[CentOS] Problem with Yum on CentOS 5.4

2009-11-14 Thread Niki Kovacs
Hi, I recently downloaded and burned the 5.4 DVD ISO. All my machines are now running 5.4, but these are installs I performed with 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 etc. and then progressively upgraded. Now I had to use 5.4 because a friend's laptop, a brandnew Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile, refuses to boot anything und

[CentOS] Hello Everyone

2009-11-14 Thread earl ramirez
Hello Everyone, My names is Earl Ramirez, I am from the little islands of Trinidad and Tobago.I will like to be part of this wonderful community I'm new to CentOS and I will like to contribute in any way that I can, I have a few certificates which include Security+ and Linux+ from Com

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
> guys, please, PLEASE...  Edit the quoted parts of these sorts of > posts.    There really is no excuse for iincluding multiple previous > messages, complete with sigs and mail list footers, in a simple 'thank > you' kind of posting... Sorry I was answering from my phone and it is a pain to selec

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread John R Pierce
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: > Cool. I will post it then :) Thank you for testing. guys, please, PLEASE... Edit the quoted parts of these sorts of posts.There really is no excuse for iincluding multiple previous messages, complete with sigs and mail list footers, in a simple 'thank you'

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 4:18 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: > >> Just to inform you this went into my gmail spam folder and now >> displays the rather unpleasant message: >> >> Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of >> following any links i

[CentOS] bash variable expansion moment

2009-11-14 Thread ken
It's half a nice Saturday later and many attempts have brought no satisfaction. Maybe this can't be done. I'm trying to write a function which, when called from one function execute in another. In itself, that's not the problem. Rather, there's one built-in variable which is evaluated in the fu

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Timothy Murphy
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: > Just to inform you this went into my gmail spam folder and now > displays the rather unpleasant message: > > Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of > following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal > information

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: > >> But it seams like I can build the fedora spec file on my system, with >> some minor patching. And the stunbdc program seams to work >> >> $ stunbdc >> Server address: 127.0.0.1 port 3478 >> STUN transactio

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Timothy Murphy
Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: > But it seams like I can build the fedora spec file on my system, with > some minor patching. And the stunbdc program seams to work > > $ stunbdc > Server address: 127.0.0.1 port 3478 > STUN transaction started (timeout 600ms). > > I have uploaded src the rpm to my

Re: [CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Does anyone know if the program stunbdc, > which prints one's IP address, > is available in CentOS-5? > > It comes with the libnice package in Fedora-11. > > -- > [...@rose ~]$ stunbdc -4 stun.ekiga.net > Server a

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Scott Ehrlich
Sorry to top-post, but I did want to ensure people on the list know "Victor" is _not_ me. If you do think I'm "Victor", then we've all been duped and my postings here make me appear naive and new to Linux. Also kind of interesting how, of the relatively few posts I've made, one of the nontechnic

[CentOS] stunbdc

2009-11-14 Thread Timothy Murphy
Does anyone know if the program stunbdc, which prints one's IP address, is available in CentOS-5? It comes with the libnice package in Fedora-11. -- [...@rose ~]$ stunbdc -4 stun.ekiga.net Server address: 75.101.138.128 port 3478 STUN transaction started (timeout 600ms

Re: [CentOS] Postfix mime_header_check or content_filter script

2009-11-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>Do you want this done at the MTA [1] or MDA [2] layer ? >Do you want it done for all accounts on this server, or just specific ones? > >Doing this in the MTA (eg, Postfix) would tend to catch all inbound, >outbound, and relayed mail. Doing it in the MDA (eg, procmail) would >catch just mail deli

Re: [CentOS] Client backup solution with web interface

2009-11-14 Thread Alan McKay
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 8:00 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote: > On 12.11.2009 14:44, Paul Bijnens wrote: >> There is "BackupPC" which does lots of other things, and also can use >> rsync as backup and, moreover, has such button for the user in a web page: >> >>   http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/BackupPCBack

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread John R. Dennison
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 01:57:40PM -0500, Ron Loftin wrote: > > John, I believe that you have summed up well enough the image that the > person posting on this list as "Victor" stated as his position. What > you are not saying is how obvious it is that he knows VERY little about > Linux and/or Un

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread John R Pierce
Victor Subervi wrote: > Man, Scott, you've hit it on the head! Gotta be honest. My name isn't > "Victor Subervi". I've changed names on these lists so many times just > to escape all the *#*%)+_& people throw at me, and I'll be changing > names again after this post. What you all gonna do about

Re: [CentOS] Postfix mime_header_check or content_filter script

2009-11-14 Thread John R Pierce
Joseph L. Casale wrote: >>> Anyone have a script that can check for an attachment and extract it >>> to a directory? >>> >> Why? You can use uudeview or similar to extract mime archive. >> > > Because when a mail is directed to a smtp instance on a particular server, > I need the attach

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread John R Pierce
> They don't have to scroll down. Just a "thank you!" and goodbye. "Thank You" did you have to scroll down to read that? More important than top vs bottom is EDITING THE QUOTED PORTION OF THE MESSAGE. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Ron Loftin
On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 12:38 -0600, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 09:18:31AM -0400, Victor Subervi wrote: > > > > Man, Scott, you've hit it on the head! Gotta be honest. My name isn't > > "Victor Subervi". I've changed names on these lists so many times just to > > escape all t

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread John R. Dennison
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 09:18:31AM -0400, Victor Subervi wrote: > > Man, Scott, you've hit it on the head! Gotta be honest. My name isn't > "Victor Subervi". I've changed names on these lists so many times just to > escape all the *#*%)+_& people throw at me, and I'll be changing names again > aft

Re: [CentOS] OMG! Microsoft patents sudo! Linux and MacOS dead!

2009-11-14 Thread Bob Marcan
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:24:39 -0800 Nifty Cluster Mitch wrote: > On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 08:27:22AM -0500, Robert Heller wrote: > > At Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:07:15 +0800 CentOS mailing list > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blogs.computerworld.com/15082/omg_microsoft_patents_sudo_li

Re: [CentOS] software installation - good practice

2009-11-14 Thread Bob Marcan
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:35:32 -0600 Carlos Santana wrote: > Comments inline: > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 2:21 PM, Neil Aggarwal > wrote: > > Carlos: > > > >> I tend to try out many open source apps/packages > > > > I make a separate directory for each application in /usr/local > > so they are i

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Keith Keller
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 09:18:31AM -0400, Victor Subervi wrote: > > Man, Scott, you've hit it on the head! Gotta be honest. My name isn't > "Victor Subervi". I've changed names on these lists so many times just to > escape all the *#*%)+_& people throw at me, and I'll be changing names again > aft

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 57, Issue 8

2009-11-14 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] Postfix mime_header_check or content_filter script

2009-11-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>> Anyone have a script that can check for an attachment and extract it >> to a directory? > >Why? You can use uudeview or similar to extract mime archive. Because when a mail is directed to a smtp instance on a particular server, I need the attachment extracted upon receipt and processed... _

Re: [CentOS] pan news reader

2009-11-14 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 05:00:28 -0500, B.J. McClure wrote: > > This works fine for me on 5.4. > > [bmccl...@house ~]$ rpm -q pan > pan-0.132-1.el5.rf > > CentOS 5.4, Linux 2.6.18-164.6.1.el5 athlon 04:58:11 up 8:30, 2 users, > load average: 0.06, 0.13, 0.09 It didn't work for me until I installed

Re: [CentOS] pan news reader

2009-11-14 Thread Mike - email ignored
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:41:47 -0500, Ron Loftin wrote: > On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 03:38 +, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: >> Does anyone know if the pan news reader works on CentOS 5.4? I am >> considering installing version 0.132 that I downloaded from >> pan.rebelbase.com . >> >> > I'm using 0.1

Re: [CentOS] Postfix mime_header_check or content_filter script

2009-11-14 Thread Eero Volotinen
Joseph L. Casale wrote: > Anyone have a script that can check for an attachment and extract it > to a directory? Why? You can use uudeview or similar to extract mime archive. -- Eero ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mail

Re: [CentOS] smtp+pop3+imap+tls+webmail+anti spam+anti virus

2009-11-14 Thread Gabriel Rosca
I personal use Zimbra ... is a good open source email server. Thank you, Gabe www.techshrinks.com -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Eugeneapolinary Ju Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 4:56 PM To: centos list Subject: [Cent

[CentOS] Postfix mime_header_check or content_filter script

2009-11-14 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone have a script that can check for an attachment and extract it to a directory? Thanks! jlc ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread Drew
>> Please stop being rude to the members of this list. > > I am not being rude in the least. Perhaps it is because email is so > difficult to communicate attitudes, as we all know, that you are viewing > things one way while I am saying them another. At any rate, please accept my > apologies, altho

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Kai Schaetzl
Scott Ehrlich wrote on Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:46:46 -0500: > Human communication is still key (like this list). But doesn't fit the messages of this guy. He's abusing the list because he's too lazy to educate himself and doesn't want to pay someone else with more knowledge. Other lists would have

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Jim Perrin
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Man, Scott, you've hit it on the head! Gotta be honest. My name isn't > "Victor Subervi". I've changed names on these lists so many times just to > escape all the *#*%)+_& people throw at me, and I'll be changing names again > after this po

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread Jim Perrin
A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Victor Subervi wrote: > Ok. It's "the law". Now, what is the __logic__ behind not top post

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Alexander Dalloz
Victor Subervi schrieb: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: [ ... ] >> A great reason for a popular list like this is if a person doesn't >> know what they are looking for, or they do but their searches are not >> producing other options, the list can provide those other help

Re: [CentOS] How well does CentOS 5.4 support Arabic language and I can writing Arabic script from a standard keyboard?

2009-11-14 Thread Rubin
Hi, Out of curiousness, I checked this out. Found the following pages: http://djihed.com/arabisation/arabic-gnome-216-completed http://l10n.gnome.org/teams/ar Since Gnome 2.16 is in RHEL/CentOS 5.x, I suppose you should be fine! Regards, Rubin. On 11/12/2009 10:34 PM, Clint Dilks wrote: > H

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Victor Subervi
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 8:46 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Tracy Phillips > wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Karanbir Singh > wrote: > > it to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local > >> > >> It looks, to me, that Victor is at a stage where he does not know what

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread Victor Subervi
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 7:01 AM, John R. Dennison wrote: > On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 05:45:34AM -0500, Victor Subervi wrote: > > > > Now, forgive me, but that seems anal. What's the rationale there? > >While that may seem "anal" to you, it's one of the guidelines >of this and other

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Scott Ehrlich
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:51 PM, Tracy Phillips wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > it to the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local >> >> It looks, to me, that Victor is at a stage where he does not know what >> he is doing with the basic stuff - pointing him at good docs might

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread John R. Dennison
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 05:45:34AM -0500, Victor Subervi wrote: > > Now, forgive me, but that seems anal. What's the rationale there? While that may seem "anal" to you, it's one of the guidelines of this and other CentOS mailing lists as specified at: http://www.centos.o

Re: [CentOS] On-Boot Scripts

2009-11-14 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:40 PM, Robert Heller wrote: > At Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:15:16 -0500 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:47 PM, wrote: > > > > > > On 11/13/2009 07:21 PM, Larry Brigman wrote: > > > >> either write an init script to be added to /etc/rc.

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:31 PM, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Victor Subervi > wrote: > > Hi; > > I've learned how to add a user and change the root dir of vsftpd (which > of > > course is undocumented). Now I need to learn how to make it so that a > given > > user can on

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Andrei F wrote: > Hi, > > Take a look at the chroot_list_enable option. It enables you to specify > per-user config. > > http://vsftpd.beasts.org/vsftpd_conf.html Thank you. V ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org

Re: [CentOS] vsftpd question

2009-11-14 Thread Victor Subervi
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > I haven't been doing that for quite some time now, except when I'm > > thanking you all for help, in which case I believe it's easier for all > > concerned. Do you disagree? > > dont top post at all. > Now, forgive me, but that seems anal

Re: [CentOS] yum-changelog dependencies...

2009-11-14 Thread kalinix
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 22:49 +, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann > wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 5:04 PM, Karanbir Singh > > wrote: > >> On 11/13/2009 04:51 PM, John Doe wrote: > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> I wanted to try yum-changelog, s

Re: [CentOS] pan news reader

2009-11-14 Thread B.J. McClure
On Sat, 2009-11-14 at 03:38 +, MIKE - EMAIL IGNORED wrote: > Does anyone know if the pan news reader works > on CentOS 5.4? I am considering installing > version 0.132 that I downloaded from > pan.rebelbase.com . > > Thanks for your advice. > > Mike. This works fine for me on 5.4. [bmccl