Esteemed persons the glug; My dell inspiron 1318 my need a few driver upgrades? using the dell site,how would I proceed the driver download since linux is not one of the options? share your thoughts ? thanks a
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P. On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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Ubuntu 14.04 lts kernel 3.13.0-52 thanks for the bit of info. this computer was running my printer and current hardware however for instance my printer icon disappeared and thunderbird is no longer appears and a pop up appears offering to report problem which apparently generated a call from India offering to install current drivers for $250.00 On 05/14/2015 07:28 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P.
On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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A., No, never spend money on 'drivers' for Ubuntu or any Gnu-Linux system. I suspect a rare but possible hijacking of your browser or perhaps Thunderbird itself. Simplest is to copy all of your data to an external back-up and then re-install. This is especially try if everything was working before some recent date. It is my personal belief that there are some hijacking exploits which affect Gnu/Linux programs, especially ones which interact with the internet. But luckily these are rare. Let's keep in touch, Ted P. On 5/15/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
Ubuntu 14.04 lts kernel 3.13.0-52 thanks for the bit of info. this computer was running my printer and current hardware however for instance my printer icon disappeared and thunderbird is no longer appears and a pop up appears offering to report problem which apparently generated a call from India offering to install current drivers for $250.00
On 05/14/2015 07:28 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P.
On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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Ted; Applying your thought that possible hijackers my be lurking,I have prepared for a reinstall by saving pertinent date.Advise me from here which files should I transfer which omit i.e, "." home.Your thoughts please. On 05/15/2015 08:57 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A., No, never spend money on 'drivers' for Ubuntu or any Gnu-Linux system. I suspect a rare but possible hijacking of your browser or perhaps Thunderbird itself. Simplest is to copy all of your data to an external back-up and then re-install. This is especially try if everything was working before some recent date. It is my personal belief that there are some hijacking exploits which affect Gnu/Linux programs, especially ones which interact with the internet. But luckily these are rare. Let's keep in touch, Ted P.
On 5/15/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
Ubuntu 14.04 lts kernel 3.13.0-52 thanks for the bit of info. this computer was running my printer and current hardware however for instance my printer icon disappeared and thunderbird is no longer appears and a pop up appears offering to report problem which apparently generated a call from India offering to install current drivers for $250.00
On 05/14/2015 07:28 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P.
On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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A., When I suspect a problem with an application I usually backup files I have created or saved: photos, documents, downloads, other folders I have created and their contents. I avoid the dot-files containing setting for applications. I make an exception for Firefox/Iceweasel and save one of the bookmark backups from there (eg. 'bookmarks-2015-02-16_53_omited-sequence.jsonlz4'). I find this by drilling down into the dot mozilla folder (~/.mozilla/firefox/some-digits.default-other-digits/bookmarkbackups$) to the bookmark backups which can be re-imported later. I choose an early backup if I suspect recent problems with Firefox/Iceweasel. The json extension indicates a file that can be imported back into Firefox, which I have learned only by doing this a couple of times. Let me know what you think. Thank you, Ted P. On 5/17/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
Ted; Applying your thought that possible hijackers my be lurking,I have prepared for a reinstall by saving pertinent date.Advise me from here which files should I transfer which omit i.e, "." home.Your thoughts please.
On 05/15/2015 08:57 AM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A., No, never spend money on 'drivers' for Ubuntu or any Gnu-Linux system. I suspect a rare but possible hijacking of your browser or perhaps Thunderbird itself. Simplest is to copy all of your data to an external back-up and then re-install. This is especially try if everything was working before some recent date. It is my personal belief that there are some hijacking exploits which affect Gnu/Linux programs, especially ones which interact with the internet. But luckily these are rare. Let's keep in touch, Ted P.
On 5/15/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
Ubuntu 14.04 lts kernel 3.13.0-52 thanks for the bit of info. this computer was running my printer and current hardware however for instance my printer icon disappeared and thunderbird is no longer appears and a pop up appears offering to report problem which apparently generated a call from India offering to install current drivers for $250.00
On 05/14/2015 07:28 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P.
