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New logwatch module not working in cron
by Gordon Charrick 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

I wrote a new logwatch module for vnstat and put it in /etc/logwatch/scripts/services. If I run logwatch from the command line, it works fine. When cron runs it, the vnstat module doesn't run. The module is extremely simple - all it does is run the vnstat command. There are no errors being reported. All I get is an empty begin/end section for vnstat in the email from logwatch. I know it's not selinux because I originally had problems with that and I fixed that with a local selinux module for vnstat. I also specifically have the full path to the vnstat command in the logwatch vnstat script. Anyone have any clues on fixing this? Gordon

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intrusion tracking
by Wolfgang S. Rupprecht 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Once again I find myself trying to help someone piece together how an intruder managed to get into their system. The system was way out of date (FC6) so it is no surprise that they got compromised. What I can tell, the intruder managed to get root which allowed them to remove the iptables file and lower the protection on ssh to allow unix passwords. The attacker then installed an ssh-probing client that was installed in /root. That lowered ssh security allowed a second intrusion at user level (probably by password guessing) where an IRC bot was installed and run from cron with normal user permissions. I would have been nice to know when and how they initially got in. The site runs a handful of daemons (postix, named, ntp, apache, dovecot), so any of them could have allowed the initial intrution. They didn't have selinux enabled, so that compounded problems. Clearly the top level answer is to just impress upon them the fact that they need to stay current and keep selinux enabled. It still would be nice to know how the attackers got in though. The real issue is that there isn't a good activity log. While I can install tripwire to watch for changed files, it probably won't tell me how they got in. Is there something that addresses that problem? Some poor sucker always has to be the first victim of a new attack. It would be nice to know which service to disable or reconfigure until a fix is distributed. Is there some way to track intruders that I'm missing? -wolfgang -- Wolfgang S. Rupprecht http://www.wsrcc.com/wolfgang/ (IPv6-only)

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privoxy errors
by kellyremo 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

i installed a proxy on my Fedora 14 Box yum -y install privoxy chkconfig --level 5 privoxy on ok...it worked fine.. later.. i adduser USERNAME, and logged in with it. i tried to browse the web, but: http://img600.imageshack.us/img600/3323/screenshotmm.png why? i have to restart the privoxy to use it.. what could be the problem? i have to enable it user by user? thanks

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Wireless Adapter Issues
by Matthew Tuori 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi, I have an Acer Aspire 4720z. It has an Atheros Communications Inc. AR5001 Wireless Network Adapter. When I first installed F14 the wireless was working fine. About a week later it stopped working. Even when it says that wireless is enabled, it does not see any wireless networks. If I use the soft button on my keyboard to swap the network lock, the hard lock will change to disabled, and nothing is able to change it back. I have tried reinstalling Fedora, searched online for similar experiences and tried using rfkill, yet nothing seems to work. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, -Matt

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how to disable gpgcheck on command line with yum install?
by Dave Stevens 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

I'd like to try out LibreOffice so I downloaded and unpacked the rpms into a new folder and following the readme instructions did # su -c 'yum install *.rpm' which produced a long list of packages and depchecks, apparently successfully but then gave: Install 50 Package(s) Total size: 436 M Installed size: 436 M Is this ok [y/N]: y Downloading Packages: Package libobasis3.3-en-US-base-3.3.0-6.x86_64.rpm is not signed [dave@davehost RPMS]$ I know how to disable gpg checking in a .repo file but don't know how to deal with it here where there doesn't seem to be one. Ideas? F14 if it matters. Dave -- When a respected information source covers something where you have on-the- ground experience, the result is often to make you wonder how much fecal matter you've swallowed in areas outside your own expertise. -- Rusty Russell

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problem with my favorite radio
by Adel ESSAFI 27 Jan '11

27 Jan '11

Hi list mplayer http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/popup/rtci.asx I have a problem with my radio on linux. mplayer could not play the radio on linux. However, the same link works fine with windows media player. And it is not a codec problem. Playing http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/popup/rtci.asx. Resolving www.radiotunisienne.tn for AF_INET6... Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.radiotunisienne.tn Resolving www.radiotunisienne.tn for AF_INET... Connecting to server www.radiotunisienne.tn[193.95.75.148]: 80... STREAM_ASF, URL: http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/popup/rtci.asx Resolving www.radiotunisienne.tn for AF_INET6... Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.radiotunisienne.tn Resolving www.radiotunisienne.tn for AF_INET... Connecting to server www.radiotunisienne.tn[193.95.75.148]: 80... size_confirm mismatch!: 30835 28271 Error while parsing chunk header Failed, exiting. Resolving www.radiotunisienne.tn for AF_INET6... Couldn't resolve name for AF_INET6: www.radiotunisienne.tn Resolving www.radiotunisienne.tn for AF_INET... Connecting to server www.radiotunisienne.tn[193.95.75.148]: 80... Cache size set to 320 KBytes Cache fill: 0.08% (272 bytes) Exiting... (End of file) Could you help please -- PhD candidate in Computer Science Address 3 avenue lamine, cité ezzahra, Sousse 4000 Tunisia tel: +216 97 246 706 (+33640302046 jusqu'au 15/6) fax: +216 71 391 166

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dns failing lemonde.fr goes to static.pho.org
by Randolph Jones 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

fedora 13, firefox 3.6.13 the link http://www.lemonde.fr/ is sending me to static.php.org I was accessing the site when i noted my french dictionary was not working reinstalled dict now when I hit the lemonde link it looks up static.php.org and sends me there any ideas? TIa rfjones

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Re: FC14 Installation Hangs
by Jackson Byers 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

this suggestion is long shot. Back when I was an install newbie, on f10 the install would always fail upon trying to bring up X. None of the usual kernel things like vesa= worked. No further ideas from this list ( this list was critical to me getting this far). Finally I found via googling someone suggesting adding vga=792 that did it !, X up and running Jack

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Re: problem with my favorite radio
by Jackson Byers 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

$ mplayer -playlist http://www.radiotunisienne.tn/popup/rtci.asx works for me, playing right now f12

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SELinux
by Kostas Sfakiotakis 26 Jan '11

26 Jan '11

Greetings , Well i want to ask what problem Selinux has if i want to run for example Acrobat Reader or not . Even the last user of a system is entitled to run a program if he wishes to , not to me mention that fact that am the root of the system ? Why can´t it just back off and let me do what i want to do ?

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