I edit /etc/login.defs so it change the mail directory:
Before changes:
Code:
MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail
#MAIL_FILE .mail
After changes:
Code:
#MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail
MAIL_FILE .mail
But when i create new users there is no .mail file in their home folder
I edit /etc/login.defs so it change the mail directory:
Before changes:
MAIL_DIR /var/spool/mail
#MAIL_FILE .mail
I have to change the CHARACTER_CLASS in login.defs so that user accounts accept a number at the start. This is all fine and well with useradd, login etc. but gdm and kdm refuse to adhere to these settings. How do I change it or is there some PAM setting I have got to tinker with?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI have to change the CHARACTER_CLASS in login.defs so that user accounts accept a number at the start. This is all fine and well with useradd, login etc. but gdm and kdm refuse to adhere to these settings. How do I change it or is there some PAM setting I have got to tinker with?
View 1 Replies View RelatedI've got Ubuntu server 10.04 set up and I wanted to make a few restrictions. It's pretty much just acting as a VMware server at the moment, and there are some users I've created who I only want to be able to be able to log into the VMware infrastructure web interface. I want to make sure these users can't log in via SSH, FTP, or the console itself. I understand how to block them from logging in via SSH by using DenyUsers, and I added these users to the /etc/ftpusers file to lock them out of FTP, but how can I block them from logging in at the console itself?
I tried locking the user out by editing the /etc/passwd file, but the problem is that by doing this, it also prevents the user from being able to log into the VMware web interface.
The user's entry in /etc/passwd looks like this: bsmith:*:1005:1005:Bob Smith,,,:/home/bsmith:/bin/bash
I have disabled root login in my remote shell and I have a pretty strong password. I am not happy though. I want to increase security. I've been thinking about installing some basic tripwire rig, like say, send myself an email every time I (or anyone) log in. My questions:
- What kind of data would be useful to be sent in that email? Anything else besides "user so-and-so logged in at {date and time}"?
- How would I achieve that? Is it enough to include it in .tcshrc (because my shell is tcsh)? Should I add it to other shells as well (.bashrc, .csh etc.) even though nobody uses the other shells? Is it better placed in some other file, like .login? What is the optimal place?
- Would that be enough? Can I make that whole idea more secure in any way?
I need to install Sun Java JDK on Fedora. which directory should I install?
/usr/src
/usr/lib
/usr/share
or
/usr/local/src
/usr/local/lib
/usr/local/share
or other places would be better?
Another question is:
Fedora comes with a Java compiler. What's the difference this one with the Sun JDK? Do I really need to install Sun JDK?
I have a second HDD oon the computer and the fedora system can see it so that is no problem. The problem is that when i want to make a folder or put a file on that HDD i get the message:
Error while copying "filename".
There was an error copying the file into /media/a53d6b68-7242-4f43-8cd9-8dfc1b592ad2.
Error opening file '/media/a53d6b68-7242-4f43-8cd9-8dfc1b592ad2/filename': Permission denied
How can i solve this? (and how can i make the disk called something else then a53d6b68-7242-4f43-8cd9-8dfc1b592ad2)
Also there is a folder on the disk named "lost+found" what is this and why is it there?
i want to start my application when the user logs in.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedI decided to try and spruce up Gnome and found an applet called talika. Now to install this I have to install libwnck first. I used yum but can not seem to point talika to the place where libwnck is which is troubling. So a couple of questions. Is there an easier or better source to find customizations to add to the gnome desktop or is gnomelook the best option and how do I point talika to search for libwnck in the spot where yum put it? I have googled talika F12, searched the forums, and have not been able to locate anything.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI installed Fedora 15 onto sda2, and a df looks like this:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
rootfs 3.9G 3.4G 311M 92% /
udev 991M 0 991M 0% /dev
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Is there way to place application launcher which is by default placed at left side of the screen to bottom (like MAC style)?
View 5 Replies View RelatedI have a script that among other things generates a makefile with an error that causes make to fail. specifically, the string "-Wimplicit-function-dec" should be changed a bit to "-Wimplicit-function-declaration". Is there a way to have bash add the new eight characters in the right place (on line 105)?
View 2 Replies View Relatedi want to configure VNC server on Fedora 12 to be able to connect from any place how to configure it i try Google to find instruction about it but i found alot on ways to configure and they are difference what you recommend
View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen I play a flash video in x86_64 with the latest 64bit flashplayer I will often get a grey rectangle after a few secs rather than playback. This is 100% reproducible if I restart firefox after playing a flash video and try to replay it.If I start firefox from a terminal I can see "invoke_NPP_Destroy: assertion failed:" type errors. Logging off and logging back on fixes, so I investigated which process needs to be restarted. Turns out to be gvfsd, so if you get a grey box do this in a terminal (as a normal user NOT as root)
Code:
killall gvfsd
/usr/libexec/gvfsd &
then refresh the page and all should be fine. (In fact the problem does not recur for an entire session until I login again) If others could report whether this fixes the same problem I can submit a bug report.
EDIT: I am using libflashplayer-10.0.32.18.linux-x86_64.so from here
About 3-4 years ago I installed a new harddrive in my computer (XP Pro) and moved the old system disk drive to be secondary. I installed Grub and partitioned it in half. I installed Fedora on one partition and installed XP on the other. Now I want to keep the XP and replace the Fedora with another Linux like Ubuntu or Mint to try them out. I am not sure what I need to do to replace the Fedora and keep XP. Could someone give some idea how this would be done? I don't remember exactly how I did it at the time or what tools I had used or what I will need.
View 1 Replies View Relatedi am newer to linux.i have a doubt in linux boot process in my machine RHEL5 has installed,in bootig GRUB will load in 3 steps
stage 1--> stage1.5 --->stage2
stage1
1st stage1 of grub is located in the 412 bytes of MBR)
also there is a file
/boot/grub/stage1 ( then what is this???)
stage1.5
( where does stage1.5 file located ? i found certain files in /boot/grub/)
like
e2fs_stage1_5
fat_stage1_5
ffs_stage1_5
code....
but my qusetn is GRUB loads from among these files??i removed the above mentioned files from /boot/grub ,but my system is still booting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
how it is?then how stage1.5 and stage2 take place??
I have a Fedora 12 box with a fresh install. I use ktorrent to download something, eg a series, into my home folder. Now, as root, I move (not copy) the folder with the downloaded files to /var/www/html/bob so that when someone opens http://myserver/bob/ they see the list of folders and files I have placed there. I also chmod the whole folder to 755 and chown to root.root. The folder I have just moved there is not displayed. So to work around it (before I realised it was SELINUX) I created a new folder. Now the folder is visible. Good. So now I move the files into the new folder and delete the old one. The files are displayed ... good. But wait, there's more: you cannot access (download) the files, even though they are visible.
1. How do I VIEW what context is assigned to these files?
2. How do I correct the context so that http server can allow people to access them?
3. How do we get the SELINUX authors to consider re-labeling files when they are moved from one place to another so as not to cause this fault?
I just upgraded to Fedora 15 from Fedora 14.... I think I could tolerate the new gnome shell if I could turn some of my tcl/tk and python gui scripts into things that I can store in the 'favorites' panel. In F14 I could create 'applets' ( with an Icon) that I could put in the top panel ( menu bar). Clicking on the icon would start the (gui based) script. Is there some way I can create a 'clickable' script in F15 and then place the result in the Favourites panel?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI just installed Fedora 12 on a laptop. I changed the default shell on the root account to /bin/tcsh and changed the runlevel to 3 and then rebooted. Now I can't login into the root account: it returns me immediately to the login prompt and I can't see any error message (the screen is cleared).Why is this happening?Can I boot into some sort of safe mode so I can undo my changes to the /etc/inittab and /etc/passwd file?I tried booting with a Live CD with the intention of mounting the filesystem and making the changes, but the new filesystem is a LVM and it won't let me mount it (or I don't know how to mount a Logical Volume).
View 3 Replies View RelatedMy computer was working this morning and both hard drives were working fine, then all of a sudden for about two hours I was stuck with this "problem", then after fumbling and moving and stablizing things, then Windows works? See below for details. I've finally reinstalled both hard drives, but the one with the Linux partition doesn't work: it says nothing is discovered on the disk. I can't login at the LUKS login after grub starts, therefore I can't get into Linux, but Windows works?! I used to be able to go directly into Grub when the computer starts, I forgot how to do that but it doesn't matter. If you need details I'd be glad to provide them. I just wondered why Linux doesn't work, but Windows does. I have Linux & Windows on two different separate hard drives
View 5 Replies View Relatedyesterday I updated my fedora 13 to fedora 14 (on laptop) and today i cannot log in on user. It just go blank for a sec and is back to login.
At text console (alt+ctr+f2/f3) i enter my username and pass it give this for a sec and resets (clean) console
username: Name
password:
last used: [date]
login: no shell permission denied
i used unetbootin (fedora 14 netinstall to update) and later i updated 1,5G before reboot (did update that fix, forgot its name tho :s)
I would most likely reinstall everything, but i have some work at laptop and as death-line is near, i would prefer to fix it if possible.
edited:
i have installed F13 on unused space, is there a way for me to access and fix it? or at least get some files from there?
I just added "export PATH=.:'printevn PATH'" to ~/.bashrc, then i can't use any commands, like "vim" or 'ls', it shows 'command not found'.
I cound't figure it out why. Then I logged out and tried to login. Another more serious problem occurred. after I type in login id and pass, it shows login seems to be right, but it doesn't login normally, but immediately bring me back to the login dialog box, and ask me to type log info again. I tried many times, it just constantly brought me back to the login page.
I would like to post my problems here with Fedora 11 regarding that I am using Dell inspiron 1525, Dual core-N series. I have got two problems:
First;- After I updated my system, I have experienced a a login problem , which is each time I try to login and insert my password correctly it seems that it will login but it comes back to the same login screen as if I did not do anything, but after too many times it works.
Second: I read some posts in a website that talks about configuring the RPM fusion "Repo" and I did all the steps posted there , but after that whenever I try to update or download anything through terminal.... it appears the following:
[Code].....
why is it when i place my tcl file in the desktop it doesn't work, but when i place it in ~ns/ns-2.34 folder it works? and the command is work is "./ns filename.tcl" instead of "ns filename.tcl"
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am a newbie linux user.
I have ns2.34 allinone version installed on ubuntu 10.04
I have validated it succesfully.
This is my path.
/home/alin/ns-allinone-2.34/bin:/home/alin/ns-allinone-2.34/tcl8.4.18/unix:/home/alin/ns-allinone-2.34/tk8.4.18/unix
I place tcl scripts in /home/alin/ns-allinone-2.34/bin/
and I try to run them so:
$ns example1.tcl
and I get this output:
couldn't read file "example1.tcl": no such file or directory
What's wrong ?What should I add to my path ?
what I can use in Ubuntu for monitoring CPU core temps, CPU and memory speed and such, used CPU-Z, prime, HD tune up and and the like when OC'ing and UC'ing my Windows PC's but what Ubuntu equivalents are there?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm wondering how you can post web content on your desktop like you can in windows. Like to have your XBL gamercard on your desktop sort of thing. But what I want it for mainly is to put the countdown to 10.10 on there.
View 1 Replies View Relatedgot my server up, installed FTP and all those goodies. And then i got some fun. Index.HTML shows perfectly. But when i place an Index.PHP, i get nothing at all.I get this error actuallyServer error.The website encountered an errorretrieving http://192.168.1.102/. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.Here are some suggestions:Reload this web page later. More information on this error
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