Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread EGO-II.1
On 02/08/2016 07:38 PM, Always Learning wrote: On Mon, 2016-02-08 at 14:22 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: the only truly safe way to destroy data on magnetic media is to grind the media up into filings or melt it down in a furnace. I unscrew the casing, extract the disk platter(s), slide a very

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread Sorin Srbu
> -Original Message- > From: centos-boun...@centos.org [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On > Behalf Of EGO-II.1 > Sent: den 9 februari 2016 09:00 > To: CentOS mailing list > Subject: Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk > > > > >> the only truly safe way to destroy data on m

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread g
On 02/08/16 23:54, Chris Murphy wrote: <<>> > hdparm --user-master u --set-security-pass chickens /dev/sdX centos 6.7, hdparm v- 9.43; hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass chickens /dev/sdX -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He do

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread g
On 02/08/16 23:39, Digimer wrote: > On 09/02/16 12:24 AM, g wrote: <<>> >> fell better? :-P > > I need ice cream to feel better. ;) > . Baskin-Robbins 32 flavors + special of month. -- peace out. If Bill Gates got a dime for every time Windows crashes... ...oh, wait. He does. THAT explains

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread John R Pierce
On 2/9/2016 12:42 AM, g wrote: On 02/08/16 23:39, Digimer wrote: > >I need ice cream to feel better.;) > . Baskin-Robbins 32 flavors + special of month. After seeing Aaron Neville tonight (wow, what a show, 3rd row center seats in a small theater, we were 15' from the stage), we stopped at The

[CentOS] [SOLVED] Seeking Clarification CentOS 7 as Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller

2016-02-09 Thread Mike
I'm putting the Centos 7 repository Samba 4 packages on hold. Going to work with Samba 4 source with embedded heimdal. I see this suggested often on the samba mailing list. On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 3:41 PM, Mike <1100...@gmail.com> wrote: > I performed a Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller

Re: [CentOS] Seeking Clarification CentOS 7 as Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller

2016-02-09 Thread James Hogarth
On 8 February 2016 at 20:41, Mike <1100...@gmail.com> wrote: > I performed a Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller install in June of > 2015 on CentOS 7. > At that time I used the Samba 4.1.XX package from SerNet due to the absence > of necessary heimdal packages and libraries not provided in

[CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread John Cenile
Hello, I'm cross posting this from the OpenSwan mailing list, in case someone here can help. We have two sites connected via OpenSwan 2.6.32-9 on CentOS 5, sharing 6 /24 subnets each (so 12 in total). The problem we're having is completely randomly, be it in the middle of the day, or in the midd

Re: [CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread John Cenile
Thanks, I've updated the config with the following: keylife=20m ikelifetime=2h I'll see how that goes. In the mean time, any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated. On 10 February 2016 at 02:14, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Try setting lower keyexpiry time on other endpoint

Re: [CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread Eero Volotinen
Try setting lower keyexpiry time on other endpoint. -- Eero 2016-02-09 17:04 GMT+02:00 John Cenile : > Hello, > > I'm cross posting this from the OpenSwan mailing list, in case someone here > can help. > > We have two sites connected via OpenSwan 2.6.32-9 on CentOS 5, sharing 6 > /24 subnets eac

[CentOS] /tmp full with systemd-private*

2016-02-09 Thread Kai Bojens
CentOS: 7.1.1503 I have a problem with systemd which somehow manages to fill /tmp up with a lot of files. These files obviously are from the Apache server and don't pose a problem per se. The problem is that these files don't get removed daily: du -hs systemd-private-* 7,7Gsystemd-private-mp

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread g
On 02/09/16 02:51, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/9/2016 12:42 AM, g wrote: >> On 02/08/16 23:39, Digimer wrote: >>> >>> I need ice cream to feel better.;) >>> >> . >> Baskin-Robbins 32 flavors + special of month. > > After seeing Aaron Neville tonight (wow, what a show, 3rd row center > seats in a

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread Lamar Owen
On 02/08/2016 07:38 PM, Always Learning wrote: I unscrew the casing, extract the disk platter(s), slide a very strong magnet over both sides of the platter surface then bend the platter in half. How secure is that ? Actually, while there is some good security to that it's not for the reason yo

[CentOS] centos.firehosted.com / tagged as malicious

2016-02-09 Thread Corey Erickson
This repository has begun triggering alerts in my enterprises trend micro solution this morning. centos.firehosted.com/7.2.1511/updates/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml Any tips on ensuring this repository is never queried by my systems ? It seems to keep getting picked up on freshly deployed vagrant

Re: [CentOS] /tmp full with systemd-private*

2016-02-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 02/09/2016 08:05 AM, Kai Bojens wrote: It was my understanding that these temp-files should have been removed daily as it is stated here: Not all files, just those mentioned in /etc/tmpfiles.d/* ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org https://lis

Re: [CentOS] Seeking Clarification CentOS 7 as Samba 4 Active Directory Domain Controller

2016-02-09 Thread Mike
Hi James, Thanks for your response. I was nervous about installing the samba-dc packages, but after your post, I spun up a virtual machine and installed the samba-dc packages and saw the README to which you referred. It sounds like work is well under way from a strong redhat-backed community. This

Re: [CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 02/09/2016 07:04 AM, John Cenile wrote: does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem might be? Not off the top of my head, but if I were you, I'd enable debugging of "control" and "dpd". See man ipsec.conf (/plutodebug) and man ipsec_pluto.

Re: [CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread Eero Volotinen
Centos 5 is also a bit old os. Is it possible to use newer version? (like centos 7 or centos 6?) Eero 2016-02-09 19:52 GMT+02:00 Gordon Messmer : > On 02/09/2016 07:04 AM, John Cenile wrote: > >> does anyone have any suggestions on what the problem might be? >> > > Not off the top of my head, bu

Re: [CentOS] /tmp full with systemd-private*

2016-02-09 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
On 09.02.2016 17:05, Kai Bojens wrote: > CentOS: 7.1.1503 > > I have a problem with systemd which somehow manages to fill /tmp up with a > lot of > files. These files obviously are from the Apache server and don't pose a > problem > per se. The problem is that these files don't get removed daily

Re: [CentOS] /tmp full with systemd-private*

2016-02-09 Thread Kai Bojens
Am 09.02.2016 um 19:34 schrieb Dennis Jacobfeuerborn: >> Am I missing something? Is there a better way with a systemd based systemd to >> have these files removed daily? > Have you checked which process creates the files and doesn't apparently > clean them up properly by checking the contents for

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

2016-02-09 Thread H
On 02/02/2016 06:29 PM, Frank Cox wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:02:40 +0100 H wrote: What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? I personally use Geany and/or vim, depending on what I'm doing and how I'm doing it. You can find pre-compiled rpms for the latest version of geany for

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

2016-02-09 Thread H
On 02/02/2016 07:19 PM, Yamaban wrote: On Tue, 2 Feb 2016 18:02, H wrote: On 02/02/2016 03:50 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: On 02/02/2016 09:28 AM, Jonathan Billings wrote: > CentOS is not a bleeding-edge distribution that constantly keeps > packages up to date with the upstream projects. If you wa

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

2016-02-09 Thread H
On 02/02/2016 07:20 PM, Chris Beattie wrote: On 2/2/2016 12:02 PM, H wrote: What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? My first impression of kate was favorable, not only did it support the usual programming and scripting languages but also markdown which I have I used gedit and Wi

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

2016-02-09 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 21:43:50 +0100 H wrote: > > You can find pre-compiled rpms for the latest version of geany for Centos 6 > > and 7 on my website if you want them. (The Centos 6 i386 rpm is two > > versions behind but the x86_64 version is up to date. I don't have easy > > access to an i386 Cen

Re: [CentOS] /tmp full with systemd-private*

2016-02-09 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 02/09/2016 10:55 AM, Kai Bojens wrote: They should, however, be removed daily. I'd like to solve this with systemd's own tools instead of searching for some 'tmp-reaper'. At the risk of repeating myself, "systemd's own tools" ARE a "tmp-reaper." From "man systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer": DESC

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 11:18 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/8/2016 9:54 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: >> >> Secure erase is really the only thing to use on SSDs. Writing a pile >> of zeros just increases wear (minor negative) but also doesn't >> actually set the cells to the state required to accept a

Re: [CentOS] Utility to zero unused blocks on disk

2016-02-09 Thread J Martin Rushton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 09/02/16 08:28, Sorin Srbu wrote: >> -Original Message- From: centos-boun...@centos.org >> [mailto:centos-boun...@centos.org] On Behalf Of EGO-II.1 Sent: >> den 9 februari 2016 09:00 To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: >> [CentOS] Utility t

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

2016-02-09 Thread Anthony K
On 03/02/16 04:02, H wrote: What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? My first impression of kate was favorable, not only did it support the usual programming and scripting languages but also markdown which I have recently discovered... Sublime Text [0] slaughters them all, IMO

Re: [CentOS] Latest version of kate editor

2016-02-09 Thread Valeri Galtsev
On Tue, February 9, 2016 8:36 pm, Anthony K wrote: > On 03/02/16 04:02, H wrote: >> What do people use as a programming editor on CentOS 6? My first >> impression of kate was favorable, not only did it support the usual >> programming and scripting languages but also markdown which I have >> recen

Re: [CentOS] "upstream testing"??

2016-02-09 Thread Chris Murphy
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Chris Murphy wrote: > Everything else is prone to failure. Specifically, but not limited to, unetbootin. Really, people need to just purge unetbootin from memory and stop recommending it. I've never had it work on any (U)EFI system. And more often than not it would

Re: [CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread John Cenile
So lowering the keylife / ikelifetime didn't solve the problem. I've enabled debugging and I'll see what it says. Unfortunately we can't (easily) upgrade CentOS, do you believe that would make a huge difference though? Are the newer versions of OpenSwan *that *much more reliable? On 10 February 2

Re: [CentOS] OpenSwan Drop Out Issue

2016-02-09 Thread Eero Volotinen
Well. Centos 5 is really near of it's end of life. There is not much updates to kernel or openswan. You should at least try latest openswan version. Your issue looks like a bit network problem. -- Eero 2016-02-10 8:34 GMT+02:00 John Cenile : > So lowering the keylife / ikelifetime didn't solve