Re: lang/php5 port

2008-12-16 Thread Brett Davidson
Steve Bertrand wrote: Brett Davidson wrote: Tom Worster wrote: is there any documentation or a helpful website for how to use ports to install php5? i'm used to compiling it with a pretty long configuration command for all the optional bits i need, e.g. --with-dom --with-dom

Re: lang/php5 port

2008-12-16 Thread Brett Davidson
Tom Worster wrote: is there any documentation or a helpful website for how to use ports to install php5? i'm used to compiling it with a pretty long configuration command for all the optional bits i need, e.g. --with-dom --with-dom-xslt --enable-dom --with-pear --with-gd etc. etc. on and on

Re: Is there anything weird I should know about using ipfw on alias addresses?

2008-12-04 Thread Brett Davidson
Found the problem. Incorrect arp entry. Thanks for your help. Cheers, Brett. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Is there anything weird I should know about using ipfw on alias addresses?

2008-12-01 Thread Brett Davidson
Ian Smith wrote: On Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:52:12 +1300 Brett Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ifconfig shows the alias addresses correctly bound. > Creating an ipfw rule and testing it from the command line works > (connects out from master address, not alias) >

Is there anything weird I should know about using ipfw on alias addresses?

2008-11-30 Thread Brett Davidson
ifconfig shows the alias addresses correctly bound. Creating an ipfw rule and testing it from the command line works (connects out from master address, not alias) From website on alias address, the firewall blocks the packets. The weird thing is that it tags them (in the security log) as comin

Getting PXE booting to work on FreeBSD 7.0

2008-03-31 Thread Brett Davidson
(Vmware-server 1.0.4 on Centos 4.4) using bridged networking. I am obviously missing something obvious. Can you please point this out to me?! :-) -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 -- // web hosting / emai

Anyone know of complete hardware solution IDE Raid Controllers?

2008-01-09 Thread Brett Davidson
Years ago Accusys made IDE Raid Controllers that presented themselves as one drive in the BIOS, making themselves completely OS agnostic. Anything like that out there anymore? Regards, Brett. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

[OT] who wrote this

2007-11-25 Thread Brett Davidson
Erich Dollansky wrote: Hi, eBoundHost: Artur wrote: T, I don't know any soft way to say this. The man, Hitler, was the most evil person that our generation has ever witnessed. The things he did this is why he has to be quoted so people see from where certain ideas originate. I live in

Re: Is there a way to compare what is in the ports tree with what is installed?

2007-11-04 Thread Brett Davidson
Robert Huff wrote: Brett Davidson writes: ie. If I had a particular version of the ports tree on a server, how could I check to see if any of the programs in that tree were actually installed? Is there a simple command or sequence of commands to do this? dir /var/d/pkg

Is there a way to compare what is in the ports tree with what is installed?

2007-11-04 Thread Brett Davidson
ie. If I had a particular version of the ports tree on a server, how could I check to see if any of the programs in that tree were actually installed? Is there a simple command or sequence of commands to do this? -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz Phone

Issues Installing ImageMagick on FreeBSD 6.2

2007-10-31 Thread Brett Davidson
#x27; gmake: *** [all] Error 2 *** Error code 2 Tried different ports trees spaced a week apart and also tried to run pkg_add -r... All to no avail. Any ideas? -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 -- // web

If the mirror sites (all four I've tried now from all over the world) have the FreeBSD 6.1 downloads contain the FreeBSD4.11 image, how is one supposed to download V6.1?

2007-09-27 Thread Brett Davidson
I, for one, would really like to get a copy of FreeBSD 6.1. :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: A wee while ago, USB support on FreeBSD6.2 SMP systems was discouraged. Is that still the case?

2007-07-31 Thread Brett Davidson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Brett Davidson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Brett Davidson wrote: If there are patches/updates to this issue I would REALLY like to know about them! :-) -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24

Re: A wee while ago, USB support on FreeBSD6.2 SMP systems was discouraged. Is that still the case?

2007-07-31 Thread Brett Davidson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 1 Aug 2007, Brett Davidson wrote: If there are patches/updates to this issue I would REALLY like to know about them! :-) -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 -- // web hosting

Update Issue is with PAE, not SMP : A wee while ago, USB support on FreeBSD6.2 PAE systems was discouraged. Is that still the case?

