Re: [OFF?] Mac OX Driver

2009-09-14 Thread Mario Lobo
On Sunday 13 September 2009 17:39:50 John Nielsen wrote: origins. Snow Leopard may be your friend. JN What do you mean by that, John? What help can I get from Snow Leopard? On Sunday 13 September 2009 18:23:33 Michael David Crawford wrote: One doesn't generally port device drivers between

Re: Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread utisoft
On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a

Re: linux-pango won't install

2009-09-14 Thread Boris Samorodov
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:05:42 -0500 ajtiM wrote: On Saturday 12 September 2009 05:19:22 Boris Samorodov wrote: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:23 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: If you still want to install the port, you could just add this to the /etc/make.conf file: # Pango .if

Re: SVG and dependence on Firefox2.x?

2009-09-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:51 -0700, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I notice that for both The Gimp and graphviz, and probably for others as well, marking them or their dependencies as able to render SVG invokes installation of FF 2.x. This fails, as the port is marked as forbidden, and

mutt users - text/enriched crashes mutt?

2009-09-14 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I've got a text/enriched email, which crashes mutt-devel-1.5.20_1 This is FreeBSD 9.0-CURRENT ia64 When I open this email, mutt freezes, while the /tmp/mutt* file is growing until it fills the partition, and I get a message on the terminal, something can't copy file, device full: -rw--- 1

Re: linux-pango won't install

2009-09-14 Thread ajtiM
On Monday 14 September 2009 02:37:09 Boris Samorodov wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:05:42 -0500 ajtiM wrote: On Saturday 12 September 2009 05:19:22 Boris Samorodov wrote: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:23 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: If you still want to install the port, you could just add this

postgresql does not build correctly

2009-09-14 Thread Graeme Dargie
I have been trying on and off to set up postgresql for undernets gnuworld services for ircd. Now according to the instructions below this should build with tcl support and you should end up with the following file /usr/local/pgsql/bin/pgtclsh Except you dont. Instructions

Re: postgresql does not build correctly

2009-09-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:11:51PM +0100, Graeme Dargie wrote: I have been trying on and off to set up postgresql for undernets gnuworld services for ircd. Now according to the instructions below this should build with tcl support and you should end up with the following file

Routes to local addresses through lo0 on 8.0-BETA4

2009-09-14 Thread Sergey Listopad
Hi! On 8.0-BETA4 gate I see than in routing table are number of routes (link# records) through lo0 for some local addresses: hole netstat -rnfinet | grep lo0 127.0.0.1 link#7 UH 030764lo0 172.22.254.10 link#7 UHS 00lo0

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Chris Maness
utis...@googlemail.com wrote: On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Richard Mahlerwein
--- On Sun, 9/13/09, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: From: Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009, 9:50 PM On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level

Re: ath atheros 5424/2424 on the CQ60 Presario

2009-09-14 Thread Warren Block
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Kenneth wrote: Anyone been able to use the ath driver on an atheros 5424/2424? I have a Compaq Presario CQ60 and can not get the wireless light to turn blue? For a working LED, the Atheros AR5007 (5424/2424) in my Acer requires dev.ath.0.ledpin=3 dev.ath.0.softled=1

Re: SVG and dependence on Firefox2.x?

2009-09-14 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 01:55, Giorgos Keramidas keram...@ceid.upatras.gr wrote: On Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:59:51 -0700, Kurt Buff kurt.b...@gmail.com wrote: I notice that for both The Gimp and graphviz, and probably for others as well, marking them or their dependencies as able to render SVG

Brent Jones - Selection Into Strathmore's Who's Who

2009-09-14 Thread Strathmore Who's Who
Dear Brent Jones, It is my pleasure to inform you that on August 31st, 2009 your information was reviewed and accepted for inclusion in the 2009/2010 edition of our registry. Strathmore's Who's Who each year, recognizes and selects key executives, professionals and organizations in all

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Chris Rees
2009/9/14 Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com: utis...@googlemail.com wrote: On 14 Sep 2009 02:50, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server.  I lost a file that I need back.  Is it

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 06:15:55PM -0700, Chris Maness wrote: I level 0 dump of my server. I lost a file that I need back. Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a pristine partition/mount? Or even better, is it possible to just extract a single

ftpd virtual www hosts

2009-09-14 Thread Peasoup
Hi Im new to the list, hope I have the right one, but if not, please let me know. And forgive me if I don't speak clear unix. I am trying to set up a webserver, with virtual hosting accounts. Naturally, I want to be able to give users the ability to upload files to their web directories.

Non-root user and accept() or listen()

2009-09-14 Thread Freminlins
Hi, I am not sure if this exists (but don't think so), so I am asking. Is there a sysctl type thing to disallow non-root users, or indeed any specified user or group, from running a program with listen() ? What I am looking at is improving network security, such that if a user account is

rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-14 Thread Eitan Adler
My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. How do I map each of them to run a specific shell command when pressed? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To

Re: Routes to local addresses through lo0 on 8.0-BETA4

2009-09-14 Thread Nikos Vassiliadis
Sergey Listopad wrote: Hi! On 8.0-BETA4 gate I see than in routing table are number of routes (link# records) through lo0 for some local addresses: hole netstat -rnfinet | grep lo0 127.0.0.1 link#7 UH 030764lo0 172.22.254.10 link#7 UHS

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 06:50:05PM -0700, Chris Maness wrote: On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:15 PM, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com wrote: I level 0 dump of my server.  I lost a file that I need back.  Is it possible to use restore like tar and explode it into a directory instead of a

port math/gnuplot hangs and ignores kill -9

2009-09-14 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
on ia64 HEAD, gnuplot-4.2.6, any plot command hangs the program. top shows gnuplot is using 100% of CPU, yeat CPU time is zero: PIDUIDTHR PRI NICE SIZERES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 60071 1001 2 480 98008K 51424K CPU11 0:00 100.00% gnuplot kill -9 60071,

Re: port math/gnuplot hangs and ignores kill -9

2009-09-14 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:37:28PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: on ia64 HEAD, gnuplot-4.2.6, any plot command hangs the program. top shows gnuplot is using 100% of CPU, yeat CPU time is zero: PIDUIDTHR PRI NICE SIZERES STATE C TIME WCPU COMMAND 60071 1001 2

Re: port math/gnuplot hangs and ignores kill -9

2009-09-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:42:41PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:37:28PM +0100, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: on ia64 HEAD, gnuplot-4.2.6, any plot command hangs the program. top shows gnuplot is using 100% of CPU, yeat CPU time is zero: PIDUIDTHR

Re: linux-pango won't install

2009-09-14 Thread Daniel Bye
On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 10:24:21PM -0600, Chad Perrin wrote: On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 02:19:22PM +0400, Boris Samorodov wrote: On Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:01:23 -0600 Chad Perrin wrote: How long has this been broken for 7.2? Considering all the stuff that depends on linux-pango, I'm

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 04:52:56PM +, Eitan Adler wrote: My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. How do I map each of them to run a specific shell command when pressed? That depends on a couple of things (assuming you're running the X window system, I don't know

Re: Non-root user and accept() or listen()

2009-09-14 Thread Chris Rees
2009/9/14 Freminlins freminl...@gmail.com: Hi, I am not sure if this exists (but don't think so), so I am asking. Is there a sysctl type thing to disallow non-root users, or indeed any specified user or group, from running a program with listen() ? What I am looking at is improving network

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-14 Thread Robert Huff
Roland Smith writes: My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. How do I map each of them to run a specific shell command when pressed? That depends on a couple of things (assuming you're running the X window system, I don't know if it is even possible

Traffic Shaping Bridge with Dummynet

2009-09-14 Thread Dan D Niles
I am trying to do traffic shaping using a bridge on FreeBSD 7.1. I have the bridge configured and it works fine. It looks like this: rest of network - xl0 - bridge0 - xl1 - side to be shaped It works with the following set of ipfw rules (pipes in but unlimited bw):

reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Dan Goodin
Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on August 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a brief article about

Re: Can't install FreeBSD 7.2-RELEASE and 8.0-BETA4

2009-09-14 Thread Chris Whitehouse
Uwe Laverenz wrote: Am 13.09.2009 14:11, schrieb Zbigniew Komarnicki: run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for

Re: Remounting a drive as read/write crashes the system and no dmesg.boot

2009-09-14 Thread Mel Flynn
On Saturday 22 August 2009 02:40:53 Scott Schappell wrote: On Aug 21, 2009, at 17:32:13, Mel Flynn wrote: On Friday 21 August 2009 07:34:11 Scott Schappell wrote: Looking at info.0 I see: Dump header from device /dev/ad0s1b Architecture: i386 Architecture Version: 2 Dump

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT), Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote: In the restore : prompt you can add filename to add it to the restore list.  Works with folders, too. Excuse me, just a little terminology note:

Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread jaymax
I do not expect an exact or precise answer here, given all the subjective dependent parameters. Just a rough ballpark approximation, what time frame should a restore occur in? param :- an ~1Ghz system, running 6.x O/S, dumpfile ~ 30 Gb, UFS2 file systems w/ default blocksize, target directory

podcast on google? Or other?

2009-09-14 Thread Gary Kline
hey guys, i'll deny i ever wrote this because i *should* know already... but don't. i've clicked on several podcast sites and they show links to yahoo and a couple others. does google have this [POD] icon? OR what do i install here on freebsd-7.1 that i can use to listen to podcasts or

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:34:29 -0400, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: Roland Smith writes: My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. How do I map each of them to run a specific shell command when pressed? That depends on a couple of things

Re: ftpd virtual www hosts

2009-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:35 -0400, Peasoup i...@peasoup.com wrote: Next I go to vipw to change the user's home dir to something in the www area, which is owned by www:www. This is where my problems start with being denied. I am assuming that uploading to the unprivileged user www is

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread ill...@gmail.com
Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin dgoo...@sitpub.com writhed: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on August 29 and never

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Mikel King
On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Dan Goodin wrote: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on August 29 and never

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
Dan Goodin wrote: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security bug. He says he notified the FreeBSD Foundation on August 29 and never got a response. We'll be writing a

Re: podcast on google? Or other?

2009-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:02:18 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: hey guys, i'll deny i ever wrote this because i *should* know already... but don't. i've clicked on several podcast sites and they show links to yahoo and a couple others. does google have this [POD] icon? OR what do

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

2009-09-14 Thread ill...@gmail.com
2009/9/12 Alexander Best alexbes...@math.uni-muenster.de: hi there, since i don't use ipv6 X produces the following warning when starting up: _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/otaku:0

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Jason
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:21:48PM -0400, Mikel King thus spake: On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Dan Goodin wrote: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security bug. He says

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Matthew Seaman
Mikel King wrote: Hasn't 6.x been End Of Lifed? I mean considering that 8.0 is expected to be released either later this month or early next, and 6.x will be officially retired at that time, is it possible that this was overlooked? Personally I don't think it's ever good to overlook

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Richard Mahlerwein
--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? To: mahle...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 4:37 PM On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:45:01 -0700 (PDT),

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Erik Trulsson
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:21:48PM -0400, Mikel King wrote: On Sep 14, 2009, at 3:12 PM, Dan Goodin wrote: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread David Kelly
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin dgoo...@sitpub.com writhed: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw Frasunek says versions 6.x through 6.4 of FreeBSD has a security

Re: Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread utisoft
On 14 Sep 2009 22:38, Richard Mahlerwein mahle...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Mon, 9/14/09, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de Subject: Re: Dump/Restore? To: mahle...@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Chris Maness ch...@chrismaness.com

libnsl.so.1

2009-09-14 Thread Joe R. Jah
Hello all, I want to install a dispather module from Day Communique software on apache22. The binaray mod_dispatcher.so is provided by Day as a 64 bit *NIX compatible module to place in apache22 module directory. The mocule requires a shared library missing from system: --8-- # apachectl -t

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: I do not expect an exact or precise answer here, given all the subjective dependent parameters. Just a rough ballpark approximation, what time frame should a restore occur in? param :- an ~1Ghz system, running 6.x O/S, dumpfile ~ 30 Gb, UFS2 file systems

Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:02:49 +, utis...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah, unfortunately I still think of 'folders', and am continually wrong-footed by the term 'directory' in a graphical environment, even after years of GNU and FreeBSD use. Just imagine if the Xerox Alto and its first

Re: libnsl.so.1

2009-09-14 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:02:50 -0700 (PDT), Joe R. Jah j...@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us wrote: Does anyone know where to download libnsl.so.1, or from what port it can be installed? At least on my system, it seems to be part of the Linux ABI, so maybe the module in question is designed for Linux?

Re: Re: Dump/Restore?

2009-09-14 Thread utisoft
On 14 Sep 2009 23:14, Polytropon free...@edvax.de wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 22:02:49 +, utis...@googlemail.com wrote: Yeah, unfortunately I still think of 'folders', and am continually wrong-footed by the term 'directory' in a graphical environment, even after years of GNU and

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:06:20PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:34:29 -0400, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: Roland Smith writes: My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc keys. How do I map each of them to run a specific shell

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

2009-09-14 Thread Roland Smith
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:27:56PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/12 Alexander Best alexbes...@math.uni-muenster.de: hi there, since i don't use ipv6 X produces the following warning when starting up: _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6

Re: libnsl.so.1

2009-09-14 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 00:02:50 Joe R. Jah wrote: Hello all, I want to install a dispather module from Day Communique software on apache22. The binaray mod_dispatcher.so is provided by Day as a 64 bit *NIX compatible module to place in apache22 module directory. The mocule requires

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Mel Flynn
On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400, ill...@gmail.com wrote: Am 2009/9/14 Dan Goodin dgoo...@sitpub.com writhed: Hello, Dan Goodin, a reporter at technology news website The Register. Security researcher Przemyslaw

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread jaymax
Thanks! That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with at least equal reliability. BTW I should have mentioned that I was restoring from a disk file rather than from a tape Thanks again. --- Lars Eighner-2 wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: I

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, jaymax wrote: Thanks! That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with at least equal reliability. I don't know of anything that isn't a bigger can of worms in a file system of any complexity to speak of. BTW I should have mentioned that I

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-14 Thread Kurt Buff
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 16:36, jaymax jayma...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks! That might explain. Is there an alternate process you would recommend with at least equal reliability. BTW I should have mentioned that I was restoring from a disk file rather than from a tape Thanks again. IME,

Re: libnsl.so.1

2009-09-14 Thread Joe R. Jah
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Polytropon wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:18:55 +0200 From: Polytropon free...@edvax.de To: Joe R. Jah j...@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libnsl.so.1 On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:02:50 -0700 (PDT), Joe R. Jah j...@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us

Re: libnsl.so.1

2009-09-14 Thread Joe R. Jah
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009, Mel Flynn wrote: Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:17:02 +0200 From: Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Joe R. Jah j...@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us Subject: Re: libnsl.so.1 On Tuesday 15 September 2009 00:02:50 Joe R. Jah

Bandwidth Control in FreeBSD 8

2009-09-14 Thread perl info
I have two questions in regards to a FreeBSD Server and avoiding ISP bandwidth charges. Are there changes to the ways bandwidth can be controlled in FreeBSD 8. Is there an accepted or standardized method to control and limit bandwidth usage over an interface. Thanks in advance for the help,

csh issues bogus error message

2009-09-14 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm working on my .cshrc file, so I have to use csh syntax. I, like most Unix shell programmers, usually steer clear of csh scripts, but obviously, .cshrc requires csh syntax. If I create a file with just a # in it, I get: set: Variable name must begin with a letter. I can change the # to

csh issues bogus error message

2009-09-14 Thread Steven Friedrich
I'm working on my .cshrc file, so I have to use csh syntax. I, like most Unix shell programmers, usually steer clear of csh scripts, but obviously, .cshrc requires csh syntax. If I create a file with just a # in it, I get: set: Variable name must begin with a letter. I can change the # to

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-14 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 00:40:38 Roland Smith wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:06:20PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:34:29 -0400, Robert Huff roberth...@rcn.com wrote: Roland Smith writes: My laptop has a bunch of volume-up/down/mute internet/mail/etc

Re: csh issues bogus error message

2009-09-14 Thread Steve Bertrand
Steven Friedrich wrote: I'm working on my .cshrc file, so I have to use csh syntax. I, like most Unix shell programmers, usually steer clear of csh scripts, but obviously, .cshrc requires csh syntax. If I create a file with just a # in it, I get: set: Variable name must begin with a

Re: csh issues bogus error message

2009-09-14 Thread Steven Friedrich
On Monday 14 September 2009 21:22:23 Steve Bertrand wrote: Steven Friedrich wrote: I'm working on my .cshrc file, so I have to use csh syntax. I, like most Unix shell programmers, usually steer clear of csh scripts, but obviously, .cshrc requires csh syntax. If I create a file with just

Re: podcast on google? Or other?

2009-09-14 Thread Gary Kline
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:26:27PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:02:18 -0700, Gary Kline kl...@thought.org wrote: hey guys, i'll deny i ever wrote this because i *should* know already... but don't. i've clicked on several podcast sites and they show links to yahoo and

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Michael Powell
Matthew Seaman wrote: Mikel King wrote: Hasn't 6.x been End Of Lifed? I mean considering that 8.0 is expected to be released either later this month or early next, and 6.x will be officially retired at that time, is it possible that this was overlooked? Personally I don't think it's ever

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Mak Kolybabi
On 2009-09-14 12:12, Dan Goodin wrote: We'll be writing a brief article about this. I didn't notice anyone link the finished article yet, so here it is: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/14/freebsd_security_bug/ -- Matthew Anthony Kolybabi (Mak) m...@kolybabi.com () ASCII Ribbon Campaign |

Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported security bug in FreeBSD

2009-09-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
Hi Dan, The right place to report security problems with FreeBSD is to the Security Officer team. A PGP signed email to the email address of the security team at security-offi...@freebsd.org is enough to get the attention of the FreeBSD Project. Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any

Re: ftpd virtual www hosts

2009-09-14 Thread Michael Powell
Polytropon wrote: On Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:10:35 -0400, Peasoup i...@peasoup.com wrote: Next I go to vipw to change the user's home dir to something in the www area, which is owned by www:www. This is where my problems start with being denied. I am assuming that uploading to the unprivileged

Re: ftpd virtual www hosts

2009-09-14 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Peasoup i...@peasoup.com wrote: Hi Im new to the list, hope I have the right one, but if not, please let me know. And forgive me if I don't speak clear unix. I am trying to set up a webserver, with virtual hosting accounts. Naturally, I want to be able to