June 2017 - Talk - lists.gtalug.org

Any Debian Developers here can help me sign my GPG key?
by tlugys.ats＠spamgourmet.com 26 Feb '18

26 Feb '18

Hi GTALUG members, Do we have any Debian Developers here? I am in the second step of becoming New Debian Maintainer process -- https://nm.debian.org/process/194 and now need to have my GPG key signed by a Debian member. I was directed to the THUG group (Toronto (GNU)/Hurd User Group) http://www.nongnu.org/thug/ but only to find that their listed email (thug(a)gnu.org) is no longer working. So I'm in a bad position now, and really hope that there is a Debian Developer here, or you know of, that can help me. I live in GTA, North York to be exactly. Any help can comfort my desperate heart. Thanks Antonio

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Linux hardening question
by Truth Hacker 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

Hi All, I am starting to go down the road to harden a Linux server, I am using the Ubuntu server image as my starting point. I searched a few articles and compiled a list of things to do, so far the stuff is a bit dated. So I was wondering if anyone has stuff ideas to help me harden my system which I plan to use to host my website using a VPS host. So far I've got step for the following: SSH / No root login, public key login Using DenyHost to reduce brute force password hacking Block port scanning Disable PING response Closing unused ports Q: What service should I consider disabling from starting automatically. Q: What program should I remove like (telnet) from my system. I am reading up on iptable and also know about ufw, but not sure how to setup a good firewall, like what to block and not. Any other ideas or checklist would be appreciated. Thanks, TH

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Re: [GTALUG] Linux hardening question
by John Moniz 29 Jun '17

29 Jun '17

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Backing up Windows Machines to Linux NAS,
by Scott Sullivan 28 Jun '17

28 Jun '17

I'm sure many of us have friends and family with Windows Machines. And the savvy among us run our own Linux Backup server / NAS boxes. How do you get regular, automated copies of data off said Windows machines? I would like to only hear from folks that actively using a solution. Not a list of 'exercise for the reader' google results. # Goal: To recover from a ransom-ware infection, by pulling the last clean snapshot of user data from the NAS. # Assumptions: Snapshots are handled by the Backup Server / NAS at a FS layer (ZFS / BTRFS), or by the server side backup software. # Nice to haves: * In-transit encryption. # Not an Acceptable Answers: Open Samba on the windows box, mounting it on the backup server, and running rsync regularly. Thanks in advance! -- Scott Sullivan

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Package Problem
by Stephen 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

I am running Ubuntu 16.10 The last system update has run into problems. The Ubuntu Software GUI program hangs. I tried an apt-get and fount that there is a problem in: libssl1.0.0:amd64 This is the important part of the output: dpkg: error processing package libssl1.0.0:amd64 (--configure): package is in a very bad inconsistent state; you should reinstall it before attempting configuration No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure. How do I fix this? Thanks in advance. -- Stephen

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Trusted Android repair in Toronto?
by Evan Leibovitch 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

Hi all, While halfway on a part-family-part-business trip to Europe, my two-year-old LG G4 crapped out on me. It still appears functional though the screen is just darkish with random white lines across it. I am eager to hear if anyone here knows of a trustworthy shop that's able to deal with this. Or do I just toss it and wait for the OnePlus 5 launch event later today? -- Evan Leibovitch Toronto, Canada Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56

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cheap today: 43 inch UltraHD TV
by D. Hugh Redelmeier 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

tl;dr: if you yearn for monitor resolution, have I got a deal for you! <http://forums.redflagdeals.com/real-canadian-superstore-rcss-haier-uhd-4k-t…> I use a cheap and nasty 39" UltraHD TV as my desktop monitor. I am very happy with the experience. Real Canadian Superstore is selling 43" UltraHD TVs for $298 + EHF but with HST already included in that price ($263.72 before taxes). I expect that it is a better TV than my 3 year old 39". I imagine 43" is a good size for a desktop monitor, but I'm not sure. I'm happy with 39" - I can view it at monitor-distance (25"? I haven't measured) and see text on it at normal pixels/character - I don't get whiplash looking around on my screen (but I do have glasses dedicated to this task -- a great investment) - it fits on my desk - it has multiple inputs so I can connect several computers at once There are flaws with my monitor. At full resolution (the only one I every use) it only refreshes at 30Hz. I don't find that bad (I don't game) but I think that the 43" monitor does not have this limitation. Many TV sets do "chroma sub-sampling" <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chroma_subsampling> This means that the colour (not brightness) on adjacent pixels is not totally independant. My monitor uses 4:2:2 sampling and that creates "artifacts" in some cases. I really dislike this in theory but I have rarely found it to be a problem. I have no idea what chroma subsampling, if any, the 43" TV does. I would guess 4:2:2. I expect to replace my TV when a cheap one comes out with HDR (High Dynamic Range) and no chroma subsampling. TV sets don't have DisplayPort inputs. Too bad. HDMI has struggled to keep up with the bandwidth of UltraHD. My TV's 30Hz limitation came from that (the HDMI standard has since been upgraded). Not all video cards can handle this. Nouveau doesn't drive my monitor properly so I'm using the proprietary nvidia driver. Nouveau may have been fixed but I only test every year or so. I don't have a powerful enough ATI card to test. I haven't tried Intel GPUs.

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Vi-keybinding for MS-Word
by William Park 24 Jun '17

24 Jun '17

I have no choice but to use MS-Office (mostly, Word and Outlook). And, my productivity is very low. Is there Vi-keybinding for Word or Outlook, just for cursor movement and editing text? -- William

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Fwd: Cogeco E-Mail not bouncing unknown mailboxes?
by Alex Beamish 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Hi All, A friend is having issues changing his contact info on a domain. The Admin contact E-Mail address points to a Cogeco mailbox that was attached to an account that was closed years ago. However, it seems Cogeco doesn't bounce messages to non-existent mailboxes. So he's stuck. And his domain is give from the DNS servers, which is a drag. Thoughts?

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Difference with Git in Windows vs Linux
by Jim Ruxton 17 Jun '17

17 Jun '17

I am having an issue wtih git that is driving me a bit nuts and wondering if anyone has any thoughts. I set up a bare git repository on my Google Drive. I pushed a repository that I created on my Linux machine to it . I can clone it back to another folder on my Linux machine but for some reason I can not clone it to a folder on Windows? The Google Drive folder is set up as a local drive on both machines and seems to work fine. I can copy and read files from it. locally. I am using Git Bash on Windows. The command I am using to try and clone the repository on the Windows machine in Git Bash is: git clone ~/Google\ Drive/git/ProjectFolder.git/ / I get an error message stating that this does not appear to be a valid repository and to makes sure that I have the correct access rights. I get the same results using the git GUI in Windows. This is the same folder I have no problem cloning on Linux Also if I go into ProjectFolder.git in Git Bash and do a "git fetch" command I get the message that it is not a git repository. If I look at the ProjectFolder.git it looks like a git repository to me, ie. the file structure is correct. I also tried to copy the folder to somewhere else , ie. not on Google Drive and it gives the same result. Again that same repository clones perfectly on Linux so what gives, any thoughts? Thanks, Jim

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