Re: middle mouse button is unaccessable!!! :(

Flux, Once again # man [whatever you're trying to do] In this case: # man moused For X, add these two lines to the mouse section of XF86Config: The first line defines the number of buttons, you define 5. Two for each of the main buttons, one for clicking the mouse wheel, and two for rolling

middle mouse button is unaccessable!!! :(

I have 3-button mouse Genius NetScroll+ with wheel. Middle button seems not to be alive in FreeBSD console and X as well. I start moused daemon in that way: moused -p /dev/cuaa0 -t auto. Could anybody help me plz, how to to make the middle button work in console and in X server? Thank you. -- Bes

Re: How to mount FreeBSD from Debian or any Linux possibly

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 21:48, Peter Leftwich wrote: > I thought I would GIVE BACK to the BSD community and share my breakthrough: > > Here is how to mount your freebsd partition from Linux (in my case, it was > a CD-R of the Debian-based bootable known as Knoppix available from > www.knoppix.net).

How to mount FreeBSD from Debian or any Linux possibly

I thought I would GIVE BACK to the BSD community and share my breakthrough: Here is how to mount your freebsd partition from Linux (in my case, it was a CD-R of the Debian-based bootable known as Knoppix available from www.knoppix.net). As long as your Linux environment can "see" the partition, s

Error building named-xfer when buildworld

I'm trying to patch an older box that has never been. It's 4.4 release. I ran a CVSUP for RELENG_4_4 and current ports. when trying to buildworld, It bombs out with the following error "undefined reference to `isc_puthexstring'" Google wasn't much help. I'm thinking that a rebuild of NAMED might be

Re: Hard drive stress test

>> > Could somebody please recommend a utility or script suitable for > stressing a hard disk to check for possible errors? >> You might look in your hard disk manufacturer's web site for testing and diagnostic software. For example, Maxtor has something called "Maxblast" and Seagate has "SeaToo

Palm Tungsten T3 and pilot-link

I'm attempting to use a TT3 with Pilot-link on FreeBSD. I can install and restore just fine, but when I try to do a backup I get this error: Dec 18 12:09:40 VLAC /kernel: usb0: host controller process error Dec 18 12:09:40 VLAC /kernel: usb0: host controller halted If I change UVISORIBUFSIZE to a

Re: Hard drive stress test

Per olof Ljungmark wrote: Could somebody please recommend a utility or script suitable for stressing a hard disk to check for possible errors? Thanks, ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To uns

Re: Problems setting up Identd

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:43:20PM -0600, Mike Loiterman wrote: > Further, none of the identd servers (pidentd, oidentd) seem to have a > man page. oidentd port does install a decent man page - perhaps you forgot to rehash? -snip- oidentd(8)

Problems setting up Identd

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm trying to get my identd server setup correctly so I can chat on IRC. Port 113 is open on my firewall, rc.conf is running inetd, and inetd has identd uncommented. This is the line in my inetd.conf file: auth stream tcp waitroot/

Re: krunk! unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 05:59:48PM -0800, Vince Diana wrote: > I tried to install freebsd os 5.1 from your site...i > downloaded the iso's burned the cd's read the read me > createed a fs partition and a swap partition...only to > get > a krunking > > unable to transfer the base distribution from

Re: Xfree86 install on 5.1

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:18:30AM -0500, Chris Neustrup wrote: > I recently upgraded from 5.0 to 5.1 on my thinkpad. When this worked > OK, I tried to upgrade to the newest XFree86 4.30.x It filed due to > patch mismatches. As I tried other earlier flavors of 4.X it never > worked cleanly.

Re: DOS of named

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 04:26:18PM +0100, Miguel Mendez wrote: > ./Kris Kennaway wrote: > > > I was; if you're complaining about bugs in old versions of the > > software, then the first thing to do is check whether those bugs have > > been fixed in later versions. Not all bug fixes are properly >

Re: Kernel build failure - on joy.sh?

On Thursday 18 December 2003 06:49 pm, The Bean wrote: > --- Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Joy.sh was retired but the Makefile still refers to it as an afterinstall > > option. The joy.sh script was never removed from my /usr/src by cvsup. > > > > You could grab joy.sh from the attic.

Re: port question...

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:24:52AM -0500, Xpression wrote: > Hi list, I've running FreeBSD-4.5, after reinstalling squid > proxy, users cannot access irc servers throught squid, do I > need to open any port on the server ??? Before I have > installed squid too and give me no errors, there is server

Re: make buildkernel KERNCONF=PETCOM fail

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 10:17:25AM +0200, Je Zhechev wrote: > Hi, that is my kernel and it's fail when: > cd /usr/src > make buildkernel KERNCONF=PETCOM These are almost always caused by omitting something mandatory from your kernel config, or failing to follow the upgrade directions. In this cas

Re: Is something broken in the 5.1 BSD Boxed Distribution of CUPS?

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:46:14PM -0700, Dr. Lyman Hazelton wrote: > I have installed CUPS on two separate machines (very different > machines, too) from the distribution disks in the Boxed set of > FreeBSD release 5.1. I can connect to the daemon on localhost:631 > and read the documentation,

Re: Pease add to posrts collection Ukrainian.el

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 08:15:28PM +0200, Alexey Tatarnikov wrote: > Pease add to posrts collection Ukrainian.el > Thks Please see the Porter's Handbook on the FreeBSD website for more information about how ports are added to the ports collection. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Kernel build failure - on joy.sh?

--- Kent Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joy.sh was retired but the Makefile still refers to it as an afterinstall > option. The joy.sh script was never removed from my /usr/src by cvsup. > > You could grab joy.sh from the attic. The script that I still have, simply > does "kldload joy".

nis, dhcp and dynamic dns updates

greetings all, this is kinda messy so please bear with me. i have a fairly large LAN set up on 10.60.37.0/24 class c. there's a router at 10.60.37.1, there's an nis/dhcp server on 10.60.37.59 that also holds my users' homedirs which are mounted to the workstations over NFS. let me note here th

trouble with 3ware Escalade 8006-2

I have recently purchased a 3ware Escalade 8006-2 SATA RAID card to serve as a simple mirror raid in a small server. I already have a server running a 3ware PATA raid using twe and I heard that twe supports the 8506 series as well so I thought this would be a piece of cake. Well it isnt. I booted

Re: make args for lower dependencies

in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Gautam Gopalakrishnan thusly... > (something that was sent separately to -ports too) Could you please NOT send the same message to various lists INDIVIDUALLY, rather than copying to them? - Parv -- ___ [EMAIL

RE: can't figure out a problem with sudo - SOLVED

Lowell, Well, as I'm sure you (and anyone else who's been working with it) know, sudo is a picky little beast. This was my first attempt at setting it up. After banging my head against this for a while longer this morning, I changed my sudoers file with the following: Old: | > # Cmnd alias speci

krunk! unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0

I tried to install freebsd os 5.1 from your site...i downloaded the iso's burned the cd's read the read me createed a fs partition and a swap partition...only to get a krunking unable to transfer the base distribution from acd0 i am very unhappy to say the least,,, if this keeps up I will switch

trouble with 3ware Escalade 8006-2 RAID

I have recently purchased a 3ware Escalade 8006-2 SATA RAID card to serve as a simple mirror raid in a small server. I already have a server running a 3ware PATA raid using twe and I heard that twe supports the 8506 series as well so I thought this would be a piece of cake. Well it isnt. I booted

Re: Kernel build failure - on joy.sh?

