Re: [CentOS] Monitor Dummy Device
On 01/17/2016 10:42 AM, Joey wrote: > Dual-Screen Solution without connected a second Monitor What is a dual screen solution without a second monitor? Are you talking about virtual desktops? -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Monitor Dummy Device
On 01/17/2016 10:58 AM, Joey wrote: > Am 2016-01-17 17:47, schrieb SternData: >> On 01/17/2016 10:42 AM, Joey wrote: >>> Dual-Screen Solution without connected a second Monitor >> >> What is a dual screen solution without a second monitor? Are you >> talking about virtual desktops? > > Yes. if this virtual Desktop is useable like a normal Desktop (for > example change position in kde systemsettings) I don't use KDE, but I see lots of info googling on "enable KDE Virtual Desktop" -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk
On 02/08/2016 06:38 PM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 14:22 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > >> the only truly safe way to destroy data on magnetic media is to grind >> the media up into filings or melt it down in a furnace. > > I unscrew the casing, extract the disk platter(s), slide a very strong > magnet over both sides of the platter surface then bend the platter in > half. > > How secure is that ? > > I can't afford a machine that grinds everything into dust particles. > I have a sledge hammer. It's good exercise and fun. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] A repo with latest httpd for http2?
Is there a well-run package repo that has httpd-2.4.17 or mod_http2 (or mod_h2)? I'd like to try out http2 without having to compile my own httpd. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] A repo with latest httpd for http2?
On 02/12/2016 04:26 PM, Guolin Cheng wrote: > How about here, if you are using centos 6. > > http://mirror.centos.org/centos/6/SCL/x86_64/httpd24/ > > On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 2:23 PM, Ulf Volmer wrote: > >> On 02/12/2016 10:54 PM, John R Pierce wrote: >> >>> On 2/12/2016 11:13 AM, SternData wrote: >>> >>>> Is there a well-run package repo that has httpd-2.4.17 or mod_http2 (or >>>> mod_h2)? >>>> >>> >>> EL7 comes with httpd-2.4... >>> >>> # yum list httpd >>> ... >>> Installed Packages >>> httpd.x86_64 2.4.6-40.el7.centos @base >>> >> >> Including support for http2? >> >> i doubt that. As far as i know, support was added with 2.4.17. >> >> [root@centos7 ~]# rpm -ql httpd|egrep 'mod_http2|mod_h2' >> [root@centos7 ~]# >> >> best regards >> Ulf >> > thanks. It's not there yet for Centos 7, but I'll keep an eye on things. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Hardening Apache on CentOS 7
On 07/09/2017 11:01 AM, Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > Some time ago one of my public servers (running Slackware64 14.0) got > attacked and was misused to send phishing emails. > > This misadventure made me more concerned about security, so I spent the > last few weeks catching up on security, reading docs about SELinux and > how to use it, etc. > > I have a public sandbox server running CentOS 7, and I'm currently > experimenting quite a lot with Apache and how to secure it. My approach > is very much trial-and-error. I've started with these two articles: > > https://devops.profitbricks.com/tutorials/how-to-harden-the-apache-web-server-on-centos-7/ > > https://www.tecmint.com/apache-security-tips/ > > I've also discovered the Nikto vulnerability scanner, and I'm playing > around with it. > > Besides all this, I'd be curious to know your approach in securing > Apache, the tools you use, maybe the odd do's and don'ts, suggestions, > some good books and/or online docs about the subject, etc. > > Cheers from the sunny South of France, > > Niki > If you're using PHP, use php-fpm running each host under a different user. https://wp-root.org/server/install-php-fpm-tcp-unix-sockets-centos/ -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] ALPN and Http/2, CentOS 7.4
Now that 7.4 CR has delivered OpenSSL 1.0.2, I should be able to serve http/2 pages to Chrome, but I still see messages that ALPN is not enabled. OpenSSL 1.0.2 is installed: $ rpm -qa |grep openssl openssl-libs-1.0.2k-8.el7.x86_64 openssl-1.0.2k-8.el7.x86_64 But https://tools.keycdn.com/http2-test says "www.stevenstern.me" supports http 2 but ALPN is not supported. Ideas? Does anything need to be explicitly enabled for ALPN? As I mentioned, the http2 stuff seems to be working. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Red Hat is Planning To Deprecate KDE on RHEL By 2024
On 11/2/18 3:19 PM, mark wrote: > Leroy Tennison wrote: >> I use KDE and they need to, quality is lacking, every time I boot up I >> get to discover where my icons will be located (and this has been going >> on through at least a couple of recvisions). Locking doesn't help, even >> making the file I thought contained the positions immutable didn't help. >> I'm going to have to look at Trinity. >> > Odd, I've never had that problem. On the other hand, I *really* dislike > gnome. I think their target is 16 yr olds. It all depends on how you arrange it and what extensions you use. I have a very Mac-link setup on Gnome. > -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] OT: good free email service ?
On 11/9/18 10:20 AM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: > Dear All, > > I know it is an oxymoron: good free ... service ;-) > > Still, can someone recommend good free email service? > https://www.zoho.com/mail/ pop, imap, 2FA ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Rsyslog warning
I see this error every day. What should I be looking at to fix it? rsyslogd: sd_journal_get_cursor() failed: 'Cannot assign requested address' [v8.24.0-34.el7] -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] EPEL repo problem
This keeps logging: Could not get metalink https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-7&arch=x86_64 error was 14: HTTPS Error 503 - Service Unavailable I've removed the epel-release package, done a "yum clean all", then reinstalled it, but still get the same error. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] EPEL repo problem
On 1/30/19 5:57 AM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 00:25, SternData > wrote: > >> This keeps logging: >> >> Could not get metalink >> https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-7&arch=x86_64 error >> was >> 14: HTTPS Error 503 - Service Unavailable >> >> I've removed the epel-release package, done a "yum clean all", then >> reinstalled it, but still get the same error. >> >> > Can you run the code from: https://github.com/puiterwijk/check_metalink to > see if we can pin down the proxy which is the problem (there are 14 and our > checks are showing they are ok so I need to pin this down somewhere). > [sdstern@sugaree check_metalink]$ ./check_metalink --repo epel --check-mirrors Client IP: 2604:a880:800:a1::6ab:c001 Testing repo=epel, arch=x86_64 Metalink provided by: proxy11.fedoraproject.org Server date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:43:18 GMT Repo epel, arch x86_64 errored: list index out of range OK metalinks (0): Bad metalinks (0): Exception metalinks (1): epel.x86_64 OK metalink means that at least one mirror is valid [sdstern@sugaree check_metalink]$ ./check_metalink --repo epel --check-master Client IP: 2604:a880:800:a1::6ab:c001 Testing repo=epel, arch=i386 Metalink provided by: proxy11.fedoraproject.org Server date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:43:45 GMT Repo epel, arch i386 errored: list index out of range Testing repo=epel, arch=x86_64 Metalink provided by: proxy11.fedoraproject.org Server date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 14:43:45 GMT Repo epel, arch x86_64 errored: list index out of range OK metalinks (0): Bad metalinks (0): Exception metalinks (2): epel.i386, epel.x86_64 [sdstern@sugaree check_metalink]$ > > -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] PHP 7.3 and IUS repo
Does anyone know if PHP 7.3 is coming to the IUS repo soon? I'd rather upgrade from 7.2 than tear out IUS and replace with Remi. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to find out the number of updates for a system
maybe yum -q check-update | wc -l On 5/22/19 8:42 AM, Ralf Prengel wrote: > Hallo, > I need the information how many updates are available for a system. > What is the best way to find it out in a one line bash script. > > Von meinem iPad gesendet > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] deprecations leading up to C8
Does that mean it's gone from the CentOS repos or just that PostFix is the default choice? On 9/19/19 6:04 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > Was reading the long list of things being deprecated in the RHEL 8 > release notes t'other day, and saw my old friend sendmail on the list. > > I've stuck by her because I've learned how she likes to be stroked to > get the best out of her, and quail at the thought of taking on a new > MTA and having to learn it all all over again. > > But I guess I'm going to have to, soon or late, probably sooner than > later. :( > > Can anyone point me to resources specifically for helping us ignorant > folk in converting all the arcan-ity in sendmail.mc into something > equivalent for Postfix? > > Thanks in advancce! > > Fred > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] how to know when a system is compromised
Do you run rkhunter? On 11/14/19 9:40 AM, Christopher Wensink wrote: > How do you know when a Linux system has been compromised? > > Every day I watch our systems with all the typical tools, ps, top, who, > I watch firewall / IPS logs, I have logwatch setup and mailing daily > summaries to me and I dive deeper into logs if something looks suspicious. > > What am I missing or not looking at that you security gurus are looking at? > > I subscribe to the centos and SANS newsletters, and I try to keep > current on all technology with credible sources of articles online and > with the Lynda library. > > What other sources of information do you use to stay current about the > latest threats and technology updates? > > I appreciate the feedback. > > Chris ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] dnf replacing yum?
On 05/25/2016 06:43 PM, Always Learning wrote:
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> On Wed, 2016-05-25 at 22:32 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
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>> Also, yum had associations which it was sad to lose.
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> Perhaps the Fedora ("We love consulting all affected users") replacement
> could be named MUD.
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> Now we await the System-D controlling interface ;-)
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There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth when these changes rolled
into Fedora. After a while, I got used to it and now it seems normal.
Plus, if you type "yum update" it responds "what your really should type
is dnf update, but I'll do it for you anyway".
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Re: [CentOS] photos on iPhone 6
On 10/20/2016 02:56 PM, J Martin Rushton wrote: > A bit of a perennial I'm afraid. My wife has filled up her iPhone 6 > with photos, and wants them moved onto my computer. I'm running CentOS > 7 patched about 30 minutes ago. Needless to say the computer can't see > the data on the iPhone, though it does recognise the phone as an iPhone. > > Any suggestions (well any that don't involve a steam roller, sledge > hammer or GBH to the whole of Apple Inc)? > > $ uname -a > Linux tamar.home 3.10.0-327.36.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 18 13:04:29 > UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Set up a dropbox account for your wife and install the Dropbox app. Choose the option to automatically upload images from the phone to Dropbox, then let it do its thing. Once the files are on dropbox, you can download them wherever you like. -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] C6: latest util-linux-ng dependency on kernel? (Linode)
How do I work around this? I can't get a yum update to work. My kernel is 4.8.6-x86_64-linode78 -- -- Steve On 11/21/2016 07:05 AM, Tony Mountifield wrote: > In article > , > Gianluca Cecchi wrote: >> On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Tony Mountifield >> wrote: >> >>> I am just applying the latest C6 updates to a couple of KVM Linodes. >>> It appears that the latest update of util-linux-ng has added a new >>> dependency on the kernel package. >>> >>> On these VMs, the kernel package is not normally installed, and the VM >>> runs a host-supplied kernel. But now, a "yum update" wants to install for >>> dependencies kernel, kernel-firmware and grubby, none of which should be >>> necessary in this environment. >>> >>> I have allowed it on one Linode and rebooted it. All seems ok and it is >>> still running the host-supplied kernel, but it still grates that an >>> unused kernel should have been required to be installed. >>> >>> Is this an error in util-linux-ng, or a real new requirement? >>> >>> Cheers >>> Tony >>> >> >> If you have access to it see: >> >> Bug Fix Advisory - RHBA-2016:2748-1 >> >> Corresponding CentOS announcement here: >> https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2016-November/022148.html > > Ah, ok. Looks like it will have to be an annoyance then. > >> Verify that in your current kernel you don't incur in this bugzilla (I >> think you are not using rlogin...): >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1335670 > > Nope, only ever ssh! > > The linodes are currently running kernel 4.8.3 > > Tony > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Noise Cancellation of Server Noise
Google "server room active noise cancellation" On 12/24/2016 03:43 PM, H wrote: > Has anyone come across a device that could cancel out the noise from servers, > ie. the fan noise? I have a server rack near my office and would like to see > if i can decrease the noise level. It would seem to me that the steady drone > of the fans could be cancelled out to a large extent. > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- -- Steve ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
