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I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from under /usr/share/zoneinfo. rpm -q --scripts tzdata does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions, how does the copied /etc/localtime file get updated with new zone data? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 3:23 PM, Steve Thompson <smt at vgersoft.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2 Apr 2015, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> I didn't see any indication there that you were planning to turn the >> /etc/redhat-release file into a symlink. > > > In CentOS, /etc/redhat-release has always been a symlink to > /etc/centos-release. > Well if you define

On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:06 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Valeri Galtsev > <galtsev at kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: >> > >> Still, there are many knowledgeable people on the list, they may give >> different recommendation, which will create some pool of choices. I asked >> John and Jonathan, I'd

Less, You are 100% right. Of course I brought up my eth0 - but, like you said, with no IP. Meanwhile, I brought up eth0.48 with 192.168.48.100. However, until I would bring up eth0 with an IP address (any in the network) I would have no connection. Why? That's what I fail to understand. Boris. On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 6:45 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On

On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 6:32 PM, Warren Young <wyml at etr-usa.com> wrote: > >>> Most such vulns are against Apache, PHP, etc, which do not run as root. >> >> Those are common. Combine them with anything called a 'local >> privilege escalation' vulnerability and you've got a remote root >> exploit. > > Not quite. An LPE can only be used

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote: >> On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 04:04:41PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> Interesting, but it seems to _only_ show groups that weren't included >>> in the anaconda install. For example where the

On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Richard <lists-centos at listmail.innovate.net> wrote: > > > ------------ Original Message ------------ >> Date: Thursday, March 26, 2015 16:18:45 -0500 >> From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> >> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >> Cc: >> Subject: Re: [CentOS] MATE desktop dependency?

> On 13 Apr 2015, at 20:13, "Les Mikesell" <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > I see in CentOS 7 that /etc/localtime is a symlink (which seems > sensible...) but in earlier versions it is a copy of some file from > under /usr/share/zoneinfo. > rpm -q --scripts tzdata > does not show any postinstall script, so in the non-symlink versions, > how does the

On Fri, Mar 6, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Chris Adams <linux at cmadams.net> wrote: > Once upon a time, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> said: >> Does anyone have a succinct summary of how to prove to >> management-types that a given linux box won't have a problem with the >> leap second? Like kernel > some_version, tzdata > some_version, >>

What's the correct response to a security scan that points out that apache versions below 2.2.14 have multiple known vulnerabilities? Is there an official document about what known vulnerabilities have been fixed in the RHEL/CentOS updates or do you have to wade through the changelog to try to find each thing? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com

What is the best approach when an nfs mount hangs on a client but the server is OK? I have mount options of: rw,bg,soft,intr,rsize=32768,wsize=32768 but whatever it did was not interruptable and would not shut down. There were some: Oct 15 09:08:32 dev-ngf-l-01 kernel: INFO: task gnome-settings-:19169 blocked for more than 120 seconds. Oct 15 09:08:32 dev-ngf-l-01 kernel: "echo 0 >

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Matthew Miller <mattdm at mattdm.org> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 04:04:41PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Interesting, but it seems to _only_ show groups that weren't included >> in the anaconda install. For example where the saved anaconda-ks-cfg >> shows @gnome-desktop and @development, 'yum grouplist' only shows

On Thu, 2 Apr 2015, Les Mikesell wrote: > I didn't see any indication there that you were planning to turn the > /etc/redhat-release file into a symlink. In CentOS, /etc/redhat-release has always been a symlink to /etc/centos-release. Steve

On Mon, Apr 27, 2015 at 2:13 PM, Joerg Schilling <Joerg.Schilling at fokus.fraunhofer.de> wrote: > Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote: > > There was no court case, but VERITAS published a modifed version of gtar where > additional code was added by binary only libraries from VERITAS. The FSF did > never try to discuss this is public even though everybody did

Oh, and if you don't have killall installed, you can use: ps -ef | grep yum to get the pid and then use: kill -TERM pid or easier even is: kill -TERM `pid of yum` Chris On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 4:13 PM, Chris Stone <axisml at gmail.com> wrote: > try CTRL-Z to put that running process in your shell to sleep, then: > > bg 1 > > to put the process in the background.

On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John R. Dennison <jrd at gerdesas.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:04:30PM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: >> >> Umm, yeah. Encrypted protocols would never be compromised.... > > Which do you think is more likely? Someone sniffing a cleartext > credential set on the wire or someone subverting an alleged "secure" >

Tom: Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look into those tools. Mark: Yes, they are using pxeboot. Right now when they boot up, the pxe config offers two options, 32- and 64bit. Are you suggesting I create multiple entries that one selects based on what the machine is going to be? Is there a way to have this done automatically so I don't have to physically have to do that for each machine,

Gotcha. Thanks all! You guys gave me the answers I needed to know and hear. For the immediate futre I will likely go with multiple pxeboot options which then picks the specific kickstart file. It's easy for me to put a label on the server that says 'web' or 'mail' etc. Then just pick the same from the menu. Eventually I'll delve deeper into custom and automated setups. On

What's "after hours" for an ISP with customers all over the world? That's why we have regular once-per-month scheduled outages. Same time, every month. Email reminders go out to customers and are announced on our web pages. People can't argue with a month's advance notice. -- Roger J. Weeks Systems & Network Administrator Mendocino Community Network On Apr

When I use copy/paste text into a window running vi, if there is a single line starting with '#', in the pasted content, it adds a # to all subsequent lines and indents each an additional level. Is there some way to eliminate this bizarre behavior, preferably globally and permanently so I don't have to repeat some change for every machine/user where I might log in? -- Les