On Thursday 18 December 2003 05:21 pm, The Bean wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently updated my source to 4.9-Stable from 4.2-Release. > I did everything according the Handbook, and it seems to be > working fine. > > I'm now trying to enable the kernel for firewalls. I made a copy of > GENERIC & made th

Automatic response to your mail

My question is this--when did you Liberals stop supporting human rights?? Obviously, it must have been after Kosovo--because--you certainly do not care about the Iraqi people--who have suffered indescribable atrocities--where is your battle cry there?? Clinton's gone--Gore is wailing--and--the

Kernel build failure - on joy.sh?

Hi all, I recently updated my source to 4.9-Stable from 4.2-Release. I did everything according the Handbook, and it seems to be working fine. I'm now trying to enable the kernel for firewalls. I made a copy of GENERIC & made the attendant changes. make buildkernel KERNCONF=MyNewfile works fin

RE: hlsd on FreeBSD anyone?

> > Thinking of using FreeBSD for a Half Life Counter strike > server. Hoping to support like 20 players. > > > Looking for thoughts on requirements.. > I run just such a server. It is a 1800XP with 1/2 gig ram running 4.7-RC. We can handle 20 ppl easily, could probably get close to 32 if

hlsd on FreeBSD anyone?

Thinking of using FreeBSD for a Half Life Counter strike server. Hoping to support like 20 players. Looking for thoughts on requirements.. Shawn There is no place like 127.0.0.1 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman

Re: auth.log

Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is this a stuck key or an attack?? Looks like a stuck key to me. It's on the console, so if it was an attack, you'd've seen the attacker. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area: resume/CV at http://be-well.ilk.o

Re: can't figure out a problem with sudo

"KURT BUFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm starting to lose some hair, running a command through sudo. Other > commands work just fine through sudo, just one of them doesn't work. > > The command is this: > > sudo cp /home/filter/pfm/relay_recipients /usr/local/etc/postfix. > > It fails with

Re: how do I change ftp site pkg_add -r uses

"fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the pointer to the handbook section on shells. The > setenv command worked for me. > > Now sorry about top posting, but I use ms/outlook and it top posts > and I know of no option to change this. > > Not all mail clients work like the ones us

Re: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 02:23:39 -0800 (PST) "Peter Leftwich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE: > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/CURRENT/installation/i386/trouble.html > > Is there a manpage or FAQ explaining the basic commands available to > users during a fixit session? I understand how to change t

Re: [Fwd: fixit.flp or fixit via "live filesystem" CD]

--- Peter Leftwich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RE2: > http://www.freebsd.org/relnotes/4-STABLE/installation/i386/trouble.html > > The page above always makes a skirting blow or > furtive glance at > what is possible with a fixit.flp (namely that > /stand and > /mnt2/stand have some goodies) but

Re: Anybody Use 2 or More CPU at Production Env. ( SMP )

I have 5 (iXsystems) dual processors, all running 5.0-RELEASE or safely behind -CURRENT, with one box unsafely at -CURRENT, so I can't comment on the -STABLE question. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qu

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 Installation problem

--- Admin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Sir/ Madam, > > After installing the FreeBSD minimum installation, > I, installed the ports using the sysinstall. But, > when I tried to install XFree86 package, it failed > to complete the installation. Now, it has corrupted > the root (/) and /tmp par

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem

> > I have created a log file using dmesg, but, I am > unable to copy on to the > floppy disc. When I try to mount the floppy with > mount /dev/fd0 /mnt, it > gives me error message: Device is not configured. > Try: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt with any DOS formated disc. If you want to mount

RE: port failures

The port collection is in flux right now as things are being readied for the stable production release of 5.2. Give it time and it should clear up on it's own. An new stable production release is the benchmark where all the ports are updated with new versions from the original software application

RE: Anybody Use 2 or More CPU at Production Env. ( SMP )

I have around ten SMP machines, some Quads, rest Dual CPU machines. I genuinely cannot remember the last time one of them crashed that wasn't hardware related (ie physical failure, not software) (PS I started using FreeBSD around 2.8). Lawrence Farr EPC Direct Limited > -Original Message--

Re: thanks..........

