Re: [CentOS] Oracle tries to capture CentOS users

2012-07-25 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:40:33PM -0300, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 8:47 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > > (In my basement I have Solaris 1.1.1, 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10; all > > but 2.5.1 are original in-box distributions) > > You're the right man, then, whom I should a

Re: [CentOS] su path hard coded?

2012-07-25 Thread Stephen Harris
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:27:09PM -0400, Karl Vogel wrote: > >> On 07/24/12 4:33 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > S> I want the ability to "set the default path". That's all. > >It sounds like your best bet would be to change the source for su, and >just be prepared to reinstall it if/when yu

Re: [CentOS] Oracle tries to capture CentOS users

2012-07-25 Thread Fernando Cassia
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Stephen Harris wrote: > Sorry, no. The only consulting special code I ever used was X25-uucp > on SunOS 4.1.x Thanks anyway for replying. I lose nothing by asking every former Sun employee I run across. :)) I once built a small mini-ITX AMD x86 box mobo with ris

Re: [CentOS] RAID card selection - JBOD mode / Linux RAID

2012-07-25 Thread Alan McKay
Thanks for the recommendations folks! -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] RAID card selection - JBOD mode / Linux RAID

2012-07-25 Thread Alan McKay
On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 12:24 PM, David C. Miller wrote: > LSI 9200-8e BTW, I read the specs on that and it says it is compatible with 6G and 3G SAS which hopefully means it will work with my Sun J4400 SAS1 shelf, right? I like that it is a JBOD-only card - that is exactly what I want -- “Don'

[CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread Alan McKay
Hey guys and gals, Yesterday I had one of my scientists kill one of my servers when his program ran amok and gobbled up all the memory, or forked too many processes, or I'm just not exactly sure what to be honest. Is there something I can run manually in cron to look for rampant programs and kill

Re: [CentOS] Oracle tries to capture CentOS users

2012-07-25 Thread Brian Mathis
Is any part of this thread related to CentOS anymore? ❧ Brian Mathis ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread Daniel De Marco
* Alan McKay [07/25/2012 09:36]: > Yesterday I had one of my scientists kill one of my servers when his > program ran amok and gobbled up all the memory, or forked too many > processes, or I'm just not exactly sure what to be honest. > > Is there something I can run manually in cron to look for r

Re: [CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread m . roth
Alan McKay wrote: > Hey guys and gals, > > Yesterday I had one of my scientists kill one of my servers when his > program ran amok and gobbled up all the memory, or forked too many > processes, or I'm just not exactly sure what to be honest. > > Is there something I can run manually in cron to look

Re: [CentOS] Oracle tries to capture CentOS users

2012-07-25 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Brian Mathis wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Brian Mathis > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Oracle tries to capture CentOS users > > Is any part of this thread related to CentOS anymore? Yes - the email address still is ;) Keith ---

[CentOS] problem with machine "freezing" for short periods

2012-07-25 Thread Vanhorn, Mike
I have two HP dc7800 convertible minitowers that are exhibiting the following issue: every 5-10 minutes, they will "freeze" for about 30 seconds, and then pick right back up again. During the freeze, it seems that nothing at all happens on the system; the clock doesn't even advance (it just picks

Re: [CentOS] problem with machine "freezing" for short periods

2012-07-25 Thread m . roth
Vanhorn, Mike wrote: > > I have two HP dc7800 convertible minitowers that are exhibiting the > following issue: every 5-10 minutes, they will "freeze" for about 30 > seconds, and then pick right back up again. During the freeze, it seems > that nothing at all happens on the system; the clock doesn'

Re: [CentOS] problem with machine "freezing" for short periods

2012-07-25 Thread Mogens Kjaer
On 07/25/2012 04:34 PM, Vanhorn, Mike wrote: > I have two HP dc7800 convertible minitowers that are exhibiting the > following issue: every 5-10 minutes, they will "freeze" for about 30 > seconds, and then pick right back up again. During the freeze, it seems > that nothing at all happens on the sy

Re: [CentOS] problem with machine "freezing" for short periods

2012-07-25 Thread John Doe
From: "m.r...@5-cent.us" > Vanhorn, Mike wrote: >> I have two HP dc7800 convertible minitowers that are exhibiting the >> following issue: every 5-10 minutes, they will "freeze" for about >> 30 seconds, and then pick right back up again. During the freeze, it seems >> that nothing at all happ

Re: [CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread Alan McKay
Interesting stuff - thanks again guys. Looks like I can get what I need right here ... -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:/

Re: [CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread John Doe
From: Alan McKay > Yesterday I had one of my scientists kill one of my servers when his > program ran amok and gobbled up all the memory, or forked too many > processes, or I'm just not exactly sure what to be honest. > > Is there something I can run manually in cron to look for rampant > progra

Re: [CentOS] problem with machine "freezing" for short periods

2012-07-25 Thread Keith Roberts
On Wed, 25 Jul 2012, Vanhorn, Mike wrote: *snip* > I am stuck, and can't figure out where to even suspect the problem might > actually be. There are no errors getting logged anywhere that I can find, > probably because everything just "stops" temporarily, so there's nothing > for the system to lo

[CentOS] Can someone help with SpamBayes problem?

2012-07-25 Thread fred smith
I've posted to the SpamBayes users list, but there seems to be no traffic there, so I've had no replies. If there is anyone here using SpamBayes, I'd appreciate some advice or at least suggestions I'm running Centos 5.8 here. Day before yesterday I decided to look and see if there was a newe

Re: [CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread Warren Young
On 7/25/2012 7:36 AM, Alan McKay wrote: > > Is there something I can run manually in cron to look for rampant > programs and kill them? You appear to be under the impression that you have a technical problem. What you actually have is a people problem. Go now, and kneel at the feet of the Bastar

Re: [CentOS] Can someone help with SpamBayes problem?

2012-07-25 Thread m . roth
fred smith wrote: > I'm running Centos 5.8 here. > > Day before yesterday I decided to look and see if there was a newer > SpamBayes than I was then using. lo and behold, there was. I was using > 1.1a4, and there was a 1.1a6. > > so I downloaded and installed it. bad move. *How* did you install i

Re: [CentOS] Can someone help with SpamBayes problem?

2012-07-25 Thread m . roth
fred smith wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:26:51PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> fred smith wrote: >> >> > I'm running Centos 5.8 here. >> > >> > Day before yesterday I decided to look and see if there was a newer >> > SpamBayes than I was then using. lo and behold, there was. I was using

Re: [CentOS] Can someone help with SpamBayes problem?

2012-07-25 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:26:51PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > > I'm running Centos 5.8 here. > > > > Day before yesterday I decided to look and see if there was a newer > > SpamBayes than I was then using. lo and behold, there was. I was using > > 1.1a4, and there was a

Re: [CentOS] Bind isn't working. after upgrade.

2012-07-25 Thread Winter
> but, after this, the Nameservers and DNS are working and solving. > > Anything to fix those awful messages? Hello again, I. Does your named.conf contain an entry for rndc-key? Along the lines of: key "rndc-key" { algorithm hmac-md5; secret ""; }; II. Does rndc.conf have contain:

Re: [CentOS] EXT3-fs (dm-1): error: can't find ext3 filesystem on dev dm-1

2012-07-25 Thread chiong lawrence
Yes! its work! Now I know :-) Thank you so very much for your help Rob. This has been RESOLVED. Lawrence ** *Please consider the environment before printing this email.* On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: > On 07/25/2012 10:31 AM, chiong lawrence wrote: > >> Hello there,

Re: [CentOS] Manual OOM killing?

2012-07-25 Thread Alan McKay
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 1:24 PM, Warren Young wrote: > Go now, and kneel at the feet of the Bastard Operator From Hell > (http://bofh.ntk.net/) to learn how to deal with such matters. Well I was looking for my LART ... seem to have misplaced it over the years :-) -- “Don't eat anything you've e

Re: [CentOS] Can someone help with SpamBayes problem?

2012-07-25 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 02:05:05PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > fred smith wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:26:51PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> fred smith wrote: > >> > >> > I'm running Centos 5.8 here. > >> > > >> > Day before yesterday I decided to look and see if there was a ne

Re: [CentOS] Can someone help with SpamBayes problem?

2012-07-25 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 03:10:44PM -0400, fred smith wrote: > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 02:05:05PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > fred smith wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 01:26:51PM -0400, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > >> fred smith wrote: > > >> > > >> > I'm running Centos 5.8 here. > > >>

[CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Steve Lindemann
I'm a bit baffled by this and I'm looking for ideas... background: two DNS servers (ns1 & ns2)(64bit CentOS 5.8) one email server (64bit CentOS 5.8 & postfix 2.3.3) one nagios server (64bit CentOS 5.8 & nagios 3.3.1) situation: - all servers configured to use both DNS servers for lookups - ns1 se

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Tom Brown
Does dig use libresolv or read directly from resolv.conf? Also do you have a timeout configured in resolv.conf or are you relying on the os default? On 25 Jul 2012, at 21:57, Steve Lindemann wrote: > I'm a bit baffled by this and I'm looking for ideas... > > background: > two DNS servers (ns1

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
On 07/25/2012 10:57 PM, Steve Lindemann wrote: > I'm a bit baffled by this and I'm looking for ideas... > > background: > two DNS servers (ns1 & ns2)(64bit CentOS 5.8) > one email server (64bit CentOS 5.8 & postfix 2.3.3) > one nagios server (64bit CentOS 5.8 & nagios 3.3.1) > > situation: > - al

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: > On 07/25/2012 10:57 PM, Steve Lindemann wrote: >> I'm a bit baffled by this and I'm looking for ideas... >> >> background: >> two DNS servers (ns1 & ns2)(64bit CentOS 5.8) >> one email server (64bit CentOS 5.8 & postfix 2.3.3) >> one

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Steve Lindemann
On 7/25/2012 3:21 PM, Tom Brown wrote: > Does dig use libresolv or read directly from resolv.conf? Also do you have a > timeout configured in resolv.conf or are you relying on the os default? dig uses resolv.conf and no timeouts are configured there. I don't know there the OS would have a defau

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread John R Pierce
On 07/25/12 1:57 PM, Steve Lindemann wrote: > Anyone have any ideas for why nagios would have trouble testing smtp on > the email server when the primary dns goes offline? I'm not even sure > where to look or who else would make sense to ask the question of on > this one. I'd appreciate any insig

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Tom Brown
> dig uses resolv.conf and no timeouts are configured there. I don't know > there the OS would have a default configured or what it is. Another > reply indicated there would be a 5 second delay. That seems a bit high > to me. > > I used dig from the email svr command line with the primary DNS sv

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Steve Lindemann
On 7/25/2012 3:55 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 07/25/12 1:57 PM, Steve Lindemann wrote: >> Anyone have any ideas for why nagios would have trouble testing smtp on >> the email server when the primary dns goes offline? I'm not even sure >> where to look or who else would make sense to ask the ques

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Steve Lindemann
On 7/25/2012 3:58 PM, Tom Brown wrote: >> dig uses resolv.conf and no timeouts are configured there. I don't know >> there the OS would have a default configured or what it is. Another >> reply indicated there would be a 5 second delay. That seems a bit high >> to me. >> >> I used dig from the e

[CentOS] Using two subnets to change network configuration

2012-07-25 Thread Harold Pritchett
Problem: My network uses the 192.168.1.0/24 network. Since is the most common network in all of the world it begins presenting problems when I want to set up vpns, or try to do other routing. The solution: Change the network from 192.168.1.0/24 to 172.24.24.0/22. This is somewhere in the m

Re: [CentOS] Using two subnets to change network configuration

2012-07-25 Thread Cliff Pratt
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:52 PM, Harold Pritchett wrote: > Problem: My network uses the 192.168.1.0/24 network. Since is the most > common network in all of the world it begins presenting problems when I want > to set up vpns, or try to do other routing. > > The solution: Change the network fr

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>DNS lookups default to using 53/udp, and only use 53/tcp for zone >transfers. could it be 53/udp is being lost/blocked between this host >and your ns1 ? Unfortunately that is a common misconception. Tcp is used far more often than "only" as stated such as for size of request exceeding udp respo

Re: [CentOS] DNS lookup delay with centos & postfix

2012-07-25 Thread David McGuffey
On Jul 25, 2012, at 21:27, "Joseph L. Casale" wrote: >> DNS lookups default to using 53/udp, and only use 53/tcp for zone >> transfers. could it be 53/udp is being lost/blocked between this host >> and your ns1 ? > > Unfortunately that is a common misconception. > > Tcp is used far more often