#arpnetworks 2011-10-14,Fri

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up_the_ironsup_the_irons drops a pin [12:39]
mattx86http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQFEY9RIRJA
hey up_the_irons :)
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up_the_ironsdon't ever do that again
;)
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mattx86haha [12:53]
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wallshotlol @ cricket [13:28]
mattx86:) [13:29]
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wallshotthere's a name i can't see without thinking of that gross tapioca-filled drinks they sell down the block
i once asked them for a smoothie, and they had the audacity to decide i wanted it full of boba. i don't go there anymore.
sometimes i wonder if up_the_irons runs arp all by himself
maybe he's the Garry who has handled every support request i've put in. =D
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up_the_ironsLOL, I am that Garry [13:56]
wallshot:-D
you rock, Garry
thanks for all the support replies
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up_the_ironsjpalmer used to help with DNS requests, but those all went to zero once the Reverse DNS Manager was implemented
no problem
up_the_irons takes a bow
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wallshotoh. i owe you a reply still i think, i' meant to but kept putting it off
you setup my bandwidth graph and pointed at the twitter info about updating to current plans
thanks a ton!
oh jeez, that was over a month ago. i'm a jerk.
bbiaf
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nestalol
GARRY ROX MY SOX TOO WALLSHOT
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nestaup_the_irons: whats the charge for an OS change? [14:12]
up_the_ironsnesta: http://support.arpnetworks.com/kb/vps/re-install-or-change-os [14:13]
nestathnx [14:13]
up_the_ironswallshot: no problem, i take no offense to non-replied support tickets (less work for me ;)
nesta: np
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ifthenNestea, cotvnc users, where is the best copy? Mine suddenly stopped connecting and I need a good fresh copy. Sourceforge was the last. [15:28]
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ifthenOr is there anything else that will run on this white Macbook?
OSX 10.5.8
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mattx86ifthen: try TigerVNC: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/tigervnc/index.php?title=Main_Page#Downloads [15:35]
ifthenIt was connectint me to the QEMU screen at kvr... and just stopped doing that. [15:35]
mattx86seems alright on linux [15:35]
ifthenmatt I will check it out.
Does TigerVNC have a place to put a login name, even though it is not needed at ARP?
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mattx86ifthen: I don't believe VNC uses a login name; only a password. or at least that's how it seems to be with TigerVNC [15:43]
ifthensame with cotvnc but the login screen keeps wanting one or won't take the pw from the arp site [15:44]
wallshotvnc does only use a password [15:46]
iftheni could never log in [15:46]
wallshotbut i suppose there are enough forks of it now that someone may have rolled some username support into one [15:46]
ifthenwallshot do you get asked for a username when you connect? [15:47]
wallshotcan't recall ever being asked for a username on vnc
after i connect, when i'm staring at my console, i see my freebsd login asking for a username ;)
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ifthenwell I've tried my freebsd username and it's not working iirc
next time i am able to connect will try it again.
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mattx86usually I just specify the IP and port/display number on the command line, and once it connects, pops up a password dialog, and when entered, I see the console of my VPS or what not [15:50]
ifthenI have never seen that console. It's my grail. [15:50]
mattx86and from there, I proceed to enter my username/password that's on the VPS, as if it were a standard box that I was physically sitting in front of [15:51]
wallshotit should have nothing to do with your freebsd username, as the vnc server is not tied to your system (except that it shows you your system once you connect)
should be nothing you can do on your vps that would affect the vnc connection
except possibly shut it down, that might cause vnc to crap when there's no console to display
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ifthenI see only QEMU interface.
When I am able to even connect.