> let`s suppose i go to any college, study computer science, what > chances are to get a job in any freebsd related group? 1. FreeBSD itself is not a company. We don't offer jobs. However, there are many software shops (companies) that develop or support Unix (Linux, BSD, ...) softwar

Re: shutting down network interfaces

At 08:02 PM 12/18/2003, you wrote: I have two netcards and want to shut down one of them without rebooting. man ifconfig will tell you what to do. the short answer: ifconfig interface_card down ie : ifconfig ed0 down cheers dave ___ [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Hard drive stress test

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 10:28:49PM +0100, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: > Could somebody please recommend a utility or script suitable for > stressing a hard disk to check for possible errors? > > Thanks, > Depending on what sort of errors you are looking for you can usually find diagnostic utilit

RE: installworld problem

That was the problem in the end. The server had been installed with an incorrect time in the bios, and running an ntpdate messed up all kinds of things. Wiping /usr/src and doing a new cvsup rectified the problem. I hadn't followed up that this was resolved since no one had replied until now. :)

Re: installworld problem

"Hunter Pine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > ===> gnu/usr.bin/groff/font/devascii > Making R > expr: not found > *** Error code 127 Is your system clock correct? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questio

Re: port failures

Andrew Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've seen a couple of port failures.. I'm all cvsup'ed and have been > trying daily the passed couple of days.. Pretty weird; time to check with the port maintainer... From: Andrew Thomson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: port failures To: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Hard drive stress test

Could somebody please recommend a utility or script suitable for stressing a hard disk to check for possible errors? Thanks, ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Vinum problem: Incompatible sector sizes

I have mailed about this problem a few times now, and I have got responses from Greg very quick where he asks for more information, but I never get any replies on my replies. This makes me worried that I'm doing something wrong or that I appear to be rude, something I certainly don't want to be, in

Re: Two programs trying to handle the mouse?

"fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It will rebuilt the moused statements in rc.conf for you. Moused is starting, and the mouse is working. I have moused_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf (and moused_flags="-z 4", but no other mouse-related settings afaict). My question was: why does the mouse

Re: Just a question.....

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 09:30:34PM +0100, Cordula's Web wrote: > > > Apart from the online books mentioned by David, you should certainly > > > have a look at some books on C and C++ Programming, Programming in a > > > UN*X, TCP/IP networking, Operating Systems in general (I have some books > > > i

Re: Just a question.....

> > Apart from the online books mentioned by David, you should certainly > > have a look at some books on C and C++ Programming, Programming in a > > UN*X, TCP/IP networking, Operating Systems in general (I have some books > > in mind, but need to look up the exact references - maybe someone else >

Getting a new system to see an old disk

Greetings again. I have a well-running 4.8 system. I have created a new 4.9 system on a new hard drive, and I want to be able to mount the old drive so I can copy all the relevant stuff from it. However, the simple-minded stuff fails. For example, trying to mount the old / partition on the new

Re: Xfree86 install on 5.1

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:18:30 -0500, Chris Neustrup wrote: > I recently upgraded from 5.0 to 5.1 on my thinkpad. When this worked OK, > I tried to upgrade to the newest XFree86 4.30.x It filed due to patch > mismatches. As I tried other earlier flavors of 4.X it never worked > cleanly. Does an

Re: Anybody Use 2 or More CPU at Production Env. ( SMP )

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:32:38 +0200 "Vahric MUHTARYAN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -> Hi Everybody , -> -> -> I watching freebsd-stable list I saw that somebody have a problem -> with SMP support which they are using 4.9 . I know that some improvement are -> coming with 5.x But this pro

Xfree86 install on 5.1

I recently upgraded from 5.0 to 5.1 on my thinkpad. When this worked OK, I tried to upgrade to the newest XFree86 4.30.x It filed due to patch mismatches. As I tried other earlier flavors of 4.X it never worked cleanly. Does anyone have a suggestion to get a stable 3.X X server running aga

Re: Anybody Use 2 or More CPU at Production Env. ( SMP )

I am using 4.9-Stable on a Dual Xeon 450MHz processors and have not had any problems as reported by others. Been running SMP from the beginning later MEM On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 14:32, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote: > Hi Everybody , > > > I watching freebsd-stable list I saw that somebody ha

Re: Anybody Use 2 or More CPU at Production Env. ( SMP )

> I wonder Does anybody use SMP Support without Problem . Because SMP > is very important things ... http://geofront.co.uk/cgi-bin/geo-stats.pl That box has happily been running SMP under 5.0 for well over six months now without a single glitch :) Mike Wood IT Techncian

Anybody Use 2 or More CPU at Production Env. ( SMP )

Hi Everybody , I watching freebsd-stable list I saw that somebody have a problem with SMP support which they are using 4.9 . I know that some improvement are coming with 5.x But this problem are very important for example somebody when enable SMP support system start to reset itself

Re: Just a question.....

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 07:55:50PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Simon Barner wrote: > > [...] > > > Apart from the online books mentioned by David, you should certainly > > have a look at some books on C and C++ Programming, Programming in a > > UN*X, TCP/IP networ

thanks..........

i want to thank you all for your help. im in considering very much a career in programming. Many of you have showed a way to start in want i want. These are my other questions... If anybody knows of a good college in new jersey, please give a hint. let`s suppose i

RE: New name for Floppy disk devices?

Try mount /dev/fd0 /mnt 0=zero -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dr. Lyman Hazelton Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New name for Floppy disk devices? OK, so sometimes serial devices

Re: Just a question.....

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Simon Barner wrote: [...] > Apart from the online books mentioned by David, you should certainly > have a look at some books on C and C++ Programming, Programming in a > UN*X, TCP/IP networking, Operating Systems in general (I have some books > in mind, but need to look up

RE: Two programs trying to handle the mouse?

Mouse is started from /etc/rc.conf Sounds like you did not config your mouse during the sysinstall when you installed FBSD from CD. You can execute /stand/sysinstall again, pick post install config, and then config your mouse. It will rebuilt the moused statements in rc.conf for you. -Origi

RE: how do I change ftp site pkg_add -r uses

I use whatever shell is the default for new installs. I have done nothing to change the default shell for the root account. Echo $PACKAGEROOT returns nothing setenv PACKAGEROOT 'ftp://ftp3.FreeBSD.org' worked for me then Echo $PACKAGEROOT returns what the setenv just did This only s

Pease add to posrts collection Ukrainian.el

Pease add to posrts collection Ukrainian.el Thks -- ___ С ув. Алексей Татарников. ISP "Технологические системы" Work: http://www.tsua.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 42530

Two programs trying to handle the mouse?

When the system boots, it will show a mouse cursor at some point. Then, later, I see "Starting moused:", and then it will say it's unable to open /dev/psm0 because there's no such file or directory. Does it mean that there is another program than moused displaying the mouse pointer and does it mea

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem

Hi Ion-Mihai Tetcu, Thanks for the response. I did create the user account using sysinstall and failed to login after system reboot. I deleted the profile and recreated the adduser command. It works. I have created a log file using dmesg, but, I am unable to copy on to the floppy disc. When I try

RE: master.passwd -- securing

Why do you want to do this? master.passwd already is inherantly secure. The /etc/passwd file is what's used by most programs, and master.passwd only for login purposes. You have to have the password stored somewhere or there can be no authentication, unless you go with some sort of hardware crede

Apache2 - suexec

Hi, I looked at the make file for apache2 in /usr/ports/www/apache2/, there is only one mention of suexec and that's it's man page. Is mod_suexec and the suexec binary included automatically when the system is built ? Jeff. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail

Re: (UPDATE) apcupsd 3.10.8 master/slave setup(whoops 3.10.6)

