Root Access

Journeyman Geek

14:00

that says its full

hm

try ncdu on the mount point?

(or du -ah)

see where the space has actually gone

Joao Torres

wow

bangs my head into the wall

Journeyman Geek

enlightenment headbanging I hope?

Joao Torres

I have been trying to install a CS:GO server. I don't know what happened but it looks like that the CS:GO have been installed into two separate folders, completing the entire 12G.

Journeyman Geek

ah!

Joao Torres

I don't know what happened during installation but it's not suppost to take 12G

I'll have to investigate further

Journeyman Geek

14:07

Actually, I had no idea what I was doing either ;)

Joao Torres

ahahaahahhahaha

Journeyman Geek

Just went through logical troubleshooting steps.

Joao Torres

Side question: What does it take to be a good sys admin?

I'm into Computer Engineering but I have always had a taste to sys admin, networking and such areas...

I have a few services up and running but sometimes I get stuck and I start to think "dude... You really suck at this"

Journeyman Geek

lol

Its just a set of skills and intellectual curiocity I guess

I'd be a terrible programmer

Joao Torres

Exactly what I think about myself.

I wouldnt think I would be a "good programmer"

I have tried and it's not my beach

Journeyman Geek

14:17

I want to be a sysadmin, kinda hard getting hired as one though ;)

but essentially, its just a set of skills

My background's in cyberforensics

Joao Torres

What would you be hired as then=?

Journeyman Geek

Donno. Been applying for jobs for ages ;p

Joao Torres

wow

Out of curiosity, where do you live?

Here in Portugal it's not that hard beeing hired as sys admin

Journeyman Geek

Singapore

lots of jobs for programmers

desktop support should be my jazz but most of my applications seem to be eaten by grue.

Joao Torres

Singapore is known as an exporter of "cheap labour" right?

Journeyman Geek

14:21

lol

no, that's india

we import cheap labour

Joao Torres

ahahahhahahaha

cyberforensics? Have you worked on something in that area?

Journeyman Geek

I have a degree in it

Joao Torres

Ohh... I didn't know there was degree in cyberforensics

Journeyman Geek

yup

djsmiley2k

@JoaoTorres there can be degrees in almost anything

Journeyman Geek

14:29

well that and information security management

Joao Torres

I thought it was only cybersecurity degree and cyberforensics would be a discipline in it

djsmiley2k

ISO27001?

ewwwww

Journeyman Geek

crosses fingers

I hope this works

else I have to resort to the crazy fixes

or rebuilding

djsmiley2k

@JourneymanGeek I'd suggest they see your degree and think you're too highly qualified

Journeyman Geek

which will be a pain

@djsmiley2k alas. I couldn't get a job before cause no one would consider you without a degree.

djsmiley2k

14:30

See I'm a compsci guy,

i live compsci

Joao Torres

@djsmiley2k I have the same opinion. They wouldn't want to hire a guy and has to pay 1000+

djsmiley2k

i work compsci

well, weird mix of sysadmin + desktop support + 1/2/3rd line helpdesk

Journeyman Geek

1000+? That's janitor salaries here ;p

@djsmiley2k that's basically my last proper job

loved it

djsmiley2k

yah

something new every day

:D

Journeyman Geek

blah, ubuntu

djsmiley2k

14:32

u broke it?

and that's why i don't use ubuntu generally xD

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k I can't upgrade

djsmiley2k

I guess my job questing as generally been quite lucky

welp, use the ubuntu fix 'format, reinstall!'

Journeyman Geek

lol

djsmiley2k

it's either that or use sudo

Journeyman Geek

there's a bunch of odd tweaks here outside my usual stuff

used sudo

djsmiley2k

14:33

ah aurgh7

Journeyman Geek

basically do-release-upgrade is barfing on something

djsmiley2k

trying to fix a systme you can't just blow up :(

any log output?

I found a nice bug in the ubuntu net installer the other day

it'll warn you it a unclean install target (fine, go ahead)

oh there's files already here -barf

... I'm like.... but I just clicked the button to accept the fact there's already files there arrrugh!

(I actually hit enter as it's the ncurses installer not gui but don't tell them that!)

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k its quite literally a known bug they haven't fixed

... wait a sec

djsmiley2k

which, yours or the one i encountered?

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k I coulda sworn this was a systemd box

djsmiley2k

14:37

that thing, irugh

I've still not had time enough to sit down and figure out all the things I need to know about it

I've been used to openrc and upstart and the rest for so long, it's completely... wrong feeling

Journeyman Geek

Yeah

djsmiley2k

Soooooooooo what does cyber forensics cover?

