Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread Joe
On Wed, 6 Dec 2017 17:35:18 -0500 Michael Stone wrote: > On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 10:52:17PM +0100, Urs Thuermann wrote: > >Yesterday, my 10 years old son logged into my laptop running Debian > >jessie using his account, and curiously asked if he is allowed to try > >the /sbin/reboot command. Kno

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 11:26:45AM +1300, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > Special privileges have been granted to console users for as long as I can > remember, long before systemd, because they have physical access to the > machine. Console users typically are also permitted to mount, unmount, and > e

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread Tixy
On Thu, 2017-12-07 at 03:03 -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > I no longer have any non-systemd machines handy to verify this on, but > my memory is that I have *always* been able to use halt/poweroff/reboot > commands from the console without requiring sudo or entering a password, > and I've been u

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 03:03:44AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 11:26:45AM +1300, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: > > Special privileges have been granted to console users for as long as I can > > remember, long before systemd, beca

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 10:02:56AM +, Tixy wrote: I'm running Jessie (with systemd running but booting with sysvinit) and trying to execute halt/poweroff/reboot/shutdown from a terminal without root privileges gives an error saying I must be superuser. Which has always been my experience in 1

on-screen artifacts (red pixels) at high resolution with Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake)

2017-12-07 Thread Alexandre Rossi
(please CC me as I am not subscribed to the list) Hi, I am experiencing on-screen artifacts (red dots) when running at 1920x1080 on HDMI out. I've ruled out a hardware (cable, TV or GPU) issue by installing win10 which does not show those problems. This is by using stretch, issue occurs with bot

Re: on-screen artifacts (red pixels) at high resolution with Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake)

2017-12-07 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
On 07.12.2017 16:33, Alexandre Rossi wrote: > (please CC me as I am not subscribed to the list) > > Hi, > > I am experiencing on-screen artifacts (red dots) when running at > 1920x1080 on HDMI out. I've ruled out a hardware (cable, TV or GPU) > issue by installing win10 which does not show those pr

Re: on-screen artifacts (red pixels) at high resolution with Intel HD 630 (Kaby Lake)

2017-12-07 Thread Shin Ice
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 05:20:41PM +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > There was a microcode bug discovered recently in Kabylake-Skylake CPUs. > It causes memory corruption if I remember it correctly. It could be > fixed for certain CPUs by updating firmware for your motherboard or > installin

Debian Jessie: Issue with Samba 4 as PDC with NTPd and Windows 7 clients

2017-12-07 Thread Jens Schmidt
Hello there, debian is the best - when it works :-) Maybe someone of you will have an idea. I've run into an issue with time synchronisation on windows 7 clients in a samba 4 ad domain. Setup is as follows: Server is running debian jessie with samba 4 as PDC and NTPd. I followed the tutorial a

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 03:03:44AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: > > I no longer have any non-systemd machines handy to verify this on, but > my memory is that I have *always* been able to use halt/poweroff/reboot > commands from the console without requiring sudo or entering a password, > and I've

Gnome strange behavior while typing in some windows

2017-12-07 Thread Paulo Roberto
Since yesterday my Gnome started to present some weird behavior in random Windows. While I'm typing in Terminator or Firefox, for example, everything I type get underlined until I press some key that represents a blank character (enter, space, etc or parentheses, comma, or other non letter number

Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread John Naggets
Hi, I am currently using Debian 8 and have enabled the jessie-backports repository with the following line in /etc/apt/sources.d/backports.list: deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main contrib The only reason for this is that I am using ZFS on jessie for some data disks/partitions

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread Tom Furie
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 06:02:04PM +0100, John Naggets wrote: > Should I for example before doing the dist-upgrade to stretch delete > the APT jessie-backports source? or should I simply leave it and do a > dist-upgrade as usual? Is there a reason not to switch to your backports source to stretch

Re: Gnome strange behavior while typing in some windows

2017-12-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 04:07:24PM +, Paulo Roberto wrote: >If I change window or even tabs, the typing works perfectly in the new tab >or window but persists in the previous one when I come back to it. >The problem comes and goes and I don't know the exact way to replicate it. >

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread John Naggets
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Tom Furie wrote: > Is there a reason not to switch to your backports source to stretch at > the same time as the others? If I understand correctly doing that I will end up with the ZFS packages for unstable (Debian 10) after running a dist-upgrade? Is my understan

