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: Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:08:33 -0500
The Lug Digest
Volume 1 : Issue 359 : "text" Format
Messages in this Issue:
201601/10 : Re: NCSU Linux User Group // Planning Meeting 1/26/2015 @ EB2
3001 7:00 P.M.
Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
201601/11 : Short Scheduled Downtime
Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
201601/12 : LUG @ NC State Meeting: February 2 (2/2/16) -- Introduction to Linux
Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
201602/1 : Re: LUG @ NC State Meeting: February 2 (2/2/16) -- Introduction to Linux
Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
201602/2 : Short Update (Important, Please Read)
Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
201602/3 : Re: Short Update (Important, Please Read)
Antonious Iskander <amiskand@ncsu.[redacted]>
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2016 11:42:23 -0500
From: Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Re: NCSU Linux User Group // Planning Meeting 1/26/2015 @ EB2
3001 7:00 P.M.
Message-ID: <CANhSzx0L6prkSQLhYAjt2k6pNm+yvc+0ro1h2c2A_fEzcsLBDg@mail.gmail.[redacted]>
Hello everyone,
*Tonight* we will be holding the official, real-deal *planning meeting* for
this semester's Linux User Group.
Location will be *Engineering Building II, Room 3001*, on NC State's
Centennial Campus.
Meeting will run from *7:00 -- 8:00 P.M.*
Items on the agenda are:
-- State of the LUG
-- Meeting logistics, topics, speakers and locales
-- Officer elections
I hope to see you there! Don't be □ !
There may be free food!
Only way to find out is to come *>:)*
On Mon, Jan 25, 2016 at 9:08 PM, Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> *Tomorrow night* we will be holding the official, real-deal *planning
> meeting* for this semester's Linux User Group.
>
> Location will be *Engineering Building II, Room 3001*, on NC State's
> Centennial Campus.
> Meeting will run from *7:00 -- 8:00 P.M.*
>
> Items on the agenda are:
> -- State of the LUG
> -- Meeting logistics, topics, speakers and locales
> -- Officer elections
>
> I hope to see you there! Don't be □ !
>
> --
> Quentin Young
> Vice President, LUG @ NC State
>
--
Quentin Young
Vice President, LUG @ NC State
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 12:45:51 -0500
From: Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Short Scheduled Downtime
Message-ID: <CANhSzx0FhG=GTmXejuDhBA6KJaORSRwxbMCSQAfGcdjBfkCm2w@mail.gmail.[redacted]>
Hi LUG,
As many of you are aware, the Linux User Group has two 1U servers in its
possession. One, char,
has been used for infrastructure purposes -- specifically, handling
authentication to both servers, our
website, the wiki, and other miscellanea.
The other, short, is used as a shared computing resource provided for LUG
members. Short has run
into some problems, and has been stuck on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6)
while char runs on EL7.
Among other things, it is currently impossible to login to short remotely.
Due to the combination of outdated
software, authentication problems, and years of accumulated configuration
with purpose unknown, an executive
decision has been made to backup the server and reimage it.
Therefore, short will have (un)scheduled downtime beginning, most likely,
TODAY. I plan on cloning the disk
today. If I get to reimaging it, then short will be down for the duration
of that as well.
I haven't any idea how long it's going to take to bring it back online. I
would say a week at most. Hopefully sooner.
All user data will be preserved and restored if possible, otherwise
available upon request. ZNC and other services will
be restored.
Apologies for the *short* notice.
--
Quentin Young
President, LUG @ NC State
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2016 19:12:14 -0500
From: Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: LUG @ NC State Meeting: February 2 (2/2/16) -- Introduction to Linux
Message-ID: <CANhSzx1AX0u92Jpw4TqwBVxXYUzgZXNETWNYectapTumNKNvyA@mail.gmail.[redacted]>
Hi LUG,
This upcoming Tuesday will mark our next scheduled meeting. It will be a
technical session hosted in EB2 Room 3001.
The speaker will be yours truly, and the topic: an Introduction to Linux!
I'll be covering topics such as
- Origins & reasons for Linux
- Licensing / IP
- Basic architecture
- Features & use cases
- Differences from traditional OS's
And others. Whether you're new to the LUG or an experienced Linux veteran,
come as you are and enjoy fellowship with
your computer compatriots.
As usual the meeting will be held in Engineering Building 2, Room 3001 from
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
See you there!
--
Quentin Young
President, LUG @ NC State
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 16:09:34 -0500
From: Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Re: LUG @ NC State Meeting: February 2 (2/2/16) -- Introduction to Linux
Message-ID: <CANhSzx1p+Hn-wnPkYp62oL83=Y+T6QPu5D=Pze0QqwDsioaiVQ@mail.gmail.[redacted]>
Hi LUG,
TONIGHT is our next scheduled meeting! It will be a technical session
hosted in EB2 Room 3001.
The speaker will be yours truly, and the topic: an Introduction to Linux!
I'll be covering topics such as
- Origins & reasons for Linux
- Licensing / IP
- Basic architecture
- Features & use cases
- Differences from traditional OS's
- Why you should use Linux!
And others. Whether you're new to the LUG or an experienced Linux veteran,
come as you are and enjoy fellowship with
your computer compatriots.
As usual the meeting will be held in Engineering Building 2, Room 3001 from
7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
See you there!
On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 7:12 PM, Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Hi LUG,
>
> This upcoming Tuesday will mark our next scheduled meeting. It will be a
> technical session hosted in EB2 Room 3001.
> The speaker will be yours truly, and the topic: an Introduction to Linux!
