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Re: [Wlug] Topic ideas for next meeting?
by Frank Sweetser Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

It wouldn't be a huge topic, but I could talk about the RPZ security feature in BIND: https://dnsrpz.info/ On February 23, 2016 4:16:29 PM EST, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hey Gang, > >Anybody got any ideas for next meeting? > >My buddy Nick is going to be out of the country for the next meeting, >so >he's yet again a no show... > >Thanks, >Tim. > >-- >I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >constituents as "consumers". > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Topic ideas for next meeting?
by Tim Keller Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Hey Gang, Anybody got any ideas for next meeting? My buddy Nick is going to be out of the country for the next meeting, so he's yet again a no show... Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Linux Mint servers hacked
by John Platt Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols who is a big Linux Mint fan says that if you used bittorent or did not use a mirror you are safe. http://www.zdnet.com/article/has-your-linux-mint-desktop-been-hacked/ On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:37 PM, Richard Klein <rich(a)richardklein.org> wrote: > I haven't read the whole story, but apparently intruders managed to > put an ISO on their servers that included a backdoor. If you > downloaded an ISO from them on Saturday, you're at risk. > > http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994 > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

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Linux Mint servers hacked
by Richard Klein Feb. 23, 2016

Feb. 23, 2016

I haven't read the whole story, but apparently intruders managed to put an ISO on their servers that included a backdoor. If you downloaded an ISO from them on Saturday, you're at risk. http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2994

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Re: [Wlug] Ubuntu, now with ZFS!
by John Stoffel Feb. 18, 2016

Feb. 18, 2016

>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Voorhis <mvoorhis(a)cs.wpi.edu> writes: Michael> On 02/17/2016 04:06 PM, Franklin Moody wrote: >> The only problem I've had was it getting a bit unhappy in a memory >> constrained environment.. But that is pretty understandable given >> the feature set. Michael> How small an amount of RAM are you using with your unhappy Michael> ZFS install? I'm curious to know how small an amount of Michael> memory one can have and still do a viable ZFS installation. And I'm curious how many people are running with an SSD ZiL (RAID1 please!) to speed up things on ZFS... and to make sure it's reliable. John

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Re: [Wlug] Ubuntu, now with ZFS!
by Michael Voorhis Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

On 02/17/2016 04:06 PM, Franklin Moody wrote: > The only problem I've had was it getting a bit unhappy in a memory > constrained environment.. But that is pretty understandable given > the feature set. How small an amount of RAM are you using with your unhappy ZFS install? I'm curious to know how small an amount of memory one can have and still do a viable ZFS installation. --MCV.

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Re: [Wlug] Ubuntu, now with ZFS!
by Franklin Moody Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

On 02/17/2016 02:04 PM, Tim Keller wrote: > I just saw an article that the next version of ubuntu 16.04 is going > to have ZFS built in! > > I don't know what you guys take on it is, but I'll likely do a clean > install to have ZFS as my root filesystem. > > <SNIP> I've been using ZFS on linux (native, not FUSE, and mostly for root and all) for a bit now on my personal machines, first on Gentoo then on Ubuntu 15.04/15.10 (and now 16.04), and I've been pretty happy with it. The only problem I've had was it getting a bit unhappy in a memory constrained environment.. But that is pretty understandable given the feature set. And for the docker using folks out there, you can use the ZFS storage driver instead of using AUFS... Frank

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Ubuntu, now with ZFS!
by Tim Keller Feb. 17, 2016

Feb. 17, 2016

I just saw an article that the next version of ubuntu 16.04 is going to have ZFS built in! I don't know what you guys take on it is, but I'll likely do a clean install to have ZFS as my root filesystem. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Sendmail book
by John Stoffel Feb. 14, 2016

Feb. 14, 2016

Eric> I'm cleaning up, and I came across my Sendmail book that I no Eric> longer want / need. If anybody wants it I'll bring it to the Eric> next meeting. Any one else a convert to Postfix? *grin* I'm keeping my sendmail book, if only for a reference when I need to debug some craziness in sendmail, but from now on I try to only use postfix if I can help it.

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Sendmail book
by Eric Martin Feb. 14, 2016

Feb. 14, 2016

I'm cleaning up, and I came across my Sendmail book that I no longer want / need. If anybody wants it I'll bring it to the next meeting. Cheers! -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Last Reminder! Meeting tonight!
by Tim Keller Feb. 11, 2016

Feb. 11, 2016

Hey Gang, Just a reminder, I'll be doing a talk about ELK tonight here: http://maps.wpi.edu/map/?id=609#!s/key=atwood-kent Rm 232 At 7pm. Refreshments and snacks will be supplied. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] OpenSUSE updates
by Richard Klein Feb. 10, 2016

Feb. 10, 2016

Thanks for asking, Steve. Unfortunately, this email got lost in the pile. That problem cleared itself up, but then I ran into the same problem with other dependencies. Then I discovered 'zypper patch' which suggested downgrading a couple things, and everything has been smooth sailing since. On Feb 4, 2016 10:35 PM, "Steve Revilak" <steve(a)srevilak.net> wrote: > I'm having trouble with unresolved dependencies when trying to get updates >> with Apper in OpenSUSE: >> >> nothing provides libvpx.so.3()(64bit) needed by >> libavcodec56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >> nothing provides libgnutls.so.30()(64bit) needed by >> libavformat56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >> nothing provides liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0)(64bit) needed by >> gstreamer-plugins-libav-1.6.1-2.1.x86_64 >> >> >> Is it just a matter of finding the right repositories? Can anyone point >> me >> in the right direction? >> > > Rich, > > What does "zypper lr" look like on your system? > > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > >

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Reminder: Meeting tomorrow! Feb 11th, 2016: Topic: ELK Location: Atwater-Kent rm 232
by Tim Keller Feb. 10, 2016

Feb. 10, 2016

Hey Gang, This is a reminder that tomorrow we've got a meeting! Where: WPI Atwater-Kent Rm 232 When: Feb 11th, 2016 at 7:00pm Topic: ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) Who: Tim Keller There will be refreshments and snacks provided and we'll continue the discussion at Tech pizza afterwards! Hope to see you there! Later, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] newbie onboard (James Barclay)
by Aljerin Butler,Jr. Feb. 5, 2016

Feb. 5, 2016

In spreading your usage of Linux, please consider my website as a resource:http://customdesktopsolutions.mywebcommunity.org/ Al Butler From: "wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org" <wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org> To: wlug(a)mail.wlug.org Sent: Friday, February 5, 2016 12:00 PM Subject: Wlug Digest, Vol 148, Issue 2 ----- Forwarded Message ----- Send Wlug mailing list submissions to wlug(a)mail.wlug.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to wlug-request(a)mail.wlug.org You can reach the person managing the list at wlug-owner(a)mail.wlug.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Wlug digest..." Today's Topics: 1. newbie onboard (James Barclay) 2. Re: OpenSUSE updates (Steve Revilak) I hope to attend this meeting, but inform you I am not a person of technical expertise in this matter. May main aim with WLUG is to acquaint myself with other Linux users in the area and learn about what they are doing. It is with this that I hope to spread Linux usage in Worcester by various means including, I hope, having an installation fest (feast?). My introductory knowledge is with Ubuntu (Gnome and KDE), Mint (Gnome and KDE), Peppermint, Debian and Open SuSe. Right now I am using Mint 17.3 KDE. I also want to start a Linux SIG with Mensa. Thank you. >I'm having trouble with unresolved dependencies when trying to get updates >with Apper in OpenSUSE: > >nothing provides libvpx.so.3()(64bit) needed by >libavcodec56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >nothing provides libgnutls.so.30()(64bit) needed by >libavformat56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >nothing provides liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0)(64bit) needed by >gstreamer-plugins-libav-1.6.1-2.1.x86_64 > > >Is it just a matter of finding the right repositories? Can anyone point me >in the right direction? Rich, What does "zypper lr" look like on your system? Steve _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

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Re: [Wlug] OpenSUSE updates
by Steve Revilak Feb. 5, 2016

Feb. 5, 2016

>I'm having trouble with unresolved dependencies when trying to get updates >with Apper in OpenSUSE: > >nothing provides libvpx.so.3()(64bit) needed by >libavcodec56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >nothing provides libgnutls.so.30()(64bit) needed by >libavformat56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 >nothing provides liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0)(64bit) needed by >gstreamer-plugins-libav-1.6.1-2.1.x86_64 > > >Is it just a matter of finding the right repositories? Can anyone point me >in the right direction? Rich, What does "zypper lr" look like on your system? Steve

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newbie onboard
by James Barclay Feb. 4, 2016

Feb. 4, 2016

I hope to attend this meeting, but inform you I am not a person of technical expertise in this matter. May main aim with WLUG is to acquaint myself with other Linux users in the area and learn about what they are doing. It is with this that I hope to spread Linux usage in Worcester by various means including, I hope, having an installation fest (feast?). My introductory knowledge is with Ubuntu (Gnome and KDE), Mint (Gnome and KDE), Peppermint, Debian and Open SuSe. Right now I am using Mint 17.3 KDE. I also want to start a Linux SIG with Mensa. Thank you.

