[sf-lug] sf-lug Digest, Vol 117, Issue 11

Bobbie Sellers bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com
Mon Feb 8 07:35:58 PST 2016



On 02/07/2016 11:10 PM, Ron Wellman wrote:
> Thanks Bobbie for offering to burn a disk of 64 bit Ubuntu Server if 
> that turns out to be available. If it does and you get it done, is 
> there any chance I could arrange to pick it up before next Saturday 
> when Jim and I will be meeting to try to move this project along to 
> whatever the next hiccup will be. Ron

     Jim intended to pick it up from me today.  I downloaded it, did the 
checksum
and wrote the iso to disk as soon as I got my notebook setup at home.
     If you want a second copy let me know by e-mail asap.

     bliss
>
> On Sun, Feb 7, 2016 at 11:03 PM, <sf-lug-request at linuxmafia.com 
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>     Today's Topics:
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>        1. Re: request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure (jim)
>        2. Meeting notes from Sunday 7 February 2016 (Bobbie Sellers)
>        3. Re: 'buntu ... problems that may relate to the media ...
>           14.10 LTS server ... (Michael Paoli)
>        4. Re: request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure (Michael
>     Paoli)
>        5. Re: request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure (jim)
>        6. Re: request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure (Ron Wellman)
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>     Message: 1
>     Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 00:28:47 +0000
>     From: jim <jim at well.com <mailto:jim at well.com>>
>     To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com <mailto:sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
>     Subject: Re: [sf-lug] request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure
>     Message-ID: <56B7E13F.3090700 at well.com
>     <mailto:56B7E13F.3090700 at well.com>>
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>     On 02/06/2016 08:27 PM, jim wrote:
>     > Problem : we cannot use ssh to log in on a newly installed
>     > Ubuntu host.
>     >     SEE EARLIER MESSAGE FOR DETAILS
>     >     sent 20160206:20:27
>
>     > I've been successfullying installing server-oriented
>     > Linux systems since about 2006. My behavior today is
>     > no different from my behavior then, but in the last
>     > year I've not been able to get host software on Ubuntu
>     > systems to work with internet connectivity.
>     >
>     > I wonder about recent changes in the OS:
>     > * systemd
>     > * IPv6 (thanks for the tip about this, Bobbie)
>     >
>     > There may be other improvements to Linux networking
>     > of which I'm not aware.
>     >
>     > I believe that sshd sees inbound traffic on TCP port 22
>     > and passes initial session requests to the  login program,
>     > which does its thing and returns True or False to  sshd
>     > which either launches whatever shell program is specified
>     > in the seventh field of the users passwd record  OR passes
>     > an error message from login to the user and terminates the
>     > connection (allowing multiple tries based on a directive
>     > in /etc/ssh/sshe_config ). Is that correct??
>     >
>     > Michael suggests booting from a live CD to see if the host
>     > behavior is the same or different. We'll do so and report.
>     >
>     > We're also considering wiping the host drive and installing
>     > some other OS such as an Ubuntu server-specific build,
>     > should there be such, or an older Ubuntu server, or a
>     > RedHat type OS such as Scientific Linux.
>     > Should we do this successfully, we'll then be wondering
>     > about config files and drivers and kernel versions and
>     > libraries.
>
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>     Message: 2
>     Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 16:44:34 -0800
>     From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com
>     <mailto:bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>>
>     To: SF-LUG <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com <mailto:sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>>
>     Subject: [sf-lug] Meeting notes from Sunday 7 February 2016
>     Message-ID: <56B7E4F2.3070209 at dslextreme.com
>     <mailto:56B7E4F2.3070209 at dslextreme.com>>
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>     Hi LUGers,
>
>              10:40 AM arrived at the Cafe, preceded by Ron
>     Wellman.  This was a smallish meeting but seemed
>     quite active.
>
>          Ron and I had a nice talk for about 15-20 minutes as
>          I set up the notebook, without real problems.
>          I have to say that one of the distros I had tried out
>     last week had shut off my WiFi card.
>          Thanks to Maestro showing me about the 'rfkil"
>     command I was able to get it working immediately
>     on reboot.
>
>          Gave Ron, Maestro who showed up next, and Jim
>     Stockford who showed up about Noon, copies
>     of the Knoppix 7.6.1 release.
>
>          It seems that Ron and Jim are trying to set up a
>     'buntu server with some problems that may relate to
>     the media so I will be downloading the 14.10 LTS server
>     for them.
>
>          Michael came in next.  Still very happy with his
>     Slackware installation.  We talked a lot about memorable
>     moments such as the death of Stalin and a few others.
>
>          Ron spent a lot of time reading the magazines I
>     dragged along. Ron left shortly after Jim arrived
>
>          I also gave Jim a copy of Scientific Linux
>     2016.1-7.2-x86_64-02-02 .
>
>          I had an unmarked DVD along and tried to boot it up
>     to discover its contents,  It was a copy of Kali 2.0 x86_64
>     but it would not boot from either the uefi or the plain
>     DVD drive,  so I over-wrote it and then was able to get
>     it to boot from plain DVD drive.  Sadly this is more than
>     ever a distribution for the highly skilled user apparently
>     for those happy to configure a WiFi connection from a
>     terminal.  Since I could not get it online I did not try
>     anything else such as the IceWeasel browser.
>
>          I believe Maestro was having some configuration
>     problems and Jim helped him with that from about 12:30
>     until about 01:15 PM and then we adjourned.
>           Jim gave me a ride back to my place.
>
>          If anyone else attending that meeting or otherwise
>     aware of the issues discussed has emendation or
>     additions please post them ASAP so that misconceptions
>     may be be quashed before they have a chance to sink
>     in,
>
>          Bobbie Sellers
>
>
>
>
>
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>     Message: 3
>     Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 17:55:33 -0800
>     From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
>     <mailto:Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>>
>     To: SF-LUG <sf-lug at linuxmafia.com <mailto:sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>>
>     Subject: Re: [sf-lug] 'buntu ... problems that may relate to the media
>             ...     14.10 LTS       server ...
>     Message-ID: <20160207175533.15692cfdknmilu3o at webmail.rawbw.com
>     <mailto:20160207175533.15692cfdknmilu3o at webmail.rawbw.com>>
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>     'buntu does offer the files to be able to validate if one has good
>     copy of the download, or not.  'buntu doesn't offer jigdo downloads
>     for most of
>     their flavors (or spins or whatever they call 'em), but they do
>     offer jigdo
>     downloads for Ubuntu server, and they also offer zsync.  So, if one
>     has a copy that's
>     not quite 100% correct, or slightly older version of otherwise same,
>     jigdo or zsync
>     can be a much faster and more efficient way to get caught up to
>     the desired
>     target image - as opposed to downloading all the bits from scratch.
>     14.10?  Not sure why one would presently want that.  It's not LTS,
>     nor is it the most current non-LTS.
>
>     references/excerpts:
>     http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.3/
>     zsync(1)
>     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigdo
>     etc.
>
>     > From: "Bobbie Sellers" <bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com
>     <mailto:bliss-sf4ever at dslextreme.com>>
>     > Subject: [sf-lug] Meeting notes from Sunday 7 February 2016
>     > Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 16:44:34 -0800
>
>     >     It seems that Ron and Jim are trying to set up a
>     > 'buntu server with some problems that may relate to
>     > the media so I will be downloading the 14.10 LTS server
>     > for them.
>
>
>
>
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>     Message: 4
>     Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:03:18 -0800
>     From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
>     <mailto:Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>>
>     To: "Jim Stockford" <jim at well.com <mailto:jim at well.com>>
>     Cc: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com <mailto:sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
>     Subject: Re: [sf-lug] request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure
>     Message-ID: <20160207180318.38221kwovy4b3r6s at webmail.rawbw.com
>     <mailto:20160207180318.38221kwovy4b3r6s at webmail.rawbw.com>>
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>     > From: jim <jim at well.com <mailto:jim at well.com>>
>     > Subject: Re: [sf-lug] request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure
>     > Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 00:28:47 +0000
>
>     >> We're also considering wiping the host drive and installing
>     >> some other OS such as an Ubuntu server-specific build,
>     >> should there be such, or an older Ubuntu server, or a
>     >> RedHat type OS such as Scientific Linux.
>
>     Uhm, ... would't that be like tossin' the baby out with the
>     bathwater ...
>     and the bathroom, and the house, and replacing it all with a condo
>     from some
>     other builder, just because the bathroom sink was clogged. That might
>     "resolve" (totally skip around) the issue, and result in a
>     bathroom sink
>     that drains - or being able to ssh into the host, ... but then one
>     hasn't
>     exactly learned how to troubleshoot, isolate, and correct the issue.
>
>
>
>
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>     Message: 5
>     Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 02:31:04 +0000
>     From: jim <jim at well.com <mailto:jim at well.com>>
>     To: Michael Paoli <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu
>     <mailto:Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>>
>     Cc: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com <mailto:sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
>     Subject: Re: [sf-lug] request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure
>     Message-ID: <56B7FDE8.5050603 at well.com
>     <mailto:56B7FDE8.5050603 at well.com>>
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>
>          Absolutely right, of course.
>          We're considering throwing the baby, bath-water,
>     bath tub, sink and the rest of the house 'cause
>     it's easy.
>          Our thinking is that a distro represents a
>     particular build, which is guided by particular
>     policies and implemented by particular humans. If
>     we move into a RedHat type house and succeed with
>     what we want, maybe we'll just settle in. We can
>     always build another Ubuntu house and try to see
>     what are the significant differences between the
>     two. We can even run them side by side.
>          At this point, everything is wide open for us.
>     Ultimately we want to run an Ubuntu server platform.
>     We're not going to abandon ship yet. We have lots
>     of things to investigate, thanks lots to you.
>
>
>
>     On 02/08/2016 02:03 AM, Michael Paoli wrote:
>     >> From: jim <jim at well.com <mailto:jim at well.com>>
>     >> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure
>     >> Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2016 00:28:47 +0000
>     >
>     >>> We're also considering wiping the host drive and installing
>     >>> some other OS such as an Ubuntu server-specific build,
>     >>> should there be such, or an older Ubuntu server, or a
>     >>> RedHat type OS such as Scientific Linux.
>     >
>     > Uhm, ... would't that be like tossin' the baby out with the
>     bathwater ...
>     > and the bathroom, and the house, and replacing it all with a condo
>     > from some
>     > other builder, just because the bathroom sink was clogged.  That
>     might
>     > "resolve" (totally skip around) the issue, and result in a
>     bathroom sink
>     > that drains - or being able to ssh into the host, ... but then
>     one hasn't
>     > exactly learned how to troubleshoot, isolate, and correct the issue.
>     >
>     >
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>     Message: 6
>     Date: Sun, 7 Feb 2016 23:02:58 -0800
>     From: Ron Wellman <wellmanron at gmail.com <mailto:wellmanron at gmail.com>>
>     To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com <mailto:sf-lug at linuxmafia.com>
>     Subject: Re: [sf-lug] request for help re ssh -- sshd login failure
>     Message-ID:
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>     <CAH_p_2ogvOM8Q+jwRMyWXNiJLR=LCuUY0Z4uneOmoOiqx1YSWQ at mail.gmail.com <mailto:LCuUY0Z4uneOmoOiqx1YSWQ at mail.gmail.com>>
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>     Asheesh and Michael,
>
>     It was failing rkght after the Ubuntu installation was completed.
>     Changing
>     the permissions to 777 were a hail mary pass way of attempting to
>     get past
>     the refusal. We both knew it was a bad idea, but it was an attempt
>     which we
>     will correct. The laptop is powered down and not connected to the
>     internet
>     even by a cable. Thanks for your suggestions.
>
>     Ron
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