Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread LukeD
I have installed dhcp to get my FreeBSD system on line, a machine which I am trying to set up as a web server. I used sysinstall and it seems to work correctly (this e-mail is coming from my Linux workstation). However, when working on the FreeBSD machine I keep getting the following message: dhc

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Joost van Dijk
On Sunday 17 April 2005 17:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hate to be the one to break it to you but YOUR privacy is probably the > least important concern (though I mean no offence by this statement). If > you have this kind of connectivity, I'd be more concerned with what a > potential attacker co

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 2005-04-17 at 17:03 +0200, Joost van Dijk wrote: > > Don't turn off the firewall. > > etc... > > > Depends on what your network configuration is. If you are sitting behind > > an ethernet ADSL router, you're probably OK, since those usually come > > with a firewell and NAT built-in. If you

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Joost van Dijk
> Don't turn off the firewall. > etc... > Depends on what your network configuration is. If you are sitting behind > an ethernet ADSL router, you're probably OK, since those usually come > with a firewell and NAT built-in. If you don't have one of those, you > would be wise to firewall all the sys

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Bob Hall
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 02:50:05PM +0200, Joost van Dijk wrote: > On Sunday 17 April 2005 14:17, Bob Hall wrote: > > > > My solution is in the archives, here: > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2005-January/071412.html > > Again, I can't promise that it will solve your

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Joost van Dijk
On Sunday 17 April 2005 15:29, Roland Smith wrote: > Look for firewall_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. Remove it and reboot to > disable the firewall. I did that and everything went fine. I also successfully updated my ports with cvsup. So that was indeed the problem I mentioned to you a few days

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 03:03:49PM +0200, Joost van Dijk wrote: > On Sunday 17 April 2005 13:56, Roland Smith wrote: > > It looks to me like you're not running dhclient with sufficient > > permissions (i.e. not as root), or you have a firewall that doesn't let the > > traffic through. > > I am log

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Joost van Dijk
On Sunday 17 April 2005 13:56, Roland Smith wrote: > It looks to me like you're not running dhclient with sufficient > permissions (i.e. not as root), or you have a firewall that doesn't let the > traffic through. I am logging in as root. The firewall is enabled, but I have not got up to the chap

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Joost van Dijk
On Sunday 17 April 2005 14:17, Bob Hall wrote: > > My solution is in the archives, here: > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2005-January/071412.html > Again, I can't promise that it will solve your problem. > > Bob Hall I had a look at the document, but I am afraid that

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Bob Hall
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 01:04:48PM +0200, Joost van Dijk wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed dhcp to get my FreeBSD system on line, a machine which I am > trying to set up as a web server. I used sysinstall and it seems to work > correctly (this e-mail is coming from my Linux workstation). How

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Roland Smith
On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 01:04:48PM +0200, Joost van Dijk wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed dhcp to get my FreeBSD system on line, a machine which I am > trying to set up as a web server. I used sysinstall and it seems to work > correctly (this e-mail is coming from my Linux workstation). >

Re: messages from dhclient

2005-04-17 Thread Rob
Joost van Dijk wrote: > Hello, > > I have installed dhcp to get my FreeBSD system > on line, a machine which I am trying to set up as > a web server. I used sysinstall and it seems to > work correctly (this e-mail is coming from my Linux > workstation). However, when working on the FreeBSD > mach