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RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS
by King, John (Greg) (LMIT-HOU) 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Something I forgot to mention about the backupexec agent. Depending on how restrictive your iptables firewall is (mine denies all in/outbound connections by default then I layer what is needed using fwbuilder) your going to need to make corrections for the agent to 'advertise' itself to the backupexec system and then create rules to allow the server to tell the agent to start the backup/restore. -greg > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chris Peikert > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:43 PM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > Thanks. I found on Symantecs website the download for the > Remote backup > piece of Veritas for Linux. Veritas gives a very easy to > follow instructions > on how to install it. I probably just have to create the > username Veritas > uses to backup with on the Linux box. Theory of operation > says that should > work. I bought Red Hat Enterprise 4 for Dummies and it > finally came in so > when I get chances I been reading it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > Of King, John (Greg) (LMIT-HOU) > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:34 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > I saw these links at RedHat about active directory and such while > looking for recompiling kernel questions > > http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_71_2337.shtm > > http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_71_2336.shtm > > It might point you to more specific articles that will help. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chris Peikert > > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:24 AM > > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > > > Thanks guys I will look into using Veritas as soon as I > > figure out how to > > get Windows and Linux to talk. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > > Of Barry Brimer > > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:42 AM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > > > > > > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Chris Peikert wrote: > > > > > Well the idea is if I can get my CentOS box to communicate > > with my Windows > > > 2003 network I was going to do a backup and put the > backup file on a > > windows > > > box where I would have Backup Exec put it on Tape. One step > > at a time > > > though. I haven't tackled trying to get the CentOS and > > Windows to talk > > yet. > > > I have lots of reading to do on that subject yet. Thanks > > for the list of > > > backup software. > > > > I have not looked into this for a few years, but at the > time, Veritas > > provided a free license for you to download/use a copy of > their Unix > > backup agent to run on Linux. Go to their support site. If > > you can find > > a Linux agent, go ahead and use that. If not, I believe I > used their > > generic Unix agent. This will allow you to backup your Linux > > server to a > > Backup Exec server directly. > > > > Barry > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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small issue with bind
by Jerry Geis 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I tried to do a "yum install bind" and it said no packages found I then tried up2date bind and it installed bind for me. Is yum not completely setup correctly? Just thought th yum install bind would have worked also. I am using centos 4.3 x86_64. DNS was not selected as package to install when my system was built. Jerry

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Centos as a network recorder and request
by King, John (Greg) (LMIT-HOU) 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I am looking at using CentOS to use as a network recorder to enhance our security analysis. During my research I found that the linux kernel (not CentOS specific) has a bad problem of dropping packets on gigabit connections. This problem exists even on a dual xeon system with 1gb ram using a minimal install. Once I found the ethereal performance wiki I realized the problem was not in the system but in the manner in which packets are moved from the kernel to userland. http://wiki.ethereal.com/Performance The only solution I can find to address this is a kernel patch called pf_ring http://www.ntop.org/PF_RING.html I would prefer to not recompile the kernel and instead stay with the supportable baseline provided by centos. But, in order to reduce dropped packets, having pf_ring compiled into the kernel appears to be my only solution unless someone here knows another way they want to share. I did some mailling list and forum archive research on recompiling the kernel and followed (for awhile) the 'newbie kernel question' thread in hopes of finding some answers on how to do this using the centos sources without going to kernel.org. >From what I gather recompiling is not recommended (understandable from a support viewpoint) so is there enough interest from the CentOS community (and from the CentOS team) to request this to be added, maybe as a separate branch like the 64bit iso's? If not, again understandable as that would be yet 1 more branch to support, then would someone please provide link/links to more information on recompiling the centos kernel.src.rpm? Googling I found all kinds of information but it either dealt with the 2.4 branch, 2.6 when it was still in testing (digital hermit), involved other distros (Installing PF_RING and nProbe on Fedora Core 4), or was for stock RedHat Enterprise and although CentOS uses the src.rpms from RedHat, I do not want to assume the compile process is the same and end up shooting myself in the foot. Having a process that can be followed for CentOS 4.3 to add functionality to the stock kernel would be a great edition for people like me who have had no need in the past to recompile the kernel or roll-their-own (yeah I looked at linux from scratch too as an option). As a side note, based on some of the previous threads involving centos 4.3 and compiling kernels my timing for this post is probably not the best. It is not my intention to start more arguing but to simply pose my current problem and seek assistance from the CentOS community for a solution. Thanks, Greg

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Problem installing mkcdrec
by Mace Eliason 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi, I am tring to install mkcdrec on centos 4.2. ( makes a bootable backup image of linux) I am using an rpm that I found for FC4 but it won't install it says that I am missing a package. perl(are) required by mkcdrec, v0.9.1, 1 I have check using yum and I have perl installed + lots of moduals. No matter what I try I can't get around it. Anyone have any suggestions. Thanks Mace

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RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS
by King, John (Greg) (LMIT-HOU) 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I saw these links at RedHat about active directory and such while looking for recompiling kernel questions http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_71_2337.shtm http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_71_2336.shtm It might point you to more specific articles that will help. > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chris Peikert > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 10:24 AM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > Thanks guys I will look into using Veritas as soon as I > figure out how to > get Windows and Linux to talk. > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > Of Barry Brimer > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:42 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > > > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Chris Peikert wrote: > > > Well the idea is if I can get my CentOS box to communicate > with my Windows > > 2003 network I was going to do a backup and put the backup file on a > windows > > box where I would have Backup Exec put it on Tape. One step > at a time > > though. I haven't tackled trying to get the CentOS and > Windows to talk > yet. > > I have lots of reading to do on that subject yet. Thanks > for the list of > > backup software. > > I have not looked into this for a few years, but at the time, Veritas > provided a free license for you to download/use a copy of their Unix > backup agent to run on Linux. Go to their support site. If > you can find > a Linux agent, go ahead and use that. If not, I believe I used their > generic Unix agent. This will allow you to backup your Linux > server to a > Backup Exec server directly. > > Barry > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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CentOS + Ndiswrapper
by Eduardo de O. Hernandes 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi people, I am using CentOs 4.3 and i'm trying to use ndiswrapper, but i don't obtain make it to run. my problem is with "invalid format" of module ? any suggestions ? thanks.

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kernel source 2.6.9-34.EL 4.3
by Peter van Eck 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hi, I've hit an unpatched kernel issue while trying to build on sources see the header for version details.. arch/i386/kernel/built-in.o(.init.text+0x1585): In function `setup_arch': : undefined reference to `acpi_boot_table_init' make: *** [.tmp_vmlinux1] Error 1 It seems that I would need to install (centos/redhat) patches after installing/building the kernel source tree from the kernel-2.6.9-34.EL.src.rpm Is that correct ?? thanks, Peter

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rpm build difference?
by Akop Pogosian 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I noticed a strange thing on my CentOS 4 workstations today. Immediately after installing the tetex suite (tetex-xdvi tetex-dvips tetex tetex-latex tetex-afm tetex-fonts), "rpm -V tetex" reports some package inconsistencies: rpm -V tetex ........C /usr/bin/amstex ........C /usr/bin/bamstex ........C /usr/bin/bplain ........C /usr/bin/lambda ........C /usr/share/texmf/web2c/amstex.fmt ........C /usr/share/texmf/web2c/bamstex.fmt ........C /usr/share/texmf/web2c/bplain.fmt ........C /usr/share/texmf/web2c/cont-en.efmt etc.. After investigating, it appears that these files belong to tetex and rpm -V inconsistencies appear only after I also install tetex-latex. The strange thing about it is that I can't find the definition of "C" in the rpm manual page. Moreover, the entire field where C is printed on CentOS is not printed on RHEL4. I tried looking at the differences in the source RPMs for RHEL 4 and CentOS 4 but couldn't find anything. Any thoughts on the rpm issue? -akop

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RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS
by King, John (Greg) (LMIT-HOU) 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Since you mentioned BackupExec, I use the backup exec linux agent and it works fine and ties into our centralized backup system for our windows,linux and unix systems. I used to use Mondo Archive (I was going to provide a link but their site is unavailable now...) to create automated cd restore images on a weekly basis. I could then quickly recover via ISO images and then would restore the incremental changes via backup exec. I am using another commercial product now though for the images. -greg > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chris Peikert > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 8:08 AM > To: 'CentOS mailing list' > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > Well the idea is if I can get my CentOS box to communicate > with my Windows > 2003 network I was going to do a backup and put the backup > file on a windows > box where I would have Backup Exec put it on Tape. One step at a time > though. I haven't tackled trying to get the CentOS and > Windows to talk yet. > I have lots of reading to do on that subject yet. Thanks for > the list of > backup software. > > -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf > Of Matt Hyclak > Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 7:24 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Backing up CentOS > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2006 at 07:21:04AM -0500, Chris Peikert > enlightened us: > > Can anyone suggest a good open source/free backup software > that works on > > CentOS? I was reading through the manuals on how to back > things up and it > > said do 1 of 2 things. Buy a 3rd party software packages or > make one from > > source. Well I have no clue how to do the 2nd option and I > don't want to > > spend any money so I figured I would as you gurus. BTW I am > newb so easier > > the software the better. Thanks. > > > > What, and how much, are you trying to back up? What storage > device will you > be backing up to (tape, dvd, disk)? > > There are several projects out there: amanda (my personal > favorite), bacula, > backuppc, and I'm sure a few others. More details on your > expected usage can > help folks point you in the better direction. > > Matt > > -- > Matt Hyclak > Department of Mathematics > Department of Social Work > Ohio University > (740) 593-1263 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS(a)centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

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force 10 megabit full duplex
by William Warren 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I figured out how to force 10 megabit full duplex on my ethernet interface. The trick is i need it to stick in case of a reboot so i don't have to reforce it. I have not been able to figure that one out yet. I have not found it in the man's or google yet. If someone could point me in the right direction i would be much obliged. -- 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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Need? php-iconv-?
by James B. Byrne 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I am experiencing a folder display problem in squirrelmail [SF issue 1471703] which is caused by messages containing a From: header whose data string matches the following regexp: =?iso-2022-jp?B?[.*]=?=[.*] It has been suggested that I require php-iconv extentions to solve this but I seem unable to locate a CentOS or RedHat-EL4 rpm providing this package. Can anyone point me to a location where I can get this package for CentOS-4.3? My current install looks like this: php-4.3.9-3.9 php-pear-4.3.9-3.9 php-ldap-4.3.9-3.9 php-odbc-4.3.9-3.9 squirrelmail-1.4.3a-12.EL4.centos4 As I am a digest subscriber I request that any answers to the list also be copied directly to me. Thanks, Jim -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@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 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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Automounting Problems (CentOS 4.2 v/s CentOS 4.0)
by Raj Singh 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Hello, Auto-mounting of USB flash-drives and CD-RW (as well as CD-R) was working fine with CentOS 4.0 release for all users. This feature of auto-recognition and mounting is not working with CentOS 4.2 release for any user. I have checked the usual possible points of problems -- fstab, fstab-sync, haldaemon, etc. -- but have found no problems. Any suggestions on other possible work-arounds ? Thanks, -- Raj

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Re: [CentOS] Dovecot 1.0.something rpm for CentOS?
by Kai Schaetzl 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote on Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:05:31 -0400: > No, it was completely accidental. Thanks for catching that, it's now > fixed. Ah, good that I asked. I thought, maybe it's meant to require people to import the key first. It looks like when I don't import the key it gets retrieved with each installation (and then discarded), so it's retrieved multiple times instead of just once. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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system language
by boricua 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

i believe [not sure] during installation i picked secondary language Spanish [puerto rico] i dont see it either @ desktop manage under language [ i do see spanish and spanish mexico and i dont see either under system/preferences-langague, all i see is english. how could i add another language after instalation and how could i add languages to system preferences thanks

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Getting yum update error
by Jerry Geis 18 Apr '06

