Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

Stephen Harris a écrit : > I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at > install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb. Is > there any way of doing an even smaller install? > You might consider one of those fine super-lightweight distribution

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

Stephen Harris a écrit : > I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at > install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) With CentOS 5.5, select [*] Customize Package Selection, and then in the following screen, deselect everything, even [*] Base. You still get a coh

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

On 07/06/2010 09:16 AM, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Stephen Harris a écrit : >> I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at >> install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) > > With CentOS 5.5, select [*] Customize Package Selection, and then in the > following screen, desele

Re: [CentOS] Smallest install?

On Tue, 6 Jul 2010, Niki Kovacs wrote: To: CentOS mailing list From: Niki Kovacs Subject: Re: [CentOS] Smallest install? Stephen Harris a écrit : I have a 500Mb ATA Flash drive in my machine. If I deselect everything at install time (CentOS 5.0 - just for testing) it still requires 524Mb.

Re: [CentOS] Networking just stopped working

Christopher Chan wrote: > And now the thing is working again... It's not working again. Running tcpdump -i vlan seems to trigger something to get the network working again but as soon as I stop tcpdump...nada, zip, zilch. Any ideas? I see no errors in the logs whether of the switch or the box,

[CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: # swapon /dev/myswap swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument but when I mv the file to some other directory like /mnt or /, the swapon works. could sb. tell me w

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

2010/7/6 Tang Jianwei : > I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: > > # swapon /dev/myswap > swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument > > but when I mv the file to some other directory like /mnt or /, the

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

On 07/06/2010 12:41 PM, Tang Jianwei wrote: > I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > the dd and mkswap were ok. Does the file exist after reboot? I think the /dev directory is made in a RAM disk (tmpfs), not a useful place to put a swapfile. Mogens -- Mogens Kjae

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

_ From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of cliff here Sent: Monday, July 05, 2010 10:56 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem yea that needs to be a 1 Thanks, I'll give that a try. ___

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

cliff here wrote: >> net.ipv4.conf.ip_forward = 0 ?? >> >> change to = 1 ?? > yea that needs to be a 1 That cannot be mandatory, as I have a 0 there and do not have the OP's problem. As I mentioned, the default in shorewall is that loc to $FW, ie connection from machines on the local LAN to se

[CentOS] setuproot: moving /dev/failed:No such file or directory

Since my upgrade of the CentOS 5.4 to 5.5, it is impossible to boot from kernel 2.6.18-194.xx but older kernel (2.6.18-164-xx) boots perfectly The message I get is: setuproot: moving /dev/failed:No such file or directory* *And I get a Kernel Panic... It seems like the system was unable to mount

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

Thank you and Mogens. and I also think this is the cause. Tang Jianwei On 07/06/2010 06:50 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: /dev/* is virtual directory containing all devices, not files. create your swap on disk devices (/dev/sdXX, not in "empty space)

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

At Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:41:06 +0800 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: > > # swapon /dev/myswap > swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument > > but when I mv the fi

Re: [CentOS] Networking just stopped working

Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > Christopher Chan wrote: >> And now the thing is working again... > > It's not working again. > > Running tcpdump -i vlan seems to trigger something to get the network > working again but as soon as I stop tcpdump...nada, zip, zilch. > > Any ideas? I see no e

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote: > I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: > > # swapon /dev/myswap > swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument > > but when I mv the file to

Re: [CentOS] Networking just stopped working

Les Mikesell wrote: > Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: >> Christopher Chan wrote: >>> And now the thing is working again... >> It's not working again. >> >> Running tcpdump -i vlan seems to trigger something to get the network >> working again but as soon as I stop tcpdump...nada, zip, zilch. >>

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

>> Are you running a proxy for http? It would be rather >> surprising that internal machines can access the Internet >> without forwarding turned on otherwise. When you say internal >> machines cannot access your server, are they connecting to it >> via the local interface's ip or the Internet

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

Well if you want the kernel to route IPV4 traffic, then yes it has to be 1 On 7/6/10, Timothy Murphy wrote: > cliff here wrote: > >>> net.ipv4.conf.ip_forward = 0 ?? >>> >>> change to = 1 ?? > >> yea that needs to be a 1 > > That cannot be mandatory, > as I have a 0 there and do not have the OP'

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote: > >> I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. >> the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: >> >> # swapon /dev/myswap >> swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument

Re: [CentOS] setuproot: moving /dev/failed:No such file or directory

Bernard Lheureux wrote: > Since my upgrade of the CentOS 5.4 to 5.5, it is impossible to boot from > kernel 2.6.18-194.xx but older kernel (2.6.18-164-xx) boots perfectly > The message I get is: setuproot: moving /dev/failed:No such file or > directory* > *And I get a Kernel Panic... > It seems lik

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, wrote: > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote: > > > >> I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > >> the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: > >> > >> # swa

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

In the past I only heard that /proc and /sys are "RAM directories", now I get /dev as well. thank you. Tang Jianwei On 07/06/2010 10:14 PM, John Kennedy wrote: On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, > wrote: Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:4

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

At Tue, 6 Jul 2010 10:01:10 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote: > > > >> I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > >> the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i g

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 10:14:19AM -0400, John Kennedy wrote: > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, wrote: > > > Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote: > > > > > >> I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > > >> the dd

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Cluster

2010/7/5 Torintino T : > > Dear All, > > I am newbie to Linux Clustering, i have  2 standalone CentOS servers, i want > to setup a cluster on those servers, > to synchronize between each other, and to make a one as standby to the > other, if a one fails the other will switchover. > > I will mostly

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward On 6 July 2010 21:17, Basil Kurian wrote: > enable ipv4_forwarding in /etc/sysctl.conf > > > # service iptables start > > # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > eth0 is the interface connected to modem. > > > On 6 July 2010 04:30, Thomas

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

enable ipv4_forwarding in /etc/sysctl.conf # service iptables start # iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE eth0 is the interface connected to modem. On 6 July 2010 04:30, Thomas Dukes wrote: > Been working this for over a month now and I'm stumped. > > Everything was working

Re: [CentOS] why i can not put my swap files in /dev?

At Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:30:10 +0800 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > > In the past I only heard that /proc and /sys are "RAM directories", now /proc and /sys are psuedo directories -- they hook into kernel data structures. > I get /dev as well. thank you. With 2.6 kernels and udev, /dev ha

[CentOS] Problem with Gnome (or nautilus)

I have upgraded form 5.4 to 5.5 . after that i 'm having problem with nautilus some strange errors like "not on the same file system" occurs during file operation like moving deleting etc. after that i did a fresh installation of 5.5 . then aslo same problem .. does anyone experienced such

Re: [CentOS] Problem with Gnome (or nautilus)

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 21:28 +0530, Basil Kurian wrote: > I have upgraded form 5.4 to 5.5 . after that i 'm having problem with > nautilus some strange errors like "not on the same file system" > occurs during file operation like moving deleting etc. after that > i did a fresh installation

Re: [CentOS] Problem with Gnome (or nautilus)

which one ?? problem with Gnome or BIND ?? i tried RHEL 5.5 anr 5.4 . the two doesn't have any problem with gnome or BIND any patch released ?? On 6 July 2010 22:01, JohnS wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 21:28 +0530, Basil Kurian wrote: > > I have upgraded form 5.4 to 5.5 . after that i

Re: [CentOS] Problem with Gnome (or nautilus)

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 22:17 +0530, Basil Kurian wrote: > which one ?? problem with Gnome or BIND ?? Nautilus is the Problem at hand.. The question I had answered. > i tried RHEL 5.5 anr 5.4 . the two doesn't have any problem with > gnome or BIND Maybe your not a heavy user to see it. You wil

[CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

I download the RHEL 6b2 and noticed the modprobe.conf was no longer present. I used modprobe.conf to place "options" for ethernet drivers like which order to install the drivers. e1000e before forcedeth - things like that. Anyway - seems like that file is no longer present. what is the "future"

Re: [CentOS] Problem with Gnome (or nautilus)

actually i tried downgrading nautilus by using packges from centos 5.3 dvd .. it again shows problem , then tried to downgrade gnome as such from 5.3 DVD , then some dependency problem arises finally i installed PcmanFM .. and used it for a while . what about BIND DNS

Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

On 07/06/2010 11:54 AM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I download the RHEL 6b2 and noticed the modprobe.conf > was no longer present. > > I used modprobe.conf to place "options" for ethernet drivers > like which order to install the drivers. e1000e before forcedeth - > things like that. > Anyway - seems like

Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

On 07/06/2010 01:54 PM, Jerry Geis wrote: > I download the RHEL 6b2 and noticed the modprobe.conf > was no longer present. > > I used modprobe.conf to place "options" for ethernet drivers > like which order to install the drivers. e1000e before forcedeth - > things like that. > Anyway - seems like

Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

> > Similar content is now broken up into separate .conf files in directory > /etc/modprobe.d so that individual packages can now have sole ownership > of a file rather than trying to pack all their parameters into a single, > hard to maintain file. > > in what order are the files processed? -- A

Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

I'm guessing alphabetically? From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of cornel panceac Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 2:26 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf Similar content is now broken up into separate .co

Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 10:25:36PM +0300, cornel panceac wrote: > Similar content is now broken up into separate .conf files in directory > /etc/modprobe.d so that individual packages can now have sole ownership > of a file rather than trying to pack all their parameters into a single,

Re: [CentOS] question on modprobe.conf

> > In alphabetical order. > > -- > Dominik Zyla > thank you ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] security compliance vs. old software versions

On 6/30/2010 8:54 PM, John Jasen wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> John Jasen wrote: >> >>> m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >>> Frank Cox wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-30 at 15:14 -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Sorry, you lost me here. I tur

[CentOS] KVM virtual guest can not use serial port

I hope this is not to far off topic. I have a Windows 2003 guest on a CentOS 5.5 KVM host. I need to use the serial port on the win2003 guest for the application it is serving. I have no idea what needs to be done but it looks like the linux host is trying to use the serial port as the priamary

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

cliff here wrote: > Well if you want the kernel to route IPV4 traffic, then yes it has to be 1 net.ipv4.conf.ip_forward = 0 ?? change to = 1 ?? >> >>> yea that needs to be a 1 >> >> That cannot be mandatory, >> as I have a 0 there and do not have the OP's problem. You've changed

[CentOS] Logwatch with Postfix and Amavisd-new

I'm trying to get usable reports out of logwatch on this new system. Looks like the reports are running in an 'unformatted' mode under Postfix/Amavisd. I found a couple of programs, postfix-logwatch and amavisd-logwatch. These sound promising. I am running Amavisd as the frontend to Postfix. I

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 09:19:41PM +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > cliff here wrote: > > > Well if you want the kernel to route IPV4 traffic, then yes it has to be 1 > > net.ipv4.conf.ip_forward = 0 ?? > > change to = 1 ?? > >> > >>> yea that needs to be a 1 > >> > >> That cannot b

Re: [CentOS] KVM virtual guest can not use serial port

Greetings, On 7/7/10, Doug Coats wrote: > I have a Windows 2003 guest on a CentOS 5.5 KVM host. I need to use the > serial port on the win2003 guest for the application it is serving. you are on your own as fas as non-centos guests are concerned. Have you enabled some " vitualisation option

Re: [CentOS] security compliance vs. old software versions

John Hinton wrote: > On 6/30/2010 8:54 PM, John Jasen wrote: >> Well, I'm a security admin, so of course protection is more important >> than utility! :) >> >> But seriously, the assessment tools provide information on your >> environment, based on certain standard metrics. Its (HOPEFULLY! PCI >> c

Re: [CentOS] Logwatch with Postfix and Amavisd-new

On Jul 6, 2010, at 4:31 PM, John Hinton wrote: > I'm trying to get usable reports out of logwatch on this new system. > Looks like the reports are running in an 'unformatted' mode under > Postfix/Amavisd. > > I found a couple of programs, postfix-logwatch and amavisd-logwatch. > These sound pro

Re: [CentOS] KVM virtual guest can not use serial port

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/07/2010 22:43, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Greetings, > > On 7/7/10, Doug Coats wrote: >> I have a Windows 2003 guest on a CentOS 5.5 KVM host. I need to use the >> serial port on the win2003 guest for the application it is serving. > > >

Re: [CentOS] security compliance vs. old software versions

On 7/6/2010 4:49 PM, John Jasen wrote: > John Hinton wrote: > >> On 6/30/2010 8:54 PM, John Jasen wrote: >> >>> Well, I'm a security admin, so of course protection is more important >>> than utility! :) >>> >>> But seriously, the assessment tools provide information on your >>> environmen

Re: [CentOS] security compliance vs. old software versions

On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:21:36PM -0400, John Hinton wrote: > My point is these 'security metrics' businesses that are paid, generally > by credit card companies, to do these software scans and don't ever do > these most basic checks. Not that my quoted text is the name of one of > these compa

Re: [CentOS] security compliance vs. old software versions

On 7/6/2010 5:34 PM, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:21:36PM -0400, John Hinton wrote: > > >> My point is these 'security metrics' businesses that are paid, generally >> by credit card companies, to do these software scans and don't ever do >> these most basic checks. Not that

Re: [CentOS] WAS//security compliance vs. old software versions

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 17:44 -0400, John Hinton wrote: > On 7/6/2010 5:34 PM, Whit Blauvelt wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 05:21:36PM -0400, John Hinton wrote: > > OK... I guess my old frustration with this is now vented. > > John --- Wow! Look at all the Johns on the list... John _

Re: [CentOS] Logwatch with Postfix and Amavisd-new

On 06/07/10 21:31, John Hinton wrote: > I'm trying to get usable reports out of logwatch on this new system. > Looks like the reports are running in an 'unformatted' mode under > Postfix/Amavisd. > > I found a couple of programs, postfix-logwatch and amavisd-logwatch. > These sound promising. I am

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Chan Chung > Hang Christopher > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:28 AM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem > > > >> Are you running a proxy for h

[CentOS] disable dvd write

hi, does anybody know how to disable dvd/cd write access in centos 5.3? thanks ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] disable dvd write

make the /dev device re-only (chmod 444)? On 2010-07-06, at 3:57 PM, grace rante wrote: > > hi, does anybody know how to disable dvd/cd write access in centos 5.3? > > thanks > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/m

[CentOS] test

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Re: [CentOS] test

mattias jonsson wrote: > Failed, please study harder. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] test

I'm sorry for the test should not be repeted -Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] För Larry Brower Skickat: den 7 juli 2010 02:22 Till: CentOS mailing list Ämne: Re: [CentOS] test mattias jonsson wrote: > Failed, please study hard

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

Dominik Zyla wrote: >> Are you saying you must have the setting you mention in /etc/sysctl.conf >> ? That cannot be true, as I can access my server and I don't have your >> entry. > Check your iptables rules. Maybe there are no INPUT rules to access your > gateway via internal nic. I don't see t

Re: [CentOS] KVM virtual guest can not use serial port

> I would expect it to be guest os independent, that means it has to be > configured in the host ? > > Regards, Markus > > So does anyone know how to configure a serial port properly in CentOS 5.5? Thanks again ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org h

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

> # Firewall configuration written by system-config-securitylevel > # Manual customization of this file is not recommended. ugh...fwbuilder crap...oh well. > *filter > :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] > :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] > :RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0] > -A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-I

Re: [CentOS] KVM virtual guest can not use serial port

On 07/06/10 6:02 PM, Doug Coats wrote: > > I would expect it to be guest os independent, that means it has to be > configured in the host ? > > Regards, Markus > > So does anyone know how to configure a serial port properly in CentOS 5.5? > if its not plug and play, setserial(8), then

Re: [CentOS] Networking just stopped working

On Tuesday, July 06, 2010 09:21 PM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: >>> Christopher Chan wrote: And now the thing is working again... >>> It's not working again. >>> >>> Running tcpdump -i vlan seems to trigger something to get the

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chan > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 9:13 PM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem > > > > # Firewall configuration written by system-c

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

>> Hmm...you do not appear to have a blanket accept for your >> internal interface. What services are supposed to be open to >> the internal lan? > > Really just intersted in web, ftp and maybe samba Well, the rules do accept connections for them three so no problem here. > > Not really relying

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Christopher Chan > Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 10:31 PM > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem > > > >> Hmm...you do not appear to have a blanket

Re: [CentOS] KVM virtual guest can not use serial port

On Tue, 2010-07-06 at 20:02 -0500, Doug Coats wrote: > > I would expect it to be guest os independent, that means it > has to be > configured in the host ? > > Regards, Markus > > So does anyone know how to configure a serial port properly in Cent

Re: [CentOS] DNS or firewall problem

>>> I have most services turned off but can activate them , >> remotely, from >>> webmin if I need ssh or ftp. >> >> Well, I guess you first need to allow connections to webmin >> (from INSIDE >> - even if you are absolutely certain no one can guess your >> password) unless you are only going to d

[CentOS] Ext4 safe for production use?

As part of my current research for upcoming setup, I started reading up on filesystems (was actually looking up fencing which leds to node crash and file integrity on different fs) to see if there would be any significant improvement to using a different filesystem for networked storage. e.g. glust