Re: how to avoid recompiling applications?

2006-06-04 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 04 June 2006 11:46, Lowell Gilbert wrote: > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > i have a system that i tend to tear up quite often. sometimes > > accidently, sometimes not. recompiling kde is quite a long process (and > > when i try to do it

Re: freesd boxes refusing scp and sftp?

2006-06-04 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 04 June 2006 10:03, Benjamin Lutz wrote: > On Sunday 04 June 2006 16:45, Jonathan Horne wrote: > > my freebsd boxes are refusing connections (or erroring them out, im not > > sure which it is at this time). when i try to scp a file or make a sftp > > connectio

freesd boxes refusing scp and sftp?

2006-06-04 Thread Jonathan Horne
my freebsd boxes are refusing connections (or erroring them out, im not sure which it is at this time). when i try to scp a file or make a sftp connection, this is what i get: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ sftp tyche Connecting to tyche... Password: Received message too long 538976288 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

how to avoid recompiling applications?

2006-06-03 Thread Jonathan Horne
i have a system that i tend to tear up quite often. sometimes accidently, sometimes not. recompiling kde is quite a long process (and when i try to do it from packages, something is always messed up). so, i was under the impression that if you *did not* make install clean (thus, only using 'm

Re: system recovery

2006-06-01 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Wednesday 31 May 2006 21:28, Olivier Nicole wrote: > > or, can someone recommend how i might use that tarball of my entire > > system to quickly get a new system up and running (all this with the > > assumtion that i have not changed any hardware configurations). if > > someone has time to answ

system recovery

2006-05-31 Thread Jonathan Horne
ok, i trashed my system (being dumb!), and now im preparing to try to get it back, and my goal is to try to skip the 38 hour kde compile from ports (yes, i like ports, not packages). before i burned it all down, i did make a tarball of /. i did try to untar it with -C /, but it got about 5 sec

Re: dd to create .iso of a cd

2006-05-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
> Jonathan Horne wrote: >> i hate to ask another "back when i used linux" question, but here goes: >> >> "back when i used linux", i would create a .iso file of a cd like this: >> >> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/destfile.iso >> >

dd to create .iso of a cd

2006-05-24 Thread Jonathan Horne
i hate to ask another "back when i used linux" question, but here goes: "back when i used linux", i would create a .iso file of a cd like this: dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/path/destfile.iso ... and it would just work. made a perfect copy every time (specifically, of microsoft cds at the office, and ea

email with a database

2006-05-19 Thread Jonathan Horne
well, my FreeBSD desktop just had a disk failure, and i am right now in the middle of building a new system from scratch. i thought i was so cool with my smokin fast SCSI RAID0! at this moment, im not feeling quite as cool :) one of the things that im regretting more than others, is the loss of

Re: PHP not working

2006-05-14 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 14 May 2006 03:32, Pablo Mora wrote: > On 5/14/06, Maan Jee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have installed Apache HTTP Server 2.20 and PHP 5. But when I want to > > open index.php file in the browser instead of getting the Output Html > > page, I get SAVE "index.php" file

Re: Is there a daemon/program for FreeBSD that accepts Microsoft RDP connections?

2006-05-13 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 13 May 2006 17:40, Tom Norris wrote: > Hello everyone, > He said he would allow it if he could use Microsoft's RDP > client (not VNC or SSH :( ) to connect and monitor the machine at his > whim. ... > > > > Thanks, > Tom Norris WOW!! what an incredibly closed minded person you boss mu

limitations on mount_cd9660?

2006-05-13 Thread Jonathan Horne
ive been trying to mount up my iso files so i can have access to their contents as quickly as possible. ive used mdconfig to create block devices for 4 .iso files, but when i get to the point where i try to mount the 3rd one, i get: mount_cd9660: /dev/md2: Invalid argument i created my block

Re: libphp5.so not compiling for apache (was hello)

2006-05-12 Thread Jonathan Horne
> > I `ve got a question about installing the php5 module. > I`m installing it from the /usr/ports/www/php5-session port. > > Everything runs ok and it seems like the module is installed. > There is only one problem, in the httpd.conf there is a LoadModule > php5_module refering to libexec/apache/l

Re: php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Thursday 11 May 2006 09:55, Richard Collyer wrote: > Jonathan Horne wrote: > > well, i guess i figured it out. Makefile is not the same as previous > > versions. > > > > OPTIONS=APACHE "Build Apache module" off > > > > i changed it to on,

Re: php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Thursday 11 May 2006 09:37, Jonathan Horne wrote: > im scratching my head here, and kicking myself for not already having a > better understanding about how things work during compile (i have 0% skill > in any programming language... except *basic*html... which dont consider > wor

php5 and mod_php5 for apache?

2006-05-11 Thread Jonathan Horne
im scratching my head here, and kicking myself for not already having a better understanding about how things work during compile (i have 0% skill in any programming language... except *basic*html... which dont consider worthy of being called a skill *wink*) my production system, was recently r

Re: daemon to listen on localhost only?

2006-05-10 Thread Jonathan Horne
> Is there a way to tell a daemon to listen only to the localhost without > using a firewall? > any chance you could tell us what deamon youre trying to configure? (that would help). jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

Re: Setting Default NIC

2006-05-10 Thread Jonathan Horne
> I Just upgraded my freebsd machine to a new board, this one has an > onboard NIC where as the old one just had a PCI 10/100 nic. I put the > old NIC on the new board as well so I can have 2 running out of the > machine, but I don't know how to set it so that the onboard NIC (vr0) is > the default

Re: vote for keeping "beastie" as official logo

2006-05-10 Thread Jonathan Horne
> > If you are as dissatisfied with the new official logo > as I am, then forward this email to the FreeBSD federation > board of directors at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Dear FreeBSD federation board of directors: > > I am upset with the manner in which it was decided > that a new logo was needed. > > O

Re: New FreeBSD Logo

2006-05-09 Thread Jonathan Horne
> Greetings: > I just looked at the new FreeBSD logo and it's an interesting > abstraction of the daemon motif of the old logo. > Among other things, like running two installations of FreeBSD v6, one > as a production server to host my web > site and the other as a desktop and development server, I

FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE !!

2006-05-08 Thread Jonathan Horne
on a dev box, did a cvsup and buildworld yesterday... and now my kernel says 6.1 stable! fbsd60-2# uname -a FreeBSD fbsd60-2.dev.dfwlp.com 6.1-STABLE FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE #0: Sun May 7 18:33:48 CDT 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/FBSD60-2 i386 *shrug* i look on freebsd.org, but i

Re: memory usage

2006-05-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 07 May 2006 19:43, Michal Mertl wrote: > Jonathan Horne wrote: > > On Sunday 07 May 2006 12:09, Jonathan Horne wrote: > > > i have a server that has 2GB ram, recently upgraded from 1GB ram. it > > > runs apache2.0 with php5, sendmail with spamass-milter, dov

Re: memory usage

2006-05-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 07 May 2006 12:09, Jonathan Horne wrote: > i have a server that has 2GB ram, recently upgraded from 1GB ram. it runs > apache2.0 with php5, sendmail with spamass-milter, dovecot, mysql5.0, > cacti, and a couple other small things (like snmp, my bx irc shell, etc). > > w

memory usage

2006-05-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
i have a server that has 2GB ram, recently upgraded from 1GB ram. it runs apache2.0 with php5, sendmail with spamass-milter, dovecot, mysql5.0, cacti, and a couple other small things (like snmp, my bx irc shell, etc). when ever i look at the memory usage (via phpsysinfo, or cacti graphs), its

Re: ULE Scheduler and overall performance on 6.x - Wow

2006-05-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
e box, with the 4BSD? is the ULE scheduler suited for a server setup as well (my server is also SMP), or is this something that should be kept to a desktop? thanks, jonathan horne On Sunday 07 May 2006 04:43, Duane Whitty wrote: > Hi, > > I decided to give the ULE scheduler a try a wh

Re: Recovering Squirrelmail settings

2006-05-03 Thread Jonathan Horne
/squirrelmail. oops. oh well, ive updated my backup script, and i guess next time ill be able to recover my addressbooks and other user settings. :) cheers, jonathan > On Wed, 3 May 2006 08:28:44 -0500 (CDT) > "Jonathan Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> i did a full r

Recovering Squirrelmail settings

2006-05-03 Thread Jonathan Horne
i did a full reinstall of my server yesterday, and about the only thing i did not correctly recover, was my squirrelmail settings/address books. where is this information stored? im unable to find what im looking for on the squirrelmail.org website. can someone point me in the right direction?

Re: "libexpat.so.5" not found

2006-04-30 Thread Jonathan Horne
something probably upgraded libexpat.so to ".6". my .6 is located at /usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.6. what i do when i get into situations where one app demands an old version, is just symlink the old version to the new. ln -s /usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.6 /usr/local/lib/libexpat.so.5 this will c

Re: Apache 2.2 showing version

2006-04-29 Thread Jonathan Horne
specifies the verbosity, while ServerSignature allows it on, or eliminates it altogether. cheers, jonathan On Saturday 29 April 2006 12:59, Kevin Kinsey wrote: > Jonathan Horne wrote: > > take a look at the ServerTokens section of httpd.conf. > > > > # > > # Server

Re: Apache 2.2 showing version

2006-04-29 Thread Jonathan Horne
take a look at the ServerTokens section of httpd.conf. # # ServerTokens # This directive configures what you return as the Server HTTP response # Header. The default is 'Full' which sends information about the OS-Type # and compiled in modules. # Set to one of: Full | OS | Minor | Minimal | Major

Re: server rebuilds and disaster recovery

2006-04-28 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Friday 28 April 2006 13:41, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > > this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to > > recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break > > rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). > > > > all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good a

server rebuilds and disaster recovery

2006-04-28 Thread Jonathan Horne
this weekend, im going to have to rebuild my 6.0 server in order to recover from a faulty disk (i have to eliminate a RAID1 array, and break rebuild the RAID5 with one more disk). all my daemons and whatnot, im pretty good at recovering. sendmail, apache, mysql, etc, shouldnt be a problem. what

OT - drives in a RAID5 configuration

2006-04-26 Thread Jonathan Horne
i would like to ask my freebsd peers a hardware question: my FreeBSD 6.0 server has a 3ware 6800 8 channel IDE raid controller. configuration is 6 disks, 4 120GB disks (/opt) in RAID5, and 2 76GB disks in RAID1 (everything else). one of the 76GB drives has failed. i have a few options that

Re: How to verify speed of a 1Gb/s network?

2006-04-26 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Tuesday 25 April 2006 23:17, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > On Apr 25, 2006, at 9:16 PM, Rob wrote: > > Hi, > > > > How can I verify that a 1Gb/s network is indeed > > operating at its optimal speed? I tried this: > > > > [master]$ ping -s 65507 node > > 65515 bytes from node: icmp_seq=0 t

learning to buildworld

2006-04-24 Thread Jonathan Horne
i have begun spending a good deal of time researching and practicing the buildworld process on my dev boxes. i want to make sure i have the entire process down pat, before i attempt it on my production server. the handbook states that i should: make buildworld make buildkernel make installkernel

konsole colors

2006-04-23 Thread Jonathan Horne
my shell is bash, and is set the 'ls' command to always show colors. on my screen, i have a hard time seeing that dark blue color against the black backround. is there a way i can lighten this default dark blue to a shade a little easier to differentiate? thanks, jonathan

Re: Trunking connections

2006-04-21 Thread Jonathan Horne
you should check out the fbsd/firewall pfSense. it has exactly what your talking about built in, and easy to configure. i could go on and on all day about how great that firewall is... but you should check it out yourself. www.pfsense.org its built on 6.0. jonathan > List, > > In a branch off

Re: how to eliminate an unused interface?

2006-04-20 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Thursday 20 April 2006 17:44, Chris Hill wrote: > Could you not just do a > > # ifconfig fwe0 down > > ? > > Just a thought. Maybe you've already tried this, but nobody else has > suggested it. > > HTH. > > -- > Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** [ Busy Expungin

custom kernel file question

2006-04-20 Thread Jonathan Horne
here is a silly one, which may deserve a chuckle from my peers :) what am i doing that zaps my custom kernel config file? i compiled a new one the day i built this box, but now i return to /usr/src/sys/i386/conf/, and my file isnt there anymore! what did i do that removed it, so i can avoid (or

Re: how to eliminate an unused interface?

2006-04-20 Thread Jonathan Horne
> Robert Huff wrote: >> Jonathan Horne writes: >> >> >>> my box has a firewire port that is showing up as fwe0. it is not >>> being used, and i would like to eliminate this device from the >>> network configuration. (some applications try t

how to eliminate an unused interface?

2006-04-20 Thread Jonathan Horne
my box has a firewire port that is showing up as fwe0. it is not being used, and i would like to eliminate this device from the network configuration. (some applications try to bind to this as its default interface, ex: iftop). how do i go about elimination, or where is that network configuratio

Re: Curious behavior today

2006-04-18 Thread Jonathan Horne
> "Jonathan Horne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> ive been working on a pair of test boxes today, and 2 daemons in a row, >> have installed from ports without the .sh on the end of their startup >> script. >> >> ive done tons of installs on

Curious behavior today

2006-04-18 Thread Jonathan Horne
) syntax. before: cd /usr/ports/mail/dovecot make install distclean now: cd /usr/ports/mail/dovecot; make install distclean saslthaud did the same thing just a while a go. this happend on 2 boxes simultaneously! thanks, Jonathan Horne ___ freebsd

Is Squirrelmail the best webmail choice?

2006-04-18 Thread Jonathan Horne
2000 or so, and even then, when i tried to set it up, it was a complete and total failure. so, any other recommendations for webmail besides squirrelmail? thanks, Jonathan Horne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: a favorite graphical ftp client?

2006-04-16 Thread Jonathan Horne
> http://gftp.seul.org/ sorry, i should have mentioned i use KDE. will gftp be any trouble to compile, or is it going to pull down the entire gnome to go with it? im really looking for something that works well under KDE. thanks, jonathan horne _

a favorite graphical ftp client?

2006-04-16 Thread Jonathan Horne
i would like to ask the list for opinions on a good graphical ftp client for a freebsd desktop. before i try them all, id like to get a few recomendations :) thanks, jonathan horne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Re: vsftpd wont start at boot

2006-04-15 Thread Jonathan Horne
> At 04:37 PM 4/15/2006, Jonathan Horne wrote: > >On Saturday 15 April 2006 16:09, albi wrote: > > > On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:47:25 -0500 > > > > > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > i compiled vsftpd from ports today.

Re: vsftpd wont start at boot

2006-04-15 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 15 April 2006 16:09, albi wrote: > On Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:47:25 -0500 > > Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i compiled vsftpd from ports today. at the end of the install, it > > asks me to add vsftpd_enable="YES" to /etc/rc

vsftpd wont start at boot

2006-04-15 Thread Jonathan Horne
al, but it will not start at boot. can someone point me in the right direction here? thanks, Jonathan Horne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Why are people singing there postings on this mailling list ?

2006-04-15 Thread Jonathan Horne
ted one key in my entire life, nor have i had need to. hehe, here is how i sign emails: Jonathan Horne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Jonathan Horne
ran 'ntpdate -v -b us.pool.ntp.org', this box straightend up. > > are both methods required for proper time syncronization, or can one rely > only on the ntpd method? > > thanks, > Jonathan Horne Sorry, Typo: > 2) add this entry to /etc/rc.conf > ntpd_enable=&

Proper Method of Time Sync?

2006-04-14 Thread Jonathan Horne
r proper time syncronization, or can one rely only on the ntpd method? thanks, Jonathan Horne ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: fxp: promiscuous mode enabled

2006-04-09 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Sunday 09 April 2006 10:06, Derek Ragona wrote: > promiscuous mode means the ethernet NIC grabs ALL packets, not just the > ones addressed to it. This is typically done by packet sniffers. > > -Derek > > At 09:35 AM 4/9/2006, Thiago Esteves de Oliveira wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have a

Re: about sendmail security update

2006-04-08 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Saturday 08 April 2006 10:25, Gonzalo Suarez wrote: > hello! > > i'm a very new freebsd user/admin. i run my own server since 1 month ago, i > 've been told about a security issue with sendmail. i read about it on the > security ad > ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-0

Re: a few questions and concepts

2006-04-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
On Friday 07 April 2006 16:34, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2006-04-07 15:54, Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > im still pretty new to freebsd. ive been playing around with the cvsup > > tools, and they are quite fascinating. > > > > i changed my

a few questions and concepts

2006-04-07 Thread Jonathan Horne
c tree, im wondering if i could be setting myself up for issues (by not editing the stable-supfile and taking only what i need). last, im also as well interested in hearing how some of my peers here apply the cvsup concepts to your production servers. thanks for reading, Jona

RE: How do you keep users from stealing other user's ip??

2006-03-26 Thread Jonathan Horne
You make it sound like they are doing it on purpose. Could it be the lease duration is so short that the ips are going back into the pool before they are truly abandoned by the original user? If you look at the behavior of the MS DHCP server, the lease duration is 8 days (with standard 4 day rene

RE: method for installing ports

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
, 2006 11:40 PM To: Jonathan Horne; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: method for installing ports --- Jonathan Horne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ive read many many guides found all over the net in the past few > days, and > they can never seem to agree on the way a port i

RE: what is the process for migrating a pre-built kernel to a new machine?

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
riginal Message- From: Jason C. Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2006 11:43 PM To: Jonathan Horne; freebsd general questions Subject: Re: what is the process for migrating a pre-built kernel to a new machine? Jonathan Horne wrote: > What if I want to use a kernel

method for installing ports

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
Ive read many many guides found all over the net in the past few days, and they can never seem to agree on the way a port is installed. I see these methods: Make install Make install clean Make install distclean What is the difference between the 3, and are there legitimate times when one is pre

what is the process for migrating a pre-built kernel to a new machine?

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
What if I want to use a kernel I compiled on one system, on another system? What is the process to successfully migrate a kernel from one system to another (or back to the same after a disaster recovery)? Thanks, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freeb

best way to use cp?

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
ok, tell them dumb linux user how to properly copy directories recursivly, so he can stop overwritng directories with source files. /humor ok seriously, tho, i think im doing it wrong. last night i blasted some directories, and when i looked at the destination of where i was supposed to be copyi

compiling sendmail to 8.13.6

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
Ok, I just cvsup'd and it did not pull down the sources for sendmail 8.13.6 ( I might still have misunderstanding of what exactly cvsup does). Anyway, I took matters into my own hands, and I was wondering if my procedure would be considered acceptable by my peers. So, this is what I did: 1)

USB external drive size limitations?

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
Last night I plugged in a 300GB Maxtor USB drive into my FreeBSD 6.0 server (with a fat filesystem), and it told me it was too big!! Haha, its full of my backups from my previous operating system (fedora) and now im going to have a fun time getting those files onto my new FreeBSD server! Can s

RE: what is going on??

2006-03-25 Thread Jonathan Horne
[quote] ...that there are still quite a few 'broken' DNS servers out there. 'Broken' with respect to servicing IPv6 requests. [/quote] Actually, when you mention it that way, that makes pretty good sense as to what my situation then was. The server I was specifying was a *very* old metaip 4.1 DNS

RE: what is going on??

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Horne
proxy application on my firewall, I was up and running this morning within a few hours of compiling. So long fedora! :D jonathan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Schuele Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 8:50 PM To: Jonathan Horne Cc: fr

what is going on??

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Horne
last night i took down my fedora sever to migrate it to freebsd 6.0. ive done numerous tests on dev boxes in the past weeks getting ready for this event, and they were all successful test installs. i had all my services down and i knew what i was supposed to be doing. however, when i get to firs

Re: List Etiquette Question - Thank yous

2006-03-24 Thread Jonathan Horne
im fond of the "next time im in [your town] ill stop off and buy you a beer!" :) jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

saslauthd with sendmail

2006-03-17 Thread Jonathan Horne
DMAIL_LDFLAGS+= -L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD+= -lsasl2 I can get Sendmail to recievemails for local [EMAIL PROTECTED] no problem, like I said, I have a general handle on the configuration of sendmail. I just cant get saslauthd to play nice on freebsd for the life of me! Help!!! Th

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