Anyone using a solid and secure command line backup solution for linux? I run a headless server -- would be nice if I could securely backup all my emails there in the event of a catastrophe... and only then fire up Thunderbird or the like and view them when needed. The only downside I have seen is the need to save my gmail password somewhere in cleartext -- which doesn't seem like a good idea.
Can it boot persistently from the SD of my Eee PC 900 and will the wifi just work out of the box?
Yes and yes. Have been using NBR since the beta on my 900A and the only complaint I have is with the mouse (which is a bit jerky). A bug report has been filed.
Hmm... I copied and pasted... I didn't separate out the two options as you indicated thought: -c and -d... maybe I will try it again with that at home.
When I moved from Windows to Mac three or four years ago, one big sticking point was losing Quicken (because the Mac version, even to a relative naive person such as myself, was so very obviously sub-par).
I ended up going with MoneyDance -- and because it's cross-platform compatible, as I slowly switch from Mac to Linux, I won't be stuck out in the cold again.
And they do respond to bug reports. It isn't free (as in beer or as in open source), but it was less expensive and have gotten numerous upgrades without having to buy a new license.
Thanks for that - I will check out the pv tool a little more carefully; also, I won't give up on Bonnie yet... I guess I was a little overwhelmed by the options and, since I am just at home, I didn't have a lot to compare it to. If I upgrade my NAS server (which is running on an old 500mhz Dell) I do want to get a lot of measurements before and after the upgrade... to see what I've gained.
Thanks for that tip for measuring network performance speed, am interested to check it out tonight on my home system...
I'm not a sysadmin -- I do run a NAS on Ubuntu server from the basement at home (using netatalk/AFP -- I have all Mac OS X machines upstairs)... but I still haven't found a straightfoward way to measure my NAS's file sharing performance from the command line... I have seen things like Bonnie++ (which I find too complicated) or just using "time cp"... but is there an easier way to get some straightforward performance data from my NAS ?
I haven't found it yet, in my Goooogle-ing. Everyone here is saying they are seeing this or that XXX/mbs... but what I don't understand is how they measure this... unless they are using a stopwatch or something.
So I was just thinking of starting to learn Python (been meaning to pickup a language here) and Google's new app engine thing piqued my interest -- but now that 3.0 is out (app engine is 2.x) what's the best way to go about learning Python without having to re-learn everything as things migrate? Or do I just have to suck it up?
Yea - I did. I also asked that they support closed captions and/or subtitles on their view instantly streams and have encouraged others to do the same.
I had a similiar problem with WPA2 as well -- seemed that I had to re-enter my password after each reboot... then I realized that running an ifdown / ifup sequence just after startup the wireless would start. Which still wasn't fun.
What I ended up doing was adding pre-up sleep 20 to my/etc/network/interfaces file... which solved the problem. Things work awesome now.
I liked the idea of distributed computing until I found that it was drawing an additional 35 watts of power from the normal idle of my server... which seemed a little too high price to pay to find an alien.
I will wait for them to email us.
Thanks for the time to go over that -- am not in a computer technologies field (work as an interpreter, actually) but I love computers.
Anyhow, at home I have two users. Myself and my significant other. I use (if I remember right) a 2048 bit RSA key with a passphrase (nothing too special in the passphrase itself).
The machine is behind a router which only forwards port 22. I run a web server on another box (don't trust it to have them both on the same machine). Locally I run AFP (through netatalk) and NFS. NFS exports are all read-only and AFP requires username password. Theoretically, I think, it is only the SSH that has outside encounters (unless someone hacked the web server, which is possible).
With disabled root access and password login I feel more comfortable with the way things are... But am always thinking I should have more going. But I may be paranoid -- no, I am paranoid.
I might get the recently reviewed "linux firewalls" book to learn some more about this stuff. I keep the system updated but, to be honest, if someone was using my machine I wouldn't know what to look for unless the services I used stop working.
I like to think it's still more secure than my old XP machines.
Thanks again for your time. Is interesting stuff. I will read it again when I am out of the hospital and not on my blackberry.
Thanks for the suggestions about limiting attempts -- I am going to look into that.
You wrote: "Passkeys can be relatively secure, or they can be relatively insecure. It depends on the level of security you're implementing in them."
Is that in reference to the size of the key ? Such as a 1024 or 2048 or something even bigger ?
