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Persistent desktop icons ?
by Niki Kovacs 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

Hi, Is it possible to configure persistent desktop icons, e. g. shortcuts that users can't delete ? On most of my client desktops, I have some home-made shortcuts, like here for example : http://www.microlinux.fr/configurations.html The shortcut on the lower left corner of the screen launches the public library management system. Most of the users are quite computer-illiterate, and more often than not, they tend to erase these shortcuts (and then call me panic-stricken at 07:00 in the morning :oD). To configure the shortcuts themselves, I just edit a .desktop file by hand. I tried various combinations of chown and chmod, but to no avail. Even if there are minimum access rights, the thing can still be erased with a right click. Now I vaguely remember that a standard openSUSE install has something like persistent desktop shortcuts (for the SUSE help center or something like that), and I wonder: how do they do it ? Any suggestions ? Niki

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dependency problem with php-pgsql
by Chris Gow 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

Hi: I'm running into a dependency problem when I try to install the php-pgsql package on CentOS 5.4 64bit. I have php 5.2.9 and when I try to do a yum install php-pgsql I get the following dep errors: Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-pgsql.x86_64 0:5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 for package: php-pgsql --> Finished Dependency Resolution php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 is needed by package php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: php-common = 5.1.6-23.2.el5_3 is needed by package php-pgsql-5.1.6-23.2.el5_3.x86_64 (base) Any ideas? Is there no official php-pgsql package? Or what have I borked? Thanks Chris

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5.4 docs
by Ron Loftin 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

First off, I'm glad that 5.4 is now available, and a big "Thank you" to the development team for all of their hard work. I have noticed that the docs for 5.4 appear to be accessible on the CentOS Web site, but some of them seem to have some issues. In the "Technical Notes", everything after the first page of Chapter 1 gives a 404 error. I've tried to send in a report with the contact form on the Web site, but so far this situation has not changed. Hopefully somebody on the team can look into this after a bit of rest and recuperation from their efforts on our behalf. -- Ron Loftin reloftin(a)twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly

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IPSec VPN Under CentOS 5.4
by João Salvatti 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

Hi List, What's the best way to create a VPN (IPSec) client-to-site under CentOS 5.4? Thanks in advance. -- João Salvatti Graduated in Computer Science Federal University of Para - UFPA - Brazil E-Mail: salvatti(a)gmail.com

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Re: [CentOS] Security updates for Centos 5.3
by slchavarria＠iusacell.com.mx 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

I know too that yum - -security doesnt work on CentOS, so there is no way to install JUST security-updates ?? Best regards SLCC From: centos-request(a)centos.org To: centos(a)centos.org Date: 22/10/2009 11:04 a.m. Subject: CentOS Digest, Vol 57, Issue 22 Sent by: centos-bounces(a)centos.org Message: 3 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:11:20 -0500 From: slchavarria(a)iusacell.com.mx Subject: [CentOS] Security updates for Centos 5.3 To: centos(a)centos.org Message-ID: <OF144F4736.2EB08B14-ON86257656.0058D70D-86257656.0056A92A(a)gruposalinas.com.mx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello, Someone knows which security updates i have to apply to a host with Centos 5.3 x_64. Thank you in advance and greetings SLCC ----------------------------------------- Este mensaje y cualquier archivo que se adjunte al mismo es propiedad de Grupo Iusacell y contiene informacion privada y privilegiada para uso exclusivo del destinatario. Si usted recibe esta comunicacion por error, no esta autorizado para copiar, retransmitir, utilizar o divulgar este mensaje ni los archivos adjuntos. En este caso por favor notifique inmediatamente al remitente por este mismo conducto. Gracias.

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LDAP server, too many open files
by Jacob Bresciani 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