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OpenSUSE updates
by Richard Klein Feb. 4, 2016

Feb. 4, 2016

I'm having trouble with unresolved dependencies when trying to get updates with Apper in OpenSUSE: nothing provides libvpx.so.3()(64bit) needed by libavcodec56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 nothing provides libgnutls.so.30()(64bit) needed by libavformat56-2.8.6-55.1.x86_64 nothing provides liblzma.so.5(XZ_5.0)(64bit) needed by gstreamer-plugins-libav-1.6.1-2.1.x86_64 Is it just a matter of finding the right repositories? Can anyone point me in the right direction? -- Thanks! Rich

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Next Meeting Feb. 11th 2016: Topic: ELK Location: Atwater-Kent Room 232
by Tim Keller Feb. 3, 2016

Feb. 3, 2016

Hey Gang, Here's the details for our next meeting! Please NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE! Date & Time: Feb. 11th 2016 @ 7pm Location: Atwater-Kent Room 232 Topic: ELK Presenter: Tim Keller ELK is an acronym that stands for "Elastisearch Logstash Kibana". It's platform that lets you gather data, search it and then create dashboards to display it. A good example might be having a single place that you can graph out the trends of disk usage across all the machines in your data center. I'm going to talk about setting up an elastic node, deploying logstasher and creating dashboards using kibana (and possibly grafana) Refreshments and snacks will be supplied and we'll have pizza at Tech afterwards to continue the conversation. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Re: [Wlug] Talk on ELK?
by Eric Martin Jan. 28, 2016

Jan. 28, 2016

I'm down. On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, Frank Sweetser <fs(a)wpi.edu> wrote: > Definitely yes. > > On January 27, 2016 3:22:00 PM EST, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','turbofx(a)gmail.com');>> wrote: >> >> Would people be interesting in me doing a talk on Elastasearch / LogStash >> / Kibana (ELK) with some graphana fun through in for good measure? >> >> I spoke with my buddy Nick about doing a crypto talk but he's going to be >> too busy in Feb. to do it. >> >> Thanks, >> Tim. >> >> -- >> I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >> constituents as "consumers". >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Wlug mailing list >> Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org');> >> http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >> >> > -- > Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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Re: [Wlug] Talk on ELK?
by Frank Sweetser Jan. 27, 2016

Jan. 27, 2016

Definitely yes. On January 27, 2016 3:22:00 PM EST, Tim Keller <turbofx(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Would people be interesting in me doing a talk on Elastasearch / >LogStash / >Kibana (ELK) with some graphana fun through in for good measure? > >I spoke with my buddy Nick about doing a crypto talk but he's going to >be >too busy in Feb. to do it. > >Thanks, >Tim. > >-- >I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their >constituents as "consumers". > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Wlug mailing list >Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org >http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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Re: [Wlug] Talk on ELK?
by Chuck Anderson Jan. 27, 2016

Jan. 27, 2016

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 03:22:00PM -0500, Tim Keller wrote: > Would people be interesting in me doing a talk on Elastasearch / LogStash / > Kibana (ELK) with some graphana fun through in for good measure? Yes please.

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Talk on ELK?
by Tim Keller Jan. 27, 2016

Jan. 27, 2016

Would people be interesting in me doing a talk on Elastasearch / LogStash / Kibana (ELK) with some graphana fun through in for good measure? I spoke with my buddy Nick about doing a crypto talk but he's going to be too busy in Feb. to do it. Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Sun Ultra 1 for sale - talk to Ken Jones
by John Stoffel Jan. 25, 2016

