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Choosing server software
by Mike Pfaiffer 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

I'm volunteering with a non-for-profit group. Part of the mandate is to provide local internet services to a particular part of town. Apparently all the agreements are in place and the papers signed. I've been asked to extend the range of an existing public access service as well as provide replacement web space for half a dozen groups/clubs. The hardware is older PC hardware donated to one of the groups. I'm not sure exactly what they have (neither are they) so I'm going to assume I have to put things together from scratch. Old hardware is more available than money. I'm looking for a couple of easy to install and maintain packages. Specifically free router software and free web server software. If it can be set up in an afternoon it would be handy. At the moment I'm concentrating on the router software. I've been to Sourceforge and Freshmeat and found half a dozen. The group in charge want wireless in the new location. I'm not sure some of the older packages can handle wireless cards. Since the building they have to house the machines is quite long I figured one at either end connected via a wired router in the middle would be a good idea. I haven't set up dedicated servers like this before. Yes the people in charge know this and still want me to figure it out. I'd figure something still being maintained would be better than something which hasn't seen an update since 2000. I'd also guess OpenBSD would be preferred over Linux (or Windows). What are people using for this sort of thing? Later Mike

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Record MUUG tnite?
by Montana Quiring 10 Sep '08

10 Sep '08

I am very interested in the topic for tnites presentation.but I am unable to make it. If the presenter doesn't mind and someone has the tech (Sansa, Nokia IT, etc), could someone record it and send it to me, please? -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana

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Re: [RndTbl] Request Tracker
by Montana Quiring 09 Sep '08

09 Sep '08

I figure out the problem. even though I had copied my rt3 install to /var/www/html from /opt (even though it seemed to want me to put it on opt) it was still using files from /opt/rt3 my httpd.conf points to /var/www/html/rt3 but for some reason it's looking for the files in /opt/rt3 *shrug* must be a setting somewhere that I missed. thanks for the help Adam. -Montana On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 6:49 PM, Adam Thompson <athompso(a)athompso.net> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Montana Quiring <montanaq(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Thanks for the info! >> Unfortunately it's still not updating: >> http://www.nabble.com/Changes-to-HTML-files-not-showing.-to19380612.html > > Huh. So: > - you've turned on $DevMode > - you've created the mirror "local" directory tree > - you've edited BOTH sets of templates > - you've reset the Mason cache > - you've restarted apache > > ...and still your changes aren't appearing??? WTF? > > Stupid question, but... do you have locate(1) (or slocate(1)) configured on > this web server? If so (and its database is current), try running locate > against the basename of the file you changed. Make sure apache isn't > already reverse-proxying something. ****Make sure your local browser cache > is empty!**** In fact, have you *tried* testing from a different browser on > a different system? If not, try it from home, or someone else's PC, or... > whatever, just eliminate that as a potential source of problems. (If you're > using IE and you haven't altered the caching settings, then this *WILL* be > your problem, as IE can't use the last-modified timestamps that RT (or > mason, not sure) generates.) > > -Adam > > -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana

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Request Tracker
by Montana Quiring 08 Sep '08

08 Sep '08

Hello, So far Request Tracker is working out well. Thanks for the suggestion/help. I would like to simplify the "Create a new ticket" page, so I've tried editing this file: share/html/Ticket/Create.html unfortunatly it seems to make no difference, and the page never changes when I view it in a web browser. Is this a Apache, or FastCGI caching problem? Suggestions, please? -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana

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Sun Unix Person
by John Lange 04 Sep '08

04 Sep '08

If anyone knows of a SUN Solarus resource that is available for contract work can you please ask them to contact me? Thanks. -- John Lange 204 975 7113 www.johnlange.ca

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Re: [RndTbl] Request Tracker
by Montana Quiring 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

