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====== Date and Time ====== | ====== Date and Time ====== | ||
* June 6, 2007 | * June 6, 2007 | ||
- | * 6:30 pm - | + | * 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm |
====== Attendees ====== | ====== Attendees ====== | ||
- | * ?? Carl Fitch | + | * Carl Fitch |
- | * ?? Lee Lammert | + | * Lee Lammert |
- | * ?? Craig Buchek | + | * Craig Buchek |
- | * ?? Gary Meyer | + | * Barry Morrison |
- | * ?? Patrick Bellinger | + | * John Hodge |
- | * ?? Stan Reichardt | + | * Stan Reichardt |
- | * ?? | + | * Jeff Urbanec |
====== Secretary Report ====== | ====== Secretary Report ====== | ||
- | * Secretary is catching up with things, but SLUUG minutes doesn't seem to be one of them. ;-) | + | * Secretary needs to catch up with things, especially printing out minutes. |
- | * Craig - print out previous minutes? | + | |
- | * | + | |
====== Treasurer Report ====== | ====== Treasurer Report ====== | ||
* As of: 4/30/07 | * As of: 4/30/07 | ||
* Bank balance: $ 1275.59 | * Bank balance: $ 1275.59 | ||
- | * Pending deposits: | + | * Pending deposits: none |
- | * Expenses | + | * Pending expenses: |
* Pens - ordered, should be here soon | * Pens - ordered, should be here soon | ||
* Final bill from Wash U has not been received. | * Final bill from Wash U has not been received. | ||
- | * Gary to provide good address to forward correspondance | + | * Gary provided good address to forward correspondence. |
+ | * Need receipts for expense reimbursements. | ||
+ | * Gary - domain registration | ||
+ | * Carl - state registration | ||
====== Book Sales Report ====== | ====== Book Sales Report ====== | ||
- | * Book sales | + | * Book sales - none for previous month |
- | * | + | |
====== Membership Attendance Report ====== | ====== Membership Attendance Report ====== | ||
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* or http://solaris.sluug.org/attendance.pdf, and so on. | * or http://solaris.sluug.org/attendance.pdf, and so on. | ||
* Attendance for May 2007: | * Attendance for May 2007: | ||
- | * May 1 - 1stOLDAP: 7 | + | * May 1 - 1st LDAP: 7 |
* May 2 - Steercom: 5 | * May 2 - Steercom: 5 | ||
- | * May 9 - SLUUG: | + | * May 9 - SLUUG: missing attendance sheet |
- | * May 16 - 2ndOLDAP: 5 | + | * May 16 - 2nd LDAP: 5 |
- | * May 17 - STLLUG: | + | * May 17 - STLLUG: missing attendance sheet |
* May 22 - Solaris: 15 | * May 22 - Solaris: 15 | ||
- | * May 22 - HZWLUG: | + | * May 22 - HZWLUG: missing attendance sheet |
- | * May 24 - STCLUG: | + | * May 24 - STCLUG: missing attendance sheet |
* May 30 - Security: 9 | * May 30 - Security: 9 | ||
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== Subscriber numbers == | == Subscriber numbers == | ||
- | || List | May | June|| | + | || List | May | June || |
|| ANNOUNCE | 917 | 925 || | || ANNOUNCE | 917 | 925 || | ||
|| DISCUSS | 184 | 190 || | || DISCUSS | 184 | 190 || | ||
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* This was an extended topic -- there was no separate tutorial. | * This was an extended topic -- there was no separate tutorial. | ||
* Reprise of last month's STCLUG presentation. | * Reprise of last month's STCLUG presentation. | ||
- | * ??? Included discussion of Windows BartPE and Linux both bootable from CD ??? | + | * Included discussion of Windows BartPE and Linux both bootable from CD |
* People could follow along if they brought their own Windows XP installation disc. | * People could follow along if they brought their own Windows XP installation disc. | ||
* Could use an OEM recovery disc or Windows Server 2003. | * Could use an OEM recovery disc or Windows Server 2003. | ||
- | * | + | * Good. A bit of hands on. |
==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ==== STLLUG - May 17 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: Ubuntu GNU/Linux by Jay Truesdale | * TOPIC: Ubuntu GNU/Linux by Jay Truesdale | ||
- | * Craig and Stan were to be out of town. Needed someone to run the meeting. | + | * Went quickly. Showed off features of latest version of Ubuntu. |
- | * | + | * Covered wireless support in-depth. |
+ | * Craig and Stan were out of town. Carl ran the meeting. | ||
==== SOLARIS - May 22 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - May 22 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: Virtualizing Solaris: The Big Rules for Zones, Xen, LDOMs and VMware by Bob Neatherton | ||
+ | * Excellent - a whole day's presentation condensed into 3 hours. | ||
+ | * Sun's virtual machine specialist gave the presentation. | ||
* Nobody seemed to be updating http://solaris.sluug.org web page. | * Nobody seemed to be updating http://solaris.sluug.org web page. | ||
* Jeff Logullo was maintaining a new web page | * Jeff Logullo was maintaining a new web page | ||
