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Interrupting Yum Update
by Lee Perez 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Hi All, Quick question, I just finished googling and found the thread that is dealing with the rpmdup_remover.sh script, and thanks to everyone that was involved in this. I followed the following threads: http://www.opensubscriber.com/message/centos@centos.org/11086209.html http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=17… Which lead me to the following link and the script: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=10139&forum=27&p… I started an update at about 5pm on the 30th and here it is 2:30 in the morning on the 31st. I want to kill this update and start over. I usually get around 155 KB/s now I'm getting 455 B/s. I do believe it is the mirror that I am connected to. I just want to make sure that by using the above mentioned script that I am going the right way. Just looking for a little reassurance before I do it. If I don't I don't think this thing will finish until sometime next week :-) and that is a bit long. Thanks!! Lee Perez

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5.4 kernel versions?
by Rob Kampen 01 Nov '09

01 Nov '09

Please excuse a possibly dumb question. Prior to the release of CentOS 5.4 I believe two updated 5.4 kernels were released as part of 5.3 2.6.18-164.el5 and 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5 Now that 5.4 is released we have just the 2.6.18-164.el5 kernel. Now the dumb question - what happened to the updated kernel? I now have workstations running 5.4 with the 164.2.1.el5 as they get yum update run regularly, however I do not reboot my servers as often and now find these do not have the later kernel. If some kind soul would please enlighten me..... Rob

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how to set default proxy?
by Eugeneapolinary Ju 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

hi I know that I could use ssh tunneling: ssh -fND localhost:6000 SOMEBODY(a)192.168.56.5 -p PORTNUMBER to surf the web through another machines internet connection -> I just need to set Firefox to use proxy 6000. But: How can I set that on the client side, to e.g.: ping through the machine with openssh-server? Not just setting Firefox to use port 6000. Is there any method for setting the default proxy in Linux, so that if I use wget, I will download through the ssh tunnel? Thank you

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authorized_keys command=""
by happymaster23 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hello, as I have read manual, if I use in file authorized_keys option command="" with some command, no other commands will be permitted. I have tried it, created authorized_keys2 for root and added there command="rdiff-backup --server" and after that tried to login. Thit command was executed, but I was normally able to supply other comand as root. Can you tell me why? Thank you Martin

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Centos 5.4 kernels for NFS4
by Gerhard Schneider 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Do CentOS 5.4 users still have to use the RedHat preliminary kernels (http://people.redhat.com/jlayton/) for getting a NFSv4 safe kernel or have the patches been incorporated into CentosPlus kernels? Or is kernel-2.6.18-164.3.1.el5 somewhere in the queue? Thanks in advance! GS -- Gerhard Schneider Institute of Lightweight Design and e-Mail: gs(a)ilsb.tuwien.ac.at Structural Biomechanics (E317) Tel.: +43 664 60 588 3171 Vienna University of Technology / Austria Fax: +43 1 58801 31799 A-1040 Wien, Gusshausstrasse 27-29 http://www.ilsb.tuwien.ac.at/~gs/

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HP Proliant ML G6 problem.
by Rafał Radecki 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi all. I try to install CentOS 4 x64 on HP Proliant ML G6. Anaconda doesn't correctly recognise the DVD-RW drive despite the fact that the installation starts from it. Also when I choose network (HTTP/FTP) installation type the ethernet card isn't correctly recognized. On HP website there aren't any drivers to use during installation only rpms and source rpms which (as I think) are useless at install time and can be used only when the system is installed. I also tried CentOS 5 x64 and there are no problems with my hardware then, the installation is ok. DVD-RW is: HP Super Multi DVD Rewriter GH40L E2C NIC is: HP NC107i Integrated PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter What should I do? Where to start from to solve the problem? With regards, R.

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Driver compilation howto.
by Rafał Radecki 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi all. I currently have to add some drivers during the installation process for CentOS 4.4 (I mus use this release). As I've heard I need first to compile the drivers under the same kernel which will be used during install time. What should I do then? Could anyone provide a link to an appropriate howto? With regards, R.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 56, Issue 10
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '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-2009:1536 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 pidgin - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1536 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 pidgin - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:27:32 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1536 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 pidgin - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091030212732.GF10347(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1536 pidgin security update for CentOS 4 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1536.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/finch-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/finch-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libpurple-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libpurple-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libpurple-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libpurple-tcl-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/pidgin-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/pidgin-devel-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/pidgin-perl-2.6.3-2.el4.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/pidgin-2.6.3-2.el4.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-4 i386 installations by running the command: yum update pidgin\* 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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crontab won't work
by Niki Kovacs 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi, I have a strange problem here. I have two servers, one dedicated webserver, and a local backup server. On the webserver I have this : [root@12569hpv163154:~] # crontab -l 00 22 * * * /usr/local/bin/sauvegarde-pmbccps.sh This launches a backup script every day at 22:00, and it works as expected. Now here's what I have on the local backup server : [root@grossebertha:~] # crontab -l 24 17 * * * /usr/local/bin/sauvegarde.sh Here, the script /usr/local/bin/sauvegarde.sh basically launches an incremental backup with rsync over SSH. The script is executable OK, it works very well when launched by hand on the command line... except cron won't start it. Here for example I tried to launch it on 17:24. Nothing. I checked the machine 'date', it's OK. Now I don't have the slightest clue why this doesn't work. What's the magic word here ? Cheers, Niki

