Re: differences in supported filesystems between FreeBSD versions
At 10:44 PM 8/11/2005, Dmitry Mityugov wrote: Hello, I have a small FreeBSD machine at home used as a file server and a gateway to the Internet. Currently when a new version of FreeBSD is released (and I have enough time), I copy all the data to another machine, reinstall FreeBSD from scratch, and copy the data back. That seems like an awful lot of effort for little to no benfit. I just realized that I probably can keep the data on a separate drive and just reinstall the OS without moving the data back and forth, but I am not sure how safe it is. Is it safe to use a HDD partitioned and formatted by one version of FreeBSD with a newer version? I know there was UFS2 introduced in FreeBSD 5, are there any plans to make any changes to supported file systems in the foreseeable future? Even if there were, if the file systems you are using now are working, there isn't much reason to change them. UFS2 expanded some fields from 32 bits to 64, and added or changed a few features, but the two are still very similar. -Glenn Thank you in advance for your answers -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
differences in supported filesystems between FreeBSD versions
Hello, I have a small FreeBSD machine at home used as a file server and a gateway to the Internet. Currently when a new version of FreeBSD is released (and I have enough time), I copy all the data to another machine, reinstall FreeBSD from scratch, and copy the data back. I just realized that I probably can keep the data on a separate drive and just reinstall the OS without moving the data back and forth, but I am not sure how safe it is. Is it safe to use a HDD partitioned and formatted by one version of FreeBSD with a newer version? I know there was UFS2 introduced in FreeBSD 5, are there any plans to make any changes to supported file systems in the foreseeable future? Thank you in advance for your answers -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problems with DNS
At 10:07 PM 8/11/2005, perikillo wrote: HI all. I have one freebsd box running 5.3, i get my IP from one internal DHCP running NT 4.0, here we have one PDC on NT 4.0, to get to the outside we pass thru one http proxy and one firewall, i have my user and password for the proxy, i want to get outside, i install manually the cvsup program, i download that one from another machine and burn the file on that machine because i cannot made my freebsd box reach internet. I already setup this variables: /root/.cshrc setenv HTTP_PROXY http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3128 setenv FTP_PROXY http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3128 /etc/make.conf FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 FETCH_ENV= FTP_PROXY=http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 i have my NIC setup on /etc/rc.conf to get the IP from my DHCP server, and found my lease on /var/db/dhcp.lease There i see my info, my domain, i create my /etc/resolv.conf and input my domain: nameserver MYDOMAIN
attempting fastcgi with php
I am interested in lowering my memory consumption while using php with
apache.
I am told by others and by the fastcgi website that fastcgi carries
"a smaller memory footprint". I would like to use it to run my php
scripts. I seem to have fastcgi installed and operational. At least
I have run the script;
-
#!/usr/bin/perl
use FCGI;
while( FCGI::accept() >= 0 )
{
print( "Content-Type: text/plain", "\n\n" );
print( "Hello World in Perl", "\n" );
}
-
which seems to work.
I have no idea how to tell whether fastcgi is executing php scripts,
or if they are executed the plain old way, without fastcgi help.
The configuration of fastcgi in apache shows;
AddHandler fastcgi-script .fcgi .fpl
which seems to indicate that -only- .fcgi and .fpl scripts are
executed by fastcgi. That doesn't seem very useful. Doesn't fastcgi
execute plain .cgi and .pl and .php scripts also?
I have looked on the fastcgi website and on the apache website,
and at the fastcgi and php documentation and not found my answer.
How can I test that php scripts are being executed/assisted by fastcgi
A phpinfo() of my php and apache configuration is available at;
http://skytracker.ca/test.php
Any pointers would be helpful -
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Re: 5.4 -- bridging, ipfw, dot1q
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Glenn Dawson wrote: At 09:08 PM 8/11/2005, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Okay, here's the situation. PLEASE let me know if there's a better place to ask. (isp@, kernel@, something) I'm setting up a bridging firewall where the packets are passing through on dot1q trunks. The bridge works. Packet counts work (so I assume the bridge at least sees the packets). Problem is, any "reasonable" rules (such as those which actually say to block traffic by ip or port or anything) aren't working at all. Not even logging counts. Setting the "bridged" flag doesn't seem to help. Which "bridged" flag would that be? In the ipfw rule in question (which the ipfw command turns into layer2) i.e. fw# ipfw add 310 count ip from any to 56.199.242.178 bridged 00310 count ip from any to 56.199.242.178 layer2 fw# ipfw show 00200 00 deny udp from any to any dst-port 1433 0030097147200 deny tcp from any to any dst-port 1433 00310 00 count ip from any to 56.199.242.178 layer2 00330 144629234 70747652177 count ip from any to any layer2 00340 00 count ip from any to 56.199.242.82 layer2 003501146497505249814 count ip from any to 55.125.224.0/19 via em1 00360 154009046 73153382415 allow log logamount 100 ip from any to any 65535 1078777549 484619628567 allow ip from any to any (such a rule would report zero traffic, even when trafshow, snort, tcpdump all show there's a ton). My only guess is that ipfw doesn't have the brains to look beyond the VLAN tags. Is this the case? Is this supported under 4.x, or is there any way AT ALL that I can get this to work? What version are you using? You mention 4.x here, but your subject line suggests 5.4. Yes, I'm running 5.4, but asking if it may have been supported earlier on in the OS (with ipfw1 -- since I know it lacks the ability to even really do many mac-like things). As a note, snort and trafshow and everything else work fine analyzing the bridge traffic, it seems only the kernel has an issue. Do you have the net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw sysctl set to 1? fw# sysctl -a|grep net|grep ipfw net.link.ether.bridge.ipfw: 1 net.link.ether.bridge.ipfw_drop: 0 net.link.ether.bridge.ipfw_collisions: 1021 net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw: 1 net.link.ether.ipfw: 0 Need anything else? -Dan -- "The first annual 5th of July party...have you been invited?" "It's a Jack Party." "Okay, so Long Island's been invited." --Cali and Gushi, 6/23/02 Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problems with DNS
HI all. I have one freebsd box running 5.3, i get my IP from one internal DHCP running NT 4.0, here we have one PDC on NT 4.0, to get to the outside we pass thru one http proxy and one firewall, i have my user and password for the proxy, i want to get outside, i install manually the cvsup program, i download that one from another machine and burn the file on that machine because i cannot made my freebsd box reach internet. I already setup this variables: /root/.cshrc setenv HTTP_PROXY http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3128 setenv FTP_PROXY http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3128 /etc/make.conf FETCH_ENV= HTTP_PROXY=http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 FETCH_ENV= FTP_PROXY=http://myuser:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:8080 i have my NIC setup on /etc/rc.conf to get the IP from my DHCP server, and found my lease on /var/db/dhcp.lease There i see my info, my domain, i create my /etc/resolv.conf and input my domain: nameserver MYDOMAIN
Re: 5.4 -- bridging, ipfw, dot1q
At 09:08 PM 8/11/2005, Dan Mahoney, System Admin wrote: Okay, here's the situation. PLEASE let me know if there's a better place to ask. (isp@, kernel@, something) I'm setting up a bridging firewall where the packets are passing through on dot1q trunks. The bridge works. Packet counts work (so I assume the bridge at least sees the packets). Problem is, any "reasonable" rules (such as those which actually say to block traffic by ip or port or anything) aren't working at all. Not even logging counts. Setting the "bridged" flag doesn't seem to help. Which "bridged" flag would that be? My only guess is that ipfw doesn't have the brains to look beyond the VLAN tags. Is this the case? Is this supported under 4.x, or is there any way AT ALL that I can get this to work? What version are you using? You mention 4.x here, but your subject line suggests 5.4. As a note, snort and trafshow and everything else work fine analyzing the bridge traffic, it seems only the kernel has an issue. Do you have the net.link.ether.bridge_ipfw sysctl set to 1? -Glenn -- "Of course she's gonna be upset! You're dealing with a woman here Dan, what the hell's wrong with you?" -S. Kennedy, 11/11/01 Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How to use Webmin in FreeBSD?
Kenny wrote: I have installed Webmin successfully from ports. During the installation, there was no error occurred. After the installation, I tried to use Webmin. I typed the following address in the Opera navigation bar: http://localhost:1/ Then, I was told by my Opera that there was an error while loading. It could not connect to the remote host. Did you run the setup script? /usr/local/lib/webmin/setup.sh have this in your rc.conf? webmin_enable="YES" is it running? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Sendmail, of course. Postfix and qmail and the others were written by people aiming to simplify the MTA because they either couldn't understand Sendmail or were too lazy to do so. Or they were catering to people like this. Sendmail was written by a huge crew of people along the way as they came across weird mail handling issues that they needed to solve. As a result it is extremely flexible and can be used to do anything imaginable. As a result of this there are naturally far more switches to set. However, most of these switches are set in a default position that you would normally never change. If you are serious about handling mail vs just playing around with a mailserver in your home or something, then sooner or later, sure as atomic decay, your going to run into a problem in mail handling that you may swear that is the stupidest thing imaginable and why would anyone ever want to do it - but your going to have to do it. With Sendmail it is just a matter of toggling a few switches. With the other ones it's a matter of going into weird contortions and gryrations to get them to do weird things, if they can do it at all. If you were to modify qmail to do all the things Sendmail can do, you would have a result just as complex as Sendmail. Same goes for the rest of them. So, the configuration complexity of Sendmail, far from being a detriment as some other people have inferred, is in reality exactly what you want in an MTA. And keep in mind that the Sendmail people have worked out schemes to greatly simplify that complexity, for at least for typical types of scenarios, using prewritten templates. Ted >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Norris >Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 2:40 PM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin? > > >I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to >doing it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that >fun stuff.) Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to >a FreeBSD >4.11 machine that lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a >good MTA (and maybe a book) for someone that knows relatively >few things >about the big scary world of e-mail transport? > >Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have >the MTA route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards >the machine on different ip addresses. Is that possible? > > >Thanks, >Tom Norris >___ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to >"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.6/69 - Release Date: 8/11/2005 > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.6/69 - Release Date: 8/11/2005 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a HP Proliant DL385?
