PaX in FreeBSD like grsecurity and OpenBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Willem Hendriks
OpenBSD has: Memory protection purify * W^X * .rodata segment * Guard pages * Randomized malloc() * Randomized mmap() * atexit() and stdio protection In grsecurity there is PaX: http://pax.grsecurity.net/ Can these features really prevent some exploits? I tried to search equivalants in F

Re: dc0 card drops connection on FreeBSD 6.1

2006-12-02 Thread Watanabe Kazuhiro
Hi. At Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:44:01 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > I am having issues with an ethernet card running under FreeBSD > 6.1-RELEASE. It is dc0 and pciconf reports it as Conexant Systems. > Network connections hang most of the time and usually timeout. FTP and > HTTP downloads with move a

share/locale/pl not in mtree

2006-12-02 Thread Pankov Pavel
Why does /usr/local/share/locale/pl directory isn't mentioned in src/etc/mtree/BSD.local.dist? I can see files in that dir from, for example, devel/subversion or print/cups, but can't see any code that deletes this dir in case of deinstall. Isn't it a violation of the rule "everything created on

pkgtools.conf error with portmanager

2006-12-02 Thread Gerard Seibert
I know this was reported the other day; however, I have just encountered it myself. Evidently, the last 'portupgrade' update is now causing 'portmanager' to issue this error message: ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf: undefined method `x11base' for nil:NilClass **

DVD Movies

2006-12-02 Thread Graham Bentley
Is it possible to play a DVD without loading X ? Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Marwan Sultan
Hello All, Well, maybe the subject says all, Im running 6.1R acting as NAT, gateway ofcourse, hotspot. I have many clients trying to use Vonage, motorola, VoIP devices and and few more products. The problem is as its described in some websites.. They can call, receive a call, hear the dail

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Joe Holden
Marwan Sultan wrote: > Hello All, > > Well, maybe the subject says all, > Im running 6.1R acting as NAT, gateway ofcourse, hotspot. > I have many clients trying to use Vonage, motorola, VoIP devices and > and few more products. > > The problem is as its described in some websites.. > They c

Re: DVD Movies

2006-12-02 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 12/2/06, Graham Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to play a DVD without loading X ? Apparently, yes http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_MPlayer_on_Framebuffer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailma

system mail

2006-12-02 Thread Jeff
I run postfix on 6.x with local delivery disabled. I'd like to send the system messages to an outside address, eg [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Is this possible? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.o

Re: system mail

2006-12-02 Thread Joe Holden
Jeff wrote: > I run postfix on 6.x with local delivery disabled. I'd like to send the > system messages to an outside address, eg [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead > of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Is this possible? Aliases will take care of that, /etc/aliases iirc. Ta, Joe _

IPMI on SuperMicro PDSMi+ Motherboard

2006-12-02 Thread Philipp Wuensche
Hi, I lately aquired an SuperMicro PDSMi+ motherboard and the IPMI AOC-IPMI20-E daughterboard. I can report that the ipmi driver in 6.2 is working just fine and I can use ipmitool to access the module from the hostsystem. The only problem is that the IPMI module loses its network connection and is

FreeBSD 6.1 throttling sendmail?

2006-12-02 Thread Worth Bishop
After poring over sendmail manuals, docs, readme's and Googling extensively have not found the answer to this question. What configuration settings regulate the outgoing e-mail volume? Have recently upgraded from FreeBSD 4.3 to 6.1 (i.e., did new install of 6.1 on clean disk, installed curren

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Kurt Dethier
Marwan Sultan wrote: Hello All, Well, maybe the subject says all, Im running 6.1R acting as NAT, gateway ofcourse, hotspot. I have many clients trying to use Vonage, motorola, VoIP devices and and few more products. The problem is as its described in some websites.. They can call, receive

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Joe Holden
Kurt Dethier wrote: > Marwan Sultan wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> Well, maybe the subject says all, >> Im running 6.1R acting as NAT, gateway ofcourse, hotspot. >> I have many clients trying to use Vonage, motorola, VoIP devices and >> and few more products. >> >> The problem is as its described

How I get tomcat5.5 "admin" package

2006-12-02 Thread LimChang Guen
I install tomcat5.5 by port And then I run http://localhost:8180/admin/ My browser show the message : Tomcat's administration web application is no longer installed by default. Download and install the "admin" package to use it. How can I fix it? _

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Derrick Edwards
On Saturday 02 December 2006 09:22, Joe Holden wrote: > Kurt Dethier wrote: > > Marwan Sultan wrote: > >> Hello All, > >> > >> Well, maybe the subject says all, > >> Im running 6.1R acting as NAT, gateway ofcourse, hotspot. > >> I have many clients trying to use Vonage, motorola, VoIP devices an

Svgalib

2006-12-02 Thread Graham Bentley
Can anyone advise me on tweaking my /usr/local/etc/vga/libvga.config ? I am trying to get zgv, a console graphics viewer, working on my HP OmniBook6000 and am getting some very odd results (lines, freaky phased out graphics etc) How would I go about detecting the right chipset, V/H Synv an

Re: DVD Movies

2006-12-02 Thread John Nielsen
On Saturday 02 December 2006 08:49, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On 12/2/06, Graham Bentley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to play a DVD without loading X ? > > Apparently, yes > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_MPlayer_on_Framebuffer I think most of those framebuffer options are Linux

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Kurt Dethier
Derrick Edwards wrote: On Saturday 02 December 2006 09:22, Joe Holden wrote: Kurt Dethier wrote: STUN will only work if you have the correct NAT implementation on your gateway. If you are using pf, you get what the STUN RFC calls a symmetric NAT. STUN will not help you in such an implementation

very odd log entries (sysctl)

2006-12-02 Thread Charles Sprickman
Hi all, Had a machine lock up recently. When I got into it, I found that /var/log/messages and the dmesg buffer were filled with stuff like this: Dec 1 18:17:14 h19 /kernel: 8 sendspace RW *Handler Int Dec 1 18:17:14 h19 /kernel: 9 recvspace RW *Handler Int Dec 1 18:17:14 h19 /kernel: 10 k

mod_perl update issue

2006-12-02 Thread Eric
i am trying to upgrade my mod_perl to mod_perl2-2.0.2_1,3 and am getting the error below. I thought it might be related to ccache so i disabled it via NOCCACHE=yes but it still blew up at thr same spot. has anyone else seen this with this update or in the past that can offer a suggestion? E

Re: mod_perl update issue

2006-12-02 Thread Eric
Eric wrote: i am trying to upgrade my mod_perl to mod_perl2-2.0.2_1,3 and am getting the error below. I thought it might be related to ccache so i disabled it via NOCCACHE=yes but it still blew up at thr same spot. has anyone else seen this with this update or in the past that can offer a su

Re: pkgtools.conf error with portmanager

2006-12-02 Thread RW
On Saturday 02 December 2006 12:54, Gerard Seibert wrote: > I know this was reported the other day; however, I have just encountered > it myself. Evidently, the last 'portupgrade' update is now causing > 'portmanager' to issue this error message: > > > ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkgtoo

Re: How I get tomcat5.5 "admin" package

2006-12-02 Thread B H
LimChang Guen skrev: My browser show the message : Tomcat's administration web application is no longer installed by default. > Download and install the "admin" package to use it. How can I fix it? Download and install the "admin" package to use it.

Re: system mail

2006-12-02 Thread Pieter de Goeje
On Saturday 02 December 2006 14:50, Jeff wrote: > I run postfix on 6.x with local delivery disabled. I'd like to send the > system messages to an outside address, eg [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead > of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Is this possible? man 5 forward Create a '.forward' file in /root/ with the outs

Re: pkgtools.conf error with portmanager

2006-12-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
RW wrote: On Saturday 02 December 2006 12:54, Gerard Seibert wrote: I know this was reported the other day; however, I have just encountered it myself. Evidently, the last 'portupgrade' update is now causing 'portmanager' to issue this error message: ** Error occured reading /usr/local/etc/pkg

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
Kurt Dethier wrote: Derrick Edwards wrote: On Saturday 02 December 2006 09:22, Joe Holden wrote: Kurt Dethier wrote: STUN will only work if you have the correct NAT implementation on your gateway. If you are using pf, you get what the STUN RFC calls a symmetric NAT. STUN will not help you in s

Best way to upgrade base programs

2006-12-02 Thread Robert Fitzpatrick
Can someone offer some guidance as to the best way to upgrade packages that were not installed via the ports system? For instance, openssh. Would 'portinstall sshd' work and the system see the new version or should it be uninstalled some way first? I am running 5.3 and 6.1. Thanks, Robert

Re: pkgtools.conf error with portmanager

2006-12-02 Thread RW
On Saturday 02 December 2006 21:26, Garrett Cooper wrote: > RW wrote: > > My patch file is below. > > > > $ cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager/ && cat files/patch-no-ruby-support > > --- libMGPM/src/MGPMrReadConfigure.c.orig Sat Dec 2 17:10:45 2006 > > +++ libMGPM/src/MGPMrReadConfigure.c

Re: How I get tomcat5.5 "admin" package

2006-12-02 Thread perryh
B H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LimChang Guen skrev: > > My browser show the message : Tomcat's administration web > > application is no longer installed by default. > > Download and install the "admin" package to use it. > > > How can I fix it? > > Download and install the "admin" package to us

Re: Best way to upgrade base programs

2006-12-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
Robert Fitzpatrick wrote: Can someone offer some guidance as to the best way to upgrade packages that were not installed via the ports system? For instance, openssh. Would 'portinstall sshd' work and the system see the new version or should it be uninstalled some way first? I am running 5.3 and

Re: pkgtools.conf error with portmanager

2006-12-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
RW wrote: On Saturday 02 December 2006 21:26, Garrett Cooper wrote: RW wrote: My patch file is below. $ cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager/ && cat files/patch-no-ruby-support --- libMGPM/src/MGPMrReadConfigure.c.orig Sat Dec 2 17:10:45 2006 +++ libMGPM/src/MGPMrReadConfigure.cSat

Re: Soft Updates Help

2006-12-02 Thread Garrett Cooper
Garrett Cooper wrote: 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 pu

Re: VoIP behind NAT and FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Marwan Sultan
First thanks for you all, for the cooperating, My setup is as follow, Router <-> vr0 FreeBSD fxp0 <-> Switch <-> Clients Two NICs attached, vr0 connected to the router (internet interface) has the static 192.168.0.2 fxp0 connected to the Switch connected to clients acting as DHCP 192.16

How do I turn off thed grid marking by-default?

2006-12-02 Thread Gary Kline
Guys, Sorry to ask this here, but I've spent hours playing around with The GIMP and googling for instructions to no avail. Whenever I ring up any jpg image, by default, I turned on a grid of "+" marks. Can somebody *please* tell me how to get rid of t

Re: pkgtools.conf error with portmanager

2006-12-02 Thread RW
On Saturday 02 December 2006 23:14, Garrett Cooper wrote: > RW wrote: > > On Saturday 02 December 2006 21:26, Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> RW wrote: > >>> My patch file is below. > >>> > >>> $ cd /usr/ports/sysutils/portmanager/ && cat > >>> files/patch-no-ruby-support --- libMGPM/src/MGPMrReadConfig

Re: Suggested Books & Guides on small bisiness LAN with FreeBSD

2006-12-02 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Per olof Ljungmark wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Guys, I'm looking for advice or suggestions on how to [re]design a small business network with FreeBSD. I know that's a pretty broad topic -- I'm not looking for a simple answer, so much as reference materials. Background: for over 5 year

Please HELP!

2006-12-02 Thread VeeJay
Hi I am sorry to post this question here but I am desparet to get my freebsd box work soonest possible. I have installed apache20 on my freebsd box but am unable to run with new httpd.conf changes When I run the apache, with command: # /usr/local/sbin/apachectl restart I g

Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Vishal Patil
I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc it seems that "qemu" seems to be the best option. Is this tool used by most of the FreeBSD

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Kip Macy
Qemu / vmware is probably the best way to go at the moment. On 12/2/06, Vishal Patil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel development for FreeBSD. Reading different ma

Re: Please HELP!

2006-12-02 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
VeeJay wrote: Hi I am sorry to post this question here but I am desparet to get my freebsd box work soonest possible. I have installed apache20 on my freebsd box but am unable to run with new httpd.conf changes When I run the apache, with command: # /usr/local/sbin/apachec

Re: IPMI on SuperMicro PDSMi+ Motherboard

2006-12-02 Thread Philipp Wuensche
Philipp Wuensche wrote: > Hi, > > I lately aquired an SuperMicro PDSMi+ motherboard and the IPMI > AOC-IPMI20-E daughterboard. I can report that the ipmi driver in 6.2 is > working just fine and I can use ipmitool to access the module from the > hostsystem. The only problem is that the IPMI module

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Alexander Kabaev
On Sat, 2 Dec 2006 18:28:57 -0500 "Vishal Patil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have recently moved over from Linux to FreeBSD and would like to if > there is something similar to UML (User Mode Linux) for doing kernel > development for FreeBSD. Reading different mailing lists, wikis etc > it seem

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Kevin Sanders
On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less configuration is the best option out there. The ability to quickly go through series of hands/reboots without any associated fsck runs and without the risk of terminally damaging an

The FreeBSD Diary: 2006-11-12 - 2006-12-02

2006-12-02 Thread Dan Langille
The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the maili

Re: How do I turn off thed grid marking by-default?

2006-12-02 Thread ajm
On Sat, Dec 02, 2006 at 03:54:20PM -0800, Gary Kline wrote: > Guys, > > Sorry to ask this here, but I've spent hours playing around with > The GIMP and googling for instructions to no avail. Whenever > I ring up any jpg image, by default, I turned on a grid of "+" >

Re: Tools for FreeBSD development

2006-12-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2006-12-02 20:05, Kevin Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 12/2/06, Alexander Kabaev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I personally think that having a dedicated box in disk-less >> configuration is the best option out there. [...] > > Alexander, when you say disk-less configuration, are you >