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where is CentOS storing my hostname that it resets it on each reboot? 7 296 (4/5/2010 7:09:52 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a CentOS 5.4 machine that resets its hostname to "wyzantdb1.wyzant.net" every time I reboot the machine, even if I have tried setting the hostname to something else while the machine is running. Af... Bennett

adding index to table gets stuck in "Repair with keycache" state 12 269 (3/30/2010 6:33:23 AM) comp.databases.mysql I have MySQL 5.0.77 on CentOS 5.4. I have a table system_user with 10 million records and whose MYI and MYD files take up about 2.7 GB collectively: -rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 15842 Mar 29 06:15 syste... Bennett

case study: want to print redirects when LWP::UserAgent makes a request 2 259 (3/22/2010 8:16:22 PM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm trying to figure out, if I have a LWP::UserAgent object and a HTTP::Request object, how I can use the user-agent to request the request object and print out a list of HTTP redirects that it encounters al... Bennett

what does "::ffff" mean in netstat output? 3 1946 (1/27/2010 8:16:16 PM) comp.os.linux.networking When I run "netstat" on my machine I get some lines like: tcp 0 0 ::ffff:69.72.177.140:80 ::ffff: TIME_WAIT I've read through the netstat man page, and several pages of Google hits for "... Bennett

how to install WWW::Mechanize using yum 3 63 (11/13/2009 1:50:32 AM) comp.lang.perl.misc I'm on CentOS 5.4 with perl 5.8.8 and I'm trying to install WWW::Mechanize. I try to install Perl modules using "yum" whenever possible because it seems to keep track of what prerequisites are missing and inst... Bennett

long sendmail delays when accepting mail, then long delays in sending 2 51 (9/18/2009 9:13:21 PM) comp.mail.sendmail I'm using Sendmail 8.13.8 on a CentOS 5.2 machine. I'm seeing two problems when trying to send a test message with the simple command: echo "Subject: testfrombrainjammer154pm" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v bhas@spe... Bennett

Linux variants that automatically download and update patches 14 57 (6/22/2009 2:36:10 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have about a dozen dedicated CentOS 5.x machines hosted at different providers. For a long time I had erroneously assumed that they were downloading and installing security patches automatically like Windows... Bennett

'yum update' abruptly stopped working on several CentOS servers 2 73 (5/17/2009 5:42:53 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have several dedicated CentOS servers where I run 'yum update' once a week to try to keep them secure. Abruptly, this week, 'yum update' started giving errors on several of them. On one of them, this is the... Bennett

one script can resolve hostnames, but another one can't 7 66 (4/13/2009 7:39:17 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I run several dedicated CentOS servers that have two different web proxy scripts on them called PHProxy and Glype (scripts where you see a form where you can type in the web page that you want it to fetch, and ... Bennett

why would connecting via ssh take so long, on fast server? 4 69 (4/12/2009 9:45:41 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have two dedicated servers hosted at a hosting company. When I connect to either of them via http, they respond instantly, and also, when I connect via ssh, characters that I type are echoed almost instantly... Bennett

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long sendmail delays when accepting mail, then long delays in sending 2 51 (9/18/2009 9:13:21 PM) comp.mail.sendmail I'm using Sendmail 8.13.8 on a CentOS 5.2 machine. I'm seeing two problems when trying to send a test message with the simple command: echo "Subject: testfrombrainjammer154pm" | /usr/sbin/sendmail -v bhas@spe... bennett (89)

Linux variants that automatically download and update patches 14 57 (6/22/2009 2:36:10 AM) comp.os.linux.misc I have about a dozen dedicated CentOS 5.x machines hosted at different providers. For a long time I had erroneously assumed that they were downloading and installing security patches automatically like Windows... bennett (89)

one script can resolve hostnames, but another one can't 7 66 (4/13/2009 7:39:17 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I run several dedicated CentOS servers that have two different web proxy scripts on them called PHProxy and Glype (scripts where you see a form where you can type in the web page that you want it to fetch, and ... bennett (89)

why would connecting via ssh take so long, on fast server? 4 69 (4/12/2009 9:45:41 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have two dedicated servers hosted at a hosting company. When I connect to either of them via http, they respond instantly, and also, when I connect via ssh, characters that I type are echoed almost instantly... bennett (89)

ugh, how do I ctrl-C out of a connection to a remote server when I'm done? 5 51 (3/27/2009 11:25:48 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Sometimes in an SSH window, I will try and connect to another host on port 80 or 25, to see what happens if I send a request consisting of certain headers, and what response the server sends back. The problem ... bennett (89)

squid can't start, can't bind to port - but lsof says nothing on port 3 74 (2/10/2009 12:09:55 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a CentOS 5.2 server that for several weeks has been running squid on port 9765 with no problem (only accepting requests from certain external IPs). Some time yesterday it stopped working, and attempts t... bennett (89)

how do I make "setenforce 0" permanent? 11 136 (12/2/2008 9:56:24 PM) comp.os.linux.misc I have a CentOS 5.2 machine. To make setuid scripts run, I have to type "setenforce 0". But that gets undone every time the machine is rebooted, so that setuid scripts stop working after the next reboot. How ... bennett (89)

booting with Damn Small Linux but DHCP not working 11 158 (11/24/2008 10:25:17 PM) comp.os.linux.misc When I'm booted into Windows, my IP address gets assigned by DHCP automatically and the comp picks it up with no problem (I'm behind a home router which automatically assigns me the IP address 192.168.1.3). I ... bennett (89)

script keeps getting "terminated" after about 6 minutes 9 57 (10/22/2008 11:08:05 PM) comp.os.linux.misc My hosting company just moved us from an old Virtual Private Server to a new Virtual Private Server running CentOS 5.2. I have a script that runs and sends mail to our newsletter subscribers (confirmed opt-in,... bennett (89)

proxy scripts can't resolve hostnames after ISP moved server 5 74 (8/2/2008 9:22:02 PM) comp.os.linux.misc Our server at www.plumfriend.com was recently forcibly moved to a new IP address by our hosting provider. The problem is that after moving, the proxy scripts on our website can no longer resolve third-party ho... bennett (89)