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OT Firefox and legacy add-ons
by Bev Nicolson 04 Sep '17

04 Sep '17

Possibly a bit OT. Legacy add ons are not going to be supported in FF57. I wondered if ALUG peeps had any recommendations for add ons they'd use instead of Better Privacy Cookie Monster HTML5 everywhere No Flash ScrapBook (onto my fourth folder so really don't want to lose this!) YouTube All HTML5 to do the same kind of job. Thanks. Bev.

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Nextcloud anyone?
by Phil Thane 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

Does anyone use, or have expertise in, Nextcloud? I'm an amateur user with Nextcloud running on a home server. Generally I'm very happy with it, it means I always have a mirror of my desktop stuff which I can access via the web and any photos taken on my phone are synced automatically next time the phone finds a wifi connection. Now it's got an annoying problem though. There is a corrupted .jpg file in the InstantUpload folder which throws up an error message in the desktop sync app. It gives the path and 'Server replied: Locked' The file is almost certainly one of a batch my 4 year old granddaughter took when she figured out how to do selfies. Most were rubbish so I deleted them using the phone, possibly interrupting the upload process. She took the photos at our place so the upload would have been more or less instant. If I use the phone app the file won't open, nor will it it delete, move or rename. Nor will it if I view the files via a web browser. It's not a critical error, everything else works OK, but it's annoying seeing the warning every time files sync. Any suggestions? Anyone with access to 4 year old children for example? -- Phil Thane www.pthane.co.uk phil(a)pthane.co.uk 01767 449759 07582 750607 Twitter @pthane

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OT?: Wordpress hosts
by Mark Rogers 31 Aug '17

31 Aug '17

Can anyone recommend a Wordpress host? By which I mean a company that provides and supports the Wordpress install and just leaves the customer to deal with the content, not a company who provides hosting onto which I could install Wordpress myself. A company my wife works with has been left in lurch after their existing host decided they're going to shut down, and I said I'd ask around, and I know a few people here are involved in hosting. Although it's a FOSS application running on a FOSS O/S it feels like it's only on-topic on a technicality, so I'm happy to take off-list replies or discuss here as others see fit. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER

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2600 meeting at 18:00 on Friday the 1st September.
by Viperfang 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

Quick heads up about this months Norwich 2600 meeting, more info at http://www.norwich2600.co.uk

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[ALUG Announce] ALUG Norwich Pub Meet Thursday 10th August
by Viperfang 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hello Norwich Aluggers, Our monthly ALUG Norwich social meeting will be held this Thursday, 10th August at The Coach and Horses (82 Thorpe Road, Norwich, NR1 1BA). The meeting officially starts at 8pm, although some people may arrive earlier. More information on those people can be found on the list and the IRC channel. If you are unsure if you will recognise us then make yourself and your intent to attend known by either posting on list or visiting us on IRC so we can look out for you rather than hiding in the corner. Optionally you could ask at the bar if they know where the geeky computer weirdos are and they'll point you in the right direction (seriously!). Another possibility is look for heaps of electronics on a table that may possibly look like movie props that would used for detonating explosives. Feel free to bring electronics/laptops/gadgets to the meet, you will by no means be alone. Ben Bewick aka Viperfang NB: This mail is automated, please refer to the usual sources for more information. ALUG Contact Details: Website : http://www.alug.org.uk/ IRC : #alug on irc.alug.org.uk List : http://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo Twitter : http://twitter.com/anglianlug Identica: TBA Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2381613902 ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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Setting up SSH keys for an organisation
by Mark Rogers 04 Aug '17

04 Aug '17

I understand the concepts behind key based SSH authentication, I'm just looking for suggested "best practice". Situation: Small company* using SSH to access various** Linux servers, some internal, some external, currently using password-based SSH for most of this, sometimes key based but managed on an ad-hoc basis. Many of the clients are Windows based using PuTTY. I want to shift everything to key based, and that requires me managing the keys. In particular I want to be able to add a new user (and therefore a new key), add it to servers as required (so not all users will have access to all servers), and remove keys if required too (eg someone leaves). As a starting point, I can create public/private key pairs for each user, add them manually to authorized_keys on appropriate hosts, and give each user their private keys (in PuTTY's PPK format as needed). That leaves me with several keys to manage securely, and a bit of a maintenance headache keeping track of who is authorised where. Suggestions? * Small means, in this case, 3 users, but with plans to expand. ** Various means probably a dozen (maybe twice that) VMs, hosted servers, etc, using a mixture of Debian and Ubuntu. -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) 21 Drakes Mews, Milton Keynes, MK8 0ER

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2600 meeting at 18:00 on Friday the 4th August.
by Viperfang 01 Aug '17

01 Aug '17

Quick heads up about this months Norwich 2600 meeting, more info at http://www.norwich2600.co.uk

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Re: [ALUG] connect ubuntu to MS VPN
by mark fernandes 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

Realise that article is a bit long in the tooth but I think Jonathon may be on the money wrt this https://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/02/connecting-to-a-microsoft-vpn-with-linux/ HTH, Mark

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Connecting Ubuntu to a 'Microsoft' VPN
by Paul Grenyer 21 Jul '17

