Re: FTP problem with IPFW

2004-05-12 Thread Gareth Bailey
] Behalf Of Gareth Bailey Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FTP problem with IPFW I have recently setup IPFW on my FreeBSD 5.2 Release server. I am running natd to provide inet to 5 LAN users. It also runs mail, apache web server amongst others. All seems

FTP problem with IPFW

2004-05-11 Thread Gareth Bailey
I have recently setup IPFW on my FreeBSD 5.2 Release server. I am running natd to provide inet to 5 LAN users. It also runs mail, apache web server amongst others. All seems to be working fine, except for FTP. The first two lines of my firewall file are: add 1000 allow tcp from any to any via

Mail list - problems receiving

2004-05-13 Thread Gareth Bailey
I am now using free webmail to post to the list, since for some reason i cannot post to the list from my real email address (freebsd at ubersoft.co.za), i can only receive mail messages. mailq has this to say: {D3EBF4E3377 Sun May 9 16:31:31 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (host

Re: Mail list - problems receiving

2004-05-13 Thread Gareth Bailey
Thanks. Do i need to get my ISP to make this reverse entry? - Gareth On Thu, 13 May 2004 21:38:04 +0900 Luke Kearney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:43:29 +0200 Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] granted us these pearls of wisdom: I am now using free webmail to post

Samba slow to start on bootup

2004-05-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, Recently, Samba has started to take about 30secs to start on system boot. Output to console says: ... SambaStarting ... The 30 (or more) second break takes place between the Samba and Starting output. What could this be?, it never used to take so long. I have recently upgraded to

Re: Samba slow to start on bootup

2004-05-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
11:43:58 +0200 Nelis Lamprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 10:48, Gareth Bailey wrote: Hi there, Recently, Samba has started to take about 30secs to start on system boot. Output to console says: ... SambaStarting ... The 30 (or more) second break takes place

Re: Samba slow to start on bootup

2004-05-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
Aah! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. In debug mode the problem was revealed: Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost - Operation timed out Cheers, Gareth On Mon, 17 May 2004 12:30:56 +0200 Nelis Lamprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 11:56, Gareth Bailey

ipmon logs to messages AND security

2004-05-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
I have just installed IPFILTER as a replacement for IPFW. All is great besides the fact that ipf logs are being stored not only in /etc/security, but also /etc/messages. I don't want ipf logs in /etc/messages. In rc.conf, after enabling ipfilter i have the following lines: ipmon_enable=YES

Re: ipmon logs to messages AND security

2004-05-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gareth Bailey Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ipmon logs to messages AND security I have just installed IPFILTER as a replacement for IPFW. All is great besides the fact that ipf logs

Re: ipmon logs to messages AND security

2004-05-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
Thanks for the advice ;-), changing the ipmon_flags did the trick. Regards, Gareth On Mon, 17 May 2004 14:39:44 +0200 Nelis Lamprecht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2004-05-17 at 14:11, JJB wrote: Your solution of not using the syslog function does not answer his question. This is bad

Re: help me make a Mail Server choice

2004-06-01 Thread Gareth Bailey
Perica Veljanovski wrote: Hi, I have some trouble choosing between postfix and qmail for the new corporate mail server I'll be making. I'm looking for the one with least administrative overhead (since I run a one man show) and security is a big issue. Also, I'm looking for some guidance

IPF, IPNAT rules for dc++

2004-06-03 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi all, Does anyone have ipf and ipnat rules to allow Lan users to use dc++ through a fbsd gateway? I am trying to get it to work, with partial success? Thanks Gareth _ For super low premiums ,click here

Starting Apache on 4.10 stable at boot time

2004-06-18 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi all, I moved our work server over from 5.2 release to 4.10 stable. All seems fine except for some reason apache (apache-1.3.31_2) doesn't sart automatically at boot time. Does starting apache at boot time differ on 4.10 to 5.2? I have the apache.sh script in rc.d/ and it has correct

Mail problem - famd?

