Re: [CentOS] question about mounting external USB HD

2009-10-28 Thread Ivan Arteaga
John R Pierce wrote: > Ivan Arteaga wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have a server running CentOS 4.7 and I want to add a new USB-HD for >> backup some data. I made the file system as ext3 with the command: >> / >> mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1/ >> >> After that I did add a new Volume Group and Logical Volu

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Thanks guys, I have done my changes in the sudoers file. what i did is ; added a group with same access as root. how i am able to use sudo. but there is a problem. my machine is responding very slow for the sudo. It takes almost 3 minutes to open a small file with command sudo vim filename.con

Re: [CentOS] question about mounting external USB HD

2009-10-28 Thread John R Pierce
Ivan Arteaga wrote: > Hello, > > I have a server running CentOS 4.7 and I want to add a new USB-HD for > backup some data. I made the file system as ext3 with the command: > / > mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1/ > > After that I did add a new Volume Group and Logical Volume > (/VolGrup01-LogVol01) /on that

[CentOS] question about mounting external USB HD

2009-10-28 Thread Ivan Arteaga
Hello, I have a server running CentOS 4.7 and I want to add a new USB-HD for backup some data. I made the file system as ext3 with the command: / mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1/ After that I did add a new Volume Group and Logical Volume (/VolGrup01-LogVol01) /on that file system and mounted it as /back

Re: [CentOS] Not able to FTP since 5.4

2009-10-28 Thread Barry Brimer
> I do not use ftp much lately, but my bro did and noticed we cannot ftp to > the server since the upgrade. > > Using VSFTP. > Tried rebooting but nothing. > > Looks like it goes through the whole process and then 'bam'. > Could not find an error log that listed the error anywhere. > > Worked great

[CentOS] Not able to FTP since 5.4

2009-10-28 Thread Bob Hoffman
I do not use ftp much lately, but my bro did and noticed we cannot ftp to the server since the upgrade. Using VSFTP. Tried rebooting but nothing. Looks like it goes through the whole process and then 'bam'. Could not find an error log that listed the error anywhere. Worked great before 5.4 updat

Re: [CentOS] Missing package

2009-10-28 Thread ken
On 10/28/2009 08:39 AM Anne Wilson wrote: > The big update caused one of the rare re-starts on my mail server, so I saw > the startup messages that I had forgotten about. > > Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: [3424]: warning: python-dbus not installed. > Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]

Re: [CentOS] grub problems

2009-10-28 Thread m . roth
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> This is irritating: I've got a server I just upgraded to 5.4, then >> rebooted, only to discover that it just *sits* there at the grub boot >> menu. I looked at grub.conf, and uncommented hiddenmenu (which should >> have been done long ago). >> >> It *still* sits there

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Nifty Cluster Mitch
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:39:41PM +0530, Truejack wrote: > >Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. > >My data looks somethings like this > >host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no >host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no A key to your

Re: [CentOS] grub problems

2009-10-28 Thread nate
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > This is irritating: I've got a server I just upgraded to 5.4, then > rebooted, only to discover that it just *sits* there at the grub boot > menu. I looked at grub.conf, and uncommented hiddenmenu (which should have > been done long ago). > > It *still* sits there when I r

Re: [CentOS] combining iptables parameters

2009-10-28 Thread Marcus Moeller
Dear Ryan. >>>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p UDP -d $IP1-j DROP >>>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p TCP -d $IP1 -j DROP >>>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p UDP -d $IP2 -j DROP >>>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p TCP -d $IP2 -j DROP >> >> That's what I am doing atm. Thanks for the update. > > BTW, if you have some complex chain of

Re: [CentOS] combining iptables parameters

2009-10-28 Thread Ryan Lynch
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 16:36, Marcus Moeller wrote: >> You would have to specify the required match space across multiple >> rules, maybe something like this: >> >>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p UDP -d $IP1-j DROP >>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p TCP -d $IP1 -j DROP >>  iptables -A OUTPUT -p UDP -d $IP2 -j DRO

[CentOS] iptables -d fqdn instead of IP

2009-10-28 Thread Marcus Moeller
Hi all, does it work to define iptables rules with a fqdn as destination instead of an IP address? Or is it useful to resolve the name first using e.g. nslookup, writing the result to a variable which is then used within the -d statement? Best Regards Marcus __

Re: [CentOS] combining iptables parameters

2009-10-28 Thread Marcus Moeller
Dear Ryan. >> is there a way to combine iptables parameters like: iptables -A OUTPUT >> -p UDP & -p TCP -d $IP1 & -d $IP2 ? > > Each of those parameters is called a "match", in IPTables-speak. You > can specify multiple matches in one rule, but all matches are combined > with an implicit logical A

