Re: 8-STABLE base BIND version number typo ?
On 27 August 2012 10:11, Damien Fleuriot m...@my.gd wrote: Hello list, We're currently running Nessus PCI DSS scans on our infrastructure to eliminate known vulnerabilities and problems. The scan reports that my version of BIND is vulnerable to exploits I *know* it isn't. The problem, to me, seems to be with the version number as reported by named -V : BIND 9.6.-ESV-R7-P2 built with '--prefix=/usr' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--enable-threads' '--enable-getifaddrs' '--disable-linux-caps' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-randomdev=/dev/random' '--without-idn' '--without-libxml2' (notice the .- notation) This is the base's BIND running on 8.3-STABLE 64 bits compiled and built on 22/08/12 : FreeBSD pf1-dmz-gs.[snip] 8.3-STABLE FreeBSD 8.3-STABLE #2: Wed Aug 22 10:41:47 CEST 2012 I have verified that building the exact same version from the ports, at /usr/ports/dns/bind96 yields the correct version number and the vulnerabilities are no longer reported by the scan, which uses BIND's version number as a reference. Has anyone else noticed the same oddity, that I might fill a PR ? Hello list, I seem to have seen no replies. Would anyone kindly confirm they've got the same problem so we can get a PR filled ? ___ 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: 8-STABLE base BIND version number typo ?
I seem to have seen no replies. Would anyone kindly confirm they've got the same problem so we can get a PR filled ? # named -V BIND 9.6.-ESV-R5-P1 built with '--prefix=/usr' '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--enable-threads' '--enable-getifaddrs' '--disable-linux-caps' '--with-openssl=/usr' '--with-randomdev=/dev/random' '--without-idn' '--without-libxml2' # uname -a FreeBSD xxx.xx 8.3-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.3-RELEASE-p3 #0: Mon Jun 11 23:52:38 UTC 2012 r...@i386-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 ___ 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: Becoming a Mirror
Hello Justin, On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 2:25 AM, Justin Dorfman jdorf...@netdna.com wrote: Hello, I was wondering how our company can provide a mirror for the FreeBSD project? Thanks. Have a look at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/article.html. HTH, -- Nino ___ 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
system build variables
I currently have # to get automatic SASL in sendmail SENDMAIL_CFLAGS+= -I/usr/local/include/ -DSASL=2 SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS+= -L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD+=-lsasl2 in make.conf. Would it be legal/better to put this in src.conf? Robert Huff ___ 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
portaudit and automake14
1. On a 8.0-RELEASE system, I'm having a problem with the automake14 port, where the portaudit port reports this vulnerability: http://portaudit.freebsd.org/10f38033-e006-11e1-9304-.html Refreshing the ports collection with 'portsnap fetch extract' and then running 'portmaster automake14' returned the same error as before: automake -- Insecure 'distcheck' recipe granted world-writable distdir I then tried to do 'make deinstall make reinstall' for automake14, but that just deinstalled the port. The system returns the same error as above when trying to reinstall. How to resolve? 2. This system also has a couple of other automake ports installed: automake-1.12.3 automake-wrapper-20101119 How to determine if these are necessary in addition to automake14? Thanks dn ___ 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: portaudit and automake14
On 8/28/2012 1:47 PM, David Newman wrote: 1. On a 8.0-RELEASE system, I'm having a problem with the automake14 port, where the portaudit port reports this vulnerability: http://portaudit.freebsd.org/10f38033-e006-11e1-9304-.html Refreshing the ports collection with 'portsnap fetch extract' and then running 'portmaster automake14' returned the same error as before: automake -- Insecure 'distcheck' recipe granted world-writable distdir I then tried to do 'make deinstall make reinstall' for automake14, but that just deinstalled the port. The system returns the same error as above when trying to reinstall. How to resolve? 2. This system also has a couple of other automake ports installed: automake-1.12.3 automake-wrapper-20101119 How to determine if these are necessary in addition to automake14? automake14 is not vulnerable to this issue. The vuxml was recently updated to show that it only affects 1.5 and up. http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/36235c38-e0a8-11e1-9f4d-002354ed89bc.html Not sure when portaudit updates, but in the meantime you can ignore that error: env DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES=1 portmaster ... You can also try deinstalling automake14 as it may not even be required on your system and the newer 1.12 may automatically be used instead. To be clear, automake14 is super old. automake-1.12.3 is current. Thanks dn Bryan ___ 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
text editor
Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system with following features: * Support 100 percent of hot keys * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. * Support special ASCII characters Please advise. Thank you. Michael Programmer Analyst ___ 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: text editor
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robin, Michael Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:10 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: text editor Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system On FreeBSD? In the GUI? or on the CLI? with following features: * Support 100 percent of hot keys How many is that? If a program has programmable hot keys, would that suffice? * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. A challenge, no-doubt. * Support special ASCII characters Less of a challenge. Most editors are good about special ASCII characters (the ones that don't are in the minority, imho). ... I'd honestly recommend vim (CLI) or gvim (GUI). NOTE: Assuming FreeBSD here. -- Devin _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. ___ 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: portaudit and automake14
On 8/28/12 11:53 AM, Bryan Drewery wrote: On 8/28/2012 1:47 PM, David Newman wrote: 1. On a 8.0-RELEASE system, I'm having a problem with the automake14 port, where the portaudit port reports this vulnerability: http://portaudit.freebsd.org/10f38033-e006-11e1-9304-.html Refreshing the ports collection with 'portsnap fetch extract' and then running 'portmaster automake14' returned the same error as before: automake -- Insecure 'distcheck' recipe granted world-writable distdir I then tried to do 'make deinstall make reinstall' for automake14, but that just deinstalled the port. The system returns the same error as above when trying to reinstall. How to resolve? 2. This system also has a couple of other automake ports installed: automake-1.12.3 automake-wrapper-20101119 How to determine if these are necessary in addition to automake14? automake14 is not vulnerable to this issue. The vuxml was recently updated to show that it only affects 1.5 and up. http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/36235c38-e0a8-11e1-9f4d-002354ed89bc.html Not sure when portaudit updates, but in the meantime you can ignore that error: env DISABLE_VULNERABILITIES=1 portmaster ... You can also try deinstalling automake14 as it may not even be required on your system and the newer 1.12 may automatically be used instead. To be clear, automake14 is super old. automake-1.12.3 is current. Thanks much for this. As noted, I've de-installed automake14 and haven't noticed any problems as a result. It can be reinstalled using that env flag you mentioned, but if it's not needed, then that's one less thing to go wrong. . . Thanks again. dn Thanks dn Bryan ___ 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 ___ 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: text editor
What is VIM? Where could it be downloaded? What is CLI? I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for Windows 7/8. The notepad plus program lacks start/end block setting option even though it have a lot of hot keys. My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based text editor for this option. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. Please advise. Thank you. Michael Programmer Analyst -Original Message- From: Devin Teske [mailto:devin.te...@fisglobal.com] On Behalf Of dte...@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:25 PM To: Robin, Michael; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: text editor -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robin, Michael Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:10 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: text editor Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system On FreeBSD? In the GUI? or on the CLI? with following features: * Support 100 percent of hot keys How many is that? If a program has programmable hot keys, would that suffice? * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. A challenge, no-doubt. * Support special ASCII characters Less of a challenge. Most editors are good about special ASCII characters (the ones that don't are in the minority, imho). ... I'd honestly recommend vim (CLI) or gvim (GUI). NOTE: Assuming FreeBSD here. -- Devin _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. ___ 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: text editor
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:09:39 +, Robin, Michael wrote: Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system with following features: * Support 100 percent of hot keys Depends also on the terminal emulator used and if it's configured properly. Editors like the one belonging to the Midnight Commander (mcedit) can learn keys. * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. That applies to most editors, like Joe's Own Editor (joe), mcedit (already mentioned) or vi / vim. It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. I know that both mcedit and joe support this, i. e. editing inside an already selected region; joe also is able to handle the begin and the end of the selection independently (^KB and ^KK). * Support special ASCII characters Also depends on terminal emulator and certain system settings, as well as your preferred input method. I've been succhessfully using chinese characters in mcedit running in xterm with the LC_* language setting to en_US.UTF-8. Use with non-UTF local characters is easlily possible even in text mode consoles, using e. g. ISO8859-1 on cons25l1 emulation. I'm quite sure that even the basic editors can support that. As a programmer, you should have no problems evaluating the family of editor you will use, and find the one that fits your needs best. Try for example vim and gvim, also give mcedit and joe a try. Make sure your system is properly configured (terminal emulation and language settings, keyboard settings) so you can benefit from what those editors can do. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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
GTK and black window content
Hey :), I have sometimes a problem with GTK applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird and some others too: The whole application window gets almost black and the only fix is to reboot the system. I am using KDE (disabled composite) as my Desktop and I have got a Nvidia card (propr. driver). Does this happen to you as well? Thank you, Stephan ___ 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: text editor
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:41:52 +, Robin, Michael wrote: What is VIM? VI = VI Improved, based on vi-like editor behaviour, which is often considered one of the MAIN editor environments among programmers. Where could it be downloaded? You don't manually download things on FreeBSD. You install software by a system means. I suggest you make yourself familiar with the OS and how to install programs using The FreeBSD handbook and the FAQ, accessible from the project's main web page. In short, # pkg_add -r vim or # pkg_add -r gvim should install vim or gvim (the Gtk-enhanced vim editor) for you easily. What is CLI? Command line interface, a common name for text mode applications (even when they run in a terminal emulator under X), so the term doesn't fit 100 percent here. A command line editor could be sed (the stream editor), which is a a non-interactive editor, programmed by its programming language and via command line arguments. But also text mode editors like joe or vim allow many command line arguments (see the respective manpages to learn more). To a Programmer Analyst that should be known, but don't bother. :-) I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for Windows 7/8. You should then consult a mailing list (or probably a web-based discussion forum) related to Windows topics. In worst case, install a FreeBSD image for a virtualisation environment (e. g. VirtualBSD) and use that for edititing. :-) My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based text editor for this option. I'm sure there are ports of normal text editors also for Windows. But this list -- FreeBSD questions -- is not the best place to ask for what they are or where to download them. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. That lack of compatibility is a significant problem on Windows, don't you think? :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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: text editor
Hi, On Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:41:52 + Robin, Michael ro...@chapman.edu wrote: What is VIM? Where could it be downloaded? What is CLI? I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for Windows 7/8. The notepad plus program lacks start/end block setting option even though it have a lot of hot keys. My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based text editor for this option. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. Please advise. Thank you. Michael Programmer Analyst Analyst? And you did not notice that you are on a FreeBSD mailing list? Erich -Original Message- From: Devin Teske [mailto:devin.te...@fisglobal.com] On Behalf Of dte...@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:25 PM To: Robin, Michael; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: text editor -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robin, Michael Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:10 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: text editor Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system On FreeBSD? In the GUI? or on the CLI? with following features: * Support 100 percent of hot keys How many is that? If a program has programmable hot keys, would that suffice? * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. A challenge, no-doubt. * Support special ASCII characters Less of a challenge. Most editors are good about special ASCII characters (the ones that don't are in the minority, imho). ... I'd honestly recommend vim (CLI) or gvim (GUI). NOTE: Assuming FreeBSD here. -- Devin _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and review by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you. ___ 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 ___ 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: GTK and black window content
On Wed, 29 Aug 2012 00:43:45 +0200, Stephan Schindel wrote: Hey :), I have sometimes a problem with GTK applications such as Firefox, Thunderbird and some others too: The whole application window gets almost black [...] ALMOST black? [...] and the only fix is to reboot the system. Does the program window stop responding? Have you tried killing X? Maybe that's not as drastic as rebooting (except of course the system completely refuses to respond, which you didn't mention). I am using KDE (disabled composite) as my Desktop and I have got a Nvidia card (propr. driver). Have you tried to temporarily use a different, more simpler window manager (simplest idea: twm) to see if this might be related to KDE? Does this happen to you as well? I'm using several Gtk applications here on WindowMaker (so no full KDE desktop), and _sometimes_ I have Firefox freezing the whole system; it stops during drawing operations (!) and the only help is to power off the machine. But in my case, I'm quite confident it's related to a malfunctioning graphics card -- also nVidia card + proper driver. However, this does not happen to other Gtk applications (such as Sylpheed), only to Firefox (and games such as Doom 3 demo and Quake 4 demo, but not to OpenArena). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ... ___ 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: text editor
On 28 Aug 2012 at 22:41, Robin, Michael wrote: What is VIM? Where could it be downloaded? What is CLI? I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for Windows 7/8. The notepad plus program lacks start/end block setting option even though it have a lot of hot keys. My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based text editor for this option. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. CLI is command line interface, what you're calling a command prompt. I came late to Windows, having run FreeBSD exclusively for quite a few years before trying out the Dark Side. As a result, my text editor of choice on Windows is gvim. I'm currently running 7.2, and it integrates with the right-click context menu. I believe it has all the functions you need. If you've never used anything in the vi family there's a steep initial learning curve, but once you get past that it should do the job well enough to satisfy all but the most dedicated emacs users. Check out: http://www.vim.org/ I hope this helps. -- Jerry Dunham Moderator, Texas Great Dane Rescue jdun...@texas.net ___ 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: text editor
