Root Access

Journeyman Geek

00:32

atlasobscura.com/articles/olivia-doll-predatory-journals

yay

I was supposed to go in early to help set up for a class

class got cancelled

Gypsy Spellweaver

00:57

@JourneymanGeek Now you can chase down the hidden wifi APs.

Journeyman Geek

naw, I just didn't go in

those hours are not 'on the clock' so to speak

Bob

For those concerned about Napoleonic bus stations: busses also meant kisses. — TimLymington Nov 15 '11 at 22:36

lol. Napoleonic bus stations :D

getting back into more than one answer a month :P

@JourneymanGeek you missed a perfect opportunity to image-macro that answer :P

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED IT.

But apparently people hate it.

Bob

lol

it's not really nice to see at work, true

@JourneymanGeek also. backup script works :)

so... I tend to use b2 on temporary systems I don't want to leave my key on. so I want a new key on those. but creating a new key auto-replaces the old one. that's why I'm doing that git thing :P

Journeyman Geek

01:14

@Bob on one hand, it feels mean here

On the other hand, this is my best chance for a reversal badge

Bob

I can create a new key, push it to git, and all my backup scripts across potentially multiple systems will keep working

Journeyman Geek

lol

sigh time to leave for work. Again. Soon.

Bob

02:15

Gypsy Spellweaver

02:25

@Bob Done

Bob

lol

@JourneymanGeek community.online.net/t/…

github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/2582

the responses... *facepalm*

Bob

02:52

Warning: Journal has been rotated since unit was started. Log output is incomplete or unavailable.

Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2016-03-07 02:26:38 EST; 1 years 2 months ago

...has been rotated? you don't say...

Gypsy Spellweaver

@Bob Must be a busy system to rotate the log file that often. :/

Bob

@GypsySpellweaver very busy, of course

Seth

@BenN So I caught it. This is what I got:

I think it was officebackgroundtaskhandler. I went to its location and ran it and a cmd window popped up and closed real fast

I think I will run a virus scan just in case though.

Journeyman Geek

hm

For some reason, the automatic channel hopping feature in our

'better' APs seem to have been turned off

and of course. None of this is bloody documented

Bob

03:14

hm

bwDraco

Macro virus?

Bob

@bwDraco but macs don't get viruses!

@JourneymanGeek I was going to name a server Mnemosyne but I don't think I'd remember it, oddly enough :P

Bob

04:34

!!tumbleweed

Boris_yo

Logitech Performance MX for $29.99 (excluding $5 shipping) sounds not expensive?

Bob

@Boris_yo sounds like a nice price but idk what the normal price is

Bob

04:52

@JourneymanGeek oh boy. discourse.tt-rss.org/t/our-little-comminuity-going-forward/18/…

Rahul2001

06:23

@Bob REMINDER! hackchal.cf

Bob

@Rahul2001 but... but... I'm installing lamps :(

lamp lemp whatever they call it these days

@Rahul2001 site's SFW?

@Rahul2001 "which I use to circumvent the Facebook block at school" you might not wanna advertise that

Rahul2001

@Bob heh, just to make the challenge more realistic. It doesn't work anyway, but I'll change it...

Bob

06:56

hm. not getting anywhere :P

I need to take off my common-vulns hat and put on my guess-what-rahul's-thinking hat

jokerdino

where do I get that hat?

Bob

idk, wish I knew

I'm also wondering if <code>[error]</code> is intentional... it probably is

though it's also rather weird (cc @Rahul2001)

satibel

@Bob yeah, the challenges are pretty sensitive.

Bob

think I'm just not feeling it today

stuck at the first step lol

hmm.

evidently every path is being passed through some script

satibel

do you want a hint?

Bob

07:09

eh. sure, not worth wasting time over :P

<html><head><META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="0;URL=/cgi-sys/defaultwebpage.cgi"></head><body></body></html>

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiinteresting

though I suspect I've broken out of the challenge sandbox entirely by accident :P

satibel

does defaultwebpage.cgi containg unchecked grep calls? :p

Bob

nah, cpanel thing

Rahul2001

@Bob what page is that on?

C'mon, you've solved the first challenge before, it was there last year too...

