Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 03.09.2012 11:39, schrieb Tim: > Tim: > >> 1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it >> 2. People get infected >> 3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies > > Fernando Cassia: >> That is as stupid as saying "vaccines and treatment drugs don´t work, >> the damage has been done, ot

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 02.09.2012 18:46, schrieb jdow: > Just a wee little note about uncrackable Linux. "Staminus.net" is a > server farm in the Fullerton Ca area. They proudly advertise Fedora, > AMD, MySQL, and other trademarks at the bottom of their page. > > It seems they either have a client who is interested

Re: Fedora NTFS-3G happily writes files with invalid chars in filename?

2012-09-03 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 01.09.2012 22:26, schrieb Joe Zeff: > On 09/01/2012 01:13 PM, Roberto Ragusa wrote: >> You say it is invalid, then you say you have to escape it. >> It is perfectly valid in Linux. You just have to escape it to avoid >> confusion inside the shell (no issue with GUI programs). > > Not quite.

Re: Why proxy-chains doesn't works ? Is there any full proof mathos to use local proxy on Linux ?

2012-09-03 Thread Tim
On Tue, 2012-09-04 at 00:41 +0530, Navdeep Singh Sidhu wrote: > there is a client management software (Cyberroam's Corporate Client) > is installed on our Internet system through which we access > internet. They have blocked many sites like packages.medibuntu.com & > other many sites like social ne

Re: libreoffice-writer-3.5.6.2-2 prints header line

2012-09-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 09/04/2012 07:02 AM, Jim wrote: > Libreoffice-writer-3.5.6.2-2 will print the header line in a document. > > I have gone through the LibreOffice-Writer settings and can find nothing that > would cause this Header Line to be printed on a document. > > I have even uninstalled LibreOffice and rein

libreoffice-writer-3.5.6.2-2 prints header line

2012-09-03 Thread Jim
f17/kde Libreoffice-writer-3.5.6.2-2 will print the header line in a document. I have gone through the LibreOffice-Writer settings and can find nothing that would cause this Header Line to be printed on a document. I have even uninstalled LibreOffice and reinstalled to no avail. Any Ideals

Re: hdmi and sound to a tv on F16

2012-09-03 Thread Suvayu Ali
Hi Greg, On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 03:36:52PM -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > Alsamixer -C0 -Vall results in : > Card: HD-Audio Generic F1: Help > │ > │ Chip: ATI R6xx HDMIF2: System > information │ > │ View:

Re: f16 error on starting emacs from root as "su -"

2012-09-03 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Mon, Sep 03, 2012 at 12:37:57PM -0700, jackson byers wrote: > f16 error on starting emacs from root as "su -" > > [root@f16a9 ~]# emacs test.sudash & > [1] 2042 [...] > [1]+ Stopped emacs test.sudash > [root@f16a9 ~]# Disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure about what I write bel

Re: Understanding my network

2012-09-03 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
/30/2012 08:47 AM, Dale Dellutri wrote: > On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Arthur Dent > wrote: >> ... >> So here's the thing - and I don't remember having this problem with F15 >> (or previous): >> I can access my mail using a client on another machine in my network if >> I configure it to use 19

Re: hdmi and sound to a tv on F16

2012-09-03 Thread Gregory P. Ennis
On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 08:53:50PM -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > I thought I would take one more stab at asking for help getting my hdmi > interface to work with sound. Does anyone have any suggestions?? > What does `alsamixer -c0 -Vall' and pavucontrol show you. AFAIU, you should be abl

Re: f16 preupdate from f14, xfce logout error

2012-09-03 Thread Joe Zeff
On 09/03/2012 12:56 PM, Peter Gordon wrote: A simple "yum install gdm" should do it, since you're wanting to install only one package. The groupinstall command is for entire collections of packages, such as the "GNOME Desktop" or "Software Development" groups which contain many packages. Actual

Re: f16 preupdate from f14, xfce logout error

2012-09-03 Thread Peter Gordon
On 09/03/2012 11:35 AM, jackson byers wrote: > so I do > # yum install gdm > ? > > or > # yum groupinstall gdm > ? A simple "yum install gdm" should do it, since you're wanting to install only one package. The groupinstall command is for entire collections of packages, such as the "GNOME Desktop"

f16 error on starting emacs from root as "su -"

2012-09-03 Thread jackson byers
f16 error on starting emacs from root as "su -" [root@f16a9 ~]# uname -a Linux f16a9.pacbell.net 3.4.9-2.fc16.i686.PAE #1 SMP Thu Aug 23 18:41:34 UTC 2012 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@f16a9 ~]# emacs test.sudash & [1] 2042 [root@f16a9 ~]# no emacs window evidently the emacs job is "stopped":

Why proxy-chains doesn't works ? Is there any full proof mathos to use local proxy on Linux ?

