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CentOS/RHEL 4.x vs 5.x
by Scott Ehrlich 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

I was just curious what the fundamental differences were between the 4.x and 5.x branches? Thanks. Scott

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dnsmasq - I'm a little confused....
by MHR 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

I have attempted to update with yum over the last 27 hours, and all I get is this: [mhr@mhrichter ~]$ sudo yum update Password: Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, priorities Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: linux.mirrors.es.net * updates: centos.g5selfstorage.com * extras: centos.mirrors.redwire.net kbs-CentOS-Extras | 951 B 00:00 base | 1.1 kB 00:00 updates | 951 B 00:00 extras | 1.1 kB 00:00 0 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Update Process No Packages marked for Update You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/mhr [mhr@mhrichter ~]$ yg dnsmasq dnsmasq.x86_64 2.45-1.el5_2.1 installed According to the announcement (see below), the lastest version is this: 9ee6bf903671f38806a119874ec74eec dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.x86_64.rpm What's up here? Is this really a case of incredibly slow mirrors or is there something else? mhr ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <centos-announce-request(a)centos.org> Date: Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 9:00 AM Subject: [CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 55, Issue 1 To: centos-announce(a)centos.org 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-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 i386 dnsmasq Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CESA-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 dnsmasq Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:10:22 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 i386 dnsmasq Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090901151022.GA10326(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1238 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1238.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 15068053a0aeea31232c06e17b88d2e7 dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.i386.rpm Source: 88bd7bb7252fd9f2ba5fdbdb09b57d95 dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:10:23 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 dnsmasq Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090901151023.GA10341(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1238 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1238.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 9ee6bf903671f38806a119874ec74eec dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.x86_64.rpm Source: 88bd7bb7252fd9f2ba5fdbdb09b57d95 dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.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 55, Issue 1 ********************************************** _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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[rhelv5-list] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 GA Announcement
by Pasi Kärkkäinen 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

----- Forwarded message from rhelv5-list(a)redhat.com ----- From: rhelv5-list(a)redhat.com To: rhelv5-list(a)redhat.com Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 10:17:35 -0500 Subject: [rhelv5-list] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 GA Announcement Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the latest update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, release 5.4 (with kernel-2.6.18-164.el5) for a family of products including: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform for x86, AMD64/Intel(r) 64, Itanium Processor Family, Power Systems and System z - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server for x86, AMD64/Intel(r) 64, Itanium Processor Family, Power Systems and System z - Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop for x86 and AMD64/Intel(r) 64 Enhancements ------------ New in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 is a reorganization of the release note material. Now the Release Notes are a condensed set of major release highlights. The Technical Notes contain the majority of the information regarding new feature descriptions and bug change notices. Due to the existence of the Release Notes highlights information, it is no longer necessary to duplicate that information in this release announcement. The Release Notes are available on the media as well as online as part of the general documentation. The online version of the Release Notes will contain the latest data. The Technical Notes are only available online. Please see the Documentation section in this announcement for locating the online Release Notes and Technical Notes. A technical white paper that describes the major enhancements can be found at: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/server/resource_center/ The following list summarizes improvements to this release: * Hardware - 10 GigE drivers with GRO support - FCoE support on standard NICs - SR I/OV support * System - Kernel tracepoints for systemtap use - Per process I/O accounting - FIEMAP support * Virtualization - Hypervisor scalability to 192 cpus - Additional hypervisor - Kernel Based Virtual Machine (KVM) Additional Information ---------------------- Additional information is provided below on Accessing the Software, Documentation, Support, and Mailing Lists. Enjoy the latest update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Accessing the Software ---------------------- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 is available to existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscribers via RHN. The update will be in the appropriate channels in your account. Installable binary and source ISO images are available via Red Hat Network at: https://rhn.redhat.com/network/software/download_isos_full.pxt You will be required to log in using a valid RHN account with active entitlements. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 errata are available at: https://rhn.redhat.com/ Documentation ------------- Release Notes and Technical Notes for this update are available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 site at: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/ The Release Notes are also on your Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 installed system in the redhat-release-notes package. Support ------- Red Hat Enterprise Linux customers using the Technical Account Manager (TAM) Service should raise all issues and questions with this release using your current Issue Tracker account. If you're interested in the Technical Account Manager Service, visit: https://www.redhat.com/support/offerings/technical.html All other customers can raise questions and issues through the normal Red Hat support channels. Details can be found at: https://www.redhat.com/support/process/ Mailing Lists ------------- Red Hat has a public mailing list for communication during this and all future Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 programs. * rhelv5-announce redhat com A low-volume, moderated, announcement-only mailing list. Red Hat will use this list to communicate one-way information about Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 programs, such as notifications when releases are available or solicitations for feedback. Subscribe at: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-announce * rhelv5-list redhat com A public general discussion mailing list for users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 releases. Subscribe at: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list(a)redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list ----- End forwarded message -----

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Centos 5.3 install on gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P motherboard
by Nathan Norton 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hi, I am having some difficulties installing centos 5.3 on the gigabyte GA-MA790FX-UD5P motherboard. Has anyone got centos booting on this motherboard? so far I have tried the following. + disabled the jmicron controller as this caused errors on booting JMB363 bad irq(0): will probe later error (this error caused the installation to stop at this point) + tested all components in another computer, they all work. + remove all unnecessary components from the pci bus. + power supply is not an issue since I have used a 850W PSU Basically what I am seeing is once the installation process starts and asks do i have another sata disk, and I select no the screen freezes at this point *every* single time, the screen is always blue with a couple of greek looking characters on the screen. No logs are left at this point in the installation, so it is making it difficult to diagnose. Today I installed the grml distribution and it worked with no issues, it uses a base kernel of 2.6.28. so there is nothing wrong with the hardware but centos still does not want to install on this motherboard. Anyone have any ideas? Nathan

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RHEL 5.4 released / CentOS 5.4 schedule
by Pasi Kärkkäinen 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hello, It looks like RHEL 5.4 has been released: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1243.html https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel-server-errata.html And before you ask: CentOS 5.4 will be released in 2-4 weeks or so, when it's ready :) -- Pasi

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remote desktop configuration
by Frank Cox 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

I manage some remote multi-user computers where it would be very handy to be able to "edit" the users' panel bars remotely, adding, removing and arranging applications and icons as needed. It's easy to put an icon on a user's desktop -- just write a .desktop file and put it into the user's Desktop directory. Can I do the same thing with the users' panel bars somehow? -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

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O.T. list for rpm makers?
by Dave 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hi, Is there a list for rpm makers from beginner to intermediate level? Private responses please. Thanks. Dave.

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looking for RAID 1+0 setup instructions?
by Rudi Ahlers 02 Sep '09

02 Sep '09

Hi, Can someone please assist met with some software RAID 1+0 setup instructions? I have searched the web, but couldn't find any. I found a lot of RAID 10 setup instructions, but it doesn't help me. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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A couple questions about Wine
by Ron Blizzard 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

VirtualBox works great but, since I only really use one Windows program (an older, specialized word processor called Movie Magic Screenwriter), I'm thinking of using Wine to run it in CentOS and getting rid of the Windows virtual machine. But a couple questions: 1) If I run Wine, do I introduce security or performance issues? 2) Is there any difference between Michael Harris' Wine repository and the ones available through... wherever yum is picking it up? (Actually it looks like it has two or three versions listed.) Thanks for any recommendations. I like VirtualBox, but it seems like overkill. -- RonB -- Using CentOS 5.3

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For you old-timers, an RS232 question about data rate confirmation.
by Barry L. Kline 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hello all. This is a question that I should be able to answer, but the old grey cells aren't working. My Google-Fu must not be up to snuff, either. I have a MOXA IP-RS232 converter that I'm going to be using over an RF WAN and I need to confirm the actual data rate that I'll be able to achieve. I have the drivers loaded (/dev/ttyr00) and a loopback plug on the end of the device. I am able to confirm that it works fine with minicom, but I'd like to be able to have a program read/write the device with a largish file and give me a throughput rating. Short of writing my own program, can anyone point me to a good tool for that purpose. yum search RS232 and yum search serial haven't provided what I'm looking for and I can't imagine that this isn't already done. Thanks! Barry

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS Digest, Vol 56, Issue 1
by Giuseppe By Computer srl 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 55, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '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-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 i386 dnsmasq Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CESA-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 dnsmasq Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:10:22 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 i386 dnsmasq Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090901151022.GA10326(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1238 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1238.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 15068053a0aeea31232c06e17b88d2e7 dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.i386.rpm Source: 88bd7bb7252fd9f2ba5fdbdb09b57d95 dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 15:10:23 +0000 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1238 Important CentOS 5 x86_64 dnsmasq Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090901151023.GA10341(a)tantra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1238 Important Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1238.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 9ee6bf903671f38806a119874ec74eec dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.x86_64.rpm Source: 88bd7bb7252fd9f2ba5fdbdb09b57d95 dnsmasq-2.45-1.1.el5_3.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 55, Issue 1 **********************************************

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setup iptables to allow forwarding through eth1
by Peter Peltonen 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

I have a fresh installed CentOS 5.3 server which should route traffic between two networks like this: network A (Internet) -- eth0 (default gw) : server : eth1 -- network B (LAN) I have set in sysctl.conf net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 and routing works fine like this. But when I switch on the iptables service (with default setup, configured when installing the server), routing stops working (or at least I cannot ping a server in network A from network B). I guess the firewall is stopping it, so I read http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/5.2/Deployment_Guide/s1-firewall-ipt-fwd.… and issued the commands # iptables -A FORWARD -i eth1 -j ACCEPT # iptables -A FORWARD -o eth1 -j ACCEPT but that did not help. So I am asking: what is the correct iptables command to make forwarding work? Regards, Peter

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yum priorities and rpmforge...
by John Doe 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi, I am using the yum priorities plugin and, for some reason, it is blocking all rpmforge updates, even for already installed rpmforge packages... I have priority=1 for CentOS repos. Is it the 'normal' behavior or is something wrong in my conf? Thx, JD

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quota command broken
by lhecking＠users.sourceforge.net 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

We noticed a big change in the workings of the quota command when moving from RHEL3 to CentOS5. Under RHEL3 (quota-3.10-7), quota -v essentially lists the fs quotas for all users logged into the local machine. Under CentOS5 (quota-3.13-1.2.5.el5), only one user quota is displayed, and while the actual data seems to be correct, the attribution is usually wrong. E.g. $ whoami user1 $ quota -v Disk quotas for user user1 (uid 12345): Filesystem blocks quota limit grace files quota limit grace nfs:/vol/vol2/user2 2596260 4194304 4194304 406132 614400 614400 $ This is for NFS quotas. We don't use local Linux quotas, and I haven't tested them. I don't know how this stuff works under the hood; is it possible that underlying kernel structures have changed, or some kernel config was dropped? I compiled the latest quota tools on both RHEL3 and CentOS5 and found the same behaviour, so the quota tools themselves are most likely not at fault. --------------------------------------------------------------- This message and any attachments may contain Cypress (or its subsidiaries) confidential information. If it has been received in error, please advise the sender and immediately delete this message. ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Configuring the firewall on CentOS
by Timothy Murphy 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Is there a CentOS equivalent to config-system-firewall in Fedora, allowing specified services to pass through? -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland

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what is the best way to delete so many queue files?
by MontyRee 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hello, all. I found that so many unnessary queue files are saved at /var/spool/clientmqueue/ directory. I tested two way to delete these files. 1. # rm -rf /var/spool/clientmqueue/* 2. # cd /var/spool/clientmqueue/ ; find . | xargs rm -fv But this makes a few load of the system and took too much time to delete. What is the best way to delete fast without too much load? Thanks in advance. _________________________________________________________________ 암호를 잃어버렸을 때를 대비하여 미리 암호 확인용 메일 설정하세요! http://im.msn.co.kr/im/main/mainCoverDetail.asp?seq=2251&page=1&BbsCode=bbs…

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Conntrack-tools for CentOS 4.8
by Matt Shields 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Does anyone know where I can get an RPM of Conntrack-tools, libnetfilter_conntrack and libnfnetlink that work with CentOS 4.8? -matt http://www.sysadminvalley.com http://www.beantownhost.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattboston Stephen Leacock<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/stephen_leacock.html> - "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so."

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IMAP servers and Sent/Junk folders
by Eugene Vilensky 01 Sep '09

01 Sep '09

Hi, my users were recently moved from a uw-imap on HPUX to dovecot on EL5. Their sent items and folders went from a ~/Sent mbox file (when using SquirrelMail and Apple Mail both) to ~/mail/Sent for SquirrelMail and ~/mail/Sent Messages for other imap clients. I notice I can cat the files together and the only artifact is I end up with multiple "This message is part of the system do not delete" visible to the user's mail client. Is there any advice anyone can give me regarding this or other solution? Thank you! -Eugene Regards, Eugene Vilensky evilensky(a)gmail.com

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS Mirrors and Adjacent country groups
by J.Witvliet＠MINDEF.NL 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hi -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Lanny Marcus Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:41 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS Mirrors and Adjacent country groups On 8/25/09, Rainer Duffner <rainer(a)ultra-secure.de> wrote: > Am 26.08.2009 um 00:13 schrieb Lanny Marcus: <snip> >>> Don't you have peering-points somewhere? >>> Sorry for hijacking this thread... >> Rainer: I don't think your reply is OT or hijacking. Good point. I >> suspect that in the EU, there is a lot of peering between countries, >> but here in SA, I don't think so. > > I suspected that. > To illustrate, this: > http://www.caida.org/research/topology/as_core_network/pics/ascore-ipv > 4-ipv6.200903_poster.pdf > is the map I was looking for. Cool. I downloaded that 4.3 MB file. I suspect we could peer with Panama. I believe like Colombia, they are also quite advanced with regard to telecommunications, and it's close. The city I live in (Cali) is actually much closer to Miami, Florida than Los Angeles, California is. And maybe we could peer with Peru, but that's a long way to our South. ---- Afaik it is impossible to deduce from the URL if one node is located nearby or far away. Eventhough as i live in europe, i can register and use a japanese URL. Secondly, i fond out that ISP do funny tricks with routing: My connection to my next-door-neighbour goes via a transcient node in New-York (high latency). Only traceroute can give you a clue if a node is local or not. And even then there is a question of available bandwith.... Hans ______________________________________________________________________ Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico's verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages.

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OT: .doc,.xls,.pdf,.ppt (etc.) string parser/indexers
by Les Mikesell 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Does anyone have experience with linux tools to parse the text from common non-text file formats for searching? I'm trying to use the kinosearch add-on for twiki which is fine as far as the search goes, but it takes forever to generate the index. It uses xpdf to extract strings from pdf's, antiword for .doc, and since it is perl, the Spreadsheet::ParseExcel module for .xls. Some documents parse/index quickly, some extremely slowly, and in the .xls case some seem to hang forever. I think the real issue is when the parsers (correctly or incorrectly) detect a wide character set and the indexer is confused when trying to re-encode it. What is the best approach to debug something that might be in the perl character set handlers? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Ifolder server on rel5?
by Dave 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello, I've been asked to look in to deploying an ifolder server on Centos 5.x. The individual would like a clean system, so that means rpms using or making. I am concerned about this the latst time i tried it i was unable to get it working and the docs and site links were extremely unreliable. The guy wants central file storage, web interface for management, and synchronization on upload plus encryption. I note that ifolder 3.7.2 does encryption, but i'd like feedback if anyone is using this or alternatives before i say one way or the other. Thanks. Dave.

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gtk+-2.x?
by Dave 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello, I'm trying to install a package that requires the gtk+-2.1.x package. I've installed the following groups in preparation, development tools, gnome-desktop, and am not seeing the rpm, i thought it was contained within another. Does anyone know where i can obtain this rpm? Thanks. Dave.

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Microsoft Mouse 5000 - Bluetooth
by Roger K. Wells 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Has anyone been able to get the scroll wheel to work? Most of the other functions are fine, however "xev" does not show any events when the scroll wheel or the fourth button is pushed. Other than that it is a nice mouse but I would like the scroll wheel to work. My system: [roger@rwells-cts tmp]$ uname -a Linux rwells-cts 2.6.18-128.7.1.el5.centos.plus #1 SMP Mon Aug 24 10:03:38 EDT 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux -- 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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Yum update from repo server
by Morrien, Rob 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello. I build a local centos repo server, I am able to deploy systems from this centos repo server and I have also updated the etc/yum.repos.d directory The base and update files are changed to the new repo server ip adress. I am able to do yum clean all and yum update to my new installed client deployed servers from my new local repo server My local deployed servers build from this local reposerver are updated correctly. If I have a pc running with centos which I updated from centos 5.2 to 5.3 with yum update some weeks ago, and I use the same repo config files from the local deployed repo server . But I get now evrytime an url error. And the error is telling me that the url can't be found. If I copy the url' into a' browser I get the correct file. It looks like to me' that all centos machines which are upgrade from 5.2' to 5.3 have the same problem. Initial build machines with 5.3 don't have this problem. Who can help me Met vriendelijke groet/With kind regards, Rob Morrien EDS, an HP company ABN AMRO account IE NL Gondel 1 1186 MJ Amstelveen The Netherlands Tel: +31 887 503052 Mobile: +31 6 51300616 E-mail: rob.morrien(a)eds.com -->>> ( On Friday i am not in the office ) <<< ----- We deliver on our commitments so you can deliver on yours