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mattx86ifthen: hm.. so you see the QEMU BIOS output, but it's not booting the OS? [15:56]
ifthenIt tells me it is freebsd and asks for a username and pw
I expect a control panel or something but i've never seen it
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mattx86ahh
so it seems you're getting your VPS's console
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ifthenwell that's what I'm after...
out of band thing first option
I have got access with SSH working
But i'd like to see the panel so i can reboot and get a new password
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mattx86ifthen: ah, for that, have you been to: https://portal.arpnetworks.com [16:03]
ifthenor superuser status back [16:03]
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jlgaddisboot into single user mode from the console [16:04]
mattx86I don't think you can change the password they give you on the portal site and via the out of band management (or can you?), but yeah, you can certainly change your root password, etc [16:04]
jlgaddismaybe i misunderstood what ifthen is trying to do (since i just walked in)... i'll go back to shutting up. =) [16:05]
ifthenmatt i think i am referring to to the url u just posted. [16:05]
mattx86well, as far as the portal site and out-of-band management passwords go, if you can't change them via the portal, I'd guess support could change it for you [16:05]
wallshotthat would almost certainly be considred a bug, if you can't change the password
but i don't see where it would be available either
yep there it is: https://portal.arpnetworks.com/accounts/589/edit
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mattx86last I checked (portal at least), you couldn't(?) [16:06]
wallshotokay
don't go edit my account
go edit yours
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mattx86ah lol [16:06]
wallshotbut you get the point [16:06]
mattx86there's that, but can you change the OOB password? [16:07]
wallshot"Edit Profile" in the main menu [16:07]
jlgaddisyou can change your portal password
i don't think you can change the password for the serial console though
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wallshotoooh, i thoguht you meant change the password they give you [for the portal site] on the portal site [16:07]
mattx86sorry, I meant both - portal and OOB passwords [16:08]
jlgaddiswhat, exactly, are you trying to do?
nevermind, it's ifthen
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mattx86jlgaddis: I think we're unecessarily babbling on, in respects to what ifthen needs :) [16:09]
ifthenI lost my su status. I need to get it back by rebooting. [16:09]
jlgaddisyou lost your vps root password? [16:09]
ifthento reboot i want to see the console [16:09]
wallshotya know i had assumed oob pw == portal pw. wasn't til i went back to look at the oob info -after- changing my portal password that i see they're not really in sync [16:09]
ifthenno I haven't lost any passwords. I changed my username and lost my su status as a result. [16:10]
jlgaddisahh, okay [16:10]
wallshotso console in and login as root [16:10]
ifthenusername on freebsd [16:10]
jlgaddisjust log in as root at the console [16:10]
wallshotno need to take downtime [16:10]
jlgaddisadd your uid to the wheel group [16:10]
ifthenI can't be root [16:10]
jlgaddisyou did say freebsd, right? [16:10]
ifthenyes [16:11]
mattx86wallshot: re: ah, yea. I think I was thrown by that initially, fwiw [16:11]
jlgaddisyou disabled the ability for root to login on the console? [16:11]
wallshotwhy? did you set console to insecure in /etc/ttys? [16:11]
ifthenwhen I go #su I get sorry [16:11]
wallshotdon't su
login as root
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jlgaddis*LOGIN* as root
not su
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wallshotlogin: rootnpassword: root'spasswordn [16:11]
jlgaddislogin: root
heh, yeah
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wallshotjust need to vnc into console to do it
or be using an OS that comes with sshd allowing root by default
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ifthenok good, as soon a I can get a vnc to the console I'll try it [16:12]
jlgaddishave you created a public key and added it into your account on the portal? [16:13]
ifthenyes I have done all that and can ssh in, method B
But I want to get vnc working.
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jlgaddisyeah, you're gonna need it to get to the console [16:14]
ifthenI want both methods to work. [16:14]
mattx86ifthen: it's no different, really. unless you want to reinstall via the ISO in your virtual CDROM drive
in which case, you can tell it to boot the ISO, in order to so
ifthen: that aside, depends on how you're doing it. if doing it unencrypted, it should just work
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ifthenwell maybe I could do it just with the method B pure ssh but I still would like to get a vnc connection and login like others have.
I don't like this locked out feeling.
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mattx86ifthen: hm.. are you wanting the VNC login for a desktop-like experience? [16:18]
ifthenyes
also to see the boot progress and menu on reconfiguring freebsd. I need to get ports.
