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Hi Centos Users # ping 10.104.89.146 connect: Invalid argument The Server has normal network connectivity. I ssh into it over this interface. Strace output on Pastebin [0]. SELinux is disabled. Centos 4.3 cheers Simon [0] http://pastebin.com/m720052a8 -- XMPP: sjolle at swissjabber.org

Hi list I always configure my systems to use our local time (in my case /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich) and disable UTC. What are the differences between UTC and local time? What are their respective advantages and disadvantages? When to use UTC? cheers Simon -- XMPP: sjolle at swissjabber.org

Hi CentOS users We are running CentOS 4.5 with NTP 4.2.0. # cat /etc/ntp.conf restrict default ignore restrict dns1.xxx.xxx mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap noquery restrict dns2.xxx.xxx mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 server dns1.xxx.xxx server dns2.xxx.xxx fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 driftfile /etc/ntp/drift broadcastdelay 0.008 authenticate no The problem is

Hi Centos Users I would like to allow outgoing traffic to Google Analytics servers (destination port 80). I wish to do a iptables rule. How to whitelist all Google Analytics servers? cheers Simon -- XMPP: sjolle at swissjabber.org

Hi Centos users I successfully installed a Centos 5.1 DomU on Debian Etch Dom0. I used the virtual file systems from Jailtime[0] How to this manual (without using Jailtime)? I wish to install from Scratch. Xen-tools/rpmstrap doesn't work for me. cheers Simon [0] http://jailtime.org/ -- XMPP: sjolle at swissjabber.org

Hi Centos Users I am running Centos 4.6 wit latest updates. For I/O multipathing I need to use kernel 2.6.9-55 (IBM support matrix). Trying to compile Engenio Linux RDAC Driver[0] I fail to install kernel-devel for this exact kernel (with up2date). Up2date always installs the newest. # make clean make V=1 -C/lib/modules/2.6.9-55.ELsmp/build M=/root/tmp/linuxrdac-09.02.B5.15

Hi CentOS users I have here old CentOS 2.1 server on IBM Xseries 336. How to see serial number and machine type? It seems that "dmidecode" is not available for CentOS 2.1 cheers Simon -- XMPP: sjolle at swissjabber.org

Hi list I just installed vsftpd and started it (CentOS 5). Then put some files in /var/ftp/pub (for testing purposes with rights 777) and try to connect with local user to download those files. $ lftp test at localhost Password: lftp test at localhost:~> ls ls: Login failed: 500 OOPS: cannot change directory:/home/test lftp test at localhost:~> pwd ftp://test at localhost How to enable

Hi Centos Users I try to compile SNMPPD (SNMP Proxy Daemon) on Centos 5.1 x86_64 with latest patches. Dependencies (like libsplit, net-snmp-libs, net-snmp-devel, net-snmp-libs) are installed, both 32 and 64 Bit. # rpmbuild -tb snmppd-0.5.2.tar.gz [...] Making all in snmppd make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/snmppd-0.5.2/snmppd' gcc -Wall -Wno-uninitialized -Wchar-subscripts

I run a CentOS/Fedora mirror with rsync access. I have the following rsyncd.conf file: read only = true transfer logging = true pid file = /var/run/rsyncd.pid log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log dont compress = * [Fedora] path = /var/ftp/pub/mirrors/fedora comment = Fedora mirror [CentOS] path = /var/ftp/pub/mirrors/centos comment = CentOS mirror My problem is that

I have a CentOS 5 machine with an external 500G USB disk, formatted with JFS. How do I get this to mount automatically at boot time? If I add to /etc/fstab: /dev/sdb1 /var/video jfs defaults 1 2 fsck.jfs complains at boot time: Error: Cannot open device /dev/sdb1 Usage: fsck.jfs ... ... Give root password for maintenance ... If I log in with the root password, /dev/sdb1 is present, and I

I'm trying to set up my Centos 5.1 box at home to run mythtv. The DVB-T card requires saa7134 and saa7134_dvb. These are not in the Centos kernels. Centosplus has saa7134, but not saa7134_dvb. Do I have to compile the kernel myself, or is there a trick? Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax:

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi Debian Users I am searching for a virtual server/rootserver. I prefer a Xen instance, but also vservers are acceptable. Will be host a small Wiki - nothing mission critical. Here my criteria - - about 20 $ monthly - - payable with Credit Card or PayPal - - about 12 GB diskspace - - about 256 MB RAM - - about 350 GB monthly data transfer - -

Hi I am trying to get httpd onto a freshly updated, although long time ago installed CentOS 4 box. Its fully updated to 4.7 however when trying to install httpd this is the error i get, well i should say install is fine but httpd cant start. # yum install httpd -- snip -- Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================= Package

My local centos mirror (ftp.crc.dk) failed to boot after having upgraded from centos 5.0 to 5.1 (i386). It just displays GRUB The cursor is positioned to the right of a space after GRUB, and no input is accepted. I've tried booting in rescue mode and run: chroot /mnt/sysimage grub-install /dev/cciss/c0d0 This completes without errors, but still it can't boot. It's a HP/Compaq

Yesterday, I've moved all my samba users from a redhat 9 (i386) system to a Centos 5 (x86_64) system. This runs samba-3.0.25-7. The system uses NIS authentication, no shadow files. Now all my Windows users have accounts that expire today! Strangely, if I do a: # pdbedit -L -v mk I get: Password last set: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:04:30 CEST Password can change: Tue, 18 May 2004 15:04:30

Dear All Has any one had any success with getting a Linux box to register with a DNS server hosted on a Windows 2k3 server? This process takes place automatically on the Windows boxes but not at all on the Linux boxes. We run our Intranet/Web servers on Linux but the whole of the rest of our network is run on Windows. In the past we have used SAMBA to maintain WINS entries but would now like

Hi list If a user connect by Console or OpenSSH and type in the wrong password, I wish to delay the next password prompt. Use case is for example brute force attacks. I played with FAIL_DELAY in login.defs, but without success. cheers Simon -- XMPP: sjolle at swissjabber.org

Hi knowledgeable samba users, I had to upgrade from samba 2.2.0 on a suse linux server (7.2). Server died after two 2+ years of loyal services - otherwise I would not have changed... Now I have a samba 3.0.9-2.6 on suse 9.1. I can access the files only r-x, i.e. all files appear as read only. Trying to trouble shoot I have: - chmod-ed all the files of all the shares to 777 - in swat put the

Dear Sir, Recently I've upgraded our Samba installation. After then I find that all WinXP workstations cannot logon to the server. The official HOWTO mentioned this problem and suggested resetting the SID using "net setlocalsid ....". But this does not help in my case. The SID of our server has not been changed. So I've to go to every workstation for rejoin the domain. This