Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread John R Pierce
Dave wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Rudi Ahlers > wrote: > > > let's keep the question simple. WHICH filesystem would be best for > this type of operation? SMB, NFS, or iSCSI? > > > > As someone said, these are all bad if your channel is insecure.

[CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, How does one monitor if a site is being accessed using browser? IOW, I just want to know if a user has launched a session thru Firefox. I basically want to know if a user has tried to access the webserver and unable to reach it and log such instances. I am using cron and curl to sepe

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Dave > wrote: > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 12:30 PM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> >> let's keep the question simple. WHICH filesystem would be best for this >> type of operation? SMB, NFS, or iSCSI? >> > > > As someone said, these are all bad if your channel is insecure.

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Geoff Galitz
> The CIFS mounts can't be unmounted without a reboot, > so they build-up a pool of mounts to the same server which cause extra latency Is there an environmental restriction in your application or organization for this? Normally CIFS mounts can umounted easily in runtime. At any rate...

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Geoff Galitz wrote: > > The CIFS mounts can't be unmounted without a reboot, > > > so they build-up a pool of mounts to the same server which cause extra > latency > > > > Is there an environmental restriction in your application or organization > for this? Nor

Re: [CentOS] How to map ata#.# numbers to /dev/sd numbers?

2010-01-29 Thread Peter Kjellstrom
On Thursday 28 January 2010, Stephen Harris wrote: > [ Sorry to merge messages; I appear to have lost Peter's post, so I'm > replying to Peter and Mark in the same message ] > > Peter Kjellstrom wrote: > > > On Thursday 28 January 2010, Stephen Harris wrote: > > >> to determine what ata7.01 maps to

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > How does one monitor if a site is being accessed using browser? > > IOW, I just want to know if a user has launched a session thru Firefox. > > I basically want to know if a user has tried to access the webserver > and

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Rainer Traut
Am 28.01.2010 12:28, schrieb Rudi Ahlers: > NOW, the question is: Which protocol would be best for this? I can only > think of SMB, NFS& iSCSI How about NFS v4? It only needs one port which you can tunnel through ssh. Rainer ___ CentOS mailing list Ce

Re: [CentOS] Installing an SSL Cert

2010-01-29 Thread J.Witvliet
-Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of ML Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 1:38 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: [CentOS] Installing an SSL Cert HI All, I am considering buying this: http://www.godaddy.com/Compare/gdcom

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Rudi Ahlers wrote on Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:27:49 +0200: > what do you mean by this? exactly as he says. Any mounts can be undone (mount/umount). Maybe not thru your Cpanel, but in reality. Kai -- Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com __

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Actually I know nothing about iSCSI, maybe it is more robust.  No. Not if, but *when* you get the first disconnection, you will likely incur corruption on the block device. That's like pulling out a disc on a running server. Doesn't make for a dependable backup solution... ___

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread J.Witvliet
From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Rudi Ahlers Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 12:23 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 1:18 AM, nate

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread J.Witvliet
At any rate... if I were in your shoes and really restricted to the options you propose, I would go with CIFS mounts through IPSEC tunnels. Wouldn't IPSEC add more overhead than an SSH tunnel? -geoff I would *certainly* not use ssh-tunnels, on a line that is not 100% error free or with high l

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Ross Walker
On Jan 29, 2010, at 2:37 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 2:17 AM, Ross Walker wrote: It's not easy backing up from behind the firewall. What about using a service that will backup the mobile clients to an offsite repository that is accessible also from behind the firewal

[CentOS] Lockup using stock r8169 on 4.8 in gigabit mode during heavy transfer on lan

2010-01-29 Thread Jason Pyeron
I have no output in the logs, but /etc/init.d/network restart fixes the issue. I am rsync/scp (10GB) data from one 100MB Full duplex host to an ASUS M3A78-EM (RTL8111B/C). It locks up around the 1.5GB Tx mark. If I ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full it does not happen again. Ideas?

Re: [CentOS] Lockup using stock r8169 on 4.8 in gigabit mode during heavy transfer on lan

2010-01-29 Thread nate
Jason Pyeron wrote: > Ideas? realtek sucks(massive evidence on the net over the past 10+ years), get a real NIC(no pun intended). nate ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Skype and problem with ALSA mixer driver?

2010-01-29 Thread Andrew
> What version of ALSA driver are you using? Have you tried updating ALSA > as the version within CentOS is quite old now (1.0.14rc3). > > Elrepo has an updated ALSA driver package here: > > http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-alsa > Thanks for that useful information, but can you tell me exactly how t

Re: [CentOS] Skype and problem with ALSA mixer driver?

2010-01-29 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Andrew wrote: >> What version of ALSA driver are you using? Have you tried updating ALSA >> as the version within CentOS is quite old now (1.0.14rc3). >> >> Elrepo has an updated ALSA driver package here: >> >> http://elrepo.org/tiki/kmod-alsa >> > Thanks for that

Re: [CentOS] Lockup using stock r8169 on 4.8 in gigabit mode during heavy transfer on lan

2010-01-29 Thread Tim Nelson
- "Jason Pyeron" wrote: > I have no output in the logs, but /etc/init.d/network restart fixes > the issue. > I am rsync/scp (10GB) data from one 100MB Full duplex host to an ASUS > M3A78-EM > (RTL8111B/C). It locks up around the 1.5GB Tx mark. > If I ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duple

Re: [CentOS] Lockup using stock r8169 on 4.8 in gigabit mode during heavy transfer on lan

2010-01-29 Thread Jason Pyeron
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Tim Nelson > Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 14:05 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Lockup using stock r8169 on 4.8 in > gigabit mode during heavy transfer on lan >

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Agile Aspect
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > How does one monitor if a site is being accessed using browser? > > IOW, I just want to know if a user has launched a session thru Firefox. > > I basically want to know if a user has tried to access the webserver > and

[CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread Jerry Geis
I am trying to run a perl script that said it needs Net::SMPP I ran this: your_host]# *perl -MCPAN -e shell* cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.76) ReadLine support enabled cpan> *install Net::SNMP seemed to work. no errors reported. however when I run perl I still get th

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread linux-crazy
Hi, Check line 18. of your code or paste your code so it will be more usefull and which version of OS you are running. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I am trying to run a perl script that said it needs Net::SMPP > > I ran this: > your_host]# *perl -MCPAN -e shell* > cp

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread m . roth
> I am trying to run a perl script that said it needs Net::SMPP > > I ran this: > your_host]# *perl -MCPAN -e shell* > cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.76) > ReadLine support enabled > cpan> *install Net::SNMP > > seemed to work. no errors reported. > however when I run p

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I am trying to run a perl script that said it needs Net::SMPP > >I ran this: >your_host]# *perl -MCPAN -e shell* Ouch dude, you just broke your server. Try to yum update anything perl related in the future:) >What else do I need? First, install SMPP, not SNMP? Second, use a repo, use span2rpm.

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Second, use a repo, use span2rpm... Then force the rpm in I guess to bring the >rpm db >into a blissfully ignorant, but happy state:) s/span2rpm/cpan2rpm/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread Greg Patton
On 1/29/2010 11:40 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> I am trying to run a perl script that said it needs Net::SMPP >> >> I ran this: >> your_host]# *perl -MCPAN -e shell* >> cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.76) >> ReadLine support enabled >> cpan> *install Net::SNMP >> >> s

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On 1/29/2010 1:28 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I am trying to run a perl script that said it needs Net::SMPP > > I ran this: > your_host]# *perl -MCPAN -e shell* > cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.76) > ReadLine support enabled > cpan> *install Net::SNMP > > seemed to work. n

Re: [CentOS] perl question

2010-01-29 Thread Jerry Geis
> > Ouch dude, you just broke your server. Try to yum update anything perl > related in the future:) > > >/What else do I need? > / > First, install SMPP, not SNMP? > > Second, use a repo, use span2rpm... Then force the rpm in I guess to bring > the rpm db > into a blissfully ignorant, but happy s

Re: [CentOS] Skype and problem with ALSA mixer driver?

2010-01-29 Thread Andrew
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 11:03 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Andrew wrote: > >> What version of ALSA driver are you using? Have you tried updating ALSA > >> as the version within CentOS is quite old now (1.0.14rc3). > >> > >> Elrepo has an updated ALSA driver package h

Re: [CentOS] NFS vs SMb vs iSCSI for remote backup mounts

2010-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On 1/29/2010 1:37 AM, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > Backing up behind the firewall is made easy by using an SSH tunnel :) > > We already have an offsite backup facility with a 3rd party, but I need > more control over the backups, and want to setup an inhouse backup > server which where all the client's a

[CentOS] CentOS 5 i386 Live CD

2010-01-29 Thread Mike McCarty
Johnny Hughes wrote: > I forgot to add that the password for root and centos is: > > 12qwaszx > > Johnny Hughes wrote: >> The CentOS Development team is pleased to announce the availability of >> the CentOS 5 i386 Live CD. [...] >> This CD has a non writable /usr directory, which means it is no

[CentOS] APC Smart-ups "status codes" (slightly OT)

2010-01-29 Thread m . roth
We got replacement battery "kits" for some of our APC UPS' (Smart-UPS, rackmount). I put them into one tray (it's for an RBC 43, which takes 8, and weighs a ton), and put it in, and let it charge. Idiot "change battery" led stays on. So I hit the test button, it discharges very rapidly (a good numb

Re: [CentOS] APC Smart-ups "status codes" (slightly OT)

2010-01-29 Thread Warren Young
On 1/29/2010 2:53 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Idiot "change battery" led stays on. By chance, I just did an RBC 23 change the other day. The docs I got with it said to let it charge for 8 hours, then do the self-test. On my UPS, that means holding the On button for a few seconds. (A single

Re: [CentOS] APC Smart-ups "status codes" (slightly OT)

2010-01-29 Thread Ron Loftin
On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 16:53 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > We got replacement battery "kits" for some of our APC UPS' (Smart-UPS, > rackmount). I put them into one tray (it's for an RBC 43, which takes 8, > and weighs a ton), and put it in, and let it charge. Idiot "change > battery" led stays o

Re: [CentOS] APC Smart-ups "status codes" (slightly OT)

2010-01-29 Thread m . roth
> > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 16:53 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> But the idiot light's still on. >> >> So, looking at all the values that the "apcsmart" choice can give me, >> the first thing is UPS status. I've been googling for a while, and can't >> find a single reference to it. Anyone have a

Re: [CentOS] Full Virtualized DomU won't boot

2010-01-29 Thread Sergio Belkin
2010/1/28 Pasi Kärkkäinen : > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 07:21:54PM -0300, Sergio Belkin wrote: >> Hi, I use Centos 5.4 x86_64 >> >> kernel used is 2.6.18-164.11.1.el5xen >> >> I have a physical machine running Debian Etch (32 bit) and Debian >> Lenny and I virtualized the first one as follows: >> >>

[CentOS] Multiple RAID support in CentOS?

2010-01-29 Thread Victor Padro
Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me, I'm putting together a Server for personal use, I want to virtualize a few servers(mail, web, ssh) and use it as a NAS, but I have a question if I can use Multiple RAID Arrays using the following HW: Intel Xeon Quad Core X3430 ASUS P7F-M LGA 1156 -

Re: [CentOS] Skype and problem with ALSA mixer driver?

2010-01-29 Thread Ned Slider
Andrew wrote: > On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 11:03 -0800, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Andrew wrote: What version of ALSA driver are you using? Have you tried updating ALSA as the version within CentOS is quite old now (1.0.14rc3). Elrepo has an updated ALSA

Re: [CentOS] Multiple RAID support in CentOS?

2010-01-29 Thread Ian Blackwell
On 30/01/2010 12:09 PM, Victor Padro wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if someone could help me, I'll try... > I want to use one array with the 2 500GB HDDs in RAID1 for the OS and > for some VMs, That will work OK. > and the other 4 1TB HDDs I want to create an array in > RAID5 or RAID10 for f

Re: [CentOS] Multiple RAID support in CentOS?

2010-01-29 Thread Brian Mathis
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Ian Blackwell wrote: > On 30/01/2010 12:09 PM, Victor Padro wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was wondering if someone could help me, > I'll try... >> I want to use one array with the 2 500GB HDDs in RAID1 for the OS and >> for some VMs, > That will work OK. >> and the othe

Re: [CentOS] Multiple RAID support in CentOS?

2010-01-29 Thread Ross Walker
On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:16 PM, Brian Mathis wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Ian Blackwell wrote: >> On 30/01/2010 12:09 PM, Victor Padro wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I was wondering if someone could help me, >> I'll try... >>> I want to use one array with the 2 500GB HDDs in RAID1 for the

Re: [CentOS] Multiple RAID support in CentOS?

2010-01-29 Thread Victor Padro
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Ian Blackwell wrote: > On 30/01/2010 12:09 PM, Victor Padro wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I was wondering if someone could help me, > I'll try... >> I want to use one array with the 2 500GB HDDs in RAID1 for the OS and >> for some VMs, > That will work OK. >> and the othe

Re: [CentOS] Multiple RAID support in CentOS?

2010-01-29 Thread Ian Blackwell
On 30/01/2010 1:42 PM, Victor Padro wrote: > I'll read that howto, is for fakeRAID though... > TIA > > Yes, I got RAID10 wrong - knew I would (haven't used it before). If you're using hardware RAID, then the Op/Sys will just see two disks and you don't really need a HowTo. How you partition/us

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, Thanks a lot > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 3:12 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan > wrote: > > It is possible using the auditd subsysted. You'd need to define a rule I presume you meant subsystem.. > > -a entry,always -S open -S close -S read

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, Thanks for the reply. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Agile Aspect wrote: > > It's clear what it is you're trying to do, but If you're running > Apache, turn on I am not running apache and it may not be feasible as the clients are not endowed enough. > > If the client can't reach

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > Thanks for the reply. > > On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Agile Aspect wrote: >> It's clear what it is you're trying to do, but If you're running >> Apache, turn on > > I am not running apache and it may not be feasible as the clients are > not en

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread John R Pierce
Les Mikesell wrote: > Depending on the nature of the content and the number of users, running a > squid > with caching enabled can be a resource win - and it will give you the log you > want as long as the browser(s) are configured to use it. > if you have control over the internet gateway,

[CentOS] Recover /usr/lib/libc.a

2010-01-29 Thread Zvi Vered
Hello, I'm using Centos: /proc/version = Linux version 2.6.18-128.el5 (mockbu...@builder16.centos.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-44)) #1 SMP Wed Jan 21 10:44:23 EST 2009 I did a mistake and erased libc.a from /usr/lib How can I recover it without reinstalling Centos ? Thanks.

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, Thanks for the reply. On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Depending on the nature of the content and the number of users, running a > squid > with caching enabled can be a resource win - and it will give you the log you > want as long as the browser(s) are confi

Re: [CentOS] Browser related question

2010-01-29 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 11:28 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > > if you have control over the internet gateway, you can force -all- web > traffic to transparently be routed to the squid proxy, and then process > the squid access and error logs, perhaps with a perl script (perl really > rocks

Re: [CentOS] Recover /usr/lib/libc.a

2010-01-29 Thread Frank Cox
On Sat, 2010-01-30 at 08:14 +0200, Zvi Vered wrote: > I did a mistake and erased libc.a from /usr/lib > > How can I recover it without reinstalling Centos ? /usr/lib/libc.a is provided as part of the glibc-devel rpm. If you merely erased the file with a rm command or something like that, you ca