November 2009 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

[opensuse] What happens to OBS repos when 10.3 went to discontinued?
by David C. Rankin 07 Nov '09

07 Nov '09

Marcus, all With 10.3 and its updates going to discontinued, where do the OBS packages go? I found OSS & Updates in discontinued w/o any problems, but I had one last box I needed to update. I looked and looked, but couldn't find the OBS packages. Where did the 10.3 OBS packages go? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] administering an MS Windows partition under Linux
by Boris Epstein 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Hi all, If I have a dula-boot machine (Linux and Windows) would I have any good tools under Linux that would allow me to look at the content of the Windows boot partition, administer it, clean up the registry, remove viruses if any, etc? The Windows installation seems to be so defective as to be quite useless so I am trying to think of a good strategy for dealing with the situation. Thanks in advance for any and all advice. Boris. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] ntp and wireless
by Roger Oberholtzer 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

I have a laptop that uses wireless controlled by Network Manager. (11.2 RC1 - and it seems to be working again!) If I want to keep time in sync with ntp, it seems that the network must be up when booting. Which is not the case with Network Manager. How does one get ntp working when using Network Manager. I suspect there are other network services that do not function. But I am interested specifically in ntp. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Promoting openSUSE 11.2 & voting for the openSUSE 11.2 promo DVD cover
by Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

As I'm sure most (hopefully all...) of you know, we'll be releasing openSUSE 11.2. If you'd like to help spread the word, there are a few quick and easy things you can do to help let people know about openSUSE: * Tweet or Dent about openSUSE: If you have a Twitter or Identi.ca account, be sure to follow the @opensuse account and re-tweet/dent announcements about openSUSE 11.2. One or two mentions per day by each openSUSE user could make a huge difference! (Please don't go overboard though -- one or two per day is good!) Make sure to use the openSUSE hash tag (#openSUSE) on Twitter so we can take a shot at getting on the "trending topics" list. * Mention the openSUSE release on Facebook, Linked-In and other social media sites. * See http://en.opensuse.org/Marketing/SocNet for additional tips on social media marketing. (And feel free to join in!) * If you have a blog, please be sure to take a few minutes to post about openSUSE. Original posts are great, but if you're feeling a bit of writer's block it's perfectly acceptable to copy the openSUSE announcement from news.opensuse.org when it's released and post that. (Please link back to the post, though!) * Once you've downloaded 11.2, please burn a copy or two (or three... or one hundred...) and pass them on to friends, family, co-workers, etc. who might benefit from using Linux. Also: through Sunday we're taking votes to decide what cover the openSUSE 11.2 promo DVD (the DVD we hand out at events, etc.) will have. We have three awesome designs from the community - help us decide which to pick here: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/2009/11/05/opensuse-dvdcd-cover-art-opinion… Thanks, and have a lot of fun! Best, Zonker -- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier <jzb(a)zonker.net> openSUSE Community Manager Twitter: jzb | Identica: jzb About: http://www.dissociatedpress.net/about/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Scary enough for Halloween...
by Richard 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

