[CentOS] VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set to start at boot. in /etc/inittab I have init 3 vncserver does not start at boot. I log in on the console as root and service vncserver start and it starts with some warning messages about bad display name in "add" command, but I do n

[CentOS] Please help me rate vnc, rdesktop, and freenx

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have been dragging my feet on remote display, and have just gotten VNC going to have SOMETHING to move off the start line. But I need the 'best' for different situations, so I want to rate them. 1 to 3 where 1 is the 'best' for the catagory and 3 the loser. VNC

Re: [CentOS] Please help me rate vnc, rdesktop, and freenx

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Bell wrote: Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1 to 3 where 1 is the 'best' for the catagory and 3 the loser. << You fogot the ssh/vi combination, which rates 1 across the board. ssh/vi ___ Cent

Re: [CentOS] VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set to start at boot. in /etc/inittab I have init 3 vncserver does not start at boot. I log in on the console as root and service vncserver start and it

Re: [CentOS] VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 17:11 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set to start at boot. in /etc/inittab I have init 3 vncserver

Re: [CentOS] Re: VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Silva wrote: on 12/6/2007 3:10 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 17:11 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set

Re: [CentOS] VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 18:10 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 17:11 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Craig White wrote: On Thu, 2007-12-06 at 16:34 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote

[CentOS] yum -- what repo sites were accessed?

2007-12-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Is there a way to see what repo sites were used by yum? I want to check that my local repos are actually being used. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set to start at boot. in /etc/inittab I have init 3 vncserver does not start at boot. coming in late, but for next time: system-config-services shows just one runlevel by default

Re: [CentOS] yum -- what repo sites were accessed?

2007-12-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Tomasz 'Zen' Napierala wrote: Friday 07 December 2007 15:28:22 Robert Moskowitz napisaƂ(a): Is there a way to see what repo sites were used by yum? I want to check that my local repos are actually being used. yum search package will tell you from which repo certain packag

Re: [CentOS] Re: VNCsever not starting at boot

2007-12-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Silva wrote: on 12/7/2007 5:26 AM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: When I run system-config-services, it shows vncserver set to start at boot. in /etc/inittab I have init 3 vncserver does not start at boot. coming in late

[CentOS] After 5.1 update $releasever is still 5

2007-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have performed the 5.1 update via the 5 repo on a couple of systems. I then went to switch these systems to my new local repo using ther $releasever variable. It still has the value of 5, not 5.1 Where is this set? Why was it not changed to 5.1? On the one clean install from the 5.1 isos,

[CentOS] Problem with local base repo

2007-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Last night my rsync got some 'new' files for the base repo and new repodata. This morning, I set a server to upgrade from 5 to 5.1 by setting it to access my local base and updates repos. I got the following error: Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages.

Re: [CentOS] After 5.1 update $releasever is still 5

2007-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Karanbir Singh wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Where is this set? Why was it not changed to 5.1? The question has been answered a few times already, i suggest you do some research on your own part before just blindly writing to the list. Myst have mystyped $releasever when I did a serch in my

Re: [CentOS] Problem with local base repo

2007-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Kai Schaetzl wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:57:33 -0500: error was [Errno 4] IOError: did you check it's there? My .repo file has: [base] baseurl=http://repo.foo.com/centos/5.1/os/$basearch/ At this point, CentOS/openssh-clients-4.3p2-24.el5.i386.rpm

Fixed - Re: [CentOS] Problem with local base repo

2007-12-11 Thread Robert Moskowitz
mv the i386/repodata dir ran the rsync to get an all new /repodata/ yum update is now pulling down headers. Robert Moskowitz wrote: Kai Schaetzl wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:57:33 -0500: error was [Errno 4] IOError: did you check it's there? My .repo

[CentOS] Update repo rsync but no new repodata?

