Re: ftp transfers

2000-09-29 Thread Wes Peters
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 Of course you can: ftp some.server.com

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-29 Thread Danny Braniss
Wow! your message was educational and refreshing. somebody actualy knows! i will keep it for reference. as to your requests: since from all my experiments i've poluted too many file systems, i will start from scratch and send you a full report asap. basicaly, if i understand your explanation, i

kld/cdev won't compile

2000-09-29 Thread Marc Tardif
I'm currently running 4.1-RELEASE and can't compile the code in: /usr/share/examples/kld/cdev/module The command "make" returns the following to stderr: cdevmod.c:142: macro `DEV_MODULE' used with too many (6) args cdevmod.c:84: `nostop' undeclared here (not in a function) cdevmod.c:84: initializ

Re: kld/cdev won't compile

2000-09-29 Thread Andrew R. Reiter
Marc, Yes... This is known. I know I sent in a send-pr awhile back.. but it's not a big priority, in my opinion. HOWEVER, you can see working examples and a tutorial at: http://www.subterrain.net/~awr/KLD-Tutorial/intro.html This will also be in daemonnews on the 1st. Andrew On Fri, 29

ptrace question

2000-09-29 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

finding source to functions

2000-09-29 Thread Marc Tardif
How can I find the source to specific functions in /usr/src/sys? I tried running ctags (find /usr/src/sys/ -type f -print | xargs ctags -w), but it dumps core because it can't accept so many args. I then tried creating a tags file for each subdirectory like so: for i in /usr/src/sys/ do if test

Re: writing to disk

2000-09-29 Thread Doug White
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Marc Tardif wrote: > What is the quickest way of writing large amounts of data to disk? Sequentially. Disks run an order of magnitude faster if they have sequential data. Don't get too fancy with the ordering since the disk driver will just reorder it for you. Doug White

Re: finding source to functions

2000-09-29 Thread Thierry Herbelot
Marc Tardif wrote: > > How can I find the source to specific functions in /usr/src/sys? I tried > running ctags (find /usr/src/sys/ -type f -print | xargs ctags -w), but it > dumps core because it can't accept so many args. I then tried creating a > tags file for each subdirectory like so: > for

Re: finding source to functions

2000-09-29 Thread Bush Doctor
Out of da blue Marc Tardif aka ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > How can I find the source to specific functions in /usr/src/sys? I tried > running ctags (find /usr/src/sys/ -type f -print | xargs ctags -w), but it > dumps core because it can't accept so many args. I then tried creating a > tags file fo

Re: finding source to functions

2000-09-29 Thread Alfred Perlstein
* Marc Tardif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000929 13:37] wrote: > How can I find the source to specific functions in /usr/src/sys? I tried > running ctags (find /usr/src/sys/ -type f -print | xargs ctags -w), but it > dumps core because it can't accept so many args. I then tried creating a > tags file for

Re: writing to disk

2000-09-29 Thread Rik van Riel
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Doug White wrote: > On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Marc Tardif wrote: > > > What is the quickest way of writing large amounts of data to disk? > > Sequentially. Disks run an order of magnitude faster if they > have sequential data. Don't get too fancy with the ordering > since the dis

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

2000-09-29 Thread Brian F. Feldman
> 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

Driver for Intel 82801AA (ICH) SMBus controller

2000-09-29 Thread Archie Cobbs
For anyone interested, I've written a first draft of a driver for the SMBus controller in the Intel 82801AA (ICH) chip. Not sure if or how well it works yet, but anyone wanting to play around with it is welcome to do so.. some hacking may be required. ftp://ftp.whistle.com/pub/archie/misc/ichs

Re: nfs v2

2000-09-29 Thread Guy Harris
On Fri, Sep 29, 2000 at 10:47:24AM +0300, Danny Braniss wrote: > basicaly, if i understand your explanation, i will always have problems > with mknod and v2/v3. Yes, mknod done with V3 will, unless your server treats special file major/minor device numbers the way FreeBSD does, probably create a

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

2000-09-29 Thread Brian F. Feldman
> 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 migh