Hello,
If you're going to be at the Ubuntu 9.04 release party in London
tomorrow[1] then please do search me out and say hello.
I won't be able to stay very late though, so I hope I don't miss
you!
Cheers,
Andy
[1] https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-uk/2009-March/017693.html
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Hello,
A local root exploit has been found in udev, which I imagine almost
all of you are running:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2009/msg00083.html
It's important that you ensure you have applied your distribution's
fix.
Cheers,
Andy
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Hello,
Since around 11:00Z UnitedLayer has been off the air. UL is
Bitfolk's colo provider in San Francisco, by way of Cernio.
Bitfolk does not currently host any customer VMs in San Francisco,
but the Request Tracker, backup mail host and one DNS server are
there.
Details are sparse: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=unitedlayer
If it continues much longer then I will begin migrating these
services elsewhere.
For now, support(a)bitfolk.com goes direct to me instead of into the
ticketing system.
Cheers,
Andy
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Hello all.
I have recently joined, following many years as a member of a hosting
co-op. I'm currently in the middle of getting my VPS set up as I like
it and have run into a problem that, for once :), is not really my
fault.
Yesterday, I downloaded Bastille from the Debian 5 / Lenny
repositories, but it will not install on Debian 5.
This is a known bug (see
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=510884) - and is even
marked as 'fixed' - but it has left my packages in a twist.
If I try to uninstall it, I get this
semi-divine:~# dpkg -r bastille
(Reading database ... 37260 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing bastille ...
Stopping Bastille firewall..ERROR: no reject method specified
(corrupt config file?) Exiting!
FAILED.
invoke-rc.d: initscript bastille-firewall, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing bastille (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Starting Bastille firewall..ERROR: no reject method specified
(corrupt config file?) Exiting!
FAILED.
invoke-rc.d: initscript bastille-firewall, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
bastille
.. even if I try forcing it.
OK, after wondering how on earth this one got past testing, let's try
downloading the updated version and see about installing that over the
top:
semi-divine:~# dpkg -i bastille_3.0.9-9_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package bastille.
(Reading database ... 37221 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace bastille 1:2.1.1-19 (using
bastille_3.0.9-9_all.deb) ...
Unpacking replacement bastille ...
Setting up bastille (1:3.0.9-9) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/init.d/bastille-firewall ...
Starting Bastille firewall..ERROR: no reject method specified
(corrupt config file?) Exiting!
FAILED.
invoke-rc.d: initscript bastille-firewall, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing bastille (--install):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for man-db ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
bastille
So I currently can't uninstall it or reinstall it. Grrr.
What should I do next, any Debian experts reading?
Thanks,
Ian