Jan. 25, 2016

Ken was having problems posting and asked me to do so. ------- start of forwarded message ------- From: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)employees.org> To: "Ken Jones" <kjones(a)employees.org>, "John Stoffel" <john(a)stoffel.org> Subject: Re: OKAY, I give up Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2016 17:33:36 -0500 Sorry, forgot to mention that the display is working. I fixed that below. From: Ken Jones Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 5:27 PM To: John Stoffel Subject: OKAY, I give up John, Please forward this to WLUG. It keeps rejecting my messages. WLUG members: I have two not working SUN ULTA1 1995 machines to give away. Included is a third working(?) power supply. Also I have a good display, key board and mouse. SUN_Machine If I can not give them away, I am forced to trash them.... Ken Jones Fitchburg, MA kjones(a)employees.org 978 345-2176 ------- end of forwarded message -------

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Re: [Wlug] My SUN ULTRA1 machine.
by John Stoffel Jan. 21, 2016

Jan. 21, 2016

Ken> Here’s some details about my SUN ULTRA 1. A fun machine, well built. But old............ :-) Ken> But first a detail about me. I am 80 years old. That which I Ken> knew for sure back then I don’t know any more... sigh. I’d hate Ken> to trash this old friend. The screen shot dates back to when it Ken> worked. Heh. I'm losing it too, at least according to the eye rolls from my kids. Ken> SUN_MachineSUN-oldsda2_beginning Ken> The ID’s on the case are Ken> PN 600-3942-01 Ken> SN 620F1727 Ken> SVCd A11-170 Ken> The ID’s on the keyboard are Ken> SUN FCC ID C9SKB8703 Ken> N860-8703-T010 060 Ken> With the power supply unattached the fan flutters when the (1) Ken> button is pushed. This makes no sense to me. If there's no power... how is the sucker moving when you hit the button? Can you just pull the cover off the system, unplug *everything* execpt the power cord and press the power button on the front? You might need to hit the power switch on the back... trying to remember if it was a toggle, or a hard on/off switch. The U2 has a toggle... U5/U10 is hard on/off. Cannot remember the U1 switch. Sorry. Ebay to the rescue! It's a toggle switch on the back for power. No front panel power switch. Anyway, with the power connected and the power switch pressed, what happens? Does the CPU fan spin? If not, you're going to need to replace it first off. If the fan wiggles but does not spin when you power on the system, try reaching in and giving it a twist, it might then start spinning, but not likely. You should hear some beeps and boops at this point, time to dig up old manuals and see what they say for trouble shooting. But honestly, just toss it and get a BeagleBone of Raspberry Pi to play with instead. More memory and cpu speed for sure. :-) Ken> With the whole machine together with the key board attached, it Ken> goes ‘beep’ while some lights flash then nothing..... Does the keyboard flash when this happens? I assume you're trying this with the keyboard/mouse plugged into the system?

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Re: [Wlug] My "modern" FEDORA is working fine.
by Eric Martin Jan. 21, 2016

Jan. 21, 2016

I have a bit of experience too, and I think I have a bunch of connectors. Let me know if you want me to bring a few. On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, John Stoffel <john(a)stoffel.org> wrote: > >>>>> "Andy" == Andy Stewart <andystewart(a)comcast.net <javascript:;>> > writes: > > Andy> On 01/20/2016 03:48 PM, Ken Jones wrote: > >> Here’a shot of the GIMP. Andy, Is there anyone around who might know > >> the SUN ULTRA!? When I power up a bell rings and the lights flash then > >> nothing...... It has a reworked power supply installed this morning. > >> PACMAN_FEDORA_GIMP > >> Ken > > Andy> Sorry, Ken, I don't know of anybody, off hand, that > knows/knew/remembers > Andy> the Sun Ultra. > > Which model Ultra? I spent alot of time on the Ultra 1 140/170 > models, Ultra 2 (still got one running at work!), along with Ultra > 5/10 and newer. You need to provide more details on the exact model, > and also let us know what other elements the system has in it. > > Do you have it on a serial console or a monitor? Finding those old > Sun 13W3 monitor connectors is a pain, though I probably have some > kicking around to goto VGA if I look hard enough. > > For the Ultra 1 series, make sure the CPU fan spins. They had a heck > of a time with them dying and then overheating. > > The Ultra 2 is a slightly simpler beast, but I'd just pull one of the > two procesors and all but two sticks of memory. As I recall, you want > it in some certain slot order, not right next to each other. > > Pull the disks, they're not needed at this point, you want to see what > the BIOS shows on bootup first. And if you don't have a monitor and > keyboard hooked up, then you will want a 9600 serial connection. > > John > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org <javascript:;> > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile

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