Re: Communication between hosts on different network interfaces

2024-01-30 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
Dear colleagues, A printer doesn't need internet access, and that is why I can block the internet access. The printer on the white network a label printer that just works. The other printer is a laser printer connected by USB to an Ubuntu computer on the white network, because that was easier

Communication between hosts on different network interfaces

2024-01-06 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
Dear colleagues, I have various network appliances that I don't really trust, like a printer. I have these plugged into an unmanaged switch and connected to network interface igc2. I want to allow the igc1 network to make web requests to the igc2 network, and I want the igc2 network to have

Concise passage in OpenBSD documentation about motivation

2023-07-18 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
Dear colleagues, About 20 years ago I read in some OpenBSD documentation, likely the installation instructions, that we want people to copy our OpenBSD even if to use it even in proprietary products, because the alternative is that incompetent people write their own software instead of copying

Use daily(8), weekly(8), or monthly(8) but read less mail

2022-12-25 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
scripts) and want to read reports only when something failed? With great humility, Ibsen S. Ripsbusker

Re: Passage about licensing from OpenBSD documentation

2022-02-08 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, at 15:25, Nick Holland wrote: > Probably be one of these two pages, I think: > > https://www.openbsd.org/goals.html > https://www.openbsd.org/policy.html > > I call it the "Microsoft Question": which do you fear more? > 1) That MS uses your code and profits from your work >

Passage about licensing from OpenBSD documentation

2022-02-06 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
My great and good friends, Like 20 years ago while trying to install OpenBSD for the first time I read a short passage in OpenBSD documentation that I really liked. Does anyone know where I can find it? The passage that said very directly that we license OpenBSD permissively because we know our

Debugging bootparamd configuration

2021-06-26 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
the server responds to a different client name) And I ask because I suspect the bootparamd configuration to explain the remaining problem with my diskless setup. I will send more context if it seems that would help. With the best compliments, Ibsen S Ripsbusker

Re: Counting traffic of one host through an OpenBSD computer

2021-06-26 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
My great and good friends, This is just what I wanted. Now I will see if my company-issued computer is the source of my high home network usage! Please accept the assurances of my sincerest regards and respect, Ibsen S Ripsbusker

Counting traffic of one host through an OpenBSD computer

2021-06-17 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
", so it suffices to count all bytes passing through the OpenBSD computer that originate from or are destined for the Windows computer. I avail myself of this opportunity to renew to you the assurances of my highest consideration. Ibsen S Ripsbusker

Using Acusis USB microphone-speaker from OpenBSD

2020-09-21 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
to play, not even at different times, even though the operating system suggests that audio playing is occurring. Does anyone have thoughts as to what I could do to make it work? Changing the Acusis firmware is an option. Please accept the assurances of my sincerest regards and respect, Ibsen S

Configuration of automatic login

2020-08-07 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
What do I do to make ttyC0 start with a shell as a user other than root, without prompting for a password? Please receive my sincere salutations. Ibsen

Shell account service providers

2020-07-15 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
Are there services that sell managed OpenBSD shell accounts? I mean a service similar to sdf.org.

Re: OpenBSD Project

2019-07-21 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
On Sun, Jul 21, 2019, at 16:41, Theo de Raadt wrote: > I'd go with the approach of avoiding politics entirely and not even > describing the approach we use. I find this approach to be consistent with OpenBSD's virtuous ignorance of fads. > Be as politics-free as possible; solutions should be

Re: Postscript printer recommendations

2019-07-13 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, at 18:52, antithe...@tuta.io wrote: > The model I have also supports uploading scanned documents to an FTP or > SFTP server, which is great, as it allows me to have a working > multifunction office printer with no drivers required. This would make scanning so much easier

Re: timeout(1) on OpenBSD

2019-07-13 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
In case you prefer the complicated version, $ pkg_add coreutils $ alias timeout=gtimeout On Sat, Jul 13, 2019, at 16:50, Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Hubert, > > drozdow wrote on Sat, Jul 13, 2019 at 04:24:55PM +: > > > There is no timeout(1) on OpenBSD, any alternatives? > > Isn't that a

Re: Configuration of radeondrm

2019-07-08 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
On Sun, Jul 7, 2019, at 23:06, Jonathan Gray wrote: > Xorg is no longer setuid you should use xenodm. > > See https://www.openbsd.org/faq/upgrade65.html Indeed I can start X with xenodm. Thanks!

Configuration of radeondrm

2019-07-07 Thread Ibsen S Ripsbusker
I have an ATI Radeon HD8490. It seems to be recognized properly in the dmesg. Also, I can view ttys from either of its two plugs. Unfortunately, it is not recognized as a screen for X. The attached Xorg.0.log is from when I run "startx". This is on 6.5, and it has been like this since I