Re: [CentOS] How to make a network interface come up automatically on link up?
From: Joakim Ziegler > As I'd mentioned before, the problem isn't that the interface doesn't > come up on boot, it does, but since it's a point to point interface, > when I reboot the computer on the other end, it goes down and doesn't > come back up automatically. That is, link going down and up makes the > network configuration stay down, I have to manually take the interface > down and back up to make it work again. Not the solution you want but, as a last resort, you could always have a cron script that checks every minute if the link is down... JD ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to make a network interface come up automatically on link up?
On 04/23/2013 05:25 AM, John Doe wrote: > From: Joakim Ziegler > >> As I'd mentioned before, the problem isn't that the interface doesn't >> come up on boot, it does, but since it's a point to point interface, >> when I reboot the computer on the other end, it goes down and doesn't >> come back up automatically. That is, link going down and up makes the >> network configuration stay down, I have to manually take the interface >> down and back up to make it work again. > > Not the solution you want but, as a last resort, you could always have a > cron script that checks every minute if the link is down... Or consider putting "* * * * * /sbin/ifup eth2" in root's crontab. If eth2 is up, it simply rereads the configs (which haven't changed). If it was down, it brings it up. c ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 98, Issue 11
Send CentOS-announce mailing list submissions to centos-annou...@centos.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to centos-announce-requ...@centos.org You can reach the person managing the list at centos-announce-ow...@centos.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of CentOS-announce digest..." Today's Topics: 1. CEBA-2013:0760 CentOS 5 policycoreutils Update (Johnny Hughes) 2. CEBA-2013:0761 CentOS 5 cman Update (Johnny Hughes) -- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:21:18 + From: Johnny Hughes Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2013:0760 CentOS 5 policycoreutils Update To: centos-annou...@centos.org Message-ID: <20130423032118.ga12...@chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2013:0760 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0760.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: c2650ca9abcf12086139491927887d6df6a79f2e5b7f61ba79cb54f10c3ad3cb policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.i386.rpm 132b63efc85630f0a949c407b30e5700f7b140f9965a9085c548b165b96268f5 policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.i386.rpm ead595e5fd1bc9b13ceeb9f41a4cb52ca67aca24617d29af9a7831acf34dd993 policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.i386.rpm x86_64: fd9efc318c5c5a8d949a7c7a296433c17b632ff810d8276a6fd93627091f79fa policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.x86_64.rpm f8ced42ec8329297562aa895dc1c51cf84560292e352638acd7ab75cea3be24e policycoreutils-gui-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.x86_64.rpm 9c94c506d4930d4fc58d84925229d739e55e3d1d467e93c3ac014dc599d1bf64 policycoreutils-newrole-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.x86_64.rpm Source: 537a46af40495ff04147795ba221228107e59fd62383cee81785e190675e3746 policycoreutils-1.33.12-14.8.el5_9.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #cen...@irc.freenode.net -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 03:22:19 + From: Johnny Hughes Subject: [CentOS-announce] CEBA-2013:0761 CentOS 5 cman Update To: centos-annou...@centos.org Message-ID: <20130423032219.ga13...@chakra.karan.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii CentOS Errata and Bugfix Advisory 2013:0761 Upstream details at : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2013-0761.html The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently syncing to the mirrors: ( sha256sum Filename ) i386: a2af038796c04d776e1ae15eb993ad6870a6079870600e6f0f0a37ae1ce45a04 cman-2.0.115-109.el5.3.i386.rpm ef7c37066056f5e95299192ff0ba3cb100df0dd29b99553d57bf60e082ba3b5a cman-devel-2.0.115-109.el5.3.i386.rpm x86_64: 6024a5fafd4f1230456fdf8584d04158f617952ca8d3aa1882e26d448c3aa52c cman-2.0.115-109.el5.3.x86_64.rpm ef7c37066056f5e95299192ff0ba3cb100df0dd29b99553d57bf60e082ba3b5a cman-devel-2.0.115-109.el5.3.i386.rpm 3741785b0475e58e7c09fdc27d0c6b50eb56302d18f5e8292621f62d3a5db96c cman-devel-2.0.115-109.el5.3.x86_64.rpm Source: 174bea6201ad26818ad6eff65af15b7e9de2f1dd0094e5c5bc72a925ef01 cman-2.0.115-109.el5.3.src.rpm -- Johnny Hughes CentOS Project { http://www.centos.org/ } irc: hughesjr, #cen...@irc.freenode.net -- ___ CentOS-announce mailing list centos-annou...@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos-announce End of CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 98, Issue 11 *** ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [centos-6.3-desktop] Unable to login