Re: [CentOS] grub problems

2009-10-28 Thread m . roth
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> This is irritating: I've got a server I just upgraded to 5.4, then >> rebooted, only to discover that it just *sits* there at the grub boot >> menu. I looked at grub.conf, and uncommented hiddenmenu (which should >> have been done long ago). >> >>

Re: [CentOS] combining iptables parameters

2009-10-28 Thread Ryan Lynch
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 15:32, Marcus Moeller wrote: > is there a way to combine iptables parameters like: iptables -A OUTPUT > -p UDP & -p TCP -d $IP1 & -d $IP2 ? Each of those parameters is called a "match", in IPTables-speak. You can specify multiple matches in one rule, but all matches are co

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread m . roth
> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate >>> lines. >>> >>> My data looks somethings like this >>> >>> host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no >>> host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no >>> host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Les Mikesell
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. >> >> My data looks somethings like this >> >> host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no >> host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no >> host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no >> host17:de

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread m . roth
> Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. > > My data looks somethings like this > > host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no > host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > host17:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:31:17:19

Re: [CentOS] grub problems

2009-10-28 Thread Gilbert Sebenste
On Wed, 28 Oct 2009, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > This is irritating: I've got a server I just upgraded to 5.4, then > rebooted, only to discover that it just *sits* there at the grub boot > menu. I looked at grub.conf, and uncommented hiddenmenu (which should have > been done long ago). > > It *stil

[CentOS] grub problems

2009-10-28 Thread m . roth
This is irritating: I've got a server I just upgraded to 5.4, then rebooted, only to discover that it just *sits* there at the grub boot menu. I looked at grub.conf, and uncommented hiddenmenu (which should have been done long ago). It *still* sits there when I reboot. Any clues, folks?

Re: [CentOS] vmware 2.x

2009-10-28 Thread John Thomas
On 10/28/2009 12:36 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Does anyone know if the just-released vmware server 2.0.2 was supposed > to fix the glibc incompatibility with RHEL/Centos 5.4? (It didn't on > the first box where I tried it...). > I upgraded server first, then (glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-

[CentOS] vmware 2.x

2009-10-28 Thread Les Mikesell
Does anyone know if the just-released vmware server 2.0.2 was supposed to fix the glibc incompatibility with RHEL/Centos 5.4? (It didn't on the first box where I tried it...). -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentO

[CentOS] combining iptables parameters

2009-10-28 Thread Marcus Moeller
Hi all, is there a way to combine iptables parameters like: iptables -A OUTPUT -p UDP & -p TCP -d $IP1 & -d $IP2 ? Best Regards Marcus ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Repodata for 5.4 updates?

2009-10-28 Thread Kevin White
Andrew Hull wrote: > Karanbir Singh wrote: > > Karanbir, > Thank you so much for taking the time to write that reply. Reading about > the process of pushing out updates gave me a new appreciation for what > you and the rest of "the team" does for me "the consumer". > > Thank you, thank you, tha

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
Les Mikesell a écrit : > > Personally, I'd run backuppc (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ or the > epel package) and take the whole tree because (a)it will compress the > files and link all duplicates so it doesn't waste that much space, (b) > when you need a copy you'll have it instead of fin

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Arturas Mr.
I think it can be optimized, and if programing language doesn't matter: #!/usr/bin/python file="test.txt" fl = open(file,'r') toParse = fl.readlines() fl.close() dublicates = [] firstOne = [] for ln in toParse: ln=ln.strip() lnMap = ln.split(':') target = lnMap[2] if target in firs

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
John Doe a écrit : > From: Niki Kovacs >> Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in >> a script. > > See --files-from=FILE in rsync manpage > One general remark: I have one more reason to love this distro. I'm posting a message about a rather quirky rsync option

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Les Mikesell
Niki Kovacs wrote: > rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ > > I get something like : > > destinationfolder/httpd.conf > > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like : > > destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/ht

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Paul Bijnens
On 2009-10-28 18:09, Truejack wrote: > Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. > > My data looks somethings like this > > host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no > host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no > ho

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread John Doe
> >From: Truejack >To: centos@centos.org >Sent: Wed, October 28, 2009 6:09:41 PM >Subject: [CentOS] Scripting help please > >Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. > >My data looks somethings like this > >host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no >host7

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
James Pearson a écrit : > > Does the -R option help? > Bingo! That's the one I've been looking for. Thanks very much! Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread John Doe
From: Niki Kovacs > Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in > a script. See --files-from=FILE in rsync manpage JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
2009/10/28 Neil Aggarwal : > I dont know how to do this in a script. Could be a job for awk. Bit too busy at work to look into it further at the moment though. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cento

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Jeff
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. > > Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in > a script. > > What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. > What I want to do : backup only those file

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread nate
Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ > > I get something like : > > destinationfolder/httpd.conf This is normal because your copying a file not a tree > > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end res

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread James Pearson
Niki Kovacs wrote: > > QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file > path, so the end result is more like : > > destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ? > > Any suggestions ? Does the -R option help? James Pearson __

Re: [CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 5:18 PM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. > > Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in > a script. > > What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. > What I want to do : backup only those files

Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Neil Aggarwal
I wonder if you can do this in two steps: 1. Parse out the unique values from the thrid column into a file. 2. Run the processor on the script to print where the third column matches one of the values identified. I dont know how to do this in a script. I would write a simple Java progra

Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey 2.0 rpms

2009-10-28 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:38 PM, wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM, lostson >> wrote: >>>  Hello >>>  I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab >>> them from here >>> >>>  http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ >>> >>>  I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone

[CentOS] Rsync and full path of filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in a script. What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise empty directory tree. In my script, I'd

[CentOS] Scripting help please....

2009-10-28 Thread Truejack
Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. My data looks somethings like this host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host17:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:31:17:19:no host12:dev

[CentOS] Cisco MDS 9124 with Centos 5.4

2009-10-28 Thread Vernard C. Martin
The Release notes indicate that fencing support for the Cisco MDS 9124 and 9134 Fabric Switches have been added as a Technology Preview. I'd love to use this but it doesn't seem to be visible as a choice when using the web interface for configuring the cluster. I'm not averse to doing it by han

Re: [CentOS] Repodata for 5.4 updates?

2009-10-28 Thread Andrew Hull
Karanbir Singh wrote: > This is now normal, but it hasent been like this in the past. Over the > last 8 months the updates for CentOS-5 have come from a mostly automated > system and one of the fallouts is that this system will nominate and > track update state on a few external mirrors before d

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 56, Issue 8

2009-10-28 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey 2.0 rpms

2009-10-28 Thread lostson
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM, lostson > wrote: >>  Hello >>  I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab >> them from here >> >>  http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ >> >>  I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone would like to rebuild the >> src.rpm for 64 I will

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread Majian
Yeah! I agree you !! You also can edit it and quit with :wq! in the Vi command ~~ On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Robert Spangler wrote: > On Wednesday 28 October 2009 04:11, vijay shanker wrote: > > > This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. > > NO, it MUST not be edited

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread Robert Spangler
On Wednesday 28 October 2009 04:11, vijay shanker wrote: > This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. NO, it MUST not be edited with 'visudo'. YES, you should use 'visudo'. You can edit sudoer with vi or vim and save the changes too. Just read what it tells you you need to do

Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey 2.0 rpms

2009-10-28 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM, lostson wrote: >  Hello >  I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab > them from here > >  http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ > >  I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone would like to rebuild the > src.rpm for 64 I will > gladly hos

Re: [CentOS] Locales and filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Alfred von Campe
On Oct 28, 2009, at 2:59, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > If your locale is UTF8, íéèæøå would be multibyte characters. > > If your characters are one byte only, they are not UTF-8. That was the key: the file was not UTF-8. > vim knows how to handle this correctly: Yes, it apparently does. It almost app

Re: [CentOS] Locales and filenames

2009-10-28 Thread Alfred von Campe
On Oct 27, 2009, at 19:28, ken wrote: > E.g., create a file with vi with just one German/Greek/French word, > say, > Έντελέχεια (Entylecheia, an ancient Greek word). If the > name of the > file is "nonenglish", then, after you do your save in vim, run the > shell > commands > > touch temp;

Re: [CentOS] /etc/aliases file wildcard

2009-10-28 Thread Les Mikesell
Jerry Geis wrote: > I have been trying to find out if the /etc/aliases file > can accept wildcards in the user name > > I was hoping that a line like or similiar: > > machine*: myaccount > > would take any name matching machine* and forward onto the myaccount > mailbox. > > man aliases didnt r

Re: [CentOS] /etc/aliases file wildcard

2009-10-28 Thread Neil Aggarwal
> machine*: myaccount > > would take any name matching machine* and forward onto the > myaccount > mailbox. Would putting a wildcard in /etc/mail/virtusertable solve the problem? Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, http://www.JAMMConsulting.com CentOS 5.4 KVM VPS $55/mo, no setup fe

Re: [CentOS] vnc for non-root

2009-10-28 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Ken: You can set the machine up to use VNC for the console. Then, give the person a normal login which they will use to login to the machine from the console interface. Basically, it will be just like they are sitting at the machine a logging in with a user account. I would also require the VNC

Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey 2.0 rpms

2009-10-28 Thread Lucian @ lastdot.org
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:32 PM, lostson wrote: >  Hello >  I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab > them from here > >  http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ > >  I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone would like to rebuild the > src.rpm for 64 I will > gladly hos

Re: [CentOS] /etc/aliases file wildcard

2009-10-28 Thread Radu Radutiu
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 3:14 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I have been trying to find out if the /etc/aliases file > can accept wildcards in the user name > > I was hoping that a line like or similiar: > > machine*: myaccount > > would take any name matching machine* and forward onto the myaccount > mai

Re: [CentOS] /etc/aliases file wildcard

2009-10-28 Thread lhecking
Jerry Geis writes: > I have been trying to find out if the /etc/aliases file > can accept wildcards in the user name > > I was hoping that a line like or similiar: > > machine*: myaccount > > would take any name matching machine* and forward onto the myaccount > mailbox. > > man aliases didnt

Re: [CentOS] Seamonkey 2.0 rpms

2009-10-28 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 10/28/2009 12:32 PM, lostson wrote: >Hello >I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab > them from here > >http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ > >I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone would like to rebuild the > src.rpm for 64 I will > gladly host i

[CentOS] Missing package

2009-10-28 Thread Anne Wilson
The big update caused one of the rare re-starts on my mail server, so I saw the startup messages that I had forgotten about. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: [3424]: warning: python-dbus not installed. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]: warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed. Oct 28

[CentOS] Seamonkey 2.0 rpms

2009-10-28 Thread lostson
Hello I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab them from here http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone would like to rebuild the src.rpm for 64 I will gladly host it, thanks. LostSon ___

Re: [CentOS] vnc for non-root

2009-10-28 Thread John Doe
From: ken > At work I've been asked to set up vnc for a remote user (a vendor > sysadmin to install 3d party software we've purchased). Of course I'm a > bit skittish about allowing root access to this. Is there a way to > configure vnc so that root cannot log in through it...? Or do I have to

Re: [CentOS] Repodata for 5.4 updates?

2009-10-28 Thread Karanbir Singh
Hi, On 10/28/2009 03:26 AM, Kevin White wrote: > I haven't paid close enough attention in the past to see if this was > "normal"...for the updates to appear before the repodata. It does make > sense that that would be the case, to allow things to propagate. This is now normal, but it hasent been

Re: [CentOS] Debugging system load - How to start?

2009-10-28 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
Hi, On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:35 PM, Gšötz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote: > we run an "old" mailserver system which was set up a couple of years > ago. The systme dose "everything" what we need(ed). Over the last days I > noticed an unnormal increase of the system load up to 10 and lots of > us

[CentOS] vnc for non-root

2009-10-28 Thread ken
At work I've been asked to set up vnc for a remote user (a vendor sysadmin to install 3d party software we've purchased). Of course I'm a bit skittish about allowing root access to this. Is there a way to configure vnc so that root cannot log in through it...? Or do I have to use some other util

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:How to make crontab job permanent even after server reboot?

2009-10-28 Thread ken
On 10/28/2009 01:33 AM John R Pierce wrote: > hadi motamedi wrote: >> Thank you very much for your reply . Can you please do me favor and >> let me know where I have to check for the scripts that may wipe out >> these files on reboot ? How can I check if /var/spool on transient >> storage ? >>

[CentOS] CentOS DS ACIs.

2009-10-28 Thread Camron W. Fox
Alle, Does anyone know a good HOWTO on translating OpenLDAP ACLs to CentOS Directory Server ACIs? Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu Management Services of America, Inc. E-mail: cw...@us.fujitsu.com __

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Thanks Ivan; I am done with my desired changes :) Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Ivan Varbanov < burnbrain.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try with visudo > > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM, vijay shanker wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am pla

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
yes got it This file MUST be edited with the 'visudo' command as root. above line is in comments of sudoers file. :) Thanks larry Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:38 PM, Larry Ivan Brower wrote: > You should be using visudo for editing the file > >

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread Ivan Varbanov
Try with visudo On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:59 AM, vijay shanker wrote: > Hi all, > > I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. > > when i open this wiht vim command and change some thing it said "this file > is read only" > > Is this okay to change the status of sudoers files. or any implicati

Re: [CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Hi all; One thing more does there any tool in GNOME which can be used to edit sudoers file. :) Thanks.. Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884 On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 1:29 PM, vijay shanker wrote: > Hi all, > > I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. > > when i open this wiht

[CentOS] sudoers file

2009-10-28 Thread vijay shanker
Hi all, I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. when i open this wiht vim command and change some thing it said "this file is read only" Is this okay to change the status of sudoers files. or any implication? please point Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884