Re: grub : how to edit grub config by command / script ?

2014-11-26 Thread jd1008
On 11/26/2014 11:12 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:40 PM, santosh wrote: I am using CentOS 6 and grub 0.97 1. Launched a Virtual Machine (VM) with CentOS 6. (This step is done.) 2. After the VM comes up, copy latest kernel and initrd from remote server to /boot

Re: grub : how to edit grub config by command / script ?

2014-11-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014 23:12:46 -0700 Chris Murphy wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:40 PM, santosh wrote: > > I am using CentOS 6 and grub 0.97 > > > > 1. Launched a Virtual Machine (VM) with CentOS 6. (This step is done.) > > > > 2. After the VM comes up, copy latest kernel and initrd from

Re: grub : how to edit grub config by command / script ?

2014-11-26 Thread Chris Murphy
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 1:40 PM, santosh wrote: > I am using CentOS 6 and grub 0.97 > > 1. Launched a Virtual Machine (VM) with CentOS 6. (This step is done.) > > 2. After the VM comes up, copy latest kernel and initrd from remote > server to /boot > through a script present at /etc/init

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 20:33:51 -0500, Robert Moskowitz wrote: On 11/26/2014 07:10 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 20:47:25 +, Bill Oliver wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Bill Oliver wrote: Actually, let me be more specific. Let's say I have data on a flash drive that

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 11/26/2014 07:10 PM, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 20:47:25 +, Bill Oliver wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Bill Oliver wrote: Actually, let me be more specific. Let's say I have data on a flash drive that is encrypted using gpg. We can even say the flash drive itself is

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 20:47:25 +, Bill Oliver wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Bill Oliver wrote: Actually, let me be more specific. Let's say I have data on a flash drive that is encrypted using gpg. We can even say the flash drive itself is encrypted. Now let's say that flash drive is st

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 11/26/2014 05:06 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/26/2014 01:58 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: Then I'd rely on decrypted backups, which are stored under physical lock and key. Or, if necessary, I'd simply go back to the client and get the data again. I do that a lot with paper files, since I burn them wh

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 11/26/2014 04:58 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/26/2014 12:47 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: Now let's say that flash drive is stolen, lost, etc. *and* the passphrase is compromised. I want the data on the flash drive to be available *only on one computer* ev

Guest OS on VBox and key bindings

2014-11-26 Thread jd1008
Is there a way to alter key bindings so that key sequences like Ctl+Alt+Fn (n=19) can be intercepted by GUEST and be able to see a GUEST virtual tty? Thanx. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mail

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/26/2014 01:58 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: Then I'd rely on decrypted backups, which are stored under physical lock and key. Or, if necessary, I'd simply go back to the client and get the data again. I do that a lot with paper files, since I burn them when my consultation is finished. Occasiona

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bill Oliver
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Joe Zeff wrote: On 11/26/2014 12:47 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: Now let's say that flash drive is stolen, lost, etc. *and* the passphrase is compromised. I want the data on the flash drive to be available *only on one computer* even if the passphrase is known. What happens

Re: grub : how to edit grub config by command / script ?

2014-11-26 Thread Ranjan Maitra
Hi, I believe that you have to go into: /etc/syconfig/grub and edit according to your needs. Then you have to use: sudo bash -x grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg This should update grub for now and for ever. Thanks! Ranjan On Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:10:11 +0530 santosh wrote: > I am us

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/26/2014 12:47 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: Now let's say that flash drive is stolen, lost, etc. *and* the passphrase is compromised. I want the data on the flash drive to be available *only on one computer* even if the passphrase is known. What happens when (not if) some piece of hardware dies

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/26/2014 12:43 PM, Bill Oliver wrote: How do you mean "incorporate?" So you simply mean store a long passphrase on the flash drive? No, you store part of the passphrase on the flash drive and the other part in your brain. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscrib

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bill Oliver
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Bill Oliver wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 17:39:34 +, Bill Oliver wrote: > > For the HP issue, the fix is easy -- you just delete the command to > check during boot up. But, I was thinking about this as an encryptio

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bill Oliver
How do you mean "incorporate?" So you simply mean store a long passphrase on the flash drive? billo On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, jd1008 wrote: That is quite easy. Get a small thumb drive which are now almost free. Put on it some random data (be sure that data is not also on your HD). So, when you

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bill Oliver
On Wed, 26 Nov 2014, Bruno Wolff III wrote: On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 17:39:34 +, Bill Oliver wrote: For the HP issue, the fix is easy -- you just delete the command to check during boot up. But, I was thinking about this as an encryption option -- where one could encrypt files in a way

grub : how to edit grub config by command / script ?

2014-11-26 Thread santosh
I am using CentOS 6 and grub 0.97 1. Launched a Virtual Machine (VM) with CentOS 6. (This step is done.) 2. After the VM comes up, copy latest kernel and initrd from remote server to /boot through a script present at /etc/init.d/ (This step is done) 3. How to edit grub config file eit

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bruno Wolff III
On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 17:39:34 +, Bill Oliver wrote: For the HP issue, the fix is easy -- you just delete the command to check during boot up. But, I was thinking about this as an encryption option -- where one could encrypt files in a way that automatically incorporates hardware inf

Re: Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread jd1008
That is quite easy. Get a small thumb drive which are now almost free. Put on it some random data (be sure that data is not also on your HD). So, when you encrypt, you incorporate that data into the encrypted file(s), then remove the thumb drive. On 11/26/2014 10:39 AM, Bill Oliver wrote: I w

Re: PXE BOOT : Booting Linux VM from a network server.

2014-11-26 Thread Pete Travis
On Nov 25, 2014 9:56 AM, "santosh" wrote: > > Query regarding Booting Linux VM (Virtual Machine) from a network server > --- > > I am interested to boot my VM with PXE BOOT through command line (not > through GUI)

Somewhat OT, encryption question

2014-11-26 Thread Bill Oliver
I was thinking about the infamous "code purple error" for HP computers, where Windows is keyed to the hardware of the machine. If you swap out a hard drive or change a card, it won't boot. Apparently, there is a "tattoo" of various hardware identifiers in static memory somewhere and the OS m

Re: NFS over RMDA

2014-11-26 Thread poma
On 26.11.2014 11:34, Ian Chapman wrote: > On 25/11/14 20:40, poma wrote: > >>> Is svcrdma intentionally not built in the current kernels or has it been >>> replaced by something else? >>> > >> $ find -name config* -exec grep -H CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_SERVER {} \; >> ./kernel-3.15.0-0.rc0.git12.1

Re: NFS over RMDA

2014-11-26 Thread Ian Chapman
On 25/11/14 23:03, Chuck Lever wrote: Chuck, what is the current recommendation for 'CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_SERVER’? The server in 3.17 and later kernels no longer crashes regularly. That's good, at least F20 is on 3.17+ now. As to whether you should re-enable it, here’s full disclosure:

Fedora 20 - network related question (bug?)

2014-11-26 Thread Cristian Sava
Hi all, Having this working configuration [root@s220 network-scripts]# ls ifcfg-* ifcfg-Bridge_connection_1 ifcfg-lo ifcfg-System_em1 [root@s220 network-scripts]# cat ifcfg-Bridge_connection_1 DEVICE=bridge0 STP=yes BRIDGING_OPTS=priority=128 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=none IPADDR0=193.x.y.220 PREFI

Re: NFS over RMDA

2014-11-26 Thread Ian Chapman
On 25/11/14 20:40, poma wrote: Is svcrdma intentionally not built in the current kernels or has it been replaced by something else? $ find -name config* -exec grep -H CONFIG_SUNRPC_XPRT_RDMA_SERVER {} \; ./kernel-3.15.0-0.rc0.git12.1.fc21.x86_64/boot/config-3.15.0-0.rc0.git12.1.fc21.x86_64:#