August 2004 - openSUSE Edu - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Pam_mount on SuSe 9.1
by Rob Keeling 06 May '05

06 May '05

I am trying to install SuSE 9.1 as a workstation in a NT 4 Domain network. The default suse 9.1 install installed winbind etc, and configured them allowing me to log on to ssh with a NT username and password. I now want to configure pam_mount to mount a subdirectory of the unix home directory as the NT home directory. I had configured this on an old SuSE 8.1 box, so I think /etc/pam_mount.conf should be OK. However, having added auth and session lines for pam_mount into /etc/pam.d/sshd I can only get to the stage that in /var/log/messages I see pam_mount: error trying to retrieve authtok from auth code How do I enable pam_mount? My /etc/pam.d/sshd file is as follows #%PAM-1.0 auth required pam_unix2.so set_secrpc auth required pam_nologin.so auth required pam_env.so auth optional pam_mount.so use_first_pass account required pam_unix2.so account required pam_nologin.so password required pam_pwcheck.so password required pam_unix2.so use_first_pass use_authtok session required pam_unix2.so # trace or debug session required pam_limits.so session optional pam_mount.so use_first_pass # Enable the following line to get resmgr support for # ssh sessions (see /usr/share/doc/packages/resmgr/README.SuSE) #session optional pam_resmgr.so fake_ttyname Thanks Rob Keeling -- I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. - Douglas Adams

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Any PHP experts out there?
by adrian.wells 01 Sep '04

01 Sep '04

----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Williams" <matt(a)oozoo.co.uk> To: "'SuSe'" <suse-linux-uk-schools(a)suse.com>; "'adrian.wells'" <adrian.wells(a)sidcot.org.uk> Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Any PHP experts out there? > Hi Adrian > > When using multiple select boxes you have to append the name of the select element with [] so PHP know to expect/convert it to an array. > > so you example would need to be > <select name="dcdrom[]" size="3" multiple id="dcdrom"> > > $_POST['dcdrom'] will now be an array Thanks Matt :-) Having looked over some examples again, I see that now but missed it before! (But you'd be amazed how many typo's there are out there. I don't understand why people don't copy and paste). It now returns "array" :-) Many Many thanks :-)

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Support tech required
by Ian Lynch 31 Aug '04

31 Aug '04

We are currently looking for a support technician/engineer who has some experience of Windows and Linux servers in schools. Based in the Midlands in small friendly family based company with some good ideas for growth and a commitment to developing FLOSS in schools and small businesses. If interested send me a CV to ian.lynch(a)zmsl.com -- Ian Lynch <ian.lynch(a)zmsl.com> ZMS Ltd

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RE: [suse-linux-uk-schools] Primary School Server
by Matt Johnson 26 Aug '04

26 Aug '04

> The set-up that I have in mind sounds imilar to > yours. I want to have two > groups; one for staff and one for pupils. I think > that for the KS1 classes > I will probably just have a class user name and then > from year 2 onwards > introduce their own user id's. This sounds sensible. I tried that for a while, and soon went to user names throughout. Reception can log on, but it does eat into the session a bit. > My intention is to > set up a shared work > space for resources to share with pupils, one for > staff to keep planning and > policies on, etc and for staff/classes/pupils to > have their own work spaces. Yeah and have an area that pupils can read, but only staff can write to. It's nice for teachers to setup templates that are read-only so children then save them to their MyDocuments or MyWork area. > All work by pupils and staff is currently saved onto > floppy disk which means > that there are hundreds lying around in classrooms > and I don't like this!! Nasty! > I would like to set up their profiles to include > desktops, especially in KS1 > to make it easier to access the software that we > use. Yes, if I remember correctly, I use a policy to define desktops (config.pol). This isn't at the school I work in now (which had already bought an RM server before I got there). Let me make very clear, that the two schools I've set linux/samba as the PDC run much quicker than the cluttered RM Connect 2.4 bloaty nonsense I have now. > With regards to my little trial run at home, I've > set SUSE up on my laptop. > I set samba up with a domain name "test" and added > some user id's - I used > webmin/swat to help me do this. My XP client won't > join this domain, even > after typing in the root password and I just can't > see anyway to get it to > do this. Ah. Yes. XP you see. I found it an uphill struggle, but got there in the end I think. > I must admit Linux has confused me a little bit and > I think I just need to > start from scratch. If you could point me in the > right direction, I would > really appreciate it! This seems to do all the things I did... http://www.rmschneider.com/writing/xp_and_samba.html A W98 machine doesn't have to bother with machine accounts. You *are* using encrypted passwords, right (in your smb.conf)? I guess it's default anyway. And your users must have (1) linux accounts (maybe by using YAST) and (2) accounts setup using smbpasswd (or something that does this for you - I know webmin can create these users for you, but it must be done). -- Matt ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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FW: useradd newbie -g students
by Russell XXXXXX 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Phil, thanks for the info - it looks great - I'll be trying in this weekend... Glad I found your pages.... ... I can't get you at your emaill address though.... cheers, Russell > ---------- > From: Phil Jones > Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 1:23 PM > To: XXX(a)XXXXXXXXX.XXX > Subject: Re: useradd newbie -g students > > Hi Russell > > > Is there a way to use a text file to automatically generate users? > > Yes there is, it's called createusers and I wrote it. :-) It's a free > download > from http://www.lfsp.org. Createusers takes a plain text comma separated > file > containing username, password in plain text, real name and user group. > > > We have a linux box running apache to provide webspace for > > each student... adding everyone through the command line or > > linuxconf would be a real pain.... > > That's *exactly* the problem createusers is designed to solve. Do try it > out > and let the list know if it worked. Please let me know you received this > mail! > > Best wishes > -- > Phil Jones > Systems Programmer http://www.vi.net Direct phone: 0207 854 6230 > >

