Re: forced fsck

2016-01-19 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 1/16/16 10:18 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Any way to do it once Don't know if it changed since SL6 but touch /forcefsck Then at boot time if there, the fsck will run on all file systems and the flag is deleted. -- << MCT >> Michael C Tiernan xmpp:mtier...@mit.edu +1 (617) 324-9173 MIT

Re: bluegriffon

2014-12-05 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 12/4/14 8:52 PM, Yasha Karant wrote: For specific uses, I need an application similar to Blue Griffon Two things, first is to try a slightly older version of BG to see if that fixes your problem. Second, the best alternative and cross platform is KompoZer (which is what BG was built from).

Re: nmap to find mac addressees

2014-08-25 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 8/22/14 5:14 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Do you have a favorite run string for it? I don't yet. I've been in a hurry to solve a specific problem and not to really get used to it so I've not experimented in an orderly fashion with it. -- MCTMichael C Tiernan xmpp:mtier...@mit.edu +1 (617)

Re: nmap to find mac addressees

2014-08-22 Thread Michael Tiernan
On linux, I use arp-scan: Name: arp-scan Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.7 Vendor: Fedora Project Release : 4.el6.1 Build Date: Mon 10 May 2010 07:44:53 AM EDT Install Date: Mon 16 Jun 2014

Re: How do I elevate in a script?

2014-04-29 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 4/29/14 3:20 PM, ToddAndMargo wrote: Currently su will just open a new shell as root. sudo -u root and if they don't have the password all is safer. :) -- MCTMichael C Tiernan xmpp:mtier...@mit.edu +1 (617) 324-9173 MIT - Laboratory for Nuclear Science - http://www.lns.mit.edu

Re: Iptable rule required to block youtube

2012-10-04 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 10/4/12 3:27 AM, vivek chalotra wrote: And now i want to block youtube on my network. It can be done with iptables however it's not for the faint of heart. I did some reading about it on a dd-wrt website and it wasn't something I found as an easy solution to a single problem such as this.

Possible problem with 53 repo?

2011-11-29 Thread Michael Tiernan
Has anyone else reported a problem with the 53 repo? I'm getting errors and I just want to eliminate if they're unique to me or not. http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/extra/atrpms/sl5-x86_64/stable/repodata/489a83f094bcb19540e7a6bf8b87c0bf86dde5a8-filelists.sqlite.bz2: [Errno 14] HTTP

Re: [SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS] Possible problem with 53 repo?

2011-11-29 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 11/29/11 10:29 AM, Pat Riehecky wrote: On http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/extra/atrpms/sl5-x86_64/stable/repodata/ I do not see the metadata you are searching for. May I suggest 'yum clean all' and another attempt? Thanks to everyone for checking it. I've done a few (i.e.

Re: a quick poll: what are your favourite linux power tools?

2011-04-25 Thread Michael Tiernan
Some tools that I like and use frequently: I'd like to add the tool multitail which is very helpful. -- MCTMichael C Tiernan MIT - Laboratory for Nuclear Science - http://www.lns.mit.edu High Perf Research Computing Facility at The Bates Linear Accelerator

Re: forum for Scientific Linux users

2011-03-25 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 3/25/11 11:01 AM, James M Pulver wrote: I honestly prefer mailing lists or NNTP I agree for the most part but my resistance to BBS aka Forums, is I don't need yet another login to deal with, if they don't support OpenID, I just don't want to care. :( -- MCTMichael C Tiernan

Re: a few questions about SL admin best practises

2011-03-10 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 3/10/11 6:42 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: i'm fascinated that you use mirroring RAID as a matter of course, but consider LVM to be an advanced topic. I too find this interesting. One of the things I love about SA is if you ask one question of three SAs you'll get nine answers no two of

Re: Open Letter....

2010-08-12 Thread Michael Tiernan
RE: Open Letter (Plea for Medical Help/Assistance) to World Leaders I am just impressed and gratified to know that World Leaders are using Scientific Linux. :) -- MCTMichael C Tiernan. xmpp:mtier...@mit.edu MIT - Laboratory for Nuclear Science - http://www.lns.mit.edu High Perf

Question about file versions.

2010-06-10 Thread Michael Tiernan
I'm a smidge confused by something. I am looking at the timestamps on a couple of the SRPMS and something seems to be amiss. In ftp://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/5x/SRPMS/vendor are these files: -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 568054 Nov 15 2007 pcre-6.6-2.el5.1.0.1.src.rpm -rw-r--r-- 1

Re: Question about file versions.

2010-06-10 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 6/10/10 10:30 AM, Troy Dawson wrote: Just out of curiousity, if you want to build it for yourself, why are you getting the src.rpm from us and not RedHat? http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/5Server/en/os/SRPMS/ A sense of consistency. I go to SL for my RPMs and such and if

Re: A quick reality check request.

2010-05-06 Thread Michael Tiernan
Success. I finally got all this stuff working. Here's the sequence I had to follow: (The Dell RPM already configured.) /usr/bin/yum clean all /opt/dell/srvadmin/sbin/srvadmin-uninstall.sh -f /bin/rpm --erase $( /bin/rpm -qa | /bin/grep srvadmin ) ipmitool OpenIPMI /bin/rpm --erase $(

Re: A quick reality check request.

2010-04-23 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 4/23/10 1:33 PM, Connie Sieh wrote: So what is a supported platform? Pure Red Hat only. As a matter of fact, they're pretty tightly coupled. I just noticed that you can purchase a machine from Dell with a RH license and when you go to the RH support site, you can/have to enter the Dell

Re: Logo Contest for SL6 extended

2009-10-01 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 10/1/09 5:18 PM, martin@stfc.ac.uk wrote: I like number 9 - though Tux has an expreession that I can't quite define (other than cross-eyed!). Needs the extra electron though. That expression is WTF? Who loaded Vista on this system? :) (I'm kidding, not trying to ignite a religious

Re: Logo Contest for SL6 extended

2009-09-30 Thread Michael Tiernan
On 9/30/09 3:14 PM, Troy Dawson wrote: I have now published it and you should be able to see it. Thanks for letting us see them. I guess I'm a little surprised that none of them have Tux in them. Such as Tuxes spinning around the nucleus so something. Probably lacks gravitas. :) --