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How to create a virtual bonded interface?
by John Horne 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hello, I have a server with 4 NICS running CentOS 5.2. I have bonded the interfaces together such that 'bond0' consists of eth0-3. This is not a problem, and works fine. However, I now need to create a virtual interface. In a non-bonded server I would just create something like eth0:1, but with a bonded interface I am a bit confused. I have created bond0:1 simple by copying the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0 file, calling it 'bond0:1' and setting the DEVICE appropriately. Then I ran 'ifup bond0:1'. The interface came up, and seems to be working okay. I have not tested yet if the bonding failover works with bond0:1 because I am doing this remotely at the moment. Tomorrow I should be able to test that. My question is, is creating a virtual bonded interface that simple or have I missed something? Have I done this the right way, or should I instead have created a second bonded interface ('bond1') and made it consist of eth0:1, eth1:1, eth2:1 and eth3:1? Admittedly this would have involved about 8 or so interfaces in total for the server! Secondly, I added nothing to the /etc/modprobe.conf file. Should I have added anything like 'alias bond0:1 bonding'? I also did not add any static routes, yet if I use 'ping' to send packets out through the virtual IP address ping says it is doing so (so again it all seems to be working). My concern is that while it seems to be fine at the moment, and even after rebooting, I may have missed something that will cause it to fail at some point. For info, 'ifconfig' output shows: ============================================================= bond0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx inet addr:141.163.yy.a Bcast:141.163.yy.yy Mask:255.255.255.224 inet6 addr: abcd::abcd:abcd:abcd:abcd/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:88468 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:59486 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:80654540 (76.9 MiB) TX bytes:5847688 (5.5 MiB) bond0:1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx inet addr:141.163.yy.b Bcast:141.163.yy.yy Mask:255.255.255.224 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MASTER MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 ============================================================= The 'netstat -rn' output shows: ============================================================= Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 141.163.yy.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.224 U 0 0 0 bond0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 bond0 0.0.0.0 141.163.yy.30 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 bond0 ============================================================= Shouldn't 'bond0:1' appear there somewhere? Anyone notice if I missed anything? Thanks, John. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- John Horne, University of Plymouth, UK Tel: +44 (0)1752 587287 E-mail: John.Horne(a)plymouth.ac.uk Fax: +44 (0)1752 587001

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USB DVD drive disappearing during kickstart install.
by Alex Tang 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hi folks. I maintain a bunch of centos based machines that are built using a somewhat stripped down (limited number but mainly stock rpms) centos distro. The installation process is plain anaconda stuff with a kickstart file on the root of the DVD/iso. The current hardware and media i'm using is DVD based. On machines that have internal DVD drives (all IDE CD/DVD drives), everything is fine. However, I'm having a problem that started in 4.6 and continues in 4.7 on machines that don't have an internal DVD drive and therefore i must use a USB DVD drive. On these machines, everything goes ok in the beginning. The DVD is "seen" by the machine and boots fine, the isolinux screen comes up and i let the timeout go or i hit return to continue. Then, almost immediately thereafter, (when i should see the blue screen with text about loading drivers) i see the blue screen with the prompt for language. This is supposed to be a kickstart install, so at this point i know i'm hosed. If I use alt-f3 or alt-f4 (can't remember which one), i can see an error message saying that the usb-storage driver is loaded, but it cannot find any USB storage devices to read from. If i alt-f1 back to the main blue screen with the language prompt, i can go through the prompts for language, keyboard, however when i get to "install type", and select "usb cdrom" (i can't remember the text exactly...the machines are in the server room, and i'm at my desk ATM), it fails again. I can alt-f3 back to see that the same error about loading the usb-storage driver was successful but it can't find any attached usb storage device. Unfortunately, at this point, there's no shell yet available in alt-f2, so i can't poke around much). It seems like somehow, something is happening like the USB bus is being reset and it's "loosing" the usb devices and they can't be found anymore. Note that the original boot occurred of the DVD drive (i got past the isolinux screen), so it's at least working in the beginning to get that far. I had seen this problem occur a handful of times in the past in my same distro based on CentOS-4.5, however it was sporadic and was usually solved by changing the manufacturer of DVD drive (i thought it was a hardware vendor not implementing the USB spec properly since most devices worked...only a handful didn't). However, since moving to 4.6 and also in 4.7, this problem is completely repeatable with all USB DVD drives i have (granted it's only 3 different vendors/models, but they all don't work, whereas all 3 of these used to work in the 4.5 based distro). Also, as i stated earlier, on machines with internal DVD drives (IDE based), everything works fine. Has anyone seen anything like this? Do you have any suggestions to try? One thing i'm going to try is downloading the stock 4.7 DVD ISO and see if it fails. The download is taking a while, so i won't be able to report back on that test until tomorrow. Oh yeah, the machines i'm using that are having this problem are a Dell R200, Supermicro PDSMi, and Supermicro P4SC8. I don't have the DVD drive mfg and model numbers handy, i'll get those as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. ...alex...

