Re: [CentOS] Centos 6 Update?

On 04/07/2011 08:41 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Please try to maintain some semblance of professionalism when you post > to this list. This coming from someone who frequently tells people to "SHUT UP" and go away and use something else. I guess that's far more professional than others trying to

Re: [CentOS] Duplicate Mails

On 03/21/2011 05:57 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Apologies if this caused any inconveniences. No apology necessary from you. Much appreciated for fixing it quickly, Ralph. If anyone is using Thunderbird, there's a handy add-on called Remove Duplicate Messages on Mozilla's add-on site.

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On 01/25/2011 03:49 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: > So what happens when one does the monthly tuesday patches for windoze > and your security door controller running on SQLserver (micro$oft) > fails. Back out all the patches - inform micro$oft - wait - wait some > more - never get a response - call the se

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On 01/25/2011 03:04 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > I need to call you on this one. "Windozie" (implying some kind of > decent user interface) and "stability" are not mutually exclusive, as > your comment suggests. In the old days you may have had to choose, > but that's long past. Windows 7 is very

Re: [CentOS] How to unpack rar file?

On 01/13/2011 05:20 PM, ken wrote: > I think I did this once a long time ago, but don't recall clearly > > How do I unpack a .rar file? yum install unrar (From RPMForge) unrar -e file.rar Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:

Re: [CentOS] RAID help

On 12/14/2010 05:21 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Sorry, but I don't think you can install with that. 10 years ago, think it > was, I was giving /, /usr and /var 4G. For most of the time since then, I > went to 20G for /usr, then 40G. And I gave /opt 20G. Giving 1G for /var is > *asking* for troub

Re: [CentOS] SELinux - way of the future or good idea but !!!

On 12/08/2010 10:39 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Don't run software you don't trust. Keep the software you run up to > date. Don't open files you don't trust. Agree here. We have very few issues at my company, because we stress the issue of thinking before you click, especially when it comes to de

Re: [CentOS] SELinux - way of the future or good idea but !!!

On 11/29/2010 05:09 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: > Hurrah! That's it! Just move the problem elsewhere. Oh, you snipped out > a bit too much. Write access is not just the problem. Being able to > upload and execute is also a problem. Can you say 'bot'? What we've done at my place of employment for

Re: [CentOS] good shell script examples?

On 11/15/2010 01:47 PM, Kill Script wrote: > I am looking for a beginner guide to shell scripting simple tasks on > CentOS (e.g. ssh'ing into a server / router / switch, checking for > certain things, then exiting and going to the next IP). > > Does anyone have any suggestions on where to look? (I

Re: [CentOS] RM Help

On 10/26/2010 05:23 PM, Matt wrote: > Is there a way to tell rm -f to only remove a file if its owned by say mail? Not sure you can directly use rm for that, but you could find the uid of the user in /etc/passwd, then run find and -exec on it with rm. To view them: cat /etc/passwd | grep "USER"

Re: [CentOS] ls this bandwidth package availblale in Centos

On 09/30/2010 11:32 AM, adrian kok wrote: > Hi > > ls the if top package availblale in Centos? > > http://www.ex-parrot.com/~pdw/iftop/ Yes, it's available in the third-party RPMForge repo. http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge Regards, Max

Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5

Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > I heard somewhare that *all* Lexmark printers are well supported under linux Correct. Even the cheapest Lexmark inkjets, like the $99 ones, have drivers and support available directly off Lexmark's website for Debian and Red Hat drivers. Lexmark support is typic

Re: [CentOS] Need tip on an inexpensive printer for college student using CentOS 5.5

Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:50:32 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > Almost any *new* *inket* printer is going to be a hassle to get working > under CentOS. HPs are actually the worst -- HP has some anal business > of hardwiring in model numbers in the driver (or some such no

Re: [CentOS] Latest BackupPC release in CentOS testing repo

Les Mikesell wrote: > To complicate this question a bit more - there is also a 3.1.0 version > in the epel repository and not much point of having a separate one in > centos-testing (or extras) with the danger of conflicts or different > configurations. Yeah, I saw it was there as well. Max

[CentOS] Latest BackupPC release in CentOS testing repo

BackupPC released 3.2.0 as a stable version a few weeks ago. The most current release is 3.1.0 in the testing repository. Are there any plans that this will be updated to 3.2.0 in the repo some time down the road? Also, will the BackupPC package be moved out of testing and into extras ever? Or

Re: [CentOS] is it safe to resize root, on an LVM system, online?

Rudi Ahlers wrote: > It's a console-only server, i.e. no X installed. So I'll have to setup > a test server to see if I can do it without breaking abything > There should be no issues doing it live. # lvextend -L+1G /dev/myvg/myvol # resize2fs /dev/myvg/myvol Regards, Max _

Re: [CentOS] Calendar server software suggestions

m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > On a related note, since you're a horde user: my ISP that I have my domain > hosted on offers roundcube, squirrelmail, and horde. What I don't like > about squirrelmail is that it does *not* do the right thing on a reply: I > have to manually put in who wrote the email I'

Re: [CentOS] Calendar server software suggestions

sync wrote: > Hello,guys: > > I've seen several suggestions for alternatives to exchange for mail, > which I will be trying. > > My question is, does anyone know of any good open source shared calendar > systems? eGroupware and Horde are popular. I use Horde Webmail Edition which includes e-mai

Re: [CentOS] Configure Webcam in centos 5.4

Krishna Chandra Prajapati wrote: > Hi list, > > I looking for a solution about how to configure webcam in centos 5.4 > What are the webcam packages available in centos. The Logitech QuickCam Pro just plugs and plays too. Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailin

Re: [CentOS] Recommended PCIe SATA/SAS Controller?

John R Pierce wrote: > do those have SFF x4 SAS connectors? when I just looked at > Supermicro's 2U chassis, thats what most of them used for their drive > backplanes. the typical 2U today takes 12 3.5" drives or 24 2.5". > dealing with that many discrete SATA cables would be a mess. I do

Re: [CentOS] Recommended PCIe SATA/SAS Controller?

Tim Nelson wrote: > Greetings all- > > I need to purchase a PCIe SATA or SAS controller(non-raid) for a Supermicro > 2U system. It should be directly bootable. Any recommendations? The system > will be running CentOS 5.4 as an LTSP system. Thanks! Look at the Promise non-raid cards. I just boug

Re: [CentOS] [OT?] recommendation for simple wiki S/W to run on centos 5.4?

Robert P. J. Day wrote: > any testimonials for some simple wiki software to run on centos 5.4 > on an intranet? all i'm after is something uncomplicated that > (ideally) yum installs, and that others can start using to start > sharing useful info, nothing more. thoughts? You can do comparisons

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?

a arias wrote: > Over the last year I have worked with Xen, KVM, VMware ESX and Sun > VirtualBox. VirtualBox is my recommendation, hands down. I think this is too vague of a opinion on virtualization use. I think it depends on what you're doing with it. VirtualBox is a nice piece of software fo

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?

Bobby wrote: > Interesting. Would you mind sharing what files that is as I've never > encountered it but would like to know more if/when I do? What version (of VB) > are you using? I'm running the latest version: 3.1.2 build 56127. I had to perform these steps to get USB to work on a Linux or

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?

Bobby wrote: > Odd, for some time I have had USB support with Sun's Virtualbox. It was a > problem at some point but works fine here (Using Fedora 11). I'm pretty sure > I > watched a USB CAM on XP (as a VM client) a while ago. Well, it's supported and works, however, you have to remount usbfs

Re: [CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?

Jake Shipton wrote: > Hi, Personally, I'd recommend VMware Workstation. Always been good for > me, however lately I have been trying out Virtualbox (PUEL) :-). They > have an Open Source Edition also (Virtualbox), only it lacks USB > Support. If you go on there website, you can see the 3 missing f

Re: [CentOS] knockd rpm for CentOS-5.4

James B. Byrne wrote: > Is there a recommended knockd package for CentOS-5.4 or do I just > pull from the project's web site? I think RPMForge has this packaged if you're into installing a third-party repo. Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@

Re: [CentOS] monitoring a workstation

MOKRANI Rachid wrote: > Any ideas about a good and simple free tool ? Have a look at Munin. http://munin.projects.linpro.no/ You can install it from the RPMForge repo. # yum install munin Regards, Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:/

Re: [CentOS] mysql Workbench

JohnS wrote: > You can get directly from mysql.com for EL5. I don't believe you can. The only RPM they have is for fedora 11, that I can see. Max ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Les Mikesell wrote: > Backuppc will at least send you an email when the backups have failed > for 3 days in a row. Yeah, I have this configured. Although, to be honest since I've set it up, I've not had any failures yet, so I'll have to wait until I do, ha. Max

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Brian Mathis wrote: > To put it into perspective, ask the manager how much it would cost the > business if this data was unrecoverable? After that, if they still > don't want to spend a few hundred $$s on the insurance, get it in > writing that your manager understands the risk and print it out a

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Sound very interesting indeed! > > I don't think the performance will be a problem, the server's a calculation > machine that has now been scrapped running a dual-x...@2,something GHz and > some 4GB RAM IIRC. Do you think the software-raid5 array used, would be a > problem i

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Somewhat similar, thanks. I think however I need to get away from this sort > of backups. They're just to space-consuming. Check out the user submitted HowTos on the Wiki. http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos#head-bab8e87dc82e722540e2d39de8408750004a8c4a Regards, Max __

Re: [CentOS] Backup server

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Hi all, > > I've built a new backup server for our linux-clients. > > Is Amanda the way to go for a backup-solution? > > It seems to be pretty powerful, if a bit finickety to set up initially. > > The way we currently do backups is to use rsync from the clients to two > fol

Re: [CentOS] Vmware server 1.x

Les Mikesell wrote: > If you mean vmware 1.x, I have a few of them - or did, the Centos > servers may all be updated to 5.4 now.. Starting over, I'd probably run > ESXi on the hardware and Centos as one or more of the guests, though. Agreed. That's exactly what I started to do too. You get a lo

Re: [CentOS] Rhythmbox won't play mp3 files

Kevin Kempter wrote: > Hi all; > > I'm actually running RHEL 5.4 > > I installed the rpmforge centos repo (and disabled it). Then I installed the > following: Before you get your system all hosed using ANY third-party repos, I suggest you read these two pages first. This explains the prioriti

Re: [CentOS] Rhythmbox won't play mp3 files

lostson wrote: > For one stop using rpmforge this repo does nothing but trash a system. > Use the rpmfusion repo then do a I can't say that I've ever had a single system every trashed by using RPMForge. This is why the yum-priorities package exists for any repo you want to use, so you don't

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

Boris Epstein wrote: > Roughly how much space does the appliance provide? And how much did it cost? This one was only configured with 2TB. It and the drives were like 4 grand or something. Of course IBM stuff is expensive, and you can get all sorts of size configurations. I'm currently startin

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> recommendations as far as hardware? > > Giving we have no clue what it is used for no:) Seriously, > it makes all the difference what this is backing, vm's exported > over nfs/iSCSI, samba, etc... Very good point there. If you're looking for something like an all-in-on

Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?

Boris Epstein wrote: > This is not directly related to CentOS but still: we are trying to set > up some storage servers to run under Linux - most likely CentOS. The > storage volume would be in the range specified: 8-15 TB. Any > recommendations as far as hardware? Why not just get a SAN appli

Re: [CentOS] Signing In Other than Root

Susan Day wrote: > Hi; > How do I make it so that it's impossible to SSH into the server directly > as root? That is, make it necessary to SSH in as an ordinary user and > then su to root? > TIA, > Suzie # vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config Uncomment the following line: #PermitRootLogin yes PermitRootLo

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

Lars Hecking wrote: > I've tested it and it works! Presumably, it might have worked in some of > my previous attempts, but I only now figured out that I need to manually > attach the device via device menu or USB icon. Not exactly plug and play, > but workable. > > The mount command itself is

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

Lars Hecking wrote: > This is the bit that won't work. The mount options seem to have no effect: > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 001 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 002 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 003 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 004 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root roo

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

Jim Perrin wrote: >> I would imaging it's rather similar to this -> >> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20097 > > > Gah, lowsy spel chekc not pikcing up waht I mean. s/imaging/imagine/ > Ridiculous, I know...a computer should know what you're thinking and how to spell it. :)