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mysql error
by Michael Wright 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hi List i'm trying to setup my sever but in my terimal all i seam get is this message but cant go on . could someone help us out many thx's Mike yum install mysql mysql-server Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: mirror.optus.net * updates: mirror.optus.net * addons: mirror.optus.net * extras: mirror.optus.net Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Package mysql-5.0.45-7.el5.i386 already installed and latest version Package mysql-server-5.0.45-7.el5.i386 already installed and latest version Nothing to do [root@localhost bcm]# chkconfig --levels 235 mysqld on bash: chkconfig: command not found [root@localhost bcm]# /etc/init.d/mysqld start Starting MySQL: [ OK ] [root@localhost bcm]# mysqladmin -ucountry mysqladmin Ver 8.41 Distrib 5.0.45, for redhat-linux-gnu on i686 Copyright (C) 2000-2006 MySQL AB This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software, and you are welcome to modify and redistribute it under the GPL license Administration program for the mysqld daemon. Usage: mysqladmin [OPTIONS] command command.... -c, --count=# Number of iterations to make. This works with -i (--sleep) only. -#, --debug[=name] Output debug log. Often this is 'd:t:o,filename'. -f, --force Don't ask for confirmation on drop database; with multiple commands, continue even if an error occurs. -C, --compress Use compression in server/client protocol. --character-sets-dir=name Directory where character sets are. --default-character-set=name Set the default character set. -?, --help Display this help and exit. -h, --host=name Connect to host. -p, --password[=name] Password to use when connecting to server. If password is not given it's asked from the tty. -P, --port=# Port number to use for connection. --protocol=name The protocol of connection (tcp,socket,pipe,memory). -r, --relative Show difference between current and previous values when used with -i. Currently works only with extended-status. -O, --set-variable=name Change the value of a variable. Please note that this option is deprecated; you can set variables directly with --variable-name=value. -s, --silent Silently exit if one can't connect to server. -S, --socket=name Socket file to use for connection. -i, --sleep=# Execute commands again and again with a sleep between. --ssl Enable SSL for connection (automatically enabled with other flags). Disable with --skip-ssl. --ssl-ca=name CA file in PEM format (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl). --ssl-capath=name CA directory (check OpenSSL docs, implies --ssl). --ssl-cert=name X509 cert in PEM format (implies --ssl). --ssl-cipher=name SSL cipher to use (implies --ssl). --ssl-key=name X509 key in PEM format (implies --ssl). --ssl-verify-server-cert Verify server's "Common Name" in its cert against hostname used when connecting. This option is disabled by default. -u, --user=name User for login if not current user. -v, --verbose Write more information. -V, --version Output version information and exit. -E, --vertical Print output vertically. Is similar to --relative, but prints output vertically. -w, --wait[=#] Wait and retry if connection is down. --connect_timeout=# --shutdown_timeout=# Variables (--variable-name=value) and boolean options {FALSE|TRUE} Value (after reading options) --------------------------------- ----------------------------- count 0 force FALSE compress FALSE character-sets-dir (No default value) default-character-set (No default value) host (No default value) port 0 relative FALSE socket (No default value) sleep 0 ssl FALSE ssl-ca (No default value) ssl-capath (No default value) ssl-cert (No default value) ssl-cipher (No default value) ssl-key (No default value) ssl-verify-server-cert FALSE user country verbose FALSE vertical FALSE connect_timeout 43200 shutdown_timeout 3600 Default options are read from the following files in the given order: /etc/my.cnf ~/.my.cnf /etc/my.cnf The following groups are read: mysqladmin client The following options may be given as the first argument: --print-defaults Print the program argument list and exit --no-defaults Don't read default options from any options file --defaults-file=# Only read default options from the given file # --defaults-extra-file=# Read this file after the global files are read Where command is a one or more of: (Commands may be shortened) create databasename Create a new database debug Instruct server to write debug information to log drop databasename Delete a database and all its tables extended-status Gives an extended status message from the server flush-hosts Flush all cached hosts flush-logs Flush all logs flush-status Clear status variables flush-tables Flush all tables flush-threads Flush the thread cache flush-privileges Reload grant tables (same as reload) kill id,id,... Kill mysql threads password new-password Change old password to new-password, MySQL 4.1 hashing. old-password new-password Change old password to new-password in old format. ping Check if mysqld is alive processlist Show list of active threads in server reload Reload grant tables refresh Flush all tables and close and open logfiles shutdown Take server down status Gives a short status message from the server start-slave Start slave stop-slave Stop slave variables Prints variables available version Get version info from server

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How to clone CentOS server ?
by przemolicc＠poczta.fm 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello, I'd like to clone existing CentOS server. Can anybody recommend any working solution to achieve that ? Regards Przemyslaw Bak (przemol) -- http://przemol.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wygraj nawigacje GPS! 14 sztuk czeka. Sprawdz >> http://link.interia.pl/f22f3

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log rotation not writing to new logs
by Dave 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello, I've got a centos 5.3 machine that is running services http and ftp whih are the two services i've noticed this on. When log rotation happens the old logs are renamed and compressed, but new logs httpd and pure-ftpd have zero lengths. From that poing log writing is not working. I've tried shutting down rsyslog and both httpd and pure-ftpd and restarting them, this is not working. I am open to suggestions. Thanks. Dave.

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gcc: fork: can not allocate memory
by Dave 31 Aug '09

31 Aug '09

Hello, The above is on a CentOS 5.3 machine, a vps actually. I started seeing it a few weeks ago when i was trying to get an ssh-key program called keychain going. It required an entry in ~/.bash_profile after that i started seeing the above error and compiles kept failing or tasks wouldn't complete. I commented out the lines that started keychain, and for measure rebooted the box. For the second time in the past 24 hours i'm seeing this error again. I've never seen it before and am open to suggestions. Thanks a lot. Dave.

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centos 5.3 with dkms-nvidia-x11-drv and gnome power manager sleep
by Ryan Pugatch 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi all, On my ThinkPad T61, I am trying to get gnome power manager's sleep function to work properly. When I bring my machine back up after sleep, I end up with just a black screen and nothing responding.. no capslock light when I hit capslock for example. I am running the latest nvidia driver from rpmforge (I'm suspecting the nvidia driver isn't playing nice). With Ubuntu I had to make a change in /usr/share/hal/fdi/information/10freedesktop/20-video-quirk-pm-el5-lenovo.fdi to get it to work. This, unfortunately, didn't help in CentOS. 'echo mem > /sys/power/state' seems to work properly - the machine actually comes back up. Whatever method G-P-M is using is not. Can I make G-P-M use that command to suspend? Or any ideas on how to make G-P-M's method work? Thanks, Ryan

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Anyone know a good VMWare hosting provider?
by Sean Carolan 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

I've got a custom VMWare image that I need to find a host for. Anyone know of a good ISP that offers VMWare hosting packages?

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how to install rrdtool, if it keeps failing?
by Rudi Ahlers 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi all, I'm trying to install rrdtool on CentOS 5.3 x64, but it keeps failing with dependency problems: root@pluto:[~]$ yum install rrdtool* Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * freshrpms: ayo.uk3.freshrpms.net * rpmforge: ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies There are unfinished transactions remaining. You mightconsider running yum-complete-transaction first to finish them. --> Running transaction check ---> Package rrdtool.x86_64 0:1.3.8-2.el5.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: ruby for package: rrdtool --> Processing Dependency: perl(RRDs) for package: rrdtool --> Processing Dependency: perl(RRDp) for package: rrdtool --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-fonts-Type1 for package: rrdtool ---> Package rrdtool-devel.x86_64 0:1.3.8-2.el5.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check ---> Package rrdtool.x86_64 0:1.3.8-2.el5.rf set to be updated --> Processing Dependency: ruby for package: rrdtool --> Processing Dependency: perl(RRDs) for package: rrdtool --> Processing Dependency: perl(RRDp) for package: rrdtool ---> Package xorg-x11-fonts-Type1.noarch 0:7.1-2.1.el5 set to be updated --> Finished Dependency Resolution rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: ruby is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: ruby is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl(RRDp) is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl(RRDs) is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl(RRDp) is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 from rpmforge has depsolving problems --> Missing Dependency: perl(RRDs) is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) Error: Missing Dependency: perl(RRDs) is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) Error: Missing Dependency: ruby is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) Error: Missing Dependency: perl(RRDp) is needed by package rrdtool-1.3.8-2.el5.rf.x86_64 (rpmforge) So, from what I gather, there's dependency problems, but shouldn't these be resolved automatically? I have googled this a bit, and it seems a lot of people end up installing a the tar ball manually - which I don't want todo. So, does anyone know how to install the RPM successful? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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using Linux as a NAS / SAN device
by Rudi Ahlers 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi, I'm looking at using Linux as a NAS / SAN device, and would like some input from other's who have done this before? How would it compare to commercial SAN devices, Thecus N8800SAS (http://www.thecus.com/products_over.php?cid=11&pid=177&set_language=english) or something similar to these? I would probably use hardware RAID 10, and could go with either SAS / SATA, and then probably offer iSCSI, Samba. NFS & rsync. In terms of servers hardware, well either Tyan / SuperMicro / Intel / Dell would be fine as well. But, my question is rather from a linux point of view, how would Linux compare to dedicated NAS devices, in terms of the OS managing the device? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Hosting Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Office: 087 805 9573 Cell: 082 554 7532

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Upgrading Centos 5.3 23Bit -> 64Bit
by Götz Reinicke 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi, has anybody done an upgrade from an installed 32bit version to a 64bit? If so, how? Installing the 64bit version from scratch is an option, but I'm interested also, if an upgrade is possible. Thanks and best regards, Götz

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kernel-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5.i686 update breaks AMD onboard sound
by Mike A. Harris 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The new kernel-2.6.18-128.7.1.el5.i686 kernel breaks audio support on my onboard audio on an AMD Solo motherboard. 00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-8111 AC97 Audio (rev 03) After upgrading to the new kernel from kernel-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5.i686, I quickly noticed audio not working in Flash in firefox, then after some tinkering realized audio didn't work at all, not even the mixer, although the sound card drivers were loaded. I ran system-config-soundcard and got no audio as well, it was unable to open the device. Running ogg123 from the commandline gave me an ALSA error about being unable to open a sound device before SEGV'ing. An strace revealed that /dev/snd/* was missing a device node. I rebooted into the prior kernel (kernel-2.6.18-128.4.1.el5.i686) and sound came back. The missing device node was back, along with several others that are missing in the new kernel as well. Here is the kernel rpm changelog between the working and non-working kernels: * Mon Aug 24 2009 Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> [2.6.18-128.7.1.el5.centos] - - Roll in CentOS Branding * Wed Aug 19 2009 Jiri Pirko <jpirko(a)redhat.com> [2.6.18-128.7.1.el5] - - [net] prevent null pointer dereference in udp_sendmsg (Vitaly Mayatskikh) [518047 518043] {CVE-2009-2698} * Sat Aug 15 2009 Jiri Pirko <jpirko(a)redhat.com> [2.6.18-128.6.1.el5] - - [net] make sock_sendpage use kernel_sendpage (Jiri Pirko ) [517445 516955] {CVE-2009-2692} * Tue Aug 04 2009 Jiri Pirko <jpirko(a)redhat.com> [2.6.18-128.5.1.el5] - - [dlm] free socket in error exit path (David Teigland ) [515432 508829] It'd be nice to try the Red Hat kernel to see if it is a CentOS specific glitch or not, but I suspect it isn't. Can't do that easily unfortunately. Are there existing CentOS builds of the 128.5/128.6 kernels archived somewhere? I had a quick scan through Red Hat and CentOS bugzillas, and did not see anything reported about this yet. I'm still investigating the problem before filing a bug report myself, but wanted to get some feedback from other users to determine how wide the problem might be, and hopefully narrow it down. - -- Mike A. Harris http://mharris.ca | https://twitter.com/mikeaharris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKmSe+4RNf2rTIeUARApzRAJ0R5CPbM9ROrPAPHL5A9O5nR3hUIwCgqXuw UJVV78sylEqZM4QjpqlP2U8= =JUf4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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my fonts look horrible (centos5.3/xfce)
by Ryan Pugatch 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hi all, I can't seem to get my fonts to look decent under CentOS. I was able to make them look pretty good under Ubuntu, but for the life of me I can't make them look decent on CentOS. Screenshots: http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/8563/ss1rzo.jpg http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/7655/ss2ocf.jpg http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/6040/ss3j.jpg http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/466/uiprefs.jpg Any advice is appreciated because this sucks :) Ryan

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virtual ftp users, web permissions
by Dave 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hello, I'm running CentOS 5.3. I've got an ftp server set up a pure ftpd server using virtualchroot so that sym links are followed. One user i'll call him user1 in the ftpuser/ftpgroup which is the user and group the server is running under has a symlink in his home directory pointing to the documentroot of a web site. I've got the sticky bit set on the documentroot and have permissions set so that users in the webdev group can write to this area, the pure-ftpd virtual user, which is a system user with a password in /etc/passwd, is in this group. On upload the user1 can upload to the web documentroot. However, the server is unable to display the pages. On checking the status of the uploaded file i see that permissions are not sticky instead of being owned and in a group of apache:webdev which is what they should be permissions are ftpuser:ftpgroup with permission bits 600 which means there's no way the web server will see these files. If i haven't lost anyone options for simplifying this would be appreciated, and suggestions as what i can try to get the permissions to be able to be set up in the docroot. Thanks. Dave.

