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Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 19:35:40 +0100
From: Peter King <peterking1990@gmail.com>
To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
Subject: Re: [bristol] Bristol Digest, Vol 654, Issue 3
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Hello all,
I came across an 2009 WD My Cloud NAS being thrown out, and had heard they
run Debian Wheezy, so I thought it'd be a good chance to dive more into
Linux following this guide:
http://www.scramworks.net/hacking-mycloud.html Unfortunately, it was quite
dead, but I took the WD 500GB HDDs out. I thought they might be useful for
someone in the group?
I'm also looking to sell off two 17" Dell screens: they pivot 90 degrees so
make good second monitors. I live in Bath if anyone's here.
Going cheap!
Nice to meet you all.
Peter
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> 1. Keeping pppd running (jpff)
> 2. Re: Keeping pppd running (mark chard)
> 3. Re: Accessing Linux Samba from Mac (Steve King)
> 4. Re: Keeping pppd running (Amias Channer)
> 5. Re: Keeping pppd running (Steve King)
> 6. Re: Accessing Linux Samba from Mac (Martin Moore)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:58:16 +0100
> From: jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk>
> To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: [bristol] Keeping pppd running
> Message-ID: <878-Wed27Jul2016145816+0100-jpff@codemist.co.uk>
>
> I am sure this is trivial but I cannot remember/find how to do it!
>
> I have FTTC serviced my a Debian box running pppd. The problem is
> recently the connection is being dropped by BT (thanks) and not
> coming back in time for pppd to restore the link. Off for say 2 hrs or
> 30 mins. Last time was at 3am so not sure when it returned.
>
> I would like to restart pppd is it is not running, driven from say
> crontab. I can use ps to see if it exists but I cannot find how to
> script this. What am I missing? I seem to remember some log-watching
> program from earlier, or is there a simple way to say
> IF not_running(pppd) THEN start(pppd) FI
>
> Sorry to ask such a simple thing.....
> ==John ffitch
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:42:32 +0100
> From: mark chard <machard.1984@gmail.com>
> To: Bristol and Bath Linux User Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>,
> jpff <jpff@codemist.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Keeping pppd running
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> Hi jpff, I have forwarded your message to a colleague who is the maintainer
> of this package in debian, he will respond to you shortly.
>
> On 27 Jul 2016 2:58 pm, "jpff via Bristol" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > I am sure this is trivial but I cannot remember/find how to do it!
> >
> > I have FTTC serviced my a Debian box running pppd. The problem is
> > recently the connection is being dropped by BT (thanks) and not
> > coming back in time for pppd to restore the link. Off for say 2 hrs or
> > 30 mins. Last time was at 3am so not sure when it returned.
> >
> > I would like to restart pppd is it is not running, driven from say
> > crontab. I can use ps to see if it exists but I cannot find how to
> > script this. What am I missing? I seem to remember some log-watching
> > program from earlier, or is there a simple way to say
> > IF not_running(pppd) THEN start(pppd) FI
> >
> > Sorry to ask such a simple thing.....
> > ==John ffitch
> >
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 15:58:54 +0100
> From: "Steve King" <debian@invux.com>
> To: "Martin Moore" <martinm@it-helps.co.uk>, "Bristol and Bath Linux
> User Group" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Accessing Linux Samba from Mac
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> > I’m trying to map a Debian drive from El Capitan.
> >
> > I’ve installed Samba on the server. However the Mac won’t
> > authenticate. I know Samba is running as I get a ‘login’ dialog. If I
> > stop Samba I don’t.
> >
> > Can’t find any server logs. Not quite sure what should go into the
> > ‘workgroup’ in smb.conf.
> >
> > Any pointers?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Martin
> >
>
> Obvious stuff:
> Can you access the share using smbclient from linux?
> Or explorer from windows?
>
> Did you create a samba account with smbpasswd -a ?
>
> --
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:03:58 +0100
> From: Amias Channer <me@amias.net>
> To: mark chard <machard.1984@gmail.com>, Bristol and Bath Linux User
> Group <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Keeping pppd running
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> Hello Mark,
>
> wouldn't this be better done by a init/upstart/systemd configuration
> to run it as a service ?
>
> All of these susbsystems have options for services to be run to always
> restart on failure and this way you would get it serviced by events
> rather than polling for it with cron,
> this has the advantage that those subsystems have robust mechanisms
> for dealing with failed services that you won't have to reimplement in
> your cron scripts.
>
> you also get better integration with the rest of the os if you do it
> this way, with the cron solution it will cause problems when switching
> runlevels and that sort of thing
>
> Cheers
> Amias
>
>
>
> On 27 July 2016 at 15:42, mark chard via Bristol
> <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote:
> > Hi jpff, I have forwarded your message to a colleague who is the
> maintainer
> > of this package in debian, he will respond to you shortly.
> >
> >
> > On 27 Jul 2016 2:58 pm, "jpff via Bristol" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I am sure this is trivial but I cannot remember/find how to do it!
> >>
> >> I have FTTC serviced my a Debian box running pppd. The problem is
> >> recently the connection is being dropped by BT (thanks) and not
> >> coming back in time for pppd to restore the link. Off for say 2 hrs or
> >> 30 mins. Last time was at 3am so not sure when it returned.
> >>
> >> I would like to restart pppd is it is not running, driven from say
> >> crontab. I can use ps to see if it exists but I cannot find how to
> >> script this. What am I missing? I seem to remember some log-watching
> >> program from earlier, or is there a simple way to say
> >> IF not_running(pppd) THEN start(pppd) FI
> >>
> >> Sorry to ask such a simple thing.....
> >> ==John ffitch
> >>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:04:46 +0100
> From: "Steve King" <debian@invux.com>
> To: "jpff" <jpff@codemist.co.uk>, "Bristol and Bath Linux User Group"
> <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Keeping pppd running
> Message-ID:
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>
> > I am sure this is trivial but I cannot remember/find how to do it!
> >
> > I have FTTC serviced my a Debian box running pppd. The problem is
> > recently the connection is being dropped by BT (thanks) and not
> > coming back in time for pppd to restore the link. Off for say 2 hrs or
> > 30 mins. Last time was at 3am so not sure when it returned.
> >
> > I would like to restart pppd is it is not running, driven from say
> > crontab. I can use ps to see if it exists but I cannot find how to
> > script this. What am I missing? I seem to remember some log-watching
> > program from earlier, or is there a simple way to say
> > IF not_running(pppd) THEN start(pppd) FI
> >
> > Sorry to ask such a simple thing.....
> > ==John ffitch
> >
>
> Did you use pppoeconf to set it up?
>
> If so it will have an entry in /etc/network/interfaces:
>
> auto dsl-provider
> iface dsl-provider inet ppp
> pre-up /bin/ip link set eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
> provider dsl-provider
>
> auto should bring the interface up at boot time.
>
> and I *think* it will bring it up if it goes down.
>
> If that isn't the case, and your cron script finds the interface down
> ifup dsl-provider
> will bring it back up.
>
> (Probably need to experiment with that myself)
>
> --
> Steve
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 16:08:40 +0100
> From: Martin Moore <martinm@it-helps.co.uk>
> To: <debian@invux.com>, Bristol and Bath Linux User Group
> <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Accessing Linux Samba from Mac
> Message-ID: <04AEA285-D1BD-4C45-AFA9-80D6FD586EF7@it-helps.co.uk>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
>
> ➢ Did you create a samba account with smbpasswd -a ?
> Nope. Have done now and I'm in. Cheers all.
>
>
> Martin.
>
> On 27/07/2016, 15:58, "Steve King" <debian@invux.com> wrote:
>
> > I’m trying to map a Debian drive from El Capitan.
> >
> > I’ve installed Samba on the server. However the Mac won’t
> > authenticate. I know Samba is running as I get a ‘login’ dialog.
> If I
> > stop Samba I don’t.
> >
> > Can’t find any server logs. Not quite sure what should go into the
> > ‘workgroup’ in smb.conf.
> >
> > Any pointers?
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Martin
> >
>
> Obvious stuff:
> Can you access the share using smbclient from linux?
> Or explorer from windows?
>
> Did you create a samba account with smbpasswd -a ?
>
> --
> Steve
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:33:29 +0100
> From: Chris Boot <bootc@bootc.net>
> To: bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [bristol] Fwd: Keeping pppd running
> Message-ID: <f0e9158b-69b2-d8bd-49ed-bdb2b99b0225@bootc.net>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
>
> [ please excuse me replying to a forward and breaking the threading ]
>
> On 27/07/16 15:41, mark chard wrote:
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: "jpff via Bristol" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
> > Date: 27 Jul 2016 2:58 pm
> > Subject: [bristol] Keeping pppd running
> > To: <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk <mailto:bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>>
> >
> > I am sure this is trivial but I cannot remember/find how to do it!
> >
> > I have FTTC serviced my a Debian box running pppd. The problem is
> > recently the connection is being dropped by BT (thanks) and not
> > coming back in time for pppd to restore the link. Off for say 2 hrs or
> > 30 mins. Last time was at 3am so not sure when it returned.
> >
> > I would like to restart pppd is it is not running, driven from say
> > crontab. I can use ps to see if it exists but I cannot find how to
> > script this. What am I missing? I seem to remember some log-watching
> > program from earlier, or is there a simple way to say
> > IF not_running(pppd) THEN start(pppd) FI
>
> Hi jpff,
>
> As Mark suggested, I maintain pppd in Debian. I use it to run several
> FTTC lines over PPPoE too. The trick here is to not have pppd give up
> and exit in the first place. You probably want to include lines like the
> following into your peer file in /etc/ppp/peers:
>
> # Restart link on failure.
> maxfail 0
>
> # Use LCP pings, once a second, to detect failure - 10 pings failed ==
> offline
> lcp-echo-failure 10
> lcp-echo-interval 1
>
> # Hang around indefinitely
> persist
> holdoff 1
>
> You may also run into the situation if your ISP has trouble and BT give
> up talking to them: BT will accept your login and put you on a "default
> accept" captive portal. Unfortunately you can only reliably detect this
> if you have a static IP address and your ISP always uses the same IP
> address on their end. I know AAISP do this, so I can easily overcome
> this by adding to my peers file:
>
> A.B.C.D:81.187.81.187
>
> Where A.B.C.D is my static IPv4 address for that line, and 81.187.81.187
> is *always* AAISP's remote end on PPP sessions. With this in place, pppd
> will reject the IP address offered to it by BT's default accept.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris Boot
> bootc@bootc.net
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