[CentOS] Cent5 SELinux impacts on home exports when restoring from older systems are?

2009-12-08 Thread Todd Denniston
I am working on moving some nfs shares from an older Linux system to CentOS5 server. some are used by the machine and its clients as $HOME (but not mounted at /home) and working directories. using selinux-policy-targeted. Are there any selinux policy additions (so restorecon keeps them each tim

Re: [CentOS] openpkg

2009-12-08 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, Dec 08, 2009, Joseph L. Casale wrote: > > Anyone here using openpkg? Any thoughts about it? We have been using this since 2001 or so when we moved from Caldera Linux to SuSE. We now use it on CentOS, OpenSolaris, FreeBSD, OS X, and even SCO OpenServer 5.0.6a. For an old writeup I did o

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Drew
> Gentoo? What do you have against the OP? Why subject him to such madness and > unnecessary pain? :D Don't be dissin my friends over at the funny farm. :-P We likes our 36hr recompiles because the cflags on our l33t boxen weren't "just right". :-) It's actually not a bad distro, just gets a bad

[CentOS] openpkg

2009-12-08 Thread Joseph L. Casale
Anyone here using openpkg? Any thoughts about it? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Robert Heller
At Tue, 8 Dec 2009 16:28:22 -0600 (CST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > - "Marko Vojinovic" wrote: > > On Tuesday 08 December 2009 19:54:03 Jerry Geis wrote: > > > > It may be one way to do it, but that is not how xen or kvm are > > > > ordinarily set up under CentOS -- qemu has (had) the h

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Tim Nelson
- "Marko Vojinovic" wrote: > On Tuesday 08 December 2009 19:54:03 Jerry Geis wrote: > > > It may be one way to do it, but that is not how xen or kvm are > > > ordinarily set up under CentOS -- qemu has (had) the hooks to > > > simulate the missing opcodes of some arch's, but at a > > > perform

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Tuesday 08 December 2009 19:54:03 Jerry Geis wrote: > > It may be one way to do it, but that is not how xen or kvm are > > ordinarily set up under CentOS -- qemu has (had) the hooks to > > simulate the missing opcodes of some arch's, but at a > > performance penalty > > if there is a way to "si

Re: [CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Alan McKay
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Kemp, Larry wrote: > Yep. Dnsmasq was parked on 67. Gonna have to "yum remove" him. Big thanks > guys. better be sure first that it is not also acting as a DNS server since it does both -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michae

Re: [CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Kemp, Larry
Yep. Dnsmasq was parked on 67. Gonna have to "yum remove" him. Big thanks guys. LK -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of Ron Loftin Sent: Tuesday, December 08, 2009 4:13 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS D

Re: [CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Alan McKay
See if someone else is hanging onto port 67 [r...@morrison ~]# lsof -i -P | grep :67 dnsmasq 23404nobody5u IPv4 46029087 UDP *:67 dnsmasq is a popular light-weight DHCP server -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In De

Re: [CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Ron Loftin
On Tue, 2009-12-08 at 16:03 -0500, Kemp, Larry wrote: > CentOS Community, > > I need help with a CentOS DHCP server. > > I have a simple 32bit CentOS 5.3 server running on an Intel chip server in a > lab environment with two NIC's. > > Interfaces: > eth0 - Is connected to the Internet using a

Re: [CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Jon Moore
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 3:03 PM, Kemp, Larry wrote: > CentOS Community, > > I need help with a CentOS DHCP server. > > I have a simple 32bit CentOS 5.3 server running on an Intel chip server in a > lab environment with two NIC's. > > Interfaces: > eth0 - Is connected to the Internet using a static

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Robert Heller
At Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:02:28 -0500 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Hi all, > > Is it possible to take the 686 CentOS 5, install that in virtual machine, > install a custom kernel that is the 486 flavor, take that image and > put it on a 8G CF card - insert that into a small form factor 486 cla

[CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Jerry Geis wrote: > Looking for any solution. how deep is your wallet ;) I would just find a 486 out in the boneyard. As I still have a RHL 4.2 486/33 s/ 16 meg of ram in daily service, I know just what machine to pull and replace -- Russ herrold _

[CentOS] CentOS DHCP Server

2009-12-08 Thread Kemp, Larry
CentOS Community, I need help with a CentOS DHCP server. I have a simple 32bit CentOS 5.3 server running on an Intel chip server in a lab environment with two NIC's. Interfaces: eth0 - Is connected to the Internet using a static public IP address. eth1 - Is connected to a private 10.1.1.0/24 L

[CentOS] Any way to initiate a kickstart from shell prompt?

2009-12-08 Thread Spiro Harvey
Hi all, I've set up a CentOS flash stick using the LiveCD tools, then dumping that onto flash with a persistent overlay - instructions here: http://wtf.geek.nz/?blog/2009/12/08/how-to-make-a-useful-centos-utility-flash-stick This gets me to a prompt in which I can do recovery stuff, but I'm curio

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Jerry Geis
> > It may be one way to do it, but that is not how xen or kvm are > ordinarily set up under CentOS -- qemu has (had) the hooks to > simulate the missing opcodes of some arch's, but at a > performance penalty > if there is a way to "simulate" missing opcodes in the kernel - that would be grea

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread John R Pierce
Jerry Geis wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to take the 686 CentOS 5, install that in virtual machine, > install a custom kernel that is the 486 flavor, take that image and > put it on a 8G CF card - insert that into a small form factor 486 class > machine and have that work? > > I am hoping th

[CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread R P Herrold
On Tue, 8 Dec 2009, Alan McKay wrote: > When you create a virtual machine don't you have a choice of > what type of processor you want and so forth? nope > That would be the clean way to do it would it not? It may be one way to do it, but that is not how xen or kvm are ordinarily set up under

Re: [CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Alan McKay
When you create a virtual machine don't you have a choice of what type of processor you want and so forth? That would be the clean way to do it would it not? -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" _

[CentOS] 486 custom kernel

2009-12-08 Thread Jerry Geis
Hi all, Is it possible to take the 686 CentOS 5, install that in virtual machine, install a custom kernel that is the 486 flavor, take that image and put it on a 8G CF card - insert that into a small form factor 486 class machine and have that work? I am hoping the extra instructions in a 686 (M

Re: [CentOS] Installing R on CentOS 5

2009-12-08 Thread Brent L. Bates
Anyone thought about installing R from the Scientific Linux site? R is a standard part of SL. It might be a bit more compatible with CentOS than other sites. Just an idea. -- Brent L. Bates (UNIX Sys. Admin.) M.S. 912 Phone:(757) 865-1400, x204 NASA Lan

Re: [CentOS] No ulimit for user

2009-12-08 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
2009/12/8 John Doe : > From: Stephen Nelson-Smith >> I'm trying to remove any limit on open files for a user; I've set >> username nofiles to unlimited in /etc/security/logins.conf, but now I >> get "could not open session" if I try to su to the user. >> singhh          -       nofile          unl

Re: [CentOS] Installing R on CentOS 5

2009-12-08 Thread Ben Mohilef
> --> Finished Dependency Resolution > R-core-2.10.0-2.el5.x86_64 from R-project has depsolving problems --> > Missing Dependency: perl(File::Copy::Recursive) is needed by package > R-core-2.10.0- 2.el5.x86_64 (R-project) > > If you don't want to use the epel repository, then you will need to ge

Re: [CentOS] Installing R on CentOS 5

2009-12-08 Thread James A. Peltier
On Mon, 7 Dec 2009, Joshua Baker-LePain wrote: > On Mon, 7 Dec 2009 at 6:45pm, Diederick Stoffers wrote > >> Has anyone been able to successfully install R on CentOS5.4? I am having >> problems with dependencies perl is installed. > > I use the packages from EPEL without a problem. Using it h

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Max Hetrick
Lars Hecking wrote: > This is the bit that won't work. The mount options seem to have no effect: > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 001 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 002 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 003 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Dec 8 12:08 004 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root roo

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Max Hetrick
Jim Perrin wrote: >> I would imaging it's rather similar to this -> >> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20097 > > > Gah, lowsy spel chekc not pikcing up waht I mean. s/imaging/imagine/ > Ridiculous, I know...a computer should know what you're thinking and how to spell it. :)

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Lars Hecking
Jim Perrin writes: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Lars Hecking > wrote: > > I would imaging it's rather similar to this -> > http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20097 Been there, tried that. VirtualBox actually complains if you mess with /sys/bus/usb/drivers: "You seem to h

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 58, Issue 1

2009-12-08 Thread centos-announce-request
able Url : http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/attachments/20091208/a9b3ee20/attachment-0001.bin -- Message: 2 Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 00:35:18 +0100 From: Tru Huynh Subject: [CentOS-announce] CESA-2009:1625 Moderate CentOS 3 x86_64 expat - security

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Jim Perrin
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Jim Perrin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Lars Hecking > wrote: > > I would imaging it's rather similar to this -> > http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20097 Gah, lowsy spel chekc not pikcing up waht I mean. s/imaging/imagine/ -- Durin

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Jim Perrin
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:52 AM, Lars Hecking wrote: I would imaging it's rather similar to this -> http://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20097 -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell _

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Lars Hecking
> Get your vboxusers group ID > # cat /etc/group | vboxusers > > Remount the USBFS with your vboxusers GID > # mount -t usbfs -o remount,devgid=GID,devmode=664 /proc/bus/usb > /proc/bus/usb This is the bit that won't work. The mount options seem to have no effect: # ll /proc/bus total 0 dr-x

