It happens because the real parent is gone. That means that init
becomes the parent.
But you should not be able to kill process 1 except as root. I haven't tried
the code, but if a normal user can bring you to single user mode, that's a
serious security flaw.
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I tried the simple act of adding a user to my system.
If it's something simple, then any problems have most likely been addressed
already. Simple is a clue that perhaps you're doing something wrong. So,
read the documentation, pull it all apart and put it back together again
before you complain
XF86Config built, then added the NoInt10 option
manually.
I have to wonder why this option is necessary on XFree86-4, when it was not
needed on XFree86-3.3.6. Is it a new feature of 4?
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The XFree86 package delivered with the 4.7-RELEASE of FreeBSD fails on
signal 11 at startup. Building XFree86-4 from ports gets the same results.
However the XFree86 3.3.6 port works fine.
Can anyone, PLEASE help me fix this problem. I have been unable to run
XFree86 since version 4. I've tried
However what I'm really trying to achieve is to
keep X apps alive when
running them remotely, and be able to connect and
disconnect at will and
still have the app up and running, exactly where
you left it.
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4.how to change the binding nic in the sendmail.mc for the freebsd4.7
does not compute. can you rephrase it?
Seems like you want the OO (or O DaemonPortOptions) option with A=ipaddr.
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Does anyone know of a method to suspend and resume a telnet / SSH
session.
man telnet
man ssh
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connection. Something must continue running to
keep the connection alive. Certainly, moving to a different ip address will
require a fresh log in.
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where you left it.
Oh, NOW you tell us. :)
vnc can do that. You run vnc in server mode on your FreeBSD machine
and the vnc client gives you an X desktop in a window that you can
connect to or disconnect from at will.
Good call.
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in the past when writing complex
shell scripts that needed a large scratchpad for sensitive data.
Read the man page on unlink(2) for an explanation.
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and found
stunnel taking up a huge (2148999) amount of space. Killed it,
restarted it and all my space is back!
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do we need to add a daily_status_security_output=[EMAIL PROTECTED]
to the /etc/periodic.conf?
Yes.
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In looking at the periodic files, it appears to simply call sendmail for all
mailings. Why would the security output being sent through sendmail be any
different?
The security script is mailed separately.
Look at /etc/periodic/daily/450.status-security.
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Where are the extra 1.6 megs at?
If a running process opens a file and then unlink(2)'s it, the file will not
show up in the filesystem, and du will not reflect any space it uses.
However, df will.
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/rs.log
becomes:
#minute hourmdaymonth wdaycommand
*/15* * * * /usr/libexec/rs2 /var/log/rs.log
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Dec 5 13:05:00 tester /usr/sbin/cron[26643]: getting vmemoryuse resource
limit: Invalid argument
Check and modify your resource limits.
man login.conf
man limits
man csh (type: /^[[:space:]]*limit)
man sh (type: /^[[:space:]]*ulimit)
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mainframes.
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access. This should suffice for
anything you need to do.
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is there anyway to just have it not use inet6?
add an entry in /etc/rc.conf
ipv6_enable=NO
and restart the system.
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How do I remove a directory or file from the other partition
named Imageland?
On OSX, if the volume is mounted (and it should be), it will be in /Volumes/
(notice the capital V in Volumes).
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CVSROOT=:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ncvs
$ cvs co src/contrib
...
cvs checkout: cannot open CVS/Entries for reading: No such file or directory
cvs [checkout aborted]: cannot write CVS/Template file: No such file or
directory
Nobody has any idea?
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It's possible that it's the /tmp directory on the remote side which
is running out of disk space.
Upgrading my cvs solved the problem. Apparently the older release had a bug.
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You are not being quite forthright, I think.
Actually, I've been totally forthright. I start with an empty working
directory, and type:
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cvs login
cvs co src/contrib
When it gets to directory src/contrib/cvs, I get:
cvs checkout: cannot
this happened in the first place.
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Let's just forget the whole thing.
Thanks for all your help.
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directory
Up until this point, everything was working fine. All the proper directories
were created and sources downloaded to the working directory tree. But I
can't get anything beyond this point unless I manually ask for it.
Any ideas?
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Is it possible to allow a user write permissions inside a particular
directory, but not allow them to modify the directory itself?
