pkg_updating -d

2013-03-11 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I am new to using pkg_updating -d to look at new entries in /usr/ports/UPDATING. From what I have read I should be able to just use: # pkg_updating -d 20130301 (for example) And that should give me everything in /usr/ports/UPDATING newer than that date. When I run that command I get:

Some GMirror questions.

2010-06-04 Thread Peter Clark
Hello All, There are a number of gmirror resources available online but there are a few discrepancies. I thought someone here might be able to shed some light on them. Also, this is on FreeBSD 8.0 RELEASE. Does creating the mirror need to be done from a Livefs CD (in Fixit mode) or can it

Livefs/fixit

2010-05-19 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I have a amd64 8.0-RELEASE-P2 FreeBSD box. I was building a spam/av gateway. Something has happened and there seems to be some OS corruption. I am not sure what did it but symlinks all over the system seem to be gone. Links like /home pointing at /usr/home. The data is still there in

Dependency confusion

2009-07-02 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I have a number of ports installed on my 7.2Release box. When I issue pkg_info I see that I have both db41-4.1.25_4 and db46-4.6.21.4 installed. Is there an easy way to see which program is linked to which db? Is this some sort of redundant listing and I really only have db4.6

Re: Dependency confusion

2009-07-02 Thread Peter Clark
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jul 02), Peter Clark said: I have a number of ports installed on my 7.2Release box. When I issue pkg_info I see that I have both db41-4.1.25_4 and db46-4.6.21.4 installed. Is there an easy way to see which program is linked to which db? Is this some

Crusty upgrade (was Make Question)

2009-06-16 Thread Peter Clark
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Manolis Kiagias son...@otenet.gr writes: I have inherited an old FreeBSD 5.1 machine(5.1-RELEASE-p18). I realize that the short answer to my question is more than likely to upgrade the OS to a current release and I would if I had that option right now, but I do not. I

Make Question

2009-06-11 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I have inherited an old FreeBSD 5.1 machine(5.1-RELEASE-p18). I realize that the short answer to my question is more than likely to upgrade the OS to a current release and I would if I had that option right now, but I do not. I needed to upgrade the perl/openssh/openssl implementation

Re: I've just found a new and interesting spam source - legitimatebounce messages

2008-10-20 Thread Peter Clark
Paul Schmehl wrote: --On Monday, October 20, 2008 10:11:36 -0700 Jeremy Chadwick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 11:16:31AM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote: The best solution *by far* that I have found for spam (using Postfix) is mail/postfix-policyd-weight. It routinely rejects

PF syntax error

2008-10-15 Thread Peter Clark
/10, overload bad_hosts flush global) (I changed bad_hosts to bruteforce)and that generates the same error. I tried just using: (max-src-conn-rate 100/10) but that too gives me a syntax error. Any help is appreciated. Peter Clark ___ freebsd

Re: PF syntax error

2008-10-15 Thread Peter Clark
a syntax error. Any help is appreciated. Peter Clark ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

boot -s hangs

2008-07-23 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I have a FreeBSD install that will hang when trying to enter single user mode. If I use shutdown now from the console the system will return System shutdown time has arrived as expected but it will just hang there indefinitely. If I use option 4 (enter single user mode) from the boot

Gmirror Load vs Round-Robin

2008-06-30 Thread Peter Clark
Is there a best practice usage for these 2 balance options. In reading the man page, freebsd handbook and various how to's I see no clear usage. Or at least it isnt clear to me. When should you use either one? I am setting up a Raid 1 in FreeBSD 7.0-p2 Release with some SCSI drives. Peter

Default path.

2008-06-25 Thread Peter Clark
Hello. I have a FreeBSD 7.0 p2 box. I have upgraded openssl by installing the latest port. When I use openssl version I am still calling the base /usr/bin/openssl. How do I change my default path to use /usr/local/bin/openssl instead? I am the only one (for now) who logs into this box but

Re: dependencies in portmaster

2008-03-01 Thread Peter Clark
I am trying to figure out what-all would happen if I were to install a particular port. IOW I want to do something like # portmaster {some set of options} name-of-port and have it report something along the lines of name-of-port vn #.## requires: port status

Re: Computers that us FreeBSD. HELP!!!!!!!

2008-02-19 Thread Peter Clark
Ryan Jenkins wrote: Hello, I currently have a Computer System that is based off the FreeBSD Operating System and I am trying to find a new supplier of hardware. Right now I am having a hard time finding a Computer Manufacture that can make a system that uses FreeBSD. I currently have found

Build part of a port.

2008-02-12 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I am building a 7.0-RC1 FreeBSD LDAP server. I have installed OpenLDAP from ports and now want to move on to the wed front end. I am using Litespeed as the webserver (built from source), PHP-5 (built from source and customized) and would like to install phpldapadmin. There is a port

Updating Ports

2007-10-18 Thread Peter Clark
the port specified (unless certain flags are present to do all depend). I am using FreeBSD 6.2-p7. Thank you, Peter Clark ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send

Re: Updating Ports

2007-10-18 Thread Peter Clark
Robert Huff wrote: Peter Clark writes: Is there a better (I realize everything is relative) option when looking at portupgrade vs portmanager? From what I am reading it seems that portmanager will upgrade and reinstall a port and all it's dependencies no matter if the dependency needs

FreeBSD systems

2007-07-17 Thread Peter Clark
Hello all, Does anyone have any experience dealing with www.freebsdsystems.com ? I am looking to purchase some servers that will work a with a minimum of hardware challenges. Thanks in advance, Pete ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Low-cost dedicated FreeBSD server or non-jail VPS?

2007-02-07 Thread Peter Clark
Is this up your alley? http://www.johncompanies.com/jc_vps.html Thanks, Derek. I'm not looking to run this machine from home or to co-locate an existing box (though I suppose I could do that). As Jay mentions, I'm looking for something like: http://tektonic.net/unmanaged.html

Extending a slice

2006-12-07 Thread Peter Clark
of unused space to the current /data mount point. Does someone even extend an UFS slice? Or do I create a new slice in the unused section and somehow merge the existing slice's /data with the new one? Or am I missing something rudimentary? Any direction would be appreciated. Thank You. Peter Clark

Device Busy

2006-06-21 Thread Peter Clark
Hello, I am installing a FreeBSD 6.1 i386 machine and using IPF. When I apply some variables to sysctl for IPF I end up with a device busy response. the variables in question are: net.inet.ipf.fr_tcpclosed=1 net.inet.ipf.fr_tcpclosewait=60 net.inet.ipf.fr_tcphalfclosed=300