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Hello Everyone
by earl ramirez 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Hello Everyone, My names is Earl Ramirez, I am from the little islands of Trinidad and Tobago.I will like to be part of this wonderful community I'm new to CentOS and I will like to contribute in any way that I can, I have a few certificates which include Security+ and Linux+ from Comptia. I'm currently preparing for RHEL exam so I think that I might be able to contribute in some little way. I hope that you accept me as part of this community Thank Earl - Done. -- Evolution Of Linux OS "The Most Powerful Operating System In The World"

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On-Boot Scripts
by Victor Subervi 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hi; Where do I add my on-bootup scripts? TIA, Victor

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Postfix mime_header_check or content_filter script
by Joseph L. Casale 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Anyone have a script that can check for an attachment and extract it to a directory? Thanks! jlc

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Client backup solution with web interface
by Jussi Hirvi 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

I have tried to google for this kind of application, but have not found. There should be a web interface, where the client (person) could start an rsync backup of his/her workstation to a remote server (= the web server machine). I need this because the client has a dynamic ip, so the ssh key authentication on the server never works un-interactively - because every time the cient ip has changed, and the script asks: > The authenticity of host ##.##.##.## can't be established. > RSA key fingerprint is ##########. > Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? Or could there be some other approach to this? - Jussi -- Jussi Hirvi * Green Spot Topeliuksenkatu 15 C * 00250 Helsinki * Finland Tel. +358 9 493 981 * Mobile +358 40 771 2098 (only sms) jussi.hirvi(a)greenspot.fi * http://www.greenspot.fi

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OMG! Microsoft patents sudo! Linux and MacOS dead!
by francis mendoza 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

http://blogs.computerworld.com/15082/omg_microsoft_patents_sudo_linux_and_m… -- thanks ./francis

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software installation - good practice
by Carlos Santana 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Howdy, I tend to try out many open source apps/packages - games, editors to media tools. I have a bad habit of downloading and extracting source in the /var/tmp directory and then doing configure-make-install process. I am not sure of best practice (good practices) to be followed when installing any software. For example how and where to keep the src. Any comments and/or resources would be really helpful. - Thanks, CS.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 57, Issue 8
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

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. CEBA-2009:1559 CentOS 5 i386 dbus-python Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CEBA-2009:1559 CentOS 5 x86_64 dbus-python Update (Karanbir Singh) 3. CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 libvorbis Update (Karanbir Singh) 4. CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 5 i386 libvorbis Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CESA-2009:1549 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 wget Update (Karanbir Singh) 6. CESA-2009:1549 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 wget Update (Karanbir Singh) 7. CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 httpd Update (Karanbir Singh) 8. CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 httpd Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:11:00 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2009:1559 CentOS 5 i386 dbus-python Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114011100.GA10141(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2009:1559 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1559.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: b7f3c5abdf6012925438c7ec619978a4 dbus-python-0.70-9.el5_4.i386.rpm Source: e7e1992814467faee0e12a6480d9aae5 dbus-python-0.70-9.el5_4.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:11:00 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2009:1559 CentOS 5 x86_64 dbus-python Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114011100.GA10156(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2009:1559 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2009-1559.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: b164e2932e9b9effe77e706324d97d65 dbus-python-0.70-9.el5_4.x86_64.rpm Source: e7e1992814467faee0e12a6480d9aae5 dbus-python-0.70-9.el5_4.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:12:27 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 libvorbis Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114011227.GA10248(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1561 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1561.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: c8ba2789f7f6815e5c155c06ee554d95 libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm 242134da9fa27360a91b8ef9b53fe89f libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm 81414d566a448f2887cd0c61e1c20476 libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm 3d0e77cbda9b00f738efe58f62478dd6 libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.x86_64.rpm Source: 37f9b03ff6347b523512b2861a41056e libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:12:27 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 5 i386 libvorbis Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114011227.GA10233(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1561 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1561.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 51cc78c89222ab1f7ea07add76d2185e libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm 2ca0939a9ea9be6e2ef12dd95cb74dc7 libvorbis-devel-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.i386.rpm Source: 37f9b03ff6347b523512b2861a41056e libvorbis-1.1.2-3.el5_4.4.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:20:11 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1549 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 wget Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114012011.GA10322(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1549 Moderate Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1549.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: e4b4390cb5d99493a1d477a2c083c421 wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.i386.rpm Source: 9cf186276b55de8c29d11b8332f0cc86 wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:20:11 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1549 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 wget Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114012011.GA10337(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1549 Moderate Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1549.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 15429435a26030a42810f01ca5a3b83a wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.x86_64.rpm Source: 9cf186276b55de8c29d11b8332f0cc86 wget-1.11.4-2.el5_4.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:22:49 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 httpd Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114012249.GA10438(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1579 Moderate Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1579.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 8a25ef999e2f8fce8e8dc52882a9c5fd httpd-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.i386.rpm 47c20125025cb617811823a1a29212f9 httpd-devel-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.i386.rpm 9bb2919df9293b223bad053e94904b43 httpd-manual-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.i386.rpm df0d2b54646b8f44ab67c0f34d1b0e83 mod_ssl-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.i386.rpm Source: 09009ff5b98cc147e4f09dce23165d6d httpd-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:22:50 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 httpd Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091114012250.GA10453(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1579 Moderate Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1579.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 0c80b59d5948056a5927937836b8043f httpd-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.x86_64.rpm 9d19bc6219cde2da9672c2566e0ad7a1 httpd-devel-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.i386.rpm 0cefcbfc28e957011d75792b145f88a2 httpd-devel-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.x86_64.rpm 32b363ac4179b7bcf62ee6f33032f95a httpd-manual-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.x86_64.rpm c684d58314eab0231914014868c65a9f mod_ssl-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.x86_64.rpm Source: 09009ff5b98cc147e4f09dce23165d6d httpd-2.2.3-31.el5.centos.2.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 57, Issue 8 **********************************************

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How well does CentOS 5.4 support Arabic language and I can writing Arabic script from a standard keyboard?
by Clint Dilks 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

Hello, I have just had a request from a user who wants to have Arabic Language Support and to be able write Arabic script from a US English. Is this fully supported in CentOS? The user is convinced that he needs a newer version on gnome based on this post http://library.gnome.org/misc/release-notes/2.28/#rndevelopers.epiphany But I am going to try installing a system with Arabic Language Support and see how it goes. Would anyone using Arabic recommend using SCIM? Thanks for any advice you can offer

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Serious Privileges Problem: Second Post!
by Victor Subervi 14 Nov '09

14 Nov '09

I have a serious privileges problem that is making it impossible to serve python pages on a CentOS server. I have tried to resolve this problem in my last post, but now it appears that interest has petered out. I'm desperate and hoping someone on this list can help. [Fri Nov 06 11:50:40 2009] [error] [client 66.248.168.98] (2)No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/html/angrynates.com/global_solutions/index.py' failed, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ [Fri Nov 06 11:50:40 2009] [error] [client 66.248.168.98] Premature end of script headers: index.py, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ Now, the file does exist: [root@13gems global_solutions]# pwd /var/www/html/angrynates.com/global_solutions [root@13gems global_solutions]# ls .... -rwxr-xr-x 1 victor victor 275 Nov 6 07:05 index.py .... and it serves just fine on another server, so there is no "premature end of script headers". Here's where it gets really weird. If I copy the code for index.py and template.py which the former calls, and create files test.py and test2.py and paste the code from the former files in those new files changing only the import statement from "template" to "test2", the tests will resolve!! Now, the ownership and mode are identical on all of them!! [root@13gems global_solutions]# ls -al | grep test.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 298 Nov 6 12:24 test.py [root@13gems global_solutions]# ls -al | grep test2.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5716 Nov 6 12:25 test2.py [root@13gems global_solutions]# ls -al | grep index.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 316 Nov 6 07:05 index.py [root@13gems global_solutions]# ls -al | grep template.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 5806 Nov 6 07:06 template.py -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 6093 Nov 6 07:06 template.pyc where test.py is identical to index.py (other than the necessary import) and template is identical to test2.py fixfiles relabel /var/www/html # might just work It didn't touch /.autorelabel # and then reboot will relabel all copied files to the correct contexts for the location I rebooted apache with no luck or you could turn off SELinux and reboot I did that and the following two solutions with no luck: echo 0 >/selinux/enforce [root@13gems ~]# cd /etc/ [root@13gems etc]# mv selinux/ selinux.BAK [root@13gems etc]# mkdir selinux [root@13gems etc]# echo 0>/selinux/enforce ...and the problem continues: [root@13gems etc]# tail /var/log/httpd/error_log [Fri Nov 06 12:51:49 2009] [error] [client 66.248.168.98] Premature end of script headers: index.py, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ [Fri Nov 06 12:56:18 2009] [error] [client 66.248.168.98] (2)No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/html/angrynates.com/global_solutions/index.py' failed, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ [Fri Nov 06 12:56:18 2009] [error] [client 66.248.168.98] Premature end of script headers: index.py, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ [Fri Nov 06 12:56:20 2009] [error] [client 67.96.172.81] (2)No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/html/angrynates.com/global_solutions/index.py' failed [Fri Nov 06 12:56:20 2009] [error] [client 67.96.172.81] Premature end of script headers: index.py [Fri Nov 06 13:52:15 2009] [error] [client 66.249.67.153] File does not exist: /var/www/html/angrynates.com/robots.txt [Fri Nov 06 13:52:52 2009] [error] [client 208.84.198.58] (2)No such file or directory: exec of '/var/www/html/angrynates.com/global_solutions/index.py' failed, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ [Fri Nov 06 13:52:52 2009] [error] [client 208.84.198.58] Premature end of script headers: index.py, referer: http://angrynates.com/global_solutions/ [Fri Nov 06 13:52:52 2009] [error] [client 208.84.198.58] File does not exist: /var/www/html/angrynates.com/favicon.ico [Fri Nov 06 13:52:53 2009] [error] [client 208.84.198.58] File does not exist: /var/www/html/angrynates.com/favicon.ico [root@13gems etc]# Please help. Victor

