Which Laptop for FreeBSD

2006-04-06 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i would like to buy a new Laptop in the very near future, and of course it has to run my favourite OS. I have never searched for a Laptop, and now that i did i am overwhelmed with the confusing variety of different Brands and Models. One of the big Questions i am having is; Should

Re: How to install and configure CVSUP?

2006-04-07 Thread David Schulz
i guess you want to update your ports tree. it is very well explained in the handbook, or http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/misc/update_ports_tree.php Mc Shch wrote: Hi there, Can anyone tell me the detial of how to install and configure CVSup? -Exploit_it

Re: Regain control of keyboard

2006-04-11 Thread David Schulz
i have had the exact same thing when running portupgrade -ra on my freebsd 6.0 amd64, but nothing would help except to power reboot the computer. i tried pluggin in and out the usb keyboard, tried a ps2 keyboard. the only thing i couldnt try if i can connect to it still via ssh. if i couldnt,

Re: spamfilter

2006-08-03 Thread David Schulz
I can only recommend a program called dspam, which is also in the ports. I personally had a very hard time to install and configure it, so this is not a praise only, but once i had it running it almost immediately started taking care on 99 percent of my spam. On Aug 1, 2006, at 7:51 PM,

Re: BSDstats Project v2.0 ...

2006-08-07 Thread David Schulz
Ok i love the Idea of this, and will have all my machines running that in no time. Just make the Site look more sleek :) I will be hopefully the first one representing China on that list as well (brag :-) On Aug 8, 2006, at 4:42 AM, Pat Maddox wrote: On 8/6/06, Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL

Re: BSDstats Project v2.0 ...

2006-08-08 Thread David Schulz
Hello, i have started to run this script , but for some reason i dont show up in the list. or maybe i do, but at least not the country from which i am submitting, china, has still zero entries. how can this be? my ip does resolve to a host in china when using some geoip lookup service...

Re: BSDstats Project v2.0 ...

2006-08-08 Thread David Schulz
cool yes, now i see it also, but it wasn't there before right after i executed my script. is there maybe some sort of delay before the data appears? On Aug 8, 2006, at 4:01 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, David Schulz wrote: Hello, i have started to run this script

Piping output from serial device to file does not want to work

2006-09-14 Thread David Schulz
Hello, Data coming from /dev/cuad0 looks like this when read using cat /dev/ cuad0 : -Snippet start 09/15/06 11:17AM 8003 13 17909013923793510 00:10'58 Date TimeExt CODial NumberRing Duration Acc code CD

Zabbix Port

2006-09-21 Thread David Schulz
Hello, The /usr/ports/net-mgmt/zabbix Port consists out of two components, Server and Agent. I would like to install the Agent only, so it shouldnt need all these large dependencies such as mysql etc, but i cant figure out how to do that. I skimmed trough the Makefile, and it mentions

Changing Hostname = Reboot machine?

2006-10-12 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i would like to change the Host-name one two of my Servers. Do i have to restart the Machines afterwards, or is the another way i can make the new Host-name take effect? Thanks a lot, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: Changing Hostname = Reboot machine?

2006-10-13 Thread David Schulz
Hi, i wasnt asking how to change the hostname, but if there are any things i should be aware of or have to do if changing the hostname. Thanks, David On Oct 13, 2006, at 2:12 PM, Jonathan Chen wrote: On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 11:06:54AM +0800, David Schulz wrote: Hello all, i would like

Loosing Ethernet Connectivity

2007-01-21 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, every once in a while i have a machine (6.1) that out of the blue, sometimes after days, some after 6 months, looses Ethernet Connectivity. My Machines just run some Service, and have no Keyboard / Mouse or Monitor. When the Machine goes down, eg, i am unable to ping it from

Re: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity

2007-01-21 Thread David Schulz
22, 2007, at 11:15 AM, Richard Lynch wrote: Sounds like flaky/cheap network card to me... [But I'm no expert] Perhaps, however, just doing a cron job every day to do the ifconfig down/up would be a simple work-around. On Sun, January 21, 2007 9:12 pm, David Schulz wrote: Hello all, every once

