Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
> Also, some of the software that we run is only written for the unix
> platform, ie. a program like gaussian.
>
For Windows users, are you familiar with putty, which is freeware? That's
what our people use here.
mark
>
> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Doll, Margaret Ann
> <margaret_doll@xxxxxxxxx
>> wrote:
>
>> My primary function is to service unix computers within two departments.
>>
>> The unix computers are often used by groups of students running large
>> programs or analyzing extremely large data sets.
>>
>> Samba allows Window users ( and Macs) to mount the data on the unix
>> servers on their computers for analysis.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:59 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>>> > Sometimes the su user is the owner.
>>> >
>>> Um... so, why are you administering his box, and why is it serving
>>> samba
>>> across campus? That raises my serious security hackles....
>>>
>>> mark
>>> >
>>> > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 2:51 PM, <m.roth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Doll, Margaret Ann wrote:
>>> >> > I created a system with three raids using the DELL configuration
>>> tools
>>> >> > prior to installation of the RedHat system, 6.5. The system raid
>>> was
>>> >> > divided up into numerous partitions for the system and four large
>>> >> > partitions for users. This system raid was a raid 0.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > After the installation samba worked. I could log into the system
>>> from
>>> >> > another subnet.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Then a user with su privileges, took the four large partitions on
>>> the
>>> >> > system raid and made them into another raid using mdadm --create
>>> and
>>> >> > mdadm--assemble.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Now the ssh connections from across the subnets time out. Samba
>>> fails
>>> >> > with "NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED." I can't even ping the system from
>>> >> across
>>> >> > campus.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I have had to modify /etc/fstab so that the four original
>>> partitions
>>> >> do
>>> >> no
>>> >> > try to mount. The raid composed of the four partitions mounts as
>>> >> > /dev/md127p1.
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Is the ssh timeout problem, ping problem and samba problem all
>>> caused
>>> >> by
>>> >> > the raid on raid creation? The timing of the creation of the new
>>> raid
>>> >> > indicates that it is.
>>> >> >
>>> >> First of all, I'd take su away from the user, who doesn't know what
>>> >> they're doing.
>>> >>
>>> >> Next - and I'm *really* not strong on samba - I'd assume that the
>>> system
>>> >> itself hasn't been reconfigured to (whatever word is used for a
>>> samba
>>> >> export). The ID's changed, the UUID's changed, etc, etc. And, of
>>> course
>>> >> any metadata on them is toast. I'm afraid you're going to have to
>>> >> recreate
>>> >> them from scratch; anything on them... hope you've got backups.
>>> >>
>>> >> mark
>>> >>
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