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Centos 5 and slocate
by Robert Moskowitz 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

What happened????? Where is slocate? what package did I not install? Or is there something newer and better?

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totem plugins/codecs
by Ioannis Vranos 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Has anyone managed to configure totem to playback DVDs etc? Currently I have installed xine for doing these.

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Regarding fork bomb in a CentOS 4.4 Server!
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Mike, I know if someone has root access to my server I'm dead!, but in this case a non-root user can take down your server if he just run just :(){ :|:& };: Ulimit -u get this: [israel@node1 ~]$ ulimit -u 3072 So, I change /etc/securitty/limit.conf and add this lines to limit to 100 process to users * soft nproc 100 * hard nproc 100 Now: [israel@node1 ~]$ ulimit -u 100 And a non-root user CAN NOT take down your server.. My last question is? Why is not CentOS configured by default to aboid this known thigs? Regards; Israel >I quicker way to take down a machine is this: ># dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/port bs=1M count=2 >Should take a little less than a second to kernel panic your machine. >As Jim mentioned, have a look at limits.conf to help fix your fork bomb >problem...just don't set it too low!! >(if someone has root access, they have *several* ways to take down your >machine, including 'reboot', and 'shutdown'...) >Cheers, >Mike >> -----Original Message----- >> From: centos-bounces at centos.org <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> >> [mailto:HYPERLINK "http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos"centos-bounces at centos.org <mailto:HYPERLINK> ] On Behalf Of >> israel.garcia at cimex.com.cu <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> >> Sent: April 24, 2007 3:26 PM >> To: centos at centos.org <http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos> >> Subject: [CentOS] Regarding fork bomb in a CentOS 4.4 Server! >> >> >> Hi again, I was reading from the net >> http://www.kriptopolis.org/node/4067 about a forkbomb and ran >> it from a root console in a non-critical machine running >> CentOS4.4 and the serevr goes down... the command I ran was >> :(){ :|:& };: > >> Please, does anyone knows how to aboid this on CentOS?

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OT: Tux500 Linux Marketing Program
by Max Hetrick 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I found this on my Newsforge newsletter this morning. A group has put together a marketing program attempting to get some cash together for Linux to get a sponsorship sticker on an Indy 500 car. CentOS is on the list of folks who have contributed. Only $25 so far. http://tux500.com/stats.php - Contributor list I thought it was a neat idea, plus it mentions CentOS. They look to have raised a little over $7,600 so far. They need at least $25,000 to even get a small sponsorship logo on a car. At any rate, I wanted to pass it along. Regards, Max -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGLfOzHoeeepPau2ERAoeTAKCP4OeG7zPDP2EcQ3oDwXp/QwZKMQCff5d5 z8jim3aSNylvkQomVh8zPrI= =bvFn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Regarding fork bomb in a CentOS 4.4 Server!
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi again, I was reading from the net http://www.kriptopolis.org/node/4067 about a forkbomb and ran it from a root console in a non-critical machine running CentOS4.4 and the serevr goes down... the command I ran was :(){ :|:& };: Please, does anyone knows how to aboid this on CentOS? regards, Israel

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Help making gnokii (cvs version) rpm for CentOS 5
by ArcosCom Linux User 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, I'm trying to package gnokii (using FC6 SRPM as base). I can build it without problems, my problem is that I want to upgrade it from CVS version. I download the cvs version (from cvs, because "current" tar.gz appears to be broken) but ... ¿How can I convert this CVS version to a "peseudo release" to make a diff from 0.6.14 and add the patch into the SOURCES? Thanks

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Upgrading from 4.4 to 5
by israel.garcia＠cimex.com.cu 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi, I have one centOS 4.4 with apache and some services. I want to upgrade to version 5 running: Yum -y -c /etc/yum.repos.d/base_centos upgrade Where the file bases_centos has: [base] name=CentOS-5 - Base baseurl=ftp://repository.mydomain/centos/5/os/i386 gpgcheck=0 timeout=1800 And, repository.mydomain is a mirror of mirror.centos.org It began to download all headers until I get this error: Error: Missing Dependency: libnewt.so.0.51 is needed by package crypto-utils Error: Missing Dependency: libnewt.so.0.51 is needed by package newt-perl Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies Error: Package initscripts needs kernel < 2.6.12, this is not available. Error: Package autofs needs kernel < 2.6.17, this is not available. Error: Package kudzu needs kernel < 2.6.13, this is not available. Error: Package hal needs kernel < 2.6.17, this is not available. Error: Package newt-perl needs libnewt.so.0.51, this is not available. Error: Package lksctp-tools needs kernel < 2.6.10, this is not available. Error: Package crypto-utils needs libnewt.so.0.51, this is not available. [root@node1 yum.repos.d]# Any ideas? Saludos, Israel

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Annoying Mouse Tricks
by Mark Weaver 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Hi All, Something that just has been annoying the daylights out of me for the past 9 months with no resolution in site. I've got a Hawking HKS 104 4 port KVM connecting my Linux workstation, 2 servers, and my wife's windows workstation to one monitor, mouse, and keyboard. No matter how I toggle back and forth whether by keyboard or directly on the device once I come back to the linux desktop scroll wheel on mouse no longer functions. Except for a brief time while running CentOS 4.4 it's always been this way. I've googled until there were just no more places left on the internet and searched through CentOS archives until I'd read everything from balls to bones without finding any helpful information. Does anyone have any ideas or thoughts on how a fella might resolve this? When I restart the machine (Linux) the scroll mouse works normally, that is until I toggle to the windows machine and back again or to one of the servers and back again. Then the mouse functions like a two button mouse not having a scroll wheel. I appear to be stuck in KVM hell with this. -- Mark "If you have found a very wise man, then you've found a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough to learn from his own stupidity." ============================================== Powered by CentOS5 (RHEL5)

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Olivier Castien/Roncq/Infofrance/FRA/TZG est absent.
by Olivier_Castien＠zieglergroup.com 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

Je serai absent(e) à partir du 23/04/2007 de retour le 01/05/2007. Je répondrai à votre message dès mon retour. En cas d'urgence, vous pouvez contacter l'équipe technique d'infofrance.

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switch to kde in centos5
by Jay 24 Apr '07

24 Apr '07

* switchdesk kde command does not work. WHat is an easy wath to switch to / from kde / gnome? Thanks -J *

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