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EA-Meet Up
by James Bensley 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

The only Anglian meet-ups I am aware of are the Norwich ones (my old stomping ground) and the Ipswich ones as those are the ones posted on this 'ere mailing list. Firstly, are there any others? Perhaps small meets that don't get advertised on the list and/or are rather ad-hoc? Secondly, has there ever been an "Anglian meet up" where everyone gets together? I think this would be good fun personally. -- James. http://www.jamesbensley.co.cc/

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Why does permission on home directory affect ssh?
by Chris G 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

I just spent a long time diagnosing why I couldn't get a public key ssh login to work. It eventually transpired that ssh doesn't allow one to have group write permission on one's home diectory. That's *not* the permission on the .ssh directory, it's the permission on the one above that. A quick Google search confirms that this is the case, ssh refuses to do public key authentication if the user's home directory has group write permission on it. I can't see any way to disable this (turning StrictModes off seems to disable too much) and I don't really understand the reason for it either. I only want group write set on one particular user, can anyone suggest a way to allow ssh public-key login to that user? -- Chris Green

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Message from (mostly friendly) List Admin about conduct, was Re: My Internet experience...
by Adam Bower 23 Jun '11

23 Jun '11

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 03:14:29PM +0100, Anthony Anson wrote: > > That's gets my vote. I'm always reluctant to ban someone outright - > after all, we all have (probably) adequate filters on threads and > particular e-addies if necessary. I have just come back from work and found this thread. Joy. I have sent a further warning to Krishna about being on topic and not upsetting members. Krishna's account is now set that all posts will have to be approved by the list administrators now before they can go the list and I have explained that seeking a way around this will result in a permanent ban. I don't believe that seeking an outright ban is the way forward in this situation, people can learn from their mistakes and when I see mail that contributes to this list from Krishna then I will remove the moderation flag from their email address. I think other members have quite rightly pointed out what the problems are here. Please be nice to each other kids. Thanks Adam -- New signature required, suggestions on a post card please.

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Norwich Meet/Coach And Horses Refurb
by steve-ALUG＠hst.me.uk 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Hi Folks, Dunno if it coincides with a Norwich meet, but thought I should point this out in case it does. "The Coach and Horses in Thorpe Road will close at about 6pm on Sunday, June 26 and reopen in the afternoon of Thursday, July 7." http://bit.ly/mqaLGR Regards Steve

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Re: [ALUG] Survey
by Krishna Birth 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

> Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 15:07:24 +0100 > From: Richard Lewis <richardlewis(a)fastmail.co.uk> > To: main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > Subject: Re: [ALUG] Survey > Message-ID: <87vcw0bnqb.wl%richard.lewis(a)gold.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > OK, at the risk of sounding like some sort of purist, I'm just going > to come out with it: this sort of multi-posting to LUG mailing lists > is, in my opinion, spamming. Please don't do it. It's in your own > interests to refrain if you'd actually like to get a response from > mailing list readers. > > LUG mailing lists are great communities full of interesting and > helpful people and we're very lucky that they're willing to share > their knowledge and experience. Please don't abuse these communities. > > Richard > -- > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Richard Lewis > ISMS, Computing > Goldsmiths, University of London > Tel: +44 (0)20 7078 5134 > Skype: richardjlewis > JID: ironchicken(a)jabber.earth.li > http://www.richardlewis.me.uk/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- I don't believe it is spamming. It is on-topic, related, computer/software issue generally and also in this case corresponding and 2-way. Finding answers related to Linux is difficult because the user base is not huge, a sub-set in this group are techies which reduces the pool even further, then there are holidays, time away from the mailing list, sickness etc reducing further, then there are member personalities who based on either my posting or my profile, self-interest etc don't want to answer, this reduces the respondent pool even further. Regards Meeku

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My Internet experience in the West at times is comparable to female foeticide
by Krishna Birth 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