* Stan R. put HTML page at our Solaris SIG URL to now redirect to Jeff L.'s new URL | * Stan R. put HTML page at our Solaris SIG URL to now redirect to Jeff L.'s new URL | ||
* New URL is http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/stl-osug/ | * New URL is http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/os_user_groups/stl-osug/ | ||
- | * References to our http://solaris.sluug.org/ URL are automaticly redirected. | + | * References to our http://solaris.sluug.org/ URL are automatically redirected. |
- | * TOPIC: Virtualizing Solaris: The Big Rules for Zones, Xen, LDOMs and VMware | + | |
- | * | + | |
==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - May 22 ==== | ||
- | * The HZWLUG meetings thru November are now listed on www.stlcalendar.com | + | * Stan R. was not in town for this meeting. Carl ran the meeting. |
- | * Experimenting with www.askarchy.com listing. Only submitted May meeting. | + | * Covered wireless network config and troubleshooting. |
- | * Stan R. was not in town for this meeting. | + | * The HZWLUG meetings thru November are now listed on [[http://www.stlcalendar.com | www.stlcalendar.com]] |
- | * | + | * Experimenting with askarchy.com listing. Only submitted May meeting so far. |
==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ==== STCLUG - May 24 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Round-table discussion on various topics. |
- | * | + | * Plenty of contributions from the crowd. |
==== SECURITY - May 30 ==== | ==== SECURITY - May 30 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: Snort and Base by Clarence Johnson | * TOPIC: Snort and Base by Clarence Johnson | ||
- | * meeting rescheduled on short notice from May 23rd | + | * Excellent. Will cover in more detail next month. |
- | * | + | * Meeting rescheduled on short notice from May 23rd |
====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ====== Presentation Schedule ====== | ||
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==== SLUUG - June 13 ==== | ==== SLUUG - June 13 ==== | ||
- | * Base: TBD | + | * Base: Public Key Authentication in SSH by Barry Morrison |
- | * Main: Building a Bootable USB Drive for Troubleshooting by James Campbell | + | * Main: Building a Bootable USB Drive for Troubleshooting by James Campbell (via Lee) |
* People can follow along if they bring their own laptop and 1 GB USB memory stick. | * People can follow along if they bring their own laptop and 1 GB USB memory stick. | ||
- | * | ||
==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - June 19 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
==== HZWLUG - June 19 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - June 19 ==== | ||
- | * Meeting date tentative - regular Prairie Commons Branch room not avialable on 26th; so, scheduled this date. Still trying to find a location for the regular date. | + | * Meeting date tentative - regular Prairie Commons Branch room not available on 26th |
- | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * Still trying to find a location for the regular date. |
- | * | + | * TOPIC: Newbie topics. |
==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ==== STLLUG - June 21 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: Physical Computing with Linux by Jason Burke (confirmed) | * TOPIC: Physical Computing with Linux by Jason Burke (confirmed) | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
- | ==== HZWLUG - June 26 ==== | ||
- | * Meeting location tentative - regular location not avialable on 26th | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ==== SECURITY - June 27 ==== | ||
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==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ==== STCLUG - June 28 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
* Stan R. updated STCLUG Web site. | * Stan R. updated STCLUG Web site. | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
===== July 2007 ===== | ===== July 2007 ===== | ||
+ | |||
==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== | ==== SLUUG - July 11 ==== | ||
- | * Base: TBD | + | * Base: DSH - Distributed Shell by John Hodge |
- | * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (tentative) | + | * Main: Basic GIMP Usage by Scott Nesler (confirmed, via Craig) |
==== SOLARIS - July 17 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - July 17 ==== | ||
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==== STLLUG - July 19 ==== | ==== STLLUG - July 19 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek | * TOPIC: Everything You (N)Ever Wanted to Know About HDTV by Craig Buchek | ||
- | * | ||
==== HZWLUG - July 24 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - July 24 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: TBD | + | * TOPIC: Newbie topics |
- | * | + | |
==== SECURITY - July 25 ==== | ==== SECURITY - July 25 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