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 06:37:27PM +0100, John Naggets wrote: > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:11 PM, Tom Furie wrote: > > > Is there a reason not to switch to your backports source to stretch at > > the same time as the others? > > If I understand correctly doing that I will end up with the ZFS > pac

Re: Gnome strange behavior while typing in some windows

2017-12-07 Thread Paulo Roberto
Roberto, The first thing I checked was the layout. Nothing changed. And I don't think is related to shortcut keys, because clicking in a different tab, and the problem goes away for that tab. It's a very weird scenario. I started writing this e-mail with the problem in the current window and when

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Re: Gnome strange behavior while typing in some windows

2017-12-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 05:51:01PM +, Paulo Roberto wrote: >Roberto, > >The first thing I checked was the layout. >Nothing changed. >And I don't think is related to shortcut keys, because clicking in a >different tab, and the problem >goes away for that tab. Paulo, In

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread John Naggets
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > No. Backports have to be specifically requested. Aha I get it. So by changing my APT sources.list for backports from jessie-backports to stretch-backports all my ZFS packages will simply get upgraded to the official/main Debian (non backpor

Re: Embarrassing security bug in systemd

2017-12-07 Thread Michael Biebl
Am 07.12.2017 um 15:37 schrieb Roberto C. Sánchez: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 03:03:44AM -0600, Dave Sherohman wrote: >> >> I no longer have any non-systemd machines handy to verify this on, but >> my memory is that I have *always* been able to use halt/poweroff/reboot >> commands from the console w

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 Dec 2017 at 20:17:58 +0100, John Naggets wrote: > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > No. Backports have to be specifically requested. > > Aha I get it. So by changing my APT sources.list for backports from > jessie-backports to stretch-backports all my ZFS pac

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 08:17:58PM +0100, John Naggets wrote: > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > No. Backports have to be specifically requested. > > Aha I get it. So by changing my APT sources.list for backports from > jessie-backports to stretch-backports all my ZFS

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread John Naggets
On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: >> Actually moving on the Debian stretch I would not need anymore the >> backports because the ZFS packages are included in stretch. So could I >> just get rid of my backports APT source by deleting my list file >> beforehand and then simply do

Re: BIOS Can Not Find Disk

2017-12-07 Thread Pascal Hambourg
Le 07/12/2017 à 00:03, Felix Miata a écrit : In the context of a GPT partitioned disk, That context was missing from post you're complaining about. That was your post, and it had plenty enough context : - BIOS boot partition only exists in GPT - type EE is used in GPT protective MBR Anyw

Re: Gnome strange behavior while typing in some windows

2017-12-07 Thread Paulo Roberto
I had already checked it as well. Use the same source for all Windows is checked. In the same window or tab it changes the behavior during user (typing). Do you know any log that could help? On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 6:41 PM, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 05:51:01PM +,

Re: Upgrading to stretch (jessie-backports question)

2017-12-07 Thread Brian
On Thu 07 Dec 2017 at 21:02:38 +0100, John Naggets wrote: > On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 8:29 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > >> Actually moving on the Debian stretch I would not need anymore the > >> backports because the ZFS packages are included in stretch. So could I > >> just get rid of my backports

Re: (OT) BIOS Can Not Find Disk

2017-12-07 Thread Felix Miata
Pascal Hambourg composed on 2017-12-07 21:45 (UTC+0100): >>> In the context of a GPT partitioned disk, >> That context was missing from post you're complaining about. > That was your post, and it had plenty enough context : > - BIOS boot partition only exists in GPT

Re: Gnome strange behavior while typing in some windows

2017-12-07 Thread Paulo Roberto
Roberto, I figure out how to trigger and disable the problem and I think it's a BUG. The problem occurs when I press SHIFT + SPACE (together). I went though the list of shortcuts in the Gnome Control Center under Devices ->Keyboard. No shortcut is set for SHIFT + SPACE As I told you before, Inpu

Filter logcheck reboot messages?

2017-12-07 Thread Richard Hector
Hi all, I'm generally a happy user of logcheck, but it makes a lot of noise at boot time, from kernel messages and startup scripts. There are two problems with this: Firstly, it's a lot of work to go through and create filters for just me - I started once, and gave up. Secondly, I don't actually

Re: Pycollada doesn't import, even if it is installed.

2017-12-07 Thread Carl Fink
On 11/29/2017 10:55 PM, John Hasler wrote: Build FreeCad from source. It's easy. They provide exact instructions for building on Debian. You just copy the commands given in the instructions and run them. That's what I ended up doing. It wasn't difficult but also not as easy as it should be.