Re: OpenBSD on GitHub

2012-08-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 02:14:56PM -0600, Theo de Raadt wrote: > > I don't find this controversial, except the notion that sticking with > > blunt tools to solve a human/procedural problem is a good idea. > > How else should I, as the maintainer of the trunk, contain the damage > from these human/

Re: OpenBSD on GitHub

2012-08-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sun, Aug 05, 2012 at 03:00:04PM -0400, Ted Unangst wrote: > I will add a somewhat controversial viewpoint to the mix. Because cvs > makes working with branches and large diffs so painful, it forces > developers to split their work into smaller pieces. In OpenBSD, > that's a good thing. Keepin

Re: OpenBSD on GitHub

2012-08-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 07:05:38PM +0200, Marc Espie wrote: > Well, git just has a different set of bugs than cvs. ... > I would deem cvs MORE painful than git on average, it's just that > we're more accustomed to the pain... Yes, this is right. And also there would be a price to pay in lost produ

Re: OpenBSD forked

2012-06-22 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 07:35:06AM -0600, Diana Eichert wrote: > morons > > if you can't write forth code you should stay home. > > diana WORD -- http://code.phxbsd.com/

Re: OpenBSD forked

2012-06-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 05:12:22PM +0200, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 08:00:58PM +0530, Jay Patel wrote: > > > I am reading Primus C .. i started off with K & R ..lost my way in > > some point so someone recommended start with Primus C> > > > > Thanks all for help. > > Yes, K&

Re: create a backup of an online server

2011-12-28 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 11:00:52AM -0500, Nick Holland wrote: > However, backing up an IMAP mail store daily leaves a lot to be > desired. Most likely time for someone to accidentally delete the > important mail they have been waiting for is probably not too long > after it arrives. Depending (mos

Re: using ssh to forward the install console

2011-12-07 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Dec 07, 2011 at 08:31:42PM +, Miod Vallat wrote: > The answer: you can't. That was what I thought, too. But now I wonder about using yaifo from a desktop running a vnc server. It might work. -- http://code.phxbsd.com/

Re: write spamd log to another file

2011-09-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:17:55PM +0400, pavel pocheptsov wrote: > > See syslog.conf(5) and try !!spamd instead. > > # cat /etc/syslog.conf | grep spamd > !!spamd > daemon.info /var/log/spamd > > still don't work. I have mine near the top of syslog.conf

Re: write spamd log to another file

2011-09-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 10:31:23PM +0400, pavel pocheptsov wrote: > # cat /etc/syslog.conf | grep spamd > !spamd > *.* /var/log/spamd See syslog.conf(5) and try !!spamd instead. -- http://code.phxbsd.com/

Re: Utility to decompress gz files, when gunzip says "unrecognized file format"

2011-08-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 12:21:26PM -0700, Brett wrote: > ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/misc/lite2-docs/psd/12.make.ps.gz > > $ gunzip 12.make.ps.gz > gunzip: 12.make.ps.gz: unrecognized file format You might try the 'file' command on your file to see what an independent identification says. I'm

Re: Tracking What it's changing in current

2011-02-17 Thread Darrin Chandler
IIRC, someone had methods to import CVS into Mercurial (hg) using cvsps that largely succeeded in making change sets. Of course it's not perfect, but it can never be perfect. It's been too long for me to remember details. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 09:01:20AM -0600, Marco Peereboom wrote: > Right, bu

Re: Please help me decide: OpenWrt vs. OpenBSD

2011-01-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 02:18:45PM -0800, S Mathias wrote: > What is more secure/reliable in this case? > OpenWrt or OpenBSD? > Anyone got any opinions? What should i choose? I suggest that you try *both* and give each some time. You will learn some things, and you will make a more informed decis

Re: Advice on learning C as first language

2010-11-24 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 06:55:20AM -0800, James Hozier wrote: > So, as a newbie with no knowledge in programming at all whatsoever and > wanting to learn C, I bought K&R's The C Programming Language (2nd > edition) as per the suggestion on the OpenBSD website. I read the > disclaimers in the intro

Re: Auto Logout Idle Users

2010-10-14 Thread Darrin Chandler
> >> rm /bin/csh > >> cp /bin/ksh /bin/csh > > > You just forced your csh users to use ksh. Why do you want them to hate you? > > It's just a shell, they'll get over it. Remove it from /etc/shells instead. Replacing csh with ksh is evil, and I don'

Re: ath5k case misinterpretation

2010-09-26 Thread Darrin Chandler
straight to thieves. > > > > Could you please tell me if it finally ended up in such a state that > reyk didn't get the credit for what he did ? See these for starters: http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS2902106404.html http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2007/gpl-non-gpl-colla

Re: 4.7 smtpd "500 Pipelining unsupported"

2010-09-24 Thread Darrin Chandler
c0 at isa0 port 0x60/5 > pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 > pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) > pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot > wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > midi0 at pcppi0: > spkr0 at pcppi0 > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: density unknown > fd1 at fdc0 drive 1: density unknown > usb0 at uhci0: USB revision 1.0 > uhub0 at usb0 "Intel UHCI root hub" rev 1.00/1.00 addr 1 > nvram: invalid checksum > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support > vscsi0 at root > scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets > softraid0 at root > root on wd0a swap on wd0b dump on wd0b > clock: unknown CMOS layout > > Any help is appreciated > -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: OpenBSD Vim Programming FAQ

2010-08-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
le who would like to see some > tutorial. I do not think it's a weird topic, and I know of developers aside from Marco who use Vim (who have kindly shared some settings with me). -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://

Re: developing openbsd?

2010-08-08 Thread Darrin Chandler
tions=t0,+4,(4,u4,w1 set shiftwidth=8 set softtabstop=8 let c_space_errors=1 That gets me somewhat close. Anyone want to share other ways or refinements? -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://met

Re: scrotwm and X keys

2010-07-07 Thread Darrin Chandler
t until program[mute] is seen, so bind[mute] would fail. > > If I enable hashed lines in config the situation happens. > > Any way to get these keys working in scrotwm? > > Or should I switch to 'x11/xbindkeys' from ports? > > jirib > -- Darrin C

Re: Mails from Self to List

2010-06-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 11:10:34AM -0500, dontek wrote: > Is it normal not to see mails from self on the list? No, it's not normal. It's most likely gmail doing this. IIRC, there's a setting somewhere, but I don't use gmail so I don't recall details. -- Darrin Chandl

Re: OT - UML, can someone state that it works ?

2010-05-06 Thread Darrin Chandler
in books, but most managers do not want to hear it. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: OT - UML, can someone state that it works ?

2010-05-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
our situation. A pad of paper may be helpful also. I'm really glad I learned about analysis and design, and daily I use things I learned, but no way in hell am I following any Methodlogy. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phx

Re: openbsd not blob free?

2010-05-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
non-free microcode, starting with the CPU. I don't pretend to know all the issues involved here, but I think what I've said above is accurate as far as it goes. You can't turn on a mainstream computer that is free of closed microcode: such computers just don't exist. -- Darrin

Re: Stop spam from ISP Mailserver

2010-04-27 Thread Darrin Chandler
hey can work well with proper care. Also, some mail clients such as Thunderbird have spam filtering built in, which comes pre-trained and is further trainable. That's probably the easiest. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http:/

Re: Source Overview

2010-04-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
committer. > > I concur. In summary, everyone offering help is lying; fact is they > are unwilling to get off the couch. I appreciate the sentiment, but this isn't true. How many new developers have been added over the past few of years? How many patches have been taken from

Re: OpenBSD culture?

2010-04-15 Thread Darrin Chandler
mous" was? > Does the code become useless if its ownership > cannot be transferred? In other words.. is there no > such thing as genuine "public domain"? > -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://

Re: OpenBSD culture?

2010-04-14 Thread Darrin Chandler
x27;d continue providing a blob, which adaptec had dropped as not worth their time. If I do have it right, it was lame from the very start. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: recent hardware with older OpenBSD versions

2010-03-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
ows until you see? But even if you have the expertise to do the work it still introduces its own problems of slightly different versions and the support that goes along with it. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.

Re: recent hardware with older OpenBSD versions

2010-03-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
f you can't manage that much then why not? -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: OpenBSD insecure OS?

2010-02-24 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 07:02:15PM +, carlos albino garcia grijalba wrote: > I foud this: > http://allthatiswrong.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/the-insecurity-of-openbsd/ > > so ? http://marc.info/?t=12641295802&r=1&w=2 So. -- Darrin Chandler| Ph

Re: OpenBSD Volunteer needed today in Los Angeles - Solved!

2010-02-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 03:35:32PM -0800, Michael Dexter wrote: > Thank you Seth and Brooke for materializing and putting on a great > OpenBSD booth at SCaLE in Los Angeles. Seth and Brooke? I know those two! Good people. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | M

Re: OT, .. but has anyone seen a crontab editor

2010-02-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
re a > good bunch of folks out there more interested in creating good code tham > spouting bs. Brett is one of those who do good things with code for the rest of us using OpenBSD. OTOH, I can't figure out why you haven't scripted something to do crontab editing and releas

Re: OT: Python (was Re: vi in /bin)

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
an ethernet driver get called when there's a lot of traffic? Really, Python doesn't paste well from the web and this can be a problem for newbies. This isn't about Python being a language of ideas, it's about Python choosing indent as meaningful and how sucky copying from a web page

Re: OT: Python (was Re: vi in /bin)

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 08:32:08PM +0100, Jonathan Schleifer wrote: > Darrin Chandler wrote: > > > You're doing testing wrong and the wrongness has nothing to do with > > python. ;-) > > Erm, since when is it wrong to change code for testing, to make sure

Re: OT: Python (was Re: vi in /bin)

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 07:29:00PM +0100, Jonathan Schleifer wrote: > Darrin Chandler wrote: > > > I agree that copy/paste from the web would be challenging for > > newcomers. Pastes from the web do horrible things to indenting. If > > you aren't comfortable wi

Re: OT: Python (was Re: vi in /bin)

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
allenging for newcomers. Pastes from the web do horrible things to indenting. If you aren't comfortable with Python it'd be a huge pain. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http:

Re: OT: Python (was Re: vi in /bin)

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 02:38:20PM +0100, Claudio Jeker wrote: > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 06:17:50AM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2009 at 01:54:54PM +0100, ropers wrote: > > > 2009/12/19 Henning Brauer : > > > > any excuse to not know pytho

Re: Root file system is growing strangely

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
gSpace But yes, such things are almost impossible to Google up. Anything with small numbers or symbols doesn't search well at all. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: OT: Python (was Re: vi in /bin)

2009-12-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
nning has actual reasons. I haven't heard him talk about Python before so I don't know. Henning? -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: Hardware versus Software RAID

2009-11-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:08:33PM -0700, Jeff Ross wrote: > Darrin Chandler wrote: >> If you're doing RAID for redundancy/safety then there are some things to >> consider: >> >> * hardware RAID w/ good controller can be very fast and reliable >> >>

Re: Hardware versus Software RAID

2009-11-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
d slot) > pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot > wskbd0 at pckbd0: console keyboard, using wsdisplay0 > pmsi0 at pckbc0 (aux slot) > pckbc0: using irq 12 for aux slot > wsmouse0 at pmsi0 mux 0 > pcppi0 at isa0 port 0x61 > midi0 at pcppi0: > spkr0 at pcppi0 > npx0 at isa0 port 0xf0/16: reported by CPUID; using exception 16 > fdc0 at isa0 port 0x3f0/6 irq 6 drq 2 > fd0 at fdc0 drive 0: 1.44MB 80 cyl, 2 head, 18 sec > mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support > vscsi0 at root > scsibus2 at vscsi0: 256 targets > softraid0 at root > root on sd0a swap on sd0b dump on sd0b > > -- > Mauro Rezzonico , Como, Italia > "Maybe this world is another planet's hell" - H.Huxley > -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: openbsd programming resources?

2009-11-13 Thread Darrin Chandler
art .. It's not the worst. ;-) "Where or how can I learn" is a fine question. Much better than "Just give me the answer so I don't have to read or think" -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: OpenBSD platform of choice?

2009-11-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
in production. Weighing price/performance/power/whatever it's the best choice. Depending on what other software you need you may have to rule out even amd64 (or live with pain). The necro analogy is funny, but there's a time and place for these machines. Production machines are not i

Re: Secure way to delete data in hard disc

2009-10-28 Thread Darrin Chandler
ome kind of remote bioctl --de-assify I > could run? It's awfully hard to unbreak an egg. Perhaps bobctl --ass-in-pants is what's needed? -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http:/

Re: Kernel choice

2009-08-15 Thread Darrin Chandler
wrong" about using GENERIC instead of GENERIC.MP, but if you have two cores you might as well use GENERIC.MP and be able to use both. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: Delete packages with dependencies

2009-08-04 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 12:47:49PM -0400, Luis Useche wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 12:14 PM, Darrin > Chandler wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 04, 2009 at 11:30:44AM -0400, Luis Useche wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Bret S. Lambert > >> wrote: > >>

Re: Delete packages with dependencies

2009-08-04 Thread Darrin Chandler
d' ' -f1 > pkgs.after # pkg_delete $(comm -13 pkgs.before pkgs.after) -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: Long time to connect to MySQL server on sparc64

2009-08-02 Thread Darrin Chandler
Check your mysql logs. There may be a clue there. How is DNS on this machine? Does it resolve the machines trying to connect to it? -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: simple pipe question

2009-07-29 Thread Darrin Chandler
mmand directly > to spamdb? Add this to the end of your pipeline: | xargs -n1 spamdb -d Note that spamdb will accept more than one address for -d, so you can play with taking away the "-n1" or increasing 1 to a larger number to make this more efficient. -- Darrin Chandler

Re: spamdb: is it my eyes or do TRAPPED addresses still manage to get through?

2009-07-24 Thread Darrin Chandler
de) spamd will update pf immediately since it knows there's a change. If you want immediate response then dump the IP in the pf table as well as adding it with spamdb. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/

Re: tmux vs screen questions

2009-07-13 Thread Darrin Chandler
gt; just ignore them. This would be great! -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: When ACPI systems fail to boot or act weirdly

2009-06-07 Thread Darrin Chandler
@ the sendbug in current does just that. And > yes, we'd love to see those too. Sendbug only does those when run as root? Or am I thinking of something else? -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | ht

Re: List of old forked or frozen code like apache that needs cleanup?

2009-06-04 Thread Darrin Chandler
. > > Fair picking, I deserved it! (;> Picking? Nose? I can't do it. It just doesn't seem sportsmanlike. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation

Re: List of old forked or frozen code like apache that needs cleanup?

2009-06-04 Thread Darrin Chandler
ave been "noise" not "nose". > > > > Fair picking, I deserved it! (;> > > Hey! I did not pick your nose. :-) Now I don't have to say it. Thank you. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | htt

Re: PF performance problem

2009-06-04 Thread Darrin Chandler
nted on the envelope. You can run around waving the envelope asking what changed, or you can look inside and find out. > All systems continue to be responsive and it only seems that the > reported load avg value is just bumped by a base value. It is > definitely odd. So it's not a

Re: Even and Odd numbered OpenBSD versions

2009-05-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
I can think to skip every other release is that releases continue to be supported for a year, so you *can* upgrade only once each year and still get errata patches. However, upgrading is so simple that doing so twice each year is not a burden. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group

Re: CUPS Printing Problem

2009-05-14 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 08:19:38PM +, Jacob Meuser wrote: > On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:41:16PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > > or forget CUPS and do it the simple way: > > http://erdelynet.com/tech/openbsd/using-foo2zjs-with-openbsd-lpd/ > > looks to me like most deskj

Re: CUPS Printing Problem

2009-05-14 Thread Darrin Chandler
or forget CUPS and do it the simple way: http://erdelynet.com/tech/openbsd/using-foo2zjs-with-openbsd-lpd/ -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the

Re: No OS safe??

2009-05-08 Thread Darrin Chandler
additionally in mitigation techniques should a breach happen. But your machine can still participate in a botnet from your normal user account. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www

Re: Calomel.org

2009-05-07 Thread Darrin Chandler
#x27;d never take the info without thinking it through myself, check against the man pages, FAQ, etc. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the D

Re: 4.5 delivery - How do they do it?

2009-04-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
heuristics in his shipping operation. I don't think the shipping algorithms will work for network stuff. However, I have some half baked diffs based on bistromathematics that show an amazing throughput improvement. Tested so far on sparc64 and i386, but the robot waiters keep glitching on a

Re: Security considerations for login with an SSH host key

2009-04-14 Thread Darrin Chandler
r keys instead. They are easy to generate. You can have more than one such key per machine and tie each key to a forced command on the server. You can run processes as normal users instead of root. The list goes on. The only drawback is spending a few seconds generating keys. -- D

Re: Low power OpenBSD machine

2009-04-13 Thread Darrin Chandler
Has anyone had experience with eBox? They look interesting... http://www.wdlsystems.com/ebox/ebox.shtml -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the

Re: Nginx: filedescriptors, users and login.conf confusion

2009-03-11 Thread Darrin Chandler
rt nginx with 'kill -HUP pid') 'kill -HUP pid' will not work for this. You kill need to 'kill pid' to terminate it completely, then start it fresh. Otherwise the new login class will not be applied. If you do that with a script or by hand is up to you. -- Darrin Chand

Re: Nginx: filedescriptors, users and login.conf confusion

2009-03-11 Thread Darrin Chandler
on. A common practice is to copy the 'daemon' class to a new login.conf entry named whatever you like, start your daemon using that class, then tweak as desired. For lots of details about doing that, search the archives for 'mysql' and 'login.conf'... -- Darrin Cha

Re: scrotwm.conf setting custom xterm

2009-03-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 10:36:39AM -0800, Bryan wrote: > On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Darrin Chandler > wrote: > > > > Making a non-login shell act as a login shell isn't the best way, > > whether you're in an xterm or at console. There are nicer ways to

Re: scrotwm.conf setting custom xterm

2009-03-05 Thread Darrin Chandler
" Check the man page for your shell for details about how and when .profile, ENV, et al are processed. It may take you a few goes to get things working how you want, but then everything will work right everywhere without special incantations. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User G

Re: adding human readable SIGINFO status to fsck_ffs

2009-02-17 Thread Darrin Chandler
ent situation without adding more junk to it. > > Can we end this thread, pretty please? It's become a classic bike shed. This isn't about paint color. It's a really nice idea that can almost but not quite work out. But you're right about the thread being done. -- Darri

Getting dmesg out [was: dmesglog]

2009-02-13 Thread Darrin Chandler
For those of you who: * have a machine not set up for mail * have ssh to a machine that CAN send mail Here's an easy way to get your dmesg without copying files around or whatever... $ dmesg | ssh myhost.com mail -s "type of machine" dm...@openbsd.org --

Re: Postgresql create tablespace permissions problem

2009-02-11 Thread Darrin Chandler
t what's wrong. Here's an example of how to show things: - Help! echo doesn't echo what I type!!! $ echo foo bar foo bar - Given the above the answer is forthcoming. Without the output it's unlikely anybody can/will answer.

Re: Survey on the usage of IPv6

2009-01-30 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 08:14:12PM +0200, Lars Noodin wrote: > Registration is a barrier. What do you want to know? The button on the upper LEFT, which says "Start Survey" I made the same mistake. ;-) -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@

Re: spamd won't use my WHITElist

2009-01-13 Thread Darrin Chandler
If you edit your list and want it to take effect you can do it manually with pfctl -tmywhite -Treplace /etc/postfix/spamd_white.txt -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/

Re: 4.4 behind router - Apache not responding from external

2009-01-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
ctly. > > Any help would be much appreciated! Without more information it could be almost anything. Things you might do: * reduce to simplest pf.conf with problems and post it here * enable pflog and tcpdump on pflog0 to see which rule matches for block, or if the traffic is even getting th

Re: Best supported arch/workstation

2009-01-08 Thread Darrin Chandler
and 64/32 bit is really nice when developing. And if you can make performance acceptable on sparc64 then it'll scream on amd64/i386 I'd love to force the Firefox people develop and test on sparc64. ;-) -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand..

Re: spamd issues

2009-01-08 Thread Darrin Chandler
127.0.0.1 port spamd > > Seems to be working just fine, thanks. GREY/WHITE "issue" is still > there though. I'm glad it's working. If it were really a problem then you'd have a bazillion GREY entries and/or no email would get through. It'll stop being an

Re: spamd issues

2009-01-06 Thread Darrin Chandler
on $ext_if proto tcp from to any port smtp no rdr on $ext_if proto tcp from to any port smtp rdr pass on $ext_if proto tcp from any to any port smtp \ -> 127.0.0.1 port spamd -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org

Re: spamd issues

2009-01-06 Thread Darrin Chandler
gt; entires)? WHITE is seen first, so the GREY has no effect. This behavior started a few releases ago, and it's been discussed several times. There's no need to remove the GREY entries. They expire on their own in short order. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Grou

Re: OpenBSD4.4 cant sync the time

2009-01-03 Thread Darrin Chandler
ore than one server, so it would be ok if one didn't answer. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG dwchand...@stilyagin.com | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Federation [demime 1.01

Re: Blocking the really resourceful brutes: the time limit for max-src-conn-rate rule

2008-11-29 Thread Darrin Chandler
put individual hosts in a blacklist for bad behavior. There are too many script kiddies and zombie machines for that to be effective. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/

Re: xidle, xlock with awesome window manager

2008-10-26 Thread Darrin Chandler
? I haven't been using xidle but xautolock, which has worked fine for me for many years. Here's a .xinitrc from one machine: xautolock -time 5 -locker "xlock -mode blank -lockdelay 15" & ion3 # my wm. yours would be awesome -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BS

Re: Switch License From GPL to BSD/ISC

2008-10-21 Thread Darrin Chandler
ly as BSD/MIT/ISC. IANAL, but I think I understand this well enough to comment. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilyagin.com/ | Daemons in the Desert | Global BUG Fede

Re: Patching a SSH 'Weakness'

2008-09-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 07:46:59PM -0700, johan beisser wrote: > On Sep 12, 2008, at 6:41 PM, Darrin Chandler wrote: >> Was it you who said earlier that you weren't a cryptanalyst? Well, >> neither am I, but I have come away with one lesson from them: be on the >> atta

Re: Patching a SSH 'Weakness'

2008-09-12 Thread Darrin Chandler
prison). If we had not played our game we *never* would have found some of the holes. You should try this game. Not only can it be rewarding for your own security, it can be fun as well. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phx

Re: Patching a SSH 'Weakness'

2008-09-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
NOT punctuation because is followed char 3 too closely. Or whatever. Just because this takes real work and isn't in a popular script kiddie tool doesn't mean you should discount it. Traffic analysis of one kind or another has a long history of paying off well. -- Darrin Chandle

Re: Pre-Order 4.4

2008-09-01 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 02:39:07PM +0200, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: > new_guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > When can 4.4 be pre-ordered? > > Wait for the commit message :) It's always announced on this mailing list and on undeadly.org as well. -- Darrin Chand

Re: Light HTTP servers.

2008-07-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
, nginx caught my eye and while searching i came > >across cherokee-project.com, Hiawatha (hiawatha.leisink.org) and also > >shttpd.sourceforge.net > > > >Is anyone using any of these or a lightweight httpd in general? I > >don't mean small as in d116.com/ace/ nor ar

Re: 'Nother broken package - git-1.5.4.2

2008-07-15 Thread Darrin Chandler
gt; > > Out of curiosity, what happens when you install X but answer > > "no" to the question about intending to RUN X? > > exactly the same thing that happens when you answer "yes". Doesn't that question effect the machdep.allowaperature sysctl? Other

Re: Does CUPS depend on X?! [oB newbie]

2008-07-13 Thread Darrin Chandler
re's so much info in the man page (and the SEE ALSO pages) that it can seem daunting at first. I have a short recipe at http://www.stilyagin.com/darrin/blog/2007/05/16/2200/ describing what I did last time. Note that it's over a year old and that it's specific to my printer, so you

Re: Another way to help OpenBSD

2008-07-11 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 05:00:05AM +, Bryan wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 3:07 AM, Darrin Chandler > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > All the developers are great, but even so some stand out. Otto writes a > > lot of very good code, fixed ancient bugs, is nice to r

Another way to help OpenBSD

2008-07-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
meone were to buy these for him perhaps he could use one or two things from them in upcoming code. ;-) If anyone is feeling generous please see: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/P6RBCK0YFTZ -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: sshd_config(5) PermitRootLogin yes

2008-07-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
x27;t like to stand at a crash cart kvm when I can sit at my desk. ;-) If you have a good root password then it's not much of an issue anyway. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/

Re: sshd_config(5) PermitRootLogin yes

2008-07-10 Thread Darrin Chandler
ivileged user for sudo access setup. I usually leave it enabled, but with the 'without-password' setting so that keys must be used. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilya

Re: An Introduction to OpenBSD

2008-07-04 Thread Darrin Chandler
to learn your audience. If you are going in blind, then consider doing something very impressive and fun. Cutting an ethernet cable with an axe to show off CARP comes to mind. Heck, that's good for all occassions! :) -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: OpenBSD project goals

2008-06-24 Thread Darrin Chandler
ith OpenBSD I install the OS and then pkg_add what I want. I like that approach better. Besides, I'm using the ion window manager and I can't find Ionbuntu. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://me

Re: sloppy states and dsr

2008-06-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 09:12:22AM +0900, Ryan McBride wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 12:49:43PM -0700, Darrin Chandler wrote: > > > Yes, you use sloppy state only on the host(s) seeing half of the trafic. > > > > So to say it even more plainly... anywhere you

Re: sloppy states and dsr

2008-06-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
, you use sloppy state only on the host(s) seeing half of the trafic. So to say it even more plainly... anywhere you are forced to deal with asymetric routing you can use sloppy state in place of not having any stateful option. Would that be a fair statement? -- Darrin Chandler

Re: OT: Dissertation ideas for my degree

2008-06-20 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 09:57:14AM -0400, Curt Micol wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 4:48 AM, Pieter Verberne > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Plan 9-clone ISC licensed. > > I strongly second this. Edd asked for something "conceptually new" so any clones or por

Re: OT: Dissertation ideas for my degree

2008-06-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
llon is working on it for how many years now? ;-) He's got a lot more than that on his plate. Dillon does some interesting stuff. -- Darrin Chandler| Phoenix BSD User Group | MetaBUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://phxbug.org/ | http://metabug.org/ http://www.stilya

Re: OT: Dissertation ideas for my degree

2008-06-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:54:12AM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote: > Darrin Chandler wrote: >> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 10:15:54PM +0100, Edd Barrett wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> As it seems my last two project ideas for my degree have fallen through, >>> I won

Re: OT: Dissertation ideas for my degree

2008-06-19 Thread Darrin Chandler
d not be OpenBSD based, but it's a bonus if it is. > > Usually a project consists of a software build and a write up. How about a distributed network file system with RAID-like redundancy. Bonus for self tuning behavior (this machine gets shut down every night, don't re

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