[svlug] SVLUG Server going down this weekend... = moved

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya drew  ---  svlug dns crew ...

> Drew Bertola wrote:
> 
> Sorry to have to do this, but I need to take the SVLUG server down at 4:30
> pm today.

----- < short version >

	svlug.org is currently at:  157.22.35.222

	please change your dns server entries

----- < short version >

per your requests ... i concur, not that it matters to anybody else,
i concur that we've over extended our stay in your colo rack that
you're paying for

	- more importantly, i concur that you've notified svlug to get it out
	over the years on numberous occasions

	- and that you have no more power in your rack and you're 
	tripping the breakers  and no physical space left

- unfortunately, sounds like nobody ( svlug officers or svlug volunteers ) 
replied to you today ... so what to do .. hummm ...

	- i took the liberty of picking it up from you ( from in your car )
	to get it back online asap .. i left there at say midnight ( 2 hrs ago )

- for entertainment .. 

	- it took me several passes to test each kernel in the lilo path
	to see whcih allows "init=/bin/bash" or "init 1" 
	( none of them works, a bad thing, probably due to grsec ?? or 
	  too old woody, or something config'd to prevent idiots like me
	  from getting root access )

	- it took me a couple more passes with knoppix to get pass the
	root passwd problem  that i dont know... and dont use an old
	monitor with knoppix, or yu'd see funny chars on the screen or nothing

	- the original config files was left alone ( saved off )
		( pwd, shadow, http, networking )


- quick fix but it ( svlug ) will only work on that one host where you 
  modify what i consider hands-off files 
  ( do it the right way with dns if you have access to it )

	-- if you want svlug.org to sorta work temporarily

		vi /etc/hosts
		....
		blah ...
		....

		157.22.35.222	www.svlug.org   svlug-www
		157.22.35.222	lists.svlug.org	svlug-lists

		
- in either case .. 

	- svlug.org is currently now up and running at 157.22.35.222

	- no matter where svlug.org goes, the dns at the registrar in germany
	( CSL Computer Service Langenbach GmbH  ) has to have its dns
	server entries updated to point to wherever svlug.org will finally
	reside  
		you# whois svlug.org

	- it's final destination should be a colo with pro bono hosting
	with access cards to say at least 3 "svlug admin"

	- as the registration of svlug.org currently stands, only heather at starshine.org
	should be the only email account that would be allowed to make any
	changes to svlug.org

		to use ns1.svlug.org   and  ns2.svlug.org

		which can point to any machine with the proper info for svlug.org

	- the owners of the current dns servers can also make the ip# changes
	so that the world can find svlug.org

		SIGKILL.COM
		NYLUG.ORG
		PRIMATE.NET

	- why doesn't svlug config and setup it's own ( 2 or 3 ) dns servers
	so that svlug can be a self-sufficient server w/o depending on outside 
	servers

		ns1.svlug.org
		ns2.svlug.org

		these changes have to be done by heather

-- if you do not make the /etc/hosts or dns changes in svlug.org files,
   you will not be able to reply to svlug.org

c ya
alvin