Serving passive ftp through ipfilter and ipnat

Hi all. I have an freebsd ftp server behind a freebsd firewall. The firewall is using ipfilter and ipnat. Everything works great except for my ftp service (have http and smtp too). I am trying to set it up to be passive which i understand is better for those who connect to my server. The way it s

postfix vs. qmail?

For one who wants to host email accounts for multiple domains, which is better? I've started installing and configuring qmail according to the tutorial on qmailrocks.org but i'm wondering if i should stop and consider postfix before pressing on. Thanks. ___

RE: Install ports as non-root user?

Title should have read: Install ports collection as non-root user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all. I'm looking to make a non-privileged user the owner of all my > software so I don't have to act as root when installing, configuring, > and updating software. Furthermore, I won't have to give out

Install ports as non-root user?

Hi all. I'm looking to make a non-privileged user the owner of all my software so I don't have to act as root when installing, configuring, and updating software. Furthermore, I won't have to give out the root password to others who need rights to configure software. I noticed my ports collection i

RE: Oracle odbc

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I need to connect my freebsd 5.4 box to an oracle 9 db to query it by > means of perl or the statistical software R. > How could I set up this odbc connection (I already installed > unixODBC, but what next and how to set it up)? > Have you any doc to suggest ( I was unabl

Submitting a port - where to include the output of shar in the se nd_pr report?

Hi all. Hope that subject made sense. I am trying to submit a new port with send_pr. Almost ready to go but where do I include the output of the shar command in the bug report? I am reading the Quick Porting section of the porter's handbook. It states: "simply include the output of shar `find por

How to create a man page?

Hi all. I am writing a program with hopes to submit it for inclusion to the ports collection. My last step is to include a man page for my program. Man pages look to be some sort of markup language. What is the standard way to create a man page? Is there some sort of wysiwyg or some other program t

Suggest a SCSI RAID controller?

Hi all. I am interested in setting up a scsi hardware raid configuration on a freebsd (5.3) server I am building. Does anyone have any recommendations for a hardware controller? I was led to believe not all hardware controllers work under freebsd. Thanks, Brian _

problem with net-snmp while installing ethereal from ports

Hi all, i'm trying to install ethereal from ports. It says it depends on shared library netsnmp.6 and the make shortly fails after with the following error: shared library "netsnmp.6" does not exist The net-snmp web site says the latest is 5.2 My ports tree was updated two days ago. What am I no

Re: wireless driver for dell latitude d505?

--On Monday, November 29, 2004 02:51:53 PM -0500 Brian Barto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I have a dell latitude c505 laptop that has a build-in wireless nic, but when I loaded freebsd 5.3 it did not detect it. I'm guess i have to load a driver via kldload but I have no idea

wireless driver for dell latitude d505?

Hi all, I have a dell latitude c505 laptop that has a build-in wireless nic, but when I loaded freebsd 5.3 it did not detect it. I'm guess i have to load a driver via kldload but I have no idea what driver it could be. Anyone know off hand? Dell's website isn't any help. Thanks, Brian _