On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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NMGLugers, I am forwarding this from A Kaluta because it is an interesting instance of an install going awry. I have thought there were Firefox/Thunderbird "exploits/hijacks" possible and he may have encountered one. There was a time about 18 months ago when I had to reinstall Firefox to straighten out some issues. Has anybody heard of such a thing as an attack of exploit of Firefox? Just thought I'd ask. Thank you, Ted P. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: a <a@kaluta.us> Date: Fri, 15 May 2015 07:59:11 -0600 Subject: Re: [nmglug] cranky computer To: "NMGLUG.org mailing list" <nmglug@lists.nmglug.org> Ubuntu 14.04 lts kernel 3.13.0-52 thanks for the bit of info. this computer was running my printer and current hardware however for instance my printer icon disappeared and thunderbird is no longer appears and a pop up appears offering to report problem which apparently generated a call from India offering to install current drivers for $250.00 On 05/14/2015 07:28 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P.
On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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Ted> NMGLugers, I am forwarding this from A Kaluta because it is an Ted> interesting instance of an install going awry. I'm writing you privately. Are you sure? The traffic between you and this person seemed like s/he might be a bogus person just wasting the list's time.
Unless I am mistaking the email for a similar one A. (Anthony, I think) Kaluta has been posting since early on in the group's archives. I will check later. Regardless, I think it is best to assume good faith until proven otherwise. Also, I am a bit confused; Ted forwarded the email to the list even though A. Kaluta posted directly to the list; and Mark is certainly not writing Ted privately because I can see it. Anyway, I would say that we know very little about the actual situation, and probably not enough to tell whether malware (or just user inveiglement) is involved, let alone which. There have of course been exploits in Firefox and GNU systems in the past, although there are more likely ways for things to break in this scenario (not sure about the Indian "driver upgrades"). -Arlo On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Mark Galassi <mark@galassi.org> wrote:
Ted> NMGLugers, I am forwarding this from A Kaluta because it is an Ted> interesting instance of an install going awry.
I'm writing you privately. Are you sure? The traffic between you and this person seemed like s/he might be a bogus person just wasting the list's time. _______________________________________________ nmglug mailing list nmglug@lists.nmglug.org http://lists.nmglug.org/listinfo.cgi/nmglug-nmglug.org
Arlo> Also, I am a bit confused; Ted forwarded the email to the list Arlo> even though A. Kaluta posted directly to the list; and Mark is Arlo> certainly not writing Ted privately because I can see it. Our mailing list is configured to (a) set a Reply-To: to the list (yuck), and (b) to not send a copy to the author. Sorry, Mr. A: I was expressing a private concern to Ted because he seemed to be spending a lot of time on things that sound very unlikely.
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 02:23:55PM -0600, Mark Galassi wrote:
Our mailing list is configured to (a) set a Reply-To: to the list (yuck), and (b) to not send a copy to the author.
Yes we do a dreadful and popular header mungeration. Sorry to all for the inconvenience/embarrassment. Perhaps it's time to re-re-evaluate that setting: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=header+munging+harmful Arlo, I know you've been spelunking in ancient list archives, if you get to it before me, link up the decade old discussion on this subject, we knew it was bad then, but kept it for reasons I've forgotten. -- sam
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 02:23:55PM -0600, Mark Galassi wrote:
Our mailing list is configured to (a) set a Reply-To: to the list (yuck), and (b) to not send a copy to the author.
a) is probably unusual (but with the rise of webmail, I suspect the distinction between Reply and Reply-all is being lost to many users now), but b) is the norm, since usually a person's Sent mail is stored when they send it anyway. If my assumption about webmail is correct (for instance, Gmail allows you to choose Reply or Reply-all when, well, replying, but hides it behind a tiny dropdown menu), it might be good to have Reply-all as 'default' - keeps discussion in the community. Although as we see it has unfortunate side effects. On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Sam Noble <s@mnoble.net> wrote:
Arlo, I know you've been spelunking in ancient list archives, if you get to it before me, link up the decade old discussion on this subject, we knew it was bad then, but kept it for reasons I've forgotten.
