The FreeBSD Diary: 2006-08-27 - 2006-09-16
The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to freebsd-questions@freebsd.org with the aim of letting people know what's available on the website. Before you post a question here it might be a good idea to first search the mailing list archives http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html#mailinglists and/or The FreeBSD Diary http://www.freebsddiary.org/. These are the articles posted during this period: 4-Sep : Monitor your 3Ware battery backup unit (BBU) Why not monitor your battery? http://freebsddiary.org/3ware-netsaint-plugin-addenda.php?2 28-Aug : 3Ware - Manage your RAID arrays via http Nothing like a little graphical interaction to get the bytes flowing http://freebsddiary.org/dual-opteron-3ware-web.php?2 -- Dan Langille BSDCan - http://www.BSDCan.org/ - BSD Conference ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Freebsd, Suse Linux dual booting
Well, I rolled the dice and tried grub. Moral: grub is good. Details: I decided to re-install Suse 10.1 so I could interact with the mechanism which installs Grub. Then... I found this in /boot/grub/menu.lst suse:/boot/grub # cat menu.lst # Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Sep 17 05:08:44 UTC 2006 color white/blue black/light-gray default 0 timeout 8 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux### title SUSE Linux 10.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6apm=off acpi=off mce=off barrier=off ide=nodma idewait=50 i8042.nomux psmouse.proto=bare irqpoll pci=nommconf resume=/dev/sda5 splash=silent showopts initrd /boot/initrd ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 1### title windows 1 chainloader (hd0,0)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows 2### title windows 2 chainloader (hd0,1)+1 ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe### title Failsafe -- SUSE Linux 10.1 root (hd0,5) kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 edd=off 3 initrd /boot/initrd It looks like Suse thinks the disk is named hd0 rather than hd8. So, I added this entry: ###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: FreeBSD 5.5### title FreeBSD 5.5 root (hd0,2,a) kernel /boot/loader This is a direct pattern off of the discussion here: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 And the grub file in front of my face. Then I rebooted and saw a nice Grub menu with FreeBSD 5.5 listed on the bottom. I picked it. It sent me to the Beastie boot menu I'm so familiar with. And I used that to boot my FreeBSD box. I'm jazzed. I wish golf were this easy. Thanks gentlemen. -Dan On 9/16/06, Jeff Rollin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/09/06, Dan Bikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, this is great info; thanks for taking time to type it up. I'm now convinced that Grub is good. On my FreeBSD box I see this: bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ cat /etc/fstab # DeviceMountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad8s3b noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/ad8s3a / ufs rw 1 1 ##/dev/ad8s4a /u1 ufs rw 1 1 /dev/acd0 /dvd1 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/acd1 /dvd2 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad8s3a 91913630 37443012 4711752844%/ devfs 110 100%/dev linprocfs 440 100%/usr/compat/linux/proc bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ Comparing that with the information in the mail list and this page: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 suggests to me, that this Grub entry would be appropriate: title FreeBSD 5.5 root (hd8,2,a) kernel /boot/loader Dang, I always mix up XP and FBSD syntax. Yes, that looks fine. Good luck! Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BFG 7650 GX2 can't find valid mode
On Sunday 17 September 2006 10:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Hello, I'm having a slight issue with my new FreeBSD box - when I test the xorg.conf.new file that Xorg -configure creates I get an error that says (EE) NV(1): Cannot read V_BIOS (3) (EE) NV(1): No valid modes found I searched around on the internet and found some modeline information for a similar setup to mine which I tried without success. I then installed the latest FreeBSD nvidia drivers which, after installing compat5x and running nvidia-xconfig, caused my machine to reboot every time I tried X -config on the file. I found that I could stop my system from rebooting when I replaced Driver nvidia with Driver nv in the Device sections in the config file but this took me back to square one. Finally I tried connecting the system up to an iiyama Vision Master 400 (CRT) and had exactly the same problem :( Here is my current setup: Intel Duo 2 Core E6700 4GB of Corsair RAM Very cool 260GB SATA HDD (1) - XP 80GB SATA HDD (2) - FreeBSD Swap them around ;-) BFG 7950 GX2 The FreeBSD NVIDIA kernel driver does not support GeForce cards above 7900GTX. If they did I would've bought a couple myself, instead I bought a cheap Forsa 7900GTX until there's support for the higher cards. There was a thread on one of the lists from zander(NVIDIA) about some needed functionality to improve PCIe, add SLI, and lots of other crap I have no understanding of. As for X.org, it also looks like it doesn't support your card :-( only supports upto the *7800* -Alastair ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Plesk and FreeBSD 6.1 64-bit getting frustrating