2004-06-20 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi all, I've recently converted our company server from 5.2 release to 4.10 stable. I'm in the process of ironing out last little issues i'm having. This problem has to do with my mail setup. I'm running postfix MTA and courier-imap server. My maillog file is filled with messages like the

Courier-imap + Postfix problem

2004-06-21 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi all, This problem has to do with my mail setup. I'm running postfix MTA and courier-imap server. My maillog file is filled with messages like the following: Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Failed to create cache file: maildirwatch (fre Jun 20 15:47:05 server imapd-ssl: Error: Input/output

Re: Courier-imap + Postfix problem

2004-06-22 Thread Gareth Bailey
Ok, i haven't got any responses regarding this post, but i have found what i think might be causing the problem. I setup my server with the hostname berkeley and installed everything i needed including postfix and courier-imap. I have since changed the hostname to server which was the name of my

Re: Courier-imap + Postfix problem

2004-06-22 Thread Gareth Bailey
PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 13:27:52 +0200, Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, i haven't got any responses regarding this post, but i have found what i think might be causing the problem. I setup my server with the hostname berkeley and installed everything i

Re: Courier-imap + Postfix problem

2004-06-24 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hello Brent, I did a straight fowrard 'make install' for courier-imap in the ports directory. I configured it to use SSL. I have never installed fam manually, although it is possible that it got installed as a dependency with another port. So, i don't know why i'm the only one having issues :-)

Starting portmap and fam on startup

2004-06-24 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, I have realised that courier-imap needs fam to be running to be happy. Fam, in turn needs portmap. I know that portmap can be started at boot time by using portmap_enable=YES in rc.conf, but how might one start fam at boot time? Regards, Gareth

Re: Starting portmap and fam on startup

2004-06-25 Thread Gareth Bailey
/portmap. For 5.x: Add rpcbind_enable=YES and either reboot or run /usr/sbin/rpcbind. Joey On June 24, 2004 04:49, Gareth Bailey wrote: Hi there, I have realised that courier-imap needs fam to be running

Ipmon security log rotation

2004-06-25 Thread Gareth Bailey
I start ipmon at boot time with /sbin/ipmon -D /var/log/security. Ipmon works fine but seems to stop logging entries to the security logfile when it is rotated. newsyslog.conf sets mode to 700, which should be fine since ipmon is run as root (i think?) How could i correct this? Thanks Gareth

Re: Ipmon security log rotation

2004-06-25 Thread Gareth Bailey
ipmon to use manual log file after you tell with -d to use syslog log function. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gareth Bailey Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ipmon security log rotation I start

Re: Ipmon security log rotation

2004-06-25 Thread Gareth Bailey
: You need to either tell newsyslog the pidfile, so it can HUP ipmon, or just get it to use syslog (in which case newsyslog doesn't need to HUP it at all). * Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] [0616 14:16]: The -D flag tells it to run as daemon. Starting ipmon with ipmon_flags=-D /var/log

Wireless USB Adapter

2004-02-18 Thread Gareth Bailey
Does anyone know how to configure FreeBSD to use a wireless USB WLAN adapter. The adapter is a X-Micro WLAN USB adapter. When i plug it into FreeBSD i get a ugen0 device loaded message. I understand this means that the OS doesn't specifically recognise it as a WIFI adapter, treating it as a

Sendmail and imap server config

2004-02-21 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hello I want to set up 5.2 Release as an email server. I have performed basic configuration of the sendmail config files as outlined in the handbook I installed cyrus imapd. I'm battling. Can't seem to find a straight forward setup guide. I installed it using passwd password

XF86Config - ProSavage DDR 8D04

2004-02-23 Thread Gareth Bailey
X server message generated is (WW) Savage: Chipset ProSavage DDR in Device section Card0 isn't valid for this driver After experiencing difficulty configuring X Server for use with the above graphics hardware, i downloaded a new savage_drv.o file and replaced the original. No joy. Has

Preferred MTA and mail configuration

2004-02-23 Thread Gareth Bailey
I'm new to email on FreeBSD. Could someone please advise at what MTA i should use. I thought courier might be a good choice since it has integrated POP3 and IMAP servers (bearing in mind i have to serve Outlook clients). I want simple install. Thank you Gareth

Mail storage in Postfix

2004-02-23 Thread Gareth Bailey
Where is mail actually stored under Postfix MTA? Thanks -Gareth ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

XF86Config - ProSavage DDR 8DO4

2004-02-23 Thread gareth bailey
X server message generated is (WW) Savage: Chipset ProSavage DDR in Device section Card0 isn't valid for this driver After experiencing difficulty configuring X Server for use with the above graphics hardware, i downloaded a new savage_drv.o file and replaced the original. No joy. Has anyone had

Wireless USB Adapter

2004-02-25 Thread gareth bailey
I have an X-Micro wireless USB Adapter that prints ugen0: vendor 0x0ace USB WLAN, rev 1.10/1.01, addr 2 when i plug it in. Is there any way i can get this device to work under FreeBSD? Gareth ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Sysinstall XF86Config

2004-02-26 Thread Gareth Bailey
I was wondering why sysinstall /Config/XFree86Config only lists some of the graphics drivers available. After some time i found the correct driver from additional drivers that appeared when i ran xf86config from the command line. Cheers Gareth ___

Courier-Imap authentication

2004-02-28 Thread gareth bailey
I recently installed Postfix MTA and Courier-Imap. Postfix is working correctly. I configured Courier-Imap, all seems well except i get a message when trying to connect from client saying Fatal error: /home/barry/Maildir: Permission denied I have created /usr/local/etcuserdb and run pw2userdb. I

Email client SSL certificate storage

2004-03-01 Thread Gareth Bailey
I've installed postfix and courier-imap. How do i stop my outlook client from warning about a root certificate that is self-issued. Do i need to install the certificate on the clients? How do i do this since the certficates are in .pem format? Thanks Gareth

USB printer setup

2004-03-02 Thread Gareth Bailey
Ok. I read through the handbook pages on printing and it doesn't have too much on usb printers. Can anyone suggest where i might start with setting up my USB Samsung laser printer? (My system loads it on ulpt0 so kernel is fine!) Thanks Gareth ___

Postfix, amavisd-new, clamav, spamassasin

2004-03-03 Thread Gareth Bailey
I believe Amavisd-new is a good interface for postfix and virus/spam scanners. I am not sure, however, whether amavisd-new comes with spamassasin or whether i need to install spamd from the freebsd ports collection. I see there is a hook in the amavisd-new config file for hooking up to a virus

Amavisd and clamd startup on boot

2004-03-04 Thread Gareth Bailey
I have recently installed postfix, amavisd-new, clamd. I have amavisd.sh, clamav-clamd.sh and clamav-freshcalm.sh in my /usr/local/etc/rc.d directory. Neither clamd nor amavisd seem to start on boot. Please let me know what i am doing wrong? Gareth

Reverse DNS - mail error

2004-03-11 Thread Gareth Bailey
My postfix seems to be running just fine, but i recently had a problem sending mail to a particular address. The message sent to me, the postmaster, was: host IP Number said: The server sending your mail [IP Number] does not have a reverse DNS entry. Connection Rejected. Please contact

amavisd - virusalert@example.com in maillog

2004-03-11 Thread Gareth Bailey
I've got the following message appearing in my maillog over and over: maillog:4050:Mar 11 16:54:04 server postfix/smtp[7103]: D892D434C: to=[EMAIL PROTECTED], relay=none, delay=255114, status=deferred (connect to example.com[192.0.34.166]: Operation timed out) I can't seem to find where in the

Recommended GUI manager for MYSQL

2004-03-15 Thread Gareth Bailey
Can anyone recommend a good GUI manager for MYSQL? Thanks gareth ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mysql.host table not exist

2004-03-15 Thread Gareth Bailey
I have just installed mysql. I have found the following error message in server.err: mysql.host table does not exist What do i need to do? Thanks Gareth ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

MYSQL startup error

2004-03-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
I am running 5.2 Release, and have recently installed mysql-4.0.18 server. I first made a default install by issuing the following commands in the port: $ make # make install $ cd /var/db/mysql mysql_db_install Worked perfectly when i started up with: $ mysqld_safe Then i decided i wanted to

Internet sharing authentication

2005-01-24 Thread Gareth Bailey
Greetings, I have set up a FreeBSD gateway/firewall with ipf and ipnat in the past, but I am now confronted with a new challenge. I need to setup the firewall to only allow internet (www) access to users who successfully authenticate themselves with a username/password combination. Ideally, a

A simple CGI question

2005-01-25 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, I have what i think is a really simple question regarding cgi scripts. I have an apache chpasswd cgi script that i want to make available so that users can browse to the url and change their own passwords. If a cgi script is in my /usr/local/www/cgi-bin directory, what url would i use

PHP installation woes

2005-02-22 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, Could someone please give the low down on installing and configuring php on freebsd? I am running the 4.10 release as our development server with apache 1.3, php 4 and mysql 4. Up until now, the only way i have got php to work is to extract the php tarball, configure (with the switches

File permissions

2005-02-23 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, I need to set permissions on the /www/data-dist directory such that when samba users create new files in it the ownership of the files will automatically be set to www. How might i do this. I've had a look at the chmod and sticky manpages with no luck. Thanks, Gareth

Will Sempron 754 run with FreeBSD i386?

2005-04-04 Thread Gareth Bailey
I just got a Sempron 754, will it run under FreeBSD 4.11 i386? I don't have time to reinstall the OS, so if the 754 doesn't run on i386 i'll swop the chip for a socket A. ... or will the 754 be substantially quicker that the equivalent speed Socket A? The machine is being used as a development

Re: Will Sempron 754 run with FreeBSD i386?

2005-04-04 Thread Gareth Bailey
Thanks for the info Andrew. Much appreciated, Gareth On Apr 4, 2005 3:33 PM, Andrew P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gareth Bailey wrote: Thanks. Can anyone else comment on the following points?: The 754 Sempron: - Will run in FreeBSD 4.11 i386? - Will not be faster than Sempron socket

Re: Courier-imap + Postfix problem

2004-07-29 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi Martin, That worked for me! Thanks for the late post anyway. Gareth - Original Message - From: Martin Hudec [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brent Wiese [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Gareth Bailey' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 10:15 AM Subject: Re: Courier-imap

Samsung ML-1510 under FreeBSD

2004-08-03 Thread Gareth Bailey
advice on an easy way to get this up-and-running? Thanks, Gareth Bailey ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Can't mount UFS in KNOPPIX

2003-12-02 Thread Gareth Bailey
Is it possible to mount freebsd native partitions in Knoppix? How can this be done? - i have tried 'mount -t ufs' and 'mount -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd' BUT Knoppix doesn't want to know about it. GJ Bailey ___ Look Good, Feel Good www.healthiest.co.za

Windows client - internet connection sharing

2003-12-16 Thread Gareth Bailey
Is it possible to set up a freebsd server connected to an ADSL line to provide internet access via LAN to a number of Windows clients. I don't know where to start. Any information in this regard will be greatly appreciated. Thanks Gareth Bailey ___ Look

Re: Windows client - internet connection sharing

2003-12-17 Thread Gareth Bailey
Thank you Matthew. a big help! On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:18:08 + Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 07:40:14PM +0200, Gareth Bailey wrote: Is it possible to set up a freebsd server connected to an ADSL line to provide internet access via LAN to a number

Vinum subdisk crash

2005-06-30 Thread Gareth Bailey
our server back online. Much appreciated, Gareth Bailey ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Vinum subdisk crash

2005-06-30 Thread Gareth Bailey
Kernel Panics. Please don't delete the crash dump; it may be needed for further analysis. I'm not sure if a kernel panic occurred? I hope this information helps, and that someone can give me some advice! Cheers, Gareth On 6/30/05, Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, It appears

LAN FTP problem with sample PF ruleset

2005-07-05 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi all, My LAN doesn't have FTP access using the sample PF ruleset from the openbsd site. My rules are as follows, any help as to where I'm going wrong would be great, thanks! RULESET: # macros int_if = xl0 ext_if = rl0 # tcp_services = { 22, 113 } icmp_types = echoreq priv_nets = {

Dump Restore to smaller partition

2005-07-05 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hello, Does anyone know if the dump and restore method for moving a partition to a new disk requires the destination partition to be as big or bigger that the source? From my understanding, the whole partition, including blank space will be dumped and restored. If this is the case then the

Copying files off Samba Server - freezes/very slow

2005-04-05 Thread Gareth Bailey
I have just upgraded the hardware of our development server. I thought that our file server used to be slow due to slow hardware, but now that we have upgraded I am a bit puzzled. Samba seems to slow or hang (top reports smbd CPU usage as 40%) when files are copied off the server using windows

Re: Copying files off Samba Server - freezes/very slow

2005-04-07 Thread Gareth Bailey
that would cause the slowness you described earlier. What version of FreeBSD are you running ? What are you hardware specs? What version of windows is running on your clients? do you use dynamic dns and or wins? On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 09:41 +0200, Gareth Bailey wrote: Hi Ed, My smb.conf file

IPF Firewall Rules... help!

2005-04-08 Thread Gareth Bailey
We have a freebsd gateway server for windows clients. We use IPF with nat. What ipf rules and ipnat rules are required on the gateway for Limewire peer-to-peer to connect on the clients. If you can help, please do... i'm doing something wrong! Thanks Gareth

Fwd: IPF Firewall Rules... help!

2005-04-08 Thread Gareth Bailey
. It has working examples. Any more help can only be offered if you post your rules and give details of your LAN environment. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gareth Bailey Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 8:16 AM To: freebsd-questions

Sendmail - massive logs

2005-04-18 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi All, I have found that my /var dir is filling up with logs caused by sendmail. I have no desire to use sendmail at the moment, and would like to turn it off completely (including logs). How might i do this. Presently, I have the following line in my rc.conffile. sendmail_enable=NONE

Power cut during portupgrade -NRP kde

2005-06-08 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi all, I believe that a kde install using packages where possible is the quickest route. I started the kde install using portupgrade -NRP kde, but had a power cut half way through :-( How might i continue where I left off? Thanks for your help, Gareth

portupgrade -NRP interrupted, now what?

2005-06-08 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, A power cut interrupted my portupgrade -NRP kde task. I ran pkgdb -Fu as i thought that it would fix any inconsistencies i might have. I then ran portupgrade -NRP kde in an attempt to continue my package install of kde. The install is failing with the following sample error messages:

Creating standalone passwords in /etc/passwd format

2005-08-15 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, I am using pserver for authentication on CVS. Rather than use the same passwords as in /etc/passwd, I'd rather create different ones for users. How would I output a password to, for example, a text file in the same format as that of /etc/passwd. i.e: # xxx mynewpassword

Re: Creating standalone passwords in /etc/passwd format

2005-08-16 Thread Gareth Bailey
I have had a look at crypt (enigma), but it doesn't appear to use the same algorithm? I need the same as that used in passwd! Thanks On 8/15/05, Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi there, I am using pserver for authentication on CVS. Rather than use the same passwords as in /etc

tar -u adds all files regardless of mod date

2005-09-09 Thread Gareth Bailey
Hi there, I have a directory I want to backup at /usr/dir_a/dir_b. I want to back the content of this dir to /usr/backups/dir_b so I tried the following: # cd /usr/backups/dir_b # tar -cf dir_b.tar /usr/dir_a/dir_b Now I have dir_b.tar which is 65MB in size. If i then try to update modified

Re: tar -u adds all files regardless of mod date

2005-09-27 Thread Gareth Bailey
on the 5 stable branch. Please check that the following does work (without the leading '/'): tar -cf foo.tar usr/dir_a/dir_b tar -uvf foo.tar usr/dir_a/dir_b This works just fine. Thank you for response and suggested workarounds. Gareth Bailey

Re: tar -u adds all files regardless of mod date

2005-09-27 Thread Gareth Bailey
/archive/Pimani/ Result: No files were added again (good). Just to bring to your attention. Gareth Bailey On 9/27/05, Gareth Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tim, 5-STABLE is sufficiently different that the patch doesn't apply, unfortunately. It will take me a few days to figure out whether