date:20071025

Hi all,

I'm starting my career as a security analyst and I'd like to know if
there are any vulnerability scanners -Blackbox or Whitebox- available for 
FreeBSD, in
particular for Java applications.

There are some softwares out there, e.g. HailStorm or SourceScope
however most of them are commercial and AFAIK there are only Windoze
versions.

Any suggestion or pointer is highly appreciated.  TIA,

-- 
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Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.
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boot manager oddity (two IDE drives, two o/s)

2007-10-25 Thread William Bulley

I have two IDE drives (ad0 and ad1) on a Dell system
that is running Windows XP on ad0 and FreeBSD 6.2 on
ad1.  Drive ad0 is 80 GB.  Drive ad1 is 250 GB.  When I
installed FreeBSD onto ad1, I installed the FreeBSD boot
manager onto both ad0 and ad1 disk drives.

When the machine powers up from a cold start, I don't
see the ad0 boot manager at all.  I see the ad1 boot
manager.  It looks like this.

   F1  FreeBSD

   F5  Drive 0

and FreeBSD boots just fine if I select F1.  I don't
see the ad0 boot manager until I reboot FreeBSD and
select F5 from the above menu.  Then I get this:

   F1  ???
   F2  DOS

   F5  Drive 1

Hitting F5 gives me the expected:

   F1  FreeBSD

   F5  Drive 0

But, if I want to boot up Windows, I hit F2, and then
Windows starts up.  If I shut down Windows (restart),
then I again see this:

   F1  ???
   F2  DOS

   F5  Drive 1

But this time, when I hit F5 nothing happens!?!?!?!

Here is the output of two boot0cfg(8) commands:

freebsd% boot0cfg -v ad0
#   flag start chs   type   end chs   offset size
1   0x00  0:  1: 1   0xde  4:254:63   6380262
2   0x00  5:  0: 1   0x07   1023:254:6380325156151800

version=1.0  drive=0x80  mask=0xf  ticks=182
options=nopacket,update,nosetdrv
default_selection=F5 (Drive 1)

freebsd% boot0cfg -v ad1
#   flag start chs   type   end chs   offset size
1   0x80  0:  1: 1   0xa5   1023:254:63   63524281212

version=1.0  drive=0x81  mask=0xf  ticks=182
options=nopacket,update,nosetdrv
default_selection=F1 (Slice 1)

What I want to know is am I doing something wrong, or, am I not
doing enough to configure (using the boot0cfg(8) command) the
two boot managers (one on each drive)?

BTW, the ??? slice above is the Windows recovery (or diagnostic?)
slice, I believe.

I have looked in the Handbook to no avail.  Any ideas?  Help!

Regards,

web...

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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

Hi Pawel,

Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
  Daniel Marsh wrote:
   Even if all data on a drive is encrypted, the partition table is not.
   Software based disk encryption works on partitions.
  
  That's not true. One can configure full disk encryption using GELI. To
  do it you need to have a small USB pen-drive or CD-ROM with /boot/
  directory, but that's all you need. Then you actually boot from your
  unencrypted pen-drive, but mount all file systems from encrypted disk.

So far, so good ...

  The pen-drive is not needed for your system to run and you can be easly
  take it with you, which is not always the case for your laptop.

Are you saying that the USB pen-drive can be removed while
the system is running (after it has booted)?  I remember
that it was impossible in the past to remove the root vnode
(which in this case would be the /boot file system from the
pen-drive).  Did that change recently?  Or is there a way
to change the system's root vnode from the pen-drive to the
root file system on the encrypted disk?  If so, then how?

I'm just curious.  The ability to change the root vnode
would open several interesting possibilities, beside fully
encrypted disks.

Best regards
   Oliver

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Re: Live video streaming on FreeBSD?

Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote:
  Does any of these streaming solutions (encoders or servers) require me to
  run a GUI on my FreeBSD boxes or can I simply run them like I always do:
  command line only?

mencoder and ffmpeg are command-line apps.

Best regards
   Oliver

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Re: USB-Serial adapter, how to make /dev/cuad* appear?

Benjamin Lutz wrote:
  Roland Smith wrote:
   
   Looking at ucom(4):
   
   FILES
/dev/cuaU?
   
   See if that exists.
  
  No such luck I'm afraid. There's only cuaU0, which belongs to the 
  onboard serial port too.

No, cuaU0 belongs to the ucom(4) driver.
It certainly does _not_ belong to the sio(4) driver.

Best regards
   Oliver

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portmaster question

2007-10-25 Thread Tsu-Fan Cheng

hi,
   i been using portmaster for a while when upgrading my ports, often
times when there are some problems in certain ports, e.g. jdk, i will
use -x jdk so i can deal with it later. but when there are two or
more of them that need special attention, i cant find a way to do it
right, i tried -x A -x B, this seems only to register B as
neglected; -x A B void B in neglect. can someone show me the way??
thanks!!

TFC
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Re: multiple postgresql servers in multiple jails?

Oliver Peter wrote:
  Oliver Fromme wrote:
   Oliver Peter wrote:
Does anybody have a running system with more than one jail hosting
more than one postgres server?
   
   Yes, you must configure them to use different port numbers,
   because the SysV IPC IDs are derived from the port number.
   If you try to run both servers with the default port, you'll
   get a conflict.  Configure different port numbers, and it
   will work.
  
  Thanks for that hint.  After changing the port numbers for each
  instance to a different one, it works - but only at first glance.
  After making some test creates and inserts to all servers at the same
  time I receive the 'out of memory' messages again...
  Different UIDs, different ports, same error.

Can you please give the output from ipcs -M and ipcs -p?

The latter shows the process IDs of the creator (CPID) and
last user (LPID) of shared memory resources.  You can look
up the jails in which those processes are running, so to
make sure that none of the resources was taken over by a
different jail.

The jps script could be useful:

http://www.secnetix.de/~olli/scripts/jps

By the way, ipcs -bm displays the shared memory segment
sizes.

   By the way, the PostgreSQL developers do _not_ recommend to
   run multiple servers on the same machine, because of bad
   efficiency.  It is much better (performance-wise) to run
   all databases within the same server engine.  PostgreSQL
   has all the authentication and permission features you need
   to separate multiple databases within a single server, so
   there is really no need to use multiple jails.
  
  Of course I understand that.  But I would like to setup a test server
  in a different jail beside my production jail/pgsql-server to be sure
  not to crash my production server.
  Performance does not matter (at this time in this specific case of
  course!).

I see.  In that case it is probably OK.

   I have these on a machine with a single PostgreSQL server,
   as per recommendations of the developers:
   
   options SHMMAXPGS=65536
   options SEMMAP=1024
   options SEMMNI=64
   options SEMMNS=1024
   options SEMUME=64
   options SEMMNU=128
  
  Is this a good recommendation for a machine with only 1GB of RAM?

In fact, the above lines are from a machine with 256 MB RAM.
For 1 GB you can probably double the number of shared memory
pages (SHMMAXPGS value).  The semaphore values (SEM*) should
be sufficient in either case, I think.

Best regards
   Oliver

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Re: Software to print vouchers from large amount of txt data

2007-10-25 Thread Alex Zbyslaw


Bill Campbell wrote:


On Mon, Oct 22, 2007, simon butsana wrote:
 


I am looking for a software that will read repetitive data from a text file
and send it to a preformated fanfold paper (impact printer). The software
must be customizable as to be told on which area of the paper to print a
given field from the source text file.
   


The data in the text file would thus be translated in a certain number of
similar paper vouchers.
   


Does anyone have an idea?
   



I've been using nroff for this type of things for years.  One can do very
precise text location vertically and horizontally.  Our accounting software
prints invoices using groff, initially loading an image with .PSPIC, then
overlaying it with the text.
 

Just to second Bill's suggestion.  I've done both labels and invoices 
with groff/troff with great success.  The only issue is how accurately 
your printer will feed the paper so it may be better to be as generous 
as possible with margins around the printed data.  (If this is fanfold 
paper, maybe it's a sprocket-type printer?  In which case it's a 
question of how accurately the initial page is lined up when the paper 
is first inserted.  You might want a pre-generated test page for when 
new paper is fed in).


Once you know what your troff looks like, any scripting language should 
be able to turn the text file into troff and print it.  Perl is probably 
the obvious one.


--Alex

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Re: portmaster question

2007-10-25 Thread James

On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 10:11 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:

 hi,
i been using portmaster for a while when upgrading my ports, often
 times when there are some problems in certain ports, e.g. jdk, i will
 use -x jdk so i can deal with it later. but when there are two or
 more of them that need special attention, i cant find a way to do it
 right, i tried -x A -x B, this seems only to register B as
 neglected; -x A B void B in neglect. can someone show me the way??
 thanks!!
 
 TFC
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From man portmaster:

 [-m arguments for make] [-x glob pattern to exclude from building]
 -x  avoid building ports as dependencies that match this pattern

Sounds like it's implemented as a regular expression. Try looking up the
regex syntax for the shell it's implemented in (which I think is bourne)
and using a grouping expression.

James

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Re: hidden disk geometry on Compaq Presario V2000

2007-10-25 Thread Jerry McAllister

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 12:19:27AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Lorin Lund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  I have a Compaq Presario Notebook in the V2000 series.
  I just replaced the hard drive because the original was getting
  disk errors.
 
  I have a WD Scorpio 120 GB.  When I try to load FreeBSD I get an
  error message when I get to the partition the disk stage.  It
  says my disk geometry is wrong.  It says I need to use whatever
  numbers my BIOS uses.  But my BIOS doesn't show the disk geometry
  numbers anywhere I can see.  How can I proceed?  How can I find
  out what disk geometry to use?

Is this just the usual whining it almost always does in fdisk?
If so, try just ignoring it.   I always get it putting out an
error message that the settings will not work with the geometry
but it always does.

If it is something else, then this comment doesn't apply - but 
try just going ahead.

jerry

 
 One method, which I think may be mentioned in the Handbook, is to
 boot the Windows install CD (that presumably came with the Presario)
 and use its fdisk to create a small partition.  You don't need to
 actually install Windows, just create a partition as if you were
 going to install it.  Then boot the FreeBSD CD and sysinstall will
 figure out the geometry from the Windows master boot record.
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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
  
  #include stdio.h
  
  void main()

That's not a C program.  :-)

The return value of the main function of a valid C program
must be int.  And of course, your main function should
end with return 0; or exit(0); (the latter requires
#include stdlib.h at the top).

By the way, I recommend you get a copy of the C standard
and use it for reference.  You can buy a digital copy (PDF)
at  http://webstore.ansi.org/  (Search for 9899-1999),
it's $30.  Alternatively ask Google for C99 draft to get
a free copy of a draft of the standard, which isn't very
different from the final standard.

You can also buy a hardcopy of the standard (i.e. a book),
but it was ~ $300 last time I looked.

Best regards
   Oliver

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xorg/gnome slow on different network

2007-10-25 Thread kalin mintchev


hi all...

i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the whole
xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes it's time to
start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to start.
when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home settings th
xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at normal speed - 4 - 5
sec.

can anybody explain please?

thanks...

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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

2007-10-25 Thread Pawel Jakub Dawidek

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 03:53:34PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
   The pen-drive is not needed for your system to run and you can be easly
   take it with you, which is not always the case for your laptop.
 
 Are you saying that the USB pen-drive can be removed while
 the system is running (after it has booted)?  I remember
 that it was impossible in the past to remove the root vnode
 (which in this case would be the /boot file system from the
 pen-drive).  Did that change recently?  Or is there a way
 to change the system's root vnode from the pen-drive to the
 root file system on the encrypted disk?  If so, then how?

The boot directory is different that root file system. /boot/ directory
is only accessed by loader before root file system is mounted. The root
file system can be mounted from encrypted disk, because loader loads the
kernel (and eventually geom_eli.ko module) from the /boot/ directory.

Most of the time /boot/ directory is on the root file system, but there
is no need for that - you can boot from different /boot/ directory and
have different /boot/ directory in your root file system.

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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

2007-10-25 Thread Erik Trulsson

On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 05:02:00PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
 Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
   
   #include stdio.h
   
   void main()
 
 That's not a C program.  :-)
 
 The return value of the main function of a valid C program
 must be int.  And of course, your main function should
 end with return 0; or exit(0); (the latter requires
 #include stdlib.h at the top).
 
 By the way, I recommend you get a copy of the C standard
 and use it for reference.  You can buy a digital copy (PDF)
 at  http://webstore.ansi.org/  (Search for 9899-1999),
 it's $30.  Alternatively ask Google for C99 draft to get
 a free copy of a draft of the standard, which isn't very
 different from the final standard.
 
 You can also buy a hardcopy of the standard (i.e. a book),
 but it was ~ $300 last time I looked.

That may be the price if you order a paper copy directly from ANSI/ISO,
but the C standard has also been published as a regular book
(ISBN 978-0-470-84573-8) which is not quite so expensive.

For a beginner the standard itself is probably a bit too heavy-going.
The book usually recommended is 'The C programming language, Second edition'
by Kernighan and Ritchie. ( http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/ )



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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

2007-10-25 Thread Bill Moran

In response to Oliver Fromme [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:
   
   #include stdio.h
   
   void main()
 
 That's not a C program.  :-)
 
 The return value of the main function of a valid C program
 must be int.  And of course, your main function should
 end with return 0; or exit(0); (the latter requires
 #include stdlib.h at the top).
 
 By the way, I recommend you get a copy of the C standard
 and use it for reference.  You can buy a digital copy (PDF)
 at  http://webstore.ansi.org/  (Search for 9899-1999),
 it's $30.  Alternatively ask Google for C99 draft to get
 a free copy of a draft of the standard, which isn't very
 different from the final standard.
 
 You can also buy a hardcopy of the standard (i.e. a book),
 but it was ~ $300 last time I looked.

If we're recommending books, I can't say enough good things
about the Kernighan and Richie C book:
http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Language-2nd/dp/0131103628/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-1904293-7155604?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1193326006sr=1-2

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Re: webconference softwares ?

2007-10-25 Thread Hakan K

shantanoo,

Thanks for the site.. I have been looking for something like this for online
classes..
Do you have any experience on dimdim..? Do you know something better for
online learning..?




Thanks
Hakan
http://dominor.com

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 On 24-Oct-07, at 8:46 PM, Frank Bonnet wrote:

  Hello
 
  Anyone knows if such softwares ( webconference / webminars ) are
  availables in open source software world ?

 you may have a look at http://www.dimdim.com/

 regards,
 shantanoo
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Re: USB-Serial adapter, how to make /dev/cuad* appear? [Solved]

2007-10-25 Thread Benjamin Lutz

I finally figured this out. Turns out the FreeBSD side of things worked 
from the start, and it was the hardware that was broken. A replacement 
adapter works like a charm.

Oh and yes, Oliver, you're perfectly right, /dev/cuaU0 is indeed created 
by ucom. I was confused by the device having the creation date of when 
the system was booted, even though it was dynamically created a couple 
of days later.

Thanks for all your help!

Cheers
Benjamin


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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
 On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 12:46:53AM +0800, Daniel Marsh wrote:
 Even if all data on a drive is encrypted, the partition table is not.
 Software based disk encryption works on partitions.
 
 That's not true. One can configure full disk encryption using GELI. To
 do it you need to have a small USB pen-drive or CD-ROM with /boot/
 directory, but that's all you need. Then you actually boot from your
 unencrypted pen-drive, but mount all file systems from encrypted disk.
 The pen-drive is not needed for your system to run and you can be easly
 take it with you, which is not always the case for your laptop.

This is EXACTLY what I have now. Soon as the machine is booted, my thumb
disk comes with me.

The ONLY information on the thumb drive is /boot, a directory /keys and
an /etc that has only an fstab (to mount the .eli partitions from the
hard disk) and a loader.conf file to locate the keys.

This was originally my objective and have got it in place. Now the
machine is nearly upgraded to 7.0.

Steve
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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

Pawel Jakub Dawidek wrote:
  On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 03:53:34PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote:
   Are you saying that the USB pen-drive can be removed while
   the system is running (after it has booted)?  I remember
   that it was impossible in the past to remove the root vnode
   (which in this case would be the /boot file system from the
   pen-drive).  Did that change recently?  Or is there a way
   to change the system's root vnode from the pen-drive to the
   root file system on the encrypted disk?  If so, then how?
  
  The boot directory is different that root file system. /boot/ directory
  is only accessed by loader before root file system is mounted.

Ah, right.  I forgot that the /boot directory is only
accessed by the boot blocks and loader(8) during boot,
but not by the kernel, so it isn't actually mounted.
Once the kernel mounts its root file system, it will
be the real one from the encrypted disk.

Thanks for clearing up my confusion.

Best regards
   Oliver

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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

 The ONLY information on the thumb drive is /boot, a directory /keys and
 an /etc that has only an fstab (to mount the .eli partitions from the
 hard disk) and a loader.conf file to locate the keys.

My bad, my bad.

loader.conf is located under /boot of course.

Steve
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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

   The boot directory is different that root file system. /boot/ directory
   is only accessed by loader before root file system is mounted.
 
 Ah, right.  I forgot that the /boot directory is only
 accessed by the boot blocks and loader(8) during boot,
 but not by the kernel, so it isn't actually mounted.
 Once the kernel mounts its root file system, it will
 be the real one from the encrypted disk.

I don't know if this is absolutely true.

I haven't tried it yet, but I don't think that /boot on the encrypted
disk is necessary. I will rename the directory and reboot and see if it
barfs.

On the same track, upgrading this system has been easy so far.

I do a build/install kernel into /boot on the encrypted disk, then
simply copy the /boot/kernel directory over to the thumb drives /boot
directory.

However, making a mistake such as building and installing the wrong
kernel config without crypto and GEOM_ELI leads to all sorts of
problems. Relatively easy to recover from, but a waste of time to track
down (I posted about this to -stable this AM).

Steve
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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

Erik Trulsson wrote:
  Oliver Fromme wrote:
   By the way, I recommend you get a copy of the C standard
   and use it for reference.  You can buy a digital copy (PDF)
   at  http://webstore.ansi.org/  (Search for 9899-1999),
   it's $30.  Alternatively ask Google for C99 draft to get
   a free copy of a draft of the standard, which isn't very
   different from the final standard.
   
   You can also buy a hardcopy of the standard (i.e. a book),
   but it was ~ $300 last time I looked.
  
  That may be the price if you order a paper copy directly from ANSI/ISO,

Yes.

  but the C standard has also been published as a regular book
  (ISBN 978-0-470-84573-8) which is not quite so expensive.

OK, I didn't know about that one.  Personally I chose to
order the PDF copy (which was $15 a few years ago, IIRC,
now it's $30) after working for some time with the free
draft.

  For a beginner the standard itself is probably a bit too heavy-going.

Right, it's certainly not suitable as a tutorial or as an
introduction for a beginner.  But it's useful as a reference
when you need to know the official details about a certain
part of the language (e.g. where do sequence points occur,
exactly?).

  The book usually recommended is 'The C programming language, Second edition'
  by Kernighan and Ritchie. ( http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/ )

Absolutely.  (I just didn't mention it before because
obviously Harald already has a beginner's book on the
C programming language.)

Best regards
   Oliver

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and when it's bad, it's better than nothing.
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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

Steve Bertrand wrote:
  I haven't tried it yet, but I don't think that /boot on the encrypted
  disk is necessary. I will rename the directory and reboot and see if it
  barfs.

It shouldn't be necessary.  Once the kernel is loaded, the
system never looks at /boot again.

Unless, of course, you want to load a kernel module.  Those
are located in /boot/kernel by default, but you can change
the if needed (see sysctl kern.module_path).

Also, some system utilities that use KVM functions (vmstat,
top, ps) might require access to the kernel file.  But that
can be changed, too:  sysctl kern.bootfile.

Other than that, the /boot directory isn't used at all
during normal operation.

Best regards
   Oliver

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Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-25 Thread Jerry McAllister

On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 11:00:37AM +0100, Vince wrote:

 Kris Kennaway wrote:
  David J Brooks wrote:
  Bill Moran wrote:
  Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release.
 
  What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be
  considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a
  compelling reason to upgrade to one over the other?
  
  7.0 is the recommended choice; 6.3 is only for people who cannot update
  to the new branch yet.
  
  http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf
  

I just got a chance to read through this.WOW!
I am impressed!

jerry


 
 Great presentation! Is this linked to from anywhere on the FreeBSD site
 or the wiki? It definitely deserves more widespread distribution.
 
 Vince
 
  Kris
  
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Re: portmaster question

2007-10-25 Thread RW

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:50:10 -0600
James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 On Thu, 2007-10-25 at 10:11 -0400, Tsu-Fan Cheng wrote:
 
  hi,
 i been using portmaster for a while when upgrading my ports,
  often times when there are some problems in certain ports, e.g.
  jdk, i will use -x jdk so i can deal with it later. but when
  there are two or more of them that need special attention, i cant
  find a way to do it right, i tried -x A -x B, this seems only to
  register B as neglected; -x A B void B in neglect. can someone
  show me the way?? thanks!!
  

 From man portmaster:
 
  [-m arguments for make] [-x glob pattern to exclude from
 building] -x  avoid building ports as dependencies that match this
 pattern
 
 Sounds like it's implemented as a regular expression. Try looking up
 the regex syntax for the shell it's implemented in (which I think is
 bourne) and using a grouping expression.

It's a glob, not a regular expression. 

I don't think it can be done except by an unreliable cludge like
[ge][if][mo][px] which matches gimp and firefox.
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Sendmail error mesage

2007-10-25 Thread Chris Kottaridis

The output of my crontabs seem to be getting deferred. My nightly
backups are run out of operator's crontab.
The crontab has:

MAILTO [EMAIL PROTECTED]

I see this error message in the maillogs:

Oct 25 10:53:56 admin sm-mta[97771]: l9MJH0ZG068875:
to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], ctladdr=[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ship.org (2/5), delay=2+21:36:56, xdelay=00:00:01, mailer=esmtp,
pri=12901052, relay=mail.globalharvest.org. [74.52.23
7.48], dsn=4.3.0, stat=Deferred: 451 Could not complete sender verify
callout


What does 451 Could not complete sender verify callout mean ?


Thanks
Chris Kottaridis   ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Sendmail and SMTP AUTH, I need a hand

2007-10-25 Thread Efren Bravo

Hi,

I tried to activate the SMTP AUTH in Sendmail
following the steps of the man page 
(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-auth.html).

Everythigns was ok, but...

If on the client (Outlook Express or MS Outlook)
is activated My server requires authentication
the SMTP AUTH occurs and the mail is sent but if
this option is disabled the mail is sent too.


These are only the new settings on freebsd.mc

define(`SMART_HOST', `smtp.domain.com')
define(`confMAX_MESSAGE_SIZE', `6291456')dnl

define(`confAUTH_OPTIONS', `A')dnl
TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5
LOGIN')dnl
define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5
CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl

define(`confLOG_LEVEL', `14')dnl


access file:

blue.domain.com   RELAY


telnet to Sendmail:
---
220 mail.blue.domain.com ESMTP Sendmail
8.13.8/8.13.8; Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:00:51 -0400 (
CDT)
ehlo blue.domain.com
250-mail.blue.domain.com Hello
sistemas1.blue.domain.com [10.10.3.16], pleased
to meet you
250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES
250-PIPELINING
250-8BITMIME
250-SIZE 6291456
250-DSN
250-ETRN
250-AUTH GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN
250-DELIVERBY
250 HELP
auth login
334 VXNlcm5hbWU6
ZWZyZW5iYQ==
334 UGFzc3dvcmQ6
bWVybHV6YTIwMDU=
235 2.0.0 OK Authenticated

Username and passwd was encoded thanks to that
page:
http://makcoder.sourceforge.net/demo/base64.php


Checking sasl into Sendmail:

# /usr/sbin/sendmail -d0.1 -bt  /dev/null
Version 8.13.8
 Compiled with: DNSMAP LOG MAP_REGEX MATCHGECOS
MILTER MIME7TO8 MIME8TO7
NAMED_BIND NETINET NETINET6
NETUNIX NEWDB NIS PIPELINING SASLv2
SCANF STARTTLS TCPWRAPPERS USERDB
XDEBUG



What do I miss in Sendmail to force the clients
to use SMTP AUTH?


Thanks in advance...




   

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Re: xorg/gnome slow on different network

2007-10-25 Thread Warren Block


On Thu, 25 Oct 2007, kalin mintchev wrote:


i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the whole
xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes it's time to
start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to start.
when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home settings th
xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at normal speed - 4 - 5
sec.


If it's slow but should be fast, the first thing to suspect is DNS. 
(Me, trying to come up with general FreeBSD debugging rules.)


Are you using DHCP or remembering to change your DNS servers in 
/etc/resolv.conf for the work network?


Of course, it might be something other than DNS.  But long timeouts are 
often a sign of DNS problems.


-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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Re: Booting a GELI encrypted hard disk

Oliver Fromme wrote:
 Steve Bertrand wrote:
   I haven't tried it yet, but I don't think that /boot on the encrypted
   disk is necessary. I will rename the directory and reboot and see if it
   barfs.
 
 It shouldn't be necessary.  Once the kernel is loaded, the
 system never looks at /boot again.
 
 Unless, of course, you want to load a kernel module.  Those
 are located in /boot/kernel by default, but you can change
 the if needed (see sysctl kern.module_path).
 
 Also, some system utilities that use KVM functions (vmstat,
 top, ps) might require access to the kernel file.  But that
 can be changed, too:  sysctl kern.bootfile.
 
 Other than that, the /boot directory isn't used at all
 during normal operation.

This is correct, I tested it.

Also, this system (with GEOM_ELI built into kernel) successfully
upgraded from 6.2 to 7.0 with ULE scheduler enabled with no problems at all.

Cheers!

Steve

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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

2007-10-25 Thread cpghost

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:22:11 +0200
Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 For a beginner the standard itself is probably a bit too heavy-going.
 The book usually recommended is 'The C programming language, Second
 edition' by Kernighan and Ritchie.
 ( http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/cbook/ )

Yes, that's the *definitive* book! Add to it The C Answer Book
by Tondo/Gimpel (title in german: Das C Loesungsbuch), with goes
along with KR 2nd Ed. and you have everything you need.

-cpghost.

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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

2007-10-25 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman


 Absolutely.  (I just didn't mention it before because
 obviously Harald already has a beginner's book on the
 C programming language.)
   

Herald does in fact have one that sucks (it does a terrible job on type
sizes for example [doesn't mention that they may very on different
machines])... since he is paying me a small amount to help him in detail
I am going to recommend KR to him (with the caution is is meant for
experienced programmers)

-- 
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Developer, not Business, Friendly
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Re: xorg/gnome slow on different network

On 2007-10-25 kalin mintchev wrote:
 
 hi all...
 
 i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
 settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the whole
 xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes it's time to
 start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
 and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to
 start. when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home
 settings th xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at
 normal speed - 4 - 5 sec.
 
Just a wild guess but it could be a (D/DoS) worm active on that network.

-- 
Bahman Movaqar

If there are no known vulnerabilities, the system must be secure. If
there is a vulnerability, then once it's fixed, the system is again
secure. How anyone comes to this presumption is a mystery to me.
-Bruce Schneier
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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

On 2007-10-25 Bill Moran wrote:
 In response to Oliver Fromme [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
 
  Harald Schmalzbauer wrote:

#include stdio.h

void main()
  
  That's not a C program.  :-)
  
  The return value of the main function of a valid C program
  must be int.  And of course, your main function should
  end with return 0; or exit(0); (the latter requires
  #include stdlib.h at the top).
  
  By the way, I recommend you get a copy of the C standard
  and use it for reference.  You can buy a digital copy (PDF)
  at  http://webstore.ansi.org/  (Search for 9899-1999),
  it's $30.  Alternatively ask Google for C99 draft to get
  a free copy of a draft of the standard, which isn't very
  different from the final standard.
  
  You can also buy a hardcopy of the standard (i.e. a book),
  but it was ~ $300 last time I looked.
 
 If we're recommending books, I can't say enough good things
 about the Kernighan and Richie C book:
 http://www.amazon.com/C-Programming-Language-2nd/dp/0131103628/ref=pd_bbs_2/105-1904293-7155604?ie=UTF8s=booksqid=1193326006sr=1-2
 
No doubt the most valuable book on programming I've ever read.  Not
only it teaches programming but also a style of thinking and designing.

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libXcom1 stopping updates

2007-10-25 Thread Brian Beaver

I have a FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE server which is refusling to update ports. 
I can do a cvsupdate for updated/new ports just fine.  However, in the
past few months, freeBSD downloads but refuses to actually update.  I
cannot get portupgrade or pkgdb -F to run.  This is an old Dell PII and
it runs our mailing lists.  Here'r the error message.

libXcompo.1: Not in due form: name-version

Brian Beaver:  Distance Learning Coordinator
DeQueen-Mena Educational Cooperative
870.386.2251  FAX:  870.386.7731
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Re: Via C7 Processor (CPU) - cpufreq and make.conf support

2007-10-25 Thread Ross Penner

On 10/24/07, Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 03:02:21PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote:
On 10/24/07, Roland Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, Oct 24, 2007 at 02:25:11PM -0600, Ross Penner wrote:
What does 'sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq_levels' report? It should list the
available CPU frequencies.

I get:
dev.cpu.0.freq_levels: 397/-1 198/-1

Is this something I should be reporting to stable? It's not explicitly
mentioned in the hardware notes so I'm not sure if my processor is
actually supported in 6.2. Is it possible that I've been shipped the
wrong processor? If so, how would I be able to tell short of ripping
off the giant heatsink and looking?

Have a look at the dmesg output with 'dmesg |head -n 24'. There should
be some info about the CPU in there. Post those lines here.

Lines from dmesg:

Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: VIA C7 Esther+RNG+AES+AES-CTR+SHA1+SHA256+RSA (399.40-MHz 686-class
CPU)
Origin = CentaurHauls Id = 0x6a9 Stepping = 9

Features=0xa7c9bbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,PBE
Features2=0x181SSE3,EST,TM2

It clearly indicates that it's a 400MHz processor, but the timecounter
makes me think it' the 1.2 GHz it's supposed to be.

The 'i8254' timecounter is completely independent of the CPU, and the 'Hz'
value associated with it has nothing to do with the clock frequency of the
CPU.

And have a look at the bios. It could have some settings to regulate the
CPU speed.

The BIOS didn't seem to have anything to adjust the CPU speed, but
while booting I did notice that it declared itself as a via C7 400MHz
processor.

It sounds like the CPU actually is running at 400MHz then.
Either that or both the BIOS and FreeBSD misidentifes the CPU speed.

It could be that the BIOS do not set up the processor correctly.
Are you sure there are no BIOS settings related to the CPU speed?
Have you tried updating the BIOS?

I'm not sure that there are no settings, but I'm pretty confident. The system
is an VIA Epia EN12000E Mini-ITX so I'd be quite surprised if the BIOS didn't
set up the processor correctly. regardless, I upgraded the bios to no avail.
I'm going to the via support boards to see if somebody there can help. thank
you everybody for your help and I'll post any results.
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Re: 7.0 and 6.3


Kris Kennaway wrote:

David J Brooks wrote:

Bill Moran wrote:

Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release.


What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be 
considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a 
compelling reason to upgrade to one over the other?


7.0 is the recommended choice; 6.3 is only for people who cannot update 
to the new branch yet.


http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf

Kris

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Fascinating!

I have to ask, is there a straightforward upgrad path from 6.2 to 7.0, 
or is it largely going to be a matter of back up, blow it away, and 
install cleanly before restoring data?


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Re: xorg/gnome slow on different network


Bahman M. wrote:

On 2007-10-25 kalin mintchev wrote:

hi all...

i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the whole
xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes it's time to
start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to
start. when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home
settings th xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at
normal speed - 4 - 5 sec.


Just a wild guess but it could be a (D/DoS) worm active on that network.



Not likely, but you could do a tcpdump and see what the relative traffic 
on both networks is...


I think DNS is a likelier fix.  A lot of things depend upon it working 
correctly.


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TreeList failed: Error in /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs:



Hi there,

I keep receiving the same TreeList failure.  Any clues what I can do to
fix it so I can cvsup the entire ports tree


Cheers,

Noah


access1# /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile.access1
Parsing supfile /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile.access1
Connecting to cvsup10.FreeBSD.org
Connected to cvsup10.FreeBSD.org
Server software version: SNAP_16_1h
Negotiating file attribute support
Exchanging collection information
Establishing multiplexed-mode data connection
Running
Updating collection ports-all/cvs
 Edit ports/audio/gimmix/Makefile
  Add delta 1.3 2007.10.25.20.12.16 pav
 Edit ports/audio/gimmix/distinfo
  Add delta 1.2 2007.10.25.20.12.16 pav
 Edit ports/databases/xapian-core/Makefile
  Add delta 1.12 2007.10.25.19.59.22 thierry
 Edit ports/databases/xapian-core/distinfo
  Add delta 1.10 2007.10.25.19.59.22 thierry
 Edit ports/databases/xapian-core/pkg-plist
  Add delta 1.10 2007.10.25.19.59.22 thierry
 Edit ports/deskutils/pinot/Makefile
  Add delta 1.20 2007.10.25.19.59.29 thierry
 Edit ports/deskutils/recoll/Makefile
  Add delta 1.23 2007.10.25.19.59.27 thierry
TreeList failed: Error in /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs:.:
44453: File is truncated.  Delete it and try again.
access1# rm /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs
rm: /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs: No such file or directory

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Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD




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I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD.  I use the ports and packages from
http://www.freebsd.org/ports
Do a search for the module that you require P5- means it is a perl 
module also you can use the ports collection for PHP modules as well.  
This will automatically install any other dependent modules.


Hope this helps


Thanks Sean,

it does help indeed.  But I have installed some perl modules via CPAN. 
What is the best way to list them and uninstall them so I can install 
them via the the ports method?


Cheers,

Noah
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I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD.  I use the ports and packages from
http://www.freebsd.org/ports
Do a search for the module that you require P5- means it is a perl 
module also you can use the ports collection for PHP modules as well.  
This will automatically install any other dependent modules.


Hope this helps


Thanks Sean,

it does help indeed.  But I have installed some perl modules via CPAN.
What is the best way to list them and uninstall them so I can install
them via the the ports method?

Cheers,

Noah

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TreeList failed: Error in /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs:



Hi there,

I keep receiving the same TreeList failure.  Any clues what I can do to
fix it so I can cvsup the entire ports tree


Cheers,

Noah


access1# /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2
/usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile.access1
Parsing supfile /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile.access1
Connecting to cvsup10.FreeBSD.org
Connected to cvsup10.FreeBSD.org
Server software version: SNAP_16_1h
Negotiating file attribute support
Exchanging collection information
Establishing multiplexed-mode data connection
Running
Updating collection ports-all/cvs
 Edit ports/audio/gimmix/Makefile
  Add delta 1.3 2007.10.25.20.12.16 pav
 Edit ports/audio/gimmix/distinfo
  Add delta 1.2 2007.10.25.20.12.16 pav
 Edit ports/databases/xapian-core/Makefile
  Add delta 1.12 2007.10.25.19.59.22 thierry
 Edit ports/databases/xapian-core/distinfo
  Add delta 1.10 2007.10.25.19.59.22 thierry
 Edit ports/databases/xapian-core/pkg-plist
  Add delta 1.10 2007.10.25.19.59.22 thierry
 Edit ports/deskutils/pinot/Makefile
  Add delta 1.20 2007.10.25.19.59.29 thierry
 Edit ports/deskutils/recoll/Makefile
  Add delta 1.23 2007.10.25.19.59.27 thierry
TreeList failed: Error in /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs:.:
44453: File is truncated.  Delete it and try again.
access1# rm /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs
rm: /var/db/sup/ports-all/checkouts.cvs: No such file or directory


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Re: Mentor for C self study wanted

2007-10-25 Thread Harald Schmalzbauer

Am Donnerstag, 25. Oktober 2007 20:22:26 schrieb Aryeh M. Friedman:
  Absolutely.  (I just didn't mention it before because
  obviously Harald already has a beginner's book on the
  C programming language.)

 Herald does in fact have one that sucks (it does a terrible job on type
 sizes for example [doesn't mention that they may very on different

Well, probably it's not that bad.

First, thanks to all for your help.

KR has been laying arround here for at least 2 years. I hated it.
It instructs me to use functions like printf without explaining it, and the 
examples are not really motivating. So every time I tried to write something 
on my own I was stoped by the simple printf, for example.

I'm sure it's a very good book as a reference, but it couldn't motivate me as 
a real C beginner (not a bloody programming beginner though).

So I bought two new books, the first, which I've started with, 
is Markt+Technik, jetzt lerne ich C (ISBN-13 978-3-8272-4210-5).
Indeed, it hasn't made clear that short and int are different, they just 
explained short and long (and double long) and I thought short is a synonym 
for int.
But it explains in some short sentences the most important 
behaviour/requirements for the functions we use. It still leaves me alone 
when it comes to compilers, but after only three evenings so far I think that 
I made real progress. Writing a simple practice just works :)
And I already know that float x; x=10/3 is 3 not 3.. I can't remember 
reading that in the KR in the first quarter of the book.
I'm still quiet happy with it.

The next book is O'Reillys C in a nutshell (ISBN 3-89721-344-3). I'll open it 
if I have structs and pointers practiced...

And of course I'll replay the KR if I have some more basics.

Thanks,

-Harry

 machines])... since he is paying me a small amount to help him in detail
 I am going to recommend KR to him (with the caution is is meant for
 experienced programmers)



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Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-25 Thread Kris Kennaway


Jay Chandler wrote:

Kris Kennaway wrote:

David J Brooks wrote:

Bill Moran wrote:

Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3 release.


What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be 
considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a 
compelling reason to upgrade to one over the other?


7.0 is the recommended choice; 6.3 is only for people who cannot 
update to the new branch yet.


http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf

Kris

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Fascinating!

I have to ask, is there a straightforward upgrad path from 6.2 to 7.0, 
or is it largely going to be a matter of back up, blow it away, and 
install cleanly before restoring data?


It should be completely straightforward.  The only thing to remember is 
(as with every upgrade between different branches) is to rebuild all of 
your installed ports so you don't cause problems with subsequent port 
upgrades.


Kris
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Re: Windows SSH client?

2007-10-25 Thread N.J. Thomas

* Eric F Crist [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-24 14:12:59 -0500]:
 I'm looking for a good, free, SSH client that has line/column numbers  
 at the bottom, similar to SecureCRT.

I'm curious as to why you need the line/column numbers displayed for
your terminal in an SSH client? That seems to me a completely unrelated
function. Most editors (Vi, Emacs, etc.) will give you that info, but
can you explain why need it as necessary component for an SSH client?

Thomas

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Re: xorg/gnome slow on different network

2007-10-25 Thread kalin mintchev

 On 2007-10-25 kalin mintchev wrote:

 hi all...

 i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
 settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the whole
 xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes it's time to
 start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
 and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to
 start. when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home
 settings th xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at
 normal speed - 4 - 5 sec.

 Just a wild guess but it could be a (D/DoS) worm active on that network.

it's not the network. it's the system itself...
talking about start up times of xorg/gnome   nothing to do with
the network...



 --
 Bahman Movaqar

 If there are no known vulnerabilities, the system must be secure. If
 there is a vulnerability, then once it's fixed, the system is again
 secure. How anyone comes to this presumption is a mystery to me.
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Re: OpenLDAP 2.3/pam_ldap/nss_ldap: not working in FreeBSD 7.0-PRE!

2007-10-25 Thread Ulrich Spoerlein

On Sun, 21.10.2007 at 18:26:55 +0200, O. Hartmann wrote:
 At this point it seems senseless to try out what's going wrong and I need 
 some hints or tipps. I read about others successfully running OpenLDAP on 
 FBSD 6 and 5, but no one seems running OpenLDAP based services on FBSD 7.

I do. It's working just fine ...

 P.S. If someone wants me to offer config details and/or log excerpts, please 
 contact me.

Well, we/I would need your ldap.conf, nss_ldap.conf (should be a link to
ldap.conf) and slapd.conf, as well as pam.d stuff and nsswitch.conf.
Some actual error messages would be fine too.

Your should run tcpdump in some window to actuall see what's going on.
It also helps to turn on massive debugging in slapd.conf and tail(1)ing
/var/log/debug.log

I'm running the following versions on 7-CURRENT from 30. September

nss_ldap-1.256
openldap-sasl-client-2.3.38
openldap-server-2.3.38
pam_ldap-1.8.2

Cheers,
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Re: xorg/gnome slow on different network

On 2007-10-25 kalin mintchev wrote:
  On 2007-10-25 kalin mintchev wrote:
 
  hi all...
 
  i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
  settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the
  whole xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes
  it's time to start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
  and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to
  start. when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home
  settings th xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at
  normal speed - 4 - 5 sec.
 
  Just a wild guess but it could be a (D/DoS) worm active on that
  network.
 
 it's not the network. it's the system itself...
 talking about start up times of xorg/gnome   nothing to do
 with the network...
 
If the system is busy with storming network packets the overall
performance will decrease.

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Strange, is it not? that of the myriads who
Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through,
Not one returns to tell us of the Road,
Which to discover we must travel too.
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Re: Sendmail error mesage

 What does 451 Could not complete sender verify callout mean ?

I have seen this before when a mail server is trying to send email
from itself but does not listen on port 25.

Do you have an SMTP server running on port 25 that at least the
localhost can reach?

Steve

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Re: Sendmail and SMTP AUTH, I need a hand

 Hi,


 I tried to activate the SMTP AUTH in Sendmail
 following the steps of the man page
 (http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-auth.
 html).

 Everythigns was ok, but...


 If on the client (Outlook Express or MS Outlook)
 is activated My server requires authentication the SMTP AUTH occurs
 and the mail is sent but if this option is disabled the mail is sent
 too.

I can't really help on the config side of things, but:

Are all of your clients under the domain you have listed in the access
file?

That essentially (AFAIR) means allow anyone sending from this domain
to relay through me, no matter what, which (again AFAIR) means that
any domain listed in that file can relay through you, even if I slap
your domain into my mail client on my own IP address (please correct
if wrong).

If this is the case, remove the domain from access, and if it's in
relaydomains, remove it from there too.

After it's removed from access, do this:

# cd /etc/mail
# makemap hash access  access

I don't think you have to restart sendmail, but I can't remember.

You should be able to eliminate all entries from both files after AUTH
is enabled (again, AFAIR. I haven't used sendmail other than for
system messages for a long time).

Steve

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Re: Windows SSH client?

2007-10-25 Thread Predrag Punosevac


N.J. Thomas wrote:

* Eric F Crist [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007-10-24 14:12:59 -0500]:
  
I'm looking for a good, free, SSH client that has line/column numbers  
at the bottom, similar to SecureCRT.



I'm curious as to why you need the line/column numbers displayed for
your terminal in an SSH client? That seems to me a completely unrelated
function. Most editors (Vi, Emacs, etc.) will give you that info, but
can you explain why need it as necessary component for an SSH client?

Thomas

  
I am also confused about your question as a previous sender. Do you have 
cygwin installed on your Windows machines?
You can use shell to ssh to a remote location like in Unix. The next 
thing that comes to my mind is PUTTY but I am not really sure
if you already dismissed it as inadequate. WinSCP is secure copy client 
(sftp) which is in Unix world part of ssh but as I said earlier if you 
have cygwin you can pretend that you are in the Unix environment. 
OpenSSH is a cygwin package!

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Re: xorg/gnome slow on different network


kalin mintchev wrote:

On 2007-10-25 kalin mintchev wrote:

hi all...

i noticed that when i take my laptop to work and change the network
settings in rc.conf before starting xorg after i do startx the whole
xorg/gnome experience gets slowed down. first xorg takes it's time to
start and then load gnome, window manager etc.
and then all applications in gnome take about 30 - 60 seconds to
start. when i get back home and change the rc.conf back to my home
settings th xorg starts quickly and all the applications start at
normal speed - 4 - 5 sec.


Just a wild guess but it could be a (D/DoS) worm active on that network.


it's not the network. it's the system itself...
talking about start up times of xorg/gnome   nothing to do with
the network...


Yet the only data you've given us is that it changes when the network 
does-- it's possible that high traffic volumes could slam the system's 
response, as could misconfigured DNS...


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Re: Periodic.conf?

2007-10-25 Thread jekillen



On Oct 25, 2007, at 2:46 AM, Gerard wrote:


On October 24, 2007 at 09:50PM jekillen wrote:



The following was a response to a query I posted regarding how to
switch over to Postfix from SendMail:

Also, there are some periodic things that are ran which are SendMail
specific that need to be disabled. That is done within  
/etc/periodic.conf as

such:

daily_clean_hoststat_enable=NO
daily_status_mail_rejects_enable=NO
daily_status_include_submit_mailq=NO
daily_submit_queuerun=NO

However, there is no periodic.conf on my system:
v6.2. There is a periodic directory with specific
subdirectories. One is 'daily' but I do not know
which one would have the above entries.


Create the /etc/periodic.conf file and populate it with the correct
information.


When I installed the OS, I had it include the
Postfix package when sysinstall queried for
package choices.
I want to set this machine up as a hub mail server
for four web sites on four separate machines that
are connected via inside network. I have not dealt
with e-mail related software in general and Postfix
or Sendmail specifically. Since I brought in Postfix
as a package, I am afraid of trying to install it from
Ports for complications, unless ports will account
for that.


You could delete the package and then install it from ports.


There were also advices to place several entries
in rc.conf to disable SendMail. There are no entries
either for SendMail, not Postfix there to begin with
in rc.conf.


You have to add them. Please read /usr/ports/mail/postfix/pkg-message   
for
further details. That is the last stable version of Postfix, by the  
way. The

beta version is under 'postix-current'. You should also check out:

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mail- 
changingmta.html


for further details.



In mailer.conf I was told it should look like this:
sendmail/usr/local/sbin/sendmail
send-mail   /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
mailq   /usr/local/sbin/sendmail
newaliases  /usr/local/sbin/sendmail

There were two other entries, hoststat and
purgstat. Should these be kept, modified
or eliminated?

If you install Postfix from the ports system, it will offer to make  
these

modifications for you. See my above comment.



Thank you for the data; Much appreciated
Jeff k

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Re: OEM and Trademark license for Java on FreeBSD -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] no longer valid?

2007-10-25 Thread Antony Mawer


On 25/10/2007 2:41 PM, Pj Malloy wrote:

Any help would be MUCH appreciated.

I have some questions regarding the OEM and Trademark license for Java on 
FreeBSD.  I initially sent my email inquiry to  [EMAIL PROTECTED], as stated in 
the FreeBSD Foundation Java Download page
   (http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml), but  that [EMAIL 
PROTECTED] email address does not appear to be valid --  the email I sent to 
that address bounced.

The [EMAIL PROTECTED] email  address is specifically called out in Diablo 
FreeBSD OEM Java license that is  listed here:
   
http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/cgi-bin/download?download=oem/diablo-jdk-freebsd5.i386.1.5.0.07.01.tbz


That license text states we (a) must obtain a Trademark License from Sun, and 
depending on the exact field of use, we (b) might need to get a commercial 
license from Sun.  That license text directs me to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to get 
more information for both (a) and (b). That email address doesn't work, so now 
I'm wondering what to do next...  I called Sun Sales, but they did not know 
what I was talking about...


I too would love to know the answer to this -- the way Sun carry on, 
anyone would think they don't want people using their language... I am 
sure Microsoft don't make you jump through hoops if you want to write 
and distribute applications written in .NET and want to distribute the 
run-time along with it -- so why must Sun make it so hard for people to 
do that with Java?


--Antony
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Re: Software Vulnerability Scanner

2007-10-25 Thread Ghirai

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 14:29:40 +0330
Bahman M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi all,
 
 I'm starting my career as a security analyst and I'd like to know if
 there are any vulnerability scanners -Blackbox or Whitebox- available for 
 FreeBSD, in
 particular for Java applications.
 
 There are some softwares out there, e.g. HailStorm or SourceScope
 however most of them are commercial and AFAIK there are only Windoze
 versions.
 
 Any suggestion or pointer is highly appreciated.  TIA,
 

In lack of a more specific question, i'd say
start with /usr/ports/security/nessus.

Generally these tools perform poorly on windows,
mostly because of the crappy network stack.

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Re: OEM and Trademark license for Java on FreeBSD -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] no longer valid?

2007-10-25 Thread Aryeh M. Friedman



 I too would love to know the answer to this -- the way Sun carry on,
 anyone would think they don't want people using their language... I am
 sure Microsoft don't make you jump through hoops if you want to write
 and distribute applications written in .NET and want to distribute the
 run-time along with it -- so why must Sun make it so hard for people
 to do that with Java?
At times if I didn't know better I would swear that sun was doing it's
best to destroy it's own language (long term tax write off?)... even
though I love Java and started a small software company to make
developer tools for it some of the things Sun drive me *(*(*( nuts...
Here is the short list:

1. Complete refusal to allow for non-JVM compilation targets

2. Deprecating classes and methods for no apparent reason or explanation
 
3. Not making the complete implementation open (perhaps look but don't
touch or give out) source

4. Making some really stupid security and/or low level OS access
assumptions (see the series of threads recursively started by
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.java.programmer/browse_thread/thread/8e85eedca489d240/3ef23e684fe42fb0#3ef23e684fe42fb0)

5. Completely dropping the ball marketing wise

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Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-25 Thread Johan Andersson

On 10/25/2007 11:47 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
 Jay Chandler wrote:
 Kris Kennaway wrote:
 David J Brooks wrote:
 Bill Moran wrote:
 Note also that a ports freeze is starting soon for 7.0 and 6.3
 release.

 What are the differences between 6.3 and 7.0? Which should be
 considered the standard upgrade path from 6.2 release? Is there a
 compelling reason to upgrade to one over the other?

 7.0 is the recommended choice; 6.3 is only for people who cannot
 update to the new branch yet.

 http://people.freebsd.org/~kris/scaling/7.0%20Preview.pdf

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 Fascinating!

 I have to ask, is there a straightforward upgrad path from 6.2 to
 7.0, or is it largely going to be a matter of back up, blow it away,
 and install cleanly before restoring data?

 It should be completely straightforward.  The only thing to remember
 is (as with every upgrade between different branches) is to rebuild
 all of your installed ports so you don't cause problems with
 subsequent port upgrades.

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Any good oneliner for rebuild all the ports that you recommend?

//Johan
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Re: 7.0 and 6.3


Johan Andersson wrote:

On 10/25/2007 11:47 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:



Any good oneliner for rebuild all the ports that you recommend?


portupgrade -afO

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Storage cluster with FreeBSD

2007-10-25 Thread Norberto Meijome

Hi everyone,

I have this pet project, playing with the Lustre Cluster FS. Is there anything 
similar to this that would run with FreeBSD as the host? ( Clients supported 
would HAVE to be linux,freebsd, Win32, OSX, ideally over standard protocols 
with no need for special driver).

I seem to remember that ggate,  in the GEOM stack, allows for storage over 
different nodes, but reading about ggate i am not sure it provides what I'm 
after : 

 - storage over a number of nodes (few or large number).
 - abstract view of the storage from the client's point of view ( 1 TB storage, 
doesnt matter how this is setup).
 - dynamic sizing : add servers, storage grows.
 - resilience to node loss.

thanks!!
B
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well-meaning but without understanding.
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I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. 
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Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-25 Thread RW

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:32:35 -0700
Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Johan Andersson wrote:
  On 10/25/2007 11:47 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
 
  Any good oneliner for rebuild all the ports that you recommend?
 
 portupgrade -afO
 

Personally I prefer 

portupgrade -f '2007-10-25 11:00'

since it's restartable.

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Re: OEM and Trademark license for Java on FreeBSD -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] no longer valid?

2007-10-25 Thread cpghost

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 19:54:34 -0400
Aryeh M. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  I too would love to know the answer to this -- the way Sun carry on,
  anyone would think they don't want people using their language... I
  am sure Microsoft don't make you jump through hoops if you want to
  write and distribute applications written in .NET and want to
  distribute the run-time along with it -- so why must Sun make it so
  hard for people to do that with Java?

 At times if I didn't know better I would swear that sun was doing it's
 best to destroy it's own language (long term tax write off?)... even
 though I love Java and started a small software company to make
 developer tools for it some of the things Sun drive me
 *(*(*( nuts... Here is the short list:

Well, I gave up on Java and switched to a combination of Python
and C/C++ for many reasons, most of them pertaining to Java, the
language itself and its libraries. Licensing issues and all those
hoops Sun made and still makes us FreeBSD users jump through were
the least of my concerns, because they were essentially one-time
only and though annoying, still bearable.

The problem, or opportunity, is that there's so much legacy code
in Java, just waiting to be ported, and though SWIG has its uses
in the transition process, ultimately java2python (not jython,
that's the other way around) would be great, but it's not there
yet by any means...

-cpghost.

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Re: 7.0 and 6.3


RW wrote:

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:32:35 -0700
Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Johan Andersson wrote:

On 10/25/2007 11:47 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
Any good oneliner for rebuild all the ports that you recommend?

portupgrade -afO



Personally I prefer 


portupgrade -f '2007-10-25 11:00'

since it's restartable.


You don't have to throw the -O flag in there to keep various ports from 
complaining?


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Re: 7.0 and 6.3

2007-10-25 Thread RW

On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 18:59:01 -0700
Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 RW wrote:
  On Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:32:35 -0700
  Jay Chandler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  Johan Andersson wrote:
  On 10/25/2007 11:47 PM, Kris Kennaway wrote:
  Any good oneliner for rebuild all the ports that you recommend?
  portupgrade -afO
 
  
  Personally I prefer 
  
  portupgrade -f '2007-10-25 11:00'
  
  since it's restartable.
 
 You don't have to throw the -O flag in there to keep various ports
 from complaining?


The point of -O is to have portupgrade save a few seconds by omitting 
sanity-checking if pkgdb has already been run. It's not intended
for hiding problems.
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Re: 7.0 and 6.3