Re: Network traffic human readable?!
On 01/21/12 07:47, Tobias Pulm wrote: Hi, how can I display my network traffic (netstat output) human readable? Is there a function of the netstat that can do this? Rather than netstat, perhaps you want 'tcpdump' or 'nc'. Regards, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Rhythmbox and Ipod
Is anyone here able to use Rhythmbox to manage their ipods? I'd like to break the dependency on itunes if I can. I've run the package and compiled my own with the ipod option set to no avail. the ipod is not displayed in devices under rhythmbox. dmesg shows that the device is probed. I am able to mount the ipod using msdosfs. Perhaps there is some hal, dbus, or other dependency that I am missing. How did you get youripod to work with rhythmbox? Thanks, Jason ___ 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: rsync over nfs or rsync protocol
On 09/23/11 14:11, Jerry McAllister wrote: Why would you interject NFS in the middle of it? jerry There would be no middle. I would run rsyncd or nfsd, but not both. Jason ___ 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: rsync over nfs or rsync protocol
On 09/23/11 14:15, Chuck Swiger wrote: Lots. The handbook has a chapter on backups which is worth reading, also Regards, Ah the handbook. I forgot all about it. Thanks. Later, Jason ___ 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
rsync over nfs or rsync protocol
I am looking into finally setting up a backup solution that's a little more sophisticated than a bunch of DVD-RWs. I have two servers. I'd like to make each a backup server for the other. I'm considering using rsync. Is rsync a good choice for a backup tool? Should I use the rsyncd or should I use NFS? I'm using 100 mbps ethernet. What's the better solution I haven't considered? Thanks, Jason ___ 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: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )
On 09/20/11 01:23, Matthew Seaman wrote: 'Latest' packages are built for each updated port + OS version + architecture combination whenever resources are available on the build cluster. Typically that implies a delay of a few days or a week or so after the update hits the ports CVS. Yes, if you install the latest pkgs everything should still remain consistent -- but that means you should install all of the available updates: picking and choosing is the route to tears before bedtime[*]. For my part, I plan to update all. I have decided over the years that letting the FreeBSD project manage my ports versions for me is the way to happiness. Roll-your-own is a thing of my past. That said, updating onesy-twosy has only caused me a manageable amount of grief. The problem is the timing. It is always before bed, or before my paper is due, and openoffice is griping about something do with java and java is now done differently than it has been... Like I said, updating onesy-twosy can be a serious PITA. Later, Jason ___ 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: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )
On 09/19/11 13:56, Lars Eighner wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Brandon Kuczenski wrote: I'm concerned that, if I have some packages built from ports and some installed from the release, that the system will become unstable if things get too out of sync. I noticed only recently that there are now packages on FTP in a folder called packages-8-stable. I am not sure how often these are built. I expect that the entire ports tree is built much like it is during a release, except at some later point in time. I would expect that those ports are all dependency consistent with each other to the maximum extent possible. I also prefer packages to ports, but there are a few updates to ports that I want now (xorg, xfce, rhythmbox), but I really don't want to try 9.0 when it becomes a release. I plan to upgrade my packages to 8-stable from this directory in a couple weeks. Maybe this policy will work for you. Later, Jason ___ 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: Using ports and packages together (or, how do I get mod_php5 ? )
On 09/19/11 13:56, Lars Eighner wrote: On Mon, 19 Sep 2011, Brandon Kuczenski wrote: I'm concerned that, if I have some packages built from ports and some installed from the release, that the system will become unstable if things get too out of sync. Doh, I just read the handbook. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/packages-using.html ** If you want to force pkg_add(1) http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pkg_addsektion=1 to download FreeBSD 8-STABLE packages, set PACKAGESITE to ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-8-stable/Latest/. Later, Jason ___ 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
SATA Host Adapter Recommendation
I am looking to get 2 sata host adapters. The mandatory requirements are good freebsd support and hot swap capability. I plan to use gmirror. I have discovered that my onboard chipsets don't support hot swap. The highpoint cards are rated highly on newegg. Are these good with freebsd? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Can't Boot 8.2 with Gmirror
Once upon a time, I partitioned two disks identically and then added them to a mirror. It was good. Then I upgraded to 8.2-RELEASE and now I can't boot. Well, I did a little recovery work and I am currently booting without the gmirror so I am satisfied that my data is safe. Having read a few messages it sounds like there are some steps I need to take to fix up my partitioning scheme to make things work right in 8.2-RELEASE. But since gotchas got me once, what are the gotchas? Should I partition before adding a disk to a mirror? Unfortunately, one of the messages that I read said, There's no fix as yet. so I am quite leary of proceeding without a little help from my friends. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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: Unable to umount
On 03/12/11 09:51, Chris Brennan wrote: 'umount -f' is dangerous, while it worked in your case, truly, make sure you don't have any open files in the future, just to ensure no loss of files or filesytem corruption Run sync before umount -f to flush write caches. Later, Jason ___ 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: Cannot build jdk16
On 03/04/11 03:23, Redd Vinylene wrote: Hello! /usr/ports/java/jdk16 instructs me to manually fetch tzupdater-1_3_34-2010o.zip and put it in /usr/ports/distfiles - this file however is no longer available and has been replaced by tzupdater-1_3_35-2011b. So what's the best way of installing jdk16 despite of this? Rename tzupdater-1_3_35-2011b to tzupdater-1_3_34-2010o.zip and make -DNO_CHECKSUM? I recently ran into this. You can just tweak the download URL manually and still get the old version of tzupdater. It's not really necessary to cross post. Give -questions a chance to help you first. Later, Jason ___ 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
SIL Fonts
I was unable to find a port with Charis or Doulos typefaces. Perhaps someone can tell me that these typefaces are part of some meta-port. Which? Thanks, Jason ___ 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
Building Java
Trying to build java. Oracle has change tzupdater to 1.3.35. Ports calls for 1.3.34. Oracle provides 1.3.35 if you register for their support portal. The support portal is behind a flash sniffer that won't let you in without flash. g! Can someone please just point me to a bootleg copy of the java sources? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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: Building Java
On 02/26/11 08:19, Jason C. Wells wrote: Trying to build java. Oracle has change tzupdater to 1.3.35. Ports calls for 1.3.34. Oracle provides 1.3.35 if you register for their support portal. The support portal is behind a flash sniffer that won't let you in without flash. g! Can someone please just point me to a bootleg copy of the java sources? Thanks, Jason C. Wells Whoops. That should read Oracle provides 1.1.34 only if you register. Jason ___ 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: Building Java
Never mind. I did a little URL edit and got the file. Jason ___ 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
Heimdal on 8.1 ASN.1 Encoding
Some time ago I gave 8.0 a try as a Heimdal KDC. I tried again today with 8.1. With new principals and new keytabs I get this error: Kerberos V5 refuses authentication because Read req failed: ASN.1 encoding ended unexpectedly Any ideas what this might be? My kdc.conf and krb5.conf are minimal with no tinkering with keytypes. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Half a Mirror Backup
Is using one half of a mirror as a backup a good/bad idea? I was thinking of rotating drives on a periodic basis as a back up method. You'd get the backup instantly, but rebuilding the mirror with the incoming drive would take a little time and leave you vulnerable to a small loss of data if a disk failed while the mirror was rebuilding. Regards, Jason ___ 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
Nullfs Allows Jailbreaking
Here is my file system scheme for a newly created jail as viewed from the host: /usr/jail/template on /usr/jail/f1 (nullfs, local, read-only) /usr/jail/f1-fs/etc on /usr/jail/f1/etc (nullfs, local) /usr/jail/f1-fs/tmp on /usr/jail/f1/tmp (nullfs, local) /usr/jail/f1-fs/var on /usr/jail/f1/var (nullfs, local) /usr/jail/f1-fs/usr-local on /usr/jail/f1/usr/local (nullfs, local) As viewed from the jail: /usr/jail/template on / (nullfs, local, read-only) I like the idea of using a template for multiple jails that I plan to use later. I like the ide of mounting the template read only. I had to splice in the other nullfs filesystems so that things that need to be read-write can be. But it seems kinda funky. Inside the jail it looks like EVERYTHING is read-only and you have no way of knowing that /tmp is actually read-write. There seems to be a violation of the segregation going on here. What pitfalls can you see in a file system scheme like this for my jails? Is the above behavior by design or did I find a flaw? Thanks, Jason ___ 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: Nullfs Allows Jailbreaking
