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WLUG AGM
by Chris O'Halloran 13 Mar '12

13 Mar '12

Hello All, 10 members turned up for the AGM last night and we have a new committee! Thanks to the past committee members who were not able to be present. John Billings, Sam Lin and Wayne Grimsey The new committee is President: Bruce Kingbury Vice President: Peter Reutemann Treasurer: Ronnie Collinson Secretary: Rene Bartosh Committee: Rod Aldridge Committee: Ian Stewart Committee: Chris O'Halloran The minutes will be posted shortly. In the meantime, would those on this list seeking to retain a membership with the club please consider renewing their membership financially. Online banking is obviously convenient 12-3122-0223054-00 See the following for additional details. The membership fee remains at $20. https://secure.wlug.org.nz/join.html Monies got towards room hireage, server costs, refreshments, printing, Coatsville Mansions etc. I would also like to acknowledge the continued support from the University and Rimu Hosting during last year. It was much appreciated. Chris O'Halloran 2011 WLUG President

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting tonight!
by Meeting Reminder Bot 11 Mar '12

11 Mar '12

There's a WLUG meeting tonight: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!2011 AGM Agenda Approval of 2010 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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WLUG on twitter
by Peter Reutemann 10 Mar '12

10 Mar '12

Hi everyone First of all, WLUG now has a twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/WaikatoLUG Secondly, I've enabled twitter support within WLUG's elgg instance (found at http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/) This means, you can - if you want to - publish your wire posts automatically on the WLUG twitter account. Here is a short description on how to enable this: http://elgg.wlug.org.nz/pg/blog/read/7993/twitter-support Happy tweeting! :-) Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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REMINDER: WLUG meeting is on Monday
by Meeting Reminder Bot 08 Mar '12

08 Mar '12

There's a Waikato Linux Users Group meeting on Monday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!2011 AGM Agenda Approval of 2010 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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The Little White Box That Can Hack Your Network
by Peter Reutemann 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

An interesting twist for the SheevaPlug: use it as a testing tool for networks... http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/03/pwnie/?intcid=story_ribbon Here is the link to the modified SheevaPlug: http://www.pwnieexpress.com/eliteplug.html One drawback: it's more expensive than the blank SheevaPlug. Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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Raspberry Pi, activist tool
by Peter Reutemann 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

Interesting article on what the Linux-based Raspberry Pi can be used for: secure communication (in combination with cryptocat). http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2012/03/raspberry-pi-activist-tool.… Anybody on the list already ordered a Raspberry PI or is planning to order one? Cheers, Peter -- Peter Reutemann, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Waikato, NZ http://www.cs.waikato.ac.nz/~fracpete/ Ph. +64 (7) 858-5174

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ANNOUNCE: WLUG meeting is one week away
by Meeting Reminder Bot 04 Mar '12

04 Mar '12

The Waikato Linux Users Group have a meeting in one week from today: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- !!!2011 AGM Agenda Approval of 2010 AGM minutes President's Report Treasurer's Report Election of Officers (Don't forget to do CommitteeHandover this year) General Business

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What are the best practices for Linux partitioning & Mount points for Production systems
by nk oorda 02 Mar '12

02 Mar '12

What are the best practices for Linux partitioning & Mount points for Production systems Hi i need some suggestion for defining the partition size for my production systems. we are going to use CentOS 6.2 (64 bit) - Partition size - Mount points What i am able to get from the google search is: / Root File System (/bin , /sbin , /dev , /root /usr program and source code /var variable data /boot boot kernels /tmp temp file locations /work to do your work here "you can name it anything" Swap - */home* - Set option nosuid, and nodev with diskquota option - */usr* - Set option nodev - */tmp* - Set option nodev, nosuid, noexec option must be enabled - /var local,nodev,nosuid Most of the server will be running - Apache -Tomcat -SOLR and few of them would be running MySQL as data base. what is concern is that one of the developer accidentally deleted the /usr files with sudo access. if somehow i can protect the core system from the developers mistake that would be really good. Thanks in advance for help.

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CentOS for Production (CentOS 6.0 Vs 6.1 Vs 6.2)
by nk oorda 26 Feb '12

26 Feb '12

Hi We are currently using CentOS 5.3 for production systems. The application/software/package we are using mainly: - Apache - Tomcat - SOLR - Mysql We are in process to upgrade the CentOS. What would be the best CentOS candidate for upgrade (CentOS 6.0 Vs 6.1 Vs 6.2) We are using both physical and virtual system. Best Regards NK

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Re: [wlug] ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012
by Sam Lin 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Time really flies! It's almost one year since the last AGM... Too bad I am not in Hamilton... (but good to see the user group is still going). Cheers, Sam On 20 February 2012 10:16, <wlug-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> wrote: > ------------------------------ > > Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:57:50 +1300 > From: "Chris O'Halloran" <cmoman(a)gmail.com> > To: Waikato Linux Users Group <wlug(a)list.waikato.ac.nz> > Subject: [wlug] ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March 2012 > > ANNOUNCEMENT: Annual General Meeting, 12th March > > In accordance with Rule 6 of the charter, I would like to announce to > all members that the Waikato Linux Users Group (Incorporated) will be > holding its Annual General Meeting on Monday, 12 March, 2012, at > 7pm, at the regular meeting location of Room MS4.G.02 > > Several officers and committee members will be stepping down this > year. Society membership has also gone down recently. Present and past > members interested in seeing WLUG continue as an IncorporatedSociety > are encouraged to attend this years AGM to meet quorum requirements > and stand for election. > >

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