Bob

@Rahul2001 I have a horrible memory :P

Rahul2001

@Bob it is

Bob

07:20

@Rahul2001 hint? :P

Rahul2001

@Bob Input may not be sanitized, allowing the user to view files on the server itself

Bob

@Rahul2001 you'd think so ... but I tried that. probably missing something obvious.

I mean. It's like the first thing to try.

Rahul2001

@Bob ?url=../<dir>/<file>

satibel

missing that some work, some don't.

Bob

@Rahul2001 I... tried that. I think.

Rahul2001

07:23

@Bob Try again :P

Bob

...nope

wait

Rahul2001

@Bob read the challenge carefully?

Bob

fail. I think I tried literally everything possible except that

that's only half of them

Rahul2001

lol :P

You were so close! In one place you forgot the .., in another, the url

Bob

mhm

satibel

07:30

@Rahul2001 you probably should, for this challenge, put apache in a chroot read only sandbox (on a subdomain) and let people have fun with the "feature".

Rahul2001

@satibel hm, yeah. Tried last year but couldn't get the sandbox to work... Let me see.

Bob

@Rahul2001 lxd init ... lxc launch ubuntu:17.04 myserver

@Rahul2001 I'm assuming replies to the email are unnecessary, and if there are any hidden parts in the source then MS stripped it out.

Journeyman Geek

@Bob lol yeah I remember that

Bob

07:45

> Cool! You reached here! Come back tomorrow!

Journeyman Geek

Hm. Apparently this place has a rediculously high staff turnover rate.

Bob

also the OWA message detail view w/ antispam filters a lot

@JourneymanGeek oh really? :P

jokerdino

@JourneymanGeek aw

Journeyman Geek

@Bob I would say I am surprised buuuuut

Bob

08:16

@JourneymanGeek many packages

Journeyman Geek

Packages?

Bob

yea

for ttrss :P

Journeyman Geek

08:37

Oh. I don't install from package manager

Bob

@JourneymanGeek I meant the supporting packages :P

:)

satibel

08:54

@Bob HOW COULD YOU LOOSE 10% ON 2 FACTORS? YOU SHOULDN'T EVER RUN A WEBSITE!

SHAMEFUL DISGRACE! /sarcasm

Rahul2001

@Bob headers!

satibel

good job bob.

djsmiley2k

bank holiday wooo

working, wooo

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k @ave hackchal.cf

satibel

wooo wooo ambulance? :p

djsmiley2k

09:02

@Rahul2001 yeah no thanks

not my thing :P

That Russian Guy

Normal workdays: wake up late feeling tired.
Vacation days: wake up at 6 AM and can't sleep.

Yay. =/

djsmiley2k

=)

Bob

@Rahul2001 yea those got stripped

Rahul2001

@Bob huh. Damn msft

Bob

@ThatRussianGuy more gaming time!

That Russian Guy

09:05

@Bob Hey! He's underage!

Rahul2001

@ThatRussianGuy lol

Journeyman Geek

09:21

I'm a bit better. I wake up every day feeling tired and dreading the day ahead

That Russian Guy

Yay, depression! :D

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek :<

Wanna talk about it?

My tiredness was mostly due to my sleep apenoa

That Russian Guy

@djsmiley2k Your sleeping ape Nea?

satibel

there's something that upsets me with ascii way more than it should:
[=5B
]=5D

{=7B
}=7D

<=3C
>=3E

djsmiley2k

apnoea

Avery

09:34

@Rahul2001 will see

That Russian Guy

@djsmiley2k Apoena?

djsmiley2k

i googled it

That Russian Guy

djsmiley2k

googl doesn't get it wrong :P

That Russian Guy

Weird place to sleep.

satibel

09:35

Apnea

djsmiley2k

a peer

Rahul2001

We need a President who isn't a laughing stock to the entire World. We need a truly great leader, a genius at strategy and winning. Respect!

Tweeted by realDonaldTrump on August 9, 2014 at 7:30 AM

*cough*

That Russian Guy

@Rahul2001 Well, he's not wrong. (Which is, in itself, quite an accomplishment).

Rahul2001

user226528

Wow! Good things marriages back then were not the way we do it.

