Re: antivirus gateway

2009-08-24 Thread Odhiambo ワシントン
2009/8/23 Yavuz Maşlak yavuz.mas...@netiletisim.net Hello I wish to use freebsd7.2 as an antivirus gateway. What is an antivirus gateway? Perhaps you need to filter e-mail viruses before the e-mail goes to the delivery server? Please try and make us understand what your situation is and

Re: What should be backed up?

2009-08-24 Thread Erik Norgaard
Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: This is one of the several reasons that I use rsync (via rsnapshot). At each increment, it backs up the minimum that is need. With the cost of having a complete backup which duplicates what you would find in a reinstall, you have a complete system. For binaries,

Re: MD5 Checksum mismatch for netatalk-2.0.4.tar.bz2

2009-08-24 Thread Vincent Zee
On 23 August 2009, at 10:56, andrew clarke wrote: On Sun 2009-08-23 10:24:53 UTC+0200, Vincent Zee (zen...@xs4all.nl) wrote: === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === Extracting for netatalk-2.0.4,1 = MD5 Checksum mismatch for netatalk-2.0.4.tar.bz2. = SHA256 Checksum

what www perl script is running?

2009-08-24 Thread Colin Brace
Hi all, I noticed this morning that a perl script was using a lot of CPU time on my FreeBSD webserver. By the time I killed it, it had run up 400 mins of system time according to top. However, simply killing 'perl5.8.9' didn't accomplish much, it was back running again moments later. I then

Re: what www perl script is running?

2009-08-24 Thread Olivier Nicole
Is there a command like fuser or lsof which can be used to determine what files this perl instance is using? Any other ideas on how to figure out what is going on here? lsof is in the ports. best regards, Olivier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: Serial console trouble: loader and login works, but no kernel messages

2009-08-24 Thread Thomas Backman
On Aug 23, 2009, at 23:18, Carl Chave wrote: Did you try booting with the keyboard disconnected from the FreeBSD machine? Perhaps the vidconsole is favored when a keyboard is detected? On a linux box I had, I would get serial output from Grub, lose it during kernel load and then get a login

Re: what www perl script is running?

2009-08-24 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Monday 24 August 2009 10:07:50 Olivier Nicole wrote: Is there a command like fuser or lsof which can be used to determine what files this perl instance is using? Any other ideas on how to figure out what is going on here? lsof is in the ports. and fstat(1) is in the core.

Re: RAID10 setup

2009-08-24 Thread chris scott
2009/8/24 John Nielsen li...@jnielsen.net You're on the right track, additional comments inline. On Saturday 22 August 2009 06:49:06 am Phil Lewis wrote: This question was asked a few weeks ago, but the original poster must have had their questions amswered. As follow-ups offered further

Re: ndis driver - freeze on scan

2009-08-24 Thread Gregory T Helton
On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 04:48:44PM +, Eitan Adler wrote: I created an ndis driver for my wireless card and kldloaded it. When I try ifconfig ndis0 up scan my computer just freezes and it does not find any of the 100 (exaggeration) APs around. This is a broadcom wireless card. --

Re: RAID10 setup

2009-08-24 Thread Phil Lewis
Thanks to both of you for the encouraging words. I'm going to do little more reading and schedule some time probably on Wednesday to give this a go. I'll feel a lot more conformable for your responses! Cheers Phil Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:30:52 -0400 From: John Nielsen Subject: Re:

Re: netbooks for freebsd?

2009-08-24 Thread Jeff Hamann
thanks. i've looked at both an acer and lenovo models and like the lenovo model better. as for linux... no way.. had too many hack experiences during the early years. that's why i made the switch to bsd. i would like to make my own port (super-port?), build a distro, and dump it onto a

moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs. I have tried to rewrite the mbr but that did absolutely nothing. fik ad0 returns: partitions 1,2,3

Problem with cURL and pipes

2009-08-24 Thread chris
Hello all, there seems to be something wrong with sending data through pipes. I'm trying to upload files to an FTP server by piping them to cURL: These work: - curl file-to-send ... - cat file-to-send | curl ... These don't: - gzip file-to-send | curl ... - bzip2 file-to-send | curl ... -

Re: What should be backed up?

2009-08-24 Thread John Almberg
If you have any databases or ldap service, then you want to add those as well, but it is recommended to dump these rather than backup the files themselves. I'm learning a lot from this thread. Thanks for all the suggestions. The paragraph above raises one more question... how to use the

Re: What should be backed up?

2009-08-24 Thread Erik Norgaard
John Almberg wrote: If you have any databases or ldap service, then you want to add those as well, but it is recommended to dump these rather than backup the files themselves. I'm learning a lot from this thread. Thanks for all the suggestions. The paragraph above raises one more

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs. I have tried to rewrite the mbr but that did absolutely nothing. fik ad0 returns:

Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-24 Thread Maxim Khitrov
Hello all, I'm setting up a firewall using FreeBSD 7.2 and thought that it may not be a bad idea to have a continuous backup for important files like pf and dnsmasq configurations. By continuous I mean some script that would be triggered every few minutes from cron to automatically create a

Re: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-24 Thread Matthias Apitz
El día Monday, August 24, 2009 a las 11:57:25AM -0400, Maxim Khitrov escribió: Hello all, I'm setting up a firewall using FreeBSD 7.2 and thought that it may not be a bad idea to have a continuous backup for important files like pf and dnsmasq configurations. By continuous I mean some

Re: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-24 Thread chris scott
2009/8/24 Maxim Khitrov mkhit...@gmail.com Hello all, I'm setting up a firewall using FreeBSD 7.2 and thought that it may not be a bad idea to have a continuous backup for important files like pf and dnsmasq configurations. By continuous I mean some script that would be triggered every few

Re: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-24 Thread chris scott
2009/8/24 chris scott kra...@googlemail.com 2009/8/24 Maxim Khitrov mkhit...@gmail.com Hello all, I'm setting up a firewall using FreeBSD 7.2 and thought that it may not be a bad idea to have a continuous backup for important files like pf and dnsmasq configurations. By continuous I mean

Re: Punkbuster

2009-08-24 Thread Ricardo Jesus
Jeff Molofee wrote: Can anyone tell me how to update punkbuster ... seems pbweb.x86 doesn't work anymore (302 errors) and I'm unable to run pbsetup.run it gives me a float point error, even after unpacking it with upx -d Specifically for enemy territory.

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50:28AM -0400, PJ wrote: PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs. Probably because the boot

Re: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-24 Thread Erik Norgaard
Maxim Khitrov wrote: I'm setting up a firewall using FreeBSD 7.2 and thought that it may not be a bad idea to have a continuous backup for important files like pf and dnsmasq configurations. By continuous I mean some script that would be triggered every few minutes from cron to automatically

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50:28AM -0400, PJ wrote: PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3. And there it hangs.

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/24/09, Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:50:28AM -0400, PJ wrote: PJ wrote: I am trying to move a 7.2 installation to another computer where it is to be the only OS acting as a server for the lan. On bootup I get the message: Using drive 0, partition 3.

Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Jerry
What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com To be or not to be, that is the bottom line. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Andrew Gould
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Jerryges...@yahoo.com wrote: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? -- Jerry ges...@yahoo.com I think it's kldstat. Andrew ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Kelly Martin
I just experienced a hard drive failure on one of my FreeBSD 7.2 production servers with no backup! I am so mad at myself for not backing up!! Now it's a salvage operation. Here are the type of errors I was getting on the console, over-and-over: ad4: TIMEOUT - WRITE_DMA48 retrying (0 retries

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 24), Jerry said: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? Remember to actually describe what you want, rather than just giving the linux command. To list the loaded kernel modules, run kldstat. -- Dan Nelson

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Dunc
Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 24), Jerry said: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? Remember to actually describe what you want, rather than just giving the linux command. To list the loaded kernel modules, run kldstat. I think he wanted to know

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Jason
I believe it would be 'kldstat' On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 08:44:38PM +0100, Dunc thus spake: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 24), Jerry said: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? Remember to actually describe what you want, rather than just giving the

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Jerry
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:33:09 -0500 Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com wrote: In the last episode (Aug 24), Jerry said: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? Remember to actually describe what you want, rather than just giving the linux command. To list the loaded

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/24/09, Kelly Martin kellymar...@gmail.com wrote: I just experienced a hard drive failure on one of my FreeBSD 7.2 production servers with no backup! I am so mad at myself for not backing up!! Now it's a salvage operation. Here are the type of errors I was getting on the console,

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Kelly Martin kellymar...@gmail.com writes: I just experienced a hard drive failure on one of my FreeBSD 7.2 production servers with no backup! I am so mad at myself for not backing up!! Now it's a salvage operation. Here are the type of errors I was getting on the console, over-and-over:

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:29:19 -0600, Kelly Martin kellymar...@gmail.com wrote: My question: what kind of checks and/or repair tools should I run on the damaged drive after it's mounted? Or should I mount it as read-only and start backing it up? Thou shalt not manipluate thy file systems while

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:13:22 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: If I were you, get a copy of spinrite (from grc.com) and always keep it handy. It can be risky on a drive already failing. Here's what I'd do Buy spinrite, no matter what. Is it really such a good tool? From my own

Newbie discovers two useful apps...

2009-08-24 Thread John Almberg
Even after a year or so of administering a number of FreeBSD servers, I still consider myself to be a newbie (see my various posts for evidence of this fact!) I've been hoping to have something useful to contribute back, and I suddenly realized there are probably newbies that are even

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/24/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:13:22 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: If I were you, get a copy of spinrite (from grc.com) and always keep it handy. It can be risky on a drive already failing. Here's what I'd do Buy spinrite, no matter

Problem mounting EXT2FS

2009-08-24 Thread Jeronimo Calvo
Hi folks, im migrating from Linux to BSD, and i found my first problem... First of all, i did save my /home from my old Linux distribution on another HD, ext2fs partition /dev/ad6s1... I can correctly see the drive from sysinstall. I read about compiling the KERNEL in order to add Ext2fs support

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Charlie Kester
On Mon 24 Aug 2009 at 12:44:38 PDT Dunc wrote: Dan Nelson wrote: In the last episode (Aug 24), Jerry said: What is the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command in FreeBSD? Remember to actually describe what you want, rather than just giving the linux command. To list the loaded kernel

Re: Problem mounting EXT2FS

2009-08-24 Thread Scott Schappell
Judging by your uname output, the #0 should be #1 if it's reading a re- compiled kernel. I would double check that you used the proper KERNCONF for make buildkernel and make installkernel. For example, I recompiled my kernel and note the output: [r...@arthur /var/account]# uname -a FreeBSD

Re: Problem mounting EXT2FS

2009-08-24 Thread Polytropon
Maybe just malquoted, but... On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:20:29 +, Jeronimo Calvo jeronimocal...@googlemail.com wrote: # mount -t extfs2 /dev/ad6s1 /ext2 mount: /dev/ad6s1 : Operation not supported by device The command should include -t ext2fs, not extfs2, as far as I remember. I haven't run

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:51:41 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: It's OS/FS independent. it works on the bits stored on the magnetic platters, NOT on a filesystem. Ah, I see. So it's primarily intended for diagnosing and recovering from physically defective disks. Good to know, because

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Tim Judd
On 8/24/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:51:41 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: It's OS/FS independent. it works on the bits stored on the magnetic platters, NOT on a filesystem. Ah, I see. So it's primarily intended for diagnosing and recovering from

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 02:33:25PM -0400, PJ wrote: I'm afraid I was a bit impatient Patience is a virtue. Installing stuff can take hours, and a split-second can suffice to screw it all up. Been there done that. :-) and messed up the already messed up disk... frankly, I don't recall

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:32:05 -0600, Tim Judd taj...@gmail.com wrote: Not just diagnostics and recovery, it's for preventive maintenance, and healthy operations too. Most people who use it are in a diagnostics and recovery, but if you always use it as preventive maintenance, you'll never need

Re: Problem mounting EXT2FS

2009-08-24 Thread Jeronimo Calvo
True you are right... I was using the incorrect syntax and the incorrect word hehehhe well I did try as well using the correct procedure: Thats the result (mounted but not accesible) [root@ /media/DATOSWIN]# mount /dev/ad8s1a on / (ufs, local) devfs on /dev (devfs, local) /dev/ad8s1e on /tmp

Re: Continuous backup of critical system files

2009-08-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 11:57:25AM -0400, Maxim Khitrov wrote: Hello all, I'm setting up a firewall using FreeBSD 7.2 and thought that it may not be a bad idea to have a continuous backup for important files like pf and dnsmasq configurations. snip My initial thought was to create a

Re: Newbie discovers two useful apps...

2009-08-24 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On Monday, August 24, 2009 15:45:16 -0500 John Almberg jalmb...@identry.com wrote: 2. DJB Daemontools: http://thedjbway.org/daemontools.html [snip] Anyway, I dimly remembered this and dug into the DJB docs. Some will wonder why I found it easier to read a DJB doc than to read how to write

(solved) Re: Problem mounting EXT2FS

2009-08-24 Thread Jeronimo Calvo
Thanks a lot fellas!! problem resolved!!! On 24/08/2009, Gonzalo Nemmi gne...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 24 August 2009 6:44:24 pm Jeronimo Calvo wrote: True you are right... I was using the incorrect syntax and the incorrect word hehehhe well I did try as well using the correct

Re: Problem mounting EXT2FS

2009-08-24 Thread Gonzalo Nemmi
On Monday 24 August 2009 6:44:24 pm Jeronimo Calvo wrote: True you are right... I was using the incorrect syntax and the incorrect word hehehhe well I did try as well using the correct procedure: Thats the result (mounted but not accesible) [root@ /media/DATOSWIN]# mount /dev/ad8s1a on /

Re: hard disk failure - now what?

2009-08-24 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 12:29:19PM -0600, Kelly Martin wrote: I just experienced a hard drive failure on one of my FreeBSD 7.2 production servers with no backup! I am so mad at myself for not backing up!! Welcome to the club. :-) Now it's a salvage operation. Here are the type of errors I

Re: Equivilant of 'lsmod'

2009-08-24 Thread Chad Perrin
On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 01:58:39PM -0700, Charlie Kester wrote: On Mon 24 Aug 2009 at 12:44:38 PDT Dunc wrote: I think he wanted to know what the equivalent of the Linux 'lsmod' command is. Is kldstat 100% semantically congruent with lsmod? I.e., are there things you can do with lsmod

Re: moving a disk

2009-08-24 Thread PJ
Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 02:33:25PM -0400, PJ wrote: I'm afraid I was a bit impatient Patience is a virtue. Installing stuff can take hours, and a split-second can suffice to screw it all up. Been there done that. :-) and messed up the already messed up

CD writing fails on P6T motherboard with Pioneer cdwriter

2009-08-24 Thread Yuri
Ever since I upgraded to P6T motherboard I can't burn any data or audio CDs/DVDs. My dvd-writer ('PIONEER ' 'DVD-RW DVR-112D' '1.21' Removable CD-ROM) burned CDs ok on the older motherboard/CPU combination. And now trying to burn audio-cd I got the log below. What might be wrong? 7.2-STABLE

amd automounting daemon is unreliable

2009-08-24 Thread Nathan Butcher
I'm having some troublesome issues with filesystems mounted with amd in FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE We have a backend file server wwith sharenfs attributes from ZFS displaying NFS mountpoints to our front end machines:- tank/export mountpoint /export local tank/export