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I think present_arms's point is that local console access involves access to the big red switch

'Local access' typically means that you have means to start processes as non-root, but does not require that you are near the physical hardware. Physical access means you are near enough to access the 'big red switch'. Privilege escalation vulnerabilities typically allow you to get from 'local access' to 'local privileged access'. Combined with a remote vulnerability (which allows you to get from 'can't start and control processes' to 'can start and control processes') you can craft a remote root exploit.

and the bootloader, which on a PC-type system can be used to gain root by booting into single-user mode.

Assuming the administrator did not apply a bootloader password and BIOS passwords (to prevent booting from other media).

However, physical security is not sufficient to prevent 'local exploits', and methods that can be used where there is lack of physical security are a bit off-topic for this story..

I think present_arms's point is that local console access involves access to the big red switch and the bootloader, which on a PC-type system can be used to gain root by booting into single-user mode.

I received an email a while back about a Linux Test Drive website that seemed interesting. The site appears to be gone now (Linux Test Drive) but some information about it can be found here.

It sounded like a pretty good idea anyway. Perhaps have a Linux commercial, like the Freedom one from the contest, and pop up a link to this testdrive site at the end so the person seeing the ad can get some help picking out a Linux that works for them.

it will determine that certtool is provided by gnutls-utils and install that package. IIRC, apt-get can't do that.

apt-file search path/to/myfile

Granted it's not in the official repos, but I had very good luck with http://www.debuntu.org/ and their .deb of Red Hat's LVM-system-config. It's in their repos and worked like a charm when I recently switched over my home server from XP to ubuntu.

I am running VMWare 5.5. I tried to get it running on the latest Ubuntu distro, and the one before that. What happens is that it asks if I have a compiler handy in install.pl file. Then when it attempts to compile and one of the headers buggers up.

The problem is as follows:

http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-vmware-server-workstation-under-ubuntu-feisty

I tried using the prepared binary patches with Ubuntu, but they did not seem to work for me. The only thing that worked was to go back to an old Ubuntu version and then be done with it. AND not upgrade the Linux kernel.

I am tired of this. I am tired of needing a compiler installed. Tired of doing an installation of an installation. I just want it to be installed and running.

Now talking about getting VMWare to run on some random Linux distro. Actually I can expect that. I can install VMWare workstation on Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows 2003 server without any hassles whatsoever! I can't say that of Linux.

check this link http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-vmware-server-workstation-under-ubuntu-feisty it will tell you what to do :-)

http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-connect-to-a-cisco-vpn-using-vpnc
You shouldn't have to install the shitty Cisco VPN software and binary kernel modules just to make an IPSEC VPN tunnel... and the kernel breaking Citrix sounds like a bunch of bullshit really. I can see updates to X.org breaking icaclient if the libraries changed versions, but AFAIK it's statically linked with Motif so...

If you want to install this, you'll need FUSE 2.5. (K|X)Ubuntu only has 2.4, so you'll need to get an update.

http://www.debuntu.org/2006/06/26/71-fuse-253-for- ubuntu-dapper/

I've installed that on my desktop machine and managed to mount my ntfs drive (for dual boot) and read files. I didn't try to write anything yet, though. It seems to work fine.

Enjoy!