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David Foerster

00:25

Hi @all!

Can someone please flag askubuntu.com/a/1028807/175814 as NAA? I already spent mine due to a misclick. Explanation in the comments.

Byte Commander

added

Aaron Hall

00:59

@dessert It looks like man first uses the argv, then $MANPAGER, then $PAGER, then some function...

get_def_user ("pager", PAGER) <- whatever that is

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Ubuntu: apt-get update help

I have been trying to update apt-get on Ubuntu, but am failing in spite of having viewed a variety of different solutions to similar problems. I am running the following command... sudo apt-get update I have received the following output... Get:9 http://apt.typesafe.com unicorn InRelease [7,...

user174174

hi can anyone help me i guess my server is being attacked :(

Videonauth

What makes you believe it is being attacked?

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: How to display directory

How can i display the directory before the $

ubuntu

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Q: Custom /etc/init.d/puma script - What is being executed when invoked with start/stop/...?

Was trying to build my own custom /etc/init.d/puma script for handling puma processes, but cannot get any of my actual script to be executed when any of the normal keywords are used: sudo service start sudo service stop sudo service restart What exactly is being executed when any of these is i...

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Melebius

06:46

Is anything going wrong with spam detection? askubuntu.com/questions/1044373/… is out there for 5 minutes already… :(

Finally got rid of it. :)

Videonauth

@Melebius next time go to chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/11540/charcoal-hq and type !!/report <link>

Melebius

07:03

@Videonauth Thank you for the tip!

Videonauth

you're welcome

I checked the link inside the post and im as well stunned why smokey did not catch it

dessert

09:00

@Videonauth Can anybody do that? I thought one had to be registered or something…

Melebius

@dessert You are right, I tried it and failed. However, !!/scan worked.

dessert

10:03

@Videonauth Do you know what’s the difference between flagging a post as spam and reporting in Charcoal like you suggested?

That would make for a good meta question maybe…

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Q: Ubuntu Telnet problem

i have a problem with Ubuntu 14.04. I am student of microcomputer systems and networks. I explain you my problem, as I mencioned above, i have a virtual machine of Ubuntu 14.04 and when try connect with localhost mediate Telnet, the next following error comes out. 'Connection closed with foreig...

linux ubuntu telnet

Videonauth

10:37

@dessert flagging as spam, is simply flagging it for the site the post is on, reporting it in charcoal is teaching smokey maybe something new

@Melebius the post you showed earlier, ?

dessert

@Videonauth ah, ok

Videonauth

@melebius sorry for that i thought report can be done by anyone

its a while since i have privileges on smokey commands

on the other side there is in almost any time someone online who can report it then

most of the time if smokey didnt catch a link scan is enough too

dessert

agreed, reporting there if a post is not catched automatically is a good thing either way

Melebius

11:04

@Videonauth No, another one. I met 3 of them during a half hour.

Videonauth

@Melebius ah ok

L. D. James

12:55

@AaronHall Thank you can activate the comments not for extended discussions trigger on

Shall I press ENTER? Thanks. It's green btw. — Nikos Stratigakis 1 hour ago

dessert

@L.D.James He’s not a mod on AU, but on SO – maybe ping Oli instead.

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Q: Linux - net.ipv4.conf.all

I'm changing the default setting for arp_ignore on an ubuntu 16.04 server, from it's default value 0 to 1. My understanding of the /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/ directory is that files under all will affect all interfaces, and default will affect newly created interfaces. After changing the value of...

linux ubuntu arp

L. D. James

@dessert Thanks.

dessert

@L.D.James besides, in cases like this I think it’s fine to use the “in need of moderator intervention” flag on one of the comments and give a short explanation (e.g. “extended discussion in comments”)

that’s an easy way of reaching the mods in general without having to ping single ones

L. D. James

@dessert I did. Over an hour ago.

dessert

13:00

@L.D.James well, it’s a workday…

L. D. James

Several Mods have asked me to ping them with the request.

dessert

they did? ok, in that case please kindly ignore what I said :)

L. D. James

I consider what you said very valuable. I'm anxious to have a very rounded understanding of others experiences in the ways that the protocols are working for them. Also, I'm not sure if the ones who have suggested that I ping them are an exception, and others may be distracted by the pings.

The ones who made comments, said, that was why they are here.

@Oli, @terdon Can one of you activate the comments, not for extended discussions here: askubuntu.com/questions/1044439/…

dessert

This always helps me a lot when in doubt:

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Q: How do I flag correctly?

As there are many complaints about uncertainty of which flag to use for what post and even conflicting feedbacks from different moderators or established users, I would like to see some kind of official flagging checklist / decision helper / cheat sheet which can be followed by all flaggers and r...

support flagging flags

L. D. James

@terdon Thanks!

@dessert Thanks for the link.

terdon

13:19

@L.D.James you're welcome!

There was already a flag raised. The system raises an automatic flag after N comments (don't remember the exact number).

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Q: Mark all 'autoremovable' packages as manually-installed in one command

I have many packages that are marked as 'autoremovable'. I want to mark them as manually-installed, so that they are no longer 'autoremovable'. I can do it one package at-a-time using sudo apt-mark manual <package name> But how can I do it for all of the packages in one go, without typing all...

ubuntu apt package-management

Rinzwind

13:53

@terdon the exact number is N :=)

Andy K

14:08

afternoon

quick question

I'm trying to program something with python using the library pexpect

I'm trying to use the command eval

but when I'm running it, the lib says the command does not exist

and when I do a which eval, I have nothing

dessert

@AndyK type eval shows it’s a shell function

(at least in bash)

Andy K

@dessert what should I do then...? (if you have any ideas...)

dessert

@AndyK I don’t really get what evalhas to do with your python script. What are you trying to do with it? Beware, I’m a raw beginner in python.

Andy K

14:24

@dessert I'm trying to do these lines through my python script

eval `ssh-agent -s`'
ssh-add /home/miaou/priv_keys
exec ssh-agent bash

this one does not want to run eval ssh-agent -s'through my python script

terdon

Wait, why would you run eval in your python script?

dessert

^- this ;)

Andy K

and exec will not either

@terdon because if without it, this one won't run ssh-add /home/miaou/priv_keys

terdon

@AndyK Why eval, not why ssh-agent -s

Andy K

@terdon because of this stackoverflow.com/a/17848593/2572645

terdon

14:28

Can't you run ssh-agent -s; ssh-add /home/miaou/priv_keys; ssh-agent bash in a single os.system() call?

Andy K

@terdon the aim is to run it on a different server than the current one

that's why I'm not using os lib

terdon

@AndyK I still don't see why you need eval, but why don't you ask a question on the site so you can give us all these background details (server? what server?)

@AndyK ???

Andy K

@terdon because I thought it would be easier to do so here but it seems my question needs a real question on Ask Ubu. Sounds good? ;)

terdon

Yep

Also, note that there is a python eval and a shell eval and they are not the same thing.

Andy K

15:09

@terdon +1 for the help

terdon

@AndyK Did that work?

Andy K

@terdon yes

but actually when thinking about it

I want to use pexpect for interaction

especially with child = pexpect.spawn('ftp test.rebex.net')

the ssh add was not a good example

Andy K

15:27

cya

Thomas Ward

15:39

oops

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: On Ubuntu 18.04 OpenSSL 1.1.0g - can't decrypt files, even with md5

Previously, I was encrypting with: openssl des3 -salt -in $INSECURE_CONFIG_FILE -out $CONFIG_FILE -pass pass:$PASSWORD and decrypting with: openssl des3 -d -salt -in $CONFIG_FILE -out $INSECURE_CONFIG_FILE -pass pass:$PASSWORD I've found lots of mention of specifying -md md5 since the new d...

linux ubuntu openssl 18.04

Aaron Hall

17:30

So... does man work for anyone?

is PAGER or MANPAGER set somewhere by default in Ubuntu?

dessert

@AaronHall not on my (Lubuntu 16.04) system:

$ echo $PAGER $MANPAGER
$ file /usr/bin/pager
/usr/bin/pager: symbolic link to /etc/alternatives/pager
$ file /etc/alternatives/pager
/etc/alternatives/pager: symbolic link to /usr/bin/most

As you can see, I configured the alternatives system to use most as my pager, and man does that.

Aaron Hall

18:06

@dessert Ok... so how does man know how to find /etc/alternatives/pager?

because mine isn't finding it.

dessert

-P pager, --pager=pager
          Specify  which  output  pager to use.  By default, man uses pager.  This
          option overrides the $MANPAGER environment variable, which in
          turn overrides the $PAGER environment variable.  It is not used in
          conjunction with -f or -k.

