Re: [SLUG] Karmic: synaptic v apt-get

On Tue, 2010-03-23 at 12:55 +1100, david wrote: > I want to install kdenlive. The repository version is deprecated and the > latest is available from ppa.launchpad.net synaptic and apt-get operate off the same data. It may be that you have not done an update after updating the repository list.

[SLUG] Karmic: synaptic v apt-get

I want to install kdenlive. The repository version is deprecated and the latest is available from ppa.launchpad.net I've added the launchpad repo using these instructions: http://www.kdenlive.org/user-manual/downloading-and-installing-kdenlive/pre-compiled-packages/ubuntu-packages The new vers

Re: [SLUG] IPv6 DDNS and DHCP3

At Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:01:10 +1030, Glen Turner wrote: > > On 22/03/10 13:08, Peter Chubb wrote: > > > > Has anyone added scripts to dhcpd.conf to control DDNS records based > > on MAC address? > > See ddns-hostname in dhcpd.conf(5). You can set it to an expression, > see dhcp-eval(5). The

Re: [SLUG] Sticky bit on /var/tmp

On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 10:07 AM, Craig Dibble wrote: > Does anyone have any thoughts on removing the sticky bit on the /var/tmp > directory and setting it to 777? In the past there have been exploits which relied upon racing processes then modify files they have placed in /tmp or /var/tmp to gai

Re: [SLUG] A little script help

Hi Josh, Having such strict rules about your passwords obviously reduces the keyspace and makes them far less secure. Also for the really paranoid $RANDOM in bash is a pseudo-random number generator that could possibly be predicted - you should use a more secure random source. Here is my attempt