ZFS root mount problem

2011-03-01 Thread Patrick Gibson
I'm installing 8.2 on a server using the instructions for ZFS root filesystem (http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot), and when I reboot after installing, it says: Root mount waiting for: usbus4 followed by: ROOT MOUNT ERROR When I did the initial install, I booted using a CD, and then f

Re: ZFS root mount problem

2011-03-02 Thread Patrick Gibson
Thank you! Google Translate has helped some, and I will give that all a try this morning. Patrick On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 4:45 AM, Elias Chrysocheris wrote: > On Wednesday 02 of March 2011 00:22:28 Patrick Gibson wrote: >> I'm installing 8.2 on a server using the instruction

Re: Finish upgrading remote server without physically being there?

2011-03-02 Thread Patrick Gibson
If you're using a fairly recent version of FreeBSD, why not just use the built-in freebsd-update? freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.2-RELEASE freebsd-update install reboot freebsd-update install Patrick On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Ed Flecko wrote: > Hi folks, > If I understand the process of upg

Re: Simplest way to deny access to a class C

2011-03-03 Thread Patrick Gibson
You might consider mod_security (/usr/ports/www/mod_security) which can be set up to ban hosts based on behaviour or characteristics. Or fail2ban (/usr/ports/security/py-fail2ban) is really great, too, in that it scans whatever logs you want, and can trigger a block in your firewall if enough viol

Re: Simplest way to deny access to a class C

2011-03-04 Thread Patrick Gibson
tion... > > -Original Message- > From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Patrick Gibson > Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 5:58 PM > To: Jorge Biquez > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Simple

Re: Simplest way to deny access to a class C

2011-03-04 Thread Patrick Gibson
, Outback Dingo wrote: > > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Patrick Gibson > wrote: >> >> fail2ban by default only bans an IP for 10 minutes, and that's >> configurable. It can also email you anytime it imposes a ban, so one >> can keep an eye on things

Console Messages Remotely

2002-11-14 Thread patrick gibson
I like how when I su to root in FreeBSD, I get the console messages to my virtual tty. I have one server, though, where these messages are not being displayed. I haven't changed anything of which that I'm aware that would cause this, and my /etc/syslog.conf file seems okay: *.err;kern.debug;auth.n