su to root

newbie out with this problem?? Another question, what group do I need to be in to su to root (if I need to be in a special group that is..) Thanks for all the help in advanceGOD BLESS YOU ALL Gavin -- Gavin's English School Fukushimaken, Fukushima City Nankodai 2-34-1 T-960-81

Re: reverse grep

On 11/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How is it possible to select lines that do NOT match a specific pattern? > > For example, I'm connecting to 192.168.123.254 via telnet (port 23), and > do tcpdump -nli rl0. This cyclic traffic, becuase when tcpdump outputs > something, th

Re: Multiple installation of one ports

all cases, portupgrade will not do everything for you. You still may have to run update.php sometimes if a particular update needs to have databases changes. Genuinely hope this helps! :) Gavin Spomer Systems Programmer Brooks Library Central Washington University >>> FreeBSD <[EMAI

Re: Multiple installation of one ports

every Drupal site. For example, if you have 3 Drupal sites running on the same server, they all use the same index.php file. So when you do a portupgrade of Drupal, then all three of your Drupal sites will be upgraded at once. Let me know if this doesn't make sense. - Gavin

RE: How to select/choose new NIC under FreeBSD?

Gavin Spomer Systems Programmer Brooks Library Central Washington University >>> Johan Hendriks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/26/08 5:01 AM >>> >Hello there, >At my work, I have a Dell PowerEdge2950 running FreeBSD 7.0, Webserver. This >server has onboard Broadco

Re: Best way to back up mysql database

>>> John Almberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/30/08 3:18 PM >>> First, I wanted to say how great this list is. I'm a newbie FreeBSD admin and, besides the Handbook and "Absolute FreeBSD" (which never seems to leave my desk), this list is the best resource I have. I just had a huge scare today... One o

Re: HP DL servers

We also have DL380's and I can't remember what generation my FreeBSD test server is, but it too has the Broadcoms in it which work fine with FreeBSD 7.0. Ours is recognized as bce however. Gavin Spomer Systems Programmer Brooks Library Central Washington University >>>

RaLink RT2760 + RT2720

Hello, I have purchased this wireless card: http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=105&cp_id=10501&cs_id=1050103&p_id=5338&seq=1&format=3#specification It seems that it is not being detected by 8.2-RELEASE. I have tried the RT2870 and RT2860 drivers with the card from: http://repo

Re: 9.0 bata2 & keymap

n still? Some of the other points brought up later about wanting to switch between two different keymaps seem sensible too, though I don't initially see how that would be possible. Gavin -- Gavin Atkinson FreeBSD committer and bugmeister GPG: A093262B (313A A79F 697D 3A5C 216A ED

Re: Help with Difficult Startup Script

sudo Cheers Gavin On 1/2/06, Mike Esquardez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, I am trying to make a script that runs the following commands. This > is difficult for me because I dont know how to switch users. Currently > these > are the commands that I am trying to scrip

Re: asterisk

Add the following to /etc/make.conf WITHOUT_H323=yes # asterisk WITHOUT_ZAPTEL=yes WITHOUT_ODBC=yes WITHOUT_FAX=yes and try again... I hit this very issue last night. Gavin On 1/25/06, Playnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello freebsd-questions, > > sstand# make cle

Re: FTP Automate Shell Script

A .netrc file (read the ftp man page) may work for you. Cheers Gavin On 1/30/06, Angelo Christou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello. I am using FreeBSD 6.0 and Bash as my shell. I > am following a tutorial to create a shell script to > copy some files. It works perectly

Problems with USB Flash Memory Device under FreeBSD 4.10 - "NOT READY, Medium not present"

above mount operation is attempted: Jul 23 17:04:35 UnixBox sudo: gavin : TTY=ttyv0 ; PWD=/usr/home/gavin ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/sbin/mount -t msdos -o ro /dev/da0 /mnt Jul 23 17:04:35 UnixBox /kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY. CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 23 17:04:35 UnixBox /kernel

Re: Samba

Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Stanley Wright wrote: I'm having a problem setting up Samba(Ver 2.2.7a) on FreeBSD. Ive already set Samba up on RedHAt and Mandrake with no issues. I can see the icon for the FreeBSD share under Network Neighborhood but when it is clicked I get the message:

Unexpected soft update inconsistency

or Raptors 3ware 9500 raid card - raid 10 -- Gavin Grabias Enter.Net, Inc. Phone: (610) 437-2221 "The Road to the Internet Starts Here!" (tm) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ques

Re: How can I limit some port according to ethernet card MAC?

