Re: Spamassassin not working

2007-05-22 Thread Chris Slothouber
plug-in .cf files for SA into `/usr/local/etc/mail/spamassassin`? Are the plugins being loaded in `/usr/local/etc/mail/spamassassin/init.pre`? - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8

Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-17 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-05-17 16:50, Eric Mesa wrote: Chris Slothouber wrote: On 2007-05-16 19:41, Eric Mesa wrote: Just acquired an old computer from someone and want to put freeBSD on it. (snip) acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG ILLEGAL REQUEST asc=0x64 ascq=0x00 5

Re: Problems installing freeBSD 6.2 on older computer

2007-05-16 Thread Chris Slothouber
the CD drive and doing an FTP install? - - Chris - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using

Re: Inverse ARP query

2007-05-12 Thread Chris Slothouber
in an instant what their IP addresses are. Hi Brett, Try net/arping. It may work for you. Hope this helps! - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -BEGIN PGP

Re: Video fileserver - Need some input

2007-05-09 Thread Chris Slothouber
direct 1Gb network connections and one shared 1Gb connection. Will the server hold up? Depending on the resolution and frame rate of your video, GigE is nowhere near fast enough a pipe for live video manipulation. This is certainly the case when dealing with broadcast video. - -- Chris Slothouber

Re: Video fileserver - Need some input

2007-05-09 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-05-09 10:12, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: On 5/9/07, Chris Slothouber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-05-09 08:21, Andreas Widerøe Andersen wrote: I'm planning a new fileserver for my post-production facility and need some input

Re: Open Source Streaming Tools

2007-05-08 Thread Chris Slothouber
this helps. Thanks! - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http

Re: no freebsd-update pkg in 6.2

2007-05-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
it in 6.1 but not in 6.2. Any feedback about the freebsd-update pkg would be appreciated. Hi Bob, freebsd-update is now part of the base system. - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738

Re: no freebsd-update pkg in 6.2

2007-05-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
! - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Slothouber
), i.e. /usr/local would be the place to find user-installed software. What is the contents of these directories? - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -BEGIN PGP

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-29 03:17, Graham North wrote: Chris Slothouber wrote: On 2007-04-29 02:00, Graham North wrote: I am still hoping that somebody can tell me what /net and /host are - inted? samba?? As mentioned previously, no part of FreeBSD

Re: allow ftp access, not shell access

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Slothouber
/ man pages, but I'm not getting it. user ftp home directory will be adjusted in the ftpchroot file. Hi Ray, You can set the user's shell to /sbin/nologin. Also make sure this is listed in /etc/shells if you're using FreeBSD's ftpd or lukemftpd. Hope this helps. Thanks! - -- Chris Slothouber

Re: allow ftp access, not shell access

2007-04-29 Thread Chris Slothouber
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2007-04-29 20:52, Chris Slothouber wrote: On 2007-04-29 13:04, Ray wrote: Hello, I want to allow ftp access to other users, without giving them shell access. how do I configure the adduser command to accomplish this, or is this there some

Re: Is FreeBSD simple enough for Novices, Will FreeBSD accept Office 98 + Publisher?

2007-04-28 Thread Chris Slothouber
, without sacrificing much functionality. I hope this information helps! - - Chris - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin BIZ: http://www.hier7.com -=- building.better.ideas PGP: 7A83 F021 5AC3 4BD7 6738 21D8 B348 0B16 79C0 C27F -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG

Re: normal mount points

2007-04-28 Thread Chris Slothouber
but also three additional (mount points?) /proc /net /host The machine is a simple web server and print server with little else on it. Can some explain to me (or point me to) an explanation of mount points? See `man hier`. - -- Chris Slothouber ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -=- Mercenary Sysadmin

Re: How to Upgrade Portupgrade?

2007-04-27 Thread Chris Slothouber
the new path and the name of the installed portupgrade package, e.g.: portupgrade -f -o ports-mgmt/portupgrade portupgrade-2.0.1_1,1 You can get the exact name of the installed portupgrade package by running the following: pkg_info | grep portupgrade I hope this helps! All the best. - Chris

Re: mesg = dmesg

2007-04-25 Thread Chris Slothouber
helps. - Chris Slothouber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FreeBSD machine instead of wireless hotspot device

2007-04-21 Thread Chris Slothouber
Let me know if you have any questions, I might be able to help. - Chris Slothouber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: FreeBSD machine instead of wireless hotspot device

2007-04-21 Thread Chris Slothouber
Chris Slothouber wrote: Angelin Lalev wrote: I have wireless hotspot device (Handlink WG-601) which I need to replace with FreeBSD machine. The device has following functionality I need to replicate: 1. It has dhcp server (that's easy) 2. It makes NAT between it's internal interfaces and wan

Re: tproxy on freebsd

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Slothouber
I found this by searching Google for TPROXY freebsd. I hope this helps! - Chris Slothouber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: tproxy on freebsd

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Slothouber
zen wrote: Chris Slothouber wrote: zen wrote: hi, i know it seem out of topic, i recently build a proxy server to serve our small ISP, but i'm facing a big problem. as far as i know FreeBSD didn't support TPROXY like linux had. but i need to build this proxy transparently so only my client

Re: Terabyte harddisks, GELI, AMD64, Samba and Zen...

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Slothouber
cooling for chipset seems CS to help a lot. CS - Chris Slothouber Cooling seems to be the point - 36 hours without reboots. Previously you burn your fingers on the heat-sink, now it has surface temperature of 28C. As I havn't put any effort in that field; can you recommend a way of monitoring

Re: Terabyte harddisks, GELI, AMD64, Samba and Zen...

2007-04-16 Thread Chris Slothouber
a lot. - Chris Slothouber ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The OX laptop...

2007-04-15 Thread Chris Slothouber
Sergio Lenzi wrote: Here in my country is happening the FISL http://fisl.softwarelivre.org/8.0/www/?q=en they finally show the $100 dollar laptop for children.. the machine have 512mb of memory, more 512mb of flash rom, resolution of about 1000x900 keyboard and mouse . they have been in

Re: Changing Console Resolution - Vidcontrol

2007-04-02 Thread Chris Slothouber
Wouldn't it be easier to ssh in Windows in to your virtual machine? This would certainly be a lot more effective at getting used to working with FreeBSD remotely, if you are indeed replacing a Linux box that you work on remotely. - Chris Slothouber Schiz0 wrote: I'd just like to be able

Re: Copy/move files between Windows and FreeBSD

2007-03-26 Thread Chris Slothouber
Hi Laszlo, I use Unison to run automated file copying (synchronization) from Windows servers to FreeBSD. This program might work for you. It is open source and cross-platform. It is also in the ports collection. Perhaps it will work for you. Here is the link:

Re: Ports: Cannot compile CURL

2007-03-23 Thread Chris Slothouber
cd /usr/ports/ftp/curl make config Amardeo Sarma wrote: Hi, When I try an run make install for CURL (/usr/ports/ftp/curl), I get the message: === curl-7.16.1 does not suport both c-ares and IPv6 - disable one of them ** Error code 1 How do I disable them (c-ares and / or IPv6)? Where are

Re: program recommendation: scheduling and project management

2007-03-19 Thread Chris Slothouber
Check out ZenTrack. http://www.zentrack.net/ Noah wrote: Looking for something multi-user, collaborative and web based. Pietro Cerutti wrote: On 3/19/07, Noah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, Hi, might somebody please recommend their favorite open source scheduling and project

Re: Differences between BSD and Linux : got article link?

2007-03-19 Thread Chris Slothouber
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/ Google is your friend. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Need to educate some people because they made some incorrect statements or misunderstand the purpose of *BSD. I know it's been discussed on the list, but I forget when and the

Re: Tell portupgrade to use passive ftp

2007-03-18 Thread Chris Slothouber
Hi Jeffrey, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: On my perimeter firewall, I default deny outbound traffic. This cuts off fetching using active FTP. Is there some way that I can tell portupgrade to pass the -p flag to fetch? I know that I can temporarily change my firewall rules, but I think that it

Re: No matter what I try I can't get Nvidia 3d acceleration to work. Please help!

2007-03-13 Thread Chris Slothouber
What version of FreeBSD are you currently running. Check out the FreeBSD Handbook for step-by-step instructions for synchronizing your source and building an updated kernel and userland. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Post DST changes

2007-03-12 Thread Chris Slothouber
Hi Mike, It appears that certain daemons don't read tzdata except at startup. I'm not using bind or sendmail in production but I did notice this on a few development servers... Probably related to the way time zone info is read by libc. Because really, how often does it change? :) - Chris

Re: No matter what I try I can't get Nvidia 3d acceleration to work. Please help!

2007-03-12 Thread Chris Slothouber
Martin Tournoij wrote: Conclusion: Use windows for games, FreeBSD for serious stuff ... Good assessment :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

Re: Some questions from a newcomer

2007-03-10 Thread Chris Slothouber
Mike Jakubik wrote: Daniel Mouritsen wrote: You don't need the developer packages to compile or use the ports. I would recommend you choose the basic user option instead. Also, i was wondering, i tried playing around with portsnap, but dear lord it was slow :D I tried googling for European

Re: Using MFC-3820CN network printing

2007-03-10 Thread Chris Slothouber
I think you may need to change your printer's emulation. There is a step-by-step process at the following URL, it deals with another network-enabled Brother printer, perhaps it will be of assistance: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2006-03-17-brother-hl-2070n.html Chris Kottaridis wrote: I

Re: Custom scripts files locations?

2007-03-09 Thread Chris Slothouber
Dependent on the type of script, I would usually use /usr/local/bin See hier(7) in the man pages. Andy Kendall wrote: Where should I put any scripts I write or use for the use of all system users please? For example in the FreeBSD Manual in section 9.4.3.2 there's a script for Network

Re: Help needed syncing Palm Treo 650 with FreeBSD

2007-03-09 Thread Chris Slothouber
Check out /etc/defaults/devfs.rules Aniruddha wrote: Vince wrote: Aniruddha wrote: Vince wrote: for devfs.rules add something like [system=10] add path 'ttyU*' mode 0666 to /etc/devfs.rules you also need to add devfs_system_ruleset=system to rc.conf Vince Ok I will try

Re: w hangs before loading

2007-03-07 Thread Chris Slothouber
Check to make sure your /etc/resolv.conf is configured correctly. It sounds like it could be taking a while to resolve the remote addresses connected. Vivek Prasannan wrote: Hi, When I type the command 'w' it holds for a while before printing the output. There is no firewall in the

Re: Starting a service on boot

2007-03-05 Thread Chris Slothouber
I think you need to call it cc.sh And make sure it's +x Jean-Philippe Daigle wrote: Hello, I'm attempting to add a new program to the list of services starting at boot time on FreeBSD 6.1. Unfortunately, although running the script directly as root starts it up just fine, it's not starting at

Re: Starting a service on boot

2007-03-05 Thread Chris Slothouber
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Slothouber Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:53 AM To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Starting a service on boot I think you need to call it cc.sh And make sure it's +x Thanks, the script is definitely executable

Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld

2007-03-05 Thread Chris Slothouber
Personally, I would never consider a vendor that does not at least have a cursory knowledge of the platform I was using on a leased server. If they are miles away, I want someone with a clue to be my eyes an ears in the event of an emergency. I'd recommend going with a host who supports

Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld

2007-03-05 Thread Chris Slothouber
tiesI 've two machines running FreeBSD and the service they offer is really great!!! Jack - Original Message - From: Chris Slothouber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 4:21 PM Subject: Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld

Re: Question about a specific ISP: Amen/Amenworld

2007-03-05 Thread Chris Slothouber
I'd recommend Leaseweb in Amsterdam. Their network has great connectivity to Europe and their prices are competitive for unmetered plans. http://www.leaseweb.com/index.php?p=dedicatedflatfee http://noc.leaseweb.com/cgi-bin/peers.pl Alexandre Vieira wrote: Personally, I would never

Re: Mounting an FTP space ?

2007-03-03 Thread Chris Slothouber
ftp/curl is where you're having issues, right? do a make config there first. Malcolm Fitzgerald wrote: On 02/03/2007, at 6:54 PM, Chris Slothouber wrote: make config will load the variables stored in /var/db/ports/* Oh. I'll look into that. From /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-curlftpfs/ I

Re: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
I'd start by upgrading to 6.2 Don Munyak wrote: I am building a FreeBSD box to function as a FAMP server (LAMP) and hopefully replace our existing mail server. I am having an issue with IPF that I can't seem to figure out. *** When IPF is enabled, I can't run # pkg_add -r package name.

Re: Fwd: IPF (ftp - pkg_add) help requested

2007-03-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
Ahh, totally makes sense. Sorry for the misguided reply, it was late and I thought there had been kernel changes with ipf in 6.2 but in fact that was ipfw. Glad to hear you figured this out! - Chris Don Munyak wrote: Apart from up dating to newer version, I don't see how upgrading to 6.2

Re: Mounting an FTP space ?

2007-03-01 Thread Chris Slothouber
make config Never you mind wrote: On 02/03/2007, at 2:58 AM, John Nielsen wrote: On Thursday 01 March 2007 01:37, Never you mind wrote: On my Mac from the Finder I can select Connect to server, give it the details of an ftp location and it will connect and display the ftp space as a drive

Re: Question for FreeBSD (PPPoE)

2007-02-28 Thread Chris Slothouber
Hello Stefan, Have you checked the FreeBSD Handbook? It can answer most of these sorts of questions. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Sirs, dear Madams I want like to have a DSL-Connection over PPP over Ethernet on a

Re: Bandwidth limit server

2007-02-28 Thread Chris Slothouber
You might want to take a look at dummynet as a transparent bridge. - Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any one have idea about bandwidth limitation on FreeBSD to act as distribution switch for an ISP's subscriber? Thanks Best Regards, Rithy RAY, CIO

Re: enabling console

2007-02-26 Thread Chris Slothouber
Noah wrote: Hi, so I am want to enabled entering the DDB Debugger from the Serial Line. (snip) /usr/src/sys/i386/i386/machdep.c:101:2: #error KDB must be enabled in order for DDB to work! Maybe you could try: options KDB ___

Re: Could we get the FreeBSD torrent servers back?

2007-02-25 Thread Chris Slothouber
Andrew Lentvorski wrote: Chris Slothouber wrote: But isn't the whole point of peer to peer file distribution to *distribute* the bandwidth requirements to the point that the costs involved for each of the individual peers is trivial but the client receiving the file still obtains full speed

Re: Could we get the FreeBSD torrent servers back?

2007-02-24 Thread Chris Slothouber
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: - Original Message - From: Andrew Lentvorski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2007 6:38 PM Subject: Could we get the FreeBSD torrent servers back? Can we please get the FreeBSD torrent tracker and/or server back?