Re: denyhosts, fail2ban, or something else?

2012-11-29 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 27 November 2012 23:25, Aleksandr Miroslav wrote: > Finally got sick of seeing tons of ssh break-in attempts in my logs. Am > considering using denyhosts, or fail2ban. Anyone have any experience > with these? > > I'm already using the AllowUsers facility of ssh to only allow specific > users in

VM queue

2012-11-29 Thread Vagner
Hi guys! I running big process on my machine and the memory pages of some other process been moved to swap. I run swapoff(8) for clean swap partition and after swapon(8). Ok. After, i run top(1) and ps(1) to see that the pages were returned. But i see next: > last pid: 25743; load averages: 0.2

Grow Mounted Filesystems project

2012-11-29 Thread Lucian
Hi, anyone knows what has become of this? http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/new-funded-project-grow-mounted.html I guess the above issue is one of the main reasons why FreeBSD seems to be lagging so badly in the "cloud". ___ freebsd-questio

Re: i386 vs amd64

2012-11-29 Thread Bill Tillman
From: Fleuriot Damien To: birdf...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 12:40 PM Subject: Re: i386 vs amd64 On Nov 28, 2012, at 6:36 PM, mike miskulin wrote: > About to build a replacement system for an older

Re: Grow Mounted Filesystems project

2012-11-29 Thread Mark Blackman
On 29 Nov 2012, at 10:48, Lucian wrote: > Hi, anyone knows what has become of this? > http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/new-funded-project-grow-mounted.html http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-src-head/2012-November/042539.html covers some of it, I believe. - Mark ___

Re: Grow Mounted Filesystems project

2012-11-29 Thread Arthur Chance
On 11/29/12 10:48, Lucian wrote: Hi, anyone knows what has become of this? http://freebsdfoundation.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/new-funded-project-grow-mounted.html I guess the above issue is one of the main reasons why FreeBSD seems to be lagging so badly in the "cloud". If you look here: http://

Re: i386 vs amd64

2012-11-29 Thread Jakub Lach
If it was from me, my system is without 32bit compat whatsoever, and this is not default setting on amd64. Maybe on def. amd64 there are no problems, I don't know, nobody replied to my thread. -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/i386-vs-amd64-tp5765012p57651

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-11-29 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
Hello, honestly, i should do it for my boss and don't know what he should want > exactly to do but i am sure that he has an external serial modem and wants > to config it by AT commands via a freebsd system; therefore i think our > connection is dial-out. > 1) Make sure your serial port and modem

Re: i386 vs amd64

2012-11-29 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
Hello, On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: > i386 will not see anything above 4 GB Actually you *can* give access to >4Gb RAM for your system: PAE allows you to use 36 bits instead of 32 to address your memory (and supported till Pentium Pro) but that is only for OS (32bit app

latest git ports upgrade

2012-11-29 Thread Artifex Maximus
Hello! On upgrade I got the following error with git port: ===> Creating users and/or groups. Using existing group `git_daemon'. Creating user `git_daemon' with uid `964'. pw: user 'git_daemon' already exists *** Error code 74 Look for git_daemon user: # id git_daemon id: git_daemon: no such us

How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Rick Miller
Hi All, I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail or ezjail? -- Take care Rick Miller ___ freeb

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Devin Teske
On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:05 AM, Rick Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their > own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook > in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail or ezjail? > I use my own hom

Re: Next csup tool to fetch src/ and ports/

2012-11-29 Thread Mark Felder
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:24:40 +0100 David Demelier wrote: > I will need to use portsnap, to fetch ports build subversion and then I can > fetch the src, fetch the ports again using svn this time, that's a little > bit painful. > > Maybe we can try to write something like srcsnap with the same beh

Re: VM queue

2012-11-29 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:13:03 +0400 vag...@bsdway.ru wrote: > I running big process on my machine and the memory pages of some other > process been moved to swap. > I run swapoff(8) for clean swap partition and after swapon(8). Why are you trying to force these things out of swap? ___

Re: latest git ports upgrade

2012-11-29 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:04:12 +0100 Artifex Maximus wrote: > On next upgrade got the first error so I am in loop. Any idea what to do? Please check /usr/ports/UPDATING which has a note in there about git. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list h

ports and 'make fetchindex'

2012-11-29 Thread jb
Hi, # portsnap fetch update ... Building new INDEX files... done. # ls -al /usr/ports/IN* -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 26626683 Nov 29 15:17 /usr/ports/INDEX-9 # cd /usr/ports/ [root@localhost /usr/ports]# make fetchindex /usr/ports/INDEX-9.bz2100% of 1615 kB 160 kBps 00m00

Re: audio CD/CD-TEXT

2012-11-29 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 29 November 2012 01:30, Waitman Gobble wrote: > Hi, > > A girl sent me her CD and it appears that she created a mixed mode > disc with CD-TEXT info of her lyrics. I can't recall playing/noticing > such a disc in the past 10 years so I'm at a loss. > > I can dump the audio tracks (cdda2wav) and/

Re: audio CD/CD-TEXT

2012-11-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Nov 29, 2012 7:08 AM, "ill...@gmail.com" wrote: > > On 29 November 2012 01:30, Waitman Gobble wrote: > > Hi, > > > > A girl sent me her CD and it appears that she created a mixed mode > > disc with CD-TEXT info of her lyrics. I can't recall playing/noticing > > such a disc in the past 10 years

Re: audio CD/CD-TEXT

2012-11-29 Thread Steve Randall
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:30:36 -0800 Waitman Gobble wrote: > Hi, > > A girl sent me her CD and it appears that she created a mixed mode > disc with CD-TEXT info of her lyrics. I can't recall playing/noticing > such a disc in the past 10 years so I'm at a loss. > > I can dump the audio tracks (cdd

clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Aitken
Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"

Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Mark Felder
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700 Gary Aitken wrote: > Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? There are lots of things put in /var/tmp that programs expect to be persistent. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Fleuriot Damien
On Nov 29, 2012, at 5:19 PM, Gary Aitken wrote: > Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send a

Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Ilya Kazakevich
Any process that stores data there would be really surprised when you clear it:) PHP uses tmp to store sessions and that is a good example:) tmp may be cleaned after server restart On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:19 PM, Gary Aitken wrote: > Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.co

CARP within VirtualBox Does it work?

2012-11-29 Thread dweimer
I was trying to setup a test of CARP on two virtual machines running in VirtualBox 4.2.4r81684 I am not sure if I have something wrong with my CARP configuration or if VirtualBox just doesn't work right with it. I can only ping the CARP interface IP address from the machine listed as MASTER, i

Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?

2012-11-29 Thread Jerry
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700 Gary Aitken articulated: > Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf? From "/etc/defaults/rc.conf" clear_tmp_enable="NO" # Clear /tmp at startup. clear_tmp_X="YES" # Clear and recreate X11-related directories in /tmp populate_var=

Re: CARP within VirtualBox Does it work?

2012-11-29 Thread Fleuriot Damien
On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:43 PM, dweimer wrote: > I was trying to setup a test of CARP on two virtual machines running in > VirtualBox 4.2.4r81684 I am not sure if I have something wrong with my CARP > configuration or if VirtualBox just doesn't work right with it. I can only > ping the CARP int

Re: latest git ports upgrade

2012-11-29 Thread Artifex Maximus
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Mark Felder wrote: > On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:04:12 +0100 > Artifex Maximus wrote: > >> On next upgrade got the first error so I am in loop. Any idea what to do? > > Please check /usr/ports/UPDATING which has a note in there about git. Thanks for your answer. The U

Re: latest git ports upgrade

2012-11-29 Thread Artifex Maximus
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:59 PM, Artifex Maximus wrote: > On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 3:50 PM, Mark Felder wrote: >> On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 15:04:12 +0100 >> Artifex Maximus wrote: >> >>> On next upgrade got the first error so I am in loop. Any idea what to do? >> >> Please check /usr/ports/UPDATING wh

Unexepected results when piping syslog to a fifo

2012-11-29 Thread Paul Schmehl
I'm working on a project which requires that I pipe a remote syslog to a fifo so a daemon can parse the results. After some googling I *thought* that I had figured out how to configure syslog to do this. Here's the syslog.conf entry: + hostname.utdallas.edu *.* | cat > /var/run/program/progr

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:05:30 -0500 Rick Miller wrote: > Hi All, > > I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their > own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook > in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail or ezjail? ezjai

Re: Unexepected results when piping syslog to a fifo

2012-11-29 Thread Noel
On 11/29/2012 1:30 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: > I'm working on a project which requires that I pipe a remote > syslog to a fifo so a daemon can parse the results. After some > googling I *thought* that I had figured out how to configure > syslog to do this. Here's the syslog.conf entry: > > + hostna

Re: CARP within VirtualBox Does it work?

2012-11-29 Thread dweimer
On 2012-11-29 12:53, Fleuriot Damien wrote: On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:43 PM, dweimer wrote: I was trying to setup a test of CARP on two virtual machines running in VirtualBox 4.2.4r81684 I am not sure if I have something wrong with my CARP configuration or if VirtualBox just doesn't work right wi

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Devin Teske
On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:12 AM, Devin Teske wrote: > > On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:05 AM, Rick Miller wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their >> own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook >> in chapter 16 or some other m

Re: How to allow httpd to run 'ipfw table 7 add ... '

2012-11-29 Thread Steve O'Hara-Smith
On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:09:03 -0800 Devin Teske wrote: > > On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Eugen Konkov wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > How to allow httpd to run this command 'ipfw table 7 add ... '? > > > > imho the most secure way is to add an entry to sudoers(5) (you can use visudo This is

Re: CARP within VirtualBox Does it work?

2012-11-29 Thread Damien Fleuriot
On 29 Nov 2012, at 21:07, dweimer wrote: > On 2012-11-29 12:53, Fleuriot Damien wrote: >> On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:43 PM, dweimer wrote: >> >>> I was trying to setup a test of CARP on two virtual machines running in >>> VirtualBox 4.2.4r81684 I am not sure if I have something wrong with my CARP

ld; extracting from libraries; and related questions

2012-11-29 Thread Gary Aitken
I'm trying to track down why a library I've built doesn't have the stuff it's supposed to. The .o files are from a more recent port of glib, built in a non-standard place; but the .so contains files which appear to be from the standard /usr/ports installation. Something strange happened when bui

Re: ports and 'make fetchindex'

2012-11-29 Thread jb
jb gmail.com> writes: > ... -m option to fetch explains it. False alarm. jb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...

Re: ld; extracting from libraries; and related questions

2012-11-29 Thread Polytropon
On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:54:02 -0700, Gary Aitken wrote: > Is it possible to extract a .o from a lib.a or lib.so, so I can compare > it to the .o built by the make? If I remember correctly (which requires a travel into the distant past), I think "ar" - the library archiver - is the tool you need. C

Re[2]: How to allow httpd to run 'ipfw table 7 add ... '

2012-11-29 Thread Eugen Konkov
Здравствуйте, Steve. Вы писали 29 ноября 2012 г., 21:38:35: SOHS> On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:09:03 -0800 SOHS> Devin Teske wrote: >> >> On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Eugen Konkov wrote: >> >> > Hi. >> > >> > How to allow httpd to run this command 'ipfw table 7 add ... '? >> > >> >> imho the mos

Re: How to allow httpd to run 'ipfw table 7 add ... '

2012-11-29 Thread Devin Teske
On Nov 29, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 20:09:03 -0800 > Devin Teske wrote: > >> >> On Nov 28, 2012, at 7:48 PM, Eugen Konkov wrote: >> >>> Hi. >>> >>> How to allow httpd to run this command 'ipfw table 7 add ... '? >>> >> >> imho the most secure way i

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Fbsd8
Rick Miller wrote: Hi All, I want to inquire how the majority of users manage jails within their own environments. Do you use the utilities described in the handbook in chapter 16 or some other management facility like qjail or ezjail? Found qjail to be much more function rich than ezjail. W

Re: How do you manage jails?