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

Lars Hecking wrote: > I recently doownloaded and installed the latest RHEL5 rpm from the VirtualBox > web site. While it generally works very well, I have been unable to get USB > access to work on the guest. > > This seems to be a very common problem. Many references to it turn up in a > web

Re: [CentOS] VMware Server 2.0.1 On CentOS 5

Les Mikesell wrote: > No, I have it on an x86 box and had to use the workaround here: > http://communities.vmware.com/message/1364852 > /lib/libc-2.5.so is actually still available after the upgrade so you > don't have to copy it from another system - it just isn't the target of > the libc.so.6

Re: [CentOS] VMware Server 2.0.1 On CentOS 5

Les Mikesell wrote: > That's actually pretty strange because the glibc update in 5.4 will break > VMware > Server 2.0.1. Have you rebooted or restarted vmware since the update? if > you > haven't, don't until you look up the fix... Yeah, I've rebooted my instances. My one instance is my lap

Re: [CentOS] VMware Server 2.0.1 On CentOS 5

Brian Mathis wrote: > I am running VMware Server 2.0.1 on CentOS 5.2 and 5.3 with no > problems. Search this mailing list for info on 5.4, as I think there > was a small issue that needed to be worked around. I believe this was the issue: http://communities.vmware.com/thread/229957 Regards, Ma

Re: [CentOS] VMware Server 2.0.1 On CentOS 5

gene.po...@macys.com wrote: > It's my understanding that CentOS is a carbon copy of Red Hat - with the > exception of the art work. Assuming that this is true, the support > matrix for VMware Server 2.0.1 states Red Hat 5.1. I cannot seem to > locate a CentOS 5.1 x86-64 copy. I can get a copy

Re: [CentOS] OT: pager pay

Alan McKay wrote: > Anyone else want to share theirs? I don't get on call, but my company pays my text messaging plan on my cell phone each month, since it's used as my pager. It's about $10 a month. Our policy for call outs are as follows: If I have to come into the office, I get a minimum ca

Re: [CentOS] problem installing centos 5.3 on IBM x3200 m2

Janez Kosmrlj wrote: > Hi, > I am trying to install centos 5.3 on ibm x3200 m2 server. The problem > appears when the installer is about to finish the installation. It > detects the RAID correctly, but it doesn't finish formatting the root > partition. I tried the default partition layout and al

Re: [CentOS] Build a Firewall (Can I learn to do this...)

ML wrote: > I used to work with PIX 525's so I have knowledge, I just dont quite > know how to do this with CentOS and such. > > Can anyone offer advice? Nothing against CentOS, but if this is going to be a dedicated firewall, have you thought of using an appliance type OS/application? I've

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

Florin Andrei wrote: > Well, it's the group bias. > > I keep an eye on a Kawasaki forum, and they have a knack for doing a lot > of Suzuki bashing. I'm, like, "WTF, they're all awesome sportbikes!" :-) > > Same here. In the end, Linux is the same, just different flavors for > different tastes.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

Florin Andrei wrote: > I'm a big CentOS fan, I joined even the Facebook group (lol), but its > place is on the server or, perhaps, on a workstation for a power user > (or for things like running scientific apps on the desktop). If you're a > PhD running quantum theory equations with Mathematica

Re: [CentOS] Alternative to logwatch

Developer wrote: > Hello, > I am searching an alternative to logwatch. > After too much time spent trying to configure it. > I have apache log's in different files and directories, for some reason > I can not put logwatch to work. > > Anyone know and alternative? > Check out swatch from the RPMF

Re: [CentOS] yum update

madunix wrote: > Can any one clarify this, is auto updating at all production servers > recommended or not? > need to know your opinion, how do you manage the update? I guess that depends on your situation. For me, if it's a package that I know isn't going to mess with users being logged on, or s

Re: [CentOS] Dangerous Software Raid instructions on Wiki

Max Hetrick wrote: > Someone added a very bright disclaimer, so all should be good in the > future. I do agree with others that using /dev/sdX would probably be > wise as well in documentation, but that doesn't fix the true root of the > problem. People really should watch cu

Re: [CentOS] Dangerous Software Raid instructions on Wiki

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > 1) The Title of the article says "How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5" > 2) My successor is a real HK bred and born person so his command of the > English language is like most such persons; that is to say, very poor. > 3) Regarding not letting him within

