Re: Taroon/Beta groups?

2003-10-02 Thread Bill Anderson
On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 06:44, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Ed Wilts wrote: > > > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo > > Go to the taroon-beta-list. > > Or try the redhat beta list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). > Nope, taroon. The (former) redhat-beta list is for the (former) RHL be

Re: Taroon/Beta groups?

2003-09-15 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Peter, Ed Wilts wrote: > http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo > Go to the taroon-beta-list. Or try the redhat beta list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Bye, Leonard. -- How clean is a war when you shoot around nukelar waste? Stop the use of depleted uranium ammo! End all weapons of mass destruction

Re: Taroon/Beta groups?

2003-09-14 Thread Ed Wilts
On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 09:56:03PM -0400, Peter Larsen wrote: > Hello hello, > Looking at Redhat's support site I didn't find any listservs for the Beta > versions of AS 3.0 (Taroon). I'm taking a peek, but as usual find myself > running into issues that I would like to share/talk about to find sol

Taroon/Beta groups?

2003-09-14 Thread Peter Larsen
Hello hello, Looking at Redhat's support site I didn't find any listservs for the Beta versions of AS 3.0 (Taroon). I'm taking a peek, but as usual find myself running into issues that I would like to share/talk about to find solutions. Anyone have clues where to direct issues about AS 3.0 BETA ?

Re: Any old timers here ? root's groups question...

2003-07-02 Thread Ronald W. Heiby
stand, allow one to essentially divide up the powers that are traditionally granted to root with added security mechanisms. However, I do not believe that these are found in any of the "main stream" Linux releases. As to why root is a member of all those groups ... It's a myst

RE: Where can I get info on groups like sys, adm? i.e what these groups can do?

2003-07-02 Thread Rigler, Steve
;t get a prompt from assuming any identity even if it's that of a group where he has no membership. -Steve -Original Message- From: Nathan ViswaNathan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Where can I get info on groups li

Where can I get info on groups like sys, adm? i.e what these groups can do?

2003-07-02 Thread Nathan ViswaNathan
Message: 17 Subject: Re: Any old timers here ? root's groups question... From: Bret Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 02 Jul 2003 09:32:04 -0500 Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 08:51, Greg Hosler wrote: > I'm teaching RH033 this week,

Re: Any old timers here ? root's groups question...

2003-07-02 Thread Bret Hughes
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 08:51, Greg Hosler wrote: > I'm teaching RH033 this week, and thought I could handle anything that would > get thrown at me. > > Then one student noticed that root is a member of the following groups: > > root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel

Any old timers here ? root's groups question...

2003-07-02 Thread Greg Hosler
I'm teaching RH033 this week, and thought I could handle anything that would get thrown at me. Then one student noticed that root is a member of the following groups: root bin daemon sys adm disk wheel and they asked the (what seems to me to be) obvious question: Why is root i

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-03 Thread Gordon Messmer
some Unix protocols like NFS are even further limited; NFSv3 allows only 16 groups. I believe that contrary to what's been said, the limitation exists only in the kernel. 2.6 will have a dynamically sized group set, so it won't suffer this limitation. However, some limitations will

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-03 Thread Denis Jacobi
y > and it will be unreadable by others. The setfacl command then gives > apache read access to those directories. After that, remove apache from > all the extra groups. it seems that redhat removed acl support from the kernel. The Changelog says: 12-AUG-02 Arjan van de Ven <[EMAIL PR

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Tom Pollerman
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003 01:58:27 +0200 "Denis Jacobi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > > Cliff Wells wrote: --->snip > > :-) I thought I descriebed the problem pretty good using Bob and > Emma. > > Well, sadly there is a more se

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
-R -m u:apache:r on the virtual host directories. The user will then own the directory and it will be unreadable by others. The setfacl command then gives apache read access to those directories. After that, remove apache from all the extra groups. There might be an apache/chroot solution to t

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Denis Jacobi
Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) > > > > > > However, consider the pros and cons: > > > > > > Firing Bob: > > > - Easy. > > > - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. > > > > > >

OT: Bob (was Re: problem with single user belonging to largenumber of groups)

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 14:10, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > > Since we're finally bringing this out in the open, I have to admit I > > never liked Bob anyway. I think his "needing access" to Emma's files is > > just a ploy to get close to her. Tha

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread John Nichel
Jeff Kinz wrote: On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: Cliff Wells wrote: Firing Bob: - Easy. - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. Working around group limit: - Hard. - Will make you look bad while you sea

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread David Hollister
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 15:10, Ed Wilts wrote: > > It's getting obvious we're talking about Microsoft Bob here. The last I > heard, he was a felon wanted in 36 states. Dead or Alive. Preferably > dead. But only 32 states are actually aware of it... -- David Hollister Furthurnet - Free, legal P

OT: Bob (was Re: problem with single user belonging to largenumber of groups)

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 14:04, Jeff Kinz wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > > Since we're finally bringing this out in the open, I have to admit I > > never liked Bob anyway. I think his "needing access" to Emma's files is > > just a ploy to get close to her. Th

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) > > > > > > However, consider the pros and cons: > > > > > > Firing Bob: > > > - Easy. > > > - Indicates a decisive n

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Jeff Kinz
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 01:57:48PM -0800, Cliff Wells wrote: > On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > > Cliff Wells wrote: > > > Firing Bob: > > > - Easy. > > > - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. > > > > > > Working around group limit: > > > - Hard. > > > - Will ma

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 13:43, John Nichel wrote: > Cliff Wells wrote: > > Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) > > > > However, consider the pros and cons: > > > > Firing Bob: > > - Easy. > > - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. > > > > Working around group limit: > > - Har

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread John Nichel
Cliff Wells wrote: Fine. Discount *all* my suggestions ;) However, consider the pros and cons: Firing Bob: - Easy. - Indicates a decisive nature. Your boss will like that. Working around group limit: - Hard. - Will make you look bad while you search for a solution. Also, you should try to focus

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 12:33, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:22:32PM +0200, Denis Jacobi wrote: > > I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I > > have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created > > another group

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 10:22:32PM +0200, Denis Jacobi wrote: > I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I > have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created > another group (emma) and added the user (bob) to the group emma. Bob > shou

Re: problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Cliff Wells
On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 12:22, Denis Jacobi wrote: > Hi, > > I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I > have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created > another group (emma) and added the user (bob) to the group emma. Bob > sho

problem with single user belonging to large number of groups

2003-04-02 Thread Denis Jacobi
Hi, I stumbled over a problem which I can't seem to solve. On my machine I have a user (bob) which is a member of 33 groups. Now I created another group (emma) and added the user (bob) to the group emma. Bob should now be able to read files where group emma has read permission on. The probl

environment variables for specific groups?

2003-03-23 Thread Alejandro Calbazana
Hello, I am setting up CVS and would like to have a set of environment variables set and exported for a given group (my cvs group). I know that putting variables in /etc/profile will make vars. available globally, and I know that using id -G will tell me what groups a user belongs to. Thinking

Re: apache user doesn't show up in users & groups

2003-02-26 Thread Brian Ashe
Daniel Rubin, On Wednesday February 26, 2003 12:55, Daniel Rubin wrote: > I'm running RH 8.0 and want to modify the primary & > secondary group memberships of the apache user. But > the apache user doesn't show up in the users & groups > applet. I know apache

apache user doesn't show up in users & groups

2003-02-26 Thread Daniel Rubin
I'm running RH 8.0 and want to modify the primary & secondary group memberships of the apache user. But the apache user doesn't show up in the users & groups applet. I know apache user exists because the applet doesn't let me create anither user called apache. So how do I

I am looking for some different opinions about setting up groups

2003-02-21 Thread Richard Kurth
Hello redhat-list, I have a lot of virtue domain on my server and each of those web sites have a number of users. I am trying to figure out the best way to handle groups for these users. each domain needs to have all its users plus all the web pages and emails listed under the same group so that

