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Centos Mail Lists : Main Web Page
by Always Learning 28 Aug '11

28 Aug '11

CentOS = CentOS mailing list CentOS-announce = CentOS announcements (security and general) will be posted to this list. CentOS-CR-announce = Announcements for the CentOS CR repository will be made on this list. CentOS-cz = Czech mailing list for CentOS CentOS-de = German mailing list for CentOS CentOS-devel = The CentOS developers mailing list. CentOS-docs = Mail list for wiki articles CentOS-es = Spanish CentOS list CentOS-fr = Liste de diffusion francophone CentOS-gsoc = CentOS GSOC activities CentOS-mirror = Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. CentOS-mirror-announce = Announcements to mirror admins from the CentOS team CentOS-Newsletter = Newsletter announcement list CentOS-nl = Dutch CentOS mailing list CentOS-promo = Events, gatherings and meetings CentOS-pt-br = Portuguese (Brazilian) CentOS mailing list CentOS-virt = Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS ________________________________________________________________________ However an enquiring person may not always know this 'trick' of entering lists.centos.org. Consequently www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 would benefit from a revision or centos.org - support - mailing lists - could have its link changed to lists.centos.org Having information in one place reduces the possibility other copies of it may be incomplete. Paul.

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Centos Mail Lists : Main Web Page
by Always Learning 28 Aug '11

28 Aug '11

centos.org support mailing lists goes to http://centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 However only a few mailing lists are shown:- Announce discussion and information developers Mirror Docs virtualization On http://lists.centos.org/ which displays as http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/ we see:- CentOS CentOS mailing list CentOS-announce CentOS announcements (security and general) will be posted to this list. CentOS-CR-announce Announcements for the CentOS CR repository will be made on this list. CentOS-cz Czech mailing list for CentOS CentOS-de German mailing list for CentOS CentOS-devel The CentOS developers mailing list. CentOS-docs Mail list for wiki articles CentOS-es Spanish CentOS list CentOS-fr Liste de diffusion francophone CentOS-gsoc CentOS GSOC activities CentOS-mirror Mailing list for CentOS mirrors. CentOS-mirror-announce Announcements to mirror admins from the CentOS team CentOS-Newsletter Newsletter announcement list CentOS-nl Dutch CentOS mailing list CentOS-promo Events, gatherings and meetings CentOS-pt-br Portuguese (Brazilian) CentOS mailing list CentOS-virt Discussion about the virtualization on CentOS ________________________________________________________________________ However an enquiring person may not always know this 'trick' of entering lists.centos.org. Consequently www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=16 would benefit from a revision or centos.org - support - mailing lists - could have its link changed to lists.centos.org -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU.

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what happened to rpmforge?
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 27 Aug '11

27 Aug '11

When did they change/lose their name? I was trying to go there here at work, and the site was blocked. I put in a ticket, and get a response that I may have been looking for repoforge, and rpmforge is for raw food diets.... mark

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mysql authentication in proftpd
by Tim Dunphy 27 Aug '11

