Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:21 PM, Chris Boyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > idea of humans filling out forms. This is getting WAY off topic, but: ARF is really meant to be a format for ISPs to report abuse to one another. For example, when an AOLer clicks the "Report Spam" button, AOL pastes up an ARF format message and sends it to the entity who controls the IP address from which AOL received the original message. This only works if that entity has registered an email address with AOL's "feedback loop" service. ARF is not intended for use by end users making spam complaints to abuse desks. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
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 idea of humans filling out forms. http://mipassoc.org/arf/index.html Anyone know of a tool that will take an spam message with headers and spit out an ARF formatted message? I've found MIME::ARF but haven't had time to go back and re-learn the tiny bit of Perl I knew to make it more useful. --Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 10 Gb with CentOS
On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 10:31:15AM +0200, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > and while we are at that: please use a decent mail program that can attach > the correct MIME content-encoding header for your special characters. > These are coming out as garbage because your message is us-ascii. > Hi Kai Your email client doesn't understand "plain/text" ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] iSCSI ini and ESX Server
On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Joseph L. Casale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great, I guess I had better read up on how to create targets, I just assumed > it would > be like iet and use text files. What was your mod for the init script? > > jlc > I added the following to my /etc/init.d/tgtd TARG=/etc/iscsi/tgtd.d target_start() { echo -n $"Adding iSCSI targets: " for i in `find ${TARG} -name "target[0-9]*" -type f` ;do source ${i} echo -n "$TGTNAME " ${TGTADM} --op new --mode target --tid=${TID} --targetname=${IQN} ${TGTADM} --op new --mode logicalunit --tid=${TID} --lun=1 --backing-store=${STORAGE} for j in ${NETWORK} ;do ${TGTADM} --op bind --mode target --tid=${TID} --initiator-address=${j} done done echo } target_stop() { echo -n $"Removing iSCSI targets: " for i in `find ${TARG} -name "target[0-9]*" -type f` ;do source ${i} echo -n "$TGTNAME " ${TGTADM} --op delete --mode target --tid=${TID} --targetname=${IQN} done echo } I call target_start() after start() runs and I call target_stop() before stop() runs. Here is the template of the files I am using in the TARG directory: TGTADM=" /usr/sbin/tgtadm --lld iscsi" DATE="2008-02" # Current month and year DOMAIN="com.domain.host" DEV="" # example sdb STORAGE="//" # example /dev/sdb NETWORK="ALL" # Set what networks can access target. Separate network addresses with spaces TID="#" # target id exp. 1 TGTNAME="" # example prod_storage IQN="iqn.${DATE}.${DOMAIN}:${DEV}.${TGTNAME}" Then I name the file target01, target02, etc. When I get the time, I am going to complete an admin script to bring up new targets or take down targets when I need to. It will also check the status of the targets to see who is connected. I can post that once I am done if you are interested. -- Jason Cox ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Les Mikesell wrote on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:58:40 -0500: > No, the updates aren't nicely separated into ones that will break the > services you happen to need and ones that won't. Nice picture. I imagine them sitting around the table and rolling some dice to determine which ones to break this time. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Services take a long time during initialzation (LDAP-authentication)
> On Thu, 2 Oct 2008 12:25:55 -0400 > "FB" == Filipe Brandenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: FB> On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:17, Craig White FB> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> add this to the bottom of /etc/ldap.conf >> >> timelimit 30 bind_timelimit 30 bind_policy soft >> nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap FB> Personally, I use a longer list or users: FB> nss_initgroups_ignoreusers FB> root,ldap,named,avahi,haldaemon,dbus FB> I've collected those in trying to speed up the startup of FB> other daemons. I'm not sure if all of them are still relevant, FB> but in any case I think it's a good idea to configure this for FB> users that you know for sure they are in /etc/passwd and not FB> in LDAP. Thanks to everyone who answered in this thread. This did the trick. (I took the longer variation that Filipe suggested, didn't care to experiment whether I could shorten that list) Bernhard ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Re: OT Mailing List Spam
on 10-2-2008 12:54 PM MHR spake the following: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As it was, the original poster of the thread did not post his email headers, >> so we are just taking his word for it that it came from eircom.net. However, >> emailing their [EMAIL PROTECTED] now gets an auto-response that they will not >> accept reports via email, but you must now fill in a web form to report. >> >> In which case I notified them that I considered that RFC-Ignorant behavior >> and that each and every offending IP would be included in my local DNSBL. >> > > Sounds like they have a serious problem with spam from their users, > they know it, but they don't know how to deal with it (or don't care), > in which case (either way) they deserve to be blacklisted. That kind > of "support" we can do without. > > mhr Some ISP's are so heavy with spammers that if they cut them off, they would not have enough customers left to stay in business. That is their own fault for letting it get out of hand to begin with! -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] [SOLVED] Re: Install CentOS-5.0 on HP-ComPaq DC7700 Dual Core
On Thu, October 2, 2008 13:58, James B. Byrne wrote: > I am attempting to install CentOS-5.0 from CD-ROM onto an HPQ- DC7700 Dual > Core machine. The standard install seems to halt at, or immediately after, > this point in the setup process is displayed on the console: > > {default install option} > ... > CPU1: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU 4300 @ 1.8GHz stepping 02 > ... > ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_sb_.pc10] bus is 0. > At boot: linux acpi=off -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrnemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
MHR wrote > Sounds like they have a serious problem with spam from their users, > they know it, but they don't know how to deal with it (or don't care), > in which case (either way) they deserve to be blacklisted. That kind > of "support" we can do without. 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. 2. As the scam lists a hotmail.fr address as the contact, forward it to abuse at hotmail. hotmail do not like such scams run from their accounts. 3. A look on google showed some guy named Cole running a similar scam from a residential account in Glasgow. Once his ISP is on him and the local police notified, his days are numbered. Bottomline - report the MOFOS. Regards, Vandaman. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Re: Moving folder just vanished??