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Need httpd / apache RPM > 2.2.3 for 5.3
by Alan McKay 30 Aug '09

30 Aug '09

Hey folks, It looks to me like the httpd on CentOS is stuck at 2.2.2 - what's up with that? Even after a yum upgrade. I need 2.2.10 or greater, and would prefer to get it via yum or at very last an RPM if at all possible. But I cannot even find an RPM out there. For some reason both EPEL and Dag Wieers do not even seem to have an httpd RPM for RHEL5 Any idea where to look? Why are we stuck at 2.2.3 which was a 2006 release? 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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how to setup the ISPConfig
by Michael Wright 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

hi guys i'm trying to setup the isp config and this is what i am getting in the terrimal # Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8053 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp HWADDR=00:16:E6:80:6D:5F ONBOOT=yes "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0:0" 5L, 137C where it should look like this # Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 79c970 [PCnet32 LANCE]DEVICE=eth0:0BOOTPROTO=staticBROADCAST=192.168.0.255IPADDR=192.168.0.101NETMASK=255.255.255.0NETWORK=192.168.0.0ONBOOT=yesRegardsMike

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upcoming DRBD updates in CentOS Extras for CentOS 4 and 5
by Johnny Hughes 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Ralph Angenendt, Fabian Arrotin, Akemi Yagi and I have been working on new DRBD packages for CentOS Extras. We have some packages that have been tested in the testing repository. LinBit has discontinued their 8.2 tree, so drbd83 will replace drbd82 in both CentOS 4 and CentOS 5 extras. DRBD 0.7.25 will remain in CentOS 4, however it gets no upstream support and I would recommend you upgrade to drbd83 after we release the upgrades if you are using drbd 0.7.25. DRBD 8.3.2 will also be released for CentOS 4, replacing the current drbd82-8.2.6. DRBD 8.0.x will remain part of the CentOS 5 extras and will be upgraded to 8.0.16. DRBD 8.3.2 will also be released for CentOS 5, replacing the current drbd82-8.2.6. I have done a post with a basic outline on how to do these upgrades: http://centosnow.blogspot.com/2009/08/drbd-packages-in-centos-4-and-centos-… I expect this release will happen sometime next week, before September 5th. In fact, the file will be on the centos mirrors, just the metadata will not be run for a couple days, so you can get the RPMs if you want from there. This is a heads up so you are ready and expecting the update and have had a few days to plan. Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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CentOS Mirrors and Adjacent country groups
by Johnny Hughes 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

CentOS has developed our own mirrorlist and isolist applications and inside this application, we have some countries that we shift to other countries and we also have some country groups defined. The purpose of these groupings is to have adjacent countries grouped together for applications like fastest mirror and others. I will put here what we currently have and ask the community to vet the list for us to make it better. Our major (large) groups are: us - North eu - Europe ap - Asia Pacific oc - Oceania af - Africa sa - South America c1 - (Use High Bandwidth, don't know location) Here is our current countries "with mirrors" to large group list (1st variable is CC, 2nd is Group Code): ar => 'sa', at => 'eu', au => 'oc', ba => 'eu', be => 'eu', bg => 'eu', br => 'sa', c1 => 'c1', c2 => 'eu', c3 => 'ap', c4 => 'us', ca => 'us', ch => 'eu', cl => 'sa', cn => 'ap', cr => 'sa', cz => 'eu', de => 'eu', dk => 'eu', ee => 'eu', es => 'eu', fi => 'eu', fr => 'eu', gb => 'eu', ge => 'eu', gr => 'eu', hk => 'ap', hu => 'eu', id => 'oc', ie => 'eu', il => 'af', in => 'ap', is => 'eu', it => 'eu', jp => 'ap', kr => 'ap', kz => 'ap', lt => 'eu', lu => 'eu', md => 'eu', my => 'oc', nl => 'eu', no => 'eu', nz => 'oc', ph => 'ap', pl => 'eu', pr => 'us', pt => 'eu', ro => 'eu', ru => 'ap', se => 'eu', sg => 'ap', si => 'eu', sk => 'eu', th => 'ap', tr => 'eu', tw => 'ap', ua => 'eu', us => 'us', vn => 'ap', za => 'af', ===================================================== We have created some smaller groups for each mirror country: ar => 'br-cl-cr-pr-us', at => 'de-ch-lu-fr-cz-sk-hu-it', au => 'nz-sg-tw-kr-jp', ba => 'it-hu-bg-si-ro', be => 'fr-nl-de-lu-gb', bg => 'gr-ro-tr-it-md', br => 'pr-cl-ar-cr-us', c1 => 'c1', c2 => 'c2', c3 => 'c3', ca => 'us-is', ch => 'de-nl-be-fr', cl => 'pr-br-ar-cr-us', cn => 'tw-kr-sg-jp-ru', cr => 'br-cl-ar-pr-us', cz => 'pl-sk-de-at', de => 'be-ch-fr-nl-dk-gb', dk => 'de-se-nl-fi-no', ee => 'fi-ru-lt-pl-se-no', es => 'pt-fr-de-gb', fi => 'se-dk-no-de-nl', fr => 'de-nl-ch-be-es', gb => 'ie-nl-de-fr', ge => 'tr-eg', gr => 'tr-bg-it-ro', hk => 'cn-tw-ph-vn-th', hu => 'at-ro-si-sk-ba', id => 'sg-my-ph-au-vn', ie => 'gb-nl-de', il => 'it-tr-gr-bg', in => 'in-bd-vn-hk-sg-cn', is => 'gb-no-se-ca', it => 'de-ch-fr-lu-at-si', jp => 'sg-cn-kr-tw-ru', kr => 'jp-cn-tw-sg-ru', kz => 'ru-tr', lt => 'pl-ro-no-ee-de', lu => 'de-nl-be-fr', md => 'ro-ua-bg-si', my => 'id-sg-au-th-vn', nl => 'de-dk-gb-be-fr', no => 'se-fi-dk-de-nl', nz => 'au-sg-jp-tw', ph => 'vn-my-sg-id-au', pl => 'cz-ua-de-se-si', pr => 'cl-br-us-cr', pt => 'es-fr-de-gb', ro => 'at-de', ru => 'fi-cn-kr-jp', se => 'no-fi-dk-de-nl', sg => 'my-id-ph-au-th', si => 'it-md-at-ba-hu', sk => 'cz-hu-pl-md-at', th => 'cn-vn-my-sg-ph-hk', tr => 'gr-it-de-bg-ro', tw => 'cn-kr-sg-jp', ua => 'pl-ro-cz-de-md', us => '', vn => 'ph-sg-my-hk-cn', za => 'il-br-tr-es-in', This is our list of adjacent countries, so if you are in PH, you will first get mirrors in conutry (PH), then from the small group (VN, CN, TW ), THEN from the large group (AP), THEN back filled from C1. Or if you are in ZA, you would get mirrors from the country (ZA), then from small group (IL, BR, TR, ES, IN), then from large group (AF), THEN backfill from C1. ===================================================== We also have a cross reference having one country masquerade as another for grouping purposes (countries with mirrors are on the right) ... here is that list: A2 => "C1", AD => "ES", AE => "IL", AF => "IN", AG => "US", AI => "US", AL => "GR", AM => "TR", AN => "US", AO => "ZA", AP => "C3", AQ => "C1", AR => "AR", AS => "AU", AT => "AT", AU => "AU", AW => "CR", AZ => "TR", BA => "BA", BB => "BR", BD => "SG", BE => "BE", BF => "ZA", BG => "BG", BH => "IL", BI => "ZA", BJ => "ZA", BM => "US", BN => "IL", BO => "CL", BR => "BR", BS => "US", BT => "CN", BV => "ZA", BW => "ZA", BY => "DE", BZ => "CR", CA => "CA", CD => "ZA", CF => "ZA", CG => "ZA", CH => "CH", CI => "ZA", CK => "NZ", CL => "CL", CM => "ZA", CN => "CN", CO => "BR", CR => "CR", CS => "SI", CU => "PR", CV => "ES", CY => "GR", CZ => "CZ", DE => "DE", DJ => "IL", DK => "DK", DM => "PR", DO => "PR", DZ => "IL", EC => "BR", EE => "EE", EG => "IL", ER => "IL", ES => "ES", ET => "IL", EU => "C2", FI => "FI", FJ => "AU", FK => "AR", FM => "PH", FO => "NO", FR => "FR", GA => "ZA", GB => "GB", GD => "PR", GE => "GE", GF => "BR", GH => "ZA", GI => "ES", GL => "SE", GM => "ZA", GN => "ZA", GP => "PR", GQ => "ZA", GR => "GR", GT => "CR", GU => "SG", GW => "ZA", GY => "BR", HK => "HK", HM => "AU", HN => "CR", HR => "SI", HT => "PR", HU => "HU", ID => "ID", IE => "IE", IL => "IL", IN => "IN", IO => "SG", IQ => "TR", IR => "TR", IS => "IS", IT => "IT", JM => "PR", JO => "IL", JP => "JP", KE => "ZA", KG => "CN", KH => "TH", KI => "C1", KM => "ZA", KN => "PR", KP => "KR", KR => "KR", KW => "IL", KY => "PR", KZ => "KZ", LA => "CN", LB => "IL", LC => "PR", LI => "CH", LK => "IN", LR => "ZA", LS => "ZA", LT => "LT", LU => "LU", LV => "RO", LY => "IT", MA => "ES", MC => "FR", MD => "MD", MG => "ZA", MH => "AU", MK => "SI", ML => "ES", MM => "IN", MN => "ZA", MO => "HK", MP => "PH", MQ => "PR", MR => "ES", MS => "PR", MT => "IT", MU => "ZA", MV => "IN", MW => "ZA", MX => "US", MY => "MY", MZ => "ZA", NA => "ZA", NC => "AU", NE => "ZA", NF => "AU", NG => "ZA", NI => "CR", NL => "NL", NO => "NO", NP => "IN", NR => "AU", NU => "AU", NZ => "NZ", OM => "IN", PA => "US", PE => "CL", PF => "AU", PG => "AU", PH => "PH", PK => "IN", PL => "PL", PR => "PR", PS => "IL", PT => "PT", PW => "PH", PY => "CL", QA => "IL", RE => "ZA", RO => "RO", RU => "RU", RW => "ZA", SA => "IL", SB => "AU", SC => "IN", SD => "IL", SE => "SE", SG => "SG", SI => "SI", SK => "SK", SL => "ZA", SM => "IT", SN => "ZA", SO => "ZA", SR => "BR", ST => "ZA", SV => "US", SY => "IL", SZ => "ZA", TC => "PR", TD => "ZA", TF => "ZA", TG => "ZA", TH => "TH", TJ => "KZ", TK => "AU", TM => "KZ", TN => "IT", TO => "AU", TR => "TR", TT => "BR", TV => "AU", TW => "TW", TZ => "ZA", UA => "UA", UG => "ZA", UM => "US", US => "US", UY => "CL", UZ => "KZ", VA => "IT", VC => "PR", VE => "CL", VG => "PR", VI => "PR", VN => "VN", VU => "AU", WF => "AU", WS => "AU", YE => "IL", YT => "ZA", ZA => "ZA", ZM => "ZA", ZW => "ZA", This is basically a cross reference, the countries on the right is where we have mirrors, the ones on the left are the countries as returned from an IP address. ======================================================= If anything looks bad, especially for people who are in the countries and can tell us which ones are logically near (via the network) and not necessarily physically near, please reply to this thread and lets see if we can make the mirror network better. Thanks, Johnny Hughes

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favicon.ico and robots.txt
by Dave 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Hello, I'm running an apache 2.2 webserver on centos 5.3. I'm seeing frequent requests for robots.txt and favicon.ico from the logs those files should be in the document root area. What are these files, is this something the rpm installs, or do i have to retrieve or generate them? Thanks. Dave.