Re: [CentOS] Dangerous Software Raid instructions on Wiki

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SoftwareRAIDonCentOS5 > > has: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=64 > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=64 > > Will the joker who put in this particular gem without any warnings or a > clear explanation for tho

Re: [CentOS] Dangerous Software Raid instructions on Wiki

Brian Mathis wrote: > This thread seriously highlights the sort of attitudes that are > causing major issues in IT in general, and have been for years. > Whenever someone makes a mistake, we point fingers and call them > stupid. We haughtily proclaim that only people who "know what they > are do

Re: [CentOS] Dangerous Software Raid instructions on Wiki

Ray Van Dolson wrote: > Dumb people will find ways to be dumb no matter how much you dumb > things down... :) You can't teach or bottle common sense... ;) Even with no warnings on the document, the first sentence states this is for install time. Anyone that has ever installed an OS should know

Re: [CentOS] Dangerous Software Raid instructions on Wiki

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/SoftwareRAIDonCentOS5 > > has: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=64 > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=512 count=64 > > Will the joker who put in this particular gem without any warnings or a > clear explanation for tho

Re: [CentOS] vpn

chloe K wrote: > Where remote and local address and subnet I can put for vpn > configuration in linux box? A little more information would probably be best before anyone can help you. Do you already have a VPN server/device running that you're trying to connect to? For instance, are you connec

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Project Infrastructure

Marko Vojinovic wrote: > Why don't you go with the SL or even pay RH, if you are that concerned about > hacking attempts? It seems clear that CentOS is not a good distro for you if > you are not satisfied with its update schedule. I believe it is better to > make > a different choice of distro

Re: [CentOS] Python 2.4 64-bit problem w/CentOS5.3?

Curt Mills wrote: > I'm getting this on two XF_64 systems by running "yum update" today. > Perhaps Python 2.4 is missing some lib64 libraries? I'm getting this error on 32 bit systems as well. yum clean all Then run your updates again, and it worked fine after that. Regards, Max ___

Re: [CentOS] Keep lossing wireless - ipw3945

Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ooops, Well that one slipped past me. Later tonight I will head over to > the wired cafe here (they have a whooping 8 wired drops there!), and > switch drivers. I had some issues similar to that before I switched. Once I switched the drivers, all was well, with one

Re: [CentOS] Removing old kernels

Frank M. Ramaekers wrote: > I have the following kernels on my /boot: > > 2.6.18-128.1.6 > 2.6.18-92.1.18 > 2.6.18-92.1.22 > > I'm low on /boot space and need to remove the oldest version. It > appears that I cannot use yum to remove since all of the versions are > the same (only the release is

Re: [CentOS] Calendar server

Scott Silva wrote: > As for IMAP access, Horde is fine. It will also work with other backends like > Kolab if you so choose. I also didn't want to use Zimbra because I run my own > spam and virus scanning, and I didn't want to "downgrade" to what Zimbra > thinks works. And Horde has been around fo

Re: [CentOS] Calendar server

Scott Silva wrote: > Most of my users seem OK with it. I was running it side by side with roundcube > as a test, and most users seem to like the extra bits. Besides, horde keeps > compatibility with less than brand new PHP versions, but Roundcube insists you > have the newest PHP installed everyti

Re: [CentOS] Calendar server

Scott Silva wrote: > I actually used the tarball from the horde site. If you untar it under your > webroot, it is pretty easy. I have it authing through imp, which auths through > IMAP from my local users. It was a lot easier then the rpm's in the extra, but > you can't beat the ease of just "yum

Re: [CentOS] Calendar server

Scott Silva wrote: > Do you think you might want webmail also? If so, the Horde apps from the > extras repo will do it for you. Hi, Scott, I've been "evaluating" Zimbra for a bit now, as it seemed that configuration and set up of Horde was kind of complicating. I wasn't aware that it was in th

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 4 update backlog

Vandaman wrote: > I'm sure there are plenty of people who run CentOS in > production and going without security updates for a month > is not ideal. Many would offer to help were any offers > for help made. Then I would suggest for those that they purchase RHEL with support. CentOS is a free co

