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want apache to return 403 not 401
by James Harper 23 Dec '14

23 Dec '14

In my apache config I currently have the following settings on an svn/dav folder: <LimitExcept GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT> Require user admin Allow From all </LimitExcept> <Limit GET PROPFIND OPTIONS REPORT> Satisfy any Require valid-user Allow from env=ValidXForward Allow from env=NoXForward </Limit> The XForward env's are calculated to determine where the request is coming from (via the proxy etc). So the idea is that from inside, the env= rules allow all GET/PROPFIND/OPTIONS/REPORT requests from internal IP's with no credentials, and also from outside with valid credentials. This works fine. Other requests (not GET/PROPFIND/OPTIONS/REPORT) only work for user admin. The problem is that when another user is specified, apache returns a 401 and the user gets prompted for different credentials. I don't want this. If the user is a valid user but is not allowed access then I want 403 to be returned and the user to get a DENIED. Does anyone know how to make this happen? Thanks James

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building PCs etc
by Russell Coker 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

http://www.kidsunlimited.com.au/ This company is offering a course for kids to teach them to build a PC. It costs $1250 and they end up with a PC that's very similar to something that Dell sells for $800, so that makes it about $400 for a day of training (not bad for corporate training rates but not cheap either). Maybe we should offer something vaguely similar at the LUV beginner's meetings. We could make it a BYO hardware event. We could offer free PCs of the P4 vintage (I could donate 2-3 PCs to the cause and I'm sure others could too). Then kids (and anyone else who wants to learn) can install Linux and set the PC up for doing things. The assembling new hardware bit seems like a bad idea as it involves a significant amount of money and issues with getting paid in advance etc. But the amount of learning involved in assembling a PC isn't that great. It's 5-7 separate parts for a typical PC if you consider DIMMs to be 1 part and CPU+fan to be another. Assembling a PC nowadays has the complexity of a Lego kit aimed at 5yos. Taking old PCs apart has some educational value as kids can break open packages and look inside them and they can touch pins on the CPUs etc. If we were going to do an educational PC disassembly event then I'd be happy to take the bits to e-waste and I could donate some broken PCs to the cause. What do you think? Lev, how does this fit in with what we can do at VPAC? -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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DKIM
by Russell Coker 22 Dec '14

22 Dec '14

Authentication-Results: itmustbe.luv.asn.au; dkim=fail reason="verification failed; insecure key" header.d=coker.com.au header.i=(a)coker.com.au header.b=rEa8/tpR; dkim-adsp=discard (insecure policy); dkim-atps=neutral The above is from the headers of one of the messages I sent to the list. The "insecure key" part refers to the fact that I'm not using DNSSEC. I am now working on installing DNSSEC (which might take some time if my registrar doesn't support it). -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/

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Debian package manager question
by Allan Duncan 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

I have a corrupt file and wish to find which package it belongs to. In rpm I would do: rpm -qf <file name with full path> What is the equivalent in dpkg etc?

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Re: Debian package manager question
by zlinw＠mcmedia.com.au 21 Dec '14

21 Dec '14

Arjen Lentz said... >Hi Allan >On 21 December 2014 4:55:06 PM AEST, Allan Duncan <amd2345(a)fastmail.com.au> >wrote: >>I have a corrupt file and wish to find which package it belongs to. >> >>In rpm I would do: >> rpm -qf <file name with full path> >> >>What is the equivalent in dpkg etc? >dpkg -S {/path/to/file} In Debian all packages have all files listed in /var/lib/dpkg/info/ file names is whatever_package.list. The command "grep file_name *.list" within the above directory will bring up the file and the name of the package. Lindsay

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wacom tablet
by h 19 Dec '14

19 Dec '14

Hi, I am thinking of adding a tablet to my home desktop linux (opensuse) box. The wacom bamboo range seem to work with linux (http://linuxwacom.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Device_IDs) Does anyone have any experience using tablets (wacom or other) and can they provide any advice? I am also interested if anyone knows of a good local supplier to buy from! With thanks H

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Re: [luv-talk] Firefox OS phone at JB Hifi
by Rohan McLeod 18 Dec '14

18 Dec '14

Peter Ross wrote: > From: dan062(a)yahoo.com.au >> From ZTE au website, JB HiFi selling Firefox OS phones. >> (http://www.zte.com.au/devices/Firefox_OpenC.htm) Not sure why this was on luv-talk; "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS"; would suggest it is a perfectly respectable topic for luv-main ? regards Rohan McLeod

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Android 3g signal
by Russell Coker 14 Dec '14

14 Dec '14

Is there a good app for displaying 3G signal levels on Android? When signal is poor my Note3 displays a circle with cross symbol where the signal bars usually are while still allowing 3G to work. In that situation I'd like to have a good measure of signal strength (preferably better than a 1-5 rating) so I can find the best location available. Any suggestions? -- Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with K-9 Mail.

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du and btrfs
by James Harper 14 Dec '14

14 Dec '14

Just a curiousity... I'm nc-ing a disk image from a laptop, like: gzip </dev/sda | nc target 4242 and on the target computer: nc -l -p 4242 | gunzip | dd bs=4k conv=sparse of=laptop-xp.img and on the target computer I am also impatiently doing: du -sk --apparent-size laptop-xp.img && du -sk laptop-xp.img and the output is a bit strange. The two values obviously differ a bit, and I'd expect them to differ more once it hits the empty part of the disk, but I'm getting outputs like: # du -sk --apparent-size laptop-xp.img && du -sk laptop-xp.img 834016 laptop-xp.img 831992 laptop-xp.img # du -sk --apparent-size laptop-xp.img && du -sk laptop-xp.img 841088 laptop-xp.img 672500 laptop-xp.img # du -sk --apparent-size laptop-xp.img && du -sk laptop-xp.img 844224 laptop-xp.img 752876 laptop-xp.img # du -sk --apparent-size laptop-xp.img && du -sk laptop-xp.img 851168 laptop-xp.img 849144 laptop-xp.img # du -sk --apparent-size laptop-xp.img && du -sk laptop-xp.img 855200 laptop-xp.img 853176 laptop-xp.img The size reported by du actually goes down periodically then up again. What's with that? The filesystem is btrfs but I don't know that that's anything to do with it. Just curious... James

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Need help: How do I boot Acer Aspire CX-603 off DVD and NOT Win 8.1 Hard Disk?
by James Sinnamon 14 Dec '14

14 Dec '14

Dear Linux users, I recently bought, from Harvey Norman, for around $390, an Acer Aspire XC-603 desktop computer. It was pre-installed with "Windows 8.1 with Bing". I was going to repartition the hard disk drive in order to make the computer a dual boot Linux/Windows computer. To do this, of course, I needed to boot off the Linux DVD (or Gparted). However, I was not able to force the computer to boot off the DVD drive. In the past it was possible to do this by pressing either Esc key or the F2 key during the boot-up process. However, nothing I did during the boot-up of this computer prevented the computer from booting Windows 8.1 off the hard drive. Can anyone tell me if it is possible to boot off the DVD and, if so, how to do it? Thanks in anticipation, James Sinnamon

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