Re: Creating New Users over Telnet/SSH
On Tuesday 26 September 2006 18:29, Derek Ragona wrote: [snip] However you will need to replace the normal process running the login (telnetd or sshd) and pass the login information to that daemon or create a new user depending on the input data. No, you can force a default shell without modifications. Check out login.conf(5) and shell variable. However, the original post implies little FreeBSD experience. Why do you want to automate such a procedure? You said it's going to be for a networking class, that is a limited a number of users, right? sdf is a public access Unix system and has to do this automatically, you don't have to. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a seasoned administrator, who has tampered the OS in a number of ways. Just my 2 cents, Nikos ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: freebsd version?
2006/9/26, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:35:07PM +0900, azhar freebsd wrote: hi can anybody tell me what is 6.2 preerelease. Just what it says. It is a FreeBSD 6.2 that has not been officially released yet. The present official release is 6.1. The 6.2 release is coming soon and is being worked on actively. You can install it for testing or development or somewhat risky production use. It is sort of a beta release. jerry uname -a FreeBSD belagelo.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Sep 24 16:53:30 UTC 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] azhar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank u for your reply . is there any way to get back the normal freebsd version . i am facing a lot of problems that i think its because of this version .like i cant install any package by sysinstall through ftp . azhar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: freebsd version?
2006/9/25, Andrew Pantyukhin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 9/25/06, azhar freebsd [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi can anybody tell me what is 6.2 preerelease. uname -a FreeBSD belagelo.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Sep 24 16:53:30 UTC 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] When X-STABLE between X.Y and X.(Y+1) gets close to X.(Y+1), we call it X.(Y+1)-PRERELEASE instead of X.Y-STABLE. We're expecting 6.2 this November. thank u for your reply . is there any way to get back the normal freebsd version . i am facing a lot of problems that i think its because of this version .like i cant install any package by sysinstall through ftp . azhar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: freebsd version?
azhar freebsd wrote: uname -a FreeBSD belagelo.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Sep 24 16:53:30 UTC 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank u for your reply . is there any way to get back the normal freebsd version . i am facing a lot of problems that i think its because of this version .like i cant install any package by sysinstall through ftp . If you are experiencing a lot of problems, then consider reporting them, the 6.2 version will be the next STABLE release. Reverting back to the exact snapshot of your previous system is imposible unless you know the date of that snapshot. If you have been tracking RELENG_6 you have gradually been updating your system to present which will soon become 6.2. You can get the 6.1 RELEASE with security patches by changing the tag in the supfile to RELENG_6_1. Without further details on the problems you experience, I doubt your problems relate to the version - I experience no problems at all. They may relate to errors occurred during the update of your system or the source. Did you rebuild/install both kernel and world? Did you follow the instructions running mergemaster? Try updating your sources and rebuild again. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
fpconst...ports broken...other alternatives?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I just submitted a bug report for py-fpconst being broken in ports. What are my alternatives for getting this installed and still being recognized by py-soappy within ports? (When I try to install soappy, it checks if fpconst is installed. Thanks! - -- Eric Mesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ericsbinaryworld.com Note: All emails from this address should have a GPG signature. If you have the proper setup you can use this to confirm my identity and that the email was not changed in transit. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFGmUIPvU+8ApmWXIRAn1fAKCCVPcEv3xv+VWZFe3ScRLBnR4PGgCdEsUn KKZ3pnFvDdG7PMOv00nNe1A= =j4jR -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Replace worksation, now can't ssh to older machine
My trusty lon suffering FreeBSD workstation at work died (hardware), and I am in the process of replacig it. The current iss I have is that I have several older HP-UX achines that I need to be able to ssh to. I can't remeber exactly how I set these machines up (it was years agao), but they seem to have some restrictions as to what machines can ssh to them. I can't sem to get the new FreeBSD machine to be accepted by them. The are running: OpenSSH_2.5.1p1, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0, OpenSSL 0x0090600f I added the id_rsa.pub and identity.pub lines to the ~/.ssh/authorized_keys file on one of the HP-UX machines, but when Itry to conect with verbose mode urned on, I get: ssh -v phse6 OpenSSH_4.2p1 FreeBSD-20050903, OpenSSL 0.9.7e-p1 25 Oct 2004 debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug1: Connecting to phse6.meadwestvaco.com [170.85.106.131] port 22. debug1: Connection established. debug1: identity file /home/stan/.ssh/identity type 0 debug1: identity file /home/stan/.ssh/id_rsa type 1 debug1: identity file /home/stan/.ssh/id_dsa type -1 debug1: Remote protocol version 1.99, remote software version OpenSSH_2.5.1p1 debug1: match: OpenSSH_2.5.1p1 pat OpenSSH_2.5.0p1*,OpenSSH_2.5.1p1* debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0 debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.2p1 FreeBSD-20050903 debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT received debug1: kex: server-client 3des-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: kex: client-server 3des-cbc hmac-md5 none debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REQUEST_OLD(2048) sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_GROUP debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_INIT sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_KEX_DH_GEX_REPLY debug1: Host 'phse6.meadwestvaco.com' is known and matches the DSA host key. debug1: Found key in /home/stan/.ssh/known_hosts:195 debug1: ssh_dss_verify: signature correct debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS sent debug1: expecting SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS debug1: SSH2_MSG_NEWKEYS received debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_REQUEST sent debug1: SSH2_MSG_SERVICE_ACCEPT received debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive debug1: Next authentication method: publickey debug1: Offering public key: /home/stan/.ssh/id_rsa debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive debug1: Trying private key: /home/stan/.ssh/id_dsa debug1: Next authentication method: keyboard-interactive debug1: Authentications that can continue: publickey,keyboard-interactive debug1: No more authentication methods to try. Permission denied (publickey,keyboard-interactive). Any sugestionsas to what to check next? -- Unix is very simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity. (Dennis Ritchie) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pdf editor
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 12:47:56PM +0200, Andreas Davour wrote: On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Anthony Agelastos wrote: On Sep 26, 2006, at 11:46 AM, sean wrote: Can anyone recommend a pdf editor, hopefully one in ports? What you can do is use the command pdf2ps (should install with Ghostscript if memory serves) to convert the PDF into PostScript. PostScript is plain text, so you can edit it with any text editor (vim, emacs, ee, nedit, pico/nano, etc.) or just use sed to change your line (sed's/oldline/newline/g' file.ps newfile.ps). Then, when the new PostScript file has been created, just re-create the pdf with ps2pdf. I know this is not very elegant, but it works for small changes. It sure is a itch that I can't scratch that there's no tool that does this with a fancy GUI. It is something I've wanted many times. Maybe it's time to reconsider the nature of that itch? PDF was never meant to be edited (except peripherally), and most definitely not in the sense that you're thinking. Consider it a FINAL print format, like an image that's long since left the photographer, his studio and his camera and now exists only as a JPG on a hard drive. If you're looking for fancy GUI applications, then you're talking about the usual desktop publishing tools from Adobe (Framemaker, Pagemaker, etc.) that can (and typically do) generate a PDF as a final step after the work has been done using their native formats. If you're using *nix, then typically you'll be using LaTeX, etc. as the authoring tool, and similarly be generating the final postscript or PDF when you're done. The basic equation is TEXT + MARKUP - OUTPUT Most people who are in the habit of using or relying on word processing programs (where the editing part is mixed up with the final product) make the same mistake of pursuing mythical PDF editing or conversion tools that don't exist. It's an understandable mistake, but it's also worth pointing out that in the publishing world, no one takes word processors seriously or uses their output, except in some cases as an accomodation for people who didn't know any better, and similarly weren't aware of how bad the output quality really was. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT Problem
Im running FreeBSD 7.0-Current fresh install, upgraded from 6-STABLE portupgrade and world worked fine .. then today after a cvsup .. portupgrade errors with Segmentation fault (core dumped) Anyone got any ideas as to why ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pdf editor
Maybe it's time to reconsider the nature of that itch? PDF was never meant to be edited (except peripherally), and most definitely not in the sense that you're thinking. Consider it a FINAL print format, like an image that's long since left the photographer, his studio and his camera and now exists only as a JPG on a hard drive. Agreed. But what if I'm writing a paper for a scientific journal in latex on my freebsd and my coauthors just can't be persuaded to use anything that's not already exist on their windows PCs? I find the results of latex2html or latex2rtf of poor quality (even for editing purposes), i.e. lots of errors, problems with references, etc. Maybe I need to learn how to use these tools better. Lately I was sending them pdfs and got in reply some pdfs that can only be viewed properly with the latest acrobat, and their comments are only visible on the screen anyway and cannot at all be printed. So what do I do? More broadly, what is the solution for cross- platform (*nix - windows - vms) editing of a complex document, with lots of maths, line plots and raster images? anton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Working with DocBook on FreeBSD nothing but problems
Hi For some strange reason I no longer can convert my .fo files to .pdf using fop. All I get is this.. $ fop -d mytext.fo mytext.pdf [DEBUG] Input mode: [DEBUG] FO [DEBUG] fo input file: mytext.fo [DEBUG] Output mode: [DEBUG] pdf [DEBUG] output file: mytext.pdf [DEBUG] OPTIONS [DEBUG] no user configuration file is used [default] [DEBUG] debug mode on [DEBUG] dump configuration [DEBUG] quiet mode on [INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser [INFO] base directory: file:/usr/home/rico/cvs/doc/mytext/ [INFO] FOP 0.20.5 [INFO] Using org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser as SAX2 Parser [INFO] building formatting object tree [INFO] setting up fonts [ERROR] property - background-position-horizontal is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - background-position-vertical is not implemented yet. Error creating background image: Error while recovering Image Informations (http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/images/draft.png) : Operation timed out [ERROR] property - background-position-horizontal is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - background-position-vertical is not implemented yet. [INFO] JAI support was not installed (read: not present at build time). Trying to use Jimi instead Error creating background image: Error creating FopImage object (http://docbook.sourceforge.net/release/images/draft.png) : Jimi image library not available [ERROR] property - background-position-horizontal is not implemented yet. [ERROR] property - background-position-vertical is not implemented yet. Then it just freezes. Normally I can convert eventhough the above errors are shown, but now I can't. I can't seem to figure out what it is doing standing there. Could anyone please shed some light on this issue. I am seriously thinking about not using DocBook anymore and just going back to Open Office. There are so many complications during conversion IMHO. Best regards Rico ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT Problem
Warren Liddell wrote: Im running FreeBSD 7.0-Current fresh install, upgraded from 6-STABLE portupgrade and world worked fine .. then today after a cvsup .. portupgrade errors with Segmentation fault (core dumped) Anyone got any ideas as to why ? in which order did you world/portupgrade? if you first portupgraded then updated world then I would expect such an error as cvsup may have been built against old libs. Anyway, you should have a new cvsup client at hand, csup, which is part of base (it's in RELENG_6 also). Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Working with DocBook on FreeBSD nothing but problems
* Rico Secada [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2006-09-27 16:17:20 +0200]: [ERROR] property - background-position-horizontal is not implemented yet. Then it just freezes. I vaguely remember this happening to me when I wasn't checked for validity against the DocBook DTD. Putting xmllint --valid foo.xml into the build scripts worked out nicely. Thomas -- N.J. Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etiamsi occiderit me, in ipso sperabo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Running applications on freebsd which currently run on SCO Openserver.
Hi, I have an application which is written in cobol and runs on SCO Openserver, we moved from Interactive Unix to SCO many years ago without any problem. Is it possible to just copy the executables ( the compiler, some utility programs etc. ) onto a freebsd machine? I have tried but they don't run! Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Jim Borland. Jim Borland Unit 2 Wallace Studios 27 Wallace Avenue LisburnBT27 4AE mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.meridiansystems.co.uk tel: +44 (0)28 9260 5060 fax: +44 (0)28 9264 0700 mob: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are not freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Jim Borland therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Systems Administration Tool
Hi, Is there any kind of systems administration tool on freebsd to enable the configuration of such things as printers and users? Is there a graphical user interface? Thanks, Jim. Jim Borland Unit 2 Wallace Studios 27 Wallace Avenue LisburnBT27 4AE mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: www.meridiansystems.co.uk tel: +44 (0)28 9260 5060 fax: +44 (0)28 9264 0700 mob: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you are not freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Jim Borland therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Systems Administration Tool
On Sep 27, 2006, at 10:43 AM, Jim Borland wrote: Hi, Is there any kind of systems administration tool on freebsd to enable the configuration of such things as printers and users? Is there a graphical user interface? Look at the webmin port. -jav ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Systems Administration Tool
In response to Jim Borland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, Is there any kind of systems administration tool on freebsd to enable the configuration of such things as printers and users? Is there a graphical user interface? Have a look at webmin. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Systems Administration Tool
Jim Borland wrote: Hi, Is there any kind of systems administration tool on freebsd to enable the configuration of such things as printers and users? Certainly. You can run sysinstall again and do post-installation configuration with that tool, or you can run adduser or other tools directly. Is there a graphical user interface? Yes-- some people like webmin, for example. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating New Users over Telnet/SSH
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote: On Tuesday 26 September 2006 18:29, Derek Ragona wrote: [snip] No, you can force a default shell without modifications. Check out login.conf(5) and shell variable. However, the original post implies little FreeBSD experience. Why do you want to automate such a procedure? You said it's going to be for a networking class, that is a limited a number of users, right? sdf is a public access Unix system and has to do this automatically, you don't have to. [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a seasoned administrator, who has tampered the OS in a number of ways. Just my 2 cents, Nikos That's basically what I was asking, could this be something easily done with a script that could be a fun learning experience, or would it require major OS customization and wouldn't be worth the time or trouble. Thanks for your input, Nikos. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Has anyone on this list set up an internet connection using a Westell WireSpeed ADSL modem? If so, please
On 26 September 2006, at 16:47, ograbme wrote: let me know what gotcha's, if any, I should be aware of. I have. I set it to router mode. Make sure you have it set to that. Then you can simply use DHCP and get your IP and have internets. Thanks in advance. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) svinx yknow when you go to a party, and everyones hooked up except one guy and one girl svinx and so they look at each other like.. do we have to? svinx intel nvidia must be lookin at each other like that right now Phone Voice: +1 251 589 6348 Fax: Call the voice number and ask. Email General chat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Large attachments: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPS-related stuff: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IM AIM: hackmiester1337 Skype: hackmiester31337 YIM: hackm1ester Gtalk: hackmiester MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Xfire: hackmiester ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
intermittent boot problem
I've got a new FBSD 5.3 release install on an old Compaq pII-233 w/ 128M ram. What I get when the boot fails is tx underrun -- using store and forward mode repeating infinitely. Now that a reboot has succeeded here's what dmesg shows for dc0: dc0: 82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0x4090-0x409000ff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci0 miibus0: MII bus on dc0 lxtphy0: LXT970 10/100 media interface on miibus0 lxtphy0: 100baseFX, 100baseFX-FDX, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:3e:9b dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] Any idea on what is going wrong and how I can fix it? Marty -- Web Installed Formmail - http://face2interface.com/formINSTal/ Webmaster's BBS - http://bbs.face2interface.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: intermittent boot problem
Sorry there's a bit more info available for my problem: $ dmesg | grep dc0 dc0: 82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0x4090-0x409000ff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci0 miibus0: MII bus on dc0 dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:3e:9b dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] atkbdc0: Keyboard controller (i8042) at port 0x64,0x60 on isa0 atkbd0: AT Keyboard irq 1 on atkbdc0 fdc0: Enhanced floppy controller at port 0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on isa0 fdc0: [FAST] fd0: 1440-KB 3.5 drive on fdc0 drive 0 dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state dc0: failed to force tx and rx to idle state $ On 9/27/06, Marty Landman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a new FBSD 5.3 release install on an old Compaq pII-233 w/ 128M ram. What I get when the boot fails is tx underrun -- using store and forward mode repeating infinitely. Now that a reboot has succeeded here's what dmesg shows for dc0: dc0: 82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX port 0x1400-0x14ff mem 0x4090-0x409000ff irq 11 at device 4.0 on pci0 miibus0: MII bus on dc0 lxtphy0: LXT970 10/100 media interface on miibus0 lxtphy0: 100baseFX, 100baseFX-FDX, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto dc0: Ethernet address: 00:a0:cc:40:3e:9b dc0: if_start running deferred for Giant dc0: [GIANT-LOCKED] Any idea on what is going wrong and how I can fix it? Marty -- Web Installed Formmail - http://face2interface.com/formINSTal/ Webmaster's BBS - http://bbs.face2interface.com/ -- Web Installed Formmail - http://face2interface.com/formINSTal/ Webmaster's BBS - http://bbs.face2interface.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE and libflashplayer - help?
Hello, On 9/26/06, Oliver Iberien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've followed the instructions at http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/konqueror-flash.php. libmap.conf contains: [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/libflashplayer.so] libpthread.so.0 libpthread.so.2 libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/flash7.so libz.so.1 libz.so.3 libm.so.6 libm.so.4 libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/flash7.so And (having looked through this list's archives) ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/flashplayer.xpt /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt But konqueror doesn't see a plugin either in the /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/ or /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/ folders. Firefox does nothing. And there I am stuck. What am I doing wrong? I also tried the same steps and had the same problem: konqueror does not find the flash plugin. Regards Ivan -- Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: intermittent boot problem
Marty Landman wrote: I've got a new FBSD 5.3 release install on an old Compaq pII-233 w/ 128M ram. What I get when the boot fails is tx underrun -- using store and forward mode repeating infinitely. Now that a reboot has succeeded here's what dmesg shows for dc0: dc0: 82c169 PNIC 10/100BaseTX port 0x1400-0x14ff mem You've got an Asante/Kingston/Linksys PNIC clone of the DEC 21x4x Tulip chipset. I've had four out of five of those cards die within two years. If upgrading to 5-STABLE or 6.2 BETA doesn't fix it, consider replacing the NIC with something else: The dc driver programs 82c168 and 82c169 PNIC chips to use the store and forward setting for the transmit start threshold by default. This is to work around problems with some NIC/PCI bus combinations where the PNIC can transmit corrupt frames when operating at 100Mbps, probably due to PCI DMA burst transfer errors. The 82c168 and 82c169 PNIC chips also have a receiver bug that sometimes manifests during periods of heavy receive and transmit activity, where the chip will improperly DMA received frames to the host. The chips appear to upload several kilobytes of garbage data along with the received frame data, dirtying several RX buffers instead of just the expected one. The dc driver detects this condition and will salvage the frame; however, it incurs a serious performance penalty in the process. The PNIC chips also sometimes generate a transmit underrun error when the driver attempts to download the receiver filter setup frame, which can result in the receive filter being incorrectly programmed. The dc driver will watch for this condition and requeue the setup frame until it is transfered successfully. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Systems Administration Tool
In response to Jim Borland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -Original Message- From: Bill Moran [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 September 2006 15:55 To: Jim Borland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Systems Administration Tool In response to Jim Borland [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, Is there any kind of systems administration tool on freebsd to enable the configuration of such things as printers and users? Is there a graphical user interface? Have a look at webmin. Bill, How do I look at webmin? Regards, Jim. There are a number of things for you to learn: 1) Postings that start on mailing lists stay on mailing lists. It's considered rude to single out someone to pump them for additional information. 2) Your email client is broken. It does not properly quote previous emails. Notice how your response and mine have the same number of . This can usually be fixed via configuration options. 3) You top-posted. Please do a google search on top-posting to understand the reasons why it is bad, I'm not going to repeat them all here. 4) Folks who can't do their own research usually don't last very long in the OSS world. I'm not saying that to be rude, it's just my personal observation. It's understandable not to know where to start, but a comment such as have a look at webmin should give you enough to feed to a search engine that you wouldn't need to ask a one-line question like you did. So, your next step is to get some practice with a search engine and at least get past the simple questions on webmin. We'll be happy to help out with details or problems. -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rewrite of multiple incoming IPs into a single IP
On Sep 26, 2006, at 6:49 PM, Chris wrote: I have spent the day trying to get multiple IP addresses rewritten to a single address using IPFW and NATD. Is there a simple So as not to leave a hanging post in case someone else searches on this issue, I'm going to answer myself. I am now successfully using natd to internally rewrite multiple IPs to a single jail and then back to their real address, it does seem to be identical to configuring a private IP network but instead of an interface, I'm using the alias_address bound to the primary interface. Within the jail, NameVirtualHost is able to service the various sites by name through http client/server banter. This will not work if someone uses unregistered sites unless host tables are created for the http clients due to the jailed httpd responding from the default site. This makes the jail very useful to me without disrupting the environment of the companies web space and the human ramifications that can cause. If there is a superior way to do this, please correct me. I also now realize, this should have been posted to FreeBSD-IPFW, apologies. (note, these private IPs are really simulating my public IPs) Addresses on bge0 host IP 192.168.1.222 host alias and jail IP 192.168.1.223 second host alias 192.168.1.224 (simulates a different public address to be served by the jail after rewriting to 223) IPFW Pertinent Commands divert 8668 ip from any to any via bge0 (packets all follow this path) allow tcp from any to 192.168.1.223 dst-port 80 setup (packets are rewritten on the way in and follow this path to jail) allow ip from 192.168.1.223 to 192.168.1.0/24 (packets coming from the outside on 223 return on this path) allow ip from 192.168.1.224 to 192.168.1.0/24 (packets coming from the outside on 224 return on this path) NATD commands alias_address 192.168.1.223 redirect_address 192.168.1.223 192.168.1.224 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Restore OS user, help!!!
Hi, I've installed a new freeBSD server and my question is if I copy the /home/* files and /etc/passwd file, then I restart it, the server assume all the users declared into the passwd file or should I do something else? Thanks... Efren Bravo. - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=ZWZyZW5iYQ%3D%3D __ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y móviles desde 1 céntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rewrite of multiple incoming IPs into a single IP
On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Chris wrote: I have spent the day trying to get multiple IP addresses rewritten to a single address using IPFW and NATD. Is there a simple way to do this. If I put natd on the public interface, it grabs it and the system hangs at boot. Is there an interface for keeping the packets local to the system where divert can pass them, natd rewrite them and reinsert them into ipfw? The application is what I asked about two days ago, funneling multiple external websites on different addresses into a single jail that works of Apache's NameVirtualHost. Thought it was the easy part but so far it's the only part that is not working, the jail and apache work great. I think I need a divert rule that goes to an internal interface (tun0?) and be able to start natd on that interface. I actually tried tun0 but it was not recognized (I'm not configuring for ppp). It would seem that if I can get over this hurdle, I could use the redirect_address within natd to perform the magic I need. Please tell me if I'm trying to do something absurd or if this should be directed to a different list. Thanks Chris If I understand your problem correctly, you're trying to host multiple websites, each with its own IP address, on one server. Why not use IP aliasing (see ifconfig(8)) with multiple instances of Apache? For example, in rc.conf add some lines like: ifconfig_bge0=inet 208.64.173.114 netmask 255.255.255.0 ifconfig_bge0_alias0=inet 208.64.173.116 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 208.64.173.127 ifconfig_bge0_alias1=inet 208.64.173.118 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 208.64.173.127 You'll then need to run an instance of Apache for each ip address. This assumes that each website's IP is in the same network. With the setup I've described above, you could also use nat to direct packets to one of your IPs. From what you've described, I don't see how you'll ever receive packets addressed for the other IPs since you're not handling arp. -Damian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Restore OS user, help!!!
I've installed a new freeBSD server and my question is if I copy the /home/* files and /etc/passwd file, then I restart it, the server assume all the users declared into the passwd file or should I do something else? You'll also want to copy over... /etc/group /etc/master.passwd /etc/spwd.db /var/mail/ /var/cron/tabs (there might be some others, but I think that should do it. man passwd to see what other files it mentions) And make sure when you copy /home/* you preserve permissions... -philip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rewrite of multiple incoming IPs into a single IP
On Sep 27, 2006, at 10:28 AM, Damian Wiest wrote: On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 06:49:50PM -0700, Chris wrote: I have spent the day trying to get multiple IP addresses rewritten to a single address using IPFW and NATD. Is there a simple way to do If I understand your problem correctly, you're trying to host multiple websites, each with its own IP address, on one server. Why not use IP aliasing (see ifconfig(8)) with multiple instances of Apache? For example, in rc.conf add some lines like: The difficulty comes in using a jail without applying non-supported hacks to allow for multiple IP addresses. I think I blew it by not putting that in this post. The intent to create a single jail supporting multiple legacy sites with their own IPs, was to avoid duplicating the memory footprint of httpd and other services by running a jail for each IP. One can go to a single IP for all the sites, but that may incur resistance that has nothing to do with the technical aspects. It appears the natd solution I posted is working in test anyway. Thank you and sorry I didn't clarify completely on the original post. Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pdf editor
Anton Shterenlikht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Maybe it's time to reconsider the nature of that itch? PDF was never meant to be edited (except peripherally), and most definitely not in the sense that you're thinking. Consider it a FINAL print format, like an image that's long since left the photographer, his studio and his camera and now exists only as a JPG on a hard drive. Agreed. But what if I'm writing a paper for a scientific journal in latex on my freebsd and my coauthors just can't be persuaded to use anything that's not already exist on their windows PCs? I find the results of latex2html or latex2rtf of poor quality (even for editing purposes), i.e. lots of errors, problems with references, etc. Maybe I need to learn how to use these tools better. Lately I was sending them pdfs and got in reply some pdfs that can only be viewed properly with the latest acrobat, and their comments are only visible on the screen anyway and cannot at all be printed. So what do I do? More broadly, what is the solution for cross- platform (*nix - windows - vms) editing of a complex document, with lots of maths, line plots and raster images? I think any kind of mark-up file format that is open will do. Such as LaTeX. Graphics is the hard part, any way. Xiao-Yong anton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Passive ftp?
Greetings I've a LAN server (also a router) with vsftpd running on it. According to logs, everything is fine (OK DOWNLOAD). But some windows users say that they are loosing connection or session. They can't change folders at once, only with a few tries. Also they can't download folders with many files. I tested ftp with IE, Firefox, gftp and so on, and didn't find any problems. Should I allow passive ftp connections? And could you give me a link (found some in google, but all of them are different and useless) or some ipfw sample with passive connection settings? I tried to configure vsftpd to use passive mode on port range 5-6 and allowed any to any 5-6 in ipfw, but natd also uses these ports so they can't be from any to any. Thank you. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pdf editor
On 9/27/06, Xiao-Yong Jin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anton Shterenlikht [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] Lately I was sending them pdfs and got in reply some pdfs that can only be viewed properly with the latest acrobat, and their comments are only visible on the screen anyway and cannot at all be printed. So what do I do? More broadly, what is the solution for cross- platform (*nix - windows - vms) editing of a complex document, with lots of maths, line plots and raster images? I think any kind of mark-up file format that is open will do. Such as LaTeX. Graphics is the hard part, any way. Xiao-Yong Maybe not here, but in some cases pdftohtml in http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdftohtml/ may help. HTML seems to be the most easily edited format across platforms, yet it is not for printing on paper. For math, MathML support or inline images may be a solution. Ah! By the way, you can see LyX at www.lyx.org. It's like a front-end to LaTeX. The version in the ports is 1.3.x, which is a bit older. (But will give you the idea.) It has a Windows version running on top of MikTeX and the version in the ports works on tetex. It's not perfect for a Word addict and may need some tutorial reading, yet much comfortable than plain LaTeX. Best. Emre ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: freebsd version?
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 07:04:53PM +0900, azhar freebsd wrote: 2006/9/26, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 04:35:07PM +0900, azhar freebsd wrote: hi can anybody tell me what is 6.2 preerelease. Just what it says. It is a FreeBSD 6.2 that has not been officially released yet. The present official release is 6.1. The 6.2 release is coming soon and is being worked on actively. You can install it for testing or development or somewhat risky production use. It is sort of a beta release. jerry uname -a FreeBSD belagelo.com 6.2-PRERELEASE FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE #0: Sun Sep 24 16:53:30 UTC 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/GENERIC i386 [EMAIL PROTECTED] azhar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] thank u for your reply . is there any way to get back the normal freebsd version . i am facing a lot of problems that i think its because of this version .like i cant install any package by sysinstall through ftp . If it is really a problem with version 6.2, you might have to do a fresh install of 6.1 and then cvsup to RELENG_6.1 rather than STABLE or CURRENT. So far as I know, though, 6.2 is very reliable now. So, maybe it might help to pursue the actual problems you are having more. It may be that you would have the same problems in 6.1 or even 5.5. So, you might want to ask questions about the specific problems you are having in 6.2. jerry azhar ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Restore OS user, help!!!
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 07:26:41PM +0200, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I've installed a new freeBSD server and my question is if I copy the /home/* files and /etc/passwd file, then I restart it, the server assume all the users declared into the passwd file or should I do something else? You will then need to run pwd_mkdb(8) on the /etc/passwd file for anything to work. jerry Thanks... Efren Bravo. - Fight back spam! Download the Blue Frog. http://www.bluesecurity.com/register/s?user=ZWZyZW5iYQ%3D%3D __ LLama Gratis a cualquier PC del Mundo. Llamadas a fijos y m?viles desde 1 c?ntimo por minuto. http://es.voice.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SSH connection cut during dump on tape
Hi, While doing a backup on an HP Ultrium LTO1 tape, my ssh connection froze, and since then, I'm not able to use the tape device anymore. xeon# mt -f /dev/nsa0 rewind mt: /dev/nsa0: Device busy xeon# dump -0uaL -f /dev/nsa0 /dev/da0s1a DUMP: Date of this level 0 dump: Wed Sep 27 23:21:56 2006 DUMP: Date of last level 0 dump: the epoch DUMP: Dumping snapshot of /dev/da0s1a (/) to /dev/nsa0 DUMP: mapping (Pass I) [regular files] DUMP: mapping (Pass II) [directories] DUMP: estimated 56238 tape blocks. DUMP: Cannot open output /dev/nsa0. DUMP: Do you want to retry the open?: (yes or no) Is there a way to reset the tape device without rebooting the server? I'm using the 6.0 version. --- Philippe Lang Attik System smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
Filtering peer to peer
Hello, I am looking for a solution that will allow me to filter peer-to-peer activity on my network. I already have a router that do a bunch of filtering / firewalling. I would like to filter specific trafic from peer-to-peer. I was thinking of Squid ? But I don't know if It will be able to filter p-t-p correctly ?? Any other idea ? Please let me know. «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ Gregober --- PGP ID -- 0x1BA3C2FD bsd @at@ todoo.biz «?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§«?»¥«?»§ P Please consider your environmental responsibility before printing this e-mail ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SSH connection cut during dump on tape
On Sep 27, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Philippe Lang wrote: While doing a backup on an HP Ultrium LTO1 tape, my ssh connection froze, and since then, I'm not able to use the tape device anymore. Presumably there is another instance of dump or whatever is still running; try to kill -INT or kill -9 it. -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sync files locally?
What's the best way to sync files locally? I'm running rsync over ssh to backup files from a server. Now I'm setting up a new server, so I rsynced to it as well. The files end up in a subdir of my home directory, because my account is being used for the rsync. I've been using cp -R to put them in the right place on the server and the chmod and chown to get the perms right, but I'm thinking there has to be a way to sync the files locally so that only the ones that have changed or are new have to be copied to the right place. I can use find to set the perms, but I'm not sure how to sync the files. This is unix, so there's got to be a built-in utility that does this, but I can't seem to find it. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
RE: SSH connection cut during dump on tape
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While doing a backup on an HP Ultrium LTO1 tape, my ssh connection froze, and since then, I'm not able to use the tape device anymore. Presumably there is another instance of dump or whatever is still running; try to kill -INT or kill -9 it. Works just fine, thanks. I just had to kill processes in the right order. --- Philippe Lang Attik System smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature
ndis + Linksys WPC54Gv3
I have just picked up this card for my notebook. On this site: http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2006/02/linksys-wpc54g-with-freebsd-yesterday.html it is reported to work. I have inserted the card, the status light on it blinks green then goes off. I ran ndis and generated the driver as specified, kldloaded the wlan_wep module, followed by ndis, followed by the card driver. After that I checked dmesg - the card did not appear (nothing with ndis or the card driver name). No errors came from kldload, and there was no ndis entry in /dev or /dev/net What's the next step in diagnostics? I'm runing FreeBSD 6.1 on i386 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sync files locally?
On Sep 27, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: What's the best way to sync files locally? I'm running rsync over ssh to backup files from a server. rsync (as root) works just fine to perform local copies preserving permissions and symlinks and so forth. Other people use a tar pipeline, or dump/restore, or cpio... -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sync files locally?
In the last episode (Sep 27), Paul Schmehl said: What's the best way to sync files locally? I'm running rsync over ssh to backup files from a server. Now I'm setting up a new server, so I rsynced to it as well. The files end up in a subdir of my home directory, because my account is being used for the rsync. I've been using cp -R to put them in the right place on the server and the chmod and chown to get the perms right, but I'm thinking there has to be a way to sync the files locally so that only the ones that have changed or are new have to be copied to the right place. As long as your rsync path has a leading /, it should start at the root filesystem. e.g. rsync mydir otherserver:mydir creates ~/mydir , rsync mydir otherserver:/mydir creates /mydir (assuming you have permission). I can use find to set the perms, but I'm not sure how to sync the files. This is unix, so there's got to be a built-in utility that does this, but I can't seem to find it. You could use rsync to do this, but It'd probably be easier to get your remote rsync to drop the files in the right directory in the first place. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sync files locally?
--On Wednesday, September 27, 2006 18:04:40 -0400 Charles Swiger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 27, 2006, at 5:40 PM, Paul Schmehl wrote: What's the best way to sync files locally? I'm running rsync over ssh to backup files from a server. rsync (as root) works just fine to perform local copies preserving permissions and symlinks and so forth. Other people use a tar pipeline, or dump/restore, or cpio... I wasn't aware of that. Thanks, Charles. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Sync files locally?
--On Wednesday, September 27, 2006 17:04:39 -0500 Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could use rsync to do this, but It'd probably be easier to get your remote rsync to drop the files in the right directory in the first place. Hmmm...maybe I don't fully understand rsync. The files are from a webserver and owned by www:www. The rsync runs under my account, so the perms are changed to mine. Maybe there's a switch with rsync that would allow me to sync directly? I'll poke around the man page. Thanks. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Sync files locally?
Paul Schmehl wrote: What's the best way to sync files locally? I'm running rsync over ssh to backup files from a server. Now I'm setting up a new server, so I rsynced to it as well. The files end up in a subdir of my home directory, because my account is being used for the rsync. I've been using cp -R to put them in the right place on the server and the chmod and chown to get the perms right, but I'm thinking there has to be a way to sync the files locally so that only the ones that have changed or are new have to be copied to the right place. I can use find to set the perms, but I'm not sure how to sync the files. This is unix, so there's got to be a built-in utility that does this, but I can't seem to find it. It's really a question of reading far enough in the man-page. I have eventually arrived at the options -Cptuvaz C for CVS omissions (exclude *.bak, *.tmp, *~ etc) p for preserve permisions t for preserving time u for update (using mtime I suppose) a for archive - recursive z for compression and with that, there should be no reason to sync into a separate dir and then copy. Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sync files locally?
Paul Schmehl wrote: What's the best way to sync files locally? I'm running rsync over ssh to backup files from a server. Now I'm setting up a new server, so I rsynced to it as well. The files end up in a subdir of my home directory, because my account is being used for the rsync. I've been using cp -R to put them in the right place on the server and the chmod and chown to get the perms right, but I'm thinking there has to be a way to sync the files locally so that only the ones that have changed or are new have to be copied to the right place. I can use find to set the perms, but I'm not sure how to sync the files. This is unix, so there's got to be a built-in utility that does this, but I can't seem to find it. Well, rsync. When the paths are both local it won't use ssh since it doesn't need it. Not sure why you think the files have to end up under your home dir. Something like rsync -a --delete /path1/ /alt/path2 will make an exact copy under /alt/path2, updating only things that need it. Done as root it would do all the preservation of users, modes etc regardless of ownership. You also have --flags if you need it but it doesn't appear to work with schg flag - maybe nouulnk and variants either. Other than that you can use tar with pipes, which was the traditional method Before Rsync (TM). But obviously not very efficient for keeping a tree up-to-date. These days cp -Rp as root should also do a one-time copy but won't preserve any hard links. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pdf editor
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 02:14:03PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: Maybe it's time to reconsider the nature of that itch? PDF was never meant to be edited (except peripherally), and most definitely not in the sense that you're thinking. Consider it a FINAL print format, like an image that's long since left the photographer, his studio and his camera and now exists only as a JPG on a hard drive. Agreed. But what if I'm writing a paper for a scientific journal in latex on my freebsd and my coauthors just can't be persuaded to use anything that's not already exist on their windows PCs? I find the results of latex2html or latex2rtf of poor quality (even for editing purposes), i.e. lots of errors, problems with references, etc. Maybe I need to learn how to use these tools better. Lately I was sending them pdfs and got in reply some pdfs that can only be viewed properly with the latest acrobat, and their comments are only visible on the screen anyway and cannot at all be printed. So what do I do? More broadly, what is the solution for cross- platform (*nix - windows - vms) editing of a complex document, with lots of maths, line plots and raster images? anton Agree on a document format? -Damian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
linux recovery tool
One of my hosters says they provide a ram based linux recovery tool, but I'm actually using freebsd on the hardware so am wondering if linux knows how to mount UFS partitions? -- Robin Becker ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Support for Execute Disable Bit
I just installed FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE on a couple of NetFRAME 1420's that include hardware support for the execute disable bit. Does FreeBSD 6.1 include support for this? -Damian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE?
I felt I should ask this question before taking a drastic action. I built this new production system complete with jail (which I can recreate very quickly) and all was running perfectly under 6.2 PRERELEASE. I was planning taking a chance and going production (against common wisdom of running 6.2 PRERELEASE in production). Yesterday I decided to cvsup and rebuild one more time and discovered a glaring problem on this AMD64 Tyan s4882. It can't reboot with the reboot command or shutdown -r about 75% of the time, it hangs between the uptime output and where it states Rebooting, then requires a manual reset to get going again. This tells me I have to fall back or will create a nightmare for production use. Presuming I can live with certain driver issues on 6.1 RELEASE P6, are there any serious dangers or unique procedures in going backward, to RELENG_6_1 from RELENG_6 that suggest it would be better to just start from scratch? I've not fallen back from CURRENT to a RELEASE, this will be my first time. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: pdf editor
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Damian Wiest Sent: Thursday, 28 September 2006 3:33 AM To: Anton Shterenlikht Cc: George Allan; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pdf editor On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 02:14:03PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: Maybe it's time to reconsider the nature of that itch? PDF was never meant to be edited (except peripherally), and most definitely not in the sense that you're thinking. Consider it a FINAL print format, like an image that's long since left the photographer, his studio and his camera and now exists only as a JPG on a hard drive. Agreed. But what if I'm writing a paper for a scientific journal in latex on my freebsd and my coauthors just can't be persuaded to use anything that's not already exist on their windows PCs? I find the results of latex2html or latex2rtf of poor quality (even for editing purposes), i.e. lots of errors, problems with references, etc. Maybe I need to learn how to use these tools better. Lately I was sending them pdfs and got in reply some pdfs that can only be viewed properly with the latest acrobat, and their comments are only visible on the screen anyway and cannot at all be printed. So what do I do? More broadly, what is the solution for cross- platform (*nix - windows - vms) editing of a complex document, with lots of maths, line plots and raster images? anton Agree on a document format? -Damian Use the minimalist elements of latex as a 'document markup', and write in wordpad on the windows box as that seems to understand newlines, explain to them the concept of 'getting the content right first' _and then_ doing the fussy layout. And put all the images, and plots into jpegs 'for discussion' during the writing process, with appropriate document markers. Just gotta come up with a way to do the maths in a common format (again teach 'em latex, by showing them the difference if the finished product a few times for some complex equation/theorem/lemma etc) lotsa luck! BTW I have had these 'discussion' before and another argument is disk space I had a writer generate over 15Gb of documents in all the initial. 'required to be held' intermediate formats and finals forms. along with the humungous hi res screen grabs My versions fitted on a DVD. A Makefile, the latex source, and realistic jpegs. cheers mjt --- The information transmitted in this e-mail is for the exclusive use of the intended addressee and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, re-transmission, dissemination or other use of it, or the taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons and/or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please inform the sender and/or addressee immediately and delete the material. E-mails may not be secure, may contain computer viruses and may be corrupted in transmission. Please carefully check this e-mail (and any attachment) accordingly. No warranties are given and no liability is accepted for any loss or damage caused by such matters. --- ### This e-mail message has been scanned for Viruses by Bytecraft ### ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: KDE and libflashplayer - help?
On Wednesday 27 September 2006 08:30, you wrote: Hello, On 9/26/06, Oliver Iberien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've followed the instructions at http://freebsd.kde.org/howtos/konqueror-flash.php. libmap.conf contains: [/usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/libflashplayer.so] libpthread.so.0 libpthread.so.2 libdl.so.2 pluginwrapper/flash7.so libz.so.1 libz.so.3 libm.so.6 libm.so.4 libc.so.6 pluginwrapper/flash7.so And (having looked through this list's archives) ln -s /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/flashplayer.xpt /usr/X11R6/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplayer.xpt But konqueror doesn't see a plugin either in the /usr/X11R6/lib/linux-flashplugin7/ or /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-flashplugin/ folders. Firefox does nothing. And there I am stuck. What am I doing wrong? I also tried the same steps and had the same problem: konqueror does not find the flash plugin. Regards Ivan I did manage to get Firefox going after browsing in the mailing list archive (search did not turn it up). Follow this: http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/trurl_pagecontent?lp=pt_enurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unixlike.com.br%2F%3Fp%3D%252081 Konqueror is still not doing anything. Oliver ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE?
- Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE? Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:46:42 -0700 I felt I should ask this question before taking a drastic action. I built this new production system complete with jail (which I can recreate very quickly) and all was running perfectly under 6.2 PRERELEASE. I was planning taking a chance and going production (against common wisdom of running 6.2 PRERELEASE in production). Yesterday I decided to cvsup and rebuild one more time and discovered a glaring problem on this AMD64 Tyan s4882. It can't reboot with the reboot command or shutdown -r about 75% of the time, it hangs between the uptime output and where it states Rebooting, then requires a manual reset to get going again. This tells me I have to fall back or will create a nightmare for production use. Presuming I can live with certain driver issues on 6.1 RELEASE P6, are there any serious dangers or unique procedures in going backward, to RELENG_6_1 from RELENG_6 that suggest it would be better to just start from scratch? I've not fallen back from CURRENT to a RELEASE, this will be my first time. maybe u can give it a try, why not? same like my case, and it's weird.. when i upgraded my box to 6.2-PRERELEASE, something weird happens.. i can't login to my KDE ( my KDE is up and running ) using my user+pass, surprisingly i add one more user+pass and it's can logged in! so I've decided to revert back to 6.1-RELEASE-p7 and it's back to normal! Maybe u should give it a try :) correct me if i'm wrong.. -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: linux recovery tool
- Original Message - From: Robin Becker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: linux recovery tool Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 22:33:04 + One of my hosters says they provide a ram based linux recovery tool, but I'm actually using freebsd on the hardware so am wondering if linux knows how to mount UFS partitions? -- Robin Becker Yes, it does -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: calenders .. silly question !
On Tue, 26 Sep 2006, Erik Norgaard wrote: Desmond Coughlan wrote: The thread on calendars has got me thinking The 'non-profit' organisation I mentioned, is a school. Here in France (and no doubt in dozens of other countries), many universities have constructed 'virtual campuses'. By that, I mean that the student logs in, he has not only his grades, but his timetable (classes, seminars etc), and he can send and receive e-mail to and from his tutors. Can this be done under FreeBSD (that was the 'silly' part of the question) ? Any pointers to where I can start learning about that stuff? As Eric wrote there are dozens of things you have to think about. But since you only ask for a pointer: If you search Google (and our ports directory) for Content Management Systems (CMS) and try to install one you will get some impression what can be done. I think ports/www/mambo (PHP based) or ports/www/plone (Python based) can be set up quite easily. Regards, Uli. Setting up the MX is the most urgent, but afterwards, we can start to have fun with SQL, forums, campuses etc? Honestly, I think you will have a hard time getting any useful answers: Your question is vague and broad and posting under a completely different topic is not helping. Before asking the how question, you gotta understand the problem you want to solve - that is first, figure out what is the problem: - how many users? - how will you manage users? - who will manage users? - how will users access services? - from where will users access services? - routing? - firewall? - does the infrastructure exist to provide access to services? - network? wireless? dns? etc. - how often will users access services? - how much data will be handled by the servers? - what hardware is required to support the expected traffic? ... and on and on. Once you have a clear idea of that you can start asking more concrete questions: - which MTA? - how do I setup that MTA? - what MDA? can the MTA work as MDA? - how do I setup that MDA? etc. So, I recommend you rethink your problem and make it clear what you want to achieve in your next post - under a suitable subject... Cheers, Erik -- Ph: +34.666334818 web: http://www.locolomo.org X.509 Certificate: http://www.locolomo.org/crt/8D03551FFCE04F0C.crt Key ID: 69:79:B8:2C:E3:8F:E7:BE:5D:C3:C3:B1:74:62:B8:3F:9F:1F:69:B9 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE?
On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:46:42 -0700
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Presuming I can live with
certain driver issues on 6.1 RELEASE P6, are there any serious
dangers or unique procedures in going backward, to RELENG_6_1 from
RELENG_6 that suggest it would be better to just start from scratch?
I've not fallen back from CURRENT to a RELEASE, this will be my first
time.
I did then 6.2-Prerelease to 6.1-p6 to 6.2-Prerelease to 6.1p6 to 6.2 journey
(with some other iterations in between ;) ). Make sure you rebuild world as
well as the kernel, as some utils have changed (eg, GELI is not compatible
between 6.1-p6 and 6.2 mismatches of kernel + world). On my 6.2 to 6.1 trip, I
had to rebuild some libraries from ports as they were crashing (can't remember
which ones now, sorry).
Overall, pretty painless experience.
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Re: Downgrade from 6.2 PR to 6.1 RELEASE?
On Sep 27, 2006, at 7:49 PM, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:46:42 -0700 Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Presuming I can live with certain driver issues on 6.1 RELEASE P6, are there any serious dangers or unique procedures in going backward, to RELENG_6_1 from RELENG_6 that suggest it would be better to just start from scratch? I've not fallen back from CURRENT to a RELEASE, this will be my first time. I did then 6.2-Prerelease to 6.1-p6 to 6.2-Prerelease to 6.1p6 to 6.2 journey ... Overall, pretty painless experience. Thank you both for your responses. I'm starting the process now because the unexpected oddities seem to mount and this system should go live this week... it was so stable and I was warned about following the bleeding edge at least twice now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Accessibility questions.
To anyone on-list who has heard of the RFBD rfbd.org, they provide 4-track cassettes (at 15/16ips) for audiobooks for the blind and dislexic. They have begun to switch to some kind of encrypted digital CD's, much more efficient that tape.. Today is the first I heard of the new CD stuff. Among the commerialware for th Mac and PeeCee at eClipse Reader Software (PC), Victor Reader Soft Macintosh, and EaseReader (PC). Does anybody know what these utilities do? Some are over $150. If there is a freeware version in the Unix realm, would somebody kindly let me know? thanks in advance, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: nested labels
Adam Martin's discussion of nested partitions was very enlightening and useful. A nice thing about the approach is that it can be used on a dangerously dedicated hard drive. Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kopete MSN + Cam
Is or will there ever be support to allow the viewing of Webcams from others or is it simply not possible ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
