[CentOS] Firewall/router

I was using pfSense in a vm under esx but I want to move to Xen and prefer something that can run as a pv guest. Anyone got any reco's of what can run on top of CentOS to perform a similar role as pfSense (perform nat/pat and firewall etc between two interfaces)? Thanks for any ideas! jlc

RE: {Disarmed} [CentOS] I meet a problem on installing CentOS4.4 ServerCD.

Indeed, the LSI logic controllers that ship with some HP workstations do not provide adequate RAID protection and as such, is recommended that you either install another RAID controller in the machine or use software RAID. Most onboard controllers are pretty lackluster, and those that use fake

RE: {Disarmed} [CentOS] I meet a problem on installing CentOS4.4 ServerCD.

Maybe so, but I've found the P800s to be incredibly flakey. Wow, they are very nearly the same card! Made by the same folk to? Bad luck I guess, all my SA controllers have been rock solid! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] Firewall/router

Why not install vmware-server in your Centos? Then you can install pfsense in it. But, I think it's bad practice to install pfsense in a vm. CMIIW. vmware and xen on some box? Its a lab/ POC environment anyway... ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] New firewall, need mac changed

I have read a few ways to do this, but not 100% sure. I need the interfaces reliably associated to the hardware (there are more than one), so the ifcfg-ethn has the mac address in it. I need to match the mac address of an old router that is about to be removed so I need not change any dns

RE: [CentOS] New firewall, need mac changed

Modify /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX and remove the HWADDR line if you have one, and add a MACADDR with the mac address you want to use. Beware, some network cards may protest having the mac address changed, and using both HWADDR and MACADDR can cause issues. See

[CentOS] init script numbers

How does chkconfig determine what number to give to a link when you turn a service on? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] vncviewer

How do you send special keystrokes in vncviewer? I need to send Shift-F10... Searching the net showed nothing and realvnc's webpage yielded nothing either. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] Console Screen Saver

How does one access the properties associated with the blanking CentOS does at init3? How would I disable this for example? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] dd backup of lv

I have a series of unmounted lv's that are used in xen vm's of various flavors in a lab environment. I made a script that I use to backup all of them prior to doing anything I may need to undo and all I execute is: dd if=/dev/vgname/lvname of=/dir/name.img Are there any additional parameters I

[CentOS] RHCE Training

I am possibly going to be sent for my RHCE training. Looking at https://www.redhat.com/courses/rh300_rhce_rapid_track_course_and_rhce_exam/details/ I am thinking the concepts do not look difficult at all, having a manual and instructor makes this look fairly easy actually. The only thing that

RE: [CentOS] centos 5.1 xen oddity

Only if you were accidentally on the wrong machine at the time. grin I just did an #init 0 at Dom0's console on my test machine over the weekend and tanked a handfull of HVM's, heh. Very easy to do... jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] Bash script to logout user from console

I am stumped to figure out how to logout a user after they run a script interactively when logged into the console. I see how to do it if in x, but this server does not have x installed. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] dd trough scp with tar

First, I'd expect some problems with the device drivers when you try to restore a vmware image onto a xen virtual environment - unless they present similar virtual hardware. Actually, your lucky on this one. Windows *always* loads an ide driver into the Critical Device Database unless you

[CentOS] SSH Key length

What are the ramifications to a large key length when using pub/priv keys for ssh authentication. I have some remote admin and file transfers to manage and only have ssh access w/o vpn to use for it. Thanks, jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] SSH Key length

No particular impact, especially for file transfer. The pub/priv keys are only used for authentication and a symmetric key is used for encrypting traffic during the session. I use a 2048-bit RSA key routinely - if it's any slower than a 1048-bit key during the authentication phase, it's not

[CentOS] Turning off Win2008 machines from a CentOS box

I understand this may be able to be done with Samba? Anyone know the syntax for a CentOS 5.1 Samba client and what needs to be done to Windows 2008 Server to allow this (I suspect out of the box it wouldn't allow it)? I was hoping to use SSH with keys and script the login and execution of the

RE: [CentOS] Boot disk changes from /dev/sda during install to /dev/sdb on first boot

It's been suggested (in the Dell Linux mailing list) that it is related to the virtual CD device of the DRAC. As far as I know, it is. I recall something about it emulating a usb drive so it could be hot plugged with a new disc if you will. But why would it change after install? Is it perhaps a

RE: [CentOS] Re: case insensitive file system

In fact, one can even lose data due to Windows bugs if things are done correctly, Actually, it is incorrect to eject the usb drive through Explorer in Vista if it has the NTFS filesystem:) If you perform the steps required pre-hotfix, your good to go grin jlc

RE: [CentOS] Slightly OT? - How do I set up Win98 to access a printer on my CentOS box?

