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C5 & C6 : useradd
by Always Learning 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

useradd --help -d, --home-dir HOME_DIR home directory for the new user account -M, do not create user's home directory yet useradd -M -s /sbin/nologin FRED produces in /etc/passwd fred:x:504:504::/home/fred:/sbin/nologin Trying again with useradd -d /dev/null -s /sbin/nologin doris gives a CLI message useradd: warning: the home directory already exists. Not copying any file from skel directory into it. and in /etc/password doris:x:505:505::/dev/null:/sbin/nologin QUESTION What is the 'official' method of creating a user with no home directory and no log-on ability ? Thank you. -- Paul. England, EU. Je suis Charlie.

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Display configuration for greeter??
by Robert Nichols 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

With dual monitors, how do I control which monitor will get the greeter display. I would really like to configure the screens as mirrored. Trying to log in when the monitor with the greeter is not visible is very trying. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.

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find out who accessed a file
by Tim Dunphy 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

Hey guys, Is there any way to find out the last user to access a file on a CentOS 6.5 system? Thanks Tim -- GPG me!! gpg --keyserver pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys F186197B

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Postfix (I think) problem
by Timothy Murphy 25 Jan '15

25 Jan '15

I'm getting repeated email (KMail) error messages about one apparently over-large post: -------------------------- Received: from helen.gayleard.com (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by helen.gayleard.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4500294A0 for <tim(a)helen.gayleard.com>; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:00:05 +0000 (GMT) Received: (from tim@localhost) by helen.gayleard.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id t0OE02Ie006372; Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:00:02 GMT Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 14:00:02 +0000 X-Authentication-Warning: helen.gayleard.com: tim set sender to root using - f From: Cron Daemon <root(a)helen.gayleard.com> To: tim(a)helen.gayleard.com Subject: Cron <tim@helen> /usr/bin/fetchmail -s mail.eircom.net fetchmail: SMTP error: 552 5.3.4 Message size exceeds fixed limit fetchmail: mail from MAILER-DAEMON(a)helen.gayleard.com bounced to biblioteca(a)comune.anghiari.ar.it -------------------------- I've appended mailbox_size_limit = 20000000 to /etc/posfix/main.cf (and re-started postfix) but this does not seem to have done the trick. I get this email by fetchmail, and it goes to dovecot from which I retrieve it on my laptop. So I'm not entirely clear where the problem occurs. I would delete the email if I could find it, but it does not appear to be in my Maildir, or in /var/spool/ . Is there some way I can stop these messages, please? -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 119, Issue 8
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 24 Jan '15

24 Jan '15

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. CESA-2015:0074 Important CentOS 6 jasper Security Update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CESA-2015:0074 Important CentOS 7 jasper Security Update (Johnny Hughes) 3. CEBA-2015:0073 CentOS 6 kdebase-workspace BugFix Update (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 22:28:13 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2015:0074 Important CentOS 6 jasper Security Update Message-ID: <20150122222813.GA10896(a)n04.lon1.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2015:0074 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0074.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 02f67d2e5b95c3deac8b8fe531bd0ed1a64b84565c54f6a6a8751bbbca7b6d8f jasper-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.i686.rpm 16d4410c882cc8170de29dfe23eb2e157e3c28dbe5171c91adf797d33ea2ffe8 jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.i686.rpm 867485f066f16b8d4067771a01f6f8c60dda135f27c5a6441b2089d8e9255533 jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.i686.rpm a66de49b3222920f133dffba8a0e29ed3088cbb9789e213dff39fa49fc24ee26 jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.i686.rpm x86_64: 1c5deb1cb8023125cf8e4e9b925b587b8192add3b2a1067e31cb057b961e795e jasper-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.x86_64.rpm 16d4410c882cc8170de29dfe23eb2e157e3c28dbe5171c91adf797d33ea2ffe8 jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.i686.rpm 03b77c531aa6a9d8faaa3582903a9f8c0925efd1e08acc955e12d95566754bf6 jasper-devel-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.x86_64.rpm 867485f066f16b8d4067771a01f6f8c60dda135f27c5a6441b2089d8e9255533 jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.i686.rpm f97f6af75d7ac6140e4f126e4e34b8e5b2eba7a0c6ed65694cecaaf88100d806 jasper-libs-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.x86_64.rpm 206e28a1040407e452f65cfcc02db518c5737455c620c2e5ef87703ddfa4559d jasper-utils-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.x86_64.rpm Source: 28ef9fb9cc889fc9f43cd360125de42994829a92c5ede0b3d82dc9e0159f4605 jasper-1.900.1-16.el6_6.3.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 15:54:08 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2015:0074 Important CentOS 7 jasper Security Update Message-ID: <20150123155408.GA37226(a)n04.lon1.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2015:0074 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0074.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) x86_64: 5b88566c2ddeadebd75404b5c572a7025b4c89f322a43701bd1db8294685d916 jasper-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm cb9bc4503d074241ba6fe951f85903084422a23dd65407a7ddd76af60e2bb93b jasper-devel-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.i686.rpm e63daafdff55024ce4f9452433e61eb43c86cbb56b563f20d70545a1bd54afcf jasper-devel-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm 4b81e3e4c62e0d3693e0967515125e0b2438874a235dfc6f902a49c2be4330df jasper-libs-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.i686.rpm 9c513640ff30310e1d970475380243698f0ecaa9471124113b88f6d29fddfa70 jasper-libs-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm b7e708b3c4e49933f43bcd7c32adfb03d50004c55cf326514d2f5b08daae3ae8 jasper-utils-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.x86_64.rpm Source: ccdfae3a689ce539c3d93553f2818da2e91e66e2ad937620922c6dad2dd7b765 jasper-1.900.1-26.el7_0.3.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 20:56:31 +0000 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2015:0073 CentOS 6 kdebase-workspace BugFix Update Message-ID: <20150123205631.GA43102(a)n04.lon1.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2015:0073 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2015-0073.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: 8a1356d08f63c605eb6948fa92aca7e36d395939a7e364b655785b88b8d03728 kdebase-workspace-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm 274ffb2b84b1da4375a36160252e63fde314530b3118356863159dc88d28972e kdebase-workspace-akonadi-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm bd5b1ca0e1f6c3e1cf9e1c07b82b974e6a194793404b50fa81034debdd922c0d kdebase-workspace-devel-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm 71f8f39dfaf29496db91dc2337e42e801cda9e37f03e9c57d22190624d194d31 kdebase-workspace-libs-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm c3796586e77cc7a0b4b93cd57d2a1aab5f0a700db0cef5c249bd7a1c5904c6c6 kdebase-workspace-python-applet-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm 41339ca9d507181ab91ca39a8a107055e0935b2204ebcff2d340e58b81862e7d kdebase-workspace-wallpapers-4.3.4-29.el6_6.noarch.rpm 8bff692bdc021ccfa9b9c045e96b60af63d541af7252e4c64de811e25882426b kdm-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm bc33d8850e8080d644e0df829e2c756fa0870f5b344fc5c368518baaa2a92a7b ksysguardd-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm 2fe3aed65fec8e1642de88c848e026e14ae5cd0a74faa33a7fea1db02c6ba213 oxygen-cursor-themes-4.3.4-29.el6_6.noarch.rpm x86_64: 9a48c837c342803e12aaf38ffd6ce61b16658844ea2743ef9f81b6a7c4ae6a7a kdebase-workspace-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm 1eac2476a7fd61fc6994de1621a293296a808dfeb59b357edaf5a4f5fbe71191 kdebase-workspace-akonadi-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm bd5b1ca0e1f6c3e1cf9e1c07b82b974e6a194793404b50fa81034debdd922c0d kdebase-workspace-devel-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm 8393803b668734120f52021734c828202fd0e63da70752c909b2818799b6db36 kdebase-workspace-devel-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm 71f8f39dfaf29496db91dc2337e42e801cda9e37f03e9c57d22190624d194d31 kdebase-workspace-libs-4.3.4-29.el6_6.i686.rpm 78c230c7db8f816380a1daddda459d071d80cc20893c6d8b8462ebc90b83d788 kdebase-workspace-libs-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm 7d787992ff74fc7700caf5ab6580f6d0d2f2f3df70517850404dedf12408bef9 kdebase-workspace-python-applet-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm 41339ca9d507181ab91ca39a8a107055e0935b2204ebcff2d340e58b81862e7d kdebase-workspace-wallpapers-4.3.4-29.el6_6.noarch.rpm 2358d18d5c15aec7da82e61c9c1ae0f197de57715307f8ad81df979ea33c64b9 kdm-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm a467baaa6ab55b8400c023559c699d1f618cda324b15c5c823505e59213b6126 ksysguardd-4.3.4-29.el6_6.x86_64.rpm 2fe3aed65fec8e1642de88c848e026e14ae5cd0a74faa33a7fea1db02c6ba213 oxygen-cursor-themes-4.3.4-29.el6_6.noarch.rpm Source: d706f7bde70b94d637b474104799e87be708dd8fd8744fcd12c65036954230d2 kdebase-workspace-4.3.4-29.el6_6.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 119, Issue 8 ***********************************************