18 Apr '06

I am getting the following error on a yum update. What do I do? I tried it multiple times and get the same every time. Jerry ------------------ # yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories update 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 base 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 addons 100% |=========================| 951 B 00:00 extras 100% |=========================| 1.1 kB 00:00 Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Downloading header for gd to pack into transaction set. gd-2.0.28-4.4E.1.i386.rpm 100% |=========================| 119 kB 00:02 http://mirror.centos.org/centos/4/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/gd-2.0.28-4.4E.1.i386…: [Errno -1] Header is not complete. Trying other mirror. Error: failure: CentOS/RPMS/gd-2.0.28-4.4E.1.i386.rpm from base: [Errno 256] No more mirrors to try. [root@machine ~]#

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Re: [CentOS] RPM for postgresql 8-* for CentOS4?
by James B. Byrne 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Message: 19 Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:38:27 +0900 From: Mark Sargent <powderkeg(a)snow.email.ne.jp> Subject: Re: [CentOS] RPM for postgresql 8-* for CentOS4? To: CentOS mailing list <centos(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <44421093.7010403(a)snow.email.ne.jp> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > furthermore, I installed postgresql-server and then did another > updatedb and ran rpm -qa and rpm -qi, ... > [racket@ibmlap pgsql]$ rpm -qa | grep postgresql* > [racket@ibmlap pgsql]$ > > Sorry, I'm a little lost with this. Cheers. > > Mark Sargent. Try $ rpm -qz postgres* You should be running 8.1.3 which corrects a remote exploit problem: --> # Fix bug that allowed any logged-in user to SET ROLE to any other database user id (CVE-2006-0553) Due to inadequate validity checking, a user could exploit the special case that SET ROLE normally uses to restore the previous role setting after an error. This allowed ordinary users to acquire superuser status, for example. The escalation-of-privilege risk exists only in 8.1.0-8.1.2. However, in all releases back to 7.3 there is a related bug in SET SESSION AUTHORIZATION that allows unprivileged users to crash the server, if it has been compiled with Asserts enabled (which is not the default). Thanks to Akio Ishida for reporting this problem. --> Binaries for RH-EL4 are available through postgresql.org at http://www.postgresql.org/ftp/binary/v8.1.3/linux/rpms/redhat/rhel-es-4/. These work fine on CentOS as far as I can determine. You must install compat-postgresql-libs-3-4.c4.centos to maintain CentOS-4.3 software with dependencies on older versions of PostgeSQL. -- *** e-mail is NOT a secure channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB.<token>@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 3CE delivery <token> = hal

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Problems Formatting /boot With CentOS 4.3 on a DL360 G3
by hkclark＠gmail.com 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

I have been trying to install CentOS 4.3 on an HP DL360 G3 (with dual Xeon 3.2 GHz, a Smart Array 5i, and two 36 GB disks doing RAID 1 mirroring). I'm doing all defaults (including the disk and LVM setup) and using the "Minimal" checkbox at the bottom of the Custom machine type package selection screen, so it's a very "vanilla" install. It zips through the "Formatting / file system..." just fine in a couple of seconds. When it gets to "Formatting the /boot file system..." it quickly moves up to about 90-95% complete, and then it totally locks up... the mouse quits moving, the animated cursor locks up... everything. I even left it overnight just to be sure and still the same. But, when I stick in a CentOS 4.2 CD, it runs fine. Also, I ran a media check on the 4.3 CD and it checks out fine. Any ideas? Thanks! HKC

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Sendmail and Plain Auth
by Erick Perez 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Hi, I want to do plain auth against my password file. However it has been difficult to find a proper docs and all i have found reuqieres recompiling or patching. I am not interested in ecrypted communication with a certificate. Just plain auth. My mailserver should allow some users that will be traveling to send mail using our server and we don't know what IP address they will have. thanks, -- ------------------------------------------- Erick Perez Linux User 376588 http://counter.li.org/ (Get counted!!!) Panama, Republic of Panama

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one-shot raid mirror to remote?
by Les Mikesell 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

I have a filesystem on a RAID1 partition created with a 'missing' mirror so I can periodically sync with an external drive for backup. Now I'd like to move the contents to a different machine that has a matching partition with minimal downtime. Is it possible to export the new partition via iscsi or an nbd device so that the old system will sync to it over the network allowing an unmount of the old to be followed by an immediate mount of the new mirror with a very short time when it will be unavailable? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Clamav
by Sam Drinkard 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Folks, I just yum'd clamav last night for my mailserver. There do not appear to be any man pages for this package. Is there just web documents on what to do to create the configuration file, or is that already done, and I haven't found it yet? Thanks.. sam

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fedora-usermgmt ?
by Kai Schaetzl 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

I was about to install clamav from the dag repo, but added the kbs-CentOS-Extra repo lately. So, there's one as well and I thought I might better get this one since it is rebuilt for CentOS. I'm getting a few confusing dependencies, though. fedora-usermgmt noarch 0.8-1 kbs-CentOS-Extras 7.7 k fedora-usermgmt-setup noarch 0.8-1 kbs-CentOS-Extras 5.7 k fedora-usermgmt-shadow-utils noarch 0.8-1 kbs-CentOS-Extras 6.5 k Which made me think a second time and stop installing. There's no description for fedora-usermgmt. Can I install these three packages without concern? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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logwatch
by "ΠΑΤΡΙΣ > Τμημα Internet" 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

