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Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread James Morrison
--- Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 03:04:06PM -0700, James Morrison wrote: > > > > What do you plan on doing with 1GB of swap I have 512MB of ram and > > haven't touched swap space in months. > > my 64MB RAM box has 1GB of swap cause i really want to b

Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread James Morrison
--- Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was going towards access on request just so the box > doesn't get killed. That is you get login created on > request. We have this with dryden. Thanks Neal. Another machine doesn't hurt though. > > > > The specs on the box are: > > > > > > 486DX

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Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 05:56:20PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > > > The specs on the box are: > > > > > > 486DX2 66 [overclocked to 80] > > > 20MB RAM > > > > uhm.. you'll need a lot of swap, i suggest 1GB to be safe. :) > > I could put in some clonker drives for swap to > get to 1G. Can hurd supp

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 03:15:49AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > Do we have file permission bits for the unauthentificated user? Yes. And a bit to control if it should use those or the o bits. Currently, the default is to use the o bits, but we are not sure if we shouldn't change that. What you

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:48:36AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Well, if I have a guest, I can simply tell him to use the computer, without > creating an account first. > > Don't get me wrong either. The login shell is far from perfect. Much of > the policy what is accessible from it (eve

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 04:49:41PM -0700, Jason Dagit wrote: > Marcus these are my feelings exactly. I think having to type login to > login is redundant. Well, it's easy enough to change. > Just like win2k where you type ctrl-alt-del (which > according to MS improves security), before you login

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 01:20:59AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > Let me describe my view like this: when I ask a company to build a > house for me, I simply expect the doors to have locks, to offer at > least some kind of protection. Well, I guess we could argue hours about this :) Like, I could

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Jason Dagit
Marcus these are my feelings exactly. I think having to type login to login is redundant. Just like win2k where you type ctrl-alt-del (which according to MS improves security), before you login. I think the normal case is logining, and that is someone wants to use some other feature with out log

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Roland McGrath
For the GNU system, the issue of paramount importance is that all security decisions be a matter of local administrative choice rather than imposed by the system. For the base installation, we use the choices that we (the Hurd developers) like for our own machines and you don't have to like those

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Moritz Schulte
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Well, because if you need a secure console (eg, if the computer is > accessible in public), you need to take a lot of extra steps anyway > to secure the machine: You need to set a BIOS and GRUB password, for > example. Of course! Don't get me wrong,

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:18:27AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > What about making the console a login shell by default, and on > > remote connections a login prompt? > > I already found that comment in the list archive, but I still don't > get

Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread Adam Majer
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:43:40PM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:05:35PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > > Hi all, > > Hello! > > > I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so > > my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :) > > > > Anyway, I just looked at > > > > http:

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Moritz Schulte
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What about making the console a login shell by default, and on > remote connections a login prompt? I already found that comment in the list archive, but I still don't get it: why do you still want to make console access so insecure? What is the adva

Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 03:04:06PM -0700, James Morrison wrote: > > What do you plan on doing with 1GB of swap I have 512MB of ram and > haven't touched swap space in months. my 64MB RAM box has 1GB of swap cause i really want to be safe. do you mean that 512MB swap would be enough? --

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 12:07:56AM +0200, Moritz Schulte wrote: > James Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Also, as you previously mentioned there is no power in this login > > shell so we aren't leaving open doors all over the place. > > Wait. As the system is right now, there's a lot

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Moritz Schulte
James Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also, as you previously mentioned there is no power in this login > shell so we aren't leaving open doors all over the place. Wait. As the system is right now, there's a lot of power in the login shell from a security perspective. And now you are co

Re: About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread James Morrison
--- Moritz Schulte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > So, why not simply change login to loginpr in /etc/passwd in the > Debian GNU/Hurd default installation? > > moritz Would it make sense to use debconf for this (for all the things I want to try debconf for, I think I should

Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread James Morrison
--- Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:05:35PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > > Hi all, > > Hello! > > > I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so > > my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :) > > > > Anyway, I just looked at > > > > http://db.debian.org/m

Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread James Morrison
--- Adam Majer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so > my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :) > > Anyway, I just looked at > > http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi > > and there seems to be no Debian/hurd boxes for > developers. Would be an a

About the login shell

2002-08-19 Thread Moritz Schulte
Hi, I want to start this thread, because I think there is something wrong with the GNU default login method. The question about the sense of the login shell should maybe asked again at this time. What are the advantages and, which is IMHO even more important, what are the disadvantages of it?

Re: Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread Robert Millan
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 02:05:35PM -0500, Adam Majer wrote: > Hi all, Hello! > I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so > my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :) > > Anyway, I just looked at > > http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi > > and there seems to be no Debian/hurd boxes for tha

Hurd login box...

2002-08-19 Thread Adam Majer
Hi all, I have just upgraded me server to dual PPro so my old one, a 486 is sitting in storage. :) Anyway, I just looked at http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi and there seems to be no Debian/hurd boxes for developers. Would be an advantage to have something like a 486 hurd box for developers? T

Re: Libc upgrade

2002-08-19 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 11:36:15AM +0200, Michal Suchanek wrote: > I have just tried to upgrade libc: > Preparing to replace libc0.3 2.2.5-6 (using > .../libc0.3_2.2.5-13_hurd-i386.deb) ... http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/extra-files/hurd-upgrade.txt Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian

Re: Libc upgrade

2002-08-19 Thread PUYDT Julien
Le lun 19/08/2002 à 11:36, Michal Suchanek a écrit : > Is there any place I can read something about these issues or can you > give other advice? Did you read Marcus Brinkmann's recent mail (and the following answers) about "Upgrading Debian GNU/Hurd"? Snark on #hurd, #hurdfr PS: lists.debian.

Libc upgrade

2002-08-19 Thread Michal Suchanek
I have just tried to upgrade libc: Preparing to replace libc0.3 2.2.5-6 (using .../libc0.3_2.2.5-13_hurd-i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement libc0.3 ... dpkg: warning - old post-removal script returned error exit status 127 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processi