[ale] Ale Digest, Vol 29, Issue 101

Wed Jun 23 12:38:44 EDT 2010

I run LDAP, I ran it at the office, and run it here at the house.
http://simontekhacks.blogspot.com/ has some fixes I have figured out for
LDAP and other things.

On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <ale-request at ale.org> wrote:

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>   1. [OT] For the sawdust crowd with a math twist (Jim Kinney)
>   2. $25 for 8-watt linux server (Brian Pitts)
>   3. Re: $25 for 8-watt linux server (Michael B. Trausch)
>   4. LDAP Experts (Allgood, John)
>   5. Re: LDAP Experts (Jerald Sheets)
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:54:24 -0400
> From: Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>
> Subject: [ale] [OT] For the sawdust crowd with a math twist
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
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> http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/06/math_monday_mathematical_lathe_work.html
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> --
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> James P. Kinney III
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> Doing pretty well on all 3 pursuits
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:21:52 -0400
> From: Brian Pitts <brian at polibyte.com>
> Subject: [ale] $25 for 8-watt linux server
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
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> I saw this on another mailing list and immediately ordered one.
>
> Today woot.com is selling the Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Network Adapter
> (STDSA10G-RK) for $25 including shipping. It has a 1.2GHz ARM CPU, 128MB
> of RAM, one gigabit ethernet port, and three powered USB 2.0 port. It
> ships with the pogoplug firmware but that can be replaced with the linux
> of your choice.
>
> Buy it at
> http://woot.com/
>
> Instruction on installing Gentoo
> http://ahsoftware.de/dockstar/
>
> Instructions for installing an Arch-based distro
> http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5?title=PlugApps:Pogoplug_Setboot
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> --
> All the best,
> Brian Pitts
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:29:42 -0400
> From: "Michael B. Trausch" <mike at trausch.us>
> Subject: Re: [ale] $25 for 8-watt linux server
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale at ale.org>
> Message-ID: <1277303382.14676.6.camel at zest>
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> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 10:21 -0400, Brian Pitts wrote:
> > I saw this on another mailing list and immediately ordered one.
> >
> > Today woot.com is selling the Seagate FreeAgent DockStar Network Adapter
> > (STDSA10G-RK) for $25 including shipping. It has a 1.2GHz ARM CPU, 128MB
> > of RAM, one gigabit ethernet port, and three powered USB 2.0 port. It
> > ships with the pogoplug firmware but that can be replaced with the linux
> > of your choice.
>
> Oh, GRR.  I would like to have something like that!
>
> However, my bank account is empty.  :(
>
> Why is it that Woot always has really great things that I would buy if I
> had the money, but the timing is always inversely proportional to when I
> have money?
>
>        --- Mike
>
> >
> > Buy it at
> > http://woot.com/
> >
> > Instruction on installing Gentoo
> > http://ahsoftware.de/dockstar/
> >
> > Instructions for installing an Arch-based distro
> > http://www.plugapps.com/index.php5?title=PlugApps:Pogoplug_Setboot
> >
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:05:09 -0500
> From: "Allgood, John" <jallgood at ohl.com>
> Subject: [ale] LDAP Experts
> To: "'ale at ale.org'" <ale at ale.org>
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> Hey Guys
>
> Anyone here using ldap? I have built openldap 2.4.21 on Centos 5.5 and have
> setup ppolicy and smbk5. Everything works fine when using ldappasswd to set
> the password. When I force a pwdReset the system forces me to use the passwd
> program which does not update everything in ldap correctly nor adhere to my
> ppolicy. I assume it is something in /etc/pam.d/system-auth but not much
> familiar with pam. I thought about creating a script and linking the passwd
> program to that script but not sure how that would behave when forced to
> change the password via GDM.
>
> Thanks
>
> John Allgood
> Senior Systems Administrator
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> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:26:59 -0400
> From: Jerald Sheets <questy at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ale] LDAP Experts
> To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
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> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:05 AM, Allgood, John <jallgood at ohl.com> wrote:
>
> >  Hey Guys
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone here using ldap? I have built openldap 2.4.21 on Centos 5.5 and
> have
> > setup ppolicy and smbk5.
> >
>
> openldap 2.3.27-8.el5_1.3 over RHEL 5.2 with no ppolicy or smbk5
>
>
> > Everything works fine when using ldappasswd to set the password. When I
> > force a pwdReset the system forces me to use the passwd program which
> does
> > not update everything in ldap correctly nor adhere to my ppolicy.
> >
>
> Did you load the POSIX schemas?
> Does your slapd credentials stuff look sorta like this:
>
> ##################################
> #
> # Grant access to Change Password
> #
> ##################################
>
> access to attrs=userPassword
>   by self write
>   by anonymous auth
>   by dn.base="cn=admin,,dc=your,dc=domain" write
>   by * none
>
> access to *
>   by self write
>   by dn.base="cn=admin,dc=your,dc=domain" write
>   by * read
>
>
> have you tried using something like Apache's Directory Studio to do
> password
> changes instead?  Most of my management gets done through there.
>
> I assume it is something in /etc/pam.d/system-auth but not much familiar
> > with pam. I thought about creating a script and linking the passwd
> program
> > to that script but not sure how that would behave when forced to change
> the
> > password via GDM.
> >
> >
> >  The only thing I use in system-auth is
>
> session     required     pam_mkhomedir.so
>
> to automagically create user directories on first login.  Everything else
> is
> DIST.
>
> Sorry if the issues are being introduced through the ppolicy or smbk5, as I
> have no help for you there.
>
>
> --jms
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