IPFW allows you to filter based on MAC addresses. man ipfw Cheers Gavin On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:17:25 +0800, heath, Chia Hui Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I use FreeBSD 5.2.1 as NAT. > How can I limit some port (packet in and out) according to ethernet card MAC >

Re: What is Freebsd 5.3 safe mode ?

ing of EISA slots (as very few systems have them), and in i386 it also disables the use of ACPI and the APICs. Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send an

FreeBSD Training

fundage into a commercial training course that will enhance my knowledge and skills in areas relevent to our business model. So is there anything out there that caters for FreeBSD training in South Africa? Thanks, Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Who can help me with ISO's

these files. I am willing to travel and will replace/supply the relevant CD-R's. Thanks, Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: ISOs

ily fit on one handy DVD??? I managed to fit disc1 on a standard 700MB CD. Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

change mediaopt of NIC to full-duplex

e it. Is there possibly another method that I can use on my FreeBSD server to permanently change my NIC settings to full-duplex? Thanks, Gavin -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qu

Re: change mediaopt of NIC to full-duplex

Thanks to all for the helpful replies and pointers, I thought it would have been more complicated than just editing a config file so I was looking in the wrong places. Cheers, Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: Obtaining release 4.1

http://mirrorlist.freebsd.org/ Both of the listed sites are currently working. Gavin On 11/12/05, Dinh C. Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > I am trying to download release 4.1 from the website and I am unable to > connect to either of the ftp sites from FreeBSD.or

cups-pstoraster port broken?

mplete type src/sdct.h:91: field `source' has incomplete type gmake: *** [obj/sdctc.o] Error 1 *** Error code 2 I do have jpeg-6b-1 installed and jpeglib.h and jpegint.h are in /usr/local/include. I'm running a fairly recent -STABLE. Any ideas? Ta Gavin To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message

cvs problems..

) if possilbe, could someone send me the url where I locate the cheet sheet for using CVS again!! Thanks in Advance to all that reply.. Sincerely, Gavin Gavin's English School Fukushimaken, Fukushima City Nankodai, 2-34-1 Japan Zip Code 960-8143 phone 0245-21-6220 Fax 0245-22-3264 e

Re: SunFire V210/V240 (UltraSparc IIIi) and FreeBSD

in the future. But, as I say, don't get your hopes up. Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Unable to install 5.4 from CDROM

have a dodgy copy of 5.4. Did you analyse the MD5 Checksum ?? Is the cdrom drive connected to the IDE channel, or is it SCSI. Have you tried another cdrom drive? The other option would be to get the 5.4 BOOT disk, boot from it and install via the net. Hope yo

Re: FREESBIE 1.1

glm wrote: Hello, Can I install FREESBEE 1.1 and then upgrade from the installed FreeBSD 5.3 to 5.4 using the Release CD. Hi there, I wouldn't think so 'cos FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 6.X. If you want 5.3 or 5.4 then why not just do a normal installation ?? Regar

Re: FREESBIE 1.1

Mark Kane wrote: Gavin McDougall wrote: glm wrote: Hello, Can I install FREESBEE 1.1 and then upgrade from the installed FreeBSD 5.3 to 5.4 using the Release CD. Hi there, I wouldn't think so 'cos FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 6.X. FreeSBIE is based on FreeBSD 5.3.

php5-extensions & php5-cli

ing wrong? What is the easiest way to get php module, php CLI plus extensions installed on one machine? Ta Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail t

Re: make installworld problem

>From /usr/src/UPDATING on my 5.3-STABLE machine... 20040308: The packet filter (pf) is now installed with the base system. Make sure to run mergemaster -p before installworld to create required user account ("proxy"). If you do not want to build pf with your system

Re: php5-extensions & php5-cli

Thanks... I'll try the plain on php5 port rather than php5-cli or mod_php5. Ta Gavin On 4/30/05, Odhiambo Washington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Gavin Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [20050429 17:22]: wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Is there anyway using the p

Multicast Routing Performance

Does any one have any experience of using a FreeBSD Box as a multicast router? I have a PIII 800Mhz with two 100Mbps NICS, what kind of throughput can I expect to get out of this setup? please can you cc [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers Gavin __ Yahoo

Re: Multicast Routing Performance

ppose there are any settings I can tweak? cheers Gavin --- Olivier Nicole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Does any one have any experience of using a > FreeBSD > > Box as a multicast router? > > > > I have a PIII 800Mhz with two 100Mbps NICS, what > kind >

Not able to finish new 4.8 install on Compaq Alphaserver DS20

at it might be a good idea to check the CDROM drive in another machine or replace it with a new drive. I have tested this drive on another machine and it seems to be working fine. Thank-you in advance for your assistance in solving this problem. Regards, Gavin Hubbard _

RE: Not able to finish new 4.8 install on Compaq Alphaserver DS20

d 'Packages' > within that. This will download the packages/INDEX from the FTP > server and give you a fairly easy way to install what packages you > require. Hi Matthew Thank-you very much for your carefully considered reply - I now have a working system. With very best rega

XFree86 Configuration

is supported by XFree86-4). Second, how do I break out of the crashed console? Is there a magic key combination I can use? The system seems to be alive (it responds to pings) but I have not enabled telnet/ssh or any other remote admin tools. Thanks in advance for your help.

NWFS filesystem support in FreeBSD

RC 3/DC controller and PV220S disk enclosure) for data recovery purposes? Regards, Gavin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: NWFS filesystem support in FreeBSD

ng transported across the network via NCP. Looks like I'm out of luck and will have to settle for the content from the backup tapes I've already restored, and lose the remaining days worth of changes :-( Cheers, Gavin ___ freebsd-ques

Re: Main web site (still) out of date

s are 4.10 and 5.3! Curiouser and curiouser, Gavin R. Putland. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Main web site... & egg on my face

www.freebsd.org... and got the up-to-date version. So I'll take up the matter with my ISP. (Or perhaps I should change to internode.on.net, whose servers apparently run FreeBSD.) > :) Indeed. With thanks (and apologies, if amusement i