Re: problem with script execution

Try adding "#!/bin/sh" as the first new line of your script. Roughly speaking: This makes the system use /bin/sh as the shell that executes the script. Specifying a PATH inside the script might help, too. Scripts have a very small environment set by default, so your PATH might be just something li

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Bit late, catching up on half a dozen questions-digests, but fwiw: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 157, Issue 26 > Message: 33 > Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 14:55:52 -0500 (EST) > From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hey all, the ipfw man page says rules can be deleted individ

IPFW: delete range of rules?

Sorry folks, forgot to paste the subject for my preceding message. Ah, the joys of replying to a -digest .. Ian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[

Re: Problem with https in konqueror - SOLVED

To recap, I did a portupgrade -aRrf and one of the consequences was ssl stopped working. I struggled through this one to get it working again. It was hard but I learned a very important lesson: [ to READ UPDATING thoroughly !!! ] <-- this can't be stressed enough Lane sugested this: > > rebui

Re: Western Australian Daylight Savings changes

On Friday December 01, 2006 at 06:03:12 (AM) Dean Hollister wrote: > To confuse things even more, Western Australia is starting daylight saving > for a 3 year trial. The start/stop dates are not uniform, just to make > life harder. The dates are as follows: > > First on: 2:00am Dec 3 > 200

Should I stop trusting my disk drive?

Hi List, HP compaq nx7000 laptop, FreeBSD gahr-laptop 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #2: Wed Nov 29 13:45:17 CET 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAHR i386 since a few days I have problems with my disk drive, a FUJITSU MHT2060AH/006C: ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying r

Portmanager Install - Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf

When i install any port with portmanager, i get the following error-message: ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: undefined method `x11base' for nil:NilClass ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: undefined method `x11base' for nil:NilClass ...

portmanager error: Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf

When i install any port with portmanager, i get the following error-message: ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: undefined method `x11base' for nil:NilClass ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: undefined method `x11base' for nil:NilClass ...

MailScanner and hardware security appliance

Dear all, Who got ideas about Security Hardware and Anti-spam gateway? -- *Rithy Ray, RCSA* Chief Executive Officer Web: www.rithy4u.net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: (855) 12 403 001 ___ freebsd-que

Re: portmanager error: Error occurred reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf - SOLVED

Gerard wrote: > On Friday December 01, 2006 at 07:18:16 (AM) Willem Hendriks wrote: > > >> When i install any port with portmanager, i get the following error-message: >> >> >> ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: >> undefined method `x11base' for nil:NilClass >> ** Err

Re: Ethereal version for FreeBSD 6.2 RC1

On 11/30/06, Jon Krause <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: "Saifi Khan" Subject: Ethereal version for FreeBSD 6.2 RC1 : Hi all: : : Is there a recommended version of Ethereal for FreeBSD 6.2 RC1 ? : : I tried searching in the ports and there don't seems to be any. : : Searching on ethereal for F

Re: portmanager error: Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf

On Friday 01 December 2006 12:18, Willem Hendriks wrote: > When i install any port with portmanager, i get the following > error-message: > > > ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: pkgtools.conf is the configuration file for portupgrade. Unfortunately the developer of portmanag

Re: Should I stop trusting my disk drive?

Pietro Cerutti wrote: Hi List, HP compaq nx7000 laptop, FreeBSD gahr-laptop 6.2-RC1 FreeBSD 6.2-RC1 #2: Wed Nov 29 13:45:17 CET 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GAHR i386 since a few days I have problems with my disk drive, a FUJITSU MHT2060AH/006C: ad0: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UD

BSDstats v5.0 Released (totally backwards compatible)

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've just extended the bsdstats script to allow for *optional* reporting of installed ports ... the only change for this is that its using 'nc' for reporting of ports, since it would break GETs length limits ... It reports in category, port and ver

Re: simple question...how to show packages which depend upon

Graham Bentley wrote: >> Example: you install Z, which depends on Y, which depends in X, >> ..., which depends on Q. >> What if Q is "xorg-server-6.9.0_1"? > > I installed 'feh' thinking wrongly it was a console app and ended up > getting x, xlibs etc etc when all I wanted was a console app to vie

Re: MailScanner and hardware security appliance

Office of CEO- rithy4u.NET wrote: Dear all, Who got ideas about Security Hardware and Anti-spam gateway? If you are asking about a packaged solution I would check out Fort Systems. http://www.fsl.com/ We tried several applications and settled on MailScanner which has proven to be an excell

Re: acpi and boot problem

leo fante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi > I've installed freebsd 6.1 on an old pc on which I've configured several > services. Everything worked fine since last week when the motherboard died. > I've replaced the mobo and found that now the acpi could work (with the old > motherboard > the ins

Re: Automount

Robert Davison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've just installed an external SCSI hard drive in the form of a sun > StorEdge. All is working well. > > The StorEdge has two drives called da0 and da1 respectivly. > > I've put entries into /etc/fstab so that they are mounted on boot as /

Fw: Re: problem with script execution

sorry, I hit reply, not reply all - Original Message - From: "Christian Walther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ray Still" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 1:03 AM Subject: Re: problem with script execution Try adding "#!/bin/sh" as the first new line of your scrip

ssh client affecting fonts?

hello, for some reason, when i do a 'make config' on a port, the border that used to be solid lines is no longer that way (at least when using SecureCRT). However, when i use putty, it looks as expected (and it used to in SecureCRT) a screen shot is here: http://mikestammer.com/private/port

Re: Fw: Re: problem with script execution

Ray Still wrote: Just out of curiosity: What is the "echo * |" supposed to do? From my point of view the shell will expand "*" to the list of files and directories in PWD, so "echo *" acts like a simple ls in this context. This list is piped to sudo. But what does sudo do with these? sorry, I

Dell PERC5/e RAID controller in 2950

Hello I see that this topic was discussed back in October but my specific question was not answered in that exchange. My question is: I am considering a Dell 2950 with the PERC5/e SAS RAID controller attached to their MD1000 SAS JBOD product and I would like to run 6.2- RELEASE on it (when it co

Re: Fw: Re: problem with script execution

- Original Message - From: "Alex Zbyslaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ray Still" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Fw: Re: problem with script execution Ray Still wrote: Just out of curiosity: What is the "echo * |" supposed to do? From my p

Touchpad and mousebuttons

I have three questions about the touchpad on my laptop: 1) Simulate three buttons: When using my laptop at my desk, I use a USB-mouse with three buttons. When I leave my desk, I unplug the extra mouse, and take my laptop with me, often without turning it off. Then, later, the click-both-buttons-at

Re: Fw: Re: problem with script execution

Ray Still wrote: Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Ray Still wrote: Just out of curiosity: What is the "echo * |" supposed to do? From my point of view the shell will expand "*" to the list of files and directories in PWD, so "echo *" acts like a simple ls in this context. This list is piped to sudo. B

How to get best results from FreeBSD-questions

How to get the best results from FreeBSD questions. === Last update $Date: 2005/08/10 02:21:44 $ This is a regular posting to the FreeBSD questions mailing list. If you got it in answer to a message you sent, it means that the sender thinks that a

"The Complete FreeBSD": errata and addenda

The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web page or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading edge computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. Unfortunately, The Complete FreeBSD, published by O'Reilly, is no exception. Inev

Re: ssh client affecting fonts?

Authentication required! This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the URL "/private/portconfig.png". You either supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials required. In case you are allowed to

Re: ssh client affecting fonts?

hackmiester (Hunter Fuller) wrote: Authentication required! This server could not verify that you are authorized to access the URL "/private/portconfig.png". You either supplied the wrong credentials (e.g., bad password), or your browser doesn't understand how to supply the credentials requir

SYMLINK

Please excuse my ignorance but I believe my symlink is not working, how can I verify a symlink? And Yes I am a newbie in the BSD / open source world. Jean-Paul Natola Network Administrator Information Technology Family Care International 588 Broadway Suite 503 New York, NY 10012 Phone:21

Re: SYMLINK

On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Please excuse my ignorance but I believe my symlink is not working, how can I verify a symlink? Most people use "ls -l" to see where the link is pointing; software generally uses lstat(2). And Yes I am a newbie in the BSD / open source

Re: Some php files in same directory of working files with same permissions won't process

Hello Christian, Good thought, but I grabbed it straight from a mirror with wget and did config file tweaks in vi. -John On 11/16/06, Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi John, has this file been edited on another platform, Windows in particular? I've seen many occasions where peo

Re: SYMLINK

Additionally, find can tell you if a symbolic link is broken: % ln -s ./linksource ./linkdest % file linkdest linkdest: broken symbolic link to `./linksource' (In this case "linksource simply doesn't exist...) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: ssh client affecting fonts?

Eric wrote: hello, for some reason, when i do a 'make config' on a port, the border that used to be solid lines is no longer that way (at least when using SecureCRT). However, when i use putty, it looks as expected (and it used to in SecureCRT) a screen shot is here: http://mikestammer.co

Re: NTPD not keeping time

--- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Kris Anderson wrote: > >> Your clock is off by a little over an hour; while > >> ntpd can correct very large offsets, doing so > takes a long time. > >> Kill ntpd, re-run "ntpdate -b", double-check that > your clock is sa

Re: ssh client affecting fonts?

Alex Zbyslaw wrote: Eric wrote: hello, for some reason, when i do a 'make config' on a port, the border that used to be solid lines is no longer that way (at least when using SecureCRT). However, when i use putty, it looks as expected (and it used to in SecureCRT) a screen shot is here:

Re: NTPD not keeping time

On 2006/12/01 8:56, Kris Anderson seems to have typed: > --- Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> However, if you are dual-booting between FreeBSD and >> Windows, you >> will also need to consider whether to keep the >> CMOS/BIOS clock >> running in UTC or in your local timezone; see "m

Re: NTPD not keeping time

On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Kris Anderson wrote: Darn the system time strayed over night. One thing I failed to mention is that freebsd is running on a virtual machine. Sigh-- you're right, you should have mentioned this before. One should not attempt to change the clock from within a virtual

Re: ssh client affecting fonts?

Eric wrote: Alex Zbyslaw wrote: So what terminal type is set when you use SecureCRT? putty will use something like xterm or vt100 both of which will display make config correctly, but a setting for a dumb terminal or no setting will look more like your screenshot. --Alex i have tried xt

Re: NTPD not keeping time

--On Friday, December 01, 2006 10:23:17 -0800 Chuck Swiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Kris Anderson wrote: >> Darn the system time strayed over night. One thing I >> failed to mention is that freebsd is running on a >> virtual machine. > > Sigh-- you're right, you

RE: SYMLINK

Additionally, find can tell you if a symbolic link is broken: % ln -s ./linksource ./linkdest % file linkdest linkdest: broken symbolic link to `./linksource' (In this case "linksource simply doesn't exist...) Uh-oh too much data - not processing- Maybe if I explain what I was doing- My /var

Bandwidth Throttling under FreeBSD 6.x ...

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Finding alot of ancient stuff on Google, but they all seem to revolve around ipfw, which I believe isn't so heavily recommended anymore? Can someone point me to a doc that talks about bandwidth throttling using, I'm guessing, pf, is the current? U

Re: SYMLINK

On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:38 AM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: I wanted to have the /var/spool/exim/ subdirecotries (scan , input db, msglog) run in the /usr slice (as it has ample space) So I MOVED exim to /usr/var2 and ran ln -s /var/spool/exim /usr/var2/exim but I don't think that's right Yep. Yo

Re: SYMLINK

Make sure that your exim data really resides in /usr/var2/exim. Afterwards, remove /var/spool/exim. The ln command won't remove any existing files and directories, but it doesn't complain in this case. And then you have to take care where you specify source and destination: The source is an existi

[Fwd: Re: FreeBSD 5.5 port vlc-devel core dump]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 08:51:33PM +0100, Roger Olofsson wrote: It is I that should say thanks ;^) I have tried using libmap.conf to remap libpthread to lib_r but that had no effect. Vlc reproduces the core dump exactly. I am not sure that creating libmap.conf in /etc and just entering as belo

Re: SYMLINK

On 01/12/06, Christian Walther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The ln command won't remove any existing files and directories, but it doesn't complain in this case. Forget it, of course it does complain... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http

Moving /var/mail

Hi, I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to /usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of course, I wish to maintain file permissions, ownerships, etc. I decided to try a dry run using a user home directory first to make sure this would

Re: Dell PERC5/e RAID controller in 2950

--On Friday, December 01, 2006 10:43:31 -0500 Adam Todorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello I see that this topic was discussed back in October but my specific question was not answered in that exchange. My question is: I am considering a Dell 2950 with the PERC5/e SAS RAID controller attac

RE: SYMLINK

Make sure that your exim data really resides in /usr/var2/exim. Afterwards, remove /var/spool/exim. The ln command won't remove any existing files and directories, but it doesn't complain in this case. And then you have to take care where you specify source and destination: The source is an existi

5.4 kernel crashdump not consistently working

hi, i have run into this strange problem of kernel crashdump not working consistently under FreeBSd 5.4. we have bunch of development machines with identical physical configurations, and every one of them is setup to save the vmcore after a panic. The difference as far as i could tell is the Fr

RE: Bandwidth Throttling under FreeBSD 6.x ...

Hello Mark: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc G. Fournier Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:28 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Bandwidth Throttling under FreeBSD 6.x ... -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Fin

Re: SYMLINK

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 12:30:51PM -0500, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Please excuse my ignorance but I believe my symlink is not working, how can I > verify a symlink? Just use it and see what happens. If it is a symlink to a directory, then do a cd to it. If it is to a text file, do a vi or some

Re: SYMLINK

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 09:35:23AM -0800, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Dec 1, 2006, at 9:30 AM, Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > >Please excuse my ignorance but I believe my symlink is not working, > >how can I > >verify a symlink? > > Most people use "ls -l" to see where the link is pointing; software

Re: Moving /var/mail

I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to /usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of course, I wish to maintain file permissions, ownerships, etc. I decided to try a dry run using a user home directory first to make sure this would work

RE: SYMLINK

You create this link (presuming all dirs exist). 'ln -s /some/other/dir/goodstuff /stuff' Then do 'cd /stuff' ...textfile You can use any text editor you like if vi is not to your taste (though you should at least learn how to use vi since it is so omnipresent in the UNIX world) > > A

Re: stop a freebsd server from responding to pinging?

On Thursday 30 November 2006 13:10, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On Nov 30, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Wasp King wrote: > > 1. How do I stop others from port scanning a server? > > Marcus Ranum suggests using wirecutters on the ethernet cable. > If the server is internet-reachable, then it can be port-scanned. >

Re: 5.4 kernel crashdump not consistently working

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 11:48:06AM -0800, Cheng Jin wrote: > hi, > > i have run into this strange problem of kernel crashdump not > working consistently under FreeBSd 5.4. we have bunch of development > machines with identical physical configurations, and every one of > them is setup to save the

Re: Moving /var/mail

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:20:42PM -0500, Lisa Casey wrote: > Hi, > > I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to > /usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of > course, I wish to maintain file permissions, ownerships, etc. I decided to >

Re: Moving /var/mail

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:22:01PM -0600, Philip Hallstrom wrote: > >I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to > >/usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of > >course, I wish to maintain file permissions, ownerships, etc. I decided to >

/usr/ports/x11-toolkits/eel linker error

What am I going wrong? Please help! System: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p10 #4: Thu Nov 30 13:33:49 CET 2006 The ports tree was updated yesterday, then I ran portupgrade -a It was completed today. Then I ran "portinstall gnome2" and got this error: grep: /usr/X11R6/lib/libgnomeui-2.la: No such file or

Configuring DNS (BIND) in isolation

Hello, I have a need to make my own DNS system on an isolated network. Years ago, I administered DNS for a couple of different companies, but that was quite a while ago and since I've turned to programming I haven't done much in the way of network administration. I recall from using BIND 4, whe

Re: Moving /var/mail

Hi Phillip, I'm a little confused... if you want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail why are you messing around with /home at all? As I said - that was a dry run to see if this would work the way I thought it would (it didn't). I'ld rather practice with a users home directory that isn't impo

RE: Best laptop for Freebsd

I really can't say enough times how much I love my IBM T23, it's a couple of years old and runs both WinXP and FreeBSD 6.1 like a charm. I only had a bit of a problems configuring X, but that's part me for not having much experience and was easily resolved by doing some digging in Google. -O

Re: Best laptop for Freebsd

I have an acer travelmate 2420 that requires ndis for the broadcom 4318 wireless card but other than that it works in linux and freebsd nearly out-of-the-box. I got it from newegg for 500 usd too. I'm very happy with it. Abe CyberSword wrote: I really can't say enough times how much I love

Jails not being assigned IP address?

Hello, I have three jails on one machine that won't resolve DNS because it looks as though the jails themselves aren't being assigned IP addresses. When I run ifconfig, none of the adapters have IPs assigned. The host is working fine. Can anyone explain why the jails aren't being assigned IPs? Wo

Re: Moving /var/mail

Lisa Casey wrote: > Hi, > > I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to > /usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of > course, I wish to maintain file permissions, ownerships, etc. I decided to > try a dry run using a user home directory f

Re: Best laptop for Freebsd

Abram B OLson wrote: I have an acer travelmate 2420 that requires ndis for the broadcom 4318 wireless card but other than that it works in linux and freebsd nearly out-of-the-box. I got it from newegg for 500 usd too. I'm very happy with it. Abe CyberSword wrote: I really can't say enough

Re: Configuring DNS (BIND) in isolation

On Dec 1, 2006, at 1:03 PM, Andrew Falanga wrote: I have a need to make my own DNS system on an isolated network. Years ago, I administered DNS for a couple of different companies, but that was quite a while ago and since I've turned to programming I haven't done much in the way of network

Re: Configuring DNS (BIND) in isolation

Andrew Falanga wrote: > I have a need to make my own DNS system on an isolated network. Years ago, > I administered DNS for a couple of different companies, but that was > quite a > while ago and since I've turned to programming I haven't done much in the > way of network administration. I recal

Re: Moving /var/mail

On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 03:22:48PM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Fri, Dec 01, 2006 at 02:20:42PM -0500, Lisa Casey wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I want to move /var/mail to /usr/var/mail, then symlink /var/mail to > > /usr/var/mail to free up space on my (too small on this machine) /var. Of >

Re: Automount

I've read various documents on amd, but am having issues... My fstab for the drives (there is two drives contained within a Sun StorEdge S1) reads: /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 /dev/da0s1d /s none rw,noauto 0 0 /dev/da1s1b none swap sw

Automount

After some kind advice from this mail list, im trying to set up an amd automount so that my external hard drive doesnt have to be on all the time for the main server to boot. My fstab for the drives (there is two drives contained within a Sun StorEdge S1) reads: /dev/da0s1bnoneswap

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

Re: Xorg: How to change background?

On 11/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Can Xorg show another background than grey grid, for example black screen? /usr/ports/graphics/qiv -x image -- Linux is for people who hate Micro$oft. BSD is for people who love Unix ... ___ f

Re: Soft Updates Help

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

Help-me, how to install freebsd in

I am have problem when try install FreeBsd in Notebook Acer Aspire 5003. I'm think that problem is in hard-disk, because it say that geometry is wrong. I am thankful ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf

Re: Soft Updates Help

Sean Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. That's not the purpose. The purpose is to improve p

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 sys

Re: Soft Updates Help

On Dec 1, 2006, at 5:42 PM, Sean Murphy wrote: Thank you for your knowledge on this issue. I have a few questions that I need your help to clarify. You are welcome, although knowledge can be a tricky thing. :-) "Snapshots are taken via mksnap_ffs; some other tools like fsck or dump also

Re: stop a freebsd server from responding to pinging?

Josh Paetzel wrote: On Thursday 30 November 2006 13:10, Chuck Swiger wrote: On Nov 30, 2006, at 10:55 AM, Wasp King wrote: 1. How do I stop others from port scanning a server? Marcus Ranum suggests using wirecutters on the ethernet cable. If the server is internet-reachable, then it can be por

Re: Soft Updates Help

Bill Moran wrote: Sean Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. That's not the purpose. The purpose is

Re: SYMLINK

Jean-Paul Natola wrote: Please excuse my ignorance but I believe my symlink is not working, how can I verify a symlink? And Yes I am a newbie in the BSD / open source world. Jean-Paul Natola Network Administrator Information Technology Family Care International 588 Broadway Suite 503 N

Freebsd Fail to boot

Hi, I have freebsd 6.1 and 6.2 RC1 and i trying to install to my desktop computer using old motherboard ASUS P4S533 but everytime install is finish and trying to boot from HD its make my coumputer reboot and reboot again seems something wrong with boot loader, is there something i can do to mak

Re: Data Recovery

On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 03:29:39AM -0800, Rachel Florentine wrote: > Is there a data recovery utility anywhere available? > Not one that loads into Windoze, but straight into FBSD. maybe ports/sysutils/sleuthkit is what you need? -- Best regards, Kirill Spitsin

Re: Installation Problem

77- Original Message From: Tom McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just install from the FreeBSD ports tree. > > cd /usr/ports/net/py-ldap2 && make install clean Thanks, Rachel Yahoo! Music Unlimite

Re: problem with script execution SOLVED!

On Friday 01 December 2006 1:03 am, Christian Walther wrote: > Try adding "#!/bin/sh" as the first new line of your script. Roughly > speaking: This makes the system use /bin/sh as the shell that executes > the script. > Specifying a PATH inside the script might help, too. Scripts have a > very sma

Re: Help-me, how to install freebsd in

On Saturday 02 December 2006 06:10, João Batista da Silva Filho wrote: > I am have problem when try install FreeBsd in Notebook Acer Aspire 5003. > I'm think that problem is in hard-disk, because it say that > geometry is wrong. > > I am thankful > I guess that this error can usu