Displaying 13 results from an estimated 13 matches for "deathbycomput".
2018 Apr 10
1
XScreenSaver
On 9 April 2018 at 04:47, Tom Grace <lists-in at deathbycomputers.co.uk> wrote:
> On 09/04/2018 07:47, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
>> I didn't know a screensaver was that critical.
>
> It's critical in that XScreenSaver deals with locking the screen/dealing
> with passwords. I believe the fancy animation bits are separate.
> _________...
2015 Jan 20
2
Kickstarting several *different* setups
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Tom Grace
<lists-in at deathbycomputers.co.uk> wrote:
> On 20/01/2015 16:29, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>>
>> So my question is, is there some way do determine via kickstart, what to
>> install on that machine based on some criteria, possibly the IP that's
>> being assigned to it, or MAC address, or so...
2015 Jan 20
0
Kickstarting several *different* setups
...key, it's the configuration, or the
manual selecting of a script to run, something they can easily screw up,
that's I want to avoid.
On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 9:51 AM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Tom Grace
> <lists-in at deathbycomputers.co.uk> wrote:
> > On 20/01/2015 16:29, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> >>
> >> So my question is, is there some way do determine via kickstart, what to
> >> install on that machine based on some criteria, possibly the IP that's
> >> being assigned to...
2018 Mar 26
2
How insecure is NIS ? Possible alternatives ?
On 26/03/2018 15:14, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> FreeIPA takes all of one command to install, and one to set up. It
> provides a web UI for both administrative and end-user management of
> users, passwords, login and sudo policy, etc. Anything you find overly
> complex can simply be unused.
FreeIPA is easy to set up, but it is quite a complex beast under the
hood. I've had some nasty
2018 Mar 26
0
How insecure is NIS ? Possible alternatives ?
> Am 26.03.2018 um 16:31 schrieb Tom Grace <lists-in at deathbycomputers.co.uk>:
>
> On 26/03/2018 15:14, Gordon Messmer wrote:
>> FreeIPA takes all of one command to install, and one to set up. It
>> provides a web UI for both administrative and end-user management of
>> users, passwords, login and sudo policy, etc. Anything you find over...
2015 Jan 20
3
Kickstarting several *different* setups
I'm currently using kickstart for installing new servers and have run into
the following scenario: all the machines will have the same basic setup of
packages, however they will each be configured for a specific task. For
example, some will be mail-serving machines and won't need things like a
web or mySQL server installed. Others will be web servers and do need those
packages.
So my
2018 Apr 09
3
XScreenSaver
Le 09/04/2018 ? 03:04, Chris Adams a ?crit?:
> It's Open Source - patching to remove such a nag is legal and a service
> to the users.
>
> It's a screensaver program - how many updates does it need anyway? If
> it is just updates to add more fancy animations, there is zero reason to
> demand people upgrade.
Here's the exact response I got from the developer after
2016 Aug 03
4
Mirror sync strategy or problem?
Hello,
I have a CentOS 7 server, right installed.
I notice that some packages that are present at
http://mirror.centos.org/centos/7/updates/x86_64/Packages/
are not present yet at some other mirrors (that are the ones my
fastestmirror plugin picks up... even after a clean):
http://centos.datente.com/media/7/updates/x86_64/Packages/
or
2015 Jan 20
0
Kickstarting several *different* setups
On 20/01/2015 16:29, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
> So my question is, is there some way do determine via kickstart, what to
> install on that machine based on some criteria, possibly the IP that's
> being assigned to it, or MAC address, or something ...
If you just want to use kickstart, it would be pretty simple to serve
these via HTTP, and have a simple script in PHP or similar that
2016 Aug 02
0
TLSv1.2 support for lftp on CentOS 6.x
On 02/08/2016 12:11, Olivier BONHOMME wrote:
> So my question is : Can lftp provided by CentOS (of course last version in the
> 6.x branch), do TLSv1.2 connection ?
It may not be related, but in the past I have needed to rebuild libNSS
and Curl in CentOS 6 due to an upstream patch the explicitly disabled
TLSv1.2 in the default list of supported versions.
As I recall, this was done to
2016 Aug 03
0
Mirror sync strategy or problem?
On 03/08/2016 09:09, Gianluca Cecchi wrote:
> What are typical delays in mirrors' sync? Or is there any problem in
> mirrors updates?
Does http://mirror-status.centos.org/ show any issue with the mirrors
you're being given by fastestmirror ?
2016 Oct 31
0
Airprint to old printer using Centos server
On 31/10/2016 10:43, Gary Stainburn wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've found a number of articles on setting up a Linux / CUPS / Avahi server to
> allow airprinting, but they all seem to be quite old.
>
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Does anyone have a link for a more recent article, hopefully specifically
> for Centos7.
I've not seen specific instructions for CentOS 7, but
2018 Apr 09
0
XScreenSaver
On 09/04/2018 07:47, Nicolas Kovacs wrote:
> I didn't know a screensaver was that critical.
It's critical in that XScreenSaver deals with locking the screen/dealing
with passwords. I believe the fancy animation bits are separate.