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#6
Posted by mindmerge on Tue 19 Feb 2008 at 14:31
We recently upgraded courier from etch to lenny. My thunderbird users can log in fine and my squirrelmail users can as well. The Outlook 2007 users however can not connect. The error outlook gives is useless. I have tailed the logs on the server and everything looks fine, pam authenticates the users but then no more response in the log and the client errors out with "cannot connect".
Is there some magic I need to input into courier for outlook?
Is there some magic I need to input into courier for outlook?
#5
Posted by mindmerge on Sat 28 Jul 2007 at 17:47
Long story short... I received a video from a friend regarding Microsoft's keyboardless something or other... I am running an etch/stable desktop for the most part.
Well I decide I would like to watch the movie... I download an xmms win32 codec from testing which prompts for a libc6 upgrade to a cvs version of the package.
I did go ahead and type, "Yes, do as I say!" so it is my bad... but here is the solution I worked out for the havoc I unleashed upon myself.
Once I logged out and attempted to login... I was greeted with an error message similar to the following... "getty id 1 respawn too fast" "stop for 5 minutes".
That last part is not right I am certain I just can't remember the exact verbage... and I am too lazy to give you my google searches I did yesterday... if interested merely type "getty respawn too fast" into google and you will see what I found.
Essentially the methods that I have found thus far on searches have not worked. Some suggested changing /etc/inittab which I did try using knoppix... to no avail. I even attempted using /bin/getty as opposed to /sbin/getty.
In the end the route that ended up fixing the problem was to ssh to the box from another box and using aptitude I installed util-linux (which would not install with the current cvs version of libc6) which promptly gave me a package selection error. I looked at the suggestion which was to remove the previously installed xmms cwin32 codec and downgrade the libc6 package to the etch/stable version.
Pretty simple... unfortunately I had to get to a very remote host that had access via ssh to this particular system. ;-)
Summary:
Gain access to the host, verify that util-linux is installed. Otherwise??? Perhaps a future entry...
Well I decide I would like to watch the movie... I download an xmms win32 codec from testing which prompts for a libc6 upgrade to a cvs version of the package.
I did go ahead and type, "Yes, do as I say!" so it is my bad... but here is the solution I worked out for the havoc I unleashed upon myself.
Once I logged out and attempted to login... I was greeted with an error message similar to the following... "getty id 1 respawn too fast" "stop for 5 minutes".
That last part is not right I am certain I just can't remember the exact verbage... and I am too lazy to give you my google searches I did yesterday... if interested merely type "getty respawn too fast" into google and you will see what I found.
Essentially the methods that I have found thus far on searches have not worked. Some suggested changing /etc/inittab which I did try using knoppix... to no avail. I even attempted using /bin/getty as opposed to /sbin/getty.
In the end the route that ended up fixing the problem was to ssh to the box from another box and using aptitude I installed util-linux (which would not install with the current cvs version of libc6) which promptly gave me a package selection error. I looked at the suggestion which was to remove the previously installed xmms cwin32 codec and downgrade the libc6 package to the etch/stable version.
Pretty simple... unfortunately I had to get to a very remote host that had access via ssh to this particular system. ;-)
Summary:
Gain access to the host, verify that util-linux is installed. Otherwise??? Perhaps a future entry...
#4
Posted by mindmerge on Wed 4 Oct 2006 at 04:41
Redhat has the following example for an lvm swap:
mkswap /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
(http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc4/docs/rhel-sag-en-4/s1-swap-removing.html)
I understand the reasoning for the naming convention... they are logical and can be used in a large environment with ease.
Taking it from a smaller approach though I still think of this virtual volumes as physical devices. Thus my naming convention of choice is more simplistic.
I would mount my swap... if I wanted to mount it to LVM that is...
/dev/pri/swap
My root LVM mount would be of course:
/dev/pri/root
Some others that come to mind are....
/dev/sec/usr
/dev/sec/opt
/dev/sec/var ...
sec = secondary
Managing Redhat's boxes through the years... and several currently I have seen the same naming convention used on the boxes time and again. No real creativity anywhere just cookie cutter. I walk in... the boxes are already out of date.
I plan their inevitable demise...
mkswap /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01
(http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc4/docs/rhel-sag-en-4/s1-swap-removing.html)
I understand the reasoning for the naming convention... they are logical and can be used in a large environment with ease.
Taking it from a smaller approach though I still think of this virtual volumes as physical devices. Thus my naming convention of choice is more simplistic.
I would mount my swap... if I wanted to mount it to LVM that is...
/dev/pri/swap
My root LVM mount would be of course:
/dev/pri/root
Some others that come to mind are....
/dev/sec/usr
/dev/sec/opt
/dev/sec/var ...
sec = secondary
Managing Redhat's boxes through the years... and several currently I have seen the same naming convention used on the boxes time and again. No real creativity anywhere just cookie cutter. I walk in... the boxes are already out of date.
I plan their inevitable demise...
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#3
Posted by mindmerge on Fri 8 Sep 2006 at 01:01
First let me give thanks to the person that spent the time working on resolvconf in the first place. I appreciate your effort and support to the community which has helped to propel my career forward!
Second, let me ask... WTF! We go from a simple text file with input that my 10 (ten not two) year old boy can follow to a utility that accepts overly complicated syntax and dynamicly generates the file.
I read up on the reason for the change however I still rip it out of the recommended package list (aptitude) for my servers whenever a package (email) may call for it. I do this not out of spite or the resistance to change. I do this merely because I have seen unintended results from this utility on numerous servers tested on. I am quite happy with the static resolv.conf file which ALWAYS works as intended.
Please someone tell me why I would A) want to run this on my servers and B) how does one guarantee the same 'expected' functionality. To me this utility seems more useful in a laptop/wifi scenario. Am I incorrect?
Second, let me ask... WTF! We go from a simple text file with input that my 10 (ten not two) year old boy can follow to a utility that accepts overly complicated syntax and dynamicly generates the file.
I read up on the reason for the change however I still rip it out of the recommended package list (aptitude) for my servers whenever a package (email) may call for it. I do this not out of spite or the resistance to change. I do this merely because I have seen unintended results from this utility on numerous servers tested on. I am quite happy with the static resolv.conf file which ALWAYS works as intended.
Please someone tell me why I would A) want to run this on my servers and B) how does one guarantee the same 'expected' functionality. To me this utility seems more useful in a laptop/wifi scenario. Am I incorrect?
#2
Posted by mindmerge on Sun 9 Jul 2006 at 04:25
I have been considering writing up a howto regarding Linux on the Corporate desktop. The task of writing it up seems to me much more difficult than the actual implementation and maintenance of the systems were.
A curiosity I have come across over the last few years with other SysAdmin... they are baffled when I speak of Linux on the corporate desktop. Someone else has to be doing it already!? Why am I running into skilled admin that are afraid to venture forth?
Microsoft really has the minds of IT eh!? Would you like a tube of KY with that!?
Personally I can tell you that with knowledge of your distros toolset, coupled with limiting of options to the users your life can be made much easier and freer (as in time).
A key to sanity is to give your users a limited amount of choices, GNU/Linux can be rather daunting when facing the amount of packages on some default installs. Customize the menu and provide clear and known terms for things and your support issues are a breeze... when and if they come up...
I will get around to fully documenting my past Linux corporate desktop builds... at some point... ;-)
A curiosity I have come across over the last few years with other SysAdmin... they are baffled when I speak of Linux on the corporate desktop. Someone else has to be doing it already!? Why am I running into skilled admin that are afraid to venture forth?
Microsoft really has the minds of IT eh!? Would you like a tube of KY with that!?
Personally I can tell you that with knowledge of your distros toolset, coupled with limiting of options to the users your life can be made much easier and freer (as in time).
A key to sanity is to give your users a limited amount of choices, GNU/Linux can be rather daunting when facing the amount of packages on some default installs. Customize the menu and provide clear and known terms for things and your support issues are a breeze... when and if they come up...
I will get around to fully documenting my past Linux corporate desktop builds... at some point... ;-)
#1
Posted by mindmerge on Fri 7 Jul 2006 at 05:46
It seems that comments are disabled in response... no bother... below is my response.
ACK! Windoze and IIS! I feel your pain. Suits usually have business degrees which obviously means they are much smarter at business matters than us "techies". I bet you just love that SAP and how it is completely necessary for those suits to know who does what and why. Wasn't that a helluva niche market! Useless crap-a$$ software that breeds yet more intelligence into suits.
I actually had my boss at a previous position get replaced by someone because they had SAP experience. It was almost comical to watch him get frustrated talking to vendor support reps on the phone. He would get red and start yelling at support reps over the phone saying silly things like, "I am experienced with SAP and since I know that people are split up into hardware and software I want to know which one you are"; this was because he did not like the answer he got from the rep which was actually quite sufficient for me to fix the issue. It was extremely hard not to laugh as the first thought that popped into my head was, "really... are you vegetable, animal or mineral"...
Aside from that, his first order of business was to take my Linux desktops which I had created an image for (30 minute placement time for new pc's) and distributed to ALL employees and had working for over a year and replaced them with WindowsXP.
His reason was that Linux seemed too much like DOS too him. Again I had to stifle laughter, several other admin on my staff and I attempted to sway him away from this poor decision but he would not hear it.
He called a meeting and said that we all needed to accept his decision because he made it period! No discussion, he actually stated that he "made the decision and that he expected us to get on board and back him in it... period!"
Shortly after that know-nothing wind bag made that decision I spoke with senior management which accomplished nothing save bad blood between myself and my new boss. So I gave a month notice and bailed.
ACK! Windoze and IIS! I feel your pain. Suits usually have business degrees which obviously means they are much smarter at business matters than us "techies". I bet you just love that SAP and how it is completely necessary for those suits to know who does what and why. Wasn't that a helluva niche market! Useless crap-a$$ software that breeds yet more intelligence into suits.
I actually had my boss at a previous position get replaced by someone because they had SAP experience. It was almost comical to watch him get frustrated talking to vendor support reps on the phone. He would get red and start yelling at support reps over the phone saying silly things like, "I am experienced with SAP and since I know that people are split up into hardware and software I want to know which one you are"; this was because he did not like the answer he got from the rep which was actually quite sufficient for me to fix the issue. It was extremely hard not to laugh as the first thought that popped into my head was, "really... are you vegetable, animal or mineral"...
Aside from that, his first order of business was to take my Linux desktops which I had created an image for (30 minute placement time for new pc's) and distributed to ALL employees and had working for over a year and replaced them with WindowsXP.
His reason was that Linux seemed too much like DOS too him. Again I had to stifle laughter, several other admin on my staff and I attempted to sway him away from this poor decision but he would not hear it.
He called a meeting and said that we all needed to accept his decision because he made it period! No discussion, he actually stated that he "made the decision and that he expected us to get on board and back him in it... period!"
Shortly after that know-nothing wind bag made that decision I spoke with senior management which accomplished nothing save bad blood between myself and my new boss. So I gave a month notice and bailed.