-Original Message- From: Robin, Michael [mailto:ro...@chapman.edu] Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:42 PM To: 'dte...@freebsd.org'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: text editor What is VIM? A _much_ improved version of vi (vi is the ubiquitous UNIX text editor written by Bill Joy in 1976), vim itself being born in 1991 by a man named Bram Moolenaar. Where could it be downloaded? As Polytropon mentioned, FreeBSD has a built-in software acquisition system. Executing: pkg_add -r vim will install the VIM text editor (immediately after-which you can type rehash -- if using [t]csh -- and then vim FILE to start editing files). However, I recognize the need to sometimes know where your food comes from, so below are some links. NOTE: You need to know what version of FreeBSD you're using... For recent versions of FreeBSD: ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/ For older versions of FreeBSD: ftp://ftp-archive.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD-Archive/old-releases/ Then under there, you'll have to select i386 for 32-bit builds, or amd64 for 64-bit builds (etc.). Then under there, you'll have to select your appropriate version (e.g., 8.1-RELEASE). Then under there, you'll navigate to packages then either All or a specific sub-category. In there, you'll find vim-VERSION (ending in either .tgz, .tbz, or .txz, depending on your version of FreeBSD; mind you the suffix matters not to your ability to install the software). You'll also find gvim-VERSION there too. Please keep in-mind that this is _NOT_ the recommended way of electively installing software on FreeBSD. I'm merely explaining this so that you know where software for FreeBSD comes from (loosely; I'm leaving out a lot and choosing to focus on the consumer-side of things for the benefit of clarity). What is CLI? Before Windows and Apple, computers were told what to do without a mouse. This interface was called the command line. It has a very rich history and is still common-place in server environments. I am looking for GUI/command prompt text editor for Windows 7/8. I'd recommend getting to know something called Cygwin. It will allow you to run software such as VIM on Windows. The main website for Cygwin is: http://cygwin.com/ You can even run gVIM (the graphical version of VIM designed to run in the GUI) on Windows. Surely, you can run special versions of VIM on Windows _without_ Cygwin (link below), but I recommend Cygwin if you're going to program on UNIX at all (conflating your Windows environment with a UNIX-compatible environment is a convenience that many find helpful in making work more efficient). [g]VIM for MS-DOS and/or MS-Windows: http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc NOTE: There are downloads for self-installing executables for added convenience. The notepad plus program lacks start/end block setting option even though it have a lot of hot keys. My top priority is setting start/end block option which was available for old DOS-based text editor, but I have not seen any window-based text editor for this option. 16-bit DOS text editor program will not run on 64-bit operating system. Have you tried compatibility mode? Win7 has a compatibility mode that it can run executables in. I think it has a compat mode that will run 16-bit DOS programs, but I must admit that I've not tried. -- Devin Please advise. Thank you. Michael Programmer Analyst -Original Message- From: Devin Teske [mailto:devin.te...@fisglobal.com] On Behalf Of dte...@freebsd.org Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:25 PM To: Robin, Michael; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: text editor -Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Robin, Michael Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 3:10 PM To: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' Subject: text editor Which text editor program will run 64-bit operating system On FreeBSD? In the GUI? or on the CLI? with following features: * Support 100 percent of hot keys How many is that? If a program has programmable hot keys, would that suffice? * Hot keys available for setting start/end block to be copied, moved or deleted without requiring any mouse lock. It is not possible to use mouse lock or to hold shift key combined with navigating key at the same time without accidently dese4lcing. A challenge, no-doubt. * Support special ASCII characters Less of a challenge. Most editors are good about special ASCII characters (the ones that don't are in the minority, imho). ... I'd honestly recommend vim (CLI) or gvim (GUI). NOTE: Assuming FreeBSD here. -- Devin _ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message and all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any manner; and
Partitioning with gpart
Dear FreeBSD - I have installed PC-BSD 9.1 RC1 last week. Very nice I must say. The default file system is zfs. I have one storage disk which is ufs and another which is on an mbr partition. I thought I would format the mbr disk with zfs and move everything from the ufs disk and then format the ufs disk with zfs. I have not tried the command line before so I just tried to create over the disk with: gpart create -s gpt ada2 The message is that ada2 already exists as a file system. Show indicates that it is not gpt but mbr. Then in order to start over I tried to delete and destroy by starting with: gpart delete -i 1 ada2s1 The message is that ada2s1 is an invalid argument. I cannot experiment on my backup as it has only one disk. Comment please? -- Steve Blue Seahorse Syndicate http://www.blueleafsyndicate.org Maine New Hampshire Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ ___ 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: Partitioning with gpart
On Tue, 28 Aug 2012, Lynn Steven Killingsworth wrote: I have installed PC-BSD 9.1 RC1 last week. Very nice I must say. The default file system is zfs. I have one storage disk which is ufs and another which is on an mbr partition. I thought I would format the mbr disk with zfs and move everything from the ufs disk and then format the ufs disk with zfs. I have not tried the command line before so I just tried to create over the disk with: gpart create -s gpt ada2 The message is that ada2 already exists as a file system. The exact message would help; gpart is not a filesystem tool. Show indicates that it is not gpt but mbr. Then in order to start over I tried to delete and destroy by starting with: gpart delete -i 1 ada2s1 The message is that ada2s1 is an invalid argument. I cannot experiment on my backup as it has only one disk. gpart takes a -F option to destroy which makes it unnecessary to delete all the partitions first. Back up data first, and make certain that you and the computer agree on which drive is which. ___ 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
