Re: Is there a "deluser" equivalent in OpenBSD?

2006-10-28 Thread JR Dalrymple
Philip Guenther wrote: > I would call this a bug in usermod: when run with the -G option it > should set the user's secondary group list to include exactly the > indicated groups. That's how usermod operates under Solaris and Linux > What's more, I've seen *NIXes that had a -R option to groupmo

Re: Oldest Server you run

2006-10-12 Thread JR Dalrymple
Falk Husemann wrote: > Hello List! > We're trying to put an old server to good use again and would like to > know what's exactly the oldest machine running OpenBSD? > > > As machine we defined something with processor, ram, network, hard > disk and a connection to the internet. So no Newton or to

Lost IP traffic

2006-08-13 Thread JR Dalrymple
List, Forgive me, I'm only smart enough to get myself into trouble unfortunately. My PF edge router has been cruising along for sometime now (years) without problems, doing just ask I ask of it. For some reason today it decided to stop serving webpages from my internal webserver. NOTHING chan

Re: Sierra Aircard 580 problems

2006-08-11 Thread JR Dalrymple
Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2006/08/11 01:37, JR Dalrymple wrote: connect/authenticate. I can then ping the remote host (and any Internet host for that matter). As soon as I start to try to browse or do anything that uses more bandwidth than echoreq does (ssh, firefox, gaim, etc.) the

Sierra Aircard 580 problems

2006-08-11 Thread JR Dalrymple
I noticed in kernel support for this card in snapshots. I recently got my hands on one to try out and wanted to do just that. I put the snapshot as of yesterday (08/10/2006) on a spare laptop here. The card is found and seems to work somewhat. I am able to dial to my ISP and connect/authenticat

Re: CD Creation question

2006-07-18 Thread JR Dalrymple
Bernd Schoeller wrote: On Tue, Jul 18, 2006 at 09:01:47AM -0400, Jeff Quast wrote: On 7/18/06, Rob Baldassano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, Is there anyone out there that could provide me with the instructions on how to create a bootable CD from Windows, so that I can boot from the CD

Re: multiple publicIPs

2006-05-06 Thread JR Dalrymple
Darrin Chandler wrote: On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 09:41:10PM +0200, Falk Husemann wrote: On 06.05.2006, at 15:25, Peter Blair wrote: Perhaps I'm confused, but it doesn't look (from your diagram) that your pf machine is acting as a firewall for anything but itself. I'd bet 4 ClubM

Re: Bind or Djbdns

2006-04-10 Thread JR Dalrymple
Start here: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq1.html#HowAbout Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, I'd like to know your opinion about to major DNS servers: Bind and djbdns. Which one is the best (I'm not sure if I may ask it this way)? Which one you'd best recommend? I've already used Bind (and I still

Re: OpenBSD firewall

2006-03-17 Thread JR Dalrymple
Gustavo Rios wrote: I am searching for materials that describe openbsd firewall not for technically oriented folks. I would like to convince management people on accepting openbsd. Some thing that includes features, benefits and the like. I have found none yet, even ssearching google. All the

Re: Reminder about the X Aperture

2006-03-14 Thread JR Dalrymple
J.C. Roberts wrote: On Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:37:17 +0200, "Marius Van Deventer - Umzimkulu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe the team should consider this for the OpenBSD 4.0 artwork. Maybe with a tagline like "The Admin who could not read" or "Annie get your Glasses". OR, (in light of so m

Re: OT marc.theaimsgroup.com

2006-01-24 Thread JR Dalrymple
Daniel Ouellet wrote: Sorry to have to asked this, but I fell at a lots now. Is there an other location a kind sole could provide me to access their content? Looking for the various openbsd lists here. Or an other archive list that is as friendly to use as well. Look likes the site was very

Re: Dell 1855 Blade Perc 4\IM (LSI) controller problem

2006-01-06 Thread JR Dalrymple
Bob Bostwick (Lists) wrote: I installed 3.8 on an 1855 with no problems about two weeks ago. All my apps worked, and had no problems until I rebooted the box (not the first reboot, and not because of an issue of any kind.) Upon reboot, it fails to boot right away, with the "now trying bsd.old.

Re: openbsd web site design proposals (from HOTO write bad docs)

2005-11-28 Thread JR Dalrymple
Tobias Ulmer wrote: On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 07:03:08PM +0100, frantisek holop wrote: hmm, on Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 05:32:54PM +0100, Otto Moerbeek said that It's even a FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#wwwnotstd at least remove "We welcome new contributors," because tha

Re: OpenBSD official media

2005-11-07 Thread JR Dalrymple
Andrew Daugherity wrote: On 11/5/05, Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: You mean because hppa, mac68k, m88k and sparc, just to name a few, have outstanding DVD devices available. Come on now, THINK before typing. Of those, only sparc is currently shipping on CD. If you can f

Re: OpenBSD's 10th birthday -- how about a present?

2005-10-18 Thread JR Dalrymple
STeve Andre' wrote: Seeing all sorts of good wishes to the project, but I haven't seen any gifts, yet. ;-) I just paypaled $25 to the project, as a birthday present. Given what we all get from this OS, OpenBSD deserves something. Can I get 10 others to make some kind of donation? It do

Re: Lifecycle question

2005-09-05 Thread JR Dalrymple
Moritz Grimm wrote: Stephan A. Rickauer wrote: The question is how you OpenBSD guys handle the upgrade issue. From the website I learned that -STABLE is maintained for only one year (= two releases). Given that upgrading by skipping one release is not recommended, does that mean one needs to

Re: [OT]: good home switch?