@AaronHall man should use /usr/bin/pager by default, which points to /etc/alternatives/pager… Does it do that on your system? What does file /usr/bin/pager and file /etc/alternatives/pager say?

If nothing helps, just set alias man='man -P less' :P

Or set PAGER=/usr/bin/less or MANPAGER=/usr/bin/less in your ~/.bashrc, of course.

PerlDuck

18:26

Is this a question or an an answer?

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A: Graphical Server Management

i installed compiz in ubuntu 18 and have some graphical problem on it such laging when moving windows and watching moves!! sudo apt install compiz* after removing i back to ubuntu desktop but that was lagy!! sudo apt purge compiz* but in compiz was no problem i try to reinstall xorg serve...

Aaron Hall

18:38

@dessert that's it - Anaconda is messing me up - pager is intercepted by anaconda.

@dessert where did you get that help?

dessert

@AaronHall man man :)

man -P less man, in your case

Aaron Hall

ok

PerlDuck

dessert is a huge fan of manpages.

Aaron Hall

I like them too. F is for Fabulous.

dessert

@AaronHall try a man after midnight once:

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Q: Why does man print "gimme gimme gimme" at 00:30?

We've noticed that some of our automatic tests fail when they run at 00:30 but work fine the rest of the day. They fail with the message "gimme gimme gimme" in stderr, which wasn't expected. Why are we getting this output?

date man

Aaron Hall

18:42

Hey, I just tweeted that.

dessert

@PerlDuck well, they teach me everything…

Aaron Hall

Read The Fabulous Manpage

ok, time to file a bug report with Anaconda...

PerlDuck

@dessert Oh, I like manpages as well. At least when they don't come up with that machine readable BNF ~~junk~~ stuff. But that ABBA thing is great \o/

RobotHumans

man pages are great. The FreeBSD "THE MANUAL" is also pretty great.

dessert

@PerlDuck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus–Naur_form ?

Rinzwind

18:49

@PerlDuck manpage answers are often a daily max rep

Fabby

@AaronHall FF for Fabulous Fabby...

:-) ;-) :-)

PerlDuck

@dessert Exactly that. I hate it when I just want an example of how to call a tool and not wanting to write a compiler or something. I mean, manpages are for man not for machines, as the name already suggests.

dessert

@PerlDuck no, they are manuals

PerlDuck

:-P

dessert

from latin manus “hand”

sorry, can’t take a joke when it comes to linguistics ;D

@PerlDuck you might want to have a look at these three:

@Nodon'tshownmyrealname Would you write an answer about tldr? You could also mention cheat and maybe cheat.sh. — dessert Jan 4 at 8:55

Fabby

18:54

Who's the practical joker that cast the first reopen vote on a question on Natty that was EOL even in 2014???

:D :D :D

PerlDuck

@dessert That tldr thingy looks quite cool. Thanks for that.

dessert

@PerlDuck you’re welcome – I like long manpages much more than these examples, but each to their own. ;)

If you actually use it I’d be glad to receive an answer about it there as well (as the comment said).

We really should hold a conference: Get to know the power of the command line – with Oli and Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy talking about python, terdon and PerlDuck talking about perl and so on… I bet we could even make a ton of money with that.

@PerlDuck As you speak German I can also recommend wiki.ubuntuusers.de, e.g. wiki.ubuntuusers.de/tar – usually it has (only) the most important options and very useful examples. I started there. :)

PerlDuck

19:11

Yes, I know wiki.ubuntuusers.de. Very often Google directs me there – it's a really great site. But thanks for the pointer.

Fabby

@PerlDuck @dessert :D :D :D

dessert

@Fabby well, he asked… ;P

Fabby

He who asketh, shall receive answers...

PerlDuck

@dessert Yes, that was a serious question at first. I really couldn't figure out what it is until I googled what compiz is suposed to do.

I've heard the name already but didn't remember what it was.

Sometimes I have some inhibitions to DV a first-time poster, though.

Fabby

19:55

one more CV needed

dessert

@Fabby there you go

Fabby

:45038374 +20already!

@dessert +20 too!