Hello We were using Plesk on FreeBSD 5.4, i386, and had a lot of problem with qmail wich is crashing sometimes without any reason. We tried differend tips found on forums and disabling antivirus and modifying some script we managed to restart the crashed mail service by watchdog, but still the mail service crash more than ten times a day. The problem with crashing qmail was found not only on FreeBSD but on Linux too. So our learned lesson was: 1. don't try even to make it work if is not designed for your version of bsd, is a waste of time, 2. Plesk 7.5 is not as good as we thought, you might try Plesk 8, maybe is better, but, I still recommend you CPanel. Is difficult to work with closed source code, if a problem occurs you do not know what to do. Best Regards, ovidiu Dan Schultzer wrote: Hello I've got FreeBSD 6.1 installed on a Sun Fire X2100 server, and are trying to get plesk installed. But plesk isn't supported for FreeBSD 6.1 64-bit version yet, so it has been hard work to try trick it. Now I want to trick the uname command to show the version needed for plesk installation. Any one having an easy and pretty safe way to do this? This is the last try before I trash FreeBSD as it's pretty important that this server come up and running soon, though I love FreeBSD :( Also, I'm not member at this list so please mail / cc me directly. Thanks. Regards, Dan Schultzer ___ 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]
Please Help with my kernel
Hi, I'm new in FreeBSD, I want to conf and re-build my kernel but the directory /usr/src is empty. I'm with FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, PLEASE HELP :( ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 28.8kbs/56kbs modems
Thank you very much for your reply :-) David Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 16, 2006, at 3:29 PM, David Fontenot wrote: To whom it may concern, Currently, I am using Ubuntu Linux 6.06 and it is really a let- down after I got it when I realized that Ubuntu does not do well with 28.8kbs/56kbs modems. It will not let me use my modem. Cheap is the buzzword for internal modems. Windows only is a common way to make cheap modems, aka, winmodem. I have never used FreeBSD with a winmodem but understand there is a way to use some models. Has been many years since, but have used FreeBSD over dialup external modem with many years of success. Generally one finds better support for Windows-specific hardware with Linux than FreeBSD. Linux seems to want badly to supplant Microsoft Windows and to that goal developers will work to equal every minutia. FreeBSD says, Bill who?, Bill Joy? I was wondering how Free-bsd does with dial-up modems (2 year old computer) and highspeed interenet, (I might get high speed soon). Unless things have changed, FreeBSD works perfectly with external modems using PPP protocol to your ISP. P.S. If my family did share a high speed internet connection, could I still connect to their network and share the internet, even if they are both using Windows XP? Yes. Either an XP machine can share its internet connection (presumably you will use ethernet) or your FreeBSD system can do the same for the others. Internet is not yet a Microsoft-proprietary protocol, quite the opposite as Unix shares its internet protocols with Microsoft. Sent from MacOS X thru a shared network using a FreeBSD gateway. -- David Kelly N4HHE, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. - How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Plesk and FreeBSD 6.1 64-bit getting frustrating
Hi Ovidiu Thanks for your information. Yeah, I've pretty much given up on this, so I'll use Suse instead and then later on, when I've more time, try get FreeBSD installed with a better CP. Thanks again. Regards, Dan Schultzer Den 17. sep 2006 kl. 13:19 skrev ovidiu ene: Hello We were using Plesk on FreeBSD 5.4, i386, and had a lot of problem with qmail wich is crashing sometimes without any reason. We tried differend tips found on forums and disabling antivirus and modifying some script we managed to restart the crashed mail service by watchdog, but still the mail service crash more than ten times a day. The problem with crashing qmail was found not only on FreeBSD but on Linux too. So our learned lesson was: 1. don't try even to make it work if is not designed for your version of bsd, is a waste of time, 2. Plesk 7.5 is not as good as we thought, you might try Plesk 8, maybe is better, but, I still recommend you CPanel. Is difficult to work with closed source code, if a problem occurs you do not know what to do. Best Regards, ovidiu Dan Schultzer wrote: Hello I've got FreeBSD 6.1 installed on a Sun Fire X2100 server, and are trying to get plesk installed. But plesk isn't supported for FreeBSD 6.1 64-bit version yet, so it has been hard work to try trick it. Now I want to trick the uname command to show the version needed for plesk installation. Any one having an easy and pretty safe way to do this? This is the last try before I trash FreeBSD as it's pretty important that this server come up and running soon, though I love FreeBSD :( Also, I'm not member at this list so please mail / cc me directly. Thanks. Regards, Dan Schultzer ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions- [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: When is BuildWorld necessary?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one has mentioned the security/freebsd-update port. With that you can apply updates to the kernel and world without having to build them *if* (and only if!) you are running a GENERIC kernel. For remote administration, this may be a good option for some. I read that this can be used _only_ nothing has been re-compiled locally, of have I missed something? We have custom kernel due to database needed optimizations. Iv. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please Help with my kernel
On Sunday 17 September 2006 07:20, ExTaZyTi wrote: Hi, iH, I'm new in FreeBSD, I want to conf and re-build my kernel but the directory /usr/src is empty. First you can start by following http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html to populate /usr/src and then read http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/kernelconfig.html I'm with FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, That's great, PLEASE HELP :( Hope the above is enuff -Alastair ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please Help with my kernel
ExTaZyTi wrote: Hi, I'm new in FreeBSD, I want to conf and re-build my kernel but the directory /usr/src is empty. I'm with FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, PLEASE HELP :( If you use 6.1 Release you can use sysinstall to install the sources from CD. If you really use 6.1-STABLE you should know what you're doing. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Suddenly Cups doesn't work anymore ...
Hi! This is cups-1.2.2 on FreeBSD 6.2-PRERELEASE, all I know is I did some portupgrading. Now Cups doesn't work anymore, i.e. # lpstat -a lpstat: Kann Server nicht erreichen (Cannot reach server) When I try to start Cups manually # cupsd cupsd: Child exited on signal 15! Has anyone else seen this? Regards and thanks, Uli. --- Peter Ulrich Kruppa Wuppertal Germany --- ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Moving to new PC
I am planning on migrating to a new PC in the near future, perhaps after FBSD 6.2 is released. I was therefore wondering if the following scenario was possible. 1) Tar up the /var/db/pkg directory on old system 2) Untar the collection into the same location on new PC 3) Run portsnap to get an up-to-date ports collection 4) Run portmanager to actually install the ports. I have close to 500 entries in the directory and trying to install them all manually is a lot of work. Of course there are META packages like KDE, but still I would have a lot of manual work involved to get it all back to the same state I had it in on the old PC. It would seem to me that by doing it in this fashion all of the programs would be built correctly for the new system which is going to be quite a bit different than the one I have now. In theory this seems to work, but I wanted to know if it is actually possible before attempting it. -- White Hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ 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: Calling setxkbmap when starting X
Hello, Thank you for your response. I think what you're looking for is xinit(1). My own: $ cat ~/.xinitrc #!/bin/sh xmodmap .xmodmaprc xsetroot -solid dimgray xgamma -gamma 0.8 exec /usr/X11R6/bin/gnome-session I forgot to explain that I do not start X manually with startx command. It is started on boot time by adding the following line in /etc/ttys: ttyv8 /usr/local/bin/kdm -nodaemon xterm on secure I think that in this case ~/.xinitrc is not called. Note also you can also define keyboard settings in rc.conf: $ grep keymap /etc/rc.conf keymap=us.iso.kbd.custom My own custom keymap is a quick hack to swap the Caps_Lock key with Escape for non-X uses (something that only vi users would appreciate). Alternatively, KDE, like Gnome, etc. most likely offers a mechanism to execute scripts at startup, but I'd advise against that approach. I googled a little bit about localizing FreeBSD and found that one can configure it in xorg.conf. In my case I add the following setting in the Keyboard section: Option XkbLayoutus,bg Option XkbOptions grp:alt_shift_toggle Option XkbVariant ,phonetic Regards Ivan -- Tangra Mega Rock: http://www.radiotangra.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NDIS/KLDload
Dear List, I need to get the internet up and running on my new FreeBSD6.1 install. I'm using a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter that is not recognized as a network interface in install. This thing works perfectly with ndiswrapper under linux, which is how I'm writing this message. I tried using NDISulator (ndis), following the handbook instructions to the keystroke and when I submit the last step kldload if_ndis I get cannot load if_ndis: file exists What does this mean and how do I get it to actually work? Thank you very much, Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NDIS/KLDload
Joel Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear List, I need to get the internet up and running on my new FreeBSD6.1 install. I'm using a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter that is not recognized as a network interface in install. This thing works perfectly with ndiswrapper under linux, which is how I'm writing this message. I tried using NDISulator (ndis), following the handbook instructions to the keystroke and when I submit the last step kldload if_ndis I get cannot load if_ndis: file exists What does this mean and how do I get it to actually work? It generally means that the indicated kld is already in the kernel. Either it was already loaded, or it was compiled into the kernel. Are you running GENERIC? It doesn't look as if ndis is part of the GENERIC kernel. Try kldstat(8) to see what's loaded. -- Bill Moran That's why I never kiss 'em on the mouth. Jayne Cobb ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving to new PC
