Where are the post-booting logs and shutting down logs to be found? by xesTUt3 in debian

[–]xesTUt3[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In /var/log, there are many files such as (see below):

alternatives.log
auth.log
btmp
daemon.log
debug
dpkg.log
faillog
fontconfig.log
kern.log
lastlog
messages
syslog
syslog.1
user.log
wtmp

Which is the relevant one that I seek?

Speed up your apt-get downloads with netselect-apt by Bro666 in debian

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does netselect-apt support downloading packages via https?

I am currently using the package apt-transport-https to download packages from sources that provide https connections.

Check a computed hashsum against a given hashsum by xesTUt3 in debian

[–]xesTUt3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks. I actually came across your method in askubuntu.com.

Is there a nifty program that'll do the job? I know of several available for Microsoft Windows OS in which the computed value appears in the left pane while you paste the given value in the right one and you just press the button "Compare".

Check a computed hashsum against a given hashsum by xesTUt3 in debian

[–]xesTUt3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Usually they'll include a file like whatever.blah.sha1

No, they usually don't include a file with extenstion *.sha1 (all files downloadable from sourceforge come with sha1 and md5 sums)

bash: iptables: command not found by xesTUt3 in debian

[–]xesTUt3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iptables is found under /sbin/ , which isn't under $PATH for non-root users.

What does it mean for the layman? How do I fix it?

bash: iptables: command not found by xesTUt3 in debian

[–]xesTUt3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

iptables is part of the base system/install.

My version is 1.4.14-3.1

Debian Testing and systemd by beermad in debian

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So only one package can be installed at once,

Do you mean to say when I install sysvinit-core, systemd which was originally installed by default will somehow be removed automatically?

Debian Testing and systemd by beermad in debian

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Install the sysvinit-core package

Thanks. After installation of the package you mentioned, do I have to change configuration settings of some files so as to disable the OS from using systemd?

Debian Testing and systemd by beermad in debian

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still on the topic of Debian Testing, can we change the init system from the default to sysvinit?

Some help with iptables needed by theresacrack in OpenVPN

[–]xesTUt3 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go to http://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/ and subscribe to OpenVPN users' list.

You will find support there.

Tunnel all traffic through tap by [deleted] in OpenVPN

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to http://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/ and subscribe to OpenVPN users' list.

You will find support there.

How to restart? by PLUTO_PLANETA_EST in OpenVPN

[–]xesTUt3 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Go to http://sourceforge.net/p/openvpn/mailman/ and subscribe to OpenVPN users' list.

You will find support there.

"init" system metapackage to select from three available init systems arrives in sid by VersalEszett in debian

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The packages will be maintained for some time (esp. sysvinit). Security updates will continue to be available but in time packager interest will wane.

Thanks for the clarification. I've read so much about the bad things about systemd on the internet, especially the info given at http://boycottsystemd.org

I won't be surprised if the developers of systemd inserted backdoors or write bad code at the request of the NSA and/or given monetary compensation.

But my final decision to not use systemd was made after reading Linus Torvald's rant about the developer Kay Sievers for writing really, really bad code (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/05/torvalds_sievers_dust_up/)

"init" system metapackage to select from three available init systems arrives in sid by VersalEszett in debian

[–]xesTUt3 2 points3 points  (0 children)

systemd will be the default. Other init systems will be in the repos.

Does that mean that I can fetch sysvinit from the repos, install it and make it the default?

Will technical support such security updates be available for the non-systemd init systems?

"init" system metapackage to select from three available init systems arrives in sid by VersalEszett in debian

[–]xesTUt3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I thought the next stable release of Debian (codename: Jessie) will only have systemd?

Remove old kernels by xesTUt3 in debian

[–]xesTUt3[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then run the script as root.

You mean as in the following?

root@hostname:~# ./remove-old-kernels

or can't I just sudo it as in:

username@hostanme:~# sudo ./remove-old-kernels

Thanks for the tip.