Re: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity

2007-01-21 Thread David Schulz
since the machines in question are behind a nat router with firewall, they do not have extra firewall enabled. On Jan 22, 2007, at 11:56 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about firewall and especially ipfw MAC rules? ___

Re: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity

2007-01-21 Thread David Schulz
. - Original Message - From: David Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 7:12 PM Subject: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity Hello all, every once in a while i have a machine (6.1) that out of the blue, sometimes after days, some after 6 months, looses

Re: Loosing Ethernet Connectivity

2007-01-21 Thread David Schulz
hey, sure, of course i have checked the cat5 first, but it is clearly not the cable. id say it is as ted has written. what i would like to know now is how exactly happens this hardware incompatibility? On Jan 22, 2007, at 1:51 PM, bobmc wrote: David Schulz wrote: Hello all, every once

Re: Remote Desktop Connection

2007-01-24 Thread David Schulz
since most of my machines are usually running with no xorg, the only tool i need is ssh. in cases where i want a true remote desktop, i like vnc, plain and simple. On Jan 24, 2007, at 5:23 PM, Grzegorz Pluta wrote: Hi. Id like to asj you guys if you used any remote desktops with freebsd?

User Monitoring

2007-02-05 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i would like to provide a SSH Login for selected people on a dedicated Machine, to be a little bit of a playground to some who dont have any Unix experience and so on. Without a doubt i will get the one or the other trying to do something nasty to the Box, so my question is

How to make php5 with prcre7

2007-03-08 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, Just `make install clean` on php5 port makes php5 use the pcre library 6.7 . On my System, i also have 7.0. How can i make php use pcre7.0 instead of 6.7? Thanks a lot, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

fetch - size of remote file is not known

2007-03-09 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, Viewing a certain Url results in a dynamically generated .png graph being displayed in my Browser. I would like to fetch this Graph.png via Command-line, but a simple fetch https://www.domain.com/grapher/chart.php? graphid=1stime=mmddhhmmperiod=7200from=0width=-108 wont

Re: fetch - size of remote file is not known

2007-03-09 Thread David Schulz
ok this is fixed. It actually was a permission problem. sorry On Mar 9, 2007, at 7:45 PM, David Schulz wrote: fetch https://www.domain.com/grapher/chart.php? graphid=1stime=mmddhhmmperiod=7200from=0width=-108: size of remote file is not known

Advice on IDS co.

2007-03-10 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, I would like to know what you guys think about chkrootkit, rkhunter and tripwire. I am considering adding them on my Server for some added Security. I am aware, the holy grail would be to really dive into Jails, and the macframework, but still i would like to have some

Re: ssh login as root

2007-03-10 Thread David Schulz
You must specify to allow root in your sshd_config. noone will ever recommend that you do that though. On Mar 10, 2007, at 11:55 PM, Dima Sorkin wrote: Hi. It _seems_ that FreeBSD does not allow root to login remotely via ssh. I can miss something, but if I right, how do I allow it ? Thanks

Re: ssh login as root

2007-03-10 Thread David Schulz
Hi, man pw here is a nice tutorial - http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/ beginners/manage_users_pw.php Bye, David On Mar 11, 2007, at 12:43 AM, Dima Sorkin wrote: Hi. Actually I would prefer to do it via su. Here a really newbie question: 1) How do I join regular user to 'wheel'

Re: Howmany CPU Does FreeBSD Support ?

2007-03-10 Thread David Schulz
I have heard it does not scale well above 4 On Mar 11, 2007, at 12:45 AM, Susanth K wrote: Dear Friends, Howmany CPU Does The FreeBSD 6.2 Support ? and what will be the support in 7 THANKS IN ADVANCE Your's Truly SUSANTH K ___

some advice on sysctl tuning

2007-03-10 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i have a Server which does mail, and web+mysql+php. I have about 15 vhosts in Apache. Are there some neat sysctl Knobs i can turn to avoid potential Problems? Thanks a lot, David ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: The FreeBSD7

2007-03-11 Thread David Schulz
did we not have this question yet? On Mar 11, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Susanth K wrote: Wikipedia says, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebsd FreeBSD 7.0 is on Improved scheduler and locking scalability for 32+ CPU systems (prototyping) Does Any One know How Many CPU Does FreeBSD 6.2 Supports

Re: squid

2007-03-14 Thread David Schulz
maybe this can be of help - http://www.bsdguides.org/guides/freebsd/ networking/squid.php On Mar 15, 2007, at 2:45 PM, neo neo wrote: hello ; thankz for your reply . could u please help me about that.? How to configure to use my FreeBSD as a proxy with Squid ? thankz a lot ZAW HTET AUNG

Re: A General Question.

2006-07-26 Thread David Schulz
http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php (good one) http://people.freebsd.org/~murray/bsd_flier.html On Jul 27, 2006, at 5:30 AM, D W wrote: Hi I hope I am directing my question to the correct address. Could you please send me a link to a page numerating

Huawei 3g Modem

2008-01-27 Thread David Schulz
Hello, i have a Huawei EC-325 Modem which is connected to my Computer running FreeBSD 6.3 with a mini-USB Cable, and supposedly is supported by the ubsa driver, as described here http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ubsasektion=4manpath=FreeBSD+6.3-RELEASE . I modified my

QEMU Windows and X forwarding

2008-02-14 Thread David Schulz
System using FreeBSD Version 6.3. Thanks and best regards, David Schulz ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: VM Options

2008-02-14 Thread David Schulz
noone mentioned www.win4bsd.com , win4bsd can be used to run a windows machine from within freebsd nicely. performance is pretty good also. On Jan 25, 2008, at 4:54 AM, neal wrote: On Thursday 24 January 2008, Jack Barnett wrote: So Jail, Qemu and VMWare crossed off the list, any other

Re: VM Options

2008-02-14 Thread David Schulz
version of it? I don't mind paying for it, but want to see if it actually works well before buying it. David Schulz wrote: noone mentioned www.win4bsd.com , win4bsd can be used to run a windows machine from within freebsd nicely. performance is pretty good also. On Jan 25, 2008, at 4:54 AM, neal

Re: VM Options

2008-02-14 Thread David Schulz
i think it uses kemu, but its really a simple installation process, the whole thing is just a package, contained in the iso image i linked earlier. On Feb 15, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: noone mentioned www.win4bsd.com , win4bsd can be used to run a windows machine from

Re: VM Options

2008-02-15 Thread David Schulz
right On Feb 15, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Wojciech Puchar wrote: i think it uses kemu, but its really a simple installation process, the whole thing is just a package, contained in the iso image i linked earlier. i will look at it for fun, but - i always prefer normal than simple installation

Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD?

2006-10-24 Thread David Schulz
i guess this is kind of interesting and relating to the subject, at least i have found it a good read : http://www.over-yonder.net/ ~fullermd/rants/bsd4linux/bsd4linux1.php ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: What's so compelling about FreeBSD?

2006-10-24 Thread David Schulz
yeah. just trying to please ya... On Oct 24, 2006, at 10:15 PM, Garrett Cooper wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Schulz wrote: i guess this is kind of interesting and relating to the subject, at least i have found it a good read : http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd

IPFW and PF

2006-10-28 Thread David Schulz
Hi all, IPFW seems to be the same IPFW that is used on MacOSX, so it seems to make sense to learn and lean on IPFW when using in a mixed Machine Environment. On the other side, many People seem to say PF is easier to manage once a setup gets complicated. As usual, both sides have their

NIC not coming up when Ethernet Cable is replugged

2006-11-05 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i am having a strange Problem, which was more apparent under FreeBSD 5.5 and 6.0, but still happens to me under 6.1, on different machines with different NIC`s. Basically when during the day something happens to my Machines Network Connection, for example someone pulls out the

Making a PF Rule that i can process with a graphing application

2006-11-06 Thread David Schulz
Hello, i would like to monitor my Network Card`s load using Zabbix (like nagios, but cooler IMO) , and someone has suggested to make a Rule in ipfw like ipfw count in me out !me via re0 , which he then can process with zabbix agent. The problem is, i dont use ipfw, but pf, and i dont

Re: Making a PF Rule that i can process with a graphing application

2006-11-06 Thread David Schulz
hmm those graphs are nice, thanks. my target though is to get all my graphing done under one software: zabbix . maybe pfstat can be made helping to do that, ill check it out. On Nov 6, 2006, at 8:43 PM, Peter N. M. Hansteen wrote: David Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: process with zabbix

Huawei UMTS Wireless Modem

2006-11-09 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i have a Huawei UMTS wireless Modem, which plugs into a USB Slot, and on Windows (after installation of a Driver), looks just like a modem. You dial a number, username and password, and have a speedy connection to the Internet. Is there a way to get such a thing to work under

Zabbix Port out of Date

2006-11-09 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i am using Zabbix, which is similar to Nagios for those who dont know, to monitor important Servers and Devices in my Network. The Zabbix Version in the Ports is 1.1.1, and it has numerous show- stopping Bugs in it. Fortunately Zabbix 1.1.3 is released which fixes a great many

Zabbix Port out of Date

2006-11-09 Thread David Schulz
Hello all, i am using Zabbix, which is similar to Nagios for those who dont know, to monitor important Servers and Devices in my Network. The Zabbix Version in the Ports is 1.1.1, and it has numerous show- stopping Bugs in it. Fortunately Zabbix 1.1.3 is released which fixes a great many

Re: Zabbix Port out of Date

2006-11-09 Thread David Schulz
Hey, thats awesome news. Zabbix is really a great Product and should be brought forward when possible. Good Bye, David On Nov 10, 2006, at 1:26 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: On 11/9/06, David Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, i am using Zabbix, which is similar to Nagios

Re: Huawei UMTS Wireless Modem

2006-11-09 Thread David Schulz
it is supposed to be a Huawei EC325 Data Modem, just as on this website http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/products/view.do?id=147 On Nov 9, 2006, at 8:22 PM, Joao Barros wrote: On 11/9/06, David Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, i have a Huawei UMTS wireless Modem, which plugs

Re: Huawei UMTS Wireless Modem

2006-11-12 Thread David Schulz
i dont have such a device :( On Nov 11, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Joao Barros wrote: On 11/10/06, David Schulz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it is supposed to be a Huawei EC325 Data Modem, just as on this website http://www.huawei.com/mobileweb/en/products/view.do?id=147 On Nov 9, 2006, at 8:22 PM, Joao

Re: Inquiry about using FreeBSD logo

2006-11-14 Thread David Schulz
http://www.freebsd.org/art.html#USE On Nov 14, 2006, at 7:02 PM, Sher Shah Farooq wrote: Dear FreeBSD My name is Sher Shah Farooq, working in Ministry of IT and Telecom as Open Source Security Expert. I am a great fan of FreeBSD Operating System and using FreeBSD from the last 6 years. I

Re: system mail

2006-12-04 Thread David Schulz
you could also place a .forward in the roots home folder... On Dec 2, 2006, at 9:52 PM, Joe Holden wrote: Jeff wrote: I run postfix on 6.x with local delivery disabled. I'd like to send the system messages to an outside address, eg [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Is

Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life?

2007-01-09 Thread David Schulz
to be honest, i actually like the sys-install program. i did it so many times, that i just fly trough the sys-install installation in like a minute to do a plain basic installation. i also like the fact that i can just use it via ssh from a remote location without a hassle. David On Jan