Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Danny Braniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000927 23:36] wrote: > hi, > with 4.1: there seems to be a problem with nfs2 mounts to > non freebsd hosts: > mainly, the special files - eg /dev/null - show up as something like > 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root wheel0, 0x0022 Sep 28 09:29 /mnt/tmp/n

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: }* Danny Braniss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000927 23:36] wrote: }> hi, }> with 4.1: there seems to be a problem with nfs2 mounts to }> non freebsd hosts: }> mainly, the special files - eg /dev/null - show up as something like }> 0 crw-r--r-- 1 root w

ftp transfers

2000-09-28 Thread Ivan van der Merwe
Hi I need to do fequent ftp downloads. I would like to put this in the crontab if possible. In windows you can specify a file containing all the files that you want downloaded. Can I do the same on Unix Thanks Ivan To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd

FreeBSD

2000-09-28 Thread Tobias Anderberg
Hi! (first time poster warning...) I'm porting an Linux application to FreeBSD, and I've stumbled across the dreaded SOCK_PACKET and SIOCGIFHWADDR. From what I understand, the FreeBSD equivaliant of SOCK_PACKET is to use BPF? Do I have to use that for the SIOCG.. call aswell? Any hints would be

Re: Anybody know the OS in the Maxtor MAXAttach products?

2000-09-28 Thread Olaf Hoyer
Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > * Jordan Hubbard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000927 16:12] wrote: > > > > > > > > > One of the comments on the side is: > > > > > > "Caching file system with Soft Update technology". > > > > > > Sounds vaguely BSD'ish. Maybe even FreeBSD'ish. > > > > It is. This product i

Re: ftp transfers

2000-09-28 Thread Ron Scott
Today Ivan van der Merwe wrote: > Hi > > I need to do fequent ftp downloads. I would like to put > this in the crontab if possible. > In windows you can specify a file containing > all the files that you want downloaded. > > Can I do the same on Unix > Sure, try wget (/usr/ports/ftp/wget).

Re: ftp transfers

2000-09-28 Thread Aleksandr A.Babaylov
Ron Scott writes: > Today Ivan van der Merwe wrote: > > I need to do fequent ftp downloads. I would like to put > > this in the crontab if possible. > > In windows you can specify a file containing > > all the files that you want downloaded. > > > > Can I do the same on Unix > > Sure, try wget

ptrace question

2000-09-28 Thread Patrick Alken
Below I have provided a sample program to demonstrate the problem I am having. Basically, when I ptrace() an ncurses program (such has ncftp 2.4.3), I cannot do a PT_CONTINUE followed by a PT_STEP normally. To demonstrate, the program gets ncftp ready for ptracing and then calls ptrace() with P

misc freebsd-internal questions.

2000-09-28 Thread Marco van de Voort
(for the development of the Free Pascal compiler port): - Is there a way to easily check FreeBSD version (3.x or 4.x+, because of the different syscallnrs for signal functions) on syscall level? - Can I use the assembler instruction ENTER ? E.g. Linux doesn't allow it, because it would

Re: misc freebsd-internal questions.

2000-09-28 Thread Maxime Henrion
Marco van de Voort wrote: > (for the development of the Free Pascal compiler port): > > - Is there a way to easily check FreeBSD version (3.x or 4.x+, because of > the different syscallnrs for signal functions) on syscall level? > Use the sysctl kern.osreldate. > > - Can I use the assembler ins

something strange about FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE booting? (on an IBM laptop)

2000-09-28 Thread Nathan Vidican
Has anyone got FreeBSD running, successfully on an IBM ThinkPad A20M, (24U - PII 500/128megs Ram/6Gig HD) ? I have attempted to install twice now, both times have resulted in my having to replace the hardisk with a new one from IBM. Here's what happens: I boot off of the kernel di

Re: misc freebsd-internal questions.

2000-09-28 Thread Peter Pentchev
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 03:38:15PM +0200, Maxime Henrion wrote: > Marco van de Voort wrote: > > > (for the development of the Free Pascal compiler port): > > > > - Is there a way to easily check FreeBSD version (3.x or 4.x+, because of > > the different syscallnrs for signal functions) on syscall

something strange about FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE booting? (on an IBM laptop)

2000-09-28 Thread Nathan Vidican
Has anyone got FreeBSD running, successfully on an IBM ThinkPad A20M, (24U - PII 500/128megs Ram/6Gig HD) ? I have attempted to install twice now, both times have resulted in my having to replace the hardisk with a new one from IBM. Here's what happens: I boot off of the kernel disk (flop

Re: something strange about FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE booting? (on an IBM laptop)

2000-09-28 Thread Archie Cobbs
[ note: moving this thread to freebsd-mobile ] Nathan Vidican writes: > Has anyone got FreeBSD running, successfully on an IBM ThinkPad A20M, > (24U - PII 500/128megs Ram/6Gig HD) ? I have attempted to install twice > now, both times have resulted in my having to replace the hardisk with a > new

Re: ftp transfers

2000-09-28 Thread Michael Kiernan
> I need to do fequent ftp downloads. I would like to put > this in the crontab if possible. There is also the "mirror" port in /usr/ports/ftp. Mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: }I'll have to check on this when I get into work (please reply not only }to my address at home, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", but also to my work }address, which I'm CCing), but, if I remember correctly, I had to put }some amount of gunk into the NFS V2 implementati

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Danny Braniss
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>you write: }Alfred is trying to tell you that the device files are not }NFS-importable because the device major/minor numbers are not the same }across OSs. You need to use a genuine FreeBSD /dev directory, and his }message suggests a couple of mechanisms that you cou

stuck on MD5 passwd's, host to revert to DES

2000-09-28 Thread Jim Mercer
i installed some systems using the 4.0-RELEASE cd, then cvsup to 4.x-stable and those systems use DES passwds, which is what i want. 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #0: Thu Sep 14 10:01:02 EDT 2000 then i installed some more systems, using a 4.1-RELEASE cd, then cvsup to 4.x-stable but these syst

/etc/login.conf + passwd_format + new? MD5 default?

2000-09-28 Thread Jim Mercer
as per my last message, i discovered that an entry of: :passwd_format=des: in /etc/login.conf will reset the crypts back to DES. note: passwd_format is not documented anywhere close to adequately to inform people of its function. also, is the new default for FreeBSD going to be MD5? if so,

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-28 Thread Guy Harris
> } 1) NFS V2 having, as I remember, insufficient bits in the > }major/minor device value used when creating special files to > }support more than 8 bits of major and 8 bits of minor device; > if i remember correctly,i copied the / over to the NetAPP via nfsv3 > either tar or

Re: misc freebsd-internal questions.

2000-09-28 Thread Marco van de Voort
> If it is for a compile-time check, there's a __FreeBSD_version define in > (the kern.osreldate sysctl returns exactly this). If it is > a configure- or run-time thing, use the sysctl as Maxime suggested. No, it is runtime detection, and maybe it needs to be a very early one, therefore I requ

Re: stuck on MD5 passwd's, host to revert to DES

2000-09-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Jim Mercer wrote: > > i installed some systems using the 4.0-RELEASE cd, then > cvsup to 4.x-stable and those systems use DES passwds, which is what > i want. > > 4.1-STABLE FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE #0: Thu Sep 14 10:01:02 EDT 2000 > > then i installed some more systems, using a

Re: /etc/login.conf + passwd_format + new? MD5 default?

2000-09-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Jim Mercer wrote: > also, is the new default for FreeBSD going to be MD5? Yes. Only people with special circumstances need DES passwords. > if so, a note should be made somewhere. Indeed. See my previous message. Kris -- In God we Trust -- all others must submit an X.509

writing to disk

2000-09-28 Thread Marc Tardif
What is the quickest way of writing large amounts of data to disk? For example, if using the character device driver to write directly to a disk, is filling a track quicker than filling the same sector on each platter (ie the same column of sectors in a cylinger)? If filling a track is quicker, is

Re: stuck on MD5 passwd's, host to revert to DES

2000-09-28 Thread Jim Mercer
On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 06:14:07PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > Set the value of the passwd_format login capability to "des" in > /etc/login.conf. > > Brian Feldman neglected to document or mention this in the release notes > at all, as far as I can tell. No cookie! Please fix this ASAP, Brian.

Re: stuck on MD5 passwd's, host to revert to DES

2000-09-28 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Jim Mercer wrote: > On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 06:14:07PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > Set the value of the passwd_format login capability to "des" in > > /etc/login.conf. > > > > Brian Feldman neglected to document or mention this in the release notes > > at all, as far as

Re: stuck on MD5 passwd's, host to revert to DES

2000-09-28 Thread jack
On Sep 28 Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Jim Mercer wrote: > > > the reason i ask, is that if people cvsup without seeing or noticing this, > > they may not realize until too late that the new passwords are md5. > > > > anyone using nis with non-freebsd systems might get really ups