Linux-Announce Digest #541, Volume #3 Thu, 15 Jul 99 18:13:22 EDT Contents: COMMERCIAL: I am Linux campaign slogan (XComputing) COMMERCIAL/LOCAL: German Linux Big Pack (Red Hat 6.0) (Hans-Georg Esser) Ganymede 0.99.4 - Network directory management system (Jonathan Abbey) monitor.c - power off after prolonged inactivity (Andrew Wood) CONFERENCE: SANE 2000 - May 22-25, 2000 (2nd Int'l System Administration & Networking Conference) (Edwin Kremer) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: XComputing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: COMMERCIAL: I am Linux campaign slogan Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:57:30 GMT =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== "I am Linux." campaign is an attempt to set a common marketing slogan for Linux. Some examples of slogan are Nike Just do it., Chevy Trucks Like a rock and Coca-Cola Always Coca-Cola What "I am Linux." mean? "I am Linux" describes the freedom that comes with the software. The freedom to view, learn, and modify the source code. The freedom to redistribute copies of the software. And all these freedom means you do not have to ask or pay permission to any one. The slogan hopefully provides the notion to the observer of free software, principles of the GNU GPL. "I am Linux." means that there are no individual or company that control and own Linux. Linux is free to the general public. Additional meanings are: that you use the Linux operating system, that you support an open standard operating system, that you want better software, that you want fair competition, that you like Linux, that you like choices in life... These are some of the main reasons. Also, we are selling the Linux distributions on CD RedHat 6.0 and Mandrake 6.0 $1.89 Shipping cost is $4.00 US $9.00 Internationl - -- http://www.xcomputing.com - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBN45ZSlrUI/eHXJZ5AQF2IAQAjcK5fh/zCIAzT0ylRNXG0ZG0nQYbHgnY Hd+sHOXNUzZzDS+ZO4lDnlB44AGWx+xpm224DM8mK7k9XZSbYSeaUh76cjwyELOo zuzSPiverWfOOr0/S2Tgjv2ye10XDPYwxPb2ETjIVsh1K9N8+qWYYgkKmmT9wh6d p8iYMxtxj3o= =BOga =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ From: Hans-Georg Esser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: COMMERCIAL/LOCAL: German Linux Big Pack (Red Hat 6.0) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:55:21 GMT Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== Linux Big Pack, 3rd edition released - ------------------------------------ The rest of this message is written in German, as the described product is only available in German-speaking countries. It is (to be brief) an announcement of the new edition of Data Becker's (http://www.databecker.de) Linux Big Pack, three CD-ROMs with Red Hat 6.0 GPL, extra stuff and a 541 pages manual. 3. Auflage des Linux Big Pack erschienen - ---------------------------------------- Bei Data Becker (http://www.databecker.de) ist die dritte Auflage des "Linux Big Pack" erschienen. Das Paket enthaelt neben Red Hat Linux 6.0 (GPL-Version) unter anderem -- als erste Distribution -- eine Vorabversion der ISDN- Software kISDN 1.0 (pre1). Das ausfuehrliche Handbuch (541 Seiten) beschreibt die Installation, Konfiguration und den taeglichen Einsatz. Detailliert werden u.a. die folgenden Themen behandelt: - Erste Schritte mit Linux - Das K Desktop Environment (KDE) - Internet-Konfiguration mit Modem und ISDN - Kernel-Kompilierung (mit umfassenden Erlaeuterungen saemtlicher Kernel-Konfigurationsmoeglichkeiten) In der unten folgenden Link-Liste finden Sie unter anderem das voll- staendige Inhaltsverzeichnis der ersten Auflage (1998). Hans-Georg Esser Links: Offizielle Ankuendigung von Data Becker: http://www.databecker.de/onlineshop/shop.cgi?client=373183&flag=add&add=6828&show=produkt Support-Seite der Autoren: http://home.pages.de/~hge/bigpack/ Inhalts-Verzeichnis der ersten Auflage (nicht aktuell): http://home.pages.de/~hge/inhalt-bigpack.html - -- Dipl.-Math. Hans-Georg Esser Forschungszentrum Juelich, ZAM, 52425 Juelich priv.: Roermonder Str. 42, 52072 Aachen WWW: http://home.pages.de/~hge/index.html mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBN45YyVrUI/eHXJZ5AQGrHgP+KtIxiPupCe+CnXbSw9TKVDqsZuNGPRX5 Rj2xUYF2ua4iVIzVXGrHU1OoJd4YyNGlQquxoeD3sLqNQ3FfcKTcowYtdZYUNvjS irWe2z0zRpaRftjC6cs6+ZmAsl590p941mliVowZfrPVgCSYQ3zAeB1OWWvb4xib UsTwRxN1wTg= =QXVn =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ From: Jonathan Abbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Ganymede 0.99.4 - Network directory management system Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 21:52:04 GMT =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== Ganymede 0.99.4 is now available for download at http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2/ or ftp://ftp.arlut.utexas.edu/pub/ganymede/ Mirrors: (may take a short while to update) ftp://ftp.netlag.com/ganymede/ (USA) ftp://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/ganymede/ (Australia/NZ only) ftp://ftp.kddlabs.co.jp/pub/ganymede/ (KDD R&D Labs, Saitama, Japan) Ganymede is a GPL'ed network directory management system written in Java, providing support for team management of NIS, DNS, etc. - -- The big news for this release includes a reworking of the install scripts to make it easier to install the server and the web client resources, a significant rewriting of the admin console to improve security and simplify installation, and an improved installation guide. Generally more polished, closer to production quality. The next things to do involve more operational documentation and better packaging of the schemas, including lots of support scripting for the gasharl schema. Just over the horizon is a new DNS/XML system for flexibly and comprehensively managing DNS with Ganymede. As always, feedback is eagerly solicited.. if I don't hear from anyone, I just have to guess as to whether it's working for people, which isn't the most efficient method. See http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2/CHANGES for a complete list of changes. - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Abbey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Applied Research Laboratories The University of Texas at Austin Ganymede, a free NIS/DNS management system http://www.arlut.utexas.edu/gash2 - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBN45YBFrUI/eHXJZ5AQFrHQP/Rby619MLB/8hehdtKPullobIdDzG32lq nk8ZddG87hA26YaTe2dM0R3VkdRwXDRWY3UYqbxUwC8Htzwqvmp0PFqd4q/6yxyv YfaFWxTlpNe6x/sXmBJgJNbeFOwY5/aHReF8CD/PmNTB9CiSXO6oQXfqHW5XMZP8 ySmPX7evkT0= =JhXG =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ From: Andrew Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: monitor.c - power off after prolonged inactivity Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 22:00:14 GMT Reply-To: Andrew Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== Announcing `monitor.c', a simple program to shut off a machine if it is inactive for a long time with no users logged in. A countdown of the time until shutdown is shown at the top right of the current text console, by using /dev/vcsa0. It is useful if you're planning on leaving a batch job running on your desktop machine at night but want the machine to switch off when it's finished, as the countdown will start as soon as the load average drops BUT will stop if anyone logs in, so if insomnia prompts a hacking session after you left it running your machine won't unexpectedly turn off. Full installation instructions are included at the top of the source code. Download: ftp://cus.umist.ac.uk/pub/ivarch/linux/monitor.c [5008 bytes] LSM: ftp://cus.umist.ac.uk/pub/ivarch/linux/monitor.lsm [829 bytes] Homepage: http://www.poboxes.com/andrew.wood/linux/monitor/ - - Andrew - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. This group is archived at http://www.iki.fi/mjr/linux/cola.html =====BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE===== Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 iQCVAgUBN45Z7lrUI/eHXJZ5AQE6swQAssO3pwGCE6L8HMDlMDddsMPEpqNeGEHj CeKf0OqcweAVLgxTkWLSaKDU4nV+uxjg29L6G6hAdqUacbjOL1iI87wuwXGf6wfM QkfJZ7bHgM17Du7JMPkxsUMdtZwe2uYvtrxR0hxVHtjybcT13seSgx2X99H3fgXi xw0lP0Hsgd8= =UcQm =====END PGP SIGNATURE===== ------------------------------ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Kremer) Subject: CONFERENCE: SANE 2000 - May 22-25, 2000 (2nd Int'l System Administration & Networking Conference) Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 22:04:06 GMT =====BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE===== Announcement and Call for Papers ____ _ _ _ _____ ____ ___ ___ ___ / ___| / \ | \ | | ____| |___ \ / _ \ / _ \ / _ \ \___ \ / _ \ | \| | _| __) | | | | | | | | | | ___) / ___ \| |\ | |___ / __/| |_| | |_| | |_| | |____/_/ \_\_| \_|_____| |_____|\___/ \___/ \___/ 2nd International SANE Conference May 22-25, 2000 Maastricht, The Netherlands A conference organized by the NLUUG, the UNIX User Group - The Netherlands co-sponsored by USENIX, the Advanced Computing Systems Association, and Stichting NLnet OVERVIEW Technology is advancing, the systems administration profession is changing rapidly, and you have to master new skills to keep apace. At the second International SANE (System Administration and Networking) conference you'll find a wealth of opportunities to meet other system administrators and network (security) professionals with similar interests, while attending a program that brings you the latest in tools, techniques, security and networking. You can learn from tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks, work-in-progress (WIP) and Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions. Visit the Vendor Exhibition for the hottest products and the latest books available. The official language at the conference will be English. The conference will be located at the Maastricht Exposition and Conference Center, MECC. TUTORIAL PROGRAM On Monday May 22 and Tuesday May 23, a large selection of practical, problem-solving, in-depth tutorials will be presented to you by the most authoritative, popular and widely acclaimed speakers. TECHNICAL CONFERENCE Following the tutorial days, Wednesday May 24 and Thursday May 25 will offer comprehensive technical sessions, including keynote address, presentations of refereed papers, invited talks and BoFs. The social event and the enjoyable inSANE Quiz will help you getting to know other professionals in your field. CONFERENCE TOPICS Presentations are being solicited in areas including but not limited to: * Security tools and techniques: Network Intrusion Detection Systems, Firewalls, VPNs, practical cryptography and auditing * Web security fundamentals and practical web site maintenance * Network monitoring and traffic shaping solutions * System and network performance tuning * Managing enterprise-wide e-mail and fighting junkmail (sometimes mistakenly referred to as 'spam') * Experiences with Open Source software (including operating systems) in a professional environment * Innovative system administration tools & techniques * Distributed or automated system administration * Adventures in nomadic and wireless computing * Intranet development, support, and maintenance * Integrating new networking technologies * Integration of heterogeneous platforms * Support strategies in use at your site * Effective training techniques for system administration and users REFEREED PAPER SUBMISSIONS An extended abstract is required for the paper selection process: details on how to submit an abstract will be published at the web site listed below. Abstracts accompanied by non-disclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be returned unread. Authors of accepted submissions must provide a final paper for publication in the conference proceedings. These final papers are held in the highest confidence prior to publication in the conference proceedings. By agreeing to present your paper at SANE 2000, you also give license to the SANE 2000 conference organizers that it may be published in the members-only area on the NLUUG web site and/or in the conference CD-ROM. WORK-IN-PROGRESS (WIP) The conference facilitates Work-In-Progress (WIP) sessions in parallel to the main conference tracks. WIPs are informal, 20-minute talks that give you the opportunity to share your current unfinished work with others in the field. So, if you have a topic of interest that is not very well suited for a refereed paper submission, please submit a proposal for a WIP session to the WIP Coordinator at the address: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> BoFs Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) sessions are highly interactive, informal gatherings of attendees interested in a particular topic. BoFs enable attendees to discuss topics of mutual interest and to build professional relationships with other people who share similar interests. A BoF that is already being planned is a PGP key-signing BoF (or party). If you want to schedule a BoF prior to the conference, please contact the BoF coordinator at the address: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> IMPORTANT DATES Extended abstracts due: November 1, 1999 Notification to speakers: November 12, 1999 Final papers due: March 24, 2000 CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS Program co-chairs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bob Eskes, Applied System's Research, Hollandse Signaalapparaten, Hengelo Edwin Kremer, Department of Computer Science, Utrecht University Tutorial Coordinator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jos Alsters, C&CZ, KU Nijmegen Program Committee Jaap Akkerhuis, SIDNL, Arnhem Michel Anders, Tunix, Nijmegen Walter Belgers, Origin, Eindhoven Fred Donck, Shell Services International, Rijswijk Peter Honeyman, USENIX Brad Knowles, Belgacom Skynet SA/NV, Brussels Event Organization <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mari�lle Klatten, NLUUG Monique Rours, NLUUG Wytze van der Raay, NLnet Foundation Complete program and registration information will be available in December 1999. For the latest information about the conference, please visit the SANE 2000 web site: http://www.nluug.nl/events/sane2000/ For questions not being answered at this web site, please contact the NLUUG office by e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Best regards, Edwin Kremer SANE 2000 program co-chair - -- Edwin H. Kremer, senior systems- and network administrator. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands [WHOIS: ehk3] - -------------------- http://www.cs.uu.nl/people/edwin/ ----------------------- - -- This article has been digitally signed by the moderator, using PGP. http://www.iki.fi/mjr/cola-public-key.asc has PGP key for validating signature. Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PLEASE remember a short description of the software and the LOCATION. 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