March 2002 - 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 NHS Meeting - Bill and Tony
by Alan Harris 18 Sep '02

18 Sep '02

Hi all thought this might be of interest to some of you :- <my email> > Subject: Microsoft and the British Government - Possible Anti-Competitive Behaviour > Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 15:04:20 +0100 > From: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk > To: Erkki.Liikanen(a)cec.eu.int > > Hi, > > I write regarding the current negotiations between the British > Government and Microsoft in which, to date, Microsoft have been awarded > a contract to supply the National Health Service with some 60 Million > (£)'s worth of software licenses. > > I would be grateful if you could inform me of the current state of the > anti-competition investigation being undertaken by the EU against > Microsoft, as it appears that more such deals (like that for the NHS) > are in the pipeline. As the commisioner with responsibility for the > Information Society I am sure that you are well aware of the potential > for damage being created by such actions. > > Many Thanks > > Alan </my email> <commisioners response> > Subject: RE: Microsoft and the British Government - Possible Anti-Competit ive Behaviour > Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2001 14:08:31 +0100 > From: Erkki.Liikanen(a)cec.eu.int > To: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk > CC: Mario.Monti(a)cec.eu.int, Marc.Van-Hoof(a)cec.eu.int, Olli.Rehn(a)cec.eu.int, Per.Haugaard(a)cec.eu.int > > Dear. Mr. Harris, > > I pass your letter to my colleague Mario Monti and his cabinet. He is > responsible for this issue. > But still, during investigation I don't believe much more can be said what > has been in public. > > with best regards > > Erkki Liikanen > > ******************************** > Mr. Erkki Liikanen > Member of the Commission > tel. +32-2-295.79.57 > fax +32-2-295.85.61 > erkki.liikanen(a)cec.eu.int > secretary; kirsi.larjava(a)cec.eu.int > tel. +32-2-295.14.40 > http://europa.eu.int/comm/commissioners/liikanen/index_en.htm > </commissiones response> There may be hope for all of us then? Alan ----------------------------------------------------- Alan Harris Network Manager Bryngwyn School Tel : 01554 750661 Fax : 01554 758255 E-mail: alanh(a)bryngwyn.carmarthen.sch.uk ----------------------------------------------------- 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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Is there a web site with back listings of these mailings?
by Alan Davies 26 Mar '02

26 Mar '02

As subject line asks: I have currently squirreled away mailings to the SUSE schools list - but do I need to? -- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Samba with winbind
by Alan Davies 25 Mar '02

25 Mar '02

On Sun 17 Mar, Rob Keeling wrote: <snipped> > > > > I'd be really interested in the steps you had to take to get this > working - > > especially any .conf .rc or other files had to be manually tweaked. > Yep, I had to download samba-2.2.3a.tar.gz from samba.org, compile with > various switches to turn on winbind, edit /etc/rc.d/smb to start winbind, > and then edit > the pam files to make winbind users visable. OK - which switches? And (of course) what changes in ../smb And what changes to pam files? Where are they in SUSE? (You can assume from this that I don't know much - although I do now know a lot more than I used to about LINUX!) <snipped> > > Have you tried getting the main linux logon to be authenticated by the NT > domain? > > Not yet, but KDE now shows all domain users at the logon screen! > > I will be documenting what I did over the next week or so, Ill send you a > copy if you > want. Definately! A 'Noddy' guide would be most useful. TIA -- Alan Davies Head of Computing Birkenhead School

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Website and childrens pictures
by Paul Sutton 23 Mar '02

23 Mar '02

Hi Could someone please advise me on the following, I am thinking of designing some pages for Paignton Rugby Club, they have their Colts, and adult side pictures on the net, I would like to add some of the junior and Mini players, along with results, I am aware there are guidelines for this, however I am not sure if they apply just to schools. Thank you for any help Paul Sutton The website is www.paigntonrugby.co.uk Come to the Open Source Software Day! Exeter Uni, Saturay the 27th of April 2002 http://dclug.org.uk/ossday/

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Website and childrens pictures
by Grainge, Derek 23 Mar '02

23 Mar '02

> Could someone please advise me on the following, > > I am thinking of designing some pages for Paignton Rugby > Club, they have > their Colts, and adult side pictures on the net, I would > like to add some > of the junior and Mini players, along with results, I am > aware there are > guidelines for this, however I am not sure if they apply > just to schools. A photograph constitutes personal information so I would imagine it falls within the Data Protection Act. Get permission from those on it. Or their parents. Kids photos on the internet? Make sure they are not identifiable by name. Sad, isn't it? -- ******************************************************************************** All mail sent and received may be examined to prevent transmission of unacceptable material. Wellington College does not accept responsibility for email contents. Problems to postmaster(a)wellington-college.berks.sch.uk. Website: http://www.wellington-college.berks.sch.uk ********************************************************************************

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Fwd: OSS/FS in UK schools [Fwd]
by Kevin Taylor 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

Forwarded as requested by Richard ... Kevin. ---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: OSS/FS in UK schools [Fwd] Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 16:00:03 +0000 From: "Richard Smedley" <richard.smedley(a)futurenet.co.uk> Hi all, I'm a bit behind on the latest developments in the UK to do this, so I'm hoping that someone else, who knows more, can. Kevin, can you forward this to the SuSE list, I'm not currently subscribed. - Richard I'm cross-posting this to the fsfe-edu list as it hasn't appeared there. -- Richard Smedley Production Editor, Linux Format Telephone +44 (0) 1225 442244 ext 5038 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [seul-edu] [Fwd: articles about free software in schools] Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 10:16:41 -0500 From: Doug Loss <drloss(a)suscom.net> Reply-To: seul-edu(a)seul.org Organization: Bloomsburg University To: seul-edu(a)seul.org, schoolforge-discuss(a)schoolforge.net [snip] Peter Bingel <peter.bingel(a)aventa.de> wrote: > Hallo Doug, > > my name is Peter Bingel and I'm member of the FSuB (free software and > education) organisation in Germany. > I will redact - acompanied by the german Bundeszentrale für politische > Bildung (federal office for political education) in Bonn - a book over > the usage of free software in schools. > In this book i will look "over the fence" to other countries, how the > use of free software in schools is managed there. What kind of > experiences do you have made - what you can say over acceptance of free > software in american schools. > > Can you - or other authors - write an article over this topic? > The author will be payed by the Bundeszentrale. > > With greetings from Bonn > > Peter > > http://www.bpb.de > http://home.aventa.de/pb -------------------------------------------------------

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LDAP and AD
by Matt Williams 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

Hi all I have PHP working on our intranet (linux) and I am trying to get ldap to authenticate against AD using the samaccountname (username) instead of the users cn, which is either the username or full name depending on how the user was created. Authentication against the users' cn is fine but I am stuck on how to do it the the username. Has anyone come across and solved this problem with php or any other ldap authentication TIA matt

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Schools in Wales
by Chris Puttick 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

Hi Can any list members based in schools in Wales interested in a bi-lingual school information system (includes IT Helpdesk, Library, Finance as well as CDDB compliant pupil/teacher information set) contact me off list? Open source, of course... Regards Chris Puttick IT Manager Central Manchester City Learning Centre

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M. Blackmore
by Phil Driscoll 20 Mar '02

20 Mar '02

To M. Blackmore who contacted me off list, I can't reply as your oxlug and ntlworld email addresses are bouncing. I hope this one gets through! -- Phil Driscoll

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