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Installation and Upgrades / VNC server works for root, not for user
« on: November 02, 2010, 10:29:59 pm »
Howdy
Just tinkering with remote access to Zentyal desktop, and have an odd situation. Installed tightvncserver, and it works if I launch sudo, but I would prefer to get it working as the default user account created at install. If I launch as default user, all I get is a grey screen with no functionality.
It would also be preferable if I was accessing the "working desktop" rather than spawning a new vnc/xsession. I am tinkering with virtualbox, and launching the VBox console as any other user does not show any VM's that are already running.
I know I can manage my VM's from the command-line, but I am am just experimenting with a bunch of pre-configured appliances, and can work much more quickly through the virtualbox GUI.
TIA
Ken
Just tinkering with remote access to Zentyal desktop, and have an odd situation. Installed tightvncserver, and it works if I launch sudo, but I would prefer to get it working as the default user account created at install. If I launch as default user, all I get is a grey screen with no functionality.
It would also be preferable if I was accessing the "working desktop" rather than spawning a new vnc/xsession. I am tinkering with virtualbox, and launching the VBox console as any other user does not show any VM's that are already running.
I know I can manage my VM's from the command-line, but I am am just experimenting with a bunch of pre-configured appliances, and can work much more quickly through the virtualbox GUI.
TIA
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / Setting up Zafara
« on: October 14, 2010, 12:05:17 am »
Howdy
I am testing Zarafa for a possible roll-out as a groupware server, and while I understand that detail configuration info should be searched for at the Zarafa site, I am disappointed with the lack of critical (to me) info regarding creation of resource accounts for reservation purposes. In the Zarafa admin docs, they explain to create a 'non-active' user, but do not give any detail about how this account can be configured so that certain users or certain groups can view the calendar, and impose a schedule (book a resource for a meeting) without logging into the account and accepting the invite.
There is lots of command-line snippets, but I would also worry about breaking any configs set up by the Zentyal admin console.
This was one area I found a little better considered & featured, if not well implemented, in egroupware. No need to set up fake users to create bookable resources.
Has anyone here already sorted this, and willing to explain it in "zarafa for dummies"?
regards
Ken
I am testing Zarafa for a possible roll-out as a groupware server, and while I understand that detail configuration info should be searched for at the Zarafa site, I am disappointed with the lack of critical (to me) info regarding creation of resource accounts for reservation purposes. In the Zarafa admin docs, they explain to create a 'non-active' user, but do not give any detail about how this account can be configured so that certain users or certain groups can view the calendar, and impose a schedule (book a resource for a meeting) without logging into the account and accepting the invite.
There is lots of command-line snippets, but I would also worry about breaking any configs set up by the Zentyal admin console.
This was one area I found a little better considered & featured, if not well implemented, in egroupware. No need to set up fake users to create bookable resources.
Has anyone here already sorted this, and willing to explain it in "zarafa for dummies"?
regards
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / Working domain & email (thanks Sixstone!), thunderbird problems [RESOLVED]
« on: May 05, 2009, 11:31:11 pm »
Howdy all
Thanks to Sixstone (and others) i have a fully functional domain, with static IP for my EBox web/mail server, working fine with eGroupware/felamail to send & receive. Problem now is that I cannot get email client (such as thunderbird) to succefully connect. I keep getting login failure using the same user/pass that works fine in eGroupware. Tried enabling ssl connection, and thunderbird prompted me to accept the certificate, so I know client is talking to server.
IMAP enabled, POP enabled, tried with both FQDN and server IP address, but no joy. I do not have the firewall module enabled, so I am not sure if there is a problem there (ie everything blocked until I enabled & configure firewall?)
thanks in advance
Ken
Thanks to Sixstone (and others) i have a fully functional domain, with static IP for my EBox web/mail server, working fine with eGroupware/felamail to send & receive. Problem now is that I cannot get email client (such as thunderbird) to succefully connect. I keep getting login failure using the same user/pass that works fine in eGroupware. Tried enabling ssl connection, and thunderbird prompted me to accept the certificate, so I know client is talking to server.
IMAP enabled, POP enabled, tried with both FQDN and server IP address, but no joy. I do not have the firewall module enabled, so I am not sure if there is a problem there (ie everything blocked until I enabled & configure firewall?)
thanks in advance
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / Clean sheet install, things are worse now
« on: April 28, 2009, 01:18:18 am »
Howdy
I decided to try a fresh, clean ebox install in order to correct many config errors I committed as I tinkered before.
I used the verison 1 ISO provided on the ebox website
Now I have some pretty significant problems.
1) Cannot even SEND an email to any account. Nothing out and not even a copy in the SENT folder.
2) As noted in another post, setting static IP for server breaks all name resolution; cannot do apt-gets or any other fetch. Resolve.conf shows valid DNS servers, and I try setting route as well, no joy.
If I restore DHCP, all works again, but then I can't use my registered domain.
ADDED: Once I went DHCP again, I could send email out from server (using egroupware on server)
regards
Ken
I decided to try a fresh, clean ebox install in order to correct many config errors I committed as I tinkered before.
I used the verison 1 ISO provided on the ebox website
Now I have some pretty significant problems.
1) Cannot even SEND an email to any account. Nothing out and not even a copy in the SENT folder.
2) As noted in another post, setting static IP for server breaks all name resolution; cannot do apt-gets or any other fetch. Resolve.conf shows valid DNS servers, and I try setting route as well, no joy.
If I restore DHCP, all works again, but then I can't use my registered domain.
ADDED: Once I went DHCP again, I could send email out from server (using egroupware on server)
regards
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / Ebox email server setup
« on: April 07, 2009, 02:29:18 am »
howdy all
Ebox V1.0 is looking really good now. I have even managed to create a user that can log into egroupware & send email to external addresses...successful send to my yahoo account, but other rejected by a receiving server due to reverse domain lookup (non-existent domain; still playing)
I was wondering what I still need to do; I have an existing domain & other servers, I just need to register the new email server (ie mailserv.mydomain.com), and also the MX record for my domain.
Are there any configurations on the ebox server that I need to double-check?
Does anyone have a drooling idiot's guide to building a full email server on ebox?
regards
Ken
Ebox V1.0 is looking really good now. I have even managed to create a user that can log into egroupware & send email to external addresses...successful send to my yahoo account, but other rejected by a receiving server due to reverse domain lookup (non-existent domain; still playing)
I was wondering what I still need to do; I have an existing domain & other servers, I just need to register the new email server (ie mailserv.mydomain.com), and also the MX record for my domain.
Are there any configurations on the ebox server that I need to double-check?
Does anyone have a drooling idiot's guide to building a full email server on ebox?
regards
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / EBox install is good, now trying to extend LDAP
« on: February 24, 2009, 02:15:55 am »
Howdy
I have installed the latest (.12.3-1) ebox, and it was all smooth, on a Dell 850 server. What I am trying to do, is manage LDAP using a 3rd party GUI utility called LUMA. If I connect to the ebox server using anonymous bind, I can view the list of users I created through the standard ebox web-face. So the browse/lookup feature is working.
I know/have my LDAP admin password and am binding as cn=admin,dc=ebox and basedn as dc=ebox
If I try to get admin access, LUMA needs to know the encryption method (no encryption, TLS or SSL) and the authentication mechanism. LUMA is mostly returnimg the error message "cannot connect to LDAP server"
LUMA offers a list:
Simple
SASL CRAM-MD5
SASL DIGEST-MD5
SASL EXTERNAL
SASL GSSAPI
SASL Login
SASL Plain
I have not tried all possible permutations, but was wondering if I missed something.
I would like to use LUMA to manage users & groups, as I want to give an office staff person the ability to create & manage the accounts & address book; it is a "friendlier" interface, plus I can pre-program the password so they don't need admin account, and are restricted just to user management.
For those looking for a user-management tool for LDAP, you might consider http://luma.sourceforge.net/ LUMA
TIA
Ken
I have installed the latest (.12.3-1) ebox, and it was all smooth, on a Dell 850 server. What I am trying to do, is manage LDAP using a 3rd party GUI utility called LUMA. If I connect to the ebox server using anonymous bind, I can view the list of users I created through the standard ebox web-face. So the browse/lookup feature is working.
I know/have my LDAP admin password and am binding as cn=admin,dc=ebox and basedn as dc=ebox
If I try to get admin access, LUMA needs to know the encryption method (no encryption, TLS or SSL) and the authentication mechanism. LUMA is mostly returnimg the error message "cannot connect to LDAP server"
LUMA offers a list:
Simple
SASL CRAM-MD5
SASL DIGEST-MD5
SASL EXTERNAL
SASL GSSAPI
SASL Login
SASL Plain
I have not tried all possible permutations, but was wondering if I missed something.
I would like to use LUMA to manage users & groups, as I want to give an office staff person the ability to create & manage the accounts & address book; it is a "friendlier" interface, plus I can pre-program the password so they don't need admin account, and are restricted just to user management.
For those looking for a user-management tool for LDAP, you might consider http://luma.sourceforge.net/ LUMA
TIA
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / OK this is getting frustrating - SAMBA shares inaccessible
« on: November 09, 2008, 02:18:19 am »
I have a stock 0.12.99 installation from the packaged CD, and I cannot get something as important as SAMBA working. I selected basic file server, not PDC.
Any linux distro that aspires to be a popular server package NEEDS better/easier configuration of this essential service. I followed the guides and performed no customizations, and yet when I try to map from an XP computer, or even browse the share WHICH I CREATED using the ebox provided interface, I keep getting
Authentication failed: Access is denied.
I even went to the command line to ensure that the user/group had appropriate permissions. I even went chmod 777 to try and get this working, without success.
If this has been resolved, I didn't find it in these forums despite searching with "SAMBA" "SAMBA + login" "SAMBA + permissions" etc
If there is a solution, perhaps it could be "stickied" to the top of the forums
Regards
Ken
Any linux distro that aspires to be a popular server package NEEDS better/easier configuration of this essential service. I followed the guides and performed no customizations, and yet when I try to map from an XP computer, or even browse the share WHICH I CREATED using the ebox provided interface, I keep getting
Authentication failed: Access is denied.
I even went to the command line to ensure that the user/group had appropriate permissions. I even went chmod 777 to try and get this working, without success.
If this has been resolved, I didn't find it in these forums despite searching with "SAMBA" "SAMBA + login" "SAMBA + permissions" etc
If there is a solution, perhaps it could be "stickied" to the top of the forums
Regards
Ken
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Installation and Upgrades / Cannot connect after reboot (plus other symptoms)
« on: October 02, 2008, 08:48:36 pm »
Howdy all
I installed using the ebox installation CD, and the install went smooth.
However, during configuration of file sharing, I got a steady loop of system messages "stopping samba daemon" over and over, which would appear on all TTY consoles. After a reboot, the samba problem went away, but I can no longer access the ebox management console.
I checked the MD5sum of the cd image, and that is OK.
TIA
Ken
I installed using the ebox installation CD, and the install went smooth.
However, during configuration of file sharing, I got a steady loop of system messages "stopping samba daemon" over and over, which would appear on all TTY consoles. After a reboot, the samba problem went away, but I can no longer access the ebox management console.
I checked the MD5sum of the cd image, and that is OK.
TIA
Ken
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