documented sudo?

2016-04-11 Thread Keith Lofstrom
I'm transitioning some machines to SL7.x from ancient
RHEL 5.x.  I am encountering selinux, firewalld, systemd,
and other command-line configured tools, which produce
many little disconnected XML files, rather than the
/etc configuration files I am used to. 

I put lots of comments with observations, intent, hints,
helpful webpages, and other useful information in my
config files, and use those comments to get up to speed
years later, when I repair or upgrade those files. 
This is difficult to do with the *d command-line tools.  

I would expect there would be something like a "dodo"
command, pronounced "dew-dew" (*), an abbreviation for 
"documented do".  This would help document every sudo,
timed and in context with every other dodo, per
subsystem and in sequence.  Syntax errors would be
treated separately, FMM(**) corrections aided.

This seems like an obvious help tool for sysadmin using
the new config-file-free tools, so it probably exists. 
What is it called?  If it does not exist, would someone
please earn fame and fortune by writing it?

Keith

(*) dodo pronounced "dew-dew" indicates cognoscenti
who've got their s**t together.  Pronounced "doe-doe",
like the extinct flightless bird, indicates a clueless
newbie.  I hope this is an additional incentive to
snarky tool writers to write this for me.

(**) FMM == frequently made mistakes .  I tend to
repeat typing errors and other brain-o's.  If I make
the same mistake a second time, perhaps months later,
dodo could offer my prior correction.

-- 
Keith Lofstrom  kei...@keithl.com


Re: MATE on SL 7

2016-04-11 Thread James M. Pulver
It'd also be nice to have a non GUI way to set the DE to launch, as with 
XFCE anyway I have to select for every user, can't seem to find anything 
to twiddle with puppet. Now, I'm not sure I want to enforce it either, 
but just change the default.


James Pulver
CLASSE Computer Group
Cornell University

On 04/09/2016 12:55 AM, S. Tindall wrote:

On 04/08/2016 09:16 PM, Bill Maidment wrote:

Hi Guys
I installed (yum groupinstall mate-desktop) on SL 7.2 and I can select
MATE using the icon next to the "Sign In" button on the password entry
screen.
It seems to remember what your last selection was, too.
Cheers
Bill


Thanks Bill!

You are absolutely correct. Switched back to GDM and the MATE selection
was exactly where you said it would be.

Before, I looked everywhere for a desktop selection at login, but never
thought to look again after selecting my username. I don't recall having
to select MATE from a login list after installing under 7.1.

Steve


Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Fermi has stopped using SL?

2016-04-11 Thread Pat Riehecky

On 04/08/2016 09:07 PM, Bruce Ferrell wrote:

I heard a rumor today that said Fermi labs has moved off of Scientific Linux to 
Centos?

Is this a factual thing?


We are very much still here.

Pat

http://www.scientificlinux.org/about/


abiword

2016-04-11 Thread Yasha Karant
Is there any EL7 rpm or other successful build of a recent stable 
release of abiword?  If so, what is URL to download the build including 
whatever other rpms are required (or a large
static image that does not require any .so components that are not part 
of the standard SL 7 repo)?


Yasha Karant


php5.6

2016-04-11 Thread Ralf Farke

Hi,

thanks for all your help,
get it running with the remi-epo.

Greetings,

Ralf Farke