[osol-discuss] Re: Interesting blog entry on Solaris 10

2006-05-06 Thread Bob Palowoda
I don't want to expand upon the issues I face with Solaris 10 (01/06), considering the nastiness I received on the yahoo mailing list; lets just say that compared to even Windows XP, the experience as a workstation 'user' has been less than desirable - any attempt my me in the past to

[osol-discuss] Re: when will JDS4 be integrated into nevada builds?

2006-05-06 Thread Ché Kristo
Great I look forward to this...jds3 is beginning to show it's age a bit :( This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Interesting blog entry on Solaris 10

2006-05-06 Thread Ian Collins
Kaiwai Gardiner wrote: Thank you for your reply, I certainly don't expect a 'hot line' to the marketing department, assuming they know how to operate a computer let alone put together an advertisement that isn't ass paralisingly painfully boring to watch. [rant snipped] Mat, Your

[osol-discuss] opensolaris vmware server

2006-05-06 Thread Anze Vidmar
Hello * Since this is my first post, let me introduce myself: I'm 27 years old, from Slovenia, Europe. I've been a sysadmin on Linux for about 10 years now. I've decided to dig into opensolaris now. Since I'm a *solaris virgin you can expect some really *basic* questions here from me,

[osol-discuss] smbfs support

2006-05-06 Thread Anze Vidmar
hello again, I'm just wondering... Why doesn't solaris have smbfs support in the kernel? Thanks This message posted from opensolaris.org ___ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org

Re: [osol-discuss] smbfs support

2006-05-06 Thread Don Traub
Hello Anze, It's in the works. And, stay tuned to an opensolaris-discuss alias near you - quite likely we'll make this an Open Solaris project. -dt Anze Vidmar wrote: hello again, I'm just wondering... Why doesn't solaris have smbfs support in the kernel? Thanks This message posted

[osol-discuss] Re: opensolaris vmware server

2006-05-06 Thread Jean-François Ndi
Well, my 1st question is if there is a way to run opensolaris 10 in vmware server (beta2)? The install procedure went well but after reboot i'm stuck with black screen. The install went well on a regular x86 machine (PIII). Any hints, URLs anyone? Hello, Applying to beta 3... But who

Re: [osol-discuss] smbfs support

2006-05-06 Thread Ignacio Marambio Catán
On 5/6/06, Don Traub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Anze, It's in the works. And, stay tuned to an opensolaris-discuss alias near you - quite likely we'll make this an Open Solaris project. -dt will it include support for CIFS as well? what about integration with gnome? i hate having

[osol-discuss] Security: Only allow execution of cryptographically signed binaries?

2006-05-06 Thread Martin Schaffstall
I just had an idea: Would it be useful/feasible to sign all executabley in Solaris with a cryptographic key and only allow execution of signed binaries then? Would this help to improve system security? -- // Martin Schaffstall //EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \\ // \X/

[osol-discuss] Re: Security: Only allow execution of cryptographically signed binaries?

2006-05-06 Thread Kaiwai Gardiner
I would assume that its 'full proofness' could only be assured by having a built in piece of hardware as to stop the circumventing of this process - TCPA comes to mind, for example. On 5/7/06, Martin Schaffstall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just had an idea: Would it be useful/feasible to sign

Re: [osol-discuss] smbfs support

2006-05-06 Thread Don Traub
Yes and yes - this uses CIFS for file sharing, and integration with gnome is critical to provide browsing and file access. -dt Ignacio Marambio Catn wrote: On 5/6/06, Don Traub [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Anze, It's in the works. And, stay tuned to an