[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 Ext Petaluma, CA 94952 (7

[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. "viewpoint". Using this example,

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...

[CentOS] [Newbie] Reclaiming /boot space

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
When trying to do a yum update, I am told I need more space in /boot. When I check the contents of /boot (ls -l /boot), there are no files. If I do a df -h, there is no available space yet it shows that it has a lot of used space. The fstab shows the following: # This file is edited by fstab

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

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
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) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) /dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) none

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) >> none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,

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

2011-03-08 Thread Todd Cary
: > On 3/8/2011 5:17 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> Here is the output of mount: >> >> /dev/hdc1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) >> >> Does not appear to be mounted...correct? > Looks like /dev/hdc1 to me. > > Is this a strictly-IDE system with boot disk/CD cables backw

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 > >> Todd >> >> On 3/8/2011 3:31 PM, Simon Matter wrote: >

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 screw up? I deleted wha

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 ones are necessary? > > T

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 >> I know which o

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
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 outdated kernel files. And when I did the dumb thing of deleting the /boot files, they were moved into the "protected" .Trash-boo

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
I started a new thread since the original one is getting rather long. I have retrieved the files I deleted in /boot and /boot/grub, however I need to make links for /boot/System.map (System.map -> System.map-2.6.9-89.35.1) /boot/vmlinuz (vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.9-89.35.1) /boot/grub/menu.lst (m

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
OK, here is what I have after manually copying files back to /boot, leaving behind old kernel files: /boot/: total 9169 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root9216 Mar 8 20:24 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root4096 Jan 24 08:34 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51676 Feb 17 22:41 config-2.6.9-100.EL -rw-r--r-- 1

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

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
OK, here is what I have after manually moving files into /boot/ and /boot/grub/, leaving behind old kernel files. Of course, no links. /boot/: total 9169 drwxr-xr-x 5 root root9216 Mar 8 20:24 . drwxr-xr-x 24 root root4096 Jan 24 08:34 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51676 Feb 17 22:4

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
Then do a > > rpm -Uvh --replacepkgs --replacefiles kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.i686.rpm > redhat-logos-1.1.26-1.centos4.4.noarch.rpm grub-0.95-3.8.i386.rpm > > And the show us the contents of 'ls -laR /boot' and 'cat /etc/grub.conf' > > Simon > >> >>

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

2011-03-09 Thread Todd Cary
;> it >>>>>> completed without errors however there are no links created. >>>>> Oh, dear. Can you grab the RPM and do "rpm -U -replacepkgs >>>>> [kernel-whatver].rpm"? You should be able to use "yum remove" on the >>>&g

[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
>>>>> wget >>>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4.9/updates/i386/RPMS/kernel-2.6.9-100.EL.i686.rpm >>>>> wget >>>>> http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/4.9/os/i386/CentOS/RPMS/redhat-logos-1.1.26-1.centos4.4.noarch.rpm >>>>>

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

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
As I shared on this forum last week, I did a bad boo boo when I erased my /boot/ directory without a backup - all of the things I caution other NOT to do. Nevertheless, after trying to put things back in order, today I decided to try a reboot and I get a GRUB prompt. Next I have put my Linux

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

2011-03-21 Thread Todd Cary
: > On 03/21/2011 07:43 PM, Todd Cary wrote: >> As I shared on this forum last week, I did a bad boo boo when I erased >> my /boot/ directory without a backup - all of the things I caution other >> NOT to do. Nevertheless, after trying to put things back in order, >> toda

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
Thanks to the help of folks on this forum, I now have my Centos 4 box up and working, however I do have a question on how the repair actually worked. After starting the Linux Repair, the process "found my installed Linux". Some of you will remember that I had accidentally erased the /boot an

[CentOS] Managing users and passwords

2011-03-23 Thread Todd Cary
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 master. I have some preliminary questions: Is this a good strategy for installing Centos 5.5: keep the Centos 4 on a slave d

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
On 3/24/2011 10:30 AM, David Brian Chait wrote: >> Sacrilege! >> This will make sense to only all IT (not income tax, stupid) >> professionals : use Centos 5 or wait for centos 6 . > Exactly right, most orgs are not clamoring for 6 right now. Very few people > would put their environments at risk

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

2011-03-25 Thread Todd Cary
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 the "brian" group with 700 permissions. However, using a FTP client, the user "brian" can view all of the directories. I do not see any dir

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
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 default for the GUI in my newly installed Centos 5.5 is 700. I usually use 774. And when root creates a new directory,

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
With Centos 5.5, my external USB drive appears to self mount in that the icon appears on the desktop and when I double click on it, the files are there. However, I recall that I need to make an entry in the fstab as well as some other changes. When I do a # /sbin/fdisk -l I learn that the de

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 Software Petaluma, C

[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.aristesoftware.com _

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
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 (especially at 72). I located a source for the php-mcrypt rpm (php-mcrypt-5.1.6-15.el5.centos.1.i386.rpm), however,

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
On 3/27/2011 8:48 PM, Gregory P. Ennis 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 (especially > at 72). > > I located a source for the php-mcrypt rpm

[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
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". The privileges are 754 (rwxr-xr--), however apache does not have

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

[CentOS] Setting up a GUI remote access

2011-04-26 Thread Todd Cary
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 VNC or some similar application and then access the Wind

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
My old server was Centos 4.8 and it is on a HD that is NOT connected. The new Centos 5.5 is the active HD. Everything appears to be working, so my intent is to jumper the old HD as a slave, wipe it clean and have it as a backup drive. Since my Linux skills are minimum, I thought it best to h

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
On 4/29/2011 8:21 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: First, why would you disable key authentication? Or is it just failing because you don't have the right key? When I read the wiki (http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/FreeNX), it states Note: If you have disallowed ssh password authentication (which is a

[CentOS] How to add a HD to a LVM

2011-05-07 Thread Todd Cary
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), delete all data on it and finally add it to the LVM. I would like to use it as a backup data drive. T

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

[CentOS] Cleaning up the boot partition

2010-01-26 Thread Todd Cary
Is there an easy way to remove unwanted files in the boot partition? I have run out of space and need to remove unneeded files, however I do not have extensive administrative skills. Todd -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49931 Feb 27 2007 config-2.6.9-42.0.10.ELsmp -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 49930 Oc

Re: [CentOS] Cleaning up the boot partition

2010-01-26 Thread Todd Cary
I get this error: No Packages marked for removal Todd m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: Is there an easy way to remove unwanted files in the boot partition? I have run out of space and need to remove unneeded files, however I do not have extensive administrative skills. yum remove kernel-2.6.9-4

[CentOS] How to remove an entry in the media table

2010-02-13 Thread Todd Cary
I messed up the other day when I did a rsync backup to my usb external drive *but* forgot to mount it (turn it on). So the system appears to have renamed the correct one (external) to usbdrive1 and created a directory on the HD, usbdrive. It has been well over a year since I made that error an

[CentOS] USBDisk question

2008-05-24 Thread Todd Cary
I have an external USB drive, and when mounted, it was /media/usbdisk. When I recently tried my rsync backup, a usbdisk1 had been created...I guess by the auto-mounting (when the disk is turned on). Is there a way to remove the usbdisk1 and set it up so that the auto-mounting will use usbdisk

[CentOS] Formatting an external USB drive

2011-10-05 Thread Todd Cary
I have an external USB drive that was formatted with NTFS and I want to use it to backup some files from my Centos 5.5 system. When I check my documentation, I am not certain of the best way to do the formatting. Suggestions welcomed Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www

Re: [CentOS] Formatting an external USB drive

2011-10-05 Thread Todd Cary
) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO) 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK) Command (m for help): [root@centos5 todd]# Todd On 10/5/2011 4:08 PM, David C. Miller wrote: > - Original Message - >> From: &

[CentOS] Backing up pass words

2010-08-26 Thread Todd Cary
I am currently running CentOS 4 and want to install CentOS 5. To do that, I plan to install a new HD in my server box onto which CentOS will be installed. I will then copy the "home" directory from the old drive or from a backup on a USB drive, however I am not sure how to handle the Users/

[CentOS] Centos 4 and cgiemail

2010-11-12 Thread Todd Cary
I am running Centos 4 and want to run cgiemail in a directory under the web application. The setting of the "value" property in the is tricky, but I have the web application running on other servers without a problem. On my server I get the error that it cannot find the file pointed to by th

Re: [CentOS] Centos 4 and cgiemail

2010-11-13 Thread Todd Cary
Dave - Thank you for the response. I need to leave for a few days, but when I return, I'll get back to you with som answers. Again, thank you... Todd On 11/12/2010 10:15 AM, Dave Cross wrote: > On 12 November 2010 15:14, Todd Cary wrote: >> I am running Centos 4 and want to r

Re: [CentOS] Centos 4 and cgiemail

2010-11-18 Thread Todd Cary
On 11/12/2010 10:15 AM, Dave Cross wrote: It all depends very much on how the web server is configured. Do you know if the web server is configured to run CGI programs? Do you have access to the Apache configuration files? (Actually, is the server running Apache?) What value have you given the

Re: [CentOS] Centos 4 and cgiemail

2010-11-21 Thread Todd Cary
On 11/20/2010 10:24 AM, Dave Cross wrote: > Apologies for not replying sooner. This mailing list goes into a "read > when you're not too busy" folder :-/ > > On 18 November 2010 17:08, Todd Cary wrote: >> On 11/12/2010 10:15 AM, Dave Cross wrote: >> >

[CentOS] Should I be worried?

2009-03-04 Thread Todd Cary
When doing my updates, I got this message: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /boot/System.map-2.6.9-78.0. 13.EL;49a Unfortunately, I installed Centos 4 about two years ago on my server that sits in the corner and does it's job of faithfully providing services without me touching it ex

Re: [CentOS] Should I be worried?

2009-03-04 Thread Todd Cary
wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 11:38 -0800, Todd Cary wrote: When doing my updates, I got this message: error: unpacking of archive failed on file /boot/System.map-2.6.9-78.0. 13.EL;49a Unfortunately, I installed Centos 4 about two years ago on my server that sits in the corner and does it&#

Re: [CentOS] Should I be worried?

2009-03-04 Thread Todd Cary
Bill - I did remove some of the older files (only a few) and there was then enough room to unpack the update. Is there some basic guideline on how many to remove? Todd William L. Maltby wrote: On Wed, 2009-03-04 at 11:38 -0800, Todd Cary wrote: When doing my updates, I got this

[CentOS] Installing php 5.2

2009-03-14 Thread Todd Cary
In reading the help file for yum, I am confused on how to find out if my php 4.3 can be updated to php 5.2 using yum. Any suggestion would be appreciated... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.toddcary.com/aristephotography/ ___ C

Re: [CentOS] php 5.2

2009-03-14 Thread Todd Cary
Melinda - What is the latest version of php that is available? Todd Melinda Odom wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any news about CentOS 5.2 updating to php 5.2? > > Best Regards, > Melinda Odom > Design Hosting, Inc. > Web Design, Web Hosting, & Ecommerce Solutions > 479-471-0891 CST > i...@designhosti

[CentOS] Trying to understand USB HD configuration

2011-06-01 Thread Todd Cary
I am trying to understand how my USB drive is setup in Centos 5.5 -- especially since I made a mistake of backing up to it when it was not turned on. The USB drive is accessed as /media/disk. However, when I did a backup WITHOUT the drive turned on, the data was put into the directory, /media

Re: [CentOS] Trying to understand USB HD configuration

2011-06-01 Thread Todd Cary
When I turn on the USB drive, it comes up with the name disk-1, so I assume that somewhere that has been assigned. Todd On 6/1/2011 10:58 AM, Joseph L. Casale wrote: >> I would like to reset the table so that >> "disk" is the USB drive and delete the data that is now on my >> main drive. > It's

Re: [CentOS] Trying to understand USB HD configuration

2011-06-01 Thread Todd Cary
Thank you... Todd On 6/1/2011 1:13 PM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > Todd Cary wrote: >> When I turn on the USB drive, it comes up with the name disk-1, >> so I assume that somewhere that has been assigned. >> >> Todd >> >> On 6/1/2011 10:58 AM, Joseph L. C

[CentOS] How to format a USB drive?

2011-06-02 Thread Todd Cary
I have a usb drive, /media/disk and I want to reformat it. There are several questions that come up: How can I determine the current format? Do I use the mkfs command? Many thanks... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com _

Re: [CentOS] How to format a USB drive?

2011-06-02 Thread Todd Cary
On 6/2/2011 10:17 AM, fred smith wrote: > On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 08:27:00AM -0700, Todd Cary wrote: >> I have a usb drive, /media/disk and I want to reformat it. There >> are several questions that come up: >> >> How can I determine the current format? >

[CentOS] Good book on Linux Admin (Centos 5.5)

2011-06-02 Thread Todd Cary
My Admin books are out of date, so I need a new one that contains info about the Linux as in Centos 5.5. I am a "Sunday user"; not one earning a living as an Admin. Recommendations welcomed Todd P.S. Current book is "Linux System Administration, Second Edition", by Vicki Stanfield and Ro

Re: [CentOS] Trying to understand USB HD configuration

2011-06-04 Thread Todd Cary
On 6/3/2011 8:01 AM, John Doe wrote: > From: Todd Cary > >> Now, when I turn on the USB drive (it is self-mounted in 5.5), >> the USB drive has been assigned "disk-1" -- understood. What I >> am missing is the "table" that contains the information poi

[CentOS] Using umask

2011-06-21 Thread Todd Cary
Grasping a full understanding of setting default Users, Groups and Masks has alluded me over the years, but now I find myself in a situation where manually "setting" the file/directory attributes is becoming a pain. I understand the fundamentals of the file attributes, though from time to time

Re: [CentOS] Using umask

2011-06-21 Thread Todd Cary
On 6/21/2011 8:30 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > John Hodrien wrote: >> On Tue, 21 Jun 2011, Todd Cary wrote: > >>> My /var/www/html files have been manually set by me to >>> apache/apache 774. This allows my PHP applications to access the >>> files

Re: [CentOS] Using umask

2011-06-22 Thread Todd Cary
Many thanks to you and DrewI am the only user... Todd On 6/21/2011 11:05 PM, Anthony wrote: > On 06/22/2011 01:22 AM, Todd Cary wrote: >> Grasping a full understanding of setting default Users, Groups >> and Masks has alluded me over the years, but now I find myself in >&

Re: [CentOS] Using umask

2011-06-24 Thread Todd Cary
On 6/24/2011 6:51 AM, Paul Bijnens wrote: > On 2011-06-21 17:22, Todd Cary wrote: >> Grasping a full understanding of setting default Users, Groups >> and Masks has alluded me over the years, but now I find myself in >> a situation where manually "setting" the

[CentOS] Still having umask problems

2011-06-26 Thread Todd Cary
I have the samba problems solved thanks to the help of folks on this forum, but I do not have the php umask problems solved. The www directory is /var/www/html and the html directory is owned by apache and is in the apache groups with the following permissions: drwxrwsr-- A sub-driectory, /va

[CentOS] Still having umask problems [resend]

2011-06-26 Thread Todd Cary
I have the samba problems solved thanks to the help of folks on this forum, but I do not have the php umask problems solved. The www directory is /var/www/html and the html directory is owned by apache and is in the apache groups with the following permissions: drwxrwsr-- A sub-driectory, /va

[CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

2011-09-07 Thread Todd Cary
I am running Centos 5.5 (2.6.18-238.19.1.el5 and when I submit yum -y update I get the message that nothing is marked for update. Is this correct or is there something wrong with the system? Many thanks... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.aristesoftware.com __

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

2011-09-07 Thread Todd Cary
Paul - Unfortunately, I am not fully aware of all of yum's settings and functions. Could you give me a little more detail or point me to the appropriate MAN page? Todd On 9/7/2011 4:33 PM, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 10:43 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > >> I

Re: [CentOS] Have not had any updates to Centos 5.5

2011-09-08 Thread Todd Cary
source code for projects. So, every once in a while, something comes up where I need some assistance, and all of you have been so helpful - and patient. Todd On 9/7/2011 5:07 PM, Always Learning wrote: > On Wed, 2011-09-07 at 16:40 -0700, Todd Cary wrote: > >> Unfortunately, I

[CentOS] Help with Ruby on Rails setup using Centos 4

2010-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
Before asking questions about Ruby on Rails setup on CentOS 4, I want to make sure that this forum is the proper place for those questions. Are there any members who can help? Many thanks... Todd -- Ariste Software Petaluma, CA 94952 http://www.toddcary.com/aristephotography/ __

Re: [CentOS] Help with Ruby on Rails setup using Centos 4

2010-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
about upgrading to CentOS 5, but I'll start another thread for that. On 3/10/2010 8:28 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 11:23 -0500, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >>> On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 07:31 -0800, Todd Cary wrote: >>> >>>> Before asking

Re: [CentOS] Help with Ruby on Rails setup using Centos 4

2010-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
Craig - I may have made a typo. I have Rails: 2.3.5.8 Ruby: 1.8.5 Gems: 1.3.4 SQLite: 3.3.6 MySQL: 4.1.22 So, theoretically, I should be OK. Todd On 3/10/2010 10:14 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Wed, 2010-03-10 at 09:53 -0800, Todd Cary wrote: > >> I have Ruby 2.3.5.8 on my Cen

[CentOS] Dependency problems with Yum update

2010-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
I am spoiled with Yum: never have had a dependency problem until today. Can this be resolved: ---> Downloading header for compat-openldap to pack into transaction set. compat-openldap-2.3.27_2. 100% |=| 30 kB00:00 ---> Package compat-openldap.i386 0:2.3.27_2.2.29-4.e

Re: [CentOS] Dependency problems with Yum update

2010-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
Peter - Same problem... Todd On 3/10/2010 10:57 AM, Peter Blajev wrote: > Todd, > > Run "yum clean all" first and then try your yum command again. > > -- > Peter > > Todd Cary wrote: > >> I am spoiled with Yum: never have had a dependency p

Re: [CentOS] Dependency problems with Yum update

2010-03-10 Thread Todd Cary
r yum command again. > > -- > Peter > > Todd Cary wrote: > >> I am spoiled with Yum: never have had a dependency problem until today. >> Can this be resolved: >> >> ---> Downloading header for compat-openldap to pack into transaction set. >> comp

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