Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-18 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 18/11/2019 à 19:59, John Pierce a écrit : > So you're writing a book on how Linux used to be? Here you go: https://www.microlinux.fr/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/administration-linux-par-la-pratique-tome-1-table-des-matieres.pdf Currently putting the finishing touches to vol. 2 (SELinux,

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-18 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Kenneth Porter said: > What file holds all those settings, now? As a rule, I prefer to edit > text files to finding the right GUI/TUI utility to muck with them. > I'd also like to know how the new and old files interact. The same config files are in

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-18 Thread John Pierce
On Sun, Nov 17, 2019, 2:52 PM Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > > Cheers & thanks for your detailed explanations. You've tickled my > curiosity, so as soon as I finish writing my current Linux book (around > X-mas I guess) I'll have a deeper look at all that stuff. > So you're writing a book on how

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-18 Thread Kenneth Porter
--On Monday, November 18, 2019 6:06 PM +0100 Leon Fauster via CentOS wrote: I dont see if it was mentioned; but "network scripts" are deprecated in C8. So better start the mental migration today before the packages get removed totally :-) What file holds all those settings, now? As a rule,

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-18 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 18/11/2019 à 18:06, Leon Fauster via CentOS a écrit : > I dont see if it was mentioned; but "network scripts" are deprecated in > C8. So better start the mental migration today before the packages get > removed totally :-) I'll tackle that when I make the move to CentOS 8. For the moment I'm

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-18 Thread Leon Fauster via CentOS
Am 17.11.19 um 23:52 schrieb Nicolas Kovacs: Le 17/11/2019 à 18:56, Jonathan Billings a écrit : You should never be using ntpdate anymore (which is why the ntp project is deprecating it, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-17 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 17/11/2019 à 18:56, Jonathan Billings a écrit : > You should never be using ntpdate anymore (which is why the ntp project is > deprecating it, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate > ). I really only > ever suggest

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-17 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Nov 17, 2019, at 11:58 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote > * chrony: I'm using ntpd and ntpdate You should never be using ntpdate anymore (which is why the ntp project is deprecating it, http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Dev/DeprecatingNtpdate

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-17 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Le 17/11/2019 à 14:15, Jonathan Billings a écrit : > I’m curious why you list these as “cruft” packages? > > chrony > firewalld > iperf > NetworkManager-libnm * chrony: I'm using ntpd and ntpdate * firewalld: https://github.com/kikinovak/firewall * iperf: replaced by iperf3 * NetworkManager:

Re: [CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-17 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Nov 17, 2019, at 05:11, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > > I just sanded down the remaining edges of my CentOS 7 post-install > configuration script and published it on a Github repository, along with > some detailed instructions. > > * https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-setup > > Feel free to use

[CentOS] Post-installation setup script for CentOS 7 servers

2019-11-17 Thread Nicolas Kovacs
Hi, I just sanded down the remaining edges of my CentOS 7 post-install configuration script and published it on a Github repository, along with some detailed instructions. * https://github.com/kikinovak/centos-setup Feel free to use it (and/or adapt it to your needs). Cheers from the sunny