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yam at ftp.linux.ncsu.edu
by Chris Hammond 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I had yam working with ncsu.edu until the things changed when centos seperated the two projects. Now I can't get it to work. This is what I am trying to use but it says "nothing to do". updates = rsync://ftp.linux.ncsu.edu/centos/$release/$repo/$arch/RPMS/ This with gatech on the other hand works but they have a 20 connection limit so I would like to get ncsu.esu working again. What is wrong with my link for nscu.edu? updates = rsync://ftp.gtlib.gatech.edu/centos/$release/$repo/$arch/RPMS/ Thanks Chris

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problem: librsvg2
by Zamil Machado Cavalcanti 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

[root@camamu root]# uname -a Linux camamu 2.4.21-27.0.2.EL #1 Wed Jan 19 02:20:34 GMT 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@camamu root]# apt-get dist-upgrade Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these. The following packages have unmet dependencies: gtk2: Conflicts: librsvg2 (< 2.2.3-3) but 2.2.3-2 is installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try using -f. [root@camamu root]# apt-get -f install Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done Correcting dependencies... Done The following extra packages will be installed: librsvg2 The following packages will be upgraded librsvg2 1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 removed and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/82.5kB of archives. After unpacking 384B disk space will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y Committing changes... Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:librsvg2 ########################################### [100%] /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.76818: line 2: gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders: command not found error: %postun(librsvg2-2.2.3-2) scriptlet failed, exit status 127 Done. [root@camamu root]# rpm -q gtk2 gtk2-2.2.4-15 [root@camamu root]#

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Creating CentOS DVD from scratch
by Aleksandar Milivojevic 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I've found discussion about this in list archives, but no final answers. Many helpfull people wrote in the past how to avoid creating DVD (install from network, install from disk, boot this way, boot that way). But, I do need DVD, no way around it. No network, no USB, no floppy, no anything. Placing files on hard drive not an option. Just a DVD-ROM. By Googling around, I found some pointers how to do it for Red Hat 8/9 and Fedora Core. Basically, something along the lines: mkisofs -o centos-dvd.iso -V 'CentOS 4.0' \ -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat \ -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table \ -r -J -T . I am able to boot from this DVD image, however Anaconda does not recognize it as CentOS installation CD/DVD. I guess it is either checking volume label or .diskinfo file (or whatever it is called). Could somebody please save me from downloading 2+ GB DVD image containing files I already have (which I probably couldn't do anyhow, I probably can't use torrent, unless it is using port 80 (?), and there's no DVD image on CentOS download site). -- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic(a)pbl.ca> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7

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firefox-1.0.2-1.4.1.centos4 unstable?
by Collins Richey 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Has anyone else noticed that firefox is less stable after the recent security update? I'm getting several occurrences per day of "just goes poof," i.e. probably seg fault. -- Collins When I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world.... The Berlin Wall has fallen. - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 2, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

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-2005:340: Low CentOS 3 x86_64 curl - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2005:340: Low CentOS 3 i386 curl - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2005:343: Important CentOS 3 i386 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2005:343: Important CentOS 3 x86_64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2005:348: Important CentOS 3 i386 mysql-server - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2005:348: Important CentOS 3 x96_64 mysql-server - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2005:343 Important CentOS 3 ia64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2005:340 Low CentOS 3 ia64 curl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:343 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2005:348 Important CentOS 3 ia64 mysql-server - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2005:343 Important CentOS 4 ia64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2005:340 Low CentOS 4 ia64 curl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 13. CESA-2005:340 Low CentOS 3 s390(x) curl - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 14. CESA-2005:343 Important CentOS 4 i386 and x86_64 gdk-pixbuf - security update (Johnny Hughes) 15. CESA-2005:340 Low CentOS 4 i386 and x86_64 curl - security update (Johnny Hughes) 16. CESA-2005:348 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) mysql-server - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 17. CESA-2005:340-01: Low CentOS 2 i386 curl security update (John Newbigin) 18. CESA-2005:343-01: Important CentOS 2 i386 gdk-pixbuf security update (John Newbigin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 23:59:11 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005:340: Low CentOS 3 x86_64 curl - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050405215911.GA3237(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005:340 curl security update for CentOS 3 x86_64: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-340.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: updates/x86_64/RPMS/curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.i386.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/curl-devel-7.10.6-6.rhel3.x86_64.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/curl-7.10.6-6.rhel3.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 x86_64 installations by running the command: yum update curl\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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RE: [CentOS] Creating CentOS DVD from scratch
by Scott Heisler 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Who has time to wait for bit torrent... Last time I tried that, it took 3 days to download... Just my take.. Scott

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Error on compiling kernel :: CentOS 4
by Mário Gamito 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

Hi, I'm trying to recompile CentOS stock kernel, and after making my choices (make menuconfig), i run "make" and imediatly get this error (after my signature). Yes, i have the kernel source installed :P Any help would be apreciated. Warm regards, Mário Gamito [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# make CHK include/linux/version.h SPLIT include/linux/autoconf.h -> include/config/* CHK include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h /bin/sh: arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s: No such file or directory UPD include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h mv: cannot stat `include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h.tmp': No such file or directory make: *** [include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h] Error 1 [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# make dep *** Warning: make dep is unnecessary now. [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# make clean CLEAN .tmp_versions [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# make CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h /bin/sh: arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s: No such file or directory UPD include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h mv: cannot stat `include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h.tmp': No such file or directory make: *** [include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h] Error 1