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RAID 10 on Install?
by ML 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Hi All, How can I RAID 10 on install? (the names myRAID1 and myRAID2 are just for example purposes) I select a custom layout.... /dev/sda, sdb, sdc, sdd are listed... I create a partition of Software RAID on each of sda, sdb, sdc, sdd Create a swap partition on sda? Click RAID and take sda and sdc and RAID 1 to myRAID1 Click RAID and take sdb and sdd and RAID 1 to myRAID2 Click RAID and take myRAID1 and myRAID2 and RAID0 to MYRAID This leads me down to swap. If I create swap on sda, then dont sdb, sdc, sdd then all have unused space of the size of swap on sda? What is the rule of thumb for Swap these days. Back a long time ago it was double the RAM in the machine.....but that was a long time ago, what is best now? Thanks for the chat! -Jason

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Syslog do not work
by Tim_Davis＠cbca.com 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Guys, attached is copy of both the i) /etc/sysconfig/syslog ii) /etc/syslog.conf I have a Centos ver5.3 The syslog is not working and also I installed Webmin, also it does not work, this is what the error is " Info Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage " icon Thanks 1. [root@bart ~]# cat /etc/sysconfig/syslog # Options to syslogd # -m 0 disables 'MARK' messages. # -r enables logging from remote machines # -x disables DNS lookups on messages recieved with -r # See syslogd(8) for more details SYSLOGD_OPTIONS="-m0 -r" # Options to klogd # -2 prints all kernel oops messages twice; once for klogd to decode, and # once for processing with 'ksymoops' # -x disables all klogd processing of oops messages entirely # See klogd(8) for more details KLOGD_OPTIONS="-x" # SYSLOG_UMASK=077 # set this to a umask value to use for all log files as in umask(1). # By default, all permissions are removed for "group" and "other". 2 [root@bart ~]# cat /etc/syslog.conf # Log all kernel messages to the console. # Logging much else clutters up the screen. #kern.* /dev/console # Log anything (except mail) of level info or higher. # Don't log private authentication messages! *.info;mail.none;news.none;authpriv.none;cron.none /var/log/messages # The authpriv file has restricted access. authpriv.* /var/log/secure # Log all the mail messages in one place. mail.* -/var/log/maillog # TIM stuff *.*;local7.debug;local4.warnings /var/log/tim # Cisco Stuff local7.* /var/log/cisco # Log cron stuff cron.* /var/log/cron # Everybody gets emergency messages *.emerg * # Save news errors of level crit and higher in a special file. uucp,news.crit /var/log/spooler # Save boot messages also to boot.log local7.* /var/log/boot.log # # INN # news.=crit /var/log/news/news.crit news.=err /var/log/news/news.err news.notice /var/log/news/news.notice [root@bart ~]# 3 [root@bart ~]# ls anaconda-ks.cfg install.log webmin-1.490-1.noarch.rpm Desktop install.log.syslog firstboot.1256071953.31 tim.txt [root@bart ~]# ===================================== Tim Davis PMP, CCNP, CNE-5 CBCA 10900 Hampshire Ave. S. Bloomington, MN 55438 tim_davis(a)cbca.com http://twitter.com/tdalago 952-903-6304 ===================== NOTICE: The information contained in this electronic message, and any attachments accompanying this transmission, may be legally privileged and/or confidential and protected health information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual(s) and/or entity identified above. The authorized recipient of this information is prohibited from disclosing this information to any other party unless required to do so by law or regulation and is required to protect the information after its stated need has been fulfilled. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, printing, copying, forwarding, or distributing of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, by telephone or return fax/email, to advise of wrongful receipt and confirm your understanding of this Notice. Thank You.

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Problem YUM Centos 5
by Adriano Frare 31 Oct '09

31 Oct '09

Dear Friends, Today , I ran command yum update and I received follow error below. ======================= BEGIN ========= Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Determining fastest mirrors Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ? yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 229, in user_main errcode = main(args) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 104, in main result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands() File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 343, in doCommands return self.yum_cli_commands[self.basecmd].doCommand(self, self.basecmd, self.extcmds) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yumcommands.py", line 554, in doCommand return base.search(extcmds) File "/usr/share/yum-cli/cli.py", line 691, in search for (po, keys, matched_value) in matching: File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 1593, in searchGenerator for sack in self.pkgSack.sacks.values(): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 591, in <lambda> pkgSack = property(fget=lambda self: self._getSacks(), File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 434, in _getSacks self.repos.populateSack(which=repos) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 223, in populateSack self.doSetup() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/repos.py", line 71, in doSetup self.ayum.plugins.run('postreposetup') File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/plugins.py", line 176, in run func(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf, **kwargs)) File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 181, in postreposetup_hook all_urls = FastestMirror(all_urls).get_mirrorlist() File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 333, in get_mirrorlist self._poll_mirrors() File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/fastestmirror.py", line 376, in _poll_mirrors pollThread.start() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/threading.py", line 416, in start _start_new_thread(self.__bootstrap, ()) thread.error: can't start new thread ============= END ========================= How I do solve it? Thnaks Adriano

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Stripe vs Cylinder alignement...
by John Doe 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hi, I modified my kickstart to do some custom partioning and formating in a pre-install script. I am trying to align the partitions on the RAID stripe (and format with a correct stride). But, sfdisk complains that it does not start/end on a cylinder boundary (used -L option to limit complaining). Since the cylinder size is not a multiple of the stripe size, I cannot align on both. I tried to align the begining on the stripe and the end on the end of a cylinder, but sfdisk still compains... Basicaly, I have a 128KB (256 sectors) stripe, and 255*32 = 8160 sectors cylinders. What I am doing is: begin = ( begin / 256 ) * 256 end = ( end / 8160 ) * 8160 -1 So, for my first partition (96MB): begin=256 size = ( ( 96 * 1024 * 2 ) / 8160 ) * 8160 = 195840 sectors end = 195840 - 1 - 256 = 195583 Any idea what I am doing wrong in my calculations or logic? Thx, JD

