Re: [CentOS] Off Topic bash question

2020-07-23 Thread Ron Loftin
riend" that some people seem to be forgetting these days. Just my $0.02 (US) worth. > Jerry > _______ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root

Re: [CentOS] HP vs. Brother Printers: Use with Centos/Fedora

2020-06-27 Thread Ron Loftin
e years - > > no issues.  As has been said below, you do have to download and > > install > > the driver but the process hasn't been problematic.  Having said > > that, I haven't pushed the limit on it's capabilities, just done > > rather > > plain printing.

Re: [CentOS] HP vs. Brother Printers: Use with Centos/Fedora

2020-06-27 Thread Ron Loftin
rivers are usually included in the distribution by default, and you have to download and install the Brother drivers.  I'm sitting next to a Brother MFC L- 2750DW that is a year or so old, and it does everything I need it to. As always, YMMV. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.r

Re: [CentOS] How to dump/restore a CentOS 7 system

2019-09-25 Thread Ron Loftin
ng trouble to > > handle installing bootloader and creating initramfs for C7 system. > > Does anyone know a good document source that details those > > procedure? > > Thank you, > > > > Xinhuan Zheng > > __________

Re: [CentOS] persistent generic device for tape changer

2019-02-07 Thread Ron Loftin
y > > Internet XS Service GmbH > Heßbrühlstraße 15 > 70565 Stuttgart > > Geschäftsführung > Helmut Drodofsky > HRB 21091 Stuttgart > USt.ID: DE190582774 > Fon: 0711 781941 0 > Fax: 0711 781941 79 > Mail: i...@internet-xs.de > www.internet-xs.de > Am 07.02.2

Re: [CentOS] persistent generic device for tape changer

2019-02-07 Thread Ron Loftin
k to the /dev/sg device that will be consistent every time the system is booted. > > -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] named Update Problem

2015-09-08 Thread Ron Loftin
nd works with no issues after an upgrade. On Tue, 2015-09-08 at 15:40 +0200, Günther J. Niederwimmer wrote: > Hello, > > Am Montag, 7. September 2015, 09:10:03 schrieb Ron Loftin: > > Try reconfiguring your setup so that the DNSSEC files live > > in /var/named/data instead of /

Re: [CentOS] named Update Problem

2015-09-07 Thread Ron Loftin
to write his secure files. > > Is there a way to fix this > > Thanks, -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Recommended way of handling iptables firewall in CentOS?

2014-10-13 Thread Ron Loftin
tos/blob/master/6.x/firewall/firewall-lan.sh > > Cheers, > > Niki Of course, if you are interested in something that will help you to organize your rules, there is always Shorewall ( Shoreline Firewall ) which I have used for years and found very effective and time-saving. &g

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-03 Thread Ron Loftin
; /media. > >> The latter dirs are common to be under control by some "processes". > >> > > Also try to use /bin/umount instead of just umount. That way you prevent > > a potential alias for "umount" from running instead of the actu

Re: [CentOS] postfix as default MTA

2013-07-09 Thread Ron Loftin
eds. From what I've read over the past several years, it really boils down to personal preference rather than any great difference in functionality. > Devin > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.or

Re: [CentOS] yum configuration

2013-03-29 Thread Ron Loftin
se file > Repo: CS-base > Matched from: > Other : redhat-release > > centos-release-6-3.el6.centos.9.x86_64 : CentOS release file > Repo: installed > Matched from: > Other : Provides-match: redhat-release > > So the installed package is versio

Re: [CentOS] How to re-enable Adobe Flash in Firefox

2013-02-23 Thread Ron Loftin
nd some other browsers ) will look. Create a symlink in that directory as root pointing to your flash plugin and restart Firefox. That's what works for me. > DaveM > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS

Re: [CentOS] DNS search in anaconda

2013-02-15 Thread Ron Loftin
nname}.org" >> /etc/resolv.conf where $sitedomainname is the specific domain name for each site. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] DNS search in anaconda

2013-02-15 Thread Ron Loftin
that it's available to the system for running "post" scripts. > cheers > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@tw

Re: [CentOS] clock sync/drift

2013-01-22 Thread Ron Loftin
or "hwclock" and it will tell all. > > Anyone else dealt with anything similar? > > Thanks! > Matt > ___________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: [CentOS] How to configure sendmail

