linux-apus-user

Bad news - part 2!

[Alan B. <al...@ms...>]

hi,

I'm sorry to report...and this is REALLY the most annoying news ever...but
the FAQ information has been wiped away again. 

SF have not taken any steps to remedy the loss of the data earlier this 
year, and it looks like they wont help this time either - even though it 
seems to be some adminstrative chore of theirs which wipes our data off 
the disk! (note: The FAQ system is run via web scripts and thus files 
created/modified are owned by nobody) 

I propose to hold the FAQ on another system. One which does not have this 
problem...and one which I have a full backup/restore control system for.

I can set up the FAQ engine in next to no time.  its the information which 
we once held...which is lost...which I am most annoyed about. Rest 
assured, if the move is voted for (I'm only talking about APUS docs/FAQs) 
then this wont happen again (note: FAQ-O-Matics can be mirrored or sucked 
across to new sites).

I am afraid/worried for the security of our APUS CVS kernel at SF now.... 
:-(

yours

Dr Alan Buxey,   Linux-apus support manager guy
--
Systems & Network Manager

Re: Bad news - part 2!

[Michel <mic...@ii...>]

On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 11:57, Alan Buxey wrote:

> I propose to hold the FAQ on another system. One which does not have this=
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> problem...and one which I have a full backup/restore control system for.

Do you already have a specific new host for the FAQ-o-matic in mind?


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

Re: Bad news - part 2!

[Alan B. <al...@ms...>]

hi,

> > I propose to hold the FAQ on another system. One which does not have this 
> > problem...and one which I have a full backup/restore control system for.
> 
> Do you already have a specific new host for the FAQ-o-matic in mind?

I can host it locally here - but if you have an ideal candidate I am all 
ears  (are you thinking of the GNU opensoftware server?)
 
alan

Re: Bad news - part 2!

[Michel <mic...@ii...>]

On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 15:22, Alan Buxey wrote:

> > > I propose to hold the FAQ on another system. One which does not have =
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> > > problem...and one which I have a full backup/restore control system f=
or.
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> > Do you already have a specific new host for the FAQ-o-matic in mind?
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> I can host it locally here - but if you have an ideal candidate I am all=20
> ears  (are you thinking of the GNU opensoftware server?)

No, my idea would have been penguinppc.org or something.

But then, thinking about it, couldn't we just leave it on sf.net? We
could chown the files in a cronjob and make backups via ssh, more
suggestions welcome.


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

Re: Bad news - part 2!

[Alan B. <al...@ms...>]

hi,

> But then, thinking about it, couldn't we just leave it on sf.net? We
> could chown the files in a cronjob and make backups via ssh, more
> suggestions welcome.

no chown'ing - they NEED to be nobody or they cannot be updated or edited
 
backups would be okay i guess.....FAQ-o-matic has RCS backups....trouble
was that those RCS files were in the same directory area that got wiped 
clean :-(

alan

Re: Bad news - part 2!

[Michel <mic...@ii...>]

On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 16:12, Alan Buxey wrote:

> > But then, thinking about it, couldn't we just leave it on sf.net? We
> > could chown the files in a cronjob and make backups via ssh, more
> > suggestions welcome.
>=20
> no chown'ing - they NEED to be nobody or they cannot be updated or edited

No possibility with group ownership, write permission for everybody, ...
?


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Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast