December 2008 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] automount ext3 usb disk
by ivo.linux 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Well I formated my USB external hard disk with ext3 file system but however when I plug my user don't have rw privileges, so I am looking to resolve this issue thank in advance for any help -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Fax server
by Arie Reynaldi Z 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi, Is there anyone use fax server as production use (daily basis) ? My boss wants me to build fax server, my first option is winfax, but I really want to use in linux instead. What we needs are, it can shared, forward fax to user pc, batch sent, scheduled sent, can be accessed fro windows, basicly what fax server does.. So, any input would be so much appreciate. Regards, -ARZ™- Sent from my BlackBerry® N‹§²æìr¸›yéšŠZ)z{.±ï®žË›±Êâmê)z{.±ê+€Z+i×b¶*'jW(šf§vÇ¦j)h¥éìºÇ¾…éi¢—§²ë¢¸

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Re: [opensuse] Blue Countdown Available
by David C. Rankin 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Sylvester Lykkehus wrote: > On 2008-12-01 10:49, David C. Rankin wrote: >> List, >> >> If anyone would rather a blue countdown to 11.1 instead of green, >> I have one >> with the blue_curl backdrop on my site that you are free to scavenge. The >> countdown is: >> >> http://www.3111skyline.com/download/openSUSE_11.1/images/countdown.php >> > > <snip> > > David, that is a nice idea. > > For fun, I tried making one with 'dynamic' colors. The user supplied > values are RGB (0-255), alpha (0-127) and gamma (0.1-2.0). > > Some examples: > > Whine red: > http://solidonline.dk/11.1.php?red=127&green=0&blue=0&alpha=30&gamma=0.5 > > Dull yellow: > http://solidonline.dk/11.1.php?red=127&green=127&blue=0&alpha=30&gamma=0.5 > > Grey: > http://solidonline.dk/11.1.php?red=255&green=255&blue=255&alpha=70&gamma=0.5 > > > For the interested, the script is here: > http://solidonline.dk/11.1.phps > > > Best regards > Sylvester Lykkehus > Sylvester, You are definitely way better with the graphics than I am. How are you changing the image colors? I see in your URL you are using RBG and Gamma, what is that? Are you using something in php or gd to change the colors on the fly? Looks great however you are doing it. If you don't mind, I love to see the php call if you are doing it on the fly. Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. | openSoftware und SystemEntwicklung Rankin Law Firm, PLLC | Countdown for openSuSE 11.1 www.rankinlawfirm.com | http://counter.opensuse.org/11.1/small -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Openldap sasl mechanism order problem on OpenSuSE 11
by Markus Moeller 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