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 56, Issue 9
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '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-2009:1535 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 pidgin - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1535 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 pidgin - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CEBA-2009:1468 CentOS 5 i386 autofs Update (Karanbir Singh) 4. CEBA-2009:1468 CentOS 5 x86_64 autofs Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CEEA-2009:1435 CentOS 5 i386 cman Update (Karanbir Singh) 6. CEEA-2009:1435 CentOS 5 x86_64 cman Update (Karanbir Singh) 7. CEBA-2009:1516 CentOS 5 i386 cman Update (Karanbir Singh) 8. CEBA-2009:1516 CentOS 5 x86_64 cman Update (Karanbir Singh) 9. CEBA-2009:1511 CentOS 5 i386 coreutils Update (Karanbir Singh) 10. CEBA-2009:1511 CentOS 5 x86_64 coreutils Update (Karanbir Singh) 11. CESA-2009:1513 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 cups Update (Karanbir Singh) 12. CESA-2009:1513 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 cups Update (Karanbir Singh) 13. CESA-2009:1459 Important CentOS 5 i386 cyrus-imapd Update (Karanbir Singh) 14. CESA-2009:1459 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 cyrus-imapd Update (Karanbir Singh) 15. CEBA-2009:1515 CentOS 5 i386 device-mapper-multipath Update (Karanbir Singh) 16. CEBA-2009:1515 CentOS 5 x86_64 device-mapper-multipath Update (Karanbir Singh) 17. CESA-2009:1471 Important CentOS 5 i386 elinks Update (Karanbir Singh) 18. CESA-2009:1471 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 elinks Update (Karanbir Singh) 19. CESA-2009:1427 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 fetchmail Update (Karanbir Singh) 20. CESA-2009:1427 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 fetchmail Update (Karanbir Singh) 21. CESA-2009:1451 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 freeradius Update (Karanbir Singh) 22. CESA-2009:1451 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 freeradius Update (Karanbir Singh) 23. CEBA-2009:1533 CentOS 5 i386 gcc Update (Karanbir Singh) 24. CEBA-2009:1533 CentOS 5 x86_64 gcc Update (Karanbir Singh) 25. CESA-2009:1502 Important CentOS 5 i386 kdegraphics Update (Karanbir Singh) 26. CESA-2009:1502 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 kdegraphics Update (Karanbir Singh) 27. CESA-2009:1455 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 kernel Update (Karanbir Singh) 28. CESA-2009:1455 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 kernel Update (Karanbir Singh) 29. CEBA-2009:1422 CentOS 5 i386 ktune Update (Karanbir Singh) 30. CEBA-2009:1422 CentOS 5 x86_64 ktune Update (Karanbir Singh) 31. CESA-2009:1465 Important CentOS 5 i386 kvm Update (Karanbir Singh) 32. CESA-2009:1465 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 kvm Update (Karanbir Singh) 33. CEBA-2009:1488 CentOS 5 i386 kvm Update (Karanbir Singh) 34. CEBA-2009:1488 CentOS 5 x86_64 kvm Update (Karanbir Singh) 35. CEBA-2009:1525 CentOS 5 i386 libuser Update (Karanbir Singh) 36. CEBA-2009:1525 CentOS 5 x86_64 libuser Update (Karanbir Singh) 37. CEBA-2009:1424 CentOS 5 i386 libvirt Update (Karanbir Singh) 38. CEBA-2009:1424 CentOS 5 x86_64 libvirt Update (Karanbir Singh) 39. CEBA-2009:1421 CentOS 5 i386 libvirt-cim Update (Karanbir Singh) 40. CEBA-2009:1421 CentOS 5 x86_64 libvirt-cim Update (Karanbir Singh) 41. CEBA-2009:1476 CentOS 5 x86_64 lvm2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 42. CEBA-2009:1476 CentOS 5 i386 lvm2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 43. CEBA-2009:1475 CentOS 5 i386 lvm2-cluster Update (Karanbir Singh) 44. CEBA-2009:1475 CentOS 5 x86_64 lvm2-cluster Update (Karanbir Singh) 45. CESA-2009:1452 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 neon Update (Karanbir Singh) 46. CESA-2009:1452 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 neon Update (Karanbir Singh) 47. CEBA-2009:1437 CentOS 5 i386 net-snmp Update (Karanbir Singh) 48. CEBA-2009:1437 CentOS 5 x86_64 net-snmp Update (Karanbir Singh) 49. CESA-2009:1463 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 newt Update (Karanbir Singh) 50. CESA-2009:1463 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 newt Update (Karanbir Singh) 51. CEBA-2009:1527 CentOS 5 i386 nss_ldap Update (Karanbir Singh) 52. CEBA-2009:1474 CentOS 5 i386 openais Update (Karanbir Singh) 53. CEBA-2009:1527 CentOS 5 x86_64 nss_ldap Update (Karanbir Singh) 54. CEBA-2009:1474 CentOS 5 x86_64 openais Update (Karanbir Singh) 55. CEBA-2009:1487 CentOS 5 i386 OpenIPMI Update (Karanbir Singh) 56. CEBA-2009:1487 CentOS 5 x86_64 OpenIPMI Update (Karanbir Singh) 57. CESA-2009:1470 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 openssh Update (Karanbir Singh) 58. CESA-2009:1470 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 openssh Update (Karanbir Singh) 59. CESA-2009:1536 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 pidgin Update (Karanbir Singh) 60. CESA-2009:1536 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 pidgin Update (Karanbir Singh) 61. CESA-2009:1504 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 poppler Update (Karanbir Singh) 62. CESA-2009:1504 Important CentOS 5 i386 poppler Update (Karanbir Singh) 63. CESA-2009:1484 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 postgresql Update (Karanbir Singh) 64. CEBA-2009:1489 CentOS 5 i386 qspice Update (Karanbir Singh) 65. CESA-2009:1484 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 postgresql Update (Karanbir Singh) 66. CEBA-2009:1489 CentOS 5 x86_64 qspice Update (Karanbir Singh) 67. CESA-2009:1529 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 samba Update (Karanbir Singh) 68. CESA-2009:1529 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 samba Update (Karanbir Singh) 69. CEBA-2009:1495 CentOS 5 i386 selinux-policy Update (Karanbir Singh) 70. CEBA-2009:1494 CentOS 5 i386 tcsh Update (Karanbir Singh) 71. CEBA-2009:1495 CentOS 5 x86_64 selinux-policy Update (Karanbir Singh) 72. CEBA-2009:1494 CentOS 5 x86_64 tcsh Update (Karanbir Singh) 73. CEEA-2009:1467 CentOS 5 i386 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 74. CEEA-2009:1467 CentOS 5 x86_64 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 75. CEEA-2009:1532 CentOS 5 i386 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 76. CEEA-2009:1532 CentOS 5 x86_64 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 77. CESA-2009:1472 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 xen Update (Karanbir Singh) 78. CESA-2009:1472 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 xen Update (Karanbir Singh) 79. CEBA-2009:1514 CentOS 5 i386 xen Update (Karanbir Singh) 80. CEBA-2009:1514 CentOS 5 x86_64 xen Update (Karanbir Singh) 81. CESA-2009:1428 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 xmlsec1 Update (Karanbir Singh) 82. CESA-2009:1428 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 xmlsec1 Update (Karanbir Singh) 83. CESA-2009:1453 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 pidgin Update (Karanbir Singh) 84. CESA-2009:1453 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 pidgin Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:14:53 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1535 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 pidgin - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091029191453.GA12638(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1535 pidgin security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1535.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/pidgin-1.5.1-6.el3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/pidgin-1.5.1-6.el3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update pidgin 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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CentOS 5.4 :: partitionable RAID1
by Adrian Sevcenco 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hi! Did anyone tried this on 5.4? having a look on http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Install_On_Partitionable_RAID1 is would seem that that mkinitrd patch is no longer required. Can someone ack this? Thanks, Adrian