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FAO Phil Jones
by Russell XXXXXX 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Hi Phil, I sent you some mail but it keeps bouncing back - hope nobody minds if I post it to the list.... #################### thanks Phil - another top answer.... ...did I ask you already if you wanted a job? Good pay, based in Nottinghill - a good team of IT people doing some really cool stuff with kids... Let me know if your interested.... I had a good look through your Createusers scripts and was wondering how difficult it would be to adapt those scripts to building the directories and links you have outlined below? I guess sooner or later I will have to get my hands dirty and start learning how to do this kind of thing... How did you start? Know any good places to go to where I can learn about this kind of stuff - this is shell scripting right? I've heard perl is really useful but I have no real programming background.... I'm having a few problems with using Createusers on my Redhat 6.2 box. I wonder if you could help as I'm desperate to transfer the hundreds of accounts over to this machine..... > The shell scripts create the user accounts with the following error line: > > /usr/sbin/createusers: /usr/sbin/autopasswd: No Such File or Directory > > the accounts work fine - but only if I change the passwords. Any ideas? > thanks again, Russell > ---------- > From: Phil Jones > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:24 AM > To: XXX(a)XXXXXXXXX.XXX > Subject: Re: Getting rid of the tilde > > Hi Russell > > You need to create user directories under the Apache document root and set > the > permissions of the directories so that each user can write to their own > directory but only read others. Then set up a symlink in each user's home > directory pointing to their personal directory under the Apache document > root. > The command for making symlinks is ln. > > Eg, these commands as root will set up for a user called user1 in the > users > group. > > # make directory in Apache document root for user1. The Apache document > root > # varies according to the Linux distribution. On Red Hat 7.0, the > document > # root is /var/www/html. > mkdir /var/www/html/user1 > > # set owner of new directory > chown user1.users /var/www/html/user1 > > # set permissions of new directory, 744 = owner read, write, execute, > # all others read only > chmod 744 /var/www/html/user1 > > # create symbolic link: myweb in user's home to point to user's directory > under > # Apache document root > ln -s /var/www/html/user1 /home/user1/myweb > > As an alternative, try installing Web User Interface. It scans the system > looking for personal home pages and builds an index. Then your young ones > don't have to type the URL containing the ~ character at all - instead, > they > can just click the link. Web User Interface is free software available at > http://www.lfsp.org. The advantage of this option is you don't have to > change > the configuration of your system. > > Wishes, Phil > > >

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Karoshi
by linuxgirlie 25 Aug '04

25 Aug '04

Meationed a while ago about a project my partner and I are working on called Karoshi. More information can be found at www.karoshi.org.uk We are coming up to version 2.0 for those that are interested. A brief explanation would be its a 'point and click' Linux server setup, designed for the least technical minded people. Jo

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Vote for preferred office file format.
by Ian Lynch 17 Aug '04

17 Aug '04

http://www.dotnetguru.org/us/modules.php?op=modload&name=NS-Polls&file=inde… OpenOffice well in the lead at present! -- Ian Lynch <ian.lynch(a)zmsl.com> ZMS Ltd

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Re: [suse-linux-uk-schools] quick question on ownership
by Thomas Adam 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

--- Paul Taylor <ptaylor(a)uklinux.net> wrote: > Webmin and C-Panel but Plesk seems a bit duff. The only way I could > seem to > get files onto the thing and untar/rpm (I know, I know, you will say it > is > THE only way) was with SSH. That meant command lines and Linux in a If it is one thing I have observed while being on this list, it is the neverending enthusiasm and stubbourness to continue to learn that amazes me, and that, I am glad to be a part of. As far as your tar/rpm issues go, heh, that is certainly *one* way, but by no means *the* way. :) > Nutshell. I got the files on but it set permissions automatically as > remote > and wheel so I was not sure if they would work once I fired a browser at When you untar/unrpm files, the permissions are taken from the files themselves, which is why sometimes you might notice files with owner/group of 1003/1003, because you mightn't have the mappings on your system for them. > them. I am very newbie to this managed server lark and it is consuming > far > too much of my time when I should be getting my schemes of work ready > for the > coming year.... If you want something served by apache, set the directory to 755, and the files below it to 644. So to do that, you can do: cd /dir && chmod -R 644 * Hope That Helps, -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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quick question on ownership
by Paul Taylor 11 Aug '04

11 Aug '04

Hi all: An easy one I hope but one that my Linux in a Nutshell seems vague on. I have a directory on a remote server that I need to change ownership on. The directory has been set as group "wheel" with no owner and file permissions 644. I want to set it to psaserv in line with all other directories on the server. The files need to be 755 I assume. Hope this makes sense to someone... Paul

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