Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat

2018-10-30 Thread Richard Zimmerman
Please contact me off list Many thanks, Richard Richard Zimmerman River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. -Original Message- From: CentOS On Behalf Of John Plemons Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 3:44 PM To: CentOS mailing list ; mark Subject: Re: [CentOS] IBM buying RedHat If any one

Re: [CentOS] Intel Flaw

2018-01-05 Thread Richard Zimmerman
my tested Linux boxen, doesn't seem to be any change But I'm using sysbench. Probably not the best utility in this case. Regards, Richard Zimmerman River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists

Re: [CentOS] Offsite hosted backup solutions

2017-12-18 Thread Richard Zimmerman
-Original Message- From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Nicolas Kovacs Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2017 12:52 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Offsite hosted backup solutions > Can't say about Windows clients, but for all my Linux machines, I'm Hands

Re: [CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations

2017-11-02 Thread Richard Zimmerman
>Most servers can fit only 2.5" disks these days. I keep wondering what >everyone is doing about storage. The DL20 gen9 I bought was setup LFF (3.5") The DL380 gen9 could be either SFF (2.5) or LFF. I had to buy SFF for our new server due I was told to spec / build it exact to vendor recommend

Re: [CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations

2017-11-02 Thread Richard Zimmerman
I can help a little here... Yes, dropping NPAPI is a huge problem. FireFox ESR is available for Linux x32 and x64. Solved my problems using Lantronix Spider IP/KVM device until Java updates, then refuses to run it yet again :( https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/faq/ Hopes this

Re: [CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations

2017-11-02 Thread Richard Zimmerman
hw wrote: >Next question: you want RAID, how much storage do you need? Will 4 or 8 3.5" >drives be enough (DO NOT GET crappy 2.5" drives - they're *much* more >expensive than the 3.5" drives, and >smaller disk space. For the price of a >1TB 2.5", I can get at least a 4TB WD Red. I will second M

Re: [CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations

2017-11-02 Thread Richard Zimmerman
ubject: Re: [CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations Richard Zimmerman wrote: > DO NOT buy the newer HPE DL20 gen9 or ML10 gen9 servers then (especially if > using CentOS 6.x) What would you suggest as alternative, something from Dell? ___

Re: [CentOS] low end file server with h/w RAID - recommendations

2017-11-02 Thread Richard Zimmerman
DO NOT buy the newer HPE DL20 gen9 or ML10 gen9 servers then (especially if using CentOS 6.x) I don't use hardware raid (mdadm for the win!) so cannot speak to that. DL20, bought it on a stock 'B' sale. Great price. Works well on Windows. HPE doesn't sell hard drive trays, etc. You pretty much

Re: [CentOS] VPN suggestions centos 6, 7

2016-04-04 Thread Richard Zimmerman
SoftEther VPN Once setup, it just works Regards, Richard --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. S Main Street South Bend, IN 46601-3337 (574) 233-1133 (574) 280-7284 Fax -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] In A UEFI World, "rm -rf /" Can Brick Your System

2016-02-01 Thread Richard Zimmerman
backups, I did! 3. I became really, really good at disaster recovery :) 4. Upper Management WILL get cranky over an event like this! Just my 2 cents worth... Richard --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. S Main Street South Bend,

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Richard Zimmerman
s, Richard --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. S Main Street South Bend, IN 46601-3337 (574) 233-1133 (574) 280-7284 Fax ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Two WiFi routers

2015-11-04 Thread Richard Zimmerman
ou need. Hopes this helps... Richard --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. S Main Street South Bend, IN 46601-3337 (574) 233-1133 (574) 280-7284 Fax -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.or

Re: [CentOS] I want to connect to a l2tp server from centos.

2015-09-18 Thread Richard Zimmerman
Richard SRPM can be found here: http://ngtech.co.il/rpm/centos/7/SRPMS/softethervpn-4.18.9570-2.el7.centos.src.rpm The repo is here(also latest squid-cache repo): http://ngtech.co.il/rpm/centos/7/x86_64/ Eliezer --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specia

Re: [CentOS] Backups solution from WinDoze to linux

2015-07-14 Thread Richard Zimmerman
ve, then fail the 3rd disk and shrink the array back to two. Others have suggested Btrfs or zfs? For a send/receive backup method and I am going to try this as time allows. You can NEVER have too many backups. I'd slap it to tape if I could... Hopefully some of this information helps ou

Re: [CentOS] Bare drive RAID question, was RE: *very* ugly mdadm issue [Solved, badly]

2014-09-05 Thread Richard Zimmerman
y we have backups... I just wanted to say thank you for the replies Wow, I got schooled today (in a good way). Much learning going on in my corner of the world... Richard --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. S Main Street South Bend, IN

[CentOS] Bare drive RAID question, was RE: *very* ugly mdadm issue [Solved, badly]

2014-09-05 Thread Richard Zimmerman
partition table, just a disk label? What is the advantage of doing this? Many thanks, Richard ___ --- Richard Zimmerman Systems / Network Administrator River Bend Hose Specialty, Inc. S Main Street South Bend, IN 46601-3337 (574) 233-1133 (574) 280-72

Re: [CentOS] Disable login at boot

2014-05-21 Thread Richard Zimmerman
se 4096 bit rsa_keys to login as a local user. Then su to root to do what I need to. I love looking at the logs and seeing the foolish saps who keep trying brute force password attacks :) For backups I use rsync and give the local user su rights to it. Hopefully some of this helps... Richard

Re: [CentOS] Set static IP

2014-05-15 Thread Richard Zimmerman
I've always known the config file to be /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Sample: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes TYPE=Ethernet IPADDR=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx NETMASK=255.255.255.xxx DEFROUTE=yes IPV4_FAILURE_FATAL=yes IPV6INIT=yes NETWORKING_IPV6=yes NAME="System eth0" HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx