Re: [CentOS] changing subscribed email address?
2020-09-02 (水) の 14:30 -0400 に Fred Smith さんは書きました: > hi! > > I'm going to move soonand will lose this email address, so I'm going > around > all my various sbuscriptions changing the subscribed email address. > > But I don't see how to do that for the CentOS lists, other than > perhaps > to unsubscribe then re-subscribe. > > Can anyone out enlighten me? > > Thanks in advance! > > Fred Hi, Attached to the footer of every message on the list features the following link: https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos You can use this to manage your subscription (Scroll down the page). ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to Migrate Wordpress Website from 32-bit CentOS Linux 6.3 to 64-bit CentOS Linux 8.2 (2004)
2020-08-31 (月) の 13:31 + に Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming さんは書きました: > > SECTION 4 Disable SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) > === > > You MUST disable SELinux, otherwise Apache web server will not work. > > If you DO NOT want to disable SELinux, you must be an expert in > SELinux to configure SELinux. > Don't do this. You don't need to be an expert to configure SELinux, if you install setroubleshootd then 9 times out of 10 it will tell you how to fix something SELinux is blocking, and when that doesn't work, there's always DuckDuckGo if you're not sure. SELinux may be daunting to a newcomer, but just like Apparmor on Debian, it's well worth reading about and learning the security advantages it provides. I always advise both security methods are left enabled where a distribution supports them. (not at the same time.) > SECTION 5 Disable firewalld Software Firewall > = > > Because already protected by Fortigate firewall at the perimeter. > > # systemctl disable firewalld > > # reboot > > This is another big security no-no. Never disable the firewall, even if that system is behind another system. Configure the firewall correctly in all cases and have it enabled. After all, if someone breaks through your "Fortigate Firewall", your system will be wide open to anyone who gets inside. Honestly, I believe after reading this tutorial, your system would be wide open for easy attack and hijacking. Your tutorial is a little scary to read.. Just sayin... :-O. But keep studying and practising, and look deeper into the various ways to secure a system correctly, such as not installing/running things you don't need and not unnecessarily disabling things. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] yum errors
t has several lines of hosts with a number. > > On the box I’m have yum update issues, it is blank. ?? > > -wes > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi, I wasn't sure if I should reply to you as you seem to be doing a pretty good job of helping your self here :-D. But jokes aside, can you do a couple of checks? Firstly, let's make sure this machine actually has a network connection I've actually seen people spend hours trying to fix issues like yours only to find they had no outside network connection.. $ ping 8.8.8.8 Do you get a ping response? If not, check network settings. If you do, move on.. $ ping google.com Does the domain resolve correctly? If not, check DNS settings. If you do, move on.. Assuming both of those have worked, can you do the following: $ mkdir temporary $ cd temporary $ wget "http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=6&arch=x86_64&repo=os&infra=stock"; (Don't miss those quotes on the url, they are needed to ensure the &'s do not confuse BASH/ZSH) Now, what happened? Did it connect and download correctly? If so do the following: $ cat index.html\?release=6\&arch=x86_64\&repo=os\&infra=stock You should basically get the mirror list: http://mirrors.coreix.net/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://centos.serverspace.co.uk/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirrors.melbourne.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirrors.vooservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirror.mhd.uk.as44574.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirrors.clouvider.net/CentOS/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirrors.ukfast.co.uk/sites/ftp.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirror.cov.ukservers.com/centos/6.7/os/x86_64/ http://mirror.as29550.net/mirror.centos.org/6.7/os/x86_64/ With all of the above checks did you get expecting results including domain resolution, ping response and the mirror list contents? Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Using typescript as a default shell?
Benjamin Smith wrote: > On Monday, December 07, 2015 01:29:54 PM Frank Cox wrote: >> Benjamin Smith wrote: >>> Is it possible to use 'script' command that records what happens in a >>> session as the default shell? How could you deal with multiple logins at >>> once? What about output from rsync and the like? >> >> What problem are you attempting to solve? Have you looked at the bash >> 'history' command? > > We'd like to have an auditable history of what happened on production > servers, > kept for a period of time. (perhaps a week?) It's a very busy production > environment, but the only shell-level access to the systems are > administrative, but having a history of activity as well as the output would > have been highly valuable this morning to verify that a mistake that might > have been made was. (or wasn't!) > > I'm familiar with `history`but it has a few problems: > > 1) You only see the commands entered. > 2) You only see the commands in other shells after you log out. > 3) You don't see the output from the commands. > 4) Histories can be lost altogether if the shell exits abnormally. (EG tcp > timeout) > > I was thinking of a shell script something like (PSEUDO code) > > #! /bin/sh > LOGFILE=`date --format='Ymd:Hms'`; > script /var/log/histories/root.$LOGFILE > exit $? > > And putting it as the shell in /etc/passwd, but this *has* to be the kind of > thing that somebody else has done, right? > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi, While not solving all your problems ZSH may be of help. With ZSH you can configure it to save history immediately upon command being entered and therefore never lose the history. Although, you can still lose it if someone purposely deletes it. But then the same can be applied to any shell logger. Additionally this means recent commands will be in the history file as soon as they run, thus you do not have to close the shell in order to view the recent commands run. Using .zshrc it's simply the case of using "setopts inc_appendhistory" to get that functionality. Although getting used to a whole new shell could be a bit of a challenge if you are very used to BASH. There's also many other features which may be helpful to you. Such as time stamps and shared history. Search "history" on this page to see more: http://linux.die.net/man/1/zshoptions I personally use ZSH where-ever possible as I personally find it to be better than BASH, however this is more of a preference than anything. Good luck though :-) Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] About CentOS Marks
Takuya Yamamoto wrote: > Hello > > https://www.centos.org/legal/trademarks/ > > According to above, I found following message. > -- > Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in these Guidelines, the > following are examples of unacceptable uses: > > 1.Use of the CentOS Marks in connection with commercial redistribution of > CentOS software > -- > > I have a question. > What means "Use of the CentOS Marks"? > > For example, > While CentOS is booting up, CentOS show the CentOS logo on Full screen. > Is it unacceptable? Or acceptable? > If commercial redistribution of CentOS software, Developer have to hide this > logo? > > For example, > CentOS System is working, user can show the "CentOS" text words on console. > Is it unacceptable? Or acceptable? > > > --- > Yamamoto Takuya Hello, I'll try to answer this for you, however please note I am not a lawyer and do not hold an authoritative position of the CentOS distribution. I am just a regular user like you. I'm fairly certain in most cases that using CentOS and its trademarks are perfectly acceptable and allowed for example if you are doing the two options above. However, you will run into a problem if you modify CentOS Sources, for example making a derivative distribution (like CentOS is to RHEL) then tried to call it "CentOS Scientific Linux" and tried to sell it as your own work. In this case you would have to rebrand to "Scientific Linux" and cannot (legally) use the CentOS trademarks in this case. This is also for the same reason CentOS is called "Community Enterprise Operating System" instead of "Red Hat Enterprise Linux Community Edition". So if you had plans to remake or alter CentOS in major ways (Source code editing) to redistribute as your own work, you cannot call it CentOS. However, if you are for example working for a commercial employer you are free to install, setup, configure and run CentOS on any commercial or non-commercial machine at any time without risk of breaking the trademark rules. In the case that you need additional software included with your installation media then a self-made repository is probably the best option as you can legally include a "kickstart"[1] file with your installation media to include the extra repository and install the extra software. I hope this is able to answer your question. [1] https://github.com/rhinstaller/pykickstart/blob/master/docs/kickstart-docs.rst Kind Regards, Jake Shipton ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Software RAID1 Drives
On 07/10/15 23:14, Matt wrote: > I have 3 4TB WD drives I want to put in a RAID1 array. > > Two WD4000FYYZ > > and > > One WD4000F9YZ > > All enterprise class but two are WD Re and one is WD Se. I ordered > the first two thinking 2 drives in the raid array would be sufficient > but later decided its a long drive to the server so I would rather > have 3 drives and ordered a third in accidentally did not get EXACT > same thing. Would there be ANY issues mixing these? > You probably won't have any issues from doing this so long as spin speed, cache size and storage size match. Although if using a RAID card they can sometimes be a bit more picky about the replacement drive you give them. We had one of our mail servers hard drives kick the bucket after 3 years active service, originally it had two Toshiba DT01ACA200's it now has 1x Toshiba DT01ACA200 and 1x HGST HUS724020ALA640 as we didn't have any Toshiba's around. Either way, the drive was added to the array, it rebuilt with mdraid and has been running fine with no problems for almost 3 months now. If using different drives were to cause issues, that would almost certainly have triggered it as it was a different manufacture and all. Naturally though make sure your drives match to a degree, aka, all are the same spin speed, have same buffer size, same storage size etc. But aside from that, you can almost stick any drive in and it'll rebuild and work using mdraid. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Fedora change that will probably affect RHEL
On 25/07/15 18:24, Scott Robbins wrote: > On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 11:16:18AM -0600, Chris Murphy wrote: >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2015 at 9:40 AM, Scott Robbins wrote: >>> This might show up twice, I think I sent it from a bad address previously. >>> If so, please accept my apologies. >>> >>> >>> In Fedora 22, one developer (and only one) decided that if the password >>> chosen during installation wasn't of sufficient strength, the install >>> wouldn't continue. A bug was filed, and there was also a great deal of >>> aggravation about it on the Fedora testing list. So, it was dropped. >>> >>> However, like a US (and probably other countries) politician who has one >>> bad law suddenly exposed, it seems they are doing it for F23, judging from >>> a test installation. I've filed a bug if anyone wants to chime in and ask >>> them not to do it. >>> >>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246771 >> >> This is a good write up on the story: >> https://lwn.net/Articles/639405/ >> >> And the proposal for Fedora 23: >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Standardized_passphrase_policy >> >> And the discussion for Workstation's behavior: >> https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/desktop/2015-July/012588.html > > Kevin Fenzi responded to my post on Fedora testing saying that at least it > is FESCO decisions this time, not just a one man one, and asked for > patience. (My knee-jerk response is why are they even discussing it after > last time, but I refrained.) Thank you for the links Chris. > I can certainly see why it can annoy certain people. I think a better solution to suite both worlds would be to simply have a boot flag on the installation media such as maybe "passwordcheck=true/false" to enable/disable the strength and check features of password entry and simply show a text box (and confirm) if it is disabled without any password checking. This way those who need the check disabled for quick deployments can do so and put a stronger password in later at their own time and choosing. Meanwhile those who wish to have the password checked can also do so. Thus, both people happy :-). Personally, I am neither against the idea, nor for it. It doesn't affect me as I usually use strong passwords regardless. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ClamAV reports a trojan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 16/04/15 16:01, James B. Byrne wrote: > This morning I discovered this in my clamav report from one of our > imap servers: > > /usr/share/nmap/scripts/irc-unrealircd-backdoor.nse: > Unix.Trojan.MSShellcode-21 FOUND > > > I have looked at this script and it appears to be part of the nmap > distribution. It actually tests for irc backdoors. IRC is not > used here and its ports are blocked by default both at the gateway > and on all internal hosts. > > However, I none-the-less copied that file, removed namp, > re-installed nmap from base, and diffed the file of the same name > installed with nmap against the copy. They are identical. > > The question is: Do I have a problem here or a false positive? > > I am not sure why nmap is on that host but evidently I had some > reason last October to use it from that server. In any case I am > going to remove it for good, or at least until the reason I had it > there reoccurs or is recalled to mind. > Hi, I believe this is definitely a false positive. Our mail server (CentOS 6.6) is reporting the very same "Trojan" on the very same file. I've already done our investigation and came to the conclusion it is a false positive based on a verification of files from RPMDB and also our intrusion detection system has not detected any changed files in /usr/share/ since before and after said "trojan" appeared. Top that with two people seeing the same thing at the same time in two completely different machines/companies chances are high its a false positive. Hope this helps set your mind at ease :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) Twitter: @CrazyLinuxNerd GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJVMnVaAAoJEB0Lpc/jwx2P7s4H/2V++W499w2fAZPM8kjnKi9b EBS0vl/oYAOVgzc3lo4y0CbY9GQtQ3258tISCeMGGOR/OjPYl3BqINsS1Qf0FGSw FzNHWrlgas/bZO/HbTAzWbtxknRKIJiiYfBHqLL6s/r9WpOMsBvA2eVpkXsEZZoz AWC0CFcrVsh7+Agqk46GyIsDn8ZpT+IymwMp+gKiqBv8e4uG5WjE8YRGBybscJgk DAPZ9ZaSJpJNFkJ0tpAAgNkPO96lFv6l43nnm/IyTfKtd/1rWJ9ejb0ZjtZnP6Dr xWdNyTjK39euHiVBP3pZ6ex8VKthph6b9FeferoQaGFxGvixk7epIihPbeEYqbg= =lowP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] can i skip this in backups
On 26/01/15 17:27, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/26/2015 6:54 AM, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: >> Is it ok to skip /run/log/journal/ in backups > > there is no directory /run/ on a stock centos system. > I think he means /var/run/log/journal/ Which is included on a stock centos system. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Happy New Year!
On 31/12/14 22:12, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On behalf of the CentOS project I wish you Happy New Year! > > Happy New Year! > Happy New Year all! I hope you all have a great new year! (I know I'm a little late to the party... but hey, better late than never!) Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 - httpd 2.2.29
On 16/12/14 18:15, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am 16.12.2014 um 16:03 schrieb For@ll: >> On 15.12.2014 12:50, Steve Clark wrote: >>> On 12/15/2014 05:51 AM, For@ll wrote: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> I had a two repo for cento6 where I can download httpd 2.2.29, >>>> (baseurl=http://centos.alt.ru/repository/centos/6/$basearch/) and >>>> baseurl=http://mirror.fserver.ru/centos-repo/6/$basearch >>>> >>>> For now this repo is not active, any other repo have 2.2.29 rpm which I >>>> can add to my repo >>>> >>>> >>> Have you tried >>> http://ghettoforge.org/index.php/Main_Page >>> >> Stephen I add this repo but I can't find them httpd 2.2.29 only in >> 2.2.15 version... > > What do you expect from Apache 2.2.29 in contrast to the version > provided by CentOS? > > If it is just about to get the latest release you probably haven't heard > about > > https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/backporting > > There is no real need to use 2.2.29 opposed to 2.2.15 from CentOS. > > Alexander > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi Alex, In this situation 2.2.29 actually does offer an advantage over CentOS version 2.2.15. The version provided by CentOS does not support Forward Secrecy for SSL or TLS 1.2. Version 2.2.24+ of upstream Apache includes patches which enable both Forward Secrecy and TLS 1.2. Now that C6's OpenSSL can also support both TLS 1.2, and Forward Secrecy, upgrading Apache slightly to be able to use both of those is a very viable option. Although, in my case I cheat, I compile my own 2.2.29 RPM and then apply any missing patches and new security patches from RHEL sources myself to get the best of both worlds. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CROSS-LIST Notice: Changes in EPEL
On 05/11/14 07:04, Michael Schumacher wrote: > Hi, > > Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 1:43:50 PM, you wrote: > >> TL;DR: There are a large number of orphaned/unmaintained packages in >> EPEL across the 5, 6, and 7 trees. These packages will be removed from >> EPEL unless they are picked up by a packager. Packages that *depend* on >> an orphaned package will be removed as well to ensure repo-closure. > > sorry for being so ignorant. I try to figure out what impact that has > on a running system. I expect that this package cannot be updated from > now on, but I hope that nothing catastrophic for an existing > installation happens. > > Is that assumption correct? > > best regards > --- > Michael Schumacher > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi Michael, Yes, in almost all situations running systems will never be affected by a package being dropped from a repository. If a system already has the package installed, and said package is already working then the package being removed from the repository should have no affect on your system what-so-ever. However the following will be broken: 1) Automated kickstart installations which connect to EPEL to grab the package as it won't be able to find the package to install it. 2) The ability to install the package on a new/reinstalled system (yum install package) 3) The ability to reinstall the package (yum reinstall package) 4) The ability to get updated versions of the package (yum update package) Aside from the above, it should not brake anything else. The only time I think it would become an issue is if you updated from say EL8.0 to EL8.1 and the existing package stopped being compatible for some reason or other. This would mean the package would not receive an update to fix the compatibility unless someone grabbed the orphaned package and started to maintain it again, or you fixed it yourself. I'd recommend grabbing any orphaned package RPMs and SRPMs so you can still use them later if needed. Either that or volunteer to maintain the package you need :-). Hope this clears things up for you :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to Understand booting process of CENTOS-7
On 01/10/14 11:58, Emmanuel Noobadmin wrote: > It's very simple actually. The first step in the booting process of > CENTOS-7 is the application of emf to the system, following which it > would initiate the cmos process to load the GPT from disk and hand > over to LILO which will bootstrap the kernel from the file allocation > table into the high memory area before running systemd to complete the > booting process. > Yup :D. See simple. Or at least, simple to you and me, and most sys admins who know Linux and computers well (To be fair, if you're a decent Linux admin, you probably do). But to a newcomer, the above would just be a random blob of text which makes them give you a blank stare. Also, not necessarily over to Lilo, could go to grub or grub2 or any other bootloader... depends on the system configuration ;-) Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] xfce on CentOS 7: can't lock screen
On 28/09/14 03:43, Devin Reade wrote: > Ok, trying to bypass the usual flames (I used CDE for years, then > KDE until it got dumbed-down too much, and we all know how GNOME > has turned out) ... I've decided to try out xfce on CentOS 7. > > I grabbed xfce from epel by installing the following via yum: > epel-release @xfce > > So far it's pretty good, and is giving me the basic features I'm > looking at without getting in my way. However, I can't seem to get > the damned screen lock function to work. > > Leaving the monitor idle doesn't generally do anything. (Although > just now, after having left it for a few hours, I got a blank > screen with a few vertical narrow white bars that wouldn't respond > to any key or mouse movement. Switching to a text console and back > to the graphics console, however, brought up the xfce desktop > again, but with no screen lock prompt.) > > If I select the 'Lock Screen' menu item from the top right corner > of the screen it does nothing; doesn't lock the screen, provides no > feedback that there's a problem, etc. > > The page > <http://xmodulo.com/control-screen-lock-settings-linux-desktop.html> > > describes (for XFCE) bring up "Settings Manager" => "Screen Saver", but > there is no "Screen Saver" option in the Settings Manager. > > A clue stick would be appreciated. > > Devin > > ___ CentOS mailing > list CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi, I also use XFCE4 :-). My solution was to install xscreensaver and configure/install that. You can find it in nux's repo :-). Make sure you start the daemon by running "xscreensaver" in terminal. use the command "xscreensaver-command -prefs" to configure your options. Once everything is running it should work! Good luck :-) Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Critical update for bash released today.
On 26/09/14 11:54, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 09/25/2014 01:49 AM, James Hogarth wrote: > > If you absolutely must run an EL4 workload, please do not do it on > CentOS-4 and instead pay for and upgrade to RHEL-4 ELS as described in > the above link from February 2012. CentOS-4 is unsafe .. don't use it > .. don't do it .. please. > CentOS4 is perfectly safe to use :). .. If it's in a Virtual Machine with no network access :). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS Update
On 26/09/14 09:44, Gökhan Öztürk wrote: > Hello. Previously debian, ubuntu, opensuse, I've used. But I'm new to CentOS > too. I do not install desktop environment. Servers want to learn. I can not > update the system. I could not so I researched. I give the following command > . "yum update". I get the error. I'm working on a virtual machine. (I do > not know English. Translation I wrote using.) > > > One of the configured repositories failed (hand), > > > Connot find a valid baseurl for repo: base / 7x86_64 > > > > "vi" with CentOS-Base.repo, CentOS-Debuginfo.repo, CentOS-Vault.repo, CentOS > -Sources.repo files "enabled = 1" line as I did. But "soft repolist all" > command when I type "status = 0" is displayed. Hi, Sounds to me like the repository files have been altered which is causing these errors. You could try "yum clean all; yum update --disablerepo=*hand*" just to see if you can get any sort of updates. If not, it sounds like your repository files have been modified in some way. Check your repository files, each repository should have a line similar to this: mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os If this line is present, but different (Excluding the repo= part), for example pointing at a non-centos domain and location it would mean that they have been modified which is causing these errors you are receiving. Hope this helps :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] firefox: annoyance
On 25/09/14 18:18, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Jake Shipton wrote: >> >> Guess it's the old "if it ain't American, it ain't right" >> attitude? :-). > > Don't be absurd. How 'bout "can we be sure that no one's inserted > nasties into the code?" How 'bout "who else has looked at and > compared the code to the project source?" > > *I* would trust Nux... but a) I can't speak or set policy for my > organization[1][2], and b) I wouldn't feel comfortable committing > my organization to use it, and urging it on my users of my > division, and then someone hacks his repo. > > As an admin I used to work with liked to say, he was paid to be > professionally paranoid. Fair enough, same reason I do not use Windows at all anywhere :-). >> >> A suggestion for your picky boss: Custom repository. > > We have our own repo. However, there's *2.x* of us (my manager's > working with another Institute too much of the time these days), > and we do NOT want to have to maintain packages (don't even *ask* > me about my packaging of BioPerl). We want to yum update from > trusted repos Yeah, I know the feeling of that, I am the only IT guy in our company my job usually includes: 1) Build systems 2) Configure servers 3) Maintain servers 4) Configure desktops 5) Maintain desktops 6) Develop any homemade applications when and where necessary 7) Develop and maintain website 8) Process and deliver online orders 9) Reply to customer support emails 10) Occasionally be on shop front (Mostly weekends) and directly deal with customers. 11) Anything else as and where needed. Basically.. everything as I am part of a 3-way business partnership which only has 3 people working (Self employed). I literally work from when I wake up to when I go to bed. So I know what it's like to not have many people doing stuff, and I know it can be done, so maintaining your own repository is actually quite easy when there is two of you if you set up email notifications etc of when new packages are released, and assuming you don't put far to many packages in your own repo and keep it to the odd one or two where needed you should be able to maintain it fairly easily. :-) > >> This way each machine has the repository, and can install the >> extra packages. > > *snicker* Each machine. Right, I'm going to put a repo on ever > single server and workstation... and then maintain it. When nobody > actually works on their workstation, the work is supposed to be > done on servers, with home directories NFS mounted > > You're joking, right? > Nope quite serious, regarding installing the repo on the machines, create your own "release" package, then it's just the case of yum install . If you use PXE booting for new installs, just include it on the kickstart file and it will automatically be installed to any new systems. After that initial setup, you just install and update the packages the same as you would with any other repository package. Besides, I'm just offering a simple solution to your problem... Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] firefox: annoyance
On 25/09/14 17:42, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: >> On 09/25/2014 05:49 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Tom Bishop wrote: >>>> I like the look of palemoon, I am going to drop an email to >>>> Nux and see if we can get it added to his repo. >>> >>> Maybe we can get it into extras? I mentioned something from his >>> repo to my manager, who understandably balked at a Russian >>> server (this is a US gov't agency (non-DoD) that we work >>> at >> >> li.nux.ro, that's Romania not Russia. > > Thanks, I sit (and type) corrected. There was something nagging at > me, saying Russia was wrong for Nux. However, I don't foresee > aforesaid manager being happy with an eastern European individual's > repo. > > *sigh* > > But - could someone correct me if I'm wrong - isn't "extras" for > things like this? > > mark > > ___ CentOS mailing > list CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Guess it's the old "if it ain't American, it ain't right" attitude? :-). A suggestion for your picky boss: Custom repository. You could create a custom repository featuring these "off limits" products and simply create a repo-release package which gets installed with each machine. This way each machine has the repository, and can install the extra packages. I have done this before and works fine, I usually just create my own rpms or grab src rpms from fedora koji and put them in my own repo if I want something that is not available in any repositories. This should solve most of the problems with your boss :-). PS: Better not tell your boss Linux was created in Finland.. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] X, why did it have to be X
On 24/09/14 13:02, mark wrote: > On 09/23/14 19:21, Jake Shipton wrote: >> On 22/09/14 22:37, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>>> I have one user. We've pretty much all got two monitors, but >>>> he insists on rotating both of them vertically - that is, >>>> they're taller than they are wide, and he's got a Radeon >>>> card. I always have X grief on his system when I update >>>> it >>>> >>>> I just did a full update. X comes up in both screens... but >>>> the left one is *not* rotated, while the right one is. And >>>> they're mirrored. I've logged in as root, looked at all the >>>> configuration > >> Is this C6 or C7? >> >> If it's C7 I had the same issue with ignoring nvidia >> configuration, turns out it wasn't Xorg at all. >> >> It was GDM resetting everything when it loaded, switched to >> LightDM problem solved as it was using Xorg configuration again! >> >> Worth a shot if it's C7 :-). > > C6, and yep, that's probably what's happening anyway. I went to > apologize yesterday morning for having left it that way, and he > was fine: *after* he logged in, everything was the correct > direction. > > I need to lok at the damn GDM (another reason to dislike gnome). > > mark > > ___ CentOS mailing > list CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Yeah.. I'm not a fan of gnome either. I had XFCE during the lifetime of my C6 Install, and now have XFCE on my C7 install. I know XFCE isn't exactly very "modern" or "hip" "cool" etc. But it does the job, and works for me :). I like it. I had issues getting the sort order of my 3 monitors correct, the third monitor would overlap onto the second monitor and the first monitor was detected to be in position 2, so the mouse had to go the other way to reach it. (Basically, all wrong) I resolved all display issues using the following method on C6: 1) Install LightDM 2) Set LightDM as default display manager 3) Remove any "display" configuration set by Gnome/XFCE.. in case of XFCE remove ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/display.xml I'm sure gnome has a similar file around somewhere. 4) Reboot 5) Done, you should now be using xorg.conf only. Hope this helps :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] X, why did it have to be X
On 22/09/14 22:37, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I have one user. We've pretty much all got two monitors, but he >> insists on rotating both of them vertically - that is, they're >> taller than they are wide, and he's got a Radeon card. I always >> have X grief on his system when I update it >> >> I just did a full update. X comes up in both screens... but the >> left one is *not* rotated, while the right one is. And they're >> mirrored. I've logged in as root, looked at all the configuration >> I know of, and nothing tells it to mirror, or one rotate and the >> other not. But when I use the menu, and go to >> system->preferences-display, it shows mirror screens *always* >> checked. I uncheck that, and hit apply, and nothing happens. I >> move the one off from over the other, and rotate the other, and >> still, nothing at all happens, and I don't see anything written, >> anywhere. >> >> Suggestions? >> > A couple other things: the /etc/X11/xorg.conf that I fought > successfully last year is still in place, but it acts as though > it's ignoring it. > > mark > > ___ CentOS mailing > list CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi, Is this C6 or C7? If it's C7 I had the same issue with ignoring nvidia configuration, turns out it wasn't Xorg at all. It was GDM resetting everything when it loaded, switched to LightDM problem solved as it was using Xorg configuration again! Worth a shot if it's C7 :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Yum Priorities Update
On 13/04/14 11:58, Chris wrote: > On 04/13/2014 12:48 PM, Nux! wrote: >> I'm on 11.2.202.350, flash-plugin from Adobe's repo. >> >> http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/linux/i386/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm > > Thank you. Now, I've added priorities to my yum repos: > > priority = 1 [base] > priority = 1 [extras] > priority = 1 [rpmfusion-nonfree-updates] > priority = 1 [updates] > priority = 2 [centosplus] > priority = 2 [contrib] > priority = 7 [rpmforge] > priority = 7 [rpmforge-extras] > priority = 10 [epel] > priority = 11 [adobe-linux-x86_64] > > Nevertheless, yum is trying to download from rpmforge. How can I update > priorities? > > - Chris > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Hi, The lower the priority number, the higher it's priority. So, in your case, rpmforge has a higher priority than adobe, thus it yum-priorities will exclude the adobe version and instead choose the rpmforge version. If you don't want to edit your priorities, you can manually exclude the flash-plugin from RPMforge, thus allowing the adobe version. Add the following line to your repo (Below priority) exclude=flash-plugin This will exclude that specific package from RPMForge, you can use wildcards and add additional packages if you choose. For example, you could do: exclude=flash*plugin clam* etc, to add additional packages or options, and it will then choose to get those packages from the next highest priority repository. Hope this helps :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Missing Announcement
On 02/02/14 03:06, Markus Falb wrote: > Hi, > I do see a kernel update to 2.6.18-371.4.1.el5 but I am missing the > announcement. > Hi, It did get sent, just checked my announce folder (on another email) and it is there. Also: https://lwn.net/Articles/583977/ Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Have a great Holiday season
On 24/12/13 18:45, Karanbir Singh wrote: > hi, > > Here is wishing everyone in the CentOS community a great holiday season, > awesome new year and a great 2014. > > May 2014 bring friendlier + larger communities, stabler distros and a > general reduction in systems frustrations for the users! > > regards from and to everyone, > > - KB > Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to the CentOS Team (and users) from here too! :-D. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Why I get this message " You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root " ?
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 09:45:26 + Norah Jones wrote: > Hi, > > Why I get this message " You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root > " in CentOs? > > My queries are the following - > 1. Why this is generated ? > 2. How to disable this ? > 3. Is this system generated ? > 4. Is this message gain any importance ? > > > > Thanks, > Norah Jones > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, Basically, this is just a "You've got mail" notification. Most likely these are system generated logs or errors being mailed to root. When logged into root type "mail" to see them. Importance wise, it depends on what you perceive as important. I myself like to know what is going on with my system so I leave them on, while others do not. Disabling them would involve either, disabling postfix all together (or any other mailserver), this would prevent all system mail. Or, if you are using this as an email server, disabling other things such as logwatch, and any other script which may mail root, Lastly another option is creating a dumby user for all mail directed at root to go by setting up aliases in /etc/aliases (Basically at end: root: dumbyuser) and then running newaliases. Hope this helps :-). Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] MySQL stale socket
On Mon, 16 Dec 2013 10:51:54 +0100 Luigi Rosa wrote: > > I have a server with a faulty power supply that resets the server > every 4/5 hours. > > While I wait for the supplier to change the PS, I am facing an issue > with MySQL. > > When the system comes back on, mysqld script starts the daemon, but > the connections via /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock don't work because > MySQL doesn't delete and recreate the stale socket. > > Apart from editing /etc/init.d/mysqld to force the deletion of a > stale socket are there any other way to solve this issue? > > > Thank you un advance. > > > Ciao, > luigi > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, As a *temporary* solution you could do the following: # chkconfig mysqld off # nano /etc/rc.local Add at bottom: rm /var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock service mysqld start Now Save. Next time the machine boots it should remove the sock file, and then start mysqld. Once your PSU is fixed, remove those lines and run: # chkconfig mysqld on Job done! :-D Hope this helps. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] New SCL updates pushed
On Thu, 12 Dec 2013 07:02:17 -0600 Johnny Hughes wrote: > We have Software Collections for CentOS currently in our testing repo: > > http://dev.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/ > > To date I don't think I have gotten any feedback, positive or > negative, for these SCL RPMs though I know there are hundreds of > people using them (or at least downloading them). > > I have added the following SCL updates to the repo: > > Critical: ruby193-ruby security update: > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1763.html > > Important: ruby193-rubygem-actionpack security update: > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1794.html > > Critical: php security update: > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1815.html > > > If we are ever going to get these out of testing and into production, > we need to get some feedback. Feedback accepted on this list, the > centos-devel mailing list, or this bug: > > http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6719 > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > Hi Johnny, I've been using SCL for some testing for a little while now. I haven't really gotten around to posting a message regarding it due to it was just working and I proceeded to do some work with it :-). Sorry about that. I've not experienced any issues with the repository so far, and I'm guessing since there is not a load of people emailing saying "It doesn't work" other people aren't having issues either, but I could be wrong. Though I myself have only used the mariadb packages and various php packages. Out of curiosity, once it is deemed "stable" how do you intend to provide the extra packages? will they be included with a default install in a separate repository? or will they become part of base? extras? Just curious :-). Additionally, I would like to say Thank You for providing these packages :-). Thanks! Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] zimbra test
On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 11:00:43 -0600 Wes James wrote: > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Reindl Harald > wrote: > > > Am 01.11.2013 17:46, schrieb Wes James: > > > On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Bart Schaefer < > > barton.schae...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > >> On Fri, Nov 1, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Wes James > > >> wrote: > > >>> Why does > > >>> removing postfix remove these others. cron and the others are > > dependent > > >> on > > >>> having postfix? Seems odd if they are. Hi, I run a Zimbra server myself. The correct procedure is to disable the services on startup like so: chkconfig (service) off service (service) stop (service) being the service name. Zimbra will install it's own versions of various bits of software and leave them in /opt/zimbra so you don't have to worry about conflicts as such. The only real issue is to ensure that no other services (such as postfix) are using a port that Zimbra will need to use. Things such as cron, logwatch etc can be configured to use Zimbra. But it may take a little more configuration than normal. Hope this helps :-). Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] (no subject)
On Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:26:52 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 10:50 AM, Kaplan, Andrew H. > wrote: > > Hello -- > > > > We are running CentOS 6.3 64-bit distribution on one of our > > servers, and I am involved in upgrading the Apache and OpenSSL > > packages. I completed an upgrade to both where the version of each > > that is installed on the server is the following: > > > > httpd 2.2.15-29.el6.centos > > httpd-manual 2.2.15-29.el6.centos > > httpd-tools 2.2.15-29.el6.centos > > openssl 1.0.0-27.el6_4.2 > > openssl-devel 1.0.0-27.el6_4.2 > > > > Are these the latest versions of Apache and OpenSSL that are > > available to CentOS in package format? If not, what repository can > > I go to for the latest versions? > > First, why aren't you doing a full 'yum update' to bring the whole > system up to 6.4? > > Also, are you updating these packages to get new features or > bug/security fixes? CentOS tracks the updates in RHEL exactly and > RHEL backports many security and bug fixes without changing the base > package version numbers. You can see these with: > rpm -q --changelog package_name > where the CVE numbers will be mentioned, if you are checking for some > particular security issue. > > If you need new features, you may have to go to newer versions found > elsewhere, but be very careful about replacing any base packages in > your system - it is almost always the wrong thing to do. You need to > know more about Linux than the Red Hat engineers... > One other thing regarding the OpenSSL packages in 6.4, they do not currently support TLS 1.2 and are stuck on TLS 1.0 so may be less secure. [1] However, Redhat is aware of this and 6.5 will be updating OpenSSL to a more recent version which will support TLS 1.2 and solve most current known security problems. [2] So I'd suggest stick with the 6.4 packages for now, and once 6.5 is out upgrade to those. (For a while the last secure cipher in current OpenSSL in CentOS/RHEL was RC4, however even that is now considered not so secure and should be phased out. [1]) Also, may be worth doing a full upgrade to 6.4 then to 6.5 to ensure any other hidden security issues are not lurking due to an out of date package. [1] https://community.qualys.com/blogs/securitylabs/2013/03/19/rc4-in-tls-is-broken-now-what [2] https://www.redhat.com/about/news/archive/2013/10/latest-beta-release-of-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-now-available -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] which kernel do people use?
On Tue, 22 Oct 2013 19:44:44 -0700 Keith Keller wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm doing a very informal and unscientific poll: which kernel do you > use on your CentOS machines? > I use kernel-ml from elrepo for my Desktop due to hardware support as my hardware fails to even try to boot with the stock kernel as it used to just kernel-panic when I first got my new hardware, now on the most recent stock kernel just dies with USB errors (Prior to even attempting to start services etc.) kernel-ml works and boots just fine but it sure was fun and games getting CentOS installed and working... All of our servers run the stock CentOS kernel as all hardware appears to be supported and we need the stability more so than a desktop does. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] exclude in a repo file
On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 09:42:56 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:21 AM, Carl T. Miller > wrote: > > John R. Dennison wrote: > >> On Tue, Sep 03, 2013 at 07:05:47AM -0400, Carl T. Miller wrote: > >>> > >>> Is there a way to set up this repo so that when I run > >>> "yum upgrade" it will only check the firefox and > >>> xulrunner packages from the remi repo? > >> > >> Add > >> > >> includepkgs=firefox xulrunner > >> > >> to the repo definition for remi. > >> > >> This will _only_ allow those specific packages from remi and > >> exclude everything else. > > > > > > Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for. And I've > > made a note to myself to not only search man page for the > > a string, but to see if there is a separate man page for > > the config file. > > You can also set 'enabled=0" for the repo, then after a "yum update" > from the base repos, do a "yum --enablerepo=xxx install package..." > (or update) for the specific packages you want from there.. This > isn't quite as full-auto as specifying the packages in the repo > file,but it will bring along dependencies that you might have to add > piecemeal. Just be sure you look at the list of packages yum is > proposing to change before confirming it. > That's one way of doing it. I would suggest the following: add: exclude = firefox thunderbird xulrunner to base/updates, followed by priority = 1 and then in remi repo priority = 10 and finally, yum install yum-priorities* This should keep those pesky unwanted base-overwriting packages out unless you specifically want them :-) You should do the same with other repositories. Just my 2 pence. Kind Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] MP3 Tagger
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 20:57:13 -0400 Mark LaPierre wrote: > Is there any good tagger for CentOS 6? Personally, I use EasyTAG. Used it for a fair few years now, works fine with flac, ogg, mp3, etc. Tried it once with WMV didn't go so well. But then I don't really have any WMV files stored so a non-issue for me. I have the version from: easytag x86_64 2.1-2.el6.rf @rpmforge 2.4 M Other repo's may hold it, I'm not sure. But that's where mine came from :-). Hope this helps, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Possible Kernel user escalation issue for CentOS-6.4
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 01:14:50 -0500 Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 07/02/2013 04:55 PM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > The following kernel has been built while waiting for upstream to > > release a new kernel that addresses CVE-2013-2224: > > > > http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/c6kernel/2.6.32-358.11.1.el6.cve20132224/ > > > > Please see this upstream bug for details: > > > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=979936 > > > > = > > > > Note: This kernel has been minimally tested and is provided as is > > for people who do not want to wait for the official kernel. It is > > the standard CentOS kernel with one added patch ( > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=767364) > > > > This kernel needs to be tested for fitness by each user before being > > placed in production. It is a best effort to mitigate an issue > > that can cause local user escalation to root while waiting for > > upstream to fix and QA the official kernel. Use at your own risk. > > > > There has been a new upstream kernel released > (kernel-2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.src.rpm) and we have released a testing > kernel that addresses this issue. Same warnings and bugzilla links > apply (this is a best effort, use at your own risk, yada yada yada !): > > http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/c6kernel/2.6.32-358.14.1.el6.cve20132224/ > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > Thanks for these Johnny much appreciated, I was quite surprised to find the fix was not in the .14.1 kernel update from upstream. I guess upstream does not see this as "important" enough. Regards, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] problems with apache downgrade
On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 17:56:52 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > There was an upgrade on a couple of our servers yesterday, > mid-afternoon our time, of httpd and httpd-devel, and suddenly > SiteMinder (bleah) stopped working correctly, and is now pegging a > cpu, according to top. So, as a last resort, I tried downgrading both > of them. When I did so, the server that uses ssl *erased* mod-ssl, > not downgrading it, and I'll have to find where I can get the > previous version tomorrow... but that shouldn't happen, I should > think. Downgrade *should* get everything, unless it's brand new, and > this isn't. > >mark > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hmm. If you are refering to the standard ones in C6 you should be able to just yum-downgrade it. A quick test on my desktop: [root@main-linux-box ~]# yum downgrade *mod_ssl* Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, fastestmirror, priorities, security, : verify Setting up Downgrade Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.bytemark.co.uk * clnrepo: 192.168.1.74 * clnrepo-extras: 192.168.1.74 * clnrepo-extras-noarch: 192.168.1.74 * clnrepo-noarch: 192.168.1.74 * elrepo: mirror.solvention.de * elrepo-kernel: mirror.solvention.de * epel: www.mirrorservice.org * extras: mirror.ox.ac.uk * fasttrack: mirror.ox.ac.uk * nux-dextop: mirror.li.nux.ro * updates: mirror.ox.ac.uk 89 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.15-26.el6.centos will be a downgrade --> Processing Dependency: httpd = 2.2.15-26.el6.centos for package: 1:mod_ssl-2.2.15-26.el6.centos.x86_64 ---> Package mod_ssl.x86_64 1:2.2.15-28.el6.centos will be erased --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: 1:mod_ssl-2.2.15-26.el6.centos.x86_64 (base) Requires: httpd = 2.2.15-26.el6.centos Installed: httpd-2.2.15-28.el6.centos.x86_64 (@updates) httpd = 2.2.15-28.el6.centos Available: httpd-2.2.15-26.el6.centos.x86_64 (base) httpd = 2.2.15-26.el6.centos You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Ignoring the Dep errors, it seems to be all there :-). You can get v2.2.15-28 (current) here: http://mirror.ovh.net/ftp.centos.org/6.4/updates/x86_64/Packages/mod_ssl-2.2.15-28.el6.centos.x86_64.rpm and v2.2.15-26 (previous) here: http://mirror.ovh.net/ftp.centos.org/6.4/os/x86_64/Packages/mod_ssl-2.2.15-26.el6.centos.x86_64.rpm Hope this helps :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Steam for Linux Fedora 17 -> CentOS 6.x
On Tue, 02 Jul 2013 13:58:34 +0100 Nux! wrote: > On 01.07.2013 23:13, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > > Can somebody contact "Spot" and ask him if Steam for Linux can be > > compiled on CentOS 6.x? http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/ > > > > or will someone try it from src rpm's (same folder)? > > > > or is someone willing to take over building the rpm the old > > fashioned way from https://github.com/xvitaly/steamrpm ? > > > > I am to relocate to another town for new job and can not afford the > > spare time :-/ > > I remember trying to "build" Steam for Centos a while ago and > failing, did not insist too much though. > I'm not optimistic. > I tried this too, however was also unsuccessful, I found steam would not run with the version of glibc shipped with CentOS/RHEL. Although it was quite a bit of time ago since I last tried running it, perhaps someone could bypass that issue? -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] No more support for chrome/chromium on rhel6
On Fri, 07 Jun 2013 22:27:46 -0500 Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 05/02/2013 10:50 PM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Johnny Hughes > > wrote: > >> On 04/15/2013 01:26 AM, Robert Arkiletian wrote: > >>> > > > OK guys, > > Here is the test version of Chromium version 28 for CentOS-6 (the > current beta release). > > http://people.centos.org/hughesjr/chromium/6/ > > > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes > Thanks Johnny! I'm not a fan of chrome myself however I have to to keep it around for development projects for QA/Testing purposes. So having a handy RPM is always helpful :-). I'll post back if I hit any bugs with the package :-). Thanks, Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CVE-2013-2094 and CentOS 6.x
On Wed, 15 May 2013 11:48:14 -0700 (PDT) "David C. Miller" wrote: > > For those who don't know yet here is the redhat bugzilla on this > exploit. > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962792 > > Does anyone know if CentOS 6 have the debug packages available to > apply the temp patch for this listed in the bugzilla link? > > David. > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Redhat have released a new kernel to fix the bug :-). https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0830.html -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: memory brands?
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:40:01 + Ian Stirling wrote: > On 20/02/13 14:38, Patrick Lists wrote: > > On 02/20/2013 02:57 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> > > I like Crucial. Quality stuff, never had a memory stick failing and > > good service. Once I had an unopened box with some Crucial memory > > (purchased almost a year before) and asked if I could exchange it > > for a different set. They responded quickly and allowed me to > > exchange the memory no questions asked. > > > > Regards, > > Patrick > Seconded - I was just going to post exactly the same thing. I have > used Crucial memory and SSD for as long as I can remember and have > never had a single failure > Running Crucial RAM here as well never had any problems. :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] rpmbuild for different architecture [OT?]
On Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:08:15 -0500 Steve wrote: > As far as I can tell, the rpm-list went defunct circa 2008 so I'm > asking here. No doubt someone will let me know if this is not OK. > > I'm trying to build an RPM on a CentOS VM targeted to run on an ARM > architecture machine. > > I have a test program, prime, that I cross compiled on my VM and when > I copy it onto my target machine it runs correctly. Now I want to > package it in an RPM. > > On my target machine, I run > $ uname -m > armv71 > > so on the VM I wrote my spec file and ran > $ rpmbuild -ba --target armv71 prime.spec > ... > processing files: prime-1.0-1.armv71 > unknown, 0: Warning using regular magic file '/etc/magic' > Requires(rpmlib): rpmlib(payloadFilesHavePrefix) <= 4.0-1 > rpmlib(CompressedFileNames) <= 3.0.4-1 ... > Wrote /home/steve/rpmbuild/RPMS/armv71/prime-1.0-1.armv71.rpm > ... > > So it seems that some parts of rpm realize that I've cross compiled > and some parts don't. Any ideas on how to get rid of these warning > messages? I tried putting 'Autoreq: 0' in the spec file but that > didn't help. > > A second problem is that when I go to install the rpm on the target > machine, I get an error saying that the architecture doesn't match. I > had to use --ignorarch to get it to install. What does rpm use to > determine what the architecture is if not uname? > > With the --ignorearch option, the RPM installs and the program runs > as expected. > > Thanks, > Steve > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I would recommend using "Mock" for this as it would both provide a clean build environment (chroot) and the ability to cross compile easily. Once you get mock all configured and set up, it's actually a really nice tool and handy :-). I highly recommend it. Good luck! :-) -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] off-topic: firefox & noscript - bad solution
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:30:41 -0500
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> I did try that, in options->xss? abe? but it complained that it didn't
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I believe they are under Options > Advanced > XSS
Did your lines look like these?
^https?://([a-z]+)\.google\.(?:[a-z]{1,3}\.)?[a-z]+/(?:search|custom|\1)\?
^https?://([a-z]*)\.?search\.yahoo\.com/search(?:\?|/\1\b)
^https?://[a-z]+\.wikipedia\.org/wiki/[^"<>\?%]+$
^https?://translate\.google\.com/translate_t[^"'<>\?%]+$
^https://secure\.wikimedia\.org/wikipedia/[a-z]+/wiki/[^";<>\?%]+$
(These are defaults I believe on mine)
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Re: [CentOS] off-topic: firefox & noscript - bad solution
On Tue, 18 Dec 2012 15:06:16 -0500 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > Not a biggie, but definitely annoying: I try to register for a > > media site, so I can put in a comment, and every time I hit > > "register", noscript pops up telling me it's protecting me from > > cross-site scripting... and if it's giving me any way to say, > > "that's ok for this site", I don't see it. I've tried typing in a > > pattern for xss, and no joy. > > > > Clues for the annoyed? > > > Well, I managed to do it... by unchecking both check boxes in > options->xss, doing the sign-up, then resetting them. You'd think that > there'd be an allow option for the script, just as there is for > flash > > mark > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos It has this, that is the pattern thing, but you've got to make sure you have the pattern correct :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] XFCE4 group missing on Centos 5.x?
On Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:20:28 + (GMT) Keith Roberts wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > To: centos@centos.org > > From: Johnny Hughes > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] XFCE4 group missing on Centos 5.x? > > > > On 11/13/2012 02:41 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > >> On Tue, 13 Nov 2012, Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> > >>> To: centos@centos.org > >>> From: Johnny Hughes > >>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] XFCE4 group missing on Centos 5.x? > >>> > >>> On 11/13/2012 01:55 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: > >>>> I had XFCE group installed and working on C5.8 32 bit. > >>>> > >>>> I have done a fresh installation using the C 5.5 DVD. > >>>> > >>>> I cannot seem to find the XFCE group now. Has this been > >>>> removed from Centos 5.x ? > >>>> > >>> There is a version in CentOS Extras ... however, it is outdated. > >>> > >>> I was going to upgrade it ... BUT ... I found that it is now being > >>> maintained in EPEL for EL5. > >>> > >>> I would recommend that you use the EPEL version of XFCE. > >> Thanks Johnny. > >> > >> This is what I'm getting now: > >> > >> [root@karsites ~]# yum groupinfo XFCE > >> Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities > >> Setting up Group Process > >> Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > >> * base: mirror.for.me.uk > >> * epel: mirrors.ukfast.co.uk > >> * extras: mirror.for.me.uk > >> * rpmforge: nl.mirror.eurid.eu > >> * updates: mirror.for.me.uk > >> Warning: Group XFCE does not exist. > >> > >> I was installing xfce4 with: > >> > >> yum -y groupinstall "XFCE" > >> > >> Has the name been changed? > > > > The CentOS extras group name is: > > > > XFCE-4.4 > > > > I don't think the EPEL version has groups. > > [root@karsites ~]# yum groupinfo "XFCE-4.4" > Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities > Setting up Group Process > Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile > * base: mirror.for.me.uk > * epel: mirrors.ukfast.co.uk > * extras: mirror.for.me.uk > * rpmforge: nl.mirror.eurid.eu > * updates: mirror.for.me.uk > Warning: Group XFCE-4.4 does not exist. > > Maybe it's been removed now from extras as it's old? > > OK - got it now Johnny. So I just install every xfce* > package from EPEL and that's dealt with it? > > Name : xfce4-session > Arch : i386 > Version: 4.6.2 > Release: 1.el5 > Size : 662 k > Repo : epel > Summary: Xfce session manager > URL: http://www.xfce.org/ > License: GPLv2+ > Description: xfce4-session is the session manager for the > : Xfce desktop environment. > > Kind Regards, > > Keith > > --- > Websites: > http://www.karsites.net > http://www.php-debuggers.net > http://www.raised-from-the-dead.org.uk > > All email addresses are challenge-response protected with > TMDA [http://tmda.net] > --- > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, This may or may not be helpful, but I'll put this out there anyway just in case :-) In the CentOS 6 version of EPEL repository the group is called "Xfce" (Case Sensitive) so: yum groupinstall "Xfce" Should do the trick. If that doesn't work try "yum grouplist" and find a group related to XFCE. :-). Hope this helps. -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Red Hat vs Twin Peaks
On Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:11:41 -0400 Mark LaPierre wrote: > > > Interesting story at Groklaw...just thought I would share: > > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120913073511444 > I find that quite amusing :-D. TwinPeaks "Let's Sue a company that's a lot bigger than us!" Redhat "Ha, you can do that, but while you do, We are going to counter sue as you are copying GPL code, and not keeping to the license! :-) Have a nice day" Sorry, but this one truly deserves a "FAIL!" (to TwinPeaks) Haha :-). Thanks for the laughs :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] SRPM build exceptions list 6.3
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 14:27:50 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > > > CentOS renamed: > > > redhat-release-* -> centos-release > > > Will lsb_release -a give the correct result? > > mark > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos I believe so... [Jake@main-linux-box ~]$ lsb_release -a LSB Version: :core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:graphics-4.0-amd64:graphics-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch Distributor ID: CentOS Description:CentOS release 6.3 (Final) Release:6.3 Codename: Final [Jake@main-linux-box ~]$ ls -l /etc/*-release -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 27 Jun 26 10:30 /etc/centos-release lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jul 10 20:22 /etc/redhat-release -> centos-release lrwxrwxrwx. 1 root root 14 Jul 10 20:22 /etc/system-release -> centos-release [Jake@main-linux-box ~]$ :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] called a spammer today
On Mon, 02 Apr 2012 22:02:36 -0400 Bob Hoffman wrote: > thought you would find this interesting... > > I get a LOT of political spam on one of my mails due to hosting a > political site once. > I have been slowly blacklisting the bulk companies and 'the net' of > private people > pushing political spam. > > There is one guy who has been sending me stuff for years and I just > have it go to the junk folder and deleted..forgot about it. > > New server, new rules. His came today. > I wrote his university a nasty letter. I wrote him a nasty letter. (I > had contacted him a few times in the years past to make him stop but > he never did.) > > Well, tonight I got home...looked at his spam. Hey, it had his number > on it. So I called him and told him to stop...told him why it > bothered me. Told him somethings that happened to me in the past, > what I like about websites. > all sorts of junk, kept talking and making him listen to me.. > > He was getting impatient but I said 'now you know what it is like to > have your uninteresting cr#p come in my mailbox.' > > He has agreed to stop spamming meI told Him I blacklisted him > anyway. > > I felt really good about that call...I think he will rethink his > phone number on spam from now on. > > > lol > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Nice plan! :-) I'll have to remember that one :-). Thanks for the laugh. -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] LibreOffice rpm's vs Centos testing repo
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:50:21 + n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > Jake, > > Sure, 3.5 is on the to do list. > I see this trend a lot, to make repos out of official rpms (at least > Ljubomir is also doing it). Maybe it's worth doing this on a bigger > scale. Care to share what exactly you are doing? Are you using any > "meta" packages? Hi, The setup is pretty basic (imo) because the repo is used only in a LAN and never used outside of this LAN, I do not worry about generating delta's or stuff like that. I don't even GPG sign them. The local repo is also used for other self compiled RPM's. These would usually be tagged with a ".hr" tag (ie, -.el6.hr.x86_64) for easy removal. But as far as I am aware to do that, with official RPM's it would require a rebuild. So what I tend to do is just open up filezilla, ftp to a libreoffice mirror, browse my way to libreoffice stable RPM's, and download them to "/var/www/html/repository/" (Which is actually just a link to /home//rpmbuild/RPMS) Obviously the repository it's self is pre-setup because of the other packages, so as my normal user next up I would just run: createrepo --update ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/ createrepo --update ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/SRPMS A quick check for SELinux permission's and it's good to go :-). Now from local machines on the LAN I would just use "yum install libobasis* libreoffice*" etc, then pick and remove the unnecessary extra packages. and "yum update" takes care of updates :-) (after I have redone the above..) This is something most user could easily do them selves, and it could also be done publicly, however it is still a "messy" method even if somebody else does it for you (and you just enable/add the repo). I would still prefer to be able to have RPM's built specifically for EL6. I guess that raises the question of "You have the repo, rpmbuild etc setup, why don't you build them your self?", and to answer it: Because I do not have the CPU Power :-) (Still got a Single core here) But yeah.. that's basically all I do :-). PS: Sorry for any typo's etc I was tired when I wrote this email, had been awake only a few minutes. -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] LibreOffice rpm's vs Centos testing repo
On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 01:33:36 + n...@li.nux.ro wrote: > > Hi, > > I've just updated the RPMs for Libreoffice to match version 3.4.5 > (from Fedora 16). If you have my repo[1] installed simply do a: > yum --enablerepo=nux-libreoffice-testing update libreoffice* > > If you have RPMs from libreoffice.org in use ignore this message as > you will run into conflicts! > Thanks for your efforts Nux :-). If at some point it would be possible for you to support 3.5 that would be great :-). I am currently using the 3.5.1 official RPM's in a home repo (so it's also shared to another CentOS box). But none-the-less it's good to see some progress regarding Libreoffice & CentOS :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] t-bird, followup
On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:38:56 -0500 Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 03/14/2012 07:58 PM, KevinO wrote: > > On 03/13/2012 08:14 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Well, I updated my system late last week, and just thought to > >> look: yes, I'm on t-bird 10.0.1, and I pull up the search messages > >> window, and click on the dropdown... and there is NO OPTION to > >> search the content of the messages. > >> > > View => Toolbars => Quick Filter Bar > > > > will do what you want... > > > > Using T-Bird 10.0.2 here, clicking on the account name and then > > choosing "Search Messages" offers a pull-down entry for 'body', so > > I don't know what your issue is. > > This is exactly my experience too ... I can easily both filter and > search on body. > > Might I recommend that you move your .thunderbird to .thunderbird.old > (or use a linux user) to set up a new profile for testing and see what > that looks like. > > If it works as expected, then you might have customized your current > profile to somehow remove Body from the search. I'm sure it can be > undone if that is the case. > > > Rather than renaming the ".thunderbird" directory, there is an easier way to do this :-) start thunderbird with "-ProfileManager". Example $ thunderbird -ProfileManager This will allow you to create, delete, rename profiles and choose a different one :-) I know on firefox you can use "-no-remote -P " to run two profiles and instances of firefox at the same time. I am not sure if this will work with Thunderbird (I don't have it installed to check), but if it does, it would allow you to compare them and configure the new one similar to your old one. Hope this helps :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] t-bird, followup
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:42:44 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Jake Shipton > wrote: > > > > Oh? I have, I found Claws to have quite advanced search, filters, > > actions etc. It's one of the main reasons I switched :-) > > > > Here's a screenshot of claws extended search: > > > > http://i.imgur.com/Hmwyv.png > > Nothing in particular jumps out at me that you can't do in t-bird. > Did you find something specific? In t-bird, the handiest thing is the > toolbar 'search all messages' box that is very fast and does partial > matches as you type. But, for non-work mail these days I just use a > free gmail account and google obviously knows how to search. > I was merely saying, that Claws Mail can search just as advanced as TB, and sometimes better and more precise (or so it does for me). However, for me, it is not only the search which drags me to claws-mail it is the advanced filtering, actions after mail is fetched, the light resource usage etc. Personally it just suits me. But of course, everybody is different and prefer different things :-). I was a Thunderbird user for a very long time (since it's early days) I watched it grow, and become a great client, but then I personally find it went down hill after. But just my personal opinion. As for webmail, good idea if you are on the move, very handy, but I'll always prefer a proper client over a web gui :-). Gmail it's self is a good service however. I use it, but usually only via IMAP. :-) I am just suggesting, if someone feels like "it's time for a change" they should check out claws, if they are happy with Thunderbird, by all means carry on using it :-). -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] t-bird, followup
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 12:01:10 -0500 Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 03/13/2012 10:14 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > Well, I updated my system late last week, and just thought to look: > > yes, I'm on t-bird 10.0.1, and I pull up the search messages > > window, and click on the dropdown... and there is NO OPTION to > > search the content of the messages. > > > > Maybe kmail, or maybe mutt > > > > I am not sure what you mean. > > In thunderbird, Shift-Ctrl-K allows you to set a filter for > messages ... it allows you to filter on Sender, Recipient, Subject, > or Body > > If you press Shift-Ctrl-F you can search messages and there is a > dropdown box for searching that has more than 20 things you can search > including body. > > Body == message content(it is everything that is not headers and > attachments) > > I have never seen a client that is as easy to search from ... not sure > what the issue is. The main reason I use thunderbird is because of > the unbelievable search features and indexes. > Oh? I have, I found Claws to have quite advanced search, filters, actions etc. It's one of the main reasons I switched :-) Here's a screenshot of claws extended search: http://i.imgur.com/Hmwyv.png -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] t-bird, followup
On Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:14:30 -0400 m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Well, I updated my system late last week, and just thought to look: > yes, I'm on t-bird 10.0.1, and I pull up the search messages window, > and click on the dropdown... and there is NO OPTION to search the > content of the messages. > > Maybe kmail, or maybe mutt > >mark > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos If you are thinking of switching, I switched to Claws-Mail a while back due to Thunderbird being a , I really like Claws now :-). It has that "Old School" feel to it... and it can search bodies :-D. (Right click folder, search folder) Once you get it set up and configured (this may take a while for some..) it is a powerful client. So yeah, if you get bored with Thunderbird, check out claws (I believe it installed from EPEL repo.) Anyhow, as for Thunderbird's search, I believe there was either an addon for more advanced search, or it was hidden away in a menu somewhere. Try right-clicking a folder and hitting search, I think it is there aswell. Just my 2c. -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [RESOLVED] -- Re: anyone else having flash trouble?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:09:08 -0800 Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 12:34 PM, fred smith > wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 09:15:18AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > >> I used to use the NVIDIA drivers directly from the nvidia.com, but > >> since I upgraded my workstation to CentOS-6.x I have been using > >> elrepo's rpms for nvidia with no issues. > >> > >> I certainly know how to build things (being that I build most of > >> the c4 and c5 updates that we release), but I love the convenience > >> that elrepo provides. I highly recommend the elrepo site for > >> anything that they currently maintain, they do a great job. > > > > without having yet switched to a repo instead of using the package > > from nvidia's web site, I just reinstalled the previous version of > > the nvidia drivers and now flash works. go figure. > > > > the one that was NOT working for me was 290.10, and the next newest > > one I had (the one I am now using again) is 285.05.09. > > Now that you know which version of the Nvidia driver to use, it is > time to switch to ELRepo. :-) Otherwise you have to keep > re-installing it for each kernel update. You can see here (for > example): > > http://elrepo.org/linux/elrepo/el6/x86_64/RPMS/ > > that ELRepo maintains earlier versions of the driver. Install the one > you want, and exclude it in yum.conf so that the "good" one stays on > your system. > > Akemi > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Glad to hear Fred fixed his issue :-). Just for the record, I too manually install Nvidia drivers without a repo on all my machines (Both CentOS & Fedora). This issue can be triggered by xorg updates etc. It can be a bit of a pain having to reinstall the drivers manually, but for me I always run into some weird problem or other with the repository versions. So I just keep a good version of the driver at "/nv.run" and run it after each xorg or kernel update :-). But that is my personal preference. But if you do not get problems with the RPM versions I would recommend you get them :-). - -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPPXMDAAoJEB0Lpc/jwx2P8tcIAL5sjpLM9Mwb4UklXIJeKvC6 jd3DP01M5zO4XY01vb4GnmapSeH0Fkk2PQWrOCA92tEY5/Je6HMDuepHKl3icTtL SKTy9+vkD533XAwivx1/SaZL4lf8Xrglv9u2Tuh8gSwlW23W164sY+JMH4M0UduP 1cRGMlK95ZSppkx4BwiiwGttuwnY3vP6cHnhqYTwMzX6VIMei5fU13vKl5lOBISD gu+7K5YRDoxWHEfvOWXECutc0KVXRbgpeBNxNcKEcAMOJHVnS4pbLkzAzCAuF9Dc C8SVlZgMNFW0b34K42nOnlf5vbN5tMn4Pp7kTOiNERTZ71G8V5i/tnLeomvHWAE= =0Lsf -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] anyone else having flash trouble?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:36:14 -0500 fred smith wrote: > On my centos 5.7 system, using Firefox 10.1, suddenly flash videos > have stopped working, like, today. they worked yesterday. Now all I > get is an error message that the flash plugin has crashed, reload > page and try again. > > strangely, my centos-6 machine using the same firefox and the same > flash plugin works fine. > > Clues? > Hi there, I had a similar issue to this a while back on a Fedora box, I found out it was not flash plugin or firefox causing the issue, it turned out that it was the proprietary Nvidia driver that I was using. So if you are using Nvidia driver, it might be worth looking into. My issue was resolved by updating the driver. Your issue may be different, but I thought I would mention it just in case :-). - -- Jake Shipton (JakeMS) GPG Key: 0xE3C31D8F GPG Fingerprint: 7515 CC63 19BD 06F9 400A DE8A 1D0B A5CF E3C3 1D8F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJPPLU8AAoJEB0Lpc/jwx2PYk0IANYPFi3K3D8GZqy7KsbpntlJ KtQcFLvBA8aIJ5y+/JaxozA6p1PKntpJWac8CmmT+FBbIdzlaRUn0fGBcKpPuzKS Zh5IsAnp5hZw27n/8re7x5/H2DBfZupCyImNbFm2SyQVnu+YL8gyBMJZRQ1cT/Wp ANW3mW5gnDdCFH+6hlLnJhMFdbV8G1o1aERszkO9e+JbW4FRP87zVSiEoaZPTGcn e3W7qbpbcW86jNsf59vLAXwcrcpLkUPNjWKB8ILg10JXeY6qgoqvLaEH/SH7iocH du6swUeuQyToEc+Om2wnZQcOnJ/bXqgZTzRbKrQIvD8vpxOi0NrRqPn0nFjvWMg= =WnVk -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.2 progress.
On 12/12/11 16:25, Lamar Owen wrote: > For those who don't follow the QA RSS, see: > http://qaweb.dev.centos.org/qa/node/120 > to get the latest info on the status of 6.2. Looks good so far! > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Ah, I forgot about that qaweb thing :-). Thanks for reminding me. And for the CentOS Team: Great progress, and thank you :-D. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] When will 6.2 be released.
On 10/12/11 01:01, Johnny Hughes wrote: > Let's go ahead and get this flame thread started now to save time. > > The CentOS team sucks ... it took days to do 6.1 ... it is going to > take twice as long to get 6.2 > > My mom said CentOS blows. > > kbsingh is ugly. > > hughesjr is old and fat. > > OK ... that should do. > > > > This body part will be downloaded on demand. Haha :-). Made me laugh. In all seriousness though, I would just like to say: Thank you CentOS team for the work you put in, I'm updating my Grandma's PC to 6.1 now (from 6.0 CR enabled) :-), So again: Thank You :-). -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Reinstall boot lodear.
On 09/18/2011 07:27 PM, Ashish Shaligram wrote: > Hi, > > I have install 2 os, windows & centos6.0 x86. and after format of > windows os cent os bootlodear not showing, how can i active my cent os > with healp of centos dvd ? > > Thank You > > -- > *Regards,* > Ashish A. Shaigram > All-Tech Computer Solutions > 9722537772 > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hello, There is a CentOS Wiki article regarding this. http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/ReinstallGRUB That should help you on your way to fixing your bootloader (assuming your using grub) :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Web Site centos.org is down
On 08/17/2011 07:20 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > Oh well must move to Plus Net for off-site use (they give extra IPs and > are owned by BT). Tried unsuccessfully via Claranet and Talk Talk > Business (formerly Nildram, Pipex, Tiscali, Opal) > > Never tried Plus Net to be honest, so I don't know what they are like. However I'm only with BT because I don't have much of a choice out here in Lincolnshire. I Had Tiscali, I was glad to get off of them. Though I was sad to leave "Be*" ISP when I moved from Essex to Lincs. Going from a Steady 1.6/1.5MB/s (Not a typo, Megabytes not Megabits) to a Steady 1.0 to 3.0Mb/s was a harsh drop! (ADSL2+ to ADSL) Feels like I went back to dial up.. but it works.. :-). -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Web Site centos.org is down
On 08/17/2011 06:57 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-08-17 at 19:54 +0200, Leen de Braal wrote: > >> It's working from here (NL). > > and Digimer says it works from Canada, so it must be English related :-( > > > Thank you (Dank U wel). > > > I wouldn't be so sure, from a BT Home connection here in England it's working fine for me. -- Ping Results -- [Jake@localhost ~]$ ping centos.org PING centos.org (72.232.194.162) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=1 ttl=41 time=154 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=2 ttl=41 time=143 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=3 ttl=41 time=142 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=4 ttl=41 time=155 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=5 ttl=41 time=143 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=6 ttl=41 time=142 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=7 ttl=41 time=142 ms 64 bytes from www.centos.org (72.232.194.162): icmp_req=8 ttl=41 time=145 ms ^C --- centos.org ping statistics --- 8 packets transmitted, 8 received, 0% packet loss, time 7007ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 142.177/146.163/155.328/5.149 ms [Jake@localhost ~]$ ping 72.232.194.162 PING 72.232.194.162 (72.232.194.162) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 72.232.194.162: icmp_req=1 ttl=41 time=142 ms 64 bytes from 72.232.194.162: icmp_req=2 ttl=41 time=142 ms 64 bytes from 72.232.194.162: icmp_req=3 ttl=41 time=143 ms 64 bytes from 72.232.194.162: icmp_req=4 ttl=41 time=143 ms 64 bytes from 72.232.194.162: icmp_req=5 ttl=41 time=142 ms ^C --- 72.232.194.162 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 142.392/142.840/143.343/0.375 ms [Jake@localhost ~]$ -- End Ping Results -- -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads -- multiple factors
On 07/29/2011 12:48 PM, Thomas Harold wrote: > Heck, I'd settle for people coming back to a "problem / issue" thread > and updating on how or what the actual problem was or what they did to > get the thing to work properly. > > So often you'll see a thread talking about trying X, Y & Z, then the > person having the problem never responds back as to whether X, Y or Z > worked. Which is especially troublesome a year or two later when you're > digging through threads in GMane trying to find a solution to a > particular issue. > > (Pet peeve of the day -- dead end threads on mail lists.) Couldn't Agree more. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Adding the [SOLVED] Tag to break threads -- multiple factors
On 07/28/2011 06:54 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > My argument here is that not > all mail clients do, therefore sticking with subject line sanity would > help increase the number of threads that can stay together. > I agree with KB on this one. Way I see it is, you could go everyone to install a new mail client, or contact their administrators to do so (corporate environment) if they want to keep threads in one piece. Don't think that would go so well... Or... You could simply choose not to modify the thread title thus keeping everyone happy. Granted Mailing Lists will never be perfect threading wise due to so many variations of mail clients etc. However would be nice to see some people simply at least try to keep the list clean :-) I too use threaded mode on my mail client (Thunderbird 3.1.11) and often threads are indeed broken because someone decided to change the subject line or change something or other. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS-6 dhcpd
On 07/15/2011 05:45 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote:
>
> I've installed CentOS-6 on my server
> (in parallel to CentOS-5.6)
> and now I'm trying to set up dhcpd.
>
> I'm not sure if there has been a change in dhcpd
> under CentOS-6, but I'm getting the dreaded message
> "Not configured to listen on any interfaces!"
> when I "sudo service dhcpd restart".
>
> I realise now that I have never known
> how the connection between interface (eth0 and eth1, in my case)
> and network (192.168.1.0 and 192.168.2.0, in my case)
> is established.
>
> I have DHCPDARGS=eth1 in /etc/sysconfig/dhcpd
> but evidently I need to say something more somewhere.
>
> Can one actually specify the interface in /etc/dhcpd.conf
> and if so how?
>
> Any suggestions or enlightenment gratefully received.
>
Hi, I had this problem on my Fedora 12 & 14 box a while back, and I
found by adding a "dummy" network fixed the issue. I would assume the
fix to be the same on CentOS6 as their so closely related.
Here's an example of what I mean by dummy network in my dhcpd.conf
-- Begin --
ddns-update-style none;
ignore client-updates;
DHCPARGS=eth1;
subnet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0.0.0.0 {
# This remains blank.
}
subnet 192.168.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
# Here would go the settings you wish for eth1.
}
-- end --
Basically as you can see, there is a subnet "0.0.0.0" this would be for
eth0 while the other subnet below is in use and configured how you would
like.
This for me fixed the error you mentioned. Also just a note, you will
often see "service dhcpd start" fail, if their is no device connected to it.
I do not know why, however command dhcpd will work. However, the service
appears to start anyway, it just reports a fail. as connected said
device to eth1 works even though service apparently failed to start.
device connected and powered up, service reports to start OK.
I hope this can help you and fixes your issues. :-)
--
Jake
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Re: [CentOS] Duplicate Mails
On 03/21/2011 11:53 PM, Max Hetrick wrote: > On 03/21/2011 05:57 PM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > >> Apologies if this caused any inconveniences. > > No apology necessary from you. Much appreciated for fixing it quickly, > Ralph. > > If anyone is using Thunderbird, there's a handy add-on called Remove > Duplicate Messages on Mozilla's add-on site. > > <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/remove-duplicate-messages/> > > Regards, > Max > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Yes, I will be using that :-). Already had it installed though :-). I to recommend that add-on :-). Ralph, thanks for sorting out the mess :-). -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] New list ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 24/11/10 20:41, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > (WoW!!! I just installed CentOS, ain't I l33t, now how do I log > in?!?!?!). > > mark Lol Ironically I've actually seen people ask questions like that. As for the separate lists idea, I think it would be a good thing in one way but bad in another. It would be good because it would split things up and attempt to make less noise. But on the other hand it would be bad because people could get lost in the transaction and the lists could end up dull as people join different lists and end up spread out (Eg, you ask a question, have to wait a few weeks for an answer, that would be bad.) And we could start seeing 80+ replies to threads saying "Wrong list newb" therefore causing more noise. I personally think the list is good as is, yes there is some minor noise, but that's just it, minor noise. However I would just tag along, and join up to yet another list (I like to keep in the 'loop' of things) :-) Just my £00.02p :-) - -- Jake -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Remi - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJM7nzTAAoJECGoaAL4RquoBhQH/ivEGwNKTf4fyCE8RnXmwtOW BN67Vl4BZkgP+rGHua/wSr3Me6wABQZe7r2RTWZJoidk2E+GQna2j+Jml/fdT5Zw rqTCezmdUo1R/4Lg78TGVA5vNS8stIwLrj5jz3jC0gX64xC3Su9qGqgWuQ+tc8iO NlceNJiWXRZzzOwrVCcmzt7upd7atXAVxc70ZGgpkHr6QvMO7iXf+FF5Zdw1RpiW SKcWXppQHRtf6+bIWURG4ht8JEsQ9S557SQk99qke/jL4/HJHQoNlsaa7Hq4SpkD i9n3HlLquSIsfJnGyN1X+Id+n+TrVQFCcVABvACHL7NMPbLuCSqxcTkrzqt7M90= =1AZH -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] RHEL 6 Officially Released
On 11/11/10 00:45, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 02:57:10PM -0600, Barry Brimer wrote: >> Absolutely. Red Hat does a tremendous amount of heavy lifting to produce >> RHEL, without which there would be no CentOS. Red Hat also gets paid >> pretty well to do so, and unless I am mistaken the CentOS team does not. >> In any case, I appreciate the work of Red Hat and the CentOS team. > > Remember also that a lot of the original heavy lifting is done in Fedora, > which, while sponsored by Red Hat, is very much a community project with > significant work done without (direct) pay. So while you're appreciating, > don't forget those folks either. :) > Ah, but don't forget the upstream folks from Fedora, such as the Kernel guys the Gnome guys, KDE guys etc etc. :-P. They all help make GNU/Linux distributions what they are today :-). And yes, I too would like to thank the CentOS team and everyone else for all their hard work :-). I would help them, and contribute, but aside from money (Which I don't have at the mo :-( ) I fail to see anything I can contribute with effectively :-(. My Fedora 12 is coming to EOL soon, so I must upgrade my Fedora, but I plan to switch to CentOS6 instead :-) Albeit EL doesn't have XFCE (Last time I checked) I can sort that out, and a few other things I can easily fix (make and build custom RPM's for my self) Fedora 12 has become stable like no other Fedora release for me, so I hope that has been carried over into EL6 :-) I'm guessing it has. If not made better :-). Anyhow, once again: Thanks to all the folk that make CentOS/RHEL/Linux what it is today :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time
On 03/11/10 22:03, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Keith Roberts wrote: >> I have run one full test and got no errors on the memory >> module. Is it worth keeping it running overnight, just to >> see if temperature changes will afect the test? > > I had a system that started crashing randomly. I ran memtest overnight > (about 10 hrs) but it did not report any errors. Next time I extended > the run to 18 hrs or so and finally saw errors. Replacing the RAM > solved the crash problem. So, I would recommend running memtest for > one full day. > > Akemi > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > I agree. Usually, when systems crash due to possibly memory related errors I let them run testing for 24 hours, or if they have lots of memory possibly longer (48 hours) to allow all memory to be fully tested. :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: linux desktop market share more than 1%
things you've mentioned are actually slowly (but surely) being solved. Lets take Wine for example (The application, not the drink). For many years it's always essentially been "The Program will work... However, you may need to put on this dll override, disable alsa enable pulseaudio, make program run in a virtual desktop and apply a No-CD patch etc (Depending on the program)" now for many people this could be far to complicated and make them just say "You know what? stuff it I'll just go use Windows" But we now have an application called "PlayOnLinux" which is handy for new users (or experienced, saved me a bunch of time.. lol) which essentially is the "click and go" what their used to, and for experienced users it still allows you to install anything and manually edit settings. However, wine still doesn't make all "Windows" programs work sadly. But that leads to the other problem of installing applications.. most people don't (want to) know how to open up a terminal, and run commands to go install a package, or grab it from a URL import the gpg key of the repository etc. They want to just click it, click next a few times and be done with it (Like everything on Windows). But, if you check out recent Fedora's that's almost possible, though still requested to enter password, but I think that's a *good* thing. But (Jeez, I could call this the "But" email..) we have yet another problem as previously mentioned.. Choices Choices Choices, how do you make so many choices? As you said, most people just want it to "work" and be done with it. But technically a default install of a Linux distribution do "Just work" minus various codecs and sometimes hardware driver issues. But, you can't tell me, that on *every* windows machine, no ones ever had to go hunt down drivers for their hardware and install them (or use a provided CD) I know I have before (ever tried that with a machine with a Network adapter driver not detected, and no spare machine at the time? :| not fun) Same thing with Linux sometimes, and on Windows not *all* programs are pre-installed and ready to go, for example, you can't go out, buy Windows 7, and start using office applications, you got to then go out and buy MS Office, and install it your self, essentially the same thing with Linux (Except you got to use OO.o, wine or whatever suits your preference) Now, codecs is a common issue people find with Linux and the common question is "Why doesn't MP3 just work like on Windows?!" but contrary to popular belief, MP3 doesn't just "Always work" on Windows like they claim, I had a virtual machine, that had no Network connection what-so-ever, I put a MP3 on it to test, guess what? it had no MP3 codec, going through the settings I found an option "Download Codecs on first run" or something to that extent, which means they wasn't included with the OS (WinXP SP3) which isn't that different from Linux, except you got to add repository's and install a whole bunch of programs. That I do agree is a slight problem for new comers, maybe someday it will be fixed, but I doubt it. As for things being updated "too often" this is where the "EL" class of OS's come in.. (albeit the EL series is quite old now and is missing quite a lot of new stuff, that is till EL6 gets here) but in a way I like my OS to be updated more often, as I like having the latest features and what not :-). Personal preference there though. But personally, I don't think Linux is for everybody, nor will it ever be. People aren't willing to learn, and this is where the problem lies when it comes to OS migration, that and the fact we tend to "get used" to things, and it becomes what we're used to, and we don't want it to change. Compared to a Linux from pre-2000 Linux is a *lot* more user friendly now also. The other problem people have, is that when they try Linux they tend to go with an attitude of subconsciously wanting it not to work so they can say it's crap and go back to Windows.. But it's far from perfect. Give it another 5 years and I personally think Linux will be easy enough for "most" people to use. After-all if my 75 year old Grandma is quite happily using a machine I set up for her with Fedora 12, it can't be THAT hard, as she doesn't know squat about computers (Mainly music, card games & email is all she uses) :-) As for Market Share.. I threw in my vote.. I personally am not to worried about market shares of Linux. We are not a Corporation or Company.. so why should it matter? :-| Anyhow, just my 2p :-) PS: Sorry for the short email, in a rush. :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice or LibreOffice?
On 05/10/10 02:49, Yves Bellefeuille wrote: > On Monday 04 October 2010 12:35, Mark wrote: > >> I'll probably put LO beta on my laptop and play with it a little >> before I decide. There is a caveat that LO might install over OO in >> this beta, but future releases won't. > > The warning that LibreOffice overwrites OpenOffice only applies to > Windows. On my system, LibreOffice installed itself neatly > in /opt/libreoffice3. > Indeed. :-) Redhat have stated they will support LibreOffice, but considering LibreOffice is merely a beta at the moment an early one at that, I highly doubt RH would put that into RHEL5/6, bearing in mind that RHEL is all about stability and reliability. Imagine 50 networked machines, using LibreOffice Beta, after they just added a new feature, and the new feature accidentally causes constant segfaults, it would be a disaster in an enterprise environment. :-O I'd expect Fedora 15/16 (Possibly 14, but I think it's too far it for them to change it now, not sure though) to see LibreOffice first. Then after it'll fall into RHEL, at which point I don't know, possibly 6.2? 6.4? All depends on stability of the product, however it may not ever make it into RHEL6 and end up only in RHEL7+. As for RHEL5? I'm not sure. But, of course all this is speculation, and could be wrong. I too checked out LibreOffice when it was released (F12 here at the moment) I soon switched back to OpenOffice.org 3.1 though :-( but, it's an early product, you can't expect it to be perfect just yet :-). (even if it is a fork) LibreOffice has the potential to be great, and the publicity/support they needed. Lets just hope they do just that. Anyhow, just my 2p :-) Sorry for any spelling/grammar issues, been up all night and am tired, only coffee keeping me going right now :D. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Sick and wrong!
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:38 PM, David wrote: > What's going on? > > -- > Best regards, > David > http://blog.pnyet.web.id I'm going to guess someone snuck in and installed Windows Vista on his fully-perfected Gentoo box that he lovingly installed from stage1. I had a similar experience recently, and it is truly horrible. (this may be a metaphor) > > > > On 05/29/2010 10:35 PM, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > > Karanbir, > > > > No one should ever have to go through that. I am sorry to hear that > > someone has done that evil deed to you. May they be forgiven, but know > the > > pain that they have caused you and repent of their sins. And if there's > > something I can do to help, please let me know. > > > > > *** > > Gilbert Sebenste > > > (My opinions only!) > ** > > > *** > > ___ > > 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 > -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] warnquota email domain ?
Dear All, Sorry if this is the wrong place for this question, or if I'm just being daft, but I can't get warnquota to send emails to the right address. When I put a test user (gollum) over quota, and run warnquota on a server (nfs2.lmb.internal), the email generated by warnquota appears in the maillog as "to=," What I need is the email to go to "gol...@lmb.internal" I have four NFS servers, using NIS / automounts (no LDAP), my users all have email addresses . Any ideas on how to get warnquota to work, or should I just write a script to parse `repquota -avgu` ? many thanks Jake -- Jake Grimmett ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Virtualization - what do You recommend?
On 02/02/10 11:20, Rafał Radecki wrote: > Hi All. > > I plan to use virtualization in my production environment. I plan to use one > of the following options: > - KVM; > - VMWare Esxi; > - VMWare Workstation. > > I plan to install Windows 2008 as a guest. I want to use something like LVM > snapshots for backups. Stability is also very important, the guest will be > used as a production server. > Which option could You recommend and why? > > Thank You very much in advance :) > > With regards, > R. > > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi, Personally, I'd recommend VMware Workstation. Always been good for me, however lately I have been trying out Virtualbox (PUEL) :-). They have an Open Source Edition also (Virtualbox), only it lacks USB Support. If you go on there website, you can see the 3 missing features. Tried KVM, but it didn't like my box not having AMD-V. I think the best way to determine what's best for you, would be to try them all, and see which you prefer :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS Directory Server 8.0
On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:51 AM, adrian kok wrote: > Hi > > What is the different between Centos 5.4 and CentOS Directory Server 8.0? > CentOS Directory Server is an application that can run on Centos 4, CentOS 5 and even HP-UX and Solaris. To better understand what Directory Server is, you may want to read this page: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/CDS/ag/8.0/Introduction_to_This_Reference_Guide-DS_Overview.html . > > How can I download this CentOS Directory Server 8.0? > First, you have to enable the "extras" yum repository. You'll probably want to read the installation guide here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/CDS/install/8.0/ and the other guides you'll find under "CentOS Directory Server 8.0" here: http://www.centos.org/docs/5/. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] yum install -y gcc?
On 14/01/10 09:49, Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > On Thursday 14 January 2010, John Doe wrote: >> From: hadi motamedi >> >>> I tried to install GCC3.x , required to compile Asterisk , on my CentOS 5 >>> server as the followings : #yum install -y gcc >> >> First, didn't you intend to install compat-gcc-34 ? >> 'yum install gcc' would install gcc 4.x >> >>> But in the middle of the installation , my server went down from >> >> sudden power cut . After power recovery , I tried again but I am facing >> >> with the following error : >>> "Error:Missing dependency : libstdc++-devel = 4.1.2-46.el5_4.1 is needed >>> by package gcc-c++" Can you please let me know what is its meaning and >>> how I can proceed to re-install it ? >> >> Try 'yum clean all'. > > He may want "yum-complete-transaction" from the pkg yum-utils if transactions > were interrupted. > > /Peter > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Yes, that's what you want to do (or should) :-) If that don't work just generally try stuff such as: yum remove gcc That should remove a half installed package, if it managed to be partially installed. (and marked as installed. Doesn't always work) yum install libstdc++-devel Possibly to see if it can find the package? else, try all things others have suggested (Mostly, yum-complete-transaction & yum clean all) Also you may want to invest in a UPS ;-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Laptop for CentOS-5
On 07/01/10 18:37, James B. Byrne wrote: > I have a defective HP-Compaq nx9420 and so I am looking to replace > it. I have pretty much decided to buy no further MicroSoft based > products and would very much like to hear recommendations for a > suitable notebook host to provide me with Linux based alternative. > > Given that all the basic functionality required is provided, the > main thing that I am looking for is reliability of the host itself. > I do a deal of traveling so physical robustness is an issue. But I > also use my notebook for hours at a time, generally every day. This > means that I am typically on a/c current rather than batteries and > that power regulation and heat dissipation are also concerns. The > power regulator circuit is in fact what I believe has failed on the > nx9420. > > Not infrequently I have the notebook on my chest or lap while > working at home. So the ventilation clearances provided by a flat > desk support are frequently absent and the notebook design must > accommodate this. > > I would like to use CentOs as this is what I am most familiar with. > But, I am open to CentOS alternatives like Ubuntu or even a > non-Linux alternative like a PowerMac with OS-X. > > I have already looked at the Dell site on the basis of a friends > recommendation. While Dell mentions Ubuntu is available for some of > their notebook computers they do not seem to provide any way to > actually configure a system with it. > > So, my desires are: > > WANT: > > Robust construction > Reliable quality > Reasonable weight (< 2.5 kg all in) > Supported sound and video reproduction of reasonable quality > 15-17" lcd screen > Out-of-the-box support for wireless networking > Battery life > 2.0 hrs. > Not MS-Windows > > PREFER: > > 64 bit > core duo 2 > 2-4+ Gb RAM > 120+ Gb HDD > writable multi-mode DVD/CD drive > CentOS-5+ > > Your system suggestions, both for hardware and OS, are most welcome. > I'm not really into the whole laptop market scene my self, so I'm not going to suggest any hardware. However, I do wonder, why you don't simply buy a laptop that suits your needs, then simply wipe the OS off? (If it was the evil that is MS on it) Though it may get price changes (Due to MS Tax), but sometimes I find in laptops the price tax isn't all that high any more. For example, you could get choose a Windoze machine, but before buying, look into the technical details, then Google the parts to see what will work and what won't and if need be, choose another :-). As for OS Choice, my personal preferences are: Absolutely needs reliability (Such as Server): CentOS/RHEL General Use (Such as Standard PC): Fedora (Latest, upgrade as soon as new one is out) I've never used Mac OSX so I have no comments with it :-) Just my 2c :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Dear Centos Mailing List, If you can't find in google, try JUSTDIAL.COM
Oh, that's just great, I finally get my Thunderbird, filtering nicely, and everything, rarely see spam.. it was all "Thunderbirds are Go!"... and then.. it pops in through mailing list :| Didn't see that one coming. (I have my mailing list on full mode, rather than digest, which is why I'm a tad late to the "party" :p (Personal preference) Thankfully mailing list spam is rare :-). As for blocking "known" spam addresses, trust me, that really does not work. Tried doing that oh, so many times with my inbox(s), in the end I just set up specific "word" filtering, which basically, if an email comes through with known common words used for spam (Such as your bank account is insecure, change your online password etc from banks I'm not even with :| Even if I was signed up with the bank, I would check the link first see where it really goes :-)) (Staying smart is the best way to not get conned ;-) ) But if you want to truly block spam, you'll need to block out all accounts from: gmail, hotmail, yahoo & any other free provider, but clearly that cannot happen for fairly obvious reasons :| Though if you don't already block out all the "temporary" 1 hour or 10 minute inbox providers then go block those ;-) But to be honest, one spam message on the list, isn't bad, it could of actually been a "human bot" basically, a someone who actually sends spam rare now, but it still goes on :-), when it's actually people sending the spam, it's hard to block. No need to go around rushing for spam filtering at this moment of time in my opinion, one or two messages can slip through any mailing list, heck could even slip through the "worlds most spam blocking machine" (If there is one). It happens. Also, everyone has to apply to the mailing list (I assume), which helps prevent spam on it's own. Until you guys start getting regular spam, there's nothing to worry about :-) I'm gonna stop now, before I put you guys "asleep" :-D. Surprised you read this far though. :-D Also gotta close the window, before the snow makes my window shelf white. (Or gets into my comp) (It's snowing here :-D) Just my 2p (Or rather, rambling on lol.) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] RHCE
On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Jim Wildman wrote: > > I realize this is a CentOS mailing list but because it is based directly on >> RHEL, I would assume there are a few individuals who frequent the list >> that >> have passed the RHCE exam. I plan on taking the exam this March and was >> wondering if there are any tips you RHCEs out there could provide that may >> help me. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Dan > > With the RHCE, you have the advantage that this is a performance-based test...not multiple choice. If you can get the job done right, you can pass. This isn't just a memorization exercise. I'd take a look at the list of the topics covered by the exam here http://www.redhat.com/certification/rhce/prep_guide/ and make sure you can can build and troubleshoot each item listed. I wouldn't skip anything because you did it a year ago and think you remember. Also, I don't think the RHCE is as hard as it once was. If you've read the war stories about the folks struggling through the exam and barely passing or not passing at all, you're probably reading about someone who didn't understand all of the technologies on the list like they should have or (maybe more likely) someone who took the exam a few years ago. I was RHCT certified and went to the 1-week training with the exam at the end and passed without any issues at all. If you have the money, this might be the way to go especially if the certification is important for you to have. Good luck, -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory
On 28/12/09 23:49, adrian kok wrote: > Hi > > I have this . folder under tmp > > 1/ How they can make it this folder? > > 2/ How can I remove it? > > Thank you > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Your question may be amusing to some. Just take no notice of them :p I'll give you a quick briefing though, you will find the "." in every single directory, without it, you probably would be completely unable to browse through directories at all. The "." can be used as follows: "cd ../" - This would step you to a lower directory. in other words you would go from "/home/you/folder" to "/home/you" This could also be used more for example to go from "/home/you/folder /folder\ 2/" to simply the main "/" (This is the very top directory of a drive) you could do: "cd ../../../../" (or in this case you could cheat and just do "cd /", but I'm just using this as an example ;-)) another use for the dots is like this: "./configure" - Generally used when configuring make files, but this tells the system to stay in directory in right now, and run that file. Also could be used like this: "sh ./shfile.sh" which pretty much does the same thing as above, only this time your telling an application to run first, and then telling the app to do above. Oh and eh, do *not* delete those dots ;) Also, you cannot create directory with just a dot. However, you could make a directory starting with a dot. For example ".folder" this will hide the directory from normal view (However can still be seen given the right commands) If you run with a gui, you'll probably have a few dotted folders in your home dir. If so run "ls" and then "ls -a" and you'll see a few folders magically appear. Bare in mind, if your out of ~ you will need to pop back to it, to jump back to home dir just run "cd ~". :-) Hope this helps :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Network Traffic
Whatever you decide to go with, if you are graphing a gigabit interface, make sure you use 64-bit counters. The standard 32-bit counters overflow just past 100Mbit/sec and will give you innacurate readings. On 12/21/09, Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: > On 21/12/2009 16:05, Thomas Harold wrote: >> >> You can also (ab)use MRTG to graph things like CPU usage& CPU >> temperature, disk utilization, or anything else that you can query via a >> remote shell command or SNMP query. > > Hi > > In this case why not use Ganglia. Look how MediaWiki uses Ganglia with > Nagios, and other tools: > http://ganglia.wikimedia.org/ > > Regards > > mg. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Network Traffic
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Thomas Harold wrote: > In the past I've used Nagios & NTop. Unfortunately, NTop was a bit of a > CPU hog and I had stability issues with it that I never tracked down. > So at the moment, we're mostly relying on MRTG to see traffic. We had the same problems with Ntop (we monitor netflows, not local interfaces). There was a thread about a good netflow tool a week or two ago where someone suggested NfSen + nfdump. I set it up Thursday (took 30 mins or so) and it totally rocks. We've gone to production with it to monitor flows from around 50 devices. I highly recommend you take a look if you have serious needs to see what's really on the wire. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitoring Dynamic IPs using Some network monitoring tool
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan < raju.rajs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have one centos server for network monitoring. > > there are remote devices which are connected through ADSL lines and > hence Dynamic IPs > > Q1. Is there any tool which is capable of handling this type of situation? > Q2. Is there a workaround for this problem > > I think it really depends on the type of monitoring you'd like to do and the type of tool you're trying to use now. For example, we use Nagios to monitor our systems. With Nagios, you could use passive checks. This is where the programs that monitor your server run locally on the server and submit results to the central monitoring server. The central Nagios server can alert based on the results it receives or based on the fact that it hasn't received results for a period of time. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Network Traffic
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 9:08 AM, sadas sadas wrote: > What is the best way to monitor the total incoming / outcoming network > traffic of CentOS server. I think that the solution is to monitor the > network interfaces and to send SNMP packets to remote server. But is it > possible? > Absolutely. Check out Cacti http://cacti.net/ There are lots of alternatives to Cacti too (MRTG, even doing graphing in your system monitoring tool like Nagios.) You might also find it easier to monitor the switch instead of the servers if that's possible with your gear. This way, you configure the switch once and can monitor all the servers on it instead of having to configure each server individually to allow snmp access. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Silly question x64 vs i386
On 16/12/09 23:37, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Wednesday 16 December 2009 21:52:05 Jake Shipton wrote: > >> On 16/12/09 19:53, Scot P. Floess wrote: >> >>> I have one box on my home network that is x86_64 capable... >>> >> Personally, if you had asked this 3 years ago, I'd have said "Go i686" >> due to compatibility. >> But now-a-days with up-to-date distributions there isn't many packages >> that aren't for x86_64. >> Heck even flash finally got a x86_64 Linux version now :-D (Took them >> long enough though!) >> >> Any machine I have that can run in x86_64, I normally install a x86_64 >> OS, and recently, >> I haven't found anything I need that is only i686. >> > Skype? > > Best, :-) > Marko > > > > I knew someone would find something that isn't 64-bit, in fact, I was waiting for it. :-p But, after a quick Google search, it's possible to run Skype on x86_64. ;) just install the i686 libs, job done (apparently) :-) Same way as any OpenSim/Secondlife viewer is installed :-) Not the most ideal way to run programs on 64, but it works :-) Though I personally don't "need" or "use" Skype ;-) *waits for someone else to go list a bunch of anti-64 packages* PS: Seemingly, Your "Reply-To" makes my email client want to reply to you only (Which I put back to CentOS instead) may cause others to also. Just letting you know :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Silly question x64 vs i386
On 16/12/09 19:53, Scot P. Floess wrote: > I have a really silly question... but just want to ask... > > I have one box on my home network that is x86_64 capable... My other > boxes are all i386. As this x86_64 machine can, at most, house 4 GB of > RAM (currently only has 1 GB) - is there any advantage to my running > x86_64 on that machine instead of i386... Long story as to why I am > asking - but before I go off and moveit down to i386 - just wanted some > opinions :) > > Scot P. Floess > 27 Lake Royale > Louisburg, NC 27549 > > 252-478-8087 (Home) > 919-890-8117 (Work) > > Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate > Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim > > Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Personally, if you had asked this 3 years ago, I'd have said "Go i686" due to compatibility. But now-a-days with up-to-date distributions there isn't many packages that aren't for x86_64. Heck even flash finally got a x86_64 Linux version now :-D (Took them long enough though!) Any machine I have that can run in x86_64, I normally install a x86_64 OS, and recently, I haven't found anything I need that is only i686. And usually, when you *do* need a i686 package it's usually possible to install the i686 versions of the packages (depending on the repo of course) where a command such as: yum install httpd.i686 (or .i386 again depending on repo) would come in handy :-) and then you have the i686 version, though there not always stable like that :-| x86_64 has matured over the years and it's done it well :-) But then, personally, I'd say, keep the current OS, unless there is actually something that makes you actually need x86_64. As they say "If it ain't broke, Don't fix it". Though if you build/acquire a new x86_64 box, throw a x86_64 OS on it :-) But still, check make sure they are x86_64 binarys available. or sources that will compile on x86_64. In most cases, it will. Oh, and there's no such thing as a silly question ;-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Future of MySQL
On 13/12/09 16:31, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > I thought I post this link > http://monty-says.blogspot.com/2009/12/help-saving-mysql.html > in case anyone isn't aware of this yet and wants to email the EC. > > > Kai > > Sent my email off, I've used MySQL for a long time, and would hate to see MySQL die :-( Thanks :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4 x86_64 only detects 32GB RAM while Fedora x86_64 correctly lists 128GB
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Lucian @ lastdot.org wrote: > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Diederick Stoffers > wrote: > > [r...@localhost ~]# uname -a > > Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Nov 3 > 16:48:13 > > EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > > > On 7 dec 2009, at 13:12, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > > > what kernel are you running? > > > > On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 2:05 PM, Diederick Stoffers > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > We have a new 24-core Dell PowerEdge R905 server with 128GB's RAM. The 64 > > > > bits version of Fedora 12 lists the correct amount of 128GB, CentOS only > > > > finds 32GB (and so does Scientific Linux). I would much prefer to use > CentOS > > > > (most of the software we use is specifically designed for CentOS). Does > > > > anyone know what is causing this/how to fix it? > > > > Many Thanks, > > > > Diederick > From: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-5-manual/Virtualization-en-US/ch-virt-hw-support.html "The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Virtualization kernel does not support more than 32GB of memory for x86_64 systems. If you need to boot the virtualization kernel on systems with more than 32GB of physical memory installed, you must append the kernel command line with mem=32G. This example shows how to enable the proper parameters in the grub.conf file: title Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (2.6.18-4.elxen) root (hd0, 0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-4-el5 mem=32G module /vmlinuz -2.6.18-4.el5xen ro root=LABEL=/ module /initrd-2.6.18-4.el5xen.img" -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] netflow colelction and analysis
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 5:53 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > OP wants nfdump[1]. Great tool. The web front-end is called nfsen and is > a separate package. > > Ray > > [1] http://nfdump.sourceforge.net/ > Needs, but maybe not "wants." :-P I used to be in love with ntop, but it has shown to be very unstable in the last few years (memory leaks, crashing, etc. for version in fedora-epel as well as latest stable and latest svn checkout..) Ntop is what you want (at least close to what you want the interface to look like) but i have yet to find any good netflow analyser that blows my skirt up after having sampled ntop (stability issues), solarwinds realtime netflow analyser (unknown reliability, plus only meant for live troubleshooting, not trending), solarwinds orion netflow module (too cumbersome to navigate to find simple answers like "what was on the wire during a certain time frame), and the cisco network analysis module for the 6500 (maybe the best i've seen even if its interface is ugly as hell.) If anyone has had a good experience with something user-friendly on the reporting side at least, I'd be thrilled to hear about it. nfdump/nfsen does look like it could hold some value but i haven't evaluated it yet. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Passenger Best Practice
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 12:13 PM, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > I want to move from running puppet under it's own web brick server, to > using passenger. > > I'd like to get an idea of how folk are running passenger? Ideally > I'd like to keep everything rpm based, so would need ruby enterprise > rpms, and then the mod_rails / passenger plugin? > > How are you folk doing it? > > I've seen: > > http://download.elff.bravenet.com/5/x86_64/repoview/mod_passenger.html > > And I've also seen: > > https://packages.endpoint.com/ > > Which seems to do some enterprise ruby. > > What else is out there? I'm more than happy to do it all myself, but > if so it ought to be done in the way which best serves the project... I used the guide found here http://reductivelabs.com/trac/puppet/wiki/UsingPassenger on a RHEL 5 server with success. You'll see that most things are installed via yum repositories except for rack and passenger, which are installed as ruby gems. You'll probably find better answers for this type of questions and any issues you might run into during implementation on the puppet users mailing list ( http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users) -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4? anyone?
On 16/10/09 14:13, Toby Bluhm wrote: > You Centos guys just aren't getting the message are you? > > We need to know EXACTLY what is going on with the release! None of this > "soon" crap will do. Please post a progress report on packages built, > isos transfered, server update progress by region, hours worked, > keystrokes typed, bathroom breaks, hours slept, family time taken. Bar > charts would be a nice touch. We need to know these things! Our very > lives hang upon this release. Strap a wireless webcam to your head for > god's sake and broadcast your every move. Verbalized every action. Quit > leaving us in the lurch! > > > Thank you > > > [Sarcasm] Good idea! Who wants to chip in and help pay for those web-cams? :D Lets all buy one web-cam each for them, we'll need something like 200, so that we can have them put, in each corner of their workspace, so we know exactly what their doing, even if it's something we don't want to see them doing at night. While we're at it, we could also install VNC to their machines so we can watch from their also. We also need cameras in their kitchen, and local food shops, so we can even see what they eat! [/Sarcasm] -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4? anyone?
On 16/10/09 09:38, Ian Blackwell wrote: Jake Shipton wrote: Post #148. You count your posts? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos No, that's the post # in the thread, of which I linked to (Eg, the one to look at). -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS build scripts (or equivalent) acessible?
On 16/10/09 08:06, Ian Wilson wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho wrote: http://dev.centos.org/centos/buildsys/ There really doesn't look like there's a lot of packages there. Why haven't we tried to set up Koji? (If the answer's not enough time, or not-enough knowledge, I'm willing to help if needed) Ian http://mirror.switch.ch/ftp/mirror/centos/5.3/os/SRPMS/ There are SRPM's there. If that's what you mean. I believe CentOS still uses Plague (internally) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4? anyone?
On 15/10/09 14:41, Jeremy Rosengren wrote: > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho > mailto:mig...@ic.unicamp.br>> wrote: > > mbneto wrote: > > Hi, > > > > The last status (from twitter) is 2 days old with the '5.4 is baked! > > centos internal network will start syncing up today. Release ~ > soon!'. > > Any ETA? > > > > Just relax and wait, this is a _volunteer_ based project. Want a > release > date? Go pay for RHEL. > > > This response is just as annoying as the request for an update. > > -- j > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Agreed, doesn't really help. But "mbneto", in the forum, in the "When will 5.4 be released" thread, (Massive flame war going on their if you want to join in ;-) ) hughesjr said it should be out in a couple of days. so not long to wait now :-) Which you can see here: https://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=22004&viewmode=flat&order=ASC&start=147 Post #148. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Launch applications on GNOME startup ?
On 11/10/09 17:28, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I just installed and configured Conky, and I'd like to automatically > launch it whenever I start a GNOME session. I expected to see some sort > of Preferences>Launch Applications on Startup, some user-specific > equivalent of rc.local, but there doesn't seem to be such an entry. > > Any suggestions? > > Niki > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Hi, assuming the application can be started from terminal without issues you could go to: System > Preferences > More Preferences > Sessions And onto the "Start up" tab. Click "Add" and here, you will need to enter a command (such as /usr/bin/conky) Not quite sure what conky is, as I've never used it, so this may or may not work for you. But give it a try :-) Hope this helps. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Where to download rpm packages for centos?
On 17/09/09 08:12, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > > Christopher Chan wrote: > >>> I think you're in for a tough road. Try buying the sysadmin flowers. >>> >>> >> Flowers? I'd thought a R/C helicopter might get somewhere. >> > well since your system is still C5.0 you could always use that good old > vmsplice exploit and become root to install your packages discreetly ;-) > > I deny it all. I didn't say that, someone's pretending to be me. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Actually, that may not be a bad idea for him to do. If he does that, he could then prove to his very lazy (So it seems) SYS Admin that the systems are simply no longer secure, and thus getting him to upgrade them. But on the other hand it may get him the sack for breaking into the systems. Hmm. However, I don't see how letting a system become very out of date, will keep it stable, if anything it could cause more problems. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Securely backing up Linux machines to NAS?
You'll want to look into rsync over ssh with ssh key-based authentication. On 9/12/09, Les Mikesell wrote: > Scott Ehrlich wrote: >> I have been tasked with having a Buffalo Terastation Pro 2 NAS box, >> likely to be connected to a Linux box via samba, be the storage device >> to back up mostly Ubuntu and Centos systems. The trick is, the >> machines to be backed up need to do so in an automated fashion and >> make a secure, encrypted connection to my Linux box hosting the NAS. >> The NAS does have SSL enabled for web admin access, though the same >> login credentials are used to authenticate the Linux host via samba to >> the NAS. >> >> So what are the simplest options to back up the Linux hosts? rsync >> does come to mind, but how to do so securely from each host? I'd >> consider something via ssh, but that would mean an interactive login, >> and encrypting individual files on the hosts is not an option. >> >> NFS is also available on the NAS, but considering the security >> concerns, I will not use that, nor do I want to enable any more >> services on the linux machines being backed up than necessary, meaning >> samba is not an option, unless it remains the ONLY one. >> >> I ONLY plan to use samba to mount the NAS to my Linux server, unless >> someone comes up with a more secure method, or even away to negate the >> need of the Linux server and permit the hosts to back up directly to >> the NAS... > > I always recommend looking at backuppc first for an online backup service > because it gets almost everything right and has a simple web interface for > configuration and acces. It's not a real good fit for a NAS though. You > could > probably make it work over NFS - and fix the security issue by connecting it > directly to a 2nd NIC on the linux box and nothing else, but it would be > much > easier to just add some large drives either internally or via eSATA on the > linux > box itself. It can't use samba-mounted storage for it's archive because it > uses > hard links to save space for duplicate files. > > -- >Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Sent from my mobile device Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Battery condition tools CentOS/Dell
On 06/08/09 16:21, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Johnny Hughes wrote: > >> Anne Wilson wrote: >> >> >>> My laptop is four years old, and yes the battery is aging. When I bought >>> the >>> laptop there were instructions that if a laptop is used mainly on mains, you >>> should run it on battery, say once a month or so, until you are down to 10%. >>> It was claimed that the periodic discharge in this way actually lengthens >>> the >>> life-span of the battery. >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >> >> Lithium Ion type batteries do not have the Memory issue of older battery >> types, where you need to discharge fully to cycle it from low to high to >> build capacity. >> >> It is better that you never discharge a Lithium Battery if possible. >> > Except recent kernels (or something else) have interferred? with AC > state, and I will be running on battery, even though the OS thinks it is > on AC, so I am NOT watching how long I was on battery and all of a > sudden, POOF! System off > > GRRR. Maybe this new 2.6.18-128.1.14.el5 will get it working right again... > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Although that last bit made me laugh. I hope for your sake it gets sorted soon :-) Could cause HDD damage instant power off's are never good. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Million linux virtual machines
On 05/08/09 14:15, Bob Hoffman wrote: > ~Snip~ > Scientists get a million Linux kernels to run at once > ~Snip~ > > (how long before shared hosts use thislol) > > ~Snip! ~ > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Awesome news :D But I hope that computer is "Energy efficient" and doesn't use to much power.. well OK maybe not. (I also kinda don't care) I'm guessing that box pulls some power :-D Imagine your power bill after running that constantly for a month :o Thus I doubt "Shared Hosts" could afford to run one, let alone more. PS: Was the box running CentOS? -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Web
On 02/08/09 14:41, madunix wrote: > I have the following issues on a website, would like to know how would > you resolve these issue? > > 1- CSS is not used efficient. > 2- Search engine need to be optimized. > 3- Java Scripts are placed between HTML tags. > 4- Redirecting homepage through JS code, using client side > 5- Web page delay, a lot of objects. > 6- Disable listings directories from apache (how) > 7- web not compatible with Firefox > > Thanks > -mu > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > Hmm, seems to be like it needs a "complete overhaul" meaning... probably best to start from scratch. As for disabling listings. There is two methods. one of which is to edit httpd.conf and the other is if .htaccess is enabled, then you could use some .htaccess lines to do so. Be careful with .htaccess, could lead to exploitation if not made properly. And it does not compatible with Firefox either? Who would do that? It's kind of like disabling half the internet users. Anyhow, assuming the web server is Linux, to disable directory listing edit this file: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf You should fine a line like so:* * Options All Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews Change to: Options All FollowSymLinks MultiViews That should do the trick :-) Hope this helps somewhat :-) -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] CentOS on Acer Laptop
On 31/07/09 22:01, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 6:56 AM, sam R wrote: I have very basic question: I have downloaded CentOS-5.3-i386-LiveCD from CentOS website. Now I need to install it on my Acer Laptop permanently not as a liveCD. How do I burn it to a DVD to be able to install it by simply restarting my laptop? I suggest you go ahead and burn the LiveCD image you downloaded to a CD and see if this OS will run, properly, on your HW, before you install it. If so, then download the CD's or DVD for a regular install. Hang onto the LiveCD, in case you need to test on other HW, in case you have a problem and need to rescue, or if go out of town and want to run on someone elses HW without leaving tracks. May also want to consider using the "netinstall" images if you have a constant network connection during install. Saves downloading a whole DVD or a bunch of CD's ;-) Although do try the LiveCD as stated above. -- Jake ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] web filtering for remote computers
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 12:55 AM, Dhaval Thakar wrote: > > John R Pierce wrote: >> Dhaval Thakar wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am using Squid for local users since two years & is working fine. >>> I am trying to implement web filtering for remote computers e.g few laptops >>> & branch / franchise computers on dynamic ips. >>> >>> I do not want to use Squid proxy for it, if all remote computers will use >>> Squid from my public ip, bandwidth utilization will increase. >>> Need valuable suggestion to achieve this. >>> >>> >> >> how are these remote computers connected to the network, and what OS are >> they running? >> >> > all are windows clients > connecting through internet using dynamic ips. >> filtering, by necessity, has to be between the user and the thing you >> want to filter. >> > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Good morning: If your needs are simple (e.g. you are able to apply one filtering policy to roughly all users at the same time and you aren't concerned with per-user reporting on usage for accountability, etc.) you can try OpenDNS. I just use this service for normal name resolution but they have a filtering service as well. http://www.opendns.com/solutions/enterprise/filtering/ Of course you can get around this filtering scheme but then no web filtering technique is fool-proof...and blocking outbound dns requests to all resolvers except the IP addresses of OpenDNS (there are just two to put in your firewall) would go a long way towards preventing users from escaping the filter. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] df -h shows system at 100% used, but there is space left
On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:43 PM, dnk wrote: > Has anyone seen output like this before? Notice on my /dev/md0 That it > reports 100% used, but also 5.3 Gb available. What would cause this? > > > > # df -h > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > /dev/sda2 71G 1.6G 66G 3% / > /dev/sda1 99M 22M 73M 23% /boot > tmpfs 506M 0 506M 0% /dev/shm > /dev/md0 903G 851G 5.3G 100% /home > This is completely normal rounding. 5.3/903=.005 or .5% - the "human readable" output doesn't show fractions of a percentage...it rounds. -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] iptables question
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:46 PM, wrote: > I need to redirect input from one of the vips (192.168.0.1:8080) on BOX > A to BOX B (192.168.0.2:8080) and I'm about to pull my hair out. While i haven't done this before, i believe the answer you're looking for lies in SNAT. It would seem the requirements would be that the traffic needs to wind up at the right destination (NAT would get you that far) but the return traffic must also appear to come from the original VIP or else the source device would not already think it has an open session with that device. Take a look here: http://www.linuxtopia.org/Linux_Firewall_iptables/x4658.html Good luck! -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] tinydns/djbdns opinion poll
Thank you very much for all of your feedback. It really sounds like i got two general replies: "eh, I wouldn't use it" (a minority) and "We do some complicated stuff to make it meet our needs and we love it." (majority) For us, ease of management is really key to having success with our technical staff. I think we'll likely stick with BIND. -Jake On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 1:02 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2009, Rainer Duffner wrote: >>Ray Van Dolson schrieb: >>> On Mon, Feb 09, 2009 at 07:58:38AM -0800, cen...@911networks.com wrote: >>> >> >> >>The problem is that it is not very modular. >> >>You must decided on which features (=patches) you want to incorporate >>and then build the RPM accordingly. >> >>We use tinydns+dnscache almost exclusively (it's not good if you need to >>play 2ndary for a true BIND) and are very happy with it. > > We have been using djbdns for years with excellent results, and > user very few non-standard patches (mainly a hack to dnscache to > allow it to respond to the world on one of our servers that we > allowed customers to use in the mid '90s, and can't change). > > We are secondaries for a few hundred BIND domains, and have no > problems with that using djb tcpclient axfr-get to pull the data > from these under control of a cron job. > > We are also provide secondary DNS for many of our customer's > sites which run djbdns, and they simply use rsync to copy their > zone files to our primary server. > > We use the rbldns daemon extensively to handle DNSRBLs. > > The data formats for djbdns are quite simple, particularly > compared to the ugly kludge of BIND. Setting up forward and > reverse DNS for a host for which one is authoritative for the > in-addr address requires a single line, at a minimum: > > =fqdn:ipaddress: > > The startup times are essentially zero, as are updates to remote > servers using rsync to copy the tinydns and rbldns data files to > our secondary servers. > > The version we run on all our Linux systems has been hacked into > SRPMS for the OpenPKG portable package management system, and we > run it on various Linux distributions, FreeBSD, and OS X. > > I don't remember exactly when we started using djbdns, but it was > at least 8 years ago. Other than a simple hack I did years ago > to have dnscache ignore CVS and RCS directories, it has been dead > solid with zero problems. > > Bill > -- > INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC > URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way > Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 > Fax:(206) 232-9186 > > Those who cast the vote decide nothing. > Those who count the vote decide everything. (Joseph Stalin) > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Jake Paulus jakepau...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
