alcinnz

alcinnz, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago)

As for XMPP, it has an undeserved reputation. Which Matrix weaponised to harness better UX & marketing funding for themselves.

Here's a link: https://xmpp.org/about/myths/

Being based upon XML (as was popular in its time) as opposed to the modern fashion of JSON does not actually incur any real drawbacks!

Also, XMPP has some history which explains are quite particular about calling this "the fediverse" as opposed to "Mastodon": https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/02/23/keeping-platforms-open/#case-study-the-boxing-of-xmpp

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alcinnz, 1 year ago

@mikolaj @encthenet You know, there's controversy within the ISO over them charging for their documents.

But every time they take steps away from that they walk it back.

So pro-tip: The ISO mostly republishes these standards from other organizations. You can usually find them published freely online at the organizations who actually wrote these standards!

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@nicemicro As far as I'm concerned, as long the video's online somewhere, I don't care about the rest of YouTube's features. A static fileserver is just as good in my eyes!

But no, I've never really found any videos which drew me to watch Odysee. YouTube on the otherhand has a couple channels in it's millions which I love...

alcinnz, 1 year ago

... configure $TERM, copies over some hardcoded envvars followed by those given in commandline args, prepares some text for logging choosing a source identifier, looks up & configures login timeout preparing error message, looking additional authorization configuration envvars, performs the authorization in a loop with or without using PAM, cleans up, finalizes envvars, performs various logging, sets the new user-ID, reinitializes internationalization, ...

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alcinnz, 1 year ago

... cancels crontabs for the user, & cleans up flushing caches.

After sanitizing & initializing envvars whilst initializing internationalization & LibShadow login checks whether we're root, parses/validates commandline flags & remaining args, quits if we're not in an interactive terminal, retrieves utmp dir, performs stringent authorization, retrieves terminal name, configures $REMOTEHOST envvar, tweaks parsed flags, opens logging, configures umask if PAM unsupported, handle -p, ...

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alcinnz, 1 year ago

... validates we're editting a local user who isn't actively logged-in, opens relevant files under lock auditting failures, wraps pw_remove & spw_remove, wraps sub_uid_remove & `sub_gid_remove if supported, audit & sys logs the deletion, iterates over groups twice to delete the user from each syslogging each time, deletes their mail directories if -r given, deletes, validates their home directory to decide whether to follow through with deleting that, deletes SELinux user, ...

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alcinnz, 1 year ago

modifies appropriate entry as specified, adds & removes from specified group entries syslogging any errors, adds & removes sub user & group IDs, cleans up flushing caches, reconfigures SELinux if supported, moves the home directory if its path was altered, moves the mailbox if its path was altered, updates last & fail logs, & chowns the user's home directory if needed.

6.5/6.5 for today! Tomorrow I'll finish with useradd & publish all these threads!

alcinnz, 1 year ago

... if there were a failures it carefully considers whether to reauthenticate, pauses for configured amount of time, & outputs an error message.

After initializing LibShadow & internationalization usermod parses -R & -P flags, opens logs, consults sysconf, cehcks relevant files are present, parses & validates remaining flags ensuring a single arg remains, checks that user isn't logged in, authorizes with PAM if supported, checks TCB cache, opens relevant files, ...

6/7 for today!

alcinnz, 1 year ago

... handles whether or not the user's "hushed" possibly via PAM, resets signal handlers, does more syslogging, closes the log, & execs the login shell.

Each iteration of the no-PAM authentication loop involves cleaning up, prompting for the username if needed, retrieves where to log failures, looks up the user & checks their password isn't locked & whether a password is even needed & whether the password's in the shadowfile, wraps pw_auth, syslog failures & flags failures appropriately, ...

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@rolandixor I'm having great luck with Maddy!

Even comes with good docs on the required DNS configs!

https://maddy.email

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@therealraccoon

I don't personally feel any need for "a profound/deep/special connection", & while I can understand others may it's not something I relate to. Sounds like something to do with romance to me. This I admit to not understanding.

"Emotional needs" I believe is a way of discussing what an individual requires to be happy.

Vagueness can be useful in jargon just as much as precision can be, I know that as a computer scientist! Gives us tools for discussing more things!

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@therealraccoon I understand them well enough! I do socialise.

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@therealraccoon Ah, there's more context than the boosted toot.

I don't think I can help much with your questions, sorry. As someone enjoys being on my own, chilling my own way!

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@therealraccoon I've already done my daily 'splaining for today, come back tomorrow.

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@therealraccoon No more than you can, I think.

alcinnz, 1 year ago

@therealraccoon Responding of each of your points:

1. I don't know whether or not I understand the meaning of "a profound/deep/special connection". I certainly don't know how to define it.

2. I can see a clear split between emotional & physical, I can't see a clear split between emotional & mental.

3. Maybe you should study up on Non-Violent Communication (a.k.a. Compassionate Communication). It provides a useful model with which to think about this!