That Russian Guy

09:51

@FleetCommand Yeah, in good old times we had a wife at home to cook and a younger man or two to be our lover. (Unless you were a certain greek poetess on a certain greek insland).

user226528

When you say "we", do you mean "Russians"?

That Russian Guy

Yes, we the Russians from Athens

user226528

ROFL!

user226528

Then your name should probably be That Greek Guy.

user226528

You know, once upon a time, a history teacher reaches the name of General Paulov and tell his students: "The family names that end in -ov are usually Russian, like Lenin and Stalin."

user226528

09:57

I suspect no one got the point of his two examples, unless explained – not unlike Android updates.

user226528

@Rahul2001 And hopefully not one that thinks the humankind and the fish can coexist peacefully.

Journeyman Geek

10:11

@Bob sooooooo. I got that Ethernet cable working...

user226528

@JourneymanGeek Very diligent of you, I am sure.

Journeyman Geek

Connecting it to a switch and nothing but my office laptop can get an IP address

I am confused

user226528

You don't say.

user226528

What's the diagnostics says?

satibel

dhcp?

static ip?

stuff in the pipe?

djsmiley2k

10:15

Jammed up with cheese.

@JourneymanGeek need more info :D

Bob

@JourneymanGeek what was the prob?

@JourneymanGeek blog.thecybershadow.net/2013/01/10/dhcp-test-client

user226528

Guys, do you think someone shot him?

user226528

He's not answering.

user226528

Or barking.

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand more likely to be busy chewin on the cable, or in the garden

someone remind me why i'm working today

oh right, days leui from work plus paaaaaay

Oliver Salzburg

10:31

Does anyone else feel uneasy at the sight of this:

Why don't you drop your electronics right into the batter?!

user226528

Cooking instructions are read on the laptop, but the smartphone is clearly extra.

DavidPostill

@OliverSalzburg No. But then I don't prepare scrambled eggs at my desk. And I don't use my computer/smartphone in the kitchen :)

@FleetCommand I don't need instructions to make scrambled eggs :)

djsmiley2k

@OliverSalzburg nope

lol

user226528

@DavidPostill Are you implying the you would have been disturbed if you prepared scrambled eggs at your desk or used laptop in the kitchen?

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand I am not disturbed by impossible events.

djsmiley2k

10:35

I'm not disturbed by images :;/

user226528

@DavidPostill Also, I don't think this picture is about scrambled eggs. It is more like cake. Wrong utensils for scrambled eggs.

jokerdino

@DavidPostill You must have a strong memory remembering how to correctly make scrambled eggs.

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k I bet we could find some images that would disturb you ;p

SBM

hello

DavidPostill

@jokerdino Indeed I do ;p

@FleetCommand I whisk my scrambled egg mixture with a whisk. What utensil do you use?

jokerdino

10:37

@DavidPostill How does it feel?

DavidPostill

@SBM Hello.

@jokerdino It feels fine :)

user226528

@DavidPostill Spoon and a skillet

djsmiley2k

@DavidPostill my phone D:

SBM

Hope you're having a good day

DavidPostill

@djsmiley2k Lol

Bob

10:38

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Pancake Pro - GamerMuscle Gaming

►

djsmiley2k

wtf is this

Bob

think he's british too :P

djsmiley2k

haha

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand Step 1: BEAT eggs, milk, salt and pepper in bowl until blended.

You don't beat a mixture with a spoon.

djsmiley2k

erhm

user226528

10:42

@DavidPostill Milk?

djsmiley2k

yah you do

you whisk with a whisk

you beat iwth something semi-flat

spoon or spatula

whisking introduces air, beating removes it

wow at work so far I've not had a single incoming call \o/

\o/ for having enough first liners.

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand Yes. Milk. dish.allrecipes.com/how-to-make-scrambled-eggs

incredibleegg.org/cooking-school/egg-cookery/…

foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/…

@djsmiley2k No you don't.

djsmiley2k

Looks like whisking to me

DavidPostill

> Eggs can be either hand-whipped using a whisk or can be beaten electrically using an electric beater. A whisk is a kitchen utensil made of wire. It is used for beating food by hand using a light brushing or whipping motion

djsmiley2k

:OOOOOOOOOOO

Avery

10:54

@DavidPostill aaa is that the potato thing

Nope

pancakw

i don't like pancakes

too flimsy and oily

djsmiley2k

it's scrambled egg.

pancakes shouldn't be oily either

your pan needs to be hotter if you're getting oily pancakes

Slipknot - Duality (acoustic cover by Leo Moracchioli)

►

user226528

@DavidPostill Such an exotic combination belongs to a time and place when you have access to all sorts of ingredients and froffy cooking tools. That means you must be near civilization. In that case, I certainly eat something better. The only period of my life in which I consumed scrambled eggs, I was away from civilization and I all had was pan, spoon, eggs, oil and a stove.

djsmiley2k

11:31

I really don't like egg D:

user226528

Me neither

Journeyman Geek

Never eaten egg in my life :p

djsmiley2k

here's a question guys

you're at your work

you see a load of what look like old wooden pallets by the bins

you'd like them, do you take them? :/

user226528

No.

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand ok, why not?

user226528

11:39

At work, nothing, even trash, can be taken without proper paper works.

Journeyman Geek

Hmm. If it's trash, probably

I'd try to check tho

djsmiley2k

yeah

DavidPostill

@Avery No. That picture is from dish.allrecipes.com/how-to-make-scrambled-eggs

user226528

I am having trouble throwing away a complement of 121 CDs and DVDs which are completely and absolutely worn out.

user226528

That's because it is at work.

djsmiley2k

11:41

I need to try and find out who on earth I need to ask about these crates before they get chucked.

user226528

And at work I can't throw anything away without paperworks.

djsmiley2k

oh fun

user226528

@djsmiley2k Ask someone in Inventory.

Avery

@djsmiley2k same

djsmiley2k

@Avery but pancakes are the best, when done properly

Journeyman Geek

11:50

@djsmiley2k just my current job

user226528

I remember there was a website that we used to check the compatibility of hardware pieces with each other. But I don't remember the name or URL. Anybody does?

Journeyman Geek

pcpartspicker?

user226528

Googling now...

user226528

Looks promising. Thanks a lot. 🙂👍

Journeyman Geek

wait

It wasn't what you were thinking of?

user226528

12:02

I can't say for sure. The UI doesn't ring any bell.

user226528

It probably is and got changed.

Journeyman Geek

lol

user226528

It's web. Everything changes all the times.

Journeyman Geek

If its something else and you find it, let me know ;)

user226528

Sure, pal.

djsmiley2k

12:12

@JourneymanGeek ah ok

Journeyman Geek

I've been complaining about it a lot ;p

I'll be fine. I'll be better If I can tell them I quit ;)

djsmiley2k

I hadn't noticed

You're not doing a @Burgi ;D

I don't even know what job you do.

Journeyman Geek

"IT Executive"

I introduce myself as an IT guy, and the place is a complete and utter mess

and I walked 15 minutes between buldings to flip a damned switch

Did I mention its a language school that does hospitality courses...

And we just randomly bought a baking school?

Burgi

whats happened now with @JourneymanGeek's crazy job?

Journeyman Geek

and I've basically spent the last 4 weeks firefighting and taking inventory

djsmiley2k

12:17

@JourneymanGeek Do you have any budget?

Journeyman Geek

and my boss thinks threatening to fire me and replace me will motivate me

no?

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek So that's why they needed someone?

Journeyman Geek

Any purchases apparently go through the chairman

Burgi

it took me 3 months to get a handle on things at my job

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek urgh that kinda place. Right :/

Journeyman Geek

12:18

@djsmiley2k the previous IT guy threatened to quit, and got shunted to facilities

djsmiley2k

run away, as soon as you've got something else.

Burgi

you need a minion

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi this would be nice yes

djsmiley2k

@Burgi he is the minion

Journeyman Geek

but what I really need is a competant overlord

Burgi

12:19

heh

djsmiley2k

25 secs ago, by djsmiley2k

@Burgi he is the minion

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Why does he want to fire you? Surely you are not doing a bad job? Do you have a contract yet? Are you getting paid?

Journeyman Geek

hmm.

djsmiley2k

oh god you're not working for free with crap like that are you?

