Re: newbie question
On Sunday 17 April 2005 17:52, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can anyone give me a very rough estimate on how much time is required on an > ongoing basis, after a server is set up with FreeBSD and Apache, to maintain > everything. By everything I am referring to everything required to keep > the server up, and host about 100 domains. Sue, If I was at it for 24 hours a day, seven days a week, I could still not manage. But I know someone who has been hacking (and programming in assembler/machine language) for more than 20 years. He could do it in ten minutes a day - and in fact does. I guess it'll take me 20 years to get there. How about you? J.v.D. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: messages from dhclient
On Sunday 17 April 2005 17:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hate to be the one to break it to you but YOUR privacy is probably the > least important concern (though I mean no offence by this statement). If > you have this kind of connectivity, I'd be more concerned with what a > potential attacker could do to OTHERS using YOUR compromised host. Also, > you should be picking up on the potential legal ramifications suggested > by this... Yes. Good point. It is not really my connection. I have been given one of the 10 MB ports to play with while learning. I will get the firewall working. J.v.D. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: messages from dhclient
> Don't turn off the firewall. > etc... > Depends on what your network configuration is. If you are sitting behind > an ethernet ADSL router, you're probably OK, since those usually come > with a firewell and NAT built-in. If you don't have one of those, you > would be wise to firewall all the systems that are in direct contact > with the Internet. IMHO making an unfirewalled box directly accessibly > from the internet is an accident waiting to happen. > > If you cannot set up a firewall, at least disable all unneeded > services. E.g. disable sendmail if you don't need it. That will minimize > the chances of your boxen being h4x0r3d. :-) Roland and Bob I have glass fiber (100 MB/sec) that comes through one router which is not a NAT and has no firewall built in. I have been told that this is one hop from the backbone. I have attached the glass fiber to a modem, which gives me eight 10 MB/sec ethernet outlets. The modem is dumb and contains no firewall. That puts my computer two unprotected hops from the backbone (if I understand this correctly). One could say that I am exposed, without risking great exaggeration. But that doesn't matter, because there is really nothing on the machine. I am only using it to learn on. What does IMHO mean? What does h4x0r3d mean? Joost ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: messages from dhclient
On Sunday 17 April 2005 15:29, Roland Smith wrote: > Look for firewall_enable="YES" in /etc/rc.conf. Remove it and reboot to > disable the firewall. I did that and everything went fine. I also successfully updated my ports with cvsup. So that was indeed the problem I mentioned to you a few days ago. I now have no firewall. That is not a problem, since this machine has nothing on it (yet). > If you don't want to disable it, look for > firewall_type in /etc/rc.conf and edit the relevant lines > in /etc/rc.firewall I had a look in there and got as far as reading the warnings "If you don't know about packet filtering then you had better read these books ..." followed by a list. I know someone who has these books, and can borrow them when I am ready for it. I am still only on chapter 8 in Greg Lehey's book. Meanwhile it is probably a good idea to go on without a Firewall turned on. > If you currently have a "client" type firewall, setting the "net" and > "mask" variables in /etc/rc.firewall might do the trick, depending on > how your network is set up. Thanks again. Joost ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: messages from dhclient
On Sunday 17 April 2005 13:56, Roland Smith wrote: > It looks to me like you're not running dhclient with sufficient > permissions (i.e. not as root), or you have a firewall that doesn't let the > traffic through. I am logging in as root. The firewall is enabled, but I have not got up to the chapter in the book on firewalls yet, so I have absolutely no idea what so ever about how to configure it. > The message is written on your terminal, but should not be written into > the file. Does pressing crtl+l help restore the screen? That sounds like a very useful tip. I shall try it next time it happens. > You could redirect the standard error stream for dhclient to /dev/null > when you start it up: "dhclient 2>/dev/null". Or kill dhclient while > you're editing. I think I won't do that. It is probably better that I see the message when something is going wrong. If, as you say, it is not actually written into the file, then it is less damaging than I thought. Thanks. Joost. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: messages from dhclient
On Sunday 17 April 2005 14:17, Bob Hall wrote: > > My solution is in the archives, here: > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-questions/2005-January/071412.html > Again, I can't promise that it will solve your problem. > > Bob Hall I had a look at the document, but I am afraid that this is all way above my head. This may also explain why my csvup..FreeBSD.org was finding nothing. Not one single host I tried could be found up and running. It seems that all FreeBSD servers were down. It is probably the firewall which is disabling my machine. I shall see if it is possible to turn it off. Now, it will probably take me 6 hours to find out how to do that. Whew! Joost ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
messages from dhclient
Hello, I have installed dhcp to get my FreeBSD system on line, a machine which I am trying to set up as a web server. I used sysinstall and it seems to work correctly (this e-mail is coming from my Linux workstation). However, when working on the FreeBSD machine I keep getting the following message: dhclient: send_packet: permission denied. What does this mean? I cannot find a reference to it in the man files. It is a nuisance. When I am editing a config file with vi, this message get written into the file, and over cofig file lines. How can I turn it off. J.v.D. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
problem with x11
Hello I have a problem installing x11 on FreeBSD 5.3. I compiled the kernel in a conservative way (everything I am not using is removed) and the system is working fine from the command line as far as I am able to judge. Yesterday I ran CVSup install, and then: # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/ports-supfile which, after some help from my friends at freebsd-questions and executing hash, seemed to do the right thing. I guess the ports are now up-to-date. Today I tried: # cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg # make install clean ... and I get the error message: Stop is /usr/ports/graphics/dri data base not found which is about the file r200-dri.so What should I do next? Where can I find this file? Joost (graag wil het wel weten) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Getting CVSup to work
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 01:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:14:34 +0200 > > this is not a big prob. (the PATH more or less needs to be > "refreshed) one option is : > > logout and log back in, and try again > > or type : rehash > and try again > > personally i prefer to install bash and make that the default shell, I'm using tcsh > GL! Hi Michael and Albi Wow, that was fast. Thanks a lot. Problem is solved! Albi ... you have an .nl domain. So you too are working until after 1:00 am. de groeten uit Nuenen. Joost. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Getting CVSup to work
Hello, I am having trouble getting CVSup to work. I have done the following: Installed FreeBSD 5.3 No ports are installed and I am using command line only. Then went to /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui # make # make install All this seemed to work as it should. Then copied /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile to /root/cvsup Edited the file as per instructions in the handbook A.5 Then tried # cvsup -g -L 2 /root/cvsup/ports-supfile The result was cvsup command not found Where do I go, and what do I try next? Must I put something into PATH to make this work, or do I need to go to a specific directory to run cvsup? Joost ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
