In short, the problem was that in the Fedora 12 default installation, regular users sitting at the console could install signed packages from any repository that the administrator has enabled.
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What Kind Of People Use X.Org's VESA Driver?
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Yesterday we shared the first numbers from our 2009 Linux Graphics Survey that showed the open-source ATI driver is now more popular than ATI's official Catalyst driver. The full results from this survey that concluded last month will be published tomorrow, but in yesterday's graph that we showed there was also something else interesting...
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What's wrong with JavaEE 6?
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Members of the Java Community Process (JCP) voted to approve the JavaEE 6 specification this week, concluding two years of discussions and development. Yet even after JCP members' approval for JSR-316, the Java Specification Request (JSR) that defines the new Java spec, the release still has its detractors.
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Vala - Compiler for the GObject type system
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Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME developers without imposing any additional runtime requirements and without using a different ABI compared to applications and libraries written in C.
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Ubuntu Karmic Server PV & HVM DomUs sharing same image at Sun xVM 3.4.2 on top of OSOL 1002-128a
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Set up Sun xVM 3.4.2 on top of opensolaris 1002-128a via binary packages been built by Pascal Gienger at Index of /software/xvm/3.4.2. Been performing testing bellow my major concern was ability Sun xVM 3.4.2 to handle PV DomUs with boot file systems of ext4fs type.
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Repeating Commands in Bash
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Making use of previously entered commands can help you remember the location of files previously edited, canremove the need to re-enter long path names and can save you a lot of typing mistakes.
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Juniper Backs FreeBSD With MIPS Port
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In particular, as part of the FreeBSD 8.0 release, there is new experimental MIPS support which was contributed by networking vendor Juniper Networks
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The kernel column by Jon Masters #81
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John Masters is a Linux kernel hacker for almost 14 years, since he first attended university at the age of 13. Jon lives in Massachusetts, and works for an enterprise Linux vendor. He also writes a monthly column for Linux User & Developer…
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Install And Configure OpenLDAP On Ubuntu Karmic Koala
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The configuration of OpenLDAP got a bit (more) complicated. cn=config is still used, but when installing the packages from the repositories only a skeleton configuration of openldap is installed. You're not asked anymore to provide a password when the package is installed and issuing the "dpkg-reconfigure slapd" only resets openldap to the skeleton configuration.
Read more »New Linux kernel boosts graphics support, enhances KVM
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Linus Torvalds announced the release of a stable Linux 2.6.32 kernel. Major additions include kernel-based mode setting (KMS) and 3D graphics support on select Radeon cards, plus new kernel shared memory (KSM) technology for KVM virtualization, power-saving and performance improvements, and a faster "Devtmpfs" boot technology.
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Checking Your Work: Validating Input - The Cool Stuff
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One of the most common validation checks is the simple check for data type. Validating by data type involves checking the user's input to make sure it is an integer number, a monetary amount, or some other type comparison.
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Avoid tinkering with open source software
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Open source software practically begs to be tinkered with. With just a few tweaks, you've got the perfect implementation for your needs. But beware of making too many customizations...
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Open-Source Effort to Hack GSM
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If you're still using a cellphone based on early digital standards, you better be careful what you say. The encryption technology used to prevent eavesdropping in GSM (Global System for Mobile communications), the world's most widely used cellphone system, has more security holes than Swiss cheese...
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Linux 2.6.32 Kernel Brings Virtual Memory Improvements
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Linux Planet: "For the Linux kernel, 2009 has been another banner year, with this week marking the debut of the kernel's fourth major updates.
The year's final update is the 2.6.32 kernel, which was released by Linux founder Linus Torvalds late Wednesday night."
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What's new in Linux 2.6.32
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3D support for newer Radeon graphics chips, better use of power saving features offered by the latest hardware and numerous enhancements to KVM and Btrfs are some of the outstanding items among the many thousands of changes undertaken for the latest kernel version. Various other improvements should also make Linux 2.6.32 more reactive and as a result, feel faster.
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