Re: Desktop sharing - security issue

2013-01-22 Thread Neil Broadley
Since Ubuntu doesn't ship with a firewall enabled by default, you'll never know what happened here - there may be some logs in /var/log/auth.log, but anything useful is unlikely. In fact, I'm fairly certain that desktop sharing doesn't log access attempts in there at all. Your best bet now will be

Re: conffile changes in SRUs

2013-01-22 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 04:11:24PM +0100, Philipp Kern wrote: > except that you are not allowed to touch a conffile from maintainer > scripts in any case (policy 10.7.3). Well, the spirit underlying that policy requirement is that users not be shown aggravating prompts on upgrade asking them what

Re: conffile changes in SRUs

2013-01-22 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Robie, On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 10:51:29AM +, Robie Basak wrote: > Bug 1014732 in mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu Precise) "log_error not set in my.cnf, > errors not written anywhere" [High,Triaged] > https://launchpad.net/bugs/1014732 > I've had this sponsored twice but been trumped by security twice be

Patch pilot report 2013-01-22

2013-01-22 Thread Jamie Strandboge
* LP: 1052038 - ecryptfs_fnek_sig missing when login at the same time on cron session close. ACK/upload for oneiric - quantal * lp:~blkperl/ubuntu/raring/collectd/merge-from-debian: NAK - changelog is wrong and FTBFS * lp:~ben-kietzman/ubuntu/quantal/yasm/fix-for-1064341: NAK not appropriate

Re: [RFC] Sanitizing the linux crashdump procedures/handling

2013-01-22 Thread Stefan Bader
On 01/21/2013 02:43 PM, Bouchard Louis wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, Le 10/01/2013 20:54, Stefan Bader a écrit : At UDS we had a session about this [1] and I finally found some time to write up that mail I really wanted to come up with a bit sooner... So right no

Minutes from the Ubuntu Kernel Team meeting, 2013-01-22

2013-01-22 Thread Joseph Salisbury
= Meeting Minutes = [[http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2013/01/22/%23ubuntu-meeting.txt|IRC Log of the meeting.]] [[http://voices.canonical.com/kernelteam|Meeting minutes.]] == Agenda == [[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelTeam/Meeting#Tues, 22 Jan, 2013|20130122 Meeting Agenda]] === ARM Status

Re: conffile changes in SRUs

2013-01-22 Thread Philipp Kern
Emmet, am Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 09:51:27PM +0900 hast du folgendes geschrieben: > Depending on the nature of configuration parsing for the package > concerned, it may be safer to modify the code to provide safe defaults > for missing configuration entries. If one updates a conffile, one is > a

Re: conffile changes in SRUs

2013-01-22 Thread Emmet Hikory
Robie Basak wrote: > But there seems to be some doubt on whether SRUs can change conffiles, > so I think it would be helpful to clarify this here first. > > Are conffile changes allowed in SRUs? And if not, how should I approach > fixing this issue? While I'm not authoritative, I have trouble

conffile changes in SRUs

2013-01-22 Thread Robie Basak
Bug 1014732 in mysql-5.5 (Ubuntu Precise) "log_error not set in my.cnf, errors not written anywhere" [High,Triaged] https://launchpad.net/bugs/1014732 I've had this sponsored twice but been trumped by security twice before it got looked at by an SRU team member. But there seems to be some doubt o

Re: Minutes from Developer Membership Board Meeting 2013-01-07

2013-01-22 Thread Iain Lane
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:16:34AM +0100, Daniel Holbach wrote: > Hello, > […] > Still you've got to set expectations and provide people with clear > instructions. Especially if they have to reapply. > > As a Developer Advisory Team member I talk to many folks who seem ready > to apply and I can

Re: Minutes from Developer Membership Board Meeting 2013-01-07

2013-01-22 Thread Daniel Holbach
Hello, On 22.01.2013 11:01, Stefano Rivera wrote: > As soon as we can. And I think the idea of looking for things to change > is short-sighted. If we don't think someone is ready, it usually means > they need to do some more good distro work, and show that they are > ready. Still you've got to se

Re: Minutes from Developer Membership Board Meeting 2013-01-07

2013-01-22 Thread Stefano Rivera
Hi Sebastien (2013.01.21_20:27:29_+0200) > >Upload rights at the moment conflate membership and upload rights. > >Therefore, the board has to evaluate the qualifications for both. > > Right, Bjoern is applying for upload right so it seems logical he > gets reviewed in context of upload rights...