Re: freebsd-update problems
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 11:51:41AM -0800, Carl Johnson wrote: I ran freebsd-update to update my 8.1-RELEASE system to 8.3-RELEASE (freebsd-update -r 8.3-RELEASE upgrade). It downloaded a bunch of files, asked me to edit some configuration files, showed me long lists of files that have been changed, added and removed, and then ended with no status or error indications. The problem is that there appears to be absolutely NO change in my system that I can find. I have checked /etc, /bin, and /lib with 'ls -lct | head', but there are no files that have changed recently. The /var/db/freebsd-update directory has over 500MB of files it downloaded. Does anybody have any suggestions on what might have happened and what can be done? -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org I'm not looking at the docs ATM, but IIRC you need to run an install step now. Check the docs ... they should tell you. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: how to speed up port make??
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 08:11:50PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: is it possible to speed up port make ?? i want to install openbox and xorg on a Pentium 4 and 2gb ram, compiling xorg takes about 2 hours 2 hours only?? Try lang/gcc46 or 47 or science/paraview This will keep your electronic helper busy for a day. It's also rather obvious that he never did this on a P1 at 90Mhz. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: An idea I have!
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:57:50PM -0400, Allen wrote: Hello all! So, I'm sitting here watching True Blood, and also checking my Email, and updating my Ports, and a thought hits me; Wouldn't it be a cool way to do FreeBSD Advocacy, by making a BSD based band??? And the name would be so simple! The BSD Boys !! (Yea I know, BSD has been sued enough lol, but come on, you have to admit that Beastie as a mascot, the name was chosen and meant to be pronounced BSD because Beastie sort of sounds like that when said out loud. I could even try writing a song like BSD Licensed to Init or something else moderately funny ;) Ohh!!! License to Kill -9 ;) I know some of this is just silly and all, but in my experience, most of you have a very good sense of humor, and it's almost 11 PM right now, and I have to get up for work at 1:30 AM, so, between the no sleep thing, and me having to much to do right now, I needed a little break, and, well, I like humor, and making people laugh. Of course, this COULD actually be a neat idea if done right lol. Anyway, I Hope someone gets a good laugh out of this. I'm generally actually pretty good with coming up with ideas, as I'm usually pretty creative for the most part, and, well, what can I say? I'm sitting here in one of my Christmas Presents (Oldschool FreeBSD Power to Serve Tee Shirt) and I thought Hey, I wonder if I can try this out. Anyway, I can probably come up with way more than this, and if anyone likes it, or thinks it's funny, I'll try more :) If nothing else, I Hope it gives someone a laugh, -Allen I did smile, for sure. Do you suppose we could have grog@ on bassoon? Slightly more seriously, look WAY back in the archives (well, less than 15 years, more than 5) and see if you can find W. Palfreman's take on the Beatles Let it Be. BSD, BSD, BSD, yeah, BSD ... there will be an answer... I don't know if I could perform with such a group, but I'd be interested in helping produce the studio work. Unfortunately, my audio box runs Windows. Win98, AAMOF. My synth is on its last legs, too. Kevin Kinsey PS I found it for ya: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2004-March/002195.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: (no subject)
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 04:43:03AM +0200, Rares Aioanei wrote: On 01/11/2012 02:25 AM, Glen Davenport wrote: My name is Glen Davenport. I am trying to download freebsd but haven't a clue as to how the FTP function works.When I go to download I am given a directory listing. Needless to say, I have never downloaded anything for UNIX/LIINUX. Can you help? My e-mail address is gdd80...@gmail.com. Thanks. Glen Davenport GDD Hi Glen, Assuming you have a 32-bit PC, here's the link to the disc image you need: http://ftp.dk.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ISO-IMAGES-i386/8.2/FreeBSD-8.2-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso . Burn it on a CD as image, not directly, then boot from CD and, with the help of the excellent Handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/) you will have a shiny BSD system installed. Feel free to ask if you get stuck, but it's [...] *HIGHLY* ;-) recommended you take a look at the Handbook first. Best, -- Rares Aioanei KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: difference between cvsup and csup?
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 09:54:25AM +0800, Foo JH wrote: Hello guys, I notice FreeBSD is now using (and probably has been for a while) csup instead of cvsup. The parameters looking identical - at least from the no-gui perspective. Can anyone advise what the difference is, and perhaps educate me on how this came to be? csup is a re-write of cvsup that's written in C, so it can be included in the base system without requiring installation of Modula3 (the language cvsup was written in). There may also be licensing diffs? (I'm not sure about that off the top of my head). Hope this helps. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: For My Edification
On 05/02/11 19:44, Polytropon wrote: Although others have already given you excellent replies, I would like to add a few comments. I have a couple of suggestion that I've not yet seen in the thread ... and kudos to you for a] asking, and nicely done, and b] gathering your courage to give this a try. On Mon, 2 May 2011 18:47:11 -0400, Louis Marrerolouis_marr...@yahoo.com wrote: Although I am familiar with basic computer operation, I've been trying to understand a very experienced programmer friend that mixes Linux/Unix terminology in his vocabulary under the assumption that everyone knows the language. You can learn about this terminology, and I can really encourage you to do so, as it is a neccessary means to access the professional parts of Linux and UNIX, and if you want to be into IT more deeply, there is no way around it. With those basics, you'll be able to access and under- stand _any_ UNIX(-like) operating system as they share basics and have many things in common. All I have here is a me too. Being familiar only with general knowledge on the Windows XP that I use daily, I've gone on the web to find out more information on some of the terms used by this programmer, such as BSD, Berkeley Software Distribution, from which FreeBSD is derived. There are other BSDs. shell terminal, A dialog terminal that runs an interactive shell, a command-line processor that you use to issue commands to the system. The term's origin is the terminal, a stand-alone device (often called dumb terminal) that served the same purpose - communicate with the computer - without being a real computer. Windows systems also have a command interpreter, though (arguably) it's hardly used and considered arcane by most users. On all the NT and later systems this is cmd.exe. nc -u, The netcat utility. On a UNIX system, see man nc (local manual page). etc. Since my friend knows that my computer is strictly MS Windows, when my friend writes down something like In a shell terminal type nc -u 10.101.97.200 . it makes me wonder what I'm missing. You miss understanding of the terminology, that's nothing bad, as you can easily learn and understand it. Here are some questions that can help my understanding: 1. I know that Windows is an OS, In this mentioning, it refers to a family of operating systems. :-) and Linux/Unix as well as FreeBSD are other Operating System. Correct. There are many Linux (fully correct. GNU/Linux) distributions, as well as different BSDs and UNIXes. My very basic question is this: Is it even possible to install a second OS, like FreeBSD on an existing Windows-based computer? That's easily possible. You need to do a proper partitioning of the hard disk and then install FreeBSD into a free partition. You can also make use of so-called Live systems, a thing not common to Windows: This is an installed and configured operating system that you boot from a CD, DVD or USB stick. You do NOT have to install it. And this is the only *real* interesting input. Download Sun's Virtual machine software, VirtualBox (I believe they just released version 4.0.6) and you can set up a FreeBSD machine *inside* your windows machine with no need to add any additional hardware or do any repartitioning of the hard disk. 2. Is it possible to link my Windows laptop to a web server with Unix or FreeBSD and exercise Unix/Linux commands. If so, how is that done? You don't usually communicate to a web server. A web server delivers web pages. What you mean is a dialog access, usually done by SSH. You can use PuTTY (on your Windows laptop) to access a FreeBSD system via SSH. It will show up as a terminal window to you. I'd be grateful for any information. I may point you to the EXCELLENT documentation online: The FreeBSD Handbook and the FAQ. Those are QUALITY material not comparable to anything you find in Windows land. If you're dealing with IT matter, you'll have no problem to determine _what_ to read. Those resources can be easily accessed through the FreeBSD web page, but can also used locally (maybe on systems without Internet or web access). +1 for the FreeBSD Handbook. Ten years ago, I downloaded it, and now scores of people in my area think I'm the guru to match all 'Nix gurus. Of course, they're all Windows users ;-) The people on this list know that I'm just a newb with 10 years of FreeBSD under my belt ;-) We look forward to assisting with your further edification :-) Kevin D. Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Thunderbird segfaults if UID 0
On Wed, Apr 06, 2011 at 06:09:21PM +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: Create a new user account, log in to it, run tbird ? Would that be any different then moving ~/.mozilla and trying to run it? Because that was a total failure ;-) KDK P.S. I'm thinking the answer is NO. I can give it a try after work tonight, I s'pose. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Thunderbird segfaults if UID 0
Hello,
I've had trouble since upgrading mail/thunderbird from 2.X
to 3.1.9 --- as a non-root user, it segfaults.
As root, I have no issues.
I've tried:
1. Googling
2. mv .mozilla .mozilla-old thunderbird
3. sudo chmod 777 /dev/null thunderbird
(and similar stuff with /dev/fd/* and
the symlinks stdin, stdout and stderr.
I'm kind of stumped at this point. Here's the
last part of a ktrace:
54137 sh RET read 872/0x368
54137 sh CALL stat(0x283034d0,0xbfbfe638)
54137 sh NAMI /usr/local/lib/thunderbird/run-mozilla.sh
54137 sh STRU struct stat {dev=87, ino=6053072, mode=-rwxrwxrwx
, nlink=1, uid=0, gid=0, rdev=24241760, atime=1302052597,
stime=1301719584, ctime=1302044479, birthtime=1301719584, size=10461,
blksize=4096, blocks=24, flags=0x0 }
54137 sh RET stat 0
54137 sh CALL eaccess(0x283034d0,X_OK)
54137 sh NAMI /usr/local/lib/thunderbird/run-mozilla.sh
54137 sh RET eaccess 0
54137 sh CALL geteuid
54137 sh RET geteuid 1001/0x3e9
54137 sh CALL fork
54137 sh RET fork 54141/0xd37d
54137 sh CALL getpgrp
54137 sh RET getpgrp 54137/0xd379
54137 sh CALL wait4(0x,0xbfbfe778,WUNTRACED,0)
54137 sh RET wait4 54141/0xd37d
54137 sh CALL exit(0x8b)
Anyone got a clue what I've done?
Thanks,
Kevin Kinsey
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Re: Shopping cart other than OSCommerce?
Chuck Swiger wrote: You don't magically get immunity from SQL injection by using JDBC or EOF or whatever, but using bound variables in queries rather than feeding user input into raw SQL, or invoking stored procedures or user-defined functions instead will mitigate one of the more common security problems. And these practices are Good Practice in any language, including PHP. I think a big part of PHP's problem was that in order to have it widely adopted and to be thought simple enough for $ME to use, the documentation was written in simplest terms, without these types of checks, and inexperienced coders adopted similar practices to write working sites. The real problems with PHP are its ubiquity (not unlike M$ operating systems ... it's an omnipresent target) and the fact that many of the people writing it come from a design background instead of a programming one. A man who has no inkling of the existence of carnivorous animals will not build his house in a tree. My $.02, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: About FreeBSD command question
kan wrote: Hi Support, I have a FreeBSD server for mailing, I must make backup and check the which bit (32bit/64bit) is now use in FreeBSD, so can you provide the command for me? Regards, Kan What output does: $ uname -m produce? Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd PHP extensions: missing option ?
n dhert wrote: There is something I would like clarified with PHP extension options... # cd /usr/ports/lang/php52-extensions # make showconfig | grep PDO PDO=on PHP Data Objects Interface (PDO) PDO_SQLITE=on PDO sqlite driver This corresponds with # cat /var/db/ports/php5-extensions/options | grep PDO WITH_PDO=true WITH_PDO_SQLITE=true However, the interactive menu, displays one more option: PDO_MYSQL # cd /usr/ports/lang/php52-extensions # make config ... [X] PDO PHP Data Objects Interface (PDO) [X] PDO_SQLITE PDO sqlite driver [X] PDO_MYSQL PDO mysql driver -- 1st question: why does the options file not contain a WITH_PDO_MYSQL=true line ? It's not a default option, because not everyone uses MySQL. and if I further look: $ pkg_info | grep pdo php52-pdo-5.2.14_1 The pdo shared extension for php php52-pdo_mysql-5.2.14_1 The pdo_mysql shared extension for php php52-pdo_pgsql-5.2.14_1 The pdo_pgsql shared extension for php php52-pdo_sqlite-5.2.14_1 The pdo_sqlite shared extension for php $ grep pdo /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini extension=pdo.so extension=pdo_mysql.so extension=pdo_sqlite.so extension=pdo_pgsql.so in a web browser phpinfo.php also tells me: PDO support enabled PDO drivers pgsql, sqlite, mysql So I also have and use also pdo_pgsql The interactive menu for php5 extensions does not provide a [ ] PDO_PGSQL option -- 2nd question: why not such an option in the interactive menu? I can't answer that; I do note that this is true in the main trunk ports/lang/php5-extensions as well; a user note on the php.net site (http://www.php.net/manual/en/pdo.installation.php) makes a similar complaint. Suggestion: run make maintainer in the php52-extensions directory and respectfully mail that person with your question. Some other ports need pdo_pgsql and install it along with the port as a dependency, e.g. davical. I installed that in march 2010 and did several portugprades (0.9.7.6, 0.9.8.1, 0.9.8.4 - no problems). But from version 0.9.9 onwards davical doesn't want to portupgrade any longer and throws a message 'Unknown extension pdo_pgsql for PHP52' ... This must be related with the configuration of php extensions, but the file /var/db/ports/php5-extensions/options should not be edited manually. 3rd question: How to solve this? See above for starters. You might also be able to hack the Makefile, but that's just what it is ... a hack ;-) Good luck! Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: new user questions. (Before I back myself into a corner!)
Dave wrote: Hi. Sorry ... snip Hello, and welcome. And I made it a bit shorter ;-) I'd like to:- Have a ssh login via LAN available, I believe that's a standard feature, but I expressedly disabled that (well, told it not to implement it) when I orignaly installed the OS. Or have a VNC server running. As someone mentioned: sshd_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf. You can then either a] reboot, or b] issue the following with root privileges: /etc/rc.d/sshd start Have a small web server, again I've read that Apache can do a good job, but I don't want (nor need) all it's facilities, in particular I need to lock it down so no Put's can happen for a start! The web pages are simple flat form, text and static graphics, with a little client side scripting, purely to find the client's local date and time, to select the graphic to serve. I believe Beech had some advice on this. It's probably pretty good :-) Have a FTP server, so I can automate some of the web page graphics updates, from other systems that generate the data, and can FTP files across the LAN, also of course for general web page maintenance needs. The base system ftpd is run from inetd, a super server which can serve several small protocols. Have a look at /etc/inetd.conf. The first real line: #ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/libexec/ftpd ftpd -l Uncomment that (remove the 'hash'), and save it (you'll have to be root again, of course). See if inetd is running: $ pgrep inetd If you get a number(PID), it's running. Otherwise, you'll probably need to enable it. Again, you need: inetd_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf. Add the line and either a] reboot, or b] issue the following with root privileges: /etc/rc.d/inetd start Sound familiar? *IF* inetd was *already running*, all you should have to do is issue: $ kill -HUP `pgrep inetd` It'd be nice to have a VPN endpoint, but not esential, as that is currently living on another W2k box. But in the long term perhaps. The only complication with that, is I need to be able to tunnel a UDP VoIP stream over/throug it. (I currently use Hamachi on Windows for that, it works well.) Also, the other end needs to live on a XP (or later) Laptop. I'll leave vpn to someone more knowledgeable in that area. AFAIK you'll have to install a port; /usr/ports/security/openvpn is likely the canonical program, but, as I say, seek other advice on that fo' shizzle ;-) I would preffer to have FTP login's that are in no way related to any system login users. I can't help with that either; check the docs on Beech's suggestions, perhaps. Lastly, I have everything so far (on the Win2k box) working well with highly non standard (high numbered) ports. Even thoug it's exposed (via port forwarding in the router) to the outside, there is next to no noise, (script kiddies, chinese hackers etc) poking arround my back passage. Of all the stuff I've read so far in the FreeBSD handbook, and a few other places, not one mention is made (that I can see so far) of how to set services for alternative port numbers? That's generally in the configuration file for the server. This information might be available in the manpage, if one exists. For example: $man sshd | col -bx ~/sshd.txt $ grep -c port ~/sshd.txt 22 So, there's at least 22 mentions of port in the sshd manpage. As it turns out, there's a line in /etc/ssh/sshd_config that gives it right away: $ grep -i port /etc/ssh/sshd_config #Port 22 # Disable legacy (protocol version 1) support in the server for new #GatewayPorts no So, remove the comment from the Port 22 line, change the number from the default 22 (222, perhaps, for memory's sake?) and either a] reboot, or b] kill -HUP `pgrep sshd` (sounding REAL familiar now). Incidentally, one might suggest that running on non-standard ports is merely security by obscurity. In the case of sshd, at least, a better solution might be to only allow key-based authentication; but, as I said, that's just a suggestion. I have done such things myself a time or two ... I kinda think I just delayed the inevitable in that case, though. Lastly, as I don't want to break the existing NTP server, I may find another PC of similar spec, to mess with, witn some sort of impunity. Well, as I mention, often you can enable and start these additional services from the base system with little or no interruption to extant services at all (which, IMHO, is exactly as a Real Server should work, take that, M$). But I suppose we'd certainly understand. You might even just get a Live-CD distribution and dink around with that. AFAIK, you could run ftpd, inetd, and sshd temporarily on those just to get a feel for how to administer them. My $0.02, Kevin D. Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to
Re: Thanks.
Ryan Coleman wrote: On Nov 18, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Alejandro Imass wrote: On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: On Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:25:31 +0330, Mohsen Mostafa Jokar mohsenjo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello. Didn't Mohsen Mostafar Jokar post this same question last week? Yes. This second one was an apparent follow-up, hopefully he will STFW and RTFM before posting again ;-) Assuming he knows what STFW and RTFM mean. :) Well, shame on you guys. ;-) After all, this is a *help list*, right? http://www.google.com/search?q=define:STFW :-D KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: need help with php.
Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 01:14:27PM -0500, Ryan Coleman wrote: That's if someone messed up the original CSR, IMO, or didn't get the ServerName directive just right. --I don't know what the snag is, but even 5.2 fails. php execs; it just doesn't do anything. I built the test.php with ? phpinfo(); ? and zip. Scrreen is blank. Let me try konqueror; maybe I don't have something turned on it firfox3. gary Short Tags are (wisely /opinion) deprecated now. ?php phpinfo(); ? should Just Work(tm). If not, post back ;-) HTH, Kevin Kinsey P.S. I do think you might be able to turn them back on via php.ini ... but it's not recommended. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to confirm/deny ntp is working?
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Ed == Ed Flecko edfle...@gmail.com writes: Ed and changing them to read (I'm in the U.S.): Ed server 0.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 Ed server 1.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 Ed server 2.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 I believe this is no longer necessary, and in fact, discouraged. The pool.ntp.org servers have some geolocation built in, so the stock version will automatically find and balance load on the existing NTP servers. Do we need to ping someone @freebsd.org about it then, say, kensm...@? Just c'suped to 8 recently; mergemaster gave me a new ntp.conf and this is the exact stuff in there ;-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD logo
Antonio Olivares wrote: But yes we are in difficult times and then the 2012 saga, will the world end? I have it on good AUTHORITY: $dig @daleco.biz daleco.biz | grep AUTHORITY: ;; flags: qr aa rd; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 1 That we're perfectly OK: $ ssh daleco.biz uname -mrs cal Jan 2013 FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE-p11 i386 January 2013 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 See? BSD says so ;-) KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: BSD logo
Terrence Koeman wrote: Subject: Re: BSD logo On final analysis, I think the OP should abandon any desire for FreeBSD in favor of this: http://pudge.net/jesux/ Is this real? It looks like a page from landoverbaptist.com or something. I'm still deciding whether to laugh or cry... Of course not. Even Jesus knows RedHat sucks. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: apache22 build problem: cgi disabled
Michael W. Lucas wrote: Hi, I'm running a July 26 -current/amd64, both ports and userland, and it seems that the newest apache22 doesn't build a lot of modules, such as mod_cgi, mod_cache, etc. /var/db/ports/apache22/options includes (among other things): WITH_CGI=true make.conf defines only perl and sendmail.mc. The port's config.log shows: $ ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-layout=FreeBSD --with-perl=/usr/local/bin/perl5.8.9 --with-port=80 --with-expat=/usr/local --with-iconv=/usr/local --enable-http --with-pcre=/usr/local --with-apr=/usr/local/bin/apr-1-config --with-apr-util=/usr/local/bin/apu-1-config --disable-authn-file --disable-authn-default --disable-authz-host --disable-authz-groupfile --disable-authz-user --disable-authz-default --disable-auth-basic --disable-charset-lite --disable-include --disable-log-config --disable-env --disable-setenvif --disable-mime --disable-status --disable-autoindex --disable-asis --disable-cgid --disable-cgi --disable-negotiation --disable-dir --disable-imagemap --disable-actions --disable-userdir --disable-alias --disable-filter --disable-proxy --disable-proxy-connect --disable-proxy-ftp --disable-proxy-http --disable-proxy-ajp --disable-proxy-balancer --disable-proxy-scgi --disable-reqtimeout --enable-so --enable-mods-shared=auth_basic auth_digest authn_file authn_dbm authn_anon authn_default authn_alias authz_host authz_groupfile authz_user authz_dbm authz_owner authz_default disk_cache file_cache dav dav_fs actions alias asis autoindex cern_meta charset_lite deflate dir dumpio env expires headers imagemap include info log_config logio mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias version reqtimeout proxy_connect ssl --with-dbm=sdbm --with-ssl=/usr --disable-ipv6 --with-devrandom --with-mpm=prefork --prefix=/usr/local --mandir=/usr/local/man --infodir=/usr/local/info/ --build=amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0 There's a --disable-cgi in there, but no cgi listed after --enable-mods. So, my FreeBSD options are set to enable CGI, but they aren't making it down to the Apache build process. Am I doing something daft here, or should I file a PR? Thanks, ==ml Not sure. Try something like: [12] Wed 28.Jul.2010 16:08:53 [kad...@archangel][~] $cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 sudo make show-modules | grep cgi cgi: enabled (shared) proxy_scgi: disabled cgid: disabled If make show-modules says enabled and the port still configures with --disable-cgi, I'd definitely contact the maintainer and see what's up. My $.02, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Convert all packages to ports
Chris Stankevitz wrote: --- On Thu, 7/1/10, Glen Barber glen.j.bar...@gmail.com wrote: Once ports or packages are installed, there is no differentiation to the system. Interesting. If this is true, then I can just start upgrading my 'pkg_add' installed packages using ports and eventually they will all be converted over to 'make'. However, your comment seems to be in disagreement with online warnings of do not mix 'pkg_add' packages with 'make' ports. The ports tree will always be ahead (a bit) of the packages, since the packages take time to build and push out to the FTP servers. You end up with some problems because the system expects version $n.123 of somepackage but the installed somepackage is $n.121, and vice-versa problems can happen as well. They are fairly minor to fix if you've done it much, but can be responsible for a heckuva lot of list traffic. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: rc.conf: gnome_enable=YES - which instructions executed?
Chris Stankevitz wrote: From: Rob Farmer rfar...@predatorlabs.net Q: Where on my hard drive can I find the instructions executed to enable GNOME? This enables dbus, avahi, hal, and gdm (assuming that they are installed, of course). See the files for those things in /usr/local/etc/rc.d for the details of what is run. See: http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#full-gnome Rob, Thank you for your response. I also saw that comment in the docs; however, I am actually not interested in knowing what gnome_enable=YES does. I should have been more clear. I would like to learn more about how rc operates. I want to know where on the hard drive the instructions are located that activate when I say gnome_enable=YES. I naively thought I would find a file called /usr/local/etc/rc.d/gnome -- but I did not. Something more complicated is going on. So my question is -- how is this working? Thank you, Err, Magic? More seriously, `man rc` and several hours of cross-references (rc.subr., rc.conf., rc.local, etc. etc.) might be enlightening. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_add fails due to 'broken pipe'. Is my system in a consistent state?
Chris Stankevitz wrote: pkg_add -r gnome2 This command fails repeatedly with broken pipe because the FTP connection breaks. When it dies, I just re-run the command. I'm now on the fifth attempt. The gnome2 package is a meta package that installs many other packages. Q1: Is it bad for my FreeBSD system that I keep re-issuing the command pkg_add -r gnome2? I'm happy FreeBSD isn't responding already installed. Shouldn't be bad for the system, unless you get a lil' P.O.'ed (and hack it to bits, for example). Q2: Where on my hard drive are the bytes that tell pkg_add to use ftp.freebsd.org when downloading packages? You mean like inode number, which cylinder, or are you looking for /usr/ports/x11/gnome2/Makefile? (Which, as it's a meta-port, will probably just mean you need to look at about 120 other Makefiles). Q3: I've been using this internet connection for years downloading packages for other OSes without trouble. Why is pkg_add/fetch having so much trouble? Firewall? Try setting PASSIVE in your environment. Otherwise, I dunno. Any error message from fetch? HTH, KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Copy a FreeBSD 8* install to larger HD
Al Plant wrote: Aloha, I am looking for the easiest way to copy a fresh working FreeBSD 8* HD install (Manolis version) to a bigger HD that I found. I plan to have the new HD in the same box for doing this copy. Can I use sysinstall to make the new default slices on the big HD and then move the OS and directories/files to them? Last time I did this, it worked fine ... just make sure the slices (right term?) correspond with your /etc/fstab, or you'll end up in single user or even stuck at a boot prompt with the new drive the first time out. What command (utility) do I use? dd or cp or some other to copy the files. I'd recommend dump and restore ... possibly piping dump *to* restore, something like: dump -0 -a -L -u -f - /usr | ( cd /newusr ; restore -ruf - ) HTH. Thanks You're welcome :-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: debian compatibility
Jim Pazarena wrote: can I please be directed to any on-line reference as the procedures involved in executing a Debian binary on FreeBSD 8? Thanks! http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/linuxemu.html HTH, KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: user friendliest gui
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Ok so I have my new box setup and I have installed Clamav-devel Tcl86 Dialog First question is , I have only ever used clamav-clamd in the past which I start with /usr/local/etc/rc.d/clamav-clamd start to run it, how do I run devel? Second question is , where to o go from here? I have tried to man tcl86 and man clamav-devel but I get no manual entry Try man clamscan. HTH, KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wireless networking question
Chip Camden wrote: On Apr 24 2010 23:51, S Roberts wrote: I believe its been bundled into the libpciaccess port: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/devel/libpciaccess/ Doesn't seem to be there, and google isn't being helpful. A search of freshports.org didn't turn up anything either. Searching freebsd.org only shows our conversation. Likely your ports tree is rather out-of-date? The port directory is at /usr/ports/devel/libpciacess, and the import date on the Makefile is May 2008. Or, perhaps ports aren't installed? Try: $pkg_add -r \ ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/Packages-8-stable/devel/libpciaccess-0.10.6_1.tbz Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Wireless networking question
Chip Camden wrote: On Apr 25 2010 16:18, Chip Camden wrote: On Apr 25 2010 21:26, S Roberts wrote: Hmmm.., you sure your ports system is installed / up-to-date there? Do you have any of the docs that would have shipped with the notebook? If not, I searched ASUS, and found a link to the English version manual here: http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-usproduct=3model=K72Ftype=mapf_type=19 I've not downloaded it, so please see if there's anything that can assist. There **are** other resources at the ASUS site - you just have to use the menu on the right to select your particular model and review the list of resources that gets returned.., Thanks for the attempt to help, but ports are up-to-date. I'm on 8.0-RELEASE amd64 -- maybe scanpci isn't available on amd64? Let me preface my commentary with I'm way out of my league, so #include disclaimer.h and all that ... For starters, in re: above, didn't someone suggest libpciaccess as the source for scanpci? I can't tell if you are misunderstanding what S Roberts suggested, or I am misunderstanding what you are responding. I'm pretty sure there's some misunderstanding here, though. The download for the manual is exactly the same as the paper manual that came with the notebook. It gives very little technical information. On the web site, all I could find is that it's 802.11n capable, which I already knew from the sales pamphlet. OK -- searching the ASUS site for Windows 7 64bit docs (that's what came on it), I find three possibilities for the wireless device: 1. Intel 1000 2. Intel 6200 3. Azurewave Looks like both of the first two are addressed by driver iwn on OpenBSD, but not on FreeBSD. The third one I don't see anywhere. Looking here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_wireless_drivers#FreeBSD Looks like that page was last updated for FreeBSD on April 25. In any case, I tried iwn, and that doesn't work. I thought we had pciconf output that stated it was an Atheros chipset? In that case, it would be the Azurewave, right? I'd suspect it might be supported under ath(4), but you'd wanna read the manpage and possibly even the source for any kind of confirmation on that; the manpage does specifically say that adapters based on the AR5005VL aren't supported. However, the manpage might be slightly out-of-date, also. The other thing I recall seeing is that a new variant of a supported chipset comes out, and the driver code doesn't recognize it even though it might work well. Used to be something like a VENDOR_ID string in the source files; I don't know if it's still the case, but if it was, some people have been able to hack their own device support in rare cases simply by adding the new info to the driver file and recompiling it, but you'd want someone with a lot more $OS_foo than I have to help out with that (or tell you if it's even possible). This is open-source stuff; you might even get sam@ 's attention and get help from the writer himself if you're wearing your lucky sneakers. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: dhcpd doesn't sent route information
Onur Aslan wrote: I tried, but It doesn't helped. Please show us the revised dhcpd.conf. Also, did you -HUP your named? Kevin Kinsey A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 08:22:54AM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Apr 23, 2010, at 6:14 AM, Onur Aslan wrote: I am using isc-dhcp30-server-3.0.7_5 in FreeBSD 7.2. When I run dhclient in a client machine, this machine doesn't get gateway from dhcp server. I configured dhcpd server as described in FreeBSD handbook. If the machine you are testing from is one of onur-pc or onur-eee, you aren't getting a default router because you've only defined it for the dynamic pool range of .4 - .24. Move the: option routers 192.168.1.1; ...statement to the top level, or move the host declarations inside of the subnet 192.168.1.0 block. Or copy the routers line to your host declarations, I suppose. Regards, -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
[Fwd: Re: dhcpd doesn't sent route information]
Onur Aslan wrote: I tried, but It doesn't helped. Please show us the revised dhcpd.conf. Also, did you -HUP your named? Sorry! That should be dhcpd. $kill -HUP `pgrep dhcpd` should do the trick. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: bsdstats country
Aiza wrote: How does bsdstats know what country the PC posting its info is from? Probably via a lookup in the regional registry; see RFC 2050. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: dhcpd doesn't sent route information
Onur Aslan wrote:
$ cat /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf
option domain-name-servers 8.8.8.8, 8.8.8.4;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
default-lease-time 3600;
max-lease-time 86400;
ddns-update-style none;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
range 192.168.1.4 192.168.1.24;
}
host onur-pc {
hardware ethernet 00:0e:2e:ff:6b:e7;
fixed-address 192.168.1.2;
}
host onur-eee {
hardware ethernet 00:22:43:45:a1:2d;
fixed-address 192.168.1.3;
}
#
I am starting dhcpd with '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd start'. It's
starting with this command:
/usr/local/sbin/dhcpd -cf /usr/local/etc/dhcpd.conf -lf
/var/db/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases -pf /var/run/dhcpd/dhcpd.pid -user dhcpd
-group dhcpd ral0
After I added dhcpd_flags=-HUP to my rc.conf It's giving an error
message when I starting dhcpd:
# /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd restart
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.7
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
Usage: dhcpd [-p UDP port #] [-d] [-f]
[-cf config-file] [-lf lease-file]
[-user user] [-group group]
[-chroot dir] [-early_chroot]
[-jail name ip]
[-tf trace-output-file]
[-play trace-input-file]
[-t] [-T] [-s server] [if0 [...ifN]]
Configuration file sanity check failed:
===
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.7
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
Usage: dhcpd [-p UDP port #] [-d] [-f]
[-cf config-file] [-lf lease-file]
[-user user] [-group group]
[-chroot dir] [-early_chroot]
[-jail name ip]
[-tf trace-output-file]
[-play trace-input-file]
[-t] [-T] [-s server] [if0 [...ifN]]
===
-HUP is an option to kill(1). Many daemons can
be told to re-read their configuration file like this:
kill -HUP `pgrep daemonname`
where daemonname is something like dhcpd, named, inetd,
httpd, etc. I've never had much trouble with dhcpd, so I
may be wrong about using kill -HUP on it; I am fairly
certain you don't wanna flag -HUP in /etc/rc.conf,
though. Take it away and the usage message will disappear.
It's saying 'Configuration file sanity check failed' but I don't see
any problem in my configuration file.
Me neither, unless Chuck was also mistaken and you can't put the
option routers line up there, I don't think I see anything either.
Of course, my monitor's a little dusty and I think I need a stronger
eyeglass prescription :-)
If at first you don't succeed, edit, and try again? :-)
KDK
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Re: dansguardian + squid running on local machine
Mexican Loser wrote: Hello fellow BSD users - I have dansguardian listening on 127.0.0.0.1:8080 - squid listening on 127.0.0.1:3128 on the same computer for content filtering and caching for the kids. I also have ipfw ruleset. I'm able to browse the Internet fine but I just want to make sure http requests are going through my ipfw ruleset. How do I know if my websites requests are going through the ipfw rules and coming back through them? The rule below allows everything through the loop back interface, is that whats allowing squid and dansguardian to work? If so, I would like to know what rules specifically I can add specifically for dansguardian and squid? allow all from any to any via lo0 For starters, read up in the Handbook on ipfw. You're really going to want to understand what you are doing. It may help to define your rules in English, then try and figure out the syntax for ipfw. You should look carefully at your network setup. I'm assuming you have a BSD box dual-homed to your ISP, and doing NAT for your LAN? Your loopback interface must always work, otherwise Bad Stuff(tm) will happen. That's the rule you have up there. After that, write out your rules in English: 1. I can connect to anything from the gateway/server. 2. Nothing can come in from outside. 2. No one else can connect to anything outside the gateway/server. 4. Everyone inside can connect to the gateway/server. Etc. After that, it's just a matter of figuring out ipfw's syntax. HTH, Kevin Kinsey P.S. You'll get some recommendations for other firewalls, too. Use which ever one makes sense to you :-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: internet connection tester script
Jozsef Vadkan wrote: Why doesn't my internet-connection script work? When I plug the ethcable out, it just waits...and waits...and waits... The script: http://pastebin.com/AE9U1qdL As someone has noted, you're waiting on ping to timeout a bunch of times. And really, I'm not sure why this script is needed. In ~/.cshrc: alias upping -t3 yahoo.com ... or something (your .bashrc equivalent, or .shrc, etc.) should do the trick, with much less effort on all fronts. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD Version recommend for OLD machine
alexus wrote: On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 3:21 PM, andrew clarke m...@ozzmosis.com wrote: On Fri 2010-03-12 00:16:35 UTC-0500, Steve Bertrand (st...@ibctech.ca) wrote: The machine has a Motherboard that supports 2 double pentium III processors with 1GB of ram and a hard disk with 40GB. I run FreeBSD 7.2 on a headless 1 GHz Pentium III with 256 MB RAM. ... Again... so long as the system won't change its overall process objectives, go to the recent production release, but instead of assigning 256M for /, throw 2G at it to be safe. 2 GB for / seems excessive to me. 1 GB should be plenty. I have 500 MB allocated for FreeBSD 7.2: i'd go w/ 8.0 worse case scenario 7.2 and put more memory in that machine it's embarassing :) Bah, it's got more than an iPhone. :-D KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Thousands of ssh probes
mikel king wrote: Way back about 10 years ago, I was playing around with IPFW a lot. I wrote a script to update IPFW from changes made to a MySql db. It was a just for fun project, that turned out to be rather useful I have some developers that I managed who like you were road warriors. They logged in to the https web page w/ their username and password which grabbed their IP address and stored it in a table on with their login id. The script called fud (for firewall update daemon) connected to the db and ran a query to check for any rule changes. If there were it would apply them to the rule set and clear the change flag. Using this combination I was able to allow ssh access only to the necessary ip addresses. We use a similar approach but only rely on tcpwrappers. Here's what we do (simplified obfuscated slightly), just for reference (or, maybe commentary :-D ) On server: [505] Fri 05.Mar.2010 10:21:37 [ad...@foo][~] cat /etc/hosts.allow | grep sshd # Wrapping sshd(8) is not normally a good idea, but if you sshd: /var/tmp/skyangel.ip : allow sshd: all : deny On skyangel: [13] Fri 05.Mar.2010 10:22:56 [ad...@skyangel][~] sudo crontab -l |grep dhcp @reboot /usr/local/bin/php -q /root/scripts/dhcp.php * */4*** /usr/local/bin/php -q /root/scripts/dhcp.php dhcp.php uses lynx to dump a server-side HTTPS page and sends a secret in the URI. Server-side page is able to decrypt this and determine it's really skyangel, then writes the connecting IP addy to /var/tmp/skyangel.ip. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Thousands of ssh probes
Matthew Seaman wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 05/03/2010 16:12:11, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: Matthew == Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk writes: Matthew On 05/03/2010 15:51:52, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: The spamtrap is a shiny object for spam, and anything that goes there gets blocked for an hour from hitting the low port. I presented this at a conference once. Matthew Having an IPv6-only high-mx seems to terminally confuse most spambots... Oooh! And arpnetworks gives me a /48 in 6 for free. I could have thousands of them. :) Thousands? Try billions. Sagans and sagans. More than the maximum possible number of hosts on the IPv4 internet. Muha ha Ha! I'd think we might have to increase the size of the container for /etc/rc.conf to do that, though? At any rate, that'd be a lot of ifconfig to read/edit/etc. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: How to check a ext3 partition ?
zaxis wrote: There is a ext3 partition used to share data between linux and freebsd. Sometimes freebsd cannot mount this partition as abnormal poweroff. I have to enter linux to do `fsck.ext3` . Can freebsd fsck ext3 partition ? Not natively, AFAIK. Check out /usr/ports/sysutils/e2fsprogs; I've not used it, but I'd imagine it would take care of this chore for you. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mozilla Updates
Programmer In Training wrote: Since the advisories from Mozilla[0-1] have been released, and updates for at least FireFox and Thunderbird are available, when will they be made available via ports (especially FF 3.6 TB 3.0.2)? Should I deinstall the ports version and go ahead and compile from source available at Mozilla's sites? If this isn't the right list to ask these questions, my apologies. [0]: http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.html#mozilla_releases_security_advisories1 [1]: http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/ Well, nothing wrong with asking here. You might get a better, quicker, or more cogent reply from the ports@ list, though. That said, did you look here? ftp pwd Remote directory: /pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/All ftp ls firefox-3.6* 229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||24438|). 150 Here comes the directory listing. -rw-r--r--1 110 1002 19611520 Feb 18 06:51 firefox-3.6,1.tbz 226 Directory send OK. ftp Perhaps it's been there a week already? Not sure, myself, but it kind of appears that way. KDK KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
GLADtr GLADtr wrote:
Hello my friends! Help me please with its problem. I`m don`t understood what
it is problem...
I doubt I do either, but I'll bite.
*mx# uname -a*
FreeBSD mx.taricat.ru 8.0-STABLE FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE #1: Mon Jan 25 09:28:38
UTC 2010 r...@mx.taricat.ru:/usr/obj/
usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
mx#
*mx# ping 127.0.0.1*
PING 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
^C
--- 127.0.0.1 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
*mx# ping localhost*
PING localhost (127.0.0.1): 56 data bytes
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
ping: sendto: Can't assign requested address
^C
--- localhost ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
What does `ifconfig lo0` say? Anything in /var/run/dmesg.today
about lo0?
*mx# ping `hostname`*
ping: cannot resolve mx.taricat.ru: Host name lookup failure
What about `head -n 40 /etc/hosts`? Looks like the
machine can't find its own address. `cat /etc/resolv.conf` ?
*mx# ping google.com*
PING google.com (74.125.87.103): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.87.103: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=188.367 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.87.103: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=180.537 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 2 packets received, 33.3% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 180.537/184.452/188.367/3.915 ms
*mx# ping 10.10.0.113*
PING 10.10.0.113 (10.10.0.113): 56 data bytes
^C
--- 10.10.0.113 ping statistics ---
193 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss
mx#
*mx# ifconfig*
xl0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,
RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500
options=9RXCSUM,VLAN_MTU
ether 00:01:03:09:2e:b4
inet 10.10.0.114 netmask 0xfff0 broadcast 10.10.0.127
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex)
status: active
plip0: flags=8810POINTOPOINT,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 1500
lo0: flags=8049UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST metric 0 mtu 16384
options=3RXCSUM,TXCSUM
inet6 fe80::1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x3
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
nd6 options=3PERFORMNUD,ACCEPT_RTADV
mx#
OK, you don't have an `inet` (IPv4) address configured
for the lo0 device. That's the issue. Try `ping6 localhost`
or `ping6 ::1`.
*mx# netstat -rn*
Routing tables
Internet:
DestinationGatewayFlagsRefs Use Netif Expire
default10.10.0.126UGS 2 97xl0
10.10.0.112/28 link#1 U 2 465xl0
10.10.0.114link#1 UHS 00lo0
Protocol Family 28:
DestinationGatewayFlagsNetif Expire
(28) 0001 (28)
0001 UH
lo0
(28) fe80 0003
link#3 U lo0
(28) fe80 0003 0001
link#3 UHS lo0
(28) ff01 0003 (28)
fe80 0003 0001 U
lo0
(28) ff02 0003 (28)
fe80 0003 0001 U
lo0
mx#
*mx# less /etc/rc.conf*
hostname=mx.taricat.ru
#ifconfig_xl0=inet 91.198.171.167 netmask 91.198.171.128
#defaultrouter=91.198.171.129
#ifconfig_ste0=inet 10.10.11.100 netmask 255.255.255.0
#pf_enable=YES
#pf_rules=/etc/pf/conf
#named_enable=YES
ifconfig_xl0=DHCP
sshd_enable=YES
#pflog_enable=YES
#clear_tmp_enable=YES
#smartd_enabled=YES
#samba_enable=YES
#nmbd_enable=YES
#smbd_enable=YES
#samba_config=/usr/local/etc/smb.conf
#zfs_enable=YES
/etc/rc.conf (END)
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Re: X11/freebsd problem
Chuck Robey wrote:
I have this problem with my built-under-freebsd-current Xorg, it gives me this
following sort of error everytime it starts up:
(pts/2):{14}% Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display
:0.0.
Xlib: extension Generic Event Extension missing on display :0.0.
Usually, that 2nd line shows up 6 to 12 times, I trimmed the repetitions for
brevity. Anyone got any idea what this sort of error is? If it isn't a fairly
common sort of error, I think I'll hunt to see if maybe there's an Xorg mailing
list I could use. I think that the error originated during the period when I
was writing a X11 graphical tablet driver, but it never (until now) seemed to
actually get it the way. The version of X I was using is completely gone now,
and when I found out that the cut-rate graphical tablet itself was too defective
to give me a good basis for the driver, well, the driver is history now too
(except for all the stuff I learned, very useful!)
Thanks. This all came up as I've been searching for a sound player with a good
GUI, and that's what triggered the error this time (the audacious port).
Hmm, I'm not sure it's uncommon, depending on the environment. I get the
same when running many apps from 7-STABLE to the Cygwin/freeXer X server running
on a Winblows desktop, for example. Any bad behavior associated with it?
KDK
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Re: /root permission reset on boot
Nerius Landys wrote: I'm running FreeBSD 7.1 i386, and even after I chmod 700 /root, after a reboot it goes back to permission 755. 1. What's the reason for this? There must be a good reason and I would like to know it. Everything in FreeBSD just makes sense and is well designed (honestly, no sarcasm here). It's something local to your machine; this doesn't happen on any machine I've used, and I can't find anything that could be configured for that. Perhaps I was mistaken about this happening after every reboot. Perhaps it only happens when I upgrade my world (make buildworld, make installworld, etc.). I do this often (every time a release patch is released). So, perhaps this only happens during these upgrades? Yup, 99% sure of that. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Problems with make clean
Frank Wißmann wrote: Hi, Beasties! I just installed the new VirtualBox through ports. It worked fine, but now I have trouble cleaning the directory. Neither make clean nor a rm -rf work/ do what they are supposed to. Here is the output: rm: work/virtualbox-3.0.51r22902/out/freebsd.amd64/debug/obj/VBoxRT/VBox: Directory not empty No explanation, sorry. Have you tried $chflags -R nosch work $rm -rf work ? HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: can't load smbfs kernel module
Anton Shterenlikht wrote: This is on FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT #0 r202964M ia64 I've built a kernel with smbfs module: # ls -al /boot/kernel/smb* -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 265579 25 Jan 13:36 /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko -r-xr-xr-x 1 root wheel 680186 25 Jan 13:36 /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko.symbols but can't load it: # kldload smbfs kldload: can't load smbfs: No such file or directory Other modules load fine with kldload, e.g.: Does it make any difference to use the .ko extension, to call it by absolute path, or to use -v for more information, per The Friendly Manual? Certainly no expert. Wondering tho, as I don't know if the kernel maintains a list of new objects if they've been recently added. Hate to ask if you've done a reboot :-) Also, for curiosity, `file /boot/kernel/smbfs.ko`? All I need is to mount an MS WIndows partition to my fbsd box. Please advise many thanks anton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FreeBSD sources from svn repos
RW wrote: On Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:51:26 + Masoom Shaikh masoom.sha...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List, I am confused about FreeBSD versions maintained in svn repos 1. http://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/8.0/ 2. http://svn.freebsd.org/base/release/8.0.0/ 3. http://svn.freebsd.org/base/stable/8/ (2) is easy, most probably it means stable Rather than the one that has stable in the url? how about (1) and (2) The obvious interpretation is that 3 is stable, 2 is the release, and 1 is the RELENG_8_0 security branch. But to the initiate :-), remember that the terms can be confusing. A RELEASE is extremely stable in terms of operation, most usually, per our reputation (and will never be changed again). The RELENG tag means that only security fixes, etc. are added to the code, and the -STABLE tag refers to the fact that the API isn't going to change in any substantial way without developer's heads rolling, most likely, but stuff is Merged-from-Current (or wherever) fairly continually, and, as such, is occasionally susceptible to hiccups. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev!
insecur...@malandrines.net wrote: Unable to find device node for /dev/ad0s1b in /dev! help me please $ grep ad /var/run/dmesg.boot Is /dev/ad0 there? /dev/ad0s1b ? Do you have SCSI disks instead? A RAID? Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Server set up
Chad Perrin wrote: On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 04:34:17PM -0600, Kevin Kinsey wrote: NTFS comes with NT versions of Windows, that is, NT, Windows 2000, and everything since then. W95 and W98 used FAT filesystems. Fat32 was the default for Win98 IIRC. I know a lot of MS Windows users like to pretend WinME never existed, but I like to think those of us in the FreeBSD community take a more honest look at the world. Thus, for the sake of clarity: NTFS comes with NT versions of Windows -- that is, WinNT, Win2K, WinXP, and everything since then. Win95, Win98, and WinME used FAT filesystems. I wouldn't want anyone to make some kind of grave error involving the assumption that WinME used NTFS. . . . ROFL. I don't think I was being dishonest, certainly not intentionally. I did recently purchase a small notebook with Windows 7 installed. I may have had my head infected by the Marketroid virus as a result. :-D So, yes Virginia, there was one further release with the (DOS-based?) Windows kernel, named WinME. Now, to be real pedantic, there was Windows 3.1 before Windows95, and before that, Windows 3.0, 2.1, 2.0, 1.0, and Interface Manager. I'm feeling kinda sick now ... so, no more ROFL, maybe ROLF instead? Fi`ni. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Server set up
Jerry McAllister wrote: Of course, if you plan to dual boot FreeBSD along with the existing installation of W98, then you need enough disk for both of them. Probably 20 Gbytes each as a minimum. More is nicer. If you want to dual boot, then you will need to acquire a utility that will allow you to shrink down the W98 portion of the disk to make room for FreeBSD. There are several available, both for a price and free. The most common one to buy is Partition Magic. I have used that successfully until I came to dividing a USB disk and it failed on that. It has some other quirks and limits too. The most common free one is gparted which you can download and burn to a CD from the net. Just do a Google search for it. There are other free ones. Two limited ones come with FreeBSD. I don't remember back to W98. Does it use NTFS file system type? It the Windos file system is of type NTFS, most of the free partition utilities will not work.I think that gparted is supposed to, but I haven't tried it on that. NTFS comes with NT versions of Windows, that is, NT, Windows 2000, and everything since then. W95 and W98 used FAT filesystems. Fat32 was the default for Win98 IIRC. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
Programmer In Training wrote: On 1/6/2010 5:07 PM, Programmer In Training wrote: snip After testing out the boot disk on my mom's laptop, I have determined there is an error somewhere with my computer. I don't know what it is or where to even begin to look to fix it, but my computer is toast. BIOS: Phoenix - AwardBIOS Attached Hardware: Sound Blaster Live! Generic USB expansion PCI Card Pentium IV 2.4GHz 2GB RAM HP DVD Writer 1040r NEC CD-RW NR-9100A 6GB WD WD64AA ATI Radeon 9200 (AGP) ZoneNet 10/100 Wireless NIC LinkSys 10/100 wired NIC Monitor: CTX LCD No floppy disk drive (none hooked up anyway) ZIP100 internal drive (not hooked up to anything) None of the attached hardware I saw specifically listed as being compatible, but none of it listed as incompatible, either. The two optical drives are known to work (obviously if I can get so far as attempting to load the kernel). The only thing I can think of is the hard drive (unknown previous working condition, although claimed to be in good order). Just to test, though, I'm going to swap out the CD-RW for a 52x CD-ROM. I have no other hard drives to test with (my 32GB drive, known to work, is MIA). Hmm, having two optical drives might rise up and bite one's tushy; It could be that you're booting from a drive in BIOS that gets reassigned by the kernel to be number two, and the kernel's attempting to find it one number one. NO idea for certain, but such things have happened in the past, I think. You might trying disconnecting one optical drive and trying again. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Failed to Load Kernel
Programmer In Training wrote: Hello, P I T (Joseph?), I'm rather astounded that no one has responded to your email as of yet. IANAE, but here goes: snipped the part about checksums, per your later post The message I'm getting (wish I could just screen cap and put it up on the web): FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 (r...@almeida.cse.buffalo.edu, Sat Nov 21 14:05:36 UTC 2009) Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x88d680 readin failed Could that be readln? Been too long since I saw it. The typo below makes me assume you're typing from the view on the the monitor. Bad news is, ev'ry time I've seen this, it's because of bad media. I've not seen it for years, though, and then, it was always on floppy installs, which, I think, are the posterboy for bad media on Google or Wikipedia or summat. elf32_loadimage: read failed Unable to lad a kernel! / Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... can't load 'kernel' As far as I can tell, the cd burned fine (I did the burn on a Toshiba notebook running Vista, was able to browse the folders just fine, everything looked in order). I'm guessing there's some issue we're both unaware of. Perhaps someone with a better grok on the situation will post. Do I need to use the bootonly.iso as well? What am I missing here? I know my drive that I'm booting from is in perfect working order (DVD Super Multi-Format DVD+/-R(W), HP, less then a year old with no problems prior). You could try the bootonly,iso, but the disc you are using does the same thing, and more. Bootonly is just the installer program, and is intended to be used when you want to installer over the network, like in the old floppy days. Disc1 should have the installer and all the necessary chunks to get a working environment without a network connection. All the hardware up to this point appears to be detected just fine. That's good to hear. As I mentioned, hopefully someone else will have a better clue on this, as I've not had the problem for years. I've also not burned a CD for FreeBSD on Windows *ever*, so I'm thinking it could be related to that, somehow or other, despite the fact that you can see everything. But then again, maybe I just don't trust Windows programs ;-) Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: problem with php5-snmp
B. Cook wrote:
Trying to update all ports since updating to 8.0..
already rebuilt all ports and did a yes | make delete-old-libs so none
of that is the problem..
php5-snmp would not rebuild.
Not sure where the problem is..
but below is tons of output..
snip
checking for snmp_parse_oid in -lnetsnmp... no
checking for init_snmp in -lnetsnmp... no
configure: error: SNMP sanity check failed. Please check config.log for
more information.
So what does config.log say? It should be at
/usr/ports/net-mgmt/php5-snmp/work/{$PORTNAME}/config.log
and *might* have useful information.
HTH,
Kevin Kinsey
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Remote ssh tunnel in background or script?
Greetings! I have a client who recently dropped static IP service in favor of a cheaper solution, so they're now on a DHCP network blocking port 25, etc. In order to continue to allow them to connect to an outbound SMTP box on the LAN, I've done this on their server: sudo ssh -L thisbox:24:remotebox:52525 m...@remotebox I've got Sendmail listening there on 52525, and it works fine; the local clients are told to connect to thisbox port 24. The only issue is that I have to run it from a terminal session. When I tried to bg the process (cmdstring ) it doesn't work, exactly. I've gotten an error message at times*, and at other times I apparently get thisbox listening on port 24 but it's not an SMTP daemon that's listening. I have a feeling it's cause I'm in csh, which is notorious for backgrounding issues. ? At any rate, what I'd like to do is have a script set up the connection, or write some daemon that would monitor the connection and fix it if it gets reset. At any rate, if I could get this SSH process to detach from a terminal, it'd be great. Any suggestions? Kevin Kinsey * I'm sorry, but I can't reproduce the error message this morning. IIRC, something to the effect of I can't do nothing, give me a command please? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Remote ssh tunnel in background or script?
Svante Kvarnstrom wrote: Hello Have you tried -f (for background) and -N for Do not execute a remote command? See man 1 ssh for more details. Svante Cheers for you! It was -f without -N that produced the error. I'm guessing I got down the manpage about as far as -f and didn't go any further. *beats head on desk* Thanks, Svante! For the archives: SMTP OVER SSH TUNNEL FREEBSD sudo ssh -f -N -L localname:24:remotename:52525 m...@remotename When SMTP is listening on remotename port 52525. sudo is needed to open the tunnel on the localname side on port 24 (a privileged port). You could do this as root on the local side, but shouldn't connect *to* root on the remote computer. On Nov 9, 2009, at 7:30 PM, Kevin Kinsey wrote: Greetings! sudo ssh -L thisbox:24:remotebox:52525 m...@remotebox I've got Sendmail listening there on 52525, and it works fine; the local clients are told to connect to thisbox port 24. The only issue is that I have to run it from a terminal session. When I tried to bg the process (cmdstring ) it doesn't work, exactly. I've gotten an error message at times*, and at other times I apparently get thisbox listening on port 24 but it's not an SMTP daemon that's listening. I have a feeling it's cause I'm in csh, which is notorious for backgrounding issues. ? At any rate, what I'd like to do is have a script set up the connection, or write some daemon that would monitor the connection and fix it if it gets reset. At any rate, if I could get this SSH process to detach from a terminal, it'd be great. Any suggestions? Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package?
Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: On Tuesday 27 October 2009 7:22:22 pm Lowell Gilbert wrote: I probably should move this bikeshed to freebsd-chat... I'd like the bikeshed blue, please. Also, since Sendmail has reached maturity, let's baptize it now instead of during infancy, and add a knob FEATURE(require_calvinism). Also, I'm attending the annual meeting of my Sendmail Users Anonymous Group (SMAUG) tomorrow (it's annual because there are SO FEW of us we had to scour the world to find a quorum and it makes economic sense to to meet just once a year), where I'll ask Pope Eric to call up troops to end this holy war on this list once and for all. I'm sharpening blades in the shop even as I write this! DEUS VULT 'Nuff ... please? Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: changing cron's From: address in emails
Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Saturday, October 24, 2009 4:16 AM -0500 Matthew Seaman m.sea...@infracaninophile.co.uk wrote: Kelly Martin wrote: How can I change the From: address of these emails to Myserver Cron Daemon instead? I know cron runs as the user, so it's not immediately obvious to me how to change the From: field. Already the subject line says something like Cron r...@myserver ... but this doesn't stand out enough for my tired eyes. Do you control the mail server where you read your e-mail? Can you use eg. procmail(1) as a delivery agent? You should be able to match e-mails from Cron and rewrite headers, or deliver cron e-mails into per-machine mailboxes. Something like this: :0 h * From:.*Cron r...@\/[^\.]+ $MATCH The other alternative is to re-write the cron scripts to send e-mail themselves, rather than relying on cron(8) to capture their stdout/stderr and e-mail it for you. Here's a handy shell programming trick that can make that easier. Somewhere near the top of the script, you can add something like this: exec 21 | /usr/sbin/sendmail -oi -t echo From: Sender Name sen...@add.ress echo To: recipi...@some.where echo Subject: e-mail from cron job echo Then everything you print out in the script will be captured as the body of the e-mail and sent to the specified recipient. You might get some warnings about forgery in the mail headers if the userid the script runs as is not the same as the 'From:' address. Why not just echo `hostname` as the first line of every script? Isn't that what he really wants to know? Or echo This script came from `hostname`? Or, on a related note, why have cron(8) do any mailing at all? Most/all of my management scripts compile a mail message in /tmp and then send it as the body of a message with mail(1), so I can have whatever subject header I want, and the envelope data comes from the user (usually m...@myhost.tld). Cron sees nothing because stdout/err is redirected to dev/null. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd forgets root password
kalin m wrote: does anybody here know if freebsd has a driver for Marvell 88E8057 nic chip? according to the kernel list of drivers (7.2) marvell chips are driven by the msk driver. but it doesn't show up in pciconf, dmesg or sysinstall strangely enough 88E8057 is not in the list in man msk. although 88E8056 and 88E8058 are. is this just bad luck?! No, as I mentioned earlier, it appears the driver author didn't have or wasn't aware of this chipset. It's quite possible, based on the cursory glance I gave to the headers of the file, that it didn't exist at the time it was written. There are obviously some issues with licensing or disclosure or what-not. See /usr/src/dev/msk/if_msk.c, down about line 210-220 where these are defined. You can, I think, very carefully, attempt to add this device to that file and rebuild your kernel, I think, and then see if it works. I'm thinking OOTOMH the trick would be getting the right DEVICEID string in there. Barring that, you might speak very sweetly to the author of the driver, perhaps offering $BEVERAGE and detailed information about the chip, and see if he/she would attempt to conjure up the right code to make it work. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd forgets root password
kalin m wrote: hi all this is really weird. i've must have set up the root password on this new machine i got at least 5 times and after a few reboots this thing forgets it. i have to go in single user and reset it again and again?!? what can be the reason? Can you clarify a bit? Do you mean, after rebooting I can get in without a password, or, after rebooting it refuses the password I type, or something else? Are you logging into the console, or into something like xdm/gdm? What about normal (non-root) accounts, do they also have this problem? And, for that matter, why have you done a few reboots? This isn't Windoze ;-) while i'm on here... the machine comes with an ethernet card snip Sounds like, possibly, a newer variant of the device? Occasionally a manufacturer makes a new variation on a chip/device and the FBSD driver doesn't recognize it. If you can get the thing to work, or maybe use another card and update, it just might. Can't say for sure, but you might check the CVS Web Interface for changes to the msk(4) driver in the last $n months. At any rate, the suggestion to read the manpage for msk(4) isn't a bad one. It could be that you need to add a KLD to loader.conf or something ... at the very least, it should say what variants are expected to work with msk(4). HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Question about FreeBSD syscall usage
Yan, Yeqing wrote: Hi: I'm from Intel China. Our project use FreeBSD 7.0 and I have some questions about the FreeBSD syscall. I don't know how to use these syscall below. Is there having some doc or example about how to use these syscall? kse_exit kse_wakeup kse_create kse_thr_interrupt kse_release kse_switchin mac_syscall thr_create thr_suspend thr_kill2 Thank you very much! Best Regards Yan, Yeqing Hello Yeqing, You might want to write to hack...@freebsd.org ... ... some of those guys *wrote* these syscalls. However, since it's a question, I'll take a stab at it. Have you read: $man kse $man 3 mac $man libthr ? Also, see www.freebsd.org/kse/ However, I think that KSE was used in 5.x and 6.x and then dropped in favor of a 1:1 threading model when 7.0 was released (I'm sure some hacker@ can correct this information if I'm wrong). I hope this is helpful to you. Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: sysinstall colours
Alexander Best wrote: Seriously?!?!?! All the problems with sysinstall, and your idea is to change the color? Are you trying to start a bikeshed? If so, I prefer pink. -- randi I'm painting the little girl's room next week and might have some leftover interior latex, if that will do. Oh, but, it's outside, so prolly not. Sorry. Or, do you want your pink bikeshed in the garage? ;-) current developers don't seem to have any interest in improving sysinstall. so it's important to get new people involved in freebsd. and the way to do that is with an attractive looking installer and an easy installation process imo. I don't want to be harsh, but do you know what you're talking about? Randi, for one, has taken on the zombie known as sysinstall with a nice big shotgun, and is attempting to keep adding a few features here/there as needed to keep up with necessities while other developers (AFAIK) work on other projects, including, at last count, a couple differnet possibilities for installers. It's apparently been rather daunting work, and, as a result, the new installer, whatever its name is/will be, isn't ready for inclusion with 8.0. However, a day is coming ... Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Tcpwrappers, sendmail, and unknown hosts...
Seems like a lot of the spam we fight comes from hosts with no DNS entries. What about using this? -- $grep sendmail /etc/hosts.allow sendmail : KNOWN : allow sendmail : UNKNOWN : deny - Comments? anyone tried it? Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Tcpwrappers, sendmail, and unknown hosts...
Jeff Laine wrote:
On Sat,10-10-2009 [12:31:01], Kevin Kinsey wrote:
Seems like a lot of the spam we fight comes from
hosts with no DNS entries. What about using this?
--
$grep sendmail /etc/hosts.allow
sendmail : KNOWN : allow
sendmail : UNKNOWN : deny
-
Comments? anyone tried it?
Hi Kevin!
What you need is 'require_rdns' feature.
Also from my own expirience, dnsbl feature of
Sendmail works great for spammers scum.
TYTY! Bang-Smack-Out of the park. Lemme
know where I can send {$beverage}.
Mail queue (Sendmail dual + amavid-new + spamassassin)
is down from 100+ to 10 after adding that to .mc
and rebooting. Thanks a bunch :-)
Kevin Kinsey
DaleCo, S.P.
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Security cams/DVR, using FBSD?
Hello, I seem to have a problem --- fairly small pieces of equipment are disappearing occasionally. It's a couple hundred dollars here or there, but it's starting to add up. I'd like to set up a box or two with a camera feeding an HDD for later review. Is there a hardware/software combination you use or recommend for video monitoring? TIA, Kevin Kinsey -- There is a Massachusetts law requiring all dogs to have their hind legs tied during the month of April. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd
BONGANI MANGANYE wrote: am doing research about freebsd ,so can you help me with this information 1. features, benefits and setbacks 2. Functionality and features 3. versions, strong and weak points 4. Unique features www.freebsd.org :-) Kevin Kinsey -- Here I am, fifty-eight, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. -- Peter Drucker ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd
BONGANI MANGANYE wrote: i dont know if is me or what but you havent answerwd my question,please take ur time ad give me reply Kevin Kinsey k...@daleco.biz 08/17/09 2:18 PM BONGANI MANGANYE wrote: am doing research about freebsd ,so can you help me with this information 1. features, benefits and setbacks 2. Functionality and features 3. versions, strong and weak points 4. Unique features www.freebsd.org :-) Kevin Kinsey My reply is, *read the website*. www.freebsd.org is the FreeBSD Project's site and gives details such as those you are asking for with great attention to accuracy in language and with great character. If your native/primary language is not English, the site should still be available in several other languages, but I've never read those, and can't *positively* say that they will help you as much. I have, however, read posts by persons on the translation teams, and they seem top-caliber as well as the programmers and English documentation team, so you should still be able to glean most of what you need from the site. If you are looking for opinions rather than facts, please accept my apology for not giving you mine, but I read the original post as asking for facts, and these can best be found from the Project's website. HTH, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: FTP
Jos Chrispijn wrote: Ruben de Groot wrote: On Tue, Jul 07, 2009 at 11:27:53AM +0200, Jos Chrispijn typed: - use truss on the server process Thanks for your reply; can you explain what you mean with this? Jos Chrispijn He's assuming you have control of the FTP server ... $ apropos truss truss(1) - trace system calls ... so you can use the above tool to see what's going on from the server's point of view. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Suaviter in modo, fortiter in re. Se non e vero, e ben trovato. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: upgrade almost done on ns1.thought.org
Gary Kline wrote: well, guys, i just pulled the trigger and install kernel and world. upon reboot most things worked. i'm having trouble with the ntp stuff and need help there. who can tell me what idiot thing is wrong with my ntp.conf file: drwx-- 2 root wheel 512 Dec 24 2007 ntp -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 157 Jan 19 2008 ntp.conf the ntp directory is/has been empty. in ntp.conf i thought this was correct, but upon reboot, i get sudden errors (with 7.2) sage# cat ntp.conf server 0.us.pool.ntp.org server 1.us.pool.ntp.org server 2.us.pool.htp.org driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift restrict 10.47.0.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify notrap anybody? Not certain, Gary, as IANAE; here, /etc/ntp/holds ntpd.conf, and /etc/ntp.conf is a symlink to said file. No issues with ntp; I'm running 7-STABLE from last summer. Kevin Kinsey -- It's better to be quotable than to be honest. -- Tom Stoppard ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: GSM to Serial Converter
Exemys wrote: This is a message in multipart MIME format. Your mail client should not be displaying this. Consider upgrading your mail client to view this message correctly. Wrong list. You should consider upgrading *your* mail client to send messages correctly; general consensus, and I'll leave it to another troll to quote the relevant RFC's. ;-) Oh, and upgrade your keyboard to one with an ENTER key as well, please. :-P Kevin Kinsey -- Ring around the collar. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: loader.conf
gahn wrote: Hi all: I have a machine with 2GB memory. in the file loader.conf, there is a line: #hw.physmem=1G# Limit physical memory. See loader(8) Could I remove the # and change that to 2G? Yes, but, would it make a difference? Interestingly, the sysctl indicates the parameter of hw.physmem is not changeable. It is changeable before the system boots (during the 'loader' stage), but not changeable later. The question is, what's it currently set to? The comment means that the line in question *isn't* a physical memory limit ... what's the current setting of hw.physmem, and why would you *want* to limit it? On my systems, both 7x and 6x, hw.physmem is something like 4G by default---despite the fact I've nothing like that amount of RAM onboard. Any guru here give me some enlightenment? IANAE, but am willing to accept correction. Kevin Kinsey -- When a person goes on a diet, the first thing he loses is his temper. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: installing freebsd 7.1 ( error mounting /dev/acd0 input/output error)
ajeesh joseph wrote: Hello,I was installing freebsd 7.0/7.1to my Ampro RB700,celeron processor,usb hdd 80gb using my CD drive.during the time of installation i get error error mounting /dev/acd0 input/output error could any one tell me how to solve this and how can i install the OS..regardsAjeesh /dev/acd0 is your CDROM drive. Try using a different CD for starters ... (a 2nd copy) ... if that doesn't work, it might be a bad CDROM drive. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- If one studies too zealously, one easily loses his pants. -- A. Einstein ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: phpBB3, php5 and mysql
Christoph Kukulies wrote: I'm in the process of moving a phpBB3 forum to a new machine (formerly 5.2, now 7.1). I also was so keen to move to php5 (was running php4 before, I believe). I have the phpBB3 forum directory copied back into the DocumentRoot. Mysql 4.1 is running, The database is there, I can log in to mysql and view the database. I can get phpinfo. Only I can't get the hell out of the phpBB3 forum. When I invoke the index.php I get a blank page with an incomplete xml header. I have no idea were to look at the moment. Wherever PHP places its errors? On my installations, it's /var/log/httpd_error_log. This might be configurable via PHP's ini file, or PHP's ini_set(), or from the system's syslog.conf ... not certain. It looks a bit like php5 is not accessing the database (mysql) or something. Is there some module or driver to be compiled in? I installed php5 now from ports with the apache mod_php5 module being installed. PHP is great about telling what's wrong ... if it's configured to do so. Once you have an error message, it'll be easier to know how to fix it. Kevin Kinsey -- Ever wonder if taxation without representation might have been cheaper? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Anonymizer tool like Tor?
Chris Rees wrote: 2009/3/12 Gilles gilles.gana...@free.fr: Hello I'd like to download information from our competitor's web site, without their knowing it's from us. The Tor network works fine, but they don't seem to provide a *nix version, much less a command-line version (the download script will run on a non-X FreeBSD 6.3 server). Do you know of an alternative for FreeBSD, ie. a solution that will let me connect to a web server through at least one other host, and have the IP address change automatically every few minutes? Thank you. Don't you think it's a bad idea to publish your nefarious intentions to a PUBLIC mailing list with your name on it? Your 'competitor' will see this if all s/he does is do a Google search for your name, which would certainly be easier than scouring their httpd logs. Chris It probably is, but you're assuming his competitors know that he works for their competition, and, for that matter, that Giles is his real name, etc., etc. KDK -- Campbell's Law: Nature abhors a vacuous experimenter. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Which install ?
Darryl Hoar wrote: From this, I believe I should install the i386 version of Freebsd. Do I have to do anything to enable multi-processors in Freebsd ? AFAIK you need apic and smp options in your kernel config; of course, the good news is that 7.0 and up have this enabled by default. Kevin Kinsey -- Squirrels eating squirrels, my God, that's sick. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Apache 1.3.41
Jos Chrispijn wrote: For some reason, Apache isn't starting anymore after having my ports upgraded today. That was a major php5 upgrade and I think it might have to do something with it. [snip] Looks like half way the start Apache is stopping and bypassing every log output. Can some tell me what I am overlooking here? Does it have something to do with the php-5 portupgrade? High probability that you're correct. It could be possible that running a quick PHP command at the CLI (of course, that assumes that PHP has installed a CLI version) would get the error out in the open. Likely one of the modules isn't compatible? I'd comment out the entire /usr/local/etc/php/extensions.ini file and see if HTTPD starts. If it does, enable half the extensions and try again, etc., until you find which one causes the problem. In all likelihood, to really sort things out permanently, you'll need to rebuild all the extensions. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Our business in life is not to succeed but to continue to fail in high spirits. -- Robert Louis Stevenson ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: USB key with 7.5 GByte but no space left on device after 4 GByte written
Matthias Apitz wrote: to end this threat, I did: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da0 bs=64k count=1 # newfs_msdos /dev/da0 # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt # time cat file file file /mnt/big cat: stdout: File too large 0.276u 19.421s 14:36.63 2.2%11+1180k 33887+65536io 0pf+0w # df -kh /mnt FilesystemSizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/da0 7.5G4.0G3.5G53%/mnt i.e. it writes the maximal file size of 4G in FAT32 and 3.5G are left as free; the write speed is 4294963200 in 14:36.63 minutes, i.e. 4902926 per sec; matthias Probably I'm just making more noise; you didn't give any hardware details. Some manufacturers (I have a SanDisk Cruzer) are now putting multiple partitions on a flash stick; the Cruzer has one which, on Windows,emulates a CD-ROM drive (dunno why a CD emulation would take up 3.5 GB, tho). Kevin Kinsey -- It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion. -- Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null
Modulok wrote: I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the X11 equiv of /dev/null ? ...what? What problem are you trying to solve, exactly? -Modulok- I'd have to assume he wants to call a remote X program from his terminal and not have the program's output clutter it up. My usual workaround is: 1. xterm in Terminal one. 2. appname in the new Xterm, then CTL-D. I also have a couple of buttons in XFCE that simply call ssh $somehost $someapp. I've no idea where it puts the stderror/stdout, but I never see it. Kevin Kinsey -- Surely you cant be serious. I am serious, and dont call me Shirley. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: RELENG_7 != STABLE?
Paul Schmehl wrote: I have this in my /etc/cvsupfile: *default tag=RELENG_7 Yet, when I recompiled world and kernel yesterday, I ended up with this: FreeBSD hostname.utdallas.edu 7.1-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 7.1-PRERELEASE #10: Mon Feb 23 18:15:12 CST 2009 r...@utd65257.utdallas.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 I thought that tag got me the STABLE branch? And I'm probably just talking out loud to hear my own voice at this point, but the -STABLE branch is tagged -PRERELEASE during the last $n $units prior to a RELENG_M_N being tagged, unless I'm mistaken [IANAE] ... in case that was what your question actually was. Kevin Kinsey -- Are you a turtle? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: hi
Wojciech Puchar wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 04:07:44PM +, Saifi Khan wrote: The existing users provide continuity not growth. To be popular FreeBSD needs growth. I think that one of FBSD's guiding principles is *correctness* ... or, at least, that's one of the higher values of the community. By way of evidence, I present the following terms, used frequently in correspondence on these lists: It Just Works(tm) The Right Way(tm) canonical P.O.L.A. And be sure and check today's .sig ;-) Kevin Kinsey -- Grandpa used to say --- What is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: desktop app/config
Jean-Paul Natola wrote: What is the terminology that I would need to search in the handbook to get a bsd machine to authenticate with AD I have Mac machines that authenticate to our network- but that's easy to configure AD==Active Directory? BSD doesn't do that by default. AFAIK, you'll need to install and configure SAMBA (which is in ports). As for the original question, I saw a config by a guy named Horen (I think, from NW Europe someplace) for FVWM which looked almost exactly like Windows XP, down to the icons. There's also FWVM95, which is supposed to look like Win95. And, I've not seen XFWM mentioned yet, which is pretty user friendly and a tad more lightweight than KDE or Gnome ... which could be important if you're talking about recycled hardware. My $.02, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: pkg_info php
Grant Peel wrote: Hi all, I am getting 'segmentation faults' when using php (apache module) on a server that recently had php 4 instlalled when php 5 was already there. /var/log/httpd-error.log: [Tue Jan 06 09:44:39 2009] [notice] child pid 8209 exit signal Segmentation fault (11) Is there a way to completely remove all hints of php 5? Do you think this would stop the segmentation faults? IANAE, but (and I don't intend a personal offense) this is a very convoluted configuration. Having PHP4 and PHP5 side by side isn't something I'd try on one box; too much chance of the extensions overlapping one another, and this would be a prime cause of a segfault --- that is, PHP5, just as an example, might be attempting to use an extension.so that was compiled against PHP4, or vice-versa, and such a problem is the usual cause of such errors. My $0.02. There is a good possibility that doing the following would help: *Pick one version or the other, probably v 5, as v4 is EOL'ed. *Uninstall both versions and Apache, and all php-extension ports. *Reinstall the PHP$n port with Apache module enabled via OPTIONS. *Reinstall the correct php-extension ports. HTH, Kevin Kinsey PS once again, a fitting .sig. Is our randomizer not random enough? Or something more sinister? Uname -a: FreeBSD servername 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 22 02:59:38 EST 2007 ... i386 Output of pkg_info: apache-2.2.3Version 2.2 of Apache web server with prefork MPM. apachetop-0.12.6Apache RealTime log stats autoconf-2.59_2 Automatically configure source code on many Un*x platforms bind95-base-9.5.0.2 The BIND DNS suite with updated DNSSEC and threads bsdpan-Archive-Tar-1.30 Archive::Tar - module for manipulations of tar archives bsdpan-Authen-PAM-0.16 Authen::PAM - Perl interface to PAM library bsdpan-CGI-SpeedyCGI-2.22 SpeedyCGI - Speed up perl scripts by running them persisten bsdpan-Compress-Raw-Zlib-2.004 Compress::Raw::Zlib - Low-Level Interface to zlib compressi bsdpan-Compress-Zlib-2.004 Compress::Zlib - Interface to zlib compression library bsdpan-Crypt-CBC-2.14 Crypt::CBC - Encrypt Data with Cipher Block Chaining Mode bsdpan-Crypt-CBC-2.22 Crypt::CBC - Encrypt Data with Cipher Block Chaining Mode bsdpan-Crypt-DES-2.05 Crypt::DES - Perl DES encryption module bsdpan-Crypt-SSLeay-0.53 Crypt::SSLeay - OpenSSL glue that provides LWP https suppor bsdpan-Date-Calc-5.4 Unknown perl module bsdpan-Date-Manip-5.44 Unknown perl module bsdpan-Digest-1.15 Digest - Modules that calculate message digests bsdpan-Digest-HMAC-1.01 Digest::HMAC - Keyed-Hashing for Message Authentication bsdpan-Digest-MD5-2.36 Digest::MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Algorithm bsdpan-Digest-Nilsimsa-0.06 Digest::Nilsimsa - Perl version of Nilsimsa code bsdpan-Digest-SHA1-2.11 Digest::SHA1 - Perl interface to the SHA-1 algorithm bsdpan-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.18 ExtUtils::CBuilder - Compile and link C code for Perl modul bsdpan-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.18 ExtUtils::ParseXS - converts Perl XS code into C code bsdpan-HTML-Parser-3.56 HTML::Parser - HTML parser class bsdpan-HTML-Tagset-3.10 HTML::Tagset - data tables useful in parsing HTML bsdpan-HTML-Template-2.9 HTML::Template - Perl module to use HTML Templates from CGI bsdpan-IO-Compress-Base-2.004 IO::Compress::Base - Base Class for IO::Compress modules bsdpan-IO-Compress-Zlib-2.004 IO::Compress::Gzip - Write RFC 1952 files/buffers bsdpan-IO-Socket-INET6-2.51 IO::Socket::INET6 - Object interface for AF_INET|AF_INET6 d bsdpan-IO-Socket-SSL-1.02 IO::Socket::SSL -- Nearly transparent SSL encapsulation for bsdpan-IO-Tty-1.07 IO::Tty - Low-level allocate a pseudo-Tty, import constants bsdpan-IO-Zlib-1.05 IO::Zlib - IO:: style interface to LCompress::Zlib bsdpan-IO-stringy-2.110 IO-stringy - I/O on in-core objects like strings and arrays bsdpan-Locale-gettext-1.01 gettext - message handling functions bsdpan-MD5-2.03 MD5 - Perl interface to the MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm bsdpan-MIME-Base64-3.07 MIME::Base64 - Encoding and decoding of base64 strings bsdpan-MIME-tools-5.420 MIME-tools - modules for parsing (and creating!) MIME entit bsdpan-Mail-SpamAssassin-3.001008 Mail::SpamAssassin - Spam detector and markup engine bsdpan-MailTools-1.74 Mail::Cap - Parse mailcap files bsdpan-Net-CIDR-Lite-0.20 Net::CIDR::Lite - Perl extension for merging IPv4 or IPv6 C bsdpan-Net-DNS-0.59 Net::DNS - Perl interface to the DNS resolver bsdpan-Net-IP-1.25 Net::IP - Perl extension for manipulating IPv4/IPv6 address bsdpan-Net-Ident-1.20 Net::Ident - lookup the username on the remote end of a TCP bsdpan-Net_SSLeay.pm-1.30 Net::SSLeay - Perl extension for using OpenSSL bsdpan-Number-Format-1.52 Number::Format - Perl extension for formatting numbers bsdpan-Parse-Syslog-1.09 Parse::Syslog - Parse Unix syslog files bsdpan-Socket6-0.19 Socket6 - IPv6 related part of the C socket.h defines and s bsdpan-Text-Iconv-1.4 Text::Iconv - Perl interface to iconv() codeset conversion bsdpan-Unicode-String
Re: running asfiles on windowmaker...
Peter Boosten wrote: On 30 dec 2008, at 07:02, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Does anyone know how to run asfiles on windowmaker? Whereis its executable? (path) I have no idea what asfiles is, but I would assume `which asfiles' would tell you where it is located. ... unless it's not in PATH, and the OP is asking which directory needs to be added. asfiles is a port which installs into /usr/local, so I'd expect the executable to be in /usr/local/bin. If not, find /usr/local -name asfiles -print should find it. pkg_info -L package (replace package by actual package name) Shows all files installed by the port, assuming OP installed asfiles through the port. ... and in this case, he'd better pipe that to more(1) [17] Tue 30.Dec.2008 9:33:36 [kad...@archangel][~] pkg_info -L asfiles-1.0_2 | wc -l 231 ... or, even better, to head: [18] Tue 30.Dec.2008 9:33:50 [kad...@archangel][~] pkg_info -L asfiles-1.0_2 | head Information for asfiles-1.0_2: Files: /usr/local/man/man1/files.1.gz /usr/local/man/man3/regexp.3.gz /usr/local/bin/files /usr/local/include/bitmaps/MASK.xbm /usr/local/include/bitmaps/application.xbm /usr/local/include/bitmaps/autocad.xbm /usr/local/include/bitmaps/bargraph.xbm ... and now we know why looking for asfiles doesn't help much. Try running files, Luiz. Kevin Kinsey -- If it's Tuesday, this must be someone else's fortune. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: install/upgrade FREEBSD on a remote server
Tom Worster wrote: what ways exist to upgrade a remote server (to which you have no terminal server attached) if the currently installed FREEBSD is too old for freebsd-update? besides asking someone local to the server to help, i mean. The Canonical Way of Auld(tm)* is detailed in the handbook. It involves fetching the source code via cvsup/csup, and rebuilding the kernel and world(userland), etc. The entire process is covered in Chapter 24 of the handbook; see http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html for the beginning of the old way part. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Neurotics build castles in the sky, Psychotics live in them, And psychiatrists collect the rent. * Hee hee. For many of us, it's the Only Way ;-) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Snow in my Server
Eitan Adler wrote: Jeff Laine wrote: Just mv teh snowflakes to /dev/null ^_- You can't mv things to /dev/null Operation not supported Hmm, but you can cat /dev/null to something ... so, a true UNIX guru should be able to do something like: find *snow* | xargs cat /dev/null $1 Of course, that doesn't work, either. Shows why csh(1) is considered bad for snow removal, as the story, maybe, goes Joy to the world, Kevin Kinsey -- Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any visible reason. -- Lord Chesterfield ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: kldload: can't load /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko: Exec format error fusefs-ntfs-1.2531
Dino Vliet wrote: Hi people, kldload: can't load /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko: Exec format error What does $file /usr/local/modules/fuse.ko say, and do you have Linux support built and enabled? Kevin Kinsey -- A failure will not appear until a unit has passed final inspection. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg?
Mike Price wrote: How do I permanently set the numerical ip in dmesg? Hmm, I'm not sure what you are asking, *exactly*, because dmesg(8) simply prints the collected messages given by the OS kernel beginning with the most recent boot-up. However, and I think maybe I'm correct in this guess, if you are asking how to make the system remember the IP address for an interface across a reboot, try adding a line like this to the file /etc/rc.conf: ifconfig_xl0=192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 where xl0 is the name of the interface. You can read the manpage for ifconfig(8) (man ifconfig) and possible the manpage for rc.conf(5) for more information. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- Many hands make light work. -- John Heywood ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PHP Session Support in /tmp
Ivan Voras wrote: APseudoUtopia wrote: Hey. PHP stores session data for the 'file' handler in /tmp, by default. For organizational purposes, I'd like to change this to something like /tmp/php_sessions/ or so. However, I have the clear_tmp_enable feature enabled, so /tmp is cleared on reboot. PHP wont create the php_sessions dir on it's own. So basically, I'm looking for a way to create the dir /tmp/php_sessions/ each time the server is booted BEFORE apache starts. I'm sure I could do this somehow with the rc.d scripts, but I really have no idea how. man 8 rc.local And, by way of an alternate suggestion, remember that cron(8) recognizes an @reboot special string instead of the normal five-field time indicators. @reboot /bin/mkdir /tmp/php_sessions HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- It's amazing how many people you could be friends with if only they'd make the first approach. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Soundcard problem
kenneth hatteland wrote: After switching from FreeBSD 7.0 release to stable I have had a big soundproblem. When compiling a kernel as I used to with device sound and device snd_emu10Kx as options I now get an error saying mixer is not configured etc.And no sound at all. Have tried several mixers to but to no avail, I do not understand the problem enough to correct it. I'm not sure I will either, but maybe won't hurt to try? Googling doesn`t help as no one reports the same error with audigy soundcards. If I compile a kernel without the snd_emu10kx device sound works partially, sometimes playing ok, and then often sounding like an alien attacking ( digital noise of the horrible kind) Sooner or later the system locks down after playing about 5 songs with normal sound forcing me to hard switch the system off.. I find this extremely annoying. I think I would also. Does anybody have a clue ? I am not sure which output you`d want me to provide for this so instead of pasting every output I know I thought to ask first... I haven`t reversed my system to 7.0 release so that could maybe fix it, but I was hoping to stay with 7.1 :) Well, relevant lines re: your soundcard from `dmesg` or /var/run/dmesg.boot, if it's there. Also, output of `cat /dev/sndstat` and perhaps a listing thus: ls -l /dev/dsp* /dev/mixer for starters. Kevin Kinsey -- Fortune favors the lucky. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Segmentation fault (core dumped)
tethys ocean wrote: Hi to all The server is give this error whenever i want to start apache22. why? regards Well, there could be any number of reasons why this happens. In my experience, it's because you have Apache loading a broken or incompatible module. Have you recently rebuilt Apache, or some other module (like Perl, PHP, Python) that is used by Apache? Kevin Kinsey -- If it ain't baroque, don't fix it. ---P.D.Q. Bach ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: tool to recover fat partition
Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: So ... newfs_msdos /dev/insert_typo_in_here .. new filesystem succesfully created ... lost partition on the wrong drive ... Is there a tool to recover the files on said partition in FreeBSD (7 release)? Thanks for you help :) Regards Ouch, feel your pain. I've used sysutils/ddrescue for recovery from a FAT partition, but I'm not at all sure if it will help in your situation. Kevin Kinsey -- Seems this guy showed up at a party, and all of his friends jumped for Joy. But she sidestepped, and they missed. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Large discrepancy in reported disk usage on USR partition
Jeremy Chadwick wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:50:39AM +1030, Brendan Hart wrote: #: df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/aacd0s1a 496M163M 293M36%/ devfs 1.0K1.0K 0B 100% /dev /dev/aacd0s1e 496M15M 441M3% /tmp /dev/aacd0s1f28G25G 1.2G96%/usr /dev/aacd0s1d 1.9G429M 1.3G24%/var Is this output untruncated? Is df really df or an alias to 'df -t nonfs'? Yes, it really is the untruncated output of df -h. I also tried the df -t nonfs and it gives exactly the same output as df. What are you expecting that is not present in the output ? I would have to assume he's looking for an NFS mount ;-) Is it possible that nfs directory got written to /usr at some point in time? You would only notice this with du if the nfs directory is unmounted. Unmount it and ls -al /usr/mountpoint should only give you an empty dir Bingo!! That is exactly the problem. An NFS mount was hiding a 17G local dir which had an old copy of the entire NFS mounted dir. I guess it must have been written incorrectly to this standby server by RSYNC before the NFS mount was put in place. I will add an exclusion to rsync to make sure it does not happen again even if the NFS dir is not mounted. Thank you for your help, you have saved me much time rebuilding this server. Can either of you outline what exactly happened here? I'm trying to figure out how an NFS mount was hiding a 17G local dir, when there's no NFS mounts shown in the above df output. This is purely an ignorant question on my part, but I'm not able to piece together what happened. Well, it would appear that perhaps Mel also guessed right about df being aliased? Just my guess, but, as you mention, no nfs mounts appear. I may be mistaken, but I think it's also possible to get into this sort of situation by mounting a local partition on a non-empty mountpoint---at least, it happened to me recently. Kevin Kinsey -- A triangle which has an angle of 135 degrees is called an obscene triangle. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SSH Port forwarding when PermitRootLogin==no ?
Hello, I'm (still) trying to work around a limitation I've encountered with a new service provider (cf. MTA on non-standard port). As root: # ssh -L 24:server:52525 server fails because root logins aren't permitted in /etc/sshd_config on the server. Also as root: # ssh -L 24:server:52525 [EMAIL PROTECTED] fails - an terminal session is established, but when I telnet localhost:24 I receive this in the terminal: channel 3: open failed: administratively prohibited: open failed I was kinda under the impression this should work, since the port on the remote server is a dynamic port. Any suggestions how I might get this to work? TIA, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MTA on non-standard port
Hello, Quick thanks to Andrew Clark, Jeremy Chadwick, Tim Kellers, Jeff Goldberg, and anyone whose reply I've not seen re: this issue. Isn't hard, as several pointed out. Now I've sendmail listening on any port I want to. Problem is, still can't touch it from here (and you might have guessed, the base issue is a new provider of a lower-class service who I'm guessing only allows certain ports by default). So, I'm sure to have a frustrating couple hours with their tech support sometime Real Soon Now. Meantime, Mutt on the server via SSH is OK, I guess, for me, but no one else likes it ;-) Thanks again, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MTA on non-standard port
Hello, For various reasons, I find myself in need of an MTA accepting submission on a port other than 587 (or 25). It'd be Real Nice(tm) if sendmail could Just Do It, but I'd be willing to look at other options as well, as long as I can get a good spam solution to play nice with the server (currently I'm running dual-sendmail with Amavisd-new and spamassassin). Anyone doing such a thing, or have a few hints handy? TIA, Kevin Kinsey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Scanner
John Vliouras wrote: I wonder if this is the right place to ask a question regarding FreeBsd7 and the Handbook. It is, unless you have a specific fix (patch) for the handbook, in which case you send a PR and/or discuss it on the doc@ list (generally send a PR is correct; doc@ is a list for use by the doc writers, so it should be pretty important before we bother them). I have installed FreeBsd7 both i386 and amd64 architectures in two macines, one celeron dual core with 1GB, the other amd64x2 3800+ ,and I have problem with my scanner. snip The problem is my scanner a Canon Lide 60. Running #scanimage -L I get device `genesys:libusb:/dev/usb1:/dev/ugen0' is a Canon Lide 60 flatbed scanner which is right and it shows up with xsane as root (when I am lucky to use xsane as root in gnome) Now trying to: 7.6.4 Giving Other Users Access to the Scanner All previous operations have been done with root privileges. You may however, need other users to have access to the scanner. The user will need read and write permissions to the device node used by the scanner. As an example, our USB scanner uses the device node /dev/uscanner0 which is owned by the operator group. Adding the user joe to the operator group will allow him to use the scanner: # pw groupmod operator -m joe For more details read the pw(8) manual page. You also have to set the correct write permissions (0660 or 0664) on the /dev/uscanner0 device node, by default the operator group can only read the device node. This is done by adding the following lines to the /etc/devfs.rules file: [system=5] add path uscanner0 mode 660 Since your device is ugen0 instead of uscanner0, you might try adjusting the line to fit that. Then add the following to /etc/rc.conf and reboot the machine: devfs_system_ruleset=system More information regarding these lines can be found in the devfs(8) manual page. Note: Of course, for security reasons, you should think twice before adding a user to any group, especially the operator group. I cannot find /etc/devfs.rules file, it does not exist. I tried to make one adding what I was instructed, to no avail. I tried to put [system=5] etc in the /etc/defaults/devfs.rules file, which exists, but it did not work either. Well, you didn't find /etc/devfs.rules because it's not created by default, but only is used if additional local configuration is needed (for example, to change permissions on a scanners /dev/ node). :-) Creating the file in /etc/ is the way to go. Perhaps if you note what I said above it will work for you this time. However, IANAE, some it may not, (YMMV, #include disclaimer.h and all that). I suppose I must be doing something wrong. Please bear in mind that this is my first time that I am using the command line. I have been able to thanks to the very easy and instructive FreeBSD's handbook. It is nice, isn't it? :-) Thank you, John Vliouras Kevin Kinsey -- Don't despise your poor relations, they may become suddenly rich one day. -- Josh Billings ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Command to rechown
Mike Price wrote: I had to ( chown -R /etc/ ) I to edit the ( pf.conf ), how do I rechowm or restore ( /etc ) ? Can you please send me the command. Hmm, why did you have to chown an entire directory to edit one file? su(1), and, perhaps even better, sudo(8) are meant for such things AFAIK. As for restoring permissions on /etc/, mtree(8) is your friend ... I'd recommend taking a look at the manpage, however, because IANAE. However, all disclaimers included, I *think* you want % cd / % mtree -U -f /etc/mtree/BSD.root.dist Kevin Kinsey -- It is now pitch dark. If you proceed, you will likely fall into a pit. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X server crashes on exit
Herman Te wrote: Hi, I installed 7.0 from the CD with X. Now this is the first time I ever used FreeBSD or X, I know a bit from linux but I usually use command line only. So when the system finished installing I logged in and typed startx. First time it took over 2 mins (is this normal) but eventually worked, and loaded 3 green terminals and a small clock in the corner. I don't know what this is and the mouse was not working so I tried to exit with the ctrl+alt+backspace but screen went black and the entire system hung - I know this as my remote session aborted and the keyboard led stopped responding too - still no response after 30 mins. I realise that i need a window manager so I tried to install gnome from CD. However it is the same problem and the system hung when I tried to quit back to command line mode. After hours on google I found how to fix the mouse and decide to try building fluxbox wm from the ports. Before starting the X, I ran Xorg -configure and echo exec startfluxbox .xinitrc. So now it starts up properly and works well but still I cannot exit the X. This is a big problem because the machine has no case so I must bend down and touch the reset pins with a penknife :P Also as the disks are not unmounted there are errors and one of the times my user account was deleted, so I had to reinstall the whole system. As I said I have never configure or install an X windows system before, and I was googling for ages. Could anyone give me some idea of how to diagnose and fix this problem? Thanks Herman Have you looked at the logfiles? (/var/log/Xorg.$n.log) Kevin Kinsey -- Let your conscience be your guide. -- Pope ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NATD Reverse Proxy
Tim Gustafson wrote: Hi, I'm trying to build a server that will act as a gateway between my wireless network and the rest of the world. Here's an overview of the current setup: 1. FreeBSD 7.1 2. isc-dhcp3-server-3.0.5_2 3. natd configured to connect fxp0 (public network, dynamic IP) to fxp1 (private network, static IP) 4. ipfw 5. bind 6. apache 2.2 7. php 5.2.6 Right now, when someone connects to the private net, they get an IP address and can connect to the Internet no problemo. So, this is all working so far. What I'd like to do next is this: When someone obtains an IP address, I'm going to configure DHCP to block that IP using IPFW initially, and I'd like to redirect any requests that come from that IP to port 80 or 443 to be silently redirected to the local Apache installation, where the user can enter their login and password. Once they've been authenticated, the firewall will allow them to connect out to everywhere else. So, it seems to me that I need to use natd again to do a silent proxy of traffic from certain IPs on the private net to the server box. But, since I'm already using natd, I'm a little perplexed about how to set this up. Do I need to run a second instance of natd on a different port, and then update the firewall rules to divert to one or the other based on the user's authentication status? Or can this all be configured in one natd instance? Tim Gustafson SOE Webmaster UC Santa Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] 831-459-5354 Someone else's wheel, for perusal, at least: http://www.shmoo.com/~bmc/software/wicap/announce.html The tarball is still up there. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- If you do not think about the future, you cannot have one. -- John Galsworthy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nat and firewall
FBSD1 wrote: natd_enable=YES This statement in rc.conf enables ipfw nated function. firewall_nat_enable=YES This is an invalid statement. No such thing as you have here. This is no longer true; he did indeed find firewall_nat_enable in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The knob seems to have first appeared in February in HEAD and I'm guessing it cues the system to use a new kernel-based nat rather than natd(8), but I've not read anything further about this, as my system isn't as up to date as the OP's. I don't know when this change was MFC'ed, but apparently fairly recently? I suppose we need someone a tad more in the know to straighten that out for us. Kevin Kinsey -- A wise man can see more from a mountain top than a fool can from the bottom of a well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: branches, updates, buildworld
Lister Notifies wrote: Nope, it's too soon for me to deal with moving targets. So, I guess I need the rock-stable version until I get familiar with the OS. I'll agree with rock-stable as it relates to FBSD; however, realize that the -STABLE tag mostly refers to the fact that the developers aren't allowed to make sweeping changes to subsystems/API's without permission from a consensus of developers and perhaps even notification of the userbase. It's not a guarantee of usability, etc. As noted, RELENG is what you want for now; it's never going to be changed for the sake of a feature, only for security related patching. 3) make buildworld re-compiles _everything_ or the base system only? It recompiles the base system. For updates to packages installed from ports look at portupgrade. OK. It brings another question. For example Postgres is not a part of the base system. Will it break if i make: ## pkg_add -r postgresql83-server.tbz cvsup /usr/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel reboot (in single mode) mergemaster -p make installworld mergemaster reboot ## ...And what should I do if Postgres (or any other arbitrary binary package) breaks afterwards? How should I keep the binary packages up-todate? Actually I intend to compile Postgres from the ports after success in re-building and installing the base system, but the question still remains. First, let me hopefully give you a little comfort, that as long as you're only tracking a RELENG branch, this (breakage of a port) will Hardly Ever Happen(tm). I think another poster already pointed you to portupgrade (which is well-known in the community and perhaps even mentioned in the official FBSD Docs, although it's a port itself ... take a gander at /usr/ports/port-mgmt for an idea of what's there to manage your ports. Now, let me caution you that updating the *ports* is more likely to cause issues than the updating of the base system. If you, for example, happen to upgrade expat or something basic to a bunch of ports, things can go pretty haywire until everything's back up-to-date. But, then again, that's what the ports-mgmt tools are supposed to help with. snip Last but not least: Thanks for the fast and detailed response. I appreciate it very much. Well, welcome to *the* community. FBSD's community is often that way. Kevin Kinsey -- In every hierarchy the cream rises until it sours. -- Dr. Laurence J. Peter ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail server DNS configuration questions
Andrew Falanga wrote: Clients in the churches private network cannot send mail using this server, though they can receive mail from it (POP). The church has a private network, PN1, and the mail server sits at a church members house because he has a static IP address; let's call that PN2. The router at his house is setup to forward traffic over port 25, and the POP port, to this server. Also, just to further clarify, the Internet separates these two Private Networks. However, this may not be entirely true as I think about it because at both locations, the ISP is CableOne using cable broadband. So, though technically part of the Internet, the traffic shouldn't leave the CableOne domain. Also, of interest, is that another of our pastors uses CableOne at home and is unable to send e-mail using the churches server from home. However, from a coffee shop in town, that our pastors frequent, they are able to send mail. It is my understanding that this coffee shop does not use CableOne. So, just to make sure everyone's got it, the mail server sits in PN2. While diagnosing this, I connect to the server (using Putty) from a machine in PN1, using either a mail client or telnet I'm unable to make a connection to the mail server over port 25. Using tcpdump during this putty session I do not even see the SYN packets for the start of the connection from the machines in PN1. This is only when connecting to port 25. Obviously, I can connect to the server because I'm using putty. Also, I can see the SYN packets for the start of the connection when this same machine in PN1 attempts to connect to port 80. The problem seems to be when trying to connect over port 25. For some reason, the packets aren't being delivered to that address (72.24.34.252). This happens if I try to telnet to mail.whitneybaptist.org or telnet to 72.24.34.252 on port 25. The packets aren't being delivered. They're being sent somewhere else, or lost in digital purgatory. Now, from home (my home) let's call this PN3, I can send/receive mail using the church e-mail server. I, however, don't use CableOne. Are there routers that route traffic based on port number? It's almost as if traffic, that originates within the CableOne domain and travels through, but not outside, the CableOne domain, doesn't get routed to the correct address when it's destined for port 25. So a common thread is that traffic on the ISP's net isn't going out via yourserver.com:25 --- would seem to indicate port blocking, which is quite common for port 25. Tried 587 or some weird alternate? Kevin Kinsey -- If the odds are a million to one against something occurring, chances are 50-50 it will. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail server DNS configuration questions
Andrew Falanga wrote: *Not having* a reverse entry for a mail server is often the cause of issues. This I do know very well. I had similar problems when running a sendmail backup spooler for Syracuse Networks back in 2000. The eventual solution was that our ISP delegated control of our subnet to us. I'm wondering if something similar must be done on the internal network, i.e. 192.168.2.0/24. Perhaps I shouldn't have eluded to the problems that my clients are experiencing. The real question is, should I configure a sub-domain under whitneybaptist.org for this server and if so, how to set it up? I'm interested as to why you got this answer to the host query you did. In my original mail, I provided the result of a reverse lookup on that IP address to which I got this response: [/usr/home/andy] - dig +short -x 72.24.34.252 34-252.72-24-cpe.cableone.net. Using host, on my machine, I get this response: [/usr/home/andy] - host 72.24.34.252 252.34.24.72.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 34-252.72-24-cpe.cableone.net. Well, interestingly enough: [30] Sun 07.Sep.2008 DING! [EMAIL PROTECTED]/logs] host 72.24.34.252 252.34.24.72.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer 34-252.72-24-cpe.cableone.net. So something's changed in the last 12 hours, although I can't say exactly what. AFAIK, my DNS boxen and I were communicating Just Fine(tm) last night as well as this afternoon. Regardless of the fact that I got a response and you didn't, I'm still not getting the right information. The reverse mapping should be something like: 252.34.24.72.in-addr.arpa PTR mail.whitneybaptist.org. I may have gotten the syntax wrong as it's been a while since I've had to manipulate BIND name tables. And the RFC for ESMTP is #2821. Thanks for the RFC. Andy Well, at this point, I'd take the day off, and tomorrow perhaps have a dig at cableone's support ppl, looky here: [35] Sun 07.Sep.2008 14:03:43 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/logs] dig 72.24.34.1 ; DiG 9.4.2-P1 72.24.34.1 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; -HEADER- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 56668 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;72.24.34.1.IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 3600IN SOA A.ROOT-SERVERS.NET. NSTLD.VERISIGN-GRS.COM. 2008090700 1800 900 604800 86400 ;; Query time: 222 msec ;; SERVER: 66.76.92.18#53(66.76.92.18) ;; WHEN: Sun Sep 7 14:03:50 2008 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 103 So, it's obvious they're playing with this zone Right Now(tm), (more or less) as the SN seems to indicate today. Possible this is auto-generated or something, but I think you'll get no joy on the PTR records until they do something upstream. As for your internal net, I don't know much about it, unfortunately. KDK ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ssh
Sahil Tandon wrote: FBSD1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On FreeBSD 7.0 how do I tell ssh to allow login from root Change the PermitRootLogin parameter in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. and also to listen on port 9922 instead of port 22? Edit the the Port parameter in the same config file. And as an aside ... don't do it. ;-) Just my guess. Kevin Kinsey -- Reactor error - core dumped! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mail server DNS configuration questions
Andrew Falanga wrote: Hi, Well, my clients at church are still having issues and after working with George, a respondant to my original questions, I think that most, if not all, of my problems are related to DNS and how we've got it improperly configured. First, a crude drawing of how our mail server exists in the world: 192.168.2.x/24 72.24.23.252 lot's of networks Private Network -- CableOne -- Internet Now, our mail server's IP is 192.168.2.23. On the router, he (the person at whose house the mail server is) has IP forwarding setup so that mail get's sent to our FreeBSD machine. Using dig, here's the responses: (from my FBSD machine at home, not the server) [/usr/home/andy] - dig +short -t MX whitneybaptist.org 10 mail.whitneybaptist.org. [/usr/home/andy] - dig +short -t A whitneybaptist.org 72.24.34.252 [/usr/home/andy] - dig +short -x 72.24.34.252 34-252.72-24-cpe.cableone.net. (from the church FBSD machine) [/home/afalanga] - hostname whitbap [/home/afalanga] - ifconfig fxp0 fxp0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet 192.168.2.23 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 255.255.255.255 ether 00:d0:b7:74:87:48 media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active [/home/afalanga] - cat /etc/resolv.conf search McCutchanLAN nameserver 192.168.2.1 It doesn't take a rocket scientist, or a computer scientist, to figure out we've got DNS issues. I'm thinking that I should setup a domain within the 192.168.2.0/24 network on this box. I've done this before, at work. The question I've got is I've never actually integrated a domain like this to a domain on the Internet. I'm thinking that we'll setup something like: internal.whitneybaptist.org with hosts in that sub-domain. So, what would my DNS tables need to look like to make this happen. Also, to any knowledgable souls here, what RFCs address these issues? Thanks, Andy Andy, I'm not sure I'm DNS guru enough to answer all your questions, but --- you don't specify what problems are being experienced at the location, and, are you certain it's not about this? [25] Sat 06.Sep.2008 21:58:25 [EMAIL PROTECTED]/logs] host 72.24.34.252 Host 252.34.24.72.in-addr.arpa. not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) *Not having* a reverse entry for a mail server is often the cause of issues. And the RFC for ESMTP is #2821. HTH, Kevin Kinsey -- In Denver it is unlawful to lend your vacuum cleaner to your next-door neighbor. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
