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KLUG Meeting Notes 03/21/2000
KALAMAZOO LINUX USER'S GROUP
MEMBERS AND GUESTS - COME JOIN US FOR A MEETING!!!
http://kalamazoolinux.org/meetings
We meet weekly, each Tuesday at 7 PM.
Our meeting site is Room 4202 of Dunbar Hall on
the campus of Western Michigan University.
Tuesday March 28, 2000
KLUG Meeting Notes - Summary
I. PROJECT REPORTS
II. GENERAL KLUG ANNOUNCEMENTS
III. PRESENTATION RECAP
Chairperson: Robert G. Brown
I. PROJECT REPORTS
Linux or KLUG Related Project Reports -
EVERYONE COULD PARTICIPATE IN MEETING PRESENTATIONS
Put together a presentation of an area of Linux that
you have explored. Won't others need to know what you
have learned? We respect our free membership policy.
Think about that spirit of Linux and other open source
GPL software development. Does open source mean free?
If you believe in the values of Richard Stallman's
Free Software Foundation, doesn't that mean a commitment
to quality and cooperation? Talk your walk... ENJOY
SHARING YOUR PASSION FOR LINUX! Doesn't our "free" have
a closer meaning to 'freedom to choose' rather than without
cost? We do have some tough acts to follow regarding our
regular presenters. They will be eager to tell you that
Linux is not JUST for the computer profession's elite!
It is here for us all.
If you have an idea for a KLUG presentation or know
of a good speaker, we want to hear about it! Make
contact with our KLUG Program Director, Brenda Williams!
<nixb@iserv.net>
********** REDHAT v6.2 HAS BEEN RELEASED ************
This Linux distribution now comes on two (2) CD's.
Thanks Bruce!!! See http://kalamazoolinux.org/bsware/
E-mail him in advance about your needs and pick up your
CD's at the next meeting. <bruce@armintl.com>
Linux Clustering Project -
*** MEETING AT DIRK'S HOUSE MARCH 30th ***
An exploration will be made of configuring Linux boxes
with clustering software. Turbo Linux software was
distributed to six project members working with three
machines. There is still time to join in! Contact the
project coordinator for more info "Dirk Bartley"
<bartleyd2@net-link.net> A SIG mailing list is being
considered to support this project's communication.
Boogie Cyber Cafe - A commercial Linux implementation.
Check out - http://www.boogies.com/ A 22 hour outage
was experienced due to a dropped ISP link. The problem
could be in a phone line or router. KLUG began earning
a % of profits on 3/11/2000, payable on 3/31/2000. This
money will help fund KLUG Linux promotional activities.
The system remains stable. If you know of ANY games that
we could add, please contact a project team member.
Hardware upgrades planned for Boogies!!! Memory, video
cards, and display monitors will all be upgraded. Our
client is quite pleased with the project's performance.
West Michigan Polio Network Project - A project leader
will soon begin the process of making this project happen.
Shelved for a few months, but not forgotten. Are there
any other project leaders willing to help out with this?
Contact <bob@acm.org> for more info.
West Michigan Search & Rescue - website is done.
Go there and see this KLUG public service project!
The site is ready for the next phase of development.
Contact Brenda Williams with questions or comments.
<nixb@iserv.net> Web site http://www.wmsar.org
The Linux Video Outreach project continues in post
production at the Community Access Center. The tape
editing phase of this project is nearing completion.
"The Internet Demystified" is the title of this video.
Joe Freeman is preparing a 20 second 3D animation
of the KLUG logo for the Linux & the internet video
intro.
A farewell message from Andy Edison: 3/21/2000
I'd just like to thank everyone for the knowledge you
have provided and the fun that I have had at the
meetings. I will now have to relinquish my duties as
installmaster (not that I made a new users meeting
while in the position) because I am moving to Detroit
to take on a workstation support/administration
postion with my current company. I will now be the
KLUG representative to the Washtenaw user's group.
Thanks Again!!! {{en:Good Luck Andy!}}
Andy Eidson Andy <misplice@yahoo.com>
Diversified mailing lists are still in the planning stages.
If you have input about the structure or want to make
suggestions... Contact <bob@acm.org> for more info.
********** REDHAT v6.2 HAS BEEN RELEASED ************
This Linux distribution now comes on two (2) CD's.
Thanks Bruce!!! See http://kalamazoolinux.org/bsware/
E-mail him in advance about your needs and pick up your
CD's at the next meeting. <bruce@armintl.com>
NOTE -
* Must come to three meetings to qualify as full member.
II. GENERAL KLUG ANNOUNCEMENTS
The beginner's meeting is the first Tuesday of each month.
Linux basics and distribution installs are the lessons of
these evenings. If you do want KLUG's FREE help installing
Linux on your computer at one of these meetings, see this URL:
http://kalamazoolinux.org/meetings/installform.html
Contact the KLUG Installmasters for more information:
installmaster@kalamazoolinux.org
If you know of additional links that should be included
in the KLUG LINKS page... please e-mail Richard
Zimmerman at <ke4rit@earthlink.net> so the LINKS
team can review the content of the site.
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/links
Redhat Linux Certification information is available
from a club officer. See the club listserv for more
info or check certifications on the Links page.
http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/links/certification.html
Volunteer Club Positions Available:
FTPmaster - maintain file libraries for download
See http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/organize/ftp-mast.html
INSTALLmaster - help install Linux, 1st meeting of the month
See http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/organize/inst-mast.html
LISTmaster - maintain multiple KLUG mailing lists
See http://www.kalamazoolinux.org/organize/list-mast.html
Project Coordinators - West MI Polio Networks Project
Contact <bob@acm.org> for more info.
