| Chelsea_Jurgens | Hi, anyone around to help me with a permissions question | 02:11 |
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| ianorlin | what is the permissions question | 02:12 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | well i am trying to configure openvpn client, and i believe one of the steps is moving some files into etc/openvpn | 02:13 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | currently says permission denied | 02:13 |
| krytarik | !sudo | Chelsea_Jurgens | 02:14 |
| ubottu | Chelsea_Jurgens: sudo is a command to run command-line programs with superuser privileges ("root") (also see !cli). Look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo for more information. For graphical applications see !gksu (GNOME, Xfce), or !kdesudo (KDE). If you're unable to execute commands with sudo see: http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/fixsudo | 02:14 |
| ianorlin | yes because normal users don't have write permissions there | 02:14 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | how would i change the permissions? | 02:14 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | sudo chmod | 02:14 |
| ianorlin | or just move the files with sudo | 02:14 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | how would i do either? | 02:15 |
| ianorlin | sodu mv file /etc/openvpn | 02:18 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | and how could i confirm its there if i do not have permission | 02:19 |
| ianorlin | you have read permissions normally | 02:20 |
| holstein | !vpn | 02:21 |
| ubottu | For more information on vpn please refer to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VPN | 02:21 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | i 'll try | 02:23 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: do you have sudo permission on the machine? | 02:23 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | i dont understand how i can run the ovpn file if i cannot access the directory etc/openvpn | 02:23 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | yes i believe i do | 02:24 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: confirm, then, you'll have all the permission you need | 02:24 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: in a terminal, sudo -i should give you a root shell | 02:24 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | it does | 02:24 |
| holstein | so, you have permission to do what you need | 02:25 |
| holstein | should be able to use a GUI | 02:25 |
| holstein | https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VPNClient | 02:25 |
| holstein | !info network-manager-pptp | 02:26 |
| ubottu | network-manager-pptp (source: network-manager-pptp): network management framework (PPTP plugin core). In component main, is optional. Version 0.9.8.2-1ubuntu2 (utopic), package size 21 kB, installed size 114 kB (Only available for linux-any) | 02:26 |
| holstein | for example.. | 02:26 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | ahh i see | 02:27 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | doing root gave me access to the folder | 02:27 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | now i just need to know how to get it to work, as when i tried connecting it failed | 02:28 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: sure.. try to get what to work? | 02:29 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: i would read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/VPNClient and add the part of the GUI that "just works" for your needs | 02:30 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: you shouldnt need to do much in the commandline for a client | 02:30 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | the only files i was provided was a.crt file and a .ovpn file | 02:31 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: sure.. provided by whom? for what? and why? | 02:31 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | it's for work | 02:31 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: you should be able to get the credentials for the server, and use the tools i link to connect | 02:31 |
| holstein | if they require a tool that is not part of linux, then, you can have issues | 02:32 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: do you know what tool this is? what server? do you have credentials? | 02:32 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | not sure exactly what i need, i was given a username and password | 02:32 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | as well as a .crt file and .ovpn file | 02:32 |
| holstein | http://askubuntu.com/questions/187511/how-can-i-use-a-ovpn-file-with-network-manager is more like what i would expect to do | 02:32 |
| holstein | if "they" gave you instructions, you can try folowing them | 02:33 |
| holstein | but, i would make a note of what you do as root.. | 02:33 |
| holstein | and , konw how to undo that.. | 02:33 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | no instructions... do i just need a user certificate, ca certificate and private key? | 02:34 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: right. those are the questions to ask the provider of the server, correct | 02:34 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: otherwise, use the links i provided, and try the credentials you have in the GUI | 02:35 |
| holstein | the URL, or ip. the port.. the username, and password | 02:35 |
| holstein | im creating a VPN for my girlfriend to use.. i'll just do simple pptp, and give her the credentials | 02:35 |
| holstein | the URL, port, user and pass | 02:35 |
| holstein | you can see at http://askubuntu.com/questions/187511/how-can-i-use-a-ovpn-file-with-network-manager that those files you link and where to deal with them in the GUI are mentioned | 02:36 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | interesting | 02:37 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | i must be missing some info | 02:38 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | i just requested from my tech guy if he has a user certificate and a private key for me | 02:38 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | .crt and .key file | 02:38 |
| holstein | sure | 02:41 |
| holstein | try just putting them where he suggested | 02:41 |
| holstein | should have information in the links i gave.. just try and keep moving.. try with a live iso, if you are "afraid" to break something | 02:41 |
| holstein | just try putting the files where the GUI states,.. | 02:41 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | hmm | 02:47 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | thanks a lot for the help holstein | 02:51 |
| Chelsea_Jurgens | i'll dig deeper | 02:51 |
| holstein | Chelsea_Jurgens: sure.. reminded me to set mine up :) | 03:01 |
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| kelte | hallo | 18:02 |
| kelte | sind damen mit dicken titten hier | 18:02 |
| [FR]Dae | Bonsoir, l'un d'entre vous pourrais t'il m'aider avec mon problème ? je n'ai plus de son =) --- Hi ! i have some problemes, i don't have sound can you help me ? | 23:13 |
| wxl | !fr | [FR]Dae | 23:13 |
| ubottu | [FR]Dae: Nous sommes desoles mais ce canal est en anglais uniquement. Si vous avez besoin d'aide ou voulez discuter en français, veuillez taper /join #ubuntu-fr ou /join #ubuntu-qc. Merci. | 23:13 |
| wxl | if you need help in english, i may be able to assist, [FR]Dae | 23:13 |
| holstein | !audio | 23:14 |
| ubottu | If you're having problems with sound, click the Volume applet, then Sound Preferences, and check your Volume, Hardware, Input, and Output settings. If that fails, see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Sound - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SoundTroubleshooting - http://alsa.opensrc.org/DmixPlugin - For playing audio files, see !players and !mp3. | 23:14 |
| wxl | https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VividVervet/Beta1/Lubuntu | 23:55 |
| [FR]Dae | wxl ? Lubuntu 15.04 is on LXQT ? | 23:59 |
| wxl | oops! | 23:59 |
| wxl | [FR]Dae: not yet | 23:59 |
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