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email and MS outlook
by Mag Gam 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

We use Microsoft Outlook heavy at school but our backed is CentOS. I use echo "Foo" | mail -s "subject" addr(a)unc.edu a lot. Is it possible to change the priority to High so Outlook will understand it? The priority meaning the email will be sent to the normal email queue but on Outlook it would have the exclamation point. TIA

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virt-install -L
by David Dyer-Bennet 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

So what does the "location" one gives virt-install point to? Ideally, what directory on the Centos 5.2 DVD should it point to? Or should it point to the ISO image? Or what? I'm getting tired of trying things at random, and the documentation really doesn't tell me anything beyond that it should be a directory (because it says two different files should be there). -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b(a)dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info

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Re: [CentOS] cron job not working
by Al Sparks 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

> Probably a permissions problem, as has been noted. What I can't > understand is how the problem came to be so complicated. This, > run as a root cron job, will produce the desired directory: > > #!/bin/bash > mkdir -p /ora-local/db-test-backups/`date +%Y"_"%m"_"%d` > > ...without the adjustments in the perl script. AAMOF, it's even > simpler if you can tolerate hyphen separators rather than > underscores. (date +%F) I'll give that a shot. Note that I have not been running this as root (though crond is running as root). Most of the time, if it's a permissions problem, crond will send an email telling me it's a permissions problem. === Al

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Missing 4.7 kernel update SRPMs ?
by James Pearson 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

I can't find the kernel-2.6.9-78.0.1.EL.src.rpm and kernel-2.6.9-78.0.1.plus.c4.src.rpm on the download sites - the binary i386/x86_64 RPMS are there, but not the matching SRPMs Does anyone know where they are? Thanks James Pearson

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CentOS on Eee PC 1000H
by Sven 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hi folks Anybody running CentOS on Eee PC 1000H? In CentOS wiki[0] there is a draft about Eee PC 900 from Fabian Arrotin. Does the same howto work for Eee PC 1000H? So far he writes: > Waiting for an official way to host the necessary rpms ... Where to download WiFi and NIC driver? regards Sven [0] http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops/Asus/Eeepc

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slow Perl on CentOS 5
by Florin Andrei 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

If your Perl apps are unusually slow on CentOS 5, have a look at this blog: http://blog.vipul.net/2008/08/24/redhat-perl-what-a-tragedy/ In a nutshell: some Perl apps are 100x slower on RedHat / CentOS 5 compared to other distributions. Bugzilla entry: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=379791 -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 43, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEBA-2008:0876 CentOS 5 i386 perl Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CEBA-2008:0876 CentOS 5 x86_64 perl Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:42:27 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2008:0876 CentOS 5 i386 perl Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080918004227.GA29408(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2008:0876 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0876.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: d238a0ae697c6e9d131b8949a39a5f79 perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm d977b3a4aa388a08d44c67f133e449b4 perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm Source: eb29d8941819dd64a0d8a8edb2c2f1b2 perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:42:27 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2008:0876 CentOS 5 x86_64 perl Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080918004227.GA29421(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2008:0876 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0876.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 30991c5c1d5616372116a0480f8bdfd7 perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.i386.rpm e8965ee3f34823896e4b9ec4b54ff01f perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm 3ff4aaa5878811d651c40dcea3a198c1 perl-suidperl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.x86_64.rpm Source: eb29d8941819dd64a0d8a8edb2c2f1b2 perl-5.8.8-15.el5_2.1.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 43, Issue 7 **********************************************

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Need help with Wine
by Sadaruwan Samaraweera 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hi, I've two questions, 1. Is it OK to use wine on CentOS 5.2 x86_64 ? 2. If it's OK then is there a possibility that virus's that infect windows based system to attack my CentOS or any other Linux system thats running Wine? Please help me. Thank you -- Sadaruwan Samaraweera

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CentOS automount 99% CPU utilization -- NFSv3 vs NFSv4?
by Blond Beer 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

I have several CentOS 5.2 workstations in a Sun Solaris NIS domain and Solaris NFS servers (all Solaris 8). Frequently the auto mounter hangs with very high utilization -- I think it might be due to the Solaris 8 servers only using NFSv3 and the CentOS wanting to use NFSv4. How can I set the system to use NFSv3 globally, even for auto mount maps from my ancient Solaris NIS domain (which I wold like to upgrade, but that's another story...)

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Run a more recent kernel than 2.6.18 on CentOS?
by Niki Kovacs 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hi, Usually I'm not one to complain about "old" version of the CentOS kernel and/or software, since I appreciate CentOS' stability. So this might be the exception that confirms the rule. I've been jumping through several burning loops these past days to configure my little MSI Wind netbook, and I'm currently considering going for a more recent kernel. There's no way the Ralink driver for the wireless card will build on an older kernel than 2.6.22, apparently. I'm prepared to do some tinkering, but in the meanwhile, can you give some basic recommendations or caveats? This is not our production database server, so it's not a big deal if it's a little bit less stable. What i naively plan to do: get a kernel SRPM from Fedora 9, try to build from there, and see where it leads. I think I'm going to give it a shot in VirtualBox first. But then, maybe one of you has already gone that path and can tell me if I have to expect something trivial or an experience of the hair-pulling type. Cheers, Niki PS: with similar requests, folks usually suggest I run Fedora. So let me state: I like CentOS. I don't want to run Fedora.

