ct: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom ISO Howto
Hi,
I've modified Darrell's script to the following which allows me to
rebuild 6.0 iso's here.
#!/bin/sh
# useage = ./buildiso
# Example: ./buildiso
e-smith-devinfo] Custom ISO Howto
>
> Anyone on devinfo:
>
> Has this processed change for creating custom SME ISOs?
> As root:
>
> 1 Install anaconda and anaconda-runtime rpms if you don't have them.
> 2 Copy e-smith/mitel in ~/cd1
> 3 chmod u+w ~/cd1/RedHat/base/h
ase/hdlist ~/cd1
9 cp ~/cd1/images/cdboot.img ~/images
10 mkisofs -V esmith -b ~/images/cdboot.img -c ~/boot.cat -r -T -o
cd1.iso ~/cd1
From http://www.e-smith.org/docs/howto/contrib/e-smith-custom-iso.html
Also, are the correct anaconda RPMS & SRPMS on the mirrors to do this?
Any tricks missi
On Mon, 28 Jul 2003, Martin Raun wrote:
> Hi
>
> Where can i find the iso to 6.0b2?? i have tried a couple of ftp's and
> there is the iso... BUT its 0k big..
The site in The Netherlands seems to have an iso of suitable size:
ftp://ftp.sme-server.nl/e-smith/dev/6.0dev/s
Hi
Where can i find the iso to 6.0b2?? i have tried a couple of ftp's and
there is the iso... BUT its 0k big..
Is there someone in sweden/scandinavia that whats a swedish ftp, create
a
contact group for support/help and so on?
MVH
Martin
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, James Price wrote:
> Does anyone know what version of Anaconda was used to genhdlist for SME5.5?
> I have tried 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 but so far everyone that I have tried
> resulted in an ISO that abnormally exits.
>
> It appears to me that ver 7.1 and 7.2 were no
Does anyone know what version of Anaconda was used to genhdlist for SME5.5?
I have tried 7.0, 7.1, and 7.2 but so far everyone that I have tried
resulted in an ISO that abnormally exits.
It appears to me that ver 7.1 and 7.2 were not used as these version create
two files hdlist and hdlist2. On
E 5.6 custom iso HowTo
My thanks to John Powell for contributing revisions to the SME 5.6
custom iso HowTo. Revised HowTo is available here:
http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/howto/sme-iso-howto.html
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My thanks to John Powell for contributing revisions to the SME 5.6 custom
iso HowTo. Revised HowTo is available here:
http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/howto/sme-iso-howto.html
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Thanks, for the additional info.
-Nathan
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To: Nathan Price
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Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom ISO modifying RPMs
Nathan,
You will also find more verbose
Nathan,
You will also find more verbose details in the doc located on
www.rpm.org. "RPM at Idle", and definitely "Maximum RPM", have more
details on specifics of RPM building. I know I have found excellent
details on diff, as it applies to RPM building specifically, there.
Check out: http://www
nda-7.3-2/anaconda Fri Jan 10 21:56:12 2003
>
> How can I correct this?
>
> -Nathan Price
>
> -Original Message-
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> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 6:01 PM
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> Subject: RE: [e-smith-
naconda-7.3-2/anaconda Fri Jan 10 21:56:12 2003
How can I correct this?
-Nathan Price
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At 19:4
At 19:40 -0500 10-01-2003, Charlie Brady wrote:
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Nathan Price wrote:
Thanks for the info about PreReq and Requires. But, more on the patch
files.
Make a patch file containing your changes:
diff -ruN BUILD/e-smith-pkg-0.3-{3,4} > \
>SOURCES/e-smith-pkgs.f
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Nathan Price wrote:
> Thanks for the info about PreReq and Requires. But, more on the patch
> files.
>
> Make a patch file containing your changes:
>
> diff -ruN BUILD/e-smith-pkg-0.3-{3,4} > \
>SOURCES/e-smith-pkgs.fixes.2815001
>
> I have read this howt
Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Why would you want rpm files to be marked executable?
