Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> > > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I disable root > for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When 'scp'ing files I > usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move them to /var/www/html. > > > > I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal ac

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> > On one of my servers I have a personal account and root. I > > disable root for ssh logins and run ssh on an alternative port. When > > 'scp'ing files I usually scp them up, then ssh in 'su' root and move > > them to /var/www/html. > > > > > > I can sftp I realize, b

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
Hi Mark, > >> With /var/www/html owned by root:root and me loggin in as 'jason' I > >> cannot accomplish this. I don't allow root logins over ssh... > > >> Would I change /var/www/html/ owner to myid:mygroup? I am not > >> sure the famifications of this and how Apache would behave, etc. > > > >

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> Also avoid having phpMyAdmin off the main web directory. Ordinary users > > don't need access and should never have access to it. Hide it away > > somewhere and create a virtual Apache host to use it with a non-standard > > port number. Make it hard for the hackers and spoilers to find it. > > Um

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
> > I can sftp I realize, but what group can I add my personal account to, but > not root, so I can sftp in and put the files in /var/www/html? > Adding to this: My son (who is 12) has his own domain now and is using iWeb to publish his website to an old server that I have. Well he is getting a f

Re: [CentOS] Groups

2011-01-31 Thread Todd
It redirects them back to them self, actually and they get whatever they might be running for a web-server on the local machine if anything. It nothing they get a not found http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_301 On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 11:50 AM, wrote: > Todd wrote: > >> Also

[CentOS] Load balancing...

2011-03-03 Thread Todd
Hi All, Can anyone help me hash out how best to load balance a website that is getting considerable traffic? In the past I only have experience with BigIP where you have a load balancing device that keeps track and send traffic to the best server possible at the time. This was a proprietary syste

Re: [CentOS] Load balancing...

2011-03-04 Thread Todd
Brian, Thanks for all of the great words here. I appreciate the detail in your reply. OK, so what's good? For my requirements, HAProxy is excellent. It > handled sticky sessions well, performs monitoring of each host, allows > dynamic adding/removing of servers, as well as maintenance modes. >

[CentOS] [OT] Fetchmail and Mutt help

2011-09-27 Thread Todd
me how to make mutt look like this: http://linsec.ca/File:Muttscreen.jpg interms of the columns? IIRC there use to be a patch but that was so long ago I dont know if it even applies anymore. I am reading the Wiki, but who knew Mutt was so extensive

Re: [CentOS] [OT] Fetchmail and Mutt help

2011-09-27 Thread Todd
Hi Scott, >> I setup Fetchmail and wanted to use Mutt to read e-mail. I used to use >> Pine and I just am sick of GUI e-mail clients these days. Bloat, >> complication and unreliable. Pine was my first ever e-mail client. I >> prefer to use POP still as I want may mail on my machine at all times.

[CentOS] PKA help

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
Hi All, I was able to create a public key for one of my servers that I log into frequently. Now I want to do this for a few more servers (where I use the same user id) and my user id on my laptop is the same as the servers. I also want to use PKA for other users accounts on the servers (for webs

[CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. Can anyone shed some light on hard disk space (to retain this e-mail for long periods) and system specs to be able to handle the load? I am looking to buy a low end b

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
indeed no, but I want to work on some pattern matching, analysis for a piece of software I have wanted to write for years.. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Always Learning wrote: > > On Wed, 2011-08-03 at 10:53 -0700, Todd wrote: > > > I am going to try an experiment with e-m

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
Hi John, what are you doing with this email when you recieve it, beyond just > saving it? I plan to analysis the mail to group into e-mails on the same topic and create a comprehensive answer to the topics. Along the lines of a FAQ for topics that are continually being asked over and over as wel

Re: [CentOS] PKA help

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
> > I also want to use PKA for other users accounts on the servers (for >> website editing and SFTP transfers) where my id on my laptop does NOT >> match the user on the server. >> > > Since you've already generated an SSH key pair, you can add the public > portion of your key to the authorized_ke

Re: [CentOS] PKA help

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
> > I also want to use PKA for other users accounts on the servers (for >> website editing and SFTP transfers) where my id on my laptop does NOT >> match the user on the server. >> > > Since you've already generated an SSH key pair, you can add the public > portion of your key to the authorized_ke

Re: [CentOS] e-mail serving

2011-08-03 Thread Todd
> > > >> I am going to try an experiment with e-mail aggregation where I > > >> expect to receive over 1 million e-mails a day from public lists. > > > > > > You're surely not going to read all of them ;-) > > > He's got a copy of carnivore to read them? > > Not this one ? http://en.wikipedia.org/

[CentOS] SSH in and my terminal keystrokes are weird.......

2011-09-25 Thread Todd
garbage and skipping around of the cursor I cant tell at that time if what I did worked. I dont recall this happening on Snow Leopard at all, but we did also upgrade to CentOS 6 and I honestly have no idea where this issue would be. Can anyone provide any thoughts? Todd

Re: [CentOS] SSH in and my terminal keystrokes are weird.......

2011-09-25 Thread Todd
Craig, iTerm2 is a better solution (not perfect... just much better than > Terminal.app and fewer time spent in the penalty box for using Mac OS X. Thanks, this actually solved everything. All the terminal issues I was having. Best, -Jason ___ CentOS

[CentOS] Add more space to LVM

2008-01-17 Thread Todd Reed
eciated. I'm running the current version of CentOS 5. Regards, Todd ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] Add more space to LVM

2008-01-17 Thread Todd Reed
Thanks Tim. Just needed some reassurance that I was on the right track! --Todd -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Verhoeven Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:38 AM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Add more space to LVM On

[CentOS] Piranha vs HAProxy vs Something else

2008-02-07 Thread Todd Reed
I'm setting up a Apache cluster. All my web servers are on a private network. I would like to have 2 load balancers (1 connection to private network, 1 connection to the public network) setting in front of them directing traffic. They need to be session aware. My goal is to route all traffic

RE: [CentOS] Date/Time config 'behind the scenes'

2008-02-07 Thread Todd Reed
I have a script that runs every night that syncs the clock and then records it to the hardware clock. #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/rdate -s time-a.nist.gov /sbin/hwclock -w ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] (gnome-session:5212) error

2007-09-23 Thread Todd Cary
One user gets the gnome-session: 5212 error when he tries to log on. The error states that "Could not create /home/.gnome2/ Permission denied" and "Could not create ~/.gnome/ Permission denied" Any suggestions are welcomed.. Todd -- Ariste Software 2200 D Street Ex

[CentOS] Permissions question

2007-10-01 Thread Todd Cary
My www directory is owned by "apache" and the group is "todd" and the permissions are 775. My Windows computers use Samba and they log into Linux with "todd". Under the www directory there are various directories which may have a group belonging to a user e.g. &q

Re: [CentOS] Permissions question

2007-10-01 Thread Todd Cary
Thank you all for the store of knowledge. I do have a follow up question about Rick's suggestion concerning ownership of the "Apache" directories. What is a good alternative? If they are "root", can Apache access them? Is that even good? Suggestions welcomed...

Re: [CentOS] Recommendation for a Linux alternative to Centos - ATH9K disaster

2011-01-28 Thread Todd Denniston
an. /etc/cron.daily/mlocate.cron /etc/anacrontab /etc/updatedb.conf ls /etc/cron.* -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org ht

Re: [CentOS] Cold install kernel .config file

2011-01-28 Thread Todd Denniston
LY forced with the USB to not be a module and let the other modules be provided by the contents of the original initrd. secondary trick, change all the "%define build*"s in the spec file that you don't need to 0. it speeds up the build a lot. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, N

Re: [CentOS] x25 line xterm

2011-02-04 Thread Todd Denniston
edHat there was an editable > option to change the number of displayable > lines as is done in putty. > > > Any suggestions? > > --Hal. > find the info in man about size. man xterm /geometry /geometry and /geometry /geometry -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval

[CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
thing else), then the superblock is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 I am not sure what I should do next. Thank you in advance for any suggestions... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristeso

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
) none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) Does not appear to be mounted...correct? Todd On 3/8/2011 3:08 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> When trying to do a yum update, I am told I need more space in >> /boot. When I check

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
Simon - Did I screw up? I deleted what was in /boot! Todd On 3/8/2011 3:31 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> Here is the output of mount: >> >> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) >> none on /proc type proc (rw) >> none on /sys type sysfs (rw) >> no

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
Les - This is a one disk simple server I use for exchanging files (ftp) and post images. It has not been touched in a LONG time other than yum update and rsync. One of the reasons I am not very compitent with Linux...set it up and it just runs. Todd On 3/8/2011 3:38 PM, Les Mikesell wrote

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
There are 135 items in trash...hopefully that can save me. Todd On 3/8/2011 3:42 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> Simon - >> >> Did I screw up? I deleted what was in /boot! > Yes :( > > Now don't reboot! > > Wait for the next mail... > > Simon > >&g