PerlDuck

@Fabby Hey, cool. I wasn't really asking, just telling. Either way: thank you! Especially for the rsyslog answer b/c I spent some effort in it and am afraid the OP doesn't care.

Hey, stop it. I start feeling embarassed.

Fabby

@PerlDuck wasn't me!

dessert

That was probably me now, but don’t feel embarassed: I only upvote valuable posts.

Fabby

20:06

Only the +20

@dessert Yeah me too, that's why I didn't upvote your last post! :D

dessert

if I find a bunch of them in one person’s profile, so be it

Fabby

@dessert Never give more than +30 per day otherwise it'll be reversed by the serial upvote logarithm.

@dessert BTW: this was meant as a joke..

dessert

@Fabby I’m pretty sure I gave more on multiple occasions, never got reversed – it’s a more complicated logarithm I believe.

Fabby

@dessert Well, have a look at my rep: I used to be a 50000 rep user...

dessert

@Fabby i figured ;) I actually came back to that every two hours or so editing in some improvements… now it’s tldr :(

@Fabby :D

Fabby

20:10

Sorry: 35K

stackexchange.com/users/5269210/fabby?tab=reputation

dessert

is there anything like „Wer’s glaubt wird selig!“ in English?

wait…

what the heck, how did you manage to do that? oO

Fabby

@dessert Si non è vero, `ben trovato in Italian

If it's not true, it still a good story!

@dessert I didn't do anything!

Shog9 happened.

dessert

what happened?

Fabby

They changed the rules on how you get rep

and took away the rep you got if you disobeyed the rules that did not exist in the past...

It stinks as they should have:

1. not taken away the rep

2. taken away the rep in the past, so that it looks like you never got it.

dessert

meta post or it didn’t happen!

I don’t get it, why can’t I find anybody else affected by this? stackexchange.com/users/297701/thomas-ward?tab=reputation stackexchange.com/users/1454782/mitch?tab=reputation stackexchange.com/users/7412/oli?tab=reputation stackexchange.com/users/517368/rinzwind?tab=reputation stackexchange.com/users/516916/fossfreedom?tab=reputation stackexchange.com/users/250540/good-parent?tab=reputation

dessert left baffled

Fabby

20:41

Lemme check those

@dessert try cl-nexbox, Bytecommander and videonauth

dessert

@Fabby Wow, I’m speechless – cl-netbox lost 2/3 of his rep because of this. oO

Fabby

@dessert Yup. Rules changed retroactively.

@dessert And the sad part of the story is that the guy who did this is actually a nice guy who's never realised until now what an impact this had on the friendship between a bunch of closely knot friends...

(I've just sent him an email that no one in our group will ever be able to use our Stack Exchange Flair again ever if we're looking for a job...)

@dessert we're on a pillory forever...

Hey, the silent minority is here too!

Hi @Benny

TheXed

20:57

Should I upgrade to Bionic Beaver?

dessert

@TheXed I advise to wait for the first point release.

TheXed

@dessert when/what is that? Sorry I haven't been keeping close tabs on Ubuntu for the last 2-years...

Only boot into it when I need to...

Or when I don't catch it at the boot menu lol

dessert

@TheXed July 26th

wiki.ubuntu.com/BionicBeaver/ReleaseSchedule

TheXed

Oh so it is just the next planned update...

Fabby

@TheXed No

@dessert correct

dessert

21:03

if you don’t need to upgrade, wait for this 18.04.1 – that’s what the GUI updater does :)

TheXed

what does the gui updater do? wait?

dessert

there’s certainly a logic behind it, mostly that most bugs will be fixed by then I suppose (never questioned it)

TheXed

@Fabby hey whats up, long time no see...

dessert

exactly, the GUI updater asks you to update only if .1 is already out

Fabby

@TheXed Yeah, I'm still beautiful but man!

You've gotten ugly!

:D ;-) :D

@TheXed I'm OK, just sent a mail off to one of the SE mods on something that's been bothering me for 2 years now

How are you???

TheXed

21:06

@Fabby well my wife disagrees....I have been well....took a new job promotion three years ago and have been basically been working 60 hour weeks since...

@Fabby but...they finally let me hire an assistant so things haven gotten much easier the last 3 months or so...

Fabby

:D :D :D

Ah you one of those too?

I don't mind working 12-16h / day every day for a month... or 3... or 6...

but not two years...