21 Jul '17

Hi All I'm trying to use OpenVPN to connect to what our client tells us is a 'Microsoft' VPN. There's no certificate, just a url, username and password. All works fine from a Windows desktop, so I know the VPN is working. This is the configuration I've tried: # config.ovpn dev tun0 client proto tcp capath . remote remote.xxx.org.uk 1723 auth-user-pass pass.txt # pass.txt <username> <password> openvpn --config config.opvn gives me: Wed Jul 19 11:15:50 2017 OpenVPN 2.3.10 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [SSL (OpenSSL)] [LZO] [EPOLL] [PKCS11] [MH] [IPv6] built on Jun 22 2017 Wed Jul 19 11:15:50 2017 library versions: OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016, LZO 2.08 Wed Jul 19 11:15:50 2017 WARNING: file 'pass.txt' is group or others accessible Wed Jul 19 11:15:50 2017 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info. Wed Jul 19 11:15:50 2017 WARNING: experimental option --capath . Wed Jul 19 11:15:50 2017 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]81.138.76.148:1723 [nonblock] Wed Jul 19 11:15:51 2017 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]81.138.76.148:1723 Wed Jul 19 11:15:51 2017 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef] Wed Jul 19 11:15:51 2017 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]81.138.76.148:1723 Wed Jul 19 11:16:20 2017 Connection reset, restarting [0] Wed Jul 19 11:16:20 2017 SIGUSR1[soft,connection-reset] received, process restarting Wed Jul 19 11:16:25 2017 WARNING: No server certificate verification method has been enabled. See http://openvpn.net/howto.html#mitm for more info. Wed Jul 19 11:16:25 2017 WARNING: experimental option --capath . Wed Jul 19 11:16:25 2017 Attempting to establish TCP connection with [AF_INET]81.138.76.148:1723 [nonblock] Wed Jul 19 11:16:26 2017 TCP connection established with [AF_INET]81.138.76.148:1723 Wed Jul 19 11:16:26 2017 TCPv4_CLIENT link local: [undef] Wed Jul 19 11:16:26 2017 TCPv4_CLIENT link remote: [AF_INET]81.138.76.148:1723 And with: sudo tcpdump -i enp0s25 host remote.xxxx.org.uk at the same time, I get: tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on enp0s25, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes 15:56:05.845738 IP 192.168.1.31.50766 > remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723: Flags [S], seq 1706890924, win 29200, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 441917 ecr 0,nop,wscale 7], length 0 15:56:05.864738 IP remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723 > 192.168.1.31.50766: Flags [S.], seq 737349215, ack 1706890925, win 8192, options [mss 1402,nop,wscale 8,sackOK,TS val 792826942 ecr 441917], length 0 15:56:05.864773 IP 192.168.1.31.50766 > remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723: Flags [.], ack 1, win 229, options [nop,nop,TS val 441922 ecr 792826942], length 0 15:56:06.845981 IP 192.168.1.31.50766 > remote.wlma.org.uk.1723: Flags [P.], seq 1:17, ack 1, win 229, options [nop,nop,TS val 442167 ecr 792826942], length 16: pptp UNEXPECTED Magic-Cookie!!(c587905e) Magic-Cookie=c587905e UNKNOWN_CTRL_MSGTYPE(62247) 15:56:06.925259 IP remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723 > 192.168.1.31.50766: Flags [.], ack 17, win 260, options [nop,nop,TS val 792828002 ecr 442167], length 0 15:56:08.932319 IP 192.168.1.31.50766 > remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723: Flags [P.], seq 17:33, ack 1, win 229, options [nop,nop,TS val 442689 ecr 792828002], length 16: pptp UNEXPECTED Magic-Cookie!!(c587905e) Magic-Cookie=c587905e UNKNOWN_CTRL_MSGTYPE(62247) 15:56:09.012049 IP remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723 > 192.168.1.31.50766: Flags [.], ack 33, win 260, options [nop,nop,TS val 792830089 ecr 442689], length 0 15:56:12.061655 IP 192.168.1.31.50766 > remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723: Flags [P.], seq 33:49, ack 1, win 229, options [nop,nop,TS val 443471 ecr 792830089], length 16: pptp UNEXPECTED Magic-Cookie!!(c587905e) Magic-Cookie=c587905e UNKNOWN_CTRL_MSGTYPE(62247) 15:56:12.130397 IP remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723 > 192.168.1.31.50766: Flags [.], ack 49, win 260, options [nop,nop,TS val 792833208 ecr 443471], length 0 15:56:20.745268 IP 192.168.1.31.50766 > remote.xxxx.org.uk.1723: Flags [P.], seq 49:65, ack 1, win 229, options [nop,nop,TS val 445642 ecr 792833208], length 16: pptp UNEXPECTED Magic-Cookie!!(c587905e) Magic-Cookie=c587905e UNKNOWN_CTRL_MSGTYPE(62247) 15:56:20.823394 IP remote.xxx.org.uk.1723 > 192.168.1.31.50766: Flags [.], ack 65, win 260, options [nop,nop,TS val 792841900 ecr 445642], length 0 I'm really not sure what I'm looking at. Can anyone guide me in the right direction? Thanks Paul

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[ALUG Announce] Monthly Social Meeting Monday 10 July
by samwise 10 Jul '17

10 Jul '17

ALUG Announce Please send announcements to Announce(a)lists.alug.org.uk Unsub, change settings via https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce ----- Hi, all, Just a quick reminder that we have our monthly IOG social meeting tonight in the upstairs rooms of the Thomas Wolsey pub on St Peters Street, Ipswich, from 20:00. If you have any photos from recent walks that you would like to share that haven't made it to Facebook etc., feel free to email me directly, and I'll put some in the slide pack. Hope to see some of you there! Many thanks, Peter. IOG Chair ----- Send discussion replies to main(a)lists.alug.org.uk (Reply-To set) Unsub, change settings via https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/announce

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