RE: [Wlug] Reminder: Upcoming WLUG meeting THURSDAY 7:00 PM
by Minkov, Ross
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I want to go to LinuxWorld too, but I'm still waiting on my management
approval... :( If they don't approve I'm not paying out of my own
pocket...
-Ross
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From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On
Behalf Of Andy Stewart
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 10:02 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users Group
Subject: [Wlug] Reminder: Upcoming WLUG meeting THURSDAY 7:00 PM
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HI Everybody,
<snip>
Oh, BTW, Linux world is coming up in Boston during the first week of
April. I've received a couple of emails from the Linux world folks.
Does anybody have any interest in representing WLUG at this event? I'd
like to go, but it depends on whether or not I can get the time off from
work. Are people planning to go, because I think we can get a group
discount of some kind. I'll print the emails and bring them to the
meeting so we can discuss it. I'll post the info to the list
afterwards.
See ya later,
Andy
12 years, 9 months
RE: [Wlug] pubkey authentication in openssh
by Minkov, Ross
You are right... I think it was too late when I wrote that... LOL
-Ross
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From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On
Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 12:47 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Wlug] pubkey authentication in openssh
On Thu, Feb 23, 2006 at 12:58:19AM -0500, Minkov, Ross wrote:
> > There's no per-user config to specify what authentication methods
are
> > allowed. It's a global setting.
>
> You can specify per user ssh config settings in $USER/.ssh/conifg
file.
> The user's configuration file overwrites the system-wide configuration
> file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config) settings for that user.
For the client side, yes, you can do that. However, there is nothing
like that for the server side which is what has been discussed so far.
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12 years, 9 months
RE: [Wlug] pubkey authentication in openssh
by Minkov, Ross
> You can put a "*" in the password field of the user and then it's a
> locked account, but pubkey will still work.
Yes, this works, I use it all the time. Just a note that the "*" needs
to go in the /etc/shadow file, not in /etc/passwd.
> There's no per-user config to specify what authentication methods are
> allowed. It's a global setting.
You can specify per user ssh config settings in $USER/.ssh/conifg file.
The user's configuration file overwrites the system-wide configuration
file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config) settings for that user. Make sure that
$USER/.ssh/conifg is owned by $USER and perms are set to 600.
For example you can add "PasswordAuthentication no" to $USER/.ssh/conifg
and disable password auth for $USER, while leaving
"PasswordAuthentication yes" (this is the default) in the system-wide
configuration file (/etc/ssh/ssh_config).
-Ross
-----Original Message-----
From: wlug-bounces(a)mail.wlug.org [mailto:wlug-bounces@mail.wlug.org] On
Behalf Of Theo Van Dinter
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 5:24 PM
To: Worcester Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Wlug] pubkey authentication in openssh
On Fri, Feb 17, 2006 at 05:15:55PM -0500, Eric Stein wrote:
> automated account: public key login only (no password authentication
> allowed - yeah, I know I can just set the password to something really
> big and hope nobody guesses, but the point of pub/priv key auth is
> higher security)
You can put a "*" in the password field of the user and then it's a
locked account, but pubkey will still work.
There's no per-user config to specify what authentication methods are
allowed. It's a global setting.
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12 years, 9 months
Progress and success
by Marie I MacDonald
Greetings all,
I thought I'd write and update you on my newbie experience with Linux
et. al. To refresh your memory, my old laptop died just as I had been
given a new Linux box and just before the Spring semester had started. I
really was feeling stressed. But here are some high points of the past
month:
* Novell distro installed (and reinstalled (twice!) after a
glitch) and updated without a hitch.
* Evolution is now my email client of choice for two reasons: I
couldn't figure out how to install Thunderbird and I wanted to
sync my Palm to something.
* I'm successfully popping all my Gmail and myrealbox accounts (13
total). I've never seen my filters run so fast (for junk and
legit mail).
* Palm Zire 21 now works beautifully with Evolution. I keep it
simple and don't need more than the personal calendar.
* Open Office installed and updated. I'm using 2.0.1.3 and have
begun using Impress to create a presentation for school.
* I have taken advantage of the desktop functions, using five work
spaces and putting buttons on the tool bars. I love how smoothly
my desktop works and allows me new workspaces.
* Novell client for Linux working beautifully to connect me to the
server upstairs (thanks Bob!)
* I've been playing around with the GIMP image editor and in my
opinion it is as robust as Photoshop (which I know very well).
* I have successfully completed all the Novell Linux Desktop 9
Learning Center modules. The training was good and I would
recommend it for new users.
* I am successfully running Music Player and copying my CDs to the
network. I can now burn a CD/DVD.
Here are my observations/complaints:
* While I've used both YaST and Red Carpet to install programs,
I'd like to see something developed to click and run
installation programs, much like the .exe files most are used
to. Coming from that environment into a Linux environment, this
is critical. If you want to make Linux more attractive for
desktop users, software installation has to be easier. The
average office user *ME* does not know how to work with code and
such to install programs.
* I'm still trying to find video capture and editing software. Any
recommendations?
* Now I also need software to create a business plan. Any
recommendations?
* I would love to listen to radio station web streams. I live in
the boonies and get no radio reception. I do have RealPlayer on
this but so far it hasn't worked for grabbing a radio web
stream. I miss my Boston radio stations.
Well, that's all I can think of for now. Oh, I did meet a wonderful
teenager from Worcester who is very knowledgeable about Linux. His name
is Stephen and I just wanted to send a shout out to him. I urged him to
joint WLUG--he's a gem.
Finally, I appreciate everyone here for all the marvelous advice,
encouragement and patience. I consider it an honor to be part of your
group. Thanks for letting me in!
All my best,
Marie
12 years, 9 months
Specify which nic gets named eth0
by Mike Leo
I have a RHAS4 2.6 kernel install with 6 NIC's.
How do i tell it which nic I want to be labeled eth0?
specifically, i have 2 nics built into the mobo, and 2 dual port addon cards.
I want eth0 to be nic1 on the mobo, and eth1 to be nic2 on the mobo.
By default it is assigning those nics to eth4 and eth5.
thanks in advance...
mike
12 years, 10 months
MySQL replication question
by Bill Mills-Curran
Does anyone have experience with MySQL's replication capabilities?
I'm running versions 4.1.8 and 4.1.14 servers on linux and windows,
and I have a very remote site where I'd like to support replication.
The data changes very slowly, but the link has 300 ms (ping) latency
and has a small (but noticeable) amount of down time.
Does it work well enough to be considered reliable for critical
applications?
TIA,
Bill
12 years, 10 months
Reminder: Upcoming WLUG meeting THURSDAY 7:00 PM
by Andy Stewart
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HI Everybody,
Its that time again! The next WLUG meeting will be on Thursday,
February 16th at 7:00 PM in the Access Grid Room at WPI in Worcester, MA
USA. Directions can be found on the WLUG website.
At this meeting, yours truly will give a presentation about getting
Linux running on the MikroTik Routerboard 532. I had decided that I
wanted to build a silent firewall, no moving parts, running GPL'd
software. I used buildroot and Busybox from the embedded Linux world,
the Linux kernel (with patches), and the SuSE Firewall scripts, to make
a working firewall. The firewall has been up for 13.5 days straight
with no discernable problems. It passed a recent screening by nessus.
Linux firewall 2.4.30 #12 Sun Jan 22 20:31:58 EST 2006 mips unknown
21:56:47 up 13 days, 12:46, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
I'll bring the box to the meeting and use it in a live demo. I'll have
some slides on my laptop as well, which I'll post on the WLUG website
afterwards.
I also have some items for raffle:
1 Linux Journal magazine from March 2006 (they sent me 2...)
Cross Platform GUI Programming with wxWidgets
Bruce Perens' Open Source Series
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-147381-6
Linux Patch Management
Bruce Perens' Open Source Series
Prentice Hall
ISBN 0-13-236675-4
Once the meeting concludes, we'll go to the Tech Pizza restaurant nearby.
Oh, BTW, Linux world is coming up in Boston during the first week of
April. I've received a couple of emails from the Linux world folks.
Does anybody have any interest in representing WLUG at this event? I'd
like to go, but it depends on whether or not I can get the time off from
work. Are people planning to go, because I think we can get a group
discount of some kind. I'll print the emails and bring them to the
meeting so we can discuss it. I'll post the info to the list afterwards.
See ya later,
Andy
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Andy Stewart, Founder
Worcester Linux Users' Group
Worcester, MA, USA
http://www.wlug.org
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12 years, 10 months
Anyone with Verizon fios?
by Bill Mills-Curran
Anyone using Verizon FiOS?
The service looks interesting, but they require their own router. I'm
wondering if that prevents all incoming connections, like ssh?
Also, the rates they quote on the web page refers to a "bundle
discount", but they don't say what a bundle is.
Bill
12 years, 10 months
