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Cron
by Sam Drinkard 05 Dec '05

05 Dec '05

I have several crontabs running at various times of the day and night. All generate copious output. All the jobs produce copious output, and some of them I need to see, while others are 's are just a pain in the butt to have t look at. is there some method I can use to selectively monitor cron's output of the one's I want to, while ignoring the others? Thanks... Sam

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cpu temp reading - got bus error from tar extract
by Jerry Geis 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

Jerry Geis wrote: >/ Is there a way to read the cpu temp from centos? / >Do you ACPI enabled and on or are you running APM? If you have ACPI on, >you can see your CPU temperature from >/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THMO/temperature. There are other useful values >in the /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THMO directory other than just temperature. Max> Max, apcid is running, when I run apm it says "No APM support in kernel" I am running stock 4.2 with all updates. Jerry

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 10, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

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. Cluster Suite 4 and Global File System 6.1 for CentOS-4 (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 03 Dec 2005 19:53:53 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] Cluster Suite 4 and Global File System 6.1 for CentOS-4 To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1133661233.29829.35.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The CentOS Development Team is pleased to announce the release of the Cluster Suite 4 (CS) and Global File System 6.1 (GFS) for CentOS-4 for the i386 and x86_64 architectures. The files are located at: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/ Documentation for CS / GFS is with the other CentOS-4 docs at: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/docs/ You can add the csgfs repository to your yum configuration by downloading the CentOS-csgfs.repo file and putting it in your /etc/yum.repos.d/ directory: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/csgfs/CentOS-csgfs.repo Installation instructions are provided in the above documentation link. Thank you, The CentOS Development Team

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a bug ?
by 13307200765 04 Dec '05

04 Dec '05

I installed ipp2p into my system (CentOS 4 kernel 2.6.9-11.EL iptables 1.2.11 ). IPP2P's doc recommend use "-j CONNMARK" to mark a conntrack that it begin with a ipp2p packet. But when I enter "iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m mark --mark 2 -j CONNMARK --save-mark" into my system , it show me message : "iptables: No chain/target/match by that name" . When I enter "ls /lib/modules/2.6.9-11.EL/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/" , it have not ipt_connmark.ko(or ipt_CONNMARK.ko). Is it a bug ? 欢迎访问http://mail.hb165.com ,发短信m到1165注册专属联通客户的200M随身邮箱，免费邮件到达通知，定制手机话费账单。发M100到1165，只需加2元/月，即可升级至500兆邮箱。还有1G和3G超大容量邮箱等着您来体验！

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cpu temp reading - got bus error from tar extract
by Jerry Geis 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Is there a way to read the cpu temp from centos? I have odd things happening on my computer. I have had a couple kernel crashes.. today I was trying to untar a file and got a "Bus error" printed on screen. after a reboot the file untared just fine. very odd behavior. Without rebooting again I was wanting to check the health... I have an Intel motherboard, 2.4 P4, 2 GIG, 2 brand new seagate 300G drives. Thanks, Jerry

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Configuring X after instal on CentOS4
by James B. Byrne 03 Dec '05

03 Dec '05

Many thanks for the help. The effects of my mis-guided efforts to increase the screen resolution past what the hardware would bear have been corrected. I now have a supplementary question. There does not seem to be a man page or an info entry foe system-config-display and I cannot find a reference to it via apropos. How does one inform oneself about this utility or what am I doing wrong in my search for documentation? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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RE: [CentOS] Linking against a specific Berkeley DB install
by Bowie Bailey 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com] > > On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 13:01 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 12:19, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > > I was able to get OpenLDAP to compile against db4.3. Any > > > particular reason it isn't recommended? > > > > I see fedora directory server just made the 1.0 release. Might > > that be a better choice? > > > > http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Main_Page > > > ---- > I doubt that it would be a better choice but I would agree that it > is indeed a choice. One of those things where there isn't a black > and white better daemon. This however doesn't answer OP's question. It is an interesting choice. It supports multi-master replication which I will need and has some GUI management utilities. Anyone know of any problems with it? Bowie

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Video Recording
by Lee W 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi, I would like to record some training/advertising videos, in a similar format to those offered by CBT Nuggets (and others). Essentially this means I need to be able grab real video (e.g. webcam or DV camcorder, etc) as well as what is on the computer screen (VNC Recorder maybe) and audio. In terms of output I would like it to be in Ogg Theora format as these seems to be supported both on Linux & Windows (though media player plugins), it is also an open standard which beats all the other available formats. Does anyone have any suggestions for such a program, even if it is suite of different programs. My google/freshmeat search results have so far been not very useful. Thanks in advance Lee

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cloning drives
by lists 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Good day everyone - This maybe somewhat OT, but I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good tool for cloning *nix drives. The one thing though is that I will be cloning a smaller drive than the destination drive and would like to distribute the free space accordingly on the new drive. Can anyone recommend anything? Thanks in advance. :::::::::::::::::::::: Dustin

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basic java question
by Craig White 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Installed Fedora DS and trying to run # /opt/fedora-ds/startconsole -u admin \ -a http://lin-workstation.azapple.com:32131 /opt/fedora-ds/startconsole: Your JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set. Please set it appropriately. # rpm -qa j2re j2re-1.4.2-11.1.fc3.rf # cat /etc/profile.d/java.sh JREHOME="/usr/lib/jre/lib/i386" JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jre/bin" JAVAWSHOME="/usr/lib/jre/javaws" #LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$JREHOME:$JAVAWSHOME" PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/jre/bin" # . /etc/profile.d/java.sh [root@lin-workstation craig]# export $JAVA_HOME -bash: export: `/usr/lib/jre/bin': not a valid identifier what's the trick? I'm not savvy on java Craig

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Tyan S2891 and CentOS
by rik＠harddata.com 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

I am trying to install CentOS to a server that has a Tyan S2891 motherboard, 2 Opteron 875 Dual Cores and 2GB of RAM. I have been able trying to install over a network but the tg3 driver will not load. I then installed from a DVD and on rebooting after the installation I cannot get the network drivers to load and the RAID controller in the PCI slot is not available. It seems that when I do an lspci -tv the only a minimal amount of devices are seen. [0000:00]-+-00.0 nVidia Corporation CK804 Memory Controller +-01.0 nVidia Corporation CK804 ISA Bridge +-01.1 nVidia Corporation CK804 SMBus +-02.0 nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller +-02.1 nVidia Corporation CK804 USB Controller +-06.0 nVidia Corporation CK804 IDE +-09.0-[0000:01]----07.0 ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL \-0e.0-[0000:02]-- Has anyone had success with a combination of parts close to this? Rik

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RE: [CentOS] LDAP Implementations (was: Linking against a specifi c Berkeley DB install)
by Bowie Bailey 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

From: Bryan J. Smith [mailto:thebs413@earthlink.net] > > Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey(a)BUC.com> wrote: > > It is an interesting choice. It supports multi-master > > replication which I will need and has some GUI management > > utilities. > > Anyone know of any problems with it? > > Only that many people on this list have been ignorant of what > NsDS is in the past, even though it's in major use -- > especially before even the appearance of ADS in Windows 2000, > let alone how well it does integrate it for ADS-to/from-NsDS > synchronization. I.e., NsDS can run on Windows too, and > Fedora makes those binaries available. > > I don't know if I'd trust the FDS 1.0 "open source" version > yet, as it's missing components last time I checked, but the > FDS binaries? 100% NsDS 7.1 -- Linux, Windows, Solaris, > etc... I'm not resistant to changing programs. We are in a testing mode now and I have barely even started looking into how to configure multi-master replication in OpenLDAP. The showstopper at the moment is that FDS 1.0 does not currently support x86_64, which is what our production servers will be running. Bowie

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/var partition and recovery
by Robert 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

greetings bryan, did you say that in your experience the /var partition should _not_ be on the extended partition table for "recovery" purposes? - rh

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Re: [CentOS] /var partition and recovery
by Brian T. Brunner 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

If you have a separate boot partition, I'd not only suggest making it a primary partition for the same reason, but also mounting it read-only for oops-protection. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> thebs413(a)earthlink.net 12/02/05 12:17PM >>> Robert <roberth(a)abbacomm.net> wrote: > greetings > bryan, did you say that in your experience the /var > partition should _not_ be on the extended partition table for > "recovery" purposes? Nope, not at all. I put /var in Extended, LVM and, if you can believe it, even LDM (yes, Windows "dynamic disk" disk label format ;-). I only avoid putting root (/) in anything but a primary partition for recoverability. Even if I use a separate /boot (I rarely do -- I keep my root do only a few GBs max), I still like it outside of any compound disk label. -- Bryan J. Smith | Sent from Yahoo Mail mailto:b.j.smith@ieee.org | (please excuse any http://thebs413.blogspot.com/ | missing headers) _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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system clock uses UTC selection on centos install
by Robert 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

hello ya know, i have researched this several times over a coupla sdecades and my brains have fallen out again... ;-> so... all of you that are setting up mail and web servers in the USA or other countries, are you clicking and turning on the system clock uses UTC selection on a centos install?? the reason i ask is i research this about every 3 to 5 years and i never remember what i figured out or thought about it... apologies what is the wisdom and usage on the list please? soooooooo help an old man of 40 out please? ;-) thanks and kind regards! - rh

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RE: [CentOS] LDAP Implementations (was: Linking against a specifi c Berkeley DB install)
by Bowie Bailey 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

From: Bryan J. Smith [mailto:thebs413@earthlink.net] > > Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey(a)BUC.com> wrote: > > I'm not resistant to changing programs. > > I didn't think you needed to, that's why I didn't suggest > FDS. I only commented on FDS after several people commented, > and it was clear that was a tangent going forward. > > > We are in a testing mode now and I have barely even started > > looking into how to configure multi-master replication in > > OpenLDAP. > > Oh, I had assumed you already had OpenLDAP in production. In > that case, download FDS 7.1 (legacy binary version) from > here: > http://directory.fedora.redhat.com/wiki/Special:Download > > > The showstopper at the moment is that FDS 1.0 does not currently > > support x86_64, which is what our production servers will be > > running. > > You can run the i386 version on x86_64. But yeah, from a > scalability standpoint, it would be nice. Their website says: The FDS 1.0 package includes the core DS, the Admin Server, the Management Console, web applications, and other support code for those apps, including online help. These work on 32 bit only - we are working on x86_64 support. I interpreted that to mean that their i386 build would not run on x86_64. Bowie

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RE: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Nielsen, Steve 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

lilo is still there. Its just not available as a choice in the install. We build all of our servers using kickstart (automated version of the install) and there lilo can be specified as a boot loader. Steve -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ulrik S. Kofod Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:06 AM To: centos(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2? I can't choose LILO as boot loader anymore in the install process? And what is the advantages in GRUP vs. LILO that are so great that LILO has been deleted all together? One big disadvantages when forced to use GRUB is that it is a hassle to make the disks in a RAID1 bootable. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-March/msg05935.html and RAID1 seems pretty useless when it is the only bootable disk that fails. can someone come up with a nice one-liner that will make GRUB "global" like LILO is out-of-the-box ? or is ther a parameter you can give? I don't know about you but when one of my disks fails I really don't need too many new check marks to worry about on my to do list. best regards Ulrik _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Brian T. Brunner 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

The question was "WHY", the answer seems to be "because 'they' didn't like lilo" 1: Inadequate arch support in LILO 2: RAID1 boot problems with GRUB not deemed sufficiently important to leave in LILO until said problem is resolved. For ServerCD 4.3: 1: Please support i586 in the install. Method: if arch is i686, install i686; if it's i386->i586, install i386. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mail-lists(a)karan.org 12/01/05 11:00AM >>> Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: > Probably the LILO RPM missing on the CD. If you rebuild CD image with > LILO RPM > included, it might work. > if you can verify this, could you file this as an issue at http://bugs.centos.org/ - I'll make sure the situation is rectified in time for ServerCD 4.3 thanks - K _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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standard compiler temp space directory
by Robert 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

greetings apologies for possibly lame question yet ummmmmmmmmm... where do i look in the docs or google to find out what directory(ies) the various compilers and programs are using for temp space? most of my knowledge of old and simple looking has found that most stuff will go in the below directories... it is still /tmp or /var/tmp or similar otherwise? i havent done any compilation in awhile and am setting up a new box and want to make sure i have enough space in the right areas and partitions thanks in advance - rh

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FIXED Re: [CentOS] Re: MD Raid 1 software device not booting not even reaching grub
by Erick Perez 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

doing that grub-install /dev/sda will give me the "corresponding BIOS device" error. But now I fixed it by doing a manual grub install. first boot with cd1 and type linux rescue at the prompt when you're at the linux prompt after detecting and mounting the partitions, do a "chroot /mnt/sysimage" then # grub --batch #grub> root (hd0,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd grub> setup (hd0) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd0)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd0) (hd0)1+16 p (hd0,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done. #grub> root (hd1,0) Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0xfd #grub> setup (hd1) Checking if "/boot/grub/stage1" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/stage2" exists... yes Checking if "/boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5" exists... yes Running "embed /boot/grub/e2fs_stage1_5 (hd1)"... 16 sectors are embedded. succeeded Running "install /boot/grub/stage1 (hd1) (hd1)1+16 p (hd1,0)/boot/grub/stage2 /boot/grub/grub.conf"... succeeded Done. #grub> quit Reboot, you're done. Question: A simple power outage will kill grub's mbr or am i just plain unlucky? On 12/2/05, CM <cristim(a)mail.multinet.ro> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 01:27:36 -0500 > Erick Perez <eaperezh(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > Forgot to mention that if I use the rescue mode CD, partitions are > > being recognized and I can do a "chroot /mnt/sysimage". > > However, no idea where to go from there. > > > grub-install /dev/sda > > CM > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama

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MD Raid 1 software device not booting not even reaching grub
by Erick Perez 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Hi, I have a raid 1 setup where /boot and the rest lies inside the md0 container. /dev/sda1 md0 has /boot /dev/sda2 md0 has swap /dev/sda3 md0 has / SCSI card is an ADAPTEC AIC79xx Grub as the bootloader Centos 4.1 as the OS version Two 70gb SCSI disks The server was working fine. Then a power outage. checked the board,disk,ram,etc. All fine. Now when I try to boot the server does not even reach GRUB (no splash, no menu). I read a post about maybe the MBR got damaged (no fix posted) and another post about missing SCSI drivers not being loaded before kernel boot. Suggestions? -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama

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Does ifconfig exist on CentOS v4.2?
by brad 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

I cannot run ifconfig even with su. Is this available as only an added package or something? Thanks for any help. -Brad

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list of kernel patches --- where?
by Brian T. Brunner 02 Dec '05

02 Dec '05

Traditionally, I've needed to compile my own kernel for my embedded headless systems. Traditionally, I've been on RH7.3; kernel source came with the distro. Now I'm looking at Centos 4.2 as my base, and two question arise 1: Where is the kernel source (I can hunt it down again, just wanting to know if anybody has a link to it they can paste please) 2: What are the patches applied to 2.6.9 to generate 2.6.9-22.EL by the package builder? (note: I probably have to use a 'latest' kernel from kernel.org to get 'the latest' USB kernel stuff. Dropping in just the USB code into the kernel source mentioned above *might* work, and *might* not, this is part of why I'd like to know what the set of patches are.) Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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syslog doesn't start
by Mark Quitoriano 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Im having a problem with my syslog service. Im using CentOS 4.2 and the syslog just hung when it is starting, how can i troubleshoot this? there's no log of course it's syslog. -- Regards, Mark Quitoriano, CCNA Fan the flame... http://www.spreadfirefox.com/?q=user/register&r=19441

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Configuring X after instal on CentOS4
by James B. Byrne 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

What is the name of the program that replaces Xconfigurator and XF86Setup for resetting video display values for X post-install? Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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RE: [CentOS] Linking against a specific Berkeley DB install
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com] > > it's not linking against db4.4 only 4.2 and 4.3 as you can see above. > 4.4 was just released and clearly not tested and definitely not > recommended. You should note that even the latest 4.3 version isn't > recommended for use with openldap but rather 4.2.52+patches. Hmmm... 4.4.16 is the default download link on the website. I assumed that was the latest stable version. I was able to get OpenLDAP to compile against db4.3. Any particular reason it isn't recommended? Bowie

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Default CentOS(Redhat) iptables, Secure?
by Mark Sargent 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hi All, whilst not being an expert on iptables, the below ouput of iptables -L seems too insecure to me. Does anyone agree.? Perhaps I'm not understanding it as well as I think I am.? Please give your thoughts on this. Cheers. Mark Sargent. [root@localhost racket]# iptables -L Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination RH-Firewall-1-INPUT all -- anywhere anywhere Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUT (2 references) target prot opt source destination ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp any ACCEPT ipv6-crypt-- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT ipv6-auth-- anywhere anywhere ACCEPT udp -- anywhere 224.0.0.251 udp dpt:5353 ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:ipp ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-host-prohibited You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root

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Linking against a specific Berkeley DB install
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I sent this question to the OpenLDAP list yesterday, but I still haven't seen the message come across the list. I am asking here in the hopes of getting a faster response. I am trying to compile OpenLDAP 2.3.11 from source on CentOS4. I have the rpm for db4-4.2.52-7.1 installed and also a source build of BerkeleyDB in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4. How do I get OpenLDAP to link with the bdb 4.4? I have put the library locataion everywhere I can think of: LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib Still, the configure seems to link with the 4.2 rpm build: checking db.h usability... yes checking db.h presence... yes checking for db.h... yes checking for Berkeley DB link (default)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb43)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-43)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4.3)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4-3)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb42)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-42)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4.2)... yes checking for Berkeley DB version match... yes checking for Berkeley DB thread support... yes checking Berkeley DB version for BDB/HDB backends... yes Any suggestions? Bowie

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test please ignore
by Nielsen, Steve 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

test message

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Connecting to USBDISKs
by Edward Coyle 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

When trying to connect to my USBDISK I receive an error message that it is not supported.

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RE: [CentOS] Linking against a specific Berkeley DB install
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

From: Will McDonald [mailto:wmcdonald@gmail.com] > > On 01/12/05, Will McDonald <wmcdonald(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > On 01/12/05, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey(a)buc.com> wrote: > > > > > > I am trying to compile OpenLDAP 2.3.11 from source on CentOS4. > > > I have the rpm for db4-4.2.52-7.1 installed and also a source > > > build of BerkeleyDB in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4. > > > > > > How do I get OpenLDAP to link with the bdb 4.4? > > > > Typically this would be done at the configure stage. Check... > > > > ./configure --help > > > > for OpenLDAP 2.3.11 for more information. > > Actually, ignore that. OpenLDAP doesn't appears to have any Berkley > DB specific options in its configure. I just downloaded it to have a > look. > > I'll try installing it here and see how far I get... I got a bit farther. As far as I can tell, OpenLDAP 2.3.11 doesn't like BerkleyDB 4.4. I was able to get it to configure against 4.3 using the following: export LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib -R/usr/local/lib -R/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib" export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib export LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/lib export CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.3/include" Apparently, either the CPPFLAGS variable, or the '-R' entry in LDFLAGS made the difference. Hopefully, I won't run into any compilation issues now. If you find a way to compile it against BDB 4.4, let me know. Bowie

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Konqueror Keeps Crashing
by Edward Coyle 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Konqueror crashes reqularly and I would like to reinstall it. How do I reinstall KDE and/or Konqueror?

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packages
by John Dangler 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

sorry for the newb questions, but I'm new to linux administration, and even newer to centOS. I do have some experience with Gentoo Linux. How can I get a list of packages that are installed in my system? Is there an equivalent of merge -uDvt world? (This updates the installed packages with latest releases) Is there an equivalent of portage in centOS? (The portage site lists all available packages for Gentoo by 'category'). Thanks for the help. JD

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RE: [CentOS] Linking against a specific Berkeley DB install
by Bowie Bailey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

From: Bowie Bailey > > I am trying to compile OpenLDAP 2.3.11 from source on > CentOS4. I have the rpm for db4-4.2.52-7.1 installed and also a > source build of BerkeleyDB in /usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4. > > How do I get OpenLDAP to link with the bdb 4.4? > > I have put the library locataion everywhere I can think of: > > LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib > LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib > LD_RUN_PATH=/usr/local/BerkeleyDB.4.4/lib > > Still, the configure seems to link with the 4.2 rpm build: > > checking db.h usability... yes > checking db.h presence... yes > checking for db.h... yes > checking for Berkeley DB link (default)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb43)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-43)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4.3)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4-3)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb42)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-42)... no > checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4.2)... yes > checking for Berkeley DB version match... yes > checking for Berkeley DB thread support... yes > checking Berkeley DB version for BDB/HDB backends... yes Update... On the assumption that maybe OpenLDAP just doesn't like bdb 4.4, I built and installed bdb 4.3 and then tried the OpenLDAP build again. This time I get a different message: checking db.h usability... yes checking db.h presence... yes checking for db.h... yes checking for Berkeley DB link (default)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb43)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-43)... no checking for Berkeley DB link (-ldb-4.3)... yes checking for Berkeley DB version match... Berkeley DB version mismatch header: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.2.52: (February 22, 2005) library: Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.3.29: (September 6, 2005) no configure: error: Berkeley DB version mismatch It seems like it is getting the header from the rpm install. I don't want to remove the rpm because of dependencies (Perl, Python, PAM, etc). Is there any way I can leave the old rpm in place and just compile OpenLDAP against the newer build? Thanks, Bowie

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wait() fails
by Michael Ubell 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I have a program that forks a child, sleeps for a while and then kills the child and waits for it. On CentOs (4) the wait sometimes fails with a "No child" error. I have not seen this on any other system. This program has been running for years on Solaris, older Redhat distributions, etc. I would say the failure rate is about 1 in 10. I put a breakpoint on the error and forced the code to wait again. It works the second time. Is this a known bug? Mike

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ftp problem
by James Pifer 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I have a server that is running iptables. I'm trying to allow vsftpd in and have the following rules. I can connect to it, but when I try to do a listing it says "Entering Passive Mode" but doesn't do anything. Any suggestions? Thanks, James # define it -N FTP_INP -A INPUT -p tcp --syn --sport 1024: --dport 21 -m state --state NEW -j FTP_INP # rules -A FTP_INP -j ACCEPT # go back -A FTP_INP -j RETURN -N FTP_OUT -A OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 1024: --dport 21 -m state --state NEW -j FTP_OUT -A FTP_OUT -j ACCEPT -A FTP_OUT -j RETURN

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p2p?
by Samuel Rochas 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Hello everyone, I have my centos server running just fine with everything I need... except I can't setup no p2p program (amule, bittorrent, etc). Anyone some hint on which program to use and how to make it run? Thanx Samuel --- andinasoft SA - Software y Consulting --- Mariano Aguilera 216 y Almagro - Quito, Ecuador Tel. +593 2 223 5682 ----- Cel. +593 9 946 4046 --------- http://www.andinasoft.com ---------

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why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Ulrik S. Kofod 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I can't choose LILO as boot loader anymore in the install process? And what is the advantages in GRUP vs. LILO that are so great that LILO has been deleted all together? One big disadvantages when forced to use GRUB is that it is a hassle to make the disks in a RAID1 bootable. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2005-March/msg05935.html and RAID1 seems pretty useless when it is the only bootable disk that fails. can someone come up with a nice one-liner that will make GRUB "global" like LILO is out-of-the-box ? or is ther a parameter you can give? I don't know about you but when one of my disks fails I really don't need too many new check marks to worry about on my to do list. best regards Ulrik

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clicking backspace in centos3 makes ^?
by Robin Mordasiewicz 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

While in centos3, using vim and clicking the backspace I see the ^? character instead of it actually deleteing the previous character. In centos4 this was not a problem. I have rad about remapping keys and such, but can someone tell me what the difference between centos4 and centos3 is so I can make the change to make it work on centos3.

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CentOS 4 and Intel Wireless 2200BG (ipw2200)
by Barry Brimer 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

I am going to be setting up an Intel 2200bg card this evening. I was wondering if anyone is using this (successfully) with CentOS 4. The directions look straightforward, but please let me know if you had to do anything interesting/undocumented to make it work. I am also wondering if people are using the driver provided with the current CentOS 4 kernel or if people are using the most recent version, and if so are you using the one from ipw2200.sourceforge.net or from intel.com Thanks, Barry

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Too much memory cache being used while moving large file
by Sean O Sullivan 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

System : CentOS 4.2 2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp System fully up-to-date. 3GB RAM 3ware 9000S card, with Raid5 array. I think that's about all relevant info ... Had file on disk (not array), attempted to mv file to array. Went fine till 2.4GB was copied, then it slowed down to a meg every few minutes. Free memory was ~50MB (Typically is 1.5-2GB), and cache was 2.5GB. Stopped the move, however cache not being cleared out -- and this issue continues to happen - unsure if it was always a problem/known issue, it does however only occur when copying a single file > 2.4GB (I have copied 5+GB of 1+GB files in the past without issue). Also, saw following in dmesg while this was going on: Out of Memory: Killed process 12467 (mysqld). I'll be restarting server later on tonight, which will 'fix' immediate problem, however just curious on thoughts in regards to this. Regards, Sean O Sullivan

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Installed Kernal (default)
by Sam Drinkard 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

Is there a description or statement that describes the stock kernal in CentOS, and would give all the various modules it is compiled with? As with BSD, I assume there are things in the kernal that are mandatory, and then there are things that are optional or included so as to catch most everything one could have w/r/t hardware. That being the case, as with FreeBSD, removing those unneded modules would work to reduce the size of the kernal. Aside from rebuilding the kernal to have it contain certain objects needed for something to work, and the loading of different modules at runtime, are there any other benefits to building a custom kernal for any particular set of hardware? By leaving the modules not needed, how much, if any, overhead does this contribute to size? Is this sort of the way things work under Linux, or am I all wet in my thinking? -- Snowman

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A minor beef
by Collins Richey 01 Dec '05

01 Dec '05

CentOS is a really great product, and the package supporters do a bang up job, but the one deficiency I've found is the fact that one can never rely on being able to get updates at any particular time. Whether it's CentOS proper or the Dag additions, something is broke most every time I want to apply updates. I know this is whin[ge]ing, and I certainly don't have a solution to offer. If anyone can offer bucks and/or equipment to improved the software distribution process, your karma would get an enormous boost!!! -- Collins Richey Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

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Squid updates break tunneling
by Tim Edwards 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

This is a question I posted to the RHEL3 mailing list but didn't get a response: "We are currently running squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.9 on one of our RHEL3 proxy servers because updating to the latest (squid-2.5.STABLE3-6.3E.14) seems to break any kind of tunelling, ie. things like instant messaging ports and ssh using proxytunnel (http://proxytunnel.sourceforge.net/) Has anyone else experienced this problem with the Squid updates from RHN?" I was wondering if anyone running Centos has any advice/info on this? -- Tim Edwards

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Yum / Up2date issues and mirror.centos.org
by Johnny Hughes 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

There have been some complaints recently concerning this, so I thought an explanation of the setup AND recommendations are in order. First, I want to say that we need more donated servers with fast (at least 100mbit) internet connections. If you are making lots of money using CentOS and are a hosting provider, please consider providing us a donated server so we can better distribute CentOS. Now on to the message :) ----------------------------------------- 1. mirror.centos.org is a rrdns of several machines, so that we can distribute the load for CentOS downloads across several servers. Distributed load is the only way we can serve more than 1 TiB per day for updates. (That's right, 1 TiB per day, ~30TiB per month, double the traffic of 3 months ago, 10x the traffic of a year ago). We had several servers totally maxed out serving updates during the 4.2 release cycle. Did I mention server donations :) There are other ways to distribute the load other than rrdns ... like a load balancer ... but these usually only work well with geographically co-located machines. Since all our machines for mirror.centos.org rrdns are donated and they are disbursed throughout the US and EU. They don't work well with the typical load balancing. 2. Since our machines are not geographically co-located, we need to come up with another method to use multiple servers to distribute load. We are currently developing an application that will use geoip (and public mirrors that we verify are updated: http://www.centos.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=13 along with the donated mirror.centos.org servers) to generate a mirrorlist for each country identified by geoip. This mirrorlist should then have good, fast and geographically accurate servers for each person who does updates. We hope to have this system functioning properly before the release of CentOS-4.3 and CentOS-3.7. If you use the optional fastestmirror plugin, you will even get the fastest mirror in each repo from the mirrorlist. The fastestmirror plugin is currently under heavy development by the people at yum (in which CentOS is helping) ... so it is going to change in the next couple months, but in it's current form it works well for those not on proxy servers to pick the fastest mirrors from a list. http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-devel/2005-November/000947.html 3. Another common problem is transparent proxy servers and yum. HTTP mirrors and yum don't work really well via transparent proxy servers, so if you are using one, your best bet is to pick an FTP mirror from our public external server list (see mirror link above) instead of mirror.centos.org. ------------------------------- So, what can you do now if you have problems ... or just want to help. First thing is to pick several close mirrors and not use mirror.centos.org in your /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.conf file. There is an example of a repo with more than 1 mirror in the fastestmirror link above. If you have more than 1 mirror for each repo (I recommend that you do) ... and if you don't have to use yum via a proxy server that blocks outbound client connections ... then you should try the fastestmirror plugin above to pick your best mirror from the list at yum run time. We will continue to strive to deliver CentOS within our means as we continue to grow by leaps and bounds, but we need the help and support of our user community if we are going to be able to continue to provide the same stellar services that we have all grown accustomed to. That means people who use CentOS will need to support it ... that is what the Community ENTerprise Operating System (CentOS) is all about. Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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RE: [CentOS] Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

From: Craig White [mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com] > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 12:53 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > What is the purpose of the LDAP upgrade ... if it is security you are > > worried about ... those get in there. > > > > See this: > > http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html > > > > When you start changing major components, you greatly reduce the > > stability of CentOS for yourself ... and you ruin the system > > interoperability. > ---- > I pretty much agree with that last statement - and could never > conceive of getting an rpm of openldap/servers/client from Fedora > and rebuilding it on RHEL/CentOS without it being really really > tough to build and not breaking anything. > > I think the general consensus on openldap message base is to build > everything in /usr/local from source, which in my case, I built db4 > (4.2.52+patches), kerberos, cyrus-sasl, openssl and then finally > openldap - all from source and it wasn't nearly as hard as I feared > and left RHEL stuff alone and didn't break anything. The information > that I used to do this all came from Quanah's web pages at > Stanford... > http://www.stanford.edu/services/directory/openldap/ I'm looking at doing that. I was just trying to stay with RPMs if possible so that I don't run in to dependency issues later when I try to install an RPM that requires openldap. > Perhaps a less painful method might be to use Buchan Milne's rpm's > which would do much the same and though they seem to be created for > Mandriva, apparently can build/install on RHEL (sorry, I don't have > a URL for this but you can either post to openldap list or search > their archives). Not a bad idea. Anyone tried this on CentOS4? > Lastly, perhaps the least painful method of all is the pretty much > turnkey packages available from symas... <http://www.symas.com> Interesting. I may look into this. > Now, generally Red Hat back port works well enough but if you are > going to make RHEL/CentOS the base of a large directory service... > 2.0.7-20 (CentOS3) and 2.2.13-4 (CentOS4) simply don't cut it for a > number of reasons. I stick with them on most of my installations > because the number of users and the extent of the demands that I put > upon ldap are pretty minimal but if you are going to have a > substantial investment in time/energy in ldap, > fahgettibouddit...install current. That's about what we determined. > Recognize that 2.2.30 (I believe) is still the latest categorized > 'stable' - 2.3.11 (and I think it is now up to 2.3.12) is discussed > and sometimes casually referred to as 'stable' - I don't think that > it has 'officially' been designated so. Actually, 2.3.11 is stable as of 10/18. Bowie

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Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Brian T. Brunner 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

The question remains unanswered: WHY was LILO removed? We/you/they removed *something that works*. What took its place does not work everywhere LILO does... a functionality loss. I hear folks saying "that loss is corrected in a future release" That's saying GRUB is *almost* ready to replace LILO, which has been removed prematurely. The question was "Hey, REDHAT, *WHY*?" Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> mail-lists(a)karan.org 11/30/05 10:55AM >>> Nielsen, Steve wrote: > I meant not a visible choice by default :). > > Thanks for the tip. I was not aware of making it visible in that way. > > So at the prompt you type: > > "boot: lilo" ? > boot: linux lilo - K _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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RE: [CentOS] Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

From: Johnny Hughes [mailto:mailing-lists@hughesjr.com] > On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 11:28 -0500, Matt Hyclak wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:16:08AM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > > From: Matt Hyclak [mailto:hyclak@math.ohiou.edu] > > > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:05:48AM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > > > > > > > > > I found an rpm from Fedora Core Development on RPMFIND. Will this one work > > > > > with Centos, or should I grab the source rpm and rebuild it? > > > > > > > > Rebuild from src.rpm. > > > > > > Ok, tried that... > > > > > > $ rpmbuild --rebuild openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm > > > Installing openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm > > > error: Failed build dependencies: > > > bind-libbind-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 > > > libtool-ltdl-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 > > > > > > Where do I find these two? Do they have different names with CentOS, > > > or do I have to get them from elsewhere? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Bowie > > > > You'll probably have to get them from the FC Development repository as well. > > You're probably looking at the bind and libtool srpms, if I had to guess. > > If you're lucky, those two won't depend on too much else, otherwise you'll > > spiral quickly into dependency hell. > > > > > What is the purpose of the LDAP upgrade ... if it is security you are > worried about ... those get in there. > > See this: > http://www.redhat.com/advice/speaks_backport.html > > When you start changing major components, you greatly reduce the > stability of CentOS for yourself ... and you ruin the system > interoperability. The purpose is extra features. Mainly, we are having problems with reliability. Twice now, when the system has crashed, the database was corrupted. The scary thing is that both times the database was completely idle when this happened. Version 2.3 fixes a problem with the database checkpoint command and also allows for an automatic database recover on startup. Hopefully, this will at least allow us to recover more easily in the case of a crash. We are also looking at updating Berkely DB to see if that would help. Bowie

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RE: [CentOS] Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

From: Matt Hyclak [mailto:hyclak@math.ohiou.edu] > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2005 at 11:05:48AM -0500, Bowie Bailey enlightened us: > > > > I found an rpm from Fedora Core Development on RPMFIND. Will this one work > > with Centos, or should I grab the source rpm and rebuild it? > > Rebuild from src.rpm. Ok, tried that... $ rpmbuild --rebuild openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm Installing openldap-2.3.11-3.src.rpm error: Failed build dependencies: bind-libbind-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 libtool-ltdl-devel is needed by openldap-2.3.11-3.x86_64 # yum install bind-libbind-devel libtool-ltdl-devel Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments No Match for argument: bind-libbind-devel No Match for argument: libtool-ltdl-devel Nothing to do Where do I find these two? Do they have different names with CentOS, or do I have to get them from elsewhere? Thanks, Bowie

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gdb segfault under ddd
by Michael Ubell 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I am using CentOS 4 GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.63rh) GNU DDD 3.3.9 (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) I bring up ddd on a program compiled -g and type: list function_name gdb seg faults. If I bring up ddd on gdb and then run gdb with the same program an type list function_name everything works just fine.

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Addition of Horde
by John Hinton 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Johnny Hughes wrote: >CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1130-1 > >CentOS 4 x86_64 Horde - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) > >We are pleased to add the Horde Application Framework as well as the >following horde projects to the CentOS extras repository: > >horde >imp-h3 >ingo-h3 >kronolith-h3 >mnemo-h3 >nag-h3 >gollem-h3 >turba-h3 > >Horde is an full featured webmail system for your server, please see >this link for details: > > > This is FANTASTIC news! Great selection of a great product. I've resisted to change to it simply due to the KISS mode of operation I try very hard to follow. A big pat-on-the-back to you folks! John Hinton

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Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Brian T. Brunner 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

>>> mail-lists(a)karan.org 11/30/05 11:57AM >>> Brian T. Brunner wrote: > The question remains unanswered: WHY was LILO removed? You seem to have missed the post where I highlighted the fact that it has not been removed. ***Yes, the "removed" was only virtual (making it invisible unless you have ***knowledge from elsewhere) not surgical. > > The question was "Hey, REDHAT, *WHY*?" you also seem to have the wrong forum for that question, please contact redhat at one of the following ***Anybody here know of a reason? Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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X windows is taking 99 percent of cpu
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I am running centos 4.2 on a P4 3 GIG with 2 GIG ram. This machine has been fine for months. my laptop is fine. X is taking 99 percent of the cpu after some time. All I was doing was editing code. If I killall -9 X it comes back for a while then maxes out again. Any ideas on something to tweek??? THanks, jerry ------------ Tasks: 120 total, 2 running, 118 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 50.2% us, 0.0% sy, 0.0% ni, 49.8% id, 0.0% wa, 0.0% hi, 0.0% si Mem: 2074188k total, 742456k used, 1331732k free, 39704k buffers Swap: 19984840k total, 0k used, 19984840k free, 527876k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 5270 root 25 0 170m 21m 5808 R 99.9 1.0 7:26.25 X 1 root 16 0 2264 556 476 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.44 init 2 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 migration/0 3 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ksoftirqd/0 4 root RT 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 migration/1 5 root 34 19 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 ksoftirqd/1 6 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.10 events/0 7 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 events/1 8 root 6 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khelper 9 root 15 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kacpid 33 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/0 34 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kblockd/1 44 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 pdflush 45 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.25 pdflush 35 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 khubd 47 root 13 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/0 48 root 9 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 aio/1 46 root 25 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kswapd0 122 root 25 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kseriod 192 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/0 193 root 7 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 ata/1 195 root 20 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_0 196 root 19 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 scsi_eh_1 214 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.18 kjournald 1144 root 6 -10 1560 460 380 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.02 udevd 1348 root 18 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 shpchpd_event 1828 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kauditd 2029 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmirrord 2030 root 5 -10 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kmir_mon 2049 root 15 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.28 kjournald 2050 root 19 0 0 0 0 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 kjournald 2789 root 16 0 2408 596 508 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.06 syslogd 2793 root 15 0 3072 472 404 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 klogd 2804 root 16 0 2584 476 404 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 irqbalance 2815 rpc 16 0 2980 580 484 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 portmap 2835 rpcuser 16 0 2440 756 656 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.00 rpc.statd 2868 root 16 0 5048 1016 844 S 0.0 0.0 0:00.01 rpc.idmapd

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Building rpms
by Bowie Bailey 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I have been asked to update OpenLDAP to the latest stable version. I am using CentOS 4.2 and have OpenLDAP 2.2.13 installed. I can install from source if I have to, but I would rather stay with rpm packages if possible. I found an rpm from Fedora Core Development on RPMFIND. Will this one work with Centos, or should I grab the source rpm and rebuild it? Bowie

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RE: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2?
by Nielsen, Steve 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I meant not a visible choice by default :). Thanks for the tip. I was not aware of making it visible in that way. So at the prompt you type: "boot: lilo" ? Steve -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 9:14 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] why was LILO removed from centOS 4.2? Nielsen, Steve wrote: > lilo is still there. Its just not available as a choice in the install. yes it is available as an install option, you just need to ask anaconda for it ( boot the installer with 'lilo' as an option ) - K _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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php 5.1.1
by Bob Pierce 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I notice php 5.1.1 was released a few days ago. Are there any plans to include this new version in the centosplus repo for CentOS 4.2? Bob Pierce Systems Analyst Westman Communications Group pierceb(a)westmancom.com

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Is lsdev AWOL?
by Jerry W. Hubbard 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I was looking at my newly installed CentOS 4.2 system with ls* commands yesterday and lsdev was not on the system. Did I miss installing a package? A Google search for CentOS 4.2 and lsdev was unhelpful. -- Jerry Hubbard hubbardjw(a)charter.net

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kernel panic this morning
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

On 11/30/05, Jerry Geis <geisj at pagestation.com <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: >/ When I came into work this morning the console had the following: />/ />/ bio_endio />/ __end_that_request_first />/ scsi_end_request />/ scsi_io_completion />/ scsi_finish_command />/ scsi_softirq />/ __do_softirq />/ do_softirg />/ do_irq />/ command_interrupt />/ default_idle />/ cpu_idle />/ start_kernel />/ />/ Panic />/ />Which version of CentOS ar you running? In CentOS 3/RHEL 3 the MD >subsystem has various race conditions (though this does not look like >the signature you would get from one of those panics). >Cheers...james Soory I forgot that I am running 4.2 with all current updates. jerry

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kernel panic this morning
by Jerry Geis 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

When I came into work this morning the console had the following: bio_endio __end_that_request_first scsi_end_request scsi_io_completion scsi_finish_command scsi_softirq __do_softirq do_softirg do_irq command_interrupt default_idle cpu_idle start_kernel Panic I am running software RAID-1 on this machine. I had 2 IDE disks and the machine when down once in a while with similiar messages. I switched to brand new 300 GIG SATA drives and now I am seeing the same kernel panic. What might be the problem here? THanks for any suggestions. Machine has 2 GIG RAM, Intel motherboard, Intel CPU 2.4 P4, "/" is 50 GIG, I have a 5 GIG Swap, and the rest is "/home". where / and /home are RAID-1 arrays. Jerry

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SELinux niggle
by Rob 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

Hi, I am not very experienced with SELinux and I have a problem which I can't track down. Any help would be really appreciated. I have an 'install everything' Centos 4.2 system which I am using as a workstation. Before anyone tells me off for installing everything, I have done this in order to get used to CentOS before using it on live servers. Anyway when I log into X (gnome, gdm) I start getting the following in /var/log/messages Nov 30 12:47:39 needme dbus: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC pid=2916 uid=81 loginuid=-1 message=avc: denied { send_msg } for scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t tcontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t tclass=dbus Nov 30 12:48:10 needme last message repeated 7 times Nov 30 12:48:12 needme gconfd (MYUSERNAME-3780): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/home/MYUSERNAME/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 0 Nov 30 12:48:15 needme dbus: Can't send to audit system: USER_AVC pid=2916 uid=81 loginuid=-1 message=avc: denied { send_msg } for scontext=user_u:system_r:unconfined_t tcontext=user_u:system_r:initrc_t tclass=dbus And it just keeps filling up my log file. I read James B. Byrne's post on the 15th about audit2allow but I don't believe that I should go fiddling with dbus. Wouldn't that just be shooting the messenger? I know that I wouldn't get these messages on a server because I wouldn't be running X, but I would like to understand what is going on and increase my confidence to admin SELinux properly. Thanks in advance Rob Watkin

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 16
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

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. CEEA:2005-1130-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 horde - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEEA:2005-1130-1 CentOS 4 i386 horde - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 3. CEEA:2005-1130-2 CentOS 4 i386 drbd / heartbeat - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 4. CEEA:2005-1130-2 CentOS 4 x86_64 drbd / heartbeat - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:48:42 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA:2005-1130-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 horde - enhancement update (Extras Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1133351322.12053.73.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1130-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 Horde - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) We are pleased to add the Horde Application Framework as well as the following horde projects to the CentOS extras repository: horde imp-h3 ingo-h3 kronolith-h3 mnemo-h3 nag-h3 gollem-h3 turba-h3 Horde is an full featured webmail system for your server, please see this link for details: http://www.horde.org/projects.php The install directory is /usr/share/horde with all the other applications in a separate directory under /usr/share/horde. Setup of each application is required per the on site instructions for each, starting with the horde application framework. http://www.horde.org/horde/docs/ ---------------------------- Installation of all horde applications can be done with the command: yum groupinstall Horde-Apps You may also choose to install individual applications only using yum like this: yum install horde imp-h3 ------------------------- The following files are added to the Extras repo and syncing to the mirrors: i386: gollem-h3-1.0-1.centos4.noarch.rpm horde-3.0.7-1.centos4.noarch.rpm imp-h3-4.0.4-1.centos4.noarch.rpm ingo-h3-1.0.2-1.centos4.noarch.rpm kronolith-h3-2.0.5-1.centos4.noarch.rpm mnemo-h3-2.0.2-1.centos4.noarch.rpm nag-h3-2.0.3-1.centos4.noarch.rpm turba-h3-2.0.4-1.centos4.noarch.rpm src: gollem-h3-1.0-1.centos4.src.rpm horde-3.0.7-1.centos4.src.rpm imp-h3-4.0.4-1.centos4.src.rpm ingo-h3-1.0.2-1.centos4.src.rpm kronolith-h3-2.0.5-1.centos4.src.rpm mnemo-h3-2.0.2-1.centos4.src.rpm nag-h3-2.0.3-1.centos4.src.rpm turba-h3-2.0.4-1.centos4.src.rpm

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Installation problems on old IBM server
by HaraldFinnås 30 Nov '05

30 Nov '05

I'm trying to install CentOS 4.2 on an old IBM x300 server, but it hangs during the boot from cd. The last entries I can see before it dies are the two "agpgart" lines. I've been playing around with bios settings (video settings and serial settings since the serial driver is the next thing going on in the kernel) and boot params (noapic, acpi=off etc) but I just can't get this thing up and running. It's been working like a charm (and still does) with CentOS 3. Any tips? Regards, Harald

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CentOS 4.2 issues
by Mickael Maddison 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hello CentOS, I've just taken 2 old servers running CentOS 3.x, wiped it out, and installed CentOS 4.1 The systems seemed to work fine with CentOS 4.1, but when I proceeded to run yum -y update, all the RPM's (101) download and seem to install fine - however, upon reboot, partitions such as /usr/ and /var will not mount (ext3). These machines both use the Intel S875WP1 P4 Mainboards. Both use SATA Drives. One uses the promise controller (which on install seems to find a suitable driver). Anyway, I've also tried installing directly from the CentOS 4.2 Server CD, same issue. Install goes fine, but bootup won't mount /var Any idea what this is all about? -- Best regards, Mickael mailto:centos@silverservers.com

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iscsi-tools
by Maarten van Lieshout 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

Hi, Is there a reason why the iscsi-initiator-utils from RHEL differs from the original linux-iscsi one? I miss the mount-all and umount-all scripts. Without these, how can you safely reboot your server??? You're going to run into problems if you reboot your server without first umounting the iscsi-drives. cheers, -- Maarten

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 08:03:21 -0500, "Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > Illegal redistribution is illegal redistribution. It's not > debatable. I would point out, tongue in cheek, that the practitioners of an entire profession make a very good living by assuming otherwise. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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kde-file manager su mode
by rado 29 Nov '05

29 Nov '05

hi y'all, ...realize that maybe I should go to kde w/this but then, I do run centos on my systems soooo... kk I like to run kde's file manager in super user mode. On one of my systems, it's acting it's ass...as my default editor I do use kwrite and I normally set that up to open any text type file w/that but for some reason, on this one certain system, I can't navigate among the folders. I double click on a folder as I normally do and it just throws me into kwrite instead on just navigating down the tree. Just wondering if any of y'all might have some ideas to correct this simply. I just can't seem to find the right config option to do it. thx John Rose -- ...and I woke up 2 days later in the back yard talking to Elvis!

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cdrecord Error (Permissions?)
by Alex White 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

List, Sorry to trouble anyone, a google on my error from k3b lead me to a permissions issue, but after searching through several of the links (including a few forums) I've failed to turn up exactly what the permissions should be or if that is even an accurate solution. When running k3b I get an error stating that cdrecord did not exit properly. And k3b will not burn a cd. Running cdrecord from the command line as such: /usr/bin/cdrecord -v gracetime=2 dev=/dev/hdd speed=40 -dao driveropts=burnfree -eject -data /home/fakeuser/cdimage.iso I am met with a Segmentation fault. There is no other error obviously. Any ideas? I'm running this as a regular user. Root does not encounter this problem. So the iso is perfectly fine. I am under the assumption that I inadvertently changed the permissions of cdrecord or somethin' else stupid happened. What permissions does cdrecord need to be run as a regular user or should I be using sudo to burn a cd using cdrecord anyhow? Should cdrecord be suid? Sorry to bother! Alex White

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wireless protection with mixed network and is AES or TKIP better or other??
by Robert 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

greetings in setting up a mixed network of CentOS, WinThings, Cisco, and more... i need a lil' feedback please re: practical wireless WPA settings... i always just used WPA PSK and TKIP by defauly (never thought about any issues here before, DUH!) yet i have done some reading while searching recently and it appeared to inform me that ummmm if using WPA-PSK that one should use AES instead of TKIP will i have issues/problems either way with installing CentOS in a wireless manner using AES or TKIP for that matter? again, most of this is about AES vs. TKIP from a engineering, performance, reliability and more standpoint... then of course CentOS integration etc... wisdom and comments from the list please? thank you in advance and kind regards, - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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DAG repo problem
by Dominik Składanowski 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hello list. Anybody noticed broken checksum in DAG repo? Since Saturday I can't update few packages from DAG repo. I tried other mirror - result the same: Transaction Summary ============================================================================= Install 0 Package(s) Update 17 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 5.0 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: (1/1): perl-MIME-tools-5. 100% |=========================| 268 kB 00:04 http://apt.sw.be/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS/perl-MIME-tools-5.418-1.2.el4.…: [Errno -1] Package does not match checksum Trying other mirror. Error Downloading Packages: perl-MIME-tools - 5.418-1.2.el4.rf.noarch: failure: RPMS/perl-MIME-tools-5.418-1.2.el4.rf.noarch.rpm from dag: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. Regards -- ____________________________________________________________________ D o m i n i k S k ł a d a n o w s k i

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 15
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

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. CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 x86_64 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 14:16:54 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA:2005-1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE 4.2 - enhancement update (Extras Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1133122614.32526.33.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2005:1127-1 CentOS 4 i386 XFCE - Enhancement Update (Extras Only) This update is for the version of XFCE is that is included in the Extras repo for CentOS-4 ... this is not an update to the main CentOS-4 repo. The XFCE-4.2 desktop environment is being upgraded from 4.2.1 to 4.2.3. There are some new features added including xfcalendar and xfce4-mixer. This version is based on the XFCE-4 sources that are included in Fedora Core (tm) 4 extras and will continue to track against that version throughout it's lifetime. The older version that this update replaces was from Fedora Core (tm) 3 sources. The following files are updated and syncing to the mirrors: i386: dbh-1.0.24-1.c4.i386.rpm dbh-devel-1.0.24-1.c4.i386.rpm gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4mcs-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4mcs-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4util-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfce4util-devel-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm libxfcegui4-4.2.3-2.c4.i386.rpm libxfcegui4-devel-4.2.3-2.c4.i386.rpm xfcalendar-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-appfinder-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-iconbox-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm xfce4-mixer-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-panel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-panel-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-session-engines-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-systray-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-toys-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-devel-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfce-utils-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfdesktop-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xffm-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfprint-4.2.3-1.c4.i386.rpm xfwm4-4.2.3.2-1.c4.i386.rpm xfwm4-themes-4.2.3-1.c4.noarch.rpm src: dbh-1.0.24-1.c4.src.rpm gtk-xfce-engine-2.2.8-1.c4.src.rpm libxfce4mcs-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm libxfce4util-4.2.3.2-1.c4.src.rpm libxfcegui4-4.2.3-2.c4.src.rpm xfcalendar-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-appfinder-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-iconbox-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-icon-theme-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-mixer-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-panel-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-session-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-systray-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-toys-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce4-trigger-launcher-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-mcs-manager-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-mcs-plugins-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfce-utils-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfdesktop-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xffm-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfprint-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm xfwm4-4.2.3.2-1.c4.src.rpm xfwm4-themes-4.2.3-1.c4.src.rpm

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Problem enabling write-back cache for IBM ServeRAID controller in CENTOS 4.2
by Radu Radutiu 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I have just upgraded an IBM Xseries x225 server to CentOS 4.2 (from CentOS 3.6) and found out that write back cache is not enabled for the drive representing the RAID array. The RAID controller has 128 MB battery backed cache. Write back cache is enabled in the controller configuration (using the IBM boot cd) and verified using the IBM RaidManager utility, but the boot messages show that the cache setup is write-through instead of write-back. scsi0 : IBM PCI ServeRAID 7.10.18 Build 731 <ServeRAID 6i> Vendor: IBM Model: SERVERAID Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 SCSI device sda: 213288960 512-byte hdwr sectors (109204 MB) SCSI device sda: drive cache: write through sda: sda1 sda2 If I boot CentOS 3.6 in rescue mode I have write back cache enabled. I have tried to use the sdparm utility to enable write back cache but it says that this parameter is not changeable. sdparm --get=WCE /dev/sda -6 /dev/sda: IBM SERVERAID 1.00 WCE 0 [Changeable: n, def: 0, saved: 0] I have looked at the ips module parameters but none seem to affect the write cache. Any ideas how to enable write back cache? Thanks, Radu

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centos4.2:raid1:grub
by rado 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi! Whew, I have googled around a lot w/this but can't quite seem to come up w/the right answer. This system works beautifully w/nothing wrong w/it. But my goal is to be able to test the raid system by just unplugging hda to mimic a faulty drive and have it just carry on and boot from hdc. md0 = hda1/hdc1 /boot (primary boot partitions on both drives) md1 = hda2/hdc2 / is it possible to just edit /boot/grub.conf??? I am really not sure of this Thx in advance. John Rose

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kernel rpm with imq support
by mbneto 28 Nov '05

28 Nov '05

Hi, I was wondering if anyone mantains a Centos kernel* with IMQ patches applied. I need to use some features to control traffic (QoS) not available with the regular kernel Regards, mb

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centos4.2 -raid 1 and grub
by Jerry Geis 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

I had this little shell script. Use at your own risk... Jerry --------- # To load a blank drive with the old partition information use the command: # sfdisk /dev/hda < /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.hda # The following command will setup the passed argument to boot in case the main disk is faulty # $1 is either /dev/hdb or /dev/sdb grub_setup_scsi() { grub << EOF find /boot/grub/stage1 device (hd0) /dev/sdb root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) EOF } grub_setup_ide() { grub << EOF find /boot/grub/stage1 device (hd0) /dev/hdb root (hd0,0) setup (hd0) EOF } DISK_TYPE=`fdisk -l /dev/hda | grep "/dev/hda"` if [ "$DISK_TYPE" = "" ] then echo "Assuming SCSI drives" sfdisk -d /dev/sda > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.sda sfdisk -d /dev/sdb > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.sdb grub_setup_scsi else echo "Assuming IDE drives" sfdisk -d /dev/hda > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.hda sfdisk -d /dev/hdb > /etc/silentm/raidinfo.partitions.hdb grub_setup_ide fi

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OT - redirection script help
by Thomas E Dukes 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hello, Sorry to ask an off topic question but I know there are people on this list that can help or point me in the right direction. I will be moving a website in a few days and want to have it redirected to the new url. I know how to do this but I would like to have it have a countdown on the page. I know everyone has seen this before, does anyone know how to set this up? I have looked for this on hotscripts.com but I may not be looking in the right category. Any help would be appreciated.

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Evolution Filters
by Lee W 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hi, I have just switched from using Thunderbird to Evolution on Centos 4.2 for my IMAP email and seem to be having problems with the filters. The filters I have created a really simple, such as checking for the [CentOS] in the subject line of this lists postings. The filters don't however get applied automatically, I have to select all the message in the inbox and manually select "Apply Filters" at which point all the messages get filtered correctly. I have made sure that the "Apply filters to new message in INBOX on this Server" is selected but it doesn't make any difference. Can someone advise if Evolution is supposed to work this way (as I have come to expect from Thunderbird) or is it correct that I have to apply the filters manually for IMAP folders. Thanks in advance Lee

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Start scripts ordering
by Phil Savoie 27 Nov '05

27 Nov '05

Hi All, Was wondering if you could help me out. At work we are running CentOS 4.2 as our mailserver/firewall. The script in question is /etc/rc3.d/S08iptables. As this starts before the network adapters are set up, it hoses our iptables script resulting in denying our internal hosts internet access. What I would like to do is mv the script to /etc/rc3.d/S11iptables so the the interfaces are up and then the iptables script kicks in. It is in this way that we find it works best for us. However on a reboot we found that the "system" moved the script back to it's original name of /etc/rc3.d/S08iptables. How would I "tell the system" to keep the script named as /etc/rc3.d/S11iptables so that it does not automatically rename it back to /etc/rc3.d/S08iptables? Thank you in advance, Phil

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Quota and Squirrelmail
by Alain Reguera 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Hello, I have CentOS with quotas installed and make the users read their mails through squirrelmail. So I've been applied quotas in 2 partition, one for home, and other for /var/spool/mail/ directory. the problem is when the quota is over, the inbox in squirrelmail is locked so the user can't delete their mails and free the space. And all is frozen for them. Don't know If the question is in the right place. But could you suggest something. Any thing would be very appreciated. Thanks for your time.

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webmaster in mqueue
by John Hinton 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Anybody finding a huge mailfile named webmaster in their mqueue? I'm wondering what/how this gets there? Just found one on one server that was over 2 gigs! Yuck!!! So far, this has been on CentOS 3 machines using sendmail. Best, John Hinton

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kernel load 40-50%?
by Alberto 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Is there any command to view what kernel is doing when I have a high kernel/system load??

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:30:26 -0500, "Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > You were paying $1,000/year for RHEL ES??? As I recall it was in the $700.00 USD range which amounted to over $1,000.00 CAD per year at that time. And that was with the discount that RH gave to early adopters of their new support programs when we were forced off of our previous plan with the depreciation of RH9 (at ~$60.00 USD per host per year). However, I might be confusing the renewal price with what we actually paid while on RH support. In any case, the final cost in the second and subsequent years was over the magic three figure limit. Perhaps if you have hundreds or thousands of machines then RH might offer attractive bulk discounts, but for companies with just a handful of servers the cost of RH update support was made unbearable. I see now that there is a Basic level of support available from RH, which I do not recall as being offered originally. This presently costs $349.00 USD or about $410.00 CAD per host per year and I suppose that this service is equivalent to what CentOS provides in effect. To create a local mirror for RH updates without paying the per host fee is, of course, a violation of the contracted support agreement. One is compelled to place each host on contract, go without support for some hosts, or pay a tremendous sum of money for the privilege of maintaining a local mirror. To put RH pricing in perspective, I just installed a 2.8Ghz P4 server with a DVD DL super-mode burner, 250Gb of disc and 2Gb of RAM for less than $600.00 CAD. As I wrote earlier CentOS, at ~$25.00 (CAD) per host, is a bargain in comparison to RH. The minuscule degree of delay in updates between RH and CentOS hardly bears serious consideration in the matter. I suppose that if you have a government regulator on your back about some security issue or other then one might find a certain legal solace in pointing to a subscribed service as evidence of due diligence. Then again, our federal government requires us to use an application written only for the now depreciated and unavailable Microsoft JVM and supports it only under MS-IE 5.5 running on a pre- XP version of MS-Windows. So, go figure. (It runs, so far, under a fully patched MS-IE 6, but that is not the supported platform.) Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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rdnc error
by Thomas E Dukes 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

Hello, I noticed in my logwatch file I have an error with my rndc key. I could 'play' around with it and may fix it but most likey just hose things up. I think I see the problem but not 100% sure. I think the key file has 3 different names. Here's the error: **Unmatched Entries** /etc/named.conf:23: couldn't find key 'rndckey' for use with command channel 127.0.0.1#953: 1 Time(s) Here's parts of the relevant files: named.conf: controls { inet 127.0.0.1 allow { localhost; } keys { rndckey; }; include "/etc/rndc.key"; <-- does not match above -------------------------------------------------------------- rdnc.conf: options { default-server localhost; default-key "rndckey"; }; server localhost { key "rndckey"; }; key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; }; ---------------------------------------------------------------- rdnc.key: key "rndc-key" { <----- yet another name for the key algorithm hmac-md5; secret "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"; }; ----------------------------------------------------------------- Anyone know what the simpliest solution would be? TIA

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Re: [CentOS] A minor beef
by James B. Byrne 26 Nov '05

26 Nov '05

On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 14:06:34 -0500, Bryan J. Smith" <thebs413(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > But if you find yourself having repeat issues, and it is really > important to you, I have to suggest you consider paying Red Hat. I > know some here might disagree, but I have to at least say it. However, in my case I arrived at CentOS via Whitebox after giving up on paid support from RH on ES3. They were nice enough people, but I have had fewer problems getting updates from CentOS and have obtained equally helpful support here as I ever did from RH; for only $25.00 USD per box per year vs. ~$1000.00 per box per year. As my experience with RH is not yet a year old I very much doubt that there has been much change for the better. Sometimes you do not get what you pay for; and when you do not then it is better to have paid little than much. Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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SELinux local policy addition
by James B. Byrne 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

When the latest version of CentOS4.2 boots I get an avc error for portmap. Audit2allow suggests this as a cure: allow portmap_t etc_runtime_t:file read; Any issues that come to mind to anyone regarding adding this to /etc/selinux/targeted/src/policy/domains/misc/local.te and reloading? Regards, Jim P.S. I am a digest subscriber. The favour of a direct reply is requested in addition to any to the list. -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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New "Managing Software with yum" guide
by Johnny Hughes 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

There is a new "Managing Software with yum" guide that has been added to our documents section. http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/docs/html/yum/ It is based on the excellent document written by Stuart Ellis for the Fedora Core(R) website: http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/index.html Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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Where to look or command
by Sam Drinkard 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

List, I've got a process(s) that have been exiting on a signal 11, but not all the time. I suspect it's memory related, and I was wondering, is there any way to tell exactly how much memory a particular process has in use at the point it sigsev's ? I can't sit here and watch top or the system monitor, but thought maybe something might be saved somewhere after the fact. The processes are using at the moment, 1.4gb of memory and no swap. I've not seen swap go active during any of this process run, and the machine has 2 GB memory installed. Rather hard to trace down the exact activity when it happens. Thanks.. -- Snowman

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Re: [CentOS] Where to look or command
by Brian T. Brunner 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

B.T.D.T! catch the signal in a handler of your own, do analysis as needed, then clean up and exit (saving a core file if you need one). AIUI, the signal handler runs in the space of the process/thread that hit the trap. Brian Brunner brian.t.brunner(a)gai-tronics.com (610)796-5838 >>> sam(a)wa4phy.net 11/25/05 10:47AM >>> List, I've got a process(s) that have been exiting on a signal 11, but not all the time. I suspect it's memory related, and I was wondering, is there any way to tell exactly how much memory a particular process has in use at the point it sigsegv's ? ******************************************************************* This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept for the presence of computer viruses. www.hubbell.com - Hubbell Incorporated

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CentOS 4 - libgd.so.1.8
by Tom Brown 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Hi I need to get libgd.so.1.8 onto a CentOS 4 system - Currently its at 4.2 and i see that this is in package gd1.x however for CentOS 4 there is only gd2.x How can i get this lib ? thanks

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boot with more scsi card
by Farkas Levente 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

hi, we've got a server with a 8 port 3ware card and 2 ide system disks. now we'd like to replace the ide disks with scsi disks or sata disks (these also recognized as scsi in the kernel). but we can't boot from it. the problem are twofold. first in the normal case the first scsi host scsi0 id the 3ware card, but grub only see the first 8 disk so if the system disk are sdi and sdj the one can't boot from it. on the other hand if one disk is removed from the 3ware card or the kernel reorder the scsi disk and sdi become sdh which is also a problem both for the bios and for the kernel. if i change the order in bios, the kernel still use as 3ware scsi0. if i use scsihosts kernel param or load the scsi driver (through modprobe.conf) in a reverse order then the kernel hang forever during the initialization of the 3ware driver. any tip? thanks in advance. yours. centos 4.2 kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL 3w_xxxx 1.26.00.039 -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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which script will run before and after network started
by Robin Mordasiewicz 25 Nov '05

25 Nov '05

Is there a script which I can customize which will run before doing service network stop and a script which I can run after doing service network start I see that /sbin/ifup-local runs after each interface is brought up, but I cannot figure out which scripts will run after all the interfaces are brought up.

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Request rewriting - regular expressions
by Tom Brown 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

OK not directly CentOS this one but.... I'm trying to write a rewrite rule that uses the same(tm) syntax as apache mod_rewrite (or at least it understands it) The following works by catching ANY url comfigured in the web server and rewriting it with the correct http status code. The issue is that i need to redirest URL1 to 1st location and URL2 to second location and i'm trying to get my match syntax correct. Can anyone advise on the reg expression that would distinguish betweek URL1 and URL2 thanks! match URL into $ with ^/$ if matched then set SCRATCH:LOC = http://www.example.com/en/homepage.html set Response = 302 set OUT:Location = %{SCRATCH:LOC} set OUT:Content-Type = text/html set Body = set Body = This page has moved, please visit <ahref="http://www.example.com">here</a> instead. endif

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samba windows 2000 and windows 2003
by Peter Farrow 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Dear All, I have two AD domains, one running on Windows 2000 and one running on Windows 2003. Each with XP clients, and no trust. Ihave a linux file server running samba 3 on Centos 4.2, the smb.conf file specifies that security=server, and points the password server to the operations master on the Windows 2000 domain. All clients and 2000 servers on the Windows 2000 domain, (xp or otherwise) can access the smb shares on the linux box no problem. The windows 2003 server and XP clients on that domain cannot, first time round they receive the error "The request is not supported", after adding this: client signing = auto to my smb.conf file I get the error "the filename, directory name or volume label syntax is incorrect." I tried disabling packet signing on the win2k3 box group policy - it made no difference. I disconnect the linux server from using the windows 2000 server as a password server and setup up separate smb accounts and it works fine from the win2k3 box. I believe this is something to do with packet signing but just cant seem to find out the problem. I fixed this on a previous linux server the other way round (mounting 2k3 on Linux, but can't remember how I did it), I note that that server has a /proc/fs/cifs directory where I can kill packet signing, but the new server with the current problem does not. However I don't recall installing cifs nor does it seem to be on the older server. Any ideas? Pete

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trimming CentOS - flash disk
by mbneto 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Hi, I am switching a few specific servers with CentOS 4.2 and I'd like to use in some a flash disk (CF card). Unfortunately the minimum size of a centos install seems to be around 600 Mb (at least that's what I got) and 1 Gb card are still expensive and, IMHO too big if all you want is a gateway/iptables machine or a NFS server. There are other OSes and even distros that have a smaller footprint (way down to 60 Mb), and I am not talking about those 'embedded' distros like monowall, openwrt etc. I was wondering if there is a quick way to reduce the size and if there is a "slim process" in the works to do that.

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RE: [CentOS] Frontpage Extensions
by Bob Pierce 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

William, The package from nuonce.net sounds interesting. But if that doesn't work for you, the extensions from Ready To Run do work on Centos4.2. We just finished putting together a hosting server with FP extensions on Centos4.2. Although there are a few initial headaches with configuring everything properly most of the tips we needed came from the ready2run site. If you run into specific problems feel free to ask. Our server's been working good for a few months now. We just have to be careful about the permissions on /var/log/httpd/fpcgisock after yum updates. Bob. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Doug Ferrell Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 7:36 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: RE: [CentOS] Frontpage Extensions -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org]On Behalf Of Paul Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 12:43 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Frontpage Extensions On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 20:35 -0500, William Warren wrote: > Where can ig et frontpage extensions to install on my centos_4 server? > REady to run's don't mention RHEL anywhere. > Microsoft has discontinued them on their server products. The last system I installed them on was a RH 7.3 system for a local ISP that had a drive meltdown. I don't even know if they work with Apache 2.0. Paul You can try here: http://www.nuonce.net/bq-frontpage.php ...DOUG _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Where is the proper place to set the group ownership of devices under /dev/ in Centos3.
by Alexander Georgiev 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Dear list members, I have a DVD writer /dev/scd0 which after reboot has the following ACL: brw-rw---- 1 root disk 11, 0 Sep 9 2004 /dev/scd0 However I want to set this device group to "Domain Users" in order to enable its members to burn DVDs. If i invoke: #chgroup "Domain Users" /dev/scd0 the next reboot will override the group back to "disk". Is there a standard/reglamented way to set the group ownership of a device file. Best regards! ageorgiev

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Frontpage Extensions
by William Warren 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Where can ig et frontpage extensions to install on my centos_4 server? REady to run's don't mention RHEL anywhere. -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/

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Apache with mod_perl rpm query..
by Sanjay Arora 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Any repository maintaining Apache rpm with mod_perl for CentOS? How do I maintain rpm installs from repos and also maintain ability to use various mods that I would like to use? Or do I have to ./configure ;-) With regards. Sanjay.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 9, Issue 14
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

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. CentOS 4.2 Server CD - x86_64 Released (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 11:03:03 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CentOS 4.2 Server CD - x86_64 Released To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <43859DE7.9030001(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The single CD Server edition of CentOS 4.2/x86_64 has now been released. It lets you setup a basic CentOS 4 system along with the server components. Anything else that is needed can then be installed via yum or up2date once the system is running. The resulting installed system is identical to a normal CentOS 4 install ( with yum and up2date ). Download the ServerCD from /centos/4/isos/x86_64/ directory on your local mirror or pickup the torrent. List of mirrors at http://www.centos.org/mirrors . The torrent is at http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/isos/x86_64/CentOS-4.2.ServerCD-x86_64.to… We appreciate all feedback ( via http://bugs.centos.org/ ), including RFE's and bug notifications. Enjoy!

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Warnings for package kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported
by Collins Richey 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

FYI, During my bi-weekly yum update, I noted the following warnings. Warnings during kernel update kernel-2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported/kernel/fs/afs/kafs.ko needs unknown symbol afs_key_unregister WARNING: /lib/modules/2.6.9-22.0.1.106.unsupported/kernel/fs/afs/kafs.ko needs unknown symbol afs_key_register Is this anything to worry about? If I read this right, the error is for AFS, and I could care less whether AFS works or not. -- Collins Richey Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code ... If you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it. -Brian Kernighan

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FUSE/SSHFS RPM Packages.
by Camron W. Fox 24 Nov '05

24 Nov '05

Alle, Does anyone know if there are any reputable repositories out there that contain packages for fuse/sshfs? Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu America, INC. E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com

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