I have a weird DNS problem I am hoping someone can help me with.
I have server running FBSD 8.0. /etc/resolv.conf is set to use my ISP's DNS
servers for name resolution.
If run dig @ns3.socket.net .yyy. the INTERNAL ip address of the server
is returned.
If I run d...@ns3.socket.net
On Friday, November 19, 2010 07:25:10 pm Gary Gatten wrote:
I ran into a similar situation where the ns was behind a Juniper SRX doing
NAT. Said Juniper had a smart DNS piece (ALG) that does special stuff on
DNS packets; max record length, special NAT, etc. I had to disable the
DNS ALG to fix
On Apr 6, 2010, at 1:14 AM, Sabine Baer wrote:
Using cu -l /dev/ttyu0 I receive a message stating link down.
^
Shouldn't that be /dev/cua0 instead?
$ less /etc/ttys|grep mgetty
cuau0 /usr/local/sbin/mgettyunknown on insecure
Sabine
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
Earlier today, I had to dial into a server to check a link from both
sides (a router was down). This evening, when I connected to the
server I am not able to connect to the modem.
From dmesg
uart0: 16550 or compatible port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 flags 0x10 on acpi0
uart0:
On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Try kicking up the verbosity of your sshd and seeing what it tells
you.
Looks like the server is where the connection gets closed.
As has already been suggested, you should update your ports to use the
libiconv that new ports are already
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Today, when I installed samba from ports, libiconv-1.11_1 was added to
my system. Now, I have both libiconv-1.9.2_2 and libiconv-1.11_1 on
my system. This prevents me from using ssh remotely to connect to the
server. I am connecting from a Mac, OS X 10.5, but other
On Mar 31, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Mikle wrote:
Hello,
In my ports tree there is only one version of libiconv, and
compiling samba doesn't ask about any other versions
(/usr/ports/converters/libiconv, version 1.13). Maybe you should
update your ports?
Also, i do not see why should libiconv
On Mar 29, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Aiza wrote:
This is the procedure you want to follow.
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11680
And for greater detail
http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=11715
Thanks for the links. I will give them a try.
Jay
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have been asked to explore the possibility of booting FreeBSD from a
memory stick. This was not a problem; worked great when installed
from the distribution CD.
What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the
memory stick?
Thanks,
Jay
On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Jay Hall wrote:
What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the
memory stick?
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This is what I have done, but now I cannot mount the memory stick.
I create an image of the s1a partition where the kernel I want to copy
On Mar 29, 2010, at 10:49 AM, Jay Hall wrote:
What would be the best way to get our custom configuration onto the
memory stick?
OK, I managed t get our custom configuration on to the memory stick
using dump. After getting everything configured, what I thought was
correctly, I am
Is it possible to limit what hardware a jail has access to? I am
wanting to limit access to the tape drive/autoloader in one jail, but
allow another to have access to it.
Is this as simple as deleting the appropriate entries in /dev?
Thanks,
Jay
On Dec 5, 2009, at 12:47 AM, Fbsd1 wrote:
this will point you in the correct direction
http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=140918
Thank you. This fixed the problem.
Jay
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
I completed the upgrade to FreeBSD 8.0 this afternoon and have an
error plaguing me that I cannot solve.
When the system is booted, I am receiving the following error.
Dec 5 20:43:30 getty[902]: open /dev/ttyd0: No such file or directory
However, when I run ps -ax |
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This is the first time I have tried to upgrade FreeBSD's source code,
and I have done something wrong, but I am not sure what. I am
upgrading from 6.2 to 8.0.
First, I upgraded the source code, using csup /root/supfile.
Here are the contents of /root/supfile.
#
Try this:
/usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf - ${WHATTOBACKUP} \
--checkpoint-action='echo=Checkpoint #%u' \
--checkpoint-action=exec=/usr/local/scripts/check_disk_usage.sh $
{DIR}
The use of single quotes prohibits the expansion of environment
variables. Use double qoutes instead.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am working with gnu tar checkpoints this morning can cannot seem to
get variables to expand properly when they are passed as part of a
checkpoint action. Following is how I am using gnu tar
DIR=/home/test
WHATTOBACKUP=/home/somedir
/usr/local/gtar-1.22/bin/tar -cf
On Oct 21, 2009, at 8:55 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote:
That's fairly basic shell syntax. Use double quotes on any string
where
you want variable interpolation.
Cheers,
Matthew
I will try that again and let you know what happens.
Thanks,
Jay
I have run into a need to capture netflows from the internal interface
of my FreeBSD 6 server. The internal interface is em0 and the
external interface is em1.
I am using the following to setup the netflows.
/usr/sbin/ngctl -f- SEQ
mkpeer em0: netflow lower iface0
name:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am using rsync to backup some information and I am having some
problem with including and excluding directories.
I want to include everything in the user's mail directory and
everything in the user's documents directory. Everything else should
be excluded. And,
Thanks. That took care of the problem.
Jay
On Oct 7, 2009, at 3:02 PM, krad wrote:
2009/10/7 Jay Hall jh...@socket.net
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am using rsync to backup some information and I am having some
problem with including and excluding directories.
I want to include everything
On Aug 11, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Roland Smith wrote:
Just execute the tar command, and dump the output to /dev/null
through dd:
tar -cf - /etc |dd of=/dev/null
tar: Removing leading '/' from member names
3160+0 records in
3160+0 records out
1617920 bytes transferred in 0.057690 secs (28045115
On Aug 9, 2009, at 7:00 AM, freebsd-questions-requ...@freebsd.org wrote:
I had no problems using that command line with GNU tar versions
1.14 and
1.22. I'd grab the source and upgrade if I were you:
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/tar/tar-1.22.tar.gz
I upgraded and everything is fine now.
I am sure there is an easy explanation for this, but I cannot find it.
I am backing up my /etc directory using the following command.
tar -cvf - /etc | dd of=/dev/nsa1 obs=10240
When the command completes, I receive the following message.
3080+0 records in
154+0 records out
1576960 bytes
On Aug 10, 2009, at 12:09 PM, Roland Smith wrote:
The fact that you are using tar also plays a part. Tar has some
overhead to
store information about the files it contains.
Is it possible to calculate the amount of overhead tar will use?
Thanks,
Jay
Difficult. 512 bytes per entry + 1024 (EOF). See man 5 tar. But
since files
will be padded there is some extra overhead. Also, it is hard to
calculate
hard links and sparse files. Tar will handle these correctly (i.e.
preserve
hard links and detect sparse files and try not archive blocks
Has anyone had any luck using the -T option with GNU tar 1.16.1?
I am using the following command line.
/usr/local/gtar/bin/tar -c -T filelist -f - | dd of=/dev/nsa1 obs=128k
And, I am receiving the following error message. This happens whether
I use the -T option or --files-from=. If I
I am sure this is something I am doing that is obviously wrong, but I
cannot figure it out.
I am reading a list of directories from a file, and then listing all
of the files in the directory to a file.
Here is the code.
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
cat ${FILELIST} | while read LINE
What is -type supposed to do? I've never used it before, never
needed it.
Type is used to specify the type of file to be found.
f is a regular file.
Jay
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Ah yes, I do remember now. Plus, for once the syntax is almost self
explanatory. So, did the OPs question get answered?
I think I just found the problem. I am testing now.
There was a blank line at the end of the file.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,
I think I am missing something. I am running a FreeBSD 6. server with
ipf compiled into the kernel.
Following are the headers from an email.
From: oea...@brantbenun.com
Subject: SUSPECTED SPAM REAL Doctors, REAL Science, REAL
Results!
Date:
On Jul 27, 2009, at 4:40 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote:
On Jul 27, 2009, at 2:27 PM, Jay Hall wrote:
[ ... ]
If I am looking at everything correctly all traffic coming into the
system from the 82.0.0.0/8 network to port 25 on the mail server
should be blocked.
What am I missing?
Otherwise
On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:53 AM, Dan Nelson wrote:
In the last episode (Jul 15), Bryan Venteicher said:
I thought I understood how arrays work in bash, but I have been
proven
wrong. I am reading lines from a file and placing them in an array.
However, when I am finished, the array has a
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I thought I understood how arrays work in bash, but I have been proven
wrong. I am reading lines from a file and placing them in an array.
However, when I am finished, the array has a length of 0.
Following is the code I am using.
#!/usr/local/bin/bash
COUNTER=0
I just installed an Adaptec 29320ALP-R in my FreeBSD 7.2 server.
Connected to the card is an HP Ultrium 1/8 G2 tape drive.
During the boot sequence, FreeBSD pauses to wait for the SCSI devices
to settle. Then, I receive the following message
(probe79:ahd0:0:4:0: Probable outgoing LQ CRC
in the
driver to see
if it is possible to get things working in packetized mode.
--
Justin
Jay Hall wrote:
I just installed an Adaptec 29320ALP-R in my FreeBSD 7.2 server.
Connected to the card is an HP Ultrium 1/8 G2 tape drive.
During the boot sequence, FreeBSD pauses to wait for the SCSI
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have a development box which is connected to the wireless network
via an Intellinet wireless bridge. Periodically, the development box
will no longer pass data on the network. However, checking the access
point, I can see the bridge is still associated with the
I am looking for an inexpensive, but reliable, PCI-X SCSI card that
will support an HP Autoloader. Any suggestions? Am I best to go with
an HP card?
Thanks,
Jay
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It has to wait for completion to see the exit status.
Thanks. I misunderstood what I read.
Jay
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When using the find command with the -exec option, does the find
command wait for the command being executed to finish before returning
the next result?
For example, if I am using find -exec {} to copy files to tape, will
find wait for the command to write the file to tape complete before
Earlier today, I installed a new HP SCSI (HP SmartArray
642)controller and an HP Drive Array in my company's HP ML 350 G5.
The system drive which had been da0 became da1 and the new controller
became da0.
Unfortunately, I cannot rearrange the controllers in the system since
one is PCI-X
I am running the following against an Active Directory server.
ldapsearch -D cn=admin_user,cn=users,dc=xx,dc=com -x -w password -
h 10.129.10.42 -p 3268 -b 'dc=abc,dc=com' -s sub '(!
(objectclass=computer))' '(!(mail=*))' dn mail
I am trying to return only objects for which the mail
On Jan 18, 2009, at 9:53 PM, Olivier Nicole wrote:
That's right, (!(mail=*)) means everything where mail is null.
You would like to search for mail=*, meaning everything where mail is
not null.
I receive the same results using mail=*. Following is the latest
ldapsearch command.
On Jan 18, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Dan Nelson wrote:
Your search filter is currently (!(objectclass=computer)) , and you
are asking for the attributes (!(mail=*)), dn, and mail to be
returned.
I think you want this: '((!(objectclass=computer))(mail=*))' i.e.
(objectclass isn't computer) AND (mail
I am in the process of redesigning my organization's network. And,
since we will be using mostly Macintosh OS X clients, I am considering
using NFS. However, I will need the ability to perform user/group
authentication since users may not always log in from the same PC.
Essentially, each
Ladies and Gentlemen,
A situation has arisen for which I need to bypass my transparent proxy
server (Squid) for a ceratin IP address range.
Following are the contents of my ipnat.rules file.
map em1 192.d.e.f/24 - 0/32
map em1 from 10.a.b.c/24 to 69.147.83.33/32 - 0/32
rdr em0 0.0.0.0/0 port
Ladies and Gentlemen,
I am getting ready to start my journey into the world of tape
autoloaders. At this point in time, I have an HP ML350-G5, and I am
looking at an HP 1/8 G2 Tape Autoloader Ultrium 920.
I did not find this device specifically listed on the compatability
list. Where can
I received the same error with both make and gmake.
Thanks,
Jay
On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Lowell Gilbert wrote:
Jay Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am attempting to compile Perl 5.8.8 on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I make
it through the configuration just fine, but when I attempt
I am attempting to compile Perl 5.8.8 on FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE. I make it
through the configuration just fine, but when I attempt to run the make
command, I receive the following error message. I am creating a custom
install. The only parameter I am changing is the installation location.
I am in the process of adding dial-up capabilities to the FreeBSD
servers I maintain so in the event of a problem, if the server starts, I
can at least dial in and see what is wrong and hopefully correct the
problem.
I already have mpd in place for the VPN connections. Is it possible to
use
.
Jay
Jay Hall wrote:
Today, I have tried to install FBSD 4.10 on a Gateway 920 Server
(Celeron 2.4 GHz, 128 MB RAM, 60 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 HDD, two
Intel Pro 10/100/1000 NICs). In order to make the server work
correctly, I have to boot with hw.hasbrokenint12=1.
After setting up the drive
Today, I have tried to install FBSD 4.10 on a Gateway 920 Server
(Celeron 2.4 GHz, 128 MB RAM, 60 GB Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 9 HDD, two
Intel Pro 10/100/1000 NICs). In order to make the server work
correctly, I have to boot with hw.hasbrokenint12=1.
After setting up the drive (fdisk and
might be wrong would be greatly appreciated.
I'm sure this is something simple that I have overlooked.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
Jay Hall
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hosts.
Please let me know what additional information might be helpful
Thanks,
Jay Hall wrote:
I have a FreeBSD server in one of the smaller offices I support using
ppp and nat to provide an Internet connection to the people in the
office. Now, they want to connect to the corporate network using
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