The sticky bit on the directory might do what you want, depending on your
expectations.
man chmmod
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Just take away write permissions on the directory, but leave it
on the file[s] in the directory. You have to leave x permission
on the directory, but not necessarily r permission.
That will allow the owner of the file to write, but will not let a
to work?
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]:/home/ncvs
so, if the repository is corrupt, then someone else has to fix it.
I've tried scratching everything on my end, and starting with a clean
working directory, but that didn't make a difference.
Most likely, there's something wrong at the server side. Can it be fixed?
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as 192.168.1.1.
IN FACT, Mozilla Navigator, Opera, and other browsers WILL work as expected
if you type either 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.1.1:80.
To expect ANYTHING LESS could be considered WRONG.
IMHO, M$ should fix this problem. :)
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I've read
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ctm.html
and it's not clear to me why anyone would use ctm over cvs. Seems to
me that cvs provides far more than ctm, but since ctm has been around
since FreeBSD 2.0, there must be some value to it.
So, what's the point of
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So, what's the point of ctm? vs. cvs?
Never mind. I've found more information on ctm that has answered my
question.
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on grep instead of redirecting the output. For example,
if ( ps -aux | grep -q -i ^root.*master ); then
instead of,
if ( ps aux | grep -i ^root.*master ) /dev/null; then
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=$?
echo got $STATUS
if [ $STATUS = 0 ] ; then
That might tell you something if you get a status 2.
If you'd like, send me your exact script, and crontab entry; I'll test it
here.
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the two.
Try running 'ps' using the -w flag (wide column mode):
if ( ps -auxw | grep -iq ^root.*master ) ; then
I've tested this and it works.
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On 11/22/02 10:08 AM, Jerry McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now I am trying to set permissions and I cannot get it done.
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$ cd importedpictures
$ ls
ls: .: Permission denied
What am I doing wrong??
You were setting permissions on the wrong directory. You are currently in
page related to the
specific command you're having trouble with.
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require any
assistance.
:)
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running two different cron jobs?.
Not sure if I understand the problem, but it seems to me that you can run
script as root from cron, and resource limits can be controlled with the
shell's 'ulimit' (sh) or 'limit' (csh) commands.
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or it will happen
again.
On the other hand, you might have a different problem. IDK.
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CDROM in the \TOOLS directory called OSBSBETA.EXE (note that
there are two files starting with OSBS, make sure you use the OSBSBETA.EXE).
This boot manager lets you rename, add, or delete the partitions you will
see/boot. And it's very stable. I've been using it since FreeBSD 2.2.7.
Paul
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run directly from the command line (not in a shell script) then you
need two backslashes, the first one escapes the backslash for the
interactive shell.
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,\
,'
will yield
aaa
ccc
as expected, while tr would give
aaa
ccc
which is almost certainly not wanted.
(Reminder: you need \\ if typing directly on the command line, or a single \
if entered in a script.)
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running.
With 'sh' and its derivatives use:
tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz tarlog.txt 21
With 'csh' and its derivatives use:
tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz tarlog.txt
When the background command finishes, all the output will be in tarlog.txt
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running.
With 'sh' and its derivatives use:
tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz tarlog.txt 21
With 'csh' and its derivatives use:
tar -xvzf ports.tar.gz tarlog.txt
When the background command finishes, all the output will be in tarlog.txt
Hope this helps,
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to a better understanding of how the
shell processes these things (and hopefully provide some incentive to read
the man pages). After all, give a man a fish and he is fed for a day. Teach
a man to fish and he is fed for life.
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solution.
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a signal 11. Check /var/log/XFree86.0.log to see where the
problem occurs. What video hardware are you using?
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fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'...that's the last
error that appears in the log.
Not the same problem I've encountered. Probably a successful installation of
your fonts will solve yours.
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, but none at all with the server itself, so I know I'm in for a major
learning experience.
Whatever I eventually learn, I'll post here. Of course, I'm still hoping for
expert help.
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underlying protocol (not likely) or someone who is an expert helps you out.
That's not me, sorry.
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, but don't know where to begin, or how useful it might be
without symbols. Any help?-
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As for its performance, apache is lightweight enough for me, and I'm sure it
will be for you. Apache configuration may be a little heavy for a first time
user, but once you get the hang of it it's pretty easy.
Good luck,
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