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I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I want to use the command line to send messages to my regular email account. There are administrative tasks that sends mail to root / administrator but to simplify my tasks I want these messages to be sent to my regular email account in Gmail. I installed postfix first. #apt install postfix mailutils Then accepted some basic configurations that were prompted when installing postfix.       General type of mail configuration?: Internet Site     System mail name: a hostname that will be used in mail headers, a FQDN is preferred, desktop, home     Root and postmaster mail recipient: root     Other destinations to accept mail for: $myhostname, desktop, localhost.localdomain, localhost     Force synchronous updates on mail queue?: No     Local networks: 127.0.0.0/8 [::ffff:127.0.0.0]/104 [::1]/128 192.168.0.0/24     Mailbox size limit:...

Hello Reese I am using the new Wave8 tablet from PLDTHome customer retention. It is fun to use a slightly larger screen. The brightness is different in IPS screens. I have to download the app for neutral brightness. The mail app is fine. The compose window have a bigger keyboard I agree with. No SMS though because this device is WiFi only. But it has android 6 marshmallow so it should be more secure than my zenfone android 5, right? It has 12 GB storage. It is a little cramped.

PLDT Home's customer retention bait is a device called the Wave8. This is a Android Marshmallow device. It has an IPS screen.

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To find the UUID, use 'blkid' as root. This will generate a list of devices and their respective UUID's. Like so: #blkid /dev/mapper/sda5_crypt: UUID="DLkZz4-D3rH-dODr-eaO3-h1Oa-MLe2-9OVQMz" TYPE="LVM2_member" /dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root: UUID="d05b055d-032c-4f91-88d1-f8983d3474f6" TYPE="ext4" /dev/loop0: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop1: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/loop2: TYPE="squashfs" /dev/sda1: UUID="3f4ce798-b0c8-4c04-a83d-3628838cb6ca" TYPE="ext2" PARTUUID="68d8d639-01" /dev/sda5: UUID="a0497c16-a3ae-4610-820c-3bb61b52af1f" TYPE="crypto_LUKS" PARTUUID="68d8d639-05" /dev/sdb1: UUID="e3284314-1258-cac3-1b6c-243c748be2fe" UUID_SUB="f30caf8e-a9f4-672c-eb72-113d4520fc53" LABEL="desktop:0" TYPE="linux_raid_member" PARTUUID="8e34b25a-01" /dev/sdc1: UUID="e3284314-1258-cac3-1b6c-243c748b...

fstab is a file (actually /etc/fstab) showing the partitions that are automatically mounted by the kernel when it is booted. The kernel reads the fstab file and follows it. It is recommended that instead of a device name, a UUID is used. A UUID is a universally unique identifier for the device. This hexadecimal value doesn't change even as you remove hard drives or replace them, or move their connections around. In other words the hard drives don't get lost in the shuffle. If you have more than one hard drive in the box like me that would be a tremendous help keeping tabs. The fstab lists the root partition and swap partition. Ubuntu plans to use a swap file by Ubuntu 17.04 but fstab rules still applies. Each partition contains the name or UUID, mount point, filesystem type, mount options, etc. Don't worry about the details, fstab is automatically generated for you upon installation. You do get extra points for modifying it for security, and if you have mo...

I started my journey in Linux from Windows XP. I spent half the time trying to regain control of my computer. I spent too many minutes checking malware and viruses. I spent too many minutes wondering why my machine is getting slow. Then I ask myself if there's a better way. A better way is not a new GUI. A better way is not surrendering control to the machine and letting it handle the way I work. When I first install a Linux distribution, I was surprised at its speed, then I checked if I can work with the alternative applications. Using Linux is empowering. You figure things out with other people online asking the same questions. Then I read. Then I do and test. Then I learn. I don't create code. I do know how to work a script. I examine logs. Then I read. Then I learn. This is something I wouldn't do if I'm using Microsoft or OSX, although you can code on those platforms.

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I have smartctl configured to run short tests on all my hard drives but I wonder if it slips one, what would happen. donato@desktop:~$ less /var/log/syslog|grep sdd Dec 14 08:30:31 desktop smartd[1444]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel changed from 74 to 68 Dec 14 08:30:31 desktop smartd[1444]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], SMART Usage Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 26 to 32 Dec 14 08:30:31 desktop smartd[1444]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], old test of type S not run at Sat Dec 10 23:00:00 2016 PHT, starting now. Dec 14 08:30:31 desktop smartd[1444]: Device: /dev/sdd [SAT], starting scheduled Short Self-Test. This is part of the logs in the 14th reporting that indeed smartctl did not run the test once. It started a short test immedietely.

