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QueopsA total nightmare this samba00:04
ScuniziI've got a chicken and egg syndrom.. just installed "server" on a laptop with a Broadcom BCM4401 eth0 card.. sudo lshw shows the card and static ip address I setup and a b44 driver that it's chosen.. however it's not connecting.. any help is apriciated.00:54
draven_solat a highlevel how do i create an encrypted raid 10 on ubuntu server 10.04, using 5 disks. i'm using one for /boot, without encryption and the other 4 for the encrypted raid.01:40
draven_soli managed to get the system installed but when i power down the system and remove one drive as a test, i am dumped to an emergency shell01:41
rcsheetswould it be reasonable to use the built-in 'ssh' group to restrict ssh access using sshd_config's AllowGroups option?01:44
rcsheetsor would it be somehow better to create an ssh-users group?01:46
rcsheetshttps://help.ubuntu.com/10.10/serverguide/C/user-management.html implicitly suggests creating an sshlogin group.01:52
ehcahDoes anyone know if the casual home user serving up Movies from Server Storage and played locally by dedicated HTPC's, would notice any speed/performance difference between Linux generic Raid6 / Samba versus ZFS?02:06
chrismsnzhey guys - any canonical devs around? Looking for convirt 2.0 - I see all the press releases saying it's in the partner repo but it's nowhere to be found on my lucid system02:08
twbehcah: for a single user, I very much doubt it02:08
MTecknologyWasn't there an #ubuntu-virt channel?02:09
chrismsnzi tried that - seems to be invite only?02:09
twbchrismsnz: have you enabled the partner repo?02:09
chrismsnztwb: yes02:09
twb#ubuntu-virt is a deprecated channel; it redirects here.  You're seeing an "invite only" error because of a bug in the ircd, because you're already IN this channel02:10
chrismsnzi c02:10
MTecknologyoh..02:10
MTecknologythanks02:10
MTecknologyso.. I'm getting an error [ pci_add_option_rom: failed to find romfile "pxe-rtl8139.bin" ] when I try to start a vm in kvm - any ideas why?02:11
MTecknologythere we go - needed kvm-pxe02:16
MTecknologyso.. I'm trying to boot NetBSD with KVM - it boots - but doesn't go much futher..02:16
twbMTecknology: rtl8139 is an ethernet chipset.  PXE is a netboot protocol, usually implemented as a ROM chip on the NIC.02:17
twbMTecknology: it is complaining because it can't find the netboot ROM (firmware?) for your NIC02:17
twbThis might be because (IIRC) rtl8139 requires non-Free firmware that Linus ships, but Debian (and Ubuntu?) remove from the kernel because binary blobs aren't DFSG compliant.02:18
MTecknologyoh02:18
MTecknologytwb: Installing that package seems to have made that go away and there's not complaining about anything now - any ideas why booting NetBSD won't get past this point?  http://imagebin.ca/img/5CXyyiSy.png02:19
twbMTecknology: sorry, I don't have time.02:25
MTecknologyok- thanks02:25
chrismsnzCan't see anything obviously wrong in with that output, MTecknology02:28
chrismsnznot that I'm a bsd expert of any sort02:28
MTecknologychrismsnz: it just hangs there - never finishes booting02:28
chrismsnzMTecknology: relevent? http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-bugs/2010/11/08/msg019756.html02:29
MTecknologychrismsnz: seems to be02:30
chrismsnzMTecknology: http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-bugs/2010/11/08/msg019751.html matches your problem exactly02:30
chrismsnzseems like a netbsd bug :\02:30
chrismsnzapparently a workaround is "-no-kvm-irqchip" to the kvm command if you haven't seen that post already02:34
MTecknologychrismsnz: I tried that and it didn't seem to help - I'm trying another iso now02:40
MTecknologychrismsnz: thanks for finding that :)02:40
chrismsnznp02:40
chrismsnzgetting back to work now tho :)02:40
demonsporkhow can I use apache to monitor the bandwidth usage of each website that it is hosting03:00
draven_solwhat is proper manual method to create an encrypted raid 10 in ubuntu 10.0403:05
Gdemonspork: I think the really popular one not too long ago was mod_bandwidth03:14
demonsporkdraven_sol, the proper method is to avoid it at all costs03:16
Gdemonspork: looks like all the apache modules I can remember off the top of my head either don't work w/ the latest Apache, no longer maintained or unknown03:17
demonsporkk03:18
MTecknologyso netbsd has been trying to install itself for a long dang time now - it 'seems' to be an issue with talking to the virtual disk... It's been running the equiv of mkfs for about an hour on a 10GB disk.. Any ideas what might be causing that?03:18
draven_soldemonspork, why would it be proper to avoid?03:18
demonsporkthat is more of an opinion03:19
Gdemonspork: http://serverfault.com/questions/30149/alternative-to-mod-throttle may be interesting03:19
G(for you that is)03:19
demonsporkbut at the point you can build a raid 10 you might as well do an LVM RAID 503:19
Gdraven_sol: software raid or hardware raid03:19
draven_solG software raid03:20
Gbtw, be careful about which way you get the RAID 1 and 0 (just an opinion)03:20
Gdraven_sol: Putting encryption on a software raid 10 I'd suspect is just going to make your I/O get to the point where it's non-existant03:21
demonsporkalso why do you want it to be encrypted?03:22
Gdemonspork: it's a reasonable requirement for some situations03:22
Gthat said, nothing beats a properly secured room03:22
demonsporkI use an encrypted partition on a server in an open colo room03:23
demonsporkno locked rack03:23
demonsporkI got there to install it and saw that there weren't lock rack sections as I had assumed03:23
demonsporkso I just quickly sat there and said "I am goign to be here for about an hour" and an hour later I had the thing redone with an encrypted partition03:24
draven_solG, what is the highlevel method, is it to set the drives for raid use, then encrypt?03:24
Gdraven_sol: you may be better off performance wise, considering the purchase of a decent RAID controller that can offload a bit of the work from the OS03:25
draven_solit's a home server which i'll consider a hardware controller if the performance is poor03:26
Gdraven_sol: normally the encryption would go on after the RAID, but it does depend on the type of encryption03:30
Gfwiw I've never touched RAID+Encryption (mainly for sanity reasons ;))03:30
draven_solG yeah that's my problem right now, is the sanity of properly doing it so it's bootable with a failed drive03:31
Gdraven_sol: well the most important part is the visualise it and get your RAID right03:32
Gif it's not the primary boot device(s) then just get the RAID going, test it, then worry about encryption03:32
draven_soli have a separate drive for /boot to maintain some sanity03:33
Ghmmmm really it's up to you in the end how you want to do it, but draw it out on paper, and make sure you get your RAID10 right (the order of the RAID1 and RAID0 can matter)03:35
uvirtbotNew bug: #324889 in libnss-ldap "Ubuntu Notebook Remix 1.0.1 does not work with OpenLDAP" [Undecided,Expired] https://launchpad.net/bugs/32488904:40
draven_soli'm testing my raid, powered down the system. removed the power and data cable to one of the drives. when i reboot i am dumped into a recovery shell. is this normal for raid 10?04:45
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kaushalhi06:14
twbdraven_sol: yes06:25
twbdraven_sol: if you want it to boot normally, you need to boot with "bootdegraded"06:26
uvirtbotNew bug: #678420 in samba (main) "smbd sometimes does not start on startup" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/67842008:26
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stanmanhi, how do i tail netstat?08:55
joschistanman: `netstat|tail`08:59
joschistanman: but you're probably looking for something like `watch`08:59
stanmanaight! That's what it was!09:00
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uvirtbotNew bug: #678498 in samba (main) "Ubuntu fails to copy any files on windows share with "Invalid Argument" error" [Undecided,Confirmed] https://launchpad.net/bugs/67849811:32
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xfafsoren:hey did you merge in my changes to the debian branch yet?12:00
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sorenzul: Hm.. Nope, I must have missed the e-mail about the patch.12:08
sorenzul: Replied.12:12
zulsoren: thank will look after i drop liam off and try not to break my kneecaps ;)12:13
sorenzul: I have people for that sort of thing.12:13
sorenDaviey: Did I miss an e-mail from you?12:59
Davieysoren: no, not yet13:00
sorenDaviey: Alrighty.13:00
* RoyK orders a new 17" MBP13:19
LyonJTHey13:24
LyonJTDoes anyone know how to setup a iptable so that only connections from say ssh.domainname.com are accepted instead of domainname.com?13:24
zulsoren: yeah i should probably outsource that to india13:25
sorenzul: Knee cap bashing?13:26
sorenzul: I don't think that would work.13:26
sorenzul: They're way too polite.13:26
zulsoren: heh13:26
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zulsmoser: you here today?13:48
zulis american thanksgiving this week or next week i forget13:48
patdk-wkthis thursday13:50
patdk-wkLyonJT, you can't use dns names in iptables, unless those ip's will never change, and your dns upstream will never be spoofed when you restart your firewall13:51
Pindakaashello everyone! Can anyone tell me what the easiest way is to set up a mail server?13:57
patdk-wkdepends on what you want to use the email server for13:58
Pindakaasfor joomla13:58
patdk-wkreceive, easy13:58
patdk-wksending, not so much13:58
patdk-wkspamfiltering, depends, but generally not13:58
Pindakaasow it needs to recieve and send:$13:58
Pindakaaswell lets try babysteps first:P how about recieving ?13:58
patdk-wkinstall email server, done :)13:59
Pindakaaswow13:59
PindakaasLOL:13:59
Pindakaasand should i use something like EXIM3 or Postfix?13:59
patdk-wkyou probably want something like: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PostfixCompleteVirtualMailSystemHowto14:00
Pindakaasso i need a "mail delivery agent"and thats it?14:00
patdk-wkbut for sending of email, I would make sure all your dns stuff matchs correctly14:01
patdk-wkforward dns, reverse dns, mx name, spf records, dkim, helo name14:01
zulnijaba: ping when you are around14:01
Pindakaasok thank you im going to look into it. 2 weeks ago i didn even know how to navigate a command line server.14:01
Pindakaas:P14:01
nijabazul: pong14:01
patdk-wkheh?14:01
patdk-wkthey make servers without cli's?14:01
Pindakaasyes windows does :P but i got fed up with it:P14:02
zulnijaba: bonjour so your virtual networking spec what needs to be done? openvswitch dkms stuff, tinc and ...?14:02
patdk-wkdunno, I've been admining an exchange server for a several years now (not cause I want to), and I do it all via cli14:03
nijabazul: just to make sure the pakage installs and the kernel modules compiles, that's it, I think14:03
zulnijaba: oh....thats easy :014:03
nijabazul: great14:03
Pindakaaspatdk-wk > I just started with ubuntu server but now i know how to get around it gets better and better :D thank you for the help btw14:04
patdk-wkmake sure all your dns is setup good though, or all your email will be rejected, or go to junk folders, when you send to other poeple14:04
zulnijaba: now i just have to do the spec for it?14:04
zulnijaba: grrr14:04
nijabazul: what do you mean?14:05
Pindakaasok i will keep that in mind and google for the keywords you just typed14:05
zulnijaba: i mean i just have to write the spec14:05
nijabazul: that's should not be a long one ;)14:05
zulnijaba: it shouldnt...shout it be in main though?14:06
nijabazul: not unless something else depends on it14:06
LyonJTpatdk-wk: thanks pal14:06
zulnijaba: ack thanks14:06
* SpamapS is away way too early14:17
maddoghihi14:53
maddoghiho14:53
highvoltagehi maddog14:54
highvoltageoh, not *the* maddog :)14:54
maddogi have a ubuntu server 10.10 with a 3ware raid and a crypto volume. Everytime i write data to that volume, the transmission hangs every ~350mb for 30 seconds or so. I already disabled all caching functions on the controller, so i have no idea why that happens..14:55
uvirtbotNew bug: #674803 in samba (main) "package samba-common-bin 2:3.4.7~dfsg-1ubuntu3.2 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/67480315:02
SpamapSmaddog: is it possible that you are running out of entropy?15:09
maddoghm, how would i check that?15:11
SpamapSmaddog: cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail15:13
maddogalright, let me watch that while provoking the error15:14
SpamapSmaddog: if you're going to be writing a lot of data, you may want to run something like EGD (Entropy Gathering Daemon)15:14
maddoghm, the value is jumping between 137 and 180 while the error occurs15:16
SpamapShmm.. EGD seems to be old old school :p15:17
SpamapSmaddog: thats the number of bits of entropy you have available.. and may be too low15:17
SpamapSmaddog: you might want to try rng-tools which I believe will take advantage of any hardware on your motherboard to help with that15:18
patdk-wkya, around 150 avail means basically your in the 0% usable15:22
uvirtbotNew bug: #677611 in bind9 (main) "package bind9 1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1 failed to install/upgrade:" [Undecided,New] https://launchpad.net/bugs/67761115:26
maddoghm, rngd tells me it cant find /dev/hwrng, but it exists and should be accessible15:27
SpamapSmaddog: but is it attached to anything working?15:30
maddoghm, good question...15:32
maddogaccording to lsof it isnt15:32
SpamapSmaddog: I mean to a working device15:33
maddogah ok, how would i check that?15:34
SpamapSmaddog: good question. ;)15:34
maddoghehe15:34
smoserzul, i'm here today15:55
smoserand part tomorrow15:55
smoserwhats up?15:55
zulsmoser: you wanna talk ec2 stuff later?15:55
smosersure15:56
zulsmoser: k15:56
zulsoren: branch fixed again16:20
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LoganPhyvehello all, wondering if anyone has any idea how to upgrade an ubuntu 7.10 server to 8.04, then to 10.04... on $ sudo do-release-upgrade , I get "no new relase found"...16:41
pmatulisLoganPhyve: such a thing is not officially supported16:42
LoganPhyveI know... do I have any options for either a network upgrade or a cd-based upgrade?16:42
\shLoganPhyve: vi /etc/apt/sources.list s/gutsy/hardy/g <save it> ; apt-get update16:44
\shapt-get dist-upgrade16:44
\shLoganPhyve: so you can go from gutsy (7.10) to hardy (8.04)16:45
LoganPhyveis that the only line that needs to be in /etc/apt/source.list?16:45
pmatulisLoganPhyve: is this an important machine?16:45
LoganPhyveyes, but I'm working on a clone of it in a virtual, isolated environment. THe physical machine is out in prodctiuon right now.16:45
\shlogon: you have normally three lines: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse  and then two other lines with gutsy-updates and gutsy-security16:46
\shLoganPhyve:  you have normally three lines: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu gutsy main restricted universe multiverse  and then two other lines with gutsy-updates and gutsy-security16:46
pmatulisLoganPhyve: well if it's a clone you can try the sources.list edit method16:46
LoganPhyvei did try editing them to add the hardy repos, but it didn't like that16:47
pmatulisLoganPhyve: right16:47
LoganPhyvei'm thinking my syntax was right16:47
pmatulisLoganPhyve: pastebin the file perhaps16:47
LoganPhyvesure, one moment16:47
\shLoganPhyve: this is the right apt/sources.list for hardy (when you want universe/multiverse disabled, just drop them from the lines)16:48
\shLoganPhyve: http://paste.ubuntu.com/535263/16:48
pmatulisLoganPhyve: and associated errors?16:49
LoganPhyveah, that's probably what's wrong... the list entries I had ended the url with a forward slash16:49
pmatulisLoganPhyve: please read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EOLUpgrades/Gutsy16:51
LoganPhyvethanks, I think this will help a lot... will let you know if I'm successful.16:51
pmatulisLoganPhyve: i'd like to know how it turns out16:52
LoganPhyvesure, will do. it's an OLD firewall server running 7.10 and shorewall 3.4.4, the last IT guy didn't update anything... ever... wow.16:52
eagles0513875hey guys is it possible to resize a swap partition?17:12
zulnijaba: ping one more thing17:22
nijabazul: no thanks if you want to send over freezing rain :017:22
zulnijaba: heh...you are getting anyways17:23
zulnijaba: does this look alright for work items for the virtual networking spec? http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/535274/17:23
nijabazul: maybe add a test item?17:24
zulnijaba: ack17:24
nijabazul: something like "write a checkbox test case for openvswitch"17:25
[diablo]anyone know why ubuntu-virt is invite only please?17:30
eagles0513875[diablo]: is your nick registered? if so are you identified17:34
[diablo]eagles0513875, yep it is17:34
[diablo]Cannot join #ubuntu-virt (Channel is invite only).17:34
[diablo]weird17:34
eagles0513875[diablo]: im not sure never been in that channel before17:35
[diablo]eagles0513875, np ... annoying thing is I want to be in it :-)17:35
[diablo]lionel, you there mate?17:35
eagles0513875it could be that its ubuntu-virtualization instead of ubuntu-virt so they made the virt channel invite only17:36
eagles0513875nm scratch that17:36
[diablo]heres a man who will know17:37
[diablo]jono, you know why #ubuntu-virt has become invite only please?17:37
zulnijaba: spec has been updated17:37
jonohey [diablo]17:37
jonono, but that should not be the case17:37
[diablo]jono, do you have access please?17:37
eagles0513875jono: [diablo] and i have it saying invite only17:38
jono[diablo], I don't17:38
eagles0513875i dont need in but i kinda find it strange17:38
jonoit says invite only to me too17:38
[diablo]odd17:38
jonoI am sure it is a mistake17:38
[diablo]can we get this fixed? any idea who is controlling the channel?17:38
jono[diablo], eagles0513875 looking into this now17:38
[diablo]cheers jono17:38
eagles0513875thanks jono17:38
jonoso it should re-direct to #ubuntu-cloud17:39
jonobut it seems the redirect is broken17:39
* [diablo] found a neat trick to preform on Dell laptops with the Ubuntu stickers given to him at his meeting with Canonical last week... place them over the Dell logo encased in the circle, they fit perfectly, stick three on top of each other and you can not see the word Dell17:40
[diablo]oh17:40
[diablo]jono, should they not really be separate channels?17:40
jono[diablo], eagles0513875 ok, so it turns out it redirects to this channel17:41
jonoso you are all good17:41
jonosorry for the confusion17:41
eagles0513875lol17:41
* eagles0513875 has yet to figure out why so many ubuntu channels. the language ones make sense and dev ones but virt etc dont make so much sense17:42
qman__if you've spent any time in #ubuntu, you should know why17:42
qman__way too busy17:43
* \sh got rid of #ubuntu long time ago...no real input...mostly noise..17:43
eagles0513875qman__: im in kubuntu more then ubuntu as i use kde17:49
zulthere is an #ubuntu channel? :)17:52
SpamapSzul: thar be dragonse17:54
zulSpamapS: heh17:55
aljosacan't figure out if there is some way to add http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/ to /etc/apt/sources.list and use apt-get to install specific kernel?17:58
[diablo]jono, LOL ok cheers18:04
[diablo]mmm does laclasse not sit around here ever?18:06
consumerismi ran apt-get install mysql-server &18:26
consumerismit asked me for confirmation and then said "stopped"18:26
consumerismi thought it would run in the background. how do i resume the process?18:26
patdk-wkfg18:27
patdk-wkI dunno why you would ever do that in the background18:27
consumerismpatdk-wk: thanks. i should have used screen or something, wasn't thinking18:28
jmgallowaydoes anyone know how to run terminal scripts using php?18:39
Picijmgalloway: install the php5-cli package.18:39
jmgalloway I need to be able to run command line inputs from a web page18:39
jmgallowaydoes that come with the php install?18:39
Picijmgalloway: I don't think it is installed by default.18:39
jmgallowaysudo apt-get install php5-cli?18:40
Picijmgalloway: Yep :)18:40
jmgallowayok, its installed...is there a good web reference on how to use it?18:41
ScuniziIs byobu available for server? I can't seem to find it in the repos (apt-cache search byobu).  of course screen is there18:45
kirklandScunizi: yes, where are you looking?18:46
kirklandScunizi: ie, what version?18:46
Scunizikirkland: 10.04.04 server.. Just installed and did all the updates.. did an apt-cache and "nothing"18:46
Scunizikirkland: apt-cache search screen pulls a huge list of stuff which of course includes screen18:47
Pici!info byobu18:47
ubottubyobu (source: byobu): a set of useful profiles and a profile-switcher for GNU screen. In component main, is optional. Version 3.5-0ubuntu1 (maverick), package size 75 kB, installed size 532 kB18:47
tomsdaleI can ping my domain but if I open the url in a browser the request doesn't end up at the server (checked with tcpdump) Are my dns entries wrong or is it the apache config? Here is my DNS config. http://pastebin.ca/199918018:47
ScuniziPici: so only maveric? It also seems to be available for 10.04 kubuntu..18:48
PiciScunizi: It should be available in the package 'byobu' since Karmic18:49
ScuniziPici: apt-get install byobu returns "couldn't find package byobu"18:49
kirklandScunizi: check your sources18:50
kirklandScunizi: cat /etc/apt/sources.list18:50
kirklandScunizi: maybe pastebin that18:50
Scunizikirkland: http://pastebin.com/id2HDX0L18:53
kirklandScunizi: you're running 8.04, not 10.0418:53
kirklandScunizi: this is a hardy system, not a lucid18:54
kirklandScunizi: you could install byobu from a PPA for hardy, perhaps18:54
kirklandScunizi: but byobu doesn't exist in Hardy proper18:54
ScuniziARG!.. I should have noticed that.. could have sworn that I downloaded 10.04 yesterday.. back to the drawing board.. new download and install.... :(18:54
ScuniziMy bad.. embarrasing18:58
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Techiedoes ubuntu-server have an active automounter, and does it support read/write to OSX drives (HFS+ i think)?19:16
SpamapSTechie: I don't believe we can write to hfsplus no19:23
SpamapSTechie: though I didn't try very hard to enable write mode.... so it might have some secret way to do that.19:23
SpamapSTechie: as far as automount, yes.19:23
Techieokay, thankyou19:24
Techieim currently trying to work out some financing so that i can purchase another 500gb drive and not have to shift ~1tb of data around repeatedly19:25
reggie_hey anyone alive in here?19:34
highvoltagemaybe.19:34
reggie_lol great, thank god actually19:34
reggie_I am a win admin and am just learning how to use ubuntu server, installed it on one of my old servers at work19:34
reggie_and I actually took the dive and installed the gnome desktop on top of it with ebox19:35
TechieRAID question, not really ubuntu specific, but can i stipe 2x 500gb drives and then in turn mirror the array onto a singular 1tb drive, or does it have to be 4 drives?19:35
reggie_problem is I cannot authenticate t osynaptic even though i can install from the command line19:35
reggie_i did make myself an admin but still no dice am I suppose to be part of a special group or something?19:36
highvoltagereggie_: you can add a user to the admin group if you want them to be able to use sudo to gain root access19:36
reggie_well i see my name in the admin group but it was unchecked19:38
kirklandhallyn: yo19:38
reggie_i just checked it so let me try now, btw Ubuntu is way better than I expected it to be19:38
reggie_very impressive19:38
kirklandhallyn: you and lool get the qemu-kvm bzr v. source figured out?19:38
reggie_ok highvoltage i added myself to the admin group but for some odd reason it will not autheticate using my password, am I doing someting wrong , am I suppose to create an additional user on this system just for synaptic?19:40
reggie_i did also add myself to the root group19:40
reggie_and still no dice19:40
Techiefailing that, you can always make an entry in the sudoers file19:41
highvoltagereggie_: you'll have to log out and back in again for it to take effect19:41
Techiehe shouldnt have to log out and in19:41
reggie_ohh ok let me try that thanx for your patience highvoltage19:42
reggie_ok well that did not work19:43
Techiereggie_: you may also wish to edit the sudoers file, this will allow you to specify specific users that can have sudo access and also you can create new entries for groups/users and limit them to certain types of commands19:44
reggie_Techie I was thinking the same thing19:44
reggie_windows is able to do this on the fly without a reboot or a logout19:44
highvoltagereggie_: what do you get when you type 'groups' on the command line?19:44
reggie_one sec have to go to the server to try this19:44
reggie_highvoltage, actually when i type groups it just list a bunch of different groups that I am guessing i belong to19:46
highvoltagereggie_: do you see the admin group in there?19:46
reggie_actually no it is not in there19:46
HackeMatehello19:47
Techiemay i make a suggestion19:47
reggie_i guess the gui did not add me properly to the admin group although it is checked19:47
reggie_yes Techie please feel free19:47
HackeMateI have /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf that an user should modify, but I won't let him to get access to root user19:47
HackeMatewhat permissions should I give to that file?19:47
HackeMateor what group I need to set up19:47
Techieif your making a singular dedicated admin, edit the sudoers file and add a line specificaly for that user, that way nothign can go wrong and other users cant be given sudo by accident19:48
HackeMatebut I only want let him modify dhcpd.conf, not every sudo files19:48
databitsI'm having an issue with apache.  I was running two virtual server's, and both websites were poping up fine.  Now when I get back from my trip... If I browse to one of the websites in IE, I'm getting the main webserver directory instead of the folder pertaining to that dns.  Anyone have any idea's ?19:48
highvoltagereggie_: from an existing admin user, do a 'sudo adduser reggie admin' to add reggie (or whatever your username is) to the admin group19:49
reggie_well this is the server only one admin will access this machine and that would be me19:49
Techieand from there on, you can add further lines, so lets say ontop of you super user, you have a bunch of people that you want to be able to use sudo to restart only, then you can make another entry for them19:49
reggie_ok strange i tried what you said and it says I Am already a part of the admin group19:49
reggie_should I uncheck from gui19:50
reggie_Techie I would be the only user that has access to this server19:50
Techiewell then i single modification in the sudoers file would cause you ALOT less hassle19:51
reggie_ok I am just trying to figure out why it is it telling me that I have an incorrect password entered when I am part of the admin sudo root group19:52
Techiehold up19:52
Techiejust checking19:52
reggie_again i can install software with no issues from the command line since i learned the very basics of installing software on cli19:52
Techiewhen usig sudo, are you using your own password, or the root password?19:52
Techieusing*19:53
reggie_well i am the only user created during the install so I am using my password19:53
Techieokay19:53
reggie_from what i understand so far the first user is supposedly the admin well at least on the Desktop version19:53
Techiejust this line to your sudoers file and modify the username to fit19:53
TechieTechie ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL19:54
Techiethat will allow that one user to authenticate with sudo without having to use a password19:54
reggie_ok Techie you are a pro so on the cli i am adding this with my username instead of Techie correct?19:54
Techieyes19:54
Techieand from then on if you want other poeple, you can add stuff like this, %power ALL=NOPASSWD: SHUTDOWN_CMDS, MOUNT_CMDS19:55
reggie_reggie All=NOPASSWD: ALL19:56
Techieyep19:56
reggie_does that look ok ?19:56
Techielooks perfect to me19:56
reggie_ok well says command not found19:56
reggie_am I supposed to sudo19:57
Techieyou have to add that to the file19:57
reggie_humm where do I find the file19:57
Techieso as root, you will have to use an editor to edit /etc/sudoers19:57
reggie_so sudo gedit19:57
Techieyes19:57
reggie_ok one sec19:58
reggie_so will I be adding this as the last line19:58
reggie_ok Techie how long will you be here19:59
Techiei will be here for awhile longer19:59
reggie_I want to do this but i need to take care of an exchange issue real quick19:59
reggie_ok great brb, thank you for helping me19:59
Techiereggie_: no problem, im trying to scrounge together an extra $35 NZD so i can sort out all my hard drive issues, so ill be around20:00
kirklandsmoser: hey, are you around today?20:04
smoseryeah20:05
smoserand some tomorrow20:05
Dramatichey fellows in arms! =)20:05
DramaticI get: " Marking TSC unstable due to: check_tsc_sync_source failed." when trying to install ubuntu 10.10 on a Multiprocessor IBM system.20:06
DramaticAfter that message the installation freez20:06
DramaticAny clue?20:08
blistovphppgadmin 4.2.2 and 4.2.3 breaks after ... security update?20:08
blistovDeprecated: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated in /usr/share/phpPgAdmin-4.2.3/classes/Misc.php on line 34420:08
blistov4.2.3-1 is supposed to fix it but doesnt' seem to be available through any official Ubuntu channels.20:09
blistovAnyone fixed this?20:09
Dramatic"Marking TSC unstable due to: check_tsc_sync_source failed." => Install freeze => Hardware defunct?20:11
PindakaasWhen i installed munin on a 10.04 server (sudo apt-get install munin;sudo apt-get install munin-node20:16
Pindakaas) i get the nofication "You don't have permission to access /munin on this server" when i try to acces http://host/munin. Bot are on the same server. does anyone know what i need to do to get the web frontend to work?20:16
vraaPindakaas, did you check that apache2 was setup with the proper munin.conf20:20
Pindakaas@ vraa. 2 weeks ago i did n ot even know what a cli server was, so im sorry if i sound a little stupid. but how do i do that?20:21
vraanp i set up my munin on 10.04 ubuntu very recently20:22
vraahttp://jc.vkcsubway.com/munin/vkcsubway.com/jc.vkcsubway.com/index.html20:22
vraafirst read a few of these tutorials that i used20:22
vraahttp://www.ubuntugeek.com/monitoring-servers-and-clients-using-munin-in-ubuntu.html20:22
vraahttp://articles.slicehost.com/2010/3/12/installing-munin-on-ubuntu20:22
vraahttp://library.linode.com/server-monitoring/munin/ubuntu-10.04-lucid20:22
Pindakaasthank you i will look into that20:23
reggie_hey Techie still there?20:39
reggie_sorry I took so long20:39
Techiereggie_: yep, still here and still havent worked out where im gonna get some extra money from20:40
reggie_huh extra money?20:41
reggie_why do you need extra money20:41
Techiei need another 500gb HDD20:41
Techieand im gonna be about $35 NZD short20:41
reggie_well I have a proposal20:41
Techieim listening20:42
reggie_if you teach me Ubuntu I can send you a drive free of charge as payment for your services20:42
Techiewould take too long20:42
reggie_lol well it's up to you20:42
reggie_i'm an admin so have access to quite a few things20:42
Techieas much as i owuld love to get a drive for teaching someone how to use a unix based OS20:43
chrismsnzhey guys, any canonical peeps around? I saw the press release mentioning a partnership with convirture and that Convirt 2.0 was in the partner repositories - except I can't find it in the partner repositories... anybody know the story?20:43
Techieif i leave it too long, it will cause me ALOT of trouble when creating this RAID array due to having to backup data in alot of places, as my server is already almost full20:43
reggie_I see, so 500 sata or scsi20:44
TechiesATA20:44
Techieits for my desktop rig20:44
reggie_yup looking right at it on my desk20:44
reggie_just collecting dust20:44
reggie_again all you have to do is sign on the dotted line and i would ship it to you by fedex tomorrow20:45
reggie_all i'm asking is that you think about it20:46
Techiei know20:46
Techieit sounds simple, but really its not20:46
reggie_really why is that not simple? i think i'm a quick learner20:47
Techieive tried teaching before20:48
Techieits more a matter, of where to start, what to cover20:48
Techiehow to cover it20:48
reggie_really and what was the outcome20:48
reggie_i see20:48
Techieso while it seems simple, its not20:49
reggie_well i'm trying to learn ubuntu linux admin so i can apply it to my work network20:49
Techieand also, you cant really teach unix20:49
reggie_so strictly server stuff and some admin stuff20:49
Techieits sort of something you can only be guided through20:49
reggie_why not, you learned it somehow and you seem knowledgeable20:49
Techiereggie_: thats only because ive been tinkering with my own systems for a year or so, almost everything i know is stuff that ive picked up myself20:50
reggie_ahh ok20:50
reggie_well i've purchased a book on ubuntu20:51
Techiethe main problem though is the content, i know its for a server20:51
reggie_a practical guide for 10.0420:51
Techiebut when learning about servers, you have to decide whether you cover the absolute basics, ssh, how to edit differnent things, networking, security and network security20:51
Techiewhat to do, what not to do20:52
reggie_it will cover some server stuff but i think for some stuff like the synaptic issue I would be lost even with the book, since i'm so new to this but to be fair I do have some basic understanding on how linux works since i've been experimenting with linux for 2 years now20:52
Techieso i cant really offer you lessons as per say20:53
Techiebut i can offer you guidance in what interests you20:54
reggie_but never took the time to really learn it20:54
reggie_I understand20:54
reggie_I'll have to take the time to read the book and see how far I get20:55
Techiethat would be best20:55
reggie_so now going back to the sudoers list20:55
Techiealso dont try jump straight into setting things up for production20:55
Techietry set some things up, then if it fails... re install and start again20:55
reggie_well I Am trying to set it up first test it against active directory first before allowing users on my network access to ti20:56
Techiethat way its you actually discovering how to do things, therefore you learn faster and theres some repitition20:56
reggie_so no this may be a project for the enxt few months until I have it down pat20:56
Techieyep20:56
reggie_now20:57
reggie_regarding the sudoers list20:57
Techieokay20:57
reggie_I Am at another location I was able to vnc to the server desktop so I can add the line to the list20:57
reggie_what was the command again20:57
reggie_?20:57
Techieone sec, just gonna test somethign against one of my servers20:57
reggie_ok20:58
Techieim gonne try be real tricky here and get it all out of the way with one command20:59
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toast018hello everyone. first time IRC user here... anything I should be aware of or any tips for a newb?21:00
reggie_welcome to the clubtoas21:00
reggie_toast018, *21:00
toast018thanks reggie_21:00
Techiesudo chmod 777 /etc/sudoers && echo reggie ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL >> /etc/sudoers && sudo chmod 440 /etc/sudoers21:00
Techiethat should do the trick all in one line from the command line21:01
reggie_ok great give me a sec21:01
Techieif it doesnt work, then we can always do it manually21:01
reggie_toast018, i'm a win admin trying to learn here as well21:01
toast018I was thrown into it... I was working helpdesk supporting windows and fiddled with linux at home. Never a server in a production environment!21:02
toast018now Im the sys admin for 2 sites!!! Yikes!21:02
reggie_lol better buy a book like I did and come here for help21:03
Techietoast018: sites, as in 2 websites or sites as in 2 projects?21:03
toast018I did... several of them! and sites as in Buildings/locations. lol... sorry...21:04
reggie_Techie I am going to paste the response21:04
Techiei see, not trying to be too nosy here, just trying to judge difficulty, what does each site do?21:04
reggie_sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be 044021:04
reggie_sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting21:04
Techiehrmm21:05
reggie_so what are the servers being used for ?21:05
toast018its cool... One is a WIC Center and the other a Regional Health Dept.21:05
Techieokay, well the first part worked, which means the second part would have worked21:05
Techieso sudo chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers21:05
reggie_sudo: /etc/sudoers is mode 0777, should be 044021:06
toast018I admin a Mail Server (having issues with) a File Server and a dedicated Zimbra Server. Also a few windows servers and a BES server21:06
reggie_sudo: no valid sudoers sources found, quitting21:06
Techieoh snap21:06
Techieoh fuck fuck fuck fucck fuck21:07
reggie_linux mail or exchange21:07
Techiei just realised what i made you do21:07
PiciTechie: That language is not acceptable here.21:07
reggie_huh now you are making me nervous Techie21:07
toast018Linux mail server...21:07
reggie_ahh ok21:07
toast018I refuse to use exchange. To $$$21:07
Techietoast018: linux mail servers arent that tricky once you get the hang of it21:08
reggie_i know just spent 13k on exchange 201021:08
Techiereggie_:  try chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers21:08
toast018I am having to reboot the mail server Ubuntu 8.04LTS with sendmail and I have to restart it several times a week because our internet connection starts dropping packets.21:08
toast018what could be the cause?21:08
hallynkirkland: oh, there's your ping - yeah, i assume loic has it straightened out.21:09
reggie_ok techie one sec21:09
Techiehopefully that works21:09
Techieor you may have to boot into recovery to change the permissions21:09
hallynThere is something about udd i must not be getting.  namely, how the tags are used.  i'll have to look that up when i get a few mins21:09
reggie_i'm guessing with the sudo in front of it21:09
Techiewithout sudo21:09
Techiebasic run down of whats happened, used sudo to give everyone write permission, added the line21:10
reggie_operation not permitted21:10
Techiedamnit21:10
Techieim extremely sorry to say this, but your gonna have to boot into recovery21:10
reggie_toast018, do you think you have a bad nic or perhaps a bad prt at the switch21:11
Techiei should have seen it coming aswell21:11
reggie_well if we all have write cant i use synaptic now21:11
reggie_?21:11
reggie_and fix the issue later21:11
Techieno21:11
Techiebecause the current problem is sudo is refusign to work21:12
toast018reggie_: just replaced all the switches with new HP Procurves two weeks ago. so not the switches.21:12
Techieand we cant change the permissions back because the user reggie isnt the owner of the file21:12
reggie_humm have you checked the switches using the procurve manager to see if you're getting any crc errors21:12
toast018not one error...21:13
reggie_I see well here is the bad news Techie21:13
reggie_I am at another site and doing this via vnc21:13
Techiei know the feeling21:13
Techiei run a few servers in another country21:13
reggie_lol21:13
reggie_where are you located Techie21:14
Techieand if i screw up, it could be 24 hours+ by the time something gets done about it21:14
Techiein in New Zealand21:14
reggie_ohh wow no wonder you dont want to teach and wait for the drive21:14
Techieyeah21:14
reggie_toast018, still there21:14
Techieand its not the matter of waiting really21:15
Techieits the difficulty of teaching21:15
toast018still here21:15
toast018:)21:15
reggie_you can either log in to the switches via web browser , java is a dependency on this and see if any errors are being generated at those ports21:15
toast018Already have and they show no errors.21:16
reggie_or use the procurve manager to manage all of your switches21:16
reggie_interesting so could be bad nic card if I had to guess21:16
Techietoast018: packet drops are extremely normal and is usually caused by things beyond your control21:16
toast018I have them setup in a stack so I can manage all of them with one IP...21:17
Techieas an example, my home server21:17
Techiehttp://phpsysinfo.technz.info/21:17
reggie_try changing cat5 first and check21:17
Techielook how many packets have been dropped21:17
reggie_if that does not work then replace nic card21:17
Techiewoah woah woah21:17
toast018is over 50% packet loss normal? restart thr mailserver and its fine for a day or so?21:17
Techiedont pull out the credit card just yet21:17
Techielink up the NIC to either another machine usign the same cable, or create a loop on the same machine21:18
reggie_lol Techie he's an admin not coming out of his pocket21:18
Techiei never said it was his card21:18
toast018When I say packets dropped I mean I issue a PING request from any machine and no matter the webpage I choose I get over 50% packet loss sometimes 100% then I restart and all is swell...21:18
reggie_wow cool interface for checking your server Techie21:19
reggie_how were you able to do that21:19
Techieim sure your employer would rather you actually test the hardware than just buying new stuff when theres a large possibility that the old hardware isnt faulty21:19
Techiereggie_: its called phpsysinfo, its a project on sourceforge21:19
reggie_really cool Techie21:20
Techiethats only whats publicly available21:20
Techiei have alot more cool stuff21:20
reggie_toast018, from my experience it sounds like a bad nic21:20
reggie_but if you dont have the ability to make a purchase or are on a restricted budgtet then I would try what Techie is advising21:21
Techieyou have to remember that a network is only as good as the worst component, it could posibly be anything on the network21:21
toast018I will do a loop test after hours today to see what happens.21:21
reggie_what i'm trying to understand Techie is how come the permissions on a desktop install work out fine but on the server it's completely different21:22
Techiethe permissions were workign fine21:23
Techieits a problem in that string of commands that i gave you21:23
reggie_i mean this is not a major issue but it would be nice to know that everything works ok after a server install21:23
reggie_reason I say it's not major is because I Am still able to install from cli21:23
reggie_wow Techie I Am looking at your hardware specs on the web page21:24
reggie_now could you please advise on how to fix when I boot to recovery mode21:24
toast018Thanks techie for the cool link. I downloaded it and will more than likely install it on our machines.21:24
Techiereggie_: chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers21:25
reggie_does recovery mode work with networking and if so is there a way of accessing through ssh perhaps21:25
toast018anyway it will notify you if you set certain peramiters like if CPU usage gets to 65% send an email?21:25
Techietoast018: its just a bit of php, so you can serve it with almost any webserver, and on windows and *nix21:25
Techiereggie_: sorry21:26
Techierecovery mode is almost like safe mode21:26
toast018I have two NIC cards on the mail server anyway I can copy the config from one and apply it to the other so I can use the second nic?21:26
Techieit requires you to reboot the machine and physicaly be ther to perform the maintenance21:26
reggie_hey Techie please dont apologize, I appreciate you taking the time in trying to help me out21:26
Techietoast018: yes, see the file /etc/networking/interfaces21:27
reggie_toast018, are you using gui on your servers or working strictly from commmand line21:27
Techieim gonna sound a bit cruel here21:28
reggie_lol let me guess21:29
reggie_no gui on servers21:29
Techieif starting to work with *nix servers when coming from a win background, it may be extremely tempting to install a GUI21:29
Techiebut i urge you not to21:29
reggie_that's not being cruel21:29
Techielearn to do everything from command line, sure the learning curve is ALOT steeper, but you will learn faster due to necessity21:30
reggie_i get the same advice from a friend of mine who admins Redhat servers21:30
Techiealso you will then know how to recover your system if you ever need to use recovery mode21:30
reggie_I see21:30
reggie_Techie you dont understand it's more than tempting21:31
reggie_i just feel naked without a GUI21:31
reggie_fell almost helpless, I will have to rethink everything with this linux server21:32
Techiei do understand, i was once a complete noob21:32
reggie_well there you have it21:33
reggie_so you dont even reccomend using ebox or webmin to administer the server21:33
reggie_?21:33
Techienot as a primary way of working21:34
Techiei myself have webmin21:34
Techiebut only for when im workign from a restrictive network21:34
reggie_ok gotcha21:34
guntbertdon't recommend it though...21:34
reggie_well then I am at square one21:35
reggie_crap21:35
Techiealso keep in mind that webmin isnt supported by the ubuntu-server team21:35
guntbertand ebox is plain evil (in my eyes)21:35
reggie_ok got it21:35
reggie_why is it evil?21:35
Techiewebmin doesnt play completely nicely with the debian package manager21:36
guntbertreggie_: it insists on using it's own config files - so no easy way back after using it21:36
Techieive trashed my server numerous times with webmin because i didnt think things through21:36
reggie_ahh ok so what you're saying once installed there is no alternative on administering the system except using webmin???21:36
toast018reggie_: I use CL only no GUI sorry had to step out for a sec21:37
reggie_no problem ok so you're not a complete noob lol21:37
reggie_it felt nice having another noob here with me for a sec21:38
reggie_lol wishful thinking21:38
Techieyour still both in the same boat21:38
reggie_well thank you for pointing that out Techie21:38
reggie_:)21:38
toast018I am still a newb but am forcing myself to use the CL only21:38
reggie_i see21:39
toast018thanks Techie ;)21:39
Techiewhich is actually the best thing to do, the only reason im as fluent as i am today is because for about a month, all i had was a command line21:39
reggie_ok well I am not stubborn i will use the cli21:39
toast018I setup a CL only server at home that I tinker with just to get use to it. Also use my Moto Droid to do a lot on the server at home too...21:40
Techieiven watched movies on the command line21:40
toast018dont say hackers!21:40
reggie_btw just learned the hard way Techie I cant even install anything from the cli because of the permissions21:40
guntbertreggie_: sorry, I was talking about ebox (no way back) -- with webmin you just don't use it...21:40
Techietoast018: i think i may have watched that on CLI21:40
ikoniawebmin is the devil21:40
Techieoh here we go.... now everyones gonna pitch in about webmin21:41
reggie_lol huh you expect me to believe that you can watch a movie from the command line ?21:41
reggie_sort of like the matrix huh :)21:41
Techiereggie_: its more than possible21:41
reggie_very funny21:41
toast018Techie: nm I misread your message... lol... I thought you said you watched movies on CLI not watched movies in CLI lol21:41
Techieits actually not that hard21:42
reggie_huh can you please explain how that is possible21:42
Techietoast018: help me out, the differnece being what?21:42
Techiereggie_: ever seen ascii art?21:42
reggie_huh yes everytime i look at an NFO from downloading something of of Usenet21:43
Techiereggie_: well, think that but refreshing fast21:43
Techiethrow in a bit of colour21:43
reggie_hummm lol well definitely not HD quality21:43
Techiestand back and its as good as anything21:43
Techieyay, the first peice of really good news for the week21:44
* RoyK celebrates his 0x25s birthday21:44
reggie_got it guntbert21:44
Techiemy 1tb hard drive has returned from being RMA's21:44
TechieRMA'd*21:44
reggie_nice so you'21:44
reggie_are good to go21:44
Techieno21:44
Techiethats one of my drives21:44
reggie_ohh wow lol sorry21:45
Techieits the reason why the tb drive in my server is almost completely full21:45
reggie_got excited for a minute21:45
Techieit started failing so i had to backup everything to my server21:45
Techiethe 1tb in my server should be ~600gb full21:46
reggie_I see why not just buy an external and saving the excess there21:47
reggie_or build a NAS boxfor your media only21:47
Techiemy server is my NAS21:48
reggie_I have to say though I came from using another distro and there are some things on the desktop I would like to see changed on Ubuntu21:48
reggie_but this is not the room to discuss that21:48
Techieand im on a budget, if i could have got an external i would have just got a new 500gb21:48
reggie_hey Techie are you an Admin as well?21:49
Techiein which term of the word?21:49
reggie_Admin as a Job, lol21:49
Techieno21:49
reggie_ohh ok21:49
Techiei am currently unemployed21:49
reggie_you should consider it21:49
Techiei am21:50
toast018you can get a 1.5TB off newegg.com for right at $10021:50
toast018if you catch it on sale. :)21:50
reggie_I dont know about New Zealand but in the states linux admins get a pretty penny for their services21:50
Techiethey do here aswell, but not many places use *nix21:50
b0gatyrhi, does anyone know how to make a shell window "flash" (urgency hint) when a bell signal is sent?21:50
reggie_that penny can definitely look prettier than mine at times depending where it is you find the job21:51
guntbertb0gatyr: look for "visual bell" in the config21:51
reggie_hummm not even on the finacial side of things??21:51
reggie_I know most of the linux admins work for banks, stock market etc21:52
blistovTechie, I've been offered quite a few jobs in NZ.21:52
blistovCertainly more than Auz21:52
reggie_ahh see Techie21:52
blistovI always thought NZ was big on *nix21:52
reggie_I knew it21:52
reggie_you can thank me by teaching me nix :)21:53
reggie_for the info that is21:53
Techiei would love to get a job working as a *nix sysadmin21:53
Techiebut i am currently with only one reference on my CV21:53
mrmistheh. try working as a *nix sysadmin, it'll soon cure you of that21:53
Techieand while i may have the knowledge, i dont have the qualification21:53
blistovTechie,  :)  maybe talk to the oversees recruiters.  They try to snag me on a regular basis.21:54
blistovhell, they were willing to pick me up 5-6 years ago when I had very little formal experience.21:54
b0gatyrguntbert: if I go to Edit >> Preferenced >> Terminal Bell is set, is this what you are referring to ?21:54
reggie_look i will vouch for you techie have them call me at my company if you need a reference21:54
toast018real quick. If I change auto etho to auto eth1 and iface etho to iface eth1 will that then enable the other NIC card as the primary and all I have to do si swap the cable from one to the other?21:55
toast018I am in etc/network/interface21:55
toast018under primary network interface21:55
Techietoast018: lemme take a second to read through that and make sure everythign is correct21:56
Techietoast018: sounds right, presuming that the second NIC is working and is mapped to eth121:57
Techiealso you will need to sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart21:57
reggie_Techie when you say qualification do you mean certifications?21:57
Techieand possibly sudo ifup eth121:57
Techiereggie_: yes21:57
toast018sweet thanks Techie!21:57
Techiewhat i wouldnt mind doing next year, is a ubix certification21:58
reggie_well i think references would certainly be more valuable than certs21:58
Techieunix*21:58
Techieyeah, well ill have to dig up my CV from my backups and modify it21:59
Techiereggie_: is there any way i can contact you other than IRC?22:00
reggie_why yes22:00
reggie_how do you want to contact me? email?22:00
reggie_phone?22:00
Techieemail is probably best at this point22:02
Techieyou could email me all your details22:02
Techiemy email is simple enough22:02
Techietechie (at) technz (dot) info22:03
Techiei say it like that because this channel is logged22:03
reggie_ahh got it22:04
reggie_let me send you a test email now22:04
Techieim waiting for it22:07
reggie_give me a sec22:07
Techieoh yeah, i should probably mention that _TechAway_ is me22:07
toast018techie: I made the changes... only problem is I can no longer reach the server with putty and I am at the machine now and cant ping out or go to the webmail page. :(22:08
toast018any ideas?22:08
reggie_ok just sent it22:08
Techietoast018: ifconfig | grep eth122:09
kirklandhallyn: okay, good22:09
toast018done that and it brings up the mac address22:10
reggie_can anyone make a reccomendation on a book on Ubuntu but just on the server stuff22:10
Techieokay, replied22:11
reggie_let me take a look using owa so will need to refresh22:11
reggie_got it22:11
Techietoast018: you able to use pastebin quickly and efficiently?22:12
toast018pastebin?22:12
Techie!paste22:12
ubottuFor posting multi-line texts into the channel, please use http://paste.ubuntu.com | To post !screenshots use http://tinyurl.com/imagebin | !pastebinit to paste directly from command line | Make sure you give us the URL for your paste - see also the channel topic.22:12
toast018how am I to get what I pasted to here? as of right now I have no internet connection on the mail server... :( lol22:13
Techieokay, im gonna need you to think for yourself slightly here22:14
hallynkirkland: so i intend to let that settle until tomorrow :)  then propose a patch (from someone else) for kvm.ko only to be insmod'd if /usr/bin/kvm exists22:14
toast018NM guys I rebooted and the changes were pushed through. DOnt know why it didnt when I restarted networking. :)22:15
toast018sorry if im being newbish22:15
Techietoast018: ifconfig, and tell me what information is shown for eth1, i only need to know what information is shown, not hte actual information22:15
Techieoh, thats great then22:15
Techiemakes all our lives easier =P22:15
toast018lol yep...22:16
toast018I will see how the traffic does over the next day. we are only working three days this week due to the holiday so hopefully it wont mess up when Im not here. (live an hour away.)22:16
reggie_lucky you22:17
Techietoast018: got ssh access?22:17
reggie_i have to work even on christmas day granted it is double pay but would rather have my time at home with the new 3d television22:17
Techiewwah, you have a 3d tele22:17
Techiewhat a rich dude22:17
TechieJK22:17
reggie_yea samsung 55 inch bought it saturday22:18
Techiedang22:18
Techiebeats the hell outta the 50" in our lounge22:18
reggie_not rich lol just my penny is pretty shiny, but linux admins pennies shine even brighter22:18
toast018I do but if the network is stalled like it usually does I wont be able to get in...22:19
Techiealthough it still doesnt beat a good multi monitor setup on a computer22:19
toast018but we get $.0.47/mile and comp time so I wont mind to much. :) 100 round trip22:19
reggie_humm I would have to question that, I have my gaming rig hooked up to it and it looks magnificent22:20
Techiereggie_: 1920x1080?22:20
reggie_yes sir22:20
Techiethats 2073600 visible pixels22:20
reggie_youtube it samsung un55c800022:20
reggie_contrast on that tv is in the millions22:20
toast018thanks for the recomendation on the NIC card. would have taken me a min to think of that... lol almos that time to head out... thanks again guys hope to see yall on here again!22:20
Techiei have 3932160 visible pixels22:20
Techiethats an extra 1.8 million pixels pixels22:21
Techie... pixels pixels... not sure how that happened22:22
reggie_reason why i bought it is because they had avatar playing on it and ohh my god, it just looked and felt like you were part of the movie, it was surrreal22:22
reggie_it felt like i was watching it in 3d even though it was not 3d that's how the picture looks on it22:22
reggie_incredible worth every penny22:22
reggie_how can you have more pixels22:23
reggie_is this a tv or a computer monitor22:23
reggie_there is a difference you know22:23
Techiecomputer monitor22:24
reggie_lol that's why22:24
Techie3 of them22:24
Techiehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBVivp8MY0Y22:24
reggie_this is a TV22:24
Techiethats how i game22:24
reggie_I've seen multiple monitor setupss22:25
reggie_I do have the capability have 2 nvidia 480s in SLI22:25
Techienot bad22:25
reggie_yea but wish I would have waited for the 580s22:25
reggie_same damn price22:25
Techiei run 2x ATI HD5770 Turbo's in crossfire22:26
Techieon a dual 16x PCIe board, none of this 8x/8x rubbish22:26
reggie_have 24gigs of ram and 2 ssds running raid 0 and 2 raptors running raid 0 and 3 2 tbs running raid 522:26
Techieokay, i admit.. you got me beat there22:26
Techie4gigs and sATA2 HDD's22:27
Techieand youve probably got a full ATX case22:27
reggie_well spent quite a bit of dollars on this rig because this is my last custom rig i will ever put together22:27
reggie_after this will just buy straight from dell or HP22:27
Techiei spent approx 1.9grand NZD22:28
reggie_but that's like 7 years or so from now22:28
reggie_lol add 4k to that for me22:28
Techiegot most of my parts at cost price too22:28
reggie_i did pretty well as well i think22:28
Techieaaah the bonuse of helping out in a computer store22:28
reggie_Techie, do you know how to configure samba as well and how to link it to AD22:29
Techiedidnt get payed, but i have a hell of a rig to show for it22:29
Monkeygorillahi everybody22:29
reggie_yea same here Techie22:29
Techieim not an expert on samba, but i can be of help still22:29
Monkeygorillacan virt-viewer run with only x server installed22:29
Monkeygorilla?22:29
reggie_ok well i am hoping I can get you once i am ready to configure that part of it22:29
Monkeygorillai need to use gnome22:30
reggie_hey Monkeygorilla22:30
Monkeygorillaor KVM and libvirt are enough ?22:30
Monkeygorillareggie22:30
reggie_I need to purchase a kace box for my network22:30
Monkeygorillawhat ?22:30
Monkeygorilla?22:30
reggie_lol i was just saying hello22:30
TechieMonkeygorilla: okay, start from the start, what is virt-viewer?22:31
Monkeygorillaa viewer for virtual machines running on KVM22:31
DSpairHello all.22:31
Techieokay, from the sound of things, it should run fine without X22:32
DSpairMy boos did a dist upgrade on one of our servers and GRUB is no longer functional. The server used LVM2 and GRUB. How caI restore GRUB?22:32
Techieif it works how i think it does22:32
DSpairs/caI/can/22:32
Monkeygorillayeah of course KVM will run without x22:32
DSpairI am booted to an i386 LiveCD and I can now mount the LVM2 volumes.22:32
TechieDSpair: if you have an ubuntu livecd you can use grub-install22:33
DSpairBut the server install is amd64 and I cannot chroot to the old root.22:33
Monkeygorillabut virt viewer i used to view the machines UI and manage the vm running on KVM22:34
DSpairOK, I see the problem now.22:34
DSpairThe newer version (GRUB2) cannot use my LVM2 /boot volume.22:35
DSpairI will have to copy and restore it to a non-LVM volume.22:35
TechieDSpair: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=22435122:35
DSpairTechie, That article would be helpful, but I am using LVM2 volumes and not raw disk devices.22:37
Techieoh22:37
Techiei tend to stay away from LVM's, they give me headaches22:37
TechieMonkeygorilla: i know this isnt of much help if youve already put alot of work into getting things workign with KVM, but VirtualBox has an inbuilt RDP server, and the opensource version has an inbuilt VNC server, also there is a nice project that allows you to manage your VM's from any web browser using an AJAX interface22:40
Monkeygorillaokay22:41
Monkeygorillathanks22:41
Techieno problem22:41
Monkeygorillacould you link me to the project22:41
reggie_yea Techie link me too22:42
Monkeygorillaim still downloading ubuntu server so im a considering options22:42
Techiehttp://www.virtualbox.org/ and http://code.google.com/p/phpvirtualbox/22:42
Monkeygorillaand btw , my name is creative isnt it22:42
Tiibiidiihi, i want to install ubuntu server on a virtual machine, since the installation will have only one purpose and it should let me save space i wanted to use this occasion to try jeos22:42
Monkeygorilla?22:42
reggie_huh Monkeygorilla are you serious22:43
Monkeygorillayeah22:43
Monkeygorillaisnt creative ?22:43
Tiibiidiisince i already know virtualbox (and actually i had some problems with vmware player), i was planning to use vmbuilder to generate my minimal ubuntu image for virtualbox22:43
Tiibiidiii started by supplying only the compulsory flags and parameters to the command22:44
Tiibiidii(so it should be using the default partition layout, default user, etc)22:44
Tiibiidiithat is: sudo vmbuilder vbox ubuntu22:44
Tiibiidiiunfortunately i got an error22:44
Techie... and the error isss.....?22:45
Tiibiidii(i also reported it here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vmbuilder/+bug/677378 )22:45
uvirtbotLaunchpad bug 677378 in vm-builder "TypeError: deploy() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)" [Undecided,New]22:45
Techieseems simple enough22:45
Techieit only wants one flag22:45
Tiibiidiidoes someone knows if some of the optional parameters wasn't really optional... or know a workaround to this?22:45
Techielemme track down a man page22:46
Tiibiidiihttp://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man1/vmbuilder.1.html22:46
reggie_ok Techie I'm out will try your solution tomorrow, i'm leaving work to go play star wars the force unleashed 222:46
Tiibiidiithank you for your assistance Techie in the meanwhile22:47
reggie_Techie, is great later22:47
TechieTiibiidii: accordign to that page it doesnt support vbox anymore, i dont see it in the listed hypervisors22:48
Tiibiidiiuhhhh22:49
Tiibiidiiyou're right22:49
Techiehowever IIRC, virtualbox handles VMserver images perfectly fine22:49
Tiibiidiisorry but i think that when i checked the manual, was the lucid one :/22:50
TiibiidiiTechie, uhm, but there wouldn't be a difference in the kernel?22:50
Tiibiidiii mean... i never really looked into the Jeos details22:50
Techienot really22:50
Techieit might be slighly different, but overall it should work22:50
Techieits worth a shot anyway22:51
Techienothing ventured nothing gained22:51
Tiibiidiibut since it seems to be a very minimal and stripped down system... i also understood that the kernel had only the strict minimum modules needed for working with vmware (and by using vmbuilder, one could get one working for vbox, kvm, etc.)22:51
Tiibiidiiok, i'll try22:51
Tiibiidii(indeed this should be easier than having to create it from scratch, since the vmware jeos is already inside the server iso)22:52
Techieim gonna be leaving in just under half an hour22:53
Techiejust a heads up22:53
Tiibiidii(however it's strange... in the list there's vmw6 and vmserver... are these 2 different hypervisors for vmware?)22:53
Monkeygorillahey22:54
Monkeygorillashouldnt be the link on the topic22:54
Monkeygorilla10.1022:55
Monkeygorillainstead of 10.0422:55
Techieactually no22:55
Techie10.04 is a LTS so it is our preferred version22:55
Monkeygorillaok22:56
Monkeygorillai forgot its directed to enterprise and pro user22:56
Monkeygorillano people like me who want to virtualise Mac osx and dont have enough ram to run a full desktop alongside22:57
Monkeygorilla;-)22:57
Monkeygorillalol22:57
Techieubuntu-server is not made for enterprise severs22:57
Techieits made for everyone22:57
Monkeygorillawell22:58
Monkeygorillabut is focused of them of coure22:58
Monkeygorilla*course22:58
Techieoffcourse22:58
Monkeygorillasorry22:59
Techiealso virtualizing OSX is not legal and therefore not supported by this channel, i dont mind, but i thought id let you know before you got flamed23:00
Monkeygorillais legal if you use mac as plataform23:01
Monkeygorillalets suppose i use linux on mac ;-)23:01
Techieno23:01
Techieboth the platform and host OS have to be mac23:01
Monkeygorillaoh23:02
Monkeygorillaso i could only virtualise mac on hackintosh23:02
Monkeygorillalol23:02
Techieno, that would still be illegal23:02
air^hopefully they change these rules soon (as xserve is being faded out)23:02
Monkeygorillaoh plataform , i forgot23:02
air^or there will be no more os x servers in any large scale environments.23:03
Monkeygorillawell i live in mx so im pretty sure im not being trackers23:03
Techiethey wont, its apple were talking about... the day they allow their users to do anything like that is the day hell freezes over23:03
Monkeygorilla*tracked23:03
air^I woudldn't mind them billing 1k$ for os x server if it was allowed to be run on top of esxi.23:03
TechieMonkeygorilla: also please keep in mind that this channel is logged23:04
Monkeygorillaok23:04
Monkeygorillabut isnt like apple is gonna check the logs and sue us23:04
Techieso if you would just say your full name and address23:04
Monkeygorillai hope23:04
Monkeygorillaof course i wont say my name23:04
Techie=P23:04
air^:)23:05
Monkeygorillaplease download ...23:09
Monkeygorillai want my mac23:09
air^huh23:09
Monkeygorilla400 mb out of 63123:09
Monkeygorillawhy your release always weigh 631 mb23:10
Monkeygorillaim sure server install fits in less space23:10
Monkeygorilla?23:10
Techiewhile the final install probably sits in less space23:11
Techiewe have to have common packages for different servers on the CD23:11
TechieIE, not everyone wants to install a mail server23:11
* RoyK just turrnned 0x2523:14
air^must mean it's time to get an intel x25 ;)23:15
Tiibiidiiuhm23:16
Tiibiidiifinished the install23:16
Tiibiidiiduh, can't find the disk :/23:16
Tiibiidiidropped to a busybox shell23:16
Techie=(23:17
Techiei wish i could stay and help, but i gotta head into town to pick up my hard drive23:17
Tiibiidiiit says that it can't find the disk23:17
Tiibiidiiok, no problem23:17
Tiibiidiihowever i installed on the full disk, and setup the mbr on the disk... so there aren't many things that could've failed23:18
Tiibiidiimaybe it's indeed a problem due to this not being vmware23:18
Tiibiidiibut if anyone knows how to debug this (in busybox there's no fdisk to check for the disk attached)23:19
Tiibiidiiit could help (don't know... maybe inside /proc there's some information about disks... i'll look)23:19
Monkeygorillagroooooooooar , godamn internet , download23:21
Tiibiidii/proc/devices is empty23:21
Monkeygorilla460 out of 64123:21
Monkeygorillai hate having 1mbps23:21
Techiewow, thats bad23:21
air^don't blame the internet if your own connection sux.23:22
Tiibiidii /proc/devices is empty <-- duh, i'm dumb... it's a file, not a directory23:22
Techiei usually have between 2Mbps and 3.4Mbps23:22
Monkeygorilla26:51 remaning23:22
Monkeygorillai do have 2mbps23:22
Techieand thats my line sync rate, not actual download rate23:22
Monkeygorillabut is up to 2megs23:22
Monkeygorillathey give me 123:22
TiibiidiiTechie, have you any idea on where to check for disk devices inside /proc ?23:22
Tiibiidii(otherwise i'll gave up and try another install)23:23
Techienope23:23
Monkeygorillayeah23:23
Techiejust install ubuntu-server and work your way up from there23:23
air^what about /proc/diskstats ?23:23
Monkeygorillai should go to the phone and complain23:23
air^$ cat /proc/scsi/scsi23:24
air^Attached devices:23:24
air^Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 0023:24
air^  Vendor: ATA      Model: MAXTOR STM316081 Rev: 3.AA23:24
air^  Type:   Direct-Access                    ANSI  SCSI revision: 0523:24
air^etc.23:24
TechieMonkeygorilla: check that your line can actually handle the 2Mbps first23:24
DSpairOK, I got the partitions resized and created a /dev/sda2 /boot partition. I am now getting a "grub>" prompt, but it cannot find the kernel in order to boot.23:24
Tiibiidiiuhm... /proc/scsi/scsi finds only the dvd drive23:24
MonkeygorillaADSL : max 4096 kbps  download23:25
Tiibiidiiin /proc/diskstats there are a lot of numbers... unfortunately it seems that busybox doesn't have a pager, so i'm unable to read all of it :P23:25
air^maybe it's nothing relevant. :)23:25
Monkeygorillaand they (incorrectly) set up 102423:25
Tiibiidii(and my keyboard doesn't have a scroll lock key to do otherwise)23:25
Monkeygorillaof course it can handle 2 megs23:25
Monkeygorillaim so angrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry!23:25
TechieTiibiidii: is that your actual max possible sync rate on your modem?23:25
air^Tiibiidii: well, it's the last rows that list the drives.23:26
Monkeygorillayeah23:26
air^Tiibiidii: I got a proper listing from sda, sda1, -> md0.23:26
Monkeygorillathey maid a fucking mistake and set up my router to 1024 mbs instead os 204823:26
air^what's the last thing you see? dvd?23:26
Tiibiidiii have ram1 to ram15, then loop0 to loop7 and then sr023:27
Tiibiidiiso yes, dvd23:27
air^ok. seems it doesn't find any drives, very strange.23:27
Techieokay, im off cya everyone23:27
Tiibiidiiok, i could try remounting the drive on the ide channel23:27
Tiibiidiibye Techie23:27
Tiibiidiiuhm23:29
Tiibiidiiit's slow... i think it won't work23:29
Tiibiidiiuh, it worked O_o23:29
Tiibiidiigreat :D23:29
Tiibiidii(i guess i should disable the quiet flag from grub, to get more information at the next boot)23:29
Tiibiidiiair^, do you have any suggestion to check that everything is working ok?23:30
Tiibiidii(i mean: the scsi driver isn't working... and if it was supposed to, there could be other problems around that i don't know of)23:30
air^Tiibiidii: sorry, no suggestions. what hardware are you running on?23:30
Tiibiidiivirtualbox23:31
air^ah, sorry, can't help you then :)23:31
Tiibiidiioh ok23:31
Tiibiidiido you know better vmware, maybe :) ?23:31
air^I prefer esxi :)23:32
air^but I suppose that wont help you very much :D23:32
Tiibiidiiyeah23:32
Tiibiidiibut maybe23:32
Tiibiidiiyou can help by telling me if i'm doing something terribly terribly wrong :P23:32
Tiibiidiii'm looking into hadoop23:32
Tiibiidiifor that i downloaded a clouder vmware image23:33
Tiibiidiii installed vmware player23:33
Tiibiidiibut i got an horrible problem with the numpad of the keyboard23:33
Tiibiidii(i mean: by pressing iopjkl it displays 456123... and the rest of the keyboard is inert)23:34
Tiibiidiii tried to enable/disable the related setting in the vmware bios to no avail23:34
Tiibiidiitried to look into the ubuntu desktop, nothing again23:34
Tiibiidiias you can guess, trying to fix a problem without a keyboard isn't exactly pleasant :P23:35
Tiibiidiiso i decided to install an ubuntu from scratch23:35
Tiibiidiiand on this setup all the tools provided by that image23:35
Tiibiidii(that is: hadoop, its filesystem and all the tasktrackers, a web interface... )23:36
Tiibiidii(things like that... shouldn't be difficult since there're also available some packages)23:36
air^sorry, I'm not familiar with that.23:36
Tiibiidiisince i never liked vmware (player at least), i opted for virtualbox23:37
Tiibiidiiand i decided to go with the jeos install23:37
Tiibiidiiok, but i just want to know23:37
Tiibiidiidoes this make any sense to you?23:37
air^sure.23:37
Tiibiidii(i mean: often i tend to overcomplicate what i need to do)23:37
Tiibiidiiok, thanks :D23:37
air^:)23:37
Tiibiidiiactually i'm not familiar with hadoop either, since i used it for the first time last week :D23:38
Tiibiidiiuhm... the jeos install it seems it's using 519MB... i thought it was way more svelte23:40
Tiibiidiimaybe i chosed a normal install by mistake?23:40
nigelbScottK: poke, around?23:41
nigelbScottK: Need some help with a package, jorge asked me to talk to you23:41
nigelbIts a tar in tar package, and there are 2 patches which zul said were okay to go in.23:42
nigelbThe question is how do I do it.  Never dealt with a tar in tar package23:42
Tiibiidii<Tiibiidii> uhm... the jeos install it seems it's using 519MB... i thought it was way more svelte <-- no, it seems it's fine23:43
Tiibiidiibut actually i found out a strange thing23:43
Tiibiidiiabout vmbuilder23:43
Tiibiidii(i was about to close the firefox tabs i opened before)23:44
Tiibiidiii got the "vbox" hypervisor choice23:44
Tiibiidiinot from a manual23:44
Tiibiidiibut from the program itself23:44
TiibiidiiAvailable hypervisors: vmserver esxi xen kvm vbox vmw6 qemu23:44
Tiibiidiibut in the manual it says only23:44
Tiibiidiixen kvm vmw6 vmserver23:44
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