2005-09-04 Thread JR Dalrymple
imEnsion wrote: I've seen how a lot of people recommend the metal case Netgear FS105 and FS108. I am currently using the FS105 -- and have been using it for well over 4 years now. It just sits there in the corner, always on, never bitching, and always working. What more can I ask for? PS: a von

Re: Flash Plugin for Firefox

2005-07-05 Thread JR Dalrymple
> Is there any way to make it work in Firefox? I seem > to recall there was a working method for Firefox+Flash > but I can't seem to remember/locate it. The port in > graphics mentions a plugin but it does not seem to get > built. I think if you used Opera for 5 days you'd find it better in EVERY

Re: Suggested hardware for server?

2005-06-28 Thread JR Dalrymple
> On Tue, Jun 28, 2005 at 08:50:32PM -0400, Jason Crawford wrote: >> The main reason I suggested SATA-II is because the OP said he >> can't do SCSI, but still wants a good RAID. Granted, 32 commands > > I would *like* to do SCSI, but when you look at the cost/GB ratio, there's just no comparison (a

Re: Honesty needed...

2005-06-28 Thread JR Dalrymple
Matt Juszczak wrote: OpenBSD is known for its stability, and I'm wondering what everyone's opinion on stability would be with a SuperMicro Dual Xeon 3.06 ghz (SMP) and 4 GM RAM, running postfix with LDAP and 10,000 users. If I can get a stable system up and running I'll be really happy.

Re: 'I am beginning to think'

2005-06-15 Thread JR Dalrymple
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:31:16AM -0500, Dave Feustel wrote: >> On Tuesday 14 June 2005 10:00 pm, Christer Solstrand Johannessen >> wrote: >> > On Mon, 13 Jun 2005, Dave Feustel wrote: >> > >> > [mac mini+ms office:mac] >> > >> > > I have been thinking about getting a Mac. >> > > I hadn't consid

Re: redundancy

2005-06-14 Thread JR Dalrymple
> sorry for the dumb question but, how can i do this with openbsd? > is there a link someone could give me for some walk through. Drives fail > here all the time. dumb answer: Read FAQ: http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq14.html#RAID Read MAN: RAID(4)

Re: Demanding Performance For OpenBSD to Handle

2005-06-12 Thread JR Dalrymple
> Dear gentlemen, > > i am considering OpenBSD for a environment of 3K desktop and 15K users. Good considering... > > I will have to supply: > > server 0: email(pop3,smtp) > server 1: proxy (squid) > server 2: NIS + Kerberos > server 3: OpenLDAP (BDB) > server 4: NFS + FTP > server 5: web (http

Re: openbsd list fckery

2005-06-03 Thread JR Dalrymple
The installer is awesome, it fits right beside the base kernel on ONE 1.44 floppy (speaking for i386). I love it Dimitri Georganas wrote: I got private mail too, but my reply bounced...the [EMAIL PROTECTED] account was disabled (...) I don't advocate for obsd. I just like the os, as it is

Re: openbsd list fckery

2005-06-03 Thread JR Dalrymple
http://www.openbsd.org/mail.html 72 CPL please good riddance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Lars, AND of what fucking use was this shitty email from you Lars? WHAT FUCKING GOOD ARE YOU and why the fuck is your shitty-tongued crap in my inbox!? Isn't Theo enough of a malicious CUNT without

Re: Hang using generic.mp with ami0

2005-05-26 Thread JR Dalrymple
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marco Peereboom Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 8:01 PM To: JR Dalrymple Cc: Miscellaneous OBSD Subject: Re: Hang using generic.mp with ami0 Quite useless. The least you could have done is send a dmesg. I

Re: Hang using generic.mp with ami0

2005-05-25 Thread JR Dalrymple
This sounds similar to a problem I was having, kind of. One of the odd things about the problem I was having though was that when I booted and redirected the console to the serial port so I could capture the trace etc. it wouldn't do it. That doesn't help, but it is what I have to say. JR -O

Re: Openbsd 2.8 on a Sparc IPC

2005-05-17 Thread JR Dalrymple
J.C. Roberts wrote: On Tue, 17 May 2005 09:44:51 -0500, "Bill Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OpenBSD main 2.8 GENERIC#96 sparc 9:54AM up 438 days, 7:03, 1 user, load averages: 0.31, 0.16, 0.10 Damn! You got me beat. :-) A few days ago I finally retired a 486-66MHz running OpenBSD 2.9 Y

Re: OpenBSD 3.6, Intel 3.0 HT processor!!

2005-05-12 Thread JR Dalrymple
ter for desktop applications with HT set to off. J.D. Bronson wrote: At 09:04 AM 05/12/2005, JR Dalrymple wrote: You can solve the problem by going into the bios setup and disabling HT. Or you can suffer the performance loss. Your choice. Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, I have a Server box running Ope

Re: OpenBSD 3.6, Intel 3.0 HT processor!!

2005-05-12 Thread JR Dalrymple
You can solve the problem by going into the bios setup and disabling HT. Or you can suffer the performance loss. Your choice. Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, I have a Server box running OpenBSD 3.6, Intel 3.0 HT processor, I've compiled a kernel with SMP support, but where can I verify if it's really

Re: OS book

2005-05-01 Thread JR Dalrymple
Locate an OLD (like 80s) version of the latter. It's an AWESOME fundamentals book. The never versions are watered down big time. Windows windows windoww... blablabla. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kroty Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 10:27 AM