[00:03] <mgw> is there a way to instruct the installer (from a preseed file) to immediately expire the password?
[00:03] <mgw> that is, require a change on first login
[00:16] <matoc> mgw: you could set up a custom command in you preseed: http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/apbs05.html#preseed-hooks
[00:16] <matoc> mgw: usermod -p “” foo
[00:17] <matoc>  chage -d 0 foo
[00:18] <mgw> matoc: thank you
[00:53] <bitmonk> anyone have a working policy-rc.d script? i tried the base example to just return 101, as if in a chroot, but services are still autostarted when their package is installed.  concrete, recent docs seem a bit of vapor here.
[01:06] <matoc> bitmonk: did you make sure to "chmod 755 /usr/sbin/policy-rc.d" ?
[01:06] <matoc> Just having the following in the policy-rc.d file has worked for me in the past:
[01:06] <matoc> #!/bin/sh
[01:06] <matoc> exit 101
[01:06] <bitmonk> i'm not sure it was in /usr/sbin, i think i put it in /usr/bin, hm.. it's been a while since i tried, i can give it another shot. :)
[01:42] <Resistance> whoo...
[01:42] <Resistance> matoc is a useful person...
[01:42]  * Resistance fixed the issues :)
[03:35] <AlexForce22> hello
[03:36] <AlexForce22> anyone got a min for question
[04:25] <pythonirc101> is there a way to allow a user to open a ssh tunnel to my box, but not allowed regular login?
[05:28] <MTecknology> virt-manager doesn't want to respect my keyboard layout. :(   There's no option for a dvorak layout either. I have to use a chart of a qwerty board to figure out what keys to push....
[05:29] <MTecknology> I tried to create a keymap, but that doesn't seem to have any effect
[05:35] <MTecknology> Any ideas how I could get it to work?
[06:26] <JoshuaP> I'm about to do a server reboot and will be right back. :)
[07:49] <JoshuaP> I AMSG'D
[19:58] <myjimmyweb> hello?
[19:58] <Resistance> ohai
[19:58] <arrrghhh> myjimmyweb, hi.  if you have a question, feel free to ask.
[19:59] <myjimmyweb> cool coo! : )
[19:59] <myjimmyweb> i'm trying to set up my host dns server
[19:59] <arrrghhh> for a local area network i assume?
[19:59] <myjimmyweb> but i'm on a residential account that blocks port 80
[19:59] <arrrghhh> er
[20:00] <Resistance> myjimmyweb:  DNS doesnt run on port 80...?
[20:00] <myjimmyweb> well, i'd like to get this set up and ready to run on a business line
[20:00] <arrrghhh> dns isn't 80, and that shouldn't matter for WAN
[20:00] <myjimmyweb> DNS on port 53
[20:00] <myjimmyweb> which my isp does not block
[20:00] <arrrghhh> yea why would you worry about DNS over the WAN tho
[20:00] <arrrghhh> sounds like you want to setup a websit?
[20:00] <arrrghhh> website*
[20:00] <myjimmyweb> well, my host machine has several guest instances of ubuntu server
[20:00] <myjimmyweb> i do want a website
[20:00] <arrrghhh> honestly it would be more efficient for you to pay for a hosted solution...
[20:01] <arrrghhh> but we can still help you get it setup
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> i want example.com to be hosted on the host machine
[20:01] <arrrghhh> just sayin, cost vs benefit
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> and then each VM server to be client.example.com
[20:01] <arrrghhh> you've paid for example.com?
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> haha, no
[20:01] <arrrghhh> well
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> well, yes, it's a dif name but i have it
[20:01] <arrrghhh> you know what i mean
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> yes
[20:01] <arrrghhh> whatever the example is lol
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> lol, yeah
[20:01] <arrrghhh> you've paid for it, it's yours
[20:01] <myjimmyweb> yup
[20:02] <arrrghhh> you have a static IP from your provider/ISP?
[20:02] <myjimmyweb> no, it's dynamic
[20:02] <myjimmyweb> that's thething
[20:02] <arrrghhh> well
[20:02] <arrrghhh> dyndns
[20:02] <myjimmyweb> i got an account with custom dns routing
[20:02] <arrrghhh> hrm
[20:02] <myjimmyweb> and route it to an alternate port
[20:02] <myjimmyweb> wait, no
[20:02] <arrrghhh> well
[20:02] <arrrghhh> customers won't be able to use it if 80 is blocked
[20:03] <arrrghhh> you're going to need to talk to your ISP or host it elsewhere
[20:03] <myjimmyweb> yeah, i can access it from a dif port that i forward to port 80 on the host machine
[20:03] <arrrghhh> seriously, even if you've already purchased the domain name it'll be cheaper in the long run to just pay a vps or something to host the actual site.
