[02:36] <Nephelauxetic> Does anyone here know how to setup Ubuntu 7.04 as an LDAP client?
[02:37] <lionel> Nephelauxetic: you have a doc on help.ubuntu.com/community
[02:37] <lionel> let me find the precise URL
[02:38] <lionel> Nephelauxetic: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LDAPClientAuthentication
[02:38] <lionel> if you have any question, just ask :)
[02:38] <lionel> but that's a good base
[02:39] <Nephelauxetic> this I all had
[02:40] <Nephelauxetic> and chown to a LDAP user worked
[02:40] <Nephelauxetic> I was also able to log in
[02:40] <Nephelauxetic> but I always had to type twice the password of local users
[02:40] <lionel> Oh...
[02:40] <lionel> do you have the use_first_pass parameter in PAM ?
[02:41] <Nephelauxetic> hmmm
[02:41] <Nephelauxetic> nope...
[02:42] <Nephelauxetic> I'll go through this tutorial again
[02:42] <Nephelauxetic> but can you tell me how I get automount working?
[02:42] <Nephelauxetic> actually this was the worse problem
[02:43] <lionel> Nephelauxetic: did you look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutofsLDAP
[02:43] <lionel> I wrote it one year ago :)
[02:44] <Nephelauxetic> Yes I did indeed
[02:44] <Nephelauxetic> the problem is
[02:45] <Nephelauxetic> that the server is a Solaris one which somehow uses auto_master instead of auto.master
[02:45] <Nephelauxetic> And that I have no clue of all this ...
[02:47] <lionel> Nephelauxetic: not sure to understand you well. You can put whatever you want on the LDAP server? So you can follow the doc no? If it does not work on Solaris, it's a Solaris question, and that's not the best place for help:)
[02:48] <Nephelauxetic> No the problem is that I can't put things on the LDAP server
[02:48] <Nephelauxetic> I'd like to use the information which is already there
[02:49] <lionel> oh, the same information that is used for automount on Solaris?
[02:50] <Nephelauxetic> that's the puzzling thing... the solaris clients are using some automountInformation ... but Ubuntu does somehow not understand that
[02:52] <lionel> Nephelauxetic: could you paste somewhere (http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org for example) what your automountInformation contains?
[02:53] <Nephelauxetic> sure give me a second
[02:56] <Nephelauxetic> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/25533/
[03:01] <Nephelauxetic> I think I know understand how it works...
[03:02] <Nephelauxetic> it actually should not matter whether I use auto.master or auto_master etc. as long as it is consistent in the LDAP DB?
[03:02] <Nephelauxetic> It all depends on whether the Ubuntu client does the query via the object type or the ou
[03:14] <KennyTheGeek> Hmm... i got a problem here... my situation: i got 2 routers in my house, both filled with devices in thier internal switches. one of them is owned by our isp, and is locked in a setting that blocks most traffic. i want to make my server replace that router, and take the role as dhcp and dns server.
[03:14] <KennyTheGeek> the server is running ubuntu desktop feisty fawn... i was too lazy to download Ubuntu Server
[03:15] <shawarma> KennyTheGeek: Desktop and Server are actually essentially the same thing.
[03:15] <shawarma> KennyTheGeek: The difference is the selection of packages that are installed by default.
[03:15] <KennyTheGeek> okay... never tried the server one, thought that there was more of a difference that the missing gui
[03:15] <shawarma> KennyTheGeek: (and the selection of packages that we put on the cd)
[03:15] <KennyTheGeek> okay then
[03:15] <shawarma> KennyTheGeek: So in this case, it doesn't matter at all that you're running the desktop version.
[03:15] <KennyTheGeek> k then
[03:16] <KennyTheGeek> but when i installed the dhcp server, and followed the guide on ubuntuguide.com, it failed to start (right now it got its ip from the stupid router)
[03:17] <KennyTheGeek> it just says * Starting dchp server [FAIL] 
[03:18] <shawarma> Oh, you did that already?
[03:18] <KennyTheGeek> eyah
[03:18] <KennyTheGeek> *yeah
[03:18] <shawarma> Put you dhcpd.conf on pastebin then.
[03:18] <KennyTheGeek> pastebin gives errors aswell :S
[03:18] <shawarma> Use another. :)
[03:18] <KennyTheGeek> Query failure: Can't open file: 'recent.MYI'. (errno: 145)
[03:18] <KennyTheGeek> lock tables recent write
[03:18] <shawarma> http://rafb.net/paste/
[03:18] <KennyTheGeek> that was the one i was about to use :P
[03:18] <shawarma> http://paste.ubuntu-nl.org/
[03:19] <KennyTheGeek> http://rafb.net/p/Yy3TYH35.html
[03:19] <shawarma> looks sane.
[03:19] <shawarma> Is there a /etc/defaults/dhcpd ?
[03:19] <KennyTheGeek> i would rather use the ip 10.60.61.0 and 255.0.0.0 as netmask
[03:20] <KennyTheGeek> yeah
[03:20] <shawarma> Show me.
