Re: remote password change
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 4:05 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 7:17 AM, pepe pla...@gmail.com wrote: Or better yet, automatic migration of password so if user changes password for server A it would change in server B too. Are there some solutions to do this? http://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-nis.html -- Adam Vande More I ran into little problem with NIS. problem is that UIDs are different for all users in both server. So is it still possible to sync passwords with NIS with different UIDs? -- pepe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: remote password change
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:17 PM, pepe pla...@gmail.com wrote: I have two FreeBSD 8 servers running. Server A is for shell access and server B for www pages. On B there is only scp/sftp access and no shell login. Now I'm looking for solution for people to be able to change password for server B from inside server A. Or better yet, automatic migration of password so if user changes password for server A it would change in server B too. Are there some solutions to do this? -- pepe So. I did look into NIS but it seems little problematic with different UIDs on all users in different servers. And the thing is I don't really need to sync passwords that much. It would be enough if there is way to just change passwords in ftp/scp server with shell access only into other server. If there is not this kind of solution then web-application would be ok too if there are any? NIS would be good, but seems little heavy solution since all that I really need right now between these servers is access for some people to change their ftp password... -- pepe ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
cmpsfont-1.0_7 checksum mismatch
There seems to be an error with the recently (5 days ago) distributed new 1.0_7 version of cmpsfont: --- Upgrading 'cmpsfont-1.0_6' to 'cmpsfont-1.0_7' (print/cmpsfont) --- Build of print/cmpsfont started at: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:29:15 +0200 --- Building '/usr/ports/print/cmpsfont' === Cleaning for cmpsfont-1.0_7 === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE === Extracting for cmpsfont-1.0_7 = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for cmps-unix.tar.gz. === Refetch for 1 more times files: cmps-unix.tar.gz === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE = cmps-unix.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. = Attempting to fetch http://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/type1/cmps-unix.tar.gz === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for cmps-unix.tar.gz. === Giving up on fetching files: cmps-unix.tar.gz How to deal with it? Or wait for a better version? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
After freebsd-update....
My system still is shows #0 8.2-RELEASE #0 Following the latest FreeBSD Security Advisory FreeBSD-SA-11:02.bind I did # freebsd-update fetch # freebsd-update install And a reboot, but my system doesn't indicate the update! Any suggestions ? Thanks /Leslie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: After freebsd-update....
You have applied the update successfully. You won't see any difference in the output from uname(1) because this update when applied via freebsd-update(8) doesn't touch the kernel. It only affects named(8). This is the patched version in 8.2-STABLE: % /usr/sbin/named -v BIND 9.6.-ESV-R4-P1 Interestingly my system updated from source shows still: /usr/src# /usr/sbin/named -v BIND 9.6.-ESV-R3 ncache.c was updated though, but version number nor any other bind files were touched. -Reko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: After freebsd-update....
did you rebuild the world? -- View this message in context: http://freebsd.1045724.n5.nabble.com/After-freebsd-update-tp4438777p4439202.html Sent from the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: After freebsd-update....
did you rebuild the world? Ran makeworld and installworld twice to be sure of the version number staying the same :) -Reko ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Dell R210 no disks found
On 5/26/11 9:16 PM, Jaime Kikpole wrote: I am attempting to install FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 from a CD onto a Dell R210 server. When I boot and run fdisk from sysinstall (under Custom), it tells me No disks found! and then points me to the hardware guide. Nothing in the hardware guide really seems to apply. Any one else get FreeBSD installed on an R210? Is there a BIOS setting that I need to check or something? I've spent about a week on this and will need to return both R210s soon if I can't get them working. Thanks, Jaime Kikpole If your r210 has a h200 RAID card, then it is *not* supported in the 8.2 iso images. It is supported through the mps driver in 8.2-RELEASE though. You'll need to go in the RAID setup to destroy the logical device. Next, you'll need to download Martin Matuska's MFSBSD and rebuild it with the 8.2-RELEASE sources to include the mps driver in the kernel. Once you've booted from that, you'll be able to see your hard drives as /dev/da0 and /dev/da1 You will have to create a software RAID using either gmirror or ZFS, and install the OS on your mirror. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config
Some time back, there was a post on one of the mailing lists that suggested it was better to leave either I486_CPU or I586_CPU enabled in a kernel config even for much newer processors. For performance reasons, AFAIR. Naturally I didn't save that post or a link to it. Can anyone find that message, or explain why it would be good to keep either of those cpu options in a kernel that will only run on much newer CPUs? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: editors/openoffice.org-3
Hi! Am 30.05.2011 18:31, schrieb Jamie Paul Griffin: On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 06:19:50PM +0200, Julian H. Stacey wrote: I subscribed openoff...@freebsd.org list a few days back to catch any replies from my post Wed May 25 18:28:12 UTC 2011 about an error with instsetoo_native/ on both i386 amd64 8.2-REL current/poprts. Also no reply so far, Maybe not enough responsive people subscribed to openoff...@freebsd.org ? Yes that was my reason for posting here in the hope i'd reach more people. I guess we'll just have to wait until someone gets round to fixing the problems. I am watching this list for some time now and really am afraid the OOo porting team seriously lacks manpower. So if you can't help you better install with pkg_add -f option - that will probably work. Greetings Peter. I wouldn't mind using one of the packages but they want perl version 5.12 and I don't want to use that just for OO. jamie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org -- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
xpdf does not accept input from keyboard
FreeBSD 8.2 amd64 xpdf version 3.02 whines: Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfActivate: ManagerParentActivate()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfBeginLine Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfBeginLine: ManagerGadgetTraverseHome()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfHelp Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfHelp: ManagerGadgetHelp()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background. Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfActivate: PrimitiveParentActivate()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfHelp Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfHelp: Help()' ... Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfCancel Warning: ... found while parsing 'KeyosfCancel: MenuEscape()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfActivate: PrimitiveParentActivate()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfSelect Warning: ... found while parsing ':KeyosfSelect: ArmAndActivate()' Warning: String to TranslationTable conversion encountered errors Warning: Cannot convert string -*-times-bold-i-normal--20-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 to type FontStruct Warning: Cannot convert string -*-times-medium-r-normal--14-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1 to type FontStruct Warning: Color name LightYellow is not defined And then seems to mostly work, except that it does not notice any input from the keyboard. Clicking on buttons with the mouse works as expected, but attempting to paste text into the find text box does not work. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:35 PM, Adam Vande More amvandem...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Some time back, there was a post on one of the mailing lists that suggested it was better to leave either I486_CPU or I586_CPU enabled in a kernel config even for much newer processors. For performance reasons, AFAIR. Naturally I didn't save that post or a link to it. Can anyone find that message, or explain why it would be good to keep either of those cpu options in a kernel that will only run on much newer CPUs? Um, I don't recall seeing that and have removed them automatically for a long time. Here is one that suggests keeping I586_CPU with results that seem less than conclusive. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-December/020702.html Perhaps this is the one you meant? http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/190568.html Actually the two threads touch on the same subject, and it seems removal of those options is still desirable on newer CPU's. -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 9:50 AM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: Some time back, there was a post on one of the mailing lists that suggested it was better to leave either I486_CPU or I586_CPU enabled in a kernel config even for much newer processors. For performance reasons, AFAIR. Naturally I didn't save that post or a link to it. Can anyone find that message, or explain why it would be good to keep either of those cpu options in a kernel that will only run on much newer CPUs? Um, I don't recall seeing that and have removed them automatically for a long time. Here is one that suggests keeping I586_CPU with results that seem less than conclusive. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2005-December/020702.html -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re[6]: How to install doc for 9-CURRENT
Hello, Adam. That does not help. #man locate No manual entry for locate # 2011/5/29 Kon'kov Evgenij [1]kes-...@yandex.ru sorry, but that is not what I am looking for. How to install 'man' pages? they are not included in .iso and there are not on link you advice. I don't know how to install the man pages from the snapshot cd, but if you have the source for your version you can do: cd /usr/src/share/man make install -- Adam Vande More -- S uvazheniem, Kon'kov [2]mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru References 1. mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru 2. mailto:kes-...@yandex.ru ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: editors/openoffice.org-3
in message 20110530163134.ga51...@think.gnix.co.uk, wrote Jamie Paul Griffin thusly... I wouldn't mind using one of the packages but they want perl version 5.12 and I don't want to use that just for OO. Do you have another perl installed such that installing version 5.12 would cause much churn even if only to be replaced later? - parv -- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Trouble with LDAP-authentication to Apple Open Directory
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anyone? If this is not the right place to ask, can someone please point me in the right direction? Best regards, Aleksander Steffensen -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.17 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJN5BzbAAoJELxlbnDhBkKId8AIAKT0xR10dHOovyjSDCeoi5OA alAmkOY3lDk9Xa7k8I63VU4X80xvO/NjiHbRUPYFNmYCKMbAMJgnLnm5cQRiT6o0 xMJmMUX56NAmejxHl4k60DwMhb749WPF3FzUsWmR5nmZrK2Elk8yw8vDqn/Uqp0P 542oD6G9UfyDr6y1QOaRgaluJiGj/KliXw9pSPlAHQZQaNMUByk2u3ENjaMdnUR5 pDdXYmlnoV7UX2V8yB1JXb6VJWHinOOlufN9CcjDb8aKb4Q/6LYUCfdhuFDekMXB hNPq7Xn8Nk2RysU0E1nvQA1s2+j8llyM0KLm+w9/du4J5vkX2aGBy5uvMhqEtxA= =WYUb -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Funny thing with portsclean
On Monday 30 May 2011 01:20:42 Robert Simmons wrote: Sorry, I didn't mention why. You need use -DD if you don't want that to happen, and you want it to follow installed packages as well. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org A !! It was my bad then. Thanks for the previous explanation also, Robert. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: editors/openoffice.org-3
On Monday 30 May 2011 12:29:13 Jamie Paul Griffin wrote: Hello the build of this port fails due to a problem with the 'moz' module: ERROR: error 65280 occurred while making /usr/ports/editors/openoffice.org-3/work/000330_m20/moz [ ... ] I found a thread sent to freebsd-openoffice@ earlier this month where several people said they had experienced this problem, the last message in it was dated 15 May 2011. No update after and no indication when the problem might be fixed. I wondered if anyone here has any more information about this? best wishes, jamie ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org I just went ahead and compiled WITHOUT_MOZILLA. The error didn't show and OO compiled, installed and runs fine. I must say that I don't know precisely what functionality I am loosing with this though. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio YET!!] (99% winblows FREE) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: editors/openoffice.org-3
I wouldn't mind using one of the packages but they want perl version 5.12 and I don't want to use that just for OO. Either use -f to force it to go ahead anyway, and then pkgdb -F to fix the dependencies, or else unpack it, edit the dependecy file, repack it, and install it. The latter sounds gross but actually takes about five minutes. R's, John ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config