> Have you changed anything during that time? Is this on CentOS-3 or > CentOS-4? ... and what is: > > cat /etc/redhat-release I have the latest release [ CentOS release 4.3 (Final) ] i didn't change anything just the regular updates... ------------------------------ Message: 17 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 12:21:47 +0300 From: "?????? > ????? Internet" <web(a)patris.gr> Subject: [CentOS] logwatch from cronjob To: centos(a)centos.org Message-ID: <4440BB2B.60804(a)patris.gr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7; format=flowed Hello, the last 2-3 days i have a saden problem with logwatch wich i call through a cron job. when i ran the cronjob i get this continues error for the script : ---- Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. ...... Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27432. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27434. -------- before that logwatch was working perfect any ideas ? ------------------------------ Message: 18 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 05:10:15 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com> Subject: Re: [CentOS] logwatch from cronjob To: CentOS ML <centos(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1145095815.9773.33.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" On Sat, 2006-04-15 at 12:21 +0300, "Î Î‘Î¤Î¡Î™Î£ > Î¤Î¼Î·Î¼Î± Internet" wrote: > > Hello, > > the last 2-3 days i have a saden problem with logwatch wich i call > > through a cron job. > > when i ran the cronjob i get this continues error for the script : > > > Have you changed anything during that time? Is this on CentOS-3 or CentOS-4? ... and what is: cat /etc/redhat-release > > ---- > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. > > ...... > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27432. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. > > Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at > > /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27434. > > -------- > > > > before that logwatch was working perfect > > > > any ideas ? >

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RPMforge mplayerplug-in seems to be locking up my sound device
by Bart Schaefer 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Got home from vacation last night and ran yum update. Among other things installed was mplayerplug-in-3.25-1.el4.rf ... now any time I attempt to view CNN video, my sound device locks up -- I eventually end up having to kill firefox, and anything thereafter that attempts to access sound (such as system-config-soundcard) also ends up wedged. Previously this only happened sporadically and after several hours of successful use of the plugin. I have nVidia onboard sound, using the snd_intel8x0 driver module. Anybody have any suggestions?

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Re: Building software RAID mdmad adding a second disk
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Thanks Alexandar for your soon answer, BUT, is there another easier way to do this? Regards, Israel >>Quoting israel.garcia(a)cimex.com.cu: > >>How can I build a RAID 1 of all my particions of sda using mdadm? >>1. Boot into rescue mode. >>2. Shrink each file system a bit. Generally you'll use resize2fs >>utility. MD uses some space at the end of partition for its metadata, >>and you don't want this to overwrite the end of your filesystem. Most >>HOWTOs on the net list this as one of the last steps (after mirrors are >>created). However if you do this as last step, in rare cases it may >>lead to data loss. You probably want to be on the safe side and shrink >>file systems first (this will insure your data is secure). I'm not >>sure by how much you need to shrink, should be somewhere in >>documentation how many sectors at end of partition MD uses for >>metadata... >>3. Create mirror(s) using mdadm. Create using only one real partition >>and use "missing" instead of second partition (wish Anaconda installer >>would allow for something like this). Then use mdadm to add second >>partition to the mirror. Something like: >># mdadm --create /dev/md0 --run --level=1 --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda1 >>missing >># mdadm /dev/md0 -a /dev/sdb1 >>4. Edit /etc/fstab file. >>5. You'll need to rebuild initrd image(s) for installed kernel(s). >>Just mount your filesystems somewhere, chroot into it and run mkinitrd. >> Mkinitrd should be smart enough to figure it'll need md device >>drivers by looking into fstab file. Use -v option to mkinitrd to make >>sure it included needed drivers into new initrd image. >>6. Configure boot loader (LILO or Grub, whicever you use) to reflect >>changes. Make sure you install boot loader into MBR of both drives. >>-- >>See Ya' later, alligator! >>http://www.8-P.ca/

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Raid issue
by William Warren 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

I am curious about something. I have a friend that made a software raid 1 partition across a 250 gig 7200 rpm drive and an 80 gig 7200 rpm hard disk drive. he shut the system down normally to clean it out and when it came back up he gets the following: a superblock on /dev/md0 failed would mdadm --assemble --force fix it or lead to more damage? -- 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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Extracting ISO Images-How?
by Mark Sargent 17 Apr '06

17 Apr '06

Hi All, I am looking at extracting UBCD ISO and installing modules via Insert to use some extra tools when cloning a CentOS install. How is this done via cli? I did a google search, but nothing seems clear to me at the moment. Could someone point me in the right direction? Cheers. Mark Sargent.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 14, Issue 8
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 16 Apr '06

16 Apr '06

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-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 15:41:08 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 3 s390(x) firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20060415124108.GE18360(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0328 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: s390: centosplus/s390/RPMS/firefox-1.0.8-1.4.1.centos3.s390.rpm s390x: centosplus/s390x/RPMS/firefox-1.0.8-1.4.1.centos3.s390x.rpm source: centosplus/SRPMS/firefox-1.0.8-1.4.1.centos3.src.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/ Top-postings silently ignored

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problem apache proxy reverse
by joseph medina 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

hello: i have centos 4.0 whits apache httpd-2.0.52-22.ent.centos4, this is configured like a reverse proxy, but i have a problem only the first site name on the httpd.conf work when i do a peticion from internet for all the rest servers only respond the firts. <VirtualHost *> ServerName dir_ip ProxyPass / http://ejemplo1.test.com/ ProxyPassReverse / http://ejemplo1.test.com/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *> ServerName dir_ip2 ProxyPass / http://ejemplo2.test.com/ ProxyPassReverse / http://ejemplo2.test.com/ </VirtualHost> <VirtualHost *> ServerName dir_ip3 ProxyPass / http://ejemplo3.test.com/ ProxyPassReverse / http://ejemplo3.test.com/ </VirtualHost> DNS is fine becouse from internet all peticion coming to the apache server, but this dont forwarding the second petition. I need one escenario like this /---------\ /------------\ | Web | --------- | Router | \---------/ \------------/ | | /-------------\ |Apache Server| \-------------/ 10.0.0.1 | | Server's /------------------------------------------\ | | | /----------\ /----------\ /----------\ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \----------/ \----------/ \----------/ domain1.com domain2.com domain3.com 10.0.0.2 10.0.0.3 10.0.0.4 --------------------------------- LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com --------------------------------- LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com

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Frappr
by Vic Ricker 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Hi. I created a CentOS group on Frappr (http://www.frappr.com/centosusers) if anyone is interested in joining. I'm willing to turn admin rights over if any "official" CentOS people would like to run it. -- Vic Ricker http://www.ricker.us/

