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silly cross posts
by Rick Graves 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Russ, > Sorry for the cross post, but this is an important > one potentially affecting all recipients. Why be sorry? Did you break a rule? Where is the rule? It seems that there is a rule, but the rule gives if the matter is important enough. But you have to say "Sorry"? It seems that when a matter comes up that is important enough to inform everyone, one MUST cross post -- otherwise, you guarantee that lots of people will not get the message. Having to say "Sorry" to get a message out to everyone who needs to get the message seems silly to me. I would think that if the message is important enough and must get to everyone, one should be able to cross post without having to say "Sorry" -- saying "Sorry" is "silly". Rick

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Mailman crons
by Henk van Lingen 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Hi, The last RHEL3 update pack contains a mailman package. I'm using that on a new mailserver and found a little problem with cron when starting/ stopping the mailman service. RedHat moves the mailman crontab in and out every time, however, crond only notes the 'move in', not the 'move out. This is because the /etc/cron.d/ timestamp only changes by a 'move in'. My fix: add rm -f $DST_CRON_SCRIPT as the first line in the function RemoveCron() in /etc/init.d/mailman. Cheers, -- Henk van Lingen, Systems & Network Administrator (o- -+ Dept. of Computer Science, Utrecht University. /\ | phone: +31-30-2535278 v_/_ http://henk.vanlingen.net/ http://www.tuxtown.net/netiquette/

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[centos 3.4] e1000 and installation problem
by Martin Hamant 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Hello, I install Centos'es from PXE, with vmlinuz and initrd provided by images/pxeboot from the first CD of centos 3.4. The server is a PowerEdge 1850 with two integrated e1000 nic interfaces. So kernel is booting, then it comes to the screen which ask for one nic to do a dhcp query. I choose eth0, dhcp server reply well and then i get an ip address, dns'es, etc. And nothing else happen because the nic link is going down at this point !!! (no light, no way. ) I've tried with PXE install of centos 3.3, and all is working fine on this server.... Do you think there is a problem with the centos 3.4 "installation time" kernel ? I remember that centos 3.1 had problems about this nic too ... Any ideas ? Thank you ! -- Martin

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full-d] Administrivia: List Compromised due to Mailman Vulnerability (fwd)
by R P Herrold 10 Feb '05

10 Feb '05

Sorry for the cross post, but this is an important one potentially affecting all recipients. This just crossed the Full Disclosure mailman moderated mailing list. It bears a careful read, and thought about whether a response is needed. The implication is that if there is any use of a mailman password in common with a password you 'care' about, you need to take appropriate action at once. Also some backends merge Bugzilla and mailman password stores, which can cause unexpected secondary effects. I have not seen a patch yet, and so one has to assume that the configs and passwords for all mailman moderated mailing lists are compromised. Once a fix issues, Mailman moderators will want to do a global password change, and local list modification. -- Russ Herrold ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 18:15:02 +0000 From: John Cartwright <johnc(a)grok.org.uk> To: full-disclosure(a)lists.netsys.com Subject: full-d] Administrivia: List Compromised due to Mailman Vulnerability Hi On 7th February 2005 I was notified of a number of potentially - compromised Full-Disclosure subscriber accounts. Following an investigation it appears that the Mailman configuration database was obtained from lists.netsys.com on 2nd January 2005 using a remote directory traversal exploit for a previously unpublished vulnerability in Mailman 2.1.5. Subscriber addresses and passwords have been compromised. All list members are advised to change their password immediately. There do not appear to be further signs of intrusion although investigations continue. The vulnerability lies in the Mailman/Cgi/private.py file: def true_path(path): "Ensure that the path is safe by removing .." path = path.replace('../', '') path = path.replace('./', '') return path[1:] A crafted URL fragment of the form ".../....///" will pass through the above function and return as "../", thus allowing directory traversal to occur using the following URL syntax to retrieve an arbitrary path. /mailman/private/<list>/<path>?username=<username>&password=<password> Expect vendor advisories nearer the end of the week, for now here is a suggested fix from Barry Warsaw: SLASH = '/' def true_path(path): "Ensure that the path is safe by removing .." parts = [x for x in path.split(SLASH) if x not in ('.', '..')] return SLASH.join(parts)[1:] This issue only affects Mailman installations running on web servers that don't strip extraneous slashes from URLs, such as Apache 1.3.x. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0202 to this mailman issue. Cheers - John _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html

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Re: [Centos] help with xargs and mv
by James B. Byrne 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Just a note that I caught and corrected the syntax error on my last example and that correcting it does not change the result at all. # cat workmv | xargs -i '{}' mv --Target-Directory=./mqueue/offline/ ./mqueue/'{}' vice # cat workmv | xargs -i '{}' --Target-Directory=./mqueue/offline/ mv ./mqueue/'{}' both give xargs: {}: No such file or directory Regards, Jim -- *** e-mail is not a secure channel *** mailto:byrnejb.<token>@harte-lyne.ca James B. Byrne Harte & Lyne Limited vox: +1 905 561 1241 9 Brockley Drive fax: +1 905 561 0757 Hamilton, Ontario <token> = hal Canada L8E 3C3

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RE: CentOS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13
by Melinda Odom 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

>>> I have ecommerce stores on my server who use the same instantssl certificate without any problems. These particular certificates were migrated over from one plesk system to my new server with centOS 3.4 and plesk 7.5.1 reloaded. >>> We got it working. It was a custom config problem for that one site. Sincerely, Melinda Odom www.designhosting.biz 479-471-0891 -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org]On Behalf Of centos-request(a)caosity.org Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2005 6:00 AM To: centos(a)caosity.org Subject: CentOS Digest, Vol 2, Issue 13 Send CentOS mailing list submissions to centos(a)caosity.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-request(a)caosity.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-owner(a)caosity.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: CentOS 3.4 on Compaq Proliant (Troy Engel) 2. ssl certificate problem - one domain only (Melinda Odom) 3. CentOS-3 x86_64 errata : Updated Perl packages fix security issues (Tru Huynh) 4. Re: ssl certificate problem - one domain only (John Hinton) 5. Re: Samba print queues showing old jobs (Gavin Carr) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 15:00:02 -0800 From: Troy Engel <tengel(a)fluid.com> Subject: Re: [Centos] CentOS 3.4 on Compaq Proliant To: CentOS discussion and information list <centos(a)caosity.org> Message-ID: <42094472.2060106(a)fluid.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed John Hinton wrote: > >> I am trying to install CentOS 3.4 on a Compaq Proliant 1600, and it >> hangs on probing monitor type when anaconda starts. I have tried >> > Do the install using the nousb flag. I have had the same issue on some > 1850s and had to disable the onboard scsi port allowing only the scsi > card to be enabled. Same same -- on the random old Compaq....DL360(?) (long since dead) it physically had no USB on the motherboard, and it took forever to figure out the 'nousb' flag to make any Redhat installs work. -te -- Troy Engel | Systems Engineer Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2005 18:05:14 -0600 From: "Melinda Odom" <info(a)designhosting.biz> Subject: [Centos] ssl certificate problem - one domain only To: <centos(a)caosity.org> Message-ID: <OHEMIKFDMHLDNJAPNOLEGEHKFGAA.info(a)designhosting.biz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, I have ecommerce stores on my server who use the same instantssl certificate without any problems. These particular certificates were migrated over from one plesk system to my new server with centOS 3.4 and plesk 7.5.1 reloaded. When I generated a new csr for a new client on my centOS server and chose apache mod_ssl at instantssl for the csr I got the certificate, installed it (first new install on my new server) and now when someone goes to this particular ecommerce site and tries to purchase anything or create an account a box pops up asking if they want to open or download the file. This has never happened before and does not happen on all the certificates I migrated over to the new server without generating a csr. I am very confused as to what is happening. When I turn the ssl off for this particular ecommerce store everything works and customers can buy and register. My other sites that were migrated over to this new server do not have any problems and are using instantssl also. I called instantssl.com and they told me it was a problem with the mime types and the server was configured incorrectly and to look in the httpd.conf file. I see these for the httpd.conf file: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.save_by_frontpage I see this one is turned off in the httpd.conf file: LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so #LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so Other ones: # TypesConfig describes where the mime.types file (or equivalent) is # to be found. # TypesConfig /etc/mime.types DefaultType text/plain Is there something that needs to be changed to make this ssl certificate work? Sincerely, Melinda Odom www.designhosting.biz 479-471-0891 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005

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Samba print queues showing old jobs
by Nigel Kendrick 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

We have a server running Centos-3 with all latest updates. The server hosts 3 printers for us which are accessed by various Windows clients. About 3 months ago we noticed that, after a cups update, if you looked at the print queues in Windows they would show old jobs that had long been printed. After a further cups update this quirk went away but it's just come backs again - possibly after the recent cups update. Or is it me!? Anything worth checking? Thanks Nigel Kendrick

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata : Updated Perl packages fix security issues
by Tru Huynh 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html refers Updated files are :- updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-5.8.0-89.10.i386.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-5.8.0-89.10.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-CGI-2.81-89.10.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-CPAN-1.61-89.10.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-DB_File-1.804-89.10.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-suidperl-5.8.0-89.10.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/SRPMS/perl-5.8.0-89.10.src.rpm To update run 'yum update perl' Tru -- Tru Huynh (CentOS-3 x86_64 helper) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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ssl certificate problem - one domain only
by Melinda Odom 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

Hi, I have ecommerce stores on my server who use the same instantssl certificate without any problems. These particular certificates were migrated over from one plesk system to my new server with centOS 3.4 and plesk 7.5.1 reloaded. When I generated a new csr for a new client on my centOS server and chose apache mod_ssl at instantssl for the csr I got the certificate, installed it (first new install on my new server) and now when someone goes to this particular ecommerce site and tries to purchase anything or create an account a box pops up asking if they want to open or download the file. This has never happened before and does not happen on all the certificates I migrated over to the new server without generating a csr. I am very confused as to what is happening. When I turn the ssl off for this particular ecommerce store everything works and customers can buy and register. My other sites that were migrated over to this new server do not have any problems and are using instantssl also. I called instantssl.com and they told me it was a problem with the mime types and the server was configured incorrectly and to look in the httpd.conf file. I see these for the httpd.conf file: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.save_by_frontpage I see this one is turned off in the httpd.conf file: LoadModule env_module modules/mod_env.so #LoadModule mime_magic_module modules/mod_mime_magic.so LoadModule cern_meta_module modules/mod_cern_meta.so Other ones: # TypesConfig describes where the mime.types file (or equivalent) is # to be found. # TypesConfig /etc/mime.types DefaultType text/plain Is there something that needs to be changed to make this ssl certificate work? Sincerely, Melinda Odom www.designhosting.biz 479-471-0891 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.6 - Release Date: 2/7/2005

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CentOS 3.4 on Compaq Proliant
by mlnoe＠mn.rr.com 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

I am trying to install CentOS 3.4 on a Compaq Proliant 1600, and it hangs on probing monitor type when anaconda starts. I have tried running 'linux text' and manually installing drivers from the f2 options screen. Any ideas? Forgive me if this is an unbearably simple question, but I am new to linux. Mike

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some things missing from addons directory
by Joe Pruett 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

i was just trying to update a rh9 box to centos 3.4 and ran into a number of issues that i finally realized would be solved by pointing to the addons area. but there are still some things that crop up. one of them is doxygen-doxywizard. there is a new version of doxygen in the 3.4 base, but the addons has an older version, so the yum upgrade gets confused. i don't see php-manual in the addons directory at all, so that is probably not the same issue. with yum is there a way we could have a list of old packages like php-manual that just don't exist anymore and have it uninstall it? for now, i am just tracking down things and removing packages that can't be upgraded. having it all happen automatically would be nice :-).

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CentOS-3 i386 errata : Updated Perl packages fix security issues
by Lance Davis 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-105.html refers Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/perl-5.8.0-89.10.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/perl-CGI-2.81-89.10.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/perl-CPAN-1.61-89.10.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/perl-DB_File-1.804-89.10.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/perl-suidperl-5.8.0-89.10.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/perl-5.8.0-89.10.src.rpm To update run 'yum update perl' Lance

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swatch 3.1.1 & CentOS 3.4
by Barry L. Kline 09 Feb '05

09 Feb '05

I have need of the functionality of the "swatch" utility. Prior to the actual installation of swatch I used perl2rpm to create RPMs for the PERL modules not provided in CentOS. I got a clean 'make test' from the package so I know that everything is configured properly. The bottom line is that the utility appears to be broken. I can downgrade to version 3.0.8, which appears to work properly, but that version lacks the "threshold" feature that I need. My questions are thus: 1) Is anyone successfully using swatch 3.1.1 with CentOS? If so, what incantation did you need do to make it function properly? 2) Is there another product that you use that provides similar capabilities? For reference, the project page is: http://sourceforge.net/projects/swatch/ TIA, Barry

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Bind Issues
by John Hinton 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

I'm running bind in a chroot environment. It seems that since the Redhat snafu which wrecked bind (yes, I had caching nameserver running as well but not anymore) I have been having problem with my slave nameservers retrieving updates from the master. Looking at the zone records, some are owned by root, some are owned by named. I'm now confused as to what the ownership should be and what permissions should be assigned. Could someone shed some light on this? Thanks, John Hinton

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vendor field is missing
by Farkas Levente 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

hi, there are meny centos rpm where the vendor field in not filled. it'd be nice to correct. rpm -qp --queryformat "%{VENDOR} %{NAME}-%{VERSION}\n" *.rpm|egrep -v "CentOS" -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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updating ALSA
by first last 08 Feb '05

08 Feb '05

Hi, I have installed CentOS 4 beta and everything works apart from the sound. Searching online I have found that Fedora Core 3 requires upgrading ALSA to the very latest version for sound to work on this laptop, that probaly means that I need to upgrade ALSA. Is there anytwhere I can get updates RPMs/SRPMs or do I have to compile the updates? AFAIK alsa is now part of the kernel, will this cause much trouble for future upgrades? Talking about kernels, is it possible to update the kernel to 2.6 on CentOS 3 without breaking much? Thanks Gabriel ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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RE: [Centos] Bind Issues
by Foster, Mark 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi John. Normally in the redhat setup the named process runs as the named user. This can be seen by running `ps -aux | egrep '[n]amed'` named 1661 0.0 0.2 40108 4836 ? S Jan31 0:25 /usr/sbin/named -u named -t /jail/named As you can see from the first column the user is named. Also the -u flag indicates the same. So if any of your slave zone files are owned by root they won't be writable by named. I recommend you chown those zone files to be owned by named user. -----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces(a)caosity.org [mailto:centos-bounces@caosity.org] On Behalf Of John Hinton Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:43 AM To: CentOS(a)caosity.org Subject: [Centos] Bind Issues I'm running bind in a chroot environment. It seems that since the Redhat snafu which wrecked bind (yes, I had caching nameserver running as well but not anymore) I have been having problem with my slave nameservers retrieving updates from the master. Looking at the zone records, some are owned by root, some are owned by named. I'm now confused as to what the ownership should be and what permissions should be assigned. Could someone shed some light on this? Thanks, John Hinton _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS(a)caosity.org http://lists.caosity.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

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Official Release Centos 4 Beta for PowerPC/32
by donavan nelson 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

The CentOS team is pleased to announce the availability of CentOS 4 Beta for PowerPC/32. This product supports all Apple Macintosh PowerMac, iMac, eMac, iBook and PowerBook hardware running the G3 or G4 PowerPC processor. Partial Mac Mini support is available with alpha quality code. We hope to have installable IBM RS6000 ppc/32 support shortly. Please read the remainder of the announcement at: http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=65 Thank You, The CentOS Team

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Addons
by Joao Medeiros 07 Feb '05

07 Feb '05

Hi All, A newbie question :-( How do I go about installing the add-ons found in CD4? Many thanks, Joao

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Release Announcement: Updated CentOS 4 beta iso and DVD images for i386 and x86_64
by donavan nelson 06 Feb '05

06 Feb '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The CentOS Team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of updated ISO images for CentOS 4.0 Beta for the i386 and x86_64 architectures. The updated CentOS 4.0 Beta images support the following architectures: AMD64, EM64T, AMD Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, Sempron, Intel Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4 and Pentium Xeon processors. Please read the full announcement here: http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=61 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCAklrCRFXD+VcGBkRAsVjAJ4wpN4xVYPVcCpjdYQfFibB4z9UrwCcCOvy EjqCjgsXPZLl9vCGrk4z0cA= =QmGw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Raid 1 - further
by Nigel Kendrick 05 Feb '05

05 Feb '05

Managed to get RAID 1 working but the sync process claimed it was going to take a serious amount of time. Looking at the stats revealed that the sync operation was running at a max of 250kB/sec which seems chronically low. Basic drive performance (hdparm) tests seemed OK so I guess the controller's not up to it? The info that came with the controller was all-but-non-existent but during a reboot I noticed that it flashed up a 'press CTRL-S to enter RAID setup' for about 1/4 sec and I managed to catch it and define card/BIOS-based RAID but this got confusing because when I restarted the server, Linux could still see 'hda' and 'hdc' rather that a single 'drive' as I expected. That's where I left it as I had to go sort out a couple of WIN2K servers (mumble mumble) with trojan infections! Next week I might try putting the drives on separate controllers again and re-setup Linux software RAID, otherwise I'll check out some of the recommendations I saw earlier for better controllers. Thanks NK

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RAID 1 sync
by Nigel Kendrick 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

Is my new 300GB RAID 1 array REALLY going to take 18936 minutes to sync!!???

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bug: comps has wrong version number
by Farkas Levente 04 Feb '05

04 Feb '05

hi, comps in rh9 is comps-9-0.20030313 while in the latest centos-3.4 it's comps-3.4centos.0-0.20050105 so the rh9 has higher version number which means this packages not upgraded during an upgrade to any version of centos. and yum also not upgrade this package. imho it's a bug. is there any way to find out what other packages is remain from some older rh version? yours. -- Levente "Si vis pacem para bellum!"

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UML
by Ted Kaczmarek 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Anyone have uml rpms or a link to them than can be had ? Ted

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CentOS-3 i386 errata : Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues
by Lance Davis 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-011.html refers Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/ethereal-0.10.9-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/ethereal-gnome-0.10.9-1.EL3.1.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/ethereal-0.10.9-1.EL3.1.src.rpm To update run 'yum update ethereal' Lance

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SATA - SIL3112A controller
by Nigel Kendrick 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

Hi folks, I have just installed a PCI SATA controller based on the SIL3112A chipset into my Centos-3 (latest kernel patches applied) system and moved an existing (not the boot disk) SATA drive from the onboard controller to the SIL-based one so I can setup software RAID with two 300GB drives. Kudzu/Linux found the controller and drives straight away and they've appeared as 'hda' and 'hdc'. I've managed to partition hdc (hda was already setup) and format it - this was VERY slow and 'top' showed a significant amount of interrupt time. A bit of Googling found the right command to enable DMA (hdparm -X66 -d1 /dev/hda etc.) and this seems to have cured that problem! While Googling I found a LOT of info on the SIL controller and Linux but it was all for various kernels and linux versions - can anyone steer me in the right direction for info on this setup with RHEL3/Centos - specifically: 1) Should I just use the native SATA drivers like I'm doing now or are there better ones to use? 2) Are there any drivers that will use the BIOS-based software RAID or is using the Linux software RAID the way to go? 3) Tweaks and recommendations for the setup would be appreciated. The system is going to be used as a backup server for bacula with various clients dumping data via 512K broadband and so the performance of the RAID system does not need to be blazingly fast - hence the I'm seeing if the cheap (£14!) controller is Ok for the job before trying anything else. Any info or pointers appreciated. Thanks Nigel Kendrick

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 03 Feb '05

03 Feb '05

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHSA-2005:011-01 Updated Ethereal packages fix security issues Files available: ethereal-0.10.9-1.AS21.1.i386.rpm ethereal-gnome-0.10.9-1.AS21.1.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 School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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IBM x226 lockups, convert CentOS to RHEL 3.0
by Barry L. Kline 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

I have a friend who has been having an intermittent problem with his nice, shiny new IBM x226 server. It's a Xeon processor, 1.5Gb RAM, hardware RAID controller running CentOS 3 The system will will sometimes run for a couple of weeks, then simply lock up -- nothing on the console, no response to pings, no "caps-lock" lights, no kernel panic indicators, nothing in the logs to indicate the problem. Other times the machine may lock up three times in one day. At the last call to me he did report that the hard drive lights flicker every once in a while during one of the systems catatonic states, but other than that there was no indication of life. We have been in contact with IBM servicce and have run their hardware tests, which perform flawlessly. We have now come to the point where they claim that "CentOS is not a supported OS" and even though they acknowledge CentOS as a RHEL clone, they argue that there is no support path for them to follow to pursue possible software problems. The system owner is ready to buy RHEL, just to get service on his machine, but I am wondering -- how difficult is it to convert from CentOS to RHEL? Is it similar to the conversion from RHEL to CentOS or from WBEL to CentOS? I would like to avoid a complete reload. Does anyone else have any suggestions? TIA, Barry

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gcc, libkrb4 problem
by Troy Engel 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

I'm trying to recompile the source RPM from the FC3 version of cvs (http://ayo.freshrpms.net/fedora/linux/3/i386/SRPMS.updates/cvs-1.11.17-4.sr…) as the version shipped on RHEL/CentOS/etc has a known bug (version 1.11.2-unix "cvs watch on" doesn't work). The initial configure is failing with this obscure error: configure:2257: checking for C compiler default output file name configure:2260: gcc -I/usr/kerberos/include/kerberosIV -I/usr/kerberos/include/kerberosIV conftest.c -lkrb4 -ldes425 -lk5crypto >&5 /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lkrb4 collect2: ld returned 1 exit status The file(s) do indeed exist in /usr/kerberos/lib, and that path is in my /etc/ld.so.conf (re-ran /sbin/ldconfig just in case). The strange thing here is that it also fails on RHES3 with the same error -- krb4 libs and .so symlinks are all fine, it's in the ld.so.conf. While apparently a RHES3 buglet of some sort, was wondering if anyone could pass on some knowledge or things to try. I have some developers wanting to use cvs watch on, cvs server runs CentOS. :-/ thanks for any help! -te -- Troy Engel | Systems Engineer Fluid, Inc | http://www.fluid.com

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHBA-2004:503-20 Updated sysstat package Files available: sysstat-5.0.5-14.21as.i386.rpm sysstat-isag-5.0.5-14.21as.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 School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHSA-2005:069-01 Updated perl-DBI package fixes security issue Files available: perl-DBI-1.18-3.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 School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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CentOS-2 errata
by John Newbigin 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

The following errata for CentOS-2 have been built and uploaded the the centos mirror: RHSA-2005:039-01 Updated enscript package fixes security issues Files available: enscript-1.6.1-16.5.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 School of Information Technology Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia http://www.it.swin.edu.au/staff/jnewbigin

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how to autoload modules on boot
by Alexander Georgiev 02 Feb '05

02 Feb '05

Hi, I want to autoload ide-scsi.o on each boot. In debian there is a file /etc/modules in which I can iclude the names of the modules that are to be loaded at boot time As I remember in gentoo there was a similar /etc/modules.auto or something ... is there an appropriate place in a redhat distribution or I should write my own rc script? sasoon

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata : Updated enscript package fixes security issues
by Tru Huynh 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-039.html refers Updated files are :- updates/x86_64/RPMS/enscript-1.6.1-24.4.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/SRPMS/enscript-1.6.1-24.4.src.rpm To update run 'yum update enscript' Tru Huynh -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata : Updated CUPS packages fix security issue
by Tru Huynh 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-049.html refers Updated files :- updates/x86_64/RPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.24.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.24.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.24.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/RPMS/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.24.i386.rpm updates/x86_64/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.24.src.rpm To update run 'yum update cups' Tru Huynh -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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CentOS-3 x86_64 errata : Updated perl-DBI package fixes security issue
by Tru Huynh 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-069.html refers Updated files are :- updates/x86_64/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.32-9.x86_64.rpm updates/x86_64/SRPMS/perl-DBI-1.32-9.src.rpm To update run 'yum update perl-DBI' Tru Huynh -- http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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CentOS-3 i386 errata : Updated enscript package fixes security issues
by Lance Davis 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-039.html refers Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/enscript-1.6.1-24.4.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/enscript-1.6.1-24.4.src.rpm To update run 'yum update enscripts' Lance

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CentOS-3 i386 errata : Updated CUPS packages fix security issue
by Lance Davis 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-049.html refers Updated files :- updates/i386/RPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.24.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/cups-devel-1.1.17-13.3.24.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/cups-libs-1.1.17-13.3.24.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/cups-1.1.17-13.3.24.src.rpm To update run 'yum update cups' Lance

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CentOS-3 i386 errata : Updated perl-DBI package fixes security issue
by Lance Davis 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005-069.html refers Updated files are :- updates/i386/RPMS/perl-DBI-1.32-9.i386.rpm updates/i386/SRPMS/perl-DBI-1.32-9.src.rpm To update run 'yum update perl-DBI' Lance

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by Melinda Odom 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Hi, I have just changed OS'es from ES3 to CentOS. Is this the correct list to find out about updates available for centOS? With ES3 I received an update email with the regular and security updates available and would run up2date. Now, I have yum and am not familiar with how updates are sent about centOS. Thanks! Sincerely, Melinda Odom www.designhosting.biz 479-471-0891 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.3 - Release Date: 1/31/2005

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Updates to CentOS-4Beta
by Johnny Hughes 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

1. There are updates to CentOS-4Beta for the i386 and x86_64 arches. The following RPMS have been changed: a. createrepo-0.4.2-1.noarch.rpm - This is an update from the upstream maintainer. b. yum-2.1.13-1.c4.noarch.rpm - This is an update from the upstream maintainer. c. firefox-1.0-6.centos4.3.i386.rpm - The original build did not strip the library files of unnecessary symbols, causing the library files to be up to 3x the normal size. This rebuild properly stripped the library files. The following mozilla based files had the same library files strip issue: mozilla-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-chat-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-devel-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-dom-inspector-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-js-debugger-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-mail-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nspr-devel-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nss-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm mozilla-nss-devel-1.7.5-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm thunderbird-0.8.0-9.centos4.1.i386.rpm d. up2date-4.3.53-1.src.rpm was released on the RHN channel for RHEL4- Beta2 prior to the channel closing. up2date-4.3.53-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm and up2date-gnome-4.3.53-1.centos4.2.i386.rpm were created from that source as upgrades to the original up2date used. e. redhat-artwork-0.120-1.1E.centos4.1.i386.rpm and redhat- logos-1.1.22-1.centos4.1.noarch.rpm were upgraded to include better quality CentOS logos. 2. The yum grouplist, groupinstall, groupupdate features have been added to the CentOS-4Beta repositories. Here are some links that explain how to use the yum group features: http://fedoranews.org/tchung/yum-groupinstall/ http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/printthread.php?t=25880 http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/General/yum_HOWTO/yum_HOWTO/yum_HOWTO-11.html Thank you, Johnny Hughes CentOS-4 Project Lead

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PXE boot Centos 4.0beta problems
by Alan Sparks 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Has anyone yet tried PXE booting the vmlinuz/initrd.img set from Centos 4.0beta2? I have a pxelinux setup that is booting 3.4 PXE images fine, but the equivalent setup for 4.0beta loads the kernel and then splashes the monitor full of multicolor random characters. Not a good start to an install... Anyone had luck? Any changes for PXE boots known for 4.0? Thanks in advance. -Alan

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modprobe and modules not found
by Robert Hanson 01 Feb '05

01 Feb '05

Greetings, test server: 1.8 MHz Intel P4 D865PERL Intel MB w/ built in 10/100 NIC, sound etc. I’ve loaded CentOS 3.3 – yum upgraded to 3.4 I am used to “much older” Linux kernel/distributions i.e. like 1.2.13 and early 2.x stuff. I humbly ask why these modules are not found in the distribution. Please point me to where I get them and associated instructions please. I am sure I am looking in the wrong place(s). --------------------- ModProbe Begin ------------------------ Can't locate these modules: sound-service-1-0: 2 Time(s) sound-service-0-0: 1 Time(s) sound-slot-1: 2 Time(s) char-major-188: 1 Time(s) ---------------------- ModProbe End ------------------------- Thanks in advance and apologies for bringing such an annoyingly simple problem to the list. - rh -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.8.2 - Release Date: 1/28/2005

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cryptoloop enabled losetup package
by Alexander Georgiev 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hi, I have a legacy AES excrypted file system with a 256 key size. RHEL kernel is cryptoloop enabled but the losetup package is not. It needs additional patch. Does anybody have a patched losetup rpm I could use? Thank you! A. Georgiev

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Error unmounting ?
by UnIData 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

When i shutdown my computer i see the following message: Unmounting file systems: umount2: Device or resource busy umount: /var: device is busy What is the error ??? I install centos 3.4 on i386. Thanks for help

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x86_64 timer resolution in ping results
by Simon Garner 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hi, There seems to be a problem with the timer resolution on x86_64. This is clear in ping results - I don't know if it's just a ping problem or if it manifests elsewhere as well. It does also affect mtr and traceroute times. I guess it's more a kernel issue than a CentOS problem, but is anyone else seeing the same? Ping results have a resolution of 10ms - so a ping <10ms shows as 0.000ms... --- On an Opteron machine running CentOS-3.4 --- # uname -a Linux omega.xxx 2.4.21-27.0.2.ELsmp #1 SMP Wed Jan 19 11:28:26 CST 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # ping 192.168.1.200 PING 192.168.1.200 (192.168.1.200) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.200: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.200: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.200: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.200: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.200: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.000 ms --- 192.168.1.200 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4000ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.000/0.000/0.000/0.000 ms, pipe 2 # ping google.com PING google.com (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=230 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=220 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=220 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=240 time=230 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=240 time=230 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=240 time=220 ms --- google.com ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5050ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 220.006/225.006/230.006/5.000 ms, pipe 2 ---- Expected result: On an i686 machine running CentOS-3.3 ---- # ping 192.168.1.202 PING 192.168.1.202 (192.168.1.202) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.1.202: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=0.094 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.202: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.059 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.202: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.070 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.202: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.057 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.1.202: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.068 ms --- 192.168.1.202 ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4016ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.057/0.069/0.094/0.016 ms, pipe 2 # ping google.com PING google.com (216.239.39.99) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=240 time=201 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=240 time=203 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=240 time=201 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=240 time=202 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=240 time=201 ms 64 bytes from 216.239.39.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=240 time=201 ms --- google.com ping statistics --- 6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5049ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 201.044/201.939/203.012/0.926 ms, pipe 2 Kind regards, -Simon

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upgrade RH9?
by Edward J. Weinberg 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Can you upgrade RH9 to Centos, or do you have to do a complete install? Is there an iso with a .ks file on it to do a remote install?

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Whitebox to CentOS upgrade
by first last 31 Jan '05

31 Jan '05

Hi everyone, I have a home computer that I use to develop on, which it is running Whitebox 3.0. I have copied all the required CentOS 3.4 RPMs to /RPM, created a new yum repository and then updated, but when I try to upgrade, it fails on a "recursive dependency on glibc". Is there any way I can force that dependency? Would it be easier to upgrade to 4.0 using Anaconda? Thanks for all the work Gabriel ___________________________________________________________ ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - all new features - even more fun! http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com

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Release Announcement CentOS 3.4 x86_64
by donavan nelson 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The CentOS Team is pleased to announce the official release of CentOS 3.4 for x86_64 and EM64T. This release includes all RHEL 3 updates (for U4) and errata up to January 19th, 2005. New ISO images are available as well as an installable DVD edition. In addition this release is available via BitTorrent. Please visit the following page for complete release information, torrent links, upgrade notes, and more. http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=56 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFB+na7CRFXD+VcGBkRAnsiAJ48N5PF11WAPIB+32ayBtwa4muguwCaAmuT tAjmNVpPSLiyQk9BEn0r914= =Q5KO -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Apcupsd UPS monitoring
by Nigel Kendrick 28 Jan '05

28 Jan '05

Having some fun with the APC monitoring daemon (apcupsd) - I've installed the Whitebox rpm and it runs OK but I cannot communicate with the UPS on ttyS0 or ttyS1. I'm using a supported cable (according to the utility's Web site). I've followed the troubleshooting tips on the app's Web site with no luck - the only bit that I can't resolve is it recommends disabling logins on ttySn - how's this done as I can't find any notes on the site or via a google search. Does anyone have any experience of this utility - and any tips? Thanks Nigel Kendrick

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