user and group added by a package

[François Patte]

Bonjour,

Sometimes when you install a package, the associated script create a new
user or a new group. How can I see what is the package which added a new
user or a new group.

This is because rkhunter send warnings when a new user or a new group is
created.

Thank you.
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Re: How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?

[Jon Ingason]

Den 2020-02-07 kl. 23:09, skrev linux guy:
> $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/calligrasheets
> file /usr/bin/calligrasheets is not owned by any package

What if you try:

$ dnf whatprovides /usr/bin/calligrasheets

??
> 
> On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 10:50 AM Derrik Walker v2.0  > wrote:
> 
> Did you try an rpm -qf /usr/bin/calligrasheets to see if it's owned
> by any specific package?
> 
> - Derrik
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Re: user and group added by a package

[François Patte]

Le 08/02/2020 à 17:47, Doug H. a écrit :
> On Sat, 2020-02-08 at 10:44 +0100, François Patte wrote:
>> Bonjour,
>>
>> Sometimes when you install a package, the associated script create a
>> new
>> user or a new group. How can I see what is the package which added a
>> new
>> user or a new group.
>>
>> This is because rkhunter send warnings when a new user or a new group
>> is
>> created.
> 
> 
> I don't remember a time when such a user was not clear based on the
> name. 
> 
> So, maybe something like:
> 
> grep -i  /var/log/dnf.log

Ok. This worked.

What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?

Anyway, thank you.

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Re: user and group added by a package

[Joe Zeff]

On 02/08/2020 10:24 AM, François Patte wrote:

What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?


Probably the packager forgot that step in the removal script.
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Re: How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/8/20 5:42 AM, Jon Ingason wrote:

Den 2020-02-07 kl. 23:09, skrev linux guy:

$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/calligrasheets
file /usr/bin/calligrasheets is not owned by any package


What if you try:

$ dnf whatprovides /usr/bin/calligrasheets


That only says where it could come from, not how it actually got onto 
his computer.

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Re: user and group added by a package

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/8/20 9:24 AM, François Patte wrote:

What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?


I don't think any of them do that.  Removing a package doesn't remove 
any data created by it, so you will want the ownership to still be 
there.  Also, sometimes there are multiple packages using the same user.

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Re: How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?

[Jon Ingason]

Den 2020-02-08 kl. 18:49, skrev Samuel Sieb:
> On 2/8/20 5:42 AM, Jon Ingason wrote:
>> Den 2020-02-07 kl. 23:09, skrev linux guy:
>>> $ rpm -qf /usr/bin/calligrasheets
>>> file /usr/bin/calligrasheets is not owned by any package
>>
>> What if you try:
>>
>> $ dnf whatprovides /usr/bin/calligrasheets
> 
> That only says where it could come from, not how it actually got onto
> his computer.

Yes you are right, but if he find which package it is from he might find
out how it came in to his computer.

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Re: user and group added by a package

[François Patte]

Le 08/02/2020 à 18:52, Samuel Sieb a écrit :
> On 2/8/20 9:24 AM, François Patte wrote:
>> What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
>> installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?
> 
> I don't think any of them do that.  Removing a package doesn't remove
> any data created by it, so you will want the ownership to still be
> there.  Also, sometimes there are multiple packages using the same user.

So, why an installation script does not run rkhunter --propupd after the
installation (if it detects that rkhunter is on board) in order to take
care of owner's computer nerves?



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Re: How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?

[Gordon Messmer]

On 2/6/20 8:29 PM, linux guy wrote:

Oops... copied wrong rpm command:
$ # rpm -qa  | grep calligra




I don't know if that's a typo or if you actually ran "# rpm -qa", but if 
what you've sent us is actually what you ran, then it's perfectly 
natural for there to be no output.  You commented out the line.  bash 
didn't actually do anything.


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[OT] Newbies!

[Joe Zeff]

Back before I retired, I spent a number of years doing tech support over 
the phone.  Most of my callers were inexperienced with computers, or at 
best were only familiar with point-and-click.  I'm used to hand holding 
and talking people through baby steps, but I just ran across an all-time 
low over at ask.fedora.  Go to 
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/activation-of-internet-connection-failed/5328/5 
scroll down to the first post by sideburns (my screen name there) and 
read both my post and the reply.  I'm not sure if I should laugh, weep, 
or both.