On 12/22/10 19:00, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: I have been doing this for years with great success. I don't understand your question. How does it look like everything is read only from inside the jail? The fact that a df only shows the root filesystem and not all your others file systems? (assuming that is still the truth -- my jails do this on older FBSD systems Your report of great success is encouraging. I've never done this and sometimes you don't see the full consequences when you haven't done something before. I think you understand my question. It's the fact that mount(8) report read only. If you looked at that, you would conclude that you had no write access at all. Well, I set up the jail, so I can see behind the curtain. A downstream user that never saw behind the curtain wouldn't know where they could write a file unless they simply guessed. That is why I asked about jailbreaking. There is information crossing the jail in a mysterious way. The jail reports that everything under root is read only, but the jail can still see the read-writeness of the invisible (to mount) null filesystems. From the sound of it, this is expected behavior. Regards, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Samba Access Like Windows Explorer
Is it possible to access samba shares much like windows explorer does? The ultimate solution would be UNC names with browsing. I would very much like to have my freebsd client see the network namespace in as similar fashion to windows as possible. I also would like to avoid having to duplicate the hierarchy of mount points (for mount_smbfs) on every freebsd client in order to achieve this. Nautilus access the samba shares this way, but I want this work on the command line. Plus I prefer Thunar, which doesn't do samba access at all. As it stands, I think I will have to mount all samba shares on a freebsd client into a top level directory named for the server name, with mount points sprinkled about. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Recovering a DVD
I have a back up DVD that I cannot mount. dd won't read /dev/acd0 with an error dd: /dev/acd0: Input/output error.Tried dvdisaster but it can't find my drive. Any pointers you can offer in getting this data off this disc are greatly appreciated. Thanks, Jason ___ 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
PF Version
What version of PF shipped with 8.1-RELEASE? Where can I find this for myself? I looked in cvsweb but was unable to understand what I was reading. Regards, Jason ___ 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: this is probably a little touchy to ask...
On 09/10/10 07:29, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: I repeat... Java had its day. Time to move on. Java is not just for browsers. Regards, Jason C. Wells ___ 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: kernel replacement in installation media
On 09/10/10 20:01, CyberLeo Kitsana wrote: On 09/10/2010 07:57 PM, Samuel MartÃn Moro wrote: Hi, ... The thing is, it only have a 128M flash disk (seen as /dev/da0) GENERIC needs almost 250M. I have run into something similar, while building a ZFS install to run on an Intel SS4200EHW NAS device. Utilizing a series of scripts I have developed[1], I was able to compact an entire functional FreeBSD system into 4.6MB /boot and 84MB root with mkisofs and mkuzip, without permanently tying up a bunch of the machine's limited RAM with an MFS, and with acceptable performance despite the IDE channel's speed limit of 1.6MB/sec. Plus, boot and root are read-only, so the CompactFlash card won't wear out prematurely. You can make use of src.conf(5) while building world and kernel to eliminate a lot of unnecessary userland components, and MODULES_OVERRIDE and WITHOUT_MODULES to control what modules get built, as the kernel build process will build all modules regardless of what might be in your kernel config. Be prepared to perform lots of testing, though, as a missed critical dependency can appear to succeed, but leave something else broken. I do believe you can omit the *.symbols files. I plan to try it myself. Would someone please confirm this? And you might look at resurrecting the picobsd method of crunching binaries into one single statically linked binary with hard links of differing file names if you want to get really small. I used to do this when compactflash was only 128MiB. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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: this is probably a little touchy to ask...
On 09/09/10 14:02, Jules Gilbert wrote: About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. Some questions: Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java. No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz. I'm trying to do an 8.1 install. Does this problem exist with Sun's x86 OS? Does anyone have a website or even a set of notes as to the right way to do this. cd /usr/ports/java/jdk make make install Now an opinion. If Oracle isn't going to help us, we should look around for an alternative, even inventing something else, something that isn't Sun/Oracle/Java. Because this problem has been getting progressively worse for the past three or four years or so (longer?,) and, look around, it's hurting the FreeBSD community. Help you with what? Their silly little distribution policy is annoying. It doesn't prevent you from running java. Regards, Jason ___ 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: unchar and ulong typedefs
On 09/06/10 17:08, Alexander Best wrote: hi there, just stumbled over PR 44365 and was wondering why FreeBSD never added unchar and ulong to types.h to increase sys v compatibility? Sys V. Is that some sort of linux distribution? (only half joking) Regards, Jason ___ 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
ASN.1 encoding ended unexpectedly
I've upgraded to FreeBSD 8.1-R from 7.1-R. I propogated my database to my new KDC. After doing so I've deleted and recreated most of my principals to take advantage of AES. I also deleted and re-extracted keytabs on the hosts. I can acquire a TGT. When I attempt to telnet to a host, I receive this error: [ Kerberos V5 refuses authentication because Read req failed: ASN.1 encoding ended unexpectedly ] Any ideas where to start? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
su always works if pam config missing
The su(1) command always provide root access if there are no pam config files. Is this actually the desired behavior? Regards, Jason C. Wells ___ 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: Typical Network Performance
On 08/08/10 22:10, per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Jason C. Wellsj...@speakeasy.net wrote: By process of elimination (swap cables, swap ports, try different host pairs) I was able to discover that a single server on my home LAN was getting about 1.6% performance compared to other servers getting 94% ... What would be the next step to figuring out why this host's network performance is slow? My next step would be to check whether this host and its hub/switch port agree on speed and duplex -- occasionally some combination of netcard phy and switch type gets the negotiation wrong. Duplex mismatch, in particular, can have huge performance impact. I needed a windows utility to connect to my switch. Instead I just added a realtek NIC to my server to replace the Marvell on-board NIC. After this, network load using 'nc' to pipe 1MiB gives 98% transfer rate. Even though I don't know what the problem was, I consider the problem solved. Thanks. Jason ___ 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: Typical Network Performance
Seems like someone else got their question answered, but I was able to make use of the tips that were provided. win-win. Thanks for the pointers. By process of elimination (swap cables, swap ports, try different host pairs) I was able to discover that a single server on my home LAN was getting about 1.6% performance compared to other servers getting 94% performance using the 'dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=1 | nc servername 2000' technique. netstat -I on the errant server reports no errors. What would be the next step to figuring out why this host's network performance is slow? Regards, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Typical Network Performance
I have a 100 mbps (12,207 KiB/s) home LAN in full-duplex. A 1 MiB file transfers at 146.7 KiB/s via wput. The same file transfers at 91.34 KiB/s via samba. That's less than 1% of available transfer rate. Seems like my transfers are slow. I do better than that when installing via the internet. Does the FTP performance compared to available bandwidth seem right? Is the relative performance of samba to FTP right? I read a couple quick links on the net which said, It's complicated. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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: Configure PMBR to Find Loader on GPT Disk
Jason C. Wells wrote: After setting up a GPT disk and installing the boot blocks with: # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ad4 The system wants to boot: 0:ad(0p2)/boot/kernel/kernel I manually intervene to cause the system to boot: 1:ad(5p8)/boot/loader How do I configure the boot blocks to do this without human intervention on a GPT system? boot0cfg doesn't seem to be the correct tool for this job. The docs and various guides around the net could use a little help. Please correct me below. My C and assembly is non-existent and I discovered the information below by trial and error and reading the source. My subject header is wrong. The pmbr is working just like it should. It is gptboot that is failing to find my boot loader. I found a work around for the non-configurability of the pmbr/gptboot code. gptboot searchs for the first UFS partition and tries to use that partition as root. In my partition scheme, the first partition was for user data. The presence of boot.config in the first partition will cause gptboot to boot some other disk and partition of your choice. In my case, I added 1:ad(5p8)/boot/loader to boot.config on 0:ad(4p2) to allow my system to boot automatically. Also, some guides online magically select the size of 64k for the freebsd-boot partition. This is not just magic. It's mandatory. The pmbr boot code assume that the partition is not larger than 64k and complains if it is larger. Ref my earlier message on that topic. The bad part about all of this is that I intend to build a mirror from two disks. Will my boot process be brittle because the boot.config is not actually located in / where it truly belongs? If I pull bios disk 0, then when I boot, bios disk 1 will be renumbered to bios disk 0. The boot.config file won't be there. The system will fail to boot. It sure would be nice if 'gpart bootcode' would accept '1:ad(5p8)/boot/loader' as an option so I don't have to be sticking boot.config files in weird locations. Regards, Jason A partition of type freebsd-boot is NOT where you mount /boot. ___ 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
Configure PMBR to Find Loader on GPT Disk
After setting up a GPT disk and installing the boot blocks with: # gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ad4 The system wants to boot: 0:ad(0p2)/boot/kernel/kernel I manually intervene to cause the system to boot: 1:ad(5p8)/boot/loader How do I configure the boot blocks to do this without human intervention on a GPT system? boot0cfg doesn't seem to be the correct tool for this job. Thanks, Jason ___ 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
boot loader too large
I have been following a number of GPT and ZFS docs on the web. I intend to run UFS with GPT. I have partitioned the drive. I installed the bootcode using: gpart bootcode -b /dist/boot/pmbr -p /dist/boot/gptboot -i 1 ad4 ad4p1 is a 1 MB partition with nothing in it and type=freebsd-boot. The root device is ad4p2 with binaries and kernel already installed. When I boot I get an error message: boot loader too large I am not sure what stage of the boot process this occurs in. I do not see any of the familiar boot0 or boot1 prompts. I tried installing mbr, boot0, and boot1 just to see what would happen. I didn't expect them to boot assuming that they are GPT unaware. I did get some familiar prompts/errors. I at least confirmed that I was managing to get the bootcode installed. Is there any documentation on the new GPT boot process yet? I am curious how the PMBR knows to pass control to the boot partition, and then on the to root partition's /boot/loader. Thanks, Jason ___ 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: boot loader too large
Dan Naumov wrote: Hey A 64kb freebsd-boot partition should be more than plenty for what you want to do, see my setup at: http://freebsd.pastebin.com/QS6MnNKc Interesting. I read somewhere that the boot partition should not be too large as the entire partition is loaded into memory. I re-partitioned my drive to create a 64KiB freebsd-boot partition and I no longer get the error. It would appear that there is an undocumented maximum size to the freebsd-boot partition. In my case, a 1MiB boot partition was too large. Now I need to teach gptboot in ad4p1 how to find my root partition in ad4p4 without manual intervention. Is there a GPT equivalent to boot0cfg? gptboot currently attempts to boot: 0:ad(0p2)/boot/kernel/kernel I'd like it to boot: 0:ad(4p4)/boot/loader How does the boot process discover the partition in which the gptboot loader resides? And GPT is pretty damn slick. Nice work FreeBSD hackers. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ 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
Persistent Kernel Variables
I have a new kernel variable in /boot/device.hints. kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 but it's not set during boot. I have other hints that are set during boot. Why is kern.timecounter.hardware not being set? How can I fix it. Later, Jason ___ 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: Kernel Variables Sanity Check
Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: Hi Jason, and sorry to pop in, but now you got me guessing if I should follow your lead too ... This is what I get in here: [gonz...@inferna ~]% grep Time /var/run/dmesg.boot Timecounter i8254 frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 Timecounter ACPI-safe frequency 3579545 Hz quality 850 acpi_hpet0: High Precision Event Timer iomem 0xfed0-0xfed003ff on acpi0 Timecounter HPET frequency 14318180 Hz quality 900 Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec Should I change kern.timecounter.hardware to i8254 too?? I did this because NTP wouldn't synch. My clock was so much faster than actual time that the time between running ntpdate and running ntpd would cause to much error (jitter?, offset?) for ntpd to synch. So if you're not having a problem, you don't need to do anything. Later, Jason ___ 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
NTPD on 7.1-PRERELEASE
My ntpd will not sync on my newly installed 7.1-PRERELEASE hosts. The configuration is the same as other correctly time synched hosts. They are behind the same firewall. The only difference is that these hosts are running 7.1. Does anyone have any tricks for getting ntpd to sync on 7.1? Did something time related change in the kernel? Thanks, Jason ___ 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: Going back to generic kernel
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: Hi friends, I have a test machine with a custom kernel, which I copied (as the handbook suggests) to /root/kernels/. However, I do not really need it. My question is how do I switch back to the generic kernel? Many thanks and all the best to you all! /root/kernels is not booted by default. I doubt this is the kernel that is running. To run generic again, simply install the generic kernel much the same way you did the custon kernel. cd /usr/src make buildkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC make installkernel KERNCONF=GENERIC or set KERNCONF in /etc/make.conf If you tweaked /boot/loader.conf to load something other than /boot/kernel/kernel then you'll need to untweak it. Later, Jason ___ 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
Kernel Variables Sanity Check
Based on someone elses historical message I tried changing the time counter from TSC to i8254 # sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 and after doing some manual calculations I tweaked # sysctl machdep.i8254_freq=1187216 # machdep.i8254_freq: 1193182 - 1187216 Is doing this safe? I'm concerned that there are unforeseen consequences to messing with these kernel variables. Ntpd seems to like this setup. Anything to make ntpd happy. And if I may, why can't ntpd do this? (Don't answer that.) I use the FINE software to set my clock so I don't have to. It's supposed to make my life easier. Thanks, Jason ___ 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
Disk Errors
I am working on installing 6.4-RELEASE on a Motorola CPN5360 which is an industrial CompactPCI computer. The system boots via PXE. That much is good. The host has two storage devices. This is a 16MB boot flash device that is soldered to the board. ad0: FAILURE - SETFEATURES SET TRANSFER MODE status=51READY,DSC,ERROR error=4 ABORTED ad0: 15MB SunDisk SDTB-128 vcb 1.45 at ata0-master BIOSPIO This is a standard compact flash from Kingston. Many repetitive errors are snipped here. ad2: 1923MB CF CARD 2GB Ver2.19K at ata1-master UDMA33 ad2: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=3940269 ad2: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=3940209 ad2: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=0 ad2: FAILURE - READ_DMA timed out LBA=0 ad2: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (1 retry left) LBA=1 ad2: TIMEOUT - READ_DMA retrying (0 retries left) LBA=1 The flash drive is detected with 3940272 sectors. Is there a way to control the LBA= parameter? Does it matter if I try? How can I control the number of retries? I read that FreeBSD doesn't use the BIOS at least for CHS. Does FreeBSD use the BIOS for PIO and UDMA modes? Any thoughts on how to get these storage devices working? Thanks, Jason ___ 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: stupid xfce clock question
Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: I work remotely with a company that is across the international date line from me and I can do the math in my head but want to know if it is possible to add a clock to my xfce panel that shows the time their (and keep the one that has my time on it) ___ You can run two instances of orage. I think they read the same config file. I think you would have little trouble hacking up a TZ1, TZ2 variable for seperate instances to read. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Make World Inside Jail
I currently use a separate machine to make world and to make and archive ports and packages. I would like to retire that machine and move that functionality into a jail. I am due to switch to 7.1 from 6.3 soon. I understand that I cannot run divergent kernels in the jails. I could still make a 7.1-RELEASE world on a 6.3-RELEASE jail and installworld into the jail. That would leave me with a very strange jail system with a new generation system (binaries / libs / includes / utils / ports) with an old generation kernel. The only purpose of the jails is compiling world and installing ports. The parent system on which the jails reside cannot be made unreliable due to running the mishmash old/new jails. I'll need to run NFS servers and telnet servers inside the jails. Systems on my network would mount the jail's /usr/obj, /usr/src and /usr/ports via NFS to facilitate installworld and port upgrades. Can I make this work? Am I asking for trouble? Thanks, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Spam sent to me from my own mail server ?
Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: Hello, for some time now I keep receiving spam mails from my own (small) mail server, some of them with faked usernames some of them even with my own ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). 1) How is this possible? 2) What can I or do I have to do against it? I am running a quite plain sendmail setup from 7.0 -STABLE. Look to see if you are running an open relay. You shouldn't be by default. There are websites that will test this for you if you simply provide the IP of the server. That's a start. My SPAM policy is something like this. Spammers win. feh! It's not the best policy, but it requires the least effort on my part. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB Drive Reliability
I am running FreeBSD 6.3. I have found that attaching and detaching USB drives to my box is unreliable. Is this the experience of other users? Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: USB Drive Reliability
Wojciech Puchar wrote: I am running FreeBSD 6.3. I have found that attaching and detaching USB drives to my box is unreliable. Is this the experience of other users? something more precise please? I realize that this is primarily a tech support forum. I wasn't asking for a solution to the problem. I was asking for other peoples experiences. If the USB support in FreeBSD was spotty according to other people, as has been reported, then I plan to not even try to work on it more until I install 7.1. Just for the record: - crashes the system on attachment - crashes the system on detachment - the system hangs on attachment but resumes responding if you pull the drive - installing the drive results in the little blue light coming on with dmesg reporting attachment, but attempts to mount fail with device not configured or somesuch - dataloss on the device that chkdisk in DOS couldn't save Basically, every possible bad behavior that you could ask from a USB connected drive has happened to me over time as I keep coming back and trying USB drives. That's OK. I'm not upset. I'm not complaining. I just want to know what to expect from USB drives in FreeBSD. BTW, I love Poland! My family hails from Poland several generations ago. I just watched you guys win gold in boat racing. Robert Kubica is my favorite driver. I've also been keeping on eye on Poland in the world scene. Don't let the bear get you down. They have no cause to say the things they've said recently. I wish your country the best. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cvsup RELENG_6_3 to RELENG_7 impaired gnome
Try downloading the binary packages for 7.0 that you need and install them. That would be fastest. FreeBSD doesn't claim to maintain binary (library?) compatibility across major releases. I personally have never had a problem, but I consider that dumb luck. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD
Oh good heavens. How do you spell joke in geekish? I spell it md backed swap. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD
Heiko Wundram (Beenic) wrote: Am Donnerstag, 7. Februar 2008 07:32:16 schrieb Jason C. Wells: Norberto Meijome wrote: But I agree with Wojciech..do you really want to use swap files? One could mount an md filesystem and then use that as swap. That way you wouldn't need to use any disc space. As a plus, the performance would be way better than disc. Ahem, sorry, that's just plain stupid. Either the md system is backed up by RAM (in which case you don't need the swap anyway; why'd you want to access RAM by putting it in a swap on an md in RAM?), or it's backed up by swap, in which case you have a chicken and egg problem. Mmm, yes. That is quite a pickle. But a chicken or an egg would still be inferior to an md backed swap. :) Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Upgrading the Installed package
navneet Upadhyay wrote: Hi, I have two binary packages of an application of version 1.1 and 1.2. *The 1.1 is already installed, how can i upgrade it to 1.2* ? Do i have to uninstall 1.1 and then install 1.2 ? I would prefer a way by which i can upgrade an wxisting package without uninstalling. Uninstall reinstall takes all of five seconds. It's quite easy. Any of the ports management software has to do some variety of this anyway. The only difference is they do it with one command. #!/bin/sh pkg_delete pkg-1.1 pkg_add pkg-1.2 There! A new port management binary upgrade utility. The usefulness of the port management apps (portmaster,portupgrade) is when you want to upgrade multiple ports and large amounts of dependencies all at once. They are more trouble than they are worth for a single package. That is, unless you are already using them. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Some ideas for FreeBSD
Norberto Meijome wrote: But I agree with Wojciech..do you really want to use swap files? One could mount an md filesystem and then use that as swap. That way you wouldn't need to use any disc space. As a plus, the performance would be way better than disc. Regards, Jason Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Updating older 7.0 to newer sources, local buildworld problems
Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: Thank you, i appreciate your time. At the bottom of the (messy) mail i sent there was the error i get from building sources. I think it's the same error, no matter what version of sources i download. Could it have any relations to any compiler version upgrades done in 7.0 (not by me but by freebsd project)? How many versions of the source code did you try? In your case I recommend only 7.0-RELEASE. The terminology in your email makes me skeptical that you have tried what I recommended. Did you run cvsup? I highly recommend using cvsup to update your sources. It's slick. It's saves bandwidth. Plus it's the way that just about everyone who runs FreeBSD maintains there system. That means lot's of tech support. If you are just downloading sources using FTP, or perhaps sysinstall, then I recommend deleting all of /usr/src and re-FTP-ing the sources. I have never had a problem that could not be fixed by re-supping the sources. On rare occasion a breakage will be introduced by the freebsd project or you might cvsup most, but not all of a change that is being implemented. A re-sup has always worked for me. A re-sup has always been the very first thing that people on -questions have recommended. -RELEASES are never broken. At least not that I can recall. Try re-posting your question with the last twenty lines or so of your log file. Perhaps someone else will pick it up. They might be able to suss out the exact details of your problem. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Updating older 7.0 to newer sources, local buildworld problems
Sten Daniel Soersdal wrote: I'm having troubles updating my buildworld and i've had troubles narrowing it down on google. My question is: Is there any way i could update the system in the state it is now? (Preferably without reinstalling the entire system from scratch.) PS. I've heard about freebsd-update but never got it to work (see below) I have never used freebsd-update so I can't comment there. I think that's a binary update though. You are trying to build from source. I would use cvsup to update my source tree to 7.0-RELEASE. Since your initial sources are before Sep 19, they are not 7.0-RELEASE. Read about cvsup in the handbook. Look at the example files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. The I would run 'make clean' and 'make buildworld' all over again. Except for creating a newfs and tweaking files in /etc, building the world is pretty much installing the entire system. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html Be careful about the cvs tag that you use. RELENG_7_0_0_RELEASE is what you will eventually want. If that tag has not yet been set by releng@, then you will delete your sources. I recommend '-d 20' with cvsup to protect yourself from accidental deletions. RELENG_7 is probably what you want until 7.0 is actually released. Regards, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ACPI Thermal Zone Error
I just built a new 6.3 kernel with device acpi. I am now getting this error: acpi_tz0: _TMP value is absurd, ignored (-127.0C) Does FreeBSD ACPI functionality override the system BIOS? I am concerned about overheating my system. How can I fix this error? How can I silence it if it is really a no-op? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gutmann Method on Empty Space
RW wrote: On Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:59:44 -0800 Jason C. Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gutmann method might be excessive but any software that uses it shows a seriousness about security. Gutmann himself regards the continued use of his method as Voodoo Yes well. We lay people have only the best voodoo to go by. There are many things that I do with computers that can be called voodoo by virtue of the fact that I do them superstitiously. And if I don't happen to know the optimal patterns/passes to apply to a specific drive, then I'll do what was last known to be adequate until I hear otherwise. (As I have just now.) It's interesting to note that Gutmann's earlier work said, loosely If you do this, you should be fairly certain you data is unrecoverable. He now says, A few passes of random data is as good as can be expected. Those two standards of performance are very different. Too bad wikipedia didn't cite the follow on work. And no I don't want to physically shred my drive in a running server. I just want to make sure that any given day that the police come take my functioning computers way that nothing can be recovered that I explicitly deleted. The blank space should be blank. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gutman Method on Empty Space
Can anyone recommend a utility for the secure overwriting of unused disc space? I am a satisfied customer of Eraser for Windows. I'm looking for the same thing for FreeBSD. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gutman Method on Empty Space
Marc Silver wrote: Obviously it all comes down to how important the data is that you're removing, but a single write is not enough if the data needs to be disposed of 'securely'. Yep. The magnetic media retains a trace of everything that was recorded on it. If you have recorded over an old cassette tape, you may still be able to discern the original recording under the new recording. Gutmann method might be excessive but any software that uses it shows a seriousness about security. Plus I don't have to do all that writing. The computer does it for me. Wipe looks like a good start. Thanks for the tip. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AFS ... or equivalent ...
Marc G. Fournier wrote: Does anyone know if there is any serious work being done to get AFS working under FreeBSD? I have a large project that I'm working on that AFS (or something equivalent) would be *very* useful for, but we're trying to keep it as FreeBSD-pure as possible ... Yes. Please get in touch with any of the people CC'ed in this list. I believe Matt Benjamin is the one who is actually getting serious on this project. Patches were even mentioned in a recent email. I recall Jim Rees is knowledgeable on AFS. I also think one Derrick J. Brashear was interested/knowledgeable too, but I don't have his address handy. If I misrepesented anyone please feel free to correct me. Matt, if you do not know Marc, look up Postgresql. Marc is the port maintainer for postgresql as well as a postgres developer. (iirc) Me, I am just a user who put together an ugly, ugly little FreeBSD port a long time ago in the hope that it would inspire some people who were qualified to do real work to pick it up and run with it. There are a couple mailing lists suitable for FreeBSD porting discussions. One is run by the OpenAFS people and the other is run by FreeBSD people. Sorry for the spam and cross posts. It seems like the interest in OpenAFS on FreeBSD is building. I hope that this message will put the right people in touch with each other and that maybe a concerted effort to port OpenAFS to FreeBSD will arise. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AFS ... or equivalent ...
For those of you who haven't seen this. Here is my rudimentary port. It is nothing more than the FreeBSD parts wrapped around the OpenAFS source. I think I was working on version 5 of FreeBSD but I don't recall for sure. This was version OpenAFS 1.4.2. It compiled. The kernel module loaded. I was able to get tokens using the system heimdal. I even got a directory listing via the client. Attempting to manipulate files resulted in an immediate panic. http://www.stradamotorsports.com/~jcw/openafs/ I would advise those who are interested to discuss and choose a mailing list for continuing the effort. We are currently writing four different lists in this thread. I'll test whatever you guys come up with. I'll be running FreeBSD-6.3 real soon now. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: mailing lists
On Thu, 13 Dec 2007, Brian wrote: The fact that each mailing list exists as [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] makes me need to make 2 filters for each list I subscribe to. Can I suggest that if this is going to continue, that the server shows one format for all the messages that go out? Filter on the Sender header. That is controlled by the list manager and doesn't have duplicate names. For -questions, the Sender is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Scanner Compatibility
Does this represent the state of the art in scanners under FreeBSD? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/scanners.html Any other up to the minute tips on purchasing a scanner? Does 7.0-RELEASE present any new issues? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Website
Frank Shute wrote: On Sun, Nov 18, 2007 at 10:42:57AM -0600, Chris wrote: ** pissing contest snipped ** One of the questions I like to ask myself before I post to the list is, Will my reply add value to the individual poster or the community at large? It's a great question to consider before sending. The purpose behind the open source movement is to contribute value to one another. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PAM, su, and ksu behavior
I would like for the su command to NOT prompt the user for any password when the user has a kerberos ticket. That is su should not prompt for a kerberos or unix passwd. PAM is unable to determine if a terminal is encrypted and so the system should not inspire the user to cough up a password. I simply added: authsufficient pam_ksu.so no_warn to the second line in the default /etc/pam.d/su config file. It worked, but I would not expect to be prompted for a password when I already have a ticket. (Secure single sign on is the whole point, right?) What I desire is the behavior of the MIT ksu command. If the principal is listed in .k5login and has a valid ticket for the requesting principle, to be granted the shell as the new UID. Near as I can tell, the heimdal ksu command that comes with FreeBSD has nothing to do with PAM. Is that true? Don't assume that I understand PAM. I have been looking at this for all of a couple days. It seems dead simple. Maybe I just can't get the behavior I want. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What have you done for me lately !!!
Kris Kennaway wrote: Besides, apple has and does contribute code back to FreeBSD. Kris Yes but... they took Jordan and they didn't give him back, did they? He wasn't BSD licensed, was he? They can't just do whatever they want with him. Those bastards! So phooey on Wilfredo Sanchez and his Jordan stealing antics. ::sniff:: I miss Jordan Later, Jason :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mystery Spam Piling Up in Mqueue
I have a bunch of mail piling up in /var/spool/mqueue. It appears to be
all spam and it appears to be generated on the localhost. I am not
sending it. I double checked my self @ abuse.net to see if I was an
open relay, I'm not. I can't really say where it's coming from. How do
I figure this one out?
An example is shown below.
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Spam is making me batty.
