RE: disabling system boot text

# echo 'beastie_disable=YES' /boot/loader.conf -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tommy Barus Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 8:45 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: disabling system boot text

RE: pppOe 1000baseTX config

I've recently switched from a Netgear router to use pppOe for my public internet ip on FreeBSD 5.4. My machine has two nics: bge0 and re0, both of which support 1000baseTX configurations, however neither of the two seem to be able to connect when I configure them in /etc/rc.conf.

RE: rcNG issue

On Jul 18, 2005, at 11:58 AM, Kövesdán Gábor wrote: Hello, I have a problem with my rcNG scripts. There are three scripts: named.sh, apache2.sh and proftpd.sh. Apache and ProFTPd require hostname resolving thus named should start firstly. Where do these scripts live? Are they in

RE: problem with setup of dns on freebsd-5.4

netstat -an | grep LISTEN doesn't show listening udp ports try instead netstat -na | more -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Antoine, do you have a firewall on the box ? what about: netstat -an | grep LISTEN ipfw list ps auwx | grep named cat /etc/resolv.conf

RE: two 3C905B's in 5.4

you may need to set the parameters of the card with a vendor specific utility. depending upon your bios, you may also need to disable pnp (also a vendor specific utility) and then manually set the irq and memory addr. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Copying data onto a NTFS partitioned hdd

WinNT does not support FAT32 -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, I had to format as NTFS since Win2K is my only option for the moment; first time I ever tried to use WinNT to format a volume or drive as FAT32 was strikingly unsurprised when it failed at such a banal task. I am now

RE: not-yet-a-newbie : DL (ftp?) iso image help question

don't know who Anon is, but you might try anonymous -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of nbco Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:04 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; datora tehnika Subject: Re: not-yet

RE: dot.logout

. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stefan Thurner Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 11:36 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dot.logout Hi. FreeBSD provides a bunch of helpful configuration files

RE: phpMyAdmin - Startup Error Message

and make sure you entered the correct mysql user account. Then check the mysql db to make sure that the correct user account exists. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerard Seibert Sent: Saturday, July 02

RE: autoblocking many ssh failed logins from the same IP....

they are originating from the high ports, arriving on port 22 at your box. this is normal. in a default setup sshd only listens on port 22. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Cholewa Sent: Friday, July

RE: autoblocking many ssh failed logins from the same IP....

he is using 4.8, unless things have changed, pf is not available on 4.x PS: Oh, yeah ... FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT 2003 ; openssh-3.6.1_5 ; openssl-0.9.7d_1 -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Ping and general network weirdness

run: dig fragile.mshome.net a more /etc/resolv.conf more /etc/host.conf more /etc/hosts that should give you some good clues -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Cooper Sent: Wednesday, June 29

RE: waiting 15 seconds for scsi devices to settle

just a shot in the dark here... have you tried shifting the drives to different positions in the drive cage? could it possibly be hanging when it probes a vacant slot? bad cable connections? bad termination? missing jumpers? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

RE: Still trying to get my site up!

another host on your network: http://192.168.0.4:9545 then try: http://192.168.0.4:80 -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gerard Seibert Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:07 PM To: freebsd-questions Subject

RE: IPNAT / IPF / rdr issue

, but then bind is not permitted to exist in any of my networks or systems (personal choice, but let's not go there ;-) ). google for tinydns and split-horizon for howto's. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andy Sutcliffe

RE: IPNAT / IPF / rdr issue

unless I'm completely misunderstanding this... sending packets out thru the gateway from the inside only to turn around and come back in thru the same gateway is not going to fly. if you can get that to work please let me know how. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message

RE: Virtual Interfaces and Subnet Masks

netmask 255.255.255.255 IF the address is in a DIFFERENT network then the netmask should reflect that network. ifconfig_fxp0_alias1=inet 10.1.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 HTH (ps - make sure your alias numbering is numerically sequential without gaps) -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Invoking rc.conf changes w/o rebooting

start (that is assuming that the assumptions are correct ;-) -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Remote server warnings

might be good to make sure you can actually ssh into the box before you move it, make sure root logins are not permitted in sshd_config, make sure the daily reports will be emailed to you -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm going to be moving my server to a remote site, where I'll only

RE: Remote server warnings

for security reasons, remote root logins are a bad thing. log in as yourself, then su to root. make sure you are a member of the 'wheel' group. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Arnold Sent

RE: Complete Port Removal Question

pkg_info -r pkgnameshows dependencies pkg_delete -r pkgname removes pkg and dependencies -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of M. Goodell Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 10:24 AM To: FreeBSD Questions

RE: Complete Port Removal Question

yes -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: M. Goodell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 12:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; FreeBSD Questions Subject: RE: Complete Port Removal Question Will pkg_delete work with items installed via the ports

RE: disabling ata devices

just unplug the cable and/or power to the hardware device -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dmitry Mityugov Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 8:24 AM To: JM Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re

RE: df: root partition at 108% capacity! Can't find why...

check /tmp for files run: # cd / # du -h -d2 | grep M this will show the total amount of disk usage in MB for files in directories 2 deep. you should be able to find the big ones from that (you may have to drill down a tad) -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

RE: Buildworld problem?

run the hard drive diagnostics software of your hard drive manufacturer to test the condition of your hard drive. it should be available from their website. this should always be done on used drives being put back into service. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From

RE: [Solved] How to disable quoting of lines starting with From in email body?

hello see which will be prepended This is an entirely distinct issue from the 'quoting' of previous message bodies (as in below) -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Danny MacMillan Sent: Tuesday, June 14

RE: MAC address rc.conf

just curious... what happens when your 'router' and your 'laptop' both have the same MAC address? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Bomar Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 10:42 AM To: Peter; [EMAIL

RE: Driving Me Nuts

try this: kill the ntpd process run ntpdate sundial.columbia.edu restart ntpd ntpd is not happy if the clock is too far off -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Marshall Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 1

RE: DNS problem?

are the dns servers of the other computers the SAME as the freebsd server? what are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you John. I will try this series of pings the next time my server freezes. I did try something similiar, if not so methodical last

RE: Setting Up Email Only / Very Restricted Accounts

I use a combination of postfix, courier-imap, and mysql. It eliminates the need for shell accounts. There are several good tutorials at http://www.postfix.org/docs.html -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of M

RE: DNS problem?

I am running a FreeBSD server behind a Linksys Wireless Access Point / Router (BEFW11S4). Its local address is 192.168.1.1. The Linksys is attached to a DSL modem. In my /etc/rc.conf file I have defaultrouter=192.168.1.1 which works most of the time. However occasionally, all network

RE: DNS and Gateway in FreeBSD?

what is the contents of /etc/resolv.conf -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Xu Qiang Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 2:16 AM To: Jonathan Chen; Xu Qiang Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: DNS

RE: pf block question

Are you sure the ruleset is loaded, and pf is enabled? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Matt Rechkemmer Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 1:43 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: pf block question So

inbound ssh ceased on 4 servers at same time

? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: inbound ssh ceased on 4 servers at same time

as does all other network services (internal mysql, intranet http, pop3, smtp, smbd, nmdb, dns). network hardware and cabling issues have been effectively ruled out. -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Glenn Dawson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 04

RE: inbound ssh ceased on 4 servers at same time

sshd is running on the affected machines no errors on console or logs, just times out waiting for the password prompt. interestingly: when investigating this at the console, attempting ssh sessions from the db server and backup server to the file server (these two are 'deeper' in

RE: permissions issue help ?!?!

you need to stop and restart mysql usually: /usr/local/etc/rd.d/mysql-server.sh stop /usr/local/etc/rd.d/mysql-server.sh start ymmv -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brent Bailey Sent: Tuesday

Sendmail and NIS files

Does anyone know where I can find a complete list of all files specific to sendmail and nis, that exist in 4.7? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

4.7Release - sed problems?

a -i option to enable in-place editing of files. my question: Does this mean that the wrong version of sed is included in the iso of disk 1? (I've just subscribed to this list) -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions

Ports failing

. Has anyone dealt with this or seen this before? -- John Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message