The nmglug October 2003 Archive by thread <http://lists.nmglug.org/pipermail/nmglug-nmglug.org/2003-October/thread.html#5> Anyway, it appears I was conflating A. Paglayan (Andres <http://lists.nmglug.org/pipermail/nmglug-nmglug.org/2004-June/000303.html>), A. Martinez (Anthony), and A. Kaluta. Sorry, all! -Arlo
On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 2:43 PM, Arlo Barnes <arlo.barnes@gmail.com> wrote:
If my assumption about webmail is correct [...], it might be good to have Reply-all as 'default' - keeps discussion in the community.
The first result <http://woozle.org/~neale/papers/reply-to-still-harmful.html> for the DuckDuckGo link (which thanks to filter bubble popping <http://dontbubble.us> will be the first result for all of us) that Sam posted convinced me I was wrong, because it mentioned my argument almost verbatim and then refuted it. Apparently there is a better way, technologically speaking. Email seems like such an underutilized (by the average person) technology, too. There is quite a lot in there... -Arlo
Arlo, I know you've been spelunking in ancient list archives, if you get to it before me, link up the decade old discussion on this subject, we knew it was bad then, but kept it for reasons I've forgotten.
Yeah, I don't recall. I'm sure I had some opinion in favor of it :-) Probably a good time to become standard compliant and stop the munge J
trying to copy mail contents where am I going wrong. [sudo] password for a: cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird /media/a/ok cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/sbd1/thunderbird cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird /dev/sbd1/thunderbird On 05/15/2015 01:38 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
NMGLugers, I am forwarding this from A Kaluta because it is an interesting instance of an install going awry. I have thought there were Firefox/Thunderbird "exploits/hijacks" possible and he may have encountered one. There was a time about 18 months ago when I had to reinstall Firefox to straighten out some issues. Has anybody heard of such a thing as an attack of exploit of Firefox? Just thought I'd ask. Thank you, Ted P.
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Ubuntu 14.04 lts kernel 3.13.0-52 thanks for the bit of info. this computer was running my printer and current hardware however for instance my printer icon disappeared and thunderbird is no longer appears and a pop up appears offering to report problem which apparently generated a call from India offering to install current drivers for $250.00
On 05/14/2015 07:28 PM, Ted Pomeroy wrote:
A, What's your kernel, what's your version of Linux OS? The kernel modules are the 'drivers' and these can change from release to release. This is where to track down the answers. I usually go to a Linux version, like Ubuntu or Xubuntu say, and see if my hardware is supported and if others are running a version of Gnu/Linux on the same hardware. Thank you, Ted P.
On 5/14/15, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
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On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 02:11:34PM -0600, a wrote: Hi Anthony,
trying to copy mail contents where am I going wrong.
[sudo] password for a: cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird /media/a/ok cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird dev/sbd1/thunderbird cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird /dev/sbd1/thunderbird
cp can be a bit tricky with respect to directories, I suggest you use the -a switch (possibly named in your honor?) e.g: a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a ~/.thunderbird /media/a/ok -- sam
usb drive mounted a/media/a/ok .thunderbird > ew9rhvvt7.default > Imapmail can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload? bird dev/sbd1/thunderbird cp: omitting directory ‘/home/a/.thunderbird’ a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp ~/.thunderbird /dev/sbd1/thunderbirda@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a ~/.thunderbird/media/a/ok cp: missing destination file operand after ‘/home/a/.thunderbird/media/a/ok’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a .thunderbird/media/a/ok cp: missing destination file operand after ‘.thunderbird/media/a/ok’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a .thunderbird/media/a/ok/thunderbird cp: missing destination file operand after ‘.thunderbird/media/a/ok/thunderbird’ Try 'cp --help' for more information. a@a-laptop:~$
cp can be a bit tricky with respect to directories,
I suggest you use the -a switch (possibly named in your honor?) e.g:
a@a-laptop:~$ sudo cp -a ~/.thunderbird /media/a/ok
Are you trying to save a (backup) copy of your mail? Why not export it from Thunderbird/Icedove? You mentioned something about the icon 'not showing up', but could you not run it from the terminal (just type 'thunderbird' or such, perhaps 'thunderbird --help' might give some more information)? Probably meeting with somebody in person in town would be best. I will be at the Southside library from open (10:30) to close (18:00) today, although I will be busy from noon to 14:00 helping with a pop-up event for a planned makerspace <http://makesantafe.net> (as I announced at the meeting Thursday). -Arlo On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 5:20 PM, a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
usb drive mounted a/media/a/ok .thunderbird > ew9rhvvt7.default > Imapmail can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload?
