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OpenBSD DUID
by Sean 12 Jan '12

12 Jan '12

I was asked at the meeting about converting an existing setup and update from device names in fstab to duid. It is easier than I expected... sudo disklabel sd0 | awk '/duid:/{print $2}' ef02643ce3b571a4 That's your DUID for the device /dev/sd0. In fstab replace: /dev/sd0a with ef02643ce3b571a4.a The pattern from this should be obvious. Maybe try with a swap slice first to see if it works for you. The advantage of swapping to DUID's is that no matter where you put that drive in the device chain it will be recognized as the particular disk and mounted accordingly. Also solves an issue if the order of disk detection is somehow not consistently ordered on detected. -- Sean

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UG News - Register Today: Repairing Problems in Windows 7, Black & White Photography, Top 10 New Google Advertiser Mistakes and More
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 09 Jan '12

09 Jan '12

FYI... ---------------------------------------------------------- View in browser <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z2f4j29r2f7o29ik3alsufgeqkmeitcfopc8po10>. *Forward this announcement to your user group or a friend* <http://post.oreilly.com/f2f/9z1zbkllap758pemllbpnsjnrjukl2dk0fg4v8b2q90> O'Reilly Webcasts <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zvuh9rqnc876plknq70cj4oo883n6h22hbsm3ti0> Meet experts online. Join us for these free, live webcasts. Attendance is limited, so register now. We'll send you a reminder before the webcast. And please feel free to *forward this invitation* <http://post.oreilly.com/f2f/9z1zbkllap758pemllbpnsjnrjukl2dk0fg4v8b2q90> to others. 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Fred Trotter <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zr13n9uj3b5eqp76h0o12qqtq4908hn49b43ra4g> 6 New Year Resolutions for Health IT <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z8vdj1fqp276hp3qcs1qcdqo5rlo8lv51ooj6f80> Presented by *Fred Trotter* <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z75d6sia0dha3no1r392nvg0q31hj1tjr1v2e0po>, *David Uhlman* <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zs8vrp9ve9ru6dpvfepsi263nbl2c1kg5hfdgluo> Add to iCal <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zf5bodkkf4kdsakm7k5k5ap39opgqoc5c1m692h8> *Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 at 10:00AM PT* Register now <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zf5ata334vd7fasflapf1jgp220s02vv3g171ql8> If you are interested in insight into the strange behind the scenes workings of healthcare or are already a grizzled veteran, this webcast presentation will cover a diverse set of topics sure to be as informative as they are interesting and funny. 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Anastasia Holdren <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zbgfr37utf59ghdvncpkvlh8tlfgh4eh1oo1a8t0> Top 10 Google New Advertiser Mistakes (and how to avoid them) <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zleerjnecm5gspeds6o82mt8e6q7rfv8lrjm0fl0> Presented by *Anastasia Holdren* <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zpkrbdrnh35oueeu22vo7bar3lj7qtvuaeh1o100>, author of *Google AdWords* <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1zd2qr5177jhjlq3sn7h0qrmoh5rotqgv5nhbt380> Add to iCal <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z8oijfrlohhb1lh7b99eeh1t04pj5e4dmgjotpg0> *Friday, Jan 20, 2012 at 10:00 PT* Register now <http://post.oreilly.com/rd/9z1z8cohgtglq72gdt31i26m5bgrc62f5bi9m5oj7sg> This webcast session will cover the most common pitfalls new AdWords advertisers face. We'll discuss ways to avoid them and correct issues in existing accounts to improve overall performance. 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Fwd: USENIX ATC '12 Submission Deadline Approaching
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 06 Jan '12

06 Jan '12

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USENIX ATC '12 Submission Deadline Approaching Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2012 10:10:35 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> We're writing to remind you that the submission deadline for the 2012 USENIX Annual Technical Conference (USENIX ATC '12) is approaching. Please register your paper titles and abstracts by Tuesday, January 10, 2012. Complete papers are due Tuesday, January 17, 2012. http://www.usenix.org/atc12/cfpb/ We seek high-quality submissions that further the knowledge and understanding of modern computing systems, with an emphasis on implementations and experimental results. We encourage papers that break new ground, present insightful results based on practical experience with computer systems, or are important, independent reproductions/refutations of the experimental results of prior work. USENIX ATC has a broad scope, and specific topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Architectural interaction * Cloud computing * Deployment experience * Distributed and parallel systems * Embedded systems * Energy/power management * File and storage systems * Mobile, wireless, and sensor systems * Networking and network services * Operating systems * Reliability, availability, and scalability * Security, privacy, and trust * System and network management and troubleshooting * Usage studies and workload characterization * Virtualization For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://www.usenix.org/atc12/cfpb/ We look forward to your submissions. Gernot Heiser, NICTA and University of New South Wales Wilson Hsieh, Google USENIX ATC '12 Program Co-Chairs atc12chairs(a)usenix.org --------------------------------------- Call for Papers 2012 USENIX Annual Technical Conference June 13-15, 2012, Boston, MA http://www.usenix.org/atc12/cfpb/ Paper titles and abstracts due: January 10, 2012, 11:59 p.m. EST Complete paper submissions due: January 17, 2012, 11:59 p.m. EST ---------------------------------------

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MUUG Meeting, Jan 10, 7:30pm -- VPN over SSH, VM Install of Linux
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 04 Jan '12

04 Jan '12

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 10. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: VPN over SSH, VM Install of Linux This month's meeting will start with the usual round-table discussion and RTFM topic, followed by two mini-topics. January's RTFM is brought to you by the letter "c" and Michael Doob, who will present cron(8) and the crontab(1) command. Next, Sean Cody will show us how he does VPN tunnelling using SSH and tunnel devices, and a few other ssh tricks like session mixing and ad-hoc port forwarding. Adam Thompson will then demonstrate installing CentOS 5.x and Ubuntu 11.10, and discuss their relative footprints, in a virtual environment. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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UG News - Learn from Experts: Repairing Problems in Windows 7, IOS 5, Health IT, The Information Diet and More
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Jan '12

03 Jan '12

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Useful site: check if it's down for everyone or just you
by Adam Thompson 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/ I can’t believe I never - not even once - thought to just try typing in that URL! -Adam Thompson athompso(a)athompso.net

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Mutt
by Sean Cody 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Anyone here use it and wouldn't mind the imposition of demo'ing it? Having used pine for well at least a decade the Maildir patch is largely umzaintained since I updated/maintained it back in 4.3. I keep hearing mutt is better and I'd like to see why and I'm sure others on this list would too. -- Sean (mobile)

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Eating my own words.
by Robert Keizer 19 Dec '11

19 Dec '11

Well I'm eating my own words. "When will Wayland become the default on Ubuntu?" "This has not been decided." Gah.. I must have installed it to test and then forgotten about it. My bad. Rob

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a un*x admin tool paging by default
by Trevor Cordes 17 Dec '11

17 Dec '11

Am I the only one this ticks off (enough to make a bugzilla)? https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=768601 Only the devil himself (or Windows people) would page output by default in an admin tool. The only other un*x app I've ever seen this with is postgres's interactive command line. Go to the bugzilla (if you have an account) and cc: yourself (equivalent to voting at RH bugzilla it would seem).

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Free Sun equipment
by Kevin McGregor 15 Dec '11

15 Dec '11

I thought I'd post this list here first, in case anyone wanted any of it. Otherwise it'll likely end up in the e-waste stream. Sun Ultra 5 SPARC IIi 333 MHz 128 MB RAM, CD-ROM, 120 GB hard drive, OpenBSD 5.0 installed Sun Ultra 5 SPARC IIi 270 MHz 256 MB RAM, CD-ROM, 4 GB hard drive (yeah, I know, but it's IDE so replace it with something bigger), OpenBSD 5.0 installed Sun IPX "lunchbox" computer, 24 MB RAM (might have more RAM for it), not sure how big the HD is Sun B&W monitor Sun colour monitor (not sure if it's working) Sun SPARCstation ELC 24 MB RAM (screen is dim) Sun SPARCstation ELC case (i.e. no motherboard; for parts) Sun SCSI tape drive GWV-611-T AnDATAco SCSI tape drive Email me if there's anything you'd like. Kevin

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