AutoYaST is an excellent installation system. For our compute cluster, I have a CD with roughly 6MB of bootstrap code on it. It's hard-coded to ask our web server for an XML AutoYaST configuration file and install the machines with the packages and configuration files that we want.
The documentation for AutoYaST is a bit hard to find, but everything works well. You might want to learn a bit about rolling your own RPM packages.
You will, of course, be stuck with SuSE if you do that. I've been quite pleased with the distribution, so I don't think of this as a drawback.:)
Enlightened mail server admins would not reject this mail. They would drop it on the floor. Rejected mail means that Mr. sharpfang gets a 100% return rate when someone forges his return address. That would be similar to what we saw when "enlightened" mail server admins had their virus scanners set to let the forged recipients know "I found a virus!" A bad situation, indeed.
A few years ago, PA tried to sell its drivers licence database (including digital pictures) to some Florida company for about $100M. At the last minute, common sense whacked the state goverment in the head and the deal was called off. They basically wanted the cash.
We aren't that far off from the face images in company databases.
As far as AFS documentation goes, I found the following documents useful when installing a new AFS cell/kerberos realm earlier this month.
First, the AFS quick start guide on openafs.org (http://www.openafs.org/pages/doc/QuickStartUnix/a uqbg000.htm) provided step-by-step installation instructions for the AFS server and client. Having been an AFS user for the past 7 years did help a bit.
Second, the quick start guide assumes you are using the kaserver included with OpenAFS. Everyone and their pet dog now recommends installing a real kerberos 5 daemon instead. We chose Heimdal 0.6. The new O'reilly book "Kerberos: A definitive guide" was invaluable for this. In order to put the two together, this impossible to find wiki page http://grand.central.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/Ke rberosAFSInstall explains the changes to the quick start required to actually integrate kerberos 5.
Finally, to get a pam login that gets both kerberos 4 (for AFS) and 5 tickets and tokens, we used pam-krb5afs (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pam-krb5/) for the login module.
Unfortunately, none of this is tied together in a single cohesive document and I'm still trying to organize my notes. Overall, I was able to get the kerberos realm and AFS up in about a day, while getting the pam module and openssh to play nicely took three to four days.
afsd now refuses to start unless the cache directory is owned by root and chmod 600. As far as I know, the cache is still not encrypted, but if you can't trust root on the system, then you have bigger problems.
AFS is still nasty if you lose contact with the servers. That definitely will be a problem if/usr/local is remote. I have yet to see a network file system that can gracefully handle this situation.
How easy is it to update the OS image? Since a number of recent viruses infect networked machines within 15 minutes, rebooting/restoring to an unpatched machine just means you'll get infected again.
Can updates to the images be pushed out over the network? Just curious, I have no reason to buy Centurion Guard. I run a compute cluster where if people screw it up, they just jeopardize their own research.:)
I'm more worried that election officials will throw out my absentee ballot when it is challenged (not to mention, if I'm around my polling place on the day of the election, I CANNOT vote with an absentee ballot.
The slow ones would get caught. Fortunately, this same group also fails to shower on a regular basis. As a result, they would be released within a matter of minutes.
Actually, virtually all of the Athlon and Opteron chips are standard cell designs; only a small part is full-custom layout. Intel spends far more time and money on full-custom in the pentium.
The latest P4s are on a 130nm process. Prescott, if it ever gets released, is on a 90nm process.
Don't worry, they're safe once you snap their cables. Just be careful of the ones crowded around a hub. They have been observed ganging up and strangling lesser PS/2 mice and other small vermin.
If you're ever caught in a room with one, remember the A-type connector is benign, but the B-type cable can deliver a serious sticker shock.
Like many tech companies, Sun outsources their call center support to other companies. When I got a faulty Sun Blade at work, I called their support. After giving my mailing address for a replacement motherboard, the lady on the phone laughed and told me that she worked for Decision On. She was about 200 yards down the street.
A recent article (on nytimes, no longer available for free) on the iBot mentioned that it won't really save much on remodeling a home (a major selling point for this type of item). It's actually bigger than a normal wheelchair, so basic rooms such as bathrooms still need to be remodeled to fit the thing. In all, it's not the win that its inventors had hoped.
No, you just care less about the hardware with time.:-)
The only difference is that today you'd be less antsy about seeing whether the 286 would boot after being wet than 15 years ago when you NEEDED that 286 to work.
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My mom was pleased when we figured out a way to clean off our kitchen counter:
http://www.rabidpenguin.org/gb.html
The fourth annual one is currently being prepped for removal.
They can do that, while the USA tries to play whack-a-beagle.
That's funny. I just checked the subscription tab and got:
:-)
404 File Not Found
The requested URL (subscribe.pl) was not found.
It must be my lucky day! Now gimme!
So you pay more to proofread? Sounds like a great business plan.
AutoYaST is an excellent installation system. For our compute cluster, I have a CD with roughly 6MB of bootstrap code on it. It's hard-coded to ask our web server for an XML AutoYaST configuration file and install the machines with the packages and configuration files that we want.
:)
The documentation for AutoYaST is a bit hard to find, but everything works well. You might want to learn a bit about rolling your own RPM packages.
You will, of course, be stuck with SuSE if you do that. I've been quite pleased with the distribution, so I don't think of this as a drawback.
Enlightened mail server admins would not reject this mail. They would drop it on the floor. Rejected mail means that Mr. sharpfang gets a 100% return rate when someone forges his return address. That would be similar to what we saw when "enlightened" mail server admins had their virus scanners set to let the forged recipients know "I found a virus!" A bad situation, indeed.
A few years ago, PA tried to sell its drivers licence database (including digital pictures) to some Florida company for about $100M. At the last minute, common sense whacked the state goverment in the head and the deal was called off. They basically wanted the cash.
We aren't that far off from the face images in company databases.
Opto-isolated power? How might this work?
Shine a bright light bulb towards a solar panel? It's probably easier to pay bubba to truck in diesel for a generator.
Some more info here...
/ as ia/23BEIJ.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/23/international
As far as AFS documentation goes, I found the following documents useful when installing a new AFS cell/kerberos realm earlier this month.
a uqbg000.htm) provided step-by-step installation instructions for the AFS server and client. Having been an AFS user for the past 7 years did help a bit.
e rberosAFSInstall explains the changes to the quick start required to actually integrate kerberos 5.
First, the AFS quick start guide on openafs.org (http://www.openafs.org/pages/doc/QuickStartUnix/
Second, the quick start guide assumes you are using the kaserver included with OpenAFS. Everyone and their pet dog now recommends installing a real kerberos 5 daemon instead. We chose Heimdal 0.6. The new O'reilly book "Kerberos: A definitive guide" was invaluable for this. In order to put the two together, this impossible to find wiki page http://grand.central.org/twiki/bin/view/AFSLore/K
Finally, to get a pam login that gets both kerberos 4 (for AFS) and 5 tickets and tokens, we used pam-krb5afs (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pam-krb5/) for the login module.
Unfortunately, none of this is tied together in a single cohesive document and I'm still trying to organize my notes. Overall, I was able to get the kerberos realm and AFS up in about a day, while getting the pam module and openssh to play nicely took three to four days.
afsd now refuses to start unless the cache directory is owned by root and chmod 600. As far as I know, the cache is still not encrypted, but if you can't trust root on the system, then you have bigger problems.
/usr/local is remote. I have yet to see a network file system that can gracefully handle this situation.
AFS is still nasty if you lose contact with the servers. That definitely will be a problem if
How easy is it to update the OS image? Since a number of recent viruses infect networked machines within 15 minutes, rebooting/restoring to an unpatched machine just means you'll get infected again.
:)
Can updates to the images be pushed out over the network? Just curious, I have no reason to buy Centurion Guard. I run a compute cluster where if people screw it up, they just jeopardize their own research.
I'm more worried that election officials will throw out my absentee ballot when it is challenged (not to mention, if I'm around my polling place on the day of the election, I CANNOT vote with an absentee ballot.
t ion1115p1.asp for an example. While there may have been a legal basis for throwing out these votes, I've seen it happen for less savory reasons.
See http://www.post-gazette.com/election/20031115elec
The slow ones would get caught. Fortunately, this same group also fails to shower on a regular basis. As a result, they would be released within a matter of minutes.
Perhaps you're thinking of the Siemens buffer overflow:
t ml
http://seclists.org/lists/bugtraq/2003/May/0076.h
The phone would lockup when sent a percent sign in the right part of an SMS message.
> How many tube amp junkies crawl to you begging for a hit?
As long as he doesn't give them any Top-40 pop songs, the junkies should be okay.
Actually, virtually all of the Athlon and Opteron chips are standard cell designs; only a small part is full-custom layout. Intel spends far more time and money on full-custom in the pentium.
The latest P4s are on a 130nm process. Prescott, if it ever gets released, is on a 90nm process.
Don't worry, they're safe once you snap their cables. Just be careful of the ones crowded around a hub. They have been observed ganging up and strangling lesser PS/2 mice and other small vermin.
If you're ever caught in a room with one, remember the A-type connector is benign, but the B-type cable can deliver a serious sticker shock.
Like many tech companies, Sun outsources their call center support to other companies. When I got a faulty Sun Blade at work, I called their support. After giving my mailing address for a replacement motherboard, the lady on the phone laughed and told me that she worked for Decision On. She was about 200 yards down the street.
A recent article (on nytimes, no longer available for free) on the iBot mentioned that it won't really save much on remodeling a home (a major selling point for this type of item). It's actually bigger than a normal wheelchair, so basic rooms such as bathrooms still need to be remodeled to fit the thing. In all, it's not the win that its inventors had hoped.
> The burden will ALWAYS be on the recipient of unsolicited emails
When someone steals your car, who calls the cops? Certainly not the thief!
Now with Verisign's reply-to-every .COM/.NET TLD, you need not worry! Horray, at least one thing was fixed by the hellspawn of the internet.
Emacs documentation.
No, you just care less about the hardware with time. :-)
The only difference is that today you'd be less antsy about seeing whether the 286 would boot after being wet than 15 years ago when you NEEDED that 286 to work.
Little do you know, but the real prize is RMS coming to your front door with the FSF Source Patrol van, carrying an oversized copy of the GPL.