IRC log for #fredlug on 20110209

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04:13.06nmcbrideI decided to remove arch from a laptop and give fedora another try
04:13.16nmcbrideis http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/gksudo really still not implemented yet?
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21:42.09nmcbrideis gksudo really not integrted into fedora 14 yet?
22:25.18sticksternmcbride: gksudo is kind of like taking pliers to a nail... it's not the worst solution the problem but there are better ones.
22:25.27sticksters/solution/solution to/
22:25.37sticksterUh, thanks infobot
22:26.25sticksterReally PolicyKit should be handling rights elevation, and it has its own built-in method for raising dialogs for the user
22:27.05nmcbrideoh ok so you can use policykit to run the admin tools instead of asking for the root password?
22:27.14sticksterFor instance, putting the main user of a single-user system like a laptop in desktop_admin_r group
22:27.34sticksternmcbride: Yes, you just need to provide policy for whatever random tool it is
22:27.55sticksterhttp://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/PolicyKit
22:28.05nmcbridethanks i'll read
22:28.08nmcbridelet me ask you a question
22:28.17nmcbridei've been doing a lot of pen testing lately
22:28.25nmcbrideand usually use archlinux
22:28.39nmcbridehowever vmware hasn't caught up to the new kernels yet .37+
22:28.54nmcbrideso I figured I'd give fedora a try again
22:29.47nmcbrideso now I was trying to create another user account for my pentesting, reverse engineering malware, running all the tools compiled for the system
22:29.48nmcbrideetc
22:30.15nmcbrideand was trying to figure out how to use selinux to confine the pentesting user account so there isn't an spillage
22:32.01sticksterWhat does "Pen" mean here? Are you talking about a bootable USB device with an OS on it?
22:32.12nmcbrideoh sorry
22:32.13nmcbrideno
22:32.16nmcbridepenetration testing
22:32.32nmcbridekinda the caree path i've taken
22:32.36nmcbridehave my GPEN and all that good stuff. :D
22:32.58sticksterSo first, I would probably want to confine via virt if possible first.
22:33.06sticksterer, I overused "first" there.
22:33.21sticksterIf you need help with SELinux confinement, there's a #selinux channel here on Freenode IIRC.
22:33.49nmcbridei use vmware
22:33.55nmcbridebut I didn't want the overhead of a vm
22:34.12sticksterOverhead in what sense?
22:34.32nmcbridemy laptop is kinda limited
22:34.38nmcbridein both memory and processor speed
22:34.41sticksterAh
22:34.55nmcbridei can run one or two vms usually
22:35.02nmcbridebut can't really run a third just for analysis
22:35.15nmcbrideso I was hoping selinux could be used as a solution to confine any spillage
22:36.01sticksterIt probably can to some extent. Again, #selinux is the place to go.
22:36.20sticksterAh, #fedora-selinux
22:36.23nmcbrideyea that was on my list of stops
22:36.42nmcbridewas reading an article about it at Red Hat Magazine atm
22:36.43nmcbrideoh
22:36.49nmcbrideone thing i did find
22:36.58nmcbrideis that the http server configuration tool
22:37.26nmcbrideis under both system->admin...->server settings->http
22:37.27nmcbrideand
22:37.39nmcbrideapplications->system tools
22:37.49sticksternmcbride: Did you report that bug?
22:38.05nmcbrideno just finished the install a few moments ago
22:38.26sticksterI didn't even know we shipped that anymore. Did you install, like, all system tools or somethign?
22:38.27stickster*something
22:40.55nmcbridehttp://pastebin.com/VCPcNMUS
22:41.21stickster@server-cfg probably.
22:41.46nmcbrideyea probably
22:41.54nmcbridejust didn't expect it in both places :D
22:42.09sticksterJust a simple .desktop file mistake
22:42.15nmcbrideyep
22:42.19nmcbrideI already fixed it
22:42.27nmcbridejust asked to see if it was something well known
22:42.33sticksterFile that in BZ please --> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/
22:42.48sticksterUnfortunately I left my BZ database in my other brain ;-)
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23:51.05nmcbrideman i hate unreliable tethering

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