2012-09-03 Thread Navdeep Singh Sidhu
Hello friends, I'm kinda in a trouble right now. I'm using internet behind my university's firewall & there is a client management software (Cyberroam's Corporate Client )is installed on our Internet system through which we access internet. They have blocked many sites like packages.medibuntu.com

Re: f16 preupdate from f14, xfce logout error

2012-09-03 Thread jackson byers
>>I am still stuck on the reboot forcing me to go to console and "startxfce4". >>The boot process looks really barren, with a single blue-white bar >>with "fedora 16" in blue at far right, >>at the bottom of a black screen. Joe Zeff responded: >I had the same issue after upgrading. It turned out

Re: Locking the screen with ctrl+alt+l

2012-09-03 Thread jdow
On 2012/09/03 01:00, Joachim Backes wrote: Hi, having since some days (??) from time to time the following problem on my fully updated F17: If I lock the screen with ctrl+alt+l, it becomes dark (that's OK), but since some days from time to time, the "darkness" disappears, and I see the prompt fo

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread jdow
On 2012/09/02 23:33, Tim wrote: On Sun, 2012-09-02 at 21:35 -0700, jdow wrote: I have a "thing" about people who say you don't need an AV or other defense with Linux, "It's safe." That's been a mantra of the know nothings for nearly 20 years now. The thing is, that anti-virus is always after-t

Re: installing fedora linux on Arnova 10

2012-09-03 Thread Alan Cox
> I'v got a tablet as well I'd love to put linux on, but during my > investigations into the subject there doesn't appear to any graphics drivers > for a tablet screen, which is why the current ubuntu on android uses vnc to > access it. The tablet graphics devices are no different to any others

Re: installing fedora linux on Arnova 10

2012-09-03 Thread Martin Airs
On Sunday 02 Sep 2012 13:28:31 Ranjan Maitra wrote: > I have access to a somewhat old (by about 2 years) thoroughly crappy > Arnova 10 tablet. I wanted to try my hand at installing fedora (or any > linux distribution for that matter) on Arnova 10. I looked around and > could not figure out how to d

[389-users] Account Useability Request Control Usage

2012-09-03 Thread Charles Gilbert
Hi everyone! Does anyone have experience using this new feature in 389 or RHDS? After updating my 389-ds-base I know see that the control is active in the plugins and enabled. I then tested a Solaris 10 client with server_poliy enabled in the pam.conf file, ssh in with a ssh key that works on al

Linux on tablets [was: installing fedora linux on Arnova 10]

2012-09-03 Thread Fernando Lozano
Hi, On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 01:28:31PM -0500, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I have access to a somewhat old (by about 2 years) thoroughly crappy Arnova 10 tablet. I wanted to try my hand at installing fedora (or any linux distribution for that matter) on Arnova 10. Why not install a tablet specific OS

Re: hdmi and sound to a tv on F16

2012-09-03 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Sep 02, 2012 at 08:53:50PM -0500, Gregory P. Ennis wrote: > > I thought I would take one more stab at asking for help getting my hdmi > interface to work with sound. Does anyone have any suggestions?? > What does `alsamixer -c0 -Vall' and pavucontrol show you. AFAIU, you should be able

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Alan Cox wrote: > The kernel has the needed bits included nowdays. It turns out that > done right its useful for some other things too such as heirarchical > storage systems. > Thanks Alan, Good to know. I remember complaining at the time about the lack of dazuko

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Alan Cox
> No idea if newer Linux AVs are using other tricks for on-access file > scanning The kernel has the needed bits included nowdays. It turns out that done right its useful for some other things too such as heirarchical storage systems. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To un

RE: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread J.Witvliet
-Original Message- From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of jdow Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 6:36 AM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: Linux uncrackable...? On 2012/09/02 20:25, JD wrote: > > On 09/02/20

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Tim
Tim: > 1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it > 2. People get infected > 3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies Fernando Cassia: > That is as stupid as saying "vaccines and treatment drugs don´t work, > the damage has been done, other people got sick!". The point I was making, a

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 5:46 AM, Tim wrote: > > 1. Asshat creates a virus and releases it > 2. People get infected > 3. Anti-virus programmers develop detection/remedies That is as stupid as saying "vaccines and treatment drugs don´t work, the damage has been done, other people got sick!". 1. n

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Tim
Tim: >> The thing is, that anti-virus is always after-the-fact. The damage >> has been done, Fernando Cassia: > Huh? No. Most modern anti-virus apps (even for Linux) include > "on-access" scanning so that the file is identified as infected (by > signature, heuristics, whatever) BEFORE being loade

Re: Linux uncrackable...?

2012-09-03 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Mon, Sep 3, 2012 at 3:33 AM, Tim wrote: > The thing is, that anti-virus is always after-the-fact. The damage has > been done, > Huh? No. Most modern anti-virus apps (even for Linux) include "on-access" scanning so that the file is identified as infected (by signature, heuristics, whatever) B

Locking the screen with ctrl+alt+l

2012-09-03 Thread Joachim Backes
Hi, having since some days (??) from time to time the following problem on my fully updated F17: If I lock the screen with ctrl+alt+l, it becomes dark (that's OK), but since some days from time to time, the "darkness" disappears, and I see the prompt for releasing the screen (as if somebody moves