geli on exisitng laptop
Hi guys, I'd like to use geli to whole disk encrypt a FreeBSD 7.1 laptop I already have setup. The laptop is up and working fine and I don't want to screw it up. It have the default partition layout. I've already used geli to encrypt the swap partition. The default partitioning at install creates / /tmp /usr and /var. I thought I would start with /tmp as I should be able to fix that if I mess up. Some questions... 1. Will each partition have to be mounted with a password? 2. What's the most straight-forward way to go about this without screwing up? I already have the eli module loaded in the /boot/loader.conf so I won't need to re-compile, etc. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/geli-on-exisitng-laptop-tp22951183p22951183.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: geli on exisitng laptop
Roland Smith wrote: My advice would be to put /home (where _your_ data resides) on a seperate partition and encrypt only that partition, with a password. Thanks to everyone for the advice. I really do appreciate it. I like this tip a lot. Since the default FreeBSD installer puts /home as a link to /usr/home... could I just encrypt /usr and get the same result? I'm thinking this would be the best way. Thanks again for the Great tips! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/geli-on-exisitng-laptop-tp22951183p22956085.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
portupgrade question
Hi, Silly question... when I use portupgrade on gnome installs, it interrupts itself a lot to prompt for config options. I normally take all the defaults. Is there a way to use portupgrade without all the stopping for config questions? I'd like to leave my laptop alone over-night doing a portupgrade of gnome... etc without baby-sitting it. If something does happen to get built without a setting I want, I can always redo it later, but for 95% of all the builds, I take the defaults and would rather not be prompted on those. Thanks -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/portupgrade-question-tp22920813p22920813.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
CVE-2008-2939 and FreeBSD
I can't find any info on the Web. Has CVE-2008-2939 been addressed in FreeBSD7.1 Apache2.2? I can't find any reference to that CVE number. http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2939 I've subscribed to the security notification list, and I've searched the archives, but no go. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/CVE-2008-2939-and-FreeBSD-tp22434745p22434745.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
bsd.rd for FreeBSD install
Hi, We normally use OpenBSD, but would like to try FreeBSD on a test system. Usually, when updating from one OpenBSD release to another, we do so by downloading the latest bsd.rd and booting from that to complete the install. Our machines have no optical drives. Does FreeBSD have a similar method to installation? Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22292723.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: Root shell
RW-15 wrote: On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 16:16:50 + Frank Shute fr...@shute.org.uk wrote: pdksh is statically linked and I don't know if bash is. It's a build option. Seems root should have a static shell always... otherwise, all bets are off as some of the shared libs may be inaccessible or damaged. So long as bash is statically linked and properly located, there should not be an issue. But most folks (linux users) aren't aware of the implications of dynamic linking and such. So it's probably best to 'just say no' to the OP's question. Leave root's shell alone unless you know what you're doing and bash is built appropriately. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Root-shell-tp22274005p22293187.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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.rd for FreeBSD install
You misunderstand. I want to install FreeBSD from a ramdisk image (bsd.rd). Is that possible? It's basically a small kernel that boots the machine, formats the hard drive, setups root and installs the operating system over ftp. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/bsd.rd-for-FreeBSD-install-tp22292723p22293310.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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: Anyone know SunFire hardware
Paul Schmehl-2 wrote: I've done some Googling, and the most common answer seems to be hit STOP+A, but there is no STOP key on an Intel keyboard. Is there a magic incantation that will work? Maybe the entrails of a young goat? Ctrl + Break I'm sticking with OpenBSD... BTW. -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Anyone-know-SunFire-hardware-tp22294904p22297874.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ 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
