Discuss February 2006

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re: vsftp vs shell logins
by techlist06 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi guys: Thanks for the input and helpful suggestions. I prefer the solution that allows a FTP login without a shell. A couple of you suggested I use something like /sbin/nologin and then FTP would work, but no shell would be allowed Actually, that is the first thing I tried, as nologin is my default shell when I add users. I have to add /bin/bash to get vsftpd to accept the conection. So I checked /etc/shells and /sbin/nologin is there. Apparantly that won't work. I have other services/users I might want to use with shells from time to time so I want the defalut to be "no shell unless I say so", not "get a shell unless I say no". Preferably controlled at teh password file. So, I tried Alin Osan's suggstion of modifying the pam file, and that *did* work. Thank you very much Alin. Much appreciated. Scott

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disable media check on custom cd [dnk]
by lists 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

On a previous thread I was working on a custom install disk that would boot directly into a vnc install - well I have the disk working exactly as I need it EXCEPT for 1 thing... the option to do a media check pops up... however as per my original email - there will be no keyboard/mouse/monitor attached during install... so I can not press the "skip" option. Now to get the VNC install to work, I am using boot options.... I was reading up on it, and there is a "mediacheck" boot option - however my understanding is that if added to the boot options it forces a media check to happen. There seems to be no option to specify "no" to the media check. Does anyone know of a way to disable the media check? This way it ensures that the cd boots direct into a vnc install with absolutely zero keyboard interaction. Thanks in advance. Dustin

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usernames with capitals
by Claus Derlien 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Hi, im new to the list, so bear with me if this was discussed earlier! For historical issues we need to maintain usernames in all capitals ie. CD our test environment is running centos 3.4 - our live environment is on redhat 8.0 the useradd program won't allow me to create a new user with capitals, and usermod wont change a lower case user name to upper case! What is my options now ? - do i have to hack the package or is there a known work around ? tia Claus Derlien Frie Funktionærer - faglig organisation og tværfaglig a-kasse - www.f-f.dk *************************************************************************************************************************************** Denne email og alle filer vedlagt som bilag kan indeholde fortroligt materiale, der kun er beregnet for adressaten, og maa ikke udleveres eller kopieres til uvedkommende. Har De ved en fejltagelse modtaget denne email, bedes De venligst omgaaende meddele os dette pr. telefon : 6313 8550. Paa forhaand tak. *************************************************************************************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it may contain confidential information intended for the addressee(s) only. The information is not to be surrendered or copied to unauthorised persons. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone: +45 6313 8550. Thank you. ***************************************************************************************************************************************

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ruby
by Craig White 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Perhaps this message is only to Jim Perrin... Not that I've specifically have had any issues that I can point to... almost at the top of http://www.rubyonrails.org/down We recommend Ruby 1.8.4 for use with Rails. Ruby 1.8.2 is fine too, but version 1.8.3 is not. Myself, I have sort of backed off on the rails development for the moment and am becoming intimately lost in ruby itself and am presently working on my Fedora Core - 4 system which has ruby-1.8.4 but I am going to get back rails development on the CentOS system when I have begun to fill in the cavernous gaps of knowledge that are holding me back. Craig

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Easy way to reject all incoming packets except from certain IPs?
by Preston Crawford 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

Is there an easy way to reject all incoming packets except those that come from certain IPs? I can't find any way via iptables or via the GUI provided with CentOS (or another GUI for CentOS) without having to resort to Shorewall. It's fine if the answer is "go with Shorewall". I just didn't want to have to become a Shorewall expert for this really small task. Any help/advice on this is appreciated. Am I missing an easier way? Preston

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OT - Linux NAS for Windows Environment
by Ed Morrison 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

I'm looking to find a Linux NAS solution for a Windows network. Looking into FreeNAS and OpenFiler. Anyone using these or any other solution? Any comments/suggestions? Thanks, Ed

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Junk mail filtering in Evolution
by Steve Bergman 02 Feb '06

02 Feb '06

I'm upgrading a few clients to CentOS 4.2. They have been using Evolution 1.x, so this is the first release that will have junk mail filtering. So I've switched from Thunderbird to Evolution on my own desktop tp better support them. I have been dutifully marking the spam and the ham. But the filter has so far not flagged a single email on its own. (I've flagged about a hundred so far, so it's had time to learn.) Is there something in the config that I need to set to get it to filter? One possible kink is that my own mail account uses imap. My users will be using pop3. Thanks, Steve

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custom vnc install disk [dnk]
by lists 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Hi all.... I had posted hte following on teh centos forums, and thought there might be additional people in here who do not browse those forum, so after 4 days I am posting over here as well (sorry for the double - but figured after 4 days it was safe to do so). Hi there.... I am trying to make a custom centos server cd that will essentially do the following: throw the disk in, boot the machine, and have it connect to a listening VNC viewer on another machine - then just do the install as per normal (nothing else automated other than the VNC connection). My goal is that since I have limited space at home I want to be able to load centos onto a machine just by plugging in an ethernet cable (no monitor/mouse/keyboard), and booting it. I know using VNC is possible and such, but in the tutorials I have read, you basically you type 'linux vnc' at the boot prompt. I was reading about using a kickstart file, but the same type of issue you need to press "enter" to start the vnc install. Any ideas on how to get around this? This is what I did so far (so that maybe someone can point out my error). Now just for detail I created a SIMPLE ks.cfg file with the following: firewall --disabled vnc --connect 192.168.0.100 And when adding directives to a kickstart file - does hte order matter? IE when addign hte vnc directive, does it have to come after the networking info, etc? it was located on my cd at: /isolinux/ks.cfg I edited the file /isolinux/isolinux.cfg <snip> default linux prompt 1 timeout 1 display boot.msg F1 boot.msg F2 options.msg F3 general.msg F4 param.msg F5 rescue.msg F7 snake.msg label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ramdisk_size=8192 ks=cdrom:/isolinux/ks.cfg <snip> As you can see i set the time out to happen immediately (hoping ot get it to jump right into the install). And I added the location to my KS file to the default option. Any ideas?

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kdewebdev aka Quanta or repository kde-redhat.sourceforge.net
by Craig White 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

does this exist for CentOS 4 ? OK - next level of question then... taking a wild swing, I set up /etc/yum.repos/kde-redhat.repo and for S&G's, I ran the obligatory 'yum update' to see what would happen. It's an aggressive update to be sure. KDE 3.5.0 (and all the dependent stuff such as qt) but also samba and openoffice. Is anyone reporting happiness / contentment with their repo enabled and their updates installed? Craig

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pdf to text converter
by Andrew Rice 01 Feb '06

01 Feb '06

Anyone know of any good pdf to text converters that will run on *nix platforms? -- Andrew Rice Jr Systems Analyst Carrier Management Systems, Inc. 500 Chestnut Street, Suite 500 Abilene, TX 79602 USA support: (325) 672-0975 office: (325) 677-5900 fax: (325) 676-0529 http://www.nams.net NAMS III, NAMS 2000 Centralized, NAMS BMX

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