Re: Problem with long groups names

2003-02-21 Thread nate
sernames and group names. This is for compadiblity. Also most systems do not allow a user to join more then 16 groups, though some permit 32(haven't seen one that does more then 32 recently). Much of it I think is legacy limits from long ago that have just stuck around. Linux is much more flexib

Problem with long groups names

2003-02-21 Thread Paul F. Williams
I encountered a problem with long group names on a redhat linux system recently. I saw the same behavior on Redhat 7.2, 8.0. It looks like there is a 16 character limit when using /usr/sbin/groupadd and /usr/sbin/grpchk But no such limit occurs with /usr/sbin/useradd For example, when using usera

Re: RES: Package Groups

2002-08-01 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 01 August 2002 09:46 pm, Flávio wrote: > Dear Bret > > Thank you for your information. Did you know what characters they use, > like below? 1, { ? @ > > Example: > > 1 Sound and Multimedia Support { If sound and media support is selected.

RES: Package Groups

2002-08-01 Thread Flávio
-Mensagem original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Em nome de Bret Hughes Enviada em: quinta-feira, 1 de agosto de 2002 22:18 Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assunto: Re: Package Groups On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 19:55, Flávio wrote: > Dear List > > > Which RPMs are install

Re: Package Groups

2002-08-01 Thread Bret Hughes
On Thu, 2002-08-01 at 19:55, Flávio wrote: > Dear List > > > Which RPMs are installed under the various package groups in 7.3? Base, > Printing Support,Classic X Windows, Laptop, Gnome, KDE ... (Custom Install). > > Thanks > in the install tree (cd or whatever)check

Package Groups

2002-08-01 Thread Flávio
Dear List Which RPMs are installed under the various package groups in 7.3? Base, Printing Support,Classic X Windows, Laptop, Gnome, KDE ... (Custom Install). Thanks Flávio --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version

Re: Limited groups

2002-07-17 Thread Matthew Dodson
Finally I got this to work. After trying several different things I have gotten my user in more than 32 groups. They can now belong to 256 groups. I had to do some recompiles. 1. Downloaded Kernel Source - I am still running 2.4.9 with xfs patch. 2. edit the limits.h file in kernel source

Re: Limited groups

2002-07-17 Thread Ed Wilts
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:43:42PM +0700, Kevin Myers wrote: > On 16 Jul 2002 09:59:29 -0500, Matthew wrote: > > >I am having a limitations problem with groups. > > What is it that you are trying to achieve? Perhaps there is another way of > approaching it? I'm ha

Re: Limited groups

2002-07-17 Thread Kevin Myers
On 16 Jul 2002 09:59:29 -0500, Matthew wrote: > >I am having a limitations problem with groups. What is it that you are trying to achieve? Perhaps there is another way of approaching it? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Limited groups

2002-07-16 Thread Cameron Simpson
On 16:15 16 Jul 2002, Anthony E. Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | On 16-Jul-2002/09:59 -0500, Matthew Dodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | >I am having a limitations problem with groups. | >The problem is I have a user account that needs to belong to about 50 | >groups.

Re: Limited groups

2002-07-16 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16-Jul-2002/09:59 -0500, Matthew Dodson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I am having a limitations problem with groups. > >The problem is I have a user account that needs to belong to about 50 >groups. I seem to be running into

Limited groups

2002-07-16 Thread Matthew Dodson
I am having a limitations problem with groups. The problem is I have a user account that needs to belong to about 50 groups. I seem to be running into a 32 group limitation, I add the user to all the groups in the /etc/groups file but when I run the /usr/bin/groups command the user is only in

Re: dynamic groups

2002-04-22 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Mon, 2002-04-22 at 13:58, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: > If I do the following: > > groupadd test > gpasswd test > # enter "testing" as the password > > why can't unpriveleged users use newgrp and the password to gain access to > the group? Is newgrp broken somehow? Add the users

dynamic groups

2002-04-22 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
If I do the following: groupadd test gpasswd test # enter "testing" as the password why can't unpriveleged users use newgrp and the password to gain access to the group? Is newgrp broken somehow? -- "The only thing that helps me maintain my slender grip on reality is t

Re: user groups and permissions - getting the information of what they _should be_ from rpm?

