So, you are searching for these real old Centos RPMs?
For example for an old kernel module for a machine you can’t reboot.
(Kernel update still means a reboot…)
You can find it here:

vault.centos.org

Hi,

A quick guide on how to create selfsigned certificates using openssl:

Setup Ca environment:

vi /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf

dir             = /usr/local/lib/CA     # Where everything is kept

cd /usr/local/lib
mkdir CA
mkdir newcerts private
echo '01' > serial
touch index.txt

cd /usr/local/lib/CA

Generate key:

openssl genrsa -des3 -out server.key 1024

Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus

......................................++++++

................................................++++++

e is 65537 (0x10001)

Enter pass phrase for server.key:

Verifying - Enter pass phrase for server.key:

Generate self signed root certificate:

openssl req -new -x509 -days 3560 -key server.key -out server.crt

Enter pass phrase for server.key:

You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated

into your certificate request.

What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.

There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank

For some fields there will be a default value,

If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.

-----

Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:BE

State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:Antwerpen

Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Berchem

Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:FirstServed NV/SA

Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:

Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:ca.firstserved.net

Email Address []:nospam@firstserved.net

Create client key:

openssl genrsa -out quorumd.key 1024

Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus

............++++++

.........................................................++++++

e is 65537 (0x10001)

Create the certificate request for the client:

openssl req -new -days 3560 -key quorumd.key -out quorumd.csr

You are about to be asked to enter information that will be incorporated

into your certificate request.

What you are about to enter is what is called a Distinguished Name or a DN.

There are quite a few fields but you can leave some blank

For some fields there will be a default value,

If you enter '.', the field will be left blank.

-----

Country Name (2 letter code) [GB]:BE

State or Province Name (full name) [Berkshire]:Antwerpen

Locality Name (eg, city) [Newbury]:Berchem

Organization Name (eg, company) [My Company Ltd]:FirstServed NV/SA

Organizational Unit Name (eg, section) []:

Common Name (eg, your name or your server's hostname) []:bemobile

Email Address []:nospam@firstserved.net

Please enter the following 'extra' attributes

to be sent with your certificate request

A challenge password []:

An optional company name []:

Sign the request using your self-signed certificate:

openssl ca -days 3560 -in quorumd.csr -cert server.crt -keyfile server.key -out quorumd.crt

Using configuration from /etc/pki/tls/openssl.cnf

Enter pass phrase for server.key:

Check that the request matches the signature

Signature ok

Certificate Details:

        Serial Number: 1 (0x1)

        Validity

            Not Before: May 22 10:44:49 2008 GMT

            Not After : Feb 19 10:44:49 2018 GMT

        Subject:

            countryName               = BE

            stateOrProvinceName       = Antwerpen

            organizationName          = FirstServed NV/SA

            commonName                = bemobile

            emailAddress              = nospam@firstserved.net

        X509v3 extensions:

            X509v3 Basic Constraints:

                CA:FALSE

            Netscape Comment:

                OpenSSL Generated Certificate

            X509v3 Subject Key Identifier:

                29:A5:E4:6A:F4:4E:89:35:5D:7D:C6:9A:CE:B9:D0:1B:75:0A:7F:8C

            X509v3 Authority Key Identifier:

                keyid:4B:B2:BA:F6:65:66:60:EB:CC:45:F5:57:34:FB:E9:AB:40:CF:B4:E8

Certificate is to be certified until Feb 19 10:44:49 2018 GMT (3560 days)

Sign the certificate? [y/n]:y

1 out of 1 certificate requests certified, commit? [y/n]y

Write out database with 1 new entries

Data Base Updated

That should do it.

Koen

Our Mailservers use a separate disk to store the mailboxes.
These are mounted on a folder, but most commonly used via a symbolic link that points to this folder.

This is where bacula gets stuck.
It creates the symbolic link, which is invalid due to the temporaty restore location and then crashes because it cannot create the files and directories.

To solve this, manually create the symbolic link location, but do not create it as a link, create it as a folder.
This is probably a miss-configuration on our side, but it might be a problem nontheless.

Example:
Mail location: /var/spool/mail
Link: /var/mail
Bacula backs up: /var/mail
Manually create /tmp/bacula-restores/var/mail/ to have a successfull restore.

Cisco VPN Client (5.0.01.0600) does work on Vista x86.
It only seems to have problems on localized versions of the OS.

I know this because I installed it on a native english version of Vista and had no problems.
However, my localized (Dutch) version of Viste does throw out some errors during the installation process.

The problem comes from the translations of the user groups in Windows. The installer searches for the "Users" and "INTERACTIVE" usergroups, but is unable to find them because they exist under a different (localized) name. So the solution is to manually make these groups in Vista.
Not a single problem, but Vista Home Premium (the localized version I’m testing on) doesn’t have the GUI components to manage usergroups.
Luckily, we still have the good old "net" command which can do lots of things.
Right before the installation, enter these commands in the command prompt:
    net localgroup Users /add
    net localgroup INTERACTIVE /add
This will create the needed usergroups for the installer.
Now install you VPN client and after installation enter the following commands to remove the groups again. (The client itself works perfectly without these groups.)
    net localgroup Users /delete
    net localgroup INTERACTIVE /delete

The VPN client shouldn’t have any problems running on Vista x86 (tested on Business and Home Premium).

On to the next hurdle! x86_64
(But I’ve heared some rumors on the internet saying I’ll need AnyConnect for that…)