Hello,
While trying to debug Audacity
- too much background noise
- unusable preferences menus on GTK DE (LXDE) with dark theme, even with
dark theme from audacity menu.
I launched it from the terminal too see if there is any error and I got
this error
[AVAudioResampleContext
Le 17/05/2021 à 13:45, Bob Bernstein a écrit :
[...]
Much of the focus of the above is setting PulseAudio to launch as a
system-wide service, for all users,
[...]
pulseaudio --daemonize
It's not my impression. I agree with the reply of Greg Wooledge: to me,
Pulseaudio is automatically starte
On Lu, 17 mai 21, 08:16:39, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:45:34AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> > I can take a hint. It seems to me I have to place the statement
> >
> > pulseaudio --daemonize
> >
> > in some user file or other but nowhere can I find in that doc (coulda missed
On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 07:45:34AM -0400, Bob Bernstein wrote:
> I can take a hint. It seems to me I have to place the statement
>
> pulseaudio --daemonize
>
> in some user file or other but nowhere can I find in that doc (coulda missed
> it; I'm an old guy) a suggestion as to what file to use. I
On Mon, 17 May 2021, didier gaumet wrote:
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_linux.html
Much of the focus of the above is setting PulseAudio to launch
as a system-wide service, for all users, but it goes on to say
that if you make that choice, rather
Hello,
This chapter of the on-line Audacity doc could be of interest to you:
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_linux.html
Buster amd64:
$ uname -a
Linux debian.localdomain 4.19.0-14-amd64 #1 SMP Debian
4.19.171-2 (2021-01-30) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ dpkg -l |grep audacity
ii audacity 2.2.2-1+b1
amd64fast, cross-platform audio editor
ii audacity-data
Hello,
After a while, I wanted to edit some audio files with
audacity. Unfortunately, it is impossible because the display is broken:
The Menus work, but that's about it. The waveform display is never
updated, nor are the various meters.
I have not found any hint that someone besides
Well, I started down the dependency chain and rolling back libasound2 is
resulting in a deep and dark hole. I think I shall stop while I only
have one non-working package.
It crossed my mind to try and rebuild the audacity package which, in all
my years of using Debian I've never tried b
On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 07:34:02 -0600
Nate Bargmann wrote:
Hello Nate,
>Can I blame it on not being quite awake enough a couple of hours ago?
Certainly; I would. :-)
>Thanks, Brad.
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* On 2018 14 Nov 07:15 -0600, Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:31:22 -0600
> Nate Bargmann wrote:
>
> Hello Nate,
>
> >I'm seeing the same thing, however I've been unable to find the versions
> >of the packages you list, so I am stuck without a w
On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 06:31:22 -0600
Nate Bargmann wrote:
Hello Nate,
>I'm seeing the same thing, however I've been unable to find the versions
>of the packages you list, so I am stuck without a working Audacity.
Look for Debian Snapshot - they'll be on th
ble to find the versions
of the packages you list, so I am stuck without a working Audacity.
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a problem with Audacity 2.2.2 and Pulseaudio 12.2-2.
>
> I can't select pulse neither as recording or playback device.
>
> I can select "default" on playing device, and it appears in
> pavucontrol and I can manage it.
>
> But audacity doesn't appear in the rec
Hello.
I upgraded a machine to sid. Everything seems to work just fine but I
noticed a problem with Audacity 2.2.2 and Pulseaudio 12.2-2.
I can't select pulse neither as recording or playback device.
I can select "default" on playing device, and it appears in
pavucontrol and
I have debian 8.4 with audacity
2.?2( the latest) and it has given
bad sound and then freezed/ crashed with frequent restarts
and recteation of not saved files.
In the past I have tried to file bugs
but the very long lists of very technical questions has been too
impossible to find.If not all
On Sun 28 May 2017 at 11:48:35 -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
The primary reference here is
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=313038
> :)
>
> Thanks David!!
>
> In the ubuntu bug tracking system, at least iirc, there's a place you
> can click to indicate 'This affects me too'.
>
> Is
wrote:
> On 28 May 2017 at 14:19, Dan Hitt wrote:
>> I installed audacity on my debian 9 (stretch) system.
>
> [...]
>
>> There are remote links offered, of course, but i would like the
>> software to function as designed, so i assume there must be some
>
On 28 May 2017 at 14:19, Dan Hitt wrote:
> I installed audacity on my debian 9 (stretch) system.
[...]
> There are remote links offered, of course, but i would like the
> software to function as designed, so i assume there must be some
> package that has the audacity
I installed audacity on my debian 9 (stretch) system.
It has a splash screen that has links on it to local documentation.
However, some of the local documentation appears to be missing.
So, for example, if i click on "Quick Help", i get an error message:
Error when getting infor
Russell L. Carter pinyon.org> writes:
> Bingo! I had changed the uid for my account a while back and
> didn't think to have a look at /var/tmp. Now at least the situation
> is documented so that it can be found by google and friends.
>
> Thanks Sven!
> Russell
Thank you! I've had the same is
On Thu, 2 Jul 2015, Doug wrote:
And, I have a nice 200MHz Tektronix analog scope!
<--green
But if I don't have to hook it up, fine!
Sounds to me, sir, that your motivation to gaze at
waveforms may leave a lot to be desired! Either hook
up the gosh-darn thing or put it on a UPS truck
ad
On 07/01/2015 11:31 PM, Bob Bernstein wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Joe wrote:
...it could be used if there was nothing better, and it may offer features
which the OP 'didn't know he needed'.
Speaking of the OP, has he been seen in these here parts since the thread
began? I've been wanting t
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015, Joe wrote:
...it could be used if there was nothing better, and
it may offer features which the OP 'didn't know he
needed'.
Speaking of the OP, has he been seen in these here
parts since the thread began? I've been wanting to ask
him why he wants to view sound waveforms.
On Wed, 1 Jul 2015 08:27:20 +0100
Lisi Reisz wrote:
> On Wednesday 01 July 2015 01:28:15 David Wright wrote:
> >
> > Why do "typical audio files" fail your "sound" check?
> > Or are you philosophising? :)
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_a_tree_falls_in_a_forest
>
> They don't. scilab does
:
> > > > > Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com):
> > > > > > On Monday 29 June 2015 02:28:20 Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > > > > Dan Hitt wrote:
> > > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > > >
> >
gt; > > On Monday 29 June 2015 02:28:20 Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > > > > Dan Hitt wrote:
> > > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
> > > &g
rote:
> > > > > Dan Hitt wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm aware of audacity, which is of cours
> > >
> > > > > Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
> > > > > software. But its function is more to edit than just t
a sound waveform viewer?
> > > >
> > > > I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
> > > > software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
> > > > e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to create a pro
Quoting Lisi Reisz (lisi.re...@gmail.com):
> On Monday 29 June 2015 02:28:20 Richard Owlett wrote:
> > Dan Hitt wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
> > >
> > > I'm aware of audacity, w
On Monday 29 June 2015 02:28:20 Richard Owlett wrote:
> Dan Hitt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
> >
> > I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
> > software. But its function is
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, Dan Hitt wrote:
I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to create a project, and
when you want to exit you have to tell it not to
Le primidi 11 messidor, an CCXXIII, Reco a écrit :
> What about ffmpeg + gnuplot approach?
>
> https://trac.ffmpeg.org/wiki/Create%20a%20Waveform%20Image%20from%20an%20Audio%20Stream
FFmpeg (the real one) can plot waves by itself. I would have mentioned it
sooner, but the OP seems to be looking f
Hi.
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 05:24:25PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
>
> I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
> software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So
On Sun, Jun 28, 2015 at 05:24:25PM -0700, Dan Hitt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
>
> I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
> software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
>
On 06/28/2015 08:24 PM, Dan Hitt wrote:
Hi,
Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to cre
On 06/28/2015 08:24 PM, Dan Hitt wrote:
Hi,
Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to cre
Dan Hitt wrote:
Hi,
Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to create a project, and
when you
On 28/06/15 08:24 PM, Dan Hitt wrote:
Hi,
Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to cre
Hi,
Could somebody please point me to a sound waveform viewer?
I'm aware of audacity, which is of course a very fine piece of
software. But its function is more to edit than just to view. So,
e.g., if you open a sound file, then it wants to create a project, and
when you want to exit you
On 06/13/15 10:36, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
the following happens:
1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
temporary files. P
On 06/13/2015 01:36 PM, Sven Arvidsson wrote:
On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
the following happens:
1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
temporary
On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 17:31 -0700, Russell L. Carter wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
> the following happens:
>
> 1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
> temporary files. Please enter an a
On 06/13/15 01:30, Lisi Reisz wrote:
On Saturday 13 June 2015 05:41:02 Russell L. Carter wrote:
Hi!
