[CentOS] Question about RAID 5 array rebuild with mdadm

2008-04-17 Thread Mark Hennessy
I'm using Centos 4.5 right now, and I had a RAID 5 array stop because two drives became unavailable. After adjusting the cables on several occasions and shutting down and restarting, I was able to see the drives again. This is when I snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Please, some

Re: [CentOS] Question about RAID 5 array rebuild with mdadm

2008-04-17 Thread Mark Hennessy
Sorry about that, my previous e-mail had just '--chunk' toward the bottom. It should have been '--chunk=256' Please see the quoted snippet for detail. On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:01 PM, Mark Hennessy wrote: Ok, I stop the array and rebuild with mdadm --create /dev/md2 --as

Re: [CentOS] Question about RAID 5 array rebuild with mdadm

2008-04-17 Thread Mark Hennessy
Thanks for answering my e-mail!! On Apr 17, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Ross S. W. Walker wrote: Mark Hennessy wrote: ok, now it says that the array is recovering and will take about 10 hours to rebulid. /dev/sd[c-i] say that they are "active sync" and /dev/sdj says it's a spare th

[CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
I'm using CentOS 5.0,5.1, and 5.2 on several systems where I'm seeing this problem. Hello, I'm seeing a weird problem that perhaps someone has run into with groups. First, a little background. I was made aware of a problem with CentOS 5 where if the nscd password cache is clear and someon

Re: [CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 12:34 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: I'm using CentOS 5.0,5.1, and 5.2 on several systems where I'm seeing this problem. Hello, I'm seeing a weird problem that perhaps someone has run into with groups. First, a

Re: [CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 14:53 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 12:34 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: >> I'm using CentOS 5.0,5.1, and 5.2 on several systems where

Re: [CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:07 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 14:53 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: >> Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> &g

Re: [CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:35 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:07 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: >> Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> &g

Re: [CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:56 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > well, it hardly makes any sense to use ldap for user accounts and start > up with networking off but I would recommend that you adhe

Re: [CentOS] nsswitch.conf, ldap, local groups problem

2008-08-27 Thread Mark Hennessy
Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 20:41 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:56 -0400, Mark Hennessy wrote: >> Quoting Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > well