Re: [PLUG] Multi host init system?

2015-07-09 Thread Martin A. Brown
Hello there, > I have an app that is distributed across a dozen servers. > > There are several processes involved, some with dependencies on > processes running on other servers. > What app would you recommend for starting the whole thing up in an > orderly manner? Is it possible to adjust th

Re: [PLUG] Multi host init system?

2015-07-09 Thread Larry Brigman
I would be using something simple like Ansible. It isn't a multi-host init system but it will get the job done. You can even have it wait on ports being opened before doing the next item in the startup. There are other option is you want to run these application pieces in docker containers; thing

Re: [PLUG] Multi host init system?

2015-07-09 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 05:18:57PM -0700, Tim Bruce - PLUG wrote: > Would something like Rundeck work for you? > > http://rundeck.org/ First glance says yes. Now to dig in. Thank you. -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity I find the overh

Re: [PLUG] Multi host init system?

2015-07-09 Thread Tim Bruce - PLUG
Would something like Rundeck work for you? http://rundeck.org/ T -- Timothy J. Bruce On Thu, July 9, 2015 16:34, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 01:17:15PM -0700, Michael Rasmussen wrote: >> I have an app that is distributed across a dozen servers. >> There are several proce

Re: [PLUG] Multi host init system?

2015-07-09 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 01:17:15PM -0700, Michael Rasmussen wrote: > I have an app that is distributed across a dozen servers. > There are several processes involved, some with dependencies on processes > running on other servers. > > What app would you recommend for starting the whole thing up

Re: [PLUG] Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

2015-07-09 Thread Derek Loree
> On Jul 9, 2015, at 1:56 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > [snip] > Script started on Mon 30 Jun 2014 08:58:50 AM CDT > richard@jessie:~$ su > Password: It might be as simple as using “su -“ instead of just “su”. Just “su” will run as root in the environment of the user that initiated the command,

Re: [PLUG] Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

2015-07-09 Thread Nat Taylor
https://packages.debian.org/jessie/gksu not really sure if you need gksu or gksudo, but maybe the gksudo? Try em both. On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:07 PM, Dick Steffens wrote: > On 07/09/2015 01:56 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I recently sent this to the debian-user mailing list, no useful > > re

Re: [PLUG] Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

2015-07-09 Thread Nat Taylor
oh yeah, its also trying to store stuff in the directory /root, which may not exist if you're on ubuntu or something like that, so you may need to: sudo mkdir -p /root/.local/share first On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Nat Taylor wrote: > gksu pluma /etc/default/grub ? > > On Thu, Jul 9

Re: [PLUG] Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

2015-07-09 Thread Dick Steffens
On 07/09/2015 01:56 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I recently sent this to the debian-user mailing list, no useful > replies. > I'm unsure whether the primary problem is software or yours truly ;/ > Though my 1st programming course used 026's as input device for a > precursor of BASIC, I'm newbie to a

Re: [PLUG] Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

2015-07-09 Thread Nat Taylor
gksu pluma /etc/default/grub ? On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Richard Owlett wrote: > I recently sent this to the debian-user mailing list, no useful > replies. > I'm unsure whether the primary problem is software or yours truly ;/ > Though my 1st programming course used 026's as input device f

[PLUG] Problems running GUI programs as root under Jessie (MATE as DE)

2015-07-09 Thread Richard Owlett
I recently sent this to the debian-user mailing list, no useful replies. I'm unsure whether the primary problem is software or yours truly ;/ Though my 1st programming course used 026's as input device for a precursor of BASIC, I'm newbie to anything *nix related. I suspect one problem may be im

[PLUG] Multi host init system?

2015-07-09 Thread Michael Rasmussen
I have an app that is distributed across a dozen servers. There are several processes involved, some with dependencies on processes running on other servers. What app would you recommend for starting the whole thing up in an orderly manner? -- Michael Rasmussen, Portland Oregon B

Re: [PLUG] Mate vs Gnome Classic with fixes

2015-07-09 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Thu, Jul 09, 2015 at 10:14:19AM -0700, Galen Seitz wrote: > On 07/09/15 09:47, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > > > P.S. regards XFCE and others - interesting options, but the > > distro I run (Scientific Linux) is tied to GNOME, and I do not > > want to give up hundreds of useful packages and addons i

Re: [PLUG] Mate vs Gnome Classic with fixes

2015-07-09 Thread Galen Seitz
On 07/09/15 09:47, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > P.S. regards XFCE and others - interesting options, but the > distro I run (Scientific Linux) is tied to GNOME, and I do not > want to give up hundreds of useful packages and addons in an > attempt to escape Gnome 3 foolishness. When the providers of >

Re: [PLUG] Mate vs Gnome Classic with fixes

2015-07-09 Thread Keith Lofstrom
On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 11:41 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > ... RHEL7 ... Fixing Gnome 3 Classic ... vs ... Will MATE survive ... On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 07:39:43AM -0700, Denis Heidtmann wrote: > I searched "gnome resize disable". I saw many responses, but am too > clueless to know if any help yo