Re: Disabling Trackpad.

2000-10-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >I'd be willing to take over this package, as soon as the DAM creates > >my account etc. (I'm almost through the NM process). > > > >Where do you put the upstream source for pmud. I looked at the url > >listed in the debian/copyright file in the current debian package for > >pmud, and that just

Re: Disabling Trackpad.

2000-10-18 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
>Ok, but I'm not the maintainer. In fact, it looks like Joel Klecker >is listed as the maintainer > >I'd be willing to take over this package, as soon as the DAM creates >my account etc. (I'm almost through the NM process). > >Where do you put the upstream source for pmud. I looked at the url

Re: pmud and gkrellm on tcp???

2000-10-18 Thread Stephan Leemburg
Yes, pmud is insecure... but it only allows connections from the localhost. Now that don't mean a thing, as someone - not the console user - can login and have the machine sleep. There are however more security implications in pmud. For example, there is some crude checking on the ownership and per

Re: pmud and gkrellm on tcp???

2000-10-18 Thread Chris Leishman
Hi Stephan, Just thought you should be aware of a discussion on the debian-powerpc mailing list about your pmud utility. For the full thread, see the list archives available from the debian website (www.debian.org). Thanks.. On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 11:36:46AM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > >

Re: pmud and gkrellm on tcp???

2000-10-18 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Short of recompiling with the port 879 bind/listen disabled? No. And I > > don't think this is required. I'm in no mood to summarize the argument on > > that point again - pmud is only accessible to the local user, and it > > _should_ be accessible to the local user. If you can't trust the loca

Re: pmud and gkrellm on tcp???

2000-10-18 Thread Ethan Benson
On Tue, Oct 17, 2000 at 10:10:07PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Short of recompiling with the port 879 bind/listen disabled? No. And I > don't think this is required. I'm in no mood to summarize the argument on > that point again - pmud is only accessible to the local user, and it > _should_