Way back when I was building iso's for 5.1.2, I found this step necessary or
the subsequent installation (using the CD built from the iso) would error at
rpm installation. I've a
tch
file.
-Nathan Price
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Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 4:48 PM
To: Nathan Price
Cc: e-smith-devinfo
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Custom ISO modifying RPMs
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Nathan Price wrote:
> Is there any good
dify_e-smith_interface_rpm.php3
If you are asking specifically about using patch in the context of
building a custom ISO image then I don't know what you mean.
> Can you dictate the order that packages are installed to satisfy
> dependencies with this file?
No. If the RPMs have the correct PreReq and Requi
] SME 5.6 custom iso HowTo
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:40:43AM -0800, "Greg J. Zartman"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> "STEP 4: Add your new rpms (example: sme56dev/updates) into
> /root/cdrom/e-smith/RPMS. Remember to delete older versions you are
> replacing.
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:40:43AM -0800, "Greg J. Zartman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> "STEP 4: Add your new rpms (example: sme56dev/updates) into
> /root/cdrom/e-smith/RPMS. Remember to delete older versions you are
> replacing. Reset all rights to the rpm files, read execute."
>
> I
Why would you want rpm files to be marked executable?
I don't know... That is what I was asking Darrell. I was commenting on
the Howto that he put up yesterday. The following sounded confusing to me:
"STEP 4: Add your new rpms (example: sme56dev/updates) into
/root/cdrom/e-smith/RPMS. Reme
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Greg J. Zartman wrote:
> >>Step 4: Could you clarify what you mean by "Reset all rights to the rpm
> >>files, read execute."
> >
> > As detailed:
> > # chmod 555 /root/cdrom/e-smith/RPMS/*
>
> Ah, I see what you were getting at. You might consider rephrasing that
> senten
They are simply text files. Take a look and you'll see they hold presets
that you may wish to change (or add to) for your specific environment and
iso build.
Yes, I did read them. I've never built an ISO before, so I wasn't sure
if there was something specific you were hinting
mith/RPMS/*
> Step 6: You state that "if necessary, edit ..," : Why, or when, would a
> person need to edit these config files?
They are simply text files. Take a look and you'll see they hold presets
that you may wish to change (or add to) for your specific environment an
John Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I would be glad to document the extra steps if you are interested.
I'm always willing to learn new tricks John ;->
Please send to me directly and I'll add your contributions into the HowTo,
duly noting the source.
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> -Original Message-
> From: Gordon Rowell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 09 January 2003 22:26
> To: Darrell May
> Cc: Devinfo
> Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] 5.6dev ISO [was [e-smith-devinfo] Isoqlog
> and naggin question]
>
>
On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 23:03, Darrell May wrote:
>
> http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/howto/sme-iso-howto.html
Hi Darrell,
Real nice, and simple, How-To. I do a few more steps, including
building a pkgorder file. Some might find problems without a pkgorder
file if they do a lot of c
http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/howto/sme-iso-howto.html
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Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I've placed the 5.6 anaconda RPM in my contrib area - it should
> be on the FTP site within the hour.
Downloading now. Thanks Gordon.
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Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] 5.6dev ISO [was [e-smith-devinfo] Isoqlog
and naggin question]
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:30:25PM -, Darrell May
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Gordon, I app
On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:30:25PM -, Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Gordon, I appreciate your frustration, however a statement of that nature
> from you is surprising.
Actually, it's not surprising (and please note that my response was
tagged as a rant). The request had no
Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> or decide to just release the source RPMs and not bother with an ISO
> image. I think we would all lose if we made that decision.
>
Gordon, I appreciate your frustration, however a statement of that nature
from you is surprising. Havin
Paul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Adding "--partial" allowed me to kill (CTRL C) and restart rsync
Thanks Paul. HowTo updated.
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Kevin Flanagan wrote:
> > [...]
> > Has anyone thought of implementing this kind of thing for SME? I think
> > that with the knowledge of the base system it'd be fairly easy to create
> > a "Emergency restore CD" of the configured system, data being another
> > set of CDs.
