From johngflower at actrix.co.nz Fri May 2 15:59:32 2008 From: johngflower at actrix.co.nz (John Flower) Date: Fri May 2 16:00:18 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration In-Reply-To: <20080501000025.4383483EC3@waverider.actrix.co.nz> References: <20080501000025.4383483EC3@waverider.actrix.co.nz> Message-ID: <1209700772.2727.16.camel@icecream> > >Hi, > > > > > >Can someone tell me if the following is good practise? > > > >I'm setting up a dual W2K/Linux computer for my mum-in-law and I've > >got > >a choice between a variety of 'free' Windows anti virus programs or > >using KlamAV (a gui frontend for ClamAV). I'm thinking I can boot > >into > >linux and use KlamAV to check the Windows partitions. I'm guessing > >that > >most of the nasty bugs live in executable files and that I can have > >one > >Windows Partition for the OS and applications and one for data > >(mostly > >mp3's). I'd have a clean copy of the OS and apps saved inside an ext3 > >partition and should anything really nasty happen I can quickly > >restore > >Windows. > > > > > >Cheers, > > > >John > > > > > > Is the pc protected by a firewall? > If the Windows session is used to connect to the Internet then there > is no "live" AV protection. Without a firewall and AV there is a risk > it will be compromised with spyware/keyloggers etc. Internet banking > using the Windows sessions would be a definite risk. > Given the choice of your in-laws using Windows or Linux, are you sure > that their preference will be for Linux, and that the AV will be run > regularly? > Seems a bit risky to me... > > John R There is a firewall on the D-link 502T ADSL router. Not sure how good it is. Possibly NetDefender, an opensource firewall, might be better? As Windows 2000 (just go with me on the OS choice) doesn't come with a firewall. Though according to the brief instructions it has to be run in administrator mode and I want all users to use a restricted account. Any way around that? I've followed Meow's suggestion and installed ClamWin. The biggest barrier to converting to Linux is an app called PalTalk. Which is like Messenger + Audio Chat rooms. I haven't yet found a Linux client. Anyone know of one? Also didn't find anything about running PalTalk from WINE. The other is WinAmp which installed okay but won't play music when clicking play (test sound plays in winecfg). WinAmp is important because it has karaoke plugin plus pitch/tempo/speed altering plugin. I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? Cheers, John From johney at mre.co.nz Thu May 8 10:50:30 2008 From: johney at mre.co.nz (johney) Date: Thu May 8 10:50:37 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration In-Reply-To: <1209700772.2727.16.camel@icecream> References: <20080501000025.4383483EC3@waverider.actrix.co.nz> <1209700772.2727.16.camel@icecream> Message-ID: <1210200630.9405.23.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 15:59 +1200, John Flower wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > >Can someone tell me if the following is good practise? > > > > > >I'm setting up a dual W2K/Linux computer for my mum-in-law and I've > > >got > > >a choice between a variety of 'free' Windows anti virus programs or > > >using KlamAV (a gui frontend for ClamAV). I'm thinking I can boot > > >into > > >linux and use KlamAV to check the Windows partitions. I'm guessing > > >that > > >most of the nasty bugs live in executable files and that I can have > > >one > > >Windows Partition for the OS and applications and one for data > > >(mostly > > >mp3's). I'd have a clean copy of the OS and apps saved inside an ext3 > > >partition and should anything really nasty happen I can quickly > > >restore > > >Windows. > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > Is the pc protected by a firewall? > > If the Windows session is used to connect to the Internet then there > > is no "live" AV protection. Without a firewall and AV there is a risk > > it will be compromised with spyware/keyloggers etc. Internet banking > > using the Windows sessions would be a definite risk. > > Given the choice of your in-laws using Windows or Linux, are you sure > > that their preference will be for Linux, and that the AV will be run > > regularly? > > Seems a bit risky to me... > > > > John R > > There is a firewall on the D-link 502T ADSL router. Not sure how good it by default thats a perfectly adequate firewall w2000 has lots of holes tho (see http://www.metasploit.com/ ) - needs latest updates + luck > Possibly NetDefender, an opensource firewall, might be better? As > Windows 2000 (just go with me on the OS choice) doesn't come with a > firewall. Though according to the brief instructions it has to be run in > administrator mode and I want all users to use a restricted account. Any > way around that? > > I've followed Meow's suggestion and installed ClamWin. theirs some good stuff on http://www.mohawkmedia.co.nz/ fantastic freeware The only downside we could find to the Clamwin anti-virus package was the lack of real-time protection (scheduled scans only). If you combine it with *Winpooch, a real-time anti-spyware and anti-trojan program, then they work together to bring you complete protection, as Winpooch will actively utilise Clamwin. *update: Winpooch is not compatible with windows XP service pack 3, and because of this we have stopped using it until it gets fixed. We are investigating other specialist anti-spyware solutions, but Advanced Windows Care (see below) will do a decent job. ... The best free tool we could find isn't truly open source, it is the free version of Zonealarm 7. If you want to get all FOSS purist about your security setup, there is an open source alternative in the form of WIPFW 0.2.8. > The biggest barrier to converting to Linux is an app called PalTalk. > Which is like Messenger + Audio Chat rooms. I haven't yet found a Linux > client. Anyone know of one? Also didn't find anything about running > PalTalk from WINE. The other is WinAmp which installed okay but won't > play music when clicking play (test sound plays in winecfg). WinAmp is > important because it has karaoke plugin plus pitch/tempo/speed altering > plugin. > > I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will > rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? > yes by default I haven't tried something like this ... usually you use rsync to er, syncronize stuff (like a mirror) poss. you could use rsync -avu (u for skip files newer on the receiver) or better? cp -a windows windows (just the windows directory - is it windows in w2000?) what i have done is save their documents and settings and then wipe the partition and cp -a the system back again as it was originally and add their docs back - works ok! > Cheers, > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug From johney at mre.co.nz Thu May 8 11:07:16 2008 From: johney at mre.co.nz (johney) Date: Thu May 8 11:07:23 2008 Subject: [plug] Hardy Heron Message-ID: <1210201636.9405.35.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> Yay I just used the update manager to upgrade (while I worked) from Gutsy to Hardy (LTS - long term support to 2011) worried at first nautilus crashed! But since 2nd reboot I haven't had a single problem - using it heavily for 4 days (gpu is a bit hot, possibly too many processes running for my liking). It has run some huge kdelibs security updates seems the update manager is getting better - anyways I'm going to wipe it and replace my setup with xubuntu 8.04 today once I've rsynced From wrobertson1981 at yahoo.co.nz Thu May 8 12:51:52 2008 From: wrobertson1981 at yahoo.co.nz (Waylon Robertson) Date: Thu May 8 12:51:55 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration Message-ID: <504578.89061.qm@web50906.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Funny... in Ubuntu, Winamp under WineX worked perfectly. Even had it serving a shoutcast stream to another Winamp instance, also under WineX. ----- Original Message ---- From: johney To: Palmerston North Linux Users Group Sent: Thursday, 8 May, 2008 10:50:30 AM Subject: Re: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 15:59 +1200, John Flower wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > >Can someone tell me if the following is good practise? > > > > > >I'm setting up a dual W2K/Linux computer for my mum-in-law and I've > > >got > > >a choice between a variety of 'free' Windows anti virus programs or > > >using KlamAV (a gui frontend for ClamAV). I'm thinking I can boot > > >into > > >linux and use KlamAV to check the Windows partitions. I'm guessing > > >that > > >most of the nasty bugs live in executable files and that I can have > > >one > > >Windows Partition for the OS and applications and one for data > > >(mostly > > >mp3's). I'd have a clean copy of the OS and apps saved inside an ext3 > > >partition and should anything really nasty happen I can quickly > > >restore > > >Windows. > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > Is the pc protected by a firewall? > > If the Windows session is used to connect to the Internet then there > > is no "live" AV protection. Without a firewall and AV there is a risk > > it will be compromised with spyware/keyloggers etc. Internet banking > > using the Windows sessions would be a definite risk. > > Given the choice of your in-laws using Windows or Linux, are you sure > > that their preference will be for Linux, and that the AV will be run > > regularly? > > Seems a bit risky to me... > > > > John R > > There is a firewall on the D-link 502T ADSL router. Not sure how good it by default thats a perfectly adequate firewall w2000 has lots of holes tho (see http://www.metasploit.com/ ) - needs latest updates + luck >? Possibly NetDefender, an opensource firewall, might be better? As > Windows 2000 (just go with me on the OS choice) doesn't come with a > firewall. Though according to the brief instructions it has to be run in > administrator mode and I want all users to use a restricted account. Any > way around that? > > I've followed Meow's suggestion and installed ClamWin. theirs some good stuff on http://www.mohawkmedia.co.nz/ fantastic freeware The only downside we could find to the Clamwin anti-virus package was the lack of real-time protection (scheduled scans only). If you combine it with *Winpooch, a real-time anti-spyware and anti-trojan program, then they work together to bring you complete protection, as Winpooch will actively utilise Clamwin. *update: Winpooch is not compatible with windows XP service pack 3, and because of this we have stopped using it until it gets fixed. We are investigating other specialist anti-spyware solutions, but Advanced Windows Care (see below) will do a decent job. ... The best free tool we could find isn't truly open source, it is the free version of Zonealarm 7. If you want to get all FOSS purist about your security setup, there is an open source alternative in the form of WIPFW 0.2.8. > The biggest barrier to converting to Linux is an app called PalTalk. > Which is like Messenger + Audio Chat rooms. I haven't yet found a Linux > client. Anyone know of one? Also didn't find anything about running > PalTalk from WINE. The other is WinAmp which installed okay but won't > play music when clicking play (test sound plays in winecfg). WinAmp is > important because it has karaoke plugin plus pitch/tempo/speed altering > plugin. > > I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will > rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? > yes by default I haven't tried something like this ... usually you use rsync to er, syncronize stuff (like a mirror) poss. you could use rsync -avu (u for skip files newer on the receiver) or better? cp -a windows windows (just the windows directory - is it windows in w2000?) what i have done is save their documents and settings and then wipe the partition and cp -a the system back again as it was originally and add their docs back -? works ok! > Cheers, > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com From johney at mre.co.nz Thu May 8 19:15:36 2008 From: johney at mre.co.nz (johney) Date: Thu May 8 19:15:45 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration In-Reply-To: <1210200630.9405.23.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> References: <20080501000025.4383483EC3@waverider.actrix.co.nz> <1209700772.2727.16.camel@icecream> <1210200630.9405.23.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> Message-ID: <1210230936.7572.5.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> oh sorry I just had a look - rsync leaves stuff on the receiver, I looked at my usual setup and it has... rsync -avu --delete --rsh=ssh --stats /home/johney johney@192.168.1.5:/mnt/backup/rsync_notebook using the --delete option On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 10:50 +1200, johney wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 15:59 +1200, John Flower wrote: > > > >Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > >Can someone tell me if the following is good practise? > > > > > > > >I'm setting up a dual W2K/Linux computer for my mum-in-law and I've > > > >got > > > >a choice between a variety of 'free' Windows anti virus programs or > > > >using KlamAV (a gui frontend for ClamAV). I'm thinking I can boot > > > >into > > > >linux and use KlamAV to check the Windows partitions. I'm guessing > > > >that > > > >most of the nasty bugs live in executable files and that I can have > > > >one > > > >Windows Partition for the OS and applications and one for data > > > >(mostly > > > >mp3's). I'd have a clean copy of the OS and apps saved inside an ext3 > > > >partition and should anything really nasty happen I can quickly > > > >restore > > > >Windows. > > > > > > > > > > > >Cheers, > > > > > > > >John > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is the pc protected by a firewall? > > > If the Windows session is used to connect to the Internet then there > > > is no "live" AV protection. Without a firewall and AV there is a risk > > > it will be compromised with spyware/keyloggers etc. Internet banking > > > using the Windows sessions would be a definite risk. > > > Given the choice of your in-laws using Windows or Linux, are you sure > > > that their preference will be for Linux, and that the AV will be run > > > regularly? > > > Seems a bit risky to me... > > > > > > John R > > > > There is a firewall on the D-link 502T ADSL router. Not sure how good it > > by default thats a perfectly adequate firewall > w2000 has lots of holes tho (see http://www.metasploit.com/ ) - needs > latest updates + luck > > Possibly NetDefender, an opensource firewall, might be better? As > > Windows 2000 (just go with me on the OS choice) doesn't come with a > > firewall. Though according to the brief instructions it has to be run in > > administrator mode and I want all users to use a restricted account. Any > > way around that? > > > > I've followed Meow's suggestion and installed ClamWin. > > theirs some good stuff on http://www.mohawkmedia.co.nz/ > > fantastic freeware > > The only downside we could find to the Clamwin anti-virus package was > the lack of real-time protection (scheduled scans only). If you combine > it with *Winpooch, a real-time anti-spyware and anti-trojan program, > then they work together to bring you complete protection, as Winpooch > will actively utilise Clamwin. > > *update: Winpooch is not compatible with windows XP service pack 3, and > because of this we have stopped using it until it gets fixed. We are > investigating other specialist anti-spyware solutions, but Advanced > Windows Care (see below) will do a decent job. > > ... > > The best free tool we could find isn't truly open source, it is the free > version of Zonealarm 7. If you want to get all FOSS purist about your > security setup, there is an open source alternative in the form of WIPFW > 0.2.8. > > > The biggest barrier to converting to Linux is an app called PalTalk. > > Which is like Messenger + Audio Chat rooms. I haven't yet found a Linux > > client. Anyone know of one? Also didn't find anything about running > > PalTalk from WINE. The other is WinAmp which installed okay but won't > > play music when clicking play (test sound plays in winecfg). WinAmp is > > important because it has karaoke plugin plus pitch/tempo/speed altering > > plugin. > > > > I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will > > rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? > > > yes by default > I haven't tried something like this ... > usually you use rsync to er, syncronize stuff (like a mirror) > poss. you could use rsync -avu (u for skip files newer on the receiver) > or better? cp -a windows windows (just the windows directory - is it > windows in w2000?) > what i have done is save their documents and settings and then wipe the > partition and cp -a the system back again as it was originally and add > their docs back - works ok! > > Cheers, > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug From johngflower at actrix.co.nz Thu May 8 22:00:12 2008 From: johngflower at actrix.co.nz (John Flower) Date: Thu May 8 22:00:19 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration In-Reply-To: <20080508000014.0317683DD5@waverider.actrix.co.nz> References: <20080508000014.0317683DD5@waverider.actrix.co.nz> Message-ID: <1210240812.2378.23.camel@icecream> > > I've followed Meow's suggestion and installed ClamWin. > > theirs some good stuff on http://www.mohawkmedia.co.nz/ > > fantastic freeware > > The only downside we could find to the Clamwin anti-virus package was > the lack of real-time protection (scheduled scans only). If you combine > it with *Winpooch, a real-time anti-spyware and anti-trojan program, > then they work together to bring you complete protection, as Winpooch > will actively utilise Clamwin. > Cool, Winpooch it is. > *update: Winpooch is not compatible with windows XP service pack 3, and > because of this we have stopped using it until it gets fixed. We are > investigating other specialist anti-spyware solutions, but Advanced > Windows Care (see below) will do a decent job. > > ... > > > I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will > > rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? > > > yes by default > I haven't tried something like this ... > usually you use rsync to er, syncronize stuff (like a mirror) > poss. you could use rsync -avu (u for skip files newer on the receiver) > or better? cp -a windows windows (just the windows directory - is it > windows in w2000?) > what i have done is save their documents and settings and then wipe the > partition and cp -a the system back again as it was originally and add > their docs back - works ok! > > Cheers, > > > > John Rsync is what I want then. I've put a script on the desktop which will use rsync to restore a clean OS+Apps. Perhaps I should have a command in the script to wipe the partition as well? All the user data is stored in a seperate partition. I've also got links in Fedora to the data user files for Thunderbird located in Windows. Cheers, John From johngflower at actrix.co.nz Thu May 8 22:11:03 2008 From: johngflower at actrix.co.nz (John Flower) Date: Thu May 8 22:11:08 2008 Subject: [plug] Customising eee PCs Message-ID: <1210241463.2378.31.camel@icecream> Hi guys, I got an eeepc last week. Tinkered with it. Broke it. Fixed it. And now have a collection of new icons for those people wanting to customise the default window manager (a modified IceWM). Send me an email if you want them. http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ is a good website with howtos for installing software and customising things. Regards, John From johney at mre.co.nz Fri May 9 12:06:07 2008 From: johney at mre.co.nz (johney) Date: Fri May 9 12:06:19 2008 Subject: [plug] Customising eee PCs In-Reply-To: <1210241463.2378.31.camel@icecream> References: <1210241463.2378.31.camel@icecream> Message-ID: <1210291567.7087.1.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> Hey I've got a cool script for breaking in and getting root access to a non-updated eeepc! You really need to get them updated cause they use very old versions by default!!! On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 22:11 +1200, John Flower wrote: > Hi guys, > > > I got an eeepc last week. Tinkered with it. Broke it. Fixed it. And now > have a collection of new icons for those people wanting to customise the > default window manager (a modified IceWM). Send me an email if you want > them. > > http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ is a good website with howtos for installing > software and customising things. > > > Regards, > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug From johney at mre.co.nz Fri May 9 12:09:27 2008 From: johney at mre.co.nz (johney) Date: Fri May 9 12:09:32 2008 Subject: [plug] Customising eee PCs In-Reply-To: <1210291567.7087.1.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> References: <1210241463.2378.31.camel@icecream> <1210291567.7087.1.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> Message-ID: <1210291767.7087.5.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> Oh can you bring it on Wednesday 14th!!! On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 12:06 +1200, johney wrote: > Hey I've got a cool script for breaking in and getting root access to a > non-updated eeepc! You really need to get them updated cause they use > very old versions by default!!! > > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 22:11 +1200, John Flower wrote: > > Hi guys, > > > > > > I got an eeepc last week. Tinkered with it. Broke it. Fixed it. And now > > have a collection of new icons for those people wanting to customise the > > default window manager (a modified IceWM). Send me an email if you want > > them. > > > > http://wiki.eeeuser.com/ is a good website with howtos for installing > > software and customising things. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug From johney at mre.co.nz Fri May 9 12:22:22 2008 From: johney at mre.co.nz (johney) Date: Fri May 9 12:22:36 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: W2K/Linux security and backup restoration In-Reply-To: <1210240812.2378.23.camel@icecream> References: <20080508000014.0317683DD5@waverider.actrix.co.nz> <1210240812.2378.23.camel@icecream> Message-ID: <1210292542.7087.8.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 22:00 +1200, John Flower wrote: > > > I've followed Meow's suggestion and installed ClamWin. > > > > theirs some good stuff on http://www.mohawkmedia.co.nz/ > > > > fantastic freeware > > > > The only downside we could find to the Clamwin anti-virus package was > > the lack of real-time protection (scheduled scans only). If you combine > > it with *Winpooch, a real-time anti-spyware and anti-trojan program, > > then they work together to bring you complete protection, as Winpooch > > will actively utilise Clamwin. > > > > Cool, Winpooch it is. > > > *update: Winpooch is not compatible with windows XP service pack 3, and > > because of this we have stopped using it until it gets fixed. We are > > investigating other specialist anti-spyware solutions, but Advanced > > Windows Care (see below) will do a decent job. > > > > ... > > > > > > I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will > > > rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? > > > > > yes by default > > I haven't tried something like this ... > > usually you use rsync to er, syncronize stuff (like a mirror) > > poss. you could use rsync -avu (u for skip files newer on the receiver) > > or better? cp -a windows windows (just the windows directory - is it > > windows in w2000?) > > what i have done is save their documents and settings and then wipe the > > partition and cp -a the system back again as it was originally and add > > their docs back - works ok! > > > Cheers, > > > > > > John > > Rsync is what I want then. I've put a script on the desktop which will > use rsync to restore a clean OS+Apps. Perhaps I should have a command in > the script to wipe the partition as well? > can you tell us what you use - I've been ?rsync -avu --delete can I see your script!! > All the user data is stored in a seperate partition. I've also got links > in Fedora to the data user files for Thunderbird located in Windows. > > > Cheers, > > John > > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list, plug@linux.net.nz > http://www.linux.net.nz/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug From johngflower at actrix.co.nz Fri May 9 19:09:34 2008 From: johngflower at actrix.co.nz (John Flower) Date: Fri May 9 19:09:42 2008 Subject: [plug] Winamp in WINE In-Reply-To: <20080509000007.6D2D7102E9@splashdown.actrix.co.nz> References: <20080509000007.6D2D7102E9@splashdown.actrix.co.nz> Message-ID: <1210316974.2381.5.camel@icecream> > From Waylon Robertson: - > Funny... in Ubuntu, Winamp under WineX worked perfectly. Even had it serving a shoutcast stream to another Winamp instance, also under WineX. Might just be a version compatibility issue as a slightly older version of Winamp also worked with Fedora. Or it could be a settings issue - Winamp installed fine under WINE for me. Fully functional except that clicking on the play button does not play music (doesn't even play without sound). Which version of Winamp did you use? If it's older than 5.53 could you email me your copy of Winamp? Cheers, John From johngflower at actrix.co.nz Sun May 11 11:27:00 2008 From: johngflower at actrix.co.nz (John Flower) Date: Sun May 11 11:27:17 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: Using rsync to restore a backup of Windows stored in a Linux Partition In-Reply-To: <20080510000009.C78A51042C@splashdown.actrix.co.nz> References: <20080510000009.C78A51042C@splashdown.actrix.co.nz> Message-ID: <1210462020.2384.6.camel@icecream> > > > > I've used rsync to restore the windows OS from a backup in linux. Will > > > > rsync delete files at the destination that don't match the source? > > > > > > > yes by default > > > I haven't tried something like this ... > > > usually you use rsync to er, syncronize stuff (like a mirror) > > > poss. you could use rsync -avu (u for skip files newer on the receiver) > > > or better? cp -a windows windows (just the windows directory - is it > > > windows in w2000?) > > > what i have done is save their documents and settings and then wipe the > > > partition and cp -a the system back again as it was originally and add > > > their docs back - works ok! > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > John > > > > Rsync is what I want then. I've put a script on the desktop which will > > use rsync to restore a clean OS+Apps. Perhaps I should have a command in > > the script to wipe the partition as well? > > > can you tell us what you use - I've been > rsync -avu --delete > can I see your script!! I've been blindly following suggestion from chap off IRC:- rsync -av --stats --progress /root/Windows\ Backup/ /media/disk/ echo "Windows restoration complete. Press enter to close this window" read Now that I've looked at the man page... do I really need the -a option? I'd leave off the -u option as I'm maintaining a 'pure' full backup and any virus modified file would be newer than my backup. I think adding --delete would be prudent as well. So new script could be:- rsync -v --delete --stats --progress /root/Windows\ Backup/ /media/disk/ echo "Windows restoration complete. Press enter to close this window" read Is that enough to remove nasty viruses or would it be good to format the partition as well? What would be the best command to wipe the partition? Rsync is better than cp -a because if it is interrupted it can be restarted and carry on from where it left off, yes? Cheers, John From johngflower at actrix.co.nz Sun May 11 11:37:28 2008 From: johngflower at actrix.co.nz (John Flower) Date: Sun May 11 11:37:33 2008 Subject: [plug] Re: Customising eee PCs In-Reply-To: <20080510000009.C78A51042C@splashdown.actrix.co.nz> References: <20080510000009.C78A51042C@splashdown.actrix.co.nz> Message-ID: <1210462648.2384.12.camel@icecream> > From: johney > Subject: Re: [plug] Customising eee PCs > To: Palmerston North Linux Users Group > Message-ID: <1210291567.7087.1.camel@notebook.mre.co.nz> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hey I've got a cool script for breaking in and getting root access to a > non-updated eeepc! You really need to get them updated cause they use > very old versions by default!!! Which repos does the script use? From robin at spinningplanet.co.nz Wed May 14 08:13:16 2008 From: robin at spinningplanet.co.nz (Robin at Spinning Planet) Date: Wed May 14 08:13:26 2008 Subject: [plug] PLUG Meeting - Live linux Message-ID: <4829F65C.6080106@spinningplanet.co.nz> The Palmy Linux Users Group monthly meeting is happening again. (Funny how the second Wednesday rolls around) Date: Wednesday 14th May Time: 7pm Venue: PN Christian Fellowship [front Lounge, 174 Church St - opp The Warehouse Beginer Workshop: Live Linux - Running linux off a CD or on your USB flash drive - John Eyers Advanced Workshop: Bring your computer problems (linux or windows) to get them solve the hands on PLUG community way!! Cost: $2 to cover coffee & venue & exec meetings in Rarotonga LOL There is nothing decent on TV so we'll see you there. Robin http://plug.org.nz/