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CentOS 7.1 user login screen can't scroll up/down
by Ole Holm Nielsen 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

After we upgraded our CentOS 7.0 desktops to CentOS 7.1, a critical error in the graphical login screen has appeared on all 7.1 machines: We have 100+ users defined in /etc/passwd, and a list of names is presented on the initial login screen. However, it's impossible to scroll up or down in this user list to select the desired user. The middle mouse button seems to be disabled, so scrolling has become impossible! One can use the left and right mouse buttons to select one of the users in view, but no one else. This seems definitely to be a critical bug in CentOS 7.1. Workarounds: 1. Log in non-graphically using Ctrl-Alt-F2, then run the command startx. 2. Trim down /etc/passwd to 1 (or a few) relevant users. -- Ole Holm Nielsen Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark

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Edit login user list on CentOS 6
by Alfred von Campe 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

The thread on the CentOS 7.1 user login screen reminded me of a small nagging issue I have on CentOS 6. We are using a Windows AD backend to authenticate users on our CentOS 6 systems. When a system is built, and nobody has yet logged into it, you have to enter your username in the login screen to log in. The next time you are the the login screen it lists all the users who have logged in (via the graphical login screen). This works great if this is your own desktop and nobody ever logs into it, but on a shared system the list can get very long. Does anyone know where this lists is kept? There are some systems where I want to edit the user list, but I have not been able to find it. Thanks, Alfred

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The future of centos
by Francis Gerund 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Almost everyone here has probably read this by now. If so, move along, nothing new here. But just in case you haven't, please take the time to read this. Here it is, in their own words: what Redhat thinks of Centos, and it's plans for the future of Centos. Can you read between the lines? In this case, it isn't very hard to do, IMHO. community.redhat.com/centos-faq

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Update only of security vulnerabilities?
by Rafał Radecki 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

Hi All :) What is the best way to get a list of available security updates? I found several commands for that: 1) yum updateinfo list updates -q --security 2) yum list-security --security -q 3) yum --security check-update -q Based on the sample output below I think I can use any of the three with some awk to get a list of packages. yum updateinfo list updates -q --security FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0525 security libyaml-0.1.5-1.el6.x86_64 FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0990 security libyaml-0.1.6-1.el6.x86_64 yum list-security --security -q FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0525 security libyaml-0.1.5-1.el6.x86_64 FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0990 security libyaml-0.1.6-1.el6.x86_64 yum --security check-update -q libyaml.x86_64 0.1.3-4.el6_6 updates Then I can add this to nagios or cron to get a notification about available security updates. Do you see any advantages/disadvantages in using one of the three choices? How do you do this kind of task? What can you propose to get a notification about available security updates? BR, Rafal.

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resource busy
by Michael Hennebry 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

How do I find whatever it is that wodim or readom thinks is using /dev/sr0 and kill it? So far, reboot is the only solution I've found that works. I don't like it. I want to be able to use my DVD-burner more than once without rebooting. lsof has not helped. -- Michael hennebry(a)web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods

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yum upgrade of an older 6.1
by John R Pierce 09 Apr '15

09 Apr '15

i fired up a vm i haven't used in ages, it was centos 6.1, so I ran yum update -y, and it bombed on package conflicts with matahari and qpid-something... I had no need for matahari (heck, I don't even know what it is), so I removed matahari-\* and the yum update succeeded, but shouldn't yum update be able to update ANY centos 6 to latest ? this system has NO extra repos, just CentOS-Base etc. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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Some subscribers posts to the list ending up in Gmail spam
by Andrew Holway 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

Did we work out the technical reason why some users that post to the list are getting dumped into gmail spam? Ta, Andrew

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EPEL no php-pear package?
by James B. Byrne 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

Does anyone know what package provides the pear utility for php on CentOS? I tried installing a php-pear module from epel and got this error: Resolving Dependencies --> Running transaction check ---> Package php-pear-DB.noarch 0:1.7.13-3.el6 will be installed --> Processing Dependency: php-pear(PEAR) for package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/pear for package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/pear for package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/pear for package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch --> Processing Dependency: /usr/bin/pear for package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch (epel) Requires: /usr/bin/pear Error: Package: php-pear-DB-1.7.13-3.el6.noarch (epel) Requires: php-pear(PEAR) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest Thanks, -- *** 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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Re: [CentOS] The future of centos
by James B. Byrne 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

On Tue, April 7, 2015 12:48, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Seems odd to mention Oracle's name at all in the link without pointing > out that they have a product very similar to CentOS with the option to > purchase support. > For what it is worth. If RedHat (or someone else) offered support contracts for CentOS aimed towards the more 'self-help' type 'enterprises' then we would likely participate. We not prepared to install and run one copy of RHELx simply to be able to report bugs and get a modest amount of help via online channels. The administrative burden is simply not worth it. However, if one could purchase a company-wide support policy for CentOS based on the number of points of contact at the subscriber's end, regardless of the number of hosts running CentOS, then we would definitely be interested. Again, we are not interested in assuming the administrative burden of counting hosts on various VM platforms and physical units as they come and go simply to properly determine support fees. But restricting at our end who can report incidents and deal with the support contractors poses no significant difficulty at all. Just a thought. -- *** 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-announce Digest, Vol 122, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

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CEBA-2015:0793 CentOS 6 lftp FASTTRACK BugFix Update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 16:30:32 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2015:0781 CentOS 6 shadow-utils BugFix Update Message-ID: <20150407163032.GA42527(a)n04.lon1.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2015:0781 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0781.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: eba572421ae5aa17dc7e081dbb3bcbbe57fdac179f3757c85e33f257ce2913c0 shadow-utils-4.1.4.2-19.el6_6.1.i686.rpm x86_64: dd1ee7bd797fb52fda1586d856c51b12c06fad013e42e6346571e3bed8dcfa72 shadow-utils-4.1.4.2-19.el6_6.1.x86_64.rpm Source: 17fa66c35c4dacbed3a25d24ffc92ef97f26fb6d8d1e7db9ea5d492c92f58b21 shadow-utils-4.1.4.2-19.el6_6.1.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2015 22:09:26 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2015:0783 Important CentOS 5 kernel Security Update Message-ID: <20150407220926.GA14481(a)chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2015:0783 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0783.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 475d837cc9924ceb14b456fd057de62b3d3cb6a3f7c53dd70fb7580ef91b05a5 kernel-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm 6de0467ca5afb9c387d3a1e1862e5c12dbe479ae4e402106c35c5363e154cfa7 kernel-debug-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm 6e77b4af2ca5ebe9023055a04db394242d2c869d36ed5dc8f7dadcb2b19623e2 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm 5e4f4461d5d9478ad6af90d27d211a4b9be597874be003993fc0a9a66f96389b kernel-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm b06167dcc0b2aa0bc8c2080779e50a7f7c1bb5b5b936a1bf37753e6f9f4cc0a6 kernel-doc-2.6.18-404.el5.noarch.rpm c65ca33c3efe79b6186b5881f60d0e94373627a0579fc1590b0fda00267bf146 kernel-headers-2.6.18-404.el5.i386.rpm fae902613688df5506c07189d0220534c87df68e594e5361583f3c5edba66e8e kernel-PAE-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm e466b09d80eb75290b75649ff1b18c6eb8879096f30b9065c78f9c50e4cfbaf4 kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm a9631336b37f7e09734484879287cd3aa56754a33b5d418679d9c8b382da4c9d kernel-xen-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm aa372175b7cd76d8657d942e86009478b519c85b993e084a95b41a2e7ebcc46c kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.i686.rpm x86_64: 43233e249ab68bbb983bca151e8147d2d508317c1cc046c16f4eac8313fe1639 kernel-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm 7138275db21e8bfc76f53307f59b3368fd2f68847c86b8dcacdaa97a1b3cc96f kernel-debug-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm 12af1d4746f82591999106dd6cf2feb37136b2c24463c195c76cc461391ec738 kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm b061f8582d90352035ae540b8584534aadc83e509b9901f5308ef1c3677bde2d kernel-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm b06167dcc0b2aa0bc8c2080779e50a7f7c1bb5b5b936a1bf37753e6f9f4cc0a6 kernel-doc-2.6.18-404.el5.noarch.rpm d05c43ade8337a751709becf0d40c71201258d984481fe0066b4e269a1415c08 kernel-headers-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm 80ac6cf796fc9bf6271451e62534552669965cfb5d6ec63a49bb0db0e866b79b kernel-xen-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm b8a76664d89a48a40a7e6d3f2711e291ef3a9528bae41e617fea0835e6656cb4 kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-404.el5.x86_64.rpm Source: c3278c1370851b3db311e492e55329db086f74e72a5852029d4eb0235e0b721f kernel-2.6.18-404.el5.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2015 11:27:56 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2015:0793 CentOS 6 lftp FASTTRACK BugFix Update Message-ID: <20150408112756.GA8250(a)n04.lon1.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2015:0793 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0793.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: b0bd2688031fc57327e6f421c9fbd6c8cd5a8bc0f9b323cb3aae8852f209e4e5 lftp-4.0.9-6.el6.i686.rpm f3b6f43c1938941dd274558d5f329837530929933aac7fd412b24a7c12b7ce01 lftp-scripts-4.0.9-6.el6.noarch.rpm x86_64: b0bd2688031fc57327e6f421c9fbd6c8cd5a8bc0f9b323cb3aae8852f209e4e5 lftp-4.0.9-6.el6.i686.rpm 99f82e33cd92ff9522503f21face4a8df20641a11ff566f0b7a3672958214f30 lftp-4.0.9-6.el6.x86_64.rpm f3b6f43c1938941dd274558d5f329837530929933aac7fd412b24a7c12b7ce01 lftp-scripts-4.0.9-6.el6.noarch.rpm Source: 26789a7acc4e980ba85462731a385282621c0689d00d5a1ddad356a7a85aef6f lftp-4.0.9-6.el6.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #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 122, Issue 4 ***********************************************

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