I believe that I am being banned, treated badly and threatened to stop posting from certain Linux, PC, Software and Font internet forums and mailing lists because I have a beyond religion or spiritual realm cause in the projects that I am posting about. When I read / listen about female infanticide / female foeticide, it shows that this is happening why -- there is the cultural factor operating. My content is different and thus that is the reason that I am being banned, treated badly and threatened to stop posting from certain Linux, PC, Software and Font internet forums and mailing lists. To be fair there are some useful responses on some internet forums / mailing lists and threads. Not all members are the same. On the other hand for example in Britain Linux User Groups (LUGs) -- Swlug (South Wales) has banned my posting to it's Linux group, Staffslug (Staffordshire) only yesterday threatened me with banning. Oxlug (Oxfordshire) does not allow me to post. Same with the other Sheflug (Sheffield). Some not all internet forums/mailing list organisers need some educating and need to educate others for example by having some by-laws and rules so that I am treated without these problems. Regards Meeku

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How to produce an 'easy to edit' vertical time line or similar?
by Chris G 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Can anyone suggest a way to produce an easy to edit/change vertical line with annotations on a web page? This can be anything from an editor with special capabilities to a wiki-like "do it over the web" application. It could even be something that is wholly off-line and generates an image file (though this is probably my least preferred method). I want to be able to have something which 'flows' down the page, preferably with an actual line of some sort that one can label. Then I want to be able to attach chunks of text description to symbols or markers on the line. Ideally I also want to be able to add further notes/numbers to the sections of the line between the symbols. Imagine something like a route description with a 'road' running down the screen, distances between places on the road and chunks of description applied to places/features on the road. Any ideas would be welcome. I guess it's a *bit* like a flow chart but there's no branching required and quick/easy editing facilities are more important than a large range of symbols and cleverness. -- Chris Green

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Re: [ALUG] My Internet experience in the West at times is comparable to female foeticide
by Krishna Birth 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 9:47 AM, <main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk> wrote: [precis] > 8. Re: My Internet experience in the West at times is comparable > to female foeticide (Bev Nicolson) > 9. Re: My Internet experience in the West at times is comparable > to female foeticide (Brett Parker) http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/dyed-in-the-wool

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Re: [ALUG] Survey
by Krishna Birth 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 11:00 AM, <main-request(a)lists.alug.org.uk> wrote: > 4. Re: Survey (Brett Parker) Please could you explain what you mean when you said that if I tweek a popular distro I am narrowing my support choices and have interesting software licensing combinations? Please see that it is a specific distro in the already small Linux desktop arena. I am not a techie, and have a resources budget, thus I am hoping to use a popular distro for the kernel / apps infrastructure and security updates rather than build it from scratch. Nonetheless there are specific tweeks. Please see these responses to some other users on another mailing list: The thing about Linux is that it is not a monopoly in comparison to Microsoft Windows. There is not a Linux distro monopoly either. Thus based on these generics I don't see you have a valid argument. Regarding specifics, basically there is no other distro doing specific k/K alteration for the users in the West/Internationally, rail modelling from a spiritual perspective amongst other differentiators and all this based on a Spiritual Master's wishes and philosophy. .....Also it is a root based philosophy, thus this distro is for a wider audience. The other popular distros have a big development base though it is only material. This distro is for beyond religion, the spiritual realm. This root based philosophy says water the root of the plant and not it's leaves because then it is successful. ......I hope these responses bring some progress for this important project. Regards Meeku

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Updating to newer version of Debian
by ted.harding＠wlandres.net 22 Jun '11

22 Jun '11

Greetings all! I'd like to ask about something I've never found clear information on. Suppose one has an older stable version of Debian. For example, on one machine I have Debian 4 ("Etch"). on another Debian 5 ("Lenny"). But the current stable version is Debian 6 "Squeeze"). What are my chances of successfully upgrading from Lenny to Squeeze? And how to do it? And then what about upgrading from Etch to Squeeze? And what is likely to happen to packages (some external) installed on these obsolete Debians? (Especially where I have made my own modifications to software, most often configuration files and the like)? I should add that within each version I have been happily and successfully following the upgrades from Debian for the various Debian packages. All information and guidance welcome! With thanks, Ted. -------------------------------------------------------------------- E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding(a)wlandres.net> Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861 Date: 21-Jun-11 Time: 18:54:28 ------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------

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