From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 14845 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2004 06:42:50 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 2 Mar 2004 06:42:50 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1Ay3cA-0001UH-1f for arch-gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Mar 2004 06:42:50 +0000 Received: (qmail 24920 invoked by uid 50004); 2 Mar 2004 06:41:32 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-gwn-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 9183 invoked from network); 2 Mar 2004 06:04:39 +0000 Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 01:04:29 -0500 From: Yuji Kosugi To: gentoo-gwn@lists.gentoo.org Message-ID: <20040302060429.GA13470@sparda.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-gwn@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="liOOAslEiF7prFVr" Content-Disposition: inline X-GPG-Key: http://pubbawup.net/carlos/carlos.gpg User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1i X-Brown-MailScanner-Information: Please contact Brown Postmaster@brown.edu for more information X-Brown-MailScanner: Found to be clean Subject: [gentoo-gwn] Gentoo Weekly Newsletter - Volume 3, Issue 9 X-Archives-Salt: 5e60c9fc-0553-4c71-b841-2039a5ec1d44 X-Archives-Hash: bc73d37ef71b290c177be7fa89d19a11 --liOOAslEiF7prFVr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=unknown-8bit Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gentoo Weekly Newsletter http://www.gentoo.org/news/en/gwn/current.xml This is the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter for the week of March 1st, 2004. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 1. Gentoo News =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 2004.0 Released --------------- =20 Gentoo Linux is proud to announce the release of Gentoo Linux 2004.0 for=20 the x86, AMD64, PowerPC, Sun SPARC, and SGI MIPS architectures.=20 Additionally, the Gentoo Hardened team is announcing the inaugural release= =20 of a security-enhanced Gentoo platform for the x86 architecture.=20 =20 In addition to many bugfixes and security updates since the 1.4 release,=20 Gentoo Linux 2004.0 contains a cutting-edge development toolchain and user= =20 environment including, but not limited to, Linux kernel 2.6.3, GCC 3.3.2,= =20 GLIBC 2.3.2, KDE 3.2, GNOME 2.4.1, and xfce4.=20 =20 We are pleased to announce the new Gentoo Store[1]. Available at the=20 Gentoo Store are Gentoo Linux LiveCDs that come complete with the on-CD=20 Gentoo Installation Handbook, 2004.0 Release Notes[2] and optimized=20 pre-compiled binary packages. Users who want to stay up-to-date for 2004=20 can purchase a subscription that offers the shipment of each quarterly=20 2004.x release sent straight to their door. Those wishing to donate to=20 Gentoo Linux can now do so in an easy and secure manner utilizing the new= =20 donation system. The Gentoo Store accepts PayPal, Visa, Mastercard, and=20 Discover for both orders and donations.=20 1. http://store.gentoo.org/ 2. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng =20 Gentoo Linux 2004.0 marks the debut of Catalyst, the new Gentoo release=20 meta-tool. Using Catalyst, developers and users can create and customize=20 every aspect of their Gentoo Linux system; from installation stages, to=20 bootable LiveCDs, to customized binary packages for the Gentoo Reference=20 Platform (GRP). For more information on Catalyst, please see the Catalyst= =20 project page and online documentation[3].=20 3. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/catalyst =20 Installation stages, LiveCDs, and Gentoo Reference Platform sets can be=20 found on our mirrors[4]. More information about the Gentoo Hardened=20 project can be found on its project page[5]. For more information, please= =20 consult our documentation[6], mailing lists[7], user forums[8], and=20 official IRC channels[9].=20 4. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/mirrors.xml 5. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened 6. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en 7. http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en 8. http://forums.gentoo.org 9. http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/irc.xml =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 2. Featured Developer of the Week =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Alexander Gabert =20 Figure 2.1: Alexander Gabert http://www.gentoo.org/images/gwn/20040301_pappy.jpg =20 This week, we are featuring Alexander Gabert[10] (pappy), another=20 developer specializing in the security realm for Gentoo. Alexander is the= =20 lead for the gcc-hardened project, which has the goal of implementing=20 security enhancements such as PIE (position independent executables) and=20 PaX[11] address space randomization and stack protection. He is also=20 co-lead, along with Ned Ludd[12] (solar), for the implantation of=20 propolice[13], another stack protection utility. In addition, he is=20 exploring work with the HPPA team on implementing Gentoo for pa-risc=20 processors as well as adding user documentation for Hardened Gentoo[14].=20 10. pappy@gentoo.org 11. http://pax.grsecurity.net/ 12. solar@gentoo.org 13. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/propolice.xml 14. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/hardened/index.xml =20 Alexander came to Gentoo via Red Hat and SuSE through BSD, OpenVMS and=20 Linux from Scratch. He was impressed with the opportunity to apply some of= =20 his interest in security to the new distro. In particular, he was=20 interested in implementing the PaX userland components in Gentoo - which=20 quickly resulted in an invitation to join the development team. He has=20 also worked on implementing toolchains for non-x86 platforms like=20 PA-RISC[15]. He works with a computer menagerie that includes routers,=20 pa-risc workstations, vaxen, and Intel-based machines. He prefers=20 Evolution[16], Afterstep[17] and several xterms for his working=20 environment.=20 15. http://parisc-linux.org/ 16. http://www.ximian.com/products/evolution/ 17. http://www.afterstep.org/ =20 During the day, Alexander works for EDS as a field service engineer, a=20 position he describes as "driving around and replacing power supplies and= =20 hard disks". He lives in a small town outside Munich, Germany, where he=20 has recently moved into a house that is now populated with computers,=20 children, a new wife and an aging electrical system. He entered the=20 computer industry directly after finishing secondary school and German=20 military service. His non-computer-related pastimes include playing chess,= =20 basketball, roller-blading, and playing with his children. Alexander=20 offered his view on some recent controversies in the community: "We are=20 working on a freely available, open-source operating system ... There is=20 something that seems to be missing when lawyers carrying suitcases full of= =20 printouts walk into courtrooms to fight about it." A slightly sanitized=20 version of his favorite quote would read "fighting for peace is like=20 making love for virginity."=20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 3. Gentoo Security =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 No new security annoucements were posted this week. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 4. Heard in the Community =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 gentoo-user ----------- =20 Gentoo and Commercial Support=20 =20 Given the semi-random nature of a "meta-distribution" package, some users= =20 attempting to install commercial Linux software on Gentoo have run into=20 some roadblocks. In this[18] case, a user attempting to install=20 Codeweaver's CrossoverOffice has some interesting comments from one of the= =20 company's founders.=20 18. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/68715 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 5. Gentoo International =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Italy: Gentoo Pub in Milano on 6 March 2004 =20 There was a test run for a Gentoo Milano Meeting on 28 February of unknown= =20 success at the time of this writing, but whatever the outcome of it was:=20 Next Saturday, the Gentooista residents of Milano in Northern Italy will=20 meet at the entrance to Garibaldi station (and spontaneously decide where= =20 to get fed and watered, no doubt). If you want to join them, be there at=20 18:15 hours sharp on Saturday, 6 March 2004. Coordination thread at=20 forums.gentoo.org, right here[19] (in Italian). 19. http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=3D140680 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 6. Bugzilla =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Summary ------- =20 * Statistics=20 * Closed Bug Ranking=20 * New Bug Rankings=20 =20 Statistics ---------- =20 The Gentoo community uses Bugzilla (bugs.gentoo.org[20]) to record and=20 track bugs, notifications, suggestions and other interactions with the=20 development team. Between 21 February 2004 and 27 February 2004, activity= =20 on the site has resulted in:=20 20. http://bugs.gentoo.org =20 * 733 new bugs during this period=20 * 507 bugs closed or resolved during this period=20 * 21 previously closed bugs were reopened this period=20 =20 Of the 5175 currently open bugs: 137 are labeled 'blocker', 215 are=20 labeled 'critical', and 390 are labeled 'major'.=20 =20 Closed Bug Rankings ------------------- =20 The developers and teams who have closed the most bugs during this period= =20 are:=20 =20 * AMD64 Porting Team[21], with 111 closed bugs[22] =20 * Java team[23], with 46 closed bugs[24] =20 * Gentoo Games[25], with 29 closed bugs[26] =20 * Jeremy Huddleston[27], with 26 closed bugs[28] =20 * Mike Frysinger[29], with 24 closed bugs[30] =20 21. amd64@gentoo.org 22.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D&ch field=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto=3D2004-02-27&resoluti= on=3DFIX ED&assigned_to=3Damd64@gentoo.org 23. java@gentoo.org 24.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D&ch field=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto=3D2004-02-27&resoluti= on=3DFIX ED&assigned_to=3Djava@gentoo.org 25. games@gentoo.org 26.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D&ch field=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto=3D2004-02-27&resoluti= on=3DFIX ED&assigned_to=3Dgames@gentoo.org 27. eradicator@gentoo.org 28.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D&ch field=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto=3D2004-02-27&resoluti= on=3DFIX ED&assigned_to=3Deradicator@gentoo.org 29. vapier@gentoo.org 30.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DRESOLVED&bug_status=3DCLOSE= D&ch field=3Dbug_status&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto=3D2004-02-27&resoluti= on=3DFIX ED&assigned_to=3Dvapier@gentoo.org =20 New Bug Rankings ---------------- =20 The developers and teams who have been assigned the most new bugs during=20 this period are:=20 =20 * Core System Packages Team[31], with 35 new bugs[32] =20 * x86 Kernel Team[33], with 16 new bugs[34] =20 * Gnome Desktop Team[35], with 11 new bugs[36] =20 * AMD64 Porting Team[37], with 11 new bugs[38] =20 31. base-system@gentoo.org 32.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b= ug_s tatus=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto= =3D2004-02 -27&assigned_to=3Dbase-system@gentoo.org 33. x86-kernel@gentoo.org 34.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b= ug_s tatus=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto= =3D2004-02 -27&assigned_to=3Dx86-kernel@gentoo.org 35. gnome@gentoo.org 36.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b= ug_s tatus=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto= =3D2004-02 -27&assigned_to=3Dgnome@gentoo.org 37. amd64@gentoo.org 38.=20 http://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=3DNEW&bug_status=3DASSIGNED&b= ug_s tatus=3DREOPENED&chfield=3Dassigned_to&chfieldfrom=3D2004-02-21&chfieldto= =3D2004-02 -27&assigned_to=3Damd64@gentoo.org =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 7. Tips and Tricks =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Recovering the root password =20 This week's tip shows you a couple of ways to reset the root password if=20 you've forgotten it.=20 =20 The easiest way is of course to boot off the Gentoo LiveCD, chroot into=20 the primary hard disk as described in the Gentoo Install Guide and use=20 passwd.=20 =20 If you don't have a LiveCD, or the system doesn't have CDROM drive, you=20 can reboot the system into single user mode to reset the password. Simply= =20 pass the options "init=3D/bin/sh" to the kernel from the bootloader menu.= =20 When the system boots it will drop you into a root shell. The disk will be= =20 mounted read-only so remount it read-write with mount -o rw,remount=20 /dev/ROOT (be sure to change ROOT to your actual root partition). Edit=20 /etc/shadow and remove the encrypted password. Reset the root password=20 with passwd and reboot the system. =20 You should now be able to login with the new password. =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D 8. Moves, Adds, and Changes =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D =20 Moves ----- =20 The following developers recently left the Gentoo team:=20 * none this week=20 =20 Adds ---- =20 The following developers recently joined the Gentoo Linux team: =20 * Jason Huebel () - amd64=20 =20 Changes ------- =20 The following developers recently changed roles within the Gentoo Linux=20 project: =20 * none this week=20 =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 9. Contribute to GWN =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =20 Interested in contributing to the Gentoo Weekly Newsletter? Send us an=20 email[39]. 39. gwn-feedback@gentoo.org =20 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D 10. 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