Re: [ubuntu-uk] [OT] How free is the Android OS?
On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 11:53 PM, Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael G Fletcher wrote: snip This might help you decide... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/16/android_kill_switch/ Rob ouch... this will be interesting to follow _ Michael Fletcher Visit my website here - http://www.mgfletcher.com/blog Interested in Linux? Then visit - http://www.ilovemylinux.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] RE- Changing default settings for all users
Rob, I am usually a silent member of this list. However this is very close to what I am trying to do, to set up a work client for an otherwise Windows network. I have had some success in using Sabayon to do some of what you mention Install Sabayon System Administration - User profile editor Add a profile Create Icons, change settings etc Set profile for all users. I'm not sure this includes proxy server settings ( I could also do with knowing how to do this for all users ) Unfortunately I did some of this and it worked, I then went back in and it kept crashing when saving changes. Also with the other issue I'm struggling with I managed to corrupt my sudoers file on my test virtual machine, so have had to go back to a backup and am still redoing things The other issue is I want to map windows network drives when a user logs in, probably by putting a script in /etc/profile.d Drives are for example \\server\users\username or \\server\data so I need to run comands like sudo mount -t cifs -o user=collind,domain=windowsdomain,password=password //server/data gdrive. The problem is the sudo, as the windows domain user will not be a sudoer Hence my unsuccesful attemps so far at enabling /bin/mount for all users in the sudoers file. Been trying with user ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/mount, /bin/umount I am using 8.04.1 and Likewise I see you posted this a while back, so hopefully you have had some success now, I'de be interested in hearing your findings and other words of wisdom anybody else has. Regards Duncan Hi folks, I'm in the process of trying to roll out Ubuntu across one of our offices as a replacement to Windows XP. At the moment on Windows XP we have a standard desktop which includes desktop background, Internet Explorer proxy settings and other tweaks. Now rather than have the hassle of setting up each individual users desktop when they first login I was hoping it would be possible to set a default desktop configuration for each new user. I just wondered if it was possible? What I was looking at doing was setting up Ubuntu to authenticate against the Windows 2003 Server (so I don't have to create a bunch of individual accounts too) and have their home directories mount to their user directory on the server. I vaguely remember reading something about default settings in /etc/skel but after looking in that directory I see there are just some default files for bash. Is it possible to put a set of default files in to /etc/skel and is there any specific configuration files I need? Ta, Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] RE- Changing default settings for all users
Duncan Collins wrote: Rob, I am usually a silent member of this list. However this is very close to what I am trying to do, to set up a work client for an otherwise Windows network. I have had some success in using Sabayon to do some of what you mention Install Sabayon System Administration - User profile editor Add a profile Create Icons, change settings etc Set profile for all users. I'm not sure this includes proxy server settings ( I could also do with knowing how to do this for all users ) Unfortunately I did some of this and it worked, I then went back in and it kept crashing when saving changes. Also with the other issue I'm struggling with I managed to corrupt my sudoers file on my test virtual machine, so have had to go back to a backup and am still redoing things The other issue is I want to map windows network drives when a user logs in, probably by putting a script in /etc/profile.d Drives are for example \\server\users\username or \\server\data so I need to run comands like sudo mount -t cifs -o user=collind,domain=windowsdomain,password=password //server/data gdrive. The problem is the sudo, as the windows domain user will not be a sudoer Hence my unsuccesful attemps so far at enabling /bin/mount for all users in the sudoers file. Been trying with user ALL = NOPASSWD: /bin/mount, /bin/umount I am using 8.04.1 and Likewise I see you posted this a while back, so hopefully you have had some success now, I'de be interested in hearing your findings and other words of wisdom anybody else has. Regards Duncan Hmm interesting. I haven't actually got that far yet. Once of my issues is authenticating against the server. I did try Likewise but it didn't work very well (I've been using a couple of VM's, one running SME Server 7.3 which provides a Samba 3 PDC and another running either Hardy or Intrepid). I've also tried LDAP with no luck. Just can't seem to find a howto which explains how to do it properly. There's lots of information out there, none of it however seems to do the job. :-( Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] Time for a change
