WLUG November 2005

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word perfect

by donald vitkus

can not install word perfect 8.0 on united linux any ideas

9 months

For Sale: Alpha PWS 600AU

by Phillip G Deneault

600mhz Alpha with 384megs of ram. On board sound and LAN. This is a REAL AU model, with the qlogic SCSI card and the powerstorm video card(in case you wanted to run OpenVMS). I would recommend using a different video card or using the serial console for anything BSD or Linux. I believe it has a 9 gig SCSI disk in it, but I've suplemented it with a 50gig IDE drive on the IDE chain. I've also replaced the IDE CD-ROM with an 68-pin SCSI CD-ROM(yes, thats right, 68-pin). I also have all the original docs with it. I was running FreeBSD 5.3 on it until a week ago when I upgraded the machine. Nice little hobby system. $200 bucks or best offer. If anyone has any questions, or wishes to haggle, please reply to me(and not the list, they hate that). Thanks, Phil

14 years, 6 months

SSH without passwords

by Mike Leo

I remember someone talking about sharing keys between systems so you can ssh around at will without needing the password.... we are trying to do this, but are having a hard time. Anyone have a good doc (or willing to write one) about how to do this? Basically we are ssh-keygen -t (dsa/rsa) the keys, copy them to the "remote" servers ~/.ssh/ There are conflicting doc's at this point...some say you need an ssh-agent, some don't mention it. Some use passphrases, some don't. But if i have to enter an ssh passphrase everytime, why not just use the account password? Any advise would be helpful... thanks as always.. Mike

14 years, 8 months

SAMBA My Documents Redirection and Offile Available with out Roaming Profiles

by Matt Higgins

Here is some back ground before the question: I'm currently running a SAMBA PDC 3.0.10 on FC3. Samba is backed by an LDAP server for account information ldapsam. User accounts were created with smb-ldap tools from IDEALX. I have fixed these scripts up a bit so they also add ldap attributes for OpenExchange. The PDC has a netlogon share with a nice Default Profile for users. Roaming profiles is turned on and all profile data is replicated to the server. All the clients are windows XP Pro. The problem is the profiles are quite large and we don't have the space to support many more users. We also have quite a few remote sites were replicating an entire profile is not practical. I have found that the most important data is in My Documents. Mail is stored on the IMAP server and contact and calendar in OpenExchange. I have read many howtos including nearly the entire Official Samba Howto. All of these documents describe folder redirection with respect to roaming profiles. I have also not found any documents that address the issue of making a redirected folder available off line such as the My Documents folder. I have looked at excluding Folders from the Roaming Profile so only the Personal folder a.k.a My Documents is "roamed" but that looks like a hack. Is it possible to disable roaming profiles and still distribute my nice Default User profile from netlogon? I am fairly sure this is possible just have not tried. Is it possible to disable roaming profiles and then redirect the My Documents folder to a share and make it available off line? This is common behavior for a win2k3 server. Is anyone doing this in production and can give me some pointers or point me to some documentation? Could these settings be made with .pol file or with a bat script running at logon? My I deal scenario is this. User logs in for the 1st time the Default User profile is loaded from the PDC, the My Documents folder is redirected to a share on the server, say there home dir, and that folder is available off line. -Matt

14 years, 8 months

Allowing users to start or stop a service

by Mike Leo

Greetings and happy thanksgiving to all! Now, down to business... We have a set of users who need the power to stop/start their own particular service/daemon. I've tried granting user rights directly to the init script, but that doesn't work. I am looking into sudo, but am not sure it can be specific to only 1 service, and not all of them? let me know what ya'll think and THANKS!

14 years, 8 months

Unknown binary file

by Michael Long

Hi all, As I was looking through my /usr/bin directory I came across a binary file "[". What is this? I am running Suse 9.3. Thanks, Mike

14 years, 8 months

OPENING - Sr/Prin Linux Drivers Eng

by John Spencer

Our client in MA (Please no recent college graduates) has a long-term contract opening (6+ months) for a Sr/Prin Linux Drivers engineer as follows: Responsibilities: As a senior/prin. member of the core routing platform group you will be responsible for developing forwarding engine device drivers for next generation enterprise products. Drivers will be developed in C on a Linux platform running on MAC and Layer 1 & 2 chipsets. Required Skills & Experiences: * Strong device driver development experience in C/Linux environments * Solid Ethernet and Layer 2 and Layer 3 protocol experience * Experience with either MAC or other Layer 1 & 2 chipsets highly desired Please send your confidential resume to jspencer(a)optimaleng.com Regards, John John Spencer (978) 256-1113 ext 108 jspencer(a)optimaleng.com OPTIMAL ENGINEERING PARTNERS "Your Optimal partner for real-time, embedded and systems development expertise" www.optimalengineering.com <http://www.optimalengineering.com/>

14 years, 8 months

Is the list down?

by John Stoffel

Test of the list, is it down for good?

14 years, 8 months

Job opportunity at Red Hat in Westford, MA

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, I was asked to forward this to the group by a representative from Red Hat. Please consult this URL if you have any interest in this position. Interested candidates can apply directly online. http://redhat.hrdpt.com/cgi-bin/a/highlightjob.cgi?jobid=665 === Brief Description: Quality Assurance Engineer Test a variety of software packages in our Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution before they are distributed to customers. Responsibilities: * Test individual bug fixes and security updates to a wide variety of RHEL software packages in a fast paced environment. * Develop test cases and test plans for areas of ownership. * Write automated test cases. * Debug software problems and unresolved bugs. * Configure and install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. ...see the website for more info! === - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDe97vHl0iXDssISsRAmR5AJ9WF9hxeAVNxLdXFDBJRfXlkb/x6gCcDojV 2kYh2IO0aUUNlF4Y1JdNLQc= =I6Dr -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

14 years, 8 months

[Fwd: NOV 2005 User Group update from Publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall--- BOOKS UPDATE]

by Andy Stewart

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 HI gang, This is the organization that donates books for us to review, and that you have been receiving during the raffles at the group meetings. Please note the 35% off offer if you order on one of their websites. Also, please note the URL for posting your book reviews. Later, Andy - -------- Original Message -------- Subject: NOV 2005 User Group update from Publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall--- BOOKS UPDATE Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:34:26 -0500 From: Fox, Heather <Heather_Fox(a)prenhall.com> To: Fox, Heather <Heather_Fox(a)prenhall.com> Hello Esteemed LUG Leaders! *_NEWSFLASH!_**_ _* *_2005 _**_YEAR-END COUPON DISCOUNT Offer for Your Members!_* *__* Be sure your members are receiving 35% off list price when they purchase books directly from the Addison-Wesley/ Prentice Hall/IBM Press websites! Visit: *_www.awprofessional.com_ *or *_www.phptr.com_* * or www.ibmpressbooks.com <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com> * Select the book(s) of your choice and enter COUPON CODE "*usergroup*" at Checkout Step #3 (Payment Method) -- OFFER EXPIRES 12/31/05 - -- PLEASE NOTE--- If you'd like to receive a PDF version of this coupon flyer, to distribute to your members and/or if you'd like the Publisher to ship you flyer copies for distribution at your YEAR-END meetings, please let me know! *_LATEST BOOK SHIPMENT FOR YOUR LUG!_**_ --- NOVEMBER, 2005_* Your November, 2005 books shipment from Publisher Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall/IBM PRESS include these titles: 1) */"/**/Apache Derby -- Off to the Races: Includes Details of IBM Cloudscape", /*authored by Paul Zikopoulos, Dan Scott, and George Baklarz; www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131855255 <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131855255> *Book Summary: Master Apache Derby: the only open source, pure Java(tm), fully transactional, small-footprint RDBMS* 2) */Linux® Debugging and Performance Tuning: Tips and Techniques/*, authored by Steve Best; www.phptr.com/title/0131492470 <http://www.phptr.com/title/0131492470> ((part of the new Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series, including the new book, "The Linux Kernel Primer: A Top-Down Approach for x86 and PowerPC Architectures", authored by Claudia Salzberg Rodriguez, Gordon Fischer, and Steven Smolski)) *Book Summary: Learn Linux debugging and optimization-at kernel and application levels-hands-on!* To read the full version of the press release announcing the new Prentice Hall OSS Development Series, read the press release here at Linux Weekly Net: http://lwn.net/Articles/156911/ BONUS BOOK--- YOU NEED TO TELL ME IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE A REVIEW COPY OF THIS BOOK: *** November Bonus Book: */Service-Oriented Architecture Compass: Business Value, Planning, and Enterprise Roadmap/*, authored by Norbert Bieberstein, Sanjay Bose, Marc Fiammante, Keith Jones, and Rawn Shah www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131870025 <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/title/0131870025> *Book Summary: Maximize the business value and flexibility of your SOA deployment* _COMING DOWN THE PIKE......_ NEXT UP! IN DECEMBER, 2005---- Your group will receive a review copy of */Point & Click OpenOffice.org, /*authored by Robin "Roblimo" Miller *Book Summary:* *OpenOffice.org 2.0 made easy... /incredibly easy!/* http://www.phptr.com/title/0131879928 REVIEWS, REVIEWS Please encourage your LUG members to support their favorite books by submitting reviews of these November books-- or for any other books from previous mailings ((it's never too late!!))-- directly online at: www.awprofessional.com/review <http://www.awprofessional.com/review> OR www.phptr.com/review <http://www.phptr.com/review> OR www.ibmpressbooks.com/review <http://www.ibmpressbooks.com/review> <http://www.phptr.com/title/0131492470> _And/or, if your group hosts reviews on its own site or includes in your own listserv/newsletter, please send me the links! :}_ Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall/IBM Press is glad to be working with your User Group! Heather Fox ************************* Heather L. Fox,* *Senior Publicist & User Group Liaison * Addison-Wesley/Prentice Hall PTR & IBM Press* (phone) 201.236.7139; (FAX); 201.236.7123 heather.fox(a)pearsoned.com www.awprofessional.com; www.phptr.com *Street Address: ** *c/o Pearson Education, 1 Lake St., #3K17, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 07458 USA ****************************************************************************** *This email may contain confidential material.* *If you were not an intended recipient, * *please notify the sender and delete all copies.* *We may monitor email to and from our network.* ****************************************************************************** - -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA, USA http://www.wlug.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDa+h1Hl0iXDssISsRAoYxAJ48UFuT3WoZhbBekKDbT7AX52poTQCeMgnV Sc38aqQMaE1VEkolCquIaQI= =uORW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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WLUG November 2005