Re: Network Monitor?

2007-08-12 Thread Modulok
ttp on port 80, FTP on port 21, etc), you can get a pretty good idea of traffic. It's not exactly the ideal solution, but it's a thought. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Vinum configuration syntax

2007-08-13 Thread Modulok
t;, "disparity"? I could use trial and error, but there has to be a document with this information somewhere. Other than rummaging through source code, is there any additional documentation on vinum configuration syntax, (A strict specification would be great!)? I found a FreeBSD Diary articl

Redundant network router setup?

2007-08-13 Thread Modulok
their TCP connections. If we excuse it as a "computer glitch" no one gets too angry. Needless to say, there must be a better solution for high availability. Maybe this happens at the switch level? I don't know. Looking for pointers on how to set something like this up. Point

Re: PCIe gigabit network card

2007-08-23 Thread Modulok
a few based on this chipset for about $30. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833106121&Tpk=PWLA8391GTBLK -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To un

Re: time issue

2007-08-24 Thread Modulok
rc.conf ntpd_sync_on_start="YES" # Synchronize clock at startup. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

What is a 'normal' amount of un-solicited connection attempts?

2007-08-27 Thread Modulok
to connect to port 22 (sshd) from a particular IP address somewhere in Romania (and we're nowhere near there). Sorry for the somewhat vague question. Just looking for general reassurances and advice, I suppose. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@free

root on gmirror and disk failure...

2007-09-01 Thread Modulok
ain with identical results. It's the provider that isn't being created, for whatever reason. Suggestions? (Other than purchasing a hardware RAID card). -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/list

Booting to root on gmirror with disk failure, is it even possible?

2007-09-04 Thread Modulok
s the real issue for me. I'm just looking for a confirmed "it's possible". 2. If yes, what version of FreeBSD, what brand/model of hard disks, and what mainboard was used? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@free

Kill a hanged disk i/o process...

2007-03-08 Thread Modulok
halting a hanged disk i/o process? The idea of "you don't want to terminate a disk i/o process, it could corrupt the data" isn't really a good argument, because if the process hangs and I have to punch the reset button anyway what's the difference? Ideas? -Modulok- ___

Re: Kill a hanged disk i/o process...

2007-03-09 Thread Modulok
e. -It's a disk i/o process so not even root can kill it. The gentle shutdown solution doesn't work: Even during shutdown the process cannot be killed: it's hanged, it's disk i/o. How do you kill an un-killable process? -Modulok- On 3/9/07, Nikos Vassiliadis <[EMAIL PR

Re: Kill a hanged disk i/o process...

2007-03-09 Thread Modulok
...alright then... "How do I work-around a situation where cp, hangs forever?" -Modulok- On 3/9/07, Nikos Vassiliadis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Friday 09 March 2007 15:28, Modulok wrote: > Thank you for your reply, it was quite informative and very much > appreciat

slightly OT | Non-Matching MP processors...

2007-04-18 Thread Modulok
ion, eventually, (several restarts later). Is this an issue for anyone else? Does it occur more frequently with more processors (4, 8)? What did you do to resolve or reproduce it? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fre

nvida driver on amd64

2006-12-22 Thread Modulok
hardware acceleration. So far, nvidia only supports FreeBSD on the x86. Aside from going to linux (which I really don't want to do) any suggestions on how to accomplish this? Can I use a driver compiled for x86 on an amd64 architecture perhaps? Thanks. -Modulok- _

Mainboard buzzer -- How to disable?

2007-02-04 Thread Modulok
hanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Port dependency tool (if that's what you'd call it)

2007-04-29 Thread Modulok
with information about what would be fetched (and possibly installed) in an easy-to-digest format, recursively (for all dependents of dependents ... and so on). If not part of the base system, is there a port which offers this functionality? Thank ye. -Mo

lpd of CUPS?

2007-05-06 Thread Modulok
uired. -Must be robust enough that I can leave for six months and when I come back it still works. -The printer is an HP Laserjet 1020 Pros, cons? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freeb

Query file system type for yet-to-be mounted volumes?

2007-05-07 Thread Modulok
don't already know what file system it uses? Is there a command to query this? Trial and error doesn't seem like the ideal solution. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions

HP LaserJet 1020 "Device Busy"

2007-05-18 Thread Modulok
" Where did I go wrong? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: problems installing 6.2 on Dell Dimension 4100

2007-06-06 Thread Modulok
ed Debian Sarge (though I still use FreeBSD on my main workstation). So, ummyou're not alone...if that helps? Sorry. Maybe someone else has some sage-like advice? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.

Re: Offtopic: x.org verus xFree86?

2007-06-08 Thread Modulok
ideas about how X should be developed. I don't think XFree86 is under active development anymore. Most developers left to join the forked Xorg project. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listi

umount -f

2007-06-11 Thread Modulok
away process is writing to it (as bad of an idea as this is)? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: FreeBSD and Robotics

2007-06-17 Thread Modulok
x27;t need, write good drivers and run it all on stable hardware and you should be fine in most situations. You'll probably go years between reboots. Just my 2 cents. -Modulok- On 6/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've read some really good things about FreeBSD, e

/etc/ntp -- What is this directory used for?

2007-06-20 Thread Modulok
that is the case, what is the directory /etc/ntp used for? It is only readable by root, so it must be some manner of sensitive information... Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo

Re: Pressing CTRL-ALT-SPACE on usb keyboard freezes FreeBSD

2007-06-21 Thread Modulok
7;s1') Now when I press ctrl+alt+space I get the following message: "acpi0: Sleep state S3 is not supported by BIOS." There are probably other was of disabling it as well. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list ht

Re: MTU question

2007-06-30 Thread Modulok
ot; As far as overriding this to a higher value, you may be restricted in doing so by your hardware, as stated in the ifconfig(8) manpage, "...Not all interfaces support setting the MTU, and some interfaces have range restrictions." -Modulok- ___ f

Re: game advice

2007-07-07 Thread Modulok
troller from a significant distance. Be careful not to burn your house down. You can probably find some nice infrared emitting diodes at Radio Shack and hook them up to an AC/DC converter instead. Be safe. Experiment. Have fun. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-quest

Dependencies. (was: "Yikes! FreeBSD samba-3.0.26a_2, 1 is forbidden: "Remote Code Execution...")

2007-12-16 Thread Modulok
. Yes, what we have works...sort of. (Your milage may vary.) Is it better than what we had? Arguably. Could it still be improved? I sincerely hope so. Sorry for the seemingly endless ranting, I'll shut up eventually :p -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions

Re: Dependencies. (was: "Yikes! FreeBSD samba-3.0.26a_2, 1 is forbidden: "Remote Code Execution...")

2007-12-19 Thread Modulok
> For you to ask that question shows without a doubt that it has > been too long since you have sat back, put on Pink Floyd, > taken a few bong hits, and contemplated the Universe. Touché. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Opera, Flash and the stench of failure...

2008-01-04 Thread Modulok
e native Opera browser Does anyone have flash working with opera? If so, how? Where can I get libXThrStub.so.6? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Opera, Flash and the stench of failure...

2008-01-04 Thread Modulok
ed to FreeBSD 7 a few weeks > ago. Before that Flash9 + Opera worked as well (or as badly) as it does > in Firefox. I'm using FreeBSD 7.0-RC1, because the FreeBSD 6 variants I tried refused to boot on this system. (A laptop, with problems.) I

Re: Opera, Flash and the stench of failure...

2008-01-04 Thread Modulok
lugin still does not register :( Thoughts? -Modulok- On 1/4/08, Modulok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I added the following to /etc/libmap.conf, as per suggested. (Thank you.) >[/usr/local/share/opera/plugins/operapluginwrapper] >libXThrStub.so.6 libXtst.so.6 > &g

Re: Another question based on: Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!

2008-01-13 Thread Modulok
;t want me to > be their client. ... I cannot express the extent of my loathing for Flash (and JavaScript). Unfortunately, as has been stated, many businesses employ such evils. In some cases it is nice to tell them to piss off, in others that is beyond t

Re: HOW-TO get Flash7 working!

2008-01-14 Thread Modulok
minute clip, the offset is probably 5-10 seconds or more. Anyone else? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: FreeBSD 6.2 Frequent Lockups

2008-01-16 Thread Modulok
ic kernel if you have a custom kernel. Don't overlook the power. If it's not on an uninterruptible power supply, you might consider this. Even if it is, if the power supply unit itself is faulty, very weird things can happen. In any case, if you do track d

Re: OT: Whats wrong with gmail?

2008-02-08 Thread Modulok
, but too many people get too concerned over all the wrong aspects and miss the big picture. Trust is relative and required, despite your tools of choice. Even using Linux or BSD, you instill significant trust in a great many people, most of whom you do not even know. What

Propagate changes to /etc/group to logged-in users?

2008-02-19 Thread Modulok
Assume I have users logged in and I edit /etc/group... How do I propagate the changes to /etc/group to affect currently-logged-in users? I do not want to force users to logout, just to change group memberships. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions

Re: HP LaserJet not uploading firmware permission denied ulpt0

2008-02-21 Thread Modulok
t is only 'root'). 1. Ensure you are the root user. You can check this by executing the command: id 2. If you are the root user and it still does not work, what is the output of the command: ls -l /dev/ulpt0 3. What is the exact command you're executing to upload the fi

Re: HDD missing from sysinstall

2008-03-03 Thread Modulok
. The command would look something like this: dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad0 bs=512 count=1 # Nuke the master boot record. Replace 'ad0' with the appropriate device. # IMPORTANT: This will make the disk not bootable. Just a thought. -Modulok- On 3/1/08, comperr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w

Re: Printing with a laserjet 1018

2008-03-05 Thread Modulok
h the printer, as it was not capable of communicating in a USB compliant manner, prior to the firmware upload. (Genius.) -Modulok- On 3/4/08, Bob Falanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry, I am still new at unix type OS so where do I make these changes? > > Thank you, > Bob > >

Does geli metadata contain sensitive information?

2010-01-27 Thread Modulok
Does a geli metadata backup contain any sensitive information? Like... should apply the same precations as I do the key and password? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: Newbie gmirror questions

2010-02-05 Thread Modulok
Cable order is irrelevant. -Modulok- On 2/5/10, Mike Clarke wrote: > On Sunday 17 January 2010, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> However, one of the really amazingly brilliant things about geom is >> that just about any disk / storage related thing can be a geom >> provider, and

Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?

2010-03-10 Thread Modulok
asswd It seems to work, but is this correct? I'd hate to miss somethign before it goes online. Thanks guys! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, se

Re: Moving master.passwd file between servers... is this correct?

2010-03-11 Thread Modulok
Thanks guys, it worked! -Modulok- On 3/11/10, Matthew Seaman wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 11/03/2010 05:41:10, Dan Nelson wrote: >> In the last episode (Mar 10), Modulok said: >>> I need to migrate a passwd file from an old 6.2 serve

Re: Copying mirrored partitions - will this work?

2010-03-20 Thread Modulok
sure if it was a backward incompatible change, as I never went back to 6.2. Just something to be aware of. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Maybe someone else knows more. -Modulok- On 3/20/10, Mike Clarke wrote: > > I'm currently running 8.0-RELEASE and am considering experimenting with >

Wireless access point rc.conf syntax in FreeBSD 8?

2010-03-21 Thread Modulok
n the handbook wireless section that I saw. Anyway, I want to run it as an access point, not a client. The ral driver supports this, but I'm not sure on the rc.conf synax for creating an access point out of it. Could anyone point to some access-point-like examples? Thanks

How to mark an interace as 'down' at boot time?

2010-03-28 Thread Modulok
in the dmesg output, but it's still up when the boot cycle completes. -Modulok- ___ 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: theme

2010-04-05 Thread Modulok
them, depending on what the author of the said picture was using. -Modulok- On 4/5/10, tristan wrote: > In some FreeBSD pictures, i see a dock at the bottom. how do i get this? > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://

Re: SSH root login with keys only

2010-04-05 Thread Modulok
You should also consider posting your patch and related content to, 'freebsd-hack...@freebsd.org'. -Modulok- On 4/5/10, Marcin Wisnicki wrote: > On Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:01:08 +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > >> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >> Hash: SHA1 >>

Outdoor wireless - has anyone used Ubiquiti power stations?

2010-04-07 Thread Modulok
his all sound like a reasonable approach? I just thought I'd get a vote of confidence in my methods before I finally tackle this project and buy the equipment. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/list

Unit conversion program?

2010-04-28 Thread Modulok
ts? I could write one in python pretty easily, but just thought I'd check before re-inventing the wheel. Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Broken port 'py-sqlite3'... or maybe something else?

2010-04-30 Thread Modulok
No SHA256 checksum recorded for python/Python-2.5.1.tgz. => No suitable checksum found for python/Python-2.5.1.tgz. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/databases/py-sqlite3. What does it mean? And...how do I go about getting 'py-sqlite3' installed in light of it? -Modulok- __

Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows

2010-05-06 Thread Modulok
27; folder available in my '/mnt' directory. See 'mount_smbfs(8)' for more. Other options could involve setting up an SSH client/server on the two machines and use 'sftp' or 'scp' to transfer files, among others. -Modulok- On 5/6/10, Tim Daneliuk wrote: &

Re: Accessing file from windows or to windows

2010-05-06 Thread Modulok
BSD machine. If you're accessing it across a network you're never directly accessing the file system. There is always an intermediary between you and it; the daemon which handles file i/o requests. Notice: It handles your *requests*; you never actually access the underlying file system.

Re: ISP questions

2009-06-04 Thread Modulok
in the Windows control panel. Please proceed." We're pretty rural here, so unless I go with a high latency satellite connection, they're the only game in town. Maybe I should start my own ISP. It couldn't be any worse. Despite frustrations try to remember, it's not the tech support people's fault. They're just there 8-5 trying to make rent and pay for their kids dental. If you want to blame somebody, blame management. Best of luck with your troubles. You're not alone! -Modulok- ___ 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: scripting suggestion: how to make this command shorter

2009-06-27 Thread Modulok
so the script can be called with various URL's and so forth.) Your cron job could then simply execute "/home/you/bin/foo", where 'foo' is whatever you decide to name the script. Is there any specific reason why this has to be all on one line? -Modulok- On 6/27/09, Zhang

Re: POLL: Linux preferences from FreeBSD users

2009-07-02 Thread Modulok
ages... That and Linux seems to only ever get the abridged version of manual pages. When you compare manual pages for an equivalent commands between FreeBSD and most Linux flavors, it really shows. I noticed this when I went from Debian to FreeBSD

Subversion URL for FreeBSD souce...

2009-07-10 Thread Modulok
:) Thanks! -Modulok- ___ 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: Subversion URL for FreeBSD souce...

2009-07-11 Thread Modulok
Glen, Thank you :) -Modulok- On 7/10/09, Glen Barber wrote: > On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM, Modulok wrote: >> List, >> >> What's the right URL for a subversion checkout of the freeBSD source? >> For example, >> >> svn checkout svn://some

Copy directory tree as hard links...

2009-07-13 Thread Modulok
e, as all files share the same inodes. Is there an easy way to do this on FreeBSD? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebs

Re: Copy directory tree as hard links...

2009-07-13 Thread Modulok
Ivan, Evidently that was introduced in 6.2-RELEASE: "The cp(1) utility now supports a -l option, which causes it to create hardlinks to the source files instead of copying them." Thanks for posting and subsequently drawing my attention to it. Time to upgrade I suppose :) -Modulok-

OT: web-based applications and security...

2009-07-23 Thread Modulok
fering said services selling you out, but also in the fact that it creates a high-value target (tons of data in one place) for the entire world to try and exploit. Thoughts? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.

Syslog date format

2009-07-26 Thread Modulok
Is it possible (without patching source) to change the date format that syslog spits out into the log files? If so, how? The manual page makes no mention of it. Thanks. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org

Re: Syslog date format

2009-07-26 Thread Modulok
One would think that ISO 8601 date strings would make more sense, in addition not being language dependent. But I guess that's out. Thanks anyway! -Modulok- On 7/26/09, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Jul 26), Modulok said: >> Is it possible (without patching source)

Secure password generation...blasphemy!

2009-08-03 Thread Modulok
ction should be damn well good enough, right? I'd think that listening for cosmic background radiation or environmental infrared is drifting a little far from being in the realm of practical. Right? Just looking for any re-assurances. -Modulok- ___ free

Re: Secure password generation...blasphemy!

2009-08-04 Thread Modulok
guys! -Modulok- ___ 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: Secure password generation...blasphemy!

2009-08-04 Thread Modulok
As I understand it I would have to double the length of a hashed password for it to be as secure as an un-hashed one, as each pair of characters represent one byte. Aye? -Modulok- On 8/4/09, RW wrote: > On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 22:20:50 -0800 > Mel Flynn wrote: > >> On Monday 03 Augus

Re: How to find real CPU temperature?

2009-08-05 Thread Modulok
temperature readings when FreeBSD is running to > check whether the computer is over heating? If your mainboard supports it, and depending on your CPU, you might look into sysutils/mbmon, found in the ports collection. Aside from that, what does the following command o

Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: upgrade 7.2 overwrites partitions)

2009-08-06 Thread Modulok
that could mean. For some things, I need a system which trusts me, the user, to make the right decisions. Knowing this, I must be willing to accept the consequences of my actions, should my choices prove to be incorrect. "If you prevent stupid people from doing stupid things, you prevent cleve

Re: FreeBSD for the common man(or woman) (was: > upgrade 7.2

2009-08-06 Thread Modulok
[snip] > Once taken the time to set things up, they make you happy running for > a lifetime. :-) [/snip] It's nice to be able to go on vacation, without worrying about the servers back home craping out :) -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@

Re: Managing encrypted disks

2009-08-14 Thread Modulok
[/snip] Steve, If there are no /dev/*.eli devices listed, then there are no geli providers attached. You can also check the output of the 'geli list' and 'geli status' commands. If they return nothing, no providers are attached, other

Re: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-25 Thread Modulok
y, which consumes no real additional space. You can read all about it here: http://www.sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups.html Whatever you decide, best of luck! -Modulok- ___ 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"

SANE epson.conf vs. epson2.conf

2009-09-03 Thread Modulok
on2 backend." How did we know that? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ 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"

SANE configuration ... ideas?

2009-09-04 Thread Modulok
rk? I'm willing to read and tweak, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to tweak anymore. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ 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"

Is there such thing as a 'soft checksum' tool?

2009-09-05 Thread Modulok
cksums. So the closer the checksums are, the more similar two given images are. Does anyone know of anything like this? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: Is there such thing as a 'soft checksum' tool?

2009-09-07 Thread Modulok
>> Modulok writes: >> > I'm not even sure such a tool exists, but it's worth asking: >> > >> > I'm looking for a pseudo-checksum tool for use with catalogging >> > images. For example, a strict checksum algorithm, like the sha >> &

Security Exploits...to report, or not to report?

2008-12-25 Thread Modulok
;m not implying that they would do such a thing, but in order to find said flaw, I had to be poking around. Suggestions? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe,

Re: FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386 will changing root shell break anything?

2009-01-04 Thread Modulok
Only members of the group 'wheel' may issue the 'su' command. -Modulok- On 1/4/09, David Christensen wrote: > freebsd-questions: > > I'm building a fresh Amanda server using FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE-i386: > > > http://portsmon.freebsd.org/portoverview.py?ca

Re: Suggestion

2009-01-04 Thread Modulok
hat I can deploy it and not have to worry about it. The documentation is also excellent. It is these things that make it good, not loading screens, glossy icons, buttons and logos. Besides, I like the little ASCII logo. Ironic for a visual effects artist though :)~ To each his own. -Modulok- On 1/4

FreeBSD-friendly laptop suggestions, but wait there's more...

2009-01-08 Thread Modulok
us ventilation and overheating problems. I was originally thinking about a thinkpad, like a T20 or T30, but word on the street is that thinkpads overheat too? Does such a thing exist? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://list

Re: OT: what is the X11 equiv of /dev/null

2009-03-02 Thread Modulok
>> I was thinking is there someway to direct a X11 app to target the X11 equiv >> of /dev/null ? ...what? What problem are you trying to solve, exactly? -Modulok- On 3/2/09, Aryeh M. Friedman wrote: > I often want to run applications from my PC (actually the dual boot > parti

Re: Monitoring geom

2009-03-05 Thread Modulok
end an email and remember that we sent an email: gmirror status | mail -s "$subject" "$admin" touch "$stateFile" fi fi # The geom is fine, remove the email state file. if [ $count -eq 0 ] then if [ -w "$stateFile" ] then rm "$stateFil

Re: Anonymizer tool like Tor?

2009-03-13 Thread Modulok
t remember not to do anything stupid from the laptop which would connect you to it, like checking your email. -Modulok- ___ 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"

Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers?

2009-03-21 Thread Modulok
rs and general references would be much appreciated. (Hardware suggestions, books to read, etc.) Reliability is of mild concern, simply because I don't want to drive 10km at 3:00am when something breaks. Tips? References? Advice? -Modulok- ___

Re: Creating a 10km wireless bridge...pointers?

2009-03-22 Thread Modulok
You guys are sweethearts!. Thanks to everyone who contributed! It has been quite helpful. I have much reading to do :) -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe

gmirror THEN geli, correct?

2009-04-05 Thread Modulok
List, I'm looking for a confirmation on the order: When setting up a (root partiton) gmirror+geli, what is the propper order? e.g: gmirror the disks and THEN initialize geli on the /dev/mirror partitions? Is this correct? Thanks. -Modulok- ___ fr

Re: /usr/bin/calendar in cgi script

2009-04-12 Thread Modulok
I don't know what program you're using for your CGI stuff, but basically all that is needed is the '' tags. Here is an example which uses PHP to call the system 'calendar' command: Modulore Training Media Hello world. Calling UNIX calendar program via PHP: On 4/11/09,

PDF Authoring tool, suggestions?

2009-04-16 Thread Modulok
ere I need it. I then converted the PNG back to a PDF using ImageMagick's 'convert' utility. The problem, is the PDF is now HUGE. Both in dimensions as well as file size. It went from 28kb to 292Kb. There must be a better way to do this. S

Re: Can you ACTUALLY print from FreeBSD?

2009-04-20 Thread Modulok
machine is possible. I'm trying to get to that > starting point. What version of FreeBSD are you using? There was a problem with certain USB devices in the 6.x branch with timing out. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Encrypted slice with geli

2009-04-20 Thread Modulok
essible.) If your intent was to securely and irrevocably destroy the data on a slice, the command you showed will not do that. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubsc

Re: Converting the partition type

2009-04-25 Thread Modulok
f no such utility either. -Modulok- ___ 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"

Safe to 'make installkernel' in multi-user mode?

2009-05-06 Thread Modulok
Just making sure I'm not brewing a disaster... Is it 'safe' to install a kernel (i.e. 'make installkernel') on a system while in multi-user mode? Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.fre

Program to show moonrise/set times?

2009-05-19 Thread Modulok
Could anyone recommend a little command-line (does not require X) program to display the moon rise/set times for a configured latitude/longitude? I like pom(6) but, as the name implies, it only gives the phase. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions

Re: [Ports] How to find where a port is located?

2008-06-13 Thread Modulok
tead so that it gives out the whole path to that the application? > Have you looked into the whereis(1) command? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: New to FreeBSD

2008-06-21 Thread Modulok
a manual page or hand book of sorts, when the book suddenly ends halfway through, with various snippets such as: "I need a screen capture of blah right here...," among others. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.

dumping mounted file systems with insufficient space...

2008-07-30 Thread Modulok
-space to store a snapshot? Can I still safely dump(8) a mounted file system? -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: PCI Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (NIC) recommendations

2008-07-31 Thread Modulok
her they seem to be stable, as I still two of these with no problems. Best of luck. -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: dumping mounted file systems with insufficient space...

2008-08-01 Thread Modulok
Flat 3 > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate > Kent, CT11 9PW Thank you for the clarification about snapshots, Matthew. I went with a dump to another disk and it worked out without any problems :) -M

Online gaming and file downloads - latency hell!

2010-06-15 Thread Modulok
e config files? Are there some sysctl's that would help this out or something. I'm almost ready to just buy a 'gaming' *gag* router which implements their own brand of QoS, but don't want to sink to that level if I don't have to. Help! -Modulok- _

Re: what is /usr/sbin/nmbd

2010-06-19 Thread Modulok
Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP and LanManager clients. It also participates in the browsing protocols which make up the Windows "Network Neighborhood" view. ..." -Modulok- On 6/19/10, Caleb Stein wrote: > I constantly get messages telling me

VLANs is this right?

2010-07-05 Thread Modulok
do more experimentation but I can't have down time until later tonight so I thought I'd ask in the mean time. Thanks! -Modulok- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To un

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