Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
> Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > abusing it. > >> > >>Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who > >>approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line > >>defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to > >>developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR > >>database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. > > > > I believe something like this is being considered. > > Have you considered a 'confirmation' system that sends mail back to the > originator for confirmation before actually submitting the PR? > > This way, if someone does manage to spam the GNATS database, we'll have > their email address and can officially complain. > Most ISPs would have > such abuse be grounds for cancelling their account. That is exactly what would happen at this ISP :o) Steve Bertrand, Senior Sys/Network Manager eagle.ca Internet Services > > -- > Bill Moran > Potential Technologies > http://www.potentialtech.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
At 2003-03-03T15:48:17Z, Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > While I understand the reason for this, keep in mind that if you make this > too complicated, you'll never get any bug reports. I might note that zero bug reports are currently being submitted via the web interface. Allowing report only from left-handed midgets with six toes would still broaden the field from the current situation. :) -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
Kirk Strauser wrote: At 2003-03-03T14:58:22Z, "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: How 'bout "cookie"ing them... How 'bout requiring GPG signatures on the bug report? Or giving the user a block of text to sign and paste into a textbox? While I understand the reason for this, keep in mind that if you make this too complicated, you'll never get any bug reports. Ahhh ... the old paradox, make it too easy and jerks abuse it ... make it too complicated and the people you want to use it won't. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
At 2003-03-03T14:58:22Z, "Kevin Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > How 'bout "cookie"ing them... How 'bout requiring GPG signatures on the bug report? Or giving the user a block of text to sign and paste into a textbox? -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
From: "Kirk Strauser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 4:13 PM Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. >Could you rate-limit the system to 'n' submissions >from a given email address in a given unit of time? >That won't stop someone from creating 30 >Hotmail accounts and posting 30*n PRs, >but anyone that bored and with that much >time on their hands is basically unstoppable >without human intervention anyway. :-) ... that seems a given, but it might at least take some of that extra time away from the "submit" button and put it into reading/typing in "auth codes" instead.. How 'bout "cookie"ing them... Kevin Kinsey DaleCo, S.P. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
ppp (was Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.)
This definitely worked! It's too slow, maybe cause I left "enable dns", I'll get it working fine. Thanks Alexey! Pedro. --- "Alexey V. Litvinov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > What version of mustdie you use? > if 95/98 try to run WINIPCFG.EXE while in connect > to ISP... as i can > remember it show's current dns-server > or if it's NT just run nslookup ;) may be it's also > exists on 95/98 > than just write down this ip in resolv.cfg > and remove enable dns from ppp.conf > __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On Sunday, March 2, 2003, at 12:15 PM, Daxbert wrote: Quoting Matthew Emmerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:48:58PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming the PR database. OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from abusing it. Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. I've never submitted a pr, but I've written scripts for bulk web submissions (GET and POST for load testing web apps). Did the previous web pr-interface have any sort of verification process? (e.g. email to submitter) Were there any sanity checks? (e.g. no more than X pr's per Y time) Where would I look to find the *old* web pr interface? In the CVS tree, of course. Specifically www/en/cgi/dosendpr.cgi. If you don't have a local copy of the source or can't use CVS, you can use cvsweb: http://cvsweb.FreeBSD.org/ - jim -- jim mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]|opendarwin}.org> [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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> > Sure it does. The manpage of ppp(8) includes: > > 8. Ask your ISP to authenticate your > nameserver address(es) with > the line > > enable dns > I did this, and I'm not running named. Thanks to Alexey's hints I found the values I needed though. thanks, Pedro. __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
> 8. Ask your ISP to authenticate your nameserver address(es) with > the line > > enable dns > hi said in prevous posts that : >Anyway, it's not even an option since I've been unable >to set up ppp properly. It connects fine but it >doesn't resolv any address, and I have "enable dns" >set on ppp.conf What i can't understand that why it isn't works To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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> Yeah I meant that Windows doesn't ask the user to > write it down. FreeBSD's chap doesn't seem to get it, > but I still have to find out why :(. freeBSD also ;) I for example getting it automaticaly from ISP and written in resolv.conf To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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On 2003-03-03 03:16, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- "Alexey V. Litvinov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > hmm why you thinking that Windows doesn't need ip of > > ISP's dns-server? > > It is getting it through ppp. > > Yeah I meant that Windows doesn't ask the user to write it > down. FreeBSD's chap doesn't seem to get it, but I still have to > find out why :(. Sure it does. The manpage of ppp(8) includes: 8. Ask your ISP to authenticate your nameserver address(es) with the line enable dns Do NOT do this if you are running a local DNS unless you also either use ``resolv readonly'' or have ``resolv restore'' in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown, as ppp will simply circumvent its use by entering some nameserver lines in /etc/resolv.conf. :-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
