From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Sat Sep 1 13:39:04 2018 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 13:39:04 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Proposed new parts to replace Porcupine In-Reply-To: References: <9231930d-ccc7-b9ad-ed8e-2166d39d6c2f@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: Hi All, The new parts have been bought and installed in porcupine. It wasn't noted in the minutes but committee went with the AMD Linux build. I ran out of time last night to reinstall the OS, and it won't boot off the old spinning hard drive because the filesystem is unhappy. I left the spinning disk sitting in it so that whoever sets up the new OS install can try and grab the host keys off it, but after that it can be removed and disposed of. As I was cleaning the case, I noticed that the front case fan was seized and the rear case fan was non-existent, so I some replacements on order. Otherwise everything appears to be happy. Andrew Adamson bob at ucc.asn.au |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Sat, 18 Aug 2018, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote: > Hi Felix, > > Thanks for putting this together. To start with, it's great that we can > re-use some of those parts. I do think the budget is pretty low for this > though - we've previously spent around $1100-1200 on a machine, and given > the current bank balances, I see no reason to skimp (even if we do end up > replacing maltair). With a more reasonable budget, we can sit a little bit > ahead of the curve with this machine, and it will hold up better over 5 > years. > > CPU first: The spec looked good, but the ebay item you linked has ended, > and I couldn't see another for under $500. A $365 alternative could be an > i5 which actually benchmarks slightly higher than the i7 anyway: > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/629393/Intel-Core-i5-8600K-36GHz-Coffee-Lake-9MB-No-HSF-Retail-Box > > Is there any reason you didn't look at AMD? From what I can tell, the > Ryzen 7 2700 is more powerful than either of the suggested intel chips, > isn't susceptible to spectre/meltdown, and is in the same ballpark price > ($379) > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631478/AMD-Ryzen-7-2700-32Ghz-20MB-AM4-Retail-Box---With-Wraith-Spire-LED-Cooler- > > RAM: ram is ram. Get whatever suits the mobo, but get at least 16GB, so > $220 > > SSD: tricky to decide this without knowing what machine this hardware will > end up in. If linux, size is less of an issue, but it would be really nice > to get a blazing fast M.2 SSD. If windows, it needs to be at least > 1TB...and it would be really nice to get a blazing fast M.2 SSD, but that > puts us over the $500 mark for one that is faster than SATA3. My M.2 > option is then $273 http://www.msy.com.au/waonline/m2-ssd/21322-samsung-970-evo-mz-v7e500bw-500gb-m2-ssd-solid-state-drive.html > and my windows/SATA option is $309 https://www.ple.com.au/Products/630704/Crucial-MX500-1TB-SATA-25-7mm-SSD > > Mobo: I'm not sure what the issue with Realtek LAN is? I also went for > something with a USB-C port (even my work laptop has it these days), $145: > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/632874/ASRock-B450M-Pro4-AM4-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard- > ...or an intel mobo to suit the i5, $129 > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631567/Gigabyte-B360M-D3H-LGA1151-CL-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard > > Totals, keeping in mind the AMD benchmarks higher: > Linux AMD total: $1017 > Linux Intel total: $987 > Windows AMD total: $1053 > Windows Intel total: $1023 > > Andrew Adamson > bob at ucc.asn.au > > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | > | ---Peter's Laws | > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Felix von Perger wrote: > > > > > Dear tech and committee, > > > > Here is a quick parts list which I propose to buy to replace Porcupine (or to replace Cobra/Catfish and swap some bits around to eventually end up with a suitable replacement). This is > > a fairly high end system using the latest 8th gen Intel CPUs and a reasonable quality motherboard. > > > > * Intel i7-8700T - $300 (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-Core-i7-8700T-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-00-GHz/223089946483) > > * ASRock B360M LGA1151-CL mATX motherboard - $110 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631588/ASRock-B360M-HDV-LGA1151-CL-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard) > > + Note: cheaper motherboards use Realtek LAN > > * 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM - $120 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/632330/GeIL-8GB-Single-DDR4-Pristine-C19-2666MHz) > > + if 8GB RAM is not enough, 16GB DDR4-2666 modules can be found for $220 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/628441/GeIL-16GB-Kit-2x8GB-DDR4-EVO-X-RGB-LED-C16-2400MHz) however this > > has the potential to go over-budget > > * 500GB SSD - $170 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/630702/Crucial-MX500-500GB-SATA-25-7mm-SSD) > > * Power supply - use existing > > * Graphics card - use existing > > * Case - use existing > > > > Total cost for this build should be around $700, within the budget as proposed in the minutes here. > > > > Please provide feedback on any cost-saving measures, missing components, if this is under or over specced etc. > > > > - [FVP] > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > From frekk at ucc.asn.au Fri Sep 7 22:35:32 2018 From: frekk at ucc.asn.au (Felix von Perger) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2018 22:35:32 +0800 Subject: [tech] Proposal to buy replacement (parts for) Maltair Message-ID: <0e6e336a-6208-035d-506f-2505c04d1e2b@ucc.asn.au> Dear tech & committee subscribers, Since maltair (IBM x3550 M4 server) has died we have had a number of issues with lack of memory resources on the 2 remaining VM hosts, and it would be nice to have somewhere to put all its leftover parts that isn't eBay. My proposal is to purchase the below identical model x3550 M4 server on eBay for $500, local pickup is available in Leeming; https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/IBM-X3550-M4-SERVER/282841269738 Primarily it will be used as a replacement motherboard and will be able to utilise most of the leftover RAM (with a couple of spare modules), existing CPUs (which are higher spec than the ones provided with the above item), the existing 10Gb SFP+ adapter (which seems to be of a model specific to IBM System X servers) and the existing RAID card. By my understanding it's not as good a value purchase as was the original (now dead) server but considering that similarly specced models are selling for up to $2k I believe it is still a reasonable deal. Excess RAM could either be sold, kept in case of failure or possibly inserted into one of the 2 spare IBM x3550 M3 servers in the rack. Please don't hesitate to provide feedback on the above. Best regards, Felix von Perger UCC Secretary From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Sat Sep 8 21:40:46 2018 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 21:40:46 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Proposed new parts to replace Porcupine In-Reply-To: References: <9231930d-ccc7-b9ad-ed8e-2166d39d6c2f@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: Hi all, I spent a little time on Friday attempting to install mint on rebuilt porcupine. For some reason the nvidia drivers aren't playing nice with the graphics card, despite working before. The only way I could get the installer to even start without X glitching and the whole system hanging was to manually add "nomodeset" to the kernel boot options. I could then run the mint install using software graphics rendering, and finally install the nvidia-384 package, as is appropriate for a GTX960. Alas, this still doesn't work, and I'm not sure where to go from here. Since it was working before, I think we're looking at maybe some bios option that needs changing, or perhaps the latest versions of mint have a regression? I tried both mint 19 and 18.3 x64 cinnamon, both with the same behaviour. Maybe it's worth trying that card in another machine, just to be sure it hasn't been damaged in the transplant. If all else fails we could try another card. I don't think we can fall back to the "onboard" graphics, because even though the motherboard has a DVI port on it, I don't think the CPU itself has any sort of graphics built in - the whole thing sits there beeping if it doesn't have a graphics card connected. If anyone wants to have a play - go nuts, I haven't done any customisations on the current install, so feel free to blow it away and start again. Andrew Adamson bob at ucc.asn.au |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote: > Hi All, > > The new parts have been bought and installed in porcupine. It wasn't noted > in the minutes but committee went with the AMD Linux build. I ran out of > time last night to reinstall the OS, and it won't boot off the old > spinning hard drive because the filesystem is unhappy. I left the spinning > disk sitting in it so that whoever sets up the new OS install can try and > grab the host keys off it, but after that it can be removed and disposed > of. > > As I was cleaning the case, I noticed that the front case fan was seized > and the rear case fan was non-existent, so I some replacements on order. > Otherwise everything appears to be happy. > > Andrew Adamson > bob at ucc.asn.au > > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | > | ---Peter's Laws | > > On Sat, 18 Aug 2018, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote: > > > Hi Felix, > > > > Thanks for putting this together. To start with, it's great that we can > > re-use some of those parts. I do think the budget is pretty low for this > > though - we've previously spent around $1100-1200 on a machine, and given > > the current bank balances, I see no reason to skimp (even if we do end up > > replacing maltair). With a more reasonable budget, we can sit a little bit > > ahead of the curve with this machine, and it will hold up better over 5 > > years. > > > > CPU first: The spec looked good, but the ebay item you linked has ended, > > and I couldn't see another for under $500. A $365 alternative could be an > > i5 which actually benchmarks slightly higher than the i7 anyway: > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/629393/Intel-Core-i5-8600K-36GHz-Coffee-Lake-9MB-No-HSF-Retail-Box > > > > Is there any reason you didn't look at AMD? From what I can tell, the > > Ryzen 7 2700 is more powerful than either of the suggested intel chips, > > isn't susceptible to spectre/meltdown, and is in the same ballpark price > > ($379) > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631478/AMD-Ryzen-7-2700-32Ghz-20MB-AM4-Retail-Box---With-Wraith-Spire-LED-Cooler- > > > > RAM: ram is ram. Get whatever suits the mobo, but get at least 16GB, so > > $220 > > > > SSD: tricky to decide this without knowing what machine this hardware will > > end up in. If linux, size is less of an issue, but it would be really nice > > to get a blazing fast M.2 SSD. If windows, it needs to be at least > > 1TB...and it would be really nice to get a blazing fast M.2 SSD, but that > > puts us over the $500 mark for one that is faster than SATA3. My M.2 > > option is then $273 http://www.msy.com.au/waonline/m2-ssd/21322-samsung-970-evo-mz-v7e500bw-500gb-m2-ssd-solid-state-drive.html > > and my windows/SATA option is $309 https://www.ple.com.au/Products/630704/Crucial-MX500-1TB-SATA-25-7mm-SSD > > > > Mobo: I'm not sure what the issue with Realtek LAN is? I also went for > > something with a USB-C port (even my work laptop has it these days), $145: > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/632874/ASRock-B450M-Pro4-AM4-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard- > > ...or an intel mobo to suit the i5, $129 > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631567/Gigabyte-B360M-D3H-LGA1151-CL-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard > > > > Totals, keeping in mind the AMD benchmarks higher: > > Linux AMD total: $1017 > > Linux Intel total: $987 > > Windows AMD total: $1053 > > Windows Intel total: $1023 > > > > Andrew Adamson > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | > > | ---Peter's Laws | > > > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Felix von Perger wrote: > > > > > > > > Dear tech and committee, > > > > > > Here is a quick parts list which I propose to buy to replace Porcupine (or to replace Cobra/Catfish and swap some bits around to eventually end up with a suitable replacement). This is > > > a fairly high end system using the latest 8th gen Intel CPUs and a reasonable quality motherboard. > > > > > > * Intel i7-8700T - $300 (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-Core-i7-8700T-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-00-GHz/223089946483) > > > * ASRock B360M LGA1151-CL mATX motherboard - $110 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631588/ASRock-B360M-HDV-LGA1151-CL-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard) > > > + Note: cheaper motherboards use Realtek LAN > > > * 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM - $120 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/632330/GeIL-8GB-Single-DDR4-Pristine-C19-2666MHz) > > > + if 8GB RAM is not enough, 16GB DDR4-2666 modules can be found for $220 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/628441/GeIL-16GB-Kit-2x8GB-DDR4-EVO-X-RGB-LED-C16-2400MHz) however this > > > has the potential to go over-budget > > > * 500GB SSD - $170 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/630702/Crucial-MX500-500GB-SATA-25-7mm-SSD) > > > * Power supply - use existing > > > * Graphics card - use existing > > > * Case - use existing > > > > > > Total cost for this build should be around $700, within the budget as proposed in the minutes here. > > > > > > Please provide feedback on any cost-saving measures, missing components, if this is under or over specced etc. > > > > > > - [FVP] > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > From frekk at ucc.asn.au Sun Sep 9 21:51:27 2018 From: frekk at ucc.asn.au (Felix von Perger) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2018 21:51:27 +0800 Subject: [tech] Hardware purchasing for card payment system Message-ID: <966509a1-9233-357d-7c22-e12e131ad946@ucc.asn.au> Dear committee and tech subscribers, As some of you may be aware, I have been attempting to implement a card payment system for UCC using SquareUp (with the Square Reader hardware). The Square reader itself is fairly neat, it has a slot to insert a card, a micro-USB 2.0 socket, a single button and 4 LEDs built in. It is however not a standalone payment system - a compatible Android/iOS device running the Square app must connect to the reader via Bluetooth in order to accept payments. I've done a fair amount of testing on various devices with different custom Android images and have arrived at the conclusion that it would be virtually impossible to convince the Square app to connect to the reader on a non-stock (ie. rooted/modified) Android device (including android-x86 running on a laptop or VM). That leaves the option of purchasing a phone or tablet (ideally running Android, although iOS remains a possibility) as a "club device". My recommendation for hardware is as follows: * Nokia 3.1 ~ $210 (such as https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BRAND-NEW-NOKIA-3-1-2GB-16GB-DUAL-SIM-SIM-FREE-UNLOCKED-WHITE/332724479845) o Currently supports "Android One" (support guarantee for 2 years) * Square reader - $60 (at Officeworks) Once the phone and reader have been purchased, they could then be configured using the Square app and it would be possible to start accepting card payments (ie. for events or dispense topups) straight away. Further integration with dispense would be possible using the Square APIs, this would require more time and experimentation but is something I intend to work on in the future. Feedback is most welcome, with luck the necessary budgeting will be discussed at the next committee meeting. - [FVP] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech/attachments/20180909/cc549d1e/attachment.htm From bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Mon Sep 10 20:28:13 2018 From: bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au) Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2018 20:28:13 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] Proposed new parts to replace Porcupine In-Reply-To: References: <9231930d-ccc7-b9ad-ed8e-2166d39d6c2f@ucc.asn.au> Message-ID: Duckduckduckfuckduck. It was the ducking DVI cable - one of the pins had bent across and was sitting with another pin. Super-weirdly, things were working fine at boot, and in software rendering mode. Massive thanks to [TPG] for taking a look at the xorg logs and realising that it wasn't detecting the screen. Porcupine is now running on mint 19 with the latest drivers...and a DisplayPort cable. Andrew Adamson bob at ucc.asn.au |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | | ---Peter's Laws | On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote: > Hi all, > > I spent a little time on Friday attempting to install mint on rebuilt > porcupine. For some reason the nvidia drivers aren't playing nice with the > graphics card, despite working before. The only way I could get the > installer to even start without X glitching and the whole system hanging > was to manually add "nomodeset" to the kernel boot options. I could then > run the mint install using software graphics rendering, and finally > install the nvidia-384 package, as is appropriate for a GTX960. Alas, this > still doesn't work, and I'm not sure where to go from here. > > Since it was working before, I think we're looking at maybe some bios > option that needs changing, or perhaps the latest versions of mint have a > regression? I tried both mint 19 and 18.3 x64 cinnamon, both with the same > behaviour. Maybe it's worth trying that card in another machine, just to > be sure it hasn't been damaged in the transplant. > > If all else fails we could try another card. I don't think we can fall > back to the "onboard" graphics, because even though the motherboard has a > DVI port on it, I don't think the CPU itself has any sort of graphics > built in - the whole thing sits there beeping if it doesn't have a > graphics card connected. > > If anyone wants to have a play - go nuts, I haven't done any > customisations on the current install, so feel free to blow it away and > start again. > > Andrew Adamson > bob at ucc.asn.au > > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | > | ---Peter's Laws | > > On Sat, 1 Sep 2018, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > The new parts have been bought and installed in porcupine. It wasn't noted > > in the minutes but committee went with the AMD Linux build. I ran out of > > time last night to reinstall the OS, and it won't boot off the old > > spinning hard drive because the filesystem is unhappy. I left the spinning > > disk sitting in it so that whoever sets up the new OS install can try and > > grab the host keys off it, but after that it can be removed and disposed > > of. > > > > As I was cleaning the case, I noticed that the front case fan was seized > > and the rear case fan was non-existent, so I some replacements on order. > > Otherwise everything appears to be happy. > > > > Andrew Adamson > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | > > | ---Peter's Laws | > > > > On Sat, 18 Aug 2018, bob at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au wrote: > > > > > Hi Felix, > > > > > > Thanks for putting this together. To start with, it's great that we can > > > re-use some of those parts. I do think the budget is pretty low for this > > > though - we've previously spent around $1100-1200 on a machine, and given > > > the current bank balances, I see no reason to skimp (even if we do end up > > > replacing maltair). With a more reasonable budget, we can sit a little bit > > > ahead of the curve with this machine, and it will hold up better over 5 > > > years. > > > > > > CPU first: The spec looked good, but the ebay item you linked has ended, > > > and I couldn't see another for under $500. A $365 alternative could be an > > > i5 which actually benchmarks slightly higher than the i7 anyway: > > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/629393/Intel-Core-i5-8600K-36GHz-Coffee-Lake-9MB-No-HSF-Retail-Box > > > > > > Is there any reason you didn't look at AMD? From what I can tell, the > > > Ryzen 7 2700 is more powerful than either of the suggested intel chips, > > > isn't susceptible to spectre/meltdown, and is in the same ballpark price > > > ($379) > > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631478/AMD-Ryzen-7-2700-32Ghz-20MB-AM4-Retail-Box---With-Wraith-Spire-LED-Cooler- > > > > > > RAM: ram is ram. Get whatever suits the mobo, but get at least 16GB, so > > > $220 > > > > > > SSD: tricky to decide this without knowing what machine this hardware will > > > end up in. If linux, size is less of an issue, but it would be really nice > > > to get a blazing fast M.2 SSD. If windows, it needs to be at least > > > 1TB...and it would be really nice to get a blazing fast M.2 SSD, but that > > > puts us over the $500 mark for one that is faster than SATA3. My M.2 > > > option is then $273 http://www.msy.com.au/waonline/m2-ssd/21322-samsung-970-evo-mz-v7e500bw-500gb-m2-ssd-solid-state-drive.html > > > and my windows/SATA option is $309 https://www.ple.com.au/Products/630704/Crucial-MX500-1TB-SATA-25-7mm-SSD > > > > > > Mobo: I'm not sure what the issue with Realtek LAN is? I also went for > > > something with a USB-C port (even my work laptop has it these days), $145: > > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/632874/ASRock-B450M-Pro4-AM4-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard- > > > ...or an intel mobo to suit the i5, $129 > > > https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631567/Gigabyte-B360M-D3H-LGA1151-CL-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard > > > > > > Totals, keeping in mind the AMD benchmarks higher: > > > Linux AMD total: $1017 > > > Linux Intel total: $987 > > > Windows AMD total: $1053 > > > Windows Intel total: $1023 > > > > > > Andrew Adamson > > > bob at ucc.asn.au > > > > > > |"If you can't beat them, join them, and then beat them." | > > > | ---Peter's Laws | > > > > > > On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, Felix von Perger wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Dear tech and committee, > > > > > > > > Here is a quick parts list which I propose to buy to replace Porcupine (or to replace Cobra/Catfish and swap some bits around to eventually end up with a suitable replacement). This is > > > > a fairly high end system using the latest 8th gen Intel CPUs and a reasonable quality motherboard. > > > > > > > > * Intel i7-8700T - $300 (https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Intel-Core-i7-8700T-Processor-12M-Cache-up-to-4-00-GHz/223089946483) > > > > * ASRock B360M LGA1151-CL mATX motherboard - $110 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/631588/ASRock-B360M-HDV-LGA1151-CL-mATX-Desktop-Motherboard) > > > > + Note: cheaper motherboards use Realtek LAN > > > > * 8GB DDR4-2666 RAM - $120 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/632330/GeIL-8GB-Single-DDR4-Pristine-C19-2666MHz) > > > > + if 8GB RAM is not enough, 16GB DDR4-2666 modules can be found for $220 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/628441/GeIL-16GB-Kit-2x8GB-DDR4-EVO-X-RGB-LED-C16-2400MHz) however this > > > > has the potential to go over-budget > > > > * 500GB SSD - $170 (https://www.ple.com.au/Products/630702/Crucial-MX500-500GB-SATA-25-7mm-SSD) > > > > * Power supply - use existing > > > > * Graphics card - use existing > > > > * Case - use existing > > > > > > > > Total cost for this build should be around $700, within the budget as proposed in the minutes here. > > > > > > > > Please provide feedback on any cost-saving measures, missing components, if this is under or over specced etc. > > > > > > > > - [FVP] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > > > > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > > > _______________________________________________ > List Archives: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/pipermail/tech > > Unsubscribe here: http://lists.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/mailman/options/tech/bob%40ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au > From matt at ucc.asn.au Sun Sep 16 15:00:17 2018 From: matt at ucc.asn.au (Matt Johnston) Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2018 15:00:17 +0800 Subject: [tech] lists.ucc and mooneye ssl Message-ID: Hi, I've finally got round to sorting out https for https://lists.ucc.asn.au . Previously murasoi/mooneye proxied https://ucc.asn.au (no .www) to mussel, now it does a http redirect. Let me know if anything seems broken. Matt From zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au Wed Sep 19 14:31:41 2018 From: zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au (David Adam) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 14:31:41 +0800 (AWST) Subject: [tech] gothamburg, macOS and Active Directory Message-ID: Hi all, > How does one get a home directory on Gothamburg? The move to Active Directory needed three things to make it work: * Pull UID numbers from the UNIX attributes, not from the SID: # dsconfigad -uid uidNumber * Same for GID: # dsconfigad -gid gidNumber * Don't look for home directories locally (use the AD attributes): # dsconfigad -localhome disab I believe this can be done through the GUI if needed. Combined with the automounter (`ln -s /net/services.ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au/space/away/home /home`), which was already set up, this made my login work with the correct UID/GID. David Adam UCC Wheel Member zanchey at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au