Stewart Williams wrote: Also that is odd, is when I drag anything to the Trash icon, and open it, there are no files. However when I use a terminal and look in ~/.Trash all deleted files are show. Coincidence? Update: I've Found the problem with this, it's a bug[1] in gnome-vfs. The Trash doesn't work with FUSE file systems. The version I have installed is: gnome-vfs2-2.16.2-4.el5 I cannot find any updates, so I don't know if it's been fixed with this Gnome version. [1] http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=349622 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Griesbach, Lutz wrote: i have a centos (4.?) Box with nightly yum update enabled. Last night, it did an upgrade to 4.7 leading to several problem i.e. not respawning the dhcrelay, which is needed on this box. Can I control the update policy not to upgrade to new releases in the nightly updates? I would like do to nightly updates, but make release upgrades manual (I get a new kernel, so I have to reboot anyway). Is that possible? No, the updates aren't nicely separated into ones that will break the services you happen to need and ones that won't. On the other hand it is pretty rare for a Centos update to break anything, so you might want to investigate the actual problem you had. Want I normally do for critical servers is: yum install yum-downloadonly Then periodically yum -y --downloadonly which can run unattended, be ssh'd to a bunch of machines in a loop, etc. since it won't install anything. Then when you have time to babysit the actual install and reboot if it's a kernel or libc update, do the 'yum -y update' which will go quickly since the packages are already downloaded. Having a similar system to test first is always a good idea, but I can't think of anything in years where a Centos update actually caused a problem that couldn't be fixed quickly if you watched the rpmsave/rpmnew files from the installs. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As it was, the original poster of the thread did not post his email headers, > so we are just taking his word for it that it came from eircom.net. However, > emailing their [EMAIL PROTECTED] now gets an auto-response that they will not > accept reports via email, but you must now fill in a web form to report. > > In which case I notified them that I considered that RFC-Ignorant behavior > and that each and every offending IP would be included in my local DNSBL. > Sounds like they have a serious problem with spam from their users, they know it, but they don't know how to deal with it (or don't care), in which case (either way) they deserve to be blacklisted. That kind of "support" we can do without. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] For newcomers to the mailing list.
MHR wrote: On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:28 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. Don't top post. Bottom post instead. 2. Don't hijack another thread with new unrelated info. Create a new thread for a new topic. 3. Trim your responses. Leave in the attribution lines of any included previous posts, but leave out anything that is not germane to your response, and it is safe to delete prior posters' signatures and that CentOS mailing list tag at the bottom (it will get appended anyway). Signatures and the CentOS list tag are called CLUTTER when left in from a prior post. 4. Turn off html in your mail client. Amen to that, including signatures. 5. Try and do some basic google searches on your problem. We realize that sometimes this is tricky - I have had hit and miss success on some things, direct bulls-eyes on others, but at least give it a shot (or four) BEFORE you post to the list. 6. try reading RFC 1855 ("Netiquette Guidelines"): http://rfc.net/rfc1855.html Quoted from: http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 Annotations liberally added here by: [snip] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
At 03:13 PM 10/2/2008, you wrote: John R Pierce a écrit : except, 99% of spam has forged FROM addresses, Yeah, but at least one sender IP that can't be forged. Run jwhois on that, which usually gives you an [EMAIL PROTECTED] adress, and then simply forward them the spam. Normal providers hate hosting spammers. Unless, of course, it's one of those phantom PC farms constitued of 50.000 infested Windows PC's. As it was, the original poster of the thread did not post his email headers, so we are just taking his word for it that it came from eircom.net. However, emailing their [EMAIL PROTECTED] now gets an auto-response that they will not accept reports via email, but you must now fill in a web form to report. In which case I notified them that I considered that RFC-Ignorant behavior and that each and every offending IP would be included in my local DNSBL. Problem solved! Cheers! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
John R Pierce a écrit : except, 99% of spam has forged FROM addresses, Yeah, but at least one sender IP that can't be forged. Run jwhois on that, which usually gives you an [EMAIL PROTECTED] adress, and then simply forward them the spam. Normal providers hate hosting spammers. Unless, of course, it's one of those phantom PC farms constitued of 50.000 infested Windows PC's. Cheers, Niki Kovacs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Re: Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
on 10-2-2008 4:11 AM Griesbach, Lutz spake the following: > Hy there, > > i have a centos (4.?) Box with nightly yum update enabled. Last night, it > did an upgrade to 4.7 leading to several problem i.e. not respawning the > dhcrelay, which is needed on this box. > > Can I control the update policy not to upgrade to new releases in the nightly > updates? I would like do to nightly updates, but make release upgrades manual > (I get a new kernel, so I have to reboot anyway). > > > Is that possible? > > > Regards, As far as yum and the machine are concerned, an update of one package or 200 is still an update. There are no versions 4.6 or 4.7 in a strict technical sense, they are all CentOS 4. They are just a point in time that the updates are frozen long enough so new install CD's/DVD's can be built. Yum has no way to tell the difference either. You should turn off automatic updates, and do them all manually, and maybe join the announce list to be notified of new updates. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Keeping a complete CentOS mirror
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Chris Miller wrote on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:56:43 -0700: Is there a way I can keep a complete mirror of old/new releases of CentOS 4/5 automagically? Not sure what you mean. If you want to keep all old, superceded files you should make a copy of each daily rsync. If what you mean by release is 5.1, 5.2 etc. I guess you would need to rsync against 5.1 instead of 5. or don't use the --delete switch on rsync, so files that have vanished off the source won't be deleted. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Lutz Griesbach wrote on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:42:49 +0200: > 4.7 ist out since Sept 13th. What exactly triggers the update on October > 2nd? > If I run nightly updates, shouldn't it happened exactly when the release > is out > or, at least, when the mirrors are up to date? Again, there is no such thing as an "upgrade" or a "release" in terms of updates. It was *not* what you call "upgrade" that caused your problem. It was an update, not necessarily belonging to 4.7 at all, or it was not related to updates at all. There might also have been a kernel update on Sept. 14 and you didn't reboot since then. Which, for whatever reason lead to your problem. I think you do not know at all that your problem is related to "4.7", so stop telling so! Stop thinking in terms of "upgrades", there is just a continous line of updates that every half year or so gets a bit streamlined and "boxed" into a release. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Keeping a complete CentOS mirror
Chris Miller wrote on Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:56:43 -0700: > Is there a way I can keep a complete mirror of old/new releases of > CentOS 4/5 automagically? Not sure what you mean. If you want to keep all old, superceded files you should make a copy of each daily rsync. If what you mean by release is 5.1, 5.2 etc. I guess you would need to rsync against 5.1 instead of 5. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Yum-Fastest Mirror
Is there a way to configure yum fastest mirror to only look for http mirrors not ftp? I have tried adding ftp and ftp:// to the exclude section in the config file with no luck. Any info would be much appreciated. Thank you -- Bo Lynch ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
Bob Hoffman wrote: > Great.. Guess best thing to do is get a gmail account to use > with mailing lists to lower spam scanners on your main email.. > > Sigh..too late for this one...lol Gmail? Yahoomail is just fine too. I use the addressguard and have disposable addresses, so my main email is safe. Once spam starts coming in, I cut-off that disposable and grow another one. 100% zero tolerance is operated, any spam and its reported. If you want your main emails to have less spam, never use them on mailing lists, forums etc use Yahoo/Gmail etc When they get spammed cut them off and get another free email account. Regards, Vandaman. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Cebit and Centos
Hey I just read this http://www.linux-magazine.com/online/news/cebit_open_source_linux_magazine_and_linux_foundation_announce_call_for_projects Maybe Centos want's to try to get a stand. Cheers Didi www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype : ribalba ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
> > Apparently you have not looked there? Yes, it does. That's > what archives are for - historical records and information. > It's a goldmine if you can remember how to look something up > > mhr Yes I have, just never looked at anything other than what I was reading. Great.. Guess best thing to do is get a gmail account to use with mailing lists to lower spam scanners on your main email.. Sigh..too late for this one...lol You would think the program they use to present the information would obscure that mail address. Really no reason to show it forever is it? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
John R Pierce wrote: > except, 99% of spam has forged FROM addresses, often an > innocent address > randomly picked from the same lists being used to send the > spam TOO. > > 95% of the spam is sent from hacked/infected servers acting > as relays, > so complaining to the owner of the IP space the spam > originated in > doesn't actually catch the real spammers either, > although it may help > fix the hacked box, there's bazillions more. This isn't a hacked box. A quick look on google for 419 scams from eircom shows a lot of spam originating from their network. If more and more people reported then the ISP will be forced to take action. When reporting spam to hotmail, they do come and say some headers are forged but others are legit. In this instance it looks as if a legit eircom customer is abusing the service. Regards, Vandaman. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:23 AM, Bob Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This list does not publish the actual mails in the archive does it? > Apparently you have not looked there? Yes, it does. That's what archives are for - historical records and information. It's a goldmine if you can remember how to look something up mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
> > This might be slightly off-topic but as the source of spam > is probably > > a spammer getting emails from this list, I reported him and his > > service provider should cut off his/her ugly head. I got an > > except, 99% of spam has forged FROM addresses, often an > innocent address randomly picked from the same lists being > used to send the spam TOO. > > 95% of the spam is sent from hacked/infected servers acting > as relays, so complaining to the owner of the IP space the > spam originated in doesn't actually catch the real spammers > either, although it may help fix the hacked box, there's > bazillions more. This list does not publish the actual mails in the archive does it? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Flaky graphics - need help nailing down the cause
SOLVED: Thanks to all who piled in with their good advice. I hooked up my old (50lb) CRT and it showed the same display problems, so I figured it was the video card. Got lucky, found a replacement (the 7200GS) cheap at our local Micro Center and all is now well again. BTW, the "beta" driver I'm using is the one from rpmforge, and it is now obsolete compared to the latest and greatest from nvidia (173.08-1 beta vs. 173.14.12), so I may put in a request over there to update Salut! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OT Mailing List Spam This might be slightly off-topic but as the source of spam is probably a spammer getting emails from this list, I reported him and his service provider should cut off his/her ugly head. I got an email of the classic 419 scam from a "El Amir except, 99% of spam has forged FROM addresses, often an innocent address randomly picked from the same lists being used to send the spam TOO. 95% of the spam is sent from hacked/infected servers acting as relays, so complaining to the owner of the IP space the spam originated in doesn't actually catch the real spammers either, although it may help fix the hacked box, there's bazillions more. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
Robert Moskowitz a écrit : So I did and it made a HUGH xorg.conf.new file. With instructions to try it out by: X -config /root/xorg.conf.new Well that brought up X but no window open and left or right mouse did nothing. So back to and I see messages about VNC mode (I have vncserver configured but not running), so it ws trying to do something to accomidate vncserver if I should start it up? And there are sections in the new xorg.conf that are not in the current. Like one for the mouse, a files section and the like, so I figured i would cut and paste, but first Of course it helps to read the relevant documentation :o) I just indicated this method which I've been using for all the years on Linux. I began on Slackware, where there is (almost) no configuration helper, so you have to read the docs. There's no way around it. And when I switched to other distros (like CentOS), I simply kept the habit of configuring things by hand. IIRC, I spent much time with the FreeBSD documentation about the graphical server. It's really well done, explaining everything step by step. But then, it's not something you can learn quickly in a matter of minutes. It takes some time, but it's worth it. Have fun, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Keeping a complete CentOS mirror
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Q. Why? > A. Because I have customers that need access to older OS builds as their > products do not move as quickly as CentOS. > These folks must be slower than molasses at the south pole (before global warming) ;-) mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I remember those days very well, Mark. And I wondered why when you > removed that title. Don't think I've ever given you hard time... :-D > Now you know, and no, I don't think you've ever been other than polite and helpful. Though, to be perfectly accurate, it was one of our resident grouches whom I shall not name here that advised me privately what it was about my posts that was irritating most of the top level folks, and my sig was just one of a few. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Install CentOS-5.0 on HP-ComPaq DC7700 Dual Core
I am attempting to install CentOS-5.0 from CD-ROM onto an HPQ- DC7700 Dual Core machine. The standard install seems to halt at, or immediately after, this point in the setup process is displayed on the console: {default install option} ... CPU1: Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 CPU 4300 @ 1.8GHz stepping 02 ... ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_sb_.pc10] bus is 0. I would like to get this box running so any help with this is greatly appreciated. The reason for using CentOS-5.0 is because I do not which to wait 30 some odd hours to download new ISO images. The plan is to install from 5.0 and upgrade to 5.2. last point. I am a digest subscriber so the favour of a direct reply (REPLY ALL) is requested. Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrnemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] VNC & GDM & runlevel 3
Has anybody been able to get this to work ? I have been trying multiple options until now but all give me the empty crappy desktop with black cross display... I have tried changing the server_args in the xinetd config, but that makes a connection and exits straigt away... On 1 box it works in runlevel 5, but that is obvious (IMHO)... My Config: /etc/services vnc800 5900/tcp # VNC & GDM 800x600 vnc1024 5901/tcp # VNC & GDM 1024x768 xinetd.d service vnc800 { disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = nobody server = /usr/bin/Xvnc server_args = -inetd -broadcast -geometry 800x600 -depth 16 -once -fp unix/:7100 -securitytypes=none } /etc/gdm/custom.conf [xdmcp] Enable=True -- Test <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 10 Gb with CentOS
2008/10/2 Ramon Nieto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > --- El jue 2-oct-08, Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > Samba as a PDC with shares and user profiles for 1500+ users. > > PS. > > My last email using yahoo, i'll subscribe with a gmail account. > Ah, thank you - I couldn't even read what you wrote without beginning this reply, so I figured I'd follow through and remind you to send your email in text only (which you can do from Yahoo email, too, BTW). Muchas gracias, señor! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] OT Mailing List Spam
