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system-config-network on 5.1
by Jerry Geis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Looks like there are NO command line options on system-config-network. Like -d eth0 or -d eth1 I used those alot when 2 network cards are in a box. Can netconfig be brought back to life? Can I just install the one from 5.0 on new boxes?\ Jerry

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what happened to netconfig in 5.1
by Jerry Geis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

> > I am doing a yum install netconfig on the new 5.1 > and nothing gets installed. Was it removed? replaced with something else? > > yum provides netconfig does not show a "bin" command just false matches. > > Is there a new command? > > Thanks, > > Jerry Looks like system-config-network has replaced it. AHHH! when I run this command it does not show my eth0 as forcedeth it is showing my T1 digium card as eth0. Very shocked this command was removed from 5.0 to 5.1 release. What are they thinking? Jerry

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what happened to netconfig in 5.1
by Jerry Geis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

> > >/ > />/ I am doing a yum install netconfig on the new 5.1 > />/ and nothing gets installed. Was it removed? replaced with something else? > />/ > />/ yum provides netconfig does not show a "bin" command just false matches. > />/ > />/ Is there a new command? > />/ > />/ Thanks, > />/ > />/ Jerry > / > > Looks like system-config-network has replaced it. AHHH! > when I run this command it does not show my eth0 as forcedeth > it is showing my T1 digium card as eth0. > > Very shocked this command was removed from 5.0 to 5.1 release. What are > they thinking? To make matters worse - I just ran system-config-network. It does not automatically stop the existing dhcpclient running. Netconfig used to do this. I used to let DHCP run to setup the box as I install the OS. Later when I receive IP information - I would just run netconfig. then do service network restart and the box would be live. When I run system-config-network it gives me errors about the dhcpclient still running. Jerry

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what happened to netconfig in 5.1
by Jerry Geis 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

I am doing a yum install netconfig on the new 5.1 and nothing gets installed. Was it removed? replaced with something else? yum provides netconfig does not show a "bin" command just false matches. Is there a new command? Thanks, Jerry

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CentOS 5.1 /etc/redhat-release file
by Greg Bailey 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Just noticed on a freshly updated CentOS 5.1 system: # cat /etc/redhat-release CentOS release 5 (Final) # rpm -qi centos-release Name : centos-release Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 5 Vendor: CentOS Release : 1.0.el5.centos.1 Build Date: Thu 22 Nov 2007 06:32:15 PM MST Install Date: Mon 03 Dec 2007 08:10:09 AM MST Build Host: builder6 Group : System Environment/Base Source RPM: centos-release-5-1.0.el5.centos.1.src.rpm Size : 35279 License: GPL Signature : DSA/SHA1, Thu 22 Nov 2007 06:38:41 PM MST, Key ID a8a447dce8562897 Summary : CentOS release file Description : CentOS release files Was this intentional? I was expecting the tag "5.1" to show up somewhere in /etc/redhat-release ... -Greg

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Difficulty with 5.0 - 5.1 upgrade: sysreport vs. sos
by Bart Schaefer 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

I got file conflicts between the sysreport and sos packages on the file /usr/sbin/sysreport. I unchecked sysreport in the package updater UI and the rest of the update is proceedng.

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x86_64 versus i386
by Manish Kathuria 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hello, On the Intel Core 2 Duo processor based systems, we have the option of installing either x86_64 or the i386 distribution. I would like to know your experiences with the x86_64 port. How does it compare with the i386 distribution in terms of stability, reliability and performance ? How significant are the performance benefits gained by using the x86_64 linux instead of i386 on the same system ? Keeping in mind a production environment, which port of CentOS do you recommend for a Core 2 Duo based server ? It would be great to have your opinion. Thanks, Manish

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 3
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

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-5.1 i386 and x86_64 (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:05:38 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.1 i386 and x86_64 To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Cc: lwn(a)lwn.net, distro(a)distrowatch.com Message-ID: <47532C32.8000104(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.1 for the i386 and x86_64 Architectures. CentOS-5.1 is based on the upstream release 5.1, 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. Further Arch support for PowerPC, IA64 and Sparc are planned and will be released soon. These arch's will follow the existing pattern of release to Beta first, and then to Final. This is the first release where we are also publishing a special netinstall iso that can be used to start a remote install. Its included in the isos/ directory. This iso is in addition to the boot.iso published in the images/ directory of the distribution - there are no changes to that file. +++++++++++++++++++++++ Verification of downloads and media We highly recommend that all forms of downloads be verified before use. Both md5sum and sha1sum for all isos and torrents released by the CentOS project are published at the same location as the isos and torrents themselves. md5sum and sha1sum verification tools are available for all major platforms. As an added option, but not a replacement to the md5sum/sha1sum process, its possible to check media during install time. All rpms published by the CentOS project are signed with a gpg key, and by default we configure yum to verify this signature on package download. In order to check that this is operating as normal ensure that each repository section includes two lines that look exactly like this : gpgcheck=1 gpgsignature=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5 Note: 1) url to the gpg key will never point at an external non .centos.org machine. 2) a copy of the gpg key is also provided on the install media, and installed as /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-5, however do the possibility of compromised media we recommend you still verify that key with the one hosted on http://mirror.centos.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++ Download Instructions: First a request from us : When possible, consider using torrents to run the downloads. Not only does it help the community and keeps mirrors from running up high bandiwdth bills, in most cases you will find its also the fastest means to download the distro. Via BitTorrent : Torrents are available for i386 at http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/i386/ and for x86_64 at http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/5/isos/x86_64/ 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 dont need to go looking for a mirror with all the isos you want ! ) 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. ----------------------------------------------- i386 ISOS and their sha1sum's are : 18dbc08071f381b327e7d591d6921f125ff43359 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-1of6.iso 87f1fa3cd42fbfb6d9d12d7d4440101aba2e4647 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-2of6.iso ec4b1875de5bf9da3fcedad66a0ed61f59d07dd3 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-3of6.iso 077179429ef46e8aee6726a64aaf461a4f44a668 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-4of6.iso bcc3b5d839b56638419eee09fa933c90005f291d CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-5of6.iso c6b62bbf82cc850d2855705934a0e4b04f0abfe3 CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-6of6.iso 0a07e11a43515e772eb392e5b9261ecc52980b7c CentOS-5.1-i386-bin-DVD.iso e010156ae3bb7499c057f25cc3b42bd66bb686b7 CentOS-5.1-i386-netinstall.iso ----------------------------------------------- x86_64 ISOS and their sha1sum's are : 7e70ca98f6042342159a6705cc10eae9b937a12f CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-1of7.iso eaec3219d9ee29ead7d79e87674ea1b289cddb2f CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-2of7.iso 89d922359fab8668bf5aee594de3e3bdad8b27f0 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-3of7.iso 6a7d55cbcaf4412001ed276c20d299e1c48aa2cd CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-4of7.iso 018c877063e1893785ba28859552f0ec73b101f6 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-5of7.iso d5daca1b6341b290d090162441078b6c6a054827 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-6of7.iso 1ab34cf0977aa966436dd0d3b54a7f56e99f3344 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-7of7.iso 22403c5d46fd620e3d7156a8df0f73889680a20d CentOS-5.1-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso da61e6c3d0b119da59804144cf7d42478cf812c8 CentOS-5.1-x86_64-netinstall.iso +++++++++++++++++++++++ Release Notes: The distro release notes are only available online at http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.1/ The release notes include important changelog info as well as notes about the installer and outcomes from test situations which the centos-qa team worked through. Its considered essential reading. Upstream release notes are available in the NOTES/ directory of the install media, as well as online at http://www.centos.org/docs/5/ . These include release specific technologies, new features in the distro and other misc infomation that can help you better utilise the distro. Always something worth reading. +++++++++++++++++++++++ How to get help with CentOS 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. Friendly URL's : http://wiki.centos.org/ http://www.centos.org/ http://bugs.centos.org/ http://www.centos.org/donate http://lists.centos.org/ +++++++++++++++++++++++ And a big thanks to everyone who contributed to the distro, including the translation teams, the qa team, the CentOS Developers and all the users out there. Enjoy! -- 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 34, Issue 3 **********************************************

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how to get the source for installed RPM (CUPS)
by Ulrik S. Kofod 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

I would like to change a few things in CUPS, but I would prefer to use the source for the version of CUPS that I already have installed using yum. Mostly because I'm quite happy with the way it works except a few details. Is there a way to get the source using yum or should I go to http://www.cups.org/software.php and get it from there ? The version I installed with yum is 1.1.22 and on http://www.cups.org/software.php the best match is 1.1.23. Or would you suggest I go with the latest version released on http://www.cups.org/software.php ? This is the first time I feel the need to change something so I'm not quite sure how to start out on this and I don't want to spend a lot of time on the wrong source code. best regards Ulrik

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Re: Mail Server Install
by Jun Salen 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi, Is the horde from RPMForge repository equal to horde server or horde-webmail? Thanks, junji aisalen.wordpress.com Linux Registered User #253162 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: Mail Server Install
by Jun Salen 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Have a look at http://zimbra.com. It has an open-source version with unlimited users. I've tried both it and scalix and much prefer zimbra. Cheers. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. [Fred Kienker] Scalix has announced starting with Version 11.3, to be released mid December 2007, the number of premium users available in the Community Edition will be reduced from 25 to 10. The number of standard users will remain unlimited for now. There is new commercial licenses available starting at 20 users to fill in the gap. You can continue to use Ver. 11.2 which will remain at 25 premium users forever, but there are several serious issues in this version which will not be addressed except by updating to 11.3. In our experience the most current version of the Community Edition tends to be beta test software - YMMV. Using any version of the Community Edition in a commercial or educational environment would not be a good idea without a paid for support contract from Scalix. -----------------------------Hi Fred and others, Thanks for enlightening me. I will check zimbra or kolab as other also had suggested. If there are others still who will may share ideas, please do so. Thanks, junji aisalen.wordpress.com Linux Registered User #253162 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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how to Load balancing
by D. Bettancourt M. 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi I need informmation about this Topic: Load balancing,, I have 2 nic to internet, 1 nic to DMZ, and 1 nic to LAN, but I don,t know how do that. Where I can found information ?? Thx!! For your information! -- Este mensaje ha sido analizado por MailScanner en busca de virus y otros contenidos peligrosos, y se considera que est� limpio. For all your IT requirements visit: http://www.transtec.co.uk

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Archive search + xen
by James Wilde 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi: I'm new to Centos mailing list. Please excuse the simple questions. The only archive I can find for this list appears to be unsearchable. Is there another archive somewhere, where one can search? Am I in the right list to discuss problems with Centos5 xen distro? I'm having a problem with a foreign-language keyboard in the guest installation (which is also Centos5). Thanks in advance. //James

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unstable libdg error when ./configure Perfparse on Nagios 2.x / CentOS 4.x
by Rogelio 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

I'm trying to ./compile Perfparse on my Nagios CentOS 4.x box, but am having this error. (And am hoping someone here might point me in the right direction) "configure: error: required library libgd unusable." Here is a history of my problems: First, it ./configure 'd ok, but I couldn't "make && make install" due to an error. I googled and found this FAQ on the the subject (http://perfparse.de/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1) ********************************************************* Q: When i try to compile, i get errors like: perfparse-0.105.5/perfparse/storage.c:269: undefined reference to `g_path_get_basename' A: Try this: cd perfparse make copy & paste the "/bin/sh ../libtool ...." line and add "/opt/gnome/lib64/libglib-2.0.so" at the end. The path may vary. Try to find the libglib-2.0.so. Then try again with "make". ********************************************************* Not sure what happened, but it eventually was working, and later I got past that error and got a "gdImage" error when I tried to "make && make install". (This too is on the FAQ page) ********************************************************* "A: The gd library is probably not installed yet on your system. Or you are missing the development package such as libgd-devel or libgd-dev. Install gd and try again." ********************************************************* Not knowing what to do (gd-2.0.28-5.4E and gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E were installed), we "yum removed" these packages (which destroyed Nagios, and I had to reinstall and reconfigure that too), and ever since, I've gotten that ""configure: error: required library libgd unusable" error whenever I've tried to ./configure with the automake tools. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

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./configure -> "libgd unusable" (shall I build from source or scrape and rebuild?)
by Rogelio 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

On a relatively new Nagios 2.x / CentOS 4.x server (only like a week old), I am experiencing gd(-devel/-progs) problems and am wondering if I should just scrape and rebuild. Here is my situation: I installed LAMP+Nagios+NagiosQL and was going to install PerfParse so that I could have trending info integrated with Nagios. The configure script would run ok, but would crap out on make && make install, leading me to believe something was missing from the configure script (I had all the prequesisite files installed). In an effort to fix it, another sysadmin did a "yum remove gd", which ripped out Nagios. I reinstalled Nagios and gd, thinking that would be ok, and since then, PerfParse's configure script says that "libgd is unusable" Any ideas? Or should I just scrape and rebuild while I still have time before this goes into production?

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Sharing Partitions between Linux and Windows
by Saurabh Sharma 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi All I've just shifteed over to linux,form Windows.I 'm having 5 partations for use by my windows XP Professional and another one by linux.The partation table is as shown : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ [root@localhost6 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hdc: 250.0 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 1275 10241406 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc2 1276 30400 233946562+ f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdc5 1276 7649 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc6 7650 14023 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc7 14024 20397 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc8 20398 26771 51199123+ 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hdc9 26772 26784 104391 83 Linux /dev/hdc10 26785 28059 10241406 83 Linux /dev/hdc11 28060 28124 522081 82 Linux swap / Solaris ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I want to convert my NTFS partations /dev/hdc5 ,/dev/hdc6 ,/dev/hdc7 ,/dev/hdc8 over to FAT32,so that they can be accessible to me in both Windows and LINUX environments.I googled a lot for the same and found that in windows i'll have to delete all the partitions and recreate themin FAT32 format,but the limitation over here is that windows just allows a FAT32 partition to be at most of 32GB and i don't want to breakup my disk any more,can anyone please help me out with some way in the linux environment,to do the desired. Thanks to all,and please help me and LINUX grow. Thanks & Regards Saurabh Sharma ************************************************************************************************** In world without fences and walls,who needs Gates and Windows ? **************************************************************************************************

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Cyber Timer(cybermanager)
by maina 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi all, Am setting up a internet cyber cafe of roughly 50 or so boxes running on CentOS 5.0. Now the question is. Does someone on the list know of a open source cyber timer/cybermanager which runs on CentOS(LINUX) and where i can download it? All that am getting are M$ based.(grrrh). Thanks. ------------------------------------------------- David Maina. Systems/Network Administrator. PdE-Kenya. P. O. Box 1239 - 20100. Nakuru, Kenya. Telephone:+254-51-850298/850333. Cell:+254-721-950073. Registered Linux User #407239. --------------------------------------------------- "By golly, I'm beginning to think Linux really *is* the best thing since sliced bread." ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ

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video capture via nvidia g3, cento5 (rhel5) - arrrgghhh
by Paul 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

I've never messed with video capture on a linux system, and someone point me the right direction? I've been googling like crazy, and can't seem to get any good pointers. I'm trying to get some kind of video capture working and eventually get a live cam setup and security setup with motion sensing. I've given up on getting my USB webcam to work. I'm now trying via the video input of my G3 card. I've installed the latest nvidia drivers for g3 and still no go. Not sure I even have the slightest clue of what I'm doing. Any pointers or good resources? Thanks.

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Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: Conexant fax/modem not faxing with sendfax
by MHR 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

On Nov 30, 2007 6:35 PM, Kingsly John <member+centos(a)kingsly.net> wrote: > > What you have isn't a "real" modem .. it's just a winmodem that is usable > under linux. "real" modems don't need drivers to work. > > 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' > 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'ERROR' -> ERROR > > 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'AT+FCLASS=2' > 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'ERROR' -> ERROR > > Your modem (rather the driver) doesn't support Class2 or Class2.0 fax command sets. > Figures - I was planning to take it back anyway. Thanks! Any recommendations for actual genuine, non-winmodem, CHEAP modems? And, yes, I realize that this is OT - should have said so up front.... Thanks again. mhr

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32bit HVM within CentOS5 x86_64+xen3?
by Nils Toedtmann 03 Dec '07

03 Dec '07

Hi *! I have to install a xen virtualization host that will start with 4GB RAM and will maybe grow to 8GB in the future. And there has to be a 32bit winXP domU. Is CentOS5(.1) x86_64 able to run 32bit HVMs or do i have to stick with i386/PAE? /nils.

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Re: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.1 i386 and x86_64
by centos＠911networks.com 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:05:38 +0000 Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> wrote: ... > CentOS-5.1 is based on the upstream release 5.1, and includes > packages from all variants including Server and Client. All 1. Thank you for the outstanding work. I am downloading now. 2. Is there or will there be the appliance version? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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Adding user's and groups
by Joseph L. Casale 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Is it ok to edit the /etc/passwd and /etc/group files manually to add users and groups or would this circumvent other required system commands from being executed when adding them at the command line via useradd and groupadd? In reading the docs @ http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/Deployment_Guide-en-US/s1-users-tools.htm… I see a user that is created with these utilities is disabled until unlocked with passwd. If someone is creating users for services without home dirs and shell access, how do you handle the password? Looking at the example provided in a doc I am reading, there is "*" in the password field in the passwd file. Is that suggesting it's just not displayed in the doc, or does the "*" have specific meaning? Thanks! jlc

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Obtuse-smtpd and Postfix
by Manuel Leon 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hi all.. I would like to switch to CENTOS Postfix from sendmail. My current sendmail, in combination with the very old obtuse-smtpd, allows me: 1. To control who of the internal users can send mail and to which domain or accounts 2. To control who of the internal users can receive mail and from which domain or accounts 3. To obtain a copy of all sent mails 4. To obtain a copy of all received mails Obtuse-smtpd is very easy to configure and very effective. It takes control of all smtp activities over Port 25 and, after filtering and checking, passes the safe mails to sendmail for final delivery. Obtuse can, also, check for addressability, through DNS, of the mail sender and other useful features. Unfortunately, obtuse-smtpd is so old that it works only (don't be surprised) with old sendmail versions. So, I always have to uninstall the in-OS shipped modern sendmail version and replace it with the proper old version. Now: Can Postfix do all this ? Or, at least: Can Postfix work in combination with obtuse-smtpd ? (at the end, obtuse just calls sendmail for the real mail delivery; it only receives mail in port 25 and checks what it receives with its rules, allowing or rejecting at the end) Thanks a lot, in advance. M. Leon

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Replacement for Linux-HA (heartbeat) - RedHat cluster?
by Amos Shapira 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hello, I'm beginning to give up on making Linux-HA's heartbeat work for my environment (CentOS x86_64) and am wondering what other option have I got to help me: 1. Use IPVS to maintain a cluster of virtual servers, either master/slave or load-balanced. 2. Use DRBD in master/slave fashion to keep a home-grown application highly-available. The first thing I stumbled upon is RedHat Cluster Suite ( http://www.linuxtopia.org/online_books/centos_linux_guides/centos_cluster_c…) from which I also saw some packages on my CentOS servers. I've never heard of it before and am just starting to dig its docs, but if someone here can confirm/deny that this is a possible route to take it might save me some time or doubts. Thanks, --Amos

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Searching for beagle
by Olaf Mueller 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hi, there was a message in the list at Fri 26 Oct 2007 21:13:58, that beagle was added to centos testing repo. But I could not find it there. Please could someone give me an advice. Thank's a lot! "We have added beagle-0.2.18, tomboy-0.8.1, and mono-1.2.4 to the CentOS-5 testing repo for both x86_64 and i386." Are there any experiences with beagle under centos 5? Is it usable now or will it slow down my desktop like it did under fedora core 6? regards Olaf

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 2
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

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-2007:1082 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2007 22:20:41 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1082 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071201202041.GP18540(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1082 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1082.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: updates/s390/RPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.8.el4.centos.s390.rpm s390x: updates/s390x/RPMS/firefox-1.5.0.12-0.8.el4.centos.s390x.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Centos 5.1 distro: How to upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 with yum??
by Robinson Tiemuqinke 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hi, Redhat announced RHEL 5.1 on Nov 07, so hopefully CentOS 5.1 will be ready shortly. But I get kind of nervous of the arrival of 5.1. My problem is: I have hundreds Centos 5.0 boxes just finished installation and I will continue to install and upgrade hundreds more in next few months. With the arrival of Centos 5.1, I don't like to reinstall them anymore but continuous upgrade instead -- if this is possible? Currently I download the Centos 5.0 upgrade packages from mirror sites on Internet (.../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...), with the arrival of Centos 5.1, are the existing Centos 5.0 update packages will be removed in honor of Centos 5.1 updates? or it will stay? And how about the Centos 5.1's default packages in distro? Give an example here: 2.6.18-8.1.15 version kernel is the most recently updated kernel for Centos 5.0 distro, if the Centos 5.1 distro comes with 2.6.18-8.1.10000 kernel and in the first few weeks there are no kernel updates for 5.1, then how can I upgrade my kernel to 2.6.18-8.1.10000 naturally -- will the 2.6.18-8.1.10000 shows in the same update sources directories(.../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64/...)? A similar question is: are the update diretories contains only updates for 5.1 distro, or both 5.0 and 5.1? Any clarifications are greatly appreciated. --Robinson ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: [CentOS] RESOLVED: Slightly OT: Conexant fax/modem not faxing with sendfax
by MHR 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

On Dec 1, 2007 5:23 PM, Robert <kerplop(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > All the more reason to quit wasting your time with that junk and go shopping for a USRobotics Courier v.everything -- external if you have a serial port available. I notice that there are several on ebay right now. If it has no manual included, download one from the mfr. > Lesson learned - I just hate to give on the free approach as long as it seems to be viable. (sigh) Thanks. mhr

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Deleting a user?
by Amos Shapira 02 Dec '07

02 Dec '07

Hello, I've compiled linux-ha heartbeat into an RPM but when I try to install it (after "yum erase heartbeat*") it complains that the user hacluster still exists: # rpm -ivh heartbeat-2.1.2-1.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### [100%] useradd: user hacluster exists error: %pre(heartbeat-2.1.2-1.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 9 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping heartbeat-2.1.2-1 I ran "userdel -r hacluster" which just disabled the user login then edited /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow to remove this user completely, but I still get this error. What else can I do to remove this user and help useradd succeed? I'd rather not force script-skipping if at all possible. Thanks, --Amos

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Looking for Insights
by Shawn Everett 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Hi Guys, I had a strange problem yesterday and I'm curious as to what everyone thinks. I have a client with a Red Hat Enterprise 2.1 cluster. All quality HP equipment with an MSA 500 storage array acting as the shared storage between the two nodes in the cluster. This cluster is configured for reliability and not load balancing. All work is handled by one node or the other not both. There are two 100GB RAID 5 logical drives in the MSA500. Linux sees them as /dev/md2 and /dev/md3 respectively. Running cat /proc/mdstat shows them as "active multipath" and otherwise healthy. There is a nightly shell script that runs and backs up information via tar to a USB external drive. The last thing the script does before unmounting the USB drive is to run the sync command. Yesterday it was noticed that the backup script was hung. A quick check via "ps aux" showed the backup script and a sync process still hanging around from Monday night. All attempts to stop these processed failed and it was decided a reboot was the best fix. All production services where shut down as much as possible. Because of the locked processes the machine would hot shut down properly and was physically turned off. On reboot the drives in the server were checked via e2fsck with no problems. The shared storage: md2 and md3 also mounted without errors. All services started properly. No errors about md2 or md3 were reported in dmesg or /var/log/messages Strangely, all files added via Samba after Monday are gone. This is limited to only one device: md3. Everything else is fine. Checking the two drives/partitions that make up md3 show none of the missing files. Any brilliant thoughts as to where those files might have gone would be appreciated. The files lost are not critical so there are no major problems but it's a puzzle I can't quite figure out. Shawn

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Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility - mini-pci wireless card 1390
by Andrew Allen 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

Is there any way I can find a driver and/or get the above wireless card working in CentOS 5 on my Dell laptop (Inspiron 1501). I've installed ipw2200 from RPMForge, but it now appears that this won't work because the card is not an Intel PRO/Wireless card. Dell seem to support only MS Windows Vista now so I don't think there's much chance of getting a driver from them - so am I on a fruitless 'crusade' in trying to get wifi in CentOS 5 in this case? Any helpful advice much appreciated please? Thanks, Andy

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

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-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2007:1082 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:31:28 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 seamonkey - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071130163128.GM18540(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1084 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1084.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-7.el4.centos.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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Conexant fax/modem not faxing with sendfax
by MHR 01 Dec '07

01 Dec '07

I finally picked up a "real" modem (not a winmodem) and put it in my machine. I pulled down the hsfmodem driver from the source, got a license and installed the driver at full power. If I use wvdial, I can get out through the modem, so I know that works. However, sendfax is rejecting the fax capability (from /var/log/sendfax.log): 11/30 00:31:52 sendfax: interim release 1.1.33-Apr10 11/30 00:31:52 sendfax.c compiled at Jan 7 2007, 07:01:40 11/30 00:31:52 sending fax to 19496328403 11/30 00:31:52 checking WebOwnSig.ps 11/30 00:31:52 makelock(modem) called 11/30 00:31:52 do_makelock: lock='/var/lock/LCK..modem' 11/30 00:31:52 lock made 11/30 00:31:52 tss: set speed to 38400 (017) 11/30 00:31:52 tio_set_flow_control( HARD ) 11/30 00:31:52 dem fax_open_device succeeded, modem -> 4 11/30 00:31:52 dem reading specific data for port 'modem' 11/30 00:31:52 dem reading /etc/mgetty+sendfax/sendfax.config... 11/30 00:31:52 dem conf lib: read: 'verbose y' 11/30 00:31:52 dem conf lib: read: 'debug 5' 11/30 00:31:52 dem conf lib: read: 'fax-devices modem' 11/30 00:31:52 dem conf lib: read: 'fax-id 49 115 xxxxxxxx' 11/30 00:31:52 dem conf lib: read: 'max-tries 3' 11/30 00:31:52 dem conf lib: read: 'max-tries-continue y' 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'fax-devices', type=1, flags=4, data=(ignored) 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'modem-init', type=1, flags=0, data=(empty) 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'modem-handshake', type=1, flags=0, data=(empty) 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'modem-type', type=1, flags=1, data=auto 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'modem-quirks', type=0, flags=0, data=(empty) 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'fax-send-flow', type=4, flags=1, data=7 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'fax-rec-flow', type=4, flags=1, data=7 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'max-tries', type=0, flags=3, data=3 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'max-tries-continue', type=3, flags=3, data=TRUE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'speed', type=0, flags=1, data=38400 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'switchbd', type=0, flags=1, data=0 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'open-delay', type=0, flags=0, data=(empty) 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'ignore-carrier', type=3, flags=1, data=TRUE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'dial-prefix', type=1, flags=1, data=ATD 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'fax-id', type=1, flags=3, data=49 115 xxxxxxxx 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'poll-dir', type=1, flags=1, data=. 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'normal-res', type=3, flags=1, data=FALSE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'fax-min-speed', type=0, flags=1, data=0 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'fax-max-speed', type=0, flags=1, data=14400 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'debug', type=0, flags=3, data=5 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'verbose', type=3, flags=3, data=TRUE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: '', type=3, flags=1, data=FALSE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: 'page-header', type=1, flags=0, data=(empty) 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: '', type=3, flags=1, data=FALSE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: '', type=3, flags=1, data=FALSE 11/30 00:31:52 dem key: '', type=1, flags=1, data= 11/30 00:31:52 dem tss: set speed to 38400 (017) 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'ATV1Q0' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'ATV1Q0' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'OK' -> OK 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'ATI' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_gis: string 1: '56000' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_identify: string '56000' 11/30 00:31:52 dem Generic Rockwell modem (56000) 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'ATI3' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_gis: string 1: 'hsfmodem-7.68.00.04x86_64full' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'ATI4' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_gis: string 1: 'Conexant HSF softmodem' 11/30 00:31:52 dem additional info: 'Conexant HSF softmodem' 11/30 00:31:52 dem modem quirks: 0004 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'AT+FCLASS=2' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'ERROR' -> ERROR 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'ERROR' -> ERROR 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'AT+FCLASS=2' 11/30 00:31:52 dem mdm_command: string 'ERROR' -> ERROR 11/30 00:31:52 ##### failed: no class 2/2.0 fax modem, dev=modem 11/30 00:31:52 dem fax_send: 'AT+FCLASS=0' 11/30 00:31:53 dem removing lock file Is there a newer version of sendfax I should get? This was the latest one available from yum on CentOS 5.0. I also tried using 'fax' (in the efax package), and it also failed: /usr/bin/efax: Fri Nov 30 01:19:25 2007 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas efax: 19:25 compiled Jan 7 2007 02:20:44 efax: 19:25 TIFF version 4.2 file (little-endian) efax: 19:25 TIFF directory at 8 with 20 tags, last image. efax: 19:25 page 1 : WebOwnSig.ps.001 + 338 : 1728x2156 @ 204x196 dpi TIFF/FAX efax: 19:25 TIFF version 4.2 file (little-endian) efax: 19:25 TIFF directory at 8 with 20 tags, last image. efax: 19:25 page 2 : WebOwnSig.ps.002 + 338 : 1728x2156 @ 204x196 dpi TIFF/FAX efax: 19:25 TIFF version 4.2 file (little-endian) efax: 19:25 TIFF directory at 8 with 20 tags, last image. efax: 19:25 page 3 : WebOwnSig.ps.003 + 338 : 1728x2156 @ 204x196 dpi TIFF/FAX efax: 19:25 argv[0]=/usr/bin/efax efax: 19:25 argv[1]=-v efax: 19:25 argv[2]=ewin efax: 19:25 argv[3]=-v efax: 19:25 argv[4]=chewmainrxtf efax: 19:25 argv[5]=-d/dev/modem efax: 19:25 argv[6]=-x efax: 19:25 argv[7]=/var/lock/LCK..modem efax: 19:25 argv[8]=-iZ efax: 19:25 argv[9]=-i&FE&D2S7=120 efax: 19:25 argv[10]=-i&C0 efax: 19:25 argv[11]=-iM1L0 efax: 19:25 argv[12]=-l efax: 19:25 argv[13]=+0 000 000 0000 efax: 19:25 argv[14]=-kZ efax: 19:25 argv[15]=-h efax: 19:25 argv[16]=2007/11/30 01:19 +0 000 000 0000 from a Red Hat Linux system p. %d/%d efax: 19:25 argv[17]=-t efax: 19:25 argv[18]=T19496328403 efax: 19:25 argv[19]=WebOwnSig.ps.001 efax: 19:25 argv[20]=WebOwnSig.ps.002 efax: 19:25 argv[21]=WebOwnSig.ps.003 efax: 19:25 created text lock file /var/lock/LCK..modem efax: 19:25 opened (null) efax: 19:25 command "Q0V1" efax: 19:25 waiting 2.0 s efax: 19:25 .592 [ATQ0V1<CR><CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 .592 [OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 response "OK" efax: 19:25 command "Z" efax: 19:25 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:25 .720 [ATZ<CR><CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 .720 [OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 response "OK" efax: 19:25 command "&FE&D2S7=120" efax: 19:25 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:25 .847 [AT&FE&D2S7=120<CR><CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 .847 [OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 response "OK" efax: 19:25 command "&C0" efax: 19:25 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:25 .970 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:25 response "OK" efax: 19:26 command "M1L0" efax: 19:26 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:26 .093 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 command "E0" efax: 19:26 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:26 .216 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 command "I3" efax: 19:26 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:26 .339 [<CR><LF>hsfmodem-7.68.00.04x86_64full<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 .339 [OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 command "+FCLASS=?" efax: 19:26 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:26 .462 [<CR><LF>0,1,1.0<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 .462 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 command "+FCLASS=1" efax: 19:26 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:26 .563 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 using (ûin class efax: 19:26 Error: terminating on signal -1789414544 efax: 19:26 failed -> efax: 19:26 failed -> efax: 19:26 failed -> efax: 19:26 command "Q0V1" efax: 19:26 waiting 2.0 s efax: 19:26 .687 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 command "Z" efax: 19:26 waiting 5.0 s efax: 19:26 .793 [<CR><LF>OK<CR><LF>] efax: 19:26 response "OK" efax: 19:26 read HDB pid 15315 [ 15315<LF>] from /var/lock/LCK..modem (our pid) efax: 19:26 removed lock file /var/lock/LCK..modem The output from the fax program on the command line was: fax send 19496328403 WebOwnSig.ps WebOwnSig.ps.nnn is up-to-date /usr/bin/efax: Fri Nov 30 01:19:25 2007 efax v 0.9 Copyright 1999 Ed Casas efax: 19:25 opened /dev/modem efax: 19:26 using hsfmodem-7.68.00.04x86_64full in class 1 efax: 19:26 Error: terminating on signal 11 efax: 19:26 failed -> WebOwnSig.ps.001 efax: 19:26 failed -> WebOwnSig.ps.002 efax: 19:26 failed -> WebOwnSig.ps.003 efax: 19:26 done, returning 5 (terminated by signal) /usr/bin/fax: line 858: 15315 Segmentation fault $NICE $EFAX -v "$VERB" -v "$VERBLOG" -d/dev/$DEV $LOCK $INIT $SPKR $CLASSINIT $FCINIT $TXINIT $TXCAP -l "$FROM" $RESET $HDRFONT -h "$HDR" $MANINIT -t "$TELNO" $FILES >$logfile Any advice? Thanks. mhr

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Re: [CentOS] CleanLog.h
by Amos Shapira 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

On 30/11/2007, Alfredo Perez <alfredoj69(a)rogers.com> wrote: > Furthermore, this question is for the list > > I have a Centos 5 server running sshd > for me to signon and check my emails. > > I use denyhosts to protect port 22. > > Is there anyother software you people use > to protect your servers. There are a few such programs floating around. Do you confine yourself to CentOS packages? denyhosts is apparently a good one. Personally, I don't use any - once I moved to a non-standard port I've never seen anyone knocking on my SSH server's door. --Amos

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RE: [CentOS] CleanLog.h
by Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM / AFA2TH / WQFK-894 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

By any chances, have you ran 'ps ax' from root and looked to see what does not look like it should be there?? IF you are willing, paste your 'ps' output for us to help you find the program that is running and sending out the emails. also review your sendmail rule set. Next, to help lock down your server a little more make sure you have set a password on your VNC. I had and Italian 17 year old poking around one of my Amateur Radio boxes via VNC, simply cause I forgot to set a vnc password, so it was wide open like a windoz server box without a login screen, you know, the good old "I AM OPEN FOR YOUR PLEASURES..." Also change your sshd, the port it is on, and do a rule set that only allows a specific ip to access it. I think I am correct saying you can do that as well with VNC. The other option would be to stop the service all together IF your not needing it. Good Luck. Evans F. Mitchell KD4EFM/AFA2TH/WQFK-894 -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Alfredo Perez Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:40 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CleanLog.h On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 04:43:44PM -0600, B.J. McClure wrote: > Sad to say one of my file servers was exploited and used to run a > Phishing scam. Have identified subject virus amongst other things. > It appears twice in a virus scan; /sbin/z (which I assume can just be > deleted) and /sys/bus/serio/drivers/atkbd/description. The latter > file is also present in identical uninfected machines. I have been > unable to open the file, even with root privileges, although it > appears to be a text file. Any suggestions on how to proceed > appreciated. Guess I could delete it and copy over the file from an identical machine. > > Thanks in advance, > B.J. > > CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 16:26:48 up 10:46, 1 user, > load average: 0.07, 0.08, 0.04 Hi Can you tell me which virus scan you are using? Thanks _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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How to delete mails in the mailq in ONE DAY -- POSTFIX
by Indunil Jayasooriya 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I am runnig posfix on Centos 4.4 as a Mailgateway. It only accepts mails for domains and then forwards mails to Lotus domino Server. All clients sends outgoing mails to that Lotus domino Server. Then , That Lotus Domino Server sends mails to Postfix mailgateway. This postfix mailgateway sends mails to all the destinations. But, This Postfix mailgateway has about 150 messages in the mailq. Some are unwanted mails. I think they keep trying until 5 days old. I want decrease it to ONE DAY. In Sendmail, this can be done by editing sendmail.mc as below. (`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `5d')dnl changing above line to below line (`confTO_QUEUERETURN', `1d')dnl How Can I do it in Postfix? ANY IDEA? O Timeout.queuereturn=5d -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya

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Re: Release Cycles [was RE: [CentOS] special tricks for developersboxon centos 5]
by Ross S. W. Walker 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Did you mean non-secular? Otherwise what sect is it? -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Fri Nov 30 14:22:04 2007 Subject: Re: Release Cycles [was RE: [CentOS] special tricks for developersboxon centos 5] On Fri, Nov 30, 2007 at 09:39:01AM -0800, Robert - elists alleged: > Cheers everyone, and remember, Jesus is the reason for everything. Huh? Please keep the preaching out of a secular maillist. Thanks. ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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centos remote installation
by Centos 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hello I am installing Centos from remote location and have no problem if I upgrade Centos, however if I will have problem if I go through fresh installation, because once the fresh installation finished,at next reboot Centos will ask to define another user name with its pasword and that will be the time I will not see the console messages, so I should automate that part. Is there any easy way to do this or I should go all the way through Kickstart procedures ? Thanks

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special tricks for developers box on centos 5
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I was just wondering if there are special tricks people do that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or something else I dont about that minimizes your compile time? I presently have and AMD x2 4800+ with 2GIG ram. Just curious if I can reduce any more time out of my compiles. Jerry

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Kernel panic - where to go from here?
by Mike 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

CentOS 5 has been running continuously since 9/21 on my "do everything" home server (with the exception of a kernel update). It's a fairly old Athlon machine that serves as a firewall and various servers (dovecot, samba, NFS, dhcp, OpenVPN, etc). I connected via OpenVPN about a week ago and discovered I get a kernel panic. I've since found that this is very repeatable and happens only after being connected via OpenVPN for about 4 hours or so. I was able to manually copy the stuff on the console after the panic (see below). I googled "unable to handle kernel paging request" and didn't really find anything useful (to me). I've tried both kernel version 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 and 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 as well as OpenVPN versions 2.1_rc4-1 and 2.0.9 all with the same results. Not sure where to go with this(?). Should I post this on a kernel mailing list? Or somewhere else? Call Trace: [<C040502c>] dump_trace+0x8c/0x96 [<c0405046>] show_trace_log_lvl+0x10/0x20 [<c04050e2>] show_stack_log_lvl+0x8c/0x94 [<c040520f>] show_registers+0x125/0x191 [<c0404c3b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 [<c0405411>] die+0x196/0x296 [<c05fd73f>] do_page_fault+0x3ea/0x4b8 [<c0434d15>] kthread+0x0/0xeb [<c05fd355>] do_page_fault+0x0/0x4b8 [<c0404a71>] error_code+0x39/0x40 [<c0434d15>] kthread+0x0/0xeb [<c0404c3b>] kernel_thread_helper+0x7/0x10 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address c0613dbf Printing eip: c0404c44 *pde = 2f9b5163 Recursive die() failure, output suppressed <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception -- Thanks, Mike

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network interface activation order
by Graham Johnston 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

I am using CentOS as a firewall/router. I am using bonded interfaces, vlan interfaces, and bridge interfaces. My problem currently is that on boot the system is attempting to activate the bridge interface before it's bonded-vlan members have been created. What this means is that the bridge is created but not activated. Is there anyway for me to influence the activation order and have bridge interfaces dealt with last? Graham Johnston Manager, Network Services Westman Communications Group 204.571.7225 johnstong(a)westmancom.com

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Re: [CentOS] CleanLog.h
by B.J. McClure 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 12:22 -0500, Alfredo Perez wrote: > > > > > > Hi Can you tell me which virus scan you are using? > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Can you share your findings with us? Yes, however this thread will be dead from my end for the next 2 weeks due to travel. I am taking some files from the compromised machine and hope to be able to spend a little time with them. B.J. > Furthermore, this question is for the list > > I have a Centos 5 server running sshd > for me to signon and check my emails. > > I use denyhosts to protect port 22. > > Is there anyother software you people use > to protect your servers. > > Thanks in advance > > Alfredo - The sauce > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 11:33:51 up 1 day, 5:53, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.02, 0.00

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CentOS /boot kernel files removed after rpm upgrades
by Dave 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hello, I ran a yum update on a centos 5 machine. I then removed some old kernel files, 2.6.x.14 and 2.6.x.10 older kernels. The issue is i got the error "Grub can not create template". I checked /boot and it is now empty. If i reboot this box it certainly will have an issue. I'm running the latest kernel 2.6.x.15 i believe it is. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks. Dave.

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Load-Balancing Virtualized Guests
by Alvin Chang 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi everyone: According to "Automated failover and recovery of virtualized guests in Advanced Platform", one can easily migrate virtualized guests around different hosts. However, is it currently possible for CentOS 5 with Virtualization&Clustering Suite to migrate guests dynamically according to loads on different hosts? Thanks, -- Alvin Chang Yu-Ming

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what's the equivalent to sendmail's Timeout.queuewarn in POSTFIX
by Indunil Jayasooriya 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi, I am ruunig postfix and MailScanner as a Mailgw on Centos 4.5. I want to know what is default warntime in Postfix? I.e - *what's the equivalent to sendmail's Timeout.queuewarn in POSTFIX ? . ANY IDEAS? *** -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya

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Good evening to all
by Silambarasan.R 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi.. Could u help me to re-install the centos 4 without affecting existing data...? is it possible? if so pl let me know... Regards Silambu.R

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Re: [CentOS] CleanLog.h
by B.J. McClure 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

On Fri, 2007-11-30 at 07:40 -0500, Alfredo Perez wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2007 at 04:43:44PM -0600, B.J. McClure wrote: > > Sad to say one of my file servers was exploited and used to run a > > Phishing scam. Have identified subject virus amongst other things. It > > appears twice in a virus scan; /sbin/z (which I assume can just be > > deleted) and /sys/bus/serio/drivers/atkbd/description. The latter file > > is also present in identical uninfected machines. I have been unable to > > open the file, even with root privileges, although it appears to be a > > text file. Any suggestions on how to proceed appreciated. Guess I > > could delete it and copy over the file from an identical machine. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > B.J. > > > > CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 16:26:48 up 10:46, 1 user, > > load average: 0.07, 0.08, 0.04 > > Hi Can you tell me which virus scan you are using? > > Thanks avg75flr-r49-a1130.i386.rpm B.J. CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 07:26:34 up 1 day, 1:45, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.13, 0.09

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CleanLog.h
by B.J. McClure 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Sad to say one of my file servers was exploited and used to run a Phishing scam. Have identified subject virus amongst other things. It appears twice in a virus scan; /sbin/z (which I assume can just be deleted) and /sys/bus/serio/drivers/atkbd/description. The latter file is also present in identical uninfected machines. I have been unable to open the file, even with root privileges, although it appears to be a text file. Any suggestions on how to proceed appreciated. Guess I could delete it and copy over the file from an identical machine. Thanks in advance, B.J. CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 16:26:48 up 10:46, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.08, 0.04

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 33, Issue 15
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

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-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 3 i386 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2007:1082 Critical CentOS 3 i386 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2007:1082 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2007:1063 Important CentOS 3 ia64 pcre - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2007:1063 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) pcre - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2007:1068 Important CentOS 4 ia64 pcre - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2007:1063 Important CentOS 3 i386 pcre - security update (Tru Huynh) 10. CESA-2007:1063 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 pcre - security update (Tru Huynh) 11. CESA-2007:1068 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) pcre - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2007:1084-01: Critical CentOS 2 i386 seamonkey security update (John Newbigin) 13. CESA-2007:1065-01: Moderate CentOS 2 i386 pcre security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:04:23 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 3 i386 seamonkey - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071129130423.GA19200(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:1084 seamonkey security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1084.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update seamonkey Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Persist perms on devices after reboots
by Tom Brown 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi Dumb question i think but how can i make devices permissions persist after a reboot. I dont think i have come across this issue before but i have some SAN disks that need to be oracle:dba as their perms but after a reboot they reset back to brw------- 1 root root 120, 49 Nov 30 10:40 /dev/emcpowerd1 any thoughts? thanks

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kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL not booting (lvm? 3ware?)
by Ugo Bellavance 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi, Here's he setup. Original Kernel: kernel-smp-2.6.9-42.EL, booting fine. Error with kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.EL (and kernel-2.6.9-55.0.12.ELsmp) No volume groups found Volume group "VolGroup00" not found. ERROR: /bin/lvm exited abnormally! The system has a 3ware 9000 Storage Controller Model: 9500S-4LP Firmware FE9X 2.08.00.006, BIOS BE9X 2.03.01.052, Ports: 4. Anyone seen this? I've googled but can't find anything, except that: [184523] -add support for 3ware 9650SE SATA-RAID (Chip Coldwell) ... in 2.6.9-44 Regards, Ugo

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Stuck at GRUB
by Ugo Bellavance 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Hi, I have a Dell poweredge 400SC here with an LSI scsi card. I installed Centos4 a while ago and put it in a datacenter. I rebooted many weeks after, and the machine didn't come back up. So I went to the datacenter tonight to find out that the server was stuck at "GRUB". Nothing more. So I decided to re-install Centos4. The partitions were already there, so I just made sure partitions were formatted and the install went fine. When I rebooted, "GRUB". I'm at this point and I don't know exactly what I could do to diagnose furthere. Any ideas? Regards, Ugo

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ieee1394 firewire disk unable to see or mount [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
by Lawson Hanson 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

We have some LaCie 1 TB external disks which work fine on other Linux servers (running Red Hat 9, and Ubuntu 7.04), but which fail to be seen on our CentOS 4.3 system with kernel 2.6.9-34.107.plus.c4smp The interface card is a Sunix 64 bit Firewire 800 ieee1394b adapter plugged into a PCI slot in our Linux server, which is a Tyan Thunder K8SD Pro S2882-D, 64 bit AMD Opteron CPU Using "cat" to examine the "/proc/scsi/scsi" information shows our system hard disk and internal RAID array: cat /proc/scsi/scsi ------------------- Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD360GD-00FL Rev: 33.0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: AMCC Model: 9550SX-8LP DISK Rev: 3.01 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 I have found various items in the centos list archives, but none of these has provided a definitive solution; I have used commands such as "lspci", and "lsmod" to ensure that the system sees the firewire card, and has iee1394 and other modules loaded: lspci | grep 1394 ----------------- 01:03.0 Firewire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB82AA2 \ IEEE-1394b Link Layer Controller (rev 01) lsmod | egrep '1394|sbp2|s.*_mod' --------------------------------- sbp2 26825 0 ohci1394 36953 0 ieee1394 124601 2 sbp2,ohci1394 sd_mod 19393 7 scsi_mod 140561 4 sbp2,3w_9xxx,libata,sd_mod Somewhere I found a note about trying the "serialize_io=1" option with the "sbp2" module, and now have tried that, but still have no joy: dmesg | grep sbp ---------------- sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <bcollins(a)debian.org> sbp2: $Rev: 1219 $ Ben Collins <bcollins(a)debian.org> ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1) The "1394" messages in "dmesg" are: dmesg | grep 1394 ----------------- ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' ohci1394: $Rev: 1223 $ Ben Collins <bcollins(a)debian.org> ohci1394: fw-host0: OHCI-1394 1.1 (PCI): IRQ=[209] \ MMIO=[fc7fe800-fc7fefff] Max Packet=[4096] ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[080028560000470a] ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023 ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; \ selecting a new root node and resetting... ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-01:1023 -> 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023 ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; \ selecting a new root node and resetting... ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-01:1023 ieee1394: The root node is not cycle master capable; \ selecting a new root node and resetting... ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 ieee1394: Node changed: 0-00:1023 -> 0-01:1023 ieee1394: Error parsing configrom for node 0-00:1023 ieee1394: sbp2: Driver forced to serialize I/O (serialize_io = 1) If anyone can suggest how I might proceed to get our LaCie disks to run on the Firewire card under CentOS 4.3, I shall be delighted to see what I need to do, thanks Best regards, Lawson Hanson ------ Climate Change Group Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research

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Re: [CentOS] CleanLog.h
by Ross S. W. Walker 30 Nov '07

30 Nov '07

Find out how they got in and make sure that hole is fixed. Do an rpm verify on all installed packages (excluding configs), reinstall the rpms that fail the verify. Find all binaries that are not accountable in rpm and nuke them. Harden your host with selinux and audit, keep audit logs of all changes to binary files and essential configs and make sure the audit logs are immutable. Keep an eye on the system for a while to make sure you haven't missed anything. Keep LVM snapshots of your OS LVs. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Thu Nov 29 17:43:44 2007 Subject: [CentOS] CleanLog.h Sad to say one of my file servers was exploited and used to run a Phishing scam. Have identified subject virus amongst other things. It appears twice in a virus scan; /sbin/z (which I assume can just be deleted) and /sys/bus/serio/drivers/atkbd/description. The latter file is also present in identical uninfected machines. I have been unable to open the file, even with root privileges, although it appears to be a text file. Any suggestions on how to proceed appreciated. Guess I could delete it and copy over the file from an identical machine. Thanks in advance, B.J. CentOS 5.0, Linux 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5 x86_64 16:26:48 up 10:46, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.08, 0.04 ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5
by Ross S. W. Walker 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

More importantly, mount your dev filesys with atimes disabled and ext3 indexing on. Use tmpfs for /tmp, /usr/tmp, /var/tmp, it uses swappable ram filesys which helps a lot too. Make sure nothing gets put in those tmp dirs that needs to persist across a reboot and limit the max size each can take to 1/2 total memory. More memory... As far as background jobs go, reschedule them for day time hours when your asleep ;-) -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Thu Nov 29 18:26:56 2007 Subject: Re: [CentOS] special tricks for developers box on centos 5 Jerry, --- Jerry Geis <geisj(a)pagestation.com> wrote: > I was just wondering if there are special tricks > people do > that compile A LOT on centos? Do RAM disks help or > something else I dont > about that minimizes your compile time? I presently > have and AMD x2 > 4800+ with 2GIG ram. > > Just curious if I can reduce any more time out of my > compiles. Watch out for background processes that steal resources: Move /etc/cron.daily/ mlocate prelink to /etc/cron.weekly Remove /etc/cron.daily/makewhatis and let it only run weekly (its already in weekly) Open /etc/updatedb and tune it for your system: add ntfs-3g or vfat to prunefs If you have any mock partitions, add that to prunepath -- Mark My C5 repo with RequestTracker http://www.tlviewer.org/centos ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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SNMP Log entries
by Enyo 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi, Does anyone know how to prevent snmpd from writing the below into /var/log/messages/ Nov 29 19:35:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Received SNMP packet(s) from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34309 Nov 29 19:35:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34309 Nov 29 19:35:02 serenity last message repeated 7 times Nov 29 19:40:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34313 Nov 29 19:40:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Received SNMP packet(s) from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34313 Nov 29 19:40:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34313 Nov 29 19:40:02 serenity last message repeated 7 times Nov 29 19:45:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34319 Nov 29 19:45:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Received SNMP packet(s) from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34319 Nov 29 19:45:02 serenity snmpd[2287]: Connection from UDP: [127.0.0.1]:34319 We query the server to gain load stats etc every 5 mins and this is causing /var/log/messages to fill up pretty quickly/ I do not care about seeing normal connection info from snmpd, but retaining logging for other info such as malformed packets, bad community strings etc is of interest. Thanks

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RAID, LVM, extra disks...
by Ugo Bellavance 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi, This is my current config: /dev/md0 -> 200 MB -> sda1 + sdd1 -> /boot /dev/md1 -> 36 GB -> sda2 + sdd2 -> form VolGroup00 with md2 /dev/md2 -> 18 GB -> sdb1 + sde1 -> form VolGroup00 with md1 sda,sdd -> 36 GB 10k SCSI HDDs sdb,sde -> 18 GB 10k SCSI HDDs I have added 2 36 GB 10K SCSI drives in it, they are detected as sdc and sdf. What should I do if I want to optimize disk space? The simplest solution would be to create /dev/md3 out of sdc1 and sdf1, and add it to the VG, and increase the size of my /vz logical volume. However, if I could convert that to a RAID5 (it could be possible to re-install, but I would rather not), I could have 6 drives in RAID5, so I'd have 5x36 GB (180) of space available total, instead of 3*36 (108). Also, please note that this is a Dual PIII 1.2 Tualatin. I'm runing OpenVZ with virtual machines that are not really CPU expensive, but I would not like to see my processors spending most of their time computing XORs for the RAID5. Any suggestions/tips welcome. Regards, Ugo

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32-bit xen pv domU on 64-bit dom0?
by Amos Shapira 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hello, I'm hitting a problem with heartbeat which might be related to the use of x86_64. My test system is CentOS 5 Xen DomU x86_64 under CentOS 5 Dom0. Can I run i386 CentOS 5 DomU under x86_64 Dom0? Thanks, --Amos

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RE: [CentOS] Re: Mail Server Install
by James D. Parra 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

-----Original Message----- From: Scott Silva [mailto:ssilva@sgvwater.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2007 10:37 AM To: centos(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Re: Mail Server Install on 11/28/2007 10:24 AM Alain Spineux spake the following: > On Nov 28, 2007 2:54 AM, Jun Salen <nokijun(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> Hi Friends, >> >> I am planning to upgrade my mail server from CentOS4.5 to CentOS5. By this, I also planned to replace my postfix mail server with Scalix although the community edition limit me to just 25 premium user, I think it is suffice for us with the remaining user as standard user (with approx. <> 100 users total). Is there a catch on using Scalix based on your experience. I see that Horde is available from Dag's repository, do you think it is better for me to use that instead? Is there anyone using it that may share their gotchas and good points from their experience for me to prepare and be ready. Thank you in advance. > > You could take a look at kolab. > Their is no native binary for package for centos, but the openpkg > packaging work well on centos-5. > > All user are premium user on kolab and are not limited :-) > Except Outlook users, which must pay to play through the toltec connector. ~~~~~ My personal experience with Scalix is pretty bad. Administering it is cumbersome and trying to find a user's mailbox is problematic, not to mention other issues. Perhaps your experience would be better. ~James

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Deleting files from dump?
by Scott Ehrlich 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Is it possible to delete a file from dump? I saved it in one dump archive, and want to save space by deleting it from the others. Thanks. Scott

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lvresize --resizefs
by Ugo Bellavance 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi, There is a difference between the help of lvresize and its man page. In the manpage, there is nothing about the -r or --resizefs function. Centos4. [root@serv01 ~]# lvresize Please specify either size or extents (not both) lvresize: Resize a logical volume lvresize [-A|--autobackup y|n] [--alloc AllocationPolicy] [-d|--debug] [-h|--help] [-i|--stripes Stripes [-I|--stripesize StripeSize]] {-l|--extents [+|-]LogicalExtentsNumber[%{VG|LV|FREE}] | -L|--size [+|-]LogicalVolumeSize[kKmMgGtTpPeE]} [-n|--nofsck] [-r|--resizefs] [-t|--test] [--type VolumeType] [-v|--verbose] [--version] LogicalVolume[Path] [ PhysicalVolumePath... ]

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Re: [CentOS] Announcing the CentOS on Laptops initiative
by David G. Miller 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

"Bart Schaefer" <barton.schaefer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 28, 2007 7:23 AM, David G. Miller <dave(a)davenjudy.org> wrote: >> > Now everything (sort of) "just works (TM)". I say "sort >> > of" because I'm still running ndiswrapper since every time I've tried >> > the bcm43xx kernel module it hasn't worked with my WAP. >> > > I've had a similar experience with my HP. Did you manage to get > NetworkManager and ndiswrapper to co-operate? I had to disable > NetworkManager, but it'd be nice to use the profiles rather than > reconfigure the network when changing access points. I had it working for a while but it kept getting in the way when I was trying to get the bcm43xx module working. I went back to my old system of just having eth0 for the wired connection and eth1 for wireless and user controllable. Other than my home network, I don't have any other wireless networks that I connect to on a regular basis so this approach lets me manually control what happens when I'm trying to connect to some oddball network that I've never seen before and probably won't see again. One thing I remember about getting NetworkManager and the piece that handles keys (not gnome-keyring; don't remember the name right now and the laptop is off) was to tell that piece to use the generic wireless kernel API instead of the ndiswrapper control interface. Seems weird but it worked. If you need more information, I can fire up the laptop at some point. Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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reasons for using CentOS in business environments
by Rogelio 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

My apologies if this question has been previously answered, but could anyone here provide me with resources that I might use to help build a case for exclusively using CentOS in an enterprise environment? (Approximately 200 servers) Long story short, I've used a little of everything out there (Gentoo/Debian/*BSD/Slackware) and have a fairly good overall strategy of how they all work (all of them have lived on my laptop at one time or another over the last 10 years or so), but I'm now looking for solid business reasons that I can present to the CxO types of a company to show them that CentOS is probably where they'd like to look. Reasons thus far I've come up with include: --free *and* "fully" (at least, in my experience) compatible with RHEL --fairly stable (I don't have problems unless I start mixing repos) --yum packages (almost as cool as Debian! Ok, I'm biased...or maybe I don't know how to properly use yum?) Any other suggestions / tips I might add to my list would be greatly appreciated!

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cisco vpn client on linux
by Jerry Geis 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Is there a cisco vpn client for linux centso 5 AMD 64 bit? Using google it talks about cisco vpn client but everyplace to download is blocked. I then found a vpnc reference but did not find a 64 bit version. yum install vpnc did nothing.... What is my next step? Jerry

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 33, Issue 14
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

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-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 seamonkey - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:08:58 +0200 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)centos.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1084 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 seamonkey - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071128190858.GF18540(a)centos.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1084 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1084.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-chat-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-devel-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-dom-inspector-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-js-debugger-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-mail-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nspr-devel-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/seamonkey-nss-devel-1.0.9-0.7.el3.centos3.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://pasi.pirhonen.eu/ Top-postings silently ignored

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heartbeat segfaulting on CentOS 5 x86_64 (xen guest)
by Amos Shapira 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hello, I'm having trouble running two linux-ha heartbeat nodes and have them talk to each other (or actually one of the nodes just doesn't work even for local basic admin stuff, including a simple "service heartbeat stop") and apparently it all boils down to the following Bug in Linux-HA: http://developerbugs.linux-foundation.org//show_bug.cgi?id=1678 I'm persuing this with the linux-ha users mailing list but the bug doesn't seem to get much attention from the linux-ha developers and I was wondering whether anyone here has stumbled on it and have a work around. The strange thing is that the two noes are identical - both are CentOS 5 PV Xen guests on the same CentOS 5 Dom0 host and exactly the same packages and config files - but one of them seems to work perfectly while the other doesn't. Anyone? Thanks, --Amos

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RE: [CentOS] Centos 5.1 distro: How to upgrade 5.0 to 5.1 with yum??
by Plant, Dean 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Robinson Tiemuqinke wrote: > --- Jancio Wodnik <jancio_wodnik(a)wp.pl> wrote: > >> Robinson Tiemuqinke pisze: >>> >>> Currently I download the Centos 5.0 upgrade packages from mirror >>> sites on Internet (.../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...), >>> with the arrival of Centos 5.1, are the existing Centos 5.0 >>> update packages will be removed in honor of Centos 5.1 >>> updates? or it will stay? And how about the Centos >>> 5.1's default packages in distro? >>> >>> Give an example here: >>> >>> 2.6.18-8.1.15 version kernel is the most recently >>> updated kernel for Centos 5.0 distro, if the Centos >>> 5.1 distro comes with 2.6.18-8.1.10000 kernel and in >>> the first few weeks there are no kernel updates for >>> 5.1, then how can I upgrade my kernel to >>> 2.6.18-8.1.10000 naturally -- will the >>> 2.6.18-8.1.10000 shows in the same update sources >>> >> > directories(.../centos/5/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64/...)? >>> >>> A similar question is: are the update diretories >>> contains only updates for 5.1 distro, or both 5.0 and >>> 5.1? >>> >>> Any clarifications are greatly appreciated. >>> >> It's simply. All things from 5.0 to 5.1 will be done automatically >> via yum (as standard update) or in rare situation can be possibly >> depedency problem (when mixing different repo ?). >> >> So don't worry. if you are really affraid - update >> only one box and test >> ... test ... then update the rest. >> >> I must say. In Centos 4 world all updates from 1 to 2 to 3 ... to 5 >> were go in smooth way. >> >> Regards, >> >> Irens >> > > I have had my local 5.0 update repository > (.../centos/5.0/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...) setup > and used it for my 900+ boxes's daily upgrade already. > The repository is synchronized with official Internet > mirrors daily to keep it current. > > My major concerns is: After the 5.1 is released, the > update channel/directory > (.../centos/5.1/updates/{SRPMS,i386,x86_64}/...) may > change to contain only updates for 5.1 > snapshot/release, not updates since 5.0. If so, then > all my Centos 5.0 boxes will suffer. > > I have the serious concern because most Centos Mirror > sites on Internet ONLY keep the updates for latest > release/snapshot, not holds updates since the > base(3.0, 4.0, 5.0 etc) release. This seems like a big > problem if we would like to install from base|initial > release (3.0, 4.0, 5.0) continuously and then use a > single up-to-date update/ repository to upgrade > machines to current level. > > For example, at Stanford's Centos 4 mirror site, only > 4.5 is mirrored while all the other > 4.0/4.1/4.2/4.3/4.4 are not. and in the updates/ > directory only updates for 4.5 are kept there. If the > same is true for all other sites honoring 5.0 series, > then I think I will definitely get screwed If I tried > to keep on using base 5.0 and daily synced updates/ > (exactly the same) for upgrade. > > Any mirror sites hold updates since base release? Or I > have to keep on adding more repositories to yum's > configuration? 5.0 distro, 5.0 updates, 5.1 distro, > 5.1 updates, 5.2 distro, 5.2 updates. etc. If so, then > it is too low-performanced and erro-prone. > > Any one have experience on upgrade Centos 4 releases > from 4.0 to 4.5 can shed a light on this? > > Thanks a lot. > > --Robinson > > If you remove the point release numbers from your update paths you do not need the old versions. If you really need the old updates use http://vault.centos.org/ >From http://mirror.centos.org/centos-4/4.4/readme ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This directory (and version of CentOS) is depreciated. For normal users, you should use /4/ and not /4.4/ in your path. Please see this FAQ concerning the CentOS release scheme: http://www.centos.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=34 If you know what you are doing, and absolutely want to remain at the 4.4 level, go to http://vault.centos.org/ for packages. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To simplfy our yum configuration I disable all the repo files in /etc/yum.repos.d and call the yum configuration from a local web server in yum.conf by using the include statement. One change on the web server changes the yum configuration on all CentOS machines. In the yum.conf I add # Site yum files include=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/yum/centos.repo include=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/yum/centos-updates.repo The centos.repo looks like this, [base] name=CentOS-$releasever - Base baseurl=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 And the centos-updates.repo looks like this, [updates-released] name=CentOS-$releasever - Updates baseurl=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/$releasever/updates/$basea rch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 [custom-repo] name=CentOS-$releasever - Custom-rpms baseurl=http://ourserver.ourdomain.com/centos/$releasever/customrepo/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 Hope this helps. Dean

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OT: virtual server hosting recomendation
by David Hrbáč 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hi, we are in need of a new (virtual) server based in US. Any hosting recommendation? Thanks, David Hrbáč

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2 DHCP server in one subnet
by Fajar Priyanto 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

Hello all, In the network there is already a W2K server serving as DHCP server for the network. Then we want to implement LTSP, so we need to setup another DHCP server, right? Due to unexpected reason (little by little migration of w98 clients to LTSP), we need to keep the W2K server running in that network. Can we then have 2 DHCP server in the same subnet, only serving pre-determine clients using mac address? Any clue on how to setup the dhcpd.conf? Thank you very much. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 20:16:32 up 14 min, 2.6.22-14-generic GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org The real challenge of teaching is getting your students motivated to learn.

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Severe VMware slowdown
by Mark Hull-Richter 29 Nov '07

29 Nov '07

In the last few days, I have noticed a drastic slowdown in my VMware Windows guest OS.. I recently bit the bullet and upgraded it from XP SP1 to SP2, and that seemed to work fine for quite a few days. The two major changes I made to the system recently were: 1) The most recent update from CentOS (can't remember which one, but it was within the last two weekd for 5.0). 2) Adding another VM guest OS, this one a CentOS 5.0 guest. What happens is, usually when I click the mouse in the Windows window, the system hangs up completely for some period of time that usually exceeds four minutes. Thereafter, once the VM is "running," it will occasionally just stop when I am transitioning into the VM from elsewhere. I verified this using the CentOS system clock - last night it stopped at 23:01 and still read 23:01 when my cell phone, which is usually dead on in sync with the system clock, read 11:04pm. I cut back on the amount of memory allowed to the Windows VM (768MB, down from 1GB) and that seemed to help a little, but I have 2GB and I'm thinking that this should not be a problem. Any input would be helpful. Thanks. mhr P.S.: Now I'm thinking that my earlier remark about applications was a bit overstated....

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How to import/install the key for signing pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm
by Andrew Allen 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

How do I import and install the key for signing the above rpm (driver for HP Colour laserjet 3500 printer) which I've downloaded from the kde repo? - I want to use yum localinstall, but when I do I get the message 'package not signed'. Thanks for help, Andy

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Dell T3400 on CentOS 3.X
by Mark Belanger 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

For reasons I'd rather not go into, I need to get CentOS 3.anything on a Dell T3400: http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/precn_t3400?c=us&l… The hard drive is not seen at install time. Can someone point me in the right direction to see if this is possible and how to proceed? Regards, -mark

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Installing HP Color Laserjet 3500 printer in CentOS 5
by Andrew Allen 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

OK, I've downloaded and installed the driver (pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm), and the ppd file (HP-Color_LaserJet_3550-pxljr.ppd) in /etc/cups/ppd. Now I'm trying to set up the printer, connected to the network via a JetDirect printer server at location 192.168.0.200. Trouble is, I'm really not sure about all the settings in Printer Configuration - specifically, what should the Device URI be - at the moment, it says socket://HPColourLaserjet3500:9100, but I'm not sure if this is correct, but it doesn't seem to be because it won't print a test page. Any help much appreciated, Thanks, Andy

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Adobe products under Linux?
by Scott Ehrlich 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, so that idea is shot. Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the above-mentioned ones. Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit CentOS 5? Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain Linux-only, with your solution. Thank you very much. Scott

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libgd question on CentOS (in order to get PerfParse working with Nagios)
by Rogelio 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Do I have the necessary gd packages installed on my CentOS 4 box? rpm -qa | grep gd gdk-pixbuf-0.22.0-17.el4.3 gdk-pixbuf-devel-0.22.0-17.el4.3 gdbm-1.8.0-24 gdbm-devel-1.8.0-24 gd-devel-2.0.28-5.4E gd-2.0.28-5.4E gdm-2.6.0.5-7.rhel4.15 sysklogd-1.4.1-26_EL I'm trying to install PerfParser (./compile->make && make install), but I'm getting a "gImageString error", which according to this FAQ (http://perfparse.de/tiki-view_faq.php?faqId=1) means: "The gd library is probably not installed yet on your system. Or you are missing the development package such as libgd-devel or libgd-dev." I "yum search" 'd for libdg and found the following. Is this what I install? libgdiplus.i386 1.0.5-1.2.el4.rf rpmforge Matched from: libgdiplus libgdiplus is an Open Source implementation of the GDI+ API, it is part of the Mono Project libgdiplus-devel.i386 1.0.5-1.2.el4.rf rpmforge Matched from: libgdiplus-devel Header files, libraries and development documentation for libgdiplus This package contains the header files, static libraries and development documentation for libgdiplus. If you like to develop programs using libgdiplus, you will need to install libgdiplus-devel.

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sysstat out put
by Centos 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hello in our Sysstat output we have the following lines, any one knows what does it mean ? 00:00:01 CPU i000/s i008/s i009/s i014/s i066/s i074/s i082/s i090/s 01:20:01 0 248.09 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.04 91.06 01:20:01 1 255.06 0.00 0.00 4.59 0.00 0.00 0.09 0.00 01:20:01 2 245.37 0.00 0.00 4.41 0.00 0.00 0.11 0.00 01:20:01 3 272.07 0.00 0.00 0.15 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 01:30:01 0 255.40 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 11.92 01:30:01 1 255.05 0.00 0.00 4.56 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 01:30:01 2 255.06 0.00 0.00 4.56 0.00 0.00 0.23 0.00 01:30:01 3 255.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.12 0.00 Thanks for help

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mod_gnutls on Centos 4
by David Hrbáč 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hi, as you might know I have created mod_gnutls for CentOS4 a few months ago. http://fs12.vsb.cz/hrb33/el4/hrb/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/mod_gnu… http://fs12.vsb.cz/hrb33/el4/hrb/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/gnutls-… http://fs12.vsb.cz/hrb33/el4/hrb/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/gnutls-… http://fs12.vsb.cz/hrb33/el4/hrb/stable/i386/RPMS/repodata/repoview/gnutls-… I'd like to ask if someone is using it? It seems to me that it's not able to handle higher load. When user hits F5 there are a few httpd processes running the full cpu. Strace shows nothing, server-status marks them "reading". :o( It seems to me that when user breaks/stops the request httpd breaks. Any experiences? Thanks, David

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Help with file descriptor
by Guy Boisvert 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hi all! I have a problem with CentOS 4.4 and Communigate Pro 5.0.9. As our user number grows, we are seeing "too many files open" error messages in Communigate logs. I spoke with Communigate tech support and they asked me to increase the number of file descriptors which i did. I put 128000 as a script i made to check Communigate open files reported as high as 99000. As i checked the Communigate log file, it reported that it "sees" 1024 "available" file descriptors. Reporting that to Communigate tech support, the guy answered: "CommuniGate gets this number via getdtablesize() system call. Probably in CentOS the table has a fixed size so you need to recompile the kernel to expand it. Try upgrading CentOS to 4.5 (or whatever later version is available) " I'm a little afraid of upgrading the server right away, i don't want to worsen the problem. Or maybe it's safe to do it. I dunno. Is there anybody on the list that can comment on what the Communigate tech support guy said about the "getdtablesize" thing ? Thanks in advance! Guy Boisvert

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RedHat 4.6
by Stephen Harris 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

I've either been blind or everyone else is or... but I just noticed RedHat 4 Update 6 is out! So when's the next CentOS release? (grins, ducks and runs very very very fast!) -- rgds Stephen

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Mail Server Install
by Jun Salen 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

Hi Friends, I am planning to upgrade my mail server from CentOS4.5 to CentOS5. By this, I also planned to replace my postfix mail server with Scalix although the community edition limit me to just 25 premium user, I think it is suffice for us with the remaining user as standard user (with approx. <> 100 users total). Is there a catch on using Scalix based on your experience. I see that Horde is available from Dag's repository, do you think it is better for me to use that instead? Is there anyone using it that may share their gotchas and good points from their experience for me to prepare and be ready. Thank you in advance. junji aisalen.wordpress.com Linux Registered User #253162 Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Re: [CentOS] Announcing the CentOS on Laptops initiative
by David G. Miller 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

"Matt Shields" <mattboston(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 10:37 AM, Count Of Dracula <countofdracula(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > On 11/26/07, Dag Wieers <dag(a)centos.org> wrote: >> >>> > > Hi all, >>> > > >>> > > I would like to announce a CentOS on Laptops initiative. The aim is to >>> > > allow everybody in the community (and on this mailinglist) to document >>> > > their own experience with CentOS on their laptop (on the CentOS wiki). >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > The goal of this initiative consists of 2 parts: >>> > > >>> > > - help and convince people with their own CentOS on laptop installation >>> >> > >> > Are you nuts? CentOS on laptop? Why you want to kill torture people in >> > such a cruel way? >> > >> > Joy >> > > Because some people may actually want to run a stable OS that will > have patches released for quite a while. Fedora is not an option for > most business people who rely on their laptops every day. Torture is > installing the latest Fedora every 6 months and hoping something > doesn't break. Some would say Fedora users are nuts. I think you perfectly described my experience with Fedora on my laptop (HP zv6015). I managed to coerce Fedora 4 onto it (even the install was wonky until I learned about nofb). I got tired of chasing the latest Fedora release and moved to CentOS 5 when it was released. I built a custom kernel for a while so the card reader would work until enough fixes got back ported that the stock kernel would read the SD card my camera uses. Now everything (sort of) "just works (TM)". I say "sort of" because I'm still running ndiswrapper since every time I've tried the bcm43xx kernel module it hasn't worked with my WAP. With CentOS 5 the laptop seems to be as stable as my desktop. About the only time I ever boot the Windows XP Home partition is if there's a BIOS update or something that HP doesn't release any other way. Can't imagine torturing myself with XP. Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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rpm / yum / repo wranging tools?
by Rogelio 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

I'm inheriting dozens of CentOS servers and am looking for various tools to help me wrangle the rpm / yum / repo madness. Any tools you might suggest for me to look into would be greatly appreciated!

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X windows
by Hiep Nguyen 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

hi all, i just finished install (minimal) centos 5. how do i use yum to install X windows so that i can use gui. thanks, T. Hiep

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Using a local mirror?
by Jason Pyeron 28 Nov '07

28 Nov '07

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Re: [CentOS] Adobe products under Linux?
by Ross S. W. Walker 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

You could try crossover office, it's reported to work with several windows apps from adobe. Photoshop I believe works. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: centos(a)centos.org <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Fri Nov 23 17:03:10 2007 Subject: [CentOS] Adobe products under Linux? Also sent to Codeweavers - [what is this list's insights?] I have a 32 GB, dual quad-core desktop machine and was considering 32-bit Windows XP w/SP2, but discovered it only supports up to 4 GB RAM, so that idea is shot. Next in line is 64-bit CentOS 5. The major need for Windows would be very active use of Adobe Acrobat 8, Photoshop CS3, and Illustrator CS3. There may also be the need to copy/transfer information among Matlab, Mathematica, and Microsoft-based applications, from Office 2003 to the above-mentioned ones. Do you support these, and how complete is your product line for 64-bit CentOS 5? Based on your answer, I'll know whether to go with a virtual machine-based solution, which means a Windows VM, or can remain Linux-only, with your solution. Thank you very much. Scott _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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reader
by qsm 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

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SSD and linux
by Jerry Geis 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Are the new SSD disks compatible with centos 5.0? Anybody have one? know where to get one? I think they only come with new laptops. Jerry

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Need help with httpd.conf not rendering cgi or php files
by Scott Ehrlich 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

I got this working perfectly at home - what should be exact same setups- - Fresh install of CentOS 5 32-bit from DVD - yum update & upgrade - Reboot - yum install mysql-server - Download phpmyadmin and bugzilla from their respective home pages - Move both to /var/www/html, naming the extracted phpmyadmin directory as phpmyadmin, the same with bugzilla - Copy my working httpd.conf file from home and replacing the work one, then restarting httpd - sudo /etc/init.d/httpd restart - Verify mysql is running - sudo /etc/init.d/mysqld restart Call up firefox via an ssh x session and visit http://localhost/phpmyadmin/index.php. Instead of showing a rendered page, it only shows the text of the index.php file. Same for http://localhost/bugzilla/index.cgi What did I miss? The same config file from home, in a setup that worked perfectly, is missing something here! /usr/sbin/httpd -v Server version: Apache/2.2.3 Thanks for any help. Scott

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script to take cd iso's and create dvd iso
by Tom Brown 27 Nov '07

27 Nov '07

Hi I used to have a script that would take a dir of cd iso's and then stick them together and create a DVD iso. I seem to remember downloading it from a link posted in here. I have searched but cant find it, i dont suppose anyone knows of such a thing? thanks

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Kickstart install via network, nonexistant disk sda
by ethan＠757.org 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hello all, I have 3 Supermicro 1u servers, each with dual 250gb SATA drives. I have a server with CentOS 5 64bit setup for pxebooting and kickstart installs. I have a kickstart install file that doesn't specify the disks specifically. It works like a champ, and the operating system installs and completes. I have a kickstart install file that specifies the disk devices (sda, sdb) pulled and modified from another similiar system. My goal here is configuring software RAID. Whenever I try to use the file for software raid, she dies with an error: "Specified nonexistant disk sda in clearpart command" ... if I removed the --drives-sda,sdb from the clearpart, it will just fail on the part command for RAID. Now, I struggled with machine #1 for a long time, then realized that it is probably the onboard raid in the BIOS, which isn't a real RAID. Turned it off, and it appeared to be the solution. I thought I was well on my way. I did the same for machines #2 and #3 which had no installation attempts, and they would not work. I can take the disks from machine #1, which will run through a reinstall fine, and throw them in machine #2 and *it will install*. So it seems to be an issue with the partition information on the disk. I tried doing a dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda (bs=1024 count=10000) to try to overwrite any RAID metadata and partition information and what not. During the install, when I have the error that sda is invalid, I can hit the vty2 (emergency shell) and easily run fdisk /dev/sda and print the partition table. So the device is there, and accessable. I've tried every incarnation of clearpart commands. My current kickstart info: # RAID kickstart # clearpart --linux --drives=sda,sdb # clearpart --all --linux --initlabel clearpart --drives=sda,sdb --all --initlabel # clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda,sdb part raid.9 --size=100 --ondrive=sda part raid.10 --size=100 --ondrive=sdb part raid.13 --size=2000 --ondrive=sdb part raid.12 --size=2000 --ondrive=sda part raid.16 --size=100 --grow --ondrive=sdb part raid.15 --size=100 --grow --ondrive=sda raid /boot --fstype ext3 --level=RAID1 --device=md0 raid.9 raid.10 raid swap --fstype swap --level=RAID1 --device=md1 raid.12 raid.13 raid / --fstype ext3 --level=RAID1 --device=md2 raid.15 raid.16 Any advice is appreciated!

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install via http
by Hiep Nguyen 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

hi there, i try to install centos 5 via http, but i don't know what to put in when it asks for "Web site name" & "CentOS directory". can someone give me this info? can i used mirror.centos.org & /centos/5/os/i386/??? i only have the boot cd & i don't want to download and burn all 6 cds. thanks

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boot is stopping in the system log gor status for a while
by ann kok 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi all The system is stopping in the system log gor status. what is next? how do I check thank you ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

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Re: SOLVED: Re: [CentOS] Dual boot box: WinXP & CentOS 5: Impossible to restore WinXP?
by Lanny Marcus 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Some thoughts, for anyone faced with this type of problem on a dual boot box in the future: My first thought was to try to Rescue the WinXP Spanish language installation that came on the Dell Dimension 2400, out of the Dell factory. Later, I decided to wipe the entire drive, since I now have a WinXP English language Restore CD and I wanted to redo CentOS5, so I would have room to experiment with VMware Server. With regard to restoration or rescue of WinXP on a dual boot box, I believe the method Ross explained last week, about doing it from CentOS5, would be the fastest and easiest. For those with boxes dedicated 100% to WinXP, I believe the Ultimate Boot CD for Windows, which Phil mentioned (based on the BartPE Live CD) is the way to go. I downloaded the 196.6 MB file from http://www.ubcd4win.com and I have copied the contents of the Dell WinXP Restore CD to my HD. I like the fact that they explain workarounds, for those using a Dell WinXP Restore CD to make the UBCD4WIN CD. One of the mistakes I made, was after I got the box in 2005. On other new systems, I've wiped the drive and done clean installs, with four (4) partitions for Windows. Had I done that in 2005, I would have known that the Drivers for the box are not on the Dell WinXP Restore CD or on the Dell Driver CD that came with the box. Fortunately, last week, after I mounted the NTFS partition read only, I not only copied my data onto CD's, I copied other files, which turned out to include the Driver for the NIC. I believe the audio and video Drivers are also on the CD I made last week. :-) I went ahead and wiped the drives on the boxes of my wife and daughter, since they were out of town. The installation on my wife's box (Compaq Evo D300v) was the easiest. All of the Drivers for the Compaq Evo were on the Dell Restore CD, with the exception of the Driver for an inexpensive store brand web cam we bought recently. I will need to buy OEM license's for that box and daughters box. More $ for Microsoft.... All of the Drivers for my daughters box (Dell Dimension 4300) were on the Dell WinXP Restore CD too. I've configured wife and daughter as Restricted Users in WinXP, as Ross suggested. Special thanks, to everyone who responded with ideas! Lanny

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apc deemon
by Euroka 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

Hi, I'm using Centos 5 (64bit) and connected an APC battery to the server and used the USB cable for monitoring this setup, but I can't find the apc daemon anymore in the offcial yum repo's. Has aocd become obsolete and has it been replaced by something else or do i need to add a third party repo? kind regards, euroka

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A real bluetooth device manager for gnome?
by Robert Moskowitz 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

I would like to move away from command-line tools for my bluetooth devices. The gnome bluetooth manager is extremely limited in features. And I can't find anything going on like on the gnome-bluetooth site. Any one have any experience one this? It would be nice to start getting on par with Macs and Win systems....

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SOLVED: Re: Partioning Error: Dual Boot, WinXP & CentOS5, 27 GB Free space; my error is?
by Lanny Marcus 26 Nov '07

26 Nov '07

On 25 November 2007, John Bowden j-alan at btconnect.com wrote: <snip> >I think the problem is that you can only have 4 Primary partitions on a disk. >If you to convert one of the NTFS partitions to an extended partition, with >the NTFS partition inside it. Personally, if you want to keep the 4 drive >letters in windoz, I would back up the whole disk ("in case"), set up the >disk with 1 Primary NTFS partition and an extended Partition with the other 3 >NTFS partitions inside it. Leave the free space as free space and let the >CentOS installer to use the free space as it sees fit John: THANK YOU! That was it! I blew it away with QtParted and in a few minutes, I had it correct. The attention to detail was lacking on that box. I got the other 2 boxes up and running, without this frustration. Hopefully they are partitioned correctly. CentOS is now installing on that box. :-) Lanny

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Linux driver for HP Laserjet 3500 printer - yum won't install
by Andrew Allen 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

I'm trying to install the linux driver for an HP Colour Laserjet 3500 in CentOS 5. I've installed the kde.repo (with appropriate priorities set up), but when I try yum install pxljr-1.1-1.i386.rpm, yum says 'nothing to do' - is this because the priority protection won't let it install from the kde repo? The alternative approach seems to be to use yum localinstall with the downloaded package, but then I get the message that 'the package is not signed'. So how do I resolve that please - the instructions regarding 'signing of packages' don't seem very clear to those of us who weren't 'born and bred' on linux! Thanks, Andy

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Partioning Error: Dual Boot, WinXP & CentOS5, 27 GB Free space; my error is?
by Lanny Marcus 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

Hello: Starting Friday afternoon, I blew away the installations on the three (3) boxes we use as Desktops. On two (2) of them (my Dell Dimension 2400 and my wife's Compaq Evo D300v), I have MS Windows XP and CentOS5 running. :-) On my daughters box (Dell Dimension 4300) I am having problems with the partitioning. Probably this is due to some mistake I have made, with regard to "Active" or "Primary" partitions? The HD has four (4) NTFS partitions on dev/hda. hda1 > hda4. According to the partition table shown in the CentOS5 installation, there is 27925 MB of Free Space on the HD. If I try to create a /boot partition (100 MB) or an LVM, I get: "Error partitioning - Could not allocate requested partitions. Partitioning failed. Could not allocate partitions as primary partitions. Not enough space left to create partition for /boot More or less the same error: "Automatic partitioning errors - You have not defined a root (/) partition. This can happen if not enough space." What am I doing wrong on that box? TIA! - Lanny --------------------------------------------------------- Over 800 Magazine titles up to 85% off http://lowcostmagazines.com/

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Total novice
by Manuel Leon 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

Hi. I want to remove one of three hard drives. But if I just remove the disk, Linux signals errors and enters administrative mode requesting corrective actions which, of course, I do not know. If I reconnect the drive, everything returns to normality. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance. MLM

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snapshots of server state with F/OSS software
by Rogelio 25 Nov '07

25 Nov '07

I'm looking for something (ideally) in the CentOS repo that lets me easily take and restore snapshots of my system while powered on (similar to how later versions of Norton Ghost work). Is LVM my best bet to do this? (I hate to admit this, but up to this point when I've been in a pinch, I've just powered the box down on off hours and then imaged it via some sort of live cd)

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