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Default ACL question (EXECUTE BIT)
by Jorge Fábregas 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hello everyone, I'm doing some tests with ACL's and even though I can create a "default" ACL for a directory (that includes "rwx" for the default owner), when I finally create a file wihin that directory the execute bit is chopped off: [joe@machine ~]$ mkdir mydir [joe@machine ~]$ setfacl -d -m u::rwx,g::-,o::- mydir/ [joe@machine ~]$ cd mydir [joe@machine mydir]$ touch testFile.txt [joe@machine mydir]$ ls -l testFile.txt -rw------- 1 joe joe 0 Oct 29 21:14 testFile.txt I don't think umask is involved here. As far as I know umask isn't involved when dealing with default ACL's. Anyhow, I'm pretty sure this is by design (security-wise). Is there any way to override this behaviour? Thanks, Jorge

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RAM errors after kernel-update
by Michael Schumacher 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hi, I updated a server yesterday from "kernel 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5xen" to "kernel 2.6.18-164.el5xen" After rebooting, my message log is flooded every second or so with this error messages: Oct 6 14:52:20 xenserver1 kernel: EDAC MC0: UE row 0, channel-a= 0 channel-b= 1 labels "-": NON-FATAL recoverable (Branch=0 DRAM-Bank=0 Buffer ID = 0 RDWR=Read RAS=0 CAS=0 NON-FATAL recovera ble Err=0x2000 (FB-DIMM Configuration Write error on first attempt)) and Oct 6 15:17:23 xenserver1 kernel: EDAC MC0: CE row 0, channel 0, label "": Corrected error (Branch=0 DRAM-Bank=0 RDWR=Read RAS=0 CAS=0, CE Err=0x10000 (Correctable Non-Mirrored Demand Data E CC)) The machine is a new Tyan S5397 mobo with 16GB Kingston RAM KVR667D2D4F5K2/8G Removing and replacing memory to different locations doesn't make any difference. After some digging, I noticed that the new kernel has added support for the i5400 chipset. I found some reference that the new kernel has this error reporting capability the old one hadn't. Question1: how many recoverable RAM errors are acceptable? Question2: The error appears always with the same id in the error message. Mobo problem? Question3: Are there any recommended BIOS settings to operate the RAM slower to see if the problem disappears? Question4: Any other proposals. Being located in Germany makes the "just return it to the dealer" proposal quite unattractive. best regards --- Michael Schumacher PAMAS Partikelmess- und Analysesysteme GmbH Dieselstr.10, D-71277 Rutesheim Tel +49-7152-99630 Fax +49-7152-996333 Geschäftsführer: Gerhard Schreck Handelsregister B Stuttgart HRB 252024