On Fri, 15 May 2015 17:20:37 -0600 a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload?
I like to use rsync for backups. cp -a is good for a file or two. rsync is way better to backup up directories. And rsync works well for restoring from backups.; Here is a simple example First I do a dry run to see what will happen, especially important when using --delete. rsync -havn /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso Then get rid of the n option to actually do it. rsync -hav /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso And for extra credit, here is a more complex example from a backup script file. rsync -hav $task $dest$task --backup --backup-dir=$bkupdest$task --exclude-from=$whatnottobackup --delete --one-file-system --numeric-ids --delete-excluded Where $task is something like /etc/ /home/me/ /var/www/ $dest$task is something like /backup/hostname/current/etc/ $bkupdest$task is something like /backup/hostname/2015-05/16/etc/ $whatnottobackup is a file that includes things like #exclude.txt file *.SV$ *.bak *.iso /var/cache/apt/archives Trash/ trash/ Mars -- ============================================================= J. Marsden DeLapp, PE President DeLapp & Associates, Inc. dba DeLapp Engineering. Providing lighting and power planning, design and analysis services for commercial, industrial and large residential facilities. 1190 Harrison Road Ste 3a Santa Fe NM 87507 (505) 983-5557 http://DeLapp.com =============================================================
i am planning to reload the ubuntu 12.04 lts due to possible corruption. I have used rsync to create a home partition sudo mkdir /media/home sudo mount -a sudo rsync-aXS /home/./media/home/. cd / sudo mv /home/home_backup sudo mkdir /home I have a backup copy in /media/8F5F-FD13 a@a-laptop:~$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ [sudo] password for a: skipping directory . skipping directory a a@a-laptop:~$ cd / a@a-laptop:/$ cd / a@a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ skipping directory . skipping directory a a@a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ skipping directory . skipping directory a /dev/sdb it is not transfering to the usb stick which is /dev/sdba @a-laptop:~$ blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="81a9a7f1-32c7-41e6-a5ed-e626c4d3a1c3" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda3: UUID="8c3b8759-76c0-40ed-9cb3-e8641fac818c" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="449ae967-f8bf-4ea5-98d9-09407fb8f269" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="8F5F-ED13" TYPE="vfat" could it be that the usb stick is vfat although aptik has transferred several back up files to the usb stick. or my coding errors? On 05/16/2015 11:28 AM, J. Marsden DeLapp wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2015 17:20:37 -0600 a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload? I like to use rsync for backups. cp -a is good for a file or two. rsync is way better to backup up directories. And rsync works well for restoring from backups.;
Here is a simple example
First I do a dry run to see what will happen, especially important when using --delete. rsync -havn /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
Then get rid of the n option to actually do it. rsync -hav /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
And for extra credit, here is a more complex example from a backup script file.
rsync -hav $task $dest$task --backup --backup-dir=$bkupdest$task --exclude-from=$whatnottobackup --delete --one-file-system --numeric-ids --delete-excluded
Where $task is something like /etc/ /home/me/ /var/www/
$dest$task is something like /backup/hostname/current/etc/
$bkupdest$task is something like /backup/hostname/2015-05/16/etc/
$whatnottobackup is a file that includes things like #exclude.txt file *.SV$ *.bak *.iso /var/cache/apt/archives Trash/ trash/
Mars
correction the backup is complete in /media/home/. but not loading onto the USB stick. On 05/16/2015 05:38 PM, a wrote:
i am planning to reload the ubuntu 12.04 lts due to possible corruption. I have used rsync to create a home partition
sudo mkdir /media/home sudo mount -a sudo rsync-aXS /home/./media/home/. cd / sudo mv /home/home_backup sudo mkdir /home I have a backup copy in /media/8F5F-FD13
a@a-laptop:~$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ [sudo] password for a: skipping directory . skipping directory a a@a-laptop:~$ cd / a@a-laptop:/$ cd / a@a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ skipping directory . skipping directory a a@a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ skipping directory . skipping directory a /dev/sdb it is not transfering to the usb stick which is /dev/sdba
@a-laptop:~$ blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="81a9a7f1-32c7-41e6-a5ed-e626c4d3a1c3" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda3: UUID="8c3b8759-76c0-40ed-9cb3-e8641fac818c" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="449ae967-f8bf-4ea5-98d9-09407fb8f269" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="8F5F-ED13" TYPE="vfat"
could it be that the usb stick is vfat although aptik has transferred several back up files to the usb stick. or my coding errors?