However, I also have a Win98 box on the LAN that I would like to be able to print on the CentOS printer. When I try to connect to the printer, Win98 tells me that it can't find the network...? Any suggestions? Possibly name resolution issues on the Win98 box? Can you resolve a ping using the

[CentOS] USB Wireless NIC

Can anyone vouch for a usb wifi nic that works under CentOS 5.1 reliably with good reception? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] FOSS Inventory Managment and Invoicing Application

I am trying to help a small shop migrate off an old DOS sales application and was hoping to find a Linux alternative. Anyone have any experience with these types of applications, it would likely be a 2-3 user setup. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] Directory Compare

I need to verify some directories of backed up data versus restored data. What would you recommend as the type of comparison to do, and which tool would give the easiest/most usable output? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] Directory Compare

# fiff /path/to/dir1 /path/to/dir2 Regards, Max diff? Yeah, that's what I am about to run. Just thought their might be something it might miss in that scenario. Thanks for the confirmation! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] Show IP Traffic on a port

I am trying to determine the root of an issue I am having. How can I watch traffic destined to a specific port on my CentOS 5.1 box to see if its even hitting it? It would be udp traffic. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] Show IP Traffic on a port

Try tcpdump -i interface udp port port. -Chris That's so going in my toolbox :) This confirmed what I needed to know! Thanks everyone! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] IPTables help

I have a dual homed server in an install for someone who is very cost sensitive. This server originally is being setup as an Asterisk server, but now the simplest thing for me to do is also set it up to provide internet access for the small shop as well. So it will have one external, WAN

RE: [CentOS] RAID5 or RAID50 for database?

And stick with md-raid 10 (also known as software raid) because it is much more intelligently designed than any closed-source-embedded-raid-controller. Pretty strong opinion that would be disputed by many don't you think? I would venture to say that any large system involved in SLA's with 5 9's

RE: [CentOS] IPTables help

This CentOS wiki may help: http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Network/IPTables Akemi Akemi, That was helpful (I should have checked the wiki:). After reading that and the RH related links, I think I have what I need but I am unclear about one aspect. What is the correlation between filtering LAN

RE: [CentOS] IPTables help

Fajar, I really appreciate all the detailed help here! I have some questions. Hi JLC, There are 2 ways to implement firewall: negative list and positive list. Looks like you want a very strict one that is positive list. Assuming eth0 is WAN, and eth1 is LAN (assuming 192.168.0.0/24)(please mind

RE: [CentOS] IPTables help

iptables will process rules until a match. If the match is -j ACCEPT/REJECT/DROP, it will end processing there. If it's -j another_chain, it will jump to the other chain. If it matches a rule in the other chain with -j ACCEPT/REJECT/DROP, it will stop processing there. Otherwise, if no rules in

[CentOS] Secure iptables settings

Is it feasible to write protect the /etc/sysconfig/iptables file so nothing can overwrite it, such that at least the config is persistent through a reboot? If not, is there a better way to accomplish this? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

RE: [CentOS] Secure iptables settings

I really didn't understand what you are trying to accomplish. Please give more details, perhaps explain what problem are you trying to solve. Filipe Filipe, No problem, but rather just want to make sure the original config never changes or persists past a reboot. Thanks, jlc

RE: [CentOS] Bind Help

$INCLUDE common.inc Please refer to bind documentation for more information on this statement. HTH, Filipe Got it, so both views reference this one file. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] /etc/sysctl.conf edit not permanent

What exactly did you add to /etc/sysctl.conf? Do you have any errors when you run sysctl -p on the command line as root? Filipe Hi, I added the following to /etc/sysctl.conf: net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 sysctl -p does not show any errors. So after a #service network restart, I see this: Shutting

