October 2004 - WLUG - wlug.mailman3.com

RE: [Wlug] Samba PDC Question

by Martin, Eric

If the install base is NT based, you could use hfnetchk (which SUS is based on) to check, and kixtart to do the grunt work of patching. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Keller, Tim [mailto:Tim.Keller@stratus.com] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 3:14 PM To: 'Chuck Haines'; 'Worcester Linux Users Group' Subject: RE: [Wlug] Samba PDC Question Chuck, I'm not sure what versions of windows your have in your install base, however the easiest thing is to just configure them to download and install the patches themselves. As for the other programs, are these things that have to be "installed" or can they be raw copied out to the machines? If it's the latter, then you could just configure the login script stuff to run a local script that would check to see if it's already been run, if so do nothing, otherwise copy a bunch of files and import some registry keys, etc. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Haines [mailto:chaines@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:22 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Samba PDC Question Hello all, I'm running Samba 3 as my PDC for a large number of computers. What I'd like to be able to do is push out patches and programs to the computers that are logged into this domain. I know that with SMS and Windoze Active Directory I can do this, however I don't want to use Windows as my PDC. Does anyone know of any software I can use to accomplish this with samba? thanks, Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity http://www.tkezm.org WPI Class of 2005 http://www.wpi.edu ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 30, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Linux Photo Printer recommendations

by John Stoffel

I just wanted to follow up about some issues I had with my new Epson R300 photo printer. Basically, each time I updated my debian systems (apt-get update) the printer would stop working. Something kept chaning the permissions of the /usr/lib/cups/backend/usb driver. After enough time fighting it, I finally found out that I needed to do a: dpkg-reconfigure cupsys to tell it to enable USB printer drivers. End of problem. It was a pain to figure out since I originally only had a network printer, so didn't even think of enabling USB printing. Silly me. Every day (or so) I find out new things about debian. Some good, some bad. My newest thing is NLE (Non-Linear Editing) of video. Kino is so-so, cinelerra crashes instantly all the time. Might try main-actor, but not sure I want to spend the money when I can just use my wife's machine and Windows software to edit. Sure, I should probably thing about a Mac OS X.x something box with their movie editing software.

Oct. 28, 2004

RE: [Wlug] Samba PDC Question

by Keller, Tim

Chuck, I'm not sure what versions of windows your have in your install base, however the easiest thing is to just configure them to download and install the patches themselves. As for the other programs, are these things that have to be "installed" or can they be raw copied out to the machines? If it's the latter, then you could just configure the login script stuff to run a local script that would check to see if it's already been run, if so do nothing, otherwise copy a bunch of files and import some registry keys, etc. Tim. -----Original Message----- From: Chuck Haines [mailto:chaines@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2004 1:22 PM To: Worcester Linux Users Group Subject: [Wlug] Samba PDC Question Hello all, I'm running Samba 3 as my PDC for a large number of computers. What I'd like to be able to do is push out patches and programs to the computers that are logged into this domain. I know that with SMS and Windoze Active Directory I can do this, however I don't want to use Windows as my PDC. Does anyone know of any software I can use to accomplish this with samba? thanks, Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity http://www.tkezm.org WPI Class of 2005 http://www.wpi.edu ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 ------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Wlug mailing list Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug

Oct. 28, 2004

Entry Level

by Micheal Bonner

Hello all .. I am new to this city .. and I was wondering .. i am looking for something entry level in tech.. I have been working as a food manger for soo long and looking for a change .. something that might allow me to learn and grow ... something to get my foot in the door .. i have good knowledge of linux and window .. anything to help .. advice ?

Oct. 28, 2004

Re: [Wlug] Samba PDC Question

by Mike Leo

one thing that comes to mind is using sometype of login script, which i know smb supports. Not sure if you could get kickstart to work in smb...but maybe you could. I think you'd have to push the kickstart.exe to each desktop first, but im not sure. Not sure if this was helpful at all...it just popped into my head as i read your email. --- Chuck Haines <chaines(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > I'm running Samba 3 as my PDC for a large number > of computers. > What I'd like to be able to do is push out patches > and programs to the > computers that are logged into this domain. I know > that with SMS and > Windoze Active Directory I can do this, however I > don't want to use > Windows as my PDC. Does anyone know of any software > I can use to > accomplish this with samba? > > thanks, > Chuck > > -- > Chuck Haines > chaines(a)gmail.com > ------------------------------------------- > Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity > http://www.tkezm.org > WPI Class of 2005 > http://www.wpi.edu > ------------------------------------------- > AIM: CyberGrex > YIM: CyberGrex_27 > ICQ: 3707881 > ------------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Messenger - Communicate in real time. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com

Oct. 28, 2004

Samba PDC Question

by Chuck Haines

Hello all, I'm running Samba 3 as my PDC for a large number of computers. What I'd like to be able to do is push out patches and programs to the computers that are logged into this domain. I know that with SMS and Windoze Active Directory I can do this, however I don't want to use Windows as my PDC. Does anyone know of any software I can use to accomplish this with samba? thanks, Chuck -- Chuck Haines chaines(a)gmail.com ------------------------------------------- Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity http://www.tkezm.org WPI Class of 2005 http://www.wpi.edu ------------------------------------------- AIM: CyberGrex YIM: CyberGrex_27 ICQ: 3707881 -------------------------------------------

Oct. 28, 2004

Re: [Wlug] FC3 + weird gui issue...

by Mike Leo

Isnt there a setting on your panel config that says "display only apps on this desktop"? How is that set? --- "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> wrote: > I recently upgraded this machine (was running FC2) > to FC3 test3. Everything > works great, but I noticed one really odd anomaly. > > If I open up an app, and move it to the second head > (this machine has duel > monitors and is running Xinerama) it disappears from > the task bar. Now if I > pick the app up and move it back over to the primary > monitor it reappears on > the task bar. > > I've routed through the settings, and nothing > *looks* amiss. Anybody got > any ideas? > > Later, > Tim. > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Oct. 26, 2004

Re: [Wlug] gmail invite

by Andrew Mellors

sent... On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 10:15:28 -0400, Minkov, Ross <ross.minkov(a)hp.com> wrote: > > Anyone got any gmail invites left? Send me one if you do. > > Thanks, > Ross > > _______________________________________________ > Wlug mailing list > Wlug(a)mail.wlug.org > http://mail.wlug.org/mailman/listinfo/wlug >

Oct. 26, 2004

Re: [Wlug] FC3 + weird gui issue...

by Jeff Moyer

==> Regarding [Wlug] FC3 + weird gui issue...; "Keller, Tim" <Tim.Keller(a)stratus.com> adds: Tim.Keller> I recently upgraded this machine (was running FC2) to FC3 Tim.Keller> test3. Everything works great, but I noticed one really odd Tim.Keller> anomaly. Tim.Keller> If I open up an app, and move it to the second head (this Tim.Keller> machine has duel monitors and is running Xinerama) it Tim.Keller> disappears from the task bar. Now if I pick the app up and Tim.Keller> move it back over to the primary monitor it reappears on the Tim.Keller> task bar. Tim.Keller> I've routed through the settings, and nothing *looks* amiss. Tim.Keller> Anybody got any ideas? I haven't heard of this. File a bugzilla. -Jeff

Oct. 26, 2004

gmail invite

by Minkov, Ross

Anyone got any gmail invites left? Send me one if you do. Thanks, Ross

Oct. 26, 2004