Hello, I have done following steps: Press Ctrl+Alt+F2 By root login, I entered following command : yum groupinstall basic-desktop desktop-platform x11 fonts Then I reboot system; only blank screen appears ; not even cursor. Then I tried this : yum groupinstall -y ' X Windows System' yum groupinstall -y ' Desktop ' Then I open */etc/inittab* via text editor and change following line: id:3:initdefault: To: id:5:initdefault: Then give command to start the GUI: $ init 5 but screen stop responding after giving message " Starting jexec services ". After that I reboot system, Then I run. $ startx It has loaded some packages but failed to load and stop there. Then I tried this gnome-session, gnome-panel and gnome-applets. It has said everything is installed. After this, I tried this: yum -y groupinstall "X Window System" "Desktop" "Fonts" "General Purpose Desktop" upto 83 MB installation Then I reboot and entered startx it has given following error and stopped Loading extension GLX FATAL: Module fbcon not found. [dix] Could not init font path element catalogue:/etc/X11/fontpath.d, removing from list! [dix] Could not init font path element built-ins, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' (EE) Please consult the CentOS support at http://wiki.centos.org/Documentation for help. (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. [89.274] (EE) [89.274] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch Now as the last measure, I have run the yum -y update today itself. 243 MB, will get complete tomorrow (as per I hope). I have google for this but not find confirm solution. Am I missing something; please help ?? Seeking for guidance, Thank you !!! -- *Cheers, Mayur*. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] hard drive question - WD red
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 12:50 PM, wrote: > I see a really good price, and better for quantity, for 3TB drives. Now, > I've been down on WD for a couple of years, since I found that they'd > protected certain h/d parms from being changed (like TLER). The ones I'm > looking at are the Red, which seems to be a new color (at least to me), > and one technical review I've read says that they're intended for NAS, > etc, and you can adjust those parms. They're *not* supposed to be > "enterprise" or server grade, but it sounds like they'd work with RAID. > > Anyone know anything about them? I ran across some forum posts indicating they are unlikely to work in arrays of greater than five disks. This is alluded to in the spec sheet as well. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1454542/issue-with-wd-red-drives http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-771442.pdf -- Dan Young ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] RAID 6 - opinions
On 04/12/2013 01:01 AM, David Miller wrote: > You simply match up the Linux /dev/sdX designation with the drives > serial number using smartctl. When I first bring the array online I > have a script that greps out the drives serial numbers from smartctl > and creates a neat text file with the mappings. When either smartd or > md complain about a drive I remove the drive from the RAID using mdadm > and then pull the drive based on the mapping file. Drive 0 in those > SuperMicro SAS/SATA arrays are always the lowest drive letter and goes > up from there. If a drive is replaced I just update the text file > accordingly. You can also print out the drive serial numbers and put > them on the front of the removable drive cages. It is not as elegant > as a blinking LED but it works just as well. I have been doing it like > this for 6 plus years now with a few dozen SuperMicro arrays. I have > never pulled a wrong drive. It's great the the Supermicro controllers can do this, but I know from experience that in the general case with multiple controllers and on CentOS 6 this will not work. Just a quick caveat on that. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [OT] RAID 6 - opinions
On 04/12/2013 02:11 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > many of the systems I design get deployed in remote DCs and are > installed, managed and operated by local personnel where I have no > clue as to the levels of their skills, so its in my best interest to > make the procedures as simple and failsafe as possible. when faced > with a wall of 20 storage servers, each with 48 disks, good luck with > finding that 20 digit alphanumeric serial number > "3KT190V2754280ED" ... uh HUH, thats assuming all 960 disks got > just the right sticker put on the caddies. 'replace the drives with > the red blinking lights' is much simpler than 'figure out what > /dev/sdac is on server 12' This is what I love about real RAID controllers or real storage array systems, like NetApp, EMC, and others. Not only does the faulted drive light up amber, but the shelf/DAE also lights up amber. I told an EMC VP a week or so ago that 'anybody can throw a bunch of drives together, but that's not what really makes an array work.' The software that alerts you and does the automatic hotsparing (even across RAID groups (using EMC terminology)) is where the real value is. A bunch of big drives all lopped together can be a pain to troubleshoot indeed. I've done arrays with a bunch of COTS drives; and I've done EMC. Capex is easier to justify than opex in a grant-funded situation, and that's why in 2007 we bought our first EMC Clariions (44TB worth, not a lot by today's standards), since the grant would fund the capex but not the opex, and I've not regretted it once since. One of those Clariion CX3-10c's has been continuously available since placed into service in 2007, even through OS (EMC FLARE) upgrades/updates and a couple of drive faults. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Merging os and updates
I've been able to successfully kickstart CentOS 3.9 from the base repo, but no such luck after merging os and updates. I think I did everything right - updated base/comps.xml and regenerated hdlist/hdlist2. Updated the yum repo as well although I'm pretty sure it's not used by anaconda. This is difficult to debug. The setup is running under kvm on a CentOS 6.4 host, and for some reason, a completely headless install fails (--graphics none; virt-viewer complains loudly and dies). A graphical install with vnc looks quite different from newer OSes' ks installs, there is no VC showing package install progress or an interactive shell. I.e. I cannot tell what exactly fails. Yes, there is a specific legacy reason for using 3.9 here. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [centos-6.3-desktop] Unable to login
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am 23.04.2013 16:49, schrieb Mayur Patil: > Hello, > > I have done following steps: [...] > I have google for this but not find confirm solution. > > Am I missing something; please help ?? > > Seeking for guidance, It is virtually impossible to deduce from your description what's wrong with your machine. You should find someone in your vicinity who knows Linux and can have a direct look. HTH T. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlF2/rAACgkQ780oymN0g8NhzACfahGgKlEH2kjrB20toC+ALm+t ynEAnioqWOCRTsTX7SZX81ofp1gaahjv =Wlar -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] [centos-6.3-desktop] Unable to login
You should not have removed the i686 packages. The packaging system ensures that there are no conflicts. I suggest that you reinstall them. It may be that there is no need of them, but second-guessing the packaging system is never a good idea, unless you know *exactly* what you are doing. Cheers, Cliff On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 1:26 AM, Mayur Patil wrote: > Hello, > > I have trapped in weird problem. My Setup is CentOS 6.3 Desktop edition > x86_64 arch. > > My login screen is blinking so frequently that I am unable to see and > login into it. > > And also I am unable to reinstall the OS because it will take very long > time re-setup everything as per my configuration as well as Data. > > The problem is as follows: > > I have several months ago libgcc-4.4.6.i686. > > Today for installing rsyslog, I updated the package libgcc-4.4.7.i686 and > libgcc-4.4.7.x86_64. Then thinking > > about chances of conflict, I removed libgcc-4.4.7.i686 it has also > removed the > > cups-libs > gmp > gnutils > gtk2 > libstdc++ > libtiff > peazip > > all are i686 type. Then I installed same packages for 64 bit through yum > install > > Message also said successfully installed. Then I try to open another > terminal window but it was suddenly closing > > so I thought restart might solve this problem; so I restart the computer. > > I am getting normal CentOS login backgroud but getting faster blinking > screen. > > How should I solve this problem (except formatting the CentOS) as CentOS > is the only OS on that machine. > > 1. How to login into CentOS now?? > > 2. Which package should I need to install and how ?? > > Kindly do the needful, > > Thank you !! > > *-- > Cheers, > Mayur. * > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server
Hello all, I have a dedicated hosting account that I am closing down but I am having problems getting an access denied error when I run the mysqldump command from the ssh prompt, logged in as root. So, the hosting provider, who saw the same error, reported, " Hence, we would suggest you directly FTP the database from server to your machine by using ssh client." I am not sure what that means. Unless it means going into the /home/msyql directory and then into the corresponding directory for the particular db that I am trying to get. This is for a joomla installation. So, there are files that include db.opt and then jos_banner.frm, jos_banner.MYD, jos_banner.MYI, and etc. So, do I download all those files? I am wanting to move the site to another server which is a VPS hosting account that also runs Centos 5.x. Thanks in advance for any help, Bruce ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server
Hi Bruce >From your message I am assuming that either you installed MySQL yourself or had some do it for you? Is the mysql database currently running? If not it should be. Are you able to access the database using the command line tools ? From the machine its currently running on try mysql -p ( when prompted enter the password you believe should work) If it is running I suggest you schedule a time to shut it down and reset the root password See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html or Google Moving the physical files associated with a MySQL Database can be made to work if you absolutely must. But getting a mysql dump is a much cleaner approach. I hope this helps :) On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Bruce Whealton wrote: > Hello all, > I have a dedicated hosting account that I am closing down but I am > having problems getting an access denied error when I run the mysqldump > command from the ssh prompt, logged in as root. So, the hosting provider, > who saw the same error, reported, " Hence, we would suggest you directly > FTP > the database from server to your machine by using ssh client." I am not > sure what that means. Unless it means going into the /home/msyql directory > and then into the corresponding directory for the particular db that I am > trying to get. This is for a joomla installation. So, there are files > that > include db.opt and then jos_banner.frm, jos_banner.MYD, jos_banner.MYI, and > etc. > So, do I download all those files? > I am wanting to move the site to another server which is a VPS hosting > account that also runs Centos 5.x. > Thanks in advance for any help, > Bruce > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server
On 04/23/2013 09:42 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: > Hi Bruce > >>From your message I am assuming that either you installed MySQL yourself or > had some do it for you? > > Is the mysql database currently running? If not it should be. > Are you able to access the database using the command line tools ? From > the machine its currently running on try > > mysql -p ( when prompted enter the password you believe should work) > > If it is running I suggest you schedule a time to shut it down and reset > the root password > See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html or > Google > > Moving the physical files associated with a MySQL Database can be made to > work if you absolutely must. But getting a mysql dump is a much cleaner > approach. > > I hope this helps :) If time is pressing, and he's not sure how to get mysqldump to function properly, I'd suggest shutting down the mysql server, taking a tarball backup of /var/lib/mysql (or wherever the database files are), compressing that (xz is nice for these purposes), and then getting the mysqldump backup. As for getting the mysql dump itself, if he's not sure what privileges are set up, I'd probably skip resetting permissions and instead taking the dump from a daemon running under --skip-grant-tables. It all depends on how much time he has before the system becomes unavailable to him. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Michael Mol wrote: > On 04/23/2013 09:42 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: > > Hi Bruce > > > >>From your message I am assuming that either you installed MySQL yourself > or > > had some do it for you? > > > > Is the mysql database currently running? If not it should be. > > Are you able to access the database using the command line tools ? From > > the machine its currently running on try > > > > mysql -p ( when prompted enter the password you believe should work) > > > > If it is running I suggest you schedule a time to shut it down and reset > > the root password > > See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html or > > Google > > > > Moving the physical files associated with a MySQL Database can be made to > > work if you absolutely must. But getting a mysql dump is a much cleaner > > approach. > > > > I hope this helps :) > > If time is pressing, and he's not sure how to get mysqldump to function > properly, I'd suggest shutting down the mysql server, taking a tarball > backup of /var/lib/mysql (or wherever the database files are), > compressing that (xz is nice for these purposes), and then getting the > mysqldump backup. > > As for getting the mysql dump itself, if he's not sure what privileges > are set up, I'd probably skip resetting permissions and instead taking > the dump from a daemon running under --skip-grant-tables. > > It all depends on how much time he has before the system becomes > unavailable to him. > > Definitely another option. The only thing I would say is if getting the dump under --skip-grant-tables you need to make absolutely sure external access to the database is blocked as the daemon will presumably be running a lot longer in --skip-grant-tables to complete a dump than it would be just to reset a password. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] kde in centos 6.4
Brand new Centos 6.4 installation. The window manager is Gnome; I tried some trick found on the web to chande it to KDE without success. Do somebody can tell me what to do to get KDE working on this installation. --- Michel Donais ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
[CentOS] centos 6.4 networking problem
On this system I have two nics If I look at the network connection There is nothing there. If I do ifconfig -a the two nics are there If I do ifup eth0 I get device doesn't seem to be present If I do ifup eth1 the system search to determine the IP information for this device. Do somebody have an idea to bring them up? --- Michel Donais ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos 6.4 networking problem
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 01:22:35 -0400 Michel Donais wrote: > On this system I have two nics > > If I look at the network connection There is nothing there. > If I do ifconfig -a the two nics are there > If I do ifup eth0 I get device doesn't seem to be present > If I do ifup eth1 the system search to determine the IP information for this > device. > > Do somebody have an idea to bring them up? What do you have in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts? > > > --- > Michel Donais > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Real D 3D Digital Cinema ~ www.melvilletheatre.com www.creekfm.com - FIFTY THOUSAND WATTS of POW WOW POWER! ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] How to make a network interface come up automatically on link up?
This seems really dirty. :) Also, I actually have to take it down and back up to make it work currently. But I will try the recipe I got soon and see if that fixes it. -- Joakim Ziegler - Supervisor de postproducción - Terminal joa...@terminalmx.com - 044 55 2971 8514 - 5264 0864 On 23/04/13 5:09, Carl T. Miller wrote: > On 04/23/2013 05:25 AM, John Doe wrote: >> From: Joakim Ziegler >> >>> As I'd mentioned before, the problem isn't that the interface doesn't >>> come up on boot, it does, but since it's a point to point interface, >>> when I reboot the computer on the other end, it goes down and doesn't >>> come back up automatically. That is, link going down and up makes the >>> network configuration stay down, I have to manually take the interface >>> down and back up to make it work again. >> >> Not the solution you want but, as a last resort, you could always have a >> cron script that checks every minute if the link is down... > > Or consider putting "* * * * * /sbin/ifup eth2" in root's crontab. If > eth2 is up, it simply rereads the configs (which haven't changed). If > it was down, it brings it up. > > c > > > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server
Clint, Thanks for the tip. The server is running but I noticed when I was inside a mysql session, I was getting messages that the mysql went away and then came back. Anyway, I updated the password and now I have 'Got error 28 from storage engine' when trying to dump tablespaces mysqldump: couldn't execute 'show fields from `jos_banner`': Got error 28 from storage engine (1030) So, it might be getting stuck on the first table. Or does it matter where you run this command? Bruce -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Clint Dilks Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:42 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server Hi Bruce >From your message I am assuming that either you installed MySQL >yourself or had some do it for you? Is the mysql database currently running? If not it should be. Are you able to access the database using the command line tools ? From the machine its currently running on try mysql -p ( when prompted enter the password you believe should work) If it is running I suggest you schedule a time to shut it down and reset the root password See http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/resetting-permissions.html or Google Moving the physical files associated with a MySQL Database can be made to work if you absolutely must. But getting a mysql dump is a much cleaner approach. I hope this helps :) ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Problem getting mysqldump on Centos 5.x server
> > If time is pressing, and he's not sure how to get mysqldump to > function properly, I'd suggest shutting down the mysql server, taking > a tarball backup of /var/lib/mysql (or wherever the database files > are), compressing that (xz is nice for these purposes), and then > getting the mysqldump backup. I'm a bit confused here. If I get a tarball and compress that, then is that for download and moving to the other server? Is this just in case the mysqldump does not work at all. > > As for getting the mysql dump itself, if he's not sure what privileges > are set up, I'd probably skip resetting permissions and instead taking > the dump from a daemon running under --skip-grant-tables. So, I start mysql-server with the option --skip-grant-tables and then try to do the mysqldump? > > It all depends on how much time he has before the system becomes > unavailable to him. > > In my previous email, I point out that the error now is different. It is error 28 from the storage engine. So, I have to google that and see what that means. Thanks, Bruce >Definitely another option. >The only thing I would say is if getting the dump under --skip-grant-tables you need to make absolutely >sure external access to the database is blocked as the daemon will presumably be running a lot longer in ->-skip-grant-tables to complete a dump than it would be just to reset a password. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos