Password file migration help
I have a FreeBSD 5.4 system and would like to migrate users in the password file with UIDs 3000 through 5000 to a FreeBSD 6.3 system on a running on a separate box. Is there a way to export just those users? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SATA DVD Drive Install Problem
Is anyone successful in installing FreeBSD from a SATA DVD Drive? I am having trouble as it boots from the CD of 6.3 RC2 but at the beginning of the install it fails. The CD I then tried in another computer and it installs fine. I was wondering if it was the SATA DVD drive or the motherboard. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help Failing Disk Problem
I have a FreeBSD 6.2 Release box with a single ide that has user data and the FreeBSD OS on a hard disk that is failing. I need advice on the best way to clone the entire disk (or at least the data) onto a larger ide disk drive, then pull the failing disk and replace it with the clone. What is the best way in FreeBSD to do that? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: easiest way to install CPAN on FreeBSD
Noah wrote: Martin Hepworth wrote: what have you tried and what errors do you get? Martin thanks for responding. here are the errors I am receiving when I am attempting to update things. sudo perl -MCPAN -e 'CPAN::Shell-install(CPAN::Shell-r)' [~] Password: Sorry, try again. Password: Cannot load ExtUtils::MakeMaker: Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .) at (eval 4) line 1. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/BSDPAN/ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 17. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 16. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.8/CPAN.pm line 16. Compilation failed in require. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted. -- martin On 10/24/07, *Noah* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I am looking around for a really simple way to install CPAN on FreeBSD. I keep running into errors in one variation or another. Anybody have a good page to send me to? Cheers, Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't install CPAN on FreeBSD. I use the ports and packages from http://www.freebsd.org/ports Do a search for the module that you require P5- means it is a perl module also you can use the ports collection for PHP modules as well. This will automatically install any other dependent modules. Hope this helps ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fibre Channel Card Detection
I have a Qlogic PCIe Fibre Channel card installed in my FreeBSD 6.2 Release server. I do not see it listed on boot up of the server. I have also run dmesg with no luck. How do I find out if it is detected and how would it be listed as. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Best SCSI or SAS RAID for a NAS?
Mike Sweetser - Adhost wrote: We're looking for opinions on what the best RAID controller would be for maximizing throughput on a drive array serving as a NAS using NFS. It needs to be either SCSI based or SAS based. Right now, we're using an LSI MegaRAID with 512MB RAM, which was the best at the time, but we're experiencing throughput issues and are looking for what might be better. Thanks! Mike Sweetser -- Mike Sweetser | Systems Administrator Adhost Internet 140 Fourth Avenue North, Suite 360, Seattle, Washington 98109 USA P 206.404.9023T 888.234.6781 (ADHOST-1)F 206.404.9050 E [EMAIL PROTECTED]W adhost.com Our brand new Adhost West data center is open - contact us for a tour at 1-888-234-6781 (ADHOST-1) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Its not just the controller you should be checking. The drives RPM speed, how many drives in the array, are you using RAID 0+1 or just RAID 5 for the array. Could you give more details on these issues? -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician, California Institute of the Arts +1 (661) 253-7732 voice ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
syslog redundancy
Can syslogd provide failover redundancy to another box? Should I configure my devices to send to two different syslogd servers? (if the devices allow more then one syslogd box to log to. If not I would like to know if the first option is available.) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do I make install clean a port in the background
How do I make install clean a port in the background? I used cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 make install clean it returns the pid but then compiles in the foreground What am I doing wrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IMAP Sent Folder and Address Book Question
Does the IMAP protocol support storing the sent folder from thunderbird and the local addressbook on the IMAP server? In case a computer fails? I want to use dovecot or UW-IMAP instead of POP to protect my users data and wanted a clearer idea of what would be kept/protected on the IMAP server. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Virtualization of FreeBSD
Is anyone running virtualization of FreeBSD servers on VMware or other virtualization software? What experiences have you had, good or bad? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Force Memory Dump
How do you force a memory dump from a specific PID? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Force Memory Dump
I get this error when trying gcore what am I doing wrong? # gcore 581 gcore: /proc/581/file: No such file or directory # cd /proc # ls -la total 4 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 8 2005 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 Apr 3 17:03 .. Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Jun 04), Sean Murphy said: How do you force a memory dump from a specific PID? /usr/bin/gcore ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Force Memory Dump
Lowell Gilbert wrote: Don't top-post, please. Sean Murphy [1][EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I get this error when trying gcore what am I doing wrong? # gcore 581 gcore: /proc/581/file: No such file or directory # cd /proc # ls -la total 4 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 8 2005 . drwxr-xr-x 20 root wheel 512 Apr 3 17:03 .. You need to mount a procfs(5). ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list [3]http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [4][EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry about top posting I forgot to switch my prefs. Why is procfs removed by default from FreeBSD? I can track it to being available and turned on in 4.x but removed in later versions. Thanks References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 2. mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 3. http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions 4. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Open Source Streaming Tools
Is there any open source software to create playlists, hinted movies, encoding, etc for use with Darwin Streaming Server running on FreeBSD. I have the Streaming Server working but would like the tools to be open source as well such as quicktime pro, broadcaster, qtss publisher. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3600 MCP Support
I was thinking about purchasing a Sun server that used the AMD CPU and the NVIDIA nForce Professional 3600 MCP. Is the 3600 Supported? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Does FreeBSD support the 3600 MCP Chipset?
Does FreeBSD support the 3600 MCP Chipset? I was thinking about purchasing a Sun server that used the AMD CPU and the NVIDIA nForce Professional 3600 MCP. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best Open Source software to backup Cisco switches and routers
I am looking to automate the process of backing up my Cisco routers and switches config files and have come across RANCID. Is this what I should use on my FreeBSD server or is there something better? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Is FTP install broken?
