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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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[ALUG Announce] ALUG Norwich Pub Meet Thursday 13th July
by Viperfang 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 ----- Hello Norwich Aluggers, Our monthly ALUG Norwich social meeting will be held this Thursday, 13th July 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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2600 meeting at 18:00 on Friday the 7th July.
by Viperfang 05 Jul '17

05 Jul '17

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

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Linux with Gnome-2?
by Ted Harding 04 Jul '17

04 Jul '17

Greetings all! As I posted a few days ago, I shall want to install Linux on a new laptop. For years I have been using Gnome 2, since in particular it provides for a row of "workspace" icons at the bottom of the screen. I use 20 of these, since much of the work I do involves switching between different workspaces in which different jobs are going on in parallel (and each could itself use up two or more workspaces). A screengrab of what the screen looks like before I start anything up is at: http://www.zen89632.zen.co.uk/Misc/gnome2-debian-desktop.jpg The 20 workspace icons are at bottom right, and switching between them is easy -- mouse-click, or "Ctrl-Alt-RightArrow" or "Ctrl-Alt-LeftArrow". This does not seem to be available on Gnome 3. So can anyone point me to installation resources for a Linux distribution which has Gbome 2? Scientific Linux: https://www.scientificlinux.org/ used to have Gnome 2 for some time after Gnome 3 came out, but it seems that it now only has Gnome 3 (though I haven't found definite confirmation of this on the SciLin website). Any relevant info anf help will be much appreciated! Thanks, and best wishes to all, Ted.

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Linux with Gnome-2?
by Barry Broom 27 Jun '17

27 Jun '17

Hi Ted, This is my first time posting so I hope it gets through. In Gnome 3 based distributions (Ubuntu/Debian/Fedora etc) you can switch workspaces by going to the Activities screen and using the scroll wheel on the mouse or by clicking on the right pane. Alternatively you can press Super+Page Up (or Super+Page Down) on the keyboard to cycle through your workspaces. If you are using a PC the 'super' key is the Windows key. Barry

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Re: [ALUG] Linux with Gnome-2?
by Mick 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

But crucially, with the Mate desktop. (Please forgive the top post. I'm using a mobile mail client. On my hols. )On 26 Jun 2017 20:18, Bev Nicolson <lumos(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > Ah. Well the answer I got a while back was this, Ted: > > https://www.linuxmint.com/ > > I'll have to dive in one day. > > Bev > > > On 26/06/17 18:56, Ted Harding wrote: > > So can anyone point me to installation resources for a > > Linux distribution which has Gbome 2? > > > > Scientific Linux: > > https://www.scientificlinux.org/ > > used to have Gnome 2 for some time after Gnome 3 came out, > > but it seems that it now only has Gnome 3 (though I haven't > > found definite confirmation of this on the SciLin website). > > > > Any relevant info anf help will be much appreciated! > > Thanks, and best wishes to all, > > Ted. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > > http://www.alug.org.uk/ > > https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above! > > > > > _______________________________________________ > main(a)lists.alug.org.uk > http://www.alug.org.uk/ > https://lists.alug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/main > Unsubscribe? See message headers or the web site above!

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Re: [ALUG] MS Office file formats
by mark fernandes 14 Jun '17

14 Jun '17

Hi, I'm assuming that you mean Office 365. Have just been working on a doc for work and saved it to my dropbox and remembered your query. Properties says \ Word 2007 (.docx) HTH, Mark Fernandes

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