==== STCLUG - July 26 ==== | ==== STCLUG - July 26 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
- | |||
===== August 2007 ===== | ===== August 2007 ===== | ||
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==== SLUUG - August 8 ==== | ==== SLUUG - August 8 ==== | ||
* Base: TBD | * Base: TBD | ||
- | * Main: TBD | + | * Main: one of the following topics by John Hodge |
+ | * Micro-Partitioning | ||
+ | * VIO - virtual I/O - sharing network devices on POWER hardware | ||
+ | * Storage Virtualization on AIX | ||
+ | * HACMP - High Availability on AIX | ||
==== STLLUG - August 16 ==== | ==== STLLUG - August 16 ==== | ||
- | * TOPIC: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 (tentative) | + | * TOPIC: TBD |
- | * | + | |
==== SOLARIS - August 21 ==== | ==== SOLARIS - August 21 ==== | ||
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==== STCLUG - August 23 ==== | ==== STCLUG - August 23 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
==== HZWLUG - August 28 ==== | ==== HZWLUG - August 28 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | ||
==== SECURITY - August 29 ==== | ==== SECURITY - August 29 ==== | ||
* TOPIC: TBD | * TOPIC: TBD | ||
- | * | + | |
+ | ===== October ===== | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== STLLUG - October 18 ==== | ||
+ | * TOPIC: Lotus Notes (Client and Server) on Linux by Tom Bowman of TeamCentric (confirmed, via Craig) | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | ===== Potential Future Topics ===== | ||
+ | * DNA, Genes, Viruses, Bioinformatics by Robert Citek | ||
+ | * Something by Scott Granneman | ||
+ | * Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 | ||
+ | * AIX 6 - due out later this year (about November, IBM via John Hodge) | ||
====== Sponsorships ====== | ====== Sponsorships ====== | ||
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====== System Administration ====== | ====== System Administration ====== | ||
* Dark keeps crashing. | * Dark keeps crashing. | ||
- | * Waiting for it to not come back up. | + | * Waiting for it to not come back up. |
+ | * Work on new servers to replace AIX boxes is moving along rapidly. | ||
* Security issues | * Security issues | ||
+ | * Had some accounts compromised. | ||
====== Server Migration Project ====== | ====== Server Migration Project ====== | ||
- | * Carl and Craig to meet at Lee's on May 9 to work on migration. | + | * Carl and Craig met at Lee's on May 9 to work on migration. |
- | * Compare notes on Postfix configuration. | + | * Accomplished quite a bit. |
+ | * Got SASL and TLS added to Postfix configuration. | ||
+ | * Integrated SpamAssassin into Postfix via MailScanner. | ||
+ | * Grabbed most of the config from Dark. | ||
+ | * Upgraded version of DokuWiki. | ||
+ | * Craig rebuilt Bud on May 30. | ||
+ | * Built per documentation on the wiki. | ||
+ | * Took about 2 hours on-site to build. | ||
+ | * Should only have taken 1 hour, but had some incorrect documentation. | ||
+ | * Took about 1-2 days to get it back to same shape it was before. | ||
+ | * Carl, Craig, Jeff Muse, Stan, and Lee meeting on June 13 to do more work. | ||
+ | * Make sure Mailman is working. | ||
+ | * Make sure mailing lists get archived to web. | ||
+ | * Make offsite backups work. | ||
+ | * Scheduled deletion of older backups. | ||
+ | * Move all SSL cert creation to one place in the docs. | ||
+ | * Apache for users.sluug.org. | ||
+ | * Will use this to migrate users from Michelob to Budlight. | ||
* Install and configure Drupal for multiple web sites. | * Install and configure Drupal for multiple web sites. | ||
* Integrate Drupal module for Mailman. | * Integrate Drupal module for Mailman. | ||
- | * Integrate SpamAssassin into Postfix. | ||
- | * Compare configuration with Dark. | ||
- | * Verify Postfix delivery to IMAP server. | ||
====== Website Library ====== | ====== Website Library ====== | ||
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====== Other Old Business ====== | ====== Other Old Business ====== | ||
- | * Craig - finish up work on email server. | + | * none |
- | * Craig - get people to test using IMAP to connect to Bud from their email clients. | + | |
- | * Carl and Craig - get together to work on new servers. | + | |
- | * Gary - get Sun Netra T1/105 (1U) boxes from Craig, and install them at Primary. | + | |
- | * | + | |
====== New Business ====== | ====== New Business ====== | ||
- | ===== Publicity Handouts ===== | ||
- | We have 3 handouts for our meetings, each available at the URLs | ||
- | listed below. They are given out at all of our meetings, at | ||
- | events where we have a booth, and are distributed to various | ||
- | St. Louis County Library Branches. | ||
- | The SLUUG general information handout (front is portrait and back is landscape): | + | ===== SLACC as a SIG ===== |
