Re: [CentOS] gdm login as root automatically

2009-04-20 Thread Spiro Harvey
> 4) complete installing some things and REMOVE the auto root login. yum info firstboot does this package help you acheive your goals? -- Spiro Harvey Knossos Networks Ltd 021-295-1923www.knossos.net.nz signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___

[CentOS] gdm login as root automatically

2009-04-20 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, I was wondering if someone knows how to "automatically" login as root with gdm and gnome. I have been doing some searching, and havent been able to find a method. I dont want to login automatically all the time - its just part of install setup. 1) kickstart install 2) post section do so

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 50, Issue 10

2009-04-20 Thread centos-announce-request
3 i386 installations by running the command: yum update xpdf Tru -- Tru Huynh (mirrors, CentOS-3 i386/x86_64 Package Maintenance) http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xBEFA581B -- next part -- A non-text attachment was s

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread William L. Maltby
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:53 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Rob Kampen > > wrote: > > > > > >> I just killed the udevd on my two servers and await the update > >> What are you looking for? > >> > > > > Rob: Rick said the update for

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Rob Kampen
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Rob Kampen wrote: I just killed the udevd on my two servers and await the update What are you looking for? Rob: Rick said the update for udev is now available. I haven't received the email with the announcment that it is availa

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Rob Kampen
Andrew Colin Kissa wrote: On 20 Apr 2009, at 3:39 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: John Austin wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:21 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: I just saw this thread in

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Rob Kampen wrote: > I just killed the udevd on my two servers and await the update > What are you looking for? Rob: Rick said the update for udev is now available. I haven't received the email with the announcment that it is available so far. You are ready to

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Andrew Colin Kissa
On 20 Apr 2009, at 3:39 PM, Rob Kampen wrote: > John Austin wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:21 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote: >> >>> Lanny Marcus wrote: >>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus >>> > wrote: > I just saw this thread in the OLM forum. Possibly of interest, >>>

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Andrew Colin Kissa
On 20 Apr 2009, at 3:31 PM, John Austin wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:21 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote: >> Lanny Marcus wrote: >>> On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus >> > wrote: >>> I just saw this thread in the OLM forum. Possibly of interest, since they say it includes

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Rob Kampen
John Austin wrote: On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:21 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote: Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: I just saw this thread in the OLM forum. Possibly of interest, since they say it includes CentOS 5, if the update hasn't been rele

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread John Austin
On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 09:21 -0400, Rob Kampen wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: > > On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus > > wrote: > > > >> I just saw this thread in the OLM forum. Possibly of interest, since > >> they say it includes CentOS 5, if the update hasn't been released yet. > >>

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Rob Kampen
Lanny Marcus wrote: On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: I just saw this thread in the OLM forum. Possibly of interest, since they say it includes CentOS 5, if the update hasn't been released yet. Always good to keep boxes updated, for security and stability reasons.

Re: [CentOS] Local root vulnerability in udev

2009-04-20 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 9:12 PM, Lanny Marcus wrote: > I just saw this thread in the OLM forum. Possibly of interest, since > they say it includes CentOS 5, if the update hasn't been released yet. > Always good  to keep boxes updated, for security and stability > reasons. > >

Re: [CentOS] Weird performance problem

2009-04-20 Thread Ugo Bellavance
JohnS a écrit : > On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 09:02 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 8:34 AM, JohnS wrote: >> >>> I don't reacall any one really saying if there was indeed a fix put into >>> that PAE or any Specific Kernel for CentOS. Can the CentOS Kernel >>> Builder Comment Please?

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.3 upgrade and duplicate processes running

2009-04-20 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Melinda Odom wrote: > Hi, > > I have a P4 3.2 linux server. > > Every since I upgrade to centos 5.3 I see duplicates when running top -c > like: What was wrong with the answers you got when you asked the same thing a week earlier? Ralph pgpxEyb0gR2ft.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [CentOS] rpmbuild failure

2009-04-20 Thread lhecking
lheck...@users.sourceforge.net writes: > > I'm trying to rebuild nx-3.2.0-8.el5.centos.src.rpm from the extras repo. > It works on a machine running 5.1, but fails on another running 5.3. The > working machine is arch=x86_64, the other i386. The strange bit is the line > rpmbuild complains abo

Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed

2009-04-20 Thread Sorin Srbu
>-Original Message- >From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf >Of JohnS >Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 5:39 PM >To: CentOS mailing list >Subject: Re: [CentOS] Dual-boot with WinXP, CentOS already installed > > >> Basically, what would I need to change in t