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of lars >Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:39 AM >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: Anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a HP Proliant DL385? > >Ok, thanks for the info. >Do you happen to know whether the iLO has a monitoring/reporting >function that would notice this and notify me? > No. I assume that the HP Linux driver has this sort of functionality in it - but maybe not. Not even the Windows driver for the RAID card can do this. HP has used an agent/manager model with these systems. The drivers for the hardware in the system all talk to a HP management server that you run on a separate PC. THAT system is what sends the pages/notifications. And of course it's Windows-only. I would guess the Linux driver has been enhanced to talk to this but I don't know as I don't use Linux. >Unfortunately we can't go through a VAR. Why not? I know of no industry that is legally barred from purchasing from a VAR. >And which VAR would guarantee us FreeBSD will run perfectly? Any one of them that wanted to make a sale would do so. >I doubt any would or could. You are wrong. >But that doesn't matter anyway. > Yeah, right. OK, well then listen up. By not going through a VAR - which is HP's preferred channel for selling servers, by the way - you bear the ENTIRE responsibility for specing the Compaq server yourself - which also means if you buy it and it doesen't work, you are going to have to deal with wherever you get it from to return it and exchange for a different model. THAT is what the value of a VAR is. A HP VAR that sells a lot of servers isn't going to get flack from HP if they need to exchange a server for a different model. Like I said, you need to think long and carefully before dispensing with a VAR to save the couple hundred bucks by buying it off the website. >> Ted >Thank yor for your replies, so far. > >I take you have some experience with ProLiants and FreeBSD. >Are you pleased with this combination? > I have booted FreeBSD on a DL360 but not extensively tested it. I have booted it on a ML360. I have run it and do run it on the older Proliant hardware which uses the older RAID driver and it works fine on that. And I run both Windows and Solaris x86 on the newer Proliants. The Proliant gear is top notch, there is no more reliable server gear available from anybody. Others who have posted to the list before do run it on the Proliant hardware, most with no problems, some with a few problems, some with lots of problems. I do not recall a post from anyone running it on a DL385 on this list. The fact is that HP/Compaq in their server line is getting like General Motors where they have the same basic cars in every model line, just different brands on the nameplates and minor styling differences. I also must point out that I run it on clone gear, and on other manufacturers gear like HP Netservers, Gateway, Dell, Toshiba, NEC, etc. Most of the time it works, some times it doesen't. It would of course be nice if someone setup a "system certification" program for FreeBSD. The problem is that such a program is only useful if your certifying brand new gear. And there is too much of it and it's too expensive for anyone to do this. With the older gear, typically people get it very cheap, so if it doesen't run FreeBSD then they just move on to the next machine, thus a certification program is of little use to them. Ted -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.6/69 - Release Date: 8/11/2005 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
5.4 -- bridging, ipfw, dot1q
Okay, here's the situation. PLEASE let me know if there's a better place to ask. (isp@, kernel@, something) I'm setting up a bridging firewall where the packets are passing through on dot1q trunks. The bridge works. Packet counts work (so I assume the bridge at least sees the packets). Problem is, any "reasonable" rules (such as those which actually say to block traffic by ip or port or anything) aren't working at all. Not even logging counts. Setting the "bridged" flag doesn't seem to help. My only guess is that ipfw doesn't have the brains to look beyond the VLAN tags. Is this the case? Is this supported under 4.x, or is there any way AT ALL that I can get this to work? As a note, snort and trafshow and everything else work fine analyzing the bridge traffic, it seems only the kernel has an issue. -- "Of course she's gonna be upset! You're dealing with a woman here Dan, what the hell's wrong with you?" -S. Kennedy, 11/11/01 Dan Mahoney Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM Site: http://www.gushi.org --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
How to use Webmin in FreeBSD?
I have installed Webmin successfully from ports. During the installation, there was no error occurred. After the installation, I tried to use Webmin. I typed the following address in the Opera navigation bar: http://localhost:1/ Then, I was told by my Opera that there was an error while loading. It could not connect to the remote host. God! What'swrong? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Browser ?
Choosing something that uses MH or Maildir is nice as well. On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:52:25 -0400 nawcom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > theres lots of solutions. i personally would just use plain ol mail > with sendmail and fetchmail to manage the sending and retrieval. > > > Björn König wrote: > > > Carstea Catalin wrote: > > > >> I don't want x server and kde but i want a good browser to > >> downlod my email from mail box (gmail). Can u help me how ( ori > >> what browser to use)? > > > > > > If you're looking for a text mode browser then try 'w3m' and > > 'links', but I would use an email program like 'mutt' for reading > > mails. You can fetch mails from several mail accounts with > > 'fetchmail'. > > > > Björn > > ___ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Help on bash script?
dpk wrote: > It will work with either 'let' or within an 'arithmetic expansion': > > $[++var] > let ++var > > By the way, there is another syntax, from the man page, that seems to > operate identically: > > $((++var)) and $((var+1)) With "let ++var", the result is still 0, it isn't incremented. With $[++var], the result is "0: command not found". "$((++var))" is to the same effect as "let ++var". $((var+1)) works. But the value of var can't be incremented. thanks, Xu Qiang ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
It never even occurred to me that you could try using a USB flash drive to install from -- that would be a very interesting approach. Not sure how much a USB flash drive would cost, but I got a Panasonic USB2.0/Firewire CD-RW/DVD+/-RW (DVRS706) for $99 at jandr.com, so that should be good to boot from and will come in handy later for other things, and I can always have a boot CD as a backup. - Steve in Brooklyn Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/11/05, Maude User wrote: > I didn't realize it would be slow using a null-cable modem - thanks for that > info. > > I guess I should borrow a monitor and keyboard to do the install faster. > > I'm personally liking the usb flash drive thingy idea I mentioned earlier if you have no floppy or cd-rom drives. Not sure if this will even work btw, never tried it. What you would do is download the the 20MB bootonly.iso CD-ROM image and mound it (this step my not be needed) with mdconfig: "mdconfig -a -t vnode -f 5.4-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso -u 0" Use "mount_cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt" and you can change the config files on the fake cd for console redirection to serial port, 'echo "/boot/loader -h" > boot.config', etc. Next you would dd the image onto the usb flash drive: "dd if=/dev/md0 of=/dev/da0 bs=1M" Now remove the usb flash drive from your laptop and plug it into the server, tell the server to boot from the usb flash drive, the filesystem on the flash drive would be cd9660 and hopefully boot like a normal CD-ROM. If your flash drive was big enough you could load the entier disc1.iso cd onto it, what happened to the miniinst.iso that was only 270MB? I guess you could strip all the packages off the disc1.iso to make a miniinst.iso disk? What do you guys think, would this method work? the only hang up's I can think of is making your usb flash drive think it's a CD-ROM and if the FreeBSD install discs will work when it thinks its a hard drive, da0 for usb storage I'll have to try it tomarrow __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Help on bash script?
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Xu Qiang wrote: > This is my test script: > > - > #!/bin/bash > > var=0 > var=$[3] > > vari=0 > ++vari > > echo $var > echo $vari > - > > The result is: > ./test.sh: ++vari: command not found > 3 > 0 > > So the manual of bash is incorrect? > > Regards, > Xu Qiang It will work with either 'let' or within an 'arithmetic expansion': $[++var] let ++var By the way, there is another syntax, from the man page, that seems to operate identically: $((++var)) and $((var+1)) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Help on bash script?
This is my test script: - #!/bin/bash var=0 var=$[3] vari=0 ++vari echo $var echo $vari - The result is: ./test.sh: ++vari: command not found 3 0 So the manual of bash is incorrect? Regards, Xu Qiang ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Help on bash script?
dpk wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Xu Qiang wrote: >> 1. The way of incrementing the variable NCOREFILES. Why does it use >> the formula of "NCOREFILES=$[ $NCOREFILES + 1 ]", and not the direct >> way of "NCOREFILES=$NCOREFILES+1"? > > If that was done, NCOREFILES would end up looking like: > > +1+1+1+1+1+1+1 > > as bash does not automatically differentiate between numeric and > string variables. What the funky looking construct does is convince > bash to treat it as a numeric/arithmetic expression. Strangely, there is no mention of this assignment usage in the book "Learning the bash shell, 2nd ed" by O'Reilly at my hand. :( And "man bash" didn't talk of it either. However, it mentioned for arithmetic evaluation, we can use id++ id-- variable post-increment and post-decrement ++id --id variable pre-increment and pre-decrement If it is correct, then I can also increment NCOREFILES by: ++NCOREFILES. But I doubt it... Regards, Xu Qiang ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [nycbug-talk] Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive?
