[CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread Walter Dnes
Hi all. I'm using a CentOS 6.8 VM to do volunteer builds for an open source project. I want to build Pale Moon with a gtk2 library older than 2.24, to allow people with older linuxes to run it. Short summary, if built against version gtk2-2.24 and/or higher, the binary will use a function that

[CentOS] Trouble removing files in chrooted sftp

2017-01-09 Thread Myyrä , Timo
Hi, I have trouble setting up chrooted SFTP for our user. I got the basic SFTP chroot working, user is chrooted to its home directory, I've added /home/userb/etc directory with dummy passwd, group and localtime files. The problem is that instead of only accessing its own files, I need the user to

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread James Pearson
Walter Dnes wrote: Hi all. I'm using a CentOS 6.8 VM to do volunteer builds for an open source project. I want to build Pale Moon with a gtk2 library older than 2.24, to allow people with older linuxes to run it. Short summary, if built against version gtk2-2.24 and/or higher, the binary wi

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread Jonathan Billings
On Jan 9, 2017, at 4:08 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > Hi all. I'm using a CentOS 6.8 VM to do volunteer builds for an open > source project. I want to build Pale Moon with a gtk2 library older > than 2.24, to allow people with older linuxes to run it. Short summary, > if built against version gtk2-

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/09/2017 07:54 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > On Jan 9, 2017, at 4:08 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: >> Hi all. I'm using a CentOS 6.8 VM to do volunteer builds for an open >> source project. I want to build Pale Moon with a gtk2 library older >> than 2.24, to allow people with older linuxes to ru

[CentOS] Reliable way of having both LAN and WIFI on headless box

2017-01-09 Thread Gary Stainburn
Once again I am building a headless Centos 7 box that needs to reliably be on both the LAN and WIFI network at all times. Amongst other things it's going to be an AirPrint bridge enabling IPads to print to printers on a different VLAN. I have asked about this before and got a solution working

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread Jon LaBadie
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 09:39:08AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 01/09/2017 07:54 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > > On Jan 9, 2017, at 4:08 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > >> Hi all. I'm using a CentOS 6.8 VM to do volunteer builds for an open > >> source project. I want to build Pale Moon with a gt

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2017-01-06 at 11:08 -0500, James B. Byrne wrote: > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17:23, Always Learning wrote: > > > > > > Cyber attacks are gradually replacing armed conflicts. > > > > Better fight with bits than blood. Agreed. One of my Apache defences is to redirect probes/hacks to 127.0.0

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread James Pearson
Jon LaBadie wrote: The OP noted the target environment has security fixes backported. Is the same true of a mock environment built from vault.centos.org? If not, could a binary built under mock introduce old flaws? At run time, the application will use whatever shared libs exist on the targe

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread Always Learning
On Fri, 2017-01-06 at 12:54 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > James B. Byrne wrote: > > > > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17:23, Always Learning wrote: > >> > >> Cyber attacks are gradually replacing armed conflicts. > > > > Better fight with bits than blood. > > Yes, but... attacks on the friggin' IoT

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread John R. Dennison
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 04:33:01PM +, Always Learning wrote: > recognise vulnerabilities and how to block them; too many self-declared > "komputar xperts" haven't a clue about robust security. Thank you SO very much for this. I am still laughing at the irony after 5 whole minutes. This made

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 1/9/2017 8:33 AM, Always Learning wrote: Query: How did the Reds get into the Democrats computer systems ? Hope it wasn't a Redhat/Centos system but an 'open Windoze' set-up. primary attack was cracking a too easy password on Podesta's webmail account, quite probably via phishing/human engi

Re: [CentOS] Reliable way of having both LAN and WIFI on headless box

2017-01-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Mon, 9 Jan 2017 16:05:16 + Gary Stainburn wrote: > However, the WIFI > link is unreliable. Sometimes it doesn't activate, or after a while > de-activates. Sometimes it doesn't even appear in nmtui to enable me to > activate it. That sounds like a weak signal from your wifi transmitter.

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread John R. Dennison
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 04:23:05PM +, Always Learning wrote: > > Agreed. One of my Apache defences is to redirect probes/hacks to > 127.0.0.1 :-) Would you be willing to share this rewrite rule with the list, please? Some may find it useful. Thank you.

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread Albert McCann
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Always > Learning > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 11:23 AM > To: Centos > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue > > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17:23, Always Learning wrote: > > > > > > > > > Cyber attacks are

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Mon, January 9, 2017 11:16 am, Albert McCann wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Always >> Learning >> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 11:23 AM >> To: Centos >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue > >> > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 01/09/2017 10:20 AM, Jon LaBadie wrote: > On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 09:39:08AM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote: >> On 01/09/2017 07:54 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: >>> On Jan 9, 2017, at 4:08 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: Hi all. I'm using a CentOS 6.8 VM to do volunteer builds for an open source

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread Albert McCann
> -Original Message- > From: CentOS [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Valeri > Galtsev > Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 12:26 PM > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue > > One large list that cut the number of attacks was > > blocking ALL Amazon AWS

Re: [CentOS] Firefox Issue

2017-01-09 Thread m . roth
Always Learning wrote: > On Fri, 2017-01-06 at 12:54 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> James B. Byrne wrote: >> > On Thu, January 5, 2017 17:23, Always Learning wrote: >> >> >> >> Cyber attacks are gradually replacing armed conflicts. >> > >> > Better fight with bits than blood. >> >> Yes, but... a

[CentOS] how to troubleshoot GUI issue?

2017-01-09 Thread Dave Burns
Hello, I'm using a recent install of centos 7, no GUI customizations that I recall. When I log in using the GUI it accepts my password and the mouse appears on a black screen, like it is preparing the desktop, but the desktop never appears. If I hit control-alt-f4 and log in using the command line,

Re: [CentOS] how to troubleshoot GUI issue?

2017-01-09 Thread Phelps, Matthew
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 3:01 PM, Dave Burns wrote: > Hello, > I'm using a recent install of centos 7, no GUI customizations that I > recall. When I log in using the GUI it accepts my password and the mouse > appears on a black screen, like it is preparing the desktop, but the > desktop never appea

Re: [CentOS] how to troubleshoot GUI issue?

2017-01-09 Thread m . roth
Dave Burns wrote: > Hello, > I'm using a recent install of centos 7, no GUI customizations that I > recall. When I log in using the GUI it accepts my password and the mouse > appears on a black screen, like it is preparing the desktop, but the > desktop never appears. If I hit control-alt-f4 and lo

Re: [CentOS] How to downgrade gtk2 libs in CentOS 6.8?

2017-01-09 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jan 09, 2017 at 11:24:14AM +, James Pearson wrote > One way would be to do the build on the same OS as the 'older linux' ? The 'older linux' is "Lucid Puppy Revitalized as 5.2.8.7 - December, 2016" http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=90461 It's a low-memory end-user di

Re: [CentOS] Reliable way of having both LAN and WIFI on headless box

2017-01-09 Thread fred roller
On Mon, Jan 9, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Frank Cox wrote: > That sounds like a weak signal from your wifi transmitter. > Or signal interference. Where is the antennae located on the server? Ran into signal issues with antennae which were tucked behind the server before. ___