[sf-lug] Volunteers to actually update the web page? ...

[Michael Paoli]

Elise,

Your account was created years ago.
I've (re)set your password.
I'll text that to you separately, shortly after sending this email,
expect that to be coming from my personal mobile: 1-510-705-2606

Note that upon initial login you'll be forced to change your password
(security best practices - that way not even I will have been exposed to your
new password, nor will any bits about it have been transmitted such that
any service provider may access any of the clear text for such)
also that initial temporary password will expire in bit over 30 days,
so if you've not logged in and changed it by then, the account will lock.

Your login is still the same: elise01

Host, the canonical name for the (VM) host is:
balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org
That's the DNS name one should use to login to the host via ssh
and that name will continue to track the relevant host for the SF-LUG
web content, and regardless of where various SF-LUG and other LUG,
etc. resources might happen to be located or relocated to.

sudo -l will give you the most relevant information about how to gain access
to be able to edit the relevant web page(s), etc.
As for where they're located:
/var/www/www.sf-lug.org/
If there are questions about the Apache configuration,
almost all of that is world readable (in general, all but the private keys).
Apache configuration may be found under /etc/apache2/
and yes, that configuration is fairly complex - it does virtual name hosting
for many LUGs and other resources, etc.

references/excerpts:
On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 2:20 AM Elise Scher <elise.scher01 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Name:
> Preferred login:
> Preferred email address:

> On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 1:41 AM Elise Scher <elise.scher01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Dec 2, 2024 at 12:50 AM Michael Paoli <michael.paoli at berkeley.edu> wrote:
>>> Ronald, Elsie, and anyone else so interested, thanks ...
>>> Well, if y'all are volunteering :-)
>>> Please email me (not the list),
>>> so I can create the account(s) (and have contact info. for you if ever things go
>>> sideways or whatever, and does go in the /etc/passwd file, but not exactly a
>>> whole lot 'o folks logging in that could even look at that)
>>> Name: (at least first and last):
>>> Preferred login name and optionally an alternate or two (in case of
>>> collisions or whatever,
>>> should generally be 3 to 8 characters, first lowercase alpha,
>>> remainder lowercase alpha and/or decimal digits):
>>> email address (and optionally also alternate(s)):
>>> phone number(s) (at least one, optionally additional
>>> alternates, also good to indicate which can accept text messages):
>>> And that's then generally enough info for me to get your account and
>>> access set up,
>>> and get initial password reasonably securely to you (I typically split
>>> over at least two delivery
>>> means, and also provide you the information on how to combine those to
>>> reconstruct the
>>> actual initial password).  If you have PGP/gpg public key I can
>>> encrypt to that you can
>>> decrypt from - you could also let me know the relevant on that, and I
>>> could do it that way.
>>> And if I then get your account(s) created on there, then hopefully you'll
>>> actually do at least some of the relevant volunteer stuff (alas, some
>>> have gotten
>>> accounts and not even bothered to ever login).
>>> What updates?  Up to y'all (may want to discuss
>>> on list), but e.g. maybe start with the bit Aaron
>>> seems to point out about monthly about the
>>> (excessive?) browser requirements stated for
>>> meet.jit.si, and that Rick has also commented on.
>>> (okay, so lynx and w3m ain't gonna do it, but ...)
>>> And the actual host source for the home page
>>> for the SF-LUG web site is PHP, not (pure) HTML,
>>> so you won't see the literal source via http[s],
>>> but it's mostly HTML text, the PHP bit is mostly if not
>>> entirely quite trivial - was done many moons ago by,
>>> I believe Jim Stockford, and really only serves
>>> to keep (approximately?) current the date of the next
>>> SF-LUG meeting.  And I believe his intent was to
>>> replace that with a cron driven updating of a
>>> static HTML web page, but he's yet to get around
>>> to doing that, and one other person likewise
>>> volunteered to do that, but also has made no
>>> actual progress on that (no, they didn't run off
>>> to join the French Foreign Legion ... but I believe did
>>> leave the US, renounce their US citizenship,
>>> and will be or are a combat medic in Ukraine -
>>> so likewise I don't think they're going to get around
>>> to converting that PHP to a cron job anytime soon either).
>>> Guidance?  Well, can ask the list.  :-) 240^W238 folks there,
>>> ought be some folks that know, etc.
>>> (and no, I am not your personal free private tutor, see also:
>>> http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#noprivate)
>>> In addition to that:
>>> ssh: https://www.mpaoli.net/~michael/unix/ssh/
>>> vi: https://www.mpaoli.net/~michael/unix/vi/
>>> *nix permissions: https://www.mpaoli.net/~michael/unix/permissions
>>> And of course there's tons of information, and including also
>>> definitive references,
>>> and likewise man pages on the host, on relevant commands, e.g.
>>> sudo, su, sudoedit, cat, cp, chmod, mv, rm, etc.
>>> sudo -l
>>> may be a particularly useful and informative place to start,
>>> at least once logged in.
>>> (more) references/excerpts:
>>> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2024q4/016066.html
>>> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2024q4/016068.html
>>> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2024q3/016038.html
>>> https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7262873978250125313/
>>> (alas, that requires at least a login to view there)
>>> http://linuxmafia.com/pipermail/sf-lug/2024q4/016071.html
>>> >> From: Ronald Barnes <ron at ronaldbarnes.ca>
>>> >> To: sf-lug at linuxmafia.com
>>> >> Subject: Re: [sf-lug] Volunteers to actually update the web page? ...
>>> >> Michael Paoli wrote on 2024-11-26 12:51:
>>> >> > At last count, 240 members:
>>> >> > Maybe someone(s) would want to volunteer to edit the web page.
>>> >> What kind of editing needs to be done to the web site?
>>> >> I just had a look at the source, looks easy enough.
>>> >> I can do it if none of the more active members step up (depending on
>>> >> what kind of edits are needed - a rewrite vs some relatively minor updates).
>>> On Sat, Nov 30, 2024 at 1:21 AM Elise Scher <elise.scher01 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I’d do minor updates. But i would need guidance. I am just getting back into coding. I was what is now called a software engineer for 16 years or so, on legacy systems. But I became a teacher. I did other jobs too. And a bit of volunteering.
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 4:02 AM Michael Paoli
<Michael.Paoli at cal.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> Elise,
> Thanks, no problem, take care of yourself.
> The account will lock its password a bit over 4 weeks after
> the account had been created and I'd emailed initial temporary
> password to you - at least if the password still hasn't been
> changed by then:
> # hostname; TZ=US/Pacific at -l
> balug-sf-lug-v2.balug.org
> 31      Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 2020 a root
> # at -c 31 | tail -n 4
> grep '^elise01:[^:]*:0:' /etc/shadow >>/dev/null 2>&1 &&
> usermod -p '!' elise01
> :
> #
> Anyway, can always pick up on it again later when you're ready to
> proceed.  Just ask then, and I can set a new temporary password and get
> that to you, and then you can login and change it, and we can then
> proceed from there at that time.
> > From: "Elise Scher" <elise.scher01 at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [sf-lug] Volunteering
> > Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 13:46:53 -0700
> >      I think I better not volunteer to help with the website at this time.
> > Sorry,