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Re: Announcing Fedora GPG Key Server - keys.fedoraproject.org
by Florian Weimer 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

* Nick Bebout: > The Fedora Infrastructure team is pleased to announce that > keys.fedoraproject.org is now up and running as a GPG keyserver. We > are also part of the sks-keyservers.net pool, which means that some > people using pool.sks-keyservers.net will be directed to our server. Can you comment on how much locking you have activated? Do you keep track who is requesting information on which keys?

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RE: A couple of random questions about login
by J.Witvliet＠mindef.nl 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

-----Original Message----- From: users-bounces(a)lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-bounces@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Bryn M. Reeves Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 6:42 PM To: Community support for Fedora users Subject: Re: A couple of random questions about login On 09/02/2013 04:42 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: > My wife turned to me and said, "If I were the bad guy, I'd just have the > computer delete everything if someone entered the boat name, or at least > send me a text. The boat was an obvious guess, and I would never > accidentally type it in." This is pretty close to the concept of a duress code or panic password - a special signal that you only give when under duress to covertly indicate that fact: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duress_code There's a problem with this idea though: anyone who knows or suspects that you are using such a booby trap and has access to the system just has to guess the right term and they can hose your data. -----Original Message----- Well, there are some other points to make... A nice way to protect your data, is to have it all in an LUKS-encrypted container, and store the key on a smartcard. Three times wrong, and gone forever :-) Works good enough, but there is a snag: If they hold your daughter at gunpoint, you will certainly give the correct code. With regards to duress-login, there might be a "simple" roundabout: For each user, create double login entries. Like "John.Doe" and "J.Doe". Both (!) giving full access to your environment & data. Only difference is if you use the second, alarms are triggered, while you/hostages remain unharmed..... Hw ______________________________________________________________________ Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het electronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages.

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Yum and dkms -
by Bob Goodwin 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

After"yum update" this morning I have this notice. I recall needing dkms for some reason after installing vbox but don't recall the reason for it. I assume there is some action required on my part but what? It seems easier to ask here than to muddle through this again. What command do I need to execute to fix this or should I just forget dkms? Bob dkms: removing: vboxhost 4.2.16 (3.10.6-200.fc19.x86_64) (x86_64) -------- Uninstall Beginning -------- Module: vboxhost Version: 4.2.16 Kernel: 3.10.6-200.fc19.x86_64 (x86_64) ------------------------------------- Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel. Removing any linked weak-modules vboxdrv.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.10.6-200.fc19.x86_64/extra/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. vboxnetflt.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.10.6-200.fc19.x86_64/extra/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. vboxnetadp.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.10.6-200.fc19.x86_64/extra/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. vboxpci.ko: - Uninstallation - Deleting from: /lib/modules/3.10.6-200.fc19.x86_64/extra/ - Original module - No original module was found for this module on this kernel. - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version. depmod..... DKMS: uninstall completed. -- http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD box10 Fedora-19 Linux/XFCE

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A couple of random questions about login
by William Oliver 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

So, I was watching a TV show the other day where it was one of those things where the good guy tries to break into the bad guy's computer and, because of his great investigative skills, guesses that the password is a word a book from the bad guy's favorite author. But, first, the good guy tried a couple of other obvious guesses -- the name of the bad guy's boat, etc. My wife turned to me and said, "If I were the bad guy, I'd just have the computer delete everything if someone entered the boat name, or at least send me a text. The boat was an obvious guess, and I would never accidentally type it in." My answer was "That makes sense, but I have no clue about how to do it." Now I can't get the idea out of my head. Worse, I've realized that I don't know, at a process level, what happens when one types in a password. Yes, I know about /etc/password and /etc/shadow files, and I know about encryption. But I don't know step by step in terms of what processes do what when a password is entered. So: 1) What happens at a process level when one hits return after typing in a password? Is everything handled by the kernel? Where is this described? 2) Is it possible to script different responses to different (incorrect) passwords? Thanks, billo

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Re: Announcing Fedora GPG Key Server - keys.fedoraproject.org
by Stephen Gallagher 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 09/02/2013 11:10 PM, Nick Bebout wrote: > You could also put in ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf: keyserver > hkp://keys.fedoraproject.org > Might be worth opening a BZ against the gnupg2 package to have this made the default for the Fedora package. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.14 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlIlx8kACgkQeiVVYja6o6M36gCgmMztUgoAJ9Ex6/D9mOchRZD6 LssAoJxNfvX7ifHuhU+COfxHYumUhLMG =5H6F -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Today update problem
by Cristian Sava 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

Hi, Updating today I got this: [ ... ]# sudo yum update ... ** Found 1 pre-existing rpmdb problem(s), 'yum check' output follows: kde-settings-kdm-19-23.1.fc19.noarch is a duplicate with kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch When trying to delete the old package: [ ... ]# sudo yum remove kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch ... Transaction test succeeded Running transaction /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.gqT87e: line 1: fg: no job control error: %preun(kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 Error in PREUN scriptlet in rpm package kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch Verifying : kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch 1/1 Failed: kde-settings-kdm.noarch 0:19-23.fc19 Complete! Trying "rpm -e kde-settings-kdm-19-23.fc19.noarch" also fail. Any advice how to fix that? Thanks, C. Sava

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Re: Announcing Fedora GPG Key Server - keys.fedoraproject.org
by Suvayu Ali 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

(Apologies to announce mods, I accidentally sent my reply there instead of the users list) Unrelated question: On Mon, Sep 02, 2013 at 10:10:29PM -0500, Nick Bebout wrote: > This server may be accessed in the following ways: > Web interface at http://keys.fedoraproject.org or > https://keys.fedoraproject.org I often see new webservices provide both an http and an https url. Earlier when https was not supported by many browsers, I would understand that. But is there any reason to still keep supporting http? I would think the only way we get an encrypted Internet is by not offering the older option. For a new serivce this should be easy without breaking bookmarks and people's setup. Just a thought. -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free.

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F19 : gnome-user-share
by Antonio M 03 Sep '13

03 Sep '13

when I click on a public-shared-folder I get : Impossible to get the position Internal error server http may translation is not correct. What does it mean?? -- Antonio M Skype: amontag52 Linux Fedora F19(Schroedinger's cat) on Acer 5720 http://lugsaronno.altervista.org http://www.campingmonterosa.com

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Firefox 23.0.1 on F18 64-bit: browse history is cleared on reboot
by John Pilkington 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Installed yesterday from fedora-updates-testing. Is it just me? Is it recoverable? Should this go to Bugzilla? John P

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3d printing software and solidoodle?
by Tom Horsley 02 Sep '13

02 Sep '13

Now that Fedora has lots of 3d printing related software in the repos and my Solidoodle 2 printer is arriving this week, I just thought I'd ask if anyone has used any of the fedora supplied versions of the software with a solidoodle? I'll be giving it a try, but wondered if anyone else already has experience and advice tweaking things for the solidoodle.

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