TSL

From Department of Computer Science

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
Low Memory (256M)
pc55
Bad HDD / BIOS
pc84
BIOS Locked
pc79

Known Unreliable machines

pc59
Unknown (2 Oct 2009)
pc09
Bad network card, sensitive to cable position (2 Oct 2009)
pc69
Thermal event (9 Oct 2009)
pc07
BIOS Battery? (9 Oct 2009)
pc21
BIOS Battery? (9 Oct 2009)
pc76
Cold boot reqd (16 Oct 2009)
pc46
Broken facade (16 Oct 2009)
pc16
BIOS Battery? (16 Oct 2009)
pc56
Lock cable doesn't pass through loop

Row 1

Working
6
Power
pc48
Won't boot
pc to the left of it

Row 2

Working
7
Missing
1

Row 3

Working
8

Row 4

Working
8

Row 5

Working
4
Missing
2
Dead HDD
pc77
Mouse cut
pc82
VGA cut
pc-missing

Row 6

Working
3
Missing
1
All cables need tying

Long Row 1

(by windows)

Working
16
Missing
0
No flylead
pc02
Lock doesn't attach pc to desk
pc31

Long Row 2

Working
15
Missing
1

Wishlist for next rollout

Image

Paste the source of the following into: 

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

to get a list you can install

Not available in Karmic, but wanted in future

  • eclipse-cdt
  • eclipse-pydev
  • dillo
  • trayer

Games

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

Themes

  • arc-colors
  • community-themes
  • gdm-themes
  • gnome-backgrounds
  • gnome-colors
  • gnome-themes
  • gnome-themes-extras
  • gnome-themes-more
  • metacity-themes
  • shiki-colors

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-gtk
  • vim-nox
  • vim-latexsuite
  • vim-vimoutliner
  • 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
  • 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
  • dh-make
  • 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-profiler
  • python-psyco
  • 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
  • cadaver
  • 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
  • dwm-tools
  • epiphany-browser
  • 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
  • stalonetray
  • 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-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/ubuntu jaunty main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/ubuntu jaunty-updates main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/ubuntu jaunty-security main universe multiverse restricted
deb http://ftp.leg.uct.ac.za/medibuntu jaunty free non-free
deb http://tsl.uct.ac.za/repo tsl main
  • /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
  • /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
  • visudo
Defaults        env_reset
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
%admin ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
  • /etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/tsl-hostname
#!/bin/sh

hostname_karmic() {
    case $reason in
        BOUND|RENEW|REBIND|REBOOT)
            ;;
        EXPIRE|FAIL|RELEASE|STOP|*)
            hostname localhost
            return
            ;;
    esac
    local current_hostname=$(hostname)
    if [ -z "$current_hostname" -o "$current_hostname" = "localhost" ]; then
        hostname "$new_host_name"
    fi
}

hostname_karmic
  • /root/.ssh/authorized_keys
ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEAw4nGVrw+0uJpjJecuL8qjhm0O67ZrXux79fgN2ChdJoiB47KrIfgbWbpdHQiBWWDQjm9ttyf48/kLWwWbSW/DYKxRAH2vSCbpPaabqHB+ixaDKX9Vh8S0fNiOrZnWLwKmgnsdUV08ivk25k5d4NFSjmKvr6Dsp8RyCr+1sZfpdKOu+J1thwlNVkOFJxKxWwezgfflc/+KGbhFCH8Ya0hzellYQiX3px659Ydx4PdSGhT/Td7MK0onC1lK5X2hU3QSr49fwji06lAig1dpHeS4dnOFu2gxFRvlLZqmj31rwIVXQqoZyiIUuAs9EnFKfUVR34k5v20baXQ1bRqd4HgEQ== TSL Key
  • /etc/tmpreaper.conf
SHOWWARNING=false
  • /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/
  • /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 name="gdm">
 			<dir name="simple-greeter">
				<entry name="banner_message_enable" mtime="1268226887" type="bool" value="true"/>
				<entry name="banner_message_text" mtime="1268226887" type="string">
					<stringvalue>Any problems? Email help@tsl.uct.ac.za</stringvalue>
				</entry>
				<entry name="disable_user_list" mtime="1268226887" type="bool" value="true"/>
 			</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>
  • chmod 500 /var/lib/gdm/.gconf
  • /var/lib/gdm/.gconf.path
# treat system-wide settings as mandatory
xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.system

# override some settings
# we treat settings in this location as
# owned by GDM.  Sysadmins should create
# another source if they wish to override them.
xml:readonly:$(HOME)/.gconf.mandatory

# distribution default values
xml:readonly:$(HOME)/.gconf.defaults
  • /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

Authentication

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