December 2003 - Legacy - lists.gtalug.org

High-Availability
by dgenn-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

LVS is a very good software package that is constantly under development and use. linux-ha.org works with LVS collaboratively. http://oscar.openclustergroup.org/tiki-index.php OSCAR is another open source project for cluster builds you should look at. If you want an easy cluster to setup and administer I would look at ClusterKnoppix which is based on the Knoppix liveCD with OpenMosix clustering integrated. This should make for a pretty easy install/setup http://bofh.be/clusterknoppix/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org [mailto:owner-tlug at ss.org] On Behalf Of Madison Kelly Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 1:56 PM To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org Subject: [TLUG]: High-Availability Hi all, I am working on developing a small cluster of servers and I was (am) looking at LVS (Linux Virtual Server) and it -seems-- to be able to do exactly what I want. That is; create a server cluster transparent to the user for hosting mail, web, file serving and LAN authentication. Why I am posting though is that most of the pages off of http://linux-ha.org seem to be a few years out. Am I missing any more modern options, by chance? Does anyone have any general comments or suggestions for what I am trying to do? Thanks!! Madison -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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City of Austin Migrates to OO.o (almost)
by joehill-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 13:53:41 -0500 (EST) Henry Spencer <henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org> wrote: > Note that the article now includes an update with comments from the city's > CIO, saying that the pilot studies are *not* yet complete, e.g.: > > Collins stressed to us that "The intent is not to replace the entire city > with OpenOffice at this moment in time." His major concern is that our > story was misleading the public into thinking "the results are totally in, > because they are not." Hence the "almost" in the subject of my post ;-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "You tell me it's the institution; Well you know, you better free your mind instead..."-- John Lennon -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Linux Perifinalia (sp)
by fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thursday 18 December 2003 13:52, Anita T. wrote: > Geekstreet has Linux caps and shirts. > http://www.geekstreet.ca/geekgear.php But you don't have Debian shirts :-( -- Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> http://www.wehave.net/ Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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[Sophisticated Searches]
by fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thursday 18 December 2003 13:39, Henry Spencer wrote: > that's aware of Internet addresses and can manipulate them as such. I'm > sure somebody's got a library for that in Perl... Net::IPv4Addr ... use Net::IPv4Addr qw( :all ); $logline = 'asdf 43tr gerag fdgdgf 34.23.45.222'; if ($ip = ipv4_checkip($logline) ) { print "$ip\n"; } -- Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> http://www.wehave.net/ Georgetown, Ontario, Canada Debian GNU/Linux -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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High-Availability
by linux-5ZoueyuiTZhBDgjK7y7TUQ＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Hi all, I am working on developing a small cluster of servers and I was (am) looking at LVS (Linux Virtual Server) and it -seems-- to be able to do exactly what I want. That is; create a server cluster transparent to the user for hosting mail, web, file serving and LAN authentication. Why I am posting though is that most of the pages off of http://linux-ha.org seem to be a few years out. Am I missing any more modern options, by chance? Does anyone have any general comments or suggestions for what I am trying to do? Thanks!! Madison -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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City of Austin Migrates to OO.o (almost)
by henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, JoeHill wrote: > "The City of Austin recently completed a group of pilot studies on the > use of open source software in its day-to-day business. According to a > message posted this morning on the Austin LUG mailing list by Scott > Brown, the results are in, and as a result, as many as 80% of the > city's desktops may be migrating from Microsoft Office to > OpenOffice.org." > http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=03/12/17/1440223 Note that the article now includes an update with comments from the city's CIO, saying that the pilot studies are *not* yet complete, e.g.: Collins stressed to us that "The intent is not to replace the entire city with OpenOffice at this moment in time." His major concern is that our story was misleading the public into thinking "the results are totally in, because they are not." Henry Spencer henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Linux Perifinalia (sp)
by lalune-zC6tqtfhjqE＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

Scott Adams wrote: > Does anyone know a place in Toronto to buy Linux cups,mugs,shirts and other > assorted things . Geekstreet has Linux caps and shirts. http://www.geekstreet.ca/geekgear.php Anita -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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[Sophisticated Searches]
by henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, GDHough wrote: > 1 - How I can search for subnet matches in /var/log/messages, like I can in > Ethereal. Carefully-crafted regular expressions (as in, e.g., Awk and Perl) can do a lot of this, but it's somewhat inconvenient. You really want a tool that's aware of Internet addresses and can manipulate them as such. I'm sure somebody's got a library for that in Perl... > 2 - How I can extract $omefield (columns?) and print $ame to $omefile after > doin $ummath on $omefield. This is definitely a job for Awk (if it's something not too complicated) or Perl (if you need library support for things like address manipulation). Awk is simpler and cleaner and easier to learn, but more limited, not least because it has no equivalent of Perl's enormous variety of libraries. Henry Spencer henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Waaaay offtopic
by jzygmont-tEQKYFGiemxAYG7eUwYNkWD2FQJk+8+b＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Robert Brockway wrote: > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Madison Kelly wrote: > > > I know a lot of people who did who got sick anyway. This years strain > > seemed to have been missed. I can see you have been taken by the > > That was reported on the TV news a few days ago iirc, although they did > say a strain "similar" to this year's the major flu was included. Yay :) > > I don't believe this is a case of anyone being inept. From what I > understand, figuring out which flu will be the serious one in any given > year can be a matter of guess work, and as a result they can get it wrong. I remember about 2 years ago I caught a wicked flu and it wasn't going away. When I did finally get over it, I barely got another one since. I guess that can be the best defence sometimes. -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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Waaaay offtopic
by henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg＠public.gmane.org 18 Dec '03

18 Dec '03

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Robert Brockway wrote: > > I know a lot of people who did who got sick anyway. This years strain > > seemed to have been missed... > > ...I don't believe this is a case of anyone being inept. From what I > understand, figuring out which flu will be the serious one in any given > year can be a matter of guess work, and as a result they can get it wrong. Also, something that people often don't understand is that many vaccines do not provide foolproof protection against even the exact strain they are made for. They greatly *reduce* the odds of getting the bug, and if you do get it they tend to reduce its severity, but they don't necessarily preclude infection completely. (Notably, even if you are properly vaccinated against smallpox, if you are heavily exposed to it, you can come down with a mild case.) Henry Spencer henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org -- The Toronto Linux Users Group. Meetings: http://tlug.ss.org TLUG requests: Linux topics, No HTML, wrap text below 80 columns How to UNSUBSCRIBE: http://tlug.ss.org/subscribe.shtml

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