autofs for /home: exclude admin users

2024-03-31 Thread Felix Natter
hello debian-users, I configured autofs for /home: * -fstype=nfs,rw,soft,bg,intr SERVER:/share/& But now the login as "admin" does not work any more, since it tries to mount SERVER:/share/admin -> Is it possible to exclude a user from automounting? The workaround [1] I use is this: admin -fst

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2024-03-31 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
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Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread David Christensen
On 3/31/24 02:18, DdB wrote: Hello list, i intend to create a huge backup server from some oldish hardware. Hardware has been partly refurbished and offers 1 SSD + 8 HDD on a 6core Intel with 64 GB RAM. Already before assembling the hardware, grub was working from the SSD, which got lvm partitio

Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-31 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I filed bug report 1068122. I feel fine, despite my concern over my data. Heartfelt thanks for all the advice!

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Mon, Apr 01, 2024 at 01:45:07AM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hi, > > On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 07:19:41PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > > I would think A Smith's comment here was directed to this interesting bit > > from the report he cited: > > > > Given the activity over several weeks, the c

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread Andy Smith
Hi, On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 07:19:41PM -0500, Nicholas Geovanis wrote: > I would think A Smith's comment here was directed to this interesting bit > from the report he cited: > > Given the activity over several weeks, the committer is either directly > involved or there was some quite severe comp

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread Nicholas Geovanis
On Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 12:24 PM Joe wrote: > On Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:53:04 + > Andy Smith wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2024 at 05:47:44PM -, Curt wrote: > > > On 2024-03-28, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > > > > > A more proactive endeavor would be to document known best > > >

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread gene heskett
On 3/31/24 17:16, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 04:27:52PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: On 3/31/24 15:26, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00058.html Does this mean its now safe to update our bookworm installs? I am not awa

Re: System hangs at GDM login or a bit later...

2024-03-31 Thread nimrod
On Wed, 2024-03-27 at 18:32 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 4:47 PM nimrod wrote: > > > > I'm having this annoying behaviour from GDM (or something related). > > > > Quite ofter, after the GDM login screen appears, the host freezes > > completely: every input device is unr

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 04:27:52PM -0400, gene heskett wrote: > On 3/31/24 15:26, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2024/msg00058.html > Does this mean its now safe to update our bookworm installs? I am not aware of a time when it was not safe

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread gene heskett
On 3/31/24 15:26, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 07:00:50PM +, Andy Smith wrote: Hello, On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 05:30:50PM -0400, Lee wrote: I just saw this advisory Escape sequence injection in util-linux wall (CVE-2024-28085) https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 07:00:50PM +, Andy Smith wrote: > Hello, > > On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 05:30:50PM -0400, Lee wrote: > > I just saw this advisory > > Escape sequence injection in util-linux wall (CVE-2024-28085) > > https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/35 > > where they're t

Re: making Debian secure by default

2024-03-31 Thread Andy Smith
Hello, On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 05:30:50PM -0400, Lee wrote: > I just saw this advisory > Escape sequence injection in util-linux wall (CVE-2024-28085) > https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Mar/35 > where they're talking about grabbing other users sudo password. I note that "write" and

Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-31 Thread David Wright
On Sun 31 Mar 2024 at 09:42:37 (+0300), Antti-Pekka Känsälä wrote: > I'm mounting and unmounting through the stick icon's menu on Xfce desktop. > Maybe a fancy file chooser dialogue stays around analyzing the directory, > as you suspect? But I'm worried my Gmail in Firefox is capable of stealing >

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread David Wright
On Sun 31 Mar 2024 at 11:18:30 (+0200), DdB wrote: > Already before assembling the hardware, grub was working from the SSD, > which got lvm partitioning and is basically empty. As i have no working > CD drive nor can this old machine boot from USB, i put an ISO for > bookworm onto an lvm-LV. Using

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 31 Mar 2024 11:18 +0200, from debianl...@potentially-spam.de-bruyn.de (DdB): > As i have no working > CD drive nor can this old machine boot from USB, i put an ISO for > bookworm onto an lvm-LV. Using grub, i can manually boot from that ISO > and see the first installer screens. But after asking

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread Felix Miata
DdB composed on 2024-03-31 11:18 (UTC+0200): > Suggestions are welcome :-) https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ All my installations use this NET method. What I usually do though is extract linux and initrd.gz from it or directly from the mirrors and load them with Grub rather than booting the NET

Re: help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024 at 11:18:30AM +0200, DdB wrote: > Hello list, > > i intend to create a huge backup server from some oldish hardware. > Hardware has been partly refurbished and offers 1 SSD + 8 HDD on a 6core > Intel with 64 GB RAM. > Already before assembling the hardware, grub was working fr

help needed to get a bookworm install to succeed

2024-03-31 Thread DdB
Hello list, i intend to create a huge backup server from some oldish hardware. Hardware has been partly refurbished and offers 1 SSD + 8 HDD on a 6core Intel with 64 GB RAM. Already before assembling the hardware, grub was working from the SSD, which got lvm partitioning and is basically empty. As

Re: Re: Debian 12.5 up-to-date Xfce, Firefox clings to USB stick

2024-03-31 Thread Antti-Pekka Känsälä
I'm mounting and unmounting through the stick icon's menu on Xfce desktop. Maybe a fancy file chooser dialogue stays around analyzing the directory, as you suspect? But I'm worried my Gmail in Firefox is capable of stealing files off my USB stick.