[opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Alexey Eremenko
Hi all ! As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules that I would like to see: 1. Swap Manager (Yast GUI to manage swap files & partitions) 2. FTP Server (Yast GUI to manage vsFTPd) 3. SSH Server (Yast GU

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Richard Bos
Op zaterdag 25 november 2006 19:35, schreef Alexey Eremenko: > What do you think ? open bug reports (type = enhancement) and see what you get (let voting decide). -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless - To unsubs

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Marcel Hilzinger
Am Samstag, 25. November 2006 19:35 schrieb Alexey Eremenko: > Hi all ! > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: [...] > I would like you to recall that Yast has no been

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexey Eremenko wrote: > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: > > 1. Swap Manager (Yast GUI to manage swap files & partiti

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexey Eremenko schreef: > Hi all ! > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: > > 1. Swap Manager (Yast GUI to manage swap

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Mauro Parra
Hello, On 11/25/06, Robby (M9.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think, with all the changes, ext2, ext3, reiser, and all the consequenses, that it is time, for linux, to have a real partitioner, like Parttion Magic, which batches the needed changes, and completes the transaction before booting the

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mauro Parra schreef: > Hello, > > On 11/25/06, Robby (M9.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I think, with all the changes, ext2, ext3, reiser, and all the >> consequenses, that it is time, for linux, to have a real partitioner, >> like Parttion Magi

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Alexey Eremenko
FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and then on #suse (IRC). I have actually submitted a request more than a year ago. Hope someone will do it by 10.3. I would be very thankful for that person. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=118041 I have reopened & up

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Mauro Parra
Hallo, On 11/25/06, Robby (M9.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- As a matter of fact, i did, with kanotix, the debian installed knoppix, Is it available for suse? The program is lying around, a small footprint livecd could be done if you want. But I don't see any

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> I have a /boot partition 2 cyl big: 15M. > With the new kernels it is too small, so when updating a kernel, i have > to throw the 'oldon' away, before the 'new one can get installed... Your problem is to have a /boot partition altogether. They haven't been needed in many years. If you decide to

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: > > 1. Swap Manager (Yast GUI to manage swap files & partitions) Swap partitions have to be handled by the partitioner. From (old

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: >> As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I >> would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules >> that I would like to see: >> >> 1. Swap Manager (Yast GUI to manage swap files & par

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mauro Parra schreef: > Hallo, > > On 11/25/06, Robby (M9.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> As a matter of fact, i did, with kanotix, the debian installed knoppix, >> Is it available for suse? > > > The progra

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > What I would really like is some quick and easy way to create multiple > > "document roots" with vsftpd, even if it means cranking up multiple > > instances of it. This is a missing functionality in vsftpd in the first place, of course, but setting up vsftpd is still a *lot* easier + faster th

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: >>> What I would really like is some quick and easy way to create multiple >>> "document roots" with vsftpd, even if it means cranking up multiple >>> instances of it. > > This is a missing functionality in vsftpd in the first p

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2006-11-26 at 08:49 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Your problem is to have a /boot partition altogether. They haven't been > needed in many years. If you decide to make a /boot anyway and make it > only 15M, it's your own fault. ;) That'

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 20:15 +0100, Robby (M9.) wrote: > This is needed indeed, the available partioning features are 'antique', > and not realy usable during use, only when all is 'clean'. I have used many times the Yast partitioning module on

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > Your problem is to have a /boot partition altogether. They haven't been > > needed in many years. If you decide to make a /boot anyway and make it > > only 15M, it's your own fault. ;) > > That's not completely true, they are needed with older hardware. I doubt that. My oldest hardware is 97/

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> > This is a missing functionality in vsftpd in the first place, of course, > > but setting up vsftpd is still a *lot* easier + faster than doing the > > same with apache. > > Yes and no. > Alias directives in Apache are pretty easy to set up ;) You might find it easy, but vsftpd is still 10x ea