2001-11-12 Thread Edward C. Bailey
> "Simon" == Simon J Mudd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Simon> Hello, I recently noticed a few problems with file permissions of Simon> the dev package, I think due to another package which had modified Simon> them. Simon> How can I see the file permissions and ownergroup as recorded by Simon>

user groups and permissions - getting the information of what they_should be_ from rpm?

2001-11-12 Thread Simon J Mudd
Hello, I recently noticed a few problems with file permissions of the dev package, I think due to another package which had modified them. How can I see the file permissions and ownergroup as recorded by rpm? Thanks, Simon -- Simon J Mudd, Tel: +34-91-408 4878, Mobile: +34-605-085 219 Mad

RE: NIS and weird owners/groups in /home

2001-11-12 Thread Gregory Hosler
shared groups (gids) and users (uids) must both be > 500 for any uid/gid that is < 500, the local group/user file is referenced (/etc/groups, /etc/passwd respectively). I'll bet that you have gid's < 500 -Greg On 12-Nov-01 christopher j bottaro wrote: > a while a go i po

NIS and weird owners/groups in /home

2001-11-11 Thread christopher j bottaro
a while a go i posted what i was trying to do and yall told me to use NIS. so i got it set up and working (well, running at least). i shared my groups and passwd file, but out of the 5 users, only 2 are shared properly to my NIS client. if i log onto my linux box thats running the NIS server

Re: Groups question

2001-04-01 Thread Cameron Simpson
On Sat, Mar 31, 2001 at 02:38:54PM -0600, scott.list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | While on the subject, and since you are working on the chapter, is there a | way to make all users in one group belong to another group with out | explicitly adding each of their userids to the other groups l

Re: Groups question

2001-03-31 Thread rpjday
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, scott.list wrote: > While on the subject, and since you are working on the chapter, is there a > way to make all users in one group belong to another group with out > explicitly adding each of their userids to the other groups line in > /etc/group? > &g

Groups question

2001-03-31 Thread scott.list
While on the subject, and since you are working on the chapter, is there a way to make all users in one group belong to another group with out explicitly adding each of their userids to the other groups line in /etc/group? i.e. /etc/group: users::100:accounting <- this did not work , tried

Re: root and wheel groups

2000-11-27 Thread Statux
> not exactly. The idea is to have all personal accounts in their own > separate groups. This leads to everyone needing a uniq group. and from > there it was decided that group names follow user names (though it could have > been something else such as "user: greg, group: grou

Re: root and wheel groups

2000-11-27 Thread Gregory Hosler
On 28-Nov-00 Statux wrote: > Well, one must always remember how certain distros like to do things: > UPGs (User Private Groups) as RH and others use will explain the root > group. The scheme is to have the uid and gid to match and to be called the > same thing not exactly. The ide

Re: root and wheel groups

2000-11-27 Thread Statux
Well, one must always remember how certain distros like to do things: UPGs (User Private Groups) as RH and others use will explain the root group. The scheme is to have the uid and gid to match and to be called the same thing (of course there are a few exceptions). Personally, I like the old BSD

RE: root and wheel groups

2000-11-27 Thread Nik Cubrilovic
November 2000 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: root and wheel groups Hi! Just a short question. Could anybody tell me what the concept is behind having both a root and a wheel group? In *BSD the wheel group is what (RH) linux calls the root group. Why the extra group

root and wheel groups

2000-11-27 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi! Just a short question. Could anybody tell me what the concept is behind having both a root and a wheel group? In *BSD the wheel group is what (RH) linux calls the root group. Why the extra group? Bye,

Re: News Groups - Off topic

2000-11-09 Thread Duane Clark
Christopher W Aiken wrote: > > I have RH 7.0 both at home and at work. I use "slrn" to > read several news groups, again both at home and at work. > > I had to change ISP's and now I can not read my new ISP's > news groups from work because they don&#x

Re: News Groups - Off topic

2000-11-09 Thread Michael Stack
and OH area and want more information about my ISP, feel free to drop me a line. Michael Stack [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Michael R. Jinks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 6:49 PM Subject: Re: News

Re: News Groups - Off topic

2000-11-09 Thread Michael R. Jinks
There are other ways to accomplish the same thing (like a user-authenticated server, which you mentioned already). Other options probably exist but practicality begins to deteriorate significantly beyond this point -m Christopher W Aiken wrote: > > I have RH 7.0 both at home and at work. I

News Groups - Off topic

2000-11-09 Thread Christopher W Aiken
I have RH 7.0 both at home and at work. I use "slrn" to read several news groups, again both at home and at work. I had to change ISP's and now I can not read my new ISP's news groups from work because they don't authenticate users unless they use a "dial-up-connec

Re: Questions about mounting filesystem, groups and permissions

2000-08-24 Thread Steve Borho
On Thu, Aug 24, 2000 at 05:19:17PM -0500, Bret Hughes wrote: > Gary Nielson wrote: > > > I am trying to understand how to deal with users, groups and permissions > > with directories that are mounted via nfs from a remote server. I am > > mounting a subdirectory under

Re: Questions about mounting filesystem, groups and permissions

2000-08-24 Thread Bret Hughes
Gary Nielson wrote: > I am trying to understand how to deal with users, groups and permissions > with directories that are mounted via nfs from a remote server. I am > mounting a subdirectory under Irix 6.5, using the xfs filesystem, from > Redhat 6.2. > > The uid and gids mea

Questions about mounting filesystem, groups and permissions

2000-08-24 Thread Gary Nielson
I am trying to understand how to deal with users, groups and permissions with directories that are mounted via nfs from a remote server. I am mounting a subdirectory under Irix 6.5, using the xfs filesystem, from Redhat 6.2. The uid and gids mean different things on the remote Irix box, so I am

Re: Groups

2000-02-06 Thread Jason Costomiris
: hruser suser web Groups: hr:x:hr,web sales:x:suser,web chgrp sales sales chgrp hr hr chmod 2775 sales hr Done. -- Jason Costomiris <>< Technologist, cryptogeek, human. jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/ -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Groups

2000-02-06 Thread Chad W. Skinner
pages. what I wanted to do was create a group for each department's web developers a a group for the company's webmasters. I was hoping I could simply add the webmaster group to the department groups allowing each webmaster access to department pages. Any Ideas how to accomplish? Thanks, Ch

Re: Trying to figure out "private groups"

1998-07-02 Thread John H Darrah
ffective group "its" rather > > than their private group. > > I will point out that Linux uses BSD-style > groups--if you're already in the group in > /etc/group, then you automatically gain group > access without having to newgrp. > Yes, you are absolutel

Re: Trying to figure out "private groups"

1998-07-02 Thread Dave Ihnat
. I will point out that Linux uses BSD-style groups--if you're already in the group in /etc/group, then you automatically gain group access without having to newgrp. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] 312/315.1075 [home office] || 312

Re: Trying to figure out "private groups"

1998-07-01 Thread John H Darrah
On Wed, 1 Jul 1998, Steve Frampton wrote: > > I've created this directory. I've created a group in /etc/group called > "its" as follows: > > its:x:499:frampton,mccready > > I've done: 'chown frampton.its /archive2/its_share' as well as > 'chmod a-x,ug+x frampton.its'. I've then created a sy

Re: Trying to figure out "private groups"

1998-07-01 Thread Michael George
> Hello: > > RedHat uses something called "private groups" to provide a bit more > flexibility, security-wise. I'm just having trouble figuring out how to > use it. > > What I want to do: > > Create a directory, /archive2/its_share, a common area for

Trying to figure out "private groups"