Kris Kennaway wrote: On Tue, Apr 17, 2007 at 04:51:19AM -0700, Philip J. Koenig wrote: For probably the 2nd time in history for me, I am trying an FTP install. It's been a good while since I've done a FBSD install, and I assumed things had gotten more polished since 4.x.. I'm trying to install the 200703 snapshot of 6.2-STABLE, and no matter what server I select, no matter what variant I try of various length paths specified in a custom URL to a server that I *know* has the files ([1]ftp.freebsd.org), I get the following message: Warning: Can't find the '6.2-STABLE-200703' distribution on this FTP server. You may need to visit a different server for the release you are trying to fetch or go to the Options menu and to (sic) set the release name to explicitly match what's available on [2]ftp.freebsd.org (or set to any). Would you like to select another FTP server? I am booting from the 200703 snapshot i386 bootdisk-only ISO image. I don't think FTP installs are possible for snapshots, i.e. only the ISO images are provided. Kris During the choice for the ftp server selection there are two servers close to the top of the list that are named snapshot.se.freebsd.org and snapshot.jp.freebsd.org you might want to try those. References 1. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ 2. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mt command questions
I am learning about backing up to tape and have made quite a bit of progress with the mt command. I understand what the fsf option does. There are other options however and would like to understand them as well. I am looking at the man page and have tried googleing them with not a lot of luck. the fsr and fss options I understand they would fast forward but what is count records and count setmarks considered and how would I use them? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Shell PATH not being reread
I have just installed FreeBSD 6.2 Release. I su to root and run pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui It installed fine I edited the ports-supfile cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup vi ports-supfile but when I go to run cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile It tells me it cannot find the command I logout completely then login again and su and I can now run the same command from the /usr/share/examples/cvsup directory. It seems the path is not being rebuilt or reread when I added that package but when I logout and login it works. I know I can type in the the full path and command but was wondering if there was a solution to reload/rebuild/reread the path so I don't have to login/logout/login env for myself is PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/smurphy/bin SHELL=/bin/sh env for root is PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin SHELL=/bin/csh Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Shell PATH not being reread
sac wrote: As Kevin Kinsey pointed out, if your shell is csh, ksh, zsh or tcsh, all you have to do is run $ hash -r or $ rehash On 4/12/07, Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed FreeBSD 6.2 Release. I su to root and run pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui It installed fine I edited the ports-supfile cd /usr/share/examples/cvsup vi ports-supfile but when I go to run cvsup -g -L 2 ports-supfile It tells me it cannot find the command I logout completely then login again and su and I can now run the same command from the /usr/share/examples/cvsup directory. It seems the path is not being rebuilt or reread when I added that package but when I logout and login it works. I know I can type in the the full path and command but was wondering if there was a solution to reload/rebuild/reread the path so I don't have to login/logout/login env for myself is PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/home/smurphy/bin SHELL=/bin/sh env for root is PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/root/bin SHELL=/bin/csh Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] rehash worked thanks ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Motherboard Chipset Support List
I am having troubling installing FreeBSD 6.2 Release on and Intel DG965OT http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/DG965OT/index.htm Which uses the Intel® G965 Chipset I have checked under the following link but it does not mention support for specific motherboards or chipsets. I realize that listing motherboards would be to exhaustive but chipsets maybe would be more of a limited scope. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/hardware-i386.html Does FreeBSD provide a list for Chipsets? Is there a man page I can look at like the other drivers listed on that page have man pages except for Chipsets? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var Filesystem Full Help
Derek Ragona wrote: I would reboot and run fsck in single user mode. The reboot will clear any old open files that may be causing the drive full problem. -Derek At 11:59 AM 4/3/2007, Sean Murphy wrote: Sean Murphy wrote: I am getting these errors on my var filesystem but df -h shows there is plenty of space available. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 muse2# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a989M 56M854M 6%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/amrd0s1e989M 32M878M 4%/tmp /dev/amrd0s1f9.5G4.2G4.6G48%/usr /dev/amrd0s1g245G9.4G216G 4%/usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d1.9G526M1.3G29%/var muse2# tail /var/log/messages Apr 3 09:00:44 muse2 kernel: pid 537 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 126291 on /var: filesystem full Apr 3 09:09:55 muse2 kernel: pid 52000 (httpd), uid 80 inumber 170037 on /var: filesystem full Apr 3 09:12:59 muse2 kernel: pid 34758 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 127701 on /var: filesystem full I have restarted the mimdefang process but I get the same messages. What can I do? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purge some old log files to start with. However according to your df above you should have plenty of room I have deleted logs and lost+found but the same messages still show up. Check df -i as you may have run out of inodes rather than out of file space. Looks as though I have plenty of inodes muse2# df -i Filesystem1K-blocksUsed Avail Capacity iusedifree %iused Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a 1012974 57694874244 6%1520 139790 1% / devfs 1 1 0 100% 00 100% /dev /dev/amrd0s1e 1012974 33192898746 4% 11141 130169 8% /tmp /dev/amrd0s1f 9938894 4368142 477564248% 279371 1015987 22% /usr /dev/amrd0s1g 257098734 9794488 226736348 4% 113153 33118717 0% /usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d 2026030 510498 135345027% 866 281756 0% /var muse2# Have you rebooted since the problem showed up? I have not rebooted yet can I fun fsck on a live filesystem or do I have to drop into single usermode? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. I ran the # fstat -f /var and compared it to the # find /var -inum n -print command. I found mysqld httpd mimedefang syslogd all had processes open but not written the files to /var. I ended up rebooting into single user mode and running fsck -f -y /var twice just to make sure it was clean. There were many errors on /var reported and fixed by fsck. here is my new output of df -h muse2# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a989M 56M854M 6%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/amrd0s1e989M 23M888M 2%/tmp /dev/amrd0s1f9.5G4.2G4.5G48%/usr /dev/amrd0s1g245G9.3G216G 4%/usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d1.9G357M1.4G20%/var muse2# /var is smaller now it was /dev/amrd0s1d1.9G526M1.3G29%/var also the current inode count muse2# df -i Filesystem1K-blocksUsed Avail Capacity iusedifree %iused Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a 1012974 57762874176 6%1524 1397861% / devfs 1 1 0 100% 00 100% /dev /dev/amrd0s1e 1012974 23064908874 2% 11481 129829 8% /tmp /dev/amrd0s1f 9938894 4376480 476730448% 279523 1015835 22% /usr /dev/amrd0s1g 257098734 9763632 226767204 4% 114302 33117568 0% /usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d 2026030 365632 149831620% 12198 270424 4% /var muse2# it was /dev/amrd0s1d 2026030 510498 135345027% 866 281756 0% /var the 0% is interesting why would it report 0% when it was having problems? Thanks for all your help and advice. The system seems stable now. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
var Filesystem Full Help
I am getting these errors on my var filesystem but df -h shows there is plenty of space available. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 muse2# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a989M 56M854M 6%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/amrd0s1e989M 32M878M 4%/tmp /dev/amrd0s1f9.5G4.2G4.6G48%/usr /dev/amrd0s1g245G9.4G216G 4%/usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d1.9G526M1.3G29%/var muse2# tail /var/log/messages Apr 3 09:00:44 muse2 kernel: pid 537 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 126291 on /var: filesystem full Apr 3 09:09:55 muse2 kernel: pid 52000 (httpd), uid 80 inumber 170037 on /var: filesystem full Apr 3 09:12:59 muse2 kernel: pid 34758 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 127701 on /var: filesystem full I have restarted the mimdefang process but I get the same messages. What can I do? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: var Filesystem Full Help
Sean Murphy wrote: I am getting these errors on my var filesystem but df -h shows there is plenty of space available. I am running FreeBSD 5.4 muse2# df -h Filesystem SizeUsed Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a989M 56M854M 6%/ devfs1.0K1.0K 0B 100%/dev /dev/amrd0s1e989M 32M878M 4%/tmp /dev/amrd0s1f9.5G4.2G4.6G48%/usr /dev/amrd0s1g245G9.4G216G 4%/usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d1.9G526M1.3G29%/var muse2# tail /var/log/messages Apr 3 09:00:44 muse2 kernel: pid 537 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 126291 on /var: filesystem full Apr 3 09:09:55 muse2 kernel: pid 52000 (httpd), uid 80 inumber 170037 on /var: filesystem full Apr 3 09:12:59 muse2 kernel: pid 34758 (mimedefang), uid 26 inumber 127701 on /var: filesystem full I have restarted the mimdefang process but I get the same messages. What can I do? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purge some old log files to start with. However according to your df above you should have plenty of room I have deleted logs and lost+found but the same messages still show up. Check df -i as you may have run out of inodes rather than out of file space. Looks as though I have plenty of inodes muse2# df -i Filesystem1K-blocksUsed Avail Capacity iusedifree %iused Mounted on /dev/amrd0s1a 1012974 57694874244 6%1520 1397901% / devfs 1 1 0 100% 00 100% /dev /dev/amrd0s1e 1012974 33192898746 4% 11141 130169 8% /tmp /dev/amrd0s1f 9938894 4368142 477564248% 279371 1015987 22% /usr /dev/amrd0s1g 257098734 9794488 226736348 4% 113153 33118717 0% /usr/home /dev/amrd0s1d 2026030 510498 135345027% 866 281756 0% /var muse2# Have you rebooted since the problem showed up? I have not rebooted yet can I fun fsck on a live filesystem or do I have to drop into single usermode? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
isc dhcpd startup script error
FreeBSD 6.2 Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Server V3.0.5 ISC DHCP server I installed from ports after cvsuping I run /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd start chown: not found /usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd: WARNING: unable to change permissions of /var/db/dhcpd/dhcpd.leases however dhcpd works and runs I tried the usr/local/etc/rc.d/isc-dhcpd install then run the start script but receive the same thing. What am I doing wrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Install FreeBSD 6.2 with latest patch level question
I am going to install FreeBSD 6.2 Release on a new box but I noticed it is now on patch 1. Is there a way to install FreeBSD 6.2 patch 1 on a new install without having to install 6.2 Release then updating the source and finally doing a build/make world after installing 6.2? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: New Install FreeBSD 6.2 with latest patch level question
Bill Moran wrote the following on 2/12/2007 9:37 AM: In response to Sean Murphy [1][EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am going to install FreeBSD 6.2 Release on a new box but I noticed it is now on patch 1. Is there a way to install FreeBSD 6.2 patch 1 on a new install without having to install 6.2 Release then updating the source and finally doing a build/make world after installing 6.2? It's possible to create your own install cd. Do some googling on make release for FreeBSD. However, if it's only 1 machine, it will take the same amount of time/ effort to buildworld/buildkernel. Is it possible to change the tags from sysinstall and then use ftp to download the latest security release? References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Special User Account Question
I would like to setup a FreeBSD user account that has specific rights to certain files. This special user should not be able to login or ssh in. Certain other user accounts must first login as them and then use su into the special account (to become that special user) thus gaining access to specific files. This is a situation where a group or group permissions will not help this problem. Any ideas? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
disable cntl+alt+del function
cntl+alt+del at the console without being logged in reboots the server. The server runs through its shutdown procedure and reboots. How do I disable this function? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Soft Updates Help
I have read up on soft updates and have some questions. The way that I am understanding soft updates purpose is to allow file systems to be mounted dirty after an unclean shutdown of the system. This will allow fsck to run in the background to restore the consistency of the file system which is compared against a snapshot of the system. It also increases performance of heavily written file systems by waiting to write the metadata of files and directories until a more opportune time. I have questions about this. When is the snapshot taken, how often, do I have to do it or does a program or kernel do it? If this is a safe way to restore consistency why is it not used on /? If a file system is not heavily written to is it better not to use soft updates? How do I know when the background fsck is finished and if it was successful? Do I have to add anything to enable the backgound fsck? When file systems are mounted dirty and our being used while the backgound fsck is running on the file systems how does it prevent files from being lost? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Soft Updates Help
Chuck Swiger wrote the following on 12/1/2006 4:25 PM: On Dec 1, 2006, at 4:12 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: I have read up on soft updates and have some questions. The way that I am understanding soft updates purpose is to allow file systems to be mounted dirty after an unclean shutdown of the system. This will allow fsck to run in the background to restore the consistency of the file system which is compared against a snapshot of the system. It also increases performance of heavily written file systems by waiting to write the metadata of files and directories until a more opportune time. I have questions about this. When is the snapshot taken, how often, do I have to do it or does a program or kernel do it? Snapshots are taken via mksnap_ffs; some other tools like fsck or dump also know how to create a snapshot. If this is a safe way to restore consistency why is it not used on /? You could enable softupdates on /, but normally one does not as / does not contain files which are expected to change. If a file system is not heavily written to is it better not to use soft updates? Maybe. I think that softupdates is a win in almost all circumstances from the standpoint of data consistency, short of fully syncronous data metadata updates. How do I know when the background fsck is finished and if it was successful? Check the logfiles. Do I have to add anything to enable the backgound fsck? At one point, there was an option in /etc/rc.conf, but it now defaults to being on: % grep fsck /etc/defaults/rc.conf fsck_y_enable=NO # Set to YES to do fsck -y if the initial preen fails. background_fsck=YES # Attempt to run fsck in the background where possible. background_fsck_delay=60 # Time to wait (seconds) before starting the fsck. When file systems are mounted dirty and our being used while the backgound fsck is running on the file systems how does it prevent files from being lost? The background fsck is only capable of handling innocuous filesystem inconsistencies, and will fail with an error code if it encounters a more significant issue, in which case the system is obligated to perform the traditional fsck in the foreground. ---Chuck Thank you for your knowledge on this issue. I have a few questions that I need your help to clarify. Snapshots are taken via mksnap_ffs; some other tools like fsck or dump also know how to create a snapshot. OK, so if I understand this correctly I do not have to initially take a snapshot and update this snapshot manually. The files system with soft updates does it correct? Maybe. I think that softupdates is a win in almost all circumstances from the standpoint of data consistency, short of fully syncronous data metadata updates. On this issue, if I do not have soft updates on does that make it a fully synchronous file system? If the background fsck can't handle the inconsistencies it will report this in the /var/log/messages correct? Then is the file system unmounted because of the inconsistency to prevent data loss, so I can run a manual fsck or does it stay mounted? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Network Monitoring Application Help, What do you use?
I was looking into a Network/Server monitoring application that would do the following Must have features email/page/sms if one of the rules fail has the ability to of course ping the device, ssh into or have someway of checking if a daemon is running. Optional but nice features reporting statistics and system status (web based) restart a failed daemon syslog parsing remote administration Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Application to check FreeBSDs Logs Question
I find it very time consuming to check the many logs on my FreeBSD servers Is there a product that administrators use to quickly go through the logs of FreeBSD systems and organize the logs by category or severity and be alerted to a problem? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SUDO Help password change deligation question
I would like to not give root access but enable a user account (not in wheel) to change user passwords with passwd username command. I just would like to delegate the password changing ability to someone else but not give them super user privileges other then passwd. Would this be something sudo can do? can you restrict what accounts passwords they can change for instance everyone but system root and my account? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PAM and login.conf the login process
I am trying to understand how users login and what does the system do specifically with validating the passwords and change passwords. when I login at the console is the login/password information passed to PAM and does PAM check the login.conf for certain characteristics and then check the password file? Or does the login.conf only apply after the user has logged in? Does the login.conf effect only shell accounts or can PAM check the login.conf to see if a user meets the minimum password change requirements? For example I am using poppassd for users to change there passwords. The minimum is set in the login.conf for 6 characters. If the user types less then 6 for his password will it error or reject the request? Or does the login.conf only apply when in shell and not through daemons. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How to require minium length passwords
I am trying to require users to put in 8 character passwords but as it stands it will take 1 just fine. I Tried messing with the login.conf file but it still looks like it accepts 1 character as an acceptable password. here is what i did. Also will this restrict other programs to the set minimum or can they just set the password to what there parameters dictate? such as usermin password change util. added this under default :minpasswordlen=8:\ ran the data base cap_mkdb /etc/login.conf ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
daemon to listen on localhost only?
Is there a way to tell a daemon to listen only to the localhost without using a firewall? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: daemon to listen on localhost only?
the ftp daemon that is started with inetd it is the ftp that comes with the freebsd system 5.4. Thanks Charles Swiger wrote: On May 10, 2006, at 3:59 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: Is there a way to tell a daemon to listen only to the localhost without using a firewall? If the daemon has an option to listen on a specific IP address, yes; otherwise, no. ---Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: daemon to listen on localhost only?
the ftp daemon that is started with inetd it is the ftp that comes with the freebsd system 5.4. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ftp server with no shell accounts
I tried the default ftp server with FreeBSD 5.4 and users with no shell accounts but it does not work. Does anyone know of a ftp server that users would still have home directories but no shell access /sbin/nologin and that could still upload files to there home directories. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
bsnmpd help
I am running FreeBSD 5.4 and would like to monitor it using the included bsnmpd. However the handbook did not have any information about it, the man page was pretty lean and the list archive is very scarce on the topic. I checked the /etc/defaults/rc.conf and noticed there is not an enable_bsnmpd that I can add so it starts up. Could someone point me to a good guide to bsnmpd I would really like to start using it. Thanks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
shadow.h compile question
I am trying to compile a plugin for squrrilmail it is the vacation plugin. when I run make it tells me the it cannot find shadow.h I did a find on the freebsd server which is 5.4 and did not find shadow or shadow.h what is shadow.h? can I get it from anywhere? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Solved] Official Nvidia Drivers, Toshiba Laptop, GeForce 4 440 Cards: Always causes Freeze
I have finally come up with a way to use the official drivers from nvidia on Toshiba notebooks with a GeForce4 440 Go (and similar) video card. Normally, using either linux or freebsd and the drivers from nvidia (instead of the default nv driver) would result in a hard freeze as soon as X was started. I gave up trying to fix it, but then came across a solution for Linux last night, which I used as a basis for this FreeBSD solution... First of all, much credit goes to [1]this [2]information from the Ubuntu Document Storage Facility (check out Problem 8 at the bottom). Here's how I applied the same modifications to a FreeBSD system: The first step under Linux was to change some options in the nvidia kernel, which was done in Linux under /etc/modprobe.conf (or /etc/modprobe.d). FreeBSD doesn't use modprobe, which I believe is used for the loading of a kernel module. Instead, we can modify the option in the source for nvidia's drivers, and then compile the nvidia kernel module with this already set the way we want: 1. First, download the [3]latest[4] nvidia source here. Extract (tar zxvf NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-8178.tar.gz) and move into the newly created directory. 2. Edit /src/nvidia_os_registry.c using your fav text editor: Change the values of the following variables: - NVreg_SoftEDIDs = 0 (was 1) - NVreg_Mobile = 1 (was ~0) Save nvidia_os_registry.c and exit. 3. I didn't want linux compatability built into my nvidia kernel module, so I changed the following: Comment out (or undefine) this line: #define NV_SUPPORT_LINUX_COMPAT 4. Under the NVIDIA-FreeBSD-x86-1.0-8178 directory, compile and install the drivers: make install 5. Finally, this part is identical to the linux instructions. We need to make some tweaks to xorg.conf (and tell X to use the nvidia drivers also): Your device directive should have something similar to: Section Device IdentifierNVIDIA Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go] Drivernvidia BusIDPCI:1:0:0 Option RenderAccel true Option AllowGLXWithComposite true OptionIgnoreEDIDtrue OptionIgnoreEdidFreqstrue OptionGenerateRTList0 OptionOverridePolarity1 EndSection That's all! This time when you startx with the real nvidia drivers, it won't crash. This is tested to work on both of my Toshiba laptops. If there are any errors in this howto, feel free to correct it! Now, us toshiba users can have 3d acceleration along with support for OpenGL :). Hope this helps someone! - Murph References 1. http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Latest_Nvidia_Dapper 2. http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Latest_Nvidia_Dapper 3. http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-8178.html 4. http://www.nvidia.com/object/freebsd_1.0-8178.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Solved] Official Nvidia Drivers, Toshiba Laptop, GeForce 4 440 Cards: Always causes Freeze
Sorry for the formatting of my solution...a few things got mangled up. For easier reading, check out my post on freebsdforums.org. - Murph ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Solved] Official Nvidia Drivers, Toshiba Laptop, GeForce 4 440 Cards: Always causes Freeze
On Apr 7, 2006, at 7:34 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: Sorry for the formatting of my solution...a few things got mangled up. For easier reading, check out my post on freebsdforums.org. - Murph I'm having a conversation with myself here...three posts to get this right :) You can find the post at http://www.bsdforums.org/forums/ showthread.php?t=40336. (freebsd.org was supposed to be a link last message, but didn't work right) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendmail Patch Question
do I download it ASCII or Binary? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail Patch Question
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-31 10:00, Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do I download it ASCII or Binary? Patches are, in general, text-only files. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok I installed the patch and did the make and install according to the instructions. How do I check to see if the patch is applied? does the make install restart the sendmail daemon automatically? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail Patch Question
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-31 10:23, Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2006-03-31 10:00, Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: do I download it ASCII or Binary? Patches are, in general, text-only files. Ok I installed the patch and did the make and install according to the instructions. How do I check to see if the patch is applied? does the make install restart the sendmail daemon automatically? Nope. You can do that manually though: # cd /etc/mail # make restart This should take care of it. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok I just did the make restart. Everything is good but the version number did not change. How do I know the patch was applied? Is there some command I can use to check? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NIC and Jumbo Frames
How do I set Jumbo Frames on a Gigabit NIC in FreeBSD? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NIC and Jumbo Frames
Charles Swiger wrote: On Mar 13, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: How do I set Jumbo Frames on a Gigabit NIC in FreeBSD? ifconfig _device_ mtu 8192 ...where you would use em0, bge0, or whatever the actual interface device is. See the manpages for the various devices, for example man em: Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility con- figures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114. ...which usually will discuss the MTU sizes the specific devices can handle. ---Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] What do I need to add to the rc.conf config line so that it sets up the mtu for jumbo 16128 bytes size and sets the speed from auto to 1000? I have this so far... ifconfig_em0=inet x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x 1000baseTX ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
sshd max users
It seems I cannot connect to my server through sshd when there are 10 processes running of sshd. My ssh client immediately terminates. If I kill one of the ssh processes I am able to login through ssh. Is there a max user setting? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Questions about FreeBSD arp table
I have a few questions with arp on FreeBSD Does the FreeBSD maintain its arp information in a File? Does rebooting FreeBSD clear the arp table? am I correct with arp -d * should clear all arp information? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Need help User Statistics with Finger
I need to gather mail statistics what users are checking there mail. I know finger shows the Mail Last Read but where does finger get that information from? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pkg_add down!
i have set my PACKAGESITE to ftp3 and ftp10 and then monitored the throughput with my packetshaper and it looks as though there is a problem. I use pkg_add -r perl and pkg_add -r nessus-plugins noth of them going to different ftp servers one on 3 and the other on 10 however checking the ftp traffic flow during this process is a little concerning. It will start some traffic not much in the 500 bytes to start the transfer but then drop to 0 for minutes at a time. I am running FreeBSD xxx.xxx.xxx 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 if I go to the ftp site with my browser it seems to work fine. What should I do as the package never seems to download. is there a queue on the ftp servers? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No Shell User
I need to create a user with no login or home directory abilities. It just needs to own a few directories and files and be able to run a daemon. would I use pw or adduser and what would be the options for that command? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pkg_add down!
Thanks for your replies I found out that dedicating traffic to ftp protocol did not help at all (we are very tight on bandwidth) once I dedicated 300Kbps to the server on all protocols It downloaded perl and nessus-plugins immediately with no change on the FreeBSD server. (does this mean that pkg_add -r uses more than just ftp protocol for obtaining packages?) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pkg_add Broken Pipe
pkg_add -r nessus Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.0-release/Latest/nessus.tbz... Done. Broken pipe what does this mean? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Random password generation
When creating user accounts with adduser you can have the system generate a random password. Can you use a tool included in FreeBSD to change specific existing users passwords with a random one such as the one in adduser? it would also be usefull to do this from a input file to do multiple users. The passwords I would need on the screen to give to the users. If not is there an open source one to do this? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
File Integrity Checker Do You?
Do you think products such as tripwire, YAFIC, and other file checkers are necessary? Especially since you must check the reports daily and update the database. They do put a high load on my systems when they run. How many SysAdmins use products such as these? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Am I Right about Stable VS Point
I have read the FreeBSD Handbook Chapter 20 http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cutting-edge.html I understand what FreeBSD-Current is. FreeBSD-Stable is a little fogy for me. Here is what I found and I think. quote FreeBSD-STABLE is our development branch from which major releases are made. Changes go into this branch at a different pace, and with the general assumption that they have first gone into FreeBSD-CURRENT for testing. This is still a development branch, however, and this means that at any given time, the sources for FreeBSD-STABLE may or may not be suitable for any particular purpose. It is simply another engineering development track, not a resource for end-users. So Stable is not really Stable it is still a branch for development and security fixes that go into Point Releases. Which means Point Releases are the real true Stable area. Right? So when I need a security update I should CVSup the tag line should be RELENG_6_0 for the real stable version, also includes bug and security fixes. RELENG_6 for the Stable but development line. (which i should not use) Am I Correct? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Off-Topic: Vendor Control Software for computer labs
I need help with finding a software to do this Going into your local computer lab paying the clerk for an hour of computer time he accepts your money, types in some information in his computer, and tells you what computer station to sit at. The computer works for that hour, gives you a warning when a couple of minutes are left and then kicks you out. I noticed the software was in the systray but it was from a country that I didn't know the language. I have tried googling and have come up with nothing. Does someone know this product? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
File Server Which would you choose?
I want to set up a FreeBSD file server and want to choose the appropriate method. The filesytems must be mounted on the client, always available, and transparent to the user. NFS for *nix to *nix only NIS for better management of NFS Can OSX mount and respond to NFS/NIS? What other OSs can use this? Are user names and passwords encrypted? Netatalk for FreeBSD to Appletalk Macs OS9 and X Only What other OSs can use this? Are user names and passwords encrypted? Samba for any *nix running samba, OS X, Windows Machines Are user names and passwords encrypted? What other OSs can use this? Any thing for connecting to a Novell Server? NDS and Bindrey IPXSPX and TCP/IP Am I missing any? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
File Server Questions
I want to set up a FreeBSD file server and want to choose the appropriate method. The filesytems must be mounted on the client, always available, and transparent to the user. Thanks === NFS for *nix to *nix only NIS for better management of NFS Can OSX mount and respond to NFS/NIS? What other OSs can use this? Are user names and passwords encrypted? === Netatalk for FreeBSD to Appletalk Macs OS9 and X Only What other OSs can use this? Are user names and passwords encrypted? === Samba for any *nix running samba, OS X, Windows Machines Are user names and passwords encrypted? What other OSs can use this? === Any thing for connecting to a Novell Server? NDS and Bindrey IPXSPX and TCP/IP === Am I missing any? -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debug.log questions
I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with sendmail that was included with FreeBSD. There is a debug.log that I have questions about. Is the debug.log just for mail troubleshooting? Can I turn it off or reduce the amount of logging? in /var/log/debug.log i see the following Nov 7 15:00:12 muse2 ipop3d[34683]: pop3s SSL service init from 172.x.x.x Nov 7 15:00:12 muse2 imapd[34684]: imaps SSL service init from 172.x.x.x These should be in the maillog file right? I did some searching on google and I found that these are just clients checking there mail. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debug.log questions
Charles Swiger wrote: On Nov 7, 2005, at 6:35 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: I'm running FreeBSD 5.4 with sendmail that was included with FreeBSD. There is a debug.log that I have questions about. Is the debug.log just for mail troubleshooting? Can I turn it off or reduce the amount of logging? No such file exists by default under FreeBSD. Certainly you can turn it off. See /etc/syslog.conf, you want to comment out the line mentioning debug.log. And then kill and restart syslogd... ---Chuck I just checked two 5.4 servers running sendmail that came with FreeBSD they both have the /var/log/debug.log just there is no entires in the debug.log on the second server. However it just mails the FreeBSD daily reports to the other server. Can anyone else check there FreeBSD servers 5.4 running sendmail and have this debug.log? -rw--- 1 root wheel 0 May 8 2005 debug.log same date as I made the server excerpt from the syslog.conf *.=debug/var/log/debug.log your right there is an entry for the debug in the syslog.conf however Im pretty sure this file is default FreeBSD ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Login Max Chr?
I am running FreeBSD 5.4 Is there a way to change the eight character login length to allow more characters? The reason is I would like to do first initial last name for the login. However some last names are longer than eight characters. It would also work well for email addresses on the server. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Login Max Chr?
Andrew P. wrote: On 10/31/05, Sean Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am running FreeBSD 5.4 Is there a way to change the eight character login length to allow more characters? The reason is I would like to do first initial last name for the login. However some last names are longer than eight characters. It would also work well for email addresses on the server. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thought it was 16 characters: sat64# cat /etc/passwd | grep 123 1234567890123456:*:1005:1005:123:/home/1234567890123456:/bin/sh ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is there any problems with using 16 characters with any applications or do the applications don't care the login name length for example email using uw-imap uw-pop -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 [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: Imap-uw and openssl certificate
Dick Hoogendijk wrote: On 19 Oct Frank Staals wrote: Don't be so certain about that. fstaals.net *is* a valid hostname, and its IP-address can easily be found via DNS, and it can be connected to. The MX-configuration of my domain is pointing to fstaals.net , to add an subdomain for my small mailserver seemed a bit exagerated, so that isn't the problem. I can add a subdomain, but I don't see why that should help since the certificate clearly says 'localhost'. I ran this imap server for a short time but never had problems making and using a ssl cert. My server's called nagual.st. Are you sure the server indentifies as localhost even if contacted from the *outside* ? It does of course when you contact it from the local nic. As suggested using another imap server is also my idea. I don't use dovecot, but the whole courier mail package. It works like a charm. And is very fast. It does use maildirs though, unlike imap-uw. I have a successful integration with imap-uw and openssl uw is picky about the certificate use the following mkdir /etc/ssl/certs cd /etc/ssl/certs openssl req -new -x509 -nodes \ -out imapd.pem -keyout imapd.pem -days 3650 vi /etc/inetd.conf add the following line imaps stream tcp nowait root /usr/local/libexec/imapd imapd *note it cannot be imap it must be imaps go to uw source directory cd imapd-2004d make bsf cp imapd/imapd /usr/local/libexec/imapd hope this helps -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SoundBlaster Audigy Question
I have an onboard soundcard for my FreeBSD box and I was thinking of getting the new Audigy card. Does the FreeBSD drivers for the Audigy take advantage of surround sound, EAX, digital connections, or number of channels? Or does the soundcard operate at a more basic level ie. stereo sound no hardware acceleration etc. Is there any reason to have such a high end soundcard in a FreeBSD system? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
5.4 SSH Timeout help
I am using FreeBSD 5.4 I SSH into the server with no problem and I'm able to do work however when I walk away from my desk SSH closes the session. It seems the timeout is 5 or 10 min how can I change this setting for all of our users? Thanks, Sean ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 5.4 SSH Timeout help
Will Maier wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 11:24:19AM -0700, Sean Murphy wrote: I SSH into the server with no problem and I'm able to do work however when I walk away from my desk SSH closes the session. It seems the timeout is 5 or 10 min how can I change this setting for all of our users? What shell are the users using? If they're using 'tcsh' or certain other shells, they might be running up against the shell's autologout option. See the man page for tcsh (1): | The first word is the number of minutes of inactivity before | automatic logout. The optional second word is the number of minutes | of inactivity before automatic locking. When the shell | automatically logs out, it prints `auto-logout', sets the variable | logout to `automatic' and exits. When the shell automatically | locks, the user is required to enter his password to continue | working. Five incorrect attempts result in automatic logout. Set to | `60' (automatic logout after 60 minutes, and no locking) by default | in login and superuser shells, but not if the shell thinks it is | running under a window system (i.e., the DISPLAY environment | variable is set), the tty is a pseudo-tty (pty) or the shell was | not so compiled (see the version shell variable). See also the | afsuser and logout shell variables. There was no timeout option with the shell I was using (the bourne shell /bin/sh) However I did find the problem. The router was timing out NAT translations after 10 min of no packets transversing. This corresponded to my timeout. I fixed the problem by editing the /etc/ssh/sshd_config Uncommenting the line ClientAliveInterval 300 and restarted sshd This fixed my problem. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pine alternative?
We have been using pine for years on our Sun Solaris box. We are in the process of moving to FreeBSD. I installed Pine from an updated ports collection and received a message about pine not being very secure. Is anyone using an alternative to pine that can also read pine's folders and addresses? I need it to be compatible as we still have many users with lots of data in pine. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: two dc cards on 5.4
dave wrote: Hello, I'm trying to get a pair of netgear cards to work on a 5.4-RELEASE-p6 box. My rc.conf looks as follows: ifconfig_dc0=DHCP ifconfig_dc1=inet 192.168.0.200 netmask 255.255.255.255 When i only have one dc card in the box dc0 everything works, the box gets a dhcp ip. Put the second one in regardless whether or not the ifconfig dc1 line is uncommented and two things happen, first i get continuous watchdog timeouts from dc0, second dc0 does not get an IP. As i said the second card doesn't have to be configured, just in the box and it happens, i've checked i/o and irq's neither conflict between the two cards. One thing, with a single dc card the media is set to ethernet autoselect 100base-TX full-duplex and it's listed as active. Put the second card in and dc0 shows media ethernet autoselect but for media type i have none and status is listed as no carrier, i believe this is the reason for the lack of a dhcp ip, my question is i don't understand why. I've tried: ifconfig_dc0_mediaopt=100base-TX, full-duplex but the system didn't like that. I'd like to tell fbsd specifically what mode these cards are to be probed to in, but nothing seems to work, and this only occurs when the second card is in the box. I've tried three separate cards, all give the same behavior. Some urgency! Any help greatly appreciated. Dave. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] try a static address and fixed 100/full put this in your rc.conf and reboot *note* this is one line replace with an ip that works for your network ifconfig_dc0=inet x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex *note* this is one line replace with an ip that works for your network ifconfig_dc1=inet x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 [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: two dc cards on 5.4
dave wrote: Hi, Thanks for your reply. I'll give that a shot. My problem is the dc0 card gets it's ip via dhcp, can i still use media and mediaopt with dhcp? Thanks. Dave. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] try this in your rc.conf ifconfig_dc0=DHCP ifconfig_dc0=100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex ifconfig_dc1=DHCP ifconfig_dc1=100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 [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: two dc cards on 5.4
Sean Murphy wrote: dave wrote: Hi, Thanks for your reply. I'll give that a shot. My problem is the dc0 card gets it's ip via dhcp, can i still use media and mediaopt with dhcp? Thanks. Dave. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] try this in your rc.conf ifconfig_dc0=DHCP ifconfig_dc0=100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex ifconfig_dc1=DHCP ifconfig_dc1=100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex *Correction* ifconfig_dc0=DHCP ifconfig_dc0=media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex ifconfig_dc1=DHCP ifconfig_dc1=media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Backup Products
We currently our using Veritas Netbackup Datacenter 4.5 on a Windows server to backup our FreeBSD, Apple, Windows, Netware, and Solaris Servers. This Cross-Platform works wonderfully. However I was wondering if anyone had any successs with an open source backup product that would be able to control 2 tape librarys on the same scsi chain, with each tape having a bar code, and be able to backup and restore the systems above. -- Sean Murphy Senior Network Technician California Institute of the Arts 661-253-7732 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Rouge Wireless Client
We have an authorized access point that a rouge apple computer is connecting to. We have its ip and mac of the apple unit however this just tells me what access point it is connected to. Is there a tool to find its location by signal strength. Netstumbler does not currently do this it finds access points and personal networks but not actually clients. What would I use? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Memory Problem? LEAK?
FreeBSD 5.4 Release Kernel is generic with SMP and Quotas I was monitoring the system while running make and i noticed that the Free Memory would slowly tick down while make is running I figured that was normal. However when it was finished it did not return the Memory to Free Status. It must reclaim some RAM because It never touches the swap when I launch a program. This is a sever not in production yet it has no user base and no load so I don't see a reason for this. here is an output from w 5:29PM up 1 day, 7:49, 2 users, load averages: 0.01, 0.03, 0.00 I am curious why FreeBSD does not free the Inactive RAM? Is this Normal? If so does it ever reclaim the RAM? here is the output from top Mem: 102M Active, 1661M Inact, 156M Wired, 8604K Cache, 112M Buf, 75M Free Swap: 5120M Total, 5120M Free ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spam Assassin Reject
I've installed Spam Assassin and MIMEDefang with Sendmail however I would like Spam Assassin to tell sendmail to Reject Spam on the connection. Instead of accepting the spam and marking it so users then can filter on the spam tag. Can Anyone share there code in the MIMEDefang Filter to do this. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help passwd file convert
I am going to move over from Solaris 8 to FreeBSD 5.4 but would like to keep uid, usernames, and passwords from the Solaris 8 box intact when I move them to the FreeBSD box. Is it just as simple as a copy and paste for the passwd file? Is there any commands I have to run after the copy and paste? Anything need to be done to the master.passwd file? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: web mail interface program.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gary, I´m using Openwebmail (www.openwebmail.org or ports/mail/openwebmail) for more then 2 years to serve +5000 users with no worry. It runs in perl, suport POP3 (local/remote), includes calendar, webdisk, ssh term, etc. everything configured at user basis. - Marcelo Souza On Mon, 27 Jun 2005, Gary Kline wrote: | | People, | | As an experiment I build squirrelmail on my laptop which is | on my internal net. I chose sendmail; but the ./configure | section also required that I use IMAP. Everything went well | until I tried to login. No joy. I admit that I'm pretty | clueless re POP3 or IMAP. Can anybody help me? | | If I install squirrelmail on my primary server would I be | rid of IMAP? Or is there a better mail program with a web | interface. | | thanks for a flashlight:-) | | gary | | PS: I have evolution working on another internal server; | if only it had vi for replies, Life would be perfect | | | |-- | Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix | |___ |freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - Marcelo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The way the that Squirrelmail works is that it does not read directly the user mail. Instead it uses IMAP to do that. This is the case no matter if the mail server is local or remote. We use it here supporting 1300 users no problem. The benefits of this is you may install Squirrelmail on another server to keep the load down. Although we have had no problem with our load. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Questions about packages and ports
I like to use the pkg_add -r feature of FreeBSD, however I have run into a problem where the ports have a more current version of the app then the package of the same app. It seems the ports collection is updated more then the package collection is this true? Is the maintainer of a package and a port the same person? Are they responsible for updating the package and the port? Packages will download dependencys required by the app does the ports do this as well? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Goals for 6
Where can I find the design goals for FreeBSD 6 and Current? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Goals for 6
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Sean. Try to read this: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/current-stable.html#CURRENT Where can I find the design goals for FreeBSD 6 and Current? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was not looking for the difference between them. I was looking to more what the current goals of those projects such as SMP or the Filesystem etc. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
apsfilter problems
I have my printer printing postscript (it is a jetdirect with postscript) and text files; however I was trying to print jpeg and png files from the command line which came out as garbage. It was suggested that I use apsfilter which I then installed as a package. I ran the setup and it modified my /etc/printcap file lp|PS;r=1200x1200;q=photo;c=full;p=letter;m=auto:\ :lp=:\ :rm=172.18.1.13:\ :rp=raw:\ :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: # APS1_END - don't delete this however I can still print text but when trying to print jpeg or png it does nothing but give me an error apsfilter fatal error: missing pnmdepth; can't convert file type 'jpeg image data' and apsfilter fatal error: missing pngtopnm; can't convert file type 'png image data' I looked it the packages and ports collection for these items with no luck I then downloaded one from source and It failed to install is there something I'm missing? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JetDirect Printing Graphics
FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0 I have a HP LaserJet 4000N postscript printer with JetDirect. I am able to print a text file from the command line lpr test cat test this is a test this prints perfectly the problem is when I try to print a graphics file I get garbage and lots of it. lpr sm_logo.png I have changed auto to raw but same effect. What must I do? /etc/rc.conf lpd_enable=YES /etc/printcap lp|hp:|HP LaserJet 4000N:\ :sh:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ :mx#0:\ :lp=:\ :rm=x.x.x.x:\ :rp=auto: lpc status all lp: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries in spool area printer idle ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Based passwd
I am looking for a web based utility that would allow users to change there passwd. I have tried to compile changepassword 0.9 but I encountered errors. Anyone have a good one, it just needs to be web based. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help ispell compile problems
Can someone please help i am using FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0: Wed Jun 8 12:08:30 PDT 2005 I have copied the local.h.bsd to local.h I have tried using the generic I have tried using both in both of the previous files #undef USG #define USG but i think the problem is in defhash.h alum# make all set +vx; MASTERHASH=`cat config.X local.h | sed -n -e 's/^#define[ ]*LANGUAGES[][^}]*HASHFILES=\([^,}]*\).*$/\1/p' | sed -n -e '$p'`; case $MASTERHASH in american*|british*) DEFHASH=english$HASHSUFFIX;; *) DEFHASH=$MASTERHASH;; esac; DEFLANG=`expr $DEFHASH : '\(.*\)\..*$'`.aff; echo /* This file is generated by the Makefile. Don't edit it! */ defhash.h; echo '' defhash.h; echo '#ifndef MASTERHASH' defhash.h; echo '#define MASTERHASH '$MASTERHASH'' defhash.h; echo '#endif' defhash.h; echo '#ifndef DEFHASH' defhash.h; echo '#define DEFHASH '$DEFHASH'' defhash.h; echo '#endif' defhash.h; echo '#ifndef DEFLANG' defhash.h; echo '#define DEFLANG '$DEFLANG'' defhash.h; echo '#endif' defhash.h *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/local/src/ispell-3.3.01. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Setting up ntpd on FreeBSD (5.4)
Ensure you due ntpdate before you run ntpd. This can be done just once from the command line and ntpd cannot be running. ntpdate ntp2.sf-bay.org then add the following to /etc/rc.conf ntpd_enable=YES ntpd_flags=-c /etc/ntp.conf -p /var/run/ntpd.pid between the lines is a example of ntp.conf in /etc #List of servers to pull time from server ntp2.sf-bay.org server clock.isc.org server clock.via.net server ntp.ucsd.edu #This is created automaticaly you do not have to touch it #However it might take hours for it to be created driftfile /var/db/ntp.drift #This Line restricts which hosts are allowed to pull from your box restrict 172.30.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 notrust nomodify notrap === restart your box check ntp using ntpdc $ ntpdc -s remote local st poll reach delay offsetdisp === .bigben.ucsd.edu 198.182.157.33 2 1024 377 0.01555 0.038196 0.01865 *clock.via.net 198.182.157.33 1 1024 377 0.02483 0.038705 0.01482 .clock.isc.org 198.182.157.33 2 1024 377 0.02481 0.040574 0.01482 zorac.sf-bay.or 198.182.157.33 2 1024 377 0.01485 0.044078 0.01865 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Help understanding load averages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am running FreeBSD 4.11 it is a PIII 800 My system is running MRTG and SNMP for monotoring network switches. The system is very sluggish and sometimes not responsive. MRTG has had problems with writing the new logs. I am having trouble understanding how load averages work. On some sites they say a load average of 3 is high and to put services on another server others say if it is over 1 put move services to another server. I have read the handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/basics-processes.html I guess I am not getting it can someone help me how are load averages figured out and what do they mean? What is a high load average? Here is the load on my system #w load averages: 1.52, 1.11, 1.04 #systat ~/0 /1 /2 /3 /4 /5 /6 /7 /8 /9 /10 ~ Load Average ~/0 /10 /20 /30 /40 /50 /60 /70 /80 /90 /100 ~ idle XXX root perl X root perl XXX # swapinfo Device 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity Type /dev/ad0s1b525120 272 524848 0%Interleaved -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFCb9JuU1XvdHZC/KcRAhzEAKCKpQnz+hCR6qEVgeJz+j58DG5KtwCfRQhh WhErjYIBjc4vuEiej3TyWlM= =gMiZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NLB Network Load Balance
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sean Murphy wrote: | I have dual NICs (Intel 1000/MT) in my FreeBSD 5.3 Server. I would like | to use both NICs to send and receive traffic for NLB. Each currently | has a different IP can some one point me in the right direction so that | they can act together? | | Thanks | | Anyone have any ideas? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCPxxUU1XvdHZC/KcRAhnGAKCpl1f4G+i59u+5SUXROD9VDTMSkgCeM2vC 5DXlEiEdAqKg7+BIi7vwWW0= =nrWH -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NLB Network Load Balance
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have dual NICs (Intel 1000/MT) in my FreeBSD 5.3 Server. I would like to use both NICs to send and receive traffic for NLB. Each currently has a different IP can some one point me in the right direction so that they can act together? Thanks - -- Sean Murphy Network Technician California Institute of the Arts [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCO1GCU1XvdHZC/KcRAvpFAJ9MjT+Ak3nffLaaY4AfqgvVHZtR1ACfTD/w sU3Sry8H1/BsdQj1NFNu43A= =oYTP -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
email and messanging
Is there a project that anyone is using that has the features of groupwise, openexchange or exchange? Features such as calender/todo list that other users can add to another users, public folders, etc... thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: email and messanging
Aaron Sloan wrote: Sean Murphy wrote: Is there a project that anyone is using that has the features of groupwise, openexchange or exchange? Features such as calender/todo list that other users can add to another users, public folders, etc... thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] /usr/ports/mail/evolution http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/features/evolution.html Aaron That looks like client cool. How about what you would replace on the server end to replace exchange or groupwise, or openexchange. Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kernel Question
The FreeBSD kernel is monolithic correct? Does it support or does it use kernel loadable modules and if so why? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NTP Output question
in my output from ntpdc -s i get the following $ ntpdc -s remote local st poll reach delay offsetdisp === *x.x.x.x 10.0.0.15 2 64 377 0.00018 0.029325 0.00363 .x.x.x.x 10.0.0.5 2 64 377 0.00017 0.030048 0.00325 what does the asterisk mean and the period mean before the server name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
kern secure level help
I have read different views about implementing a secure level on FreeBSD on the web one said to implement it and gave certain things that it does at the different levels -1, 0, 1, 2 one said that it would break certain applications as the need to write to some /dev areas one even said it is a false sense of security I guess by default FeeBSD runs at -1 what would most of you recommend doing? is this primary to keep local users (ssh) in check? does it help in remote attacks (buffer overflow) is it even needed? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NTP Output question
Whats does falseticker mean? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Username and password limits
We would like to use first initial last name for usernames on FreeBSD. I am use to Solaris which is normally eight and if you have a long password on Solaris it doesn't care what you type after 6 characters. By default what is the max username and password limit in characters? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
