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Linux-Announce Digest #704
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Thu Mar 11 04:13:10 2004
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Linux-Announce Digest #704, Volume #4 Thu, 11 Mar 2004 04:13:06 EST
Contents:
CGIpaf 1.3.0rc2 released (staf@patat.org)
sysstat-5.0.2 - System performance tools for Linux (Sebastien Godard)
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From: staf@patat.org
Subject: CGIpaf 1.3.0rc2 released
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 04:53:49 CST
CGIpaf 1.3.0rc2 is the second release candidate of CGIpaf 1.3.0 and is
available at:
http://staf.patat.org/cgipaf/develop/
WHAT IS NEW?
* PAM: the pam functions should now work on Solaris 9+
OVERVIEW
cgipaf is a combination of three cgi programs:
passwd.cgi: allow users to update their password
viewmailcfg.cgi: allow users to view their current mail
configuration.
mailcfg.cgi: update the mail configuration
All programs use PAM for user authentication, systems without PAM
are only supported if they use the standard password file location
(/etc/passwd /etc/shadow) and the standard crypt function to encrypt
the passwords.
If a password is changed it is possible to run a script to update
SAMBA passwords, NIS configuration, etc.
The mail configuration is done by procmail by default, mailcfg.cgi
creates a .procmailrc in the user's home directory. If autoreply is
enabled the autoreply message is stored in ~/vacations.txt. When a
user enables mail forwarding the user can choose to keep the messages.
If you want to use another auto responder like vacation you can define
an external script to update the user's mail configuration.
See examples/ for an example config.
For user authentication viewmailcfg.cgi creates a cookie, this cookie
is stored in the accessdb. mailcfg.cgi reads the cookie out the
accessdb and compares it with the cookie send by the users browser.
User with too many invalid logins can be locked.
The minimum and maximum uid can be set in the configuration file, so
you can specify a range of uid's that are allowed to use cgipaf.
You can specify html files with a few PHP extensions for the login
screen and error messages.
It's possible to use a redirect for the error messages, instead of
plain html files.
have fun,
--
staf
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 15:35:32 CST
From: Sebastien Godard <sebastien.godard-noreply@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: sysstat-5.0.2 - System performance tools for Linux
Hi all,
Another new stable sysstat release has been made available on my web site. In
this new version (5.0.2), iostat will _again_ be able to look for extended
statistics in /proc/partitions if available.
This feature was removed in sysstat 4.1.3, but too many production servers are
still using 2.2.x or 2.4.x kernels with extended stats in /proc/partitions, and
iostat must be able to display them...
Also keep in mind that this new 5.0.2 release can be used with *all* Linux
kernels, including recent cutting-edge 2.6.x ones.
sysstat 5.0.2 is available for download from my web page at:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/
It will also be available on ibiblio's Linux archive site any day now:
ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/system/status/
116kB sysstat-5.0.2.tar.gz
94kB sysstat-5.0.2.tar.bz2
119kB sysstat-5.0.2-1.src.rpm
82kB sysstat-5.0.2-1.i386.rpm
The sysstat utilities are a collection of performance monitoring tools for
Linux. These include sar, mpstat, iostat and sa tools.
Feedback always welcomed . Send your remarks, comments, etc. at my new e-mail
address: <sysstat[at]wanadoo.fr>.
To learn some more about sysstat, check out
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/
Enjoy!
Changes vs 5.0.1 are:
* iostat will _again_ look for statistics in /proc/partitions if available. So
now, iostat gets its statistics from the following sources in that order:
/proc/diskstats, sysfs, /proc/partitions and then /proc/stat.
* statistics are now read by iostat and mpstat as unsigned long instead of int
to avoid integer overflow.
* iostat should now handle properly the case when the 'weighted number of
milliseconds spent doing I/Os' (read in sysfs or /proc/{partitions,diskstats})
decreases with time.
* iostat manual page updated.
* Minor temporary file vulnerability fixed in isag command.
* README, FAQ and CREDITS files updated.
* Author's email changed.
--
Sébastien Godard (sysstat <at> wanadoo.fr)
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/sebastien.godard/
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