[CentOS] EPEL Package update?

2020-03-15 Thread Chris Boyd
We run RANCID at the day job to back up switch and router configs. Version 3.11 adds some support for devices we need. The current EPEL version is 3.9. I filed a request at Fedora to get it updated, which they have completed (version 3.11), but it still hasn't made it into the EPEL for CentOS.

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail not presenting AUTH option after EHLO

2013-10-09 Thread Chris Boyd
On Oct 9, 2013, at 3:33 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: Make sure you have the sendmail-cf package installed, else the .cf files can't be rebuild based on modified .mc files. Make too sure that you have the necessary cyrus-* packages installed. Yes, got those. [root@pennzoil mail]# yum list

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail not presenting AUTH option after EHLO

2013-10-09 Thread Chris Boyd
On Oct 9, 2013, at 11:24 AM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: You miss at least to have cyrus-sasl-plain. Bingo! We have a winner! Installing that package and restarting saslauthd and sendmail fixed it. On localhost port 587 really Sendmail is listening? I doubt! It is Postfix. Sendmail would have

[CentOS] Sendmail not presenting AUTH option after EHLO

2013-10-08 Thread Chris Boyd
Hello folks, I have a CentOS 6.4 installation running Sendmail, and after some serious hair tear stare and compare I'm a bit stumped. When I connect to the server either with telnet or SSL, sendmail is not presenting the AUTH capability after an EHLO. Everything looks like it should be

Re: [CentOS] Workaround for RH #502499?

2009-11-18 Thread Chris Boyd
On Nov 18, 2009, at 1:57 AM, Mogens Kjaer wrote: Can you boot with the additional option: hda=noprobe Good point. It's an ATA drive, not SATA. Sorry 'bout that. Will give that a try. --Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] Workaround for RH #502499?

2009-11-17 Thread Chris Boyd
I have a workstation with a Gigbyte board and an Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02) that's apparently getting bitten by https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502499 It's running CentOS 5.4 32 bit, and the user is suffering from high load and sluggish response

Re: [CentOS] Workaround for RH #502499?

2009-11-17 Thread Chris Boyd
On Nov 17, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: I've seen vibration impact disk i/o on sata disks as well. Make sure this is not your major problem ( eg. run the disks outside the machine for a few days - depending on your environment, that might be possible ). I saw that page too :-)

Re: [CentOS] Calling all Hackers from Big stan

2009-10-19 Thread Chris Boyd
On Mon, 2009-10-19 at 11:19 -0700, ML wrote: I want to learn to hack what do I need to do in order to start. Umm, watch: Hackers: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113243/ Takedown: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159784/ Isn't that how we all learned? You left off Freedom Downtime:

Re: [CentOS] httpd - mysql - paypal.com.tar - hacker

2009-08-21 Thread Chris Boyd
On Aug 21, 2009, at 4:17 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: - Keep phpMyAdmin up to date. Best way to do this is to use a package from a well known repository like EPEL that keeps the package at the latest version for you. - Run with SELinux Enforcing - Protect phpMyAdmin with Basic HTTP

Re: [CentOS] sendmail slow to response

2009-07-30 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jul 30, 2009, at 12:22 PM, fabian wrote: all this had been workin grt until recently some users complined that MSOutlook or Outlook expreess is very slow (a simple text mail remains 2 to 3 minutes in outbox) and then sent Make sure that any DNSBLs that you have configured are actually

Re: [CentOS] BIND vulnerability

2009-07-29 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: yes, which is one of many reasons why a zone masters is usually setup to not be publicly available. The localhost 127.0.0.1 zone can also be used as an attack vector according to the folks on the DNS Ops list, so it's looking like

Re: [CentOS] BIND vulnerability

2009-07-29 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jul 29, 2009, at 2:19 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: Do you have a link to a mailing lists post describing this? Would like to pass it along... This is the head of the thread: https://lists.dns-oarc.net/pipermail/dns-operations/2009-July/004315.html Some of the relevant discussion: On

Re: [CentOS] Configure a local DNS caching nameserver: partial success

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jul 2, 2009, at 2:48 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: The subject says it all. On my server machine in the local LAN (192.168.1.252 in a 192.168.1.0/24 network), I setup Bind. I installed the 'caching-nameserver' package, which provides a set of configuration files for Bind so it can be used as

Re: [CentOS] good small registrar?

