Re: [CentOS] NAS Storage server question
On Thu, 2009-06-18 at 15:28 +0200, Rainer Duffner wrote: > Coert Waagmeester schrieb: > > On Fri, 2009-06-12 at 22:59 +0200, Giuseppe Fuggiano wrote: > > > >> 2009/6/11 Coert Waagmeester : > >> > >>> Hello all, > >>> > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >>> At our office a have a server running 3 Xen domains. Mail server, etc. > >>> > >>> I want to make this setup more redundant. > >>> > >>> There are a few howtos on the combination of Xen, DRBD, and heartbeat. > >>> That is probably the best way. > >>> > >> I am using a combination of DRBD+GFS. Since v8.2, DRBD [1] can be > >> configured in dual-primary mode [2]. You can mount your local > >> partitions in r/w mode using a Distributed Lock Manager and GFS. It > >> works pretty well in my case, both my partitions are correctly > >> replicated at device block level. Please, note that with this > >> solution you have to configure a fence device to preserve the file > >> system integrity. The DRBD documentation contains everything you need > >> to realize this solution. > >> > >> [1] http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/ > >> [2] http://www.drbd.org/users-guide/s-dual-primary-mode.html > >> > >> Cheers > >> > > > > Hello, > > > > Thanks, I will give this a bash, trying to set up GFS now. (very hairy!) > > > > What is you guys opinion on OCFS and GlusterFS? Or am I better off > > sticking with GFS? > > > > > > > Have it setup by someone who knows what he's doing and who can bail you > out in case it goes boom. > > Otherwise, you just introduce another layer (or two) of complexity that > gives you no additional uptime over the one a simple-setup, solid server > from HP/IBM/Sun (or maybe even Dell) + a UPS will give you. > > What were your primary reasons for outages over the last two years? > > > Rainer > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos We have not really had major outages yet... Most of our stuff is already at least RAID 1 (even Windblows) I might just be a little too paranoid. I have decided that at first I will be going for the DRBD solution. With the current hardware I have it will be the easiest solution. Have any of you guys used GlusterFS or OCFS yet? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
Hi All, I would be lying if I said I am a newbie, but I am rusty so please bear with me. I am looking for a how-to for Redhat or Centos to remake the installation CD. First let me explain: I have an installation disc supplied to me, with centos 5.2 which has kickstart, post and pre installation scripts which run. The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). I have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need to load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not always able to drop his work and load servers. I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the kickstart file is read and run Is there a way to hack around this problem? Can anyone guide me through this process or give me a work around please. Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] NAS Storage server question
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Re: [CentOS] suggestions for installing CentOS 5 via USB?
From: Phil Schaffner > John Doe wrote: > ... > > Here's how I did my USB key (minus the kickstart part) but you need a linux > (in a VM or from the live CD)... > > And you will have to change devices names! > > Cool! Any problems with the bug mentioned in the release notes about > /boot being written to a USB key, or does that only happen with > diskboot.img? > > http://wiki.centos.org/Manuals/ReleaseNotes/CentOS5.3 > > "When using diskboot.img to install from a USB drive, anaconda tries to > install GRUB on the USB drive rather than on the local HDD. Removing the > USB drive after getting into the GUI (before the partitioning section) > works around this problem." > > Would you be interested in doing a Wiki article on this, or alternately, > would you approve if I used your material for one? > > I already took the liberty of posting the procedure as an answer to a > related thread on the Forum, with credit of course: > > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?viewmode=flat&topic_id=20641&forum=37 Hum, my bad... I am myself using a kickstart file and I forgot I had to use the following line in it (and I use HP raid controlers): bootloader --driveorder=cciss/c0d0,sda --location=mbr For the kickstart, I use the following: In syslinux/syslinux.cfg: append initrd=initrd.img ks=hd:sda2:/ks.cfg method=hd:sda2:/centos In /media/DATA/ks.cfg (in their respective sections): harddrive --partition=sda2 --dir=/centos ignoredisk --drives=sda bootloader --driveorder=cciss/c0d0,sda --location=mbr And, to be honest, I should not really get credit for this; I found most of the info on the web... ^_^ And I also reported earlier that: 1. My server HP does not seem to want to boot on a write protected USB key. 2. Anaconda tries to fetch the ks.cfg too early... If, once the detection is over (just 2-3 seconds later), I retry, it works. 3. There is an error message "cannot mount read/write, will mount read-only" (I like to write protect) JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
On 06/19/2009 08:33 AM, Chadley Wilson wrote: > The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). I > have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot > stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need to > load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not > always able to drop his work and load servers. > I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the kickstart > file is read and run > > Is there a way to hack around this problem? yes, dont bother with all this stuff - just setup a network boot environment with something like cobbler ( http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ ) and you are off. If you need cdrom support post-install, you can always use a %post stanza in your kickstart to get it into place. You will find its a lot easier to also import multiple distro's / versions's and share kickstarts, edit them - And remember, http installs are the fastest installs if you server is on the same lan. The _only_ time you ever need to really fiddle with the install media is when your network card drivers need tweaking :) - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS 5.3?
