Re: [CentOS] Question about optimal filesystem with many small files.

2009-07-09 Thread James A. Peltier
On a side note, perhaps this is something that Hadoop would be good with. -- James A. Peltier Systems Analyst (FASNet), VIVARIUM Technical Director HPC Coordinator Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus Phone : 778-782-6573 Fax : 778-782-3045 E-Mail : jpelt...@sfu.ca Website : http://www

Re: [CentOS] LDAP/Autofs instructions are conflicting in Centos5.3

2009-07-09 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 10:37 PM, Eric B. wrote: > Hi, > > I'm not sure if I am posting this in the right place, so if this belongs > more on another list, please let me know. The 389 list is a better place: 389 users mailing list 389-us...@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fed

[CentOS] LDAP/Autofs instructions are conflicting in Centos5.3

2009-07-09 Thread Eric B.
Hi, I'm not sure if I am posting this in the right place, so if this belongs more on another list, please let me know. I am trying to get Autofs configured to use LDAP on CentOS5.3, but am running into an inconsitency. On CentOS5.3, the openldap server is installed with an extra schema/redhat/

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2009-07-09 Thread dani
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Re: [CentOS] Is there an openssh security problem?

2009-07-09 Thread Bill Campbell
This appeared today on Macworld, an article saying this is probably a hoax: http://www.macworld.com/article/141628/2009/07/openssh_securityhoax.html?lsrc=rss_main Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mer

Re: [CentOS] Regarding LARGE number of files in a folder in linux

2009-07-09 Thread JohnS
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 13:04 -0400, Bob Hoffman wrote: > > SO what is best for file management and system resources? > --- Looking at Case Studies from former companies and how they did it. Then follow there solution or make it better. If that company can give you POC (proof of concept) for 30

Re: [CentOS] Question about optimal filesystem with many small files.

2009-07-09 Thread JohnS
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 10:09 -0700, James A. Peltier wrote: > On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, o wrote: > > > > > It's possible that I will be able to name the directory tree based in the > > hash of te file, so I would get the structure described in one of my > > previous post (4 di

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blocking hacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread mark . hanna
If you are talking about restricting "hacking" attempts across multiple services (like ssh, smtp and http) then you are beginning to move into the realm of an IDS solution (like Snort) Currently I use denyhosts plus iptables blacklist for ssh on the servers side (plus multiple layers of firewal

Re: [CentOS] Regarding LARGE number of files in a folder in linux

2009-07-09 Thread Stephen Harris
On Thu, Jul 09, 2009 at 01:04:37PM -0400, Bob Hoffman wrote: > If you have 300,000 clients you could give them their own folder each and > then the folders would have only 10 photos, but one folder would contain > 300,000 folders. No. Because that top level folder would be split by first letter,

Re: [CentOS] Regarding LARGE number of files in a folder in linux

2009-07-09 Thread Alan Sparks
Bob Hoffman wrote: > This goes out to you admins who manage servers with a heavy load of > information. > > I would like to know what you do about the number of files in a folder, or > if that is a concern. I think there is a limitation or a slow down if it > gets to big, but what is optimal (if ne

Re: [CentOS] Question about optimal filesystem with many small files.

2009-07-09 Thread James A. Peltier
On Thu, 9 Jul 2009, o wrote: > > It's possible that I will be able to name the directory tree based in the > hash of te file, so I would get the structure described in one of my previous > post (4 directory levels, each directory name would be a single character > from

[CentOS] Regarding LARGE number of files in a folder in linux

2009-07-09 Thread Bob Hoffman
This goes out to you admins who manage servers with a heavy load of information. I would like to know what you do about the number of files in a folder, or if that is a concern. I think there is a limitation or a slow down if it gets to big, but what is optimal (if necessary) Example- running a w

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blockinghacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Manuel Monteiro
Neil Aggarwal wrote: > It looks like BLOCK_SERVICE tells what to block once the > offender has been identified. > > What I am talking about is the process of identifying the > offender in the first place. It looks like only a failed SSH > login attempt will cause someone to be blocked. If they >

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blockinghacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Ron Loftin
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 10:44 -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote: > Ron: > > > > >From what I see, DenyHosts only blocks based on failed > > > SSH attempts > > > > That is incorrect. Denyhosts has a config option named > > "BLOCK_SERVICE" > > which can be set to "ALL". > > I think you misunderstood my

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blockinghacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Ron: > > >From what I see, DenyHosts only blocks based on failed > > SSH attempts > > That is incorrect. Denyhosts has a config option named > "BLOCK_SERVICE" > which can be set to "ALL". I think you misunderstood my point. It looks like BLOCK_SERVICE tells what to block once the offender has

Re: [CentOS] Question about optimal filesystem with many small files.

2009-07-09 Thread JohnS
On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 16:14 -0600, Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:09:28 -0400 > Filipe Brandenburger wrote: > > > You can hash it and still keep the original filename, and you don't > > even need a MySQL database to do lookups. > > Now that is slick as all get-out. I'm really impress

[CentOS] yum-3.2.8 for Centos 4 backport, part II.

2009-07-09 Thread David Hrbáč
Hi, I have again worked on yum 3.2.8 for Centos 4 today, after a long time. The result is backported package yum-3.2.8-9.el4.hrb.2.1.5 which is the upgrade of yum-3.2.8-9.el4.hrb.2.1.3 I've been using smoothly for quite a long time. Packages are in testing repos: http://fs12.vsb.cz/hrb33/el4/hrb/t

Re: [CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blocking hacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Ron Loftin
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 09:56 -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote: > Hello: > > I have been looking into projects that will automatically > restrict hacking attempts on my servers running CentOS 5. > > I think the two top contenders are: > DenyHosts - http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net > Fail2ban

[CentOS] Looking for recommendations for blocking hacking attempts

2009-07-09 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hello: I have been looking into projects that will automatically restrict hacking attempts on my servers running CentOS 5. I think the two top contenders are: DenyHosts - http://denyhosts.sourceforge.net Fail2ban - http://www.fail2ban.org >From what I see, DenyHosts only blocks b

Re: [CentOS] OT:CMS

2009-07-09 Thread kazu.hodota
Hello, I am using TYPO3 over 4 years on CentOS that very powerful, however very complex system. TYPO3 is a PHP based Web framework system and new version of TYPO3 is FLOW3 more powerful environment. FLOW3 is a real PHP framework and easy to develop PHP Web applications. Usually, we have to need

Re: [CentOS] Is there an openssh security problem?

2009-07-09 Thread Michael Simpson
On 08/07/2009, Flaherty, Patrick wrote: > > is there a security issue on CentOS 5.3 with openssh 4.3? I > > ask that cause of > > http://www.h-online.com/security/Rumours-of-critical-vulnerabi > > lity-in-OpenSSH-in-Red-Hat-Enterprise-Linux--/news/113712 > > and http://secer.org/hacktools/0day-ope

Re: [CentOS] Add instantly active local user accounts *with* password using useradd -p option ?

2009-07-09 Thread William L. Maltby
On Thu, 2009-07-09 at 08:32 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I need to setup a load of user accounts on a series of machines, for > testing purposes. I'm using a script to do this, but the only problem I > have so far: I have to activate them all manually by doing passwd user1, > passwd use

Re: [CentOS] ldap authentication

2009-07-09 Thread Kwan Lowe
2009/7/9 hqm8512 > hello , > we're using LDAP for user authentication > > I'm looking for a mechanism to automatically create a users home directory > when he logs in for the first time > Thanks, > The autodir package will do precisely that. It's easy to setup too: yum -y install autodir mkd

Re: [CentOS] ldap authentication

2009-07-09 Thread Seán O Sullivan
2009/7/9 hqm8512 : > hello , > we're using LDAP for user authentication > > I'm looking for a mechanism to automatically create a users home directory > when he logs in for the first time > Thanks, If using authconfig, can pass the --enablemkhomedir This works by putting the following in /etc/pam

Re: [CentOS] OT:CMS

2009-07-09 Thread Bent Terp
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:18 AM, Geoff Galitz wrote: > Why are you migrating away from Joomla? Cuz developers got very excited about views and panels and shiny stuff :-) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/ce

Re: [CentOS] Add instantly active local user accounts *with* password using useradd -p option ?

2009-07-09 Thread Niki Kovacs
Sander Snel a écrit : > # for user in user1 user2 user3 ; do useradd $user ; echo "password" | > passwd --stdin $user ; done > > cant make it any simpler Indeed. Thanks very much! Niki ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.or

Re: [CentOS] Add instantly active local user accounts *with* password using useradd -p option ?

2009-07-09 Thread Sander Snel
# for user in user1 user2 user3 ; do useradd $user ; echo "password" | passwd --stdin $user ; done cant make it any simpler Sander luc...@lastdot.org wrote: > On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I need to setup a load of user accounts on a series of machines,

Re: [CentOS] OT:CMS

2009-07-09 Thread Geoff Galitz
> We're migrating from Joomla to Drupal at the moment Why are you migrating away from Joomla? - Geoff Galitz Blankenheim NRW, Germany http://www.galitz.org/ http://german-way.com/blog/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentO

Re: [CentOS] Add instantly active local user accounts *with* password using useradd -p option ?

2009-07-09 Thread Chris Geldenhuis
Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I need to setup a load of user accounts on a series of machines, for > testing purposes. I'm using a script to do this, but the only problem I > have so far: I have to activate them all manually by doing passwd user1, > passwd user2, passwd user3, etcetera. The usera

Re: [CentOS] OT:CMS

2009-07-09 Thread Bent Terp
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:22 AM, madunix wrote: > Dear ALL, > > What  are the experiences you have with various open source CMS > products (Comparison of PHP-based CMS) such as  (Drupal, Joomla, > OpenCMS, Typo3, eZ publish ..etc.) We're migrating from Joomla to Drupal at the moment > Security, Bu

Re: [CentOS] Add instantly active local user accounts *with* password using useradd -p option ?

2009-07-09 Thread luc...@lastdot.org
On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 7:32 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > I need to setup a load of user accounts on a series of machines, for > testing purposes. I'm using a script to do this, but the only problem I > have so far: I have to activate them all manually by doing passwd user1, > passwd user2, pass