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Stupid Question I know...
by Scott Heisler 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I'm wanting my Centos 4.0 box to boot up into TEXT mode, like all of my other Linux servers do. Unfortunately, it only boots into graphics mode and there's some issue with the keyboard (it controls the mouse, very poorly). I can SSH into the box so I can re-config it.. But just don't know where to look in this new version. I tried GRUB.CONF and even the SYSTEM_CONFIG programs.. No luck. Thanks. Scott

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yum update dependency problem CentOS 3
by Sean Franklin 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

On the most recent errata, I am getting a dependency conflict: [root@lists etc]# yum update Gathering header information file(s) from server(s) Server: CentOS-3 - Addons Server: CentOS-3 - Base Server: CentOS-3 - Extras Server: CentOS-3 - Updates Finding updated packages Downloading needed headers Resolving dependencies .conflict between gtk2 and librsvg2 [root@lists etc]# I looked in the yum.log, but only found successes in there. I tried updating each one individually, and librsvg2 reports as being current. So, I am at a loss as to how/where to go from here. Any hint or pointers would be appreciated. Thanks. Sean.

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PHP RPM with t1lib?
by Mike Kercher 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

I have a clean install of CentOS 4 running on a box which will be an image generator. One of the requirements is t1lib support compiled into PHP. I don't want to go away from a fully RPM based system, so I don't want to compile PHP from source. Does anyone have an RPM with t1lib compiled in or is there a way to build my own RPM with the t1lib support compiled in? TIA! Mike

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RE: [CentOS] CentOS for commercial use
by Mark A. Lewis 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

> > For you boss it may be a question of scale & risk > management. Spending > > money on RH means never having to explain why she thought > 'some kid in > > a basement could support our business' in an outage review. > > > > Yep, most of the responses I've gotten support the conclusion(s): > > 1. A support contract is good for CYA (and perhaps not > more?). If it feels good, do it. Most ingrained business risk > analysis types do not understand community support in the > first place. Having a contract in place gives them a (not > necessarily justified) warm fuzzy. It's accountablity. The case where I work is that management wants someone to point a finger at if something doesn't go right. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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mkbootdisk! [SOLVED]
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 06 Apr '05

06 Apr '05

First, I thanks you all for your answers. Step by step what I did. 1. Install from CD1 CentOS mkisofs-2.01.1-5.i386.rpm 2. create the file /tmp/2.6.9-5.0.3.EL.iso 3. run mkbootdisk --device /tmp/2.6.9-5.0.3.EL.iso --iso 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL 4. Burn this ISO image to a CD. That's it!! regards, israel

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Milestone
by Robert Moskowitz 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Well I now have a 4.0 server at a solid checkpoint. Before I start the chore of setting up SAMBA and LDAP. Part of the delay was I did not copy all of the needed DNS files, and I have to reerad the BIND book. So I want to be able to get to this point again easily. I did not note down what options I had selected during install. Is there some way in the install log to figure that out? Is there some way to do an image backup? I only have a Win2000 server available for the backup, no NFS on another system. Appreciate any and all help. Barrs Law of Recursive futility If you're smart enough to use one of these.... .....you can probably manage without one!

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Re: Re: Re: mkbootdisk!
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

On Apr 5, 2005 7:17 AM, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> <israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: > > On Mon, April 4, 2005 8:42 pm, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> said: > > On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> wrote: > >> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this > >> error.. > >> > >> any ideas? > >> > >> > >> [root at server <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL > >> [root at server <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device > >> /dev/fd0 Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be > >> lost. Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort: > >> cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk.d20227/initrd.img': No space left on device > >> cat: write error: No space left on device > >> cat: write error: No space left on device > >> 20+0 records in > >> 20+0 records out > > > > On Apr 2, 2005 5:23 AM, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists at hughesjr.com <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos>> wrote: > > > >>>The kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no > >>>option to boot them from floppy any more. > > > > Johnny, If I can not use a floppy any more to boot my server, What can I > > use to > > boot the server in case of a crash? How can I make a CD bootdisk to my > > CentOS > > Server? Is there another way to boot my server? > > > > regards; > > > > Israel > > >>>>You could probably use the first install disk to boot into rescue mode. I > >>>>have done that with CentOS-3 and it worked fine for me. I would imagine > >>>>CentOS-4 would be pretty similar in that respect. > > >>>~Dan > > Dan,....... I know the option "linux rescue mode" works fine, but, my CentOS > servers have a Software RAID (raid 1) installed and I used to make a bootdisk in > case of a RAID failure (or a HDD crash), so, Now I can not make my bootdisk > 'cause the error above...... in this case what can I use to boot my server and > keep my Soft RAID working? > > thanks for all your soon answers > regards, > >>I'm confused. If your raid crashes, what good is a boot floppy (which >>is now totally impossible - the kernel and initrd will not fit on a >>floppy) in the first place? You would be looking at a rebuild of the >>raid and/or a restore from backup, so why not just use the CD in >>resucue mode as recommended? What could a floppy possibly do that the >>CD could not? >>Please advise. Collins, Most of my servers are connected remotely, I migrated from WhiteBox to CentOS linux, I had in every (remote) server a bootdisk (floppy), so in case of a raid crash, some people there booted the server from the bootdisk and then I reconstructed the Raid remotely... I know if I boot from CD rescue mode I can get the same result, but, people in thouse places are not especialized in linux boxes. That is because I want to boot from a floopy, now I also know it's imposible, but, Can I make a CD boot?, I just want something to boot my remote server, get running all services and later I reconstruct the RAID... understand me now? sorry my poor english! regards, israel

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RE: [CentOS] Milestone
by Robert Moskowitz 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

At 09:31 AM 4/5/2005, Andrew Cotter wrote: >Do you have access to a FTP server? If so there is a nice project out >there, G4U, that does a good job of imaging systems. > >Boot from the G4U floppy or CD and pass a command or two...... > >http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ great. I have a simple FTP server for Win32 from 3COM (syslog and tftp also). They supply it for working with their switches and such. thanks!

