TSL

TSL Todo list

Set BIOS passwords
Lock down network ports (MAC address)
Install replaced / fixed computers
Roll out Karmic

Current problems

Power Sockets: pc44
Security Lug on PC: pc44

Known Unreliable machines

pc59: Unknown (2 Oct 2009)
pc09: Bad network card, sensitive to cable position (2 Oct 2009)

Row 1

Working: 7
Power: pc48

Row 2

Working: 8

Row 3

Working: 8

Row 4

Working: 8

Row 5

Working: 6
Missing: 2

Row 6

Working: 4

Long Row 1

(by windows)

Working: 14
Missing: 4

Long Row 2

Working: 15
Missing: 1

Wishlist for next rollout

python-psycho
dh_make
python-profiler

Image

Paste the source of the following into:

sed -ne 's/^* // p' | tr '\n' ' '; echo

to get a list you can install

Games

bsdgames
bzflag
dosbox
einstein
frozen-bubble
gnome-games
gtetrinet
kobodeluxe
neverball
openarena
openttd
pingus
scummvm
teeworlds
tetrinet-client
wesnoth
wormux
xmoto

Editors

anjuta
bluefish
codeblocks
eclipse
eclipse-cdt
eclipse-pydev
emacs
emacs-snapshot
emacs-goodies-el
eric
geany
idle
idle-python2.5
idle3
joe
kate
kdevelop
lyx
monodevelop
monodevelop-java
netbeans
scite
spe
vim-full
xemacs21

Docs

ant-doc
apache2-doc
aspell-doc
autoconf-doc
automake1.9-doc
bash-doc
cdrkit-doc
ddd-doc
devhelp
diveintopython
doxygen-doc
flex-doc
gawk-doc
gcc-doc
gdb-doc
git-doc
glut-doc
gmp-doc
gnuplot-doc
graphviz-doc
gtkmm-documentation
haskell-doc
jlint-doc
libboost-doc
libgtkmm-doc
manpages-dev
octave-doc
perl-doc
php-doc
python-doc
python-matplotlib-doc
python-numpy-doc
python-qt4-doc
qt4-doc
r-doc-html
rubybook
splint-doc-html
stl-manual
sun-java6-doc
tidy-doc
xchm
zsh-doc

Version Control

cvs
bzr
bzr-gtk
bzr-svn
bzrtools
darcs
git-core
meld
mercurial
subversion
subversion-tools
svk

Debugging

ddd
d-feet
lsof
ltrace
strace
valgrind

Programming

ant
ant-optional
bicyclerepair
bison
bpython
bsh
build-essential
clisp
cmake
csstidy
devscripts
docbook
flex
freeglut3-dev
fpc
gcc-4.1
gdc
g++-4.1
gengetopt
ghc
gnome-devel
gnuplot
graphviz
ipython
jlint
kiki
libboost-dev
libcurl4-openssl-dev
libghc6-xmonad-dev
libgtkmm-2.4-dev
libphobos-4.2-dev
libqt4-dev
libqwt-dev
libsdl-console-dev
libsdl-dev
libsdl-gfx1.2-dev
libsdl-image1.2-dev
libsdl-mixer1.2-dev
libsdl-net1.2-dev
libsdl-pango-dev
libsdl-sound1.2-dev
libsdl-stretch-dev
libsdl-ttf2.0-dev
linklint
malbolge
mesa-utils
mono-debugger
octave
perltidy
php5-cli
php5-tidy
posh
pyflakes
pylint
python3
python-all-dev
python-beautifulsoup
python-celementtree
python-configobj
python-crypto
python-dateutil
python-django
python-fuse
python-gmpy
python-html5lib
python-jinja
python-matplotlib
python-pydot
python-pygame
python-pysqlite2
python-qt4
python-sphinx
python-simplejson
python-scipy
python-soappy
python-sqlalchemy
python-turbogears
python-twisted
python-visual
qt4-designer
r-recommended
ruby-full
ruby-gnome2
ruby-kde4
speedcrunch
splint
sun-java6-jdk
sun-java6-plugin
tidy
texlive-full
wxmaxima

Command Line

ascii
ack-grep
clusterssh
cowsay
curl
dot2tex
elinks
figlet
fortune-mod
hping3
htop
indent
imagemagick
irssi
links
links2
lftp
lynx
manpages
moreutils
mtr-tiny
openssl
p7zip-full
p7zip-rar
pdfjam
pdftk
poppler-utils
pssh
pwgen
qemu
quota
rsync
screen
sl
socat
star
toilet
traceroute
tsocks
units
unrar
unzip
w3m
whois
zsh

System

alien
cntlm
fusedav
fuseiso
fusesmb
ldap-auth-client
ldap-utils
ncpfs
nis
nfs-common
openntpd
openssh-server
smartmontools
sshfs
tmpreaper
wbritish

