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01:38

Q: How to read from syslog using systemd service

Does anyone know what the proper way is to create a systemd service and read from syslog write the logs out to the network? I had this in a service: tail -f /var/log/syslog | send_logs_to_elasticsearch but it the stdio from the send_logs_to_elasticsearch would be written to syslog, so it woul...

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Kulfy

03:13

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Not sure about meta but as I mentioned in my comment, if you feel my edit isn't ok, feel free to roll back it.

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Q: How to install apt on Ubuntu 10.10 with no dpkg

I have a Tesla MCU (Media Control Unit - Center Display), that I have managed to gain root access to and I am looking to install APT onto it so I can install chromium. The MCU is running Ubuntu 10.10 on the arm v7 architecture. The problem is that there is no dpkg installed on it. So even if I c...

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WinEunuuchs2Unix

03:42

@Kulfy I have to recuse myself from judging. I'm just wondering if the previous title had more "click bait". Basically just fishing (pun noted) for a second opinion.

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10:08

Q: Wireguard: packets returning from server get lost

I set up wireguard by now on one server (with NAT enabled) and on a client. When I don't route all the traffic via the tunnel everything works. As soon as I start routing all the traffic through the tunnel as described in https://www.wireguard.com/netns/#improved-rule-based-routing no traffic is ...

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nobody

11:00

are we hacked from china?

DK Bose

@nobody No idea but the spam posts are taking longer to disappear than "normal".

nobody

It is annoying.

DK Bose

Well, you can flag the post as spam. If sufficient spam flags are raised on a post, the post disappears.

It's more effective than downvoting.

askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts

Videonauth

@DKBose Indeed it seems the posts actually need around 960 seconds to be handled

this rise only took place yesterday and today

probably due to a high influx of spam posts, smokey is currently going nuts and it seems it reaches the messaging limit quite quickly

DK Bose

@Videonauth this one's been over an hour. So I hope people flag rather than downvote: askubuntu.com/questions/1178296/…

Videonauth

11:11

usually it takes an average of 300 seconds for a post to disappear

can you please link this one here

DK Bose

@Videonauth done. When Smokey's fully awake, the spam could be cooked in less than 5 seconds! Four automatic flags and two manual (I guess).

Videonauth

ok i just made 3 of them disappear

seems many people simply downvoted the posts and not flagged them

nobody

yes, now they are deletet faster.

Videonauth

me flaging as spam causes smokey to act

DK Bose

@Videonauth Most are gone! Good work :)

Videonauth

11:13

as my account is directly connected with metasmoke/smokey

should be all gone tho, at least i found non on the first 10 pages of new posts

DK Bose

But new ones are coming!

So don't go away!

Videonauth

just checked in Charcoal HQ and you wont believe how many posts with the same content are running through the chat right now

from all over the network

I will check in from time to time :) still have to do some paperwork here at home :)

DK Bose

@Videonauth sure!

Videonauth

Oh my ..... --> chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3877/raiders-of-the-lost-downboat

nobody

11:32

I'm running out of Flags.

DK Bose

Hmmm I didn't know there was a limit!

Videonauth

@DKBose there is a limit for flag :) 20 for beginners and if you flag a lot you can get up to 100 but then its end

somehow around that values

DK Bose

@Videonauth hope I don't run out of flags! I've been flagging away for quite some time!

Videonauth

:) well and if, you did anything you could

DK Bose

It's usually less easy when Smokey is in top gear.

Videonauth

11:37

well smokey is working over hours right now, we seem to get on each page of the network to get a new spam post every 3 minutes

nobody

Now I can enjoy Gibli

Videonauth

he gets rate limited already

nobody

no flag any more.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

sends nobody 99 unused flags

nobody

really?

Kulfy

12:04

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Well if I google "The WSL optional component is not enabled. Please enable it and try again", your Q&A is shown at the top

Videonauth

@WinEunuuchs2Unix @Kulfy but I play here a devils advocate, 65k people seem to have used a different search term beforehand. Is it really sure that people do such well refined search terms?

Kulfy

IMO people just "throw" the error messages on search engine.

Rinzwind

12:46

Chinese/korean/japanese invation averted on the FP :=)

Videonauth

@Rinzwind its not done yet

smokey is about 20 minutes back due to rate limiting

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DK Bose

14:25

@WinEunuuchs2Unix I spent the last few hours reading about this. It's deeply disturbing. I'm not referring to the change of license but the other matter. I fully understand why several moderators, including at least three whose contributions I value, have taken the steps they did.

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15:13

Q: Can Not install any of distros (ubuntu, arch, kali) after successfully installing them yesterday

yesterday i got a new UX433F zenbook and since i had no data on it, i decided to try some other distros. i installed ubuntu 2 or 3 times, then tried to install arch and did it, and then i installed Kali. between this installing i may have deleted all partitions using fdisk. after installing Kal...

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Videonauth

17:59

@DKBose Yes this whole situation is concerning, I'm not chipping in my two cents here because my opinion may be very unpopular and i not want to cause a stirr :)