Re: systrace

2009-07-15 Thread Anton Karpov
According to Provos's blog, http://www.provos.org/index.php?/archives/34-Evading-System-Sandbox-Containment.html The initial prototype of Systrace as described in the paperhttp://www.citi.umich.edu/u/provos/papers/systrace.pdfavoided this problem by using a look-aside buffer in the kernel. This

Re: freetds and iodbc ...

2009-07-15 Thread Lars Nooden
I hope the list can give me any advice or pointers on what is the best way to access data from a SQL Server 2005 database from OpenBSD 'Best' is subjective. I myself would say the best way would involve using bsd.rd, fdisk and newfs. Note, Postgresql is part of ports:

Re: Climbing the learning curve, in baby steps.

2009-07-15 Thread Jasper Valentijn
2009/7/15 Wayne M. Scace k9di_...@k9di.org: Richard Toohey wrote: While I'm sure everyone is very happy for you, can I respectfully ask that your postings are a bit more technical in nature? Thanks. Hello Richard, Sure, I'll bear that in mind in the future. Wayne

Re: systrace

2009-07-15 Thread Ross Cameron
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Anton Karpovtoxah...@gmail.com wrote: According to Provos's blog, http://www.provos.org/index.php?/archives/34-Evading-System-Sandbox-Containme nt.html The initial prototype of Systrace as described in the paper avoided this problem by using a look-aside

Re: freetds and iodbc to access Microsoft SQL Server 2005

2009-07-15 Thread Abel Camarillo
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:45:28AM -0500, Vijay Sankar wrote: richardtoo...@paradise.net.nz wrote: Quoting Vijay Sankar vsan...@foretell.ca: I am trying to access a database hosted on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 using FreeTDS and iodbc from OpenBSD 4.5 -stable (also tried OpenBSD

Re: 4.6: load balancing and active/active

2009-07-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-07-13, Federico deepb...@fastwebnet.it wrote: Federico wrote: Hi all, after some disastrous test with OBSD 4.5, i tried to upgrade to -current via cvs, then to download the latest snapshot of 4.6 release from the ftp. My goal is to obtain a couple of firewall in active/active

Re: Exim with Dovecot authentication

2009-07-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-07-15, HDC fire...@gmail.com wrote: I trying to set Exim to use Dovecot SASL authentication, but this feature is not included on Exim 4.69 on OpenBSD. I see the sasl (cyrus-sasl) flavor in the ports, but no have this options in the packages... anyway cyrus-sasl is no the option that i

Re: Climbing the learning curve, in baby steps.

2009-07-15 Thread Peter Hessler
Specifically for people new to OpenBSD, there is a 'newbies' list, with subscription information available at http://mailman.theapt.org/listinfo/openbsd-newbies The post that Wayne sent would definitly be on topic and welcome on the 'newbies' list. On 2009 Jul 15 (Wed) at 17:45:34 +1200

Re: freetds and iodbc to access Microsoft SQL Server 2005

2009-07-15 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2009-07-14, Vijay Sankar vsan...@foretell.ca wrote: I am trying to access a database hosted on a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 using FreeTDS and iodbc from OpenBSD 4.5 -stable (also tried OpenBSD -current as of today). Unfortunately none of the documents I have read so far or the various

Re: 4.6: load balancing and active/active

2009-07-15 Thread Federico
Stuart Henderson wrote: looks like the same thing as in PR 6084. Yes, but it's still in open state, noone replied at that ticket. Besides, dlg worte about active/active in 4.6 introducing the defer tag, as you can see here: http://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=articlesid=20090619100514 but

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-15 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 08:21:16PM +0200, ropers said that Please don't require me to submit myself to facefuck in order to see it's not facefuck. it's fuckbook. -f -- so easy, a child can do it. child sold seperately.

Re: What might be th cause of psycho0: correctable DMA error AFAR xxx AFSR xxx on Sun V100?

2009-07-15 Thread Jason George
Hi, I wonder if there is anything else I could do here to find out what might be the problem. I get plenty of errors like this on the console: psycho0: correctable DMA error AFAR 47b8c200 AFSR 406200ff0080 psycho0: correctable DMA error AFAR 47b90aa8 AFSR 4062ff00a080 psycho0:

/bsd raid0 Error re-writing parity!