I've setup an LDAP server with a slave server on Centos 5.3 X86_64, replication works, most of the time client logins work fine but I'm starting to get a error I can't seem to eliminate, it's starting to cause login failures for users and I think it's causing other application failures when they try to auth against ldap. on the client side /var/log/messages shows Oct 22 08:53:23 client sshd[564]: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://ldap1: Can't contact LDAP server Oct 22 08:53:23 client sshd[564]: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP server ldap://ldap2 Oct 22 08:54:01 client ps: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://ldap1: Can't contact LDAP server Oct 22 08:54:01 client ps: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP server ldap://ldap2 Oct 22 08:54:03 client ls: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://ldap1: Can't contact LDAP server Oct 22 08:54:03 client ls: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP server ldap://ldap2 Oct 22 08:55:02 client ps: nss_ldap: failed to bind to LDAP server ldap://ldap1: Can't contact LDAP server Oct 22 08:55:02 client ps: nss_ldap: reconnected to LDAP server ldap://ldap2 on the server side I see Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:23 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:25 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.allow: Too many open files Oct 22 08:53:26 ldap1slapd[23963]: warning: cannot open /etc/ hosts.deny: Too many open files ... ldap1 does nothing but ldap and I only have the x86_64 binaries installed. my slapd.conf file on the server looks like ###################################################### include /etc/openldap/schema/core.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/cosine.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/inetorgperson.schema include /etc/openldap/schema/nis.schema allow bind_v2 pidfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.pid argsfile /var/run/openldap/slapd.args access to attrs=userPassword by self write by anonymous auth by dn.base="cn=domainadm,dc=domain,dc=local" write by dn.base="uid=ldapsync,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=local" read by * none access to * by self write by dn.base="cn=domainadm,dc=domain,dc=local" write by dn.base="uid=ldapsync,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=local" read by * read access to * by * read limits dn.exact="uid=ldapsync,ou=People,dc=domain,dc=local" size=unlimited time=unlimited database bdb suffix "dc=domain,dc=local" rootdn "cn=root,dc=domain,dc=local" rootpw {SSHA}YnnYasdadasdasdasdassd directory /var/lib/ldap # Indices to maintain for this database index objectClass eq,pres index ou,cn,mail,surname,givenname eq,pres,sub index uidNumber,gidNumber,loginShell eq,pres index uid,memberUid eq,pres,sub index nisMapName,nisMapEntry eq,pres,sub index uniqueMember eq,pres index entryCSN eq loglevel sync none logfile /var/log/ldap.log overlay syncprov syncprov-checkpoint 100 10 syncprov-sessionlog 100 ###################################################### ------------------------ Jacob Bresciani

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 56, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