For the record. The quick fix for Apcupsd 3.10.6 hangup problems was to delete the "apcaccess status" parts out of the scripts in /usr/local/etc/apcupsd/. (commok, onbattery, etc...). Event messages still get "wall"ed and mail still gets sent. Just non of the UPS status information in messages. Th

Re: see release version in /usr/src

--- "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > > >On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 16:16, Lev Klimin wrote: > > > > > >>Hi! > >> > >>How can I see, what is release version in my > /usr/src? > >> > >> > > > >try: grep BASE /usr/src/release/Makefile > > > >Not

Re: how do I change ftp site pkg_add -r uses

top-post. don't Please > There's an environment variable described in the manual page for > pkg_add which claims to do that. > Yes I read that, but it does not say how to display current setting > or how to change it. To see the current sett

Squid not accessible

I had squid running on my FBSD box, but after restarting after a power-failure, squid doesn't allow clients to connect any more. Here's the cache.log after starting squid: 2003/12/18 13:51:50| Starting Squid Cache version 2.4.STABLE7 for i386-portbld-freebsd4.7... 2003/12/18 13:51:50| Process ID

Re: Question about "daily run output"

samy lancher wrote: Hello, I have freeBSD 4.5 server. I check "daily run output" sent by server everyday. I notice some change in the output from past few days. In "Checking for rejected mail hosts:" I see following output: 14 miltnews.com 1 ohhello.com 1 OUTGOING25.myaccountemail.com 1 O

Question about "daily run output"

Hello, I have freeBSD 4.5 server. I check "daily run output" sent by server everyday. I notice some change in the output from past few days. In "Checking for rejected mail hosts:" I see following output: 14 miltnews.com 1 ohhello.com 1 OUTGOING25.myaccountemail.com 1 OUTGOING121.asape

System forgets it's mac address on 1 interface every reboot

Hello, I am trying to re-task an old system to do something useful. I have an older Nokia IP 330 that I have managed to install FreeBSD on. I found a paper on doing this in Linux, and was able to do mostly the same thing with FreeBSD.It involved removing the hard drive and putting it into ano

Re: see release version in /usr/src

Nelis Lamprecht wrote: On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 16:16, Lev Klimin wrote: Hi! How can I see, what is release version in my /usr/src? try: grep BASE /usr/src/release/Makefile Not sure if that works for 5.x though.. Doesn't seem to, but it might just be PBKAC on my end. NP with 4.9 though

Re: DOS of named

./Kris Kennaway wrote: > I was; if you're complaining about bugs in old versions of the > software, then the first thing to do is check whether those bugs have > been fixed in later versions. Not all bug fixes are properly > documented. See ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/Net

RE: how do I change ftp site pkg_add -r uses

Yes I read that, but it does not say how to display current setting or how to change it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lowell Gilbert Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: Re: how

Re: master.passwd -- securing

- Original Message - From: "Rhys John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 5:44 AM Subject: Re: master.passwd -- securing > Both accounts are now active but i would like to remove the encrypted > password from master.passwd and replace it with

Re: FreeBSD newbie general and SMP questions for i386]

On Wed, Dec 17, 2003 at 05:42:19PM -0800, Mark Wolfskehl wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a FreeBSD newbie. I'm considering installing either FreeBSD i386 or > Linux on a 2 AMD Athelon CPU machine. The motherboard is an ASUS > A7M266-D, and the machine has 2GB memory installed. I'm working on > trying t

Re: how do I change ftp site pkg_add -r uses

"fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I want to change the default ftp site and release level pkg_add -r > uses. > > Where in FBSD does pkg_add get it's default info from and can I > change it? There's an environment variable described in the manual page for pkg_add which claims to do that.