27 Aug '11

Hello list, I was able to get passive mode worked out. I'm really glad I was able to do this. I'm able to log into the ftp server, list directories, enter subdirectories and upload/download files. However my next task is to enable virtual users using mysql. I have installed proftpd-mysql and enabled the sql modules in the config. I found a good article on how to do this here: http://www.khoosys.net/single.htm?ipg=848 I set everything up according to this article, and authentication with the test user I have stored in the user table is failing. [root@LCENT05:~] #/usr/bin/ftp -d mydomain.net Connected to snjh.net (xx.xx.xx.xx). 220 FTP Server ready. Name (snjh.net:root): jfuser ---> USER jfuser 331 Password required for jfuser Password: ---> PASS XXXX 530 Login incorrect. Login failed. ---> SYST 215 UNIX Type: L8 Remote system type is UNIX. Using binary mode to transfer files. I setup a debug log session and this is what I've found: 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_tls 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_core 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_core 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_delay 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_auth 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_auth 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching POST_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_sql 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching POST_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_delay 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching LOG_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_sql 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching LOG_CMD command 'USER jfuser' to mod_log 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_tls 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_core 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_core 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_sql_passwd 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_sql 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_vroot 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - mod_vroot/0.8.5: vroot registered 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_delay 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching PRE_CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_auth 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - dispatching CMD command 'PASS (hidden)' to mod_auth 192.168.1.30 (189.15.88.64[189.15.88.64]) - USER jfuser (Login failed): No such user found. It looks like authentication is bypassing mod_sql altogether and selecting mod_auth instead. The only authentication method I have enabled in the config is mod_sql so I'm not sure why this is occuring. Here is the authentication section of my config: # Use pam to authenticate (default) and be authoritative #AuthPAMConfig proftpd #AuthOrder mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c AuthOrder mod_sql.c This is my sql login section: # SQL login SQLConnectInfo ftpdb@db1 proftpd secret Which I have verified does work from the ftp server: [root@VIRTCENT08:~] #mysql -uproftpd -psecret -h db1 Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 3354 Server version: 5.5.15-log MySQL Community Server (GPL) by Remi Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer. mysql> use ftpdb Reading table information for completion of table and column names You can turn off this feature to get a quicker startup with -A Database changed mysql> I was hoping I could ask some advice as to why this doesn't work in it's present form. Here's the full config. Thanks in advance! # This is the ProFTPD configuration file # # See: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/by-name.html # Server Config - config used for anything outside a <VirtualHost> or <Global> context # See: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Vhost.html ServerName "ProFTPD server" ServerIdent on "FTP Server ready." ServerAdmin root@localhost DefaultServer on # Cause every FTP user except adm to be chrooted into their home directory # Aliasing /etc/security/pam_env.conf into the chroot allows pam_env to # work at session-end time (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/477120) VRootEngine on DefaultRoot /var/www/html/jokefire.com VRootAlias etc/security/pam_env.conf /etc/security/pam_env.conf # Use pam to authenticate (default) and be authoritative #AuthPAMConfig proftpd #AuthOrder mod_auth_pam.c* mod_auth_unix.c AuthOrder mod_sql.c # If you use NIS/YP/LDAP you may need to disable PersistentPasswd #PersistentPasswd off # Don't do reverse DNS lookups (hangs on DNS problems) UseReverseDNS off # Set the user and group that the server runs as User nobody Group nobody # Specify a scoreboard file ScoreboardFile /var/proftpd/proftpd.scoreboard AllowStoreRestart on AllowRetrieveRestart on RequireValidShell off PathDenyFilter "\\.ftp)|\\.ht)[a-z]+$" AllowStoreRestart on AllowRetrieveRestart on RequireValidShell off PathDenyFilter "\\.ftp)|\\.ht)[a-z]+$" DenyFilter \*.*/ # To prevent DoS attacks, set the maximum number of child processes # to 20. If you need to allow more than 20 concurrent connections # at once, simply increase this value. Note that this ONLY works # in standalone mode; in inetd mode you should use an inetd server # that allows you to limit maximum number of processes per service # (such as xinetd) MaxInstances 20 # Disable sendfile by default since it breaks displaying the download speeds in # ftptop and ftpwho UseSendfile off # Define the log formats LogFormat default "%h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b" LogFormat auth "%v [%P] %h %t \"%r\" %s" # Define log-files to use TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.xferlog ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.access_log WRITE,READ write ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.auth_log AUTH auth ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.paranoid_log ALL default #SQLLogFile /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.mysql # Dynamic Shared Object (DSO) loading # See README.DSO and howto/DSO.html for more details # # General database support (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_sql.html) LoadModule mod_sql.c # # Support for base-64 or hex encoded MD5 and SHA1 passwords from SQL tables # (contrib/mod_sql_passwd.html) LoadModule mod_sql_passwd.c # # Mysql support (requires proftpd-mysql package) # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_sql.html) LoadModule mod_sql_mysql.c # # Postgresql support (requires proftpd-postgresql package) # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_sql.html) # LoadModule mod_sql_postgres.c # # Quota support (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_quotatab.html) LoadModule mod_quotatab.c # # File-specific "driver" for storing quota table information in files # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_quotatab_file.html) # LoadModule mod_quotatab_file.c # # SQL database "driver" for storing quota table information in SQL tables # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_quotatab_sql.html) # LoadModule mod_quotatab_sql.c # # LDAP support (requires proftpd-ldap package) # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/config_ref_mod_ldap.html) # LoadModule mod_ldap.c # # LDAP quota support (requires proftpd-ldap package) # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_quotatab_ldap.html) # LoadModule mod_quotatab_ldap.c # # Support for authenticating users using the RADIUS protocol # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_radius.html) # LoadModule mod_radius.c # # Retrieve quota limit table information from a RADIUS server # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_quotatab_radius.html) # LoadModule mod_quotatab_radius.c # # Administrative control actions for the ftpdctl program # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_ctrls_admin.html) # LoadModule mod_ctrls_admin.c # # Execute external programs or scripts at various points in the process # of handling FTP commands # (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_exec.html) # LoadModule mod_exec.c # # Support for POSIX ACLs # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/modules/mod_facl.html) # LoadModule mod_facl.c # # Support for using the GeoIP library to look up geographical information on # the connecting client and using that to set access controls for the server # (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_geoip.html) # LoadModule mod_geoip.c # # Configure server availability based on system load # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_load.html) # LoadModule mod_load.c # # Limit downloads to a multiple of upload volume (see README.ratio) # LoadModule mod_ratio.c # # Rewrite FTP commands sent by clients on-the-fly, # using regular expression matching and substitution # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_rewrite.html) # LoadModule mod_rewrite.c # # Support for the SSH2, SFTP, and SCP protocols, for secure file transfer over # an SSH2 connection (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_sftp.html) # LoadModule mod_sftp.c # # Use PAM to provide a 'keyboard-interactive' SSH2 authentication method for # mod_sftp (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_sftp_pam.html) # LoadModule mod_sftp_pam.c # # Use SQL (via mod_sql) for looking up authorized SSH2 public keys for user # and host based authentication # (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_sftp_sql.html) # LoadModule mod_sftp_sql.c # # Provide data transfer rate "shaping" across the entire server # (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_shaper.html) # LoadModule mod_shaper.c # # Support for miscellaneous SITE commands such as SITE MKDIR, SITE SYMLINK, # and SITE UTIME (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_site_misc.html) # LoadModule mod_site_misc.c # # Provide an external SSL session cache using shared memory # (contrib/mod_tls_shmcache.html) # LoadModule mod_tls_shmcache.c # # Use the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files, or other allow/deny # files, for IP-based access control # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_wrap.html) # LoadModule mod_wrap.c # # Use the /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files, or other allow/deny # files, as well as SQL-based access rules, for IP-based access control # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_wrap2.html) # LoadModule mod_wrap2.c # # Support module for mod_wrap2 that handles access rules stored in specially # formatted files on disk # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_wrap2_file.html) # LoadModule mod_wrap2_file.c # # Support module for mod_wrap2 that handles access rules stored in SQL # database tables (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_wrap2_sql.html) # LoadModule mod_wrap2_sql.c # # Provide a flexible way of specifying that certain configuration directives # only apply to certain sessions, based on credentials such as connection # class, user, or group membership # (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_ifsession.html) # LoadModule mod_ifsession.c # Define a SQL log SQLLogFile /var/log/proftpd/proftpd.mysql # SQL Auth type SQLAuthTypes Backend # SQL login SQLConnectInfo ftpdb@db1 proftpd secret # Here we tell ProFTPd the names of the database columns in the "usertable" # we want it to interact with. Match the names with those in the db SQLUserInfo ftpuser userid passwd uid gid homedir shell # Here we tell