For systems with Dell management software installed, yum updates are
broken because of an incompatibility in the libsmbios library (see below)
If I remove the python-smbios, I can "fix" the problem in that updates now
work, but this breaks the Dell management software. If I try to reinstall
py
Yes, in the nfs4 cases it IS running. File ownership maps to nobody if it
isn't!
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Daniel M. Weeks wrote:
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:43:50 -0600
From: Daniel M. Weeks
To: Eve V. E. Kovacs
Cc: scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov
Subject: Re: key problem with ldap
If y
Yes, home directories are nfs mounted from a separate file server
Eve
On Thu, 20 Dec 2012, Daniel M. Weeks wrote:
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 12:51:24 -0600
From: Daniel M. Weeks
To: Eve V. E. Kovacs
Cc: scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov
Subject: Re: key problem with ldap
On 12/19/2012 02:50 PM
I just switched a bunch of SL5 and SL6 machines to use ldap
authentication. They seem to be working more or less, in that everyone can log
in, see their files, etc. However, on the SL6
machines only, /var/log/secure is filled with messages like:
request-key: Cannot find command to construct key
I have 2 sendmail questions:
1) By default, sendmail makes root an "EXPOSED USER", which means that it
is exempted from masquerading. Does anyone know how to override this? The
solutions posted on the internet don't seem to apply for SL5 and SL6.
2) Does anyone know how to enforce a default u
I am trying to setup an ldap server on an SL6.2 system
I am following the instructions on:
http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Scientific_Linux_6&p=ldap
Unfortunately, when I try to follow the steps for doing the initial
configuration with ldapadd, I get a bunch of errors as follows:
1)
ldap
I have several SL6.2 systems that are rebooting themselves every 1/2 hour
- 1 hour. This has been happening since the 2 most recent kernel upgrades.
If I go back to the 2.6.32-131.21.1.el6.x86_64 kernel, the behavior stops.
I looked in dmesg but didn't see anything useful. I looked in the system
ux-us...@fnal.gov
Subject: Re: cracklib dependency problem
On 01/13/2012 08:16 AM, Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote:
I am getting the following error when yum tries to do
the nightly update on an SL6 system:
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/cracklib.mo conflicts between
atte
I am getting the following error when yum tries to do
the nightly update on an SL6 system:
Transaction Check Error:
file /usr/share/locale/hi/LC_MESSAGES/cracklib.mo conflicts between
attempted installs of cracklib-2.8.16-2.el6.i686 and
cracklib-2.8.16-4.el6.x86_64
file /usr/share/locale/zh
I have a user with an i7 desktop with an nVidia GT218 [GeForce G210]
graphics card. The system is running SL6.0. I have installed the
the nvidia-x11-drv-275.21-1 driver package, and the nvidia kernel module
is now loaded and running. This was done in an attempt to improve screen
flickering and x
I am trying to build plplot on a Scientific-Linux 5.3 x86_64 system.
I am able to build the basic package, but would like to include other graphics
devices via qt4. Unfortunately, cmake cannot find the qt4 packages that I
have installed.
I have installed the rpms
qt4-4.2.1-1.x86_64
qt4-devel-4
00:44:03 -0700
From: Akemi Yagi
To: "scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov"
Subject: Re: plplot, qt4 on SL5
On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Eve V. E. Kovacs wrote:
Has anybody tried to build plplot on an SL5 OS?
I am trying to build plplot-5.9.5 and include Qt4 drivers.
plplot uses cmake, and
Has anybody tried to build plplot on an SL5 OS?
I am trying to build plplot-5.9.5 and include Qt4 drivers.
plplot uses cmake, and despite having qt4 and qt4-devel installed on
the system, cmake can't seem to find it. I get a warning that the Qt4
development environment is not found, so it is disab
Yes, we had the same problem on a few desktops that had a custom version.
I re-installed the custom version and excluded openoffice and oobasis from
future sl-security updates.
Eve
On Wed, 16 Jun 2010, Simon Butcher wrote:
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:20:37 +0100
From: Simon Butcher
To: scient
ade server with an onboard
3-ware RAID controller. The device that we are having problems with is an
external enclosure that connects via USB.
Eve
On Sat, 5 Jun 2010, Jimmy Cullen wrote:
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2010 06:09:57 +0100
From: Jimmy Cullen
To: Steven Timm , Eve V. E. Kovacs ,
s
We have StarTech external multi-bay hard drive enclosure
( 4x3.5" drives, SATA), S354UFER.
It has 2TB drives and is configured for Raid5.
Disks are partitioned using ext3 (gpt partition table)
Ubuntu 9.08 works fine: it sees ~6 TB after
connecting it with a USB cable.
When I connect
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Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:46:19 -0500 (CDT)
From: Kyler Kuehn
To: Eve V. E. Kovacs
Cc: Steve Kuhlmann
Subject: Re: info on usb
It's an ASUS WL-167g USB 2.0.
The usb, box, discs, and documentation are a
And when you are doing your custom layout, select RAID rather than New in
the menu for making partitions. The RAID option allows you to setup
partitions on different disks and then combine them into a software raid.
You can select the RAID type, and which partitions go into each RAID
device. I h
I have a couple of systems that have a standard install of SL5.3,
including the package
finger-0.17-32.2.1.1.x86_64
When I try to run finger, I get
Segmentation fault
So far, this has happened only on just a few (out of many) x86_64 systems.
I have run an rpm verify on the finger package and it
e" option is given.
Eve
On Tue, 29 Sep 2009, Michael Mansour wrote:
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 09:28:44 +1100
From: Michael Mansour
To: Eve V. E. Kovacs , scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov
Subject: Re: nfsv4 services
Hi Eve,
We are trying to set up nfsv4 services on an SL5.3 server.
We have
We are trying to set up nfsv4 services on an SL5.3 server.
We have followed various tutorials on the web, and everything appears to
be working correctly. However, when we mount the exported filesystems on
the client, (which happens with no errors), we can't see any of the files.
The client thin
I just upgraded one of our systems to SL5 and now one of our users
is having problems ssh'ing to minos06.fnal.gov. Everything still works on
all the SL4 systems.
The problem she is having has something to do with the change in kinit
and aklog in SL5. She gets her ticket using kinit and then ssh'
I am trying to install a system that has 4 disks configured as 2 RAID1
mirrors. One of these stores the OS and the other is intended to be a data
disk.
My problem is that the install from the DVD wants to put the boot loader
on the data disk, and I don't see an option to change it to the disk
c
Yes, I tore my hair out on this one last year. The solution is:
In modprobe.conf on the nfs server add the following line:
options lockd nlm_udpport=6667 nlm_tcpport=6667
(here 6667 is the port number to which lockd is fixed)
The reboot your server.
Eve
On Tue, 21 Apr 2009, Ken Teh wrote:
D
Hi,
Ever since I upgraded my systems from SL5.2 to SL5.3, I have been unable
to print correctly from these systems. Instead of getting normal
output, I get a page of postscript commands instead. The print jobs from
these SL5.3 systems are sent to a print server (which is SL4.7) which then
send
The latest version of AdobeReader (AdobeReader_enu-9.1.0-1.i486)
gives the following error when you try to run it on an SL4.7 system:
/opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread:
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.5' not found
(required by /opt/Adobe/Reader9/Reader/intellinux/b
How does one configure the display for an SL5.2 system?
I have tried running system-config-display to change the resolution,
but nothing happens. xorg.conf is unchanged.
Thanks,
Eve
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Eve Kovacs
Argonne National Laboratory,
Room F149,
Voss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Dr Andrew C Aitchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Eve V. E. Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lockd for nfs
Has anyone tried to fix the ports that nfs uses for its various daemons?
# echo "options lockd nlm_udpport=6667 nlm
Has anyone tried to fix the ports that nfs uses for its various daemons?
Supposedly, by setting the environmental variables in/etc/sysconfig/nfs,
one can fix the ports on which the daemons listen.
All of them work except for LOCKD_UDPPORT
No matter what port I set, when the system (SL5.2) boots,
I have an SL5.2 system and I would like to make a couple of
configuration changes, but my old tricks don't seem to work
anymore.
1) I would like to reconfigure
the system-auth file in pam.d to do password checking using
pam_passwdqc rather than cracklib and to make the password changes on the
Hi,
Can anyone point me to some instructions for setting up a network install
(via nfs) for SL5? I have an older system that does not have a DVD drive,
and it would be convenient to do it via the network rather than changing
multiple cd's
Thanks,
Eve
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Hi,
Does anyone know the correct hole to punch in the firewall on an
SL5.x NIS server so that yppasswd works on the clients? I find if I
drop the firewall on the server, yppasswd works on the clients, but
if it is in place a get a message saying that
yppasswd: yppasswdd not running on NIS master h
Hi,
We are trying to configure a 4-head display on an SL4.6 system.
We have an NVIDIA Quadro NVS 290 graphics adapter.
We have installed the kernel-module-nvidia package, so we have some kind
of driver, but maybe not the best one.
So far, we haven't even succeeded in configuring a dual head disp
Hi,
We are looking for a package that will require users to register
(ie supply a name etc) and then assign a dhcp address.
With our present dhcp server, we have no way to identify who is connected
to our network, particulary if they are using a wireless access point.
Does anyone know of a pacjag
this had no effect.
Eve
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, Troy Dawson wrote:
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:30:47 -0500
From: Troy Dawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Eve V. E. Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: samba server + nfs
Hi Eve,
Is this SL4 or SL5?
If this is SL5,
Hi,
We are having a problem with our samba server. We are serving shares that
contain symbolic links to directories on filesystems that are nfs mounted
to the server. In the past, these directories have been visible and
accessible via samba services. This is no longer true.
As of a few days ag
Hi,
We are looking at buying an external enclosure which provides
a way to connect 5 SATA drives via one eSATA port.
The hardware is by Addonics, and is listed as
AD5SAPM-E 5x1 eSATA Port Multiplier
The question is: does it work with SL4.4?
I have searched the release notes for various keywords
Has anyone seen this problem?
We just updated our web server to and SL4.4 OS.
The version of httpd is
httpd-2.0.52-28.sl4.x86_64
Some web pages that were made with web editors on the Windows side
don't display properly. Special characters like single quotes, double
quotes and even slashes come u
Has anyone made a softare raid out of USB drives?
If I do this, I have a problem at boot time, because the system
can't find /dev/md0...ie the USB ports aren't operational yet when the
boot process looks for md0.
Thanks,
Eve
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Eve
I have a user who is running SL4.4 on his desktop. He can't print from
mozilla because the printer dialog box contains only the entry
Postscript/default. None of the printers shows up to populate the list.
Outside of mozilla, his printing works with no problems.
The following packages are install
Hi,
Maybe someone has some suggestions for the following problem.
I have an SL4.4 system with 2 SATA drives configured as a RAID 1.
As of last Friday, the system will not boot. It doesn't even get as far as
displaying the kernel screen. I am able to boot the system from the rescue
CD. When I do s
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