http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ CentOS <p><strong>CentOS</strong> or <em>Community ENTerprise Operating System</em> is a community-based release of <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/RHEL">RedHat Enterprise Linux</a> (RHEL), built from the sources of <span class="caps">RHEL</span>. The project was started due to the fact that <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/RedHat">RedHat</a> does not release binaries for <span class="caps">RHEL</span> free of charge.</p> <p>Thus CentOS aims for binary compatibility with <span class="caps">RHEL</span>, but all copyrights and trademarked <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/RedHat">RedHat</a> content outside of the source code, such as trademarked terms or images, is replaced.</p> <p>A <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.howtoforge.com/centos-4.6-server-lamp-email-dns-ftp-ispconfig">guide</a> for setting up <span class="caps">CENTOS</span> with a number of services, including email, <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/LAMP"><span class="caps">LAMP</span></a>, <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/dns">dns</a> and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/ftp">ftp</a></p> <p>To echo the package management system controlled by RedHat, CentOS instead uses a mirror network to obtain release or updates through the same package management used by <span class="caps">RHEL</span>: <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/yum">yum</a> and <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/up2date">up2date</a>.</p> <h3>Also See</h3> <ul> <li><a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Whitebox-Linux">Whitebox-Linux</a> another <span class="caps">RHEL</span> derivative.</li> </ul> CentOS or Community ENTerprise Operating System is a community-based release of RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), built from the sources of RHEL. The project was started due to the fact that RedHat does not release binaries for RHEL free of charge. Thus CentOS aims for binary compatibility with RHEL, but all copyrights and trademarked RedHat content outside of the source code, such as trademarked terms or images, is replaced. A guide for setting up CENTOS with a number of services, including http://swik.net/CentOS http://www.centos.org/ centos linux Linux-distribution Enterprise SourceLabs RedHat RHEL License:GPL rhel-alternatives Mon, 11 Jul 2005 18:10:35 -0700 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:50:34 -0800 http://swik.net/Xen/http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fxen/HowTos%2FXen%2FInstallingCentOSDomU+-+CentOS+Wiki/cbx9u Fri, 08 Aug 2008 08:13:33 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/How+To+Remotely+Install+Debian+Over+A+RH+Based+Distro/cbx1v <p><b>How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro</b></p> <p>Ocassionally, servers&nbsp;need to be retasked&nbsp;for various reasons. &nbsp;It has always been a challenge when the server&nbsp;has a distribution other than what I need. I do not want to drive to the data center to swap CDs around, so I decided to&nbsp;see if there was&nbsp;a way to remotely install the machine. &nbsp;I found some notes by Erik Jacobsen&nbsp;and used them to come up with an up-to-date how-to.</p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/how-to-remotely-install-debian-over-a-rh-based-distro" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:13:15 -0700 http://swik.net/Xen/http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fxen/http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.centos.org%2FHowTos%2FXen%2FInstallingCentOSDomU/cbx1s Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:13:11 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/How+To+Remotely+Install+Debian+Over+A+RH+Based+Distro/cbxzk <p><b>How To Remotely Install Debian Over A RH Based Distro</b></p> <p>Ocassionally, servers&nbsp;need to be retasked&nbsp;for various reasons. &nbsp;It has always been a challenge when the server&nbsp;has a distribution other than what I need. I do not want to drive to the data center to swap CDs around, so I decided to&nbsp;see if there was&nbsp;a way to remotely install the machine. &nbsp;I found some notes by Erik Jacobsen&nbsp;and used them to come up with an up-to-date how-to.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-remotely-install-debian-over-a-rh-based-distro" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:11:06 -0700 http://swik.net/amavis/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Famavis/HowTos%2FAmavisd+-+CentOS+Wiki/cbxgw Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:10:52 -0700 http://swik.net/Postfix/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fpostfix/HowTos%2FAmavisd+-+CentOS+Wiki/cbxdr Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:03:34 -0700 http://swik.net/Trac/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Ftrac/CentOS+5.2+Trac+And+SVN+Install%2FUpgrade+%7C+orangespike.ca/cbu6t Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:22:00 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/How+To+Set+Up+A+Cisco+Lab+On+Linux+%28CentOS+5.2%29/cbswm <p><b>How To Set Up A Cisco Lab On Linux (CentOS 5.2)</b></p> <p> I recently decided to study for the Cisco CSSP certification. My main concern in the beginning was the fact that most of the lab simulation software that I found out there could only run on Windows, this was a problem for me given the fact that I do not own a windows computer. After a quick search I found the wonderful Dynamips project that goes beyond what other simulators do by running actual Cisco IOS images, as well as the PEMU project which allows for running of Cisco PIX images. To integrate the various pieces of software and provide an interface for interaction with the devices I used dynagen.</p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-a-cisco-lab-on-linux-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:22:10 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/How+To+Set+Up+A+Cisco+Lab+On+Linux+%28CentOS+5.2%29/cbsv3 <p><b>How To Set Up A Cisco Lab On Linux (CentOS 5.2)</b></p> <p> I recently decided to study for the Cisco CSSP certification. My main concern in the beginning was the fact that most of the lab simulation software that I found out there could only run on Windows, this was a problem for me given the fact that I do not own a windows computer. After a quick search I found the wonderful Dynamips project that goes beyond what other simulators do by running actual Cisco IOS images, as well as the PEMU project which allows for running of Cisco PIX images. To integrate the various pieces of software and provide an interface for interaction with the devices I used dynagen.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-a-cisco-lab-on-linux-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:18:46 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/CentOS+Directory+Server+On+CentOS+5.2/cbqxf <p><b>CentOS Directory Server On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <p>The enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The <b>Centos Directory Server</b> (based on Fedora Directory Server) can be downloaded for free and set up in less than half an hour.</p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/centos-directory-server-on-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:13:31 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/CentOS+Directory+Server+On+CentOS+5.2/cbqws <p><b>CentOS Directory Server On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <p>The enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The <b>Centos Directory Server</b> (based on Fedora Directory Server) can be downloaded for free and set up in less than half an hour.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/centos-directory-server-on-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:11:41 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/Installation+Of+Open+ERP+Client%2C+Server+And+Open+ERP+eTiny+Server+On+CentOS+5.2/cbose <p><b>Installation Of Open ERP Client, Server And Open ERP eTiny Server On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <p>This article will show you how to configure and install the Open ERP 4.2.2 Server, Client and eTiny Server for Cent OS 5.2.</p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/openerp-installation-on-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:13:53 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/Installation+Of+Open+ERP+Client%2C+Server+And+Open+ERP+eTiny+Server+On+CentOS+5.2/cbor4 <p><b>Installation Of Open ERP Client, Server And Open ERP eTiny Server On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <p>This article will show you how to configure and install the Open ERP 4.2.2 Server, Client and eTiny Server for Cent OS 5.2.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/openerp-installation-on-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 06:11:45 -0700 http://swik.net/CentOS/images+tagged+centos/CentOS+Desktop/cboos <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/asimzeeshan/">asim.zeeshan</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimzeeshan/2721473921/" title="CentOS Desktop"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2721473921_82a8cc7e1f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CentOS Desktop"/></a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:08:48 -0700 http://swik.net/CentOS/images+tagged+centos/CentOS+Booting+Up/cboor <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/asimzeeshan/">asim.zeeshan</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimzeeshan/2722299294/" title="CentOS Booting Up"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3274/2722299294_597986623e_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CentOS Booting Up"/></a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:08:48 -0700 http://swik.net/CentOS/images+tagged+centos/CentOS+Login+Screen/cbooq <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/asimzeeshan/">asim.zeeshan</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimzeeshan/2722299366/" title="CentOS Login Screen"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3118/2722299366_8e2a25dd43_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CentOS Login Screen"/></a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:08:48 -0700 http://swik.net/CentOS/images+tagged+centos/CentOS+Desktop+2/cboop <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/asimzeeshan/">asim.zeeshan</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimzeeshan/2721474103/" title="CentOS Desktop 2"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2721474103_926358d01f_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CentOS Desktop 2"/></a></p> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:08:47 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/How+To+Set+Up+A+Linux+Layer+7+Packet+Classifier+On+CentOS+5.1/cbnzu <p><b>How To Set Up A Linux Layer 7 Packet Classifier On CentOS 5.1</b></p> <p>This tutorial will walk you through setting up a Linux layer 7 packet classifier on CentOS 5.1, this can easily be adapted to any other Linux distribution out there. </p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-a-linux-layer-7-packet-classifier-on-centos5.1" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:13:29 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/How+To+Set+Up+A+Linux+Layer+7+Packet+Classifier+On+CentOS+5.1/cbnzd <p><b>How To Set Up A Linux Layer 7 Packet Classifier On CentOS 5.1</b></p> <p>This tutorial will walk you through setting up a Linux layer 7 packet classifier on CentOS 5.1, this can easily be adapted to any other Linux distribution out there. </p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-set-up-a-linux-layer-7-packet-classifier-on-centos5.1" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:11:25 -0700 http://swik.net/CentOS/images+tagged+centos/Installing+CentOS/cbnw0 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/asimzeeshan/">asim.zeeshan</a> posted a video:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/asimzeeshan/2719944008/" title="Installing CentOS"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3184/2719944008_339b4a6310_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Installing CentOS"/></a></p> <p>Installing CentOS 5 on my VMWare Workstation on Vista Business Edition</p> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:08:23 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/Installing+ClamAV+0.93.3+From+The+Sources+%28%2B+Sendmail+Integration%29+On+CentOS+5.2/cbnsh <P><B>Installing ClamAV 0.93.3 From The Sources (+ Sendmail Integration) On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <P>This how-to refers to the installation and configuration of Clamav 0.93.3 (from sources) on a Linux server running CentOS 5.2 and sendmail. We assume the fact you’ve installed sendmail from the rpm packages of your distribution.</p><a href="http://howtoforge.com/installing-clamav0.93.3-from-the-sources-plus-sendmail-integration-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:15:30 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/Installing+ClamAV+0.93.3+From+The+Sources+%28%2B+Sendmail+Integration%29+On+CentOS+5.2/cbnr9 <P><B>Installing ClamAV 0.93.3 From The Sources (+ Sendmail Integration) On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <P>This how-to refers to the installation and configuration of Clamav 0.93.3 (from sources) on a Linux server running CentOS 5.2 and sendmail. We assume the fact you’ve installed sendmail from the rpm packages of your distribution.</p><a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-clamav0.93.3-from-the-sources-plus-sendmail-integration-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:10:37 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/Installing+And+Using+OpenVZ+On+CentOS+5.2/cbl9i <p><b>Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <p>In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.2 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-and-using-openvz-on-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:12:49 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/Installing+And+Using+OpenVZ+On+CentOS+5.2/cbl8e <p><b>Installing And Using OpenVZ On CentOS 5.2</b></p> <p>In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare a CentOS 5.2 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers. The OpenVZ kernel patch is licensed under the GPL license, and the user-level tools are under the QPL license.</p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/installing-and-using-openvz-on-centos5.2" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:05:58 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Howtoforge/BIND+9+Vulnerability+And+Solution+-+Patch+BIND+To+Avoid+Cache+Poisoning+%28Fedora%2FCentOS%29/cbkm0 <p><b>BIND 9 Vulnerability And Solution - Patch BIND To Avoid Cache Poisoning (Fedora/CentOS)</b></p> <p>I am pretty sure most of you guys have hard about the Vulnerability in BIND. Dan Kaminsky earlier this month announced a massive, multi-vendor issue with DNS that could allow attackers to compromise any name server - clients, too. I thought I would share with you all one of the quickest solutions systems administrators running BIND 9 can use to help solve this vulnerability in case their systems are vulnerable.</p> <a href="http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-patch-bind-to-avoid-cache-poisoning-fedora-centos" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:55:13 -0700 http://swik.net/Linux/Linux+How-Tos/BIND+9+Vulnerability+And+Solution+-+Patch+BIND+To+Avoid+Cache+Poisoning+%28Fedora%2FCentOS%29/cbkms <p><b>BIND 9 Vulnerability And Solution - Patch BIND To Avoid Cache Poisoning (Fedora/CentOS)</b></p> <p>I am pretty sure most of you guys have hard about the Vulnerability in BIND. Dan Kaminsky earlier this month announced a massive, multi-vendor issue with DNS that could allow attackers to compromise any name server - clients, too. I thought I would share with you all one of the quickest solutions systems administrators running BIND 9 can use to help solve this vulnerability in case their systems are vulnerable.</p> <a href="http://howtoforge.com/how-to-patch-bind-to-avoid-cache-poisoning-fedora-centos" title="Read the rest of this posting." class="read-more">Read more...</a> Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:48:23 -0700 http://swik.net/Samba/del.icio.us+tag%2Fsamba/%5BDulug%5D+centos+5+and+%2Fetc%2Finit.d%2Fsmb/cbkb5 getsebool -a samba_enable_home_dirs --&gt; off Now you tell me. Sat, 26 Jul 2008 19:49:53 -0700 http://swik.net/OpenLDAP/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fopenldap/Server+World+-+CentOS+5+-+LDAP+Server+-+Install+OpenLDAP/cbi4s Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:45:00 -0700 http://swik.net/Xen/http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fxen/How+To+Create+A+Cluster+Testbed+Using+CentOS+5+Virtualization+And+iSCSI+%7C+HowtoForge+-+Linux+Howtos+and+Tutorials/cbi2y Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:00:06 -0700 http://swik.net/CentOS/images+tagged+centos/CIMG0713/cbf0l <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/rafanto/">rafanto</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rafanto/2696065177/" title="CIMG0713"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2696065177_2a3213b2aa_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="CIMG0713"/></a></p> <p>CentOS booting</p> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:50:59 -0700