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inetproai!07:14
inetprogood mornings everyone07:15
thatgraemeguyhello hello07:38
Kiloshi thatgraemeguy and all others07:53
* thatgraemeguy waves07:57
_shaun_hi guys i have a massive image that ubuntu insists on printing to one page, how do i print this image to multiple pages?09:02
MaNIto span a large image over multiple pages you can use something like posterazor or similar09:35
_shaun_hi mani im looking for something native to ubuntu the default print tool is basic, but ill check out posterazor09:36
inetpro_shaun_: http://askubuntu.com/questions/18698/printing-a-poster-over-several-sheets-of-paper09:58
Kiloshi inetpro MaNI andrewlsd _shaun_ 11:24
MaNIhi11:24
inetpro.11:26
andrewlsdhi Kilos 11:29
_shaun_thanks guys posterazor isnt half bad12:58
Kilosrahter warm outside today13:30
Kilosrather13:35
_shaun_yep in in ct too13:58
_shaun_and u?13:58
=== SilverCodeZA is now known as SilverCode
KilosMaaz forecast pretoria15:24
MaazKilos: Monday: Clear. High: 38° C., Monday Night: Partly Cloudy. Low: 21° C., Tuesday: Chance of a Thunderstorm. High: 36° C., Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy. Low: 19° C., Wednesday: Partly Cloudy. High: 36° C., Wednesday Night: Partly Cloudy. Low: 20° C., Thursday: Clear. High: 35° C., Thursday Night: Partly Cloudy. Low: 19° C., Friday: Chance of a15:24
MaazThunderstorm. High: 35° C., Friday Night: Chance of a Thunderstorm. Low: 19° C., Saturday: Partl…15:24
Kiloswas more than 38°c today. news said 39°c but felt like more15:44
Kilosmaybe one day when it storms it will actually rain as well17:39
inetprogood evening17:59
inetproKilos: my scooter's break levers felt heated when I used them as if the scooter was standing in the sun when in fact it was just from hot air while driving18:04
Kiloswhew18:04
Kilosit was very hot today18:05
Kiloshi there inetpro 18:05
inetproeh, how are you oom Kilos?18:06
Kilosim good ty young man and you?18:06
inetprofeeling quite young today :-)18:07
Kiloshahahaha18:07
inetprobeen a long time since someone called me a young man18:08
Kiloshahahaha18:08
Kilosyou need to mix with more ballies18:08
inetprolol18:08
inetproyikes!18:14
Kiloswhat18:14
inetprojust got an SMS: "OUTsurance advises you to move your vehicle undercover as a storm, with the possibility of hail, is imminent in Karenpark. Visit http://www.africaweather.com/storm/SA"18:14
Kilossjoe18:14
Kiloswe are also in that red area i think18:17
Kilosi think wed even be happy with hail18:17
inetprofirst time I get an SMS like that18:18
Kiloswell just make sure your car is undercover anyway18:19
inetprosure18:24
=== kubuntu is now known as Guest27170
Guest27170Good evening everyone18:31
Kiloshi boy18:31
Guest27170wolfeyes_is <--- here18:31
Kiloschnage your nick18:31
Kiloschange18:31
Guest27170hey dad :-)18:31
=== Guest27170 is now known as Wolfeyes_is
Wolfeyes_ishello theblazehen18:39
theblazehenHi Wolfeyes_is 18:40
theblazehenHow're you doing?18:40
Wolfeyes_isBit tired from the days work, been trying to catch up with work. End of year rush.18:40
Wolfeyes_isAne yourself?18:40
Wolfeyes_isAnd*18:40
theblazehenYeah, I'm pretty great at the moment18:41
Wolfeyes_isAwesome - just wish it would rain a bit, storming all around but nothing falling as yet.18:42
Kiloshi theblazehen 18:42
theblazehenHi Kilos 18:42
Kilossort ians stupid server woes for him18:42
Wolfeyes_islol18:42
theblazehenKilos: heh, what's been happening?18:42
Wolfeyes_isStill setting it up ----18:43
Kiloshve you installed server Wolfeyes_is ?18:44
Wolfeyes_isNo, not yet, just putting power and such on it for now,inbetween talking to you...18:45
Kiloshas it still got kde on?18:46
Wolfeyes_isyes18:47
Wolfeyes_isHaven't changed a thing yet.18:47
Kilostry fix that first18:47
Kilosits only connection that broke18:48
Kilosyou gonna have to catch andrewlsd during the day18:48
Wolfeyes_isYes.18:48
Kilosmaybe inetpro can follow what you guys did18:49
Wolfeyes_isWhich is cool. Just wanted to set it up first. 18:49
Wolfeyes_isOr that.... lol18:49
Kilosbut he is sitting outside looking at the sky hoping for rain18:49
Kilosbut now you want to set it up at home with 3g and then take it to an adsl place18:50
Kilosai!18:50
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: need any help?18:50
KilosWolfeyes_is tell him what broke18:50
Wolfeyes_isJust switching it on right now. Meeeeeeee I'm a n00b, I need lots of help lol.18:51
Kilostheblazehen it was a struggle with a network card and onboard networking18:52
Wolfeyes_isWell, it's more than 40 km's away (the site) so I had to do something.18:52
Kilosandrew sorted it but after reboot it lost connection18:52
theblazehen3G connection?18:52
Kilosadsl at client18:52
Kilosbut now at his home18:52
Wolfeyes_isOkay, if I can explain the setup, the setup is a router with internet connection, which has 3g connection from the router, linked to onboard network port.18:53
Wolfeyes_isthis runs through the computer and out a pci network card, and to the computers on the network.18:54
theblazehenHmm, okay. So the computer is like a router then?18:55
Wolfeyes_isyeah if you can call it that18:55
Wolfeyes_isjust getting you other info18:55
theblazehenAnd it doesn't route when you start it then?18:55
Kilosafter the reboot all the network pcs saw the server but server lost internet connection18:56
Wolfeyes_iswell it worked until I thought I had to see if it regains connection after rebooting the computer just in case the client does this and can't reconnect.18:56
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: server is running ubuntu based distribution?18:57
Wolfeyes_iskde 14.0418:57
theblazehenWhat's the output of ip ad when you boot it up?18:57
Wolfeyes_isI think what could have happened was when the server was cut, it blocked the router access, and there was a printer on another Ip range and all the computers changed to that ip range but that wasn't the problem, the kde server which is connected directly to the internet router, no longer had internet!18:59
theblazehenHmm, okay.. I think andrewlsd would know the background better, so he may be able to help you better19:00
KilosMaaz seen andrewlsd19:01
MaazKilos: andrewlsd was last seen 7 hours, 32 minutes and 22 seconds ago in #ubuntu-za on freenode [2015-12-07 03:29:18 PST], and has been offline on freenode since 2015-12-07 04:10:51 PST19:01
KilosMaaz call hm19:01
MaazKilos: Excuse me?19:01
Kilosnm19:01
Wolfeyes_isEth0 = 192.168.1.254 (Onboard network port) Eth1 = 192.168.2.254 (PCI Network card) 19:01
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: ip ro?19:02
Wolfeyes_isI will give you more info now theblazehen19:02
Wolfeyes_isro?19:02
theblazehenThe server itself can't connect to the internet right?19:02
theblazehenroute19:02
Wolfeyes_is192.168.1.1. =Router19:03
Wolfeyes_isCorrect19:03
theblazehenSo default is with the router then?19:03
Wolfeyes_isI am just getting you more info19:03
Wolfeyes_iscorrect.19:03
theblazehenHmm, not sure. Sorry19:04
Wolfeyes_ishttp://bin.snyman.info/vycwg19:04
Kilosohi superfly 19:06
superflyohi19:06
theblazehenOk, yeah, I got a broad overview of what's done. Did same thing a year or 2 ago back myself, when I didn't have neough ports on my switch.. But that's a story for another time. You gonna need to talk to him about that19:06
Wolfeyes_ishttp://bin.snyman.info/8hxvx19:06
Wolfeyes_ishey superfly19:06
superflyhi19:07
theblazehenYeah, I see. Better to just wait for him though. Hi superfly 19:08
Wolfeyes_ishttp://bin.snyman.info/zrz2819:08
Wolfeyes_isThere.... that's all the info I have. Thank you for looking theblazehen19:08
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: Yeah, haven't done it on ubuntu before, only arch. And not too sure about the specifics, sorry I couldn't help19:09
Wolfeyes_isno problem, you tried :-) thank you.19:09
superflyWolfeyes_is: you still trying to set up a server as a router?19:11
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: Are you speciffically attached to using ubuntu for it? Does it also need to server other server roles?19:11
Wolfeyes_isyes superfly19:12
theblazehenI've found that pfsense is a lot easier to use as a router, and runs on nearly anything.. I've ran it on an old pc with 128MB RAM beofre19:12
Wolfeyes_is2nd question, not sure19:12
superflyWolfeyes_is: arno's ip tables firewall19:12
superfly*really* simple to set up19:13
superflyit's in the repos I think19:13
Wolfeyes_isI will go have a look19:13
superflyarno-iptables-firewall19:13
superflyyou'll probably need to uninstall any other firewall system you've installed19:13
Wolfeyes_isThere is none currently, I would have worked on that afterwards.19:14
theblazehenDoesn't ubuntu these days also come with ufw built in? Might need to disable that19:14
Wolfeyes_isit was using the pc as a firewall as far as I could understand.19:14
Wolfeyes_isand my understanding is very limited with this knowledge...19:15
KilosWolfeyes_is if you do ctrl+rit lines up to where you have read19:17
Wolfeyes_isAs far as I know the server is only acting as a firewall superfly, it has no information stored on it, this is stored on another server within the network.19:17
Kilosctrl+r19:17
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: Not exactly addressing the question you are asking, but you can try out live pfSense perhaps. Works well here19:17
theblazehenNo need to install to get it running, runs just fine live19:18
Wolfeyes_isif I can just ask a question though..... and explain a little on the history of the server.19:18
theblazehenWolfeyes_is: sure19:19
Wolfeyes_isthe server admin left 5 years ago and the computer run from then until now with no problems, it was using lucid, and the computer crashed, due to overheating, my understanding is the client sent it to the computer shop in order to get it repaired, ( I believe it was just a dirty heat sink from listening to all the info- I did not get a chance to inspect the pc)19:21
Wolfeyes_isthey replaced the whole pc, tried to clone the drive and tried to make it work, no one understood linux within the computer shop and started calling around, upon landing on me, I do other work for them, upon which I told them I would look at it.19:22
Wolfeyes_isEverything of lucid was outdated and didn't want to connect to the internet to do any updates or upgrades, with the help of Kilos.19:23
superflyWolfeyes_is: firewall and router? does it hand out ip addresses to the network?19:25
Wolfeyes_isWe opted to do a clean install of an ubuntu server and then add a kde display to it, the client is in the middle of no where, and I had to do an install from a cd/dvd as it would install it from a flash disk that I put serer on with Unetbootin. And ended up installing kde 14.0419:25
Wolfeyes_isit got the ip from the router and changed it to another range, which all the computers connected to superfly.19:26
Wolfeyes_iswhat I did see but I am not sure, I think it was using squid before, I saw that in the download packages of lucid.19:27
Wolfeyes_isNow to get to my question, the client also wanted something to block internet to other computers, with username and password, can this be done with Arno's IP tables firewall superfly?19:28
superflyWolfeyes_is: yes and no19:28
superflyWolfeyes_is: you'd use squid, which arno's supports19:29
Wolfeyes_isor maybe a better question is would it be better to reinstall server edition now that I have the computer with me?19:29
superflyWolfeyes_is: what you want is to force all traffic through arno's firewall, which you can set up to use squid, which has all sorts of access management features19:29
Wolfeyes_isahhhhhhh19:30
superflyWolfeyes_is: yes, you have no need for a gui19:30
Wolfeyes_isOkay so new install it is then.19:30
theblazehenCan also be done easily with pfSense. Just leaving it as an option.. Also, with squid you should be able to use it as a transparent proxy with authentication. Might even be able to do SSO if you have the computers connected to a domain19:30
Kilosbut imo tha should be done at the client so install can see router 3g connection19:31
Kilosnot so19:31
Wolfeyes_isWaits for an answer....19:31
Kilosif you do server install then go to new site there are not popups to show new connection19:32
Kilosunlees you do it now then ssh to it from lappy and do same at the client19:33
Kiloslets hear superfly comment19:33
superflytheblazehen: ever used a mikrotik?19:34
theblazehensuperfly: Nope, have been wanting to though19:35
superflyWolfeyes_is: your network topology is unclear, where is the Internet connection and where is the DHCP server?19:35
theblazehensuperfly: Wanting to get a managed 1gbit or 10gbit switch perhaps, would you recommend them?19:35
superflytheblazehen: you'll never want to go back to anything else19:35
theblazehensuperfly: ty for the recommendation. Right now an old pc is still the cheaper option for me...19:36
superflytheblazehen: yeah, me too.19:36
theblazehenJust stuck with 1gbit, and no bonding :(19:36
superflythe mikrotiks are expensive :-(19:36
Wolfeyes_isIt was previously set up with the Router (internet connection going to the onboard network port of the linux server, inbound, then outbound from the pci network card of the linux server to all the other computers on the network. All traffic ran through the linux server! Does this help superfy?19:39
Wolfeyes_isAll computers used the linux server to get an IP address.19:41
Kilosnight all sleep tight19:42
Wolfeyes_isNighrt Kilos19:42
superflyWolfeyes_is: ah, yes.19:48
Wolfeyes_isSo with this information and the fact that the client wants to have designated username and password details for the internet, you would still set it up with  ubuntu server, and put Arno's firewall on with Squid superfly?19:52
superflyWolfeyes_is: username per person?19:52
superflyand why a username and password?19:53
Wolfeyes_ison about 8 people, the rest are restricted from inertnet, maybe about 15 computers in total.19:53
superflydo those people move around between computers, or are they always on the same computer?19:54
superfly*s19:55
Wolfeyes_isI would say, 2 - 3 of the computers have different people superfly, the rest stay on their own computer. It is the reception computers and they mostly to restrict the staff when no one is their at night, the other offices are all locked at night.19:57
superflyWolfeyes_is: the people who have unrestricted access to the internet, do they have their own PCs?19:57
Wolfeyes_isyes19:57
superflyso then you can lock things down to particular computers on the network.19:58
Wolfeyes_isOkayyyyyy19:58
Wolfeyes_isAnything else I need to know.....superfly? Or ask further?19:59
superflywhat do they mean by "restricted internet access"? is it off completely? is it available after hours? are certain sites allowed? or certain sites not allowed?20:00
Wolfeyes_isthey cannot access it because the username and password comes up, denying them access even though their network cables are on the same network!20:01
superflyWolfeyes_is: the username and password is a red herring20:03
Wolfeyes_isso if they punched in the accessible username and password they could get access, if they had that information, or were added to the accessible list.20:03
Wolfeyes_isRed herring? in the sense of?20:03
superflyWolfeyes_is: you don't need it to restrict internet access20:03
superflyit's distracting you from answering my question20:03
superfly<superfly> what do they mean by "restricted internet access"? is it off completely? is it available after hours? are certain sites allowed? or certain sites not allowed?20:04
Wolfeyes_isit always on, they just can't use it if they don't have username and passwords, all people with the correct username and passwords can access it at an given time.20:05
Wolfeyes_isI wasn't told to block certain sites in particular! Only allow certain people access. (all the time)20:06
Wolfeyes_isAll managment. From the information I was told.20:07
Wolfeyes_isDoes this help you a bit more superfly?20:10
superflyyeah20:10
superflyso you basically have two groups: those with access and those without20:11
Wolfeyes_isyes20:11
superflyhow does their e-mail work?20:11
Wolfeyes_isseperate, to the linux server, they collect it from an online client. Similar to what we would google or hetzner.20:12
Wolfeyes_isbut it runs through the server to fetch it.20:12
Wolfeyes_isI think I described that backwards lol20:12
Wolfeyes_isanyways...20:13
Wolfeyes_isDo you think I should do the server install at the site superfly? So it can see the internet connection? Or can I do it aheead of time? Which would be easier for the setup you have just mentioned?20:27
superflyWolfeyes_is: I think either way would be easy enough. But you say they get their mail from an online mail client? that means that they have *some* internet access?20:28
Wolfeyes_isThey would through the sever.20:29
Wolfeyes_isI see now what you mean.....20:29
Wolfeyes_isrestricting the broswers but not mails.20:29
superflyWolfeyes_is: that's not how internet connectivity works20:43
superflyinternet doesn't care if you're using a browser or a mail client or a python script, or even if you're making HTTP requests via butterflies20:44
Wolfeyes_islol I see.20:44
Wolfeyes_isOkay.20:45
Wolfeyes_isso then it would mind the mail client on the computer connecting to the mail server on the net then.20:45
Wolfeyes_isbut if the person opened the browser and a program like squid stopped them, from using that, would it restrict the email as well?20:46
superflyyes20:46
superflybecause it's all Internet access20:47
superflyyou'd have to configure squid to allow their e-mail domain20:47
Wolfeyes_isokay, that makes sense.20:47
superflywell, I'm not being entirely accurate.20:47
superflyprotocols use different ports20:47
superflyso SSL is 443, regular HTTP is 8020:48
Wolfeyes_isokay20:48
superflybut if their e-mail is web-based, then it's all on 80 or 44320:48
superflywhich squid handles out of the box20:48
Wolfeyes_isI think they use gmail20:50
superflyWolfeyes_is: ignoring the "authentication" part (which I think is pointless), here's how to tell squid that certain domains are OK: http://www.webdnstools.com/articles/squid-proxy-whitelist20:50
Wolfeyes_isgoes to look20:50
superflyWolfeyes_is: there's usually a fair amount of documentation in the config files themselves. read read read :-)20:52
superflyWolfeyes_is: also, try to implement the same system yourself if you can, practice makes perfect20:53
Wolfeyes_isI was thinking to do that, it would help me a lot on a learning curve.20:54
superflyWolfeyes_is: pro tip: those managers, get their MAC addresses and get the DHCP service to hand out the same IP addresses to their computers every time. then tell squid that those IP addresses are OK20:54
Wolfeyes_isif I give them dynamic ips i could do it like that.20:55
superflyWolfeyes_is: http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch32_:_Controlling_Web_Access_with_Squid#.VmXyN2_v2es20:55
superflyWolfeyes_is: don't say "if". you always do that20:56
Wolfeyes_isAll the computers are winsucks and they had them on automatic configure, Great, I will do that!!!! Dynamic IP it is.20:57
superflysome more good info: http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ConfiguringSquid20:57
Wolfeyes_isTy superfly I will read this so long....  Just a question....20:58
superflyWolfeyes_is: basically, set up squid the way you want, then set up Arno's, and when it configures itself it'll ask you about a proxy server, and you give it squid's details20:58
Wolfeyes_isWould a person have to coinfigure the squid and arnos programs by adjusting the scripts etc through the server cli? Am I understanding this correctly?20:59
superflyyes20:59
superflyit's not difficult20:59
Wolfeyes_isokay - got that.20:59
superflyanyway, I have to go20:59
Wolfeyes_isI understand it basically, just not always sure what to look for21:00
Wolfeyes_isTy so much for your help21:00
Wolfeyes_isHave a good evening superfly21:00
Wolfeyes_isNight everyone. Thank you all for any input.21:10

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