| HomeDirectoriesAndMounting | 15 Apr 2009 - 16:48 - r11 | SteveCarr |
| Intro The problem with home directories. If you're reading this you probably now that on most NIX based systems including Linux that a user's home directory is where ... | ||
| LinxusEnvironment | 15 Apr 2009 - 15:59 - r13 | SteveCarr |
| "Linxus" (Nexus integrated Linux Client) Documentation Project Overview Linxus (Links us) is designed to be a Waterloo Nexus (our Windows XP network) variant with ... | ||
| FreeNX | 08 Oct 2008 - 16:01 - r4 | SteveCarr |
| NoMachine has a software package called NXServer that works in conjunction with ssh and X11. It uses clever caching, compression, and encryption to drastically increase ... | ||
| ToDo | 15 Aug 2007 - 14:09 - r103 | DavidCollie |
| To Do switch status monitors to linxus setup nagios client remove two thin clients from wedge add automated backups to linxus move bzr repositories ... | ||
| Linxus | 26 Jul 2007 - 18:30 - r6 | DavidCollie |
| Linxus Services linxus is currently the server for several thin clients in Wedge as well as the server used for remote access to the linxus network via ssh. TFTP ... | ||
| CIFSAndQuotas | 24 Jul 2007 - 18:19 - NEW | DavidCollie |
| The version of Samba being used for ecfile1 and ecfile2 is from the 2.X branch. This branch appears to have trouble working with the latest CIFS code in Linux. Instead ... | ||
| NagiosClient | 24 Jul 2007 - 13:45 - r3 | DavidCollie |
| Nagios Client Configuration The nagios client (nsca) can be installed on Linux machines to perform resource monitoring and send event notifcation to those responsible ... | ||
| TechnicalDocs | 12 Jul 2007 - 16:28 - r13 | DavidCollie |
| Current OverviewSpecifics DistroInstall LoginAuthentication HomeDirectoriesAndMounting ScriptsGalore CustomApplets ThinClients ... | ||
| Cfengine | 05 Jul 2007 - 18:32 - r6 | DavidCollie |
| Cfengine Full documentation of cfengine along with several papers are available from the homepage. Cfengine is used by linxus to provide a framework for configuring ... | ||
| ScriptsGalore | 05 Jul 2007 - 18:20 - r11 | DavidCollie |
| Scripts are used to automate repetitive tasks that take place on linxus . ... | ||
| LoginAuthentication | 05 Jul 2007 - 18:08 - r7 | DavidCollie |
| Users are presented with several possible login screens including GDM, console login or SSH login, all of which are controlled by the PAM (Pluggable Authentication ... | ||
| OverviewSpecifics | 05 Jul 2007 - 17:53 - r2 | DavidCollie |
| Overview The Linxus network is an extension of the Engineering Computing's public labs which runs the Linux operating system. The goal of the Linxus network is to ... | ||
| DebianTesting | 05 Jul 2007 - 17:40 - r16 | DavidCollie |
| This information will be merged back into TechnicalDocs since linxus has moved to Ubuntu. The following list will outline the configuration done with Debian. I ... | ||
| AptConf | 21 Jun 2007 - 19:00 - r9 | DavidCollie |
| When running a server you must compromise between stability and having the most up to date software. The setup that follows will have the base system running Debian ... | ||
| LinxusPackage | 07 Jun 2007 - 15:09 - r14 | DavidCollie |
| Ideally a package or group of packages would be created and maintained that contained all the configuration details neccessary for Linxus to integrate with Nexus. ... | ||
| GtkMozEmbed | 17 May 2007 - 16:02 - NEW | DavidCollie |
| There is a bug in the latest version of python gnome2 extras related to gtkmozembed. When using it in a widget it will cause a segmentation fault. The fix to this ... | ||
| ConfigurationsAndModifications | 26 Jan 2007 - 04:14 - r4 | JanosMartonosi |
| System Configurations /etc/ inittab /etc/rc.d/ This directory contains the startup scripts. These scripts are called by init , which is in turn called by the kernel ... | ||
| WebStatistics | 18 Jan 2007 - 21:59 - r440 | TWikiGuest |
| Statistics for Linux Web Month: Topic views: Topic saves: File uploads: Most popular topic views: Top contributors for topic save and uploads ... | ||
| SystemInstallation | 27 Nov 2006 - 21:26 - r7 | JanosMartonosi |
| System Installation This chapter describes how Linux was installed on the Display system, noting all special steps taken during the setup process. ConfigurationsAndModifications ... | ||
| ProvidedHardware | 25 Nov 2006 - 19:06 - r4 | JanosMartonosi |
| Provided Hardware The electronic information display consists of a network enabled computer connected to a large LCD monitor. The display is planned to be mounted ... | ||
| EngSocInfo | 21 Nov 2006 - 21:53 - r4 | JanosMartonosi |
| EngSocInfo The Engineering Society (!EngSoc) has been planning to deploy an electronic information display similar to that of Engineering Computing's EngInfo system ... | ||
| EngInfo | 21 Nov 2006 - 21:52 - r2 | JanosMartonosi |
| link points to the information pages shown by Engineering Computing's information displays. !JavaScript is required for the page to load correctly. Popups must also ... | ||
| KioskSetup | 09 Nov 2006 - 00:38 - r24 | DavidCollie |
| Currently the booth scripts have been incorporated into a Knoppix based livecd. This allows users to run straight from the cd or install to the hard drive by booting ... | ||
| CfengineClasses | 26 Sep 2006 - 19:36 - r5 | AlexBencz |
| Cfengine Classes/Scripts In general, each class currently useable for configuring hosts via cfengine can be grouped into one of two categories. The first is composed ... | ||
| HostClassConfig | 18 Sep 2006 - 20:20 - r4 | AlexBencz |
| Managing Linxus Hosts With cfengine in place as a method of keeping client machines properly configured, some method must be employed to manage which hosts will receive ... | ||
| InstallUsingPreseed | 06 Sep 2006 - 03:27 - r4 | AlexBencz |
| Preseeding Remastering a Preseed CD To remaster an Ubuntu CD with the linxus preseed files, first choose a work directory (e.g. /tmp/remaster ) and mount the source ... | ||
| Linxus103 | 15 Aug 2006 - 20:35 - r2 | AlexBencz |
| linxus103 Linxus103 serves as the configuration (cfengine) server for linxus workstations, as well as hosting apt proxy for mirroring debian and ubuntu repositories ... | ||
| AptProxyDapper | 15 Aug 2006 - 20:26 - NEW | AlexBencz |
| Apt Proxy and Ubuntu Dapper Drake There appears to be an with the way Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) requests packages. This prevents apt proxy from working correctly ... | ||
| FirefoxProfile | 17 Jul 2006 - 18:46 - NEW | AlexBencz |
| By default, Firefox allows for 50MB of space to be used for temporary cache. This can cause problems since the current profile quota is 20MB. To change this default ... | ||
| RemasteringGuide | 31 May 2006 - 20:53 - r11 | SteveCarr |
| Damn Small Linux / Booth Remastering Guide This guide should give you a good idea on how to go about customizing Damn Small Linux to meet your needs. The guide will ... | ||
| ResizeReiserFS | 16 May 2006 - 19:50 - NEW | AlexBencz |
| General Information Two tools are needed to resize a reiserfs partition. The first, fdisk , should come as part of the debian base set of packages. The second, ... | ||
| KnoppixRemaster | 05 May 2006 - 18:00 - r7 | SteveCarr |
| This section decribes creation of the kiosk from Knoppix. Our final version is now based on Damn Small Linxu (DSL), which has already remastered Knoppix to sub 50 ... | ||
| LinuxKiosk | 13 Mar 2006 - 21:15 - r8 | SteveCarr |
| The following pages outline the process taken to create a secure web kiosk installation of Linux. The kiosk runs a minimal installation of Linux and immediately starts ... | ||
| Linxus101 | 22 Feb 2006 - 20:33 - r6 | SteveCarr |