Journeyman Geek

thing is I don't have a clue what's running some of my boot time things then ._.

djsmiley2k

I'd of loved to do something like that at uni, alas my choices were far more limited

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k 2 modules of forensics - desktop and database with a touch of sluthing

djsmiley2k

14:39

computing, comp sci, network computing, programming or business computing

oh and computer engineering

Journeyman Geek

Some modules on things like system design and analysis, a few on ISM

I have a second major in management, which was a mistake

djsmiley2k

I wanted to do networks but it demanded I pass the 2nd yr math module which I just couldn't get on with

I liked automations, but nothing else made sense

rajikas theroum and such

Journeyman Geek

coding bores me to death

I love working on servers and making things run, well, when I'm not depressed and sulky ;)

djsmiley2k

Nod

I love replacing things with little scripts to make them better,faster, easier

you know, the things computers were designed to do!

Journeyman Geek

but yeah, this needs a rebuild ;)

which is going to get complicated.

I have 2 databases (mysql and postgres) and a web server mainly on this

djsmiley2k

14:42

grab the configs and blow the thing away

oh and maybe make a note of the versions ://

Wanna hire a sysadmin to do it for you? :D

Journeyman Geek

lol

I can do it

Oh, and the network config on this is messy and semi documented on SU :)

anyway, this is supported to 2019

so no real rush

djsmiley2k

:D

Journeyman Geek

and yanno

I was going to fix something else.

djsmiley2k

500 reviews done \o/

(first post reviews)

Journeyman Geek

now I still need to fix up my at home instance of KVM so it can talk to the server (and maybe install that webui @bob linked to try), fix the matrix install, work out how to do backups, and plan for a reinstall.

user226528

14:54

@JourneymanGeek Hi. Can the OP of a question that was put on hold still mark one of its entries as an answer?

jokerdino

yeah, they can accept one of the answers.

Journeyman Geek

@FleetCommand I don't remember ;p

user226528

15:40

We have an off-topic questions here:

user226528

-1

Q: How powershell commands were named cmdlets (command lets)

I was trying to figure out the nomenclature of calling commands in powershell as command-let (cmdlet). Why they are simply not called commands instead. I could only guess from this wikipedia page that this might be somehow an abbreviation of command line interface to interact with commands writte...

user226528

Still, does anyone know the answer?

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand It's answered in the comment above yours. I'd argue that it's not off topic as there is an explicit answer in the MS docs.

user226528

@DavidPostill You won't survive a day in Wikipedia. It is easy to trick you with a link.

user226528

@DavidPostill Still... off-topic.

DavidPostill

15:45

@FleetCommand ?

What part of "A cmdlet is a lightweight command that is used in the Windows PowerShell environment." - the definition by MS who invented PowerShell, does not answer the question? It clearly says they are named that way because MS decided to name them that way.

user226528

@DavidPostill Yes. It does say that. And that's not the question.

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand Which part of superuser.com/help/on-topic says that it is not on topic?

@FleetCommand Replace How with Why in it answers the question.

user226528

@DavidPostill Press CTRL+F in your web browser and look for the word "Etymology" in that page? Do you find it? No. Off-topic!

user226528

@DavidPostill That's altering the question. It is like moving a goal post.

DavidPostill

@FleetCommand "Why they are simply not called commands"? Because MS said they are called CmdLets

@FleetCommand No is not. It's fixing the grammar. He said in the question body "Why they are simply not called commands"

user226528

15:54

@DavidPostill This kind of reply is called "evasive response" intended to elude answering the question. "Why are trees green?" "Because God created them that way". "Why is my brother's hair blond?" "Because he was born that way."

user226528

"Why is this username called 'DavidPostill'?" "Because he typed that word in his web browser upon sign up."

Ben N

Relevant Less Wrong: Mysterious answers to mysterious questions

user226528

The problem with elusive answering is that the person who asks the question already assumes as much.

DavidPostill

16:10

@BenN That's a bit too deep for me :)

@FleetCommand Because that is the name on my birth certificate :)

jokerdino

@DavidPostill No Space?

DavidPostill

@jokerdino lol. I don't like spaces in usernames :)

bwDraco

WHAT. THE. FUCK.

wccftech.com/vega-teaser-slides-leak-nda

Now is this real?

Real or April Fools?

This is sure to raise some questions...

I'm waiting for some real answers. Is this pointing to a real product on the horizon?

Powershell for Linux

16:27

@djsmiley2k that's the best mix!

bwDraco

A product teaser on April Fools' Day is raising some serious question marks. The numbers look plausible, but I'm waffling between real and fake.