On 05/16/2015 11:28 AM, J. Marsden DeLapp wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2015 17:20:37 -0600 a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload? I like to use rsync for backups. cp -a is good for a file or two. rsync is way better to backup up directories. And rsync works well for restoring from backups.;
Here is a simple example
First I do a dry run to see what will happen, especially important when using --delete. rsync -havn /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
Then get rid of the n option to actually do it. rsync -hav /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
And for extra credit, here is a more complex example from a backup script file.
rsync -hav $task $dest$task --backup --backup-dir=$bkupdest$task --exclude-from=$whatnottobackup --delete --one-file-system --numeric-ids --delete-excluded
Where $task is something like /etc/ /home/me/ /var/www/
$dest$task is something like /backup/hostname/current/etc/
$bkupdest$task is something like /backup/hostname/2015-05/16/etc/
$whatnottobackup is a file that includes things like #exclude.txt file *.SV$ *.bak *.iso /var/cache/apt/archives Trash/ trash/
Mars
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working ok thanks, now for the refinements; sudo rsync -aXS /home/a/ /media/a/ok/backup On 05/16/2015 05:56 PM, a wrote:
correction the backup is complete in /media/home/. but not loading onto the USB stick.
On 05/16/2015 05:38 PM, a wrote:
i am planning to reload the ubuntu 12.04 lts due to possible corruption. I have used rsync to create a home partition
sudo mkdir /media/home sudo mount -a sudo rsync-aXS /home/./media/home/. cd / sudo mv /home/home_backup sudo mkdir /home I have a backup copy in /media/8F5F-FD13
a@a-laptop:~$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ [sudo] password for a: skipping directory . skipping directory a a@a-laptop:~$ cd / a@a-laptop:/$ cd / a@a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/a/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ skipping directory . skipping directory a a@a-laptop:/$ sudo rsync /home_backup/home/ /media/a /8F5F-ED13/ skipping directory . skipping directory a /dev/sdb it is not transfering to the usb stick which is /dev/sdba
@a-laptop:~$ blkid /dev/sda1: UUID="81a9a7f1-32c7-41e6-a5ed-e626c4d3a1c3" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda3: UUID="8c3b8759-76c0-40ed-9cb3-e8641fac818c" TYPE="ext4" /dev/sda5: UUID="449ae967-f8bf-4ea5-98d9-09407fb8f269" TYPE="swap" /dev/sdb1: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="8F5F-ED13" TYPE="vfat"
could it be that the usb stick is vfat although aptik has transferred several back up files to the usb stick. or my coding errors?
On 05/16/2015 11:28 AM, J. Marsden DeLapp wrote:
On Fri, 15 May 2015 17:20:37 -0600 a <a@kaluta.us> wrote:
can you give me an idea of the corrected code there a few mail directories I wish to save.would saving these be sufficient to transfer contents to new reload? I like to use rsync for backups. cp -a is good for a file or two. rsync is way better to backup up directories. And rsync works well for restoring from backups.;
Here is a simple example
First I do a dry run to see what will happen, especially important when using --delete. rsync -havn /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
Then get rid of the n option to actually do it. rsync -hav /home/me/ /backup/home/me/ --delete --exclude=*.iso
And for extra credit, here is a more complex example from a backup script file.
rsync -hav $task $dest$task --backup --backup-dir=$bkupdest$task --exclude-from=$whatnottobackup --delete --one-file-system --numeric-ids --delete-excluded
Where $task is something like /etc/ /home/me/ /var/www/
$dest$task is something like /backup/hostname/current/etc/
$bkupdest$task is something like /backup/hostname/2015-05/16/etc/
$whatnottobackup is a file that includes things like #exclude.txt file *.SV$ *.bak *.iso /var/cache/apt/archives Trash/ trash/
Mars
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