TheXed

Right...

It was crazy...

Fabby

And I'm sure your wife disagrees with me!

TheXed

but we are past that...so...

Fabby

That's why you married here and not me!

@TheXed For me it's still crazy...

TheXed

21:09

my wife hated....being in charge of the kids all the time...but it paid the bills I guess...

Fabby

Yeah, but was it worth it?

Were you paid by the hour?

were you paid double for the overtime?

TheXed

Salary (which is worse)

Fabby

Yeah: me too: the more you work, the less you make an hour...

/shrug

TheXed

I was supposed to get comp time...but never had time to use it...

Fabby

Ah, I'm under a German contract.

I was sent home by HR for 3 weeks

TheXed

21:11

I am under modern US Slavery laws...work more for less!

Fabby

to "use up my holidays that I didn't take in 2017"

Yeah, same here.

Working for a US company and the boss thinks I should be glad to have a job.

TheXed

Nope... if we don't use our holiday we lose it.

Fabby

@TheXed Yup... Same here, but the boss doesn't know...

TheXed

They rather us not take it...they are under no obligation to make sure we do take it....

Fabby

I lost my 2016 holidays

TheXed

21:13

So if we don't use it...it is just free labor for them...

Fabby

The story is: I was just dead tired and was about to lose them and then I asked for one day off in Feb-Mar-Apr.

but then they got pushed out and pushed out and pushed out

and then I found this rule about that if the employee chooses to, he can start last years' holidays

no later than April 15

So I sent that to the boss (in german)

telling him I was contacted by HR

(it was another German colleague)

and that I was just taking them off and Hasta la vista baby.

Guess what?

I wasn't fired!

/shrug

TheXed

Yeah two years ago....we had some major projects going on...and I was just dead exhausted...I ended up working the entire Christmas break 16-hr days....so later that spring I asked if I could take some time off to spend with my family because they where off from school...my boss was cool with it...but the board cried foul because their goals weren't being made...I ended up coming to work all five vacation days for some reason or another...

Fabby

@TheXed Oh, that's illegal in Germany (invasion of privacy)

TheXed

phh...ever since Trump took office here nothing is illegal...

Fabby

Once the vacation is allowed, they're not allowed to call you during said vacation

@TheXed :D :D :D

TheXed

21:19

at least when it comes to worker's rights....

Fabby

I'm pretty sure he didn't abolish the consitution...

...yet!

Did he????

:D :D :D

TheXed

But yeah Germany does have stricter privacy laws...

Fabby

@TheXed All of the EU citizens do now...

TheXed

@Fabby yes he abolished it his second day of office....we where just slow on the uptake...

Fabby

GDPR!!!

@TheXed Oh, I missed that!

TheXed

21:20

@Fabby oh that is right GDPR wanted me to stop checking email for 2 weeks lol...

Fabby

Lemme look it up.

TheXed

@Fabby whatever the internet says...its all lies...

Fabby

Meh...

TheXed

We now live in the United Socailist States of Donald Trump.

Fabby

Wikipedia is pretty good on math ans science and IT...

@TheXed I used to live in a Socialist country...

You do not live in a socialist country!

In a socialist country, you do not get to decide what you do with your money...

TheXed

21:22

@Fabby I know...I am being over exaggerative...what country did you live in?

Fabby

France...

BRB. I need a smoke!!!

TheXed

Wait, France is Socialist? or it was?

Fabby

21:34

@TheXed Meh, it still is, even though it's got a right-wing majority now...

@TheXed Berny Sanders is a Socialist...

Trump is a Capitalist...

@Rinzwind :-) Your comment and a bit of digging...

Ubuntu Questions on U&L

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Q: Run dhclient on startup

I have this server that loses its network config on reboots, it's running Ubuntu Server 18.04, I tried the netplan commands but none generated a thing, maybe it's because the interface isn't even there until I run dhclient, only then the system brings the interface up and DHCP assigns it its stat...

ubuntu dhclient netplan

Videonauth

22:48

@Fabby well on my sheet you can only barely see it i only lost a few hundred or so

TheXed

23:07

@Fabby...yeah you are actually right...I just like to make fun of Trump any way I can, because it is what all the cool kids do...

dessert

@Fabby I don’t get what you guys did that John Skeet didn’t. Is there a meta post about this thing?

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