Maybe you can try an intel based USB or PCMCIA card for your son and give it a try. I had my CentOS 5.2 work with an Intel based card which was inbuilt on the Laptop. I believe with the new Kernel in CentOS 5.3 you should have a good chance of getting it to work. On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 3:38 PM, David McGuffey wrote: > Have decided to give up on the embedded Broadcom 4312 wireless device in > my son's Dell laptop. I get WEP open authentication to work, but > nothing else. I was about to dump the bcm43xx kernel module and the > bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmware and work with the newer b43 module and > associated firmware. However, he claims that at school, he has always > had intermittent problems with wireless under Vista and wants an > external device (USB or PCMCIA). > > So...if you had a clean slate, which make & model would you buy for > mindlessly easy installation and use under CentOS 5.3? > > Dave > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Karanbir Singh > Sent: 19 June 2009 11:32 AM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > > On 06/19/2009 08:33 AM, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). > I have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot > stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need > to load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not > always able to drop his work and load servers. > > I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the > kickstart file is read and run > > > > Is there a way to hack around this problem? > > yes, dont bother with all this stuff - just setup a network boot > environment with something like cobbler ( http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ > ) and you are off. If you need cdrom support post-install, you can > always use a %post stanza in your kickstart to get it into place. > > You will find its a lot easier to also import multiple distro's / > versions's and share kickstarts, edit them - And remember, http installs > are the fastest installs if you server is on the same lan. > > The _only_ time you ever need to really fiddle with the install media is > when your network card drivers need tweaking :) > > - KB [CW] Hi Karanbir, thanks for the input I just ran this past my HOD, the solution is good for us to load the servers in house and we are now planning to this, but it does not work for providing the customer with a CD... :( So it looks like I am in for the long haul. Good news is that I have started but am a bit stuck. I found this post in my searching, it's about what I was after :) http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=17988&forum=37&post_id=65458#forumpost65458 but I can't get the last step to work... that would be coping the initrd.img back to a ro fs? So how Robert got it working is beyond me. (anyone have any ideas for me?) I did mod his command from sudo mount -o loop to sudo mount -o loop -rw but still the fs is rw :( Having followed the above, I am sure I will get through Roberts post and work it out, but then I don't know the next step and need assistance in the step to rebuild the boot.iso and then the CD itself. I would assume that I would be using makeisofs. If anyone can help me with some docs or links on this I would appreciate it. Thanks Chadley Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
> -Original Message- > From: Chadley Wilson > Sent: 19 June 2009 12:28 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: RE: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > > > -Original Message- > > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Karanbir Singh > > Sent: 19 June 2009 11:32 AM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > > > > On 06/19/2009 08:33 AM, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > > The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). > > I have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot > > stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need > > to load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is > not > > always able to drop his work and load servers. > > > I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the > > kickstart file is read and run > > > > > > Is there a way to hack around this problem? > > > > yes, dont bother with all this stuff - just setup a network boot > > environment with something like cobbler ( http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/ > > ) and you are off. If you need cdrom support post-install, you can > > always use a %post stanza in your kickstart to get it into place. > > > > You will find its a lot easier to also import multiple distro's / > > versions's and share kickstarts, edit them - And remember, http installs > > are the fastest installs if you server is on the same lan. > > > > The _only_ time you ever need to really fiddle with the install media is > > when your network card drivers need tweaking :) > > > > - KB > [CW] Hi Karanbir, thanks for the input I just ran this past my HOD, the > solution is good for us to load the servers in house and we are now > planning to this, but it does not work for providing the customer with a > CD... :( So it looks like I am in for the long haul. Good news is that I > have started but am a bit stuck. > I found this post in my searching, it's about what I was after :) > > http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=17988&forum=37&p > ost_id=65458#forumpost65458 > > but I can't get the last step to work... that would be coping the > initrd.img back to a ro fs? > So how Robert got it working is beyond me. (anyone have any ideas for me?) > > I did mod his command from > sudo mount -o loop > to > sudo mount -o loop -rw > but still the fs is rw :( > > Having followed the above, I am sure I will get through Roberts post and > work it out, but then I don't know the next step and need assistance in the > step to rebuild the boot.iso and then the CD itself. I would assume that I > would be using makeisofs. If anyone can help me with some docs or links on > this I would appreciate it. > > Thanks > Chadley > [CW] My Apologies, I forgot to mention that I am not disassembling the diskboot.img for the USB drive, but rather boot.iso which I assumed is the iso that is loaded as a ram disc when you boot from the cd. Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
On 06/19/2009 11:27 AM, Chadley Wilson wrote: >> yes, dont bother with all this stuff - just setup a network boot >> environment > [CW] Hi Karanbir, thanks for the input I just ran this past my HOD, the > solution is good for us to load the servers in house and we are now planning > to this, but it does not work for providing the customer with a CD... :( So > it looks like I am in for the long haul. Good news is that I have started but > am a bit stuck. well, you can always just give the cutomer a USB key :) - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS 5.3?
David McGuffey wrote: > Have decided to give up on the embedded Broadcom 4312 wireless device in > my son's Dell laptop. I get WEP open authentication to work, but > nothing else. I was about to dump the bcm43xx kernel module and the > bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmware and work with the newer b43 module and > associated firmware. However, he claims that at school, he has always > had intermittent problems with wireless under Vista and wants an > external device (USB or PCMCIA). > For USB, you will almost for sure have to use the NDIS wrapper driver. I have not tried it, been shying away from it for at least a year now. I believe it is built into FC11, so will be part of Centos 6 at some date off in the future ;) PCMCIA or miniPCI is more promising. You can use the DKMS driver (?) for say madwifi, and be quite satisfied with the results. You say that the current wifi is 'builtin'. Is that on the board or a miniPCI? If the later, pull it out and put in something supported. > So...if you had a clean slate, which make & model would you buy for > mindlessly easy installation and use under CentOS 5.3? > > Dave > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Shell Script: Simple array usage = bad substitution?
Hey Guys n Gals;
I have some arrays that I can't seem to expand correctly (if that's
the correct word?), imagine the following example:
#!/bin/bash
myArray=("First" "Second" "Third")
First=("Monday" "Tuesdays" "Wednesday")
Second=("One" "Two" "Three")
Third=("A" "B" "C")
for ((i=0;i<${#myarr...@]};i++))
do
for ((k=0;k<${#${myarray[$i...@]};k++)) # < Things go bad here!
do
echo "${${myArray[$i]}[$k]}" # I understand this line
is won't work but it doesn't matter right now
done
done
So ultimatly we shall loop round each value in the myArray array and
print out the values in each array which has the same name as the
value in the myArray, array.
Where I have marked with a comment, the script stops with the error-
: bad substitution
I have looked on-line but I don't quite understand how I can correct
this? I have seen other people have this error for other problems but
not one like mine so I don't fully understand it? Can anyone explain
to me exactly what is going wrong and how I might correct it?
James ;)
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Re: [CentOS] suggestions for installing CentOS 5 via USB?
John Doe wrote: > From: Phil Schaffner ... > Hum, my bad... I am myself using a kickstart file and I forgot I had to use > the following line in it (and I use HP raid controlers): ... > And, to be honest, I should not really get credit for this; I found most of > the info on the web... ^_^ You certainly get credit for pulling it together, but I'm taking this as implicit permission and have created a Wiki page. If you prefer, I'll omit mention of "John Doe" there, but then I'm even more undeserving of credit for just documenting it, so will leave in the attribution unless you object. > And I also reported earlier that: ... OK will take all that into account. Thanks, Phil ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Shell Script: Simple array usage = bad substitution?
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:43 AM, James Bensley wrote:
> Hey Guys n Gals;
>
> I have some arrays that I can't seem to expand correctly (if that's
> the correct word?), imagine the following example:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> myArray=("First" "Second" "Third")
>
> First=("Monday" "Tuesdays" "Wednesday")
> Second=("One" "Two" "Three")
> Third=("A" "B" "C")
>
> for ((i=0;i<${#myarr...@]};i++))
> do
>for ((k=0;k<${#${myarray[$i...@]};k++)) # < Things go bad here!
>do
>echo "${${myArray[$i]}[$k]}" # I understand this line
> is won't work but it doesn't matter right now
>done
> done
>
> So ultimatly we shall loop round each value in the myArray array and
> print out the values in each array which has the same name as the
> value in the myArray, array.
>
> Where I have marked with a comment, the script stops with the error-
>
> : bad substitution
>
> I have looked on-line but I don't quite understand how I can correct
> this? I have seen other people have this error for other problems but
> not one like mine so I don't fully understand it? Can anyone explain
> to me exactly what is going wrong and how I might correct it?