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jlgaddisportsnap fetch && portsnap extract
you know, freebsd in a vm on your desktop might be a cheaper learning experience
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mattx86I dunno.. I mean, generally out-of-band management is used to regain access - not 'full time' access or such. (I don't know that ARP would be happy with that?) [16:21]
jlgaddisi don't think it'd be a big deal [16:22]
mattx86boot progress aside, you can always setup a vnc server and login to it like that [16:22]
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jlgaddisi could see some paranoid folks having sshd, etc. permanently disabled [16:22]
mattx86ah [16:22]
jlgaddisssh to conserver, tunnel vnc over ssh to get to the console
i only permit ssh from specific ip's so if i'm somewhere else and need to get in i have to do that anyway
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mattx86yea, true
could do port knocking too :)
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jlgaddiskludgy hack [16:23]
mattx86meh ;) [16:23]
ifthenwell you guys went a little over my head but np, My immediate objective is to get connected via cotvnc or equivalent and regain my su status with a reboot. [16:29]
jlgaddisyou don't need to reboot
and rebooting by itself won't fix the problem
ssh to the console server: "ssh username@console.cust.arpnetworks.com"
hit "t" once logged in and it'll give you the exact command to cut and paste into a terminal to set up the tunnel
"ssh -f jeremygaddis@console.cust.arpnetworks.com -L 5955:kvr04.arpnetworks.com:6032 -N", in my case
take that first number (5955) and subtract 5900 = 55
fire up cotvnc, host = localhost, display = 55, password = whatever, hit connect
you should be looking at your console, login using root and your root password
"pw user mod <username> -G wheel" should add your unprivileged user to the wheel group
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up_the_ironsyou can, but through a support request
(that was actually in reply to: │16:26:04 jlgaddis | i don't think you can change the password for the serial console though)
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jlgaddisjlgaddis nods [16:36]
ifthenWould I wind up as a user with root privileges or as the su? [16:39]
jlgaddisyou'll wind up with your user being in the wheel group, which is what allows su'ing [16:39]
ifthenWell I am grateful for the energy put into my problem and I see a pre-requisite is to get a vnc client running so I'll work more on that. I do wonder what broke cotvnc. I have rm'd it from my disc.
There seem to be only a few clients which will run on this book.
bbl I have to drive now.
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up_the_ironswould anyone be interested in jabber.arpnetworks.com, a free jabber server? not sure why companies offer free jabber servers, but there tend to be a lot out there, and sometimes i need one for myself... [17:56]
ninerSure.
Why not.
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up_the_irons1 vote [17:58]
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jpalmerup_the_irons: I'm not sure. for the most part, I use google talk for jabber services. but I'd possibly be interested in one where.. we can do MUC's [18:08]
up_the_ironsjpalmer: yeah i'd enable all the extensions for fun :) [18:09]
jpalmerjabber is something we use extensively at work. so if we *needed* one, we'd probably set it up. (Our core services are based around XMPP) [18:09]
up_the_ironscool [18:14]
mattx86I do my best to avoid IM services ;)
I like the nature of IRC better
although, apparently MUC is IRC-like ?
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jpalmersimilar, yea [18:16]
mattx86tbh, before I googled for it, I thought you meant some sort of XMPP version of a MUD/MUCK ;) [18:19]
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jpalmerhehe. I'm WAY too busy these days for such frolic-ary! [18:20]
mattx86:)
me too. I'd like to get back into MUDs though
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jpalmerok, quick vote: pre-order a kindle-fire, or no?
I used to code on a godwars2000 codebase. was pretty popular for several years. I have over 300 simultaneous players during peak hours.
s/have/had/
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mattx86I'd like an 'e-reader' one of these days. sony and kindle have appealed to me
wow :P
that's awesome
IIRC, I liked to play Merc MUDs.. silly me, I'd navigate to one of the merchants, buy an ice wine, drink it, and attempt to talk to the other players :)
either that, or slay the fell beasts in the tower ;)
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jpalmerit's been years. but I *think* the gw2k codebase, was a fork of a Merc [18:27]
mattx86yeah, according to wikipedia's Merc (MUD) page
or atleast "GodWars"
good times
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jpalmerjpalmer is half tempted to compete for the next season of "Top Shot"
if they didn't focus so much on the drama, and focosed on the shooting.. I'd not hesitate.
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mattx86what channel is that on? I've heard of it before [18:38]
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gamarcoi think history channel [20:31]
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