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turning old computer into wireless access point using CentOS and ??
by Robert Hanson 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

hello i thought i recently saw a thread here re: turning an older computer into a wireless access point and/or bridge etc using CentOS and some certain wireless cards?? does anyone recall or can you help me find that thread or URL please? ive found a coupla howto's yet just wanted to hit the list first before i wanted off into WAP land again... anyone here used any of the WAP howto's with CentOS? http://oob.freeshell.org/nzwireless/LWAP-HOWTO.html - rh -- Robert Hanson - Abba Communications Computer & Internet Services (509) 624-7159 - www.abbacomm.net

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Printing problem
by Jose Alburquerque 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hi. I've been running CentOS 4 since it was released (since 4.0). I did a fresh install and have kept it updated using up2date and yum so at present my system is running CentOS 4.2. I mostly use my system as a super-user and so I can mostly do everything without worrying too much about permissions. Not too long ago I created a "general" user account which is automatically logged in after a few seconds for others to have (limited) access to the system (default desktop is GNOME). Mostly everything works (ie. CD/DVD writing, sound, floppy access, etc.) But when it comes to printing, only a specific "lpr" at the command prompt (in a terminal) does the job. I've tried printing from mozilla, ggv and firefox without success. The funny thing is that an app such as gedit does print. (I'm guessing it's because gedit uses some sort of a2ps -> lpr combination). I have an Epson Stylus C82 connected via a USB cable and my system is running CUPS. Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks so much. Sincerely Jose Alburquerque

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PXE boot, Kickstart NFS install and %include...
by Will McDonald 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

I was just wondering how (or indeed if) people use the %include directive in Kickstart configuration files when building systems via NFS. I've been trying to modularise our Kickstart files a little to make things more readable, having generic defaults and role specific stuff split out into separate configs. I've tried this configuration... [root@archive kickstart]# cat centos4-install-ks.cfg # Kickstart to build default CentOS system # # $Id: centos4-install-ks.cfg,v 1.2 2006/03/13 14:21:32 root Exp root $ # # Setup kickstart defaults (keyboard, NFS server etc.) %include /opt/kickstart/include/kickstart.cfg # Setup partitions (mailstore specific) %include /opt/kickstart/include/disk.cfg # Package list to install %packages %include /opt/kickstart/include/packages.cfg %post # Setup /etc/hosts with required ip/name mappings (mailstore specific) %include /opt/kickstart/include/hosts.cfg # Setup CentOS Yum repository %include /opt/kickstart/include/centos4-yum.cfg # Add CentOS GPG key used to sign their RPM packages rpm --import /usr/share/doc/centos-release-4/RPM-GPG-KEY-centos4 # Setup Dag repository %include /opt/kickstart/include/dag4-yum.cfg # Setup users and their authorized_keys %include /opt/kickstart/include/users-and-keys.cfg # Setup secure SSHD configuration %include /opt/kickstart/include/secure-sshd.cfg # Setup Sudo %include /opt/kickstart/include/sudo.cfg # Setup Nagios Remote Plugin Execution %include /opt/kickstart/include/nagios-nrpe.cfg # Setup Bacula, /etc/bacula/bacula-fd.conf still needs to have the finalised # hostname entered manually :( (for now) %include /opt/kickstart/include/bacula.cfg # Install "standard" additional components yum -y install keychain bash-completion multitail webmin And a sample of one of the modular configs... [root@archive kickstart]# cat include/secure-sshd.cfg # Lock down sshd_config to only accept SSH2 keybased auth mkdir -p /etc/ssh/RCS ci -t-"Main SSHD configuration file." -u /etc/ssh/sshd_config co -l /etc/ssh/sshd_config cat <<EOF > /etc/ssh/sshd_config # # Main SSHD configuration file. # # \$Id\$ # # FILE UNDER RCS, DO NOT EDIT WITHOUT CHECKING OUT!!! Port 22 Protocol 2 HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key SyslogFacility AUTHPRIV PermitRootLogin without-password StrictModes yes PubkeyAuthentication yes AuthorizedKeysFile .ssh/authorized_keys IgnoreRhosts yes PasswordAuthentication no X11Forwarding yes EOF ci -m"Kickstart: Secured SSH configuration, locked down to keys-only config." -u /etc/ssh/sshd_config Which doesn't work, Anaconda runs and starting prompting for input as it would for a manual install. If I include everything pre-%post (IYSWIM) in the main Kickstart file then everything works as expected up till the %post %includes when Anaconda complains it can't find blah.cfg, presumably because it's not local. I could live with the body of Kickstart config in the main file and then manually NFS mount and reference the modular configs, if I have to, but I wondered is there a better method? I've Googled around a bit and found these threads from '02... https://www.redhat.com/archives/kickstart-list/2002-May/msg00184.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2005-October/msg00080.h… Which clarify what's going on but not really how people deal with %include and NFS. Will.

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Re: [CentOS] sshd hack
by Ron Yorston 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Scot L. Harris wrote: >My question >was, if the known_hosts file is hashed how do you identify the entry for >the particular host so it can be removed when needed? The warning message tells you the line number of the entry in the known_hosts file: Add correct host key in /home/rmy/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message. Offending key in /home/rmy/.ssh/known_hosts:22 RSA host key for localhost has changed and you have requested strict checking. Host key verification failed. Ron

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Using up2date to download channels on rhn
by carlopmart 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hi all, i have a problem with centos's up2date tool. I have setup a central update server with yam (http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/yam/) under CentOS-4. When yam calls t up2date to download updates, up2date returns this error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/yam", line 1099, in ? main() File "/usr/bin/yam", line 983, in main mirror(dist.repos[repo], srcdir, dist) File "/usr/bin/yam", line 632, in mirror mirrorrhn(url, path, dist) File "/usr/bin/yam", line 870, in mirrorrhn package_list, type = rpcServer.doCall(repos.listPackages, channel, None, None) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rpcServer.py", line 316, in doCall ret = apply(method, args, kwargs) File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/repoDirector.py", line 21, in listPackages return self.handlers[channel['type']].listPackages(channel, msgCallback, progressCallback) KeyError: 'up2date' How can I fix this?? Can up2date from centos download packages from rhn.redhat.com website? Thanks. --

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IMP 4.1 RPM's in extras?
by Aleksandar Milivojevic 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hi, I know everybody is probably bussy with polishing and preparing for release CentOS 4.3, however just wondering if there are any plans to package IMP 4.1 in extras one of these days? -- See Ya' later, alligator! http://www.8-P.ca/

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Installing CentOS SPARC
by Henry Rodriguez 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

I'm trying to install CentOS SPARC, but the problem comes after i make "ok boot cdrom", the machine starts to boot, but i get the below ouyput Environment monitoring: Disabled Executing last command: boot cdrom Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@d/cdrom@0,0:f File and args: SILO Version 1.4.9 \ boot: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel Uncompressing image... Loaded kernel version 2.6.9 Loading initial ramdisk (2051440 bytes at 0x3F802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)... \ Remapping the kernel... Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss ok After that it doesn't get any further, and i can not continue with the installation. Am i doing somethig wrong? Is it problem with the CD's? Thanks for the help.. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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List of updates in Update 3 ?
by Jim Smith 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

While update 3 was released last week, it looks like there are 40 or so packages updated. I dunno about squid, it is listed on http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html but the changelog is from October 2005 (unless it is an rhel only bug). audit-1.0.12-1.EL4.i386.rpm audit-libs-1.0.12-1.EL4.i386.rpm audit-libs-devel-1.0.12-1.EL4.i386.rpm bootparamd-0.17-21.RHEL4.i386.rpm chkconfig-1.3.13.3-2.i386.rpm evolution-2.0.2-27.i386.rpm evolution-connector-2.0.2-10.i386.rpm evolution-devel-2.0.2-27.i386.rpm file-4.10-2.EL4.3.i386.rpm gnome-pilot-conduits-2.0.12-4.EL4.i386.rpm initscripts-7.93.24.LEL-1.1.i386.rpm iputils-20020927-18.EL4.2.i386.rpm kernel-utils-2.4-13.1.80.i386.rpm librsvg2-2.8.1-1.el4.1.i386.rpm librsvg2-devel-2.8.1-1.el4.1.i386.rpm libsoup-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm libsoup-devel-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm libuser-0.52.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm libuser-devel-0.52.5-1.el4.1.i386.rpm netdump-0.7.14-4.i386.rpm netdump-server-0.7.14-4.i386.rpm ntsysv-1.3.13.3-2.i386.rpm openssh-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12.i386.rpm openssh-askpass-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12.i386.rpm openssh-askpass-gnome-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12.i386.rpm openssh-clients-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12.i386.rpm openssh-server-3.9p1-8.RHEL4.12.i386.rpm policycoreutils-1.18.1-4.9.i386.rpm procps-3.2.3-8.3.i386.rpm psacct-6.3.2-38.rhel4.i386.rpm selinux-policy-targeted-1.17.30-2.126.noarch.rpm selinux-policy-targeted-sources-1.17.30-2.126.noarch.rpm shadow-utils-4.0.3-60.RHEL4.i386.rpm sysstat-5.0.5-7.rhel4.i386.rpm udev-039-10.12.EL4.i386.rpm For those who may not already know :- http://www.redhat.com/archives/nahant-list/2006-March/msg00049.html Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of Update 3 for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 family of products including: - Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 for x86, AMD64/EM64T, Itanium, POWER, S/390 and zSeries - Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4 for x86, AMD64/EM64T, Itanium - Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4 for x86, AMD64/EM64T, Itanium - Red Hat Desktop 4 for x86 and AMD64/EM64T The errata page :- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rhel4as-errata.html __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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Centosplus & CentOS Extras, Enlarge your tent
by Jim Smith 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

I think Jim (the other one) is doing a marvellous job with extras and plus but he needs to expand the size of his tent. A sensible package policy in extras/plus repo will mean fewer temptations to install 3rd party repo's that can break your system. Some of the packages i would like to see are :- - MySQL 5 rpms - php 5 rpms (already provided) - Open Office 2.0 rpms - webmin - rkhunter - chkrootkit - tripwire - Adobe, Realplayer & Java plugins (though licensing might be a hindrance) - wine from winehq __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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CentOS 3 and probably missing gd package
by Petr Klíma 14 Mar '06

14 Mar '06

Hello In http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3/updates/SRPMS/ there is file gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.src.rpm but in http://mirror.centos.org/centos/3/updates/i386/RPMS/ there is no gd-1.8.4-12.3.1.i386.rpm as well as in all other architectures ... Is it OK ? I check several mirrors and the situation is the same thanks Petr Klíma e-mail: petr.klima(a)madeta-group.cz MADETA Group a.s. phone: +420 389 136 209 Rudolfovská 246/83 web: http://www.madeta-group.cz 370 50 České Budějovice Czech Republic

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