Thanks for this info. The handbook chapter on BIOS (see below) doesn't mention "USB" but it says the machine can boot from "Removable Devices" so it sounds like your first suggestion about booting from removable drives would work. It also says something about PXE so it looks like your second suggestion would also work. Thanks, -- Steve PS - More detail below about this server's specs (link below) -- it's a Tyan GS12 motherboard: --> Integrated LAN controller (Intel 82547GI CSA & 82541GI PCI 10/100/1000 GbE LAN controllers) with two RJ-45 LAN connectors --> Supports Intel P4 processor 800/533 MHz FSB --> Supports up to 2 IDE HDD devices (Serial ATA and Ultra ATA/100 connectors) --> Supports RAID 0, 1 --> One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI v2.3 slot --> Four USB 2.0 ports --> Phoenix BIOS on 4Mb Flash ROM; UCR and PXE (LAN remote boot); SM BIOS 2.3.1 (backward compatible w/ DMI 2.0) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/gs12b5103_spec.html In the handbook (link to PDF below), the BIOS chapter says: > The Boot Menu allows you to set the priority of the booting devices: > - Removable Devices > - Hard Drive > - CD-ROM > - IBA GE Slot 0208 v1216 (LAN Intel 82547GI) ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_gs12b5103_100.pdf Jim Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: * Maude User [2005-08-11 20:15]: > Hello - > > I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a rackmount server that came with two SATA > hard drives > (it came with no CD or floppy). I will borrow a keyboard and monitor because > I was informed > today on this list that a "headless install" from my laptop over a null-modem > cable would slow. > > I was going to buy a cheap USB floppy drive today (I saw prices from $30 to > $50) but at jandr.com in NYC today I saw a USB CD-RW/DVD+/-RW on sale for $99 > (Panasonic DVRS706) so I got that instead, figuring it was "more bang for the > buck". > > Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from this USB CD drive? > > If not, what sort of CD drive can I install from? While I don't know the specfic equipment in your question, the general response is that it is the BIOS that determines 'bootability' i.e. whether a device can be used as a boot device. Check the BIOS setting first, there may be a setting for booting from USB. If not, try 'removable drives' if it is shown. If that fails, you might be able to boot from a network device using PXE booting. Check the handbook (and your BIOS documentation) regarding PXE boot support. If all that fails, try removing the hard disk and placing it in another compatible system which has a bootable CD ROM. And if *that* fails, post again. I'll be really interested to hear your curs^w comments. Best Regards, Jim B. - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: cpan/bsdpan/ports need help - Checked by AntiVir -
Denny White wrote: I had read where it was better to use ports than cpan modules. I had originally used cpan because of updating the virus data files for f-prot, before I knew I could do it with portupgrade. I got tired of seeing ports held by user & had trouble trying to force some of them to upgrade, so I took out the bsdpan portion from: From /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf HOLD_PKGS = [ 'bsdpan-*', ] Now I can't do anything with cpan, including installing some ports. Here's the output from cpan: Cannot load ExtUtils::MakeMaker: Can't locate ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 .) @ (eval 4) line 1. Begin failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.87/BSDPAN/ ExtUtils/MakeMaker.pm line 17. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/CPAN.pm line 16. Begin failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/CPAN.pm line 16. Compilation failed in require at /usr/local/bin/cpan line 119. Begin failed--compilation aborted at /usr/local/bin/cpan line 119. Below are the ports that got upgraded when this whole fiasco started, due to my ignorance about perl, cpan, and ports and their interdependencies: total 10994 drwxr-xr-x9 root wheel 512 Aug 11 08:19 .. -rw-r--r--1 root wheel 10726400 Aug 11 02:07 pkgdb.db drwxr-xr-x 246 root wheel 7168 Aug 11 02:07 . drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:04 p5-Time-HiRes-1.72,1 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:03 p5-CGI.pm-3.10_1,1 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:02 txt2html-2.41 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:02 p5-PathTools-3.09 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:02 p5-ExtUtils-CBuilder-0.12 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:02 p5-ExtUtils-ParseXS-2.07 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:02 p5-Module-Build-0.26.11 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 02:02 p5-Archive-Tar-1.23_1 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 00:57 bsdpan-Test-Pod-1.20 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 00:57 bsdpan-Test-Builder-Tester-1.01 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 00:57 bsdpan-Storable-2.15 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 00:57 bsdpan-Pod-Simple-3.02 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 00:57 bsdpan-Pod-Escapes-1.04 drwxr-xr-x2 root wheel 512 Aug 11 00:57 bsdpan-MD5-2.03 Any help greatly appreciated on how to fix this. Denny White GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Today nawcom had this to say: the bsdpan-PathTools is how the ports are named when not building from the ports collection (from what i understand). my only solution (and it shouldn't take too much time) is to deinstall it and build from ports. If you look above in the original message from me, you'll see the list of ports that were installed when I overrode the setting in pkgtools.conf, i.e., to not hold bsdpan stuff. That's what hosed cpan for me. Now I'm stuck with that & no matter what I try to do with cpan, I get the output that's listed above in the original part of this message. There are some ports that won't even install now, using portupgrade, due to this problem. I really don't know where to go from here, unless maybe it's to cvsup RELENG_5 instead of just RELENG_5_4 & try rebuilding everything. Denny White GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Help on bash script?
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2005-08-12 10:16, Xu Qiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Btw, can we "export" a value in the sub-shell back to the parent? > > Only through `backquote subtitution', as the child process cannot > affect the environment of the parent process. > > value=`shell command` > value=$(shell command) Ah, yes, I mistakened it. The "export" mechanism is to preserve the value from the parent to the child, not the other direction, as described in the book "The Unix Programming Environment" by Brian Kernighan and Rob Pike. Thanks, Xu Qiang ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
On 8/11/05, Maude User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I didn't realize it would be slow using a null-cable modem - thanks for that > info. > > I guess I should borrow a monitor and keyboard to do the install faster. > > I'm personally liking the usb flash drive thingy idea I mentioned earlier if you have no floppy or cd-rom drives. Not sure if this will even work btw, never tried it. What you would do is download the the 20MB bootonly.iso CD-ROM image and mound it (this step my not be needed) with mdconfig: "mdconfig -a -t vnode -f 5.4-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso -u 0" Use "mount_cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt" and you can change the config files on the fake cd for console redirection to serial port, 'echo "/boot/loader -h" > boot.config', etc. Next you would dd the image onto the usb flash drive: "dd if=/dev/md0 of=/dev/da0 bs=1M" Now remove the usb flash drive from your laptop and plug it into the server, tell the server to boot from the usb flash drive, the filesystem on the flash drive would be cd9660 and hopefully boot like a normal CD-ROM. If your flash drive was big enough you could load the entier disc1.iso cd onto it, what happened to the miniinst.iso that was only 270MB? I guess you could strip all the packages off the disc1.iso to make a miniinst.iso disk? What do you guys think, would this method work? the only hang up's I can think of is making your usb flash drive think it's a CD-ROM and if the FreeBSD install discs will work when it thinks its a hard drive, da0 for usb storage I'll have to try it tomarrow ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problems with p5-IO-Socket && system perl on 4.x
Can anyone confirm or deny? It looks like portupgrading p5-IO-Socket on FreeBSD 4.x breaks things unless the user manually replaces perl 5.005 with a more recent version of perl. I have a client who tripped across this while portupgrading MRTG. Anyone who can confirm or deny this? I haven't had time to investigate it carefully, but if it's a problem, shouldn't the port require perl 5.6 or 5.8? [Note: not currently subscribed] -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help on bash script?
On 2005-08-12 10:16, Xu Qiang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Btw, can we "export" a value in the sub-shell back to the parent? Only through `backquote subtitution', as the child process cannot affect the environment of the parent process. value=`shell command` value=$(shell command) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wizard mode docs
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-08-11 16:09, Randy Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey all, Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what the scan function does. What is "wizard mode" supposed to be? He's probably talking about sysinstall. -- Chris Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** [ Busy Expunging <|> ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
RE: Help on bash script?
dpk wrote: > On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Xu Qiang wrote: > As soon as you used the pipe, to the while, you entered a sub-shell. > There's no way (that I'm aware of anyways) to get the sub-shell's > variables sent back up to the parent. Thanks for your detailed analysis and a solution. Yes, I didn't notice the pipe's effect. Btw, can we "export" a value in the sub-shell back to the parent? thanks, Xu Qiang ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Help on bash script?
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Xu Qiang wrote: > Hi, all: > > I don't know if this is the right list to ask this question. But since I > didn't find a bash script mail list and you guys are always so helpful, > then... > > Here are an excerpt of a bash script: > > --- > > #!/bin/bash > # saveLogs.sh - Bourne Again Shell script > ... > find / -type f -name core -print | while read COREFILE ; do > NCOREFILES=$[ $NCOREFILES + 1 ] # a bit strange - xq > echo $NCOREFILES # xq > ... > --- > ... > 1. The way of incrementing the variable NCOREFILES. Why does it use the > formula of "NCOREFILES=$[ $NCOREFILES + 1 ]", and not the direct way of > "NCOREFILES=$NCOREFILES+1"? If that was done, NCOREFILES would end up looking like: +1+1+1+1+1+1+1 as bash does not automatically differentiate between numeric and string variables. What the funky looking construct does is convince bash to treat it as a numeric/arithmetic expression. > 2. What confused me most is the value of the variable NCOREFILES > ($NCOREFILES). Say there is just 1 core file, then because the initial > value of NCOREFILES is 0, it will be incremented to 1. Yes, this is the > value in the do-while loop. But outside the loop and if-block, the value > of NCOREFILES is reverted back to 0 - its initial value. > > It is a local variable, so any modification to it should be valid as > long as we are still in the scope of the function, right? I am really > lossed at this phenomenon. As soon as you used the pipe, to the while, you entered a sub-shell. There's no way (that I'm aware of anyways) to get the sub-shell's variables sent back up to the parent. You could do something along the lines of: for cf in `find -X -type f -name core -print` do # do stuff with "$cf" NCOREFILES=$[ $NCOREFILES + 1 ] done (the -X helps prevent problems when faced with spaces embedded in the path) By the way, on FreeBSD systems, the default core filename format is "%N.core" (see "man core") where %N is the name of the program that dumped. You'd need to expand your find with -name \*.core . If you wanted to get really fancy, you could parse "sysctl kern.corefile" to find out the current filename format and use that in your find, but most people leave that sysctl at its default, so it probably wouldn't be necessary. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wizard mode docs
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Randy Schultz wrote: > Hey all, > > Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what the > scan function does. Looking at the source, I would guess that it counts how many 512 byte blocks there are on a device. It prints B: at the beginning and G: at the end of the device, I believe. It appears to be capable of handling multiple beginnings and ends, but I'm not sure how that works (would a read of the full disk device, at the end of a slice, not read a full 512 bytes? I don't know.) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problem with Seagate hdd
Efren Bravo wrote: When the installer start it raise this error: ata0-master: Failure - ATA-IDENTIFY timed out thanks... I have experienced the same error message for every release I have tried since FreeBSD 4.11. I have concluded that my particular VIA controller on the system board isn't supported by later releases. (I have tried more than one brand of HD and they all behave the same.) In correspondence earlier with Soren, he stated that my particular controller is supported by later releases, but it just doesn't work. On the positive side, 4.11 is serving admirably for my purposes. Jim Campbell ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Help on bash script?
Hi, all:
I don't know if this is the right list to ask this question. But since I didn't
find a bash script mail list and you guys are always so helpful, then...
Here are an excerpt of a bash script:
---
#!/bin/bash
# saveLogs.sh - Bourne Again Shell script
...
#
# FindAndSaveCoreFiles()
# Search the entire filesystem for corefiles, saving each in
# $SAVE_DIR. On Linux, we only need to search in ESS_LOG_DIR.
#
CollectCoreFiles()
{
local NEWNAME=""
local NCOREFILES=0
local OS=`uname`
if [ "$OS" == "Linux" ]; then
...
else
#
# find each corefile, record in $CORELOG, and move to a uniquely
# named file in $SAVE_DIR
#
# Look for files named "core" (Lynx default)
#
find / -type f -name core -print | while read COREFILE ; do
NCOREFILES=$[ $NCOREFILES + 1 ] # a bit strange - xq
echo $NCOREFILES # xq
NEWNAME="${HOSTNAME}esscore${NCOREFILES}_${TIMESTAMP}"
# record mapping so people can go back and figure out
# where they came from
echo -e $NEWNAME "was" `ls -l $COREFILE` >>
$SAVE_DIR/$CORELOG
mv $COREFILE $SAVE_DIR/$NEWNAME
echo "There are $NCOREFILES core files." # xq
done
fi
# What confused me most is the value $NCOREFILES outside
# the do-while loop (but still in this function) reverted
# back to its initial value, which seems contradictory to
# our concept of local variables. - xq
#echo $NCOREFILES
return 0
}
---
The purpose of this script is to find the core files in the system and move
them to elsewhere for later analysis.
I am confused about the following issues:
1. The way of incrementing the variable NCOREFILES. Why does it use the formula
of "NCOREFILES=$[ $NCOREFILES + 1 ]",
and not the direct way of "NCOREFILES=$NCOREFILES+1"?
2. What confused me most is the value of the variable NCOREFILES ($NCOREFILES).
Say there is just 1 core file, then because the initial value of NCOREFILES is
0, it will be incremented to 1. Yes, this is the value in the do-while loop.
But outside the loop and if-block, the value of NCOREFILES is reverted back to
0 - its initial value.
It is a local variable, so any modification to it should be valid as long as we
are still in the scope of the function, right? I am really lossed at this
phenomenon.
Looking forward to any possible help,
thanks,
Xu Qiang
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Re: wizard mode docs
Randy Schultz wrote: Hey all, Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what the scan function does. #scan You look around the Mazes of Menace, hoping to gain some clue about the mysterious wizard mode. #engrave Elbereth You feel safe! -- -Chuck ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
tunneling / IPSec
I've recently been through the relatively simple process of setting up IPSec IP in IP tunnels between two FreeBSD boxes using gif interfaces for the tunneling portion, native IPSec and the racoon port. Best I can tell, this only works between two devices whose IP addresses are directly accessable to each other (no NAT). I'm wondering if there is an easy way to make this same tunnel work through NAT, and/or if there is some other easy to implement alternative that works through NAT. I was thinking of tunneling the encrypted IP packets over a TCP connection maybe. But my thoughts aren't always the right ones :-) Is there a pseudo-interface that allows tunneling over a tcp connection in a similar way to the gif interface? Aaron ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: [nycbug-talk] Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive?
* Maude User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-08-11 20:15]: > Hello - > > I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a rackmount server that came with two SATA > hard drives > (it came with no CD or floppy). I will borrow a keyboard and monitor because > I was informed > today on this list that a "headless install" from my laptop over a null-modem > cable would slow. > > I was going to buy a cheap USB floppy drive today (I saw prices from $30 to > $50) but at jandr.com in NYC today I saw a USB CD-RW/DVD+/-RW on sale for $99 > (Panasonic DVRS706) so I got that instead, figuring it was "more bang for the > buck". > > Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from this USB CD drive? > > If not, what sort of CD drive can I install from? While I don't know the specfic equipment in your question, the general response is that it is the BIOS that determines 'bootability' i.e. whether a device can be used as a boot device. Check the BIOS setting first, there may be a setting for booting from USB. If not, try 'removable drives' if it is shown. If that fails, you might be able to boot from a network device using PXE booting. Check the handbook (and your BIOS documentation) regarding PXE boot support. If all that fails, try removing the hard disk and placing it in another compatible system which has a bootable CD ROM. And if *that* fails, post again. I'll be really interested to hear your curs^w comments. Best Regards, Jim B. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
CD Burning Error
I have recently aquired a DVD+-RW drive. I am running into some problems when trying to burn CD-Rs (I haven't tried a DVD yet) *I've tried -s 24 as well* gimpy# burncd -f /dev/acd0 -s 48 data 6.0-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso fixate next writeable LBA 0 writing from file 6.0-BETA2-i386-disc1.iso size 460518 KB written this track 460518 KB (100%) total 460518 KB fixating CD, please wait.. burncd: ioctl(CDRIOCFIXATE): Input/output error Trying to use the CD gives: gimpy# mount /cdrom cd9660: /dev/acd0: Input/output error gimpy# grep acd0 /etc/fstab /dev/acd0 /cdrom cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 gimpy# uname -a FreeBSD gimpy.tcbug.org 5.4-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p6 #5: Thu Aug 11 19:49:26 CDT 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GIMPY i386 gimpy# dmesg | grep acd acd0: DVDR at ata1-master PIO4 acd0: FAILURE - READ_BIG MEDIUM ERROR asc=0x02 ascq=0x00 error=4 I've tried with UDMA33 and PIO4, I've also tried ATAPICAM and k3b in both UDMA33 and PIO4 -- Thanks, Josh Paetzel ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
On 12/08/2005, at 6:23 AM, Maude User wrote: Hello -- I recently installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my laptop and now I want to install it onto a rackmount server (hardware specs below). I hate to ask a silly question but here goes: Do I need to get a USB CD-ROM drive (and keyboard and monitor) for the server in order to install FreeBSD... or is there some way I can install onto the rackmount server from the laptop? (There's no CD-ROM on the rackmount server, but the laptop has a CD- RW/DVD+-RW.) It is possible your BIOS will actually direct display to a serial console.. I'm not sure if yours does, so if it doesn't you will probably need a keyboard/ monitor if you want to configure your BIOS, of course if you are happy with the defaults you should be able to do it all with a laptop or other system.. You will want to set your boot floppies to use the serial console, which you can read about doing here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install- advanced.html You will need a null modem cable to do this, also you will need to make sure the cable is plugged into si0 on the server (com1).. I noticed that the server has an LCD display which is possibly driven via a serial port, this could occupy si0 already.. Getting it to boot the serial console on a different port to si0 is more complex, so hopefully you won't have to.. From this point on the laptop will act like the keyboard and monitor for the system and you can install.. I would recommend using an NFS mount on your local network to install the files from since it would be the fastest (without installing a CD drive), otherwise use ftp, which will be pretty slow (depending on your internet connection) but the only other viable method for you really.. Let me know if you have any queries, it is usually pretty straight forward though =) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive?
does the server have usb bios support? Im guessing no but hell i might be wrong. you can always install bsd on the hard drive a via a different computer. -Ben Maude User wrote: Hello - I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a rackmount server that came with two SATA hard drives (it came with no CD or floppy). I will borrow a keyboard and monitor because I was informed today on this list that a "headless install" from my laptop over a null-modem cable would slow. I was going to buy a cheap USB floppy drive today (I saw prices from $30 to $50) but at jandr.com in NYC today I saw a USB CD-RW/DVD+/-RW on sale for $99 (Panasonic DVRS706) so I got that instead, figuring it was "more bang for the buck". Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from this USB CD drive? If not, what sort of CD drive can I install from? Thanks. - Steve Brooklyn NYC - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from a USB CD drive?
