Re: [CentOS] print something on console after boot

I might be in left field but... in init.d create a script that simply echo_ip script contents #!/bin/bash ip -4 addr |grep inet |tee /var/log/ip # this will only print the ip lines and copy to /var/log/ip ( I prefer tee over echo, for a variety of reasons) then create S99echo_ip in rc3.

Re: [CentOS] get /full/path/filename.ext from filename.ext

I don't know if this is of interest as an alternative. I did find a cool functionality called locate and updatedb Updatedb creates the database of your files, locate does superfast searches. It essentially does a superfast "find" on your root filesystem, giving you the fully qualified path of

[CentOS] loading centos on a Sun Gen opereron x86

I am trying to load centos on a gen opteron x86 but since the boxes are out of support, I am unable to find firmware for it. Any suggestions on where I might find the drivers? Thanks, Dan ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos

[CentOS] moving LDAP from one domain to another

Hello, I am moving LDAP from one domain to another We have moved off of a.wustl.edu network to b.school.edu network. I have searched vi /etc/nslcd.conf vi /etc/openldap/ldap.conf and removed all referances to "a" I restarted /etc/init.d/nscd restart this is redhat 6.7, and my ldap serve

Re: [CentOS] moving LDAP from one domain to another

duh, and I spent all day on this... thanks On 12/29/2015 03:14 PM, Alexander Dalloz wrote: Am 29.12.2015 um 22:03 schrieb Dan Hyatt: Hello, I am moving LDAP from one domain to another We have moved off of a.wustl.edu network to b.school.edu network. I have searched vi /etc/nslcd.conf

[CentOS] cannot kickstart centos 6 on Dell Blade error cannot find c0t0

I have an intermittent problem with my Dell blades, out of 80 blades 69 of them kickstarted Centos 6 fine using PXE The other 11, I get a c0t0 not found error (indicating it is not finding the local disk on the blade). I can remote mount the iso image and do a basic install of centos on thes

[CentOS] Problem with blades that wont kickstart

the hostname/IP address in /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/eth0 to build the drives? What are the risks? what are the gotcha's? what problems will I have DD ing a drive that is currently the boot drive? Any suggestions are welcome -- Dan

[CentOS] Kickstarts failing 30% of time on Dell 620 blades

kickstart occurs as it goes through the whole install before rebooting and failing. Any idea why this would happen with identical hardware, identical kickstart/image, inside the same blade chassis. Any idea what to test. -- Dan Hyatt Division of Statistical Genomics Washington University

[CentOS] Virtualization of a production environment

I need to virtualize a server, but this needs to be stable enough for production. What are the advantages/disadvantages of the different hypervisers with CENTOS ESXi (vmware) XEN KVM Primarily I will be running Centos6.4 there may or may not be a windows server. I need stability as this will

[CentOS] xhost: unable to open display

are laptop I checked the xwin firewall setting and it is set to public network access (but strangely private network is grayed out) any ideas -- Dan Hyatt ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Top posting threads.

On 5/19/2014 10:28 AM, O'Reilly, Dan wrote: > There is one more thing more annoying: people sending endless emails about > what's annoying on a mailing list... > > -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf > Of Lamar Owen > Sent: Mo

Re: [CentOS] xhost: unable to open display

e and the export DISPLAY was done in the user profile. It is the UNIX box exporting the display to allow windows (or another UNIX box) to receive it. What am I missing. > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Dan Hyatt wrote: > >> When I put >> export DISPLAY="IP address:0.0&

Re: [CentOS] Disable login at boot

ed in as a > specific user without entering a password. > > If I am correct does the advice at the bottom of this page may work > https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5625 > > I haven't tested this myself :) > _______ > Cent

[CentOS] yum install to a portable location

. Thanks, -- Dan Hyatt ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] yum install to a portable location

What will chroot get me. I have root on the server, I have a filesystem mounted on all server. What I want to do is contain the binaries and dependancies on the nfs filesystem On 6/11/2014 11:30 AM, Andrew Holway wrote: > Can you use chroot? > > > On 11 June 2014 18:26, Dan Hyatt w

Re: [CentOS] issue_discards in lvm.conf

ybe stick 'em on a burner on a stove to get over >>> the Curie point* >> degaussing would do nothing to flash memory, its semiconductor, >> not magnetic. > An EMP gun on the other hand. . . > -- Dan Hyatt ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] good thin client PDF reader for centos 6.4

Any suggestions for a good lightweight pdf reader for my centos servers? Thanks, -- Dan Hyatt ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] good thin client PDF reader for centos 6.4

Awesome I will try it on Monday Thanks, Dan On 6/20/2014 9:21 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > SilverTip257 wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 10:20 PM, Peter Arremann >> wrote: >>> On Jun 19, 2014 10:12 PM, "Bob Hepple" wrote: >>>>writes: >&

Re: [CentOS] Bare drive RAID question, was RE: *very* ugly mdadm issue [Solved, badly]

I was under the understanding that you CAN put in larger drives, BUT they format identically to the smaller drive. There are some exceptions I do not remember what. D. On 9/5/2014 4:26 PM, Bob Marcan wrote: On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 10:18:13 -0400 Scott Robbins wrote: On Fri, Sep 05, 2014 at 08:01

[CentOS] bizarre problem with performance

Hi, I am running centos6-5 on dell620 blades. mirrored local root drives several (including home) mounted filesystems. The other blades are working fine. Top indicates the server is running 1% cpu, and very little memory (idleing) There is no error in the messages file There is no amber lights on

Re: [CentOS] bizarre problem with performance

would say that NFS is hanging and/or bad DNS lookup timeout. The OP said the hanging issue is only impacting local filesystems, not network. On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 5:41 PM, Dan Hyatt wrote: any suggestions. Did you check your logs and dmesg for interesting error messages? --keith

[CentOS] LS command bizzare behavior

Hi, My bosses are running into an issue, where we type "ls" on a nfs mounted filesystem, and files that are there are not listed... I thought it was pilot error until my big boss showed me... but we can vi the files, we can access them via other means if we know the name. Then once we have ac

Re: [CentOS] LS command bizzare behavior

2014-09-22, Frank Cox wrote: On Mon, 22 Sep 2014 10:48:32 -0500 Dan Hyatt wrote: but we can vi the files, we can access them via other means if we know the name. Then once we have accessed them, LS now shows the files. Sounds like a caching issue to me. After you have accessed the file, it'

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 7 installer

Yes, imagine connected to your large data filesystems. Or worse yet, you have a data center power down PXE for some reason is set on all switches as the first choice and any mounted filesystem might get wiped... On 9/22/2014 3:06 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: I dunno if this ours, or an upstream

[CentOS] daemon for nfs client

In days of old, in Solaris there was a daemon for NFS Client, and NFS server (actually several including portmap...). I am unable to find reference to the daemon that runs NFS client But the RedHat Documentation does not explain the NFS client daemon. Is this a service or something else. on

Re: [CentOS] LS command bizzare behavior

/22/2014 6:09 PM, Keith Keller wrote: On 2014-09-22, Dan Hyatt wrote: So how do I fix it. If it is in fact client-side, you have to fix the client. If these are Windows NFS clients then I am not much help. Perhaps the maintainers of the NFS client software have heard of this issue. If you have

[CentOS] Is it safe to go from CentOS6.5 to CentOS 7 at this time

I am looking for opinions and personal experience on CentOS7 for both grid and virtualized web environments. I am currently on CentOS6.5 in a production environment. I am about to add about 50 more servers to my grid and am trying to identify the advantages and disadvantages of going to CentOS7

[CentOS] trying to kickstart a vm guest from my datastore

I have a new ESXi server (5.x), and trying to load some VM guests on there. I have the guests configured, but when I try and boot from ISO image, the graphics are so bad it is futile. No worries I normally use kickstart anyways. Because the ESXi (on the same network as my physical servers) ca

[CentOS] can I check the mac address on DHCP from my command line

Hi, I have an interesting problem. I want to be able to verify that my hostname, ipaddress, and mac address are correct in the DNS/DHCP. I have the values, how do I compare. I am able to use NSLOOKUP for the hostname=ip confirmation How do I do the ip addresss = mac address comparison I tri

[CentOS] creating a floppy image from a linux file

Hi, I am still trying to get kick-start centos in my vmware5 because pxe cannot find the pxe server. I do not control the dhcp or pxe server. I have both my kickstart file and my iso image for centos6.5 on my vmware datastore, but am trying to run my kickstart file from VMware guest. Can I te

Re: [CentOS] creating a floppy image from a linux file

me. On 10/17/2014 4:20 PM, Valeri Galtsev wrote: On Fri, October 17, 2014 3:55 pm, Dan Hyatt wrote: Hi, I am still trying to get kick-start centos in my vmware5 because pxe cannot find the pxe server. I do not control the dhcp or pxe server. I have both my kickstart file and my iso image for ce

Re: [CentOS] creating a floppy image from a linux file

servers will take minutes. On 10/17/2014 5:06 PM, John R Pierce wrote: On 10/17/2014 1:55 PM, Dan Hyatt wrote: I am still trying to get kick-start centos in my vmware5 because pxe cannot find the pxe server. I do not control the dhcp or pxe server. this is on ESXI? you /could/ create a

Re: [CentOS] creating a floppy image from a linux file

So back to the question, do we know how to convert a kickstart file into a floppy image. This will solve the "unsupported" datastore problem. On 10/17/2014 5:10 PM, SilverTip257 wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Dan Hyatt wrote: Hi, I am still trying to get kick-start cento

[CentOS] XRDB not in our centos6.8 build

I am a bit baffled on this. We recently rebuilt all our servers to CentOS release 6.8 (Final) from a prior 6.x centos release. We ran into a couple of problems such as Java not working (just had to yum install java). It was installed, but unable to create a java machine, until I yum install

[CentOS] explain strange behavior

In my bin directory, most of the binaries are linked to it. It is in my path. I have googled this and cannot find anything close. I am running bash on centos6.8 When I run "which command" most of the files in this custom bin directory show up. When I run "which file.jar" it cannot see it,

[CentOS] Lockd: failed to reclaim lock for pid ...

My environment is "heterogeneous" my authentication and home server are currently stuck on a 1G shared network, the production servers and storage servers are on a bonded 40G network, all are in the same VLAN. I have about 100 servers on the 40GB bonded network each with 12cores and 128GB of me