November 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

ntp failure
by Bjørge Solli 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi I'm trying to get my Suse 9.3 to correct my time with the yast ntp-client. I want the daemon to run in the background, and be started at bootup, so I choose the (I have it in norwegian, so this is my translation) "Start ntpd automaticly at boot time" I try to use my universitys NTP-server rasmus.uib.no When I press "test" now I get an error saying something like "server not available or does not answer correctly". OK, I think, let's try one of the predefined ones. I try several of the public ones, all yealding the same error message as before. What do I do wrong? -- Bjørge Solli

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install suse 10 eval from network
by Michal Hlavac 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hello, it is possible to install Suse 10 Eval from network?? if yes, where can I find boot CD and which ftp server I should use... or can I use boot CD from OSS version??? thanks, miso

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suse in a windows network (authentication)
by Roman Sommer 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

hi list i was wondering if I could somehow make my suse (10) authenticate versus my windows 2003 domain controller. I configured both ldap client and kerberos client in Yast2. Authentication works (the kerberos part).. but I still cannot log in because ldap isn't able to fetch user account information from my active directory which is because it's not using the kerberos credidentials to establish a gssapi connection. So I set up shell/home information in /etc/passwd. No password. Passwords are still being retrieved from the domain controller via kerberos. Big surprise -> login works. If I now issue a ldapsearch with the filter it already tried before (but with no valid bind) "(&(objectclass=User)(msSFU30Name=testuser))" it starts a SASL/GSSAPI authentication and successfully fetches the needed information. Why doesn't ldap use gssapi on logins then.. or where can I tell it to use it? Couldn't find any suitable option in Yast nor the config files themselves. Oh and no I don't want to use a dedicated user with a locally stored plaintext password to search active directory :) might anyone please help? best regards Roman Sommer

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rpm -e problem: specifies multiple packages
by Aschwin Marsman 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Hi, I have the following problem: # rpm -q lame lame-3.96.1-pm.1 lame-3.96.1-pm.1 # rpm -e lame error: "lame" specifies multiple packages How can I solve this? The smart package manager hangs when trying to remove the package and I can't get it deleted on the commandline. Already did a rpm rebuild db. Best regards, Aschwin Marsman -- aschwin(a)marsman.org http://www.marsman.org

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Re: [SLE] FYI: Floppy drive vs. SUSE 10.0
by Matt Stamm 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: pelibali <pelibali(a)freemail.hu> Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:11:07 +0100 >Hi, >As previously predicted, removing the 'sync' tag from fstab didn't >solve my issue, when several comps copied stuff to floppies extremely >slowly. >I could confirm, that with AND without sync it takes about 20mins to >put a single 500kb file to a floppy, independently which method/window >manager/etc I attempted to use for copying the file(s). >In the meantime I have 3 AMD comps _and_ one PIII with this feature, >meaning, that I have _only_ older SUSE-s without this issue. >I tried also various floppy-disks (, but all with FAT), several >floppy-drives. >Bug report will follow soon. > >Best, > Pelibali > Pelibali, I'm experiencing the same problem. Just started using a new Suse 10 system. I use the floppy drive daily and writes are very, very slow. Does anyone know of a fix? Matt

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Is OpenSUSE/SUSE 10.0 reliable?
by Ciro Iriarte 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

I was expecting to buy a pc next year, and was going to wait for 10.2 to make sure it's stable (gcc4, reiserfs v4, oo2, etc). But, luckily, it seems i'm getting it this year, and obviosly 10.2 won't be ready by then :). So it's reliable sata disks and amd64 in it's current version? Specs: Asus A8N-SLI Premium AMD Athlon 64 3500+ 2GB Corsair RAM 1 WD Raptor for OS 4 Seagate SATA drives for data in RAID5 (would it be best to use MD or just the Silicon Image controler?) Ciro

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Re: [SLE] stopping dictionary attacks on sshd
by Dan Abernathy 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Thanks to all who replied. There's certainly more than one way to solve this, isn't there? DenyHosts from http://sf.net/projects/denyhosts, suggested by Patrick, seems to do the job nicely, and was easy to configure. It even supports running as a daemon. I might also move ssh to some high port as was suggested earlier, but I'm not a fan of security by obscurity. I suppose it'd stop the ones who only bother to scan < 1025.

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Re: [SLE] stopping dictionary attacks on sshd
by Dan Abernathy 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Permissions on the script: -r-xr-xr-x 1 [my username] users 961 2005-11-07 19:09 ssh-block.sh The cron job entry: */1 * * * * /home/[my username]/cronjobs/ssh-block.sh If I ls -l on /etc/hosts.deny, I can see that the file is indeed being recreated every time the script runs, based on the time stamp. If I su to root and run it manually, it runs fine as far as I can tell - nothing is echoed to the screen, there are no error messages, and I'm returned to the prompt after a few seconds. I did notice the script was grepping for "Illegal user" and the log entries actually say "Invalid user", so I changed that in the script...still no IP addresses listed in /etc/hosts.deny, though. I'm nowhere near enough of a regex expert to be able to tell if the script is actually looking for the pattern it's supposed to be finding.

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Re: [opensuse] install suse 10 eval from network
by eescar＠free.fr 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Ken Schneider a écrit : > On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 22:35 +0000, M.Blackmore wrote: >> On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 16:19 +0100, Per Jessen wrote: >>> Michal Hlavac wrote: >>> >>> Yep. Download the 5 CDs, loop-mount them etc., then boot from CD1, then >>> on the screen use F3 and F4 to select an NFS install. >>> >> But will this work with a downloaded DVD iso? I've had no success with >> the Eval .iso image at all. I've been doing this for years, you must have missed something ! >> >> Always worked before from copying the relevant directories of a ftp >> server onto a local networked drive. >> same as copying the full dvd content to eg : /srv/ftp/pub/suse/i386/10.0 or mount -tiso9660 -oloop path/to/image.iso /srv/ftp/pub/suse/i386/10.0/ >> Getting nowhere loop mounting the DVD iso. >> >> Is it simply unworkable for loop mounting? >> >> Otherwise I'm going to have to download the whole 5x CDs' :-( A slow and >> painful process. >> > Download the first cd and use that to do your ftp install. Use > ftp4.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-stable/inst-source/ as the > install source. This way you only download what you need and save a > little on bandwidth. > Hi, you can either use : * DVD * CD1 * Network install CD from iso (eg : ftp4.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-stable/inst-source/boot/boot.iso which is only 65 Mo to download). To boot your PC from cd/dvd reader: At the first menu screen, select "F3" then "F4" that pop-up a menu : select either http or ftp, depending on the mirror you intend tu use ;let say ftp for ftp4.gwdg.de in Server : ftp4.gwdg.de then TAB in Directory : pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-OSS-stable/inst-source/ then ENTER then select "F2" to choose your language then "INSTALLATION" from the main menu then ENTER All this will work if : * Your computer is attached to a network with proper gateway to the internet * You have a properly configured dhcp server running. (most DSL Routers will do) If 2nd point isnt ok, the install will fallback to a menu driven part of the installation where you could enter proper information concerning your network (Ip of your PC, netmask, gateway IP, dns IP) ... * Your network device is recognized by hardware detection and load a correct driver ... If you don't have an internet gateway (eg only USB DSL adapter) just forget about all this and download dvd iso ... Good Luck MaNU --

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Help installing base
by Michael W Cocke 08 Nov '05

08 Nov '05

Can someone point me to where I can get help installing BASE? (BASE is the Basic Analysis and Security Engine). The sourceforge page doesn't offer much and I've got either a very obvious bug or a really bad case of alzheimers. Mike- -- Mornings: Evolution in action. Only the grumpy will survive. -- Please note - Due to the intense volume of spam, we have installed site-wide spam filters at catherders.com. If email from you bounces, try non-HTML, non-encoded, non-attachments.

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