Re: Distributing kernel to identical machine (with MAC, AUDIT)

2007-05-27 Thread mal content
On 27/05/07, Dimitar Vasilev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Yup on 4 conditions: 1. you have serial console access to all machines. 2. you've tested that kernel works. 3. backed up the previous kernel 4. have not raised securelevel to 1 and have added the proper rc.conf values and got the appropriat

Distributing kernel to identical machine (with MAC, AUDIT)

2007-05-26 Thread mal content
I compiled a kernel with: options MAC options AUDIT I need to copy this kernel to a couple of (identical) machines. Assuming that I've just used vanilla defaults (with regards to CFLAGS, make.conf) and the hardware is identical, is it safe to just tar /boot/kernel and copy to the other machines?

Re: Why is portupgrade not logging?

2007-05-12 Thread mal content
On 13/05/07, mal content <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am running the command like this: DATE_YEAR=`date +%Y` DATE_MONTH=`date +%m` DATE_DAY=`date +%d` LOG_BASE="$HOME/var/log/portupgrade" LOG="${LOG_BASE}/${DATE_YEAR}/${DATE_MONTH}/${DATE_DAY}_%s:%s.log" portupg

Why is portupgrade not logging?

2007-05-12 Thread mal content
I am running the command like this: DATE_YEAR=`date +%Y` DATE_MONTH=`date +%m` DATE_DAY=`date +%d` LOG_BASE="$HOME/var/log/portupgrade" LOG="${LOG_BASE}/${DATE_YEAR}/${DATE_MONTH}/${DATE_DAY}_%s:%s.log" portupgrade \ -aRrv \ --batch \ -L "${LOG}" No files are ever created in ~/var/log/portup

Re: Peak SOHO wired network camera.

2007-05-08 Thread mal content
On 08/05/07, Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Checking out the peakhardware's website I see this camera is distributed by a single company in the USA and their website does not list the camera for sale. I would pass on this camera. Yes, I think you're right... MC ___

Peak SOHO wired network camera.

2007-05-07 Thread mal content
Hello. I'm thinking of buying a few of these cameras for security reasons and I'd like to know if anybody has them working under FreeBSD. I'm after the wired model, not the wireless model. http://www.peakhardware.com/products/productdetail.asp?Id=32&A=3&B=15&C=45 I'm told that the included soft

'Safest' filesystem defaults

2007-04-03 Thread mal content
Hello. Which filesystem options are the 'safest' in terms of data loss after power failure? I'm current using: /dev/ad0s1f on /usr (ufs, local, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s1d on /var (ufs, local, nosuid, soft-updates) /dev/ad1s1d on /mnt/home (ufs, local, nosuid, soft-updates) /dev/ad0s1e.eli on /tm

Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write

2007-04-02 Thread mal content
On 02/04/07, Peter A. Giessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 2007/04/01 23:21, bram seems to have typed: > If both machines are connected through a network you may also want to > take a look at netatalk or Samba or NFS. For my network, I mostly transfer files between my Macs (5 boxes) and FreeBS

Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write

2007-04-01 Thread mal content
On 01/04/07, Eric Crist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Apr 1, 2007, at 12:53 PM, mal content wrote: > Hello. > > I have a small USB hard disk enclosure and would like to start > using it to transfer files between OS X and FreeBSD machines. > > Is there a filesystem that b

Re: Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write

2007-04-01 Thread mal content
On 01/04/07, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Apr 1, 2007, at 11:53 AM, mal content wrote: > Hello. > > I have a small USB hard disk enclosure and would like to start > using it to transfer files between OS X and FreeBSD machines. Have you tried F

Filesystem that both FreeBSD and OS X can read/write

2007-04-01 Thread mal content
Hello. I have a small USB hard disk enclosure and would like to start using it to transfer files between OS X and FreeBSD machines. Is there a filesystem that both OS X and FreeBSD can reliably read and write to? I've heard that OS X supports UFS, but there's no clear definition on what UFS actu

Having trouble with viewvc package.

2007-02-26 Thread mal content
Hi. I'm trying to create a binary package of viewvc that can be installed on my web server. The port, however, seems to create a package with the wrong dependency information. I've tried various combinations of 'make package' and 'make package- recursive' but I always end up with a package that

Re: mixer strangeness?

2006-10-22 Thread mal content
Sorry, let me try that one again. I've just re-read it and it's totally incoherent. I believe it can be reduced to: How do I set the volume of my Creative Soundblaster Live card using mixer(8)? The output of mixer shows all zeroes and yet I'm still getting a full signal: Mixer vol is curre

mixer strangeness?

2006-10-22 Thread mal content
Hi. I have a (crappy) old Soundblaster Live PCI card in this machine, using the snd_emu10k driver. I'm trying to work out whether this is the fault of the driver or some strange userland mixer settings. Essentially mixer shows: Mixer vol is currently set to 0:0 Mixer pcm is currentl

Once again lost in the woods with QEMU, pf, bridge.sh, tap...

2006-08-11 Thread mal content
Hello. I'm trying to get qemu with tap networking happening under FreeBSD 6.1. I did make some progress with the last solution given to me, but I still couldn't get it to work. Doing things this way seems to be the only method that works for me currently. The main problem I'm having is that I ca

Re: qemu with tap networking on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-07-29 Thread mal content
On 29/07/06, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "mal content" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28/07/06, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Personally I prefer to use NAT to connect qemu > > (and jails) with the world outside. This wa

Re: qemu with tap networking on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-07-28 Thread mal content
On 28/07/06, Fabian Keil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: "mal content" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Followed instructions from various places and ended up with > the following procedure: > > # kldload bridge.ko > # sysctl net.link.ether.bridge_cfg=fxp0,tap0 >

qemu with tap networking on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-07-28 Thread mal content
Hi. I've been having serious trouble with this. I posted a message in the qemu forum, but with only 30-something threads in the BSD section, I don't think it's really a good place to get a decent answer about BSD. A copy of the post follows: Followed instructions from various places and ended

Re: Enermax USB enclosure

2006-07-03 Thread mal content
I've noticed that even Mac OS X seems to get the disk sizes wrong for this disk, it thinks that it's a 2TB (!) drive when it's actually 160gb. I've just tried a couple of other disks and I'm beginning to suspect that the culprit is actually this crappy Maxtor disk. I've managed to mount an old S

Enermax USB enclosure

2006-07-03 Thread mal content
Anybody had any luck getting one of these working? It's specifically an Enermax External Enclosure EB305C, IDE/SATA to USB2.0. Upon plugging in the device, with an unformatted Maxtor (hack, spit) hard disk: Jul 3 20:50:44 logik kernel: umass0: Macpower &Tytech Tech USB2.0 Enclosure, rev 2.00/1

Re: Enermax USB enclosure

2006-07-03 Thread mal content
On 03/07/06, mal content <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anybody had any luck getting one of these working? It's specifically an Enermax External Enclosure EB305C, IDE/SATA to USB2.0. Sorry, forgot to mention that I'm on FreeBSD-6.0-RELEASE on generic i3

Re: Quick question on newfs

2006-02-20 Thread mal content
Thanks a lot for the confirmation, it worked nicely. # newfs /dev/ad0s1e # mount /tmp # chmod 1777 /tmp a1 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAI

Quick question on newfs

2006-02-20 Thread mal content
I was setting up encrypted swap with GELI and accidentally blew away my /tmp partition with: # dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ad0s1e bs=1m Understandably, it will no longer allow me to mount /tmp, so how do I use newfs to recreate the partition? I want to be absolutely sure before entering any disk mo