Re: [opensuse] /boot
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 05:46:35PM +0100, Anders Johansson wrote: > On Friday 04 January 2008 15:29:54 K.R. Foley wrote: > > Rasmus Plewe wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 04:11:48PM +0200, Dirk Moolman wrote: > > >> Question: what happens if /boot gets full (Use% = 100%) > > >> > > >> How will this affect the server ? > > > > > > Your next kernel update will fail. > > > > It is worth noting that nothing should typically be writing to /boot > > except for kernel installs/updates. > > bootsplash themes go there, and those are somewhat popular, I'm told # find /boot -print | xargs rpm -qf | grep -v owned | sort | uniq will tell you which packages installed files in /boot for your installation, and an update of these will fail. Of course, any other write operation will fail as well, as you correctly point out. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] how to mount ext2 USB-stick as user
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:14:19AM -0700, Carlos F. Lange wrote: > On Fri January 4 2008 01:48:28 Rasmus Plewe wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:37:43AM +0100, jdd wrote: > > > Carlos F. Lange a écrit : > > >> Can I set something on my USB ext2 partition to tell Hal to > > >> automount it as owned by the user? > > > > > > problem is only if you want to ba able to use this key with others > > > computer. > > > > > > If so: > > > > > > * you can't know what UID/GID is used (AFAIK only UID/GID are > > > stored in the file system) > > > * only the "onboard" modification will be ported with you :-( > > > > > > so, for true protability, better stick to fat32 :-( > > > > Actually, something like > > chmod 777 dir > > should give everyone, regardless of their UID/GID, read- and write > > access. > > The point here is that the permissions for the ext2 partition are set by > the automounter in the host machine. I only can set permissions of > directories and files in the partition. That is correct. I was referring to the workaround of creating a directory in the ext2 partition that then contains the data. For the mount point itself I think you don't have any options that work across different machines. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] /boot
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 04:11:48PM +0200, Dirk Moolman wrote: > > Question: what happens if /boot gets full (Use% = 100%) > > How will this affect the server ? Your next kernel update will fail. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Screensaver problem
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 12:17:49PM +0100, Stefan Hundhammer wrote: > On Friday 04 January 2008 12:08, Carlos E. R. wrote: > > > Hello,I have the problem that the screensaver shows a > > > black screen and not the screen which I have > > > selected. > > > > Try another one. > > Better yet, use the "black screen" screen saver. It will enable your > monitor to power down after a while and not waste energy trying to > draw graphics that nobody (except maybe your office neighbours) ever > gets to see. To my experience, the monitor powers down regardless of the screen saver (as defined in kpowersave, e.g.), at least with TFT displays. You could consider it a bug that the "blank screen" screensaver does not immediatly power down the display. I would support that view. ;-) > I find it incredible what amount of energy gets wasted that way. The energy waste is in the CPU/GPU still working on the graphics even after the screen has powered off. My guess would be very uneducated, but I don't think that's very substantial. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] how to mount ext2 USB-stick as user
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:37:43AM +0100, jdd wrote: > Carlos F. Lange a écrit : > >> Can I set something on my USB ext2 partition to tell Hal to automount it >> as owned by the user? > problem is only if you want to ba able to use this key with others > computer. > > If so: > > * you can't know what UID/GID is used (AFAIK only UID/GID are stored in the > file system) > * only the "onboard" modification will be ported with you :-( > > so, for true protability, better stick to fat32 :-( Actually, something like chmod 777 dir should give everyone, regardless of their UID/GID, read- and write access. Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Remote X display
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 08:01:43AM -0400, Damon Register wrote: > Rasmus Plewe wrote: >> If your local host is accepting this you have security holes you can > I forgot that in my case all of this was between local computers inside > the company network The security concept of "I got a firewall, so I can open any hole I want to on my computer" is, admittedly, often exercised, but nevertheless not the recommended standard. ;-) >> drive a truck through. But please, tell me the IP of your local machine, > Now you have got me curious. I am often interested in learning. Can > you please explain why? In order for something like "DISPLAY=host:0.0" to work, you need to grant remote, unauthenticated access to your X server (through something like "xhost +"). That is something the X server was not designed to handle securely. Think "keystroke logging" e.g.. >> so that I can send you embarrassing pictures on your screen when your >> boss is standing behind you... ;-) > Wait, let me go get my boss :-) Then I would need the contact information of a coworker of yours inside your firewall who might like to participate. Seriously: lowering security for no good reason is never a good idea. Even if it does not hurt immediately, it at least erodes people's awareness of the importance of security[0]. You can get around your problem by using ssh's X forwarding capabilities (-X or -Y), so there is no need to open up your display. In this case, the secure solution is also the more convenient one, something that is rather rare. You should take advantage of it! :-) Regards, Rasmus [0] Security risk #1: Administrator Security risk #2: User Security risk #3: OS You may swap #1 and #2. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Remote X display
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 02:41:05PM -0400, Damon Register wrote: > RBStanfield wrote: > >> "Set DISPLAY environment variable, use -display option >>or check permissions of your X-Server" > > With the shell I am using it is > setenv DISPLAY my.localhost.ip:0.0 > > Without that your remote apps are trying to send their X commands to the > remote machine instead of yours If your local host is accepting this you have security holes you can drive a truck through. But please, tell me the IP of your local machine, so that I can send you embarrassing pictures on your screen when your boss is standing behind you... ;-) Regards, Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Remote X display
On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 02:23:50PM -0400, RBStanfield wrote: > Folks, > > It hasn't been a priority to remotely invoke X displays until now. Now I get > and am at a loss to interpret > > "cannot connect to X server" and [...] > > What else do I need to do? Use "ssh -Y [EMAIL PROTECTED]" to log in into the remote box. Regards, Rasmus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] So Long openSuSe
On Mon, Nov 06, 2006 at 08:57:50AM +0100, jdd wrote: > Rasmus Plewe a écrit : > > > >In fact, Miocrosoft can sue anybody at anytime, just as I can visit my > >lawyer today and sue you. This does of course not neccessarily mean we > >have a chance of winning, Microsoft and me[0]... > > yes but any claim saying you wont ever do that is good for me... OK, I'm willing to make that statement, but only if you also promise never to sue me. :-) Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] So Long openSuSe
On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 08:27:51AM +0100, jdd wrote: > Janne Karhunen a écrit : > > >Novell didn't say it, but Ballmer did. He claimed MS can sue > >any other distributor any time. > > Microsoft can sue anybody even if there no real > infrengement... no individual can afford sue from such a big > company In fact, Miocrosoft can sue anybody at anytime, just as I can visit my lawyer today and sue you. This does of course not neccessarily mean we have a chance of winning, Microsoft and me[0]... Rasmus [0] So at least I'm smart enough to chose not to sue you. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
On Fri, Nov 03, 2006 at 01:08:32AM +0100, Jens Nixdorf wrote: > Am Freitag, 3. November 2006 00:54 schrieb David Canar: > > > > 3. Microsoft is telling everybody that if they want to use Linux they > > support SUSE Linux! > > Muhaha! THIS really is an advantage! Its like G.W.Bush is recommending to > invest in iranian nuclear technology... Stop! This goes too far, this example is so totally wrong! SUSE Linux is so much more mature than iranian nuclear technology... Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] mailing list issues
On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 02:38:25AM +0200, houghi wrote: > On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 05:02:32AM +0200, Jerry Westrick wrote: > > Maybe we can cross post the users message for them? > > with a note like that is a lot shorter? Something like: > > I would like that. I think however it is not possible to do it like in > Newsgroup where you do a crosspost and then set the F-up to the list of > your prefrence so that answer would get to the other list and not the the > original list anymore. > > If there is a way to do that with Email, please let me know, because that > would be a great solution. I am afraid what would happen now is that you > will depend on other people to cut the crossposting. Not everybody would > know how to do that or understand why. Use CC: (for crosspost) and the Reply-To: header (for follow-up) to the new list. But that does not solve the problem that the user is not immediately subscribed to that list, and his question answered before he subscribes himself (unlike usenet, you don't get the recent history of the list upon subscription). Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] makeSUSEdvd and SLED 10?