On 06/12/15 19:29, Ric Moore wrote:
On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
the following happens:
1. I get a
On Saturday 13 June 2015 05:41:02 Russell L. Carter wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 06/12/15 19:29, Ric Moore wrote:
> > On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
> >> the following
On Fri, 12 Jun 2015, Russell L. Carter wrote:
The googleman doesn't provide any clues. Ideas?
hi,
did you try to check:
the playback device in the preferences/devices menu
the temporary files directory in the preferences/directories menu
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Hi!
On 06/12/15 19:29, Ric Moore wrote:
On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
the following happens:
1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
temporary files. Please ent
On 06/12/2015 08:31 PM, Russell L. Carter wrote:
Hi,
I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
the following happens:
1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
temporary files. Please enter an appropriate directory in the
prefer
Hi,
I am trying to launch audacity on a stretch amd64 system, and
the following happens:
1. I get a popup with text "Audacity could not find a place to store
temporary files. Please enter an appropriate directory in the
preferences dialog."
Click ok, then:
2. An error pop
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 09:35:16PM +, Curt wrote:
> On 2013-10-31, Chris Bannister wrote:
> >
> > So you could shoot kids in halloween costumes for illegally being on
> > your property?
>
> Only if they've been through your underwear (_very_
> puritanical country).
If it was Halloween, it wo
On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 4:33 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> What would any of us do if confronted by a burgler
> in the middle of the night while we were home and woken up from a
> sound sleep? Ceratinly a terrifying situation. Calm thinking does
> not happen at such times.
>
Agreed. Even the Bible
On 2013-10-31, Thierry Chatelet wrote:
> On Thursday 31 October 2013 15:33:25 Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Note that I didn't say that I *would* shoot them dead.
>
> Maybe shoot them just injured ? /Smilet/
> Thierry
>
Right, he would've just blown their kneecaps out so they couldn't run
away while he h
On Thursday 31 October 2013 15:33:25 Bob Proulx wrote:
> Note that I didn't say that I *would* shoot them dead.
Maybe shoot them just injured ? /Smilet/
Thierry
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> So you could shoot kids in halloween costumes for illegally being on
> your property?
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Neal Murphy wrote:
> Chris Bannister wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > Case 1: I find that someone in my family who lives in my house has
> > > rumaged through my underwear drawer. A violation of trust has
> > > occurred. I am unhappy and will talk with them and give them a harsh
> > > lecture.
On Thursday, October 31, 2013 02:22:40 PM Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 03:38:12PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Case 1: I find that someone in my family who lives in my house has
> > rumaged through my underwear drawer. A violation of trust has
> > occurred. I am unhappy and wi
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 03:38:12PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Case 1: I find that someone in my family who lives in my house has
> rumaged through my underwear drawer. A violation of trust has
> occurred. I am unhappy and will talk with them and give them a harsh
> lecture. This is not appropria
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 1:17 AM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Tom H wrote:
>>
>> The "standard" task installs both nfs-common and rpcbind.
>
> Aha! Apparently the ability to nfs mount in /etc/fstab is the root
> cause of the dependency chain that requires nfs-common and therefore
> portmapper. At a guess
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 03:38:12PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Reco wrote:
> > And what about the end result ('user will get root privs')?
>
> They are different users. A remote user could be anyone. A local
> user is someone who is already known and has an account on the system
> and who has an
Tom H wrote:
> The "standard" task installs both nfs-common and rpcbind.
Aha! Apparently the ability to nfs mount in /etc/fstab is the root
cause of the dependency chain that requires nfs-common and therefore
portmapper. At a guess.
Bob
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> Reco wrote:
>> Bob Proulx wrote:
>>>
>>> Is 'rpcbind' installed by default? I will need to look. I wonder why
>>> it would be there?
>>
>> Part of a NFS client, I guess. Package is not marked as an essential one,
>> though. Running a diskless
Reco wrote:
> And what about the end result ('user will get root privs')?
They are different users. A remote user could be anyone. A local
user is someone who is already known and has an account on the system
and who has an established relationship and trust.
Case 1: I find that someone in my f
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 01:14:33PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Reco wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > Is 'rpcbind' installed by default? I will need to look. I wonder why
> > > it would be there?
> >
> > Part of a NFS client, I guess. Package is not marked as an essential one,
> > though. Runnin
Reco wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Is 'rpcbind' installed by default? I will need to look. I wonder why
> > it would be there?