[03:20] <KennyTheGeek> moment
[03:20] <KennyTheGeek> http://rafb.net/p/e4VydN78.html
[03:21] <shawarma> You have two NIC's in it?
[03:22] <KennyTheGeek> no
[03:22] <KennyTheGeek> only eth0
[03:22] <shawarma> which is connected to... what?
[03:22] <KennyTheGeek> i got other NIC's laying around, but is that neccesary?
[03:23] <KennyTheGeek> eth0 is connected to port 1 on the stupid router. the stupid router is connected to the ADSL modem, the better router is connected to the stupid router
[03:23] <KennyTheGeek> hmm...
[03:23] <shawarma> If you want your machine to act like a router, it sort of needs two interfaces. "sort of" because it's doable without, but it's a hassle.
[03:24] <KennyTheGeek> okay... so i should add another, and add it to interfaces in default/dchp3-server?
[03:24] <KennyTheGeek> then eth0 => adsl, eth1 => switch?
[03:25] <KennyTheGeek> but eth0 => switch => adsl & wireless router & devices is still possible? cause im kinda out of cables :P
[03:26] <KennyTheGeek> is your "project" gonna take more that a week/month (you prolly don't know, but it's worth a try to ask :P ) cause i'll possible just wait for that to get done then :P
[03:26] <citybird> hi, anyone here know how to get vmware server to connect to a remote host running under ubuntu?
[03:27] <KennyTheGeek> to load the vmware image, or to what?
[03:33] <mralphabet> KennyTheGeek: the recommended solution is to use two ethernet card
[03:33] <mralphabet> s
[03:34] <mralphabet> using a single card *CAN* work, but as shawarma said, it is a pain in the ass
[03:34] <mralphabet> so dig up another ethernet card / cable and do it the right way
[03:34] <KennyTheGeek> yeah, i could guess that, but then i need to find long enough cables >_>
[03:34] <mralphabet> KennyTheGeek: move the server
[03:35] <citybird> vmware server console keeps giving me bad username password when i try to connect to a remote host. I checked on the remote host and it is listening on port 902 for any vmware connections.
[03:35] <KennyTheGeek> that standing on the floor, as close to the router as possible, and the router is hanging in a wire, so they can't get closer
[03:35] <mralphabet> citybird: what user are you trying to use?
[03:36] <citybird> a user on the remote machine.
[03:36] <mralphabet> citybird: root?
[03:36] <citybird> mralphabet: should i try to give root a password? it is still without one.
[03:36] <mralphabet> citybird: some other user?
[03:36] <citybird> mralphabet: right. it's not the root user but another.
[03:37] <mralphabet> citybird: I am going to bet that the user doesn't have permissions
[03:37] <mralphabet> KennyTheGeek: sounds like you need a better managed wire closet ;)
[03:38] <citybird> mralphabet: how do i add another qualified user? under /etc/inet.conf it says "902 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/vmware-authd vmware-authd"
[03:38] <KennyTheGeek> you don't know how much crap/treasures we got in hour basement, so it's hard to handle wires, and make room for anything down there >_>
[03:38] <citybird> mralphabet: it's the only user on the remote host. how do i give him permissions?
[03:39] <KennyTheGeek> citybird: you use root? i beleive that isn't a very good security practise..
[03:39] <mralphabet> KennyTheGeek: no, he's *not* using root
[03:40] <citybird> KennyTheGeek: no. 
[03:40] <KennyTheGeek> how can it then be the only user? >_>
[03:40] <KennyTheGeek> root is a user too
[03:41] <citybird> KennyTheGeek: ok stop with the symantecs. the only user on the box with a password is the one that i am trying to connect with.
[03:41] <KennyTheGeek> ok...
[03:42] <citybird> i think i have to add my username to a list somewhere but i dont know where.
[03:43] <mralphabet> citybird: you may need to add the user to the root group
[03:43] <citybird> mralphabet: checking
[03:44] <mralphabet> IE edit /etc/passwd and put them in group 0
[03:44] <mralphabet> it is not something I have done before
[03:45] <citybird> hey
[03:45] <citybird> mralphabet: hey. if i change the group that is allowed would that work too?
[03:48] <mralphabet> citybird: possibly
[03:49] <citybird> ok, under ubuntu there is a group in the /etc/group file called adm  if I change the line un /etc/inet.conf from root to adm what would i have to restart to get those permissions to update.
[03:51] <mralphabet> citybird: you are at the limits of my experience, you may have more luck getting answers about vmware in #vmware
[03:51] <citybird> argh, no i just looked at the syntax of the /etc/inetd.conf file. the root there is a username not a group name.
[03:54] <citybird> ok where exactly? root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
[03:57] <citybird> mralphabet: or would that file be /etc/group
[03:59] <mralphabet> in /etc/group I believe you can do root:x:0:someuser
[04:01] <citybird> did that. trying to log in now.
[04:05] <citybird> mralphabet: still not working. im gona restart the host and hope the settings took
[04:18] <citybir1> found the problem. it's a bug
[04:22] <mralphabet> bug with vmware?