Re: [CentOS] httpd RPM newer than 2.0.63 avail for CentOS 4.x?
On 11/07/10 06:17, Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote: > I'm maintaining an internet-facing web server which is now running httpd > 2.0.63 (httpd-2.0.63-2.el4s1.centos.2) which is now neary 2.5 years > old(!?!). I need to move to either 2.0.64 or 2.2.12 or later. However, > I've been unable to find available RPMs for such releases for CentOS > 4.x. > > I have to believe that others have these needs also. In light of this, > how do others keep up with security upgrades for the httpd? I'm rather > new to this aspect of things, so am still in the process of sorting > things out in this regard. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > --Phil > Upgrade to the latest 5 release. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] obtaining non-packaged software
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 19:35, Frank Cox wrote: > For a few programs that don't seem to be (readily) available for > Centos I just take some steps to create/compile my own rpm. Sometimes all it > takes is a simple "rpmbuild --rebuild" command on a Fedora rpm, sometimes it > takes a bit more than that. > Thanks, I did not know that this was possible! > You can find "my" Centos rpms here: > > http://www.melvilletheatre.com/articles/el5/index.html > -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] xServes are dead ;-( / SAN Question
Thanks, > On 11/05/2010 04:34 PM, Nicolas Ross wrote: >> Now with this said, I am searching for documentation on operating a SAN >> under linux. We are looking at Quantum StorNext FS2 product for the SAN >> itselft. > > I'm not sure how much help you'll get from the community. StorNext is a > proprietary product that appears to have its own drivers and management > tools. If you want documentation, ask the vendor for it. Is there any other solution for building a SAN under linux ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] httpd RPM newer than 2.0.63 avail for CentOS 4.x?
At Sun, 7 Nov 2010 00:17:31 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > I'm maintaining an internet-facing web server which is now running httpd > 2.0.63 (httpd-2.0.63-2.el4s1.centos.2) which is now neary 2.5 years > old(!?!). I need to move to either 2.0.64 or 2.2.12 or later. However, > I've been unable to find available RPMs for such releases for CentOS > 4.x. > > I have to believe that others have these needs also. In light of this, > how do others keep up with security upgrades for the httpd? I'm rather > new to this aspect of things, so am still in the process of sorting > things out in this regard. Red Hat backports security updates (from newer versions). So long as you have been applying the standard O/S updates (eg 'yum update') regularly, your http is up-to-date WRT security updates. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thanks! > > --Phil > -- Robert Heller -- 978-544-6933 / hel...@deepsoft.com Deepwoods Software-- http://www.deepsoft.com/ () ascii ribbon campaign -- against html e-mail /\ www.asciiribbon.org -- against proprietary attachments ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] httpd RPM newer than 2.0.63 avail for CentOS 4.x?
RedShift wrote: > On 11/07/10 06:17, Philip Amadeo Saeli wrote: >> I'm maintaining an internet-facing web server which is now running httpd >> 2.0.63 (httpd-2.0.63-2.el4s1.centos.2) which is now neary 2.5 years >> old(!?!). I need to move to either 2.0.64 or 2.2.12 or later. However, >> I've been unable to find available RPMs for such releases for CentOS >> 4.x. >> >> I have to believe that others have these needs also. In light of this, >> how do others keep up with security upgrades for the httpd? I'm rather >> new to this aspect of things, so am still in the process of sorting >> things out in this regard. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks! >> >> --Phil >> > > Upgrade to the latest 5 release. It's not that easy to do that much of an upgrade. But since the EOL announcement for release 3 was posted recently, it definitely needs to be done. This is how I would proceed. 1. Backup all data and configuration info on that server. 2. Set up a test server with the current release (CentOS 5). 3. Restore all data and configuration info on the test server. Plan on spending time to rewrite configuration files to match current formats and settings. 4. Once you finish tweaking the configuration, test all of your software, web pages, etc. 5. When you are sure everything works, install the current OS on the production server, restore the data and reconfigure it to match the test server. 5. Do a complete acceptance test on the production server. (We actually use a second Internet facing server for acceptance tests before committing changes to the production server.) 7. Use YUM to update your test server at least once a week. 8. As soon as you finish testing all of the updates each week, use YUM to install them on the production server. (But don't ever do this on Friday. If you missed something, you don't want to have to work on the weekend.) 9. Subscribe to announcements and several security mailing lists to get advanced warning of any known issues that need to be patched immediately. 10. Start tracking RedHat/CentOS 6 release candidates ASAP. Officially, by PCI rules we have 30 days after release of an OS update to get it installed on Internet facing systems. So the auditors will give us one pass on their monthly validation cycle before they start to complain. This does give us some time to test for problems and correct them before updating the production servers. But this requires a test server that is configured exactly like the production server so we can make sure the updates won't break any of our applications before we will install them in production. We have one developer from each product team, one QA manager, one Support tech and an IT tech that track these issues and make sure our servers are up to date. As one of the developers in that group, I monitor CentOS announcements and two security lists, forwarding relevant messages to the entire group. There is a similar but larger group tracking Microsoft updates. In addition to CentOS and Apache, we also track updates to PHP, PostgreSQL and a couple dozen supporting packages and maintenance tools. Bob McConnell N2SPP ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Memtest86+ running time
On Wed, 3 Nov 2010, Bob McConnell wrote: _snip_ > And make sure you button the cabinet back up, with all covers in place > and put it back on the rack where it normally sits. Running this test > with the case open or sitting in free air is a waste of time unless that > is how the system usually operates. All memory testing has to be done > under normal working conditions to get the maximum benefit. > > Bob McConnell > N2SPP Of course. I noticed that with the side cover off the hard drive is not as cool. Probably due to the air flow not being drawn over the drive, but in from the side of the cabinet. It's an ASROCK K7S8XE Rev. 3.01 M/B with 3 DDR(1) memory slots. 2 x 1GB PC2100 DIMMS, and a 512MB one. I tested and replaced the BIOS battery as well. That was getting a bit low, just under 3 volts. Been in the machine since Jan 2006. So far, testing each memory module in slot 1 has clocked no errors. Each test ran for at least 20 hours. I now have the 512MB module in slot 2, to test that slot. Then I'll put it in slot 3 and test that one. The first 1GB DIMM was tested with the side cover off. So I might test that again, with the side cover on this time. Once these test are completed, I'll post the results. Thanks for all the help so far. Keith Roberts ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Recycle Bin disappeared (GNOME, CentOS 5.5, 32 bit)
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> It is possible that it is there but not visible on the desktop. >> Install gconf-editor (yum install gconf-editor) and run it. Then, go >> to apps -> nautilus -> desktop. Make sure trash_icon_visible is >> checked. > > I installed and ran gconf-editor. The trash-icon-visible was > checked. Anything else I might try, to get the Recycle Bin back onto > the Desktop? TIA! I don't know of any other way to make the Trash icon visible/invisible in gnome. After making sure the visible option is checked, have you tried re-login (or restart the computer) ? Also check to see if your nautilus is not broken: rpm -V nautilus Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] xServes are dead ;-( / SAN Question
On 11/07/10 3:33 AM, Nicolas Ross wrote: > Thanks, > >> On 11/05/2010 04:34 PM, Nicolas Ross wrote: >>> Now with this said, I am searching for documentation on operating a SAN >>> under linux. We are looking at Quantum StorNext FS2 product for the SAN >>> itselft. >> I'm not sure how much help you'll get from the community. StorNext is a >> proprietary product that appears to have its own drivers and management >> tools. If you want documentation, ask the vendor for it. > Is there any other solution for building a SAN under linux ? openfiler ... while this supports a full range of NAS (file server) features, they also have iSCSI block SAN support. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Recycle Bin disappeared (GNOME, CentOS 5.5, 32 bit)
On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 08:59 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Lanny Marcus > wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > > >> It is possible that it is there but not visible on the desktop. > >> Install gconf-editor (yum install gconf-editor) and run it. Then, go > >> to apps -> nautilus -> desktop. Make sure trash_icon_visible is > >> checked. > > > > I installed and ran gconf-editor. The trash-icon-visible was > > checked. Anything else I might try, to get the Recycle Bin back onto > > the Desktop? TIA! > > I don't know of any other way to make the Trash icon visible/invisible > in gnome. After making sure the visible option is checked, have you > tried re-login (or restart the computer) ? Also check to see if your > nautilus is not broken: > > rpm -V nautilus > > Akemi Try this on for size: Gnome Only! $USER="your_user_name" cp /usr/share/apps/systemview/trash.desktop \ /home/$user/Desktop ktrash --help-all is interesting also :-) John ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Recycle Bin disappeared (GNOME, CentOS 5.5, 32 bit)
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM, JohnS wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Lanny Marcus >> wrote: >> > >> > I installed and ran gconf-editor. The trash-icon-visible was >> > checked. Anything else I might try, to get the Recycle Bin back onto >> > the Desktop? TIA! >> >> I don't know of any other way to make the Trash icon visible/invisible >> in gnome. After making sure the visible option is checked, have you >> tried re-login (or restart the computer) ? Also check to see if your >> nautilus is not broken: > > Try this on for size: Gnome Only! > > $USER="your_user_name" > > cp /usr/share/apps/systemview/trash.desktop \ > /home/$user/Desktop ($user should be $USER in that last line ... but I'm skeptical of that suggestion having the correct effect, because I can see the Trash on my desktop without having a trash.desktop file present in the Desktop directory.) Misc. things that come to mind ... It's possible to rename the Trash icon. Are you sure it's not there and just called something else? In gconf-editor, did you try toggling trash-icon-visible to off, saving, then toggling back to on and saving again? Install the "cog" package (available from rpmforge) and look at the "Nautilus" tab. Try toggling the trash icon option from there. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Recycle Bin disappeared (GNOME, CentOS 5.5, 32 bit)
On Sun, 2010-11-07 at 13:59 -0800, Bart Schaefer wrote: > On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:57 PM, JohnS wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Lanny Marcus > >> wrote: > >> > > >> > I installed and ran gconf-editor. The trash-icon-visible was > >> > checked. Anything else I might try, to get the Recycle Bin back onto > >> > the Desktop? TIA! > >> > >> I don't know of any other way to make the Trash icon visible/invisible > >> in gnome. After making sure the visible option is checked, have you > >> tried re-login (or restart the computer) ? Also check to see if your > >> nautilus is not broken: > > > > Try this on for size: Gnome Only! > > > > $USER="your_user_name" > > > > cp /usr/share/apps/systemview/trash.desktop \ > > /home/$user/Desktop > > ($user should be $USER in that last line ... but I'm skeptical of that > suggestion having the correct effect, because I can see the Trash on > my desktop without having a trash.desktop file present in the Desktop > directory.) What I'm really wondering about is after i posted that is I tried to delete the trash can on a clean install of a new account and could not with out Force. Yea I was able to rename it and still use it also. The reverse works with KDE or used to. I know it is got to be irritating.. If you right click on the Gnome Panel Bar Click Add Look in the scroll down box for the trash applet Click Add then drag it to the desktop may get it back... > > Misc. things that come to mind ... > > It's possible to rename the Trash icon. Are you sure it's not there > and just called something else? > > In gconf-editor, did you try toggling trash-icon-visible to off, > saving, then toggling back to on and saving again? > > Install the "cog" package (available from rpmforge) and look at the > "Nautilus" tab. Try toggling the trash icon option from there. > ___ > 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] xServes are dead ;-( / SAN Question
Nicolas Ross wrote: Thanks, On 11/05/2010 04:34 PM, Nicolas Ross wrote: Now with this said, I am searching for documentation on operating a SAN under linux. We are looking at Quantum StorNext FS2 product for the SAN itselft. I'm not sure how much help you'll get from the community. StorNext is a proprietary product that appears to have its own drivers and management tools. If you want documentation, ask the vendor for it. Is there any other solution for building a SAN under linux ? We're using a somewhat aged HP StorageWorks EVA3000 SAN and a 2 Gb fibre channel infrastructure with our CentOS 4 servers running the Red Hat Cluster Suite to support several instances of Oracle. The hardware includes Qlogic FC controllers and Brocade FC switches. It actually works quite well, though the versions of RHCS for RHEL/CentOS 4 are a bit complicated for today's needs. We are currently working to migrate this to an EMC CX4 SAN on an 8 Gb fibre channel infrastructure with Dell blade servers. We're using RHEL 5 and Oracle's cluster toolkit and it seems quite an improvement over RHCS and GFS2. OCFS2 seems to have caught up with GFS2 as far as capabilities go and is laughably simple to configure compared to RHCS 4. Of course, with it working so well we haven't had much opportunity to develop troubleshooting skills. We also use a LOT of iSCSI SAN connections, using either iSCSI servers from HP or Dell or general-purpose machines running OpenFiler. Performance isn't quite up to the 8 Gb/s SAN speeds, but with Gigabit Ethernet and jumbo frames it's pretty respectable. -- Jay Leafey - jay.lea...@mindless.com Memphis, TN smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] flash-plugin crashes on full screen
Hi List. doing my weekly updates with yum last night installed kernel.x86_64 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.centos.plus and flash-plugin.i386 10.1.102.64-release now today as I go to watch a movie from hulu.com it crashes the flash-plugin whenever I try to go full screen. Anyone else notice this behaviour? I guess I'll try to downgrade flash and see if that fixes the problem. TIA <>___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] flash-plugin crashes on full screen
Rob Kampen wrote: > Hi List. > doing my weekly updates with yum last night installed > > kernel.x86_64 2.6.18-194.17.4.el5.centos.plus > > and > > flash-plugin.i386 10.1.102.64-release > > now today as I go to watch a movie from hulu.com it crashes the > flash-plugin whenever I try to go full screen. > Anyone else notice this behaviour? > I guess I'll try to downgrade flash and see if that fixes the problem. > TIA I noticed in the announcement at: https://www.redhat.com/archives/rhsa-announce/2010-November/msg4.html the following quote: During testing, it was discovered that there were regressions with Flash Player on certain sites, such as fullscreen playback on YouTube. Despite these regressions, we feel these security flaws are serious enough to update the package with what Adobe has provided. -Greg ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