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General question about understanding PCI passthrough
by Jeff Boyce 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Greetings - I saw Andrew Holway's post yesterday referencing using PCI passthrough as a solution to someone else's issue. Not being familiar with it, the post made me look into it more to see if it is something to use for my setup. From my research on the web, I have two questions to make sure I understand how PCI passthrough works. 1. If you use PCI passthrough on a graphics card to allow a virtual guest direct access to the graphics card for it use, does the host still have use of the graphics card also? 2. Or, once you pass it to the guest, the host can then no longer use it and has to rely on base level motherboard graphics? It looks from my reading that using PCI passthrough you can make the graphics card available to multiple guest simultaneously, but it seemed to imply that the host could no longer use it. With the box that I am configuring, I was planning on installing Linux Mint (Cinnamon Desktop) as my kvm host, then installing Win7 as a virtual guest. Since I use some mapping software in Win7 it would be nice to be able to use the graphics card via PCI passthrough, but not at the expense of loosing it from the Mint Cinnamon Desktop. However if multiple kvm guests can use the graphics card simultaneously (but the host can not), the maybe I should use CentOS as a very basic host and then make both Mint and Win7 guests. Jeff Boyce Meridian Environmental

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Re: [CentOS] Orwell's 1984 from Freedesktop,org?
by James B. Byrne 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

On Fri, January 23, 2015 06:50, Bill Maltby (C4B) wrote: > > I don't want this stupid thing popping up every time I switch from my > normal active user logons to my "dead" one (used to get around the > unaddressed bug I filed over a month ago about switching run levels > causing crashes and running multiple users as I'd been doing for ... > over a decade(?) on CentOS). > > Even windows doesn't make me repeatedly click cancel if I'm not ready > to > update (I have one Windows box for one application I do and my wife > has > a couple) - it raise a little ... "flag" saying updates are available > (I > have "check with me" set rather than allowing auto updates). > > Yesterday on this 6.6 box I had to click cancel many times - most on > one > switch of users as apparently they queue up. > > AFAIK, tools are provided (sudo, "su -", ...) for non-root users to > invoke and accomplish these functions on *their* schedule, rather than > that set by some anonymous "one who knows better". > I have not encountered this behaviour in any CentOS-5 or 6 installation. All I ever get is a starburst icon in my top panel when there are unapplied updates. Are you telling us that when you switch users (how exactly are you doing that?) that this PackageKit dialogue window displays without any further action on your part? -- *** 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] Orwell's 1984 from Freedesktop,org?
by James B. Byrne 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

On Thu, January 22, 2015 22:23, Always Learning wrote: > > > Surely Linux users change to Root to do system work, rather than > attempt to make Root changes in the middle of doing ordinary GUI > tasks whilst logged-in as a normal user ? > I logon with my normal user id and run a development desktop. Then I open terminal sessions and su -l into root as I need to. However, if you need to use a GUI tool with root privileges running from a standard user desktop then you have to provide the root password. This has been the case for as long as I can recall whether it is package updating or running virt-manager. However, this thread from 2009 might provide some guidance on getting around that. I have not followed it so it might be a dead end. But, the lead is free so 'youse pays yer monies and yer takes yer chances'. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-desktop-list/2009-October/msg00053.h… -- *** 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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** Newbie - HELP **
by Darren Williams 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

Hi ALL, Sorry for this if it is a stupid question, but: Is it possible to native boot centos from a VHD/VHDX file in a similar way to Windows 8.1? I am hoping to dual 'native' boot Windows 8.1 and CentOS; but then I want to Image the disk to deploy it to other classroom machines. Any help advice would be appreciated. I've had an unsuccessful play with easybcd's neogrub; and I have a working CentOS VM in Hyper-V - but it's the native boot I'm really interested in. Regards Darren

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Chromium browser for C6
by Robert Arkiletian 23 Jan '15

23 Jan '15

I found this bug fix report http://lwn.net/Articles/616130/ I thought we were not able to get Chromium for C6. Apparently it looks like the work has been already done. Is it possible we (hi Johnny) can get this package into C6? This would be a wonderful addition to CentOS 6. Please and thank you.

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