Issue setting SSID
Hey, I've got an RTL8180 that I have compiled a module for using ndisgen. The first time I installed FreeBSD, this worked fine, with exactly the same version of the driver, and I was able to use it, however, the computer power ran out during a portupgrade, rendering /usr unuseable. Now that I have reinstalled FreeBSD from scratch (wiping the partition and reinstalling from the same FreeBSD6.0-RELEASE cds), I have recompiled the module using ndisgen again, and kldload rtl8180_sys loads the module (with ndis and if_ndis loaded), without any errors output. An ifconfig shows ndis0, including the correct MAC Address. Now, when I try to set the ssid with ifconfig ndis0 ssid wingot (the name of my home network), and then run another ifconfig, ndis0 still has an SSID of only . I have also reinstalled the system another time since, and the same issue is occuring. If anyone knows of a non-ndis version of this driver already available for FreeBSD (I know NetBSD has one), can they please point me in the correct direction, but otherwise, does anyone have any idea why the wireless device will not accept an SSID with ifconfig? No output is returned at any stage indicating any issues, and I have looked in /var/log and cannot find any problems logged. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Issue setting SSID
Hey, I've got an RTL8180 that I have compiled a module for using ndisgen. The first time I installed FreeBSD, this worked fine, with exactly the same version of the driver, and I was able to use it, however, the computer power ran out during a portupgrade, rendering /usr unuseable. Now that I have reinstalled FreeBSD from scratch (wiping the partition and reinstalling from the same FreeBSD6.0-RELEASE cds), I have recompiled the module using ndisgen again, and kldload rtl8180_sys loads the module (with ndis and if_ndis loaded), without any errors output. An ifconfig shows ndis0, including the correct MAC Address. Now, when I try to set the ssid with ifconfig ndis0 ssid wingot (the name of my home network), and then run another ifconfig, ndis0 still has an SSID of only . I have also reinstalled the system another time since, and the same issue is occuring. If anyone knows of a non-ndis version of this driver already available for FreeBSD (I know NetBSD has one), can they please point me in the correct direction, but otherwise, does anyone have any idea why the wireless device will not accept an SSID with ifconfig? No output is returned at any stage indicating any issues, and I have looked in /var/log and cannot find any problems logged. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Issue setting SSID
I'm not sure on the etiquette of reposting, however, this post is now 23 pages down my screen, so I doubt anyone would see the original. This possibly means no-one knows, but if that is the case, would anyone be able to point me in the right direction for people that possibly do? Hey, I've got an RTL8180 that I have compiled a module for using ndisgen. The first time I installed FreeBSD, this worked fine, with exactly the same version of the driver, and I was able to use it, however, the computer power ran out during a portupgrade, rendering /usr unuseable. Now that I have reinstalled FreeBSD from scratch (wiping the partition and reinstalling from the same FreeBSD6.0-RELEASE cds), I have recompiled the module using ndisgen again, and kldload rtl8180_sys loads the module (with ndis and if_ndis loaded), without any errors output. An ifconfig shows ndis0, including the correct MAC Address. Now, when I try to set the ssid with ifconfig ndis0 ssid wingot (the name of my home network), and then run another ifconfig, ndis0 still has an SSID of only . I have also reinstalled the system another time since, and the same issue is occuring. If anyone knows of a non-ndis version of this driver already available for FreeBSD (I know NetBSD has one), can they please point me in the correct direction, but otherwise, does anyone have any idea why the wireless device will not accept an SSID with ifconfig? No output is returned at any stage indicating any issues, and I have looked in /var/log and cannot find any problems logged. Any help would be greatly appreciated, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I keep having wrong checksum in 6.1 iso download (what should I do??)
