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Announce: WLUG Meeting TODAY Wed 1/9 7PM
by Chuck Anderson Feb. 5, 2013

Feb. 5, 2013

Hi folks, The next Worcester Linux Users' Group (WLUG) monthly meeting will be held Today, Wednesday, January 9, at 7PM. The location will be WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room 129. Wednesday, January 9, 7:00 - 10:00 PM WPI Campus Center, Chairman's Room 129 Afterwards, we will go out for pizza and continue our discussions. See you there, Chuck President, Worcester Linux Users' Group http://www.wlug.org/

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Are we having a meeting on the 10th?
by Tim Keller Jan. 9, 2013

Jan. 9, 2013

Since it's now Tuesday and there's been no official announcement... Are we having a meeting on the 10th? If so, has a room been reserved? Is there a topic? Thanks, Tim. -- I am leery of the allegiances of any politician who refers to their constituents as "consumers".

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Fwd: [Dc401-l] Javascript Hackathon at Betaspring - Providence Feb. 2nd 2013
by Adam Gomes Jan. 7, 2013

Jan. 7, 2013

Thought that some of you might be interested in doing this. --Adam ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Johnson <ag3nt5(a)gmail.com> Date: Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:30 PM Subject: [Dc401-l] Javascript Hackathon at Betaspring - Providence Feb. 2nd 2013 To: "dc401-l(a)lists.dc401.org" <dc401-l(a)lists.dc401.org> DowncityJS is a 24-hour JavaScript Hackathon taking place in Providence, RI on February 2nd. The rules are simple: show up with your laptop, design or development skills, and assemble a team of likeminded hackers (or participate by yourself if you are brave enough) ready to build the best web application of JavaScript library in 24 hours. Food and beverages will be provided by the Founders League and space and connectivity will be provided by Betaspring. 95 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor, Providence, RI 02903 Check out http://downcityjs.com/ for more info. __________________________________________ http://lists.dc401.org/listinfo.cgi/dc401-l-dc401.org

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next WLUG meeting?
by The Hammer Jan. 7, 2013

Jan. 7, 2013

Hi, Does anyone have the next meeting date/time/location? regards, Ron

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Overriding NIS accounts
by Bill Mills-Curran Dec. 20, 2012

Dec. 20, 2012

I have an issue at my work with the configuration of one of our several flavors of linux servers. The goal is to override the NIS-specified login directory definition by using this syntax in /etc/passwd: +userx:::::/home/userx: +@grpx:::::: +:::::: /etc/nsswitch.conf has (in part): passwd: compat shadow: files nis group: files nis The distribution is Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.2 (Tikanga). If this was working I would get the following: > echo ~userx /home/userx Instead, I'm getting the login dir specified in NIS. I've successfully configured a Red Hat 6.3 server to work properly, but this one is driving me batty. Any suggestions? TIA, Bill

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Possible intrusion?
by Bill Mills-Curran Dec. 17, 2012

Dec. 17, 2012

I was looking at the output of "last" recently and found several entries like this on my home server: userxx pts/0 c-24-91-141-172. Sun Dec 2 14:57 - 15:09 (00:11) (userxx represents my username) I did a reverse lookup on 172.141.92.24: host 172.141.92.24 24.92.141.172.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer AC8D5C18.ipt.aol.com. Looks like something from AOL. I got a little freaked, so I changed my password and also blocked that IP in /etc/hosts.deny. I'm not an aol user, but my wife is... but the "last" output shows this as connecting with my username. Any ideas? Thanks, Bill

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Re: [Wlug] Using Facebook as a Website
by Steven Greenberg Dec. 14, 2012

Dec. 14, 2012

I don't think it is a question of Facebook or a website. Maybe the title of my email gave that impression. We can use both. Use Facebook for what it is good for (if that is anything), and use the web site for what it is good for. Creating events and managing RSVP might be something to leave to Facebook. Although, if we used one of the CMS software systems, it could probably do that job. For instance, I use my personal Facebook site only to have links to my blog articles on my web site. I agree, that I want to own the data on my blog. All my photo albums are on my own website. On the Facebook create group page there is an option to set privacy to: Privacy: Open Anyone can see the group, who's in it, and what members post. Actually, I suppose that may already be the setting. The description does not imply that you do not need to at least login to Facebook to see the group. /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Using Facebook as a Website
by Steven Greenberg Dec. 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012

In the meeting, I also mentioned using Facebook. This is just about the easiest thing to set up. Here is an example Facebook Page that I have created. You do not need to sign in to Facebook to read it. https://www.facebook.com/SturbridgeForElizabethWarren /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Re: [Wlug] Using Facebook as a Website
by Steven Greenberg Dec. 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012

https://www.facebook.com/SturbridgeForElizabethWarren does not require a login to Facebook. Facebook presents you with a login page, but you can just dismiss the login page to read the original. This is not true of https://www.facebook.com/groups/worcester.linux.users.group/ If the owner of https://www.facebook.com/groups/worcester.linux.users.group/ could open up access to this page so that you do not need to log in to read it, then this would be a great step forward. This facebook page ought to be mentioned on the web site. http://www.wlug.org/. That way, knowledge of the facebook page would not fade into memory in the archive of these emails. /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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Setting up a Wiki
by Steven Greenberg Dec. 13, 2012

Dec. 13, 2012

Some mention was made of setting up a Wiki web site. I have set up and contributed to Wikis in several companies where I worked. Those are internal web sites, so I cannot show examples. The software I used was Twiki. http://twiki.org/ /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

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