Why /bin/sh doesn't like the line: if test x$my_var == xyes; then

configure file got this line and it causes the message: test: xyes: unexpected operator But removing spaces around == or replacing == with = makes it to work. On Linux though this line works fine. Why spaces around == would cause failure? What is the version of /bin/sh currently used in 7.2?

ps2 optical wheel mouse problems

all distros of linux I've used so far. I've tried every configuration I can think of under the sun. Does anyone have any recomendations? thnx -- Jerry M. Howell II ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: ps2 optical wheel mouse problems

On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 06:55:50PM +0100, Alex de Kruijff wrote: On Sun, Feb 29, 2004 at 09:39:26AM -0700, Jerry M. Howell II wrote: Hello all., I recently installed freeBSD 5.2 and have a problem. I have most everything working corectly except the mouse. I set it to auto

Re: Restricting SSH access to only a users home directory.....

your refering to is a jail. I didn't do much searching but a quick google search brought this up http://docs.freebsd.org/44doc/papers/jail/jail.html I'm almost for certian the handbook on http://www.freebsd.org also has some information on this. -- Jerry M. Howell II

Re: WU FTPD

alternatives. Many ppl have substituted proftp in it's place and pureftp is starting to gain popularity -- Jerry M. Howell II ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail

Re: DNS server

hi how i can install and configure DNS server in freeBSD???plzz tell me step by step It's outlined in many howto's and the handbook as well as google. Also the are some classes out there. If you work at it hard enough you might be suprised how easy it is to set up. -- Jerry M

Re: books

On Sun, Jul 27, 2003 at 07:25:33PM -0700, Karl Agee wrote: Ok, so, if you could buy only ONE of the currently available FreeBSD books, which one would it be??? I only have one book. I haven't had any problems with freeBSD uleashed by sams -- Jerry M. Howell II

Re: .htpasswd creation

browser asks for a password but I never get allowed past the password popup. This might or might not make a difference but try changeing the group to the same group you have apache running. If apache can't read it, it's goinna give you an error. -- Jerry M. Howell II

Re: How do I get KDE to run?

have kde installed and a properly configured Xwindows system. -- Jerry M. Howell II ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Should we accept this?

goes anti-windows he'll go to something like mandrake wich does recognize most of these printers right from the get go. I think this all about the control and tweeking you can do. Not exactly sure as my printer died and I'm useing my wifes windows MFC machine for now. -- Jerry M. Howell II