[Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-02-26 Thread Bob Radvanovsky
OKso I'm using some strong language. Sorry. :( This friggin' thing *stil* isn't workin'... (1) I have utilized a server that is a 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM, and a 20 GB hard drive. This is a COMPAQ desktop, and supports multi-thread. (2) I have Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 loaded on

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-02-26 Thread Wesley Craig
Bob, since we were able to help you through your previous three (fairly simple) build problems back in November, perhaps you should share whatever error(s) you're seeing. WRT whether cosign "works", I'd guess the hundreds of thousands of people who use cosign daily at numerous unrelated si

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-02-27 Thread Trek Glowacki
To be fair to Bob, the documentation for the cosign compile, install, and configure process is a bit lacking compared to what people might expect from other open source projects. We were able to get cosign installed for a non-profit that needed single sign on, but only by cobbling together d

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-02-27 Thread Richard Blocker
Trek Glowacki wrote: > To be fair to Bob, the documentation for the cosign compile, install, > and configure process is a bit lacking compared to what people might > expect from other open source projects. > > We were able to get cosign installed for a non-profit that needed > single sign on

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-02-27 Thread Mark Montague
I won't repeat anything Wes has said. Please read his message. Also, note that I just run the production cosign servers for the University of Michigan, I'm not one of the cosign developers/maintainers. On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 8:37 PM, Bob Radvanovsky wrote: > (2) I have Red Hat Enterprise Lin

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-02 Thread Kevin Wilcox
Hey guys, I've been gone the last few days so I'm sure I'm going to rehash lots of comments/questions. If nothing else, I hope it can serve as a reminder to anyone scanning the archives that well-informed, detailed questions are a Good Thing. Bob, I'm not attacking you but I'd like to repeat a few

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-02 Thread Denton, Joy
h.edu/slc/ -Original Message- From: Mark Montague [mailto:markm...@umich.edu] Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 10:35 AM To: Bob Radvanovsky Cc: cosign-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks I won't repeat anything Wes has said.

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-03 Thread Wesley Craig
On 27 Feb 2009, at 10:16, Richard Blocker wrote: > I heartily agree with this. I put considerable time into getting > cosign to work on several Linux systems a little over a year ago > and it was extremely difficult to get to a point where things came > together. Such useful and carefully con

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-03 Thread Wesley Craig
On 27 Feb 2009, at 10:05, Trek Glowacki wrote: > If anyone (preferably someone near umich) is interested in donating > their superior technical expertise with cosign, I'd love to spend > time writing a tiny book explaining how to set up a cosign server > at a new institution and how to integr

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-03 Thread Trek Glowacki
On Mar 3, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Wesley Craig wrote: > On 27 Feb 2009, at 10:05, Trek Glowacki wrote: >> If anyone (preferably someone near umich) is interested in donating >> their superior technical expertise with cosign, I'd love to spend >> time writing a tiny book explaining how to set up a c

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-03 Thread Wesley Craig
On 03 Mar 2009, at 14:24, Trek Glowacki wrote: > Ugh, I never though I'd say "as a certified librarian" but : as a > certified librarian I couldn't disagree more. I was going with the principle that "something is better than nothing". And "perfect is the enemy of good". But what do I know?

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-03 Thread Trek Glowacki
On Mar 3, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Wesley Craig wrote: > On 03 Mar 2009, at 14:24, Trek Glowacki wrote: >> Ugh, I never though I'd say "as a certified librarian" but : as a >> certified librarian I couldn't disagree more. > > I was going with the principle that "something is better than > nothing".

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-04 Thread Peter Schober
* Trek Glowacki [2009-03-03 21:24]: > So, to a third party observer both versions of the Cosign Equation > evaluate to "no value".Not knowing the exact parameters of the > Equation he can only assume one of the two: > > Nothing, Nowhere ("cosign technical expertise is in fact a myth. Th

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-06 Thread Trek Glowacki
On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:08 AM, Peter Schober wrote: > * Trek Glowacki [2009-03-03 21:24]: >> So, to a third party observer both versions of the Cosign Equation >> evaluate to "no value".Not knowing the exact parameters of the >> Equation he can only assume one of the two: >> >> Nothing, Nowher

Re: [Cosign-discuss] This friggin' sucks....

2009-03-06 Thread Andrew Mortensen
This thread wandered into the weeds a while ago. It's now closed. On Mar 6, 2009, at 12:05 PM, Trek Glowacki wrote: > > On Mar 4, 2009, at 6:08 AM, Peter Schober wrote: > >> * Trek Glowacki [2009-03-03 21:24]: >>> So, to a third party observer both versions of the Cosign Equation >>> evaluate to