March 2001 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Meeting yesterday and welcome to new members of the list
by Philip Hands 07 Jul '03

07 Jul '03

Roger Whittaker <roger(a)suse-linux.co.uk> writes: > I've just subscribed various people to the list - please post a > message to say hello and introduce yourselves. Hi, If you were at the meeting, I was wearing a Debian t-shirt (with a red swirl logo on it) --- there's a photo at the top of this article, where I'm wearing similar stuff (except for the penguin ;-) http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/articles/issue6/lu6-Editorial-A_patently_bad_ide… I'm a Debian GNU/Linux developer, and run the UK Debian mirror, and am responsible for producing the Debian official CD images: http://www.uk.debian.org/ http://cdimage.debian.org/ I have only a peripheral interest in educational matters, in that I've been frustrated in the past in my efforts to provide free computers (which were otherwise destined for a skip), but I can certainly contribute on a technical side, and having been involved in Debian (which is completely voluntary, like OSIE is expected to be) since 1996 I may be able to make some suggestions about how to ``organise'' such a thing. For those of you who've not come across Debian before, we're a world-wide voluntary organisation (read, chaotic jumble of mailing lists) that puts together a Linux distribution (and soon a HURD distribution) and gives it away. Debian doesn't pay people to do this, and doesn't sell what it produces, and in most legal senses doesn't really exist (i.e. the machines in the mirror network mostly belong to people like me, rather than to Debian, and the bandwidth is donated rather than paid for). This probably gives a pretty good feel for what Debian is all about: http://www.uk.debian.org/social_contract which you will notice leads into the The Debian Free Software Guidelines (DFSG), which is where the Open Source Definition came from. My internet machine, that hosts the Debian UK mirror, may be of use to OSIE, since it has about 30GB of spare disk, and a 20Mbit/s connection at a well connected ISP. This machine could act as either a primary host or mirror site for the web site, and could do DNS secondarying etc. as well. Something I'd be interested in working on (although perhaps a SuSE list is not the right place to spend too much time discussing this ;-) would be producing Debian CD images, tuned to the needs of educational users. Debian has accumulated some funds in the UK, and have been looking for a worthwhile cause to spend them on (we never really need to pay for anything that actually makes Debian work, so don't have much use for money), so we could probably afford to have a few thousand CDs pressed, and send them out to schools that are interested. Cheers, Phil. -- Say no to software patents! http://petition.eurolinux.org/ Philip Hands. +44 (0)20 7744 6244 philip.hands(a)uk.alcove.com Alcove UK --- Liberating Software --- http://www.alcove.com/ http://www.hands.com/ phil(a)hands.com http://www.uk.debian.org/

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Re: [southwales] Desktop Publishing Under Linux
by Alan Harris 30 Mar '01

30 Mar '01

Hi Simon, Do you know where I can find framemaker form Linux ? Alan Simon Cozens wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 03:53:45PM +0100, Alan Harris wrote: > > So, if anyone knows of the existance of a dtp > > package under linux please let me know. > > Framemaker's available for Linux. > > -- > Wouldn't it be wonderful if real life supported control-Z? -- ----------------------------------------------------- Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School Tel : 01554 750661 Fax : 01554 758255 E-mail: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch ----------------------------------------------------- Notes: 1. The contents of this email may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown purposes! Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. 2. The opinions expressed in this email are personal and may not be shared by Bryngwyn School. -----------------------------------------------------

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Connecting LINUX to NT server
by Alan Davies 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

OK - I'm trying to do it back to front. We have an NT box (several in fact...) which are part of two domains (admin and teaching) If pupils use LINUX it would be handy if they could connect to their NT account. Root can create a 'mount' using mount -t smbfs //netserver/usershare /home/username/NTmount but ordinary users can't create mounts in this manner. And administrators can't do it faor them as they don't know the passwords. Is there a way to allow users to connect to NT shares with SAMBA? -- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Connecting LINUX to NT server
by Alan Davies 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

That sounds like worth a try. I sort of forgot that LINUX can have a file 'executable' but not 'readable' So the password should be safe.....? As long as the script does not 'abort' when root has access leaving the user with root access..... On Thu 29 Mar, Alex Brett wrote: > A useful idea would be to create a script, make it executable only to users > other than root. Make the script have the root password in it - and make it > work with parameters? > > I.e. you pass to it the username and password of the user and it will then > mount it properly. > > Just an idea -- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School

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Re: O'Reilly Books (was Help with configuring apache)
by Richard 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

Dear All > > policy i wonder? good new Linux kernel book if you want to get really saaaad. > > Their current Linux Kernel book only seems to cover kernel 2.2, so you > may wish to wait for an update version that covers 2.4 in greater detail > -- that is what I intend to do. if you are a bit bored and you want something to read then have a look at... http://www.sheflug.co.uk/oreilly.html also http://www.sheflug.co.uk/books.htm might give you a few ideas :)) Thanks Richard http://www.sheflug.co.uk Rebel Code on the front page

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] O'Reilly Books (was Help with configuring apache)
by kevin.taylor＠powerconv.alstom.com 29 Mar '01

29 Mar '01

> do they have an academic pricing policy i wonder? Good question ... I have a contact at the UK office, from my 'LUG' perspective, and I know if you are a member of the UKUUG you get a good price - I will ask. Kevin.

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Help with configuring apache
by kevin.taylor＠powerconv.alstom.com 28 Mar '01

28 Mar '01

> I've finally got it working at last.... Great stuff .. for what its worth, investing in a couple of good books is well worth the trouble ... I use the O'Reilly apache and DNS books very heavily (will get around to buying the sendmail one too eventually ...) Did you know that for a monthly subscription you can read up to 5 ORA books online (and change which 5 every month ...)? Could be a useful reference for all you IT technicians out there ... (BTW - I don't work for ORA or anything, I just like their books ... they also send me books to review for the LUG library from time to time too ...) Kevin.

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Desktop Publishing Under Linux
by Alan Harris 28 Mar '01

28 Mar '01

Hi all Is anybody our there using the ndtef exam board? The reason I ask is thier reluctance to acknowledge the equality of wordprocessors and desktop publishers at a school level. part of the exam requirement is the ability to import text from a wordprocessor into a dtp package! this would effectively eliminate the use of staroffice and several other systems. So, if anyone knows of the existance of a dtp package under linux please let me know. Alan ----------------------------------------------------- Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School Tel : 01554 750661 Fax : 01554 758255 E-mail: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch ----------------------------------------------------- Notes: 1. The contents of this email may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown purposes! Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. 2. The opinions expressed in this email are personal and may not be shared by Bryngwyn School. -----------------------------------------------------

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help with configuring Apache to access user directories
by Alan Harris 28 Mar '01

28 Mar '01

Hi all, Can anyone offer some hints as to how to make public_html folders available for access by apache? I'm trying to set up a server in which users can create html files within a folder (eg: /alanh/public_html) which can be made available on the school intranet. I've checked the folder permissions and they seen ok, httpd.conf seems ok but I get the following errors when trying to access the test html file via lynx :- lynx 192.168.1.10/~alanh !Alert: http/1.1 403 Forbidden! I'd like to get this working - any hints / help / etc? I've tried this under Suse 7 and Red Hat 6.1 with the same result so it seems like i'm making a fundamental and possibly obvious error here.... Alan ----------------------------------------------------- Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School Tel : 01554 750661 Fax : 01554 758255 E-mail: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch ----------------------------------------------------- Notes: 1. The contents of this email may be snooped on by interested government parties for unknown purposes! Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, 2000. 2. The opinions expressed in this email are personal and may not be shared by Bryngwyn School. -----------------------------------------------------

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Desktop Publishing Under Linux
by Simon Wood 28 Mar '01

28 Mar '01

The purists among us would promote Tex or Latex, these allow you to define EXACTLY how the page will look like. However I suspect that you are after more of a GUI environment. Anyone know what happened to Framemaker? Simon Wood

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