RE: [CentOS] /etc/sysctl.conf edit not permanent

I expect that you will see net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1 Please confirm. Barry You were right, thanks for the info. jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Booting Diskless Workstations

I made a post in the Fedora list that didn't yield much help regarding this. I need to use a CentOS5.1 server to remotely boot a few Fedora 9 workstations. I have the option of using straight PXE, or even reflashing gPXE to the LOM for the clients. What I am interested in knowing is the best

RE: [CentOS] Booting Diskless Workstations

What's wrong with NFS? You can even have root on NFS these days A quick google found: http://www.digitalpeer.com/id/linuxnfs Nothing actually, just no experience with it. What is the performance like of NFS? Given good hardware, does this make for a production quality setup? Thanks! jlc

RE: [CentOS] Booting Diskless Workstations

The key is mostly sufficient memory so that the machine doesn't swap and can keep commonly accessed programs in I/O cache. If the clients had lots of ram (=2Gb), can I disable the swap file altogether? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

RE: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 64bits can't boot

I was able to install RHEL 4 with no install parameters, but I can't upgrade using the RHEL 5 DVD, still the same issue..no HD detected in install process. What does your bios say for SATA config? I use many asus mobo's for desktop/lab/home setups. That mobo should work, all mine have the SATA

RE: [CentOS] Re: CentOS 64bits can't boot

And the AHCI does install CentOS, but when the install process its finished it boots up and says could not mount such file system, not such file or directory Hrm, AFAIK you should use AHCI w/ CentOS. As far as it complaining after boot sounds like it simply didn't load the module it needed

[CentOS] RDesktop and redirected MF Printers

I need to redirect a printer/scanner with rdesktop, anyone know of this is doable? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Determine what physical port a USB device is attatched to

How does one do this? For example: # lspci | grep USB 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02) 00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I

RE: [CentOS] Determine what physical port a USB device is attatched to

the UPS isn't a PCI device. the USB channels on the motherboard are, however, thats what you see. I think I worded this bad :) I want to know what USB controller (it is a PCI device) that the USB based UPS is attached to. Its only a coincidence, but it is attached to the USB port belonging to a

RE: [CentOS] centos RS232 to IP port program

Is there a method in centos where a program can be started that listens on a given IP port and when something connects it will transfer data from the RS232 port to the IP port. reads and writes of course. Can't help you with a software solution, but Digi makes a hardware device that does just

RE: [CentOS] iptables starting while disabled

I'm not sure as it relates specifically to XEN - but I would have a look through the /etc/rc.d directory. If it's not being turned on there, 'egrep -i iptables' /etc/init.d/* and see if it's in any startup script there. Slim chance they may be something in rc.local as well. -Peter Peter, Arghh,

[CentOS] Device Mapper and pretty names

How does one view the dm-{n} names wrt the actual dev names? I assume it involves dmsetup but I cant figure it out. I am using iostat to track some busy disk io and don't know which dm-{n} to watch :) Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

RE: [CentOS] Device Mapper and pretty names

Try ls -l /dev/mapper/ Slick, thanks! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] Bind Standard Practise

In a chroot Bind installation, named.conf is located in /var/named/chroot/etc/. In that file, references to files for includes and other zones can be made as filename without a path. What is the expected location when no path is used, simply up one dir under chroot/? While moving a DNS from one

[CentOS] Bind acl statement issue

From the manual, localnets matches hosts belonging to a network for which the server has an interface in. I have a dns server in a dmz with an ip of 192.168.2.2 in /24. Named.conf has 3 views, localhost_resolver - localhost, internal - localnets, and external - !localnets; !localhost. I have a

RE: [CentOS] Bind acl statement issue

view external { // what the Internet will see match-clients { any; }; It looks like the example file's external - !localnets; !localhost wouldn't match anything? I also used any and everything is fine. It appears as Bind will stop once matched so this is safe. Thanks! jlc

[CentOS] OT: HP Autoloader Issue

I spent a good chunk of time trying to get an HP LTO Autoloader to work with Amanda only to later find out it was faulty. Aside from HP who has a brutal system for repairing hardware, does anyone know where I might be able to send it for repair? Thanks! jlc

RE: [CentOS] assigning best gateway via DHCP

What might I do Linux-wise to create a system that looked at multiple gateways and then assigned (via DHCP) the gateway that was the least congested? Anyone have any good suggestions in this department? Your assumption is that the level of congestion would remain unchanged for the length of the

[CentOS] Key Card Access software

We have http://www.cansec.com/ based prox readers and port servers but the software is a joke. It doesn't run as a service, so the server must be logged in at the console. Anyone use anything Linux based they can vouch for? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS

RE: [CentOS] assigning best gateway via DHCP

This is a good idea, thanks. So, I'm assuming that you mean something like this? http://tldp.org/HOWTO/IP-Masquerade-HOWTO/ Yeah, I don't know how sexy the solution would be, but you could poll for throughput/availability with a script, then rewrite the iptables rule for example taking the

RE: [CentOS] iptables starting while disabled

chkconfig iptables off That was how I disabled it originally yet it was being started by something else. jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] iptables starting while disabled

Did you install another firewall front end? Something like Firestarter? No, but /etc/sysconfig/iptables had previous config so I purged the file. I haven’t rebooted since to see if its starts again. I noticed on another machine that had iptables disabled in chkconfig that after setting it to

[CentOS] KS Package Selection

My ks file has just Base which obviously pulls in a few other things I don't want like dialup support etc. System-config-kickstart doesn't let you specifically drill down what options are in each group. Is there a resource depicting exactly what packages are in each of the groups so I could write

[CentOS] Awk help

I have csvde dump from active directory I process on my postfix mta. It takes output like this: CN=Curtis xxx,OU=Domain Users,OU=xxx xxx,DC=xxx-xxx,DC=local,X400:c=US\;a= \;p=xxx xxx xxx\;o=Exchange\;s=xxx\;g=xxx\;;SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] and should return a relay_recipient map in the form of:

RE: [CentOS] Awk help

It works OK on the test line you provided; my guess is your datafile has other lines that match SMTP in other fields of the source. Yeah when I echo'ed a single email into it everything was fine, but the file wasn't. I looked at it in vi and saw all the dos carriage returns so added a tr -d '\r'

RE: [CentOS] Awk help

you can simplify that line down to: awk 'BEGIN { FS=: } /(smtp|SMTP)/ { printf %-30sOK\n, $NF }' $1 the -30 will make sure that everything aligns, because with just a tab to separate the email addresses, you'll end up with a wonky OK column. -30 pads out the first column to 30 characters. also,

RE: [CentOS] preferred software RAID 10?

/boot shouldn't be mirrored, as the BIOS won't know how to boot it. Not true for all mobo's. Regardless, why not have a copy safe somewhere easier to manage then the following suggestion IMHO. Let the computer worry about remembering to copy it. leave /dev/sdb1 the same size as /dev/sda1 and

RE: [CentOS] Rescan /dev/sd* without reboot?

This is an old way of doing it but it's worked fine for me over the years. I think the new way is documented here: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7321 I am guessing you could rescan it with a less obtrusive method... jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

RE: [CentOS] EPIA-M board for Centos

I've built some successful systems on the Atom 230 recently. Much faster than the Epia and about the same price (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121342) So far everything works out of the box and its much faster than even the 1.2Ghz Epia's I tried. Fan is fairly noisy

RE: [CentOS] EPIA-M board for Centos

the new generation ( well, anything in the last 2 years or so ) JMicron 's are all 100% AHCI compatible and do a fairly good job of just being a sata interface, and I've not seen a JMicron pata interface in years.. not sure if they even make those anymore. Well, I admit my inquiry was not CentOS

RE: [CentOS] settings up cheap a NAS / SAN server, is it possible?

Also, conder trimming your posts please What does that mean, I'm not a native speaker so I didn't follow that, sorry. Didn't want to ofend or even make mistakes, my only point its that freenas could do the job under a SMB enviroment. And I don't even compare CentOS between FreeNAS in anything.

[CentOS] OT: General Help in chroot build environment

I am trying to compile a module for a Realtek 8168 for thinstation. I have pulled the developer tarball and executed the script to enter its build environment. I also have the source for the module I want to compile, but when I execute #make clean modules it errors out. Reading the errors, I can

RE: [CentOS] OT: General Help in chroot build environment

I don't normally dink with this stuff anymore. But from watching the lists, IIRC, you need a kernel development rpm to be installed. Use the yum available stuff and if you see something promising, give it a shot. Being a holiday here, I don't know how long until someone knowledgeable will reply.

[CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

I am trying to install perl-Digest-Perl-MD5 from rf and it is failing suggesting it needs /usr/bin/false. #yum whatprovides /usr/bin/false yields nothing. My CentOS 5.1 machines don't have this, and this is the same list of yum install items I always use when setting up assp. Any idea what to

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

Wierd, I just confirmed the issue. There is not a /usr/bin/false, but there IS a /bin/false on a stock 5.2 install. You might check in the rpmforge forums/list archives for some mention of this problem. I thought I might be able to symlink /bin/false to /usr/bin/false (a kludge, I admit) or

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

I had no trouble copying it or linking it. Yes, but how does that satisfy yum? jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

[CentOS] i386 version of Perl getting installed on x64 system?

I am trying to install: perl-Compress-Zlib perl-Digest-Perl-MD5 perl-Net-DNS perl-Time-HiRes perl-Email-Valid perl-File-ReadBackwards perl-File-Scan-ClamAV perl-Mail-SPF-Query perl-libwww-perl perl-LDAP perl-Unix-Syslog perl-Mail-SRS perl-Net-CIDR-Lite perl-Mail-SPF which are all either noarch

RE: [CentOS] i386 version of Perl getting installed on x64 system?

Can you identify which one of these packages individually is requiring the 32-bit perl? In other words, can you install perl-LDAP without it wanting to pull in the 32-bit perl? Same for all of them... You can also do an rpm -q -R -p rpm on the .rpm file to see what it requires, but I'm not sure

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

Why don't you try it and see what happens. I did, which is what lead me to believe it only checks the db:) jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] i386 version of Perl getting installed on x64 system?

There is a known issue with the new version of yum on RHEL/CentOS 5.2 ... You need to specify the packages like this: yum install package_name.x86_64 not yum install package_name If you do not specify, then yum can install both (or either) of i386 or x86_64 packages to meet that requirement.

RE: [CentOS] i386 version of Perl getting installed on x64 system?

Just to muddy the waters on this a bit more... for me, the rpmforge perl-Time-HiRes package won't install as it conflicts with my base installation of perl. Yea, I just figured that out. This is on a RHEL5.2 x86_64 system however. So I assume an x86 install doesn't have this issue? # rpm -qf

RE: [CentOS] i386 version of Perl getting installed on x64 system?

I would say it is the Best one ... it seems there is a problem in this instance. Its just not my day :P I used my gmail to sign up to rpmforge, and received the sub confirmation instantly, replied to it and received my membership confirmation. Sent an email regarding both packages I am having

RE: [CentOS] CentOS 5.2 Missing Dependancy

If it won't wok, you'l have to cook up something. :-) YUK, YUK! Now that's ironic (you'l):P ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] pm-utils - ATrpms updates a system package on the stable branch

If this is true, why did this package get updated? Can't answer that, but do you use yum-priorities? I was actually just looking at ATRPMS and about to see if it had what I needed for a new install. It would be good to know if that problem happened with the repo protection in place... jlc

RE: [CentOS] CentOS mount doesn't support smbfs type ?

Any help would be appreciated. I think you need samba-client, then you use #mount -t cifs jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] hard drive info

i'm acessing a centos box via ssh, is there any way that i can find out the hard drive info, such IDE/SATA, format, size, make model, etc...? Cat something from /sys such as #cat /sys/block/sda/size x #cat /sys/devices/pci:00/:00:10.0/host0/target0:0:0/0:0:0:0/model 0/model Virtual

[CentOS] Shell Script Question

What's the simplest way to increment the number up by one until some other 4 digit number while preserving leading zero's until the 1000's has a digit other than 0? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] Shell Script Question

Your homework done in a snap! Lol, nah, not homework :P I don't know what I was thinking, long day. OTH, I never seq could do this as well! Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] Kernel is not compiled with IPv6 support?

Since I was SSHed into the boxes, I could not test ifconfig (down then up!). Just so you know, you can do this type of thing even with SSH. (I don't know what would of helped that situation, but for future ref...) #echo ifdown eth0 ifup eth0 | at now through ssh will work fine, and you will

[CentOS] Personal Wiki for CentOS

For ages I have been keeping docs and notes in Public Folders inside an Exchange server and want to move this out to a more modern facility that allows tagging and searching via a web interface for keywords so I can keep all my notes more organized. Anyone have any personal recos for the

[CentOS] harddisc or nfs based install

When choosing either of these methods and using an iso, how does CentOS determine the right iso file to mount? Is there an expected file name format? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

RE: [CentOS] Personal Wiki for CentOS

the only downside is that the default theme is a bit crusty looking. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos John, Got a pointer to a theme that's appealing? Thanks! jlc

RE: [CentOS] VNC server problem

VNCSERVERS=2:vnc VNCSERVERARGS[2]=-geometry 1024x768 -depth 24 Here you are starting a vncserver on port 5902 for user vnc. Does he exist? here i have created a user vnc and set the password using vncpasswd cmd. Ok then i started the vncserver # vncserver New 'localhost.localdomain:1

RE: [CentOS] Re: harddisc or nfs based install

With NFS mounts, you can only have one set in any particular directory, and the last time I did a hard disc install it was the same way. But I have to confess that I haven't done a hard disk install since RedHat 7.something. That makes sense. Thanks Scott! jlc

[CentOS] Sendmail conf

A long time ago someone helped me with setting up sendmail to simply queue and relay mail. They suggested: 1) edit /etc/sysconfig/sendmail and set DAEMON=no 2) edit /etc/mail/submit.mc and set FEATURE(`msp', `[IP.of.relayhost]')dnl Given the sendmail-cf RPM is already installed a service

[CentOS] Floppy boot disc w/ lspci

Anyone know where I can get this? I need to deduce what type of nic is a proprietary CNC machine that I don't want to dismantle so I can make a gpxe floppy for so I can run some diags of my tftp server. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

RE: [CentOS] Floppy boot disc w/ lspci

you can't boot a CD? any distribution of centos, disk 1, boot it and specify `linux single` at the grub prompt and get a shell prompt... No cd/dvd on it, I would have to disassemble it to get one on :( Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

[CentOS] PXE Booting floppy image

Anyone know the correct syntax for specifying a floppy image in the /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default file? I am trying to use: label Dos Bootdisk MENU LABEL Dos bootdisk FDIMAGE discimage.img But when I select it the menu, I get a message saying Automatic boot in 30 seconds and

RE: [CentOS] PXE Booting floppy image

I can confirm that the memdisk from the centos-5 pkg syslinux-3.11-4 does indeed boot 2880K floppy images. /Peter Yes, from what I have read it should even boot floppies of 8-9 meg. I found a script used to extend the size but nothing I do is working for some reason. I really only need about

RE: [CentOS] Mirroring Hard Drive

brute force approach... dd if=/dev/sda of=/dev/sdb bs=16384 That's probably the most safest, but you'll have to remove it before you boot if you use lvm right? Doesn't clonzilla support lvm? Could you boot off a live cd to only copy actual data which should be quick in your case? jlc

[CentOS] Checking last shutdown state

How do I check the last shutdown, or any if possible for the status related to whether or not it was clean? I need to know if a UPS had successfully shut a few boxes down. Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

RE: [CentOS] Checking last shutdown state

You should be able to check the boot logs to see if the file systems were mounted cleanly or if they had to have their journals checked. I see this in messages: Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: write access

RE: [CentOS] Checking last shutdown state

Does your UPS software have any logging capabilities? I know APC's PowerChute+ software logs everything it does. There would be an entry in it's logs saying it was doing a clean shutdown. The system logs may also have something about the time the system shutdown too. Using apcupsd, the silly

RE: [CentOS] Checking last shutdown state

Sorry if this doesn't exactly answer your question :) Don't be sorry, I appreciate the knowledge! I assume I can get this script to work, but next time I am setting up ups ware, I will look into this! Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list

RE: [CentOS] iscsi and the last mile...

having a heck of a time trying to get the RAID volumes I have created on the 3000i to be seen by the OS as usuable drives. What's the size of the volume(s)? Post the output from #fdisk -l jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

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