June 2005 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

umask a specific directory
by Chadley Wilson 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Greetings, (Old question, I can't find the answer I am looking for or possibly don't understand.) I have a /u folder, 26 users execute a series of custom apps from here. The person who set this up before was lazy and set all user and group UIDs and GIDs to (wait for it :) )....... root!!!!! I need to fix this :/ On the /u folder - I created a group called ngolfnet and chgrp -R the whole folder. Then I set the permissions to 770 so that group members and owners have read write and execute permissions, and then set Setgid access on the folder. I could not see any other way :\, Let me explain - in /u/pro5 there are about 30 executables which the group members must have access to, furthur more there is a taos directory for the developers which also need rwx, and to make life more exiting there are executables in some of the users home folders that can't be moved to /usr/bin due to the fact that they are written with relative paths instead of absolute paths. Users often need access to execute from each other home folders. Now they (users) all read and write to these folders as well. The problem is that when the programs write files, the files are created with 755 permissions, and I need it to be 570 or 770. But I can't set the default umask for the whole system, that could be risky. So using the defualt bash profiles is out. How do I set the umask for the folder ? Or what could be suggested as a good, safe work around or proper solution! TIA -- -- Chadley Wilson Production Line Superintendant Pinnacle Micro Manufacturers of Proline Computers ==================================== Exercise freedom, Use LINUX =====================================

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Trying to understand modules
by Bryan Tyson 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Most of you know I have been using a Logitech 3000 Pro webcam with my Linux system for quite a while. Most of you also know with the 2.6 kernel the pwc module is now maintained at http://www.saillard.org/linux/pwc/ Probably the biggest change is there is no longer a separate pwcx module. The pwc.ko module is capable of the large picture by itself. Now the question: I've been happily running my cam for a few months, since I first set up my SuSE 9.2 system. My module is located at /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.14-default/kernel/drivers/usb/media/pwc.ko, where it has worked fine for months. To load the module I type modprobe pwc. Suddenly yesterday for no apparent reason this command gave me: FATAL: Module pwc not found. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? I looked all over Google for an explanation, and did not find one. How is it "not found" when it is sitting right there in the same place it has been all along? I recopied pwc.ko. No difference. I plugged and unplugged the cam in different ports, no difference. I booted the computer with the cam plugged in as well as plugging in the cam after booting, all to no avail. Finally I got the idea to do insmod pwc.ko and it loads, but the command only works when I am in the /lib/modules/2.6.8-24.14-default/kernel/drivers/usb/media/ directory. The cam works again. I rmmodded and insmodded a few times to be sure. My question is what caused this change? Why is it "found" with insmod but not modprobe? Why must I be in the directory for insmod to work? (Even in the directory, modprobe gives the "FATAL" message.) Thank you. Bryan ******************************************************** Powered by SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional KDE 3.3.0 KMail 1.7.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson bryantyson(a)earthlink.net ********************************************************

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Yet Another SuSE Watcher Question
by Joseph Polanik 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Recently, I've started to see little popup windows with the title "Error - SuSE Watcher" and the message "Unable to check for updates". This didn't start until several months after I got the system (with SuSE 9.2 pre-installed). I haven't changed the system configuration recently either. Any ideas on how to fix this problem? Thanks, Joe Polanik

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How To Get Paid Support
by Dave Barton 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Is it possible to buy on-line/email support for SuSE 9.3 on a per incident basis. I have searched the Novel website, but found nothing which meets my needs. TIA Dave

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automaticaly send an IP change
by Sunny 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Hi, I have to support the home computers of some friends. All of them are newly converted :) to SuSE 9.2. All of them use DSL or cable Internet access. The problem is that from time to time their ISPs change the IPs of the modem, which prevents me to remotely administer the machines without asking some of the people there to check what is their current external IP by checking http://www.whatismyip.com/ or the config of the modem. Is there a script/package which can check the external IP on regular basis and send the changes to an email? Cheers Sunny

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bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
by Steven T. Hatton 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I've noticed recently that rm has a limit on howmany files it can handle in a glob. Somewhere along the line some of my mailing list directories lost their expiration settings, and filled with 10s of thousands of messages. KMail was not completing the move to trash when given over an hour. I decided to delete the messages by hand, so I went into the ~/Mail directory and tried rm in the relevant subdirectories. That's when I saw "bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long". I did for f in *; do rm $f; done, and that worked. I'm just curious. How many's too many? -- Regards, Steven

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Which PDF viewer can take input from stdin?
by Alfredo Cole 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Hi: The output of my program goes to stdout in PDF format, and I would like to be able to see that output with a PDF viewer. So far, neither kpdf nor acroread will do that. Any hints? Thank you. -- Alfredo J. Cole Grupo ACyC

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how to set reply-to to hostname?
by Richard Bos 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

I have suse-9.2 system being used to educate people about email. We use kmail for this and they can only send email to the people on the suse machine. The machine has the name (let's say) mickei. No when I set the reply-to address in kmail to 'roes@mickei' this is altered by the post system to 'roes(a)domain.test' (where domain.test is an example, but it illustrates the fqdn of the machine). In the kmail's outbox the message header looks as: From: Nobody <roes@mickei> Reply-To: roes@mickei To: test@mickei That looks good to me. So I think it is actually postfix that alters the reply address from roes@mickei to roes(a)domain.test. Does anyone know a setting that tells postfix to leave the reply-to field alone, so in my case the reply-to remains set to roes@mickei? -- TIA Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless

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Wireless networking
by Wojciech Paszkowski 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

Hi. Maybe it's little of topic of list but i can't connect Belkin AP (european) with HP dv 1000 notebook (US) via wi-fi. Could someone can explain me diff's between US & European conectivity ? Regards Wojtek

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How about users "desupporting" Suse 9.3 and later.
by OldSarge 15 Jun '05

15 Jun '05

To All: I do not know how most of you feel, but, instead of worrying about SuSe desupporting any version of same, maybe it is time to "desupport" any new versions , to include 9.3, until they get ALL the bugs out and people have time TO MAKE FULL USE OF WHAT VERSION THEY HAVE!!!!! :-)

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