2007-12-22 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I just did a manual resync of my local update repo from mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/updates/i386/ I got a new version of Thunderbird, but not a new set of files in the repodata directory. Thus when I did a yum update against my local repo, I did not get the new version of Thunderbird. I

[CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
When I try to burn anything to cd, I get a message to insert a CD large enough for my file (normally an ISO image). Doesn't matter if the iso image is a 600Mb Centos ISO or a 48Mb DSL ISO. Same warning. My CD-Rs are Memorex 700MB/80min 52x disks that work just fine on XP systems. So what a

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:30:51 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So what am I missing configuration-wise? Does k3b work? (You can use k3b on a Gnome system -- I do it all the time.) No it does not. It prompts me for media, even if I preload th

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:32 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 Get some canned air and blow the dirt off of the sensor in the drive. No change. The drive is the coffee mug tray style. so even opening the p

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:32 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 Get some canned air and blow the dirt off of the sensor in the drive. No change

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:32 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sense Key: 0x2 Not Ready, Segment 0 Get some cann

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-25 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:32 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
William L. Maltby wrote: On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Dec 25 20:46:02 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2 Dec 25 20:46:03

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:37:32 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 08:09 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Do an lsmod and see if you see sg, maybe sd_mod, scsi_mod, ide_cd. Look at /etc/modules.conf (I

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 09:19 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 08:09 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: On Tue, 2007-12-25 at 21:59 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
They are all there. See below William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 11:11 -0500, William L. Maltby wrote: Almost forgot. IIRC, usb devices are always scsi. My usb flash drives all appear as scsi. So we can be certain that you need a scsi stack of loadable modules similar to

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Definetly trouble right here in River City... Joe Pruett wrote: so you can read burned disks ok on the drive under linux? I shut down the server, unplugged the CDRW, rebooted, set up a tail -f /var/log/messages then plugged in the CDRW and got: Dec 26 12:43:09 onlo kernel: usb 1-2: new ful

Re: [CentOS] Re: Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Silva wrote: on 12/25/2007 4:39 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 07:30:51 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So what am I missing configuration-wise? Does k3b work? (You can use k3b on a Gnome system -- I do

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.1 vnc server

2007-12-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Jerry Geis wrote: Any one using vnc server on centos 5.1? FIrst time VNC user here. At least on Centos. on 4.6 I had no issue. on 5.1 I am having times when on connetion the VNC serveris crashing and logs me out of all my open'ed items. I can relog in. But I was wondering if others are seeing

Re: [CentOS] Natulius CD burner does not accept my 700Mb CD-R disks

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Steven Vishoot wrote: --- Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2007-12-26 at 13:16 -0500, William L. Maltby wrote: Aha! Saw your "Trouble ... River City" reply to Scott. Your giving away

Re: [CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ed Donahue wrote: At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you are prompted. Now this is something to add to my Linux support/admin notes. THANKS! On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz < [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ed Donahue wrote: At startup, you will see a message that say Press I to run in interactive mode, there you can reject starting sendmail when you are prompted. Now this is something to add to my Linux support/admin notes. THANKS! On Dec 27, 2007 10:03 AM, Robert Moskowitz < [EMAIL PROTEC

[CentOS] Failed to enable keyboard

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have a set of systems that I have to build that cannot be booted from CD. So I put the drive in another system, do the install, move the drive, and fix the video with system-config-display. But seems perhaps there is another (small) problem. The build system has a PS/2 keyboard interface (

[CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I am building a new server. It will be a temporary firewall of sorts. I am well into the config, made a lot of changes; almost ready to set it up in the target networks, but now The system hangs trying to start sendmail. I was thinking hard about disabling sendmail, but thought I needed

Solved - Re: [CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
hostname. it will timeout past this after a bit. having the appropriate entries in /etc/hosts should resolve this. - Rick Original Message Date: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:03:52 AM -0500 From: Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CentOS mailing list S

Re: [CentOS] Failed to enable keyboard

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have a set of systems that I have to build that cannot be booted from CD. So I put the drive in another system, do the install, move the drive, and fix the video with system-config-display. But seems perhaps there is

Re: [CentOS] Failed to enable keyboard

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: What is the make/model of this system? I have yet to touch a system (PC-based) that does not allow access to BIOS. DecTop http://www.dataevolution.com/dectop%20info%202.htm Scott On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2007

Re: [CentOS] boot hangs on trying to start sendmail

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
The time sitting with Vixie, Mockapetris and others at an IETF bar. When it comes down to it, you just have to do the work and dot those Is and cross those Ts. Josh On Dec 27, 2007, at 8:29 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Ed Donahue wrote: At startup, you will see a message that say Press I t

[CentOS] MOre on buring ISOs

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
So right now I have installed k3b on this notebook. I am using my Storix DVD/CDRW usb drive. I can read cds with it. Cannot burn CDs. First k3b suggests slowing down (from 8x to 4x). Then use TAO. Then it gave up. So I try cdrecord directly. -checkdrive finds some interesting things. Got to

Re: [CentOS] MOre on buring ISOs

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
gnome installed, so it will have to be all command line Robert Moskowitz wrote: So right now I have installed k3b on this notebook. I am using my Storix DVD/CDRW usb drive. I can read cds with it. Cannot burn CDs. First k3b suggests slowing down (from 8x to 4x). Then use TAO. Then it gave

Re: [CentOS] MOre on buring ISOs

2007-12-27 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Correction. I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had Centos 4.x installed. Probably the only 4.x system left around here is a

[CentOS] Firewall builder - which rpm?

2007-12-29 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I need a decent, easy, firewall on Centos. This is for test systems, so I do not need a lot. For 'a lot', I use and Astaro firewall. I had used Firestarter once, but found out that it cannot handle routing between a public and private network. Basically saying this is impossible. Of course

Re: [CentOS] Firewall builder - which rpm?

2007-12-29 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Grant McChesney wrote: On Dec 29, 2007 10:09 PM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: I need a decent, easy, firewall on Centos. This is for test systems, so I do not need a lot. For 'a lot', I use and Astaro fir

Re: [CentOS] Re: MOre on buring ISOs

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Silva wrote: on 12/27/2007 9:51 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Thu, 27 Dec 2007, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Correction. I cannot read a CD in this Storix drive. I thought I had recently, but not. I used this drive all the time on this system when it had

[CentOS] ISO burning challenge -- pilgrims progress

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
First the Storix drive works just fine under DSL 4.2.1 on my Libretto. So the drive is fine, the media is fine. And cdrecord on DSL reports the media to be Manuf. index: 27 Manufacturee: Prodisc Technology Inc. I have all of ONE system with Centos 4 on it. A Trixbox 2.2; I added cdrecord a

[CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-30 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Well FWbuilder is NOT easy. The documentation does not match the current GUI. Now the box is locked up. I will have to pull it again, hook it up to a kybd/VGA and reset iptables Maybe Shoreline with webmin Problem is I want a REAL router/firewall with little work. Both public and

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Matt Shields wrote: On Dec 31, 2007 12:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well FWbuilder is NOT easy. The documentation does not match the current GUI. Now the box is locked up. I will have to pull it again, hook it up to a kybd/VGA and reset iptables Maybe Sho

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
wrote: On Dec 31, 2007 12:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well FWbuilder is NOT easy. The documentation does not match the current GUI. Now the box is locked up. I will have to pull it again, hook it up to a kybd/VGA and reset iptables Maybe Shoreline wi

Re: [CentOS] ISO burning challenge -- pilgrims progress

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
William L. Maltby wrote: It's to bad you couldn't continue the prior thread. Would have been better to have everything in one thread. OK. I see your point here. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2007-December/091666.html On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 00:04 -0500, Robert

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
William L. Maltby wrote: On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 09:33 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Peter Farrell wrote: "Problem is I want a REAL router/firewall with little work." Run a smoothwall installtion and replace your CentOS install. http://www.smoothwall.org/

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Dennis McLeod wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2007 9:13 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Firewall frustration Well FWbuilder is NOT easy. The documentation does not match

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Robert Spangler wrote: On Mon December 31 2007 07:58, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Full discloser time. My day job is with ICSAlabs. My area is security protocols research (like setttin up the initial IPsec certification criteria), but when I visit the labs there are all those firewall

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2007-12-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Matt Shields wrote: On Dec 31, 2007 7:58 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Matt Shields wrote: On Dec 31, 2007 12:13 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well FWbuilder is NOT easy. The documentation does not match the current GUI. No

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:21:34 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 09:33 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Peter Farrell

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Scott Ehrlich wrote: On Tue, 1 Jan 2008, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 12:21:34 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William L. Maltby wrote: On Mon, 2007-12-31 at 09:33 -0500, Robert Mos

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:57:22 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have you ever thought about how rare floppy drives are now? At best you go with a bootable usb, if your notebook supports bootable USB. My Li

Re: [CentOS] Re: Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ugo Bellavance wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:57:22 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have you ever thought about how rare floppy drives are now? At best you go with a bootable usb, if your notebook su

Re: [CentOS] Re: Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Chris Mauritz wrote: Ugo Bellavance wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 08:57:22 -0500 Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Have you ever thought about how rare floppy drives are now? At best you go with a bootable usb, i

Re: [CentOS] Re: Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Mark Weaver wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:32:14 -0500 Ugo Bellavance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I guess he wants it to be portable. He seems to be knowing his requirements a lot better than we do. It looks like he wants an easy firewall that

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Firewall is up and running. Used Shorewall with Webmin. Les Bell wrote: Robert Spangler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: While IPTABLES might be CHEAP (price) it is a very good firewall. Learn to set it up from the command line, it isn't that hard. << Amen. I've been using CentOS for firewalls

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-01 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Thanks I will read this through a bit later. Perhaps I was making more of it than needed, but my attempts were not working. And all I was trying for at first was to allow SSH through. Steven Haigh wrote: On 02/01/2008, at 4:11 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I spent much of the past 24 hours

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-02 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Christopher Chan wrote: I spent much of the past 24 hours trying to find out how to set up iptables for firewall routing WITHOUT NATing. Could not find anything. Eh? You just need to enable ip forwarding to enable routing. After that, it is put up the firewall rules as is necessary, build

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Christopher Chan wrote: I tried it. I had everything open. Then I blocked everything. Then I set up a rule to allow SSH in to eth0 and out eth1 (and the other way). At least I thought that was what the rules said, but no SSH connectivity through the firewall. That was when I realized that I

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-03 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Steven Haigh wrote: On 03/01/2008, at 3:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Christopher Chan wrote: I spent much of the past 24 hours trying to find out how to set up iptables for firewall routing WITHOUT NATing. Could not find anything. Eh? You just need to enable ip forwarding to enable

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Message ---* From: Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CentOS mailing list Sent: Thu, 3 Jan 2008 08:03:09 -0500 Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration > Christopher Chan wrote: > > > >> I tried it. I had everything open. Then I blocked everything. Then I >

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Marko A. Jennings wrote: On Thu, January 3, 2008 8:18 am, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Steven Haigh wrote: On 03/01/2008, at 3:34 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Christopher Chan wrote: I spent much of the past 24 hours trying to find out how to set up iptables for firewall

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-04 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Christopher Chan wrote: ip src/dest is used for routing decisions by the kernel. The IP state machine (check the RFC or any decent TCP/IP textbook) is really quite simple. But iptables sticks its nose into the center of that state machine and can mangle addresses to change how packets flow th

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Christopher Chan wrote: Now I have to hop over to the Asterisk list to figure why with one firewall the INVITE properly redirects the RTP to the RTP server, and the with the other firewall this is not in the INVITE so the RTP flow does not. ARGH! I hope you are not trying to get a

Re: [CentOS] Firewall frustration

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Toby Bluhm wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: qsm wrote: maybe shorewall can do your live so easy. It does not support the rtl8150 chipset. That is what the I have in the way of USB ethernet dongles. Which is another reason to go with a Centos based solution when you need to put

[CentOS] Which RPM of Hylafax+ should I use?

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I want to install Hylafax+, IAXmodem, and T38modem on my Trixbox 2.4 which is built on Centos 5.1 ("vmlinuz-2.6.18-53.1.4.el5"). Over at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148904 there are Hylafax+ rpms for: Fedora 7,8 Fedora Core 2,5,6 Redhat 7,9 I **think** Fedora Core

[CentOS] Live CD Planning systems

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
My company supplies me with a very nice HP nc2400. Much faster, more memory, etc than my old HP nc4010. Problem is the drive is not swappable, and they encrypt the drive (the OS is XP). The nc2400 has a DVD/CDRW and 2 USB 2.0 ports so I was thinking. Make a Live DVD with everything I ne

Re: [CentOS] Live CD Planning systems

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
ld be nice, but question about how much work Live CD is. Perhaps I should pull the current one down and boot it for kicks... On 1/5/08, *Robert Moskowitz* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: My company supplies me with a very nice HP nc2400. Much faster, m

[CentOS] Some repo fancy footwork?

2008-01-05 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I am looking at K12LTSP-EL5 which is Centos 5 based. Supposedly their disc2 maps to Centos 1of6 and so forth. I have a repo of the Centos 5.1 isos: /centos/5/os/i386 The question is can I put the K12LTSP disc 1 in a directory: /centos/k12ltsp-el5/i386 then with some logical link magic mak

Re: [CentOS] Live CD Planning systems

2008-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Les Mikesell wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: My company supplies me with a very nice HP nc2400. Much faster, more memory, etc than my old HP nc4010. Problem is the drive is not swappable, and they encrypt the drive (the OS is XP). The nc2400 has a DVD/CDRW and 2 USB 2.0 ports so I was

[CentOS] Long time waiting on boot

2008-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I just installed Centos 5.1 with XEN on my HP nc2400 duo core and there are two problems out the starting gate: Oh, I am booting off a 40Gb 2.5" drive on a USB adapter. The internal hard drive is encrypted and not usable right now (until I get XEN figured out). But I don't think it has a bear

Re: [CentOS] Long time waiting on boot

2008-01-06 Thread Robert Moskowitz
The problem with the booting might be USB timing related see below... Robert Moskowitz wrote: I just installed Centos 5.1 with XEN on my HP nc2400 duo core and there are two problems out the starting gate: Oh, I am booting off a 40Gb 2.5" drive on a USB adapter. The internal hard dri

[CentOS] ARGH!!! Instal fails at drive format time

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed on a format error! Since I know exactly how I want to lay out the partitions, is there a way I can boot from CD, and get into Disk Druid to set the partitio

Re: [CentOS] ARGH!!! Instal fails at drive format time

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Mark Weaver wrote: Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:14:05PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed on a format error! Since I know exactly how I

Re: [CentOS] ARGH!!! Instal fails at drive format time

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 05:14:05PM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Got all the way through the selection of packages. All those time consuming tasks and the install got to formating the drive and crashed on a format error! Since I know exactly how I want to lay out

Re: [CentOS] Re: Live CD Planning systems

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Just to let you all know (and the reason for top posting) The install of Centos with XEN went with no problems. Just had to be VERY careful and NOT touch hda1. Booting was taking 10min or more. Timeouts. On study, it was USB related and the drive I am using is .7A (3.5W ie more than USB s

Re: [CentOS] ARGH!!! Instal fails at drive format time

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: You could hit ALT-F2 and set everything up from the console by hand (including formatting) and then just tell disk druid _not_ to format. I haven't tried that, but it feasibly might work... Do you mean right after booting off CD #1? alt-F2 does nothing F2 lists opti

Re: [CentOS] Re: Live CD Planning systems

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Jason Pyeron wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 19:25 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Live CD Planning systems But the big looser with my dreams is running XP inside

Re: [CentOS] Re: Live CD Planning systems

2008-01-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Jason Pyeron wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Moskowitz Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 20:02 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: Live CD Planning systems Jason Pyeron wrote: -Original Message

[CentOS] Fwd: Securing Linux laptops

2008-01-08 Thread Robert Moskowitz
http://www.linux.com/feature/123579 Feature: Wireless & Mobile Securing Linux laptops By Rick Cook on January 07, 2008 (9:00:00 PM) Print Comments Laptop and notebooks are being stolen at an ever-increasing rate. In 2004, Safeware Insurance which sells computer insurance, estimated 600,000 la

[CentOS] IAXmodem 1.0

2008-01-09 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Has anyone built an rpm for Centos 5 and IAXmodem 1.0? I need it, and I thought to ask before struggling to get it. The Trixbox people are saying a couple of weeks still on their side... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos

Re: [CentOS] IAXmodem 1.0

2008-01-09 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Christopher Chan wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Has anyone built an rpm for Centos 5 and IAXmodem 1.0? I need it, and I thought to ask before struggling to get it. The Trixbox people are saying a couple of weeks still on their side... Try rpmforge. Dag has probably got one built. I have

[CentOS] What is connect-debounce wrt usb?

