On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 19:20:34 -0400, deb wrote:
> Fortunately Brian has blocked me,
Eh? You'll have to explain.
--
Brian.
On 3/11/19 5:08 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote:
And yeah, Debian is an upstream distribution, so you will have a lot of
people who are being overly purist about Linux solutions, because they
have the luxury of working in homogenous environments. Unfortunately a
lot of them are lousy communicators.
On 3/12/19 11:05 AM, David Wright wrote:
On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 15:01:32 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote:
Stefan Monnier writes:
OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of
heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe
is legitimate.
I di
Curt wrote:
> I don't follow how this follows from your erroneous attribution.
try harder ;-)
On Tue 12 Mar 2019 at 15:01:32 (+0100), Mart van de Wege wrote:
> Stefan Monnier writes:
>
> >> OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of
> >> heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe
> >> is legitimate.
> >
> > I did not perceive the OP
Stefan Monnier writes:
>> OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of
>> heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe
>> is legitimate.
>
> I did not perceive the OP's request to be about the case where you
> administer lots of machines and yo
On Tue 12/Mar/2019 09:39:53 +0100 didier gaumet wrote:
> Wikipedia makes a comparison of Linux antivirus:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software#Linux
It's astonishing that there is an "Email Security" column, with random yes/no
contents. I wrote a note on that:
http
On 2019-03-10 14:58, deb wrote:
Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
* I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.
* But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8
and just want to check.
* (Clamscan already caught 4 things)
I'm of the opinion that window
On 2019-03-11, deloptes wrote:
> Curt wrote:
>
>> I don't believe he did, actually. I believe that's what Reco wrote.
>
> but there is no secure OS, as soon as you get connected to the network, and
> if you have a server with multiple users ... well. We used to put sensitive
> servers in DMZ aside
Wikipedia makes a comparison of Linux antivirus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software#Linux
On 3/10/19 3:53 PM, Brian wrote:
On Sun 10 Mar 2019 at 13:18:54 -0400, deb wrote:
Crumogeon tip: It is no longer 1972. If you have nothing nice or at least
helpful to say on a USER list, say nothing at all.
All the responses were helpful. You just have to fit them into your
World View and
> OP has a point though. The real world happens to have a huge amount of
> heterogeneous networks, and asking for tools to keep those systems safe
> is legitimate.
I did not perceive the OP's request to be about the case where you
administer lots of machines and you want to use a Debian machine as
Curt wrote:
> I don't believe he did, actually. I believe that's what Reco wrote.
but there is no secure OS, as soon as you get connected to the network, and
if you have a server with multiple users ... well. We used to put sensitive
servers in DMZ aside of the user network - for a good reason.
Stefan Monnier writes:
>> re: apt solving all? I understand it recently had a long-time vulnerability
>> itself...
>> Linux will get hit more as it gets more popular.
>
> My point is not that APT and/or Debian is bullet-proof (I live under no
> delusion in this respect). Just that instead of kee
> There is a spectrum of Windows software than runs between evil malware
> and legitimate programs, it isn't just black and white, and many
Agreed, but I doubt A/V software will know where to draw the line.
Stefan
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 13:53:39 -0400
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > re: apt solving all? I understand it recently had a long-time
> > vulnerability itself...
> > Linux will get hit more as it gets more popular.
>
> My point is not that APT and/or Debian is bullet-proof (I live under
> no delusion in
On Mon, 11 Mar 2019 11:45:28 -0400
Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > I think the premises of your syllogism might lead some to another
> > conclusion---that the livelihood of the AV software houses depends
> > upon the innate insecurity of the Windows OS.
>
> Hmm... they don't actually need that: they
> re: apt solving all? I understand it recently had a long-time vulnerability
> itself...
> Linux will get hit more as it gets more popular.
My point is not that APT and/or Debian is bullet-proof (I live under no
delusion in this respect). Just that instead of keeping your A/V
up-to-date, the GNU
On 3/10/19 1:33 PM, Mart van de Wege wrote:
deb writes:
Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
* I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.
* But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8
and just want to check.
When you say going back and forth, do you
> I think the premises of your syllogism might lead some to another
> conclusion---that the livelihood of the AV software houses depends upon
> the innate insecurity of the Windows OS.
Hmm... they don't actually need that: they only need people to
think that they're vulnerable (regardless if their
On 2019-03-11, Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS
>> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it,
>> it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning.
>
> This is misleading: all OSes are somewhat
I use clamav along with clamav-unofficial-sigs, Sanesecurity and Securiteinfo
(which I pay for)
Secondly, I use “Bitdefender Security for Mail Servers – Linux”, again which I
pay for.
I use clamav-milter and the bdmilterd to scan mail using clamav and Bit
Defender.
I must say that it was pret
> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS
> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it,
> it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning.
This is misleading: all OSes are somewhat insecure, in practice.
The question is what
On 2019-03-11, Paul Sutton wrote:
>
> On 10/03/2019 15:04, Sven Hartge wrote:
>> deb wrote:
>>
>>> a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond
>>> - chkrootkit
>> Useless.
>>
>>> - rkhunter
>> Crap, unmaintained.
>>
>> Both tools produce more false positives than finding anyth
On 10/03/2019 15:04, Sven Hartge wrote:
> deb wrote:
>
>> a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond
>> - chkrootkit
> Useless.
>
>> - rkhunter
> Crap, unmaintained.
>
> Both tools produce more false positives than finding anything, just
> creating a false sense of security
On 2019-03-11, deloptes wrote:
> deb wrote:
I don't believe he did, actually. I believe that's what Reco wrote.
>> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS
>> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it,
>> it's considered wise here to use a
deb wrote:
> Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insecure OS
> and building assorted kludges (in the form of anti-virus) around it,
> it's considered wise here to use a secure OS from the beginning.
If you have windows users in your network, the best is to pay for a server
deb wrote:
> ClamAV
I recall 15y ago we integrated kasperky into ClamAV. Easy to integrate and
easy to use. Worked great. I left this company couple of years later, but
it will not surprise me if they are still using the same setup.
On Sun 10 Mar 2019 at 13:18:54 -0400, deb wrote:
> I posted a question A/Vs and got negative waves like the below.
It only looks "negative" because you have an agenda. I myself thought
the responses were reasonable and balanced.
> Several people ASS-UMED I was trying to kludge Windows into Linux
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:46:42 +
mick crane wrote:
> On 2019-03-10 17:13, Joe wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300
> > Reco wrote:
> >
> >>Hi.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> > I thought he was saying the surest approach is n
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019, deb wrote:
I posted a question A/Vs and got negative waves like the below.
Several people ASS-UMED I was trying to kludge Windows into Linux,
(see Canonical if you want to find Linux-folk sucking up to Windows)
instead of working to bring Linux into Windows strongholds (a
Hi.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 05:13:35PM +, Joe wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300
> Reco wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touching Windows
> > > with a ten foot pole,
> >
> >
On 2019-03-10 17:13, Joe wrote:
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300
Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote:
>
> I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touching Windows
> with a ten foot pole,
You're aiming too low. Not touching any non-free O
> While bearing in mind that 'free' doesn't mean 'problem-free'.
> Remember how many people audited the Heartbleed code before it was
> released?
Indeed. But it doesn't take more time to update openssl than to update
a virus scanner.
Stefan
> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
You have it: it's called `apt` (i.e. in the world of Debian, the
response to "viruses" is to plug the hole they try to exploit, instead
of leaving those holes gaping while wasting resources trying to look for
known attacks).
> * (Clamscan already caug
deb writes:
> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
>
> * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.
>
> * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8
> and just want to check.
When you say going back and forth, do you mean over the network?
On Linux the be
I posted a question A/Vs and got negative waves like the below.
Several people ASS-UMED I was trying to kludge Windows into Linux,
(see Canonical if you want to find Linux-folk sucking up to Windows)
instead of working to bring Linux into Windows strongholds (and
be aware of the problems there
On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 19:35:18 +0300
Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote:
>
> >
> > I thought he was saying the surest approach is not touching Windows
> > with a ten foot pole,
>
> You're aiming too low. Not touching any non-free OS with a ten foot
Hi.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 04:32:42PM -, Curt wrote:
> On 2019-03-10, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 03/10/2019 10:20 AM, Reco wrote:
> >>Hi.
> >>
> >> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 10:58:12AM -0400, deb wrote:
> >>> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
> >>> [*SNIP*]
> >>
> >>>
On 2019-03-10, Richard Owlett wrote:
> On 03/10/2019 10:20 AM, Reco wrote:
>> Hi.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 10:58:12AM -0400, deb wrote:
>>> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
>>> [*SNIP*]
>>
>>> b. Does the list keep a ~ "pinned" answer for these kinds of questions?
>>
>> Not
On Sunday 10 March 2019 10:58:12 deb wrote:
> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
>
> * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.
>
> * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8
> and just want to check.
>
> * (Clamscan already caught 4 things)
>
>
>
On 03/10/2019 10:20 AM, Reco wrote:
Hi.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 10:58:12AM -0400, deb wrote:
Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
[*SNIP*]
b. Does the list keep a ~ "pinned" answer for these kinds of questions?
Not that I'm aware of. The thing is - instead of taking an insec
Hi.
On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 10:58:12AM -0400, deb wrote:
> Starting assumption: I do want to run A/V.
> * I get that it may actually INCREASE attack surface.
> * But I have Windows & Mac stuff going back and forth to Debian 9.8 and just
> want to check.
> * (Clamscan already caught 4 t
deb wrote:
> a. What does the group suggest running on debian beyond
> - chkrootkit
Useless.
> - rkhunter
Crap, unmaintained.
Both tools produce more false positives than finding anything, just
creating a false sense of security while providing no security benefit
whatsoever.
Grüße,
Excellent.
Time to read about udev.
Will do my homework, try a few tests, and will get back with results and,
possibly, more questions :-D
Thank you, everybody for your valuable help (and time).
Best regards,
João
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 2:54 AM Reco wrote:
> Hi.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 201
Hi.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 12:51:24AM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
> Hmmm...
>
> If I create a NIS group (with a high ID), called serial_ports, dhould I
> just, as root, chgrp /dev/ttyS0 so that it's group is serial_ports ?
You could, and it may even work, but it would be temporary.
To mak
Hmmm...
If I create a NIS group (with a high ID), called serial_ports, dhould I
just, as root, chgrp /dev/ttyS0 so that it's group is serial_ports ?
João
On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 12:47 PM Michael Stone wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 02:48:56PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
> >Right, that's best p
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 02:48:56PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
Right, that's best practice.
But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0
group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable?
That's one option. Another would be to create new centrally
Joao Roscoe wrote:
> But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0
> group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable?
your print server will be the only one to consider for lp group for example
or just do something with ansible or puppet or what
Right, that's best practice.
But, what if I need to include a user who is defined in NIS in lp or ttyS0
group? Would going into /etc/group in *every* machine be unavoidable?
João
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:42 PM Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 01:27:32PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 01:27:32PM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
> However, it will not solve the problem on how to centrally manage system
> resources access across distros.
You don't manage OS-specific (or "distro"-specific if you prefer that term)
group IDs in a network database. Those are managed
You are right, I forgot to state that yes, I do use NFS to share files -
great tip, this GID / UID remapping thing - thanks a lot.
However, it will not solve the problem on how to centrally manage system
resources access across distros.
Joao
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:49 AM wrote:
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On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:36:38AM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
> I have redhat and debian machines in the same network. Users and groups are
> controlled via NIS
>
> I have realized that redhat and debian have different groups definitions
> for system r
On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 10:36:38AM -0300, Joao Roscoe wrote:
What would be the best way to manage this (other than managing groups on
machines themselves, individually)? Different NIS domains for different
distros? Is there any tutorial on managing multiple domains on the same NIS
server, out the
Hi Seeker,
>> Running a fresh Jessie install on a laptop with GNOME.
>> Today I had to add a user (me) to a group (wireshark) for a program
>> (wireshark gui) to work. At first I thought I did something wrong but
>> after a reboot it did work, wireshark was able to see the interfaces.
>>
>>[...]
On Thu, 18 Feb 2016 16:10:48 +
Bonno Bloksma wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Running a fresh Jessie install on a laptop with GNOME.
> Today I had to add a user (me) to a group (wireshark) for a program
> (wireshark gui) to work. At first I thought I did something wrong but after a
> reboot it did work, w
On 2/18/2016 8:10 AM, Bonno Bloksma wrote:
Hi,
Running a fresh Jessie install on a laptop with GNOME.
Today I had to add a user (me) to a group (wireshark) for a program
(wireshark gui) to work. At first I thought I did something wrong but
after a reboot it did work, wireshark was able to se
On 09/09/13 16:25, David Christensen wrote:
I am attempting to set up a "group share" directory where any user
(local or via Samba) can create, copy, and move files and directories
and every other user has full access to those files and directories.
This directory will be shared via Samba.
I fo
Dr Beco wrote:
> Do you mean in the script (professor branch) something like:
> chown $USU:professor $USU
> chmod go= $USU
Yes.
> This way one professor cannot see each others dirs, but inside home a
> file would be created (and stayed) like: rw-rw
> Right? Don't need the -R.
Correct.
> To: debian-user lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: group permissions (was chroot ssh and ftp)
> From: Chris Davies
>
> Chris wrote:
> The problem with this is that you're making files executable. Personally
> I think you'd be better off just fixing just the professo
Dr Beco wrote:
> Now, for the permissions stated before, I got this until now:
> Professors belong to two groups, professors and students
> Students belong only to alumini
> Admins belong to all
> Then I run in professors /home/dirs the following command:
> chown -R :professors paul peter patric
Dear Chris,
When you pointed out there would be no serious benefit by chrooting
the users, I decided to hold this configuration for a while. To
isolate the system will take some time, and some bureaucratics :)
Now, for the permissions stated before, I got this until now:
Professors belong to two
Hello,
On Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:10:55 +0100
+debianuser+thegrue+733a2fc4c3.debianuser.thegrue#spamgourmet@spamgourmet.com
wrote:
> After my last safe-upgrade, I'm not member of any
> groups when I open a shell...
>
>[...]
> -output of "groups" is "markus" - and that's all :s
Found it out myse
Hi,
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 05:00:00PM -0600, gn643202 wrote:
>What is the purpose and intent of the Group "users", GID #100?
>
>Is this to be populated with all normal users?
For some admin, yes.
Is this default for normal Debian: no
>I have such a purpose, but not sure whether to u
On 10/9/06, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:28:29PM +0800, Deephay wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I had a little problem with the sound control in gnome today with my
> newly installed debian (sid, using debootstrap):
> The Volume Control button in gnome is invalid (
On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 09:28:29PM +0800, Deephay wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> I had a little problem with the sound control in gnome today with my
> newly installed debian (sid, using debootstrap):
> The Volume Control button in gnome is invalid (with a red cross on
> it), I then googled and found
Deephay wrote:
Greetings all,
I had a little problem with the sound control in gnome today with my
newly installed debian (sid, using debootstrap):
The Volume Control button in gnome is invalid (with a red cross on
it), I then googled and found some threads about this mentioned that
you have to
also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.1527 +0200]:
> > Sure, for the better. In this case, however, you are the only one
> > who thinks it's better.
>
> Given that, as you say, there are numerous discussions on the net
> about it, that obviously can't be true.
In this case it
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 02:27:19PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.1403 +0200]:
> > Why should I not make such statements? If Debian is not meeting
> > the needs of people who want to use it, why should the Debian
> > community not strive to
also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.1403 +0200]:
> Why should I not make such statements? If Debian is not meeting
> the needs of people who want to use it, why should the Debian
> community not strive to meet those needs? Is the Debian community
> not open to change for the
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 10:16:26AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0454 +0200]:
> > My conclusion is that it seems from a security standpoint, and
> > from an ease-of-administration standpoint, pam_console is the
> > clear winner over both of
also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0454 +0200]:
> My conclusion is that it seems from a security standpoint, and
> from an ease-of-administration standpoint, pam_console is the
> clear winner over both of the other proposed solutions. So yes,
> when I said pam_console was "ni
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 12:41:51AM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0017 +0200]:
> > Thanks for the tip... this may work, though at a quick glance,
> > again, I don't see how this is better than pam_console.
>
> It does not mess with the file
also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0017 +0200]:
> Thanks for the tip... this may work, though at a quick glance,
> again, I don't see how this is better than pam_console.
It does not mess with the filesystem for a start.
And no, it won't get rid of the security issues.
> >
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:07:37PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
[pam_console]
> > devices when they log in on the console. Thus anyone who logs in
> > automatically has access to the sound devices. However, this facility
> > appears to be lacking in Sarge.
>
> by choice, yes.
>
> http://lists.
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:56:13PM -0400, Derek Martin wrote:
> Red Hat has a nice PAM library that lets people access, say, the sound
> devices when they log in on the console. Thus anyone who logs in
> automatically has access to the sound devices. However, this facility
> appears to be lackin
also sprach Derek Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.22.2256 +0200]:
> Red Hat has a nice PAM library that lets people access, say, the sound
nice. right.
> devices when they log in on the console. Thus anyone who logs in
> automatically has access to the sound devices. However, this facility
On (22/06/06 16:56), Derek Martin wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> If there's a more appropriate place to ask this, please let me know.
>
> I manage a large number of workstations which run Debian. Everyone in
> my organization need to be able to access any of these workstations,
> and they expect basic s
On Monday, 16 January 2006 at 22:34:10 -0600, Rodney Richison wrote:
>
>
[...]
> >
> >
> > I personally use egroupware. Since it's web based, I can access it from
> > anywhere. It can do many more things than calendaring, but you can
> > limit it to
> > just calendaring if you would like.
> >
>
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Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 11:13 -0600, Rodney Richison wrote:
>
>>I find many programs as I'm googling for a simple callendar program.
>>Would like advice on what you guys find usefull.
>>
>>I seen thunderbird callendar.
>>kdepim
>>
>
> Rodney Richison wrote:
>
> >I find many programs as I'm googling for a simple callendar program.
> >Would like advice on what you guys find usefull.
>
> >I seen thunderbird callendar.
> >kdepim
>
> >These are easy to install. Work with a group. What would you use to
> >connect in a multi-platfo
On Mon, 2006-01-16 at 11:13 -0600, Rodney Richison wrote:
> I find many programs as I'm googling for a simple callendar program.
> Would like advice on what you guys find usefull.
>
> I seen thunderbird callendar.
> kdepim
>
> These are easy to install. Work with a group. What would you use to
>
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Rodney Richison wrote:
> I find many programs as I'm googling for a simple callendar program.
> Would like advice on what you guys find usefull.
>
> I seen thunderbird callendar.
> kdepim
>
> These are easy to install. Work with a group. What would y
on Fri, May 13, 2005 at 01:25:25AM -0500, Nate Kroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> This is by no means a debian based question, but the software would be
> on a debian box and everyone on this list seems very knowledgable, so
> this seems like a great place to start.
drupal, or another forum-orie
The sole reason is that this is for our organization (a college
actually) and it would look rather unprofessional to redirect users to
use someone else's service. I do think Google Groups looks nice and is
exactly what we could use.
Nate
Kamaraju Kusumanchi wrote:
Nate Kroll wrote:
This is by
Nate Kroll wrote:
This is by no means a debian based question, but the software would be
on a debian box and everyone on this list seems very knowledgable, so
this seems like a great place to start.
I'm looking for some web application that will allow the creation and
management of community gr
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.11.23.2134 +0100]:
> What's the point of /home being gid staff? Means I can add user home
> directories as a user, but I still need root (or sudo) to chown them
> and add the actual users.
Brian Link says that now root can add homedirectories o
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 16:32:34 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>
> I ran 'usermod -G' last night and couldn't figure out why I apparently
> lost several of my groups. Turns out, of course, that -G doesn't
> append, it replaces.
>
> Mystery solved.
But at least you probably could have restored by
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 at 21:53 GMT, Paul Morgan penned:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:46:20 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
>
>> So, in /etc, there are group and group-, which seem to be identical
>> except that group- has much more restrictive permissions.
>>
>> What's group- for? What happens if I ed
On Mon, 22 Dec 2003 10:46:20 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> So, in /etc, there are group and group-, which seem to be identical
> except that group- has much more restrictive permissions.
>
> What's group- for? What happens if I edit /etc/group directly and don't
> copy the changes over to gr
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 11:17:30AM +0200, Ron Rademaker wrote:
> I got bunch of directories, each owned by a different group. Some users
> can only access (if I say access I mean rwx) one directory (so are only
> in 1 group), others are in more groups. Now if a user with default group
> foo creates
Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> El domingo, 12 de octubre de 2003, a las 19:37, Colin Watson escribe:
>> This group owns source code, including files in /usr/src. It can be
>> used locally to give a user the ability to manage system source
>> code.
>
> Also, they are given write acc
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 09:39:46PM +0200, Ismael Valladolid Torres wrote:
> El domingo, 12 de octubre de 2003, a las 19:37, Colin Watson escribe:
> > This group owns source code, including files in /usr/src. It can be
> > used locally to give a user the ability to manage system source
> >
El domingo, 12 de octubre de 2003, a las 19:37, Colin Watson escribe:
> This group owns source code, including files in /usr/src. It can be
> used locally to give a user the ability to manage system source
> code.
Also, they are given write access to the default repository created by
c
On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 08:09:40PM +0200, Frank A. Uepping wrote:
> Hi,
> for what is the group src used in Debian?
src
This group owns source code, including files in /usr/src. It can be
used locally to give a user the ability to manage system source
code.
HELP: /usr/src is owne
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 22:12, Joyce, Matthew wrote:
> Dear Debain Users,
>
> I'm a little confused regarding the use of group to assign file rights.
>
> I was under the impression that user can be members of groups and groups can
> be used to assign permissions to files and folders.
>
> How then,
> How then, do I assign multiple groups, different permission to the
> same folders
You cannot assign multiple groups to an object in a traditional unix
filesystem. (This is the way that Debian ships.)
Past that, you'll need to install support for access control lists
("ACLs"). If you're serving
Michael Wardle wrote:
On Thursday, February 20, 2003 08:14, Russell Shaw wrote:
I set them all to my own user:group, but mozilla seems to have
some 'stuck' settings. I found a useful command is:
ps -eo pid,user,euser,fuser,group,egroup,fgroup,cmd
Ah! So you're trying to set the correct
Michael Wardle wrote:
On Thursday, February 20, 2003 08:14, Russell Shaw wrote:
Colin Watson wrote:
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:04:25AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote:
If i had to regenerate a config file that a program uses, is it
possible to detect what GID the program uses if it is se
On Thursday, February 20, 2003 08:14, Russell Shaw wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> >On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 03:04:25AM +1100, Russell Shaw wrote:
> >>If i had to regenerate a config file that a program uses, is it
> >> possible to detect what GID the program uses if it is set from
> >> within the pr
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