On Sunday 17 September 2006 08:35, White Hat wrote: I am planning on migrating to a new PC in the near future, perhaps after FBSD 6.2 is released. I was therefore wondering if the following scenario was possible. 1) Tar up the /var/db/pkg directory on old system 2) Untar the collection into the same location on new PC 3) Run portsnap to get an up-to-date ports collection 4) Run portmanager to actually install the ports. I have close to 500 entries in the directory and trying to install them all manually is a lot of work. Of course there are META packages like KDE, but still I would have a lot of manual work involved to get it all back to the same state I had it in on the old PC. It would seem to me that by doing it in this fashion all of the programs would be built correctly for the new system which is going to be quite a bit different than the one I have now. In theory this seems to work, but I wanted to know if it is actually possible before attempting it. sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the portmanager command syntax, ill supply the test computer, and post the results. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Getting a specific value from netstat
Greetings again. If I do a 'netstat -I em0 -b', I get: NameMtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Ibytes Opkts Oerrs Obytes Coll em01500 Link#1 00:0e:0c:67:c8:04 93555198 0 2179562966 114493253 0 723565977 0 em01500 fe80:1::20e:c fe80:1::20e:cff:f0 - 0 4 -288 - em01500 192.245.12Balder-22735399016 - 1770283188 114484197 - 3415268168 - em01500 192.245.12.22 Balder-22827063120 - 1655024896 0 - 0 - em01500 192.245.12.22 Balder-22947427840 - 3954775975 18975500 - 2445620452 - What I care about is the number of input and output bytes (in this case, 2179562966 and 723565977). I can write a short Perl script to parse the netstat output, but I would rather just get the numbers directly from the OS. Are these values available without going through netstat? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NDIS/KLDload
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro* Joel Adamson wrote: Dear List, I need to get the internet up and running on my new FreeBSD6.1 install. I'm using a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter that is not recognized as a network interface in install. This thing works perfectly with ndiswrapper under linux, which is how I'm writing this message. I tried using NDISulator (ndis), following the handbook instructions to the keystroke and when I submit the last step kldload if_ndis I get cannot load if_ndis: file exists What does this mean and how do I get it to actually work? Thank you very much, Joel Joel J. Adamson Unfortunately, I don't know what's the reason of this bug, but i have found a way to get over it. I had the same problems with my MSI PC11B2 adapter. try this method, using ndisgen: ndisgen ... here we answer interactive questions and get tnet1130_sys.ko on out... cp tnet1130_sys.ko /boot/kernel/ kldload ndis kldload if_ndis kldload tnet1130_sys for automatic load write the following into /boot/loader.conf : ndis_load=YES if_ndis_load=YES tnet1130_sys_load=YES this method had helped me, i think it'll work in your case too. -- With best regards, Alexander Sashurin a.k.a. ZetRooT or ZetDaemonRoot - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | ICQ: 258820442 | | Mobile: +7-916-195-89-11 | | irc: irc.wenet.ru, _ZetRooT_ | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: When is BuildWorld necessary?
--On September 17, 2006 1:37:27 PM +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No one has mentioned the security/freebsd-update port. With that you can apply updates to the kernel and world without having to build them *if* (and only if!) you are running a GENERIC kernel. For remote administration, this may be a good option for some. I read that this can be used _only_ nothing has been re-compiled locally, of have I missed something? We have custom kernel due to database needed optimizations. That's correct. If you have a custom kernel, you cannot use freebsd-update. Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Anyone know of a quick and dirty setup guide for Dell's DRAC?
