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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 somet...
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 it,...
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 overly...
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.