Re: [CentOS-docs] Proposal for standardized mugshots

2009-06-02 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 05/31/2009 08:13 PM, Dag Wieers wrote: To facilitate this, we need a standard to refer to these mugshots and for this I'd like to propose the following convention for everyone who wants his mugshot to be used: DagWieers/DagWieers96.png My pic is a bit small, but its there now. Will

Re: [CentOS-docs] Proposal for standardized mugshots

2009-06-02 Thread JohnS
On Mon, 2009-06-01 at 22:14 +0200, Dag Wieers wrote: On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Marcus Moeller wrote: Will the newsletter be published via email subscibtion or only on the wiki? Well, currently the plan is to release it on the wiki. I have no easy way of converting it to something that

[CentOS-announce] New Mailing List: CentOS Newsletter announcements

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Hi, Dag Wieers announced the first bi-weekly CentOS Newsletter today: http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-newsletter/2009-June/00.html This Newsletter is considered as an important interface between the CentOS team and the CentOS community. If you want to be informed when a new

Re: [CentOS-es] problema con samba+ldap centos 5.2

2009-06-02 Thread Eduardo Grosclaude
2009/6/1 Juan Carlos Mendoza R. jcarlo...@hotmail.com: * smb.conf ** workgroup = CVA server string = Samba Server Version %v netbios name = domine dominio admin users = Administrator @Domain Admins ^^ Esto es correcto? Has revisado la

Re: [CentOS-es] Guia instalacion Zimbra

2009-06-02 Thread Ruben Moyota
Podrias revisar estos links son interesantes...! http://www.howtoforge.com/zimbra-collaboration-suite-open-source-edition-on-centos http://www.screencasts.es/2008/06/18/tutorial-instalacion-de-zimbra/ Saludos. El 1 de junio de 2009 18:56, Cesar Augusto Martinez Cobo

[CentOS] truecrypt kernel 2.6.24

2009-06-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Hi all, Has anyone used TrueCrypt on a XEN based machine before? I'm running CentOS 5.3 with kernel 2.6.18 but when I launch TrueCrypt, it keeps on telling me I need kernel 2.6.24 or later. Your system uses an old version of the Linux Kernel. Due to a bug in the Linux Kernel, your system may

Re: [CentOS] truecrypt kernel 2.6.24

2009-06-02 Thread John R Pierce
Rudi Ahlers wrote: Hi all, Has anyone used TrueCrypt on a XEN based machine before? I'm running CentOS 5.3 with kernel 2.6.18 but when I launch TrueCrypt, it keeps on telling me I need kernel 2.6.24 or later. Your system uses an old version of the Linux Kernel. Due to a bug in the Linux

[CentOS] Why yum-cron is only at x86_64 system?

2009-06-02 Thread MontyRee
Hello, all. I have operated centos 4.x and 5.x system. for 4.x system, I auto update using yum and for 5.x system, using yum-cron. but I can't find any yum-cron package (i386) like below. # yum search yum-cron(at i686, centox 5.3) Warning: No matches found for: yum-cron No Matches

Re: [CentOS] Why yum-cron is only at x86_64 system?

2009-06-02 Thread Michael A. Peters
MontyRee wrote: Hello, all. I have operated centos 4.x and 5.x system. for 4.x system, I auto update using yum and for 5.x system, using yum-cron. but I can't find any yum-cron package (i386) like below. # yum search yum-cron(at i686, centox 5.3) Warning: No matches found for:

Re: [CentOS] Why yum-cron is only at x86_64 system?

2009-06-02 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 06/02/2009 09:19 AM, MontyRee wrote: # yum search yum-cron(at i686, centox 5.3) Warning: No matches found for: yum-cron No Matches found yum-cron has a bit of history really. But in a nutshell, do you need yumcron to do something that cant be done with yum-updatesd itself ? Make sure you

Re: [CentOS] Why yum-cron is only at x86_64 system?

2009-06-02 Thread Sebastian Szary
2009/6/2 Michael A. Peters mpet...@mac.com MontyRee wrote: Hello, all. I have operated centos 4.x and 5.x system. for 4.x system, I auto update using yum and for 5.x system, using yum-cron. but I can't find any yum-cron package (i386) like below. # yum search yum-cron(at

Re: [CentOS] Changing a user's shell on CentOS Directory Server?