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resolv.conf rewritten every reboot. How to figure out who and why?
by Dave 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

My machine has a static IP, with dhcp and IPv6 disabled. Every time I reboot, some process rewrites /etc/resolv.conf, including a comment about dhcpclient. The only package I have installed that shows up in "rpm -qa|grep -i dhcp" is dhcpv6-client-1.0.10-16.el5, and nothing in there is named dhcpclient. I'd like to figure out what software is rewriting this file and why. man 5 resolv.conf and man resolver are unhelpful in this case. rpm reports /etc/resolv.conf is not owned by any package. At this point, I am as (or more) interested in pointers regarding how to find the answer as I am in the actual answer. Please teach me to fish. mahalo, Dave

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Re: [CentOS] printers... (HP)
by Per Qvindesland 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hi What is the model number? Regards Per Qvindesland At Thursday, 29-10-2009 on 20:27 "Robert" wrote: m.roth(a)5-cent.us wrote: > I can't remember if I asked here - I've got more than one printer, HP, > laser, builtin JetDirect. When I go there in a browser, I see the basic > thing, but I can't get to the networking page. It says that it wants a > password, no user name. It doesn't accept anything. Last week, a co-worker > reset one to factory defaults... and it comes up with the same thing. > Looking around on the Web, I don't see anything about a default password. > > Clues for the poor? > > mark > You might find something at http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-1054861.html or even at http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=security/networkprinterhacking No guarantee! I use Brother. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Benefits of VMWare 2.0 over 1.x?
by MHR 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

I've been running VMWare Server 1.x for some time now, currently on 1.08, and I've been pretty satisfied with it. I was wondering if any of you fellow VMWare users are seeing any significant benefit to moving to the 2.0 release. I'm running CentOS 5.4 with Linux 2.6.18-164.el5 #1 SMP x86_64 on an AMD 7750 64x2 with 4GB of RAM.... Thanks. mhr

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question about mounting external USB HD
by Ivan Arteaga 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hello, I have a server running CentOS 4.7 and I want to add a new USB-HD for backup some data. I made the file system as ext3 with the command: / mkfs -t ext3 /dev/sdb1/ After that I did add a new Volume Group and Logical Volume (/VolGrup01-LogVol01) /on that file system and mounted it as /backup. It worked fine but when I did reboot the server It wont mount /backup and I got the following error even after the system boots and I try to mount it manually: /mount: special device /dev/VolGrup01/LogVol01 does not exist/ I will appreciate any comment or suggestion about the best way to get through this. Regards, --Ivan.

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combining iptables parameters
by Marcus Moeller 30 Oct '09

30 Oct '09

Hi all, is there a way to combine iptables parameters like: iptables -A OUTPUT -p UDP & -p TCP -d $IP1 & -d $IP2 ? Best Regards Marcus

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Upgrading Centos 5.3 -> 5.4
by Rohan Gilchrist 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Still the same problems I'm afraid. I read the release notes and followed them to the letter. I'm now seeing: Finished Dependency Resolution lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: device-mapper >= 1.02.32-1 is needed by package lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 (base) mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-54.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: device-mapper-multipath >= 0.4.7-9 is needed by package mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-54.i386 (base) lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 from base has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: device-mapper-event is needed by package lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: device-mapper-multipath >= 0.4.7-9 is needed by package mkinitrd-5.1.19.6-54.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: device-mapper-event is needed by package lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 (base) Error: Missing Dependency: device-mapper >= 1.02.32-1 is needed by package lvm2-2.02.46-8.el5.i386 (base) You could try using --skip-broken to work around the problem You could try running: package-cleanup --problems package-cleanup --dupes rpm -Va --nofiles --nodigest I've installed package cleanup and tried the suggested combinations, except the --skip-broken option. Any thoughts are appreciated. Rohan.

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printers... (HP)
by m.roth＠5-cent.us 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

I can't remember if I asked here - I've got more than one printer, HP, laser, builtin JetDirect. When I go there in a browser, I see the basic thing, but I can't get to the networking page. It says that it wants a password, no user name. It doesn't accept anything. Last week, a co-worker reset one to factory defaults... and it comes up with the same thing. Looking around on the Web, I don't see anything about a default password. Clues for the poor? mark

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Not able to FTP since 5.4
by Bob Hoffman 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

I do not use ftp much lately, but my bro did and noticed we cannot ftp to the server since the upgrade. Using VSFTP. Tried rebooting but nothing. Looks like it goes through the whole process and then 'bam'. Could not find an error log that listed the error anywhere. Worked great before 5.4 update, now it does not work at all. Here is the info from cuteftp. STATUS:> Getting listing "/"... STATUS:> Connecting to FTP server 72.35.68.61:21 (ip = 72.35.68.61)... STATUS:> Socket connected. Waiting for welcome message... 220 Welcome to the server STATUS:> Connected. Authenticating... COMMAND:> USER xxxxxxxx 331 Please specify the password. COMMAND:> PASS ***** 230 Login successful. STATUS:> Login successful. COMMAND:> PWD ERROR:> Can't read from control socket. Socket error = #10054. Any ideas? Thanks. Bob

