[TriLUG] battery life, EeePC 1000 vs 900

[Matthew Pusateri]

why I haven't unsubscribed from the buy.com noise in my inbox, I can't  
answer :(  But this seemed appropriate, so sorry for the spam, unless  
of course your actually looking for one of these :)
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Matt P.

On Aug 14, 2008, at 12:34 PM, David A. Cafaro wrote:

> Oh, bios lost password is the least of your worries, check out this:
>
> http://www.risesecurity.org/blog/entry/6/
>
> And yes my brand new EeePC has the same old version of samba running
> by default.
>
> I just posted a write up on my blog (www.cafaro.net), as I have
> FINALLY found a way to disable/control samba, portmap, and the
> webserver that runs when you start the anti-virus manager.  Here are
> the details of how to disable them, and I highly recommend all EeePC
> users doing it:
>
>    1. Shutdown Samba and Portmap - These services are on by default
> and there are known security issues with the version of Samba that
> comes with the EeePC.  Here is how to make sure they are stopped and
> don't come back on.  Be warned, if you do this you will not be able to
> share files with others from your computer, though you can access
> files on other computers:
>           * First start up a terminal window by pressing Ctrl + Alt  
> + T
>           * Next issue the following commands:
>           * sudo invoke-rc.d samba stop
>           * sudo update-rc.d -f samba remove
>           * sudo update-rc.d samba stop 20 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 .
>           * sudo invoke-rc.d portmap stop
>           * sudo update-rc.d -f portmap remove
>           * sudo update-rc.d portmap stop 20 0 1 2 3 4 5 6.
>           * Next edit the services file using the following commands:
>           * sudo vim /usr/sbin/services.sh
>           * Press the "i" key to begin edit mode
>           * find the line:
>             start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –oknodo –exec /sbin/ 
> portmap
>             and comment it out like:
>             #start-stop-daemon –start –quiet –oknodo –exec /sbin/
> portmap
>           * find the line:
>             /usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d samba start
>             and comment it out like:
>             #/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d samba start
>           * Press the "ESC" key, then press the ":" key, then type
> "wq" followed by pressing the enter key
>
>    2. There is a webserver that runs on the EeePC any time you launch
> the anti-virus icon under settings.  It by default hides the content
> from the internet, but the webserver is still listening on the
> internet port.  To force the webserver to ONLY listen to your local
> machine (and not advertise to the rest of the world) do the following.
>           * You need to edit the following file using the commands:
>           * sudo vim /usr/lib/esets/webi/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
>           * find the http {} section,  then the server {} section and
>           * Press the "i" key to begin edit mode
>           * change "listen 20032;" to "listen localhost:20032;"
>           * Press the "ESC" key, then press the ":" key, then type
> "wq" followed by pressing the enter key
>           * Reboot the computer as there is no clean way to stop the
> service.
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2008, at 12:11 PM, Alan Porter wrote:
>
>>
>> After reading your review, I am jealous of your all-day battery life
>> that you get out of your EeePC 1000.
>>
>> I have an EeePC 900, and I have always felt like its battery was
>> somewhat weak.  So today, I left it powered on, not really doing
>> anything, writing the date to a file every minute, screen blanked,
>> wireless on.  After 193 minutes, it finally pooped out.  Better  
>> than I
>> expected.  I'll have to try again when I am actually USING it.
>>
>> One other quirk that I noticed was that the BIOS forgot the time and
>> my
>> BIOS password!  So, quick security hack -- let the battery run dead
>> and
>> my EeePC is pwned.  :-)
>>
>> Alan
>>
>
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