[00:08] <RoAkSoAx> kirkland: ping?
[01:36] <KM0201> riddle me this:  My NAS, I can access the samba share no problem at all.  I can reboot the NAS 50x, no problem... Give it a second, and I can get right back on my shares... the second I reboot my Laptop (running lubuntu 11.04).. i can't access the share... i can browse to it, then I get failed to retrieve list from server, specified location is not mounted, but when i ssh my server, the location is mounted
[01:38] <swimfins> dns?
[01:39] <KM0201> i honestly don't know.
[01:39] <KM0201> clarify your question, and i'll try to answer it
[01:39] <swimfins> did you try accessing via ip address or dns name?
[01:40] <KM0201> um, i just go to Networks, Navigate to my Share, and then click on the folderr, and i get the message above, so I assume, DNS name is the answer you're looking for
[01:40] <KM0201> the strange thing is.. it sees the server, and it lets me double click the server name, but as soon as i try to access a folder, i get the not mounted, etc.. error
[01:41] <KM0201> how would i access the share via IP?
[01:41] <swimfins> so when you reboot your laptop, all other clients can't access?
[01:42] <KM0201> i've honestly not checked other clients, when I reboot my Laptop, i can no longer access the samba share, even though i can browse to the "Top" folder, then i get the message its not mounted
[01:42] <KM0201> lemme see if one of the other machines can real quick.
[01:42] <swimfins> on ubuntu, I suppose that you could do the equivalent of a mapped drive for samba access
[01:42] <KM0201> how would i do that?
[01:42] <swimfins> when does it let you back on, or does it at all?
[01:43] <KM0201> it doesn't
[01:43] <KM0201> thats the thing
[01:43] <swimfins> I'm not sure, one sec
[01:43] <KM0201> ok.. appreciate the help by the way
[01:43] <KM0201> lemme go see if i can get on from another pc, brb
[01:44] <swimfins> okay.
[01:44] <KM0201> now this is weird, all of a sudden, its letting me on the share
[01:45] <swimfins> strange
[01:45] <KM0201> i bet mmy server has been on like 15min
[01:45] <KM0201> *sorry, laptop
[01:45] <swimfins> to see what shares are available, you would use the smbclient command.
[01:46] <swimfins> /usr/bin/smbclient -L host
[01:46] <KM0201> on the server, or host?
[01:47] <swimfins> after a reboot, try by hostname and then by ip address
[01:47] <swimfins> you might just need to add an entry to /etc/hosts
[01:47] <swimfins> on the laptop
[01:48] <KM0201> Connection to host failed (Error NT_STATUS_BAD_NETWORK_NAME
[01:48] <swimfins> it could also be that it took that long in order for the nas to advertize
[01:48] <KM0201> i just got that, but i can browse the share no problem
[01:48] <KM0201> 20min?
[01:49] <swimfins> no, it shouldn't... what kind of nas?
[01:49] <KM0201> it's just a box i built
[01:49] <swimfins> ok
[01:49] <swimfins> did you try with the ip address?
[01:50] <KM0201> so /usr/bin/smbclient -L ipaddress    right?
[01:50] <swimfins> yes
[01:50] <KM0201> session setup failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
[01:50] <elz89> Anyone here know anything of fuppes. I have used it as part of FreeNAS, but now I run ubuntu on almost everything in my home network, but I can't get 'fuppes' working from the GetDeb Apps PPA? I'm not sure what information I would need to provide in order to help diagnose the problem. I have tried looking for log files but no luck.
[01:52] <ScottK> elz89: You should ask someone from getdeb.  Their package aren't done by the Ubuntu developers.
[01:52] <KM0201> swimfins: now why would i get that error, if i'm not having trouble browsing/usign the share.. once it finally got on, i can watch a movie on the share, etc.
[01:53] <swimfins> not sure, I just figured that should work.  Does your client have an lmhosts file?
[01:53] <swimfins> what client is it?
[01:53] <KM0201> it should i would imagine, where is that located on ubuntU?
[01:55] <swimfins> sorry, kind of rusty here, one second.
[01:57] <KM0201> swimfins: someone juts suggested something to me, i wanna see if thats part of the issue, brb, gonna start my laptop.
[02:01] <swimfins> any luck?
[02:01] <elz89> ScottK: Do they have a channel?
[02:01] <KM0201> now that was interesting
[02:01] <elz89> found it :-)
[02:02] <KM0201> someone in another channel, suggested it might be because I have Guest set to "YES" rather than requiring someone to log on to the share (password/username)
[02:02] <KM0201> so i edited smb.conf, changed that to no, restarted samba on the server, then restarted my laptp
[02:02] <KM0201> and i'll be darned, i got on in 5sec
[02:02] <swimfins> excellent
[02:02] <KM0201> but.. why would tha tdo that?
[02:03] <swimfins> because it was confused as to how you wanted to login
[02:03] <swimfins> just a guess
[02:03] <KM0201> hm
[02:03] <KM0201> any idea on what i could change, to allow me "Guest" login? is that sometihng in smb.conf
[02:03] <Patrickdk> something with you somehow
[02:03] <Patrickdk> I have guest in many shares, and it works ok
[02:03] <KM0201> Patrickdk: yeah.. i'm not disputing that
[02:04] <swimfins> both guest and credentials at the same time?  Is that what I heard?
[02:04] <Patrickdk> yep
[02:05] <Patrickdk> on mine, users get read/write, guest gets read only
[02:06]  * elz89 thinks #getdeb is a little too quiet to get an answer before bed :-(
[02:08] <jmarsden> KM0201: If you do something like      egrep -v '^#|^;|^ *$' /etc/samba/smb.conf |pastebinit -b http://paste.ubuntu.com      others could see your smb.conf and might have more clue what you are doing differently?
[02:08] <KM0201> jmarsden: yeah, i'm getting ready to pastebin it now
[02:10] <KM0201> http://pastebin.com/mRGsRpVN\
[02:10] <KM0201> woops
[02:10] <KM0201> http://pastebin.com/mRGsRpVN
[02:10] <KM0201> loose the last \  sorry
[02:11] <KM0201> jmarsden: when i set guest ok=   to no.. it seems to have resolved the problem, but then of course, everyone needs a password to access the share.
[02:12] <jmarsden> Are both server and client in the same workgroup (MSHOME) ?
[02:12] <KM0201> negative
[02:13] <KM0201> at least i don't think my client is in HOME
[02:13] <KM0201> how would i check the work group my laptop is under?
[02:16] <KM0201> nothing revvealing in smb.conf?
[02:16] <jmarsden> well, I don't like the force user stuff, but I don't think that should be causing the issue with guests...
[02:17] <KM0201> jmarsden: i just went off a "samba walkthrough" i read, and it said to use that.
[02:17] <KM0201> so i did.
[02:18] <jmarsden> Why do people so often follow random documents from the web...?  man smb.conf, read the official Samba docs, learn this stuff, *then* set it up when you know what you are doing :)
[02:20] <KM0201> jmarsden: well, unfortunately, i was kinda pushed into learning ubuntu server, so..
[02:20] <jmarsden> So now setlle down and take your time and learn it right :)
[02:20] <KM0201> i probably will, i might even buy a NAS solution, i didn't like the idea of that, but maybe its a better idea.
[02:20] <jmarsden> Time for me to go eat, back later...
[02:20] <KM0201> later
[02:21] <KM0201> naslite is only $30....
[02:21] <lickalott> KM0201 do you have an actual account named guest?
[02:21] <KM0201> lickalott: negative.
[02:21] <lickalott> lemme check something
[02:21] <KM0201> k.. appreciated
[02:22] <lickalott> have you connected/used successfully with anyone yet?
[02:23] <KM0201> lickalott: not really sure i understand that question
[02:23] <KM0201> oh have i connected to the server?
[02:23] <KM0201> yes, i'm connected right now.
[02:23] <lickalott> as?
[02:23] <lickalott> which user?
[02:23] <KM0201> the default username i created on the server
[02:23] <KM0201> "joe" in that smb.conf
[02:23] <lickalott> cat /etc/samba/smbusers
[02:23] <lickalott> what does that say?
[02:24] <KM0201> hmm, no such file or directory
[02:24] <KM0201> but i know i added "joe" to the samba users group
[02:24] <lickalott> where is your smb.conf?
[02:24] <KM0201> /etc/samba/smb.conf
[02:24] <lickalott> k
[02:24] <lickalott> are you pretty good with vi/
[02:24] <lickalott> ?
[02:25] <TheEvilPhoenix> if not vi, then nano :P
[02:25] <KM0201> ah, i use nano.. ? never really used vi
[02:25] <KM0201> i'm ok w/ nano.
[02:25] <lickalott> not sure how to search with nano.   open that smb.conf and search for "usershare  allow guests"
[02:26] <KM0201> not htere
[02:26] <KM0201> *there
[02:26] <lickalott> ?