> I'll be covering topics such as
>
> - Origins & reasons for Linux
> - Licensing / IP
> - Basic architecture
> - Features & use cases
> - Differences from traditional OS's
>
> And others. Whether you're new to the LUG or an experienced Linux veteran,
> come as you are and enjoy fellowship with
> your computer compatriots.
>
> As usual the meeting will be held in Engineering Building 2, Room 3001
> from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
>
> See you there!
> --
> Quentin Young
> President, LUG @ NC State
>
--
Quentin Young
President, LUG @ NC State
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 16:40:11 -0500
From: Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Short Update (Important, Please Read)
Message-ID: <CANhSzx2YUZoo10u8i5T53=7Ry6UGd3OZPZ7zZ3SrLn7We9BywA@mail.gmail.[redacted]>
Hello LUG members, friends and associates,
As you know, one of our two servers has been undergoing maintenance. I'm
happy to report that, despite
some glitches along the way, I have successfully cloned the disk and placed
it in safekeeping.
Now that this step has been completed, the next step will be to *wipe
short* and
*reinstall* the operating system.
Short has not had a full reinstall since at least 2010, runs Red Hat EL6
(Santiago), and is likely host to all sorts
of security dragons. I do not feel comfortable administrating a server with
that much built up history, and while I
am aware that a full reinstall is never painless, in my opinion it is
necessary. Short smells.
Inevitably this will result in a (hopefully brief) configuration hell while
we bring back our usual services (ZNC, the
ebsite, etc). So please prepare for this.
Now for the important part:
There are many user accounts on short that have not been used for many
years. Too many to make manual pruning
feasible or even preferable. With that in mind, *if you want to keep your
account, please email me by **Monday,*
*February 8th. **I would also **highly recommend making a copy of any files
you wish to keep.* While I did make a
disk backup and plan on restoring the home directory for each user that
wishes to retain there account, ultimately *you*
*are responsible* for getting the files you want to keep off the server and
into safekeeping while short is rebuilt.
To avoid random misconfigurations and potential security issues, I will be
manually recreating users who wish to keep their
account, from scratch. The contents of your home directory will be
restored; beyond that I cannot make any guarantees.
After server installation is done, everyone who contacted me requesting to
keep their account will be emailed a new,
temporary password, which you will need to change upon first login.
I apologize that the migration has not been seamless, and for the extended
downtime. I'm shooting for having everything
back in working order by the end of the month, and with any luck, it should
be much sooner.
*To reiterate:*
*If you wish to retain your user account on short, email me no later than
February 8th 2016. I will recreate your*
*account **and **restore the **contents of your home directory, after which
you will be issued a new, temporary password.*
*Please retrieve any files you don't want to lose before February 8th.*
Imaging and reinstallation will occur at an indeterminate date afterwards.
I will continue to provide updates as progress is made.
Thanks for flying with us!
--
Quentin Young
President, LUG @ NC State
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Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 17:08:04 -0500
From: Antonious Iskander <amiskand@ncsu.[redacted]>
To: lug@lists.ncsu.[redacted]
Subject: Re: Short Update (Important, Please Read)
Message-ID: <CAFAjCZMD7zpfOyJC47F4oivPHonB6jJkuMfajFxqR_Yao8tWxw@mail.gmail.[redacted]>
I would like to keep my account
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 4:40 PM, Quentin Young <qlyoung@ncsu.[redacted]> wrote:
> Hello LUG members, friends and associates,
>
> As you know, one of our two servers has been undergoing maintenance. I'm
> happy to report that, despite
> some glitches along the way, I have successfully cloned the disk and
> placed it in safekeeping.
>
> Now that this step has been completed, the next step will be to *wipe
> short* and *reinstall* the operating system.
> Short has not had a full reinstall since at least 2010, runs Red Hat EL6
> (Santiago), and is likely host to all sorts
> of security dragons. I do not feel comfortable administrating a server
> with that much built up history, and while I
> am aware that a full reinstall is never painless, in my opinion it is
> necessary. Short smells.
>
> Inevitably this will result in a (hopefully brief) configuration hell
> while we bring back our usual services (ZNC, the
> ebsite, etc). So please prepare for this.
>
> Now for the important part:
> There are many user accounts on short that have not been used for many
> years. Too many to make manual pruning
> feasible or even preferable. With that in mind, *if you want to keep your
> account, please email me by **Monday,*
> *February 8th. **I would also **highly recommend making a copy of any
> files you wish to keep.* While I did make a
> disk backup and plan on restoring the home directory for each user that
> wishes to retain there account, ultimately *you*
> *are responsible* for getting the files you want to keep off the server
> and into safekeeping while short is rebuilt.
>
> To avoid random misconfigurations and potential security issues, I will
> be manually recreating users who wish to keep their
> account, from scratch. The contents of your home directory will be
> restored; beyond that I cannot make any guarantees.
> After server installation is done, everyone who contacted me requesting
> to keep their account will be emailed a new,
> temporary password, which you will need to change upon first login.
>
> I apologize that the migration has not been seamless, and for the extended
> downtime. I'm shooting for having everything
> back in working order by the end of the month, and with any luck, it
> should be much sooner.
>
> *To reiterate:*
> *If you wish to retain your user account on short, email me no later than
> February 8th 2016. I will recreate your*
> *account **and **restore the **contents of your home directory, after
> which you will be issued a new, temporary password.*
>
> *Please retrieve any files you don't want to lose before February 8th.*
>
> Imaging and reinstallation will occur at an indeterminate date afterwards.
> I will continue to provide updates as progress is made.
>
> Thanks for flying with us!
>
> --
> Quentin Young
> President, LUG @ NC State
>
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