>
>
Gordon wrote
I thi
On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Gordon Rowell wrote:
> > That also has the advantage of being random access, if you want one
> > file, just mount the disc, and get it.
>
> Sure. I'm actually very interested in DVD-RW backup, since you can
> probably get over ~10GByte compressed.
I'm still waiting for S
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 12:47:25AM +1200, winux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> can't find this on your ftp contrib site. Could you please point me to it?
There now - I sent my mail just _after_ our regular update of the ftp site.
Gordon
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On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 08:30:33AM -0400, Kevin Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> I don't have a floppy drive in the system, or a tape drive. It's a
> Compaq Ipaq Desktop. If I could create an ISO that had everything that
> the reinstall floppy has, and
- Original Message -
From: "Gordon Rowell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Anyway, have a look at e-smith-cdbackup in my contrib area. It might
> be of interest. It doesn't do multi-CD backups, but if your changed data
> during a day will fit on a CD (it probably will), it can be useful.
>
can'
ata from the CDs. The reinstall
> floppy includes all of the configuration information to allow a
> restore to proceed.
I don't have a floppy drive in the system, or a tape drive. It's a Compaq Ipaq
Desktop. If I could create an ISO that had everything that the reinstall
flop
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 06:55:17AM -0400, Kevin Flanagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Has anyone thought of implementing this kind of thing for SME? I think
> that with the knowledge of the base system it'd be fairly easy to create
> a "Emergency restore CD" of the configured system, data
This month's issue of Sys Admin has a good article on backing up your
system to .ISO images which you can burn to CD.
Has anyone thought of implementing this kind of thing for SME? I think
that with the knowledge of the base system it'd be fairly easy to create
a "Emergency
My vote is also all-in-one
-jeff
> -Original Message-
> From: P. Sanchez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, February 15, 2002 8:33 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: e-smith-devinfo
> Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] another idea for development
> iso contribs
Try the following link:
http://people.redhat.com/tcallawa/dpt/
This seems to have the drivers for 2.2.19 you are looking for.
Good Luck!
David
Quoting Tom Keiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Charlie:
>
> I have to jump in on this one: Adaptec Raid Controllers. They have
> a Linux
> driver for
Charlie:
I have to jump in on this one: Adaptec Raid Controllers. They have a Linux
driver for 2.2.16, but none for 2.2.19 -- in other words, only the major point
releases of RH. I have such a server, and know of 5 more.
Regards,
Tom
Charlie Brady wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Jaime Nebr
Hi Charlie,
> What hardware does 4.1.2 work with which SME5 doesn't?
Well, there are 3 reasons we still use 4.1.2
1) Some hardware is not supported (you know, manufacturers just release
drivers for an standar RH 7.0)
2) Very heavy customization of the system. We heavely cus
>Question to all. Is everyones preference then to include the src rpm in
>the all-in-one directory structure or in a separate global /src directory?
all-in-one
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> I guess this was what Mitel pretended with "blades" but as they
keep behind
> schedule somebody has come with a new way of doing things.
Is there some reason we don't just modify the current blade structure
to also allow pointing to localhost and/or an alternative local blade
server?
Though
Hello Charlie Brady,
CB> On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Jaime Nebrera Herrera wrote:
>> Agreed. Could it be possible to do it for 4.1.2 versin too? I mean, some of
>> us are tied to this release due to the lack of some hardware support in SME
>> :(
CB> What hardware does 4.1.2 work with which SME5 does
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Jaime Nebrera Herrera wrote:
> Agreed. Could it be possible to do it for 4.1.2 versin too? I mean, some of
> us are tied to this release due to the lack of some hardware support in SME
> :(
What hardware does 4.1.2 work with which SME5 doesn't?
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Jaime Nebrera Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Agreed. Could it be possible to do it for 4.1.2 versin too?
Absolutely. However my focus will be on the current SME release. You may
wish to create a 4.1.2 development release. I'd be happy to offer
assistance if needed.