2012-12-02 Thread Ron Loftin
refinements and tuning done a couple of days later. If you're just starting in the mail server area, it's tough to beat Postfix for ease of configuration. > Cheers, > > Phil... > > ___ > CentO

Re: [CentOS] vi defaults in 6.x

2012-08-17 Thread Ron Loftin
id "crazy" double auto-indent... > > And it turns off syntax highlighting too. > > But I have no auto-comment in either modes... > > That's interesting - I don't think I've ever changed any defaults. > I'm using the text mode version in a gnome-termina

Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off

2012-08-09 Thread Ron Loftin
to what is causing this. > > > > Any assistance is appreciated! Thanks! > > > Since you say "servers" do you have one that you can bring more current then > 5.3 to see if there was a kernel patch or something that fixed this? Between > 5.3 and C

Re: [CentOS] postfix and spam, I am impressed

2012-03-12 Thread Ron Loftin
d options are doing for you ( or TO you ) and tailor your selection(s) to meet YOUR specific needs. In the case of using Postfix to filter mail to reduce the inbound spam to an old, feature-poor mail server, it took some research and some experimenting with different recommendations to achieve the solution that met the needs of a particular user community. Like I said, this is just my $0.02 (US) worth. Enjoy. ;^> -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Intel wireless firmware

2011-10-29 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 23:12 +0100, Ned Slider wrote: > On 29/10/11 23:04, Ned Slider wrote: > > On 29/10/11 18:41, Ron Loftin wrote: > >> > >> This may not be the best place to ask, but Google hasn't given me any > >> useful information. > >> >

Re: [CentOS] Intel wireless firmware

2011-10-29 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sat, 2011-10-29 at 20:17 +0200, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Vreme: 10/29/2011 07:41 PM, Ron Loftin piše: > > > > This may not be the best place to ask, but Google hasn't given me any > > useful information. > > > > I have an "older" laptop tha

[CentOS] Intel wireless firmware

2011-10-29 Thread Ron Loftin
and didn't see them there. Suggestions and pointers are welcome, and thanks in advance. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] DHCPD troubleshooting..? help!

2010-12-31 Thread Ron Loftin
med installed as i use the ISP's dns, may that be the cause? > > Thanks for your advice in advance and happy new year > Try: ddns-update-style none; -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] ntfs

2010-12-05 Thread Ron Loftin
> > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriend

Re: [CentOS] ntfs

2010-12-05 Thread Ron Loftin
package from RPMForge. That relies on DKMS ( which works well enough for me ) and has full read-write capabilities. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin

Re: [CentOS] ssh-agent fails to hold values

2010-11-28 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sun, 2010-11-28 at 17:16 -0500, bluethundr wrote: > That DID it!!! thanks and I agree.. god? root? what's the difference!! :) Actually, there IS a difference. God doesn't have to log in. ;^> > > On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > > >

Re: [CentOS] ssh-agent fails to hold values

2010-11-28 Thread Ron Loftin
values a > bit more persistently? I'm not sure if this will help, but I use the "keychain" package from RPMForge, and it takes most of the pain out of dealing with SSH keys. > > thanks!! > > > -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God

Re: [CentOS] Can't login after installing Centos 5.5

2010-10-03 Thread Ron Loftin
lt of the card as it is the fact that the driver is old and unmaintained. > > Phil > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin

Re: [CentOS] Announce list digest ??

2010-08-22 Thread Ron Loftin
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 21:16 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Am 30.07.10 16:03, schrieb Ron Loftin: > > > > It seems that the past month or so the CentOS Announce list digest has > > no longer been sent out to the general CentOS list ( this list ) > > although the Cent

Re: [CentOS] Announce list digest ??

2010-08-03 Thread Ron Loftin
On Mon, 2010-08-02 at 21:16 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Am 30.07.10 16:03, schrieb Ron Loftin: > > > > It seems that the past month or so the CentOS Announce list digest has > > no longer been sent out to the general CentOS list ( this list ) > > although the Cent

[CentOS] Announce list digest ??

2010-07-30 Thread Ron Loftin
s not seem to be getting caught in any spam filter that I use. Is this broken, or am I missing something here ? -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ Cent

Re: [CentOS] boot process glitch due to missing 2nd disk

2010-07-20 Thread Ron Loftin
> > mark "tease me about my age, and I'll beat you with my cane!" > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...

[CentOS] Announce list digest ??

