Re: Newbie question

2003-07-29 Thread B.Bonev
OK. But 192.168.1 can't connect to shared resorces on 192.168.2? Any suggestion? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Newbie question

2003-07-29 Thread JacobRhoden
On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 03:12 pm, B.Bonev wrote: OK. But 192.168.1 can't connect to shared resorces on 192.168.2? Any suggestion? I am no expert, but I can think of a few things: - both machines have the proper gateway ip set (as just mentioned in email) - the freebsd box rc.conf not setup

Re: Newbie...

2003-07-25 Thread Bob Bomar
On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 04:45:22PM -0400, Robert wrote: I've been messing around with the installion of Freebsd and think I've got it after a few tries (I think). I'm at the username # command line. It also says I got mail. But now I'm so lost. I've downloaded Doc's, handbooks and other

Re: Newbie...

2003-07-25 Thread anubis
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 06:45 am, Robert wrote: I've been messing around with the installion of Freebsd and think I've got it after a few tries (I think). I'm at the username # command line. It also says I got mail. But now I'm so lost. I've downloaded Doc's, handbooks and other information but I

Re: Newbie...

2003-07-24 Thread Mark
- Original Message - From: Robert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 10:45 PM Subject: Newbie... I've been messing around with the installion of Freebsd and think I've got it after a few tries (I think). I'm at the username # command line. It also

Re: Newbie...

2003-07-24 Thread Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
I've been messing around with the installion of Freebsd and think I've got it after a few tries (I think). I'm at the username # command line. It also says I got mail. But now I'm so lost. I've downloaded Doc's, handbooks and other information but I don't know where to go next. If anyone could

Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist

2003-07-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adam King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am new to FreeBSD and recently bought a packaged CD set and am What version? installing it on a second hard drive. I am booting directly from the CD, configure all relevant option and and when I commit to installing, it fails with the error message:

Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist

2003-07-13 Thread Adam King
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:08 AM Subject: Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist Adam King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am new to FreeBSD and recently bought a packaged CD set and am What version? installing it on a second hard drive. I am booting directly from

RE: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist

2003-07-13 Thread Katinka Mills
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Adam King Sent: Monday, 14 July 2003 9:05 AM To: Lowell Gilbert Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist Version number is 5.1. I am using an older computer

Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist

2003-07-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Adam King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Version number is 5.1. I am using an older computer, a Dell OptiPlex GX1100 (Approx 3 years old), someone else replied saying that they had the same problem with 5.1 on older hardware. Hmm. Please remember that 5.1 is intended for early adopters, and

Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist

2003-07-13 Thread Adam King
for the help. Cheers, Adam - Original Message - From: Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Adam King [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:25 AM Subject: Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist Adam King [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Version number

Re: Newbie proxy question

2003-07-13 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Remington L. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am interested in installing an FTP proxy server on my default gateway. I understand caching and all that, my question goes along the lines of security. Lets say I leave ports 21, 20 open on the server(default gateway) and I have another machine which

Re: Newbie install error mounting /dev/acd0 on /dist

2003-07-13 Thread Stephen
Being new to this myself, I can only tell you that I had the same problem with the 5.1 CURRENT release. It worked fine on one of my newer machines but your mentioned error came up on one of my older ones. I tried the 4.8 STABLE release and it worked fine on both machines. -Steve On Sun,

RE: Newbie with problem

2003-07-12 Thread Derrick Ryalls
I have been trying to run the Lynx web browser it tells me Command not found, is Lynx not part of the base installation for Free BSD? ===[root] /usr/ports # make search name=lynx Port: ja-lynx-2.8.4.rel1 Path: /usr/ports/japanese/lynx Info: A terminal-based World-Wide Web Client with

Re: Newbie Firewall Question

2003-07-12 Thread Herbert Wolverson
On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 12:33:47AM +0200, mempheria wrote: Q1: i just setup my first ipfw/with natd firewall :-) i run the preconfigured firewalltype called simple can anyone help me make a ruleset that blocks all to inside (except dhcp from my isp ssh from inside) and allows everything

RE: Newbie Right of Passage -- Kernel Compilation Problems :-)

2003-07-03 Thread Derrick Ryalls
Hello all, I have forwarded a message that's about two weeks old from the -newbies list. As you'll see, the problem is related to kernel compilation. One bit of update to this old message: I got wise to it (slightly), and decided that despite the fact that I didn't have an ISA

Re: newbie: weekly tape backup advice

2003-06-26 Thread admin
On Thu, 26 Jun 2003 00:36:01 -0700, Ryan Merrick wrote admin wrote: Hi, I need some help setting up a tape backup system. I have two FreeBSD machines and on external SCSI Onstream ADR50. Got any clues how I can start a weekly back up plan here? Thanks in advance, Noah

Re: newbie: weekly tape backup advice

2003-06-23 Thread Chris
admin wrote: Hi, I need some help setting up a tape backup system. I have two FreeBSD machines and on external SCSI Onstream ADR50. Got any clues how I can start a weekly back up plan here? Thanks in advance, Noah ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing

Re: newbie: weekly tape backup advice

2003-06-23 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hi, I need some help setting up a tape backup system. I have two FreeBSD machines and on external SCSI Onstream ADR50. Got any clues how I can start a weekly back up plan here? It depends a little on the size of your disk compared to your tape capacity. It also depends on how much -

RE: Newbie wirless install question

2003-06-11 Thread Scott Miller
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:02 AM To: Scott Miller; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie wirless install question windows. After I boot into freebsd I use ifconfig to set the SSID and the wepkey. The link light on the card is solid (this usually means the card is configured

RE: Newbie wirless install question

2003-06-10 Thread Scott Miller
=Donner Pass (this is correct) wep is on, channel 1, and 128 bit key (all correct) Thanks, Scott -Response-- From: sektie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:02 AM To: Scott Miller; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie wirless install question windows. After I boot

Re: Newbie wirless install question

2003-06-10 Thread Matthew Ryan
Hi Scot, On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 03:13 PM, Scott Miller wrote: I am still trying to get my wireless card working. What am I doing wrong? It should get an address via DHCP. (I did not see where this was indicated in ifconfig.) ifconfig won't tell you how it got it's address. Can you

Re: Newbie wirless install question

2003-06-09 Thread sektie
windows. After I boot into freebsd I use ifconfig to set the SSID and the wepkey. The link light on the card is solid (this usually means the card is configured and connected correctly). Heh, I'm wondering if you did the same thing I did. You set the WEP key, but did you turn WEP on? ;)

RE: Newbie wirless install question

2003-06-09 Thread Scott Miller
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 5:02 AM To: Scott Miller; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Newbie wirless install question windows. After I boot into freebsd I use ifconfig to set the SSID and the wepkey. The link light on the card is solid (this usually means the card is configured

Re: Newbie question

2003-06-08 Thread David Banning
On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 09:28:06PM -0500, Brent E. Waldrep wrote: First thing, I know very little about Free BSD and Unix and Lunix I have just got a server off Ebay, and would like to install Free BSD on it. However, I'm getting stuck on the very first step, The bootable floppy disk. I

Re: Newbie question

2003-06-07 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Brent E. Waldrep [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: First thing, I know very little about Free BSD and Unix and Lunix I have just got a server off Ebay, and would like to install Free BSD on it. However, I'm getting stuck on the very first step, The bootable floppy disk. I have downloaded both

Re: newbie installing from dos partition

2003-04-05 Thread kitsune
On Sat, 5 Apr 2003 00:59:01 -0800 (PST) Dino Vliet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to install freebsd on my notebook and I'm planning to do this by making a c:/freebsd map on my windows98 partition and copying the files from the ftp site to that directory. However, there is one complain.

RE: newbie: rotating logs

2003-04-04 Thread Barry Byrne
man newsyslog - Barry -- Barry Byrne, IT Manager, WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of admin2 Sent: 04 April 2003 17:31 newbie admin: running FreeBSD 4.7 Stable

Re: newbie: rotating logs

2003-04-04 Thread Peter Elsner
man newsyslog At 08:31 AM 4/4/2003 -0800, you wrote: newbie admin: running FreeBSD 4.7 Stable I am having a bit of trouble finding this. Is there a FAQ or tutorial that discusses the standard convention of rotating log files? I am seeing my /var/log/messages and /var/log/maillog files

Re: newbie: rotating logs

2003-04-04 Thread Rich Winkel
Look at /etc/newsyslog.conf According to admin2: newbie admin: running FreeBSD 4.7 Stable I am having a bit of trouble finding this. Is there a FAQ or tutorial that discusses the standard convention of rotating log files? I am seeing my /var/log/messages and /var/log/maillog files

Re: newbie: access cisco router

2003-04-04 Thread alexander v p
Hi, check minicom or cu. hth, alex On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Moritz Fromwald wrote: Hello, What is the best methode to access a cisco router via a console cable on freebsd ,like hyperterminal in windoze? are there config tools for cisco routers under freebsd? thx regards moritz fromwald

Re: newbie: access cisco router

2003-04-04 Thread Victor Bondarenko
On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:25:45PM +0200, Moritz Fromwald wrote: What is the best methode to access a cisco router via a console cable on freebsd ,like hyperterminal in windoze? tip(1) Usually, # tip com1 will do the trick. Victor -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: newbie: access cisco router

2003-04-04 Thread Dru
On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Moritz Fromwald wrote: Hello, What is the best methode to access a cisco router via a console cable on freebsd ,like hyperterminal in windoze? are there config tools for cisco routers under freebsd? If you'd like a tutorial, try:

Re: newbie: access cisco router

2003-04-04 Thread Brent Bailey
Ive actually had good luck with using minicom terminal emulation programits in the ports collection Brent On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Moritz Fromwald wrote: Hello, What is the best methode to access a cisco router via a console cable on freebsd ,like hyperterminal in windoze? are there

Re: newbie: www directory access

2003-04-04 Thread Odhiambo Washington
* admin2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20030404 21:24]: wrote: Running FreeBSD4.7 Stable I am virtually hosting some www domains. I am using apache. What is the standard recommended convention for allow specific users update access to specific www directories? Should I just create a separate

Re: newbie : no mouse in x

2003-03-11 Thread Lee Harr
I just installed FreeBSD 4.7 and it works fine in the shell but when I try to get into KDE or GNOME I have no mouse. I've used Do you need mouse in the text console? I never use that, and so in all my XF86Config files, I just use the raw mouse device: /dev/psm0 usually, the type auto works,

Re: newbie : no mouse in x

2003-03-11 Thread Rob
On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 07:17:39PM +, Lee Harr wrote: Do you need mouse in the text console? I never use that, and so in all my XF86Config files, I just use the raw mouse device: /dev/psm0 usually, the type auto works, sometimes I have to use type microsoft. If you don't need mouse

Re: [newbie] pkg_fetch fails to fetch files

2003-03-05 Thread Jens Rehsack
Andy Park wrote: I'm trying to run 'portupgrade' to update my part of my package tree. (FreeBSD 4.7 off the mini-ISO) So am I doing something wrong? Maybe. To install openssl I recommend updating your world. To fix your download location, maybe MASTER_SITES should be overwritten (see

Re: [newbie] pkg_fetch fails to fetch files

2003-03-04 Thread Kjell
I'm trying to run 'portupgrade' to update my part of my package tree. (FreeBSD 4.7 off the mini-ISO) 'pkg_fetch', which is used by 'portupgrade', keeps looking for packages in the wrong path; ftp://ftp.uk.mirror.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/All; instead of .../pub/FreeBSD/ports/packages/All.

Re: Newbie Wireless Networking

2003-02-06 Thread Dan Pelleg
Scot Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently converted my old HP Pavilion 6330 to FreeBSD 4.5. It has 48 MB RAM, 4GB hard drive, and 300 Mhz AMD K-6 processor. I also have a small wireless network in my home. An Apple Airport base station w/ iMac and iBook, both running Mac OS 10.2.3

Re: Newbie Wireless Networking

2003-02-06 Thread Scot Johnson
On Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 05:55 AM, Dan Pelleg wrote: Scot Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I recently converted my old HP Pavilion 6330 to FreeBSD 4.5. It has 48 MB RAM, 4GB hard drive, and 300 Mhz AMD K-6 processor. I also have a small wireless network in my home. An Apple

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-24 Thread Gary Schenk
- Original Message - From: John Bleichert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 9:41 PM Subject: Re: newbie mail help On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Gary Schenk wrote: major snippage I've used lots of email

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-22 Thread Gary Schenk
- Original Message - From: Giorgos Keramidas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:53 AM Subject: Re: newbie mail help First, thanks to Mike, Giorgos, Scott and others for trying to help. On 2003-01-20 16:32, Gary

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-22 Thread John Bleichert
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Gary Schenk wrote: major snippage Mike has suggested that Pine does not need fetchmail. That makes sense. In the Pine man pages it says c-client is used to access mail severs. I cannot find help for c-client. Nor do I find a place to tell Pine about my ISP's pop3 server.

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-21 Thread Gary Schenk
- Original Message - From: Mike Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're right - most of the documentation is geared towards setting up a server. That's because that's the difficult part, and setting up as just a client depends on which of the many clients you've chosen. Basically, what you

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-21 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2003-01-20 16:32, Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am attempting to use Pine with fetchmail and sendmail over a cable modem to my ISP. There is some basic setting that I am unaware of. I now can send mail and newsgroup messages out over the internet, but the return address is

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-21 Thread Mike Meyer
In 002b01c2c0e4$880c9e40$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I am attempting to use Pine with fetchmail and sendmail over a cable modem to my ISP. I can't help with pine. Hopefully, someone else will tell you how to configure pine's username. The fetchmail man page says

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-19 Thread Shantanu Mahajan
+++ Gary Schenk [freebsd] [17-01-03 22:28 -0800]: | I've been installing FreeBSD on my home desktop. A little each day I spend | configuring. I've worked out most things with books and man pages. I am | connected to the internet by cable modem. Links worked perfectly right away. | Where I am

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-19 Thread John Bleichert
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: Subject: Re: newbie mail help +++ Gary Schenk [freebsd] [17-01-03 22:28 -0800]: | I've been installing FreeBSD on my home desktop. A little each day I spend | configuring. I've worked out most things with books and man pages. I am | connected

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-19 Thread Gary Schenk
- Original Message - From: John Bleichert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: Re: newbie mail help On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: Subject: Re: newbie mail help +++ Gary Schenk

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-19 Thread John Bleichert
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Gary Schenk wrote: On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: Subject: Re: newbie mail help major snippage # cd /etc/mail # make # vi `hostname`.mc now change the line dnl define(`SMART_HOST', `your.isp.mail.server') to define(`SMART_HOST

Re: newbie fetchmail help

2003-01-19 Thread Scott Robbins
On Sun, Jan 19, 2003 at 07:11:28PM -0800, Gary Schenk wrote: Thanks to the readers of this group I can now send mail with Pine. I am doing something wrong with my fetchmail configuration, however. I am not even sure where to start troubleshooting. My .fetchmail.log file reads, in part:

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-18 Thread Quinn Ellis
At 10:28 PM 17/01/2003 -0800, you wrote: I've been installing FreeBSD on my home desktop. A little each day I spend configuring. I've worked out most things with books and man pages. I am connected to the internet by cable modem. Links worked perfectly right away. Where I am failing is setting up

Re: newbie mail help

2003-01-18 Thread Mike Meyer
In 002b01c2beba$c1d2b000$[EMAIL PROTECTED], Gary Schenk [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: I've been installing FreeBSD on my home desktop. A little each day I spend configuring. I've worked out most things with books and man pages. I am connected to the internet by cable modem. Links worked perfectly

solved : Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

2003-01-15 Thread Stephen D. Kingrea
2 problems 1 cable modem needed 10baset connection. changed rc.conf= ifconfig_dc0=inet xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx mask 255.255.255.0 media 10baseT/UTP fixed that problem 2 didn't need pppoe after all! after changing media, was able to ping external router btw, this is charter pipeline (vermont) service

Re: Newbie needs help with installation tasks.

2003-01-12 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 11:19:35PM +, Steve Gladstone wrote: I formatted two floppy disks and used the /tools/fdimage utility on the CD-R disk to copy /floppies/kern.flp and /floppies/mfsroot.flp to the floppy disks. I rebooted again with the new partition marked as active after

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

2003-01-11 Thread Stephen D. Kingrea
ok here is what i get www# /usr/sbin/ppp Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 tun0: Command: default: add default HISADDR tun0: Command: default: enable DNS tun0: Command: default: set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.0/2 255.255.255 0.0.0.0 tun0: Command: default: set authname **

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

2003-01-11 Thread Matthew Emmerton
attempting to run pppoe on freebsd 4.7 over cable/dsl connection. manual says kernel recompilation unnecessary for this release in order to run pppoe. however, netgraph does not seem to be loading at boot time. additionally, pppoe seems unable to get past lcp when connecting. how can i tell

Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph

2003-01-11 Thread Matthew Emmerton
What does your ppp.conf look like? For PPPoE, it you should have a line like this: [ dang email client ] set device PPPoE:ed1 where ed1 is the network card that is hooked up to your DSL modem. -- Matt www# /usr/sbin/ppp Working in interactive mode Using interface: tun0 tun0:

Re: newbie cluele re routing issue

2003-01-10 Thread Stephen D. Kingrea
yes, it is cable/dsl. that would explain the lack of connectivity under the linksys scenario. i will try this again and report back. thank you for the clue stephen d. kingrea On 10 Jan 2003, Matt Smith wrote: Regarding your ISP -- is this a DSL connection? If so, your DMZ server

Re: Newbie - creating a VCD

2002-11-27 Thread Drew Raines
Fuzzy [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Please use a real name. I'm trying to create vcd from an mpg file. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/freebsd-questions/ I got the port of vcdimager installed. It processed the .mpg into a .bin and .cue file. Now, how do I burn

Re: newbie help, bad kernel?

2002-10-17 Thread Roman Neuhauser
# [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-10-15 17:18:51 -0400: Help I was installing from a cd and the system locked up I rebooted and the screen says: FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default:0:ad(0.a)/kernel boot: OR every other time it says something to the effect of cant load kernel and cant load

Re: newbie help, bad kernel?

2002-10-17 Thread mprime
FreeBSD/i386 BOOT Default:0:ad(0.a)/kernel boot: OR every other time it says something to the effect of cant load kernel and cant load kernel.old type help for a list of commands. I told the BIOS to look at the CD drive first hoping it would boot from the CD but that doesnt work.

Re: Newbie question about apache

2002-07-25 Thread Henrik Hudson
Userland startup scripts (ie: the ones created by the admin) go in: /usr/local/etc/rc.d Create a shell script, for this example: apache.sh and then chmod 755 it. Note: The files HAVE to be called something.sh and they HAVE to be chmod 755 otherwise they don't work. Note: Use the

Re: Newbie question about apache

2002-07-25 Thread Roman Neuhauser
From: Erik Mattsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Newbie question about apache Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 10:27:32 +0200 Hi I've just installed the apache2 from /usr/ports/www, and I want this to run everytime when I reboot the machine. How do I do it? i don't know

Re: Newbie question about apache

2002-07-25 Thread Mike Woods
I've just installed the apache2 from /usr/ports/www, and I want this to run everytime when I reboot the machine. How do I do it? It sets itself up to launch at startup automaticly, you shouldnt have to do a thing. -- Mike Woods WoA SE Webmonkey General Dogsbody Amiga North Thames Webmaster

Re: Newbie question about apache

2002-07-25 Thread Erik Mattsson
Subject: Re: Newbie question about apache I've just installed the apache2 from /usr/ports/www, and I want this to run everytime when I reboot the machine. How do I do it? It sets itself up to launch at startup automaticly, you shouldnt have to do a thing. -- Mike Woods WoA SE Webmonkey

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