Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Niki Kovacs
Frank Cox a écrit : That's highly unusual, because I have never seen that error caused by anything other than selinux. Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure places in opt/, and not included in the PATH :oD I bet my whole Aretha Franklin CD collection that addin

Re: [CentOS] Re: /usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible

2008-03-07 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
Scott Silva wrote: Can anyone explain me "/usr/bin/ld: skipping incompatible" in plain english ;) How to solve it? It is very difficult to build 64 bit software when 32 bit libs are present because the 32 bit lib path gets searched first. this is not true by default on centos5. I just te

Re: [CentOS] install webmin

2008-03-07 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Les Mikesell wrote: >> On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 02:00:00PM +0100, Ralph Angenendt enlightened us: >>> should keep you busy for a day or two ... >>> > > When someone wants to install webmin it is already a good hint that they > don't want to deal with a million command li

Re: [CentOS] xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis for Freemind?

2008-03-07 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Error: Missing Dependency: xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis is needed by package > ws-jaxme > Error: Missing Dependency: j2sdk = 2000:1.4.2_10-fcs is needed by package > java-1.4.2-sun-compat > > === > > Note beside the mi

[CentOS] CentOS5.1 PHP 5.2 RPMs?

2008-03-07 Thread James Fidell
Is there a PHP 5.2 build for CentOS5.1 anywhere? Unfortunately I need a fix for a SOAP bug that is present in the current 5.1.6 release. James ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] CentOS5.1 PHP 5.2 RPMs?

2008-03-07 Thread Karanbir Singh
James Fidell wrote: > Is there a PHP 5.2 build for CentOS5.1 anywhere? Unfortunately I need a > fix for a SOAP bug that is present in the current 5.1.6 release. Not yet, but we are working on it - there should be something there in the next few days. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ :

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Andreas Pedersen
I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/list

[CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Mário Gamito
Hi, How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? Regular users have it, but not root's. I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. Thanks in advance. Warm Regards, Mário Gamito ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.or

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 10:00 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Frank Cox a écrit : > > > Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -' and > then enter your root password) and type: > > # find / -name 'swriter' Suggestion for future faster "finds": After installing/removing compone

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 37, Issue 4

2008-03-07 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread William L. Maltby
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 10:00 +0100, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Frank Cox a écrit : > > > > That's highly unusual, because I have never seen that error caused by > > anything > > other than selinux. > > > Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure > places in opt/, and not inc

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Tim Verhoeven
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Mário Gamito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? > Regular users have it, but not root's. > > I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. Do "vim file" instead of "vi file". As root "vi" get

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Mário Gamito wrote: > Hi, > > How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? > Regular users have it, but not root's. :sy on also works for root, but the automatical stuff has been taken out of vim for the root user (too dangerous to automatically run stuff). Cheers, Ralph pgpBiwNrsmcKF.

Re: [CentOS] xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis for Freemind?

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Error: Missing Dependency: xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis is needed by package ws-jaxme Error: Missing Dependency: j2sdk = 2000:1.4.2_10-fcs is needed by package java-1.4.2-sun-compat === Not

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> That's highly unusual, because I have never seen that error caused by anything > other than selinux. > > What does this tell you when you type it at a command line: > "/usr/sbin/sestatus" I get - "SELinux status: disabled" __

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure > places in opt/, and not included in the PATH :oD > > I bet my whole Aretha Franklin CD collection that adding the correct > path will solve the problem. > > Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -'

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Suggestion for future faster "finds": > > After installing/removing components, run updatedb. Then instead of > find, you can "locate swriter". You'll probably need to filter the > output as locate's match seems to be very regex-generalized. > > Also, if updating components that have control f

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -' and >> then enter your root password) and type: >> >> # find / -name 'swriter' > > On my 4.0 CentOS, OO 2.0, swriter is a lib component. Try oowriter. WFM. > OK, for output of "find / -name 'oowriter', I get no output. ___

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Andreas Pedersen wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. Solaris puts a lot of effort into maintaining backwards compatibility. With Linux, things as

Re: [CentOS] install webmin

2008-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 02:00:00PM +0100, Ralph Angenendt enlightened us: should keep you busy for a day or two ... When someone wants to install webmin it is already a good hint that they don't want to deal with a million

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Tim Verhoeven wrote: On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Mário Gamito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? Regular users have it, but not root's. I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. Do "vim file" instead of "v

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works - how could that happen?

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure >> places in opt/, and not included in the PATH :oD >> >> I bet my whole Aretha Franklin CD collection that adding the correct >> path will solve the problem. >> >> Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Charles E Campbell Jr
Mário Gamito wrote: How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? Regular users have it, but not root's. I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. 1. use vim instead of vi (vi is /bin/vi , which is usually a "tiny" vim with few features) 2. put into /root/.vim

[CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
I have installed both: jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin But no Java plugin in Firefox. I go to: http://java.com/en/download/help/enable_browser.xml And yes, Java is enabled but still get the dreaded 'download plugin'. I seem to recall some magic linking needed, but my d

Re: [CentOS] xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis for Freemind?

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ralph Angenendt wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Error: Missing Dependency: xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis is needed by package ws-jaxme Error: Missing Dependency: j2sdk = 2000:1.4.2_10-fcs is needed by package java-1.4.2-sun-compat === Not

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread cweisiger
do you have the vim-enhanced package installed? -- Original message from Charles E Campbell Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- > Mário Gamito wrote: > > > > How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? > > Regular users have it, but not root's. > > > > I've seen the hidd

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>>> Well, I have. For third-party applications installed to some obscure >>> places in opt/, and not included in the PATH :oD >>> >>> I bet my whole Aretha Franklin CD collection that adding the correct >>> path will solve the problem. >>> >>> Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which mean

Re: [CentOS] Re: Moving from RAID 0 to LVM RAID?

2008-03-07 Thread Michael Simpson
On 3/7/08, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 3-6-2008 3:58 PM Scott R. Ehrlich spake the following: > > So I've learned a valuable RAID 0 lesson, and it fortunately was not a > > major catastrophy. I got lucky, and had a workable-enough backup on > > tape to make the user who needed some

Re: [CentOS] Re: Moving from RAID 0 to LVM RAID?

2008-03-07 Thread Toby Bluhm
Michael Simpson wrote: On 3/7/08, Scott Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: on 3-6-2008 3:58 PM Scott R. Ehrlich spake the following: So I've learned a valuable RAID 0 lesson, and it fortunately was not a major catastrophy. I got lucky, and had a workable-enough backup on tape to make the

[CentOS] Colors in vi for user rootRe:

2008-03-07 Thread David G. Miller
Mario Gamito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? Regular users have it, but not root's. I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. Thanks in advance. Warm Regards, Mário Gamito This was discussed previously soon after C

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Matt Shields
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:42 AM, Mário Gamito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? > Regular users have it, but not root's. > > I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. yum install vim-common vim-enhanced -- -matt

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Christopher Chan
Andreas Pedersen wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. Solaris admins also have a different mentality and approach to things. I am afraid reasons wh

Re: [CentOS] Colors in vi for user rootRe:

2008-03-07 Thread Erek Dyskant
This was discussed previously soon after CentOS 5.0 was released. The upstream distribution changed root from using vim (with syntax highlighting) to using vi. With the 4.X versions root was using vim. The 5.X configuration is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# which vi /bin/vi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# w

RE: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I have installed both: > > jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin > jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin > > > But no Java plugin in Firefox. > > I go to: http://java.com/en/download/help/enable_browser.xml > > And yes, Java is enabled but still get the dreaded 'download plugin'. > >

[CentOS] Re: Colors in vi for user root

2008-03-07 Thread Tom Diehl
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008, Mário Gamito wrote: Hi, How can I have vi with syntax hilghting for root ? Regular users have it, but not root's. I've seen the hidden files of a regular user home, but found nothing. In /etc/profile.d/vim.sh, comment out the line which contains the following: [ `//usr/bi

[CentOS] Acronis True Image Agent on CentOS

2008-03-07 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Has anyone successfully installed Acronis True Image Agent 9.1 (that's the version before Echo) on CentOS 5 (or 4?). It fails for me in the dkms build of the snapapi kernel module. As it is the first time I install it on a Linux OS I am not sure if this problem is CentOS 5 specific or happens t

[CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. If /proc/cmdline looks like option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 option 4 ... How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. THanks, Jerry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cen

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Niki Kovacs
Robert Moskowitz a écrit : I have installed both: jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin But no Java plugin in Firefox. I have written a complete HOWTO here: http://www.microlinux.fr/article.php3?id_article=13 Scroll down to "Installation du plugin Java". It's in french, but

Re: [CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Jerry Geis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If /proc/cmdline looks like > > option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 option 4 ... > > How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. Cryptic but does the job: $ cat /tmp/cmdline option1 option2

[CentOS] umask in nfs

2008-03-07 Thread Craig White
Normal users umask is 022 set in /etc/bashrc Obviously I can change that value to 002 but that would affect all files created by each user. Is it possible to set a different umask on nfs mounts only so that user created files have a umask of 002 on files saved onto that mount? man mount shows th

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have installed both: jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin But no Java plugin in Firefox. I go to: http://java.com/en/download/help/enable_browser.xml And yes, Java is enabled but still get the dreaded 'download plugin'.

Re: [CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Alfred von Campe
Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. Me neither, Perl is my thing, and with regular expressions this would be trivial. If /proc/cmdline looks like option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 option 4 ... How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. T

Re: [CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Sergio Belkin
2008/3/7, Alfred von Campe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. > > > Me neither, Perl is my thing, and with regular expressions this would > be trivial. > > > > If /proc/cmdline looks like > > > > option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Niki Kovacs wrote: Robert Moskowitz a écrit : I have installed both: jdk-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin jre-6u5-linux-i586-rpm.bin But no Java plugin in Firefox. I have written a complete HOWTO here: http://www.microlinux.fr/article.php3?id_article=13 Scroll down to "Installation du plugin Java".

Re: [CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Stephen Harris
I didn't see the original, so I'm jumping in here... > >Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. > > >If /proc/cmdline looks like > > > >option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 option > >4 ... > > > >How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. This should work

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked > High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still not working. Here is what > I get: Have you actually installed the plugin in Firefox though? # cd /

RE: [CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Jerry Geis wrote: > > Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. > If /proc/cmdline looks like > > option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 > option 4 ... > > How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. Try: # IPADDR=`cat /proc/cmdline | sed 's/.*\/\([1-9][0-9

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Alex White
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 09:46:56 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled: > I tried re enabling SELinux and OO won't start, so I assume that > I must have SE Linux disabled in order for OpenOffice to run - is > this correct? > > if correct, is there a way I can sti

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog repo?

2008-03-07 Thread Johnny Tan
Karanbir Singh wrote: in the case of rsyslog, thats not the case :D I had a play with the 3.x tree today, and it *looks* ok to me. So might as well inflict it upon everyone else considering its in the Testing Repo, no sane person will use it in Production. Right ? I shall have updated package

RE: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and > basically flunked > > High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still not > working. Here is what > > I get: > > Have you actually instal

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
Christopher Chan wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. Solaris admins also have a different mentality and approach to things. I am afraid reasons

Re: [CentOS] rsyslog repo?

2008-03-07 Thread Milton Calnek
Johnny Tan wrote: I've got mine working finally, but I definitely look forward to seeing v3 in your testing repo! Let me know if I can help in any way. What version are you using? I'm trying 2.0.2 and having problems with zlib. -- Milton Calnek BSc, A/Slt(Ret.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 306-717-87

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still not working. Here is what I get: Have you actually installed the plugin i

RE: [CentOS] parsing /proc/cmdline

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: > Jerry Geis wrote: > > > > Hi - I am not an expert at shell script writing. > > If /proc/cmdline looks like > > > > option1 option2 ... ks=http://192.168.1.8/ks/ks.cfg option3 > > option 4 ... > > > > How can I get the 192.168.1.8 out of this cmdline. > > Try: > > #

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> I tried re enabling SELinux and OO won't start, so I assume that >> I must have SE Linux disabled in order for OpenOffice to run - is >> this correct? >> >> if correct, is there a way I can still keep my system secure and >> run OpenOffice 2.3? > > You do not have to keep selinux disabled. Yo

RE: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: > > On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > > >> I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked > >> High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still not working. Here is > >> what > >> I

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Ray Van Dolson
On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:55:34AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > Ray Van Dolson wrote: >> On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: >> >>> I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked >>> High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still no

[CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread LINDA LOPEZ
What is everyone using in the way of a rar/par utility? Does anyone use this to preserve important files? Google did not help me much here. Thanks! Russel ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/cento

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Ray Van Dolson
BTW, I typically use the procedure documented here: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/JavaOnCentOS And build RPM's from jpackage using the Sun 1.6.0 JDK. Works pretty well except jpackage is often times slow to release a new nosrc RPM when Sun releases a new version of the JDK. For example, the l

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Robert Moskowitz wrote: Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked High School Spanish back in the '60s), but still not working. He

Re: [CentOS] Getting JRE working in Firefox

2008-03-07 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Got it! Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:55:34AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: Ray Van Dolson wrote: On Fri, Mar 07, 2008 at 11:12:14AM -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I think I followed your instructions (I am dyslexic and basically flunked High School Spani

Re: [CentOS] Slightly OT: How to learn UNIX

2008-03-07 Thread John R Pierce
Andreas Pedersen wrote: I'm also interested into learning more about other system as well, my question is what should I take a closer look in Solaris? Things like why people choose Solaris over Linux. we use Solaris and AIX for our large scale database servers. these often have 32 or more

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:05:22 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK Thanks. I'm wondering if a secure alternative would be to run SELinux in > permissive mode instead of disabled? Permissive Mode is the same as Disabled Mode, except that selinux will log stuff for you. -- MELV

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Alex White
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 12:05:22 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> took out a #2 pencil and scribbled: > > >> I tried re enabling SELinux and OO won't start, so I assume > >> that I must have SE Linux disabled in order for OpenOffice to > >> run - is this correct? > >> > >> if correct, is the

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:09:30 -0500 LINDA LOPEZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What is everyone using in the way of a > rar/par utility? rar is a proprietary format. There is a free program to unpack a rar archive, but if you wish to create them you are required to purchase the program from the ou

[CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installed into OpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
Hi, I'm having trouble getting my new install of OpenOffice 2.31 to find my newly installed Java Runtime Environment version jre1.6.0_04 (downloaded from Sun). I tried installing it via Tools>Options>Java (am using OpenOffice Calc to try to set it up). The options dialog box is finding the

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice won't start up

2008-03-07 Thread MHR
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 5:29 AM, Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Therese: open a Terminal, su - to root (which means: type 'su -' and > >> then enter your root password) and type: > >> > >> # find / -name 'swriter' > > > > On my 4.0 CentOS, OO 2.0, swriter is a lib component. Tr

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Matt
> > Does anyone use this to preserve important files? > > I doubt it. tar and the like are much more common in the world of > Linux/Unix/what-have-you. tar does not do encryption. Anything out there that compresses and encrypts in a standard format and is free? Matt

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Joshua Baker-LePain
On Fri, 7 Mar 2008 at 12:32pm, Matt wrote Does anyone use this to preserve important files? I doubt it. tar and the like are much more common in the world of Linux/Unix/what-have-you. tar does not do encryption. Anything out there that compresses and encrypts in a standard format and is fr

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:32:59 -0600 Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > tar does not do encryption. Anything out there that compresses and > encrypts in a standard format and is free? zip might be what you want. However, note that zip is not particularly strong in this regard, so you might want to

[CentOS] rsync

2008-03-07 Thread Craig White
I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's obviously a simple task I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files... rsync -ncauv --include=*.pdf $WORKING $WEB_SERVER # sync's everything, I want to exclude stuff rsync -ncauv --filter='+ *.pdf' --filter='+ *.odt *.ott *.

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installed intoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Therese Trudeau wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm having trouble getting my new install of OpenOffice 2.31 > to find my newly installed Java Runtime Environment version > jre1.6.0_04 (downloaded from Sun). I tried installing it via > Tools>Options>Java (am using OpenOffice Calc to try to set it > up).

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Matt
> > tar does not do encryption. Anything out there that compresses and > > encrypts in a standard format and is free? > > zip might be what you want. However, note that zip is not particularly strong > in this regard, so you might want to use gpg and the archiving utility of your > choice instead

[CentOS] Multi domU Xen Box Network Transparent Sound

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
I have a new development box at home that I am working on. Currently it has CentOS 5.1 + Xen 3.2 running several domUs. I am using XDMCP on the domUs and an X Chooser on dom0 for connecting to them and it works well, but now I want to be able to get sound from my domUs and I have been strugglin

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 07 March 2008 17:05:22 Therese Trudeau wrote: > > To view what selinux is complaining about you may want to install > > the setroubleshoot package from yum and view what it is complaining > > about exactly. It will also give you suggestions on how to fix the > > selinux complaints. > > OK

[CentOS] Multi domU Xen Box Network Transparent Sound

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
(I tried cross-posting between centos and centos-virt, but it only appeared on centos-virt, maybe it was rejected?) I have a new development box at home that I am working on. Currently it has CentOS 5.1 + Xen 3.2 running several domUs. I am using XDMCP on the domUs and an X Chooser on dom0 for

Re: [CentOS] rsync

2008-03-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 07 March 2008 18:40:03 Craig White wrote: > I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's > obviously a simple task > > I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files... > > rsync -ncauv --include=*.pdf $WORKING $WEB_SERVER > # sync's everything, I want to exclude s

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installed intoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Look at the thread from today about Firefox and Java plugin. > > In particular the posts concerning the use of 'alternatives' Hi, Thanks Ross, OK I ran your commands: # Remove Sun added links rm -f /usr/bin/javaws rm -f /usr/bin/jcontrol # Add Sun Java to alternatives alternatives --install

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:51:13 -0600 Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is there a free windows utillity that will decrypt gpg? gpg -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://list

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Therese, the setroubleshoot package mentioned here was installed by default > on > my system. If you go to that after you have had a failure it generally tells > you what it saw as a threat, and what to do about it if it should be allowed. > > Usually it's just a matter of copy and paste

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:21:06 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will setting to permissive prevent real time threats, or just tell me what > happened after the fact of a failure? http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-March/095637.html -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sas

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installedintoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Therese Trudeau wrote: > > Look at the thread from today about Firefox and Java plugin. > > > > In particular the posts concerning the use of 'alternatives' > > Hi, Thanks Ross, > > OK I ran your commands: > > # Remove Sun added links > rm -f /usr/bin/javaws > rm -f /usr/bin/jcontrol > > # Add

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime Environment installedintoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> What's the output of: > > # ls -l /usr/java > > Lets see if it is installed and where it is installed, > maybe it's installing in /opt now. > > -Ross Thanks for your assistance Ross I really appreciate it! Output of ls -l /usr/java is: lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Mar 4 07:46 default -> /

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime EnvironmentinstalledintoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Therese Trudeau wrote: > > What's the output of: > > > > # ls -l /usr/java > > > > Lets see if it is installed and where it is installed, > > maybe it's installing in /opt now. > > > > -Ross > > Thanks for your assistance Ross I really appreciate it! > > Output of ls -l /usr/java is: > > lrw

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> Will setting to permissive prevent real time threats, or just tell me what >> happened after the fact of a failure? > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-March/095637.html Thanks on that Frank. So is there a way I can set SELinux to permissive, and still be secure while using C

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime EnvironmentinstalledintoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
> Directory structure looks good, what does: > > # java -version > > Give you? [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# java -version java version "1.6.0_04" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_04-b12) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode)

Re: [CentOS] rsync

2008-03-07 Thread Glenn
At 02:09 PM 3/7/2008, you wrote: On Friday 07 March 2008 18:40:03 Craig White wrote: > I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's > obviously a simple task > > I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files... > > rsync -ncauv --include=*.pdf $WORKING $WEB_SERVER > # sy

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:37:14 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So is there a way I can set SELinux to permissive, and still be secure while > using Calc to connect remotely to a MySQL database? There is a difference between "running selinux in enforcing mode" and "being secure".

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Therese Trudeau wrote: > >> Will setting to permissive prevent real time threats, or > just tell me what happened after the fact of a failure? > > > > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-March/095637.html > > Thanks on that Frank. > > So is there a way I can set SELinux to permissive,

Re: [CentOS] rsync

2008-03-07 Thread Jeff Larsen
On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's > obviously a simple task > > I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files... > > rsync -ncauv --include=*.pdf $WORKING $WEB_SERVER > # sync's everyth

RE: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> So is there a way I can set SELinux to permissive, and still be secure while >> using Calc to connect remotely to a MySQL database? > > There is a difference between "running selinux in enforcing mode" and "being > secure". The second does not necessarily require or originate from the first.

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 07 March 2008 19:21:06 Therese Trudeau wrote: > > Therese, the setroubleshoot package mentioned here was installed by > > default on my system. If you go to that after you have had a failure it > > generally tells you what it saw as a threat, and what to do about it if > > it should be a

Re: [CentOS] RE: Choice of RAR/PAR utility?

2008-03-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 07 March 2008 19:19:46 Frank Cox wrote: > On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:51:13 -0600 > > Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there a free windows utillity that will decrypt gpg? > > gpg pgp Anne signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___

[CentOS] yum update best practices

2008-03-07 Thread sprizes
Hello, we run approximately 400 Centos servers at our company. We use cfengine for configuration management. I am looking for some documentation to do patching including kernel patches. I was thinking of just having each host run yum update via cfengine but not sure if there are any gotchas there?

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:46:02 -0500 Therese Trudeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll study up on it. Can you reccomend a good URL or reading material for > setroubleshoot? http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http://www.melvilletheatre.com

RE: [CentOS] Problem getting Java Runtime EnvironmentinstalledintoOpenOffice

2008-03-07 Thread Therese Trudeau
>> Directory structure looks good, what does: >> >> # java -version >> >> Give you? > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# java -version > java version "1.6.0_04" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_04-b12) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0-b19, mixed mode) Problem is, when I fin

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Frank Cox
On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:45:00 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm no expert on this, Therese, but I doubt the advice you've been given that > setting to permissive is the same as having it disabled. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SELinux/Troubleshooting -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melvi

Re: [CentOS] OpenOffice now automagically works: One last question...

2008-03-07 Thread Anne Wilson
On Friday 07 March 2008 19:58:52 Frank Cox wrote: > On Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:45:00 + > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm no expert on this, Therese, but I doubt the advice you've been given > > that setting to permissive is the same as having it disabled. > > http://fedoraproject.o

Re: [CentOS] rsync

2008-03-07 Thread Craig White
On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 19:09 +, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 07 March 2008 18:40:03 Craig White wrote: > > I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's > > obviously a simple task > > > > I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files... > > > > rsync -ncauv --include=

Re: [CentOS] rsync

2008-03-07 Thread Toby Bluhm
Craig White wrote: On Fri, 2008-03-07 at 19:09 +, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 07 March 2008 18:40:03 Craig White wrote: I've gone over and over the man page and I don't get it and it's obviously a simple task I want to rsync a directory but only the pdf files... rsync -ncauv --in

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