1998-07-01 Thread Steve Frampton
Hello: RedHat uses something called "private groups" to provide a bit more flexibility, security-wise. I'm just having trouble figuring out how to use it. What I want to do: Create a directory, /archive2/its_share, a common area for our department. Anybody can put files in

Re: users & groups accross many systems

1998-06-24 Thread William T Wilson
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Chris Frost wrote: > I'm beginning to setup a cluster here, and most of the nodes will be > disk-less (and thus nis isn't needed), but for those that will have their Probably should use it anyway. It keeps your password files organized, it is better than mounting /etc/passw

Re: users & groups accross many systems

1998-06-24 Thread Michael Jinks
Chris Frost wrote: > > Also, is nfs much faster in 2.1? This network is going to be loaded w/ nfs > stuff (seeing as how 10 computers will be disk-less), and I'll need all the > performance I can get. Hopefully someone else can be more precise about this, but at the Linux Expo there was a talk a

users & groups accross many systems

1998-06-24 Thread Chris Frost
I'm beginning to setup a cluster here, and most of the nodes will be disk-less (and thus nis isn't needed), but for those that will have their own hd, is nis the best way to have the same users on all machines? Or is there something better. Also, is nfs much faster in 2.1? This network is going t

RE: groups

1998-06-20 Thread Joel Robert Oliveira
Woody and Graham, Thanks so much for the help =). The script is now all set up .. no problems!! Thansk so much =). Joel Joel Oliveira [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://morpheus.hartford.edu/cs/student/joliveir -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, E

Re: groups

1998-06-19 Thread Woody
Edit the group file in your /etc directory, adding the group name of your choice to the file. Look at the format of the other groups and the user names with them and add your user names to that group respectively. Once you have done that, you can simply change the ownership of your script

RE: groups

1998-06-19 Thread graham . dodd
[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 07:20 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: groups > > > > i have some programs that i would like only a select few > people to run, > and I'm not too familiar with managuing groups and such > (just yet ;). > W

groups

1998-06-19 Thread Joel Robert Oliveira
i have some programs that i would like only a select few people to run, and I'm not too familiar with managuing groups and such (just yet ;). for example: I have shell script called "blah.sh" this script is just going to run one of a handful of programs based on that decisio

question about users, groups and permissions

1998-04-02 Thread SC Altex Impex SRL
Let's say I have a directory and I want to set rw- permission for a group (G1), ro- for another (G2) but rw for certain files in the directory for certain users in the second group (G2). How do I do that ? Groups contain users, but can they contain other groups ? Claudiu -- PLEASE rea

RE: New Jersey User Groups?

1998-04-01 Thread Chris Riley
There already is a Linux Users Group. Here's the mailing I just got: Subject: LUNICS MTG Apr 6 Real-To: Peter Fillingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: LOCAL NJ Apr LUNICS Mtg. The LUNICS [LINUX, UN*X, COHERENT, Free-BSD,AIX,AUX...] SIG [Special Interest Group] of the ACGNJ [Amateur Computer Gr

RE: New Jersey User Groups?

1998-03-31 Thread Dave Wreski
> I live in northern NJ also. I would also be interested in a Linux > users group. How much work would it be to start one? Can you represent Toys 'R Us? :) I think it would be as much work as we wanted to put into it. I think the linux.org people have created a HOWTO that we should check out

RE: New Jersey User Groups?

1998-03-31 Thread Tempel, Philippe
I live in northern NJ also. I would also be interested in a Linux users group. How much work would it be to start one? > -Original Message- > From: Dave Wreski [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, March 30, 1998 7:56 PM > To: RedHat > Subject: New Jer

New Jersey User Groups?

1998-03-30 Thread Dave Wreski
Hi all. If you're in New Jersey, and know of a Linux Users Group, I'd like to hear from you. I'm actually very disappointed. The Trenton Computer Fair, which happens every year at this time for the last twenty or so years, is an excellent place to advertise/publicise Linux for free, yet out of