Re: C style in OpenBSD

2021-07-01 Thread andrew fabbro
e code > easier to read for anyone familiar with that style. Part of that > means using common idioms that are immediately recognizable by > someone familiar with the style. This reduces the amount of time > is takes someone to understand the code. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Microsoft's war on plain text email in open source

2020-08-26 Thread andrew fabbro
e odds their OpenBSD patch is going to be accepted... -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Article OpenBSD: Not Free Not Fuctional and Definetly Not Secure and BSD, the truth blog

2020-05-28 Thread andrew fabbro
a sex scandal, I would have hoped for something more colorful. Ho hum. Is the author telling the truth? Or just yet another anti-BSD thing? > The author isn't even lying well, much less telling the truth. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: OpenBSD VPS hoster with unlimited/limited nonfiltered traffic

2020-04-20 Thread andrew fabbro
) VPSes. I'm partial to lowendtalk.com, but there's also talk.lowendspirit.com and hostballs.com. I can't recommend WebHostingTalk.com any more as it's mostly turned into an advertising/sig spamming forum. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: BACK TO BASICS

2019-10-12 Thread andrew fabbro
e Unix landscape was fragmented long, long before Linux or the three modern BSDs even existed. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: What is you motivational to use OpenBSD

2019-09-01 Thread andrew fabbro
On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 7:45 AM Mohamed salah wrote: > I wanna put something in discussion, what's your motivational to use > OPENBSD The vastly superior mascot and soundtrack. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: OpenBSD on Macbook 12" 2017?

2019-03-18 Thread andrew fabbro
two custom > drivers for the keyboard and touchpad. > > So no, the device does not work on OpenBSD unless you use a USB > keyboard/mouse. > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Automated remote install

2018-12-19 Thread andrew fabbro
thousands) offer it. If you search for a VPS provider that offers KVM (not OpenVZ, VIrtuozzo, or Xen) you will find many. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: pledge & unveil

2018-10-23 Thread andrew fabbro
> > is there a paper on the web that explains work and relationship > from pledge and unveil for dummies? > > Best wishes, > Heinz > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: user directory and wheel group

2018-06-18 Thread andrew fabbro
On Fri, Jun 15, 2018 at 2:42 PM, Stuart Henderson wrote: > One thing to be aware of is the not-very-well-known restriction that one > user can be in a maximum of 16 groups. If memory serves, this limitation derives from an nfs limitation. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: CVE-2018-8897

2018-05-11 Thread andrew fabbro
> > > > > Was this caught in an audit? > > > > > > I am just curious about causality that kept OpenBSD in the clear of > > > this one > > > that made such headlines yesterday. > > > > > > We didn't chase the fad of using every Intel cpu feature. > > This goes into the achive! Thank you for the slice of sanity in an > insane word. > > /jl > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Community-driven OpenBSD tutorials wiki?

2018-01-04 Thread andrew fabbro
out of date very fast. Ultimately, this is like the thread recently on using something other than CVS. The onus is on the proposer to demonstrate value. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Domain redirections to Openbsd.org?

2017-05-18 Thread andrew fabbro
alexander.uk/ ? > I don't think that's a redirect. It looks like the owner of that site simply ripped the OpenBSD main page and placed it on his site. At least he was thorough - images are served from his site and not via hotlink. As to normal thing...I'd say not. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: list all system users, eg. _x11

2017-05-09 Thread andrew fabbro
:0:Charlie &:/root:/bin/ksh > > daemon:*:1:1:The devil himself:/root:/sbin/nologin > > operator:*:2:5:System &:/operator:/sbin/nologin > > bin:*:3:7:Binaries Commands and Source:/:/sbin/nologin > > > > You can parse that with awk and do stuff. Read about passwd(5) to > > understand the format. A login shell of /sbin/nologin means > > it isn't interactive. That might get you started? > > > > --STeve Andre' > > > > > > !DSPAM:590e28ea17913841584367! > > > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Is randomizing UID/GUID would make sense?

2017-01-23 Thread andrew fabbro
e not using a directory of some sort) is the same headache regardless of how you pick them. If the OP meant every server has different, unique randomized UID/GIDs then that's a separate craziness. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Is randomizing UID/GUID would make sense?

2017-01-23 Thread andrew fabbro
So in summary, if you want random UID/GID for user accounts, that's a one-liner shell script - go for it! But if you want random UID/GID for service accounts, I think there would need to be a lot more justification for what would be a lot more work. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: DigitalOcean and OpenBSD

2016-08-28 Thread andrew fabbro
bright shining future when vmm is done, you may be able to buy an OpenBSD guest VM on an OpenBSD host...and then these piddling Amazon and Microsoft Azure empires will fall as Puffy storms the net. To the cloud! -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Freezing VMs on Bytemark Hosting

2016-07-29 Thread andrew fabbro
> Like I said, long shot. > > Cheers > > -- > Best Regards > Edd Barrett > > http://www.theunixzoo.co.uk > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Clean OpenBSD's httpd logs

2016-06-30 Thread andrew fabbro
all, > > Sorry if this question sounds stupid, but how can I avoid this type of > entry in OpenBSD's httpd access.log: > > 172.22.55.1:44710 -> 172.22.55.10, /favicon.ico (404 Not Found), [/] > [/favicon.ico] > > ?? > > Thanks. > -- > Greetings, > C. L. Martinez > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: I am thankful for OpenBSD quality docs

2016-05-17 Thread andrew fabbro
elings: http://i.imgur.com/EKsD7aG.png OpenBSD's documentation, in my experience, exceeds the docs provided by some commercial operating systems, and those companies can afford to have full-time doc writers on staff. OpenBSD documentation is the gold standard. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Standard way to create a generic queue in ksh

2016-04-16 Thread andrew fabbro
eding more complex data structures, you've outgrown the shell and should look at something like perl, python, etc. Not saying there aren't ways to do queues in bash/ksh/etc., just...why would you? -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Question about logo

2016-03-03 Thread andrew fabbro
assuming those people are not authorized by OpenBSD nor do they pass on profits, alas. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Can I accelerate my magnet HDD using a SSD in any way?? E.g. softraid patch/ARC, dedicated hardware e.g. Intel RCS25ZB040LX="Nytro MegaRAID", anything

2016-02-01 Thread andrew fabbro
OTOH, you can get 4TB SATA drives for $250. The OP was just pointing out that SSD-acceleted (aka SSD-cached) SATA/SAS is very common in Win/Lin/OSX and was wondering what the status is on OpenBSD. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org

Re: Any books about OpenBSD ARM programming?

2015-06-25 Thread andrew fabbro
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=any~.*&sec=9&arch=default&manpath=OpenBSD-5.7&apropos=1 -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org blog: https://raindog308.com

Re: Any books about OpenBSD ARM programming?

2015-06-25 Thread andrew fabbro
;t looked at it - was it updated to reflect current design? -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org blog: https://raindog308.com

Re: "when SSDs are not so solid" or why no TRIM support can be a good thing :)

2015-06-19 Thread andrew fabbro
On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 8:27 PM, Nick Holland wrote: > been meaningless for some time). When the disk runs out of places to > write the good data, it throws a permanent write error back to the OS > and you have a really bad day. The only difference in this with SSDs is > the amount of storage de

Re: GROUP CHANGED

2015-06-14 Thread andrew fabbro
node/su-invocation.html#index-fascism-2365 So welcome to the oppressive, totalitarian regime of *BSD. If you've got root, be sure to claim your free pair of hobnailed boots to place on the necks of your users. CEMENT THE POWER! -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org blog: https://raindog308.com

Re: Best filesystem & options for large drive

2015-02-11 Thread andrew fabbro
^^ > > Does that still apply? > A 4TB filesystem would mean 4GB of RAM, and neither fsck in the examples above was close to that. -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org blog: https://raindog308.com

Re: Adding encryption support to vi(1)

2014-12-26 Thread andrew fabbro
I seem to have qualified for the new "Theo de Raadt Asked if I Was a Spy" shirt :-) -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org blog: https://raindog308.com

Adding encryption support to vi(1)

2014-12-25 Thread andrew fabbro
rest in integrated crypto? Unfortunately, as a US citizen/resident, it's not clear to me that I would be able to contribute code (beyond an implementation that uses the zip algorithm) so it is probably a moot point unless one of the devs is interested but...I figured there was no harm in mentioni

Re: Any experience running OpenBSD 5.6 or current on a Shuttle DS437?

2014-12-22 Thread andrew fabbro
On Sun, Dec 21, 2014 at 11:45 PM, Marcus MERIGHI wrote: > No boot? With mine (XS35, DS437) it's just no VGA. > On my Shuttle, without a display plugged in, it will not boot. Unfortunately, I don't know why since to see any kind of error message...:-) I haven't found anything relevant in the BIO

Re: Any experience running OpenBSD 5.6 or current on a Shuttle DS437?

2014-12-21 Thread andrew fabbro
NICs work? How does the > > box perform in general? > > http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=141138265927863 > > Bye, Marcus > > > !DSPAM:54965a15238762120714909! > > -- andrew fabbro and...@fabbro.org blog: https://raindog308.com

Re: DigitalOcean's BSD debut is FreeBSD only

2014-12-18 Thread andrew fabbro
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Mike Larkin wrote: > > And your bug report for this is ... where? I thought about filing a bug report regarding a couple panics I've had on install (that went away with ACPI disabled in the provider's KVM control panel), but when I started to think about actuall

Re: DigitalOcean's BSD debut is FreeBSD only

2014-12-18 Thread andrew fabbro
On Thu, Dec 18, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Adam Thompson wrote: > > The list of VPS providers where OpenBSD will run, more or less correctly, > more or less all of the time, is actually very big. It will even run > correctly all of the time on a fairly large list of providers. > > However, the list of VPS

Re: DigitalOcean's BSD debut is FreeBSD only

2014-12-18 Thread andrew fabbro
, though I have not yet heard of anyone running OpenBSD there. OpenBSD also runs fine in VMware's server products but I haven't seen a lot of providers using that. In short - the list of VPS providers who can support OpenBSD is actually very big. Andrew Fabbro and...@fabbro.org https://raindog308.com

Re: Contributing

2014-11-16 Thread andrew fabbro
On Sat, Nov 15, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > > What about writing tutorials/articles? > > That is most definitely *not* a job for beginners. > The thread starter did not describe himself as a "beginner," just a non-programmer. Since he was referring to old content on the web site, pe

Re: Contributing

2014-11-15 Thread andrew fabbro
What about writing tutorials/articles? There's www.openbsdsupport.org which I believe is officially blessed though it doesn't look too active. Probably for lack of people submitting articles :-) Of course if you have a blog or web site you can write OpenBSD stuff for it. I know I've sometimes s

Re: 5.3 Installer Hangs After Entering Netmask (Broadcom NIC)

2013-09-02 Thread andrew fabbro
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:06 AM, Alexey E. Suslikov < alexey.susli...@gmail.com> wrote: > andrew fabbro fabbro.org> writes: > > > apm0 at bios0: Power Management spec V1.2 > > acpi at bios0 function 0x0 not configured > > try acpi on this machine (boot -c and d

Re: 5.3 Installer Hangs After Entering Netmask (Broadcom NIC)

2013-09-02 Thread andrew fabbro
I apologize - it hadn't occurred to me that I could use a thumb drive to transport a dmesg. Bad hacker! Lose 10 hacker points! I tried installing without configuring network, which was successful, however once I tried to ifconfig bge0 ("ifconfig bge0 192.168.x.x. netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast

5.3 Installer Hangs After Entering Netmask (Broadcom NIC)

2013-09-01 Thread andrew fabbro
I have a Shuttle SD11G5, which is a small Celeron-based PC (1.5Ghz Celeron, 2GB RAM, a couple SATA drives). The OpenBSD 5.3 installer consistently hangs after I enter the Netmask for the onboard NIC. I'm booting the 32-bit x86 install53.iso. I start configuring bge0 (which is a BCM5789) and afte