[CentOS] links browser update, now needs xWindows?

2016-10-24 Thread Richard Beels
hi there. The new update for links in EPEL takes it from 2.8-2 to 2.13-1. But yum includes 21 xWindows dependencies that weren't required before. I'd rather not install them - it's a headless server. Was this intentional? ===

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Larry Martell
On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:42 AM, wrote: > Larry Martell wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:21 AM, wrote: >>> Larry Martell wrote: We have 1 system ruining Centos7 that is the NFS server. There are 50 external machines that FTP files to this server fairly continuously. We

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Larry Martell
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 9:02 AM, Larry Martell wrote: > Hi Matt- > > Thank you for this very detailed and thoughtful reply. > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Matt Garman wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Larry Martell >> wrote: >>> We have 1 system ruining Centos7 that is the NFS se

Re: [CentOS] Disk near failure

2016-10-24 Thread Alessandro Baggi
Il 21/10/2016 17:20, m.r...@5-cent.us ha scritto: John R Pierce wrote: On 10/21/2016 2:03 AM, Alessandro Baggi wrote: My ssds are failing? SSD's wear out based on writes per block. they distribute those writes, but once each block has been written X number of times, they are no longer reli

Re: [CentOS] links browser update, now needs xWindows?

2016-10-24 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hello Richard, On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 03:39 -0400, Richard Beels wrote: > The new update for links in EPEL takes it from 2.8-2 to 2.13-1. But > yum includes 21 xWindows dependencies that weren't required before. > > I'd rather not install them - it's a headless server. Was this intentional? Ve

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread mark
On 10/24/16 03:52, Larry Martell wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:42 AM, wrote: Larry Martell wrote: On Fri, Oct 21, 2016 at 11:21 AM, wrote: Larry Martell wrote: We have 1 system ruining Centos7 that is the NFS server. There are 50 external machines that FTP files to this server fairly

Re: [CentOS] Disk near failure

2016-10-24 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi, On Mon, 2016-10-24 at 12:07 +0200, Alessandro Baggi wrote: > === START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION === > SMART Error Log not supported I reckon there's a between those lines. The line right after the first should read something like: SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/24/2016 04:51 AM, mark wrote: Absolutely add nobarrier, and see what happens. Using "nobarrier" might increase overall write throughput, but it removes an important integrity feature, increasing the risk of filesystem corruption on power loss. I wouldn't recommend doing that unless y

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread m . roth
Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/24/2016 04:51 AM, mark wrote: >> Absolutely add nobarrier, and see what happens. > > Using "nobarrier" might increase overall write throughput, but it > removes an important integrity feature, increasing the risk of > filesystem corruption on power loss. I wouldn't re

Re: [CentOS] CVE-2016-5195 “DirtyCOW”: Critical Linux Kernel Flaw

2016-10-24 Thread Gilbert Sebenste
On Sat, 22 Oct 2016, Valeri Galtsev wrote: On Sat, October 22, 2016 7:49 pm, Valeri Galtsev wrote: Dear All, I guess, we all have to urgently apply workaround, following, say, this: https://gryzli.info/2016/10/21/protect-cve-2016-5195-dirtycow-centos-7rhel7cpanelcloudlinux/ At least those of

[CentOS] SElinux suggestions needed: migrating backup service

2016-10-24 Thread Leon Fauster
Hi folks, normally I have not so much to do with SElinux but I expected to get in touch sooner or later :-) I migrated a backup-system from El5 to EL6 and the rsync backup process is complaining about selinux attr's now. client <-> server (fetches via rsync -aHAX) client# sestatus SELinux s

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Matt Garman
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Larry Martell wrote: >> To be clear: the python script is moving files on the same NFS file >> system? E.g., something like >> >> mv /mnt/nfs-server/dir1/file /mnt/nfs-server/dir2/file >> >> where /mnt/nfs-server is the mount point of the NFS server on the >>

[CentOS] Shutdown/Poweroff

2016-10-24 Thread Chris Olson
Is there a good source of information about how Linux distributions and installers identify and interact with the hardware devices in a system?  We are particularly interested in the shutdown process that leads to complete power-off.  Thanks. ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Shutdown/Poweroff

2016-10-24 Thread m . roth
Chris Olson wrote: > Is there a good source of information about how Linux distributions > and installers identify and interact with the hardware devices in > a system?  We are particularly interested in the shutdown process > that leads to complete power-off.  Thanks. You mean something more than

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Matt Garman wrote: > On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 8:02 AM, Larry Martell > wrote: >>> To be clear: the python script is moving files on the same NFS file >>> system? E.g., something like >>> >>> mv /mnt/nfs-server/dir1/file /mnt/nfs-server/dir2/file >>> >>> where

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Matt Garman
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Larry Martell wrote: >> At any rate, what I was looking at was seeing if there was any way to >> simplify this process, and cut NFS out of the picture. If you need >> only to push these files around, what about rsync? > > It's not just moving files around. The fil

[CentOS] Problems with VPN Connection

2016-10-24 Thread Macmor Mach
Good afternoon Best regard I'm having trouble with a CentOS server release 5.10, so that my users connect via VPN Intranet type, I could not find a solution, if I can collaborate appreciate them, attached logs when it worked and now. Log running: Mon Oct 10 13:50:02 2016 193.60.90.72:23683 Re-us

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/24/2016 07:29 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: As I noted in my original repost, that it needs to be on a UPS Ah. I see that now. Still, may I suggest that whenever we recommend remedies that eliminate reliability measures, such as mounting with "nobarrier", we also repeat caveats so that

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Matt Garman
Another alternative idea: you probably won't be comfortable with this, but check out systemd-nspawn. There are lots of examples online, and even I wrote about how I use it: http://raw-sewage.net/articles/fedora-under-centos/ This is unfortunately another "sysadmin" solution to your problem. n

Re: [CentOS] SElinux suggestions needed: migrating backup service

2016-10-24 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/24/2016 09:53 AM, Leon Fauster wrote: Any suggestions to avoid the default labeling "unconfined_u:object_r:locale_t:s0"? Not off the top of my head. I think you need to either a) not try to preserve the labels or b) run the backup as a user which can manage labels. What is the rsync

Re: [CentOS] NFS help

2016-10-24 Thread Larry Martell
On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Matt Garman wrote: > On Mon, Oct 24, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Larry Martell > wrote: >>> At any rate, what I was looking at was seeing if there was any way to >>> simplify this process, and cut NFS out of the picture. If you need >>> only to push these files around, wha

Re: [CentOS] SElinux suggestions needed: migrating backup service

2016-10-24 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 24.10.2016 um 23:44 schrieb Gordon Messmer : > On 10/24/2016 09:53 AM, Leon Fauster wrote: >> Any suggestions to avoid the default labeling >> "unconfined_u:object_r:locale_t:s0"? > > > Not off the top of my head. I think you need to either a) not try to > preserve the labels or b) run the

Re: [CentOS] Problems with VPN Connection

2016-10-24 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 24.10.2016 um 23:38 schrieb Macmor Mach : > I'm having trouble with a CentOS server release 5.10, so that my users > connect via VPN Intranet type, I could not find a solution, if I can > collaborate appreciate them, attached logs when it worked and now. > > Log running: > > Mon Oct 10 13:50:0

Re: [CentOS] Shutdown/Poweroff

2016-10-24 Thread Joseph L. Casale
> Is there a good source of information about how Linux distributions and > installers identify > and interact with the hardware devices in a system?  We are particularly > interested in the > shutdown process that leads to complete power-off.  Thanks. None other I assume than from the horse's m