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Problem with evolution while upgrading to CentOS 5.2
by Bernhard Gschaider 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi! When trying to prepare a workstation with (so that the real "yum upgrade" doesn't have to download the packages) yum upgrade --upgradeonly it fails with these messages: Error: Missing Dependency: libegroupwise-1.2.so.12 is needed by package evolution Error: Missing Dependency: libgtkhtml-3.8.so.15 is needed by package evolution Error: Missing Dependency: libexchange-storage-1.2.so.2 is needed by package evolution Error: Missing Dependency: libexchange-storage-1.2.so.2()(64bit) is needed by package evolution Error: Missing Dependency: libegroupwise-1.2.so.12()(64bit) is needed by package evolution On the test-machine I solved this by deinstalling evolution (I don't use it anyway), but this is not an option for the other machines Could anyone give me a hint what is wrong? Bernhard

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Suggestions for a plug and play CA certificate manager?
by James B. Byrne 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

I have played with self-signed end-use PKI certificates for about a decade now and would really like to set up a proper, albeit private, PKI using some sort of OFS CA management software. I have looked at OpenCA and found a few packages on sourceforge but they all seem to fall short of my desires in one form or another (rpm install, multiple subordinate CAs, certificate revocation and extension management, web-based or linux/microsoft GUI) . I have even tried to use the scripts that come with OpenSSL with very limited success. What I would like to do is to set up a self-signed root CA certificate, then use that to issue one or more signing CA's, each possibly limited as to what type of certificate that they can sign. These issuing CAs would then sign certificate requests for end-use certificates for hosts, email accounts, document provenance, objects, etc. | -- root_CA | | -- issuer_hosts_a_CA | | -- certs | | | -- cert_issued_index | | ` -- cert_revoked_list | | -- csrs | ` -- private | ` -- issuer_hosts_a_CA+key.pem | | -- issuer_services_a_CA | | -- certs | | | -- cert_issued_index | | ` -- cert_revoked_list | | -- csrs | ` -- private | ` -- issuer_services_a_CA+key.pem | ` -- issuer_email_a_CA | -- certs | | -- cert_issued_index | ` -- cert_revoked_list | -- csrs ` -- private ` -- issuer_email_a_CA+key.pem What software do people use to manage a PKI on CentOS5? Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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Centos 5.2 and Xen
by centos＠911networks.com 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi, 1. I am NOT asking when it will be out. It will be when it's ready, very soon. 2. Is there a good tutorial on how to use Xen with Windows? I have googled and have not found some nice clear such as step 1,2,3... and why use this configuration. -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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rsh issue/update (access denied)...
by bruce 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

hi... i've got an "access denied" issue with rsh on one of my boxes (and before we start, no "use ssh" comments.. rsh is what i'm dealing with for now!!) i've got a few boxes in my network, and i can successfully rsh into them with no issue. however, on one box, i can't access it using rsh, and i'm running out of things to try... kind of curious. i can login using rlogin. i've modifed the /etc/pam.d/rsh,rlogin files, along with the /etc/securetty file. i've also changed the /etc/xinetd.d/(rsh,rlogin)files. as far as i can tell, nothing else has been changed... the curious thing. as far as i can tell... the files on the system that doesn't work, are the same as the files on the systems that are allowing rsh to occur... the err i'm getting in the /var/log/secure is: Jun 23 22:16:09 lserver5 userhelper[2186]: pam_timestamp(system-config-services:session): updated timestamp file `/var/run/sudo/root/unknown' Jun 23 22:16:09 lserver5 userhelper[2189]: running '/usr/sbin/system-config-services' with root privileges on behalf of 'root' Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 xinetd[2227]: START: shell pid=2239 from=192.168.1.45 Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 rshd[2239]: pam_rhosts_auth(rsh:auth): denied to root(a)192.168.1.45 as test1: access not allowed Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 rshd[2239]: pam_unix(rsh:session): session opened for user test1 by (uid=0) Jun 23 22:16:28 lserver5 rshd[2239]: pam_unix(rsh:session): session closed for user test1 etc/pam.d/rsh #%PAM-1.0 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, "rsh" must be # listed in /etc/securetty. auth required pam_nologin.so auth sufficient pam_rhosts_auth.so promiscuous auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_env.so account include system-auth session include system-auth etc/pam.d/rlogin #%PAM-1.0 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, "rlogin" must be # listed in /etc/securetty. auth required pam_nologin.so auth sufficient pam_rhosts_auth.so promiscuous auth required pam_securetty.so auth required pam_env.so auth include system-auth account include system-auth password include system-auth session include system-auth /etc/securetty rsh rlogin rlogind rexec console vc/1 vc/2 vc/3 vc/4 vc/5 . . . /etc/xinetd.d/rexec:: # description: Rexecd is the server for the rexec(3) routine. The server \ # provides remote execution facilities with authentication based \ # on user names and passwords. service exec { socket_type = stream wait = no user = root log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID server = /usr/sbin/in.rexecd disable = no } /etc/xinetd.d/rsh:: # default: on # description: The rshd server is the server for the rcmd(3) routine and, \ # consequently, for the rsh(1) program. The server provides \ # remote execution facilities with authentication based on \ # privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. service shell { disable = no socket_type = stream wait = no user = root log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID server = /usr/sbin/in.rshd } /etc/xinetd.d/rlogin:: # default: on # description: rlogind is the server for the rlogin(1) program. The server \ # provides a remote login facility with authentication based on \ # privileged port numbers from trusted hosts. service login { socket_type = stream wait = no user = root log_on_success += USERID log_on_failure += USERID server = /usr/sbin/in.rlogind disable = no } i've been searching across the net for the last day or so, so i suspect that the solution is staring at me and i'm missing it! is there a way to debug this from the server side? is there a way to turn off authentication.. Is there a way to turn off/disable securetty... so... any thoughts/comments/things to check would be greatly appreciated.... thanks

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problem with telnet
by fabian dacunha 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear All i have a centos 5 server running as a backup PC server and is working perfect for abt 3 months jus a couple of days back when i tried to telnet to the server it gave me connection refused i go to the server and when i say telnet localhost it says getaddrinfo: localhost Name or service not known the /etc/hosts file has the loopback entry and the actuall ip address of the server firewall is disabled selinux disbled no /etc/hosts.allow or /etc/hosts.deny telnet is enabled in /etc/xident.d/telnet file now when i do a nmap on this sserver i dont see the telnet service open but i hav another 3 centos 5 servers n when i do a nmap on these there is telnet open also services file has telnet no errors in /var/log/secure or /var/log/messages i also removed telnet server n resinstalled it but the same wondering whts wrong apprecite your help -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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DNS query
by fabian dacunha 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Dear All, i have the following setup CentOS 5 server running as a primary DNS server for a long time and is working perfectly fine the server is on public IP and we have abt 5 zones apart from the reverse n local zone now our sister company have recently setup their own DNS and we are supposed to use it. earlier our cleints were using a host file now on my master dns server in /etc/named.conf i created a new zone with the following statement zone "cse.net.kw" IN { type slave; masters { 172.31.1.240; }; file "cse.db"; allow-query { any; }; // the default allow-transfer { none; }; }; and when i reload the dns server the file cse.db is not created also in /var/log/messages i c the following Jun 24 18:17:41 kmdns1 named[1771]: loading configuration from '/etc/named.conf' Jun 24 18:17:41 kmdns1 named[1771]: zone cse.net.kw/IN: refresh: non-authoritative answer from master 172.31.1.240#53 (source 0.0.0.0#0) actually i would want all the cleints to query the 172.31.1.240 DNS server without adding this IP in their configurtion . all the cleint hav our master dns server in their own setup so actually query 172.31.1.240 DNS server through our DNS apprecite your help or cd i have contitional forwarding something like when a client queries the 172.31.1.240 our master DNS jus forwards the queries to 172.31.1.240 instead of sending it out on the internet since 172.31.1.0 network is connected directly and is a part of out intranet really wd apprecite your help and ideas with examples regards fabian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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AM/FM tuner for centos 4 or 5?
by Jason Pyeron 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

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CentOS 5 based distribution
by A.B. 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

I've been trying to create a Linux distribution based on CentOS 5, similar to (actually, exactly like) how CentOS is based on RHEL. I have been unable to find any information about this. Most of what I find are tutorials and instructions on using Kickstart. Sometimes I've found allusions to doing this, but nothing that gives all the instructions necessary to modify Anaconda (or other files) sufficiently. I have found an excellent walkthrough ( http://wings.buffalo.edu/computing/ublinux/) on creating a distribution based on RHEL 4. While following the instructions I have found that not everything is in exactly the same place when using CentOS 5, but the descriptions are close enough that I have been able to figure it out and create a mostly "rebranded" install DVD. One thing that the above walkthrough does not explain is how to change all the text and images (it points to most of the images) and the default "packages". By that I mean the screen where the installer asks what additional tasks I would like the system to include support for: i.e. Desktop - Gnome, Server, Server - GUI, etc... I have been unable to find where this information, and some of the other text the installer uses (for example, "Searching for CentOS installations"), is stored. I've greped the entire DVD (including the expanded stage2.img file), but cannot find this text anywhere. Is the information stored in a compiled executable? If so, which executable will I need to recompile? Thanks.

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Re: [CentOS] Upgrade mail server to new machine
by Glenn 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

At 12:56 PM 6/24/2008, you wrote: >I have an old RHEL3 box that I am upgrading to CentOS5. I picked up a >new Dell Poweredge R200 to use for that. > >Is there an easy way to copy all the user accounts and existing mail >from the old server to the new one? > >Thanks. > >-- >-=/>Thom I have used Webmin/Virtualmin to backup and restore users/groups/virtualhosts and to move across servers for mail. http://www.webmin.com Cheers, Glenn

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recommendations for copying large filesystems
by Mag Gam 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

I need to copy over 100TB of data from one server to another via network. What is the best option to do this? I am planning to use rsync but is there a better tool or better way of doing this? For example, I plan on doing rsync -azv /largefs /targetfs /targetfs is a NFS mounted filesystem. Any thoughts? TIA

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Trash under sudo
by centos＠911networks.com 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Hi, Where do files get copied when deleting files under sudo? I have some files in my trash can that I can clean because they where deleted with a sudo. -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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5.0, 5.1, 5.2 history/diff?
by Scott R. Ehrlich 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Is there a detailed history/diff of what 5.1 adds/removes/changes from 5.0, and the same for 5.2 from 5.1 and 5.0? I checked around the centos.org but couldn't obviously find this. Thanks. Scott

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Re: [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS-5.2 i386 and x86_64
by John R Pierce 25 Jun '08

25 Jun '08

Karanbir Singh wrote: > > We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-5.2 > for the i386 and x86_64 Architectures. and let the fun begin... $ rsync -avH --delete --exclude=ia64 --exclude=s390\* --exclude=alpha \ mirrors.kernel.org::mirrors/centos /zdata/mirror rsync: read error: Connection reset by peer (131) rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(614) [receiver=2.6.8] :-/

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centos 5.2 for real this time
by Donald Buchan 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

I did a yum update last night at about 23h15 EDT (-4). No upgrade. I just did a yum update this morning at about 08h45 (-4). for my system there's about 348 megs of updates. Now all I have to do is figure out how to remove OO.o 2.0.whatever which is being upgraded to 2.3.whatever. I'm using 2.4.1 on my 4.6 boxes (have always been using the latest OO.o on them since installation a couple of years ago.) Any ideas on how to completely remove the OO.o references for Yum, after having tried to do rpm -Uvh *.rpm, after trying again and doing a yum cleanup, etc. etc.?

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backup question
by James B. Byrne 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

on: Sun Jun 22 08:00:34 UTC 2008, Gergely Buday gbuday at gmail.com wrote: > Dear CentOs users, > > I have a centos server with nothing important at the moment, but I > would like to install some web-based project management tool (trac for > the curious) that would contain important data. And, as my network is > growing the configuration of the server is becoming complex. I would > like to have a proper backup so that I can restore the whole system > easily, should any problem occur. What do you recommend? > > I'm not an expert on this, so my first idea is that I could do a per > application backup and create a tar file of the /etc. The latter > especially could be too naive. And, a push-the-button method that > handles all in once, not depending on the app number would be much > better. > > Another thing: how I could do this to be safe across a centos upgrade? I have recently moved from Trac to Redmine for project management (and I strongly recommend that you consider this as an alternative to Trac, it is far more powerful to use and much easier to set up) but I had/have exactly the same problems that you are facing. The difficulty is that Trac has a DBMS backend, usually MySQl but in my case PostgreSQl. This complicates the issue since it is not enough to simply tar up the application site. What I ended up doing was building a hot site spare server to accommodate all of these types of applications (Trac project management, subversion repositories, drupal user cms sites, imapd user mailboxes, avantfax fax archives). Then, for applications that employed a database backend, I setup regular cron jobs to dump the backend databases into a ./dbdump directory that I added to the root of each site's file system. I added an rsync command to the end of the dump command to then move the entire site to the backup box at the end of the dump. On the backup machine I added a cron job to reload the database from the dump. This entails some background work to set up. You must initialize and configure the appropriate DBMS on the backup server with the requisite databases and database owners. You must ensure that the application's users and groups are properly replicated there. You may need to install and configure the application itself. You may need to configure apache if the application uses a web frontend, like Trac. You need to setup SSL host to host root authentication for rsync. And there are no doubt several other little things that need to be accommodated but that I no doubt have forgotten. However, what this gives you is a hot site backup that a simple change to DNS can enable. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB@Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3

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SME on CentOS, telnet and MySQL
by Michael 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

After failing to install on two different machines that were running Windows, I realized that one machine had a bad hard-drive, and the other bad memory. So I've collected the good parts into one machine and installed CentOS with SME. This was the fastest install of Linux I have every seen, 15 minutes done, configured, and running, web and email server. It is a very secure config, no GUI -- just a server. One problem: MySQL and Telnet can't be accessed remotely, ports not open, allow/deny files, something. I've searched the internet and hacked around for hours, can't get these services to work remotely. Anyone here have experience with the SME/e-smith admin tools? By default SME doesn't install Telnet on port 23, only ssh on port 22. So I ran a yum install for telnet, manually started it. I get a response from port 23, but connection refused. Mysql does come installed with SME, however local connections only. I can run mysql client on the command line on the SME.CentOS server, queries work fine, but not remotely. I am using Windows Vista as a client workstation, Programmer Studio (Whisper Technology) that requires a generic telnet server, and the freeware version of Toad to connect to the MySQL server. Any help to weaken the security on SME to allow remote telnet and MySQL connections will be very much appreciated! -- Michael Anderson, J3k Solutions Sr.Systems Programmer/Analyst 832.515.3868

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Upgrading my local repo to 5.2
by Robert Moskowitz 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

This will be the first version change with my local repo so I want to check the steps out. I have a /Centos/5.1 directory with all the contents of the ISO CDs. I have a /Centos/5 directory with a symbolic link to the 5.1 directory. I ASSUME that I will create a /Centos/5.2 directory and drop the contents of the ISO images there. Then change the symbolic link to the 5.2 directory. After I test out both installs and upgrades from this new directory I can trash the old 5.1 directory. Do I have it right?

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Why CentOS 5.2 is so large?
by Michael Liang 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hi, folks. I have download the DVD image of CentOS 5.2. Comparing with the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider, I got a surprise: The size of the DVD image of Upstream OS Provider is just 2.87 GB(i386), but the size of the DVD image of CentOS 5.2(i386) is so large that is 3.74 GB! I kown that CentOS's developers did very excellent work on how to make the Upstream OS more availability and add many good free software on the CentOS. But where can I got the change or add list of CentOS? and why the size change is so large? I think it is very useful for my farther employ of CentOS. Thanks! (Yes, I can read the ReleaseNotes, but it is still can not disabuse me, the secsion of "5.6. Packages added by CentOS that are not included upstream" is so little.)

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backup question
by Gergely Buday 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Dear CentOs users, I have a centos server with nothing important at the moment, but I would like to install some web-based project management tool (trac for the curious) that would contain important data. And, as my network is growing the configuration of the server is becoming complex. I would like to have a proper backup so that I can restore the whole system easily, should any problem occur. What do you recommend? I'm not an expert on this, so my first idea is that I could do a per application backup and create a tar file of the /etc. The latter especially could be too naive. And, a push-the-button method that handles all in once, not depending on the app number would be much better. Another thing: how I could do this to be safe across a centos upgrade? - Gergely

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Bonding question - active-backup
by Tom Brown 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hi I have bonding working and i can failover between active (eth0) and backup (eth1) without issue, however is there a way to automatically fail back to eth0 when this link once again becomes available? I understand this may be undesirable due to flapping etc but i just wonder if its possible. thanks

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Network FS w/o user setup
by Ted Miller 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Is there a file system + configuration that will let me share a directory, and anyone who has access to something in that directory on the server will also have access (and lack of access) to the same files from the client? Clients will be Centos5, Win2K, WinXP. Server is Centos5. To put it another way, all users have accounts on the server. I don't want to have to set up ANY user information on the server, other than what I set up to control local access. I just want to say "Share /vmware" and have it available, to the same users who can access it locally. With Samba I have to maintain duplicate user lists, password lists, and share access lists. I have not been able to find a clear instructions on how NFS4 handles this, but what I found didn't seem any better than Samba. I don't mind implementing ACLs on the server if it will do what I need, but I can't find anything that says it will save me any work either. Looking for a better way, Ted Miller Indiana, USA

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Mounting Floppies
by Nigel Kendrick 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hi - daft one for Friday morning coffee break: I have been trying to mount floppies on a couple of CentOS5 servers - the usual "mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy" (yes, /mnt/floppy exists!). On both servers, the mount command just doesn't come back and I have to hit CTRL-C. I have tried different media and also changed the floppy drive on one server, /dev/fd0 is seen as present on both servers and they are enabled in the BIOS. I have formatted and tested the floppies on my desktop PC without problems. In the end, I gave up, stuck a USB floppy on one of the boxes and it mounted with no problems. So is it me, CentOS 5 or something else? (Ideas, anyone!?). It could be a set of duff floppies and three flaky drives (two brand new), but I thought I'd ask before I spend too much more time on it! Thanks Nigel Kendrick

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Awk help
by Joseph L. Casale 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

I have csvde dump from active directory I process on my postfix mta. It takes output like this: "CN=Curtis xxx,OU=Domain Users,OU=xxx xxx,DC=xxx-xxx,DC=local",X400:c=US\;a= \;p=xxx xxx xxx\;o=Exchange\;s=xxx\;g=xxx\;;SMTP:Cxxx@xxx-xxx.com and should return a relay_recipient map in the form of: Cxxx(a)xxx-xxx.com OK The command I am using is: cat $1 | tr -d \" | tr , \\n| tr \; \\n | awk -F\: '/(SMTP|smtp):/ {printf("%s\tOK\n",$2)}' Everything up to the awk is working, it drops the smtp: but its putting OK's all over the darn place. Anyone familiar enough with awk and printf that can suggest why this happens? Thanks! jlc

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CentOS tools for public safety
by Rogelio 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

A friend of mine from the CentOS community is extremely close to several northern CA fires. http://tinyurl.com/5vp933 http://tinyurl.com/3mk4ah http://tinyurl.com/4jm67 Once things die down (he was evacuated last week), he and I are planning on investigating various CentOS / nix public safety tools for future events like this. Any suggestions in this area would be greatly appreciate. I just recently found out at Sahana, and if there is anything else along those lines, I'd be very grateful.

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3ware 9650 issues
by Joshua Baker-LePain 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

I've been having no end of issues with a 3ware 9650SE-24M8 in a server that's coming on a year old. I've got 24 WDC WD5001ABYS drives (500GB) hooked to it, running as a single RAID6 w/ a hot spare. These issues boil down to the card periodically throwing errors like the following: sd 1:0:0:0: WARNING: (0x06:0x002C): Command (0x8a) timed out, resetting card. Usually when this happens, it's followed by: 3w-9xxx: scsi1: AEN: INFO (0x04:0x005E): Cache synchronization completed:unit=0. On the less pleasant occasions, it's followed by: scsi1: ERROR: (0x06:0x0036): Response queue (large) empty failed during reset sequence. 3w-9xxx: scsi1: ERROR: (0x06:0x002B): Controller reset failed during scsi host reset. sd 1:0:0:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery This of course leads to a several hour downtime as the system has to be powered down (not just rebooted) and then the volume needs to be fscked. I've been back and forth with both the vendor and (via the vendor) 3ware with this. The card has been replaced, as well as the whole system. I'm running the latest firmware and drivers from 3ware. Have other folks had good luck with this card? What sorts of configs are you running? I'm in the position of needing more storage, and I'm a bit gun shy on 3ware at the moment... -- Joshua Baker-LePain QB3 Shared Cluster Sysadmin UCSF

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/usr/bin/wc: cannot execute binary file
by Rudi Ahlers 24 Jun '08

24 Jun '08

Hi all I've just installed CentOS 5.1 X64 as a VM in a CentOS 5.1 XEN server, and when I try todo something, I get this error /usr/bin/wc: cannot execute binary file Has anyone seen this before? Google hasn't.... -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Office: 087 805-9573 Fax No: 086 609 6128 Cell: 082 554 7532 Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Forum: http://Forum.SoftDux.com Join SA WebHostingTalk today, on http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za

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is it possible to login to a switch via RS232 / serial port from the shell?
by Rudi Ahlers 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hi all I have a problem switch in our data centre, which is connected to a linux server via a serial cable. I know I can / could access the switch from my Windows PC back at the office, using hyperterm, but trying to access it using minicom just doesn't seem to work. I have changed the comms in minincom to use /dev/tty0 & the baud rate to 9600, yet I can't seem to connect with minicom. Does anyone know how to connect to a serial device from the console? -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Office: 087 805-9573 Fax No: 086 609 6128 Cell: 082 554 7532 Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Forum: http://Forum.SoftDux.com Join SA WebHostingTalk today, on http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za

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Centos on eeePC
by wonderer 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hello all, Are there any experiences for CentOS 5 on one eeePC of Asus? Is to be considered here something? I consider myself as secondary equipment one eeePC 900 to add (here in Germany unfortunately at present only with Windows at this time). Did someone already gain experiences with one of the predecessor models here? sincerly Henrik

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Re: [CentOS] lvm with iscsi devices on boot
by Ross S. W. Walker 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Excellent! Glad it's working for you. -Ross ----- Original Message ----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Sun Jun 22 04:09:59 2008 Subject: Re: [CentOS] lvm with iscsi devices on boot On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Ross S. W. Walker <RWalker(a)medallion.com> wrote: > I think the key here is to add the _netdev option in fstab for > those filesystems over iSCSI, even using LVM. I got a chance to reboot the server this weekend and happy to report that my iscsi/multipath/lvm volumes are discovered and automatically mounting on boot. It worked! Thanks :-) - Raja _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ______________________________________________________________________ This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and permanently delete the original and any copy or printout thereof.

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Migrating from RHEL to Centos
by Hemraj S 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hi, I m currently running my production servers on RHEL 4.6 & would like to migrate to Centos4.6 as it has more benefits & advantages. I looked at the Centos release notes available at http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.6/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html and understood that the basic difference between RHEL & Centos are look/feel related & binaries,functionalities are almost same. But when i compared the sysctl values of RHEL4.6 with Centos4.6, i found that there are lot of differences in the parameter values. Now my question is: 1) Just like sysctl difference, is there any other difference between RHEL & Centos which could vary the performance & needs to be taken care during migration. 2) When the Centos packages are built, are they built with the same configuration as in RHEL or is there any difference. Thanks & Regards, Hemraj

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 40, Issue 10
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '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-2008:0558-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 freetype security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:50:06 +1000 From: John Newbigin <jnewbigin(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0558-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 freetype security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <485EE52E.8070107(a)ict.swin.edu.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2008:0558-01 Important: freetype security update Files available: freetype-utils-0-2.0.3-10.el21.i386 freetype-devel-0-2.0.3-10.el21.i386 freetype-0-2.0.3-10.el21.i386 More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin ITS Senior Analyst / Programmer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ CentOS-announce mailing list CentOS-announce(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 40, Issue 10 ***********************************************

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Directory compare
by centos＠911networks.com 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hi, I have 2 drive sets that are supposed to be identical [I use CentOS 5]: A: 1.6Tb B: 1.49Tb I need to find the differences, any suggestion? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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cannot unmount volume "xxx"
by 李晖 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Hi all: I am using Centos 5.1. But now I have a problem when unmount a removable usb hard disk with right click and choose unmount volume command. When I did that, system reminds me with a message like this:Cannot unmount volume "xxx", Detail: Cannot remove directory, "xxx" represents a temporary directory made when the system auto mount the disk in /media, and "xxx" is simple-chinese. But in fact, the volume has been removed because there're no files or folder in xxx. Because the file system type of the hard disk is NTFS, Ｉ install ntfs-3g and add a script named "mount.ntfs" in /sbin, the content of the script is #!/bin/sh export LANG=zh_CN.UTF-8 exec /sbin/mount.ntfs-3g "$@" I googled this problem for many days and didn't find any way to solve this problem. Maybe it is a bug. I hope someone can help me. Thank you. -- Sunny Lee

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random file
by Mag Gam 23 Jun '08

23 Jun '08

Is it possible to create a file on a random inode on a file system? I am trying to simulate a random read and write for testing purposes. TIA

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problems installing samba
by Rajeev R. Veedu 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Dear all, I am trying to install Samba 3.0.30 on a new Centos 5 machine and I am getting following error. Samba has been downloaded form setnet. Could some please let me know how to fix this? rpmdb: Program version 4.3 doesn't match environment version error: db4 error(-30974) from dbenv->open: DB_VERSION_MISMATCH: Database environment version mismatch warning: cannot open Solve database in /usr/lib/rpmdb/x86_64-redhat-linux/CentO rpmdb: Program version 4.3 doesn't match environment version Rajeev R. Veedu

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Rsync + crontab centos5.1
by Frank Murphy 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Just looking at the "man rsync". Might as well be duagnosing a plattypus. I have made a dir on my Cent samba shares to setup a local fedora.repo (1) How do I get it to run weekly at a certain time. is this correct? crontab -e 22 7 0 0 /usr/bin/rsync -va /Fedora-Mirror /local samba share. (2) Trying to get cron it run 10pm every saturday night. Log whats happening. update packages, include new packages. Exlude extra languages from things like openoffice\xorg etc.. that the family don't need. (family lan) (3) Would one normally download the mirrors "repodata", or run create createrepo oneself?

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lvm with iscsi devices on boot
by Raja Subramanian 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Hi All, My CentOS 5.1 server is using iSCSI attached disks connecting to a dual controller storage array. I have also configured multipathd to manage the multiple paths. Everything works well, and on boot the dev nodes are automatically created in /dev/mapper. On these devices, I have created logical volumes using lvm2. My problem is that lvm does not recognize these iscsi/multipath volumes on boot up. I need to manually run "vgchange -ay" and mount the logical volumes by hand. I tried running the vgchange and mount commands from /etc/rc.local, but that has no effect. I have verified that /etc/rc.local itself is executing correctly. What do I need to put in my boot up scripts so logical volumes in iscsi/multipathd devices are automatically recognized on boot? TIA! - Raja

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centos 4.6 - 586 install - how to get that to a 486 level if possible
by Jerry Geis 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Is there a method to get a 586 (i586 text) install to a 486 level? I am looking for information guidance on this. I have looked into using debian/386 which stinks in my opinion, slackware doesnt quite have it either. So I am wishing/hoping there is a NOT TO painful way to get a 586 install to run on a 486 chip. I have been searching but havent found anything useful. If anyone knows what might need to be done I would appreciate it. Jerry

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Re: [CentOS] Trouble brewing in dmesg... any ideas?
by Tim Nelson 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Unfortunately I can't see the top of the errors as there are too many... :-( I'll throw a console on it and start logging. Is anyone else seeing this sort of activity? I'm running the latest stock kernel available using yum from the repos. I'm not using any additional repos(rpmforge, epel, etc...) and I don't have any custom compiled modules. This box is a fresh installation running bind, apache, and mysqld. Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 ----- Original Message ----- From: "nate" <centos(a)linuxpowered.net> To: centos(a)centos.org Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:19:07 PM GMT -06:00 Guadalajara / Mexico City / Monterrey Subject: Re: [CentOS] Trouble brewing in dmesg... any ideas? Tim Nelson wrote: > There are others with various app names besides vi including httpd, named, > sftp-server, etc.. Is this an imminent hardware failure? Do I have kernel > issues? I've checked the system with lm_sensors and temps are perfectly > normal. Also, performance and operation seems to be fine. Even with these > errors, my services are running without any hiccups. HELP! :-) > Would need to see the full error but it sounds like a kernel oops. For me at least the useful info would be at the top of the error which wasn't included in your email. Worst case, configure your system with a serial console and capture the error using a terminal emulator on another machine plugged into your serial console. nate _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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how do I manage a Dell PE 860 server via IPMI?
by Rudi Ahlers 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

