EXIF inspector
For the photo folks -- What do you use for inspecting EXIF data? I've tried exif exiftags exifprobe and none of them show the full compliment of tags present on my oly pen-ep3. In particular, they omit most of the vendor specific stuff, and they seem to display different parts of things, but not everything. I ended up installing a PhotoME windoze .exe under wine. It works, but I'd like a command line tool. Thanks, Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
apache webdav svn locking issues
I've got a webdav setup on apache using svn, and all seems well until I use openoffice and it comes up with locking issues. I can mount the webdav drive and use locking to stop the io errors in openoffice, but it still tells me it is locked and can only be opened read only. I've checked thoroughly and there is no .~lock file, but in the apache logs it says it returned a 423 error when the file is queried. Apparently openoffice requests again, and finds no .~lock file (404). I'm assuming svn provides the locking data, correct? Anyone know the incantations to clear it? Cheers ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
[ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: why does /etc/namedb link to /var?
[ Gary Aitken wrote on Wed 22.Aug'12 at 23:39:16 -0600 ] Can anyone shed light on why /etc/namedb is a symlink to /var/named/etc/namedb? It seems to me this is general configuration stuff which should be in /etc/namedb on the root partition, not on /var. I thought /var was used for things like logs, process ids of running processes, etc. Gary If you read this http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-dns.html thoroughly it explains why. It's a security feature and therefore chroot's in /var/namedb/etc/namedb. You will probably need to adjust your zone files to provide the full path name in the file statement within them. That's what I needed to do when I set up named earlier this week. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Warning - FreeBSD (*BSD) entanglement in Linux ecosystem
So this statement in the WikiP is false? systemd is Linux-only by design, as it relies upon features such as cgroups and fanotify.[6] Debian is avoiding the adoption of systemd due to this issue.[7] -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. I read an article online about some Linux constructs make it very difficult to port some software to BSD. This included systemd, also Xfce and GNOME 3. I figure this is why GNOME 3, out for some time now, has not yet been ported to FreeBSD ports or NetBSD pkgsrc. Tom ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
[OT:] tools/methods for automated cross-platform packaging?
Currently, I am looking into the problem of providing software packages for different platforms via native packages in a Continuous Integration Environment. The software in question is pure Java, so binary compatibility and/or cross-compilation issue resolves to having a conforming JRE installed on the target-platform. I know this question is prone for another OSI-10 flame-war on the Java is the OS statement - please don't. It is a customer requirement I must conform to. The (non-)intelligence of that requirement might be questioned, but ... Having looked into the issue of cross-platform packaging systems, I have found mostly separate package managers which require to be installed on the target-platform and manage a separate environment (viz OpenPkg, IPS). These do not help, as the customers require native packages. Apparantly, there are tools which take compiled binaries and wrap those into some package-format - EPM and ProjectBuilder do such a thing. The first has it's last commit by December 2010 and the second seems to be a one-man-show, so those (I did not find alternatives) are of questionable value in a long-term productive environment. Other projects manage to provide packages for a multitude of platforms. Are these built (semi-)manually by volunteers or distribution providers or is there any packaging infrastructure available to automate the task of taking sources to compile and package them? As I am talking of Java, a tool which packages binaries would be entirely sufficient. Thanks for any ideas or hints, cheers, -- Christopher J. Ruwe TZ: GMT + 2h signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: /tmp filesystem full
Can't seem to figure out the problem with MAXPATHLEN. locate: integer out of +-MAXPATHLEN (1024): 1029 In my /etc/locate.rc I have pruned several directories (even the most obvious) - still the locate DB exeeds well over 1GB before outputting this error message. I have moved the tmp dir for locate to /usr/tmp which works fine (changed in locate script) and there is no problems with diskspace here. the find awk command suggested earlier in this thread didn't give me a better clue about what's happening. Anyone have any other ideas what I can try to find out why locate fails? Thanks! Andy On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.comwrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: tmpfs and swap md devices don't actually need swap. I don't seen any advantage in your way of creating an md device for /tmp. Then you don't understand. ;-) The advantage of my approach is avoiding a kernel panic when writing to the tmpfs when you haven't pre-allocated all the filesystem space at creation time. If that happens to matter to you... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: /tmp filesystem full
Btw, is /etc/locate.rc being read at all? /Andy On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Andy Wodfer wod...@gmail.com wrote: Can't seem to figure out the problem with MAXPATHLEN. locate: integer out of +-MAXPATHLEN (1024): 1029 In my /etc/locate.rc I have pruned several directories (even the most obvious) - still the locate DB exeeds well over 1GB before outputting this error message. I have moved the tmp dir for locate to /usr/tmp which works fine (changed in locate script) and there is no problems with diskspace here. the find awk command suggested earlier in this thread didn't give me a better clue about what's happening. Anyone have any other ideas what I can try to find out why locate fails? Thanks! Andy On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 6:24 AM, Michael Sierchio ku...@tenebras.comwrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: tmpfs and swap md devices don't actually need swap. I don't seen any advantage in your way of creating an md device for /tmp. Then you don't understand. ;-) The advantage of my approach is avoiding a kernel panic when writing to the tmpfs when you haven't pre-allocated all the filesystem space at creation time. If that happens to matter to you... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: /tmp filesystem full
On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 21:24:47 -0700 Michael Sierchio wrote: On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM, RW rwmailli...@googlemail.com wrote: tmpfs and swap md devices don't actually need swap. I don't seen any advantage in your way of creating an md device for /tmp. Then you don't understand. ;-) The advantage of my approach is avoiding a kernel panic when writing to the tmpfs md device when you haven't pre-allocated all the filesystem space at creation time. If that happens to matter to you... It's the other way around, malloc md devices can cause kernel panics. swap md device use ordinary VM memory. If you set the limit too high without swap you can slow performance, but it shouldn't cause a kernel panic. The default of 2MB isn't going to make a significant difference on any normal install. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EXIF inspector
2012-08-23 08:00, Gary Aitken skrev: For the photo folks -- What do you use for inspecting EXIF data? I've tried exif exiftags exifprobe and none of them show the full compliment of tags present on my oly pen-ep3. In particular, they omit most of the vendor specific stuff, and they seem to display different parts of things, but not everything. Have you tried exif? exif-0.6.20Command line utility to read and manipulate EXIF data It's in /usr/ports/graphics/exif ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Issue with kernel building
antonin tessier antonintess...@live.fr writes: I have a problem when I try to build my own kernel. I had never got such a one; here is my kernel configuration file and the building errors that it makes. You left out some devices that are required by other devices in your configuration. for a start, it looks like man 4 ral would tell you about a few of them for the ral device. A better way to assemble a kernel configuration would be to start with GENERIC and only change a few items at a time. That way, if it fails to build, you have a narrower idea of where to look for the problem. Or just stay with GENERIC; most consumer PCs have no real reason to need a customized kernel. Good luck. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Issue with kernel building
[ Lowell Gilbert wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 9:23:14 -0400 ] antonin tessier antonintess...@live.fr writes: I have a problem when I try to build my own kernel. I had never got such a one; here is my kernel configuration file and the building errors that it makes. Or just stay with GENERIC; most consumer PCs have no real reason to need a customized kernel. I agree. It boots quickly and it isn't really necessary for the majority of users. I can be useful to learn the procedure, etc. but didn't use the correct command anyway: make buildkernel KERNCONF=KERNELCONFIG ^^^ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EXIF inspector
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, Gary Aitken wrote: For the photo folks -- What do you use for inspecting EXIF data? I've tried exif exiftags exifprobe and none of them show the full compliment of tags present on my oly pen-ep3. In particular, they omit most of the vendor specific stuff, and they seem to display different parts of things, but not everything. graphics/p5-Image-ExifTool should be capable of showing everything. It's a Perl module but includes a command-line interface called just exiftool. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Issue with kernel building
Jamie Paul Griffin ja...@kode5.net writes: [ Lowell Gilbert wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 9:23:14 -0400 ] antonin tessier antonintess...@live.fr writes: I have a problem when I try to build my own kernel. I had never got such a one; here is my kernel configuration file and the building errors that it makes. Or just stay with GENERIC; most consumer PCs have no real reason to need a customized kernel. I agree. It boots quickly and it isn't really necessary for the majority of users. I can be useful to learn the procedure, etc. but didn't use the correct command anyway: make buildkernel KERNCONF=KERNELCONFIG ^^^ make kernel is equivalent to make buildkernel installkernel. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EXIF inspector
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:08 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: For the photo folks -- What do you use for inspecting EXIF data? I've tried exif exiftags exifprobe and none of them show the full compliment of tags present on my oly pen-ep3. In particular, they omit most of the vendor specific stuff, and they seem to display different parts of things, but not everything. I've been using exiv2 (port graphics/exiv2) which fits my needs. Here's an example of its output: % exiv2 cam/img_6842.jpg File name : cam/img_6842.jpg File size : 2887326 Bytes MIME type : image/jpeg Image size : 2816 x 2112 Camera make : Canon Camera model: Canon PowerShot S3 IS Image timestamp : 2011:08:19 09:14:42 Image number: 120-6842 Exposure time : 1/50 s Aperture: F2.7 Exposure bias : 0 EV Flash : No, red-eye reduction Flash bias : 0 EV Focal length: 6.0 mm Subject distance: 68 ISO speed : 100 Exposure mode : Easy shooting (Auto) Metering mode : Multi-segment Macro mode : Off Image quality : Fine Exif Resolution : 2816 x 2112 White balance : Auto Thumbnail : image/jpeg, 5981 Bytes Copyright : Exif comment: See man exiv2 for details. It's a really versatile program which can be excellently integrated into scripts. In case you need more info from a photo file, use the strings utility provided by the system and parse its output. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: /tmp filesystem full
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:54:08 -0400, kpn...@pobox.com wrote:
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 11:04:02AM +0200, Andy Wodfer wrote:
Can't seem to figure out the problem with MAXPATHLEN.