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run script on logout
by Janez Kosmrlj 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Does anyone have an idea how to run a script when the user logs out. I tried puting the command in the .bash_logout file, but it doesnt work. Thanx Janez

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Stop K3B CDDB Popup
by MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

On CentOS 5.4 I just installed K3B to write some CDs. Now every time I used a CD, I get a popup that asks me to "Select a CDDB entry ...". How can I stop this popup? Thanks, Mike,

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finding a memory leak - committed memory SPIKES!
by Alan McKay 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hey folks, I've got a RHEL 4.3 system (one of the few I have not yet converted to CentOS) that is running DB2 ... looks like 8.1 Just noticed that committed memory on my Munin graphs has been steadily climbing on a constant curve - yikes! There are 16G of physical ram and the commit is up to 80G now. Fortunately this is evidently not being accessed because I am not doing any swapping. I've been googling for over an hour now - found lots of interesting stuff to read up on, but not exactly what I'm looking for! How do I find the memory leak? What I"m really looking for is a list of who has all that committed memory assigned to them? thanks, -Alan -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"

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CentOS lists now searchable via MarkMail.org
by Monte Milanuk 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hello, Just thought I'd drop a note here... a short while ago I was searching for some info on CentOS, and having been exposed to markmail.org via the R-project <www.r-project.org> <www.r-project.org>I went to markmail to do some digging. At that time, they didn't carry the CentOS lists yet, but after a simple request, now they do. The interface lends itself more to searching and drilling down after specific information than strictly browsing, but I thought others here might find it of use. Please pass it along if you find it of value. Here's the link: http://centos.markmail.org/search/ HTH, Monte

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Print stuck in queue
by Robert Moskowitz 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

I have some prints stuck in my print queue from firefox. I can ping the printer (HP 7310 accessable over 9100). Windows systems can print. I just tried sending a print from OpenOffice Writer and Unable to Write Print Data: Broken Pipe I tried restarting CUPS, no change. What can I do? I don't think I should have to reboot.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 57, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 httpd - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 httpd - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2009:1580 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 httpd - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2009:1580 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 httpd - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:37:02 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1579 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 httpd - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091112223702.GA16075(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1579 httpd security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1579.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/httpd-2.0.46-77.ent.centos.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/httpd-devel-2.0.46-77.ent.centos.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/mod_ssl-2.0.46-77.ent.centos.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/httpd-2.0.46-77.ent.centos.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update httpd\* mod_ssl Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Yum Skipping filter question
by Majian 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi, all : When I run "yum update" command in my laptop , it displayed this : root@foo Desktop]# yum update Loaded plugins: aliases, changelog, fastestmirror, filter-data, keys, kmod, list-data, priorities, protect- : packages, protectbase, security, tmprepo, verify Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * addons: mirrors.163.com * base: mirrors.163.com * extras: mirrors.163.com * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de * updates: mirrors.163.com Skipping filters plugin, no data 0 packages excluded due to repository protections Skipping security plugin, no data Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update I searched on the Internet some time , but had not any useful answer . Could someone help me ? Thanks in advance ~

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Rescuing svn repo from *IDIOTS*
by Stephen Nelson-Smith 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hello, A moron has checked in a DVD iso into subversion. How can I undo the damage, and make the repo a sensible size again? Also, is there a cunning way to get subversion to say: "Oi! Moron! This file is huge, you can't check it in!" ? S.

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Rebuilding MySQL
by Victor Subervi 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

Hi; Since I decided to "yum remove openssl", genius that I am (not!), I managed to screw up the OS so badly the server co. had to rebuild it for me <:-) These good people backed everything up very well, so the damage was minimal. Now I'm trying to rebuild MySQL. I did the "yum install mysql" no problem. However... [root@13gems old]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start -bash: /etc/init.d/mysqld: No such file or directory What do? Also, where is the data usually stored? The server co. backed that up, but I don't know which file it would be. TIA, Victor

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software raid :: kernel update procedure
by Adrian Sevcenco 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi! I have an software raid installation (md_dX type) and i am wondering what is the procedure for kernel update... is the initrd auto-magicaly rebuild? Thank you, Adrian

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Installing libssl-dev
by Victor Subervi 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi; I can't "yum install libssl-dev" because apparently it doesn't exist. Please advise. TIA, Victor

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problem with stable version of roundcubemail contained in the depot Karanbir Singh
by fakessh＠fakessh.eu 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi all Hi list my linux box is CentOS 5.4 it is properly updated I use the [root@r13151 ~]# rpm -qa | grep roundcubemail roundcubemail-0.2.1-1.el5.kb [root@r13151 ~]# roundcubemail , which is contained in the deposit karanbir singh I preferred to continue using the version contained in the official (depot karanbir singh its offcial repositories yes or not ) repositories of CentOS I use postgresql This is correctly configured as described in the INSTALL file I use the standard PHP of Jason's Utter Ramblings Repo (http://fakessh.eu/ it is the phpinfo(); page ) my problem is that I see appear the login page (http://fakessh.eu/roundcubemail ) I enter all data but I do not understand why I can not fit into the webmail the logs directory is empty when I use the url http://fakessh.eu/roundcubemail/?_task=&_action=login with the correct username and the correct password, the page shows me an authentication error when I use the url http://fakessh.eu/roundcubemail with the correct username and the correct password, the page tells me no errors thanks for all your feedback SL nb : 'Buddha' peace themselve

