From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Thu Jun 7 21:30:29 2007 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 21:30:29 +0800 (WST) Subject: [tech] apt-get on Maroon Message-ID: Somehow, Maroon is now in a state where apt-get goes into a seemingly-infinite loop. It was segfaulting for a while there, so I tried nuking the /var/cache/apt/*.bin files as recommended by someone on the web; now it just spins. I forced a coredump and I have the file available if anyone thinks it would be useful. I'm out of ideas. David Adam UCC Wheel Member zanchey@ From splintax at ucc.asn.au Thu Jun 7 22:06:38 2007 From: splintax at ucc.asn.au (Scott Young) Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:06:38 +0800 Subject: [tech] apt-get on Maroon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2bc799480706070706j660337a5ld52258813b58ce68@mail.gmail.com> apt-get remove apt-get apt-get install apt-get :-) From dagobah at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Thu Jun 7 22:51:04 2007 From: dagobah at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (Bernard Blackham) Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:51:04 +0800 Subject: [tech] apt-get on Maroon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46681B58.8070307@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> David Adam wrote: > Somehow, Maroon is now in a state where apt-get goes into a > seemingly-infinite loop. It was segfaulting for a while there, so I tried > nuking the /var/cache/apt/*.bin files as recommended by someone > on the web; now it just spins. > > I forced a coredump and I have the file available if anyone thinks it > would be useful. > > I'm out of ideas. Removed things from sources.list, ran apt-get update, and then added them all back, followed by an apt-get update. Seems happy now. Werd. Bernard. From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Tue Jun 19 22:09:56 2007 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:09:56 +0800 (WST) Subject: [tech] VPN access via SNAP/UWA, RADIUS Message-ID: While avoiding revision, I finished setting up the PPTP VPN on Madako, which means that you can now leverage UCC's superior-value Internet connectivity from anywhere on the UWA campus. Via the SNAP wired or wireless network, you can connect to snap.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (10.11.0.13) using PPTP and your UCC username and password. Elsewhere on campus, use pptp.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (a CNAME to madako). I'll put a page on the website about this at some stage. You can still SSH to 10.11.0.13 if you only want shell access. PPTP's encryption is probably not grand, but my understanding of MS-CHAPv2 and MPPE leads me to believe that the stronger your password is the better. To support this, FreeRADIUS has been installed and configured on Mussel, allowing MS-CHAPv2 authentication against LDAP. No EAP support has been tested yet, although I think it should work. Thanks to [TRS] and [MSH] for assistance in browbeating the hydra that is the UCC primary firewall into submission. David Adam UCC Wheel Member zanchey@ From itsnotices at admin.uwa.edu.au Fri Jun 22 14:33:58 2007 From: itsnotices at admin.uwa.edu.au (ITS Notices) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:33:58 +0800 Subject: [tech] Planned Outage Notification: Resnet link maintenance [Ticket#: 2007062243000935] Message-ID: <003001c7b497$50a10620$57d35f82@admin.uwa.edu.au> Planned outage: Upgrade maintenance on Resnet link to colleges and University Computer Club (UCC) This notice sent to: Colleges' General Enquiries; St Catherine's Head; UCC President; UCC tech support Description of work: Silk Telecom will be performing maintenance on the Resnet link as part of the upgrade of network capacity and to accommodate future expansion plans. Time: Monday, 25th June 2007, 11pm for 30 minutes Areas affected: College residents and members of the computer club who use the Resnet link for Internet connectivity How you can help: Please inform all college residents and UCC members of the outage and advise them to cease Internet activity just prior to the outage. Once the link is back up they would be able to continue Internet activity Ticket #: 2007062243000935 Please pass this information on to all Resnet users who may be impacted in your area. For further information on the above notification or general information regarding ITS, please email ITS Client Services, ITS-help at uwa.edu.au, or alternatively, phone 6488-2822. You can also find information regarding this notification on the ITS Network Status Notices web page at http://notices.ucs.uwa.edu.au/status.html Regards Marie Corrigan Manager Client Services M463 Information Technology Services The University of Western Australia Email: marie.corrigan at uwa.edu.au Phone: +61 8 6488 2612 Fax: +61 8 6488 1109 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20070622/408f89e4/attachment.htm