Re: LDAP and Account Management

2008-09-02 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Monday 01 September 2008 23:33:11 Chris wrote: I've toyed with LDAP accounts before to get them to work. But now I'm going to put it into production. I'm wondering though about user and group management. When ports are installed on individual servers, users and groups are sometimes added

Question on bind page

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Yang
Dear support, I am trying to follow through http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-dns.html as to setup a dns server When I try /etc/rc.d/named forcestart it always said Starting named When I use ps to check whether it actually started, I can confirm it is not started. To start

Re: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies

2008-09-02 Thread Peter Schuller
dump -0af /mnt/d201gly-0.dump / [snip] restore -rf /mnt/restore/d201gly-0.dump it complains about '/' issues it complains about 'expecting YY got ZZ' I very rarely use dump/restore, but based on the man page I cannot see what's wrong other than the live fs issue already

Re: Question on bind page

2008-09-02 Thread Michael Powell
Richard Yang wrote: Dear support, I am trying to follow through http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-dns.html as to setup a dns server When I try /etc/rc.d/named forcestart it always said Starting named When I use ps to check whether it actually started, I can confirm

Re: Question on bind page

2008-09-02 Thread Jonathan McKeown
On Tuesday 02 September 2008 08:12:13 Richard Yang wrote: [snip] To start named is pretty much the first step before going to configure BIND. I have to reinstall it and it still doesn't work. Personally, I would have said it's exactly the other way round: you shouldn't start named until after

starting sysinstall at boot time

2008-09-02 Thread joel
Hi, Something seems magic in freebsd: I am looking for what does start sysinstall at boot time when I boot from the installation CD. The only thing related to systinstall is the setting of the init_path variable in the loader.rc file but it is in comment thus the loader should finish by

Re: /etc/hosts

2008-09-02 Thread Derek Ragona
At 08:53 PM 9/1/2008, Tom Marchand wrote: I am trying to resolve the 192.168.2.3 address. ::1 localhost.local localhost 127.0.0.1 localhost.local localhost 72.15.233.132 host.local host 72.15.233.132 host.local. 192.168.2.3 test

Re: starting sysinstall at boot time

2008-09-02 Thread Manolis Kiagias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Something seems magic in freebsd: I am looking for what does start sysinstall at boot time when I boot from the installation CD. The only thing related to systinstall is the setting of the init_path variable in the loader.rc file but it is in comment thus the loader

Re: /etc/hosts

2008-09-02 Thread Sahil Tandon
Derek Ragona [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What error are you getting from ping? I think the OP said he did not have a problem with ping. -- Sahil Tandon [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: starting sysinstall at boot time

2008-09-02 Thread Artis Caune
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Something seems magic in freebsd: I am looking for what does start sysinstall at boot time when I boot from the installation CD. The only thing related to systinstall is the setting of the init_path variable in the loader.rc

Re: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies

2008-09-02 Thread Kirk Strauser
On Sunday 31 August 2008 18:03:53 Lloyd M Caldwell wrote: I needed to increase the size of my freebsd root (/). I booted, single user, attached a large usb freebsd formatted file system to receive the backup image. And you're sure that the large usb freebsd formatted file system is intact

Subversion 1.5.1 authentication with OpenLDAP 2.4.11 via SASL2: trouble, svn never contacts LDAP :-(

2008-09-02 Thread O. Hartmann
Hello, I'm like floating helpless in the water. Scenario: I'd like to authenticate some useres having write access to specific repositories on the subversion server via OpenLDAP and already set up things, which are decribed below in further detail. But trying to check out or import or check

su: _secure_path: cannot stat /dev/null/.login_conf: Not a directory, Any help?

2008-09-02 Thread VeeJay
Hi On the screen it says su: _secure_path: cannot stat /dev/null/.login_conf: Not a directory Any help to correct this problem? -- Thanks! BR / vj ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread FreeBSD
Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical. The images are screenshots taken with scrot at different times. The point is to know if the display is working correctly. I tried to use 'diff' but without success, probably because of the metadata included in the image. I

SYSCTL error message upon bootup

2008-09-02 Thread Gerard
For no apparent reason, the following error message has suddenly started showing up when I reboot the machine: sysctl: unknown oid 'net.fibs' I am running FBSD-6.3 presently. Is this error important and if so, what can I do to correct it? Thanks! -- Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] All extremists

RE: _secure_path: cannot stat /dev/null/.login_conf: Not adirectory, Any help?

2008-09-02 Thread Barry Byrne
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of VeeJay Sent: 02 September 2008 15:54 To: FreeBSD-Questions; VeeJay Subject: su: _secure_path: cannot stat /dev/null/.login_conf: Not adirectory, Any help? Hi On the screen it says su:

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread Julien Cigar
/sbin/md5 image1.ext image2.ext ? On Tue, 2008-09-02 at 11:02 -0400, FreeBSD wrote: Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical. The images are screenshots taken with scrot at different times. The point is to know if the display is working correctly. I tried to use

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread FreeBSD
Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original message -- From: FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical. The images are screenshots taken with scrot at different times. The

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original message -- From: FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi everyone, I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical.

RE: Backup Exec v12

2008-09-02 Thread Johnson, James
Thanks, I'll try that today. I'll let you know... James Johnson System Administrator Desk 858-207-5591 Main 858-592-6262 Fiserv - Emerald Publications -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norberto Meijome Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 5:04

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread FreeBSD
Andrew Gould a écrit : On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original message -- From: FreeBSD [EMAIL

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread Wojciech Puchar
I'm trying to determine if 2 jpeg images are identical. The images are screenshots taken with scrot at different times. The point is to know if the display is working correctly. I tried to use 'diff' but without success, probably because of the metadata included in the image. I also tried the

Re: SYSCTL error message upon bootup

2008-09-02 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:11:20 -0400, Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For no apparent reason, the following error message has suddenly started showing up when I reboot the machine: sysctl: unknown oid 'net.fibs' I am running FBSD-6.3 presently. Is this error important and if so, what can I

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:31:49 -0400, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to determine if Mplayer is working correctly. The best way to be sure is to check if the display on the screen is changing. That's the purpose of the screenshots. And this works? I always thought mplayer would output

Cron Question

2008-09-02 Thread ElihuJ
Hi all. I have a question about cron jobs that seem to be running to long or with multiple copies of itself. For example, I have a backup script that I run that seems to make multiple copies of itself. If I view the running processes I see numerous instances of the same cron job. Is there

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread Bill Moran
In response to FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrew Gould a écrit : On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread FreeBSD
Bill Moran a écrit : In response to FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Andrew Gould a écrit : On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread FreeBSD
Polytropon a écrit : On Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:31:49 -0400, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to determine if Mplayer is working correctly. The best way to be sure is to check if the display on the screen is changing. That's the purpose of the screenshots. And this works? I always thought

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread Andrew Gould
On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:31 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Gould a écrit : On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM, FreeBSD [EMAIL PROTECTED]mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tom Marchand a écrit : Hash the images and compare the hashes. -- Original

Re: Cron Question

2008-09-02 Thread Albert Shih
Le 02/09/2008 à 08:45:52-0700, ElihuJ a écrit Hi all. I have a question about cron jobs that seem to be running to long or with multiple copies of itself. For example, I have a backup script that I run that seems to make multiple copies of itself. If I view the running processes I see

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread FreeBSD
andrew clarke a écrit : On Tue 2008-09-02 11:57:35 UTC-0400, FreeBSD ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can you put the screenshots into some other format? As you mentioned, the jpeg format includes metadata, which might include the creation time and would cause every image to be unique from a

Re: Cron Question

2008-09-02 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On September 2, 2008 6:03:51 PM +0200 Albert Shih [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le 02/09/2008 à 08:45:52-0700, ElihuJ a écrit Hi all. I have a question about cron jobs that seem to be running to long or with multiple copies of itself. For example, I have a backup script that I run that seems

Re: SYSCTL error message upon bootup

2008-09-02 Thread RW
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:11:20 -0400 Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For no apparent reason, the following error message has suddenly started showing up when I reboot the machine: sysctl: unknown oid 'net.fibs' I am running FBSD-6.3 presently. Is this error important and if so, what can I

Re: How to compare 2 images from command line

2008-09-02 Thread andrew clarke
On Tue 2008-09-02 11:57:35 UTC-0400, FreeBSD ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Can you put the screenshots into some other format? As you mentioned, the jpeg format includes metadata, which might include the creation time and would cause every image to be unique from a filesystem view. For example,

Re: Cron Question

2008-09-02 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Sep 02), Paul Schmehl said: --On September 2, 2008 6:03:51 PM +0200 Albert Shih wrote: Le 02/09/2008 à 08:45:52-0700, ElihuJ a écrit Hi all. I have a question about cron jobs that seem to be running to long or with multiple copies of itself. For example, I have a

Re: SYSCTL error message upon bootup

2008-09-02 Thread Gerard
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:36:36 +0200 Polytropon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] On FreeBSD 7, net.fibs is a valid oid. Can you determine when (in the booting process) this message is shown? Maybe you have a setting of net.fibs in /etc/sysctl.conf, or maybe this is a value set by some software

Re: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies

2008-09-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 05:03:53PM -0600, Lloyd M Caldwell wrote: Hello, this all on a 7.0 freebsd system. There are a couple of things missing here. You may have done them and just not mentioned them, but... Dump/Restore do NOT work as indicated in the handbook (or man pages). It

Re: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies

2008-09-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 06:53:36PM -0500, J.D. Bronson wrote: At 05:03 PM 8/31/2008 -0600, Lloyd M Caldwell wrote: Hello, this all on a 7.0 freebsd system. Dump/Restore do NOT work as indicated in the handbook (or man pages). It would be better to remove information from the handbook

Re: dump/restore don't work, handbook lies

2008-09-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 02:49:10AM +0100, RW wrote: On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:53:36 -0500 J.D. Bronson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dump -C 32 -0Lf - / | ( cd /mnta ; restore xf - ) One minor caveat: dumping a live filesystem require dump to take a snapshot, which in turn require

Re: smtp authentication

2008-09-02 Thread आशीष शुक्ल Ashish Shukla
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Southwell wrote: Hi I am really ignorant about this issue. I am running postfix on freebsd 7.0 using a dynamic IP address and am getting requests to turn on smtp authentication for outgoing mails to reach servers such as yahoo.com but do not know how to do it. I

Re: Cron Question

2008-09-02 Thread RW
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 11:40:37 -0500 Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the lockfile command ( from the procmail port ) to ensure that recurring cron jobs don't overlap if one run takes too long. For example, to run mrtg on a 1-minute cycle but prevent multiple mrtgs from running if one

cannot make/mount ext2 partition

2008-09-02 Thread Jim
I'm trying to create an EXT2 partition so I can share files between FreeBSD and any other operating system I put on the computer, without the limitations of FAT32. My kernel config is the generic kernel, with a bunch of SCSI, RAID and network drivers, MD_ROOT and NFS_ROOT commented out. However,

Re: SYSCTL error message upon bootup

2008-09-02 Thread Gerard
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 17:15:18 +0100 RW [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do you have apache? http://groups.google.com/group/mailing.freebsd.ports-bugs/browse_thread/thread/b8f17e78869e738f Yes, and come to think about it, this problem just started happening after I updated it. I assume that the patch

Re: SYSCTL error message upon bootup

2008-09-02 Thread Polytropon
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 12:51:13 -0400, Gerard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I could not find any mention of it in the 'route.h' file, [...] /usr/include/net/route.h, Version 1.65.2.3, line 85: 85:extern u_int rt_numfibs; /* number fo usable routing tables */ That's the only occurance I found. FIBS

Re: Script To Execute command via mail

2008-09-02 Thread Chris St Denis
Marcel Grandemange wrote: Yes the Server I want to do this on Is a FreeBSD 7.0 box, however cannot use procmail as all mboxes are virtual. Ie not real accounts all exist only on mysql, and since I changed from a normall stock setup to using mysql procmail no longer will work. All boxes are in

Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Vlad GURDIGA
Hello, In Google Chrome System requirements (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95411topic=14660) they say that a Linux version is going to appear. And in the Download and install help article

Re: Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Beech Rintoul
On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Vlad GURDIGA said: Hello, In Google Chrome System requirements (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95411to pic=14660) they say that a Linux version is going to appear. And in the Download and install help article

Re: 32-bit fbsd binaries on amd64 (we can already run 32bit linux/fc4 stuff, so this should work, right?)

2008-09-02 Thread Steve Franks
On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Wojciech Puchar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, I'm sure, as usual, I'm being naive, but: 1) We can run 32-bit linux on amd64, so do we have 32-bit freebsd libs already? yes. 2) If we don't have the 32-bit libs, is it possible to steal them base system's

Re: Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Vlad GURDIGA
On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Beech Rintoul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Vlad GURDIGA said: Hello, In Google Chrome System requirements (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95411to pic=14660) they say that a Linux version is going to appear.

This week in Café d'Anvers #36

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Re: Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Jona Joachim
On 2008-09-02, Vlad GURDIGA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:14 AM, Beech Rintoul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 02 September 2008, Vlad GURDIGA said: Hello, In Google Chrome System requirements (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95411to

Maildrop with MySQL look-up?

2008-09-02 Thread Hong
Hi, How do I enable MySQL look-up when I install maildrop from the port system? I looked at the Makefile: # New ports collection makefile for:maildrop # Date created: 16 November 1998 # Whom: Tom Hukins [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # $FreeBSD: ports/mail/maildrop/Makefile,v 1.50

Re: Google Chrome

2008-09-02 Thread Peter Giessel
On Tuesday, September 02, 2008, at 12:38PM, Vlad GURDIGA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, In Google Chrome System requirements (http://www.google.com/support/chrome/bin/answer.py?answer=95411topic=14660) they say that a Linux version is going to appear. And in the Download and install help

bind 9 caching only name server best practice.

2008-09-02 Thread Troy Beisigl
Hi, I'm looking for some information on what the best way to run a bind 9 caching name server on FreeBSD 6.3 +. Basically, configurations and kernel tweaks on the FreeBSD side of things for memory and performance is what I am looking for. The actual Bind compile and configuration I

Having issues whith limit.conf, limitsession capability...

2008-09-02 Thread Agus
Hi guysJust as the subject says I am testing this and when setting a new class, it doesnt seem to respond... limit1 class added to user test1 using vipw... added to login.conf limit1|Limit for test1 account:\ :sessionlimit=2:\ :tc=default: cap_mkdb login.conf

problem running named

2008-09-02 Thread Richard Yang
Hello, When I tried /etc/rc.d/named forcestart, i got ./named: WARNING: run_rc_command: cannot run /etc/namedb/named what does it mean and how do i fix this? thanx -- Best Regards Richard Yang [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___