OT Mailing List Spam This might be slightly off-topic but as the source of spam is probably a spammer getting emails from this list, I reported him and his service provider should cut off his/her ugly head. I got an email of the classic 419 scam from a "El Amir Assadallah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. This has just come if from the abuse department :- Dear Vandaman, Thank you for your recent email to Technical Support. We have contacted our customer and hope to have this issue resolved within 72 hours. If you receive any further mails of this nature after the 72 hour time period has elapsed, please forward the headers. Kind Regards, eircom net Residential Technical Support. So report the damn spammers and get them kicked off. Regards, Vandaman ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Keeping a complete CentOS mirror
Is there a way I can keep a complete mirror of old/new releases of CentOS 4/5 automagically? In other words I would pull the old files from the vault site when needed, and new files from one of the other mirrors. I've seen/used a few scripts but rsync just stomps the old releases with the latest. The key issue here is having new release detection happen programmatically so I don't need to manage it once it's setup. Before I reinvent the wheel, I just wanted to see if there was a known method of accomplishing this. Q. Why? A. Because I have customers that need access to older OS builds as their products do not move as quickly as CentOS. Thanks in advance. Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 10 Gb with CentOS
--- El jue 2-oct-08, Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: De:: Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Asunto: Re: [CentOS] 10 Gb with CentOS A: centos@centos.org Fecha: jueves, 2 octubre, 2008, 4:08 am I really do wonder what you want to accomplish by that. Ralph Samba as a PDC with shares and user profiles for 1500+ users. PS. My last email using yahoo, i'll subscribe with a gmail account. ¡Todo sobre Amor y Sexo! La guía completa para tu vida en Mujer de Hoy. http://mx.mujer.yahoo.com/___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:44 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > When I install Centos, I default to the vesa driver, and it operates at the > monitor's native 800x480. Of course I want more and to physically scroll > the screen to see all of the content (the OQO has slide bars on it that do > cause the current active window to scroll). > > When I change the monitor settings to Generic LCD 1024x768, I get that and > 800x600 as an option. If I change the screen resolution to either 800x600 > or 1024x768, and log out of X and log back in, my resolution is unchanged at > 800x480. > I can't help wondering why you'd want a 4x3 aspect ratio on a screen that has a (roughly) 16x10 widescreen aspect ratio, but that's your baby. After you set the monitor type and display in System->Administration->Display, do you also go to System->Preferences->Screen Resolution to set that? I had a similar problem with my 16x10 monitor until I changed both. HTH mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
AW: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
> 5) Bottom post, trim responses, be polite, no html, etc., etc. - > remember those last few posts right here on this email list? The > guidelines are right there in a link when you sign up, and you AGREED > to them, so you ought to read them and take heed, too. > I'm sorry form my Top-Posts here, (I'd like to blame on this lookOut(TM) Client, I'm writing with but frankly - i just forgot it.) Hope this issue clarified now. I'd like come back to topic and ask another question. Hope you don't mind. I did already a research but couldn't find anything useful. 4.7 ist out since Sept 13th. What exactly triggers the update on October 2nd? If I run nightly updates, shouldn't it happened exactly when the release is out or, at least, when the mirrors are up to date? Regards, Lutz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I remember when I first > started on this list, all I had was my name and title, which happened > to be "Linux Kernel Engineer," and I caught a fair amount of flack for > /that/. I remember those days very well, Mark. And I wondered why when you removed that title. Don't think I've ever given you hard time... :-D Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 10:44 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > ModelName"LCD Panel 1024x768" > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > HorizSync31.5 - 48.0 > VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 > Option "dpms" > EndSection You may not need the monitor section. If anything like DDC (I think that's what it's acronym is - Display Data Control?) is in operation, it will piuck up the proper rates automatically. I don't have a monitor section at all in my xorg.conf. But I'm running a normal "desktop" node with conventional monitor. Regardless, even if needed, try what I show below. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Videocard0" > Driver "vesa" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Videocard0" > Monitor"Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Viewport 0 0 > Depth 24 > EndSubSection > EndSection My "Screen" section looks like this. Watch out for the line wrap on "Modes". Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" "1280x960" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" EndSubSection EndSection > HTH -- Bill ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:56 AM, Bob Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [From vandaman2002-rt(at)yahoo.com:] >> >> Griesbach, Lutz wrote: >> >> > Oh, c'mon! >> >> > If I want to talk about professional honor, I'd prefer a >> different list. >> > So, I thought it might be possible to stick in the release during >> > nightly updates, but your educational answer doesn't help much. >> >> Get out of your high horse. You are running a server with >> automatic updates and then talk of "professional honor" and >> "educational answer"? Try RTFM. > > I think he was inferring that you insulting him did not help the question. > A few thoughts: 1) Perhaps Mr (Ms?) vandaman was offended by the lengthy signature with all the bells and whistles from Lutz. I remember when I first started on this list, all I had was my name and title, which happened to be "Linux Kernel Engineer," and I caught a fair amount of flack for /that/. 2) Such a level of disdain and discord is not really appropriate for a first response on the list unless the question is banally stupid, and this one, which appears here often enough, isn't quite that low. 3) Suggestion for Lutz (and vandaman): both of you are relatively new to this list. In general, it is considered good netiquette to lurk for a while and see what posts and responses look like before plunging in and offending people, intentionally or not. 4) If you are really, truly looking for a quick answer, an email list is not the place to ask first - google is your friend, and email list archives are a good resource to look through as well. In this particular case, the subject has come up often (probably because many, perhaps most, members do NOT use google or the email archives). 5) Bottom post, trim responses, be polite, no html, etc., etc. - remember those last few posts right here on this email list? The guidelines are right there in a link when you sign up, and you AGREED to them, so you ought to read them and take heed, too. "So play /nice/." (Woody, "Toy Story") Nazdrovyeh! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
Niki Kovacs wrote: Robert Moskowitz a écrit : Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. Of course you will have to do this with X not running. Two solutions. Either edit /etc/inittab, Thought I would have to do that So I did and it made a HUGH xorg.conf.new file. With instructions to try it out by: X -config /root/xorg.conf.new Well that brought up X but no window open and left or right mouse did nothing. So back to and I see messages about VNC mode (I have vncserver configured but not running), so it ws trying to do something to accomidate vncserver if I should start it up? And there are sections in the new xorg.conf that are not in the current. Like one for the mouse, a files section and the like, so I figured i would cut and paste, but first I have another OQO with Centos installed that has the 'default' X setup with no playing around with the Display manager, I figured I would look at its xorg.conf to get back to basics. Guess what, NO /etc/X11/xorg.conf and everything works fine with the unit's 800x480 display. I did a 'updatedb' then a 'locate xorg.conf' and all I found was a man page file. So how do it know what to do for the display in default ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] For newcomers to the mailing list.
