Re: [CentOS] resolving names it is really slow slow with CentOS5.x using named

2009-05-25 Thread RobertH
ive read most of the thread, yet not all. forgive me as i might have missed some of this below in helping... carlopmart, what is in your /etc/resolv.conf is it configured correctly? are you using ipv6? if not, is it fully disabled / turned off? in modprobe.conf put alias net-pf-10 off alias

Re: [CentOS] NAS Storage server question

2009-06-11 Thread RobertH
> > Briefly, but iet has been rock stable for me. It just runs forever... > I have only used NFS under vmware, it worked good. > > jlc > ___ jlc, what has been rock stable? can you be more specific on the implementaion? are you saying "it" or "ie

Re: [CentOS] Rsync, SSH and authorized_keys problem

2009-06-17 Thread RobertH
stewart, try this website using anything other than msie browser. http://www.jms1.net/code/rsync-backup.shtml this code has been most excellent for meeting many basic needs. :-) dont forget to give jms1 a shout of thanks - rh ___ CentOS mailing l

Re: [CentOS] RHEL, centos and seeing if i now understand this

2009-06-24 Thread RobertH
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] RHEL, centos and seeing if i now understand this > > On Wed, 24 Jun 2009, Spiro Harvey wrote: > > > "Robert P. J. Day" wrote: > > > ok, given the flurry of responses to my original post, > let me see > > > if i have a handle on this as i think i've finally figured

Re: [CentOS] Dag's comment at linuxtag

2009-07-03 Thread RobertH
enough is enough already. can some centos admin please discipline, ban and/or get rid of Radu-Cristian FOTESCU aka beranger...@yahoo.ca please? not only has he physically threatened a contributor, his language & behavior are more than inappropriate for such a professional atmosphere that ha

RE: [CentOS] Re: Is there a way to save the routing table permanently?

2008-08-22 Thread RobertH
Hasn't this been hashed over several times in the past year to the same end result? :-) It appeared to me the original issue (this time) was being able to do primary and secondary dns on one box with different ip addresses because the registrar needed two different ip addresses when registering

RE: [CentOS] DJB's daemontools package

2008-09-05 Thread RobertH
With all due respect... Do any of you that gave advice on finding DJB software in rpm format use any of the software that you are giving advice on finding in rpm format or otherwise? If you do use it, you can do better. :-) If not, well... then you are talking out yer' rear ends. It is best

RE: [CentOS] DJB's daemontools package

2008-09-06 Thread RobertH
> Al wrote: > I was going to recommend roughly the same thing. > Oops, the word *source* can get you huh... ;-> What I actually recommended was going to the source website to fully understand the usage and internals. At the source website you can get the software source and the reasons behin

RE: [CentOS] Need help with an odd issue I am experiencing

2008-09-09 Thread RobertH
> > I have a server with dual nic's running centos 5.2 1 nic connects to the > cable modem, which has 15m d and 2m up, but speed tests barely come back > at 5mb down including road runner's internal speed test. I hook up my > laptop to the same modem, same port, using the same cable and I get 17m

RE: [CentOS] Need help with an odd issue I am experiencing

2008-09-09 Thread RobertH
> > I got my information about the MTU setting from doing google searches and > the message boards on broadband reports as well as doing the tweak test on > broad band reports. > > It appears you are on Comtrash where everything is CoMtRaSHtIc. Good for you. Dance a jig. Stop beating the MTU

RE: [CentOS] Need help with an odd issue I am experiencing

2008-09-09 Thread RobertH
> > I got my information about the MTU setting from doing google searches and > the message boards on broadband reports as well as doing the tweak test on > broad band reports. > David I also noticed that if you dig dlsi.com it appears to come up as 0.0.0.0 huh? Good for you. maybe you sho

RE: [CentOS] DJB's daemontools package

2008-09-09 Thread RobertH
> I know DJB from the IETF; quite the personality. And actually before > that as he went to UofM, and I went to MSU... But then the IETF is > filled with people that stand out; it draws us together. > > I need the deamontools for the HIPL DNS proxy, and was looking for what > my options were for s

RE: [CentOS] Need help with an odd issue I am experiencing

2008-09-09 Thread RobertH
> > 1. Comcrap is not available in my area I am on road runner biz through > bright house with 15m down and 2 up and static ip. > > 2. Already tested without the internal nic running > > 3. Tried with a router in between and the result is the same. > > 4. I do agree about the negotiation aspec

[CentOS] centos5 - logwatch - verisign

2008-09-10 Thread RobertH
Re: centos 5 logwatch Has anyone ever looked into why verisign does this from these ips fairly frequently? It appears that it is some type of SSL probing the HTTP port, correct? Are they just gathering stats or something ? - httpd Begin A total o

RE: [CentOS] RE: Logwatch / spamassassin

2008-09-11 Thread RobertH
Take a logwatch email with lots of "bad ips etc" and run it through spamassassin as the same user that spamassassin runs under on that machine and it will give you some info you need to make better decisions You will actually see how it is getting eval'd and scored... The best answer(s), and wha

RE: [CentOS] A very interesting cinfiguration page for centos

2008-09-11 Thread RobertH
> > Thought I would share this..not sure exactly what it is...but I wish I > could > pull out my configurations with a program like this... > > > > http://www.openeyet.nl/scc/examples/scc.centos50.html > Really cool. > > Relly intense view of the whole server. Bob, Go to http://www.openeye

RE: [CentOS] Changing hostname?

2008-09-13 Thread RobertH
> > 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomainlocalhost calimero.local > calimero > > Best Regards > Marcus Marcus, Per "man hostname" FILES /etc/hosts /etc/sysconfig/network NOTE Note that hostname doesnât change anything permanently. After reboot original names from /etc/hos

RE: [CentOS] Changing hostname?

2008-09-13 Thread RobertH
Marcus, Exactly, I have often wondered upstream does it that way so that I always have to go fix the /etc/hosts file after every CentOS install. Since functionally, it is wrong. - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/

[CentOS] 4.7 update issues?

2008-09-13 Thread RobertH
Greets, Thank you to all the CentOS team and supporters. :-) Just wondering though... Any 4.7 update issues or horror stories yet? Also, anyone that has upstream support and previously updated, any issues for Internet facing, or other, production machines ? - rh ___

RE: [CentOS] Changing hostname?

2008-09-13 Thread RobertH
> John R Pierce wrote: > indeed, having the hostname bound to the loopback interface seems to > break a bunch of our java stuff too.first thing we've always had to > do after a CentOS/RHEL install is change /etc/hosts, and put the > hostname on its own line with the static IP, or leave it out

RE: [CentOS] 4.7 update issues?

2008-09-13 Thread RobertH
> > > > indeed, specifically, did those issues with the broken kernel update get > sorted out? > I dunno about any kernel issues on mirrors or syncing or whatever... After a quick backup set check, I bit the bullet on one of our main CentOS 4.6 i386 production boxes and did a full update to Cent

RE: [CentOS] Changing hostname?

2008-09-16 Thread RobertH
> > so, i still say, where's this law for private networks??? > > > BRUCE I don't need to re-read your posts. Once is more than enough. Well, that law is the law of common sense :-) Then one would not look like as big a moron when their mistakes becomes public. If you look at my post, wh

RE: [CentOS] Request info on managing MySQL

2008-09-20 Thread RobertH
> > Using a tool like phpMyAdmin might be perfect for you (even if you're > not lazy). > > It's in EPEL, so just add the repo and yum install phpMyAdmin. > > Ray Ray How would you specifically propose that he protect the phpMyAdmin once it is installed on a public box? - rh ___

RE: [CentOS] Centos and colocation....

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
Good job Bob, Now you get to do it again for "redundancy" just in case the main box somehow croaks, ya gotta be auto failover redundant, or have a hot or cold spare sync'd Surprise! :-) Wake up and get to work! ;-> - rh ___ CentOS mailing list Cen

RE: [CentOS] DKIM

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
> Okay, > Yahoo is bumming me. Only system my mail is having an issue with. All mail > is accepted, but junked. I can only think it is the DKIM/Domain keys. > > It is apparent that the dkim-milter is not part of the centos 5.x distro > nor > is it part of the mirrors, as far as I can tell. > >

RE: [CentOS] DKIM

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
> > That's supposed to help with what regarding his problem? OTOH I have no > idea > which problem SPF solves anyway other than making it harder for others to > use your domain for fake adresses (if receiving mail servers do some sort > of > check against SPF). > > Ralph Ralph, He asked for he

RE: [CentOS] DKIM

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
> > I am pretty sure I am not bouncing mails...I have catchalls and they go to > devnull..however I could be wrong since that only affects my domain mails > only. I am sure there is something else I should do. > Bob I am not sure why or what your basic policy on it is yet I think it is better t

RE: [CentOS] Re: DKIM

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
> > you'll be beaten to death by SPF fans. Isn't beating someone to death is too good for them in regards to spf fights? ;-> U actually, spf records can possibly just help the cause in general. There is no reason for people to get all bent outta shape in regards to SPF or DKIM or whateve

RE: [CentOS] Re: DKIM

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
> > prove what? > > if the machine with an rDNS of bobhoffman.com sends mail from > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and is the MX of this domain, would anybody think > this is a forgery? > Mouss... I mean Ratatouille :-) Answer: Possibly Depends on many factors doesn't it? I know you are on other list

RE: [CentOS] DKIM

2008-09-24 Thread RobertH
> > That's probably the reason why much spam has valid spf records. Get > yourself > a throwaway domain, so you're getting through the domain check and give > that > domain a valid spf record which allows all machines in the world to send > mail for that domain. Voilà - valid SPF record. > > Tha

RE: [CentOS] Re: mysqld breaks yum, help?

2008-10-05 Thread RobertH
> > z00dax in irc made a good point, that I should mention that this is a > VPS and i have root access. No one else is on this machine. > > Furthermore, disabling the fastestmirror plugin solves the problem > for now. (thanks z00dax) > > If anything else weird happens i'll write back. > > Than

RE: [CentOS] problem with dns

2008-10-13 Thread RobertH
yes i already installed bind but when i want to configurate i don't find the file or the right file Try this cd /etc ls -axl named.conf if you do not see it or a symlink to where it really is, then do what the others suggested and try the find command or samples

RE: [CentOS] Recent CentOS4 kernel update

2008-10-20 Thread RobertH
> > Also the kernel-doc-2.6.9-78.0.5.EL.noarch.rpm package is > missing from that updates directory on the mirrors, though it > was released upstream > > http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0859.html > anyone? ummm i was thinking, i seem to recall that the upstream kernel was foob'd an

RE: [CentOS] Re: Centos/Fedora core won't talk to an Epson Workforce600 printer

2008-10-23 Thread RobertH
> The Gold plated Retail ones that the Circuit City or Best Buy > geeks try to sell you because they get commission. > beware of geeks cause cause sometimes ya get freaks! ;-> http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/marketplace/geeks.wmv - rh ___ CentOS

[CentOS] windows auth in linux world

2008-11-06 Thread RobertH
it is not my expertise so i need to get some direction please so i can google better on this one. looks like to many choices and i am sure some are time wasters. for those of you that have done it, what is your recommendation on the absolute easiest / fastest implementation to get a centos file

RE: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-20 Thread RobertH
> > I wasn't rejecting server grade hardware. I was a bit > irritated by the fact that I don't have server grade > hardware, and every says get proper hardware. It ticked me > off a bit that only a server can be good, and not a standard > desktop which is also used to serve content to many

RE: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-20 Thread RobertH
> > And how does he squeeze that in 1U? > > AFAIR, Rudi's located in South Africa and has already stated > several times that prices there for servergrade stuff are not > as cheap as you can get it in some other areas of the world. > May apply for Ebay deliveries to SA as well (if they ship

RE: [CentOS] how can I stress a server?

2008-11-21 Thread RobertH
> > Sorry, I overlooked that. Doesn't change the rest of what I > wrote, though. > > Kai > kai, dont be sorry, i miss things in email here and there too. im make more *general* mistakes than anyone ive ever met. yet, when such inexpensive, need meeting, industrial hardware is available,

Re: [CentOS] 2 internet connections and one for backup

2008-12-29 Thread RobertH
the part that really clear is that posting about posting is a something not mentionable anywhere at anytime. how about a solution people? like have a cup of caffeine and . or maybe the list daddies can be baby sitters OFF LIST and everyone else can - rh ___

Re: [CentOS] Apache Server Tuning for Performance

2009-01-21 Thread RobertH
> > > KeepAliveTimeout 150 > >reduce this to 10 or 5. > > > Kai > > -- > Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Kai, what do you think about the "general Timeout it is set to 300 ive never much thought about it, yet should we be consider and possible reduce that one too? - rh ___

Re: [CentOS] Support for i7 architecture?

2009-01-23 Thread RobertH
did anyone give insight into the OP question, or is this just email bashing class 099 ? :-o - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U with dual Opteron 248 HE

2009-01-27 Thread RobertH
hi there. anyone have any tips on params to pass to the kernel etc in order to install Centos4 or Centos5 32bit or 64 bit installed on this unit i can get it close to install, yet no cigar. it is a tyan MB and ill try to get more info if needed... for this case, please assume for now that the h

Re: [CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U withdualOpteron 248 HE

2009-01-27 Thread RobertH
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable > systems 1U withdualOpteron 248 HE > > hi robert... > > what issues are you having? what params are you using as of now... > > > u basically with centos 4 or 5 64 bit, it is freezing when i get to the partitioning and want to

Re: [CentOS] getting Centos on "used" rackable systems 1U withdualOpteron 248 HE

2009-01-28 Thread RobertH
> Hi, > are those disks totally empty or there are some partitions? > Try to look at them with fdisk. BTW sometimes Anaconda fails > on disks with partitions. Deleting partitions helps before > install, sometimes I have to "create a new empty DOS > partition table" with fdisk. > Regards, > D

[CentOS] difference in x86 64 bit centos between 4.x and 5.x versions

2009-01-28 Thread RobertH
i am new to the x86 64 bit centos versions. ive always used the 32 bit version on industrial type HP hardware for those of you that are running x86 64 bit centos, other than specific hardware issues, are you finding that 5.x centos is better than 4.x centos for x86 64 bit processing? does it ma

Re: [CentOS] difference in x86 64 bit centos between 4.x and 5.xversions

2009-01-29 Thread RobertH
> > My opinion is to first determine a few issues. > > How much RAM will it need? If over 3GB of physical RAM, > consider 64 bit. > Are there third party applications you need to run on it? If they are > 64 bit, that answers the question too. If 32 bit, are they > supported on 64 bit OS? D

[CentOS] it's that time again - lj rca's

2009-01-29 Thread RobertH
it is that time again to let your choices be known in one of the mainstream journals http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/readers-choice-awards - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] boot problem with centos

2009-02-02 Thread RobertH
> > I have a Centos 5.2 server used as a squid proxy server for > quite sometime and was workin fine > > after a power failure the system refused to boot > > i jus see the grub boot load screen n then hangs > > so using the space bar n with the arrow keys i selected my > earlier kernel and

Re: [CentOS] probem with bind???

2009-02-21 Thread RobertH
> Feb 22 09:14:52 kmdns1 named[2087]: client 62.109.4.89#59870: query > (cache) './NS/IN' denied > > now in my firewall i tryied to block this ip but the messages > dont stop > > i also upgraded bind to version bind-9.3.4-6.0.3.P1.el5_2 but > no avail the problem still there > > > i jus like

[CentOS] PAM and vsftpd

2009-03-01 Thread RobertH
i have been researching for alternatives. it is latest centos 4 (4.7) and uses vsftpd 2.01 started (again) investigating possible PAM or PAM module way... Q: is there a PAM way to control repeated crack retires on vsftpd? possibly something that can be done in /etc/pam.d/vsftpd i have been loo

Re: [CentOS] PAM and vsftpd

2009-03-01 Thread RobertH
of course, replying to own post. gigegigegige ;-> what i found was pam_abl http://www.hexten.net/wiki/index.php/Pam_abl it is in dag land. search for pam_abl dag rpm does anyone have an experience they are willing to share with the group re: pam_abl ? thanks in advance - rh _

Re: [CentOS] How to add ClamAV to Postfix?

2009-03-22 Thread RobertH
the crash-hat ftp server for clamav has been older version & behind the times for a long time now. better to roll you own clamav or get it from sourceforge via dag and dries etc - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/m

Re: [CentOS] live audio feed via telephone link

2009-03-30 Thread RobertH
yes i would explore & consider moving the offices too, especially if you can do what you want with a dedicated conditioned business line from old office to new office and then send out on a reliable lower cost internet link. maybe good pots if you have to. like you said, it all depends on the co

Re: [CentOS] Getting ready for CentOS 5.4

2009-03-31 Thread RobertH
this getting ready for centos 5.4 thread... i am not following it... yet... did we time warp and lose 5.3, being trashcanned and now waiting on 5.4? microsoft didnt buy out the centos faithful did they? ;-> - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cent

Re: [CentOS] Getting ready for CentOS 5.4

2009-03-31 Thread RobertH
waiting for 5.5, that is funny... :-) heheh, no, really, what happened to 5.3? -rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Getting ready for CentOS 5.4

2009-03-31 Thread RobertH
> Brian Mathis wrote: > Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 > > If you read any of the previous 90 messages, you'd know that > they are talking about ways to plan for the *future* release > of 5.4 and is asking how the community can help to try to > prevent the delays that have happened with 5.3.

Re: [CentOS] I see 5.3 ISO images on the mirrors

2009-03-31 Thread RobertH
> > For 5.x to 5.3, you must: > > # yum update glibc > # yum update > > You need to update glibc first (upstream bug I believe). > > > d if this is so, is there a link to this on upstream website that someone already has booked? please share - rh

[CentOS] centos 4.7 - logwatch - and perl script applytaidate

2009-04-05 Thread RobertH
does anyone have a working perl script called applytaidate that works on latest centos 4 that they would please share? i am working on learning more about logwatch and the half dozen "applytaidate" scripts i have tried have all bombed and were not easily discernable to fix thanks in advance! -

Re: [CentOS] How to run command as apache?

2009-05-10 Thread RobertH
> > I don't want to change its shell to a valid shell. It should > be a locked account. > > Neil neil, [r...@sa1 ~]# su -s /bin/sh apache -c "whoami" apache - rh ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/li