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Problem after crash during yum update
by Alfred von Campe 21 Dec '07

21 Dec '07

I was doing a "yum -y update" on a CentOS 4.5 system to get to 4.6 when my system froze. I couldn't ping it nor switch to an alternate console. It was completely frozen. The only recourse was to cycle the power. So I did that, and now when I try to do a "yum update" I get the following error: [many package header downloads deleted] tkinter-2.3.4-14.4.el4_6. 100% |=========================| 21 kB 00:00 ---> Package tkinter.i386 0:2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1 set to be updated ---> Downloading header for oprofile to pack into transaction set. oprofile-0.8.1-33.i386.rp 100% |=========================| 20 kB 00:00 ---> Package oprofile.i386 0:0.8.1-33 set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Conflict: python-devel conflicts python < 2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1 --> Processing Dependency: kdebase = 6:3.3.1-6.el4 for package: kdebase-devel --> Processing Dependency: httpd = 2.0.52-32.3.ent.centos4 for package: httpd-manual --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-devel = 6.8.2-1.EL.31 for package: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.3.3-22_nonptl for package: rpm-build --> Processing Dependency: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs = 6.8.2-1.EL.31 for package: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel --> Processing Dependency: httpd = 2.0.52-32.3.ent.centos4 for package: httpd-suexec --> Processing Dependency: rpm = 4.3.3-22_nonptl for package: rpm-devel --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: python-devel conflicts with python < 2.3.4-14.4.el4_6.1 Error: Missing Dependency: kdebase = 6:3.3.1-6.el4 is needed by package kdebase-devel Error: Missing Dependency: httpd = 2.0.52-32.3.ent.centos4 is needed by package httpd-manual Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11-devel = 6.8.2-1.EL.31 is needed by package xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel Error: Missing Dependency: rpm = 4.3.3-22_nonptl is needed by package rpm-build Error: Missing Dependency: xorg-x11-deprecated-libs = 6.8.2-1.EL.31 is needed by package xorg-x11-deprecated-libs-devel Error: Missing Dependency: httpd = 2.0.52-32.3.ent.centos4 is needed by package httpd-suexec Error: Missing Dependency: rpm = 4.3.3-22_nonptl is needed by package rpm-devel From the attached log file, you can see that yum was able to install/ update 120 packages before it crashed. Any ideas on how to recover from this state? Alfred

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 12
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

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-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 squid - security update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 4 i386 squid - security update (Johnny Hughes) 3. CESA-2007:1155 Important CentOS 4 x86_64 mysql - security update (Johnny Hughes) 4. CESA-2007:1155 Important CentOS 4 i386 mysql - security update (Johnny Hughes) 5. CESA-2007-1215-001 CentOS 4.6 i386 Zero Day Updates (resent) (Johnny Hughes) 6. CESA-2007:1166 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 libexif - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2007:1166 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) libexif - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:16:27 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 4 x86_64 squid - security update To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <47690B9B.2050704(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2007:1130 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1130.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: squid-2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm src: squid-2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.el4_6.1.src.rpm

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Help Needed with setup!
by Christopher E 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hello All, I write in hope that there is a person willing to contact me and assist in setup a server that is being hosted by ServerBeach, this is for a non-profit , I don't know much about this stuff and I would like to get it setup so I can do the things that I need to do which is get the website up and running. The org does not have any money as if it need we would get a managed server and instead of a self-managed server. Any one in the USA that is willing to help please email me back so we could exchange information. just so you know I am a english speaking person. Sincerely, Christopher

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Resizing a Xen DomU disk image
by Matthew Lind 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hello Mailing List! A quick question. Has anyone gotten a resize (in my case grown) a Xen DomU disk image? Here is the procedure I have followed: 1. Install a DomU using virt-install Customize xvda to be all one partition ext3 2. On Dom0: dd if=/dev/zero bs=1G count=1 >> <my_disk_image> ll -h (Image is now 1GB larger) xm create <DomU> On DomU: df -h (Size has not changed) shutdown -h now On Dom0: e2fsck -f <my_disk_image> (Errors Bad Magic...) resize2fs -f <my_disk_image> (Errors Bad Magic...) xm create <DomU> On DomU: df -h (Still reports old size) I am assuming that because resize2fs didn't run that the DomU doesn't know about the additional space. Thanks in advance!

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Re: [CentOS] Torrent: reminder to use it folks!
by Les Bell 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

"William L. Maltby" <CentOS4Bill(a)triad.rr.com> wrote: >> Sorry to hear that your getting so little support from the community. << Oh, I'm not complaining on that score; in fact, I'm not complaining at all. I just fired up BitTorrent to help out, and I figured I could use a 5.1 DVD anyway. Right now, my upload rate is higher than my download rate, so at least I'm helping to share the load. Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Getting email from cron when script is run manually
by Jeff Larsen 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

We have some third party software running on a CentOS 4.5 virtual machine. The software is delivered as compiled python and I wrote an init script for it myself (/etc/init.d/gk). Because the software lacks the usual robustness of CentOS services, I have a bash script (/etc/cron.daily/gk-restart) which simply calls "/etc/init.d/gk restart". So, as expected, root gets an email every day when cron runs the script. Here's the puzzling part: If I need to manually restart the service, I will use the command "/etc/init.d/gk restart". But then I get the very same email message from the cron daemon as if the daily cron job had been run automatically. The email is timestamped for the time at which I manually restarted the service. How on earth is the manual restart being monitored by the cron daemon? The init script is full featured and maintains pid and lock files in /var/run and /var/lock/subsys respectively. Is that the connection? Jeff

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Re: [CentOS] Torrent: reminder to use it folks!
by Les Bell 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

"William L. Maltby" <CentOS4Bill(a)triad.rr.com> wrote: >> At 07:40 EST (+5 UTC?) with most of the U.S still asleep, I've 8 and 6 peers connected and uploading for the 4.6 and 5.1 DVDs respectively. << As I write, I've had the torrent running for approximately 12 hours; I have 50 peers connected and am getting 26 KB/s download speed. I'm so excited. . . Best, --- Les Bell, RHCE, CISSP [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144 FreeWorldDialup: 800909