--- "Alexey V. Litvinov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > > > hmm why you thinking that Windows doesn't need ip of > ISP's dns-server? > It is getting it through ppp. > Yeah I meant that Windows doesn't ask the user to write it down. FreeBSD's chap doesn't seem to get it, but I still have to find out why :(. cheers, Pedro. __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
> Thanks! I'll do this when I find more time to hunt the > problem. What's weird (for me) is that I don't have > their DNS IP address: since Windows doesn't need it, > the ISP doesn't provide it. hmm why you thinking that Windows doesn't need ip of ISP's dns-server? It is getting it through ppp. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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I just sent my ports to Jens... thanks!! Also thank you to everyone that made jokes in private...I'm still laughing :-P. Pedro. __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: --- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: ... Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from abusing it. Well, If heard for years several committers criticising the whole PR system. Time for bugzilla?? ... You could always ask the list for help. Thanks! I'll do this when I find more time to hunt the problem. What's weird (for me) is that I don't have their DNS IP address: since Windows doesn't need it, the ISP doesn't provide it. My ISP sucks, but it's the cheapest around here, and for the typical use my parents give to the computer it's fine. cheers, Pedro. If you really have a problem submitting new ports, send them per e-mail to me or someone you know. If you send them to me, I'll verify them and ask you for feedback if I find sth. I think what should changed. After that, I submit them under your name. Would that ok for you? Jens -- L i W W W i Jens Rehsack LW W W L i W W W W i nnnLiWing IT-Services L iW W W Wi n n g g i W W i n n g gFriesenstraße 2 06112 Halle g g g Tel.: +49 - 3 45 - 5 17 05 91ggg e-Mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fax: +49 - 3 45 - 5 17 05 92http://www.liwing.de/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 2003-03-02 12:15, Daxbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never submitted a pr, but I've written scripts for bulk web > submissions (GET and POST for load testing web apps). Did the > previous web pr-interface have any sort of verification process? > (e.g. email to submitter) Were there any sanity checks? (e.g. no > more than X pr's per Y time) > > Where would I look to find the *old* web pr interface? The web page at: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/www/en/send-pr.sgml The cgi script at: http://cvsweb.freebsd.org/www/en/cgi/dosendpr.cgi -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE+YoeP1g+UGjGGA7YRAn8jAJ91gwBv12yjeMZuBvhX3nB6krJBHwCfWLup oriISSHBKE9yinxHX/wSDBM= =dpKE -END PGP SIGNATURE- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
At 2003-03-02T20:51:43Z, Ceri Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > That's a good idea, but wouldn't really have helped; the email addresses > concerned were "disposable" and all from various free webmail providers. Could you rate-limit the system to 'n' submissions from a given email address in a given unit of time? That won't stop someone from creating 30 Hotmail accounts and posting 30*n PRs, but anyone that bored and with that much time on their hands is basically unstoppable without human intervention anyway. -- Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On 2003-03-02 17:22, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So? Set your EDITOR environment variable to whatever you prefer > > and you won't have to deal with vi. > > I tried that with pico some years ago, but the result > was not nice. That's a problem of pico then. Pico does stupid things like wrapping long lines when it shouldn't or messing up with ^M characters at the end of lines. Use a real editor instead of a plaything. The ports collection includes many fine editors. > Anyway, it's not even an option since I've been unable to set up ppp > properly. It connects fine but it doesn't resolv any address, and I > have "enable dns" set on ppp.conf Show us your ppp.conf file taking care to mask usernames and passwords in the authname and authkey lines. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
--- Bill Moran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: ... > Or you could consider helping find a way to > re-enable > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies > from > abusing it. > Well, If heard for years several committers criticising the whole PR system. Time for bugzilla?? ... > > You could always ask the list for help. Thanks! I'll do this when I find more time to hunt the problem. What's weird (for me) is that I don't have their DNS IP address: since Windows doesn't need it, the ISP doesn't provide it. My ISP sucks, but it's the cheapest around here, and for the typical use my parents give to the computer it's fine. cheers, Pedro. __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 03:17:21PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > Ceri Davies wrote: > Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > abusing it. > >> > >>Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), > >>who > >>approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a > >>front-line > >>defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to > >>developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR > >>database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. > > > >I believe something like this is being considered. > > Have you considered a 'confirmation' system that sends mail back to the > originator for confirmation before actually submitting the PR? > > This way, if someone does manage to spam the GNATS database, we'll have > their email address and can officially complain. Most ISPs would have > such abuse be grounds for cancelling their account. That's a good idea, but wouldn't really have helped; the email addresses concerned were "disposable" and all from various free webmail providers. -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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Ceri Davies wrote: Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from abusing it. Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. I believe something like this is being considered. Have you considered a 'confirmation' system that sends mail back to the originator for confirmation before actually submitting the PR? This way, if someone does manage to spam the GNATS database, we'll have their email address and can officially complain. Most ISPs would have such abuse be grounds for cancelling their account. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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Quoting Matthew Emmerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:48:58PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > > Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > >>No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming > > > >>the PR database. > > > > > > > >OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers > > > >interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I > > > >guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. > > > > > > Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > > > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > > > abusing it. > > Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who > approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line > defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to > developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR > database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. > I've never submitted a pr, but I've written scripts for bulk web submissions (GET and POST for load testing web apps). Did the previous web pr-interface have any sort of verification process? (e.g. email to submitter) Were there any sanity checks? (e.g. no more than X pr's per Y time) Where would I look to find the *old* web pr interface? --daxbert To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 02:58:58PM -0500, Matthew Emmerton wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:48:58PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > > Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > > >>No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming > > > >>the PR database. > > > > > > > >OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers > > > >interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I > > > >guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. > > > > > > Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > > > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > > > abusing it. > > Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who > approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line > defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to > developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR > database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. I believe something like this is being considered. Ceri -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
> On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:48:58PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > > Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > >>No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming > > >>the PR database. > > > > > >OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers > > >interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I > > >guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. > > > > Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > > abusing it. Why not have a "pr-moderator" for each category (i386, kern, doc, etc), who approves each incoming PR. Basically this person would act as a front-line defense against spammers, but it would also allow them to assign PRs to developers as they are submitted, rather than letting them sit in the PR database for weeks/months before anyone picks them up. -- Matt Emmerton To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On 2003-03-02 05:47, "Pedro F. Giffuni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any chance that http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html > will be fixed, or FreeBSD dislikes feedback?? Not really. Not without making large changes to the way gnats works. I'm not against enabling it again, but it'll take a bit of work before it's safe to open such an easy way to fill the gnats database with bogus PRs again. > I've been waiting for this to get fixed to submit two ports and the > ports guys did changes to the ports tree in the meantime :(. You can always use send-pr(1). > I know . send-pr(1), but > 1) I've been unable to make ppp resolv any address. This is not enough information about send-pr(1) or about 'ppp' to help you. You should provide more details about *everything* that is relevant to your mta setup and the way send-pr(1) fails before someone steps up and helps you configure your system correctly for posting mail (this is all that is needed for send-pr(1) to work). Besides, you can always use send-pr(1) as a tool that spits out a template for a new bug-report, which you later edit and post with the mailer of your choise to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. > 2) I hate vi and don't want to learn it. That's easy to 'fix'. Just install an editor that you like from the ports and set your EDITOR environment variable correctly. I'm writing this message in GNU Emacs 21.2.1 which I installed from the ports. I have set my EDITOR environment variable to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/giorgos$ grep EDITOR .bashrc export EDITOR="${HOME}/bin/edit" The 'edit' shell script in my ~/bin sets up locale stuff to let me write Greek and attempts to fire up a range of editors, terminating when one of them succeeds: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/giorgos$ more ~/bin/edit #!/bin/sh # $RCS: scripts/edit,v 1.2 2002/12/05 23:18:33 keramida Exp $ # First clear off any locale related environment vars. __junk="" unset __junk `env | sed -n -E '/^(LANG|LC_[A-Z]+)=.*$/ s/=.*$//p'` # Then set the preferred locale variables for Greek text. export LANG="C" export LC_COLLATE="el_GR.ISO8859-7" export LC_CTYPE="el_GR.ISO8859-7" # Finally try to fire up some editing program. # The first one that works will terminate this script. test -x /usr/local/bin/emacs && exec /usr/local/bin/emacs "$@" test -x /usr/bin/emacs&& exec /usr/bin/emacs "$@" test -x /usr/local/bin/vim&& exec /usr/local/bin/vim "$@" test -x /usr/bin/vim && exec /usr/bin/vim "$@" test -x /usr/bin/vi && exec /usr/bin/vi "$@" test -x /bin/ed && exec /bin/ed "$@" # Fail, if we can't exec *any* sort of editing program. exit 1 To make a long story short, if you don't like vi(1) don't use it. - Giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 12:48:58PM -0500, Bill Moran wrote: > Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > >>No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming > >>the PR database. > > > >OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers > >interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I > >guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. > > Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable > the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from > abusing it. I have this running as a background task. Unfortunately at the moment it's pretty much "nice 20"'d. Pedro, you could ask someone else to submit them for you. Ceri -- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming the PR database. OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. Or you could consider helping find a way to re-enable the www to send-pr while preventing script kiddies from abusing it. So? Set your EDITOR environment variable to whatever you prefer and you won't have to deal with vi. I tried that with pico some years ago, but the result was not nice. Well, I can't speak for pico, but I've done this with ee with great success. Anyway, it's not even an option since I've been unable to set up ppp properly. It connects fine but it doesn't resolv any address, and I have "enable dns" set on ppp.conf You could always ask the list for help. It's very possible that your ISP doesn't provide DNS information via DHCP. I've got some clients who's ISPs haven't fully figured out how to use DHCP yet. What are the contents of /etc/resolv.conf? You can always get the DNS info from your ISP and enter it manually. -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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--- Jim Mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto: > On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 08:47 PM, Pedro F. > Giffuni wrote: > > Hi guys; > > > > Any chance that > http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html > > will be fixed, or FreeBSD dislikes feedback?? > > No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming > the PR database. > OK, I'm screwed :(. It's difficult to find committers interested in my ports (math/cad stuff) anyway. I guess I'll just keep'em for myself for some more time. > > So? Set your EDITOR environment variable to > whatever you prefer and > you won't have to deal with vi. > I tried that with pico some years ago, but the result was not nice. Anyway, it's not even an option since I've been unable to set up ppp properly. It connects fine but it doesn't resolv any address, and I have "enable dns" set on ppp.conf cheers, Pedro. __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
RE: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
Use EE. it works just fine and you don't have to learn vi or anything near as complicated as vi. And as far as your problem, just posting it here tends to help most of the time. Charles Pelletier Tech Coordinator St Luke's School Irving, TX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jim Mock Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 2:00 AM To: Pedro F. Giffuni Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled. On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 08:47 PM, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Hi guys; > > Any chance that http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html > will be fixed, or FreeBSD dislikes feedback?? No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming the PR database. > I've been waiting for this to get fixed to submit two > ports and the ports guys did changes to the ports tree > in the meantime :(. > > I know . send-pr(1), but > 1) I've been unable to make ppp resolv any address. Use your ISP's SMTP gateway. > 2) I hate vi and don't want to learn it. So? Set your EDITOR environment variable to whatever you prefer and you won't have to deal with vi. - jim -- jim mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]|opendarwin}.org> [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 08:47 PM, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: Hi guys; Any chance that http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html will be fixed, or FreeBSD dislikes feedback?? No, FreeBSD dislikes moronic skript kiddies spamming the PR database. I've been waiting for this to get fixed to submit two ports and the ports guys did changes to the ports tree in the meantime :(. I know . send-pr(1), but 1) I've been unable to make ppp resolv any address. Use your ISP's SMTP gateway. 2) I hate vi and don't want to learn it. So? Set your EDITOR environment variable to whatever you prefer and you won't have to deal with vi. - jim -- jim mock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]|opendarwin}.org> [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 05:47:03AM +0100, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Hi guys; > > Any chance that http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html > will be fixed, or FreeBSD dislikes feedback?? It was disabled because it was being abused by a juvenile who was spamming the GNATS DB with bogus PRs. Talk to the www team about the status of changes needed before it can be safely re-activated. Kris pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
The web-based bug interface is currently disabled.
Hi guys; Any chance that http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html will be fixed, or FreeBSD dislikes feedback?? I've been waiting for this to get fixed to submit two ports and the ports guys did changes to the ports tree in the meantime :(. I know . send-pr(1), but 1) I've been unable to make ppp resolv any address. 2) I hate vi and don't want to learn it. cheers, Pedro. __ Yahoo! Cellulari: loghi, suonerie, picture message per il tuo telefonino http://it.yahoo.com/mail_it/foot/?http://it.mobile.yahoo.com/index2002.html To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message