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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 47, Issue 11
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

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. Political Spam sent through several CentOS mailing lists (Ralph Angenendt) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 01:13:09 +0100 From: Ralph Angenendt <ralph(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] Political Spam sent through several CentOS mailing lists To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20090129001309.GL74076(a)br-online.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" The CentOS team likes to offer an apology for the political spam mails which went through our mail servers earlier today. Due to the nature of mailing list software for public discussion groups, there aren't that many security measures which can be taken to check which mails are supposed to get through and which mails aren't. Total safety can only be had by a moderation of all lists - and that is not where we want to go. The spammer today faked the identity of a CentOS core developer and thus got through on all mailing lists. That these mails also got through the moderated centos-announce list was an oversight in the configuration of that list which has been fixed now. The CentOS team does not condone such behaviour and does not wish to support any political agenda through the mailing lists of the Project - in case you had wondered. Regards, Ralph Angenendt

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hdc: no DRQ after issuing MULTWRITE
by Robert Moskowitz 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

I have 3 OQOs with Centos and I frequently get the following error messages: Jan 28 13:18:07 oqo3 kernel: hdc: status timeout: status=0xd0 { Busy } Jan 28 13:18:07 oqo3 kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown Jan 28 13:18:07 oqo3 kernel: hdc: no DRQ after issuing MULTWRITE Jan 28 13:18:07 oqo3 kernel: ide1: reset: success I have Fedora 10 on a fourth unit and it NEVER gets this message. I should point out that originally I had Centos on this unit as well and it got these errors, so this seems to be something that Centos is having problems with that has been 'fixed' by FC10. Any idea what can be done? They seem to be more nuance that not, but if I am in init 3 mode and in VI and get one of these messages in the middle of editing some file, well, I typically :q! out and start over.....

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getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U with dual Opteron 248 HE
by RobertH 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

hi there. anyone have any tips on params to pass to the kernel etc in order to install Centos4 or Centos5 32bit or 64 bit installed on this unit i can get it close to install, yet no cigar. it is a tyan MB and ill try to get more info if needed... for this case, please assume for now that the hardware itself is not "bad" thanks in advance... - rh Rackable Systems Dual Opteron 2.0 GHz 1U Half-Depth Server General Features: No Server Operating System Dual AMD Opteron 246 HE (OSK246CMP5AU) 2.0 GHz processors 4 GB DDR RAM 120 GB IDE hard drive ATI Rage XL integrated video Broadcom BCM5704 Gigabit Ethernet Motherboard Features: AMD-8111 chipset One (1) PCI-X riser slot Eight (8) DDR DIMM sockets Front I/O Ports: Two (2) PS/2 ports One (1) 15-pin VGA port One (1) 9-pin serial port Two (2) USB ports Two (2) RJ-45 Ethernet jacks Case Features: 1U half-depth server chassis One (1) 3.5-inch drive bay Four rear cooling fans 400-watt power supply

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Knoppix won't let me write to emergency drive
by Anne Wilson 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

I appear to have lost the whole of my home directory on my centos server (which includes all my mail saved from the last 7 years). Although I have recent backups of most data I would like to copy important files from /etc, and, if possible, /var/logs so that I can try to find out what went wrong. However, knoppix refuses to let me write to either my usb hdd or usb pendrive. Does anyone know how to persuade it? Thanks Anne

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More than 2TB RAID...
by John Doe 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Hi, I just received a new server (HP DL180G5) with 12x 1TB HDs and I bumped into fdisks 2TB limits... Since this is an entry level server, I can't use the classic HP bootable utilities to create smaller volumes et can only create a big RAID6. I found out that: using parted, labelling it gpt and creating the partitions would do the trick. But, what about grub? I read that it does not support gpt... Or is there another way to do it? By example, do you think I could boot on a live CentOS, install HP RAID tools on it (is it possible?) and then create volumes...? Thx, JD

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Re: [CentOS] unsubscribe
by Michael Simpson 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

Miss Mailers anyone? <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/miss-mailers/> mike

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SELinux - null security context
by Rob Kampen 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

I'm seeing this every hour when the hourly cron job runs NULL security context for user, but SELinux in permissive mode, continuing () I've tried fixfiles but obviously I'm missing something.... Any SELinux gurus that can point me in the right direction? Thanks Rob

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Political Spam sent through several CentOS mailing lists
by Ralph Angenendt 29 Jan '09

29 Jan '09

The CentOS team likes to offer an apology for the political spam mails which went through our mail servers earlier today. Due to the nature of mailing list software for public discussion groups, there aren't that many security measures which can be taken to check which mails are supposed to get through and which mails aren't. Total safety can only be had by a moderation of all lists - and that is not where we want to go. The spammer today faked the identity of a CentOS core developer and thus got through on all mailing lists. That these mails also got through the moderated centos-announce list was an oversight in the configuration of that list which has been fixed now. The CentOS team does not condone such behaviour and does not wish to support any political agenda through the mailing lists of the Project - in case you had wondered. Regards, Ralph Angenendt

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ftp and iptables
by Agile Aspect 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Hi - I have a ftp server running version 2.0.7 of vsftpd on a CentSO 5.2 server using iptables behind a Linksys router. The setup works for UNIX machines on either side of the Linksys router. For the Windows machines it only works if they're behind the Linksys router - ftp does NOT work if they're outside the Linksys router. I'd like to solve two problems: (1) make ftp work for Windows clients outside the Linksys router and then ideally, if possible, (2) have ftp work for both active and passive connections and restrict those connections to use ports between 40000 to 60000 The ports 20,21 and 40000 to 60000 on the Linksys router are open, and vsftp is configured with the following options pasv_min_port=40000 pasv_max_port=60000 pasv_address=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx connect_from_port_20=NO The ftp entry automatically generated the system in /etc/sysconfig/iptables is -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 21 -j ACCEPT and to IPTABLES_MODULES entry in /etc/sysconfig/iptabes-config I've added ip_conntrack_ftp Enclosed are my iptables and vsftp.conf files (which might not make it to the list.) Regarding item (2), I would guess I would have to add the following entries: Active: --------- -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 20 --sport 40000:60000 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 20 --dport 40000:60000 -j ACCEPT Passive: ---------- -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 40000:60000 --sport 40000:60000 -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m tcp --sport 40000:60000 --dport 40000:60000 -j ACCEPT Adding these entries doesn't noticeably impact the vsftpd, i.e., the connections from the UNIX or Windows behaves identically - I just doubt if they're correct. Any help would be greatly appreciated! --- Article. VI. Clause 3 of the constitution of the United States states: "The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."

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gpg agent not running
by Anne Wilson 28 Jan '09

28 Jan '09

Can someone please remind me of the current approved way of starting gpg-agent at root? Thanks Anne

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