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
If the necessary files are in trash, how do I get copy them back to /boot properly e.g. put them in the crorrect place and how do I know which ones are necessary? Sorry to have created such a problem! Todd On 3/8/2011 3:42 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> Simon - >> >> Did I sc

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
First, thank you for the assistance. What files should be in grub? Thanks... Todd On 3/8/2011 5:11 PM, compdoc wrote: >> If the necessary files are in trash, how do I get copy them back >> to /boot properly e.g. put them in the crorrect place and how do >> I know which

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
Oh yes...where are the files in the Trash? I used the GUI to determjine that I have them. Thanks... Todd On 3/8/2011 5:11 PM, compdoc wrote: >> If the necessary files are in trash, how do I get copy them back >> to /boot properly e.g. put them in the crorrect place and how do >

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
Steve - That dump should be VERY useful. I found the files in /boot/.Trash-root/ If you or anyone has additional info, please pass it on... Thank you... On 3/8/2011 5:21 PM, Steve Barnes wrote: >> Oh yes...where are the files in the Trash? I used the GUI to >> determjine that I have them. >

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
ot; .Trash-boot directory. Todd On 3/8/2011 5:51 PM, compdoc wrote: > Besides recovering the files, you'll need to delete some of them to free up > space. > > Here's an idea of how to go about it: > > http://www.howtof

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
Many thanks! Todd On 3/8/2011 6:43 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 03/08/11 6:15 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> Yes...thank you for the suggestion...since that was the cause of >> my problem in the first place!! I should have known better; all >> I had to do was remove some of the

[CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
bothering everyone with such a dumb error on my part. Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
I inadvertently missed using the list...here are my recent messages. On 3/8/2011 8:39 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> reinstall is not an option for yum. I ran "yum install kernel" and it >> completed without errors h

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
file types like symlinks may not be correct after recovering from "Trash". > > 2) The directory "lost+found" can be recreated using the command > 'mklost+found' > > 3) I'm not sure on how to make grub work again, but maybe some steps qre >

Re: [CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
case that some permissions and or > file types like symlinks may not be correct after recovering from "Trash". > > 2) The directory "lost+found" can be recreated using the command > 'mklost+found' > > 3) I'm not sure on how to make grub work ag

Re: [CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
> >> On 3/8/2011 8:39 PM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >>> On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Todd Cary >>> wrote: >>>> reinstall is not an option for yum. I ran "yum install kernel" and it >>>> completed without errors however there are no li

Re: [CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
/LogVol00 rhgb quiet initrd /initrd-2.6.9-100.EL.img Todd On 3/9/2011 12:23 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >> I inadvertently missed using the list...here are my recent messages. > As Nico suggested, download the kernel but also grub and redhat-logos, > like so > wget > http://

Re: [CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
four disks. Hey, guys, many thanks. Any of you live in the SF Bay Area? Love to treat you to a beer. Todd On 3/9/2011 1:03 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >> And here are the contents of grub.conf: >> >> # grub.conf generated by anaconda >> # >> # Note that you do not ha

[CentOS] Which file system to use for a USB backup

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
I have some photographs on my Centos 4 server that I want to copy to a USB drive. However, I want to be able to access the files from Windows or Mac OS's. Where should I look for instructions on how to mount and format the USB drive and is FAT32 the only option? Many thanks -- Ariste Softw

Re: [CentOS] Which file system to use for a USB backup

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
://www.toddcary.com/rotary/ is one example of data that needs to be shared. Can rsync take ext4 data and copy it to a fat32 drive? Todd On 3/9/2011 3:16 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/9/2011 4:56 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> I have some photographs on my Centos 4 server that I want to copy >>

Re: [CentOS] Creating the symbolic links in the /boot and /boot/grub/

2011-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
use Samba to copy the data that needs to be shared with others to my Windows connected NTFS external. So, I am in the process of doing that first even though I have an ext3 backup of the same data. Preparing to jump as I look for my spare parachute Todd On 3/10/2011 2:15 AM, Simon Matter

[CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
ould I try next? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I tried the following: # chroot /mnt/sysimage # grub-install /dev/hda However, I am not sure if hda is correct (no error messages though). When I reboot, I get the black with the words GRUB Todd On 3/21/2011 4:47 PM, Digimer wrote

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/21/2011 5:37 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/21/11 7:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I >> tried the following: >> >> # chroot /mnt/sysimage >> >> # grub-install /dev/hda >> >> However,

Re: [CentOS] Need help in "repairing" the booting of my Linux 4 server

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/21/2011 5:37 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/21/11 7:13 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> How can I determine the device on which the mbr is placed? I >> tried the following: >> >> # chroot /mnt/sysimage >> >> # grub-install /dev/hda >> >> However,

[CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-23 Thread Todd Cary
had put there? [I am now downloading Centos 5.5 which I'll install on a new drive and then face the challenges of moving my backup data to the new OS] Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS maili

[CentOS] Managing users and passwords

2011-03-23 Thread Todd Cary
on a slave disk? Will the Centos 5.5 detect the slave disk (Centos 4)? Is there a way to move the users, groups and passwords from one disk to the new Centos 5.5? IT departments must have servers go down or want to install a new version of Linux and have the same challenges. Todd -- Arist

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Todd Cary
I was hesitant to congratulate myself on restoring /boot and /boot/grub *if* linux-rescue had done it. So, with the help of this forum I did get things back in order other than updating the MBR, and that was done by linux-rescue. Onward...and again, thank you. Todd P.S. I would download SL6

Re: [CentOS] Managing users and passwords

2011-03-24 Thread Todd Cary
Kevin - When the time comes, I may need help in creating the command that excludes the entries in owner, group, password and shadow tables for "system" entries. Todd On 3/24/2011 5:17 AM, Kevin Thorpe wrote: > On 24/03/2011 03:45, Todd Cary wrote: >> I plan to make my cu

Re: [CentOS] Managing users and passwords

2011-03-24 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/24/2011 8:04 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/23/2011 10:45 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> I plan to make my current Centos 4 HD a slave and install Centos >> 5.5 on a new HD (master). Then comes the challenge of of moving >> all of my /home/"user" data to the new mast

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Todd Cary
ut their environments at risk just to play with the newest toy on the > block. Centos 5.5 gets the job done for the moment. > > -David > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >

[CentOS] How to limit ftp users to just view their directory

2011-03-25 Thread Todd Cary
ll of the directories. I do not see any directive in vsftpd.conf to limit this. What have I missed? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] How to limit ftp users to just view their directory

2011-03-25 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/25/2011 12:13 PM, Hakan Koseoglu wrote: > On 25 March 2011 19:09, Todd Cary wrote: >> I am in the process of bring up Centos 5.5. My ftp server is >> vsftp. When I add a user (e.g. brian), the "brian" directory is >> owned by "brian" and is in

[CentOS] Default permissions for creating a new user

2011-03-25 Thread Todd Cary
ctory, is there a way to have a default there too? Lastly, if root or someone with root privileges creates a sub-directory, is there a setting so that the sub-directory will have the owner/group and permissions as the parent directory? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952

Re: [CentOS] Default permissions for creating a new user

2011-03-25 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/25/2011 4:51 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 03/25/11 4:45 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> I know this is a Linux 101 question, however I am unable to >> locate the answer in my O'Reilly Linux book: how to set the >> default for permissions when creating a new user. The de

[CentOS] Mounting an external USB drive

2011-03-25 Thread Todd Cary
device is /dev/sda1 and the system is HPFS/NTFS I am not sure what to enter into the file system table, fstab and if other entries/directories need to be made. Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Mounting an external USB drive

2011-03-26 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/26/2011 6:46 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Tom Diehl wrote: >> On Fri, 25 Mar 2011, Todd Cary wrote: >> >>> With Centos 5.5, my external USB drive appears to self mount in >>> that the icon appears on the desktop and when I

[CentOS] Error 2002 with MySQL on a new Centos 5.5 installation

2011-03-26 Thread Todd Cary
With my new Centos installation, I get the following error when I type in # mysql ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) I have Googled the error, but the results do not appear to be helpful Todd -- Ariste So

[CentOS] Locked myself out of MySQL

2011-03-26 Thread Todd Cary
Darn! I must have either made a typo or my use of a ";" in the MySQL root password so now I am locked out. Is there a work around or do I have to uninstall MySQL and reinstall? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristeso

Re: [CentOS] Locked myself out of MySQL

2011-03-26 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/26/2011 1:33 PM, n...@nux.ro wrote: > Todd Cary writes: > >> Darn! I must have either made a typo or my use of a ";" in the >> MySQL root password so now I am locked out. >> >> Is there a work around or do I have to uninstall MySQL and reinstall? &g

Re: [CentOS] Locked myself out of MySQL

2011-03-26 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/26/2011 1:36 PM, Jure Pečar wrote: > On Sat, 26 Mar 2011 13:24:40 -0700 > Todd Cary wrote: > >> Darn! I must have either made a typo or my use of a ";" in the >> MySQL root password so now I am locked out. >> >> Is there a work around or do I have

[CentOS] Installing php-mcrypt

2011-03-27 Thread Todd Cary
, isn't there an easier method to get and install the appropriate rpm - other than downloading it then running rpm? And when should I use yum rather than rpm? For those of you that use Linux daily, these are very simple question, and for that please accept my apologies. Dr. Todd -- A

Re: [CentOS] Installing php-mcrypt

2011-03-27 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/27/2011 8:48 PM, Tom Diehl wrote: > On Sun, 27 Mar 2011, Todd Cary wrote: > >> It has been 6 years since I set up my Linux server and have >> hardly had to touch it in all of those years other than running >> yum update, so I ma rusty in some of the fine details (espec

Re: [CentOS] Installing php-mcrypt

2011-03-27 Thread Todd Cary
x daily, these are very simple > question, and for that please accept my apologies. > > Dr. Todd > > -- > > Dr. Todd, > > Login to the root account > > Type in the following : > yum search php-mcrypt > > you should ge

[CentOS] Is Centos 5.5 too old fro Google Chrome?

2011-04-03 Thread Todd Cary
I tried to install Google Chrome and received the dependencies error. Is Centos too old for the new Chrome or is there an older Chrome version that is compatible? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS

[CentOS] Best configuration for /var/www/html/

2011-04-11 Thread Todd Cary
s not have access to them. Should the owner be apache? Group? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] Best configuration for /var/www/html/

2011-04-11 Thread Todd Cary
On 4/11/2011 2:50 PM, Todd Cary wrote: > For a long period of time, my Apache root directory has been > /home/httpd. For security reasons, this is not so good as > SELinux has informed me. Now all of the files have been copied > to /var/www/etc with owner and group "root"

Re: [CentOS] Best configuration for /var/www/html/

2011-04-12 Thread Todd Cary
On 4/12/2011 6:56 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: On 04/11/2011 04:50 PM, Todd Cary wrote: For a long period of time, my Apache root directory has been /home/httpd. For security reasons, this is not so good as SELinux has informed me. Now all of the files have been copied to /var/www/etc with

Re: [CentOS] random roundoff?

2011-04-26 Thread Todd Rinaldo
On Apr 23, 2011, at 9:54 PM, Michael D. Berger wrote: > On my CentOS 5 box, in a C++ program that does much arithmetic, > including numerous matrix multiplications, I have a situation in > in which the result depends on the nature of nearby I/O. Thus, > with all arithmetic done with type double,

[CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-26 Thread Todd Cary
Windows desktop (if it is not locked up :-) ) with Samba. What is the best VNC like application to install or use on the Linux server? Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-26 Thread Todd Cary
On 4/26/2011 9:25 AM, Todd Cary wrote: > Currently I have VNC running on my Windows desktop with Samba > providing access to my Linux server. Since Linux is more > reliable than Windows, I would like to be able to access my Linux > (Centos 5.5) via my Windows notebook - hopefully via

Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-27 Thread Todd Cary
On 4/26/2011 9:25 AM, Todd Cary wrote: > Currently I have VNC running on my Windows desktop with Samba > providing access to my Linux server. Since Linux is more > reliable than Windows, I would like to be able to access my Linux > (Centos 5.5) via my Windows notebook - hopefully via

[CentOS] Installing/configuring a second HD

2011-04-27 Thread Todd Cary
for the HD configuration). I would notwant to format the drive and find out everything was formatted. Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman

Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-27 Thread Todd Cary
On 4/27/2011 10:51 AM, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Apr 27, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Todd Cary wrote: > >> WOW! A few choices. in checking the ssh configuration file, I >> am setup using password authentication - not the best choice. If >> I change that to NO, is it easy to ch

Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-29 Thread Todd Cary
On 4/29/2011 7:10 AM, Richard Mollel wrote: > > --- On Wed, 4/27/11, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> From: Les Mikesell >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access >> To: centos@centos.org >> Date: Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 1:59 PM >> On 4/27/2011 12

Re: [CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-29 Thread Todd Cary
t not directly. So my thinking was/is that I could just skip the rest of that part of the setup. Confused.... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/ma

Re: [CentOS] I have RHel6. How does that turn into Centos 6?

2011-04-29 Thread Todd Rinaldo
On Apr 29, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 04/29/2011 11:17 AM, Paul Johnson wrote: >> The bickering here about Centos 6 has made me wonder what is actually >> legally necessary to re-distribute the RPM files that come with RHel6. >> >> I am not starting a flame ware, I hope. I'm j

[CentOS] How to add a HD to a LVM

2011-05-07 Thread Todd Cary
. Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] How to add a HD to a LVM

2011-05-08 Thread Todd Cary
On 5/8/2011 12:03 AM, Ken Smith wrote: > > Todd Cary wrote: >> I have connected a HD that was a prior system drive (Centos 4.8) >> and I am not sure of the command line procedures to find out if >> it is recognized (I believe it is since it present in the GUI), >

Re: [CentOS] How to add a HD to a LVM

2011-05-08 Thread Todd Cary
On 5/8/2011 8:05 AM, Charlie Brune wrote: > On 05/08/2011 09:37 AM, Todd Cary wrote: >> On 5/8/2011 12:03 AM, Ken Smith wrote: >>> Todd Cary wrote: >>>> I have connected a HD that was a prior system drive (Centos 4.8) >>>> and I am not sure of the command

Re: [CentOS] How to add a HD to a LVM

2011-05-08 Thread Todd Cary
On 5/8/2011 7:37 AM, Todd Cary wrote: > On 5/8/2011 12:03 AM, Ken Smith wrote: >> Todd Cary wrote: >>> I have connected a HD that was a prior system drive (Centos 4.8) >>> and I am not sure of the command line procedures to find out if >>> it is recognized (I b

Re: [CentOS] rpm --freshen issue

2009-10-21 Thread Todd Denniston
expedient alternatively if the problem is not really the shell length, then yum localupdate /install or yum localupdate /install/* might work. https://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=118#comment90 http://fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-140404.html -- Todd Denniston Cra

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:External USB modem and Remote PC Access?

2009-10-27 Thread Todd Denniston
covered `ssh -C` (in combination with X or Y), to host the apps back. There was still a little lag but overall it was _much_ snappier. I have yet to use X across a vnc or with freenx so I can't comment on how they compare to `ssh -C`. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Wa

Re: [CentOS] Inquiry:External USB modem and Remote PC Access?

2009-10-27 Thread Todd Denniston
worked well enough to use xemacs and >> mozilla across. Also when > > Man, talk about a time traveller! How'd you get a copy of firefox back to > when we only had Netscape? Your right, I started with Mosaic & an "andrew" mail/message program,

[CentOS] mock, extras vs epel

2009-11-02 Thread Todd Denniston
with the extras version instead? Or even reasons other than the shiny version number on the epel one to go with it? Is the extras version the version used by the upstream provider and thus the CentOS team keeps it around to do the matching builds? Thanks for the clarifications. -- Todd

Re: [CentOS] mock, extras vs epel

2009-11-03 Thread Todd Denniston
7;s feedback. Off to try mock out and see if I do or don't like it. :) And do a little thinking on the relevance of using the distro version of mock. -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technol

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.4 with Rage

2009-11-09 Thread Todd Denniston
ardware with some live CD's and BZ the results. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2009-November/msg00106.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532842 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=493441 I would have piled on, with info from a live CD, but my bugzilla

Re: [CentOS] bash variable expansion moment

2009-11-16 Thread Todd Denniston
bash . ./func-file MyLN=$LINENO Line ... it should be $LINENO LineO ... it should be $LINENO - -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] 2 TB limit on USB drive

2009-11-16 Thread Todd Denniston
USB disk and the ability to submit bugs on a subscription to that prominent North American Enterprise Linux vendor. (or see if a proven change could be put in a CentOS plus kernel[module]) -- Todd Denniston Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane) Harnessing the Power of Tech

Re: [CentOS] High load averages with latest kernel and USB drives?

2009-11-17 Thread Todd Denniston
d reduce the processor list #to just 3 or 4 instead of both. #3 don't update atime # (should at worst be a minor thing, and you say that # the usb mounted file system is responsive, # but perhaps it would help some.) mount -oremount,noatime /media/backups/ I have not had the taskset of the

Re: [CentOS] High load averages with latest kernel and USB drives?

2009-11-17 Thread Todd Denniston
Benjamin Smith wrote, On 11/17/2009 01:46 PM: > See comments below... > > On Tuesday 17 November 2009 07:52:01 Todd Denniston wrote: >> Benjamin Smith wrote, On 11/16/2009 10:56 PM: >>> I have a 1TB USB drive plugged into a USB2 port that I use to back up the >>

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