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schestowitz>> i have news. its small news, but meaningful. its going to be delivered to you before anything else (far less work involved, wont really slow down the other work) for you to do what you like with it.Apr 27 00:31
schestowitz>>Apr 27 00:31
schestowitz>> i think youll find it relevant, its a story with a moral, either way you can do what you like with it.Apr 27 00:31
schestowitz> Sounds like a teaser.Apr 27 00:31
schestowitz>Apr 27 00:31
schestowitz> Today I mentioned your findings about Debian in passing. I am guessingApr 27 00:31
schestowitz> you plan a full article about that.Apr 27 00:31
schestowitz> I'll do it now.  It has a long, random password and is accessible viaApr 27 00:33
schestowitz> SSH using keys or via the shell through sudo.  We can take it away laterApr 27 00:33
schestowitz> when the machine is rebuilt.Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz> May I test it now?  It should do a graceful restart of HTTPd:Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz> %thump  ALL=(root:root) NOPASSWD: /etc/init.d/httpd gracefulApr 27 00:33
schestowitz>Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>> Techrights still has that occasional hammering on "Categories", but notApr 27 00:33
schestowitz>> as much lately, so for the time being I can sleep OK, Rianne watches theApr 27 00:33
schestowitz>> load on a distant laptop.Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz> Ok.  My new python script has a weak spot in that area until I get up toApr 27 00:33
schestowitz> speed on the language.Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>> The VMs still appear to be more stable than before Alpine updates. ButApr 27 00:33
schestowitz>> it might be premature to assume so.Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>>Apr 27 00:33
schestowitz>> Also, we still need to wait for sudoers to be amended.Apr 27 00:34
schestowitz> Working with sshd_config, iptables/nft, and sudoers needs extra caution.Apr 27 00:34
schestowitz>  About 20 years ago I locked myself out of a couple of my servers andApr 27 00:34
schestowitz> learned the hard way.  Fortunately I was in the same town and sometimesApr 27 00:34
schestowitz> the same building.Apr 27 00:34
schestowitzTest anything that needs testing, I think we have contingencies in case something goes wrong. Also, this time of Sunday/Money is 'safer'.Apr 27 00:34
schestowitzI'm working now on wrappings things up at work. I finish work in 20 mins.Apr 27 00:34
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