[CentOS] [CSL #351425] perfctr-enabled C5 kernel anyone?

2008-05-09 Thread David Thompson
Hi all: We have a user who needs to do some work with PAPI, which requires the perfctr patch applied to the kernel proper. Before I do that work here, I wanted to ask the list if anyone knows of a repo where such kernels are available? Also, if anyone has gone down this route and has helpfu

Re: [CentOS] Unknown rootkit causes compromised servers

2008-01-29 Thread David Thompson
"Michael A. Peters" wrote: >> >> I have never understood this. If I have a good, strong password that nobody >> knows, how is changing it to another one an improvement over what I already >> have? > >I agree with you. For user accounts, changing one strong password for another gains you nothing,

Re: [CentOS] Re: are RPMForge and EPEL compatible?

2007-12-06 Thread David Thompson
Paul Heinlein wrote: > >Tom Lehrer sang it best: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY I was thinking more along the lines on Mick Jager: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FqGz0z4dI0 Dave Thompson UW-Madison ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cen

Re: [CentOS] Time Change

2007-11-01 Thread David Thompson
"Akemi Yagi" wrote: > >You should update tzdata. The current version is tzdata-2007h-1. >Then you can check if the time change is correctly set up by running >this command: > >/usr/sbin/zdump -v CST6CDT | grep 2007 In addition to: /usr/sbin/zdump -v /etc/localtime | grep 2007 ...which will give

[CentOS] xfs 0.4-1 kernel modules CentOS 4/5

2007-09-05 Thread David Thompson
Is anyone else having difficulty with the kmod-xfs-*0.4-1* rpms from the centosplus repositories? For several years I have used a patched anaconda to get xfs file systems into the initial install for non-root file systems. With the 0.4-1 rpms, The subsequent reboot immediately reports file sy

Re: [CentOS] Forcing ifcfg-eth0 to use the same nic in multi nic machine

2007-08-15 Thread David Thompson
Lanny Marcus wrote: > >I agree with Doug and Johnny. My belief is that every NIC in the world >is supposed to have a unique MAC address. Although the OP has been using >these boards without problems, I suspect there is a defect on the >boards. I've been waiting for the "authoritative network admin