[ale] [ANNC] ALE-NW @ SPSU MTG. for THIS Thurs., May 9, 7:30pm

[Adrya Stembridge]

Thanks for this.  Doubtful I can make it to Marietta after work with
traffic.

Are meetings still held at Emory?


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:55 AM, JD <jdp at algoloma.com> wrote:

>
> The next ALE-NW at SPSU meeting is being held Thursday May 9th, 2013 at
> 7:30pm in
> room J-266 of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus. This is an open
> meeting. Everyone is invited, students, non-students, old and young.
>
> Sorry for the late notice. Sometimes life gets in the way.
>
> ===================================
> The feature presentation will be by Michael Potter presenting on:
>
>               sudo: Beginner to Expert in 1 hour
>
> Abstract:
> This presentation will begin with a quick demo for those of you who are
> unfamiliar with sudo. The complete syntax of the configuration file will be
> explained starting with the simplest rules to the most complex. Finishing
> with a
> discussion recipes to solve real world problems.
>
> Michael started developing this presentation after getting frustrated
> trying to
> understand the sudo configuration file syntax. He added the real world
> problem
> while helping people on the sudo mailing list.
>
> sudo is a security tool that comes pre-installed on many *NIX systems,
> including
> mac os x, and most distributions of Linux. sudo allows for fine grained
> control
> of privileges as an alternative to setuid programs & scripts, turning on
> read &
> write privileges on sensitive files, sharing passwords, and (gasp) giving
> out
> the root password.
>
> Bio:
> Michael has been working in IT since 1989 when he
> switched from programming automotive embedded systems.
>
> Since that time he has been involved in projects related
> to moving mainframe applications to UNIX and Linux using
> open-source technologies.  Michael is the lead author of the
> open source library that allows socket code originally developed on the
> mainframe to be recompiled on Linux: http://code.google.com/p/ezasoket/
>
> Recently Michael is work on various projects from Groovy/Grails to
> development of iPhone/Blackberry/Android applications for business.
>
> In 2009 Michael and his wife Lanna moved their consulting business
> from Chicago to Atlanta.
>
>
> ===================================
> For a campus map and a link to directions please see
> <http ://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm>
> or visit the ALE NW wiki page at
> <http://tomshiro.org/twiki/view/ALE/AleNwOrg>
> Parking in non-reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best.
> Building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east of the parking
> deck.
> ======
> ALE-NW at SPSU meetings are open events and we hope you will join us!  We
> generally
> meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month, but always watch the ale.org email
> list
> for specifics. Also remember that topic suggestions and presentation
> offers for
> meetings can be emailed to [ jdp (at) algoloma ]
>
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