Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 02:51:33 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [Ux2bs_Archive] No. 212 ************************************************** Thursday 23 October 2003 Number 212 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: PASSWD : John Poltorak 2 Re: XFREE86 v4 : T.Sikora" 3 Re: [Mailman-OS2] mailman build faq : T.Sikora" 4 Re: XFREE86 v4 : John Poltorak 5 XFREE86 v4 : Alex Samorukov **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:18:57 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: PASSWD On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:42:29PM +0000, Lyn St George wrote: > On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 19:53:15 +0100, John Poltorak wrote: > > >I really think a PASSWD and possibly GROUP file should be included as part > >of a standard build environment. > > > >Any comments, anyone? > > > >-- > >John > > Agreed. /etc/paswd is more of a "central accounting" file, and many > apps will check this to see if a user actually exists before proceeding, > and maybe checking his home directory and other things (the > password itself being in /etc/shadow) Has anyone looked at Security/2? Maybe this would provide all the functionality required for a multiuser system and it maintains a PASSWD file. > > - > Cheers > Lyn St George > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + http://www.zolotek.net .. eCommerce hosting, consulting > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:31:35 -0400 From: "T.Sikora" Subject: Re: XFREE86 v4 John Poltorak wrote: > On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 12:45:54PM +0300, Alex Samorukov wrote: > >>Hi all. >>Were i can find xfree4 binaries ? it seems that Holger page is dead :( > > > http://os2ports.com/downloads/index_html?dir=pub/os2/unix/xfree86 > > Don't forget the postrelease_fixes. Some are critical. -- T.Sikora tsikora at ntplx dot net _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:53:10 -0400 From: "T.Sikora" Subject: Re: [Mailman-OS2] mailman build faq T.Sikora wrote: > T.Sikora wrote: > >> John Poltorak wrote: >> >>> Could this be handled by changes to src/Makefile.in ? >>> >>> I suspect it could but have no idea what changes are required to >>> achieve this. >> >> >> >> Same here I figured this was easier. >> >>> >>> >>> Makefiles have always been a little mysterious for me. >>> >> Confusing syntax to say the least. Some are easy though. >> > I originally used the --with-cgi-ext=.exe option but did not like the > .exe showing in the url so I left the option out and removed the .exe > after emxbind. Seems to work ok. Only on the aliases was wrapper ie; > zapper a problem I had to put the exe back on that. I keep both in /mail > just in case. > > Looking back I can't believe we actually got it working. Without Andrews > emx_emul module in Python it was hopeless. > > We **critically need the shadow package ported** or the new Zope and > Mailman *cannot* be ported. It has to have gid functionality to work > properly. I can make it work without but it means cutting out huge > sections of code. I really don't feel comfortable doing that. > Anyone feel ambitious? I got about half way through the build after it made a couple libs then it failed with missing gid functionality. Someone who actually knows what their doing may be able to do it. -- T.Sikora tsikora at ntplx dot net _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 10:53:31 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: XFREE86 v4 On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 12:45:54PM +0300, Alex Samorukov wrote: > Hi all. > Were i can find xfree4 binaries ? it seems that Holger page is dead :( http://os2ports.com/downloads/index_html?dir=pub/os2/unix/xfree86 _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:45:54 +0300 From: Alex Samorukov Subject: XFREE86 v4 Hi all. Were i can find xfree4 binaries ? it seems that Holger page is dead :( _______________________________________________ UX2BS mailing list UX2BS at os2ports.com http://os2ports.com/mailman/listinfo/ux2bs