Re: Administrating more than 10 servers
This is a must read for multiple UNIX server administration, http://www.cae.tntech.edu/~mwr/unix_infrastructure_management_from_scratch.pdf . On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Ahmed Ossama ah...@master-zone.net wrote: Hi folks, Lately I was put in charge to administrate 12 FreeBSD servers, and I was wonder what is the best way to administrate/monitor/follow-up/update/patch these servers such that all work like a clockwise with each other with the exact same updates? I wrote few scripts that notifies me with system failure and updates, but I want to manage the servers more efficiently. Any advice/guide is much appreciated. ___ 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 -- - Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci - Intelligence is not defined by what you know, It's how you use it. ___ 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: freecolor: Bus error. software or hardware problem?
Have you updated your ports? This was an issue on the amd64 distribution, but it was fixed. On Fri, Jul 23, 2010 at 1:21 AM, Antonio Kless antoniok@gmail.comwrote: Strange freecolor behavior on fresh 8.0-RELEASE system. # uname -a FreeBSD alternate-1.net 8.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE #0: Sat Nov 21 15:02:08 UTC 2009 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu: /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 # freecolor -V freecolor version 0.8.8 # freecolor Bus error I have reinstall 7.3-RELEASE on this server, and get another look of error: # freecolor Bus error: 10 Is it software or hardware problem? -- Best regards, Antonio Kless, http://kless.spb.ru/ ___ 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 -- - Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci - Intelligence is not defined by what you know, It's how you USE it. - People who hate Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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: .sh and sed
You could always use basename for this. basename /usr/local/bin/bash will display bash On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 6:16 AM, Aiza aiz...@comclark.com wrote: Trying to use sed to remove the path from the file name. Variable has complete path plus the file name /usr/local/etc/filename Need variable containing only the file name. Is the sed utility the best thing to use? Is there some other utility better suited for this task. How would sed by coded to do this? Thanks for your help in advance. ___ 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 -- - Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci - Intelligence is not defined by what you know, It's how you USE it. - People who hate Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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: What VM does FreeBSD run well under
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 10:14 AM, stan st...@panix.com wrote: I am planing on rebuilding my laptop shortly. I am going to put Ubuntu 9.10 on as the base OS, and I want to be able to run various versions of FreebSD as guest OS'es under one of the free (EG not VMWare) virtual machine choices. Which of these does FreebSD run well under? -- One of the main causes of the fall of the roman empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs. ___ 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 I have tried FreeBSD 7.2 on both VmWare and Virtualbox. Just make sure you have NTP running, I have experienced time issues. , -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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 Professional Job Task Analysis Survey
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Mikel King mikel.k...@olivent.com wrote: The BSD News Network reports that volunteer as desperately needed to complete the BSDP JTA Survey by the deadline of October 16th. The BSD Certification Group has been diligently working toward this goal for quite some time now. http://bsdnews.net/index.php/2009/10/07/bsdcertdeadline-approaching-fast-for-the-bsdp-jta-survey/ I am curious how many people on this list were aware of the survey? Has anyone else actually completed the survey? Has anyone seen an announcement about this on the FreeBSD lists in the past? Thanks, Mikel ___ 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 I have completed it. -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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 display pkg-message
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Kalle Møllerfreebsd-questi...@k-moeller.dk wrote: Looking for that feature to :) On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hello Could someone remind of the make target for showing messages which are displayed when installing ports please. I thought it was some variant of make showinfo but I can't find one that works. I am assuming that if port/files/pkg-message.in exists the this make target would show a result. thanks Chris ___ 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 -- Med Venlig Hilsen Kalle R. Møller ___ 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 This is explained in the pkg_info man page. To Show the install-message file for the installed package postfix-2.6.3,1 you would enter pkg_info -D -x postfix | less Please read the man page! Also install ports-mgmt/bpkg, it's an awsome utility -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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 display pkg-message
On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Randy Belkrandy.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Kalle Møllerfreebsd-questi...@k-moeller.dk wrote: Looking for that feature to :) On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Chris Whitehouse cwhi...@onetel.com wrote: Hello Could someone remind of the make target for showing messages which are displayed when installing ports please. I thought it was some variant of make showinfo but I can't find one that works. I am assuming that if port/files/pkg-message.in exists the this make target would show a result. thanks Chris ___ 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 -- Med Venlig Hilsen Kalle R. Møller ___ 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 This is explained in the pkg_info man page. To Show the install-message file for the installed package postfix-2.6.3,1 you would enter pkg_info -D -x postfix | less Please read the man page! Also install ports-mgmt/bpkg, it's an awsome utility -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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: 'alias' + sudo
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 10:50 AM, George Davidovichfree...@optimis.net wrote: On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 08:10:36PM -0400, Jerry wrote: On Fri, 4 Sep 2009 01:34:05 +0200 Mel Flynn wrote: alias spico='/usr/local/bin/sudo pico -m' and be done with it. Instead of an extra alias, why not export $VISUAL or $EDITOR, and rely on sudoedit(8)? That is what I am currently doing; however,there are other commands that I want to use that are not available when used via sudo without modifying the alias. I did not realize that sudo had such a limitation. It's not a limitation. It's a feature. ;-) Re-read the sudo manpage. I'd be surprised if most of your aliases would ever require root privileges, and are anything but one-off shortcuts for your personal use. For those that do, I'd suggest replacing them with a function (or script) that tests for root privileges (using something like id(1)), and invokes sudo when appropriate. Otherwise, you may want to consider using 'su -m'. That will your current environment unmodified and all your existing aliases will remain available for use. -- George ___ 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 There is a way for what you are wanting to do. Make an alias for sudo that looks like this sudo='sudo -E (Your default shell) Since I use zsh my alias looks like this sudo='sudo -E zsh' It perserves all of your aliases, paths, and everything else . -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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 logo
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Randy Belkrandy.b...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Randall Woodrs...@cornell.edu wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:16:12AM -0800, Peter Giessel wrote: I want to make a t-shirt with the caption The Power to Serve but I can't find it in a good resolution. Can you send it to me? Vector formats (which would allow you to produce any resolution you want) are available here: http://www.freebsd.org/logo.html Isn't there some sort of restriction on how the logo can be used? I wrote a post for my website about FreeBSD (PC-BSD, actually) and went looking for the FreeBSD. I recall there some restrictions on Daemon. Or are those days over? One of my favorite looking mascots, by the way. What a cutie. ___ 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 The BSD Daemon is Copyrighted by Marshall Kirk McKusick, see http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/copyright.html. I contacted Mr. McKusick, and his response is below -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. Sorry guys, I thought I attached the file but I guess I didn't. Anyway here is my correspondence with him. This was concerning my FreeBSD Wallpaper site, http://picasaweb.google.com/randy.belk/FreeBSDWallpaper. Sorry for the plug, ;-) Mr. McKusick's response: Mr. McKusick, I have the site back up and I have also added that your are the copyright holder of the BSD Daemon on the top right of the page. I am providing these to the FreeBSD community for free! Your usage of the BSD Daemon in this context is acceptable. Please note however that many of the variations that are used on the wallpaper designs are not owned by me. They have been created by other people and I do not have the right to grant your use of those variations on the BSD Daemon. When you grab a wallpaper to add to your collection you should ensure that the person that you got it from allows it to be redistributed. Marshall Kirk McKusick -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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 logo
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Randall Woodrs...@cornell.edu wrote: On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:16:12AM -0800, Peter Giessel wrote: I want to make a t-shirt with the caption The Power to Serve but I can't find it in a good resolution. Can you send it to me? Vector formats (which would allow you to produce any resolution you want) are available here: http://www.freebsd.org/logo.html Isn't there some sort of restriction on how the logo can be used? I wrote a post for my website about FreeBSD (PC-BSD, actually) and went looking for the FreeBSD. I recall there some restrictions on Daemon. Or are those days over? One of my favorite looking mascots, by the way. What a cutie. ___ 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 The BSD Daemon is Copyrighted by Marshall Kirk McKusick, see http://www.mckusick.com/beastie/mainpage/copyright.html. I contacted Mr. McKusick, and his response is below -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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: xinetd for FreeBSD 6.2
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:42 PM, Madhusudan R madhu...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I'd like to know the version of xinetd that can be run on FreeBSD 6.2. And where can I find it? Anything else I need to know before I start using xinetd on the aforemention platform. Thanks! Madhu ___ 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 To install xinitd use the following command as root cd /usr/ports/security/xinetd/ make install clean -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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: w(5) shows non-existent or lost process?
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 7:43 AM, Anton Shterenlikht me...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: The who (or w, or finger) command shows that I'm still logged into ttyp5, even though I have rebooted the xxx box many times since. Does this mean the corresponding entry in /var/run/utmp is wrong and shouldn't be there, or is there still some process attached to ttyp5? ouput of w: USER TTY FROM LOGIN@ IDLE WHAT mexasp4 xxx 1:32pm - w mexasp5 xxx:0. 26Jan09 21days - ps ax | grep ttyp5 shows no process Looking at w(1) man page it seems that - in WHAT can be an indication that the process failed but not cleanly and that there could be some forked sub-process still alive. Does this make sense? Which other commands I can use to see what's going on? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 ___ 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 LSOF is your friend! The port is located in /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof To find out what is using ttyp5 type in lsof | grep ttyp5 and it should show you the process -- - Amiga, The Computer for the creative Mind! - UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity. - People who hate Microsoft Windows use Linux but people who love UNIX use BSD. ___ 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
