Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message > From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Friday, 14 August, 2009 3:31:32 > Subject: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery > > Looks like the chum did not have to lose any data. > > Wiping out the MBR and the next 63 blo

Re: [CentOS] [Off-list] Slow IDE on GeForce 8200 board

2009-08-14 Thread Niki Kovacs
Ian Murray a écrit : > Niki, > > I am perfectly comfortable with my email client and I prefer top posting > because I don't like wading through constantly re-quoted stuff I already > read. I will on occasion interleave and bottom post if it serves my > purpose, though. If you don't like it, don

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
> > First of all, I would dd a copy of the whole drive off to another drive, so > you can have a few goes at this. > > How do you know only those bits where lost? > The dd command zeros the first 64 sectors, that is, the mbr and then the next 63 sectors which would the bootsector of the firs

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Ian Murray
- Original Message > From: Chan Chung Hang Christopher > To: CentOS mailing list > Sent: Friday, 14 August, 2009 10:00:41 > Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery > > > > > > First of all, I would dd a copy of the whole drive off to another drive, so >

Re: [CentOS] [Off-list] Slow IDE on GeForce 8200 board

2009-08-14 Thread Niki Kovacs
Ian Murray a écrit : > > Nobody said I was breaking rules, only that I annoyed them. > Then let me apologize for having bothered you with outdated concepts like respect, politeness or consideration. Believe it or not, I just took a peek in my Oxford Dictionary: "egoism, n (usu derog) state of

[CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Marcus Moeller
Hi all. Julien Tinnes and Tavis Ormandy from the Google Security Team have recently found a Linux kernel vulnerability which affects all 2.4 and 2.6 kernels since 2001 on all architectures. Please read the announcement on LWM: http://lwn.net/Articles/347006/ for further information about the vulne

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Kristopher Kane
>> I get to learn something new at his expense, (which is now just a scare) >> nice successor eh? :-D  Maybe you could point him to this list for lunch time lesson reading, however, you won't be able to talk about him behind his back anymore. :-/ ___ Cen

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Marcus Moeller wrote on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:39 +0200: > The only workaroud that is known to me atm is to disable the affected > kernel modules (which should be handled with care as some of them may > provide necessary functionality in your operating environment): If vm.mmap_min_addr is > 0 you

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Radu Radutiu
Have you tried the exploit on CentOS 5? http://grsecurity.net/~spender/wunderbar_emporium.tgz I only have access to a Fedora 9 machine right now and the exploit is working with all the modules from the first mail disabled in modprobe.conf [r...@localhost ~]# uname -a Linux localhost.localdomain

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Marcus Moeller
Hi again, >> The only workaroud that is known to me atm is to disable the affected >> kernel modules (which should be handled with care as some of them may >> provide necessary functionality in your operating environment): > > If vm.mmap_min_addr is > 0 you are also not affected, at least not by t

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Friday 14 August 2009, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > Marcus Moeller wrote on Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:24:39 +0200: > > The only workaroud that is known to me atm is to disable the affected > > kernel modules (which should be handled with care as some of them may > > provide necessary functionality in your op

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Ross Walker
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > >> >> First of all, I would dd a copy of the whole drive off to another drive, so >> you can have a few goes at this. >> >> How do you know only those bits where lost? >> > > The dd command zeros the first 64 sectors, that is, t

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Marcus Moeller
Hi again. > alias net-pf-24 # PPPoE Sorry, typo in pf-24. grep -q '^alias net-pf-3 off' /etc/modprobe.conf || \ echo 'alias net-pf-3 off' >> /etc/modprobe.conf grep -q '^alias net-pf-4 off' /etc/modprobe.conf || \ echo 'alias net-pf-4 off' >> /etc/modprobe.conf grep -q '^alias net-pf-5 off' /et

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Akemi Yagi
Upstream bugzilla to follow: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516949 Akemi ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Jason Pyeron
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ross Walker > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:30 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:00 AM

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 54, Issue 5

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Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Nichols
Ross Walker wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Chan Chung Hang > Christopher wrote: > > Question now is, was the first sector of partition 1 damaged (was it > 63 or 64 sectors dd'd)? > > If so it will require a more tricky procedure to fix. No, the ext2 file system does not use the first 1

[CentOS] OT: eclipse on x86_64 compile for x86?

2009-08-14 Thread Coert Waagmeester
Hello all, Have installed eclipse 3.5 x86_64 from the eclipse site, with CDT and QT integration. I am just starting to learn C++ but I would like to know how to set up the ability to compile for 32 bit as well? At the moment I am googleing this as well. Regards, Coert ___

[CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
Hi All: I am looking for some possible recommendations on the handling of our internal DNS services. First some background... Until recently our entire network was located within a single facility with internal DNS services provided by our CentOS 4.7 (using BIND). While I had problems with DHCP/D

Re: [CentOS] OT: eclipse on x86_64 compile for x86?

2009-08-14 Thread John R Pierce
Coert Waagmeester wrote: > Hello all, > > Have installed eclipse 3.5 x86_64 from the eclipse site, with CDT and QT > integration. > > > I am just starting to learn C++ but I would like to know how to set up > the ability to compile for 32 bit as well? > specify -m32 as a gcc (or g++ or c++) co

Re: [CentOS] Kernel NULL pointer vulnerability

2009-08-14 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > Upstream bugzilla to follow: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516949 Just a note to say that the issue is also being tracked in the CentOS forums: http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=21740&forum=42 So, if

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Ross Walker
On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > Ross Walker wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Chan Chung Hang >> Christopher wrote: >> >> Question now is, was the first sector of partition 1 damaged (was it >> 63 or 64 sectors dd'd)? >> >> If so it will require a more tricky proc

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Spangler
On Friday 14 August 2009 17:17, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > Here are my questions... > > 1. Is the BIND master/slave the appropriate approach? Yes, you should already have something like this in case the main/master server would fail. > 2. Can I have each subnet be a master for itself and a

Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5

2009-08-14 Thread nate
grace rante wrote: > Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm > seems to be missing. CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] building CentOS rpms?

2009-08-14 Thread Dave
Hello, I'd like to get in to rpm building and am looking for a CentOS specific document if any to get me going? I want to repackage an existing rpm and give it different runtime options so it'll work on a server, and make an rpm at least one probably more, and then submit them to the rpmfor

Re: [CentOS] building CentOS rpms?

2009-08-14 Thread Mfawa Alfred Onen
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Dave wrote: > > Hello, >        I'd like to get in to rpm building and am looking for a CentOS > specific document if any to get me going? I want to repackage an existing > rpm and give it different runtime options so it'll work on a server, and > make an rpm at le

Re: [CentOS] building CentOS rpms?

2009-08-14 Thread Mr. X
Dave, --- On Fri, 8/14/09, Dave wrote: > From: Dave > Subject: [CentOS] building CentOS rpms? > To: centos@centos.org > Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 5:31 PM > Hello, > I'd like to get in to rpm building and > am looking for a CentOS > specific document if any to get me going? I want to >

Re: [CentOS] building CentOS rpms?

2009-08-14 Thread Dave
Hello, One of the rpms has a src.rpm file, the other one i need to make. I'd also like to do this as a nonroot user. Thanks. Dave. -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Mfawa Alfred Onen Sent: Friday, August 14,

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Nichols
Ross Walker wrote: > On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Robert Nichols > wrote: > >> Ross Walker wrote: >>> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Chan Chung Hang >>> Christopher wrote: >>> >>> Question now is, was the first sector of partition 1 damaged (was it >>> 63 or 64 sectors dd'd)? >>> >>> If so i

Re: [CentOS] /etc/init.d/gdm for centos5

2009-08-14 Thread MHR
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 4:40 PM, nate wrote: > grace rante wrote: >> Does anybody know how to restart X in centos 5.3? /etc/init.d/gdm | xdm >> seems to be missing. > > CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE ? > Log out and log back in also works (which will do, too). mhr ___

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Kristopher Kane wrote: >>> I get to learn something new at his expense, (which is now just a scare) >>> nice successor eh? :-D > >  Maybe you could point him to this list for lunch time lesson reading, > however, you won't be able to talk about him behind his back a

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
From: Robert Spangler Sent: August 14, 2009 16:18 > On Friday 14 August 2009 17:17, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > > > Here are my questions... > > > > 1. Is the BIND master/slave the appropriate approach? > > Yes, you should already have something like this in case the > main/master server would

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Ross Walker
On Aug 14, 2009, at 9:22 PM, Robert Nichols wrote: > Ross Walker wrote: >> On Aug 14, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Robert Nichols >> wrote: >> >>> Ross Walker wrote: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 5:00 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: Question now is, was the first sector of partition

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Spangler
On Friday 14 August 2009 21:29, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > From: Robert Spangler Sent: August 14, 2009 16:18 > > > On Friday 14 August 2009 17:17, Hugh E Cruickshank wrote: > > > Here are my questions... > > > > > > 1. Is the BIND master/slave the appropriate approach? > > > > Yes, you s

Re: [CentOS] OT: Fortunate clueless dd chum - lvm recovery

2009-08-14 Thread Robert Nichols
Ross Walker wrote: > > Since you don't know if LVM has a recovery path how can you imply it > doesn't? I've seen plenty of evidence that tools for LVM recovery are lacking. I see postings from people asking about recovery of damaged LVM volumes and not getting any reasonable answers about how t

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Hugh E Cruickshank
From: Robert Spangler Sent: August 14, 2009 19:22 > > I would suggest placing one on each site. That way you can cut > the traffic between sites for DNS lookups. I would also ensure that > only one does the updates per domain. That makes sense and is essentially what I was planning to do. > T

Re: [CentOS] DNS Server Recommendations

2009-08-14 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hugh: > I will check those out but what about the ease of use factor. Would > you suggest something like webmin over had tailoring the config files? I use Webmin for managing DNS. It is a great tool and makes life much easier. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com Will y