Re: Deprecating base system ftpd?

2021-04-07 Thread Kurt Buff
On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 6:18 AM tech-lists wrote: > > Hi, I'm a bit late to the discussion > > On Mon, Apr 05, 2021 at 07:44:59AM -0700, Cy Schubert wrote: > > >I think this is an excellent start. My shopping list includes: > > > >- remove ftp(1) > >- remove ftpd(8) > >- remove telnet(1) > >- remov

Re: FreeBSD 11.2-RC1 Now Available

2018-06-03 Thread Kurt Buff
On Sun, Jun 3, 2018 at 4:19 PM, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > George Mitchell wrote: > > > > On 06/01/18 21:31, Glen Barber wrote: > > > [...] > > > If you would like to use SVN to do a source based update of an > existing= > > > > > system, use the "stable/11" branch. > > > [...] > > > > So what's r

Re: FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - First Quarter 2016 (fwd)

2016-05-01 Thread Kurt Buff
Further deponent sayeth not... Kurt On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: > On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 10:25 PM, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >> That's just good old fun with words, and driving people to the >> thesaurus > > > So what's it s

Re: FreeBSD Quarterly Status Report - First Quarter 2016 (fwd)

2016-05-01 Thread Kurt Buff
Trolling? Oh heck no. That's just good old fun with words, and driving people to the thesaurus. After all, immediate following that was this: Please submit status reports for the second quarter of 2016 by July 7. A thesaurus will be provided for submitters who do not have one of their own.

Re: Having a problem compiling a customized kernel

2013-02-19 Thread Kurt Buff
-19 04:48, Kurt Buff wrote: >> >I'm working on troubleshooting a random network dropout in an older >> >Acer Aspire One, and am compiling an otherwise generic kernel with the >> >following options: >> ... >> >linking kernel.debug >> >ld:/usr/

Having a problem compiling a customized kernel

2013-02-18 Thread Kurt Buff
n, Feb 18, 2013 at 5:43 PM, Adrian Chadd wrote: > yup > > > > adrian > > > On 18 February 2013 17:32, Kurt Buff wrote: >> BTW - those should read >> >> options ATH_DEBUG >> options AH_DEBUG >> options ATH_DIAGAPI >> >> Correct? &

Re: nomenclature for conf files

2012-11-13 Thread Kurt Buff
de to clean up. Kurt On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 7:51 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2012 15:35, "Kurt Buff" wrote: > > > > On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > > > > > > On 12 Nov 2012 05:20, "Kurt Buff" wrote: >

Re: nomenclature for conf files

2012-11-12 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:29 AM, Chris Rees wrote: > > On 12 Nov 2012 05:20, "Kurt Buff" wrote: >> >> On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Zoran Kolic wrote: >> > It might sound stupid, but I'd like to know if there's >> > any diffe

Re: nomenclature for conf files

2012-11-11 Thread Kurt Buff
On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Zoran Kolic wrote: > It might sound stupid, but I'd like to know if there's > any difference. Are those 3 line the same? > > WITH_KMS=YES > WITH_KMS="YES" > WITH_KMS=yes With regard to their use in /etc/rc.conf, no, absolutely not. In general, from my experience,

Re: FreeBSD9 and the sheer number of problem reports

2012-02-23 Thread Kurt Buff
On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 10:25, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Now, I find the number of problem reports regarding 9.0-RELEASE alarming > and I'm growing more and more fearful towards it. > > In the current state of things, I have *absolutely* no wish to run it in > production :( > > I'd love to hear fe

Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool

2011-12-24 Thread Kurt Buff
On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 09:25, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > While this is generally true, the BIND issue was absolutely not > addressed "as fast as possible".  I guess you weren't aware that it was > announced publicly literally over a month ago: > > https://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve

Re: FLAME - security advisories on the 23rd ? uncool idea is uncool

2011-12-24 Thread Kurt Buff
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 08:07, Damien Fleuriot wrote: > Hey up list, > > Look, just a rant here. > > > Who in *HELL* thought it would be a cool idea to release no less than > FOUR security advisories today ? I'm guessing the Security Officer and those with whom he consults. Just a thought, since

Re: FreeBSD 7.1 Content

2008-09-03 Thread Kurt Buff
Google for freesbie, or perhaps PC-BSD On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:36 AM, Dan Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BACKGROUND: > > A few years ago one could get a FreeBSD CD and install X and get a decent > basic system from one CD. > > One can still do this with Ubuntu today as well. > > Why can't we

Re: How to take down a system to the point of requiring a newfs with one line of C (userland)

2008-02-18 Thread Kurt Buff
Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this! Doctor: Don't do that... On Feb 18, 2008 1:23 PM, Dag-Erling Smørgrav <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jim Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > #include > > #include > > > > int main(int argc, char **argv) { int i; char buf[1024]; bzero(buf, 1024); > > f

Re: Software for distribution of configuration files and changes

2007-11-20 Thread Kurt Buff
On Nov 20, 2007 3:15 PM, Julian H. Stacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Karl M. Joch wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > i have searched alot for a software to: > > > > > > - distribut configuration files from one master to different > > > systems - maintain configuration files on one machine for all

Re: how much beer do I need to get this patch applied?

2007-06-20 Thread Kurt Buff
On 6/20/07, Jo Rhett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Kurt Buff wrote: > On 6/20/07, Dan Rue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If it's too broken to complain, then the behavior is the same with or >> without this patch. > > Indeed, which

Re: how much beer do I need to get this patch applied?

2007-06-20 Thread Kurt Buff
On 6/20/07, Dan Rue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 11:50:23AM -0400, Javier Henderson wrote: > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:13:06 -0500, Dan Rue wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2007 at 08:47:48PM -0700, Jo Rhett wrote: > >> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/88486 > >> > >> T

RE: 5.4: Can't start ssh due to entropy source blocking?

2005-09-01 Thread Kurt Buff
I ran into it just yesterday. I was walking a newb in our IT department through setting up a server, and he used all caps for the domain.tld portion of the server name - testbed.ZETRON.COM. Had the same problem as you describe. Edited the /etc/rc.conf, had him reboot and try again, and it worked

RE: A problem with ntop after upgrading from 5.3 to stable

2005-08-26 Thread Kurt Buff
Scot Hetzel wrote: > It got the file from the right place, but apparently the build system > for 5-STABLE is broken, as libpthread.so.2 doesn't appear until > RELENG_6. Sounds reasonable. > > However, per your thoughts, I did the 'make deinstall' and > 'make install'. > > Not happy. Gives messa

RE: A problem with ntop after upgrading from 5.3 to stable

2005-08-26 Thread Kurt Buff
Forgive me, meant to send this to the list: Scot Hetzel wrote: > On 8/26/05, Kurt Buff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I did the ntop upgrade by doing a 'make deinstall' of 3.0, > then a 'pkg_add > > -r ntop', which reported success. > >

A problem with ntop after upgrading from 5.3 to stable

2005-08-26 Thread Kurt Buff
All, Followed the steps in http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html and all seemed well, as I was able to ssh into the box, postfix is still happy, etc. I did the ntop upgrade by doing a 'make deinstall' of 3.0, then a 'pkg_add -r ntop', which reported success.

Re: Why Move . . .

2005-05-28 Thread Kurt Buff
Phares Kariuki wrote: > Hi, > > Im currently running fedora core 2. I was informed about this list by a > friend running freebsd. Now what I wanted to ask is whether any one of you > has used any redhat flavours, if so, what is the distinct advantage of > moving to freebsd ( i have never used i