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Ownership of /dev/snd/*
by Joseph Haig 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

I have several users using a machine running CentOS 4.4. For some reason, the ownership of /dev/snd/* seem to get left with a user when he has logged out (me at the moment) which means that no one else can use sound. Can anyone suggest why this might be happening, or give some pointers? Thanks Joe

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New 4.4 install PHP security concern
by Eucke 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hello everyone. I am an FC2 refugee that's been lurking for a while. I am finishing up a Centos 4.4 build and am going through looking at security issues. In running a nessus scan I am finding it complaining about the versions for php, php-ldap, php-mbstring and php-pear. The complaint indicates that a much newer version of this exists and specifically names php-5.0.4-4.centos4 (by way of example). In researching this I am finding that this is not deemed to be part of the upgrade path for the default version in 4.4. I am also finding numerous issues with this "recommended" version breaking things right and left. I've searched the forums and the web so I decided to post here. Has anyone replaced the stock php (and related items) build and been perfectly happy with the results? Any reason why this "newer" version of php is not part of the natural upgrade path? Any writeups by anyone that has walked this path already? Thanks in advance! -- Eucke

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problems with yum and 4.3-->4.4
by Larry Vaden 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Are the problems with yum in the Centos 4.3->>4.4 upgrade process due to a forked or obsolete version of yum? I briefly scanned <https://lists.dulug.duke.edu> and didn't see any problems, but did see some incidents regarding yum hangs reported about a year ago. regarding the current upgrade, Seth Vidal in <https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/linux/2006-September/000569.html> wrote: <quote> You should be able to get all of these and more with: yum update Let us know what breaks, -sv </quote> No replies added to the thread indicating the folks at Duke aren't having problems with the update to Centos 4.4 whereas folks on the Centos list have reported quite a few problems. Kind regards, Larry Vaden Internet Texoma, Inc.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 19, Issue 14
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2006:0667-01: Moderate CentOS 2 i386 gzip security update (John Newbigin) 2. CESA-2006:0667 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 gzip - security update (Johnny Hughes) 3. CESA-2006:0667 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 gzip - security update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 09:19:38 +1000 From: John Newbigin <jnewbigin(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2006:0667-01: Moderate CentOS 2 i386 gzip security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <45107B0A.307(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2006:0667-01 Moderate: gzip security update Files available: gzip-1.3-19.rhel2.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:26:41 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2006:0667 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 gzip - security update To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1158748001.5328.65.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0667 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0667.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: gzip-1.3.3-16.rhel4.x86_64.rpm src: gzip-1.3.3-16.rhel4.src.rpm

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Root directory ownership/perms
by Hugh E Cruickshank 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Centos 4.3 Hi All: I just shot myself in the foot by change the owner/perms on the contents of the root directory (my bad!!!). I have done a quick compare with a running RHEL3U8 system and think I have every thing back to what it should be except for new directories media and selinux. Can someone out there currently running 4.3 send me an "ls -l" of their root directory so I can make sure I have got everything back as it should be? Alternately is there some command within Linux that will fix these up for me (we used to have something like this on SCO OSR5 but I have not been able to locate anything for Linux)? TIA Regards, Hugh -- Hugh E Cruickshank, Forward Software, www.forward-software.com

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pptp vpn through CentOS 4.3.
by Stromgol 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

Hello, We can't connect to our pptp server through our CentOS gateway with a XP client. The linux client is working but not the XP client. I know for a fact that the pptp server is not the problem because if I connect the XP machine directly to the Internet the pptp vpn is working. I know about the pptp-conntrack-nat patch, I compiled the 2.4.9 kernel, with patch-o-matic-ng-20060511.tar.bz2 without any problem. But compiling iptables end with this error: make: *** [extensions/libipt_connlimit_sh.o] Error 1 I'm wondering if we really need that patch, because that patch seems to be only needed when you want simultaneous pptp connection, which is not my case. I only want to be able to make a simple pptp connection. Any pointers? Thanks.

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Re: Gnome Desktop Screensaver Security Lock Override?
by James B. Byrne 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 10:59:21 -0400, Steve Huff <shuff(a)vecna.org> wrote: > > 1. ssh in > 2. become root > 3. pkill -u <username of user who locked the screen> -f -x > "^xscreensaver -nosplash$" Yes, I have done something si,milar to this in thepast but I was hoping that there might be away to accomplish the administraor override from the unit console of the system in question. I infer then that there is no such capability built into gnome, correct? It appears then that we will have to disable the screensvar terminal lock function since too many people in our organization have the habit of just leaving that desk with their sessions left on. Is there an auto logout capability in CentOS-4 that I can enable instead, so that after say 10 minutes of inactivity the user session is terminated? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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checking remote processes
by bruce 20 Sep '06

20 Sep '06

hi... looking for how to check processes from the process table of a remote machine. i want to be able to automate the process. i'd prefer to be able to have a cron process to periodically check the status.. any thoughts/comment/ideas would be helpful... thanks

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postconf: /usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.14: no version information available (required by postconf)
by Bob Pierce 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

One of my servers is complaining with this error now that I have updated to CentOS 4.4. I am now running postfix-2.2.10-1.RHEL4.2.mysql_pgsql.c4 from the centosplus repository. I had been running postfix-2.1.5-4.2.RHEL4.mysql.centos4 from the centosplus repository. I also have the following MySQL related packages installed: mysql-devel-5.0.22-1.centos.1 pam_mysql-0.6.0-1 mysqlclient14-4.1.14-4.2.c4.1 php-mysql-5.0.4-5.centos4 perl-DBD-MySQL-2.9004-3.1 mysql-5.0.22-1.centos.1 mysqlclient10-devel-3.23.58-9.2.c4 mysqlclient14-devel-4.1.14-4.2.c4.1 mysql-server-5.0.22-1.centos.1 mysqlclient10-3.23.58-9.2.c4 The MySQL 5 packages are from the centosplus repository. Has anyone else run across this? Any help would be appreciated. Bob

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ssh key question
by bruce 19 Sep '06

19 Sep '06

hi... if i have a machine that i want to be able to automatically ssh into multiple child machines within the network, do i have to create a key for the parent machine, and supply the key to the child machines, or do i create a key for each child machine, and supply the keys to the parent? thanks

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