[sf-lug] Who done it? ; -) Re: updated: Re: Status of SF-LUG / Linux meeting(s) @ Noisebridge? & SF-LUG web site (mis?)information thereof

jim jim at well.com
Thu May 23 18:56:40 PDT 2019


I am the one who added the Noisebridge
item on the SF-LUG web page.


On 5/23/19 9:01 PM, Michael Paoli wrote:
>> From: jim <jim at well.com>
>> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Who done it? ; -) Re: updated: Re: Status of 
>> SF-LUG / Linux meeting(s) @ Noisebridge? & SF-LUG web site 
>> (mis?)information thereof
>> Date: Thu, 23 May 2019 12:49:58 -0400
>
>> as far as i know, i am the only person
>> who has ever edited the SF-LUG web page.
>
> Well, as I'd also edited it (at least once now?), that'd be at least
> two persons who'd edited it - at minimum - thus far.
> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2019q2/014118.html
>
> Anyway, the folks that have access to edit it, and other information,
> listed here:
> https://www.wiki.balug.org/wiki/doku.php?id=sf-lug:resources_etc
>
> And ... I was kind'a curious, and to show as "exercise", if I could
> reasonably easily determine who - or who likely - last changed the
> contents of the SF-LUG web page ... and likewise as to who first added
> the Noisebridge mention(s)/link(s) on that web page; and firstly what
> could be determined of that as a mere mortal user (not superuser, UID 0,
> "root") on that host, ... and if/where that weren't sufficient, what
> relevant data beyond that I might have of have access to (including via
> superuser, backups, etc.).
>
> "Who done it" is generally easier to determine if it's more recent,
> and/or logs and/or backups are retained longer (also including backups),
> and/or more data is logged (and potentially securely and remotely so, or
> also so).
>
>> On 5/23/19 1:42 AM, Michael Paoli wrote:
>>>> From: "Michael Paoli" <Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu>
>>>> Subject: updated: Re: [sf-lug] Status of SF-LUG / Linux meeting(s) 
>>>> @ Noisebridge? & SF-LUG web site (mis?)information thereof
>>>> Date: Wed, 22 May 2019 21:40:53 -0700
>>>
>>>> $ TZ=GMT0 stat index.php
>>>>   File: index.php
>>>>   Size: 3902            Blocks: 8          IO Block: 4096 regular file
>>>> Device: fe02h/65026d    Inode: 166014      Links: 1
>>>> Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--)  Uid: (22035/sflugwww)   Gid: 
>>>> (22035/sflugwww)
>>>> Access: 2019-05-23 04:26:15.533244867 +0000
>>>> Modify: 2016-07-18 16:18:38.521393742 +0000
>>>> Change: 2016-07-18 16:18:38.521393742 +0000
>>>>  Birth: -
>>>> $
>>>
>>> So, who made or likely made the earlier edits?
>>>
>>> $ last | tail -n 1
>>> wtmp begins Thu May  9 20:26:58 2019
>>> $ ls -ltr /var/log/wtmp*
>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp 17664 Apr 30 10:25 /var/log/wtmp.1
>>> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root utmp  8832 May 12 17:35 /var/log/wtmp
>>> $
>>>
>>> Okay, wtmp data not saved back that far (and I'm not going to bother
>>> to pull it from backups) ...
>>> $ lastlog | fgrep -v '**Never logged in**' | sort -k 9,9bnr -k 5,5Mr 
>>> -k 6,6br -k 7,7r
>>> mpaoli           pts/0    198.144.194.235  Sun May 12 17:35:25 -0700 
>>> 2019
>>> rick             pts/9    198.144.195.186  Tue Apr 30 09:57:34 -0700 
>>> 2019
>>> kdavalos         pts/3    50.1.57.152      Fri Dec 14 07:39:29 -0800 
>>> 2018
>>> jstockford       pts/9    173-13-130-174-s Thu Jul 28 21:20:37 -0700 
>>> 2016
>>> thawley          pts/8    104-244-27-45.pu Thu Jan 14 22:05:40 -0800 
>>> 2016
>>> sdubois          pts/0    c-76-103-152-134 Sun Mar  9 17:27:01 -0700 
>>> 2014
>>> grantbow         pts/8    173-8-189-243-sf Sun Apr 28 13:50:11 -0700 
>>> 2013
>>> root             ttyS0                     Tue Feb 28 23:12:31 -0800 
>>> 2012
>>> Username         Port     From             Latest
>>> $
>>> Looks like last edit was probably by jstockford ... though that may 
>>> or may
>>> not have been or included any changes related to or addition of
>>> Noisebridge bits in there.
>>> Let's see ...
>>> $ wget -q -O - 
>>> 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090702064445id_/http://www.sf-lug.org:80/' 
>>> | wc
>>>      77     594    4310
>>> $ wget -q -O - 
>>> 'https://web.archive.org/web/20090702064445id_/http://www.sf-lug.org:80/' 
>>> | fgrep -i noisebridge
>>> $ wget -q -O - 
>>> 'https://web.archive.org/web/20100305103628id_/http://www.sf-lug.org:80/' 
>>> | wc
>>>      95     770    5299
>>> $ wget -q -O - 
>>> 'https://web.archive.org/web/20100305103628id_/http://www.sf-lug.org:80/' 
>>> | fgrep -i noisebridge
>>> <li>Support the Noisebridge Linux Discussion meeting on Wednesday 
>>> evenings, from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM (or so) in the Turing classroom.</li>
>>> <li>Come to the Linux system administration certification study 
>>> group from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM in the Turing classroom at 
>>> Noisebridge.</li>
>>> Noisebridge is located at 2169 Mission Street, very near 18th 
>>> Street, in San Fraicisco. <A 
>>> href="http://www.noisebridge.net">Noisebridge</A>
>>> $
>>> ... so, though it's changed some since then, looks like Noisebridge
>>> probably first hit the SF-LUG web page in the range between
>>> approximately 2009-07-02 and 2010-03-05 ... my lastlog data - and 
>>> possibly
>>> that (virtual) host itself, probably doesn't go back (quite) that far.
>>> There might be some old backup(s)/data of predecessor host(s) ... 
>>> but I'm
>>> not going to bother checking.
>>>
>>> Looking over some log history
>>> file:/var/local/log/log
>>> 2015-08-20 Michael Paoli
>>> qemu-kvm balug host on physical host vicki found to be down or 
>>> inaccessible,
>>> likewise for physical host vicki (presumably physical host disconnected
>>> from network and/or power at colo or removed from colo)
>>>
>>> 2015-08-22 Michael Paoli
>>> Completed restoration of backup to newly created balug qemu-kvm VM 
>>> residing
>>> atop a different physical host, reconfigured network and DNS for new 
>>> IPv4
>>> location.
>>> applied stable security/critical/important bug fix update(s):
>>>
>>> So ... any (earlier) details on that would've been on the (prior) 
>>> sflug VM,
>>> as once colo stuff was "lost" (network disconnected), the SF-LUG 
>>> relevant
>>> stuff was restored onto a new balug VM.  Ye olde sflug VM is (probably)
>>> still on vicki and/or I might have old backup copy(/ies) of it ... but
>>> not gonna check at present.
>
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