Re: Used HDs

fabrication… niels. — Niels Dettenbach https://www.syndicat.com https://www.syndicat.com/pub_key.asc > Am 12.11.2022 um 04:04 schrieb Brad Spencer : > > Todd Gruhn writes: > >> Western Digital WD2500AAJS 250 GB Caviar Blue Hard Drive >> >> It was used, and made in

Re: Splitting *.mp3

..ß) Beside ffmpeg, sox may be an option too. hth, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet https://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: What administrative user interfaces for Xen are available for NetBSD?

t-Backup for Xen DomUs (live and online - with increments as i.e. tarballs or to "tape"). https://www.syndicat.com/open_source/projekte/xenbackup/ https://github.com/nielsd/xen-host-allbackup feel free to ask / contact me in case of questions. hth have fun, niels. -- --- Niels De

Re: I finally bricked my NetBSD system

> Am 16.07.2020 um 22:16 schrieb Bob Bernstein : > > Is there a work-around? hmm, you may mount the filesystem from another os or live system and untar the sets you‘ve used for installation again over it. This should give you at least a working base system back from where you may reinstall

Re: Securing DNS traffic

re local ISPs filter third party DNS at all because of "regulation", what usually means censorship...). -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Securing DNS traffic

S to i.e. "just collect domain names" and "usage statistics" was/is a typical source for collectors of such data - not only "Google". I knew several projects from experience where such "application" happened, i.e. in the SEO environment, internet security serv

Re: NetBSD Jails

> Am 20.05.2020 um 06:26 schrieb Greg A. Woods : > > Sure, doing things smart/clean/elegant is definitely outdated when > compared to the way many choose to work. As I said, most seem to see > the apparent surface simplicity of "docker pull nginx" as elegant > enough. I don’t use docker too

Re: NetBSD Jails

r more setups to NetBSD if jails would be available, because i still prefer NetBSD over FreeBSD on such servers because it is more Xen (PV) "friendly" at all. niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: NetBSD Jails

atabase servers, Samba stuff and proprietary / binary software etc) which all have their own IPs as root as user contexts in fs as userspace and security isolation (system as net / firewalling etc) is a major reason. This is one of the most used scenarios today. many greetings, niels. — Niels Dettenb

Re: NetBSD Jails

would use them too). niels. — Niels Dettenbach https://www.syndicat.com https://www.syndicat.com/pub_key.asc

Re: asterisk and blacklistd or alternative

a? the freepbx distribution i.e. uses fail2ban (for sip etc.) bundled / „integrated“ to freepbx which should be adaptable to NetBSD firewalling too. niels. — Niels Dettenbach https://www.syndicat.com https://www.syndicat.com/pub_key.asc

Re: Asterisk video conferences using NetBSD?

lution to for your special needs. All that should run under NetBSD too. FreePBS sources are available somewhere too (instead if their linux based image). hth, niels. — Niels Dettenbach https://www.syndicat.com https://www.syndicat.com/pub_key.asc

Re: ZFS on rpi3

hat they „break“ the zfs / leave it inconsistent after some usage (hours / days / weeks) or even „bricked“ USB flash mem. After changing that to a real SSD that problem not happened again. niels. — Niels Dettenbach https://www.syndicat.com https://www.syndicat.com/pub_key.asc

Re: EC2 AMIs

) in regard of Xen. This would mean the docs would be "outdated" (at least in regard of the NetBSD build arch / flavour) or "incomplete". Has anyone some clearification thereof? Is Amazon "offering" Xen (PV/HVM/PVHVM) as KVM ("full virt") in paral

Re: About using NetBSD as a guest, why, how etc.

rding. But never done that byself yet. If you rely on some special hardware, Xen with Linux dom0 + NetBSD guest might be an alternative too. just my .02 $ niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

ant from a marketing view... This doesnt mean that such products did not have any applications with any sense - but you have to be very clear about (if you rely on that service / resources in any way). just my two cents... niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet https://www.syndicat.com

Re: Web + email hosting recommendations

ncl. gTL Domains): https://www.syndicat.com/hosting/email/ even if that doesn't fit your expecttaions in any way - this may possibly help you in your further market orientation. many thanks, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: how to use netbsd with ubuntu?

to. The Dom0 is "only" providing "hardware access / sharing" then. But would be bit fiddely...ß) -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: how to use netbsd with ubuntu?

n chrome from a VM and use NetBSD as the X server. i think / would try so. The DomU does not require graphic card for this (headless) which is even easier to run as a (fast/slight) PV DomU. hth a bit, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: how to use netbsd with ubuntu?

few websites (without any 3D hardware accel and such stuff required) Ubuntu as PV or PVM DomU should be light and "slight" enough. jm .02$ niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: RISC-V port ?

l recieve / share / archive / search their informations with the highest transfer-efficiency for maximum flexibility - in text, sorry.. and commercial ad stuff is "not liked" on scientific mailing lists. just my .02$, niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet https://www.syndicat.com

Re: postfix alternatives on NetBSD / pkgsrc

Am 18. Januar 2019 14:49:15 MEZ schrieb Tobias Ulmer : >On Fri, Jan 18, 2019 at 07:50:52AM +0100, Niels Dettenbach (Syndicat IT >& Internet) wrote: >> The security footprint is very good. > >https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-10919/product_id-19563/

Re: postfix alternatives on NetBSD / pkgsrc

asily adapt and use. But you can split config files too if you prefer that. i can hardly recommend it. just my .02$ good luck, niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet https://www.syndicat.com

Re: Horde Webmailer

t for further - not NetBSD related stuff or on the Horde mailing lists. ß) hth, best regards, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Mailing list manager on NetBSD

ng. (E.g. HyperKitty > which mailman uses, which can be used standalone also.) You may use grep or similiar on the archive files, but these are just raw. There are many types of existing setups with some search / indexer software to advance mailmans archive with search functionality. or just (i

Re: Mailing list manager on NetBSD

se external services like google, but it should be easy to set up any type of own search indexer / software for this locally. hth, good luck, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Horde Webmailer

are described in the config GUI, but there are many additional things which could be defined / changed (i.e. defaults, backends etc.) in the additional config files. I strongly recommend to use the Horde users mailing list if you plan to use Horde in a productive environment (this is out of scope

Re: Horde Webmailer

bmail" (imp)) by hand too (copying the config example to config file and in imp configure at least one backend) and create the databases by hand with pear/horde-db-migrate If that doesnt help, i recommend to swap over to the Horde mailing list. hth good luck, niels. --- Niels Dettenbac

Re: Horde Webmailer

rc. horde from pkgsrc is fully outdated since many years and insecure / not maintained afaik - thought it was gone long time ago...ß) > So I will try an installation into a separate directory with pear and all > the horde/horde packages, and report back. good luck ß) niels. -- --- N

Re: Horde Webmailer

Yes - they did, you talk about Horde <= 3 - now is Horde 5, which uses/requires his own, pear based installation environment and is not in pkgsrc. cheers, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Horde Webmailer

e_Exception is just the first class referenced. Try to add the path to "include_path" as described here and set the webserver environment vars as in the Horde INSTALL docs. hth and good luck, best regards, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Horde Webmailer

onf install -f -a -B horde/kronolith then chmod configs temporarily if required (i.e. when horde config by web): chmod -R 777 config chmod -R 777 */config and revert the rights after. --- snap --- hth and good luck! best regards, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Extremely poor disk performance on ProLiant DL360 G5 RAID

but typically bundled with a DIMM bar. > Is there no hack to simulate the presence of a BBU? This means a "hack" of the array controller firmware? This - if "available" - would probably crash your filesystems if power loss ß) good luck, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbac

Re: Native sound system

st MIDI application under NetBSD would be Desktop and headless audio/MIDI appliances (i.e. MIDI "routers" and similiar) if NetBSD would "provide" a reliable "MIDI stack" in any way. In my own (commercial) music project studio MIDI is a core part for any musical data

Re: Native sound system

and scene - MIDI is far from "obsolete" or "small niche..." today...ß) this jfyi. many thanks, best regards, niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc ---

Re: Net neutrality changes?

Am 15. Dezember 2017 14:22:00 MEZ schrieb Andy Ruhl : >I'm wondering if anyone has seen any changes since the net neutrality >vote? ... >The one I can connect to from the internet is my own. My ISP has a >statement that I read as "nothing will change" in regards to net

Re: aws

just in case... Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Hypervisor advice

o avoid typical misunderstandings for "newbies": XenServer is NOT Xen. XenServer is a (proprietary) "ready to run" Virtualization environment which "uses" Xen. Xen byself is Open Source and NetBSD/Xen as "Hypervisor" / Dom0 is a Open Source implementation of Xen. hth

Re: boot fails without VGA connected

help (depending from what you really need on that machine). hth best regards, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Recommendation for squid proxy server

P against the servers/clients). I remember that we had compiled a NetBSD kernel with a higher (double) amount of max users, but not shure if this makes any sense with a current kernel. I would try it - if you are not rely to such special "kernel" features only Linux has. many thanks

Re: A single-board computer for NetBSD

the (current?) problem with USB is? And what do you mean with „occasionally“ and „hang“ (auto reboot possible by sysrq / watchdog or similiar?) many thanks for your hints, Niels. — Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: Howto stream audio from server to local client?

ards, Niels. --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT & Internet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: dhcpcd / IPv6 question

solutions / completely open protocol standards. just my two cents, Niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: dual stack hostside IPv6 config

where required)... many thanks, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: Network redundancy (Linux bonding/Solaris IPMP)

On 12. Oktober 2014 05:22:19 MESZ, Andy Ruhl acr...@gmail.com wrote: If so, where do you set the IP address(es)? Is there some virtual layer for a single IP address? ...in case of a bridge, usually on the bridge interface. cheerioh, Niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat ITInternet http

Re: Network redundancy (Linux bonding/Solaris IPMP)

if that iface leaves the bridge or just got down/deleted? Or does NetBSD did not know the concept of a IP of a bridge (as i.e. on linux) or is there any other official comparable concept? Many thanks for any hint. best regards, Niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat ITInternet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: Making Xen utilize all cores

did not pin any cpu to dom0 or domU's explicitely. hth cheerioh, Niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat ITInternet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: Can I use a native Linux installation as DomU?

at the NAT docs of NetBSD for that - i.e. a short howto: https://gmplib.org/~tege/xen.html hth a little cheerioh, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed

Re: Can I use a native Linux installation as DomU?

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Re: dns record update.

the old records? Is it possible that you forgot to update / increment your zones serial? It seems they is from may 09. best regards, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description

Re: / was overflows

) which are so big, use i.e.: lsof or similiar tools to check who is writing/accessing that file. hth cheerioh, Niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat ITInternet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: Ext2 as a root filesystem: any contraindication?

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Re: NetBSD web server http://www.netbsd.org is down.

Am Donnerstag, 6. März 2014, 10:32:55 schrieben Sie: Hello, Can anybody access to the web? no, seems really down att... -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally

Re: OT: Reliable Email/Web hosting service - recommendations?

of many new hosting ISPs, may be they are aware of it, may be not... just my two cents here... Niels. --- Syndicat ITInternet http://www.syndicat.com NOCs: DE / LU / CH -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat ITInternet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: More puzzing nmbclusters

in the right direction. Ok, ack and thanks. ;) -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP: https://syndicat.com/pub_key.asc --- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: New hard disk, copying data

have to make shure that you just copy files which has to be copied from a up and running root filesystem and i.e. no other mountpoints etc.. hth, best regards, Niels. -- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat ITInternet http://www.syndicat.com

Re: rss2email - keeps cron instances open on timeout

the rss2email error from the shell directly (i know that it may take some time / many starts to un into that error in practice...)? Then you can see what / where it is hanging there... hth a little best regards, Niels. -- --- Niels Dettenbach Syndicat IT Internet http://www.syndicat.com PGP