Nick Withers wrote: On Fri, 12 May 2006 21:51:02 -0700 (PDT) Mark Jayson Alvarez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, It was my second time to download a 6.1 iso from one of the regional ftp sites.. Lucky we have a slightly fast connection (155Mbps)... Slightly fast? What do you call fast? :-) By the way, is it really dangerous to ignore these checksums that doesn't match with the published one? What's the reason behind this bad checksum mismatch??. It generally indicates that the file was corrupted during transmission. It could, however, happen because the site you're downloading from is serving a corrupt version. A checksum mismatch basically indicates that the file is not as it should be. You may still be able to use it without any adverse impact, but then again, you may not. It's also possible that someone has intentionally corrupted the file for sinister purposes. I'd strongly recommend not using it. It's probably worth trying to download the file again, from another mirror. Thanks From what I read about the checksums for 6.1, the checksum was generated with a checksum actually being present in the ISO (which was then overwritten by the newly developed checksum). As such, the checksum will never match, as a checksum can never match if it is included in the file that is being checksummed (well, in theory, it is possible for it to match, but the algorithm to calculate it and processing power required is astronomically complex). It is possible I am thinking of a different FreeBSD ISO, but I am sure it was one of the 6's, and there are only 2 of those. Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Putting FreeBSD to sleep?
Graham Bentley wrote: Can anyone post some good pointers for setting up ACPI or APM so that I get automatic susepend afer x mins of inactivity and woken up on LAN request ? (in particular shut down disc / slow or shut down psu fan - its the noise I am concerned about) I have looked at posts on rc.suspend/resume for various power saving issues on laptops but cant find and good resources on how to do the above. Surely this must have been done before by someone with a remote server in a secret location :) Thanks in advance for any advice :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wake on LAN is a feature that you will have to enable in your BIOS, if it is available. It could not be affected by ACPI/APM (or any other Operating System feature) once the computer is no longer powered up. In regards to what you need to suspend after x mins, I am unsure. Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Console image viewer
Steve P. wrote: Anyone know of a decent jpg viewer for the console? I don't want to install X. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] zgv or aview would probably do the job, altough I have never used either. Top two links at http://www.google.com.au/search?client=firefox-arls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial_shl=enq=FreeBSD+jpg+viewer+consolemeta=btnG=Google+Search Of the two, from the description, zgv sounds like a better one (aview is ascii). I'm sure there are more on the list at http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Graphics/Viewers/ but those are the two that caught my attention. Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Putting FreeBSD to sleep?
Adrian Pavone wrote: Graham Bentley wrote: Can anyone post some good pointers for setting up ACPI or APM so that I get automatic susepend afer x mins of inactivity and woken up on LAN request ? (in particular shut down disc / slow or shut down psu fan - its the noise I am concerned about) I have looked at posts on rc.suspend/resume for various power saving issues on laptops but cant find and good resources on how to do the above. Surely this must have been done before by someone with a remote server in a secret location :) Thanks in advance for any advice :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wake on LAN is a feature that you will have to enable in your BIOS, if it is available. It could not be affected by ACPI/APM (or any other Operating System feature) once the computer is no longer powered up. In regards to what you need to suspend after x mins, I am unsure. Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] From http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/errata.html (2005/11/5) Distribution of 6.0-RELEASE contains CHECKSUM.MD5 and CHECKSUM.SHA256 files for protecting the integrity of data. However, these files in 6.0-RELEASE erroneously include checksums for the checksum files themselves. Although the checksums look like wrong, they can be safely ignored because a checksum for the checksum file never corresponds to one in the file. This problem will be fixed in the next releases. Well, looks like it was 6.0 that I was referring to, however, if you have had the same issue with 6.1 from 2 different locations (unless your connection and TCP/IP protocol is dodgy), I would think that maybe they did not resolve this issue. Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Help: Unable to change to SU through SSH
Maan Jee wrote: Hi I have created a user admin and using that to login through SSH from a remote machine. But I CANNOT su, change to the root login? How can I do that? To Install a Web Server, which distribution I should install, User or other? thanks vj ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The user admin is a member of the group wheel is he? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New FreeBSD logo
The community doesen't want the new logo and the majority of the community prefers Beastie over the sex-toy. Not that I want to upset anything, but I thought Beastie was the logo. Where might a see a copy of the sex-toy? Is it that ugly sphere with the 2 cones for ears? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Has the port collection become to large to handle.
Spadge wrote: fbsd wrote: fbsd wrote: * so working with in that same procedure the maintainer passes the packages to the audit people and they pass it on. No problem with this at all. Thus removing any kind of streamlining to speed up releases of new versions? the port make method will still be there for all ports with limited usage history, it will just not have a package for it because it has limited usage. And this is the crux of the matter. Would phpmyadmin have a php5/mysql4 version? Or do the majority of users use php4 still? And are there more test boxes than there are production servers? Is it fair to say the most commonly used ports are not the most commonly used packages? I would imagine that something like KDE would be a hugely popular package, on account of the sheer size of the beast, but that it wouldn't be the most popular port due to the number of people who don't run a GUI on their system. There is also the fact that you could fairly easily abuse this system if you wanted your software to be included in the 'most commonly used' list, by just hammering the server. There is no privacy issues. Passing cookies is normal and done as matter of fact by most commercial websites and any website that uses php session control makes cookies by default. This is a no-issue issue. Every browser on the planet has the option to disable cookies (in the same way that email clients have the option of indenting quoted text - it's a standard required feature). This is because it is a privacy issue. Different people have different views on what privacy is or isn't, and that's nine tenths of the entire point: we don't get to decide what their privacy levels are, they do. I can totally understand why you think this system would be better for you. I just hope you can understand why it wouldn't be better for everyone, nor even for the majority of people. Now, Marc G. Fournier's dynamic personalised ports tree suggestion ... that's a *real* idea. Agreed in full. Cookies and similar are, in my opinion, invasive, and this is why I have my browser set to ask me each time, and get rid of anf I accept when I close the browser. But other people love the benefits of cookies. Choice is the only real power. And, Marc G. Fournier definitely had something with his description of how the port system should work, when I read his post I was thinking that is exactly how I would have designed it as well (admittedly, when it was designed, it wasn't the size it is now). Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Has the port collection become to large to handle.
Steven Hartland wrote: Chris wrote: On 15/05/06, fbsd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keep the ports tree how it is, as others have said the size is small on modern hard drives and bandwidth trivial, once the initial ports tree is in place keeping it up to date needs very little bandwidth and its only distfiles that tend to be large, but you only download distfiles for ports you install so this is a very good system. If at least one person uses a port it is justified and I very much like that most tiny apps I search for in the ports tree do indeed exist. How would you define commonly used ports? we would end up with a favouritism system in place and many arguments about which ports would be included in the commonly used group, you also forget that many ports that may look meaningless from where you sit are necessary as dependants to other ports. There would be not arguments as stats dont lie. Please read the entire thread there are some good ideas in there which would speed up day to day use of ports for everyone. Where you get the idea that ports is quick to maintain is beyond me it takes a good 30mins to sync up if your a few months out of date now a days. 30mins is not much if you have 1 machine but add it all up for a large number of machines and its a significant amount of time which we all could better spend doing other things instead of waiting for a cvsup to complete. This is why there are options in place that would allow you to download the cvsup to one of you computers, likely a server of some sort, and your other computers all retrieve the CVSup from this local server, significantly speeding up the retrieval time and decreasing the load on the primary servers, a win for everyone. If you have computers of varying architectures or in seperated geographical locations this would not work as worded, but from your wording it sounded like you had a local LAN of computers. Ohh, and for your informations, statistics do lie, that is the point of statistical analysis, which I spent 1 1/2 years of my life studying before changing into my current Software Engineering/Computer Security degree. And, the arguements would arise from the common ports/packages directory, a suggestion of fbsd's I believe, whereby common ports that would not be built often primarily due to their size, and so wouldn't show up in statistics (such as Gnome, KDE, OpenOffice, and a number of others), would be placed into a common directory of the ports/packages tree, and would be exempt from these statistics. The arguements would arise over what should be placed into this common directory. And what about the case of a port that would be built many times over its lifetime, mainly due to program version changes? The first one that springs to mind would be Firefox. Firefox has had a number of version changes in the same space of time that Exim, a very commonly used mail server application, has been updated, and assuming an even distribution of mail servers and desktop users with firefox, firefox would appear to be 10-20 times more active over it's lifetime. It is also common for people with a desktop computer to format their HDD every 3 months or so, and every time this occured, the desktop PC ports (Xorg, Firefox, KDE/XFCE/GNOME, OpenOffice.org, etc.) would get a rebuild/redownload, again throwing the stastics out of whack. Just my $0.02. Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: asda
Ben Haysom wrote: read the attached ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I see no attached, and more importantly, there are only certain documents which you can attach. As it is something you want us to read, it is much more appropriate to paste it into an email document ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: strange on 'man' command...
Tang Ho Yim wrote: Hi everyone, I am running FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p7. When I type man xxx command..it will show the manual twiceis it strange ? I remember that it will show only once before So anyone can help ? Thanks ! - Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Could you be a little more specific about it will show the manual twice'? Does it show the manual once and once you close that it shows it again? Or does it split it horizontally/vertically on your screen? Or does it run, one after the other, so that you have the See also and similar right before a new manual page at the bottom? Or something else that I have not described? Regards, Adrian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Has the port collection become to large to handle.
And what about the case of a port that would be built many times over its lifetime, mainly due to program version changes? The first one that springs to mind would be Firefox. Firefox has had a number of version changes in the same space of time that Exim, a very commonly used mail server application, has been updated, and assuming an even distribution of mail servers and desktop users with firefox, firefox would appear to be 10-20 times more active over it's lifetime. And your point being? It is also common for people with a desktop computer to format their HDD every 3 months or so, and every time this occured, the desktop PC ports (Xorg, Firefox, KDE/XFCE/GNOME, OpenOffice.org, etc.) would get a rebuild/redownload, again throwing the stastics out of whack. No its still being used isnt it which is what we are interested in. I'm sorry, but when I read the continual posts on this topic, all stated that the count would occur while installing, not in usage. If the suggestion was that the FreeBSD system would report what packages where being used on a regular basis (the only way to properly record what ports/packages were being used), then that is an entirely seperate discussion, and one that I have not addressed to this point. However, If that was your suggestion, then I am extremely glad that is not how the ports system currently operates, for the same reason I am glad that spyware is not installed on my computer. If you do not have a regular reporting to home base mechanism in place, then how would you be able to monitor what is still being used .. which is what we are interested in? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New FreeBSD logo
Henry Lenzi wrote: It was, I am sorry to say. The core developer that pushed for all this said he was tired of when presenting FreeBSD to have to field a bunch of questions by people hung up over the devil image, it distracted from the presentation of the operating system's features. Ted You're kidding, right? Say you're kidding. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If only he was. I say don't be ashamed of Beastie, and if anyone asks, tell them Hey, it's our logo. Deal with that how you want to. If anyone still keeps asking, tell them they are ignorant and kick them out. Should shut up the rest. Altough I have been known for being rather blunt with my techniques ... Blunt but effective though ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mpd4 does not want to work at all
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 08:49:57AM +0400, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On 5/14/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have istalled mpd4 Version 4.0b4 on FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. I have mpd.conf, mpd.link, mpd.secret. When I run a mpd4, the next is printed: Multi-link PPP for FreeBSD, by Archie L. Cobbs. Based on iij-ppp, by Toshiharu OHNO. mpd: pid 1773, version 4.0b4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED] 13:49 14-May-2006) [ukrtelecom] ppp node is mpd1773-ukrtelecom tcpmss node is mpd1773-mss [ukrtelecom] using interface ng0 Write in shorter lines, mutt can help. mpd4 is not suitable for production use yet. mpd3 works fine, read the manual carefully and/or google for correct configurations Thank you for advice. I have searched the google and found that this is not the problem in my configurations, but a bug in mpd. (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2004-October/016617.html) Will be it corrected? Elisej Babenko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] As the issue was that it was not yet suitable for production, I would say that issues are currently being corrected. If the bug that you are stating has been brought to the attention of the publisher (which it likely has if it is a known bug), then they will fix it before release. Otherwise, they will fix it after release when someone complains ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD logo
Albert Shih wrote: Hi all No no it's not a new troll for the new/old freebsd's logo ;-) No my question : Where can I find the FreeBSD logo (new or old) to put on my xdm screen. Regards. -- Albert SHIH Universite de Paris 7 (Denis DIDEROT) U.F.R. de Mathematiques. 7 ième étage, plateau D, bureau 10 Heure local/Local time: Mon May 15 22:44:30 CEST 2006 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you want Beastie, you can find him at either http://www.freebsd.org/ or you can always do a search for beastie in http://images.google.com In relation to the sex toy, I am not sure of any that don't have a background colour/image attached... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The logo discussion
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg 'groggy' Lehey Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:56 AM To: FreeBSD Questions Subject: The logo discussion - I used to answer many questions on this mailing list. Recently people have been hijacking it for purposes of penis size comparison. So Greg, just how big is yours? ;-) Ted I think Greg is a contender of the it's not the size that counts it's how you use it belief ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Spam problem!
Derek Ragona wrote: There are many ways to combat spam. One of the easiest is to use mailscanner in the ports. You can configure mailscanner to compare senders against known lists of SPAMers, in addition to it's own rules. -Derek At 09:53 AM 5/25/2006, Olga Zenkova wrote: I use sendmail 8.13.3 and gather full log of its work. I see such strings in it: RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 2.1.5 user1domain.com... Recipient ok RCPT TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 250 2.1.5 user2domain.com... Recipient ok DATA To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] where user1, user2 - users names domain.com - domain name After that user1 and user2 get spam letters to their mailboxes with field To: user3 in it. There are no user1 or user2 in this field. Is it possible to cut off these letters? Especially it is difficult to explain for user1 and user2 why they got letters addressed not for them. Thanks! Olga Zenkova __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. Ohh, this reminds me of my ISP tech support days. Having to explain to illiterates what a BCC is ... Yeah, I think even sendmail has a mail filter available if you want to configure it. There are many anti-spam methods available at the server. I recommend finding one with greylisting built in ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Auto Replay
mamaj m wrote: Dear all, I have freebsd 5.3 how to counfigare an email to auto replay _ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar - get it now! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm guessing you mean reply :) What mail programs are we talking about here? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel Mac experiences
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James, By an Intel Mac, do you mean an i386? Or still a PPC? If you are referring to an i386, then the i386 install CD should work, and any problems you are having should involve more detail so that we can have a rough idea what is going on (something more then gets just past the boot menu and then stops. For example, does it freeze with only the boot menu showing, do any other messages appear at the bottom of the screen after the boot menu, does the screen go blank, etc.) Ohh, and as Ted was saying, MacOS X is built on BSD :) James Earl wrote: I'm not joking. This is a FreeBSD mailing list isn't it? On 5/25/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me your joking, don't you know that MacOS X is just a commercialized version of FreeBSD? Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Earl Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Intel Mac experiences Hi, I'm just curious if there's any developers playing around with getting FreeBSD installed onto an Intel Mac, and if you could share any experiences or development plans? My 6.1-RELEASE installation CD gets just past the boot menu and then stops. OpenBSD boots further but not all the way, and Gentoo Linux LiveCD runs great. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2006 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdgro0JHtFv5fxW8RAhVSAJ45Jau+NqRA+G600gCUILtZKIeYuQCff76k Sak5gHvrExUpiVO0DLrBCNg= =Yb1q -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Flashing BIOS/Making bootable DOS filsystem on USB stick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 What about using 2 floppies? The first, your FreeDOS disk, to boot from, then, once booted, change to the disk you have put the BIOS executable on? Svein Halvor Halvorsen wrote: I have a problem with my laptop, and before Dell will consider taking it back, I have to go through their checklist and make sure I've tried everything on that list first. This includes upgrading the BIOS. The problem is that Dell provides the BIOS upgrade in two forms: (a) A DOS executable (b) A Windows self-contained utility to make a boot floppy Since I have neither Windows nor a floppy disk, I'll have to be creative. I thought that maybe I could install some boot code on a USB flash drive, newfs_msdos, and copy FreeDOS along with the executable (a) mentioned above. Problem is: How do I install the boot code on the drive? FreeDOS provides a floppy-image, so I thought I could just dd that to my USB drive, and boot off of that. But I need to put the BIOS upgrade utility on the disk as well, and it is 784 kiB. Could I grow the image? Any pointer appreciated Svein Halvor - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdgvh0JHtFv5fxW8RAhdlAJ93nSIt/4IX8bBKrX0tXe3jsshgmgCgnyOz oh0xBBnYPqRSxs1eIW3Cvik= =gvnJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel Mac experiences
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No, I don't. I have never had a need, or even a use, for one. However, my comment on being more descriptive still stands regardless of whether I did or didn't have an Intel Mac. And it would allow whoever does actually help you to have something to work with. At first glance, sounds like a hardware driver issue, but by knowing nothing about you or your computer then that you have an intel mac that is hanging after boot, then no real help can be offered. James Earl wrote: Do you have an Intel Mac? On 5/25/06, Adrian Pavone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James, By an Intel Mac, do you mean an i386? Or still a PPC? If you are referring to an i386, then the i386 install CD should work, and any problems you are having should involve more detail so that we can have a rough idea what is going on (something more then gets just past the boot menu and then stops. For example, does it freeze with only the boot menu showing, do any other messages appear at the bottom of the screen after the boot menu, does the screen go blank, etc.) Ohh, and as Ted was saying, MacOS X is built on BSD :) James Earl wrote: I'm not joking. This is a FreeBSD mailing list isn't it? On 5/25/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me your joking, don't you know that MacOS X is just a commercialized version of FreeBSD? Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Earl Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Intel Mac experiences Hi, I'm just curious if there's any developers playing around with getting FreeBSD installed onto an Intel Mac, and if you could share any experiences or development plans? My 6.1-RELEASE installation CD gets just past the boot menu and then stops. OpenBSD boots further but not all the way, and Gentoo Linux LiveCD runs great. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2006 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdg4+0JHtFv5fxW8RAqJwAKCN6vl7oFsaFvXFC7xcNWPYyH+aHQCffcHz Uwv9PjErpO0LzXnMio7AXmQ= =AlTL -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intel Mac experiences
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ahh, There we go, a happy ending. James Earl wrote: Thanks for your suggestions. I found some more intel mac posts in freebsd-current. On 5/25/06, Adrian Pavone [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James, By an Intel Mac, do you mean an i386? Or still a PPC? If you are referring to an i386, then the i386 install CD should work, and any problems you are having should involve more detail so that we can have a rough idea what is going on (something more then gets just past the boot menu and then stops. For example, does it freeze with only the boot menu showing, do any other messages appear at the bottom of the screen after the boot menu, does the screen go blank, etc.) Ohh, and as Ted was saying, MacOS X is built on BSD :) James Earl wrote: I'm not joking. This is a FreeBSD mailing list isn't it? On 5/25/06, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please tell me your joking, don't you know that MacOS X is just a commercialized version of FreeBSD? Ted -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Earl Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:29 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Intel Mac experiences Hi, I'm just curious if there's any developers playing around with getting FreeBSD installed onto an Intel Mac, and if you could share any experiences or development plans? My 6.1-RELEASE installation CD gets just past the boot menu and then stops. OpenBSD boots further but not all the way, and Gentoo Linux LiveCD runs great. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.7.0/345 - Release Date: 5/22/2006 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdg5q0JHtFv5fxW8RAiPlAKCVuXO8SxtHI+63aDnBUNIbYnDpZQCeJ7hm w9zsOH5ClGMHA5DoVYOa+Sk= =bGug -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: textproc: Typesetting holy content
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Kyrre Nygard wrote:
Hello!
I hope this is not too off topic.
I'm involved in some studies here, on the authority of holy scriptures.
I am trying to transcribe The Noble Qur'an, by some said to be the most
elegant book
ever written, into LaTeX format. That way I can format it the way I wish,
and study it at my own premises.
I began to wget -m http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/
Which gave me 001.qmt.html all the way up to 114.qmt.html.
Next, I ran this:
for i in `find -s . -name *.html`; do w3m -dump $i
${i%.html}.txt; echo ${i%.html}.txt; done
And ended up with 001.qmt.txt all the way up to 114.qmt.txt.
Then, I took 001.qmt.txt, which looked like this:
--
USC
USC
Compendium of Muslim Texts
Fundamentals
Allah
Muhammad
Qur'an
Sunnah
Pillars
Special Topics
Economics
History
Human Relations
Law
Misconceptions About Islam
Politics
Tools
Qur'an Search
Hadeeth Search
Glossary
Translations of the Qur'an, Chapter 1:
AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING)
Total Verses: 7
Revealed At: MAKKA
Maududi's introduction
---
001.001
YUSUFALI: In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
PICKTHAL: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
SHAKIR: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
001.002
YUSUFALI: Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
PICKTHAL: Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds,
SHAKIR: All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds.
001.003
YUSUFALI: Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
PICKTHAL: The Beneficent, the Merciful.
SHAKIR: The Beneficent, the Merciful.
001.004
YUSUFALI: Master of the Day of Judgment.
PICKTHAL: Master of the Day of Judgment,
SHAKIR: Master of the Day of Judgment.
001.005
YUSUFALI: Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
PICKTHAL: Thee (alone) we worship; Thee (alone) we ask for help.
SHAKIR: Thee do we serve and Thee do we beseech for help.
001.006
YUSUFALI: Show us the straight way,
PICKTHAL: Show us the straight path,
SHAKIR: Keep us on the right path.
001.007
YUSUFALI: The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those
whose
(portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.
PICKTHAL: The path of those whom Thou hast favoured; Not the (path) of
those
who earn Thine anger nor of those who go astray.
SHAKIR: The path of those upon whom Thou hast bestowed favors. Not (the
path)
of those upon whom Thy wrath is brought down, nor of those who go astray.
Sponsored by the MSA.
--
And transformed it into LaTeX format:
--
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,oneside,english]{book}
\begin{document}
\title{The Noble Qur'an}
\tableofcontents{}
\chapter{AL-FATIHA (THE OPENING)}
001.001 In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
001.002 Praise be to Allah, the Cherisher and Sustainer of the worlds;
001.003 Most Gracious, Most Merciful;
001.004 Master of the Day of Judgment.
001.005 Thee do we worship, and Thine aid we seek.
001.006 Show us the straight way,
001.007 The way of those on whom Thou hast bestowed Thy Grace, those
whose (portion) is not wrath, and who go not astray.
--
Basically what I did manually on the first file is what I intend to do
automatically
with all the other files. The format remains the same, however the
quantity of text will differ.
The process, to be done on each of my now *.txt files, would look
something like this:
1
Cut out everything before line 27.
2
Take line 27, and embody it. So if line 27 says HELLO, it will become:
\chapter{HELLO}
3
Cut out everything preceding line 27 until a NNN.NNN (verse indication)
appears.
4
Join the NNN.NNN with the below line and cut out YUSUFALI:
5
Join all lines below the YUSUFALI: line ...
6
Until the PICKTHAL: line appears. Then, delete it and all below lines
until the next NNN.NNN appears.
The reason is that the University of California compilation displays
three different english translations and I'd only be interested in the
first one.
For instance, this:
--
004.054
YUSUFALI: Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his
bounty?
but We had already given the people of Abraham the Book and Wisdom, and
conferred upon them a great kingdom.
PICKTHAL: Or are they jealous of mankind because of that which Allah of His
bounty hath bestowed upon them? For We bestowed upon the house of
Abraham (of
old) the Scripture and wisdom, and We bestowed on them a mighty kingdom.
SHAKIR: Or do they envy the people for what Allah has given them of His
grace?
But indeed We have given to Ibrahim's children the Book and the wisdom,
and We
have given them a grand kingdom.
--
Would simply become this, in one line:
--
004.054 Or do they envy mankind for what Allah hath given them of his
bounty? but We
Re: textproc: Typesetting holy content
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kirk Strauser wrote: On Friday 26 May 2006 11:35, Kyrre Nygard wrote: I am trying to transcribe The Noble Qur'an, by some said to be the most elegant book ever written, into LaTeX format. That way I can format it the way I wish, and study it at my own premises. I prefer Godel, Escher Bach, but that's just me. Anyway, didn't html2latex (/usr/ports/print/html2latex/pkg-descr) work? - From my understanding, html2latex wouldn't have cut the parts out that he doesn't need, but would just convert the complete files. As such, it would not accomplish his request. Then again, I may well be wrong about html2latex's ability ... Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEdznp0JHtFv5fxW8RAuoFAKCXwcl/sFehWk0ujtO5RVg5l/W5kgCgm9hf /Pm8VMXnDx5Y9u/b7XD48Cc= =4lR1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. On 5/26/06, Polina Mnouskina [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I am working for the company, that is using FreeBSD on the server mashins. At the moment we have two problems: First, one of the mashins give no kernael error on the boot. Second, we have lost our root password to the second one. Is there a way to fix any of this two problems without reinstaling the system. Please, answer asap. Any help (free or paid) will be highly appriciated. - New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save big. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unless single user mode is set to insecure, in which case that wouldn't recover the password. You could always use a different bootCD and chroot into the FreeBSD system, then change the password. Or bootCD and remove the root password hash from /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd1dC0JHtFv5fxW8RAnmQAJ9gLHzDBvXSQ1zvVa5I6Ci98dxOnACeNXPU E2/n34T7MKwDsv8P8bmzrDg= =2bpV -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easiest if the system's single user mode hasn't been locked down If single user mode HAS been locked down (ie. needs the root password), then you will need a boot disc so you can chroot to your FreeBSD system from another, or so you can directly edit the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file. The password hash *MIGHT* also be in one of those two files, depending on your configuration. Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd2Fs0JHtFv5fxW8RAgfhAJ0RQ3CA3PjofAjYERytNZ2JrGdmMQCcDflK lcgQRMkKPW+wFU30WLeeyHw= =dtu/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Adrian Pavone wrote: Miguel wrote: Andy Greenwood wrote: I don't know what you mean by kernel errors on boot, but you can recover your root password by booting into single user mode and then running passwd. Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is easiest if the system's single user mode hasn't been locked down If single user mode HAS been locked down (ie. needs the root password), then you will need a boot disc so you can chroot to your FreeBSD system from another, or so you can directly edit the /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow file. The password hash *MIGHT* also be in one of those two files, depending on your configuration. Regards, Adrian -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. And I'll try that again with the correct timestamp. __ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd2qc0JHtFv5fxW8RAqFHAKCKpl5td8WrAyIO09ef/0RfUZ/PigCeM+zR Bx3V7fekw6qN61CUo/cSmfk= =QHpz -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Miguel wrote: Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The previous person mistakenly thought that if you were in the wheel group, you were also set up for wheel. Unforunately, root would have had to set up the sudo configuration file so that mmiranda (your login) could use the sudo command to run su. This was not set up, so that is not an option in this case. Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd3UL0JHtFv5fxW8RAqKxAJ4/nMaObhIIB0J/ShY3xQ4845qb6ACfVAkG +9dYMSIw89sReJIjOBTlZws= =IKD0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems booting operating system and with root password
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Atom Powers wrote: On 5/26/06, Miguel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, i have a similar problem, i forgot my root password and the server its in a remote colocation site, is there a way to recover the encrypted password and crackit some way, i have my normal account (which is in wheel group), i even know that the root's pass begings with MAG_something, but i really cant remember the complete root's pass, rebooting in single user mode is my best bet? If you are in wheel, then you should be able to sudo su to switch to the root account and then passwd root to reset the password. :-( No luck, this is the error sudo su We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things: #1) Respect the privacy of others. #2) Think before you type. #3) With great power comes great responsibility. Password: mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. sudo su mmiranda is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. passwd root passwd: permission denied I entered my account's password... Anything more? Yes. Check your man pages; the format of the sudoers file is very specific. Usually you can get away with a line like this: -- %wheelALL=(ALL)ALL -- Altough can't only root modify (write changes to) the sudoers file? As he is trying to get access to root (without a root password), this is not possible from what I can see. Regards, Adrian - -- This email address has expired. Please contact me for my new address. Please obtain my pgp public key from pgp.mit.edu before sending me any private mail, otherwise your email will likely be filtered incorrectly and possibly junked. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEd3df0JHtFv5fxW8RAp0cAKCi/heobdYqmxpzHKMtePDWIu/mNQCfcyv4 xVFzVVSEbi87KwN4M8nSOEI= =hYYJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