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buying the right cpu fan
by Craig White 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

(I sent this yesterday but it never made it through) I've got a remote system where I think I need to replace the CPU fan. in the output of dmidecode, I get... Processor Information Socket Designation: CPU 1 Type: Central Processor Family: <OUT OF SPEC> Manufacturer: Intel ID: 47 0F 00 00 FF FB EB BF Version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.66GHz Voltage: 1.4 V External Clock: 133 MHz Max Speed: 2666 MHz Current Speed: 2666 MHz is this enough to tell me what kind of fan I need to get? It's obvious it's a Pentium IV. What other command/what other command might I be able to run to parse in order to get information so I get the right CPU fan? Craig

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Setting VNC console port in virt-install
by David Dyer-Bennet 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Using Centos 5.2 with Xen. I'm making a group of nodes behind an LVS load-director to perform computing services. Those nodes are only accessible from the LVS nodes (I'm using LVS NAT mode). Actually it's Xen virtual servers on the physical nodes behind the LVS boxes that I'm mostly concerned with. When you create a guest with virt-install, there's a vnc param and a vncport param, but setting vncport doesn't seem to cause the vnc console to actually appear on the specified port. The config file written by virt-install in /etc/xen doesn't contain the vnc port information. How do I control what port the VNC console is presented on? I need to make these appear at stable port numbers, because to make the systems manageable from outside the LVS, I'm going to create tunnels on the LVS that go to specific system consoles. To set that up obviously the destination ports need to be somehow known, and since they're on different systems, anything other than simply configuring them to be in stable places is going to get complicated and hence unreliable. (The people maintaining the software on the systems behind the LVS won't be the same people in charge of the LVS, and some of them won't even know anything about Linux or Xen, just Windows.) Yes, I also asked on the Xen list; not sure how much what I see as Xen is actually basic Xen and how much is Centos, and the documentation I'm using to do this is all the Centos stuff so I figured I should ask here. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b(a)dd-b.net; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info

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please help LVM totally messed up
by Rudi Ahlers 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Hi all I accidentally deleted a LVM volume directly (rm /dev/System/newcpanel) and now my LVM's are all messed up. I have a snapshot from one of the other LVM's, as follows lvcreate -s -n newcpanel /dev/System/wiseguy -L10G But, instead of running lvremove /dev/System/newcpanel I ran rm /dev/System/newcpanel ( I don't know why) So, now I have waisted space on my server, and I can't remove the original LVM either. root@saturn /]# lvremove /dev/System/wiseguy_rootimg /dev/System/wiseguy_rootimg: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error /dev/mapper/wiseguy_rootimg1: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error /dev/mapper/wiseguy_rootimg2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error /dev/mapper/wiseguy_rootimg3: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error Can't remove logical volume "wiseguy_rootimg" under snapshot root@saturn /]# lvscan /dev/System/wiseguy_rootimg: read failed after 0 of 4096 at 0: Input/output error /dev/mapper/wiseguy_rootimg1: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error /dev/mapper/wiseguy_rootimg2: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error /dev/mapper/wiseguy_rootimg3: read failed after 0 of 2048 at 0: Input/output error ACTIVE '/dev/System/root' [10.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/swap' [4.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/pluto' [50.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/home' [10.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/data' [20.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/andrew_vmswap' [1.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/andrew_rootimg' [5.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/keith_vmswap' [1.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/keith_rootimg' [5.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/12_vmswap' [1.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE '/dev/System/12_rootimg' [5.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE Original '/dev/System/wiseguy_rootimg' [10.00 GB] inherit ACTIVE Snapshot '/dev/System/oldcpanel' [10.00 GB] inherit -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers

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java yum problem
by Ric Moore 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

Error: Missing Dependency: /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers is needed by package java-1.4.2-gcj-compat I'm digging all over the place for this one. Has anyone a clue?? When I use: yum whatprovides /usr/bin/rebuild-security-providers it returns: jpackage-utils.noarch : JPackage utilities I've installed this from several sources. Nothing seems to provide the rebuild thing. I've used mc to looking inside the rpms I've found and none have it. So, I would guess something else does. Thanks, Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ https://nuoar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339

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Installing & activating mysql in CentOS 5
by Andrew Allen 18 Sep '08

18 Sep '08

I want to set up a local mysql server + client (preferably graphical, ie mysqlgui) so have yum installed both perl-DBI and mysql.i386, both apparently successfully. However, I can't see what to do next to get mysqld running, as it doesn't appear in the list of services (in /etc/init.d/). Help appreciated please - is there any good specific documentation on this anywhere? Also, what's the current opinion/advice on a graphical user interface for mysql please? Andy

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Sierrawireless 597c
by Terry Polzin 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Anyone on the list been able to get one of these to be seen by usb as a modem? lsusb lists it incorrectly, but I can manually load the sierra and usbserial modules. Me thinks they aren't quite up to support for this device yet, Thanks for any input, Terry

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Re: [CentOS] cron job not working
by Al Sparks 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

The crond itself is being run as root. I am running the cron job as another user that has permission to run cron jobs. Note that if I change the program to print output to STOUT and run through cron, I get an email in that account with that output. === Al ----- Original Message ---- From: bruce <bedouglas(a)earthlink.net> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 4:25:23 PM Subject: RE: [CentOS] cron job not working hey al... what are the privs that the cron is being run as. the cron should be root. what are the acls for the dir that you're writing to?? it's probably a simple priv/acl issue.... -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org]On Behalf Of Al Sparks Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 5:01 PM To: Centos List Subject: [CentOS] cron job not working Here's a perl script that works when I run it manually. But when I run it via cron, it won't create the directory. But worse than that, an email isn't sent to the account running the job. So I'm not getting an error, but it does work when I run it manually. If I put an obvious error in the script, cron does generate an email giving me the STDERR. What could it be? === Al #!/usr/bin/perl ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time); # Above functions, "time" and "localtime", return weird $year and $month # Need to be converted to become human readable $year = $year + 1900; $mon = $mon + 1; # Want $mday and $mon to be 2 digits, with leading zero if necessary $mday = "0" . $mday if $mday < 10; $mon = "0" . $mon if $mon < 10; # Second parameter is mask in octal chdir "/ora-local/db-test-backups"; mkdir "${year}_${mon}_${mday}", \00022; ####End perl script _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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OT: Unix/Linux Training Online
by Matt 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

