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gconftool
by Jerry Geis 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 11:44 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: >/ On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:36 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: />/ > On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:54 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: />/ > > I am using gconftool to set a number of parameters up automatically... />/ > > However, the one parameter I cannot find is under root />/ > > you should be able to set the "automatic login" on first boot up. />/ > > />/ > > This found under "Applications", "System settings", "Login screen", then />/ > > automatic login. />/ > > />/ > > Can someone point me to that setting? />/ > > />/ > You can't automatically login as root ... as that would be extremely />/ > unsafe and a very, Very, VERY bad thing to do :) />/ > _______________________________________________ />/ />/ >In fact, it is my opinion (I know, but I thought I would share my />/ >opinion in this case) that one should never even login to the GUI screen />/ >as root at all. But that is enabled by default upstream (so it is not />/ >changed in CentOS) and you can login as root to gnome or KDE if you />/ >want ... it is disabled on all my machines so that root can not login to />/ >the GUI. />/ />/ />/ John, />/ />/ Sorry for the missunderstanding... I am not trying to have root auto login. />/ I am trying to auto login a differnet user. />/ />/ I was just pointing out that root had to set that setting up. The user cannot do that... />/ Sorry for the confusion. />/ />/ / >AH ... much better :) >If you open what you said ... >"Applications" -> "System settings" -> "Login screen" >then on there is a "Automatic Login" section under the "General Tab" ... >at least for CentOS 4. John, I realize I can change the setting there using the mouse to select the applications, system setting login screen, etc... (i am also using 4.2) - however, I wish to do this with gconftool on the command line. When I setup a machine I do not want to take the time to set it up using the mouse. just run a quick command that uses gconftool to do it along with other things.... Jerry

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gconftool
by Jerry Geis 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

I am using gconftool to set a number of parameters up automatically... However, the one parameter I cannot find is under root you should be able to set the "automatic login" on first boot up. This found under "Applications", "System settings", "Login screen", then automatic login. Can someone point me to that setting? THanks, Jerry

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rsync to a port other than 22
by Ed Morrison 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

I am trying to use rsinc to tranfer my ftp directory from one server to another. I have port 22 closed off due to port knocking and I am trying to direct rsync to use another port. Unfortunately I can't seem to get it to use the specified port. Here is my command, if someone could point out my error I would appreciate it: rsync -avr --port=XXX xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:/var/ftp /var/ftp The error this generates is: ssh: connect to host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx port 22: Connection refused rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver] rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(359) Thanks, Ed

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gconftool
by Jerry Geis 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:36 -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: >/ On Mon, 2005-12-12 at 10:54 -0500, Jerry Geis wrote: />/ > I am using gconftool to set a number of parameters up automatically... />/ > However, the one parameter I cannot find is under root />/ > you should be able to set the "automatic login" on first boot up. />/ > />/ > This found under "Applications", "System settings", "Login screen", then />/ > automatic login. />/ > />/ > Can someone point me to that setting? />/ > />/ You can't automatically login as root ... as that would be extremely />/ unsafe and a very, Very, VERY bad thing to do :) />/ _______________________________________________ / >In fact, it is my opinion (I know, but I thought I would share my >opinion in this case) that one should never even login to the GUI screen >as root at all. But that is enabled by default upstream (so it is not >changed in CentOS) and you can login as root to gnome or KDE if you >want ... it is disabled on all my machines so that root can not login to >the GUI. John, Sorry for the missunderstanding... I am not trying to have root auto login. I am trying to auto login a differnet user. I was just pointing out that root had to set that setting up. The user cannot do that... Sorry for the confusion. Jerry

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Netcard don't up
by Adriano Frare 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Dear Friends I have 2 netcards (eth0 to Internet and eth1 to internal network) in CENTOS 4.2, bit when I boot system the up eth0 and et1i [OK]. When I run ifconfig the eth1 has not IP configure, then I run command ifdown eth1 and ifup eth1, after eth1 is work perfect. Below I show file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 # Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt # for the documentation of these parameters. IPV6INIT=no ONBOOT=yes USERCTL=no PEERDNS=yes TYPE=Ethernet DEVICE=eth1 HWADDR=00:60:08:3e:0a:d1 BOOTPROTO=none NETMASK=255.255.255.0 IPADDR=192.168.1.1 and route-eth1 GATEWAY0=192.168.1.1 NETMASK0=255.255.255.0 ADDRESS0=192.168.1.0 When I run ifup eth1 , follow messages show me. ifup eth1 RTNETLINK answers: File exists When I run command route -n , follow messages show me. # route -n 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 eth1 But I don't know net 169.254.0.0. Thanks Adriano

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CENTOS3.6: taskset crash
by Castello, Jean-pierre (TS/Linux-HPC) 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hello I am using memtester V4.0.5 on x86_64 arch (4x PROC-4GB total) and it works fine. When I want to launch it on only one CPU with the taskset cmd the machine crashes. here is the cmd i am using taskset 0x00000002 ./memester 1000 known issue ? Thanks Jean-Pierre

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Cdrecord problems
by Dexter Stowers 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hi, I am having problems with cdrecord. Here is my information from scanbus: [root@Eurisko3 ~]# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord-Clone 2.01-dvd (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 Jörg Schilli ng Note: This version is an unofficial (modified) version with DVD support Note: and therefore may have bugs that are not present in the original. Note: Please send bug reports or support requests to http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ bugzilla Note: The author of cdrecord should not be bothered with problems in this versio n. scsidev: 'ATA' devname: 'ATA' scsibus: -2 target: -2 lun: -2 Linux sg driver version: 3.5.27 Using libscg version 'schily-0.8'. cdrecord: Warning: using inofficial libscg transport code version (schily - Red Hat-scsi-linux-sg.c-1.83-RH '@(#)scsi-linux-sg.c 1.83 04/05/20 Copyright 1997 J. Schilling'). scsibus1: 1,0,0 100) 'SAMSUNG ' 'CDRW/DVD SM-308B' 'T100' Removable CD-ROM 1,1,0 101) * 1,2,0 102) * 1,3,0 103) * 1,4,0 104) * 1,5,0 105) * 1,6,0 106) * 1,7,0 107) * Is there something that I am missing here? I do not have problems burning iso's with my Solaris box at the office. Thanks! -- Dexter Desire is the ingredient that changes the hot water of mediocrity to the steam of outstanding success. It's the ingredient that enables a person with average ability to successfully compete with those who have far more. Ability is important--dependability is critical! See You At The Top

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building a new kernel, problems booting without initrd
by Richard Hubbell 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Hello all, Grabbed a new kernel (from kernel.org) to build a custom kernel but it won't boot. I followed the directions at redhat to setup a box without initrd (which I don't want and don't need to use). But the system hangs. Has anyone built a custom kernel without using initrd? I'm using CentOS 4.2. It hangs at or after "Freeing unused memory" Thanks. excerpt from the page: (http://fedora.redhat.com/docs/udev/) Udev without initrd Install Fedore Core as usual and reboot. Execute the following commands mkdir /tmp/dev mount --move /dev /tmp/dev sbin/MAKEDEV null console zero mount --move /tmp/dev /dev Install your kernel without an initrd. Reboot. You will get some SELinux errors, and syslogd will not work as expected.

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bacula on centos
by Dustin Krysak 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

Are there any known issues with using bacula with centos 4.2? How about a recipe of some kind? Thanks in advance! dnk

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rsync and passwords
by Todd Cary 12 Dec '05

12 Dec '05

To synchronize my server with the "standby" server, I run the following: rsync -a -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/ As expected, I am asked for a password from the destination computer. Is there a way to avoid that so I can make a crontab to run the rsync nightly? Todd -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (707) 773-4523

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