Re: [CentOS] SSH Automatic Log-on Failure - Centos 5.5

Hi, > On Thu, 2011-01-27 at 20:30 +0100, Michel van Deventer wrote: > >> Lots from China, Russia and some South American countries. Sometimes >> even from my own country ! (Netherlands). > > Attempts from Holland always, in my experience, come from Leaseweb IPs > but complaining to them produces n

Re: [CentOS] Ext4 on CentOS 5.5 x64

Hi, it works just fine for me, but there is no quota support in the 5.5 ext4 release Giuseppe Il 28/01/2011 08:51, Sorin Srbu ha scritto: >> -Original Message- >> From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On >> Behalf Of compdoc >> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011

Re: [CentOS] backup script

Should I add to my tar the following option -p, --preserve-permissions extract all protection information tar -cvzfp .. Thanks On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM, John Doe wrote: > From: "madu...@gmail.com" > >> I want to create bash script to have a zip copy from a website runn

[CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

Hi all, I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server under CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage machine needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the host where is installed. This is due to the limita

[CentOS] internet connection tester script

http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=rykHdvBh bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites. 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] i have a "oneliner" that echoes if theres "internet connection or no". $ ping -W 1 -c 2 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping -W 1 -c 2 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/n

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

Le ven 28 jan 2011 03:28:22 CET, kellyremo a écrit: > [ ... ] > $ while $TORF; do ping -W 1 -c 1 bix.hu >& /dev/null && ping > -W 1 -c 1 www.yahoo.com >& /dev/null && TORF=false || > TORF=true; done > $ > > It just doesn't work. > > Goal: if theres no internet connection, then the oneliner m

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

On 01/28/11 3:28 AM, kellyremo wrote: > bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites. > 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] what sort of firewall drops packets on localhost ?!? yahoo.com is probably a poor choice of targets, as its a widely distributed group of servers

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:19 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 01/28/11 3:28 AM, kellyremo wrote: >> bix.hu and www.yahoo.com are "pingable" test sites. >> 127.0.0.1 could not be pinged [firewall drops all icmp] > > > what sort of firewall drops packets on localhost ?!? > > yahoo.com is probably a poo

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 2:56 AM, John Hodrien wrote: > On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, Always Learning wrote: > >> Thanks for the explanation. Now I know why locate never usually worked >> for me - it hadn't updated. >> >> find is fast, especially when I restrict the search paths. > > But locate is faster st

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:55 AM, carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > > I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server under > CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage > machine > needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > One *does* have to remember the "mlocate" package's limitations. It > doesn't browse network mounted directories, it doesn't browse /tmp or > look for other excluded targets, and it runs with the nightly cron > jobs. So if you're looking for files in

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 14:50 +, John Hodrien wrote: > All configurable via /etc/updatedb.conf if your local needs differ. How does one remove it ? yum erase updated ? It is not present in any CRON. -- With best regards, Paul. England, EU. __

Re: [CentOS] backup script

madu...@gmail.com wrote: > Should I add to my tar the following option > -p, --preserve-permissions > extract all protection information > tar -cvzfp .. > > Thanks > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 7:10 PM, John Doe wrote: > > From: "madu...@gmail.com" > > > >> I want to create bas

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

Always Learning wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 14:50 +, John Hodrien wrote: > >> All configurable via /etc/updatedb.conf if your local needs differ. > > How does one remove it ? > > yum erase updated ? > > It is not present in any CRON. yes it is: /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron _

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Always Learning wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 14:50 +, John Hodrien wrote: > >> All configurable via /etc/updatedb.conf if your local needs differ. > > How does one remove it ? > > yum erase updated ? > > It is not present in any CRON. If it's installed, it shoul

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

Always Learning wrote, On 01/28/2011 10:25 AM: > On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 14:50 +, John Hodrien wrote: > >> All configurable via /etc/updatedb.conf if your local needs differ. > > How does one remove it ? > > yum erase updated ? > > It is not present in any CRON. > There is a new cron

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > One *does* have to remember the "mlocate" package's limitations. It > doesn't browse network mounted directories, it doesn't browse /tmp or > look for other excluded targets, and it runs with the nightly cron > jobs. So if you're looking for files in /var/tmp/ or an NFS

Re: [CentOS] Ext4 on CentOS 5.5 x64

Sorin Srbu wrote: > Anyway, I get a bad block message when running fsck, and am not sure > whether this is a interface problem between the chair and the monitor or > something with the tech preview. Having just live through this issue, I recommend you run the extended (long) SMART test on

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 16:36 +0100, Nicolas Thierry-Mieg wrote: > yes it is: /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron No trace. That is probably why it never worked for me. With best regards, Paul. England, EU. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://

Re: [CentOS] Ext4 on CentOS 5.5 x64

On 1/28/2011 10:02 AM, cpol...@surewest.net wrote: > Sorin Srbu wrote: > >> Anyway, I get a bad block message when running fsck, and am not sure >> whether this is a interface problem between the chair and the monitor or >> something with the tech preview. > > > Having just live through this

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 15:36 +, John Hodrien wrote: > If it's installed, it should have a cron job here: > > /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron > > The package is called mlocate, as has already been mentioned in this thread. Appears not to have been installed. No trace of anything in /var/lib eit

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > Yup. That's why it's common to drop at external firewalls and blocked > by NAT from reaching inside your network, to protect less thoroughly > protected and critical hosts from distributed denial of service (DDOS) > such as the now classic "ping flood" attack. There is

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

updatedb is not a daemon or package. It's run by cron automatically in the night once you install slocate. Kai ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5: iptables: module recent

The discussion and bug fix is from autumn 2009. May I hope, it's included in the actual kernel? Helmut -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] Im Auftrag von Kai Schaetzl Gesendet: Donnerstag, 27. Januar 2011 17:01 An: centos@centos.o

Re: [CentOS] backup script

I have reallocated it to /home thx On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:33 PM, wrote: > madu...@gmail.com wrote: >> Should I add to my tar the following option >>  -p, --preserve-permissions >>               extract all protection information >> tar -cvzfp .. >> >> Thanks >> >> On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

On 1/28/2011 3:55 AM, carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > >I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server > under > CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage > machine > needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

- Original Message - | On 1/28/2011 3:55 AM, carlopmart wrote: | > Hi all, | > | >I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage | >server under | > CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual | > storage machine | > needs to server storage to an

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

- Original Message - | - Original Message - | | On 1/28/2011 3:55 AM, carlopmart wrote: | | > Hi all, | | > | | >I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage | | >server under | | > CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual | | > stor

Re: [CentOS] backup script

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, madu...@gmail.com wrote: To: CentOS mailing list From: "madu...@gmail.com" Subject: Re: [CentOS] backup script I have reallocated it to /home thx On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 5:33 PM, wrote: madu...@gmail.com wrote: Should I add to my tar the following option  -p, --prese

Re: [CentOS] backup script

madu...@gmail.com wrote: > I have reallocated it to /home > thx Please stop top posting. Relocated it to /home, as in /home/backup? Don't clutter your base directories, that's very bad practice. mark ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org htt

Re: [CentOS] backup script

home folder for backup /backup On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:49 PM, wrote: > madu...@gmail.com wrote: >> I have reallocated it to /home >> thx > Please stop top posting. > > Relocated it to /home, as in /home/backup? Don't clutter your base > directories, that's very bad practice. > >       mark >

Re: [CentOS] backup script

madu...@gmail.com wrote: > home folder for backup /backup > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 7:49 PM, wrote: >> madu...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I have reallocated it to /home >>> thx >> Please stop top posting. >> >> Relocated it to /home, as in /home/backup? Don't clutter your base >> directories, that's

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

On 01/28/11 1:55 AM, carlopmart wrote: > Hi all, > >I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server > under > CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage > machine > needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the

[CentOS] problems with installl ing icecast

hi I run this to start the icecaste install and near the end I get this error c belowurned 1 exit status rpmbuild -bb /usr/src/redhat/SPECS/icecast.spec /usr/lib/libxml2.so -ldl -lz -lm /usr/lib/libxslt.so: undefined reference to `xmlX pathcontextSetCache' collect2: ld ret _

Re: [CentOS] backup script

> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org > [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 1:07 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] backup script > > madu...@gmail.com wrote: > > home folder for backup /back

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

On 1/28/2011 12:14 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > >> I need to install a virtual machine acting as a virtual storage server >> under >> CentOS 5.x (using kvm, xen, virtualbox or vmware). This virtual storage >> machine >> needs to server storage to another ESXi server and at the same time to the

[CentOS] offsite encrypted backups?

Hi List, Any idea for remote encrypted backup system? files must be encrypted on local side ? duplicity? any better ideas? -- Eero ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] problems with installl ing icecast

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:31:31 -0600 mike cutie and maia wrote: > hi I run this to start the icecaste install and near the end I get this Are you trying to compile icecast or install icecast? (There is a difference.) If you're having trouble compiling it I have these here: rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/i

Re: [CentOS] offsite encrypted backups?

Eero Volotinen wrote: > > Any idea for remote encrypted backup system? files must be encrypted > on local side ? duplicity? any better ideas? We do offline backups onto a LUKS encrypted disk, using rsync (he says, looking to see if the one running has finished yet), then I put them in the safe

Re: [CentOS] offsite encrypted backups?

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 at 8:51pm, Eero Volotinen wrote > Any idea for remote encrypted backup system? files must be encrypted > on local side ? duplicity? any better ideas? Amanda can encrypt on the server or client side, and can use ssh authentication as well. -- Joshua

Re: [CentOS] offsite encrypted backups?

On 28.1.2011 19:51, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Any idea for remote encrypted backup system? files must be encrypted > on local side ? duplicity? any better ideas? http://www.bacula.org/ -- Best Regards, Markus signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature

Re: [CentOS] offsite encrypted backups?

On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Markus Falb wrote: > On 28.1.2011 19:51, Eero Volotinen wrote: > >> Any idea for remote encrypted backup system? files must be >> encrypted on local side ? duplicity? any better ideas? > > http://www.bacula.org/ Bacula can encrypt against two different X509 certificates, so

Re: [CentOS] TrueCrypt WD External Drive

On 21.1.2011 05:26, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> I have a WD Elements 2TB USB hard drive. I would like to >> encrypt the whole drive with TrueCrypt on my CentOS box. >> Could someone direct me to a tutorial on how to do this? >> Ideally, I would also like to access it with my WinXP box, >> but this

Re: [CentOS] offsite encrypted backups?

On 28.1.2011 20:24, Paul Heinlein wrote: > On Fri, 28 Jan 2011, Markus Falb wrote: >> http://www.bacula.org/ > Bacula can encrypt against two different X509 certificates, so you can > have per-host certs and a master certificate. (We keep a copy of the > latter in a secure location for disaste

Re: [CentOS] TrueCrypt WD External Drive

>>> I have a WD Elements 2TB USB hard drive. I would like to >>> encrypt the whole drive with TrueCrypt on my CentOS box. >>> Could someone direct me to a tutorial on how to do this? >>> Ideally, I would also like to access it with my WinXP box, >>> but this part is optional. >Last time I checked

[CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

Convey uses a highly modified CentOS kernel to work with our attach coprocessor. Currently to setup a system for delivery we do a cold install using a "stock" CentOS cold install using kickstart. During that cold install we lay down our modified kernel and reboot the system with that kern

Re: [CentOS] CentOS and Dell MD3200i / MD3220i iSCSI w/ multipath -- slightly OT

Hi Ed, The persistent reservation is a SCSI-3 feature. I'ts useful in a cluster environment, where multiple nodes are configured to access a device while at the same time blocking access to other nodes. To disable the iSCSI offload feature, disable the Broadcom iSCSI diver (bnx2i), for example: e

Re: [CentOS] CentOS and Dell MD3200i / MD3220i iSCSI w/ multipath -- slightly OT

Ooops, I missed a citation: "We normally see these when the target has multiple controllers and one of the controllers is in passive mode where it would normally be used to fail over to, or when one controller is being upgraded or when some management operation is being executed on a controller."

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 15:19 -0600, Tom G Murphy wrote: Nothing hard about doing this I do it a lot. My RT KickStart built into isolinux %post # Update the Install # We pull in our kern.repo file for updates. Magic! yum -y install -c http://192.168.2.200/kicks/kern.repo kernel-rt # Clean out

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

Thanks John. This is what I do to put our modified kernel into place. The modified kernel has routines to talk to our coprocessor via the pcibus and it is not a standard device. A generic kernel does not know how to talk to the coprocessor, what I want to do is build an install kernel that can

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

Tom G Murphy wrote, On 01/28/2011 04:19 PM: > > My goal is to be able to boot a "modified" kernel on the cold install > step so we can download the firmware updates and eliminate the second boot. > > I have tried using using the bzImage generated from the modified kernel > build but that kernel

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

Always Learning wrote on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:18:26 +: > Appears not to have been installed. No trace of anything in /var/lib > either. It's not clear what you want to express. If you didn't install mlocate there will be no locate or updatedb, of course. Kai ___

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Kai Schaetzl wrote: > updatedb is not a daemon or package. It's run by cron automatically in the > night once you install slocate. > > Kai In CentOS 5.x, and RHEL 5.x, it's in the "mlocate" package. ___ CentOS mailing l

Re: [CentOS] backup script

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:03 PM, madu...@gmail.com wrote: > home folder for backup  /backup This is a tactical problem. If you actually read the "File System Hierarchy" guidelines, you'll see that it should be in "/var" as dynamic, volatile content, probably undar "/var/backup". If that backup r

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

Hi, On 01/28/2011 11:01 PM, Tom Murphy wrote: > The modified kernel has routines to talk to our coprocessor via the > pcibus and it is not a standard device. A generic kernel does not know > how to talk to the coprocessor, what I want to do is build an install > kernel that can talk to the copro

Re: [CentOS] internet connection tester script

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 11:19 AM, wrote: > Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > >> Yup. That's why it's common to drop at external firewalls and blocked >> by NAT from reaching inside your network, to protect less thoroughly >> protected and critical hosts from distributed denial of service (DDOS) >>  such

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

On 01/28/2011 09:19 PM, Tom G Murphy wrote: > I am guessing I have either have too much or too little included in the > kernel. I tried to make sure everything I thought was needed were not > modules but included in the kernel. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? use the %post thing as John poin

Re: [CentOS] Static assignment of SCSI device names?

> Les Mikesell kindly wrote: >> > >> > Identifying drives by their ID string (which includes the drive's serial >> > number) and assigning names in the rules works ok. BUT, what happens >> > when I have to swap out a failed drive? The serial number (and possibly >> > model number) changes, a

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

Thanks, this is an great idea. On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > On 01/28/2011 09:19 PM, Tom G Murphy wrote: > > I am guessing I have either have too much or too little included in the > > kernel. I tried to make sure everything I thought was needed were not > > modules but

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > no way in H*** I'd run a storage server as a VM, especially if its > serving the same host as its hosted on. *Configuration* storage, such as /etc/ files, sure. Actual backup? No virtualized host does that as well as the underlying virtuali

Re: [CentOS] OT: Recommendations for a virtual storage server

On 01/28/11 9:19 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 1:14 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > >> no way in H*** I'd run a storage server as a VM, especially if its >> serving the same host as its hosted on. > *Configuration* storage, such as /etc/ files, sure. Actual backup? No > virtual

Re: [CentOS] Ext4 on CentOS 5.5 x64

Les Mikesell wrote: > Are there guidelines about what are reasonable results or will the > 'Smart Health Status' tell you enough after the tests run? In a recent study[1] of a large population of hard drives these assertions stood out: [A]fter their first scan error, drives are 39 times more