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RPM complaining it needs .so files, while these are actually present
by RedShift 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Hello When I try to install a package I built myself (java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.16-1jpp.x86_64.rpm - took the java-1.6.0 srpm from jpackage and bumped the version number), it complains: Error: Missing Dependency: libodbcinst.so()(64bit) is needed by package java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.16-1jpp.x86_64 (java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.16-1jpp.x86_64.rpm) Error: Missing Dependency: libodbc.so()(64bit) is needed by package java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.16-1jpp.x86_64 (java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.16-1jpp.x86_64.rpm) However, I definately have these files: [root@centos5 x86_64]# ls -l /usr/lib64/libodbcinst* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270528 Jan 7 2007 /usr/lib64/libodbcinst.a -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1038232 Jan 7 2007 /usr/lib64/libodbcinstQ.a lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 29 20:59 /usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so -> libodbcinst.so.1.0.0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Aug 29 20:58 /usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so.1 -> libodbcinst.so.1.0.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 78088 Jan 7 2007 /usr/lib64/libodbcinst.so.1.0.0 [root@centos5 x86_64]# (I left out libodbc*, I have these files as well but it would be too much and useless to post here) Why isn't the dependency management realizing I have the files needed? Thanks, Best regards, Glenn

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Run GNU screen as a normal user
by Matt Arnilo S. Baluyos (Mailing Lists) 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '09

Hi guys, I am currently looking for a workaround with regards to running screen as a normal user. When I try to run it, I get the following: [mbaluyos@mla torrents]$ screen Cannot open your terminal '/dev/pts/0' - please check. To get around this, I had to chmod 777 /dev/pts/0. It's an insecure hack so I'm looking for the right way of doing it. Would anyone be able to guide me as to how I can run screen the way normal users should run it? This behavior just seemed to happen with CentOS 5.3. I remember not running into such issues on an older CentOS/screen version. Thanks in advance, Matt -- Stand before it and there is no beginning. Follow it and there is no end. Stay with the ancient Tao, Move with the present.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 54, Issue 13
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 29 Aug '09

29 Aug '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-2009:1233 Important CentOS 3 i386 kernel - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2009:1233 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 kernel - security update (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:30:59 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1233 Important CentOS 3 i386 kernel - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090828223059.GC6132(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1233 kernel security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1233.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.i586.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-hugemem-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-hugemem-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.21-60.EL.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i586.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.i686.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-smp-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-unsupported-2.4.21-60.EL.athlon.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.21-60.EL.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update kernel 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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Setting up large (12.5 TB) filesystem howto?
by Götz Reinicke - IT-Koordinator 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi, I'm trying to set up an iscsi 12.5 TB storage for some data backup. Doing so, I had some difficulties to find the right tool, maybe it's also a question of the system settings... The server is a 32Bit CentOS 5.3 with the recent updates. Ths iscsi connection can be establised. fdisk and parted fail to create any information on the device or fail completely. using the lvm tools (pvcreate, vgcreate, lvcreate), I could finaly create a logical volume: lvdisplay /dev/VolGroup02/lvol0 --- Logical volume --- LV Name /dev/VolGroup02/lvol0 VG Name VolGroup02 LV UUID h7T6tD-JZw2-UEdb-q1ml-BDqp-9E0u-mAop6x LV Write Access read/write LV Status available # open 0 LV Size 12,73 TB Current LE 3337487 Segments 1 Allocation inherit Read ahead sectors auto - currently set to 256 Block device 253:4 But, I can't create a filesystem on it: mkfs.ext3 -m 2 -j -O dir_index -v -b 4096 -L iscsi2lvol0 /dev/mapper/VolGroup02-lvol0 mke2fs 1.39 (29-May-2006) mkfs.ext3: Filesystem too large. No more than 2**31-1 blocks (8TB using a blocksize of 4k) are currently supported. The limits information provided by red hat say, that RH EL 5.1 supports 16 TB filesystems: http://www.redhat.com/rhel/compare/ -> Maximum filesystem size (Ext3): 16TB in 5.1 Using a block size of 8192 gives a warning, that this size is to large for that system. So my question: What is my missunderstanding or what's wrong with my system? Where are the real limits? Do I have to switch the OS to 64 Bit? Setting up large Filesystems isn't my staff of life :-) Thanks for amy how to or help of any kind - 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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Centos 5.4
by Alan McKay 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

I just saw in another list email that RHEL 5.4 is due out any day now. How long does it then take for the cooresponding CentOS release to come out? I'm in the process of making a new master server image based on 5.3. Though I suppose since I'm using Kickstart/Anaconda, it should be pretty easy to change it from 5.3 to 5.4 -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"

2 1

Strange connectivity problem from linux.
by Tharun Kumar Allu 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi I have been facing a strange connectivity problem from CentOS and Fedora boxes. When I telnet to $ telnet adp.eease.com 443 it works fine some times and every 5-10 tries or so it says connection refused. And this does not happen from my windows box. Can anyone from this list try this on their linux installation and see if they get the same behaviour? Thanks Tharun

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"gpg --verify-files" fails on some files, works on others
by Sean Carolan 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

I have a very strange situation where the gpg command will fail to verify whether there is valid PGP data in some files. Decrypting these files works flawlessly. Here is an example: [root@server autoimport]# gpg -vv --verify-files 01UserEnumswValues.txt.asc.txt gpg: armor: BEGIN PGP MESSAGE gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 16, keyid F0682D87CF4ED243 data: [1022 bits] data: [1024 bits] [root@server autoimport]# gpg -vv --verify-files 03users.txt.asc.txt gpg: armor: BEGIN PGP MESSAGE gpg: armor header: Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) :pubkey enc packet: version 3, algo 16, keyid F0682D87CF4ED243 data: [1021 bits] data: [1023 bits] gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found. Note that the first file is correctly identified as OpenPGP encrypted data, and has exit status of 0. The second file gives the error "no valid OpenPGP data found", even though I'm able to decrypt the file with no problems. Both these files were encrypted with the same key, and both contain plain text CSV data. Any ideas why this is failing on some files and not others?

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[off-topic] Question about csh.
by Marcelo M. Garcia 28 Aug '09

28 Aug '09

Hi I received this request from a user and could not find the solution. I would like to know if someone already solved this: "At the command prompt I used to be able to type the first letter of a line command and then by using the up arrow key, scroll through all of the line commands, that begin with that letter, that I had previously executed." It's a machine with CentOS-5.3, x86_64, and tcsh-6.14-14.el5, but his shell is 'csh'. Thanks Marcelo

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