2008-01-14 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I get the following message on a Centos 5 system (really a Trixbox 2.4 build on Centos 5): Jan 14 00:12:28 sip2 kernel: hub 1-0:1.0: connect-debounce failed, port 1 disabled What does this mean? This message occurs about 30 times/sec for about 45 sec. Then my Bluetooth token starts up.

Re: [CentOS] Webdev tools

2008-01-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Karanbir Singh wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want a tool that will allow me to download files from a webdev site. All I have found is the other direction: my files to a webdav server. cadaver : ( second hit on google for 'webdav client linux'. searching for 'cadaver centos

[CentOS] Webdev tools

2008-01-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I want a tool that will allow me to download files from a webdev site. All I have found is the other direction: my files to a webdav server. In particular (some of you might be interested) is the whole IEEE 802.11 meeting documents webdav site: https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/documents http

[CentOS] mount -t devfs

2008-01-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have installed fuse-davfs2-1.2.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm but mount -t davfs http://URL /mnt/dav gets /sbin/mount.davfs: group davfs2 does not exist what did I miss in the install??? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mail

[CentOS] Do you need to reboot after adding an entry to fstab?

2008-01-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
man mount.davfs provides an entry in fstab for -t davfs. Does simply adding this into fstab complete the task, or is a reboot needed? (or some service restarted). ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/ce

Re: [CentOS] mount -t devfs

2008-01-17 Thread Robert Moskowitz
MHR wrote: On Jan 17, 2008 9:33 AM, Robert Moskowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > I have installed fuse-davfs2-1.2.2-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm > > but mount -t davfs http://URL /mnt/dav > > gets > > /sbin/mount.davfs: group davfs2 does not

Re: [CentOS] Major update and again no new repodata

2008-01-18 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Tony Molloy wrote: On Friday 18 January 2008 12:42:32 Robert Moskowitz wrote: Yesterday I pulled down a major update to OpenOffice. But no updates to repodata. I waited a day to see if there was some reason for the lag (like more rpms needed to complete the set), but still today, no

[CentOS] Major update and again no new repodata

2008-01-18 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Yesterday I pulled down a major update to OpenOffice. But no updates to repodata. I waited a day to see if there was some reason for the lag (like more rpms needed to complete the set), but still today, no repodata to pull down (my rsync looks for more recent file dates). Help? __

Re: [CentOS] mount -t devfs

2008-01-18 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: What is meant by this message? Do I need to create a group of davfs2 (what command?)? And mount -a -t davfs did not make a difference RTFM. It's all explained in the mount.davfs manual page. I HAVE been RTFMMT. And tried i

Re: [CentOS] mount -t devfs

2008-01-18 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Everything under "Security Policy". The need for a davfs2 system user and system group are explained there. And yes, the package is broken, because it should add the user. OK. I figured out I needed the user and group davfs2. I created them using the Gnome tools. Then

[CentOS] Recommend a mini or nano ITX system for Centos

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I am looking into convising the boss to get me a mini-itx system to replace my workhorse notebook (I have to have a corp notebook and I can remote terminal into a Centos server from it). So I have been playing with one mini-itx system (the decTOP) and am looking at my options. I want a fast

Re: [CentOS] Recommend a mini or nano ITX system for Centos

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: I want a fast processor, 1Gb memory, LAN, 4USB, VGA. Wireless and bluetooth optional USB dongles along with a second LAN interface). PCI slot optional (for said wireless, bluetooth or LAN!). For a mainboard, you might want to look

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