2010-06-27 Thread Ron Loftin
to notice that it's been missing, but I did like to see the update notifications in digest form here. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mail

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade

2010-06-18 Thread Ron Loftin
_________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] how to install ip6tables?

2010-06-01 Thread Ron Loftin
Regards > Rudi Ahlers > SoftDux > > Website: http://www.SoftDux.com > Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com > Office: 087 805 9573 > Cell: 082 554 7532 > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.

Re: [CentOS] trying to rebuild an old nvidia driver

2010-05-20 Thread Ron Loftin
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 13:44 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 16:34 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> mark wrote: > >> Akemi wrote: > > >> So, at this point, we've

Re: [CentOS] trying to rebuild an old nvidia driver

2010-05-20 Thread Ron Loftin
ot another machine, and we're > probably going to call this one dead. > > Thanks, though, for the el repo link. I've got to remember that one. Yes, the ELrepo does some good work. I'm quite happy with the nvidia drivers since they survive kernel updates with minimal f

Re: [CentOS] RHEL 6 Beta available for public download

2010-05-15 Thread Ron Loftin
What would be the proper way to request such a thing? > > Akemi -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Installing Firestarter

2010-05-11 Thread Ron Loftin
> > > > > > > Regards, > Vijay Shanker Dubey > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin

Re: [CentOS] iptables

2010-04-23 Thread Ron Loftin
essential to managing a firewall configuration, regardless of the tool that is used. My $0.02 (US) worth for today. > > 2010/4/23 cahit Eyigünlü : > > how could i add / remove iptable rules on cet os 5.4 final for tcp / udp > > base on ports > > -- Ron Loftin

Re: [CentOS] ssh-agent

2010-04-06 Thread Ron Loftin
curity environment. My conclusion regarding ssh-agent and the behavior that you find disturbing gets the old programmer's lament: "It's NOT a bug, it's a feature!" and for a change, this statement is correct. I encourage you to take

Re: [CentOS] ssh-agent

2010-04-06 Thread Ron Loftin
l documentation on the use of ssh and ssh-agent. Try this link ( read all three parts of the article ) and re-evaluate your conclusions. http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/l-keyc.html I have been using the keychain utility referenced in this series for several years now, and I'm pre

Re: [CentOS] Intrusion Detection

2010-03-04 Thread Ron Loftin
GUI available, though I don't use it myself. > Thank you, > > Dan Burkland > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: check creation of a group

2010-03-01 Thread Ron Loftin
for the correct syntax here ? > Try this: grep -q medintux /etc/group || groupadd medintux > Thanks, > > Niki > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Lofti

Re: [CentOS] is yum a complete substitute of rpm?

2010-02-13 Thread Ron Loftin
m. If you stay with CentOS and/or RedHat long enough, you will run across this situation now and then. > > Thank you! > > Jim > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cent

Re: [CentOS] APC Smart-ups "status codes" (slightly OT)

2010-01-29 Thread Ron Loftin
ussions for you. > Thanks in advance. > > mark > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr

Re: [CentOS] iptables default configuration

2010-01-19 Thread Ron Loftin
es iptables chains that are much more comprehensible than the other stuff that I've seen. Naturally, this is just my $0.02 (US) worth. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Serial port fun: CentOS 4.8 (32-bit) vs. CentOS 5.4 (64-bit)

2010-01-08 Thread Ron Loftin
rnel arguments related to the 8250 serial driver. Note that this has to be done as arguments to the kernel, in grub, because the 8250 driver is NOT built as a module, but is included in the basic kernel. After some banging around, I wound up with the argument "8250.nr_uar

Re: [CentOS] Firewall for virtual machines

2009-12-11 Thread Ron Loftin
f system resources on an OS that wastes too much already. ;> > Thanks. > > mhr > ___ -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Ron Loftin
into this > before and can help me out. Thanks greatly in advance. > > Respectfully, > > Larry Kemp > Network Engineer > U.S. Metropolitan Telecom, LLC > Bonita Springs FL USA > ___ > CentOS mailing list >

Re: [CentOS] port forwarding using iptables

2009-11-25 Thread Ron Loftin
he requisite commands? For what it's worth, I use the Shoreline firewall package ( www.shorewall.net ) for that purpose. It takes a bit to get used to the syntax and idiosyncrazies of it, but it does just about anything you need/want with an iptables-based firewall. > > Tha

Re: [CentOS] Recommend Mail Server

2009-11-23 Thread Ron Loftin
As always, YMMV. > TIA, > Suzie > _______ -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] New install RAID 1+0

2009-11-19 Thread Ron Loftin
s ( LV ) that are larger than your hard disks. You can also resize LVs/filesystems and do some other useful things. My $0.02 (US) worth. > > Craig > > -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendl

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Ron Loftin
t saying is how obvious it is that he knows VERY little about Linux and/or Unix in any form. The questions he has been posting make it obvious that he is painfully lacking in practical experience in any OS that is subject to discussion on this list. As such, I have resorted to just deleting without an

Re: [CentOS] pan news reader

2009-11-13 Thread Ron Loftin
. > Thanks for your advice. > > Mike. > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, wh

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.4 with Rage

2009-11-09 Thread Ron Loftin
not the video adapter. > I'll see if I can't get it resolved and report back. If your only problem is that you can't get to buttons on the bottom of the screen, try "alt-left-mouse-button" to drag the window around on the screen to see the parts that are hidden. > &g

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

2009-11-01 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 17:38 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > >> If ntfs-3g is working for you, I would expect the ntfs module from > >> kmod-ntfs works, too. > > > > That's what I thought. Howev

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

2009-11-01 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 16:41 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 3:42 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 15:20 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > >> Something is wrong here. You are missing > >> /lib/modules/2.6.18-128.el5/extr

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

2009-11-01 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 15:20 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 14:49 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > >> Could you show us the output returned by: > >> > >> uname -mr > >&

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

2009-11-01 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 14:49 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > >> > I have here a box which I dual-boot between CentOS 5.4 and an older > >> > version of that "other OS" that I'm using to check out t

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

2009-10-31 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sat, 2009-10-31 at 23:39 -0400, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > On Saturday 31 October 2009 20:12, Ron Loftin wrote: > > > I have here a box which I dual-boot between CentOS 5.4 and an older > > version of that "other OS" that I'm using to check out the ELrepo

[CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

2009-10-31 Thread Ron Loftin
here, so if anyone can shine some light on this, it would be welcome. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] mismatch_cnt after 5.3 -> 5.4 upgrade

2009-10-25 Thread Ron Loftin
removing sdb1 from the mirror and reattaching it for > resync would be sufficient, however I was looking for comments on this > from anyone with experience or opinion on the matter. Googling the > issue doesn't seem to turn up any recent related results. >

[CentOS] Coincidence ? Well.... maybe

2009-10-22 Thread Ron Loftin
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/win7_launch/ After you read the article, check out the comment about the timing of the CentOS 5.4 release and draw your own conclusions. ;> -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?"

Re: [CentOS] 5.4 docs

2009-10-22 Thread Ron Loftin
On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 00:33 -0500, Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:33 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: > > > > First off, I'm glad that 5.4 is now available, and a big "Thank you" to > > the development team for all of their hard work. > > > >

[CentOS] 5.4 docs

2009-10-21 Thread Ron Loftin
ot;, everything after the first page of Chapter 1 gives a 404 error. I've tried to send in a report with the contact form on the Web site, but so far this situation has not changed. Hopefully somebody on the team can look into this after a bit of rest and recuperation from their efforts

Re: [CentOS] Confusion about scheduling tasks with crontab

2009-10-18 Thread Ron Loftin
nctionality and a lot of flexibility, but you have to dig into them and experiment with them to learn enough to get the full benefits. Since you're just starting in this area, experimenting with non-production tasks and possibly environments is strongly encouraged. > > Brett > _

Re: [CentOS] Update question

2009-10-14 Thread Ron Loftin
On Wed, 2009-10-14 at 19:51 +0100, Benjamin Donnachie wrote: > 2009/10/14 Ron Loftin : > > I have some customer machines that have not been updated for some time, > > and are still on CentOS 5.2. > > Do you *need* to upgrade? If the machines are running anything > crit

[CentOS] Update question

2009-10-14 Thread Ron Loftin
5.2 to 5.4? Comments, pointers, things to look for are all welcome. Thanks muchly. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list Ce

Re: [CentOS] question on 5.4

2009-10-09 Thread Ron Loftin
nes for RHEL 5 work very well, and integrate with the Gnome desktop automagically. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.

Re: [CentOS] Problems getting scanner to work from xsane (from Gnome Menu or GIMP)

2009-10-01 Thread Ron Loftin
canning for it. > Maybe your issue is that the environment variable is not set when the Gnome session starts up, so the Gnome menu item doesn't see it. How are you specifying the SANE_DEFAULT_DEVICE value? > -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.r

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-24 Thread Ron Loftin
On Thu, 2009-09-24 at 09:37 -0700, Florin Andrei wrote: > Ron Loftin wrote: > > > > difficulty. CentOS on the desktop is what I use, therefore I am in a > > good position to answer their questions ( which have been very few, so > > far ) where if I put another distro

Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user

2009-09-24 Thread Ron Loftin
un CentOS on my desktop - I use Ubuntu instead. (actually, as I'm > getting more and more involved with higher-end-ish digital photo and > digital video processing, I find myself booting Vista a lot more often > on my home PC - it's

Re: [CentOS] mount toption: nodev

2009-09-15 Thread Ron Loftin
block device(s) in /dev ( such as /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdc ) and just specifying the directory to use as the mount point ( /tmp/cdrom ), which is perfectly legal with this option. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:Migration from Linux 7.2 to CentOS 5

2009-09-12 Thread Ron Loftin
libc5 is out of luck > > [* due to stricter licensing constraints] > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin re

Re: [CentOS] sendmail routing

2009-09-02 Thread Ron Loftin
les are readable by the average computer-literate humanoid. I suggest that you give it some thought. My $0.02 (US) worth. ;> > > Thanks for your suggestion it has definitely given me something to > think on and possibly work with. > > Regards, Hugh > -- Ron Loftin

Re: [CentOS] protecting multiuser systems from bruteforce ssh attacks

2009-08-20 Thread Ron Loftin
quot;sshusers" ( of course, the name can be whatever you choose ) and put users in that group who need SSH access from outside. As always, YMMV. ;> > > What are some policies/techniques that have worked for this list with > minimal hassle? > > Thanks! > > -Eugene &

Re: [CentOS] ssh-agent autostarting

2009-08-16 Thread Ron Loftin
> CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly __

Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5

2009-08-13 Thread Ron Loftin
ntOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] yum update

2009-08-13 Thread Ron Loftin
st be very unusual for a CentOS > update to break anything. > I agree. However, my experience with CentOS requires me to state that updates modifying config files is rare, but NOT unknown. Precautions such as testing on non-production systems, should be taken, if only to deal with Murphy&

Re: [CentOS] ntp time server

2009-07-21 Thread Ron Loftin
t > > running unless the hardware is going south. > > > > It's not so much that the hardware is currently going south, it's just > Sun being Sun. When a box gets this old, they start charging ungodly > amounts for support costs. > That's what eBay is for.

Re: [CentOS] Custom udev rules to override defaults?

2009-07-14 Thread Ron Loftin
0660" As you will note, these lines change the user and group ownership of the target files, but the permissions via the "MODE" parameter should work the same way. I'm wondering if you might want to try a more selective target for the device in the "KERNEL&

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blockinghacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Ron Loftin
gt; > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com > Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have > a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? > If so, ask me about our geographically redudant database system. > > _______

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blocking hacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Ron Loftin
ulting.com > Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have > a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? > If so, ask me about our geographically redudant database system. > > ___________ > CentOS mailing list > CentO

Re: [CentOS] Dag's comment at linuxtag

2009-07-01 Thread Ron Loftin
.answers.yahoo.com > ___________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFrie

Re: [CentOS] Dag's comment at linuxtag

2009-06-29 Thread Ron Loftin
) FIRST. ;> > > I don't know even why you want to use RPMforge, there must be something > that is missing from EPEL ? > > I am happy to learn what you want to do though, because it is easy to > criticize, but it takes time to do some work. > > (And I hope th

Re: [CentOS] Set hostname via DHCP ?

2009-06-28 Thread Ron Loftin
the line for the host's IP address in /etc/hosts the system will use the hostname from DHCP, but I haven't exercised that stuff in years. > > Cheers, > > Niki Kovacs > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org >

[CentOS] Dependencies in 5,3

2009-04-06 Thread Ron Loftin
that this is unnecessary system bloat. As used to happen on the sun-net-manglers list in years past: Thanks in advance. -- Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly

[CentOS] Printer recommendations

2008-07-22 Thread Ron Loftin
horror stories are welcome. Thanks in advance. -- Ron Loftin [EMAIL PROTECTED] "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos