Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread James Hogarth
On 4 October 2017 at 07:20, Phil Perry wrote: > On 04/10/17 03:46, Phil Manuel wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> If I disable ipv6 via the kernel command line, ipv6.disable=1, then >> systemd-networkd fails to bring up any interfaces. >> >> Removing the option and networking works as expected. >> >> Phil. >>

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Tuesday 03 October 2017 18:24:01 Mark Haney wrote: > What issue? That the PID is dropped on reboot?  What else are you > putting in there?  I'm beginning to question whether you know what > you're doing or not.  Lighttpd doesn't store any persistent info in > /var/run/ because, like everything e

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On 04/10/2017 10:23, Gary Stainburn wrote: Hi Gary, > Mark, Many Non-Centos originated packages create directories in /var/run as > part of the install, and expect them to still exist after a reboot. Those packages have been built poorly. > They then fail when starting the service because they

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Wednesday 04 October 2017 09:42:13 Anand Buddhdev wrote: > There's no need to do that (and it's also messy). Instead, if a package > needs a directory to exist in /var/run, then create your own config for > systemd-tmpfiles, and drop it into /etc/systemd/tmpfiles.d. Work with > CentOS 7, instead

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Wednesday 04 October 2017 09:53:59 Gary Stainburn wrote: > I saw reference to system-tmpfs in Paul's post so I had a quick look. YUM > doesn't seem to know about it, but I'm sure Google will help. Sorry, meant systemd-tmpfiles ___ CentOS mailing list

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Anand Buddhdev
On 04/10/2017 10:58, Gary Stainburn wrote: > On Wednesday 04 October 2017 09:53:59 Gary Stainburn wrote: >> I saw reference to system-tmpfs in Paul's post so I had a quick look. YUM >> doesn't seem to know about it, but I'm sure Google will help. > > Sorry, meant systemd-tmpfiles On a CentOS 7 s

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Haney
On 10/04/2017 04:23 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: Mark, Many Non-Centos originated packages create directories in /var/run as part of the install, and expect them to still exist after a reboot. They then fail when starting the service because they're trying to create a PID / Lock file in a director

Re: [CentOS] NFS mount on Centos 7 crashing

2017-10-04 Thread Nikolaos Milas
On 2/10/2017 11:46 μμ, Nikolaos Milas wrote: Unfortunately, it doesn't work for me. Problem solved - at least in my case - by changing the NFS Export Options (of the NFS shared directory, at the data storage system) from secure to insecure. That is, I changed from: rw,no_root_squash,no_

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Wednesday 04 October 2017 12:54:44 Mark Haney wrote: > Sorry, but if you have to use packages that don't originate from CentOS > and they do that, then I wouldn't use them. Period.  I'd compile from > source before I used something configured that way. This perspective to some extent employs cu

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Haney
On 10/04/2017 08:22 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2017 12:54:44 Mark Haney wrote: Sorry, but if you have to use packages that don't originate from CentOS and they do that, then I wouldn't use them. Period.  I'd compile from source before I used something configured that way.

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gary Stainburn
On Wednesday 04 October 2017 13:39:30 Mark Haney wrote: > I'll end this by saying, I hope the production servers you have don't > provide critical services that could jeopardize the lives of people.  > I'd ask who you work for, to make sure I avoid them at all costs, but > I'm not sure I'd be told.

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Steve Clark
On 10/04/2017 08:39 AM, Mark Haney wrote: > On 10/04/2017 08:22 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: >> On Wednesday 04 October 2017 12:54:44 Mark Haney wrote: >>> Sorry, but if you have to use packages that don't originate from CentOS >>> and they do that, then I wouldn't use them. Period. I'd compile from

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Mark Haney
On 10/04/2017 08:46 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: On Wednesday 04 October 2017 13:39:30 Mark Haney wrote: I'll end this by saying, I hope the production servers you have don't provide critical services that could jeopardize the lives of people. I'd ask who you work for, to make sure I avoid them at

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread m . roth
Ok, folks, I have not followed this thread since the first few emails... but has anyone suggested the SCL repo? I see mysql 5.6 and 5.7 there. mark "this is not the flamewar I'm looking for. I'll move along" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS

Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 10/3/2017 8:14 PM, Phil Manuel wrote: systemd-networkd doesn't use those files at all. If you look at the appropriate ifcfg files eg /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 do you see IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no ? Where does systemd-networkd store its settings, then? ___

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/04/2017 01:23 AM, Gary Stainburn wrote: There is a solution that saves /var/run to disk at shutdown and restores it at bootup but I can't remember what it is. The simplest solution that comes to mind at 7:30am is simply bind mounting a directory that's persistent.  You'll still need to

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 10/04/2017 04:54 AM, Mark Haney wrote: Why is it so hard for people to understand that var/run IS NOT PERSISTENT and was never meant to be?  Do they not teach basic Unix concepts anymore? http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#VARRUNRUNTIMEVARIABLEDATA While FHS notes that *files* s

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread James B. Byrne
On Tue, October 3, 2017 13:12, hw wrote: > Alexander Dalloz writes: > >> Am 01.10.2017 um 17:21 schrieb hw: >>> Hi, >>> >>> how can I prevent files/directories like /var/run/mariadb from >>> being deleted on reboot? Lighttpd has the same problem. >>> >>> This breaks services and makes servers no

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Wed, October 4, 2017 9:38 am, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 10/04/2017 04:54 AM, Mark Haney wrote: >> Why is it so hard for people to understand that var/run IS NOT >> PERSISTENT and was never meant to be?  Do they not teach basic Unix >> concepts anymore? Well, Linux is not UNIX. And it never w

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Harold Toms
On 01/10/17 16:21, hw wrote: Hi, how can I prevent files/directories like /var/run/mariadb from being deleted on reboot? Lighttpd has the same problem. This breaks services and makes servers non-restartable by anyone else but the administrator who needs to re-create the needed files and direct

[CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread david
Folks A have a PCIe modem (Conexant ChipSet, PCI id = 14f1:2f83. It interfaces to my land-line (POTS) telephone line in the United States. On Windows, I had a good answering machine package (Ventafax) that reported CallerID, recorded messages, sent/received fax, and had a scripting language

Re: [CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread Jose Maria Terry Jimenez
El 4/10/17 a las 17:45, david escribió: Folks A have a PCIe modem (Conexant ChipSet, PCI id = 14f1:2f83.  It interfaces to my land-line (POTS) telephone line in the United States.  On Windows, I had a good answering machine package (Ventafax) that reported CallerID, recorded messages, sent/r

Re: [CentOS] firefox and D state

2017-10-04 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Wed, 27 Sep 2017, ken wrote: On 09/24/2017 02:26 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: From here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ ? Yes. It can also be accessed from within Firefox -> Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions.  Then search for it, etc. Thanks. It works. -- Micha

[CentOS] OT: some thread on FreeBSD-questions mail list

2017-10-04 Thread Valeri Galtsev
Someone started some discussion on FreeBSD-questions mail list that may chime in with some sysadmins on this mail list, so I decided to pass it alone: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2017-October/279108.html Sorry about spam (those who consider it spam). Valeri +++

Re: [CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread me
On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: El 4/10/17 a las 17:45, david escribi?: Folks A have a PCIe modem (Conexant ChipSet, PCI id = 14f1:2f83.? It interfaces to my land-line (POTS) telephone line in the United States.? On Windows, I had a good answering machine package (Ventaf

Re: [CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread hw
Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: El 4/10/17 a las 17:45, david escribió: Folks A have a PCIe modem (Conexant ChipSet, PCI id = 14f1:2f83. It interfaces to my land-line (POTS) telephone line in the United States. On Windows, I had a good answering machine package (Ventafax) that reported Cal

Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread James Hogarth
On 4 Oct 2017 3:13 pm, "Kenneth Porter" wrote: On 10/3/2017 8:14 PM, Phil Manuel wrote: > systemd-networkd doesn't use those files at all. > > If you look at the appropriate ifcfg files eg > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 do you see IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=no > ? > Where does systemd-netwo

Re: [CentOS] firefox and D state

2017-10-04 Thread m . roth
Michael Hennebry wrote: > On Wed, 27 Sep 2017, ken wrote: >> On 09/24/2017 02:26 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > >>> From here: >>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/ >> >> It can also be accessed from within Firefox -> Tools -> Add-ons -> >> Extensions.  Then search for it, etc

Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread m . roth
James Hogarth wrote: > On 4 Oct 2017 3:13 pm, "Kenneth Porter" wrote: > > On 10/3/2017 8:14 PM, Phil Manuel wrote: > >> systemd-networkd doesn't use those files at all. >> >> If you look at the appropriate ifcfg files eg >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 do you see >> IPV6_FAILURE_FATAL=

Re: [CentOS] how to prevent files and directories from being deleted?

2017-10-04 Thread Andrew Holway
On 4 October 2017 at 16:06, wrote: >I have not followed this thread since the first few emails... but has > anyone suggested the SCL repo? I see mysql 5.6 and 5.7 there. > +1 for SCL - https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/rh-mariadb101/ __

Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread James Hogarth
On 4 Oct 2017 6:51 pm, wrote: James Hogarth wrote: > On 4 Oct 2017 3:13 pm, "Kenneth Porter" wrote: > > On 10/3/2017 8:14 PM, Phil Manuel wrote: > >> systemd-networkd doesn't use those files at all. >> >> If you look at the appropriate ifcfg files eg >> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-em1 d

[CentOS] C7: kernel-3.10.0-693.2.2, huh?

2017-10-04 Thread m . roth
Ok... I just fully updated a user's machine. And got a kernel panic on reboot. So, having run into this earlier this year, I tried to reinstall the kernel. yum reinstall kernel-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 Installed package kernel-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 (from updates) not available. Error: Nothing

Re: [CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread david
At 10:20 AM 10/4/2017, you wrote: On Wed, 4 Oct 2017, Jose Maria Terry Jimenez wrote: El 4/10/17 a las 17:45, david escribi?: Folks A have a PCIe modem (Conexant ChipSet, PCI id = 14f1:2f83.? It interfaces to my land-line (POTS) telephone line in the United States.? On Windows, I had a good

Re: [CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 10/04/2017 03:18 PM, david wrote: Interesting reference, but I see nothing that talks about using my POTS (plain old telephone service) from the local phone company as where my phone activity is.  I do NOT use VOIP, SIP, nor a bunch of other acronyms. An ATA with an FXO port will connect to

Re: [CentOS] C7: kernel-3.10.0-693.2.2, huh? [IGNORE previous post, please]

2017-10-04 Thread m . roth
m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Ok... I just fully updated a user's machine. And got a kernel panic on > reboot. So, having run into this earlier this year, I tried to reinstall > the kernel. > yum reinstall kernel-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 > Installed package kernel-3.10.0-693.2.2.el7.x86_64 (from updat

Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread Ian Pilcher
On 10/04/2017 01:40 PM, James Hogarth wrote: > Nope. And find /etc/systemd -name network gives zilch. Yes, systemd-networkd does store its configuration in /etc/systemd/network, but the directory isn't created by the RPM; you need to create it yourself. As noted, systemd-networkd is in the RHEL

Re: [CentOS] Voice/Fax Modem advice

2017-10-04 Thread José María Terry Jiménez
El 4/10/17 a las 22:18, david escribió: > > > Interesting reference, but I see nothing that talks about using my > POTS (plain old telephone service) from the local phone company as > where my phone activity is.  I do NOT use VOIP, SIP, nor a bunch of > other acronyms. This device has 1 FXO and 1

Re: [CentOS] systemd-networkd issue

2017-10-04 Thread Phil Manuel
Sometimes we build kernels that need the minimal amount of functionality that we can get away with, the environment this system is in an environment that does not use, and won't use IPv6 for some time. systemd-networkd has some nice features for setting link speed, renaming interfaces etc, and so

[CentOS] Weird bandwith behaviour (download throughput) on CentOS based gateway

2017-10-04 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
Hi. I have a company gateway that is connected to a 30/30 Fiber connection, network termination point is a MRV OS-904. It acts as a firewall/router for the DMZ/hosts/lans behind. Software: CentOS 6.9, bare minimum install, all latest patches. Hardware: Xeon CPU, Intel server MB with two Intel P

Re: [CentOS] Weird bandwith behaviour (download throughput) on CentOS based gateway

2017-10-04 Thread Clint Dilks
On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote: > > Hi. > > I have a company gateway that is connected to a 30/30 Fiber connection, > network termination point is a MRV OS-904. > It acts as a firewall/router for the DMZ/hosts/lans behind. > > Software: CentOS 6.9, bare minimum install,

Re: [CentOS] Weird bandwith behaviour (download throughput) on CentOS based gateway

2017-10-04 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Thu, Oct 05, 2017 at 02:57:18PM +1300, Clint Dilks (cli...@scms.waikato.ac.nz) wrote: > On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Jobst Schmalenbach > wrote: > [snip] > Hi, > > Are you sure that your issue isn't related to the mirror that your > systems are selecting ? If they are using different mi