Re: Theo is a Blogger :-)

2006-04-01 Thread A Rossi
Quite the april fool's joke. Must have been done someplace close to the international date line, because where I live, it just turned 1:00 pm and those posts begin today at 5:00 am and the latest is at 6 pm. quite a good laugh though. I wonder what Theo thinks of it Anton Karpov wrote: For

Re: Sys-Admin vs Network Admin

2006-04-01 Thread A Rossi
Funny, I live in the West Coast US. Oregon to be specific. Indeed, I am not qualified, so 50$/hr is quite out of the question. I thought 10$/hr seemed reasonable given that I'm not sweeping the floors or mowing his lawn, I'm managing his disorganized mess of a network. And that job is like a swe

Re: Firefox with Java and Flash

2006-03-30 Thread A Rossi
do a search of the list archives; I remember somebody asking the same question a few weeks ago and getting flamed for it. The answer was also in there too ;) A Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, I have installed in my machine both firefox web browser and java plugin (compiled on my own machine). The

Re: Sys-Admin vs Network Admin

2006-03-30 Thread A Rossi
In the small business I am working for, I am both. I administer the firewall and the BSD box which will replace the current windows file server. Unfortunately, because I am new, he wants a professional. I think it's because I constantly remind him that his security needs improvement: better pas

Re: Samba

2006-03-27 Thread A Rossi
J, Read the Samba handbook. All of it. Yes, it was written for linux, however, it contains some important information regarding your needs. And if the OpenBSD package doesn't contain the functionality support you need, you could try the port. I haven't used any ports on OpenBSD but I think you

Re: Openbsd PF Book

2006-03-26 Thread A Rossi
Buy it from the OpenBSD site, it supports OpenBSD (as I understand it), and it gets you your book! it's Win/Win!! Qwerty wrote: Hi All, Could anyone please tell me if the book "Building firewalls with OpenBSD and PF" (found at Amazon), would still be applicable today, or is it a bit outdated. T

Jail() vs. chroot()

2006-03-25 Thread A Rossi
I've been comparing FreeBSD with OpenBSD as of late for the role of web server. I generally prefer OpenBSD because I find it easier to use (I like finding the configs for my installed applications in /etc not /usr/local/etc among other things) however, jail()-from what I've read-seems to be su

Re: Small office with BSD blueprint

2006-03-20 Thread A Rossi
Will H. Backman wrote: I assume something like a $40 linksys. Might I suggest that if you have budget for an extra computer or an older one laying around (not *too* old if you want decent outgoing internet performance) pop some NICs into it and use pfSense ( www.pfsense.com ) to make it a fire

Re: Reminder about the X Aperture

2006-03-16 Thread A Rossi
modern PC video card architecture containing a large quantity of PURE EVIL. This joke has a whole new meaning... http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20021029 As an aside, there are no alternative windows systems that are functional or secure?

Re: Pre-orders for our releases.

2006-03-10 Thread A Rossi
A thought suddenly occurs. Perhaps big companies that use OpenBSD do not want to disclose their use by donating because they fear that this might give their competitors an advantage(now their competitors know what OS they're using), or might help crackers/s-kiddies/etc. attack that company now tha

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-23 Thread A Rossi
Thank you all and good night! Chris Zakelj wrote: A Rossi wrote: Hi, I've been hired by a client to perform a number of network services for him, most of which are completely unrelated to my topic. Now, onto my topic: He asked me if I could partition all o

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-23 Thread A Rossi
On Thursday 16 February 2006 01:58, A Rossi wrote: My client didn't really like the idea of just making a windows partition and disallowing the users from accessing it with permissions, because then they'd know about something... And some might complai

Adapting config

2006-02-22 Thread A Rossi
I'm adapting a samba config for a domain server from FreeBSD to OpenBSD, but part of it doesn't appear to be able to work in OpenBSD The part that needs to be adapted: add user script = /usr/sbin/pw useradd -n %u -m #%u is a SMB variable (its the user being added) -m makes a home #directory fo

Re: Information about device polling

2006-02-22 Thread A Rossi
Thanks! Any particular reason, other than that OBSD focuses on correctness and security rather than speed? Or is there a security problem with polling? Ted Unangst wrote: On 2/22/06, A Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was looking through the man pages on the OBSD site, and I can

Information about device polling

2006-02-22 Thread A Rossi
I was looking through the man pages on the OBSD site, and I can't seem to find a page giving the status of polling (whether its supported or not) on any of the network drivers. Where could I find this information?

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-21 Thread A Rossi
ery I was hoping for. Alas. But there should be enough storage that I could have a few computers making up one copy, and a few making up another. Thanks A Rossi Graham Gower wrote: On 22/02/06, A Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You may want to experiment with hiding the

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-21 Thread A Rossi
y idea that does not yet exist. Someday when I learn to program, I'll write something that does explicitly this... Thanks all! A Rossi Steve Shockley wrote: A Rossi wrote: > I like this idea. But one question: is it possible for the OpenBSD > box to access all these "hid

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-20 Thread A Rossi
thanks Daniel A. Ramaley wrote: On Thursday 16 February 2006 01:58, A Rossi wrote: My client didn't really like the idea of just making a windows partition and disallowing the users from accessing it with permissions, because then they'd know about something... And some migh

Re: "Correct" directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread A Rossi
ing to keep in mind. Hope this helps -A Rossi William Kranec wrote: Hi, I have a photo collection which I would like multiple users to be able to access, and I would like to do this by storing the files in a central location on my disk and linking /home/$USER/photos to that directory. Wh

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-15 Thread A Rossi
s for the input, and don't stop! One idea might spark a thought in the right direction (as is the case with me, usually). A Rossi P.S. My apologies to those of you who use console-based mail clients. I'm still trying to figure out how to get Thunderbird to wrap my text at 72 character

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-15 Thread A Rossi
As I though. That is what I told my client. Thank you for verifying my knowledge. Chris Zakelj wrote: A Rossi wrote: Hi, I've been hired by a client to perform a number of network services for him, most of which are completely unrelated to my topic. Now, onto my topic: He asked me

network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-15 Thread A Rossi
s for such a long post. I am new to OpenBSD, but I like what I see. Thanks, A Rossi