ProFTPd the names of the database columns in the "grouptable" # we want it to interact with. Again the names match with those in the db SQLGroupInfo ftpgroup groupname gid members # set min UID and GID - otherwise these are 999 each SQLMinID 500 # create a user's home directory on demand if it doesn't exist #SQLHomedirOnDemand on # Update count every time user logs in SQLLog PASS updatecount SQLNamedQuery updatecount UPDATE "count=count+1, accessed=now() WHERE userid='%u'" ftpuser # Update modified everytime user uploads or deletes a file SQLLog STOR,DELE modified SQLNamedQuery modified UPDATE "modified=now() WHERE userid='%u'" ftpuser # User quotas # =========== QuotaEngine on QuotaDirectoryTally on QuotaDisplayUnits Mb QuotaShowQuotas on SQLNamedQuery get-quota-limit SELECT "name, quota_type, per_session, limit_type, bytes_in_avail, bytes_out_avail, bytes_xfer_avail, files_in_avail, files_out_avail, files_xfer_avail FROM ftpquotalimits WHERE name = '%{0}' AND quota_type = '%{1}'" SQLNamedQuery get-quota-tally SELECT "name, quota_type, bytes_in_used, bytes_out_used, bytes_xfer_used, files_in_used, files_out_used, files_xfer_used FROM ftpquotatallies WHERE name = '%{0}' AND quota_type = '%{1}'" SQLNamedQuery update-quota-tally UPDATE "bytes_in_used = bytes_in_used + %{0}, bytes_out_used = bytes_out_used + %{1}, bytes_xfer_used = bytes_xfer_used + %{2}, files_in_used = files_in_used + %{3}, files_out_used = files_out_used + %{4}, files_xfer_used = files_xfer_used + %{5} WHERE name = '%{6}' AND quota_type = '%{7}'" ftpquotatallies SQLNamedQuery insert-quota-tally INSERT "%{0}, %{1}, %{2}, %{3}, %{4}, %{5}, %{6}, %{7}" ftpquotatallies QuotaLimitTable sql:/get-quota-limit QuotaTallyTable sql:/get-quota-tally/update-quota-tally/insert-quota-tally RootLogin off RequireValidShell off # TLS (http://www.castaglia.org/proftpd/modules/mod_tls.html) <IfDefine TLS> TLSEngine on TLSRequired on TLSRSACertificateFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.pem TLSRSACertificateKeyFile /etc/pki/tls/certs/proftpd.pem TLSCipherSuite ALL:!ADH:!DES TLSOptions NoCertRequest TLSVerifyClient off #TLSRenegotiate ctrl 3600 data 512000 required off timeout 300 TLSLog /var/log/proftpd/tls.log <IfModule mod_tls_shmcache.c> TLSSessionCache shm:/file=/var/run/proftpd/sesscache </IfModule> </IfDefine> # Dynamic ban lists (http://www.proftpd.org/docs/contrib/mod_ban.html) # Enable this with PROFTPD_OPTIONS=-DDYNAMIC_BAN_LISTS in /etc/sysconfig/proftpd <IfDefine DYNAMIC_BAN_LISTS> LoadModule mod_ban.c BanEngine on BanLog /var/log/proftpd/ban.log BanTable /var/run/proftpd/ban.tab # If the same client reaches the MaxLoginAttempts limit 2 times # within 10 minutes, automatically add a ban for that client that # will expire after one hour. BanOnEvent MaxLoginAttempts 2/00:10:00 01:00:00 # Allow the FTP admin to manually add/remove bans BanControlsACLs all allow user ftpadm </IfDefine> # Global Config - config common to Server Config and all virtual hosts # See: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/howto/Vhost.html <Global> # Umask 022 is a good standard umask to prevent new dirs and files # from being group and world writable Umask 022 # Allow users to overwrite files and change permissions AllowOverwrite yes <Limit ALL SITE_CHMOD> AllowAll </Limit> </Global> # A basic anonymous configuration, with an upload directory # Enable this with PROFTPD_OPTIONS=-DANONYMOUS_FTP in /etc/sysconfig/proftpd <IfDefine ANONYMOUS_FTP> <Anonymous ~ftp> User ftp Group ftp AccessGrantMsg "Anonymous login ok, restrictions apply." # We want clients to be able to login with "anonymous" as well as "ftp" UserAlias anonymous ftp # Limit the maximum number of anonymous logins MaxClients 10 "Sorry, max %m users -- try again later" # Put the user into /pub right after login #DefaultChdir /pub # We want 'welcome.msg' displayed at login, '.message' displayed in # each newly chdired directory and tell users to read README* files. DisplayLogin /welcome.msg DisplayChdir .message DisplayReadme README* # Cosmetic option to make all files appear to be owned by user "ftp" DirFakeUser on ftp DirFakeGroup on ftp # Limit WRITE everywhere in the anonymous chroot <Limit WRITE SITE_CHMOD> DenyAll </Limit> # An upload directory that allows storing files but not retrieving # or creating directories. <Directory uploads/*> AllowOverwrite no <Limit READ> DenyAll </Limit> <Limit STOR> AllowAll </Limit> </Directory> # Don't write anonymous accesses to the system wtmp file (good idea!) WtmpLog off # Logging for the anonymous transfers ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/access.log WRITE,READ default ExtendedLog /var/log/proftpd/auth.log AUTH auth </Anonymous> </IfDefine> <IfModule mod_facts.c> FactsAdvertise off </IfModule> # ---------------------------------------------------- # ftp.snjh.net # external server # <VirtualHost snjh.net> ServerAdmin bluethundr@ftp-data ServerName "JF FTP Server" TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/jokefire.com MaxLoginAttempts 3 RequireValidShell no DefaultRoot /var/www/html/jokefire.com User nobody Group nobody AllowOverwrite yes <Directory /var/www/html/jokefire.com> <Limit ALL> AllowUser bluethundr AllowUser rerekson AllowUser jfuser DenyAll </Limit> </Directory> </VirtualHost> # # ---------------------------------------------------- # ftp.example.net # internalftp server # <VirtualHost 192.168.1.30> ServerAdmin bluethundr(a)jokefire.com ServerName "JF FTP Server" TransferLog /var/log/proftpd/ftp.snjh.net MaxLoginAttempts 3 RequireValidShell no DefaultRoot /var/www/html/jokefire.com User nobody Group nobody AllowOverwrite yes MasqueradeAddress xx.xx.xx.xx PassivePorts 60000 65535 <Directory /var/www/html/jokefire.com> <Limit ALL> AllowUser bluethundr AllowUser rerekson AllowUser jfuser DenyAll </Limit> </Directory> </VirtualHost>

