjshotglass: I mean you00:19
djshotglassubuntu detected both cards, i chose ubuntu-server so i didnt have to mess around getting them to work lol00:19
djshotglass(wanted to move machine to a desktopless os)00:20
giovaniwhat?00:20
giovaniwhy would ubuntu-server prevent you from having to "mess around to get them to work"?00:20
djshotglassbecause ubuntu did :D00:20
giovaniwell the ralink card is working, by your own admission00:20
giovaniI presume either your bios is wonky, the atheros card is dead, or it's not seated properly00:21
giovaniit will show up in lspci if it's on the pci bus, and functioning properly00:21
giovanithis is not an ubuntu/linux problem00:21
djshotglassso you keep saying00:21
giovaniso you keep ignoring00:22
djshotglasswhy do you assume i was ignoring you00:22
giovani19:19 < djshotglass> ubuntu detected both cards, i chose ubuntu-server so i didnt have to mess around getting them to work lol00:22
giovanicomments like that imply that you think this is ubuntu-related00:22
djshotglassk i had ubunto installed everything worked great, installed ubuntu-server and now one card doesnt work00:23
giovanisigh00:23
djshotglassand this isnt relevent to ubuntu-server?00:23
giovaninope00:23
djshotglassgive me some of your crack00:23
giovaniother things happened in between00:23
maxbThere is very little different between Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Server that ought to affect basic hardware support like this00:24
djshotglassthats what i thought00:24
djshotglasswhy i chose it00:25
maxbWhat version?00:25
djshotglass9.0400:25
maxbHmm.00:25
giovanidjshotglass: pastebin lsusb00:25
maxbI wonder if any of the atheros related modules are even loaded00:25
maxblsmod | fgrep ath00:25
giovanimaxb: why would they be? they'd show up in dmesg00:26
maxboh, point00:26
giovaniand lspci would have to show the card if it's pci-based and recognized by the system00:26
giovanithere's an easy way to put his mind to rest though00:26
giovanihe can boot the ubuntu livecd and run lspci then00:26
djshotglassguess pci slot 1 is fooked moved card to 3 and they both showed up00:45
* djshotglass repents00:45
giovaniohh00:50
giovanisurprise surprise :)00:50
djshotglasshmm00:53
djshotglasshttp://pastie.org/61499800:53
djshotglassnow i cant ping google00:53
djshotglassim such fail today00:54
djshotglasseth0 is my lan router, wlan0 is ap1 wlan1 is ap2, ap 1 and 2 belong to friends 1 and 200:54
djshotglassi can ping the ap's00:55
djshotglassif i jump on the aps with my laptop i can ping this machine00:57
djshotglassand the net works when im on the ap with the latop00:58
* djshotglass grawls00:58
giovaniyou need to specify the interface you want ping to use01:02
giovanior remove some of your default routes01:02
giovaniyou shouldn't have 301:02
djshotglassi was01:03
djshotglassping google.ca -I eth001:03
djshotglassping google.ca -I wlan001:04
djshotglassping google.ca -I wlan101:04
djshotglassnone work01:04
djshotglasshow do i remote the wlans from default routes01:04
djshotglassdhclient added them :/01:04
giovaniwell what's the error when you run those commands?01:04
djshotglassroot@uber-slurpr:/home/dex# ping google.ca -I eth001:06
djshotglassPING google.ca (74.125.91.104) from 10.0.0.5 eth0: 56(84) bytes of data.01:06
djshotglassjust hangs there01:06
djshotglassforeva01:06
giovaniok, traceroute a specific ip01:06
giovanilike that one01:06
djshotglassdont have traceroute installed01:08
giovanialright, are you sure that your routers allow icmp through?01:08
djshotglassi know eth0 does01:15
djshotglassas i am on it right now and can ping01:15
djshotglassapt doesnt have iproute2 or iproute :/02:51
djshotglasso nvm apears to already be installed02:53
djshotglasshttp://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html02:54
djshotglasstrying to do this with my 2 wifi cards02:54
balldjshotglass: are the links in different directions, or are you trying to use more bandwidth than your LAN supports on a single link?02:55
djshotglasslol 2 different aps on 2 different modems02:55
ballmodems?02:56
djshotglassi dont know what it means by IP network ($Pn_NET)02:57
djshotglassyes, cable modems02:57
ballok02:59
balldjshotglass: are they far apart?03:10
djshotglassyes03:14
ball...in different directions?03:14
djshotglassyes03:14
ballThat may help03:14
djshotglasswhat does it mean by IP network ($Pn_NET)03:15
ballLooks like an environment variable, but without knowing more about what you're doing, I shouldn't guess.03:17
djshotglasslol03:31
djshotglasshttp://lartc.org/howto/lartc.rpdb.multiple-links.html03:31
djshotglassi dont know what it means by IP network ($Pn_NET)03:31
djshotglassor why you asked me 101 questions about my situation when you have no idea either :p03:49
djshotglassthanks anyway03:49
balldjshotglass: hang on, I'll have a look at that link.04:22
balldjshotglass: looks pretty straightforward to me. $Pn_NET means one of $P1_NET or $P2_NET04:24
balldjshotglass: I've considered a similar arrangement.04:28
ball...with satellite Internet to back up a DSL line.04:30
ball...ideally I'd route things like file transfers through the satellite link leaving DSL free for VoIP, VNC etc.04:30
ball...but have it configured so that if either link goes down, all the traffic can be routed through the one that's working.04:30
djshotglassI know $Pn_NET means one of $P1_NET or $P2_NET rofl as i made up $Pn_NET refering to $P1_NET and $P2_NET04:32
djshotglassim asking what a "IP network" is04:32
djshotglassor what that page means by "IP network"04:32
balldjshotglass: if you don't know, then you should have someone else set this up... or perhaps sit through a short TCP/IP tutorial.04:32
djshotglassi know my tcp/i[p04:33
ball...basically it's part of (or an implication of) an IP address.04:33
djshotglassa range?04:33
ballyes, sort of.04:33
djshotglassexample of a ipnetwork04:33
ballThe workstation I'm sitting in front of is 192.168.2.9904:33
ball...with a netmask of 255.255.255.004:33
djshotglass192.168.2.0/8?04:34
ballThe IP network is 192.168.2.004:34
djshotglassah ;004:34
ball(not /8)04:34
djshotglassic04:34
giovani /8? wtf?04:34
djshotglass8 bits04:34
djshotglassa byte04:34
giovanino ...04:34
djshotglass(0-155)04:34
balldjshotglass: no.04:34
djshotglass255*04:34
giovaniplease don't pretend you know how CIDR notation works04:34
djshotglassplease dont be a fucking ass hole04:35
balldjshotglass: I could have written 192.168.2.99/2404:35
giovania netmask of 255.255.255.0 is a /24 network04:35
djshotglassim asking a question04:35
ScottKgiovani: There are more appropriate ways to make the point.04:35
ball(24 bits of *this* IP address is for the network)04:35
giovaniyou said "i know my tcp/i[p"04:35
ball*but*04:35
ballthe Network itself is 192.168.2.004:35
ball(with no /24)04:35
ball99 is the node portion of my IP address.04:36
djshotglasshttp://pastie.org/60713204:36
djshotglassthe extent of my tcp/ip knowledge04:36
djshotglasswrote that the other night04:36
djshotglassi didnt say i was a fucking guru04:36
ballCan we stop cussing at each other and get on with the job in hand?04:37
giovaniI suggest you read up on CIDR notation04:37
ballSorry giovani, I don't think you cussed.04:37
ballanyway.04:37
djshotglassanyway. thats all i needed to know04:38
djshotglassty04:38
ballYou're welcome.04:38
ballI'll extend your question though.04:38
ballOn Linux, what software would I use to achieve the traffic shaping that I described?04:39
ball(and the failover)04:39
giovanitechnically nothing other than the built-in routing functions in linux for the failover04:40
ballgiovani: does the built-in routing software have a name?04:40
giovanino04:41
giovaniit's not software04:41
giovaniit's part of the kernel04:41
ballEverything that's in the kernel is software ;-)04:41
giovanii.e. the tcp/ip stack, that is used to handle the routing of your packets to interfaces normally04:41
giovaniball: it's not (add-on) software04:41
giovaniit's part of the linux kernel04:41
giovaniyou can set multiple routes04:42
ballDoes it have the ability to route traffic to a given interface depending on its type?04:42
giovaniand then set timeout values04:42
balls/to a/through a/04:43
djshotglassiptables probably does04:43
balldjshotglass: thanks.04:43
djshotglasswhere you live to be cursed with sat net04:45
giovaniactually I think the Qos stuff isn't handled by iptables/netfilter04:46
giovaniit's handled in-kernel though04:46
giovaniyou can configure it using tc04:46
balldjshotglass: I'm not, yet, but I have considered it as a fall-back to DSL04:46
ball(if I'm ever in a position where I need a redundant link)04:46
djshotglassi had to use it in camp when i was drilling in mayo yukon04:46
djshotglass100kb/s, 1gb a month limit04:46
djshotglass2000ms ping04:46
djshotglassshit was epic fail04:47
balldjshotglass: you can see why I wouldn't want VoIP or VNC going out over that04:47
djshotglassimpressive for what it was04:47
ball...the round trip to space ;-)04:47
djshotglassbut not ideal home conneciton :P04:47
giovaniyeah, the traffic classifier isn't part of netfilter04:48
giovani(i.e. iptables)04:48
djshotglasshttp://www.ssi.bg/~ja/nano.txt i didnt get to read it all yet nor do i understant what i did read completely, was taking a shot in the dark with iptables as i seen some of it used there04:49
djshotglassbed04:50
djshotglassnight04:50
djshotglassthx again04:50
cemcif I were to use virtual_transport = dovecot, do I have implicit support for quota in postfix too ? without patching postfix ?06:56
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drurewIm looking for a command similar to "scp" however different in function, I need to a push file, anyone have any ideas10:03
drurew*to push a file10:04
erichammonddrurew: scp and rsync can both pull and push.10:36
ghostlinesanyone know any good c/c++ programming channels?10:52
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domasghostlines: #c is awesome for C :)11:33
domasanyone is doing profile-guided package rebuilds?11:33
uvirtbotNew bug: #428813 in openldap (main) "package slapd 2.4.15-1ubuntu3 failed to install : subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42881312:36
roodykhello . How to make shell user with process Limit? in ubuntu server. help pliz. I need make user with 2 bg process12:54
twbroodyk: edit /etc/security/limits.conf ?12:56
roodyklike: @student        hard    nproc           2012:58
roodyklike: student        hard    nproc           2012:58
twbI don't know.12:58
twbThere should be a manpage.12:58
roodykok thanks12:58
domascrap, ubuntu php5 package removes ./configure line from phpinfo output12:59
twbdomas: apt-get source php5?13:00
domastwb: of course, but we're running custom package with custom ./configure line ;-)13:05
twbAh, well.13:06
domasI'm rebuilding now to use gcov profiles13:06
domashave to backtrack all the changes others did, commit to our svn, and then get back to my custom build13:07
IRConanhi there. I have a machine running ubuntu-server, I want to make it get everything except DNS servers from DHCP, how do I do this?13:08
domasI guess you can set that up in dhclient configuration13:10
twbCorrect.13:17
twbTell /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf to supersede the name-servers.13:17
twbOr, of course, tell your DHCP server not to supply that field13:17
cemcI'm playing aroud with ipv6 autoconfiguration and radvd. are there any ipv6 tools to see who's on the network? or some good howto13:18
twbcemc: that's probably outside the scope of this channel... maybe there's a networking channel that knows all about ipv613:19
cemctwb: good point ;)13:53
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heath|otgHello, can quotas work over NFS shares?15:09
domasat server-side, yes15:10
giovaniwell the quota is handled on the file server15:10
heath|otgI'm running virtualmin and would like to put the /home dir on my nfs server but keep quotas.15:12
heath|otgI'm just having a hard time finding docs on the subject15:12
giovaniI'm unclear on what you want documentation for exactly15:13
giovanithe NFS server maintains the quotas on its filesystem ... the files are just exported over NFS15:13
giovanithere's no configuration15:13
giovaniother than setting up the quotas as normal15:13
heath|otggiovani: the quotas will be set up through Virtualmin, not the nfs server if I have read everything correctly. Maybe I need a custom script to push the quota commands to the nfs server?15:14
giovaniheath|otg: you're not being clear, I don't know what virtualmin is ... nor how it relates to quotas, nor what "pushing quota commands to the nfs server" is15:16
heath|otggiovani: I'm really just trying to figure out how other systems now what there quota limits are from the NFS server15:19
heath|otgI found it: rpc.rquotad15:19
giovaniok, finding out your quota limits is not the same thing as setting them, and where they apply -- the latter is what you originally asked about15:19
giovanibut yes, rquotad is the daemon used for that15:20
heath|otgthanks15:21
DizzyDooHi, setting up my new Ubuntu Server installation to connect statically, rather than by using DHCP. I've made what I think are the correct changes in /etc/network/interfaces and ifconfig works okay, but I'm not sure what to put under 'nameservers' in /etc/resolv.conf, anyone tell me, I'm quite the networking-newbie15:33
DizzyDoono matter what I seem to set it to, typing ping www.google.com gets me nowhere15:50
pmatulisDizzyDoo: put in your ISP's nameserver15:52
cemchow do i add an ipv6 address to an existing eth0 which also has an ipv4 address, how do I edit /etc/network/interfaces?16:22
RoyKcemc: vi /etc/network/interfaces is a good way to edit that file16:36
cemcRoyK: :) I ment what do I need to put in the file so I get both ip addresses on the same interface16:39
domashehe, sysadmin quiz: would 80M-sized /usr/bin/php with all debugging symbols be slower than stripped 6M binary? :)16:49
ScottKdomas: Yes.  The question is will it be enough to make a difference.16:53
domasmeh, ScottK has been sane before as well :)16:54
domasscottk: no difference, to be exact16:54
domaskernel doesn't read dwarf section16:55
ScottKWell it'll be slower to start at the very least.16:55
domasscottk: it won't16:55
ScottKLikely not enough to care.16:55
ScottKIt doesn't all get read off of disk once?16:56
domasloader/kernel doesn't read debug section at all16:56
domasnope, it doesn't16:56
domas;-)16:56
ScottKInteresting.16:56
domashmmm, should try to get my packages compiled in 32-bit-pointer-size mode, using additional x86_64 registers16:59
diogo_79hi guys17:07
diogo_79i have gopenvpn install17:07
diogo_79i have configured the dnmasq.conf nameservers17:07
diogo_79but when the update-resolv-conf file is call the resolv.conf file is not update17:08
diogo_79i dont know why17:08
diogo_79can some one help me17:08
diogo_79?17:08
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uvirtbotNew bug: #425265 in samba (main) "dsf" [Undecided,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42526518:26
uvirtbotNew bug: #426813 in net-snmp (main) "snmpd dies after requests with snmpwalk" [Undecided,Incomplete] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42681318:41
dawkirstDouble post from #ubuntu: I'm running Ubuntu server 8.04 in a virtual machine (VirtualBox) and I'm trying to install lamp-server with sudo tasksel install lamp-server, the tasksel configuration remains at 0%. Any clues?19:19
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mm__202Question, Im setting up a new server with RAID1, should the swap partition be logical or primary? :S20:01
mm__202Or does it even matter?20:01
jmarsdenmm__202: It won't really matter, but if you have the choice, keep it simple and make it a primary partition20:02
ikoniamm__202: doesn't matter20:02
mm__202okay, thanks guys.  I figured as much, but just wanted to make sure.20:02
graphicYo, I'm using the package "webcam" but I dont want it to use FTP or SSH, just stick the files in a directory locally, the man page is really really unhelpful20:03
ikoniaok20:04
jmarsdengraphic: webcam is specifically intended for use where you want to upload the images... you could probably set it to upload to localhost as a workaround :)20:05
mm__202Guys, one more question, it is worth setting up a swap partition in RAID1?  The only reason I ask is if its being used on the two seperate drives and one of the fails than that swap data is gone.20:06
graphicThats what I was doing, but I would want to do it through SSH since I'm forcing everyone who uses this server to use SFTP and dont have FTP set up any way. The problem with that is it prompts for a password every time it uploads a new image20:06
graphicAnd I want it to run as a daemon - I have the daemon script set up and it works fine except for always prompting for a password.20:08
graphicis there another package I could use? I like this one because it has very few dependencies and doesn't come with a lot of extra junk I don't need20:09
jmarsdengraphic: Set up a special account for it and an ssh keypair with an empty passphrase20:09
jmarsdenFor alternatives see what   apt-cache search webcam     shows up... it's not an area I know much about to be honest :)20:09
graphicjmarsden: I tried that but I must have fowled up the process somehow do you know a good tut for the keypair thing?20:10
graphicjmarsden: I have a "webcam" user already set up for that20:10
mm__202jmarsden / ikonia:  The swap partition, should it be part of the RAID (1)?  Or what is the usual rule-of-thumb for that?20:11
jmarsdengraphic: Just do it :)    Log in as webcam, and run     ssh-keygen20:12
graphicokay, but don't I need to more than just that?20:12
jmarsdenmm__202: I don't know if there is a convention for that, either way (part of RAI1 or not) will work fine.  Put it inside the RAID1 if you have the disk space, I suppose, so swap can work even if one disk dies.20:13
mm__202jmarsden: okay, thank you.20:13
jmarsdengraphic: The usual thing, copy the ~/.ssh/id_dsa.pub into ~/.ssh/authorised_keys (hope I got all the filenames right there)20:13
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graphichuh20:15
jmarsdengraphic: Here is a forum post, but I've never used a tutorial for that :)20:16
jmarsdenhttp://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-30709.html20:17
jmarsdengraphic: You can test whether it works by doing ssh webcam@localhost20:17
graphicjmarsden: I did that, it works if I'm logged in already as webcam but not from any other user - plus this has to run as a daemon so really shouldn't I need to copy the key somewhere else?20:18
jmarsdenIf the daemon is running as webcam, you are all set.  if it is running as root you could copy  ~/.ssh/id_dsa to (for example) /root/.ssh/id_dsa as long as root has no existing keypair20:21
graphichow do I switch what user is running webcam?20:21
graphicIm using the init.d script20:21
graphicskeleton20:21
jmarsdengraphic: How are you starting the daemon..20:21
jmarsdenOK.  Let me look at that...20:21
garymcanyone in th euk here?20:22
garymcthe uk *20:22
garymcIve got a BT hgv2700 business router and the udp ports dont seem to be working to well20:22
jmarsdengraphic: Hmm, webcam doesn't actually come as a daemon... did you create your own init script?  if so can you pastebin it somewhere so i can see it?20:23
garymcive opened all the ports i need but my sip device doesnt seem to work and when i use nmap to check the ports they say closed?20:23
graphicyeah 'ang on20:23
jmarsdengarymc: I'm not in the UK but do the relevant ports appear open if you nmap scan them from inside the firewall/router?20:24
garymcno20:24
garymctcp ports work well but udp show as closed?20:24
garymccould it be these routers?20:25
jmarsdenThen by definition they won't show up as open via the router's port redirection either :)20:25
jmarsdenif you are scanning within the local LAN, the router is not in the picture...20:25
garymcso how can you tell if the ports are open?20:25
garymcim ssh ing to my servers from home20:25
garymcssh works great but the UDP ports required for SIP calls dont seem to work20:25
graphicjmarsden: http://pastebin.com/d6b8d26d720:26
jmarsdennmap scan the SIP server device, from a machine that is inside the router/firewall device you are trying to configure.20:26
garymcyeah i just need to check the ports are open on the router20:27
garymci think20:27
garymcso will portforward check website not check the ports correctly?20:29
garymcI put the ip addy in i want to check the ports on20:29
garymcIt tells me my port 80 22 and 21 are open20:29
jmarsdengarymc: I have no idea what portforward website might do.  You have a Ubuntu machine on that subnet, so use it to test with :)20:29
garymcas soon as i put in 506020:29
garymcim a newbie and not sure how to do that20:29
jmarsdengraphic: That script has no obvious way to run the daemon as anything other than root.20:30
garymcnot sure of the best way20:30
graphicYeah thats what I figured20:30
jmarsden<jmarsden> garymc: I'm not in the UK but do the relevant ports appear open if you nmap scan them from inside the firewall/router?20:30
jmarsden<garymc> no20:30
jmarsdenDid you actually do this, or did you just guess "no" ??20:30
ftheresehello, I am in a situation where one of my users on one server cannot access the internet20:31
graphic jmarsden: I think the best way would be to just copy that key to the roots keys, however I do not know where that is, since everything on Ubuntu is sudo done20:31
garymci used an Nmap -v -o ip addy port unumber thingy20:31
garymcin the CLI20:31
graphicthere's no "root" in /home/20:31
jmarsdengraphic: the home dir for root is /root20:31
graphicos20:31
ftheresewhy would one single username be blocked from the internal network and from the internet?20:32
jmarsdengraphic: so sudo cp -p ~webcam/.ssh/id_dsa /root/.ssh/id_dsa     # should do it20:32
jmarsdenftherese: Seems unlikely unless you have a router/firewall that can talk to the server and determine who owns which connections... which is rare.20:33
jmarsdenftherese: If you create a new user on that same server the same commands (wget or lynx or whatever) work fine?20:33
fthereseJmarsden: the old users work fine, but I haven't tried creating a new user20:34
aubreI'm trying out karmic's version of Eucalyptus, I'll be testing images tomorrow20:34
guntbertftherese: do you have access to that account? so we could do some testing?20:34
jmarsdenftherese: OK... so then this comes down to what is different about the one blocked user.20:34
ftheresejmarsden: I have also deleted the user account that was problematic and recreated it and still no dice20:35
ftheresejmarsden: I have universal access20:35
aubreanyone going to Atlanta Linux Fest / Ubucon ? hope to meet some server-oriented people there20:35
graphicjmarsden: haha that worked but I don't think that webcam was meant to be run as a daemon20:35
ftheresejmarsden: I am setting up the servers and working towards deployment20:35
jmarsdenftherese: OK.  What is the command you are trying to check for Internet access?  wget http://example.com20:35
ftheresejmarsden: Connection to example.com| 208.77.188.166|:8020:37
ftheresejmarsden: and it sits there20:37
jmarsdenBut the exact same thing as user users is fine?  This is very odd behaviour...20:38
jmarsden*as other users20:38
ftheresejmarsden: I had installed and deleted a squid proxy server, and I am afraid that there is a piece hanging aound20:38
jmarsdenAh... OK.  We need to check all the proxy variables... wait a sec...20:38
ftheresejmarsden: but the problem is on a different computer from the server where the proxy was installed...20:39
ftheresejmarsden:  The setup is 4 servers20:39
ftheresejmarsden:  Serving ltsp20:39
jmarsdenftherese: At some point did you set up the server with the user account on it to use the proxy?20:39
ftheresejmarsden: all four servers have a "user" account login and a "salledelectures" login, besides the admin login that is proper to each one20:40
jmarsdenftherese: See whether  (as the user with the issue)    set | grep proxy    shows any proxy-related environment variables set20:40
ftheresejmarsden: I had intenede to set up a proxy server to block internet access20:41
ftheresejmarsden: to only the user salledelectures20:41
ftheresejmarsden: and after deleting that, salledelectures is able to acces the network and internet on three out of four20:41
ftheresejmarsden: the set |grep proxy returns nothing20:42
jmarsdenSo on the fourth, it seems, something is configured to still try to use the (now nonexistent) proxy... I am guessing.20:42
jmarsdenOK.20:42
ftheresejmarsden: right20:42
ftheresejmarsden: the other users are fine on that computer20:42
ftheresejmarsden: I have even wiped completely the offending account and recreated it20:42
ftheresejmarsden: with the same problem20:43
ftheresejmarsden: Once, when recreating the account I changed the uid to 1003 when it was originally 100220:43
ftheresejmarsden: and it started working20:43
ftheresejmarsden: and then just as suddenly stopped again20:44
jmarsdenthen it could be something in a config file that has that username in it?  Does    grep -r salldelectures /etc  show you anything relevant -- any unexpected config files with the name in it?20:44
heath|otgI have enabled quotas on a NFS server. How do I view and set the quota information from a client computer?20:45
ftheresejmarsden: that's it I think20:45
ftheresejmarsden: there was a moment when I was trying to use linux firewall20:46
jmarsdenheath|otg: ssh to the NFS server and use edquota ?20:46
ftheresejmarsden: and there is a pre-up entry that I must have left there in/etc/network/interfaces20:46
ftheresejmarsden: oops20:47
jmarsdenftherese: OK, sounds like we found it :)20:47
guntbertjmarsden, ftherese: I still suspect a proxy setting - to rule that out ftherese please try telnet www.whatever.you.want 80 please - it should give "connected to..."20:47
guntbertftherese: forget me then :-)20:47
fthereseguntbert: good suggestion, somebody tried to help me yesterday and gave that suggestion20:48
fthereseguntbert: what happens there is that iptables just drops the requests made by the user20:48
fthereseguntbert: but since I only verified the clearing of iptables by looking at webmin, the setting I had added by hand was not visible20:49
jmarsdenftherese: And your pre-up entry was adding those firewall rules?20:49
guntbertftherese: :-) - yes that seems to be clear20:49
ftheresejmarsden: Yeah, I guess I just assumed that clearing it through webmin and seeing it cleared would have done the trick20:50
jmarsdenftherese: OK.  I'd trust the command line tools far more than I'd trust a web based app for system administration...  Anyway, we found it and it is now all fixed, right?20:50
ftheresejmarsden: yup iptalbles -F and I am back on track20:51
jmarsdenGood :)20:51
guntbertftherese: 2 points though: 1) webmin is no longer supported on unbuntu; 2) if you use it for firewall settings you can tell it to display the actual working config instead of that from some file20:51
