Can login using root password, but not remotely with SSH

Brand new install of FreeBSD 6.2. Can't log in with PuTTY. Remote PuTTY: Access denied Using keyboard-interactive authentication. At computer terminal: PAM authentication error for root from 192.168.XXX.XXX Any ideas? Thanks! Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best

Now can't get past the copyright info. What next?

I've got a FreeBSD 4.9 Samba file server that boots but hangs after the "Regents of the University of California" text. Is there some way to fix this? Boot from a CD? Put the hard drive in another computer? Help! Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8

Best FreeBSD Firewall for 6.X?

Hi folks, Just built a 6.2 box. Wondering what is the best software firewall. Yes, I know that this is a loaded, and subjective issue. I just couldn't find a definitive answer:

Re: Yikes! FreeBSD samba-3.0.26a_2,1 is forbidden: "Remote Code Execution...

At 09:50 12/12/2007, Remko Lodder wrote: >W. D. wrote: >> At 02:01 12/12/2007, Remko Lodder wrote: >>> W. D. wrote: >>>> ...Vulnerability - CVE-2007-6015" >>>

Build a duplicate system - but upgrade OS version?

Hi folks, I have a FreeBSD 4.4 webserver that's been working fine for nearly 2 years. This computer was purchased from a systems integrator, so I am not intimately familiar with how it was configured. I would like to build another machine that would be nearly identical, having all the same softwa

Re: adaptive stealth in ipfw?

At 11:11 11/28/2003, Christian Laursen, wrote: >Louis LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I was introduced to a fantastic web site, http://www.grc.com/ which >> has some impressive information about security and a number of other >> things. Steve Gibsons 'Shields Up' web service will scan you

Re: Current motherboard recommendations?

At 13:51 3/23/2013, Joshua Isom wrote: >I'm planning on getting a new motherboard and ram. I'm keeping the >processor so it'll have to be an AMD board. What manufacturers tend to >be best, with bios/ufi support and chipset support? Is there anything >to avoid? Gigabyte works for me. S

Why no "ls" on DVD or livefs.iso?

Booted with both. Alt-F4 to get to command line. Very limited commands: "ls: not found". Why? What good are these disks if they don't have the most basic of commands? Trying to clone a hard disk that has an number of bad sectors. Trying to save most of my data. Want to use "recoverdisk", but

Re: Why no "ls" on DVD or livefs.iso?

At 01:58 10/6/2013, Polytropon wrote: >On Sun, 06 Oct 2013 01:29:19 -0500, W. D. wrote: >> Booted with both. Alt-F4 to get to command line. >> >> Very limited commands: "ls: not found". > >Try /rescue/ls explicitely instead. > > > >> Why? What

Re: Why no "ls" on DVD or livefs.iso?

At 08:47 10/6/2013, Warren Block wrote: >On Sun, 6 Oct 2013, W. D. wrote: > >> Booted with both. Alt-F4 to get to command line. >> >> Very limited commands: "ls: not found". >> >> Why? What good are these disks if they don't have >> the mo

Re: LED proggy question

At 14:08 6/18/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: >hey, > >I've been trying to find a program on the ports that allows me to change >the state of the keyboard LEDs. I want to put the keyboard on the room >wall and make a script to call a program which makes leds blink according >to the kind of traffic

Re: LED proggy question

Hey Hugo, Thanks for the info! I don't think that the rest of the list got the reply because "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" wasn't in one of the recipient fields. I don't know why the list doesn't include it. Regards, W. D. At 05:40 6/19/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrot

Re: Finding Cosultants

At 21:10 7/28/2004, Jonathan White wrote: >Anyone have an idea how to find a FreeBSD consultant in Brooklyn NY? > >Thanks >jonathan http://www.freebsd.org/commercial/consult.html http://www.Google.com/search?q=%28brooklyn+OR+nyc++OR+%22New+York%22%29+freebsd http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%28bro

Re: Free BSD documentation required

At 04:25 12/8/2004, Milind Nanal wrote: > > >List, > >I am new to FreeBSD & finding is little difficult with administrative >commands. I have worked on RedHat & Suse. Service startup, boot scripts, >pstree command everything seems to be different in FreeBsd compare to >RedHat or Suse. > >Can any

Re: installing bsd on a laptop

How 'bout this one? http://news.google.com/news?q=walmart+laptop Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freeb

Re: best newsgroup?

