Re: [CentOS] [OT] What is the best network monitoring tool?

2008-10-15 Thread José Mejía , Ayto de l'Alcora
Hello:  I'm using hobbit : http://hobbitmon.sourceforge.net/ http://www.hswn.dk/hobbit   (live system) "Hobbit monitors your hosts, your network services, and anything else you configure it to do via extensions. Hobbit can periodically generate requests to network services - http, ftp, smt

[CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Laurent Wandrebeck
Hi, I'm currently using nis/nfs3/autofs in a small network (20 boxes), and planning on using a more secure/elegant method. The thing is, which solution to adopt ? The network is mainly composed of Centos boxes, and a couple MS/Win ones. ldap/kerberos/nfs4 ? Directory Server ? Anything else ? Anoth

Re: [CentOS] Regd: SeLinux Configuration

2008-10-15 Thread Balaji
Dear All, I have wrongly attached RHEL grub configuration with previous mail and now I am attached the CentOS grub boot loader configuration file "/boot/grub/grub.conf" Regards -S.Balaji Balaji wrote: Dear All, Find attached the grub boot loader configuration file "/boot/grub/grub.conf"

Re: [CentOS] App Question.

2008-10-15 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Bruce wrote on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:21:14 -0700: > in this case, i disagree Frankly, it is OT. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conactive.com ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:

RE: [CentOS] Extract text from Microsoft PowerPoint files

2008-10-15 Thread John
I'm wondering if there are command tools like antiword and docx2txt for Microsoft PowerPoint files (.ppt and .pptx). The idea is to extract text from PowerPoint files. Sorry this isn't exactly about CentOS, but I'd really like it if Yum has something. I tried xlhtml, but it hasn't been updat

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Toby Bluhm
Laurent Wandrebeck wrote: 2008/10/15 Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Without knowing more specifics, you could always try using the /net automount... as in: /net/servername/data It's ugly, and rarely used, but it works for small networks... OK, here are some more details: each /data is between

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Laurent Wandrebeck
2008/10/15 Toby Bluhm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Is there any way you would/could consider a centralized storage solution > like netapp or similar? Yes, it could be costly but you *are* currently > tossing back and forth up to 160 TB of data on discreet storage. Do you do > backups? Do you have 20 serv

[CentOS] DHCP static hosts and subnet configuration

2008-10-15 Thread Marcus Moeller
Hi all. I have set up a DHCP server with multiple subnet configurations (let's say subnet A and B). Within that I have declared pools and static hosts addresses. Now, if I have set up a static host entry (with fixed-address) in Subnet B for a specific machine and try to connect to Subnet A with t

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Ross Walker
On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just got a new server with a Dell MD-1000 SAS unit and 6-750 gigabyte drives which are now initializing in RAID 10 which will give me just about 2 terabytes. I vaguely recall reading that fdisk wasn't suitable for par

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 06:05, Laurent Wandrebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/10/15 Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> Without knowing more specifics, you could always try using the /net >> automount... as in: /net/servername/data >> >> It's ugly, and rarely used, but it works for small n

[CentOS] Error on man page

2008-10-15 Thread Gerhardus.Geldenhuis
Hi I discovered a similar problem early this week and a colleage on irc was told it was a copy and paste error. in man syslogd, the following can be found: Sucker rod def. -- 3/4, 7/8 or 1in. hardened steel rod, male threaded on each end. Primary use in the oil industry in Western

RE: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Just pvcreate the whole disk and forgo partitioning it. Then create a >vg out of it and start creating lvs. Hey Ross, I thought it was best practice to create an LVM partition such that the disk could be recognizable under all circumstances such as if the volume was moved? Is that not really "b

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Laurent Wandrebeck
2008/10/15 Filipe Brandenburger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi, > automount is actually quite a good tool if you really need to do this > kind of stuff, which in your case you will probably have to anyway. > The setup with automount is actually good in that volumes will be kept > mounted only while the

Re: [CentOS] Error on man page

2008-10-15 Thread Rick Barnes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi I discovered a similar problem early this week and a colleage on irc was told it was a copy and paste error. in man syslogd, the following can be found: Sucker rod def. -- 3/4, 7/8 or 1in. hardened steel rod, male threaded on each end. Primary use i

RE: [CentOS] Re: Mass installs of desktop systems on identical machines

2008-10-15 Thread Sorin Srbu
Scott Silva <> scribbled on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:35 PM: > You just need to read this list to see people having hardware troubles, > mostly with SATA and/or network, but those are pretty important to a PC. I did have troubles with wifi, but that is kind off a specialty thing. It most proba

[CentOS] Problems with firstboot in CentOS 5

2008-10-15 Thread Alfred von Campe
I'm trying to customize the firstboot process in CentOS 5 and have come across a few issues that are driving me nuts. I'm sure they are all upstream issues, but I don't have a RHEL 5 system to verify them. I had these customizations working in CentOS 4, but things that used to work then d

[CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. I am missing something easy but I am not seeing it. Jerry --- I tried the script below but did not work. rm output.txt cat test.txt | \ while read LINE do

Re: [CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread Pintér Tibor
I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. I am missing something easy but I am not seeing it. Jerry --- I tried the script below but did not work. rm output.txt cat test.txt | \ while read LINE do ne

RE: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread bruce
thank you just who decides what is the correct list of stuff to talk about on this list... and then maybe the rest of us should have a centos+ list, for the other 8 billion things that we might run into that we're trying to solve/share information for.. jeeze! oh, my bad, this is probably o

Re: [CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread Tim Nelson
Hello Jerry- Simply change the line: newline=`echo $LINE | cut -f 19-` to this: newline=`echo $LINE | cut -c 19-` You want to cut based on 'c'haracters, not 'f'ields. :-) Tim Nelson Systems/Network Support Rockbochs Inc. (218)727-4332 x105 - "Jerry Geis" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Toby Bluhm
Laurent Wandrebeck wrote: . . A centralized storage solution is impossible due to our (awfully) low IT budget. I'm used to that. "We need this, this, this and that. Here's a dollar." Only important data is backuped (/home and a couple other things), as we can't afford to save several TB. 3 se

Re: [CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread Bo Lynch
On Wed, October 15, 2008 10:48 am, Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, > drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. > > I am missing something easy but I am not seeing it. > > Jerry > > --- > I tried the script below bu

Re: [CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:48, Jerry Geis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, > drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. > newline=`echo $LINE | cut -f 19-` What you want is "cut -c 19-" (-c as in characters)

Re: [CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread Les Mikesell
Filipe Brandenburger wrote: Hi, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:48, Jerry Geis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. newline=`echo $LINE | cut -f 19-` What you want is "cut -c

Re: [CentOS] Problem building Perl net-snmp

2008-10-15 Thread nate
Marcelo M. Garcia wrote: > '/users/newt2/mgarcia/Downloads/Nagios-3.0.3/net-snmp-5.4.2/perl/SNMP/../blib/arch/auto/NetSNMP/default_store/default_store.so' > for module NetSNMP::default_store: libnetsnmp.so.15: cannot open shared > object file: No such file or directory at You don't have the snmp

Re: [CentOS] script question

2008-10-15 Thread nate
Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi all, > > I am trying to create a script that takes an entire file, > drops the first 19 characters from each line and creates a new file. [..] > test.txt is below > 10-Oct-08 08:14 am 10 If this is the format of your data you could use awk to do the same thing cat filename

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Brian
On Wed, October 15, 2008 6:34 am, Paolo Supino wrote: > Hi > >I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is > that postfix insists on using $myhostname in the from field even if I > instruct it to use $mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf or even if I hard > code the domain na

Re: [CentOS] mysql 5 for centos 5.2

2008-10-15 Thread Mark Quitoriano
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 12:29 PM, John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark Quitoriano wrote: >> >> What do you recommend me to do so i can optimize my database on a >> multi-core processor? and i haven't got an answer for the mysql >> package for centos 5 is the multi-threading supported? >>