J O I N & S U P P O R T K L U G !!!
Be a KLUG Supporting Member! $25 annually *
($.50 per meeting)
Benefits include -
Great meeting presentations. Your opportunity
to share your Linux experiences and see what
other people are doing. Come enjoy a meeting!
If you have an idea for a KLUG presentation or know
of a good speaker, we want to hear about it! Make
contact with our KLUG Program Director, Brenda
Williams! <nixb@iserv.net>
Non-commercial or personal web site hosted on the KLUG
server. Single page .html files can be sent to Matt
Crampton KLUG webmaster@kalamazoolinux.org for posting.
These are intended to be low traffic web sites displaying
appropriate content.
Borrow books & distributions from KLUG library
Contact Adam for more info on library holdings.
We have Debian, SuSE, Mandrake, and WinLinux
distribution packages available in our library
along with several others. <awilliam@whitemice.org>
Ask about the *non-Linux* distribution additions!
********** REDHAT v6.2 HAS BEEN RELEASED ************
This Linux distribution now comes on two (2) CD's.
Supporting Member Discount on BSware is $3 or 60% off!
NEW 50 Mb CREDIT CARD SIZED LINUX CD-ROM'S ARE HERE!
Bruce distributes a non-commercial version of Redhat!
Notice - BSware prices are $5 per CD. A great deal!!!
Thanks Bruce!!! See http://kalamazoolinux.org/bsware/
Contact Bruce to find out what Linux distributions and
application software he has available. E-mail him in
advance about your needs and pick up your CD's at the
next meeting. bruce@armintl.com
Make sure you are signed up for the KLUG mailing list!
http://kalamazoolinux.org/listserv/
Thanks to Armstrong International Inc. for providing
their resources to support this club.
Tax Deductible Status - The 501c3 application was sent
to the IRS in December. We have received notice that
they are proceeding with the processing of our request.
We hope to hear from them soon with notice of our charitable
deductibility. Charitable and tax-exemption status is
routinely granted to educational not-for-profit organizations.
This should help us attain our financial goals. We need
working capital for increased Linux promotional activities.
NOTE -
* Must come to three meetings to qualify as full member.
III. PRESENTATION RECAP
Tonight's KLUG Presentation:
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- PAM & NSS
by Adam Williams
Almost everything you wanted to know about Linux network
administration tools, but had been afraid to ask. The "shadowed
password file stalkers" were discouraged by this presentation.
These definitions add perspective to Adam's discussion.
You'll want to see his notes as these are a bit outdated.
Pluggable Authentication Module
<security> (PAM) The new industry standard integrated login
framework. PAM is used by system entry components, such as
the Common Desktop Environment's dtlogin, to authenticate
users logging into a Unix system. It provides pluggability
for a variety of system-entry services. PAM's ability to stack
authentication modules can be used to integrate login with
different authentication mechanisms such as RSA, DCE and
Kerberos, and thus unify login mechanisms. PAM can also
integrate smart card authentication.
White paper.
[OSF-RFC 86.0 V. Samar, R. Schemers, "Unified Login with
Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM)", Oct 1995].
(1997-07-18)
...and Name Service Switching (NSS) as it relates to:
Domain Name System
<networking> (DNS) A general-purpose distributed, replicated,
data query service chiefly used on Internet for translating
hostnames into Internet addresses. Also, the style of hostname
used on the Internet, though such a name is properly called a
fully qualified domain name. DNS can be configured to use a
sequence of name servers, based on the domains in the name being
looked for, until a match is found.
The name resolution client (e.g. Unix's gethostbyname() library
function) can be configured to search for host information in the
following order: first in the local /etc/hosts file, second in
NIS and third in DNS. This sequencing of Naming Services is
sometimes called "name service switching". Under Solaris is
configured in the file /etc/nsswitch.conf.
DNS can be queried interactively using the command nslookup.
It is defined in STD 13, RFC 1034 and RFC 1035.
Domain Name System: BIND is a common DNS server.
Info from Virtual Office, Inc..
(1997-12-15)
We will be searching for this one on the "Past
Presentations" page as a reference when we are
working with these network administration tools!
YOU HAVE TO COME TO A MEETING TO GET THE REAL GOOD STUFF!!!
There was an assortment of delights from Sweetwater's and
fortifying vitamin enriched milk served after the meeting!
Y U M !!! T H A N K S BRENDA & BOB!!! Wow! :))
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********** REDHAT v6.2 HAS BEEN RELEASED ************
This Linux distribution now comes on two (2) CD's.
Thanks Bruce!!! See http://kalamazoolinux.org/bsware/
E-mail him in advance about your needs and pick up your
CD's at the next meeting. <bruce@armintl.com>
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* ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION ATTENTION
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* * N E W K L U G D O M A I N N A M E *
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*
* We have a new web address!!!
*
* http://kalamazoolinux.org
*
* Make sure you change your bookmarks and links.
* Report any links you find that point to the old
* address - http://klug.armintl.com The old DNS
* will not be active for long. Help make this
* transition go smoothly. Report the old links
* you find to our linkmaster, Richard Zimmerman
* <ke4rit@earthlink.net>.
*
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NOTE -
* Must come to three meetings to qualify as full member.
What is KLUG -
KLUG is a volunteer group formed by and for LINUX
system users in the Kalamazoo Michigan area. We
support, promote, and develop activities related
to the use, study, and application of LINUX in the
local community.
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