On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
>Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:42:53 -0800
>From: Jesse Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>List-Id: Discussion of Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche)
>Subject: Re: database front e
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:27:15 -0500 (EST)
> R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> # Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the
> # root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be
> # safely formatted in t
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:38:16 +0800 (WST)
> John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> # I can go anywhere with the same command, and - count them - "root" is
> # only four letters, and two of them are real close together.
> #
> # I should also mention it goes
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:24, John Weber wrote:
> On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:39, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>
> >
> > Probably different versions of pam... Seems like you have a working
> > version of pam_xauth.so, and Russ does not.
>
>
> I played with the pam file for su (/etc/pam.d/su). I commented
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On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 07:42:53 -0800, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:27:15 -0500 (EST)
> R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> # Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the
> # root user. The full text of th
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 08:39, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>
> Probably different versions of pam... Seems like you have a working
> version of pam_xauth.so, and Russ does not.
I played with the pam file for su (/etc/pam.d/su). I commented out the
line
sessionoptional /lib/security/pam_xa
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 07:42, Jesse Keating wrote:
>
> Wait a second, why in gods name is xterm suid root? It's not on my 8.0
> box, neither is my term of choice, aterm...
It had been for a very long time, so that it can write entries into
wtmp.
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Jesse Keating wrote:
[jkeating@yoda jkeating]$ su -
Password:
[root@yoda root]# vmware
And it pops right up. So, what am I doing that is different from what
you are doing?
It sounds like your default X Windows permissions are fairly wide open.
Try "xhost" to see the basic settings there.
On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 07:15, Jesse Keating wrote:
> [jkeating@yoda jkeating]$ su -
> Password:
> [root@yoda root]# vmware
>
> And it pops right up. So, what am I doing that is different from what
> you are doing?
Probably different versions of pam... Seems like you have a working
version of p
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:27:15 -0500 (EST)
R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# Warning: This program is an suid-root program or is being run by the
# root user. The full text of the error or warning message cannot be
# safely formatted in this environment. You may get a more descriptive
# messa
*blink* *blink* You mean someone allows root to login remotely?
Gulp.
Cheers--
Charles
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sunday, November 17, 2002 11:07:23 PM >>>
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:25:33 +0800 (WST)
John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#
# I always never use the su command. This is so much more convenient
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 21:38:16 +0800 (WST)
John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# I can go anywhere with the same command, and - count them - "root" is
# only four letters, and two of them are real close together.
#
# I should also mention it goes through proper login processing, and I
# value that.
Pe
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 02:27:15 -0500 (EST)
R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#
# [this worked, and the X term, as root, popped]
#
# Perhaps you might experiment before you post ...
I do experiment. I su - to root all the time to run things such as k3b
or vmware. It works everytime, w/out m
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:18:58 -0500 (EST)
> R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> #
> # For X forwarding a connection back, a 'sudo su -' does not
> # carry the proper magic cookie back, particularly across
> # varying configurations of several int
On Sun Nov 17 2002 at 23:09, Jesse Keating wrote:
> What does that have to do with a local box? I'm talking on a single
> box, I just don't see how ssh to yourself is better than su -
Because you can set it up password-less, and you automatically have
x11-forwarding enabled ($DISPLAY environment
On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:36:13PM -0800, anthony baldwin wrote:
> Hvae any of you run pgAccess?
> Are there any other non-proprietary, gpl database gui front ends?
> I am having difficulty with pgAccess. I htink it may be an issue with my
> Postgres set up. I seem to be unable to create a non
On Sun, Nov 17, 2002 at 04:57:04PM -0800, Jesse Keating wrote:
> You really should use (su -) also, instead of just (su)
It's really not adequate to just state somethinglike this, you really need
to explain why. I'm aware of the differences between su and su - but do not
consider it important in
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
> What does that have to do with a local box? I'm talking on a single
> box, I just don't see how ssh to yourself is better than su -
case 1:
bash-2.05b$ su -
Password:
[root@couch root]# xterm
Xlib: connection to "localhost.localdomain:0.0" refused by
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:18:58 -0500 (EST)
R P Herrold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#
# For X forwarding a connection back, a 'sudo su -' does not
# carry the proper magic cookie back, particularly across
# varying configurations of several intermediate hosts.
What does that have to do with a local
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
> John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # I always never use the su command. This is so much more convenient a
> # way to root things:
>
> *blink* it's more convenient to ssh to your own box as root than to
> type: su - ? tay
For X forwarding a conn
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 09:25:33 +0800 (WST)
John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#
# I always never use the su command. This is so much more convenient a
# way to root things:
*blink* it's more convenient to ssh to your own box as root than to
type: su - ? tay
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On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Jesse Keating wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:37:16 -0800
> "David M. Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> #
> # su
> # su postgres
> # createuser
>
> You really should use (su -) also, instead of just (su)
I always never use the su command. This is so much more convenie
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 16:37:16 -0800
"David M. Cook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
#
# su
# su postgres
# createuser
You really should use (su -) also, instead of just (su)
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On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:36:13PM -0800, anthony baldwin wrote:
> Hvae any of you run pgAccess?
> Are there any other non-proprietary, gpl database gui front ends?
> I am having difficulty with pgAccess. I htink it may be an issue with my
> Postgres set up. I seem to be unable to create a non
On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 14:50, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> > Are there any other non-proprietary, gpl database gui front ends?
>
> http://freshmeat.net/browse/68/?topic_id=68
> http://www.gnome-db.org/
MySQL Navigator is pretty nice and Webmin can do both PostgreSQL and
MySQL quite well.
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On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 18:36, anthony baldwin wrote:
> Hvae any of you run pgAccess?
Yes.
> Are there any other non-proprietary, gpl database gui front ends?
http://freshmeat.net/browse/68/?topic_id=68
http://www.gnome-db.org/
> I am having difficulty with pgAccess. I htink it may be an issue
Sunday 17 November 2002 03:36, anthony baldwin:
> Are there any other non-proprietary, gpl database gui front ends?
[snip]
> I want to catalog my books and do a few other things.
You can try MyCC, developed by MySQL (www.mysql.com). Or you can set up
OpenOffice to connecto to MySQL database, it
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