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Setting Abbreviatons In .exrc Problems
by Mark Sargent 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Hi All, I'm trying to get vi to display an ab like so, ab htm <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> \<html> \<head> \<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"> \<title>NewUser</title> \</head> \<body> \</body> \</html> but, when I input the text htm and press the spacebar, I get the following, <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="content-type"><title>NewUser</title></head><body></body></html> not the desired result. If I remove the leading backslashes, I get errors when starting vi, [racket@ibmlap htdocs]$ sudo vi newuser.php Error detected while processing /home/racket/.exrc: line 26: E488: Trailing characters: <html> line 27: E488: Trailing characters: <head> line 28: E488: Trailing characters: <meta content= line 29: E488: Trailing characters: <title>NewUser</title> line 30: E488: Trailing characters: </head> line 31: E488: Trailing characters: <body> line 32: E488: Trailing characters: </body> line 33: E488: Trailing characters: </html> Hit ENTER or type command to continue How do I get the desired result? Cheers. Mark Sargent.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 14, Issue 7
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

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-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 3 ia64 firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 4 axp firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 4 i386 firefox - security update (Johnny Hughes) 5. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 4 x86_64 firefox - security update (Johnny Hughes) 6. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 3 i386 Firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 3 x86_64 Firefox - security update (CENTOSPLUS only) (Tru Huynh) 8. CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 4 s390(x) firefox - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 21:00:35 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)papat.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2006:0328 Critical CentOS 4 ia64 firefox - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20060414180035.GA18360(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2006:0328 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0328.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: files: updates/ia64/RPMS/firefox-1.0.8-1.4.1.centos4.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/ Top-postings silently ignored

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logwatch from cronjob
by "ΠΑΤΡΙΣ > Τμημα Inte rnet" 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Hello, the last 2-3 days i have a saden problem with logwatch wich i call through a cron job. when i ran the cronjob i get this continues error for the script : ---- Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 26062. ...... Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27432. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27433. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /etc/log.d/scripts/shared/applystddate line 43, <STDIN> line 27434. -------- before that logwatch was working perfect any ideas ?

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What happened to www.centos.org?
by Mike 15 Apr '06

15 Apr '06

Not sure if this is specific to me or what... but I cannot access the site.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 14, Issue 6
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-announce(a)centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-request(a)centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-owner(a)centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEBA-2006:0413-001 CentOS 4 i386 drbd - bugfix update (EXTRAS Only) (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEBA-2006:0413-001 CentOS 4 x86_64 drbd - bugfix update (EXTRAS Only) (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:05:19 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2006:0413-001 CentOS 4 i386 drbd - bugfix update (EXTRAS Only) To: CentOS-Announce <centos-announce(a)centos.org> Message-ID: <1144962319.32197.24.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CEBA-2006:0413-001 CentOS 4 i386 drbd - bugfix update (EXTRAS Only) This is a drbd bugfix update. The following are the fixes from the previous version: 0.7.17 (api:77/proto:74) ----- * There was a bug that could cause the activity log to be not applied after a primary crash, when an other size than 127 elements was configured. * There was a bug in the activity log code, that could cause that the latest update to the AL is omitted at recovery time. * The "Marked additional XXKB as out-of-synced based on AL." message showed one one eighth of the real amount, fixed. 0.7.16 (api:77/proto:74) ----- * DRBD no longer shrinks an consistent device if it gets connected to an smaller peer or attached to a smaller disk. * There was a bug related to the degr-wcf-timeout config option, it was never used in recent DRBD releases. Fixed. * Made DRBD work with Neil Brown's patch, that serializes recusive ralls to generic_make_request(). FC4 included that patch in its later kernels. * Minor fixes to drbdadm * Compiles now also with Linux-2.6.16-rc1 * Updates to documentation and example config file to make it more clear that we talk about byte/second and not bit/second. 0.7.15 (api:77/proto:74) ----- * Fixed a bug in the GC code that could cause a resync attempt in the wrong direction. * Made DRBD's compat_ioctls work with kernels higher than 2.6.14. This means DRBD builds on AMD64/x86_64 with 2.6.15 and higher again. * drbdadm no longer looks in the current directory for its backend programs (=drbdsetup), but instead looks in the directory of the drbdadm executable and in $PATH. * Removed the examples from manpage, added a pointer to the HA-wiki. --------------------------------------------- The following files are updated and syncing to the mirrors: i386: drbd-0.7.17-1.c4.i386.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-11.EL-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-11.ELhugemem-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-11.ELsmp-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.0.1.EL-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELhugemem-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.0.1.ELsmp-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.0.2.EL-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELhugemem-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.0.2.ELsmp-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.EL-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.ELhugemem-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-22.ELsmp-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-34.EL-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-34.ELhugemem-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm kernel-module-drbd-2.6.9-34.ELsmp-0.7.17-1.c4.i686.rpm src: drbd-0.7.17-1.c4.src.rpm

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Problems with 4.3 install - didnt write boot record
by Nick Smith 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

the first time i tried to install centos on my fileserver it detected my reiserfs drives but then didnt give me a kernel to actually access them - strike one now im trying centos on my mail server, wipe the drives, created a mirrored raid array from the setup, (took over 14 hours to format and sync) finally finished the install AND IT DIDNT WRITE THE BOOT RECORD! when it rebooted i got my grub menu from GENTOO! - strike two, now im back into the install cd, trying to figure out how to install grub like the install should have done for me, but there is no grub command at the prompt (trying to use tab completion) im ready to hurt something im so frustrated, can anyone help me out here? ive seen http://www.dur.ac.uk/a.d.stribblehill/mirrored_grub.html but without the grub command that page is useless. Im sure someone has to be booting RH/CentOS off mirrored software raid, some help please! id like to get this thing going tonight if possible, thanks! Nick

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RE: Re: [CentOS] firewall and * suggestions
by pctech＠mybellybutton.com 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

This box will work great. If you would like to find out about a HowTo with regards to the basic building, not ruleset management, of a firewall using CentOS, look in the security section of the Forums. >Hi, > >This box is more then enought for a firewall ;)...i really think you >could send 50Mbits+ of filtered traffic thru this box ;) > >Bgrds, >Finnur > >Simone wrote: > >> Hi, >> I am going to set up an office of 30 employees and since it's the >> first time I thought I will ask for suggestions (trying to make a >> CentOS base office :) ). I was planning to re use an old Compaq LPr >> PII 450, sw mirrored scsi 10000rpm disks, 448Mb RAM, to build a >> CentOS based firewall and I was wondering if this hardware would be >> enough to serve 30 clients (I already have a centos firewall serving 8 >> users on a PC celeron 1,3Ghz machine and top shows average load 0.00). >> The other service they'll need is filesharing, which will be Samba >> running on samba Dell PE1800 (although we could use a compaq 1850r >> PIII 600), while for the phone system I would like to set up Asterisk >> and I was wondering if anyone has had a good experience with the >> Xorcom TS-1, which seems a nice cost effective system. >> >> Suggestions are very welcome, have a nice day. >> >> Simone >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS(a)centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS(a)centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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yum error
by Nick Smith 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Im new to yum, so i really dont know how to fix this problem, i just added the dag repos, havent installed anything yet, just wanted to see what it was, i did a "yum update" and i get this error: [root@mail etc]# yum update Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Resolving Dependencies --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package syslinux.i386 0:3.11-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package subversion.i386 0:1.2.1-0.1.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package rdesktop.i386 0:1.4.1-0.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package mtr.i386 2:0.71-1.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package iptraf.i386 0:3.0.0-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package nmap-frontend.i386 2:4.01-2.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package python-urlgrabber.noarch 0:2.9.7-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package spamassassin.i386 0:3.0.5-3.el4 set to be updated ---> Package nmap.i386 2:4.01-2.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package rsync.i386 0:2.6.7-2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package lftp.i386 0:3.4.4-1.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package freetype.i386 0:2.1.9-1.2.2.el4.rf set to be updated ---> Package python-elementtree.i386 0:1.2.6-6.2.el4.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: perl(String::CRC32) for package: lftp --> Processing Dependency: perl-Mail-SpamAssassin = 3.0.2-1 for package: spamassassin-tools --> Restarting Dependency Resolution with new changes. --> Populating transaction set with selected packages. Please wait. ---> Package perl-String-CRC32.i386 0:1.3-1.2.el4.rf set to be updated --> Running transaction check --> Processing Dependency: perl-Mail-SpamAssassin = 3.0.2-1 for package: spamassassin-tools --> Finished Dependency Resolution Error: Missing Dependency: perl-Mail-SpamAssassin = 3.0.2-1 is needed by package spamassassin-tools I do have qmail installed with clamav and SA, and they all seem to be working fine, what is the missing Dep and how to I fix this problem? yum says its installed: [root@mail etc]# yum search perl-Mail-Spam Searching Packages: Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files perl-Mail-SpamAssassin.i386 3.0.2-1 installed Matched from: perl-Mail-SpamAssassin thanks for the help. -- Linux, because I'd rather own a free OS than steal one that's not worth paying for.

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Centos merchandise
by Fajar Priyanto 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hi all, Do you know where I can buy Centos merchandise such as posters, tshirt, mug, etc? Especially, posters. I'd like to put some on my office to put some pressures on my windows-minded colleaques. Thanks. -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | Linux tutorial http://linux2.arinet.org 13:27:37 up 6:06, 2.6.15-1.1830_FC4 GNU/Linux Let's use OpenOffice. http://www.openoffice.org

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heartbeat-2.0.4 in the Testing Repo
by Johnny Hughes 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

We have added heartbeat-2.0.4 for CentOS 4 into the testing repository at dev.centos.org. Copy the testing CentOS-Testing.repo file from here: http://dev.centos.org/centos/4/ to /etc/yum.repos.d/ , then use this command to install heartbeat: yum --enablerepo=c4-testing install heartbeat Report issues with this to the heartbeat-2.0 tracker here: http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=1305

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Iptables port forwarding help
by Thomas E Dukes 14 Apr '06

14 Apr '06

Hello, I have a webcam that I wish to view from the internet. It is a wireless linksys model with an ip address of 192.168.1.15. I have it set on port 8081, 192.168.1.15:8081. I am using the IP Masquerade HowTo script. Here's the rule I added to my firewall script: EXTIF="ppp0" INTIF="eth1" EXTIP="`$IFCONFIG $EXTIF | grep inet | cut -d : -f 2 | cut -d \ -f 1`" $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $EXTIF -o $INTIF -p tcp --dport 8081 -m state \ --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT $IPTABLES -A PREROUTING -t nat -p tcp -d $EXTIP --dport 8081 \ -j DNAT --to 192.168.1.15:8081 Its not working. Can anyone offer a suggestion? TIA

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Sorting of passwd/group files
by Kai Schaetzl 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Is there a program on CentOS which will sort my passwd/group etc. files by username or uid/gid? On Suse I can do this with a sysconfig switch and Suseconfig, is there something similar on RH-based systems? Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com

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rescue boot - udev question
by Les Mikesell 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Is there some documentation about what happens to populate /dev when you boot the install disk in rescue mode and it automatically mounts an installed system and suggests that you chroot to /mnt/sysimage? With Centos 3.x you could do the mounts yourself in cases where it wouldn't work automatically and end up looking approximately the same. With 4.x, after the chroot, /dev appears to be empty unless the automatic mount worked. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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Pause after network initialization
by Joshua Baker-LePain 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Is there a "proper" way to put in a pause after network initialization to make sure the network *really* is up? I've had this issue for a while with e1000 cards (even on 100MB networks), where the first NFS mount will fail b/c the network reports up but isn't, really. Now, I'm also seeing the same issue on cluster nodes hooked to a switch with jumbo frames enabled. I used to hack it with a 'sleep 60' at the end of the "start" function in /etc/init.d/network, but that goes away whenever initscripts gets updated. My new hack is to put 'mount -a -t nfs' in /etc/rc.local. Any other suggestions? -- Joshua Baker-LePain Department of Biomedical Engineering Duke University

