On Tue, 3 Oct 2000, Mjo wrote:
> Well, we met for the first time today! :)
Congrats!
> Wendy and I have been talking about having "chairman" count as a 400 level
> "field experience" (new name for independent study) and "vice chairman"
> counting as a 200 level field experience. This will help the department keep
> some sort of Linux experience offered, as well as ensure the continuation of
> the LUG.
That sounds really cool. I wish that my college had such a thing while I
was there. Or at least, if they did, that I'd heard about it. :)
> KSC has traditionally had a Linux server that held student accounts
> for mail and web pages. "Junior Sys Admin" was an independent study
> for running this box. This summer it was used by a couple of people
> to break into places such as Bell Atlantic. The college
That is unfortunate. Yet another case of a few bad apples ruining it for
the rest. As Paul L. likes to say, "Why can't people just be nice?"
> administration has in absolutely no uncertain terms decreed that we
> may only have a Linux box if it is NOT attached to the outside world.
It is unfortunate that this ignorant, closed-minded attitude still
exists. The fact is that removing Linux from your network will not arrest
the development of your campus' script kiddies... it makes it only
trivially more difficult to engage in these types of activities. Most of
the same tools that crackers use exist for Windows too, though they don't
necessarily come with the system.
It also is worth noting that your school almost certainly has other Unix
systems on campus (though they may not), under the management of the
school's IT staff, which are no less a threat. The college should take
the same approach to Linux as they do with these other machines. Make
sure they're well-managed so that they don't pose a problem.
> This is unfortunately not up for any debate. Linux in a vacum makes
> very little practical sense,
As does your school's no Linux policy... :)
> P.S. I just bought a palm pilot- if anyone has any astounding tips on how to
> get it working in Linux, feel free to e-mail me!
There are lots of packages that do this. Three are Kpilot (the kde palm
software), gnome-pim, and jpilot. They all rely on the latest version of
pilot link. A great place to start is here:
http://eunuchs.org/linux/palm/index.html
However, if you want to make this easy, my advice is just go install the
gnome-helix desktop, which is all the latest and greatest gnome software
for your linux desktop. You can find out all about it here:
http://www.helixcode.com
When you do the install, make sure you select all the Palm-Pilot-related
components. Notably make sure to check the gnome-pim conduits.
=8^)
--
Derek Martin
Senior System Administrator
Mission Critical Linux
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