Re: [CentOS] secure file not updating

2008-12-12 Thread Barry Brimer
> On my Centos 5 server, the secure file has not updated > since Dec 10. This despite the fact that I run an > sshd server that I access many times per day. Most > peculiar is the fact that a swatch monitor that I run > on the secure file catches plenty of lines. It is > as if when swatch catche

[CentOS] secure file not updating

2008-12-12 Thread Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED
On my Centos 5 server, the secure file has not updated since Dec 10. This despite the fact that I run an sshd server that I access many times per day. Most peculiar is the fact that a swatch monitor that I run on the secure file catches plenty of lines. It is as if when swatch catches a line in

Re: [CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail

2008-12-12 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 6:16 PM, John wrote: >> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bob Hoffman >> wrote: >> > Been able to receive mail but unable to get mine to appear on list. >> > I tried resetting the list to see if I am able to mail out again. >> > Lets see if this works. >> > Test#12 >> >> L

Re: [CentOS] OT: Need some riser card advice...

2008-12-12 Thread Bill Campbell
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008, Ray Van Dolson wrote: >Fellow server-builders out there, this is for you. :) I was trying to >build a cheap JBOD type storage solution running CentOS. Ended up >snagging a Supermicro SC826TQ-R800LPB 2U case (12 drives slots) and a >Supermicro X7DBE-O motherboard. Unfortunat

Re: [CentOS] Upgrade to new drives in raid, larger

2008-12-12 Thread Ross Walker
On Dec 12, 2008, at 3:18 PM, "Bob Hoffman" wrote: > Hi all, > > As part of my raid experience, I have yet to have to do this, but was > wondering how you guys would attempt it. > > I have 3 drives in a raid 1, with one as a hot spare. > They are 250gb with all space used by two raid devices, 1 w

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 + iptables + memcached Problem

2008-12-12 Thread Art Age Software
OK, here are the original (stateful) rules reinstated: IPTABLES -A INPUT -i bond0 -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d 192.168.1.0/24 --dport 11211 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i bond0 -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d 192.168.1.0/24 --dport 11211 -m state --state

Re: [CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail

2008-12-12 Thread John
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Lanny Marcus > Sent: Friday, December 12, 2008 2:21 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bob Hoffman

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 + iptables + memcached Problem

2008-12-12 Thread Art Age Software
Thanks for your reply. I originally had stateful rules in place and packets were being dropped. I had just switched to stateless rules in an attempt to fix the problem. I will go back to stateful and update this thread with the new log messages. Thanks. Sam On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:33 PM, Fili

Re: [CentOS] OT: Need some riser card advice...

2008-12-12 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 03:53:42PM -0700, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >Any advice? > > Only that PCIe in my experience needs a quality riser for signal interference. > If this is a server running anything important, I would be leery about > "engineering" > my own setup from generic components. >

Re: [CentOS] OT: Need some riser card advice...

2008-12-12 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Any advice? Only that PCIe in my experience needs a quality riser for signal interference. If this is a server running anything important, I would be leery about "engineering" my own setup from generic components. YMMV, jlc ___ CentOS mailing list Cen

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 + iptables + memcached Problem

2008-12-12 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 15:45, Art Age Software wrote: > IPTABLES -A XXX -i bond0 -p tcp -m tcp -s 192.168.1.0/24 -d > 192.168.1.0/24 --dport 11211 -j ACCEPT > Dec 12 20:33:53 s1 kernel: DROP -- Catch All: IN= OUT=bond0 > SRC=192.168.1.1 DST=192.168.1.2 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=64

Re: [CentOS] No /etc/yum/repos.d after new install of 5.2

2008-12-12 Thread MHR
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote: > Akemi Yagi wrote: >> >> It's /etc/yum.repos.d :-D >> >> Mark, I suggest you go to bed, get some sleep before doing more work >> in front of the computer. :-P > > Great minds think alike! :-) But that's why we never sleep! Oh, foo - thank

Re: [CentOS] Yum errors trying to install yum-priorities

2008-12-12 Thread MHR
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Phil Schaffner wrote: > > Run "yum clean all" then try again. > Too easy. Thanks! mhr [SOLVED] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] No /etc/yum/repos.d after new install of 5.2

2008-12-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
Akemi Yagi wrote: > > It's /etc/yum.repos.d :-D > > Mark, I suggest you go to bed, get some sleep before doing more work > in front of the computer. :-P Great minds think alike! :-) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/ma

Re: [CentOS] No /etc/yum/repos.d after new install of 5.2

2008-12-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
MHR wrote: > Since I was in the unenviable position of completely reinstalling my > system today, I started out from the 5.2 Final DVD and then ran yum > update to get the 79 (?) packages (and another 14 after that). I > noticed something I found rather odd. > > There is no /etc/yum/repos.d direc

