GUI to ldap administration
Dear all, with the release of Debian Edu lenny 5.0.4+edu0 and the forthcoming release of Debian Edu lenny 5.0.4+edu1 development of Debian Edu Squeeze is brought more and more into focus. I would like to mention and stress the importance of a graphical user interface to ldap as essential and very important component of the DebianEdu/Skolelinux distribution. In my impression this component seems to be rather disregarded at the moment. Subprojects, regional or local groups try to address the problem with alternative tools that allow teachers short in time the easy administration of users, groups, machines or even more. Currently we provide lwat as very simple but also very limited GU-interface to ldap. The last upload to Debian happened almost two years ago on 2008-03-28, and upstream (in)activity is comparable. A lot of wishlist bugs have been filed, patches almost trivially to include are in the Debian BTS since ages. To me, it seems as if there are no resources left to ensure a minimum of maintenance, not to talk about further development and general improvements. I consider the administration of the ldap tree as core component of our system. Here, the teacher and very limited part-time admin closely interacts with the system, here he decides to take the burden of being the person responsible for it. If I look at the lwat login screen now, it welcomes me with typos in the text and a copyright notice from 2007; all in all not very encouraging. I think we need either to reactivate development and maintenance of lwat and manage to ensure this in the long term, or we need to find alternatives, evaluate these and decide to support a solution with active and reliable upstream. Without any further analysis I heard about gosa, CipUX, perhaps webmin can be repackaged [1] or phpLDAPadmin extended, ... no idea. What are your opinions with regard to this situation? Any suggestions and ideas how to improve it? However, it should be clear that we will have no chance to be competitive if we do not care. Regards Andi [1] It seems to be removed because nobody cared: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343897 from a first glance it seems to be actively developed. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100308103316.ga8...@flashgordon
Bug#570775: marked as done (squeeze: Samba fail to start on a main-server)
Your message dated Mon, 8 Mar 2010 14:37:53 +0100 with message-id 201003081437.53813.hol...@layer-acht.org and subject line Re: Bug#570775: squeeze: Samba fail to start on a main-server has caused the Debian Bug report #570775, regarding squeeze: Samba fail to start on a main-server to be marked as done. This means that you claim that the problem has been dealt with. If this is not the case it is now your responsibility to reopen the Bug report if necessary, and/or fix the problem forthwith. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what this message is talking about, this may indicate a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact ow...@bugs.debian.org immediately.) -- 570775: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=570775 Debian Bug Tracking System Contact ow...@bugs.debian.org with problems ---BeginMessage--- package: education-main-server severity: serious version: 0.842 tags: moreinfo User: debian-edu@lists.debian.org Usertags: debian-edu Hi, quoting http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Squeeze: Samba fail to start on a main-server Filing with severity serious as Samba is one of the core services of the Debian Edu main server. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ---End Message--- ---BeginMessage--- version: 0.842 On Sonntag, 7. März 2010, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: This problem seem to be solved in the Squeeze version at the moment. At least debian-edu-test-install report this regarding samba now: success: ./samba: samba is running. success: ./samba: Netbios name service is listening on netbios-ns/udp. success: ./samba: Netbios session service is listening on netbios-ssn/tcp. success: ./samba: smbadmin account exists in ldap I suspect some LDAP issue was breaking samba earlier, but do not know. Perhaps this bug should be closed? I think so :) cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ---End Message---
Bug#573043: add field for comments about machines
package: lwat severity: wishlist x-debbugs-cc: debian-edu@lists.debian.org On Sonntag, 7. März 2010, Nigel Barker wrote: In the end I decided to weed out the old dhcpd.conf, which has been around since sarge. I copied and pasted the netbooks from dhcpd.conf into lwat one at a time (only 18 of them), wishing that there could be a comment field. The comments in dhcpd.conf really helped me to know what computer is where. [...] Still I would wish for a bulk import of machines, and a comment field for a future version. Thanks for the advice nigel cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Bug#573079: debian-edu-config: Building LTSP chroot fail when using CD without local component
package: debian-edu-config severity: serious version: 1.436 User: debian-edu@lists.debian.org Usertags: debian-edu When installing using the testing based netinst CD, generating the LTSP chroot fail because apt is unable to fetch file:/cdrom/dists/squeeze/local/binary-i386/Packages.gz. The CD do not have a local part, so apt should not really be looking for this file. I traced this to our LTSP overrides in /usr/share/ltsp/plugins/ltsp-build-client/Debian-custom/015-edu-apt-source, where we add the local component every time a CD is used. The fix is probably to make this code conditional, by mounting the CD and checking .disk/base_components or something similar to see if the CD contain a local component. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/2fl3a0ak56c@login1.uio.no
Re: timeline for 5.0.4+edu1 in mid March 2010
Hi, due to personal stuff on my side things will probably move to a few days later. More details tomorrow. cheers, Holger signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
Incomplete upload found in Debian upload queue
Probably you are the uploader of the following file(s) in the Debian upload queue directory: debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.tar.gz debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb This looks like an upload, but a .changes file is missing, so the job cannot be processed. If no .changes file arrives within 23:28:26, the files will be deleted. If you didn't upload those files, please just ignore this message. Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon (running on host ries.debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1nokoh-0004q3...@ries.debian.org
Processing of debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_i386.changes
debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_i386.changes uploaded successfully to localhost along with the files: debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.tar.gz debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb Greetings, Your Debian queue daemon (running on host ries.debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1nokyr-0005r6...@ries.debian.org
Bug#570782: squeeze: missing automount support
Here is some more information. I did a testing netinst CD install, with some workarounds to get the installation going. When the installation was done, no autofs-ldap or autofs5-ldap package was installed. When I added the lenny-test APT repository and asked to upgrade the packages, 'aptitude upgrade' installed autofs5-ldap. Not quite sure why it wasn't installed initially, nor why it was installed with the upgrade. Running 'aptitude why autofs5-ldap' report that it is installed because of the recommends in education-networked. Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100308213414.gb12...@login1.uio.no
debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_i386.changes ACCEPTED
Accepted: debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.tar.gz to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.tar.gz debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to pool/local/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb Override entries for your package: debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc - optional local/doc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional local/doc Announcing to comm...@skolelinux.org Thank you for your contribution to Debian-Edu/Skolelinux archive. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1nok3j-0002p1...@administrator.skolelinux.no
debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_i386.changes ACCEPTED
Accepted: debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.tar.gz to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.tar.gz debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb to main/d/debian-edu-doc/debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb Override entries for your package: debian-edu-doc-de_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc debian-edu-doc-en_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc debian-edu-doc-es_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc debian-edu-doc-fr_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc debian-edu-doc-it_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc debian-edu-doc-nb_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1.dsc - source doc debian-edu-doc_1.3~20100308~5.0.4+edu1_all.deb - optional doc Announcing to debian-devel-chan...@lists.debian.org Thank you for your contribution to Debian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/e1nokqv-0006xg...@ries.debian.org
Processed: Re: Bug#570782: squeeze: missing automount support
Processing commands for cont...@bugs.debian.org: tags 570782 + patch Bug #570782 [education-networked] squeeze: missing automount support Added tag(s) patch. thanks Stopping processing here. Please contact me if you need assistance. Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/handler.s.c.12680870868858.transcr...@bugs.debian.org
Bug#570782: squeeze: missing automount support
tags 570782 + patch thanks [Petter Reinholdtsen] Not quite sure why it wasn't installed initially, nor why it was installed with the upgrade. I believe I figured out what is wrong. The packages uploaded to unstable and currently in testing is lacking the autofs-ldap reference in education-networking and the taskesel tasks, because the autofs-ldap package is missing in testing. The code autogenerating the tasks do not take into account that autofs5-ldap provides autofs-ldap. This patch should solve the issue, by telling the task building tools to use autofs5-ldap as an alternative to autofs-ldap. This might work with Lenny too, as autofs-ldap is prefered over autofs5-ldap, even thought both are installed, but I suggest we only upload this change to unstable and not to lenny. * List autofs5-ldap as an alternative to autofs-ldap, as the latter is missing in Squeeze. Index: tasks/networked === --- tasks/networked (revision 63117) +++ tasks/networked (working copy) @@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Responsible: Holger Levsen NeedConfig: no -Depends: autofs-ldap +Depends: autofs-ldap | autofs5-ldap Why: Automatic mount and umount shares based on LDAP maps Responsible: Rune Nordb?e Skillingstad NeedConfig: yes, making sure autofs is disabled on mainserver Happy hacking, -- Petter Reinholdtsen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-edu-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100308222442.gc12...@login1.uio.no