2009-07-15 Thread Siju George
Hi, I am not able to re write the parity for my Raid set. # raidctl -Sv raid0 raid0 Status: Reconstruction is 100% complete. Parity Re-write is 100% complete. Copyback is 100% complete. raidctl: ioctl () failed # raidctl -sv raid0 raid0 Components: /dev/wd0d: failed

Re: About em (4)

2009-07-15 Thread Insan Praja SW
Hi, On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:38:23 +0700, bsd...@gmail.com bsd...@gmail.com wrote: Presumably this would have been removed from the manual page if the issue were fixed. OpenBSD is usually good about keeping the documentation up to date and matching the code it comes with. On the other hand,

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-15 Thread demuel
And so I've heard from a very extremely reliable assets not parasites that the following will also gawk at the gathering: 1. Borat 2. Mr. Bean 3. James Bond :wq! hmm, on Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 08:21:16PM +0200, ropers said that Please don't require me to submit myself to facefuck in order to

reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Daniel Barowy
Hello everyone, This is, I'm sure, a naive question, so bear with me. What is the purpose of /usr/libexec? I see from hier(7) that it has something to do with System daemons and utilities (executed by other programs) which probably means, stuff not normally executed by users. But it's

Re: systrace

2009-07-15 Thread Bob Beck
* Ross Cameron ross.came...@linuxpro.co.za [2009-07-15 03:19]: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 9:21 AM, Anton Karpovtoxah...@gmail.com wrote: According to Provos's blog, http://www.provos.org/index.php?/archives/34-Evading-System-Sandbox-Containme nt.html The initial prototype of Systrace as

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
This is, I'm sure, a naive question, so bear with me. What is the purpose of /usr/libexec? I see from hier(7) that it has something to do with System daemons and utilities (executed by other programs) which probably means, stuff not normally executed by users. But it's unclear to me

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Daniel Barowy
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok-- it turns out I am even more naive than I previously thought. I can see that /usr/libexec is not in root's path on my machine (maybe that's why the 'usr' part is in there?). But why not? /sbin/init is

Re: /bsd raid0 Error re-writing parity!

2009-07-15 Thread Greg Oster
[please CC me on any replies, as I'm not on m...@openbsd.org] Siju George writes: Hi, I am not able to re write the parity for my Raid set. # raidctl -Sv raid0 raid0 Status: Reconstruction is 100% complete. Parity Re-write is 100% complete. Copyback is 100% complete. raidctl: ioctl ()

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Theo de Raadt
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok-- it turns out I am even more naive than I previously thought. I can see that /usr/libexec is not in root's path on my machine (maybe that's why the 'usr' part is in there?). But why not? Becuase

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Bob Beck
* Daniel Barowy m...@barowy.net [2009-07-15 09:58]: Hello everyone, This is, I'm sure, a naive question, so bear with me. What is the purpose of /usr/libexec? I see from hier(7) that it has something to do with System daemons and utilities (executed by other programs) which probably

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Han Boetes
Daniel Barowy wrote: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. [snip] But why not? Because you never have to execute any of those programs manually. They are just programs which are executed by other programs. Just like libraries are used by other

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Michal
As far as I'm aware ADD is on the autistic spectrum, and it is generally believed that a lot of people in IT are on the spectrum, especially those in the more technical areas, so in a way, your probably sort of right...in a way. Though, have you been tested for Asperger Syndrome? -Original

Re: X11 on a Sun Blade 1000 - Repeating keys

2009-07-15 Thread Edd Barrett
Sorry if I asked you that already, I can't remember. Are you using xdm? If so did you disable the getty(8) attached to the console in /etc/ttys? So far so good! Is there a planned fix? Thanks -- Best Regards Edd Barrett (Freelance software developer / technical writer / open-source

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread James P. Howard, II
On Wed Jul 15 2009 12:31:11 GMT-0400 (EDT) , Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009, Theo de Raadt wrote: It is stuff that isn't on root's path. Ok-- it turns out I am even more naive than I previously thought. I can see that /usr/libexec is not in root's path on my

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Jacob Yocom-Piatt
Michal wrote: As far as I'm aware ADD is on the autistic spectrum, and it is generally believed that a lot of people in IT are on the spectrum, especially those in the more technical areas, so in a way, your probably sort of right...in a way. Though, have you been tested for Asperger Syndrome?

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Thomas Pfaff
On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:31:11 -0600 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: Does everyone on this list have ADD? Commit to usr.bin/mg/theo.c please ;-)

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Bob Beck
* Thomas Pfaff tpf...@tp76.info [2009-07-15 11:22]: On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:31:11 -0600 Theo de Raadt dera...@cvs.openbsd.org wrote: Does everyone on this list have ADD? Commit to usr.bin/mg/theo.c please ;-) No, because all of us that read misc@ say this every single day :) theo.c

Re: reason for libexec?