RE: DAC960 (was RE: Installation troubles)

Corrected subject in case someone else is searching for this later on. > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > michael Alexander > > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:17 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Installation troub

Re: shutting down network interfaces

> > I have two netcards and want to shut down one of them without > rebooting. You have been directed to the man page for ifconfig several times now. Probably it is about time to look it over. Also, try setting your system clock correctly. jerry > > -- > Best regards, > flux

DAC906 (was RE: Installation troubles)

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > michael Alexander > Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 4:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Installation troubles > > > Hi, > > I am trying to install FreeBSD (have tried 4.9, and the 5.1 >

how do I change ftp site pkg_add -r uses

I want to change the default ftp site and release level pkg_add -r uses. Where in FBSD does pkg_add get it's default info from and can I change it? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubs

Re: identity using send-pr with dynamic address

> Especially 2.3 Address Rewriting which mentions the genericstable > feature helped me. Obviously it's the genericstable which is > effective for outbound aliases. Yes, it permits you to rewrite the envelope from-addresses, which is necessary to "trick" the other mail server. > > (Yes, I really

Re: see release version in /usr/src

On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 16:16, Lev Klimin wrote: > Hi! > > How can I see, what is release version in my /usr/src? try: grep BASE /usr/src/release/Makefile Not sure if that works for 5.x though.. -- Nelis Lamprecht PGP: http://www.8ball.co.za/pgp/nelis.key "Unix IS user friendly.. It's just selec

Re: Just a question.....

> What programming languages do you use for interacting with > freebsd( the kernel,ports)? The FreeBSD kernel and most of the applications are written in C, others in C++. If you don't know them yet, you will benefit from every minute you spend on learning them. Note, that if you want C++ to bec

Re: master.passwd -- securing

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 11:44:14 + "Rhys John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > Both accounts are now active but i would like to remove the encrypted > password from master.passwd and replace it with a *. Is this possible with > "vipw"? > It doesn't matter what you use for editing your pa

Re: shutting down network interfaces

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:02:48 -0800 flux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> probably wrote: > I have two netcards and want to shut down one of them without > rebooting. > What do you mean by shutting it down? Not sure, but may it be # ifconfig down /dev/whatever ? > -- > Best regards, > flux

Re: DOS of named

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 12:58:41PM +0100, Robert Eckardt wrote: > On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:28:10 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 10:01:33PM +0100, Robert Eckardt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > what measures can I take against this irregular appearing Denial-Of-Service > > > atta

Re: Just a question.....

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What programming languages do you use for interacting with > freebsd( the kernel,ports)? FreeBSD and most other third-party applications are written in C. You can also program in other languages if you like: just have a look at the huge collection of compilers and inte

see release version in /usr/src

Hi! How can I see, what is release version in my /usr/src? -- Lev Klimin mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: shutting down network interfaces

flux wrote: I have two netcards and want to shut down one of them without rebooting. As root: #ifconfig xl1 down where "xl1" is the name/number of the interface. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

shutting down network interfaces

I have two netcards and want to shut down one of them without rebooting. -- Best regards, flux mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscr

port question...

Hi list, I've running FreeBSD-4.5, after reinstalling squid proxy, users cannot access irc servers throught squid, do I need to open any port on the server ??? Before I have installed squid too and give me no errors, there is server problem or squid, i guess squid...any suggestion ??? ___

Re: FreeBSD 5.1 PowerPak Installation problem

[cc'ed back to the list] On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 12:36:37 - "Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Ion-Mihai Tetcu, Hi, Please use reply all, so that a copy of the message gets to questions list also. > The minimal system which I built earlier on my P4 2.53GHz system got > corrupted during a

Squid not accessible

I had squid running on my FBSD box, but after restarting after a power-failure, squid doesn't allow clients to connect any more. Here's the cache.log after starting squid: 2003/12/18 13:51:50| Starting Squid Cache version 2.4.STABLE7 for i386-portbld-freebsd4.7... 2003/12/18 13:51:50| Process ID

Re: master.passwd -- securing

On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:28:36AM +, Rhys John wrote: > Ive been playing with "vipw" trying to change passwords into "*" for a > slightly higher level of security but ran into some very big problems. From > reading through the FreeBSD handbook it seemed all i had to do was replace > the enc

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