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
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-root user, but
cannot sign in as "su postgres '.
I want to catalog my boo
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