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Re: [CentOS] Torrent: reminder to use it folks!
by Robert Arkiletian 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

On Dec 17, 2007 5:16 PM, Kenneth Porter <shiva(a)sewingwitch.com> wrote: > --On Monday, December 17, 2007 4:58 PM -0800 centos(a)911networks.com wrote: > > > Why use torrents? With torrents I get around 25Kb/sec. > > Sounds like something is throttling your torrent connection. Start by using > a non-standard torrent port to escape traffic shaping by naive throttles. I think the EFF was accusing Comcast of doing this. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071128-eff-study-reveals-evidence-of… > > > With places such as utah.edu [I am in North America] I got > > 320Kb/sec steady. It took me 3hr and a bit to download the 5.1 > > dvd. As far as I understand it, Utah and the other mirrors donated > > the bandwidth to the community. > > Torrents have the benefit of sharing the cost over many community > contributors. > Also don't forget that many mirrors offer rsync. If you rename your 5.0 DVD to the 5.1 version and do an rsync it will save lots of bandwidth. -- Robert Arkiletian Eric Hamber Secondary, Vancouver, Canada Fl_TeacherTool http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/Fl_TeacherTool/ C++ GUI tutorial http://www3.telus.net/public/robark/

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Screen blanking crashes
by centos＠911networks.com 20 Dec '07

20 Dec '07

Hi, I upgraded a Dell C521 from Ubuntu 6.04 to CentOS5.1. The Dell has an NVidia 6150 analog video card. The screen is an LG1952Tx. After the screen blanking goes on, and the screen goes to sleep, the screen goes black except for a blue note saying: analog video, invalid frequency... I have installed the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-100.14.19-pkg1. Everything works great except for the screen sleep... Any suggestion of what I should look for? -- Thanks http://www.911networks.com When the network has to work

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Logging into Windows 2003 Active Directory
by Joseph L. Casale 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

I have been searching the net for directions on rhel and centos 5(1) to log in to a windows domain and have found many examples, all different and none work for me. Is there a hint to some documentation anyone here knows of that actually works? Thanks! jlc

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take plunge and yum update to 4.6
by Robert - elists 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Usually I am one of the first ones to do it I have resisted this time... It is almost the Holidays and out centos 4 boxes have been online for like 2 years or whatever Has anyone boldly taken the plunge on any high use and/or Internet facing Centos$ servers and done a yum update or a yum -y update without any problems at all? :-) - rh

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Torrent: reminder to use it folks!
by William L. Maltby 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Well, there's so few going right now that I'm showing 38 days to get the DVD. My normal dnld from a mirror travels appx. 600Mb/sec. I'll wait until most of the U.S. goes home before I give up and use the normal download though. Here's hoping... -- Bill

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 11
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

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-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 squid - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 squid - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 5. CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2007:1155 Important CentOS 4 ia64 mysql - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2007:1155 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) mysql - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) squid - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:09:00 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2007:1130 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 squid - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20071218180900.GA30580(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2007:1130 squid security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1130.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-8.3E.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/squid-2.5.STABLE3-8.3E.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update squid 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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How to generate UUID for Xen?
by Kai Schaetzl 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

The new virtual machine manager in Centos 5.1 displays some weird behavior here and I assume it's because the UUID of one running VM is the same as of a VM that is shut down. I used the same config file template for creating all my test VMs, so several have the same UUID. Didn't produce any problems with xm. But the new VM manager in Gnome shows active and inactive VMs and identifies them by UUID, which results in it trying to mix the status etc. of the active and of the inactive VM. How can I generate a new UUID? I assume there's some checksum in it, so that I can't just make one up? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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Up2date issue today
by Jason Pyeron 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Centos 4 i386 [root@fiftyeight ~]# up2date -u lynx There was a fatal error communicating with the server. The message was: An HTTP error occurred: URL: http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/extras/i386//headers/header.info Status Code: 404 Error Message: Not Found -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Sr. Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, purge the message from your system and notify the sender immediately. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited.

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CentOS 5 x86 & Joysticks
by Ioannis Vranos 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

OS: CentOS 5.1 x86. Hi, has anyone used any joystick under CentOS 5? Yumex shows the following joystick-related packages installed: "freeglut 2.4.0-7.1.el5" "joystick 1.2.15-20.2.2" "xorg-x11-drv-joystick 1.1.0-1.1" I am under XFCE 4.4.2 but I also have GNOME and KDE installed. Any ideas on how to configure a joystick under this configuration? Thanks a lot.

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Checksum Error during update
by John Hinton 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

I ran across this error on this mirror while doing updates. Only happened on this particular mirror. Others worked fine. (2/196): system-config-printer-gui-0.6.116.10-1.2.i386.rpm 0 B 00:00 ftp://mirror.daemonbox.net/pub/centos/4.6/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/system-config…: [Errno -1] Package does not match checksum Best, John Hinton

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Digest Subcriber needs help with SELinux file context setting
by James B. Byrne 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

CentOS-5.1 I need some help with setting up the SELinux context for a custom httpd directory so that I can write log files into it. This is what I have: In my virtual host config file: RewriteEngine on RewriteLog /etc/httpd/virtual.d/trac-rewrite.log # RewriteLogLevel 0=off 1=basic 2=verbose 3+=module developer debuging RewriteLogLevel 0 If /etc/httpd/virtual.d/trac-rewrite.log does not already exists then when I try to start httpd I get this: ---> # service httpd start Starting httpd: [FAILED] Checking /var/log/messages I see this: # tail /var/log/messages Dec 17 16:08:01 inet01 setroubleshoot: SELinux is preventing the /usr/sbin/httpd from using potentially mislabeled files trac-rewrite.log (etc_t). For complete SELinux messages. run sealert -l cfc477ae-0443-44f7-9bd3-4ede69b03a57 Following the suggested remedy I do this: # sealert -l cfc477ae-0443-44f7-9bd3-4ede69b03a57 Summary SELinux is preventing the /usr/sbin/httpd from using potentially mislabeled files trac-rewrite.log (etc_t). Detailed Description SELinux has denied the /usr/sbin/httpd access to potentially mislabeled files trac-rewrite.log. This means that SELinux will not allow http to use these files. Many third party apps install html files in directories that SELinux policy can not predict. These directories have to be labeled with a file context which httpd can accesss. Allowing Access If you want to change the file context of trac-rewrite.log so that the httpd daemon can access it, you need to execute it using chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t.trac-rewrite.log. You can look at the httpd_selinux man page for additional information. Additional Information Source Context user_u:system_r:httpd_t Target Context system_u:object_r:etc_t Target Objects trac-rewrite.log [ dir ] Affected RPM Packages httpd-2.2.3-11.el5.centos [application] Policy RPM selinux-policy-2.4.6-106.el5_1.3 Selinux Enabled True Policy Type targeted MLS Enabled True Enforcing Mode Enforcing Plugin Name plugins.httpd_bad_labels Host Name inet01.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca Platform Linux inet01.hamilton.harte-lyne.ca 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5xen #1 SMP Fri Nov 30 01:53:35 EST 2007 i686 i686 Alert Count 4 Line Numbers Raw Audit Messages avc: denied { add_name } for comm="httpd" egid=0 euid=0 exe="/usr/sbin/httpd" exit=-13 fsgid=0 fsuid=0 gid=0 items=0 name="trac-rewrite.log" pid=3848 scontext=user_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 sgid=0 subj=user_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 suid=0 tclass=dir tcontext=system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0 tty=pts2 uid=0 # chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t trac-rewrite.log chcon: trac-rewrite.log: No such file or directory Providing the directory doesn't help either: # chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /etc/httpd/virtual.d/trac-rewrite.log chcon: /etc/httpd/virtual.d/trac-rewrite.log: No such file or directory But touching the file and running chcon works: # touch /etc/httpd/virtual.d/trac-rewrite.log[root@inet01 virtual.d] # chcon -t httpd_sys_content_t /etc/httpd/virtual.d/trac-rewrite.log [root@inet01 virtual.d] # service httpd start Starting httpd: [ OK ] What settings in semange or chcon allow me to create files in virtual.d or should I put them elsewhere. These files tend to only be used when I am working on a new set of rules but I would rather not have this tripwire lurking in the background when I am concentrating on a different type of problem. I tried: # semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t "/etc/httpd/virtual.d(/.*)?" and # semanage fcontext -a -t httpd_sys_content_t "/etc/httpd/virtual.d/*\.log" But that did not make any difference for the current situation. If someone could enlighten me then i would be greatful. I realize that for some the use of SELinux is controversial. However, please do not "advise" me to drop SELinux as a remedy for this problem. We are not going to do that. Usually, we manage to configure our policies to handle situations like this as they arise using audit2allow and audit2why, I just cannot seem to find a way to generalize a solution to this one. P.S. I am a digest subscriber so that message threading is simply not going to work, Sorry, but that is just the way things are. For the same reason I also request the favour of a direct rely in addition to any to the list. Sincerely, -- *** 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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possible bug 5.1 - possibly more of a package issue
by dnk 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

Hi there, not really sure if this is a bug, but more so rather a missing file... I installed a fresh 5.1 copy very minimal - no desktop, etc. Now it came up later that I would need a desktop on this install. So I was going to just groupinstall in the Gnome Desktop. # yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" Now while processing the dependencies, it fails out with a dependency for libgaim.so.0 (for package nautilus-sendto). So I tried... # yum provides libgaim.so.0 No results. Ideas? dnk

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"multi-boot" drive partitioning
by Frank Cox 19 Dec '07

19 Dec '07

I want to set up a multiple "mode" computer with four separate Centos installations on it. The objective here is to have a "spare computer" that I can boot up into any of four "modes" depending on what I'm swapping it in for a the moment. For example, I want to be able to boot it up as a webserver, or as a fileserver, or as a LTSP-enabled application server. And so on. I have a computer here with two 300GB hard drives in it, which I plan to split into four 150GB partitions, one for each of my "modes". And I want to install Centos separately and independently into each partition, so I can just tell Grub to boot up using whatever partition I choose. What is the best way to accomplish this? I have a bad feeling that the drive partitioning tool is going to complain about having multiple / partitions unless I take steps to avoid that. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

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CentOS 5: problem with samba as PDC
by Alessio Cecchi 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Hello all i have successfully upgrade an old PDC samba server (debian woody) to a new centos 5. Everything works fine except for one thing 1- i'm unable to add new computer to domain except with the root users. With others installations all users in the group "Domain Admins" was able, now i get tis error: sh: /usr/sbin/useradd: Permission denied [2007/12/18 17:33:26, 0] passdb/pdb_interface.c:pdb_default_create_user(329) _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -g computer -c "Workstation (genoveffo2$)" -M -s /bin/false "genoveffo2$"' gave 126 After a new group map "Domain Admins" -> root group the error is: useradd: unable to lock password file [2007/12/18 17:42:49, 0] passdb/pdb_interface.c:pdb_default_create_user(329) _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -g computer -c "Workstation (genoveffo2$)" -M -s /bin/false "genoveffo2$"' gave 1 useradd: unable to lock password file [2007/12/18 17:47:10, 0] passdb/pdb_interface.c:pdb_default_create_user(329) _samr_create_user: Running the command `/usr/sbin/useradd -g computer -c "Workstation (genoveffo2$)" -M -s /bin/false "genoveffo2$"' gave 1 The right of the users in "Domain Admins" (alessice) are not sufficient. This is my groupmap: [root@pdc ~]# net groupmap list System Operators (S-1-5-32-549) -> nobody Replicators (S-1-5-32-552) -> nobody Domain Users (S-1-5-21-2276015355-2619491448-3726653824-513) -> utenti Guests (S-1-5-32-546) -> nobody computer (S-1-5-21-2276015355-2619491448-3726653824-2117) -> computer Power Users (S-1-5-32-547) -> nobody Domain Admins (S-1-5-21-2276015355-2619491448-3726653824-512) -> root Print Operators (S-1-5-32-550) -> nobody Administrators (S-1-5-32-544) -> nobody Domain Guests (S-1-5-21-2276015355-2619491448-3726653824-514) -> nobody Contabilita (S-1-5-21-2276015355-2619491448-3726653824-2101) -> contabilita Account Operators (S-1-5-32-548) -> nobody Commerciale (S-1-5-21-2276015355-2619491448-3726653824-2099) -> commerciale Backup Operators (S-1-5-32-551) -> nobody Users (S-1-5-32-545) -> nobody [root@pdc ~]# head /etc/group root:x:0:root,alessice [...] from smb.conf: add machine script = /usr/sbin/useradd -g computer -c "Workstation (%u)" -M -s /bin/false "%u" What is wrong? Thanks

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Re: [CentOS] How To increase RAMDISK in CENTOS 4
by Ross S. W. Walker 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Don't use the ram disk feature it was really intended for initrd images. Use tmpfs instead which you can configure on the 'mount'. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: centos(a)centos.org <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Tue Dec 18 10:30:08 2007 Subject: [CentOS] How To increase RAMDISK in CENTOS 4 Hi All, I am using Centos4.0 and running Squid Reverse Proxy for image caching , i have configured RAMDISK of 265 MB for one cache folder in preproduction environment for testing now i have upgraded RAM upto 8GB, but when i change ramdisk_size parameter in grub.conf and rebooted the server when i tried to format and mount it doesn't work. Can anyone please help me how to increase RAMDISK size upto 6GB. Thanks Abhishek ________________________________ ________________________________ Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Click here <http://in.rd.yahoo.com/tagline_webmessenger_5/*http://in.messenger.yahoo.co…> to know how. ______________________________________________________________________ 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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How To increase RAMDISK in CENTOS 4
by abhishek singh 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Hi All, I am using Centos4.0 and running Squid Reverse Proxy for image caching , i have configured RAMDISK of 265 MB for one cache folder in preproduction environment for testing now i have upgraded RAM upto 8GB, but when i change ramdisk_size parameter in grub.conf and rebooted the server when i tried to format and mount it doesn't work. Can anyone please help me how to increase RAMDISK size upto 6GB. Thanks Abhishek Chat on a cool, new interface. No download required. Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php

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How to add Xen machine to xenstore?
by Ross S. W. Walker 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

I have been looking at the docs, but can't seem to find a way to add a machine to the xenstore so it shows up in 'xm list' even when it is shutdown. I can swear that there was a way to do this and the machine would appear in /var/lib/xen/xend-db/domains/<uuid> Was this feature removed in the upstram implementation? -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ 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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configure and assembler
by Frank M. Ramaekers 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

I'm attempting to install a product and it's failing the compiler check. CentOS 5.1 + echo='/bin/echo -e' + rm -rf configure-tmp + mkdir configure-tmp + tmp_file=configure-tmp/xxx + makedirs=. + /bin/echo -e 'Checking C++ compiler... \c' Checking C++ compiler... + cat + CXX=unknown + for i in '"CC"' '"g++"' '"cc"' '"$CC"' + CC -c configure-tmp/xxx.C + for i in '"CC"' '"g++"' '"cc"' '"$CC"' + g++ -c configure-tmp/xxx.C + for i in '"CC"' '"g++"' '"cc"' '"$CC"' + cc -c configure-tmp/xxx.C + for i in '"CC"' '"g++"' '"cc"' '"$CC"' + -c configure-tmp/xxx.C + test unknown = unknown + /bin/echo -e 'Error: Could not find a working C++ compiler.' Error: Could not find a working C++ compiler. + exit 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Testing the command manually: cc -c configure-tmp/xx.C cc: configure-tmp/xx.C: No such file or directory cc: no input files ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- gcc is installed: yum info gcc Loading "installonlyn" plugin Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Installed Packages Name : gcc Arch : i386 Version: 4.1.2 Release: 14.el5 Size : 9.5 M Repo : installed Summary: Various compilers (C, C++, Objective-C, Java, ...) Description: The gcc package contains the GNU Compiler Collection version 4.1. You'll need this package in order to compile C code. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --Any ideas about this 'cc1plus' that is not on my system? Frank M. Ramaekers Jr. Systems Programmer MCP, MCP+I, MCSE & RHCE American Income Life Insurance Co. Phone: (254)761-6649 1200 Wooded Acres Dr. Fax: (254)741-5777 Waco, Texas 76701 _____________________________________________________ This message contains information which is privileged and confidential and is solely for the use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any review, disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please destroy it immediately and notify us at PrivacyAct(a)ailife.com.

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Re: [CentOS] "multi-boot" drive partitioning
by Brent L. Bates 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

One good thing about a spare UNPLUGGED machine is in case of a lightning strike. We had a customer site get hit by or near by lighting. The unplugged spare wasn't connect in any way shape or form to anything. No power cord, no network connections, nothing. After the strike, they were having problems with their industrial systems and blamed it on the computers we installed. We took the spare system that wasn't plugged into anything, started it up, and things still didn't work. This proved that our system wasn't the problem. It turned out to be their hardware that didn't have adequate surge protection. -- Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) M.S. 912 Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204 NASA Langley Research Center FAX:(757) 865-8177 Hampton, Virginia 23681-0001 Email: B.L.BATES(a)larc.nasa.gov http://www.vigyan.com/~blbates/

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OpenLDAP auth problems
by юрка олейников 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

i have CentOS 4.5 with OpenLDAP 2.2.13. OpenLDAP contains users with SSHA-ed and CRYPT-ed passwords. the one and ugly thing is that users with CRYPT-ed passwords cannot bind to this LDAP server. however users with SSHA passwords do can. is there any solution without recompiling anyhting? -- Be Secure, Stay Open - live w/ OpenBSD

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./configure perfparse -> "configure: error: required library libgd unusable"
by Rogelio 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