This is an exerpt from an article I read at http://www.gnashdev.org/?q=node/62 It contains this and a lot more information: <quote> What if there was a type of cookie that could: * Stay on your computer for an unlimited amount of time * Store 100 kb of data by default, with an unlimited max * Couldn’t be deleted by your browser * Send previous visit information and history, by default, without your permission Okay… That’s a pretty scary cookie. As it is right now, the cookies we’re so deadly afraid of can store a maximum of 4 kb of information, are manage by your browser, and by default have reasonable defaults and restrictions. This type of cookie exists on 98% of global computers, across all operating systems. it’s the Adobe Flash Player. </quote> I always knew the Adobe player had some security issues but installed it anyhow on my system in order to play YouTube and other flash oriented sites. I had no idea that when I cleared 'cookies', so much was being left behind. I found 'flash cookies' from a bunch of places I know never had 'videos' and some I don't ever remember visiting. A partial list I found on my machine included: ~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/5TQ5UR76> ll total 36 drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 bankofamerica.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-09-02 10:49 cfl.brighthouse.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 login.yahoo.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-10-25 12:23 mail.google.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 static.howstuffworks.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 wunderground.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-09-01 20:33 www1.va.gov drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-10-19 20:42 www.paypal.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-09-19 09:17 www.weather.com ricreig@athelon:~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/5TQ5UR76> Most of these don't even have videos that I am aware of so they seem to be using the 'super cookie' feature of flash without having to show a video. I moved a bunch more to another directory for further exploration: /.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/crap> ll total 116 drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 bin.clearspring.com drwx------ 2 ricreig users 4096 2009-10-12 12:43 cdn.taboolasyndication.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 cdn.widgetserver.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 chatango.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-09-10 13:35 e.blip.tv drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 flash.quantserve.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-09-10 13:37 load.tubemogul.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 media.scanscout.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 msnbcmedia.msn.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 pub.widgetbox.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 pub.widgetserver.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 quantumcache.rr.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 quantumprofile.rr.com drwx------ 2 ricreig users 4096 2009-10-12 12:40 redir.adap.tv drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 serve.a-widget.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 s.mcstatic.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 ssl-images-amazon.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 static.twitter.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 swf.redlasso.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-10-31 23:32 s.ytimg.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 us.etrade.com drwx------ 2 ricreig users 4096 2009-09-26 23:35 us.mg4.mail.yahoo.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 video.google.com drwxrwx--- 3 ricreig root 4096 2009-07-21 22:36 vortex.accuweather.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 webmessenger.yahoo.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 www22.verizon.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 www.rr.com drwxrwx--- 2 ricreig root 4096 2009-08-20 10:22 www.youtube.com ricreig@athelon:~/.macromedia/Flash_Player/#SharedObjects/crap> Many of these I have never been to, don't know where they came from and some of them seem like tracker sites. In any event, Adobe Flash Macromedia is banned from my system because it puts things on it that I didn't authorize, want, or are being used against my wishes in ways I do not sanction. Still, there are YouTube, etc, sites that do have things I would like to see and I need a secure (as possible) flash player. What recommendations are given? Gnash? Any in the OSS repos any good? Again, this URL is a great starting place for information about this garbage and privacy invasion that is so well hidden, 95% of the people probably don't have a clue... http://www.gnashdev.org/?q=node/62 Richard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Video clips on a specific site -- Firefox vs Opera
by jdd-gmane 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Stan Goodman a écrit : > Then installation will consist of extracting the content of the tgz file > and copying libflashplayer.so to e.g. the <firefox>/plugin directory. yes jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: 11.1: What is the relationship between nscd and nslcd?
by Joachim Schrod 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Ralf Haferkamp wrote: > Am Dienstag 03 November 2009 19:17:55 schrieb Joachim Schrod: Ralf, big thanks for your concise answer to my question. It helps a lot and shines quite some light on the intented architecture. >> In 11.0 or 11.1 the new package nss-ldapd was introduced, with the >> daemon nslcd. It is supposed to be used for LDAP connection pooling >> when one wants to have LDAP being a nameservice source, like passwd >> or group. > Connection pooling wasn't the only reason for introducing nss-ldapd. See > http://arthurdejong.org/nss-pam-ldapd/design.html for some more details > (nss-ldapd has been renamed to nss-pam-ldapd recently). One additional point > that is not mentioned there is that with nss-ldapd you can finally use > authentication between nss_ldap and the LDAP server in a senseful way. Very good point. There is even yet-another-advantage that isn't listed: This way libnss_ldap.so does not reference libssl.so any more -- which caused havroc if one has an old app lying around that is compiled against an older libssl.so version. > With a plain (old-style) nss_ldap setup the configuration file (and with it > the LDAP password used by nss_ldap) needed to be world readable which made > setting up binddn and bindpw for nss_ldap kind of useless. Yes, and now one would actually would like to get an include mechanism in all those *ldap*.conf files, to be able to share common configuration options, like the LDAP server and base DNs. For now, I'm planning to use M4 to create the config files, to have *one* master source that has the relevant site information. >> PS: It's quite irritating that nss_ldap [and nss-ldapd] include the same >> /lib/libnss_ldap.so.2. [...] >> :-( I also don't know if one should install both nss_ldap and > > Only one of that. The dependency issues should be fixed in 11.2. nss_ldap and > nss-ldapd do conflict now. Ah, good to know. On my 11.1 test installation, both packages were installed by default. Since rpm -V didn't report any inconsistencies, I thought they contain the same shared lib. Learned something new again -- rpm doesn't record a file's MD5 from the rpm, but from the last install. > BTW, if you are considering to use nss-ldapd you might be interested in sssd > as well. sssd is yet another approach to tackle LDAP NSS and PAM issues. It > has some additional features compared to nss-ldapd (like build in kerberos > support and offline caching). The description you posted on factory sounds very interesting. I'll have a look at it and see if I'll find the time to set up a VMware team that utilizes it. For now, I'm still experimenting -- our workstations still use NIS and I'm looking in the consequences of moving user management to LDAP (performance, backup servers/fail-over, manageability, installation complexity, etc.) Again, thanks for your explanations; they helped a lot. Joachim -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod(a)acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] When will 4.3.3 be ready for 11.0, koffice 2.0.91 will not install without it :-(
by David C. Rankin 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Guys, Koffice 2.0.91 requires kde 4.3.3. Are there going to be 4.3.3 packages for 11.0? -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] Re: Promoting openSUSE 11.2 & voting for the openSUSE 11.2 promo DVD cover
by jdd-gmane 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

DenverD a écrit : > thanks for all your efforts Zonker...but, when i go to (for example) > Youtube and see something i like it is one easy click to 'share' it > with my friends on Facebook.. good idea, is there any 11.2 video we can see and share on youtube? jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://valerie.dodin.org http://news.opensuse.org/2009/04/13/people-of-opensuse-jean-daniel-dodin/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse] kde 4.3.3 - Very Smooth - Some Old Bugs Fixed - Some New Ones Introduced
by David C. Rankin 06 Nov '09

06 Nov '09

Listmates, First look at 4.3.3 is very impressive. I may be off my rocker, but it feels a bit more crisp. Also, I almost fell out of my chair when the printer configuration acually found one of my network printers on its own! (I know cups found it, but to not have the printer applet segfault on start and to actuall communicate with cups -- was clear progress) Either konqueror is doing a better job remembering its layout when you choose "Save View Profile", or I have found a work-around messing with the config files :p Unfortunately dolphin went backwards. Now when you Adjust View Profile (show size, owner, etc..), dolphin collapses the main filename column ("Name") in detail view. :( Win some, lose some ) -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help(a)opensuse.org

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