Hello - I want to install FreeBSD 5.3 onto a rackmount server that came with two SATA hard drives (it came with no CD or floppy). I will borrow a keyboard and monitor because I was informed today on this list that a "headless install" from my laptop over a null-modem cable would slow. I was going to buy a cheap USB floppy drive today (I saw prices from $30 to $50) but at jandr.com in NYC today I saw a USB CD-RW/DVD+/-RW on sale for $99 (Panasonic DVRS706) so I got that instead, figuring it was "more bang for the buck". Can I install FreeBSD 5.3 from this USB CD drive? If not, what sort of CD drive can I install from? Thanks. - Steve Brooklyn NYC - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
I didn't realize it would be slow using a null-cable modem - thanks for that info. I guess I should borrow a monitor and keyboard to do the install faster. Nikolas Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/11/05, Maude User wrote: > Thank you for your quick answer! In the link you sent, there is a chapter > about doing a "headless install" -- and my rackmount server is certainly > "headless". > > My laptop is so new it doesn't appear to have a serial port, but I think I > can get a USB-to-serial adapter for connecting the null modem cable. > I'd not do the serial connection thing for two reasons: 1. more then likely you'll have to buy a null modem cable and USB-to-serial adapter. 2. It will be very slow, think 56K modem... Based on what I've read about your system it doesn't have console redirection so at some point in time you will need to put a monitor and keyboard on this system to setup the RAID (you bought two drives) and the BIOS before you can install FreeBSD, yes? I find it hard to believe you don't have access to an old monitor and kb for an hour to install FreeBSD. If you can get the monitor and kb do a network install from the boot floppies, you do have a floppy drive installed yes? if you don't find one or an old CD-ROM drive and crack the case, no? You could try bootp or a USB thumb/flash drive thingy (dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/da0 bs=foo). Their are better ways to waste ones time then to try a laplink serial install. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
On 8/11/05, Maude User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you for your quick answer! In the link you sent, there is a chapter > about doing a "headless install" -- and my rackmount server is certainly > "headless". > > My laptop is so new it doesn't appear to have a serial port, but I think I > can get a USB-to-serial adapter for connecting the null modem cable. > I'd not do the serial connection thing for two reasons: 1. more then likely you'll have to buy a null modem cable and USB-to-serial adapter. 2. It will be very slow, think 56K modem... Based on what I've read about your system it doesn't have console redirection so at some point in time you will need to put a monitor and keyboard on this system to setup the RAID (you bought two drives) and the BIOS before you can install FreeBSD, yes? I find it hard to believe you don't have access to an old monitor and kb for an hour to install FreeBSD. If you can get the monitor and kb do a network install from the boot floppies, you do have a floppy drive installed yes? if you don't find one or an old CD-ROM drive and crack the case, no? You could try bootp or a USB thumb/flash drive thingy (dd if=floppy.img of=/dev/da0 bs=foo). Their are better ways to waste ones time then to try a laplink serial install. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 17:40 -0400, Tom Norris wrote: > I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to > doing it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that > fun stuff.) Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to a FreeBSD > 4.11 machine that lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a > good MTA (and maybe a book) for someone that knows relatively few things > about the big scary world of e-mail transport? > > Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have > the MTA route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards > the machine on different ip addresses. Is that possible? Exim rocks I've used it for about 8 years.. Postfix is excellent I've looked at it and it seems pretty easy to work with, I think some may like it better as it can be administered through webmin (exim you can't), especially if you want to give some admin privileges. Sendmail's configuration is not trivial. I much prefer using Maildir to store mail, works much better when dealing with a lot of users with a lot of mail. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: fsck says "UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY"
At 03:49 PM 8/11/2005, Jerahmy Pocott wrote: THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 66322510, Sounds like a HW issue to me. Anyway to confirm this? It is not a very old drive and the filesystem is still readable, I suppose it could have developed some bad sectors.. If you have another machine you can boot from, or another disk, you can install the smartmontools port (/usr/ports/sysutils/smartmontools) and use that to see what the status of the drive is. -Glenn Is there a way to flag them as bad without formating the drive? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re[2]: Newbie Q: No login prompt on startup
On Fri, 12 Aug 2005, Hexren wrote: > The next time that happens try ^C. > If the startup process hangs in bringing up a daemon you cann kill > that like any other foreground running process. Maybe that was what > hit you at least it sound a lot like that to me. > > Hexren Also, try ^T. ^T should tell you what program is running, and, on occasion, might give you additional information. Try it next time you're waiting for the automatic fsck to finish, for an example. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re[2]: Newbie Q: No login prompt on startup
> >>Hello all, > >> > >>I just finished installing FreeBSD 5.4 on my PC. When i boot it > >>normally all of the startup scripts finish, no errors are displayed but > >>afterwards a login prompt fails to appear. If i boot in single user mode > >>I get my '#' prompt right off the bat and can edit files. What is going > >>on? Does my machine think I have a terminal connected to the serial > >>port? What config file do i need to edit? > >> > >>I used standard install method from CD. I'm running an Nforce2 chipset > >>and my HDD is SATA, but FreeBSD seems to be dealing with these just fine. > >> > >>Thank you, > >>Eric >> what system security level did you set the os to? > The system was set to the default security level. >> I'd check /etc/ttys and make sure you have this line: >> >> ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure > That line was in my ttys. >> >> exactly as above. At the very least, with 'on' and 'secure' in the line. >> What's the last thing displayed on the screen, and what happens if you >> press enter? > Pounding the keyboard does nothing, i even have a console mouse. The > last thing being displayed it > "Starting sshd daemon" > I decided i was wasting more time trying to get into the system than it > would take to just reinstall it, and so i did leaving every option on > default. Now I've got things up and running! I got X11 setup right off > the bat and i'm about to delve into wireless networking. > Thank you all for your help! > Eric - The next time that happens try ^C. If the startup process hangs in bringing up a daemon you cann kill that like any other foreground running process. Maybe that was what hit you at least it sound a lot like that to me. Hexren ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie Q: No login prompt on startup
Eric Lance wrote: >>Hello all, >> >>I just finished installing FreeBSD 5.4 on my PC. When i boot it >>normally all of the startup scripts finish, no errors are displayed but >>afterwards a login prompt fails to appear. If i boot in single user mode >>I get my '#' prompt right off the bat and can edit files. What is going >>on? Does my machine think I have a terminal connected to the serial >>port? What config file do i need to edit? >> >>I used standard install method from CD. I'm running an Nforce2 chipset >>and my HDD is SATA, but FreeBSD seems to be dealing with these just fine. >> >>Thank you, >>Eric what system security level did you set the os to? The system was set to the default security level. I'd check /etc/ttys and make sure you have this line: ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure That line was in my ttys. exactly as above. At the very least, with 'on' and 'secure' in the line. What's the last thing displayed on the screen, and what happens if you press enter? Pounding the keyboard does nothing, i even have a console mouse. The last thing being displayed it "Starting sshd daemon" I decided i was wasting more time trying to get into the system than it would take to just reinstall it, and so i did leaving every option on default. Now I've got things up and running! I got X11 setup right off the bat and i'm about to delve into wireless networking. Thank you all for your help! Eric Is your network interface setup correctly :)? Try removing all network related services from /etc/rc.conf if you are unsure, then type in /sbin/ifconfig -a and send the information output in a reply email. -Garrett -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie Q: No login prompt on startup
>>Hello all, >> >>I just finished installing FreeBSD 5.4 on my PC. When i boot it >>normally all of the startup scripts finish, no errors are displayed but >>afterwards a login prompt fails to appear. If i boot in single user mode >>I get my '#' prompt right off the bat and can edit files. What is going >>on? Does my machine think I have a terminal connected to the serial >>port? What config file do i need to edit? >> >>I used standard install method from CD. I'm running an Nforce2 chipset >>and my HDD is SATA, but FreeBSD seems to be dealing with these just fine. >> >>Thank you, >>Eric what system security level did you set the os to? The system was set to the default security level. I'd check /etc/ttys and make sure you have this line: ttyv0 "/usr/libexec/getty Pc" cons25 on secure That line was in my ttys. exactly as above. At the very least, with 'on' and 'secure' in the line. What's the last thing displayed on the screen, and what happens if you press enter? Pounding the keyboard does nothing, i even have a console mouse. The last thing being displayed it "Starting sshd daemon" I decided i was wasting more time trying to get into the system than it would take to just reinstall it, and so i did leaving every option on default. Now I've got things up and running! I got X11 setup right off the bat and i'm about to delve into wireless networking. Thank you all for your help! Eric ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wizard mode docs
On 2005-08-11 23:42, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > >On 2005-08-11 16:09, Randy Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hey all, > >>Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what > >>the scan function does. > > > >What is "wizard mode" supposed to be? > > A way to hack very old sendmail's. > But probably not in this case... Well, in my case, especially when I run madly from something, "wizard mode" or even better "Rincewind mode", is a bit different. But I guess we have to let Randy Schultz describe what *HE* means :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
On 8/11/05, Tom Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to > doing it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that > fun stuff.) Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to a FreeBSD > 4.11 machine that lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a > good MTA (and maybe a book) for someone that knows relatively few things > about the big scary world of e-mail transport? > My list of candidates would be Courier, Postfix, or sendmail. I've never used Postfix, but I'm going to be giving it a test drive soon. Exim should probably be a candidate, but I haven't ever looked at it. Cyrus has some merit as an enterprise mail server, but is probably overkill for most users. Stay away from Gmail. It is nasty in more ways than one. Courier includes an IMAP and POP server as well as an MTA, works well, is very featurefull and reasonably customizable. Documentation is pretty good. Its structure and philosophy are similar to Gmail, but implemented much better (If you are thinking about Gmail, use Courier instead). I like it as an all-in-one mail server solution. http://www.courier-mta.org Postfix is very featurefull, very customizable, and very popular, so it ought to be easy to get help. http://www.postfix.org Sendmail is built in to FreeBSD, is much more secure and much more flexible than the older versions that drove people to write the others in the first place, so it is a valid candidate. http://www.sendmail.org/ also see http://www.acme.com/mail_filtering/ for an example of what can be done with it. > Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have > the MTA route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards > the machine on different ip addresses. Is that possible? That should be possible with any of them. - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Tom Norris wrote: Something else just occured to me. Am I going to need a separate pop3 daemon, or does postfix do that too? I've always used qpopper, but that's just me. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: fsck says "UNEXPECTED SOFT UPDATE INCONSISTENCY"