locate: integer out of +-MAXPATHLEN (1024): 1029
In my /etc/locate.rc I have pruned several directories (even the most
obvious) - still the locate DB exeeds well over 1GB before outputting this
error message.
I have moved the tmp dir for locate to /usr/tmp which works fine (changed
in locate script) and there is no problems with diskspace here.
the find awk command suggested earlier in this thread didn't give me a
better clue about what's happening.
Anyone have any other ideas what I can try to find out why locate fails?
I'm starting to wonder if you have a corrupt filesystem. Do you have
a large number of files or something? My locate database is about three
megs in size. Granted, I don't have that much data to index.
On my home system, it's 16 GB, but that's still far away from
any gigabyte barrier...
A loop in the filesystem will eventually result in a path that is
too long. Use fsck to diagnose a corrupt filesystem if you are using
UFS/UFS2.
Performing a file system check is a good advice, just to make
sure there's not a file system inconsistency that triggers some
abnormal behaviour. Note that _repairing_ a potential defect
should be done in single user mode (boot -s) on the unmounted
partitions.
If you don't mind a teeny bit of scripting then you can get close to
the problem with a find command that runs a short python script:
find / -exec scriptname {} \;
Where scriptname is an executable file with contents something like this:
# /usr/local/bin/python
import sys
for x in sys.argv[1:]:
if len(x) 900:# make higher or lower as needed
sys.stdout.write(x + \n)
sys.stdout.flush()
This script takes all command line arguments to it and prints them
out if the length of the argument exceeds 900 characters. The find
command I gave above should run this script and give it each
filename as it comes across it.
In short and which system tools only:
% find / -type d | awk 'length 900'
And with storing a list for further reference:
% find / -type d | awk 'length 900' /tmp/longpaths.txt
Also note that this test only considers path names. In case
you have long _file_ names (or names containing corrupt characters
maybe), that could also be a problem, as the locate command also
records those, if I remember correctly. You can change the -type d
to -type f to test for file names (_including_ the path).
See man find for details.
--
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
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implications of adding root to a group
Hello, I've been looking at the /etc/group and have noticed that some groups have root included in them, for example operator. Is it not implied that root has access to all things and groups? What is the purpose of adding root to a group? If I add root to some new arbitrary group, what does it result in differently than if I do not add root to that group? Answers suggestions appreciated, K ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: implications of adding root to a group
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:51:10 -0700 Krims G krimskr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been looking at the /etc/group and have noticed that some groups have root included in them, for example operator. Is it not implied that root has access to all things and groups? What is the purpose of adding root to a group? If I add root to some new arbitrary group, what does it result in differently than if I do not add root to that group? The root user has the ability to ignore file permissions, but not the ability to subvert group membership tests in scripts or programs. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins.|licences available see You lose and Bill collects. |http://www.sohara.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
freebsd-update question.
I wanted to see if I could get an 8.1 system updated to 9.0 (mostly) with freebsd-update. I did this with a source update to RELENG_8_3 and then did the standard stuff to get to 9.0 perl and xdm both gave errors that libutil.so.9 was missing. scanning google and questions suggested this module was removed. Also in some basic way the ports make scripts view the system as an 8.X system as make index gives 'Generating INDEX-8 - please wait.. Can this be repaired? Building from source is out of the question for this system. _ Douglas Denault http://www.safeport.com d...@safeport.com Voice: 301-217-9220 Fax: 301-217-9277 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Issue with kernel building
[ Lowell Gilbert wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 10:28:47 -0400 ] Jamie Paul Griffin ja...@kode5.net writes: [ Lowell Gilbert wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 9:23:14 -0400 ] antonin tessier antonintess...@live.fr writes: I have a problem when I try to build my own kernel. I had never got such a one; here is my kernel configuration file and the building errors that it makes. Or just stay with GENERIC; most consumer PCs have no real reason to need a customized kernel. I agree. It boots quickly and it isn't really necessary for the majority of users. I can be useful to learn the procedure, etc. but didn't use the correct command anyway: make buildkernel KERNCONF=KERNELCONFIG ^^^ make kernel is equivalent to make buildkernel installkernel. Ah, I didn't know that. I just stick to the Handbook info but it's good to learn other options. Cheers. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
/tmp filesystem full
Andy Wodfer wodfer at gmail.com Thu Aug 23 09:04:08 UTC 2012 Can't seem to figure out the problem with MAXPATHLEN. locate: integer out of +-MAXPATHLEN (1024): 1029 Your database may be corrupted. I would suggest you delete it and recreate. jb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
+++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: [ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. true, but from what i have been able to sniff out on my own, ports configuration data are stored in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree, so that if png has been installed already you do a make showconfig in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the data are read from files in /usr/local/include, if you run make config in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the files affected by any change are in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree. this has been a learning experience for me prolly will continue to be as others here correct me. david coder ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd-update question.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:36:51 -0400 (EDT), d...@safeport.com wrote: I wanted to see if I could get an 8.1 system updated to 9.0 (mostly) with freebsd-update. I did this with a source update to RELENG_8_3 and then did the standard stuff to get to 9.0 perl and xdm both gave errors that libutil.so.9 was missing. scanning google and questions suggested this module was removed. Also in some basic way the ports make scripts view the system as an 8.X system as make index gives 'Generating INDEX-8 - please wait.. Can this be repaired? Building from source is out of the question for this system. After a major version update (8.x - 9.x) you should reinstall _all_ ports. See man portmaster (EXAMPLES section) for suggestions on how to do this. If you want to avoid it. you can install the compat8x port on your system. Unaltered (!) installs from 8.x should continue running. But as soon as you're introducing new software, trouble may occur. In that case, a clean install of your applications should be the better way. (Note that you can do this either by source or by packages, just as you prefer.) The described problem with libutil can be avoided when working with the compat8x port. There are more such ports for older versions that allow running binaries compiled for those OS versions (API/ABI remapping). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Issue with kernel building
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 17:23:59 +0100, Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: [ Lowell Gilbert wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 10:28:47 -0400 ] Jamie Paul Griffin ja...@kode5.net writes: [ Lowell Gilbert wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 9:23:14 -0400 ] antonin tessier antonintess...@live.fr writes: I have a problem when I try to build my own kernel. I had never got such a one; here is my kernel configuration file and the building errors that it makes. Or just stay with GENERIC; most consumer PCs have no real reason to need a customized kernel. I agree. It boots quickly and it isn't really necessary for the majority of users. I can be useful to learn the procedure, etc. but didn't use the correct command anyway: make buildkernel KERNCONF=KERNELCONFIG ^^^ make kernel is equivalent to make buildkernel installkernel. Ah, I didn't know that. I just stick to the Handbook info but it's good to learn other options. Cheers. Have a look at the comment header of /usr/src/Makefile -- it contaons lots of compressed information about how to deal with source installs. Also worth reading: man make.conf and man src.conf. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
port configuration data [was re: firefox png]
+++ david coder [23/08/12 12:26 -0400]: +++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: [ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. true, but from what i have been able to sniff out on my own, ports configuration data are stored in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree, so that if png has been installed already you do a make showconfig in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the data are read from files in /usr/local/include, if you run make config in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the files affected by any change are in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree. this has been a learning experience for me prolly will continue to be as others here correct me. david coder ___ it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, make showconfig executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. changes made through make config change both that file files in /usr/local/include subdirectories thereof. please correct me if i'm wrong. david coder ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: firefox png
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:26:18 -0400, david coder wrote: +++ Jamie Paul Griffin [23/08/12 07:54 +0100]: [ Polytropon wrote on Thu 23.Aug'12 at 2:00:15 +0200 ] On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 19:43:55 -0400, david coder wrote: thx, i hadn't seen the reply to my earlier message. unfortunately, though i've got the png port installed w/ OPTIONS=APNG Animated PNG support On That should be the default. Anyway, you can always check which options had been in use when building and installing a port: % cat /var/db/ports/png/options # This file is auto-generated by 'make config'. # No user-servicable parts inside! # Options for png-1.4.8 _OPTIONS_READ=png-1.4.8 WITH_APNG=true In this example you can see that it has been properly installed. the install of freebsd fails w/ the error message given below. Sadly the Firefox build error message is not included. is there something else required in the png makefile or elsewhere that i'm missing? I'm sure this entry of /usr/ports/UPDATING applies: 20120531: AFFECTS: users of graphics/png AUTHOR: din...@freebsd.org The PNG library has been updated to version 1.5.10. Please rebuild all ports that depend on it. I built Firefox 14 a couple of days ago and png installed is now version 1.5.12. So an updated ports tree should incorporate that change now shouldn't it. true, but from what i have been able to sniff out on my own, ports configuration data are stored in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree, so that if png has been installed already you do a make showconfig in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the data are read from files in /usr/local/include, if you run make config in /usr/ports/graphics/png, the files affected by any change are in /usr/local/include, not anywhere in the ports tree. That's not fully correct. Ports _configuration_ (what you select with make configure) is not stored inside the ports tree -- so far correct. It's _not_ stored in /usr/local/include. Anything that will go to those directory subtree will be installed there only by a make install step, not by make configure. The options set for a port by make configure (even if no make or make install follows) is /var/db/ports/name/options, where name is the name of the port in question. This data will be queried by make showconfig. See the example shown above. make configure - data into /var/db/ports/name/options make - data into /usr/ports/category/name/work/... make install - data into /usr/local and its subtrees The directory /usr/local/include is intended to hold header files for interfacing with various libraries. It doesn't have anything to do with ports _configuration_; it's designated content _may_ be affected by how a port is configured (by its own options or by implicit dependencies and _their_ content). this has been a learning experience for me prolly will continue to be as others here correct me. See man 7 ports for an overview of how ports are utilized on FreeBSD. There's also a chapter in The FreeBSD Handbook dealing with ports. As soon as you have understood the simple mechanisms that build the basic parts the ports infrastructure works on, you will be quickly able to resolve all issues easily. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: EXIF inspector
several responses combined to save bandwidth... On 08/23/12 08:38, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 00:00:08 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: For the photo folks -- What do you use for inspecting EXIF data? I've tried exif exiftags exifprobe and none of them show the full compliment of tags present on my oly pen-ep3. In particular, they omit most of the vendor specific stuff, and they seem to display different parts of things, but not everything. I've been using exiv2 (port graphics/exiv2) which fits my needs. Here's an example of its output: % exiv2 cam/img_6842.jpg File name : cam/img_6842.jpg File size : 2887326 Bytes MIME type : image/jpeg Image size : 2816 x 2112 Camera make : Canon Camera model: Canon PowerShot S3 IS Image timestamp : 2011:08:19 09:14:42 Image number: 120-6842 Exposure time : 1/50 s Aperture: F2.7 Exposure bias : 0 EV Flash : No, red-eye reduction Flash bias : 0 EV Focal length: 6.0 mm Subject distance: 68 ISO speed : 100 Exposure mode : Easy shooting (Auto) Metering mode : Multi-segment Macro mode : Off Image quality : Fine Exif Resolution : 2816 x 2112 White balance : Auto Thumbnail : image/jpeg, 5981 Bytes Copyright : Exif comment: See man exiv2 for details. It's a really versatile program which can be excellently integrated into scripts. In case you need more info from a photo file, use the strings utility provided by the system and parse its output. Thanks This is rather weird. I had tried exiv2 and concluded it did not report everything because on a windows system I had previously used PhotoME to ascertain that the image stabilization parameter for my camera was in a field whose tag name was ImageQuality3, and exiv2 does not report anything with uality in it. However, I now see that it does report a string called Exif.OlympusCs.ImageStabilization of the same type with the corresponding value. Strings reports neither tag. That makes sense, since exif tags are numerically encoded and not text, so I don't think strings is particularly useful. Upon further investigation, it appears that the choice of string to print for a tag is probably a translation provided by the program, not the image file. A strings on /usr/local/lib/libexiv2.so.10 shows: Image stabilization ImageStabilization Image Stabilization for the Sony DSLR-A100 Image stabilization data Image Stabilization Data ImageStabilizationData Image Stabilization A100 ImageStabilizationA100 Digital Image Stabilization and also specific tags for different camera manufacturers, e.g. Exif.OlympusCs. etc. bah -- exif doesn't report all the tags warren -- thanks, I thought I tried p5-Image-ExifTool but in looking back at my notes I have a thing that says install ExifTool and its not there so obviously I didn't to that. Will check it if exiv2 doesn't work out. Gary ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: port configuration data [was re: firefox png]
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:41 -0400, david coder wrote: it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, make showconfig executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. changes made through make config change both that file files in /usr/local/include subdirectories thereof. Nothing in /usr/local is going to be changed until make install (or make deinstall respectively) is executed. In /usr/local/include header files are _installed_ for accessing library functions, mostly a means for programmers to interface with software. But it's correct that you mention /usr/local/include/libpng/pngconf.h here. It's not to be changed by make configure, but it will be created by make install, reflecting the properties libpng has been installed with; it's a machine configurable file for libpng by its own declaration. It belongs to the png port, _not_ to the port configuration subsystem (which is _independent_ from the ports theirselves. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: port configuration data [was re: firefox png]
+++ Polytropon [23/08/12 19:17 +0200]: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:41:41 -0400, david coder wrote: it's happened already: in another post here, polytropon gives a more central role to /var/db/ports/png/options. if i understand him correctly, make showconfig executed in /usr/ports/graphics/png reads from that file. changes made through make config change both that file files in /usr/local/include subdirectories thereof. Nothing in /usr/local is going to be changed until make install (or make deinstall respectively) is executed. In /usr/local/include header files are _installed_ for accessing library functions, mostly a means for programmers to interface with software. But it's correct that you mention /usr/local/include/libpng/pngconf.h here. It's not to be changed by make configure, but it will be created by make install, reflecting the properties libpng has been installed with; it's a machine configurable file for libpng by its own declaration. It belongs to the png port, _not_ to the port configuration subsystem (which is _independent_ from the ports theirselves. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... thx for the correction further education, polytropon. much obliged. david coder ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd-update question.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012, Polytropon wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:36:51 -0400 (EDT), d...@safeport.com wrote: I wanted to see if I could get an 8.1 system updated to 9.0 (mostly) with freebsd-update. I did this with a source update to RELENG_8_3 and then did the standard stuff to get to 9.0 perl and xdm both gave errors that libutil.so.9 was missing. scanning google and questions suggested this module was removed. Also in some basic way the ports make scripts view the system as an 8.X system as make index gives 'Generating INDEX-8 - please wait.. Can this be repaired? Building from source is out of the question for this system. After a major version update (8.x - 9.x) you should reinstall _all_ ports. See man portmaster (EXAMPLES section) for suggestions on how to do this. If you want to avoid it. you can install the compat8x port on your system. Unaltered (!) installs from 8.x should continue running. But as soon as you're introducing new software, trouble may occur. In that case, a clean install of your applications should be the better way. (Note that you can do this either by source or by packages, just as you prefer.) The described problem with libutil can be avoided when working with the compat8x port. There are more such ports for older versions that allow running binaries compiled for those OS versions (API/ABI remapping). After seeing if xorg and twm would just work, I did remove all packages with pkg_delete. That did not clear out all of /usr/local. When pkg_add of perl failed, I just built that. pkg_add of xorg worked. pkg_add of xdm got an error something along the line of unliking lib/X11/auth... so I deleted that dir and did pkg_add again. This installed but xdm fails on execution with libutil.so.9 missing. monhegan:~ uname -a FreeBSD monhegan.boltsys.com 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 01:47:53 UTC 2012 r...@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 But make index thinks (I think) this is an 8.x system. pkg_add did add from ...lastest..9.0 for xorg and xdm. AFAIK there are no 8.x components. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Twitter.com is loading slowly after updating to Firefox 13.0.1
On 08/21/12 22:48, Toomas Aas wrote: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 kirjutas Lars Eighner luvbeas...@larseighner.com: On Tue, 17 Jul 2012, Toomas Aas wrote: Hello! I'm having this problem on two different computers, one running 8.3-STABLE and the other running 9.0-STABLE. After updating Firefox from 12.0 to 13.0.1, whenever I access twitter.com, I can log in but after that a message appears saying that Twitter.com is loading slowly, and the site is practically unusable - clicking on any of the links has no effect. If you do not know that there is something in firefox (now 13ish) which you must have, deinstall it and install firefox-esr (now 10ish). I was away from my computer for the past month, but now that I returned and replaced Firefox 13.0.1 with 10.0.6 ESR, twitter.com is again behaving normally for me. I'd like to thank everyone who recommended ESR in this thread I have the same problem. My system is an old P4-3GHz with Hypterthreading (Northwood) and with ULE Scheduler isnt funny. I must wait until a site is loaded. Bevor i can't make another tab or open bookmarks. I make a kernel with SCHED_4BSD and it work better. Now i can open another tab or bookmark while a site is loading (but fast isnt it ;( ). I will build a new kernel, look and hope it will be better. System is FreeBSD 9.0 with custom kernel. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: freebsd-update question.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:49:18 -0400 (EDT), d...@safeport.com wrote: After seeing if xorg and twm would just work, I did remove all packages with pkg_delete. That did not clear out all of /usr/local. You can do a manual cleanup of /usr/local, entirely removing it and then reconstructing its structure from the /etc/mtree file. # cd /usr/local # rm -rf * # mtree -f /etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist # mtree -f /etc/mtree/BSD.x11.dist (Not tested, see the manpage for reference.) That should give you a clean environment for a full re-installation. Also note that /var/db/pkg could be manually deleted in this case. When pkg_add of perl failed, I just built that. pkg_add of xorg worked. pkg_add of xdm got an error something along the line of unliking lib/X11/auth... so I deleted that dir and did pkg_add again. This installed but xdm fails on execution with libutil.so.9 missing. Seems that there are complications with leftover stuff in /usr/local. monhegan:~ uname -a FreeBSD monhegan.boltsys.com 9.0-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Jun 12 01:47:53 UTC 2012 r...@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 But make index thinks (I think) this is an 8.x system. pkg_add did add from ...lastest..9.0 for xorg and xdm. AFAIK there are no 8.x components. You could install the ports tree from a 9.0 installation media or simply use CVS to obtain (or at least update) it. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
py-sqlalchemy install fails
fbsd 9.0 py 2.7.3 cd /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy make ends with: creating build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/EGG-INFO copying lib/SQLAlchemy.egg-info/PKG-INFO - build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/EGG-INFO copying lib/SQLAlchemy.egg-info/SOURCES.txt - build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/EGG-INFO copying lib/SQLAlchemy.egg-info/dependency_links.txt - build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/EGG-INFO copying lib/SQLAlchemy.egg-info/not-zip-safe - build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/EGG-INFO copying lib/SQLAlchemy.egg-info/top_level.txt - build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg/EGG-INFO creating dist creating 'dist/SQLAlchemy-0.7.8-py2.7.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg' to it removing 'build/bdist.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386/egg' (and everything under it) *** WARNING: The C extension could not be compiled, speedups are not enabled. Plain-Python build succeeded. *** make install ... building '_mysql' extension cc -DNDEBUG -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -fPIC -Dversion_info=(1,2,3,'final',0) -D__version__=1.2.3 -I/usr/local/include/mysql -I/usr/local/include/python2.7 -c _mysql.c -o temp.freebsd-9.0-RELEASE-i386-2.7/_mysql.o -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -g -DMY_PTHREAD_FASTMUTEX=1 In file included from pymemcompat.h:10, from _mysql.c:29: /usr/local/include/python2.7/Python.h:166:17: error: pth.h: No such file or directory In file included from _mysql.c:36: /usr/local/include/mysql/my_config.h:422:1: warning: HAVE_WCSCOLL redefined In file included from /usr/local/include/python2.7/Python.h:8, from pymemcompat.h:10, from _mysql.c:29: /usr/local/include/python2.7/pyconfig.h:890:1: warning: this is the location of the previous definition error: command 'cc' failed with exit status 1 *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/py-MySQLdb. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/py-MySQLdb. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlalchemy. thanks Len ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: implications of adding root to a group
On 23 Aug 2012, at 17:26, Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.org wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:51:10 -0700 Krims G krimskr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been looking at the /etc/group and have noticed that some groups have root included in them, for example operator. Is it not implied that root has access to all things and groups? What is the purpose of adding root to a group? If I add root to some new arbitrary group, what does it result in differently than if I do not add root to that group? The root user has the ability to ignore file permissions, but not the ability to subvert group membership tests in scripts or programs. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | While I can compute what you wrote, I fail to see the implications. Would you kindly explain in layman's terms ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: implications of adding root to a group
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:07:04 +0200, Damien Fleuriot wrote: On 23 Aug 2012, at 17:26, Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.org wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:51:10 -0700 Krims G krimskr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been looking at the /etc/group and have noticed that some groups have root included in them, for example operator. Is it not implied that root has access to all things and groups? What is the purpose of adding root to a group? If I add root to some new arbitrary group, what does it result in differently than if I do not add root to that group? The root user has the ability to ignore file permissions, but not the ability to subvert group membership tests in scripts or programs. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | While I can compute what you wrote, I fail to see the implications. Would you kindly explain in layman's terms ? Let's say a script tests (upon execution) if the caller does belong to a specific group. While root may execute all scripts and remove all barriers, root:wheel will still have wheel as the group. While root is superior to non-root is true, wheel is superior to non-wheel does not apply. In this fictional example, let's assume the script is executable for a specific non-root user. Obviously, root can override this and execute it anyway, even if the script is rwx/---/--- for bob:foo. The script initially tests if the caller is member of the group foo to continue. As root is member of wheel, and _not_ of foo, the test will fail. The script doesn't continue. Adding root to specific groups allows programs testing for group membership to recognize the required group. It's comparable to adding non-root users to operation groups like dialer or operator to allow them execute scripts and programs that are executable for the respective group, even though they are owned by root, like rwx/r-x/---. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
small script help
Running freebsd-7.0 I use a small script in a jail to check if Apache is running and if not, restart it. #!/bin/sh #if ps -ax | grep -v grep | grep -i httpd #then #echo Apache is alive.. #else #echo Apache is dead, but will be launched. #/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 start However, if I want to check the host's Apache, ps -ax sees all of the httpd lines including the jail and the host: (Jail) 83787 ?? SsJ0:07.71 /usr/local/sbin/httpd -DSSL -DNOHTTPACCEPT (host) 98089 ?? Ss32:49.44 /usr/local/sbin/httpd -DNOHTTPACCEPT How can I modify my script to see only the host based on the bottom line above? Help appreciated! Jack ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: small script help
On 24.08.2012 00:57, Jack Stone wrote: [...] How can I modify my script to see only the host based on the bottom line above? pgrep(1) has an option (-j jid) to either include jails by given id or to exclude them (-j none). HTH, Frank Reppin -- 43rd Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr fortune: Segmentation violation -- Core dumped ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: small script help
On 24.08.2012 02:14, Jack Stone wrote:
Thanks, I tried that but pgrep only displayed the PIDs. I guess I wasn't
using proper switches.
Yes - and this should be enough.
If pgrep returns PIDs - then this is the same as 'true' in your
'if' condition - if it returns nothing, the 'else' part is executed:
#!/bin/sh
# * example for Jack with amavisd instead of apache
# * the ^ means 'match from the beginning'
# * so your content for PROCESS_PATTERN would be
# PROCESS_PATTERN=^/usr/local/sbin/httpd
# because ps -ax would show you this in the
# COMMAND row
PROCESS_PATTERN=^/usr/local/sbin/amavisd
PGREP=/bin/pgrep
if ${PGREP} -q -j none -f ^${PROCESS_PATTERN}; then
echo -e OK
else
echo -e FAIL
fi
hth,
Frank Reppin
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Re: small script help
There's an errorneous extra ^ in line 6 - please remove this
character.
Fixed version should look like:
#!/bin/sh
PROCESS_PATTERN=^/usr/local/sbin/saslauthd
PGREP=/bin/pgrep
if ${PGREP} -q -j none -f ${PROCESS_PATTERN}; then
echo -e OK
else
echo -e FAIL
fi
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harware compatibility queustion
I need to add more than two' internal SATA _ports_ to a box that will be running FreeBSD 9. When I look at inexpensive SATA controllers, they all seem to be using chipsets thar are _not_ explicitly mentioned in the 'supported hardware' list. Can anyone say, authoritatively, that, say, a 'SiL3114'-based cnntroller card will work in FreeBSD, as far as 'bare drive' functionality goes? Alternatively, can anybody recommend an inexpensive 4-port (or more) SATA controller card that is known to work with FreeBSD? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
sending fax from commandline/or via appliance
Hi all, is someone aware of a solution which can do the following: 1) given a freebsd host which hosts an application xxABxx 2) this application xxABxx sends an ordinary email with a .ps attachment to another host by mailing it to recipient_fax_number@tld 3) this attachment is then fax'ed to the recipient phone number 4) HylaFAX is not the solution 5) better some cli solution which could feed this .ps via a CLI directly and non-interactive into a multifunction printer (which can do fax ofcourse) thanks! frank\ -- 43rd Law of Computing: Anything that can go wr fortune: Segmentation violation -- Core dumped ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: harware compatibility queustion
In the last episode (Aug 23), Robert Bonomi said: I need to add more than two' internal SATA _ports_ to a box that will be running FreeBSD 9. When I look at inexpensive SATA controllers, they all seem to be using chipsets thar are _not_ explicitly mentioned in the 'supported hardware' list. Can anyone say, authoritatively, that, say, a 'SiL3114'-based cnntroller card will work in FreeBSD, as far as 'bare drive' functionality goes? The ata manpage says it supports the SiI3114 card (even the siliconimage.com webpage uses both SiI and Sil spellings all over), so you should be safe. Alternatively, can anybody recommend an inexpensive 4-port (or more) SATA controller card that is known to work with FreeBSD? -- Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: implications of adding root to a group
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 23:07:04 +0200 Damien Fleuriot m...@my.gd wrote: On 23 Aug 2012, at 17:26, Steve O'Hara-Smith st...@sohara.org wrote: On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:51:10 -0700 Krims G krimskr...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I've been looking at the /etc/group and have noticed that some groups have root included in them, for example operator. Is it not implied that root has access to all things and groups? What is the purpose of adding root to a group? If I add root to some new arbitrary group, what does it result in differently than if I do not add root to that group? The root user has the ability to ignore file permissions, but not the ability to subvert group membership tests in scripts or programs. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | While I can compute what you wrote, I fail to see the implications. Would you kindly explain in layman's terms ? Any script or program that checks group membership before proceeding will execute for root regardless of permissions but won't do anything (except emit a message) unless root is also a member of the required group. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays C:WIN | A better way to focus the sun The computer obeys and wins.|licences available see You lose and Bill collects. |http://www.sohara.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