This is a bit off topic but I was interested in taking some online classes. I currently have an associates degree in electronics tech from about 15 years back but was wanting to expand on that and learn more about linux. Oreillyschool.com has a somewhat affordable online certificate course in UNIX/linux admin. The downside is I do not know if there credits would ever transfer if I wanted to build on that. Has anyone taken there course or know anyone that did? Is it worth a hoot? Is there a better option? Is a simple certificate worth that much anyway? Matt

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Mounting a LVM partition from a linux live cd
by Matt Shields 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

I'm running CentOS 5.2, it uses LVM to manage the disks and we had a programmer do something (not sure what) then reboot the system. When it came up it kernel panicked. Luckily it's not production, it was their sandbox. But they didn't backup any of their files. I know the disks are fine because I was able to boot from a linux live cd and mount the /boot partition from the sda drive, and the sdb drive that has the mysql database mounted at /var/lib/mysql and not using LVM. What I don't know how to do is mount /dev/sda2 (root / partition) which is an LVM/ext3 partition. Does anyone have the steps to mount this drive while booted into a linux live cd? -- -matt

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Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
by kapil singh kushwah 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

LinkedIn ------------ CentOS, I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn. - kapil singh Learn more: https://www.linkedin.com/e/isd/353388492/o9No2YYU/ ------------------------------------------ What is LinkedIn? Get answers: Your network is full of industry experts willing to share advice. Joining kapil singh kushwah's network is the first step to accessing this valuable resource. ------ (c) 2008, LinkedIn Corporation

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 43, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

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-2008:0893 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 bzip2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2008:0893 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 bzip2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2008:0893 Moderate CentOS 5 i386 bzip2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 4. CESA-2008:0893 Moderate CentOS 5 x86_64 bzip2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CESA-2008:0893-01: Moderate CentOS 2 i386 bzip2 security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:23:39 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0893 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 bzip2 - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916152339.GA32663(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0893 bzip2 security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0893.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/bzip2-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/bzip2-devel-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/bzip2-libs-1.0.2-12.EL3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/bzip2-1.0.2-12.EL3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update bzip2 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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/dev/tty: No such device or address error in newly created CentOS 5.2 domU
by Rudi Ahlers 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi all, I setup a new CentOS 5.2 domU, on a CentOS 5.2 x64 XEN server, and then proceeded to install cPanel, which is a simple task of downloading http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest - and running it in the command line, as such: cd /home wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest sh latest. But, I get the following error: sh-3.2# sh latest Creating directory installd Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing cplyr1-cPanellatest: line 118: /dev/tty: No such device or address Terminated I have run MAKEDEV /dev/tty - but it didn't help me, I still get the error. So, how do I fix this? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers

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i didn't see the 4.7 announcement
by Joe Pruett 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

i (and others) have missed messages on centos-devel as well. did other people not see the 4.7 announcement message? i'm wondering if the centos list server is having some kind of issue.

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How to check for rootkit, troians etc in backed up files?
by M. Fioretti 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi, there is a remote (VPS) Centos 4.2 server which *may* have been compromised. Reinstalling everything from scratch isn't a problem, it may even be an occasion to improve a few things, the question is another. There are backups of necessary shell script, ASCII configuration files and more or less important email (maildir format, if it matters) including messages with binary attachments in .doc, .pdf, .jpeg and other formats. What is, in the context above, the best way to make sure that **those** backed up files (which _must_ be put back on the server after reinstall) do not contain any rootkit, troian, virus, whatever? Which Centos / linux tool you'd recommend for this specific case? TIA, Marco -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84

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Changing hostname?
by Niki Kovacs 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi, I recently made a CentOS install on a machine with an unsupported network card. I had to add the driver for it later, once I finished the install. For now I have this: [kikinovak@localhost ~]$ hostname --fqdn localhost.localdomain Q: how would I change this to something like calimero.local? Here's what I *would* do, but I prefer to ask before. 1) edit /etc/sysconfig/network and edit this line: HOSTNAME=calimero.local 2) add a line to /etc/hosts like this: # Do not remove the following line, or various programs # that require network functionality will fail. 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 calimero.local calimero ::1 localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 Please correct me if I'm wrong. cheers, Niki Kovacs

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estimating backuppc
by Craig White 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

talking with a client about various options for backup. They are an advertising agency so most of the space is used by various binary files JPG/TIFF/Movies. We have been using LTO-2 but if we jump up their storage to say 2Tb, that's going to be $5000 for LTO-3 with magazines. This affords us 3 week rotations rather simply. If we add hard drive storage for backups instead of buying LTO-3 tape drive, how much storage would we want for backing up 2Tb of binary data...surely not 6 Terrabytes? Craig

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Users and ftp
by Bob Hoffman 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

I have vsftp chrooted so that users can only come into their home directory. I have a few virtual hosts. I have the websites in the home directory of the intial user for each site. So the sites look like this. /home/user1/html /home/user2/html Using vsftp, I have set the default to chroot a user to their home directory. So user1 ftping in whill go right to his directory and not be able to go higher. My problem is adding a second user to be able to access the directory via ftp. In other words, user1 has a partner named user1a. I tried adding user1a in user1 group and not in user1 group...netiher worked. I tried adding user1a with no home directory and tried making their home directoy /home/user1 In all cases, ftp says 'cannot move to /home/user1' when trying to access with user1a. I am to the point it is time to forgo the security of chroot in vsftp to just add a second user. Any help appreciated.

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cron job not working
by Al Sparks 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Here's a perl script that works when I run it manually. But when I run it via cron, it won't create the directory. But worse than that, an email isn't sent to the account running the job. So I'm not getting an error, but it does work when I run it manually. If I put an obvious error in the script, cron does generate an email giving me the STDERR. What could it be? === Al #!/usr/bin/perl ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time); # Above functions, "time" and "localtime", return weird $year and $month # Need to be converted to become human readable $year = $year + 1900; $mon = $mon + 1; # Want $mday and $mon to be 2 digits, with leading zero if necessary $mday = "0" . $mday if $mday < 10; $mon = "0" . $mon if $mon < 10; # Second parameter is mask in octal chdir "/ora-local/db-test-backups"; mkdir "${year}_${mon}_${mday}", \00022; ####End perl script

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lan driver for intel dg43nb
by Rilawich Ango 17 Sep '08

17 Sep '08

Hi, I have an intel mother board dg43b (http://support.intel.com/Products/Desktop/Motherboards/DG43NB/DG43NB-overvi…) which have an on board lan interface. In default, it can't be activated after CentOS5.2 installed. I can't find any driver or information about how to activate this interface. Can anyone tell me how to work it out? Thanks, ango

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Problem with install Boardcom driver
by Pete Kay 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi, I have to install Broadcom driver because the Dell Optiplex 330 running Centos 5.2 is not able to connect to the network. I am trying to install a Broadcom driver, but I get the followng error: [root@localhost tg3-3.85l]# [root@localhost tg3-3.85l]# make make -C /lib/modules/2.6.18-92.el5/build SUBDIRS=/usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-92.el5-x86_64' CC [M] /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.o In file included from /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.c:85: /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.h:234: error: redefinition of 'skb_transport_offset' include/linux/skbuff.h:1006: error: previous definition of 'skb_transport_offset' was here /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.h:239: error: redefinition of 'ip_hdr' include/linux/ip.h:109: error: previous definition of 'ip_hdr' was here /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.h:244: error: redefinition of 'ip_hdrlen' include/net/ip.h:48: error: previous definition of 'ip_hdrlen' was here /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.h:249: error: redefinition of 'tcp_hdr' include/linux/tcp.h:169: error: previous definition of 'tcp_hdr' was here /usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.h:254: error: redefinition of 'tcp_optlen' include/linux/tcp.h:179: error: previous definition of 'tcp_optlen' was here make[2]: *** [/usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l/tg3.o] Error 1 make[1]: *** [_module_/usr/src/Server/Linux/Driver/tg3-3.85l] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-92.el5-x86_64' make: *** [default] Error 2 [root@localhost tg3-3.85l]# Does anyone know how to resolve this problem? Many thanks in advance for all your help. Regards, Pete

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Re: netfilter kernel crash in ip_ct_refresh_acct / ip_conntrack with centos 5.x
by Pasi Kärkkäinen 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 12:12:45PM -0400, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > On Tuesday 2008-09-16 03:38, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > > >Has anyone seen this netfilter kernel crash? > > > >Images from the console of the crashed firewall: > >http://pasik.reaktio.net/centos5-kernel-crash/ > > There have been some crashes reported; and some even fixed. > As such you are encouraged to try a (much) newer kernel > because 2.6.18 is outside the scope of the -stable team. > Yeah I know it's old.. but it's the only standard/supported kernel in Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 (and CentOS 5). I guess the best option would be to somehow figure out what the actual bug is, get (or make) a patch for it, and sent it for inclusion in RHEL 5.x errata kernels.. -- Pasi

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PDF Print Server
by Joseph L. Casale 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Guys, I was about to setup Acrophobia but I don't want the file people print to be emailed back. Anyone got a reco on a setup that can be mapped as an SMB printer and return the file back to the user from the printer just like how setup my windows PS printer to print to file. Thanks! jlc

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Kernel source - linux -2.6.18 i386 or i686
by Robert Moskowitz 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

As I plow through the Kernel source to figure out why the BEET patch is not working, I notice that there are two similar directories under ~/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-2.6.18: linux-2.16.18.i386 and linux-2.16.18.i686 So which one am I suppose to be patching? Currently, the patch starts out with: diff -urN a/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c b/net/ipv4/xfrm4_input.c I followed the kernel source setup instructions on the wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/I_need_the_Kernel_Source tells me to supply i686 for getting and setting up the source. But http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Custom_Kernel has me setting up a .config file with '# i386' as the first line. Now that is a comment, right? So why add such a comment. Perhaps it is NOT a comment? Shesh... Anyway, which directory structure gets used in the rpmbuild: rpmbuild -bb --target=`uname -m` kernel-2.6.spec 2> build-err.log | tee build-out.log Do I add this to the patch?