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:28 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1. Don't top post. Bottom post instead. > 2. Don't hijack another thread with new unrelated info. Create a new thread for a new topic. > 3. Trim your responses. Leave in the attribution lines of any included previous posts, but leave out anything that is not germane to your response, and it is safe to delete prior posters' signatures and that CentOS mailing list tag at the bottom (it will get appended anyway). Signatures and the CentOS list tag are called CLUTTER when left in from a prior post. > 4. Turn off html in your mail client. Amen to that, including signatures. > 5. Try and do some basic google searches on your problem. We realize that sometimes this is tricky - I have had hit and miss success on some things, direct bulls-eyes on others, but at least give it a shot (or four) BEFORE you post to the list. > > Quoted from: > http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 Annotations liberally added here by: Mark Hull-Richter Software Developer Registered Linux User #472807 - sign up at http://counter.li.org/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Services take a long time during initialzation (LDAP-authentication)
On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 12:25:55PM -0400, Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Personally, I use a longer list or users: > nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,named,avahi,haldaemon,dbus > > I've collected those in trying to speed up the startup of other > daemons. I'm not sure if all of them are still relevant, but in any > case I think it's a good idea to configure this for users that you > know for sure they are in /etc/passwd and not in LDAP. Or maybe just for local system accounts with uid < 100 ? This would return that list: awk -F: '$3<100 { a = a "," $1} END { a=substr(a,2) ; print a}' /etc/passwd -- rgds Stephen ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Services take a long time during initialzation (LDAP-authentication)
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 11:17, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > add this to the bottom of /etc/ldap.conf > > timelimit 30 > bind_timelimit 30 > bind_policy soft > nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap Personally, I use a longer list or users: nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,named,avahi,haldaemon,dbus I've collected those in trying to speed up the startup of other daemons. I'm not sure if all of them are still relevant, but in any case I think it's a good idea to configure this for users that you know for sure they are in /etc/passwd and not in LDAP. HTH, Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
Robert Moskowitz a écrit : Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. Of course you will have to do this with X not running. Two solutions. Either edit /etc/inittab, like this: # Default runlevel. The runlevels used by RHS are: # 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # 1 - Single user mode # 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking) # 3 - Full multiuser mode # 4 - unused # 5 - X11 # 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this) # id:3:initdefault: ... and then reboot. Or, as root in a graphical terminal: # init 3 And then login as root. Cheers, Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
Niki Kovacs wrote: Robert Moskowitz a écrit : At first I get errors from X when logging in, finally I get changes to occur, but I am still at 800x480. Selecting 800x600 or 1024x768 mkaes no difference. Below is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Any ideas on what to try? Backup your existing configuration. As root: # X -configure Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. # mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf This will give you a first draft to start from. What you usually have to edit by hand: 1) keyboard layout 2) DefaultDepth (mostly 24 if you want 16 million colors) 3) Screen resolution (if you don't want the default, Modes "XxY" will do) Check the Driver section if your driver is listed OK instead of "vesa". Once this is working, you can fine-tune bits like DRI, Composite, etcetera. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Services take a long time during initialzation (LDAP-authentication)
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 17:08 +0200, Bernhard Gschaider wrote: > Hi! > > I've got a CentOS4.7-machine as a fileserver. The machine also serves > as the LDAP-server against which all regular users are > authenticated. The problem I am having is that the machine takes a > very long time to boot. Most of the services start up rather quick, > but three services take quite a long time (extending the boot time to > over half an hour, which is long) > > The three services are (in that order): > > - NFS statd > - LDAP > - NFS quota > > As soon as the LDAP-Service (and sshd) has started I can remotly log > into the machine: the rpc.quotad has started but takes no CPU-time (so > I guess he must be waiting for something) > > Some other observations I had: > - a restart of LDAP takes several minutes > - if the LDAP-service is down a "su ldap" (ldap IS in /etc/passwd) >seems to hang. The ldap-service-script does such a su to check the >configuration so I guess that is what takes the service so long) > > Could anyone give me a hint what the problem could be and how to fix > it? Is any more information required (don't want to spam you with the > nsswitch.conf and the whole pam.d-stuff)? add this to the bottom of /etc/ldap.conf timelimit 30 bind_timelimit 30 bind_policy soft nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap Craig ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Services take a long time during initialzation (LDAP-authentication)
Hi! I've got a CentOS4.7-machine as a fileserver. The machine also serves as the LDAP-server against which all regular users are authenticated. The problem I am having is that the machine takes a very long time to boot. Most of the services start up rather quick, but three services take quite a long time (extending the boot time to over half an hour, which is long) The three services are (in that order): - NFS statd - LDAP - NFS quota As soon as the LDAP-Service (and sshd) has started I can remotly log into the machine: the rpc.quotad has started but takes no CPU-time (so I guess he must be waiting for something) Some other observations I had: - a restart of LDAP takes several minutes - if the LDAP-service is down a "su ldap" (ldap IS in /etc/passwd) seems to hang. The ldap-service-script does such a su to check the configuration so I guess that is what takes the service so long) Could anyone give me a hint what the problem could be and how to fix it? Is any more information required (don't want to spam you with the nsswitch.conf and the whole pam.d-stuff)? Bernhard ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That bug is unreproducible because you have manually altered the yum > configuration so in > reality its a self-induced problem not a "bug". If you are new to using a > mailing list > follow some of these guidelines :- > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-October/065626.html Like wrapping lines at a reasonable length? IOW: Please tone down a bit. Cheers, Ralph pgpGxgWuvbTYS.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
> > Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > > > Oh, c'mon! > > > If I want to talk about professional honor, I'd prefer a > different list. > > So, I thought it might be possible to stick in the release during > > nightly updates, but your educational answer doesn't help much. > > Get out of your high horse. You are running a server with > automatic updates and then talk of "professional honor" and > "educational answer"? Try RTFM. I think he was inferring that you insulting him did not help the question. On a lighter side, I run with auto update on. I think it solves two issues. 1- it forces me to get the update/upgrade right away 2- it forces me to be on my toes incase it screws anything up as I have to immediately fix it. By not having it update I can sit on my butt and perhaps never do it. It is easy to relax on your laurels as an admin. It is easier to read all the data from previous people who have had issues and fixed things..it is a test of your skills to be the first to figure it out. Then it is back to pizza and watching cnbc as the stocks fall. On a lighter side,. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Video driver questions
Robert Moskowitz a écrit : At first I get errors from X when logging in, finally I get changes to occur, but I am still at 800x480. Selecting 800x600 or 1024x768 mkaes no difference. Below is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Any ideas on what to try? Backup your existing configuration. As root: # X -configure # mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf This will give you a first draft to start from. What you usually have to edit by hand: 1) keyboard layout 2) DefaultDepth (mostly 24 if you want 16 million colors) 3) Screen resolution (if you don't want the default, Modes "XxY" will do) Check the Driver section if your driver is listed OK instead of "vesa". Once this is working, you can fine-tune bits like DRI, Composite, etcetera. Cheers, Niki Kovacs ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:56 AM, Griesbach, Lutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, i only tried "upgrade" once manually to get another box from centos4.4 to > a 4.5 ( and I ran into this http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2557 ) and > thought, the difference between update and upgrade is like the debian based > "apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". > > The man page states this as well, vandaman is right, I should have RTFM, but > I was a bit in a hurry > and I thought, I could get some quick help here. > > No. And it wouldn't help you. There is no such thing as an "upgrade" in > reality. An "upgrade" to 4.7 is just an update to the bunch of rpms that > is considered to be "4.7". e.g. *any* update of dhcrelay might create the > problem you saw. Regarding "update" versus "upgrade", I'd like to give reference to this forum thread: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=16315&forum=27 It boils down to Seth Vidal's own words, "upgrade/update do the same thing unless you've gone out of your way to disable obsoletes in your yum.conf" and who else can say more about yum than Mr. Vidal? :-D Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Video driver questions
My OQO has a VIA chipset. From the hwconf: class: VIDEO bus: PCI detached: 0 desc: "VIA Technologies, Inc. CX700M2 UniChrome PRO II Graphics" vendorId: 1106 deviceId: 3157 subVendorId: 1106 subDeviceId: 3157 pciType: 1 pcidom:0 pcibus: 1 pcidev: 0 pcifn: 0 When I install Centos, I default to the vesa driver, and it operates at the monitor's native 800x480. Of course I want more and to physically scroll the screen to see all of the content (the OQO has slide bars on it that do cause the current active window to scroll). When I change the monitor settings to Generic LCD 1024x768, I get that and 800x600 as an option. If I change the screen resolution to either 800x600 or 1024x768, and log out of X and log back in, my resolution is unchanged at 800x480. So I tried using the VIA driver that comes with Centos. It does not list the CX700, but, you know, give it a try. At first I get errors from X when logging in, finally I get changes to occur, but I am still at 800x480. Selecting 800x600 or 1024x768 mkaes no difference. Below is my /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Any ideas on what to try? # Xorg configuration created by system-config-display Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "single head configuration" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName"LCD Panel 1024x768" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: HorizSync31.5 - 48.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "vesa" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Faking RHEL with CentOS
NiftyClusters T Mitchell wrote: > > If it is Oracle, Given the price of Oracle -- just purchase the RH > product. > It is common that the expensive packages are the most restrictive and > putative. FYI, Oracle runs just fine on CentOS. -- Bowie ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > Ok, i only tried "upgrade" once manually to get another box from centos 4..4 > to a 4.5 > ( and I ran into this http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2557 ) and thought, > the > difference between update and upgrade is like the debian based "apt-get > upgrade" > and "apt-get dist-upgrade". > The man page states this as well, vandaman is right, I should have RTFM, but > I was a > bit in a hurry and I thought, I could get some quick help here. That bug is unreproducible because you have manually altered the yum configuration so in reality its a self-induced problem not a "bug". If you are new to using a mailing list follow some of these guidelines :- http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-October/065626.html ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: AW: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Griesbach, Lutz wrote: . . Don't top post, please. With RTFM you are right, I read the man pages and disabled nightly updates. Thank you for your help. Did you leave it so it at least notifies you of available updates? Better than ignoring updates altogether. -tkb ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Half-OT: Modify several ldap entries
Hi, On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 20:56, Sergio Belkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to fix several entries of mail attribute mail that have an > error something like this: I use "ldapvi" that opens your whole LDAP database in an editor and allows you to do the changes using the editor. Once you are done with it, it will see which entries were modified, create the LDIF appropriately and apply it to the LDAP server. It's really easy to do this kind of global changes. See here: http://www.lichteblau.com/ldapvi/ And Dag has RPMs: http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/ldapvi/ HTH, Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
AW: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Why being so offensive? May be i ask stupid Questions, but you're the one judging me without knowing any background. With RTFM you are right, I read the man pages and disabled nightly updates. Thank you for your help. Lutz Griesbach --- -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 2008 14:10 An: CentOS mailing list Betreff: Re: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade" Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > Oh, c'mon! > If I want to talk about professional honor, I'd prefer a different list. > So, I thought it might be possible to stick in the release during nightly > updates, > but your educational answer doesn't help much. Get out of your high horse. You are running a server with automatic updates and then talk of "professional honor" and "educational answer"? Try RTFM. ___ 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
Re: [CentOS] XDMCP - no GDM login, only gray screen with X
