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[OT] What is the best network monitoring tool?
by Alejandro 16 Oct '08

16 Oct '08

Hi all, Currently I have a big question. What is the best OPEN SOURCE solution for monitoring multiple Host and Services, for example for using in a WebHosting Provider with 50 hosts or more. Currently, I'm using NAGIOS for more than 3 years, this is a incredible tool, but before upgrade to version 3, I have this existential question. Please fill free to recommend any soft, but with this option in mind. 1- Easy option to personalize any plug-in 2- Good Documentation 3- Support large platforms 4- Run over Linux Sorry for me English Regards Alejandro www.linuxiso.com.ar from Buenos Aires, Argentina

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OT: is parted reliable?
by Sergio Belkin 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi, I've read on LPI Linux Certification (Ed O'Reilly) in a nutshell the following thing: "parted, unfortunately, has been known to corrupt partition tables and ruin filesystem." What do you think about it? Greets! -- -- Open Kairos http://www.openkairos.com Watch More TV http://sebelk.blogspot.com Sergio Belkin -

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unsuscribe
by Miguel Varas A. 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Please I want unsuscribe for this list thanks

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mysql 5 for centos 5.2
by Mark Quitoriano 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

HI, Does the mysql in centos compiled with multi processor support? i have a mysql in centos 5 running in a core2duo processor and it seems that it only uses 1 processor. -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano Blog | http://mark.quitoriano.org VicidialNOW! | http://www.vicidialnow.com APUG! | http://asterisk.org.ph

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script question
by Jerry Geis 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi all, I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. I am missing something easy but I am not seeing it. Jerry --- I tried the script below but did not work. rm output.txt cat test.txt | \ while read LINE do newline=`echo $LINE | cut -f 19-` echo $newline >> output.txt done test.txt is below 10-Oct-08 08:14 am 10 10-Oct-08 08:20 am 20 10-Oct-08 08:24 am 30 10-Oct-08 08:29 am 40 10-Oct-08 08:34 am 50 10-Oct-08 08:39 am 60 10-Oct-08 08:44 am 80 10-Oct-08 08:49 am 10 10-Oct-08 08:54 am 10 10-Oct-08 08:56 am 10

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Problem building Perl net-snmp
by Marcelo M. Garcia 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi I'm trying to build the perl modules of net-snmp-5.4.2. Everything seems to work fine until "make test"[1]. The problem with "DynaLoader.pm" seems to be an old one. The machine is Centos 5.2 i386 I'm trying to build instead of using the one available in the repos because I'll build in other platforms and also in nagios-plugins. Thanks Marcelo [1] Failed 17/17 tests, 0.00% okay t/getnext.....Can't load '/users/newt2/mgarcia/Downloads/Nagios-3.0.3/net-snmp-5.4.2/perl/SNMP/../blib/arch/auto/NetSNMP/default_store/default_store.so' for module NetSNMP::default_store: libnetsnmp.so.15: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/DynaLoader.pm line 230. at /users/newt2/mgarcia/Downloads/Nagios-3.0.3/net-snmp-5.4.2/perl/SNMP/../blib/lib/SNMP.pm line 16 Compilation failed in require at /users/newt2/mgarcia/Downloads/Nagios-3.0.3/net-snmp-5.4.2/perl/SNMP/../blib/lib/SNMP.pm line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /users/newt2/mgarcia/Downloads/Nagios-3.0.3/net-snmp-5.4.2/perl/SNMP/../blib/lib/SNMP.pm line 16. Compilation failed in require at t/getnext.t line 15. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/getnext.t line 15. t/getnext.....dubious Test returned status 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)

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Mass installs of desktop systems on identical machines
by Niki Kovacs 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi, I'm running a small Linux consulting business here in a group of small villages in the South of France (http://www.microlinux.fr). I'm using CentOS for everything, servers as well as desktops. The desktop installs are usually highly customized. My approach is to list the client's needs, find the corresponding applications and then install these, to avoid the bloat and increase usability. So far, this approach worked quite well. One complete install and configuration takes about 4 hours, depending on various factors such as bandwidth (internet is not very fast in our remote places here) and sometimes exotic hardware that is tricky to configure. Yesterday I had a conversation with the boss of a computer store in town. One of his standard PC models (desktop) is an ACER (PIV dual core, 3 GB RAM, 320 GB HD, ATI card) shipped with Windows Vista, and sold for a price of 315 euros. He told me he would be very interested to sell these machines with Linux installed, as this would allow him to lower the price. Now I wonder: 1) Say I want to install my own customized version of CentOS on it, I usually charge a fixed amount of 240 euros for installing and configuring a complete desktop, tailored to the customer's needs (average: 4 hours of work = 60 euros / h). But I think that this is not what's expected here (neither the price nor the amount of work). How would it *technically* be possible to replicate these installs as easily as possible? The hardware is always the same, so I wonder: I have a vague idea about disk images (to be more precise: I know disk images well as far as burning CDs on the commandline is concerned, or when it comes to installing an OS in VirtualBox using the .iso)... but is there a way to somehow transform an existing install into a disk image, and then simply copy these over to all the other machines? (I've never done this) 2) Otherwise, go for a more mass-oriented distro like Ubuntu, Mint or the likes? What speaks for it: they can be installed very easily, insert the CD or the DVD, fill in the form (username, password, hostname, there you go). On the other hand, I've always been careful about picking my applications in a "best of the breed" way, and I would feel like a traditional taylor working for C & A. 3) Let's not forget about the users who are going to buy this. Whereas folks can always be expected (more or less) to "administrate" their own Ubuntu install, this looks less obvious with CentOS. Or let's say: forums.centos.org is not exactly a newbie forum, at least compared to Ubuntu. I guess your average newbie will not be very pleased with the prevailing tone of competent techno-laconism (compared to Ubuntu or the likes). I'd be curious to read your suggestions about this. Cheers, Niki

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Error on man page
by Gerhardus.Geldenhuis＠gta-travel.com 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi I discovered a similar problem early this week and a colleage on irc was told it was a copy and paste error. in man syslogd, the following can be found: Sucker rod def. -- 3/4, 7/8 or 1in. hardened steel rod, male threaded on each end. Primary use in the oil industry in Western North Dakota and other locations to pump 'suck' oil from oil wells. Sec- ondary uses are for the construction of cattle feed lots and for dealing with the occasional recalcitrant or belligerent individual. Regards ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________

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App Question.
by bruce 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

Hi list!! Got a question, and I can't find a good answer for, so I figured i'd post here. I'm working on a project that involves a number of smaller apps to be developed, and run. In order to build this overall application, I'm trying to find a web based app that I can use to manage the entire process. I need to be able to create the basic app, and then to test the app, and then to run the app in a production environment. I need to be able to schedule when the app is tested/run in the production system, as well as be able to track the status of the test/production app. My overall system will have 100's of these smaller child apps. Has anyone heard of, or have any pointers to any kind of webbased app that I can use (open source) to manage this entire kind of process. I would prefer a web based app, that runs on a LAMP platform to manage this overall process.... Thanks

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New CentOS 4 Kernels cannot be seen by yum
by Spike Turner 15 Oct '08

15 Oct '08

I don't know if those are new kernels in - http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/RPMS/?C=M;O=D but as yum cannot "see" them is it because the headers are not updated? - http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/updates/i386/headers/?C=M;O=D Spike

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