From mitsis at ceid.upatras.gr Thu Nov 1 15:35:19 2007 From: mitsis at ceid.upatras.gr (Nikolaos Mitsis) Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:35:19 +0200 Subject: [rhn-users] Virtual System - Problem logging in Message-ID: <4729F237.2060906@ceid.upatras.gr> I've installed a second virtual system on o rhel5 server but I'm having a problem registering it. The installation continues up to the point where I'm asked about software updates and I choose to register the system. After providing the rhn login/pass I get: "There was problem logging in" (a different message from the one where you put wrong password - account/pass not valid - so it's not a password problem). I can login via web and I can update the other systems (including the first virtual system running in the same system). Also, on rhn in the system listing I see the system under "Virtual Systems" but it's grayed out and has no Channel associated with it. I don't think is a entitlement problem ether. There a 4 virtual system limit per machine and this is the second, plus I have 2 more entitlements available. I found nothing on the logs about the logging problem and it has been some time since I installed the last Virtual System, so, I might be doing something wrong here... but I can't find out what.. any help? Thanks, -N. From timothyk at xandros.com Mon Nov 5 19:49:13 2007 From: timothyk at xandros.com (Timothy Kallinis) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:49:13 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? Message-ID: Hi, I have an interesting dilemma regarding registration with up2date in RHEL4. I have a yum (yum-arch) repo I want to use under RHEL4 with up2date. However, if a system is not registered, I need to comment out the following line: up2date default in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources I need to do this in an automated way via a rpm I install on the target system. Is there some way I can determine the registration state? Perhaps there's a utility or tell-tale file I can consult to do this? The best I could do is run the following command: up2date --showall If the system is not registered then a message to that effect is printed and the exit code is non-zero. However, I'm not sure what happens with a registered system when the network is down. Maybe I should ask this question on the Red Hat System Administrators' list, but I thought I would give this list a try first. Regards, Timothy From griffmcc at comcast.net Tue Nov 6 02:24:15 2007 From: griffmcc at comcast.net (Griff McClellan) Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 18:24:15 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Is it safe to update the kernel packages? Message-ID: <004401c8201c$20c3b8d0$6400a8c0@Win> Hello, I apologize if I am posting to the wrong mailing list, but this is the only one I have been able to successfully subscribe to. Is it safe to update the kernel packages? I have not updated my kernel packages because the person who helped me install Red Hat told me not to. I don't remember the specific problems he mentioned, but he told me that updating the kernel would cause me all sorts of problems. Is there any truth to what he said? If I update my kernel will I lose any settings or personal data? The reason I think I should update my kernel is because rhn.redhat.com tells me I have important kernel security updates pending. I am using Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES release 4 (Nahant Update 4). I have kernel 2.6.9-42.EL on architecture i686. I do my updates with up2date. Thanks, Griff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jef_umd at umd.umich.edu Tue Nov 6 23:19:52 2007 From: jef_umd at umd.umich.edu (J E) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:19:52 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Installing packages from RHEL FasTrack via RHN Message-ID: <2A17F2A5-8838-4CCD-B04B-65CE76D8DA04@umd.umich.edu> Ok, maybe I'm missing it, but I'm still getting the hang of things in RHN-land. I'm testing out the Push update features, and I'd like to install a few packages from the FasTrack channel - but it seems I can't quite figure out what I need to do. I've added that channel to the host in question, but the packages I want still don't show up when I got to "Install Packages" and look for them. Can I do it this way? Or do I have to download and install them by hand? (I'm guessing if I really wanted to, Yum would do it on the host side, too?) Thanks jef From bretm at redhat.com Wed Nov 7 03:04:31 2007 From: bretm at redhat.com (Bret McMillan) Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:04:31 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Installing packages from RHEL FasTrack via RHN In-Reply-To: <2A17F2A5-8838-4CCD-B04B-65CE76D8DA04@umd.umich.edu> References: <2A17F2A5-8838-4CCD-B04B-65CE76D8DA04@umd.umich.edu> Message-ID: <47312B3F.3000505@redhat.com> J E wrote: > Ok, maybe I'm missing it, but I'm still getting the hang of things in > RHN-land. > > I'm testing out the Push update features, and I'd like to install a few > packages from the FasTrack channel - but it seems I can't quite figure > out what I need to do. I've added that channel to the host in question, > but the packages I want still don't show up when I got to "Install > Packages" and look for them. > > Can I do it this way? Or do I have to download and install them by > hand? (I'm guessing if I really wanted to, Yum would do it on the host > side, too?) > If your system is subscribed to the channel, you should be able to schedule installs/updates, as well as using the commandline clients (up2date, yum). Please note that some views via the webui differentiate between installing new applications, and updating existing ones; you might want to check the "Update" screens as well. --Bret From phil at linux2000.com Wed Nov 7 13:29:12 2007 From: phil at linux2000.com (Phil Edwards) Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:29:12 +0000 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4731BDA8.5080607@linux2000.com> Timothy Kallinis wrote: > Hi, I have an interesting dilemma regarding registration with up2date in > RHEL4. I have a yum (yum-arch) repo I want to use under RHEL4 with > up2date. However, if a system is not registered, I need to comment out > the following line: > > up2date default > > in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources > Hi Timothy: I had a slightly similar issue to deal with. As I work for an organisation which deploys an average of 3 - 5 new servers a week, my solution may not be wholly appropriate for you, but see what you think: I copied the contents of the RHEL4 U4 install media onto a server which could be accessed within our RFC1918 address space using FTP. I converted this into a yum repository by running the normal yum-arch and createrepo commands against the directory tree. I built and installed yum and its associated dependencies from their various source tarballs. Once I had this process nailed, I generated a bunch of RPMs to allow any RHEL4 machine to have yum installed independently of up2date. Finally, I generated a 'noarch' RPM which contains nothing else apart from a /etc/yum.repos.d config file which points at the repo I created on our FTP server. My base RHEL4 install is extremely minimal and includes only what is absolutely necessary to get a new server up and running as quickly as possible. This is used as a base template for live server deployments. It also has my yum RPMs installed. Our server deployment process becomes quite simple at this point. We copy the 'template' install onto the destination hardware and power it up. At first boot, a provisioning script runs which grabs an XML config from a central server and then runs a series of yum commands in order to install any additional software which may be required. This would typically be Apache/MySQL for a web server, Postfix or sendmail if the box is to be used as a mail server, etc, etc. Since the yum install doesn't care about the servers RHN registration status, the server can stay on our private IP address space while it is being built, and while any additional software is installed. Once it is put onto a real internet IP, it can be registered with RHN and have the latest updates applied automatically. -- Regards Phil Edwards Brighton, UK From timothyk at xandros.com Wed Nov 7 15:56:31 2007 From: timothyk at xandros.com (Timothy Kallinis) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:56:31 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? In-Reply-To: <4731BDA8.5080607@linux2000.com> References: Message-ID: On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Phil Edwards wrote: > Timothy Kallinis wrote: >> Hi, I have an interesting dilemma regarding registration with up2date in >> RHEL4. I have a yum (yum-arch) repo I want to use under RHEL4 with up2date. >> However, if a system is not registered, I need to comment out the following >> line: >> >> up2date default >> >> in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/sources >> > > Hi Timothy: > > I had a slightly similar issue to deal with. As I work for an organisation > which deploys an average of 3 - 5 new servers a week, my solution may not be > wholly appropriate for you, but see what you think: > > Regards > > Phil Edwards > Brighton, UK Thanks for the reply, Phil. Unfortunately, your soln is not viable for me; although, I do like what you did. I also built yum under RHEL4, but I've been told that we have to use up2date on RHEL4 systems. The decision was made not to install yum on RHEL4 systems. So, my problem still stands: I need to determine whether a RHEL4 system is registered. Regards, Timothy Kallinis Xandros Corporation (www.xandros.com) | 613-842-3494 x441 From alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca Wed Nov 7 16:11:00 2007 From: alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca (Alfred Hovdestad) Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:11:00 -0600 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4731E394.3080507@usask.ca> You should have a system_id in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid. That system_id is generated when you register with RHN. If you go to rhn.redhat.com, you can look up your server and it should have the same system_id. We have had severs registered multiple times and the only way we found to identify the last registration is by using the system_id. Alfred Hovdestad, RHCE University of Saskatchewan Timothy Kallinis wrote: > > Thanks for the reply, Phil. Unfortunately, your soln is not viable for > me; although, I do like what you did. I also built yum under RHEL4, but > I've been told that we have to use up2date on RHEL4 systems. The > decision was made not to install yum on RHEL4 systems. So, my problem > still stands: I need to determine whether a RHEL4 system is registered. > > Regards, > > Timothy Kallinis > Xandros Corporation (www.xandros.com) | 613-842-3494 x441 > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > rhn-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users From jef_umd at umd.umich.edu Wed Nov 7 21:33:41 2007 From: jef_umd at umd.umich.edu (J E) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 16:33:41 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Installing packages from RHEL FasTrack via RHN In-Reply-To: <47312B3F.3000505@redhat.com> References: <2A17F2A5-8838-4CCD-B04B-65CE76D8DA04@umd.umich.edu> <47312B3F.3000505@redhat.com> Message-ID: On Nov 6, 2007, at 10:04 PM, Bret McMillan wrote: > J E wrote: >> Ok, maybe I'm missing it, but I'm still getting the hang of things >> in RHN-land. >> I'm testing out the Push update features, and I'd like to install a >> few packages from the FasTrack channel - but it seems I can't >> quite figure out what I need to do. I've added that channel to the >> host in question, but the packages I want still don't show up when >> I got to "Install Packages" and look for them. >> Can I do it this way? Or do I have to download and install them by >> hand? (I'm guessing if I really wanted to, Yum would do it on the >> host side, too?) > > If your system is subscribed to the channel, you should be able to > schedule installs/updates, as well as using the commandline clients > (up2date, yum). > > Please note that some views via the webui differentiate between > installing new applications, and updating existing ones; you might > want to check the "Update" screens as well. Thanks Bret, I checked the package yesterday in the web UI, and it did actually install. I guess I was just thrown off by it not being found when I did the search in the other section. Anyhow, all appears good on that front. This brings up another question, though. I got the email report from RHN that a package was installed (it was this one), but nowhere in the message did it tell me what package or what system did the update. Easy enough to kn ow if I just do one or 2, but when I start doing many, I can imagine this not helping. Is there something I am missing to have this information populated? This is what I got: This is the RHN Status Report for your account xxxxxxxxxx, as of 11/7/07 6:24:07 AM EST. This email will be sent when any of the following apply to the specified systems: 1. The system fails to check in with RHN within a 24-hour window. 2. The system registers scheduled action activity. Completed Package Install 1 Errata Synopses: And thats it. Any insights appreciated... thanks jef From timothyk at xandros.com Thu Nov 8 12:04:47 2007 From: timothyk at xandros.com (Timothy Kallinis) Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 07:04:47 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? In-Reply-To: <4731E394.3080507@usask.ca> References: Message-ID: On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Alfred Hovdestad wrote: > You should have a system_id in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid. That system_id > is generated when you register with RHN. If you go to rhn.redhat.com, you > can look up your server and it should have the same system_id. We have had > severs registered multiple times and the only way we found to identify the > last registration is by using the system_id. > > Alfred Hovdestad, RHCE > University of Saskatchewan Alfred, thanks for the info. I think this is what I need. Actually, I just noticed another file that could prove useful. I used a minimal RHEL4 VMWare image for my initial testing and there weren't any tell-tale registration files under /etc/sysconfig/rhn. I've now tried a VMWare image of a full RHEL4 installation and I noticed the empty file: /etc/sysconfig/rhn/rhn_register_remind which did not exist in my initial minimal RHEL4 environment for whatever reason. I guess this file got deleted somehow since the system wasn't registered? Anyhow, I think it would be better to use the systemid file to check for registration as you suggested; however, I don't want to check rhn.redhat.com for the registration status since I can't assume the server will be online when my package is installed. My package is actually on a CD. This is the logic I intend to use in the postinst scriptlet of my package: If /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid exists then the system is registered otherwise it is not. Do you think this is sufficient? Also is the filename systemid or system_id? I don't have any registered systems at the moment, so I can't confirm this. Regards, Timothy Kallinis From phil at linux2000.com Thu Nov 8 13:50:49 2007 From: phil at linux2000.com (Phil Edwards) Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 13:50:49 +0000 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <47331439.7090407@linux2000.com> Timothy Kallinis wrote: > > If /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid exists then the system is registered > otherwise it is not. Do you think this is sufficient? Also is the > filename systemid or system_id? I don't have any registered systems at > the moment, so I can't confirm this. > The other thing to watch out for if you're deploying from VMWare templates (as I do) is that the RHEL install process creates a unique UUID in /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date-uuid - if you don't change this on the machines which you deploy from your template, they'll all end up in RHN with the same system id. To be fair, I've yet to see any evidence that this causes a problem, but it offends my sysadmin 'neat and tidy' detector. :-) After deploying from your template, or in the postinst script for your package, you should use uuidgen(1) to create a new system id and save it into the up2date-uuid file. -- Regards Phil Edwards Brighton, UK From alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca Thu Nov 8 14:48:50 2007 From: alfred.hovdestad at usask.ca (Alfred Hovdestad) Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:48:50 -0600 Subject: [rhn-users] Determining whether RHEL4 is registered? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <473321D2.5030903@usask.ca> The file name is /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid The XML attribute is system_id If the /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid file exists then there is/was a system registered with that system_id. As I said, we had several servers that were registered multiple times. We also had several systems that were cloned from an installed system, so they all shared one system_id. When we found these, we simply re-registered the systems so they each had a unique system_id. Alfred Timothy Kallinis wrote: > On Wed, 7 Nov 2007, Alfred Hovdestad wrote: > > > If /etc/sysconfig/rhn/systemid exists then the system is registered > otherwise it is not. Do you think this is sufficient? Also is the > filename systemid or system_id? I don't have any registered systems at > the moment, so I can't confirm this. > > Regards, > > Timothy Kallinis > From mitsis at ceid.upatras.gr Thu Nov 8 21:42:24 2007 From: mitsis at ceid.upatras.gr (Nikolaos Mitsis) Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 23:42:24 +0200 Subject: [rhn-users] Virtual System - Problem logging in In-Reply-To: <4729F237.2060906@ceid.upatras.gr> References: <4729F237.2060906@ceid.upatras.gr> Message-ID: <473382C0.5070800@ceid.upatras.gr> Nikolaos Mitsis wrote: > I've installed a second virtual system on o rhel5 server but I'm having > a problem registering it. The installation continues up to the point > where I'm asked about software updates and I choose to register the system. > > After providing the rhn login/pass I get: "There was problem logging in" > (a different message from the one where you put wrong password - > account/pass not valid - so it's not a password problem). > > I can login via web and I can update the other systems (including the > first virtual system running in the same system). > > Also, on rhn in the system listing I see the system under "Virtual > Systems" but it's grayed out and has no Channel associated with it. > > I don't think is a entitlement problem ether. There a 4 virtual system > limit per machine and this is the second, plus I have 2 more > entitlements available. > > I found nothing on the logs about the logging problem and it has been > some time since I installed the last Virtual System, so, I might be > doing something wrong here... but I can't find out what.. any help? Just in case someone stumble upon this... Worked ok after I removed the space ' ' from my rhn password. Looks like rhn_register doesn't like a password with a space in it. Would be nice though if it wouldn't throw a useless error. -N. From bill at magicdigits.com Tue Nov 13 03:17:17 2007 From: bill at magicdigits.com (Bill Watson) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:17:17 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Where is sar and iostat? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001e01c825a3$bf38b240$09000032@bill> Is sar and iostat available on EL5? Specifically, I am interested in the results of sar -d showing the disk stats and speed. I cannot find them on what I thought was a full (everything) install. Can these be loaded via up2date or any other handy (fool resistant) way? Is this the correct group to ask this? Thank you, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Specifically, I am interested in the results of sar -d showing the disk stats and speed. I cannot find them on what I thought was a full (everything) install. Can these be loaded via up2date or any other handy (fool resistant) way? Is this the correct group to ask this? Thank you, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Frank_LaMon at csx.com Tue Nov 13 14:25:21 2007 From: Frank_LaMon at csx.com (Lamon, Frank III) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:25:21 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Provisioning Xen from RHN In-Reply-To: <46EAC55E.4060200@redhat.com> References: <46CD6A95.2040204@levelelimited.com> <46CDDC6F.4000608@onsemi.com><7F25CC1020F11E48AD05C13FECC550DF01025562@TJAX2742EXCH.csxt.ad.csx.com> <46EAC55E.4060200@redhat.com> Message-ID: Is it possible something in the latest RHEL4/Sat up2date or Sat sync broke the ability to boot from the /kickstart/dist locations? 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The information and resources you need to access Red Hat Network and get started with your subscription can be found in the Get Started Now section below. However, following the link for the new subscription to get Installation number returns: "We're sorry. That subscription is unavailable." Neither the RHN or Redhat Customer Center have information on the new subscriptions yet. How long does it normally take for things to catch up? Thanks, jef From T.Lueck at IFEN.com Wed Nov 14 10:34:33 2007 From: T.Lueck at IFEN.com (Thorsten Lueck) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 11:34:33 +0100 Subject: [rhn-users] Update from ES 4 to ES 5 Message-ID: <473ACF39.5060206@IFEN.com> Hi @all, how can I update a running ES 4 (64bit) to ES 5 _without_ re-installing? Is there a proper way of doing so? How long will it take (approx.)? Thanks for any help! Thorsten -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dipl. Ing. 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Thanks, Frank ----------------------------------------- This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may contain CSX privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the intended addressee. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above CSX email address. Sender and CSX accept no liability for any damage caused directly or indirectly by receipt of this email. From bill at magicdigits.com Wed Nov 14 17:24:53 2007 From: bill at magicdigits.com (Bill Watson) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 09:24:53 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 In-Reply-To: <473ACF39.5060206@IFEN.com> Message-ID: <004801c826e3$57387a90$09000032@bill> When I look at the RHN system management site, it says my new EL5 system is up to date. I started the gui 'Software Updater' and is has maybe a hundred packages that need updating. RHN still shows I'm up to date. System 1008341045 for any Red Hat folks who want to verify my assertions. I started downloading updates and have waited the first of several hours of downloads. RHN still shows the the pretty blue check box saying I'm up to date. Is this this broken or is this the proper RHN status? If this is how RHN is supposed to work, is there an elegant way of remotely determining if a system is up to date? On a similar topic, is there a sample of yum configuration setup so it looks at the most popular or RedHat repo's? Thanks in advance, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com From bill at magicdigits.com Wed Nov 14 20:12:06 2007 From: bill at magicdigits.com (Bill Watson) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:12:06 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 In-Reply-To: <004801c826e3$57387a90$09000032@bill> Message-ID: <008601c826fa$a452abe0$09000032@bill> I am creating a new system from RH EL5 dvd. During the update mentioned below, it complains: Missing dependency xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 is needed by package xen. What'd I goof up? Shouldn't this stuff be complete? Then, unchecking the xen packages and the error that follows my sig line happened. Retrying the upgrade seems to be working so far. Thanks, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com Component: Software Updater Summary: TBc99d7ef3 Connection.py:184:_read_bio:SSLError: (104, 'Connection reset by peer') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 438, in _apply self.applyChanges(self.mainwin) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 561, in applyChanges dlpkgs = self.downloadPackages(mainwin) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 273, in downloadPackages probs = self.downloadPkgs(dlpkgs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 690, in downloadPkgs cache=po.repo.http_caching != 'none', File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 447, in getPackage cache=cache File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 208, in _YumRepository__get start, end, copy_local, checkfunc, text, reget, cache) File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 276, in _noExceptionWrappingGet http_headers=headers, File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 927, in urlgrab return self._retry(opts, retryfunc, url, filename) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 845, in _retry r = apply(func, (opts,) + args, {}) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 915, in retryfunc fo._do_grab() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1216, in _do_grab block = self.read(bs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1281, in read self._fill_buffer(amt) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1259, in _fill_buffer new = self.fo.read(readamount) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/socket.py", line 303, in read data = self._sock.recv(recv_size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/httplib.py", line 480, in read s = self.fp.read(amt) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/socket.py", line 303, in read data = self._sock.recv(recv_size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/SSL/Connection.py", line 199, in read return self._read_bio(size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/SSL/Connection.py", line 184, in _read_bio return m2.ssl_read(self.ssl, size, self._timeout) SSLError: (104, 'Connection reset by peer') Local variables in innermost frame: self: size: 6740 -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Watson Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:25 AM To: 'Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)' Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 When I look at the RHN system management site, it says my new EL5 system is up to date. I started the gui 'Software Updater' and is has maybe a hundred packages that need updating. RHN still shows I'm up to date. System 1008341045 for any Red Hat folks who want to verify my assertions. I started downloading updates and have waited the first of several hours of downloads. RHN still shows the the pretty blue check box saying I'm up to date. Is this this broken or is this the proper RHN status? If this is how RHN is supposed to work, is there an elegant way of remotely determining if a system is up to date? On a similar topic, is there a sample of yum configuration setup so it looks at the most popular or RedHat repo's? Thanks in advance, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users From mmccune at redhat.com Thu Nov 15 00:52:53 2007 From: mmccune at redhat.com (Mike McCune) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:52:53 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Provisioning Xen from RHN In-Reply-To: References: <46CD6A95.2040204@levelelimited.com> <46CDDC6F.4000608@onsemi.com><7F25CC1020F11E48AD05C13FECC550DF01025562@TJAX2742EXCH.csxt.ad.csx.com> <46EAC55E.4060200@redhat.com> Message-ID: <473B9865.8040801@redhat.com> Lamon, Frank III wrote: > Is it possible something in the latest RHEL4/Sat up2date or Sat sync > broke the ability to boot from the /kickstart/dist locations? > > I used to be able to use > --location=http://satserver.fqdn/kickstart/dist/ks-rhel-i386-es-4-u5 and > boot straight from there, but its no longer working. Now I get "ERROR: > Invalid install location" - I've tried using different dists and get the > same response. This worked two weeks ago. > > Thanks, > Frank > It shouldn't have broken it. Does your Satellite have: /var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-i386-es-4-u5 on its disk? That is where the tree is located (sans-rpms, they are grabbed from /var/satellite/redhat/NULL). You can find a bit more info about your method of getting the trees on our wiki: https://wiki.108.redhat.com/wiki/index.php/KickstartTipsandTricks FYI, rhn-satellite-users list is where most of the Satellite related traffic goes. -- Mike McCune mmccune at redhat.com Engineering | Portland, OR RHN Satellite | 650.567.9039x79248 From bill at magicdigits.com Thu Nov 15 01:20:42 2007 From: bill at magicdigits.com (Bill Watson) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:20:42 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 In-Reply-To: <008601c826fa$a452abe0$09000032@bill> Message-ID: <00d901c82725$d015ec30$09000032@bill> Is this the correct list for problems when running EL5 and from GUI click [Applications] [System Tools] [Software Updater]? If it is not, please advise what forum is proper. If so, then all the below plus while the updater was downloading kdebase-3.5.4-15.el5.i386.rpm it had "An unhandled exception has occurred. This is most likely a bug. Please save the crash dump and file a detailed report against Software Updater at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla . Is this a *real* bug or simply the internet being flakey? Thank you all, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Watson Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 12:12 PM To: 'Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)' Subject: RE: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 I am creating a new system from RH EL5 dvd. During the update mentioned below, it complains: Missing dependency xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 is needed by package xen. What'd I goof up? Shouldn't this stuff be complete? Then, unchecking the xen packages and the error that follows my sig line happened. Retrying the upgrade seems to be working so far. Thanks, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com Component: Software Updater Summary: TBc99d7ef3 Connection.py:184:_read_bio:SSLError: (104, 'Connection reset by peer') Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/pup", line 438, in _apply self.applyChanges(self.mainwin) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 561, in applyChanges dlpkgs = self.downloadPackages(mainwin) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pirut/__init__.py", line 273, in downloadPackages probs = self.downloadPkgs(dlpkgs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/__init__.py", line 690, in downloadPkgs cache=po.repo.http_caching != 'none', File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/yum/yumRepo.py", line 447, in getPackage cache=cache File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 208, in _YumRepository__get start, end, copy_local, checkfunc, text, reget, cache) File "/usr/lib/yum-plugins/rhnplugin.py", line 276, in _noExceptionWrappingGet http_headers=headers, File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 927, in urlgrab return self._retry(opts, retryfunc, url, filename) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 845, in _retry r = apply(func, (opts,) + args, {}) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 915, in retryfunc fo._do_grab() File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1216, in _do_grab block = self.read(bs) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1281, in read self._fill_buffer(amt) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/urlgrabber/grabber.py", line 1259, in _fill_buffer new = self.fo.read(readamount) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/socket.py", line 303, in read data = self._sock.recv(recv_size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/httplib.py", line 480, in read s = self.fp.read(amt) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/socket.py", line 303, in read data = self._sock.recv(recv_size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/SSL/Connection.py", line 199, in read return self._read_bio(size) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/SSL/Connection.py", line 184, in _read_bio return m2.ssl_read(self.ssl, size, self._timeout) SSLError: (104, 'Connection reset by peer') Local variables in innermost frame: self: size: 6740 -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Bill Watson Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:25 AM To: 'Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com)' Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 When I look at the RHN system management site, it says my new EL5 system is up to date. I started the gui 'Software Updater' and is has maybe a hundred packages that need updating. RHN still shows I'm up to date. System 1008341045 for any Red Hat folks who want to verify my assertions. I started downloading updates and have waited the first of several hours of downloads. RHN still shows the the pretty blue check box saying I'm up to date. Is this this broken or is this the proper RHN status? If this is how RHN is supposed to work, is there an elegant way of remotely determining if a system is up to date? On a similar topic, is there a sample of yum configuration setup so it looks at the most popular or RedHat repo's? Thanks in advance, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users From Frank_LaMon at csx.com Thu Nov 15 01:24:39 2007 From: Frank_LaMon at csx.com (Lamon, Frank III) Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 20:24:39 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Provisioning Xen from RHN In-Reply-To: <473B9865.8040801@redhat.com> References: <46CD6A95.2040204@levelelimited.com> <46CDDC6F.4000608@onsemi.com><7F25CC1020F11E48AD05C13FECC550DF01025562@TJAX2742EXCH.csxt.ad.csx.com> <46EAC55E.4060200@redhat.com> <473B9865.8040801@redhat.com> Message-ID: Yes, all the kickstart trees are there (no RHEL 5.1, but that's another issue). It's only the provisioning of Xen guests from the trees that's no longer working and I've since discovered that this is only the case with the RHEL 5 Xen hosts that we upgraded to 5.1 - the provisioning still works fine on the hosts that haven't been upgraded yet. Thanks for the info about the other info sources. -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Mike McCune Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 7:53 PM To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Provisioning Xen from RHN Lamon, Frank III wrote: > Is it possible something in the latest RHEL4/Sat up2date or Sat sync > broke the ability to boot from the /kickstart/dist locations? > > I used to be able to use > --location=http://satserver.fqdn/kickstart/dist/ks-rhel-i386-es-4-u5 and > boot straight from there, but its no longer working. Now I get "ERROR: > Invalid install location" - I've tried using different dists and get the > same response. This worked two weeks ago. > > Thanks, > Frank > It shouldn't have broken it. Does your Satellite have: /var/satellite/rhn/kickstart/ks-rhel-i386-es-4-u5 on its disk? That is where the tree is located (sans-rpms, they are grabbed from /var/satellite/redhat/NULL). You can find a bit more info about your method of getting the trees on our wiki: https://wiki.108.redhat.com/wiki/index.php/KickstartTipsandTricks FYI, rhn-satellite-users list is where most of the Satellite related traffic goes. -- Mike McCune mmccune at redhat.com Engineering | Portland, OR RHN Satellite | 650.567.9039x79248 _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users ----------------------------------------- This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may contain CSX privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the intended addressee. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above CSX email address. Sender and CSX accept no liability for any damage caused directly or indirectly by receipt of this email. From duffy at redhat.com Thu Nov 15 16:45:22 2007 From: duffy at redhat.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1ir=EDn_Duffy?=) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:45:22 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Satellite 5.1 API Documentation Preview Released! Message-ID: <473C77A2.60106@redhat.com> Hi folks! I am pleased to announce that the Satellite team has released a preview version of the Satellite API documentation for the upcoming 5.1 release: https://wiki.108.redhat.com/wiki/index.php/RHN-Satellite/510/APIDocs As is evident in this documentation, the Satellite team has greatly expanded the public API for this upcoming release. Some highlights of this expansion include activation key and configuration channel methods, greatly-expanded system methods, and more. Many of the new methods were added in direct response to the feedback that many of you have been so gracious to provide us with, so THANK YOU - we hope this expansion will improve your experience with the upcoming Satellite release and that you will continue to provide us your feedback on the product! If you have any questions, feedback, and/or suggestions about this documentation, please let us know, either via this mailing list (rhn-satellite-users) or in our IRC channel at #rhn-satellite on irc.freenode.net. Thanks again for using Red Hat Network Satellite! ~m --- M?ir?n Duffy Interaction Designer, Engineering Red Hat, Inc. | Westford, MA From smooge at gmail.com Thu Nov 15 17:35:11 2007 From: smooge at gmail.com (Stephen John Smoogen) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:35:11 -0700 Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 In-Reply-To: <00d901c82725$d015ec30$09000032@bill> References: <008601c826fa$a452abe0$09000032@bill> <00d901c82725$d015ec30$09000032@bill> Message-ID: <80d7e4090711150935x32219c6eva257a3c7677fcf70@mail.gmail.com> On Nov 14, 2007 6:20 PM, Bill Watson wrote: > Is this the correct list for problems when running EL5 and from GUI click > [Applications] [System Tools] [Software Updater]? If it is not, please > advise what forum is proper. > >From http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ it would look like you would want https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list It would look like a flakey internet connection. Try the following: 1) yum clean all # make sure you have gotten any bad cache files out of the way 2) host rhn.redhat.com 3) traceroute rhn.redhat.com 4) yum update -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" From akrherz at iastate.edu Thu Nov 15 20:41:00 2007 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (Daryl Herzmann) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:41:00 -0600 (CST) Subject: [rhn-users] RHEL4.6 up2date failure with trailing ";" Message-ID: Greetings, We have our RHEL4 systems deployed with the failover functionality setup where clients first hit our RHN proxy, but then go to RHN hosted if something happens to the proxy. The version of up2date released today in RHEL4.6 perhaps contains a bug whereby if the noSSLServerURL, serverURL, and sslCACert config settings contain a trailing ";", up2date will bomb out. We face a major problem since when our users update their systems, the newly install up2date will cause subsequent updates to fail. Effectively requiring manual intervention. I bugzilla'd this: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385161 Anybody have any comments about this? The client config docs suggest the use of the trailing ";" https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/help/client-config/rhn500/en/s1-latest-clients-configuring.jsp#s2-client-config-failover Anybody else having troubles? thanks! daryl From cperry at redhat.com Thu Nov 15 20:43:42 2007 From: cperry at redhat.com (Clifford Perry) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:43:42 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] RHEL 5.1 kickstart tree availability In-Reply-To: References: <473ACF39.5060206@IFEN.com> Message-ID: <473CAF7E.3070400@redhat.com> They have completed QA testing and hit issues within our stage environment. Once we have a resolution, and testing can be completed, we can then proceed to release the trees. Regards, Clifford Lamon, Frank III wrote: > Does anyone know when the RHEL 5.1 kickstartable tree will be available? > It hasn't shown up in any satellite-sync yet. > > Thanks, > Frank > > > > ----------------------------------------- > This email transmission and any accompanying attachments may > contain CSX privileged and confidential information intended only > for the use of the intended addressee. Any dissemination, > distribution, copying or action taken in reliance on the contents > of this email by anyone other than the intended recipient is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error > please immediately delete it and notify sender at the above CSX > email address. Sender and CSX accept no liability for any damage > caused directly or indirectly by receipt of this email. > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > rhn-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users -- Clifford Perry Team Lead, Satellite Engineering Red Hat, Inc. http://www.redhat.com/ +1 919 754 4403 RHCA / RHCE# 805007680128201 From bill at magicdigits.com Thu Nov 15 23:23:32 2007 From: bill at magicdigits.com (Bill Watson) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:23:32 -0800 Subject: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 In-Reply-To: <80d7e4090711150935x32219c6eva257a3c7677fcf70@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <00db01c827de$89b40b00$09000032@bill> Jumping off my T-1 and onto a cable modem seemed to help stability quite a bit, thanks (go figure)! Is "Software Updater" missing libraries part of [rhn-users] or [Tikanga]? I'm still trying to wrap my mind around this group's focus, attempting not to offend by mis-posting. On my virgin (nothing but RH install DVD) EL5 system, Software Updater whines: Unable to resolve dependencies for some packages selected for installation. Missing Dependency: xen-libs = 3.0.3-25.el5 is needed by package xen Any chance of getting this library in the RH repository? Thanks again, Bill Watson bill at magicdigits.com -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Stephen John Smoogen Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 9:35 AM To: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) Subject: Re: [rhn-users] Getting used to EL5 On Nov 14, 2007 6:20 PM, Bill Watson wrote: > Is this the correct list for problems when running EL5 and from GUI > click [Applications] [System Tools] [Software Updater]? If it is not, > please advise what forum is proper. > >From http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ it would look like you >would want https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list It would look like a flakey internet connection. Try the following: 1) yum clean all # make sure you have gotten any bad cache files out of the way 2) host rhn.redhat.com 3) traceroute rhn.redhat.com 4) yum update -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" _______________________________________________ rhn-users mailing list rhn-users at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users From mertensb at mazdaeur.com Fri Nov 16 15:37:42 2007 From: mertensb at mazdaeur.com (Mertens, Bram) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:37:42 +0100 Subject: [rhn-users] Update from ES 4 to ES 5 In-Reply-To: <473ACF39.5060206@IFEN.com> References: <473ACF39.5060206@IFEN.com> Message-ID: Thorsten, Red hat really advises against this so there really isn't a proper way to do this. There's a knowledge base article about this though (actually about upgrading RHEL 3 to RHEL 4): Article ID 7366 which talks about an upgrade option of the installer. But I recommend you check the KB article (and taking a good *restorable* backup) before continuing with this. Regards Bram Mazda Motor Logistics Europe NV, Blaasveldstraat 162, B-2830 Willebroek VAT BE 406.024.281, RPR Mechelen, ING 310-0092504-52, IBAN : BE64 3100 0925 0452, SWIFT : BBRUBEBB -----Original Message----- From: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Thorsten Lueck Sent: woensdag 14 november 2007 11:35 To: rhn-users at redhat.com Subject: [rhn-users] Update from ES 4 to ES 5 Hi @all, how can I update a running ES 4 (64bit) to ES 5 _without_ re-installing? Is there a proper way of doing so? How long will it take (approx.)? Thanks for any help! Thorsten -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dipl. Ing. Thorsten Lueck Head of R&D Embedded Systems - Receiver Technologies IFEN GmbH Phone: +49-(8121)-2238-25 Alte Gruber Strasse 6 Secr.: +49-(8121)-2238-10 D-85586 Poing Fax : +49-(8121)-2238-11 Germany mailto: T.Lueck at ifen.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From madunix at gmail.com Sat Nov 17 07:44:46 2007 From: madunix at gmail.com (Mad Unix) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:44:46 +0200 Subject: [rhn-users] delay between activation email and RHN recognizing new subscriptions? In-Reply-To: <0A1FCC2F-5F26-4C2F-89A3-C7A9351B3C70@umd.umich.edu> References: <0A1FCC2F-5F26-4C2F-89A3-C7A9351B3C70@umd.umich.edu> Message-ID: <4d3f56c90711162344u54b9dc98i7246423119365617@mail.gmail.com> I have also the same issue......... I have also received my subscription today through the email saying Dear Red Hat Customer, Thank you for your order for Red Hat Subscription Services. Red Hat has received and processed the following order on your behalf. If you have any questions regarding this order, please contact the partner from whom you purchased your subscription. For Customer Service questions, please contact your regional Red Hat Customer Service Representative using the contact information provided at the following link: http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/..... Thank you, Red Hat Account Number : XXXXXXXXX Contract Number : YYYYYYYYYY Red Hat Reference Number: 0000000000 Order Details: *************************** Line 1 Quantity : 2 Description: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Basic (up to 2 sockets) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ *************************** Line 2 Quantity : 4 Description: Red Hat Cluster Suite *************************** Line 3 Quantity : 2 Description: Red Hat Global File System *************************** I have 2 Questions; 1- The 1 year support start from the day of the installation and activating the account or from receiving the email. 2- What does the meaning of Basic beside the Redhat EL ( i.e. belong to the support subscription or to the version of redhat) 3- Am i going to have the standard support or the basic on for cluster and the global. Thanks On Nov 13, 2007 9:28 PM, J E wrote: > Got the email today: > The Red Hat subscriptions recently purchased for this account are now > available for download and are immediately accessible through Red Hat > Network. The information and resources you need to access Red Hat > Network and get started with your subscription can be found in the Get > Started Now section below. > > However, following the link for the new subscription to get > Installation number returns: > "We're sorry. That subscription is unavailable." > > Neither the RHN or Redhat Customer Center have information on the new > subscriptions yet. How long does it normally take for things to catch > up? > > Thanks, > > jef > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > rhn-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users > -- madunix -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From KLinville at IntegraBank.com Sat Nov 17 10:05:30 2007 From: KLinville at IntegraBank.com (Kris Linville) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 04:05:30 -0600 Subject: [rhn-users] Kris Linville/MainOffice/Integra is out of the office. Message-ID: I will be out of the office starting 11/17/2007 and will not return until 11/26/2007. If you are in need of immediate assistance, please contact the IT Support Team at (812) 461-9555 or speed dial 9555. Otherwise, I will contact you upon my return to the office. Thank you, From duffy at redhat.com Mon Nov 19 15:59:38 2007 From: duffy at redhat.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?M=E1ir=EDn_Duffy?=) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:59:38 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] 108 Outage Notice Message-ID: <4741B2EA.8070001@redhat.com> Hi folks, This Wednesday, 21 Nov, we are going to be migrating the RHN/Satellite 108 site at http://rhn-satellite.108.redhat.com to new hardware. What will this mean for you? 1) NEW WIKI MODIFICATIONS WILL BE LOST I am going to be copying over the current wiki content over to the new wiki that has been set up today, so please do not add anything new to the wiki from now until I sent a message out on Wednesday to let you know the wiki migration completed successfully. 