Re: [CentOS] I want to ask about some Kernel level operations.

2014-01-02 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/01/2014 06:25 PM, Eliezer Croitoru wrote: > Hey John, > > Thanks! > > On 02/01/14 02:14, John R Pierce wrote: >> Its the principle of least privilege. >> >> You don't need to be root to compile software, or to test software in a >> local directory, you only need root privileges to install it

[CentOS] Simple question on USB flash drive naming

2014-01-02 Thread James B. Byrne
I have a USB key that when inserted into a port on my CentOS-6.5 system maounts as this: /dev/sdb1 /media/22d773e3-8502-4196-b45f-388380dcee48 ext2 rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks 0 0 What is the mechanism to give this thing a more human usable mount name / volume name? Mounting this USB key with

[CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Ken Smith
Hi All and happy new year, Via a cron job a USB disk is mounted on a Centos 6.4 machine for backup and dismounted after. I've noticed this failing. See below, the backup directory that was in /mnt had disappeared, so creating it again as follows... # cd /mnt # mkdir backup # mount /dev/sdb1 /m

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Ken Smith
Ken Smith wrote: > Hi All and happy new year, > > Via a cron job a USB disk is mounted on a Centos 6.4 machine for backup > and dismounted after. I've noticed this failing. See below, the backup > directory that was in /mnt had disappeared, so creating it again as > follows... > > # cd /mnt > # mkd

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:05:31PM +, Ken Smith wrote: > Hi All and happy new year, > > Via a cron job a USB disk is mounted on a Centos 6.4 machine for backup > and dismounted after. I've noticed this failing. See below, the backup > directory that was in /mnt had disappeared, so creating i

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Ken Smith
Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:05:31PM +, Ken Smith wrote: > >> Hi All and happy new year, >> >> {snip}) >> >> After the umount the directory vanishes. >> > I'd guess that something is rm-ing the mount point while it's mounted, > so that when you umount it, it disapp

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Fred Smith
On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:23:26PM +, Ken Smith wrote: > > > Fred Smith wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:05:31PM +, Ken Smith wrote: > > > >> Hi All and happy new year, > >> > >> {snip}) > >> > >> After the umount the directory vanishes. > >> > > I'd guess that something is

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Ken Smith
Fred Smith wrote: > On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:23:26PM +, Ken Smith wrote: > >> >> Fred Smith wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:05:31PM +, Ken Smith wrote: >>> >>> Hi All and happy new year, {snip}) After the umount the directory vanishes. >

[CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread Eero Volotinen
Hi, Is there nice way to put back EC encryption on Centos? RHEL disabled it due "patent issues", but is third party providing packages to EC enabled packages to centos ? -- Eero ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread Digimer
On 02/01/14 04:16 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Hi, > > Is there nice way to put back EC encryption on Centos? > > RHEL disabled it due "patent issues", but is third party providing packages > to EC enabled packages to centos ? It would have to come from an external repo. The goal of CentOS is to be

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 02.01.2014 um 20:34 schrieb Ken Smith : > Fred Smith wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:23:26PM +, Ken Smith wrote: >> >>> >>> Fred Smith wrote: >>> >>> Indeed but what? :-( >>> >> I'd guess some unintended side-effect of the backup program/script. >> >> > The bash commands in the ea

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread m . roth
Eero Volotinen wrote: > > Is there nice way to put back EC encryption on Centos? > > RHEL disabled it due "patent issues", but is third party providing > packages to EC enabled packages to centos ? *Which* elliptic curve? I trust you've been reading the revelations from Snowdon about the NSA putti

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread Eero Volotinen
what about update to 6.5 which brings it already back > why do you not keep your system up-to-date at all? > ECHDE with CentOS 6.5 works fine and is one of the 6.5 features > I already noticed it: https://twitter.com/reaperhulk/status/407384786114596864 So only needed thing is recompile ec enable

Re: [CentOS] I want to ask about some Kernel level operations.

2014-01-02 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
I am obligated to say: "How would you expect a 100MB of code to be mocked?" What would be a clean buildroot for? If somebody wrote the software and decides what and how to install he should at least be familiar with the basic structure of the OS unless it's not possible to find somebody that act

Re: [CentOS] I want to ask about some Kernel level operations.

2014-01-02 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
On 03/01/14 01:42, Reindl Harald wrote: > so hire somebody Looking for a recommendation for one.. Please also add the price for learning from him. Thanks, Eliezer ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] I want to ask about some Kernel level operations.

2014-01-02 Thread Michael Lampe
Eliezer wrote: > What would be a clean buildroot for? Well, only God himself did the initial creative work just once -- after that, He let things go, because it was already to complicated even for Him -- or perfect. Anyway, because He had not planned doing it again and reiterate, we now have

Re: [CentOS] I want to ask about some Kernel level operations.

2014-01-02 Thread Eliezer Croitoru
Hey Michael, On 03/01/14 02:11, Michael Lampe wrote: > Eliezer wrote: > > > What would be a clean buildroot for? > > Well, only God himself did the initial creative work just once -- after > that, He let things go, because it was already to complicated even for > Him -- or perfect. Anyway, becau

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread David Benfell
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On 01/02/2014 01:22 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Eero Volotinen wrote: >> >> Is there nice way to put back EC encryption on Centos? >> >> RHEL disabled it due "patent issues", but is third party >> providing packages to EC enabled packages to cent

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread Eero Volotinen
> - From what I've been able to find, this is a bit overstated. > > There is *one* random number algorithm (Dual_EC_DRBG) associated with > ECC that is believed to have been compromised. That it appeared > is compromised: http://blog.0xbadc0de.be/archives/155 > vulnerable has long been known; Br

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread Jitse Klomp
2014/1/3 David Benfell > I was unable to find an associated vulnerability in Linux. I trust the > OpenSSL folks would be on top of this faster than you can blink an eye > if it were a current issue. They have not, from what I've seen, > reacted to the revelations. > Interesting read on the opens

Re: [CentOS] Elliptic curve on Centos 6.x

2014-01-02 Thread Peter
On 01/03/2014 10:16 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Hi, > > Is there nice way to put back EC encryption on Centos? Yes, yum update should do it. > RHEL disabled it due "patent issues" RedHat no longer disables the EC ciphers as of RHEL6.5 Peter ___ Cent

Re: [CentOS] Disappearing directory

2014-01-02 Thread Mauricio Tavares
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:19 PM, Leon Fauster wrote: > Am 02.01.2014 um 20:34 schrieb Ken Smith : >> Fred Smith wrote: >>> On Thu, Jan 02, 2014 at 07:23:26PM +, Ken Smith wrote: >>> Fred Smith wrote: Indeed but what? :-( >>> I'd guess some unintended side-effect of the