> Set Enable=true under XDMCP section on /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf > and relogin it will work you out. > I thought about this until I read the directions in the defaults.conf file: # This file should not be updated by hand. Since GDM 2.13.0.4, # configuration choices in the /etc/X11/gdm/gdm.conf-custom file will # override the default values specified in this file (installation # locations of the configuration files may vary for different distros). # This defaults.conf file may be overwritten on upgrade, so to ensure # that your configuration choices are not lost, please make sure that # your changes are made only the the custom.conf file. Indeed, the gdmsetup program does not touch this file, rather it edits the custom.conf file. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 01:54:32PM +0200, Griesbach, Lutz wrote: Please wrap your lines at a reasonable length; 72 to 76 characters is good, thanks! > Also I didn't now, that nightly updates include upgrades and this > doesn't makes sense to me either. Who wants to get 193 packages including What do you think the difference is between "update" and "upgrade" ? A minor release (eg going from 4.6 to 4.7) is _merely_ a stick in the sand. Kernel updates happen frequently even within a minor release number. >From the OS perspective there's no difference. -- rgds Stephen ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Ok, i only tried "upgrade" once manually to get another box from centos4.4 to a 4.5 ( and I ran into this http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2557 ) and thought, the difference between update and upgrade is like the debian based "apt-get upgrade" and "apt-get dist-upgrade". The man page states this as well, vandaman is right, I should have RTFM, but I was a bit in a hurry and I thought, I could get some quick help here. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Kai Schaetzl Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 2008 14:38 An: centos@centos.org Betreff: Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade" Lutz Griesbach wrote on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:11:25 +0200: > Is that possible? No. And it wouldn't help you. There is no such thing as an "upgrade" in reality. An "upgrade" to 4.7 is just an update to the bunch of rpms that is considered to be "4.7". e.g. *any* update of dhcrelay might create the problem you saw. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ 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
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Lutz Griesbach wrote on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:54:32 +0200: > Also I didn't now, that nightly updates include upgrades and this > doesn't makes sense to me either. Who wants to get 193 packages including > kernel, glibc and the like, without any notice over night on his machine? So, you thought you would get no update of the kernel, glibc etc. during the whole half year of a major version cycle? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Lutz Griesbach wrote on Thu, 2 Oct 2008 13:11:25 +0200: > Is that possible? No. And it wouldn't help you. There is no such thing as an "upgrade" in reality. An "upgrade" to 4.7 is just an update to the bunch of rpms that is considered to be "4.7". e.g. *any* update of dhcrelay might create the problem you saw. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] For newcomers to the mailing list.
1. Don't top post. 2. Don't hijack another thread with new unrelated info. 3. Trim your responses. 4. Turn off html in your mail client. 5. Try and do some basic google searches on your problem. Quoted from: http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Firefox distorted printing
The printer I'm using is a HP Officejet 6313 - there is no exact match in the HPJIS driver's list of printer - so I've used the closest match - JohnStanley Writes: HP has a Open Source driver project: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/index.html This is a simple install consisting of a binary installer. It also has a GUI interface to configure you printer/scanner. JohnStanley ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > Oh, c'mon! > If I want to talk about professional honor, I'd prefer a different list. > So, I thought it might be possible to stick in the release during nightly > updates, > but your educational answer doesn't help much. Get out of your high horse. You are running a server with automatic updates and then talk of "professional honor" and "educational answer"? Try RTFM. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
On Thu, 2008-10-02 at 13:11 +0200, Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > Hy there, > > i have a centos (4.?) Box with nightly yum update enabled. Last > night, it did an upgrade to 4.7 leading to several problem i.e. not > respawning the dhcrelay, which is needed on this box. > > Can I control the update policy not to upgrade to new releases in the > nightly updates? I would like do to nightly updates, but make release > upgrades manual (I get a new kernel, so I have to reboot anyway). > > Hi, Personally I enable nightly updates but disable the updating of certain packages (services) that the server provides. For this I use the 'exclude' statement in the /etc/yum.conf file. On all servers I include excluding the kernel and glibc. If these are to be upgraded, and require a reboot, then I'll do them when it is convenient to me. Other services, such as exim (MTA), freeradius (RADIUS), squid (web cache), etc are likewise disabled on the relevant servers. Again, if they are to be upgraded, then I will do them when it is convenient and without disrupting the current service. John. -- --- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1
Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 wireshark - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 wireshark - security update (Tru Huynh) -- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:17:23 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 wireshark - security update To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0890 wireshark security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update wireshark Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/attachments/20081001/f399a6b6/attachment-0001.bin -- Message: 2 Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 20:17:36 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0890 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 wireshark - security update To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0890 wireshark security update for CentOS 3 x86_64: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0890.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: updates/x86_64/RPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/wireshark-gnome-1.0.3-EL3.3.x86_64.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/wireshark-1.0.3-EL3.3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 x86_64 installations by running the command: yum update wireshark Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/attachments/20081001/bcbbb24f/attachment-0001.bin -- ___ CentOS-announce mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 44, Issue 1 ** ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
AW: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Oh, c'mon! If I want to talk about professional honor, I'd prefer a different list. I know, that they're switched of by default - but I didn't set up this machine and I have rarely any documentation about it. Somebody (my predecessor) enabled nightly updates and I thought, there might be a reason for it. Until last night I didn't even know, somebody has enabled it. Also I didn't now, that nightly updates include upgrades and this doesn't makes sense to me either. Who wants to get 193 packages including kernel, glibc and the like, without any notice over night on his machine? So, I thought it might be possible to stick in the release during nightly updates, but your educational answer doesn't help much. Thanks anyway, I disabled it. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 2008 13:22 An: CentOS mailing list Betreff: Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade" Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > Hy there, > > i have a centos (4.?) Box with nightly yum update enabled. > Last night, it did an upgrade to 4.7 leading to several > problem i.e. not respawning the dhcrelay, which is needed on > this box. > > Can I control the update policy not to upgrade to new > releases in the nightly updates? I would like do to nightly > updates, but make release upgrades manual (I get a new > kernel, so I have to reboot anyway). > > > Is that possible? A few questions for you. 1. Nightly updates are not enabled by default. Why did you turn it on when your box has issues? 2. Aren't prudent admins supposed to test updates before applying them to production boxes? ___ 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