I'm assuming I can get it working using Linux emulation, but I've never dealt with DRAC cards before, so I'm a bit lost. Really want to get it working though. This is a Dell 1950 with DRAC 5. I used Ctrl E to get into setup and hard coded an IP and mask, but I can't ping the card. Does the software have to be installed before the card will respond to pings? Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Adjunct Information Security Officer The University of Texas at Dallas http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
Re: Please Help with my kernel
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006, ExTaZyTi wrote: Hi, I'm new in FreeBSD, I want to conf and re-build my kernel but the directory /usr/src is empty. I'm with FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, PLEASE HELP :( You didn't install sources hwen you installedyour system. The short answer is that you need to read the section in the handbook on running cvsup and getting the most recent STABLE sources, plus the section on configuring and rebuilding the kernel. You'll need to install the sources; the easiest way (for me) is to use cvsup. You'll need to install cvsup-without-gui from ports (I use sysinstall), create a /etc/cvsupfile file, create the /usr/local/etc/cvsup directory, and then excute /usr/local/bin/cvsup -g -L 2 /etc/cvsupfile. My cvsupfile, which downloads all the sources, looks like the following. You'll want to replace cvsup1.FreeBSD.org with a local mirror. *default host=cvsup1.FreeBSD.org *default base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup *default prefix=/usr *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_6 *default delete use-rel-suffix *default compress src-all Bports-all tag=. #doc-all tag=. Mike Squires UNIX(tm) at home since 1986 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving to new PC
--- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the portmanager command syntax, ill supply the test computer, and post the results. I guess I would want to run portmanager in a force update mode. portmanager -u -f -l -y should do it. It will create a log in /var/log/portmanager.log so at least we can see what transpires. The '-y' flag may not be necessary, but should not hurt. It will force it to answer yes to any questions. The only problem that I could forsee is the building of Java. Those files would have to be download prior to the build and installed in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory. I think portmanager by default does not do Java. That means that the pm-020.conf file will have to be modified. Not a big deal though. -- White Hat [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ 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]
Using BSD as filter
I am interested in using BSD on a computer between my cable modem and a router which is both wireless and hardwired. Is this something that anyone could advise me of such as: 1) Which bsd software would be best for my purpose. 2) I am interested in what the minimum speed and required memory might be to ensure the computer would not be a bottle-neck on the data coming in. 2) I am interested in using a different email software instead of Outlook Express. Does BSD have one available or could one be recommended? 3) I am interested in other software that would work with BSD also. Please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dave ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
script process using a lot of processor power during portupgrade
Greetings, I've been encountering a problem on several FreeBSD 6.1 boxes lateley with portupgrade. A screen process, used for logging etc uses close to all cpu power 40%+, often around 80%. This of course makes things take ages(been portupgrading KDE for 5 days now on my Athlon XP 2400+ with 1GB of memory) and it also seem to make dialog windows that apperat to loose fokus, I just get a regular marker and trying to move it around just gets me funny characters on the screen and all I can do is press ctrl+c which also makes the terminal window to lose its proper width and hight. Has anyone else encountered this? is there a solution? regards, Andy ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie Experience (As promised)
Dear Very Helpful and Informative FreeBSD List, I installed FreeBSD on Friday Night and tried very hard to get it all working. My initial X problem actually fixed itself (you can imagine my surprise), however, even with that, our computer is useless as a desktop (or anything else) without an internet connection. My hardware is unsupported and despite my best efforts, I decided it would be better to expedite the process and I installed Mepis Linux. I would hardly describe it the way another newbie did one week ago. It was a good challenge. I'll wait until I'm a better administrator and there's more support for hardware I might have. The only really annoying thing was that I perpetually had trouble mounting my usb flash drive. I think this was a filesystem problem. Thanks for any help you've offered, Joel Joel J. Adamson Arlington, MA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server
Hello pobox, Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: Hello, could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a single user mode on a remote server. I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to reboot into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It works(tm) for me this way. If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh deamon. -- Best regards, Danielmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user.
Aloha Questions list, I have been trying to setup Sendmail on a server box. FreeBSD 6.1 HP Pentium II 300 CPU 686 After many attempts I am down to this one error. Error: Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server mahalo.internetohana.org responded: Password supplied for [EMAIL PROTECTED] is incorrect. I have 2 user accounts for test on this swever. I can ping and telnet into ports 25 and 110 and I get the proper responses from these users. The 2 user accounts are rejected as per the error when I try to connect from a mail agent (Mozilla or Thunderbird) from another box on a different inet. (Also FreeBSD 4.11 running for several years.) The server is setup with send mail SMTP and qpopper for Pop3. There is nothing else on this box. Do I have to create a password file other than the FreeBSD /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd to get this to work. My previous attempts with Postfix and Dovecot did not get this far. Thanks for any help. Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Admin -- http://hawaiidakine.com -- http://hdk5.com -- -- http://internetohana.org -- http://freeBSDinfo.org -- + Supporting open source computing - FreeBSD 6.* + ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Moving to new PC
On Sunday 17 September 2006 12:44, White Hat wrote: --- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] sounds interesting enough. if you will supply the portmanager command syntax, ill supply the test computer, and post the results. I guess I would want to run portmanager in a force update mode. portmanager -u -f -l -y should do it. It will create a log in /var/log/portmanager.log so at least we can see what transpires. The '-y' flag may not be necessary, but should not hurt. It will force it to answer yes to any questions. The only problem that I could forsee is the building of Java. Those files would have to be download prior to the build and installed in the /usr/ports/distfiles directory. I think portmanager by default does not do Java. That means that the pm-020.conf file will have to be modified. Not a big deal though. ok, test run #1 is under way. i built a system using the same base install that i did for my workstation (minimal). as prescribed, i then copied over the entire /var/db/pkg/ directory from my worktation to the new system, and issued the command 'portmanager -u -f -l -y'. so far, the test system is behaving as the experiment expected, and it is currently downloading sources and it looks to be building packages. ill update again later (probably need about a day, this test system is but an athlon 2000+ with an ages old hard drive). **update before i click send** the -y flag does not appear to be honored here, as gettext just stop to ask me what i would like built. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
php5 module is not created
I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php5 module is not created
Hello David, Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? Try make config in the lang/php5 port. -- Best regards, Danielmailto:[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: php5 module is not created
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:11:58PM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello David, Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? Try make config in the lang/php5 port. Is that the same as make configure? - I have been doing that. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php5 module is not created
On Sunday 17 September 2006 16:05, David Banning wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? you need to check the 'make config' in the lang/php5 port before you build it. cheers, jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Port Configuration
The first time one builds a port (i.e. php5), a selection of different modules or optional compatibility is shown to the user (i.e. apache module). At this point one would make the appropriate selections and continue with this build. However, I have noticed, if a mistake is made, and you decide to deinstall and reinstall the application, there is no such dialog screen again. You are stuck with your old choices. I have dried to delete the whole port and reinstall it. However, it still does not give you the dialog box that allowed you to make the initial selection. How do I fix this? Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Port Configuration
Chris Maness wrote: The first time one builds a port (i.e. php5), a selection of different modules or optional compatibility is shown to the user (i.e. apache module). At this point one would make the appropriate selections and continue with this build. However, I have noticed, if a mistake is made, and you decide to deinstall and reinstall the application, there is no such dialog screen again. You are stuck with your old choices. I have dried to delete the whole port and reinstall it. However, it still does not give you the dialog box that allowed you to make the initial selection. How do I fix this? You read the ports(7) man page carefully, and follow the instructions in there. Especially the bits about 'make config'. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re[2]: php5 module is not created
Hello David, Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:15:17 PM, you wrote: On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:11:58PM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello David, Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? Try make config in the lang/php5 port. Is that the same as make configure? - I have been doing that. It isn't. Please read the ports(7) manual page :-) -- Best regards, Danielmailto:[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: php5 module is not created
Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? Try make config in the lang/php5 port. Is that the same as make configure? - I have been doing that. Not the same. Thanks for the tip.. As per the handbook, the config manual does not come up again after the first install try. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Port Configuration
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:21:00 -0700 Chris Maness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first time one builds a port (i.e. php5), a selection of different modules or optional compatibility is shown to the user (i.e. apache module). At this point one would make the appropriate selections and continue with this build. However, I have noticed, if a mistake is made, and you decide to deinstall and reinstall the application, there is no such dialog screen again. You are stuck with your old choices. I have dried to delete the whole port and reinstall it. However, it still does not give you the dialog box that allowed you to make the initial selection. How do I fix this? in the port-dir, do : make rmconfig (you can also look in /var/db/ports/) -- grtjs, albi ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php5 module is not created
David Banning wrote: On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:11:58PM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello David, Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? Try make config in the lang/php5 port. Is that the same as make configure? - I have been doing that. No. 'make config' and 'make configure' do two very different things. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Port Configuration
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:21:00 -0700 Chris Maness [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first time one builds a port (i.e. php5), a selection of different modules or optional compatibility is shown to the user (i.e. apache module). At this point one would make the appropriate selections and continue with this build. However, I have noticed, if a mistake is made, and you decide to deinstall and reinstall the application, there is no such dialog screen again. You are stuck with your old choices. I have dried to delete the whole port and reinstall it. However, it still does not give you the dialog box that allowed you to make the initial selection. How do I fix this? in the port-dir, do : make rmconfig (you can also look in /var/db/ports/) -- grtjs, albi Perfect, thanks Chris Maness ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php5 module is not created
David Banning wrote: I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? I think mod_php5 and all other forms are merged now into the php5 port. As it was already said, you should 'make config' within the port directory in order to get the screen with the knobs, where you can choose what you want to be installed. To my experience the mod_php was not on by default, that's why you do not get it. I had the same problem some time ago. Iv. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server
Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello pobox, Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: Hello, could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a single user mode on a remote server. I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to reboot into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It works(tm) for me this way. If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh deamon. Phew... I hear this again and again. Only I am not sure I have the level of boldness to do this on a production machine. Isn't the following sequence of steps similar - 'shutdown -r now' (reboots in multi-user mode), and then immediately 'shutdown now' (drops to single user mode)? Iv. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
how to apply a patch set
Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? Thank you, Iv -- ___ 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 apply a patch set
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. RELENG_5 is most of the time going to give you a system version of 5.5-STABLE. RELENG_5_5 gives you 5.5-RELEASE-pX. As 5.5-RELEASE is has apparently been the last ever release of FreeBSD 5.x, you'll find that there isn't actually that much difference between 5.5-STABLE and 5.5-RELEASE-pX. If you'ld been talking about RELENG_6 versus RELENG_6_1 then as that that includes some very active development on RELENG_6 then things would be different. The '#N' business after the version number is a counter showing how many times you've updated your kernel. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: how to apply a patch set
Matthew Seaman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 'RELENG_5_5'? Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'release'. Thank you for the other answers! Iv. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ipfw and temporary port access
On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 03:06:13PM -0700, Noah wrote: Hi there, I am trying to figure out how to open a port temporarily for a specific IP who is able to provide a proper username and password on the website of the box. After authentication is verified then the IP address is cached and temporarily allowed to access a specific port on the server. This temporary firewall changes would be handled by ipfw. Any clues if a system like this is a already coded and out there somewhere? Take a look at security/doorman or security/knock, both of which might fit the bill. Dan -- Daniel Bye PGP Key: http://www.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey-dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: D349 B109 0EB8 2554 4D75 B79A 8B17 F97C 1622 166A _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ pgpm8ocTz1lr8.pgp Description: PGP signature
Detecting non-attach/detach USB events
My Epson 1640SU scanner has a single pushbutton on it. It would be very nice to detect this button press and have it trigger xsane. usbd.conf currently only detects USB attach/detach events, so it looks like that isn't going to work. Has anyone figured out a way to do this? -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Terri Market News
On Sunday 17 September 2006 19:59, Ellen Hortense wrote: CYBERHAND TECH INC(CYHD) Stock Radar Presents snip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] How is it that this list gets SPAM? It seems to happen quite often. I subscribe to a ton of and run a couple of Mailman lists and never see spam except on this list. Just curious Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NDIS/KLDload
Bill Moran wrote: Joel Adamson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear List, I need to get the internet up and running on my new FreeBSD6.1 install. I'm using a Belkin F5D7050 wireless adapter that is not recognized as a network interface in install. This thing works perfectly with ndiswrapper under linux, which is how I'm writing this message. I tried using NDISulator (ndis), following the handbook instructions to the keystroke and when I submit the last step kldload if_ndis I get cannot load if_ndis: file exists What does this mean and how do I get it to actually work? It generally means that the indicated kld is already in the kernel. The easiest is to unload it and load it again. kldunload if_ndis kldload if_ndis --jona ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Suggestions for embedded systems... ?
All, I've been browsing the FreeBSD site looking for a system I can embed in the car. Optimally, it will do video output via a RCA cable (ala your VCR) so I can plug it in to one of the new Alpine radios with an AUX in. Input will probably come via a USB gaming pad (arrow keys, a few buttons, and 16-20 keys). I'd like to have bluetooth and 802.11b/g for communicating with a base station and the in car GPS and phone audio systems. USB (4-6 ports) would be perfect - I can get the keyboard, bluetooth, 802.11g, and ODB II connectors in without a hub. Most I've seen boot from compact flash, but booting from a USB thumb drive or SD ram would also be useful. Audio would also be nice, but I can get away with the bluetooth link. The form factor should be as small as possible for under-seat, behind-dash, or trunk installation. I've seen the Soekris systems, and they're at a good price point, but while they'd support most of what I'd need, they don't seem to have RCA video output, which would be a major plus for real time color displays of status and information (has anyone played with the USB video options available? Does FreeBSD support them?) Suggestions? Comments? Projects already done? -Brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disable ARP cache / change arp timeout
Hello, I have several FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE servers connected to a local area network in Atlanta. The network design is setup so that there are two pairs of routers, one at each end of a T1. Each end of the network uses GLBP (Cisco's Gateway Load Balancing Protocol) to distribute load over the two routers, and provide redundancy in the event of a failure. This design works great when there are lots of hosts connecting to the glbp interface, because GLBP provides a virtual address that the two routers share, and then alternate arp responses between the two routers. The problem I am having is that each server cache's the mac address of router A or router B for at least 5 minutes. This means that for 5 minutes it sends it traffic to router A, then for 5 minutes to router B, and so on. I need a way to tell each host to re-arp a lot more often. Or, maybe I am thinking about this the wrong way. The end result, I need a way for the server to distribute the traffic over the two gateways. I tried using IPFW's to write a rule that I found online to use probability (50%) to fwd the outbound packets to another IP address, but that didn't seem to work. If this was possible, I could easily setup two GLBP interfaces on the lan and we could have the FreeBSD server alternate outbound packets between them. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Disable ARP cache / change arp timeout
Hello, I have several FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE servers connected to a local area network in Atlanta. The network design is setup so that there are two pairs of routers, one at each end of a T1. Each end of the network uses GLBP (Cisco's Gateway Load Balancing Protocol) to distribute load over the two routers, and provide redundancy in the event of a failure. This design works great when there are lots of hosts connecting to the glbp interface, because GLBP provides a virtual address that the two routers share, and then alternate arp responses between the two routers. The problem I am having is that each server cache's the mac address of router A or router B for at least 5 minutes. This means that for 5 minutes it sends it traffic to router A, then for 5 minutes to router B, and so on. I need a way to tell each host to re-arp a lot more often. Or, maybe I am thinking about this the wrong way. The end result, I need a way for the server to distribute the traffic over the two gateways. I tried using IPFW's to write a rule that I found online to use probability (50%) to fwd the outbound packets to another IP address, but that didn't seem to work. If this was possible, I could easily setup two GLBP interfaces on the lan and we could have the FreeBSD server alternate outbound packets between them. Any comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Jonathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
which xorg file??
