Year: 2010

BlackBerry Google Maps app continuously prompts for permission change

Post author By Mike Kapos
Post date June 23, 2010
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I recently deployed version 4.2 of Google Maps via our BES infrastructure in order to support BlackBerry Device version 5. As soon as it was deployed we got the prompt stating that Google Maps is requesting a permissions change.

We went through, looked at all the application permissions and they were all set to allow. But Google Maps still wanted to change permissions. The application still ran find if we choose the option to "Proceed Anyways" but on startup the app would ask for permission change again.

I found the answer after going through every one of our IT Policies one by one.

It seems that the "Allow Third Party Apps to Use Serial Port" IT Policy must be set to default or Allow in order for the Google Map application to work without constant prompting to change permissions.

The question still remains why does Google Maps need to use the Serial Port, IrDA or USB ports? Previous version where ok with this setting being set to no and this has recently changed with Version 4.x.

Tags BES, Blackberry, Google Maps, permissions

Linux

Linux Failed Attempt Account Lockout (Time Based)

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Post date April 28, 2010
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Add the following appended to the pam_tally.so:

onerr=fail deny=5 unlock_time=1800

Relevant entries in bold in /etc/pam.d/system-auth:

auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_env.so
auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so onerr=fail deny=5 unlock_time=1800
auth        sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so likeauth nullok
auth        required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_deny.so

account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_unix.so
account     sufficient    /lib/security/$ISA/pam_succeed_if.so uid < 100 quiet
account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_permit.so
account     required      /lib/security/$ISA/pam_tally.so

Tags Account Lockout, Failed Attempt, linux, Time Based

Freebsd

Add timestamps to history

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Post date March 16, 2010
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Add the following to your .bashrc:

export HISTTIMEFORMAT="%h/%d – %H:%M:%S "

The result is this:

[root@server ~]# history
    1 Mar/16 – 18:09:00 cd /etc
    2 Mar/16 – 18:09:10 vi fstab
    3 Mar/16 – 18:09:43 ls -la

Tags bash, freebsd, history, HISTTIMEFORMAT, linux, openbsd

Uncategorized

VMWare and Server 2008 R2 = Jumpy mouse

Post author By Mike Kapos
Post date March 10, 2010
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This is a known issue to VMware now and they are in the process of creating a new KB for the workaround.

Here is how to fix jumpy mouse for Windows 2008 R2:

After you install VMware Tools, reboot, login and your screen will be jumpy.

The VMware Tools install should have created the folder: C:/Program Files/Common Files/VMware/Drivers/wddm_video

browse to your Device Manager, choose your video adapter, right click, and "Update Driver". Browse to the folder listed above, reboot. At this point it should be fixed. If it is not fixed, shutdown your VM, go to edit settings, click on Video, and verify is has 8MB of Memory for Video. You may also need to verify this in the BIOS.

Linux