> We have developed
Hi Darrel,
> A development iso (for us only, not public) that performs a completely
> stock SME install but holds an enhanced, per item, easily installable,
> contrib area on CD-ROM, updated monthly via rsync.
Thats a great idea
> Now let me show you what I mean. As an example
iso that either
describes each pkg, or links to a description -- all in one central place,
instead of spread out under each pkg.
Regards,
Tom
Darrell May wrote:
> First, I want to thank everyone for their feedback. Next, how about this
> new idea:
>
> A development iso (for us only
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Darrell May wrote:
> How is this best accomplished to lock an iso for rsync access only.
Don't put it in an i-bay. Put it in an area which is only configured for
rsync access.
> > Rather than have two contrib repositories, I think it would be better
&
;->
> My thoughts were that the ISO would only be available via rsync, to keep
> bandwidth usage down, to facilitate regular updates and to restrict
> availability to the technically competent. It would be a developers
> release after all, and not for production use.
How is th
time like the Linux
> kernel stable and development trees.
We already have the stable distribution. I was talking about creating the
development one. :-)
> > Since it would be a developers release, it's important that the src RPMs
> > are available. Whether they go on the ISO o
ce it would be a developers release, it's important
that the src RPMs
> are available. Whether they go on the ISO or not is
another issue.
If you read the fine print of the GPL you may conclude
that including the source in any distribution is the
easiest way to fulfill your obligation to pr
Hi Darrell,
On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 06:32, Darrell May wrote:
> First, I want to thank everyone for their feedback. Next, how about this
> new idea:
>
> A development iso (for us only, not public) that performs a completely
> stock SME install but holds an enhanced, per item, eas
On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Darrell May wrote:
> A development iso (for us only, not public) that performs a completely
> stock SME install but holds an enhanced, per item, easily installable,
> contrib area on CD-ROM,
I'd been thinking along similar lines, but using a "bleedin
eir feedback. Next, how about
> this
> new idea:
>
> A development iso (for us only, not public) that performs a completely
> stock SME install but holds an enhanced, per item, easily installable,
> contrib area on CD-ROM, updated monthly via rsync.
>
> Now let me show you wha
First, I want to thank everyone for their feedback. Next, how about this
new idea:
A development iso (for us only, not public) that performs a completely
stock SME install but holds an enhanced, per item, easily installable,
contrib area on CD-ROM, updated monthly via rsync.
Now let me show
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 02:00, Charlie Brady wrote:
> > > Yep. rc7.d gets cleaned and rebuilt on upgrades. The links in that
> > > directory are all owned by RPMs.
> > These links seem to be owned by Charlie's e-smith-nfs and e-smith-nis
> > respectively...
> Not mine.
I know... Gordon's already rep
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 15:34, Gordon Rowell wrote:
> Please try the MP3 Jukebox blade again now. An update had to happen
> on the blades server, which has now been done.
Yep, all is working...
> We hope you like the new blades installer.
*Much* easier than separately accepting lots of different l
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:16:25PM +1100, Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:06:37PM +1100, Rob Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > [...Blades panel in 5.1b1 fails under Konqueror...]
> > Gawd... I should have thought of that myself... (hangs head in shame)
> >
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 09:58:19AM -0500, Charlie Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> It does, and has done so since version 4.0. The NFS/NIS contrib RPMs need
> to be updated to re-create those symlinks, just as every other service RPM
> currently does (see /etc/e-smith/events/post-upgrade
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 08:44:39AM -0800, Greg Zartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Regardless of what username is
> used by samba to authenticate machine accounts, I don't think the username
> administrator should show up anywhere on the SME machine. This includes the
> domain admin par
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:12:34PM -0500, Orville Carter wrote:
> Charlie,
>
> SME 5.1beta1 is up and running on one our test servers.
> This was a full install. We will give a whirl over the next few days.
>
> If you have any specific tests you would like performed just let us know.
