On 20 Nov 2012 at 15:10, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
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On 11/21/2012 04:37 AM, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
> On 20 Nov 2012 at 15:10, Michael D. Setzer II wrote:
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On 21.11.2012 09:07, JD wrote:
Since I try to mount it as root, and /dev/sdd1 has mode 600,
permission is not
the issue. So, it has to be a disk internal hardware state.
If you mount it correctly and the FS is clean, maybe that would be the
time to check your backup and fire up smartctl ;-)
Matthew Miller writes:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 03:51:03PM +0100, lee wrote:
>> what is auditd for? The manpage doesn't tell me, and I can't find any
>> documentation about it telling me what the purpose is. Is there
>> anything that speaks against disabling it?
>
> This records secure log mes
On 21 November 2012 11:37, lee wrote:
> It certainly does decrease security getting users used to enter the root
> password everywhere. Polkit should be deprecated.
"man polkit" is your friend.
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Richard Hughes writes:
> On 21 November 2012 11:37, lee wrote:
>> It certainly does decrease security getting users used to enter the root
>> password everywhere. Polkit should be deprecated.
>
> "man polkit" is your friend.
Is it? It doesn't really tell me much and won't change the problem t
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:37:47PM +0100, lee wrote:
> > This records secure log messages from the kernel, including SELinux alerts.
> > You don't technically _need_ it, but these are important messages.
> Why does it need it's own daemon rather than using /var/log/messages
> where I might even see
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:29:44 -0700
JD wrote:
> Is there a system util to use to issue
> a command to a hard drive to remove
> write protect?
> I had thought hdparm might do it, but
> the man page makes no mention of such
> feature in hdparm.
SATA or some kind of USB thing ?
If its SATA I'm not
Or what ever it was called in the install.
The reason I am asking is I need to reinstall on my Asus ee701 which
only has 4Gb SSD, and I provide extra space on an SD card. It was the
SD card that failed me this last time with sector errors, so if I could
fit F17 into say 3Gb (2.5 real?) that w
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:27:12AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> The reason I am asking is I need to reinstall on my Asus ee701 which
> only has 4Gb SSD, and I provide extra space on an SD card. It was
> the SD card that failed me this last time with sector errors, so if
> I could fit F17 into
Matthew Miller writes:
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:37:47PM +0100, lee wrote:
>> > This records secure log messages from the kernel, including SELinux alerts.
>> > You don't technically _need_ it, but these are important messages.
>> Why does it need it's own daemon rather than using /var/log/mes
Am 21.11.2012 15:27, schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
> Or what ever it was called in the install.
>
> The reason I am asking is I need to reinstall on my Asus ee701 which only has
> 4Gb SSD, and I provide extra space on
> an SD card. It was the SD card that failed me this last time with sector
> erro
On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 15:53 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:04:13 -0800
> Geoffrey Leach wrote:
>
> > Yes it is dual-booted with Windoze. However, I have Linux running on
> > local time for that reason.
>
> Doesn't matter. They both try to "fix" the clock the first time they
On 11/21/2012 09:40 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 21.11.2012 15:27, schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
Or what ever it was called in the install.
The reason I am asking is I need to reinstall on my Asus ee701 which only has
4Gb SSD, and I provide extra space on
an SD card. It was the SD card that failed
Am 21.11.2012 15:38, schrieb lee:
> Matthew Miller writes:
>> Because the syslog interface isn't secure.
>
> How come? Only root can read the logfile.
THE INTERFACE
it is not trustable which process generates / fakes a record
also you do not want all from /var/log/secure mixed in messages
On 11/20/2012 07:47 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote:
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:04:13PM -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
On 11/20/2012 11:17:35 AM, Rick Stevens wrote:
Do the machines dual boot Winblows? Winblows keeps the hardware clock
in local time (rather than UTC like Linux). This can cause problems
wit
> > Because the syslog interface isn't secure.
>
> How come? Only root can read the logfile.
The logging interface is not secure, it provides a generic path for
anyone to log stuff.
> Well I can't predict the future. What does mcelog actually do to
> prevent hardware problems or to make the s
Hi,
it seems systemctl doesn't know about polkitd though pstree shows it as
started by systemd. There don't seem to be files for starting polkitd
in /etc. It cannot be removed because almost 600 packages depend on it
:(
So how do I disable it?
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On 21 November 2012 14:38, lee wrote:
I don't pretend to have the answers to all your questions, but:
> Matthew Miller writes:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:37:47PM +0100, lee wrote:
>> By only asking for and using privileged access when required. That's a
>> fundamentally good idea.
>
> And
Am 21.11.2012 15:51, schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
> On 11/21/2012 09:40 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>> Am 21.11.2012 15:27, schrieb Robert Moskowitz:
>>> Or what ever it was called in the install.
>>>
>>> The reason I am asking is I need to reinstall on my Asus ee701 which only
>>> has 4Gb SSD, and I
Am 21.11.2012 15:58, schrieb lee:
> Hi,
>
> it seems systemctl doesn't know about polkitd though pstree shows it as
> started by systemd. There don't seem to be files for starting polkitd
> in /etc. It cannot be removed because almost 600 packages depend on it
> :(
>
> So how do I disable it?
On Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:45:30 +
Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> 1. Set the hardware clock to UTC in Linux and set Linux to use my
> correct local timezone.
> 2. Set Windows to use GMT as the timezone and turn off the DST
> adjustment in each user's clock settings.
Yep, th
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 03:02:54PM +, Alan Cox wrote:
> > And what if the user in the wheel group wants to use emacs to edit some
> > configuration file that can only be modified by root?
> They can use su if they want to use emacs for it.
Or better, set VISUAL=emacs and run `sudo -e`, which w
On 11/21/2012 06:45:30 AM, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
> On Tue, 2012-11-20 at 15:53 -0500, Tom Horsley wrote:
> > On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 12:04:13 -0800
> > Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> >
> > > Yes it is dual-booted with Windoze. However, I have Linux running
> on
> > > local time for that reason.
> >
> >
Hi
I'm looking for an open source web app like the simply pastebin, just for
pictures? Is there open source one in the wild?
I thought on this, because most of the designers are splitting to multiple
spaces and non free services - wouldn't be great to set an temporary space
for images, for quick i
I'm not sure what you mean as I'm no app developer (web or otherwise) but isn't
ompldr.org open-source?
--- Em qua, 21/11/12, Zoltan Hoppar escreveu:
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Assunto: Pastebin for pictures
Para: "Community support for Fedora users"
Data: Quarta-feira, 21 de Novembro de 2012, 13:34
Matthew Saltzman clemson.edu> writes:
> I recall that there is a little utility available for Windows that makes
> it work with a hardware clock set for UTC, but I've also heard that some
> things don't work quite correctly with it.
You don't need a utility, just a registry hack (google for
"Rea
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:25 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 11/20/2012 11:07 PM, JD wrote:
>
>> Since I try to mount it as root, and /dev/sdd1 has mode 600, permission
>> is not
>> the issue. So, it has to be a disk internal hardware state.
>>
>
> What is your mount command. If there's an entry in fs
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:29:44 -0700
> JD wrote:
>
> > Is there a system util to use to issue
> > a command to a hard drive to remove
> > write protect?
> > I had thought hdparm might do it, but
> > the man page makes no mention of such
> > featu
On 11/21/2012 06:38 AM, lee wrote:
And how do you know or make sure that some software uses your password
only for that?
Use only software from the Fedora repos and trust the devs to do their jobs.
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On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:51:33AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> Servers below 3Gb, but workstations? KDE is smaller than Gnome (but
> then I would be using different desktops).
Yeah. Going from my mostly-minimal cloud install to Gnome Desktop took me
from 707MB to 3.2GB on disk. (And had to b
On 11/21/2012 09:09 AM, JD wrote:
Since it is an external drive that is detachable, I decided to mount it
manually.
I did indeed run fsck and it declared the fs clean.
When I try to mount it with
mount -t ext3 -o rw /dev/sdd1 /sdd1
I've never had rw work correctly. Try putting it in fstab, usi
On 11/21/2012 02:08 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:51:33AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Servers below 3Gb, but workstations? KDE is smaller than Gnome (but
then I would be using different desktops).
Yeah. Going from my mostly-minimal cloud install to Gnome Desktop took
Quoting JD :
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 4:49 AM, Alan Cox wrote:
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:29:44 -0700
JD wrote:
> Is there a system util to use to issue
> a command to a hard drive to remove
> write protect?
> I had thought hdparm might do it, but
> the man page makes no mention of such
> featur
Just a quick note here for anyone who isn't subscribed to the announce
list (which you should go subscribe to if you aren't :)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/003118.html
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On 21 November 2012 18:59, Joe Zeff wrote:
> On 11/21/2012 06:38 AM, lee wrote:
>>
>> And how do you know or make sure that some software uses your password
>> only for that?
>
>
> Use only software from the Fedora repos and trust the devs to do their jobs.
>
Rather tricky, javascript on a webpag
> of disk to respond to host query to identify itself
> or to host
> query to report it's DMA status??
> Please have a look at the error messages I had posted at
> http://www.sendspace.com/file/761te2
The trace clearly shows its bust or the cables are or similar. It's not a
"write protect" its si
--- Em qua, 21/11/12, Robert Moskowitz escreveu:
> De: Robert Moskowitz
> Assunto: Re: What is minimal Fedora install?
> Para: "Community support for Fedora users"
> Cc: "Matthew Miller"
> Data: Quarta-feira, 21 de Novembro de 2012, 18:05
> On 11/21/2012 02:08 PM, Matthew
> Miller wrote:
> >
hi everyone is the repo that contains libdvdcss down? i need to install
them to watch encrypted dvds any thoughts?
-Brian
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Am 21.11.2012 23:33, schrieb Brian West:
> hi everyone is the repo that contains libdvdcss down? i need to install them
> to watch encrypted dvds any thoughts
atrpms - do not enable the repo, only download the RPM
http://rpm.pbone.net/ is a real good search site
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Brian West wrote:
hi everyone is the repo that contains libdvdcss down? i need to
install them to watch encrypted dvds any thoughts?
It looks like the repos are still there. Take a look at
http://rpm.livna.org/repo .
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On 11/21/2012 05:36 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 21.11.2012 23:33, schrieb Brian West:
hi everyone is the repo that contains libdvdcss down? i need to install them to
watch encrypted dvds any thoughts
atrpms - do not enable the repo, only download the RPM
http://rpm.pbone.net/ is a real good
Am 21.11.2012 23:41, schrieb Brian West:
> On 11/21/2012 05:36 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>>
>> Am 21.11.2012 23:33, schrieb Brian West:
>>> hi everyone is the repo that contains libdvdcss down? i need to install
>>> them to watch encrypted dvds any thoughts
>> atrpms - do not enable the repo, on
On 11/21/2012 05:47 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 21.11.2012 23:41, schrieb Brian West:
On 11/21/2012 05:36 PM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 21.11.2012 23:33, schrieb Brian West:
hi everyone is the repo that contains libdvdcss down? i need to install them to
watch encrypted dvds any thoughts
atrp
Still don't know if this is a bug, but the developer of the extension
'walked' me through
https://extensions.gnome.org/local/
To use the config button there to set the mode to "workstation & icons"
to get it to work as I wanted.
On 11/19/2012 10:24 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
I killed my ol
On 11/21/2012 03:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Still don't know if this is a bug, but the developer of the extension
'walked' me through
https://extensions.gnome.org/local/
To use the config button there to set the mode to "workstation & icons"
to get it to work as I wanted.
I don't think it
On 11/21/2012 06:50 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 11/21/2012 03:40 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Still don't know if this is a bug, but the developer of the extension
'walked' me through
https://extensions.gnome.org/local/
To use the config button there to set the mode to "workstation & icons"
to get
I have turned off 'Desktop Search' in Settings. I have deleted all
executables in /usr/bin with 'nepomuk' in the name (and virtuoso). I
have nuked the nepomuk folders hiding down in ~/.kde.
But after I rebooted I *still* ended up with a 'nepomukserver' running.
ps -aux says it is started by kd
On 11/22/2012 12:29 PM, R. G. Newbury wrote:
>
> I have turned off 'Desktop Search' in Settings. I have deleted all
> executables in /usr/bin with 'nepomuk' in the name (and virtuoso). I have
> nuked the nepomuk folders hiding down in ~/.kde.
> But after I rebooted I *still* ended up with a 'nepo
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