Re: [CentOS] change /etc/security/limits.conf need reboot or not?

2013-03-21 Thread Woehrle Hartmut SBB CFF FFS (Extern)
> I rmeember you can just exist the shell and log on again to apply the > changes. Not really a reboot. > > You can check it with ulimit -a for the list items of the changes. Yes logout and login again helps - but only your shell environment. Every process/daemon/database has its own (unchanged) e

[CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread Austin Einter
Dear All I had successfully installed posfixadmin. I was able to login to postfix admin and create email ids etc. In something broken (not sure which one caused the issue), I am experiencing below problem with postfix admin. 1. I am able to access domain/mailadmin page. 2. I can create admin acco

[CentOS] Network interface status

2013-03-21 Thread isdtor
Under CentOS6, is it possible to get an interface to RUNNING state without assigning a (dummy) IP address? # ifconfig em2 em2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 78:2B:CB:67:3E:5C UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

Re: [CentOS] Network interface status

2013-03-21 Thread Banyan He
Maybe you will like ethtool from now. Banyan He Blog: http://www.rootong.com Email: ban...@rootong.com On 3/21/2013 5:21 PM, isdtor wrote: > Under CentOS6, is it possible to get an interface to RUNNING state > without assigning a (dummy) IP address? > > # ifconfig em2 > em2 Lin

[CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread Anumeha Prasad
Hi, I'm currently at CentOS 5.8. After some penetration testing, found some high severity OpenSSH issues which would require its upgrade. But till CentOS 5.9 the latest rpm available is openssh-4.3p2-82.el5 (which I'm currently using). Is it fine to upgrade to CentOS 6 rpms while I'm on CentOS 5?

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread Ron Colvin
Without going to 5.9 you will have unpatched vulnerabilities. With all the applicable patches for EL5 you should not have any vulnerabilities due to in-channel software from CentOS. That does not mean the vulnerability scanner won't find false positives, the key is to get the CVE number of the

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread John R. Dennison
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 05:23:50PM +0530, Anumeha Prasad wrote: > I'm currently at CentOS 5.8. After some penetration testing, found some > high severity OpenSSH issues which would require its upgrade. But till > CentOS 5.9 the latest rpm available is openssh-4.3p2-82.el5 (which I'm > currently usi

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread SilverTip257
On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 7:53 AM, Anumeha Prasad wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently at CentOS 5.8. After some penetration testing, found some > high severity OpenSSH issues which would require its upgrade. But till > CentOS 5.9 the latest rpm available is openssh-4.3p2-82.el5 (which I'm > currently usi

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread Eero Volotinen
2013/3/21 Anumeha Prasad : > Hi, > > I'm currently at CentOS 5.8. After some penetration testing, found some > high severity OpenSSH issues which would require its upgrade. But till > CentOS 5.9 the latest rpm available is openssh-4.3p2-82.el5 (which I'm > currently using). Result of Nessus/Openva

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread Eero Volotinen
2013/3/21 Ron Colvin : > Without going to 5.9 you will have unpatched vulnerabilities. With all the > applicable patches for EL5 you should not have any vulnerabilities due to > in-channel software from CentOS. That does not mean the vulnerability scanner > won't find false positives, the key is

Re: [CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 21/3/2013 11:06 πμ, Austin Einter wrote: > My question is why it is redirecting wrongly to domain/login.php. > > I would suggest you visit postfixadmin project forum and/or subscribe to their mailing list. Nick ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cento

Re: [CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread Banyan He
It sounds like a php coding problem. You can check the php page first. Check at what condition is you will be redirected back to the login page. It would be easy. You can send in the php file or give us the address where to find the file. Make sure you have all the conditions match, you will no

Re: [CentOS] Ctrl-Alt-F? bindings broken under xen 3.0.3-142.el5_9.1 / 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5xen?

2013-03-21 Thread Robert Heller
OK, some more information: I rebooted to a non-xen kernel (2.6.18-348.1.1.el5), and the problem remains, so it is not xen or a xen kernel issue. The machine has an AMD 64-bit processor (AMD Sempron(tm) Processor LE-1300), if that makes any difference. I have a LD450 keyboard (DEC VT220 flavored

Re: [CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread Austin Einter
Dear Banyan Thanks for input. I checked the log. I found always ssl_error_log is being written when I am trying to login to postfixadmin and it looks relevant also. But I do not know how to fix it. The error log is as below. [Thu Mar 21 07:08:09 2013] [error] [client 122.178.239.178] PHP Warnin

Re: [CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread Austin Einter
I just looked at link http://sourceforge.net/p/postfixadmin/discussion/676076/thread/9eb8a948 , it looks a similar issue and it is related session cookie. I checked in my php.ini and cooki is enabled. Not sure if memcache will create any problem.., Hope somebody would have faced this issue previou

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 21.03.2013 um 13:12 schrieb John R. Dennison : > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 05:23:50PM +0530, Anumeha Prasad wrote: >> I'm currently at CentOS 5.8. After some penetration testing, found some >> high severity OpenSSH issues which would require its upgrade. But till >> CentOS 5.9 the latest rpm avail

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/21/2013 06:53 AM, Anumeha Prasad wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently at CentOS 5.8. After some penetration testing, found some > high severity OpenSSH issues which would require its upgrade. But till > CentOS 5.9 the latest rpm available is openssh-4.3p2-82.el5 (which I'm > currently using). > > I

Re: [CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread Keith Keller
On 2013-03-21, Austin Einter wrote: > > In something broken (not sure which one caused the issue), I am > experiencing below problem with postfix admin. As another poster already commented, unless postfixadmin is part of an official CentOS repo (and I strongly suspect it is not) you should instea

Re: [CentOS] posfix admin issue

2013-03-21 Thread m . roth
Austin Einter wrote: > Dear Banyan > Thanks for input. I checked the log. I found always ssl_error_log is being > written when I am trying to login to postfixadmin and it looks relevant > also. But I do not know how to fix it. > > The error log is as below. > > [Thu Mar 21 07:08:09 2013] [error] [c

[CentOS] GFS2 hangs after one node going down

2013-03-21 Thread Maurizio Giungato
Hi guys, my goal is to create a reliable virtualization environment using CentOS 6.4 and KVM, I've three nodes and a clustered GFS2. The enviroment is up and working, but I'm worry for the reliability, if I turn the network interface down on one node to simulate a crash (for example on the nod

[CentOS] dhcpd options

2013-03-21 Thread m . roth
A few weeks ago, suddenly, reading news at lunch, I could not get to nytimes.com. I could ping it, and nslookup it, and if I put the IP address in place of the name, it was fine. After *much* back and forth over a ticket I put in, over the last week or so, our group figured it out: It *seemed* to

Re: [CentOS] Is it fine to upgrade to Centos 6 rpms, being at centos 5.8

2013-03-21 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/21/2013 5:12 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > Most "penetration testing" is done via lackadaisical auditors using > automated tools that are pretty much completely worthless in the real > world using Enterprise Linux as said tools are unaware of backporting > policies. indeed, they are automated

Re: [CentOS] dhcpd options

2013-03-21 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > A few weeks ago, suddenly, reading news at lunch, I could not get to > nytimes.com. I could ping it, and nslookup it, and if I put the IP address > in place of the name, it was fine. > > After *much* back and forth over a ticket I put in, over the last week or > so, our gr

Re: [CentOS] dhcpd options (related)

2013-03-21 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> A few weeks ago, suddenly, reading news at lunch, I could not get to >> nytimes.com. I could ping it, and nslookup it, and if I put the IP >> address in place of the name, it was fine. >> >> After *much* back and forth over a ticket I put in, ove

[CentOS] updating to 6.4 broke olvwm/openwin

2013-03-21 Thread Miranda Hawarden-Ogata
This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the desktop (and no, I don't have the option of changing that at this time). The desk

Re: [CentOS] updating to 6.4 broke olvwm/openwin

2013-03-21 Thread m . roth
Miranda Hawarden-Ogata wrote: > This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and > things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our > instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the > desktop (and no, I don't have the option of cha

Re: [CentOS] updating to 6.4 broke olvwm/openwin

2013-03-21 Thread Miranda Hawarden-Ogata
On 2013/03/21 11:18, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Miranda Hawarden-Ogata wrote: >> This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and >> things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our >> instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the

Re: [CentOS] updating to 6.4 broke olvwm/openwin

2013-03-21 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 03/21/2013 04:06 PM, Miranda Hawarden-Ogata wrote: > This morning a handful of workstations got upgraded from 6.3 to 6.4 and > things seemed to be functional, until we tried to log in to one of our > instrument accounts that for various reasons uses olvwm/openwin as the > desktop (and no, I d

[CentOS] ntfsprogs update probs anyone?

2013-03-21 Thread Phil Savoie
Hi All, Not sure I understand the error message: yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * base: less.cogeco.net * elrepo: elrepo.org * extras: centos.mirror.rafal.ca * rpmforge: mirror.cpsc.ucalgary.ca * updates:

[CentOS] CentOS 6.4 x86_64 VM Install freezes

2013-03-21 Thread Robert Heller
I am trying to install a CentOS 6.4 x86_64 VM using a CentOS 5.9 x86_64 host, but its install has froze *twice*. What I am doing is to create a 10gig LVM volume, which I put a MS-DOS partition table on (using fdisk). I then format the only partition to ext3, install grub and install the pxeboot ker

Re: [CentOS] ntfsprogs update probs anyone?

2013-03-21 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/21/2013 3:34 PM, Phil Savoie wrote: > Error: Package: gnome-vfs2-ntfs-1.13.1-1.el6.rf.x86_64 (@rpmforge) > Requires: ntfsprogs = 1.13.1-1.el6.rf > Removing: ntfsprogs-1.13.1-1.el6.rf.x86_64 (@rpmforge) > ntfsprogs = 1.13.1-1.el6.rf > Obso

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.4 x86_64 VM Install freezes

2013-03-21 Thread John R Pierce
On 3/21/2013 3:42 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > Is it because some package from the second disk is needed? Do I have to > create a merged version of the DVDs? Or is something else wrong? I put a mirror of this, http://mirror.centos.org/centos-6/6/os/x86_64/ on a local http server then I use the

[CentOS] CentOS 6.x

2013-03-21 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi Please help me understand to choose between the two versions CentOS 6.3 and CentOS 6.4. I am not sure to choose 6.4 since it is being released recently( http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-March/019276.html) and it may be risky to push it in Live environment. Regards, Kaush

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.4 on Dell R320 64 Bit.

2013-03-21 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed CentOS 6.4 on Dell Server R320 64bit with UEFI BIOS. Do i > need both /boot and /boot/efi partitions. Please help me understand the > difference between these. > > Regards, > > Kaushal > Hi, checking in again rega

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.x

2013-03-21 Thread Keith Keller
On 2013-03-22, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > > Please help me understand to choose between the two versions CentOS 6.3 and > CentOS 6.4. I am not sure to choose 6.4 since it is being released > recently( > http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2013-March/019276.html) > and it may be risky t

Re: [CentOS] raid 1 question

2013-03-21 Thread Dave Johansen
On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 5:04 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: > > On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Dave Johansen > wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 6:14 AM, SilverTip257 > > wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Gerry Reno wrote: > > > > > > > On 03/07/2013 06:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >

Re: [CentOS] Ctrl-Alt-F? bindings broken under xen 3.0.3-142.el5_9.1 / 2.6.18-348.1.1.el5xen?

2013-03-21 Thread Cliff Pratt
The graphics chip is probably relevant. FWIW I can't Ctrl-Alt-Fn to any Virtual Console (I just get a black screen, no login prompt). I have a nVidia graphics chip. There are many reports on the Internet of trouble with VC and nVidia and some other graphics chips. Cheers, Cliff On Fri, Mar 22, 2

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6.x

2013-03-21 Thread zGreenfelder
>On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 9:42 PM, Keith Keller > wrote: > On 2013-03-22, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: >> >> Please help me understand to choose between the two versions CentOS 6.3 and >> CentOS 6.4. I am not sure to choose 6.4 since it is being released >> recently( >> http://lists.centos.org/pipermail