2009-07-15 Thread Ted Unangst
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Michalmic...@sharescope.co.uk wrote: As far as I'm aware ADD is on the autistic spectrum, and it is generally believed that a lot of people in IT are on the spectrum, especially those in the more technical areas, so in a way, your probably sort of right...in a

Re: About em (4)

2009-07-15 Thread (private) HKS
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 10:57 AM, Insan Praja SWinsan.pr...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:38:23 +0700, bsd...@gmail.com bsd...@gmail.com wrote: Presumably this would have been removed from the manual page if the issue were fixed. OpenBSD is usually good about keeping the

Re: X11 on a Sun Blade 1000 - Repeating keys

2009-07-15 Thread Miod Vallat
Sorry if I asked you that already, I can't remember. Are you using xdm? If so did you disable the getty(8) attached to the console in /etc/ttys? So far so good! Is there a planned fix? No. But there is a better workaround in the works. Miod

Problem getting packages

2009-07-15 Thread Simon Loewen
Hi all, I have tried to download some packages from these mirrors, http://openbsd.berkeley.edu/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 http://anga.funkfeuer.at/ftp/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 http://obsd.cec.mtu.edu/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 ...And am told these packages don't exist. I am

Fund Raising Programs

2009-07-15 Thread Pilgrim Tours
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Re: Problem getting packages

2009-07-15 Thread Daniel Ouellet
Simon Loewen wrote: Where can I get these from? http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports-cvsm=123653096012674w=2 Can't resolve p5-Compress-Raw-Zlib In base. Can't resolve p5-IO-Compress-Base In base. Can't resolve p5-IO-Compress-Zlib In base. Can't resolve p5-Compress-Zlib In base. Can't

Re: Problem getting packages

2009-07-15 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 09:57:15PM +0200, Simon Loewen wrote: ...And am told these packages don't exist. I am following an installation document here to install SpamAssasin: http://www.kernel-panic.it/openbsd/mail/mail6.html That guide is retarded. It seems to list nearly all dependencies

Re: Problem getting packages

2009-07-15 Thread Maxime DERCHE
Hello, On Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:57:15 +0200 Simon Loewen si...@simonloewen.com wrote: Hi all, I have tried to download some packages from these mirrors, http://openbsd.berkeley.edu/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 http://anga.funkfeuer.at/ftp/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386

SUMMARY: Problem getting packages (SpamAssassin)

2009-07-15 Thread Simon Loewen
Simon Loewen wrote: Hi all, I have tried to download some packages from these mirrors, http://openbsd.berkeley.edu/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 http://anga.funkfeuer.at/ftp/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 http://obsd.cec.mtu.edu/pub/OpenBSD/4.5/packages/i386 ...And am told these

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-15 Thread Fred Crowson
On 7/15/09, Rod Whitworth glis...@witworx.com wrote: On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:56:35 +0200, Henning Brauer wrote: * Sevan / Venture37 ventur...@gmail.com [2009-07-14 19:50]: Still some time to go but wondering, who's going? I'm very much looking forward to attending for the time. otto, tedu and

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Re: tmux vs screen questions

2009-07-15 Thread frantisek holop
hi there, replacing screen with tmux is going fabulously. the very last thing i can't seem to make to work is (from man screen) escape xy Set the command character to x and the character generat- ing a literal command character (by triggering the meta command) to

Re: tmux vs screen questions

2009-07-15 Thread Mike Erdely
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:46:44AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: but i can't seem to be able to send a real ^x to the window. screen's escape command lets me set that if i press ^x x (control-x, followed by a single x) the terminal gets sent a sequence of ^x Add 'bind x send-keys ^x'

Re: tmux vs screen questions

2009-07-15 Thread frantisek holop
hmm, on Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 07:34:13PM -0400, Mike Erdely said that On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:46:44AM +0200, frantisek holop wrote: but i can't seem to be able to send a real ^x to the window. screen's escape command lets me set that if i press ^x x (control-x, followed by a single x)

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-15 Thread Edd Barrett
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:17:22PM +0100, Fred Crowson wrote: I've paid for my ticket - this will be my nearest EuroBSD Conference - I'll not need a flight to this one :~) It's tempting, but oh so expensive. -- Best Regards Edd Barrett (Freelance software developer / technical writer /

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-15 Thread patrick keshishian
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Edd Barrettvex...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:17:22PM +0100, Fred Crowson wrote: I've paid for my ticket - this will be my nearest EuroBSD Conference - I'll not need a flight to this one :~) It's tempting, but oh so expensive. you are right

Re: EuroBSDCon 2009, Cambridge, UK

2009-07-15 Thread Francesco Vollero
Il giorno gio, 16/07/2009 alle 01.52 +0100, Edd Barrett ha scritto: On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 11:17:22PM +0100, Fred Crowson wrote: I've paid for my ticket - this will be my nearest EuroBSD Conference - I'll not need a flight to this one :~) It's tempting, but oh so expensive. I agree