November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [SLE] How do I protect a YaST package from upgrades?
by Stephen Carter 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

>>> "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas(a)tiscali.es> 11/27/05 2:57 PM >>> >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > > >The Sunday 2005-11-27 at 12:56 -0000, Stephen Carter wrote: > >> I've customised a package I installed through YaST from the default >> installation DVD on SuSE 10.0 so never want to have the option to >> upgrade it via YOU if one should come available. >> >... >> >> In YaST I can see there is a 'protected' option for a package that's >> already been installed but when I select this then click Finish, and go >> back into YaST the package is no longer marked as protected. > >Yes, for some unknown reason the "taboo" mark does not stick. It has been >a feature aka bug for a long time (ie, years). > > >> Is there some way of marking a package 'protected' after it has been >> installed via YaST? > >I change the release nunmber to .999 in the rpm. If that is not enough, >change the version number. > >- -- >Cheers, > Carlos Robinson So you can't do it if the installation source is non-writable media such as CD/DVD or a public web source, and the only way is to copy the rpm to your hard disk, edit it, then install it via YaST. Well at least it's a workaround, although an ugly one... Thanks Carlos, SteveC

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Subversion, svnserve and Windows
by Ben Higginbottom 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi All, I'm currently having considerable pain with a subversion setup, the actual repository has been setup without a problem, the issue I think is with svnserve. I've configured svnserve to run through xinetd as so: service svn { disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = mbsub group = svn server = /usr/bin/svnserve server_args = svnserve -i -d -r /home/mbsub/mb flags = REUSE port = 3690 } Groups and users exist, the port mapping is correct in /etc/services, xinetd starts without error and shows svn to be running and I can connect to port 3690 via telnet all without a problem. The issue is however when any of our windows developers try to connect via tortoise svn, the repo-browser always says theres no repository found using svn://IPADDR/PATH/TO/REPO. Nothing I do, nor setting I change makes any difference to the error. Can anyone shed any light on whats happening. I'm using Suse 9.3 with Subversion 1.1.3 Many Thanks, Ben

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Tooltalk in KDE?
by anuradha.vembu＠wipro.com 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I have a doubt whether "Tooltalk" is supported in KDE-Linux. (It is supported in CDE). Tooltalk is a utility which is available in Unix Operating System, providing support for various tool communications. I would like to know if the same utility is available in Linux-KDE? If so how to use it and where can I get info related to it? Thanks in advance, Regards, Anu Confidentiality Notice The information contained in this electronic message and any attachments to this message are intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s) and may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender at Wipro or Mailadmin(a)wipro.com immediately and destroy all copies of this message and any attachments.

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Permission problem with LDAP and SuSE 9.3
by Roberto - Komputer 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi all, I made tests with LDAP in SuSE 9.3 and find a problem: "chgrp" and "chown" fails when changing ownerships from a group with more than 50 users, Yast Online Update don't report any correction or comments to this problem ! A friend made a nss_ldap compilation from source and the problem was solved, but I did a stop in NSCD daemon and the problem returns !!! Anyone had this problem ??? Maybe this is a bug from "Core Utils" or "NSS_LDAP" ?? Thanks All ! -- Atenciosamente, Roberto C. Duarte

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FireFox and Java
by William Westfall 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

My FireFox -- ver 1.0.7 and my java -- ver 1.5.0_03 are not working together. I run AMD64 SuSE 10.0 As far as I can tell they are both there, what do I need to do to Firefox to point it to the java. I'm not even sure where java is... my Limewire is woring with this java version so I know it is there. Should I just reinstall Firefox, will it then pick it up? Thanks in advance. Linux linux 2.6.13-15-default #1 Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux william.westfall(a)gmail.com

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Dvorak keyboard layout
by Kenneth Aar 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi I am having problems with my dvorak keyboardlayout. It works great in KDE but if I log out to KDM to change user I`m back to qwerty. Any solutions? -- Regards Kenneth Aar @: kenneth.aar(a)virkelighet.net www: http://www.virkelighet.net

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frozen application resistant to kill command
by Istvan Gabor 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello everybody: Sometimes I can't kill frozen apps with using kill command. Last time amule freezed. What I get after kill: @linux:~> ps -e |grep amule 15600 pts/2 00:00:51 amule @linux:~> kill 15600 @linux:~> kill 15600 @linux:~> ps -e |grep amule 15600 pts/2 00:00:51 amule @linux:~> kill -9 15600 @linux:~> kill -9 15600 @linux:~> ps -e |grep amule 15600 pts/2 00:00:51 amule @linux:~> Why is this and how can I stop it w/o rebooting? Thanks, IG ______________________________________________________________________ KGFB 2006 - Garantáltan a legjobb ár! Nyerje meg az új Swiftet + garantált 10,000,- Ft értékű ajándék. WWW.NETRISK.HU

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Source RPMs not in 10.0 Retail DVD?
by Joachim Schrod 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I'm looking for the source RPMs on my retail 10.0 DVD, and didn't find them. I also checked CD1 and CD5, no sources either. The COPYRIGHT file tells that ``source code is available for download on ftp://ftp.suse.com. For others, it is shipped directly on the CDs or DVDs.'' This doesn't seem to be true. Is it really true that sources are only available from the Internet servers and are not on the product media that I bought? (I'm on a metered Internet connection, downloading the 4.4 GB SRC DVD that I have seen costs me *more* money than the box costed.) Btw, no need to point out the mirrors of ftp.opensuse.org/distribution/... to me. I know that I can get the package sources as single src.rpms from there. But I would have expected them to be part of the sold package, as it was in all previous SUSE versions. (Another CD or DVD shouldn't be the issue, should it?) So I'm wondering if I have overseen something in my boxed SUSE version. Cheers, Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany

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lan down, int access ok
by johnp＠starpower.net 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi all- Here is a cable modem, 80211b linksys router, 3 hubs and several 9.1 pc's. Before adding the cable modem, the lan was set up manually and worked ok for me using ssh & dialup etc. Since adding the cable modem, all pc's have slowly seemed to lose thier 172.16.x.x ident- ities and pinging stopped working. The router has assigned 192.168.x.x which dont ping locally either except for 192.168.1.1. I guess my question is: Is the lan set up seperately, i.e. with yast, ignoring the dynamic assignments? I am still unfamiliar with IP masquerading if thats what is called for on this home setup. Below is the "ifstatus eth0" from a toshiba laptop. And I have bookmarked article 134 at linuxfucus. dotten:/home/john # ifstatus eth0 dhcpcd not running eth0 is up 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 100 link/ether 00:80:c7:8c:97:c1 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.1.104/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0 inet6 fe80::280:c7ff:fe8c:97c1/64 scope link current lease for eth0: IPADDR=192.168.1.101 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 DOMAIN='cable.rcn.com' DNS=207.172.3.8,207.172.3.9 DHCPSIADDR=0.0.0.0 DHCPCHADDR=00:80:C7:8C:97:C1 dotten:/home/john # Kind regards John

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PHP session save path
by Paul Constable 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

I have had a lot of trouble with PHP on SuSE 10 GM. It just doesn't appear to function as it supposed to. I want a working environment to learn with. Sessions, are the current problem. I have also installed Mambo CMS server in the past without any problems, but with the current version of Joomla CMS, I'm having all sorts of problems. I have tried by putting all the values in 'php.ini' and also I read on the net to put them in '.htaccess'. 1. Now where is the correct place to indicate the path for the session info to be stored. 2. What rights should be given to the 'store', for secure but unimpeded usage. snip --------------------------- php.ini---------------- [PHP] ;;;;;;;;;;; ; WARNING ; ;;;;;;;;;;; ; This is the default settings file for new PHP installations. ; By default, PHP installs itself with a configuration suitable for ; development purposes, and *NOT* for production purposes. ; For several security-oriented considerations that should be taken ; before going online with your site, please consult php.ini-recommended ; and http://php.net/manual/en/security.php. ; Enable the PHP scripting language engine under Apache. engine = On short_open_tag = On asp_tags = Off precision = 12 y2k_compliance = On output_buffering = Off ;output_handler = zlib.output_compression = Off ;zlib.output_handler = implicit_flush = Off unserialize_callback_func= serialize_precision = 100 allow_call_time_pass_reference = On safe_mode = Off safe_mode_gid = Off safe_mode_include_dir = safe_mode_exec_dir = safe_mode_allowed_env_vars = PHP_ safe_mode_protected_env_vars = LD_LIBRARY_PATH ;open_basedir = disable_functions = disable_classes = ;highlight.string = #DD0000 ;highlight.comment = #FF9900 ;highlight.keyword = #007700 ;highlight.bg = #FFFFFF ;highlight.default = #0000BB ;highlight.html = #000000 expose_php = On max_execution_time = 30 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds max_input_time = 60 ; Maximum amount of time each script may spend parsing request data memory_limit = 8M ; Maximum amount of memory a script may consume (8MB) error_reporting = E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE display_errors = On display_startup_errors = Off log_errors = Off log_errors_max_len = 1024 ignore_repeated_errors = Off ignore_repeated_source = Off report_memleaks = On track_errors = Off ;html_errors = Off ;docref_root = "/phpmanual/" ;docref_ext = .html ;error_prepend_string = "<font color=ff0000>" ;error_append_string = "</font>" ;error_log = filename ;error_log = syslog ;arg_separator.input = ";&" variables_order = "EGPCS" register_globals = Off register_argc_argv = On post_max_size = 8M gpc_order = "GPC" magic_quotes_gpc = On magic_quotes_runtime = Off magic_quotes_sybase = Off auto_prepend_file = auto_append_file = default_mimetype = "text/html" ;default_charset = "iso-8859-1" ;always_populate_raw_post_data = On ; UNIX: "/path1:/path2" ;include_path = ".:/php/includes" include_path = "/usr/share/php" doc_root = user_dir = extension_dir = "./" extension_dir = /usr/lib/php/extensions enable_dl = On ; cgi.force_redirect = 1 ; cgi.nph = 1 ; cgi.redirect_status_env = ; ; cgi.fix_pathinfo=0 ; fastcgi.impersonate = 1; ; fastcgi.log = 0 ;cgi.rfc2616_headers = 0 file_uploads = On ;upload_tmp_dir = upload_max_filesize = 2M allow_url_fopen = On ;from="john(a)doe.com" ; user_agent="PHP" default_socket_timeout = 60 ; auto_detect_line_endings = Off [extension section] extension=zlib.so extension=unixODBC.so extension=sockets.so extension=mysql.so extension=ldap.so ; end of extension section define_syslog_variables = Off ;sendmail_path = [Java] ;java.class.path = .\php_java.jar ;java.home = c:\jdk ;java.library = c:\jdk\jre\bin\hotspot\jvm.dll ;java.library.path = .\ [SQL] sql.safe_mode = Off [ODBC] ;odbc.default_db = Not yet implemented ;odbc.default_user = Not yet implemented ;odbc.default_pw = Not yet implemented ; Allow or prevent persistent links. odbc.allow_persistent = Off ; Check that a connection is still valid before reuse. odbc.check_persistent = On ; Maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit. odbc.max_persistent = -1 ; Maximum number of links (persistent + non-persistent). -1 means no limit. odbc.max_links = -1 ; Handling of LONG fields. Returns number of bytes to variables. 0 means ; passthru. odbc.defaultlrl = 4096 ; Handling of binary data. odbc.defaultbinmode = 1 [MySQL] ; Allow or prevent persistent links. mysql.allow_persistent = Off ; Maximum number of persistent links. -1 means no limit. mysql.max_persistent = -1 ; Maximum number of links (persistent + non-persistent). -1 means no limit. mysql.max_links = -1 ; Default port number for mysql_connect(). If unset, mysql_connect() will use ; the $MYSQL_TCP_PORT or the mysql-tcp entry in /etc/services or the ; compile-time value defined MYSQL_PORT (in that order). Win32 will only look ; at MYSQL_PORT. mysql.default_port = ; Default socket name for local MySQL connects. If empty, uses the built-in ; MySQL defaults. mysql.default_socket = ; Default host for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode). mysql.default_host = ; Default user for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode). mysql.default_user = ; Default password for mysql_connect() (doesn't apply in safe mode). ; Note that this is generally a *bad* idea to store passwords in this file. ; *Any* user with PHP access can run 'echo get_cfg_var("mysql.default_password") ; and reveal this password! And of course, any users with read access to this ; file will be able to reveal the password as well. mysql.default_password = ; Maximum time (in seconds) for connect timeout. -1 means no limit mysql.connect_timeout = 60 ; Trace mode. When trace_mode is active (=On), warnings for table/index scans and ; SQL-Errors will be displayed. mysql.trace_mode = Off [Session] ; Handler used to store/retrieve data. session.save_handler = files ;session.save_path = /tmp session.save_path = /var/lib/php ; Whether to use cookies. session.use_cookies = 1 ; This option enables administrators to make their users invulnerable to ; attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to 0. ; session.use_only_cookies = 1 ; Name of the session (used as cookie name). session.name = PHPSESSID ; Initialize session on request startup. session.auto_start = 1 ; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0, until browser is restarted. session.cookie_lifetime = 0 ; The path for which the cookie is valid. session.cookie_path = / ; The domain for which the cookie is valid. session.cookie_domain = ; Handler used to serialize data. php is the standard serializer of PHP. session.serialize_handler = php session.gc_probability = 1 session.gc_divisor = 100 session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 session.bug_compat_42 = 1 session.bug_compat_warn = 1 session.referer_check = ; How many bytes to read from the file. session.entropy_length = 0 ; Specified here to create the session id. session.entropy_file = ;session.entropy_length = 16 ;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom ; Set to {nocache,private,public,} to determine HTTP caching aspects ; or leave this empty to avoid sending anti-caching headers. session.cache_limiter = nocache ; Document expires after n minutes. session.cache_expire = 180 session.use_trans_sid = 0 url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset=" # ---------------------------------------------------------- Could somebody help. Thanks in advance. Paul

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