Creatinine, uric acid and triglycerides are still above normal. Prescriptions and medicines. Donato Roque@Asus_Z00AD SMS:639185721710

I am using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I was trying to send email from the command line to my Gmail address. So instead of monitoring tools sending info and warning emails to root I want them to arrive in my proper email address. I tried Postfix but after a month of trying to make it work and looking at mail logs, I give up. I removed it and installed ssmtp instead. The configuration is very simple. Open the file: #nano /etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf and make sure these appears on the file: mailhub= smtp.gmailaddress.com:587 Authuser=gmailaddress Authpass=AppPassword UseTLS=YES UseSTARTTLS=YES Close and save the file. Then test it with: $echo "Test email for SSMTP" | mail -s "Test Email" gmailaddress.com Check if you receive the email. If not then you could check the mail logs with: #tail /var/log/mail.log

I ordered a 3 TB internal hard drive from Lazada, an online shopping website. I'm paying 4,699 cash on delivery for it. That places this drive at 1.56 per GB. But it would stick out among the 2 TB Hard drives I am already using. My last purchased hard drive is a Seagate 2 TB costing 3,200 cash last July 2016. My oldest hard drive is a Seagate Barracuda 1 TB at least 5 years old but has 31,100 hours on it according to smartctl. If you want a complete information on hour hard drive just type: #smartctl -a /dev/sda The command will print out SMART information gathered from monitoring your hard drives.

After that accidental reboot a few days ago, I keep getting something from the logs. It's about the kernel unable to resolve /dev/sdd1 symlinks, about ata6 fails. This is a drive which is a member of /dev/md0, a RAID5 array I use. I checked the RAID with: $mdadm --detail /dev/md0 and the supposed 3 working devices making up this RAID5 array is now 2, with 1 removed as reported in the logs. This is happening for a couple of days now, sometimes more than once a day. I would add the device back to the array but the kernel will complain about ata6 (/dev/sdd) and remove it from the array. I already checked this hard drive (/dev/sdd 1 TB). SMART marks this hardware OK and I ran an extended self-test on it to satisfy my self. Is this a software or a hardware problem? I opened the desktop box panel so I can inspect the cables for the drives. It's always the cables, it's always the loose connection.

"I read the news today oh boy". VP Leni Robredo resigned her Cabinet job as Housing Secretary. She was sent an SMS from Malacanang that she is not to attend the Cabinet meetings starting December 5 anymore. Perhaps PDuterte figured she's the leak in the Marcos Reinstatement - Bato Call issue. In any case PDuterte cannot work with her anymore. Malacanang *just* sent an SMS to the Vice President. Bastos talaga. Clearly, right from the start the President and the Vice President have differences. First, Leni says *Marcos Is Not A Hero* and PDuterte says by law he deserves a heroes burial. Second, Leni wants the EJK to stop, PDuterte want to intensify and prolong EJK. But I also believe that PDuterte wants another one to sit as Vice President - Bong Bong Marcos. PDuterte has behaved and shown publicly his preference. Leni has resigned the Cabinet but She is elected as Vice President, only the people can remove her from that position.

I accidentally pressed the hardware reset because it's too close to the headphone jacks. I've got big fingers what can I say. So it's a couple of seconds later that I noticed that the computer (the monitor) has restarted. Except that the initial restart sequence is throwing me to a console with a bad ata status:DRDY message. I've seen this before. It's a bad shutdown for one or more of the hard drives / raid device. I checked the status of the RAID device and confirmed it. I've got an inactive array. So I issued: #mdadm /dev/md0 --stop to stop the array and restart it with: #mdadm --assemble /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 but no go, so again i tried this: #mdadm --assemble --force /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sdd1 I check the status of the array after I started it. #mdadm --detail /dev/md0 root@desktop:~# mdadm --detail /dev/md0 /dev/md0:         Version : 1.2   Creation Time : Tue Sep  6 02:59:21 2016      Raid Level : raid5      Array Size : 19532...