[20:03] <myjimmyweb> my main question is if i can get the subdomins working with my BIND server on the host machine, routing each clientx.example.com
[20:04] <arrrghhh> oh
[20:04] <arrrghhh> that's local
[20:04] <arrrghhh> and i used dnsmasq when i set that up cuz i was lazy...
[20:04] <arrrghhh> i could just point you and some bind docs, which i assume you've read.
[20:04] <myjimmyweb> the reason i want to host it is it's not just a website, it's kind of a media cloud portal so i need local access to it to upload 100s of gigs of vides/music
[20:04] <myjimmyweb> yes
[20:04] <arrrghhh> heh
[20:04] <myjimmyweb> so like, i made a new master zone
[20:04] <myjimmyweb> demo.example.com
[20:04] <arrrghhh> and you're trying to do this on an ISP that blocks port 80...
[20:05] <myjimmyweb> yes
[20:05] <myjimmyweb> well, I'll be moving it to a business line soon
[20:05] <arrrghhh> cool
[20:05] <myjimmyweb> but I can't justify paying for one at the moment
[20:05] <myjimmyweb> so i wanted to get it running to some extent on my residential account, then move it over
[20:06] <arrrghhh> yea
[20:06] <arrrghhh> you can just change the port on apache
[20:06] <arrrghhh> or wherever you forward it.  i do it on my router.
[20:06] <myjimmyweb> i get that.... and i know how to
[20:06] <arrrghhh> k
[20:06] <myjimmyweb> but idk how to implement the subdomains running on different apache servers
[20:06] <myjimmyweb> like, example.com is the host server
[20:06] <myjimmyweb> and clientx.example.com is running on as a guest on example.com
[20:07] <arrrghhh> have you seen this?
[20:07] <arrrghhh> http://content.websitegear.com/article/subdomain_setup.htm
[20:07] <myjimmyweb> yes
[20:07] <myjimmyweb> and i think i'm close
[20:07] <arrrghhh> k
[20:08] <arrrghhh> so what's not working
[20:08] <myjimmyweb> so what i've done is set up the hostname following the howtoforge perfect server ubuntu 11.10
[20:08] <myjimmyweb> on the guest machine
[20:08] <arrrghhh> heh
[20:08] <arrrghhh> ok
[20:08] <subman> I am having trouble getting webmin to work over the internet.  I can access it from within my LAN, but not from outside.  The port is open on my router.  FTP  and SSH services work from from both LAN and WAN
[20:09] <myjimmyweb> and on the host BIND server i set up the zone clientx.example.com pointing to the internal server address of the guest machine
[20:09] <arrrghhh> subman, have you tried nmapping the port over the WAN?
[20:09] <arrrghhh> you're not trying this locally, to your external 'site' address are you?
[20:09] <arrrghhh> myjimmyweb, ok
[20:10] <myjimmyweb> yeah?
[20:11] <myjimmyweb> so do i really just need to change the virtual server address of clienx.example.com to that address?
[20:11] <myjimmyweb> according to that link you sent me
[20:11] <arrrghhh> myjimmyweb, i'm missing something.  what's not working
[20:13] <myjimmyweb> i can't access the subdomains
[20:13] <myjimmyweb> like, if i go to example.com:myport
[20:13] <myjimmyweb> it works
[20:13] <myjimmyweb> but i can't go to clientx.example.com:myport
[20:13] <arrrghhh> externally or internally
[20:14] <myjimmyweb> well, both i guess
[20:14] <arrrghhh> lol
[20:14] <arrrghhh> might want to make this all work on the LAN
[20:14] <arrrghhh> then worry about the WAN
[20:14] <myjimmyweb> yeah
[20:14] <myjimmyweb> that would be nice
[20:14] <arrrghhh> start small, work bigger.
[20:14] <arrrghhh> but what you're doing is over mah head.  plus i have to go.  sorry... good luck.
[20:14] <myjimmyweb> cool
[20:14] <myjimmyweb> thanks tho
[20:30] <subman> hmmm, using nmap to check for open ports, and 10000 does not show up.  The other ports that should be open do show up.
[20:30] <Resistance> 10000 is probably eithier closed at the firewall, closed at NAT, or not used
[20:30] <Resistance> if i remember right, webmin does not autobind to 0.0.0.0:10000
[20:30] <Resistance> (aka the internet)
[20:30] <Resistance> !webmin
[20:31] <Resistance> ^ and that, btw
[20:31] <subman> Resistance, what is a supported alternative?
[20:31] <subman> Resistance, it works great from within my LAN
[20:33] <Resistance> subman:  i assume you're behind a NAT then?
[20:35] <subman> Resistance, I am behind my router
[20:35] <Resistance> then that's a yse
[20:35] <Resistance> yes*
[20:35] <Resistance> when I say NAT, I mean routers
[20:35] <Resistance> the issue with NATs...
[20:35] <Resistance> is that they hide all ports that are open...
[20:35] <Resistance> in a sense, they have their own firewall
[20:35] <Resistance> you need to go into the router's settings and portforward port 10000 at the router to port 10000 at your machine
[20:36] <Resistance> but i still do not recommend webmin
[20:36] <Resistance> i'm not sure there *is* a supported alternative...
[20:36] <Resistance> lemme check
[20:37] <subman> Resistance, thanks.  I have forwarded port 10000 to the machine.  I did the same with FTP/SSH/http and they work fine over WAN
[20:50] <subman> Ah, this might be an ISP problem with blocking ports....at least that is what my research is pointing to.
[20:54] <iBaer>  
[21:09] <root> .
[21:10] <subman> So, any supported alternatives to webmin?
[21:10] <subman> I don't find any in the software manager
[21:13] <matoc> subman: I think ebox was support and thought to be the alternative for a while. No idea if that's still the case.
[21:13] <subman> matoc, found it, thanks!
[21:19] <Resistance> is there any good alternative to webmin?
[21:19] <Resistance> ebox perhaps, but anything else?
[22:45] <hidensoft> i can't connect to my server via ssh , i don't see any prompt about password and i got no error , any idea what happened ?
[22:57] <matoc> hidensoft: what's the error?
[22:58] <matoc> hidensoft: sorry, missread that. Do you know if the port is open?
[23:00] <hidensoft> matoc: http://paste.sternix.net/6
[23:03] <matoc> hidensoft: I've seen issues with SSHD not letting you connect if it can't resolve the IP (reverse DNS). It can be turned of in the config file.
[23:03] <matoc> *off
[23:03] <hidensoft> matoc: where is the config file ?
[23:04] <matoc> hidensoft: /etc/ssh/sshd_config
[23:05] <hidensoft> matoc: so how i can change config file while i can't use ssh ?
[23:05] <matoc> hidensoft: the config is needs to be added to the file, I'll look it up for you...
[23:06] <matoc> hidensoft: you don't have some sort of consol access?
[23:07] <hidensoft> matoc: no :(
[23:07] <amstan> hello, i would like some help with smartctl, i'm trying to debug this one bad sector
[23:07] <amstan> for my reallocated_sector_ct i have a raw value of "27 (0, 15)"
[23:07] <amstan> what does it mean?
[23:08] <hidensoft> i think its impossible :( shit
[23:08] <matoc> hidensoft: are all the other services accessible? I suppose you've tried a reboot...
[23:08] <amstan> what's with the numbers in the brackets and what's the max sectors i can reallocate
[23:08] <matoc> hidensoft: does your ISP provide KVMoIP
[23:09] <hidensoft> matoc: currently i have not access to server management panel , did you think its can be ok with reboot ?
[23:09] <hidensoft> matoc: i don't know about KVMoIP
[23:09] <matoc> it might reset the service.
[23:10] <hidensoft> hm
[23:28] <KoolaidJunkie> Can someone help me with OpenVPN? When I try to connect from client to server OpenVPN on client machine says connection failed
[23:29] <KoolaidJunkie> http://screensnapr.com/v/3CetJQ.png
[23:38] <KoolaidJunkie> Okay, nevermind - stupid spellin error
[23:39] <KoolaidJunkie> Now it says "Sat Dec 31 17:37:39 2011 Need hold release from management interface, waiting..." and has been so for several min
[23:53] <KoolaidJunkie> Okay, resolved that..
[23:54] <KoolaidJunkie> Now I had intended on using OpenVPN so I could access my Samba Shares (OpenVPN is suppose to make it so that the client thinks its part of the network that has the Server Running Samba) but I'm unable to see Samaba Shares