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VMware Server 2.0.1 On CentOS 5
by gene.poole＠macys.com 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

It's my understanding that CentOS is a carbon copy of Red Hat - with the exception of the art work. Assuming that this is true, the support matrix for VMware Server 2.0.1 states Red Hat 5.1. I cannot seem to locate a CentOS 5.1 x86-64 copy. I can get a copy of 5.3 and 5.4. If I take this route, what should I expect running VMware 2.0.1? Thanks, Gene Poole

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problem with 5.4 x86_64 DVD iso?
by Greenseid, Joseph M (IS) 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi all, I downloaded the 5.4 x86_64 DVD ISO this morning (CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso). However, the md5sum and sha1sums both don't match what's in the md5sum.txt or the release notes (http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.4) I downloaded two ISOs from two different mirrors, RIT and ANL, and both ISOs have the same checksums (match each other), which are different from the published md5sums and sha1sums. Was there a problem with the dissemination of the ISOs to the mirrors? I could understand one mirror having a problem, but two mirrors with the exact same broken image seems like it may be an upstream problem? Anyone have any idea what's up? Thanks, --Joe

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vnc for non-root
by ken 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

At work I've been asked to set up vnc for a remote user (a vendor sysadmin to install 3d party software we've purchased). Of course I'm a bit skittish about allowing root access to this. Is there a way to configure vnc so that root cannot log in through it...? Or do I have to use some other utility to deny root access (e.g., securetty). Thanks, folks. -- War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake

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Infrastructure HELP!
by ML 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi Everyone, I started a social networking site and I am getting ready to go live next week. I have limited fund as I am not funded yet (although hopefully soon). I have an extra Mac Pro (I know, how can I possibly call a Mac Pro dual 2.8 quad core with 16gb RAM extra). So Mac Pro quad Core, 16gb RAM, 4 x 1tb RAID level Seagate drives. I was going to load CentOS 5.4 on it, web, mysql etc, etc. This is really the only box I have that would handle the site it it takes off and then I would need to add more hardware and most hosting to RackSpace or something. My question is about initial setup. The 4 x 1TB drives. How to set this up for I have some protection? RAID 0+1? (striped + mirrored) I would end up with 2TB useable space. RAID 5? so what one is a hot spare? 3TB useable space? What about striping the 4 1TB and mirroring that to a 4 x 1tb External drive enclosure? I want to be sure the data is protected, but machine resources and money are limited. Thoughts are appreciated!

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sudoers file
by vijay shanker 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi all, I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. when i open this wiht vim command and change some thing it said "this file is read only" Is this okay to change the status of sudoers files. or any implication? please point Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884

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Missing package
by Anne Wilson 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

The big update caused one of the rare re-starts on my mail server, so I saw the startup messages that I had forgotten about. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: [3424]: warning: python-dbus not installed. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]: warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]: error: hp-systray requires Qt4 GUI and DBus support. Exiting. I cna't find any package python-dbus. dbus-python is installed, but hp- systray doesn't recognise that as the same thing. Is it possible to create some sort of link so that when it attempts to call python-dbus it gets dbus- python instead? Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase

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Locales and filenames
by Alfred von Campe 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

I have a file which contains non-ASCII characters (umlauts, accented characters, etc.) both in its filename as well as its content. The only way I have been able to see these characters is inside vim, where they are displayed correctly no matter what I have LANG set to. My default LANG is en_US.utf8, but I have tried de_DE.utf8, de_DE.iso88591, and various others. In the output of a simple ls, the characters are shown as either a simple "?" or a "?" in a box depending on what I have LANG set to, and the same is true if I use cat to display the contents. I have tried this both in an xterm as well as a gnome-terminal window on a CentOS 5.3 system. I am taking stabs in the dark here as I've never had to deal with LANG and locales before. Am I missing something obvious or is there more to it than simply setting LANG. Since I can see the characters correctly in vim, I'm sure it's not a font issue. I just want to be able to display these characters correctly with simple Linux commands like ls and cat. Thanks, Alfred

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ata errors from dmesg
by Jerry Geis 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

dmesg is reporting ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/10 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/14/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound } My HD disk is on /dev/sda1 so I presume this is errors from the CDROM. Is there a command I can use to not do anything with the CDROM? It was just there for install. This is an older machine running 4.4 i686 . Its also remote so I just can't unplug the CDROM. If there is a command to tell the kernel to ignore the CDROM that would be great. Thanks, jerry

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Scripting help please....
by Truejack 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. My data looks somethings like this host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host17:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:31:17:19:no host12:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:41:17:19:no host2:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:41:17:19:no host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:45:17:19:no host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no I need to sort this list and print all the lines where column 3 has a duplicate entry. I need to print the whole line, if a duplicate entry exists in column 3. I tried using a combination of "sort" and "uniq" but was not successful.

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vmware 2.x
by Les Mikesell 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Does anyone know if the just-released vmware server 2.0.2 was supposed to fix the glibc incompatibility with RHEL/Centos 5.4? (It didn't on the first box where I tried it...). -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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