>
> Part of a NFS client, I guess. Package is not marked as an essential one,
> though. Running a diskless client over NFS would be a curious trick
> without NFS suppor
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 11:45:03AM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Reco wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > > And one must be careful of throwing stones. For example Debian does
> > > not provide a firewall by default. And it is debatable if it needs
> > > one. Many people don't configure one. Many peo
Reco wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > And one must be careful of throwing stones. For example Debian does
> > not provide a firewall by default. And it is debatable if it needs
> > one. Many people don't configure one. Many people do. It all
> > depends upon many things about the use case. I do
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 1:51 PM, Reco wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 09:37:02AM -0400, Tom H wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Reco wrote:
>>> On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:50:23 +
>>> Tom H wrote:
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Reco wrote:
>
> Yes, but pfexec is not sudo
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 08:15:43PM -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Reco wrote:
> > Oh. You mean that HP suddenly transformed to good fairies and stopped
> > charging extra for aCC? Or IBM received an encrypted signal from their
> > supervisors from Mars and did the same to vacc? And don't even mention
>
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 09:37:02AM -0400, Tom H wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Reco wrote:
> > On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:50:23 +
> > Tom H wrote:
> >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Reco wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Yes, but pfexec is not sudo. And privilege-aware Solaris shells are
> >>> de
On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Reco wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:50:23 +
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Reco wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, but pfexec is not sudo. And privilege-aware Solaris shells are
>>> definitely not sudo too.
>>
>> It might not be sudo but it's the same p
Reco wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Most of those systems ship very little by their vendors. I have used
> > them for many years and almost all of the software that you will use
> > on those systems will have been compiled and installed by the local
> > admin. IMNHO they are mainly a good solid b
Hi.
On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:50:23 +
Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Reco wrote:
>
>
> > Yes, but pfexec is not sudo. And privilege-aware Solaris shells are
> > definitely not sudo too.
>
> It might not be sudo but it's the same principle of privilege escalation.
>
> sudo
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Reco wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:28:57 +
> Tom H wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:41 PM, wrote:
>>> On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:31:55 -0600
>>> Bob Proulx wrote:
Sudo has been on
HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM AIX and others for many years. It is
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 23:17:06 +0200
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 01:07 +0400, Reco wrote:
> > Passwords stored in a plain text files in a recyclebin (or on a sheet
> > of paper under the keyboard).
>
> Female sysadmins wearing slips of paper on the forehead with
> passphrases: http
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 01:34 +0400, Reco wrote:
> Please tell that to that Lennart Poeterring guy who invented his own
> RealTimeGizmo for his beloved PulseAudio ;)
Ok, now I'm able to resist. I love to be marxbrotherish, but with
respect to the list, I try to fake, that I don't know who this girl
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 22:10:35 +0200
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> In the past I was against sudo, but nowadays I set up a root account
> (su) and sudo for my Linux and if I use Ubuntu I usually keep it as is,
> IOW just sudo, no root account. Security doesn't suffer from sudo, OTOH
> "ich bin schmerzfrei"
On Sat, 2013-10-26 at 01:07 +0400, Reco wrote:
> Passwords stored in a plain text files in a recyclebin (or on a sheet
> of paper under the keyboard).
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On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 20:28:57 +
Tom H wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:41 PM, wrote:
> > On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:31:55 -0600
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
>
>
> >> Sudo has been on
> >> HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM AIX and others for many years. It isn't
> >> anything new. It is a good worthy to
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:21:37 -0600
Bob Proulx wrote:
> recovery...@gmail.com wrote:
> > Bob Proulx wrote:
> > This is not entirely correct. Sudo is considered third-party software
> > in HP-UX (HP merely builds it and doesn't install by default), AIX (not
> > provided by IBM and therefore not sup
John Hasler wrote:
> Doug writes:
> > I'm not sure how you limit the superuser ability.
>
> By configuring exactly which commands each user is permitted to execute.
Perhaps an example sudoers configuration would help people:
User_Alias HOSTMASTERS = trent
Host_Alias DNSSERVERS = someh
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 7:41 PM, wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:31:55 -0600
> Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Sudo has been on
>> HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM AIX and others for many years. It isn't
>> anything new. It is a good worthy tool.
>
> This is not entirely correct. Sudo is considered third-par
recovery...@gmail.com wrote:
> Bob Proulx wrote:
> > Sudo has been on HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM AIX and others for
> > many years. It isn't anything new. It is a good worthy tool.
>
> This is not entirely correct. Sudo is considered third-party software
> in HP-UX (HP merely builds it and doesn
This seems to be an unintended initiated thread by me :D.
In the past I was against sudo, but nowadays I set up a root account
(su) and sudo for my Linux and if I use Ubuntu I usually keep it as is,
IOW just sudo, no root account. Security doesn't suffer from sudo, OTOH
"ich bin schmerzfrei" as we
Doug writes:
> I'm not sure how you limit the superuser ability.
By configuring exactly which commands each user is permitted to execute.
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On 10/25/2013 02:31 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>> I know Debian is different,
>
> Most of us say that in a good way. :-)
>
>> but the distro I use and the man page for sudo, I believe, expects
>> there to be a root password, that sudo will expect when invoked.
I first encountered sudo
Hi.
On Fri, 25 Oct 2013 12:31:55 -0600
Bob Proulx wrote:
> Sudo has been on
> HP-UX, SunOS, Solaris, IBM AIX and others for many years. It isn't
> anything new. It is a good worthy tool.
This is not entirely correct. Sudo is considered third-party software
in HP-UX (HP merely builds it and d
Doug wrote:
> I know Debian is different,
Most of us say that in a good way. :-)
> but the distro I use and the man page for sudo, I believe, expects
> there to be a root password, that sudo will expect when invoked.
The most normal and traditional use of sudo is that sudo will expect
the user'
Hi.
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 02:11:51PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > I don't understand how a user whithout the root password, and only
> > his own password could use sudo, which seems to be how Debian is set
> > up.
>
>
> Not just Debian.
> And it's by using the "NOPASSWD" option (with, as B
On 25/10/13 13:03, Doug wrote:
> On 10/24/2013 09:26 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
>> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> Reading the list for a while, I won the impression that Debian by
>>> default now comes with sudo enabled.
>>
>> It is one of the two possible choices that can be made during the
>> installation.
Doug writes:
> The main purpose of sudo, as I understand it, is to prevent a user
> from opening up su and then leaving it open--sudo will close after a
> selected interval of non use.
The main purpose of sudo is to make it possible to give some users
restricted access to some commands that would
On 10/24/2013 09:26 PM, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> Reading the list for a while, I won the impression that Debian by
>> default now comes with sudo enabled.
>
> It is one of the two possible choices that can be made during the
> installation. There isn't a default.
>
> The user e
Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Reading the list for a while, I won the impression that Debian by
> default now comes with sudo enabled.
It is one of the two possible choices that can be made during the
installation. There isn't a default.
The user either chooses to enter a root password and also a user
a
On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 18:07 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 17:31 +0200, François Patte wrote:
> > libavformat.so.52
> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/amd64/libavformat53/filelist
Debian
http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/libavformat53
Arch Linux
$ pacman
On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 17:31 +0200, François Patte wrote:
> OK! BUT audacity requires a libavformat.so.52 file to export a file in
> wma and aac format. Where can I find such a file??
>
> I can see (google search) many people with the same problem and no
> answer...
Please sent
On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 12:35:49AM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> On 25/10/13 00:27, Reco wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:56:01PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> >> should have been:-
> >> $ echo "alias s='su -c"'" >> ~/.bash_aliases;. .bashrc
> >
> > This works better as:
> >
On 25/10/13 00:27, Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:56:01PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> should have been:-
>> $ echo "alias s='su -c"'" >> ~/.bash_aliases;. .bashrc
>
> This works better as:
>
> function s() {
> su -l root -c "$*"
> }
> export -f s
>
> Saves an extra "
>
Hi.
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:56:01PM +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
> should have been:-
> $ echo "alias s='su -c"'" >> ~/.bash_aliases;. .bashrc
This works better as:
function s() {
su -l root -c "$*"
}
export -f s
Saves an extra "
Reco
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On 25/10/13 00:08, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> On Thu, 2013-10-24 at 23:56 +1100, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> alias s='su -c "'
>
> You still need a wrapper to handle quotation marks.
>
> command_foo --option_bar "string abc"
>
> by your alias
>
> s command_foo --option_bar \"string abc\""
>
> imagine
On 25/10/13 00:00, Tom H wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:04 PM, Scott Ferguson
> wrote:
>>
>> I don't do default[*1] installs. Certainly "expert" install mode gives a
>> choice (choices are good) - regardless of whether people use sudo or not
>> root *should* have a different password to any o
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