At 09:21 12/22/2004, Pervert Files wrote: >Hello, > >What is the best newsgroup to read freebsd question. >muc.lists.freebsd.questions doesn't seem to be updating with anything on my >news provider. > >-- >Thanks, >Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can also try: http://www.Mail-Archive.com/freebsd-qu

Re: I am new User

At 12:45 12/24/2004, pedram wrote: >Hi > >I want Learn FreeBSD but I am New in Unix Platform. > >I have MCSE and CCNA Certification and I am Administrator in an ISP and some >companies. > >I was Download FreeBSD 5.3 > >Which books or sites you suggest me to learn? http://www.US-Webmasters.com/Fre

Re: FreeBSD 4.9 Still available?

At 14:45 1/15/2005, Jordan Michaels wrote: >Anyone know where I can grab an iso of 4.9? I need that particular >distro for a project that I'm working on. All I see on the mirror sites >is 4.10 and up. Help? ftp://ftp4.de.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/4.9-RELEASE OR: http://mirrorlist.f

Re: programming languages and visual programming under FreeBSD

At 13:23 1/16/2005, koen de wijs wrote: > >Are there any visual programming tools under FreeBSD, like click and >drag like microsoft visual c? http://sourceforge.net/projects/lazarus/ Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://doma

Re: PLEASE SIR

At 06:41 1/19/2005, Ali Farhan wrote: > > SIR KINDLY TELL ME HOW CAN I MOUNT CDROM AND FLOPPY IN FREEBSD 5.1 > ..OR TELL ME THE SPECIFIC SITE AT WHICH I SEARCH.PLZ SIR.KINDLY REPLY > ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. At the bottom of this page: http://www.US-Webmasters.com/FreeBSD/Install/ Start Her

Re: Size of FreeBSD

At 12:38 3/10/2005, Mark Goodell wrote: >THank you Philip, Jerry, Kris: > >(Actually, I went back and forth through the website >literature trying to figure this out, and finally gave >up. It may be that the question itself treads on an >issue that no longer is challenged - the size of OS >install

Re: FreeBSD 4.4

At 00:11 3/14/2005, Bhaban Singh wrote: >Is there any source do download the FreeBSD 4.4. I really needed the >4.4 version. Yep: http://MirrorList.FreeBSD.org/FBSDsites.php Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webm

Re: Install squirrelmail

Please see comments below: At 10:55 3/16/2005, Martin Schweizer wrote: >Hello > >I want to install squirrelmail from ports (cvsuped today). Make runs without >problems but after make install the following error occurs: > >Build complete. >(It is safe to ignore warnings about tempnam and tmpnam).

Re: Can't Login to Box Anymore

At 14:44 3/17/2005, JP wrote: >Hello, > >I recently installed Samba and was configuring the box for winbindd. Upon >rebooting I can no longer login to the box via telnet or any other means. >The console also generates the same error: > >login in free(): error: chunk is already free > >This i

Re: Ebay Phishing

At 10:18 3/20/2005, Robert Slade wrote: >Hi all, > >Is it just me, but I've had 2 Ebay Phishing e-mails to this e-mail >address that I only use for this mail list. Both mails where from >Comcast users !! Please forward them (include headers) to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Same for [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start

Re: Help Please ... Question on cvsupit

At 22:14 1/24/2005, Andrew Batson wrote: >Hello, > > I have been trying for the last few days to figure out how to update >the ports collection via the cvsup process. I have two different books on >FreeBSD version 5.x and both say to use this "cvsupit" program but I cannot >find it any where.

Re: Freebsd vs. linux

At 22:13 2/11/2005, Peterhin wrote: >Good day, I am a Newbie to Freebsd and was just reading your reply > "Re. Instead of freebsd.com, why not..." and you made the comment; > >"Linux is inferior to FreeBSD, and yet it is taken more seriously >because of the atmosphere around it, despite its te

Re: Configure X Server

At 12:23 2/15/2005, Peterhin wrote: >>OK thats great, now that I am there, my problem is with say 'ee' >how do I edit the text.? >I am a total newbie to the CLI. Any help would be appreciated. >I typed 'ee xorg.conf.new' it gives me the editor and the >'xorg.conf.new' at the bottom of the scree

Re: Articals/howtos needed ..

At 04:33 2/18/2005, faisal gillani wrote: >Hello there i want some small sized articals about >freebsd , if you have any please mail me on >[EMAIL PROTECTED] . > >thanks > > >= >*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Allah-hu-Akber*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ >God is the Greatest Lots of links on this pa

Email encryption options for FreeBSD?

Hi folks, I'd like to use the PHP mail() function to send back some sensitive information. The command pkg_info doesn't show any encryption packages installed. Does anyone have some experience with sending out encrypted emails? Thanks a bunch for any illumination you can provide! Start Here t

Re: Email encryption options for FreeBSD?

Thanks Kirk, for your reply! At 21:55 1/20/2004, Kirk Strauser, wrote: >At 2004-01-21T01:37:15Z, "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I'd like to use the PHP mail() function to send back some sensitive >> information. The command pkg_info doesn'

'There are suspended jobs.'

How do I find out which jobs are suspended, and how to un-suspend them? Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsub

Re: Email encryption options for FreeBSD?

fo.ems <0880.0002>> > >At 2004-01-21T07:30:08Z, "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Thanks Kirk, for your reply! > >You bet. > >> Would this consist of: >> >> 1. First doing a portupgrade? (OS is FreeBSD 4.4, ports are pre

Re: Email encryption options for FreeBSD?

At 20:53 1/28/2004, Jonathan Chen, wrote: >On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 05:23:54PM -0600, W. D. wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I ran portupgrade and then make, install, & clean for gnupg. >> >> However, it seems that the version that is now installed is: >> &g

Re: sort of a freebsd question

At 22:30 1/28/2004, J.D., wrote: >To whom it may concern, > >What happened to www.bsdi.com website. > >Can't seem to get to it. > >Thank you, >James Falknor WhoIs is OK: http://www.TrueWhois.com/print_version.php?domain=BSDI.com WindRiver.com is OK: http://www.WindRiver.com/products/bsd_os/ NetC

Re: Is there a HOW-TO for a network install of FreeBSD?

At 23:23 1/28/2004, Kushmit Indurain, wrote: >Hi- > >I have a server that currently has Redhat 7.3 on it, and I want to wipe the >box and do a fresh install of FreeBSD 4.9. The only problem is that the box >is at a colo and only has a floppy drive. > >But I have root access to it over the network

Redirect text from stdout to a variable?

Hey folks, Is it possible to redirect text from stdout to a variable? I do something like this and get the output on the screen: echo "Some Text to be Encrypted" | /usr/local/bin/gpg -a --always-trust --batch --no-secmem-warning -e -u "GPG Tester " -r "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Most sites advise to

Re: Redirect text from stdout to a variable?

fe mode Any other ideas? > >W. D. wrote: >> Hey folks, >> >> Is it possible to redirect text from stdout to a variable? >> >> I do something like this and get the output on the screen: >> >> echo "Some Text to be Encrypted" | /usr/loc

How to find the largest files?

Hi Folks, I use the following to grab a snapshot of all the files on the system: ls -laTFWiR What would I use to show only the files that are greater than 500k? Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ ___ [EMAI

Help!!! GPG (GnuPG) & PHP: system Safe Mode workarounds?

Hi Folks, I finally got GPG "portupgraded'--not the latest version, but it works. It it works fine on the command line. However, I am trying to send an encrypted email using PHP. The problem is that PHP is in "safe mode" on the server, and won't let me do something like any of these: Surely,

Re: Small FreeBSD Image?

At 12:54 2/15/2004, stan, wrote: >I'm setting up Nagios, and I want to show the OS that's on a given machine >using it's map graphics. > >Anyone know where I can find a small FreeBSD image? (PNG preferred). http://wolfram.schneider.org/bsd/gif/bsd/logos.html If you can't convert, let me know. St

Re: Freebsd as a web server

At 15:24 4/6/2004, Don wrote: >> install freebsd >> install the ports >> install the webserver from the ports >You may find it easier to simply install the Apache package (by selecting >Configure -> Packages during the isntall). > >Although the ports tree is more flexible and current, sometimes the

Re: Need Help on Win98

At 23:52 6/2/2004, Ho, Guan hui, wrote: >I need help on how to make the routing persistent in Win98. I have my PC >connected to a network that has two separate routers connected to the same >network. One of the routers is for surfing the internet and the other is >for connectivity to the VPN emai

