Re: Bandwidth Control in FreeBSD 8

2009-09-15 Thread Frederique Rijsdijk
On 9/15/2009 2:24 AM, perl info wrote: 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

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 01:38:18AM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: Not all of them. My laptop is based on a quite modern cantiga (aka centrino2) PM45 chipset (from 2008, according to Wikipedia). The function keys for changing the creen brightness and sound volume work OK with FreeBSD, even

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-15 Thread perryh
Roland Smith rsm...@xs4all.nl wrote: Writing a driver to detect if headphones are connected sounds much more complicated to me than connecting a couple of switches! I mean, you'd have to measure something like the impedance of the jack. Surely that is more expensive than a simple switch? Or

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

2009-09-15 Thread Przemyslaw Frasunek
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any details he thinks are relevant. Then the security team will make sure to fix the bug for all affected releases of FreeBSD, release a patch with the fix, issue an advisory through the usual channels, and post the

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

2009-09-15 Thread Freminlins
2009/9/14 Chris Rees utis...@googlemail.com Isn't this a bit drastic? Listening sockets are opened by very many types of processes, as well as remembering that sendmail, BIND, and others don't actually run as root... I suppose it'd be possible, but would it actually be useful? Sure, those

Re: rebinding keys to functions

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 09:01:00 Roland Smith wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 01:38:18AM +0200, Mel Flynn wrote: Not all of them. My laptop is based on a quite modern cantiga (aka centrino2) PM45 chipset (from 2008, according to Wikipedia). The function keys for changing the creen

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

2009-09-15 Thread Bill Moran
Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: 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

Re: Can't boot Marvel Sheevaplug from USB

2009-09-15 Thread Maks Verver
Hi everyone, I'm also playing with a Sheevaplug and I'm running into the same problem as reported by Rafal Jaworowski, but I think I have a clearer picture of what goes wrong. To recap, the kernel fails to mount the root filesystem because the partition on the USB stick isn't recognized by

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

2009-09-15 Thread Ruben de Groot
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:39:05AM +0100, Freminlins typed: 2009/9/14 Chris Rees utis...@googlemail.com Isn't this a bit drastic? Listening sockets are opened by very many types of processes, as well as remembering that sendmail, BIND, and others don't actually run as root... I suppose

Re: libnsl.so.1

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 02:43:32 Joe R. Jah wrote: 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:

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

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 09:58:31 Przemyslaw Frasunek wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any details he thinks are relevant. Then the security team will make sure to fix the bug for all affected releases of FreeBSD, release a patch with the

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

2009-09-15 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:58:31 +0200, Przemyslaw Frasunek przemys...@frasunek.com wrote: Giorgos Keramidas wrote: Przemyslaw should email security-officer with any details he thinks are relevant. Then the security team will make sure to fix the bug for all affected releases of FreeBSD, release

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

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Monday 14 September 2009 18:47:18 Freminlins wrote: 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

building emulators/virtualbox-3.0.51r22902 fails in kBuild

2009-09-15 Thread Scott Bennett
Here's the last part of the output. kBuild: Compiling RuntimeR0Drv - /usr/ports/emulators/virtualbox/work/virtualbox-3.0.51r22902/src/VBox/Runtime/r0drv/generic/RTMpIsCpuWorkPending-r0drv-generic.cpp kBuild: Compiling RuntimeR0Drv -

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

2009-09-15 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: 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

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

2009-09-15 Thread Lane Holcombe
On Tue, 2009-09-15 at 10:49 -0400, Jerry wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM

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

2009-09-15 Thread Bill Moran
In response to Jerry ges...@yahoo.com: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Monday 14 September 2009 23:46:42 David Kelly wrote: On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 05:13:54PM -0400,

Re: Approx. restore time estimate

2009-09-15 Thread jaymax
I was wondering if 24, 48, 72 hrs or even a lifetime was the order of time. I am now approaching 24 hrs. probably wait until my geriatric years and come back to look at the machine ... lol!!! Or would I have been better off using dd if=/dev/* of=output/path/filename [options] All other things

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

2009-09-15 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: In response to Jerry ges...@yahoo.com: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:18:26 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: On Monday 14

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

2009-09-15 Thread Bill Moran
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:50 -0400 Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: In response to Jerry ges...@yahoo.com: I usually discover security problems with updates I receive from http://www.us-cert.gov/. Aren't

krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

2009-09-15 Thread Jeronimo Calvo
Hi folks!!! For some reason im getting krootimage (the wallpaper manager of kde) crashing everytime when i login... Any ideas of how to fix that? All the best! Jero ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

looking for motherboard with 7.2 proven suspend/resume

2009-09-15 Thread Steve Franks
S3 is a key feature for me for my desktops. I have gone thru probably 5 mobo's and 5 laptops in my time as a FBSD user, the only one which ever S3'd was a compaq of all things (well, lots of them will S3 if you kldunload usb, but they crash/hang/etc on resume generally). Anyway, it's time for a

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

2009-09-15 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:18:29 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:50 -0400 Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: In response to Jerry ges...@yahoo.com: I usually

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 19:35:47 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: Hi folks!!! For some reason im getting krootimage (the wallpaper manager of kde) crashing everytime when i login... Any ideas of how to fix that? Any chance you have two jpeg versions lying around? Please provide ldd -a output of

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

2009-09-15 Thread Jeronimo Calvo
Yes, I remember I had an error when I ran pkgdb -F due to 2 different versions of jpeg... here is the output: $ ldd -a /usr/local/bin/krootimage /usr/local/bin/krootimage: libkio.so.6 = /usr/local/lib/libkio.so.6 (0x80064f000) libkdeui.so.6 = /usr/local/lib/libkdeui.so.6

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

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:13:17 Jerry wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:18:29 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:03:50 -0400 Jerry ges...@yahoo.com wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:13:31 -0400 Bill Moran wmo...@potentialtech.com wrote: In

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

2009-09-15 Thread DAve
Jerry wrote: Now, if you don't like that, KISS MY ASS. I love IT mail lists! So classy. DAve -- Posterity, you will know how much it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom. I hope you will make good use of it. If you do not, I shall repent in heaven that ever I took

Re: looking for motherboard with 7.2 proven suspend/resume

2009-09-15 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 9/15/09, Steve Franks bahamasfra...@gmail.com wrote: S3 is a key feature for me for my desktops. I have gone thru probably 5 mobo's and 5 laptops in my time as a FBSD user, the only one which ever S3'd was a compaq of all things (well, lots of them will S3 if you kldunload usb, but they

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:48:55 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: Yes, I remember I had an error when I ran pkgdb -F due to 2 different versions of jpeg... here is the output: $ ldd -a /usr/local/bin/krootimage ... /usr/local/lib/libqt-mt.so.3: libaudio.so.2 =

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

2009-09-15 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: Please inform yourself properly before assuming you're right. Mozilla does not by default publish vulnerabilities before a fix is known. In some cases publishing has been delayed by months. The

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

2009-09-15 Thread Jeronimo Calvo
done and fixed!! thanks a lot!! btw, that was caused then to a portupgrade -f?? there is any additional steps, to solve any future errors caused by that as well?? Cheers! 2009/9/15 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net: On Tuesday 15 September 2009 20:48:55 Jeronimo Calvo

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

2009-09-15 Thread DAve
Jerry wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: Please inform yourself properly before assuming you're right. Mozilla does not by default publish vulnerabilities before a fix is known. In some cases publishing has been delayed by

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

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:14:25 Jerry wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: The exception is when exploits are already in the wild and a work around is available, while a real fix will take more work. Assume that

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

2009-09-15 Thread Alexander Best
Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-15: You can put them in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc, together with the X server. Roland thx. could you tell me what exactly i need to put in that file? because i already tried adding `startx -- -nolisten inet6` to ~/.serverrc and that didn't work.

Re: krootimage crashed at KDE 3.5 startup on signal 11 (7.2 STABLE)

2009-09-15 Thread Mel Flynn
On Tuesday 15 September 2009 21:23:40 Jeronimo Calvo wrote: done and fixed!! thanks a lot!! Good, and you're very welcome. btw, that was caused then to a portupgrade -f?? there is any additional steps, to solve any future errors caused by that as well?? Though the initial instructions about

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

2009-09-15 Thread Jerry
On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:28:59 -0400 DAve dave.l...@pixelhammer.com wrote: Jerry wrote: On Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:51:40 +0200 Mel Flynn mel.flynn+fbsd.questi...@mailing.thruhere.net wrote: Please inform yourself properly before assuming you're right. Mozilla does not by default publish

Re: looking for motherboard with 7.2 proven suspend/resume

2009-09-15 Thread Steve Franks
On 9/15/09, Steve Franks bahamasfra...@gmail.com wrote: S3 is a key feature for me for my desktops. I have gone thru probably 5 mobo's and 5 laptops in my time as a FBSD user, the only one which ever S3'd was a compaq of all things (well, lots of them will S3 if you kldunload usb, but they

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

2009-09-15 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:54:39PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-15: You can put them in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc, together with the X server. Roland thx. could you tell me what exactly i need to put in that file? because i already tried

Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 276, Issue 5

2009-09-15 Thread James Phillips
Message: 15 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:13:17 -0400 From: Jerry ges...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: reporter on deadline seeks comment about reported     security bug in FreeBSD To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: 20090915141317.7a41b...@scorpio.seibercom.net Content-Type:

Re: where to put `startx` serverargs

2009-09-15 Thread Alexander Best
Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-16: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 09:54:39PM +0200, Alexander Best wrote: Roland Smith schrieb am 2009-09-15: You can put them in /usr/local/lib/X11/xinit/xserverrc, together with the X server. Roland thx. could you tell me what exactly i need to put

Can't boot Marvel Sheevaplug from USB

2009-09-15 Thread James Butler
Hi everyone, I'm also playing with a Sheevaplug and I'm running into the same problem as reported  by Rafal Jaworowski, but I think I have a clearer picture of what goes wrong. To recap, the kernel fails to mount the root filesystem because the partition on the USB stick isn't recognized

New mail server setup

2009-09-15 Thread Steve Bertrand
I'm looking potentially to try a different mail server setup. I'm requesting honest feedback from experienced mail ops. My minimum requirements: - IPv6 for all protocols - SPF - IMAP|POP3 must support SSL - SMTP AUTH - submit on 587 - MySQL backend for un/pw, vpopmail preferred, but not