I've installed Calligra Suite from package, but I'm struggling to figure
out how to launch any of its programs???
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Clearly, I'm doing something wrong.
:-)
I thought I was using svn to keep my ports, src and docs up to date, but
pkg_version seems to disagree.
I'm running 9.1 and I've installed ports, src, and docs as part of my
install. After that, I use subversion to (I thought) make sure everything
was up
, Matthew Seaman matt...@freebsd.orgwrote:
On 27/05/2013 19:00, Ed Flecko wrote:
Clearly, I'm doing something wrong.
:-)
I thought I was using svn to keep my ports, src and docs up to date, but
pkg_version seems to disagree.
I'm running 9.1 and I've installed ports, src, and docs
I'm confused about an effective way to keep my system patched and
up-to-date, and I'm hoping someone can clarify what seems like a lot of
options.
I'll be running a production server (so security and stability are most
important) with a custom kernel and I want it to have all of the latest
22, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Alexandre axel...@ymail.com wrote:
On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 8:26 PM, Ed Flecko edfle...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm confused about an effective way to keep my system patched and
up-to-date, and I'm hoping someone can clarify what seems like a lot of
options.
I'll be running
Excellent! Thank you all.
:-)
So, for ME...does this look right? This will track the latest release
that has the patches applied?
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1 /usr/src
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/releng/9.1 /usr/ports
svn co
David - I'd like to, but every time I try that it prompts me for a
password...and I don't know what password it wants???
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I've done a clean install of FBSD 9, installed subversion from
package, and then I have:
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/ports/head/ /usr/ports
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/releng/9.1 /usr/src
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/doc/release/9.1.0/en_US.ISO8859-1 /usr/doc
which all went just fine.
When I ran the following command using subversion, here's what I get:
fbsd# svn up /usr/src
Updating '.':
Skipped 'lib' -- Node remains in conflict
Skipped 'sys' -- Node remains in conflict
At revision 240997.
Summary of conflicts:
Skipped paths: 2
fbsd# svn up /usr/ports
Skipped '/usr/ports'
Thank you all!
I'm a little confused by Trond's reply,
Make sure your /usr/src and /usr/ports directories does not contain
files and directories served by Subversion, they will hinder
extraction/updating when checking out a Subversion working copy on top
of the existing hierarchy.
Simply delete
My goal is to simply have a production server that's fully patched,
but I will be running custom kernels (which is why I'm not using
freebsd-update). I've seen a lot of subversion references to checking
out the head branch and the stable branch.
I understand the head branch is the most current,
Cool...thank you Trond.
Is that true of the docs branch as well, in other words...
svn co svn://svn.freebsd.org/doc/head /usr/doc
works just fine?
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I see that CVS is being phased out in favor of subversion.
I follow the documentation to keep my system up to date by doing:
# cd /usr/src
# make buildworld
# make buildkernel
# make installkernel
# shutdown -r now
and then...
# mount -u /
# mount -a -t ufs
# adjkerntz -i
# mergemaster -p
# cd
Thank you.
I am using a custom kernel, but you're right - I should have said so.
:-)
Do you have any feedback using subversion? I know I can still use
csup; I'm basically trying to figure out how to subversion to achieve
the same result.
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Hi folks,
I've installed FBSD 8.2 and Fluxbox. Fluxbox works just fine, but I
can't figure out how to change my resolution to 1024x768 (my monitor
is a 19 - but the square format, not widescreen format). When Fluxbox
runs...it's too wide for my monitor.
Here's what I've done:
1. pkg_add –r
Thank you both.
I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that I have FBSD running inside VMware.
xvidtune says Video modes are not tunable on this chip and the only
entry I have made in xorg.conf if under the Screen section where I
have a SubSection Display that has:
Modes 1024x768
entry
Suggestions?
Hi folks,
I'm trying to fully understand the whole FBSD version thing and when,
if , and why you should consider upgrading.
I have a production server running FBSD 8.1 (and I'm following the
errata branch) that works just fine, with no problems.
I see that the Production Release of 8.2 is
Hi folks,
I see I have some ports that need to be updated, so I'm using
portmaster (portmaster -a to be specific), and it fails with the
following -
=== Starting check for build dependencies
=== Gathering dependency list for textproc/docproj-nojadetex from ports
=== No dependencies for
Thanks gentlemen; I was not running portmaster as root.
When I re-run portmaster -a as root, I get the following:
=== Starting check for runtime dependencies
=== Gathering dependency list for devel/automake from ports
=== Dependency check complete for devel/automake
Thanks Aurthur.
:-)
It's funny...I DID what it asks and it still didn't work (make deinstall, etc.).
Apparently, I installed it from a package, so I did a pkg_delete
automake and then started my portmaster -a again and it seems to be
running fine.
:-)
Ed
Hi folks,
I'm trying to put a simple proxy server together, and I have installed
Squid, Sarg and Webmin, all of which are working fine.
When I go into webmin to add a sarg module, I don't see it anywhere as
an option.
Is that because I have to install Apache first?
If so, how do I then add the
Hi folks,
If I understand the process of upgrading FreeeBSD correctly, after running:
make buildworld
make buildkernel
make installkernel
I then need to reboot into single user mode (which can only be done if
I'm physically standing at the machine, right?), and then finally:
adjkerntz -i
Thanks Damien.
:-)
Two questions -
1.) If rebooting into single user mode isn't obviously a
requirement...I wonder why so many tutorials, books, etc. tell you to
do this?
2.) How do I rebuild the ports?
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Hi folks,
I'm looking at using portmaster to rebuild my ports collection and I'm
wondering if using the command:
portmaster -afv --no-confirm --clean-distfiles-all
(-a - check all ports, update as necessary, -f - always rebuild ports,
-v - verbose output, --no-confirm - do not ask the user to
Patrick,
It's my understanding that if you have a custom kernel, you can't use
the binary update method.
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Hmmm...I'll check that out Bruce.
I saw the command listed on:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/ports-using.html
but it doesn't give any cautions against using it.
Thank you,
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Hi folks,
I confess I'm more familiar with Windows and for years I have
Ghosted PCs as a very fast way to get an entire PC back online in
the event of a drive failure. I can easily get a PC back online within
the hour using ghost (or some drive imaging software).
Is there something similar in the
Hi folks,
I have squid installed and working fine using its default settings; if
I set my browser proxy to the server address:3128 , everything works
fine.
I've edited the Privoxy config file and commented out:
debug 1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through.
debug
Thanks Berk,
Nope...no dice, that won't work either.
More suggestions???
:-)
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Gentlemen,
I think I have it!
https://www.antagonism.org/web/squid-proxy.shtml
The key is to add:
cache_peer localhost parent 8118 0 default no-query no-digest no-netdb-exchange
never_direct allow all
to the squid.conf file (/usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf) and have
squid re-read its .conf
Hi folks,
I want to install squid from the ports package (i.e.,
/usr/ports/www/squid) instead of installing from source (which, it's
my understanding, would force me to create a squid user, squid group,
etc. manually).
However, I want squid to be installed with the ability to restrict end
users
Excellent! Thank you gentlemen!
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Hi everyone,
I've installed Production Release 8.1 on a production server and I
want to just track the errata branch, so should I use the
standard-supfile or stable-supfile?
Also, I want my supfile to read: tag=RELENG_8_1
right?
Thank you!
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Thank you Nerius!
Would it be smart to run this daily via cron?
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Hi folks,
I'm running Production Release 8.1 on a production server.
For a variety of reasons, I've decided to keep my system up to date
via building it from source code.
1.) I want to follow the 8.1 errata branch, which (after rebuilding)
pretty much just applies any released patches, right?
Thanks Patrick!
:-)
1.) How do you know if a patch applies just to the kernel? For
example, I'm looking at the security advisory 2010-09-20
FreeBSD-SA-10:08.bzip2 (
http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-10:08.bzip2.asc ),
but it isn't clear to me if it applies to just the kernel
Hi folks,
I guess this is a two-faceted question:
1.) If I install Squid from a port, will in create the recommended
squid user and group for me, or will I need to pre-create a squid user
and group prior to Squid running? I like the idea of modifying
SQUID_CONFIGURE_ARGS in the squid port
What about running a packet sniffer, like Wireshark, and looking at
the trace file?
Start a trace file before trying to access the web site, then took at
the Delta time (time between packets) and see where the delay is?
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Hi folks,
I have a small group of people in my office (less than 20), and I want
to set up a FBSD/Squid server, and I'm hoping someone might have some
suggestions for the install.
It's a clean install of FBSD 8.1, and the sole purpose of the server
is a Squid server. The server has a 500Gb SATA
According to the FreeBSD website
(http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/outgoing-only.html), the easiest
way to send mail only is to install the mail/ssmtp port.
Does anyone have an example of a script or other method (maybe a cron
script?) that would e-mail my log files to me daily?
Thank you,
Ed
Dick,
I'm not sure if this will help you, but here's what I did on my
network to print directly to an HP LaserJet on my LAN.
Pick a name (and a few convenient aliases) for the printer, and put
them in the /etc/printcap file.
hp|officehp:\
:sh:\
:rm=192.168.1.50:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/officehp:\
Thanks Dennis!
These are config options you've changed within the squid.conf file???
Can you give me some specifics as to what you changed and why you changed it?
Thank you,
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Excellent! Thanks for the tips!
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Hi folks,
When you're installing software via the pkg_add command or building
from source, how do you what specific version you'll be installing
BEFORE you actually install it?
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Hi folks,
I'm looking in some documentation for Squid, which I'm installing on a
FBSD 8.1 server, and it says I need to create a squid user and a squid
group because I'm building/installing from source.
I see to create the squid user, I user the (of course) adduser
command (there isn't a default
Thank you Jerry.
The only reason I'm not using the squid port is because I found a
website (
http://teklimbu.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/enterprise-freebsd-squid-proxy-server/
) that has detailed instructions on installing squid for an Enterprise
environment claiming the performance is very good.
Hi folks,
I have a server I'm building that is internet accessible and I'm
wondering if there's any advantages/disadvantages of using either SFTP
-vs- SCP?
My primary concern is overall security of the server (even if that
means inconveniencing the end users), and I'm wondering if one method
Gary,
I agree...but I HAVE to give them access!
:-)
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Hi folks,
I have several networking books (TCP/IP, Network Security, etc., etc.)
and it seems that several of them discuss TCP/IP in different
scenarios.
One of the common discussions of different OSes are their own
implementations of the TCP/IP stack. Most of the authors seem to agree
that while
Thanks Roland,
The books that I have refer to the efficiency of the stack.
Perhaps that's what the authors are referring to as you've referenced
being able to saturate a link with traffic and there's little, if any,
dropped packets?
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In the past, I've used TeraTerm Pro with SSH (since it's free and
seems to work just fine), but I wanted to see if anyone had any other
recommendations for terminal software they like.
I'd like it to be free, but if you've got something you really like
that costs a few bucks, I'm O.K. with that
Thanks David...I appreciate your input.
:-)
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Hi folks,
I've been reading about the ZFS file system, and I'm having a hard
time understanding maybe the most practical business application(s)?
I think I understand a little bit about it (from a conceptual
perspective) that it's a self-healing 128 bit filesystem, better data
integrity checking,
Is there a FreeBSD equivalent to Microsoft DFS, i.e., software that
will replicate delta level file changes of network shares among
multiple servers in real time?
Would that be rsync with just a frequently scheduled cron task?
Thank you,
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Hi folks,
I've read several different sources on setting up ntp on FreeBSD (I'm
using 8.1), and they seem to vary a little, so I'm confused about how
DO you set this up, and how do you confirm/deny that it's working?
I've modified my /etc/ntp.conf file by commenting out:
#server
Hi folks,
I'm trying to learn how to keep my FreeBSD 8.0 updated (patched with
security updates) the correct (I know that's subjective) way.
Here's what my supfile looks like now:
# If you add any of the ports or doc collections to this file, be sure to
# specify them with a tag value set to .,
Thank you Roland; I didn't know portsnap is part of the base install.
:-)
From a book that I have (Absolute FreeBSD - 2nd Edition), it says
PORTSNAP VS. CSUP
Use either portsnap(8) or csup(1) to update the Ports Collection, but
not both. The
two tools are incompatible. csup is most useful if
Gentlemen,
Since the ONLY instance of Apache on this box will BE the one I'm
installing in the jail, I should just be able to connect to it by its
IP address...just like any other web server.
Yes? No? Am I missing something?
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Hi folks,
I have Apache installed in a qjail named webserver (I.P. address
192.168.225.130) using the pkg_add -r apache22 command, but how do
you get Apache (or Bind, etc.) to automatically start upon boot?
