Re: [CentOS] grub problems

m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > This is irritating: I've got a server I just upgraded to 5.4, then > rebooted, only to discover that it just *sits* there at the grub boot > menu. I looked at grub.conf, and uncommented hiddenmenu (which should have > been done long ago). I just saw something similar ha

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > Ross Walker wrote: > >> On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay wrote: > >> > >>> Hey folks, > >>> > >>> We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best > >>> to > >>> d

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

Mark, What would you recommend for a larger environment then? Dan Burkland NMDP Helpdesk Technician 3001 Broadway Street N. E. Suite 100, Minneapolis, MN 55413-1753 Phone (612) 362-3411 Toll Free: (800) 526-7809 Ext. 8123 -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:cen

Re: [CentOS] Nagios check_file size in another machine

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 08:08:27PM +0700, kebo jantan wrote: > I just already. This on client > > [r...@xmen ~]# ps -ef | grep -i snmp > root 10505 10172 0 20:06 pts/000:00:00 grep -i snmp > > [r...@cyclop ~]# ps -ef | grep -i nrpe > root 10507 10172 0 20:06 pts/000:00:00 grep -

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

On 03/11/09 21:13, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > Also, I believe cobbler functionality is being included in Spacewalk. spacewalk 0.6 is able to deploy machines with cobbler and do initial snippet management too. - KB ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 03/11/09 21:13, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > >> Also, I believe cobbler functionality is being included in Spacewalk. >> > > spacewalk 0.6 is able to deploy machines with cobbler and do initial > snippet management too. > At that point I pass it over to puppet per

Re: [CentOS] LSI SAS snmp agent

On Nov 3, 2009, at 10:32 AM, "Joseph L. Casale" wrote: > Anyone set this up in CentOS? Can you shed some light on the > requirements, > does it require the LSI module, or does the rhel provided module > work just > fine? The LSI SAS SNMP module is an add-on to the RH SNMP module. It provid

Re: [CentOS] Server packet loss and becomes unresponsive

Timothy wrote: >> did you mention if any recent OS or other software updates like 5.3 to 5.4 > or otherwise? > It is a newer box w/ 5.4 installed. > >> someone could be DOS'ing the server ??? > Does not appear that way and if it was I would imagine console should still > work but it does not. >

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

On 03/11/09 23:42, Corey Chandler wrote: > At that point I pass it over to puppet personally. Used to use > cfengine, but there are aspects I prefer when it comes to puppet; your > mileage may of course vary. well, refer back to my initial email on the subject. Its how you split state and policy

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

Ray Van Dolson wrote: > Also, I believe cobbler functionality is being included in Spacewalk. > Though I haven't delved too deeply into either yet (we do use RHN > Satellite 5.0.x), I need to evaluate whether Spacewalk/newer versions > of Satellite can manage hosts *other* than RHEL easily. I'd ha

Re: [CentOS] Server packet loss and becomes unresponsive

>do you have remote console access i.e. DRAC or ILO ? No. >did you mention if any recent OS or other software updates like 5.3 to 5.4 or otherwise? It is a newer box w/ 5.4 installed. >someone could be DOS'ing the server ??? Does not appear that way and if it was I would imagine console should s

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

Also, I believe cobbler functionality is being included in Spacewalk. Though I haven't delved too deeply into either yet (we do use RHN Satellite 5.0.x), I need to evaluate whether Spacewalk/newer versions of Satellite can manage hosts *other* than RHEL easily. I'd hate to maintain both a Satellit

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

On Nov 3, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Ross Walker wrote: >> On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay wrote: >> >>> Hey folks, >>> >>> We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best >>> to >>> do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or >>> virtual

Re: [CentOS] Keeping iptables in sync across multiple machines

mark wrote: > >>> So, what I am looking for really is feedback on what people are using in >>> the wild on multiple machines, and bonus points for people who only use >>> tools and mechanisms already built into the CentOS [base] repo. >> We are using Spacewalk to manage /etc/sysconfig/iptables file

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

> I am a little new to managing large numbers of CentOS/RHEL servers and was > wondering what you experienced sysadmins prefer, Spacewalk or Puppet? > If you look at recent posts, you'll know my opinion of Spacewalk (not high, for large values of "not", and small values of "high"). mark _

[CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

I am a little new to managing large numbers of CentOS/RHEL servers and was wondering what you experienced sysadmins prefer, Spacewalk or Puppet? Thanks, Dan Burkland ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/ce

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

Dan Burkland wrote: > Mark, > > What would you recommend for a larger environment then? If I had to choose it would be puppet over spacewalk, though I may use spacewalk for the kickstart and inventory stuff. Note that spacewalk requires oracle(last I checked) so depending on the size of your envi

Re: [CentOS] smartmontools

At Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:48:43 -0700 (MST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hi, Corey, > > > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> I'm in the process of rolling out the upgrade from (mostly) 5.3 to 5.4. > >> One of my servers started throwing the following: > >> Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:0: FAST-8

Re: [CentOS] smartmontools

> At Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:48:43 -0700 (MST) CentOS mailing list > wrote: >> > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> >> I'm in the process of rolling out the upgrade from (mostly) 5.3 to >> >> 5.4. One of my servers started throwing the following: >> >> Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:0: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI >

[CentOS] [SOLVED]: Proper configuration for DNS slaves and masters

On Tue, November 3, 2009 13:34, James B. Byrne wrote: > > In any case, the real problem is that neither slave actually > transfers the updated zone file and I cannot figure out why not. I > have verified that the master zone file serial number is greater > than that of the slave zones. > > This

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

On 03/11/09 19:23, Dan Burkland wrote: > I am a little new to managing large numbers of CentOS/RHEL servers and > was wondering what you experienced sysadmins prefer, Spacewalk or Puppet? They are not really the same thing - puppet tends to be more policy and role centric while spacewalk is more

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

> Dan Burkland wrote: >> >> What would you recommend for a larger environment then? I'm currently supporting the largest environment I've ever done, and we've got under 200 servers, I think. We've got a small package to handle all the configuration files, a system my manager wrote. > > If I had to

Re: [CentOS] Proper configuration for DNS slaves and masters

James B. Byrne wrote: > I have the following layout > > DNS01 - Master > DNS02 - Remote slave > DNS03 - Local network slave > > The master is configured so: > > acl HLLnetworks { > 209.47.176/24; > 216.185.71/24; > }; > > options { > allow-query { > any; >

Re: [CentOS] Spacewalk or Puppet?

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Dan Burkland wrote: > I am a little new to managing large numbers of CentOS/RHEL servers and > was wondering what you experienced sysadmins prefer, Spacewalk or Puppet? > Chef showed up on my radar this morning. Have you seen it or used it. Looks pretty promisin

Re: [CentOS] smartmontools

m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > I'm in the process of rolling out the upgrade from (mostly) 5.3 to 5.4. > One of my servers started throwing the following: > Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:0: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 > MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 62) > Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:1: FAST-80 WIDE

Re: [CentOS] mock, extras vs epel

Todd Denniston napsal(a): > I am looking to be a bit more standard in the builds of my CentOS rpms, and > so I was about to > install mock but noticed that there is one provided in the centos/5/extras > and another in epel. > > epel is obviously newer, but are there reasons/experiences in this

Re: [CentOS] mock, extras vs epel

Karanbir Singh wrote, On 11/03/2009 04:57 AM: > The mock in extras is what we use to build the distro against and is the > only version we work with on the buildsystems. depending on what you are > doing, that issue might or might not be relevant. > Thanks for yours and Mr. X's feedback. Off to

Re: [CentOS] Proper configuration for DNS slaves and masters

On Tue, 2009-11-03 at 13:34 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote: > > zone "byrnejb.ca" { > type slave; > masters { > 216.185.71.33; > }; > file "/var/named/slaves/byrnejb.ca.hosts"; > }; > > Which is, as far as I can see, identical. > > In any case, t

Re: [CentOS] DNS log file question

James B. Byrne wrote: > Again, I remind potential respondents that I get the digest so > please send me a direct copy of any reply to the list. 174.88.12.107 is trying to use your system for recursive queries. nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cento

Re: [CentOS] smartmontools

Hi, Corey, > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I'm in the process of rolling out the upgrade from (mostly) 5.3 to 5.4. >> One of my servers started throwing the following: >> Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:0: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 >> MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 62) >> Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target

[CentOS] Proper configuration for DNS slaves and masters

I have the following layout DNS01 - Master DNS02 - Remote slave DNS03 - Local network slave The master is configured so: acl HLLnetworks { 209.47.176/24; 216.185.71/24; }; options { allow-query { any; }; allow-recursion {

[CentOS] DNS log file question

I am trying to sort out a configuration problem with y slave servers, more on that in a following message, but while I was examining the system log on one of those servers I saw this: Nov 3 12:30:43 inet04 named[18110]: client 174.88.12.107#60136: query (cache) 'www.soundunwound.com/A/IN' denied

Re: [CentOS] Zimbra help?

Hi Like said before. Kill all other MTA's and make shore they remain stopped at system start. Regarding Zimbra MTA issues, i've always ended up with dns problems as the cause of mta malfunction. Check if the DNS you provided at /etc/resolv.conf is resolving correctly the zimbra server name. C

Re: [CentOS] Free or low cost online backup?

>>> Does anyone know a free or low cost online backup >>> system for CentOS? >> >> Just google for -- cheap vps centos -- and see what you find.  You can >> SCP your compressed backups into an account quite easily.  We do this >> for a mysql database backup.  You could also use a cheap web hosting

Re: [CentOS] DNS log file question

James B. Byrne wrote: > I am trying to sort out a configuration problem with y slave > servers, more on that in a following message, but while I was > examining the system log on one of those servers I saw this: > > Nov 3 12:30:43 inet04 named[18110]: client 174.88.12.107#60136: > query (cache) 'w

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

Ross Walker wrote: > On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay wrote: > >> Hey folks, >> >> We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to >> do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or >> virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : >> >>

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg > wrote: >> and I suspect you are actually using ntfs-3g... Indeed, this has to be looked into. Rod, could you show us the output from: rpm -qa kmod\* and ls -l `find /lib/modules -name

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 7:44 AM, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > funny. > Rod, that wiki page ends with: > "Written and currently maintained by AkemiYagi. Comments/improvement > welcome." > I guess the Akemi you replied to had read that page :-D . > and I suspect you are actually using ntfs-3g... N

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

Rod Rook wrote: > > Interesting (and curious). That means that the description in the > Kconfig file is obsolete. Thanks for your input. > > My attempt to write to NTFS produced a "permission denied" message. > This needs more investigation. > > Akemi > > > You could have

[CentOS] smartmontools

I'm in the process of rolling out the upgrade from (mostly) 5.3 to 5.4. One of my servers started throwing the following: Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:0: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offset 62) Nov 1 05:22:51 kernel: target4:0:1: FAST-80 WIDE SCSI 160.0 MB/s DT (12.5 ns, offs

[CentOS] LSI SAS snmp agent

Anyone set this up in CentOS? Can you shed some light on the requirements, does it require the LSI module, or does the rhel provided module work just fine? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cen

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

> > > Interesting (and curious). That means that the description in the > Kconfig file is obsolete. Thanks for your input. > > My attempt to write to NTFS produced a "permission denied" message. > This needs more investigation. > > Akemi > You could have saved lots of time and efforts if you care

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Digest, Vol 57, Issue 31

Message: 27 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:13:26 -0400 From: Robert Spangler Subject: Re: [CentOS] Syslog do not work To: CentOS mailing list Message-ID: <200910302113.26256.mli...@zoominternet.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" On Friday 30 October 2009 16:34, tim_da...@cbca.c

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:58 AM, Rod Rook wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> > I can write, rename, create folders and files under kernel >> > -2.6.18-164.2.1.el5 >> >> Using the in-kernel ntfs module (kmod-ntfs) ? > Yes. Interesting (and curious). That means that t

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 8:55 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Rod Rook wrote: > > >> In short, the write support offered by the kernel (hence kmod-ntfs) is > >> quite limited. Alan Bartlett pointed to this section of the kernel > >> Kconfig file: > >> > >> "The only suppor

Re: [CentOS] Nagios check_file size in another machine

From: kebo jantan >Now, I have a situation that I would like to monitor size of an >individual file through nagios. e.g >/var/lib/mysql/somedatabase/vlog.myd, this file will grow very fast and >i would like to monitor if the size of this file crosses 1.5 G. >I'm already used 'check_file' but this

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 6:43 AM, Rod Rook wrote: >> In short, the write support offered by the kernel (hence kmod-ntfs) is >> quite limited.  Alan Bartlett pointed to this section of the kernel >> Kconfig file: >> >> "The only supported operation is overwriting existing files, without >> changing

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

On Nov 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to > do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or > virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : > > - CentOS on bare metal > - Cen

Re: [CentOS] info about hdds in raid

On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > John R Pierce wrote: > > Les Mikesell wrote: > >> If you can see activity lights, you can 'cat /dev/sd? >/dev/null' to > >> make them busy, one at a time (where ? is a, b, c, etc). > >> > > > > hahaha, I've done that, only my version is... >

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

> This is just a followup post for those who would like to know how this > conversation developed. The details are in this ELRepo mailing list > thread: > > http://lists.elrepo.org/pipermail/elrepo/2009-November/000102.html > > In short, the write support offered by the kernel (hence kmod-ntfs) is

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to > do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or > virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : > > - CentOS on bare metal > - CentOS on ESXi 4.0 with local dis

[CentOS] CentOS Social, London, UK : 10 Nov 2009

Hi Guys, Some of us are yet-again going to be getting together for a CentOS Beer evening on the 10th Nov 2009 at the Kings and Queens. The Pub is mostly quiet during the week, has a fair selection of drinks and is central enough to most people in the city. The full address is : King & Queens,

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to > do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or > virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : > > - CentOS on bare metal > - CentOS on ESXi 4.0 with local dis

Re: [CentOS] OFFTOPIC MAILSERVER PROBLEM WITH JAMMCONSULTING.COM Re: Free or low cost online backup?

> Your neil and webmaster addresses reject mail from sasktel.net (the > largest ISP in Saskatchewan, Canada), my own mailserver > (melvilletheatre.com), and gmail.com. > > Your mailserver definitely needs some attention and repair. Not to be an ass Frank but have you considered the mail config on

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

On Tue, Nov 03, 2009 at 09:22:57AM -0400, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to > do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or > virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : > > - CentOS on bare

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

I'd recommend a quick read through this post: http://lethargy.org/~jesus/writes/disk-benchmarking-with-dd-dont And then browse through the docs for these tools and pick the one that suites your needs best: http://www.iozone.org/ http://sysbench.sourceforge.net/ http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/

Re: [CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

On 03/11/2009, at 11:52 PM, Alan McKay wrote: > Hey folks, > > We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to > do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or > virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : > > - CentOS on bare metal > - Cen

[CentOS] recommend benchmarking SW

Hey folks, We've got some new hardware and are trying to figure out what best to do with it. Either run CentOS right on the bare metal, or virtualize, or several combination options. Mainly looking at : - CentOS on bare metal - CentOS on ESXi 4.0 with local disk - CentOS on ESXi with 1 VM run

Re: [CentOS] Nagios check_file size in another machine

I just already. This on client [r...@xmen ~]# ps -ef | grep -i snmp root 10505 10172 0 20:06 pts/000:00:00 grep -i snmp [r...@cyclop ~]# ps -ef | grep -i nrpe root 10507 10172 0 20:06 pts/000:00:00 grep -i nrpe [r...@xmen ~]# ps -ef | grep -i ssh root 8899 1 0 Oct26 ?

Re: [CentOS] Nagios check_file size in another machine

On 11/03/2009 12:48 PM, kebo jantan wrote: > I'm already used 'check_file' but this can't solved my problem. The file > in another machine, that 'check_file' can't do it. Look into how nagios runs its tests over a ssh connection or snmp info or nrpe. -- Karanbir Singh London, UK| http:/

[CentOS] Nagios check_file size in another machine

Dear all any one can help me??? I am aware of monitoring disk space using nagios (disk partitions with check_disk). Now, I have a situation that I would like to monitor size of an individual file through nagios. e.g /var/lib/mysql/somedatabase/vlog.myd, this file will grow very fast and i would

Re: [CentOS] NTFS and elrepo

On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 5:46 PM, Ron Loftin wrote: >> >> On Sun, 2009-11-01 at 17:38 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: >>> >>> Looks like you are doing everything just fine.  Perhaps, we should >>> move this conversation to the ELRepo mailing list because

Re: [CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

>The squid website explains that clearly .. which part don't you >undersand ? http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/#Authentication I'll just add that the ntlm helper won't work under Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2. If you are starting from scratch, set up Kerb Auth as that will work with

Re: [CentOS] Server packet loss and becomes unresponsive

  Does "ifconfig" or "dmesg" show any errors?   If the answer to those is no, I'd start running sar to see if there is abnormal behavior which could indicate a hardware problem.   Of course, another possibility is a DDOS.  Do you have any kind security monitoring or protection in place? -geo

Re: [CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

Wahyu Darmawan wrote: > Hi, > Need some help for step by step to configure my squid integrate with > Active Directory at my college. > Could you please help me? > > Thank you. > > The squid website explains that clearly .. which part don't you undersand ? http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamp

Re: [CentOS] mock, extras vs epel

On 11/03/2009 12:09 AM, Todd Denniston wrote: > Is the extras version the version used by the upstream provider and thus the > CentOS team keeps it > around to do the matching builds? The mock in extras is what we use to build the distro against and is the only version we work with on the builds

Re: [CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

What kind of help you need？ 在2009-11-03，"Wahyu Darmawan" 写道： Hi, Need some help for step by step to configure my squid integrate with Active Directory at my college. Could you please help me? Thank you. Rgds, ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.

Re: [CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

Wahyu Darmawan wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Corey Chandler > wrote: > > Wahyu Darmawan wrote: > > Hi, > > Need some help for step by step to configure my squid integrate with > > Active Directory at my college. > > Could you please

Re: [CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Corey Chandler wrote: > Wahyu Darmawan wrote: > > Hi, > > Need some help for step by step to configure my squid integrate with > > Active Directory at my college. > > Could you please help me? > > > > Thank you. > > > > Rgds, > Integrate how? What's your desired en

Re: [CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

Wahyu Darmawan wrote: > Hi, > Need some help for step by step to configure my squid integrate with > Active Directory at my college. > Could you please help me? > > Thank you. > > Rgds, Integrate how? What's your desired end state? -- Corey / KB1JWQ __

[CentOS] Squid authenticating by Active Directory

Hi, Need some help for step by step to configure my squid integrate with Active Directory at my college. Could you please help me? Thank you. Rgds, ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Zimbra help?

ML wrote: > Hi All, > > Is anyone versed in Zimbra? Extremely-- and I know that Zimbra is flat out not supported under CentOS, by their own decision. If this is community edition, it's a different kettle of fish entirely. > I have most things working except some MTA issue. I tried posting on th

Re: [CentOS] Zimbra help?

Check sendmail or other mta service's and shutdowk / kill process... Regards, David - Original Message - From: "Bill Campbell" To: centos@centos.org Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 1:44:37 PM Subject: Re: [CentOS] Zimbra help? On Mon, Nov 02, 2009, ML wrote: >Hi All, >Is