Re: For My Edification

2011-05-03 Thread Polytropon
On Mon, 02 May 2011 20:07:54 -0500, Kevin Kinsey k...@daleco.biz wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2011 18:47:11 -0400, Louis Marrerolouis_marr...@yahoo.com wrote: Being familiar only with general knowledge on the Windows XP that I use daily, I've gone on the web to find out more information on some

Get the dev.cpu.0.temperature from sysctl(3)

2011-05-03 Thread David Demelier
Hello, I would like to get the dev.cpu.0.temperature node from sysctlbyname(). It seems this node is an opaque type but how to check it and store it to the appropriate variable type ? Cheers, -- David Demelier ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

Re: For My Edification

2011-05-03 Thread Nikola Pavlović
On Mon, May 02, 2011 at 06:47:11PM -0400, Louis Marrero wrote: Here are some questions that can help my understanding: 1. I know that Windows is an OS, and Linux/Unix as well as FreeBSD are other Operating System. My very basic question is this: Is it even possible to install a

Re: For My Edification

2011-05-03 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 3, 2011 9:46:04 AM +0200, Polytropon is alleged to have said: I would like to add the excellent manpages of the system. Unlike many Linusi, those manpages are kept current by the FreeBSD operating system developers and their documentation assistants. So whenever you're not fully

access an extended partition

2011-05-03 Thread sofiane chabane
  Good morning,   I have installed FreeBSD in a multiboot way on my PC but till now I can't access my extended partition. Indeed, on my PC I have 4 primary partitions that I organized like this:   Primary partition 1 : WinRE of windows vista Primary partition 2 : windows Vista Primary

Re: For My Edification

2011-05-03 Thread Robert Huff
Daniel Staal writes: I would like to add the excellent manpages of the system. Unlike many Linusi, those manpages are kept current by the FreeBSD operating system developers and their documentation assistants. So whenever you're not fully sure about something, use man something.

OT: Security question (openssl vs openssh)

2011-05-03 Thread Mark Moellering
Everyone, I am looking into setting up a webserver to hold some very sensitive information. I am trying to figure out which is more secure, forcing any web connections to be done using an ssh tunnel or forcing ssl. I have not been able to figure out if one is definitively much more secure

Re: OT: Security question (openssl vs openssh)

2011-05-03 Thread Maxim Khitrov
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:22 AM, Mark Moellering m...@msen.com wrote: Everyone, I am looking into setting up a webserver to hold some very sensitive information.  I am trying to figure out which is more secure, forcing any web connections to be done using an ssh tunnel or forcing ssl. I have

Re: OT: Security question (openssl vs openssh)

2011-05-03 Thread Jon Radel
On 5/3/11 10:22 AM, Mark Moellering wrote: Everyone, I am looking into setting up a webserver to hold some very sensitive information. I am trying to figure out which is more secure, forcing any web connections to be done using an ssh tunnel or forcing ssl. I have not been able to figure out

Re: For My Edification

2011-05-03 Thread Chad Perrin
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 09:46:04AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: There also is an additional tool called something like Power shell (not fully sure, I'm not a Windows person) that is more like a UNIX shell than CMD.EXE, which has its origins in the COMMAND.COM of DOS - not the _real_ DOS of

/etc/newsyslog.conf and denyhosts

2011-05-03 Thread Janos Dohanics
What is the correct way to rotate denyhosts log files? In /etc/newsyslog.conf I have: /var/log/denyhosts 644 12 * $M1D0 JC /var/run/denyhosts.pid However, denyhosts does not log in the new file. -- Janos Dohanics

Re: OT: Security question (openssl vs openssh)

2011-05-03 Thread Bill Campbell
On Tue, May 03, 2011, Mark Moellering wrote: Everyone, I am looking into setting up a webserver to hold some very sensitive information. I am trying to figure out which is more secure, forcing any web connections to be done using an ssh tunnel or forcing ssl. I have not been able to

Re: Unix basics (was Re: For My Edification)

2011-05-03 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 2 May 2011 19:37, Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org wrote: On Mon, 2 May 2011, Louis Marrero wrote: Being familiar only with general knowledge on the Windows XP that I use daily, I've gone on the web to find out more information on some of the terms used by this programmer, such as BSD,

Re: /etc/newsyslog.conf and denyhosts

2011-05-03 Thread Janos Dohanics
On Tue, 3 May 2011 13:03:25 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Tue May 3 12:17:12 2011 Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 12:40:37 -0400 From: Janos Dohanics w...@3dresearch.com To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject:

Re: /etc/newsyslog.conf and denyhosts

2011-05-03 Thread Glenn Sieb
On 5/3/11 2:32 PM, Janos Dohanics wrote: Denyhosts has to be informed that the logfile has changed, so that it can close and re-open the logfile. It may be possible by sending it a 'signal', or you may have to kill/restart it. See the documentation for denyhosts. Newsyslog itself does

Enabling composite-out in a video card.

2011-05-03 Thread Chris Rees
OK, so in what can only be described as a ridiculous shot in the dark... I've got my Macbook running as a server under my TV, and I was trying to connect the video-out to the TV. However... my mini-DVI-VGA plugged into the VGA-composite adaptor isn't working (surprise surprise) Is there a

Re: Enabling composite-out in a video card.

2011-05-03 Thread Mark
From: Chris Rees utis...@gmail.com Subject: Enabling composite-out in a video card. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 2:06 PM OK, so in what can only be described as a ridiculous shot in the dark... I've got my Macbook running as a server under my TV, and I

Can I bridge the same subnet across a VPN?

2011-05-03 Thread Geoff Roberts
Hi, Is it possible to join two sites with the same subnet across a VPN? I have two sites that have the same subnet/mask. I need these two separated networks to behave as one across a VPN. All configuration examples I've come across so far assume that each site will have a different subnet.

Re: Enabling composite-out in a video card.

2011-05-03 Thread Chris Rees
On 3 May 2011 20:21, Mark redt...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: Chris Rees utis...@gmail.com Subject: Enabling composite-out in a video card. To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2011, 2:06 PM OK, so in what can only be described as a ridiculous shot in the dark... I've

Re: Get the dev.cpu.0.temperature from sysctl(3)

2011-05-03 Thread Roland Smith
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:12:33AM +0200, David Demelier wrote: Hello, I would like to get the dev.cpu.0.temperature node from sysctlbyname(). It seems this node is an opaque type but how to check it and store it to the appropriate variable type ? The best way to determine this is to read

Re: Can I bridge the same subnet across a VPN?

2011-05-03 Thread Kevin Wilcox
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 15:19, Geoff Roberts ge...@apro.com.au wrote: Is it possible to join two sites with the same subnet across a VPN? Yes. I have two sites that have the same subnet/mask. I need these two separated networks to behave as one across a VPN. That's understandable. You may

Re: Get the dev.cpu.0.temperature from sysctl(3)

2011-05-03 Thread David Demelier
On 03/05/2011 21:40, Roland Smith wrote: On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 10:12:33AM +0200, David Demelier wrote: Hello, I would like to get the dev.cpu.0.temperature node from sysctlbyname(). It seems this node is an opaque type but how to check it and store it to the appropriate variable type ? The

FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE

2011-05-03 Thread Mike Seda
Hi All, When will FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE be available? I remember reading that it would be ready in May 2011. I just wanted to see if it was on schedule or not. Thanks, Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE

2011-05-03 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 3 May 2011 15:11, Mike Seda mas...@stanford.edu wrote: Hi All, When will FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE be available? I remember reading that it would be ready in May 2011. I just wanted to see if it was on schedule or not. Dr. Who has been running it for two regenerations already. Get with the

Re: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE

2011-05-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 12:11:07PM -0700, Mike Seda wrote: Hi All, When will FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE be available? I remember reading that it would be ready in May 2011. I just wanted to see if it was on schedule or not. I don't remember seeing that. Anyway, go to the FreeBSD Release

How to delete a line from setenv?

2011-05-03 Thread Alexander Lardner
Hi list, This is a very basic question, but how do I delete a value from setenv? I screwed up when changing a few things...don't ask. Thanks for any help! -Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

RE: How to delete a line from setenv?

2011-05-03 Thread Devin Teske
-Original Message- From: owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- questi...@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Alexander Lardner Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:43 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: How to delete a line from setenv? Hi list, This is a very basic

Re: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE

2011-05-03 Thread Daniel Staal
--As of May 3, 2011 5:33:23 PM -0400, Jerry McAllister is alleged to have said: I don't remember seeing that. Anyway, go to the FreeBSD Release Engineering web site for information. http://www.freebsd.org/releng/index.html --As for the rest, it is mine. While that *should* be good

Re: FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE

2011-05-03 Thread Bruce Cran
On Tue, 03 May 2011 20:48:55 -0400 Daniel Staal dst...@usa.net wrote: Basically, as far as I can tell, 9 and/or 8.3 will come out when they come out. No sooner and no later. I think the plan for 9.0 is some time this summer. -- Bruce Cran ___