I got the jail to start by adding qjail_enable=YES to hosts'
/etc/rc.conf and I also added
Thanks Glen.
:-)
I'm not clear how I get the 'make config' to show the configuration
screen or the 'make install' to compile and install???
That might allow me to install Apache (with a limited number of
modules) like I want, but I don't understand what you're suggesting.
Also, do you know
Oh, O.K., so I CAN just download the tarball (from
http://httpd.apache.org/), unpack and install it (just like any other
source install) and specify the jail as the target or did I
misinterpret you?
Sorry if I've missed your point!
:-)
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Hi folks,
I'm using the new qjail, and I've created a new jail named
webserver, but I don't see how you install a package (in this case,
Apache 2.2.15) inside the jail?
I know qjail is pretty new; is the best source of documentation at the
moment the man pages?
Thank you,
Ed
Hi folks,
I'm looking at the ezjail.conf file, and it seems like SOME of the
settings might be mandatory, but they're all commented out.
For example, the:
# ezjail_mount_enable=YES
# ezjail_devfs_enable=YES
# ezjail_devfs_ruleset=devfsrules_jail
# ezjail_procfs_enable=YES
#
Hi folks,
I've found a website ( http://wiki.freebsd.org/AppserverJailsHOWTO )
with a tutorial that steps me through most if what I'm trying to
set-up; I'm trying to use ezjail to set up the latest version of
Apache with my website. I've carefully followed the steps, and the
only step that I've
Peter,
I don't quite understand what you mean I think you're better off
creating a fresh jail, and install apache via the ports collection.
for the templates to work you need to specify all dependencies by
hand.
Are you suggesting NOT using ezjail? Or do you mean just install
Apache into a jail
Thank you.
:-)
What services are you referring to on the host that need to be reconfigured???
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Thank you Peter!
Well in MY case, I'm not planning on running anything on this server
(at least at the moment) other than Apache, so I shouldn't have any
difficulties (I hope).
Also, what's the ezjail-admin update -P -i command? I've tried
googling it, but I don't see much.
Is it similar to the
Hi folks,
I'm reading about jails and chroot, and I'm not clear about the
differences so I'm hoping someone can clarify this for me.
Here's what I think is correct:
1.) FreeBSD has both chroot capability as well as jail capability.
2.) Only FreeBSD has true, jail functionality? Yes?...No?
3.)
I'm trying to set up a FreeBSD 8.0 server to run Apache that will be
facing the nasty and unforgiving WWW.
I have several good books on Apache that describe how to set up the
jail, when I came across several websites that reference the ezjail
package.
Are there some caveats or downsides to using
Hi folks,
I've carefully read many different sources about keeping FreeBSD up to
date, and I'm not quite crystal-clear.
I'm building a server with 8.0, and because it's a server, it will
have very little software installed on it (probably Apache, maybe
BIND, etc.), and my primary concern is that
Thanks Bill!
:-)
How will I know if there have been security updates that have been
released (which means I need to sync rebuild) since I've installed
the O.S.? For example, I'm running 8.0, and I'll bet there's been
security releases since I first installed. Or...should you just get in
the
Thank you again.
After doing a sync/rebuild, does FreeBSD keep a log (somewhere) that
actually shows which security patches have been applied?
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Hi folks,
I'm running FreeBSD 8.0, and I'm trying to simple stay current with
all security patches. It's a clean install of FreeBSD 8.0 on a 50G
drive, and I let sysinstall select the default partition configuration
when I did the install.
I've taken the following steps:
# csup -4
Thanks guys.
:-)
Doesn't that seem odd that the default partition size for root
(512M) isn't quite big enough?
Should I make the partition size slightly larger (on future installs)
to eliminate this problem?
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Chip,
That sounds like a smart thing to do; can you tell me more about how
to do that (or point me to a www resource; I'm happy to read more
about that).
:-)
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Since it would be smart to have at least one known, good kernel, why
not make the / partition maybe 1G?
I know the smaller the / partition, the better the performance (since
it's the first partition of the drive), but I can't imagine a slightly
larger / partition would impact performance that
Henrik,
When I FIRST installed 8.0, I did create a separate /home partition.
When I installed the kernel and starting running out of space in / , I
thought O.K...I'll let FreeBSD make the partition sizes IT wants to
and see if I have the same problem, and I did.
Apparently, 512M is just, not,
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