Re: [ilugd] How to create a new linux user on the fly

2005-08-19 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Raj" == Raj Shekhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Raj> [snip] Raj> Here is how I did it when I had to do something like this - Raj> create a script to create the user - using sudo allow apache Raj> to run that script without givi

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Raj Mathur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "ams" == Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ams> Hi. At 2005-08-19 16:08:43 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ams> wrote: >> But yes, I have been on this list for a few months, and have >> not heard anyone actually mention it

[ilugd] (fwd) [SECURITY] Kismet: Multiple vulnerabilities

2005-08-19 Thread Raj Mathur
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Re: [ilugd] How to create a new linux user on the fly

2005-08-19 Thread Raj Shekhar
Hi Friends, > I wanted to create a linux user on the fly(ie. With mine PERL/CGI > script) . > Is there a method to do so. I am having a webserver with root access. > Pl. reply. Running a apache webserver as root is a bad idea. By default RHEL comes configured to run the webserver as user nobody.

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Viksit Gaur
Greetings, ams said - > > Appropriate behaviour is not learned in a vacuum: > it's learned through > repeated interaction and observation. Very few > people actually *want* > to make women uncomfortable, but if they don't get > any feedback about > what they're doing wrong, they won't know what t

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Just to bring in another perspective. I work for an NGO -that works with rural communities and natural resource governance. One our main concerns and areas of work are to involve women in the various aspects of life that have normally been male bastions. Governance mechanims, involvement i

Re: [ilugd] How to create a new linux user on the fly

2005-08-19 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-08-20 08:05:43 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > worst solution i've ever come up with but it should work :) I really don't think you should advocate running CGI scripts as root, let alone trying to add users based on input from untrusted clients. It's a giant security risk that's waitin

Re: [ilugd] How to create a new linux user on the fly

2005-08-19 Thread Sharad Birmiwal
try system("useradd username"); and then to set passwd, put the passwd in a file 2 to 3 times and system("passwd < file"); worst solution i've ever come up with but it should work :) i'm not sure if your perl scripts will be run as root. try running a script that shows you the effective id? shar

Re: [ilugd] Secure wireless network

2005-08-19 Thread Sharad Birmiwal
i haven't followed the two links but here are my 2 paise wep (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEP) is weak. there are instruction guides on breaking it available on the net. better go for wpa2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEP2). sharad birmiwal On 8/19/05, Ankur Rohatgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-08-19 14:00:56 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > the prevailing atmosphere is likely to discourage women [...] > > And which prevailing atmosphere is this? There's only one of 'em. But it's really difficult to express in words just why I think it's likely to discourage women (and, to

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
Hi. At 2005-08-19 16:08:43 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > But yes, I have been on this list for a few months, and have not > heard anyone actually mention it as a loss- the fact that there > are no 'active' women on the list. I don't know what you were expecting to see, but the subject does

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Viksit Gaur
Greetings, Hmm.. a simple query seems to have stirred up a hornets nest - and maybe for the better. But that remains to be seen I guess. Apart from other issues which I think I'll probably devote another email to.. --- Abhijit Menon-Sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the prevailing > atmosphere i

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Prateek Khanna
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: > would claim to be anti-women, but I've often felt that the prevailing > atmosphere is likely to discourage women from ever visiting more than the prevailing atmosphere??? - prateek ___ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2005-08-19 17:17:31 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In all my experiences, I haven't encountered any sexism towards > females in areas related to computing. Not even bad jokes. I wonder if that's because you (and other people) misjudge what might actually make women uncomfortable. I'm sure

[ilugd] ILUG-D activity in last 7 days

2005-08-19 Thread nkapoor
Fri 19-Aug-2005 ILUG-D activity in last 7 days: = New/recent events: 0 Total events:48 = New Discussion forum postings: 5 Total postings: 706 -

[ilugd] How to create a new linux user on the fly

2005-08-19 Thread Abhishek Jain
Hi Friends, I wanted to create a linux user on the fly(ie. With mine PERL/CGI script) . Is there a method to do so. I am having a webserver with root access. Pl. reply. The distro I will be using is Redhat Enterprise Linux. Thanks for your time and effort. -- Regards, Abhishek jain _

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Kishore Bhargava
> Take it further and ask- if there are few women, why is it so? And if > there are a substantial number, why they don't post. And the answer is > NOT that there are not enough bright women interested in GNU/Linux. > This is too serious a question to be mentioned as an aside... > > And yes, in c

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Pankaj kaushal
hassath wrote: > mention it as a loss- the fact that there are no 'active' women on the > list. So I want to know if you guys have ever at any point felt the need > for a gender equitable representation on the list? If yes, what steps > have you taken to find out the reasons- and try to make it con

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread hassath
On Fri, 2005-08-19 at 12:54, Raj Mathur wrote: > > OK, so in your opinion why are there so few women? Is it an innate > issue with perceived geekiness? Or something specific to this list > (or User Group) that keeps them distant? Or do we need to perform > some specific tasks or activities tha

Re: [ilugd] D00d3tt3z on ILUG-d?

2005-08-19 Thread Raj Mathur
> "Hassath" == hassath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hassath> [snip] Hassath> Take it further and ask- if there are few women, why is Hassath> it so? And if there are a substantial number, why they Hassath> don't post. And the answer is NOT that there are not Hassath> enoug