I recently had a problem with the configure script from perfparse running properly so that I could 'make install' it to work with Nagios 2.10 on latest CentOS 4.x + RPMForge (see http://readlist.com/lists/centos.org/centos/5/28966.html) Thinking it was a problem that was a result of "yum remove gd", I formatted the box and reinstalled everything. Now, oddly, I still have the same problem, and unlike before (before running "yum remove gd"), I cannot configure it without getting the following error: *************************************************** *************************************************** "checking for gdlib-config... /usr/bin/gdlib-config checking for gdMalloc in -lgd... no configure: error: required library libgd unusable. Install required and dependent files and rerun configure. See config.log or FAQs for details." *************************************************** *************************************************** The part of the config.log which looks relevant to the problem is the following: *************************************************** *************************************************** | /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error. */ | #ifdef __cplusplus | extern "C" | #endif | /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2 | builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply. */ | char gdMalloc (); | int | main () | { | gdMalloc (); | ; | return 0; | } configure:26962: result: no configure:26974: error: required library libgd unusable. Install required and dependent files and rerun configure. See config.log or FAQs for details. *************************************************** *************************************************** and in the configure script, this pertains to the error as well *************************************************** *************************************************** LIBS="-lgd $LIBS" else { { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: required library libgd unusable. Install required and dependent files and rerun configure. See config.log or FAQs for details." >&5 echo "$as_me: error: required library libgd unusable. Install required and dependent files and rerun configure. See config.log or FAQs for details." >&2;} { (exit 1); exit 1; }; } fi *************************************************** *************************************************** Any suggestions? This was working (in that I could ./configure, just not "make && make install") before I removed gd, and once I formatted and reinstalled everything fresh, none of it works. Any help in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

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What is the REAL version of Xen in 5.1?
by Ross S. W. Walker 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

I have a 5.1 system with Xen installed. The package says 3.0.3, but an 'xm info' shows 3.1. So what is it? Is it 3.0.3 patched to 3.1 or is it 3.1 packaged as 3.0.3? And if it's the former, does anybody have any idea why upstream wouldn't just deploy 3.1 (now 3.1.2) which is more stable? -Ross ______________________________________________________________________ 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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Instalation with a customized kernel
by Jerome 18 Dec '07

18 Dec '07

Hi all I don't know if it's the right place to ask for this problem. I just install my server with centos4.5, using PXE/http protocol. ALl goes very well. My asking is that i need a customized kernel to use all of the posibilities of my server. This kernel, made as an rpm file, run well on it. But i would like to be able to install the server directly with this kernel, using PXE/http.. As for any reason, i can have in 10 minutes a new fresh server ready installed. Someone can say me where to search? Thank's a lot. Best regards. -- -- Jérôme La télévision est faite pour ceux qui, n'ayant rien à dire, tiennent absolument à le faire savoir. (Pierre Dac)

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problems with CentOS chroot
by Maxim Soldatov 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hello, I've got strange problem with centos (as well as rhel btw) chrooted environment. First of all I created simple directory with only the libs for 'bash' and 'id' tools: ---- # chroot testcase/ bash-3.1# id uid=0 gid=0 groups=0,1,2,3,4,6,10 ---- Yes, I even do not have /etc/ directory inside testcase/ , but id shows groups from the _host_ root account. I tried to create full chroot with all the libs and tools based on debian testing, but the same result: # id uid=0 gid=0 groups=0,1,2,3,4,6,10 but if I do # ls /etc/shadow /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/group /etc/passwd /etc/shadow then # id uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root),1(daemon),2(bin),3(sys),4(adm),6(disk),10(uucp) Args, quite strange for me. I tried to use strace to identify where is the problem, and only one thing I found is 530 error on read() : [cut] open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 getgroups32(0, NULL) = 7 getgroups32(7, [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 10]) = 7 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 open("/etc/group", O_RDONLY|0x80000) = -530 write(1, "uid=0 gid=0 groups=0,1,2,3,4,6,1"..., 34) = 34 [cut] 530 is EIOCBRETRY according to errno.h, but, honestly, I do not know what does it mean and what I can do with it. SElinux - disabled via /etc/selinux/config. CentOS release 4.4 (Final) с ядром 2.6.9-67.ELsmp. as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.1 (Tikanga) 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 Could anyone please explain what is going on and what have I done wrong? Thanks a lot for your time and sorry for my english. -- Maxim Soldatov

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Re: [CentOS] Expandable network storage
by Ross S. W. Walker 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

No it probably would not provide the performance unless run on 10 Gbe. Of course that depends on the number of write transactions, 1Gbe maxs around 100MB/s, so if you need faster performance look elsewhere. I doubt it's reliability too, nbd is a simple protocol, but as such doesn't provide for error recovery. Best bet, build performance storage with redundancy on 1 server, then if budget allows duplicate it on another and use something like drbd to replicate it (synchronous if network speed allows, asynchronous otherwise) for high availability. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Mon Dec 17 04:56:57 2007 Subject: RE: [CentOS] Expandable network storage Hi all, I'm currently thinking about similar configurations, and (also for cost reasons :-) am also thinking about GNBD with two standard servers as a "poor man" redundant storage - but I'm wondering if that gives enough performance for running databases (in my case Oracle) on top of it. The configuration I'm thinking about would be two current Dell servers with hardware RAID 10 and connected by a dedicated 1 GBit crossover-cable, running both the cluster software and Oracle. Does anyone use this in "real-World" scenarios and has some practical experience with it? Best regards, __ /homas -- Thomas Bleier, DI Information Management Austrian Research Centers GmbH - ARC HG Wien - FN 115980i - ATU14703506 2444 Seibersdorf, Austria Mobile: +43 (664) 8251279 E-Mail: thomas.bleier(a)arcs.ac.at -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Steve Campbell Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:52 PM To: centos(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Expandable network storage I want to thank everyone who has provided insight into my thread about clustering MySql. I kind of just sat back and watched it develop. I learned a lot from it all. I have been reading all of the documentation on clustering provided by Centos/Red Hat, and find I travel in circles. I read one chapter and answer a self-imposed question but I end up asking myself another. What I really want to do is have HA for any service I run (which is mostly HTTP, MySQL, FTP, and the common things like that). I want to run that to redundant storage somewhere that is real easy to expand by just adding more hardware (server or disk drive). I started exploring this by using the Cluster Suite as a base and then looked into each aspect of the cluster and invariably got stuck on the storage side of this. I see how I can maybe set this up originally, but the expansion just doesn't seem to be there. I don't really want to go the route of Fibre channels and ISCSI, and would prefer to use common hardware (which sort of suggests GNBD). If anyone cares to offer suggestions, with a pretty clear explanation trail (thanks Ken Price for your link to a step-by-step), I would really like to see it, as I'm not getting anywhere with the documentation. I hope to get some hardware to play with shortly, and maybe that'll make things clearer. I'm sure it one of those deals where once I get it done, it'll be so obvious. I just need a little kickstart to help me get there. Thanks, Steve Campbell _______________________________________________ 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 ______________________________________________________________________ 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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Qlogic HBA scanning issues with CentOS 5.1 ?
by Finnur Örn Guðmundsson 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Hi, I got few servers (IBM HS20,HS21 blades, IBM xSeries 3650 & others) connected to a dual fabric san throught Qlogic HBA's (23xx, 24xx). Multipathing is done with device-mapper-multipath. On CentOS 4.x i can scan for new scsi devices without any problems, get them up with multipathing & use them without any problems. However, after i started installing CentOS 5.1 (did not notice this problem with CentOS 5) i cannot seem to rescan without huge problems. Sometimes when i rescan after presenting a new LUN to the server nothing is detected, and sometimes the device comes in without any problems at all. Sometimes i even loose some paths after rescanning.....again, i had no problems at all with CentOS 4.x. I use the Qlogic script (Dynamic Target and LUN Discovery <http://support.qlogic.com/support/EULATemplate/Template.aspx?TemplateID=9&p…> 2.2) to scan for new luns. Has anyone had any issues with scanning for new devices off san after upgrading to 5.1 ? Thanks, Finnur

