This week sees the introduction of a couple of small new component features and the inclusion last bits of Informatics teaching software for the new academic year. External sites will not notice much change this week. Here are the details…

auth component

The LCFG auth component has gained support for configuring the /etc/security/time.conf configuration file for the pam_time PAM module. For full details of what is supported by this module see the man pages: time.conf(5) and pam_time(8). This week the component itself has been updated to support the new resources.

Here is a basic example which applies time limits to the console login methods for a desktop machine:

!pam.acctmods_lightdm         mPREPEND(time)
!pam.acctmods_login           mPREPEND(time)

!auth.timelimits                mADD(officehours)
auth.tlimit_times_officehours   Wk0800-1800
auth.tlimit_users_officehours   !root

See the LCFG wiki for further information on the auth component.

openssh component

The LCFG openssh component has gained support for configuring conditional Match blocks in the server configuration (sshd_config). This week sees the introduction of the new version 2 of the component schema. The component itself will be upgraded next week. Currently, we are only planning to upgrade the version on the Ubuntu platform, we may consider the SL7 platform if there is sufficient interest in having this feature.

DICE DHCP header

The dice/options/dhcp.h header now works harder to remove all vestiges of managed network configuration when DHCP is required. In particular, the routing and gaiconf components are now properly excluded from being started.

Xilinx Vivado

The Xilinx Vivado software on DICE Ubuntu has been updated to the latest version.

ROS – Robot Operating System

The ROS noetic software is now available on DICE Ubuntu.

New Software Options

There is a new LCFG_OPTIONS_XORG_DEV software package group available for Ubuntu.

Weekly Changes – 27/09/2021 / LCFG Project by blogadmin is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution CC BY 3.0