| linxus101 Services linxus101 should be a mirror of linxus however it currently hosts services used by the enginfo information screens. DHCP3 linxus101 hosts ... | ||
| Script | 09 Sep 2005 - 01:00 - NEW | DavidCollie |
| # cups client.cf David Collie # Sets up cups based printing using the cupsys bsd and cupsys client. # No server is required in this setup as all print jobs will ... | ||
| FullyAutomaticInstallation | 08 Sep 2005 - 19:11 - r4 | DavidCollie |
| Overview is designed to automate the installation of a Debian system so that a system administrator can perform unattended installations. There is a a http://www ... | ||
| KioskToDo | 28 Jul 2005 - 18:51 - r12 | DavidCollie |
| Custom attract loop Write extension to make it easier to manipulate UI Test and make modifications necessary to get dsl usbinstall to work fully Write ... | ||
| OldProjects | 22 Jun 2005 - 20:40 - NEW | DavidCollie |
| Documentation of Linux Network Services Faculty of Engineering Engineering is not currently using Linux as a network services platform. It uses FreeBSD and Windows ... | ||
| LinuxSummit | 22 Jun 2005 - 17:49 - r8 | SteveCarr |
| Linux Directions in Engineering Summit held Jan. 18, 2005 Which Distribution? In many respects the choice of distribution is becoming less of an issue, since there ... | ||
| MetacityLockdown | 16 Jun 2005 - 16:58 - r2 | DavidCollie |
| The current version of the booth livecd based on damn small linux uses icewm lite instead of metacity. I didn't do much to lock it down as the configuration file ... | ||
| FirstTimeConfig | 03 Jun 2005 - 20:37 - r7 | DavidCollie |
| I am no longer actively pursuing this avenue of development and am instead focusing my efforts on the livecd. This functionality has been incorporated into the booth ... | ||
| SecurityConf | 03 Jun 2005 - 20:21 - r4 | DavidCollie |
| The default Debian install is fairly secure. However, there are a fews extra steps that should be taken to make the system even more secure. The harden and harden ... | ||
| GnomeSetup | 03 Jun 2005 - 15:31 - r6 | DavidCollie |
| Gconf is very particular about locking files when logging in and logging out. It creates several files in tmp that it wasn't able to lock fast enough with the default ... | ||
| AptProxyConf | 13 May 2005 - 20:11 - NEW | DavidCollie |
| DEFAULT ;; All times are in seconds, but you can add a suffix ;; for minutes(m), hours(h) or days(d) ;; Server IP to listen on ;address 192.168.0.254 ;; Server ... | ||
| PamMount | 30 Mar 2005 - 16:27 - NEW | CoryCater |
| Under Debian it is no longer necessary to compile the source code for the pam mount module you can install it from apt get by running the following code linxus101 ... | ||
| JabberServer | 11 Feb 2005 - 21:32 - r4 | CoryCater |
| Jabber Server Configuration Picking a Server At the moment there are two real canidates for servers. Jabberd2 and ejabbered are both completely Open Source servers ... | ||
| AdsAuth | 17 Dec 2004 - 16:27 - r3 | DavidCollie |
| As discussed in LoginAuthentication there are currently three methods of authentication available. I have been investigating a fourth possibility, which uses samba ... | ||
| PackagingDebs | 15 Dec 2004 - 19:18 - r2 | DavidCollie |
| The following document gives a brief out line on how to create a Debian package, this is by no means complete and the Debian New Maintainer's Guide as well as the ... | ||
| DataDestroyer | 10 Dec 2004 - 15:33 - r2 | DavidCollie |
| # DATADESTROYER version 0.9 David Collie # should be run daily to check for any users who haven't logged into linxus # in more than three days. Any home directories ... | ||
| Aptconf | 16 Nov 2004 - 18:25 - NEW | DavidCollie |
| APT::Default Release "stable"; DavidCollie 16 Nov 2004 | ||
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