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Re: [CentOS] Docx format ?
by MHR 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 5:37 AM, Sorin Srbu <sorin.srbu(a)orgfarm.uu.se> wrote: > > So basically, CentOS+OOO3.1 vs WinXP+OOO3.1 scores 1 to 0. Good work CentOS > and OOO teams! <RBFG> Thanks for the laugh, Sorin! mhr

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Change system-wide default configuration for FF and OO with /etc/skel
by Niki Kovacs 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hi, I'm using a heavily tweaked CentOS 5.4 for desktop installs (here's what it looks like: http://www.microlinux.fr/captures.html) For every app I install, I try to configure a sensible default configuration system-wide for all users. For example, once I found a nice configuration for XMMS (default skin, loads of plugins, orange On Screen Display in a nice font, etcetera), I put my whole ~/.xmms in /etc/skel, so that every new user on the system will have the same default configuration. I have a script which does that for most of the applications I install for users. Even my GNOME desktop is heavily tweaked, and similarly, there's a default /etc/skel/.gconf for this. Now I have two annoyances remaining: Firefox and OpenOffice.org. When installing both of these (Firefox from the CentOS repos, OpenOffice.org from the RPMS contained in openoffice.org's tarball), the default configuration for each one (in ~/.mozilla and ~/.openoffice.org) takes no less than 3 MB, which I find a bit puzzling. Since I keep all my default configurations in an SVN tree, I find this a bit heavy. For Firefox, I only change a couple of options (like "Close download manager after finishing downloading" and "always ask where to store a file"). Similarly, for OpenOffice.org, I change things like auto-completion (so users won't call me on a sunday morning asking "Why does it try to finish my sentences?"). I guess the "real" configuration must be some small plain text file. But then, where? Is there a way not to upload the whole 3 MB of configuration? Cheers, Niki

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Installing CentOS 5.4 64bit on server with LSI SAS 1068E controller.
by Billy Huddleston 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

I'm trying to install CentOS 5.4 on a machine with a LSI SAS 1068E controller. I've googled all over the place and found a few different drivers for RHEL5 for it.. and tried a few of them.. Some will load, some complain that this isn't the correct version.. non of them work when it comes to showing Hard Drivers in the partition manager. The machine is a Supermicro SYS-6015V-M3 server. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Billy

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timekeeping on VM - ntpd running
by Jonathan Garden 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

This is really stupid question. But referring to: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2009-October/083791.html I don't see any line related to ntpd in my /var/log/messages . Do I need to turn-on ntpd for timekeeping on VMs? Some people say not to use ntpd on VMs for timekeeping or is it ntpdate cron job? Can someone please elaborate on this? Thanks, Jonathan.

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Repository for clean and safe installation of python2.6 (and other python-software)
by Bernhard Gschaider 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hi! I want to test some software on my CentOS 5 machine that is not too happy with the system python (2.4). So when I install a python to my machines I want it to be a) clean: in other words it should be a RPM b) safe: it should not remove the system-python (in order not to break the system-scripts in subtle ways) but be accessible for instance as python2.6 (while python would still be python2.4) I've looked around (even other places than the usual suspects RPMforge and EPEL) for repositories that could have such packages. Before I start rolling my own RPMs: is anyone aware of a repository that has such packages? (an added bonus would be if it had RPMs of PyQt4, I didn't find those for Centos or RHEL, too) Bernhard

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NFS new security requirements?
by Mike Yates 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hi I've suddenly lost access to some permanent cross-server shares. I think this was following the Nov 5 new kernel, rather than the Centos version upgrade. I don't see any difference to man mount.nfs I have:- [root@hs6 ~]# mount hs8:/data /sysback/hs8-data -v mount: no type was given - I'll assume nfs because of the colon mount: trying 172.26.0.8 prog 100003 vers 3 prot tcp port 2049 mount: trying 172.26.0.8 prog 100005 vers 3 prot udp port 735 mount: hs8:/data failed, reason given by server: Permission denied Yet on hs8 the log shows:- Nov 29 12:47:52 hs8 mountd[2255]: authenticated mount request from 172.26.0.6:617 for /data (/data) No internal permissions have changed. ' Mike Yates MBCS CITP (ISSG) IT Support Engineer Hawkgrove Ltd - Software Systems Design 2, The Business Courtyard, Marl Pits Lane, Trudoxhill, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5DL, UK +44 (0)1373 837900 fax: +44 (0)8700 518155 Registered in England: 2756481 VAT Reg: UK 601 1137 11 Registered Office: NSO Associates LLP, 75 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6JB All e-mail is subject to contract and is not intended to create a legally binding agreement. Hawkgrove Ltd will only be bound by an agreement in writing signed by an authorized signatory. All outgoing email is scanned by Kerio, using ClamAV 0.95.1/10094/Mon Nov 30 11:45:20 2009 Known viruses: 660218.

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NetworkManager constantly overwriting /etc/resolve.conf - how to disable?
by Rudi Ahlers 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hi all, I have a CentOS 5.4 server-only installation, i.e. no X installed, and for some odd reason /etc/resolve.conf gets overwritten by NetworkManager on a constant basis. I haven't been able to track down how often, but I think it's on the hour, or something. This is the conents of the file right now: # Generated by NetworkManager # No nameservers found; try putting DNS servers into your # ifcfg files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts like so: # # DNS1=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # DNS2=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx # DOMAIN=lab.foo.com bar.foo.com So, I change it to the following: nameserver 192.168.1.254, save it, and all network functions work fine. But, later on it get's changed again. Running "system-config-network", I can see that the nameserver that I have specified is in there, yet it doesn't show up in /etc/resolve.conf. I have searched a bit on google, but all the results reveal how to use NetworkManager to setup the nameservers, but now how it get's set automatically. Why does this happen, and how do I stop it from happening? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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Bnid Dynamic Update not returnnig latest update
by Joseph L. Casale 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

I have a zone that has several hosts update their ip with Dynamic DNS updates. This morning a client had updated its ip, but bind wasn't returning the new ip when queried until I restarted the daemon? Google hasn't yielded anything useful as I am prolly missing the boat with my search criteria. Anyone got any clues/pointers about this issue? Thanks, jlc

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CentOS 5 and DRPM
by Janez Kosmrlj 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Has anybody successfully implemented DRPMs on centos 5.x? I searched the net and I found a few indications that it is possible, but there is very little info how to do it. Just to be clear. With DRPMs i mean deltaRPMs. And with implementation i mean What yum plugins are necessary and what has to be done on the yum repository to make it work. BR Janez

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AIDE or OSSEC on CentOS 5.4 x86_64?
by David McGuffey 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Starting with a fresh load and after I finish hardening the load following the Center for Internet Security (CIS) guidance, I'm wondering whether AIDE or OSSEC would be a better intrusion detection system. I installed AIDE and did a quick test of AIDE and after initializing the db and applying the recent cups update, I found that 1700+ files had changed. Those are a lot of changes to wade through to determine if they are legit or not. If that is all that AIDE can do, then it is not "manageable." Seems to me that any IDS must be tied to the yum update process so that one is not dealing with hundreds/thousands of changes that were brought in by a yum update that I choose to apply. Is OSSEC any less noisy? DaveM

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