In the Squeeze version of -Debian Edu / Skolelinux soon -to be released, users of the system will get their default browser -start page set from LDAP, allowing the system administrator to point -all users to the school web page by updating one setting in LDAP. In -addition to setting the default start page when a machine boots, users -are shown the same page as a welcome page when they log in for the -first time.
- -The LDAP object dc=skole,dc=skolelinux,dc=no have an attribute -labeledURI with "http://www/ LDAP for Debian Edu/Skolelinux" as the -default content. By changing this value to another URL, all users get -to see the page behind this new URL.
- -An easy way to update it is by using the ldapvi tool. It can be -called as "ldapvi -ZD '(cn=admin)'' to update LDAP with the -new setting.
- -We have written the code to adjust the default start page and show -the welcome page, and I wonder if there is an easier way to do this -from within Iceweasel instead.
+ +During Christmas, I have worked a bit on the Debian support for +LEGO Mindstorm +NXT. My son and I have played a bit with my NXT set, and I +discovered I had to build all the tools myself because none were +already in Debian Squeeze. If Debian support for LEGO is something +you care about, please join me on the IRC channel +#debian-lego (server +irc.debian.org). There is a lot that could be done to improve the +situation. :)
I am happy to announce that today we managed to wrap up and publish -the second beta version of -Debian Edu / Skolelinux. If -you want to test a LDAP backed Kerberos server with out of the box PXE -configuration for running diskless machines and installing new -machines, check it out. If you need a software solution for your -school, check it out too. The full announcement is -available -on the project announcement list.
+ +Her er noen lenker til tekster jeg har satt pris på å lese den +siste måneden.
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- 2012-12-07 + Myter og + FUD om fri programvare av min venn Christer Gundersen som + kommenterer noen av de påstandene som er spredt via Computerworld + Norge de siste månedene. + +
- BankID er et opplegg der utsteder (dvs. banken eller dens
+ leverandør) sitter på alt som trengs for å bruke BankID, men har
+ lovet å ikke bruke den unntatt på oppdrag fra deg. Det er greit nok
+ for banktjenester, der banken allerede har full kontroll over
+ resultatet, men problematisk når det gjelder tilgang til
+ helseopplysninger og avtaleinngåelse med andre enn banken. Jeg
+ håper protestene brer om seg.
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- 2012-12-11 BankID + blottlegger helseopplysninger + +
- 2012-12-07 - + Helseopplysningene ikke sikre med Bank-ID + +
- 2012-12-07 + PÃ¥peker + alvorlige, men kjente utfordringer er den offisielle + holdningen til de som lager BankID. + +
- 2012-12-08 + NTNU + Researcher Warns against Security of Bank ID Password + +
- 2012-12-11 Norske elever er dårligst i Europa på algebra + +
- 2012-12-11 + Realfagsdødaren + +
- 2012-12-21 + - + Noen må bli skuffet - Politiet i Bergen forteller hvor lavt de + prioriterer hverdagskriminalitet. + +
- 2012-05-03 + + Kripos-ansatt dømt for snoking for venn - viser hvor svak + reaksjonen blir når politiet misbruker innsamlet informasjon. En + forvarsel på konsekvensene av nasjonal brev- og besøkskontroll - + ofte kalt Datalagringsdirektivet. + +
- 2012-12-14 + à + smøre en forskjell - om ensomhet og jul. + +
- 2012-12-18 + Ãn + krise av gangen, takk! + + +
- 2012-12-17 + NAV: + Et mangehodet monster + +
- 2011-01-12 + Pasienter + uten vern - forteller litt om hvordan Norsk Pasientregister og + andre helseregister raderer bort pasienters privatsfære. + + +
- 2012-12-19 + Hvorfor + er barnefamilier fattige? + +
- 2012-12-25 + Den + skjulte minoriteten â konservative kristne i Norge - kronikk av + Bjørn Stærk fra aftenposten + +
- 2009-05-04 + Folkebiblioteket + 2.0 - Min venn Sturle om opphavsrett og Internett, i debatt med + Olav Torvund. + +
Og et godt nytt år til dere alle!
During christmas, I have been working getting the next version of -Debian Edu / Skolelinux ready -for release. The initial problem I looked at was particularly -interesting.
- -The installer would hang at the end when it was doing it -post-installation configuration, and whatevery I did to try to find -the cause and fix it always worked while I tested it, but never when I -integrated it into the installer and ran the installation from -scratch. I would try to restart processes, close file descriptors, -remove or create files, and the installer would always unblock and -wrap up its tasks.
- -Eventually the cause was found. The kernel was simply running out -of entropy, causing the Kerberos setup to hang waiting for more. -Pressing keys was adding entropy to the kernel, and thus all my tries -to fix the problem worked not because what I was typing to fix it, but -because I was typing.
- -The fix I implemented was to add a background process looking at -the level of entropy in the kernel (by checking -/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail), and if it was too small, the -installer will flush the kernel file buffers and do 'find /' to -generate some disk IO. Disk IO generate entropy in the kernel, and is -one of the few things that can be initated from within the system to -generate entropy.
- -The fix is in -beta1 -of the Debian Edu/Squeeze version, and we -welcome more testers and -developers. We plan to release beta2 this weekend.
+ +I was happy to discover a few days ago that the +Skolelinux / Debian Edu +project also this year received a Christmas present from Another +Agency in Trondheim. NOK 1000,- showed up on our donation account +December 24th. I want to express our thanks for this very welcome +present. As the Debian Edu / Skolelinux project is very short on +funding these days, and thus lack the money to do regular developer +gatherings, this donation was most welcome. One developer gathering +cost around NOK 15 000,-, so we need quite a lot more to keep the +development pace we want. Thus, I hope their example this year is +followed by many others. :)
+ +The public list of donors can be found on +the +donation page for the project, which also contain instructions if +you want to donate to the project.