Re: New Linux server at home

2010-06-23 Thread Eric Shubert
In that case, I'd put VMware Server on it (or the virtualization platform of your choice), and run QMT as a guest. I think I'd use a 2x160 mirror for the host. If there is a lot of user data, I'd use the 2x400 mirror for user data and the other 2x160 mirror for guest VMs. If you don't have

Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread keith smith
Hi,  I have a CentOS server that I am working on.  Got SFTP working and now I want to turn off plain FTP. It is unclear to me how to do so and I can't find a reference that shows me how to determine which FTP server we are running. Thanks a bunch! Keith Smith

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread Dan Dubovik
You could check /etc/init.d for something that looks like an FTP server You could check: lsof -i :21 which should provide you with the pid / process that is listening on port 21. Once you have that, you should be able to kill off the process. Don't forget to chkconfig off the process, so it

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread Daniel Stasinski
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a CentOS server that I am working on. Got SFTP working and now I want to turn off plain FTP. For Centos do both of these as root: chkconfig --del vsftpd service vsftpd stop The first line stops it from

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Havens
our community is so knowledgeable you guys are great! On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Daniel Stasinski dan...@avenues.orgwrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 3:50 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.comwrote: I have a CentOS server that I am working on. Got SFTP working and now I want to

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread keith smith
I was looking around and found  SERVICEDIR=/etc/init.d   in the /sbin/service file.  So I took a look in the /etc/init.d and found pure-ftpd. So I issued : /sbin/service pure-ftpd stop which returned : Stopping pure-config.pl: cat: /var/run/pure-ftpd.pid: No such file or directory kill:

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread Eric Shubert
keith smith wrote: I was looking around and found SERVICEDIR=/etc/init.d in the /sbin/service file. So I took a look in the /etc/init.d and found pure-ftpd. So I issued : /sbin/service pure-ftpd stop which returned : Stopping pure-config.pl: cat: /var/run/pure-ftpd.pid: No such file

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread walter tocalini
Pure-FTPD runs in standalone in inetd. just commented out the ftp line in /etc/inetd.conf and will do the trick last resource remove it, WT On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: keith smith wrote: I was looking around and found SERVICEDIR=/etc/init.d in

RE:Gulf Oil Spill Killing All

2010-06-23 Thread Mike Bushroe
-- Forwarded message -- From: j...@actionline.com To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:05:48 -0600 Subject: OT (or is it): Fw: The untold doomsday scenario in the Gulf Fw: The untold DOOMSDAY Scenario emerging in the Gulf . . .] Oil Spill

OT - Re: Linux Gaming - Linux, the Numbers

2010-06-23 Thread Tim Bogart
I have to pipe up here and offer up a small story. I truly intend this to be humorous. I have to admit, I'm not into gaming. But, normally I don't criticize those who are and I understand the attraction it has for some. We all have things we enjoy and I'm just an old fuddy duddy who

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread keith smith
However doesn't FTP run on 21 and SFTP on 22? I am able to FTP with either.  So both are working. Keith Smith --- On Wed, 6/23/10, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: From: Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net Subject: Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread keith smith
I have a /etc/xinetd.conf which has not entry for FTP. Keith Smith --- On Wed, 6/23/10, walter tocalini curo...@gmail.com wrote: From: walter tocalini curo...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP To: Main PLUG

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread Dan Dubovik
FTP control channel is on port 21, data is on 20 (for active ftp). SFTP uses the SSH daemon, so runs on port 22. It has been my experience that the pure-ftpd init script is far from graceful, as Eric pointed out, the error that was given likely means that the service wasn't running. That, or it

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread keith smith
I think it is important for me to understand what FTP server is running. Issued : lsof -i :21 Returned : xinetd  2417 root    6u  IPv4   6699   TCP *:ftp (LISTEN) I assume xinetd means it was started via xinetd? I will chkconfig once I figure out what FTP server is running. Thanks!

how to reference bash variables inside perl script inside bash script?

2010-06-23 Thread Steven A. DuChene
I am attempting to write what I thought would be a simple wrapper script around ldapmodify that would allow me to easily reset a user's password. Inside my bash based wrapper script is a single line of perl that encrypts the password I input and returns it as a specially formatted string that then

Re: Determin which FTP server is running and turn off non secure FTP

2010-06-23 Thread walter tocalini
Keith let asume that you use yum to install pure-ftp and you use---and you did not use nothing else to configure pure-ftp than chkconfig, -yum install pure-ftpd now after that you create the system startup links chkconfig --levels xx pure-ftpd on (xx =whatever level you use) or