Funny you
> I don't think that you have understood the threat model. As I understand
> earlier posts in the thread, there are skripts about which try to brute
> force the 'Administrator' password, and this is why it is recommended to
> change the administrator login name. If we map "Administrator" to "admin
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, R&D OpenCare wrote:
> > I propose backing this out. If someone wants this map, they can add an
> > smb.conf template fragment and create /etc/samba/smbusers. I propose
> > deleting the existing 11usernameMap which was a comment until the
> > above
> > change.
>
> I vote agai
Oops, sent on wrong account...ya'll 'developers' might want to read it..
So here'ít is...
Bart
Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > e-smith-samba-1.1.0-26 is in my contrib area:
[]
> > - Map "Administrator" for domain logons -> admin
> > - Note: a local (non-domain) logon still
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Rob Hillis wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:55, Gordon Rowell wrote:
>
> > > All upgraded fine, except for NFS and NIS breaking (again)... SME seems
> > > to kill the /etc/rc7.d files for these packages during an upgrade...
> > Yep. rc7.d gets cleaned and rebuilt on upgrades.
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, Rob Hillis wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:04, Charlie Brady wrote:
>
> > > SME 5.1beta1 is up and running on one our test servers.
> > > This was a full install. We will give a whirl over the next few days.
>
> Same here, except it's on my home server, and I did an upgrade
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:25:35PM +1100, Rob Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:16, you wrote:
> [...]
> > It's done to remove straggling links no longer required after the upgrade.
> > It is perhaps too drastic, as shown above. This will require some thought
> > as system
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:06:37PM +1100, Rob Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> These links seem to be owned by Charlie's e-smith-nfs and e-smith-nis
> respectively...
Mine actually. They're contribs and old ones which need some work.
> verifying the packages in question confirms tha
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:03:38PM +1100, Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> e-smith-samba-1.1.0-26 is in my contrib area:
>
> * Mon Nov 26 2001 Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> - [1.1.0-26]
> - Templated /etc/samba/smbusers
> - Map "Administrator" for domain logons ->
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 16:55, Gordon Rowell wrote:
> > All upgraded fine, except for NFS and NIS breaking (again)... SME seems
> > to kill the /etc/rc7.d files for these packages during an upgrade...
> Yep. rc7.d gets cleaned and rebuilt on upgrades. The links in that
> directory are all owned by RP
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 04:46:03PM +1100, Rob Hillis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> All upgraded fine, except for NFS and NIS breaking (again)... SME seems to
> kill the /etc/rc7.d files for these packages during an upgrade...
Yep. rc7.d gets cleaned and rebuilt on upgrades. The links in t
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:04, Charlie Brady wrote:
> > SME 5.1beta1 is up and running on one our test servers.
> > This was a full install. We will give a whirl over the next few days.
Same here, except it's on my home server, and I did an upgrade from 5.0.
All upgraded fine, except for NFS and NI
> The change to use "admin" is purely done through our layered package
> e-smith-samba. We _always_ try to avoid modifying the underyling packages
> and introducing code forks unless there is absolutely no option. And if we
> do, we try to revert to the standard stream as soon as possible. For
> e
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 09:46:02AM -0800, Greg Zartman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...Charlie...]
> > And in any case, Average Joe SME user won't be upgrading samba RPMs
> > without specific advice, eh?
> One would certainly hope. Some of the messages posted on the e-smith
> bulletin boards see
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Orville Carter wrote:
> SME 5.1beta1 is up and running on one our test servers.
> This was a full install. We will give a whirl over the next few days.
>
> If you have any specific tests you would like performed just let us know.
If you have any Macs, then we have a new ve
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Cc: "e-smith-devinfo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: [e-smith-devinfo] smeserver-5.1beta1.iso
>
> On
> As long as he/she upgrades the samba RPM, then the ownership and contents
> of /etc/smbpasswd won't be changed. So no problem.
Very good.
> And in any case, Average Joe SME user won't be upgrading samba RPMs
> without specific advice, eh?
One would certainly hope. Some of the messages posted o
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Greg Zartman wrote:
> Wow, alot happens around this place even over a holiday weekend. :o)
Only a holiday weekend for some.
> Average Joe SME users gets really excited because this is the release he has
> been waiting for and installs the new RPM. Does this "break" his s
> Welcome back.
Yes, welcome back Darrell. We've tried really hard to keep the devinfo
messages flowing in your absence...
> I'd really like you to try out the Samba configuration in 5.1b1 to ensure
> all of the features work as they did before. Changes you may need
> to check:
> - "admin"/
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:14:07PM +1100, Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> - I am planning to add a map from Administrator -> admin to ease
> integration (for default "Administrator" accounts). You can do this
> via "admin = Administrator" in /etc/smbusers and
>
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 06:31:42AM -, Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> Or better yet, use rsync to quickly update the alpha iso to beta1 which
> is what I did, details here:
Precisely. Or better yet, rsync from one of our mirrors :-) Many of
our mirrors suppor
Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Yes, but as yet unannounced :-) The release notes should be out
> tomorrow. The ISO image is on our mirrors, so please fetch locally where
> possible.
Or better yet, use rsync to quickly update the alpha iso to beta1 which
is what I di
On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 05:45:59AM -, Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Greetings everyone. I'm back from vacation. I just worked my way
> through the 190+ devinfo e-mails. now I may have missed something
> but it appears there is a recent '
At 21:45 25/11/2001, Darrell May wrote:
>but it appears there is a recent 'smeserver-5.1beta1.iso' on e-smith.org.
Trust you to spot it before anyone else :)
It hasn't been announced yet. There are still some issues with the alpha1,
AFAIK.
Welcome back. Hope you had a goo
Greetings everyone. I'm back from vacation. I just worked my way
through the 190+ devinfo e-mails. now I may have missed something
but it appears there is a recent 'smeserver-5.1beta1.iso' on e-smith.org.
Is this the latest and greatest?
What is still planned for inclus
Lionel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Would you care to pass on any tips on how to build SME 5.0 + updates
> onto a CDROM? Having a definitive CDROM would be very useful to me.
Thanks for the interest however for various reasons I will not be
releasing this information or releasing
On 24 Sep 2001 at 7:18, Gordon Rowell wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 04:28:15PM -0400, Dan Brown
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Darrell May wrote: > > > Gordon
> responded confirming they do not install the above. As you > >
> performed an upgrade, you simply have the 4.1.2 versions which were
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 02:23:55PM -, Darrell May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [...]
> IMHO I do not think this was a good choice. I feel man and slocate are
> valuable tools every admin should have at their disposal.
Sure. See my other reply.
> I guess if they became a developer blade for
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 04:28:15PM -0400, Dan Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Darrell May wrote:
>
> > Gordon responded confirming they do not install the above. As you
> > performed an upgrade, you simply have the 4.1.2 versions which were their
> > previously.
>
> No, that's not the
On Sun, Sep 23, 2001 at 11:22:58AM -0500, John Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I 100% agree with Darrell's points on this! Those are 2 critical components
> to have handy, perhaps the 2 things I use the most at the shell level.
With my developer hat on, I agree.
With my deployment hat on,
Darrell May wrote:
> Gordon responded confirming they do not install the above. As you
> performed an upgrade, you simply have the 4.1.2 versions which were their
> previously.
No, that's not the case. 4.1.2 installs man-1.5h1-19 and
slocate-2.4-1, while my (upgraded) 5.0 system has ma
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Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2001 9:23 AM
Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Bug in iso comp file? [was Re:
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>
> Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
Gordon Rowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> No, it was intentional.
Thanks for confirming Gordon.
IMHO I do not think this was a good choice. I feel man and slocate are
valuable tools every admin should have at their disposal.
I guess if they became a developer blade for easy install that wil
rcs
> > slocate
> > strace
> > }
>
> Well, slocate is installed, but rcs and strace aren't. I'm using the
> public .iso, and I upgraded a 4.1.2 installation. Don't know what's
> going on, really, but there it is.
Gordon responded confirmin
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