I'd like to use GSSAPI as the first sasl authentication mechanism and digest-md5 as the second method. Although /etc/sash/slapd.conf has gssapi before digest-md5. mech_list: gssapi digest-md5 cram-md5 external I get gssapi as the last in the list of supportedsaslmechanisms #ldapsearch -H ldap://192.168.1.27 -x -D "CN=Admin,DC=Suse,DC=home" -w password -b "" -s base "supportedsaslmechanisms" # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <> with scope baseObject # filter: (objectclass=*) # requesting: supportedsaslmechanisms # # dn: supportedSASLMechanisms: DIGEST-MD5 supportedSASLMechanisms: CRAM-MD5 supportedSASLMechanisms: GSSAPI # search result search: 2 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 2 # numEntries: 1 and a query will force digest-md5 authentication. #ldapsearch -H ldap://192.168.1.27 -D "CN=Manager,DC=Suse,DC=home" -w Manager00$ -b "" -s base "supportedsaslmechanisms" SASL/DIGEST-MD5 authentication started ldap_sasl_interactive_bind_s: Invalid credentials (49) additional info: SASL(-13): user not found: no secret in database If I change /etc/sasl2/slapd.conf to mech_list: gssapi I get gssapi to work #ldapsearch -H ldap://192.168.1.27 -b "" -s base "supportedsaslmechanisms" SASL/GSSAPI authentication started SASL username: markus(a)SUSE.HOME SASL SSF: 56 SASL installing layers # extended LDIF # # LDAPv3 # base <> with scope baseObject # filter: (objectclass=*) # requesting: supportedsaslmechanisms # # dn: supportedSASLMechanisms: GSSAPI # search result search: 5 result: 0 Success # numResponses: 2 # numEntries: 1 Why is slapd not using the right order ? I use OpenSuse 11.0 with latest patches. Markus -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Using windows shares
by Verner Kjærsgaard 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi listmates, - this is killing me. I thought it was simple, hopefully it's just me who cannot seem to get my head right... On SuSE11 I've got like 15 users (KIWI-LTSP5). I've got one Win2003 server with shared directories, each owned by an inidivdual user. Now I'd like to have a desktop icon or whatever to allow my Linux users to access this share on the wintendo box. But only his share, not the shares of the other users. The shares on the win-machine are properly owned and have proper permissions and all. Usernames and passwords are the same on Linux and Windows. a) I can't seem to use an cifs/smbfs entry in /etc/fstab as such a line requires an "... -o username=vk,password=verysecret" This requirement kills this solution, or...? b) I'd like to just copy a konqueror "smb://server-ip/share" icon to the desktop of all Linux users, thus giving them a browse of the windows shares - and a prompt for username and password when the wish to access a certain share. This works perfectly fine when the fileserver is a samba server, will it work just the same with a 2003 box? c) I'm able to run a script at login time, could one employ "fusermount" or "fusesmb" or something smiliar? Any hints/howtos are as always, greatly appreciated. Thank you! -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Of software RAID on SUSE Linux
by Tero Pesonen 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

On Sunday 30 November 2008, you wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 5:50 PM, Tero Pesonen <mlist-suse(a)tpesonen.net> wrote: > > Of course, a RAID won't help > > against other kinds of data loss, such as the power supply's > > failing and killing other components with some mighty spike; or > > from fire, or flood, or what ever. That is OK. That's why I backup. > > Are you using a UPS? I've never used a UPS device before for a desktop at home. I've been thinking of acquiring one for the new system -- the one with the RAID -- so as to avoid problems in case of a black-out. I've read that this is recommended with RAIDs as the disks need to keep in sync and no-one knows what'll happen when they all power down unexpectedly. So having the system go down gracefully is preferred. I have not yet looked at products or prices. But if I had a UPS for my home box, and the power went out, and the UPS went to work for a short period of time, how would my system know to "init 0" or something like that during the time the UPS would be able to feed it? Do you have one, and if so, how does your setup work? > > In other words, may I combine disks from > > different manufacturers, with different specs, etc. without > > affecting the RAID somehow negatively? > > It is OK to mix manufacturers and capacities. It is good to mix discs > with different manufacture dates. This makes it less likely that the > discs will fail at the same time. But I would not mix buses, spindle > speed or cache size because I would not want to thrash one disc while > leaving the other one idle. OK. > So, while you can mix discs, I bought an identical pair of hard discs > for my RAID 1. Using a pair of identical discs takes the guesswork > out of building a RAID. And I am satisfied with the result. I guess two might suffice for me, too. Two identical Seagate ES.2 SATA's might work. They're specsed by the manufacturer for 24h use, for whatever that is worth (I always run my desktop 24h/d, and keep KDE up for months at time... so the disks spin a good deal. This is mostly because the OS-disks cannot be spinned down with hdparm for more than a few seconds due to the kernel's constantly flushing them. So, at night they are merely idling away at 7200rpm.) I prefer not to turn the power on and off too much, as doing so seems the most efficient way for killing modern-day crappy PC components. Keeping the thing running seems to provide the most stable system. I've only experienced one power cut on my home box over the past 10 years. Luckily, that did not cause any fs errors, and reiserfs recovered from it with a boot-time fsck (that did quite a bit of work, though) without leaving any problems even though the disk had been writing when the power was cut. > > On the other hand, replacing disks later with larger capacity ones > > will cause no problem as they only need to meet the minimum size > > criterion. Hence, I could replace them one-by-one such that each > > new disk, replacing a removed old one, is first let to fully > > integrate/reconstruct; finally, after all disk have been replaced, > > I could enlarge a partition or two, for example, as allowed by the > > new shared minimum, thus increasing the capacity of the virtual > > device that is being RAIDed. > > Remember to back up before experimenting. Of course. Thanks to my rigorous habit of backing-up, despite hard drive failures, I have never really lost any important data. > You might want to look at using LVM rather than expanding partitions. I'll do that. Thanks for the tip! > My System > > I have a three disc system. I have one disc for the OS. And I have a > matched pair of Seagates in a RAID 1. The OS disc is a throwaway > disc. In other words, if something happens to it, I can just buy a > new disc, build a new install of openSuSE and be on my way. I have no > personal data on that disc. All of my data is on the RAID 1. And I > have a separate mount point for my stuff that does not overlap with > any standard Linux mount point such as /home or whatever. So the > biggest risks to my data are a double hardware failure or operator > error. That seems like a good strategy. I will have to consider that kind of approach too. > I also have a removable hard drive with the same capacity as my RAID > that I use for backing up. > > Mike Thanks for your comments! Tero Pesonen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Kmail question
by James Hatridge 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

