January 2013 - luv-main

Hardware for free
by Gordon Ainslie 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

A friend is about to dump these. Anyone interested in having 6-8 xeon and a dual xeon servers? These have been used as rack mount web servers and are about to be dumped unless someone wants them. Most have 2-4 GB ram. Makes are HP and dell Gordon Ainslie dorden(a)optusnet.com.au

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htpasswd and logout
by Russell Coker 20 Jan '13

20 Jan '13

<Directory "/var/www/android"> AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl AllowOverride None Options -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch +ExecCGI Order Deny,Allow AuthType Basic AuthName "server" AuthUserFile /etc/apache2/htpasswd Require valid-user </Directory> One of my clients has the above in their Apache configuration. They have several clients which use the system and that generally works OK. But how do I get a user to logout and login again? I can use http://user:pass@server/android as the URL, but that isn't too user- friendly and anything else doesn't work. Any suggestions? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: Annual Penguin Picnic, Jan 19
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

For the LUV picnic on the Sat 19th................... Tram route 48, stop 22, trams every 12 minutes Roughly a 23 minute trip from Southern Cross. Just in case there is anyone else who has no intention of driving around the metro area, particularly Richmond/Hawthorn even on the weekend. Lindsay Using Linux since 1993

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Flash player installed, but no video seen in Firefox
by Andrew Greig 17 Jan '13

17 Jan '13

Hi all, I have a comprehensive listing of my plugins below, but Adobe says I have this installed You have version 11,5,31,137 installed (Chrome works OK) Firefox says I have the latest version installed File: libtotem-vegas-plugin.so Version: Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102 so I am confused as to why I cannot watch Flash Videos under Firefox. I would be really grateful for some light on this. Andrew Greig Firefox plugins Enabled plugins Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org. Find updates for installed plugins at mozilla.com/plugincheck. Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org. Shockwave Flash File: libtotem-vegas-plugin.so Version: Shockwave Flash 11.1 r102 MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf VLC Multimedia Plugin (compatible Videos 3.6.3) File: libtotem-cone-plugin.so Version: The Videos 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams. MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-vlc-plugin VLC Multimedia Plugin application/vlc VLC Multimedia Plugin video/x-google-vlc-plugin VLC Multimedia Plugin application/x-ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg application/ogg Ogg multimedia file ogg audio/ogg Ogg Audio oga audio/x-ogg Ogg Audio ogg audio/x-vorbis+ogg Ogg Vorbis audio ogg video/ogg Ogg Video ogv video/x-ogg Ogg Video ogg video/x-theora+ogg Ogg Theora video ogg application/annodex Annodex exchange format anx audio/annodex Annodex Audio axa video/annodex Annodex Video axv video/mpeg MPEG video mpg, mpeg, mpe audio/wav WAV audio wav audio/x-wav WAV audio wav audio/mpeg MP3 audio mp3 application/x-nsv-vp3-mp3 NullSoft video nsv video/flv Flash video flv video/webm WebM video webm application/x-totem-plugin Videos multimedia plugin audio/midi MIDI audio mid, midi QuickTime Plug-in 7.6.6 File: libtotem-narrowspace-plugin.so Version: The Videos 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams. MIME Type Description Suffixes video/quicktime QuickTime video mov video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4 image/x-macpaint MacPaint Bitmap image pntg image/x-quicktime Macintosh Quickdraw/PICT drawing pict, pict1, pict2 video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v application/vnd.apple.mpegurl HTTP Live Streaming playlist m3u8 Windows Media Player Plug-in 10 (compatible; Videos) File: libtotem-gmp-plugin.so Version: The Videos 3.6.3 plugin handles video and audio streams. MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-mplayer2 AVI video avi, wma, wmv video/x-ms-asf-plugin ASF video asf, wmv video/x-msvideo AVI video asf, wmv video/x-ms-asf ASF video asf video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media video wmv video/x-wmv Windows Media video wmv video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media video wmv video/x-ms-wm Windows Media video wmv video/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmv application/x-ms-wms Windows Media video wms application/x-ms-wmp Windows Media video wmp application/asx Microsoft ASX playlist asx audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media audio wma DivX® Web Player File: libtotem-mully-plugin.so Version: DivX Web Player version 1.4.0.233 MIME Type Description Suffixes video/divx AVI video divx Shockwave Flash File: libflashplayer.so Version: Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-shockwave-flash Shockwave Flash swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash Player spl PackageKit File: packagekit-plugin.so Version: Plugin for Installing Applications (new) MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-packagekit-plugin PackageKit Plugin bsc IcedTea-Web Plugin (using IcedTea-Web 1.3.1 (suse-1.9.1-x86_64)) File: IcedTeaPlugin.so Version: The IcedTea-Web Plugin executes Java applets. MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-java-vm IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_50 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;version=1.7 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_50 IcedTea class,jar application/x-java-vm-npruntime IcedTea Gnome Shell Integration File: libgnome-shell-browser-plugin.so Version: This plugin provides integration with Gnome Shell for live extension enabling and disabling. It can be used only by extensions.gnome.org MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-gnome-shell-integration Gnome Shell Integration Dummy Content-Type

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Driving to canberra
by Russell Coker 17 Jan '13

17 Jan '13

I need to get a server delivered to lca for the Canberra hacker space people. Please contact me off list if you are driving to lca and can help out. -- My blog http://etbe.coker.com.au Sent from a Galaxy S3 Android phone with K-9 Mail.

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training
by Russell Coker 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

It seems that we may have access to hardware for running training on Xen. At this stage it's not certain whether we get hardware and whether we get hosting. But it's a possibility and the outcome of this discussion may change the probability of it happening. A good time for this might be the beginner's SIG, not because training would be just for beginners, but because it's a good way of getting net access. If that isn't a good option then we could do it at some other time and place. I have enough unused quota on my 3G Internet connection for this that I can share via Wifi and apart from long ping times 3G net access is quite good for such things (ssh requires little bandwidth). I'm thinking of running training on some of the basic Internet protocols. DNS (including dynamic updates), SMTP (including SMTP-auth, IMAP, and maybe SQL authentication), DKIM, HTTP (maybe setting up something like Wordpress or MediaWiki), and whatever gets interest. If this idea takes off then probably other people would offer various training. Ideally all the virtual servers would have public IP addresses so anyone who wishes could go home and keep working on it - and discuss it on this list. Also we can use real world DNS etc so things can work the way they really work. When you setup a mail server you can send mail to gmail etc for testing. Note that we haven't necessarily got the hardware or a place to run it. So at this time there's no guarantee that it will happen. I can probably get hosting with plenty of IPv4 addresses but it will have limited bandwidth - but enough for 30 DomUs if everyone plays nicely. Also I haven't discussed this with the LUV committee, I'm raising it here first because if there isn't interest then we can skip the committee discussion. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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LUV hardware library
by Russell Coker 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Firstly should I bring it to the BBQ? Next we need more stuff. The absolute best thing for the hardware library is RAM. This is because adding RAM is a really quick and easy way of making an old system usable again and also because RAM is small and light. ECC RAM for servers would be good too, but please label it really clearly (otherwise it will be mistaken for broken non-ECC RAM and discarded). The minimum speed of RAM that's useful would be DDR-333 AKA PC-2700 and the minimum size is 512M DIMMs, adding small DIMMs isn't a good option because motherboards don't have enough sockets. RAM that is DDR2-533 AKA PC2-4200 or faster is extremely useful, there's a heap of old Core2 Duo and Pentium-D systems out there that can be useful again with some of that. Laptop RAM is REALLY useful, not only because of old laptops needing an upgrade but because printers often take laptop RAM. PCIe expansion cards would be good. PCIe has been out for long enough that surely someone has some old stuff that they don't use. A collection of spare PCIe video cards would be handy and PCIe Ethernet cards would be really good. USB flash storage sticks are also useful and small. If you have some 32M and 64M sticks that you don't use then please donate them (after securely erasing them). One use for those is for MP3 files for car music systems which often don't have a suitable UI for changing albums other than removing one USB stick and inserting another. The Kia Cerato is one vehicle that really benefits from such use. SATA disks are useful. Probably a couple of 40G disks for systems that don't need much storage would be handy to have and some disks >100G for more serious use. As 3TiB disks are cheap nowadays there should be some unused 300G disks out there. SAS disks are really useful as some servers don't work properly with SATA disks. Even small disks can be good, a pair of 36G SAS disks can make for a really useful server. Note that I won't be bringing a lot of disks to meetings. So anyone who wants disks should email me a day or two before the meeting with a request. The same goes for DVD drives. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Re: gogo6 and reverse dns
by Jeremy Visser 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

On 15/01/2013 21:46, Tony Langdon wrote: > Well, since when are power users in the majority? I stand by "most". Since when are the needs of the majority actually what is most important? I stand by the need to accommodate power users.

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Re: gogo6 and reverse dns
by Jeremy Visser 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 15:44 +1100, Tony Langdon wrote: > It's probably innovative little ISPs like that > who are going to be more likely to deploy IPv6 at > first. Yep, another small ISP I've heard of, Smelly Black Dog, offers native IPv6 on their ADSL services. Looks like they only offer a /64 but that should get you by. (At the moment where I work, I'm doing dynamic /56's, and will do static /56's once I teach our customer database to speak IPv6.)

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Re: gogo6 and reverse dns
by Tony Langdon 14 Jan '13

14 Jan '13

At 10:12 AM 1/14/2013, Brian May wrote: >Plus, if you have both wired and wifi networks, it is good practise >to have them on separate networks. So a single /64 might be >insufficient even for typical home use. Or if it is sufficient, >there is no room for future expansion. How many home users _actually_ do this? Good practice or not, I'd say very few (this list would be an unrepresentative sample, skewing estimates very much higher than reality). Segmented networks can be a pain for non technical users with today's plug and play (pray?) devices which expect to find each other on the same LAN segment. 73 de VK3JED / VK3IRL http://vkradio.com

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