>
How about this? Avoids the c=like for loop increments and just uses
the array elements for the next loop ...
#!/bin/bash
myArray=("First" "Second" "Third")
First=("Monday" "Tuesdays" "Wednesday")
Second=("One" "Two" "Three")
Third=("A" "B" "C")
for i in ${myarr...@]}; do
for k in ${i}; do
eval tmp=\${...@]}
echo ${TMP}
done
done
-Bob
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Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS 5.3?
At Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:38:03 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Have decided to give up on the embedded Broadcom 4312 wireless device in > my son's Dell laptop. I get WEP open authentication to work, but > nothing else. I was about to dump the bcm43xx kernel module and the > bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmware and work with the newer b43 module and > associated firmware. However, he claims that at school, he has always > had intermittent problems with wireless under Vista and wants an > external device (USB or PCMCIA). > > So...if you had a clean slate, which make & model would you buy for > mindlessly easy installation and use under CentOS 5.3? Most of the 'embeded' wireless cards are actually mini-PCI cards. If you could beg/borrow/steal an Intel ipw2100 or ipw2200 mini-PCI card and swap that in you would have a completly painless wifi solution. I don't know of any current model PCMCIA cards that will be as painless. You might find an older Prism-type card on E-Bay -- those cards are pretty close to painless. > > Dave > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software-- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows hel...@deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Yum Repo that has xcache
James Matthews wrote: > Hi, > > I am wondering where I can get a repo that has xcache. (Or if anyone has > any tips on a PHP optimizer) How about http://www.jasonlitka.com/yum-repository/ Looks to have XCache 1.2.2 -- Andrew ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
> > well, you can always just give the cutomer a USB key :) > > - KB [CW] Nope I am afraid we don't do business that way, it would be nice though... unfortunately I don't get to decide... Good news however I am testing my first rebuilt disc... Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Chadley Wilson > Sent: 19 June 2009 03:56 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > > > > > well, you can always just give the cutomer a USB key :) > > > > - KB > [CW] Nope I am afraid we don't do business that way, it would be nice > though... unfortunately I don't get to decide... > > > Good news however I am testing my first rebuilt disc... [CW] Does anyone here know where on the install disc the initrd-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.img is located? Is it in an rpm? which one? I got the cdrom driver loaded at install time with my new disc :) , so it install perfectly now, but the module is not available after install. I can't find the initrd img file and need some direction. I plan to dl the source rpm and patch it properly so not to worry. FYI - I know this is not the fun way of doing things, and I read many responses to other posts where the outcome is "But why do it that way?" there are two reasons why I am doing it the hard way. the first is for me, I want to learn how. The second is that we often have to add drivers to Linux systems to get them to install. So it is a necessary requirement for me to know how to do this. Your input on my above question would be greatly appreciated... TIA Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
Chadley, If I remember right yum can tell you what package contains what items. It has been a long time since I used it though admittedly. I think a "man yum|less" might give us the options. Larry Kemp U.S. Metropolitan Telecom, LLC Bonita Springs FL Email: larry.k...@usmetrotel.com -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chadley Wilson Sent: Friday, June 19, 2009 11:01 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Chadley Wilson > Sent: 19 June 2009 03:56 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > > > > > well, you can always just give the cutomer a USB key :) > > > > - KB > [CW] Nope I am afraid we don't do business that way, it would be nice > though... unfortunately I don't get to decide... > > > Good news however I am testing my first rebuilt disc... [CW] Does anyone here know where on the install disc the initrd-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.img is located? Is it in an rpm? which one? I got the cdrom driver loaded at install time with my new disc :) , so it install perfectly now, but the module is not available after install. I can't find the initrd img file and need some direction. I plan to dl the source rpm and patch it properly so not to worry. FYI - I know this is not the fun way of doing things, and I read many responses to other posts where the outcome is "But why do it that way?" there are two reasons why I am doing it the hard way. the first is for me, I want to learn how. The second is that we often have to add drivers to Linux systems to get them to install. So it is a necessary requirement for me to know how to do this. Your input on my above question would be greatly appreciated... TIA Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: This e-mail is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Pinnacle Technology Holdings any of it's divisions or affiliates. If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have this e-mail in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of it is strictly prohibited. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 05:00:53PM +0200, Chadley Wilson wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Chadley Wilson > > Sent: 19 June 2009 03:56 PM > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD > > > > > > > > well, you can always just give the cutomer a USB key :) > > > > > > - KB > > [CW] Nope I am afraid we don't do business that way, it would be nice > > though... unfortunately I don't get to decide... > > > > > > Good news however I am testing my first rebuilt disc... > [CW] Does anyone here know where on the install disc the > initrd-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.img is located? Is it in an rpm? which one? the one in /boot/... it's generated at install time by the anaconda installer, from the kernel-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.$arch.rpm and mkinitrd So you will need the re-run a mkinitrd after the %post install with the right argument... and if you can make anaconda recognize your hardware... Wouldn't it be faster to move to 5.3 (if your cdrom is supported?). > > I plan to dl the source rpm and patch it properly so not to worry. > > FYI - I know this is not the fun way of doing things, and I read many > responses to other posts where the outcome is "But why do it that way?" there > are two reasons why I am doing it the hard way. the first is for me, I want > to learn how. The second is that we often have to add drivers to Linux > systems to get them to install. So it is a necessary requirement for me to > know how to do this. http://dup.et.redhat.com/ http://www.kerneldrivers.org/RedHatKernelModulePackages > > Your input on my above question would be greatly appreciated... TIA > > Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: ... LOL ... Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B pgpqzdTaY7h0O.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Tru Huynh wrote: >> Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: > ... LOL ... > Tru Oh GREAT, first we reproduce his email without his company's consent, and NOW you make fun of the disclaimer They're going to sue us for sure now. We should probably try to head this off by refunding the purchase price.. :-P -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
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11. CEBA-2009:1099 CentOS 5 i386 iscsi-initiator-utils Update
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17. CEBA-2009:1092 CentOS 5 x86_64 xen Update (Karanbir Singh)
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20. CESA-2009:1095 Critical CentOS 5 x86_64 firefox Update
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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:44:15 +
From: Karanbir Singh
Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1106 Important CentOS 5 i386
kernel Update
To: centos-annou...@centos.org
Message-ID: <20090619094415.ga13...@tantra.karan.org>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1106 Important
Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1106.html
The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )
i386:
a3aedf0c518488c878b465ea984f4638 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
15122b569b2b978c00b33b8f0065610f kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
80b6496a72e6ffb7e54469b5af1473ee
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
bd31d3e8abbbf1711f6a3701798c8fa9 kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
7e3a9c4aff5e6fc712bcfcc98f3073b8 kernel-doc-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.noarch.rpm
b639aa17bff9b165ac61b68ce50abdea kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i386.rpm
dec59eec7dfae7023aa5b1e74ae8aa74 kernel-PAE-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
c1aa2eac4d953f4fbd5308dbd730851b kernel-PAE-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
99261409a695995d39c76158f79972ae kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
5f79a443a1ea747e7f600376d763021c kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.i686.rpm
Source:
16480aad18c3c61a54aae0a07cd1624b kernel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.src.rpm
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Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:44:16 +
From: Karanbir Singh
Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1106 Important CentOS 5 x86_64
kernel Update
To: centos-annou...@centos.org
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2009:1106 Important
Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1106.html
The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently
syncing to the mirrors: ( md5sum Filename )
x86_64:
3965aa222baa81d363c4256dce458b82 kernel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
0946f0a8254148a0247147b686ad5e31 kernel-debug-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
01f79aa85e09eea43bcfecc300b29a0a
kernel-debug-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
d6b3a5aa7063547d36d635cd696a9931 kernel-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
79f4287b8915908e7ca8a954225d8d01 kernel-doc-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.noarch.rpm
2d567f9845aecf8263720565137ca6f9 kernel-headers-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
fb4548536fa3b35e0d0d8d16b774a938 kernel-xen-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
419cf8e66f693ed0124ed2bc9dea6d1d
kernel-xen-devel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.x86_64.rpm
Source:
16480aad18c3c61a54aae0a07cd1624b kernel-2.6.18-128.1.14.el5.src.r
[CentOS] Does Cent OS Come With Any Kind Of Customer Portal Application(s)
Other than coding something yourself...does Cent OS come with any kind of portal application(s) that would allow remote users to purchase a domain name through me or log in and edit their domains settings and go active in my DNS? Has anyone set anything like this up before using Cent OS? The closest thing I can think of is a Register.com, GoDaddy.com, or Load.com type interface that customers can do it all from one HUD-type interface. I realize that some minor html and branding that would need to take place to give it that corporate look likely. Thanks. Larry Kemp ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] ssh security
Dear All, I have the following setup running perfectly OK for a long time CentOS release 5 (Final) sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5 MailScanner 4.76.25 bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 now i jus setup a centos box running BackupPC for backing up my my above mail server using ssh as per the instructions in backup pc site i had to enable sshd so i did it and everthing works perfect and backup works great as per my requirement but i notice that when i do a tail -f /var/log/secure i see the followin very often --- Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11073]: Invalid user jeka from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: input_userauth_request: invalid user jeka Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:07 kmdns1 sshd[11075]: Invalid user stat from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:07 kmdns1 sshd[11076]: input_userauth_request: invalid user stat Jun 19 16:26:08 kmdns1 sshd[11076]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:09 kmdns1 sshd[11077]: Invalid user nikonew from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:09 kmdns1 sshd[11078]: input_userauth_request: invalid user nikonew Jun 19 16:26:09 kmdns1 sshd[11078]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:10 kmdns1 sshd[11079]: Invalid user koval from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:10 kmdns1 sshd[11080]: input_userauth_request: invalid user koval Jun 19 16:26:11 kmdns1 sshd[11080]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:12 kmdns1 sshd[11081]: Invalid user smk from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:12 kmdns1 sshd[11082]: input_userauth_request: invalid user smk Jun 19 16:26:12 kmdns1 sshd[11082]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:14 kmdns1 sshd[11083]: Invalid user ksusha from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:14 kmdns1 sshd[11084]: input_userauth_request: invalid user ksusha Jun 19 16:26:14 kmdns1 sshd[11084]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:15 kmdns1 sshd[11085]: Invalid user jane from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:15 kmdns1 sshd[11086]: input_userauth_request: invalid user jane Jun 19 16:26:15 kmdns1 sshd[11086]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:17 kmdns1 sshd[11087]: Invalid user celeron from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:17 kmdns1 sshd[11088]: input_userauth_request: invalid user celeron Jun 19 16:26:17 kmdns1 sshd[11088]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Now both the Mail server and the backup pc server behind firewall and ssh protocol is denied to the hosts in the DMZ zone jus wondering how a outside user could try to ssh to my mail server. if i stop the sshd daemon i dont see any messages in my secure log file apprecite your addvice and help regards Fabian -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Does Cent OS Come With Any Kind Of Customer Portal Application(s)
Kemp, Larry wrote: > Other than coding something yourself...does Cent OS come with any kind of > portal application(s) that would allow remote users to purchase a domain > name through me or log in and edit their domains settings and go active in > my DNS? Has anyone set anything like this up before using Cent OS? The > closest thing I can think of is a Register.com, GoDaddy.com, or Load.com > type interface that customers can do it all from one HUD-type interface. I > realize that some minor html and branding that would need to take place to > give it that corporate look likely. Thanks. No, I'd be surprised if linux distro came with such a thing. CentOS comes with all of the platform components you might need for running such an app, but the app itself is not there. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
Cisco-Education wrote: > Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11073]: Invalid user jeka from 87.118.122.78 > Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: input_userauth_request: invalid user jeka > Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: Received disconnect from > 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye > Now both the Mail server and the backup pc server behind firewall and ssh > protocol is denied to the hosts in the DMZ zone doesn't look like it :-) check your firewall, ssh is definitely getting through to that mail server. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009, Cisco-Education wrote: >Dear All, > >I have the following setup running perfectly OK for a long time > >CentOS release 5 (Final) >sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5 >MailScanner 4.76.25 >bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 > >now i jus setup a centos box running BackupPC for backing up my my above >mail server using ssh as per the instructions in backup pc site >i had to enable sshd so i did it and >everthing works perfect and backup works great as per my requirement > >but i notice that when i do a > >tail -f /var/log/secure > >i see the followin very often [Normal log stuff from dictionary attack deleted...] This is common, and, presuming you have good passwords or only accept authorized_keys, not a real problem other than large log files. Look at fail2ban for a method that will automatically add iptables blocks when this occurs. Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax:(206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 "I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them."-- George Mason ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
In my opinion, the easiest way to handle this is to move the SSH ports. Then just pass the -p (port) option for logging in. While this is not bullet proof, it will stop 99.9% of Brute Force attempts. ~Ron Cisco-Education wrote: Dear All, I have the following setup running perfectly OK for a long time CentOS release 5 (Final) sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5 MailScanner 4.76.25 bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 now i jus setup a centos box running BackupPC for backing up my my above mail server using ssh as per the instructions in backup pc site i had to enable sshd so i did it and everthing works perfect and backup works great as per my requirement but i notice that when i do a tail -f /var/log/secure i see the followin very often --- Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11073]: Invalid user jeka from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: input_userauth_request: invalid user jeka Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:07 kmdns1 sshd[11075]: Invalid user stat from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:07 kmdns1 sshd[11076]: input_userauth_request: invalid user stat Jun 19 16:26:08 kmdns1 sshd[11076]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:09 kmdns1 sshd[11077]: Invalid user nikonew from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:09 kmdns1 sshd[11078]: input_userauth_request: invalid user nikonew Jun 19 16:26:09 kmdns1 sshd[11078]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:10 kmdns1 sshd[11079]: Invalid user koval from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:10 kmdns1 sshd[11080]: input_userauth_request: invalid user koval Jun 19 16:26:11 kmdns1 sshd[11080]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:12 kmdns1 sshd[11081]: Invalid user smk from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:12 kmdns1 sshd[11082]: input_userauth_request: invalid user smk Jun 19 16:26:12 kmdns1 sshd[11082]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:14 kmdns1 sshd[11083]: Invalid user ksusha from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:14 kmdns1 sshd[11084]: input_userauth_request: invalid user ksusha Jun 19 16:26:14 kmdns1 sshd[11084]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:15 kmdns1 sshd[11085]: Invalid user jane from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:15 kmdns1 sshd[11086]: input_userauth_request: invalid user jane Jun 19 16:26:15 kmdns1 sshd[11086]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Jun 19 16:26:17 kmdns1 sshd[11087]: Invalid user celeron from 87.118.122.78 Jun 19 16:26:17 kmdns1 sshd[11088]: input_userauth_request: invalid user celeron Jun 19 16:26:17 kmdns1 sshd[11088]: Received disconnect from 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye Now both the Mail server and the backup pc server behind firewall and ssh protocol is denied to the hosts in the DMZ zone jus wondering how a outside user could try to ssh to my mail server. if i stop the sshd daemon i dont see any messages in my secure log file apprecite your addvice and help regards Fabian ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Does Cent OS Come With Any Kind Of Customer Portal Application(s)
At Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:03:48 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Content-Language: en-US > > > Other than coding something yourself...does Cent OS come with any > kind of portal application(s) that would allow remote users to purchase > a domain name through me or log in and edit their domains settings and > go active in my DNS? Has anyone set anything like this up before using > Cent OS? The closest thing I can think of is a Register.com, > GoDaddy.com, or Load.com type interface that customers can do it all > from one HUD-type interface. I realize that some minor html and > branding that would need to take place to give it that corporate look > likely. Thanks. Short answer: no, long answer: What you are looking for is some sort of 'web portal'. This sort of software would NOT be Cent OS specific (or really even Linux specific). You should be able to do a Google Search for something like 'php portal' or 'html portal' or 'perl portal' or 'cgi portal', or similar search terms. Virtually anything would do. With the necessary extra software install, a jsp or even asp portal package would work as well. There are some admin control panel widgets out there, but most are for root-level administration, which is not what you want. I would be careful about giving your customers any sort of direct access to your DNS database -- it is way to easy for either your customers to make 'fatal' mistakes OR for hackers to break in and intentionall wreck things. You might want to contact the everydns.net people -- they have a web-based interface to their DNS database and they might be able to give you pointers on how to do this safely. I think some of the domain registars provide some plug and play HTML/JavaScript code to their resellers. This would take care of that end of it. > Larry Kemp > > > MIME-Version: 1.0 > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 Deepwoods Software-- Download the Model Railroad System http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Binaries for Linux and MS-Windows hel...@deepsoft.com -- http://www.deepsoft.com/ModelRailroadSystem/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Time to sync (NOT a complaint)
Is anyone else seeing this situation? I subscribe to the announce digest, and for the last four or five announcements that contained updates to CentOS 5, I've been unable to get a successful run of yum update for as much as 24 hours after the announcement. The last time around, I tried at about 5 hours after the posting, and yum couldn't see anything. I ran yum clean all, and yum update still couldn't see anything. In general, if I wait a day, the updates load just fine, but that just feels wrong. I do have the fastestmirror plugin installed (and priorities). Thanks. mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:54:37 +0300 (AST) Cisco-Education wrote: > Now both the Mail server and the backup pc server behind firewall and ssh > protocol is denied to the hosts in the DMZ zone This statement is incorrect. What you think you have set up isn't what you actually have set up. The outside world apparently has full access to your ssh service; your firewall isn't blocking it at all. The proper fix depends on your needs. You should definitely fix the firewall; then after that you can restrict access to sshd by IP address and username and deny password access. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] how to determine if my kernel has real-time clock function?
Hello: I'd like to install VmWare on my Centos 5.2; as a pre-requisite, it says that the kernel should have the real-time clock capability. How do I determine if the kernel has that capability? Regards, Chip Campbell -- someday I'll have a good signature, I'm sure of it... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
> > [Normal log stuff from dictionary attack deleted...] > > This is common, and, presuming you have good passwords or only > accept authorized_keys, not a real problem other than large log > files. > > Look at fail2ban for a method that will automatically add > iptables blocks when this occurs. > yes fail2ban is very useful. but also good to change to a non standard port. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS 5.3?
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 08:28:49AM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > David McGuffey wrote: > > Have decided to give up on the embedded Broadcom 4312 wireless device in > > my son's Dell laptop. I get WEP open authentication to work, but > > nothing else. I was about to dump the bcm43xx kernel module and the > > bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmware and work with the newer b43 module and > > associated firmware. However, he claims that at school, he has always > > had intermittent problems with wireless under Vista and wants an > > external device (USB or PCMCIA). > > > > For USB, you will almost for sure have to use the NDIS wrapper driver. I > have not tried it, been shying away from it for at least a year now. I > believe it is built into FC11, so will be part of Centos 6 at some date > off in the future ;) I was recently snooping around on amazon and newegg looking at wireless cards for desktop machines. I was specifically reading customer reviews that mentioned Linux. There were a number of them that reportedly worked on Linux, and most of them used an (older, I think) ralink chipset that appars to have drivers on Centos 5 (at least there is a kernel module by that name) and which the reviewers said that it "just worked". Most of the ones I was looking at were PCI cards, which won't help you if you're looking for something for a laptop, but I also recall seeing some USB models that also claimed to work on linux. Good luck! > PCMCIA or miniPCI is more promising. You can use the DKMS driver (?) for > say madwifi, and be quite satisfied with the results. > > You say that the current wifi is 'builtin'. Is that on the board or a > miniPCI? If the later, pull it out and put in something supported. > > > So...if you had a clean slate, which make & model would you buy for > > mindlessly easy installation and use under CentOS 5.3? > > > > Dave > > > > > > > > ___ > > CentOS mailing list > > CentOS@centos.org > > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- Fred Smith -- fre...@fcshome.stoneham.ma.us - I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. -- Philippians 4:13 --- pgpzCJrdXGwS3.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Time to sync (NOT a complaint)
MHR wrote: > Is anyone else seeing this situation? > > I subscribe to the announce digest, and for the last four or five > announcements that contained updates to CentOS 5, I've been unable to > get a successful run of yum update for as much as 24 hours after the > announcement. The last time around, I tried at about 5 hours after > the posting, and yum couldn't see anything. I ran yum clean all, and > yum update still couldn't see anything. In general, if I wait a day, > the updates load just fine, but that just feels wrong. > > I do have the fastestmirror plugin installed (and priorities). > > Thanks. > > mhr > Yes, I HAVE but no, I'm not. I really don't know what's different, either. The announcement is dated Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:00:02 -0400 and at 13:25 -0500 (2.4 hours later) I see a new kernel, new kernel-devel, updated kernel-doc, updated kernel-headers and 6 updated user packages ready to go. I regard the delay as "normal", current behavior to be an anomaly . ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
2009/6/19 Cisco-Education : > Dear All, > > I have the following setup running perfectly OK for a long time > > CentOS release 5 (Final) > sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5 > MailScanner 4.76.25 > bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 > > now i jus setup a centos box running BackupPC for backing up my my above > mail server using ssh as per the instructions in backup pc site > i had to enable sshd so i did it and > everthing works perfect and backup works great as per my requirement > > but i notice that when i do a > > tail -f /var/log/secure > > i see the followin very often > --- > Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11073]: Invalid user jeka from 87.118.122.78 > Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: input_userauth_request: invalid user jeka > Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: Received disconnect from > 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye > Now both the Mail server and the backup pc server behind firewall and ssh > protocol is denied to the hosts in the DMZ zone > > jus wondering how a outside user could try to ssh to my mail server. > if i stop the sshd daemon i dont see any messages in my secure log file > > apprecite your addvice and help > > > regards > > Fabian > > > Most likely answer -- your FW is not actually blocking ssh connections to the servers from outside the DMZ. The source of the traffic is a routable address, if it doesn't match your ip space then your FW isn't working correctly. Brian ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Time to sync (NOT a complaint)
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 10:19 -0700, MHR wrote: > Is anyone else seeing this situation? > > I subscribe to the announce digest, and for the last four or five > announcements that contained updates to CentOS 5, I've been unable to > get a successful run of yum update for as much as 24 hours after the > announcement. The last time around, I tried at about 5 hours after > the posting, and yum couldn't see anything. I ran yum clean all, and > yum update still couldn't see anything. In general, if I wait a day, > the updates load just fine, but that just feels wrong. Some don't update that quickly, see: http://mirror-status.centos.org/ -- Matthew Kent \ SA \ bravenet.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
Linux Advocate wrote: > >>> [Normal log stuff from dictionary attack deleted...] >> This is common, and, presuming you have good passwords or only >> accept authorized_keys, not a real problem other than large log >> files. >> >> Look at fail2ban for a method that will automatically add >> iptables blocks when this occurs. >> > > yes fail2ban is very useful. but also good to change to a non standard port. > > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Another quick security addition is deny root logins via ssh and also only allow from certain users. That way, they can brute-force all day and will keep getting denied. in /etc/ssh/sshd_config, edit the following two parameters: PermitRootLogin no AllowUsers johnny numberf...@192.168.10.* So, root cannot directly login, if this is feasible for your environment. And also on this machine, johnny can login from anywhere but the user 'numberfive' can only login from a 192.168.10.x address. I agree with the other users, fail2ban and others (I use DenyHosts for ssh) are excellent. You can use configure these applications to add the remote users' IP addresses into hosts.deny or even IPtables. Even further, you can have IP addresses that attempt to log in as root get blocked immediately and have attempts to other users get blocked after 3 or 5 attempts, whatever you are comfortable with. Changing the default port to something other than 22 also works wonders to sidestep bruteforce attempts. Take a look at the output of the following command: utmpdump /var/log/wtmp You will see all the attempts to login to your machine, locally and remotely. If you were to change the ssh listen port to something other than 22, close to all the brute force goes away. (damn script kiddies) Going with authorized_keys only for logins eliminates password brute-force attempts altogether. Take these and the other users' recommendations as part of your defense-in-depth approach, along with revising the firewall ssh rules for your DMZ. Hope this helps, Giovanni ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
Dear All, Tahnks to all you guys for immediate reply by the way i jus hav modified the firewall by explicitly specifiying a rule to block ssh traffic from outside i will wait for sometime and check the log again thnaks again guys apprecite your replies Regards Fabian > 2009/6/19 Cisco-Education : >> Dear All, >> >> I have the following setup running perfectly OK for a long time >> >> CentOS release 5 (Final) >> sendmail-8.13.8-2.el5 >> MailScanner 4.76.25 >> bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 >> >> now i jus setup a centos box running BackupPC for backing up my my above >> mail server using ssh as per the instructions in backup pc site >> i had to enable sshd so i did it and >> everthing works perfect and backup works great as per my requirement >> >> but i notice that when i do a >> >> tail -f /var/log/secure >> >> i see the followin very often >> --- >> Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11073]: Invalid user jeka from 87.118.122.78 >> Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: input_userauth_request: invalid user >> jeka >> Jun 19 16:26:06 kmdns1 sshd[11074]: Received disconnect from >> 87.118.122.78: 11: Bye Bye > >> Now both the Mail server and the backup pc server behind firewall and >> ssh >> protocol is denied to the hosts in the DMZ zone >> >> jus wondering how a outside user could try to ssh to my mail server. >> if i stop the sshd daemon i dont see any messages in my secure log file >> >> apprecite your addvice and help >> >> >> regards >> >> Fabian >> >> >> > > Most likely answer -- your FW is not actually blocking ssh connections > to the servers from outside the DMZ. The source of the traffic is a > routable address, if it doesn't match your ip space then your FW isn't > working correctly. > > Brian > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] ssh security
Hi, The Wiki has a page specifically on securing SSH: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/SecuringSSH It should give you some good ideas. HTH, Filipe ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS5.3?
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:31:33 -0400 fred smith wrote: > > >> David McGuffey wrote: >> > Have decided to give up on the embedded Broadcom 4312 wireless device in >> > my son's Dell laptop. I get WEP open authentication to work, but >> > nothing else. I was about to dump the bcm43xx kernel module and the >> > bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmware and work with the newer b43 module and >> > associated firmware. However, he claims that at school, he has always >> > had intermittent problems with wireless under Vista and wants an >> > external device (USB or PCMCIA). Why not look at a small access point that plugs into the RJ45 and uses USB for power? DLink DWL-G730AP or other equivalent. -- Julian Thomas: j...@jt-mj.nethttp://jt-mj.net In the beautiful Genesee Valley of Western New York State! -- -- Half the people you know are below average. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS5.3?
Julian Thomas wrote: > On Fri, 19 Jun 2009 14:31:33 -0400 fred smith wrote: > >> >>> David McGuffey wrote: >>> Have decided to give up on the embedded Broadcom 4312 wireless device in my son's Dell laptop. I get WEP open authentication to work, but nothing else. I was about to dump the bcm43xx kernel module and the bcm43xx-microcode5.fw firmware and work with the newer b43 module and associated firmware. However, he claims that at school, he has always had intermittent problems with wireless under Vista and wants an external device (USB or PCMCIA). > > Why not look at a small access point that plugs into the RJ45 and uses USB > for power? DLink DWL-G730AP or > other equivalent. If it really is an AP, it won't do the job, as an AP cannot be a client to another AP. 802.11 DOES have the concept of a wireless backbone, called WDS (wireless distribution system), but it is not yet defined (Work In Progress: 802.11s, I am a contributor to the security features). So each vendor has its own WDS implementation (MIT's OnePC implements part of draft 1 of 802.11s). Of course there are devices out there that are referred to as wireless bridges (Linksys WRT54g is one) that act as a client and bridges an ethernet as a single client to the AP. Note that a wireless bridge is NOT an AP. Of course there are probably devices out there that can be configured either way Note, I work on the 802.11 standards and know them well, but I don't know of all the flavors of implementations out in the wild. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
Chadley Wilson wrote: > > [CW] Hi Karanbir, thanks for the input I just ran this past my HOD, the > solution is good for us to load the servers in house and we are now planning > to this, but it does not work for providing the customer with a CD... :( So > it looks like I am in for the long haul. Good news is that I have started but > am a bit stuck. If you load a lot of identical systems, you might like clonezilla - even if you do need to have the iso copy and get the first system installed with all the drivers you need. With the companion drbl program you can pxe boot into image cloning.. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS5.3?
On Fri, 2009-06-19 at 17:06 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Julian Thomas wrote: > > > > Why not look at a small access point that plugs into the RJ45 and uses USB > > for power? DLink DWL-G730AP or > > other equivalent. > > If it really is an AP, it won't do the job, as an AP cannot be a client > to another AP. 802.11 DOES have the concept of a wireless backbone, > called WDS (wireless distribution system), but it is not yet defined > (Work In Progress: 802.11s, I am a contributor to the security > features). So each vendor has its own WDS implementation (MIT's OnePC > implements part of draft 1 of 802.11s). > > Of course there are devices out there that are referred to as wireless > bridges (Linksys WRT54g is one) that act as a client and bridges an > ethernet as a single client to the AP. Note that a wireless bridge is > NOT an AP. Of course there are probably devices out there that can be > configured either way > > Note, I work on the 802.11 standards and know them well, but I don't > know of all the flavors of implementations out in the wild. At least when running the Tomato Firmware, the Linksys WRT54GL (L = linux) and WRT54G versions 4 and earlier (also linux-based) run WDS as hosts/clients very effectively. I run several GLs as access points across my lan with 0-2 more as WDS clients as needed. As a side note, Tomato Firmware allows you to adjust transmitter power up to 6 times the normal level and that has let me go through some very think brick walls to pick up remote network cameras. I should point out that both the host (access point) and client need to be WRT54G/L routers for the above scenarios to work. As RM said, WDS is vendor dependent. Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Does Cent OS Come With Any Kind Of Customer Portal Application(s)
On 6/19/09 9:50 AM, "nate" wrote: > Kemp, Larry wrote: >> Other than coding something yourself...does Cent OS come with any kind of >> portal application(s) that would allow remote users to purchase a domain >> name through me or log in and edit their domains settings and go active in >> my DNS? Has anyone set anything like this up before using Cent OS? The >> closest thing I can think of is a Register.com, GoDaddy.com, or Load.com >> type interface that customers can do it all from one HUD-type interface. I >> realize that some minor html and branding that would need to take place to >> give it that corporate look likely. Thanks. > > No, I'd be surprised if linux distro came with such a thing. > > CentOS comes with all of the platform components you might > need for running such an app, but the app itself is not there. > > nate > There are a few distros that ship OSCommerce (Debian or Mandriva), however none of the Enterprise distributions do from what I've found. Besides which, OSCommerce leaves much to be desired at times ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
on 6-19-2009 12:33 AM Chadley Wilson spake the following: > Hi All, > > I would be lying if I said I am a newbie, but I am rusty so please bear with > me. > I am looking for a how-to for Redhat or Centos to remake the installation CD. > > First let me explain: > I have an installation disc supplied to me, with centos 5.2 which has > kickstart, post and pre installation scripts which run. > > The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). I > have managed to compile the driver from the sources, and I have a boot > stiffy. So I have managed to load the server, the problem is that we need to > load about 10 of these server every week and the Linux guru (me) is not > always able to drop his work and load servers. > I need to implement the driver on the installation CD so that the kickstart > file is read and run > > Is there a way to hack around this problem? > > Can anyone guide me through this process or give me a work around please. > Have you tried a 5.3 CD to see if it has support for your cd drive? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
on 6-19-2009 8:49 AM Jim Perrin spake the following: > On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Tru > Huynh wrote: > >>> Pinnacle Technology Holdings E-Mail Disclaimer: >> ... LOL ... >> Tru > > Oh GREAT, first we reproduce his email without his company's consent, > and NOW you make fun of the disclaimer > They're going to sue us for sure now. We should probably try to head > this off by refunding the purchase price.. > > :-P > > > They can't sue me because I am only pretending to be myself. ;-P signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
on 6-19-2009 8:00 AM Chadley Wilson spake the following: > >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of Chadley Wilson >> Sent: 19 June 2009 03:56 PM >> To: CentOS mailing list >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD >> >>> well, you can always just give the cutomer a USB key :) >>> >>> - KB >> [CW] Nope I am afraid we don't do business that way, it would be nice >> though... unfortunately I don't get to decide... >> >> >> Good news however I am testing my first rebuilt disc... > [CW] Does anyone here know where on the install disc the > initrd-2.6.18-92.1.22.el5.img is located? > Is it in an rpm? which one? > > I got the cdrom driver loaded at install time with my new disc :) , so it > install perfectly now, but the module is not available after install. I can't > find the initrd img file and need some direction. > > I plan to dl the source rpm and patch it properly so not to worry. > > FYI - I know this is not the fun way of doing things, and I read many > responses to other posts where the outcome is "But why do it that way?" there > are two reasons why I am doing it the hard way. the first is for me, I want > to learn how. The second is that we often have to add drivers to Linux > systems to get them to install. So it is a necessary requirement for me to > know how to do this. > > Your input on my above question would be greatly appreciated... TIA > The initrd's are created as part of the post section of the kernel RPM. If you can get your driver into the kernel rpm it should get into the initrd. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
>> > [CW] My Apologies, I forgot to mention that I am not disassembling the > diskboot.img for the USB drive, but rather boot.iso which I assumed is the > iso that is loaded as a ram disc when you boot from the cd. > That would be the wrong assumption. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Time to sync (NOT a complaint)
on 6-19-2009 10:19 AM MHR spake the following: > Is anyone else seeing this situation? > > I subscribe to the announce digest, and for the last four or five > announcements that contained updates to CentOS 5, I've been unable to > get a successful run of yum update for as much as 24 hours after the > announcement. The last time around, I tried at about 5 hours after > the posting, and yum couldn't see anything. I ran yum clean all, and > yum update still couldn't see anything. In general, if I wait a day, > the updates load just fine, but that just feels wrong. > > I do have the fastestmirror plugin installed (and priorities). > > Thanks. > > mhr Yes, I see it too. The announcement says in it that the files are being released to the mirrors, not that they are available to download. The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: Some of the mirrors take a while to sync, or maybe don't check for updates as often as others do. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] One of my servers crashed, need help
> > Be prepared to restore from a backup too, doesn't look good. > > > No need to...Seagate screws me again. 3rd bad hard drive on > this server. > Unbelievable. Under warranty, but...g. > One tip I try to adhere to, although hard to follow when setting up a new computer is this... Try to get drives from different manufacturing batches. Buy from different online stores, talk to the cust service of places like newegg, etc... If you buy a drive that was part of a bad batch the drive may still survive. The likely hood of it having an issue is high though. If that batch has problems there is high probablility all your drives in that batch can go bad. Hard to take the time, but seems worth it. If one fails, all can fail if from the same batch. Lessen odds, buy different batches. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] yum update bug with disk requirement calculation?
I just updated my machine from CentOS 5.2 to 5.3 and noticed an oddity. The update required around 280Mb of disk space. I had over 500Mb of free space on root. And... the update failed with "need more space" errors. Now I can understand this; normally it would fetch the files from a http server, so the worst-case requirements are double (or more) than the download size reported by yum. EXCEPT these files were being served from an NFS server, and so were never copied local to the machine. Eventually I manually installed a few smaller packages and managed to get the space test passed. During the transaction I monitored free disk space in another window, and it never went below 300Mb free. Bizarre. -- rgds Stephen ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Odd module mentioned during update of kernel-PAE
During my update from 5.2 to 5.3 I saw these lines during the update of kernel-PAE Installing : kernel-PAE[153/477] Warning: Module vboxnetflt.ko from kernel 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 has no modversions, so it cannot be reused for kernel 2.6.18-128.1.14.el5PAE Warning: Module vboxdrv.ko from kernel 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686 has no modversions, so it cannot be reused for kernel 2.6.18-128.1.14.el5PAE Now vbox is not installed on this machine. However, it _is_ installed on a machine that this one acts as an NFS server for (or will do, if I ever get round to finishing the build). And, yes, the kernel version mentioned is for FC10... % locate vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/lib/modules/2.6.26.5-45.fc9.i686/misc/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/lib/modules/2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686/extra/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/lib/modules/2.6.27.5-41.fc9.i686/misc/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/lib/modules/2.6.27.7-53.fc9.i686/misc/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/lib/modules/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/extra/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt/2.1.0/2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686/i686/module/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt/2.1.0/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/i686/module/vboxnetflt.ko /datadisk/exports/pugwash_fc10_root/var/lib/dkms/vboxnetflt/original_module/2.6.27.9-159.fc10.i686/i686/vboxnetflt.ko Why did the kernel-PAE update even look here? *confused* -- rgds Stephen ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] More then one version of KDE
Hello, Is it possible to have more then one version of KDE installed and switch between them? I'd like to try out the new KDE but don't want to lose what I have now. Thnx -- Regards Robert Linux User #296285 http://counter.li.org ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Which external WiFi device for laptop running CentOS5.3?
On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, S.Tindall wrote: > As a side note, Tomato Firmware allows you to adjust transmitter power > up to 6 times the normal level and that has let me go through some very > think brick walls to pick up remote network cameras. We have to see what the result of that is on any offspring :-D -- -- dag wieers, d...@centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors] ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Need to rebuild installation CD
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > on 6-19-2009 12:33 AM Chadley Wilson spake the following: > > I would be lying if I said I am a newbie, but I am rusty so please bear > with me. > > I am looking for a how-to for Redhat or Centos to remake the installation > CD. > > > > First let me explain: > > I have an installation disc supplied to me, with centos 5.2 which has > kickstart, post and pre installation scripts which run. > > > > The problem we have is that the CD does not support our CDROM (it8213). > I have managed to > Have you tried a 5.3 CD to see if it has support for your cd drive? And, if there's a CentOS 5.3 Live CD, try that first, to see if it works with your HW. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] One of my servers crashed, need help
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 6:19 PM, Bob Hoffman wrote: >> > Be prepared to restore from a backup too, doesn't look good. > >> No need to...Seagate screws me again. 3rd bad hard drive on >> this server. >> Unbelievable. Under warranty, but...g. > > One tip I try to adhere to, although hard to follow when setting up a new > computer is this... > > Try to get drives from different manufacturing batches. Buy from different > online stores, talk to the cust service of places like newegg, etc... > > If you buy a drive that was part of a bad batch the drive may still survive. > The likely hood of it having an issue is high though. If that batch has > problems there is high probablility all your drives in that batch can go > bad. > > Hard to take the time, but seems worth it. If one fails, all can fail if > from the same batch. Lessen odds, buy different batches. That is probably excellent advice, if one does not need identical drives, for RAID or something. Several times, in the past 7 1/2 years, on the OLM support site, I've seen where a server is down because of multiple drive failures. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Time to sync (NOT a complaint)
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:42 AM, Robert wrote: > > Yes, I HAVE but no, I'm not. I really don't know what's different, > either. The announcement is dated Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:00:02 -0400 > and at 13:25 -0500 (2.4 hours later) I see a new kernel, new kernel-devel, > updated kernel-doc, updated kernel-headers and 6 updated user > packages ready to go. > > I regard the delay as "normal", current behavior to be an anomaly > That's about right, but it's now 19:38:xx -0700 (PDT) and I'm still not seeing them update. Ok, I lied - I just did a yum clean all, and voila! Still, it's annoying (I did that earlier and it made no difference.) Thanks! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Time to sync (NOT a complaint)
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Scott Silva wrote: > > Yes, I see it too. The announcement says in it that the files are being > released to the mirrors, not that they are available to download. > > > The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently > syncing to the mirrors: > > > Some of the mirrors take a while to sync, or maybe don't check for updates as > often as others do. > That makes a lot of sense. Thanks! mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] More then one version of KDE
On 6/19/09 5:20 PM, "Robert Spangler" wrote: > Hello, > > Is it possible to have more then one version of KDE installed and switch > between them? I'd like to try out the new KDE but don't want to lose what I > have now. Thnx > It is possible. You'll have to follow the directions pretty closely on techbase.kde.org for multi version installs, however I'd recommend doing so on a more "desktop" centric distribution than CentOS, since it has a number of key libraries and services that are far older than KDE 4.2 and greater want. One of a few of which are HAL, Dbus, and Cups. If you do so on CentOS, you might find some features lacking because of this. -- Gary L. Greene, Jr. IT Operations Minerva Networks, Inc. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