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PVFS2 RPMs
by Paolo Supino 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi Where can I find PVFSv2 RPMs for CentOS 5? -- TIA Paolo

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Tmp directory and sticky
by Bob Hoffman 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

I noticed after my install that the tmp directory was A- not a sticky B- still executable I went and changed etc/fstab to add loop,noexec,nosuid,rw, which I hope is the right thing to do. I rebooted and it looks like it worked. When doing an ls -l on the main directory, the tmp folder lit up all green in putty (cool, I hope) But the chmods I did with winscp will not take effect (they do on other directories) so I manually ran chmod 1777 on the tmp folder. Since centos seems to be pretty good at pre configuration, I am concerned that maybe I should not do this, but every security book says to do it. I am imagining I will be okay, and I hope if it is right, that others on the list that do not know about this, make the change. Especially if running a webserver. Right or wrong?

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netfilter kernel crash in ip_ct_refresh_acct / ip_conntrack with centos 5.x
by Pasi Kärkkäinen 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hello! Has anyone seen this netfilter kernel crash? Images from the console of the crashed firewall: http://pasik.reaktio.net/centos5-kernel-crash/ Firewall is HP DL360 G4 server running CentOS 5.x 32 bit. I've seen this firewall crashing multiple times, but I only started investigating it lately.. It has happened using CentOS 5.0, 5.1 and now also with 5.2. I'm not sure if it was the same bug earlier, but at least the last two times (with CentOS 5.2) it has been the same, see screenshots. Last lines of the console output: EIP: [<f8af2c5c>] __ip_ct_refresh_acct+0xa1/0x129 [ip_conntrack] SS:ESP 0068:c0724e4c <0>Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt At the moment firewall is running CentOS 5.2, Linux kernel 2.6.18-92.1.10.el5.centos.plus. Any tips how to resolve this? -- Pasi

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 43, Issue 5
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEEA-2008:0875 CentOS 5 i386 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 2. CEEA-2008:0875 CentOS 5 x86_64 tzdata Update (Karanbir Singh) 3. CEBA-2008:0639 CentOS 5 i386 sos Update (Karanbir Singh) 4. CEBA-2008:0639 CentOS 5 x86_64 sos Update (Karanbir Singh) 5. CEBA-2008:0878 CentOS 5 x86_64 libxml2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 6. CEBA-2008:0878 CentOS 5 i386 libxml2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 7. CESA-2008:0884 CentOS 5 i386 libxml2 Update (Karanbir Singh) 8. CESA-2008:0884 CentOS 5 x86_64 libxml2 Update (Karanbir Singh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:54:00 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA-2008:0875 CentOS 5 i386 tzdata Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916005400.GA19593(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2008:0875 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2008-0875.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: c0dc7c25a9c8e3a43d9506c93a07096d tzdata-2008e-1.el5.noarch.rpm Source: 0c9514114a562febee34250e3b1166e4 tzdata-2008e-1.el5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:54:00 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEEA-2008:0875 CentOS 5 x86_64 tzdata Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916005400.GA19607(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Enhancement Advisory 2008:0875 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2008-0875.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 3617b27656fd504e15d09d45bd4bcc81 tzdata-2008e-1.el5.noarch.rpm Source: 0c9514114a562febee34250e3b1166e4 tzdata-2008e-1.el5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:59:06 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2008:0639 CentOS 5 i386 sos Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916005906.GA19812(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2008:0639 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0639.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: 200f355d8792ba5ac4107665a13d86b6 sos-1.7-9.2.el5_2.2.noarch.rpm Source: 8ba75c58386bf61c68a69cfc7f1bc545 sos-1.7-9.2.el5_2.2.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:59:06 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2008:0639 CentOS 5 x86_64 sos Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916005906.GA19826(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2008:0639 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0639.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: 4b8ea2d787eafe1eee8d735a5d4a64d1 sos-1.7-9.2.el5_2.2.noarch.rpm Source: 8ba75c58386bf61c68a69cfc7f1bc545 sos-1.7-9.2.el5_2.2.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:10:38 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2008:0878 CentOS 5 x86_64 libxml2 Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916011038.GA20241(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2008:0878 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0878.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: c0ed773c849b3a236d5a1524992ca3f7 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.i386.rpm 01271ee1b434eefe05443b30182b51fd libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.x86_64.rpm 90850cd5694e6accc4ebb6a6b9b0f2ce libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.i386.rpm c797571449a84fbc20c335e410db2530 libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.x86_64.rpm 910fd3b156bffb18a6731d48e3504101 libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.x86_64.rpm Source: 4f3ead9375451a5016b2a631a7a70578 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:10:38 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2008:0878 CentOS 5 i386 libxml2 Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916011038.GA20227(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2008:0878 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0878.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: e6f598c6ff9f741232f67fdcd5d83200 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.i386.rpm 54ac2f40153e802aba000a93e6f85451 libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.i386.rpm 6c755fd50b35c144fa45273b01f4f497 libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.i386.rpm Source: 4f3ead9375451a5016b2a631a7a70578 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.5.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:12:22 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0884 CentOS 5 i386 libxml2 Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916011222.GA20346(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0884 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0884.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) i386: b65a1a41a259310a7eb2569520e4ef71 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.i386.rpm de39427d8b38d99eb1a10c13d9604475 libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.i386.rpm 51b43a8cd6a502a056afdaa380ed03ad libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.i386.rpm Source: 5879767e21430bacc57d7bcd16c95f51 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.src.rpm -- Karanbir Singh CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: z00dax, #centos(a)irc.freenode.net ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 02:12:22 +0100 From: Karanbir Singh <kbsingh(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0884 CentOS 5 x86_64 libxml2 Update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080916011222.GA20363(a)base.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2008:0884 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0884.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename ) x86_64: c066f4ffdfacf7aece10bf1b8d9cde30 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.i386.rpm 704ab640eaaa01041e69c6a17758ae88 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.x86_64.rpm e678f88065e0e09525cedf8ac9578b03 libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.i386.rpm fb67b190224e58127f26a9a184e8cb76 libxml2-devel-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.x86_64.rpm 4ed6f241da7b21005210ca5ec340d836 libxml2-python-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.x86_64.rpm Source: 5879767e21430bacc57d7bcd16c95f51 libxml2-2.6.26-2.1.2.6.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 43, Issue 5 **********************************************

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alias ip-addresses at loopback
by Dmitry Cherkasov 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hello everybody! Could anybody advice on the following problem. I need to assign several ip-addresses to 'lo' interface (beside 127.0.0.1). It is convenient to me to implement NAT with such addresses. I can easily assign these addresses on running system with 'ip address add <some addr/prefix> dev lo'. Yet I cannot understand how to make these settings apply on boot time. Certainly it is possible to patch standard system scripts like /etc/rc.d/init.d/network, but I suppose there must be more straight way to do this. P.S. I use CentOS 5.2 -- Dmitry Cherkasov

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Ethernet Channel Bonding Clarification is Needed
by Balaji 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Dear All, I have configured Cluster Suite with 2 servers Server 1 : 192.168.13.110 IP Address and hostname is primary Server 2 : 192.168.13.179 IP Address and hostname is secondary Floating : 192.168.13.83 IP Address (Assumed by currently active server) I have configured Ethernet Channel Bonding in Each Cluster Nodes and Channel Bonding Configuration Details are 1) Created bonding devices in "/etc/modprobe.conf" file alias bond0 bonding options bonding miimon=100 mode=1 2) Edit the "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1" configuration DEVICE=eth0 USERCTL= no ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond0 SLAVE=yes BOOTPROTO=none DEVICE=eth1 USERCTL= no ONBOOT=yes MASTER=bond0 SLAVE=yes BOOTPROTO=none 3) Created a network script for the bonding device is "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-bond0" DEVICE=bond0 USERCTL=no ONBOOT=yes NETMASK=255.255.255.0 GATEWAY=192.168.13.1 IPADDR=192.168.13.110 4) Reboot the system for the changes to take effect. After i am rebooted both the server then cluster node becomes simplex and Services are started on both the nodes The cluster output in primary node Member Status: Quorate Member Name Status ----------- --------- primary Online, Local, rgmanager secondary Offline Service Name Owner (Last) State ------------ ------------ -------- Service primary started The cluster output in secondary node Member Status: Quorate Member Name Status ----------- --------- primary Offline secondary Online, Local, rgmanager Service Name Owner (Last) State ------------ -------------- -------- Service secondary started Before Ethernet Channel Bonding cluster services are active in one node and other nodes acts as passive node. But after Ethernet Channel Bonding cluster services are active on both the nodes I don't know what is the problem and is their any configuration is required in cluster configuration file and cman is working only with eth0 interface Can some one throw light on this peculiar problem Regards -S.Balaji

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script for updating from 4.6 to 5.2 i386
by Jerry Geis 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Is there a script available for upgrade from 4 to 5? I have tried it on one TEST computer following what I thought were the instructions and after the update I still had 2.6.9 kernel not the 2.6.18. I looked in grub.conf and there were no 2.6.18 kernels. Just wonder if someone has automated this process? Thanks, Jerry

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Looking for linphone
by Robert Moskowitz 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Where might I find an rpm for Centos?

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Problems with writing Dual Layer DVD
by Chris Geldenhuis 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

Hi, I am running Centos 4 (fully updated on this box). I removed the old DVD writer (/dev/hdc) and installed a new LG GH20 "Internal Super Multi DVD Rewriter" with a SATA interface - this shows up as /dev/scd0. When I insert a pre-recorded DVD autorun mounts it and displays the contents without any hassles. It appears to me that the required kernel modules are loaded - as copied below from lsmod output. sata_nv 18629 0 libata 111261 1 sata_nv sd_mod 17217 0 scsi_mod 125261 3 sr_mod,libata,sd_mod I am using Verbatim DVD-RDL blanks. When I try to write a pre-recorded iso to the DVD I get the following error message: [user@test]$ growisofs -dvd-compat -Z /dev/dvdwriter=<pre-recorded>.iso :-( /dev/dvdwriter: media is not recognized as recordable DVD: 10015 I have tried to do this as root with the same result. /dev/dvdwriter is a link to /dev/scd0 and has full read/write/execute permissions. Output of growisofs -version: * growisofs by <appro(a)fy.chalmers.se>, version 5.21, front-ending to mkisofs: mkisofs 2.01 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Any suggestions will be welcome - if any further information is required I will do my best to supply it. I have Googled with the error message but only get reports of this problem and no solutions. TIA ChrisG