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EMERGENCY: Server Crash
by Victor Subervi 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi; I went to install some s/w and it looked like there was a problem with openssl. So I decided to uninstall it (yum remove) and reinstall it. When I went to reinstall, I discovered I couldn't use yum. Then I discovered: [root@13gems qmail-1.03]# yum install openssl -bash: /usr/bin/yum: No such file or directory [root@13gems qmail-1.03]# man yum Floating point exception [root@13gems qmail-1.03]# cd / [root@13gems /]# mkdir yum mkdir: error while loading shared libraries: libselinux.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [root@13gems /]# wget http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/download/2.0/yum-2.0.7.tar.gz -bash: /usr/bin/wget: No such file or directory [root@13gems /]# ls /usr/bin/ ls: error while loading shared libraries: libselinux.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory [root@13gems /]# [root@13gems /]# python -bash: python: command not found Please advise ASAP! Victor

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please suggest reading on Linux memory management
by Alan McKay 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hey folks, This is sort of a follow up to my email yesterday about memory leaks. I'd found some really good reading material in my hour or so of googling prior to sending that email. Wondering if anyone can recommend good reading on the topic - including raw facts like this jackpot I seem to have hit upon ( http://www.kernel.org/doc/gorman/html/understand/ ), as well as articles on troubleshooting techniques and so forth. thanks, -Alan -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"

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kernel error
by Helmut Drodofsky 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi, yesterday there was obviously a problem in one virtual server. Host centos uname -rm: 2.6.18-128.1.6.el5 x86_64 Guest: centos uname -rm: 2.6.18-128.4.1.el5 x86_64 Vmware server : VMware-server-2.0.1-156745.x86_64.rpm Logwatch in guest: --------------------- Kernel Begin ------------------------ WARNING: Kernel Errors Present [<ffffffff8005dde9>] error_exit+0x0/0x84 ...: 3 Time(s) ---------------------- Kernel End ------------------------- Any ideas? Hardware problem? How can I check hardware? The only message I found is from mysqld: Number of processes running now: 0 091111 12:29:05 mysqld restarted 091111 12:29:07 InnoDB: Database was not shut down normally! InnoDB: Starting crash recovery. InnoDB: Reading tablespace information from the .ibd files... InnoDB: Restoring possible half-written data pages from the doublewrite InnoDB: buffer... 091111 12:29:08 InnoDB: Starting log scan based on checkpoint at InnoDB: log sequence number 0 100423936. InnoDB: Doing recovery: scanned up to log sequence number 0 100423936 091111 12:29:09 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 100423936 091111 12:29:09 [Note] /usr/libexec/mysqld: ready for connections. Version: '5.0.45' socket: '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' port: 3306 Source distribution Best regards Helmut

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CentOS Beer event in Berlin
by Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hey So after quite a few people want to attend here the official data. There will be a CentOS Beer event in a bar called Aufsturz [1] in Berlin Mitte on the 22nd of Nov. I will reserve a table for us. They do nice food too, I remebember :) I will be bringing CentOS promo stuff like sticker, flyer and T-Shirts. It would help if you could email me your size if you want one. So : CentOS Beer event Berlin Date : Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 Time : 18.00 + Location : Oranienburger Str. 67 D-10117 Berlin-Mitte [2] Please invite people you know and bring friends. The "C" in CentOS is for community and there is no better way to discuss geek related stuff as over a nice pint of German brew. Liebe Gruesse Didi P.S. You can find my contact details under [3] [1] http://www.aufsturz.de/ [2] http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=aufsturz+… [3] http://www.ribalba.de/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Site.ContactMe ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba(a)gmail.com Skype : ribalba

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Problem when opening files after installing OpenOffice 3.1 on CentOS 5.4
by Mathieu Baudier 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi, I have installed OpenOffice 3.1 downloaded from the openoffice.org website on CentOS 5.4 x86_64. The downloaded file is actually an archive containing RPMs. I did not use their setup tool but installed directly the RPMs I was interested in via 'yum localinstall' (my idea is in the future to put them on a custom yum repository, so that they can be managed via regular yum install / update). It works fine, except that when I double-click on, say, *.odt files in the file browser I get the following exception: Cannot open xxxxxxx.odt The filename "xxxxxxx.odt" indicates that this file is of type "odt document". The contents of the file indicate that the file is of type "OpenDocument Text". If I do a right-click, Open with... > Open Office Writer 3.1, it opens the file properly. 1. Did anybody already experienced that? 2. Do you know where I can manage the file types in GNOME? I have already added Open Office 3.1 as the default application to open such files (Right-click, Properties > Open With) Thanks in advance! Mathieu

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no valid partitiontables anymore
by Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi, recently I had to shut down an iscsi-raid an the connected servers. After the reinstallation and changing the ip config to match our new lan design, I can login to the iscsi device, the volumes are there and I can establish an iscsi link to some volumes. But, some other volumes on the iscsi device are reported with an invalid partition table or that they can't be mounted. e.g.: fdisk -l /dev/sdf Disk /dev/sdf: 53.6 GByte, 53687091200 Byte 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 51200 cylinders Einheiten = Zylinder von 2048 × 512 = 1048576 Bytes Gerät boot. Anfang Ende Blöcke Id System /dev/sdf1 1 51200 52428784 83 Linux fdisk -l /dev/sdf1 Disk /dev/sdf1: 53.6 GByte, 53687074816 Byte 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 51199 cylinders Einheiten = Zylinder von 2048 × 512 = 1048576 Bytes Disk /dev/sdf1 doesn't contain a valid partition table mount -t ext3 /dev/sdf1 /export/iscsi01-UDV1/ (lot of german information, e.g. wrong fs-type, damaged superblock ...) mount: Falscher Dateisystemtyp, ungültige Optionen, der Superblock von /dev/sdf1 ist beschädigt, fehlende Kodierungsseite oder ein anderer Fehler Manchmal liefert das Syslog wertvolle Informationen – versuchen Sie dmesg | tail oder so dmesg ... VFS: Can't find ext3 filesystem on dev sdf1. But I'm sure, about using ext3. The error message is the same with maount -t ext2 (for testing) Any hint would make my happy Thanks a lot an best regards, Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reinicke(a)filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia Hübner Staatsrätin für Demographischen Wandel und für Senioren im Staatsministerium Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt

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lvm and device nodes
by Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

Hi, my iscsi volumes are all lvm created :-) But the server(s) dont have the device nodes any more. So how may I create tham again? Or ist there an lvm-tool (option) to do this for me? e.g. for: --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VGJBOD01/lvol0 VG Name VGJBOD01 LV UUID IK35sK-bL9B-MeMv-2co6-XtOd-RCxK-lUpank LV Write Access read/write LV Status NOT available LV Size 4,77 TB Current LE 1251375 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto Any hint would make my happy! Thanks a lot an best regards, Götz -- Götz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reinicke(a)filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia Hübner Staatsrätin für Demographischen Wandel und für Senioren im Staatsministerium Geschäftsführer: Prof. Thomas Schadt _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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anyone tried firefox 3.5 under centos 5.4
by Janez Kosmrlj 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

? BR Janez

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PHP 5.2.x
by Craig White 12 Nov '09

12 Nov '09

I am trying to install GOsa and it seems to need PHP 5.2 So I searched CentOS Plus but no luck So I downloaded the src RPM from Fedora 11 and tried to build but got derailed early on in the process with these errors... + cat /usr/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 \ /usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4 \ /usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4 \ /usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4 \ /usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4 cat: /usr/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4: No such file or directory cat: /usr/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4: No such file or directory cat: /usr/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4: No such file or directory cat: /usr/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4: No such file or directory error: Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.28181 (%build) and I can't figure out where those might come from with yum provide/search Are there reliable repositories for PHP 5.2 for CentOS 5? Is there some way I can get this to build on CentOS 5? Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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32bit development on x86-64
by Roger K. Wells 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

We develop software and are beginning a slow transition from 32 bit applications to their 64 bit equivalents. During this period it will be necessary to build programs targeted for both environments using the x86-64 machines for development. here is a simple/small "application", sizes.c: #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> int main(int argc, char **argv) { printf("Various sizes:\n"); printf(" short = %d\n", sizeof(short)); printf(" int = %d\n", sizeof(int)); printf(" long = %d\n", sizeof(long)); printf(" float = %d\n", sizeof(float)); printf(" double = %d\n", sizeof(double)); return 0; } if I build it using: gcc -m32 -Wall -osizes sizes.c there are no warnings or complaints and a functioning 32 bit program runs, giving the size of a long as 4 bytes. (Of course without the m32 flag the size of long is 8 bytes.) if I try to do the equivalent in two steps: gcc -c -m32 -Wall sizes.c gcc -osizes -Wl,-m,elf_i386 sizes.o the result is: /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/4.1.2/libgcc.a when searching for -lgcc /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lgcc collect2: ld returned 1 exit status there is some confusion in the man pages as to whether the correct 32 bit emulation is elf_i386 or i386linux so: gcc -osizes -Wl,-m,i386linux sizes.o gives result: /usr/bin/ld: unrecognized option '--eh-frame-hdr' /usr/bin/ld: use the --help option for usage information collect2: ld returned 1 exit status since the single line command works it seems that there must be a way to get the job done. This becomes important when there are many source files and use of a traditional makefile is involved where compiling and linking are separate steps. Thanks in advance for reading this, roger wells -- Roger Wells, P.E. SAIC 221 Third St Newport, RI 02840 401-847-4210 (voice) 401-849-1585 (fax) roger.k.wells(a)saic.com

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 57, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:1572 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 4Suite - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1572 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 4Suite - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2009:1572 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 4Suite - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2009:1572 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 4Suite - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:28:54 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1572 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 4Suite - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091110212854.GA1352(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1572 4Suite security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1572.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/4Suite-0.11.1-15.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/4Suite-0.11.1-15.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update 4Suite Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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Lost raid when server reboots
by carlopmart 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi all, I have setup a raid1 between two iscsi disks and mdadm command goes well. Problems starts when i rebooted the server (CentOS 5.4 fully updated): raid is lost, and i don't understand why. "mdadm --detail --scan" doesn't returns me any output. "mdadm --examine --scan" returns me: ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 UUID=9295e5a2:b28d4fbd:b61fed29:f232ebfe and it's ok. My mdadm.conf is: DEVICE partitions ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid1 num-devices=2 metadata=0.90 UUID=9295e5a2:b28d4fbd:b61fed29:f232ebfe devices=/dev/iopsda1,/dev/iopsdb1 MAILADDR root mdmonitor init script is activated. Why md0 is not activated when I reboot this server? How can I do this persistent between reboots?? Many thanks. -- CL Martinez carlopmart {at} gmail {d0t} com

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screwed up dependencies
by ken 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Subsequent to trying to "yum update"-- it failed--, I tried to resolve the dependencies piecemeal: # yum update faad2 .... --> Processing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 for package: ffmpeg ---> Package faad2.i386 0:2.7-1.el5.rf set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 from installed has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) Error: Missing Dependency: libfaad.so.0 is needed by package ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf.i386 (installed) .... # rpm -q ffmpeg ffmpeg-0.5-2.el5.rf Could it be that there's a packaging error in faad2 ? -- War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake

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About the tar extract signal directory~~
by Majian 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi,all: I've couple of large tarballs such as www.tar and images.tar. Is it possible to extract a single file or a list of files from a large tarball such as images.tar instead of extracting the entire tarball? How do I extract specific files under Linux / UNIX operating systems? Thanks in advance ~~

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Berlin Beer event.
by Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hey After the London Beer event seams to become a regular thing I was wondering who in Berlin would want to participate in such a thing. I am visiting for BLIT [1] on the 21. November to promote CentOS and was wondering how many people would participate? It is always good to meet fellow Linux / CentOS users and exchange experiences and knowledge. Hope some people will get together. Cheers Didi [1] http://www.blit.org/2009/ ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba(a)gmail.com Skype : ribalba

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Audio issue(s)
by MHR 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

I just bought a new (refurbished) Everexe StepNote laptop with a VIA C7-M CPU and a VIA chipset, installed CentOS 5.4 on it and the audio is not working. I looked around for a sound driver for the VIA vt1708/a, which is what it claims to have (see below), but that didn't work either. Any pointers as to what I'm missing? !lpspci 04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT1708/A [Azalia HDAC] (VIA High Definition Audio Controller) (rev 10) !lsmod | grep snd snd_seq_dummy 7877 0 snd_seq_oss 32577 0 snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss snd_seq 49585 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq_device 11725 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq snd_pcm_oss 42817 0 snd_mixer_oss 19009 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 72133 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 24517 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 14281 1 snd_pcm snd_hwdep 12869 0 snd 55749 8 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep soundcore 11553 1 snd Thanks. mhr

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Build a LiveCD?
by Niki Kovacs 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi, I have a highly customized desktop built from CentOS 5.4 and RPMForge repos (plus some stuff of my own). I'd like to build a LiveCD from that, for one very specific reason. I have a medical application (MedinTux) that would be very handy to demonstrate to doctors, hospital staff, etc. with a LiveCD. Any ideas? Niki

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KVM + KSM?
by Lucian ＠ lastdot.org 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

Hi guys, Any chance we could get KSM support in centos 5.4? Maybe the centosplus ones or a gift from elrepo.

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problem: iptables -j QUEUE
by Mike -- EMAIL IGNORED 11 Nov '09

11 Nov '09

On my new CentOS 5.4 box I cannot get -j QUEUE to work. I am using the same setup I used on a CentOS 5.2 box. Is there anything new I should know? Thanks, Mike.

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Partition alignment
by Scott McClanahan 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

I'll be setting up a vSphere 4 environment hosting CentOS 5.4 on Netapp FAS and was curious how you guys are handling the automation of partition alignment within your linux guests. I'd like to use cobbler for dynamically creating kickstart scripts and wasn't sure if I could align my disk during install some how. Are there kickstart arguments to force the alignment on a 4k boundary? Have any of you had to do this? Thanks.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 57, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 3 i386 libvorbis - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 libvorbis - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 4 i386 libvorbis - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 libvorbis - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:11:44 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1561 Important CentOS 3 i386 libvorbis - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091109181144.GA4647(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1561 libvorbis security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1561.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/libvorbis-1.0-12.el3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libvorbis-devel-1.0-12.el3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/libvorbis-1.0-12.el3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update libvorbis\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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mysqld not starting on reboot
by Victor Subervi 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hi; I installed mysql using yum, so I have an /etc/init.d/mysqld file. For some reason, however, mysqld doesn't boot on reboot of the machine. Please advise. TIA, Victor

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London Beer event today, last reminder
by Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hey Some of us are yet-again going to be getting together for a CentOS Beer evening on the 10th Nov 2009 at the Kings and Queens. The Pub is mostly quiet during the week, has a fair selection of drinks and is central enough to most people in the city. The full address is : King & Queens, 1 Foley St, London, W1W 6DL Here is a Google Street view of the place http://bit.ly/1PchSO We should be there from about 6:30pm onwards. And depending on how people feel about it, will move around the corner to Ragham, for some food around 9pm. When you get there, keep an eye out for people in CentOS T-Shirts/ Shirts. There is no real agenda except focus on beer and the food! However, you are welcome to bring laptops around and show off any cool stuff you've been working on ( iirc, there is no internet at the pub though ). There will be some promo stuff to give away and I will bring a few T-Shirts people can get for a little donation towards the project. Cheers Didi ---- My www page: www.ribalba.de Email / Jabber: ribalba(a)gmail.com Skype : ribalba

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Xen pci passthru problems with kernel -164.6.1
by Miguel Di Ciurcio Filho 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hi there, After updating a server from CentOS 5.3 to 5.4 my Xen pci-passthru setup has some troubles. The server has two NICs, one used by dom0 and the other assigned to a domU and one SCSI controler assigned to another domU. It has been working fine since CentOS 5.1, when I did the initial setup. After upgrading to 5.4, I get this error when starting the domU with one of the NICs assigned: Error: pci: improper device assignment specified: pci: 0000:07:00.0 must be co-assigned to the same guest with 0000:07:00.1, but it is not owned by pciback. On the other hand, the domU with the SCSI controler boots, but the driver inside the domU prints a lot of awful errors and does not work. I've booted the domU with the SCSI controller using the -128.7.1 kernel and everything works fine as before -164.6.1. Any clues on why I can't assign just one NIC to the domU anymore? # ls -l /sys/bus/pci/drivers/pciback/ total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 09:55 0000:07:00.1 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.0/0000:02:02.0/0000:07:00.1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 09:55 0000:08:03.0 -> ../../../../devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/0000:01:00.3/0000:08:03.0 --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 bind lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 10 09:55 module -> ../../../../module/pciback --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 new_id --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 new_slot -rw------- 1 root root 0 Nov 10 08:35 permissive -rw------- 1 root root 0 Nov 10 08:35 quirks --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 remove_id --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 remove_slot -r-------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 slots --w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 10 09:55 unbind # Script do create the initrds KVER="2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen" mkinitrd -f --omit-scsi-modules --omit-raid-modules \ --with=e1000e --with=xennet --with=xenblk \ --preload=xenblk /boot/initrd-$KVER-domU.img $KVER mkinitrd -f --preload=pciback /boot/initrd-$KVER.img $KVER # cat /etc/modprobe.conf alias eth0 e1000e options netloop nloopbacks=0 options pciback hide=(0000:07:00.1)(0000:08:03.0) alias scsi_hostadapter2 megaraid_sas # this is the RAID controller alias scsi_hostadapter3 ata_piix # lspci |egrep "(Ether|SCSI)" 07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) 07:00.1 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 80003ES2LAN Gigabit Ethernet Controller (Copper) (rev 01) 08:03.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (rev 08) # uname -a Linux salvador.ic.unicamp.br 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen #1 SMP Tue Nov 3 16:48:13 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # domU-with-NIC.cfg kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen" ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen-domU.img" memory = "4096" name = "taquaral" disk = ['phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-root,xvda1,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-home,xvda2,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-home-staff,xvda3,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-home-adm,xvda4,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-home-admsis,xvda5,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-home-phd,xvda6,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-home-spec,xvda9,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-swap,xvda7,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/taquaral-var,xvda8,w'] vif = ['mac=00:16:3e:57:13:a5, bridge=vlan0'] vcpus = 4 extra = "console=xvc0" root = "/dev/xvda1" pci = ["0000:07:00.1"] # domU-with-SCSI.cfg kernel = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen" ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen-domU.img" memory = "2048" name = "flamboyant" disk = ['phy:/dev/volumes/flamboyant-root,xvda1,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/flamboyant-var,xvda2,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/flamboyant-l,xvda3,w', 'phy:/dev/volumes/flamboyant-swap,xvda4,w'] vif = ['mac=00:16:e3:55:55:55, bridge=br0', 'mac=00:16:3e:55:55:10, bridge=vlan0'] vcpus = 2 extra = "console=xvc0" root = "/dev/xvda1" pci = ["0000:08:03.0"] # menu.lst title CentOS (2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen) root (hd0,0) kernel /xen.gz-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 dom0_mem=1G module /vmlinuz-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen ro root=LABEL=/ enforcing=0 module /initrd-2.6.18-164.6.1.el5xen.img

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Inquiry:How to check for IP conflict on my CentOS server?
by hadi motamedi 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Dear All Please be informed that I have set an secondary IP address on my CentOS server to be able to reach to another Intranet , as the followings: #ifconfig eth0:1 172.18.209.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 up But I am not aware if any other node on the new Intranet is making use of this IP address . Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I check if any IP conflict occured ? Let me thank you in advance

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SELinux and KVM
by James B. Byrne 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

I am trying to set up a test kvm virtual machine on a core2 quad system. I have managed to thread my way through bridging eth0 and I have a CentOS-5.4 dvd iso prepared. Using virt-manager, when I try and add a new guest then I get the error reproduced below. Now, I know that I can 'fix' this by building a local mod via audit2allow and installing via semodule. However, I cannot seem to find this particular problem when I Google for it. Therefore, it seems likely that I have done something wrong rather than having encountered a bug. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what step I may have missed in setting up a kvm guest? All I have done so far is: Install qemu. Set libvirtd to start at boot. Bridge eth0 to br0 via customs ifcfg-X scripts in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. Run virt-manager. Add a new guest. Summary: SELinux is preventing qemu-system-x86 (qemu_t) "read" to rtc (clock_device_t). Detailed Description: SELinux denied access requested by qemu-system-x86. It is not expected that this access is required by qemu-system-x86 and this access may signal an intrusion attempt. It is also possible that the specific version or configuration of the application is causing it to require additional access. Allowing Access: Sometimes labeling problems can cause SELinux denials. You could try to restore the default system file context for rtc, restorecon -v 'rtc' If this does not work, there is currently no automatic way to allow this access. Instead, you can generate a local policy module to allow this access - see FAQ (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/selinux-faq-fc5/#id2961385) Or you can disable SELinux protection altogether. Disabling SELinux protection is not recommended. Please file a bug report (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi) against this package. Additional Information: Source Context system_u:system_r:qemu_t:SystemLow-SystemHigh Target Context system_u:object_r:clock_device_t Target Objects rtc [ chr_file ] Source qemu-system-x86 Source Path /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64 Port <Unknown> Host inet02.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca Source RPM Packages qemu-0.9.0-4 Target RPM Packages Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.4.6-255.el5_4.1 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name catchall_file Host Name inet02.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca Platform Linux inet02.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP Thu Sep 3 03:28:30 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 Alert Count 1 First Seen Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:28:32 PM EST Last Seen Mon 09 Nov 2009 06:28:32 PM EST Local ID d8ca7ab9-f135-4700-a515-c7b8efba1e27 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages host=inet02.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca type=AVC msg=audit(1257809312.343:21): avc: denied { read } for pid=4166 comm="qemu-system-x86" name="rtc" dev=tmpfs ino=796 scontext=system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 tcontext=system_u:object_r:clock_device_t:s0 tclass=chr_file host=inet02.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca type=SYSCALL msg=audit(1257809312.343:21): arch=c000003e syscall=2 success=no exit=-13 a0=4d8b3c a1=0 a2=0 a3=8 items=0 ppid=1 pid=4166 auid=4294967295 uid=0 gid=0 euid=0 suid=0 fsuid=0 egid=0 sgid=0 fsgid=0 tty=(none) ses=4294967295 comm="qemu-system-x86" exe="/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64" subj=system_u:system_r:qemu_t:s0-s0:c0.c1023 key=(null) -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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Open Source (or Closed Source) multi-user password manager
by Sven Aluoor 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Hello We use an Open Source Windows software[0] with about 1200 passwords. The encrypted file is stored on a CIFS-share. When concurrent write occurs, the users overwrite other users passwords. Now we are searching for a mutli-user password manager. Open Source would be good, but Closed Source is also accepted. support for Windows is a requirement and it shouldn't be a web application. So far I only found Clipperz[1] (sadly uses PHP/MySQL). Google results are bloated with SEO-spam. Can you recommend me an application? What do other Linux teams use? regards Sven [0] http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/pins.html [1] http://www.clipperz.com/open_source/clipperz_community_edition

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Question about aspell, alpine and a Xen guest
by Scot P. Floess 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

I have some weird behavior I can't explain... I've noticed this behavior since CentOS 5.2 (version I started running) through 5.4... I am running a Xen host/VM. On my guest VM, I use Alpine as my email client and Aspell as the spell-check... For whatever reason, when Aspell is kicked off - there appears to be what I'd call a prolonged pause before Aspell does its job. Should I run Alpine on bare metal (even on the host OS) - there is no pause whatsoever. The pause is so bad, I've stopped using Alpine in the VM and just running on the host OS itself. Its really not a big deal, but I can't figure out what or why there is a difference. Initially I thought it might be an issue with the amount of RAM I give the guest OS - I've tried from 256 MB to 768 MB - the pause is the same :( Any help or anything I can look at to figure this out - is greatly appreciated! Thanks ahead of time! Scot P. Floess 27 Lake Royale Louisburg, NC 27549 252-478-8087 (Home) 919-890-8117 (Work) Chief Architect JPlate http://sourceforge.net/projects/jplate Chief Architect JavaPIM http://sourceforge.net/projects/javapim Architect Keros http://sourceforge.net/projects/keros

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Inquiry:How to get remote login via frame relay link over E1?
by hadi motamedi 10 Nov '09

10 Nov '09

Dear All Please be informed that my CentOS server has an interface to the Internet on its eth0 port and an frame relay link over E1 to the remote site (to provide data service there) . Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I get remote login to the far end network element over this frame relay link over E1 ? Let me thank you in advance

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