2012-11-29 Thread Robison, Dave
On 11/29/2012 13:34, Fbsd8 wrote: > Stay away from using vimage with production jails (vimage provides a > network stack for each jail). Vimage is marked as experimental and use > at your own risk. You have to compile it into your kernel to deploy it. > FWIW we are using vimages for several crit

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-29 Thread Frank
It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production? -- Frank On Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Fbsd8 wrote: > Matthew Seaman wrote: > > On 23/11/2012 19:19, Fbsd8 wrote: > > > Where do I find the url for the beta-test server repositories? > > > Can I use ftp or browser to see index content?

Re: set connection to a modem

2012-11-29 Thread Fbsd8
s m wrote: thanks guys for your replies, now i understand two types of connections are available by modem, dial-in and dial-out. honestly, i should do it for my boss and don't know what he should want exactly to do but i am sure that he has an external serial modem and wants to config it by AT c

Re: CARP within VirtualBox Does it work?

2012-11-29 Thread dweimer
On 2012-11-29 14:47, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 29 Nov 2012, at 21:07, dweimer wrote: On 2012-11-29 12:53, Fleuriot Damien wrote: On Nov 29, 2012, at 6:43 PM, dweimer wrote: I was trying to setup a test of CARP on two virtual machines running in VirtualBox 4.2.4r81684 I am not sure if I hav

Re: audio CD/CD-TEXT

2012-11-29 Thread Juergen Lock
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 10:30:36PM -0800, Waitman Gobble wrote: > Hi, Hi! > > A girl sent me her CD and it appears that she created a mixed mode > disc with CD-TEXT info of her lyrics. I can't recall playing/noticing > such a disc in the past 10 years so I'm at a loss. > > I can dump the audio tr

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-29 Thread Damien Fleuriot
Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far. Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng. Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each. On 29 Nov 2012, at 22:48, Frank wrote: > It is safe yet to use pkg2ng in production? > > -- > Frank > > > On

Re: using new pkgng system on 9.0 system

2012-11-29 Thread Frank
-- Frank On Thursday, November 29, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Used it on 8.3 boxes here, no complaints so far. > > Gonna slowly transition all our ~60 firewalls to pkgng. > > Note that I used pkg2ng on firewall boxes with ~180 installed ports each. > pretty nice :) Tomorro

Re: Unexepected results when piping syslog to a fifo

2012-11-29 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On November 29, 2012 1:30:25 PM -0600 Paul Schmehl wrote: I'm working on a project which requires that I pipe a remote syslog to a fifo so a daemon can parse the results. After some googling I *thought* that I had figured out how to configure syslog to do this. Here's the syslog.conf entry

Re: i386 vs amd64

2012-11-29 Thread Shane Ambler
On 29/11/2012 22:00, Jakub Lach wrote: If it was from me, my system is without 32bit compat whatsoever, and this is not default setting on amd64. Maybe on def. amd64 there are no problems, I don't know, nobody replied to my thread. I have been running 9.0 amd64 for nearly 12 months, I think i

Re: audio CD/CD-TEXT

2012-11-29 Thread Waitman Gobble
On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 8:04 AM, Steve Randall wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:30:36 -0800 > Waitman Gobble wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> A girl sent me her CD and it appears that she created a mixed mode >> disc with CD-TEXT info of her lyrics. I can't recall playing/noticing >> such a disc in the past

Re: Anyone using squid and pf?

2012-11-29 Thread Leslie Jensen
Damien Fleuriot skrev 2012-11-29 00:28: On 27 November 2012 22:01, Leslie Jensen wrote: Well, that depends on what you want to do. If you want FTP traffic to go to ftp-proxy running on the firewall, then redirect to 8021. If you want it to go to your squid proxy, then send it to port 80