Re: [CentOS] No ulimit for user

2009-12-08 Thread nate
Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to remove any limit on open files for a user; I've set > username nofiles to unlimited in /etc/security/logins.conf, but now I > get "could not open session" if I try to su to the user. > > singhh - nofile unlimited I think t

Re: [CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Max Hetrick
Lars Hecking wrote: > I recently doownloaded and installed the latest RHEL5 rpm from the VirtualBox > web site. While it generally works very well, I have been unable to get USB > access to work on the guest. > > This seems to be a very common problem. Many references to it turn up in a > web

Re: [CentOS] Mic not working with skype

2009-12-08 Thread Mathieu Baudier
> (feedback). Problem is I can't get the mic to actually work with skype > (eg with skype call testing service) - it may be that one of the many > settings is incorrect - has anybody else had this problem and got any I got it to work (Skype beta static on CentOS 5.4 x86_64) by playing with "Captu

Re: [CentOS] No ulimit for user

2009-12-08 Thread John Doe
From: Stephen Nelson-Smith > I'm trying to remove any limit on open files for a user; I've set > username nofiles to unlimited in /etc/security/logins.conf, but now I > get "could not open session" if I try to su to the user. > singhh - nofile unlimited Don't you mean /etc

Re: [CentOS] Does CentOS provide commerical support ?

2009-12-08 Thread Serg Smirnoff
hi, maybe it will be interesting - http://www.openlogic.com/news/press/12.01.09.php http://www.openlogic.com/products/centos-support.php OpenLogic began to offer commercial technical support for CentOS. On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 8:19 AM, wrote: > > Hi , > > I wanted to know about any commercial

[CentOS] No ulimit for user

2009-12-08 Thread Stephen Nelson-Smith
Hi, I'm trying to remove any limit on open files for a user; I've set username nofiles to unlimited in /etc/security/logins.conf, but now I get "could not open session" if I try to su to the user. singhh - nofile unlimited I think this is related to PAM, so I've modifed /

Re: [CentOS] Mic not working with skype

2009-12-08 Thread Andrew
On Fri, 2009-12-04 at 16:33 -0300, Eduardo Grosclaude wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Andrew wrote: > > > > > >> Also, do the test with a mixer open (aumix etc) and see if the bars > >> are moving. igain is especially important, it should not be 0 when you > >> talk. > > > > Thanks, but

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 5.4 x86_64 only detects 32GB RAM while Fedora x86_64 correctly lists 128GB

2009-12-08 Thread Pasi Kärkkäinen
On Mon, Dec 07, 2009 at 01:05:04PM +0100, Diederick Stoffers wrote: >Hi, >We have a new 24-core Dell PowerEdge R905 server with 128GB's RAM. The 64 >bits version of Fedora 12 lists the correct amount of 128GB, CentOS only >finds 32GB (and so does Scientific Linux). I would much pref

Re: [CentOS] Is ext4 safe for a production server?

2009-12-08 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Timo Schoeler wrote: > thus Chan Chung Hang Christopher spake: > >> Timo Schoeler wrote: >> >>> thus Christopher Chan spake: >>> >>> Ian Forde wrote: > On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Florin Andrei > wrote: > > > >

Re: [CentOS] Is ext4 safe for a production server?

2009-12-08 Thread Timo Schoeler
thus Chan Chung Hang Christopher spake: > Timo Schoeler wrote: >> thus Christopher Chan spake: >> >>> Ian Forde wrote: >>> On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Florin Andrei wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: > >> I've always avoided XFS because A) it w

Re: [CentOS] Is ext4 safe for a production server?

2009-12-08 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Timo Schoeler wrote: > thus Christopher Chan spake: > >> Ian Forde wrote: >> >>> On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Florin Andrei >>> wrote: >>> >>> John R Pierce wrote: > I've always avoided XFS because A) it wsan't supported natively in > RHEL > anyway

[CentOS] VirtualBox and CentOS

2009-12-08 Thread Lars Hecking
I recently doownloaded and installed the latest RHEL5 rpm from the VirtualBox web site. While it generally works very well, I have been unable to get USB access to work on the guest. This seems to be a very common problem. Many references to it turn up in a web search, but I have not found a

Re: [CentOS] Is ext4 safe for a production server?

2009-12-08 Thread Timo Schoeler
thus Christopher Chan spake: > Ian Forde wrote: >> On Dec 7, 2009, at 10:30 AM, Florin Andrei >> wrote: >> >>> John R Pierce wrote: I've always avoided XFS because A) it wsan't supported natively in RHEL anyways, and B) I've heard far too many stories about catastrophic l