Databases

mysql-client
mysql-doc-5.0
libmysqlclient-dev
libmysql++-dev
libpg-java
libpq-dev
libpqxx-dev
libsqlite-dev
php5-mysql
php5-sqlite
php5-pgsql
postgresql-client
postgresql-doc
python-mysqldb
python-psycopg2
sqlite3
sqlite3-doc

Other

abiword
amarok
blender
dia
dillo
dmenu
epiphany-browser
firefox-3.5
flashplugin-nonfree
fluxbox
gajim
gnumeric
gwibber
impressive
inkscape
konsole
konqueror
konversation
linuxdcpp
midori
openoffice.org-draw
openoffice.org-pdfimport
pcmanfm
pdfedit
pidgin-plugin-pack
planner
rdesktop
scribus
trayer
ubuntu-restricted-extras
wine
yakuake
xchat
xtightvncviewer
xmonad

Multimedia

ffmpeg
non-free-codecs
libavdevice-unstripped-52
libavfilter-unstripped-0
libavformat-unstripped-52
mencoder
mplayer
vlc
youtube-dl

Fonts

ttf-adf
ttf-aenigma
ttf-atarismall
ttf-beteckna
ttf-breip
ttf-droid
ttf-dustin
ttf-ecolier-court
ttf-ecolier-lignes-court
ttf-engadget
ttf-essays1743
ttf-f500
ttf-fifthhorseman-dkg-handwriting
ttf-georgewilliams
ttf-goudybookletter
ttf-inconsolata
ttf-isabella
ttf-jsmath
ttf-junicode
ttf-konatu
ttf-larabie-deco
ttf-larabie-straight
ttf-larabie-uncommon
ttf-linux-libertine
ttf-marvosym
ttf-mscorefonts-installer
ttf-ocr-a
ttf-oflb-asana-math
ttf-oflb-euterpe
ttf-radisnoir
ttf-sil-gentium
ttf-sil-gentium-basic
ttf-sjfonts
ttf-staypuft
ttf-summersby
ttf-tomsontalks
ttf-tuffy
ttf-ubuntu-title
ttf-unifont
ttf-xfree86-nonfree

Post Install

Get rid of:

any MTA
old kernels
network-manager, gdm-guest-session
shut down unnecessary services
Spring clean /etc/xdg/autostart
Use the PolicyKit Authorizations manager to disable suspend and hibernate for normal users.
rm /etc/hostname
Remove the 127.0.1.1 line from /etc/hosts

Configure:

/etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu jaunty main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu jaunty-security main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/medibuntu jaunty free non-free

/etc/openntpd/ntpd.conf

server ntp1.uct.ac.za
server ntp2.uct.ac.za
server ntp3.uct.ac.za
server dreamcoat.che.uct.ac.za
server emperor.che.uct.ac.za

/etc/tmpreaper.conf

SHOWWARNING=false

/etc/eclipse/java_home

/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun

/usr/lib/eclipse/configuration/config.ini

org.eclipse.jdt.core.classpathVariable.JRE_LIB=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre/lib/rt.jar

/etc/update-manager/meta-release

URI = http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu-changelogs/leg/meta-release
URI_LTS = http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/pub/linux/ubuntu-changelogs/leg/meta-release-lts

/etc/yp.conf

ypserver 137.158.56.6

/etc/nsswitch.conf

passwd:         nis files
group:          compat nis files
shadow:         nis files

/etc/fstab:

tsl.uct.ac.za:/home	/home	nfs	rw,sync		0	0

/etc/ldap.conf:

uri ldaps://ucttldap1.uct.ac.za/ ldaps://ucttldap2.uct.ac.za/ ldaps://ucttldap3.uct.ac.za/
base  ou=main, o=uct
pam_filter objectclass=ndsloginproperties
pam_login_attribute cn
pam_password nds
tls_checkpeer no

/etc/security/group.conf

*;*;*;Al0000-2400; audio,floppy,video,cdrom,plugdev,fuse

/etc/firefox-3.[05]/pref/firefox.js

// UCT Proxy
pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", "http://www.uct.ac.za/cache.pac");
pref("network.proxy.type", 2);
pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 3000);

/etc/firefox-3.[05]/pref/ubufox.js

pref("browser.startup.homepage", "file:/etc/firefox-homepage.properties");

/etc/firefox-homepage.properties

browser.startup.homepage=http://www.tsl.uct.ac.za/

/usr/share/gdm/themes/Human/Human.xml

  <item type="rect" id="custom-tsl-help">
    <pos y="10%" width="box" height="box" x="50%" anchor="n"/>
    <box spacing="2" orientation="vertical">
      <item type="label">
        <pos x="50%" anchor="n"/>
        <normal font="Sans 14" color="#ffffff"/>
        <text>Problems?</text>
      </item>
      <item type="label">
        <normal font="Sans 12" color="#ffffff"/>
        <text>e-mail help@tsl.uct.ac.za</text>
      </item>
    </box>
  </item>

/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory/%gconf-tree.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
 <gconf>
 	<dir name="apps">
 		<dir name="nautilus">
 			<dir name="preferences">
 				<entry name="thumbnail_limit" mtime="1252410114" type="int" value="512000"/>
 			</dir>
 		</dir>
 	</dir>
 	<dir name="desktop">
 		<dir name="gnome">
 			<dir name="applications">
 				<dir name="window_manager">
 					<entry name="default" mtime="1252403218" type="string">
 						<stringvalue>/usr/bin/metacity</stringvalue>
 					</entry>
 				</dir>
 			</dir>
 		</dir>
 	</dir>
 	<dir name="system">
 		<dir name="http_proxy">
 			<entry name="ignore_hosts" mtime="1252519008" type="list" ltype="string">
 				<li type="string">
 					<stringvalue>localhost</stringvalue>
 				</li>
 				<li type="string">
 					<stringvalue>127.0.0.0/8</stringvalue>
 				</li>
 				<li type="string">
 					<stringvalue>*.local</stringvalue>
 				</li>
 				<li type="string">
 					<stringvalue>137.158.0.0/16</stringvalue>
 				</li>
 				<li type="string">
 					<stringvalue>*.uct.ac.za</stringvalue>
 				</li>
 			</entry>
 			<entry name="host" mtime="1252518985" type="string">
 				<stringvalue>localhost</stringvalue>
 			</entry>
 			<entry name="use_http_proxy" mtime="1252519071" type="bool" value="true"/>
 		</dir>
 		<dir name="proxy">
 			<entry name="secure_port" mtime="1252518992" type="int" value="8080"/>
 			<entry name="secure_host" mtime="1252518987" type="string">
 				<stringvalue>localhost</stringvalue>
 			</entry>
 			<entry name="mode" mtime="1252518982" type="string">
 				<stringvalue>manual</stringvalue>
 			</entry>
 		</dir>
 	</dir>
 </gconf>

/etc/cntlm.conf

Domain          WF
Proxy           campusnet.uct.ac.za:8080
Listen          8080
NTLMToBasic     yes

Groupwise

extract to /tmp/ somewhere
alien novell-groupwise-gwcheck-8.0.0HP-87328.i586.rpm
dpkg -i novell-groupwise-gwclient_8.0.0HP-87329_i386.deb
rm /opt/novell/groupwise/client/jre/
ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/jre /opt/novell/groupwise/client/
Edit /usr/share/applications/gwclient.desktop

Exec=/opt/novell/groupwise/client/bin/groupwise --ipa=ngwnameserver.uct.ac.za

JGrasp

Extract to /opt/jgrasp
ln -s /opt/jgrasp/bin/jgrasp /usr/local/bin
/usr/local/share/applications/jgrasp.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=jGRASP IDE
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
Exec=/usr/local/bin/jgrasp
Icon=/opt/jgrasp/data/gric48.png
Categories=Development;Java;IDE;
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true

ArgoUML

Extract to /opt/argouml-0.28.1/
unzip -j argouml.jar org/argouml/Images/ArgoIcon32x32.png
ln -s /opt/argouml-0.28.1/argouml.sh /usr/local/bin/argouml
/usr/local/share/applications/argouml.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=ArgoUML
Comment=UML Modelling tool
Exec=/usr/local/bin/argouml
Icon=/opt/argouml-0.28.1/ArgoIcon32x32.png
Terminal=0
Type=Application
Categories=Java;Development;

CUDA Emulator

Download cuda-toolkit from nvidia
Install to /opt
ln -s /opt/cuda/bin/* /usr/local/bin

Pre-imaging

/usr/local/sbin/post-image

#!/bin/sh -e

echo Generating new OpenSSH host keys
rm /etc/ssh/ssh_host_[rd]sa_key*
ssh-keygen -q -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key -N  -t rsa
ssh-keygen -q -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key -N  -t dsa
rm /etc/rcS.d/S99post-image

ln -s /usr/local/sbin/post-image /etc/rcS.d/S99post-image
Remove the two lines from /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules

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TSL Todo list

Current problems

Known Unreliable machines

Row 1

Row 2

Row 3

Row 4

Row 5

Row 6

Long Row 1

Long Row 2

Wishlist for next rollout

Image

Games

Editors

Docs

Version Control

Debugging

Programming

Command Line

System

Databases

Other

Multimedia

Fonts

Post Install

Groupwise

JGrasp

ArgoUML

CUDA Emulator

Pre-imaging

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