The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, November 13. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: Build an IP Captive Portal from Scratch (For Fun and Education, but Not for Profit) Love 'em or hate 'em, captive portals are widely used to restrict Internet access to authorized users. What if you need to set one up, but all the "canned" solutions aren't quite right for your use case? This presentation by Gilbert Detillieux will show you the various components that make up a captive portal, and how you can set one up from scratch, using Linux Netfilter/iptables, the Apache web server, ISC DHCPD and BIND, and some custom back-end scripting. RTFM: date The lowly date(1) command has been a fixture of UNIX systems from the very early days. Yet there may be features in this command that would surprise you. Adam Thompson will present this RTFM. The group holds its 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 new meeting location for this month: *Room 1M28* Manitoba Hall, University of Winnipeg, entrance on Ellice Ave. between Spence and Balmoral St. Parking is available on the surrounding streets and in the lots on nearby streets. Look for signage once you're at the building, or ask a security guard. ******************************************************************* For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their web server: https://muug.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: https://muug.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Manitoba UNIX User Group E-mail: <gedetil@muug.ca> c/o Gilbert E. Detillieux Web: http://muug.ca/ University of Manitoba Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R3T 2N2 Fax: (204)474-7609