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Re: [CentOS] Bonding problem in CENTOS4
by Ross S. W. Walker 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Try setting a manual MAC address on the bond interface that is different then any of the physical ones. -Ross -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org <centos-bounces(a)centos.org> To: centos(a)centos.org <centos(a)centos.org> Sent: Mon Dec 17 07:44:21 2007 Subject: [CentOS] Bonding problem in CENTOS4 I use bonding under CENTOS4.5 x32_62. I have these weird messages when I'm restarting network. Do you have any ideas how to fix this? (there is similar bug for centos5 http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2404, but the author says that it worked for him in centos4...) Thanks Vitaly Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: Warning: the permanent HWaddr of eth0 - 00:1A:64:0A:DC:9C - is still in use by bond0. Set the HWaddr of eth0 to a different address to avoid conflicts. Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: releasing active interface eth0 Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth1 the new active one. Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: releasing active interface eth1 Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 network: Shutting down interface bond0: succeeded Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 network: Shutting down interface eth2: succeeded ........ Dec 17 08:35:16 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): bond0: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 ifup: Enslaving eth0 to bond0 Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth0: using MSI Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: enslaving eth0 as a backup interface with a down link. Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 ifup: Enslaving eth1 to bond0 Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth1: using MSI Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: enslaving eth1 as a backup interface with a down link. Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 network: Bringing up interface bond0: succeeded Dec 17 08:35:21 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth0. Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth0 the new active one. Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: first active interface up! Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1. Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: tg3: eth2: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): bond0: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: bond0: duplicate address detected! Dec 17 08:35:25 3_10 network: Bringing up interface eth2: succeeded _______________________________________________ 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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Bonding problem in CENTOS4
by Vitaly Karasik 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

I use bonding under CENTOS4.5 x32_62. I have these weird messages when I'm restarting network. Do you have any ideas how to fix this? (there is similar bug for centos5 http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=2404, but the author says that it worked for him in centos4...) Thanks Vitaly Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: Warning: the permanent HWaddr of eth0 - 00:1A:64:0A:DC:9C - is still in use by bond0. Set the HWaddr of eth0 to a different address to avoid conflicts. Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: releasing active interface eth0 Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth1 the new active one. Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: releasing active interface eth1 Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 network: Shutting down interface bond0: succeeded Dec 17 08:34:21 3_10 network: Shutting down interface eth2: succeeded ........ Dec 17 08:35:16 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): bond0: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 ifup: Enslaving eth0 to bond0 Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth0: using MSI Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: enslaving eth0 as a backup interface with a down link. Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 ifup: Enslaving eth1 to bond0 Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth1: using MSI Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: enslaving eth1 as a backup interface with a down link. Dec 17 08:35:20 3_10 network: Bringing up interface bond0: succeeded Dec 17 08:35:21 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth2: link is not ready Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth0 NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth0. Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: making interface eth0 the new active one. Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: first active interface up! Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bnx2: eth1 NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps full duplex Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: bonding: bond0: link status definitely up for interface eth1. Dec 17 08:35:23 3_10 kernel: tg3: eth2: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex. Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): bond0: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth2: link becomes ready Dec 17 08:35:24 3_10 kernel: bond0: duplicate address detected! Dec 17 08:35:25 3_10 network: Bringing up interface eth2: succeeded

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 34, Issue 10
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

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. CentOS 4.6 is released for i386, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64 (Johnny Hughes) 2. CESA-2007-1215-001 CentOS 4.6 x86_64 Zero Day Updates (Johnny Hughes) 3. CESA-2007-1215-001 CentOS 4.6 i386 Zero Day Updates (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2007 08:52:27 -0600 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CentOS 4.6 is released for i386, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64 To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org>, distro(a)distrowatch.com Message-ID: <47653BAB.6040308(a)centos.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS 4.6 for i386, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64. It is available on all CentOS.org mirrors and via bittorrent, see this link to download ISOs: http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4.6/isos/ This release corresponds to the upstream vendor U6 release. Also released in the updates repository for CentOS-4.6 are all updates through December 15th, 2007. The work for the i386 and x86_64 ServerCDs is in progress. If you are currently using another version CentOS-4 version, using this command will upgrade you to CentOS-4.6: yum update -------------------------------------------------------------------- Major changes for this version are: * samba has been updated to version 3.0.25b. This addresses several critical issues affecting interoperability with Windows 2003™ and Windows Vista™ (resolved in recent upstream releases). * autofs5 is included in this release as a Technology Preview. This new version of autofs resolves several long-standing interoperability issues in multi-vendor environments. * There is a technology preview of OpenOffice-2.0 included in the updates directory. You can install this OOo2 preview alongside the current OOo-1.1.5 version, or you may install the OOo2 preview alone. We apologize that this was not included on the ISOs, however it was not on the upstream ISOs and we followed that layout. To List the new OpenOffice-2.0 RPMS with yum use this command: yum search openoffice.org2 | grep i386 | grep -v langpack For finding Language Packs (if you want other than English) do: yum search openoffice.org2 | grep langpack Use "yum install <pkg_name1> <pkg_name2>" to install the packages that you want, or "yum info <pkg_name1> <pkg_name2>" to obtain more information about them. * A new yum included in CentOS-4.6 requires the installation of yum-metadata-parser. The yum-metadata-parser package contains a metadata parser for yum written in C. It speeds up the metadata parsing phase of yum considerably and does not change yum behavior in any other way. Please see the CentOS specific release notes here (or in the main directory on your install media): http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.6/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html detailed upstream release notes here (and in the /NOTES directory on your install media): http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/release-notes/as-x86/RELEASE-NOTES-U6-en.… CentOS-4 Documentation is here: http://www.centos.org/docs/4/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- All previous released CentOS versions are available at: http://vault.centos.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- To stay current with CentOS: Visit our website at http://www.centos.org/ Join the CentOS mailing list at: http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos HowTos and other items on the wiki: http://wiki.centos.org/ Join various team members on IRC at irc.freenode.net #centos -------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: It may take a couple days for some of the external mirrors to catch up. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy, The CentOS Development Team

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Expandable network storage
by Steve Campbell 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

I want to thank everyone who has provided insight into my thread about clustering MySql. I kind of just sat back and watched it develop. I learned a lot from it all. I have been reading all of the documentation on clustering provided by Centos/Red Hat, and find I travel in circles. I read one chapter and answer a self-imposed question but I end up asking myself another. What I really want to do is have HA for any service I run (which is mostly HTTP, MySQL, FTP, and the common things like that). I want to run that to redundant storage somewhere that is real easy to expand by just adding more hardware (server or disk drive). I started exploring this by using the Cluster Suite as a base and then looked into each aspect of the cluster and invariably got stuck on the storage side of this. I see how I can maybe set this up originally, but the expansion just doesn't seem to be there. I don't really want to go the route of Fibre channels and ISCSI, and would prefer to use common hardware (which sort of suggests GNBD). If anyone cares to offer suggestions, with a pretty clear explanation trail (thanks Ken Price for your link to a step-by-step), I would really like to see it, as I'm not getting anywhere with the documentation. I hope to get some hardware to play with shortly, and maybe that'll make things clearer. I'm sure it one of those deals where once I get it done, it'll be so obvious. I just need a little kickstart to help me get there. Thanks, Steve Campbell

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Re: [CentOS-announce] CentOS 4.6 is released for i386, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64
by James A. Peltier 17 Dec '07

17 Dec '07

Johnny Hughes wrote: > The CentOS development team is pleased to announce the release of CentOS > 4.6 for i386, x86_64, s390, s390x and ia64. > > It is available on all CentOS.org mirrors and via bittorrent, see this > link to download ISOs: > > http://isoredirect.centos.org/centos/4.6/isos/ > > This release corresponds to the upstream vendor U6 release. Also > released in the updates repository for CentOS-4.6 are all updates > through December 15th, 2007. > > The work for the i386 and x86_64 ServerCDs is in progress. > > If you are currently using another version CentOS-4 version, using this > command will upgrade you to CentOS-4.6: > > yum update > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Major changes for this version are: > > * samba has been updated to version 3.0.25b. This addresses several > critical issues affecting interoperability with Windows 2003™ and > Windows Vista™ (resolved in recent upstream releases). > > * autofs5 is included in this release as a Technology Preview. This new > version of autofs resolves several long-standing interoperability issues > in multi-vendor environments. > > * There is a technology preview of OpenOffice-2.0 included in the > updates directory. You can install this OOo2 preview alongside the > current OOo-1.1.5 version, or you may install the OOo2 preview alone. > We apologize that this was not included on the ISOs, however it was not > on the upstream ISOs and we followed that layout. To List the new > OpenOffice-2.0 RPMS with yum use this command: > > yum search openoffice.org2 | grep i386 | grep -v langpack > > For finding Language Packs (if you want other than English) do: > > yum search openoffice.org2 | grep langpack > > Use "yum install <pkg_name1> <pkg_name2>" to install the packages > that you want, or "yum info <pkg_name1> <pkg_name2>" to obtain more > information about them. > > * A new yum included in CentOS-4.6 requires the installation of > yum-metadata-parser. The yum-metadata-parser package contains a > metadata parser for yum written in C. It speeds up the metadata parsing > phase of yum considerably and does not change yum behavior in any other way. > > Please see the CentOS specific release notes here (or in the main > directory on your install media): > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4.6/os/i386/RELEASE-NOTES-en.html > > detailed upstream release notes here (and in the /NOTES directory on > your install media): > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/release-notes/as-x86/RELEASE-NOTES-U6-en.… > > CentOS-4 Documentation is here: > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > All previous released CentOS versions are available at: > http://vault.centos.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > To stay current with CentOS: > > Visit our website at http://www.centos.org/ > > Join the CentOS mailing list at: > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > HowTos and other items on the wiki: > http://wiki.centos.org/ > > Join various team members on IRC at irc.freenode.net #centos > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Note: It may take a couple days for some of the external mirrors to > catch up. > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Enjoy, > > The CentOS Development Team > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS-announce mailing list > CentOS-announce(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce > There will still be a CentOS 5.1 release soon to though right?

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After 5.1 update $releasever is still 5
by Robert Moskowitz 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

I have performed the 5.1 update via the 5 repo on a couple of systems. I then went to switch these systems to my new local repo using ther $releasever variable. It still has the value of 5, not 5.1 Where is this set? Why was it not changed to 5.1? On the one clean install from the 5.1 isos, $releasever is at 5.1 I think.

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Option globeSurf ICON II 7.2
by jarmo 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Anyone got this working in centos 5. If managed, then please info how? Especially how with KPPP.... I get it workin so far, that kppp says modem ready, then starting initalizing modem, but newer get it ready, nothin in logs, just keep on initalizing. Jarmo

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ssh terminal froze once in a while
by Centos 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

Hello My ssh terminal froze some times, and I was thinking it might be related to centos , but now I found that even ubuntu users experiencing the same problem. does ssh logs any where, and what do you suggest for finding the cause. Thanks

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Samba issue
by William Warren 16 Dec '07

16 Dec '07

for some reason I cannot to my samba server on centos 4.5 with any other linux distro. I have tried pclinuxos, kubuntu, fc7. I have entered the correct credentials in the correct case to no avail. What's funny is my winders machines can connect just fine. Any ideas? -- My "Foundation" verse: Isa 54:17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- carpe ductum -- "Grab the tape" CDTT (Certified Duct Tape Technician) Linux user #322099 Machines: 206822 256638 276825 http://counter.li.org/

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Re: [CentOS] find IP address of device on network based on, MAC address
by David G. Miller 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

John R Pierce <pierce(a)hogranch.com> wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: > >> > I have a device on my network that is not DHCP and I dont know the IP >> > address of it >> > and it has not method of finding it or changing it unless you know the >> > IP address (setable by browser). >> > >> > Is there a way on linux, based on MAC address, to get the IP of the unit? >> > > > $ nmap -n -sP -PI 192.168.0.1-254 && arp -an | grep -v incomplete I was hoping someone would mention nmap. Here's the output from a quick (5.753 seconds) ping scan of my network: [root@bend etc]# nmap -sP 192.168.0.0/24 Starting Nmap 4.20 ( http://insecure.org ) at 2007-12-15 08:10 MST Host 192.168.0.172 appears to be up. MAC Address: 00:0A:5E:1A:EC:9E (3COM) Host 192.168.0.181 appears to be up. MAC Address: 00:0F:B0:6D:61:9E (Compal Electronics) Host 192.168.0.185 appears to be up. Host 192.168.0.250 appears to be up. MAC Address: 00:12:17:7A:B6:F6 (Cisco-Linksys) Nmap finished: 256 IP addresses (4 hosts up) scanned in 5.753 seconds You can also try letting nmap figure out what each device is with something like: nmap -T4 -A 192.168.0.0/24 My x86_64 laptop confused it but it was spot on at identifying my wireless AP. Cheers, Dave -- Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. -- Ambrose Bierce

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What is equivalent to MS OUTLOOK ?
by Indunil Jayasooriya 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Hi All, I am looking for an open source email client package that is equivalent to MS OUTLOOK. Clients are running Windows XP and Vista and Linux. So the package should be able to run on both Windows And Linux. Mail server is running Ms Exchange. So this client pkg should be able to access Global Address book of the MS Exchange Server just as MS OUTLOOK. What about evolution ? Pls see, below URL http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ Can it do fulfil my requirements? or do you know any other pkg that can fulfil these requirements? -- Thank you Indunil Jayasooriya

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find IP address of device on network based on MAC address
by Jerry Geis 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

I have a device on my network that is not DHCP and I dont know the IP address of it and it has not method of finding it or changing it unless you know the IP address (setable by browser). Is there a way on linux, based on MAC address, to get the IP of the unit? Thanks, Jerry

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file or website upload scripts / programs and security protection
by Robert - elists 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Holiday Greetings! Ummmmm scenario is centos 4.5 standard apache webserver I have a client that is really struggling with website file upload concepts. Ive been googling for some scripts or other programs that allow uploading of files to proper directory(ies) after authentication I am definitely concerned about security issues of course. I have never implemented this before because everyone I have ever given a web address, a login, a password, and directory structure understood what was going on.... till now... Would someone consider and please share url's or other info about what solutions they have implemented for the website upload technically challenged? We do not mind paying if we need to get something that also helps create excellent yet basic websites on the fly too. Thanks! - rh

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RE: [CentOS] What is equivalent to MS OUTLOOK ?
by James D. Parra 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

> Hi All, > > I am looking for an open source email client package that is equivalent to > MS OUTLOOK. > ~~~~~~~~ Try Thunderbird with the Calendar plug-in. ~James

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Announcing the CentOS on Laptops initiative
by Dag Wieers 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Hi all, I would like to announce a CentOS on Laptops initiative. The aim is to allow everybody in the community (and on this mailinglist) to document their own experience with CentOS on their laptop (on the CentOS wiki). The goal of this initiative consists of 2 parts: - help and convince people with their own CentOS on laptop installation - promote CentOS on other Laptop websites and fill in this existing void I hope that everyone think back about the experience on their existing laptop and add it to the wiki, and document everything when doing future laptop installations. <insert your favorite motivational quote here ! :)> -- -- dag wieers, dag(a)wieers.com, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]

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NFS V3 errors after updates applied
by Dan Goetzman 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

I just applied the latest updates to my CentOS 5 cluster; kernel is now 2.6.18-53.1.4.el5 Sun NFS clients now show error messages when long listing files; > # ls -l dantest > NFS getacl failed for server centos-cluster: error 9 (RPC: > Program/version mismatch) > NFS getacl failed for server centos-cluster: error 9 (RPC: > Program/version mismatch) > NFS getacl failed for server centos-cluster: error 9 (RPC: > Program/version mismatch) > NFS getacl failed for server centos-cluster: error 9 (RPC: > Program/version mismatch) > NFS getacl failed for server centos-cluster: error 9 (RPC: > Program/version mismatch) > total 32 > drwxrwxrwx 1 dan users 0 Aug 22 10:36 dantest It works, there just seems to be a problem with the GETACL NFS call on the updated kernel. Backing filesystems are GFS. Booting back to the old kernel (2.6.18-8.1.8.el5) and the problem is gone. Anyone else seen this problem? -Dan

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Ethernet over USB
by Krautkramer, John 15 Dec '07

15 Dec '07

Hi, Is it true you can run Ethernet over USB between 2 machines? I have 2 machines running CentOS 5.0 and a simple type A male to A male cable. I don't see in the network setup gui how to set it up. Is there a particular device I should select? What I see relating to USB is: KL4USB101 USB Ethernet driver Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet driver USB CDC Ethernet driver These appear to be some kind of hardware other than a cable. lsmod gives me "usbnet 20041 0" so I believe this means the kernel module is there. Any ideas? Thanks, John

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