Hi all, Just over a year ago [0] I was narrowly voted in as the Point of Contact (PoC) for the UK LoCo team. I've enjoyed the role, but feel that the team is in need of invigoration, and as such I will stand down from the post as of 30th November 2008. Since I have been PoC for the Ubuntu LoCo I have not devoted as much time and effort to the team as I envisaged, and this has - in part - led to my decision to step down. I don't want to hold the team back, or negatively influence the direction of the team. I would like to see someone enthusiastic take over and spur the team into action, something I've sadly been unable to do. I will still be involved in the team, IRC channel, mailing list, podcast and forums, but will no longer be the contact point for the LoCo as of the 1st December. I will of course be happy to advise the new PoC should they need it in the new role. I propose that between now and the end of October we take this opportunity to flesh out a fair process by which a new PoC can be elected. In order to make the process open and fair I have outlined below a process to select the new PoC. This is of course just a suggestion and is open to discussion. I propose we take until no later than the end of October to discuss this and come up with a solution. Between now and the middle of November members of the UK LoCo should consider putting themselves forward for the position of Point of Contact, and ready their pitch. At some time before the end of the 14th of November, those wishing to be put forward for the position of UK PoC should place their name and pitch on the wiki [1] for consideration by those people in the UK LoCo Team. On the 15th November, a poll within the UK Team [2] using Launchpad.net should be created by an administrator of the team, listing each of the candidates listed at [1]. The poll should start on the 16th November 2008 and run until the 30th November 2008. During the period 16th-30th November, members of the UK Team (except the outgoing PoC - namely me) will be eligible to vote for a new PoC. The winner being the person with the most votes. In the unlikely event of a draw, the outgoing Point of Contact will get the casting vote. On or after the 1st December the new PoC will be announced and all shall rejoice. Discuss :) Cheers, Al. [0] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/+poll/ubuntu-uk-point-of-contact [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ubuntu-uk.org/PoC_candidates [2] https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-uk/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP login authentication - WAS:Authenticating against Samba/NT 4.0 domain
Neil Greenwood wrote: 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi folks, As part of the change over from Windows XP to Ubuntu I'm trying to get the Ubuntu machine to authenticate against a domain. At the moment we have a Windows 2003 SBS server which is going to be _hopefully_ replaced with SME Server 7.3 which provides a domain via Samba. Now I've got this working before on earlier versions of Ubuntu (6.10, 7.04) but not tried it in a while. What I'm trying to do is get the Ubuntu box to authenticate against the domain so when a user comes along, they can login using their Windows login details (saves me hassle of creating extra accounts and keeping passwords up to date). Previously I was able to follow this guide to authenticate the users... http://tech.canterburyschool.org/tech/UbuntuWorkstations_2fAuthenticationSetup The problem is, I'm trying this on Intrepid and some of the configuration files (where it relates to pam) have changed and not being an expert on pam, I don't know what to alter. I see that in some of the palm config files it now uses pam_permit.so rather than pam_unix.so. I just wondered if pam_permit.so looks in another config file? There was an article about PAM in Linux Format issue 99. If you subscribe, you can see the articles on their website even if you no longer have the issue. It explains what all of the different pam_xxx.so options do, and how to configure them. If you aren't a subscriber, or no longer have the issue, I'll have a look and see what I can crib from the article to help you out. Cofion, Neil. Okay I've dug out the issue and had a play but on Intrepid it seems to use some new method of authenticating with PAM. Looks like a good idea but I can't find any good documentation on it. I've enabled LDAP on the SME Server now which I'm hoping will work better for what I need. The problem again is that I can't find any documentation for Intrepid. I did find something for Hardy bit that didn't seem to work on Intrepid (I ended up breaking sudo with that one!). Times like this I wish there was a nice GUI which would help me setup authentication against the server using LDAP. I wonder if Likewise will do this? (I know it authenticates against Active Directory but I'm not actually running AD, just LDAP and a Samba PDC). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] Time for a change
hi What does the role of UK LOCO POC involve, what responsabilities, and tasks does it involve, Philip AKA Brobostigon -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] Time for a change
2008/10/17 ptaylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What does the role of UK LOCO POC involve, what responsabilities, and tasks does it involve, Good question. The role used to be called 'Team Leader'. However there was a meeting (whilst I was on holiday) where it was decided that the role should be Point of Contact rather than Team Leader. The vote was done ad-hoc - i.e. it wasn't on the agenda for that meeting but was decided to hold the vote during the meeting. If it had been on the agenda I'd probably have made effort to attend and protest, but I was on holiday with no net connection and didn't find out until afterwards. I believe it was a mistake to make this change so explicitly, but respected it anyhow. However as the holder of the position I have felt for the last year that it would be churlish to try to overturn this, and have instead waited until I step down before saying anything about it on the list. This change in name of the role is - in part - one of the reasons I have been reluctant to try to push the team to do _anything_ for fear of you're not a _leader_, you're just a PoC type reprisals. Note - most if not all other teams within the Ubuntu project have 'Leaders', there is a Leadership Code of Conduct [0] which kinda implies that teams have leaders. This has somewhat diluted (in name if not in role) the position in my opinion. Whilst it is _only_ a name, it has a profound psychological effect on the person holding the position. A 'Leader' might be responsible for doing things such as organising promotional events, bug jams and such. A 'Point of Contact' is more of a passive role, responding to contact from outside the team, and being a liason between this team and others (such as the LoCo Council [on which I also stand], the Community Council and so on). This is pretty much the role I have taken on over the last year, despite other members of the team telling me to ignore that vote and you're a leader by action if not by name. Back to your question. I would suggest that a typical team leader should:- * Hold regular meetings online * Inform the team of developments within the UK * Schedule events within the UK - bug jams, packaging jams * Show leadership by contributing to Ubuntu in the way one might expect others. * Try to follow the Leadership Code of Conduct [0] closely * Anything else that they can think of. Cheers, Al. [0] http://www.ubuntu.com/community/leadership-conduct -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] LDAP login authentication - WAS:Authenticating against Samba/NT 4.0 domain
On 17 Oct 2008 at 15:52, Rob Beard wrote: Neil Greenwood wrote: 2008/10/15 Rob Beard [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi folks, As part of the change over from Windows XP to Ubuntu I'm trying to get the Ubuntu machine to authenticate against a domain. At the moment we have a Windows 2003 SBS server which is going to be _hopefully_ replaced with SME Server 7.3 which provides a domain via Samba. Now I've got this working before on earlier versions of Ubuntu (6.10, 7.04) but not tried it in a while. What I'm trying to do is get the Ubuntu box to authenticate against the domain so when a user comes along, they can login using their Windows login details (saves me hassle of creating extra accounts and keeping passwords up to date). Previously I was able to follow this guide to authenticate the users... http://tech.canterburyschool.org/tech/UbuntuWorkstations_2fAuthenticationSetup The problem is, I'm trying this on Intrepid and some of the configuration files (where it relates to pam) have changed and not being an expert on pam, I don't know what to alter. I see that in some of the palm config files it now uses pam_permit.so rather than pam_unix.so. I just wondered if pam_permit.so looks in another config file? There was an article about PAM in Linux Format issue 99. If you subscribe, you can see the articles on their website even if you no longer have the issue. It explains what all of the different pam_xxx.so options do, and how to configure them. If you aren't a subscriber, or no longer have the issue, I'll have a look and see what I can crib from the article to help you out. Cofion, Neil. Okay I've dug out the issue and had a play but on Intrepid it seems to use some new method of authenticating with PAM. Looks like a good idea but I can't find any good documentation on it. I've enabled LDAP on the SME Server now which I'm hoping will work better for what I need. The problem again is that I can't find any documentation for Intrepid. I did find something for Hardy bit that didn't seem to work on Intrepid (I ended up breaking sudo with that one!). Times like this I wish there was a nice GUI which would help me setup authentication against the server using LDAP. I wonder if Likewise will do this? (I know it authenticates against Active Directory but I'm not actually running AD, just LDAP and a Samba PDC). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ You might find this interesting http://www.linux.com/feature/145656 Tony -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] Time for a change
Alan Pope wrote: Hi all, Just over a year ago [0] I was narrowly voted in as the Point of Contact (PoC) for the UK LoCo team. I've enjoyed the role, but feel that the team is in need of invigoration, and as such I will stand down from the post as of 30th November 2008. Lots to think about here, but before I do that, just to say cheers Alan, you've done a lot for Ubuntu and Ubuntu-UK in many ways (and bought me a few drinks). Your efforts are much appreciated, (so were the drinks) and long may you continue to be involved. John -- John Levin http://www.technolalia.org/blog/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] [ANNOUNCE] Time for a change
Alan Pope wrote: Hi all, Just over a year ago [0] I was narrowly voted in as the Point of Contact (PoC) for the UK LoCo team. I've enjoyed the role, but feel that the team is in need of invigoration, and as such I will stand down from the post as of 30th November 2008. SNIP Hi Alan, Sorry to hear you're standing down, hope you feel you've done a good job to date. Well done on your contribution, and I feel comfortable you'll still be just as active in the -uk community. You seem to have outlined a good proposal for a seamless handover, and I'm sure you'll aide the new person into their new role. Hopefully a more formal process will avoid previous issues. Now, we need to rally lots of enthusiasm for this. We need plenty of candidates and (hopefully), more voters :). Good luck on future projects, and I hope this gives you more time for greater things. Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
