=== tumbleweed_ is now known as tumbleweed === Xethron_ is now known as Xethron [13:11] guys I neeeeeed heeeeelp [13:12] can't copy largish files to my server [13:53] dunno what's happening with my other login but I've decided to reinstall the thing now I've got samba installed so now what? [14:12] okay so this seems to have got its act together [14:25] running /smbpasswd -a jerit/ hasn't done what I expected it would [14:25] it gives me like help documentation [14:26] ah that's because -a ignores the option if the specified username already exists [14:31] so now I'm confused because samba is installed and everything but I can't access my share [14:31] the login keeps getting rejected [14:33] jerit: smbpasswd -e jerit [14:33] You need to enable the user after adding it [14:33] I still find samba to be largely black, useful magic [14:34] lol [14:34] still can't get into it [14:34] smbpasswd -e did the same as -a [14:34] ie nothing apparently [14:35] let me see if I can check on one of my server [14:35] s [14:36] I'm working on this btw https://www.howtoforge.com/samba-server-ubuntu-14.04-lts [14:38] jerit: In your config file you need to specify the samba passwd file: [14:38] [global] [14:38] smb password file = /etc/smb/smbpasswd [14:39] * jerit forgot to sudo smbpasswd -a jerit [14:39] was running it without sudo so it didn't work [14:39] Ah, yeah sudo is needed [14:40] FWIW this is my smb config file: https://gitlab.com/paddatrapper/ansible/blob/master/personal/roles/file/files/smb.conf.j2 [14:41] this guide I'm using said nothing about sudo being needed [14:41] maybe assumed your are running as root al the time [14:41] Generally most config of system daemons require root [14:41] you are [14:42] some of the setups linke centos you have to setup the users [14:42] that's a really bad assumption to be making... (on the guide's side) [14:42] You shouldn [14:42] You shouldn't be logged in as root to any box, always setup users [14:42] indeed but playing around with kali i set up a standard user, then could not get most things to work [14:43] the guides assumed a default setup [14:45] True, Kali is slightly different, as you are working with tools that require direct access to things that only root has access to (network, configs, etc) [14:45] how can I check my user permissions? [14:45] jerit: What do you mean> [14:45] I think my user is a root user by default [14:45] ? [14:45] how do I check? [14:45] Ag I can't type today... [14:45] :P [14:46] check your username? If it is root, then you are root [14:46] it isn't [14:47] su - root ... I can't authenticate coz I don't know what that password is lol [14:47] Then you're not root. You have root permissions (sudo group in Debian/Ubuntu) when you run sudo [14:47] sudo passwd will change the root password without prompting for original [14:48] but that means nobody knows what root password is so whats the point of it if you can get into an account that's on sudo list? [14:48] exactly why that list should be as short as possible [14:49] sudo also allows for more auditablility through logs and things when there are multiple users [14:52] server broke... who did it? *slaps sudoer over the head with a wet fish* [14:57] lol, exactly! [15:01] playboy.co.za is seriously slow to load === MaNL is now known as MaNI [15:01] think they need to get onto a more custom system rather than WP [15:01] maybe something with a bit more focus [15:07] i am off chat later all [15:11] jerit: root has no password so that you can't log in as root. When you need root, use sudo to gain privileges for that command. This is better security. [16:05] good evening all [16:06] superfly I don't understand... if using sudo allows me to do everything that root can do and root is inaccessible, why have root at all? [16:07] seems to me it is then, defunct or otherwise has no purpose [16:09] jerit: You can only not login as root. the user root is still used extensively in a linux system - things like running system daemons would not be possible if root did not exist [16:15] to root or not to root [16:17] jerit you can only run root if you are in the sudoers list - is a proctection mechanism for multiuser environments born out of the fact that unix / linux was create3d to [16:18] run a server with other user connecting with simple terminals [17:14] paddatrapper: btw, as of the 21st I am a DM [18:00] superfly: congratulations! [18:02] a DM? [18:02] and also, you're not 21 yet? [18:02] oh, as of /the/ 21st, not /your/ 21st [18:03] jerit: Debian Maintainer [20:46] . [21:07] Does anybody use Kate here?