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Apr
11
comment windows command line start mysql with --skip-networking
Yeah but at the risk of overriding a perfectly good config (i.e. the --defaults-file declaration). I can also workaround it by executing mysqld directly followed by manually shutting it down with mysqladmin shutdown. I wonder why the parameter is ignored... may be a tumbleweed!
Apr
3
comment Insufficient system resources after a week
We have been seeing the same problem with a very similar 32bit windows 2003 setup. CPU 5%, Physical Memory 35%, Kernal Paged 124MB, Kernal Nonpaged 100MB and System PTEs > 15000 ... any other metrics to check?
Feb
24
comment Does mysql connection error count ever flush or will the host eventually get blocked?
Thanks for the reply. The question is proactive and asking will the number of connection errors continue to increase before the host is blocked. I get the impression that if we expect very high traffic I will need to script a FLUSH every month
Sep
20
comment SELinux denies execute of script resulting in a complex looking custom policy
It did improve things but the scripts calls curl and that seems to be denied. I don't think I should continue blindly adding to the policy?
Aug
8
comment Virtualbox centos no eth0
If you have cloned a VM or otherwise changed the MAC you may need to delete /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ... please correct me if I am wrong!
Jun
8
comment Is the US Department of Defense ip address 6.3.6.0 valid? (reported by Apple products)
Yes that must be the answer
Jun
8
comment Is the US Department of Defense ip address 6.3.6.0 valid? (reported by Apple products)
Just one app, and we've concluded it is a bug that they are supplying an IP address in the first place. That is beyond the scope of this question other than to say we aren't actually receiving traffic from 6.3.6.0. The question still remains if IOS/Apple report to this address in any scenario
Jun
8
comment Is the US Department of Defense ip address 6.3.6.0 valid? (reported by Apple products)
Update: I have thousands of iPhone/Pad/Pods reporting this as their ip address
Dec
8
comment What production grade linux has MySQL 5.5?
Had a problem not being able to source a what I thought was a standard lib with Amazon Linux - couldn't install perl DBD MySQL. So wanted to know if I could avoid sourcing anything myself
Nov
30
comment Wrong DNS name for client when client connects to MySQL - how to use another client host name?
Hi Eric. Yes I use security groups exactly as you suggest. The better conclusion I am reaching is that I will be ok with a low risk of any hijacked host also obtaining other user credentials for mysql. Thanks for your feedback
Nov
29
comment Cannot import EC2 keypair (Length exceeds maximum) via AWS console from existing keypair
Oh duh. Thanks!
Nov
29
comment Wrong DNS name for client when client connects to MySQL - how to use another client host name?
fancy seeing you here. Yes I've read your article, very helpful, and yes I am using elastic IP's which is why the external IP addresses are fixed. Perhaps the short answer is no and I may just update the database user after each start/launch
Nov
29
comment Wrong DNS name for client when client connects to MySQL - how to use another client host name?
If I follow your names correctly I actually need to match MACHINEA_EXTERNAL in MySQL because MACHINEA will become MACHINEC/D/E/F... I'm sure if MACHINEA communicates it's name or if MACHINEB resolves it nor am I sure if MySQL is involved. Hence posting the question.
Sep
26
comment Our security auditor is an idiot. How do I give him the information he wants?
@Sam Any chance of an update? This novel could do with an ending if you have one
Sep
26
comment Why does Windows command prompt stalls until a key is pressed when executing long batch files or programs
@TessellatingHeckler quick edit stalled both the command prompt output and the underlying task it was executing? Ok. I presumed quick edit to be a display only thing but I'm happy that is the complete answer.
Sep
23
comment Why does Windows command prompt stalls until a key is pressed when executing long batch files or programs
@tonyroth want to make that an answer so I can accept it. I doubt anyone knows why the copy task would've stalled.
Sep
22
comment Why does Windows command prompt stalls until a key is pressed when executing long batch files or programs
Good to know it isn't just me but the bigger concern is how the batch file wasn't executing. Also how did you get the Enter key I haven't seen that in the comment formatting help?
Jul
28
comment Permission denied: could not create /var/run/httpd.pid in Apache
I guess you should be able to use SELinux to give httpd access to your chroot jail
Jul
27
comment Permission denied: could not create /var/run/httpd.pid in Apache
Doesn't look like httpd_t has permission to access root /, understandable. I believe if you run ps axZ | grep httpd you'll see httpd_t instead of unconfined_t which as your question states - httpd_disable_trans isn't working!
Jul
26
comment Web Application Firewall: alternatives to mod_security
I had a hard time finding alternatives, many related projects died possibly in favour of mod_security or firewalls off the web app layer? You could look at basic options like mod_qos which is still alive