Journeyman Geek

naw

I should be getting a paycheck at the end of the month

I have a contract.

djsmiley2k

12:20

WILL be getting a paycheck

Journeyman Geek

I'm overwhelmed, since I basically got dropped in with no support at all from the previous IT guy...

djsmiley2k

I feel bad for anyone who has a boss like that :/

Journeyman Geek

who has everything in his head

oh

ugh

@djsmiley2k my boss is basically the CEO's less successful elder kid

Burgi

sounds familiar

djsmiley2k

ah the joys of middle kid blames everyone else for his failures

Journeyman Geek

12:22

Younger kid is an ex national swimmer, was the CEO of my employer and the local hockey federation, and runs his own private educational institution and a sports school

Burgi

my nexus 7 has died :(

Journeyman Geek

:(

djsmiley2k

:(

Burgi

its got a picture of a 'droid with a red exclaimation mark on it

Journeyman Geek

hm

djsmiley2k

12:26

:O

reflash?

Burgi

not sure how

it won't go into recovery mode

Journeyman Geek

Probably need ADB for that?

ah

djsmiley2k

Try cache reset seems to be the instructions

Burgi

thats the one

any idea how?

djsmiley2k

xoomforums.com/forum/motorola-xoom-wifi-tablet-help/…

instructions there for 'some tablet'

Wipe Your Cache. To speed things up, you may want to try wiping your cache partition from Android's recovery menu. First, shut your Nexus 7 off. Press and hold the Volume Up + Volume Down + Power buttons to power the device on — it will boot into the below screen.26 May 2013

howtogeek.com/164106/…

Journeyman Geek

12:28

wouldn't he need to go into recovery mode for that?

djsmiley2k

not sure if it is recovery mode

i know my S4 had some extra menus which weren't recovery mode, but something else :/

Burgi

i can get the bootloader screen but choosing recovery mode results in the above picture

some people say its a hardware failure

djsmiley2k

derp

:/

booooooooooored

XKCD

12:49

Using a classic Timothy Zahn EU/Legends novel is bad enough, but at least the style and setting aren't too far off. If you really want to mess with people, try using Splinter of the Mind's Eye.

Burgi

the asus guy says its a hardware fault

its £45 for them to do an inspection

@JourneymanGeek this is normal

Journeyman Geek

:(

I shouldn't be

DavidPostill

wat?

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Q: Unable to install windows 10 on my new laptop (with DOS) from UEFI

As clear from the topic i bought a new laptop yesterday . Acer aspire e15 575g- 51va. INFO It came with dos pre-installed and i want to install windows 10 on it. so i used my old laptop(lenovo e49) to make a bootable usb drive using rufus tool. However my old laptop had a traditional bios whe...

> I bought a new laptop and it came with DOS pre-installed?

Journeyman Geek

Some companies ship with preinstalled freedos

DavidPostill

Really?

Journeyman Geek

12:59

Wasn't aware it worked with UEFI tho

@DavidPostill apparently MS has a contract with OEMs that they can't ship complete systems sans OS

so freedos is common

DavidPostill

Oh.

If your laptop came preinstalled with DOS you need to buy a Windows licence. — DavidPostill ♦ 3 mins ago

Journeyman Geek

I don't think it runs on UEFI tho

I'm pretty certain the messup is elsewhere

DavidPostill

It seems it comes with Linux pre-installed in India ... amazon.in/Aspire-15-6-inch-i5-7200U-GeForce-Graphics/dp/…

Journeyman Geek

hm

does he see a CLI and think its dos?

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek shrug - the question is very short on details ...

Journeyman Geek

13:12

It is

and nothing really useful anyway

satibel

13:23

at least HP uses freedos, and some pcs here in france are sold without any os.

(rebranded clevos)

djsmiley2k

13:34

So, I'd guess they have a pirated version of windows 10 iso, + a usbkey that doesn't work, or a bad copy

Rahul2001

@DavidPostill Yeah, many Dell and Lenovo PCs here come with freedos out of the box

@DavidPostill @Burgi flipkart.com/computers/…

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k or the wrong settings on Rufus or the wrong arch iso

djsmiley2k

nod and nod :D

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