Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install
On 26 Mar 2013, at 23:34, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: What, I *shouldn't* tell him what he's doing wrong? Just try to do his job for him, and let him come back, again and again, without ever actually learning something? This is a list not personal email. Just ignore it if it upsets you and let someone with more time / patience / manners pick it up. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install
On 26 Mar 2013, at 22:13, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As a friend said once, yo mama dresses you funny, and you need a mouse to delete files Wow! Hardly a friendly introduction for a newbie to Linux. Attitudes like this ensure users go scurrying back to Windows. As my mother used to say, If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Help with thread Centos 6.4 won't reboot on install
On 26 March 2013 18:58, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Had you, for example, searched to find out a) how to look at a file, b) looked at the files I suggested you look at, or c) showed you'd done ANYTHING other than read my response and go, duh, what's that mean?, I'd have been willing to work with you. You seem to be getting your Benjamins confused. *I* am very familiar with Linux, have rescued more systems than I care to remember using single user mode and, frankly, rarely bother with a GUI. And don't say anything? Sorry, but if you don't *tell* someone what they're doing wrong, they'll never change. If you're seriously that busy then get on with your day job and just leave the message to someone with more time who will give a better impression of the community. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] moderate rant un updates
On 15 Mar 2013, at 18:16, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: a) I called it a *moderate* rant - I wasn't spitting, screaming in ALL CAPS, or calling names (except, by implication, the other admin I work with who did this to me). Seems unfair to continue to blame them when the solution was pointed out to *you* a year ago. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Hi
On 31 Dec 2012, at 16:15, m.r...@5-cent.us m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As to *what*? Restaurants: 15% tip. You forgot my top tip; never eat yellow snow. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Strange issue with system time being off
On 9 Aug 2012, at 22:03, m.r...@5-cent.us m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Please don't top post. Please trim your replies. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Baffled by selinux
On 5 Mar 2012, at 22:02, Phil Savoie psavoie1...@rogers.com wrote: Have you tried httpd_use_nfs? Without being able to see/read the OP's original question, some help for you. Try http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/SelinuxBooleans instead. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Rozwa¿ania odno¶nie storage?
On 13 Jan 2012, at 15:44, Leen de Braal l...@braha.nl wrote: I for sure do not understand a word of it. Let me Google translate it for you: Hi. Currently I am dealing with a cluster of mail, in which files mail messages are stored on users raid software-at that shared by NFS. Multiple NFS servers, each provides a subset of the messages to the appropriate server with postfix-I, which is the NFS client. Data from the NFS server which host the frontend postfix-I should be mounted with the mail folders are in MySQL. We are looking at replacing some host-s single storage solution matrix of appropriate disk capacity and performance I / O. You can prompt the pros and cons of such a solution? Or matrices usually have several times higher performance I / O than single server with SATA drives? Is such a performance I / O is scalable? Do you scale the storage space in the arrays can be without restrictions ? Thanks! Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] an actual hacked machine, in a preserved state
On 3 January 2012 02:30, Bennett Haselton benn...@peacefire.org wrote: In other words, when SELinux causes a problem, it can take hours or days to find out that SELinux is the cause -- and even then you're not done, because you have to figure out a workaround if you want to fix the problem while keeping SELinux turned on. Unfortunately, good security is hard. I didn't understand SELinux a few years back and turned it off but didn't realise that a php application on my webserver left me vulnerable. Sure enough, one day I was attacked but luckily I had set the permissions up very tightly and they were unable to cause any damage. These days, I wouldn't leave it to chance and would keep SELinux as an additional layer of security; yes it's annoying at times, yes it can be difficult to get right but investing a few hours now is better than taking your critical systems down for days in the future. There are lots of resources out there to help you understand it - ones I have used in the past include: http://www.amazon.co.uk/SELinux-Source-Security-Enhanced-Linux/dp/0596007167/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8qid=1325582583sr=8-2 http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-selinux/ http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-rbac-selinux/ SELinux isn't a panacea and should be combined with other security precautions, but it will help you when the attackers come knocking on your server if you take the time to configure it properly. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] duqu
On 30 Nov 2011, at 18:51, Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: Ssh is mostly about being able to log in. I've always adopted the policy of disabling root logins, making admins use a separate account with public/private key authentication and then requiring them to use su to elevate privileges. Has the advantage that your logs will tell you who logged in and performed an action rather than the vague 'root'. Ben Sent from my iPhone ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Changes at Red Hat confouding CentOS
On 16 November 2011 14:02, John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com wrote: So not only does the overall SNR leave, well, everything to be desired but not we are tolerating this type of language? Good job - you've made an already useless list that much worse. You rule. As much as I detest people who do this +1. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Changes at Red Hat confouding CentOS
On 16 Nov 2011, at 15:19, Rajagopal Swaminathan raju.rajs...@gmail.com wrote: hmm... Strom over a teacup My reply concerned the huge amount of drivel being posted to this list. The topic is supposedly CentOS - not stressed sysadmins sounding off. Simples really. Ben Sent from my iPhone ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] bond of bonds
On 15 November 2011 13:08, Fred Wittekind r...@twister.dyndns.org wrote: You can bridge two bonds together, and enable STP to prevent a loop. Although, don't get it wrong on a production network, it's not pretty. Use decent switches, interlink them and create one big LACP bond across both. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Changes at Red Hat confouding CentOS
On 15 Nov 2011, at 18:33, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: thats not amazon's target demographic, anyways. whats your point? Here we go again. What does any of this have to do with CentOS, the topic of this list? Does every thread have to degenerate into bickering? If only my iPhone supported kill lists... Ben Sent from my iPhone ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Changes at Red Hat confouding CentOS (WHOA)
On 15 Nov 2011, at 20:10, John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com wrote: Until various repeat offenders on this list are moderated or otherwise dealt with this nonsense is going to keep on happening. The signal to noise ratio has always been pretty low on this list but lately it has become so unbearable I'm seriously considering unsubscribing. Ben Sent from my iPhone ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS-5.5 Live CD netinstall
On 7 Apr 2011, at 00:18, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: If anyone can suggest a simpler way of installing CentOS on a machine without a CD drive I should be interested to hear. I keep a USB CD drive to hand for servers without optical drives. Slightly defeatist but much easier; just used for install and then returned to the cupboard. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] My new server
On 26 Mar 2011, at 15:40, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: while I'd agree with the rest of your assessments, on servers 1 nic is NOT that common, Neither are servers for €160! At that price I would expect to buy another card or just use vlans! Ben Sent from my iPhone ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] My new server
On 26 Mar 2011, at 17:25, Timothy Murphy gayle...@eircom.net wrote: Well, I was hoping to connect one to my ADSL modem (non WiFi) and one to my router (LinkSys WRT54GL router). If you can't implement vlans, what about 'trunking on the cheap' with both subnets using the same switch? Not ideal, but doable. Ben Sent from my iPhone ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] some think there are no unemployed OSS folks
On 17 February 2011 16:06, Larry Vaden va...@texoma.net wrote: List infraction per http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16. This was amusing to start with, but now it's irritating. Please stop. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] system clock
On 6 Feb 2011, at 21:40, Buz Davis buzda...@earthlink.net wrote: Is there a simple way to adjust the time? Easy way - use the 'date' command, see http://linux.die.net/man/1/date Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] system clock
On 6 February 2011 22:33, Keith Roberts ke...@karsites.net wrote: Could do Ben. But the idea of ntp is that it does it for you automatically, without having to intervene yourself and set the time manually :) Agreed but OP asked, Is there a simple way to adjust the time?. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Let's talk about compression rates