Hi all I'm trying to get to grips with this one, but just can't figure it out. I recently acquired some 2nd hand Dell Poweredge 860 servers, and noticed that they have built in remote management interfaces. So, I have setup one, and assigned an IP address to it, but have no idea on how to access it remotely. Google'ing for an answer didn't bring me more than general product information about various different IPMI stuff. So, how do I actually access these servers remotely? If possible, I'd like todo it via another CentOS server at the DC using SSH. tia :) -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux or other technical stuff, or visit http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for Web Hosting stuff

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Pulling Hair Out - TWiki 4.2 on CentOS 5
by Chuck 22 Jun '08

22 Jun '08

I thought I would turn here before giving up. I am trying to install Twiki 4.2 on CentOS 5 with all updates. (I also tried Twiki 4.1.2 as well) I am running a custom rolled Apache 2.2.8 server and custom rolled PHP 5.2.6 (built with oracle support). These work and are rock solid. I've been using the same config with very heavy duty scripts and php applications with no issues. When trying to run /twiki/bin/configure I get the following error when clicking "Next": Software error: Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at (eval 25) line 23. The Apache error log says pretty much the same thing. (like 23 by the way points to a commented line; the first 100 or so lines in this script are comments.. If I don't count the commented lines there is no search regexp anywhere near line 23) I then tried version 4.1.2 and the same thing. I googled and found numerous other people having this problem. I have found no responses or solutions. The twiki support site has yielded nothing as well. Just hoping someone here might have sorted this out.. I have set up dozens of twiki sites but haven't played with it in a 2 years or so and wondering... It was never this difficult before.. Three of us have now triple checked every file permissions, installation step, system pre-requisite, etc... Thanks for any help, CC

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 40, Issue 9
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '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-2008:0556 Important CentOS 3 i386 freetype - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2008:0556 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 freetype - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2008:0556 Important CentOS 3 ia64 freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2008:0556 Important CentOS 4 ia64 freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2008:0556 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2008:0556 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) freetype - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:05:03 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0556 Important CentOS 3 i386 freetype - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080620150503.GA14151(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0556 freetype security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0556.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/freetype-2.1.4-8.el3.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/freetype-devel-2.1.4-8.el3.i386.rpm addons/i386/RPMS/freetype-demos-2.1.4-8.el3.i386.rpm addons/i386/RPMS/freetype-utils-2.1.4-8.el3.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/freetype-2.1.4-8.el3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update freetype 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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rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refuse
by suresh.tattikota＠info-spectrum.com 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

hi wile i am running the command rndc reload i am getting the error rndc: connect failed: 127.0.0.1#953: connection refuse any one can suggest where i am doing wrong this is my rndc.conf key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "fKZfrqGy9VOPOLA3pgDACA=="; }; options { default-key "rndckey"; default-server 127.0.0.1; default-port 953; }; this my named.conf key "rndckey" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret "fKZfrqGy9VOPOLA3pgDACA=="; }; controls { inet 127.0.0.1 port 953 allow { 127.0.0.1; } keys { "rndckey"; }; }; thank u

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Re: [CentOS] ClamAV help needed
by Martin Garcia 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

Hi Anne, I have many servers running clamav, simply use the dag repos http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/ and install it via yum "yum install clamav clamd" then run freshclam, thats it. I presume your configuration is not properly done. -- Cualquier duda o consulta estoy a su disposicion. Atentamente / Sincerely MARTIN GARCIA Consultor Linux y redes Nettix Peru EIRL telf: +(511)9-9735-4848 <http://www.nettix.com.pe> mailto:mgarcia@nettix.com.pe Anne Wilson wrote: > > ClamAV is installed on my CentOS box. I edited the conf file and assumed all > > is well. Clearly it isn't. > > > > Every day I see in logwatch that my signatures are updated, and the database > > notified, but if I try to scan a file manually it tells me that my signatures > > are 55 days old. > > > > I tried looking at a how-to, in the hope of identifying the problem, but it is > > hopelessly out of date, and I reached the stage where it seemed that > > following it any further risked my installation. > > > > Can someone please give me a quick run-down of the things I should check. > > Clearly freshclam is running, but that's about all I know for certain. > > > > Thanks > > > > Anne > > _______________________________________________ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS(a)centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1505 - Release Date: 6/16/2008 7:20 AM > > >

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Kernel panic - not syncing: CPU context corrupt
by Alwin Roosen 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

Hi, Is there someone on this mailing list who could/want help me figure out this issue? We do not know where to look to solve this. --- Description --- This is a brand new server, which has been tested for days with FreeBSD in our office, and a few days with Windows on the site of our hardware distributor. Now customer wants CentOS, which we installed, but after few days we get a kernel panic. Last night at 2:08 it gave the same kernel panic. Please tell me what information I should give you and most important how to get it from the system, because we do not have experience with CentOS (only FreeBSD). I would be very surprised if this is hardware related. We use the same hardware for several years, and run FreeBSD on it very successfully. It is a SuperMicro PDSMI+ motherboard with 3ware raid controller (8006-2LP). CPU is Xeon 3040 1.8 Ghz EM64 2MB 1066FSB (65W). Memory is DDR 2 Trancend 2048MB ECC Unbuffered 800. Error message on console is in "Additional Information". I am hoping that I should switch off some setting in CentOS to fix this, but I cannot find much useful information about this issue on Google. --- Additional Information --- CentOS release 5 (Final) Kernel 2.6.18-53.1.21.el5 on an i686 ws174 login: CPU 1: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000005 CPU 0: Machine Check Exception: 0000000000000004 Bank 3: f62000020002010a at 0000000032c93500 Bank 5: f20000300c000e0f Kernel panic - not syncing: CPU context corrupt Bank 3: f62000020002010a --- Attachments --- 19-06-2008 16-03-31.png (Screenshot of console) With kind regards, Alwin Roosen

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What will the upgrade to 5.2 be like?
by Robert Moskowitz 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

I have a few servers that I really have to build already. Got to buckle down and get it done; no more waiting for 5.2 as a 'reason' to put it off for another day. I will be building a local repository for 5.2 as soon as the ISOs are posted (well as soon as my 768Kb DSL link will allow), so what am I looking at for the 'cost' of the upgrade?

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Autofs and mount/umount entries in the nfs server logs
by Rob Lines 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

I am using autofs for a number of machines connecting nfs shares. All the mount and unmount log entries on the server are being saved to /var/log/messages currently. This is becoming a bit of a pain because as the number of hosts increase and various monitoring scripts check to be sure that they have access to the nfs shares it is filling up messages on the nfs server. I would like to continue to see these messages but I would like to see them put else where but looking through the documentation for syslog I couldn't find any way to separate just those messages out. I assume(hope) that someone else has run into this problem and found a way around it. My googlefoo has failed me on this one though I might just not be looking for the right thing. Thanks, Rob

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Re: [CentOS] Re: netboot, vnc and no keyboard/mouse/monitor
by Tim Nelson 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

Has a wiki entry been created for this yet? A search of wiki.centos.org hasn't come up with anything useful. Either my search skills are sub-par or it isn't there... :-) Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 ----- Original Message ----- From: "dnk" <d.k.emaillists(a)gmail.com> To: "CentOS mailing list" <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Monday, June 9, 2008 4:12:36 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [CentOS] Re: netboot, vnc and no keyboard/mouse/monitor On 9-Jun-08, at 1:55 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > on 6-9-2008 12:55 PM dnk spake the following: >> hey guys, >> I just created a custom netboot cd, that launches and loads from a >> http source, but connects to a vnc listening viewer. All in all, >> not hard to do, but what is different with this one is that it >> skips the media check, has no prompts and allows you to start the >> install on a machine that has no keyboard/mouse/monitor. Was handy >> for me as when i have some boxes to load, I just plug in power and >> ethernet in the corner (or where ever I have room) and go through >> the install. >> I know it also works with a cd as a source (if you use it from cd >> 1), and assume it would also work with a DVD (have not tested yet). >> If you would like it, I can add to the wiki if anyone would like it. >> DNK > Please add this, as I never could get the media check skipped on a > local CD install without a kickstart file. > Yeah that one was a real pain to get around. Well more of a pain due to hunting down the actual method.... the command is easy... once you know what it is. dnk _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Logitech cordless desktop ex 90
by jarmo 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

Anyone using ex 90? I have it running, no problem. Only mouse was little tricky, namely in X. But jut a little change in xorg.conf and everything works fine (CO 5.1 desktop install with vanilla kernel). Now would like to get keyboards extra buttons in use. Question is, anyone configured it allready, or do I have to invent wheel? again :D Jarmo

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New convert
by Matt Harwood 21 Jun '08

21 Jun '08

All, Apologies for cluttering the list, but I just wanted to say hello and prepare all for a barage of silly discussions from a tech-hypochondriac! We have recently purchased two servers running CentOS, and as I'm from more of a Debian based background, it would be good if someone could point out the two or three main differences please? I'm reading up on the package management as I type, but any quick tips and tricks for (web) server admin with CentOS would be magic. Sorry for being cheeky! Hope everyone is well, too. -- *Matt Harwood* Designer, NannyGroup Limited Mob: 07887 817769

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