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-26 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. schreef: > > The Saturday 2006-11-25 at 20:15 +0100, Robby (M9.) wrote: > >> This is needed indeed, the available partioning features are 'antique', >> and not realy usable during use, only when all is 'clean'. > > I have used many ti

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-26 Thread Christian Boltz
Hello, Am Samstag, 25. November 2006 21:18 schrieb Robby (M9.): > gpgkeys: key 5F9FD7E57E8BA438 not found on keyserver BTW: Your GPG key still isn't available on the keyservers :-( > I can not believe, that i am the only one, who thinks, that the > available partitioners do not work. > If you do

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Klaus Kaempf
* Alexey Eremenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [Nov 25. 2006 19:35]: > Unfortunately I don't know YCP to program those modules myself, so I > ask those, who can do it. The documentation I found is very scarse & > poor, disallowing me to write anything useful - anything beyond "Hello > World" in YCP. Pleas

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Jiri Srain
Hi! On Saturday 25 November 2006 19:35, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > Hi all ! > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: > > 1. Swap Manager (Yast GUI to manage swap files & p

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Christian Boltz schreef: > Hello, > > Am Samstag, 25. November 2006 21:18 schrieb Robby (M9.): >> gpgkeys: key 5F9FD7E57E8BA438 not found on keyserver Something wrong about the key, the one i sent you, is the one i use (look at the header) > > BTW:

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2006-11-26 at 15:23 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > > Your problem is to have a /boot partition altogether. They haven't been > > > needed in many years. If you decide to make a /boot anyway and make it > > > only 15M, it's your own faul

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Robby (M9.) wrote: >>> If you use the partitioner from yast, which i do, you are not able to >>> throw away, and recreate partitions, >> This _is_ possible - and I did this (on a 10.1 system) successfully. > > This is not what i mean: > suppose you have 8 partitions: /boot, /root, /usr, /opt, /var

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Alexey Eremenko
Thanks to all respones, especially to: Jiri Srain and Klaus Kaempf. I will look at this Yast tutorial later. Haven't saw it before. Also I ask people who go offtopic - such as discussions about *PartitionMagic* to start that discussion on a different mailing-list. ---

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Alexey Eremenko wrote: > Hi all ! > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: ... > 3. SSH Server (Yast GUI to manage openssh) ... > Those modules are really *very* needed

RE: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Marc Collin
> > Alexey Eremenko wrote: > Hi all ! > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > that I would like to see: > ... > 3. SSH Server (Yast GUI to manage openssh) > ... > Those modules are really

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Pascal Bleser wrote: >> What do you think ? > > I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) > FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and > then on #suse (IRC). I have plans (and features) to enhance the firewall module in 10.3 but it would be nice to hear what

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Alexey Eremenko
I have plans (and features) to enhance the firewall module in 10.3 but it would be nice to hear what exactly users need. Could you, please, give me more information? You can also send me a patch then :) ;) Yes - I would like to have ability to do *traffic limiting* - IP tables already supports

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Stan Glasoe
On Monday November 27 2006 11:04 am, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > I have plans (and features) to enhance the firewall module in 10.3 but > it would be nice to hear what exactly users need. > > Could you, please, give me more information? You can also send me a > patch then :) ;) > > Thanks > Lukas Abilit

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Jordi Bruguera i Cortada
El dl 27 de 11 del 2006 a les 19:34 +0200, en/na Alexey Eremenko va escriure: > Yes - I would like to have ability to do *traffic limiting* - IP > tables already supports that and I think it could be done at the GUI > level (in Yast). the only problem is that iptables limits IP packets > (they are

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Andreas Jaeger
Lukas Ocilka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Robby (M9.) wrote: If you use the partitioner from yast, which i do, you are not able to throw away, and recreate partitions, >>> This _is_ possible - and I did this (on a 10.1 system) successfully. >> >> This is not what i mean: >> suppose you

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. schreef: > > The Sunday 2006-11-26 at 15:23 +1300, Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > Your problem is to have a /boot partition altogether. They haven't been needed in many years. If you decide to make a /boot anyway and make it o

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread B . Weber
> AJ: Maybe it would make sense to have a special image on CD/DVD > (possibly executable from Linuxrc) that would contain some r/w YaST > modules, especially the partitioner. Just to tune the system. If I understand you correctly we already have that. In the "repair" mode of installation, select "

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Robby (M9.)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] schreef: >> AJ: Maybe it would make sense to have a special image on CD/DVD >> (possibly executable from Linuxrc) that would contain some r/w YaST >> modules, especially the partitioner. Just to tune the system. > > If I understand

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Alexey Eremenko wrote: >> I have plans (and features) to enhance the firewall module in 10.3 but >> it would be nice to hear what exactly users need. >> >> Could you, please, give me more information? You can also send me a >> patch then :) ;) >> > > Yes - I would like to have ability to do *traff

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Stan Glasoe wrote: > On Monday November 27 2006 11:04 am, Lukas Ocilka wrote: >> I have plans (and features) to enhance the firewall module in 10.3 but >> it would be nice to hear what exactly users need. >> >> Could you, please, give me more information? You can also send me a >> patch then :) ;)

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Pascal Bleser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Pascal Bleser wrote: >>> What do you think ? >> I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) >> FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and >> then on #suse (IRC). > > I have plans (and features)

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Peter Buschbacher
Am Montag, 27. November 2006 20:14 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > AJ: Maybe it would make sense to have a special image on CD/DVD > > (possibly executable from Linuxrc) that would contain some r/w YaST > > modules, especially the partitioner. Just to tune the system. > > If I understand you correct

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 18:04 +0100, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Pascal Bleser wrote: > >> What do you think ? > > > > I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) > > FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and > > then on #suse (IRC). > > I have plans (and features) to

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Hans Witvliet
On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 10:26 +0100, Jiri Srain wrote: > Hi! > > On Saturday 25 November 2006 19:35, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > > Hi all ! > > > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > > would like to request massive updates in Yast - that is - new modules > > that I woul

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-27 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Pascal Bleser wrote: > Lukas Ocilka wrote: >> Pascal Bleser wrote: What do you think ? >>> I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) >>> FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and >>> then on #suse (IRC). >> I have plans (and features) to enhance the firew

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-28 Thread Lukas Ocilka
Hans Witvliet wrote: > On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 18:04 +0100, Lukas Ocilka wrote: >> Pascal Bleser wrote: What do you think ? >>> I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) >>> FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and >>> then on #suse (IRC). >> I have plans

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-28 Thread Jiri Srain
Hi! On Monday 27 November 2006 23:16, Hans Witvliet wrote: > On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 10:26 +0100, Jiri Srain wrote: > > Hi! > > > > On Saturday 25 November 2006 19:35, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > > > Hi all ! > > > > > > As 10.2 release nears I think into future - 10.3 features - and I > > > would like

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-28 Thread Ludwig Nussel
Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Pascal Bleser wrote: > > Lukas Ocilka wrote: > >> Pascal Bleser wrote: > What do you think ? > >>> I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) > >>> FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and > >>> then on #suse (IRC). > >> I have plans

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-28 Thread Ludwig Nussel
Lukas Ocilka wrote: > Hans Witvliet wrote: > > On Mon, 2006-11-27 at 18:04 +0100, Lukas Ocilka wrote: > >> Pascal Bleser wrote: > What do you think ? > >>> I'd rather vote for enhancing the firewall module ;) > >>> FTP server isn't a bad idea though, help about that is asked now and > >>> the

Re: [opensuse-factory] Massive Feature Request of new Yast Modules for 10.3

2006-11-28 Thread Christian Boltz
Hello, Am Dienstag, 28. November 2006 14:01 schrieb Ludwig Nussel: [...] > See also /usr/share/SuSEfirewall2/services/ Hmm, plain text isn't that bad ;-) What I am missing is an option to specify modules like ip_conntrack_ftp which are automatically loaded whenever the given port is opened (in