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Guest
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:12 AM, John Newbigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Until CentOS 4.7, parted would create DOS partitions > 2Tb. > > DOS partitions can not be > 2Tb. This could "...corrupt partition tables and > ruin filesystem". > > The latest version from CentOS 4.7 fixes this (and other)

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Ian Forde
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:52 +0200, Laurent Wandrebeck wrote: > Hi, > > I'm currently using nis/nfs3/autofs in a small network (20 boxes), and > planning on using a more secure/elegant method. The thing is, which > solution to adopt ? The network is mainly composed of Centos boxes, > and a couple M

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Laurent Wandrebeck
2008/10/15 Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Without knowing more specifics, you could always try using the /net > automount... as in: /net/servername/data > > It's ugly, and rarely used, but it works for small networks... OK, here are some more details: each /data is between 1 and 8 TB, network i

[CentOS] Problem building Perl net-snmp

2008-10-15 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
Hi I'm trying to build the perl modules of net-snmp-5.4.2. Everything seems to work fine until "make test"[1]. The problem with "DynaLoader.pm" seems to be an old one. The machine is Centos 5.2 i386 I'm trying to build instead of using the one available in the repos because I'll build in ot

Re: [CentOS] New CentOS 4 Kernels cannot be seen by yum

2008-10-15 Thread William L. Maltby
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 04:04 -0700, Spike Turner wrote: > William L. Maltby wrote: > > > Since CentOS has not announced them yet, I would guess that > > is the case. > > There would also be a small delay while the mirrors get > > synchronized. > > > > This appears to be the upstream details on

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 09:47 -0400, Ross Walker wrote: > > On Oct 14, 2008, at 10:36 PM, Craig White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > I just got a new server with a Dell MD-1000 SAS unit and 6-750 > > gigabyte > > drives which are now initializing in RAID 10 which will give me just > > about

Re: [CentOS] mysql 5 for centos 5.2

2008-10-15 Thread John R Pierce
Mark Quitoriano wrote: oh ok got it. But as i can see that with my database server it only eats up 1 core of my core2quad processor. how can i optimize mysql to use all 4 core of my processor? you said you had 50-100 simultaneous connections to mysql? these are presumably issuing various

[CentOS] firefox is incredibly unstable

2008-10-15 Thread sbeam
does anyone else have major probs with Firefox as installed on CentOS5? ever since the RPM for FF3 came out it has been crashing daily. Usually when I use Save As... or Browse... or anything else that brings up the Gnome file picker. After the crash I re-start then the file picker works for a wh

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Jussi Hirvi
Guest ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) kirjoitteli (15.10.2008 15:05): > It's your guys' list, but if you habitually err on the side of > rejecting interested newcomers, you'll eventually run out of > newcomers. I agree - I enjoy reading about the insights of experienced users, even when nobody is having an u

Re: [CentOS] New CentOS 4 Kernels cannot be seen by yum

2008-10-15 Thread Spike Turner
William L. Maltby wrote: > Since CentOS has not announced them yet, I would guess that > is the case. > There would also be a small delay while the mirrors get > synchronized. > This appears to be the upstream details on the kernel http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2008-0859.html Even after a

Re: [CentOS] DHCP static hosts and subnet configuration

2008-10-15 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Marcus Moeller wrote: Hi all. I have set up a DHCP server with multiple subnet configurations (let's say subnet A and B). Within that I have declared pools and static hosts addresses. Now, if I have set up a static host entry (with fixed-address) in Subnet B for a spec

[CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Paolo Supino
Hi I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is that postfix insists on using $myhostname in the from field even if I instruct it to use $mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf or even if I hard code the domain name into $myorigin. What am I missing? BTW: postconf shows

[CentOS] Re: OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Scott Silva
on 10-15-2008 7:54 AM bruce spake the following: > thank you > > just who decides what is the correct list of stuff to talk about on this > list... > Usually if you get spanked by one of the people who also have their names on the CentOS team members list it is time to stop. Any one else is

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread John Plemons
Try installing WebMin and configure Postfix using their interface and see if that works for you... It is menu driven and a quick and easy way to configure your server... john Paolo Supino wrote: Hi I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is that postfix insist

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Stephen Harris
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 09:52:03AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > I have done the pgcreate and tested lvcreate but wonder about > 'setphysicalextentsize' because in the man page, it states, "The default > of 4 MB leads to a maximum logical volume size of around 256GB" which > makes me think that if I

Re: [CentOS] Sendmail rbl - Need to bypass rbl for one local address

2008-10-15 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Linux Guru wrote on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:47:45 -0700 (PDT): > Hope any one can help me. I am running centos 5.2 with sendmail and > rbl feature. I need to recieve all emails come to my sales account > regardless of rbl . You want to use the "spam:friend" feature, have a look at the sendmail docu

Re: [CentOS] Regd: SeLinux Configuration

2008-10-15 Thread Barry Brimer
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008, Balaji wrote: Dear All, Find attached the grub boot loader configuration file "/boot/grub/grub.conf" Regards -S.Balaji Barry Brimer wrote: Please post /boot/grub/grub.conf as well. There may be an "selinux" or "enforcing" parameter on the kernel line that is producing

Re: [CentOS] firefox is incredibly unstable

2008-10-15 Thread sbeam
On Wednesday 15 October 2008 13:27, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: > > ever since the RPM for FF3 came out it has been crashing daily. Usually > > when I use Save As... or Browse... or anything else that brings up the > > Gnome file picker. After the crash I re-start then the file picker works > > for

RE: [CentOS] DHCP static hosts and subnet configuration

2008-10-15 Thread John
I just want the NIC to clain it's address from the range on Subnet A > and to assign a fixed address on Subnet B. JohnStanley Writes: In reading your post a couple more times, I think I see what you are after. Elaborate a little more on what you want exactly. You want the NIC to get an addy from

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread mouss
Paolo Supino a écrit : > Hi > > I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is > that postfix insists on using $myhostname in the from field even if I Prove that it is postfix that does so, and not Sendmail. show logs. > instruct it to use $mydomain in /etc/postfix/main.cf

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Karanbir Singh
David Mackintosh wrote: How off-topic is it to ask precisely what is on-topic for this list if questions and discussions of the included components belong on the support mechanisms for those individual parts, and the rest (ie anaconda and friends) probably belongs in the upstream vendor's forums?

RE: [CentOS] DHCP static hosts and subnet configuration

2008-10-15 Thread John
I just want the NIC to clain it's address from the range on Subnet A and to assign a fixed address on Subnet B. JohnStanley Writes: You can assign in your dhcp.con file for your hosts to obtain an ip based upon the host MAC Address or Host Name. Try That.. _

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Ross Walker
On Oct 15, 2008, at 9:51 AM, "Filipe Brandenburger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Hi, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 06:05, Laurent Wandrebeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2008/10/15 Ian Forde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Without knowing more specifics, you could always try using the /net automount... as in:

Re: [CentOS] firefox is incredibly unstable

2008-10-15 Thread Stephen John Smoogen
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:55 AM, sbeam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > does anyone else have major probs with Firefox as installed on CentOS5? > > ever since the RPM for FF3 came out it has been crashing daily. Usually when I > use Save As... or Browse... or anything else that brings up the Gnome fil

Re: [CentOS] App Question.

2008-10-15 Thread Les Mikesell
bruce wrote: Hi list!! Got a question, and I can't find a good answer for, so I figured i'd post here. I'm working on a project that involves a number of smaller apps to be developed, and run. In order to build this overall application, I'm trying to find a web based app that I can use to manage

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 13:34 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 09:52:03AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > I have done the pgcreate and tested lvcreate but wonder about > > 'setphysicalextentsize' because in the man page, it states, "The default > > of 4 MB leads to a maximum logic

Re: [CentOS] App Question.

