[newbie] Start KDE application as root
Is it possible in KDE to start a certain KDE application as 'root' when I'm logged in as a regular user? Greetings Bas _ Talk with your online friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Start KDE application as root
Thanx everyone. That's what I was looking for. From: PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Start KDE application as root Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 17:56:50 +0300 On Sun, 2004-05-30 at 17:49, Video 4Linux wrote: Is it possible in KDE to start a certain KDE application as 'root' when I'm logged in as a regular user? Greetings Bas use su in a terminal enter app. name -- Paul M. _ In the beginning, man created god. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _ Play online games with your friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Samba server not working
Can you read/write on a EXT2 FAT with a Windows machine connected to Samba? I thought that FAT32 was required for that? But maybe I'm confused with sharing a partition with a dual boot machine with Win and Linux (which I don't have). Bas From: Bill Shirley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Samba server not working Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:39:15 -0400 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Video 4Linux Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Samba server not working I'm trying to set up a Samba server on my Linux Mandrake 10 machine. I've copied the smb.conf settings from the Samba Howto and look like this: [global] workgroup = Thuis netbios name = Linux printcap name = cups disable spoolss = Yes show add printer wizard = No printing = cups [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No browseable = No [public] comment = Data path = /share force user = bas force group = users guest ok = Yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printer admin = root, bas create mask = 0600 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes browseable = No I started the smb and nmb services which repsond both with [OK]. But when I run the command smbclient -L localhost I get: session request to LOCALHOST failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) It's 'smbclient -L netbiosname', so for you it's: smbclient -L Linux Note that because I want to share a certain partition with a windows XP machine /share is mounted at a FAT32 partition. No idea if that has samba can share out any partition. You don't have to make it a FAT partition. All my shares are ext3. Unless this is a partition that already has data, I would recomment NOT to use FAT. something to do with my problems. I also cannot chown the /share folder (operation not permitted). It is now owned by root. Help is very welcome. Bas _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _ Play online games with your friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Samba server not working
I'm trying to set up a Samba server on my Linux Mandrake 10 machine. I've copied the smb.conf settings from the Samba Howto and look like this: [global] workgroup = Thuis netbios name = Linux printcap name = cups disable spoolss = Yes show add printer wizard = No printing = cups [homes] comment = Home Directories valid users = %S read only = No browseable = No [public] comment = Data path = /share force user = bas force group = users guest ok = Yes [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba printer admin = root, bas create mask = 0600 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes use client driver = Yes browseable = No I started the smb and nmb services which repsond both with [OK]. But when I run the command smbclient -L localhost I get: session request to LOCALHOST failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) Note that because I want to share a certain partition with a windows XP machine /share is mounted at a FAT32 partition. No idea if that has something to do with my problems. I also cannot chown the /share folder (operation not permitted). It is now owned by root. Help is very welcome. Bas _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings
Correct. I have sucurity level higher (though that that was wise to do as a newbie). Is it recommended to set it to high? Bas From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:14:41 +0200 On Monday 24 May 2004 21:53, Video 4Linux wrote: Hello, I´m taking my first steps in mandrake 10 and have the following problem: I want to make it possible for every user to reboot and halt the system. What I did is in the SystemConfigurationKDESystemLogin Manager change Allow Shutdown from nobody to everybody. This works fine because when I logout I can halt or reboot the system. However when I halt the system and turn it back on the option is back to nobody and I can´t shutdown the system anymore (also not as root). Anybody who had the same problems and know the solution to this? Bas My guess is, that you have set your security level to higher or even paranoid. If so, try to set it to high. For an explanation, type (in a console) : man msec HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _ Talk with your online friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings
Setting my system security level to high indeed solved my shutdown issue. Thanx Kaj and Derek for this. If I run into problems later I may consider to set security level to normal. Bas From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 19:43:26 +0200 On Tuesday 25 May 2004 08:57, Video 4Linux wrote: Correct. I have sucurity level higher (though that that was wise to do as a newbie). Is it recommended to set it to high? Bas From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings Date: Mon, 24 May 2004 22:14:41 +0200 On Monday 24 May 2004 21:53, Video 4Linux wrote: Hello, I´m taking my first steps in mandrake 10 and have the following problem: I want to make it possible for every user to reboot and halt the system. What I did is in the SystemConfigurationKDESystemLogin Manager change Allow Shutdown from nobody to everybody. This works fine because when I logout I can halt or reboot the system. However when I halt the system and turn it back on the option is back to nobody and I can´t shutdown the system anymore (also not as root). Anybody who had the same problems and know the solution to this? Bas My guess is, that you have set your security level to higher or even paranoid. If so, try to set it to high. For an explanation, type (in a console) : man msec HTH Kaj Haulrich. Well, as Derek says, standard security on linux is way better than on Windows. But the reason I advised you to set it to high is as follows : You have multiple users on your box, and you wanted everybody to be able to shutdown. You can achieve that in standard of course, but then all users have access to each others files, i.e. they can change directory into /home/user1, /home/user2 etc., etc.. If you don't want that, you can fiddle around with permissions, sharing and such, but it is easier just to set security to high. In that mode, try to peep into another users stuff : you can't. So far, I've noticed no drawbacks in high, the box is fully functional for all my daily purposes. But maybe Derek can correct me here ? Kaj Haulrich. P.S. And please don't top-post. Bottom-posting is the rule here. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _ Hotmail en Messenger on the move http://www.msn.nl/communicatie/smsdiensten/hotmailsmsv2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Login Manager Shutdown Settings
Hello, I´m taking my first steps in mandrake 10 and have the following problem: I want to make it possible for every user to reboot and halt the system. What I did is in the SystemConfigurationKDESystemLogin Manager change Allow Shutdown from nobody to everybody. This works fine because when I logout I can halt or reboot the system. However when I halt the system and turn it back on the option is back to nobody and I can´t shutdown the system anymore (also not as root). Anybody who had the same problems and know the solution to this? Bas _ Hotmail en Messenger on the move http://www.msn.nl/communicatie/smsdiensten/hotmailsmsv2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