HI all, I have alot of attachments in a couple of email lists. Is there a way for me to tell the Kmail filter to put these attachments in a dir? OR do you know a program can I can run one in a while to do this? Thanks, JIM -- Jim Hatridge Linux User #88484 Ebay ID: WartHogBulletin ------------------------------------------------------ WartHog Bulletin Info about new German Stamps http://www.WartHogBulletin.de Many Enemies -- Much Honor! Anti-US Propaganda stamp collection http://www.manyenemies-muchhonor.info An American in Bavaria http://www.gaubodengalerie.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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Re: [opensuse] Fax server
by Arie Reynaldi Z 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

========= On Monday, 2008-12-01 at 23:37 -0000, Arie Reynaldi Z wrote: > > > Is there anyone use fax server as production use (daily basis) ? My boss > > wants me to build fax server, my first option is winfax, but I really > > want to use in linux instead. What we needs are, it can shared, forward > > fax to user pc, batch sent, scheduled sent, can be accessed fro windows, > > basicly what fax server does.. So, any input would be so much > > appreciate. > > Hylafax. Yes, and there is even a OpenSUSE package for Hylafax. I've never tried it from the package in OpenSUSE but I have run on a CentOS box and it works very very well. ========== Is there any hylafax client for windows ? Or do I need any windows client to retrieve fax from server ? -ARZ™- Sent from my BlackBerry® N‹§²æìr¸›yéšŠZ)z{.±ï®žË›±Êâmê)z{.±ê+€Z+i×b¶*'jW(šf§vÇ¦j)h¥éìºÇ¾…éi¢—§²ë¢¸

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[opensuse] UPS And Multiple Computers
by Randall R Schulz 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

Hi, Seeing the recent mention of UPS (on the thread "Of software RAID on SUSE Linux") a question came to mind: If you have multiple computers, how does one get them to all initiate the desired actions when main power fails and the UPS takes over? Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Viewing RIPped DVDs
by Jerry Houston 02 Dec '08

02 Dec '08

I have our whole DVD collection (hundreds of them) copied to a hard drive on my server. They're in individual folders per title, with subdirectories named AUDIO_TS and VIDEO_TS. In the VIDEO_TS directory is a file called VIDEO_TS.IFO, which I can use to launch the DVD from my Windows laptop (using InterVideo WinDVD), which is connected to my plasma screen TV and home-theater audio system. It's a whole lot better than handling individual discs and their cases. I'd really like to replace Windows on that machine with SuSE Linux, but I haven't yet discovered how to do the same thing with it. Does any of this sound familiar to other SuSE users? Can you recommend an application that will allow me to play these movies the way the Windows laptop plays them? Thanks in advance for a clue! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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