Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of Gordon Messmer > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 19:40 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home > server > > On 06/29/2015 06:46 AM, So

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of m.r...@5-cent.us > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 17:25 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home > server > > > The WiFi solution I us

Re: [CentOS] CPAN issues

2015-06-29 Thread James D. Parra
Thank you Kahlil for your reply. I made few perl changes, uninstalled CPAN, removed the .cpan dir, and reinstalled, and ran 'install CPAN' and everything looked much better. That is, no failures. The last part of the output was; t/97-mock.t ... ok t/97-process_options.t ...

Re: [CentOS] Tar CentOS installation and transfer it to new server

2015-06-29 Thread Mike
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 4:43 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Chris Murphy > wrote: > > Anaconda on Fedora live media installs uses: > > > > rsync -pogAXtlHrDx > > Looks like this is the same as -aAXHx > > The cap X is for extended attributes. > > Mr. Murphy, thanks for

Re: [CentOS] CPAN issues

2015-06-29 Thread Kahlil Hodgson
​CPAN is a core module which can be tricky to update on the RedHat based systems. Suggest investigating: local::lib App::cpanminus Pinto​ ​If you need a newer Perl, check out www.softwarecollections.org. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:/

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 29.06.2015 um 19:40 schrieb Gordon Messmer : > On 06/29/2015 06:46 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> Even considering a minimal CentOS install, is that still less minimal than >> e.g. Smoothwall or Ipcop? > > Yes, a minimal install of CentOS is probably larger (less minimal) than a > specialized distri

Re: [CentOS] CPAN issues

2015-06-29 Thread Brian Mathis
It's not a good idea to update CPAN and/or install modules from CPAN into the OS-installed perl. Use rpm packages from yum. Many can be found in the standard CentOS repo and EPEL has many as well. Take a look at perlbrew if you really need a new version of perl for some reason. If you don't rea

[CentOS] CPAN issues

2015-06-29 Thread James D. Parra
Hello List, Running CentOS Linux release 7.0.1406 (Core), and trying to update CPAN from version 1.98 to version 2.10, but it fails. t/97-process_setup_options.t .. ok t/97-return_values.t .. 6/10 # Failed test 'blib/script/cpan -j t/97-lib_cpan1/CPAN/Config.pm Local::Prereq::Fails'

Re: [CentOS] Tar CentOS installation and transfer it to new server

2015-06-29 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 2:38 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: > Anaconda on Fedora live media installs uses: > > rsync -pogAXtlHrDx Looks like this is the same as -aAXHx The cap X is for extended attributes. -- Chris Murphy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@ce

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 gcc is a bit old

2015-06-29 Thread Michael Hennebry
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Matt Garman wrote: Take a look at Devtoolset, I think this will give you what you want: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-3/ Thanks much. It looks like what I want. Also, I think I'll look at the Modules environment in case a convient solution

Re: [CentOS] Tar CentOS installation and transfer it to new server

2015-06-29 Thread Chris Murphy
Anaconda on Fedora live media installs uses: rsync -pogAXtlHrDx There is at least one equivalent that's shorter, probably with -a representing about half of those. Chris Murphy ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 gcc is a bit old

2015-06-29 Thread James A. Peltier
- Original Message - | Take a look at Devtoolset, I think this will give you what you want: | https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-3/ | | | | On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Michael Hennebry | wrote: | > gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) is a bit o

[CentOS] set up login.defs but password still not expire?

2015-06-29 Thread mcclnx mcc
We have Centos 5.8 on LInux server.I setup /etc/login.defs following: PASS_MAX_DAYS   3 PASS_MIN_DAYS   0 PASS_MIN_LEN    8 PASS_WARN_AGE   1 after that I chack user password policy and it show:# chage -l user1 Last password change    : Jun 29, 2015 Password expires

Re: [CentOS] Tar CentOS installation and transfer it to new server

2015-06-29 Thread Mike
Thanks Mr. Roth! That's nice and methodical. I do like how you can revert by simply remounting the previous directories. I'm going to try both. I'm still hopeful that a simple tar -xf server.tgz into the chrooted "/" is possible. At linuxquestions.org, one user suggests it can be done by exempting

Re: [CentOS] Old and new package version numbers during RPM update

2015-06-29 Thread Rex Dieter
Anand Buddhdev wrote: > Hi CentOS folk, > > In an RPM post-install script, is it possible to know the previous > version number, and the new version number of a package if it's an update? > > I need to know this, because for a certain package, if updating from > version 1.x to 2.x, I need to run

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 gcc is a bit old

2015-06-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 6/29/2015 11:56 AM, Michael Hennebry wrote: Does a standard CentOS 7 repository have a newer version? Does a CentOS 7-compatible repository have a newer version? el 7 comes with gcc 4.8.3 -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz ___ CentO

Re: [CentOS] Tar CentOS installation and transfer it to new server

2015-06-29 Thread m . roth
Mike wrote: > Current Installation: CentOS 7.1503 with SerNet Samba 4 ver. 4.1.17 > configured as Active Directory Domain Controller. > Current Installation: HP Workstation with dual Xeon quadcore cpu's and 4 x > SATA hard drives NOT configured in RAID array. > > New Installation: CentOS 7.1503 min

Re: [CentOS] CentOS 6 gcc is a bit old

2015-06-29 Thread Matt Garman
Take a look at Devtoolset, I think this will give you what you want: https://www.softwarecollections.org/en/scls/rhscl/devtoolset-3/ On Mon, Jun 29, 2015 at 1:56 PM, Michael Hennebry wrote: > gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) is a bit old. > There have been major changes since the

[CentOS] CentOS 6 gcc is a bit old

2015-06-29 Thread Michael Hennebry
gcc (GCC) 4.4.7 20120313 (Red Hat 4.4.7-11) is a bit old. There have been major changes since then. I'd like a newer version. If I have to, I expect that I can install from source. I'd rather not. Is there a CentOS 6-compatible repository from which I can get a newer version? Does a standard Cen

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Tom Bishop
> I get good results with IPCop on an older box. I happened to already > have my WAP set up, similar to David, with ethernet cable into my > Netgear gigabit switch. But IPCop has a zone now for wifi and I could > hook it into my IPCop and and get all it's benefits. > > I haven't bothered because I'

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Bill Maltby (C4B)
On Mon, 2015-06-29 at 08:17 -0700, david wrote: > > > > >Yup. For, um, about a dozen years, I ran RH 7.1,7.2, 7.3, and eventually 9 > >on an old box that was nothing but a firewall router. I was seriously > >paranoid - no gcc or any development tools, no X, not much of anything. To > >the best of

[CentOS] Tar CentOS installation and transfer it to new server

2015-06-29 Thread Mike
Current Installation: CentOS 7.1503 with SerNet Samba 4 ver. 4.1.17 configured as Active Directory Domain Controller. Current Installation: HP Workstation with dual Xeon quadcore cpu's and 4 x SATA hard drives NOT configured in RAID array. New Installation: CentOS 7.1503 minimal install New Instal

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/29/2015 06:46 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: Even considering a minimal CentOS install, is that still less minimal than e.g. Smoothwall or Ipcop? Yes, a minimal install of CentOS is probably larger (less minimal) than a specialized distribution. In my world, security has a price and, and that

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 6/29/2015 7:43 AM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: At some point, I may just get a PI, and run CentOS, or some firewall/router distro, though that would mean not having WiFi for guests. I'm using a UniFi AP for my wireless, actually, I have two of them at home for full coverage. it works SO much s

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/28/2015 03:49 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: From several sources, code, the stock CentOS iptables I've cobbled the following /etc/sysconfig/iptables; while it works, I suspect that there are holes: # Firewall configuration written by system-config-firewall # Manual customization of this file is n

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Max Pyziur
On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Tris Hoar wrote: On 29/06/2015 16:59, Max Pyziur wrote: On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, John R Pierce wrote: > On 6/28/2015 3:49 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: > > I also seem to need to load > > iptable_nat > > nf_nat_ftp > > > > via rc.local > > > > Is this correct? > > only

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Tris Hoar
On 29/06/2015 16:59, Max Pyziur wrote: On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, John R Pierce wrote: On 6/28/2015 3:49 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: I also seem to need to load iptable_nat nf_nat_ftp via rc.local Is this correct? only if you're running some Linux build from the 1990s. nothing on RHEL/CentOS sho

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Max Pyziur
On Sun, 28 Jun 2015, John R Pierce wrote: On 6/28/2015 3:49 PM, Max Pyziur wrote: I also seem to need to load iptable_nat nf_nat_ftp via rc.local Is this correct? only if you're running some Linux build from the 1990s. nothing on RHEL/CentOS should need anything in rc.local Then w

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread m . roth
david wrote: > At 07:43 AM 6/29/2015, you wrote: >>James B. Byrne wrote: >> > On Mon, June 29, 2015 02:14, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> > OS 6? >> >> >> >> Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument >> >> behind using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff. >> > >> > Maintenance. >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread david
At 07:43 AM 6/29/2015, you wrote: James B. Byrne wrote: > On Mon, June 29, 2015 02:14, Sorin Srbu wrote: > OS 6? >> >> Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument >> behind using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff. > > Maintenance. > > A consistent set of expectations does wo

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread m . roth
James B. Byrne wrote: > On Mon, June 29, 2015 02:14, Sorin Srbu wrote: > OS 6? >> >> Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument >> behind using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff. > > Maintenance. > > A consistent set of expectations does wonders for debugging odd-ball > occur

Re: [CentOS] Old and new package version numbers during RPM update

2015-06-29 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 06/28/2015 05:11 PM, Anand Buddhdev wrote: My motivation for asking this question was for making an EPEL package that can work for most people without breaking their installations (especially if they have unattended yum updates, like with yum-cron). Bear in mind that one of the reasons peopl

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 29.06.2015 um 15:46 schrieb Sorin Srbu : >> >>> Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument >>> behind using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff. >>> >> >> Maintenance. >> >> A consistent set of expectations does wonders for debugging odd-ball >> occurrences. Why learn t

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of James B. Byrne > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 15:10 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home > server > > > > Please note: I'm not

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread James B. Byrne
On Mon, June 29, 2015 02:14, Sorin Srbu wrote: OS 6? > > Please note: I'm not criticizing, just curious about the argument > behind using a regular OS to do firewall-stuff. > Maintenance. A consistent set of expectations does wonders for debugging odd-ball occurrences. Why learn the idiosyncras

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 124, Issue 16

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Re: [CentOS] puppet files denied by SELinux

2015-06-29 Thread Daniel J Walsh
I have no idea of the current dependency problem. I think your original problem was caused by mv'ing files from an nfs share to /etc which maintained the context. And SELinux prevented puppet from accessing nfs_t type. If you had just run restorecon on the object it would have set it back to the

Re: [CentOS] Old and new package version numbers during RPM update

2015-06-29 Thread Leon Fauster
Am 29.06.2015 um 02:11 schrieb Anand Buddhdev : > On 29/06/15 01:07, Kahlil Hodgson wrote: > >> On 29 June 2015 at 07:37, John R Pierce wrote: >> >>> so a regex looking for "system:" vs "system {" should nicely delineate >>> these. I dunno, I might even put that into the conversion utility a

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Robert Heller
At Mon, 29 Jun 2015 06:14:33 + CentOS mailing list wrote: > > Content-Language: en-US > > > > -Original Message- > > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > > Behalf Of Sorin Srbu > > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 08:11 > > To: CentOS mailing list > > Subj

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 6/29/2015 12:04 AM, Sorin Srbu wrote: Gotcha'. Fewer watts may be worth it in the long run, as this is a device that's always on for obvious reasons. depends entirely on your performance requirements. the APU has no fans AND no vents, the case sheet metal is the heatsink. this means it

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of John R Pierce > Sent: den 29 juni 2015 09:03 > To: centos@centos.org > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home > server > > On 6/28/2015 11:50 PM, Sorin

Re: [CentOS] Using a CentOS 6 Machine as a gateway/router/home server

2015-06-29 Thread John R Pierce
On 6/28/2015 11:50 PM, Sorin Srbu wrote: That DIY Kit was pretty cool, thanks for the info! I note everyone is moving over to the Intel Avoton/Rangley 'system on a chip', this is the Xeon Atom C2xx8 series, like this... http://store.netgate.com/ADI/RCC-VE-2440-board.aspx (other versions of Ra