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Home Directory Privacy I don't understand why Debian defaults home directory permissions to 755 where most every other major distribution does 700. I find it unusual that I have to 'chmod -R 700' a newly created users /home directory. I know I can modify /etc/adduser.conf or /etc/default/useradd.conf files to change the default permissio... 10 Aug 2010 00:28
old unix crypt Hi, What's the current replacement for the old unix "crypt"? mcrypt was intended to be the replacement, but "Please note that this package is buggy and unmaintained by the upstream authors". I hope openssl can do that, but I can't figure that out from openssl man page. thanks -- Tong (remove unders... 10 Aug 2010 03:41
Netinst Still Installs Trunk Kernel I downloaded the latest 'Squeeze' Netinst ISO from the Debian site and after the install was complete, noticed in the Grub kernel list it had installed a Trunk kernel and was told by many that this is a dated kernel and should not be used. Is this true? Why am I still getting this 'Trunk' kernel from a Netint CD fo... 10 Aug 2010 00:28
setting password via script Hi, What's the easiest way to set password for user account via script? The most common tool would be fine, even if it means that the password has to be clear text. Thanks -- Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply) http://xpt.sourceforge.net/techdocs/ http://xpt.sourceforge.net/tools/ -- To UNS... 10 Aug 2010 18:01
debian-505-i386.netinst.iso -- GRUB Error 18 I just installed the 6/26 update of Debian 5.0 (debian-505-i386- netinst.iso) on a Dell Dimension 4100. My installation does not boot (GRUB Error 18). I had no problem booting the first release of Debian 5.0. Can anyone advise me? Thanks & Best Regards, Vwaju New York City -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email ... 10 Aug 2010 03:41
mounting samsung galaxy S Hi I am having problems mounting my galaxy S under linux [ 1282.802728] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver... [ 1282.802850] scsi8 : usb-storage 2-1.2:2.0 [ 1282.802941] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage [ 1282.802943] USB Mass Storage support registered. [ 1283.809301] scsi 8:0:0:0: Di... 10 Aug 2010 11:21
DEBIAN installer with BROADCOM BCM5721 Hi, I would like to know if the DEBIAN installer detect BROADCOM BCM 5721 network card. I hope your answer. Regards. Alex PADOLY Une messagerie gratuite, garantie à vie et des services en plus, ça vous tente ? Je crée ma boîte mail www.laposte.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUE... 10 Aug 2010 06:55
Re (2): finding the ip address for dns, nslookup & etc. On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 08:19:59AM -0700, peasthope(a)shaw.ca wrote: Jaime, You put me back on track. Thanks! From: Jaime Di Cristina <jaime.dc(a)gmail.co.> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:32:13 -0400 I use dnsmasq on OpenWrt. There the information of the DNS servers is stored on /tmp/resolv.conf.... 9 Aug 2010 13:27
Re (2): finding the ip address for dns, nslookup & etc. Jaime, You put me back on track. Thanks! From: Jaime Di Cristina <jaime.dc(a)gmail.co.> Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:32:13 -0400 I use dnsmasq on OpenWrt. There the information of the DNS servers is stored on /tmp/resolv.conf.auto. I don't know where is the equivalent location on a Debian installation of ... 9 Aug 2010 12:19
xulrunner stops upgrade -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have iceweasel 3.5.10-1~bpo50-1 installed from lenny-backports. Among other packages it depends on xulrunner 1.9.1, also installed from lenny-backports when I installed that version of iceweasel. When recently I ran aptitude update I discovered that the version ... 10 Aug 2010 11:21 |