Thanks,
Jason C. Wells
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Re: Mystery Spam Piling Up in Mqueue
Jeff Royle wrote: Welcome to the running a mailserver on the intertubes. :-) And it used to be such a nice neighborhood. :( It's hard to be a good netizen. I probably don't spend as much time on it as purist would prefer. I just try to sweep up whatever flotsam comes my way when I find the time. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best SPF Implementation
Which of the ports provides the best SPF implementation for FreeBSD running sendmail? I messed around with SPF when it was still in it's infancy. There seem to be more choices now. I value ease of use if that is a useful discrimination. I really need to add something to spamassasin to prevent receiving the spam in the first place. I hate spending time on this but these guys are killing me. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where are CVS Tags Announced
I was looking forward to the tagging of RELEASE_6_2 in the ports tree. I surfed around cvsweb but didn't see anything that looked like a tag announcement. Where do I look to determine if the sources have been tagged with a new release? Thanks, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compatibility Between Releases Policy
Erik Norgaard wrote: Jason C. Wells wrote: Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible with 6.1, 6.2 and on. The reason I ask is that I am considering the wisdom of running portupgraed with each minor point release. I don't think you can rely on POLA for ports. But for the base system, the developers try to stick to the Principle Of Least Astonishment, in particular across minor version numbers. Chears, Erik Ports astonish me more often than FreeBSD to be sure. If one uses a port that was built on a 6.0 system, can one trust that no bit rot will occur by the time 6.9 rolls around. Will all of FreeBSDs interfaces and features remain backward compatible? While the developer community might employee POLA in this regard, this sure seems like the kind of policy issue that would be written into our release engineering documents. (I couldn't find it.) Thanks, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Compatibility Between Releases Policy
Where is the policy regarding compatibility between releases documented? I recall reading once upon a time that FreeBSD won't break compatibility for the duration of a major point release. If a third party wrote software for 6.0 it would be perfectly compatible with 6.1, 6.2 and on. The reason I ask is that I am considering the wisdom of running portupgraed with each minor point release. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Build Binary Packages from Installed Ports
The new (to me) ports tools are pretty slick. Is there a way to build a binary package for each installed port without upgrading or rebuilding each installed port? As I read the man pages the only thing close to this is 'portupgrade -afp' which will give me the full set of packages, but insists on rebuilding everything first. Thanks, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network traffic Monitor
Eric Schuele wrote: Rodrigo G. Tavares de Souza wrote: Hi, I getting a problem with a DSL connection, and I need a way to monitor the network traffic. I found a program called Netsaint, could I do it with this one? It depends on what your monitoring focus is. If you just want to do some quick troubleshooting, ping and traceroute are probably all you need. If you are looking for intrusion monitoring snort is the leading tool for that. (last time I checked) If you are looking for traffic graphing you might look at RRDTool/MRTG. It depends on what your specific problem is. Surf through ports/net and ports/sysutils for all kinds of good tools. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what is the process for migrating a pre-built kernel to a new machine?
Jonathan Horne wrote: Can you give me more specifics on exactly what should be moved/copied? I recommend backing up from / on down. As I like to say, Nuke em from orbit. It's the only way to be sure. That's my specific answer on what should be moved or copied. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: method for installing ports
Jonathan Horne wrote: Ive read many many guides found all over the net in the past few days, and they can never seem to agree on the way a port is installed. I see these methods: Make install Make install clean Make install distclean What is the difference between the 3, and are there legitimate times when one is preferred over the other? Once you have run make with the 'install' target, you have your software installed. You may safely use the software. The 'clean' target removes the ./work subdirectory. Some folks might keep that around for various reasons. I like to keep the ./work subdir because I like to poke around in the port's config files and make files for things I can tweak. Occasionally I run 'make clean' from /usr/src to clean EVERY port in the tree to get some disc space back. The 'distclean' target deletes the downloaded distribution files for that port in /usr/ports/distfiles. I rarely do this. The choice is up to you. None of the three targets listed is more correct than the other. There are many possible targets one can use when running make. For the ports collection, poke around in /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk to see what many interesting targets will do. A make target starts at the beginning of a line in a makefile and in punctuated by a colon. sometarget: optional-subtarget another-subtarget Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: what is the process for migrating a pre-built kernel to a new machine?
Jonathan Horne wrote: What if I want to use a kernel I compiled on one system, on another system? What is the process to successfully migrate a kernel from one system to another (or back to the same after a disaster recovery)? Just FTP, NFS, or otherwise copy the kernel to the new system and reboot. Now for the caveats. It is inadvisable to copy a kernel from one version of FreeBSD to another. You'll get mysterious library errors from libraries like libkvm. Copying 6.1 kernels to and from 6.1 systems is OK. Copying 6.1 kernels to 5.4 system is bad. Copying a kernel from last month's build of stable to this months build of stable is probably bad also. I would advise you to install the kernel sources on each machine where you want to build a custom kernel. That or set up one machine to be your build server in the fashion described in the handbook. You also have to take care regarding hardware compatibility. If one system is all SCSI and the other is all IDE you are not going to be able to move those kernels around and have properly functioning hard drives. For disaster recovery, keep your kernel config file. I would argue that the config file is more important than the actual kernel binary. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which controllers(devices) to disable in kernel?
Perica Veljanovski wrote: Hi, I bought a new pc with GIGABYTE GA-K8VT800 VIA K8T800 mother board (has ata, sata, raid) and a SATA IBM HDD and installed FreeBSD 6.0. I'm building a custom kernel and I was wondering which controllers(devices) I need for my new kernel to support my motherboard properly? Is there a way to see which devices my pc uses from the GENERIC kernel? Don't forget to read NOTES. Some devices are not intuitively obvious. You need SCSI to run a USB mass storage device even if you don't have a SCSI host adapter. dmesg like the other fellow said. There is one caveat. If you have some obscure hardware it may not show in dmesg output because it was never built into GENERIC. For this hardware you might look at the chips on the mainboard or in the hardware manual. You the take the chip's identifier (for lack of a better word) and grep the kernel config files to find the right driver. And oh yeah, you could use these docs: http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/hardware-i386.html But that's less adventurous. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is there a stable ports tree?
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 11:24:08PM -0500, Xn Nooby wrote: Is there a stable ports tree? No. However you can sup the ports tree for a specific release. I run ports using tag=RELEASE_6_0_0. The reason I do this is that I find it to be much less work. I am a much more conservative user than many. I really hate chasing down down upgrade dependencies even with the the very nice ports tools we have today. If you really wanted a particular port to be updgraded, you can fetch just that one port and build it. This would give you a manually controlled psuedo-stable. It would be more work though. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Terminal Not Providing login: Prompt
Glenn Dawson wrote: At 06:17 PM 3/4/2006, Jason C. Wells wrote: Glenn Dawson wrote: What sort of cable are you using? Does it have all the control lines connected? or just tx/rx data? (forgive me if this sounds like nitpicking) Not at all. I haven't been able to get it working and my collection of nits to pick has run out. Connectors or adapters? What about the cable itself? Or, does the info below cover everything that's linking the two serial ports? There are no adapters. This map represents everything that linking the two ports. 1,6-4 2-3 3-2 4-1,6 5-5 7-8 8-7 9-null Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: setting the root email address
Steel City Phantom wrote: one of my servers was set up by some guys in china. i have gotten everything figured out save one, somehow they got cron job results to email to my business account. i can't for the life of me figure out how they did that. where in bsd do i set another email address for root? Look in /etc/mail/aliases. This setting isn't BSD per se. It's sendmail that reads the aliases database. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Terminal Not Providing login: Prompt
When I use 'tip' I seem to bee connected, but I get no login prompt. $ tip sio0 connected and nothing else. If I telnet to the receiving host and redirect a file to the serial line, I do see data being transmitted. The formatting is a bit off though. (remote)$ cat /etc/issue (remote)$Hello there! (remote)$ (remote)$This is a serial line terminal. (remote)$ cat /etc/issue /dev/ttyd0 (local)Hello there! (local) (local) This is a serial line terminal. ^^ extra spaces are garbage output Every document I have read assumes that your terminal will just work. I am connecting a FreeBSD host to a FreeBSD host using default 9600 baud settings and things aren't working well. It's probably pretty hard to determine the fix for my problem via email. Can anyone point me to a reference that is comprehensive regarding unix serial communications and terminals? Or am I making this harder than it should be? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Terminal Not Providing login: Prompt
Glenn Dawson wrote: At 03:04 PM 3/4/2006, Jason C. Wells wrote: When I use 'tip' I seem to bee connected, but I get no login prompt. $ tip sio0 connected and nothing else. Did you enable ttyd0 in /etc/ttys? Yes. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Terminal Not Providing login: Prompt
Glenn Dawson wrote: What sort of cable are you using? Does it have all the control lines connected? or just tx/rx data? This marks the first time I ever busted out my multimeter to work on FreeBSD. :) Here is a pin to pin map of the DB9 connectors that I am using: 1,6-4 2-3 3-2 4-1,6 5-5 7-8 8-7 9-null According to a couple online pinout maps this is a proper null modem cable. If I understand your question correctly, this cable has all the control lines connected. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Heimdal Key Table Entry Not Found
Tillman Hodgson wrote: It's very likely a name resolution problem: It was in fact. I caught myself out with a very obscure DNS misconfiguration. One host had a different resolv.conf where primary and secondary DNS were reversed. Then I also had an errant zone file that was preventing zone transfers. I was reverse resolving the new g3 host as the old g2 host as a result. It was the situation you cited. I checked and double checked DNS resolution forward and backward and everything was perfect... on that one host. Grrr! Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
AES Support in Heimdal
Does FreeBSD's implementation of Heimdal support 256 bit AES? Is there something special I must do to get AES support? I built with ENABLE_AES=true but ktutil still doesn't recognize the AES keytabs that I extracted. libcrypto has some aes references when I issue 'strings libcrypto.so'. libkrb5.so has no aes strings though. I would guess that means I don't have aes support builtin in spite of setting ENABLE_AES. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heimdal Key Table Entry Not Found
I am not able to use heimdal kerberos telnetd on FreeBSD-6 to provide
remote access to a host. I get this error from my Kermit client:
Kerberos authentication failed!
Kerberos V5 refuses authentication because
Read req failed: Key table entry not found
The keytab has been extracted to the service host. (see below)
I am thinking that there might be some sort of hard to find
incompatibility or encryption type issue with Heimdal and MIT. That or
there is some stupid detail that I have missed. I would have expected
Heimdal to be a drop in replacement for MIT kerberos. A full
transcript is provided below if the problem is not obvious.
I am successfully running MIT KDCs and have been for years. All my
other MIT kerberized hosts function correctly.
Any idea what I might be missing?
Thanks,
Jason C. Wells
I get a ticket granting ticket as evidenced by the MIT KDC log:
Feb 26 09:40:56 s5.stradamotorsports.com krb5kdc[449](info): AS_REQ (3
etypes {1 6 3 1}) 192.168.1.16: ISSUE: authtime 1140975656, etypes
{rep=16 tkt=16 ses=16}, [EMAIL PROTECTED] for
krbtgt/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Then I get my service ticket as evidenced by the MIT KDC log:
Feb 26 09:41:09 s5.stradamotorsports.com krb5kdc[449](info): TGS_REQ (1
etypes {1}) 192.168.1.16: ISSUE: authtime 1140975656, etypes {rep=16
tkt=16 ses=1}, [EMAIL PROTECTED] for
host/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have all my tickets on my Windows client.
C:\Documents and Settings\jcwklist -e
Ticket cache: API:krb5cc
Default principal: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Valid starting ExpiresService principal
02/26/06 09:40:56 02/26/06 19:40:56
krbtgt/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ORTS.COM
renew until 02/26/06 19:40:57, Etype (skey, tkt): Triple DES
cbc mode wi
th HMAC/sha1, Triple DES cbc mode with HMAC/sha1
02/26/06 09:41:09 02/26/06 19:40:56
host/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PORTS.COM
renew until 02/26/06 19:40:57, Etype (skey, tkt): DES cbc mode
with CRC-
32, Triple DES cbc mode with HMAC/sha1
Kerberos 4 ticket cache: API:krb4cc
klist: No ticket file (tf_util)
But my kermit client complains with:
DNS Lookup... Trying 192.168.1.1... Reverse DNS Lookup... (OK)
g3.stradamotorsports.com connected on port telnet
Authenticating with KERBEROS_V5
Kerberos authentication failed!
Kerberos V5 refuses authentication because
Read req failed: Key table entry not found
/Can't connect to g3.stradamotorsports.com:23
The keytab shows:
Vno Type Principal
11 des3-cbc-sha1 host/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
11 des-cbc-crchost/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getprincs on the MIT KDC shows:
kadmin: getprinc host/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Principal: host/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Expiration date: [never]
Last password change: Sun Feb 26 09:08:57 PST 2006
Password expiration date: [none]
Maximum ticket life: 0 days 10:00:00
Maximum renewable life: 7 days 00:00:00
Last modified: Sun Feb 26 09:08:57 PST 2006
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Last successful authentication: [never]
Last failed authentication: [never]
Failed password attempts: 0
Number of keys: 2
Key: vno 11, Triple DES cbc mode with HMAC/sha1, no salt
Key: vno 11, DES cbc mode with CRC-32, no salt
Attributes:
Policy: [none]
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SPF Startup and P5-Mail-SPF-Query
I am a little confused about starting Sender Policy Framework on FreeBSD. One doc in samples/ says the milter will plug right in. Some docs say you don't need to run spfd. Other docs say you need to run sendmail-milter.pl but that script isn't in the packing list. One doc states I should edit my sendmail rc script to start and stop spf-milter. I would have thought that this milter would be started much like spamass-milter. I have modified my sendmail.cf. When I start sendmail I get the error: WARNING: Xspf-milter: local socket name /var/spf-milter/spf-milter.sock missing How do I run SPF using p5-Mail-SPF-Query? Where is the startup script? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SPF Startup and P5-Mail-SPF-Query
I am a little confused about starting Sender Policy Framework on FreeBSD. One doc in samples/ says the milter will plug right in. Some docs say you don't need to run spfd. Other docs say you need to run sendmail-milter.pl but that script isn't in the packing list. One doc states I should edit my sendmail rc script to start and stop spf-milter. I would have thought that this milter would be started much like spamass-milter. I have modified my sendmail.cf. When I start sendmail I get the error: WARNING: Xspf-milter: local socket name /var/spf-milter/spf-milter.sock missing How do I run SPF using p5-Mail-SPF-Query? Where is the startup script? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CVSup doubts
Chris wrote: I hate users looking for the shortcuts. Funny. I didn't see that at all in the original email. What I saw was a genuine misunderstanding. He was asking about using CVSUP to track ports on a one by one basis. What he didn't understand is that a person really wants to CVSUP the whole ports tree. It's a fair misunderstanding if one starts with an FTP-ish RPM-ish mindset. John Chen's answer was appropriate. To Efren I add the following. You may also want to read up on 'refuse' files as documented in the cvsup(1) man page. I don't recommend using them though. Later, Jason ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OpenAFS for FreeBSD...
Jack T wrote: Forrest Aldrich wrote: I've asked the OpenAFS people about a port to FreeBSD. They recently gained a port to OS X, which I understand has a similar/FreeBSD codebase. Please look at Arla. I've been using Arla quite happily on FreeBSD 5.4, and it provides all the AFS functionalities I need. Arla was marked as BROKEN when I last tried to build it under 6X. IIRC, it was marked as broken for 5.4 too. Is there some special secret you could share with us to get an AFS client? I'd love to hear it. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OpenAFS for FreeBSD...
Forrest Aldrich wrote: I've asked the OpenAFS people about a port to FreeBSD. They recently gained a port to OS X, which I understand has a similar/FreeBSD codebase. I have been asking about this for a while. Occasionally an interested party arises. The work remains incomplete. The last rumor I heard was that the server works. The client doesn't work out of the box. I did have the client sort of working once upon a time. That is to say that it was working right up until it panicked. OSX is a different kernel. The kernel is where the difficulty lies. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Realtek AC97 Support
I haven't had any luck guessing at how to provide a driver for my onboard Realtek AC97 audio under FreeBSD 6. Has anyone made this work? Can I use the linux ALSA driver with FreeBSD? Realtek provides this on their website in source. I haven't manage to complete a compilation of the driver yet. If such a thing has actually been done by someone here, I'll try harder. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ipfw Impossibility - Perpetual Motion Achieved!
Pray tell how is this report from 'ipfw show' even possible? 17100 3 228 count ip from any to any 65535 27 1986 deny ip from any to any If rule 17100 only counted three packets, then how did the very next rule count 27? I do not use 'skipto' rules. We appear to be passing more packets out of rule 17100 than are going in. If we can harness this energy, we can power the universe! :) Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Missing Operating System on Sandisk for miniBSD
I am trying to install FreeBSD on a compact flash drive. The drive manual says the drive geometry is 250880 sectors, 8 heads, 32 sectors per track, and 980 cylinders. The BIOS for the computer reports drive geometry as 980/8/32 C/H/S. I read somewhere that this problem generally indicates a drive geometry problem. I do believe I have my geometry correct. I am obviously missing something. I followed the instructions for miniBSD for the most part. Any other ideas on what could be causing this error? Gorey details below. Later, Jason C. Wells My disktab entry is: sd128:\ :dt=ESDI:\ :ty=winchester:\ :ns#32:\ :nt#8:\ :nc#980:\ :pa#250880:oa#0:ba#8192:fa#1024:ta=4.2BSD:\ :pc#250880:oc#0:bc#8192:fc#1024:tc=unused I use the commands... disklabel -Brw vn0 sd128 newfs -T sd128 -U /dev/vn0a ...to label and newfs the disk. fdisk /dev/vn0c reports: *** Working on device /dev/vn0c *** parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: cylinders=980 heads=8 sectors/track=32 (256 blks/cyl) parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: cylinders=980 heads=8 sectors/track=32 (256 blks/cyl) Media sector size is 512 Warning: BIOS sector numbering starts with sector 1 Information from DOS bootblock is: The data for partition 1 is: UNUSED The data for partition 2 is: UNUSED The data for partition 3 is: UNUSED The data for partition 4 is: sysid 165,(FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD) start 0, size 5 (24 Meg), flag 80 (active) beg: cyl 0/ head 0/ sector 1; end: cyl 1023/ head 255/ sector 63 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Routing to External IPs from Internal IPs
I would like to be able to set the DNS settings for my internal network to 209.20.215.30 and 209.20.215.31. The internal network is addressed as 192.168.1/24. How can I route from the internal addresses, through the internal interface of the firewall, to the external interface of the firewall, back through the port address translation to my internal nameservers? If this question is too arcane, please refer me to the correct documentation. I don't even know where to start. Routing has always just magically worked on FreeBSD. I would think it would be possible to add some sort of manual route to the routing tables, but what do I know. The idea is to allow roamers to roam and never have to change any of their configuration settings, namely their DNS settings. Split DNS obviously can handle all other settings such as mail, time, web and so forth. Handling the DNS settings themselves, which are by IP address, proves more difficult. Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Firewall Making Many DNS PTR Queries
If one of my clients makes a DNS query for a hostname that is not cached, my firewall subsequently makes a flurry of PTR queries. I am at a loss to explain why. For example: XX+/192.168.1.13/202.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.13/www.davinci.com/A/IN XX+/192.168.1.1/49.0.229.193.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.1/10.24.230.130.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.1/132.248.214.128.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.1/10.102.230.130.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.1/64.46.214.128.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.1/64.4.214.128.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN ... and many more ... The firewall is 192.168.1.1. But if I do the query on a cached hostname, no such wierdness occurs. XX+/192.168.1.13/202.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa/PTR/IN XX+/192.168.1.13/www.davinci.com/A/IN My DNS servers are behind the firewall. I use port translation to run the DNS through the firewall. The DNS queries complete successfully. I fixed the problem with my secondary nameserver not responding (thanks Pete Elkhe, my NAT was buggered). The PTR records the firewall is seeking are mostly for nameservers. Sometimes the PTRs the firewall is looking for are not resolvable. The PTRs don't seem to be related to the domain in question. What the heck is my firewall doing looking for those PTR records? Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Gateway traffic reporting tool (port)
You can easily use count rules in ipfw for this. I did this back when I had a roommate who was a pornmeister. The first month that our DSL bill came in at plus $30, I started counting. He was using about 85% of our bandwidth. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Gateway traffic reporting tool (port)
On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Kathy Quinlan wrote: I have a few questions, IPFW shows the result as packets right ? And not all packets are equal ? How do I get the information as human readable ? If I am wrong please correct me, it is the only way we learn. 'ipfw show' gives a byte count as well as a packet count. It's in the man page. Later, Jason ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5.1R Install not Installing Kernel
The 5.1R install that I just completed twice doesn't boot. The boot loader comes to a prompt for F1 or F2 and hangs. Pressing F1 or F2 results in a beep from the computer. F1 has a base install. F2 is an empty slice that I have set aside. When using kern.flp to boot the system, interupting the boot process and typing ? shows that /kernel is not listed. (I have been warned that the hierarchy has changed, but don't see where the kernel might have moved, if at all.) Are the install floppies broken? And also, kern.flp doesn't seem to give a fixit.flp option that the docs say it should. How can I use fixit.flp in 5.1R? I would use fixit.flp to repair my semi-complete install if I could get it to work. Also, what is the proper forum for this question? I am a bit confused as to whether I should be posting to -current, since this is being called a release. BTW, it's a testament to FreeBSD that I haven't had to bother you guys for about two years! Thanks, Jason C. Wells ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with network cards
On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Chris Fisichella wrote: 1. Is there some network interface card that I can put in and will work? Any recommendations? If your time is worth more than ten bucks, get any generic RealTek PCI card? (Do you have a PCI slot?) They're cheap. I gave up monkeying with ISA cards. Later, Jason C. Wells ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