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combining iptables parameters
by James B. Byrne 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Message-ID: <fac47fca0910281232x71fbf92cva80095483d210db1(a)mail.gmail.com> On: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:32:14 +0100, Marcus Moeller <mail(a)marcus-moeller.de> wrote: > Hi all, > > is there a way to combine iptables parameters like: iptables > -A OUTPUT -p UDP & -p TCP -d $IP1 & -d $IP2 ? man iptables ... -p, --protocol [!] protocol The protocol of the rule or of the packet to check. The specified protocol can be one of tcp, udp, icmp, or all, or it can be a numeric value, representing one of these protocols or a different one. A protocol name from /etc/protocols is also allowed. A "!" argument before the protocol inverts the test. The number zero is equivalent to all. Protocol all will match with all protocols and is taken as default when this option is omitted. -s, --source [!] address[/mask] Source specification. Address can be either a network name, a hostname (please note that specifying any name to be resolved with a remote query such as DNS is a really bad idea), a network IP address (with /mask), or a plain IP address. The mask can be either a network mask or a plain number, specifying the number of 1s at the left side of the network mask. Thus, a mask of 24 is equivalent to 255.255.255.0. A "!" argument before the address specification inverts the sense of the address. The flag --src is an alias for this option. If both TCP and UDP are both to be blocked it may be inferred that no other protocol is desired to connect either, so simply not specifying any protocol will block all protocols including both TCP and UDP. If both are allowed then again there seems little purpose in blocking any others and again by not specifying any protocol you will obtain the desired result. If instead you do want to allow ICMP but nothing else then !icmp will match all protocols other than icmp. If IP1 and IP2 belong to a CIDR group and no intervening addresses are permitted access as well then a suitable netblock mask will archive the desired results. If not then each IP must be separately specified. So, something like this should work as a block for all protocols to either address: iptables -A OUTPUT -d $IP1 -j DROP iptables -A OUTPUT -d $IP2 -j DROP -- *** 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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VMware Server 2.0.1 On CentOS 5
by gene.poole＠macys.com 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

It's my understanding that CentOS is a carbon copy of Red Hat - with the exception of the art work. Assuming that this is true, the support matrix for VMware Server 2.0.1 states Red Hat 5.1. I cannot seem to locate a CentOS 5.1 x86-64 copy. I can get a copy of 5.3 and 5.4. If I take this route, what should I expect running VMware 2.0.1? Thanks, Gene Poole

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problem with 5.4 x86_64 DVD iso?
by Greenseid, Joseph M (IS) 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi all, I downloaded the 5.4 x86_64 DVD ISO this morning (CentOS-5.4-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso). However, the md5sum and sha1sums both don't match what's in the md5sum.txt or the release notes (http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.4) I downloaded two ISOs from two different mirrors, RIT and ANL, and both ISOs have the same checksums (match each other), which are different from the published md5sums and sha1sums. Was there a problem with the dissemination of the ISOs to the mirrors? I could understand one mirror having a problem, but two mirrors with the exact same broken image seems like it may be an upstream problem? Anyone have any idea what's up? Thanks, --Joe

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vnc for non-root
by ken 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

At work I've been asked to set up vnc for a remote user (a vendor sysadmin to install 3d party software we've purchased). Of course I'm a bit skittish about allowing root access to this. Is there a way to configure vnc so that root cannot log in through it...? Or do I have to use some other utility to deny root access (e.g., securetty). Thanks, folks. -- War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake

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Infrastructure HELP!
by ML 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi Everyone, I started a social networking site and I am getting ready to go live next week. I have limited fund as I am not funded yet (although hopefully soon). I have an extra Mac Pro (I know, how can I possibly call a Mac Pro dual 2.8 quad core with 16gb RAM extra). So Mac Pro quad Core, 16gb RAM, 4 x 1tb RAID level Seagate drives. I was going to load CentOS 5.4 on it, web, mysql etc, etc. This is really the only box I have that would handle the site it it takes off and then I would need to add more hardware and most hosting to RackSpace or something. My question is about initial setup. The 4 x 1TB drives. How to set this up for I have some protection? RAID 0+1? (striped + mirrored) I would end up with 2TB useable space. RAID 5? so what one is a hot spare? 3TB useable space? What about striping the 4 1TB and mirroring that to a 4 x 1tb External drive enclosure? I want to be sure the data is protected, but machine resources and money are limited. Thoughts are appreciated!

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sudoers file
by vijay shanker 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Hi all, I am planning to edit sudoers files in /etc. when i open this wiht vim command and change some thing it said "this file is read only" Is this okay to change the status of sudoers files. or any implication? please point Regards, Vijay Shanker Dubey Ph: +91-9818311884

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Missing package
by Anne Wilson 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

The big update caused one of the rare re-starts on my mail server, so I saw the startup messages that I had forgotten about. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: [3424]: warning: python-dbus not installed. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]: warning: Qt/PyQt 4 initialization failed. Oct 28 10:50:04 borg2 python: hp-systray[3424]: error: hp-systray requires Qt4 GUI and DBus support. Exiting. I cna't find any package python-dbus. dbus-python is installed, but hp- systray doesn't recognise that as the same thing. Is it possible to create some sort of link so that when it attempts to call python-dbus it gets dbus- python instead? Anne -- New to KDE4? - get help from http://userbase.kde.org Just found a cool new feature? Add it to UserBase

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Locales and filenames
by Alfred von Campe 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

I have a file which contains non-ASCII characters (umlauts, accented characters, etc.) both in its filename as well as its content. The only way I have been able to see these characters is inside vim, where they are displayed correctly no matter what I have LANG set to. My default LANG is en_US.utf8, but I have tried de_DE.utf8, de_DE.iso88591, and various others. In the output of a simple ls, the characters are shown as either a simple "?" or a "?" in a box depending on what I have LANG set to, and the same is true if I use cat to display the contents. I have tried this both in an xterm as well as a gnome-terminal window on a CentOS 5.3 system. I am taking stabs in the dark here as I've never had to deal with LANG and locales before. Am I missing something obvious or is there more to it than simply setting LANG. Since I can see the characters correctly in vim, I'm sure it's not a font issue. I just want to be able to display these characters correctly with simple Linux commands like ls and cat. Thanks, Alfred

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ata errors from dmesg
by Jerry Geis 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

dmesg is reporting ata1: translated ATA stat/err 0x51/10 to SCSI SK/ASC/ASCQ 0xb/14/00 ata1: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } ata1: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound } My HD disk is on /dev/sda1 so I presume this is errors from the CDROM. Is there a command I can use to not do anything with the CDROM? It was just there for install. This is an older machine running 4.4 i686 . Its also remote so I just can't unplug the CDROM. If there is a command to tell the kernel to ignore the CDROM that would be great. Thanks, jerry

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Scripting help please....
by Truejack 29 Oct '09

29 Oct '09

Need a scripting help to sort out a list and list all the duplicate lines. My data looks somethings like this host6:dev406mum.dd.mum.test.com:22:11:11:no host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host7:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host17:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:31:17:19:no host12:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:41:17:19:no host2:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:41:17:19:no host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:45:17:19:no host4:dev258mum.dd.mum.test.com:36:17:19:no I need to sort this list and print all the lines where column 3 has a duplicate entry. I need to print the whole line, if a duplicate entry exists in column 3. I tried using a combination of "sort" and "uniq" but was not successful.

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vmware 2.x
by Les Mikesell 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Does anyone know if the just-released vmware server 2.0.2 was supposed to fix the glibc incompatibility with RHEL/Centos 5.4? (It didn't on the first box where I tried it...). -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Repodata for 5.4 updates?
by Kevin White 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

On Tue, 27 Oct 2009, Gilbert Sebenste wrote: > I'm still seeing the updates roll out on mirror sites. When they're all > synced, I'm sure the repodata will then update, and then we'll get the > official word that they are ready. I haven't paid close enough attention in the past to see if this was "normal"...for the updates to appear before the repodata. It does make sense that that would be the case, to allow things to propagate. I wasn't sure if this was normal, or an oversight. Thanks...I'll continue to be patient. :) Kevin

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Rsync and full path of filenames
by Niki Kovacs 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, I have a bit of a tricky question about rsync. Let's say I want to backup a bunch of configuration files with rsync, in a script. What I don't want to do : a full snapshot of /etc. What I want to do : backup only those files I need, in an otherwise empty directory tree. In my script, I'd begin with a list of the files I effectively want to backup. Something like : /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/vhosts.d/*.conf /etc/exports Then I'd have some other files in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin, which I would like to backup too. Instead of a puzzling explanation, let me just show you how I would like my resulting backup to look like, so you get the idea : etc/ `-- httpd |-- conf | `-- httpd.conf `-- vhosts.d |-- site1.conf |-- site2.conf `-- site3.conf usr/ `-- local |-- bin | |-- script1.sh | `-- script2.sh |-- sbin |-- sbinscript3.sh `-- sbinscript4.sh Now if I do something like this : rsync -av /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf destinationfolder/ I get something like : destinationfolder/httpd.conf QUESTION (at last) : is there a way rsync can somehow add the full file path, so the end result is more like : destinationfolder/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf ? Any suggestions ? Niki

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Seamonkey 2.0 rpms
by lostson 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hello I threw together some Seamonkey 2.0 rpms for i386 and you can grab them from here http://lostsonsvault.org/dls/centos/ I dont have a 64 bit one yet but if someone would like to rebuild the src.rpm for 64 I will gladly host it, thanks. LostSon

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Cisco MDS 9124 with Centos 5.4
by Vernard C. Martin 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

The Release notes indicate that fencing support for the Cisco MDS 9124 and 9134 Fabric Switches have been added as a Technology Preview. I'd love to use this but it doesn't seem to be visible as a choice when using the web interface for configuring the cluster. I'm not averse to doing it by hand but I'm not sure of the XML syntax for that device in the cluster file. Anyone got any clues?

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 56, Issue 8
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '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-2009:1528 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 samba - security and bug fix update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1528 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 samba - security and bug fix update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2009:1529 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 samba - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2009:1529 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 samba - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2009:1531 Critical CentOS 3 i386 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2009:1531 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2009:1531 Critical CentOS 4 i386 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 8. CESA-2009:1531 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 seamonkey - security update (Tru Huynh) 9. CESA-2009:1530 Critical CentOS 4 i386 firefox - security update (Tru Huynh) 10. CESA-2009:1530 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 firefox - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:07 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1528 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 samba - security and bug fix update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20091027182807.GA677(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1528 samba security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1528.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/samba-client-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/samba-common-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/samba-swat-3.0.9-1.3E.16.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/samba-3.0.9-1.3E.16.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update samba\* 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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/etc/aliases file wildcard
by Jerry Geis 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I have been trying to find out if the /etc/aliases file can accept wildcards in the user name I was hoping that a line like or similiar: machine*: myaccount would take any name matching machine* and forward onto the myaccount mailbox. man aliases didnt really help me nor did I find anything else. Is there a way to pattern match in /etc/aliases with an * or something? Thanks, Jerry

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Debugging system load - How to start?
by Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi, we run an "old" mailserver system which was set up a couple of years ago. The systme dose "everything" what we need(ed). Over the last days I noticed an unnormal increase of the system load up to 10 and lots of users told me that there mailclient connections (sending and receiving) are dropped from time to time. I was planing to exchange the server respectively distribut the services in the near future anyway, but I'm interessted in what causes the load now or where the system "hangs" :-) There is a lot of work to do and the setup is not very well designed, but at the time I started the mailsystem at our place, I had only this one server and a lot of user requests ... The System: Intel Pentium D 3.20GHz, 8 GB RAM, 3Ware 4*320GB Sata II Raid Level 5, Gigabit LAN. Red Hat EL 5.4 (still 32 Bit) About 700 Users, 1GB Mailboxquota (mbox), Webmail-System Horde, an avarage of 3.200 messages per day over the last 12 Month. The Services and setup: Dovecot imap(s) & pop3(s), mailscanner, spamassassin, mysql, bind, httpd, sendmail. Because there are so many config parameters I'll summarise this a little bit. Mails are checked agains two blacklists (heise.de and Spamhaus) by sendmail, mailscanner and spamassassin use mostly the default settings. Virusscanning is done by avira AV. Logging for mailwatch to mysql is activated. What tools or logfiles may give me a clue which settings should be checked or changed? Thanks and 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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Inquiry:How to make crontab job permanent even after server reboot?
by hadi motamedi 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Dear All Please be informed that I have an CentOS 5 server and I need it to be automatically rebooted at pre-specified times . To this end , I tried to set it as its crontab job as the followings : #crontab -e 30 15 * * * reboot It got through but after the server first reboot the crontab job disappeared . So I tried to set it in another way , as the followings : set the cron list in /tmp/temp add the following lines to /etc/rc.local : crontab /tmp/temp But still the crontab job will disappear after the server first reboot . Can you please do me favor and let me know how can I make the crontab job permanent on my CentOS server even after server reboot ? Let me thank you in advance

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CentOS DS ACIs.
by Camron W. Fox 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Alle, Does anyone know a good HOWTO on translating OpenLDAP ACLs to CentOS Directory Server ACIs? Best Regards, Camron -- Camron W. Fox Hilo Office High Performance Computing Group Fujitsu Management Services of America, Inc. E-mail: cwfox(a)us.fujitsu.com

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Repodata for 5.4 updates?
by Kevin White 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I'm seeing the updates for 5.4 roll out (per Karanbir's tweet on October 26), but there haven't been any updates to the repodata, thus, yum isn't seeing the updates. Is this on purpose? Maybe I've just not noticed this before, if this is standard update roll-out procedure. Thanks, Kevin

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trouble isntallint 5.2 in virtualbox
by fred smith 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

Hi! I'm using Virtualbox 3.08, have several other VMs in it, but cannot boot the Centos 5.4 (i386) DVD far enough to even reach Anaconda... I've tried all the various virtualbox and boot options I can think of and it always sticks in the same place: NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default NET: Registered protocol family 2 and there it hangs. I've left it for several minutes. I also tried the iso image of 5.3 that I still have. same thing. FWIW, Fedora 12 beta installs fine, no trouble at all. Suggestions, please? -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex(a)fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- "And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever." ------------------------------- Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ------------------------------

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For building my local repo, how large is 5.4 update?
by Robert Moskowitz 28 Oct '09

28 Oct '09

I have run a local repo for Centos updates for some time. I suppose, at this point I could just delete the 5.3 update directory and rsync the 5.4 directory... But how large is the 5.4 update directory? Oh, just for i386, without /debug and is there anything else I should not include? For example for my FC11 update repo I also exclude drpms.

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on emacs startup no fonts, just little empty boxes
by ken 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Just upgraded CentOS to (uname) "Linux 2.6.18-164.2.1.el5.plus #1 SMP Fri Oct 9 12:34:43 EDT 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux" and since then, when emacs (version 21.4.1) starts up (using emacs -Q), where there should be text there are only little empty boxes, each the size of character. The error message reads: Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*" to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string "-*-helvetica-medium-r-*--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct I've tried running "emacs --font <font-spec>" with different font specs, but all of them error'd out also. "fc-list" shows 156 fonts available... you'd think emacs would be able to grab one of them and be happy with it. What's emacs doing or trying to do? Anybody have a 5.4 issue with fonts? tia for any help. -- War is a failure of the imagination. --William Blake

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EMC CX4 Clariion
by Antonio da Silva Martins Junior 27 Oct '09

27 Oct '09

Hi, We had received a new EMC storage (Clariion CX4) and the EMC analist has told us that CentOS aren't on their support list, but RHEL are :) Well anybody on the list has a CentOS host talking (iSCSI) with an EMC storage, preferably using the EMC Powerpath software, and can talk about you experience? Or I will need to buy some REHL licenses ? I'll put my hands on it only next week, but I'm trying to get prepared to do it :) Thanks in advance, Antonio. -- +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ | Antonio S. Martins Jr. - Support Analist | "Only The Shadow Knows | | Universidade Estadual de Maringá - Brasil| what evil lurks in the | | NPD - Núcleo de Processamento de Dados | Heart of Men!" | | E-Mail: asmartins(a)uem.br / shadow(a)uem.br | !!! Linux User: 52392 !!! | +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ "Real Programmers don’t need comments — the code is obvious." -- Esta mensagem foi verificada pelo sistema de antivírus e acredita-se estar livre de perigo.

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