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Cent OS 6 freezing up
by Jimmy Bradley 27 Aug '11

27 Aug '11

I've been out of pocket for a while, so don't shoot me, if this has already been brought up. I'm having a problem with my desktop freezing up, and I'm running Cent OS 6. It seems to happen while I'm running firefox. I'm not sure if it's firefox, or the OS that's locking up. When it freezes up, nothing will respond, so I'm inclined to think it's the OS that's freezing up. Has anyone else been having this problem? Thanks Jim

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vmxnet3 patch for CentOS6 kernel?
by Matti Aarnio 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, Could CentOS kernel keepers apply following patch on current kernel? http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/95785/ (Current as: 2.6.32-71.29.1.el6.x86_64) With the patch applied, and a ".local" kernel built, I get 30% higher throughput with vmxnet3 in my IP routing node, than when using e1000 "card" at the same. Without the patch, the TCP flow over vmxnet3 driver on a _router_ node is abysmally slow. I am running a bunch of CentOS servers on VMware ESXi 4.1U1 hosts with multiple of VLANs. The best network performance is obtainable with vmxnet3 network driver in normal case. This driver includes so called LRO optimization, which boosts TCP flow network performance on end-nodes, but kills it on routers, thus the LRO mode needs to be disabled on a host doing routing in between network interfaces. The issue is a bug in vmxnet3 driver, which is not able to disable LRO mode when the kernel is telling the driver to do so. The patch for it applies on 2.6.32 kernels as well as 2.6.38/39 where it got applied to baseline. Could this be applied on stock CentOS kernel so that I could return on un-customized kernel use? Best Regards, Matti Aarnio PS: bugs.centos.org is apparently unable to send email out, otherwise I would have written this as a bug report... <http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/95785/>

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CentOS 6.0 and freenx
by Helmut Drodofsky 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi, http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX says: NX and FreeNX are only available for Centos 4 and 5 Alternative? Thanks in advance for ideas. Helmut

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CentOS 6: add icon to desktop
by Michael D. Berger 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

On my old CentOS 5 KDE, if I add a link to ~/Desktop, it appears on the desktop as an icon. But on my new CentOS 6 KDE, this does not work. How can I make it work? Thanks, Mike.

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Centos 6: howto install and run KDE
by Michael D. Berger 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

On my laptop, I have not been able to get KDE to run; I always get gnome. I installed selecting KDE, and I tried yum groupinstall, which appeared to work, but I still get gnome running. BTW, I boot to level 3, and run startx. Thanks for your suggestions. Mike.

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Problems with kickstart installation into a Virtualbox
by anax 26 Aug '11

26 Aug '11

Hi listers i tried to kickstart-install CentOS 6.0 64 in a Virtualbox (Virtualbox Version 4.12). I used a local CDROM with the net-install ISO on it to boot from. The ISO distribution file was provided on a server in the LAN as was the kickstart file. When starting the installation i aded the following to the kernel line of the grub menu: ks=http://install.mydomain.com/ks/centos.6.64.cfg After i had corrected some errors in the kickstart file, the installation started as expected. But it did not terminate as expected: after installing 198 of 671 packages, the installation halted with an error (i.e. after installing the package libutempter). In order to see what the problem was, i restarted from the CDROM in recovery mode, and after going into the half-way installed system, i saw in the anaconda log that about three quarters of the post-installation scripts of the packages had returned a warning. The warning code was 255. But the post-installation script of the package libutempter had returned an error with code 255, whereupon the installation stopped. I thought, OK, we will work around the libutempter package by selecting other program-groups in the kickstart-file. But i had no luck: the installation stopped then after the package MAKEDEV. Then i left off kickstart-installation and did a standard installation booting from the CDROM and getting the default packages from the server in the LAN. This worked fine. ----- When it came to test the installed packages i was always lucky except with the package fuse (fuse-2.8.3-1.el6.x86_64) which contains the binary /usr/bin/fusermount. This binary was installed without execute permission for everybody, so it could be invoked only by the userid root and members of the group fuse, which is not, what i had expected. suomi

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