[02:27] <KM0201> there is no "usershare allow guests" there
[02:27] <KM0201> in my smb.conf
[02:27] <KM0201> i pastebin'd my smb.conf above
[02:28] <lickalott> http://pastebin.com/mRGsRpVN ?
[02:28] <KM0201> correct
[02:28] <KM0201> i don't see usershare allow guests
[02:29] <lickalott> [NAS]
[02:29] <lickalott>     path = /media/NAS
[02:29] <lickalott>     browseable = yes
[02:29] <lickalott>     read only = no
[02:29] <lickalott>     guest ok = no
[02:29] <lickalott>     create mask = 0644
[02:29] <lickalott>     directory mask = 0755
[02:29] <lickalott>     force user = joe
[02:29] <lickalott>     force group = joe
[02:29] <KM0201> unless you mean the "guest ok = no" at the bottom
[02:29] <lickalott> have you changed that to yest?
[02:29] <lickalott> *yes?
[02:29] <KM0201> ok, well yes, i know thats there.. that seems to be what was causing my original problem.. i had it set to Yes, and it would take like 20min for my laptop to have access to the share.
[02:30] <lickalott> this is all i have for one of my shares - [SDA_STORAGE]
[02:30] <lickalott> path = /SDA_STORAGE
[02:30] <lickalott> available = yes
[02:30] <lickalott> valid users = weed
[02:30] <lickalott> read only = no
[02:30] <lickalott> browsable = yes
[02:30] <lickalott> public = yes
[02:30] <lickalott> writable = yes
[02:31] <KM0201> yeah, jmarsden didn't like the force user/group either, i just was going off a walkthrough with it.
[02:31] <KM0201> lemme change that, see if it changes everything upon reboot
[02:31] <KM0201> brb
[02:31] <lickalott> no need to reboot
[02:31] <lickalott> just stop and restart the process/service
[02:32] <KM0201> lickalott: well, the problem would manifest itself, when i rebooted my laptop
[02:32] <FFForever> Anyone in here running a pptpd server? I can't seem to make any external network calls
[02:33] <KM0201> i could start/samba a million times, or rebooot the server, and it would b efine, this issue would occur, when i rebooted my server
[02:34] <KM0201> brb
[02:38] <KM0201> hmm, well, that seems to work about the same (still requires me to enter my server username/password)
[02:39] <KM0201> thats really no big deal though, i can set up other users, i guess.
[02:40] <KM0201> just i have family that remembering a password is an exercise in futility
[02:40] <KM0201> and there's nothing on the NAS i'm trying to hide (just movies, family pics, videos, etc.)
[02:41] <KM0201> lickalott: any other ideas?
[02:43] <lickalott> nah man.  I always authenticate.  Just security conscience i guess
[02:45] <KM0201> yeah
[02:53] <pukeko> i have a lucid desktop and need to configure rdesktop to it on a non-standard port -- id there a config file for it ( the GUI seems to lack the option to set the port )?
[03:03] <\DSAFEW\> Can anyone please link me to a good image for VMware?
[03:04] <elz89> \DSAFEW\: what exactly are you looking for?
[03:04] <\DSAFEW\> I'm fine with virtualbox vms too if those would be available
[03:04] <\DSAFEW\> a new install for VMware player or workstation
[03:05] <\DSAFEW\> this is for a friend and we want to do this quickly, so installing from CD isn't really ideal
[03:05] <\DSAFEW\> I found a VM for ubuntu 9, but that is a bit too old for my taste
[03:07] <elz89> \DSAFEW\: could use unetbootin?
[03:07] <pukeko> surely it does'nt take that long to create a minimal ubuntu-server VM in VBox
[03:08] <Xptical> Hi all.  New server admin here.  I got a static IP address and a vanity domain name.  I'd like some ideas on what to do next.
[03:08] <Xptical> Run a simple server with wordpress?
[03:08] <pukeko> lock it down
[03:08] <Xptical> lol
[03:09] <Xptical> right now, my router isn't forwarding anything
[03:09] <elz89> Xptical: http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-security.html
[03:10] <pukeko> install midnight commander
[03:11] <\DSAFEW\> ahh I'm gonna try http://mirrorhosts.com/downloads/vmplanet/VMplanet-Ubuntu11.04 thanks for your time
[03:13] <Xptical> elz89  Thanks for the link.  I'm a network engineer, mostly working on cisco kit.  So I'm not looking for a nitty-gritty how to not be a newb thing.  I'm more or less looking for over-arching ideas on what to do with my new-found power...
[03:14] <Xptical> At the very least, I want a www server and possibly a MySQL server.
[03:14] <pukeko> don't trust anything you have'nt "built" yourself
[03:14] <Demosthenes> so, squid. content filtering. what's a good option?
[03:15] <Demosthenes> squidguard crashed under my testing :P
[03:15] <Xptical> I'm reading over "the perfect setup" article now. But I really don't know if I need ISPConfig and all...
[03:15] <Demosthenes> Xptical: bastille.
[03:18] <Xptical> again, not really what I'm looking for.  I can deal with the details of hardening and such.  Just wondering about good ideas like email, personal website, etc...
[03:18] <Xptical> Anyone ever worked with gmail for domains?>
[03:20] <Delerium_> Xptical, First of all... think about what your needs are...
[03:20] <Xptical> well, I'm a heavy google user.  Google docs, gmail, google calendar.
[03:21] <Xptical> I'd like to be able to send and receive mail at my domain.
[03:21] <Xptical> I'd like a personal blog
[03:21] <Xptical> and I'd like a professional site for advertising my services
[03:23] <Xptical> as of now, I have a bone-stock Ubuntu 11.04 server with SSH added
[03:23] <Xptical> and a static IP set
[03:25] <Delerium_> Xptical, And a a DNS domain pointing to your static IP?
[03:27] <elz89> I am in a similar situation to Xptical, but I don't have a static ip. Instead i have my domain forwarded to a dyndns address.
[03:27] <Xptical> Godaddy has a single A record pointing to my IP and a CNAME for www pointing to @ (or the a-record)
[03:28] <Delerium_> Xptical, And this server is at home?  If so, be sure your ISP is not blocking some ports
[03:29] <Xptical> It's at home, but it's a business connection.  ATM, I think the only thing blocked is outbound SMTP
[03:29] <Xptical> for obvious resons
[03:29] <Xptical> reasons
[03:29] <Xptical> But a simple phone call will open that port
[03:29] <Delerium_> Indeed, Xptical, so, maybe you should setup a simple website at first to sea if DNS / IP works well
[03:29] <Delerium_> errr... see
[03:29] <Xptical> already tested it
[03:30] <Xptical> I installed ubuntu in a VM and used the "perfect setup" guide to install some crap.  I could see it internally and from an external network
[03:30] <Delerium_> Personally I'm using Zimbra for my mail (in and out) .. works pretty well
[03:31] <Xptical> I think my main concerns are sftp and https
[03:31] <Xptical> with self-signes certs, of course
[03:32] <Xptical> also, I'm about 8 shots into a bottle of absolute, so forgive any spelling errors
[03:32] <Xptical> :0
[03:32] <Delerium_> Xptical, indeed, but for a personnal server, would it be that bad to have a Self-Sign cert?
[03:32] <Xptical> not at all
[03:33] <Delerium_> Xptical, And about done with my bottle of Wine ;)
[03:33] <Xptical> A personal CMS that cross-posts to FB and Google+ would be nice...
[03:33] <Delerium_> Xptical, I can't help there... I don't use FB and Google+
[03:34] <Xptical> yeppers
[03:34] <rww> There's no API to post to Google+.
[03:34] <Delerium_> I'm not into social network very much
[03:34] <Xptical> I'm moving away from it, but I still keep them to connect with professional friends
[03:34] <Xptical> and mom....
[03:35] <Delerium_> I prefer to use LinkedIn for pro connection
[03:35] <Delerium_> But I guess your Mom is not on LinkedIn ;) :)
[03:35] <Xptical> if she was, it'd be a sure sign that it's jumped the shark week...
[03:40] <Xptical> Should I tell my router to respond to ping?
[03:42] <Xptical> and what the hell is apparmour
[03:42] <jmarsden> Xptical: Only if you want to ping it :)
[03:43] <jmarsden> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AppArmor
[03:43] <Xptical> Yeah.  I don't think there are any down-sides to ICMP
[03:44] <Delerium_> Got paged ... Gotta go guys... bbl
[03:48] <Xptical> I hate getting paged.  Haven't been on call over the last 6 months though.
[03:49] <Xptical> My minions are taking care of it
[03:50] <jmarsden> Xptical: Why aren't your minions setting up your router and server for you too? :)
[03:50] <Xptical> Overtime pay is hell... :)
[04:20] <elz89> Anyone here have any experience with 'fuppes' on ubuntu server?