Re: [CentOS] Half-OT: Modify several ldap entries
2008/10/2 Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Sergio Belkin wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I want to fix several entries of mail attribute mail that have an >> error something like this: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> and so on. >> >> I want to to change them to: >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> How can I perform it in one (or at least few) steps? > > Write a correct ldif file and use ldapmodify to make modifcations. See > the ldapmodify manual page for examples on how to use that. > > Cheers, > > Ralph > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Thanks, I know about ldapmodify, but I wonder if someone knows other way yo do that, -- -- Open Kairos http://www.openkairos.com Watch More TV http://sebelk.blogspot.com Sergio Belkin - ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Griesbach, Lutz wrote: > Hy there, > > i have a centos (4.?) Box with nightly yum update enabled. > Last night, it did an upgrade to 4.7 leading to several > problem i.e. not respawning the dhcrelay, which is needed on > this box. > > Can I control the update policy not to upgrade to new > releases in the nightly updates? I would like do to nightly > updates, but make release upgrades manual (I get a new > kernel, so I have to reboot anyway). > > > Is that possible? A few questions for you. 1. Nightly updates are not enabled by default. Why did you turn it on when your box has issues? 2. Aren't prudent admins supposed to test updates before applying them to production boxes? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Nightly yum update did an "upgrade"
Hy there, i have a centos (4.?) Box with nightly yum update enabled. Last night, it did an upgrade to 4.7 leading to several problem i.e. not respawning the dhcrelay, which is needed on this box. Can I control the update policy not to upgrade to new releases in the nightly updates? I would like do to nightly updates, but make release upgrades manual (I get a new kernel, so I have to reboot anyway). Is that possible? Regards, Lutz Griesbach IT Administrator tel +49.40.325587.701 fax +49.40.325587.999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] CoreMedia Ludwig-Erhard-Str. 18 20459 Hamburg, Germany www.coremedia.com CoreMedia AG Executive Board: Sören Stamer (CEO), Dr. Klemens Kleiminger (CFO) Supervisory Board: Prof. Dr. Florian Matthes (Chairman) Trade Register: Amtsgericht Hamburg, HR B 76277 --- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] XDMCP - no GDM login, only gray screen with X
Hi, Set Enable=true under XDMCP section on /usr/share/gdm/defaults.conf and relogin it will work you out. Regards, Lingu On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 4:34 AM, Sean Carolan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm having trouble getting the GDM login screen to show up when I > connect from a remote host. I'm using Xming on the local Windows > machine, but every time I connect to the remote server all I get is a > gray window with the X cursor. I have "Enable=true" in the [xdmcp] > section of /etc/gdm/custom.conf. IPtables is disabled. I've googled > around and read through the xdmcp page on tldp.org but have not come > up with anything. Can anyone help with this issue? > ___ > 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
Re: [CentOS] Xboard rpm for CentOS 4 SOLVED
Karanbir Singh wrote: > the latest version of xboard is now also in > kbs-centos-extras-testing > for centos-5 ( based on the fedora10 rpm ) > Thanks. That would be handy for when I upgrade to CentOS 5 as CentOS 4 is showing its age. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to set term environment for cronjobs?
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Wed, 1 Oct 2008 15:37:54 +0200: > wget downloaded the whole website > which was like 23MB everytime, then you added parameters you shouldn't have added. A simple wget URL downloads only that document and nothing else. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mysql
Mad Unix wrote: I need to replicate MySQL DB of mulltiple server on SiteA to my DR-Site Site_B... all DB are alocated on RHEL,SuSE,Centos,Debian, FreeBSD servers. I need a script to take Multiple MySql DataBase Backup and then import to SiteB, the replica can be done as cold or hotbackup and cron it Thanks -- Madunix_at_Gmail Sysadmin "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" - Pablo Picasso "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window." - Steve Wozniak ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos there is of course this also: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/replication.html ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Half-OT: Modify several ldap entries
Sergio Belkin wrote: > Hi, > > I want to fix several entries of mail attribute mail that have an > error something like this: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > and so on. > > I want to to change them to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > How can I perform it in one (or at least few) steps? Write a correct ldif file and use ldapmodify to make modifcations. See the ldapmodify manual page for examples on how to use that. Cheers, Ralph pgpyAfsPAU7JX.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 10 Gb with CentOS
Ramon Nieto wrote: > I'll like to know from others their experience using 10 Gb LAN with > CentOS 4 & 5. > > There is a chance here at work to change our backbone network to 10 Gb > LAN if this get approved (by the CIO) i'll like to include to this > project some 10 Gb Network Cards for our CentOS servers in order to > connect them directly to the new backbone. I really do wonder what you want to accomplish by that. It's hard enough to saturate a GBit link with for example httpd, and same goes for most other usage scenarios I can imagine. You're really going to hit limits regarding storage (if that is local). Ralph pgphLakELD0NE.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 10 Gb with CentOS
and while we are at that: please use a decent mail program that can attach the correct MIME content-encoding header for your special characters. These are coming out as garbage because your message is us-ascii. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Firefox distorted printing
nate wrote: Chris Geldenhuis wrote: Hi, I am running a fully updated CentOS 4 box. Since the last few rounds of updates - upgrading to the latest Firefox, I find that I can not print Bank statements etc ( .ps files when saved to disk). The Bank's logo and any lines on the form print OK but the actual content is distorted beyond recognition - printing a series of special characters (!"$%'(") instead of transaction descriptions or amounts. Has anyone else experienced this or have a suggestion on how to fix the problem. Try printing to a file and use ps2pdf to convert it to PDF and validate that the formatting is correct? I always print to a file and convert to PDF myself just to have a "hard" electronic copy. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I have tried this - ps2pdf ends with a segmentation fault, I have also tried the other suggestions from Les Bell to no avail. The printer I'm using is a HP Officejet 6313 - there is no exact match in the HPJIS driver's list of printer - so I've used the closest match - Office Jet 6150. If anyone has a better suggestion I'd be happy to try it. If this issue cannot be resolved, I will have to revert to FF2. ChrisG ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos