[CentOS] Find user accounts with uid > 500

Hi all: I'm doing an audit of some Linux machines, and have used this awk one-liner to find accounts with uid > 499: awk -F: '{if ($3 > 499) print $0}' < /etc/passwd It works great if you run it on a host directly, but if I try to ssh to a remote host and run the command it fails: mybox$ ssh se

Re: [CentOS] how to uninstall

> when i install a package without the rpm tool cause its not rpm > package like configure , make , make install > > how can i uninstall it later ? If possible, configure it using --prefix so that everything belonging to it gets installed in the same place, which will make removing it easy. I p

Re: [CentOS] Find user accounts with uid > 500

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 02:56 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: > Hi all: > > I'm doing an audit of some Linux machines, and have used this awk > one-liner to find accounts with uid > 499: > > awk -F: '{if ($3 > 499) print $0}' < /etc/passwd > > It works great if you run it on a host directly, but if I t

Re: [CentOS] Find user accounts with uid > 500

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 04:27 -0500, William L. Maltby wrote: > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 02:56 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: > > Hi all: > > > > I'm doing an audit of some Linux machines, and have used this awk > > one-liner to find accounts with uid > 499: > > > > awk -F: '{if ($3 > 499) print $0}' < /

Re: [CentOS] Find user accounts with uid > 500

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 09:48 +, Jim Wight wrote: > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 04:27 -0500, William L. Maltby wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 02:56 -0600, Sean Carolan wrote: > > > Hi all: > > > > > > I'm doing an audit of some Linux machines, and have used this awk > > > one-liner to find accounts

Re: [CentOS] perl error on CentOS

Rogelio wrote: > when i type 'perl perlscript.pl, I get the following error > > Can't locate version.pm in @INC (@INC contains: [EMAIL PROTECTED] result]# yum provides "version.pm" perl-version.x86_64 0.74-1.el5.rf rpmforge Matched from: /usr/lib64/perl5/vend

Re: [CentOS] MRTG question on CentOS

Rogelio wrote: > [Wed Feb 27 15:41:13 2008] [error] [client 10.200.200.58] Directory index > forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/mrtg/ > > Any suggestions? is quite handy anyway, if you're toying aro

Re: [CentOS] Find user accounts with uid > 500

> > ssh servername awk -F: "'{if (\$3 > 499) print \$0}'" < /etc/passwd > > ssh servername awk -F: "'{if (\$3 > 499) print \$0}' < /etc/passwd" > > otherwise '< /etc/passwd' happens on the client. Awesome, thanks! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.

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RE: [CentOS] proliant ml370

On Wed, 27 Feb 2008, Joseph L. Casale wrote: hi all, i just inherit a server: Compaq ProLiant ML370 Generation 2 Server with Smart Array 5300 Controller with 6x18.2GB hard drives. i want to install centos 5 on it with hardware raid 1. any idea how? it also has a build-in and add-on ethernet

Re: [CentOS] Yum not updating kernel

I'll lookand see, doesn't hurt. Which repos did you have installed? -Ross - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CentOS mailing list Sent: Thu Feb 28 02:32:20 2008 Subject: RE: [CentOS] Yum not updating kernel On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 15:27 -0500, Ross S. W

Re: [CentOS] how to uninstall

Jim, Try out 'alternatives' for managing symlinks to prefixed installs, especially if you have multiple versions. Works like a charm and can be used to fix/remove links later. -Ross - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CentOS mailing list Sent: Thu Fe

[CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. What am I not doing right? ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 gives me eth0 but anything else like -f 2, -f 3 etc I get nothing. Jerry

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

Jerry Geis wrote: I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. What am I not doing right? ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 gives me eth0 but anything else like -f 2, -f 3 etc I get nothing. Jerry The

Re: [CentOS] proliant ml370

basically, my question is do i want to config raid before install os or vs? i only want to use hardware raid and my controller & hd are scsi. you have to configure the RAID card before OS installation otherwise you will not get a desired result - just go into the RAID bios, set it how you

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Toby Bluhm wrote: > There's multiple spaces in the output that cut is hitting - use tr to > reduce them. > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 5 Or: ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 11 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version:

Re: [CentOS] Re: Gnumeric

Primorec wrote: P.S. Karanbir, will gnumeric be included into the repository in the future ? I've added it to the buildqueue a few minues back, it should show up in the testing C5 repo either later today or in the morning tomorrow. - KB -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : [EMAIL

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Max Hetrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Toby Bluhm wrote: > > > There's multiple spaces in the output that cut is hitting - use tr to > > reduce them. > > > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 5 > > Or: > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d '

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

ip is probably a better tool (than ifconfig) ip link show eth0 | tr -s " " | cut -d" " -f3 Max Hetrick wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Toby Bluhm wrote: There's multiple spaces in the output that cut is hitting - use tr to reduce them. ifconfig | grep eth0 | tr -s ' ' '

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:56:49AM -0500, Max Hetrick enlightened us: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Toby Bluhm wrote: > > > There's multiple spaces in the output that cut is hitting - use tr to > > reduce them. > > > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

Jerry Geis wrote: I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. What am I not doing right? ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 gives me eth0 but anything else like -f 2, -f 3 etc I get nothing. If sed had

Re: [CentOS] MRTG question on CentOS

Rogelio wrote: > [Wed Feb 27 15:41:13 2008] [error] [client 10.200.200.58] Directory index > forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/mrtg/ Run MRTG's indexmaker to make an index file(index.html), or update the apache config to allow Indexes for that directory. nate

Re: [CentOS] Re: Gnumeric

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 6:05 AM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Primorec wrote: > > > > P.S. Karanbir, will gnumeric be included into the repository in the > future ? > > I've added it to the buildqueue a few minues back, it should show up in > the testing C5 repo either later to

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:56:49AM -0500, Max Hetrick wrote: > Toby Bluhm wrote: > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | tr -s ' ' ' ' | cut -d ' ' -f 5 > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 11 ifconfig | sed -n 's/^eth0.*HWaddr \([^ ]*\).*$/\1/p' -- rgds Stephen ___

Re: [CentOS] how to uninstall

hello guys i have centos5.1, and my subject is : when i install a package without the rpm tool cause its not rpm package like configure , make , make install how can i uninstall it later ? Try using checkinstall _

[CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Is there a EASY way to change the SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc. Some command line that does it? Trying to explain to customers editor commands, etc... to edit this file, change the name, make and service sendmail restart is BIG for someone that doesnt know linux... Just wondering if something exist

[CentOS] xen domU shutdown and save

Hi There, Having some trouble discovering how to shutdown domU's without saving them. I have some awful power from the grid causing the backup battery system to initiate shutdown's on dom0, which is the desired result, however domU's are saving (which I don't want) and this takes a very long

Re: [CentOS] perl error on CentOS

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:19 AM, Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rogelio wrote: > > when i type 'perl perlscript.pl, I get the following error > > > > Can't locate version.pm in @INC (@INC contains: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] result]# yum provides "version.pm" > perl-version.x86_64

RE: [CentOS] xen domU shutdown and save

gen2 wrote: > > Hi There, > > Having some trouble discovering how to shutdown domU's without saving > them. I have some awful power from the grid causing the > backup battery > system to initiate shutdown's on dom0, which is the desired result, > however domU's are saving (which I don't want)

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Jerry Geis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. > > What am I not doing right? > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 gives me eth0 but a

[CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wrongly sets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Tuesday 19 February 2008 13:02:31 Johnny Hughes wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > ModelName"Monitor 1280x1024" > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > >

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wrongly sets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 19:17 +, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 13:02:31 Johnny Hughes wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > > > Identifier "Monitor0" > > > ModelName"Monitor 1280x1024

Re: [CentOS] perl error on CentOS

Rogelio wrote: > I notice that a lot of my questions stem from a misunderstanding of how RPMs > work, as well as how YUM uses RPMs. Can anyone provide me some useful > links? I google for info, but just seem to get little bits of knowledge but > not enough to put it all together coherently.

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wrongly sets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thursday 28 February 2008 19:29:07 Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 19:17 +, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 13:02:31 Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: > > > >

RE: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 19:29:07 Craig White wrote: > > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 19:17 +, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 19 February 2008 13:02:31 Johnny Hughes wrote: > > > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSy

[CentOS] Seelinux : Allow postfix to connect to MysQL

Hello, I just configured postfix so that it uses MySQL database to store virtual domain and user info. When SELinux is enalbed, postfix fails to connect to MySQL. Below is an example error from the mailog file. postfix/trivial-rewrite[4753]: fatal: mysql:/etc/postfix/mysql_virtual_alias_maps

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards and monitors, > I use it here at work during kickstart installs. > > Section "ServerLayout" > Identifier "Default Layout" > Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0

RE: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jerry Geis > Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:12 AM > To: CentOS ML > Subject: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc > > > Is there a EASY way to change the SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc. > So

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 08:51 -0500, Toby Bluhm wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: > > I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with > > > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. > > > > What am I not doing right? > > > > ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1 give

Re: [CentOS] perl error on CentOS

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:38 +0100, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Rogelio wrote: > > I notice that a lot of my questions stem from a misunderstanding of how RPMs > > work, as well as how YUM uses RPMs. Can anyone provide me some useful > > links? I google for info, but just seem to get little bits of k

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Dan Carl wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerry Geis Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 11:12 AM To: CentOS ML Subject: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc Is there a EASY way to change the SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc. S

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

> In this case the change is so minor I would just get them to edit > sendmail.cf directly and add the appropriate smart host (Yes I know people > will shoot me for making this recommendation). > > For those unfamiliar with it you just edit the DS Parameter eg > > # "Smart" relay host (may be nu

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Ray Van Dolson wrote: In this case the change is so minor I would just get them to edit sendmail.cf directly and add the appropriate smart host (Yes I know people will shoot me for making this recommendation). For those unfamiliar with it you just edit the DS Parameter eg # "Smart" relay hos

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:31 +, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards and monitors, > > I use it here at work during kickstart installs. > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > I

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:22:04PM +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: >>> In this case the change is so minor I would just get them to edit >>> sendmail.cf directly and add the appropriate smart host (Yes I know >>> people will shoot me for making this recommendation). >>> >>> For

[CentOS] Re: Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

on 2-28-2008 12:31 PM Anne Wilson spake the following: On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards and monitors, I use it here at work during kickstart installs. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Ray Van Dolson wrote: In this case the change is so minor I would just get them to edit sendmail.cf directly and add the appropriate smart host (Yes I know people will shoot me for making this recommendation). For those unfamiliar with it you just edit the DS Parameter eg # "Smart" relay hos

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Rudi Ahlers wrote: The obvious downside here is that if you ever rebuild your sendmail.cf file from the mc file in the future, this change will be overwritten. Unless he "chattr -i sendmail.cf" the file ? Why would anyone want to do that ? perhaps you meant +i ? but then again, why would you

[CentOS] installkernel

Hi, I have a question about: /sbin/installkernel I believe this line: LINK_PATH=/boot and usage of this variable... is a bug. What do others say? Using this script, as-is, I would need to chroot to make it work properly for a alternative INSTALL_PATH, right? who the heck is tyson? why did

Re: [CentOS] smtp mailer or SMART_HOST in sendmail.mc

Karanbir Singh wrote: Rudi Ahlers wrote: The obvious downside here is that if you ever rebuild your sendmail.cf file from the mc file in the future, this change will be overwritten. Unless he "chattr -i sendmail.cf" the file ? Why would anyone want to do that ? perhaps you meant +i ? but then

RE: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysetsup Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > > Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards > and monitors, > > I use it here at work during kickstart installs. > > > > Section "ServerLayout" > > Identifier "Default Layout" >

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:13:17AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: > >I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with > > > >ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. > > > >What am I not doing right? > > > >ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 1

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thursday 28 February 2008 21:23:54 Craig White wrote: > On Thu, 2008-02-28 at 20:31 +, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards and > > > monitors, I use it here at work during kick

Re: [CentOS] Re: Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thursday 28 February 2008 21:24:02 Scott Silva wrote: > > That config is going to be printed out for > > my "Emergencies" file. :-) > > > > Anne > > Just save a copy so you can cp it into place in an emergency. I'm a "belt, braces (suspenders) and piece-of-string" type :-) It's saved as a fi

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysetsup Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

On Thursday 28 February 2008 21:47:35 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 28 February 2008 20:00:25 Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > > > Here is a simple Vesa config that should work on most cards > > > > and monitors, > > > > > I use it here at work during kickstart installs. >

Re: [CentOS] Completely lost X (was system-config-display wronglysets up Viewsonic VG730m monitor)

Anne Wilson wrote: I was reluctant to state this because I have no authoritative knowledge on these things but if you change video cables, I think that you need to reboot to get the video chipset to properly recognize the cable/monitor connected. I'm pretty sure you do. I had done that, t

Re: [CentOS] GRabbing MAC address

On Thu, 28 Feb 2008, Wojtek Pilorz wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 08:13:17AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: Jerry Geis wrote: I am trying to grab the mac address for eth0 on centos 5.1 with ifconfig | grep eth0 | cut -d ' ' -f 5 and I dont get anything. What am I not doing right? ifconfig | gre

[CentOS] erroneous and irritating messages

HI All, Keep getting the following in the messages file: Feb 28 21:24:43 hp kernel: ACPI: Unable to turn cooling device [f7d82dec] 'on' Feb 28 21:25:13 hp last message repeated 5 times Have hordes of these. All fans are working fine afaikt. Any idea how to make the beast stop reporting these

Re: [CentOS] MRTG question on CentOS

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 11:21 AM, Rogelio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to get MRTG up and running on CentOS, but the displayed http page > says that I don't have permission to access /mrtg/ on the server. > > Here are my commands > > yum install mrtg > vim /etc/httpd/conf.d/mrtg.conf my

Re: [CentOS] erroneous and irritating messages

Stop the acpi daemon you can do it by using chkconfig acpid off service acpid stop - Original Message - From: "Phil Savoie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CentOS mailing list" Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:58 AM Subject: [CentOS] erroneous and irritating messages > HI All, > > Keep getti

Re: [CentOS] Huge mailq

On Wednesday 27 February 2008, Christopher Chan wrote: > procmail, postfix local, maildrop all support maildir. qmail is not even > necessary. Or is this your excuse to do a bit of qmail bashing? Qmail bashing? Not at all. But I'm not endorsing Qmail, either, and I'm nice enough to say why... =)