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fthereseguntbert: yeah, I noticed that it is no longer supported by ubuntu, but it helped me psychologically when I had to face the monolith of configuration options20:52
fthereseBut I actually had another problem with squid, and I finally gave up20:53
guntbertftherese: thats why I made point (2) :-)20:53
fthereseguntbert: good point20:53
fthereseguntbert: :)20:53
guntbert!info fwbuilder if you want a GUI for your firewall20:53
ubottu'if' is not a valid distribution: dapper, dapper-backports, hardy, hardy-backports, intrepid, intrepid-backports, jaunty, jaunty-backports, karmic, karmic-backports, kubuntu-backports, kubuntu-experimental, kubuntu-updates, medibuntu, partner20:53
guntbert!info fwbuilder  | ftherese  if you want a GUI for your firewall20:54
fthereseguntbert: thanks, I'll take a look20:54
ftherese!info fwbuilder20:54
ubottufwbuilder (source: fwbuilder): Firewall administration tool GUI. In component universe, is optional. Version 3.0.2-1 (jaunty), package size 1739 kB, installed size 4820 kB20:54
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graphicHey does & force a process into the background?20:55
guntbertgraphic: yes (but no force is applied)20:56
graphicokay so if I did &webcams /path/to/conf I'd get my console back while webcam does its thing?20:57
heath|otgjmarsden: thanks20:57
giovanigraphic: you append "&" with a space to the end of the command20:57
giovanii.e. "/path/to/application --some --switches /and/a/config &"20:58
graphicohs20:58
graphicAlrighty then20:58
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uvirtbotNew bug: #291629 in debian (main) "kipmi0 uses 100% cpu" [Undecided,Invalid] https://launchpad.net/bugs/29162921:01
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fthereseguntbert: it says there is a new version available... and the version of fwbuilder I have in front of me looks a little rough21:05
guntbertftherese: let me look21:06
fthereseguntbert: should I download the newest version, or does the default one in the repository work jsut fine?21:06
graphicwhats the command to open another terminal in linux?21:06
ftheresegraphic: what kind? a graphical one?21:07
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graphicOh no I mean if you have an SSH session open21:07
graphichmph it used to be like Alt+1 or Alt+F1 on minix21:08
ftheresegraphic: ok, sorry, I don't know21:08
guntbertftherese: 3.0.2 seems fairly recent - you can have a look at http://www.fwbuilder.org/docs/firewall_builder_packages.html and http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/getting-started-with-firewall-builder/21:09
fthereseguntbert: I triple clicked on it, and it crashed21:09
fthereseguntbert: I'm going to take a look at the newer version if there is one21:09
guntbertgraphic: if you have only ssh access there is no GUI, but you can tunnel X for (single) apps21:10
guntbertftherese: I never used it on #ubuntu, but it takes a little reading... (rather than installing the latest, I guess :-))21:11
jmarsdengraphic: On a linux desktop, ctrl-alt-f1 gets a text mode console, up to ctrl-alt-f6.  ctrl-alt-f7 gets you back to the GUI (if there is one).  Inside an ssh session, I would use screen to get multiple shell sessions.21:12
mdzgraphic, I think you're looking for byobu or screen21:12
fthereseguntbert: is it centered around iptables?21:12
guntbertftherese: it is able to manage several filter/firewall backends, one of them is iptables21:13
fthereseguntbert: nice, ok21:14
guntbertftherese: have fun :-)21:14
killemallgood afternoon21:14
killemalldo you know a freenode channel where I might get some advice on recovering a partition21:15
mushroombluekillemall: probably ask in your distro's channel.21:15
killemallthis is my distros channel :) I used clonezilla, and accidently clone sda1 to sda2, instead of sda1 to sdb121:17
killemallmaybe i should post at the clonezilla forums, and go from there21:17
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sorenkillemall: If it copied everything from sda1 to sda2, you're not going to get what was on sda2 before back.21:29
killemallhi thanks for the reply21:29
killemallsda1  was 35GB parition, with only 5 GB of data on it21:29
killemallsda2 was 100GB parition, with 90GB of data on it21:30
killemalli dont 'think' clonezilla uses dd for this action, becuase the cloning of the parititon process with really quite fast21:30
killemalli wondered if maybe i should just do a quick format of sda2 and then try some recovery software? man im so lost on this one21:31
killemalli just posted over at the clonezilla forums as well,21:31
sorenYou're going to get much more qualified help over there, I imagine.21:32
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graphicHey if I start a process in the back ground like "make something-that-will-take-four-days &" how can I log out and have that task continue?22:24
heath|otgum... that should do it I think22:24
sorengraphic: "nohup make something-that-will-take-four-days &"22:24
graphicYes but then if I log out it will kill the task no?22:25
sorengraphic: And then log out.22:25
graphicawesome22:25
sorengraphic: some things don't need it, but adding nohup will make sure it keeps running after you log out.22:25
graphicgot nohup: ignoring input and appending output to `nohup.out'22:26
sorenYup.22:27
graphicsoren: Another question, does anyone know a good command linen tool that can just take a snap shot from a webcam if given a specified device like "camcmd /dev/video0"?22:30
soren"apt-cache search" suggests vggrabj22:32
sorenSorry, vgrabbj22:32
graphiccool, do you know how hard it would be to write something in C++ to grab an Image from a webcam? Got a school project, using a web cam to determine if there are open parking spaces in one of the parking lots behind my school. I'm writing what actually analyzes the two images in C++ with a alittle help from Magick++ but I dunno how to take the snap shot in C++ cant really find good info on it22:35
graphic(parking is an annoying problem at my school)22:38
sorenThe interface is called v4l, but it's not really on-topic for this channel.22:39
graphicOh hmm guess I should look there22:40
graphicKnow a good channel about Linux Programming?22:40
sorenNot really.22:43
sorenNot a general one.22:43
sorenI'd find one that deals with v4l.22:43
sorenlike #v4l22:43
graphicthats true22:46
graphicI might just wimp out on that part until the more important stuff is taken care of22:47
heath|otgAnyone ever used quota remote commands?22:56
graphicTHE HALLOWEENIES22:56
graphicno I haven't though heath|otg22:57
SineDeviancehi, i want to run ubuntu server 9.04 and i want to set it up with a basic gui (like lxde) and have it autologin so i can admin it entirely through vnc. is this possible?23:19
tsrkSineDeviance, you shouldn't need autologin for that23:24
tsrkjust use a vnc that creates a new session23:24
SineDeviancetsrk, i can do that? cause yeah i'd need to admin this system entirely over remote. it's a laptop with a busted keyboard/touchpad, and a cracked screen. the only thing that works is the power button :D so yeah i don't want to have to hook up a keyboard and mouse every time i need to change something23:25
tsrkwell generally you'd want ssh for that, but if you want a gui vnc should work fine23:26
SineDevianceeh sorry about that23:26
tsrkor if you can do *some* shell, you could "ssh -X" which will let you type things like "gedit" to get the window locally but running remotely23:26
SineDevianceokay. well, assume i install ubuntu server and setup a gui how i want. how would i setup vncserver to make a new session?23:27
SineDevianceuh, for reference right now i'm running this server on winxp pro and using winvnc to admin it. yeah, don't laugh :D23:28
SineDeviancei have it set to autologin so i don't even have to type my pass23:28
tsrkhttps://help.ubuntu.com/community/VNC/Servers#tightvncserver23:29
tsrkTightVNC creates a new session by default23:29
tsrkthat's what i've used23:29
SineDeviancetsrk, ahh, cool. thanks!23:29
tsrkyou shouldn't need any of the extra configuration stuff23:29
SineDevianceokay23:30
SineDevianceone more question23:30
uvirtbotNew bug: #429087 in eucalyptus (main) "after UEC front-end (cluster) install, key sync stage of registration cannot proceed without entering a password " [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/42908723:31
SineDeviancein the ubuntu-server repos, will i still have access to packages for gui stuff? like xubuntu or blackbox or somesuch?23:31
jmarsdenSineDeviance: The repos are the same.23:35
jmarsdenSineDeviance: However, once you add a GUI to a Ubuntu Server install, you don't really have a Ubuntu Server any more, so asking for help on the GUI aspect of your custom setup here in #ubuntu-server is unlikely to get you a lot of help.23:36
jmarsdenAh, he left already?23:36

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