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RE: [CentOS] reinstall packages
by Bowie Bailey 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Thu, 13 Apr 2006, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > I have some rpm packages that I built locally. After installing and > > configuring them, I found a problem that required a source patch. > > I have rebuilt the rpms, but since they have the same version number > > as the original, I can't use "yum localupdate" to install them. Is > > there a clean way to do this with yum, or do I just need to remove > > the old packages and then install the new ones? > > Is there a reason you didn't bump the Release: header in the .spec > file? That's the typical mechanism for declaring one binary rpm newer > than another. Because I don't know anything about building packages beyond running "rpmbuild". All I did was download the tarfile, extract it, patch it, retar it, and run rpmbuild. Is the Release: header the only thing I need to change? I looked into that briefly, but I wasn't sure if there was anything else that would need to be updated. -- Bowie

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device-mapper multipath
by Eric Lee 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

I am attempting to get multipath working with device-mapper (CentOS 4.2 and 4.3). It works on EVERY install of mine from RH (also v4.2, 4.3), but the same multipath.conf imported to all my installs of CentOS do not work. Note that I have tested a working 4.2 configuration file from RH on CentOS 4.2 and a working 4.3 configuration (it changed slightly) on CentOS 4.3. Neither worked. Our production systems are RH 4.2 so the 4.2 configuration file is below. Configuration: Promise vTrak 300i iSCSI iscsi-initiator-utils from 4.2/4.3 device-mapper-multipath from 4.2/4.3 Procedure: 1. Configure iscsi.conf and multipath.conf 2. Start iscsi: service iscsi start 3. Start multipath: service multipathd start 4. Make sure no stale paths exist: multipath -F 5. Scan and create paths: multipath -v 3 Below are the relevant configuration files: ======================================================== My iscsi.conf is very simple: DiscoveryAddress=172.16.160.60 ======================================================== >From iscsi-ls, the output is: ******************************************************************************* SFNet iSCSI Driver Version ...4:0.1.11(12-Jan-2005) ==================================================== There are two sessions, this creates two targets: # ls /dev/sd* /dev/sda /dev/sda2 /dev/sda5 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb5 /dev/sda1 /dev/sda3 /dev/sda6 /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb6 ===================================================== The multipath.conf is as follows: defaults { multipath_tool "/sbin/multipath -v0" udev_dir /dev polling_interval 10 default_selector "round-robin 0" default_path_grouping_policy multibus default_getuid_callout "/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n" default_prio_callout "/bin/true" default_features "0" rr_wmin_io 100 failback immediate } devnode_blacklist { devnode "^(ram|raw|loop|fd|md|dm-|sr|scd|st)[0-9]*" devnode "^hd[a-z][[0-9]*]" devnode "^hda[0-9]*" devnode "^cciss!c[0-9]d[0-9]*[p[0-9]*]" } multipaths { multipath { wwid 222ea000155eadda4 alias stor path_grouping_policy multibus path_checker readsector0 path_selector "round-robin 0" failback immediate } } ================================================== The output from "multipath -v 3" of my CentOS machine is below: load path identifiers cache # # all paths in cache : # 222ea000155eadda4 0:0:0:0 sda 8:0 [ready] Promise /VTrak M300i /2200 222ea000155eadda4 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [ready] Promise /VTrak M300i /2200 dm-0 blacklisted dm-1 blacklisted hda blacklisted hdc blacklisted md0 blacklisted ram0 blacklisted ram10 blacklisted ram11 blacklisted ram12 blacklisted ram13 blacklisted ram14 blacklisted ram15 blacklisted ram1 blacklisted ram2 blacklisted ram3 blacklisted ram4 blacklisted ram5 blacklisted ram6 blacklisted ram7 blacklisted ram8 blacklisted ram9 blacklisted ===== path info sda (mask 0x1f) ===== bus = 1 dev_t = 8:0 size = 3503903232 vendor = Promise product = VTrak M300i rev = 2200 h:b:t:l = 0:0:0:0 tgt_node_name = serial = 000000000000000000000000D46D0E4B486DC672 path checker = readsector0 (internal default) state = 2 getprio = /bin/true (internal default) prio = 0 uid = 222ea000155eadda4 (cache) ===== path info sdb (mask 0x1f) ===== bus = 1 dev_t = 8:16 size = 3503903232 vendor = Promise product = VTrak M300i rev = 2200 h:b:t:l = 1:0:0:0 tgt_node_name = serial = 000000000000000000000000D46D0E4B486DC672 path checker = readsector0 (internal default) state = 2 getprio = /bin/true (internal default) prio = 0 uid = 222ea000155eadda4 (cache) # # all paths : # 222ea000155eadda4 0:0:0:0 sda 8:0 [ready] Promise /VTrak M300i /2200 222ea000155eadda4 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [ready] Promise /VTrak M300i /2200 pgpolicy = multibus (LUN setting) selector = round-robin 0 (LUN setting) features = 0 (internal default) hwhandler = 0 (internal default) rr_weight = 2 (config file default) no_path_retry = -1 (config file default) pg_timeout = NONE (internal default) 0 3290934 multipath 0 0 1 1 round-robin 0 2 1 8:0 100 8:16 100 set ACT_CREATE: map does not exists message stor 0 switch_group 1 create: stor (222ea000155eadda4) [size=1 GB][features="0"][hwhandler="0"] \_ round-robin 0 \_ 0:0:0:0 sda 8:0 [ready] \_ 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [ready] reloading features ^^^^^^^^ Notice the 1GB in the map created. I have read in mailing list posts that 1GB is returned when it is unable to find the size. ================================================== The output from "multipath -v 3" of the working 4.2/4.3 machine is below: hda blacklisted hdc blacklisted md0 blacklisted ram0 blacklisted ram10 blacklisted ram11 blacklisted ram12 blacklisted ram13 blacklisted ram14 blacklisted ram15 blacklisted ram1 blacklisted ram2 blacklisted ram3 blacklisted ram4 blacklisted ram5 blacklisted ram6 blacklisted ram7 blacklisted ram8 blacklisted ram9 blacklisted path sda not found in pathvec ===== path sda ===== bus = 1 dev_t = 8:0 size = 3503903232 vendor = Promise product = VTrak M300i rev = 2200 h:b:t:l = 0:0:0:0 tgt_node_name = serial = 000000000000000000000000D46D0E4B486DC672Ð path checker = readsector0 (internal default) state = 2 getprio = /bin/true (internal default) prio = 0 getuid = /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n (internal default) uid = 222ea000155eadda4 (callout) path sdb not found in pathvec ===== path sdb ===== bus = 1 dev_t = 8:16 size = 3503903232 vendor = Promise product = VTrak M300i rev = 2200 h:b:t:l = 1:0:0:0 tgt_node_name = serial = 000000000000000000000000D46D0E4B486DC672Ð path checker = readsector0 (internal default) state = 2 getprio = /bin/true (internal default) prio = 0 getuid = /sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n (internal default) uid = 222ea000155eadda4 (callout) # # all paths : # 222ea000155eadda4 0:0:0:0 sda 8:0 [VTrak M300i ] 222ea000155eadda4 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [VTrak M300i ] pgpolicy = multibus (LUN setting) selector = round-robin 0 (LUN setting) features = 0 (internal default) hwhandler = 0 (internal default) 0 3492951862 multipath 0 0 1 1 round-robin 0 2 1 8:0 1000 8:16 1000 action preset to 0 action set to 4 create: stor (222ea000155eadda4) [size=1 TB][features="0"][hwhandler="0"] \_ round-robin 0 \_ 0:0:0:0 sda 8:0 \_ 1:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 message stor 0 switch_group 1 ^^^^^^^^ it detects the size correctly (it is over 1TB, it seems to do some rounding when it reports it here) ==================================== note the multipath config lines: not working: 0 3290934 multipath 0 0 1 1 round-robin 0 2 1 8:0 100 8:16 100 working: 0 3492951862 multipath 0 0 1 1 round-robin 0 2 1 8:0 1000 8:16 1000 The primary difference is in the 2nd number. That is, according to the multipath wiki, the "target length in 512-bytes blocks" for the multipath device. The one that does not work is smaller by a factor of 1063 (close to 1024, maybe it is using different units?) Has anyone run into any issue of this sort?