2009-06-23 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 23, 2009, at 7:22 PM, Eugene Vilensky wrote: What are some registrars that members of this list have had good experience with? I was stepping through the godaddy checkout process, and being opted-in to a dozen different upsell features just left a bad impression. But I have

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: I've read a lot of different reports that suggest at this point in time, kernel software raid is in most cases better than controller raid. I manage systems with both. I like hardware RAID controllers. Yes, they do cost money up front,

Re: [CentOS] Dealing with brute force attacks

2009-05-14 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 14, 2009, at 9:46 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: 2. Moving pass the obvious and unhelpful everything, what services are particularly vulnerable to these types of attacks? Does a list exist anywhere? If it's reachable over the 'net, it will eventually get pounded. POP, IMAP, SMTP Auth,

Re: [CentOS] LVM, SATA controllers and BIOS devices

2009-05-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 12, 2009, at 11:28 AM, William L. Maltby wrote: For the OP's situation, might need to search a little further to get to the same results. But I think it's surely something in the initrd, even if the driver is the same. OK, so two hits on initrd, I'll go and read up on that.

Re: [CentOS] LVM, SATA controllers and BIOS devices

2009-05-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 12, 2009, at 12:32 PM, William L. Maltby wrote: There is another possibility? Grub installs a stage2 (IIRC) file that has specific device in it. That's probably your next point of failure (I don't recall what your original failure mode was). The system boots, grub menu starts,

Re: [CentOS] SOLVED: LVM, SATA controllers and BIOS devices

2009-05-12 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 12, 2009, at 12:32 PM, William L. Maltby wrote: IMO, yes (maybe). When the Initial install is done, I think there is some stuff that is needed in the initrd to find the disk so root can be mounted. I'm not sure which initrd file contains it, but I think it's got to be there

[CentOS] LVM, SATA controllers and BIOS devices

2009-05-11 Thread Chris Boyd
So I have an issue with CentOS 5.3 i386, LVM, and SATA. Boot device is a 200GB ATA disk on hda2. I've added a couple of disks with the on-the-mobo SATA controller ports and grown the EXT3 fs with system-config-lvm. Then, as an experiment, I added a PCI SATA controller and an additional disk.

Re: [CentOS] Best mobile SSH client?

2009-05-04 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 3, 2009, at 10:48 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: There are a few ssh client applications available for the iPhone. No need to jailbreak. I am using TouchTerm (free version) and it works for me. I have never tried others, so cannot tell if this is better or worse than others. +1 for

Re: [CentOS] pop3 attack

2009-03-14 Thread Chris Boyd
On Mar 13, 2009, at 1:49 PM, Michel van Deventer wrote: One way to get around it is to get yourself a VPS (virtual private server) for a small amount ($20/month?) and set up your own 'smarthost' (maybe together with some friends/coworkers?). You can then even use a non-standard port to

Re: [CentOS] Suggestion for Server Room monitoring

2009-02-16 Thread Chris Boyd
On Feb 15, 2009, at 7:59 PM, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Currently, there's no personnel to monitor it 24 hours a day. I'm thinking of using a tool to monitor the temperature, and then send sms/email when it reaches certain threshold. Anyone has an idea? Could be software based or hardware one.

Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

2009-01-30 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 30, 2009, at 11:28 AM, Anne Wilson wrote: OK, thanks. I'll look around. I guess if they are selling 'standard' batteries they will have some way of making sure that what I buy is compatible. Another adventure :-) There's info on the battery that will identify it. Voltage

Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

2009-01-29 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jan 29, 2009, at 2:44 PM, Anne Wilson wrote: You said that the UPS is fully charged. I wonder if you need a UPS with larger capacity and if your UPS is working properly. I don't think there's any problem with the UPS (APC). I've seen APC rack mount systems shut down the power outlets

Re: [CentOS] ASUS PT6 or Intel DX58SO for CentOS?

2009-01-15 Thread Chris Boyd
Thanks for the replies. I'll go with the Intel board. This is for a desktop development and test system, so remote management is not a requirement. --Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] ASUS PT6 or Intel DX58SO for CentOS?