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. Release for CentOS-5.4 i386 and x86_64 (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:44:07 +0530 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.4 i386 and x86_64 To: centos-announce(a)centos.org, distro(a)distrowatch.com Message-ID: <4ADF799F.9020100(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.4 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.4 is based on the upstream release EL 5.4.0, and includes packages from all variants including Server and Client. All upstream repositories have been combined into one, to make it easier for end users to work with. And the option to further enable external repositories at install time is now available in the installer. This is just an announcement email, not the release notes. The Release Notes for CentOS-5.4 can be found on-line at : http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.4 and everyone is encouraged to look through them once. Also worth browsing through at the CentOS FAQ's at http://wiki.centos.org/FAQ +++++++++++++++++++++++ Upgrading from CentOS-5.3 ( or CentOS-5.0 / 5.1 / 5.2 ): If you are already running CentOS-5.3 or an older CentOS-5 distro, all you need to do is update your machine via yum by running : 'yum update' Running 'yum list updates' before doing the update is recommended, so you can get a list of packages that are going to be updated. To check you are indeed on CentOS-5.4, run : 'rpm -q centos-release' and that should return: 'centos-release-5-4.el5.centos.1' +++++++++++++++++++++++ LiveCD i386 For the first time, we are also releasing the i386 CentOS-5.4 LiveCD at the same time as the main distro. There will be a separate announcement with details of changes in the 5.4 LiveCD +++++++++++++++++++++++ LiveCD x86_64 Also for the first time, we now have a x86_64 CentOS LiveCD. This release includes support for both 64bit and 32bit user-space. However, due to size issues will only burn to a large capacity CD-r. There will be a separate announcement with details for the x86_64 LiveCD. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Downloading CentOS-5.4 for new installs: When possible, consider using torrents to run the downloads. Not only does it help the community and keeps mirrors from running up high bandwidth bills, in most cases you will find its also the fastest means to download the distro. There are present over three hundred people seeding CentOS-5 and its possible to get upto 100mbps downloads via these torrents. -- Via BitTorrent : CD: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.4/isos/i386/CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-1to6.torr… http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-1to7.… DVD: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.4/isos/i386/CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD.torre… http://mirror.centos.org/centos/5.4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.t… sha1sum for these torrent files: a5ad269539be62873704ef916d4390ea4fc04b3f CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-1to6.torrent 44df26957569f272cd93c7cebeae7cb5e4ba056c CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD.torrent 3c3ca34a47be07a91abf0264fc78b1ce68c18de6 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-1to7.torrent 724b00c12baf09afc86d94ca8519a151b5cae850 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.torrent -- Via direct download: Due to bandwidth considerations the CentOS Project does not publish ISOS directly from our network machines. However direct downloads are available from external mirrors over http, ftp and rsync, and a geoip based list is available at http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/ to give you the best predictable match ( and only lists mirrors that are updated already, so you don't need to waste time looking for a sync'd mirror ) Some mirrors also publish DVD images that can be downloaded directly. Refer to the mirrors list page at http://www.centos.org/mirrors for more details Mirrors that offer DVD's are clearly marked on the page. sha1sum for these ISOS: i386: 2c3e2d6ca38e3549d47d5f74529193ed68d838cc CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-1of6.iso 9f8b829bd7d39dec4c25d3f7815391323ea462d4 CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-2of6.iso aa9db29f2524894599a5d948b58593782da9adcc CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-3of6.iso 44d72f7b9f889e0278a1718061606b48d10975bf CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-4of6.iso 88ff6bd1abe194dc4b2d77d779dac28d914276bf CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-5of6.iso 0dd39bd0ca1420b78be630f2a1d0fa7301e00db4 CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-6of6.iso d2b36d3f017b2684ac920fab87aaf741bba16ca8 CentOS-5.4-i386-bin-DVD.iso f52e34da5570fd4eec0f3688c6f03c7686e8ad08 CentOS-5.4-i386-LiveCD.iso 94ddb89f24be9330efc2595a1ba76c4ce9aea22f CentOS-5.4-i386-netinstall.iso x86_64: 2a283f28adea32481b057bec0fcabba37b4e2d75 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso aa5b7a5a03746024555a8aa4c17cdb1e51798480 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso ab7c6e8ad67f426cfb046478f1669b3f8c925433 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso 02e411338b6c693e483b152f72fe93fddfb9588e CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso a91ecff0ebb6e216ac96887e6e325f9c7b7eef32 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso 9ab5f1d20cd81c3ebdc6a22d22e9dc7111646199 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso 3b00f16ed097f2bd189395edde6834e33f73cdb4 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso 9069eadfc3a8727ed7abe472effae5b9bbbda8a1 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso da508b248ab2d18deb42e2ec0ec7061b1fbf4568 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-LiveCD.iso 98287aff19e8e4b4d19c5d714cc189fe08f38521 CentOS-5.4-x86_64-netinstall.iso +++++++++++++++++++++++ Outstanding Updates: Since upstream released their 5.4 media, a series of updates have been issued. All these pending updates for CentOS-5.4 will be released over the next 48 to 96 hours to be complete by Monday, 26th Oct 2009. Starting with 5.4, we will also have all fast-track rpms from upstream available in the fasttrack repository hosted at mirror.centos.org. This will start getting packages in the next few weeks, and also means that we will be able to move towards having a functional yum-security setup in place. Details on these will be posted by the 15th of Nov 2009. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Sources and Debuginfo packages: srpms and debuginfo packages are still making their way to the centos mirrors and should be online within the next few days. Most sources are already in place, while the debuginfos are only stating to get uploaded now. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Getting Help: The best place to start when looking for help with CentOS is at the wiki ( http://wiki.centos.org/GettingHelp ) which lists various options and communities who might be able to help. If you think there is a bug in the system, do report it at http://bugs.centos.org/ - but keep in mind that the bugs system is *not* a support mechanism. Some Friendly URL's : http://www.centos.org/ http://wiki.centos.org/ http://lists.centos.org/ http://bugs.centos.org/ irc://#centos@irc.freenode.net +++++++++++++++++++++++ A big thanks to everyone who contributed, including the translation teams, the qa team, the artwork team, the CentOS Developers and all the users out there. Enjoy this release, tell all your friends about it too! -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 56, Issue 6 **********************************************

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CentOS-5.3 yum-priorites
by James B. Byrne 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

I visited http://wiki.centos.org/PackageManagement/Yum/Priorities which tells me to install the package yum-priorities available from extras. I try this and it fails. # yum install yum-priorities Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca * base: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca * extras: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca * updates: mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Base Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Extras Finished Reducing rubyworks to included packages only Finished Excluding Packages from CentOS-5 - Updates Finished Setting up Install Process No package yum-priorities available. Nothing to do So, where has it gone? Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@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 3C3

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CentOS-5.3 yum-priorites
by James B. Byrne 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

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Coincidence ? Well.... maybe
by Ron Loftin 22 Oct '09

22 Oct '09

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/22/win7_launch/ After you read the article, check out the comment about the timing of the CentOS 5.4 release and draw your own conclusions. ;> -- Ron Loftin reloftin(a)twcny.rr.com "God, root, what is difference ?" Piter from UserFriendly

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