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md5 passwords?
by Scott Ehrlich 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

On a C4.4 system, I want to add md5 passwords for the grub boot menu to prevent users from making selections other than the default boot options. I also want to add md5 passwords when attempting single user mode boots (may be answered by first request). The same for C5 systems. Thanks. Scott

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Out of disk space at 2 GB?
by Scott Ehrlich 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

On an ext3 filesystem, what would cause the system to claim it is out of disk space for a program writing information to disk, when df -h shows ample GB available and the file is being written to local disk rather than an nfs-mounted filesystem? I believe the hard drive is good. Ideas welcome. Thanks. Scott

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CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 35, Issue 4
by centos-announce-request＠centos.org 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

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-2008:0032 Important CentOS 3 i386 libxml2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 2. CESA-2008:0032 Important CentOS 3 x86_64 libxml2 - security update (Tru Huynh) 3. CESA-2008:0039 Moderate CentOS 3 i386 postgresql - security update (Tru Huynh) 4. CESA-2008:0039 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 postgresql - security update (Tru Huynh) 5. CESA-2008:0032 Important CentOS 3 ia64 libxml2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 6. CESA-2008:0039 Moderate CentOS 3 ia64 postgresql - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 7. CESA-2008:0032 Important CentOS 4 ia64 libxml2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 8. CESA-2008:0038 Moderate CentOS 4 ia64 postgresql - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 9. CESA-2008:0032 Important CentOS 3 s390(x) libxml2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 10. CESA-2008:0032 Important CentOS 4 s390(x) libxml2 - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 11. CESA-2008:0039 Moderate CentOS 3 s390(x) postgresql - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) 12. CESA-2008:0038 Moderate CentOS 4 s390(x) postgresql - security update (Pasi Pirhonen) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2008 15:30:01 +0100 From: Tru Huynh <tru(a)centos.org> Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2008:0032 Important CentOS 3 i386 libxml2 - security update To: centos-announce(a)centos.org Message-ID: <20080111143001.GA18937(a)sillage.bis.pasteur.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2008:0032 libxml2 security update for CentOS 3 i386: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0032.html The following updated file has been uploaded and is currently syncing to the mirrors: i386: updates/i386/RPMS/libxml2-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libxml2-devel-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm updates/i386/RPMS/libxml2-python-2.5.10-8.i386.rpm source: updates/SRPMS/libxml2-2.5.10-8.src.rpm You may update your CentOS-3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update libxml2\* Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B

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PHP 5.2.5 when ?
by Santa Claus 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

Hi >> When (some) expected rpm package for the upgrade php to version 5.2.5(CentOS4) ? >ummm ... the answer is probably never. It is not clear why Red Hat (and CentOS too), so weak responds to changes of important packages. In this case the question: how to upgrade to PHP 5.2.5 correctly? 1. make ... etc. 2. or go search rpms/rpm in private repositories (for example: http://www.jasonlitka.com/2007/11/16/upgrading-to-php-525-on-rhel-and-cento… )? -- wbr

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How do I change the default media player from Totem to <anything-else>?
by MHR 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

On CentOS 5.1 (and before), the default player for CD and DVD media is Totem, despite the fact (?) that it doesn't handle a whole bunch of media very well (i.e., can't play them at all) by default. Unfortunately, this is not one of the preferred applications controllable from that applet (it only does browser, email and terminal emulator. I'd like to change what plays the CDs and DVDs by default to something else. I tried a google on this, but nothing relevant showed up. Any suggestions? (Or is this a GNOME questions?) Thanks. mhr

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Syslog timezone issue
by Bart Schaefer 12 Jan '08

12 Jan '08

We recently upgraded (as in, backup, reinstall, selective restore) a couple of servers from CentOS-3.9 to CentOS-5.1. This generally went smoothly but we've encountered one confusing problem with syslog. Under CentOS-3, syslog entries were always dated in the host local timezone. With CentOS-5.1, they're dated in UTC *most* of the time, but occasionally in the local timezone. This has seriously confused a couple of our homegrown process monitoring scripts. The cron, secure, and maillog logs are all consistently in the local timezone ... it's only /var/log/messages that wanders around. It appears that any given process is consistent about which timezone it uses, but there's no obvious reason why any particular process gets the local zone vs. UTC. For example, we have a couple of long-running daemons that fork children to handle network requests, and although the parent daemon consistently logs in one timezone, its forks (which do not even do an exec, so they should be identical to the parent) randomly switch to the other timezone. What we'd like is for the local timezone always to be used as it was before. What configuration option or whatever, have we missed?

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Centos 5 Samba File Server dropping files
by J 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

Twice I've gotten the report that a user has attempted to move a folder of many files up one level, and all of the files disappeared. Searching for the files in the share proves that they aren't there any more, nor are they where they should have been moved to. I desperately need to find the cause of this. Has anyone else seen this happen on their file server? The samba log file doesn't appear to be any help. It just shows that some files were opened and closed. The second user that I got this report from is a competent user. From the Windows' client side, no error is generated. They are just moved into a void. I'm using Centos 5, smbclient Version 3.0.23c-2.el5.2.0.2 Any help is greatly appreciated! As you might imagine, a file server dropping folders of files into the ether is a cause for concern. I don't think the answer is in the samba config file (It works fine under all other circumstances), but here it is, just in case: [global] workgroup = platinum server string = Receptionist security = user hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.0. 127. ; load printers = yes ; printing = cups cups options = raw log level = 2 log file = /var/log/samba/%m.log max log size = 50 interfaces = lo eth0 os level = 33 ;preferred master = yes ; wins support = yes wins server = 192.168.1.130 dns proxy = no username map = /etc/samba/smbusers veto files = /lost+found encrypt passwords = yes ; guest ok = no ; guest account = nobody [homes] comment = Home Directories browseable = no writeable = yes [netlogon] comment = Network Logon Service path = /misc2/shares/netlogon guest ok = yes browseable = No [network-resources] path = /misc2/shares/network-resources guest ok = no browseable = yes writeable = yes writelist = jae [printers] comment = All Printers path = /usr/spool/samba printable = yes guest ok = yes [win-profiles] path = /home/win-profiles browseable = yes writeable = yes # create mask = 0666 # directory mask = 0777 profile acls = yes csc policy = disable [FILE REPO] path = /misc2/FILE_REPO comment = "Restore files from here." write list = jae browseable = yes writeable = no guest ok = no [AllAccess] path = /misc2/shares/all.access comment = "No company sensitive files here." writeable = yes guest ok = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 3771 [SharePPSI] path = /misc2/shares/share.ppsi writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771 [Investor Statements] path = "/misc2/shares/share.ppsi/Investor Statements" writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771 write list = @investor-statements valid users = @investor-statements [Compliance] path = "/misc2/shares/share.ppsi/Compliance" writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771 [script] path = /misc2/shares/script comment = "" force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2770 write list = jae [script.data] path = /misc2/shares/script.data comment = "" writeable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 3771 [automail] path = /misc2/shares/automail comment = "Automatic mailing of text files" writeable = yes guest ok = no force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 3771 [forms] path = /misc2/shares/share.ppsi/forms writeable = yes browseable = yes force create mode = 0660 force directory mode = 2771

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Perhaps a Perl problem (Re: Syslog timezone issue)
by Bart Schaefer 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

On Jan 11, 2008 11:51 AM, Bart Schaefer <barton.schaefer(a)gmail.com> wrote: > It appears that any given process is consistent about which timezone > it uses, but there's no obvious reason why any particular process gets > the local zone vs. UTC. For example, we have a couple of long-running > daemons that fork children to handle network requests, and although > the parent daemon consistently logs in one timezone, its forks (which > do not even do an exec, so they should be identical to the parent) > randomly switch to the other timezone. It just occurred to me that these particular daemons are perl programs using Sys::Syslog, so maybe the problem is there. The forked children continue using the same Sys::Sylog object created by the parent, though, so that still leaves me wondering about the inconsistent timezone after the fork.

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commercial wireless access for linux
by Jerry Geis 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

All, I have need to put a centos 5.1 box on a commercial wireless access like verizon or sprint. Does anyone have or use with these services? Is that possible with linux? Do you get a static IP address with those cards? Thanks, Jerry

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remote desktop
by Jerry Geis 11 Jan '08

11 Jan '08

What is the difference between the GUI (system->Preferences->Remote Desktop) under centos 5.1 and editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf and adding the vnc in the modules section? Is one better than the other? Jerry

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