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Re: How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?

[Joe Zeff]

On 02/08/2020 11:22 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:

On 2/6/20 8:29 PM, linux guy wrote:

Oops... copied wrong rpm command:
$ # rpm -qa  | grep calligra




I don't know if that's a typo or if you actually ran "# rpm -qa", but if 
what you've sent us is actually what you ran, then it's perfectly 
natural for there to be no output.  You commented out the line.  bash 
didn't actually do anything.


This is why I don't include prompts when I list a series of commands. 
The fewer ways to be misunderstood the better!

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Re: user and group added by a package

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/8/20 10:17 AM, François Patte wrote:

Le 08/02/2020 à 18:52, Samuel Sieb a écrit :

On 2/8/20 9:24 AM, François Patte wrote:

What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?


I don't think any of them do that.  Removing a package doesn't remove
any data created by it, so you will want the ownership to still be
there.  Also, sometimes there are multiple packages using the same user.


So, why an installation script does not run rkhunter --propupd after the
installation (if it detects that rkhunter is on board) in order to take
care of owner's computer nerves?


I expect that there's an assumption that you know you're installing 
something.  The usernames are generally pretty obvious.

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Re: How did Calligra* get installed on my computer and how do I remove it ?

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/8/20 10:38 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:

On 02/08/2020 11:22 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:

On 2/6/20 8:29 PM, linux guy wrote:

Oops... copied wrong rpm command:
$ # rpm -qa  | grep calligra




I don't know if that's a typo or if you actually ran "# rpm -qa", but 
if what you've sent us is actually what you ran, then it's perfectly 
natural for there to be no output.  You commented out the line.  bash 
didn't actually do anything.


This is why I don't include prompts when I list a series of commands. 
The fewer ways to be misunderstood the better!


The confusing part is that you have both the "$" from a user prompt and 
the "#" from a root prompt.

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Re: user and group added by a package

[George N. White III]

On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 14:18, François Patte <
francois.pa...@mi.parisdescartes.fr> wrote:

> Le 08/02/2020 à 18:52, Samuel Sieb a écrit :
> > On 2/8/20 9:24 AM, François Patte wrote:
> >> What I am now wondering is: why this package created an user when I
> >> installed it and did not removed this user when I removed the package?
> >
> > I don't think any of them do that.  Removing a package doesn't remove
> > any data created by it, so you will want the ownership to still be
> > there.  Also, sometimes there are multiple packages using the same user.
>
> So, why an installation script does not run rkhunter --propupd after the
> installation (if it detects that rkhunter is on board) in order to take
> care of owner's computer nerves?
>

rkhunter is not the only tool that tracks such changes, and some sites
have ad-hoc systems to track users and usage stats.  A packager
can't predict what side effects could occur from adding (or
removing) a user.   Ideally, anyone who uses a package should
know if it creates a user, but often such information isn't passed on
to sys. admins with the request to install a package.

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OT: Whatever happened to pricewatch.com

[Robert G (Doc) Savage via users]

Apologize in advance for this non-Fedora post. Not even Google seems to
know the answer.

For years pricewatch.com has been my preferred comparison shopping web
site for all softs of IT harware. Then some time in December 2019 it
seems to have gone off the air.

   # nslookup pricewatch.com
   Server:  192.168.1.254
   Address: 192.168.1.254#53

   Non-authoritative answer:
   Name:pricewatch.com
   Address: 54.81.122.187

I can no longer traceroute to this IP address, and Firefox times out.

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Re: Slowdown for outgoing traffic on Realtek Ethernet interface

[Dave Ulrick]

On 2/3/20 9:26 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:

On 2020-02-04 11:11, Dave Ulrick wrote:

I am experiencing just one minor issue having to do with throughput on the PC's 
built-in Ethernet interface:

Sounds as if it may be this?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1797232


I think I've pinpointed a possible cause for my Ethernet slowdown. 
Evidently the Ethernet chipset on the affected PC has some bugs insofar 
as offload functionality and some relatively recent patches to the r8169 
kernel module have had a negative effect on performance. The crucial 
factor seems to be the tcp-segmentation-offload parameter that's 
viewable with ethtool -k.


The PC with slow transmit speeds has tcp-segmentation-offload turned off:

tcp-segmentation-offload: off

and 'ethtool' won't let me turn it on:

# ethtool -K enp3s0 tso on
Cannot change tcp-segmentation-offload
Could not change any device features

Another PC which doesn't suffer from the transmit slowness has 
tcp-segmentation-offload enabled:


tcp-segmentation-offload: on

The first PC gets an iperf3 bitrate of ~ 870 Mbits/sec versus the second 
PC's bitrate of ~ 940 Mbits/sec.


If I disable tcp-segmentation-offload on the second PC:

# ethtool -K enp4s0 tso off

and run iperf3, I get ~ 880 Mbits/sec, very similar to the throughput on 
the slower PC. If I turn tso back on, it goes back to ~ 940 Mbits/sec. 
This makes it look as though having tcp-segmentation-offload disabled 
might be the reason why the slower PC is getting slower transmit throughput.


Maybe a recent Linux kernel distributed an r8169 module that disabled 
tcp-segmentation-offload for:


r8169 :03:00.0 eth0: RTL8168evl/8111evl, 94:de:80:21:61:12, XID 2c9, 
IRQ 30


but let it continue to work OK for:

r8169 :04:00.0 eth0: RTL8168d/8111d, 00:30:67:6a:e2:64, XID 281, IRQ 35

This looks very similar to my issue--RTL8168evl chipset & 
tcp-segmentation-offload--excepting that they're discussing kernel 4.19 
whereas I'm using 5.4.17:


https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/217e3fa9-7782-08c7-1f2b-8dabacaa8...@gmail.com/T/

I've ordered a PCIE Gigabit Ethernet card in hopes that it will have a 
chipset that isn't affected by this issue.


Dave
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Re: OT: Whatever happened to pricewatch.com

[Peter Reed]

On Sat, 08 Feb 2020 15:41:35 -0600
"Robert G (Doc) Savage via users"  wrote:

> Apologize in advance for this non-Fedora post. Not even Google seems
> to know the answer.
>
> For years pricewatch.com has been my preferred comparison shopping web
> site for all softs of IT harware. Then some time in December 2019 it
> seems to have gone off the air.
>
># nslookup pricewatch.com
>Server:192.168.1.254
>Address:   192.168.1.254#53
>
>Non-authoritative answer:
>Name:  pricewatch.com
>Address: 54.81.122.187
>
> I can no longer traceroute to this IP address, and Firefox times out.
>
> --Doc Savage
>   Fairview Heights, IL
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I found it at https://www.pricewatch.online/
seems to be working
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Re: OT: Whatever happened to pricewatch.com

[Ed Greshko]

On 2020-02-09 08:31, Peter Reed wrote:
> I found it at https://www.pricewatch.online/
> seems to be working

That isn't the site he is interested in.  It would be looking like this.

https://web.archive.org/web/20191201005518/http://www.pricewatch.com/



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Re: OT: Whatever happened to pricewatch.com

[Anthony F McInerney]

On Sat, 8 Feb 2020 at 21:42, Robert G (Doc) Savage via users <
users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:

> Apologize in advance for this non-Fedora post. Not even Google seems to
> know the answer.
>
https://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/pricewatch.com
Here's about the closest you might get i guess.
As per the 'owned by...' comment they made the:


>Address: 54.81.122.187
>
> Appears to be owned by bloomingdales.
https://urlscan.io/domain/bloomingdalesassets.com
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Re: Slowdown for outgoing traffic on Realtek Ethernet interface

[Samuel Sieb]

On 2/8/20 3:18 PM, Dave Ulrick wrote:
The first PC gets an iperf3 bitrate of ~ 870 Mbits/sec versus the second 
PC's bitrate of ~ 940 Mbits/sec.


I've ordered a PCIE Gigabit Ethernet card in hopes that it will have a 
chipset that isn't affected by this issue.


Now I'm curious what you are doing that is so affected by that little 
difference of maximum bandwidth that you have to buy a new network card.

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