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SeaMonkey RPM for CentOS 5.2 (32 bit) is in which Yum Repository?
by Lanny Marcus 16 Sep '08

16 Sep '08

I'm curious about SeaMonkey (especially the HTML Composer). Which Yum Repository has the RPM for CentOS 5.2 (32 bit). TIA! [root@dell2400 ~]# yum install seamonkey Loading "priorities" plugin Loading "fastestmirror" plugin Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * google: dl.google.com * rpmforge: fr2.rpmfind.net * extras: mirror.cs.vt.edu * updates: mirror.newnanutilities.org * base: mirror.cs.vt.edu * addons: styx.biochem.wfubmc.edu * adobe-linux-i386: linuxdownload.adobe.com 294 packages excluded due to repository priority protections Setting up Install Process Parsing package install arguments No package seamonkey available. Nothing to do [root@dell2400 ~]#

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replacing CPU fan
by Craig White 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

I've got a remote system where I think I need to replace the CPU fan. in the output of dmidecode, I get... Processor Information Socket Designation: CPU 1 Type: Central Processor Family: <OUT OF SPEC> Manufacturer: Intel ID: 47 0F 00 00 FF FB EB BF Version: Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 2.66GHz Voltage: 1.4 V External Clock: 133 MHz Max Speed: 2666 MHz Current Speed: 2666 MHz is this enough to tell me what kind of fan I need to get? It's obvious it's a Pentium IV. What other command/what other command might I be able to run to parse in order to get information so I get the right CPU fan? Craig

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question on sending mail with 5.2
by Jerry Geis 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

I made a little file with a From:, To: and body. I execute the command cat file.txt | sendmail -t -O MinQueueAge=1m thinking that the message would try every minute to send instead of the default 30m. (if the initial attempt failed of course). This doesnt seem to have any effect? In the event I have an important email and I want it try perhaps every minute (1minute) to send the email how do I accomplish this from the sendmail command line? Thanks, jerry

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Directory Server question - enable access by host
by Kwan Lowe 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Hello All: I am in the process of migrating from OpenLDAP to Centos Directory Server. I'm very pleased with the new LDAP and think it's one of those killer apps that will guarantee Linux a place in data centers :D... So far I've gotten the main things working: 1) Host based access via AuthorizedHost 2) Service based access via AuthorizedService 3) AIX/Linux <-> LDAP 4) PosixGroup support The one thing I would like is to have group based host access control. E.g., I would like to define a new LDAP group (say, DBA-Production) that includes a bunch of host entries. When needed, I could add a user to the DBA-Production group and automatically give him/her access to the list of defined hosts. Anyone have suggestions on how to approach this? Thanks, Kwan

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Re: [CentOS] Perhaps slightly OT - Lots of spurious webdav requests.
by Friedrich Clausen 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Kenneth Porter <shiva(a)sewingwitch.com> wrote: > --On Monday, September 15, 2008 10:05 AM +0200 Friedrich Clausen > <fred(a)derf.nl> wrote: > >> I have most assuredly not told windows to try and use a Web folder on >> the CentOS file server called "/share1", just the CIFS share. > > Apparently Windows will search multiple "providers" for the share string you > pass, and the successful results are then sorted by provider priority. Ah yes, I believe you are right. Thanks for the info! Regards, Fred. > >> From <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/832161> > >> When an application tries to open a file that exists on a network, the >> I/O manager passes the request to a system component that is named the >> Multiple UNC Provider (MUP). MUP sits logically above all the >> redirectors. When a network path is passed to MUP, it polls all the >> registered redirectors to determine whether they understand the path. The >> redirectors in turn contact the server to establish if the path is valid >> for the specific protocol. If the server can satisfy the connection, the >> redirector will return success back the MUP. If not, the redirector >> returns a failure. All the future file I/O requests for this file are >> passed to the redirector that accepted the path. If more than one >> redirector accepts the path, MUP picks the one with the highest priority, >> as defined in the registry. > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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Perhaps slightly OT - Lots of spurious webdav requests.
by Friedrich Clausen 15 Sep '08

15 Sep '08

Hello All, I am running a CentOS 4.6 file server for a small office network and I am getting a lot of strange webdav requests from one of the Windows workstations - I have not configured Webdav on the Windows host (hereafter "windows-laptop") in question. Some details - I have configured a Samba share called (say) "share1" on the CentOS server and the windows-laptop connects to this share using CIFS, nothing unusual there. But, for some reason, windows-laptop also tried to access a Webdav folder by the same name ("share1") - lots of log entries such as the following (it seems to try every two minutes): 10.11.1.95 - - [14/Sep/2008:04:10:32 -0400] "OPTIONS / HTTP/1.1" 200 - "-" "Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir/5.1.2600" 10.11.1.95 - - [14/Sep/2008:04:10:32 -0400] "PROPFIND /share1 HTTP/1.1" 405 312 "-" "Microsoft-WebDAV-MiniRedir/5.1.2600" I have most assuredly not told windows to try and use a Web folder on the CentOS file server called "/share1", just the CIFS share. My conclusions - * Windows is trying to be clever and automatically map CIFS shares to a Web folder. * Malware is trying to access a Webfolder by same name as CIFS share. Any hints from the list would be much appreciated! Thanks, Fred.

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