I am only running a file server at home that I like to be able to remote into, so I am not so much worried about targeted attacks against my system... not sure why someone would take the effort to do that to get a hold of my open office documents and music files. I am more concerned about making sure it isn't "easy" to do.
I don't think I even made it through the fifth book -- and I loved them at the beginning. But there is something about a series of books that make them intriguing... namely: that there will be an ending.
When the chance of actually having one disappeared I stopped reading.
I'm not sure how you can say they missed an opportunity until after some initial sales figures and responses come out. It took a while before the non-desire for Vista became apparent. It will take some time before people have a chance to respond (with their wallets) to Leopard.
Sorry for the broken link -- I found the article on Google News and, when I posted it, I didn't have to subscribe or enter any subscription information to view the article. It displayed for me first click -- no registration required (I never have, nor will, I suspect, register for the WSJ). That was the first time I had been to their site, in all fairness, and possibly the last. I don't understand why it won't display for anyone (myself included) now.
What's more interesting, though, is that now, when I run the same Google News search that originally discovered the article, the link that I posted is no longer displayed in the results.
Perhaps my ISP is holding the packets from the WSJ link hostage until they pay the "special fee"?
If she can move her hands you can setup a type of "communication board" -- the simplest of these can be words written on a piece of paper/cardboard. If she is able to point to them then she can communicate in a limited way. You can have one for basic needs and another for spelling words. That is the less technological version of what some people use (and I can't remember what it is called) that let's someone touch a screen that, in turn, speaks for them. A quick search and I find stuff like this. I'm sure there is more -- better -- out there.
Good luck. That isn't easy.
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Anyone using a solid and secure command line backup solution for linux? I run a headless server -- would be nice if I could securely backup all my emails there in the event of a catastrophe ... and only then fire up Thunderbird or the like and view them when needed. The only downside I have seen is the need to save my gmail password somewhere in cleartext -- which doesn't seem like a good idea.
That took me a minute - but often the best comebacks involve a delayed response. Bravo.
Yes and yes. Have been using NBR since the beta on my 900A and the only complaint I have is with the mouse (which is a bit jerky). A bug report has been filed.
Hmm ... I copied and pasted ... I didn't separate out the two options as you indicated thought: -c and -d ... maybe I will try it again with that at home.
This didn't work on my mac *frown*. I got an error: tr: Illegal byte sequence
Is tr different on the mac than linux?
When I moved from Windows to Mac three or four years ago, one big sticking point was losing Quicken (because the Mac version, even to a relative naive person such as myself, was so very obviously sub-par). I ended up going with MoneyDance -- and because it's cross-platform compatible, as I slowly switch from Mac to Linux, I won't be stuck out in the cold again.
And they do respond to bug reports. It isn't free (as in beer or as in open source), but it was less expensive and have gotten numerous upgrades without having to buy a new license.
Thanks for that - I will check out the pv tool a little more carefully; also, I won't give up on Bonnie yet ... I guess I was a little overwhelmed by the options and, since I am just at home, I didn't have a lot to compare it to. If I upgrade my NAS server (which is running on an old 500mhz Dell) I do want to get a lot of measurements before and after the upgrade ... to see what I've gained.
I won't give up yet! And, thanks.
Thanks for that tip for measuring network performance speed, am interested to check it out tonight on my home system...
I'm not a sysadmin -- I do run a NAS on Ubuntu server from the basement at home (using netatalk/AFP -- I have all Mac OS X machines upstairs) ... but I still haven't found a straightfoward way to measure my NAS's file sharing performance from the command line ... I have seen things like Bonnie++ (which I find too complicated) or just using "time cp" ... but is there an easier way to get some straightforward performance data from my NAS ?
I haven't found it yet, in my Goooogle-ing. Everyone here is saying they are seeing this or that XXX/mbs ... but what I don't understand is how they measure this ... unless they are using a stopwatch or something.
Thanks for your tips.
Cool - thanks for the insight. I put a Python book on my Amazon Christmas Wish list. Here's hoping...
So I was just thinking of starting to learn Python (been meaning to pickup a language here) and Google's new app engine thing piqued my interest -- but now that 3.0 is out (app engine is 2.x) what's the best way to go about learning Python without having to re-learn everything as things migrate? Or do I just have to suck it up?
Yea - I did. I also asked that they support closed captions and/or subtitles on their view instantly streams and have encouraged others to do the same.
I still don't see them on NewEgg
Hard to get excited when I still can't watch it on my mac (PowerPC) just as it was with the Olympics.
I had a similiar problem with WPA2 as well -- seemed that I had to re-enter my password after each reboot ... then I realized that running an ifdown / ifup sequence just after startup the wireless would start. Which still wasn't fun.
What I ended up doing was adding pre-up sleep 20 to my /etc/network/interfaces file ... which solved the problem. Things work awesome now.
So now things look like this:
auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
pre-up sleep 20
wpa-psk 8501.....dcf
wpa-driver wext
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-proto WPA2
wpa-ssid myid
here is the thread
Woo hoo! IE 6.0 displays this just fine: http://acid3.acidtests.org/reference.html Read 'em and weep Firefox!
I liked the idea of distributed computing until I found that it was drawing an additional 35 watts of power from the normal idle of my server ... which seemed a little too high price to pay to find an alien.
I will wait for them to email us.
Thanks for the time to go over that -- am not in a computer technologies field (work as an interpreter, actually) but I love computers. Anyhow, at home I have two users. Myself and my significant other. I use (if I remember right) a 2048 bit RSA key with a passphrase (nothing too special in the passphrase itself). The machine is behind a router which only forwards port 22. I run a web server on another box (don't trust it to have them both on the same machine). Locally I run AFP (through netatalk) and NFS. NFS exports are all read-only and AFP requires username password. Theoretically, I think, it is only the SSH that has outside encounters (unless someone hacked the web server, which is possible). With disabled root access and password login I feel more comfortable with the way things are ... But am always thinking I should have more going. But I may be paranoid -- no, I am paranoid.
I might get the recently reviewed "linux firewalls" book to learn some more about this stuff. I keep the system updated but, to be honest, if someone was using my machine I wouldn't know what to look for unless the services I used stop working.
I like to think it's still more secure than my old XP machines.
Thanks again for your time. Is interesting stuff. I will read it again when I am out of the hospital and not on my blackberry.
Thanks for the suggestions about limiting attempts -- I am going to look into that.
... not sure why someone would take the effort to do that to get a hold of my open office documents and music files. I am more concerned about making sure it isn't "easy" to do.
You wrote: "Passkeys can be relatively secure, or they can be relatively insecure. It depends on the level of security you're implementing in them."
Is that in reference to the size of the key ? Such as a 1024 or 2048 or something even bigger ?
I am only running a file server at home that I like to be able to remote into, so I am not so much worried about targeted attacks against my system
I don't use an obscure port for SSH; however, I don't allow passwords (only passkeys). How insecure is this?
I don't think I even made it through the fifth book -- and I loved them at the beginning. But there is something about a series of books that make them intriguing ... namely: that there will be an ending.
When the chance of actually having one disappeared I stopped reading.
Apparently sales are up in Japan -- outselling the Wii even. Maybe they got the color wrong?
Well: I was always stymied by those "age verification" questions ... could never get in to look at that pr0n. Now I can!
I'm not sure how you can say they missed an opportunity until after some initial sales figures and responses come out. It took a while before the non-desire for Vista became apparent. It will take some time before people have a chance to respond (with their wallets) to Leopard.
Sorry for the broken link -- I found the article on Google News and, when I posted it, I didn't have to subscribe or enter any subscription information to view the article. It displayed for me first click -- no registration required (I never have, nor will, I suspect, register for the WSJ). That was the first time I had been to their site, in all fairness, and possibly the last. I don't understand why it won't display for anyone (myself included) now.
What's more interesting, though, is that now, when I run the same Google News search that originally discovered the article, the link that I posted is no longer displayed in the results.
Perhaps my ISP is holding the packets from the WSJ link hostage until they pay the "special fee"?
If she can move her hands you can setup a type of "communication board" -- the simplest of these can be words written on a piece of paper/cardboard. If she is able to point to them then she can communicate in a limited way. You can have one for basic needs and another for spelling words. That is the less technological version of what some people use (and I can't remember what it is called) that let's someone touch a screen that, in turn, speaks for them. A quick search and I find stuff like this. I'm sure there is more -- better -- out there. Good luck. That isn't easy.