FireBird SQL port is not up to date

Hi all I don't know if this is the rigth list to say, but I have found that the por for the Firebird SQL server and client is not up to date. in the ports the version is 2.0.3_2 in FirebirdSQl.org the last version 2.1.1 and also testing 2.5 I work with Firebird SQL Server and under FreeBSD (of

How to restore a lost root password...

Hi all I have lost the neuron where I stored the root password of an installation ;D I have seen a How to about this but I have a problem, i set the console to insecure, so when I try to do the step of the how to i get a message to input the root password or Ctrl-D to enter in multiuser mode.

How to make ADSL modem conections FBSD 6.1

HI all I am a newbie to FreebSD (I have a couple of systems running...) and I would like to know how to make internet connections using an USB ADSL modem, the ones that the telephon companies give the user when they make a ADSL contract. Which are the steps? These modems usually hav only Windows

How to update fstab (or other) in Single User (read only fs)

Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 i386 I need to edit fstab to delete a geom mirror dev in order to boot my PC and I can´t because when my computer boots find a problem in fstab (because geom mirror device not ok) and then go to Single User mode. In this mode I can´t edit fstab, because there is not editor

Firebird 2 Server Port

Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 i386 I am trying to make from ports the Firebird2-server and I have a problem when doing it. First, I was under root and when it going to make a message says that you must not be under root in order not conflict with SYSV semaphores and then stop. So I created a user and

FreeBSD 6.2 and ESATA

Hi all I wonder to know if FreebSD 6.2 (I386) has drivers for ESATA (External SATA): I haven't found anything about the item and I would like to use ESATA in spite of USB Disks for backups because of its speed. Thanks in advance Sincerely Juan Coruña Desarrollo de Software Atlantico

How to know total number of bytes of a directory

Hi all I would like to know the total number of bytes of a directory and its related subdirs, occupied by the files inside it. I haven't found any command for knowning it. Thanks in advance!! Sincerely Juan Coruña Desarrollo de Software Atlantico

GELI cripto USB disk and fsck

HI all FreeBSD 6.2 i386 I have an USB disk cryptografied with GELI in order to get external backup copies of an enterprise. All work fine till somebody (not me ;D), reboot the computer (I think so) without unmounting the disk and then I get two things: 1.- The main filesystem / get overfilled,

USB disk cryptographied with GELI and fsck

HI all again FreeBSD 6.2 i386 I have a problem with an USB disk that I cryptographied with GELI. It says that I must run fsck when I try to mount it. I used the command cat key1 key2 | geli -k - attach /dev/da1 when I try to mount it mount /dev/da1.eli /usb2 I get an error saying that I

Cron not working till 28/08/07

Hi all !! I had several crontab jobs in order to make backups. All worked fine till the 28-Aug-2007 when it seems to be stopped for some reason, I don't know why. I had a reporting in my mail box (external) also with daily, weekly and monthly reports, but suddenly all stopped (I don't receive

Forbidding or not access to webpages of network users

Hi all in this list I want to know if there is a way to forbid to network users the access to fixed webpages. The example, I work in an enterprise in which several users are accesing to webpages others than the enterprise's own. I want that the users can only access to the the webpages and

daily and weekly messages

HI all I have installed a FreeBSD 6.2 box as a backup box for a company. Also used GELI to crypto the external usb disk. ALL fine. well done to all. My question is that FBSD box sends daily reports messages (weekly also) but it send to a email address that doesn't exist. My box name is mypc.net

Newbie to ssh questions

Hi all I am new to SSH and I like to connect to my FreeBSD 6.2 box with SSH in order to test secure connections (remote or not). 1.- Where can I found info about SSH configuration and connections? 2.- Is it possible to ssh connect to FBSD from a MS Windows system? How? is any free programs

Mounting external SCO disks and mount_smbfs

Hi all I am trying to mount in my FreeBSD 6,2 box disk that are on a SCO System V Openserver release 5 In SCO it says that the disks filsystem is HTFS. If i try to mount from Fbsd says that there is not external program for this filesystem. What I try is to mount them in order to backup there

connecting user root with ssh

Hi all I was trying to connect to my FreeBSD 6.2 box with SSH with PUTTY by several days with the user root and nothing happens, only a denied password from FBSD, and a timeout close connection. But, a flash came to my mind ;D and then I tried to connect by a different user and... voila, ssh

Stranges messages in terminal

Hi all again I had twice strange messages in the terminal of my FreeBSD 6.2 box. The messages are: info:[drm] setting GART location based on old memory map info:[drm] loading R200 Microcode info:[drm] writeback test succeeded in 1usec It seems something about memory, but I don't know what Any

EM64T chipset and FreeBSD instalation

Hi all I am going to install several NFS server in FreebSD for several customers and the computer has the following characteristics: - MSI 945PNeo Platinum Main Board, chipset 915P, ICH7R, VIA® 6410, 82573 PCI-E Gb LAN, PCI Express 16x VGA, VIA® 6307 (IEEE1394) - Intel EM64T P4 CPU 3,2Ghz,

Newbie install question about disks

Hi all I am installing a new and all Freebsd system (no other OS in it). The goal is to have a NFS for a network that has 2x200Gb in RAID 1 disks for data. It has 3 disks: - 80Gb Seagate IDE for FreeBSD OS alone - 2xSATA Seagate 200Gb disks in RAID 1 with the ICH7R motherboard chipset configured

AC97 sound driver

Hi all at this marvellous list of this marvellous OS !! ;D I am installing a new FreeBSD box and all is ok less the sound car. This is an MSI 945P Neo Platinum mainboarda with the sound chipset in it: I have installed FreeBSD 6.1 amd64 (is EM64T chip) In BIOS say: - Azalia/AC97 sound in

NFS Server and MS Windows

Hi all I am mounting a NFS server (FreeBSD 6.1 amd64) for a MS Windows Network for a customer and I see that I can not see the NFS server from windows boxes. Must I install Samba for that? or anything in the MS Windows boxes? I thougth that Windows understand NFS but seems to be not. best

Re: NFS Server and MS Windows

I am mounting a NFS server (FreeBSD 6.1 amd64) for a MS Windows Network for a customer and I see that I can not see the NFS server from windows boxes. Must I install Samba for that? or anything in the MS Windows boxes? I thougth that Windows understand NFS but seems to be not. I've

Re: NFS Server and MS Windows

HI all and thanks for your answers My main goal is to have a system in which the local network can get access to the file repository, and also thay can get access from their homes to them (only get a file from server, work on it, and post it to the server). For this reason I thougth in NFS only

FreeBSD 6.1 amd64 and Samba 3

HI all again I am installing (trying to) Samba 3 from ports nad portaudit says that there is security advice with it and does not let me to install. Then I tried Samba 2 which is in ports and also another security advice this case with an integer overflow. As I can not install from ports, I

FreeBSD 6.1 amd64 (Intel EMT64) and Samba 3

Hi all again I am trying to install Samba in a computer with the above conf but I can´t. I have made also a portupgrade -a in order to upgrade all the ports of the system but I have always the same problem with samba I can get it to work When I use Swat i always get: /libexec/ld-elf.so.1:

How to change NIC IP when system is running FBSD 6.1

Hi all I need to change the IP and netmask of my FreeBSD 6.1 Box and I dont' know how to do once the system is up and running. I have tried doing with KDE but I have several errors when I restart the computer. I have Samba installed also. Can anyone help me? Thanks in advance and best regards

StartUp Errors and IP change continued

Hi all again I have changed the IP with ifconfig and tested it and rebooted my FreeBSD 6.1 amd64 box, but I have errors when I reboot. This are: -sm-mta[490]:NOQUEUE: SYSERR(root): opendaemon socket - daemon0: cannot bind: can't assign requested address - problem creating SMT (error lines

NDIS and wifi doesnt work

Hi all Freebsd 6.3 RC2 (DesktopBSD 1.6) Laptop: Samsung Q35 WIFI: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG ADSL with WIFI working In order to use the wifi included in this laptop i use NDIS with the MS Windows drivers and produced the file w39n51_sys.ko. The MS driver has one INF and one SYS files and

How to disable that an user execute any command

Hi all I use FreeBSD 6.2, and GELI I want to make an user for the only task of remove/insert the usb copy disk. I have made a new user (operator group), and a shell task that ask for the GELI password and fsck and mount the USB disk. This work fine under root. but I think that if he/she want

(un)mounting usb disk as non root user

Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I have made a copy system with USB disk and GELI for crypto. Now, I would like that one non root user can login run a shell form unmount the disk and change it, and then mount the new usb disk. I have the shell script done, but only works if it runs under root. When I tried

geli not working under non root user

Hi all FreebSD 6.2 I have usb disk crypto with GELI and now I am making a script in order the operators users can change this disks When I try to do cat key 1 key2 | geli attach -k - /dev/da0 I get the error: Can´t lock memory: Operation not permited if I run under root user it work

Root boot/mount Password?

Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? What I want is that if the system is rebooted or shutdown, somebody must enter a password to boot and/or mounting / is for protecting the system from unauthorized users Thanks in

Re: Root boot/mount Password?

On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 05:31:23PM -, DSA - JCR wrote: Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I would like to put a password when booting/mounting mi Freebsd box. is it possible? How? Yes. Use geli(8) encryption. is for protecting the system from unauthorized users Disk encryption also protects your data

seen in ports and used but dont remember the name ;)

Hi all FreeBSD 6.2 I have used in the past year an utility for terminal that permit me to split the terminal in several sesions vertically/horizontally and also save and restore the sesion, letting it doing some commands. I installed from ports, but I dont remember its name. ;-) Can anyone

protecting my FreeBSD system

HI all again I would like to know if there is a method to know how well protected is my system (FreeBSD 6.2) in order to not permit a user to enter as root. I need it because I have intellectual propierty in that box, and I know some people is interested on it. I use inetd, and I have all ports

Securing system with kern.securelevel

HI to all FreeBSD 6.3 i386 I would like to use securelevel to secure a backup schedluded box made with FreeBSD. This box mount and unmount external USB disk where the backup is made once a week. Which would be the correct secure level ? 1, 2, or 3? I don't want nobody modify scripts and

Nagios Apache and FreeBSD

Hi to all I use FreeBSD 6.2 I have installed Nagios from ports and configured and also as required by Nagios Apache22 The problem I have is that I cannot access the server by web, in order to see the Nagios frontend doing http://mynagiosIP/nagios doesn't work I suspect that maybe as I use