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firewall and * suggestions
by Simone 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Hi, I am going to set up an office of 30 employees and since it's the first time I thought I will ask for suggestions (trying to make a CentOS base office :) ). I was planning to re use an old Compaq LPr PII 450, sw mirrored scsi 10000rpm disks, 448Mb RAM, to build a CentOS based firewall and I was wondering if this hardware would be enough to serve 30 clients (I already have a centos firewall serving 8 users on a PC celeron 1,3Ghz machine and top shows average load 0.00). The other service they'll need is filesharing, which will be Samba running on samba Dell PE1800 (although we could use a compaq 1850r PIII 600), while for the phone system I would like to set up Asterisk and I was wondering if anyone has had a good experience with the Xorcom TS-1, which seems a nice cost effective system. Suggestions are very welcome, have a nice day. Simone

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JavaRunTime Install Error
by Mark Sargent 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Hi All, I installed the following from here, http://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp and followed here, http://java.com/en/download/help/5000010500.xml#rpm what am I doing wrong? Also, how does one find where the rpm installed to? whereis or locate or find or is there a rpm option? Cheers Mark Sargent. [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -iv jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm Preparing packages for installation... jre-1.5.0_06-fcs [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ ls Adobe apache2 bin etc games include javarun jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm lib libexec man mysql sbin share src [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ whereis jre-1.5.0_06-fcs jre-1.5: [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ man rpm [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -i jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm package jre-1.5.0_06-fcs is already installed [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -i jre-1.5 error: open of jre-1.5 failed: No such file or directory [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -i jre-1.5.0_06-fcs error: open of jre-1.5.0_06-fcs failed: No such file or directory Ok, I re-checked my steps, [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -i jre* package jre-1.5.0_06-fcs is already installed [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -e jre-1.5.0_06-fcs [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -i jre* [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ sudo /bin/rpm -iv jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm Preparing packages for installation... package jre-1.5.0_06-fcs is already installed [coolprogrammer@localhost local]$ ls Adobe apache2 bin etc games include jre-1_5_0_06-linux-i586.rpm lib libexec man mysql sbin share src

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by Bowie Bailey 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

I have some rpm packages that I built locally. After installing and configuring them, I found a problem that required a source patch. I have rebuilt the rpms, but since they have the same version number as the original, I can't use "yum localupdate" to install them. Is there a clean way to do this with yum, or do I just need to remove the old packages and then install the new ones? -- Bowie

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'partitions not contstrained to drive'???
by Les Mikesell 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

I was trying to do a new install on RAID1 and my first drive happened to be partitioned correctly from previous use so I tried the 'clone partions' option in disk druid to create matching ones on the second drive and got this error message: "The source drive has partitions which are not constrained to the drive /dev/sda". What does that mean? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell(a)gmail.com

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RE: [CentOS] more than one repo with --disablerepo
by Bowie Bailey 13 Apr '06

13 Apr '06

Johnny Hughes wrote: > On Thu, 2006-04-13 at 11:04 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote: > > > > What I would love to find a way to do is this: > > > > yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=csgfs update > > ...and still allow yum to use the base and update repos to satisfy > > dependencies. > > > > What I did instead was this: > > > > yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=csgfs check-update > > > > I then grabbed the list, extracted the package names and fed them back > > to "yum update". > > > > The idea was that I wanted to update the csgfs packages and the > > required kernel (and other) packages, but I wanted to hold off on the > > rest of the 4.3 updates. > > yum --disablerepo=* --enablerepo=csgfs --enablerepo=base --enablerepo=updates update I don't think that does what I want. The only packages I want to update are the ones from the csgfs repo and whatever else is needed to fill the requirements of those packages. I don't want to update all the packages from base and updates, just the ones that are needed to update csgfs. -- Bowie

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