I use Sendmail but I'd like to change to Postfix,
because I have listened very well about security and
others in Postfix ...
What do you know about this?...What do you prefer?...
Hate Sendmail, Love Postfix...
Here's how I set it up:
http://www.mostgraveconcern.com/freebsd/sheet.cgi?mail
Please give me an instruction for unsubscribe myself from this Mailing
List.
Try reading the bottom of every message the mailing list sends out...
~Dan
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Now to me it is clear. But when it is started apache2,
I set a command to a browser (Konqueror) http://localhost/
that there is a following:
*** An error occured while loading http://loaclhost/
Could not connect to host localhost
Please prompt something.
1. Is there a localhost line in
I configured pptp server on 5.4 and it seems to be
working (kinda):
snip
What did I do wrong? The firewall rule is to allow
from any to any.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
By the way, I am using mpd4. tried mpd3.18 and the
same problem.
Here's how I set mine up:
P.S. I know how to get it workingbut for the sake of simplicity
and non-confusionsysinstall should have consistency in it's
interface, and the options that are presented should in fact work/do
what they say.
Ok, I'll buy that.
Sounds like you should submit a PR.
~Dan
Does anyone know of a good free log file analyzer that can show where
a
visitors entering via a search term browsed?
Ex. User xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx entered via a search for puppies
visited /lab.html
visited /care/fleas.html
visited /beagle.html
ended visit
All of the free ones I know of only show a
Besides, I recompiled the customized kernel and there
is no need for firewall_enable=YES statement in
rc.conf.
Yes, there is.
Just because it's compiled in, doesn't mean it's turned on. And since
/etc/defaults/rc.conf has 'firewall_enable=NO ' in it, it specifically
is turned off.
~Dan
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I'm a bit of a new user to BSD from Windows/Linux. But I recently
went
thru the 5.4 version installer and was pleased at how simple it was to
install the Apache web server thru the sysinstall menus. After
reinstalling with 6.0 I was surprised to find that apache wasn't an
option
from this
But now I've installed 6.0 for the first time on a machine that I plan
on making a production box, and I've still noticed some of the
installation oddities.
I've noticed zero oddities, if you're prepared as recommended in the
Handbook
Hello,
I come from a Debian background, i normally 'apt-get update' the list
of
the packages that apt-get mirrors serve before 'apt-get install'ing
any
package. Is there anything like that while using FreeBSD ports? If no,
How does ports know what are the versions of the latest packages?
I have two ethernet cards on my computer. The first is rl0 - with
the adrress from my ISP xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (DSL 1M), and the second is
vr0 - with the address 192.168.1.1.
I want to use my computer as gateway to internet for the other
computers in my home. How I can sharing internet connection
After running CVSup, I've seen people build their index via
cd /usr/ports
make index
# wait a frickin' long time
What is the index, and does it really require rebuilding after each
CVSup?
It's the index that's used to determine if installed ports are up to
date. And yes, it takes a frickin'
My maillog and daillog files have stopped rotating everyday like they
use to. I have 2 FBSD machines that have stopped these files from
rotating as of Dec 15th. I have no idea what could have caused two
different machines to have the same thing happen to them. The entry in
my newsyslog.conf file
I recently got a leased server that's running 5.3. It's in Texas.
I'm in Washington. I want to upgrade it to 6-STABLE. In the update
docs it says that when doing a major release upgrade, it is required
that you boot into single user mode to do the installworld.
Which obviously is a
I can get the 6.0 CD1 to boot ok on Apple's Intel Developers Platform
but the usb keyboard is not recognized. Do I have to do something
special to use a USB keyboard? There is no PS/2 keyboard or mouse port
on that platform.
Did you try 7. Boot FreeBSD with a USB keyboard at the boot menu?
Thanks to those who replied to my previous call for help. Now I think
it's time I actually provide some relevant detail.
snip
Ideally, I'd like to be able to leave my workstation's network
settings alone, and set up DHCP; however, a look over the ports
suggests that's far more trouble than
I have one machine that's acting as a gateway for my home PC, in
addition to running a few local servers. I know I shouldn't do that,
but the traffic is low and I just don't have room for more computers
in my room, anyway.
At any rate... I think I've got the packet-forwarding aspect set up
20 to any 1024-65535 setup
If you are running an FTP server that you want to be able to access from the
outside, you'll also need:
${fwcmd} add pass log tcp from any to any 21 in via ${oif} setup
~Dan
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How do I read the mail sent to root, if I can only access my server
via SSH?
When I su, and type mail, it shows only mail to the user I connected
with.
Also, is it possible to make sendmail send the daily status mails to a
*real* email address, like this one?
As root, edit /etc/mail/aliases
I have set up Apache and when I attempt to enter the ip address of the
server I just get a Connecting to 172.16.1.10 and then it times out.
What do I need to check to try and troubleshoot this problem?
httpd is currently running. Here is the output of top:
PID USERNAME PRI NICE SIZERES
is it correct / useful / polite to close a thread marking it as
[solved] or something like this, or it's just a waste of time / space
/ ?
I think it could be useful, so other people wanting to help don't
waste time trying to give further advices, and people needing help in
that subject
I am trying to install portupgrade from the ports collection on my
FBSD 5.4. But it keeps giving me error about db43 allready installed:
snip
=== db43-4.3.29 is already installed
You may wish to ``make deinstall'' and install this port again
by ``make reinstall'' to upgrade it
Have you tried doing what the message suggests?
# cd /usr/ports/databases/db43
# make deinstall
# make reinstall
Then go and install portupgrade...
~Dan
Yes. I have tried that but still after I got the same error
while installing portupgrade.
Hmmm...
I'd try deinstalling db43,
I'm trying to install 5.4 with a usb keyboard. I saw the suggestion
below on freebsd.org, however the keyboard doesn't work to
allow me to select option 7.
Any suggestions?
If you can't use your USB keyboard at the Boot Menu (which is where the
infamous Option 7 is), then your BIOS doesn't
I'm setting up my NIC in fbsd 6 and I can't find where I saved my
ISP's
domain address.
It used to be something like westln01.mi.comcast.net (without the
quotes)
but that doesn't work. I've tried some variations but nothing so far.
Doesn't Comcast use DHCP to configure hosts?
Does putting
My config file:
UPSNAME APC_BACKUPS_650
UPSCABLE 940-0020B
UPSTYPE dumb
DEVICE /dev/cuaa0
LOCKFILE /var/spool/lock
ONBATTERYDELAY 10
BATTERYLEVEL 20
MINUTES 5
TIMEOUT 600
Nope. Same thing.
Well, first off, try setting UPSTYPE to apcsmart
then just set UPSCABLE to
Hello, I was tryint to make some programs for my computer and I need to
know more about the design and implementation of FreeBSD, I can find in
Freebsd website only chapter 2 but no more...
Others have pointed you to the FreeBSD book, but if you're really
looking for the 4.4 BSD book, try
I have try install psi on freeBSD 5.3 .Before I've update ports-net
with
cvsup.
I used : #portinstall psi
and #portupgrade -N psi .But everytime :
cd: can't cd to /usr/ports/net/psi
** Port directory not found: net/psi
** Listing the failed packages (*:skipped / !:failed)
! net/psi (port
And which one do you recommend?
I have two mini-towers, one an old dell dimension 650R 200W and
another
clone anthlon-xp 300W.
Do I need two UPS or can I get one which can service these two
machines?
Both run FreeBSD 5.4.
The way these daemons work is that after a certain time-out while
Hi!How I can change the resolution ?I have FreeBSD 5.3.
Thancks.
man vidcontrol
~Dan
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I've installed a new box with FreeBSD 6.0 (workbench) and cant login
to it by means of ssh from the internal or external network.
Try editing /etc/ssh/sshd_config and uncomment the lines:
PubkeyAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication yes
PermitEmptyPasswords no
I have a couple web servers running FreeBSD 5.x and need to protect
them
against power outages.
These are two simple machines running at home so nothing fancy. Just
some way to do a power down neatly so the shutdown has time to clean
up.
What do I need and where can I look for more detailed
I upgraded from 5.4-RELEASE-i386 to
6.0-RELEASE-i386 and everything went well but
when I tried to rebuild the kernel, I get these
errors:
# pwd
/usr/src/sys/i386/conf
# config MYKERNEL
../../conf/files: coda/coda_fbsd.c must be
optional, mandatory or standard
# cd ../compile/MYKERNEL
# make
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