Powershell for Linux

@Mokubai never! It's the fault of the medical professional in the first place.

bwDraco

Who created the slide deck?

Blah. Just another teaser.

djsmiley2k

@PowershellforLinux the best mix is what I've got right now - a supportive manager

the problem atm being that we have one client doing a huge migration

bwDraco

Probably fake. Whoever made this put a serious amount of effort into imitating AMD trade dress.

djsmiley2k

16:31

and it's just killing everything else, no time to think sometimes

bwDraco

This is why I hate April Fools. I know people will call me out for breaking a time-honored tradition, but it literally gets impossible to distinguish between truth and lies on April 1st. People have to make the pranks so realistic, it annoys me to no end.

I hate April Fools.

I'd much rather have business as usual rather than have my routine disrupted just to let people play pranks.

Ben N

As would I, but alas, tradition

bwDraco

Well, people in the world of work might disagree, given the monotony of many jobs...

Not having a sense of humor is not healthy. And that's the truth.

Powershell for Linux

@djsmiley2k and that too. I had one of those once

A little too supportive

djsmiley2k

-_- isp blocked pirateproxy.vip :O

/me laughs how futile all this is

they think they are gonna stop kodi? lololol

bwDraco

16:47

thestar.com/opinion/public_editor/2017/03/31/…

djsmiley2k

17:07

dum de dummm

man so many movies I've missed watching due to childrens

Powershell for Linux

17:55

Heh

djsmiley2k

not that id haveseen them anyway, but i would of concidered some

bwDraco

18:21

theguardian.com/science/brain-flapping/2016/apr/01/…

Rahul2001

I cut myself badly while cycling today. I'll probably be left with four small scars on my calf.

Ben N

Ow

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k I want to go into computer forensics!

Or rather, digital forensics

djsmiley2k

18:36

then do so

stop writing badly hackable php first tho plzD:

Rahul2001

@djsmiley2k That's just me learning :P

djsmiley2k

hehe

Eliter

18:56

Hello! :D

Nick Alexeev

0

Q: Bonding yourself via GND pin of an USB-port?

A simple EPA (ESD Protected Area) consists of 3 things: wrist strap antistatic mat common point ground When doing field service (installing/replacing hardware parts) the ESD sensitive part goes straight into a static shielding bag and the replacement part comes out of a static shielding bag a...

usb safety esd ground-plane antistatic

allquixotic

19:12

@bwDraco faketech.com :P

DavidPostill

19:22

@NickAlexeev You have a question?

bwDraco

@allquixotic I'm just not a fan of April Fools' Day.

djsmiley2k

@allquixotic how is that not a site o_O

Andrew Li

21:55

If I have 3 monitors, do they all need to be digital output or analog? I've got one monitor that's connected to my R9 270x with VGA (Monitor) to DVI I (GPU), another DVI D (Dual) to HDMI, and finally an Apple Monitor DVI D (single) in a dual connector. The VGA one refuses to work - do I need something other than VGA?

allquixotic

22:06

@AndrewLi it's not the number of monitors; it's the VGA to DVI.

in order for a passive VGA to DVI conversion to work, your card has to have a decoder for the analog signal on the DVI port

nevermind

tomshardware.com/answers/id-2839439/triple-monitor-270x.html

Andrew Li

Well, everything was working fine with the VGA before I addrd the apple one

allquixotic

there's your answer -- if you want to get 3 monitors working with that card, you have to convert everything over to displayport

Andrew Li

Oh DP

allquixotic

I believe DVI-D to displayport can be a passive conversion with a cable

VGA to displayport will need an active converter box

Andrew Li

Okay. Thanks!

I'll just get a DP adapter

So I could replace the VGA to DVI I to HDMI to DP? It says DP doesn't count towards the 2 limit

Bob

22:24

morning

DavidPostill

22:38

morning (almost)

Powershell for Linux

23:00

!! Caat

Hi Bob

Bob

23:12

@allquixotic hi! :P

@allquixotic kinda curious what time you ended up waking

Nick Alexeev

@DavidPostill Should I migrate it to SuperUser? The question is in the context of PC repair.

DavidPostill

@NickAlexeev I'm not sure. There might be someone on SU who could answer that. @JourneymanGeek what do you think?

Journeyman Geek

Not really in our scope imo

DavidPostill

@NickAlexeev So we have a No and a Not Sure ... I guess No wins :)

Journeyman Geek

23:34

Also, if that worked, people would totally sell USB grounding cables.

bwDraco

roar

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