Help Regarding Secure ZRP

Hi All,

I know log purging happens for /var/log/secure on daily basis. I am not able to understand what triggers log purging?

I have a linux device for which /var/log/secure is growing, now it has secure.1 secure.2 secure.3 and secure.4 files.

Any input is appreciated.

New member that finally installed an open source OS.

I am competent to create an image on DVD or USB, first introduction to Linux was in 1999. Basic DOS knowledge.

Looking for guidance on this new endeavor on a basic level as I am not a programmer.

I have downloaded Mageia 4 and it says that after downloading I should verify the signatures. I burned the ISO to a DVD and explored that but no luck. Please could someone tell me how I verify a signature. This must be basic stuff but it stumped me.

I have read about GPG-encryption on the German, English and the Dutch wikipedia and I cannot make sense of it.

So can please someone explain the inner workings of GPG. And by that I don't mean how to make a key. The general idea of it.

Something like: there is Bob and John. Bob wants to send a mail to John in a safe way. He uses GPG for it. And then the story about public and private keys etc. As though I am five years old.

Hi,

I just came to know that LPIC_1 102 exam has been altered since last April and it seems that the modifications are mostly on the networking section.

Could anyone introduce resources/books/ebooks that cover the new modifications?

Hi Guys,

I'm new to this community and i just have a basic Linux knowledge especialy Ubuntu+ UbuntuServer. I'm Studying IT its my last year and im working on a thesis called "Windows Vs Linux". I'm trying to setup a virtual company environment in windows and the same in Linux. I want to compare the both... what are the pros and cons from both operating systems, stability, Security, managability, TCO,... . I did some research and stuff but for the Linux part its not easy... So i have a few questions, hopefully I'm getting some response. First of all I'm thinking of using Ubuntuserver LTS as server side OS and for the workclients Mint or ubuntu. Is this a good distro choice ?

My second and i think its the hardest part of setting up a manageable Linux Company environment is an Active directory alternative that offers the same functionality in Linux. Is this possible ? Ok you have like openlDAP and stuff but thats just basic authentication password and shit, but do you have something like GPOS for Linux ?

I'm hoping someone can help me out a bit

Grtz

1 )How to change the run level from 6 to 3 or any run level in Centos 5.4 ?
2)I want to learn more about run level 4 (I know it is used to make changes in the boot time )?

I want to write a Python script. In order to write it I need to figure out how to access the values associated with my signal level and bit rate.

If I use the following command

Code:

iwconfig | grep 'Signal level'

I get:

eth0 no wireless extensions.

lo no wireless extensions.

Link Quality=70/70 Signal level= -38 dBm


Obviously, I don't want Signal level. I want whatever it happens to be. In this case, it happens to be -38. Ditto Bit Rate...How do I grab -38 from the command line?

Is there an app for individual file encryption, similar to Axcrypt for Windows?

I want to modificate a Linux distro but i haven't knowledge for this.
What i want to do is put it in a machine and let it in a public place. It should have keyboard so people can type the things as they want. But i cant allow shortcuts, terminal or tty to be opened by this keyboard. I am thinking about 2 keyboards with different permissions. To the mouse my idea is touchscreen.I should also make a good gui so it can be more pleasant to the people. And as the idea grows i want to add more features. But i really lack knowledge to do so. Could someone give me tips of books to guide me trough this path?