Re: [CentOS] No /etc/yum/repos.d after new install of 5.2

2008-12-12 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:52 PM, MHR wrote: > Since I was in the unenviable position of completely reinstalling my > system today, I started out from the 5.2 Final DVD and then ran yum > update to get the 79 (?) packages (and another 14 after that). I > noticed something I found rather odd. > > T

Re: [CentOS] Yum errors trying to install yum-priorities

2008-12-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
MHR wrote: > What does this mean (CentOS 5.2, all the latest updates, for which yum > worked just fine): > > yum install yum-priorities ... > Trying other mirror. > (1/1): yum-priorities-1.1 100% |=| 11 kB00:00 > ftp://ftp.ussg.iu.edu/linux/centos/5.2/os/i386/CentOS/yu

[CentOS] No /etc/yum/repos.d after new install of 5.2

2008-12-12 Thread MHR
Since I was in the unenviable position of completely reinstalling my system today, I started out from the 5.2 Final DVD and then ran yum update to get the 79 (?) packages (and another 14 after that). I noticed something I found rather odd. There is no /etc/yum/repos.d directory at all. Is this r

[CentOS] Yum errors trying to install yum-priorities

2008-12-12 Thread MHR
What does this mean (CentOS 5.2, all the latest updates, for which yum worked just fine): yum install yum-priorities Password: Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * base: mirror.sanctuaryhost.com * updates: mirrors.easy

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.2 yum check-update fails - repo change?

2008-12-12 Thread Dave Stevens
On Friday 12 December 2008 12:31:47 pm Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Dave Stevens wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:22:46 -0800: > > Anyone know why this happens or what to do? I see the epel mirror has > > changed > > No, the mirror for base changed. > > > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml

[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 + iptables + memcached Problem

2008-12-12 Thread Art Age Software
Hi, I'm experiencing the most perplexing problem with iptables on CentOS 5.2. I'm hoping someone can point out what I must be missing here. I have memcached set up on several nodes on an internal network. I have the following rules set up to allow traffic between memcached nodes: IPTABLES -A INP

Re: [CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail

2008-12-12 Thread John R Pierce
Bob Hoffman wrote: > Apparently, if you go with 'digest' any replied to mails individually opened > and sent via that are lost for good. > I had to turn off digest to be able to send my annoying help mails again... > more likely, those 'replies' to the indivudual messages within the digest w

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.2 yum check-update fails - repo change?

2008-12-12 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Dave Stevens wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:22:46 -0800: > Anyone know why this happens or what to do? I see the epel mirror has changed No, the mirror for base changed. > Error: Cannot retrieve repository metadata (repomd.xml) for repository: epel. It doesn't appear to mirror EPEL: ftp://ftp.mu

[CentOS] OT: Need some riser card advice...

2008-12-12 Thread Ray Van Dolson
Fellow server-builders out there, this is for you. :) I was trying to build a cheap JBOD type storage solution running CentOS. Ended up snagging a Supermicro SC826TQ-R800LPB 2U case (12 drives slots) and a Supermicro X7DBE-O motherboard. Unfortunately, without thinking I snagged a 3ware 9650SE-1

[CentOS] Upgrade to new drives in raid, larger

2008-12-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
Hi all, As part of my raid experience, I have yet to have to do this, but was wondering how you guys would attempt it. I have 3 drives in a raid 1, with one as a hot spare. They are 250gb with all space used by two raid devices, 1 with boot, the other with LVMs filling them up. Now, lets say dow

Re: [CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail

2008-12-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
> > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bob Hoffman > wrote: > > Been able to receive mail but unable to get mine to appear on list. > > I tried resetting the list to see if I am able to mail out again. > > Lets see if this works. > > Test#12 > > Loud and clear. Q5 S9 Apparently, if you go with

Re: [CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail

2008-12-12 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: > Been able to receive mail but unable to get mine to appear on list. > I tried resetting the list to see if I am able to mail out again. > Lets see if this works. > Test#12 Loud and clear. Q5 S9 ___ C

[CentOS] Centos 5.2 yum check-update fails - repo change?

2008-12-12 Thread Dave Stevens
A couple of days ago I run yum update to take care of installing new updates for evolution.i386, evolution-data-server.i386 and nscd.i386 . The update went through with no fuss. Yesterday when I ran check-update I got the exact same updates list. So I did not run yum update, thinking this was a

[CentOS] Checking to see if I can mail

2008-12-12 Thread Bob Hoffman
Been able to receive mail but unable to get mine to appear on list. I tried resetting the list to see if I am able to mail out again. Lets see if this works. Test#12 ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cento

Re: [CentOS] URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var [SOLVED]

2008-12-12 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:02 AM, MHR wrote: >> On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 16:14 -0800, MHR wrote: >>> I found it - there has to be a /var/lib/nfs directory with a few >>> subdirectories under it. Once I had created them all, I could run >>> rpc.statd, and that unfroze everything. >>> >>> Thanks to all

Re: [CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 09:13, Davide Cittaro wrote: > Ok, another one: the process I would like to start is not a daemon > itself. If I start it with "daemon" function it remains in foreground. > Ok, I can play with '&' but is there a init function to start in > background a process? Use "n

Re: [CentOS] Information about ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in CentOS 5

2008-12-12 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article , Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:10, Tony Mountifield > wrote: > > From what I've been able to find, you can disable ASLR completely by > > putting the following line in /etc/sysctl.conf: > > kernel.randomize_va_space = 0 > > Thanks, I had just found

Re: [CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
Davide Cittaro wrote: > Ok, another one: the process I would like to start is not a daemon > itself. If I start it with "daemon" function it remains in foreground. > Ok, I can play with '&' but is there a init function to start in > background a process? You just hijacked your own thread. B

Re: [CentOS] Information about ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in CentOS 5

2008-12-12 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:10, Tony Mountifield wrote: > From what I've been able to find, you can disable ASLR completely by > putting the following line in /etc/sysctl.conf: > kernel.randomize_va_space = 0 Thanks, I had just found that out, we tested it and indeed it works. > Alternativel

Re: [CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
Jacques B. wrote: ... > > Do you mean like $0? That gives you the current script name. Or better yet basename $0 if you want the name of the script and not the full path. Phil ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman

Re: [CentOS] Information about ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in CentOS 5

2008-12-12 Thread Tony Mountifield
In article , Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > Hi, > > We are porting some applications from CentOS 4 to CentOS 5, the > applications use mmap, and we found out that they sometimes crash in > CentOS 5. We found out that this is due to the fact that CentOS 5 does > randomization of the address space w

Re: [CentOS] wine 1.1.10 rpm for centos

2008-12-12 Thread Dnk
On 12-Dec-08, at 6:41 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > Dnk wrote: >> Well that is great. On a selfish level, it will make certain things >> easier over here! :-) >> > > please dont top-post and make an effort to trim your posts. Dually noted. :-) Deleting a ton of text from a phone. Blah! Haha. Bu

Re: [CentOS] wine 1.1.10 rpm for centos

2008-12-12 Thread Dnk
On 12-Dec-08, at 5:13 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote: > dnk wrote: >> yehaw??? >> >> Compile it is then! >> >> d >> >> >> >> On 11-Dec-08, at 10:53 AM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: >> >>> Phil Schaffner wrote: By the time you satisfied all the dependencies I expect you'd have something closer

[CentOS] Information about ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) in CentOS 5

2008-12-12 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, We are porting some applications from CentOS 4 to CentOS 5, the applications use mmap, and we found out that they sometimes crash in CentOS 5. We found out that this is due to the fact that CentOS 5 does randomization of the address space when loading binaries, libraries, and when using mmap,

Re: [CentOS] wine 1.1.10 rpm for centos

2008-12-12 Thread Karanbir Singh
Dnk wrote: > Well that is great. On a selfish level, it will make certain things > easier over here! :-) > please dont top-post and make an effort to trim your posts. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522...@icq ___ CentOS mailing list C

Re: [CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Davide Cittaro
Ok, another one: the process I would like to start is not a daemon itself. If I start it with "daemon" function it remains in foreground. Ok, I can play with '&' but is there a init function to start in background a process? d /* Davide Cittaro Cogentech - Consortium for Genomic Technologie

Re: [CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Davide Cittaro
On Dec 12, 2008, at 2:40 PM, Jacques B. wrote: > Do you mean like $0? That gives you the current script name. :-) Fine, thanks, I thought that launching with /sbin/service somehow breaks positional variables... d /* Davide Cittaro Cogentech - Consortium for Genomic Technologies via adamell

Re: [CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Jacques B.
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 8:37 AM, Davide Cittaro wrote: > Hi all, is there a function (or variable) I can use in a custom init script > that identifies the init script name? i.e. I'm porting some init scripts > from gentoo, where the $SVCNAME variable identifies the init script name > within the sc

[CentOS] init script question

2008-12-12 Thread Davide Cittaro
Hi all, is there a function (or variable) I can use in a custom init script that identifies the init script name? i.e. I'm porting some init scripts from gentoo, where the $SVCNAME variable identifies the init script name within the script itself... d /* Davide Cittaro Cogentech - Consor

Re: [CentOS] wine 1.1.10 rpm for centos

2008-12-12 Thread Phil Schaffner
dnk wrote: > yehaw??? > > Compile it is then! > > d > > > > On 11-Dec-08, at 10:53 AM, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > >> Phil Schaffner wrote: >>> By the time you satisfied all the dependencies I expect you'd have >>> something closer to rawhide than CentOS. >> Well, you cannot have both - Country

Re: [CentOS] Any way to reduce CPU use of OpenSSH?

2008-12-12 Thread Michael Iatrou
When the date was Thursday 11 December 2008, Steve Snyder wrote: > On my CentOS v5.2 server (dual Pentium4) the OpenSSH daemon stands out > as being the most CPU-intensive of the applications running, It's used > 176 minutes of CPU time in the last 2 days alone. > > Is there any way to lower the C

Re: [CentOS] Dell Poweredge R300

2008-12-12 Thread Per Qvindesland
Thats really odd that you could not "load" it on the server I have a few of those running centos 5.2 here and they installed without any problems. Per On Dec 12, 2008, at 11:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Nicholas wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:21:57 +0800: > >> Just found out that the Poweredge

Re: [CentOS] Dell Poweredge R300

2008-12-12 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Nicholas wrote on Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:21:57 +0800: > Just found out that the Poweredge R300 cant even load the CentOS 5.2 > 64bit installer. Had to revert to Ubuntu. Seems its a driver problem. how did you "load"? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services

Re: [CentOS] URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var [SOLVED]

2008-12-12 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Mhr wrote on Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:14:24 -0800: > I found it please, urgent or not, solved or not, please keep it in the thread next time. Thanks. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___

Re: [CentOS] wine 1.1.10 rpm for centos

2008-12-12 Thread Vandaman
Karanbir Singh wrote: > at one point in the past WinHQ's release process > included rpms for > EL4/EL5 - is that no longer the case ? If not, perhaps they > could do > with a hand in the release process itself ( which might be > a good way > for you to get involved perhaps ? ) > > Would you b

Re: [CentOS] URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var [SOLVED]

2008-12-12 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 00:02 -0800, MHR wrote: > > > Thanks I needed that! You know that one "Aw Shit" wipes out 1000 "'Atta > > Boys". Now I have one in the bank - 999 to go! ;-) > > > > So, like an idiot, after I had everything back up and running, I tried > it again. It _couldn't_ happen tw

[CentOS] Centos directory server

2008-12-12 Thread Per Qvindesland
Hello List, I really hope that someone could shed some light here on where I am going rong, I have setup 2 directory servers one so that I can replicate from one to the other I have followed the manual to the letter (i think, well I have read and re-read it so many times now) from this pla

Re: [CentOS] Any way to reduce CPU use of OpenSSH?

2008-12-12 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Thursday 11 December 2008, Steve Snyder wrote: > On my CentOS v5.2 server (dual Pentium4) the OpenSSH daemon stands out > as being the most CPU-intensive of the applications running, It's used > 176 minutes of CPU time in the last 2 days alone. Putting 176 cpu-minutes in context, that's 3% of y

Re: [CentOS] yum-updatesd or similar for CentOS 4

2008-12-12 Thread Alexander Farber
Thank you all, I'll go with yum service On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:20 PM, Barry Brimer wrote: > chkconfig yum on > service yum start ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Dell Poweredge R300

2008-12-12 Thread Nicholas
Hi all, Just found out that the Poweredge R300 cant even load the CentOS 5.2 64bit installer. Had to revert to Ubuntu. Seems its a driver problem. Pity, but does this kind of case apply to many other servers? --- OSCC MAMPU MyMeeting Version 2.0 Release http://knowledge.oscc.org.my/solutio

Re: [CentOS] Any way to reduce CPU use of OpenSSH?

2008-12-12 Thread Mogens Kjaer
Steve Snyder wrote: > On my CentOS v5.2 server (dual Pentium4) the OpenSSH daemon stands out > as being the most CPU-intensive of the applications running, It's used > 176 minutes of CPU time in the last 2 days alone. Do you have any rsync jobs running at night time doing backup via ssh? Mogens

Re: [CentOS] URGENT: libdvdcss install hosed /var [SOLVED]

2008-12-12 Thread MHR
On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:35 PM, William L. Maltby wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 16:14 -0800, MHR wrote: >> I found it - there has to be a /var/lib/nfs directory with a few >> subdirectories under it. Once I had created them all, I could run >> rpc.statd, and that unfroze everything. >> >> Tha