- | + | * It was mentioned that St. Louis Area Computer Club (SLACC) membership was nearly all SLUUG members. | |
- | [[http://www.sluug.org/sluugA070319.pdf| http://www.sluug.org/sluugA070319.pdf]] (portrait page) | + | * Someone asked if perhaps we should give SLACC status as a SLUUG Special Interest Group (SIG). |
- | + | * There was little discussion, and agreement that it would make sense to have SLACC as a SIG. | |
- | [[http://www.sluug.org/sluugB070319.pdf| http://www.sluug.org/sluugB070319.pdf]] (landscape page) | + | * It would give SLUUG an official meeting for bringing machines in to install/configure Linux. |
- | Both Revised 19 March 2007 | + | * Craig to make URL http://slacc.sluug.org |
- | Note that URLS in these PDFs are set up as hot links. | + | * Stan to build web page, add links on SLUUG site, and take attendance at SLACC meetings. |
- | + | * Craig suggested that the board should hold an official vote, and SLACC should also vote on the issue. | |
- | The Hazelwood LUG GNU/Linux for Beginners: | + | |
- | + | ||
- | [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org/Linux4Beginners.pdf| http://hzwlug.sluug.org/Linux4Beginners.pdf]] | + | |
- | + | ||
- | May 2007 version 3.5 (looks nice on light green paper) | + | |
- | Note that URLS in this PDF are set up as hot links. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | The St. Louis Security Group Password Guidelines for Beginners: | + | |
- | + | ||
- | [[http://security.sluug.org/passwordguide.pdf| http://security.sluug.org/passwordguide.pdf]] | + | |
- | + | ||
- | April 2006 version 0.4 | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Stan R. has about 75 of the SLUUG general information handouts | + | |
- | available. Don't need any more right now. | + | |
- | + | ||
- | Stan R. is out of the last two. Have any more been printed? | + | |
===== Domain Renewal ===== | ===== Domain Renewal ===== | ||
- | + | * The sluug.org domain expires in July. | |
- | The sluug.org domain expires in July. Gary Meyer put on his credit card. | + | * Gary Meyer has put on his credit card. |
+ | * But Whois still shows it expiring on July 10, 2007. | ||
===== Annual Report to State of Missouri ===== | ===== Annual Report to State of Missouri ===== | ||
* See [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?681250 | SLUUG Info]] on file with State of Missouri. | * See [[https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/soskb/Corp.asp?681250 | SLUUG Info]] on file with State of Missouri. | ||
* Due by 31 August, Carl saved us $5 last year by filing early. | * Due by 31 August, Carl saved us $5 last year by filing early. | ||
- | * Are we still not getting hardcopy in the mail? | + | * Should we change the "registered agent" shown on the forms? |
- | * Don't recognize name of "registered agent" shown on last year's form. Should that be changed on form? | + | * YES: Change to "Stan Reichardt" @ same address as our "corporate headquarters". |
- | + | * Should help us receive official hard-copy forms from the state. | |
- | ===== Anything Else ===== | + | ===== Publicity Handouts ===== |
- | + | * We have 3 handouts for our meetings, each available at the URLs listed below. | |
- | * anything else? | + | * SLUUG general information handout (front is portrait and back is landscape): |
- | + | * [[http://www.sluug.org/sluugA070418.pdf| http://www.sluug.org/sluugA070418.pdf]] (portrait page) | |
- | ====== Blue Sky ====== | + | * [[http://www.sluug.org/sluugB070418.pdf| http://www.sluug.org/sluugB070418.pdf]] (landscape page) |
- | * anything up there? | + | * [[http://www.sluug.org/sluuginfo.pdf| http://www.sluug.org/sluuginfo.pdf]] (combined) |
+ | * Hazelwood LUG GNU/Linux for Beginners: | ||
+ | * [[http://hzwlug.sluug.org/Linux4Beginners.pdf| http://hzwlug.sluug.org/Linux4Beginners.pdf]] | ||
+ | * St. Louis Security Group Password Guidelines for Beginners: | ||
+ | * [[http://security.sluug.org/passwordguide.pdf| http://security.sluug.org/passwordguide.pdf]] | ||
+ | * Need more copies of Hazelwood and Security brochures. | ||
+ | * Carl will print 200 copies of each. | ||
====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ====== Follow-up and Action Items ====== | ||
+ | * Craig: Ping Robert Citek and Scott Granneman about presentations. | ||
+ | * Craig: Follow up w/ Tom Bowman of TeamCentric Technologies on Lotus Notes presentation + another. | ||
+ | * Craig: Follow up w/ Scott Nesler on GIMP presentation. | ||
+ | * Craig: Set up virtual host to test www.sluug.org site on new server. | ||
+ | * Craig: Print out previous minutes. | ||
+ | * Craig: Write up info on membership levels. | ||
+ | * Gary: Get Sun Netra T1/105 (1U) boxes from Craig, install Solaris, and install them at Primary. | ||
+ | * Gary: Verify that domain has been renewed in Whois. | ||
+ | * Carl: Print 200 copies each of Hazelwood and Security brochures. |