Fwd: ln(1): add -v flag

2024-01-01 Thread Angelo Rossi
-- Forwarded message - From: Angelo Rossi Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2023, 23:37 Subject: Re: ln(1): add -v flag To: Theo de Raadt notice that: in /bin command-v = [ no chgrp no chmod no cp

Impossible to remove a broken package on 6.5.

2019-09-06 Thread Angelo Rossi
Hi, Please help, I've got kicad-20100505p11 installed on 6.4 for some reason, then I forgot it and upgraded to 6.5. During a pkg_add -v -u I've got an error said that it cannot upgrade kicad, so I tried to remove it with pkg_delete: # pkg_delete -v kicad Can't locate object method

Re: Boot reboot issue after upgrade to 6.4 on amd64

2018-11-27 Thread Angelo Rossi
Sorry, To fix this problem I changed /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/stand/Makefile.inc line #45 from HEAP_LIMIT=0xA to HEAP_LIMIT=0xB Angelo On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:37 PM Angelo Rossi wrote: > > > -- Forwarded message - > From: Angelo Rossi > Date: Tu

Fwd: Boot reboot issue after upgrade to 6.4 on amd64

2018-11-27 Thread Angelo Rossi
-- Forwarded message - From: Angelo Rossi Date: Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Boot reboot issue after upgrade to 6.4 on amd64 To: I agree with you, but it happens, anyway I found a simple trick to override the problem: recompile boot changing HEAP_SIZE to 1 MB

Re: heap full during amd64 boot.

2018-11-04 Thread Angelo Rossi
I agree with you. I already have fixed this crazy partitioning scheme on other machines. I would never use such configuration on production machines, but these were merely tests with limited resources PCs (< 500 GB HDs). So my idea in respect the boot loader is not to add checks since it is a

Fwd: heap full during amd64 boot.

2018-11-03 Thread Angelo Rossi
-- Forwarded message - From: Angelo Rossi Date: Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 10:48 PM Subject: Re: heap full during amd64 boot. To: First of all you can't endorse me with services I cannot fullfill just because you're lowly sense of humor told this. Then if the right behaviour

heap full during amd64 boot.

2018-11-03 Thread Angelo Rossi
Hello, When using a=/ and b=swap partitioning scheme on installation or upgrading from 6.3 with same partitioning scheme the default HEAP_SIZE=0xA generates heap full error during boot in 6.4 amd64. To solve this I installed the -stable soiurces from AnonCVS, and changed HEAP_SIZE from

Re: Sys-Admin vs Network Admin

2006-04-01 Thread A Rossi
Funny, I live in the West Coast US. Oregon to be specific. Indeed, I am not qualified, so 50$/hr is quite out of the question. I thought 10$/hr seemed reasonable given that I'm not sweeping the floors or mowing his lawn, I'm managing his disorganized mess of a network. And that job is like a

Re: Theo is a Blogger :-)

2006-04-01 Thread A Rossi
Quite the april fool's joke. Must have been done someplace close to the international date line, because where I live, it just turned 1:00 pm and those posts begin today at 5:00 am and the latest is at 6 pm. quite a good laugh though. I wonder what Theo thinks of it Anton Karpov wrote:

Re: Sys-Admin vs Network Admin

2006-03-30 Thread A Rossi
In the small business I am working for, I am both. I administer the firewall and the BSD box which will replace the current windows file server. Unfortunately, because I am new, he wants a professional. I think it's because I constantly remind him that his security needs improvement: better

Re: Firefox with Java and Flash

2006-03-30 Thread A Rossi
do a search of the list archives; I remember somebody asking the same question a few weeks ago and getting flamed for it. The answer was also in there too ;) A Joco Salvatti wrote: Hi all, I have installed in my machine both firefox web browser and java plugin (compiled on my own machine).

Re: Samba

2006-03-27 Thread A Rossi
J, Read the Samba handbook. All of it. Yes, it was written for linux, however, it contains some important information regarding your needs. And if the OpenBSD package doesn't contain the functionality support you need, you could try the port. I haven't used any ports on OpenBSD but I think you

Re: Openbsd PF Book

2006-03-26 Thread A Rossi
Buy it from the OpenBSD site, it supports OpenBSD (as I understand it), and it gets you your book! it's Win/Win!! Qwerty wrote: Hi All, Could anyone please tell me if the book Building firewalls with OpenBSD and PF (found at Amazon), would still be applicable today, or is it a bit outdated.

Re: Small office with BSD blueprint

2006-03-20 Thread A Rossi
Will H. Backman wrote: I assume something like a $40 linksys. Might I suggest that if you have budget for an extra computer or an older one laying around (not *too* old if you want decent outgoing internet performance) pop some NICs into it and use pfSense ( www.pfsense.com ) to make it a

Re: Reminder about the X Aperture

2006-03-16 Thread A Rossi
snip modern PC video card architecture containing a large quantity of PURE EVIL. This joke has a whole new meaning... http://ctrlaltdel-online.com/comic.php?d=20021029 As an aside, there are no alternative windows systems that are functional or secure?

Re: Pre-orders for our releases.

2006-03-10 Thread A Rossi
A thought suddenly occurs. Perhaps big companies that use OpenBSD do not want to disclose their use by donating because they fear that this might give their competitors an advantage(now their competitors know what OS they're using), or might help crackers/s-kiddies/etc. attack that company now

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-23 Thread A Rossi
]: On Thursday 16 February 2006 01:58, A Rossi wrote: My client didn't really like the idea of just making a windows partition and disallowing the users from accessing it with permissions, because then they'd know about something... And some might complain about it being broken

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-23 Thread A Rossi
Thank you all and good night! Chris Zakelj wrote: A Rossi wrote: Hi, I've been hired by a client to perform a number of network services for him, most of which are completely unrelated to my topic. Now, onto my topic: He asked me if I could partition all of his

Information about device polling

2006-02-22 Thread A Rossi
I was looking through the man pages on the OBSD site, and I can't seem to find a page giving the status of polling (whether its supported or not) on any of the network drivers. Where could I find this information?

Re: Information about device polling

2006-02-22 Thread A Rossi
Thanks! Any particular reason, other than that OBSD focuses on correctness and security rather than speed? Or is there a security problem with polling? Ted Unangst wrote: On 2/22/06, A Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was looking through the man pages on the OBSD site, and I can't seem

Adapting config

2006-02-22 Thread A Rossi
I'm adapting a samba config for a domain server from FreeBSD to OpenBSD, but part of it doesn't appear to be able to work in OpenBSD The part that needs to be adapted: add user script = /usr/sbin/pw useradd -n %u -m #%u is a SMB variable (its the user being added) -m makes a home #directory

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-21 Thread A Rossi
I learn to program, I'll write something that does explicitly this... Thanks all! A Rossi Steve Shockley wrote: A Rossi wrote: I like this idea. But one question: is it possible for the OpenBSD box to access all these hidden partitions through SMB as one large storage space possibly

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-21 Thread A Rossi
was hoping for. Alas. But there should be enough storage that I could have a few computers making up one copy, and a few making up another. Thanks A Rossi Graham Gower wrote: On 22/02/06, A Rossi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You may want to experiment with hiding the drives through GP, hidden

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-20 Thread A Rossi
A. Ramaley wrote: On Thursday 16 February 2006 01:58, A Rossi wrote: My client didn't really like the idea of just making a windows partition and disallowing the users from accessing it with permissions, because then they'd know about something... And some might complain about it being broken

Re: Correct directory for group files

2006-02-19 Thread A Rossi
in mind. Hope this helps -A Rossi William Kranec wrote: Hi, I have a photo collection which I would like multiple users to be able to access, and I would like to do this by storing the files in a central location on my disk and linking /home/$USER/photos to that directory. Where is the most

network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-15 Thread A Rossi
, but I like what I see. Thanks, A Rossi

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-15 Thread A Rossi
As I though. That is what I told my client. Thank you for verifying my knowledge. Chris Zakelj wrote: A Rossi wrote: Hi, I've been hired by a client to perform a number of network services for him, most of which are completely unrelated to my topic. Now, onto my topic: He asked me if I

Re: network distributed storage with windows?

2006-02-15 Thread A Rossi
a thought in the right direction (as is the case with me, usually). A Rossi P.S. My apologies to those of you who use console-based mail clients. I'm still trying to figure out how to get Thunderbird to wrap my text at 72 characters. Yes, I know about the setting under Tools Options, but that doesn't