Re: ssh forwarding question [SOLVED]

2007-09-03 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 00:37:15 Beech Rintoul wrote: > > Make sure you have this line in /etc/rc.conf: > > ifconfig_lo0="inet 127.0.0.1" > > Beech Thanks, I added the line. I did not know it was going to be that simple a fix. ___ freebsd-quest

Re: ssh forwarding question

2007-09-03 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 04 September 2007 00:13:13 Pollywog wrote: > On Monday 03 September 2007 23:08:45 Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > Pollywog wrote: > > > bind: Can't assign requested address > > > channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 15901 > > > Could

Re: ssh forwarding question

2007-09-03 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 03 September 2007 23:08:45 Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > bind: Can't assign requested address > > channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 15901 > > Could not request local forwarding. > > It seems to me that you have a problem w

Re: ssh forwarding question

2007-09-03 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 03 September 2007 23:08:45 Predrag Punosevac wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > bind: Can't assign requested address > > channel_setup_fwd_listener: cannot listen to port: 15901 > > Could not request local forwarding. > > It seems to me that you have a problem w

ssh forwarding question

2007-09-03 Thread Pollywog
I installed tightvnc on FreeBSD 6.2 and I start the vncserver on that machine. Thereafter, I can do vnc via ssh to that vncserver from my kubuntu desktop with something like this (hostname is the only thing changed to protect the innocent): ssh -L 15901:localhost:5901 -N -f -l pollywog

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 03 September 2007 01:46:30 Andrew Gould wrote: > On 9/2/07, Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: > > > Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you > > > > t

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 03 September 2007 01:37:23 Predrag Punosevac wrote: > > There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC. > > I have done it on Linux but I could not get it to work in FreeBSD. > > ___ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: Sadly, my tinker-time has run out....

2007-09-02 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 02 September 2007 23:37:49 Andrew Gould wrote: > > Don't feel guilty. Keep a FreeBSD server running at home while you travel! > You can backup your data securely and use it remotely via tightvnc. > > Andrew There must be some trick to accessing a FreeBSD server via VNC. I have done it

Re: wpa_supplicant question

2007-09-01 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 01 September 2007 15:07:46 Mel wrote: > On Saturday 01 September 2007 16:47:49 Xihong Yin wrote: > > Thanks, I thought it was the problem of the argument. But I still can not > > connect to my Access Point using wap_supplicant while I can connect by > > 'ifconfig'. It always connects to

Re: doubts about the freebsd devil

2007-08-31 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 31 August 2007 15:32:26 Jerry McAllister wrote: > > There will also probably be loads of people replying to tell you > that it is not a devil but a character representing a daemon that > is a helpful sprite and that it is not a logo, but a mascot. I think that is much less different tha

Re: Important Message...

2007-08-30 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 30 August 2007 15:24:23 Glen Barber wrote: > I must reply to about 25 of these per week... but I never hear anything > back. Why would you reply to them? You will just get added to more of their lucky lottery lists and maybe get the list added too. __

Re: List of legal Wireless bands

2007-08-26 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 26 August 2007 17:15:35 Steven wrote: > Hi I am looking for a list of wireless bands and sub bands that can be > freely used for a private home network. I believe that would depend on the country of one's residence. What is legal in one country might run one afoul of the law (and their

Re: harassed by mplayer on FreeBSD-6.1-R amd64

2007-08-24 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 24 August 2007 15:33:19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, everybody...I've downloaded mplayer but there is not a graphical > interface... and how do I configure it? I have used it in Linux and I know that in Linux, to have a graphical interface, one has to specify that during "configur

Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list

2007-08-23 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 24 August 2007 00:22:12 Danny Pansters wrote: > I don't want to hijack this, erm, thread, but I get loads of spam (my mail > goes through a hosting provider, I (post-)filter locally) and a significant > part of it is loaded with technical terms, even FreeBSD specific. I suppose > it's mea

Re: spammers harvesting emaill address from this list

2007-08-23 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 23 August 2007 21:37:53 dgmm wrote: > > So rather than look for multiple methods to reduce the amount of incoming > to *my* address I should just accept it all and filter it locally? > > That seems rather irresponsible to me, ANy method which can help stop it > source appeaers on the

Re: installing/using phpMyAdmin

2007-08-19 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 19 August 2007 23:32:58 vuthecuong wrote: > You can try by adding slash (/) ad the end of above url > it will be looked like: > http://hostname/phpMyAdmin/ Thanks, I tried that one too. I am certain it's my configuration. I will have a look at some tutorials, and I am almost certain th

Re: installing/using phpMyAdmin

2007-08-19 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 19 August 2007 15:02:04 Gerard wrote: > On August 19, 2007 at 10:01AM Pollywog wrote: > > I did but I think there is another problem somewhere, so for the time > > being I will do without phpMyAdmin in FreeBSD. > > Could you post the relevant portions of the httpd.

Re: installing/using phpMyAdmin

2007-08-19 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 19 August 2007 12:45:24 vuthecuong wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and I installed phpMyAdmin from ports, but when > > I put http://hostname/phpMyAdmin in a browser, I get "the requested URL > > was not found..." > > > > I

Re: problem with supfile

2007-08-18 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 18 August 2007 20:26:53 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > I suggest you read the example files in /usr/share/examples/cvsup. You > will get it instantly. Thanks. I do get it now, after reading your post and looking at the sample files. ___ freebs

Re: problem with supfile

2007-08-18 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 18 August 2007 19:47:21 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Pollywog wrote: > > Someone please tell me why my supfile is not working. I think the > > problem is the tag but I am unsure why: > > > > *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org > > *default base=/var/db >

problem with supfile

2007-08-18 Thread Pollywog
Someone please tell me why my supfile is not working. I think the problem is the tag but I am unsure why: *default host=cvsup2.FreeBSD.org *default base=/var/db *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6_2 *default delete use-rel-suffix # If you seem to be limited by CPU rather than

Re: question about reporting bugs

2007-08-18 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 18 August 2007 16:15:53 Nikola Lecic wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:53:27 + > > Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a problem with the jabberd port in FreeBSD 6.2. > > The script apparently is not being executed on boot, though it works >

Re: repo-copy (CVS): What dows it mean?

2007-08-17 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 17 August 2007 23:45:36 Harald Schmalzbauer wrote: > Hello, > > english is not my native language so I need some help to understand what > people mean when they talk about "repo-copy". > I often see that in CVS logs. > My standard dictionary couldn't help this time... :( > repository cop

Re: installing/using phpMyAdmin

2007-08-17 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 17 August 2007 17:25:46 Matthew Seaman wrote: > Yes, there is some more configuration to do. First of all you need > to make phpmyadmin appear at an appropriate place in your web tree. > That's what the package message is all about -- which you can see > again by: > > pkg_info -Dx

fusefs-encfs now compiles in 6.2

2007-08-17 Thread Pollywog
Someone suggested I try to compile encfs again and since I updated my system two days ago, I tried again and fusefs-encfs now compiles. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscr

question about reporting bugs

2007-08-17 Thread Pollywog
I have a problem with the jabberd port in FreeBSD 6.2. The script apparently is not being executed on boot, though it works if executed manually. Who gets the bug report, the porter? Is the porter the person named for the port at FreshPorts? ___ free

installing/using phpMyAdmin

2007-08-17 Thread Pollywog
I am running FreeBSD 6.2 and I installed phpMyAdmin from ports, but when I put http://hostname/phpMyAdmin in a browser, I get "the requested URL was not found..." Is some additional configuration required or is the problem that I can only access phpMyAdmin from localhost? I have not tried that

Re: Share folder over internet

2007-08-16 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 17 August 2007 04:11:17 Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Aug 17), Pollywog said: > > On Thursday 16 August 2007 21:39:25 Laszlo Nagy wrote: > > > Now I'm starting to loose my enthusiasm about FreeBSD! > > > > > > - sshfs works for Linux,

Re: Share folder over internet

2007-08-16 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 16 August 2007 21:39:25 Laszlo Nagy wrote: > Now I'm starting to loose my enthusiasm about FreeBSD! > > - sshfs works for Linux, but not for FreeBSD, although ssh is open > source and well documented. The guy who developed it says that he could > not implement fuse very well because th

ldap server and client conflicts, with Postfix and Courier in the mix

2007-08-10 Thread Pollywog
I want to install the LDAP server but it complains that it conflicts with LDAP client: ===> openldap-server-2.3.37 conflicts with installed package(s): openldap-client-2.3.37 However, attempting to remove the client to make room for the server results in another complaint: pkg_delete: p

Re: How do I make install clean a port in the background

2007-08-10 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 10 August 2007 01:29:02 Valentin Bud wrote: > > A good ideea would be to build screen static. In case you > update your system, it is possible that the libraries on which screen > depends might be deleted. To do so > # make CONFIGURE_ENV=LDFLAGS="-static" build > # make install > that

Re: Convince me, please!

2007-08-08 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 09 August 2007 04:22:26 Latitude wrote: > I'm interested in changing over to FreeBSD from Windows, but I'll have > to say, you guys don't really present a forceful argument to Windows > users of how easy the switch may be. I get knee-deep in FreeBSD jargon > the second I get to your we

Re: what triggers "you have mail"

2007-08-02 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 02 August 2007 15:43:36 David Banning wrote: > On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:05:47AM +1000, Terry Sposato wrote: > > Hi David, > > > > It is most likely coming to your mailbox setup. You can create an alias > > for it to be delivered appropriately to your maildir. > > Do what configuration

Re: oops, what have i done!

2007-07-28 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 28 July 2007 20:23:16 Erik Trulsson wrote: > Short answer: It is perfectly normal. Don't worry. > > > Longer answer: > > The reason you have all of them installed is that some ports need one of > them, and others need another one etc. > It is perfectly safe to have all of them instal

Re: Xvnc query to gdm failing

2007-07-27 Thread Pollywog
> sudo find / | grep gdm.conf > > yields nothing. Where is it storing its settings if not in gdm.conf? Did you check /usr/local/etc/gdm/ ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To uns

Re: Can't burn cds

2007-07-26 Thread Pollywog
On Friday 27 July 2007 02:38:31 Paul Schmehl wrote: > --On July 27, 2007 2:07:47 AM +0000 Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > I had trouble getting CD burning to work, but the FreeBSD Handbook had > > the info I needed to get it to work. I had to modify my fst

Re: Can't burn cds

2007-07-26 Thread Pollywog
s in Linux, but it works. The pertinent sections of my fstab: /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/cd0 /usr/home/pollywog/cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto,nodev,nosuid 0 0 I also had to add myself (my username) to the operator group. To make it more convenien

Re: ssh X11 forwarding not working on FreeBSD 6.2

2007-07-24 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 24 July 2007 18:30:59 Lowell Gilbert wrote: > I would guess that it's an xauth(1) problem. > Make sure that XAuthLocation is set ,in sshd_config(5), to the right > path for the xauth executable (probably /usr/local/bin/xauth, if > you've done the update to X.Org 7.2. > > That's just a sh

Re: ssh X11 forwarding not working on FreeBSD 6.2

2007-07-24 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 24 July 2007 15:59:22 Terry Todd wrote: > I have installed Xming successfully on a Windows XP system. > It works OK to a FC6 system and an older UNIXware system. > > However when trying to connect to a FreeBSD 6.2 system with PuTTY > ssh it doesn't work. PuTTY has Enable X11 forwarding

Re: connecting user root with ssh

2007-07-24 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 24 July 2007 11:33:26 Norberto Meijome wrote: > On Wed, 30 May 2007 02:06:38 -0700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > * If "root" cannot log in remotely, a cracker has to guess three > > guess or brute force - so quite long random passwords (or ssh keys) are > extremely recommendable. > >

Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure

2007-07-14 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 14 July 2007 18:39:04 Manolis Kiagias wrote: > > Generally the APC UPSes work fine with FreeBSD. There is the apcupsd > port for controlled unattended shutdowns. They work fine in Linux too > with the same program. > You may also find other solutions that work fine with the nutups prog

Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure

2007-07-14 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 14 July 2007 17:36:05 Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > > Thank you for your tips. I will download the FreeSBIE live CD tomorrow > and follow it up with your suggestions. > > One thing I find FreeBSD very fussy and sensitive in comparison to Linux > OSes is that whenever there is an power out

Re: www/linux-flashplayer7 - now works with SOUND on youtube

2007-07-13 Thread Pollywog
On Saturday 14 July 2007 00:27:40 Nikola Lecic wrote: > On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 08:33:04 +1000 > > "Paul Fraser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Actually that's not entirely true - the only "problem" is sound drops > > out of sync almost straight away, but otherwise it works just fine. > > Hm, this is v

ssh-copy-id

2007-07-13 Thread Pollywog
Since FreeBSD does not have ssh-copy-id as part of the OpenSSH package, what is the best way to copy a public key to an account on another host? Some Linuxes (Debian and Ubuntu) have a ssh-copy-id script for this in their OpenSSH packages. ___ freebsd

Re: www/linux-flashplayer7 - now works with SOUND on youtube

2007-07-12 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 12 July 2007 19:35:47 RW wrote: > > I don't recall ever having a problem with sound on youtube with Flash7 > - the problems were with Flash9 which relies on ALSA. Does that mean Flash9 is a no-go on FreeBSD? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data? [SOLVED]

2007-07-12 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 12 July 2007 13:59:54 Andy Greenwood wrote: > > I had this same problem recently on my server. the sshd_config man > page says that the default location for xauth is /usr/X11R6/bin/xauth, > but mine was installed as /usr/local/bin/xauth. adding > > XAuthLocation /usr/local/bin/xauth >

Re: Mouse deamon problems.

2007-07-11 Thread Pollywog
On Thursday 12 July 2007 00:55:24 Desmond Chapman wrote: > I am installing FreeBSD and it does not recognize the USB ports, the PS/2 > port, or even the mouse types: Intellimouse, Microsoft Mouse, > Generic/Auto. How do I go about enabling the mouse daemon? And yes, I have > tried the set up. It d

Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data? [SOLVED]

2007-07-11 Thread Pollywog
On Wednesday 11 July 2007 23:17:42 Albert Shih wrote: > Le 10/07/2007 à 14:41:01-0700, Pollywog a écrit > > > On Sunday 08 July 2007 18:03:49 Pollywog wrote: > > > I am having some problems with X11 forwarding. I can do X11 forwarding > > > via ssh between two machin

Re: gpg-agent

2007-07-10 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 19:24:33 Matt Emmerton wrote: > > I have been having trouble getting gpg-agent to work. kgpg complained > > about > > > the agent not running. I added this to my ~/.bashrc: > > > > GPG_TTY=`tty` > > export GPG_TTY > > > > This seems to have taken care of the problem but it

gpg-agent

2007-07-10 Thread Pollywog
I have been having trouble getting gpg-agent to work. kgpg complained about the agent not running. I added this to my ~/.bashrc: GPG_TTY=`tty` export GPG_TTY This seems to have taken care of the problem but it only works when my default shell is bash. If my shell is tcsh, it doesn't work. Th

Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data?

2007-07-10 Thread Pollywog
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 14:41:01 Pollywog wrote: > > I just did 'ssh' to one of the Linux hosts and when the connection was > made, I got this: > > Warning: No xauth data; using fake authentication data for X11 forwarding. > > Does this possibly have som

Re: X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2 - no xauth data?

2007-07-10 Thread Pollywog
On Sunday 08 July 2007 18:03:49 Pollywog wrote: > I am having some problems with X11 forwarding. I can do X11 forwarding via > ssh between two machines running Linux, but if I try to do this from > FreeBSD (KDE) to either of the Linux machines, it only works if I use > startx to star

Re: 6.2-stable power management

2007-07-09 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 09 July 2007 12:43:45 J.D. Bronson wrote: > Is there any way to verify ALL power management is disabled? > I have totally disabled it in my BIOS and I have > totally disabled it in the hard drives... > > Yet I keep hearing a drive spin down and then immediately back up > over and over (at

Re: 6.2-stable power management

2007-07-09 Thread Pollywog
On Monday 09 July 2007 12:43:45 J.D. Bronson wrote: > Is there any way to verify ALL power management is disabled? > I have totally disabled it in my BIOS and I have > totally disabled it in the hard drives... > > Yet I keep hearing a drive spin down and then immediately back up > over and over (at

X11 forwarding problems in FreeBSD 6.2

2007-07-08 Thread Pollywog
I am having some problems with X11 forwarding. I can do X11 forwarding via ssh between two machines running Linux, but if I try to do this from FreeBSD (KDE) to either of the Linux machines, it only works if I use startx to start KDE on the fbsd machine (a laptop). If I start KDE from kdm, I get

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