802.11a/b/g/n listed at atheros
Just a question Browsing though messages, doing some googling, I came across the mis-linked page from the ath driver man page. So there's the list of cards... Next question (and yes I've read the handbook)... The handbook states that it supports 802.11a/b/g. Well, in that list of cards at atheros.com, I found several cards listed as 802.11n (backwards compabible, of course). My question is this. How safe would it be to assume that the ath driver would use this (n standard) card as an 802.11g? Furthermore, would the native 802.11 layer be the only thing holding the card back? IOW, when the layer is updated to 802.11n, would the card then be fully functional? This has been somewhat of a learning curve, so forgive me if the questions seems foolish. Two weeks ago, I knew nothing about how wireless worked (I've only had to set them up on windows boxes before. What can I say? :) ). So should I wait to buy the card or should I find something limited to the g spec? Thanks, WizLayer --- Life is better with a BSD. For more info, www.bsd.org. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xorg Modular
On 5/5/07, Jason Hills [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/5/07, Philipp Ost [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jason Hills wrote: Is there any prevision when will it be on ports? Will beryl, aiglx and stuff come along? Kris did announce it some days ago. You'll want to check the archives of ports@ ;) Philipp Yeah, Kris mentioned something like that in a private mail, but google didnt help me, nor http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-announce/ :( It was announced on the freebsd-ports lists that modular Xorg is being imported, and that the ports tree was to be frozen until the import is completed: Try looking in: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/ Scot -- DISCLAIMER: No electrons were mamed while sending this message. Only slightly bruised. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qemu Network with two virtual boxes
Hi!
I am trying to connect two virtual Qemu boxes to my real
network. This is what I would like to set up:
| DSL Bridge to Internet|
---
|
___ _|_
Real LAN |---| 192.168.10.1 |
---| FreeBSD 6.2 |
|| ||
| __|_____|__ |
| | 192.168.10.5| | 192.168.10.6 | |
| | Win2k on | | FreeBSD on | |
| | Qemu| | Qemu | |
| --- |
---
My real LAN uses 192.168.10.1 as gateway to the Internet.
For now I can only connect one of the two virtual boxes to my
real network, but not both. This is how I do it:
# kldload aio kqemu if_tap bridge
# sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=rl0,tap0
# sysctl net.link.ether.bridge.enable=1
# qemu-system-x86_64 -hda Win2k.img -m 512 -localtime \
-net tap -net nic
When now I try to connect the second virtual box, it will steal
the first box's network connection.
Ah, yes: This is my /etc/qemu-ifup
#!/bin/sh
ifconfig ${1} 0.0.0.0
Thanks for your help,
Uli.
Peter Ulrich Kruppa
Wuppertal
Germany
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Re: Creating an rc.d script for Jboss Web
It sounds like you haven't used the ports version of JBoss. The ports versions may have prewritten scripts that would do what you want: /usr/ports/java/jboss2 /usr/ports/java/jboss3 /usr/ports/java/jboss4 /usr/ports/java/jboss5 Jboss Web is not the same as the Jboss application server. Jboss Web is a fairly new is a lite wight servlet server like Tomcat. Jboss application server is a full J2EE application server which uses tomcats web serving engine as a front end. Jboss Web is a Tomcat replacement not an application server replacement. Its basically an optimised version of Tomcat. Where all the static file serving java code has been replaced with extremely efficient native code. Hence why it needs to be rebuilt for each platform. Basically it uses Tomcat derived code for serving sevlets and Apache derived code for when a static file is requested. Hence there's no need to front Tomcat with Apache any more. There is no version of Jboss Web in the ports collection. I was thinking it might be possible to extract the rc.d from the the Jboss 4 port, although I am not quite sure where the ports scripts store there rc.d scripts. Charlie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Routing between subnets
Neo, good day. Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:27:20PM +0200, Neo [GC] wrote: Config at home (deleted all unnessesary): Output of ifconfig: fxp0: flags=8843UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST mtu 1500 options=8VLAN_MTU inet 192.168.2.2 netmask 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.2.255 tun0: flags=8051UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 1500 inet 10.10.0.6 -- 10.10.0.5 netmask 0x Config at the VPN-server: Output of ifconfig: tun0: flags=8051UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST mtu 1500 inet 10.10.0.1 -- 10.10.0.2 netmask 0x It will be good if you will provide the picture of the network: I see two tunnels here (10.10.0.6:10.10.0.5 and 10.10.0.1:10.10.0.2) and no signs of how these are connected to each other and where the endpoints of tunnels are situated. -- Eygene ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
qmail virtual domain and alias
Since I am not getting a response from the qmail list - well there are a bunch of knowledgeable members here. So... okay i collect mail for two domains with overlapping aliases. the acutal host name of the server is globs.domain.com so there is [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] there is a .qmail-globs file working fine for mail arriving at [EMAIL PROTECTED] but then I placed the virtualdomains the line: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:blobs and then I created an alias file .qmail-blobs-globs but it does not work and the sender receives a bounce claiming user [EMAIL PROTECTED] not found. what can I do about this? Cheers, Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating an rc.d script for Jboss Web
On Sat, 5 May 2007, Charles Mason wrote: There is no version of Jboss Web in the ports collection. I was thinking it might be possible to extract the rc.d from the the Jboss 4 port, although I am not quite sure where the ports scripts store there rc.d scripts. There's a template for a startup script in the files directory: /usr/ports/java/jboss4/files/startup.sh -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: qmail virtual domain and alias
Hi John, hahaha - now that is a funny response. I thought my explanation was fairly clear. Also domain.com is a sample domain name and really has nothing to do with the issue at hand. Sample domain names are used all the time In examples and should not hinder arriving or providing solutions to configuring qmail aliases and virtualdomains. cheers, noah John Levine wrote: Since I am not getting a response from the qmail list - well there are a bunch of knowledgeable members here. So... We saw your question on the qmail list, but we couldn't answer it because you're not telling us what you're really doing. (Unless you are the registrant for domain.com, which you are not.) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: qmail virtual domain and alias
Since I am not getting a response from the qmail list - well there are a bunch of knowledgeable members here. So... We saw your question on the qmail list, but we couldn't answer it because you're not telling us what you're really doing. (Unless you are the registrant for domain.com, which you are not.) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: qmail virtual domain and alias
On Sat, 05 May 2007 08:35:43 -0700, Noah wrote: Hi John, hahaha - now that is a funny response. I thought my explanation was fairly clear. Also domain.com is a sample domain name and really has nothing to do with the issue at hand. Sample domain names are used all the time In examples and should not hinder arriving or providing solutions to configuring qmail aliases and virtualdomains. But particularly in anything that has anything to do with domains, one approach is to test configurations externally for problems that may not be apparent internally. In order to do this, you must provide accurate information. -- David Benfell, LCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Resume available at http://www.parts-unknown.org/ NOTE: I sign all messages with GnuPG (0DD1D1E3). pgp3EB8Oc6JPu.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: qmail virtual domain and alias
I thought my explanation was fairly clear. Also domain.com is a sample domain name and really has nothing to do with the issue at hand. Sample domain names are used all the time In examples and should not hinder arriving or providing solutions to configuring qmail aliases and virtualdomains. The problem is almost certainly that you have a typo in a control file somewhere. Since you are unwilling to show us the actual contents of those control files, it is unlikely that we can help you. If you think it would be a security problem if people knew your real domain, you have worse problems to fix than a few e-mail forwards. If you read the qmail list, you will have seen many, many exchanges along these lines. If you want real help, post real data. Regards, John Levine, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Primary Perpetrator of The Internet for Dummies, Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor More Wiener schnitzel, please, said Tom, revealingly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Creating an rc.d script for Jboss Web
There's a template for a startup script in the files directory: /usr/ports/java/jboss4/files/startup.sh I have hacked togeather a Jboss Web version of the Jboss4 port which handly means I can use the binary deamon control program that the Jboss4 port uses, and its rc.d script. Thanks for the info. Charlie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
after deleting maillog, sendmail won't log
I deleted my maillog files and for some reason sendmail will not log again. I have tried touch maillog to start a new file name and i have tried all different permissions on the the empty maillog file. In each case I have restarted sendmail. Any idea what I need to get logging happening again? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: after deleting maillog, sendmail won't log
On Saturday 05 May 2007 11:43:42 David Banning wrote: I deleted my maillog files and for some reason sendmail will not log again. I have tried touch maillog to start a new file name and i have tried all different permissions on the the empty maillog file. In each case I have restarted sendmail. Any idea what I need to get logging happening again? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] any output in /var/log/messages that pertains to the problem? -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [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: after deleting maillog, sendmail won't log
David Banning wrote: I deleted my maillog files and for some reason sendmail will not log again. I have tried touch maillog to start a new file name and i have tried all different permissions on the the empty maillog file. In each case I have restarted sendmail. Any idea what I need to get logging happening again? Did you restart syslogd? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: after deleting maillog, sendmail won't log
On Sat, 5 May 2007 12:22:21 -0500 Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 05 May 2007 11:43:42 David Banning wrote: I deleted my maillog files and for some reason sendmail will not log again. Just deleted the logs? Or did you do a cat /dev/null logfile The latter works OK; the first would require a syslogd restart. -- Dick Hoogendijk -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ http://nagual.nl/ + Solaris 10 11/06 ++ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: qmail virtual domain and alias
forget it. I am switching to another MTA that is easier to use. cheers, Noah John L wrote: I thought my explanation was fairly clear. Also domain.com is a sample domain name and really has nothing to do with the issue at hand. Sample domain names are used all the time In examples and should not hinder arriving or providing solutions to configuring qmail aliases and virtualdomains. The problem is almost certainly that you have a typo in a control file somewhere. Since you are unwilling to show us the actual contents of those control files, it is unlikely that we can help you. If you think it would be a security problem if people knew your real domain, you have worse problems to fix than a few e-mail forwards. If you read the qmail list, you will have seen many, many exchanges along these lines. If you want real help, post real data. Regards, John Levine, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Primary Perpetrator of The Internet for Dummies, Information Superhighwayman wanna-be, http://www.johnlevine.com, ex-Mayor More Wiener schnitzel, please, said Tom, revealingly. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Perl Script in Apache
I tried to get an answer to this on the Apache forum,
but unfortunately, I was not successful.
Running Apache on a FreeBSD-6.2 machine, I am
attempting to set up a web page that changes a
specific image on a daily basis. I found a Perl script
that is supposed to do this, but it seems to fail. All
that is displayed is a red [X]. If I run the script
from the command line, it works, as it should. Well,
at least it displays the correct file name.
I assume I am doing something wrong with the actual
web page, or else I am incorrectly calling the Perl
script.
This is a commented version of the script.
=
To display an image simply use this in your HTML:
img
src=/usr/local/www/apache22/data/perl_script.pl
#!/usr/local/bin/perl
# find out the day of the year
my $day_of_year = (localtime(time()))[7];
# define the path where the images live . is the
current directory
$path = /usr/local/www/apache22/data/pics;
# read all the jpg, gif or png filenames from the
directory into an array
opendir(DIR, $path);
@files = grep { /\.(jpg|gif|png)$/i } readdir(DIR);
closedir(DIR);
# sort the filenames alphabetically
@files = sort( {lc $a cmp lc $b} @files);
# count the number of images
$no_of_images = scalar(@files);
# Now the fun bit :) We loop through the images once
before
# repeating them in the same order. If we divide the
current
# number of day of the year by the number of images in
the
# directory we get the number of times have repeated
the images.
# We are interested in the remainder of this
calculation (this
# is calculated using the % operator). Note - there
must be
# less than 365 images in the directory! We need to
subtract
# one from this number because arrays start at zero
not 1!
if ( $no_of_images = $day_of_year ) {
$image_to_use = ($day_of_year % $no_of_images)-1;
}
else {
$image_to_use = $day_of_year-1;
};
print Location: $files[$image_to_use]\n\n;
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Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:09:16PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org Jonathan, you may want to search the archives. I posed this same question a while back, and then found a working solution. It involved getting rid of the freebsd boot manager, and migrating to grub 0.94 Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] well, i hate it when this happens, but somehow i fixed it, but i have no idea what i did to eliminate the problem. unfortunatly, my methods were not very scientific, and i didnt bother to test after each step i took. things i did that could have been the fix: 1) inserting the vista install cd, and letting it run thru a repair session. it went kinda quick, and i didnt pay close attention to what it was doing, but it appeared to know exactly what the problem was and what to do. after this, i am 95% positive that it booted back into vista without pausing at the freebsd loader (ie, had restored the original bootloader). unfortunatly, i cant say for sure. 2) as i was installing the gag per recommendation, this ended what appeared to be successfully, but in the end, i didnt have gag. i was back at a working freebsd loader, and it now boots into either freebsd or vista without any complaints at all. *scratches head* oh well, ill take it. :) Something about gift horses -- does it still apply in this age of technology. I think so. jerry -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ 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]
disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
Hello all, I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a clever hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the right thing afterwards. The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? thanks, Ray ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
On Sat 05 May 2007 17:05, Ray wrote: Hello all, I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a clever hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the right thing afterwards. The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? thanks, Ray You can use pkg_info -ga to check for missing files in your packages. -- Regards, Martin Tournoij ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
Martin Tournoij wrote: On Sat 05 May 2007 17:05, Ray wrote: Hello all, I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a clever hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the right thing afterwards. The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? thanks, Ray You can use pkg_info -ga to check for missing files in your packages. For (t)csh: alias rm rm -i For (ba)sh: alias rm=rm -i Now that you've learned :). Martin's suggestion is good though -- would have done that considering that all that lived in /usr/local were ports. -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FreeBSD with Duel Processors
Is there anything special I need to do to make FreeBSD6.2 make use of both CPU's on a Dell 2650 mother board? The boot messages indicate that the OS knows about the 2 CPU's. Is this correct? I heard some rumors that one has to give some sort of kernel directive but I haven't found anything yet. This system will be a secondary DHCP server. Many thanks ACPI APIC Table: DELL PE2650 Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 CPU: Intel(R) XEON(TM) CPU 1.80GHz (1794.19-MHz 686-class CPU) Origin = GenuineIntel Id = 0xf24 Stepping = 4 Features=0x3febfbffFPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM Logical CPUs per core: 2 real memory = 1073676288 (1023 MB) avail memory = 1041784832 (993 MB) Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 05:05:42PM -0600, Ray wrote: Hello all, I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a clever hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the right thing afterwards. The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? Sure, just restore what you need from those backups you have so diligently been making --- :-) jerry thanks, Ray ___ 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]
Mailman - Problems, virtual-mailman not created
I just installed Mailman for the first time and virtual-mailman is not being created. I'm using postfix and have the following in mm_cf.py: MTA = 'Postfix' POSTFIX_ALIAS_CMD = '/usr/local/sbin/postalias' POSTFIX_MAP_CMD = '/usr/local/sbin/postmap' POSTFIX_STYLE_VIRTUAL_DOMAINS = ['domain1.org', 'domain2.com'] Running genaliases created the aliases db, but there is no virtual_mailman or db. The virtual domains work and receive mail. What do I do next? Trying to create a new list in those domains resulted in not found errors. I've scoured the docs and I seem to have everything setup properly. Anyone have experience with this? Beech -- --- Beech Rintoul - Port Maintainer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | FreeBSD Since 4.x \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | http://www.freebsd.org X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Latest Release: / \ - http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
On Sat, May 05, 2007 at 06:10:36PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: Martin Tournoij wrote: On Sat 05 May 2007 17:05, Ray wrote: The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? You can use pkg_info -ga to check for missing files in your packages. For (t)csh: alias rm rm -i For (ba)sh: alias rm=rm -i Or for more fun and amusement: touch -- /usr/local/-i Unfortunately, the OP explicitly used the -f switch, so the alias suggestions wouldn't have helped. Personally, I'd recommend learning from the mistake (we've all done at least once) and being more judicious when entering commands, particularly any 'force' switches, and making regular use of dump(8). That would avoid circumvent the possibility of developing the unwelcome habit of typing 'rm -f' to compensate for the increased level of interaction if aliasing 'rm -i'. Which may be why the OP got into trouble. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
On Sat 05 May 2007 18:05, Garrett Cooper wrote: Martin Tournoij wrote: On Sat 05 May 2007 17:05, Ray wrote: Hello all, I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a clever hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the right thing afterwards. The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? thanks, Ray You can use pkg_info -ga to check for missing files in your packages. For (t)csh: alias rm rm -i For (ba)sh: alias rm=rm -i Now that you've learned :). Martin's suggestion is good though -- would have done that considering that all that lived in /usr/local were ports. -Garrett The problem with this is that it will ask confirmation for every file it deleted. Which is gets pretty annoying after a while, also, if you delete a directory containing a 100 files, you will have to press 'y' a 100 times. This will probably lead to the habit of using 'rm -f', and/or simply pressing y all the time without actually looking at the confirmation message. In any case, it's not likely to prevent any such accidents. A better solution would be to write a script that would move files instead of deleting them. You should name this script to something else than rm, when you're working with a new or foreign system, you will expect rm to move files, instead of deleting them ... and we can all see another disaster coming there... Another hint would be the 'rmstar' option in tcsh, when set, tcsh will ask confirmation before executing 'rm *'. Note that aliasing 'cp' and 'mv' to 'cp -i' and 'mv -i' is an *extremely* wise idea, in the past I have often accidentally overwritten files that should not have been overwritten, leading to various problems. -- Regards, Martin Tournoij ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The FreeBSD Diary: 2007-04-15 - 2007-05-05
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Re: disaster recovery - did I do the right thing?
On Saturday 05 May 2007 9:23 pm, Martin Tournoij wrote: On Sat 05 May 2007 18:05, Garrett Cooper wrote: Martin Tournoij wrote: On Sat 05 May 2007 17:05, Ray wrote: Hello all, I did something stupid the other day (sleep deprivation combined with a clever hack were the main reasons), and I'm just curious if I did the right thing afterwards. The mistake: /usr/local/# rm -f * note that root was running bash as a shell at the time, found in /usr/local/bin or something. What I did was to start over, reinstall from scratch. my question, was there an easier way? thanks, Ray You can use pkg_info -ga to check for missing files in your packages. For (t)csh: alias rm rm -i For (ba)sh: alias rm=rm -i Now that you've learned :). Martin's suggestion is good though -- would have done that considering that all that lived in /usr/local were ports. -Garrett Thanks, I'll keep that in mind, but there had better not be a next time. (anybody have a source for one of those nice white jackets with the really long sleeves, just in case? ;) ) The problem with this is that it will ask confirmation for every file it deleted. Which is gets pretty annoying after a while, also, if you delete a directory containing a 100 files, you will have to press 'y' a 100 times. This will probably lead to the habit of using 'rm -f', and/or simply pressing y all the time without actually looking at the confirmation message. In any case, it's not likely to prevent any such accidents. A better solution would be to write a script that would move files instead of deleting them. You should name this script to something else than rm, when you're working with a new or foreign system, you will expect rm to move files, instead of deleting them ... and we can all see another disaster coming there... Another hint would be the 'rmstar' option in tcsh, when set, tcsh will ask confirmation before executing 'rm *'. Note that aliasing 'cp' and 'mv' to 'cp -i' and 'mv -i' is an *extremely* wise idea, in the past I have often accidentally overwritten files that should not have been overwritten, leading to various problems. good ideas, and I may use some of them, but wouldn't have helped in this case. I _wanted_ to erase all the files in this directory (I thought). Due to a softlink and name confusion (a clever hack) I wasn't in the directory I thought I was. You live, you learn. Ray -- Regards, Martin Tournoij ___ 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]