Thanks for the suggestions Sean. It helped me to eventually figure out the problem.... the username and group settings were too far down in the httpd.conf file once I moved it up to the top, it was fine. now to configure RT. ya! -Montana On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:23 AM, Sean Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> wrote: > Do you have a FastCgiIpcDir directive in httpd.conf? Can the webserver's > UID/group write to it? > Sean > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 7:03 AM, Montana Quiring <montanaq(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> If someone could throw me a bone, I would really appreciate it. >> I think I am very close to having Request Tracker running (it told me >> so). It said I just needed to finish setting up my web server. >> I followed some on-line instructions and now when I go my RT URL I get >> this web page: >> 500 Internal Error >> Internal Server Error >> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was >> unable to complete your request. >> Please contact the server administrator, root and inform them of the >> time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may >> have caused the error. >> More information about this error may be available in the server error >> log. >> <---SNIP----> >> >> The tail end of my apache error log says this: >> [Wed Sep 03 06:45:53 2008] [alert] [client 207.161.57.35] >> (13)Permission denied: FastCGI: failed to connect to (dynamic) server >> "/opt/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi": something is seriously wrong, any >> chance the socket/named_pipe directory was removed?, see the >> FastCgiIpcDir directive >> [Wed Sep 03 06:45:53 2008] [error] [client 207.161.57.35] FastCGI: >> incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server >> "/opt/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi" >> <-------SNIP-----> >> >> any suggestions? >> -- >> -Montana >> >> My Netvibes page: >> http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana >> _______________________________________________ >> Roundtable mailing list >> Roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca >> http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable > > > > -- > Sean Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://ertw.com/ > -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana

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Request Tracker
by Montana Quiring 03 Sep '08

03 Sep '08

Hello, If someone could throw me a bone, I would really appreciate it. I think I am very close to having Request Tracker running (it told me so). It said I just needed to finish setting up my web server. I followed some on-line instructions and now when I go my RT URL I get this web page: 500 Internal Error Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, root and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. More information about this error may be available in the server error log. <---SNIP----> The tail end of my apache error log says this: [Wed Sep 03 06:45:53 2008] [alert] [client 207.161.57.35] (13)Permission denied: FastCGI: failed to connect to (dynamic) server "/opt/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi": something is seriously wrong, any chance the socket/named_pipe directory was removed?, see the FastCgiIpcDir directive [Wed Sep 03 06:45:53 2008] [error] [client 207.161.57.35] FastCGI: incomplete headers (0 bytes) received from server "/opt/rt3/bin/mason_handler.fcgi" <-------SNIP-----> any suggestions? -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana

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MUUG Meeting, Sept 9, 7:30pm -- Advanced Usage of OpenSSH
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 02 Sep '08

02 Sep '08

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 9. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Advanced Usage of OpenSSH In many ways, SSH has become the ubiquitous tool for using remote shells. It is that, and a lot more. Over the years, SSH (and specifically OpenSSH) has blossomed into a networking and security Swiss-army knife. When used properly, SSH is a powerful tool which can solve some surprisingly difficult problems in very simple and elegant ways. It can also be used as a tool to give you some peace of mind when working in hostile, administratively constrained or seemingly closed networks. In this presentation by Sean Cody, the goal will be to show you a few tips, tricks and secure practices using some lesser known OpenSSH features, as well as some defences against (or at least some awareness of) some of the more clever uses of OpenSSH. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $3.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Open Source Trouble Ticket System?
by Montana Quiring 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

Hello, Can I get some recommendations for some open source trouble-ticket (web based) software, please? -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana

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Re: [RndTbl] Open Source Trouble Ticket System?
by Theodore Baschak 27 Aug '08

27 Aug '08

I've found that the ticket system built into trac (http://trac.edgewall.org I think) is quite nice as well, and doesn't require a double phd in theoretical physics and neurobiology to setup. Its quite customizable too. Theodore ------Original Message------ From: Montana Quiring Sender: To: MUUG Roundtable Sent: Aug 27, 2008 6:44 AM Subject: [RndTbl] Open Source Trouble Ticket System? Hello, Can I get some recommendations for some open source trouble-ticket (web based) software, please? -- -Montana My Netvibes page: http://www.netvibes.com/antikx#About_Montana _______________________________________________ Roundtable mailing list Roundtable(a)muug.mb.ca http://www.muug.mb.ca/mailman/listinfo/roundtable

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