Re: SSH and one time passwords

2004-10-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Lowell Gilbert wrote: "Gene Bomgardner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: I've implemented S/Key on my 5.2.1 system. It works well with telnet, but ssh just bypasses the whole thing and accepts the Unix password. How can I get ssh to recognize and use S/Key auth? I don't see any ent

Re: portupgrade problem

2004-10-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: On Mon, Oct 11, 2004 at 04:05:17PM +0100, Vince Hoffman wrote: Hi all, Got a port upgrade problem here, ruby is dumping core during a portsdb -uU (and thus any time it tries to update the portsdb. <> any suggestions welcome Gawd. Not this

portupgrade problem

2004-10-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi all, Got a port upgrade problem here, ruby is dumping core during a portsdb -uU (and thus any time it tries to update the portsdb. only noticed it today but i did upgrade ruby recently so i tried following the emergency recovery part in /usr/port/UPDATING and did pkg_delete portupgrade-\* pkg

Re: Samba public directory on FreeBSD

2004-09-23 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 23 Sep 2004, W. D. wrote: > What is recommended for a public, 'free-for-all', > anyone can read or write directory on FreeBSD? > > What are the reasons for preferring one place > over another? > > Would these work? > > /usr/local/share/sambapublic/ > /usr/share/sambapublic/ > /home/samba

Re: Prism2.5 firmware

2004-09-17 Thread Vince Hoffman
dows - download this file and run the .exe file > http://bsd.mikulas.com/wifi/Fw_1.7.4.tgz > > Jiri > > Vince Hoffman wrote: > > >Hi all, > > I've been wondering why I cant seem to get more than approx > >180k(bytes)/sec from my freebsd server with a netgea

Prism2.5 firmware

2004-09-16 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi all, I've been wondering why I cant seem to get more than approx 180k(bytes)/sec from my freebsd server with a netgear MA311 pci card in hostap. After some googling After some googling the evidence seems to point at me having rather ancient firmware. (23:46:36 <~>) 0 # dmesg |grep wi0 wi

Re: Question about Wireless USB Adapter

2004-09-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote: > On Friday 03 September 2004 00:21, Vince Hoffman wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote: > > > On Thursday 02 September 2004 05:53, Will Lieu wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > >

Re: Question about Wireless USB Adapter

2004-09-02 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 2 Sep 2004, Daan Vreeken [PA4DAN] wrote: > On Thursday 02 September 2004 05:53, Will Lieu wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was just wondering if FreeBSD is going/does it support the following > > Wireless USB Adapter: Netgear MA111. If not do you know where I can get > > the drivers for th

Re: flashplugin-firefox

2004-08-22 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, [ISO-8859-1] Mattias Björk wrote: > Hi. > > Gerard Samuel wrote: > > Adam Stroud wrote: > > > >> Hey all: > >> Has anyone had any success installing the flashplugin-firefox port? > >> If not can anyone point me towards some good instructions to getting > >> flash to work wit

Re: FreeBSD 5.x /usr Partitioning advice

2004-08-18 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Vince Hoffman wrote: > > > On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Terry wrote: > > > I'm planning on making two partions for data found on /usr: > > > > /usr2 which holds ports, src, and obj; and > > /usrwhich holds everything else. > >

Re: FreeBSD 5.x /usr Partitioning advice

2004-08-18 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Terry wrote: > I'm planning on making two partions for data found on /usr: > > /usr2 which holds ports, src, and obj; and > /usrwhich holds everything else. > > the /usr2 directories would be symlinked to /usr. > > The reason I want to do this is because I have a diffe

Re: i think i've broken portinstall

2004-08-10 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 01:16:40PM +0100, Vince Hoffman wrote: > > I just went to install netcat and portinstal seems to have broken, not > > sure when or how though. > > > > the process i use (as normal) > > >

i think i've broken portinstall

2004-08-10 Thread Vince Hoffman
I just went to install netcat and portinstal seems to have broken, not sure when or how though. the process i use (as normal) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [/root] [12:30] #cd /usr/ports/net/netcat/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [/usr/ports/net/netcat] [12:30] #portinstall netcat ** No such installed package nor

Re: Freebsd 5.x on Toshiba Portege 3500

2004-08-06 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 6 Aug 2004, J. Kenney wrote: > Good Afternoon All, > > 4.x boots/installs and works fine on my notebook (Toshiba Portege 3500), but > no version of 5.x has successfully booted (with/without ASPI, safe mode, > etc), but the strange thing is that if I load VMWare or VirtualPC 2004 and > tr

Re: 5.2.1-rel install CD hangs Tecra 9100

2004-06-30 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004, xpi wrote: > -or- > Idiot user can't find the any key. > > > I have a Toshiba Tecra 9100 laptop 1700mhz/256m, I'd like 5.2.1-rel on it. > Think I'm falling off the directions about disabling laptop pcibios ..but I'm out of > FAQ's > > Boot(8) suce

Re: NVidia Riva TNT2 64 ?

2004-06-23 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, Brian Astill wrote: > FWIW, I have that card and it seems to work just fine using the "nv" > driver. > When you are given choices in the "helper" programs for XFree86 setup, > just choose the nearest descrptor you can find which uses that "nv" > driver. > > You could also wr

Re: IPv6

2004-06-16 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Minnesota Slinky wrote: > Hey all, > > I am wanting to venture into the world of IPv6, but I don't really know > where to begin. AFAIK, I only have IPv4 routes out of my network, on a > 1.5/1Mbps DSL connection, with a bunch of static IPs (IPv4). I remember > there being s

Re: Some Simple Questions

2004-06-14 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004, Spuds wrote: > Hello, Hi Bryan > > My name is Bryan and I am interested in using FreeBSD on my computer. Before I do > so, I have a couple of questions I was wondering you could answer. > 1) Is FreeBSD truly free, as in I don't have to pay for it and can download it at no

Re: NAT vs Public IP Range info needed, please

2004-06-12 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Sat, 12 Jun 2004, Stacey Roberts wrote: > Hello, > I am looking to replace a proprietary DSL router/modem with the Sangoma S518 > ADSL PCI Controller, thereby placing a FreeBSD (4.10-Stable) server running ipfw to > handle access, firewall and nat duties. > > The ISP's DSL package incl

Re: Upgrading FreeBSD to a new release

2004-06-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Peter Pauly wrote: > On Fri, Jun 11, 2004 at 01:54:26PM -0400, JJB wrote: > > Are these supervisor cards unique to IBM & HP? > > Can the card be bought separately and will they work on generic > > motherboard? > > Do you have URL for info on these supervisor cards? > > They

Re: XFree86 configure question

2004-06-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 11 Jun 2004, Matt Navarre wrote: > On Friday 11 June 2004 12:14, Nelis Lamprecht wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-06-11 at 08:05, LW Ellis wrote: > > > Having some difficulty setting up the XFree86 Server. > > > I did like it said in the handbook, but when I > > > ee XF86Config.new, I get a blank

Re: Arghhh!

2004-06-10 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 10 Jun 2004, LW Ellis wrote: > Apparently I have not been able to install FreeBSD correctly yet. > I run the installation floppies, and everything seems ok. > The kernel Configuration utility never runs.. > Did I miss something in the instructions.. > My understanding is that this sh

Re: X Session Attach/Detach?

2004-06-09 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 9 Jun 2004, Andy Harrison wrote: > I was just wondering if there was any software to allow this? I've > been googling around a bit, but not coming up with anything specific. > Sort of like the Sunrays where you can detach from your local machine > where you're working, go to another mac

Re: Wisdom of automating upgrades

2004-06-08 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Peter Risdon wrote: > The main cost of having computers for most companies lies not in > software or hardware, but in support. I have been pondering the wisdom > of automating the upgrade process, so that sources are cvsup'ed nightly > and make buildworld buildkernel etc and

Re: view the console on the serial port

2004-06-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, arden wrote: > hi all > > > ive just seen this working and curious as to how its done so thought id > ask > > dose anyone know how to configure a machine to run headless then view > the console by connecting a laptop to a serial port on a null modem > cable http://www.freebs

RE: Need Help on Win98

2004-06-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
> > typing it every time I start the PC. Microsoft does not support the > > -p command on the above in 95/98 system. For my XP machine, I just > > need to add the -p after "add" in both these lines and it will stay > > permanently even if you restart the system. > > try adding the commands to

Re: LDAP

2004-05-27 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > On May 27, 2004, at 2:11 PM, Vince Hoffman wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, 27 May 2004, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > > > >> Are there any references that will step through creating an LDAP > >> databa

Re: LDAP

2004-05-27 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 27 May 2004, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > Are there any references that will step through creating an LDAP > database? I have been banging my head into a wall trying to get one > set up...I have it at a point where the slapd will start and monitor > for connections, but using ldapbrower lo

RE: Mystery Ports

2004-05-24 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Mon, 24 May 2004, JJB wrote: > Then you must have moved up to 5.2.1 using the source buildworld > method. > If you install from the mini iso file then NFS is indeed run with > the only way to get rid of it is by recompile kernel. > > SO it's NOT literally preposterous and ridiculous, you just

Re: freebsd 5.2.1 openssh hole

2004-05-24 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Mon, 24 May 2004, Thomas May wrote: > Hi, > > > > i have installed the new version 5.2.1 and the ports collection from > yesterday. i have checked the server > > with nessus and I got a security hole warning. > > > > You are running a version of OpenSSH which is older than 3.7.1 > > > > Versi

Re: Help with PCMCIA card support

2004-05-21 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Thu, 20 May 2004, Martin Phillips wrote: > I am trying to install FreeBSD on an old laptop that used to run various > versions of Windows. I have two problems... > > 1. The installation process appears not to see my PCMCIA cards. Running > pccardd says "No PC-CARD slots". That's a shame re

Re: PCMCIA to PCI hardware

2004-05-21 Thread Vince Hoffman
Bit late i know but http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=45001&item=5701027269&rd=1 works well for me in use as an access point (using it right now while writing this write.) hope the url comes out ok as its a bit long. Vince On Fri, 14 May 2004, sAndri Kok wrote: > Hi guys, >

ipfilter rules for gif ipv6 tunnel

2004-05-12 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi all, I recently moved to using ipfilter from ipfw (no particular reason, just wanted to try another option.) The problem now is that where i used to have an ipv6 tunnel (from the people at http://tunnelbroker.net) (again no good reason but it gives me a change to try it out for when i ma

Re: looks like i've dug my hole too deep, plz help quick.

2004-05-12 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 12 May 2004, carvin5string wrote: > I may have screwed up big time - I tried moving /var to /usr/var and > accidentally was in root when I ran the command > tar cf - . | ( cd /usr/var; tar xf - ) if it was simply that then nothing was deleted. tar cf - just tars up the files and sends

Re: Setting Up IMAP

2004-05-12 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Wed, 12 May 2004, Charles Swiger wrote: > On May 12, 2004, at 9:29 AM, Jason Dusek wrote: > > Problem 1 > > My mail server's certificate 'fails' the authenticity test because it > > is self-assigned. Why is this bad (aren't I *supposed* to get a > > certificate with > > # make cert > > in t

Re: Ideas for ftp server with ldaps:/// support

2004-05-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
Would pure-ftpd be any good ? not sure about ldaps:// but its fine for ldap:// On Mon, 3 May 2004, Jason Lixfeld wrote: > I've tried proftp but the documentation sucks and I'm having an > impossible time trying to get it to work with my LDAP server so I'm > looking for alternatives. Anyone know

Re: Freebsd machine as a wireless access point ?

2004-04-23 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Fri, 23 Apr 2004, Thomas Beer wrote: > The NIC on the AP has to be able to support "Host AP" mode to work > as an access point. Netgear MA 521 *with firmware 1.3* are on > example for this. > > Cheers Tom > > > I have a spare PC with Freebsd installed on it. Can I configure > > this machine

Re: iptables to ipfw

2004-04-21 Thread Vince Hoffman
On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Chiang Seng Chang wrote: > hi, > > anyone knows what is the equivalent of these in ipfw ? > > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.1.0.2/32 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.50.4.0/22 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > it's for openvpn using tun0. > > i

Re: MAKEDEV - where is it?

2004-03-22 Thread Vince Hoffman
GP wrote: Hi, would anyone know where the MAKEDEV file in FreeBSD version 5.1 resides if it does? I cannot find the file anywhere! 5.x uses devfs so you dont need/have MAKEDEV, /dev entrys are automaticly created as needed. Thanks, George -

RE: migrating users

2003-11-27 Thread Vince Hoffman
Either try john the ripper or similar password crackers. (ports or www.openwall.net) > -Original Message- > From: Rob Evers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 27 November 2003 13:51 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: migrating users > > > Hi all, > > I'm going to move move my sendmail

Re: RSS/RDF feed reader

2003-11-26 Thread Vince Hoffman
> > > > I was hoping for something under KDE.. and installing Evolution just to > > use it as a RSS feed reader, seems like overkill ;) > > You could try 'snownews' > > http://home.kcore.de/~kiza/software/snownews/ > > It's text-based. hmm how about krss ? # more pkg-descr K.R.S.S. downloads Ric

Which webmail

2003-11-19 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi all, I'm considering installing a webmail system on one of my machines. Its internet facing, so i'd prefer security over features if its an issue. The machine in question is running 4.8, uw-imap, postfix and apache 2.0.47 Does anyone have any suggestions, experience they would like

RE: Routing problems

2003-11-12 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi Dimitris, > > The 10.X.X.X subnet will never need to use any of the > services of the 193.X.X.X subnet or the 193.R.R.R > router. It will always access internet via its own > 10.R.R.R router, which only routes packets towards the > internet and never towards the 193.X.X.X subnet. Thus, > wha

Re: Routing problems

2003-11-11 Thread Vince Hoffman
- Original Message - From: "Dimitris Xochellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 6:43 PM Subject: Routing problems > Dear list members, > > I have two subnets (10.X.X.X and 193.X.X.X) on the > same physical network (ethernet). Subnet 10.X.X.X h

VPN through NAT

2003-11-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
Hi all, At my firm we use checkpoint VPN-1 so our windows laptop users can access the network from remote locations Clients offices etc etc., I'd like my Freebsd laptop to be able to do the same but i'm not sure if its possible as most locations are NATed these days and the only doc on gett

Re: what happens when connection is lost ?

2003-10-31 Thread Vince Hoffman
> On Oct 31, 2003, at 11:54 AM, M.D. DeWar wrote: > > Hello, > > If I am logged in on a FreeBSD machine with ssh. > > And doing say a ./configure or make and I lose connection does that > > stop > > what I was doing ? > > In general, yes-- what happens is that a broken connection results in a > ha

Re: ADSL modem & ip addresses

2003-10-24 Thread Vince Hoffman
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2003 at 11:29:08PM +0930, Ian Moore wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm organising an ADSL connection and I'm a bit confused about our options. > > > > We need to provide web, ssh and mail access to our network for users from home > > across the Internet with an ADSL connection. > > I figure

RE: RE: Running apache twice on the same system

2003-10-23 Thread Vince Hoffman
3 tcp46 *:80 *:* I have it a similar setup and can access mine fine on both IPs. -Original Message- From: dhull [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23 October 2003 18:56 To: Vince Hoffman Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: Running apache twice on the same system

RE: Running apache twice on the same system

2003-10-23 Thread Vince Hoffman
You shouldnt need to run it twice, use virtual host directives to make one virtual host listen to one IP and the other to the other. all in the apache docs. http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/vhosts/ip-based.html for version 2. otherwise create different conf files and point your apache executa

irda

2003-10-22 Thread Vince Hoffman
to compile in to the kernel, but i could have missed something. any hints appreciated Thanks. Vince ------- Vince Hoffman Systems Administrator Euro RSCG Circle (London) P: 020 7959 7576 M: 0777 5822213 Icq: 50905590 PGP ID:

Re: console connectivity question.

2003-10-21 Thread Vince Hoffman
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/serialconsole-setu p.html - Original Message - From: "Ruben de Groot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tim Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 2:20 PM Subject: Re: console connectivity question.

RE: Postfix problems

2003-10-20 Thread Vince Hoffman
> > On Saturday 20 September 2003 15:34, fbsd_user wrote: > > server you have to disable sendmail and reboot FBSD. > > *ouch* reboots are evil. > > surely there is another way of doing this. or? > you shouldnt have to reboot. try making the rc.conf changes then, $ killall sendmail to get rid

RE: Firewall problem

2003-10-01 Thread Vince Hoffman
you have "allow ip from any to any" before your deny rules, unless my memory is seriously faulty (always possible) a packet will match that rule and never get to your deny rules. > -Original Message- > From: Gary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 October 2003 19:18 > To: FreeBSD > Subj

RE: I think I messed up with gettext.

2003-10-01 Thread Vince Hoffman
I think the only options are upgrading all ports that use libintl.so.4 (recomended) or (for now) ln -s /usr/local/lib/libintl.so /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.4 (not recomended but "works for me"(tm) > -Original Message- > From: Eric F Crist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 01 October 2003

RE: Ports : Mozilla / Mozilla-devel

2003-09-30 Thread Vince Hoffman
A quicker (but working so far) way. till you have time to update all your ports. ln -s /usr/local/lib/libintl.so /usr/local/lib/libintl.so.4 (probably not recomemded for long term use though. but was enough for me to get X with GNOME running again. Vince > -Original Message- > From: Dan

gif config in rc.conf

2003-09-26 Thread Vince Hoffman
2="10.20.0.0 192.168.1.254 netmask 0xff00" route_vpn3="10.21.0.0 192.168.1.254 netmask 0xff00" but no gif device is configured on boot. any suggestions as to what i am doing wrong/where to look ? I couldnt find anything in dmesg or /var/log/messages Thanks Vince ----

RE: Old proliant memory detection

2003-09-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
> +--- On Wednesday, September 03, 2003 11:31, > | Vince Hoffman proclaimed: > | > | Hi all, > | I'm running 4.8-RELEASE on an ancient Dual P.Pro > proliant, and its > | not correctly detecting how much RAM i have, is there a way to tell > | FreeBSD the c

Old proliant memory detection

2003-09-03 Thread Vince Hoffman
:( Thanks Vince. ------- Vince Hoffman Systems Administrator Euro RSCG Circle (London) P: 020 7959 7576 M: 0777 5822213 Icq: 50905590 PGP ID: 0xC859C861 "A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the st

RE: Samba & Iconv

2003-08-21 Thread Vince Hoffman
which options did you include ? I think you need options LIBMCHAIN options LIBICONV as well as options NETSMB #SMB/CIFS requester and possibly options NETSMBCRYPTO#encrypted password support for SMB Someone please correct me if i'm wrong though,

RE: Who installed games on my system?

2003-08-20 Thread Vince Hoffman
Have a look at make.conf to stop it building games (or edit your cvsup file to not download the games source.) if you on 4.x the default make.conf is in /etc/defaults/make.conf 5.1 seems not to have that but there is an example in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf > -Original Message- > Fr

RE: Flood of infected emails

2003-08-19 Thread Vince Hoffman
> > >Has anyone besides me been receiving a flood of infected emails? > > > > > >All the emails have the same subject lines: > > > > > >Thank you! > > >RE: That movie > > >RE: RE: My Details > > >RE: RE: My Details > > >RE: Details > > >RE: Wicked Screensaver > > >RE: Approved > > >RE: Your applic

RE: ISPs blocking SMTP connections from dynamic IP address space

2003-08-14 Thread Vince Hoffman
Either 1) ask your isp to set it up as they probably control reverse dns for your IP-address block (all they will need is IP and fully qualified hostname) (a whois on your IP will probably tell you who controls it or which database to look in to find out.) or 2) If you have been delegated control

Re: Doh ! Installed FBSD5.0 and no more dual boot

2003-06-02 Thread Vince Hoffman
>> I >> cannot use the recovery option because I cannot for the life of me >> remember >> the admin passwd. > > Doh! indeed. Then if setting the Win2K partition active doesn't work, I'm > out of better options than your suggestion to do a fresh install and mount > the old Win2K partition from the

RE: ipfw and statefull rules

2003-05-31 Thread Vince Hoffman
Damm does this mean that net.link.ether.bridge_ipf is only useful in 5.X ? After i found http://ezine.daemonnews.org/200211/ipfilter-bridge.html I was intending to try using ipf on my Freebsd wlan-AP. > -Original Message- > From: Olivier Nicole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 May 200

RE: DSL router when what I need is a bridge; ARP problem?

2003-05-29 Thread Vince Hoffman
> dsl line <---> Cisco 678 <-ed0-> freebsd <-de0-> local host >I naively picked up a Cisco 678 thinking it would do the trick. >However, even with CBOS 2.4.7 installed, it won't route out the >ethernet port -- only out the wan port. e.g., if the > routing tables >in the cisc

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