THE FOLLOWING DISK SECTORS COULD NOT BE READ: 66322510, Sounds like a HW issue to me. Anyway to confirm this? It is not a very old drive and the filesystem is still readable, I suppose it could have developed some bad sectors.. Is there a way to flag them as bad without formating the drive? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Tom Norris wrote: Something else just occured to me. Am I going to need a separate pop3 daemon, or does postfix do that too? No, it doesn't (and shouldn't). popa3d, qpopper. Or maybe you need imap :-) --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
On 8/11/05, Tom Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something else just occured to me. Am I going to need a separate pop3 > daemon, or does postfix do that too? > > > Thanks again, > Tom Norris You'll need something else for pop/imap.. you might try courier or dovecot... Mike ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-08-11 18:00, Tom Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hexren wrote: I'll say exim *let the holly wars start* So, should I use vi, emacs, or pico to edit the config files ;) You missed nano, joe, jed and /usr/bin/ee. Not to mention vim :P jove, ex, ed. --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wizard mode docs
Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2005-08-11 16:09, Randy Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hey all, Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what the scan function does. What is "wizard mode" supposed to be? A way to hack very old sendmail's. But probably not in this case... --Alex ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Something else just occured to me. Am I going to need a separate pop3 daemon, or does postfix do that too? Thanks again, Tom Norris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
On 2005-08-11 18:00, Tom Norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hexren wrote: > >I'll say exim *let the holly wars start* > > So, should I use vi, emacs, or pico to edit the config files ;) You missed nano, joe, jed and /usr/bin/ee. Not to mention vim :P ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: wizard mode docs
On 2005-08-11 16:09, Randy Schultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what > the scan function does. What is "wizard mode" supposed to be? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Missing patches?, Most people I know can apply patches with out rebooting > a FreeBSD. > FreeBSD-SA-05:19.ipsec FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs FreeBSD-SA-05:15.tcp FreeBSD-SA-05:13.ipfw FreeBSD-SA-05:09.htt [REVISED] FreeBSD-SA-05:08.kmem [REVISED] FreeBSD-SA-05:07.ldt FreeBSD-SA-05:06.iir FreeBSD-SA-05:04.ifconf etc. "Recompile your kernel as described in http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html> and reboot the system." >>Planned downtime for maintenance is ok. > > It is , but this is bragging rights were talking here. Right. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Tom Norris wrote: > Hexren wrote: > > >>I'll say exim *let the holly wars start* > > > > So, should I use vi, emacs, or pico to edit the config files ;) > None, you should use Vim. :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Hexren wrote: I'll say exim *let the holly wars start* So, should I use vi, emacs, or pico to edit the config files ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re[2]: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Tom Norris wrote: >> I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to doing >> it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that fun >> stuff.) >> Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to a FreeBSD 4.11 machine >> that >> lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a good MTA (and maybe a >> book) for someone that knows relatively few things about the big scary world >> of e-mail transport? >> >> Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have the >> MTA >> route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards the machine >> on different ip addresses. Is that possible? >> > You'll want to look at postfix, and no further. The documentation, and > configuration files are in plain english. > ___ - I'll say exim *let the holly wars start* ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
Or Exim. I've heard good things about Postfix, but I don't think it has anything over Exim. - Original Message - From: "Laurence Sanford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tom Norris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 3:26 PM Subject: Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin? > > > On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Tom Norris wrote: > > > I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to doing > > it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that fun stuff.) > > Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to a FreeBSD 4.11 machine that > > lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a good MTA (and maybe a > > book) for someone that knows relatively few things about the big scary world > > of e-mail transport? > > > > Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have the MTA > > route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards the machine > > on different ip addresses. Is that possible? > > > You'll want to look at postfix, and no further. The documentation, and > configuration files are in plain english. > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > > *** > EMERY TELCOM SPAM FILTERING CHECK: Innocent > *** > If you consider this e-mail to be spam, please click on the URL below. > Emery Telcom's free spam detector service will be adjusted accordingly for future e-mails. > http://postmaster.etv.net:8080/reclassify?user=6566696e6c6579776f726b406566696e6c65792e636f6d&signature=42fbc684547279197914356&result=496e6e6f63656e74 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.6/69 - Release Date: 8/11/2005 > > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Tom Norris wrote: I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to doing it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that fun stuff.) Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to a FreeBSD 4.11 machine that lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a good MTA (and maybe a book) for someone that knows relatively few things about the big scary world of e-mail transport? Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have the MTA route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards the machine on different ip addresses. Is that possible? You'll want to look at postfix, and no further. The documentation, and configuration files are in plain english. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Any suggestions for a MTA for a new admin?
I have finally made the jump from paying people to host my websites to doing it myself (setting up apache, perl, php, postgresql, and all that fun stuff.) Now I want to migrate my e-mail addresses over to a FreeBSD 4.11 machine that lives in a data center. Can any of you recommend a good MTA (and maybe a book) for someone that knows relatively few things about the big scary world of e-mail transport? Just to throw it out there, one of the things I need to do is to have the MTA route mail for a few different domains that are pointed towards the machine on different ip addresses. Is that possible? Thanks, Tom Norris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problem with Seagate hdd
At 01:14 PM 8/11/2005, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, >>The problem is most likely the hard drive controller on your motherboard. I don't think so, 'cause I've installed winXP on it. My hdd has two partitions, one of them is WinXP. >>What motherboard do you have? http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=U8668-D%20v7.x The ATA controller on that board appears to be supported... >>Are you using the controller that's built in to the motherboard? Yes, I suppose. um, either you are or you aren't. If you aren't, it's entirely possible that the controller you are using isn't supported. >>What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? 5.4-RC4-i386 Why are you using a release candidate instead of the release? -Glenn At 12:36 PM 8/11/2005, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I tried to install freebsd in a pc with a seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7) hdd but the installer doesn't find the drivers. I've checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#DISK but it doesn't have any seagate hdd reference. Is it possible to install freebsd into seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7)? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
wizard mode docs
Hey all, Is there any documentation on wizard mode? I'm just wondering what the scan function does. -- Randy([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 715-726-2832 email bodhisattva <*> "There is no fire like passion, there is no shark like hatred, there is no snare like folly, there is no torrent like greed." ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
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Re: Long Uptime
> Dmitry Mityugov wrote: Apart from that, I must agree with Dave Horsfall - please provide an IP. >>> >>>Is there a critical patch that you believe those machines would need? >>>Anything more serious than a potential denial of service attack? > Yes, I recommend all patches. > DOS is enough for me. > >> Indeed. If the machine is properly firewalled, what kind of attack >> other than DoS can break it? > All those on vulnerabilites that were fixed in patches after the last one > applied. > > A firewall may or may not help you. > > If the attack is on a jail to which you allow access through your > firewall, > you've had it, e.g.. > > Or someone sends you a specially crafted file that exploits a > vulnerability > described in FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip and/or FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip2.asc. > That's DOS, that kind of attack is serious enough for me to try to avoid. > > Or someone gains root privileges via the vulnerability described in > FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib, FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs or FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib. > > I mean it's great FreeBSD can sustain such a long uptime. > But, IMHO, it's nothing to brag about, since it simultaneously indicates > missing patches, which I find worse. Missing patches?, Most people I know can apply patches with out rebooting a FreeBSD. > Planned downtime for maintenance is ok. It is , but this is bragging rights were talking here. > > Kind regards, > lars. > > > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problem with Seagate hdd
On Aug 11, 2005, at 2:14 PM, Efren Bravo wrote: >>What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? 5.4-RC4-i386 get a more up to date version like 5.4 release Chad --- Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Your Web App and Email hosting provider [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
On Thursday 11 August 2005 12:09 pm, Matt Kosht wrote: > >On 8/11/05, Peter Giessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There are uptimes greater than 4 years listed here: > > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html > > A Windows 2000 server with over 1000 days of uptime. Whoever hacked > it must be doing a good job as sysadmin ;) Not possible for a good sysadmin. There have been numerous updates by Microsoft that require a reboot to finish the install. Anything over 2-3 months has a sysadmin that has not been adding their security fixes. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
Thank you for your quick answer! In the link you sent, there is a chapter about doing a "headless install" -- and my rackmount server is certainly "headless". My laptop is so new it doesn't appear to have a serial port, but I think I can get a USB-to-serial adapter for connecting the null modem cable. I am very impressed with the flexibility of FreeBSD. Per olof Ljungmark ... wrote: Start here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html You can do it in many ways. Good luck and welcome. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: freebsd utilization bandwidth statistics
At 01:04 PM 8/11/2005, Noah wrote: Hi ther,e is there a Program out there that can be used to graphically show how much bandwidth is being used for specific applications or ports? ntop can do that, it's in ports. -Glenn thanks in advance, Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problem with Seagate hdd
When the installer start it raise this error: ata0-master: Failure - ATA-IDENTIFY timed out thanks... Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, >>The problem is most likely the hard drive controller on your motherboard. I don't think so, 'cause I've installed winXP on it. My hdd has two partitions, one of them is WinXP. >>What motherboard do you have? http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=U8668-D%20v7.x >>Are you using the controller that's built in to the motherboard? Yes, I suppose. >>What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? 5.4-RC4-i386 At 12:36 PM 8/11/2005, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I tried to install freebsd in a pc with a seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7) hdd but the installer doesn't find the drivers. I've checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#DISK but it doesn't have any seagate hdd reference. Is it possible to install freebsd into seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7)? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
what is wrong for my ipfw? and how intruder can do it?
Hi all I am using freebsd 4.11 as router and run ipfw I has ipfw rules to restrict ssh access from all interfaces eg: ipfw add 22 deny log tcp from any to x.x.x.x/32 22 The firewall rule is fine when testing from outside and can get info from /var/log/security Deny TCP x.x.x.x:20411 x.x.x.x:22 in via dc0 But I don't know that ip can bypass the ipfw firewall rule and can access the computer. Finally it was blocked by tcpwrapper. I got this from /var/log/messages Aug 09 06:10:29 firewall sshd[51057]: refused connect from x.x.x.137 (x.x.x.137) what is wrong for my ipfw? and how intruder can do it? do you have any ideas? Thank you __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
Maude User wrote: Hello -- I recently installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my laptop and now I want to install it onto a rackmount server (hardware specs below). I hate to ask a silly question but here goes: Do I need to get a USB CD-ROM drive (and keyboard and monitor) for the server in order to install FreeBSD... or is there some way I can install onto the rackmount server from the laptop? (There's no CD-ROM on the rackmount server, but the laptop has a CD-RW/DVD+-RW.) Start here: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html You can do it in many ways. Good luck and welcome. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Newbie needs help setting up rackmount server
Hello -- I recently installed FreeBSD 5.3 on my laptop and now I want to install it onto a rackmount server (hardware specs below). I hate to ask a silly question but here goes: Do I need to get a USB CD-ROM drive (and keyboard and monitor) for the server in order to install FreeBSD... or is there some way I can install onto the rackmount server from the laptop? (There's no CD-ROM on the rackmount server, but the laptop has a CD-RW/DVD+-RW.) The rackmount server consists of the following: > Motherboard: Tyan GS12 single-processor 1U rackmount barebones server with: --> ICH-5R & Intel 875P chipsets (I understand FreeBSD 5.x is ok with these) --> Supports Intel P4 processor 800/533 MHz FSB --> Supports up to 2 IDE HDD devices (Serial ATA and Ultra ATA/100 connectors) --> Supports RAID 0, 1 --> Integrated LAN controller (Intel 82547GI CSA & 82541GI PCI 10/100/1000 GbE LAN controllers) with two RJ-45 LAN connectors --> One 32-bit/33 MHz PCI v2.3 slot --> Four USB 2.0 ports --> Phoenix BIOS on 4Mb Flash ROM; UCR and PXE (LAN remote boot); SM BIOS 2.3.1 (backward compatible w/ DMI 2.0) ---> Programmable 2-line LCD display with drivers for FreeBSD > Processor: Intel "Northwood" 2.8GHz 533MHz FSB Socket 478 Pentium 4 (no hyperthreading) > Memory: 2 x Micron 1024MB DDR400 ECC Registered PC3200 400MHz 184pin RAM > Hard drives: 2 x Western Digital 250GB Serial ATA hard drives Here's some further info about this Tyan motherboard: http://www.tyan.com/products/html/gs12b5103_spec.html ftp://ftp.tyan.com/manuals/m_gs12b5103_100.pdf http://www.dansdata.com/ttransport.htm Thanks for any help. -- Steve Brooklyn, NYC __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Process debugging
Hi folks :) I have studying the accounting system on FreeBSD but have one question, is there a way to do active accounting on a process basis? like collecting live information about threads, memory, cpu usage, syscalls and other stuff to something like a rrd database so i can check what happened when a process crashed or when the load came high on the systems? I had a crash other day on mysql and don't know what happened since it stopped to respond, i know this is much like some bug on mysql, but collecting this information i can know what happened, since this is a production server, i think it's not possible to simple start debugging it, and mysql didn't crashed or dumped core :/ Any information would be welcome, don't know if i could express what i need very well Thanks in advance, ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problem with Seagate hdd
Hi, >>The problem is most likely the hard drive controller on your motherboard. I don't think so, 'cause I've installed winXP on it. My hdd has two partitions, one of them is WinXP. >>What motherboard do you have? http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboard/board.php?name=U8668-D%20v7.x >>Are you using the controller that's built in to the motherboard? Yes, I suppose. >>What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? 5.4-RC4-i386 At 12:36 PM 8/11/2005, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I tried to install freebsd in a pc with a seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7) hdd but the installer doesn't find the drivers. I've checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#DISK but it doesn't have any seagate hdd reference. Is it possible to install freebsd into seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7)? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How to use Bochs?
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 12:43:16PM -0700, Glenn Dawson wrote: > At 07:53 AM 8/11/2005, Kenny wrote: > >I have installed Bochs successfully from ports. > >At first, I planned to install Windows in Bochs, but soon I found that > >Bochs needed to be configured before functioning properly. You should try qemu instead of bochs. It's generally faster. Roland -- R.F.Smith (http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/) Please send e-mail as plain text. public key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt pgpXuOPavrHFe.pgp Description: PGP signature
freebsd utilization bandwidth statistics
Hi ther,e is there a Program out there that can be used to graphically show how much bandwidth is being used for specific applications or ports? thanks in advance, Noah ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problem with Seagate hdd
Efren Bravo wrote: > Hi, > > I tried to install freebsd in a pc with a seagate ST340014A (40Gb > Barracuda7200.7) hdd but the installer doesn't find the drivers. Yes, most HDDs don't need special drivers. FreeBSD can communicate with ATA drives with the standard kernel. > I've > checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#DISK but > it doesn't have any seagate hdd reference. Because it's not necessary. > Is it possible to install freebsd into seagate ST340014A (40Gb > Barracuda7200.7)? Yes, absolutely. Your problem maybe lies within a misconfiguration in your cabling or BIOS, defective hardware, torn cabling and/or failing drive, maybe, or a mistake on your side using the installer. lars. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Problem with Seagate hdd
At 12:36 PM 8/11/2005, Efren Bravo wrote: Hi, I tried to install freebsd in a pc with a seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7) hdd but the installer doesn't find the drivers. I've checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#DISK but it doesn't have any seagate hdd reference. Is it possible to install freebsd into seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7)? The problem is most likely the hard drive controller on your motherboard. What motherboard do you have? Are you using the controller that's built in to the motherboard? What version of FreeBSD are you trying to install? -Glenn Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Browser ?
theres lots of solutions. i personally would just use plain ol mail with sendmail and fetchmail to manage the sending and retrieval. Björn König wrote: Carstea Catalin wrote: I don't want x server and kde but i want a good browser to downlod my email from mail box (gmail). Can u help me how ( ori what browser to use)? If you're looking for a text mode browser then try 'w3m' and 'links', but I would use an email program like 'mutt' for reading mails. You can fetch mails from several mail accounts with 'fetchmail'. Björn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: How to use Bochs?
At 07:53 AM 8/11/2005, Kenny wrote: I have installed Bochs successfully from ports. At first, I planned to install Windows in Bochs, but soon I found that Bochs needed to be configured before functioning properly. How to configure? I have no idea. I visited the homepage of Bochs just now, but with no gains. They have links to a FAQ and the user manual on the home page http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ The manual looks fairly complete. What more do you need? -Glenn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Problem with Seagate hdd
Hi, I tried to install freebsd in a pc with a seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7) hdd but the installer doesn't find the drivers. I've checked http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/hardware-i386.html#DISK but it doesn't have any seagate hdd reference. Is it possible to install freebsd into seagate ST340014A (40Gb Barracuda7200.7)? Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Browser ?
Carstea Catalin wrote: I don't want x server and kde but i want a good browser to downlod my email from mail box (gmail). Can u help me how ( ori what browser to use)? If you're looking for a text mode browser then try 'w3m' and 'links', but I would use an email program like 'mutt' for reading mails. You can fetch mails from several mail accounts with 'fetchmail'. Björn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Need help with Pancho
At 05:46 AM 8/11/2005, Phusion wrote: I've got some questions about pancho (tftp server). When I install it from the ports, how can I make it automatically start on boot? Normally with ports it puts a shell script in /usr/local/etc/rc.d/. I tried to start it by doing the following with no success. /usr/local/bin/pancho --config /usr/local/etc/pancho.conf Also, I want to just make it a tftp server. Here is my pancho.conf file. [global] LogFile=/var/log/pancho.log ForkLimit=5 StylePattern=::HOST::.::DATE::-confg StyleDate=%Y%m%d TftpPath=/tftp Let me know, what I am doing wrong. Thanks. Why not use the tftp server that's part of the base system? -Glenn Phusion ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: about VPN solution
At 04:15 AM 8/11/2005, vladone wrote: IPSEC not work on Win98 systems, and is not a very apreciated solution! You can use mpd which is in ports (/usr/ports/net/mpd) to set up a PPTP server that will work with the windows VPN client. -Glenn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Group size
In the last episode (Aug 11), [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > | > | I'm in troble here. Is there any limit to the size o each group > | in /etc/groups. I'm moving from a BSDI machine where I used to > | authenticate some services based on groups, but Freebsd 5.4 > | seem to be limiting it to arround 1300 characters. Sorry if > | it's a known issue but it's urgent. > | > It seem that this thread is talking about the same problem, but > there were no reply. > > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-May/000889.html I can't see anything in /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getgrent.c that would limit the number of characters in /etc/group. The code uses the fgetln() function which has no maximum size limits, and previous code looks like it had a hardcoded 256KB character limit on each line. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
Dmitry Mityugov wrote: >>>Apart from that, I must agree with Dave Horsfall - please provide an IP. >> >>Is there a critical patch that you believe those machines would need? >>Anything more serious than a potential denial of service attack? Yes, I recommend all patches. DOS is enough for me. > Indeed. If the machine is properly firewalled, what kind of attack > other than DoS can break it? All those on vulnerabilites that were fixed in patches after the last one applied. A firewall may or may not help you. If the attack is on a jail to which you allow access through your firewall, you've had it, e.g.. Or someone sends you a specially crafted file that exploits a vulnerability described in FreeBSD-SA-05:11.gzip and/or FreeBSD-SA-05:14.bzip2.asc. That's DOS, that kind of attack is serious enough for me to try to avoid. Or someone gains root privileges via the vulnerability described in FreeBSD-SA-05:16.zlib, FreeBSD-SA-05:17.devfs or FreeBSD-SA-05:18.zlib. I mean it's great FreeBSD can sustain such a long uptime. But, IMHO, it's nothing to brag about, since it simultaneously indicates missing patches, which I find worse. Planned downtime for maintenance is ok. Kind regards, lars. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Browser ?
On 2005-08-11 12:14, Carstea Catalin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't want x server and kde but i want a good browser to downlod my email > from mail box (gmail). Can u help me how ( ori what browser to use)? Gmail supports POP3 access, so you don't really need a browser to read and/or post email messages. I know that this isn't quite what you asked, but judging from my past experience with browser-based mailers, you should really use a real mailer. The mutilations performed on the message text by web-based mailers are absolutely horrible. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Realtek RTL8169 on FreeBSD 5.4: no carrier.
>>>I recently installed FreeBSD 5.4 on an ABIT AA-8 DuraMax and all went >>>well. All hardware detected properly and everything was running great, >>>until I got to configuring my network. ifconfig shows my onboard >>>gigabit LAN as "status: no carrier" >>> >>>I can successfully ping localhost and the IP that was assigned to re0 >>>(192.168.1.31). >>> >>>when I plug an ethernet cable from my FreeBSD box to my router, I get >>>"status: no carrier." Oddly, when I plug an ethernet cable from my >>>FreeBSD box to my laptop's LAN port, I get "status: active". The lights >>>on the ethernet jack indicate the same. >>> >>>Additionally, if I manually set the media with the following command: >>># ifconfig re0 media 10baseT/UTP mediaopt full-duplex >>>The status magically switches to "active" and I can use my ethernet! >>> >>>I know that there are known problems with RealTek chipsets, but it is >>>listed in the 5.4 supported hardware list. >>> >>>Bottom line is that the onboard LAN is detected, installed, and working >>>properly, but it seems as if the driver can't properly detect when a >>>cable is plugged into the jack. >>> >>>I was hoping someone could help. >>> >>>uname -a: >>>-- >>>FreeBSD db.domain.com 5.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE #0: Sun May 8 >>>10:21:06 UTC 2005 >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >>> >>>ifconfig: >>>-- >>>re0: flags=8843 mtu 1500 >>>options=18 >>>inet 192.168.1.31 netmast 0xff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255 >>>inet6 ... >>>ether 00:50:8d:eb:e5:be >>>media: Ethernet autoselect (none) >>>status: no carrier >>>lo0: flags=8049 mtu 16384 >>>inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff00 >>>inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 >>>inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4 >>> >>> >>>Relevant dmesg: >>>-- >>>re0: port 0xee00-0xeeff mem >>>0xfbfff000-0xfbfff0ff irc 16 at device 1.0 on pci1 >>>miibus0: on re0 >>>rgephy0: on miibus0 >>>rgephy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, 1000baseTX, >>>1000baseTX-FDX, auto >>>re0: Ethernet address: 00:50:8d:eb:e5:be >>> >>> >>>pciconf -lv: >>>-- >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:0: class=0x02 card=0x1039147b chip=0x816910ec >>>rev=0x10 >>>hdr=0x00 >>>vendor = 'Realtek Semiconductor' >>>device = 'RTL8169 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter >>>class = network >>>subclass = ethernet >>> >>>pciconf -r pci1:1:0 0:0xff >>>-- >>>816910ec 02b7 0210 2008 >>>ee01 fbfff000 >>> 1039147b >>> 00dc 40200110 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> f7c20001 >>> >>> >> Regrettably, i always encountered this problem. I spoke about that since >> the middle of 2004, and didn't really receive feedback on this. I try a >> lot of things but none worked better than the other. >> >> To not forget about it, i filled a bug report on this particular problem, >> see PR kern/80005 for more details. >> >> The last thing i want to give another try is to upgrade to RELENG_6, >> since i currently follow the RELENG_5 branch. But i am not *very* >> confident about that... >> >> Sorry not to have better answer to give you. > what irq information for re0 is listed when you do "vmstat -i"? I get this one: $ vmstat -i interrupt total rate irq1: atkbd0 10 0 irq8: rtc 11094577127 irq11: acpi0 13495 0 irq13: npx01 0 irq14: ata0 197330 2 irq15: ata1 85 0 irq17: fwohci0 1 0 irq19: re0 10079 0 irq20: ohci0 1 0 irq21: ohci1 2 0 irq22: ohci2 225 0 irq0: clk8667646 99 Total 19983452230 Is there any problem here? > theres known issues for gigabit devices like this. I know some people > have fixed the "no carrier" issue (with broadcom gigabit) by using the > windows ndis driver. perhaps you can give that a try? Yes, at the beginning of this year. Without much success. > before using the ndis driver give this patched mod a try: > http://people.freebsd.org/~wpaul/re/ I tried these the past, but don't remember this solved anything. > another common issue with gigabit de
Browser ?
I don't want x server and kde but i want a good browser to downlod my email from mail box (gmail). Can u help me how ( ori what browser to use)? tks -- Carstea Catalin ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
>On 8/11/05, Peter Giessel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are uptimes greater than 4 years listed here: > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html A Windows 2000 server with over 1000 days of uptime. Whoever hacked it must be doing a good job as sysadmin ;) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: two dc cards on 5.4
On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 11:07:45PM +0930, Malcolm Kay wrote:
>
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:47 pm, Matthew Seaman wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 10, 2005 at 05:33:30PM -0700, Sean Murphy wrote:
> > > Sean Murphy wrote:
> > > >dave wrote:
> > > >>Hi,
> > > >>Thanks for your reply. I'll give that a shot. My
> > > >> problem is the dc0 card
> > > >>gets it's ip via dhcp, can i still use media and mediaopt
> > > >> with dhcp? Thanks.
> > > >>Dave.
> > > >>
> > > >>___
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> > > >
> > > >try this in your rc.conf
> > > >
> > > >ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"
> > > >ifconfig_dc0="100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
> > > >
> > > >ifconfig_dc1="DHCP"
> > > >ifconfig_dc1="100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
> > >
> > > *Correction*
> > >
> > > ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"
> > > ifconfig_dc0="media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
> > >
> > > ifconfig_dc1="DHCP"
> > > ifconfig_dc1="media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
> >
> > Unfortunately, that won't work. /etc/rc.conf is part of a
> > shell script, and all of those variable=value lines within it
> > are literally assignments to shell variables. Thus all you're
> > doing with those lines is setting 'ifconfig_dcX' to the value
> > "DHCP" and then immediately resetting it to the value "media
> > 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex".
> >
> > On recent FreeBSD 6.x you can just combine the lines:
> >
> > ifconfig_dc0="DHCP media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex"
> >
> > (I can't remember if that also works on 5.x -- you'll need to
> > read /etc/network.subr to find out).
>
> It would seem that the "DHCP" value causes a call to 'dhclient'
> rather than 'ifconfig' and dhclient.conf(5) suggests that this is
> where the options for a DHCP interface should reside.
>
> Malcolm Kay
I think you are correct. The original poster could try:
ifconfig_dc0="DHCP"
in rc.conf and:
interface "dc0" {
media "media 10baseT/UTP";
}
in /etc/dhclient.conf.
Disclaimer: this is for ISC dhcp (I'm running 4.11, so you have to
check the manpage).
>
> >
> > In any case, and certainly for older FreeBSD versions you can
> > always create a /etc/start_if.dc0 script, which will be run
> > immediately before the ifconfig(8) command generated out of
> > /etc/rc.conf. In your case, the script should look like:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> >
> > ifconfig dc0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex
> >
> > but you can put any arbitrary commands in there that you want.
> > Ditto for the dc1 interface, except call the script
> > /etc/start_if.dc1 (if that isn't bleedingly obvious...) There
> > are corresponding /etc/stop_if.XXN scripts that can be created
> > to do arbitrary stuff on interface shutdown as well.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Matthew
>
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Re: Group size
Replying to myself as a followup, It seem that this thread is talking about the same problem, but there were no reply. http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2003-May/000889.html - Marcelo Souza On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |Hi all, | | I'm in troble here. | Is there any limit to the size o each group in /etc/groups. | I'm moving from a BSDI machine where I used to authenticate some |services based on groups, but Freebsd 5.4 seem to be limiting it to |arround 1300 characters. | Sorry if it's a known issue but it's urgent. | | |- Marcelo | | |___ |freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" | - Marcelo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
There are uptimes greater than 4 years listed here: http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
On 8/11/05, Bob Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/11/05, lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Nice, I to have a machine that is not to far behind you, its been up for 1 > > year > > > and 4 months. > > > > > > I use it to show potential customers the power and stability of the > > FreeBSD > > > System. I dont ever recall any windows server staying up that long. =) > > > > > > -Pablo > > I could send you some mails that advertise creams that could help with that > > ;-) > > > > Apart from that, I must agree with Dave Horsfall - please provide an IP. > > Is there a critical patch that you believe those machines would need? > Anything more serious than a potential denial of service attack? Indeed. If the machine is properly firewalled, what kind of attack other than DoS can break it? -- Dmitry Mityugov, St. Petersburg, Russia I ignore all messages with confidentiality statements "We live less by imagination than despite it" - Rockwell Kent, "N by E" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Group size
Hi, On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, nawcom wrote: |i know that all the system limits are defined in sys/syslimits.h. by |default, the max number of groups is 16(NGROUPS_MAX) , but i dont see |any variable declaring the max amount of users in a group. | |are you using some script to mass group users or something (trying to |understand why you need to manage users in a group) Yes, it´s used to allow/deny some access to users by a radius server. But even the "id" comand doesn´t show the user in that group. |-Ben | | |[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | |>Hi all, |> |> I'm in troble here. |> Is there any limit to the size o each group in /etc/groups. |> I'm moving from a BSDI machine where I used to authenticate some |>services based on groups, but Freebsd 5.4 seem to be limiting it to |>arround 1300 characters. |> Sorry if it's a known issue but it's urgent. |> |> |>- Marcelo |> |> |>___ |>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" |> |> | |___ |freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" | - Marcelo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Group size
Hi, It´s not the problem. I have two large groups, one of them have more then 500 users in it. It´s is used by a legacy radius software to authenticate the users. The poblem is that beyond some position in the group list the system doesn´t show the user in that group. i.e: The user "nonono" is listed in one of those groups, but the comand: id nonono doesn´t show that group. Another user at the begining of the group is ok. - Marcelo Souza On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Jason Morgan wrote: |On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:14:28PM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |> Hi all, |> |> I'm in troble here. |> Is there any limit to the size o each group in /etc/groups. |> I'm moving from a BSDI machine where I used to authenticate some |> services based on groups, but Freebsd 5.4 seem to be limiting it to |> arround 1300 characters. |> Sorry if it's a known issue but it's urgent. |> |Are some of your users in many different groups? The kernel variable |kern.ngroups sets the number of groups a user can belong to. Could that |be an issue? I don't believe there is a limit to the number of users in |a group. I know there was in the past, but I believe it was removed. | |Jason |___ |freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list |http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions |To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" | - Marcelo ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: Long Uptime
hehe don't try and show off your uptime, im sure there are some people around here who will make it their lifetime goal to halt your server! :-P (that doesnt include me, im a nice guy) -Ben Bob Johnson wrote: On 8/11/05, lars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice, I to have a machine that is not to far behind you, its been up for 1 year and 4 months. I use it to show potential customers the power and stability of the FreeBSD System. I dont ever recall any windows server staying up that long. =) -Pablo I could send you some mails that advertise creams that could help with that ;-) Apart from that, I must agree with Dave Horsfall - please provide an IP. Is there a critical patch that you believe those machines would need? Anything more serious than a potential denial of service attack? - Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