On Mon, 30 May 2011, Adam Vande More wrote: Perhaps this is the one you meant? http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2009-January/190568.html That's the one! Thanks! Actually the two threads touch on the same subject, and it seems removal of those options is still desirable on newer CPU's. sys/i386/i386/support.s is mentioned, but doesn't seem to have anything explicitly specific for 586. There are some i686 entries. A test for cpu_class==CPUCLASS_586 in /sys/i386/isa/npx.c is mentioned in the thread, but that check isn't in the current code. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: I486_CPU or I586_CPU in kernel config
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:53 PM, Warren Block wbl...@wonkity.com wrote: sys/i386/i386/support.s is mentioned, but doesn't seem to have anything explicitly specific for 586. There are some i686 entries. A test for cpu_class==CPUCLASS_586 in /sys/i386/isa/npx.c is mentioned in the thread, but that check isn't in the current code. Yeah, there doesn't seem to be concrete answer that's within my ability to diagnose. If you have some time and the burning desire, you could try some benchmark runs on each kernel to see if 686 is as preformant as 686/586. The first thread I posted seemed indicate a fairly noticeable slowdown when both were enabled, but there were perhaps problems with test methodology and of course that is quite old. Also seems like a good candidate question for hackers@ -- Adam Vande More ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Funny thing with portsclean
On Mon, 30 May 2011 20:15:53 -0300 Mario Lobo l...@bsd.com.br wrote: On Monday 30 May 2011 01:20:42 Robert Simmons wrote: Sorry, I didn't mention why. You need use -DD if you don't want that to happen, and you want it to follow installed packages as well. ___ A !! It was my bad then. Your mistake was assuming it was to do with the distfiles used to build installed packages, but the above comment is wrong -D deletes any distfile that doesn't have a hash value recorded anywhere in your complete ports tree. i.e. it only deletes files that have no use. -DD deletes any distfile that doesn't have a hash value recorded for the installed ports i.e. it additionally deletes distfiles that correspond to deleted packages, even though such files are still potentially useful if you need to reinstall. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: cmpsfont-1.0_7 checksum mismatch
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 08:48:18AM +0200, n dhert wrote: There seems to be an error with the recently (5 days ago) distributed new 1.0_7 version of cmpsfont: --- Upgrading 'cmpsfont-1.0_6' to 'cmpsfont-1.0_7' (print/cmpsfont) --- Build of print/cmpsfont started at: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:29:15 +0200 --- Building '/usr/ports/print/cmpsfont' === Cleaning for cmpsfont-1.0_7 === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE === Extracting for cmpsfont-1.0_7 = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for cmps-unix.tar.gz. === Refetch for 1 more times files: cmps-unix.tar.gz === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE = cmps-unix.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. = Attempting to fetch http://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/type1/cmps-unix.tar.gz === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for cmps-unix.tar.gz. === Giving up on fetching files: cmps-unix.tar.gz How to deal with it? Or wait for a better version? send-pr(1) or drop the maintainer an email (he's probably forgotten to update the distinfo). If you must have the port *now* you can edit the port with the new checksum calculated using sha256(1). (Edit /usr/ports/print/cmpsfont/distinfo) Regards, -- Frank Contact info: http://www.shute.org.uk/misc/contact.html pgplanqXiqgBW.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: cmpsfont-1.0_7 checksum mismatch
On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 08:48:18AM +0200, n dhert wrote: There seems to be an error with the recently (5 days ago) distributed new 1.0_7 version of cmpsfont: --- Upgrading 'cmpsfont-1.0_6' to 'cmpsfont-1.0_7' (print/cmpsfont) --- Build of print/cmpsfont started at: Mon, 30 May 2011 08:29:15 --- +0200 Building '/usr/ports/print/cmpsfont' === Cleaning for cmpsfont-1.0_7 === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE === Extracting for cmpsfont-1.0_7 = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for cmps-unix.tar.gz. === Refetch for 1 more times files: cmps-unix.tar.gz === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE = cmps-unix.tar.gz doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. = Attempting to fetch http://ftp.ctex.org/pub/tex/fonts/type1/cmps-unix.tar.gz === Vulnerability check disabled, database not found === License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE = SHA256 Checksum mismatch for cmps-unix.tar.gz. === Giving up on fetching files: cmps-unix.tar.gz How to deal with it? Or wait for a better version? send-pr(1) or drop the maintainer an email (he's probably forgotten to update the distinfo). If you must have the port *now* you can edit the port with the new checksum calculated using sha256(1). (Edit /usr/ports/print/cmpsfont/distinfo) -- Or this: cd /usr/ports/print/cmpsfont make fetch make makesum -- Matt Emmerton ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
A small script to customize FreeBSD
Hello. I wrote a script to install FreeBSD 8.2 on to a real machine, or a 64-bit Virtualbox VM. It has a modular approach where you can pick which functions will be run on a different target system. It can be tweaked easily. I wrote it so that I could do a quick plain vanilla install, and then run this script to set up my user, SVN server, gnome, firefox4, flash, nvidia driver, vbox additons, and other things. I thought I would post it in case other beginners need some thing like this to help them configure a machine. I started off with detailed notes, then thought I might as well script it. When you run it, the only user interaction is having to enter the user password twice. Let me know if anyone has any suggestions. #!/bin/sh loadMe() { echo loadMe... pw useradd -n theuser -s /bin/csh -m pw usermod theuser -G wheel,operator passwd theuser echo '#exec openbox-session' /home/theuser/.xinitrc chown theuser:theuser /home/theuser/.xinitrc chmod u+x /home/theuser/.xinitrc echo '#!/bin/sh' /home/theuser/init_theuser.sh echo 'nspluginwrapper -v -a -i' /home/theuser/init_theuser.sh chown theuser:theuser /home/theuser/init_theuser.sh chmod u+x /home/theuser/init_theuser.sh } loadPorts() { echo loadPorts... freebsd-update fetch install portsnap fetch extract } loadX11() { echo loadX11... pkg_add -r xorg echo 'dbus_enable=YES' /etc/rc.conf echo 'hald_enable=YES' /etc/rc.conf /usr/local/etc/rc.d/hald start /usr/local/etc/rc.d/dbus start Xorg -configure sed ' /Section Device/ a\ Option DRI Off ' xorg.conf.new xorg.conf.sed cp xorg.conf.sed /etc/X11/xorg.conf } loadSoundHP() { echo loadsoundHP... kldload snd_driver cat /dev/sndstat echo 'snd_atiixp_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf echo 'snd_uaudio_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf } loadSoundVMW() { echo loadsoundVMW... kldload snd_driver cat /dev/sndstat echo 'snd_es137x_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf } loadSoundXPS() { echo loadsoundXPS... kldload snd_driver cat /dev/sndstat echo 'snd_hda_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf } loadSoundVBX() { echo loadsoundVBX... kldload snd_driver cat /dev/sndstat echo 'snd_ich_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf } loadFF() { echo loadFF... pkg_add -r firefox echo 'sem_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf } loadApps() { echo loadApps... apps=bash unzip p7zip vlc xmms subversion mplayer openbox icewm cmdwatch xfe miro filezilla for x in $apps do pkg_add -r $x done } loadVboxAdds() { echo loadVboxAdds... #cd /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox-ose-additions #make install clean pkg_add -r virtualbox-ose-additions echo 'vboxguest_enable=YES' /etc/rc.conf sed ' /Section Screen/ a\ DefaultDepth 24 ' /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed /etc/X11/xorg.conf sed ' /Depth 24/ a\ Modes 1024x768 ' /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed /etc/X11/xorg.conf sed -e 's/vesa/vboxvideo/' /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed /etc/X11/xorg.conf echo '#!/bin/sh' /etc/rc.local echo '/usr/local/sbin/VBoxService' /etc/rc.local chmod a+x /etc/rc.local } loadFonts() { echo loadFonts... cd /usr/ports/x11-fonts/webfonts make install clean pkg_add -r dejavu cd sed ' /Section Module/ a\ Load freetype\ Load type1 ' /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed /etc/X11/xorg.conf sed ' /Section Files/ a\ FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/webfonts/\ FontPath /usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/dejavu/ ' /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.sed /etc/X11/xorg.conf fc-cache -f -v } loadFlash() { echo loadFlash... kldload linux #cd /usr/ports/emulators/linux_base-f10 #make install clean pkg_add -r linux_base-f10 echo 'linux_enable=YES' /etc/rc.conf echo 'linproc /usr/compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0' /etc/fstab mount -a #cd /usr/ports/www/nspluginwrapper #make install clean pkg_add -r nspluginwrapper cd /usr/ports/www/linux-f10-flashplugin10 make makesum make install clean cd mkdir /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins ln -s /usr/local/lib/npapi/linux-f10-flashplugin/libflashplayer.so /usr/local/lib/browser_plugins/ rehash } loadVB() { echo loadVB... pkg_add -r virtualbox-ose echo 'vboxnet_enable=YES' /etc/rc.conf echo 'vboxdrv_load=YES' /boot/loader.conf pw groupmod vboxusers -m theuser } loadSvn() { echo loadSvn... pkg_add -r subversion mkdir /home/svn-repo pw user add -n svn -u 3690 -d /home/svn-repo chsh -s /bin/false svn echo 'svnserve_enable=YES' /etc/rc.conf echo 'svnserve_data=/home/svn-repo' /etc/rc.conf echo 'svnserve_user=svn' /etc/rc.conf echo 'svnserve_group=svn' /etc/rc.conf rehash svnadmin create /home/svn-repo cd /home/svn-repo/conf echo 'theuser = theuserpw' passwd sed ' /# anon-acces/ a\ anon-access = none\ auth-access = write\ password-db = passwd ' svnserve.conf svnserve.conf.sed cp svnserve.conf.sed svnserve.conf cd chown -R svn:svn /home/svn-repo/ chmod -R 770 /home/svn-repo/* /usr/local/etc/rc.d/svnserve start } testy() { echo testy... } loadGnome() { echo loadGnome... pkg_add -r gnome2 pkg_add -r