Re: [DNG] A number of question about version 4.0
For standard users (#2), I ran into the problem and was too lazy to set up LDAP, so I wrote a perl script we can run on our machines. Feel free to use it and complain about anything you want that I didn't put in it. http://kb.unixservertech.com/unix/linux/sysadmin/syncusers We generally run this script on new machines to give us a standard setup, and also used it to standardize several servers that had old users on it that should have been removed. If it decides to eat your machine, I never heard of you :). Rod On 1/13/22 7:00 PM, Larry Linder via Dng wrote: > I have loaded and it connects up to our network without a problem. > > 1. I would like to change desktops as default is too dark to be read. > > 2. I need to add users to this system. Currently we have 50 systems in > our shop and many different users of each system. I cannot add new > users or find out how to do it. The passwords required are a pain int > he ass. Is there a way to get rid of this. > > 3. I need to run a combination of 64 it and 32 bit engrineering > application. We currently do this on SL 6.5 updated to 6.10 and it all > works. > > Any hope > > Larry Linder > > > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > -- Rod Rodolico Daily Data, Inc. POB 140465 Dallas TX 75214-0465 US https://dailydata.net 214.827.2170 ext 100 ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] A number of question about version 4.0
On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:00:51 -0500 Larry Linder via Dng wrote: > I have loaded and it connects up to our network without a problem. > > 1. I would like to change desktops as default is too dark to be read. I do not know what the default desktop is. I run xfce4. Does a mouse right click on the desktop bring up a menu? Down the bottom into 'Applications", then 'Settings", then "Desktop" might help initially (change back ground) > > 2. I need to add users to this system. Currently we have 50 systems > in our shop and many different users of each system. I cannot add new > users or find out how to do it. The passwords required are a pain int > he ass. Is there a way to get rid of this. What are the systems? When our SOHO grew to multiple linux systems. I developed a list of USER+UUID, so each user(real or virtual) has a unique UserID across all systems. E.G USERuid fred 12001 hugo 12002 mary 12003 gisop12004 webadmin 12005 So your can do 'sudo adduser fred -uid 12001' and so on. Hint 'man adduser' You can set an initial passwd and require them to change it. This way, using NFS is problem free. The hard part is getting everything existing initially standardised. I can not help you with password management systems. YMMVv, but I juust found them overly complex for our need. > > 3. I need to run a combination of 64 it and 32 bit engrineering > application. We currently do this on SL 6.5 updated to 6.10 and it > all works. As suggested, add multiarch > > Any hope Just keep asking questions > > Larry Linder > > > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] A number of question about version 4.0
Hello Larry, On Thu, 13 Jan 2022, Larry Linder via Dng wrote: I have loaded and it connects up to our network without a problem. 1. I would like to change desktops as default is too dark to be read. That should be under the look&feel entry of your user settings. Don't know the actual name, as my UI is in french. 2. I need to add users to this system. Currently we have 50 systems in our shop and many different users of each system. I cannot add new users or find out how to do it. The passwords required are a pain int he ass. Is there a way to get rid of this. About 20 years ago was a distro named Mandrake Linux. It was a great distro for the desktop. With it came a GUI to do user management, yet nowadays I find it strange that there is no unified GUI to do just that. There is, however, a package that install such tools. It is called gnome-system-tools. Don't be fooled by the name, it is somewhat independent from gnome. Once installed, if it's not already present, you should find a new entry in the "system" menu of your applications menu called something like "Users and Groups". From there you can add or remove users as you see fit. 3. I need to run a combination of 64 it and 32 bit engrineering application. We currently do this on SL 6.5 updated to 6.10 and it all works. Installing i386 dependencies isn't an issue on debian/devuan either. You'll just have to specify that you need to 32bit version when using apt, like `apt install some-package-name:i386'. Cheers, Ludovic signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] A number of question about version 4.0
On Thu, 13 Jan 2022 20:00:51 -0500 Larry Linder via Dng wrote: Hi, > I have loaded and it connects up to our network without a problem. > > 1. I would like to change desktops as default is too dark to be read. Just change the default system theme to something lighter. > 2. I need to add users to this system. Currently we have 50 systems in > our shop and many different users of each system. I cannot add new > users or find out how to do it. The passwords required are a pain int > he ass. Is there a way to get rid of this. Locally as root open a terminal and type: adduser joe If you want a system to manage users for allowing them access to all boxes there are some but I don't use them e.g: openldap. Going without passwords will be even a greater pain, and at least in Europe a no-go if you process any sensible customer's or worker's data. > > 3. I need to run a combination of 64 it and 32 bit engrineering > application. We currently do this on SL 6.5 updated to 6.10 and it all > works. https://wiki.debian.org/Multiarch/HOWTO > Any hope Dum spiro spero > Larry Linder Ciao, Tito ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] A number of question about version 4.0
I have loaded and it connects up to our network without a problem. 1. I would like to change desktops as default is too dark to be read. 2. I need to add users to this system. Currently we have 50 systems in our shop and many different users of each system. I cannot add new users or find out how to do it. The passwords required are a pain int he ass. Is there a way to get rid of this. 3. I need to run a combination of 64 it and 32 bit engrineering application. We currently do this on SL 6.5 updated to 6.10 and it all works. Any hope Larry Linder ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