[04:26] <lickalott> not me elz89
[04:42] <cismo> Is someone available to help me on how to configure a Wireless usb adapter in Ubuntu server 10.4?
[04:46] <jmarsden> cismo: I have not done this, but http://paste.ubuntu.com/660275/ has info on the two files you need to set up, I think I got it from twb, who frequents this channel.
[04:49] <cismo> jmarsden: I'll try that. Thanks for the tip
[04:49] <jmarsden> cismo: You're welcome.
[05:29] <args[0]> Hi guys, what do you suggest as a cheap and 'considerably good' VPS? I need it for personal use and nothing more
[05:35] <jmarsden> args[0]: Many folks like linode.com -- I don't use them myself though.
[05:36] <jmarsden> However, this is offtopic for #ubuntu-server.
[05:37] <args[0]> jmarsden: where is a good channel for this?
[05:38] <jmarsden> args[0]: Not sure... freenode is more about working with and supporting free software than choosing a provider...
[05:39] <args[0]> jmarsden: no doubt, thanks for your answer will check linode
[05:39] <jmarsden> args[0]: You're welcome.  Maybe #servergeeks would be a place to ask?
[05:40] <args[0]> jmarsden: yep, seems that's a good place. thanks again.
[07:04] <jane--> hi, if i have a domain withsome registrar like godaddy.com and i want to shift to a new local registrar in my place (after or before a year) is it possible?
[07:06] <jmarsden> jane--: Not exactly a ubuntu-server question, but yes, you can transfer domains from one registrar to another.  Exact process depends on the registrars concerned, but it's not supposed to be difficult to do.
[07:08] <jane--> jmarsden how will the new registrar confirm that iam a legitimate user? and how the old registrar be satisfied that its me who changed the domain registrar?
[07:11] <jmarsden> jane--: This is *not* a ubuntu-server question... please try to stay on topic here.  Only you have the login for the old registrars system.  So you can prove you are you to them.  You can set the status of your domain to allow transfer requests, then use your new account at the new registrat to make a transfer request.  Most likely you will get email from the old registrar for extra confirmation you are allowing the change, and then... it
[07:11] <jmarsden>  happens.
[07:12] <jmarsden> All the details vary, depending on what "security" measures the two (mainly the old) registrar have put in place.
[07:12] <jmarsden> But it is after midnight here, so I'm off to bed... :)
[07:14] <jane--> thx
[07:18] <jane--> is it a good practice (if you dont find your desiredname.com to register as desired-name.com) with an -   ?
[07:30] <wrtiii> Any large changes for a small home based server between 10.04 LTS and 11.04 versions that I should take into consideration before removing 11.04 to switch to the LTS version?
[09:22] <wrtiii> I have installed 2 x 160 GB Sata Drives in my server. My intention is to use clonezilla to create an image of the primary drive on the second drive once I have my installation stable but before I attempt anything new.  Is clonezilla the best route for this?  Is there a way to have the drive in the system at all times but have linux not recognize/mount? it as to ensure there is noway that
[09:22] <wrtiii> disk could get corrupted but still have it easily accesible when I boot to clonezilla for either restoring or saving an image?
[09:26] <_johnny> i'm trying to have a crontab job running the first wednesday of the month. some say you can't do this, but what about setting month to *, day of month to 1-7, day of week to 3 fix this? (as the first wednesday could be anywhere from the 1st to the 7th)
[09:27] <_johnny> or would it also be triggered the other days?
[12:30] <_johnny> can anyone tell me how disk size works in a software raid 5 (mdadm)? say i buy another disk and want to add it. if it's the same model i'd think nothing of it, just wondering.. if it's a differend brand and the size is slightlight higher/lower than the others, what would happen?
[12:32] <patdk-lap> it would or wouldn't work :)
[12:32] <patdk-lap> it must always be the same or larger
[12:33] <patdk-lap> so if your paranoid about that, you should normally subtract 1% or so of the disk size when you create the partition mdadm uses
[12:33] <RoyK> _johnny: if it's smaller, it won't work. if it's larger, it will work
[12:34] <RoyK> _johnny: but new drives have standardised sizes - older/smaller drives may vary a bit
[12:34] <_johnny> thanks guys
[12:35] <_johnny> so it would basically just tell me i can't add it
[12:35] <_johnny> right?
[12:35] <_johnny> and similarly if i add a drive which is twice the size, it'd only utilize half of it (short of parititioning etc)
[12:36] <RoyK> right
[12:36] <_johnny> ok, thanks :)
[12:36] <RoyK> also, if you have a RAID with 1TB drives and replace them with 2TB drives, you should be able to grow the RAID
[12:37] <patdk-lap> after all are replaced
[12:37] <RoyK> yeah
[12:37] <patdk-lap> until they are all replaced, it's just dead space that can't be used (without partitioning), but then if you partition it, you couldn't grow it
[12:38] <RoyK> I wouldn't recommend using partitions for a data RAID
[12:39]  * patdk-lap wonders about doing a raid 15
[12:40] <RoyK> patdk-lap: paranoid? :)
[12:40] <patdk-lap> beening thinking about putting my mailstore on it
[12:40] <patdk-lap> royk, alittle
[12:40] <patdk-lap> it's not going be very accessable
[12:40] <RoyK> striped 3-way mirrors? :D
[12:40] <patdk-lap> I figured that would be very bad write performance
[12:40] <patdk-lap> and the mailstore needs good random write
[12:41] <RoyK> striped mirrors is good for random i/o
[12:41]  * RoyK installed a new server some months back with 14 1TB drives in striped mirrors on ZFS
[12:41] <RoyK> that server rocks
[12:41] <patdk-lap> ya, looking at doing this on 14 drives
[12:42] <patdk-lap> with 2 hot spares
[12:42] <RoyK> that's what I have too
[12:42] <RoyK> and some SSDs for caching...
[12:42] <RoyK> not linux, though
[12:44]  * patdk-lap would really love to put btrfs on it
[12:45] <patdk-lap> haven't played with that since maverick beta's
[12:45] <patdk-lap> wonder if it's made progress
[12:45] <RoyK> not much
[12:45] <RoyK> still no fsck
[12:45] <RoyK> so it's not really safe
[12:45] <patdk-lap> mine worked good for many months, ever from random power outages and stuff
[12:45] <patdk-lap> then just wouldn't work at all one day
[12:46] <RoyK> patdk-lap: played with zfs yet?
[12:46] <RoyK> we're using openindiana for storage these days
[12:47] <RoyK> rock stable and quite admin-friendly (although, yes, it's solaris, so it's a bit different from linux)
[12:47] <RoyK> just don't try to use WD desktop drives on a SAS expander
[12:47] <RoyK> just DON'T
[12:48] <RoyK> seems WD at some point decided to make their desktop drive's firmware incompatible with RAID systems and even SAS attachment
[12:49] <RoyK> that point being about a year ago
[13:07] <_johnny> RoyK: heh, i'll keep that in mind ;)
[13:07] <_johnny> and yeah zfs is awesome
[13:09] <_johnny> patdk-lap: how would replacing like that work? i "simulate" a dead drive, by simply replacing one and have it rebuild, then replace another, rebuild, repeat?
[13:10] <RoyK> _johnny: we're replacing 24 WD drives these days - if that solve our problems, we'll replace another 160 2TB drives soon :P
[13:13] <_johnny> by this approach? not to sound wisecracking, but hotswap anyone? :D
[13:14] <_johnny> the reason i'm asking is, i have 5 slots, so offline is not a big deal for me. just wondering if that's how you'd go about replacing (or how _I_'d go about it anyway)
[13:14] <RoyK> you get hotswap chassises for internal mounting (3 x 5 1/4" slots) quite cheap
[13:15] <RoyK> and for hotswap to work, you need a sata controller with hotswap abilities
[13:16] <RoyK> and hotswap support in the driver..
[13:17] <bernhard1> After installing Ubuntu 11.4 server i get errors when booting. I have this issue on several disks (new and old one). It gives errors on the filesystem /boot . rdev/sda1 mountall fsck /boot [344] terminated with status 1 then: cannot write bytes: broke pipe (many times)then it boots to prompt and i can login: So i repair the hd with Knoppix cd. It says the /boot was unmounted not not
[13:17] <bernhard1> cleanly. then it repairs. When i repair sda1 with the knoppix cd with the command fsck /dev/sda1 it is fixed. So the server boots fine. But once the server is shutdown once it will startup again with these same message: mountall fsck /boot [344] terminated with status 1 cannot write bytes: broke pipe Any clue how i can fix this ????
[13:18] <RoyK> _johnny: http://cgi.ebay.com/Lsi-Logic-SAS-3081E-R-Sas-Raid-Controller-PCI-E-/110723040207?pt=AU_Computer_Components_Controller_Cards&hash=item19c79b83cf <-- something like that :P
[13:24] <_johnny> i haven't even begun to look at raid controllers yet - partially because i have no pci/pci-e support in my current server :p
[13:24] <_johnny> just finished sync check. no errors. yay
[13:36] <RoyK> _johnny: neither pci nor pci-e?
[13:37] <_johnny> it's a small media center. just usb and e-sata
[13:37] <RoyK> k
[13:38] <pukeko>  hi - i have been migrating users to a new ubuntu server -- moved smb.conf and smbpasswd but am having problems connecting as a "user" -- getting check_ntlm_password errors in the logs ... is there some other file i need to migrate ?
[13:38] <RoyK> _johnny: not quite your average SC847 :P
[13:39] <RoyK> pukeko: can you pastebin the logs, please?
[13:39] <RoyK> !pastebin
[13:40]  * pukeko is typing
[13:41] <Doonz> hey guys. I have a Hardware Raid Array that was 9tb. I expanded it to 12tb. How do I go about formatting the last 3TB into its own partition. This has to be done through the cli
[13:42] <pukeko> if i do a smbpasswd -a and reenter the smb passwd its cool , but i don't want to do that for all my users
[13:42] <RoyK> Doonz: if you have an ext[234] filesystem on it, just resize2fs
[13:42] <RoyK> Doonz: if you have a partition on it with a filesystem, that partition needs to be extended first
[13:43] <StevenR> RoyK: "own partition"
[13:44] <RoyK> own?
[13:44] <Doonz> yeah
[13:44] <StevenR> Doonz: you want a new partition for that 3TB, rather than extending the existing?
[13:45] <Doonz> Steven i tried extending using gparted through the live cd
[13:45] <RoyK> Doonz: do you have a partition table on that raid?
[13:45] <Doonz> and it failed
[13:45] <StevenR> fdisk -l /dev/raiddevicenamehere in a pastebin please
[13:47] <Doonz> http://pastebin.com/8SfFsaUX
[13:48] <StevenR> are you using LVM?
[13:48] <Doonz> not on that drive
[13:48] <Doonz> sda is an lvm drive
[13:48] <RoyK> Doonz: you'll need to extend the partition or create a new partition for the new data
[13:49] <RoyK> Doonz: that should be possible with parted and possibly with gparted (but as you said, it failed). Before using parted, make sure you have a good backup, in case something goes bad
[13:50] <Doonz> yeah im going to have to wait till i get home
[13:50] <Doonz> i have a new 12tb array that im going to bring online when the cable get hear so i can make a back up of the current array to it
[14:27] <ScottK> elz89: No idea.
[14:29] <sw0rdfish> is this the best way to join two .avi files in a vps, guys?
[14:29] <sw0rdfish> http://ubuntuhowtos.com/howtos/merge_avi_files_with_mencoder
[14:29] <sw0rdfish> using mencoder?
[14:29] <beric> Hello. I need help with remastering the installation. I need to have sun-java6-jdk preinstalled but can't find a decent way to enable the partner repository. Can anyone tell me how to do it ?
[14:38] <RoyK> sw0rdfish: I guess both mencoder and ffmpeg could do the job
[14:39] <sw0rdfish> RoyK, well when I googled "merging .avi files ubuntu" mencoder showed up at the top and it looks fairly simple to use :)
[14:41] <RoyK> mencoder is a bit more userfriendly than ffmpeg, yes
[15:16] <josePhoenix> Hello all
[15:17] <sw0rdfish> hi
[15:17] <josePhoenix> How can I install PHP without installing apache2? I tried --no-install-recommends but it still wants to install apache2
[15:18] <sw0rdfish> I think sudo apt-get install php5 should do it
[15:18] <sw0rdfish>  and do you really want to avoid installing apache2?
[15:18] <sw0rdfish> josePhoenix, ^^
[15:18] <josePhoenix> Yes, I'm not using apache2
[15:19] <josePhoenix> When I try apt-get install php5 it says it will also install "apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2.2-common libapache2-mod-php5"
[15:23] <josePhoenix> Ah, installing php5-cli seems to do it
[15:28] <sw0rdfish> really
[15:28] <sw0rdfish> ask in #ubuntu and #php too
[15:28] <sw0rdfish> i'm not a pro really
[15:29] <josePhoenix> now to get php5-fpm pools spawning by individual users instead of being centrally managed...
[15:30] <JRWR> on Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS, I would like to strip out (configs also) of all packages there where not in the base install of ubuntu, also to reset all other config files to defaults as well (Its on a VPS) - I wish to do this to get a clean start on a new project, without having to bug the BOFH
[18:44] <FreezingCold> Anybody here know how to setup BIND9?
[18:44] <KM0201> sorry..
[18:44] <KM0201> no idea
[18:47] <FreezingCold> I want to set it up so I can locally cache DNS records
[18:48] <FreezingCold> and use it as a nameserver for my domain
[18:50] <FreezingCold> Anyone know?
[19:00] <josePhoenix> Hey all
[19:01] <josePhoenix> What's the most widely used server monitoring software? Something that can restart daemons if they hang, show status, etc
[19:03] <Bilge> >hanging daemons
[19:03] <Bilge> You're doing it wrong
[19:04] <josePhoenix> Well they haven't done that
[19:04] <Bilge> This isn't #windows-server
[19:04] <josePhoenix> But I'd like to know if they do :P
[19:05] <jmarsden> josePhoenix: There are many, nagios, zenoss, zabbix, monit ...
[19:06] <josePhoenix> jmarsden: I was looking at nagios and monit. Mainly asking here to find out if anyone knew about their relative strengths and shortcomings
[19:06] <josePhoenix> Have you used any/all of those?
[19:06] <JanC> plus several commercial solutions too
[19:07] <jmarsden> I've used nagios a lot anf zenoss a little, plus some commercial ones.
[19:08] <jmarsden> josePhoenix: It depends what you already know and what you want to monitor... nagios is a decent place to start for general purpose network monitoring, although learning to configure it can take some time.
[19:09] <StevenR> monitoring is work, too. It's not something you can just install and expect to just work.
[19:09] <josePhoenix> I have a kind of unusual setup, where a front-end server proxies to a few different services managed by different users. I was hoping to find some monitoring solution that could bring together status information for the different services and not require me to manage a monolithic config as root
[19:09] <StevenR> josePhoenix: maybe try something like icinga or centreon then (nagios+frontend)
[19:09] <josePhoenix> StevenR: naturally. I'm hoping to avoid work later on by doing this work up front :]
[19:10] <StevenR> josePhoenix: exactly :)
[19:10]  * StevenR does alot with monitoring at work
[19:11] <JanC> which one to use might also depends on whether you need to support certain proprietary OSs etc. ;)
[19:11] <josePhoenix> Can I specify the individual services in a user-owned config file, then have nagios load it? Or something along those lines?
[19:12] <StevenR> josePhoenix: icinga and centreon all you to manage the config via the web
[19:12] <StevenR> at least centreon certainly does
[19:13] <josePhoenix> Well my provisioning script creates a skeleton for each service with some config files, so it would be a good place to put a skeleton config file
[19:14] <josePhoenix> though if users can break the monitoring daemon with bad syntax or something I guess I wouldn't want to load their config files
[19:14] <StevenR> josePhoenix: that's what centreon protects against
[19:15] <StevenR> it's quite hard to break it via the web interface, but it does a config check before a restart as well, just to be sure
[19:16] <josePhoenix> Hmm.. well I'd like to automate it as much as I can
[19:16] <StevenR> we do that too.
[19:17] <StevenR> I'm not sure how, but our prov system automatically adds hosts to centreon
[19:18] <josePhoenix> Really, I'm just lazy. I don't want to edit things in the web interface if someone adds a gunicorn server that they want to monitor or something
[19:20] <josePhoenix> Maybe I can use some shell script and sudoers to keep improper config files from being saved
[19:21] <josePhoenix> It's more of a sanity check than anything. I don't think someone will try to do something malicious with nagios, but I don't want them to break it by accident ;]
[19:23] <StevenR> josePhoenix: script the restart, so it won't restart if the config is wrong
[19:24] <StevenR> (nagios can do a check-config-is-sane thing)
[19:24] <josePhoenix> hmm this guy sounds like he has it figured out http://www.standalone-sysadmin.com/blog/2009/07/nagios-config/
[19:25] <josePhoenix> Okay, I'll start reading up on nagios config files. Fun afternoon xD
[19:25] <josePhoenix> Thanks for your advice StevenR
[19:26] <StevenR> np
[20:59] <hallyn> lifeless: yay, overlayfs ephemeral containers are working (with something like a 4 line diff against the aufs-only one :)
[21:04] <lifeless> \o/
[22:19] <hallyn> pad.lv down?  :(
[22:23] <swimfins> I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay....