Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread R-Elists
> > we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers. some servers have longer > than one year did not reboot. Our consultant suggest we need > at least reboot once every year to clean out memory junk. > > What is your opinion? > maybe i missed it yet, did anyone mention the old adage... "if it isn't br

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Jerry Franz
On 09/03/2010 02:15 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > > This is good info! > > What I am wondering is if there is a way to prevent new kernels from becoming > the default by... default? > > That way one won't be "pleasantly" surprised that after a long uptime and > several updates, that on the next reboot

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Ross Walker
On Sep 3, 2010, at 4:10 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Friday, September 03, 2010 18:34:51 Matthew Miller wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I >> >> It's special-cased. > > I remember th

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 9/3/2010 3:47 PM, Todd Denniston wrote: > Marko Vojinovic wrote, On 09/03/2010 04:10 PM: >> On Friday, September 03, 2010 18:34:51 Matthew Miller wrote: >>> On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I >>>

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Todd Denniston
Marko Vojinovic wrote, On 09/03/2010 04:10 PM: > On Friday, September 03, 2010 18:34:51 Matthew Miller wrote: >> On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I >> It's special-cased. > > > So all in all, you

Re: [CentOS] openvpn

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
Exactly How do you configure it? -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] För Kwan Lowe Skickat: den 3 september 2010 21:01 Till: CentOS mailing list Ämne: Re: [CentOS] openvpn On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM, mattias wrote: > If i have

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Friday, September 03, 2010 18:34:51 Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I > > It's special-cased. I remember the discussion on the Fedora-list about this a very long time ag

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Benjamin Donnachie
On 3 Sep 2010, at 19:56, kalinix wrote: > It's not about of paperwork. It's about the change process which should > be wery well implemented and tested, re-tested and tested again. And > when you think it's done then you should re-test once more. Sounds like they should adopt ITIL! I'm upsettin

[CentOS] Alternatives to checkinstall?

2010-09-03 Thread James B. Byrne
I am reviewing some work that I did in June and forgot to take notes at the time. For some reason I have a nagging suspicion that for this job I used a package builder other than checkinstall but for the life of me I cannot recall the name. Now, the case may be that I actually did use checkinstal

Re: [CentOS] openvpn

2010-09-03 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM, mattias wrote: > If i have a vpn tunnel with more than 1 ip > Can i maybe configure the tunnel to give out the other ip to another > computer > Maybe a vm? Not sure what you're asking, but yes, you can assign a tunnel IP to a VM. I have multiple IPs associated wit

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread kalinix
On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 06:59 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 08:28:57AM +0300, kalinix wrote: > > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:39 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: > > > > You never upgrade the application? The database? Make config changes? > > > Wow... to live in such a static wor

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Joseph L. Casale > Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ? > >> My reboot times are regular, (still on F12 on this >> machine) but I always copy the kernel files into a subdir 'tmp-backups' so I >> can ge

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 07:10:57PM +0100, Keith Roberts wrote: > > You can configure the number to keep to be very large, if you want. > How do you do that then Matt? Set the (admittedly confusingly-named) "installonly_limit" parameter in /etc/yum.conf to something big. -- Matthew Miller

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Matthew Miller wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Matthew Miller > Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ? > > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I > > It's speci

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 9/3/2010 12:34 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I > > It's special-cased. > >> recall in FC5 having a an IBM 225 that ran OK with the initial kernels >> but at some upda

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Matthew Miller
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 12:17:37PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > Does anyone know if this is special-cased or some config setting? I It's special-cased. > recall in FC5 having a an IBM 225 that ran OK with the initial kernels > but at some update would not boot the new one and many subsequent

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 9/3/2010 12:09 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Friday, September 03, 2010 16:23:31 Les Mikesell wrote: >> On 9/3/2010 10:07 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: >>> On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Joseph L. Casale wrote: To: 'CentOS mailing list' From: Joseph L. Casale Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to r

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Friday, September 03, 2010 16:23:31 Les Mikesell wrote: > On 9/3/2010 10:07 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > > On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >> To: 'CentOS mailing list' > >> From: Joseph L. Casale > >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ? > >> > >>> My reboot times are r

[CentOS] DHCP server 4.x rpm?

2010-09-03 Thread Ausmus, Matt
Hi all, Has anyone built an rpm for DHCP server 4.x for CentOS 5 or used a Fedora rpm? Anyone using dhcpd 4.x on 5.5 and can give me a heads up on any pitfalls that I need to be aware of? Thanks in advance. Matt Ausmus Network Administrator Chapman Universi

Re: [CentOS] Issue with Perl and rpmforge - advice? - SOLVED

2010-09-03 Thread Mark
On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 6:51 PM, Mark wrote: > I have an old version of rkhunter installed on my CentOS 5 machine, > one I got from rpmforge. > > In my most recent attempts to update this, I get the following errors in yum: > : > --> Finished Dependency Resolution > perl-AnyEvent-5.240-1.el5.rf.noa

[CentOS] openvpn

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
If i have a vpn tunnel with more than 1 ip Can i maybe configure the tunnel to give out the other ip to another computer Maybe a vm? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread Gabriel Tabares
On 03/09/2010 10:59, mattias wrote: > Ifcfg-eth1 > > > # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ > > DEVICE=eth1 > > > > HWADDR=00:50:FC:F9:84:CB > > ONBOOT=yes > > DHCP_HOSTNAME=vps.mjw.se > > BRIDGE=br0 > > Ifcfg-br0 > [br0] > > ONBOOT=yes > > TYPE=Bridge > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp > Can

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
Alredy solved There whas a configure error in the ifcfg-br0 file -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel Tabares Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 6:22 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] bridge On 03/09/2010

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread Gabriel Tabares
On 03/09/2010 10:41, mattias wrote: > I try to use a bridge with openvz but get the following Bridging Support > is not available in this kernel This message are in all kernels i tryed > from the centos yum repo On a frech 5.5 It has worked before With the > same install i have used > Can you tr

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On 9/3/2010 10:07 AM, Keith Roberts wrote: > On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > >> To: 'CentOS mailing list' >> From: Joseph L. Casale >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ? >> >>> My reboot times are regular, (still on F12 on this >>> machine) but I always copy the kernel

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Keith Roberts
On Fri, 3 Sep 2010, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > From: Joseph L. Casale > Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ? > >> My reboot times are regular, (still on F12 on this >> machine) but I always copy the kernel files into a subdir 'tmp-backups' so I >> can ge

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>My reboot times are regular, (still on F12 on this >machine) but I always copy the kernel files into a subdir 'tmp-backups' so I >can get them back if needed, even if yum deletes them. Huh, ok... What do you do with *just* the kernel? Let me know how that works if you ever want to boot from it?

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-03 Thread Stephen Harris
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 08:28:57AM +0300, kalinix wrote: > On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:39 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: > > You never upgrade the application? The database? Make config changes? > > Wow... to live in such a static world :-) > > > > Most of our problems aren't OS related, they're app

[CentOS] How to Retain Ownership on webdir

2010-09-03 Thread James Corteciano
Hi, I have this webroot /webdir/ with 2775 permission so that any created file/directory by apache inside of /webdir/ will be 'users:webusers'. However, I noticed when the apache created a new files (fileB) / directories (dirB), the ownership becomes 'apache:apache' and the sgid has gone for /webd

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
Ifcfg-eth1 # Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ DEVICE=eth1 HWADDR=00:50:FC:F9:84:CB ONBOOT=yes DHCP_HOSTNAME=vps.mjw.se BRIDGE=br0 Ifcfg-br0 [br0] ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=dhcp -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread Timo Schoeler
> In the host Could you post you appropriate ifcfg scripts? > -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Timo Schoeler > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 11:50 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] bridge > > >> Fo

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
In the host -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Timo Schoeler Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 11:50 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] bridge > For example > 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.4 > > This is the open

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread Timo Schoeler
> For example > 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.4 > > This is the openvz kernel True. So, where do you place the bridge, in the VE or in the host itself? Timo > -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Timo Schoeler > Sent: Frid

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
For example 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5.028stab070.4 This is the openvz kernel -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Timo Schoeler Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 11:43 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] bridge > I try t

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5 oscar: gcc41, gcc44 and gfortran41, gfortran44

2010-09-03 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
> > ok. but if script are using direct gcc...and not the varaible CC ? > >> I think this make more sense if you have different MPI compilers, like, >> one mpicc (gcc34), other mpicc(gcc41), etc. Or different BLAS libraries, >> like libblas or libgoto etc. >> > > it is my problem...with mpicc f

Re: [CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread Timo Schoeler
> I try to use a bridge with openvz but get the following Bridging Support > is not available in this kernel This message are in all kernels i tryed > from the centos yum repo On a frech 5.5 It has worked before With the > same install i have used Hi, so, you installed a fresh CentOS 5.5 and the

[CentOS] bridge

2010-09-03 Thread mattias
I try to use a bridge with openvz but get the following Bridging Support is not available in this kernel This message are in all kernels i tryed from the centos yum repo On a frech 5.5 It has worked before With the same install i have used ___ CentOS ma

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5 oscar: gcc41, gcc44 and gfortran41, gfortran44

2010-09-03 Thread giggzounet
Le 03/09/2010 10:58, Marcelo M. Garcia a écrit : > giggzounet wrote: > >> >> So I must have a directory (for example /opt/compiler/gcc) with the >> different versions of gcc (4.1 and 4.4 in my case). Then the module tcl >> script chooses one and exclude the other, does it ? >> >> in order to have

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5 oscar: gcc41, gcc44 and gfortran41, gfortran44

2010-09-03 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
giggzounet wrote: > > So I must have a directory (for example /opt/compiler/gcc) with the > different versions of gcc (4.1 and 4.4 in my case). Then the module tcl > script chooses one and exclude the other, does it ? > > in order to have these gcc directories can I just copy the files from > th