Re: Nothing works

At 21:56 7/5/2005, Timothy McLouth wrote: >First i tried to make my own installation cd(s) from the instructions given, >they did not work so I e-mailed for answers got two different answers >neither of which worked so i bought the installation cd(s) ver 5.4...I >downloaded the manual which is o

Re: Ntpd error msg

At 11:15 7/8/2005, Shawn Wall wrote: >Hello list, > >I've just installed a new 5.3 server and I have setup ntpd. When I start the >daemon I get this error msg: > > Wintermute ntpd[512]: Frequency format error in /var/db/ntpd.drift > >Here is my ntp.conf: > >Driftfile /var/db/ntpd.drift > >Ser

Re: Need Help Installing FreeBSD with AMD x86

At 01:57 7/26/2005, Corey Farwell, wrote: >I have all the ISO's burned to a CD, but when I put the boot disk in to >install, after I restart, it goes to the normal windows. I've already tried >going to the BIOS settings, but nothing there helped me. What do I do now? >Corey Farwell Hey Corey, I

Re: List archive search broken?

At 23:06 11/28/2005, Micah wrote: >Hey All, > >I just went to http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/ , >typed in VNC into the Search box (left Match, Format, Sort By as All, >Short, and Score), and got a page of results. When I try to move on to >any other results page, I get an

Recommended software for various computer types?

Hi Folks, What are some recommendations for programs for these different types of computers? (Internet Web Server, Desktop Workstation, Firewall, Samba LAN File Server) Which programs are essential? Useful? Which to avoid? Why? Comments on configuration options? Here's a chart: =

Re: 4.10 Install failure.

At 10:43 8/16/2004, Tyler Parrott, wrote: >Yeah, right after I sent that email I read about the image already >being bootable. I supposed I should do my homework before making my >posts:) > >Anyways, the image is burnt correctly, so I'm back to where I started >with no idea how to move forward...

Copy all files and subdirectories preserving time stamp?

Hi folks, What would be the way to copy all files and subdirectories from one directory to another--preserving the time stamp and other attributes? It seems that 'cp' usually puts a time stamp of the current date and time. Would this work? cp -r -p -@ /some/source/directory/* /some/target/dire

Re: Copy all files and subdirectories preserving time stamp?

At 12:00 8/23/2004, Moti Levy wrote: >W. D. wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>What would be the way to copy all files and subdirectories >>from one directory to another--preserving the time stamp >>and other attributes? >> >>It seems that 'cp'

ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Hi folks, I have Tardis (Windows) running on my network broadcasting NTP time signals (right now every 4 seconds), but the FreeBSD machine is running 5 seconds faster than all the other computers. Here are the lines that I added to /etc/rc.conf: xntpd_enable="YES" xntpd_flags="-A -c /etc/ntp

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Hi Danny, Thanks again for your reply. More below... At 18:44 8/28/2004, Danny Mayer wrote: >At 06:35 PM 8/28/2004, W. D. wrote: >>I did some fooling around and found some diagnostic programs. > >I don't know why you are doing this since I already told you that >I fi

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

At 06:04 8/29/2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: >Re ntpd as broadcastclient - n1.emsbroadcastclient - n1.ems <0880.0002>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 02:07:16AM -0500, W. D. wrote: >> Hi folks,

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

cumentation for FreeBSD/Unix software. I've found 'man' pages to be almost useless. They rarely give examples, and when they do, they are extremely complicated. Criminy, why make it easy for Bill Gates to keep his stranglehold? W. D. wrote: > > Harlan Stenn wrote:

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

At 01:22 8/30/2004, Harlan Stenn wrote: >The new binaries are probably in /usr/local/bin/ . Right you are! Why is that? Shouldn't there be a compiler directive for FreeBSD that puts them in /usr/sbin/ ? I believe that is where FreeBSD expects them to be. Shall I just move them over there manua

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

At 01:46 8/30/2004, Harlan Stenn, wrote: >Better to follow the FreeBSD convention and leave them in /usr/local. > >Change xntpd_program in /etc/rc.conf . > >H Thanks Harlan for your reply. FreeBSD appears to expect these NTP programs to be in: /usr/sbin/ That is where the 2003 Oct port put them

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Hi Danny, Reply below... At 19:02 8/30/2004, Danny Mayer wrote: >At 07:13 PM 8/30/2004, W. D. wrote: >>30 Aug 21:50:05 ntpd[88]: logging to file /var/log/ntpd.log >>30 Aug 21:50:05 ntpd[88]: ntpd [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Aug 30 14:14:07 GMT >>2004 (1) >>30 Aug 21:50:05

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Thanks for looking into this, Danny! Reply below... At 12:49 8/31/2004, Danny Mayer, wrote: >At 11:15 PM 8/30/2004, W. D. wrote: >>Hi Danny, >> >>Reply below... >> >>At 19:02 8/30/2004, Danny Mayer wrote: >> >At 07:13 PM 8/30/2004, W. D. wrote: >>

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

At 17:16 8/31/2004, Harlan Stenn, wrote: >>At 14:57 8/31/2004, W. D., wrote: >>For some reason, I can't get to the UDel.edu FTP site. >>Do you happen to know why? >> >>ftp://ftp.udel.edu/pub/ntp/ntp4/ >If you cannot use FTP, it is because there were Seriou

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Thanks for the info, Brad. Reply below... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > FreeBSD appears to expect these NTP programs to be > > in: > > > > /usr/sbin/ > > > > That is where the 2003 Oct port

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Hi Danny, Thanks again for your reply. More... At 21:15 8/31/2004, Danny Mayer, wrote: >At 06:37 PM 8/31/2004, W. D. wrote: >>At 17:16 8/31/2004, Harlan Stenn, wrote: >> >>At 14:57 8/31/2004, W. D., wrote: >> >>For some reason, I can't get to the UDel.ed

Re: ntpd as broadcastclient - not working?

Hi Harlan, Thanks for your reply. Harlan Stenn wrote: > > I recommend you get the latest ntp-dev stable tarball Is there anything more recent than: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ntp_spool/ntp4/ntp-dev-4.2.0a-20040830.tar.gz > and build it > using the instructions I gave you earlier. Yes, t

Swap file errors on 4 GB drive.

Hi folks, I tried to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a computer with a 4 GB drive, but it killed the kernel when it got a swap file error. I put in an 8 GB drive an everything went smoothly. Any ideas on how to avoid error when installing to smaller drives? By the way, I've been refining some notes of

Re: Swap file errors on 4 GB drive.

At 03:39 9/5/2004, Markie wrote: >|- Original Message - >|From: "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >|To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >|Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 7:36 AM >|Subject: Swap file errors on 4 GB drive. >| > >|Hi folks, >| > >Hi >

Samba Configuration Options for small 2-3 person office?

After 'make install', this appears: l samba configuration options qk x x x Please select desired options: x x lqqk x x x [ ] syslog With syslog support x x x x [ ] ssl

Re: Samba Configuration Options for small 2-3 person office?

At 08:11 9/19/2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: >Re Samba Configuration Options.emsConfiguration Options.ems <0880.0002>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >Content-Disposition: inline > >On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 02:28:22AM -0500, W. D. wrote: >> Afte

Samba 'make install' chokes on textproc/expat2

Can't get Samba 2.2.11 to install. Has anyone encountered a problem with textproc/expat2? Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailin

RE: Samba 'make install' chokes on textproc/expat2 & now openldap

he simple way to get past this and install Samba >-Original Message- >From: W. D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 9:18 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Samba 'make install' chokes on textproc/expat2 > >

Re: Samba Configuration Options for small 2-3 person office?

At 07:42 9/20/2004, Peter Risdon wrote: >W. D. wrote: >> After 'make install', this appears: >> >> l samba configuration options qk >> x x >> x Please s

RE: Samba 'make install' chokes on textproc/expat2 & now openldap - FreeBSD

At 23:47 9/19/2004, W. D. wrote: >At 14:24 9/19/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: >>Personally, unless one has great need not to, I highly recommend upgrading >>to samba3 to start with. The perfomance gains alone I found well worth it. >>Plus if you plan to integrate into a n

Samba public directory on FreeBSD

What is recommended for a public, 'free-for-all', anyone can read or write directory on FreeBSD? What are the reasons for preferring one place over another? Would these work? /usr/local/share/sambapublic/ /usr/share/sambapublic/ /home/sambapublic/ Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.U

Re: [Samba] Re: Samba public directory on FreeBSD

At 13:20 9/23/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> What is recommended for a public, 'free-for-all', >> anyone can read or write directory on FreeBSD? >> >> What are the reasons for preferring one place >> over another? >> >> Would these work? >> >> /usr/local/share/sambapublic/ >> /usr/share/samb

Re: [Samba] Re: Samba public directory on FreeBSD

At 14:26 9/23/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote: >> At 13:20 9/23/2004, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> What is recommended for a public, 'free-for-all', >> >> anyone can read or write directory on FreeBSD? >> >> >> >> What are the reasons for preferring one place >> >> over another? >> >> >> >> Wou

Re: how can I browse the The freebsd-questions Archives tar files!

At 02:26 9/24/2004, Huajian Luo, wrote: >Kris Kennaway wrote: > >>On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 03:05:33PM +0800, Huajian Luo wrote: >>>Hi, >>> Can someone tell me how to use mutt to view freebsd-question archives >>>I gunzipped the file and It's a txt file, so I think there maybe a better >>>way to vi

Re: Port upgrading - my way

At 14:44 9/23/2004, Chris, wrote: >>> You could join in the FreeBSD tradition, though, and do it the >>> Right Way(tm) ... >>> >>> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/bsd/2003/08/28/FreeBSD_Basics.html >>> >>> An excellent tutorial/article by Dru Lavigne >>> >>> Kevin Kinsey >>> >> OK, after reading th

Re: Port upgrading - my way

At 23:11 9/24/2004, Donald J. O'Neill wrote: >On Friday 24 September 2004 06:32 pm, Chris wrote: >> W. D. wrote: >> > At 14:44 9/23/2004, Chris, wrote: >> >>>>You could join in the FreeBSD tradition, though, and do it >> >>>> the Right

Re: Installer

At 15:14 10/12/2004, Newton wrote: >Dear Friends : I'm a Linux user since 1,999 and I'm really interested in >start FreeBSD. OK, it's a new system, different versions and so on. My >experience with computers started with Basic, after MS-DOS, Windows and >Linux. When I tried Linux, 5 years-ago, p

Re: Unable to umount Cdrom drive.

At 13:22 10/13/2004, Laszlo Antal wrote: >Hi, > >I have FreeBSD 4.10 installed. >When I mount the cdrom with #mount -t cd9660 /dev/acd0c /cdrom >everything works fine.I can get to my ports and everything >But when I want to swap cds and I type #umount /cdrom >I get this error message:: Unable to um

Re: Where can I read the old questions??

At 13:36 10/13/2004, Laszlo Antal wrote: >Hi, > >I am trying to install Apache and PHP and MySQL. I'm having some trouble >but I don't want to bug anybody with my questions. >I remember There was a lot of question about this topic So I would love >to browse through them. > >Thank you Laszlo > >--

Re: How to begin ???

At 20:08 9/29/2004, Savchuk Taras, wrote: >I understand nothing in FreeBSD source code, but want to sort out this problem. >The hard business is begining, so I want to begin. >Who can show me the right way? > >ps: I have some expirience in C/C++ programming, understanding i386 arch and I >am fam

Re: Boot floppies for FreeBSD 4,8

At 10:14 10/2/2004, nigel henry, wrote: >Having multiple linux installs on my machines, I've had to use boot floppies >to boot some of em. I'm not too good at configuring GRUB or LiLo to chainload >to other bootloaders at the moment, so, is it possible when installing >FreeBSD to make a boot flo

NTP Time Server for LAN: Broadcasting or Not?

Hi Folks, I've got a FreeBSD - NTP time server configured on my small LAN. Here's some output: ntpq> pe remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter === +navobs1.wustl.e .USNO.

Cronjob Cvsup -> What?

According to: http://www.freebsd.org/news/2012-compromise.html Cvsup is deprecated. If I have a Cron entry like: #- #Min HrDOM Mnth DOW Command # At 3:46 in the morning, everyday, as root, update the ports tree: 46

Tried to install 9.1 from bootonly -> won't boot

I get to the logo screen where it says: 1. Boot [Enter] 2. etc. 3. etc. Won't accept any keyboard input, not even Ctrl-C, or Ctrl-Alt-Del. Am using PS/2 Keyboard and mouse through my trusty PS/2 KVM switches. Any ideas or do I just stick with 8.3? Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> h

Re: Upgrade

At 06:10 9/21/2002, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I''ve bought your FreeBSD(4.5) sometime ago, and only started installation >> about last week and discover from the web that there is 4.6.2. >> > Please do enlighten on how shall I upgrade, and how shall I do security >> patches. > >If

Re: Upgrade

At 15:03 9/21/2002, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: >On 2002-09-21 14:04, "W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> At 06:10 9/21/2002, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> >Instead, download either the CD iso-s or floppy images for 4.6.2 >> >and start fresh with a new in

FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware?

Hi Folks, I was planning to put together a 10 user Novell Netware network. Is it possible to substitute a FreeBSD server instead? What would be the differences? Thanks for any help and advice you can provide! Start Here to Find It Fast!© -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ To U

Re: FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware?

tore and operate on some files. Word processing docs, spreadsheets, perhaps some FileMaker, InterBase or other databases. Windows 9x workstations would be accessing/sharing these files. How much fiddling with the config files would this take? Regards, W. D. Start Here to Find It Fast!© ->

Re: FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware?

Hi Warren, At 18:27 10/3/2002, Warren Block wrote: >On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, W. D. wrote: > >> I was planning to put together a 10 user Novell Netware network. Is it >> possible to substitute a FreeBSD server instead? > >Might be... see /usr/ports/net/mars_nwe. Hmmm. http:/

Re: FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware?

org > >On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, W. D. wrote: > >]:At 17:35 10/3/2002, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: >]:>Well, FreeBSD's motto is: "The Power to Serve!" >]:>Very little seems impossible, but you can spend lots >]:>of time with config files :-) >]:>

Re: FreeBSD instead of Novell Netware?

At 23:23 10/3/2002, Warren Block wrote: >On Thu, 3 Oct 2002, W. D. wrote: > >> Would Samba sit on top of FreeBSD? NFS? > >Samba would run on FreeBSD. It is compatible with Windows networking; >the clients can't tell it from any other Windows networking server. > &

Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD

At 17:43 10/10/2002, Corey Holcomb-Hockin, wrote: >I've been having trouble with my a7a-133. I had trouble with XFree86, >and with a tv card. I'd like to know some motherboards that work well >with FreeBSD? Does anyone know what motherboards will work with an AMD chip(s) in a 1U rack mount

Re: Athlon XP motherboards that work well with FreeBSD

At 08:18 10/11/2002, John Bleichert, wrote: >On Thu, 10 Oct 2002, W. D. wrote: >> >> Does anyone know what motherboards will work with an AMD chip(s) in a >> 1U rack mount server case? > >Have you found a HowTo on rolling your own rackmount? I'd love to see it

RE: Linux vs. FreeBSD

At 20:39 10/23/2002, Dan Pelleg, wrote: >FreeBSD systems are easy to maintain. You can do a source upgrade, >or a binary upgrade, and the system will go through it and boot >to the new version without a hitch. On one system I have I've gone from >FreeBSD 4.1 to 4.7, including every release in betwe

How to stop SPAMMER??!

Hi folks, I've got some bozo from: SpaWeb1.spaelegance.com..auth doing all kinds of SMTP activity on my FreeBSD server. Does anyone know how to stop this? What kind of entry would I add to ipfw? Does anyone know what vulnerability this might be? How to stop permanently? Here's what I am

Re: How to stop SPAMMER??!

eve Wingate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >|MCSE, CCNASat Nov 9 16:59:00 PST 2002 >+-+ >|FreeBSD 4.7-RC >| 4:59PM up 21 days, 17:31, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 >+-+ > >

Re: How to stop SPAMMER??!

At 20:04 11/9/2002, Gustaf Sjoberg, wrote: >On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 15:13:09 -0600 >"W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >either block incomming port 25 connections or set the smtp server to require >authentication. How to do this? > >ipfw entry could look some

Re: How to stop SPAMMER??!

At 21:17 11/9/2002, Jack L. Stone wrote: >At 03:04 AM 11.10.2002 +0100, Gustaf Sjoberg wrote: >>On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 15:13:09 -0600 >>"W. D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>either block incomming port 25 connections or set the smtserver to require

Re: How to stop SPAMMER??!

ed to >connect from an ip with bad in-addr.arpa/ident - and I dont think this is >correct form: > > ALL : 209.152.117.190192.0.2.35 : allow What would work? > > > >On Sun, 10 Nov 2002, W. D. wrote: > >> At 01:14 11/10/2002, Stephen Hovey, wrote: >> > &

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