[CentOS] Dell Equallogic

2009-10-12 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hi List, Does anyone here use Dell Equallogic IP SAN? If so, do you have any immediate high points / low points you wouldn't mind discussing on- or off-list ? Thanks. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/ce

Re: [CentOS] Dell Equallogic

2009-10-14 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:36 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: > They take up 16MB  of space regardless of the amount of data that changes. A > single bit changes and 16MB is taken up.  This is not tunable. I know they run Linux but is the internal file system some secret sauce or did they just slap t

Re: [CentOS] Dell Equallogic

2009-10-14 Thread Eugene Vilensky
> > And how do you grow a filesystem without LVM? > Online? It certainly is not easy! http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/html/Online_Storage_Reconfiguration_Guide/index.html Here's hoping for an integrated solution in EL6, but from the looks of Fedora, it's not likely is it

Re: [CentOS] Caught between a Red Hat and a CentOS

2009-10-19 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:50 AM, ken wrote: > In the couple of months I've had the need to contact Redhat support on > just one issue and their "support" has been terrible, so far completely > useless and a waste of time. >.. I've opened the lowest-severity cases and generally can express th

[CentOS] lost RHEL entitlements

2009-06-16 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hello, I have some servers that have lost their RHEL update entitlements. Thinking through it, I realized we may not really need those entitlements. However, I would still like to automate keeping them up to date for security fixes. So, is there any way to swap out the Yum/up2date RHEL repositor

[CentOS] good small registrar?

2009-06-23 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Greetings, What are some registrars that members of this list have had good experience with? I was stepping through the godaddy checkout process, and being opted-in to a dozen different upsell features just left a bad impression. But I have no clue who else to go with. -Eugene _

[CentOS] dovecot autocreate home and /var/mail

2009-07-07 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hi, is there a way to make dovecot autocreate the home directory and the /var/mail/username mbox file? I have tons of users in /etc/passwd but they might never open a shell (where I have oddjobmkhome working), just pop/imap. Thanks! ___ CentOS mailing

[CentOS] vsftpd not able to log in

2009-07-10 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hi folks, I can't seem to log into my system via vsftpd. All other services using PAM are fine...Am I missing something simple? ftp> user (username) user 331 Please specify the password. Password: 530 Login incorrect. # getenforce Permissive here is the event in /var/log/audit/audit.log: type

Re: [CentOS] no more single cd installs?

2009-07-14 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 1:40 AM, Radu Radutiu wrote: > Installs from the first CD still work. You just need to make sure that > you chose "Customize software packages now"  instead of the default > "Customize later" and deselect every package on the next screen. It > has worked for me on all CentOS

Re: [CentOS] no more single cd installs?

2009-07-14 Thread Eugene Vilensky
> It should be in your path Eugene. I just finished an install and yum > worked perfectly. Just make sure you choose "linux text" and de-select > everything including "base". Got it. What if I omit 'linux text' ? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.or

[CentOS] limits.conf

2009-07-29 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hello, I understand the function and reason of limits.conf, and I have some limited experience configuring values for (essentially single-user) Oracle systems. How do I understand correctly what my limits should be for multiuser system system, are there best practice guidance? Are there some typ

Re: [CentOS] LSI MegaRAID system status

2009-07-29 Thread Eugene Vilensky
0 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64K] >     Memory at fe50 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] >     Expansion ROM at fe4e [disabled] [size=128K] >     Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 >     Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/1

Re: [CentOS] Optimizing NFS over loopback

2009-08-18 Thread Eugene Vilensky
> Things are working, but seem pretty slow.  I'm getting about 10mb/sec. > I was wondering where the bottleneck could be?  Is there a way to > optimize the NFS service for better throughput? > > I am accessing over 127.0.0.1 > Are the server and client coming from the same back-end spindles (I rea

[CentOS] protecting multiuser systems from bruteforce ssh attacks

2009-08-20 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hello, What is the best way to protect multiuser systems from brute force attacks? I am setting up a relatively loose DenyHosts policy, but I like the idea of locking an account for a time if too many attempts are made, but to balance this with keeping the user from making a helpdesk call. What

[CentOS] IMAP servers and Sent/Junk folders

2009-08-31 Thread Eugene Vilensky
together and the only artifact is I end up with multiple "This message is part of the system do not delete" visible to the user's mail client. Is there any advice anyone can give me regarding this or other solution? Thank you! -Eugene Regards, Eugene Vilensky evil

[CentOS] pwconv with partial /etc/passwd

2009-09-06 Thread Eugene Vilensky
If shadow passwords are already in use, and new entries are appended to /etc/passwd that include password hashes, is it still possible to use pwconv to generate /etc/shadow entries for just the few newly appended accounts? Regards, Eugene ___ CentOS mail

[CentOS] squirrelmail and pam tally and invalid imap logon attempts

2009-09-07 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Greetings, In trying to use pam tally to secure pam-aware services from brute force attempts, it worked well for all but one aspect. It seems like a client using our Squirrelmail setup creates an invalid imap login attempt every time they refresh a webpage. Has anyone else experienced this or ha

Re: [CentOS] Virtualizing an existing Centos 5.x installation

2009-09-07 Thread Eugene Vilensky
VMware converter. In my environment, I have it root access over SSH, and it did it's thing with minimum fuss. For supported distributions, it's been wonderful. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] pwconv with partial /etc/passwd

2009-09-08 Thread Eugene Vilensky
> "man pwconv" answers your questions. d'oh! Thanks everyone. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] waiting IOs...

2009-09-09 Thread Eugene Vilensky
> Do you think nfs is the problem here? > If so, is there something wrong with our config? > Is it too much to have 10 dir x 10 clients, even if there is almost no > traffic? This has very little to do with the number of clients or directories, except that in general terms more users = more work.

[CentOS] vsftp strangeness

2009-09-12 Thread Eugene Vilensky
there are no pam-auth error events in /var/log/secure. In fact, just for giggles, i made all of the possible auth errors that i know of and they generally provide a very explicit error: "530 Login incorrect." I have restricted the port range for passv and opened iptables, ip_conntrack_ftp

Re: [CentOS] FYI: Why is NFS slower on EL5 than EL4?

2009-09-15 Thread Eugene Vilensky
This was introduced in 5.4 or 5.0 or somewhere between? > For those who have wondered why NFS on EL5 is slower than on EL4 I > provide these links for your edification. > > http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-15355 -- Regards, Eugene Vilensky evilen.

Re: [CentOS] A set of PHP 5.2.9 RPM packages built for Enterprise Linux 4.7 and 5.3

2009-04-01 Thread Eugene Vilensky
_ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- Regards, Eugene Vilensky evilen...@gmail.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] stale dm-multipath mappings

2009-05-07 Thread Eugene Vilensky
? We can do it during hours of low activity, but we would prefer to keep the databases on this host online at the time. The LUNs themselves are completely removed from the host and are not visible on the HBA bus. Regards, Eugene Vilensky evilen...@gmail.com ___

Re: [CentOS] stale dm-multipath mappings

2009-05-07 Thread Eugene Vilensky
> > Just wondering what sort of impact this has to your system? If the > paths are gone they won't be used, so what does it matter? > Right now I have backgrounded a 'vgscan -v' operation that froze, which has never happened before. I assume it is trying to scan the /dev/mpath23 device that is s

Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-announce] Release for CentOS Linux 7 Rolling media Feb 2015

2015-03-05 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 6:36 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > I am pleased to announce general availability of the Feb 2015 snapshot > for CentOS Linux. Todays release includes CentOS Linux 7 iso based > install media, Generic Cloud images, Atomic Host and Docker containers. > Where might I find more

[CentOS] /bin/nmcli and connection names

2015-12-16 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hi, I haven't been to find this (NetworkManager) change documented. On: CentOS Linux release 7.1.1503 (Core) $ /bin/nmcli con NAME UUID TYPEDEVICE ens32 7629e52d-bd42-4cd5-a424-8c58e7e0bf37 802-3-ethernet ens32 On: CentOS Linux release 7.2.151

Re: [CentOS] /bin/nmcli and connection names

2015-12-20 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Earl A Ramirez wrote: > I don't see 'System' in any of the CentOS 7.2.1511 boxes or VMs that were > recently upgraded: > ​Hi Earl, Have you tried a new install?​ I agree, upgraded installations do not seem to be affected.

Re: [CentOS] /bin/nmcli and connection names

2015-12-21 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Sun, Dec 20, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Earl A Ramirez wrote: > I just did a clean install and I don't see 'System' under the name: ​Hi Earl, But it does appear significantly different than the names you shared earlier, perhaps there are too many variables. In my case, using the same kickstart file

[CentOS] nodejs, epel, SCL

2014-05-30 Thread Eugene Vilensky
Hello, ​With SCL and epel repositories enabled, some dependencies for the package name 'nodejs' get satisfied with libs from SCL which are placed in paths that are not part of my user's environment. Is there a method to make sure that nodeJS from epel dependencies are only satisfied from epel?

Re: [CentOS] nodejs, epel, SCL

2014-05-30 Thread Eugene Vilensky
On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Jim Perrin wrote: > EPEL is self-reliant. Nothing in EPEL will depend on another other than > Base/Updates. You need to check which repo you're installing the package > from, and be careful with the package name itself. There shouldn't be > duplicate names. > > I