Re: [CentOS] Email/GroupWare Suite

Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > I develop on OpenGroupware, not SOGo, but both use SOPE's LDAP > library/bindings. If the DSA supports LDAPv3 binds you shouldn't have > any problems using it. > > I'd recommend OpenLDAP any day, as it is far-and-away the faster and > more feature-reach DSA. But I v

Re: [CentOS] Email/GroupWare Suite

René Standfest wrote: > We have running at the moment eGroupWare, but we plan to migrate to SOGo > (http://sogo.opengroupware.org) in the next two months (we had some annoying > problems with eGW in the past). It has a really cool Webfrontend (looks like > Thunderbird with Lightning) and has a rea

Re: [CentOS] Email/GroupWare Suite

René Standfest wrote: > We have running at the moment eGroupWare, but we plan to migrate to SOGo > (http://sogo.opengroupware.org) in the next two months (we had some annoying > problems with eGW in the past). It has a really cool Webfrontend (looks like > Thunderbird with Lightning) and has a rea

Re: [CentOS] Email/GroupWare Suite

Rainer Duffner wrote: > For Zimbra, yes. > But honestly: how on earth would they be able to guarantee that it's > working correctly in any other meaningful way? > Would you like to do support for your product that relies on a dozen > or more external other products (that aren't maintained in m

Re: [CentOS] Email/GroupWare Suite

Bo Lynch wrote: > Just wanted to get some thoughts from the list. > > We are a public k-12 school and are looking to migrate to a groupware > style system for out staff to collaborate better. Currently we are using > Squirrelmail/postfix for email. Does anyone have any > recommendations/opinio

Re: [CentOS] BackupPC newbie: a couple more questions

Timothy Murphy wrote: > Just shows how opinions can differ. > I found the documentation very bad, > at least for one with my needs - > a home network on a few computers > looking for a simple backup system. > > I should say that BackupPC _is_ a simple backup system > once it is installed and conf

Re: [CentOS] masquerade from - postfix

David Hláčik wrote: > As example mail from r...@sx1.labs.polarion.com should be masqueraded > to mail from r...@polarion.com and etc. > This is very easy fix in sendmail, but how to do this in postfix - and > not to break virtual domains configuration. I believe in your /etc/postfix/main.cf file,

Re: [CentOS] suspend/resume system crash

Sergej Kandyla wrote: > I've installed CentOS 5.2 i386 (with all updates) on notebook Fujutsu > Siemens Esprimo U9200 > Suspending works normal, but after resuming my system crashes. > There are no messages about that in /var/log/messages, only after > reboot system I see in gnome: I have a T

Re: [CentOS] Problem after power failure: no more sound in Flash

Niki Kovacs wrote: > Actually, I can play Flash videos alright. Only they have no sound. > Other apps like mplayer or xmms do have sound. Which leaves me clueless. I was just thinking maybe there was something wrong with flash plugin file since the power was killed, which is why I mentioned tha

Re: [CentOS] Problem after power failure: no more sound in Flash

Niki Kovacs wrote: > I recently had a power failure, and since that, apparently the only > problem I have is: flash videos in Firefox have no more sound. I tried > to reinstall both firefox and flash-plugin, but to no avail. Is it installed in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ ? # ll /usr/lib/mozilla/

Re: [CentOS] Terminal emulation scripting

Frank M. Ramaekers wrote: I need to write a script that will contact a remote system using TELNET with VT52/1xx/2xx/320 and perform some operations. I am familiar with TELNET but it appears that it won't work for my purposes. Check out expect. I had to do this with some data radios as of late,

Re: [CentOS] iptables local forwarding

Christopher Chan wrote: YMMV. I prefer to build one via iptables, save it, then copy the file across to all other hosts that use the same rules. Your preferred method and mine might be different, but the end result is the same, so what does it really matter? That's rhetorical by the way, be

Re: [CentOS] iptables local forwarding

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: Not recommended. Do 'service iptables save' as Filipe posted. I've never had any issues doing so. I know Johnny has recommended that several times on the list as well. If he says it works, then I would say it can't hurt. ;) Regards, Max __

Re: [CentOS] iptables local forwarding

Tom Brown wrote: I am trying to forward port 80 to 8080 locally using iptables with the following /sbin/iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 8080 However this does not get put into the iptables configuration even after running iptables-save Have i missed

