[CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

I could find this out but at the moment I dont have a copy of 5.4 running, can anyone tell me for a default centos5.4 install are ext3 barriers on by default? Thanks in advance... ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:25:01AM -0600, Tom Bishop wrote: > I could find this out but at the moment I dont have a copy of 5.4 running, > can anyone tell me for a default centos5.4 install are ext3 barriers on by > default? Thanks in advance... Pretty sure they are off by default (and were on th

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

Thanks much, been reading about ext4 and performance issues, I've never had any issues with ext3 and my centos boxes...anyone else have any corruption issues when running ext3 as far as when power is cut etc...? On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Ray Van Dolson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 10:57:10AM -0600, Tom Bishop wrote: > Thanks much, been reading about ext4 and performance issues, I've never had > any issues with ext3 and my centos boxes...anyone else have any corruption > issues when running ext3 as far as when power is cut etc...? Never had anything u

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

I'm using ext3 on my CentOS box, so far so good, I don't get any problem. Sometimes my server shutdown when power is cut, but CentOS still running well and nothing corruption files or anything after start again. Ds. -Original Message- From: Tom Bishop Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2009 10:57:10

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

Thanks guys for the responses, can anyone explain what the hoopla is then about ext4 and performance issues and barriers being enabled, there was also some talk about that being an potential issue with ext3? I've tried to google and look but have not found a good explanation on what the issue is..

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:46:24PM -0600, Tom Bishop wrote: > Thanks for the explanation, looks like I need to go read some more about > barriers to truly understand what is going on. (Please don't top post on these lists; thanks!) As I understand it (but I could be wrong)... The problem is

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

Ross Walker wrote: > On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Tom Bishop > wrote: > >> >> On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, < >> da...@pnyet.web.id >> > wrote: >> >> I'm using ext3 on my CentOS box, so far so good, I don'

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Tom Bishop wrote: On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, wrote: I'm using ext3 on my CentOS box, so far so good, I don't get any problem. Sometimes my server shutdown when power is cut, but CentOS still running well and nothing corruption files or anything after

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

Thanks for the explanation, looks like I need to go read some more about barriers to truly understand what is going on. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Ross Walker wrote: > On Dec 28, 2009, at 12:07 PM, Tom Bishop wrote: > > > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM, < da...@pnyet.web.id > > wro

[CentOS] Hardening

Hi Guys, I would like advice for best practices to secure my linux boxes. Know if I have been hacked, know of security breaches, etc. Can anyone provide advice? -Jason ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [CentOS] Hardening

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM, ML wrote: > Hi Guys, > > I would like advice for best practices to secure my linux boxes. Know if I > have been hacked, know of security breaches, etc. > > Can anyone provide advice? __

Re: [CentOS] Hardening

Take a look at the CIS guide for Red Hat 5: http://www.cisecurity.org/bench_linux.html (you do not need to be registered to download the PDFs). Regards Lincoln On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Larry Vaden wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM, ML wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I would like advice

Re: [CentOS] Hardening

> Hi Guys, > > I would like advice for best practices to secure my linux boxes. Know if I > have been hacked, know of security breaches, etc. > > Can anyone provide advice? Check out Bastille Linux. It's not a distro, it's a system hardening tool, and many things it does are referred to by the NIS

Re: [CentOS] Hardening

Annother vote for bastille, it works very well. On 12/28/09, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Hi Guys, >> >> I would like advice for best practices to secure my linux boxes. Know if I >> have been hacked, know of security breaches, etc. >> >> Can anyone provide advice? > > Check out Bastille Linux. It'

Re: [CentOS] Centos & UPS

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[CentOS] via vb 8001 : vt1211 driver

Hi! I have an vb8001 and i try to make the lm_sensors to work .. i upgraded to latest version and in the end doesn't find the vt1211 driver ... is it packaged somewhere? (maybe elrepo but it doesn't find any vt1211 nor 1211 related packages) (of course this is on an Centos 5.4) Thanks, Adrian P.S.

[CentOS] NFS problem

I'm trying to NFS-mount a CentOS directory on my Fedora laptop, but I find I can only do this is I turn off the firewall on the CentOS server. If instead I go to system-config-securitylevel-tui on the server, and allow NFS4, this does not do the trick. Nor does allowing port 2049. What do I need

Re: [CentOS] NFS problem

Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm trying to NFS-mount a CentOS directory on my Fedora laptop, > but I find I can only do this is I turn off the firewall > on the CentOS server. > > If instead I go to system-config-securitylevel-tui on the server, > and allow NFS4, this does not do the trick. > Nor does a

Re: [CentOS] NFS problem

On Mon, 2009-12-28 at 23:30 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I'm trying to NFS-mount a CentOS directory on my Fedora laptop, > but I find I can only do this is I turn off the firewall > on the CentOS server. > > If instead I go to system-config-securitylevel-tui on the server, > and allow NFS4, thi

Re: [CentOS] Centos & UPS

>> That said, I do prefer NUT because I've been using their tools for a > Hi! From where (which repo) can NUT be installed for Centos 5 ? epel has a copy of the "old stable" 2.2 branch in their repo. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie ___

[CentOS] mkdir this "." directory

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Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory

adrian kok wrote: Hi I have this . folder under tmp 1/ How they can make it this folder? Please provide the output of ls -la /tmp Are you referring to ./ or actually something like \\./ ? 2/ How can I remove it? If it is really ./ then you dont as this is /tmp If it is \\./ then rm

Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of adrian kok > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 18:50 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory > > Hi > > I have this . folder under tmp > > 1/ How they ca

Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Larry Brower > Sent: Monday, December 28, 2009 18:58 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory > > adrian kok wrote: > > Hi > > > > I have this . f

Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory

adrian kok wrote: > Hi > > I have this . folder under tmp > > 1/ How they can make it this folder? > > 2/ How can I remove it? > first you gotta figure out its -real- name. most likely, its " ." or ". " but the space could also be an unprintable character. _

Re: [CentOS] mkdir this "." directory

adrian kok wrote: >> I have this . folder under tmp << It's called a directory, not a "folder" and there's one in every directory. It's a hard link to the current directory, just like ".." is a hard link to the directory above. >> 1/ How they can make it this folder? << Create any directory,

Re: [CentOS] via vb 8001 : vt1211 driver

On 12/28/2009 09:18 PM, Adrian Sevcenco wrote: > Hi! I have an vb8001 and i try to make the lm_sensors to work .. i > upgraded to latest version and in the end doesn't find the vt1211 > driver ... is it packaged somewhere? (maybe elrepo but it doesn't find > any vt1211 nor 1211 related packages) (o

Re: [CentOS] Hardening

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Re: [CentOS] NFS problem

Hi, You only need rpcidmapd, portmap on the centos box Edit the /etc/sysconfig/nfs And use /export filesystem as the fsid=0 on the /etc/exportfs Export all directories you need mounted on the /export with the -o bind on the mount command, and add refer=/dir on /etc/exportfs on the nfs4 server

Re: [CentOS] Centos & UPS

For anybody interested Apcupsd maintains official RH EL 5 RPMs on their download page. It works great on CentOS. http://apcupsd.org/dl.php Ryan On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 6:17 PM, Drew wrote: >>> That said, I do prefer NUT because I've been using their tools for a > >> Hi! From where (which repo)

Re: [CentOS] Hardening

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Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Did linux ever get a working fsync() or does it still flush the entire > filesystem buffer? Working, meaning reliable, or the ability to sync a memory range instead of the whole file system? There is sync_page_range() to only sync only a ran

Re: [CentOS] Centos & UPS

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Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

Ross Walker wrote: > On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Did linux ever get a working fsync() or does it still flush the entire >> filesystem buffer? > > Working, meaning reliable, or the ability to sync a memory range > instead of the whole file system? There is sync_page_ra

Re: [CentOS] Cnetos 5.4 ext3 question...

On Dec 28, 2009, at 11:34 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Ross Walker wrote: >> On Dec 28, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Les Mikesell >> wrote: >> >>> Did linux ever get a working fsync() or does it still flush the >>> entire >>> filesystem buffer? >> >> Working, meaning reliable, or the ability to sync a m