On 22 January 2011 23:43, Sven Aluoor alu...@gmail.com wrote: I don't ask for web forums. I am asking for mailing lists with GNU mailman. I don't know any and couldn't find with Google. Name me a few! That's not the purpose of this list either. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] disk quotas + centos 5,5 +xfs
On 18 Jan 2011, at 02:16, aurfal...@gmail.com aurfal...@gmail.com wrote: is any one aware quotas not working in 5,5? I'm using XFS as a file system. They work just fine; first hit on Google, http://linux.die.net/man/8/xfs_quota Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] RHEL 5.6 is out
On 13 Jan 2011, at 21:31, mahmoud mansy jecko...@gmail.com wrote: but it only offer me the beta`s iso`s? Suggest you contact RedHat. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] poppassd and different password
On 6 Jan 2011, at 07:24, fake...@fakessh.eu fake...@fakessh.eu wrote: but I wonder if the password and changes in the chroot or also to the outside of the chroot Difficult to say without knowing how you configured it. Why not create some temporary accounts and test it? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Fwd: Linux, Windows AD domain, and IDs
On 4 December 2010 14:34, Ryan Wagoner rswago...@gmail.com wrote: You need to use IDMAP to do this. Have a look at the below link, specially the IDMAP storage in LDAP section. Alternatively, install Windows Services for UNIX on the Active Directory box, and define each user's UID within AD. Useful if you have lots of Linux boxes. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] problem sending/recieving mails
On 2 Nov 2010, at 11:12, ma...@linuxmail.org ma...@linuxmail.org wrote: Thanks, i will do that when i visit the site coz its a remote site. Can you ping it? What results do you get from traceroute? And using the mail service ports? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ip aliasing on bonded interface possible?
On 5 Sep 2010, at 18:35, Robert Arkiletian rob...@gmail.com wrote: Has anyone successfully created a bonded interface (bond0) with say two nics AND also then aliased that interface to get bond0 and bond0:1 (for an alias ip) I just want to know if it's possible and reliable Oh I forgot to mention I would be using link aggregation mode 4, 802.3ad bonding. Possible and very reliable, at least with Intel quad NICs (can't remember model) and Procurve 2900 switches in my last job. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?
On 3 Sep 2010, at 19:56, kalinix calin.kalinix.co...@gmail.com wrote: It's not about of paperwork. It's about the change process which should be wery well implemented and tested, re-tested and tested again. And when you think it's done then you should re-test once more. Sounds like they should adopt ITIL! I'm upsetting a few people by bringing in change management but I won't have working servers messed about with unnecessarily! I remember once, on an w2k3 (alas) when the first SP just get out. We had a developing team which deployed an java portal (don't ask). We had something similar in my old job - had the green light to upgrade the Win2k3 Citrix boxes to the latest version of .net and it completely killed the application! Turned out development had only tested it on XP! Thankfully we didn't trust them and caught the problem after just one server! Take care, Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Iptables questions
On 10 Aug 2010, at 22:33, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: If nothing is listening on that port, then whats to 'ban' ? I experimented with something similar - wrote a small C program that listened on port 22, dumped the source IP to a log which was then picked up by fail2ban. Worked quite well if remember correctly! Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to reformat a partition to ntfs?
On 2 August 2010 11:14, Scott Robbins scot...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I believe that's incorrect. One often first needs to boot into Linux and use fdisk to remove or reformat (in fat32 or ntfs, if possible). Have you actually installed Windows? The installer will happily delete any partition, even if it does not recognise it, and recreate it as NTFS/FAT. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] setup firewall with 3 nic cards
On 8 May 2010 14:12, Jerry Geis ge...@pagestation.com wrote: then I do iptables -L again and the rule is not there. Am I missing something? Try iptables -t nat -L, though you may want to use the -n option too. From the iptables manpage[1]: -L, --list [chain] List all rules in the selected chain. If no chain is selected, all chains are listed. As every other iptables command, it applies to the specified table (filter is the default), so NAT rules get listed by iptables -t nat -n -L Please note that it is often used with the -n option, in order to avoid long reverse DNS lookups. It is legal to specify the -Z (zero) option as well, in which case the chain(s) will be atomically listed and zeroed. The exact output is affected by the other arguments given. The exact rules are suppressed until you use iptables -L -v Ben [1] http://linux.die.net/man/8/iptables ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] gcc?
On 3 May 2010, at 08:38, hadi motamedi motamed...@gmail.com wrote: Can you please let me know if such a complete package if available? Lots - do some basic research to find one that meets your needs, for example http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Linux+c%2B%2B+IDE Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Math?
On 3 May 2010, at 09:51, hadi motamedi motamed...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any software package like MATLAB for Windows available for centos? MATLAB for Linux? http://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/requirements.html and http://www.mathworks.com/support/sysreq/current_release/linux.html For alternatives, http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?q=linux+matlab+alternative and http://www.google.co.uk/m/search?q=centos+matlab+alternative Try Google before posting to the list. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Emulator for CentOS x86 platform?
On 18 April 2010 12:23, hadi motamedi motamed...@gmail.com wrote: Can you please let me know which qemu rpm package do support for UltraSPARC platform? Try Google. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] burning an image
On 18 April 2010 02:24, david walcroft dwalcr...@bigpond.com wrote: The burnt dvd does not boot on a system reboot. Why not just buy a CentOS CD or DVD from one of the companies listed here, http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=24 ? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How Do I ...
On 14 Apr 2010, at 17:05, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: Or use HP's :) I had the same issue (admittedly with RedHat 5.3) with an HP server with the on board NICs detected last. Just edit the ifcfg-ethX files so that MAC refers to the NIC you want it to be. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] NAT/DHCP/DNS/etc Settings from a Windows 2003 Server
On 9 Apr 2010, at 15:29, kalinix calin.kalinix.co...@gmail.com wrote: He just said 'please stop top posting' in the post you replied. :) What about please trim your replies too? No need to quote an entire thread when you reply. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Mounting a Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Hard Drive
On 22 Mar 2010, at 09:53, Keith Beeby k.be...@albion.co.uk wrote: Is there a way of getting this volume to mount so I can copy of the data? I see Fedora has HFSPlus support I'd be tempted to connect the HFS+ RAID back to the Mac and copy the data using rsync. Sure it won't be as quick as direct attached, but maybe quicker than waiting for a working solution. Or maybe try a Fedora live CD. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Looking for Newsletter Stuff
On 5 March 2010 17:07, Garry.Dale garry.d...@gmail.com wrote: I like this idea, too. However, I feel compelled to point out a violation within your Data Center [5]. [5] http://wiki.centos.org/GarryDale?action=AttachFiledo=gettarget=didiCIMG0027.jpg Mandatory in the UK! At least at my desk :) Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] help fdisk and dd
On 4 March 2010 14:01, Sorin Srbu sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se wrote: I second that. Dban is the niftiest thing since sliced bread. Very handy tool, if a bit slow. But I guess that comes with the territory. 8-) The ATA Secure Erase command is generally faster but more difficult - see http://ata.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/ATA_Secure_Erase Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Permissions problem
On 4 March 2010 19:24, Sean Carolan scaro...@gmail.com wrote: No, it doesn't exist. Oddly I have another user called cfmaster who can write files in there just fine: When was the user scarolan added to the cvsgrp group? Have you logged out and back in since? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] DHCP client not working with Windows DHCP / dynamic DNS server
On 3 March 2010 09:53, Tony Mountifield t...@softins.clara.co.uk wrote: In the OP's scenario, the DNS entries are updated by the DHCP server when it grants a lease to a named client. The question is, what info is the DHCP server receiving from Windows clients to enable this, that his CentOS client is failing to send? Probably an active directory domain. Take a look at the samba net ads dns register command. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to open a tcp port?
On 3 Mar 2010, at 12:21, hadi motamedi motamed...@gmail.com wrote: How can I distinguish which package is missing from my CentOS server What are you trying to achieve? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to open a tcp port?
On 3 Mar 2010, at 12:49, hadi motamedi motamed...@gmail.com wrote: I do not want to re-install the OS with all of the packages selected from the installation media . I understand that. What do you want to achieve out of this whole process? What service do you expect to interact with over tcp? Your posts elsewhere state that you are using RedHat 9 - is that correct? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Python Script Issue
On 28 February 2010 06:54, John R Pierce pie...@hogranch.com wrote: atexit.py should be part of the base python RPM in EL5 # rpm -qf /usr/lib/python2.4/atexit.py python-2.4.3-27.el5 Did this get solved in the end? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed
On 28 Feb 2010, at 16:51, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at colocaiton in the middle of a big rebuild and it seems I have a faulty CD rom in the server that I need to put Centos on via Kickstart. Had a similar problem and easiest solution in the end was to buy a USB CD drive from local computer store. Good luck! Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] emergency! linux kickstart pxe boot needed
On 28 February 2010 17:42, Ian Murray murra...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: It's a hardware issue with the server drive. Having said that, the CentOS net install CD is pretty small, so server's drive might read it enough to get going... Any virtual drive support in the ILO / similar? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Python Script Issue
On 27 February 2010 20:46, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: atexit.register(atexit_handler) NameError: global name 'atexit' is not defined Have you remembered import atexit ? A Google search doesn't really help me, except confirm that I don't know anything about python:) http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=python+atexit http://docs.python.org/library/atexit.html http://python.active-venture.com/lib/atexit-example.html http://www.python.org/doc/3.0.1/library/atexit.html Or even http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Python Script Issue
On 27 February 2010 20:56, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: I did see the python docs link and saw that line, this script for cluster server is known to work as is. I haven't got ready access to a CentOS box - what version of Python are you using? atexit is only available in v2.1.3 and later Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Python Script Issue
On 27 February 2010 22:56, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: there are people running some variant of it, and it's a perfect solution for my need:( How did you get the script onto your box? Python can be very picky with whitespace. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Python Script Issue
On 28 Feb 2010, at 01:21, Joseph L. Casale jcas...@activenetwerx.com wrote: I just browsed the git repo at rh's site and used wget with a -O. What's the URL? Determined to get it working now! :-) Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [OT?] recommendation for simple wiki S/W to run on centos 5.4?
On 24 February 2010 13:56, Paul Bijnens paul.bijn...@xplanation.com wrote: I'm becoming a fan of dokuwiki (http://www.dokuwiki.org/). I recently had to install it for someone in our office and it was a doddle using the EPEL repo. I haven't used it through, but they seem very happy with it! Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Best way to backup virtual machines from Citrix XenServer.
2010/2/5 Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com: I have installed Citrix XenServer. It's Linux-based virtualization software. Could anyone propose a good way to make backups of virtual machines (Linux/Windows) in it? Try the XenServer mailing lists or wiki? http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/ http://lists.xensource.com/ Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?
2010/2/2 Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com: I plan to use virtualization in my production environment. I plan to use one of the following options: I am very happy with XenServer in our data centre. Use qemu for testing / devel purposes. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Auto exit lftp on bash script
2010/1/27 Alan Hoffmeister alan...@gmail.com: lftp -e mirror --reverse --delete --only-newer --verbose /var/bkp /test_bkp ;quit -u user,password somehost.com Read the manpage. Replace -e in your original command line with -c. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Auto exit lftp on bash script
2010/1/26 Alan Hoffmeister alan...@gmail.com: how can I exit lftp and finish the bash? Use the -c flag instead? From the manpage: -c commands Execute the given commands and exit. Commands can be separated with a semicolon, `' or `||'. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?
2010/1/15 Peter Kjellstrom c...@nsc.liu.se: IMO the most likely reason for one server working and not another one would be HP shipping (or bounce-your-servers-around-the-globe as I like to call it)... Sadly that problem does not seem unique to HP. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?
2010/1/12 Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk: Eeek! That thing will be hosting the school's vle. Looks like I better memorize the after hours password for HP support. I have had lots[1] of problems lately with DIMMs becoming defective in six month old G5 HPs. Could just be bad luck or maybe just put together by someone wearing a shell suit. Ben [1] Okay, three or four defective modules all in the space of a month. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?
2010/1/12 Chan Chung Hang Christopher christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk: Boy, a Tyan or Supermicro solution is looking better by the minute for the new server I plan to get the school for its library server and other uses. If only Supermicro had a local distributor...I have not had a good look at their solutions yet because of that but their 45 disk case has got my attention. To HP's credit, I had replacements within hours but we are on their 24x7x4 support contract. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] what provices replace command?
2010/1/9 Rudi Ahlers r...@softdux.com: I am used to using the replace command to quickly replace strings in file, but it's not available on some of my fresh CentOS 5.4 servers. Is sed suitable for what you need to achieve? http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chromeie=UTF-8q=sed+replace+strings Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 8-15 TB storage: any recommendations?
2010/1/7 Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org: I've had 2 drobo's at work - and i can assure you that it is essentially a wasted device. I agree with this. We had a Drobo on loan for a while, I found it sluggish and detested the way it over-reports its free space. Couldn't wait to hand it back. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] unattended fsck on reboot
2010/1/6 Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com: But, on the other hand they should never need it, except perhaps when installing the OS if you don't use a full-auto method or clone disks. Reminds me of the quote, In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practise, there is. Call me paranoid, but we use an integrated card and an IP based KVM. In theory I shouldn't have needed them, in practice I've been very grateful for them. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] I thought Y2K was over with?
2010/1/2 Gilbert Sebenste seben...@weather.admin.niu.edu: Apparently not. On a command line, type: date '+%G' Looks perfectly correct to me - from man strftime %Gis replaced by a year as a decimal number with century. This year is the one that contains the greater part of the week (Monday as the first day of the week). Maybe you want %Y? %Yis replaced by the year with century as a decimal number. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [OT] CAT5 IP-capable rackmount KVM units?
2009/12/31 Brian Mathis brian.mat...@gmail.com: I'm using an Avocent DSR1020 and it works just fine. I'm quite happy with Avocent kit, but haven't tried it from non-IE browsers yet. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Deleting contents of /tmp on shutdown
2009/12/13 Thomas Dukes tdu...@sc.rr.com: The udp.pl file was owned by apache. Not sure that would matter. I have no cluse as to how it got there. The date on the file was oct 09 and those logs have already been rotated out. I'd recommend reinstalling from scratch, just to be safe. Admittedly, I am incredibly paranoid... Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Samsung M800
2009/12/1 Frank Cox thea...@sasktel.net: Unfortunately, my phone doesn't show under /proc/scsi/scsi. I suspect that it won't show up until it is in mass storage mode, and if I can get it into mass storage mode I probably won't have to worry about the issue described in that tech note. Hmmm... I suspect that the phone may need a command over the USB bus to put it into mass storage mode - these guys may be able to help - http://www2.one-eyed-alien.net/~mdharm/linux-usb/ However, many of the multi-function Samsung devices listed don't work properly so you may not have much success. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Autofs cannot bind LDAP server
2009/12/2 Eric B. ebe...@hotmail.com: In the meantime, if anyone else has any suggestions what I can do, would love to hear about it. Do you just have the one LDAP server? I would probably set up a slave and add it to your client's ldap configuration. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Unable to share directory via Samba?
2009/12/1 James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com: I removed the smb.conf file and wrote a new one manually but for some reason it only wants to let me connect as Guest and not a real user with some privileges? Have you got SELinux enabled? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Unable to share directory via Samba?
2009/12/1 James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com: No I haven't but thanks for having a guess xD Worth a shot! :-) I've wasted far too much time in the past on a new samba server only to realise I'd forgotten to disable SELinux. What permissions do you have set on /home/mars? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Unable to share directory via Samba?
2009/12/1 James Bensley jwbens...@gmail.com: I removed the smb.conf file and wrote a new one manually but for some reason it only wants to let me connect as Guest and not a real user with some privileges? Okay... had a closer look and suggests that your users are not authenticating properly. Have you created samba accounts for the linux users you wish to have access? See http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-samba-configuring.html As Eero suggests, increase your logging level. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Samsung M800
2009/12/1 Frank Cox thea...@sasktel.net: I wish it did have that option. Unfortunately, if it does it's so well hidden that I can't find it. Does this help - http://www.linux-usb.org/FAQ.html#ts9 ? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mysqld not starting on reboot
2009/11/10 Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com: I installed mysql using yum, so I have an /etc/init.d/mysqld file. For some reason, however, mysqld doesn't boot on reboot of the machine. Please Execute the command chkconfig mysqld on Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Serious Privileges Problem: Second Post!
2009/11/7 mark m.r...@5-cent.us: What do you mean by 'rebooted apache'? You have to reboot the whole machine to change selinlux settings. No, you don't. Either the echo, or the setenforce command will change it. Rebooting probably turned SELinux back on again. Run the setenforce permissive command again and then try. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Serious Privileges Problem: Second Post!
2009/11/7 Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com: selinux must be off because I moved the whole folder to a backup. Did you edit /etc/selinux/config to disable it? Please, just try the things people are suggesting rather than dismissing them instantly - it'll be much easier in the long run. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Serious Privileges Problem: Second Post!
2009/11/7 Victor Subervi victorsube...@gmail.com: I moved /etc/selinux/config to /etc/selinux/config.BAK and created an empty folder to replace it. Then I rebooted the server. Check with the command getenforce please. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] E-Mail on SSH login?
2009/11/2 ML mailingli...@mailnewsrss.com: Does anyone have thoughts on how to kick off an e-mail on SSH login? Make SSH use PAM for authentication and use the pam_preprofile[1] module to execute and appropriate script. You should test with public/private key logins to ensure that it also works for those. Ben [1] http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/pre/modules/pam_preprofile.tgz ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] No entry in /var/log/boot.log
2009/11/1 Rod Rook rod.r...@gmail.com: Anyway, you agree with me that there is a bug or bugs in CentOS 5.4. As I said earlier, it is not a critical matter, but it does not instill confidence in me about CentOS distro. What other bugs are there? The interesting thing, at least to me, is that there seems to be conspiratorial silence about such bugs. Nobody wants to speak ill of their beloved distro? Let's face it, it's pretty damned good for free! Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] HP Proliant ML G6 problem.
2009/10/31 Rafał Radecki radecki.ra...@gmail.com: Could You provide a link to such a howto? Why do you need CentOS 4? Have tried a USB CD drive? Or connecting a different CD drive temporarily for the install? Since you can boot okay, does v4 support net install? Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Scripting help please....
2009/10/28 Neil Aggarwal n...@jammconsulting.com: I dont know how to do this in a script. Could be a job for awk. Bit too busy at work to look into it further at the moment though. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Testing remote machine status in a script ?
2009/10/25 Niki Kovacs cont...@kikinovak.net: IF remote machine is switched on / connected to the network... Use ping and test the result; perhaps something similar to this: case `ping -qnc 1 10.0.0.2 21` in *'100% packet loss'*) exit 1 ;; esac See the script at the bottom of http://www.digitalpeer.com/id/configuringa for more info. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Running SSH on a different port
2009/10/24 Gilbert Sebenste seben...@weather.admin.niu.edu: It will deny me if SERVER is anything but port 22. Doing a man sftp yields no help on how to solve that. Any ideas? From memory, try -o Port=222 Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Sudo command
2009/10/22 Jay jaybeat...@gmail.com: sudo su - sudo -s is so much neater! :) Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Update question
2009/10/14 Ron Loftin relof...@twcny.rr.com: 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 critical, I would be tempted to leave them with 5.2. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Update question
2009/10/14 John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com: Because advising someone to run with known vulnerabilities is conducive to maintaining the integrity of critical systems? If those vulnerabilities put your servers at risk in the environment that you use them, then that would qualify as *need* to upgrade (and fast). I've been seeing this mentality a lot recently, and while in some corner-cases it does make sense, for the majority of users it does not and leaves them open to pain and suffering in the future. On the one hand I'm quite fortunate that our critical infrastructure is completely isolated but on the other I'm rather unfortunate with the requirement for near constant uptime with ageing hardware and no spare cash - until things go wrong... I also monitor various lists for vulnerability updates. Update once in a while after testing in a properly configured test environment and you will, in the long run, be much happier. Completely agree! :) Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to turn off update info on /var/log/messages
2009/10/8 Lanny Marcus lmmailingli...@gmail.com: +1 Excellent advice. He should not be disabling updates. Advice that's worth a lot more than 2 cents Depends upon your point of view. I like to know what my servers are doing and to have the opportunity to test that updates will not break anything that we rely upon first. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to turn off update info on /var/log/messages
2009/10/8 Lanny Marcus lmmailingli...@gmail.com: +1 Excellent advice. He should not be disabling updates. Advice that's worth a lot more than 2 cents Depends upon your point of view. I like to know what my servers are doing and to have the opportunity to test that updates will not break anything that we rely upon first. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] 10 Year old IT Infrastructure
2009/10/10 Gordon McLellan gordonth...@gmail.com: The best part the vendors deal, the upgrades will cost us the same price if we buy the server from him or not - opting not to buy overpriced hardware causes the programming fee to inflate by an equal amount - how is that for service! Sounds like a fantastic business model though! However, could be cheaper in the long run for them to look for an alternative solution now. Take care, Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.
Problem solved... This time I didn't use the CentOS Extras repo. However, still some problems with v5.3 until I just upgraded kernel, smb and nscd and now working and rebooting perfectly! :) Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [Slightly OT] Data Preservation - More
2009/10/3 ML mailingli...@mailnewsrss.com: Nice, thank you, I did not think about this option. I'd use rsync -av Will preserve everything and can resume where it left off if interrupted. Usually used over networks, but equally happy with local file systems. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.
2009/9/30 Miguel Medalha miguelmeda...@sapo.pt: in /etc/ldap.conf: bind_policy soft I may not have used the right terminology, but I mentioned this in my first message: They all obtain their authentication information over LDAP and to avoid the starting message bus hang problem[1], nscd is set to soft failure. Works for the others, just not this one. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.
Think I might just wait for v5.4 and try that. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to autoconfigure network?
2009/9/30 happymaster23 happymaste...@gmail.com: No, I want create files /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and others... Try running setup Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.
I currently have about eight servers running a mixture of CentOS x86_64 v5.2 and v5.3 but none with the very latest updates. They all obtain their authentication information over LDAP and to avoid the starting message bus hang problem[1], nscd is set to soft failure. However, yesterday I set up a new CentOS v5.3 server with the latest updates, but it refuses to get beyond Starting message bus if I have ldap as an option in nsswitch.conf. The LDAP server is hosted on two separate machines and this machine has an identical set up to the others - including soft failure in the nscd config. If I remove all references to ldap from nsswitch.conf I can get the machine to boot. I can then add those entries back, start nscd and getent works fine. However, when I start samba it then starts to fail stating that it cannot find a users unix account - which is clearly incorrect! To compound matters, ssh now seems to be locking up; freezing after requesting a password and eventually dropping connection. As I am working off-site for the test of the week I cannot post any further information at the moment, however, I think that the installed kernel had a September 2009 compile date. Does anyone know of any reason why the latest updates could be causing this behaviour? I have been unable to find anything relevant in the list archives or in the forums. I am under pressure to get this server working and I don't want to be forced to install Windows, so any advice would be appreciated. Many thanks, Ben [1] http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2047 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.
2009/9/29 Dan Burkland dburk...@nmdp.org: I experienced the same problem and found a solution. In your /etc/ldap.conf file (which I had the ldap.conf in /etc/openldap symlinked to), add the following line to the bottom of the file: Due to the ssh problems, I can't check the actual machine at the moment, but the machine I copied the config from already has the following: nss_initgroups_ignoreusers root,ldap,named,avahi,haldaemon,dbus,radvd,tomcat,radiusd,news,mailman,nscd,gdm I'll check the machine's config as soon as I can get access to it. Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.3 LDAP problem.
2009/9/29 Craig White craigwh...@azapple.com: having these lines in /etc/ldap.conf has helped me a lot... timelimit 30 bind_timelimit 30 bind_policy soft My timelimits are still at the default of 120. However, the machine was bounced for me this morning and is apparently still stuck on Starting message bus. I'm just a perplexed that my other CentOS machines work fine, except this new install... :-/ Ben ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
