[CentOS] suggestion for filesystem or general performance optimization

2012-09-04 Thread Götz Reinicke
Hi, recently I noticed, that we have some performance issues regarding our central samba fileserver. Red Hat EL 5.8, samba3x-3.5.10-0.109. Doing a rsync, scp or accessing a share from a client and copy large files (e.g. 3 GB ISO), I do get a read / write average about 60 to 90 MB/sec. So LAN and

[CentOS] yum repository for development series explicitly

2012-09-04 Thread jiten jha
Dear Friends, When I am running this command yum install --enablerepo=milter-manager-development -y milter-manager * So I am getting this error Message . * milter-manager/primary | 7.0 kB 00:01 milter-manager 40/40 http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/milte

Re: [CentOS] yum repository for development series explicitly

2012-09-04 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Jiten, On Tue, 2012-09-04 at 12:37 +0530, jiten jha wrote: > yum install --enablerepo=milter-manager-development -y milter-manager You should probably inform the owner of that particular repository about your issues. As this is an external repo there is nothing the CentOS crew can do to hel

Re: [CentOS] NTP server problem behind firewall

2012-09-04 Thread Giles Coochey
On 04/09/2012 07:31, Artifex Maximus wrote: The first time (16:39:13.653674) client cannot sync to the server but second time (16:39:43.145984) that was successful even if there is a 'bad udp cksum'. BTW, is it normal? Tcpdump says there was traffic and sync happened later so rule is OK I think.

Re: [CentOS] svn: Authorization failed

2012-09-04 Thread John Doe
From: Michael Hennebry > How do I set up a subversion repository so > that svn can use an svnserve running locally? > I own the repository. > svnserve -d -r ... runs as me. > svn mkdir -m 'make trunk' svn://localhost/redeye/trunk > fails with > svn: Authorization failed > There is no request for

Re: [CentOS] NTP server problem behind firewall

2012-09-04 Thread Artifex Maximus
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Giles Coochey wrote: > On 04/09/2012 07:31, Artifex Maximus wrote: >> >> >> The first time (16:39:13.653674) client cannot sync to the server but >> second time (16:39:43.145984) that was successful even if there is a >> 'bad udp cksum'. BTW, is it normal? Tcpdump

[CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Tony Molloy
Hi, I've just got possession of a Dell PE R720 with 2 MD1200 disk enclosures. Both MD1200 are fully populated with 12 x 3 TB disks The system will basically be a student file-server running CentOS 6.x serving various size files from small c programs to multi gigabyte audio and video files o

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Götz Reinicke
Hi Tony, because I suggest just something very general I post off list :) From my POV as I'm currently facing similar setups with different hardware rolling back from fine granular setups to simple 'bigger' less complex configurations. (we do have 6 iscsi storages from 2TB (sun ZFS) up to 32 TB)

Re: [CentOS] suggestion for filesystem or general performance optimization

2012-09-04 Thread Theo Band
On 09/04/2012 09:06 AM, Götz Reinicke wrote: > Hi, > > recently I noticed, that we have some performance issues regarding our > central samba fileserver. Red Hat EL 5.8, samba3x-3.5.10-0.109. > > Doing a rsync, scp or accessing a share from a client and copy large > files (e.g. 3 GB ISO), I do get

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Blake Hudson
Tony Molloy wrote the following on 9/4/2012 6:10 AM: > Hi, > > I've just got possession of a Dell PE R720 with 2 MD1200 disk > enclosures. > > Both MD1200 are fully populated with 12 x 3 TB disks > > The system will basically be a student file-server running CentOS 6.x > serving various size files

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Paul Tader
> > The second MD1200 will be used to backup the first, using BackupPC and > for other storage purposes. > > As I won't know the storage requirements for the "backup partition" > and they will probably change over time anyway. I was thinking of > using LVM for it. So how to partition the MD1200 for

[CentOS] lscfg and vpdupdate om CentOS-6

2012-09-04 Thread James B. Byrne
Are these packages still available for RHEL6/CentOS6? If so then where does one get them? If not then have they been replaced with something else? There does not seem to be a listing for them at epel. -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrnemail

Re: [CentOS] svn: Authorization failed

2012-09-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Tue, 4 Sep 2012, John Doe wrote: > From: Michael Hennebry > >> How do I set up a subversion repository so >> that svn can use an svnserve running locally? >> I own the repository. >> svnserve -d -r ... runs as me. >> svn mkdir -m 'make trunk' svn://localhost/redeye/trunk >> fails with >> svn:

Re: [CentOS] lscfg and vpdupdate om CentOS-6

2012-09-04 Thread John Doe
From: James B. Byrne > Are these packages still available for RHEL6/CentOS6? RH only or just missing? You can grab the source maybe: http://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise/6Server/en/os/SRPMS/lsvpd-1.6.7-3.el6.src.rpm JD ___ CentOS mailing

[CentOS] Gradually adjust NTP sync over time?

2012-09-04 Thread Sean Carolan
Suppose you have server A and server B. Server B is running 60 seconds too fast, while server A is accurate. Is there a way to gradually move server B's time back into sync with server A, without making a drastic, immediate change to the clock? In other words, we would like to 'smear' the differ

Re: [CentOS] Gradually adjust NTP sync over time?

2012-09-04 Thread Brian Mathis
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Sean Carolan wrote: > Suppose you have server A and server B. Server B is running 60 > seconds too fast, while server A is accurate. Is there a way to > gradually move server B's time back into sync with server A, without > making a drastic, immediate change to t

Re: [CentOS] Gradually adjust NTP sync over time?

2012-09-04 Thread Sean Carolan
> This is already how ntpd works. When you first start the service > (usually upon reboot), it will use 'ntpdate' to do a hard set of the > clock, then ntpd picks up and adjusts the clock back and forth to keep > it correct. My understanding was that ntpd will use "slewing" for adjustments of les

Re: [CentOS] Gradually adjust NTP sync over time?

2012-09-04 Thread Sean Carolan
> What I'm trying to avoid is abruptly resetting the clock from 12:06 to > 12:05 all at once. Instead we want to slowly turn the clock back that > one minute, but spread the changes across several hours or days. I think the "-x" option may be our solution; I R'd the FM and it says: "...If the -x

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Tony Molloy
On Tuesday 04 September 2012 12:44:26 Götz Reinicke wrote: > Hi Tony, > > because I suggest just something very general I post off list :) > > From my POV as I'm currently facing similar setups with different > hardware rolling back from fine granular setups to simple 'bigger' > less complex con

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Nate Duehr
On Sep 4, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Tony Molloy wrote: > Just remember I'm due to retire at the end of this month so this will > be my last big job for the Dept. And due to financial constraints I > will not be replaced. So I will be handing this machine over to a co- > worker who is basically a Windo

[CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread James B. Byrne
We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:192BOOTPROTO=none BROADCAST=192.168.255.255 DEVICE=eth1:192 IPADDR=192.168.0.1 IPV6IN

Re: [CentOS] Advice on partitioning a Dell MD1200 disk array

2012-09-04 Thread Tony Molloy
On Tuesday 04 September 2012 19:25:05 Nate Duehr wrote: > On Sep 4, 2012, at 5:10 AM, Tony Molloy wrote: > > Just remember I'm due to retire at the end of this month so this > > will be my last big job for the Dept. And due to financial > > constraints I will not be replaced. So I will be handing

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 1:34 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. > Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address > 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:192BOOTPROTO=none >> D

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread James B. Byrne
On Tue, September 4, 2012 14:34, James B. Byrne wrote: > We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. > Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address > 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. > per: Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com Tue Sep 4 15:01:18 EDT 2012

[CentOS] Recover software raid 10 on CentOS 6.3

2012-09-04 Thread Jacob Hydeman
The setup is 4 1TB drives running RAID10. I was using the Gnome Disk Utility to verify the integrity of the array (which is a 500MB mirrored md0 and the rest a R10 md1). I believe one of the drives is bad but prior to the system going offline it showed that 2 drives were detached from the array bu

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 2:18 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Tue, September 4, 2012 14:34, James B. Byrne wrote: >> We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. >> Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address >> 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. >> > > per:

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/04/12 12:18 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > There are presently two subnets on the lan, 192.168.209.0 and > 192.168.209.0. I believe that the present netmask is correct in these > circumstances. um, those are both the same? I assume you meant one of them to be different? when you say therre

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread James B. Byrne
On 09/04/12 12:18 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > There are presently two subnets on the lan, 192.168.209.0 and > 192.168.209.0. I believe that the present netmask is correct in these > circumstances. um, those are both the same? I assume you meant one of them to be different? You are correct. I

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
James B. Byrne wrote: > > On 09/04/12 12:18 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: >> There are presently two subnets on the lan, 192.168.209.0 and >> 192.168.209.0. I believe that the present netmask is correct in these >> circumstances. > > um, those are both the same? I assume you meant one of them to be

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 3:25 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > > On 09/04/12 12:18 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: >> There are presently two subnets on the lan, 192.168.209.0 and >> 192.168.209.0. I believe that the present netmask is correct in these >> circumstances. > > um, those are both the same? I as

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/04/12 1:25 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > I have host A with eth0[aaa.bbb.ccc.A] and eth1[192.168.216.A] > > I have host B with eth0[aaa.bbb.ccc.B] and eth1[192.168.209.B] what are the subnet masks defined on 192.168.216.A and 192.168.209.B ? > and I have host C as the gateway with eth0 being

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread James B. Byrne
per: Nicolas Thierry-Mieg Nicolas.Thierry-Mieg at imag.fr Tue Sep 4 16:42:57 EDT 2012 > could you show the result of the route command on host C? [root@gway01 ~]# ip route 216.185.64.52/30 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 216.185.64.54 10.0.0.0/24 dev eth1 proto kernel scope link src 10

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread James B. Byrne
On Tue, September 4, 2012 16:51, Les Mikesell wrote: > > That should happen directly without C's involvement if the netmask is > 255.255.0.0 on A and B's eth1 interfaces. It is not. The netmask on those interfaces is 255.255.255.0. > >> Instead it goes to Eth0 on C where it dies as one would >>

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread John R Pierce
On 09/04/12 2:00 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > I am experimenting to see if this arrangement is workable. I want to > know if it is possible to have two separate 192.168.x subnets on the > same network. Why? I do not have a purpose in mind. I am just > checking out whether it can work or not. > >

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Cliff Pratt
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:00 AM, James B. Byrne wrote: > > On Tue, September 4, 2012 16:51, Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> That should happen directly without C's involvement if the netmask is >> 255.255.0.0 on A and B's eth1 interfaces. > > It is not. The netmask on those interfaces is 255.255.255.0.

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 4:00 PM, James B. Byrne wrote: > >> That should happen directly without C's involvement if the netmask is >> 255.255.0.0 on A and B's eth1 interfaces. > > It is not. The netmask on those interfaces is 255.255.255.0. Netmasks apply to (and describe) connected subnets, not i

Re: [CentOS] Simple routing question

2012-09-04 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 04.09.2012 um 20:34 schrieb James B. Byrne: > We use a dual homed CentOS-6.3 host for our Internet gateway router. > Its internal nic (eth1) is configured such that the address > 192.168.0.1 is one of its aliases. > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1:192BOOTPROTO=none > BROADCAS

[CentOS] 802.3ad + Centos 6 + KVM (bridging)

2012-09-04 Thread aurfalien
Hi all, Does any one have 802.3ad (mode 4) working on there Centos6 KVM setup? Of course we are also bridging here. - aurf ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Recover software raid 10 on CentOS 6.3

2012-09-04 Thread Jacob Hydeman
It's been fixed. The drives were ok but nothing would reassemble. The drives were marked as faulty so I followed the suggestions here: http://anders.com/cms/411/Linux/Software.RAID/inactive/mdadm Thanks! On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 12:25 PM, Jacob Hydeman wrote: > The setup is 4 1TB drives running R

[CentOS] rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma

2012-09-04 Thread Michel Donais
I'm too settig up Hylafax and found ajhfc to be more user friendly than all the other cited fax frontend in the Hylafax repository. Hylafax-Server 6.0.5-1rhel5.i386.rpm Hylafax-Client-6.0.5-1rhel5.i386.rpm Centos 5.8 I downloaded and tried to install but failed yajhfc-0.5.2-1.noarch.rp

[CentOS] Postfix login Name Error

2012-09-04 Thread jiten jha
Dear Friends, I have done basic postfix mail server configuration but problem is when I try to login then it is not taking my name . it is taking full name with domain name. My domain name is *"studen.ac.in"* My user name is jiten when I try to login with my name in a log it is showing *" Sep 5 1

Re: [CentOS] rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma

2012-09-04 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 4 Sep 2012 21:47:06 -0400 Michel Donais wrote: > I can't find a place to get rpmlibs(PayloadIsLzma) Having never heard of your yajhfc program before, three minutes of Google searching has told me the following: rpmlib(PayloadIsLzma) appears to be a Suse-ism. So your rpm is for Suse Li

[CentOS] Mail Send and Receive Problem

2012-09-04 Thread jiten jha
Dear Friends , I have postfix mail server it is in running condition. But suddenly it is giving me error *Unknown user or password incorrect. * when I check log it is showing me *"Sep 5 10:26:51 student dovecot: imap-login: Aborted login (auth failed, 1 attempts): user=, method=PLAIN, rip=192.168

Re: [CentOS] Is glusterfs ready?

2012-09-04 Thread Bob Hepple
David C. Miller writes: > > > - Original Message - > > From: "John Doe" > > To: "Cent O Smailinglist" > > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:14:29 AM > > Subject: [CentOS] Is glusterfs ready? > > > > Hey, > > > > since RH took control of glusterfs, I've been looking to convert our > >