Re: FreeBSD on Dell PE850

Josh Paetzel wrote: Does anybody have any experience running FBSD 6.x on a PE850? I'm specifically wondering about support for their base-configuration onboard NIC and their CERC SATA RAID controller. I have not upgraded to 6.x yet, but have been running 5.5 very successfully on over tw

pkg database backup and restore

ing everything one-by-one). Essentially, we're just looking for a streamlined approach to restoring the installed ports when we need to rebuild a machine. Thanks, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/m

Re: .bash_logout and shutdown -- need ideas

Andrew Gould wrote: --- DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, Have a bit of an issue here: Just started using a .bash_logout script to handle doing my unison commands whenever I logout at end of day so I don't forget to sync my local homedir to my server before I head home.

.bash_logout and shutdown -- need ideas

s no unison unless I remember to run it manually first. Any ideas on how to work around this sitch? Thanks, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: mount privileges...what the heck?

Robert C Wittig wrote: DW wrote: So any ideas on why I need to do a chown -R dude:dude after the first mount?? Am I missing something, going insane, or is something buggy here You created the directory as root: # mkdir /usr/home/dude/drive2 ...so it belongs to root. no, the first

mount privileges...what the heck?

I try to reboot, mount again, and ownership still is what I want, dude:dude I add line to /etc/fstab, reboot, everything still looks good! So any ideas on why I need to do a chown -R dude:dude after the first mount?? Am I missing something, going insane, or is something buggy here??

Re: *bsd firewall appliance?

why draw more than necessary?) It seems that more and more my bottlenecks have nothing to do with performance or reliability, but rather physical facility management. It all adds up. --- DW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Philippe Lang wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all

Re: *bsd firewall appliance?

Philippe Lang wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Just doing some early morning brainstorming, and my crazy thought of the day is this: My life would be so much easier if I could just get rid of my stupid PIX firewalls, and replace them what I know and love: FreeBSD. It's not that the

*bsd firewall appliance?

other considerations? 5) Am I just being stupid and should I just keep my PIX's going? I know, I know, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Cheers, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/

need help w/ simple bash script

e with port autoconf-2.59_2 = up-to-date with port ... ... ... I know I figured out a technique once before, but I'm banging my head against a wall right now. Thanks for any help. -DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://

Display: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

as the #1 items on their wish lists before I started to spec them out, so that leans me towards the ones with the Intel graphics card. Thanks for any info, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-

build world and kernel for multiple boxes

like cvsup'ing, and building everything from source again over and over and over. Please help. Thanks, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Palm (Zire) and /dev/ucom0 on 6.0

Igor Robul wrote: On Tue, Dec 27, 2005 at 11:58:00AM -0500, DW wrote: I then type: # pilot-xfer -p /dev/cuaU0 -b backup and I get: Listening to port: /dev/cuaU0 Please press teh HotSync button now Works fine for me with Palm TE2. You need press HotSync button and wait a

Re: Palm (Zire) and /dev/ucom0 on 6.0

Jonathan Chen wrote: On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 12:15:11PM -0500, DW wrote: [...] I do all this on my new 6.0 machine. When I hit the sync button on zire, I get the expected dmesg output (detecting the palm device), but there is no /dev/ucom0 device in /dev. Why? Aside from adding

Palm (Zire) and /dev/ucom0 on 6.0

s no /dev/ucom0 device in /dev. Why? Does anybody know what I need to do or can you point me to the docs that will explain this to me? Thanks a bunch, DW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-

openssl vulnerability

Hi, Does anybody know a command to tell which options I have compiled into my openssl? Is there a way to tell if I have SSL_OP_MSIE_SSLV2_RSA_PADDING in there before I go unnecessarily rebuilding and reinstall world on all my servers? Thanks, DW