Re: [CentOS] snmp question v3

adrian kok wrote: Do you know whether snmpwalk can work in v3? if not, how can I get the snmp v3 info Yes. # snmpwalk --help Look at the following switches then. -a PROTOCOL -l LEVEL -u USER -x PROTOCOL -X PASSPHRASE Regards, Max ___ CentOS ma

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

Karanbir Singh wrote: One thing that we are often blamed for is trying to stifle conversations and to discourage people from commenting / contributing / encouraging conversations. And that cant be further from the truth, really. We are all pro-community ( and when I say we, I mean everyone - in

Re: [CentOS] Ideas for stopping ssh brute force attacks

Bo Lynch wrote: just wanted to get some feedback from the community. Over the last few days I have noticed my web server and email box have attempted to ssh'd to using weird names like admin,appuser,nobody,etc None of these are valid users. I know that I can block sshd all together with iptab

Re: [CentOS] Howto: Java Plugin for Firefox 3.0.1?

James B. Byrne wrote: Can anyone here give me the magic decoder ring recipe for getting jre "plugged" into Firefox 3.0.1? The plugins directory is gone and the Firefox FAQ regarding this issue cryptically mentions that plugin support has been dropped. It then points one to a early adopter SUN jr

Re: [CentOS] SERIOUSLY OT STREAM EDITING IMAGES

Chris Geldenhuis wrote: I have been Googling my head off but cannot find a method to stream edit all the images in a directory and to resize them. I have a large number of images of up to 3GB in size that I want to put in albums on a website, but before I do this I need to resize them to a mor

Re: [CentOS] kernel-smp for CentOS 5

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Marcinek wrote: | I recently installed CentOS 5 and was trying to locate the kernel-smp packages but without success. Have these packages been removed from the distro or renamed? Does anyone know how many processors the default kernel will hand

Re: [CentOS] nagios-nrpe-2.8.1

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kaushal Shriyan wrote: | I am actually looking for nagios-nrpe-2.8.1 version for CentOS release 5 | (Final) rpm. I have looked in rpmforge. Not able to find it That's because the most current version that is spun up on rpmforge is: nagios-nrpe-2.5

Re: [CentOS] New to Centos, and linux in general

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael wrote: > Or are there other boot options? Have you tried to check the media? At boot: linux mediacheck Check each CD as it prompts you to replace them. If that fails try it with DMA turned off. linux mediacheck ide=nodma If everything p

Re: [CentOS] OT - host/asset tracking

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Les Mikesell wrote: > > The current version is considerably nicer, and there is a new tool to > remotely deploy the agents. I think it has to run under windows but it > will deploy both the windows and linux agents using windows management > protoco

Re: [CentOS] OT - host/asset tracking

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Les Mikesell wrote: > > I'm just starting to roll out the agent to a large number of machines. > It reports a level of detail that would be difficult or impossible to > maintain by hand, including things like the number of memory slots and > their co

Re: [CentOS] OT - host/asset tracking

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Les Mikesell wrote: > > Someone else mentioned ocsinventory-ng > (http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/), but to complete the picture, > ocsinventory-ng includes agents for windows and linux that will > automatically send each machine's hardware and softwa

Re: [CentOS] OT - host/asset tracking

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Belanger wrote: > Can anyone recommend something for tracking assets > particularly computer. I'm looking to capture: > hostname > OS/arch > Hardware info(cpu, mem, etc) > Function(i.e. what is the machine used for) I use GLPI:

Re: [CentOS] Help, PHP/Mysql connections are so slow.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ralph Angenendt wrote: > 5.0.45 AFAICS. That would answer the upgrade to at least 5.0.30 part. :) Thanks, Ralph. Regards, Max - -- # find . "*imbecile" -exec sed -ie "s/stupidity/commonsense/g" '{}' \; -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: [CentOS] Help, PHP/Mysql connections are so slow.

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pro Green European wrote: > Thank you for all your time and replies :) > > I solved the problem by switching to RHEL 5.2 x86_64 on the same server. Now > PHP/Mysql is working properly. > > Strange thing though, every setting is identical to that of

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