[CentOS] network bound disk encryption bond interface not working

hi, running 8.5 I cannot get to automatically unlock the luks container on a dell poweredge 740. This is the setup. The clevis client has bound a tang server: # clevis luks list -d /dev/sdb2 1: tang '{"url":"http://10.x.x.200"}' This sdb2 is the boot device. dracut config: kernel_cmdline="bo

Re: [CentOS] NetworkManager on servers

hi, On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 8:55 AM Nicolas Kovacs wrote: > Hi, > > > On servers though, one of the first post-installation steps I performed > was to > get rid of Network-Manager and all its components. The servers I'm working > on > are relatively small-scale and have from one to four ne

Re: [CentOS] dracut ipv6 fixed ip

On Mon, Apr 1, 2019 at 11:12 AM Natxo Asenjo wrote: > kernel_cmdline="ip=[fd0c:fc8a::xx::2]::[fd0c:fc8a:xxx:xx::1]:64:::none::[mac:address] > nameserver=[fd7a:f141::xx::11]" > for future reference, maybe: kernel_cmdline="ip=[fd0c:fc8a::xx::2]::[fd0c:f

[CentOS] dracut ipv6 fixed ip

hi, we have successfully implemented at tang/clevis environment for automatically entering luks keys and booting hosts without operator intervention. Now we would like to use this as well on ipv6 networks, but I do not seem to get it to work. I have already posted this issue to the dracut devs g

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/14/2013 09:08 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 9/14/2013 12:00 AM, natxo asenjo wrote: >> and where is in the centos wiki or in the redhat documentation or in the >> sendmail documentation the info to accomplish that? Do you care to give >> me a url to those (un)off

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/13/2013 11:52 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >>>>> >>>> The fact you do not understand the documentation does not mean it is >>>> bad. >>> >>> It is pretty good evidence that s

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On Sep 13, 2013 7:02 PM, "Les Mikesell" wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:18 AM, natxo asenjo wrote: > > > > The fact you do not understand the documentation does not mean it is > > bad. > > It is pretty good evidence that swapping it as the default be

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/13/2013 04:34 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > natxo asenjo wrote: > >> I do run centos (even in my laptop) but >> my main use is professional. And frankly, I do not know anyone in my >> personal environment with a linux computer (tablets/phones don't count). >

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/13/2013 03:59 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > natxo asenjo wrote: > If you mean myhostname in /etc/postfix/main.cf > then as I just said it is set to the fqdn. > Also I should point out that sendmail has been working perfectly there, > without any such messages in /var/log/mail

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/13/2013 01:37 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > natxo asenjo wrote: > >> Postfix's target audience is not the average joe user but e-mail >> administrators. It is assumed you know some stuff about how smtp e-mail >> works. > > I wonder if that is, or should be,

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/13/2013 12:56 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > If you upgrade from CentOS-5 to CentOS-6, > which I imagine the vast majority of people did, > then sendmail remains the current MTA. that's a lot to assume. Most people I know professionally do not upgrade their rhel/centos servers. The debian cro

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/12/2013 11:39 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Patrick Lists wrote: > >> Read "Postfix: The Definitive Guide" or "The Book of Postfix". Years ago >> I read the first and used it to setup multiple domains with virtual >> accounts. Works perfectly to this day. Also heard good things about the >> 2nd

Re: [CentOS] Setting up postfix under CentOS-6

On 09/12/2013 12:03 PM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I recently, perhaps foolishly, changed over a remote server > from sendmail/procmail to postfix/amavis/spamassassin/clamd , > and I'm finding it difficult to configure this setup. migrating is always a pain. > The CentOS document

Re: [CentOS] nfs4, idmapd, users with same name, different uid?

On 08/28/2013 08:24 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > This is a very tiny subset (mostly) of a corporate network where the > larger things are handled by active directory. But, for various > non-technical reasons I don't want these machines to have to 'join' > AD. Kerberos will sort-of work without joi

Re: [CentOS] nfs4, idmapd, users with same name, different uid?

On 08/28/2013 06:04 PM, Barbara Krasovec wrote: > On 8/28/13 11:29 AM, natxo asenjo wrote: >> for nfsv4 it is my understanding you need a central user store like ldap >> or nis (but don't use nis) or synchronize your password file to >> eternity. I do not have a centos

Re: [CentOS] nfs4, idmapd, users with same name, different uid?

On 08/27/2013 12:01 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > Is idmapd supposed to work where users have different uid numbers on > the nfsv4 server and client? It seems to show the right names for > ownership on the client side, but if I automount a home directory, > that user doesn't have permission to ente

Re: [CentOS] LVM RAID0 and SSD discards/TRIM

On 08/21/2013 11:42 PM, Joakim Ziegler wrote: > So, can anyone confirm that discards work on ext4 a LVM RAID0 of two > SSDs with CentOS 6.4 or the latest ElRepo kernel for Centos 5.8? > > This should be a fairly simple question, either it works or it doesn't... > hi, First hit: https://www.google

Re: [CentOS] samba: check password with AD without joining domain?

Do you require samba or do you just want linux users to authenticate to AD? Samba when configured to work in a domain must be joined to the AD domain. By the way, unless the admins have changed the defaults, any authenticated user can join up to 10 hosts to an AD domain (search ms-DS-MachineAccoun

Re: [CentOS] change sudoers remotely

On 07/08/2013 10:32 PM, Tim Dunphy wrote: > hello list, > > I've been asked to give someone sudo rights across an entire environment > without the benefit of something like puppet or chef or cfengine et al. another option is using ldap, so you can specify who can do what in the ldap tree. The

Re: [CentOS] DL380g8 - smart array B320i - CentOS 6.4

On 07/01/2013 10:30 PM, Nathan Duehr wrote: > I wish you good tidings, and may you always be the smartest person with the > "Best l33t GOLD level VAR EVAR !!1!" LOL -- groet, natxo ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mai

Re: [CentOS] DL380g8 - smart array B320i - CentOS 6.4

On 06/26/2013 10:29 PM, Marcelo Roccasalva wrote: > You need a license from HP to access your hard disks... Stupid, but real... wow, just, wow. If this is true I will advise against buying any HP server kit whenever we need to buy new servers. -- groet, natxo

Re: [CentOS] Instalación de Nomachine

2013/6/21 Ian : > Perdón por el idioma. esta lista es en inglés. No postee en español aquí. > Estoy intentando instalar Nomachine en un CentOS 6.4 y no lo logro, tengo > problemas con la autenticación. Conoceis algún manual claro y conciso? > Muchas gracias http://www.nomachine.com/installation

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: Following up a bit late on this, I found out the issue with the failing freenx sessions centos 6.4. We have a growing freeipa infrastructure (http://freeipa.org), using the identity management solution delivered by RHEL. ,A colleague installed

Re: [CentOS] Directory Server vs just plain old LDAP server

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:55 PM, James Hogarth wrote: > Look at IPA for your directory services... > > Makes management very simple and adds kerberos capabilities as well :) > On 27 Apr 2013 19:09, "aurfalien" wrote: > > +1 -- groet, natxo ___ CentOS

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

> > On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, Natxo Asenjo wrote: > > > hi, > > > > is it possible for someone to spin a new vm with centos 6.4 and the gnome > > desktop environment, then install freenx and nx and confirm that it works > > or that it does (or does not) work? > &g

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

hi, is it possible for someone to spin a new vm with centos 6.4 and the gnome desktop environment, then install freenx and nx and confirm that it works or that it does (or does not) work? That would be very helpful. -- Groeten, natxo ___ CentOS mailing

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

(uid=0) Apr 3 23:58:59 testthuis sshd[3803]: pam_unix(sshd:session): session closed for user nx -- Groeten, natxo On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:43 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Natxo Asenjo > wrote: > > > > thanks for taking the time to reply. >

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:26 PM, wrote: > Natxo Asenjo wrote: > > I have removed nx and freenx, installed the nomachine packages and > > everything *just works*. > > > > I very much would prefer to use freenx, though. > > -- > Could there have been some crypto a

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

hi, thanks for taking the time to reply. Yes, I copied the client key. I have followed the wiki instructions except ENABLE_PASSDB_AUTHENTICATION="1" and adding the users to it with nxserver --adduser because we are not interested in that, we use ldap users and that has worked since like for ev

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

I have removed nx and freenx, installed the nomachine packages and everything *just works*. I very much would prefer to use freenx, though. -- Groeten, natxo ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

ing (yes/no)?" { send "yesr" } "assword*:" { sleep 0.3; send -- "$passwordr" } ..." (file "/usr/bin/nxnode-login" line 69) FREENX> 716 Slave mode failed to start. Info: Closing connection to slave with pid 6358. NX> 404 ERROR: wron

Re: [CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

hi, Thanks for taking the time to reply. As stated in my message I can log in from ssh. And yes, the password is the same, I have verified it numerous times. So no, that is not the problem. And as I wrote in my first message, this has always worked until 6.4. That is why I was asking if anyone e

[CentOS] freenx not working with newly installed centos 6.4

hi, this is not the same as http://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=6298 I can login with ssh but not with freenx With 6.3 this worked, I just spinned some new servers and now I can no longer use freenx. in /var/log/messages: pr 3 22:05:11 testthuis nxserver[3435]: (nx) Failed login for user=admin

Re: [CentOS] kickstart %pre vda/sda troubles

On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 12:45 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 03/10/2013 08:14 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >> lets reply to myself then ;-) > > I missed your first message. I've put a copy of my centos 6 kickstart > here in case there are any ideas you think are good ones

Re: [CentOS] kickstart %pre vda/sda troubles

lets reply to myself then ;-) %pre #!/bin/bash if [ -b /dev/vda ] ; then echo "bootloader --location=mbr --timeout=0 --driveorder=vda --append="crashkernel=auto rhgb quiet"" > /tmp/diskinfo echo "clearpart --linux --drives=vda" >> /tmp/diskinfo echo "part /boot --fstype=ext4 --size=50

[CentOS] kickstart %pre vda/sda troubles

hi, The problem: for kvm/qemu disks are /dev/vdx devices when using the virtio driver. For vmware, drives are /dev/sdx devices. For hp servers, /dev/ccisss/whatever (sorry, no proliant with an array controller handy to check it). in order to just have one kickstart script to maintain I am trying

Re: [CentOS] Not installing avahi in a kickstart install

On Sun, Mar 3, 2013 at 10:52 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 03/03/2013 04:39 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> >> Am 03.03.2013 22:35, schrieb Robert Moskowitz: >>> In the packages section of my kickstart I have: >>> >>> -avahi >>> >>> and I am still getting avahi and all of its rpms installed. I d

Re: [CentOS] add CA to centos clients

On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:13 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 2/17/2013 11:00 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >> I need to deploy an internal CA to our hosts. > > you say a CA, then you talk about PKI, and finally LDAP which is a > Directory Server. these things are all interrelated

[CentOS] add CA to centos clients

hi, I need to deploy an internal CA to our hosts. Fedora is planning something I could use now http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/SharedSystemCertificates but it is not there yet ;-) I already have a deploying infrastructure (cfengine), so my question is: what files do I need to move around f

Re: [CentOS] More on Re: Really changing the hostname

hi, On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM, wrote: > Here's another question: you're building it via kickstart - are you > getting the hostname via dhcp? > > We've got a perl script to create a ks file dynamically, depending on what > option we want (server, desktop, etc), and we get the name via dhcp

Re: [CentOS] routing problem?

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:51 PM, Gordon Messmer wrote: > On 02/08/2013 07:39 AM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >> Do you have any tips on how to reach vlan 5 on the virt host from vlan 1? > > Not without the configuration from your switch. > > The most likely problem is this: Your w

[CentOS] routing problem?

hi, at home I have setup a kvm virtualization lab. I have a layer 3 switch, a host with 3 nics and centos 6.3. In the layer 3 switch I have setup a couple of vlans: vlan 1 (default), 5 (quarantaine) and 10 (out-of-band-management). nic0 is configured in the switch as a trunk interface that sees

Re: [CentOS] weird issue with qemu-kvm network...

On Sat, Feb 2, 2013 at 2:12 AM, James Hogarth wrote: > If you need bonding or vlans it becomes more complicated ;-) LOL. We have been testing this (bonding *and* vlans). Once you understand how it works it makes sense, but you need to understand it first and most people researching this are pro

Re: [CentOS] Off-Topic: Low Power Hardware

On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 12:30 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/14/2013 2:54 PM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >> +1 on the setup. ,I have it with 10GB ram (I found out that this ram >> block: Corsair XMS3 CMX8GX3M1A1333C9 also works in the HP N40L, so in >> theory you could go to 16GB

Re: [CentOS] Off-Topic: Low Power Hardware

On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:03 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 1/14/2013 7:24 AM, Phil Dobbin wrote: >> Looking at the specs for N40Ls though put me off because they're rated >> at 150W. Or am I missing something here? > > that may be the PSU rating, but 55W active is more typical, and thats > with 4

Re: [CentOS] fixing partition alignment ?

On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Laurent Wandrebeck wrote: > Hi there, > > I've discovered that most of the hard drives used in our cluster got > misaligned partitions, thus crippling perfs. Is there any way to fix > that without having to delete/recreate properly aligned partitions, then > format

Re: [CentOS] home directory server performance issues

On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:37 PM, Matt Garman wrote: > I’m looking for advice and considerations on how to optimally setup > and deploy an NFS-based home directory server. In particular: (1) how > to determine hardware requirements, and (2) how to best setup and > configure the server. We actuall

Re: [CentOS] Questions on making a kickstart cfg

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > So I took the anaconda cfg, commented out the partition/disk pieces and > ran it off my repo server and it almost worked. > > Little things like not including things I had done on network setup. No > first boot :) > > So now I am read

Re: [CentOS] Adding Update repository at install time

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 10:42 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > > On 12/04/2012 04:27 PM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >>> Anyway, I am doing a netinstall of Centos 6.3 i386 from my local repo. >>> I also have the updates repo. How can I add the updates repo so that I >>> ge

Re: [CentOS] Adding Update repository at install time

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:50 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > This is easy with Fedora, as the various 'common' repos are listed and > all I have to do is change the URL > > Anyway, I am doing a netinstall of Centos 6.3 i386 from my local repo. > I also have the updates repo. How can I add the up

Re: [CentOS] libre office

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:25 AM, John R Pierce > wrote: > > LibreOffice was created when Oracle bought Sun, a bunch of the core > > developers quit and started their own project, > > BS if you ask me... > Oracle bought Sun in APRIL 2009.

Re: [CentOS] FreeIPA on Centos 6

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Boris Epstein wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 2:39 AM, James Hogarth >wrote: > > > > Named segfaulted here and there, and when the master instance failed, > > > takeover didn't work for whatever reason. > > > > > > > I have four IPAs replicating together across

Re: [CentOS] FreeIPA on Centos 6

On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 8:39 AM, James Hogarth wrote: > > Named segfaulted here and there, and when the master instance failed, > > takeover didn't work for whatever reason. > > > > I have four IPAs replicating together across two DCs with full DNS and CA > integration plus using it for sudo manag

[CentOS] centos 6.2 mirror no yum grouplist

hi, I have created a 6.2 local repository in our lan and it works fine for packages. However, when trying to use the yum groups, I get this: # yum grouplist Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, security Setting up Group Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Error: No group data available

Re: [CentOS] Strange Kernel for Centos 5.5

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: > On Saturday, February 12, 2011 09:02 PM, Natxo Asenjo wrote: >> Anyway, neither in windows nor in unix/linux you want to specify >> permissions on a per user level. Always groups. If the user leaves the >> company an

Re: [CentOS] Strange Kernel for Centos 5.5

On Sat, Feb 12, 2011 at 3:38 AM, Drew wrote: >> RHEL and CentOS have much, much tighter basic privilege handling. The >> complexity of the NTFS ACL structure, for example, is so frequently >> mishandled that it's often ignored and simply dealt with as >> "Administrator". The result is privilege es

Re: [CentOS] automated remote cloning

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:55 PM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Geoff Galitz wrote: [knip] >> Any pointers to good automated solutions? > > Do you use cfengine or puppet in your environment?  If you install the > base packages via post installation scripts, you can use cfengi

Re: [CentOS] OT: programming language for morons (newbie friendly language in Open Source world)

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 9:55 PM, Kwan Lowe wrote: > On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> On 12/14/2010 1:16 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >>> >>> >>> Personally I've banned Perl from the network primarily because of the >>> maintenance disaster that is CPAN. >> >> And your per

Re: [CentOS] OT: programming language for morons (newbie friendly language in Open Source world)

On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:18 AM, David Sommerseth wrote: > On 13/12/10 17:32, Lamar Owen wrote: >> On Monday, December 13, 2010 11:14:24 am Sven Aluoor wrote: >>> What programming language should I learn? >> >> Python.  You can find useful examples of python code throughout CentOS, >> beginning

Re: [CentOS] OT: programming language for morons (newbie friendly language in Open Source world)

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:02 PM, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Mon, 2010-12-13 at 14:49 -0700, Warren Young wrote: >> On 12/13/2010 9:37 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: >> > On 12/13/2010 10:14 AM, Sven Aluoor wrote: >> > Perl is probably the easiest next step for someone who has shell >> > scriptin

Re: [CentOS] Centos and Bridging

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:23 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Alan Hodgson wrote: >> On November 26, 2010 11:25:06 am Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote: >>> KVM, itself, was unusable in my testing due to the "bridged network" >>> mishandling and its complete lack of a concept

Re: [CentOS] excel parser (preferably perl)?

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > I'm getting tired of converting spreadsheets that someone else updates > to csv so my perl scripts can push the data into a mysql database.  Is > there a better way?  I haven't had much luck with > perl-Spreadsheet-ParseExcel (and find it odd

Re: [CentOS] looking for cool, post-install things to do on a centos 5.5 system

On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > >  logging utilities?  intrusion detection?  monitoring?  anything that > leaps to mind that i can use to fill up a few more hours.  i'm already > thinking of showing how to build and boot a new kernel.  other ideas? > thanks. sysadmins

Re: [CentOS] Interpreting logwatch

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 6:17 PM, Bill Campbell wrote: > I think it's a mistake to discount any attacks involving php as > the vast majority of the systems I have had to clean up after > cracks have been compromised through php vulnerabilities, usually > in conjunction with weak user level password

Re: [CentOS] cfengine vs. puppet

On Fri, Aug 27, 2010 at 5:15 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > cfengine has a bit more cross-platform capability, but note that CentOS > supplies a 2.x release where the project has moved on to 3.x with wildly > different syntax, and a native windows build is only available in the > commercial version. c