2008-10-15 Thread Tru Huynh
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 04:21:14PM -0700, bruce wrote: > Karanbir > > in this case, i disagree. we're looking for a tool, that may very well exist well you could start by 1) not top posting 2) trim your replies 3) stay on topic or be smart enough to put a relevant "off topic" subject. Tru -- T

Re: [CentOS] Re: Mass installs of desktop systems on identical machines

2008-10-15 Thread Ian Forde
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 07:36 +0200, Niki Kovacs wrote: > Thanks very much everybody for your numerous comments. I guess I got > much more than I expected. One more suggestion... try SystemImager... -I ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org h

Re: [CentOS] yum priorities question

2008-10-15 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Mufit Eribol wrote on Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:32:34 +0300: > Checked that, already enabled. I meant: is that *repo* enabled? But it seems the problem was different, anyway. obsoletes strikes again. Kai -- Kai Schätzl, Berlin, Germany Get your web at Conactive Internet Services: http://www.conacti

RE: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>I'm not really sure what the difference would >be having the physical extent size as 64 MB versions 4 MB. It's the smallest allocatable size of any PV you can give to an LV. Think of it like Allocation Unit Size. Also as pointed out above some limitations arise in different versions of LVM. RH de

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Stephen Harris
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:13:08AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > I did run into a snag that I don't fully understand while trying to make > the filesystem though... > > # mke2fs -v -j -l 2TbVol /dev/VolGroup10/2TbVol Were you trying to specify a label? If so, use the -L option, not -l Were you tr

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Craig White
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 14:34 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 11:13:08AM -0700, Craig White wrote: > > I did run into a snag that I don't fully understand while trying to make > > the filesystem though... > > > > # mke2fs -v -j -l 2TbVol /dev/VolGroup10/2TbVol > > Were you tr

Re: [CentOS] firefox is incredibly unstable

2008-10-15 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:39 AM, sbeam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well I need my plugins to get work done so I installed the binary from > mozilla.org in /opt/ and symlinked to that, seems to be better so far. This > is what I used to do to get the latest version anyway, so if it works will >

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Ross Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If all your doing is serving up mount maps or netgroups then ldap is over > kill, definitely don't put passwords in nis (or ldap) use kerberos for > those. > > A small user base can be handled more easily via nis then lda

Re: [CentOS] DHCP static hosts and subnet configuration

2008-10-15 Thread Marcus Moeller
Dear Paul. > You can assign multiple host blocks for the same NIC, using a fixed-address > directive in one but not in other. dhcpd will try for the best match. If the > request arrives from subnet-B, and the fixed address is on that net, then > that's the block that gets used. Otherwise, the less

Re: [CentOS] DHCP static hosts and subnet configuration

2008-10-15 Thread Marcus Moeller
Dear John, > In reading your post a couple more times, I think I see what you are after. > Elaborate a little more on what you want exactly. > You want the NIC to get an addy from the dhcpd server from the Subnet A > address pool and then want to also obtain an addy from the Subnet B Fixed > addy

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Taylor
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 12:06 +0100, Karanbir Singh wrote: > A bit of common sense comes in handy. Talking about something that the > developers of a component need to weight in on is definitely best suited > to the upstream lists for the component. If you hit specific issues with > the implement

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Sergio Belkin
2008/10/15 Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > David Mackintosh wrote: >> >> How off-topic is it to ask precisely what is on-topic for this list >> if questions and discussions of the included components belong on the >> support mechanisms for those individual parts, and the rest (ie anaconda >>

RE: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Miskell, Craig
> >Just pvcreate the whole disk and forgo partitioning it. Then create a > >vg out of it and start creating lvs. > > Hey Ross, > I thought it was best practice to create an LVM partition > such that the > disk could be recognizable under all circumstances such as if > the volume > was moved? Is th

[CentOS] unsuscribe

2008-10-15 Thread Miguel Varas A.
Please I want unsuscribe for this list thanks ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] unsuscribe

2008-10-15 Thread Spook ZA
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Miguel Varas A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please I want unsuscribe for this list > thanks > > ___ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Please (and this goes for

Re: [CentOS] unsuscribe

2008-10-15 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Spook ZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Miguel Varas A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Please I want unsuscribe for this list >> thanks > > Please (and this goes for most if not all mailing lists) view all > headers associated with any

RE: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread bruce
say bob... it appears some would like to have the proverbial question "how can i do X" removed as well, particularly if X isn't somehow a direct centos issue. however, it might be that X is indeed a package in the centos mirror!! for my $0.02 worth, asking a question never hurts, and you can alwa

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Paolo Supino
John Plemons wrote: > Try installing WebMin and configure Postfix using their interface and > see if that works for you... It is menu driven and a quick and easy way > to configure your server... > > john > > > > > > Paolo Supino wrote: >> Hi >> >> I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix.

Re: [CentOS] Postfix problem

2008-10-15 Thread Paolo Supino
mouss wrote: > Paolo Supino a écrit : >> Hi >> >> I have a CentOS 4.2 server with postfix. The problem I'm having is >> that postfix insists on using $myhostname in the from field even if I > > Prove that it is postfix that does so, and not Sendmail. show logs. > >> instruct it to use $mydomain

RE: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Bob Taylor
On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 12:45 -0700, bruce wrote: > say bob... > > it appears some would like to have the proverbial question "how can i do X" > removed as well, particularly if X isn't somehow a direct centos issue. > however, it might be that X is indeed a package in the centos mirror!! > > for

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Bob Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just installed CentOS. my X doesn't work. Now what do I do to fix > it. > > A valid question needing a valid answer. List maintainers can do what I > do. Skip the thread. > But asked in a totally inappropriate fashion.

[CentOS] Re: unsuscribe

2008-10-15 Thread Scott Silva
on 10-15-2008 12:34 PM MHR spake the following: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Spook ZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Miguel Varas A. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Please I want unsuscribe for this list >>> thanks >> Please (and this goes for most if not all m

Re: [CentOS] OT: is parted reliable?

2008-10-15 Thread Spiro Harvey
> I'm beginning to understand why Vandaman was so stiff about his > responses, and the more BS we allow in, the more we'll get. And then those who genuinely need the help will be lost in a sea of random threads. Mailing lists need to be reigned in a bit tighter; for those of you wanting to talk a

[CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Karanbir Singh
One thing that we are often blamed for is trying to stifle conversations and to discourage people from commenting / contributing / encouraging conversations. And that cant be further from the truth, really. We are all pro-community ( and when I say we, I mean everyone - including the contributo

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Karanbir Singh
Karanbir Singh wrote: And to better cater to these conversations, as well as further encourage such content, we'd like to propose creating a 'centos-tech' list. Also, all comments are welcome! If there is a general feeling that this would help, then we will go ahead and setup the new list in

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Clint Dilks
Karanbir Singh wrote: However, one thing that does get in the way, often, and something that we all feel creates a higher 'noise' ratio is conversations on this list about semi-related stuff, but not something that directly contributes to the general users of CentOS. Conversations that speci

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:52:44 +0100 Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And to better cater to these conversations, as well as further encourage > such content, we'd like to propose creating a 'centos-tech' list. Sounds like a whale of a plan. -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask ~ http:

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Bill Campbell
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008, Frank Cox wrote: >On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:52:44 +0100 >Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> And to better cater to these conversations, as well as further encourage >> such content, we'd like to propose creating a 'centos-tech' list. > >Sounds like a whale of a plan.

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Frank Cox
On Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:25:24 -0700 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally I prefer the more general lists rather than splitting > off into a bunch of more specific ones. I often learn things by > reading messages that I would see on more targeted lists. The > more general lists al

Re: [CentOS] [OT] What is the best network monitoring tool?

2008-10-15 Thread Alejandro
Hi all, Currently I discover this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems Is a excellent reference about the more know NMS Software. Regards, Alejandro www.linuxiso.com.ar 2008/10/15 "José Mejía , Ayto de l'Alcora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hello: > > I'm usi

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Max Hetrick
Karanbir Singh wrote: One thing that we are often blamed for is trying to stifle conversations and to discourage people from commenting / contributing / encouraging conversations. And that cant be further from the truth, really. We are all pro-community ( and when I say we, I mean everyone - in

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Christopher Chan
Karanbir Singh wrote: One thing that we are often blamed for is trying to stifle conversations and to discourage people from commenting / contributing / encouraging conversations. And that cant be further from the truth, really. We are all pro-community ( and when I say we, I mean everyone - in

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Michael Semcheski
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that most of the discussion and question ask-and-answer stuff > currently dealt with here will migrate to the new list within a short period > of > time, simply because it will be more free-wheeling and easy to post

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Jeff
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And to better cater to these conversations, as well as further encourage > such content, we'd like to propose creating a 'centos-tech' list. There are probably as many (or more) threads that drift off topic as there are t

Re: [CentOS] [OT] What is the best network monitoring tool?

2008-10-15 Thread Les Mikesell
Alejandro wrote: Hi all, Currently I discover this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_network_monitoring_systems Is a excellent reference about the more know NMS Software. I don't think I'd trust that very much - I think all of the "no" blocks for Opennms are wrong. -- Les

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Spiro Harvey
> > 'centos-tech' list. > If there is a general feeling that this would help, then we will go > ahead and setup the new list in the next few days. I think this would be a good idea. you have my vote. -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923www.knos

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Kenneth Price
- "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Karanbir Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > And to better cater to these conversations, as well as further > encourage > > such content, we'd like to propose creating a 'centos-tech' list. > > There are probably as many

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 5:41 PM, Kenneth Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I favor one-stop shopping. > > I agree with Jeff. Count me in, there, too. This may sound odd after my last posting, but I prefer the idea of a single list, I just think we sh

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 20:41, Kenneth Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I favor one-stop shopping. > > I believe creating another list is a mistake. [...] > a second list will only encourage cross-posting. I second that. As I see it, although this

RE: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread bruce
hey filipe... since i'm the op, who posted the app question thread, get back to me with your email address, and i'll gladly talk to you, particularly since as you put it, my question was vague... but the funny thing.. someone from this list pointed my in the direction of a company/app that appears

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Spiro Harvey
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I favor one-stop shopping. > My $0.02 I favour quality over quantity, and I have $2 to spend. :) Forums are one-stop shops, and even they have different sub-forums that categorise conversations. -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-19

Re: [CentOS] new list proposal

2008-10-15 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Bruce, For starters, please start following the basic rules of the list, such as bottom posting and trimming your replies. On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 21:03, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my question was vague... but the funny thing.. someone from this > list pointed my in the direction of a com

Re: [CentOS] formatting large volume

2008-10-15 Thread Ross Walker
On Oct 15, 2008, at 10:15 AM, "Joseph L. Casale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Just pvcreate the whole disk and forgo partitioning it. Then create a vg out of it and start creating lvs. Hey Ross, I thought it was best practice to create an LVM partition such that the disk could be recogniz

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread Ross Walker
On Oct 15, 2008, at 2:47 PM, MHR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:14 AM, Ross Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: If all your doing is serving up mount maps or netgroups then ldap is over kill, definitely don't put passwords in nis (or ldap) use kerberos for those. A

[CentOS] Centos 5 and Driver Disks

2008-10-15 Thread Clint Dilks
Hi, I am trying to install CentOS 5.2 on a Dell PowerEdge R905, and a problem that you run into is that the DVD Drive on the system is not recognized by the kernel. I have done some searching on the web and found http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_103_13121.shtm and obtained the driver disk that

Re: [CentOS] Seeking advice about auth/home serving

2008-10-15 Thread MHR
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 7:13 PM, Ross Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sigh... > > I resist top posting and trim and thread my replies, stay on topic, am > polite, all while tapping out on my iPhone display. > > But that ain't enough no, now I have to watch my run on sentences! > > Sheesh, fro

  1   2   >