- Roundtable - muug.ca

Internet Service Providers
by Frank H 07 Jul '18

07 Jul '18

Shaw keeps incrementally increasing my grandfathered service. It was $65 in early 2017. I just use internet and I'm now paying $75 for Internet 15 which is 15 down and something like 2 or 3 up. Providers are mentioned in our discussions. Can I get your recommendations please?

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Hard drive failure - turned out to be an SSD
by Frank H 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

Hey guys, When my friend game me his failed hd it is an SSD. System sees it but can't open See attached video for the sound it is making. Hope 16GB isn't too big. I know odds are low but just have to ask if anyone has any ideas. Freezing SSDs is not a thing correct? Sure sounds like moving parts to me. Never troubleshot an SSD before. Thanks,Frank

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Looking for short term contractor
by Gerald Brandt 04 Jul '18

04 Jul '18

Hi, I'm going on 3 weeks holidays in August, and my boss wants me to find an emergency contractor in case all the systems decide to go belly up while I'm gone. This contractor would only be called in case of emergencies. Normally, I'd pass the IT stuff onto someone in-house, but there's no one here that knows what's going on since my backup guy left. This is what we run: * Proxmox 5.2 * Synology NAS servers (NFS) * Various Linux VM's * A couple of Windows VM's * Univention Corporate Server (for Active Directory) * BackupPC for daily backups Basically, if things fail, it's just getting the Proxmox Servers running again and restoring VM images from backup. Possibly restoring more recent data from BackupPC. Gerald

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Mail server config on Ubuntu (Postfix?)
by Kevin McGregor 28 Jun '18

28 Jun '18

I'm trying to configure Postfix on Ubuntu 18.04LTS. It's working, in the basic sense, but not doing everything I want. I've read some of the config help and examples, but I'm still not clear on what to do. For each Ubuntu server I manage, I'd like these to work: user1@ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user2 <message-body user1@ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user2@ubuntu <message-body user1@ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user2(a)ubuntu.mydomainname <message-body user1@ubuntu:~$ mail -s "Test" user3@myotherdomainname <message-body I hope that's clear. Or mail -s "Test" jdoe mail -s "Test" jdoe@server678 mail -s "Test" jdoe(a)server678.domain1.org ...which would all deliver email locally to this server (server678) and the last one would be for mail which is destined for any other user NOT on this server but in domain2 (domain1 and domain2 are both internal workplace domains), and which will have to go through a relay host to get anywhere: mail -s "Test" santa394(a)domain2.org I don't know if I've made myself clear. Ask questions and I'll try to clarify what I want. Kevin

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FYI: office closing - equipment for sale
by Adam Thompson 21 Jun '18

21 Jun '18

Hi, all: I got this from an old employer - they're downsizing their office and getting rid of some equipment. If you're interested in making a serious offer for any of it, email Cary Mahussier <cmahussier(a)doncarsys.com>. Yes, I know some of them are old, but apparently all still in good working order. Sales are presumably AS-IS unless you make other arrangements with Cary. -Adam Thompson -------- Original Message [edited for clarity & compactness] -------- Here are the specs . Everything is ready to go now as we are moving next week. Here is a link to the DP2330 copier. ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/printer/om/dp-2330-fax&net_en_om.pdf We do not have any of the side attachments. I purchased another 1 year service agreement in May 2018. I have also included a picture of the desks we have for sale. [Qty unknown, sorry --Adam] [Picture of 4-post Dell(?) rack also for sale included, appears to be in good condition. --Adam] Two newer servers [identical, I think --Adam]: Supermicro 2022G-URF chassis (includes Supermicro H8DGU-F motherboard) 2x Opteron 6376 16c 2.4GHz 8x 1TB WD RE4 7200rpm SATA HDDs 3Ware 9750-8i RAID controller 64G 1600MHz ECC DDR3 memory [might be 32GB? not sure --Adam] Here are the specs for the Older Dell Servers Dell PowerEdge 2950 BIOS Revision 2.3.1 One 2.50 GHz Quad-core Processor, Bus Speed: 1333 MHz, L2 Cache: 2x6 MB System Memory Size: 4.0 GB, System Memory Speed: 667 MHz PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller 1x300GB, 1x1TB Drives Dell PowerEdge R210 BIOS Revision 1.0.4 One 2.66 GHz Quad-core Processor, Bus Speed: 4.80 GT/s, L2/L3 Cache: 1MB/8MB System Memory Size: 4.0 GB, System Memory Speed: 1333 MHz Dell Inc. PERC S100 RAID Controller 2x500GB Drives Dell PowerEdge R515 BIOS Revision 1.0.1 One 1.70 GHz Six-core Processor, L2/L3 Cache: 3MB/6MB Bus Speed: 2600 MHz System Memory Size: 8.0 GB, System Memory Speed: 1333 MHz, Voltage: 1.5V PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller 3x1TB Drives Dell PowerEdge 2850 BIOS Revision A04 One 3.0 GHz processor, Processor Bus: 800 MHz, L2 cache: 2MB PowerEdge Expandable Raid Controller 3x75GB Drives Dell PowerEdge SC1425 BIOS Revision A03 One 3.0 GHz processor, Processor Bus: 800 MHz, L2 cache: 2MB 2x147GB

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MUUG Meeting, June 12, 7:30pm -- Perl PDF::Reuse, RTFM: Pioneer
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 05 Jun '18

05 Jun '18

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, June 12. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Perl PDF::Reuse Brad Vokey will give a brief demonstration of how to mass produce similar (but not identical) PDF documents in Perl by re-using a starting PDF file as a template. Perl::Reuse is very fast, and gives you the capacity to produce many PDF pages per second creating very big PDF documents if necessary. RTFM: Pioneer Pioneer - A game of lonely space adventure - will be demonstrated by Trevor Cordes. Not just a game, Pioneer is a full-blown space simulator with realistic Newtonian physics. After you figure out how to not crash into planets or over-shoot space stations by mega-kms; explore the planets and other star systems, work as a trader to make a few bucks, or arm up and become a pirate or assassin. Beautiful spacescapes make this a demo worth seeing! The group holds its meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ******************************************************************* Please note our new meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ******************************************************************* For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609

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PHP method never returning?
by Trevor Cordes 30 May '18

30 May '18

I'm debugging someone else's php code that is heavily OO. They have an object, in it a method that calls another method on another object. Pretty normal stuff: class U_Controller extends Controller { public function add_p($id) { ... error_log("a"); $i->save(); error_log("b"); } When it runs I get "a" in the logs, but *never* "b"!! I'm really stumped. I'm pretty sure it's not calling exit() or die() or any other halting statement as I put some hooks and debugs in and it's clearly exiting out the bottom of the file as it should. The save() call seems to complete ok as I've put debugs into it and I can see it running and finishing. However, it is complicated by the fact that this code is a nightmare and save() seems to re-call itself through convoluted OO calls with cycles. But again, it all seems to exit out the bottom as it should. How can this possibly occur? What other way can a function or object skip out of itself like that without running that log "b"? Note: the above is actually in a try/catch block but I put debugs in the catch and they don't seem to be running, so I don't think that's it either? It's like there's a "return2steps" or "call-this-method-again-and-ignore- the-first-invocation" or something going on. Or I'm missing something obvious because I never use OO/framework-heavy code like this. (P.S. framework appears to be Bootstrap.)

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PGP/GPG broken for email (S/MIME)
by Trevor Cordes 28 May '18

28 May '18

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/05/pgp-and-efail-frequently-asked-questi… https://efail.de/efail-attack-paper.pdf Nasty year for security 2018 is turning out to be. Newly announced flaw in PGP/GPG when used for email that lets remote hackers get copies of your encrypted emails (whether sender or recipient). Many (most?) email clients (MUAs) are not patched yet (but the Linux ones should be shortly). The encryption itself isn't broken, it's the way email clients and their html parsers work that is being abused. For the hack to work you have to use a vulnerable email client that has builtin html support (most do, but mine doesn't, yay!) and the attacker has to intercept an encrypted email for/from you and then send it to you wrapped in some naughty html. Your email client then decrypts the email and the naughty html promptly sends a copy to the attacker via backchannels (getvars or similar in img tags hitting hacker servers). To be clear, they can only use this hack to read emails they've already intercepted and tricked you into opening in your HTML MUA. If you use GPG from the command line you're basically safe. It's still good encryption (with a caveat about integrity checks that won't affect most use cases). GPG used for package signing, etc, is still safe. GPG used for local file encryption is safe. To be safe for email, update your MUA when it patches this, and ensure all your contacts you PGP/GPG with do the same. Unlike Spectre et al, this one is fairly easy to fix assuming most people do it in a reasonable amount of time (ya, I know). Strangely, EFF recommends people phase our PGP/GPG email and have no real recommended drop-in replacement. I find this odd, as to me *some* emails being hackable certainly beats *all* emails being hackable (i.e. plaintext) which is basically what they are advocating. Oh ya, this all could have been avoided if people stopped using HTML in emails and HTML-capable MUAs. <GRIN>

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Debuerrotype
by Adam Thompson 09 May '18

09 May '18

The more you know... -Adam > "DEBUERREOTYPE"? > > The name is an attempt at riffing off the photography basis of the word "snapshot". The daguerreotype [1] process was an early method for taking photographs, and this is a method for taking "photographs" of Debian at a given point in time. Links: ------ [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

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Fwd: [SkullSpace-Announce] Electronic Manufacturing Business Liqudation
by Adam Thompson 09 May '18

09 May '18

-------- Original Message -------- From: michael.kozakewich(a)skullspace.ca Sent: May 8, 2018 5:20:22 PM CDT To: announce(a)skullspace.ca Subject: [SkullSpace-Announce] Electronic Manufacturing Business Liqudation Hey everyone, It looks like a local electronics firm, Niagara Engineering, is closing down and is holding a liquidation this Saturday. Take a look at the list of goods below. I'll see if SkullSpace can score anything extra that doesn't sell. Business Liquidation - Saturday, May 12th 9:00am - 4:00pm, 760 Erin St > > A local electronic assembly and manufacturing company has closed and is > liquidating all equipment, inventory, and hardware. > > Electronics manufacturing equipment > > - Oscilloscopes (HP, Tektronic, and more) > - Multimeters > - Soldering stations > - Quad III c & Quad IV c Pick and Place Machines > - Reflow ovens > - Bulk electronic components through-hole and smt (resistors, > capacitors, ICs, diodes, relays, crystals and more) on reels and loose. > - Test / diagnostic equipment > - Specialty crimpers (AMP, Molex, Packard Electric, etc) > > Metal working equipment > > - Metal lathe (Southbend 9A) and other > - Drill Press ⦁ Bending brake > - Brake & shear machines (cast iron) > - Punch press with large variety of punches > - Shop press (two types) > - Gas cutting torch > - Portable spot welder > - Lincoln high capacity welder > - Walk-in paintbooth > - Pipe bender > - Powered hacksaw for metal stock > > Office equipment > > - Printers > - Copiers > - Industrial paper shredders > - Plotters (with extra pens new in package) > > Warehouse equip: > > - Forklift > - Pallet jack > - Motorcycle lift > - Industrial shelving > - Snow blower (electric start) > > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Announce" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to Announce+unsubscribe(a)skullspace.ca. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

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