On Tue, May 16, 2006 at 11:59:45AM -0400, David Barker wrote: > > Does anybody know if you can use makeSUSEdvd with SLED 10? The script should work on SLED10, yes. The underlying OS version is not really important. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] 10.1 rc1 on heise news
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 02:38:04PM +0200, Mathias Homann wrote: > > http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/72004 says: "KDE 3.5.1"... > > is that true? Yes. > not 3.5.2? No. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] root password required to reboot beta4
On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 10:26:07AM -0800, Eric Burke wrote: > > Actually according to Novell, SUSE Linux is for Power users and Home use, > Novell Linux Desktop is for business use. Novell Linux Desktop is based on > SUSE Linux. So where is this coming from? Both come from the same common code base (as does SLES). > Has the tune by Novell changed? No. > They are no longer going to support the home and power user desktop? What gave you that idea? SUSE Linux is supported. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Re: kotd nongpl kernels for beta3
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 01:27:32AM +0100, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > > I had claimed this inconsistency (the "harsh" word) as " is > newer" 48 hours before, with no reply and no reaction. > > It is a quality management failure, even if it should have been there > already at Hubert's time, and it is addressed now. > It was already addressed 48 hours before, but I guess exactly those people > who are claiming "too harsh" now had not enough sensitivity for the first > notice. So you reported that saturday morning, half past one. Seems like the weekend shift was on strike or something. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Linux Certifications
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 06:55:03PM +1100, scsijon wrote: > > silly question from Australia, what is FOSDEM? > > > >More information: http://www.fosdem.org/2006 There you see what you get from walking around upside down all the time: The answer was in the mail you quoted, and you missed it! :-) (It's a "Free and Open source Software Developers' European Meeting", according to the web site) Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Licensing
On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 08:14:19AM +0100, Joop Boonen wrote: > > I think i asked my question wrongly. I wanted to know which additional > certification would be usefull. (Not an alternative to to NCLP and NCLE). Depends on your goals. A Business MBA from Harvard is usually a widely respected certification. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] undelete files that were deletet with "rm"?
On Tue, Jan 03, 2006 at 06:49:15AM -0800, Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Tuesday 03 January 2006 04:43, jdd wrote: > > Reinhard Gimbel wrote: > > > That's why I use the "alias" feature of bash to set the "-i"-option > > > for most of the "dangerous" commands dealing with file on CLI level > > > > and so most of the time you type rm -f *... > > Check it out. The "-i" option trumps "-f", regardless of their order. $ touch foo $ rm -if foo $ touch foo $ rm -fi foo rm: remove regular empty file `foo'? y $ Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] thunderbird
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 12:02:20PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Am Dienstag 25 Oktober 2005 09:49 schrieb Francesco Scaglioni > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > ... Seems as if ~/bin was being looked at prior to the shared > > bin. > > on an old *nix system the order was /usr/(s)bin /usr/local/(s)bin. So > you always end up with the commands the admin configured. On newer > (Linux) systems the order changed: ~/bin /usr/local/bin /usr/bin > to give programms that the user installed a chance. > The old fashion is more secure and suitable for a multiuser (server) > system, the newer fashion is really usefull for a single user (home > user) system. I disagree. No user has to have write access to /usr/local. If users can write into any directory in the default path: shoot the admin. Would you like to explain why you think it is more secure that /usr takes precedence over /usr/local[0]? This would make it very hard for the admin to 'replace' commands without altering the installed files. There is a lot of sense in having the order something like $HOME/bin;/urs/local/bin;/bin, and there is no other risk than that a user might shoot himself (and not others) in the foot. You might however argue about having $HOME/bin in there, I grant you that. And *sbin* does not belong into a users PATH by default, IMHO. Rasmus [0] I tend to think that it always was /usr/local over /usr, in the history of Unix, but am not historian enough to be able to prove it. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Missing compress in SUSE10?
On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 11:33:39PM -0700, Randall R Schulz wrote: > On Monday 24 October 2005 23:27, Per Jessen wrote: > > Randall R Schulz wrote: > > > ... > > > > > If it mattered to me, I'd probably just put a symlink in my ~/bin > > > directory. > > > > Or even straight into /usr/bin. It seems odd that the script is > > there, but the symlink isn't. > > As to putting the symlink into a central bin directory, I don't like > altering the system itself. I think the ideologically correct place for the symlink would be in /usr/local/bin, since you created the symlink yourself and it was not put there by the system(-vendor). Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Posting on openSUSE
On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 06:53:21PM +0200, houghi wrote: > On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 05:49:28AM +0200, houghi wrote: > > > > Also I would like the lists maintainers of the list to take a stand > > in this. > > I really would like to know what your opion is on this, even if it is "I > > don't care". > > As there is no official statement, I guess the maintainers do not care. > I can do better things with my life and free time then to just scroll up > and down on a mailing list. While I do agree with you on all your points, please consider that there is no "list maintainer". I bet you a non-belgian beer, that the first post after a post like "I'm the list maintainer from SUSE, and I would very much like you to do the following" would be a "so, you only *say* it's "open"SUSE, but in fact you want to retain full control as you just proved" posting. > It is a > pity that topposting, something that was introduced by Microsofts Outlook > and Outlook Express has such a following with Linux people. Actually, I might be wrong on the historical details, but as far as I recall THIS WAS INTRODUCED BY WEBTV AROUND THE SAME TIME USENET SUFFERED FROM THE AOL-INVASION !! Rasmus -- A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Searching the mailinglist(s)
On Sat, Oct 15, 2005 at 12:46:13AM +0200, Christian Boltz wrote: > > I just checked http://lists.opensuse.org/robots.txt > > - > User-agent: * > Disallow: / > - > > Could someone from SUSE please explain why all search engines are locked > out? Perhaps because not everybody thinks it's a good idea to feed search engines with mail addresses. > I think it isn't a good idea to make the list archives not searchable. > (I understand SUSE doesn't provide a search engine on its own, but it's > "cheap" to let google do the job. Just some traffic ;-) I myself would prefer a local search engine on opensuse.org. Or, of course, 'grepmail' on my local list archive. ;-) Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Re: [opensuse-wiki] Why does OpenSuSE mailing-list are on ezmlm?
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 09:47:27PM +0200, Martin Mewes wrote: > houghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It is much easier in use for the end user. It's ease of use is something > > I prefer. Going on a holiday? Just fill that out on the website and I am > > done. No idea how I should do that now. > > You could create a procmail-rule to send eMails from the list > to /dev/null ;-) > > scnr :-) What's so funny about that? I've got a .procmailrc.vacation laying around since a couple of years, used for exactly that. OK, it uses $MAIL/vacation instead of /dev/null, but I never ever had a look into $MAIL/vacation... Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] ISO with all packages
On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:04:54PM +0200, Michael Werner wrote: > > Where can i find a DVD ISO with all packages? In the box. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Open suse 10 GM still copyright Novell and distribution restricted
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 09:05:20PM -0400, Allen wrote: > > U, I don't think it's ever been a to secret report that SUSE is from > Germany, and the GmBH part, is the same thing as the TM is here. Actually, "GmbH" is the same thing as LLC in the USA. Nearly a word perfect translation, even. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] Changing the login screen
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 06:48:35AM +0200, houghi wrote: > > When I boot and must login as user, I get a ble screen. How can I change > this? I want my own screen and not the (in my opinion) semi-XP look and > feel. > > In kcontrol I already have changed the following: > Login manager : > Apearance - Position X and Y : 0 > GUI style - tried several ones > Background - Enable background and I see the one I want > Convinience - Preselect User / Specify / User : houghi > X on Focus password kcontrol -> Appearance & Themes -> Splash Screen Is this what you're looking for? Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [opensuse] openSUSE Server Version?!
On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:47:10AM +0200, Marco Maske wrote: > > I wish the SLES 9 eval version can payed (licenced) for one user, home use > or students for little money. I don't think that for these uses (one user, home use, students) you are really needing the added value of SLES over SUSE Linux. Rasmus - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