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RE: [CentOS] yum update dependency problem CentOS 3
by Sean Franklin 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

-----Original Message----- >I did rpm -e librsvg2.. got an error about dup packages, then it seemed to update fine. > >_______________________________________________ > Thank you very much. That worked like a charm. Sean.

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by Vaneet Sharma 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

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Something is very wrong here
by Mário Gamito 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Hi, Any ideas ? The server is a PIII with 512 MB RAM. Warm Regards, Mário Gamito [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# uname -a Linux tux.dte.ua.pt 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL #1 Sat Feb 19 18:26:49 CST 2005 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# --- [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# pwd /usr/src/kernels/2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686 [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# --- [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# make bzImage CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h /bin/sh: arch/i386/kernel/asm-offsets.s: No such file or directory UPD include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h mv: cannot stat `include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h.tmp': No such file or directory make: *** [include/asm-i386/asm_offsets.h] Error 1 [root@tux 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL-i686]# ---

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Re: [CentOS] CentOS for commercial use
by Dave Hornford 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Collins Richey wrote: >> endeavors justify the decsion - ethics, community vs. vendor support, >> etc., etc. I've heard many comments to the effect that we CentOS users >> are just leaches, since RedHat does the major work. I would like to >> know how those of you who use CentOS in commercial > > Collins, I'm sorry if I am unable to follow the question of ethics here. At what point did Red Hat's efforts in the open source community become magical and change the ethical environment Red Hat lives in for people downstream of Red Hat? Your question pre-supposes that because CentOS is downstream of Red Hat then somehow it is different than Red Hat being downstream of the Linux kernel developers & others (fill in other names as you see fit). Red Hat is downstream of well over 99.99% of the 'major work'. Red Hat has built a business around using freely available software. As part of the licence provided by upstream authors who created, enhanced, and often support the software Red Hat is required to make the software source others created and they use for their business available to others to use as they see fit (within terms of licence). Exactly the same as Red Hat taking the source from upstream and using as they see fit (WTOL). Commercial vs. community support is not an ethical choice. Neither is Red Hat's leveraging the efforts of the community to build a commercial enterprise. The community knowingly provided their efforts to others to do exactly what we, and Red Hat are doing. regards Dave HornfordAssociates.com

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RE: [CentOS] Netatalk ???
by Tracey, Michael 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Mario, That is correct (at least on 4.0), and the appletalk kernel modules are not built, so you will have to build a custom kernel to use it. Once it the kernel is recompiled and appletalk is compiled, it works like a champ. Netatalk is not hard to compile. Michael Tracey -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org]On Behalf Of Mário Gamito Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 11:44 AM To: centos(a)centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Netatalk ??? Hi, Is it from my eyes, or Centos (or for that matters, RHEL) doesn't include netatalk ???? If not, does it bring something else for the same porpous ? Any help would be appreciated. Warm regards, Mário Gamito _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Re: Re: Re: mkbootdisk!
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

On Mon, April 4, 2005 8:42 pm, israel.garcia(a)cimex.com.cu said: > On Sat, 2005-04-02 at 08:55 -0500, israel.garcia(a)cimex.com.cu wrote: >> I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this >> error.. >> >> any ideas? >> >> >> [root@server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL >> [root@server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device >> /dev/fd0 Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be >> lost. Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort: >> cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk.d20227/initrd.img': No space left on device >> cat: write error: No space left on device >> cat: write error: No space left on device >> 20+0 records in >> 20+0 records out > > On Apr 2, 2005 5:23 AM, Johnny Hughes <mailing-lists(a)hughesjr.com> wrote: > >>>The kernel and initrd are too big to fit on a floppy ... there is no >>>option to boot them from floppy any more. > > Johnny, If I can not use a floppy any more to boot my server, What can I > use to > boot the server in case of a crash? How can I make a CD bootdisk to my > CentOS > Server? Is there another way to boot my server? > > regards; > > Israel >>>>You could probably use the first install disk to boot into rescue mode. I >>>>have done that with CentOS-3 and it worked fine for me. I would imagine >>>>CentOS-4 would be pretty similar in that respect. >>>~Dan Dan,....... I know the option "linux rescue mode" works fine, but, my CentOS servers have a Software RAID (raid 1) installed and I used to make a bootdisk in case of a RAID failure (or a HDD crash), so, Now I can not make my bootdisk 'cause the error above...... in this case what can I use to boot my server and keep my Soft RAID working? thanks for all your soon answers regards, israel

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 2, Issue 3
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

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. The new Rocks Linux Cluster Distribution uses CentOS as it's base (Johnny Hughes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 07:23:30 -0500 From: Johnny Hughes <johnny(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] The new Rocks Linux Cluster Distribution uses CentOS as it's base To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Cc: distro(a)distrowatch.com Message-ID: <1112617410.31232.8.camel(a)myth.home.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The Rocks Linux Cluster Distribution picks CentOS to build it's new distro on: http://www.rocksclusters.org/Rocks/ RocksClusters joins these other projects as picking CentOS for their base OS: SME Server: http://contribs.org/modules/phpwiki/index.php/Upcoming%20Releases%20page OpenFiler: http://www.openfiler.org/sponsors/ Asterisk@Home: http://asteriskathome.sourceforge.net/ We at the CentOS project are happy to see other Open Source groups use our distro as a base for their products ... they just verify our belief that CentOS is the best "Free" Enterprise Linux solution available. Thanks, -- Johnny Hughes <http://www.HughesJR.com/>

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RE: [CentOS] Jakarta-Tomcat 1.2.10 problem
by Vaneet Sharma 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

i solved the problem gave HOST element and added context element in server.xml in 5.5.4 it runs like a horse now:) Centos 3.4 with jakarta 5.5.4 with jk1.2.10 :) Vaneet -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Vaneet Sharma Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 11:49 AM To: CentOS discussion and information list Subject: [CentOS] Jakarta-Tomcat 1.2.10 problem The connector is not loading my servlets? I am writing down my httpd.conf and workers.properties Httpd.conf LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so <ifModule mod_jk.c> JkWorkersFile /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4/conf/workers.properties JkLogFile /etc/httpd/logs/mod_jk.log JkLogLevel info JkOptions +ForwardKeySize +ForwardURICompat -ForwardDirectories JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y]" JkAutoAlias /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4/webapps JkShmFile /etc/httpd/logs/mod_jk.shm JkMount /servlet/* ajp13Worker JkMount /*.vm ajp13Worker JkMount /therestaurant/servlet/ControllerServlet/* ajp13Worker </ifModule> NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 <VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80> ServerAdmin vaneet(a)iwg.info DocumentRoot /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-x.x.x/webapps/therestaurant ServerName www.therestaurant.name <file://www.therestaurant.name> </VirtualHost> And below is workers.properties file worker.ajp13Worker.port=8009 worker.ajp13Worker.host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx worker.ajp13Worker.type=ajp13 worker.ajp13Worker.lbfactor=50 worker.ajp13Worker.cachesize=10 worker.ajp13Worker.cache_timeout=600 Any suggestions ? Im giving IP address in NameVirtualHost and worker.ajp13Worker.host directives. Shall I provide DNS name? Thankx again. Vaneet Vaneet Sharma executive manager iDeasTank Limited an iwg business dolphins' court po 388 valletta, m-malta/europe vaneet(a)iwg.info call me on www.skype.com - my ID is CALLVANEET mobile: +356 9943 8263 skype: CALLVANEET fax: +356 9952 8888 phone: +356 9942 8888 Want a signature like this? <http://www.plaxo.com/signature> iwg is a global e-mobile company creating, building and growing new businesses. iwg founders are pioneers in creating multi-billion dollar mobile and Internet businesses in Europe, Asia and the US. www.iWG.info <http://www.iwg.info/> www.countryprofiler.com/iWG www.visitmalta.com <http://www.visitmalta.com/> www.mfc.com.mt <http://www.mfc.com.mt/> Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Vaneet Sharma executive manager iDeasTank Limited an iwg business dolphins' court po 388 valletta, m-malta/europe mobile: +356 9943 8263 skype: CALLVANEET fax: +356 9952 8888 phone: +356 9942 8888 vaneet(a)iwg.info call me on www.skype.com - my ID is CALLVANEET Want a signature like this? - www.plaxo.com\signature iwg is a global e-mobile company creating, building and growing new businesses. iwg founders are pioneers in creating multi-billion dollar mobile and Internet businesses in Europe, Asia and the US. www.iWG.info www.countryprofiler.com/iWG www.visitmalta.com www.mfc.com.mt Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email.

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Jakarta-Tomcat 1.2.10 problem
by Vaneet Sharma 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

The connector is not loading my servlets? I am writing down my httpd.conf and workers.properties Httpd.conf LoadModule jk_module modules/mod_jk.so <ifModule mod_jk.c> JkWorkersFile /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4/conf/workers.properties JkLogFile /etc/httpd/logs/mod_jk.log JkLogLevel info JkOptions +ForwardKeySize +ForwardURICompat -ForwardDirectories JkLogStampFormat "[%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y]" JkAutoAlias /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.4/webapps JkShmFile /etc/httpd/logs/mod_jk.shm JkMount /servlet/* ajp13Worker JkMount /*.vm ajp13Worker JkMount /therestaurant/servlet/ControllerServlet/* ajp13Worker </ifModule> NameVirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80 <VirtualHost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:80> ServerAdmin vaneet(a)iwg.info DocumentRoot /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-x.x.x/webapps/therestaurant ServerName www.therestaurant.name </VirtualHost> And below is workers.properties file worker.ajp13Worker.port=8009 worker.ajp13Worker.host=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx worker.ajp13Worker.type=ajp13 worker.ajp13Worker.lbfactor=50 worker.ajp13Worker.cachesize=10 worker.ajp13Worker.cache_timeout=600 Any suggestions ? Im giving IP address in NameVirtualHost and worker.ajp13Worker.host directives. Shall I provide DNS name? Thankx again. Vaneet Vaneet Sharma executive manager iDeasTank Limited an iwg business dolphins' court po 388 valletta, m-malta/europe mobile: +356 9943 8263 skype: CALLVANEET fax: +356 9952 8888 phone: +356 9942 8888 vaneet(a)iwg.info call me on www.skype.com - my ID is CALLVANEET Want a signature like this? - www.plaxo.com\signature iwg is a global e-mobile company creating, building and growing new businesses. iwg founders are pioneers in creating multi-billion dollar mobile and Internet businesses in Europe, Asia and the US. www.iWG.info www.countryprofiler.com/iWG www.visitmalta.com www.mfc.com.mt Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email.

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<OT> RedHat support
by Collins Richey 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

As a parallel question to my thread about CentOS for commercial use, here's a question I've been wondering about. How many of you who have RHEL licenses and paid support licenses have ever needed actually to request support? And if you did was the support any bit more timely or accurate than community support for CentOS or other distros? -- Collins When I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world.... The Berlin Wall has fallen. - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt

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linuxquestions.org
by William Warren 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

Is getting involved with linuxquestions.org something CentOS may consider? -- Computer Housecalls, Networks, Security, Web Design: http://www.emmanuelcomputerconsulting.com 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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CentOS for commercial use
by Collins Richey 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

I'm a home user of CentOS (a desktop and a laptop) because I like the quality of the product and I love the cost. I'm a great believer in FOSS. That being said, I know that some of you use CentOS for production servers and (perhaps?) desktops as well. I've read at leat one comment like "I have 20 CentOS servers." My employer is a firm believer in RHEL - license costs are just a business decision. I would like to know how those of you who use CentOS in commercial endeavors justify the decsion - ethics, community vs. vendor support, etc., etc. I've heard many comments to the effect that we CentOS users are just leaches, since RedHat does the major work. What do you think? -- Collins When I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world.... The Berlin Wall has fallen. - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 05 Apr '05

05 Apr '05

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded to the centos mirror: RHSA-2005:354-01 Moderate: tetex security update Files available: tetex-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-afm-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-doc-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-dvilj-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-dvips-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-fonts-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-latex-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm tetex-xdvi-1.0.7-38.5E.8.i386.rpm More details are available from the RedHat web site at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh21as-errata.html The easy way to make sure you are up to date with all the latest patches is to run: # yum update -- John Newbigin Computer Systems Officer Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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CentOS 4 with MySQL 4.1
by Chris Hammond 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Greetings all! I have built a new server with MySQL and have noticed that before even doing anything to it I found that the MySQL logins were much slower than the 4.0 server I used prior to it. After moving data over to it, the application, (JFFNMS) when it would login to it would take forever getting data from it. It would finally get to a point where MySQL would not respond to anything including MySQLAdministrator. So I removed the 4.1 version that came with CentOS 4, I downloaded and installed the latest 4.0 version from the MySQL website and installed it and it is very fast even after moving the data to it. The problem I have is that I need php-mysql and perl-DBD-MySQL and when I install these two rpms, it removes the MySQL-server and MySQL-client rpm's that I retrieved from the MySQL website. So I am at a loss of what to do. I would prefere to go with MySQL 4.1 just because that is what comes with CentOS 4, short of that I need php-mysql to work with 4.0. Databases and custome building of RPM's is beyond my capabilities. Any assistance will be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks Chris

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DNS server with MySQL Backend
by Bob Pierce 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Just a quick question, Does anybody know of a good DNS server with MySQL backend? We're currently looking at MyDNS. Has anybody had any experience with MyDNS or other MySQL driven DNS servers under heavy load? Also, can anybody recommend a good DNS benchmarking utility? Thanks for your help, Bob. Bob Pierce Systems Analyst Westman Communications Group pierceb(a)westmancom.com

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RHEL4 U1?
by Gavin Carr 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Anyone know if there is an ETA for RHEL4 U1 yet? There are a couple of important postgresql selinux fixes that haven't been prereleased for x86_64 that I'm after. Cheers, Gavin

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system management - what do you use to manage your CentOS systems?
by Enoch West 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Greetings everyone. Let me preface this with the following, I know this is not specific to CentOS but I do value the input given by *many* of the users on this list. I can not think of a more appropriate place to ask these questions. Let me just break down my setup: 20 CentOS 4 servers, all running apache. The only things that are unique on each server are the network settings and the apache virtual host config files, other then that, they are identical. I'm not using any networked file systems, content is synchronized via rsync. NFS is not able to provide adequate performance in our environment. I wanted to get some feedback to see what other people here use to manage their CentOS systems, apply updates, roll out new software packages, update unique config files etc. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance. -- enoch

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Netatalk ???
by Mário Gamito 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Hi, Is it from my eyes, or Centos (or for that matters, RHEL) doesn't include netatalk ???? If not, does it bring something else for the same porpous ? Any help would be appreciated. Warm regards, Mário Gamito

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yum & proxy
by Mário Gamito 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Hi, I've just installed a server with CentOS 4. This server is behind a proxy. I'm trying to import the RPM key. Already set http_proxy variable to: export "http_proxy"=http://proxy.xpto.com:3128 Truth is, command # rpm --import http://mirror.centos.org/centos/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-4 just leaves me hanged. Any ideas ? Warm Regards, Mário Gamito

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NFS over ssh problems
by Harald Finnås 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

I've got a setup where I run nfs over ssh on several distros, and it's been working like a charm on suse, mandrake, redhat 7-9 etc, but I've been unable to get it to work on CentOS. First I set up ssh portforwarding using: /usr/bin/ssh root@<remotehost> -L 250:irc.dynip.no:2049 -f sleep 60d & Then I mount using the following params in fstab: localhost:/somedir /somedir nfs rw,tcp,hard,intr,port=250,mountport=251 0 0 I can telnet to port 250/251 and it answers like expected. I can also see the packets travelling through the tunnel using tcpdump. However, if I try to mount the dir (mount -a), I get this error: mount to NFS server 'localhost' failed: server is down. Sniffing on port 22 when running the mount command, nothing happens. It kinda seems like it ignores the port/mountport options. Any ideas? Regards, Harald

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Default CentOS 4 desktop
by Chris Hammond 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Simple question that I appear to be missing the answer to, how do I specify the default desktop? I know I am probably going to kick myself when I find out but the guy I work with and I just can't seem to find it. :( Thanks Chris

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RE: [Centos] Apache Web Server mod_jk configuration
by Vaneet Sharma 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Im getting the following error No JkShmFile defined in httpd.conf. LoadBalancer will not function properly! I running centos 3.4 , apache 2.something, and jakarta-tomcat-connector 1.2.10 Thankx for help in advance Vaneet -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of Troy Engel Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 1:50 AM To: CentOS discussion and information list Subject: Re: [Centos] Apache Web Server mod_jk configuration Vaneet Sharma wrote: > i downloaded this connector > jakarta-tomcat-connectors-jk-1.2.6-linux-fc2-i386-apache-2.0.50.so > from tomcat link : > http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/tomcat-connectors/jk/binaries/linux/j k-1.2.6/ I recommend not using download binaries, and taking a few moments to compile your own from the source tarball. Download: http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/tomcat-connectors/jk/source/jk-1.2.8/ jakarta-tomcat-connectors-1.2.8-src.tar.gz I haven't had a chance to work with the brand new (5 days old) 1.2.9 yet, so stay with 1.2.8 for now. - Make sure 'httpd-devel' RPM is installed, and that you have the j2sdk installed somewhere on your system (/usr/local/java). - Untar the mod_jk source above, and compile: - cd jakarta-tomcat-connectors-1.2.8-src/jk/native - ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs --with-java=/usr/local/java - make You will have a ./apache-2.0/mod_jk.so file ready to use that matches your Apache perfectly. Put this in your modules directory. > and after that i followed the procedure of configuration described in connector section at apache.org website. > > NOTE: i did not configured this connector. ( because it is binary and i dont think i need to configure or compile) You have to do two things: connect apache<=>mod_jk, and configure mod_jk<=>tomcat. When you say you "followed the procedure" on the apache.org website, which portions did you do? -te -- Troy Engel | Systems Engineer Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Vaneet Sharma executive manager iDeasTank Limited an iwg business dolphins' court po 388 valletta, m-malta/europe mobile: +356 9943 8263 skype: CALLVANEET fax: +356 9952 8888 phone: +356 9942 8888 vaneet(a)iwg.info call me on www.skype.com - my ID is CALLVANEET Want a signature like this? - www.plaxo.com\signature iwg is a global e-mobile company creating, building and growing new businesses. iwg founders are pioneers in creating multi-billion dollar mobile and Internet businesses in Europe, Asia and the US. www.iWG.info www.countryprofiler.com/iWG www.visitmalta.com www.mfc.com.mt Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone. In such case, you should destroy this message and kindly notify the sender by reply email.

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 2, Issue 2
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

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-2005-0402-001: Information CentOS 3.3 x86_64 librsvg2 - dependency conflict resolution (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2005-0402-001: Information CentOS 3.3 i386 librsvg2 - dependency conflict resolution (Tru Huynh) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:56:40 +0200 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2005-0402-001: Information CentOS 3.3 x86_64 librsvg2 - dependency conflict resolution To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050402205640.GA3654(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2005-0402-001 for CentOS 3.3 only librsvg2 required update for CentOS 3.3 x86_64 (resolving dependency conflicts) for the gtk2 security update (CESA 2005:344) The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: x86_64: updates/x86_64/RPMS/librsvg2-2.2.3-6.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/librsvg2-devel-2.2.3-6.x86_64.rpm Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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autofs
by Michael Falzon 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

Hi not sure how long this has been going on for ( sure it has not been that long ) when i get auto fs to try map a shair using CentOS release 3.4 the shairs UID is not set right Ie cat /etc/auto.misc uber_work -fstype=smbfs,username=me,password=XXX,workgroup=box,uid=500 //sys/uber when ls i get drwxrwx--- 1 root 2015 0 Mar 2 16:50 1 drwxrwxr-x 1 2001 2015 0 Mar 3 11:55 2 drwxrwx--- 1 root 2015 0 Dec 6 11:02 3 drwxrwx--- 1 root 2015 0 Dec 6 11:02 4 drwxrwx--- 1 root 2015 0 Dec 6 11:03 5 drwxrwx--- 1 root 2015 0 Dec 6 11:02 6 as you can see the UID's are not right not 100% sure why some info samba-3.0.9-1.3E.2 autofs-4.1.3-47 See BUG. "That's not a bug, it's a feature!" A bug can be changed to a feature by documenting it. Michael Falzon (RHCT) Mozy's Swamp BBs & Red Dwarf BBs http://mozysswamp.org Registered LFS User #406 Registered Linux User #204397 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UNINTENDED RECIPIENT: This email and any attachments are confidential. They may contain legally privileged information or copyright material. You should not read, copy, use or disclose them without authorisation. If you are not an intended recipient, please contact us at once by return email and then permanently delete both messages. VIRUS WARNING: Mozy's Swamp & Red Dwarf BBs does not accept liability in connection with computer viruses, data corruption, delay or denial of service as a result of virus infection.

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RE: [CentOS] Re: postfix tightening
by Mark A. Lewis 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

> On Saturday 02 April 2005 05:32 pm, karl(a)streetlampsoftware.com wrote: > > > How > > would I go about providing a good, solid *matching* ptr (as > in, mail > > from AcmeWidget.com reflects to mail.AcmeWidget.com at x.x.x.219 ... > > which also happens to be mail.hostco.com) for the bazillion and one > > virtual-hosted email accounts on mail.hostco.com? > > You wouldn't. That's not and never was the purpose of a ptr record. > The ptr record is to attach responsibility for the IP#. > That's done by pointing it to the hostname. But, in this case, it has multiple hostnames, all of which are valid. > You could have multiple ptr records, but there exists no > facility in any DNS or resolution system to match up ptr > records with a records. If I recall correctly, behavior in > the case of multiple ptr records is undefined. Interesting, never tried creating multiple ptr records. I guess if the MTA knew how to deal with that it would be a very good solution. I will have to do some testing to see how it reacts to the scenario. It all comes back to a few key points: 1) Refusing mail based on HELO not matching the ptr record is not RFC compliant, but it is not uncommon. 2) There are some vanity issues with someone who cares what the mail headers say in them. As someone else said, if they are expecting that, they should expect to pay for it. 3) All of the RFCs pertaining to this were written in a much more trusting time, and as we are seeing, they need to be revisited. 4) There are some easy to do HELO checks that can eliminate a large number of spammers and misconfigured MTAs. I do think that the RFCs need to address dynamic address space more sufficently. I think that the one proposal where the source IP must be listed under a particular record type in DNS will go a long way towards addressing many of these issues. IMO, none of the cost based solutions I have read such as "postage" or something mildly CPU intensive will accomplish anything but a mess. Good discussion though, I have learned a lot by actually reading some of the RFCs and some dicussions on them. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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Re: postfix tightening
by karl＠streetlampsoftware.com 04 Apr '05

04 Apr '05

>Tom Ivar Helbekkmo writes: > >"Mark A. Lewis" <mark(a)siliconjunkie.net> writes: > >> Lets say that Acme Widget has their mail hosted with Hostco. Acme Widget >> would rather not have mail.hostco.com in the mail headers for whatever >> reason. So, hostco doesn't setup a ptr record for it. This does not make >> Acme Widget or Hostco any more likely to be spammers, it just makes you >> more likely to drop their mail. > >Actually, the problem you're describing is routinely solved at any >decent ISP *without* breaking any rules. If the above were a genuine >scenario, I would conclude that Hostco is run by nincompoops. ;-) For the posterity of the list, and the wonderful information that's been provided so far for all of the newbie nincompoops out in CentOS list lurker-land ... Let's say that I'm a nincompoop newbie sysadmin from HostCo that would like to avoid breaking any rules. (In reality, I'm a PHB, and I let my sysadmin worry about the rule-breaking.) How would I go about providing a good, solid *matching* ptr (as in, mail from AcmeWidget.com reflects to mail.AcmeWidget.com at x.x.x.219 ... which also happens to be mail.hostco.com) for the bazillion and one virtual-hosted email accounts on mail.hostco.com? -Karl Katzke

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RE: [CentOS] Re: postfix tightening
by Mark A. Lewis 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

Stumbled across this while researching the points raised in this thread. Very good writeup IMO and addresses many of the questions/concerns. http://jimsun.LinxNet.com/misc/postfix-anti-UCE.txt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CentOS 3.4 to CentOS 4
by Jason 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

I have upgraded to CentOS 4 from 3.4. I am having trouble figuring out the mail changes. Under 3.4, Imap and POP were modules that xinetd controlled. Under 4.0, I have a choice of either Cyrus-Imapd or Dovecot. After googling all week, I was about to get my user account authenticated under Cyrus and the saslpasswd program, as well as dovecot. My problem is that they don't know where my mail is. I run postfix, and have mail delivered to /var/spool/mail/%u. I put this into Cyrus' mail directory but it still doesn't see anything. Dovecot always tries to chdir to the user's home directory, ignoring anything I put into dovecot.conf concerning mail locations. Any ideas? Thanks.

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RE: [CentOS] postfix tightening
by Mark A. Lewis 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

> -----Original Message----- > From: centos-bounces(a)centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of > ryanag(a)zoominternet.net > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:24 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] postfix tightening > > On Fri, 2005-04-01 at 21:04 -0600, Mark A. Lewis wrote: > > > > Riight. Ever done a reverse lookup on a RR IP? Rogers? SBC? All of > > them will have valid reverse entries. > See below. > > http://searchcio.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid19_gci917504,00.html > > "Reverse DNS (rDNS) is a method of resolving an IP address > into a domain > name, just as the domain name system (DNS) resolves domain names into > associated IP addresses. One of the applications of reverse > DNS is as a > spam filter. Here's how it works: Typically, a spammer uses an invalid > IP address, one that doesn't match the domain name. A reverse > DNS lookup > program inputs IP addresses of incoming messages to a DNS database. If > no valid name is found to match the IP address, the server blocks that > message." So, here is the problem. Lets say that Acme Widget has their mail hosted with Hostco. Acme Widget would rather not have mail.hostco.com in the mail headers for whatever reason. So, hostco doesn't setup a ptr record for it. This does not make Acme Widget or Hostco any more likely to be spammers, it just makes you more likely to drop their mail. Now, the other side of that... Foospam wants to send out 87 bazillion mail messages to everyone about fooagra. So, they set their mail server to helo with fooco.com and set the ptr record to be mail.fooco.com and they just danced right by all of this with very minimal effort. For that matter, you can use whatever ptr your ISP sets up for you. The whole accountablity thing is a fallacy. I can buy a domain right now for $8, put whatever I want in the whois info and just use that for the ptr record part, it could be a throwaway domain for all I care. At the end of the day, it bought the person reciving the spam nothing. Reverse DNS or not, you can see what IP the mail came from, you can tell who is the owner of that IP and they can find out what user has that IP. The problem is that most of them are simply unwilling to do so, they ignore mail to the abuse address or just give you a canned answer. My point is that relying on this only makes you more likely to drop legit mail and poses no problem to the spammers. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RE: [CentOS] Re: postfix tightening
by Mark A. Lewis 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

>There is certainly nothing there > to override the earlier RFC (which I've forgotten) that > specifies a similar recommendation but goes on to say that > the receiver MUST NOT reject the message based on an address > lookup mismatch for the HELO/EHLO name (obviously written by > someone who realized that multi-homed servers are common and > that corporate servers often live behind NAT firewalls and > don't even know the address that will be used the public side). > > -- > Les Mikesell > les(a)futuresource.com I believe you are referring to RFC 821: The HELO receiver MAY verify that the HELO parameter really corresponds to the IP address of the sender. However, the receiver MUST NOT refuse to accept a message, even if the sender's HELO command fails verification. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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RE: [CentOS] Re: postfix tightening
by Mark A. Lewis 03 Apr '05

03 Apr '05

> Wrong. RFC2821 says: > > 4.1.1.1 Extended HELLO (EHLO) or HELLO (HELO) > > These commands are used to identify the SMTP client to the SMTP > server. The argument field contains the fully-qualified > domain name > of the SMTP client if one is available. In situations in which the > SMTP client system does not have a meaningful domain name > (e.g., when > its address is dynamically allocated and no reverse > mapping record is > available), the client SHOULD send an address literal (see section > 4.1.3), optionally followed by information that will help > to identify > the client system. The SMTP server identifies itself to the SMTP > client in the connection greeting reply and in the response to this > command. > > > Cheers, > Gavin It specifically mentions that dynamic addresses are acceptable. It specifically states that there are alternatives (an address literal) RFC 2821 also says: There are two exceptions to the rule requiring FQDNs: - The domain name given in the EHLO command MUST BE either a primary host name (a domain name that resolves to an A RR) or, if the host has no name, an address literal as described in section 4.1.1.1. So, it seems to me that the RFC compliant way to do this is to use the literal address in the HELO Meaning that those who reject this are the non RFC compliant ones... -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.

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CentOS4 laptop touchpad erratic operation
by Collins Richey 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

I've just put up CentOS4 on my HP ze4630us laptop, and the installation produced only two problems of note, both related to X operations. 1. The installer refused to allow 1024x768 resoultion for the screen. After install, manually setting the resolution in xorg.conf was no problem. 2. Erratic touchpad operation. This unit has a synaptic touchpad. I've also noted similar problems on my previous Gentoo install (also 2.6 kernel and xorg). Never really resolved this. When scrolling across a screen in a browser panel where there are multiple links, the mouse will trigger click operations all on its own, so it's difficult to reach the link you want without inadvertently opening another link that you scroll past. In googling, I didn't have much luck finding a matching problem; nor did I have much luck earlier. Most of the problems reported seemed to be "touchpad unable to respond to clicks", i.e. the opposite of my problem. The installer generated the following mouse definition in xorg.conf: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Has anyone else seen this type of problem with a touchpad, and does anyone have knowledge of a fix? TIA, -- Collins When I saw the Iraqi people voting three weeks ago, 8 million of them, it was the start of a new Arab world.... The Berlin Wall has fallen. - Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt

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mkbootdisk!
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

I'm trying to make a bootdisk in my CentOS server and I got this error.. any ideas? [root@server:~]$ rpm -qa kernel kernel-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL [root@server:~]$ mkbootdisk 2.6.9-5.0.3.EL --device /dev/fd0 Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost. Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort: cp: writing `/tmp/mkbootdisk.d20227/initrd.img': No space left on device cat: write error: No space left on device cat: write error: No space left on device 20+0 records in 20+0 records out I have enogh space on the disk: [root@server:~]$ df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/md5 17G 1.8G 14G 12% / /dev/md1 99M 8.4M 86M 9% /boot none 126M 0 126M 0% /dev/shm /dev/md3 9.7G 2.7G 6.5G 30% /home /dev/md0 981M 26M 905M 3% /usr/local/salva /dev/md4 4.9G 262M 4.4G 6% /var/log /dev/md2 981M 24M 908M 3% /var/spool regards, Israel

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

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 ia64 errata: Important: gtk2 security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 2. CentOS-3 ia64 errata: Important: gtk2 security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 3. CESA-2005:354 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 tetex - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 4. CESA-2005:344: Important CentOS 3 i386 gtk2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2005:344: Important CentOS 3 x86_64 gtk2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 6. CESA-2005:354: Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 tetex - security update (Tru Huynh) 7. CESA-2005:354: Moderate CentOS 3 i386 tetex - security update (Tru Huynh) 8. CESA-2005:344 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) gtk2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2005:344 Important CentOS 4 i386 and x86_64 gtk2 - security update (Johnny Hughes) 10. CESA-2005:354 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) tetex - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 23:31:02 +0300 From: Pasi Pirhonen <upi(a)iki.fi> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CentOS-4 ia64 errata: Important: gtk2 security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20050401203102.GA9816(a)core.upi.iki.fi> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Security update for CentOS 4 ia64 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-344.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ia64: updates/ia64/RPMS/gtk2-2.4.13-14.ia64.rpm updates/ia64/RPMS/gtk2-devel-2.4.13-14.ia64.rpm -- Pasi Pirhonen - upi(a)iki.fi - http://iki.fi/upi/

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Re: [Centos] email server partition scheme
by Ralph Angenendt 02 Apr '05

02 Apr '05

Bill Baird wrote: > I like to have my /var directory on a different partition, just in case log files start to get large. I would rather have my /var fill up, than have services stop working... In case of a mailserver: If /var fills up, the service stops working :) But I also like to have a pretty big /var-Partition on my mailservers in case one of the other partitions fills up ... Ralph -- Ralph Angenendt......ra(a)br-online.de | .."Text processing has made it possible Bayerischer Rundfunk...HA-Multimedia | ....to right-justify any idea, even one Rundfunkplatz 1........80300 München | .which cannot be justified on any other Tl:089.5900.16023..Fx:089.5900.16240 | ..........grounds." -- J. Finnegan, USC

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