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Channel log from 16 September 2010   (all times are UTC)

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<gnunux>
hi
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<sidartha>
anyone know how to install firefox addons globaly in chroot?
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<sidartha>
anyone know how to install firefox addons globaly in chroot?
08:18
<Appiah>
chroot as in firefox as a local application?
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<sidartha>
yes
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<Appiah>
I've read some mozilla docs on making settings work globaly
08:34
you should follow them, there are no special things you have to do just beacuse you're running LTSP
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<sidartha>
so if I run "firefox --global-install addblock.xpi /firefox/addons" that will work?
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from chroot
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<Kyle__>
Morning.
09:50
Every once in awhile I boot one of my fat-clients, and it never comes up. What I see on the screen (because I took out quiet and entered nosplash), is the following two lines repeating peridocially:
09:50
INFO: task lspci:400 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
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"echo 0> /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
09:50
Now, I don't mind disabling the message, but I'd rather the system boot properly :)
09:50
Any ideas?
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<markit>
hi alkisg :) will you be online tomorrow morning? I will bring back the server to school and try again the login of clients. Would love have your help in the unfortunate case it does not work
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<Sorinan>
Is there a way to run smartcard readers on LTSP clients?
15:32
<alkisg>
markit: hi, we've just uploaded the new sch-scripts so you may tell dgroos to update his version if you want
15:32
I'll be online for some hours...
15:34
<markit>
it's 22.36 here, what time is it there?
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<alkisg>
+1
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<markit>
ok, what time is better for you tomorrow?
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I mean, feel free to do whatever you want, just to know when I've the most probability to meet you and not busy
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<alkisg>
After 15:00 local time I'll be online, mostly...
15:37
I'll be writing a sch-scripts presentation so no problem, ping me whenever you want
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<markit>
oh, I'll be at school in the mornint (11.00 of your time), at 15.00 I probably will be happy or have committed a suicide, lol
15:37
<alkisg>
...but remember that there are others here that can help too :)
15:38
<markit>
sure, but I'm not good in making new friends.. ;)
15:38
(just kidding)
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alkisg: in any case, as far as I've understood, having disable nbd-proxy can never be the reason of login troubles
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<alkisg>
I may be around before that too, just not sure...
15:39
<markit>
I've tried here at home with also a gbit switch in between, and boots and logs like a charm
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so I'm optimistic
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<alkisg>
Yeah, nbd doesn't have anything to do with logins
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<markit>
alkisg: btw, are you aware of any way to force ssh to send traffic in clear, just for debugging purpouse?
15:40
would love to wireshark the traffic and see exactly what the client sends when tries to log
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but is, of course, crypted
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<alkisg>
There once was a "null cipher" patch that could be applied to ssh, but I've never tried applying + compiling it
15:41
<markit>
ok, I dreamed about a "ssh_clear" package or something like that
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<alkisg>
But even that was after the login, so it wouldn't help you...
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<markit>
ok, I'll see what will happen tomorrow
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<alkisg>
k, good luck
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<markit>
alkisg: btw, dgroos never sent me the email with the translation... do you have his email to give me in private?
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so I can ask him for the new version translation
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<alkisg>
It's on that mailing list link I sent you a while ago...
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I don't have it handy
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<markit>
ok, don't worry, I will find him
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keep the good work on sch-scripts without further distractions ;)
15:43* markit feels guilty
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<alkisg>
Nah, end of day here, I've finished half an hour ago :)
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<markit>
any "what's new" I can understand?
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is it a bugfix? New features? KDE support? ;)
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<alkisg>
Heh
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No, KDE is out of the question :)
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One "easy to understand" is mass user creation: http://users.sch.gr/alkisg/tosteki/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=3005.0;attach=1896;image
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+automatic packages installation for primary, secondary etc education levels
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<markit>
is user list loaded from a csv file or entered directly in the application?
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<alkisg>
It's autogenerated, the teacher just provides the names of the classes + the number of pcs
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<markit>
and does "promote" students from first class group to second etc. when needed?
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<alkisg>
We have another tool for importing/exporting users to .csv
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Nope, that will be done in future tools - we have until the next september for that :)
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<markit>
sure :))
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alkisg: don't remember if I've already asked you, do you use ACL and some dir with rw permissions for teacher and students as well?
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and also, do you have only one "teacer" account like I have (the "administrator" for ubuntu), or one for each teacher?
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<alkisg>
The teacher has 2 folders for each class, one read only where it puts assignments, and one read-write for the kids to collaborate
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The students see those on their desktops with symlinks
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One for each teacher, but in 90% of the cases there's only one teacher...
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<markit>
mmm how can you provide "superuser" power to multiple accounts? is there an easy way in ubuntu?
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<alkisg>
sure, just make them administrators from the user management tool
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It's users-admin on gnome, I think kuser on kde?
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<markit>
I've only command line
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<alkisg>
sudo usermod -a -G admin teacher2
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<markit>
does this "management tool" be in ubuntu?
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oh, I see theacher belongs to multiple groups
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plugdev lpadmin etc
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so is just a matter to add to all those groups and add also in the sudoes list?
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<alkisg>
No need to modify the sudoers list
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Just add the teacher to the admin group either with kuser or with the usermod command I wrote above
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<markit>
and is the teacher able to read/write student's home folder, or the student have to "push" his work in tha shared, common folder? there is the risk another student can modify/erase...
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I think that have many teacher's account is a good idea, so no one can mess other's work
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teachers are not very proof in IT here
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<alkisg>
For the teacher to modify the students files, he'd need to use his admin rights (e.g. sudo etc)
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Or, you could change the umask appropriately and put him on the students groups
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<markit>
alkisg: home dir are created with the group with the same name of the account
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there is no a "students" group
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as primary group of the student account... I have to understand this stuff much better I guess
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never really used GNU/linux as multiuser until now, only some basic (shared) samba stuff
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<alkisg>
There are many ways to organize those things, read up a little and choose whatever suits you better
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I think Lns had written some wiki or blog page about ACLs, they worked for him
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<markit>
I've found a wonderful video in ubuntu ltsp page about acl, just have to try it
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<alkisg>
I don't use them, I don't have need for them yet
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<markit>
but your experience is invaluable to "how to do the right things"
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<alkisg>
Nah, I'm fairly new to linux, only 3 years experience
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<markit>
alkisg: not for the shared folder? I'm surprised
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<alkisg>
Others here have been using it for decades...
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<markit>
because if a user created a file, it's rw-r-r
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<alkisg>
With the default umask yes, but you can change that
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<markit>
sure, but this messes ALL the created files, not only in the shared folder
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that's where ACL comes in, since you can define in a "folder" basis
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<alkisg>
Right, and sometimes it's a good thing
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E.g. some teachers don't want the students to be able to see each other's files
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So, they use rw-rw----
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<markit>
that's good, right
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<alkisg>
...and the teacher has write access through the group
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<markit>
as I said, I've plenty of things to learn from you :)
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I'll try this solution asap, thanks
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<markit>
alkisg: rw-rw---- seems not correct, since all students belong to the same primary group "students", with that mask everyone can read/write other's files
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did you meant rw-------?
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<alkisg>
Well, one easy way is to add those students as the teacher secondary group
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So each teacher has access to the students he teaches
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Another way would be to use the class group as the student primary group, but then the other students of the same class would also have access - you probably don't want that
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<alkisg>
markit: so, student "user1class1" has primary group "user1class1", and the teacher has secondary groups for all those students "user1class1, user2class1 etc"
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<markit>
maybe I've not clear the role of secondary groups... because I think that if students belog to "teacher" group, the risk is that they can read/write where only teachers should be allowed to
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<alkisg>
That's one way to do it... there are million others
16:42
<markit>
alkisg: I would love to do as you do, in the beginning :)
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<alkisg>
No, the teacher would belong to the user1class1 group. Not the other way around.
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<markit>
I've to make it work soon, and many time to make it better, but a wrong start means a lot of work (and upset users) later
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yes, misunderstood your "add those students as the teacher secondary group". But add maybe an hundred of students(group) to teacher seems not fine to me
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<alkisg>
It works though :)
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<markit>
(since each student has also a group with the same name, correct? or you just create with "students" group directly as primary group?
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<alkisg>
The way I said it above, no, each user keep his own primary group
16:46
If you put all of them to the same "class1" group, then they'll have access to each other's files
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or, the teacher would need to use admin rights to access them
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<markit>
sorry, missed those lines, was deepling thinking about abstract consequences
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now I read carefully
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<alkisg>
ACLs make group organization much easier, sure, that's why they exist
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<markit>
was thinking the same thing
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<alkisg>
I.e. give access to the teacher but not to the students
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<markit>
I'll try them tonight
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<alkisg>
What I'd like is the teacher to NOT have access to rw------ files on the students dir (e.g. ~/.ssh, passwords etc)
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I don't know if ACLs can do that..
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<logitech>
hmm, why is it that the automatic boot just keeps counting down over and over without booting?
17:35
by the way, kiwi ltsp
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<cole2>
Hey everyone, I was wondering if there is a common cause for clients viewing javascript heavy webpages to slow right down.
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<cole2>
Is there anybody out there?
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