2007-07-31 Thread Brett Davidson
If there are patches/updates to this issue I would REALLY like to know about them! :-) -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 -- // web hosting / email hosting / data backup // our reputation for reliability precedes

A wee while ago, USB support on FreeBSD6.2 SMP systems was discouraged. Is that still the case?

2007-07-31 Thread Brett Davidson
If there are patches/updates to this issue I would REALLY like to know about them! :-) -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz Phone: 0800 5000 24 | DDI: +64 3 962 9518 -- // web hosting / email hosting / data backup // our reputation for reliability precedes

IP Firewall disconnecting me after firewall changes

2007-05-15 Thread Brett Davidson
I keep firewall rules in a file that I then run via a "sh" command. You know, like /etc/rc.firewall. :-) Essentially the file does ipfw -q -f flush $cmd 0015 check-state $cmd set 31 to me 22 in via $pif setup keep-state where $cmd = "ipfw -q add" and $pif = "em0". I understand that this s

FreeBSD Clustering?

2007-03-26 Thread Brett Davidson
Looking at running a Postfix and some sort of IMAP/POP3 mailserver with webmail. Would like to do this within a FreeBSD cluster if such a thing is possible. Where can I find out info on FreeBSD clustering options? Cheers, Brett. ___ freebsd-questions@

Are there ways of limiting user resources when a user process is run via suexec, rathern than via logon?

2007-02-27 Thread Brett Davidson
implementing a different scheduler that weights allowed activity according to a set number of "shares" that that user's "Resource group" have had allocated to them. Cheers, Brett. -- -- Brett Davidson Systems Engineer -- Net24 Limited Web: www.net24.co.nz <http://www.net24.

RE: Permissions advice needed.

2007-01-09 Thread Brett Davidson
D] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brett Davidson Sent: Wednesday, 10 January 2007 8:53 a.m. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: FW: Permissions advice needed. -Original Message- From: Malcolm Kay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 January 2007 6:03 p.m. To: freebsd

RE: Permissions advice needed.

2007-01-09 Thread Brett Davidson
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 January 2007 7:42 p.m. To: Brett Davidson Subject: Re: Permissions advice needed. Brett, Why don't you make a symbolic link to that file. You may set read, write and execute permissions if you wish... doesn't matter. The users will be able t

FW: Permissions advice needed.

2007-01-09 Thread Brett Davidson
-Original Message- From: Malcolm Kay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 9 January 2007 6:03 p.m. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Brett Davidson Subject: Re: Permissions advice needed. On Tue, 9 Jan 2007 06:13 am, Brett Davidson wrote: > I have a curious problem. > >

Permissions advice needed.

2007-01-08 Thread Brett Davidson
I have a curious problem. I need an executable file to be owned by a user's uid and gid so they can run it. HOWEVER, I don't want them to be able to modify or delete the file and/or it's permissions. Another program will do that. This, under standard Unix permissions, is a tad difficult. :-) ACL

RE: Advice on which FreeBSD firewall package to choose.

2007-01-07 Thread Brett Davidson
Thanks to everyone who responded. It looks like pfsense will do the job nicely. Cheers, Brett. -Original Message- From: Eric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 5 January 2007 10:52 a.m. To: Brett Davidson Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Advice on which FreeBSD firewall

Advice on which FreeBSD firewall package to choose.

2007-01-04 Thread Brett Davidson
Before I start, I'm familiar with IPTables from Linux but am wanting to use FreeBSD as a firewalling router after seeing it in action on a heavily-loaded webserver. I like the efficiency of the TCP stack. Upon reading the handbook I found that I can have my choice of three firewalls; pf, iptables

Problem with USB DVD drive

2006-12-21 Thread Brett Davidson
First post to the list! I have a CD-rom drive attached to an Intel Server but required some data from a DVD. So I attached my USB DVD-rom drive and got the following in dmesg after I disconnected and reconnected the device : umass0: at uhub4 port 4 (addr 2) disconnected (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0):

Problem with USB DVD drive.

2006-12-21 Thread Brett Davidson
First post to the list! I have a CD-rom drive attached to an Intel Server but required some data from a DVD. So I attached my USB DVD-rom drive and got the following in dmesg after I disconnected and reconnected the device : umass0: at uhub4 port 4 (addr 2) disconnected (cd0:umass-sim0:0:0:0):