Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine

2011-11-05 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 11/05/11 00:55, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Alexander Kapshuk writes: On 11/04/11 22:46, Lowell Gilbert wrote: Alexander Kapshuk writes: the actual current time is 10.21 pm. Your system's clock may be off as well... any idea when an updated time zone file will become available? It's alre

Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine

2011-11-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 05/11/2011 07:48, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: > i'm not sure i clearly understand what has to be done to make the ntp > server on my system to be inaccessible to anyone but me. > > a sample /etc/ntp.conf would be appreciated. > You need the 'restrict' keyword to control access to ntpd -- add a b

Re: trouble setting timezone for ukraine

2011-11-05 Thread Alexander Kapshuk
On 11/05/11 10:06, Matthew Seaman wrote: On 05/11/2011 07:48, Alexander Kapshuk wrote: i'm not sure i clearly understand what has to be done to make the ntp server on my system to be inaccessible to anyone but me. a sample /etc/ntp.conf would be appreciated. You need the 'restrict' keyword to

GUI tool from several years ago...

2011-11-05 Thread Gary Kline
do any of you remember the name of the port that set up a GUI square or rectangle and allowed easy expansion of code underneath? it let you do-GUI-framework-quick-and-easy. my key-click program is close enough that i want to move on to the part where the mute or speech-impaired user clicks on thi

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread James Colannino
On 11/04/11 23:53, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: On Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:27:54 -0700 James Colannino wrote: What I want to know is, are there tools that will check the ports I've installed and tell me if any of my packages are linked against libraries that are no longer there? I'm paranoid that at

Re: OpenVPN - what configuration do I need/want

2011-11-05 Thread Bill Tillman
  From: Ryan Coleman To: FreeBSD Questions Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 10:22 AM Subject: OpenVPN - what configuration do I need/want I have a PE 2450 with dual NICs and I want to turn it into a bridging VPN for the guys in the office to utilize. Our configu

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Ross
Am 05.11.2011, 07:23 Uhr, schrieb Conrad J. Sabatier : Again, go back and read the Handbook sections on using csup, updating your src and ports trees, etc. No one is interested in repeating information that is already available in a complete and detailed form. Available if you are proficient

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:39:32 +0100 "Michael Ross" wrote: > Am 05.11.2011, 07:23 Uhr, schrieb Conrad J. Sabatier > : > > > Again, go back and read the Handbook sections on using csup, > > updating your src and ports trees, etc. No one is interested in > > repeating information that is already av

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
I will say my question clear. If I have FreeBSD-8.2-stable, updated 2011/05/18, what I want to do is update the current, as for example 2011/11/01. I am willing to read me a manual that tells me how to do this.___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing l

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Zantgo wrote: > I will say my question clear. > If I have FreeBSD-8.2-stable, updated 2011/05/18, what I want to do is update > the current, as for example 2011/11/01. I am willing to read me a manual that > tells me how to do this.

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Zantgo wrote: > I will say my question clear. > If I have FreeBSD-8.2-stable, updated 2011/05/18, what I want to do is update > the current, as for example 2011/11/01. I am willing to read me a manual that > tells me how to do this.

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
Well, there's a faster way to update?, Perhaps anoncvs is faster or not?. After all we are talking about regular updates, I'll do every month. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To u

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Ross
Am 05.11.2011, 15:36 Uhr, schrieb Zantgo : I will say my question clear. If I have FreeBSD-8.2-stable, updated 2011/05/18, what I want to do is update the current, as for example 2011/11/01. I am willing to read me a manual that tells me how to do this._

Problem in install

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
While I am installing FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE, when I finish with disklabel, and then says "Last chance", then to accept I get the following message: Unable to find device node for / dev/ad4s1b in / dev! The creation of filesystem Will be aborted. ___ freebs

Re: Problem in install

2011-11-05 Thread doug
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, masayoshi wrote: --- On Sun, 6/11/11, Zantgo wrote: From: Zantgo Subject: Problem in install To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Received: Sunday, 6 November, 2011, 4:06 AM While I am installing FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE, when I finish with disklabel, and then says "Last chan

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Eduardo Morras
At 11:39 05/11/2011, you wrote: Am 05.11.2011, 07:23 Uhr, schrieb Conrad J. Sabatier : Again, go back and read the Handbook sections on using csup, updating your src and ports trees, etc. No one is interested in repeating information that is already available in a complete and detailed form.

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
El 05-11-2011, a las 11:58, "Michael Ross" escribió: > Am 05.11.2011, 15:36 Uhr, schrieb Zantgo : > >> I will say my question clear. >> If I have FreeBSD-8.2-stable, updated 2011/05/18, what I want to do is >> update the current, as for example 2011/11/01. I am willing to read me a >> manual

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread C. P. Ghost
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, James Colannino wrote: > No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P  In fact, when I Google > around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I > bring my question to the mailing list instead :)  Maybe "broken ports" or > "broken packag

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread James Colannino
On 11/05/11 12:43, C. P. Ghost wrote: I'm using the following script (attached). Thanks for the script. By any chance, are you a Gentoo user (or were you at one point)? revdep-rebuild, a part of the gentoolkit, is the first thing I think of when I think about fixing broken packages :) Ja

Re: -Stable periodic updates

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
I can do this to update the ports and src: # cd /usr # cvs -qd anon...@anoncvs.freebsd.org:/cvs get -rFREEBSD_9_0 -P # cd /usr/src # cvs -q up -rFREEBSD_9_0 -Pd # cd /usr # cvs -qd anon...@anoncvs.freebsd.org:/cvs get -rFREEBSD -P ports # cd /usr/ports # cvs -q up -rFREEBSD_9_0 -Pd __

recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Chris
I'm having difficulty copying a directory tree from my FreeBSD server to USB storage. The problem is that the tree contains file and folder names which have spaces, similar to the following: ./foo bar/some name.tar.gz ./foo bar/child dir/some other name.tar.gz I've tried various combinations of c

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
I just use tar for this. ( cd /path/to/src ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd /path/to/obj ; tar xf - ) - M On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Chris wrote: > I'm having difficulty copying a directory tree from my FreeBSD server to > USB storage. The problem is that the tree contains file and folder names > wh

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Michael Sierchio writes: > I just use tar for this. > > ( cd /path/to/src ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd /path/to/obj ; tar xf - ) I was going to launch into an explanation of shell quoting, but come to think of it, tar is how I do this too. > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 12:47 PM, Chris wrote: >> I'm having

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2011-11-05 Thread İstanbul Bilişim
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Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Chris
The tar one-liner is similar what I used to use on Gentoo and Arch linux, so I thought it strange that it isn't working here. I'm still having problems though, since the command returns " Can't create '$FILENAME' " for all files found. I quick tested by telling the tar command to copy to /tmp inst

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chris writes: > The tar one-liner is similar what I used to use on Gentoo and Arch linux, > so I thought it strange that it isn't working here. I'm still having > problems though, since the command returns " Can't create '$FILENAME' " for > all files found. It would have been a good idea to show

ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following error on boot: Setting date via ntp. Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known 5 Nov 17

ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following error on boot: Setting date via ntp. Error : hostname nor servname provided, or not known 5 Nov 17

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
Are you running a firewall? Do you have a ppp connection? This happens when there is a dependency that is not expressed in the /etc/rc.d scripts. - M On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Robert Simmons wrote: > Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working > before running ntpdat

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
Oh, and what kind of filesystem is on the USB device? - M On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Chris writes: > >> The tar one-liner is similar what I used to use on Gentoo and Arch linux, >> so I thought it strange that it isn't working here. I'm still having >> problems thou

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Alexander Best
On Sat Nov 5 11, Robert Simmons wrote: > Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working > before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? > > After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following > error on boot: > > Setting date via ntp. > Error

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Michael Sierchio writes: > Oh, and what kind of filesystem is on the USB device? msdosfs. Sorry; I trimmed that from what I quoted. - Lowell > - M > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Lowell Gilbert > wrote: >> Chris writes: >> >>> The tar one-liner is similar what I used to use on Gentoo a

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Are you running a firewall?  Do you have a ppp connection? I'm not running a firewall on the machine in question. I am behind a firewall, if that's what you mean. I don't have a ppp connection. The box is a server that is running on bare

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Chris
I apologize for the lack of detail. The command I'm using is: ( cd /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads/ ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd /mnt/usb ; tar xf - ) I've also tried: cp -afv /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads /mnt/usb rsync -aq /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads /mnt/usb find

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Alexander Best wrote: > same here. simply add something like the following to your crontab: > > 0       10      *       *       */2     /etc/rc.d/ntpdate onestart I have something similar in my crontab which is not exactly what I need. I want to make sure that the

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Chris wrote: > I apologize for the lack of detail. The command I'm using is: > ( cd /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads/ ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd > /mnt/usb ; tar xf - ) Show, don't tell. What does tar report when you run it? ___

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Michael Sierchio
The keywords in /etc/rc.d/ntpdate have # PROVIDE: ntpdate # REQUIRE: NETWORKING syslogd named # KEYWORD: nojail which means that networking must be up first. The question in your case is why name resolution is failing. See what happens if you pick some public stratum 1 or stratum 2 servers for

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Matthew Seaman
On 05/11/2011 22:19, Robert Simmons wrote: > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Alexander Best wrote: >> same here. simply add something like the following to your crontab: >> >> 0 10 * * */2 /etc/rc.d/ntpdate onestart > > I have something similar in my crontab which is no

zfs file names (inodes) without files (ENOENT)

2011-11-05 Thread Martin von Gagern
Hi! A. SUMMARY Long story short: I have a file name on my zfs without a file to it. ls will include it in the dir content, but stat-ing that file will result in an ENOENT error: "No such file or directory". B. HISTORY So how did I come to this situation? I've recently had to kill the sending

Re: Checking for broken packages (as in linking)

2011-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, C. P. Ghost wrote: On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:27 AM, James Colannino wrote: No, I don't mean checking for broken ports :-P  In fact, when I Google around for the answer to my question, that's all I can find, which is why I bring my question to the mailing list instead :)  May

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Chris
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Chris wrote: >> I apologize for the lack of detail. The command I'm using is: >> ( cd /usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads/ ; tar cf - . ) | ( cd >> /mnt/usb ; tar xf - ) > > Show, don't tell. What doe

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? After setting ntpdate_enable="YES" in rc.conf, I get the following error on boot: Setting date via ntp. Error : hostname

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Warren Block wrote: > On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: >> Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working >> before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? > Yes, it is.  FreeBSD 8-STABLE and 9 have /etc/rc.d/netwait just

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > crontabs have this handy '@reboot' syntax...  It's all explained in > crontab(5). Thanks! > However, you would be well advised to run ntpd(8) rather than bodging > the clock with ntpdate at intervals.  ntpdate is deprecated by the ntp > pro

mkisofs man page... HUH?

2011-11-05 Thread Ronald F. Guilmette
Looking at the man page for mkisofs I see the following: -r ... If any of the special mode bits are set, clear them, because file locks are not useful on a read-only file system, ... Just curious: What the bleep have file mode bits

Re: OpenVPN - what configuration do I need/want

2011-11-05 Thread perryh
Bill Tillman wrote: > the protocol used by OpenVPN would not work whatsoever with > Cisco equipment ... That's what security/vpnc is for :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To un

Re: zfs file names (inodes) without files (ENOENT)

2011-11-05 Thread Martin von Gagern
On 06.11.2011 00:27, David Brodbeck wrote: > I'm curious if you've tried ls -B to see if there are any > non-printable characters in the filename. Hadn't tried yet, did try now, nothing strange there. Nevertheless, thanks for the suggestion, David. By the way, even "ls -l" of the whole directory

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:55 PM, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: Is there a way to make sure that the interface is UP and working before running ntpdate at boot on a box with a static IP address? Yes, it is.  FreeBSD 8-ST

Re: recursive copy with spaces in descendants

2011-11-05 Thread Chris
On a hunch, I gave the following a shot: tar -cvlf - '/usr/local/etc/transmission/home/Downloads'/ | split -a 2 -b 3900m - /mnt/usb/TX_DL.tar. which created a split tar archive of the files on /mnt/usb. I'm still thinking there's something with the source path/file names that the msdosfs driver o

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, d...@safeport.com wrote: On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Warren Block wrote: On Sat, 5 Nov 2011, Robert Simmons wrote: I've had this problem with machines using DHCP and the solution was to use SYNCDHCP rather than DHCP in rc.conf. However, this box is using a static IP address. But

Re: OpenVPN - what configuration do I need/want

2011-11-05 Thread Ryan Coleman
So... basically you've just set up servers that utilize the host connection or doesn't route? On Nov 5, 2011, at 5:35 AM, Bill Tillman wrote: > > > > From: Ryan Coleman > To: FreeBSD Questions > Sent: Friday, November 4, 2011 10:22 AM > Subject: OpenVPN - wh

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Warren Block wrote: > netwait_enable="YES" > netwait_ip="192.168.1.1" # IP address to ping to verify network is up > netwait_if="em0" # interface to use > > > Also there's netwait_timeout, which defaults to 60 in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. I've finally got a combinatio

Re: ntpdate on boot problem

2011-11-05 Thread Carl Johnson
Matthew Seaman writes: > On 05/11/2011 22:19, Robert Simmons wrote: >> On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Alexander Best wrote: >>> same here. simply add something like the following to your crontab: >>> >>> 0 10 * * */2 /etc/rc.d/ntpdate onestart >> >> I have something

Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" slim_enable = "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf". Please help!. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Sat Nov 5 23:10:17 2011 > From: Zantgo > Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 01:10:28 -0300 > To: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" > Subject: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf > > Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" > slim

Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf

2011-11-05 Thread Robert Simmons
On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Zantgo wrote: > Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" > slim_enable = "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf". Please help!. Well, the absolute basics would be: hostname="" ifconfig_"="inet netmask " defaultrouter="" You may also have ha

Re: Urgent!. Problem with / etc / rc.conf

2011-11-05 Thread Zantgo
El 06-11-2011, a las 1:29, Robert Simmons escribió: > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Zantgo wrote: >> Without wanting to erase all contents of / etc / rc.conf, by running "echo" >> slim_enable = "YES" "> / etc / rc.conf". Please help!. > > Well, the absolute basics would be: > hostname=""