2) SVN WILL BE DOWN FOR A FEW DAYS We are getting a data dump from the current SVN and will be importing it into a new SVN server starting on Wednesday, so if you were planning to check something into SVN, I would recommend holding off until I send out an email hopefully sometime next week indicating that the migration has been completed. -- The website and wiki should roll over smoothly on Wednesday without downtime. The wiki will continue to accept your Red Hat login as credentials. SVN will take a little bit longer, and we may need to set you up with new passwords when the migration is complete. Thanks again for participating in this community, please let me know if you have any questions/concerns about this upcoming outage. ~m From jef_umd at umd.umich.edu Mon Nov 19 20:37:04 2007 From: jef_umd at umd.umich.edu (J E) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:37:04 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Daily Status Report missing host information Message-ID: <9684881D-34C3-4B04-93B4-B17A82C82900@umd.umich.edu> Hi I asked this as an Add-on to another message a while back, but think it probably got lost in the shuffle since it didn't get a response. I hope you don't mind a repeat. When systems update via RHN, I get notification that updates occurred, but it doesn't tell me which host. I am currently only telling it to update 1 host, but how can I tell what's been updated if I am doing multiple hosts? Even for 1 host, it would be nice if the system mentioned which host was being updated, so that we all would know which one it was in case something bad happened. Several of us here share responsibility over certain hosts, so tracking which hosts get updated is pretty important to us. Email that we get: This is the RHN Status Report for your account XXXXXXXXXX, as of 11/17/07 7:28:11 AM EST. This email will be sent when any of the following apply to the specified systems: 1. The system fails to check in with RHN within a 24-hour window. 2. The system registers scheduled action activity. Completed Errata Update: RHBA-2007:1002 1 RHBA-2007:1010 1 RHBA-2007:1012 1 RHSA-2007:0969 1 RHSA-2007:1017 1 RHSA-2007:1045 1 Errata Synopses: RHBA-2007:0972 rsh bug fix update RHBA-2007:1002 logrotate bug fix update RHBA-2007:1010 xorg-x11-drv-keyboard bug fix update RHBA-2007:1012 telnet-server bug fix update RHSA-2007:0969 Moderate: util-linux security update RHSA-2007:1017 Critical: samba security update RHSA-2007:1045 Moderate: net-snmp security update Thanks, jef From jorge at sur-se.com Wed Nov 21 10:37:07 2007 From: jorge at sur-se.com (Jorge) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:37:07 +0100 Subject: [rhn-users] Increase xinetd priority Message-ID: Hello. I've a RHEL server running a database service "ctsql" wich is under xinted service. This database service is the main task of this server. I want that this service has the highest priority. I have configured this service on /etc/xinetd.d in a new "ctsql" file. I have configured xinetd.conf: instances = 600 cps = 600 30 to allow multiple connection (more than 60). It works good but I have testing cpu load, and I have seen it's always under 20-30% of load (in fact, under 10%). But, sometimes, client-applications runs SQL querys slowly but the server is not at 100% to serve data as fast as possible. I think It could be because this service hasn't high priority. I don't know. How can I increase the priority of this service? should I include "nice" on ctsql file? How can I do it? Thanks. From Carl.Provencher at sit.ulaval.ca Wed Nov 21 14:24:26 2007 From: Carl.Provencher at sit.ulaval.ca (Carl Provencher) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:24:26 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Red Hat Network Proxy 4.2.0 Notice Message-ID: Hi, I plan our migration from Red Hat Network Proxy 4.1 to 4.2. I read the knowledge base article posted by Clifford Perry (thank you) in February. The process seems to be simple. But I need precisions. I move the RHN proxy service into a new server with a different name. I want to do tests, to evaluate the impact for our clients. One reason is because ?serverURL? will be changed within the migration process. My question is, I want to be sure if I can do: ? unsubscribe my RHN 4.1 server from Red Hat Network Proxy (v4.1 for AS v4 x86) channel ? subscribe my test RHN 4.2 server to Red Hat Network Proxy (v4.2 for AS v4 x86) channel ? do my test: change RHN client configuration for using new RHN 4.2 server. ? unsubscribe my test RHN 4.2 server from Red Hat Network Proxy (v4.2 for AS v4 x86) channel ? subscribe my RHN 4.1 server to Red Hat Network Proxy (v4.1 for AS v4 x86) channel Thanks at advance ____________________________________________________________________ Carl Provencher Secteur Projets ? Direction des infrastructures S.I.T., Universit? Laval T?l.: (418) 656-2131 poste 8719 http://www.sit.ulaval.ca/ ____________________________________________________________________ Avis relatif ? la confidentialit? / Notice of Confidentiality / Advertencia de confidencialidad < http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3171 bytes Desc: not available URL: From cperry at redhat.com Wed Nov 21 14:35:24 2007 From: cperry at redhat.com (Clifford Perry) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:35:24 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Red Hat Network Proxy 4.2.0 Notice In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4744422C.2090907@redhat.com> Carl Provencher wrote: > Hi, > > > > I plan our migration from Red Hat Network Proxy 4.1 to 4.2. I read the > knowledge base article posted by Clifford Perry (thank you) in > February. The process seems to be simple. But I need precisions. I move > the RHN proxy service into a new server with a different name. > > > > I want to do tests, to evaluate the impact for our clients. One reason > is because ?serverURL? will be changed within the migration process. > > > > My question is, I want to be sure if I can do: > > ? unsubscribe my RHN 4.1 server from Red Hat Network Proxy > (v4.1 for AS v4 x86) channel > > ? subscribe my test RHN 4.2 server to Red Hat Network Proxy > (v4.2 for AS v4 x86) channel > > ? do my test: change RHN client configuration for using new > RHN 4.2 server. > > ? unsubscribe my test RHN 4.2 server from Red Hat Network > Proxy (v4.2 for AS v4 x86) channel > > ? subscribe my RHN 4.1 server to Red Hat Network Proxy (v4.1 > for AS v4 x86) channel > Yes - this should be possible. You have I assume a single RHN Proxy subscription, which allows you to be subscribed to any Proxy channel of your choice. Once the 4.1 Proxy becomes inactive, you should be able to use the 'rhn-proxy-activate' command on your last step to re-activate it, without the need to go through the webui activate/install/configure screens for a RHN Proxy. Cliff > > > Thanks at advance > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Carl Provencher > > Secteur Projets ? Direction des infrastructures > S.I.T., Universit? Laval > T?l.: (418) 656-2131 poste 8719 > > http://www.sit.ulaval.ca/ > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Avis relatif ? la confidentialit? / Notice of Confidentiality / > > Advertencia de confidencialidad > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > rhn-users mailing list > rhn-users at redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users -- Clifford Perry Team Lead, Satellite Engineering Red Hat, Inc. http://www.redhat.com/ +1 919 754 4403 RHCA / RHCE# 805007680128201 From Carl.Provencher at sit.ulaval.ca Wed Nov 21 14:39:27 2007 From: Carl.Provencher at sit.ulaval.ca (Carl Provencher) Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:39:27 -0500 Subject: [rhn-users] Red Hat Network Proxy 4.2.0 Notice In-Reply-To: <4744422C.2090907@redhat.com> References: <4744422C.2090907@redhat.com> Message-ID: | -----Message d'origine----- | De?: rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:rhn-users-bounces at redhat.com] | De la part de Clifford Perry | Envoy??: 21 novembre 2007 09:35 | ??: Discussions about Red Hat Network (rhn.redhat.com) | Objet?: Re: [rhn-users] Red Hat Network Proxy 4.2.0 Notice | | | | Carl Provencher wrote: | > Hi, | > | > | > | > I plan our migration from Red Hat Network Proxy 4.1 to 4.2. I read | the | > knowledge base article posted by Clifford Perry (thank you) in | > February. The process seems to be simple. But I need precisions. I | move | > the RHN proxy service into a new server with a different name. | > | > | > | > I want to do tests, to evaluate the impact for our clients. One | reason | > is because ?serverURL? will be changed within the migration process. | > | > | > | > My question is, I want to be sure if I can do: | > | > ? unsubscribe my RHN 4.1 server from Red Hat Network | Proxy | > (v4.1 for AS v4 x86) channel | > | > ? subscribe my test RHN 4.2 server to Red Hat Network | Proxy | > (v4.2 for AS v4 x86) channel | > | > ? do my test: change RHN client configuration for using | new | > RHN 4.2 server. | > | > ? unsubscribe my test RHN 4.2 server from Red Hat Network | > Proxy (v4.2 for AS v4 x86) channel | > | > ? subscribe my RHN 4.1 server to Red Hat Network Proxy | (v4.1 | > for AS v4 x86) channel | > | Yes - this should be possible. You have I assume a single RHN Proxy | subscription, That's right. |which allows you to be subscribed to any Proxy channel of | your choice. Once the 4.1 Proxy becomes inactive, you should be able to | use the 'rhn-proxy-activate' command on your last step to re-activate | it, without the need to go through the webui activate/install/configure | screens for a RHN Proxy. Good news. Thanks a lot for the information. Have a nice day. | | Cliff | > | > | > Thanks at advance | > | > ____________________________________________________________________ | > Carl Provencher | > | > Secteur Projets ? Direction des infrastructures | > S.I.T., Universit? Laval | > T?l.: (418) 656-2131 poste 8719 | > | > http://www.sit.ulaval.ca/ | > | > ____________________________________________________________________ | > Avis relatif ? la confidentialit? / Notice of Confidentiality / | > | > Advertencia de confidencialidad | > | > | > | > | > | > | > --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | > | > _______________________________________________ | > rhn-users mailing list | > rhn-users at redhat.com | > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users | | -- | Clifford Perry | Team Lead, Satellite Engineering | Red Hat, Inc. | http://www.redhat.com/ | +1 919 754 4403 | RHCA / RHCE# 805007680128201 | | _______________________________________________ | rhn-users mailing list | rhn-users at redhat.com | https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhn-users ____________________________________________________________________ Carl Provencher Secteur Projets ? Direction des infrastructures S.I.T., Universit? Laval T?l.: (418) 656-2131 poste 8719 http://www.sit.ulaval.ca/ ____________________________________________________________________ Avis relatif ? la confidentialit? / Notice of Confidentiality / Advertencia de confidencialidad -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3171 bytes Desc: not available URL: From akrherz at iastate.edu Tue Nov 27 23:29:30 2007 From: akrherz at iastate.edu (Daryl Herzmann) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:29:30 -0600 (CST) Subject: [rhn-users] why isn't rhn failover tested? was Re: RHEL4.6 up2date failure with trailing ";" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Good day, Working with Red Hat, the bug for this issue was found and we are thankful for that, but am really at a lose as to why this doesn't warrant an errata push to fix this for others that have found it as well. Moreover, reviewing the support of RHN failover in the recent releases we find: RHEL 5.0 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=232567 - Was not supported out of the box. We asked Red Hat for a solution , but they waited till RHEL 5.1 to fix it. RHEL 5.1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=378911 - Appears to have some bug which would cause failover to never be attempted. I am not positive on the exact details of this bug. RHEL 4.6 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385161 - Was broken out of the box, which means it was not tested at Red Hat and now it seems a fix for others will not arrive till RHEL 4.7 What is the deal? Why don't bugs in rhn failover warrant immediate fixes? Going beyond this, will Red Hat test rhn failover in RHEL 5.2 and RHEL 4.7 ? If not, maybe we shouldn't have our boxes setup to do so after all of this mess with the last two major releases :( Some clarity on the support for RHN failover would be appreciated. daryl On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Daryl Herzmann wrote: > Greetings, > > We have our RHEL4 systems deployed with the failover functionality setup > where clients first hit our RHN proxy, but then go to RHN hosted if something > happens to the proxy. > > The version of up2date released today in RHEL4.6 perhaps contains a bug > whereby if the noSSLServerURL, serverURL, and sslCACert config settings > contain a trailing ";", up2date will bomb out. > > We face a major problem since when our users update their systems, the newly > install up2date will cause subsequent updates to fail. Effectively requiring > manual intervention. > > I bugzilla'd this: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=385161 > > Anybody have any comments about this? The client config docs suggest the use > of the trailing ";" > > https://rhn.redhat.com/rhn/help/client-config/rhn500/en/s1-latest-clients-configuring.jsp#s2-client-config-failover > > Anybody else having troubles? > > thanks! > daryl > -- /** * Daryl Herzmann, RHCE * Assistant Scientist -- Iowa Environmental Mesonet * http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu */ From liste at alixen.fr Thu Nov 29 10:11:48 2007 From: liste at alixen.fr (Benoit Guguin) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 11:11:48 +0100 Subject: [rhn-users] Yum, rhn and an apache proxy : problems Message-ID: <200711291111.48807.liste@alixen.fr> Hi, I have some truble to use yum through an apache 1.3 proxy. -- When I try to update my system : yum update Loading "installonlyn" plugin Loading "rhnplugin" plugin Setting up Update Process Setting up repositories Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: rhel-i386-server-5 -- In the log file /var/log/up2date, all seems to go well : [Thu Nov 29 11:03:24 2007] up2date logging into up2date server [Thu Nov 29 11:03:25 2007] up2date successfully retrieved authentication token from up2date server -- In the apache 1.3 proxy log files, seems to go wrong : "CONNECT xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 - "CONNECT xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 - CONNECT xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 400 307 So I've got two good response (for the authentification I suppose) and one bad I've tried to modify python in order to add a userAgent ... but doesn't change anything. I've tried to use local variable (http_proxy and https_proxy) in place of the configuration in yum ... but didn't change anything ... In the other hand, all rhn_* commands work greats ... rhn_check works without problems and the information is up to date in rhn.redhat.com ... Any idea ? thank you in avance. Well -- Guguin Benoit Soci?t? Alixen 20 rue Jean Rostand 91 400 Orsay Cedex France Tel : 01 60 19 72 31, Fax : 01 69 41 78 54 From liste at alixen.fr Thu Nov 29 11:04:32 2007 From: liste at alixen.fr (Benoit Guguin) Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:04:32 +0100 Subject: [rhn-users] Yum, rhn and an apache proxy : problems In-Reply-To: <200711291111.48807.liste@alixen.fr> References: <200711291111.48807.liste@alixen.fr> Message-ID: <200711291204.32286.liste@alixen.fr> Well, I've found It's a bug in the crypto lib of python. It doesn't add the HOST in the headers of the HTTP/1.1 ... In the file /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/M2Crypto/httpslib.py , add at the line 165 : msg = msg + "Host: %s:%d\r\n" % (self._real_host, self._real_port) cheers Le Thursday 29 November 2007 11:11:48 Benoit Guguin, vous avez ?crit?: > Hi, > > I have some truble to use yum through an apache 1.3 proxy. > > -- When I try to update my system : > yum update > Loading "installonlyn" plugin > Loading "rhnplugin" plugin > Setting up Update Process > Setting up repositories > Error: Cannot open/read repomd.xml file for repository: rhel-i386-server-5 > > > -- In the log file /var/log/up2date, all seems to go well : > [Thu Nov 29 11:03:24 2007] up2date logging into up2date server > [Thu Nov 29 11:03:25 2007] up2date successfully retrieved authentication > token from up2date server > > > -- In the apache 1.3 proxy log files, seems to go wrong : > "CONNECT xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 - > "CONNECT xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 200 - > CONNECT xmlrpc.rhn.redhat.com:443 HTTP/1.1" 400 307 > > So I've got two good response (for the authentification I suppose) and one > bad > > I've tried to modify python in order to add a userAgent ... but doesn't > change anything. > > I've tried to use local variable (http_proxy and https_proxy) in place of > the configuration in yum ... but didn't change anything ... > > > In the other hand, all rhn_* commands work greats ... rhn_check works > without problems and the information is up to date in rhn.redhat.com ... > > > > Any idea ? > thank you in avance. > > > > > Well -- Guguin Benoit Soci?t? Alixen 20 rue Jean Rostand 91 400 Orsay Cedex France Tel : 01 60 19 72 31, Fax : 01 69 41 78 54