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Re: [CentOS] Unknown rootkit causes compromised servers
by Jim Perrin 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

On Jan 29, 2008 8:01 AM, Alfredo Perez <alfredoj69(a)rogers.com> wrote: > Thinking about the above made me ask the following question: > > Is it possible to setup Centos to ask for a change of password > every month? Yep. Change the values in /etc/login.defs for PASS_* and use: chage -M <value> -m <value> -W <value> USER -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell

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Re: [CentOS] Unknown rootkit causes compromised servers
by Les Bell 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Frank Cox <theatre(a)sasktel.net> wrote: >> I have never understood this. If I have a good, strong password that nobody knows, how is changing it to another one an improvement over what I already have? << Correct. Modern thinking is to teach people how to create a good, strong password and then stick with it for a longer period than has traditionally been the case. A rainbow tables attack against a captured hash can be done in just a few seconds, so unless you're prepared to change your password every few seconds, it's a futile gesture. Because most sets of rainbow tables cover all combinations of upper/lower case alpha, numeric and punctuation symbols, a strong password should contain at least one control character, a composed character (using the Alt+numpad technique) or some other non-printable character outside the rainbow tables set. Or use two-factor authentication (RSA SecurID or similar tokens, certificates, etc.). Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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pygtk2 bug fix update
by Heiko Adams 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

Hello, when will this upstream update be available? http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0079.html -- Heiko Adams <heiko.adams(a)gmail.com>

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question on "cp -f" on centos 5.1
by Jerry Geis 29 Jan '08

29 Jan '08

When I issue the command cp -af --reply=yes * ../other it tells me --reply is deprecated and use -i or -f. when I remove the --reply=yes I have to indicate 'y' to every file being copied. I just want to copy every file in my current directory to another directory and overwrite any file that is there. What is the correct way to do that? Jerry

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CentOS 4.4 and RHEL4 Update 3 Step-by-Step Text Mode Installation Screen Shots
by Balaji 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Dear All, I need CentOS 4.4 and RHEL4 Update 3 Step-by-Step Text Mode Installation Screen Shots. Please send me the following Installation Screen Shots Details or link Regards -S.Balaji

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boot slow at "Applying ip6tables firewall rules"
by Dan Halbert 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

I have a fairly vanilla install of Centos5 on a desktop box (with a Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5752 Gigabit NIC). When booting, the boot process hangs at "Applying ip6tables firewall rules" for 30-60 seconds before proceeding, which is annoying. I have not tried to turn off ipv6 networking. I guess I could, but is this slowness to be expected? Is it waiting for some ipv6 response? Thanks, Dan

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Cron on certain days?
by Scott Ehrlich 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Is it possible for me to schedule cron to say run script A on the first Friday of the month, script B on the second Friday of the month, script C, etc.? Thanks. Scott

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ReiserFS
by centos＠911networks.com 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Hi, Is their any gotcha when using ResiserFs as a file system? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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EDAC error
by Dianne Yumul 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

Hello, I upgraded to CentOS 5.1 and everything went smoothly (Thanks for the awesome work!). But after rebooting, I get the following error: EDAC MC: Ver: 2.0.1 Nov 30 2007 EDAC e7xxx: error reporting device not found:vendor 8086 device 0x2541 (broken BIOS?) I found http://edacbugs.buttersideup.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21 with google but no solution. Is it safe to ignore the error or remove the EDAC module? I read their wiki but I'm new to this and I don't want to break anything? Please advice on what to do next? Thank you so much. dianne

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vmware question
by William Warren 28 Jan '08

28 Jan '08

I am running Centos 5 64 bit. For somer reason i cannot get the windows client to connect to the server. The port is set to 904 as per the install but when i try to connect to the server i get the error the machine is actively refusing it. I do not have a firewall on and the apache server and everything else is running. I can check the status webpage in my browser just fine. Any ideas? -- Registered Microsoft Partner My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17

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