freebsd urdu support
hi, i am interested in developing urdu language support for FreeBSD. my questions are: - where to kickoff for such a development? - are there any pointers for internationalization of freebsd? (mailling list, websites etc..) thanks rgds, S H A N Seeing yourself as you want to be is the key to personal growth. - Unknown ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sendmail help?
Hi all. I am having a really hard time getting sendmail to work for me. I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that requires smtp authentication. For now, I'd simply like to be able to send mail from this local machine. I think the problem I am having is that the from: field in emails still has my local user name, rather than the one required by my isp. Here is the sendmail section of /etc/rc.conf: ### Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options ## ## mta_start_script=/etc/rc.sendmail # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc. # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail: sendmail_flags=-L sm-mta -bd # Flags to sendmail (as a server) sendmail_submit_enable=YES# Start a localhost-only MTA for mail submission sendmail_submit_flags=-L sm-mta -bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost # Flags for localhost-only MTA sendmail_outbound_enable=YES # Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO). sendmail_outbound_flags=-L sm-queue -q1m # Flags to sendmail (outbound only) sendmail_msp_queue_enable=YES # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO). # sendmail _msp_queue_flags=-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m sendmail_msp_queue_flags=-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q1m I don't really understand this at all. I changed the -q1m parts because I don't want sendmail to wait to send stuff... but I'm not sure if I should have. What does sendmail_msp_que do? Do I need it? Here is the configuration I am using. I have added 'authinfo' to the hashes that the makefile looks after. I hope someone can help, I'm stuck. Thanks, Adam VERSIONID(`kayak.mc')dnl OSTYPE(freebsd5)dnl undefine(`UUCP_RELAY')dnl undefine(`BITNET_RELAY')dnl define(`ALIAS_FILE', `/etc/mail/aliases')dnl define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.sbcglobal.yahoo.com')dnl define(`confCON_EXPENSIVE',`True')dnl define(`SMTP_MAILER_FLAGS',`e')dnl define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS',`CRAM-MD5 PLAIN LOGIN')dnl FEATURE(`authinfo',`hash -o /etc/mail/authinfo')dnl define(`confTO_QUEUEWARN',`')dnl define(`confTO_INITIAL',`10s')dnl define(`confTO_CONNECT',`10s')dnl define(`confTO_ICONNECT',`10s')dnl define(`confCW_FILE',`/etc/mail/local-host-names')dnl FEATURE(`always_add_domain')dnl FEATURE(`use_cw_file')dnl FEATURE(`nocanonify')dnl FEATURE(`masquerade_envelope')dnl FEATURE(genericstable, `hash -o /etc/mail/genericstable')dnl GENERICS_DOMAIN_FILE(`/etc/mail/genericsdomain')dnl FEATURE(`access_db')dnl FEATURE(`blacklist_recipients')dnl FEATURE(`accept_unresolvable_domains')dnl MAILER(`local')dnl MAILER(`smtp')dnl # # aliases: # root: [EMAIL PROTECTED] etc... # # genericstable: # # who is who on the outside adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] root [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # local-host-names: # localhost kayak kayak.flatland localhost.flatland # # genericsdomain # localhost kayak kayak.flatland localhost.flatland # # authinfo: # AuthInfo:my_isp.net I:[EMAIL PROTECTED] P:Pass ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ipsec in transport mode
Hi!
I'm trying to establish ipsec communication between FreeBSD 5.1 server
and Win2k client.
I've recompiled kernel to support ipsec, installed racoon and spd using
setkey.
Here is my config files:
---
ipsec.conf:
spdadd 194.186.33.213/32 24.81.230.61/32 any -P in ipsec
esp/transport//require;
spdadd 24.81.230.61/32 194.186.33.213/32 any -P out ipsec
esp/transport//require;
---
racoon.conf:
# $KAME: racoon.conf.in,v 1.18 2001/08/16 06:33:40 itojun Exp $
#
# search this file for pre_shared_key with various ID key.
path pre_shared_key /usr/local/etc/racoon/psk.txt ;
# racoon will look for certificate file in the directory,
# if the certificate/certificate request payload is received.
#path certificate /usr/local/etc/cert ;
# log specifies logging level. It is followed by either notify, debug
# or debug2.
log debug2;
# padding defines some parameter of padding. You should not touch these.
padding
{
maximum_length 20; # maximum padding length.
randomize off; # enable randomize length.
strict_check off; # enable strict check.
exclusive_tail off; # extract last one octet.
}
# if no listen directive is specified, racoon will listen to all
# available interface addresses.
listen
{
#isakmp ::1 [7000];
#isakmp 202.249.11.124 [500];
#admin [7002]; # administrative's port by kmpstat.
#strict_address;# required all addresses must be bound.
}
# Specification of default various timer.
timer
{
# These value can be changed per remote node.
counter 5; # maximum trying count to send.
interval 20 sec;# maximum interval to resend.
persend 1; # the number of packets per a send.
# timer for waiting to complete each phase.
phase1 30 sec;
phase2 15 sec;
}
remote anonymous
{
exchange_mode main,aggressive,base;
#doi ipsec_doi;
#situation identity_only;
#nonce_size 16;
#lifetime time 30 min; # sec,min,hour
#initial_contact on;
#support_mip6 on;
#proposal_check obey; # obey, strict or claim
proposal {
encryption_algorithm des;
hash_algorithm md5;
authentication_method pre_shared_key ;
dh_group 1 ;
}
}
sainfo anonymous
{
pfs_group 1;
#lifetime time 36000 sec;
encryption_algorithm 3des,des,cast128,blowfish;
authentication_algorithm non_auth,hmac_sha1,hmac_md5;
compression_algorithm deflate ;
}
While connecting racoon says the following:
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: isakmp.c:221:isakmp_handler(): ===
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: isakmp.c:222:isakmp_handler(): 216 bytes
message received from 194.186.33.213[500]
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: plog.c:193:plogdump():
9df7e197 e3040472 01100200 00d8 0da4
0001 0001 0098 01010004 0324 0101 80010005 80020002
80040002 80030001 800b0001 000c0004 7080 0324 0201 80010005
80020001 80040002 80030001 800b0001 000c0004 7080 0324 0301
80010001 80020002 80040001 80030001 800b0001 000c0004 7080 0024
0401 80010001 80020001 80040001 80030001 800b0001 000c0004 7080
0018 1e2b5169 05991c7d 7c96fcbf b587e461 0002
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: isakmp.c:2248:isakmp_printpacket(): begin.
04:36.449884 194.186.33.213:500 - 24.81.230.61:500: isakmp 1.0 msgid
cookie 9df7e197e3040472-: phase 1 I ident:
(sa: doi=ipsec situation=identity
(p: #1 protoid=isakmp transform=4
(t: #1 id=ike (type=enc value=3des)(type=hash
value=sha1)(type=group desc value=modp1024)(type=auth
value=preshared)(type=lifetype value=sec)(type=lifeduration len=4
value=7080))
(t: #2 id=ike (type=enc value=3des)(type=hash
value=md5)(type=group desc value=modp1024)(type=auth
value=preshared)(type=lifetype value=sec)(type=lifeduration len=4
value=7080))
(t: #3 id=ike (type=enc value=1des)(type=hash
value=sha1)(type=group desc value=modp768)(type=auth
value=preshared)(type=lifetype value=sec)(type=lifeduration len=4
value=7080))
(t: #4 id=ike (type=enc value=1des)(type=hash
value=md5)(type=group desc value=modp768)(type=auth
value=preshared)(type=lifetype value=sec)(type=lifeduration len=4
value=7080
(vid: len=20)
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: remoteconf.c:129:getrmconf(): anonymous
configuration selected for 194.186.33.213[500].
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: isakmp.c:889:isakmp_ph1begin_r(): ===
2004-01-22 00:04:36: INFO: isakmp.c:894:isakmp_ph1begin_r(): respond new
phase 1 negotiation: 24.81.230.61[500]=194.186.33.213[500]
2004-01-22 00:04:36: INFO: isakmp.c:899:isakmp_ph1begin_r(): begin
Identity Protection mode.
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG: isakmp.c:1112:isakmp_parsewoh(): begin.
2004-01-22 00:04:36: DEBUG:
Re: arp problem in /var/log/messages
From: Jack L. Stone [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, the Windows machines never did resolve the new NIC MAC after several hours, but the FBSD's did within about an hour. Lesson learned. You can use arp -d * to delete the arp cache on windows. Kenneth Sundby ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
compiling apach2 for freebsd
Hi,
I'm using a smp freebsd 5.2 test server.
I would like to compile apache2 with --with-mpm. Which process model would
you recommand for freebsd 5.2 and a SMP enabled kernel:
MPM={beos|worker|prefork|mpmt_os2|perchild|leader|threadpool}
Many thanks for the advice
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Thank you
Good day. I would like to extend to you, whomever you are, my heartfelt gratitude for this operating system. I come from a poor community in the heart of South Africa. I learned about computers and how they work, using Microsoft operating systems. I have had no experience with any other operating system besides this. Windows NT, 2000 and XP. I was given a copy of FreeBSD release 5.0 by a gentleman I happened to meet whom is into the Unix Operating system. He gave me 2 CD-Rom disks and 2 Stiffy disks. I have read your site, I found it most informative. I installed the FreeBSD Operating System onto a Pentium II computer. It worked first time, Great I searched on Google for commands and have found some. I searched your site, but my burning question is, How do I start the Graphical Interfaces, KDE and Gnome? I did a Custom Installation following the directions of the website. I installed all the packages and Ports. I want to learn everything. I am of the understanding that the Operating System loves command line. I dont feel that I am at that level yet to configure from the command line. An old adage in South AFrica goes, work from what you know, to what you don't know. I want to learn everything about the Operating System. I see its Potential is GREAT So much can be done for the people who cannot afford old or new computers never mind the licenses for the Other operating systems here like Novell and Microsoft. I desperately want to learn about this. I have come to an internet cafe to educate myself further. My problem is that resources are limited here regarding our access to Alternative Operating Systems and equipment. The potential that the discovery of this Operating System and what it offers makes me salivate with happiness. I can make a meal of this and do so many things within the community along the lines of empowerment I have heard about Linux, but have read from a few sources that the FreeBSD Operating system is amongst the more secure out there as well as that FreeBSD 5.0 has the ability to emulate linux. So In my understanding I get multiple Operating Systems, with Multiple capabilities all roled into 1 ( well 2 disks!). Please help in this regard. If possible, please help me with the commands or where I can find them!!! I would appreciate this greatly Thank You so much for this Operating. Please pass this on to whomever is concerned. My compliments and gratitude to one and all Thanking You as well as hoping for a favourable response. Yours Sincerely Adam __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with foppy drive
Hello friend I did everything you wrote about and it didn't help me. dmesg did not change at all so floppy drive didn't work. All PnP options was disable from the hole beginning and they are disable and now. But I fount in BIOS one option :OnBoard FDC. I disabled it and found that some things have changed in dmesg.boot. There disappeared lines with some fdc0 errors (i send it in this e-mail) Also I send you my kernel configuration maybe i should write or delete some lines there. -dmesg- Copyright (c) 1992-2003 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Wed Jan 21 16:35:32 MSK 2004 root@:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/NovAD3c Preloaded elf kernel /boot/kernel/kernel at 0xc050b000. Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz Timecounter TSC frequency 1817950912 Hz CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 1.80GHz (1817.95-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf24 Stepping = 4 Features=0x3febf9ffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM real memory = 536805376 (511 MB) avail memory = 515895296 (491 MB) Pentium Pro MTRR support enabled acpi0: AMIINT INTEL845 on motherboard pcibios: BIOS version 2.10 Using $PIR table, 6 entries at 0xc00f78a0 acpi0: power button is handled as a fixed feature programming model. Timecounter ACPI-fast frequency 3579545 Hz ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0.MDET] (Node 0xc150ed20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0._CRS] (Node 0xc150ec60), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0._CRS] (Node 0xc150ec60), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.PCI0 - AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.PCI0.MDET] (Node 0xc150ed20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT ACPI-1287: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.MEM_._CRS] (Node 0xc4046a20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT ACPI-0175: *** Error: Method execution failed [\\_SB_.MEM_._CRS] (Node 0xc4046a20), AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT can't fetch resources for \\_SB_.MEM_ - AE_AML_REGION_LIMIT acpi_timer0: 24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz port 0x808-0x80b on acpi0 acpi_cpu0: CPU on acpi0 acpi_button0: Power Button on acpi0 pcib0: ACPI Host-PCI bridge on acpi0 pci0: ACPI PCI bus on pcib0 agp0: Intel 82845 host to AGP bridge mem 0xe000-0xe7ff at device 0.0 on pci0 pcib1: PCIBIOS PCI-PCI bridge at device 1.0 on pci0 pci1: PCI bus on pcib1 pci1: display, VGA at device 0.0 (no driver attached) pcib2: ACPI PCI-PCI bridge at device 30.0 on pci0 pci2: ACPI PCI bus on pcib2 pcm0: Creative EMU10K1 port 0xc800-0xc81f irq 12 at device 3.0 on pci2 pcm0: SigmaTel STAC9708/11 AC97 Codec pci2: simple comms at device 4.0 (no driver attached) isab0: PCI-ISA bridge at device 31.0 on pci0 isa0: ISA bus on isab0 atapci0: Intel ICH2 UDMA100 controller port 0xfc00-0xfc0f at device 31.1 on pci0 ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0 ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0 uhci0: Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-A port 0xe800-0xe81f irq 12 at device 31.2 on pci0 usb0: Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-A on uhci0 usb0: USB revision 1.0 uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered pci0: serial bus, SMBus at device 31.3 (no driver attached) uhci1: Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-B port 0xec00-0xec1f irq 10 at device 31.4 on pci0 usb1: Intel 82801BA/BAM (ICH2) USB controller USB-B on uhci1 usb1: USB revision 1.0 uhub1: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1 uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0 sio0: type 16550A sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 on acpi0 sio1: type 16550A ppc0 port 0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0 ppc0: Generic chipset (NIBBLE-only) in COMPATIBLE mode ppbus0: Parallel port bus on ppc0 plip0: PLIP network interface on ppbus0 lpt0: Printer on ppbus0 lpt0: Interrupt-driven port ppi0: Parallel I/O on ppbus0 atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0 atkbd0: AT Keyboard flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0 kbd0 at atkbd0 npx0: math processor on motherboard npx0: INT 16 interface pmtimer0 on isa0 fdc0: cannot reserve I/O port range (6 ports) pcic0 at port 0x3e0 iomem 0xd-0xd1fff irq 5 on isa0 pcic_attach: attach found no sockets device_probe_and_attach: pcic0 attach returned 6 sc0: System console at flags 0x100 on isa0 sc0: VGA 16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300 vga0: Generic ISA VGA at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa-0xb on isa0 Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently 100.0% ad0: 38166MB ST340016A [77545/16/63] at ata0-master UDMA100 acd0: CD-RW YAMAHA CRW3200E at ata1-master PIO4 acd1: CDROM ASUS CD-S500/A at ata1-slave PIO4 Mounting root
Re: freebsd urdu support
On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 15:30 +0800, S H A N wrote: - are there any pointers for internationalization of freebsd? (mailling list, websites etc..) http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-i18n If you're interested in translating the handbook and articles: http://www.freebsd.org/docproj/ -- You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT i386 5:15pm up 6:58, 2 users, load averages: 0.59, 0.96, 0.92 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NTP doesn't work behind IPF firewall?
Good day all, I'm attempting to setup NTP on two FreeBSD servers. To maximize security, I have configured NTP to only synchronize itself from a few other servers, and not offer NTP to other servers. The server runs IPF, which also blocks access to NTP. The problem is, the servers don't seem to update the time at all. I know ntp is running because it updates the driftfile, and ps shows it's active: # ps -aux | grep ntp root 81 0.0 0.2 1328 960 ?? Ss9Jan04 1:06.65 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid root 83 0.0 0.2 1364 992 ?? S 9Jan04 0:15.67 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid root47532 0.0 0.0 304 164 p0 R+2:14AM 0:00.00 grep ntp I can't seem to connect to it locally, however: # ntpq -p 127.0.0.1: timed out, nothing received ***Request timed out It is properly started from rc.conf: # cat /etc/rc.conf | grep ntp xntpd_enable=YES And it does seem to be started during bootup: # cat /var/log/messages | grep ntp Jan 4 01:27:43 boudica /kernel: IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 - irq 0 Jan 4 01:27:43 boudica /kernel: APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 Jan 4 01:27:43 boudica ntpd[82]: ntpd 4.1.0-a Mon Oct 13 17:59:47 MDT 2003 (1) Jan 4 01:27:43 boudica ntpd[82]: kernel time discipline status 2040 Jan 9 20:51:21 boudica /kernel: IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 - irq 0 Jan 9 20:51:21 boudica /kernel: APIC_IO: routing 8254 via IOAPIC #0 intpin 2 Jan 9 20:51:21 boudica ntpd[81]: ntpd 4.1.0-a Mon Oct 13 17:59:47 MDT 2003 (1) Jan 9 20:51:21 boudica ntpd[81]: kernel time discipline status 2040 Does anyone have any advice? I'd prefer to leave the NTP port closed if possible. This problem is present for me on both FreeBSD 4.8 and 5.1. I have included my NTP configuration and IPF ruleset below incase it helps anyone. ---ntp.conf--- # cat /etc/ntp.conf server subitaneous.cpsc.ucalgary.ca prefer server tick.mit.edu server ntp1.cmc.ec.gc.ca server ntp2.cmc.ec.gc.ca server clock1.unc.edu driftfile /etc/ntp.drift restrict default ignore ---ntp.drift--- # cat /etc/ntp.drift 0.000 ---ipf.rules--- # cat /etc/ipf.rules # Default deny block in on fxp0 # Pass in and out on loopback pass in quick on lo0 pass out quick on lo0 # Anti-spoofing block in quick on fxp0 from 192.168.0.0/16 to any block in quick on fxp0 from 172.16.0.0/12 to any block in quick on fxp0 from 10.0.0.0/8 to any block in quick on fxp0 from 127.0.0.1/8 to any block in quick on fxp0 from 0.0.0.0/8 to any # Allow certain useful ICMP packets pass in quick on fxp0 proto icmp from any to any icmp-type 0 pass in quick on fxp0 proto icmp from any to any icmp-type 8 pass in quick on fxp0 proto icmp from any to any icmp-type 11 block in log quick on fxp0 proto icmp from any to any # Allow outbound connections pass out quick on fxp0 proto tcp/udp from any to any keep state pass out quick on fxp0 proto icmp from any to any keep state # Allow inbound useful packets pass in quick on fxp0 proto tcp from any to any port = 22 flags S keep state keep frags # SSH pass in quick on fxp0 proto tcp from any to any port = 25 flags S keep state keep frags # SMTP pass in quick on fxp0 proto tcp from any to any port = 80 flags S keep state keep frags # HTTP pass in quick on fxp0 proto tcp from any to any port = 110 flags S keep state keep frags # POP pass in quick on fxp0 proto tcp from any to any port = 143 flags S keep state keep frags # IMAP pass in quick on fxp0 proto tcp from any to any port = 993 flags S keep state keep frags # IMAP/SSL Thanks for your time, Edward Aronyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 8:36 am, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: Hi all, I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying to think of something interesting to do with it now. I don't really need a separate firewall, and it doesn't make sense to use it as a fileserver. With a ppp connection, it couldn't easily be a webserver either. Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind of learning experience? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm We have an old laptop and are going to turn it into a music on hold service for our pabx. Will be uploading files to it via ftp and running a cron job to list all files in the ftp directory and start playing them. People can listen while on hold or we can listen in on the loudspeaker on the phone. There are plenty of command line driven players out there I am sure. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking for C example of ARP lookup on FreeBSD
Hi, The code that is being ported uses the 'ioctl' method to request a MAC address. eg: struct arpreqReqARP; struct sockaddr_in *pAddr_in; SOCKET s; . . s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); ioctl(s, SIOCGARP, ReqARP); . . This does not appear to be supported under FreeBSD. Presumably a sysctl or other mechanism exists. Can anyone provide a code fragment showing IP4 to MAC address translation. Thanks, Greg. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: NTP doesn't work behind IPF firewall?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know ntp is running because it updates the driftfile, and ps shows it's active: # ps -aux | grep ntp root 81 0.0 0.2 1328 960 ?? Ss9Jan04 1:06.65 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid root 83 0.0 0.2 1364 992 ?? S 9Jan04 0:15.67 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid root47532 0.0 0.0 304 164 p0 R+2:14AM 0:00.00 grep ntp I'm not sure why you have 2 ntpd processes running there - I only ever see one: (505) llama:~ $ ps uaxww | grep ntpd root 77934 0.0 0.2 1312 900 ?? Ss Sun04pm 0:12.45 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid I'd suggest killing both of those ntpd processes and starting it up again. Actually, before you restarting, try manually synchronising with one of your servers, eg: # ntpdate subitaneous.cpsc.ucalgary.ca That will at least tell you that you can talk NTP with this server. I assume all the servers in your ntp.conf are public ones that your host is allowed to use? The firewall rules look OK, although you might want to add 'log' to your default block rule while diagnosing a problem like this, so you'll be told if ipf is blocking any of the packets you're interested in. Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DHCP and multiple vlans
I'm trying to configure a FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE system to act as the default gateway for several virtual lans. I've got two NICs in the box, one which supplies the uplink, and one which has about 40 vlan(4) vlans on it. I was trying to run isc-dhcp3's dhcrelay to relay DHCP messages to our DHCP server when I ran into a problem. Only the first ten vlans (vlan0 through vlan9) are serviced by dhcrelay. I originally thought that this was a dhcrelay limitation, so I tried using the wide-dhcp relay as well. The same problem occurs, but with a useful error message if I try and configure more than ten vlans: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# relay -d vlan1 vlan2 vlan3 vlan4 vlan5 vlan6 vlan7 vlan8 vlan9 ^C [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# relay -d vlan1 vlan2 vlan3 vlan4 vlan5 vlan6 vlan7 vlan8 vlan9 vlan10 relay[15320]: can't open bpf in open_if() [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# It appears to me that there is a limit of ten bpf devices somewhere. This is backed up by what I see in dhcrelay. So the question is how do I overcome this limitation? In FreeBSD 4.x you used to specify the number of BPF devices in the kernel configuration pseudo-device line. That doesn't appear to be the case now. I tried creating more BPF devices in /dev - I now have 80 /dev/bpf* entries, but that didn't help. Any assistance would be appreciated. - Guy -- Systems Manager, IT Division, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://mombe.org/ IRC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** ANSI Standard Disclaimer *** J.A.P.H ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thank you
On Thursday 22 January 2004 12:44 am, Khoi - San Zulu wrote: Good day. I would like to extend to you, whomever you are, my heartfelt gratitude for this operating system. I come from a poor community in the heart of South Africa. I learned about computers and how they work, using Microsoft operating systems. I have had no experience with any other operating system besides this. Windows NT, 2000 and XP. I was given a copy of FreeBSD release 5.0 by a gentleman I happened to meet whom is into the Unix Operating system. He gave me 2 CD-Rom disks and 2 Stiffy disks. I have read your site, I found it most informative. I installed the FreeBSD Operating System onto a Pentium II computer. It worked first time, Great I searched on Google for commands and have found some. I searched your site, but my burning question is, How do I start the Graphical Interfaces, KDE and Gnome? I did a Custom Installation following the directions of the website. I installed all the packages and Ports. I want to learn everything. I don't know about gnome but for KDE, add the line exec startkde in to a local file called .xinitrc. There are ways to make it startup at login but I choose to type startx at the command line. Kent I am of the understanding that the Operating System loves command line. I dont feel that I am at that level yet to configure from the command line. An old adage in South AFrica goes, work from what you know, to what you don't know. I want to learn everything about the Operating System. I see its Potential is GREAT So much can be done for the people who cannot afford old or new computers never mind the licenses for the Other operating systems here like Novell and Microsoft. I desperately want to learn about this. I have come to an internet cafe to educate myself further. My problem is that resources are limited here regarding our access to Alternative Operating Systems and equipment. The potential that the discovery of this Operating System and what it offers makes me salivate with happiness. I can make a meal of this and do so many things within the community along the lines of empowerment I have heard about Linux, but have read from a few sources that the FreeBSD Operating system is amongst the more secure out there as well as that FreeBSD 5.0 has the ability to emulate linux. So In my understanding I get multiple Operating Systems, with Multiple capabilities all roled into 1 ( well 2 disks!). Please help in this regard. If possible, please help me with the commands or where I can find them!!! I would appreciate this greatly Thank You so much for this Operating. Please pass this on to whomever is concerned. My compliments and gratitude to one and all Thanking You as well as hoping for a favourable response. Yours Sincerely Adam __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
C programming: ADT support
Hi, I'm looking for some ADT's like lists trees and such, to be used in C programs. Is there a librarie out there? Tnx, --- robert t g tan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Newbie Graphic card question
Hello. I am trying to install v 5.2 on my new computer. I have done succesful installations on my old computer where everything worked perfect. My problem now is that I can´t find my graphic card when I am conf Xfree86. I have a Asus (ATI) Radeon 9200 SE. When I try to start X it doesn´t work, even if I try vga generic and other settings. Is it so bad that I have to buy a new card or is there other sollutions?? I have looked at Xfree86.org driver section and my card isn´t mentioned even in their latest release. Hope that someone has an answer that will be cheaper than buying a new card. Many thanks Nicolas ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: man question
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:30:55AM +0100, Didier Wiroth typed: Hi, I've compiled and installed software by my own in this directory: /home/me/custom/ In this directory I have the following directories and subdirectories: /home/me/custom/man /home/me/custom/man/man1 /home/me/custom/man/man8 The man8 and man1 directory contains some .8 and .1 man files. For example /home/me/custom/man/man8/logrotate.8 When I enter: man 8 logrotate I get: No entry for logrotate in section 8 of the manual or man logrotate: No manual entry for logrotate What do I have to do, to be able to use/view those man files, only ME? I don't want to modif manpath.config (as this is a global configuration file)? Look at the manpath(1) manpage. If you add /home/me/custom to your $PATH, /home/me/custom/man will be automatically added to your search path. Ruben thx ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: NTP doesn't work behind IPF firewall?
If I kill both ntpd processes so the socket is no longer in use, I can manually set the time with ntpdate. I can't figure out why two ntpd processes get spawned - it's like that on both servers, and even after a reboot both appear again... EA -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Mitchell Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:42 AM To: 'Edward Aronyk'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: NTP doesn't work behind IPF firewall? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know ntp is running because it updates the driftfile, and ps shows it's active: # ps -aux | grep ntp root 81 0.0 0.2 1328 960 ?? Ss9Jan04 1:06.65 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid root 83 0.0 0.2 1364 992 ?? S 9Jan04 0:15.67 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid root47532 0.0 0.0 304 164 p0 R+2:14AM 0:00.00 grep ntp I'm not sure why you have 2 ntpd processes running there - I only ever see one: (505) llama:~ $ ps uaxww | grep ntpd root 77934 0.0 0.2 1312 900 ?? Ss Sun04pm 0:12.45 /usr/sbin/ntpd -p /var/run/ntpd.pid I'd suggest killing both of those ntpd processes and starting it up again. Actually, before you restarting, try manually synchronising with one of your servers, eg: # ntpdate subitaneous.cpsc.ucalgary.ca That will at least tell you that you can talk NTP with this server. I assume all the servers in your ntp.conf are public ones that your host is allowed to use? The firewall rules look OK, although you might want to add 'log' to your default block rule while diagnosing a problem like this, so you'll be told if ipf is blocking any of the packets you're interested in. Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Formatting Zip Drive Disks
On Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:34:32 AM you wrote: I am attempting to format a 100 mb. ZIP disk, but am getting nowhere. The ZIP drive worked fine under Windows. The disk is presently formatted as NTFS, if that makes any difference. Nothing I try seems to work . Since I am new to BSD, I assume that I am using the wrong commands. I am presently using version 5.2 of BSD. Can anyone assist me.? Zip-drives and FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/zip-drive/index.html and to some extent Formatting media on FreeBSD http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/index.html ** Reply Separator ** Thursday, January 22, 2004 5:37:52 AM I have went that route. It seems that no matter what I do, I receive the following error message when attempting to mount the disk: Incorrect Super block Do you have any suggestions? I have tried mounting in various ways, but they all fail. Formatting via /stand/sysinstall has not corrected the problem. Gerard Seibert [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: record single files in IDE CDRW
Hi cdrecord works with ATAPI CD burner ? thanks roberto On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:49:46AM +1100, Gautam Gopalakrishnan wrote: On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 12:33:11PM -0300, Roberto Pereyra wrote: Hi all ! How can I burn single files in a cdrom (RW-IDE) ? Burncd allow burn iso files only ? I want to burn files many times with the same cdrom (open session). I can't get burncd to work properly, but cdrecord will. Steps are (all as root): - Install sysutils/cdrtools and sysutils/mkisofs - Get the device name: # cdrecord -scanbus - First time you want to burn something: # mkisofs a.txt | cdrecord dev=xxx -multi - - Next time you want to append: # cdrecord -msinfo (this will give a number like 0,19304 or something) # mkisofs -M xxx -C 0,19304 b.txt | cdrecord dev=xxx -multi - If you use files with long names (more than 8.3), try the -J -R flags to mkisofs Seems like a lot of work... You could try k3b (with kde) or bashburn http://bashburn.sf.net/ for console use hth Gautam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: record single files in IDE CDRW
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:54:22AM -0300, Roberto Pereyra wrote: Hi cdrecord works with ATAPI CD burner ? thanks roberto Yup, mine is a Lite-On drive which works very well. You must have the following in your kernel. Please refer to the handbook for more info. device atapicam device scbus device cd device pass Gautam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Looking for C example of ARP lookup on FreeBSD
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 05:24:31PM +0800, Laslett, Greg typed: Hi, The code that is being ported uses the 'ioctl' method to request a MAC address. eg: struct arpreqReqARP; struct sockaddr_in *pAddr_in; SOCKET s; . . s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0); ioctl(s, SIOCGARP, ReqARP); . . This does not appear to be supported under FreeBSD. Presumably a sysctl or other mechanism exists. Can anyone provide a code fragment showing IP4 to MAC address translation. Maybe a look at /usr/src/usr.sbin/arp/arp.c will help you. Ruben Thanks, Greg. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Swapping hard drives
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 18:32, David LeCount wrote: Hello. I'm swapping my second hard drive for a larger one. This is the drive with my / partition on it. Well I've made the partitions on the other drive and copied my data. I made the partition active, though every time I return to fdisk in sysinstall, it doesn't show it as active anymore. Lastly, I fixed fstab. Remember that it's actually my second hard drive and Lilo is on the first, so no need to mess with that. So I put the drive where the other one was, but when I booted, it said invalid partition. It prompts me for the kernel, and I type in 1:ad(1,d)/kernel but it still says invalid kernel. The new / partition is ad2s1d when it's hooked up as the third drive. I've played with it for hours, and can't find a tutorial on doing this anywhere. Any help is apppreciated. I believe FreeBSD likes to find / in an 'a' partition. You could try renaming ad2s1d to ad2s1a using disklabel (bsdlabel on 5.x), and updating references particularly in fstab on the new disk. I believe this is probably possible without interfering with the file systems and data so long as you don't mess with the partition sizes and offsets but only change the names. (Do it with all ad2s1 partitions unmounted.) I think you would have had difficulty creating another 'a' partition using sysinstall while one is already visible somewhere in the disk system. But you could have pre-created partitions using disklabel before running sysinstall, which would then find and offer those partitions. Use these suggestions with caution, there should be people out there more knowledgable in regard to disk organisation than myself. Malcolm ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Port Forwarding
James, I've configured my Win2k box to contact DNS directly, and both Direct Connect and VNC Server are running smoothly (port forwarding is being accomplished (per your suggestion) by natd.conf). I've set the firewall type to 'OPEN' (the Win2k client has ZoneAlarm protection of its own); this is truly the only sticking point. I'm under the impression that selecting 'SIMPLE' rather than 'OPEN' provides an additional layer of protection to the gateway by preventing certain spoofing attacks. Unfortunately, I seem unable to switch the firewall type without crippling my Win2k box's functionality. Perhaps I'll give it a go again sometime in the future. Here's a copy of the relevant files: //natd.conf unregistered_only interface rl0 use_sockets dynamic redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:5800 5800 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:5900 5900 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:412 412 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:1412 1412 punch_fw 2000:50 //rc.conf gateway_enable=YES hostname=usha.dyndns.org ifconfig_rl0=DHCP ifconfig_rl1=inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 kern_securelevel_enable=NO firewall_enable=YES firewall_type=OPEN # firewall_type=SIMPLE firewall_quiet=NO natd_enable=YES natd_interface=rl0 natd_flags=-f /etc/natd.conf linux_enable=YES sendmail_enable=NO sshd_enable=YES -R James Earl wrote: If you want your gateway to forward DNS queries from your private network, you will probably have to run named to answer the DNS queries and forward them out to your ISP's name servers. You may also want to run a DHCP server. I don't believe ipfw has the forwarding capability your looking for in this case. You may want to get the DNS setup first, and then enable ipfw once you know that named is setup properly. As for the firewall rules, you'd probably just have to modify slightly the DNS related ones that already exist under SIMPLE. Instead of letting DNS queries in from the outside, you want to let DNS queries in from the inside. Let me know if you have any other questions, and I'll try to help. James On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 21:06, Rishi Chopra wrote: If I want the gateway to forward DNS queries (e.g. have the win2k box query the gateway for DNS requests) what do I need to do? What would the rule look like? James Earl wrote: On Mon, 2004-01-19 at 13:58, Rishi Chopra wrote: What I want to do: (1) Change firewall type from 'OPEN' to 'SIMPLE' and (2) Forward ports 412 and 5800 to my Win2k box. What I have: The setup is pictured below. IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT, IPDIVERT and IPFILTER are all enabled in my kernel config file, are also enabled. Rule-of-thumb advice about how best to secure a network is not necessary in this case (the Win2k box has its own firewall installed (ZoneAlarm) and I already know too much about security). ISP FreeBSD GatewayWin2k Box --rl0--rl1--- ALLDHCP 192.168.0.1 192.168.0.2 The problem: When I chenge the firewall type to SIMPLE from OPEN, the Win2k box can no longer query DNS and pings to the 192.168.0.1 address do not work. With the firewall type set to OPEN, there are no problems whatsoever. I am also new to the IPFW syntax. What I would like to know is: (1) the syntax for forwarding incomming connections from rl0 to rl1 (and ultimately to 192.168.0.2) and (2) whether the syntax for allowing connections to the outside network (such as DNS) is correct and if some other problem is preventing the win2k box from querying DNS when SIMPLE is enabled. The FreeBSD Handbook can describe port redirection using NAT better than I can: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-natd.html With the SIMPLE firewall rules, all your machines on your LAN should be able to establish connections. Make sure that you have your ISP's DNS servers IP's specified on the win2k machine, and also that your FreeBSD machines IP is setup as the default gateway in win2k. You shouldn't be able to ping the FreeBSD gateway from the win2k machine because of the FreeBSD gateway's firewall. Anther test... try accessing a machine out on the Internet using it's ip address and see if you get out. James ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help?
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:33:57PM -0800, Adam Bozanich wrote: Hi all. I am having a really hard time getting sendmail to work for me. I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that requires smtp authentication. Judging by the .mc files and so forth you attached, you seem to have gone a long way towards achieving that. You don't mention SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) -- by default, the sendmail on FreeBSD doesn't contain any SASL functionality, but you will need to add it in order to use authentication. First install the security/cyrus-sasl2 port. Then edit your /etc/make.conf to change the sendmail(8) compilation to include linking in the SASL libraries: SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL=2 SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl2 Then rebuild and re-install sendmail from the system sources. Easiest way to do that is to do a complete 'make buildworld, make installworld' cycle as documented in the handbook. Then you need to add the SASL options to your sendmail configuration, as you have done. There are some more detailed instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-auth.html (Those instructions actually apply to SASL v1 -- but it works almost identically with the SASL2 settingd as I showed above). See also: http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html but those instructions are for an older version of sendmail, so you'll have to take care to work out what is still applicable. For now, I'd simply like to be able to send mail from this local machine. I think the problem I am having is that the from: field in emails still has my local user name, rather than the one required by my isp. That's what the genericstable stuff should fix for you. It's something that generally works really easily, so there's not that much in the way of HOWTOs about. See items 6 and 7 of: http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html You don't need the rest of the stuff described on that page. Use sendmail's address test mode (sendmail -bt) to check that the rewriting is occuring as intended. Here is the sendmail section of /etc/rc.conf: ### Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options ## ## mta_start_script=/etc/rc.sendmail # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc. # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail: sendmail_flags=-L sm-mta -bd # Flags to sendmail (as a server) sendmail_submit_enable=YES # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail submission sendmail_submit_flags=-L sm-mta -bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost # Flags for localhost-only MTA sendmail_outbound_enable=YES# Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO). sendmail_outbound_flags=-L sm-queue -q1m # Flags to sendmail (outbound only) sendmail_msp_queue_enable=YES # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO). # sendmail _msp_queue_flags=-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m sendmail_msp_queue_flags=-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q1m I don't really understand this at all. I changed the -q1m parts because I don't want sendmail to wait to send stuff... but I'm not sure if I should have. Eeek! Don't do that. '-q1m' means process the queue at a frequency of once per minute, not wait for a minute before doing anything. Sendmail MSP (Mail Submission Process) will try and send the message immediately (unless you go out of your way to configure it not to do that) -- you haven't mentioned any modifications to freebsd.submit.mc, which probably means you're using the default version. That's good -- it's quite unlikely you'll need to change that at all. If the message cannot be delivered at once, sendmail MSP will deposit it in the queue file for later action. Running the queue once per minute is far too often for a typical home user machine. There's no point in trying to flush the queue too often, as you need to give the intended recipients a chance to fix whatever was wrong. Plus you don't need to copy the defaults out of /etc/defaults/rc.conf wholesale. You can put just the settings you've modified into /etc/rc.conf. What does sendmail_msp_que do? Do I need it? That's a sendmail process that checks the MSP queue (/var/spool/clientmqueue) and attempts to inject any as yet unprocessed messages into your sendmail MTA (Mail Transport Agent). Yes, you almost definitely need it. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: NTP doesn't work behind IPF firewall?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I kill both ntpd processes so the socket is no longer in use, I can manually set the time with ntpdate. I can't figure out why two ntpd processes get spawned - it's like that on both servers, and even after a reboot both appear again... EA Most odd. What happens if you set xntpd_enable=NO in rc.conf? Do you still end up with an ntpd process running after a reboot? On the plus side, it looks as though your firewall is fine. Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
umass.o error
Hey I tried compiling with quota and commented out a few things that i thought i didn't need for the specific box and got this error while doing make. umass.o: In function `umass_cam_attach_sim': umass.o(.text+0x142b): undefined reference to `cam_simq_alloc' umass.o(.text+0x1451): undefined reference to `cam_sim_alloc' umass.o(.text+0x146a): undefined reference to `xpt_bus_register' umass.o(.text+0x147a): undefined reference to `cam_simq_free' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_rescan_callback': umass.o(.text+0x1493): undefined reference to `xpt_free_path' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_rescan': umass.o(.text+0x14dd): undefined reference to `xpt_periph' umass.o(.text+0x14e6): undefined reference to `xpt_create_path' umass.o(.text+0x14f9): undefined reference to `xpt_setup_ccb' umass.o(.text+0x1514): undefined reference to `xpt_action' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_detach_sim': umass.o(.text+0x15cb): undefined reference to `xpt_bus_deregister' umass.o(.text+0x15e9): undefined reference to `cam_sim_free' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_detach': umass.o(.text+0x162a): undefined reference to `xpt_create_path' umass.o(.text+0x164b): undefined reference to `xpt_async' umass.o(.text+0x1653): undefined reference to `xpt_free_path' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_action': umass.o(.text+0x19d3): undefined reference to `xpt_done' umass.o(.text+0x19e5): undefined reference to `xpt_done' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_cb': umass.o(.text+0x1afd): undefined reference to `xpt_done' umass.o: In function `umass_cam_sense_cb': umass.o(.text+0x1c04): undefined reference to `xpt_done' umass.o(.text+0x1c15): undefined reference to `xpt_done' umass.o(.text+0x1c2f): more undefined references to `xpt_done' follow *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/src/sys/compile/FLUXM. I am clueless to what to do here. This is my conf file. machine i386 #cpuI386_CPU cpu I486_CPU cpu I586_CPU cpu I686_CPU ident FLUXM maxusers0 #makeoptionsDEBUG=-g#Build kernel with gdb(1) debug symbols #optionsMATH_EMULATE#Support for x87 emulation options INET#InterNETworking #optionsINET6 #IPv6 communications protocols options FFS #Berkeley Fast Filesystem options FFS_ROOT#FFS usable as root device [keep this!] #optionsSOFTUPDATES #Enable FFS soft updates support options UFS_DIRHASH #Improve performance on big directories #optionsMFS #Memory Filesystem options MD_ROOT #MD is a potential root device #optionsNFS #Network Filesystem #optionsNFS_ROOT#NFS usable as root device, NFS required #optionsMSDOSFS #MSDOS Filesystem options CD9660 #ISO 9660 Filesystem options CD9660_ROOT #CD-ROM usable as root, CD9660 required options PROCFS #Process filesystem options COMPAT_43 #Compatible with BSD 4.3 [KEEP THIS!] #optionsSCSI_DELAY=15000#Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI options UCONSOLE#Allow users to grab the console options USERCONFIG #boot -c editor options VISUAL_USERCONFIG #visual boot -c editor options KTRACE #ktrace(1) support options SYSVSHM #SYSV-style shared memory options SYSVMSG #SYSV-style message queues options SYSVSEM #SYSV-style semaphores options P1003_1B#Posix P1003_1B real-time extensions options _KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING options ICMP_BANDLIM#Rate limit bad replies options KBD_INSTALL_CDEV# install a CDEV entry in /dev options AHC_REG_PRETTY_PRINT# Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~128k to driver. options AHD_REG_PRETTY_PRINT# Print register bitfields in debug # output. Adds ~215k to driver. # To make an SMP kernel, the next two are needed #optionsSMP # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel #optionsAPIC_IO # Symmetric (APIC) I/O # To support HyperThreading, HTT is needed in addition to SMP and APIC_IO #optionsHTT # HyperThreading Technology device isa device eisa device pci # Floppy drives device fdc0at isa? port IO_FD1 irq 6 drq 2 device fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 device fd1 at fdc0 drive 1 # # If you have a Toshiba Libretto with its Y-E Data PCMCIA floppy, # don't use the above line for fdc0 but the following one: #device fdc0 # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata0at
Re: umass.o error
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:47:54AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey I tried compiling with quota and commented out a few things that i thought i didn't need for the specific box and got this error while doing make. umass.o: In function `umass_cam_attach_sim': umass.o(.text+0x142b): undefined reference to `cam_simq_alloc' [snip] # SCSI peripherals #device scbus # SCSI bus (required) #device da # Direct Access (disks) [snip] device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da Enable scbus and da, and then things should work better. -- Insert your favourite quote here. Erik Trulsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: umass.o error
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:47:54AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey I tried compiling with quota and commented out a few things that i thought i didn't need for the specific box and got this error while doing make. umass.o: In function `umass_cam_attach_sim': [...] *** Error code 1 Did you read the comment after 'device umass' in your kernel config? -- greetz Joost [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
network and firewall questions
I'm still very much a newbie regarding networking issues and firewalls; so if I need to be slapped, please be gentle. ;-) Most of my home computers are behind a NAT router with very simple firewalls -- let all requests out, allow established in, deny everything else. I put a test computer in the DMZ the other day to experiment with firewalls, and remote access as I travel next week. Can someone access your computer by a port if nothing is listening to that port? If not, then if you turn off services that you don't use and need to access used services remotely (i.e. let them through a firewall), do you need a firewall? Thanks, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: record single files in IDE CDRW
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 12:33:11 -0300 Roberto Pereyra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all ! How can I burn single files in a cdrom (RW-IDE) ? Burncd allow burn iso files only ? # burncd -f device -s speed my_single_file where device == your CDRW speed == teh speed you want my_single_file = the file you want to burn I want to burn files many times with the same cdrom (open session). to *close* the session you would use fixate as the last thing on the burncd line; so don't use it. Any hint ? Reading the files written this way could be a little bit difficult. Thanks in advance (excuse my english, I not english speaker) roberto ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thank you
On Thursday 22 January 2004 09:44, Khoi - San Zulu wrote: Good day. I would like to extend to you, whomever you are, my heartfelt gratitude for this operating system. I come from a poor community in the heart of South Africa. I learned about computers and how they work, using Microsoft operating systems. I have had no experience with any other operating system besides this. Windows NT, 2000 and XP. I was given a copy of FreeBSD release 5.0 by a gentleman I happened to meet whom is into the Unix Operating system. He gave me 2 CD-Rom disks and 2 Stiffy disks. I have read your site, I found it most informative. I installed the FreeBSD Operating System onto a Pentium II computer. It worked first time, Great I searched on Google for commands and have found some. I searched your site, but my burning question is, How do I start the Graphical Interfaces, KDE and Gnome? I did a Custom Installation following the directions of the website. I installed all the packages and Ports. I want to learn everything. You should have XFree86 and KDE or Gnome installed. When you're done with that it's time to configure your video card. This can be done in 2 ways : graphical or in text-mode by selecting your hardware from a list. The command to start the graphical configuration utility is : xf86cfg And the command to start the text-based configuration utility is : xf86config When you're done, make sure that you have the config-file that has been generated in /etc/X11/XF86Config . Now when you type kdm you should get a graphical login-screen where you can login with your username and password. After logging in KDE should apear. I am of the understanding that the Operating System loves command line. I dont feel that I am at that level yet to configure from the command line. An old adage in South AFrica goes, work from what you know, to what you don't know. I want to learn everything about the Operating System. I see its Potential is GREAT So much can be done for the people who cannot afford old or new computers never mind the licenses for the Other operating systems here like Novell and Microsoft. I desperately want to learn about this. I have come to an internet cafe to educate myself further. My problem is that resources are limited here regarding our access to Alternative Operating Systems and equipment. The potential that the discovery of this Operating System and what it offers makes me salivate with happiness. I can make a meal of this and do so many things within the community along the lines of empowerment I have heard about Linux, but have read from a few sources that the FreeBSD Operating system is amongst the more secure out there as well as that FreeBSD 5.0 has the ability to emulate linux. So In my understanding I get multiple Operating Systems, with Multiple capabilities all roled into 1 ( well 2 disks!). Please help in this regard. If possible, please help me with the commands or where I can find them!!! I would appreciate this greatly First of all : Remember, Google is your friend :) With Google you can find a lot of shell introduction pages (searching for things like shell script commands or learning shell scripts ) A good example of a page that explains some basic shell commands can be found here : http://www.ii.uned.es/~apm/Doc/Shell1.html Good luck finding your way into FreeBSD ! grtz, Daan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports
Thanks to all of you that responded. I did not want to install Apache just to have something listening on port 80. So I edited /etc/services and commented out the http 80 statements and the telnet 23 statements and them copied the telnet tcp statement and changes it's port to 80. Enabled inetd in rc.conf. I used one of my LAN PC's to telnet into to port 80 and it worked. I then called my friend with winme box who uses different ISP. He logged on and used native dos to try to telnet into my port 25 and 80. In both cases he was not able to connect to my IP address. This proves that Adelphia cable service is blocking those 2 ports. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of michael Alexander Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of fbsd_user Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:39 PM To: Dinesh Nair Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ORG Subject: RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports My friends PC is an MS/Windows 98 box. I know all windows system have telnet in command.com. Which is reachable from start/run and opens an native dos window. Would anybody know the syntax of the native dos telnet command to include the port number to use? telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx would get me to the telnet port at that IP address. I believe Just add the port number at the end... Telnet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 25 For testing a mail server connection for example. I don't have anything that old to test it on though. Works in XP for sure, I use it frequently. -Mike ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: sendmail help?
I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't think you understand how your ISP works. ISP's do not allow direct smtp access to their email servers, they consider it an security risk to their environment. Did your ISP tech support tell you they allow direct smtp access to their email services, or are you confusing pop3 access with smtp? You have to use fetchmail to retrieve your email from your ISP's pop3 server to populate your sendmail server. This is how all non-commercial users do it. Beside it's a whole lot easier to install the fetchmail package then reinstall sendmail with sasl support. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matthew Seaman Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 7:10 AM To: Adam Bozanich Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: sendmail help? On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:33:57PM -0800, Adam Bozanich wrote: Hi all. I am having a really hard time getting sendmail to work for me. I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that requires smtp authentication. Judging by the .mc files and so forth you attached, you seem to have gone a long way towards achieving that. You don't mention SASL (Simple Authentication and Security Layer) -- by default, the sendmail on FreeBSD doesn't contain any SASL functionality, but you will need to add it in order to use authentication. First install the security/cyrus-sasl2 port. Then edit your /etc/make.conf to change the sendmail(8) compilation to include linking in the SASL libraries: SENDMAIL_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include -DSASL=2 SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD=-lsasl2 Then rebuild and re-install sendmail from the system sources. Easiest way to do that is to do a complete 'make buildworld, make installworld' cycle as documented in the handbook. Then you need to add the SASL options to your sendmail configuration, as you have done. There are some more detailed instructions here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/smtp-auth. html (Those instructions actually apply to SASL v1 -- but it works almost identically with the SASL2 settingd as I showed above). See also: http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html but those instructions are for an older version of sendmail, so you'll have to take care to work out what is still applicable. For now, I'd simply like to be able to send mail from this local machine. I think the problem I am having is that the from: field in emails still has my local user name, rather than the one required by my isp. That's what the genericstable stuff should fix for you. It's something that generally works really easily, so there's not that much in the way of HOWTOs about. See items 6 and 7 of: http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html You don't need the rest of the stuff described on that page. Use sendmail's address test mode (sendmail -bt) to check that the rewriting is occuring as intended. Here is the sendmail section of /etc/rc.conf: ### Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) options ## ## mta_start_script=/etc/rc.sendmail # Script to start your chosen MTA, called by /etc/rc. # Settings for /etc/rc.sendmail: sendmail_flags=-L sm-mta -bd # Flags to sendmail (as a server) sendmail_submit_enable=YES # Start a localhost-only MTA for mail submission sendmail_submit_flags=-L sm-mta -bd -ODaemonPortOptions=Addr=localhost # Flags for localhost-only MTA sendmail_outbound_enable=YES# Dequeue stuck mail (YES/NO). sendmail_outbound_flags=-L sm-queue -q1m # Flags to sendmail (outbound only) sendmail_msp_queue_enable=YES # Dequeue stuck clientmqueue mail (YES/NO). # sendmail _msp_queue_flags=-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q30m sendmail_msp_queue_flags=-L sm-msp-queue -Ac -q1m I don't really understand this at all. I changed the -q1m parts because I don't want sendmail to wait to send stuff... but I'm not sure if I should have. Eeek! Don't do that. '-q1m' means process the queue at a frequency of once per minute, not wait for a minute before doing anything. Sendmail MSP (Mail Submission Process) will try and send the message immediately (unless you go out of your way to configure it not to do that) -- you haven't mentioned any modifications to freebsd.submit.mc, which probably means you're using the default version. That's good -- it's quite unlikely you'll need to change that at all. If the message cannot be delivered at once, sendmail MSP will deposit it in the queue file for later action. Running the queue once per minute is far too often for a typical home user machine. There's no point in trying to flush the queue too often, as you need to give the intended recipients a chance to fix whatever was wrong. Plus you don't need to copy the defaults out of /etc/defaults/rc.conf wholesale. You can put just the settings you've modified
Re: Newbie Graphic card question
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 11:23:31 +0100 Gafgo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello. I am trying to install v 5.2 on my new computer. I have done succesful installations on my old computer where everything worked perfect. My problem now is that I can´t find my graphic card when I am conf Xfree86. I have a Asus (ATI) Radeon 9200 SE. When I try to start X it doesn´t work, even if I try vga generic and other settings. Is it so bad that I have to buy a new card or is there other sollutions?? I have looked at Xfree86.org driver section and my card isn´t mentioned even in their latest release. Hope that someone has an answer that will be cheaper than buying a new card. Many thanks Nicolas http://www.xfree86.org/current/Status6.html#6 Bellow it's my X config; I'm using a Radeon 9000. The thing you are after is: Driver ati in the Device section; or radeon might work. Section ServerLayout Identifier XFree86 Configured Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 InputDeviceMouse0 CorePointer InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard EndSection Section Files RgbPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb ModulePath /usr/X11R6/lib/modules FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/ FontPath /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/ EndSection Section Module Load dbe # Load dri Load extmod Load glx Load record Load xtrap Load speedo Load type1 EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Keyboard0 Driver keyboard EndSection Section InputDevice Identifier Mouse0 Driver mouse Option Protocol auto Option Device /dev/sysmouse # Option Buttons # Option XAxisMapping 4 5 # Option YAxisMapping 8 9 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 6 7 EndSection Section Monitor #DisplaySize 300 230 # mm Identifier Monitor0 VendorName NOK ModelNameNokia 447Za ModeLine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync ModeLine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync ModeLine [EMAIL PROTECTED] 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync Option DPMS EndSection Section Device ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: i: integer, f: float, bool: True/False, ### string: String, freq: f Hz/kHz/MHz ### [arg]: arg optional #Option NoAccel # [bool] #Option SWcursor # [bool] #Option Dac6Bit # [bool] #Option Dac8Bit # [bool] #Option ForcePCIMode # [bool] #Option CPPIOMode # [bool] #Option CPusecTimeout # i #Option AGPMode # i #Option AGPFastWrite # [bool] #Option AGPSize # i #Option RingSize # i #Option BufferSize# i #Option EnableDepthMoves # [bool] #Option EnablePageFlip# [bool] #Option NoBackBuffer # [bool] #Option PanelOff # [bool] #Option DDCMode # [bool] #Option CloneDisplay # i #Option CloneMode # [str] #Option CloneHSync# [str] #Option CloneVRefresh # [str] #Option UseFBDev # [bool] #Option VideoKey # i Identifier Card0 Driver ati VendorName ATI Technologies Inc BoardName Radeon R250 If [Radeon 9000] BusID PCI:1:0:0 EndSection Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 MonitorMonitor0 DefaultDepth24 SubSection Display Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1152x864 EndSubSection EndSection -- IOnut Unregistered ;) FreeBSD user ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: C programming: ADT support
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 11:11:23 +0100 r t g tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] probably wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some ADT's like lists trees and such, to be used in C programs. Is there a librarie out there? Tnx, --- robert t g tan I imply the word `for FreeBSD' somewhere in your question (if not, Google is your friend - go find the libs yourself). $ apropos singly-linked list SLIST_EMPTY(3), SLIST_ENTRY(3), SLIST_FIRST(3), SLIST_FOREACH(3), ... and a screenful more of implementations of singly-linked lists, singly-linked tail queues, lists, tail queues and circular queues Have fun! P.S. Is it so difficult to make them yourself? -- DoubleF Eggheads unite! You have nothing to lose but your yolks. -- Adlai Stevenson pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: sendmail help?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't think you understand how your ISP works. ISP's do not allow direct smtp access to their email servers, they consider it an security risk to their environment. Erm, the OP is trying to send mail, not receive it: Hi all. I am having a really hard time getting sendmail to work for me. I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that requires smtp authentication. ISPs generally do allow access to their servers for outgoing mail. Most of them positively encourage it, in fact :-) Scott ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
remote X display
Hi all, I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about security. Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through all of the xdm configuration hoops? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help?
fbsd_user wrote: I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't think you understand how your ISP works. ISP's do not allow direct smtp access to their email servers, they consider it an security risk to their environment. Sorry, this isn't true. But they don't operate open relays. There are a number of ways to limit use to valid customers, such as only relaying for computers with ip addresses in a particular range or subnet or, as in this case, some form of authentication. If you have a dsl connection, you sometimes _have to_ send outgoing mail via your ISP's smtp servers. Some ISPs actually block all outgoing smtp traffic that is NOT routed through one of their servers. In other cases, ip address blocks used for DSL connections get blacklisted. I've just come across an example where this has happened with a major US academic institution and to quote their security team anonymously: quote We've received many complaints from our staff about spam which came directly from poorly administered/hacked machines in this particular domainname.obscured.com range, so we've blocked it. If you can arrange with someone else (ISP-name-obscured, for instance) to have your outbound e-mail sent through their mail servers, then we can accept your e-mail, but we no longer accept e-mail sent directly to us from mail servers sitting on dialup/DSL/cable/broadband/pooled connections. /quote I've been routing outgoing e-mail via the smtp servers of various ISPs for years. PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Formatting Zip Drive Disks
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Gerard Seibert wrote: Do you have any suggestions? I have tried mounting in various ways, but they all fail. Formatting via /stand/sysinstall has not corrected the problem. have you considered making a filesystem on the zip disk ? Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: sendmail help?
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, fbsd_user wrote: I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't think you understand how your ISP works. ISP's do not allow direct smtp access to their email servers, they consider it an security risk to their environment. Did are you serious ? i sometimes send mail out, by connecting to my ISP's smtp servers. i believe this practice is the same worldwide. however, due to spam and open relays, some isps may filter access to their smtp server to only allow thier customers. this can be done either thru smtp authentication or by ip address filtering (which malaysian isps use). Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, fbsd_user wrote: port 25 and 80. In both cases he was not able to connect to my IP address. This proves that Adelphia cable service is blocking those 2 ports. has adelphia given you a public ip address or are you behind a NAT box (perhaps on the adelphia network itself) ? Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo==+ | for a in past present future; do| | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
On 22/01/04 14:53 +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: Hi all, I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about security. Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through all of the xdm configuration hoops? One idea is to use SSH. If you have sshd on the remote desktop you can use ssh -X to enable X11 forwarding. Just ssh into the remote box and run the X application and you're set to go, provided that X11 forwarding is enabled in the remote sshd_config. Good Luck, Jason ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 02:53:53PM +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about security. Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through all of the xdm configuration hoops? you can do the following : run gdm on the server, start gdmconfig as root, enable XDMCP then on the client start X as following : X -query ipaddress_of_your_server ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. Use ssh's -X flag: somehost ssh -X [EMAIL PROTECTED] remotemachine echo $DISPLAY somehost.example.com:10.0 remotemachine xclock Don't forget to enable X forwarding in /etc/ssh/sshd_config: X11Forwarding yes All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about security. Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through all of the xdm configuration hoops? ssh X11 forwarding is much more secure than DISPLAY/xhosts/xdm etc..., because: 1. Your X11 server doesn't have to listen to port 6000 (You don't have to add '-listen_tcp' to startx command) 2. The communication between server and client is encrypted Of course, YMMV. NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:08:46AM -0500, Jason Stewart wrote: : On 22/01/04 14:53 +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: : : Hi all, : : I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I : see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use : xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. : : All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client : connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about : security. : : Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through : all of the xdm configuration hoops? : : : One idea is to use SSH. : If you have sshd on the remote desktop you can use ssh -X to enable : X11 forwarding. Just ssh into the remote box and run the X : application and you're set to go, provided that X11 forwarding is : enabled in the remote sshd_config. Ah, I remember seeing this before, now that I think about it. Thanks for the reminder. Do I do this from the console or from an xterm? In other words, should X already be running? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
: One idea is to use SSH. : If you have sshd on the remote desktop you can use ssh -X to enable : X11 forwarding. Just ssh into the remote box and run the X : application and you're set to go, provided that X11 forwarding is : enabled in the remote sshd_config. Ah, I remember seeing this before, now that I think about it. Thanks for the reminder. Do I do this from the console or from an xterm? In other words, should X already be running? X should be already running. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:23, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: Hi all, I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about security. Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through all of the xdm configuration hoops? The machine you're actually sitting at needs to be running X-terminal software, that is X server and xdm or some equivalent. X applications can be run on either machine for control from there. In my opinion ssh is a much tidier way than rsh/xhost for running X applications remotely. Have a look at the special options in ssh for X transport in the man page, particularly -X and -f. xfig I only know as a (rather good) vector based drawing program but is just an ordinary X application without any special connection with operating across the network. Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
local mail delivery
Hi, I am wondering how should I setup a server. I have installed spamassassin, and am using fetchmail to get mail from another host. Now, I wouldn't want to install procmail. I do not understand how the mail travels: I make a ssh connection to start imapd on the target mail-host with fetchmail, to get the mail, but to whom program does fetchmail give it to? sendmail? Or does it put it directly in the mailspool? Some other program? I have spamd running, so does it know that sendmail/spool/other is getting these mails, and would know to scan them? I am running 5.1 out-of-the-box with programs installed from a recent ports-tree. Thank you in advance. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
web site on freebsd
Dear Sirs, I would like to create a website on FreeBSD to promote it and offer support, and boards. I read on the official FreeBSD website the copyright statement. Would you allow me please to create such a web site? Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Thanks, Charles. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote X display
what about setting the server with VNC? then the client connects with vnc client and you can run all the apps from the server from any machine. Unless I'm totally off. - Original Message - From: Malcolm Kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jonathon McKitrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:26 AM Subject: Re: remote X display On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 01:23, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: Hi all, I have been looking all over for a concise howto for remote X on FreeBSD. I see some that involve changing config files in the xdm directory, others use xhost, and another uses xfig, which doesn't exist under FreeBSD AFAICT. All I want to do is use a laptop in a local network to be an X client connected to a more powerful desktop machine. I'm not worried about security. Is xhosts and the DISPLAY variable all I need? Or do I need to go through all of the xdm configuration hoops? The machine you're actually sitting at needs to be running X-terminal software, that is X server and xdm or some equivalent. X applications can be run on either machine for control from there. In my opinion ssh is a much tidier way than rsh/xhost for running X applications remotely. Have a look at the special options in ssh for X transport in the man page, particularly -X and -f. xfig I only know as a (rather good) vector based drawing program but is just an ordinary X application without any special connection with operating across the network. Malcolm Kay ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: local mail delivery
Fetchmail retrieves mail from remote mail servers and forwards it via SMTP, so it can then be read by normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm(1) or BSD Mail. It allows all your system MTA's filtering, forwarding, and aliasing facilities to work just as they would on normal mail. in short: it is fetched and inserted into your mta taken from http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/ greetings ruediger mikko wrote: Hi, I am wondering how should I setup a server. I have installed spamassassin, and am using fetchmail to get mail from another host. Now, I wouldn't want to install procmail. I do not understand how the mail travels: I make a ssh connection to start imapd on the target mail-host with fetchmail, to get the mail, but to whom program does fetchmail give it to? sendmail? Or does it put it directly in the mailspool? Some other program? I have spamd running, so does it know that sendmail/spool/other is getting these mails, and would know to scan them? I am running 5.1 out-of-the-box with programs installed from a recent ports-tree. Thank you in advance. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports
This is public ip 67.20.101.xxx as far as I know. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dinesh Nair Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:39 AM To: fbsd_user Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; michael Alexander; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: how to tell if my ISP is blocking email web ports On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, fbsd_user wrote: port 25 and 80. In both cases he was not able to connect to my IP address. This proves that Adelphia cable service is blocking those 2 ports. has adelphia given you a public ip address or are you behind a NAT box (perhaps on the adelphia network itself) ? Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo ==+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=== ==+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: local mail delivery
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:05:09PM +0200, mikko wrote: I make a ssh connection to start imapd on the target mail-host with fetchmail, to get the mail, but to whom program does fetchmail give it to? sendmail? Or does it put it directly in the mailspool? Some other program? fetchmail(1) generally hands off the received mail to sendmail(8) for local delivery. However, you can configure it to pass the mail directly to procmail(1) or some other local delivery agent if you know that all the incoming mail is addressed to just one account. Since you don't want to use procmail(8), probably that would have to be the default delivery agent: mail.local(8) Since you're using spamd, you need some way of feeding the mail to it for scanning. That's generally done via procmail rules, but you can use a sendmail milter instead -- see the mail/spamass-milter port for example. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: sendmail help?
Yes I am serious. I have used 5 different ISP's over the years and not one let sendmail have direct access to their smtp email servers. They all required me to use their pop3 server which is something totally different. I believe the original poster was asking about using sendmail to retrieve email from his ISP's smtp server. And it's still a lot easier to install fetchmail than to reinstall sendmail. -Original Message- From: Dinesh Nair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 9:42 AM To: fbsd_user Cc: Matthew Seaman; Adam Bozanich; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: sendmail help? On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, fbsd_user wrote: I think you are barking up the wrong tree. I don't think you understand how your ISP works. ISP's do not allow direct smtp access to their email servers, they consider it an security risk to their environment. Did are you serious ? i sometimes send mail out, by connecting to my ISP's smtp servers. i believe this practice is the same worldwide. however, due to spam and open relays, some isps may filter access to their smtp server to only allow thier customers. this can be done either thru smtp authentication or by ip address filtering (which malaysian isps use). Regards, /\_/\ All dogs go to heaven. [EMAIL PROTECTED](0 0)http://www.alphaque.com/ +==oOO--(_)--OOo ==+ | for a in past present future; do | | for b in clients employers associates relatives neighbours pets; do | | echo The opinions here in no way reflect the opinions of my $a $b. | | done; done | +=== ==+ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading mysql
It seems like some port i want to install depend on mysql4, but i have some programs that depends on mysql-client-3.23.58_1 ( I also have mysql-server-3.23.58_1 installed) I was wondering upgrading the mysql ports to 4.x series. should this be okay? gallery-1.4.1 ,p5-Mysql-modules-1.2219, php4-4.3.4_5, phpMyAdmin-2.5.4, phpSysInfo-2.1 and squirrelmail-1.4.2_1 seems to like mysql-3, and i was wondering if these ports will work with mysql4. and if this works, how will be the correct way of upgrading the mysql packages? -- Med vennlig hilsen / Best regards Christer Solskogen http://dtz.cjb.net - http://carebears.mine.nu Cheap, but not as cheap as your girlfriend! -Spider Jerusalem ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:43:45AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: I believe the original poster was asking about using sendmail to retrieve email from his ISP's smtp server. And it's still a lot easier to install fetchmail than to reinstall sendmail. The OP said: I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that requires smtp authentication. Which part of outgoing are you having difficulty understanding? Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: local mail delivery
i made my fetchmail feed it into my exim using my local mailaddress as recipient so it will go through amavis, spamassassin and finally maildrop so it is inserted into my maildir. greetings ruediger Matthew Seaman wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 06:05:09PM +0200, mikko wrote: I make a ssh connection to start imapd on the target mail-host with fetchmail, to get the mail, but to whom program does fetchmail give it to? sendmail? Or does it put it directly in the mailspool? Some other program? fetchmail(1) generally hands off the received mail to sendmail(8) for local delivery. However, you can configure it to pass the mail directly to procmail(1) or some other local delivery agent if you know that all the incoming mail is addressed to just one account. Since you don't want to use procmail(8), probably that would have to be the default delivery agent: mail.local(8) Since you're using spamd, you need some way of feeding the mail to it for scanning. That's generally done via procmail rules, but you can use a sendmail milter instead -- see the mail/spamass-milter port for example. Cheers, Matthew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: C programming: ADT support
Make that C++ --- robert t g tan On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:11:23AM +0100, r t g tan wrote: Hi, I'm looking for some ADT's like lists trees and such, to be used in C programs. Is there a librarie out there? Tnx, --- robert t g tan pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrading mysql
On Thursday 22 January 2004 10:51 am, Christer Solskogen wrote: It seems like some port i want to install depend on mysql4, but i have some programs that depends on mysql-client-3.23.58_1 ( I also have mysql-server-3.23.58_1 installed) I was wondering upgrading the mysql ports to 4.x series. should this be okay? gallery-1.4.1 ,p5-Mysql-modules-1.2219, php4-4.3.4_5, phpMyAdmin-2.5.4, phpSysInfo-2.1 and squirrelmail-1.4.2_1 seems to like mysql-3, and i was wondering if these ports will work with mysql4. and if this works, how will be the correct way of upgrading the mysql packages? Below is a link to an article about portupgrade, a port that manages the upgrading of ports. Portupgrade has options to upgrade port dependencies as well as other ports that use the port you're upgrading. If you use the -n switch, portupgrade will report the steps required without actually performing the upgrade. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html Best of luck, Andrew Gould ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading mysql
On Thursday 22 January 2004 10:51 am, Christer Solskogen wrote: It seems like some port i want to install depend on mysql4, but i have some programs that depends on mysql-client-3.23.58_1 ( I also have mysql-server-3.23.58_1 installed) I was wondering upgrading the mysql ports to 4.x series. should this be okay? gallery-1.4.1 ,p5-Mysql-modules-1.2219, php4-4.3.4_5, phpMyAdmin-2.5.4, phpSysInfo-2.1 and squirrelmail-1.4.2_1 seems to like mysql-3, and i was wondering if these ports will work with mysql4. and if this works, how will be the correct way of upgrading the mysql packages? Below is a link to an article about portupgrade, a port that manages the upgrading of ports. Portupgrade has options to upgrade port dependencies as well as other ports that use the port you're upgrading. If you use the -n switch, portupgrade will report the steps required without actually performing the upgrade. http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html thanks, but i know this. my mysql-3 ports are up to date. but i want to migrate to mysql-4, and portupgrade wont do that for me. -- Med vennlig hilsen / Best regards Christer Solskogen http://dtz.cjb.net - http://carebears.mine.nu Cheap, but not as cheap as your girlfriend! -Spider Jerusalem ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help?
- Original Message - From: fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dinesh Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Adam Bozanich [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: RE: sendmail help? Yes I am serious. I have used 5 different ISP's over the years and not one let sendmail have direct access to their smtp email servers. They all required me to use their pop3 server which is something totally different. I believe the original poster was asking about using sendmail to retrieve email from his ISP's smtp server. And it's still a lot easier to install fetchmail than to reinstall sendmail. Did you place pop3.ispname.com in your smtp server field of Outlook and change the default port 25 to something else? If you didn't change the port, then their smtp daemon is listening for your traffinc on port 25 of the same server that they're running pop3 on. This isn't too uncommon. If the OP was asking about getting the ISP smtp server to send to his sendmail. For that to happen, at minimum, the following has to be done. He's got a static ip and the isp places a forward on his ISP account to forward to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and his system is configured to accept mail for xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx, or, he has a domain assigned with an mx record pointing to his home system. Fetchmail can't retrieve mail from an smtp server that I am currently aware of as it's designed to speak pop protocol and then deliver it locally to an awaiting smtp server for local delivery. -- Micheal Patterson TSG Network Administration 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help?
- Original Message - From: Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Dinesh Nair [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Adam Bozanich [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 10:57 AM Subject: Re: sendmail help? On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:43:45AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: I believe the original poster was asking about using sendmail to retrieve email from his ISP's smtp server. And it's still a lot easier to install fetchmail than to reinstall sendmail. The OP said: I have a dial up DSL account that gives me an outgoing smtp account that requires smtp authentication. Which part of outgoing are you having difficulty understanding? Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK Apparently he's having trouble understanding a number of things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if he's a troll or not. To assist the OP on this issue, check out this link: http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html#DefaultAuthInfo Within that site, it will give you assistance in setting up sendmail to act as an smtp client using smtp-auth. snippet DefaultAuthInfo (confDEF_AUTH_INFO) specifies a file in which the authorization identity, the authentication identity, the secret, and the realm to be used for authentication are stored. This file must be in a safe directory and unreadable by everyone except root (or TrustedUser). It is used when sendmail acts as a client to authenticate itself to a server. Example: admin admin MySecretPassword example.domain Notes: all data is case sensitive (usually) and the entire line is used in each case (including any white space!). recommended filename: /etc/mail/default-auth-info /snippet I trust this is what the OP's original intentions were. -- Micheal Patterson TSG Network Administration 405-917-0600 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: upgrading mysql
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 05:51:52PM +0100, Christer Solskogen wrote: It seems like some port i want to install depend on mysql4, but i have some programs that depends on mysql-client-3.23.58_1 ( I also have mysql-server-3.23.58_1 installed) I was wondering upgrading the mysql ports to 4.x series. should this be okay? gallery-1.4.1 ,p5-Mysql-modules-1.2219, php4-4.3.4_5, phpMyAdmin-2.5.4, phpSysInfo-2.1 and squirrelmail-1.4.2_1 seems to like mysql-3, and i was wondering if these ports will work with mysql4. Apart from gallery-1.4.1 and phpSysInfo-2.1 I have all of those working just fine with mysql-4.0.17. PHP will certainly link against any of the mysql versions available in ports, as will the perl DBI stuff and the MySQL JDBC interface. Anything that depends on those interfaces is therefore pretty much guarranteed to work. and if this works, how will be the correct way of upgrading the mysql packages? Take a backup of your database contents and any my.cnf files, just in case. Deinstall the mysql-3.x ports, using the '-f' (force) option. This should not destroy the actual data files used by mysql, just remove the various binaries and documentation. Now install which ever mysql-4.x port you require. Use 'pkgdb -F' to convice the ports system that all ports which formerly depended on mysql-3 now depend on mysql-4. This should be able to read the mysql-3 datafiles directly, although it may do some internal modifications, so don't count on being able to downgrade so easily. Nb. Some of the internal privilege control tables are different in mysql-4: you should review all of your GRANTS within the mysql database after doing the upgrade. Although as the difference is that there are some new privileges added everything should work pretty much straight away. Finally, rebuild all of the ports that depend on mysql-client so that they link against the correct shared libraries: # portupgrade -fNr -x databases/mysql40-client databases/mysql40-client (assuming you want the production version -- mysql-4.0.17) Most ports that require MySQL connectivity will automatically adjust to use the version you have installed. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: sendmail help?
Micheal Patterson wrote: Fetchmail can't retrieve mail from an smtp server that I am currently aware of as it's designed to speak pop protocol and then deliver it locally to an awaiting smtp server for local delivery. Fetchmail can use various protocols, including etrn, which is used to flush queues on smtp servers. This is a common protocol: Microsoft Exchange 2000 and 2003 ship without a pop3 client and use etrn exclusively (unless you install some 3rd party client). So you can use sendmail to collect mail using etrn, and most ISPs offer etrn, but this isn't what the OP was asking about. PWR. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vim startup time much longer than expected
Howdy folks, I NFS export my home directory from a 4-STABLE box. In this home directory are my .vimrc file and a couple of vim plugins that I use. When I launch vim (which I use with mutt) from a workstation running RedHat 7.3 it loads and is ready for input virtually instantly. When I launch vim from the server itself (local disk!) it takes several seconds before it's ready for input. As the config files are identical, I can't think of what else might be causing the difference. Perhaps compile options for the vim port (I use -WITHOUT_X on the FreeBSD server end)? It does seem, though I haven't attempted to profile or trace the process, that it's hanging much longer while displaying this in the status line: Pattern not found: ^ -- .* That's the result of my quoted .sig dumper for email replies (and thus isn't called when I'm composing a new mail): EMAIL Make VIM use shorter lines for emails au BufNewFile,BufRead .letter,mutt*,nn.*,snd.* set tw=72 Delete quoted .sig's au BufRead /tmp/mutt-* normal :g/^ -- .*/,/^$/-1d I don't understand why that would be faster on the workstation (which is half the box CPU-wise and NFS'ed) than the server. Perhaps the FreeBSD port of vim (6.2 rather than 6.1 on the client) incorporates a deliberate delay for warnings like that? In any case, if anyone is able to pass me some insight I'd much appreciate it. -T -- Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. -- David Gelernter, Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Port Forwarding
If the variables for the 'SIMPLE' rules are setup properly, 'SIMPLE' should be no different than using 'OPEN' from your win2k's perspective. This is assuming you don't have a broken rc.firewall file. Looking at your original post, your sample was missing the 'onet' variable. # set these to your outside interface network and netmask and ip oif=rl0 onet=???.???.???.??? omask=255.255.255.0 -- make sure this is right!!! oip=me # set these to your inside interface network and netmask and ip iif=rl1 inet=192.168.0.1 imask=255.255.255.0 iip=192.168.0.1 Also, you shouldn't be using IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT in your kernel configuration. I use: options IPFIREWALL options IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE options IPDIVERT Also see IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE_LIMIT in the firewall section of the Handbook. IPFIREWALL_VERBOSE allows you to get helpfull information in /var/log/security. If you are having troubles with connectivity, look in /var/log/security to see if it shows what's being blocked and by what rule. Hope this helps. James On Thu, 2004-01-22 at 04:54, Rishi Chopra wrote: James, I've configured my Win2k box to contact DNS directly, and both Direct Connect and VNC Server are running smoothly (port forwarding is being accomplished (per your suggestion) by natd.conf). I've set the firewall type to 'OPEN' (the Win2k client has ZoneAlarm protection of its own); this is truly the only sticking point. I'm under the impression that selecting 'SIMPLE' rather than 'OPEN' provides an additional layer of protection to the gateway by preventing certain spoofing attacks. Unfortunately, I seem unable to switch the firewall type without crippling my Win2k box's functionality. Perhaps I'll give it a go again sometime in the future. Here's a copy of the relevant files: //natd.conf unregistered_only interface rl0 use_sockets dynamic redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:5800 5800 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:5900 5900 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:412 412 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.2:1412 1412 punch_fw 2000:50 //rc.conf gateway_enable=YES hostname=usha.dyndns.org ifconfig_rl0=DHCP ifconfig_rl1=inet 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 kern_securelevel_enable=NO firewall_enable=YES firewall_type=OPEN # firewall_type=SIMPLE firewall_quiet=NO natd_enable=YES natd_interface=rl0 natd_flags=-f /etc/natd.conf linux_enable=YES sendmail_enable=NO sshd_enable=YES -R ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: C programming: ADT support
I'm looking for some ADT's like lists trees and such, to be used in C programs.=20 =20 Is there a librarie out there? Make that C++ Isn't the STL enough? http://www.stlport.org/ http://www.boost.org/ Examples for using the STL: http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/index.html -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: syslog news log?
--On Thursday, January 22, 2004 14:02:49 -0500 fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the facility news used for? Can I remove all the news stuff from /etc/syslog.conf file? If you aren't running a news server (news/inn, news/leafnode, others), yes, you can remove it. (I'd comment it out, but that's me). LER ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Linux compatible tools
Hi, I'm trying to install linux_base and linux_devtools ports, but FreeBSD can't fetch proper rpm's. And they are not on the given search sites. Is there some place I can redirect the search to or a place from which I can download missing rpm's? Regards, Ivailo Tanusheff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: syslog news log?
On Jan 22, 2004, at 2:02 PM, fbsd_user wrote: What is the facility news used for? Usenet news. See /usr/ports/news/inn. Can I remove all the news stuff from /etc/syslog.conf file? Sure. But it doesn't do any harm to leave the defaults alone. -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Domain name for local network?
If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the Internet via ppp, is there any way I can name my network? I don't want to register a name, just use it locally. This way I can refer to 'neptune.jonathon.org' or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'. NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:06:17PM -0500, parv wrote: : in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], : wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... : : I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very : much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying : to think of something interesting to do with it now. : : Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind : of learning experience? : : Try to run (Free|Net)BSD-current? Or even, Sun Solaris 2.9? Solaris? That might be interesting. You can order Solaris for x86 on CD free from Sun, correct? Does it work pretty well with laptop hardware? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Domain name for local network?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:32:36PM +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the Internet via ppp, is there any way I can name my network? I don't want to register a name, just use it locally. This way I can refer to 'neptune.jonathon.org' or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'. You can name it anything you like. If it were me, I'd set up an internal DNS which is authoritative for the local domain name you've chosen. That way it'll pick up the local machines for the domain-name but still work for non-local domains. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen [EMAIL PROTECTED]Once is dumb luck. Twice is coincidence. Three times and Somebody Is Trying To Tell You Something. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:23:52PM +1000, anubis wrote: : We have an old laptop and are going to turn it into a music on hold service : for our pabx. : : Will be uploading files to it via ftp and running a cron job to list all files : in the ftp directory and start playing them. People can listen while on hold : or we can listen in on the loudspeaker on the phone. : : There are plenty of command line driven players out there I am sure. Why a cron job to play them? Why not just ssh in and run it that way? jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
Please see this page: http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1044789670/index_html This is exactly the problem I am having now whenever I try to install either FreeBSD 4.9 or 5.1. Clearly, a lot of other users out there are having this problem too. FDisk absolutely refuses to accept the correct geometry values (the ones my BIOS tells me it is using to address the disk), instead insisting on using some values that are not even close to correct. Then after installation completes and I try to boot, I get a missing operating system message, which is no surprise given that the disk was addressed by the installer using the wrong geometry settings. Why the hell doesn't FDisk properly read the geometry settings from the BIOS in the first place (so that don't have to look them up and enter them myself during install), and why the hell doesn't it accept the correct values when I enter them? Isn't there *ANY* way to force it to accept the values I give it? I have a hard time imagining how this could be considered low priority or not important by the developers of the system. This is clearly a major defect in either documentation (if this is user error, a LOT of users are having the problem, so documentation must be deficient), or a major defect in the code. DISCLAIMER: I don't know if you folks are like the Linux community, but don't tell me to find the bug and fix it yourself, or to quit whining. It's perfectly reasonable for a user of a piece of software to expect it to work right. I'm not a developer, and shouldn't have to be. That's why *other* people are developers, so that I don't have to be. - Keith F. Kelly ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Thank you
Khoi - San Zulu wrote: I am of the understanding that the Operating System loves command line. I dont feel that I am at that level yet to configure from the command line. Make sure you read the New to Unix guide on http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/new-users/index.html and you might also want to have a look at the Unix documentation produced by my University, the University of Edinburgh, which is designed for people who never used Unix before - http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk One thing that newcomers to FreeBSD soon realise is that you can't keep away from the command line for long - best to learn and experiment with it! Andrew ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Domain name for local network?
Jonathan Chen wrote:
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:32:36PM +, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the Internet
via ppp, is there any way I can name my network? I don't want to register
a name, just use it locally. This way I can refer to 'neptune.jonathon.org'
or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'.
You can name it anything you like. If it were me, I'd set up an
internal DNS which is authoritative for the local domain name you've
chosen. That way it'll pick up the local machines for the domain-name
but still work for non-local domains.
I use this method all the time.
If you look at the headers of this email you'll find that my mail server
on my LAN refers to my desktop machine as spatula.flat which clearly
isn't a valid domain name :)
Here's how I set my local DNS up. Whenever I have to set it up again
somewhere else I always struggle to get it right, so hopefully this'll
help you out and mean that I can look it up in the archives next time I
forget. :D
I add the following to /etc/namedb/named.conf
-- start --
zone flat {
type master;
file flat.fwd;
};
zone 0.168.192.IN-ADDR.ARPA {
type master;
file 0.168.192.rev;
};
-- end --
Create /etc/namedb/flat.fwd with :
-- start --
; Zonefile for .flat
$TTL86400 ;default ttl 1day
@ IN SOA myriad.flat root.myriad.flat. (
2003102501 ;serial number YYMMDDNN
28800 ;refresh8 hours
7200;retry 2 hours
864000 ;expire 10 days
86400 ) ;min ttl1 day
NS myriad.flat.
$ORIGIN flat.
ewenIN A 192.168.0.1
spatula IN A 192.168.0.2
simmy IN A 192.168.0.2
guest0 IN A 192.168.0.100
guest1 IN A 192.168.0.101
guest2 IN A 192.168.0.102
myriad IN A 192.168.0.254
smtpIN PTR myriad.flat.
mailIN PTR myriad.flat.
pop3IN PTR myriad.flat.
imap4 IN PTR myriad.flat.
-- end --
And create /etc/namedb/0.168.192.rev containing:
-- start --
$TTL 86400
@IN SOA myriad.home. root.myriad.home (
200401080
86400
7200
864
86400 )
IN NS myriad.home.
1 IN PTR ewen.flat.
2 IN PTR spatula.flat.
3 IN PTR simmy.flat.
4 IN PTR spatula.home.
100 IN PTR guest0.flat.
101 IN PTR guest1.flat.
102 IN PTR guest3.flat.
254 IN PTR myriad.flat.
-- end --
Hopefully they're not to difficult to understand. The syntax of the
files is pretty specific though.
Oh and you need named_enable=YES in /etc/rc.conf
Mail back if you have any problems!
Andrew
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Problem with login.conf classes
Hello. I'm trying to create a login class on a 4.9 box that will add additional restrictions for some users. I can add the login.class entries to the default class and they work, but they apply to everyone. I only want them to apply to certain users, but this isn't working. Here's what I'm doing: I create a copy of the default entry with the name mygroup and add these entries to it: :login-backoff=0: :passwordtime=30d: mygroup:\ :passwd_format=md5:\ :copyright=/etc/COPYRIGHT:\ :welcome=/etc/motd:\ :setenv=MAIL=/var/mail/$,BLOCKSIZE=K,FTP_PASSIVE_MODE=YES:\ :path=/sbin /bin /usr/sbin /usr/bin /usr/games /usr/local/sbin /usr/local/bin /usr/X11R6/bin ~/bin:\ :nologin=/var/run/nologin:\ :cputime=unlimited:\ :datasize=unlimited:\ :stacksize=unlimited:\ :memorylocked=unlimited:\ :memoryuse=unlimited:\ :filesize=unlimited:\ :coredumpsize=unlimited:\ :openfiles=unlimited:\ :maxproc=unlimited:\ :sbsize=unlimited:\ :vmemoryuse=unlimited:\ :priority=0:\ :ignoretime@:\ :umask=037:\ :login-backoff=0:\ :passwordtime=30d: Then I run cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf like it says at the top of the file. Then I run chpass jrandom add put him in the mygroup class. I verify the master.passwd entry has mygroup in it. Then I try to login as jrandom, but I use an invalid password. Using login-backoff=0 it should delay 5 seconds before giving another login prompt. It doesn't. However, if I add the 2 lines to the default entry in login.conf it does work, but it works for everyone. How can I make it so that these entries are only applied to people in mygroup? Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: problems with filesystems 1TB
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 08:59:32PM -0500, Eric wrote: hello... i have been trying (for many moons now) to create a filesystem larger than 1TB. I've had a variety of RAID controllers in my boxes, and I have 250GB drives, so it adds up quick. I've also tried doing this with vinum, but that fails too. i've searched for help on this topic, and i've found lots of info, but nothing substantial. I've read everything from it being a sysinstall issue, to needing new versions of the CLI tools (newfs, dd, disklabel), to newfs using the wrong variable type to store fssize, to having to update to fbsd 5.x to use UFS2. Other reports say it's a softlimit imposed somewhere, some say to make the frag size in newfs to 1024B for a 2TB max volume, it has to be dedicated, it has to be non-dedicated... the list of suggestions goes on and on. I've got several boxes running 5.x that have 1TB file systems. The only issue I ran into (other then the insane fsck times) is the fact that sysinstall's fdisk blows up somewhere over 1TB. The workaround if you have to install on a large array is to use sysinstall's fdisk to create a slice large enough to hold the OS and leave the rest of the disk unpartitioned. You can then add a slice for the rest of the disk later since fdisk works with larger volumes. Default newfs parameters in 5.x seem to work OK on a 1.7TB array. With disks that large, it's probably wise to think a bit more then usual about the average file size so you can choose your parameters correctly. I'm almost certain you will have no luck in 4.x. -- Brooks -- Any statement of the form X is the one, true Y is FALSE. PGP fingerprint 655D 519C 26A7 82E7 2529 9BF0 5D8E 8BE9 F238 1AD4 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
courier confusion
I installed the courier mail server using portupgrade in this freebsd 5.1 box. pkg_info reports it as courier-ldap-mysql-pgsql-0.44.0 Courier SMTP IMAP POP3 HTTP mail server suite so, I then decided to confiigure it so I can actually use it. From the documentation, most of the files I need to access are in /usr/lib/courier. But, when I look for the courier directory, I find it in many places but the one that is mentioned above: daffy# find / -name courier -print /usr/local/etc/courier /usr/local/libexec/courier /usr/local/sbin/courier /usr/local/share/doc/courier /usr/local/share/courier /usr/ports/mail/courier /var/mail/courier /var/spool/courier daffy# Now, that makes me feel a bit concerned. I have no problem with it sitting on /usr/local, but since the docs mention a lot the lib directory, and I cannot find it, I get concerned. Further down in the documentation, there is a mention of the file /usr/lib/courier/bin/sendmail. Looking for sendmail, I found it everywhere but inside a courier directory: daffy# find / -name sendmail -print /usr/libexec/sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail /usr/local/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/share/sendmail /usr/src/contrib/file/Magdir/sendmail /usr/src/contrib/sendmail /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/include/sendmail /usr/src/etc/rc.d/sendmail /usr/src/etc/sendmail /usr/src/share/sendmail /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail /usr/ports/mail/sendmail /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail /usr/obj/usr/src/etc/sendmail /var/tmp/temproot/usr/libexec/sendmail /var/tmp/temproot/usr/obj/usr/src/etc/sendmail /var/tmp/temproot/usr/share/sendmail /etc/rc.d/sendmail /etc.old/rc.d/sendmail daffy# Am I missing something here? Because, it does feel like courier's sendmail may have been installed wherever it felt doing so. Or nowhere at all. =( ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Vim startup time much longer than expected
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 11:43:46AM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote: Howdy folks, I NFS export my home directory from a 4-STABLE box. In this home directory are my .vimrc file and a couple of vim plugins that I use. When I launch vim (which I use with mutt) from a workstation running RedHat 7.3 it loads and is ready for input virtually instantly. When I launch vim from the server itself (local disk!) it takes several seconds before it's ready for input. As the config files are identical, I can't think of what else might be causing the difference. Perhaps compile options for the vim port (I use -WITHOUT_X on the FreeBSD server end)? I had this problem before and iirc found it was due to the size of my vim history setting. Given what you say below though, perhaps this isn't your problem here. It does seem, though I haven't attempted to profile or trace the process, that it's hanging much longer while displaying this in the status line: Pattern not found: ^ -- .* That's the result of my quoted .sig dumper for email replies (and thus isn't called when I'm composing a new mail): EMAIL Make VIM use shorter lines for emails au BufNewFile,BufRead .letter,mutt*,nn.*,snd.* set tw=72 Delete quoted .sig's au BufRead /tmp/mutt-* normal :g/^ -- .*/,/^$/-1d I don't understand why that would be faster on the workstation (which is half the box CPU-wise and NFS'ed) than the server. Perhaps the FreeBSD port of vim (6.2 rather than 6.1 on the client) incorporates a deliberate delay for warnings like that? Perhaps you could add a 'shortmess' line to the .vimrc file to inhibit those messages? -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/- ipfw peruser traffic logging ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sendmail help?
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, Micheal Patterson wrote: I believe the original poster was asking about using sendmail to retrieve email from his ISP's smtp server. And it's still a lot easier to install fetchmail than to reinstall sendmail. I use fetchmail to retrieve mail from my isp's pop server. Apparently he's having trouble understanding a number of things lately and I'm beginning to wonder if he's a troll or not. That's a bit harsh. http://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/auth.html#DefaultAuthInfo Within that site, it will give you assistance in setting up sendmail to act as an smtp client using smtp-auth. snippet DefaultAuthInfo (confDEF_AUTH_INFO) specifies a file in which the authorization identity, the authentication identity, the secret, and the realm to be used for authentication are stored. This file must be in a safe directory and unreadable by everyone except root (or TrustedUser). It is used when sendmail acts as a client to authenticate itself to a server. Example: admin admin MySecretPassword example.domain Notes: all data is case sensitive (usually) and the entire line is used in each case (including any white space!). recommended filename: /etc/mail/default-auth-info /snippet I trust this is what the OP's original intentions were. Yes, it was. Thank you. I really don't see what the big mix up was... I guess I didn't post my problem clearly. I have tried the /etc/mail/default-auth-info method (I have read that page), but I just can't get it to work. I have also read that the new way to do it is with the /etc/mail/authinfo file, with the format I gave earlier. I have compiled sendmail with sasl (1) support. But I don't think that the smtp-auth part is the issue. As I stated before, I believe the problem is that sendmail is not translating my name in the from section of the email. When The mail gets rejected, it gets send back with From: [EMAIL PROTECTED], My isp wants it to be From [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think this is probably not too difficult to fix, but I can't see where I am going wrong. I can't seem to find any good tutorials/documentation on getting a simple sendmail client working with a dynamic ip address using smtp authentication, If anybody has any references they'd like to share, or any suggestions for me to try it would be greatly appreciated. What about my sendmail_msp_que question? what does this component of sendmail do? (do I need it?) TIA -Adam ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with login.conf classes
On Thursday 22 January 2004 20:55, Chris Riley wrote: I'm trying to create a login class on a 4.9 box that will add additional restrictions for some users. I can add the login.class entries to the default class and they work, but they apply to everyone. I only want them to apply to certain users, but this isn't working. Here's what I'm doing: I create a copy of the default entry with the name mygroup and add You don't need to create a copy, just enter the changes and close with: :tc=default: However, if I add the 2 lines to the default entry in login.conf it does work, but it works for everyone. How can I make it so that these entries are only applied to people in mygroup? You can't, the following values are fetched from the default class *always*: login_prompt passwd_prompt login-retries login-backoff See lines 283 and following of /usr/src/usr.bin/login/login.c -- Melvyn === FreeBSD sarevok.webteckies.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #3: Tue Dec 30 14:31:47 CET 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SAREVOK_NOAPM_NODEBUG i386 === pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: new install of 5.2 ISO aft hour system freeze cold reboot onlyoption
Everything runs fine for about an hour and a half then everything freezes ( doesnt recognize keyboard, mouse, anything etc ) and i have to do a cold reboot ( ouch! ). Do you have X running or any additional cards/devices/drivers in use in the machine when this occurs? Which ethernet are you using etc. -with X running or not, the only possibly 'non-standard' thing running is the 4-way usb/multimeida kvm switch i'm using. (iogear) but other than being a half-assed cheap switch it's working correctly and doesnt' seem to have anything to do with this. I have 2 onboard nics, a 3-com and nvida built in but i'm using a SMC (Accton|SMC2-1211TX) which is working fine, also seems to be unrelated. I do believe this to be related to ACPI but have no proof. Does this still happen with ACPI disabled? - good question, i have been trying to track this down to bios or other settings or issues before running the kernel with ACPI permently disabled but that may do it. I'll boot tonight with it off and see if that helps. Having ACPI enabled can also cause interrupt related problems in some configurations. - do you mean disabling ACPI in the kernel when it asks if you want to permanetly disable? - I also recieved this answer from a user: In bios Disable power management options. Set operation system option to other, or just not ms/windows, disable all plug-n-play options. I did this last night and it ran for 2 hours without incident. (had to go out, didn't want to take the chance of it freezing up when not home, so i shutdown) but it did run for 2 hours with no problems and did not freeze up. thanks for the responses mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Domain name for local network?
On Thursday 22 January 2004 20:32, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the Internet via ppp, is there any way I can name my network? I don't want to register a name, just use it locally. This way I can refer to 'neptune.jonathon.org' or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'. Andrew gave a good HOW-TO. In general, you would choose a TLD (the last part of a domainname, like .org or .net) that does not exist on the internet, so that you never confuse it with a real domainname. .lan, .home or .here are good candidates. -- Melvyn === FreeBSD sarevok.webteckies.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #3: Tue Dec 30 14:31:47 CET 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SAREVOK_NOAPM_NODEBUG i386 === pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: VMware 3 crashes 5.2 system
I'm pretty sure that VMware doesn't currently support 5.x in any fashion. Quintin Konrad Heuer wrote: Does anyone successfully run VMware 3 on 5.2-R? After upgrading from 5.1-R to 5.2-R my system crashes shortly after VMware begins to initialize. The modules vmmon etc. have been rebuild after the upgrade. Thanks for any hint. Konrad Konrad Heuer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ___ ___ GWDG / __/__ ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ Am Fassberg / _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / 37077 Goettingen /_/ /_/ \__/\__//___// Germany ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Domain name for local network?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 22 January 2004 03:31 pm, Melvyn Sopacua wrote: On Thursday 22 January 2004 20:32, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: If I have a couple of boxes in a home network that connects to the Internet via ppp, is there any way I can name my network? I don't want to register a name, just use it locally. This way I can refer to 'neptune.jonathon.org' or something similar rather than '10.0.0.1'. Andrew gave a good HOW-TO. In general, you would choose a TLD (the last part of a domainname, like .org or .net) that does not exist on the internet, so that you never confuse it with a real domainname. .lan, .home or .here are good candidates. If he's behind some sort of routing device, he can certainly setup a DNS witin his own network. - -- Best regards, Chris -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAEEMKD5P/gMAbw2MRAvuUAJ9YHF3dH+VPpeDPNTysaVGaoZCVPwCgl6VT QYMOOZgA4cxGgeNUCj5tr4w= =rTss -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: courier confusion
From: Mauricio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: courier confusion Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:02:07 -0500 I installed the courier mail server using portupgrade in this freebsd 5.1 box. pkg_info reports it as courier-ldap-mysql-pgsql-0.44.0 Courier SMTP IMAP POP3 HTTP mail server suite For starters, I would suggest upgrading the port to 44.2 which is the latest. so, I then decided to confiigure it so I can actually use it. From the documentation, most of the files I need to access are in /usr/lib/courier. But, when I look for the courier directory, I find it in many places but the one that is mentioned above: Courier is designed so you can install it basically anywhere and what you have found are the FreeBSD default location. daffy# find / -name courier -print /usr/local/etc/courier This is where you will configure courier. I suggest you read /usr/local/libexec/courier and /usr/local/libexec/authlib is also courier :) /usr/local/sbin/courier See Install - post installation checks. /usr/local/share/doc/courier This are the docs for courier. You certainly want to read INSTALL and FAQ at a minimum and that should answer most of your questions. They exist in both this and the html directory. /usr/local/share/courier Mostly configuration executibles for configuring Courier. /usr/ports/mail/courier /var/mail/courier /var/spool/courier daffy# Now, that makes me feel a bit concerned. I have no problem with it sitting on /usr/local, but since the docs mention a lot the lib directory, and I cannot find it, I get concerned. Further down in the documentation, there is a mention of the file /usr/lib/courier/bin/sendmail. Looking for sendmail, I found it everywhere but inside a courier directory: See: /etc/mail/mailer.conf should give courier paths also you might want to do a ls -l `which sendmail` should help understand. daffy# find / -name sendmail -print /usr/libexec/sendmail /usr/libexec/sendmail/sendmail /usr/local/bin/sendmail /usr/sbin/sendmail /usr/share/sendmail /usr/src/contrib/file/Magdir/sendmail /usr/src/contrib/sendmail /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/include/sendmail /usr/src/etc/rc.d/sendmail /usr/src/etc/sendmail /usr/src/share/sendmail /usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail /usr/ports/mail/sendmail /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail /usr/obj/usr/src/usr.sbin/sendmail/sendmail /usr/obj/usr/src/etc/sendmail /var/tmp/temproot/usr/libexec/sendmail /var/tmp/temproot/usr/obj/usr/src/etc/sendmail /var/tmp/temproot/usr/share/sendmail /etc/rc.d/sendmail /etc.old/rc.d/sendmail daffy# Am I missing something here? Because, it does feel like courier's sendmail may have been installed wherever it felt doing so. Or nowhere at all. =( Courier's sendmail in in /usr/local/bin/sendmail. I suggest you read the courier docs and you might want to do man mailer.conf I'm running courier from the 44.2 port every since it was updated with no problems what so ever. Good luck, _ There are now three new levels of MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! Learn more. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-uspage=hotmail/es2ST=1 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linux compatible tools
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 09:12:43PM +0200, Ivailo Tanusheff wrote: Hi, I'm trying to install linux_base and linux_devtools ports, but FreeBSD can't fetch proper rpm's. And they are not on the given search sites. Is there some place I can redirect the search to or a place from which I can download missing rpm's? ftp.freebsd.org or a mirror closer to you. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: C programming: ADT support
That's it, thank you, --- robert t g tan On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:23:59PM +0100, Cordula's Web wrote: I'm looking for some ADT's like lists trees and such, to be used in C programs.=20 =20 Is there a librarie out there? Make that C++ Isn't the STL enough? http://www.stlport.org/ http://www.boost.org/ Examples for using the STL: http://www.josuttis.com/libbook/index.html -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/ pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Nis
Hi, I'm running NIS with freebsd as the server and using redhat clients. I have authentication working fine but I cant seem to get changing the passwords to work. If you change the password from a redhat box it just changes the NIS password not the system password and changing the password while on the freebsd server complains and says passwd Unknown NIS user: username . I have in rc.conf nisdomainname=nisdomain # Domain Name nis_server_enable=YES # run NIS server nis_server_flags= # Flags to ypserv nis_yppasswdd_enable=YES # Run Passwd Server nis_yppasswdd_flags= -sf -t /etc/master.passwd and I'm changing the password from the server with passwd -y. Thanks in advance ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
problem mounting USB CDRW, umass0/pass0
Hello, I'm running into a problem mounting this external usb cdrw drive i have. My kernel has scbus, da, and umass in it, as well as ehci(for usb2.0 support). dmesg shows the device: umass0: Acer Communications Multimedia Inc. USB Optical Storage Device, rev 1.00/a.03, addr 3 pass0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 pass0: USB CD-R/RW 6X4X6 E.CC Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device pass0: 1.000MB/s transfers I've tried to mount it as /dev/pass0 but I get: mount: /dev/pass0: Block device required Attempting to mount as /dev/umass0 yields: mount: /dev/umass0: No such file or directory Can anyone offer any guidance? __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given more technical details. I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the Missing operating system error at boot. The hard drive is IDE, not SCSI. It is a Maxtor UltraMax 40GB ATA/100 drive purchased shy of two years ago. The physical geometry reported by Maxtor in the specs for the drive is different from the geometry my BIOS reports that it has auto-detected and is using to address the drive. And both of *those* geometries are different from the one that fdisk keeps trying to assume. I've already read all the FAQs, handbooks, and support sites I could find regarding FreeBSD and disk geometry. None of them have contained any information specific to IDE drives (they all seem SCSI-centric), and none of them have clearly explained all the background context about how drive geometries work. I guess there is a physical geometry provided by the drive manufacturer, and then different geometries (all of which may be valid) your BIOS might use to address the drive depending on the mode it is using (LBA, etc). As far as I can tell, the geometry values a user is supposed to feed to fdisk are the values that the BIOS reports that it is using to address the drive, but I'm not even sure if that is correct because the documentation is so impenetrable. And of course many users are running into this issue where the drive geometries reported and used by their BIOS are simply rejected by fdisk as invalid whenever they try to enter them into fdisk, which makes no sense to me. - Original Message - From: Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 12:44 PM Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS Please see this page: http://lantech.geekvenue.net/chucktips/jason/chuck/1044789670/index_html This is exactly the problem I am having now whenever I try to install either FreeBSD 4.9 or 5.1. Clearly, a lot of other users out there are having this problem too. FDisk absolutely refuses to accept the correct geometry values (the ones my BIOS tells me it is using to address the disk), instead insisting on using some values that are not even close to correct. Then after installation completes and I try to boot, I get a missing operating system message, which is no surprise given that the disk was addressed by the installer using the wrong geometry settings. Of about 100 to 110 FreeBSD systems we have up and going, I have never had the fdisk reported geometry match the BIOS reported information but I have never had a system fail to install and boot by just ignoring the whole issue and letting it (sysinstall, fdisk, etc) do its own thing as long as I didn't try to tinker with the geometry. This has been with both SCSI and IDE disks, but mostly SCSI and almost entirely on mainstream hardware such as what comes with Dell, Compaq, etc, not homebuilts. The FreeBSD versions have been most of 3.xx through most of 4.xx. I haven't tried any 5.xx yet but the person in the box (cubicle) next to me has 5.1 going and sees the same thing. There have been lots of things written about this. I don't know which ones apply in your case. But, the geometries on recent disks and recent versions of software (recent = in the last 6 or 7 years) are all virtual as far as I can see.So, just try letting it fly and without trying to tinker or reconcile what appears to be a conflict. jerry ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800 Keith Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given more technical details. I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the Missing operating system error at boot. Hi Keith, Just to be sure - did you elect to install BootMgr (or a regular boot record) on the drive when sysinstall asks? -Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fetchmail config help
I have an registered domain name. The company that hosts my domain name has an application that allows me to forward all my different users email to an single account at my ISP. This was ok when all the email was for me, but now the family also wants to use my domain name. I want to configure the FBSD root account to run fetchmail in daemon mode and retrieve all the email in that single account and post it into each users separate sendmail mailbox. I have the daemon mode working But having hard time making heads or tails out of the fetchmail documentation at http://www.catb.org/~esr/fetchmail/fetchmail-man.html#3 It kind of implies that I have to have an account at my ISP called 'maildrop' for this to work. Is that correct? Would this work user tomisp with pass tom722 is * here How do I change the user statement to do the multdrop thing at my end? Would also like to tell fetchmail to use the syslogd local3 facility to post it's messages to. This is what I an using now. set postmaster root set no bouncemail set no spambounce poll mail.xx.net proto pop3 user tomisp there with password tom722 is tomFBSD here Thanks for your help. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Domain name for local network?
Chris writes: If he's behind some sort of routing device, he can certainly setup a DNS witin his own network. Of course; the trick is to do it in such a way that when - may it be soon! - he gets out from behind that routing device changing to a real DNS setup will be quick, relatively painless, and not complicate anyone else's life. I recommended installing Bind 9 and using views. Robert Huff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
On Jan 22, 2004, at 5:24 PM, Keith Kelly wrote: I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the Missing operating system error at boot. Sufficiently old motherboards and BIOS versions don't understand the LBA addressing mode used by modern drives, and are limited to seeing approx 8.4 GB using the classic C/H/S values. See whether the BIOS lets you configure the drive to LBA mode rather than automatic, C/H/S, or extended C/H/S mode. If it doesn't, check to see whether there is a BIOS update available for your hardware. It may be the case that this doesn't resolve the issue. You can try to create a small (say 32MB) DOS partition using classic MS-DOS 6.x or a utility from the drive manufacturer, and verify whether you can boot into that. If you can't and still get the missing OS error, you've got hardware issues and should consider replacing your MB. If you can boot to a DOS partition on the hard disk, then try installing FreeBSD to the remaining space, leaving the DOS partition intact. This will give you a better shot of using a geometry that your BIOS is able to boot. [ The only hardware I've seen which required that kind of thing was a no-name P133 grade machine... ] -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
Yes, I tried it both ways (installing BootMgr, and installing a standard MBR). - Original Message - From: Chris Pressey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:38 PM Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 14:24:19 -0800 Keith Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your thoughtful and helpful reply. I should have given more technical details. I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the Missing operating system error at boot. Hi Keith, Just to be sure - did you elect to install BootMgr (or a regular boot record) on the drive when sysinstall asks? -Chris ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS
See comments in-line. - Original Message - From: Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Keith Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:56 PM Subject: Re: FDisk won't detect or accept correct disk geometry from BIOS On Jan 22, 2004, at 5:24 PM, Keith Kelly wrote: I already tried (with both 4.9 and 5.1) letting the FreeBSD install proceed with fdisk's geometry value assumptions, and what I always get is a non-bootable hard drive that gives the Missing operating system error at boot. Sufficiently old motherboards and BIOS versions don't understand the LBA addressing mode used by modern drives, and are limited to seeing approx 8.4 GB using the classic C/H/S values. See whether the BIOS lets you configure the drive to LBA mode rather than automatic, C/H/S, or extended C/H/S mode. If it doesn't, check to see whether there is a BIOS update available for your hardware. The motherboard is not old. It is an MSI KT4 Ultra motherboard, if I remember the model number correctly off the top of my head, for the Athlon XP architecture. The BIOS doesn't even explicitly list what mode (LBA, CHS, extended CHS) it is using to address the drive -- I just set it to Auto, it detects the device name, and fills out a small listing telling me the C/H/S geometry it is using. The motherboard is already running the latest available BIOS update from MSI. It may be the case that this doesn't resolve the issue. You can try to create a small (say 32MB) DOS partition using classic MS-DOS 6.x or a utility from the drive manufacturer, and verify whether you can boot into that. If you can't and still get the missing OS error, you've got hardware issues and should consider replacing your MB. I definitely do not have hardware issues, because Linux, Windows XP, Windows 2000, BeOS, and SkyOS have all worked fine at various points, and Windows XP continues to work fine :-) If you can boot to a DOS partition on the hard disk, then try installing FreeBSD to the remaining space, leaving the DOS partition intact. This will give you a better shot of using a geometry that your BIOS is able to boot. [ The only hardware I've seen which required that kind of thing was a no-name P133 grade machine... ] -- -Chuck ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
