Re: I want to instal a secure ftp server

Hi, I need to have ftp access to a machine. I've found pure-ftpd but it was Hummm, you want the short answer? Don't enable ftp :) Ftp only accepts plain text passwords (until you enable things like kerebos, one time password, etc), so it is not, it cannot be, secure. SFTP is there, working

Re: [OT] ssh security

Hi, The pre-shared information need not to be secret ... but there is need for pre-shared trusted information. Er, if the pre-shared information is not secret, how can I be sure that the person presenting it is in fact my intended correspondent and not a MIM? That is why I wrote trusted,

Re: [OT] ssh security

What happened to Diffie-Hellman? Last I heard, its whole point was to enable secure communication, protected from both eavesdropping and MIM attacks, between systems having no prior trust relationship (e.g. any sort of pre-shared secret). What stops the server and client from establishing a

Re: Introduction

Hi, I'm 100% GNU/Linux since 2001 No, not migrate all my machines to FreeBSD. The way I would do is, when I have to put up a new machine, I install FreeBSD, but the existing ones, I keep them with the existing OS, untill they need replacement. Best regards, Olivier

Re: Eject CD

Thanks, What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Dodgy hardware? If the manual eject button is a bit sticky, it could have that effect. Seems the most likely explanation to

Eject CD

Hi, What in a standard installation of FreeBSD, on a server running only MySQL and Postgress, could cause the CD tray to open by itself from time to time? Thanks in advance, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Eject CD

cdcontrol eject ? Then what would be causing cdcontrol eject? This has been going on for many releases of FreeBSD (5 to 7) and only on Intel Motherboards. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: is there a tool for estimating loss rates

Hi, I have 2 leasedlines for internet. the one is in a country. other one is in a another country. I am looking for a tool for estimating loss packets between 2 lines. is there a tool for it? for instance , while searching, I found badabing tool for that. But I couldn't understand how it

Re: video and FreeBSD?

Hi, If I wanted to capture a video stream (say 30fps) in RAM and store it or write to a file and/or sent it to a website or on to another computer, what ports are avalable for this kind of live capture? I use mencoder for that. The input for video is a PCI video card

Re: PASSWORD LOST!!

If you have physical access to the server, just reboot it in single user mode, and change the password. You might need to forcibly power it off. It is all covered in the handbook. If you don't have physical access, I think you may be out of luck... May be out of luck? I

Re: PASSWORD LOST!!

I have a web/ftp server loaded with FreeBSD. This was done a couple of years back. Since then the person or persons that did the original install have gone out of business and cannot be found. Have you tried booting in single user mode? Olivier

Re: ssh/sshd cores dump

Hi again, I have this weird error since yesterday, one a system that used to be working nicely, suddenly: ssh cores dump when run as non priviledged user, works fine for root sshd aborts on signal 11 [... see my previous mails?] This seems to be a problem linked to openssl from the ports

Disabling openssl from ports

Hi, I have one port, namely /usr/ports/www/pound that needs the version of openssl from the ports (/usr/ports/security/openssl). But others ports works way better with the stock openssl from the system. Is there a configuration somewhere that could be used to say that no-one except pound

Re: ssh/sshd cores dump

Hi again, I have this weird error since yesterday, one a system that used to be working nicely, suddenly: ssh cores dump when run as non priviledged user, works fine for root sshd aborts on signal 11 I tried to reinstall world, but it is the same. There is openssl installed from the

ssh/sshd cores dump

Hi, I have this weird error since yesterday, one a system that used to be working nicely, suddenly: ssh cores dump when run as non priviledged user, works fine for root sshd aborts on signal 11 I tried to reinstall world, but it is the same. There is openssl installed from the ports on that

Re: NIS oops

and thats the one error I made in setting it up likely... (I saw that note after rebooting in the handbook) I have been there, I have done that. Luckily my server is next door :) Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: NIS oops

is there any way to use an other machine on the net to kick start it Unless you have an account on that master server that is not depending on NIS, I see no way. Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Regular Expression Editor

In general I think most people would use command line tools to test expressions. Although I favor command line tools for most of my work (if only, because it can work remotely, through a slow phone connection, across the world); I like The Regex Coach (GUI tool) because it highlights the

Re: Buld echo

I have 35 log files that I want to flush once a day. In order to keep them exist I now do an 'echo logfile.log' How can I do such in one command having the same effect on all log files? You could have a look at newsyslog: it would purge and recreate the files for you, including the right

Re: Adding an alias to .cshrc

Hi, Is this a problem with the pipe in the alias directive? The command works on the CLI, as I literally copy/pasted it into the .cshrc file. I would think so. What about: alias srm /usr/bin/find . -name *~ -delete Best regards, Olivier ___

Re: help, plesae check everything you can...

Hi, if this gets thru, i hope some of you can help me. i was trying to correct the couple things mentioned and all of a sudden i broke something in /etc/namedb/; then i seemed to fix it, one minute wife and daughter cannot get outside; then next time

Re: Root exploit for FreeBSD

FreeBSD isn't much used within the University (I understand) and has a (comparatively) poor security record. Most recently, for example: http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Root-exploit-for-FreeBSD-873352.html Are you trying to make your infosec guy look like an

Re: HP USB 2.0 Tape Drive

Hi Doug, Does anyone have had positive or negative experience using these USB-based DAT tape drives? Specifically, I am looking at the HP (Hewlett-Packard) I know that I am not really answering your question but here are a couple of thoughts that came to my mind when reading your post: - USB

Re: make delete-old question

Is there a way to change the Makefile so that they all get deleted with just one y and a return? Or possibly use yes(1) to script it? I often yes | make delete-old Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

Hi David, Despite reading the documentation I seem to be having difficulty setting up the printer from the server. So far I have not been able to get the beast to print-- I have scrapped all attempts at configuring the server and would appreciate some guidance before I trying again!!

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

David, So I should be able to use a similar approach to you. Is the script readily available and what do I need to do to install and configure it? I can share, but right now I have to go back home, I'll send it to you tomorrow. If you simply: telnet your.printer 9100 and type some text

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

David, Here it is: - in /etc/printcap: big:hp4300:\ :sd=/var/spool/big:\ :mx=0:rs:sh:\ :lp=/dev/null:\ :if=/usr/spool/big_new:\ - in /etc/rc.conf: lpd_enable=YES - the script /usr/spool/big_new. The location of the script is not the best one, it should

Re: set up of hp laserjet 2200dn with Jetdirect 610N on network

By the way, something forgot to mention: the script only copies a file from your computer to the printer; it does not do much magic appart from that. As far as I remember, HP 2200 do not understand image files, so you must use an external software (xv from ports?) to print your image. But you

Re: What is proper process for source installs?

Hi, and so on. So it's safe to say just merging the trees like this isn't the way to go. What is the proper process to finish a bsd image after installworld and installkernel is done? Not sure what you are trying to do, but usually you better follow the instructions from /usr/src/UPDATING.

Re: build a port that depends on Java

Hi, Another problem is that the original file for port is in `.zip` format. As far as I know `.zip` isn't natively supported in FreeBSD. Should I convert that file to `.tar.gz` format and redistribute in my site (instead of using file from VUE master site?). Though using

Re: CF Ethernet for FreeBSD?

Hi, So, I'm interested in finding out if anyone knows of an Ethernet interface which will plug into the CF socket and has drivers for FreeBSD. Please let me know; any help would be MUCH appreciated! Not to mentione FreeBSD drivers, but only finding an Ethernet interface that plugs into a CF

Re: need insights with openssl....

We need to generate SSL keys for the Apache server. I usually follow the FAQ of modssl (modssl.org); that's where I found the most usefull sample of openssl commands. I just cut and paste. The signing of certificate is not done by me though. One other thing that is confusing is

Re: How to configure sendmail

Hi, I apologize if I was not clear enough. I answer youe questions and try to be more clear at the bottom. I have this stupide little configuration that I cannot manage to get working. I have one machine a.domain.net that I want to be able to deliver system mail (like cron and so on)

How to configure sendmail

Hi, I have this stupide little configuration that I cannot manage to get working. I have one machine a.domain.net that I want to be able to deliver system mail (like cron and so on) with the following rules: - user1 on a.domain.net has the same username as on domain.net; I want that mail sent

Strange behaviour of nss_ldap in 7.2

Hi, I am using nss_ldap without problem on a machine with FreeBSD 6.4 amd64. Now I wanted to make a similar configuration with a machine running FreeBSD 7.2 i386, but I have a problem: - as root, getent passwd gives me the list of users in /etc/passwd and in LDAP; - as user. getent passwd

Re: Strange behaviour of nss_ldap in 7.2

Bad bad bad me. I am using nss_ldap without problem on a machine with FreeBSD 6.4 amd64. Now I wanted to make a similar configuration with a machine running FreeBSD 7.2 i386, but I have a problem: - as root, getent passwd gives me the list of users in /etc/passwd and in LDAP; - as

Re: APACHE/PHP/MYSQL Password Hash

Hi, The password is hashed and some examples are: 02SvtVJnRLzuQ 42jhVP6kxUBX6 Can anyone tell me what file I would look at to see what hash algorithm is being used to store the passwords in the table? Any help would be great. As a hint, to help make it easier to reply, where are the

Re: Why is sendmail is part of the system and not a package?

How many people actually use it? Very few. Out of the 12 or 15 servers I run, only one do not use stock sendmail: the mail server. So one out of twelve is rather quite a lot... Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: howto use https in favour of http

Hi, i've added the following line to my /etc/hosts: permail.uni-muenster.de:25 permail.uni-muenster.de:443 so what i want is for freebsd to never use http, but https for that address. unfortunately hosts doesn't seem to support this syntax. De3finitely not. man hosts to see the

Re: howto use https in favour of http

Alex, i'm not using a webserver or anything. i'm just a regular user. the point is: i often forget to specify https://... for that specific address in apps like lynx or firefox. that's why the non-ssl version of that site is being loaded. i'd like freebsd to take care of this so even if the

Re: Accessing LDAP via web

I am probably doing this all wrong. I have an OpenLDAP server set up that works correctly. I wanted to be able to access it via LDAP:// from my laptop when traveling. Unfortunately, that is not working. When An LDAP server is not something that you access through a web browser. The naming of

Re: Accessing LDAP via web

Hi Carmen, I have email clients on my laptops that can access the LDAP server when connected via my LAN. When traveling that is not readily possible (is it)? Therefore, how can I accomplish this or is it not possible? Remember, I am not attempting to administer the LDAP server, but rather

Re: / almost out of space just after installation

Hi, Q1: Is 26M free space on / after installing FreeBSD normal? That is not the right question to ask :) The question would be is it normal that / is using 430M?. It depemds what you have in / file system. After instal, I have 271M used, but for example, my user home directory is on a separate

Re: Common practice for generating SSL CSR

I'm looking to garner production-wise operational feedback on the commands people are using to generate their (Open)SSL cert requests nowadays... I usually follow what is very well explained in modssl FAQ. Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

MySQL + SSL

Hi, I have been strugling to find the correct syntax for the mysql(1) command to connect with SSL. My server is accepting SSL connections: db2root: mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 1 Server version:

Re: Updating the ports collection

Hi Chris, The FreeBSD handbook section 4.5.1 describes several methods for obtaining the ports collection including CVSup, Portsnap, and sysinstall. Section 4.5.1 also describes how to update the ports collection, but only for the CVSup and Portsnap methods. Q1: How do I update the

Re: migrating users from one machine to another machine

Hi, What is the best way of migrating users from one machine (FreeBSD 6.3) to a new machine (FreeBSD 7.2)? I need to migrate their user account settings (shell, password, expiry etc) and also their data that they have in their directories. Basically: - you need to vipw on both machine and

Re: Netwroked Storage

Hi, All of the 200 domains on each server have thier own Real Unix user (obviously). Once the NAS is setup, (using NFS), how do the permissions on the NAS machine play out? i.e. when user 'hisname' logs into a server via ftp, and uploads a file to his home directory (which is on the NAS),

Re: Adding Windows Machine to LDAP

Hi Kiran, I am FreeBSD User I am using samba domain, Recently 20 day's back I have updated ports. After updating the ports I am not able to join Windows desktop samba domain. I think you must give more details about your configuration. In the message title you mention LDAP, but you don't

Re: backups cloning

$ newfs -U /dev/ad2s1a $ mount /dev/ad2s1a /target $ cd /target $ dump -0Lauf - /dev/ad1s1a | restore -rf - [...] But what does that mean? But ad2s1a has just been newfs'd - so how can Thats ad*1*s1a that has just been formatted, not ad2... Best, Olivier

Re: Netwroked Storage

Hi, For the past few months I have been researching methods to create a storage enclosure, perferably with out spending many 10s of k's of $'s. You can asemble the machine yourself, I have put up a storage (for back-up, slow SATA disks, 7.5 TB, only one quad core AMD 1.9 GHz and 4GB RAM) for

Re: battery reconditioning

Hi, form time to time, there appears some error / warning messages in console, which say this: Sep 28 00:13:40 dell kernel: aac0: **Monitor** Battery needs reconditioning. What is your question? It informs you you should change the battery used on the RAID hardware, so change the battery :)

Re: FreeBSD crossover cable network

Hi, I am trying to set up a crossover cable network between two computers running FreeBSD 7.0. Are you sure that your corssover cable is good? In the past, with 100Mbps Ethernet, we used crossover cables with only 2 active pairs (other 2 may have been bad and gone unnoticed); nowdays, with

Re: LDAP server gone - impossible to login locally!

On a related note, why is slapd so damn fragile? It's a righteous pain in the bum the way you have to run db_recover-X.Y /var/db/openldap-data if slapd fails to start. Yes, this is a lot of pain. I have had issues the same way and never figured out what the reason was. /var/ is very

Re: dhcpd related issues

Hi James, I have a FreeBSD 7.0 gateway/server with isc-dhcpd 3.1.2p1_2. Late yesterday I began having some unique and intermittent issues. Basically, random computers will all of a sudden lose their dhcp leases and be unable to contact the dhcp server. I did not see any reply to your

Re: IPF, NAT or NIC

How to change the interfaces to not to be on same physical subnet? Hummm, subnet is virtual, it is not physical. To have interface on different phisical network, plug your interfaces to different switchwes that are not interconnected one to the other. To have a different subnet used on

Re: Virus scanning for Exim mail server

Hi, Does anyone know of command line virus scanners (open source or commercial) that work with FreeBSD 7.2 and Exim?? Clamav, open source, in the ports, command line and daemon mode. Kaspersky, commercial, command line and daemon mode for the mail server package (something undocumented called

Re: HELP

Hi Chris, was fine until the power went out and when it booted back up it said /dev/amrd0s1d: unexpected soft update inconsistency: run fsck manually . the following file system had an inconsistency: ufs: /dev/amrd0s1d (/var) Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh. At this

Re: what www perl script is running?

Hi Colin, Am I correct in assuming that my system has been hacked and I am running an IRC server or something? IRC client at least. And yes, I would think that your system has been compromised. Good luck, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: what www perl script is running?

Colin, I suppose this calls for a bare-metal reinstall. Is it worth first trying to determine how my system was broken into? It really depends on: - what is installed on that machine (how long it would take to reinstall, how many softwares, ports, specially configured stuff). - how

Re: how to decide if disk / system is quotas capable

Hi, 1) checking enable_quotas=YES in /etc/rc.conf 2) should I try to look in /etc/fstab? There is userquota and / or groupquota in line for some disk device in option field. That is enough. 1) will tell you that the system is quota capable 2) will tell you what file system is quota capabel

Re: what www perl script is running?

Colin, Be aware that what you listed below is what additional scripts the hacker installed on your server after he broke in. This does not tell you hwo the hacker broke in. So your server is still subject to compromission. Bests, olivier Try a find through the entire filesystem for files

Re: what www perl script is running?

Is there a command like fuser or lsof which can be used to determine what files this perl instance is using? Any other ideas on how to figure out what is going on here? lsof is in the ports. best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Translation

Dear Mr Nakhonekham, Just question about translated version of FreeBSD if it available in Lao Language or not? if not how can I start to translate this FreeBSD in to Lao. As far as I know, there is no Lao translation of FreeBSD. Now I know there is a Thai group of FreeBSD users, you may

Cleaning email

Hi, reading around the FAQ for FreeBSD mailing list, I see that the mailing list server does some message cleaning (converting HTML to text, etc). From reading the list, it does a very good job and I would not mind using the same facility for my own mail if only I knew what is being used. I

Re: Sendmail to duplicate messages

Hi, With some delay... Thanks Matthew, What rule, in what file should I set-up to have my mail sendmail mail server duplicate all messages to another mail server? =20 I am in the proces sof setting-up a new mail server; in the meantime I want all messages arriving to my current mail

Re: OT: web-based applications and security...

servers run MICROS~1 software (which is very well known for its high quality, haha) Isn't that high data availability (to the others) ? Have a nice week-end, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

I know this is running slapd_flags='-h \ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fopenldap%2fldapi/ ldap://0.0.0.0/ ldap://127.0.0.1/\;' as is issue a command ps -aux | grep slap, hers whats the box give to me #ps -aux | grep slap ldap 1273 0.0 6.6 341992 7816 ?? Is4:17PM 0:00.14

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

#smbldap-populate -u 1 -g 1 -r 1 Populating LDAP directory for domain MYDOMAIN (S-1-5-21-2772587264-3389604304-3649373591) (using builtin directory structure) adding new entry: dc=mydomain,dc=local failed to add entry: modifications require authentication at In fact the script

Sendmail to duplicate messages

Hi, What rule, in what file should I set-up to have my mail sendmail mail server duplicate all messages to another mail server? I am in the proces sof setting-up a new mail server; in the meantime I want all messages arriving to my current mail server under sendmail to be duplicated to the new

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

Rhuel, In your starting command you have: ldaps://192.168.5.0/ ldap://127.0.0.1/;' This means TLS/SSL. If you don't want it, remove it from your command. Is it necessary to have ssl/tls support? It is up to you. TLS/SSL will bring some extra security. It may be important if the network

Re: 5000' ethernet?

Hi, AFAIK neither of these really needs the signal quality of Cat 5 -- they both should work just fine over Cat 3 -- but surely the higher grade wire can't hurt (and it may increase the usable DSL distance). I think I remember that the gauge of Ethernet cable is smaller than the one of phone

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

Hi, when I look at the smblap_tools.pm at line 322 this is what it look likes and sorry I cant understand the code: else { $ldap_master = Net::LDAP-new( --This is line 322 $config{masterLDAP}, port= $config{masterPort}, version = 3,

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

Ruel, And yes ldap is running #ps -aux | grep slap That the process slapd is running does not mean you can access it. That: /usr/local/libexec/slapd -h ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fopenldap%2fldapi/ldap:// 0.0.0.0/ldap://192.168.5.0/ldap://127.0 looks strange to me, I am used to someting like:

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

Ruel, I tried you idea with NO SPACE between each URL but when i restart the LDAP it does not start anymore...hmmm what did i mess here!!?? in /etc/rc.conf I have: slapd_flags='-h ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fopenldap%2fldapi/ ldaps://192.41.170.6/ ldap://192.41.170.6/;' see the specific use

Re: Samba PDC with LDAP backend

Still it does not start the LDAP, hers my /etc/rc.conf: slapd_flags='-h ldapi://%2fvar%2frun%2fopenldap%2fldapi/ ldaps:// 192.168.5.0/ ldap://127.0.0.1/;' At this point it would be usefull that you have a look in the logs at /var/log and see what is wrong in your command line. It

Commercial anti-virus

Hi, What commercial anti-virus would you recommand for FreeBSD 7.2? It must have a daemon allowing on-demand scan: submit a file name to the daemon, it has all the virus definition preloaded and can immediately scan the file without any pre-processing time wasted. This is to be included in

Re: What does one call name server registration?

Hi Mike, What I have are two pairs in the following format: 1.2.3.4 a.ns.example.com 5.6.7.8 b.ns.example.com I think that what you are looking for is what is called NS reccord for the domain ns.example.com Good luck, Olivier ___

Re: 5000' ethernet?

Hi, A general reply to many suggestions. So the time it takes for the smallest Ethernet frame to get from the two farthest nodes will determine a window in which the two most distant nodes upon attempting a transmit can tell that a collision occurred and retransmit. In a case of

Re: 5000' ethernet?

David, You would need 5 boxes, the connections between each run of cable could cause too many loss, even if the timing was not an issue. Wire connections are not all that lossy. You would be surprised by the impedance missmatch tests made by cabling companies... Meanwhile cat5 is useful

Re: Server screwed up (/lib/libc.so.7: Undefined symbol _nsdispatch)

Hi Victor, /libexec/ld-elf.so.1: /lib/libc.so.7: Undefined symbol _nsdispatch Specifically this is thrown when trying to login (after entering login name) on the console, ssh, ftp. This is also thrown for fetchor for ls -l (plain ls works). From the error message and from the diagnostic of

Re: Advise for buying a Refurbished machine

Hi, 2) please advice me If I buy this machine is that a wise decision or refurbished machines are of high risk ? You have to ponder the fact that notebook are always fragile machines: - they are moved around often, so more subject to miss handeling (a notebook is more likely to fall from

Re: Additional sa devices?

Hi, My question is what the difference is between 'sa0.0' and 'sa0.[1-3]'. I can't seem to find it documented anywhere. From the top of my head, I think I remember devices sa0.[1-3] would represent different compression mode. Bests, Olivier ___

Compatibility of motherboard Asus KFSN5-D

Hi, I would like to build a FreeBSD 7.2 server on the motherboard Asus KFSN5-D. It looks like the chipset is nVIDIA nForce Professional 3600, I don't see it being supported (or not). Before I engage in buying, I would like to make sure I'll have no problem. TIA, Olivier

Re: update from 7.0 to 7.2?

Brad Mettee bmet...@pchotshots.com writes: If a system is stable and ports are up to date, serving mail web pages as needed, is there any reason to update from this: FreeBSD ns1.pchotshots.com 7.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE #0: Sun Feb 24 10:35:36 UTC 2008

Re: Which latex should I install

Hi, Just today I found the marvel of LaTeX while looking over a quick how-to for LaTeX. Congratulation brother, you've seen the light :)) Now for you technical questions, Polytropon has replied. Bests, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

PCI-X SATA card for FreeBSD

--- Start of forwarded message --- Hi, I am not sure if any card of the type exists, but I am looking for a PCI-X card with external SATA connector (1 or 2) to supports port multiplier. Idea is to attach a bank of disk to use a backup media. TIA, Olivier

security/pgp on amd64

--- Start of forwarded message --- Hi, Is the port security/pgp working on amd64 system? I copied my public and private keyrings from i386 to amd64 system and I cannot decipher any file, it keeps on complaining that the pass phrase is bad. I already tried to export the key on the i386

Re: off topic: unmanageable switch?

Nikos, My list of priorities, with 1 being the most important. 1. Price 2. Stability As the price is the most important for you, buy any cheap switch. Now I have had satisfaction with Dlink and Compex, maybe not among the cheapest, but still cheap. I have had some working for 6 or 7 years

Re: counting pages sent to postscript printer via samba and lpd

Hi, I'm busy reading the manual on this, but am wondering if anyone has tips and howtos available. I took delivery of our new color laser printer, a CP1515n, HP networked color laser. since this thing is not exactly cheap to run I want to count pages per user, and since I have

Re: PDF inventory software

Daniel, I'm trying to convert all PDF files in a directory to text using pdftotext. I tried the following command: Aside from the syntax of the command find(1) and some article that may be in corrupted PDF, you may consider hacking pdftotext to skip the do not print flag in some of the PDF

Re: PDF inventory software

Hi, I'm looking for a way to manage my personal collection of research articles. Ideally I'd like some way to keep records on authors, keywords, journals, and publication years of articles (PDF files) downloaded onto my local drive. Certainly overkill, but dspace(.org) can keep up a digital

Re: PDF inventory software

Since all the PDFs contain text (none are scanned images), can I simply use some command like grep to search for text within the collection? If so, how would I do this? Can grep read text from within PDFs? pdftotext, comes with the port xpdf I think Olivier

Re: Samba3 domain controller howto?

Hi, Samba is still only a NT4-type DC, no Active Directory type of function (Group Policies, u...@domain logins, kerberos, ldap, etc) I am not sure if I understand you well, but my samba is authenticating users agaiinst LDAP. Best regards, Olivier

How to reset a connection stuck in CLOSE_WAIT state

Hi, I am runnig FlexNet license manager on FreeBSD (6.4), this is alinux application, but it is running smoothly. The problem occurs sometime at stop time, it will not stop cleanly and leave a connection in CLOSE_WAIT state. As a result, the ports are not freed and the license managerserver

Cannot delete files in Samba

Hi, I recently upgraded from Samba 3.0.31 to 3.3.2 on a FreeBSD 6.4 server, and since then, the Windows machines have no right to delete files unless the directory is chmod o+w I tried to play with map read only and 'store dos attribues but not to avail. My FreeBSD server is quite standard, the

Remotely edit user disk quota

Hi, I am writing a Perl script to run on our web server. This script will be used to create user accounts. I can do almost every thing on the web server: - create the home directory - add a user in LDAP - create the MySQL database for that user The only thing I cannot do is to set the disk

Re: Remotely edit user disk quota

How could I nicely and securely connect from the script on the web server to the file server, in order to edit the quota? It should be use rsh and .rhosts :) I do that already, not really what I call secure ;) As I put up a new machine, I'd prefer something else. Olivier

Re: Remotely edit user disk quota

use rsh and .rhosts :) I do that already, not really what I call secure ;) Could you please explain why it is not secure in your case? I don't know exactly the environment in your case so i can't answer for sure, but most probably it's perfectly secure. Because rsh/rlogin etc. is

Re: issues with Intel Pro/1000 and 1000baseTX

Well, I don't have any verified working cable of the appropriate length so I simply switched out the cables for the main server and the backup server. They are both cat6 cables crimped with cat5e modules by me. For what reason (bad crimp job?) that seemed to fix the issue. On stranded

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