2009-01-13 Thread Chris Boyd
I'm looking at setting up a new machine to run CentOS 5 and a few VMWare machines to test Windows XP, Vista, and 7. I'm working with a custom PC shop and they've recommended I use either the ASUS PT6 or Intel DX58SO. Any feedback good or bad on either of these? Thanks! --Chris

Re: [CentOS] sendmail outbound help needed

2008-12-16 Thread Chris Boyd
On Dec 16, 2008, at 3:10 AM, Gopinath Achari wrote: Hi All, I want to set up a sendmail server on Centos 5.2 Pc. This server should be able to send and receive mails outbound. i have purchased a domain name. can you help on this. The classic outline is here:

Re: [CentOS] pop3 attack

2008-12-09 Thread Chris Boyd
On Dec 9, 2008, at 2:33 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: Once the cracker finds an account with a guessable password, they may well be able to get access to your system as that user via ssh, webmin, usermin, or other means. Given shell access, the cracker can install user- level IRC servers

Re: [CentOS] Re: Sendmail and pmtu discovery

2008-10-14 Thread Chris Boyd
On Oct 14, 2008, at 1:59 PM, Sean Carolan wrote: If you've ever dealt with with one of these paranoid Mordac-type security managers you know exactly what I'm talking about. In our case the path of least resistance was to disable pmtu discovery, and tell the customer that we've done all we

RE: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam

2008-10-04 Thread Chris Boyd
On Fri, 2008-10-03 at 11:43 -0400, Mark A. Lewis wrote: So, in that spirit, some orgs have setup auto responders telling you how to get in touch with them. In my opinion, this is a perfectly reasonable solution that accomplishes the same goal. Why you feel like you are too good to communicate

Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam

2008-10-02 Thread Chris Boyd
On Oct 2, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Vandaman wrote: 1. Go to the eircom page or type abuse at eircom in google to get the web form. The form looks like it goes direct to their tech support, they responded very fast. Yes, but the trend is for the big ISPs to use ARF, which sort of defeats the

Re: [CentOS] Treason uncloaked!

2008-09-26 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 25, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Frank Cox wrote: John R Pierce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: they come from random IPs all over the place. further, the port they are sent to is a shoutcast service port, so I can't exactly block that. A place to start:

Re: [CentOS] Re: Request info on managing MySQL

2008-09-22 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 22, 2008, at 10:27 AM, Bob Hoffman wrote: Host_name is usually localdomain.. But check first with show databases to see.. Use this to make sure: SELECT Host, User FROM mysql.user; --Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail and headers

2008-09-22 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 22, 2008, at 5:58 AM, Bob Hoffman wrote: Received: from 45.45.01.01 (EHLO server.myserverhostname.com) (45.45.01.01) You should have a PTR record for your IP address that matches the name that the server has configured in the define(`confDOMAIN_NAME', `server.foo.com')

Re: [CentOS] PCI SATA Controller Recommendations?

2008-09-10 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sep 10, 2008, at 12:17 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: I'd like to get some recommendations on a good SATA controller for use with CentOS 5.x. It should be PCI, bootable, have 4 SATA ports, have native support (no crap proprietary or manually compiled drivers), and possibly hot swap support. Any

Re: [CentOS] Simple IP Question

2008-07-17 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jul 17, 2008, at 11:39 AM, Matt wrote: I have a server located remotely running CentOS 5.x. I need to have two IP's on the same interface. So I have this: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=69.x.x.199 HWADDR=00:x:x:x:c6:10 IPADDR=69.x.x.194

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail with Google Apps SMTP

2008-06-30 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 28, 2008, at 1:58 PM, John R Pierce wrote: complicated by google requirnig TLA authentication and SSL on a nonstandard port for SMTP relaying. Port 587 _is_ the standard port for mail submission to an MTA. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2476.txt http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4409.txt

Re: [CentOS] yum upgrade 4.3 - current ?

2008-06-10 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:25 PM, Matt Hyclak wrote: If it were me, I would download the latest yum+dependencies and install them via rpm before trying to debug an old yum. Good suggestion. Upgraded yum, sqlite, and python. Also added enough swap space via a swapfile to let yum do what it

Re: [CentOS] yum upgrade 4.3 - current ?

2008-06-04 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 4, 2008, at 5:44 PM, Craig White wrote: kill off any rpm/yum processes... then rm /var/lib/rpm/__* rpm --rebuilddb then try yum Still no joy. Yum appears to be ready to consume all available system memory and swap. I'm going to try adding a swap file, shutting off the database

Re: [CentOS] OT DNS Question

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 15, 2008, at 7:34 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: I am currently reviewing the DNS records for the organization I work for and have one area I would like other peoples thoughts on. Would there ever be a situation where you need to have multiple A records pointing to the same IP Address?

Re: [CentOS] OT DNS Question

2008-05-15 Thread Chris Boyd
On May 15, 2008, at 7:59 PM, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Not true (AFAIR). If I remember correctly, if the information about the destination of the CNAME is on the same DNS server (either because it is authoritative, or because the resolver has it already on cache), it will piggyback the

[CentOS] SugarCRM pro and PHP 5.2

2008-04-10 Thread Chris Boyd
We're looking at SugarCRM 5, but they strongly recommend PHP 5.2.4. Looking around I see that a few individuals are maintaining repos for CentOS, but I'd prefer to get it from one of the larger repositories. Anyone out there using http://www.jasonlitka.com/yum-repository/ ? Any idea when

Re: [CentOS] SugarCRM pro and PHP 5.2

2008-04-10 Thread Chris Boyd
On Apr 10, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Jim Perrin wrote: Are you certain you need 5.2.x? SugarCRM is a RH partner, and offered a bundled sugarcrm install through rhx.redhat.com We've been working with a consultant that does a lot of custom Sugar work, and the Sugar support group is strongly

Re: [CentOS] SugarCRM pro and PHP 5.2

2008-04-10 Thread Chris Boyd
On Apr 10, 2008, at 5:29 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: We've been working with a consultant that does a lot of custom Sugar work, and the Sugar support group is strongly recommending it. Ah, I was not clear. They are strongly recommending PHP 5.2, not RHEL :-) anyway, we should have php-5.2

Re: [CentOS] Two Internet connections...

2008-03-26 Thread Chris Boyd
On Mar 26, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Frank Cox wrote: I'm thinking that this sort of setup can't be too uncommon in big small business networks. An office with 600 networked computers won't be sucking on one measly DSL line, but they might be using ten at a total cost that's less than a

Re: [CentOS] Network configuration question

2008-02-17 Thread Chris Boyd
On Sun, 2008-02-17 at 07:34 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: Hi, My wife and I live in a two-storey flat, and we have a small home LAN (100% CentOS 5) with a classical configuration: On the ground floor, there is the telephone jack with the DSL modem router (192.168.1.254). This modem has a

Re: [CentOS] Trouble Ticket System

2008-02-05 Thread Chris Boyd
On Feb 5, 2008, at 7:23 PM, Jun Salen wrote: Last year, I tried to installed and evaluate the following OSS web base trouble ticketing system. This is for me to track history on our IT related issues. Those that I tried are the PHP Ticket, DanPHPSupport, Epix Power Support, ruQueue,

Re: [CentOS] You can't get there from here

2008-01-19 Thread Chris Boyd
On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 17:31 -0500, Rich Huff wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-18 at 14:11 -0700, Miark wrote: Having been accomodating about it in the past, the technical geniuses at Comcast have permanently blocked port 25, separating me (at my home office) from my employer's e-mail server.

Re: [CentOS] Capturing Packets -- Ethereal

2008-01-16 Thread Chris Boyd
On Wed, 2008-01-16 at 13:18 -0800, Al Sparks wrote: Can I sniff the packets on the remote w/o a full install of ethereal? Typically something like this: tcpdump -s 1500 -i eth0 -w traffic.dmp will do the trick. Then pull the file back to the machine with ethereal and open it there. --Chris

[CentOS] Supermicro X7DVL-E and Xeon L5320 installation problems

2007-10-08 Thread Chris Boyd
Tearing our hair out on this one. Trying to install CentOS 5 x86_64 on a Supermicro X7DVL-E with 2 Xeon L5320 quad core CPUs, 3Ware SATA RAID controller in a mirrored setup and 4 GB of memory. Installation crashes at random places while copying the files. We've run memtest86 for 24

Re: [CentOS] Supermicro X7DVL-E and Xeon L5320 installation problems

2007-10-08 Thread Chris Boyd
On Oct 8, 2007, at 12:34 PM, Chris Mauritz wrote: Chris Boyd wrote: Tearing our hair out on this one. Trying to install CentOS 5 x86_64 on a Supermicro X7DVL-E with 2 Xeon L5320 quad core CPUs, 3Ware SATA RAID controller in a mirrored setup and 4 GB of memory. Installation crashes

Re: [CentOS] web based vacation frontend

2007-06-19 Thread Chris Boyd
OpenWebMail has such a tool. On Jun 19, 2007, at 10:04 AM, Erick Perez wrote: Hi, One customer has Centos 5 installed. He wants to have a web based frontend to the vacation program because he is in charge to enable the vacation msg for all the users in leave. I tried webmin but the webmin