Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary program? Do you mean Word Perfect ? Wordperfect-8.0 used to run on FreeBSD 3.4-RELEASE was free,

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Lars Eighner
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary program? Do you mean Word Perfect ? Wordperfect-8.0

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Julian H. Stacey
Lars Eighner wrote: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary program? Do you mean

Re: TIOCGSERIAL?

2011-08-19 Thread Paweł Michalicki
Hi again Thanks for a load of replies. At least I know now, why this group is called freebsd-questions and not freebsd-answers. Regards PM W dniu 5 sierpnia 2011 22:01 użytkownik Paweł Michalicki perq...@gmail.comnapisał: Hi First, apologies if this is the wrong group to ask my question. I

wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Zane C. B-H.
Is there any way to undefine a variable once it has been set? ___ 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: wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Aug 19 07:41:44 2011 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:22:34 -0500 From: Zane C. B-H. v.ve...@vvelox.net To: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: wpa_cli issues Is there any way to undefine a variable once it has been set?

Re: wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Zane C. B-H.
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:14:54 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote: From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Aug 19 07:41:44 2011 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 07:22:34 -0500 From: Zane C. B-H. v.ve...@vvelox.net To: FreeBSD Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org

freebsd-update, fetch once upgrade many machines

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Schenkeveld
Hi, Is it possible to fetch files needed for freebsd-update once and put them on a local fileserver to update many machines? The reason for asking is that all these machines are on secure networks and are not allowed to have Internet access but can all access a common fileserver (using FTP,

My server is under attack (I think)

2011-08-19 Thread Mark Moellering
I keep seeing a flood of messages when I run dmesg -a that look like this: mail sshd[1831]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 2: can't verify hostname: getaddrinfo(ip223.hichina.com, AF_INET) failed Is there anything I should be doing to make sure the server isn't compromised? It is a mail

Re: freebsd-update, fetch once upgrade many machines

2011-08-19 Thread Peter Andreev
2011/8/19 Paul Schenkeveld free...@psconsult.nl: Hi, Is it possible to fetch files needed for freebsd-update once and put them on a local fileserver to update many machines? You can use http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/projects/freebsd-update-server/ The reason for asking is that all

Re: My server is under attack (I think)

2011-08-19 Thread Mike Tancsa
On 8/19/2011 11:01 AM, Mark Moellering wrote: I keep seeing a flood of messages when I run dmesg -a that look like this: mail sshd[1831]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 2: can't verify hostname: getaddrinfo(ip223.hichina.com, AF_INET) failed Is there anything I should be doing to make

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 03:18:09PM -0700, scott mcclellan wrote: I'm looking to try something different with my machine (or maybe I'm going through a midlife crisis).   Currently run Wimdows (point and click), and would like to gravitate back to DOS (this is a thing of the ancient past for

BHyve

2011-08-19 Thread Net Warrior
Hi Does anyone know if there is any progress on this project or how can I track/test it? Thanks you- Regards ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

RE: freebsd-update, fetch once upgrade many machines

2011-08-19 Thread Johan Hendriks
Hi, Is it possible to fetch files needed for freebsd-update once and put them on a local fileserver to update many machines? The reason for asking is that all these machines are on secure networks and are not allowed to have Internet access but can all access a common fileserver (using FTP,

Re: My server is under attack (I think)

2011-08-19 Thread Robert Bonomi
From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Fri Aug 19 10:02:30 2011 Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 11:01:21 -0400 From: Mark Moellering m...@msen.com To: FreeBSD freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: My server is under attack (I think) I keep seeing a flood of messages when I run dmesg -a that look

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Carl Johnson
Lars Eighner luvbeas...@larseighner.com writes: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Julian H. Stacey wrote: Aloha Lars, You mentioned WP5 in this thread. I have some docs on disks that were created in WP5. You know any FreeBSD based app like abiword that can read them for transfer to a contemporary

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Chad Perrin
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:21:57PM -0500, Lars Eighner wrote: They all have true multiprocessing so you can switch from one command line environment (virtual terminal) to another with a keystroke. Do you mean multitasking here, rather than multiprocessing? -- Chad Perrin [ original content

Re: wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Chris Brennan
On 8/19/2011 10:26 AM, Zane C. B-H. wrote: Blarg? None of these is even vaguely related to my question about wpa_cli, as stated in the subject. WTF is 'Blarg'? How about you give us a little more context and offer to converse with us instead of treating us like machines who blindly spit out

Re: Enabling gjournal without destroying a filesystem?

2011-08-19 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:43:41 -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier conr...@cox.net a écrit : Hello, I'm assuming there are definite advantages to using gjournal over softupdates? If the file system is large, it avoids a very long fsck. I use gjournal since 7.2 and never had any problem (and I always

Re: BHyve

2011-08-19 Thread Brandon Gooch
On Aug 19, 2011 10:29 AM, Net Warrior netwarrior...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Does anyone know if there is any progress on this project or how can I track/test it? Thanks you- Regards I'm interested in this as well, and I'm hoping that after 9.0 is out the door that we might see a concerted

Re: wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Aug 19), Zane C. B-H. said: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:14:54 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote: From: Zane C. B-H. v.ve...@vvelox.net Is there any way to undefine a variable once it has been set? *As(stated*, the answer involves the offspring of

Re: Can *you* UFS snapshot a filesystem with 9.0-BETA1?

2011-08-19 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Thu, 18 Aug 2011 10:22:31 +0100, Hugo Silva h...@barafranca.com a écrit : Hello, I'm wondering. On a virtual machine (amd64 HVM+PV), it's crashing every time. Not sure if this is SNAFU, as I had never used ufs snapshots on freebsd before. After running mksnap_ffs, ssh stops working (a

Re: Enabling gjournal without destroying a filesystem?

2011-08-19 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Patrick Lamaiziere patf...@davenulle.org wrote: Le Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:43:41 -0500, Conrad J. Sabatier conr...@cox.net a écrit : Hello, I'm assuming there are definite advantages to using gjournal over softupdates?

Re: Enabling gjournal without destroying a filesystem?

2011-08-19 Thread Patrick Lamaiziere
Le Fri, 19 Aug 2011 14:18:26 -0400, Alejandro Imass a...@p2ee.org a écrit : hello, I'm assuming there are definite advantages to using gjournal over softupdates? http://www.usenix.org/event/usenix2000/general/seltzer.html gjournal can improve the performances in some cases (small

Re: wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Zane C. B-H.
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 13:05:01 -0400 Chris Brennan xa...@xaerolimit.net wrote: On 8/19/2011 10:26 AM, Zane C. B-H. wrote: Blarg? None of these is even vaguely related to my question about wpa_cli, as stated in the subject. WTF is 'Blarg'? How about you give us a little more context

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Al Plant
per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: Lars Eighner luvbeas...@larseighner.com wrote: You might, for example, still have your copy of WP 5 -- I do. But printers that work with the printer drivers are now museum pieces ... With the notable exception of PostScript printers. WP5 probably had a driver

Re: wpa_cli issues

2011-08-19 Thread Zane C. B-H.
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:51:16 -0500 Dan Nelson dnel...@allantgroup.com wrote: In the last episode (Aug 19), Zane C. B-H. said: On Fri, 19 Aug 2011 09:14:54 -0500 (CDT) Robert Bonomi bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com wrote: From: Zane C. B-H. v.ve...@vvelox.net Is there any way to undefine a

Re: new to os

2011-08-19 Thread Alejandro Imass
On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:03 PM, Al Plant n...@hdk5.net wrote: per...@pluto.rain.com wrote: [...] Aloha all: Thanks for the many helpful suggestions for WP5 (was ancestor of WP 7 - 8 I think). I'll have plenty ideas to try. Funny thing is that the OP never replied! -- Alejandro Imass

Re: My server is under attack (I think)

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Schmehl
--On August 19, 2011 11:01:21 AM -0400 Mark Moellering m...@msen.com wrote: I keep seeing a flood of messages when I run dmesg -a that look like this: mail sshd[1831]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 2: can't verify hostname: getaddrinfo(ip223.hichina.com, AF_INET) failed Is there anything I

Re: ZFS and NFS or CIFS

2011-08-19 Thread Henry M
Hi Chris, If you are transferring data from a Windows machine, your best bet would be to use SAMBA. Windows communicates with samba pretty easily. You essentially just mount a network drive, and transfer the files you want. Here are a few links to get you started:

OpenOSPFd replacing network routes

2011-08-19 Thread Danny Srepel
There's a fundamental difference between OpenBSD and FreeBSD's respective networking. Specifically, the kernel routing table. In OpenBSD, it is possible to have multiple routes to the same destination, and are differentiated by priority. This capability does not exist in FreeBSD. Let me just

Re: OpenOSPFd replacing network routes

2011-08-19 Thread Gary Gatten
I don't have any experience with *BSD and OSPF, only on Cisco. But I can't help but wonder if there are not knobs to tune this? Equal costs routes are pretty common, and although I have not read the RFC on OSPF, I'd be surprised if ECR are not mandatory. - Original Message - From:

Anyway to mount ext4fs?

2011-08-19 Thread Lars Eighner
Is there any port or other means of mount ext4fs? -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list

Re: TIOCGSERIAL?

2011-08-19 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 19 Aug 2011, Paweł Michalicki wrote: Thanks for a load of replies. At least I know now, why this group is called freebsd-questions and not freebsd-answers. Don't give up hope. I'm interested but don't have the hardware. Probably the same situation with other people. Might find

A quality operating system

2011-08-19 Thread Evan Busch
Hi, I make decisions about hardware and software for those who work with me. Talking with my second in command this morning, we reached a quandary. Ron is completely pro-Linux and pro-Windows, and against FreeBSD. What is odd about this is that he's the biggest UNIX fanatic I know, not only all

Re: TIOCGSERIAL?

2011-08-19 Thread Thomas D. Dean
On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 22:01 +0200, Paweł Michalicki wrote: I have a certain device which can be hooked to a PC via RS232 connection. Since my PC does not have a true COM port, I am using an USB-COM converter, which contains the FTDI chip. I wrote a program to handle the communications via the

Re: A quality operating system

2011-08-19 Thread Gary Gatten
Well This should spawn some interesting responses. I shall sit back and enjoy - Original Message - From: Evan Busch [mailto:antiequal...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 11:47 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: A quality