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Matt Harrington wrote: Should unprivileged users be able to change their shell with lchsh on 5.3 and, if it matters, CentOS Directory Server? lchsh seems to require more open permissions than those which come with a default installation: Error initializing libuser: could not open

[CentOS] how to disable lots of auditd messages?

2009-06-02 Thread MontyRee
hello all. My system is centos 5.x and there is no module related auditd there is no process(daemon) related auditd and selinux definately disabled. But I can see lots of auditd messages like below. Oct 20 02:01:01 linux kernel: type=1106 audit(1224435661.064:65210): user pid=25860 uid=0

[CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Matthias Leopold
hi, since i don't use centos very heavily i'm not too familiar with the centos/rhel release/update process (and i didn't do much research on this): is it normal behavior that through the use of yum update systems are forced to follow the point releases of a major release (5.0 - 5.1 - 5.2, etc)?

[CentOS] NetworkManager, Vpnc and Centos 5.3 Problem.

2009-06-02 Thread Abdullah Teke
Hi; I have Centos 5.3 on my labtop and have to vpn a cisco vpn server. So i installed vpnc on my box. Then i want to integrate with NetworkManager and vpnc so i also installed NetworkManager-vpnc 7.0. I configured vpn connection and tried to connect. It looks like it connected but when i try to

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Renato de Oliveira Diogo
Hi The major release of CentOS/RHEL is from 5.x - 6.x. The 5.0 - 5.1 - 5.2 ... is a update security, and all shared the same repository, and the line of version the packages is to update. In some package case is major update because of security update, eg. firefox 1.5 to 3.0. Mozilla a long time

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Matthias Leopold wrote on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:56:47 +0200: is it normal behavior that through the use of yum update systems are forced to follow the point releases of a major release (5.0 - 5.1 - 5.2, etc)? is there a way and would it make sense to stay within one particular release and

Re: [CentOS] how to disable lots of auditd messages?

2009-06-02 Thread Nicolas Thierry-Mieg
MontyRee wrote: hello all. My system is centos 5.x and there is no module related auditd there is no process(daemon) related auditd and selinux definately disabled. But I can see lots of auditd messages like below. Oct 20 02:01:01 linux kernel: type=1106

[CentOS] Dovecot under brute force attack - nice attacker

2009-06-02 Thread henry ritzlmayr
Hi List, optimizing the configuration on one of our servers (which was hit by a brute force attack on dovecot) showed an odd behavior. The short story: On one of our servers an attacker did a brute force attack on dovecot (pop3). Since the attacker closed and reopened the connection after

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: AFAIK, this never happened. Is the 5.x.z tree concept dead-before-birth?! For CentOS: Yes. For Upstream: Ask Red Hat. Ralph pgpvVtxZUcKsC.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

[CentOS] CentOS Pulse - The Bi-weekly CentOS Newsletter #0901

2009-06-02 Thread Dag Wieers
Hi, I am pleased to announce the first edition of the bi-weekly CentOS newsletter which we dubbed CentOS Pulse. This first issue centers around improving communication within the CentOS community and how that relates to the CentOS Promo SIG. We also look at the recent announcements regarding

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 06/02/2009 02:27 PM, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: So there *should* have existed: * 5.1-only updates issued post-5.2; * 5.1-only and 5.2-only updates issued post-5.3; etc. go back and reread the entire list of comments. You seem quite confused about what should and should not exist. - KB

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Radu-Cristian FOTESCU
--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: So there *should* have existed: * 5.1-only updates issued post-5.2; * 5.1-only and 5.2-only updates issued post-5.3; etc. go back and reread the entire list of comments. You seem quite confused about what should and

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Radu-Cristian FOTESCU
--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Ralph Angenendt ra+cen...@br-online.de wrote: For CentOS: Yes. But Karanbir says I seem quite confused about what should and should not exist. How can you answer correctly to an incorrect question raised by an confused ignorant? For Upstream: Ask Red Hat. I was

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: For CentOS: Yes. But Karanbir says I seem quite confused about what should and should not exist. How can you answer correctly to an incorrect question raised by an confused ignorant? For Upstream: Ask Red Hat. I was hoping *you* (some of

[CentOS] Rhel mysql Vs Mysql Community Edition

2009-06-02 Thread Thomas Beugin
Hi :) Sorry for my bad english i'm a frenchi... I have a little question about mysql. What is the difference between mysql-server in centos vs the rpm build by Sun ( Mysql community edition) RedHat apply homemade patch or they only backport Sun patch? Cordialement, Beugin Thomas

Re: [CentOS] Dovecot under brute force attack - nice attacker

2009-06-02 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Henry ritzlmayr wrote on Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:51:23 +0200: -Only the last try gets logged. can't reproduce this. The following was done in one connection to localhost. Jun 2 17:09:10 d01 dovecot-auth: pam_unix(dovecot:auth): check pass; user unknown Jun 2 17:09:10 d01 dovecot-auth:

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Chris Boyd
On Jun 1, 2009, at 9:52 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: I've read a lot of different reports that suggest at this point in time, kernel software raid is in most cases better than controller raid. I manage systems with both. I like hardware RAID controllers. Yes, they do cost money up front,

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Ross Walker
On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Michael A. Peters mpet...@mac.com wrote: -=- starting as new thread as it is off topic from controller thread -=- Ross Walker wrote:     The real key is the controller though. Get one that can do hardware   RAID1/10, 5/50, 6/60, if it can do both SATA and

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 52, Issue 1

2009-06-02 Thread centos-announce-request
bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/attachments/20090602/13dc3c5b/attachment-0001.bin -- ___ CentOS-announce mailing list centos-annou...@centos.org http://lists.centos.org

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/01/2009 07:52 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: I've read a lot of different reports that suggest at this point in time, kernel software raid is in most cases better than controller raid. There are certainly a lot of people who feel that way. It depends on what your priorities are.

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Pulse - The Bi-weekly CentOS Newsletter #0901

2009-06-02 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: I am pleased to announce the first edition of the bi-weekly CentOS newsletter which we dubbed CentOS Pulse. snip Dag: I read the first issue. Great idea! Please post here, each time you post a new edition. Lanny

Re: [CentOS] Not received any E-MAIl from listserve???

2009-06-02 Thread Bo Lynch
On Tue, June 2, 2009 1:48 pm, mcclnx mcc wrote: I have been a while did NOT received E-MAIL from centos listserv. Any problem on CENTOS listserv? No Prob here. Been recieving mail. Might want to check spam filter. Bo Lynch ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] Not received any E-MAIl from listserve???

2009-06-02 Thread Ralph Angenendt
mcclnx mcc wrote: I have been a while did NOT received E-MAIL from centos listserv. Any problem on CENTOS listserv? No. I would be interested if you get this mail, though :) Ralph pgpw5vXmC7FDR.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] CentOS Pulse - The Bi-weekly CentOS Newsletter #0901

2009-06-02 Thread Dag Wieers
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Lanny Marcus wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: I am pleased to announce the first edition of the bi-weekly CentOS newsletter which we dubbed CentOS Pulse. snip Dag: I read the first issue. Great idea! Please post here, each time

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Radu-Cristian FOTESCU
--- On Tue, 6/2/09, Dag Wieers d...@centos.org wrote: Communication problems are usually caused by both sides. Agreed. Besides the EUS source RPM packages are not released to the public, so you need those expensive entitlements to be able to rebuild them. Eek. Never knew that. This

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Ross Walker
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Gordon Messmer yiny...@eburg.com wrote: On 06/01/2009 07:52 PM, Michael A. Peters wrote: I've read a lot of different reports that suggest at this point in time, kernel software raid is in most cases better than controller raid. There are certainly a lot of

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread Scott Silva
on 6-2-2009 1:53 PM Radu-Cristian FOTESCU spake the following: --- On Tue, 6/2/09, Dag Wieers dag-ifyaizf+flcdnm+yrof...@public.gmane.org wrote: Communication problems are usually caused by both sides. Agreed. Besides the EUS source RPM packages are not released to the public, so

Re: [CentOS] Rhel mysql Vs Mysql Community Edition

2009-06-02 Thread Robert Heller
At Tue, 2 Jun 2009 17:21:15 +0200 CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hi :) Sorry for my bad english i'm a frenchi... I have a little question about mysql. What is the difference between mysql-server in centos vs the rpm build by Sun ( Mysql community edition) RedHat

Re: [CentOS] Dovecot under brute force attack - nice attacker

2009-06-02 Thread Scott Silva
on 6-2-2009 5:51 AM henry ritzlmayr spake the following: Hi List, optimizing the configuration on one of our servers (which was hit by a brute force attack on dovecot) showed an odd behavior. The short story: On one of our servers an attacker did a brute force attack on dovecot

[CentOS] how to debug random server reboots

2009-06-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
Hi all, One of our CentOS 5.3 randomly reboots, at different times of the day, and I can't see why it's doing it. I have looked through the logs, but don't see any thing in there that shows me why it has rebooted. How can I debug this? Here's a snipped from the log, around the time of the

Re: [CentOS] how to debug random server reboots

2009-06-02 Thread Scott Silva
on 6-2-2009 2:30 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: Hi all, One of our CentOS 5.3 randomly reboots, at different times of the day, and I can't see why it's doing it. I have looked through the logs, but don't see any thing in there that shows me why it has rebooted. How can I debug this?

Re: [CentOS] how to debug random server reboots

2009-06-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On 6/2/09, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: on 6-2-2009 2:30 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: Hi all, One of our CentOS 5.3 randomly reboots, at different times of the day, and I can't see why it's doing it. I have looked through the logs, but don't see any thing in there that

Re: [CentOS] how to debug random server reboots

2009-06-02 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:46:39 +0200 Rudi Ahlers wrote: So, I'm trying todo everything I can, from my side, via SSH to see if I can figure it out. If it's a hardware-related issue, as Scott suggested, you can spend all the time you want fiddling around with the software and you'll never solve

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
I've read a lot of different reports that suggest at this point in time, kernel software raid is in most cases better than controller raid. Let me define 'most cases' for you. Linux software raid can perform better or the same if you are using raid0/raid1/raid1+0 arrays. If you are using

Re: [CentOS] how to debug random server reboots

2009-06-02 Thread Scott Silva
on 6-2-2009 2:46 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: On 6/2/09, Scott Silva ssi...@sgvwater.com wrote: on 6-2-2009 2:30 PM Rudi Ahlers spake the following: Hi all, One of our CentOS 5.3 randomly reboots, at different times of the day, and I can't see why it's doing it. I have looked

Re: [CentOS] how to debug random server reboots

2009-06-02 Thread Les Mikesell
Frank Cox wrote: So, I'm trying todo everything I can, from my side, via SSH to see if I can figure it out. If it's a hardware-related issue, as Scott suggested, you can spend all the time you want fiddling around with the software and you'll never solve the problem. Yes, you'll almost

[CentOS] Local Host Routing

2009-06-02 Thread Al Sparks
I have, a machine running RHEL ES 4.7 with 2 physical interfaces. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:22:1C:B4:EA inet addr:10.7.13.61 Bcast:10.7.13.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::214:22ff:fe1c:b4ea/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING

Re: [CentOS] release/update question

2009-06-02 Thread jim
On Tue, 2 Jun 2009, Ralph Angenendt wrote: Radu-Cristian FOTESCU wrote: AFAIK, this never happened. Is the 5.x.z tree concept dead-before-birth?! For CentOS: Yes. For Upstream: Ask Red Hat. Ralph I have asked RHT repeatedly to walk me through the life of a package version. Nothing.

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread nate
Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: Complete bollocks. The bottleneck is not the drives themselves as whether it is SATA/PATA disk drive performance has not changed much which is why 15k RPM disks are still king. The bottleneck is the bus be it PCI-X or PCIe 16x/8x/4x or at least the latencies

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Christopher Chan
nate wrote: Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: Complete bollocks. The bottleneck is not the drives themselves as whether it is SATA/PATA disk drive performance has not changed much which is why 15k RPM disks are still king. The bottleneck is the bus be it PCI-X or PCIe 16x/8x/4x or at

Re: [CentOS] Harware vs Kernel RAID (was Re: External SATA enclosures: SiI3124 and CentOS 5?)

2009-06-02 Thread Christopher Chan
John R Pierce wrote: Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: I've read a lot of different reports that suggest at this point in time, kernel software raid is in most cases better than controller raid. Let me define 'most cases' for you. Linux software raid can perform

Re: [CentOS] Not received any E-MAIl from listserve???

2009-06-02 Thread Bart Schaefer
Yahoo has been having internal problems with a recent change to their spam filter. It's randomly [*] reporting IP addresses as being listed on the Spamhaus blocklist (when those IPs are not listed), and therefore incorrectly rejecting mail in unpredictable ways. This has been going on for almost

[CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Linux Advocate
Guys, apache cpus usage is hitting 100% sometimes ( to such an extent that its very noticeable) on a box with just 8 users or so. i m getting this when i run 'top'. The worrying thing is seeing the work 'atack' under command PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEMTIME+ COMMAND

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Linux Advocate
sorry typos amended Guys, apache's cpu usage is hitting 100% sometimes ( to such an extent that its very noticeable) on a box ( 2gb ram) with just 8 users or so. This newver happended before. i m getting this when i run 'top'. The worrying thing is seeing the word 'atack' under

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread John R. Dennison
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 08:23:16PM -0700, Linux Advocate wrote: Hell, has my centos 5.3 box been hacked??? Help !! Yes. Reinstall; fully update components; restore *data* from backups (you have backups, right?) and review what web packages you have installed

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread William Warren
John R. Dennison wrote: On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 08:23:16PM -0700, Linux Advocate wrote: Hell, has my centos 5.3 box been hacked??? Help !! Yes. Reinstall; fully update components; restore *data* from backups (you have backups, right?) and review what

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread William Warren
John R. Dennison wrote: On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 08:23:16PM -0700, Linux Advocate wrote: Hell, has my centos 5.3 box been hacked??? Help !! Yes. Reinstall; fully update components; restore *data* from backups (you have backups, right?) and review what

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Linux Advocate
some google foo shows this is a WINDOWS exploit not a linux one. http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/analyzing-apache-logs-174552/ ___ yes, william, i saw those links when i googledi too did no think it related to me

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Linux Advocate
reply below - Original Message From: John R. Dennison j...@gerdesas.com To: CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org Sent: Wednesday, June 3, 2009 11:43:46 AM Subject: Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 08:23:16PM -0700, Linux

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Hello: If there are processes running on your machine which you do not recognize, assume the machine has been compromised. Take it offline and wipe it immediately. Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (832)245-7314, www.JAMMConsulting.com Eliminate junk email and reclaim your inbox. Visit

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread John R. Dennison
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 09:01:35PM -0700, Linux Advocate wrote: o godd. i have a quite a few linux boxes and not even one has been hacked. oh man !! That you have noticed. really??? i have to format the box.

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread bruce
it's possible your box is attacked, has been compromised.. of it's possible that it's also being slammed by some sort of potential attack/hack. regarding the apache app, what do the log files say... what apps do you have running on the apche server? are these apps home grown, or installed from

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread John R. Dennison
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 09:34:55PM -0700, bruce wrote: it's possible your box is attacked, has been compromised.. of it's possible that it's also being slammed by some sort of potential attack/hack. regarding the apache app, what do the log files say... what apps do you have running on the

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread bruce
nope... not kidding... the majority of windows based attacks on an apache system running on linux systems are obnoxiousm but not harmful... the kinds of attacks that are looking to exploit windows buffer overflows are harmless to linux systems.. this isn't to say that all windows attacks are

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Raymond Lillard
htebruce wrote: it's possible your box is attacked, has been compromised.. of it's possible that it's also being slammed by some sort of potential attack/hack. regarding the apache app, what do the log files say... what apps do you have running on the apche server? are these apps home grown,

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread John R. Dennison
On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 09:48:41PM -0700, bruce wrote: not kidding... the majority of windows based attacks on an apache system running on linux systems are obnoxiousm but not harmful... the kinds of attacks that are looking to exploit windows buffer overflows are harmless to linux systems..

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread bruce
you and i agreee on him figuring out what web apps are causing the issues.. or in fact, exactly what the 'atack' process is? i didn't see the initial threads.. was this simething that he discussed? did he say what the arack process was doing? my only point, was that reinstalling wotjout

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread Neil Aggarwal
Bruce: i'm inclined to think the processs is something on his server... now, how it got there is a curious issue that he's going to have to address.. This is precisely the point. An unauthorized user currently has the ability to run processed on the machine. We do not know what they have

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread bruce
neil... you state that ..An unauthorized user currently has the ability to run processed on the machine how do we know that.. did i miss something in an earlier thread.. don't get me wrong, you might know more on this thread than the few msgs i saw... al i saw was that there was the 'atack'

Re: [CentOS] Centos 5.3 - Apache - Under Attack ? Oh hell....

2009-06-02 Thread John R. Dennison
On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:30:10AM -0500, Neil Aggarwal wrote: It would be prudent to review his web code to see if he did something in an insecure way. If his code is open to attack, it will be so even if he puts it on a new machine. Hence my statements to evaluate the web-apps he