man shutdown 8 diff in BSDs

Want Power off host at the specified time using "shutdown" OpenBSD # shutdown -ph 1501161730 other BSDs # shutdown -p 1501161730 Why? Will we sync? man shutdown 8 in OpenBSD -h The system is halted at the specified time when shutdown execs halt(8). -p The

Re: ARM Firewall Hardware

according http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/sys/arch/armv7/armv7/armv7.c?rev=1.4 Only one board supported in current with two Gigabit ports ,Compulab UTILITE box ? Anyone can make sure? http://www.compulab.co.il/utilite-computer/web/utilite-models http://www.compulab.co.il/suppo

Amv7 support sunxi SoC router board Lamobo R1 (BPi-R1)?

Does Amv7 support sunxi SoC router board Lamobo R1 (BPi-R1)? Lamobo R1 (BPi-R1) highlight: 1. Allwinner A20 sunxi SoC 2 .FIVE 10/100/1000 Ethernet port 3. native 2.5 SATA disk port 4. about $75 BPI- R1 - a 300Mbps Wireless N Router with both wired and wireless network, Dual Core-CPU, 1G-RAM,

Re: loongson:automatic loading of OpenBSD:YES to 8G ssd No for 500G disk

@163.com server eat some lines of my original email full message should be-- http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/loongson/INSTALL.loongson --- To overcome this annoyance, simply change the `moresz' environment variable to a large value (30 or larger

loongson:automatic loading of OpenBSD:YES to 8G ssd No for 500G disk

http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.4/loongson/INSTALL.loongson --- To overcome this annoyance, simply change the `moresz' environment variable to a large value (30 or larger will do): PMON> set moresz 30 The bootloader will attempt to load the kernel fi

Re: X or cwm got slower

Found similar problems, big dimension images webpage cause CPU grow up to 95% in Xorg process in recent snapshots but 5.3 release Xorg process only use 3% of CPU how to repeat the problem while using firefox browsing a web page this page have only thress pictures 1. 4000x2448 1,521,707 bytes

dpb -D PARAM typo will build everything?

I want to auto clean old distfiles no longer associated with new ports source. first # /usr/ports/infrastructure/bin/dpb -D HISTORY-ONLY dpb begin fetch all distfiles and build packages! I realize mistype PARAM HISTORY-ONLY instead of HISTORY_ONLY then I press ctrl+c to break it. and then # /usr/

remove old distfiles no longer associated with ports?

how to auto clean old distfiles no longer associated with new ports source. any clue?

chmod(1) Absolute modes section rewrite?

Should chmod(1) "Absolute modes" section rewrite, adding some text as follows? Value Permission Directory Listing 0 No read, no write, no execute --- 1 No read, no write, execute --x 2 No read, write, no execute -w- 3 No read, write, execute -wx

Re: snapshot ssh: ChrootDirectory sftp Connection closed

BTW, 1. UsePrivilegeSeparation default sshd_config and manual not sync in current. 2. why ``yes''? but not 'yes' or "yes" in manual. # less /etc/ssh/sshd_config | grep UseP UsePrivilegeSeparation sandbox # Default for new installations. # man sshd_config Says The default is ``yes'' U

snapshot ssh: ChrootDirectory sftp Connection closed

server kern.version=OpenBSD 5.3-current (GENERIC.MP) #71: Sat Apr 13 17:21:57 MDT 2013 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP /etc/ssh/sshd_config only add after last line Match Group share ForceCommand internal-sftp ChrootDirectory /home/chroot/

FAQ 8.1 - I forgot my root password...

FAQ 8.1 - I forgot my root password... http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq8.html#LostPW ... re: Mount the partitions. Both "/" and /usr will need to be mounted read-write. Assuming they are on separate partitions (as they should be), the following will work: # fsck -p / && mount -uw / # fsc

Re: Get total size of all files in directory using unit Bytes?

At 2013-03-04 20:13:46,"Paul de Weerd"  wrote: >Exactly!  So what is the point in summing up the sizes of a bunch of >files ?  I am 197 cm tall, my house number is 34, my zipcode is 1318, >I have 2 brothers and 1 sister .. sum is 1552.  Great, but now what ? > >This total value does not correspond 

Get total size of all files in directory using unit Bytes?

for example 1. there is only two file in /home/test/ # ls -l /home/test/ total 8 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 2 Mar 3 23:29 a.txt -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 3 Mar 3 23:29 b.txt So the total size of all files ( a.txt + b.txt ) should be 5 Bytes. How to get total size ( 5 Bytes ) directly but not t

xterm vi syslog.conf mouse copy & paste: tab characters become spaces

xterm vi syslog.conf mouse copy & paste: tab characters become spaces #startx in xterm #vi /etc/syslog.conf mouse copy and paste one line to new line, tab characters turn into spaces. syslog.conf(5) said The selector field is separated from the action field by one or more tab characters. 1. h

OpenNTPD as NTP server problem and the manual

1. Only after OpenNTPD server log(/var/log/daemon) display "ntpd [] clock is now synced" NTP client can now sync time successful. Should manual in ntpd & ntpd.conf mention this for hurry man? 2. OpenNTPD server in local net(192.168.0.1) Windows 7 client sync time successful from 192.168.0.

magic code in /src/sys/net/if_spppsubr.c

/src/sys/net/if_spppsubr.c rev=1.98 1. line 3557 p opt[i++] = 0; /* TBD */ 2. see line (begin with ^L) 466 1145 1276 1991 2675 4116 4430 compare to line (insert empty line) 3150 3642

Jun 28 & Jul 1 snapshot files hash not match.

download files from ftp.openbsd.org or ftp.usa.openbsd.org Jun 28 & Jul 1 snapshot files found man52.tgz base52.tgz etc52.tgz game52.tgz hash did not match the content in SHA256 file. bsd.* & x* files hash match SHA256 - local files hash of Jul 1 amd64 snapshots

run0 often sleeping

0. When install OpenBSD, in the installing procedure, run0 always fetch ip successful 1. when booting OpenBSD sometimes: Starting network run0:nolink ..sleeping but sometimes get ip successful 2. if sleeping  login with root # sh /etc/netstart run0:nolink ..sleeping then I unplug 

Manual chpass & passwd have diff descriptions about /etc/passwd

CHPASS(1) FILES /etc/master.passwd user database /etc/passwd a Version 7 format password file /etc/ptmp lock file for the passwd database /etc/shells list of approved shells /var/tmp/pw.XX temporary copy of the user passwd

let user can only run one command (passwd)?

I have setup OpenSMTPD + dovecot + roundcube simple mail server. People can ssh log in to the OpenBSD box, change their password using command passwd, the system account password is also the mail account password. So, for security reason, how to let the user can only run one command(passwd) when

5.1 amd64 official packages work differ from official ports we build

clean install 5.1 amd64 release # vi /etc/pkg.conf +installpath=http://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/5.1/packages/amd64/ # pkg_add firefox scim-fcitx # adduser test vi /home/test/.xsession + export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" + export QT_IM_MODULE="scim" + export XMODIFIERS="@im=SCIM" + /usr/local/bin/sci

after downgrade OpenBSD dmesg display wrong information

install OpenBSD 5.1 snapshot reinstall OpenBSD 5.0 release in the same machine then #dmesg output OpenBSD 5.1 (GENERIC.MP) #207: Sun Feb 12 09:42:14 MST 2012 dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC.MP RTC BIOS diagnostic error 11 real mem = 4157599744 (3964MB) avail me

manual about jobs control

In OpenBSD we can use commands like "jobs" "fg" or something else, but why "man jobs" "man fg" not work? and are there anything about "jobs control" in the base Manual?

OpenBSD sites' timezone

1. www.openbsd.org is UTC http://www.openbsd.org/51.html $OpenBSD: 51.html,v 1.17 2012/03/23 02:04:39 henning Exp $ 2. ftp.openbsd.org is MDT 3. mail list is MDT Changes by: henn...@cvs.openbsd.org 2012/03/22 20:04:39 MDT (C Mountain Daylight Time Time zone offset: UTC - 6 hours

vnc teminal fuctions?

Can OpenBSD base fulfill the following fuctions? How? 1. One guy login local machine via userA 2. I remote login the same machine via userA@ssh 3. The guy sit in the front of the machine can see what I see 4. We(local & remote) all can control the terminal via keyboard in the same time so we ca

Re: My OpenBSD 5.0 installation experience (long rant)

whether Use (W)hole disk or (E)dit the MBR? [whole] or Use (W)hole disk, use the (O)penBSD area, or (E)dit the MBR? [OpenBSD] I would like empty in Square brackets[ ], user should input w/o/e here, only Enter should do nothing but repeat last line.

scim-fcitx yes to i386 no to amd64

recent snapshot i386 OpenBSD 5.1 (GENERIC.MP) #188 amd64 OpenBSD 5.1 (GENERIC.MP) #207 install OpenBSD amd64 and i386 as normal, default # pkg_add firefox # pkg_add scim-fcitx # pkg_add zh-wqy-zenhei-ttf only 6 lines in /root/.xinitrc export GTK_IM_MODULE="scim" export QT_IM_MODULE="sci

when re-install how to make "leave some partitions untouched" simple

http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq4.html says Install: load OpenBSD onto the system, overwriting whatever may have been there. Note that it is possible to leave some partitions untouched in this process, such as a /home, but otherwise, assume everything else is overwritten. NOTE for re-installers: Th

set mouse cursor in the first xterm window when startx?

when # startx the mouse cursor is in the middle of the screen? why not set mouse cursor in the first xterm window when startx?

Will patch branch of packages come back ?

some years ago, when port update because found vulnerability and tag "stable" the "ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/?.?/packages/$arch/"; site will build the latest stable packages there. these days, when new OpenBSD 5.0 release We have to cvs -qd anoncvs@anoncvs.*.openbsd.org:/cvs get -rOPENBSD_

symon monitor pf?

symon monitor pf? http://wpd.home.xs4all.nl/symon/documentation.html Installation notes == Privileges == symux needs read and write access to its rrdfiles. symon needs to interface with your kernel. Depending on your host system this leads to different privilege requirem

how to gain high performance with big memory

how to gain high performance with big memory amd64 ,OpenBSD 5.0 Release, machine has big memory = 48G for example,how to mount memory for /usr/ports file system, letting "make build" more quickly. other suggestion? how to tune sysctl.conf file according?

sysctl and power button

--- # uname -smrv OpenBSD 5.0 GENERIC.MP#44 i386 # sysctl | grep power hw.allowpowerdown=1 # cat /etc/sysctl.conf | grep power #hw.allowpowerdown=0# 0=Disable power button shutdown #machdep.apmhalt=1 # 1=powerdown hack, try if halt -p doesn't work ---

Re: kaizen fetch method in "make install clean" with ports?

are you joking? sorry, no patch with last mail,no program skill with me, poor English. my country. other mirror sites are very quick. 2.time wasted in downloading abc.tar.gz from the second/third mirror but auto deleted after downloaded. So would the developers consider this function. Now my work

found file "bsd" corrupt via Filezilla client.

- http://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/5545 Description -- Filezilla client 3.3.3~3.3.4.1 installed in Windows 2003/7 or Mac OX 10.6 Using Filezilla client download all files from ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/4.7/i386/ when all files downloaded, check SHA256, found file "bsd" corrupt, ot