Folks, Which ports file do I build to fill the standard /usr/X11R6/bin file? I have 6.1-RELEASE and having migraines with getting the necessary files. If installing gnome|kde-lite is/may be part of it, can somebody clue me in? tia, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SPAM (Was: Re: Terri Market News)
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 08:05:00PM -0400, Bob wrote: On Sunday 17 September 2006 19:59, Ellen Hortense wrote: CYBERHAND TECH INC(CYHD) Stock Radar Presents snip ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] How is it that this list gets SPAM? It seems to happen quite often. I subscribe to a ton of and run a couple of Mailman lists and never see spam except on this list. Just curious You and me both, friend. Seems like there are around a dozen (+/-) spammers who use some kind of Make-a-Million spam service peddling X, Y, Z junk. I have a few spamblockers on my sendmail, but a lot of this Krapp gets thru... I've tried to set up custom filters but am either too dense or impaient to get it anywhere near working. It's easier to just hit 'd' than anything. *sigh*. gary Bob ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestions for embedded systems... ?
--- Brian J. McGovern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I've been browsing the FreeBSD site looking for a system I can embed in the car. Optimally, it will do video output via a RCA cable (ala your VCR) so I can plug it in to one of the new Alpine radios with an AUX in. Input will probably come via a USB gaming pad (arrow keys, a few buttons, and 16-20 keys). I'd like to have bluetooth and 802.11b/g for communicating with a base station and the in car GPS and phone audio systems. USB (4-6 ports) would be perfect - I can get the keyboard, bluetooth, 802.11g, and ODB II connectors in without a hub. Most I've seen boot from compact flash, but booting from a USB thumb drive or SD ram would also be useful. Audio would also be nice, but I can get away with the bluetooth link. The form factor should be as small as possible for under-seat, behind-dash, or trunk installation. I've seen the Soekris systems, and they're at a good price point, but while they'd support most of what I'd need, they don't seem to have RCA video output, which would be a major plus for real time color displays of status and information (has anyone played with the USB video options available? Does FreeBSD support them?) Suggestions? Comments? Projects already done? -Brian ___ 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 apply a patch set
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:32 +0200 Matthew Seaman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 'RELENG_5_5'? Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'release'. Thank you for the other answers! Iv. i think I've read abt this long time ago.. but not pretty sure ( someone correct me if I'm wrong ).. u can try: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5_RELEASE anyway i never tried this! and i never encounter the prob u'va said since 4.x --- 6.1 ( and I'm normally/mostly using -pX than STABLE for my prod server ). Seems your method/tag tag=RELENG_5_5 is correct way to patch to -pX, i can't find any reason why your system patched into STABLE... could u please copy+paste here your stable-supfile config? TQ -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Suggestions for embedded systems... ?
--- Brian J. McGovern [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
All,
I've been browsing the FreeBSD site looking for a
system I can
embed in the car. Optimally, it will do video output
via a RCA cable (ala your
VCR) so I can plug it in to one of the new Alpine
radios with an AUX in. Input
will probably come via a USB gaming pad (arrow keys,
a few buttons, and 16-20
keys). I'd like to have bluetooth and 802.11b/g for
communicating with a base
station and the in car GPS and phone audio systems.
USB (4-6 ports) would
be perfect - I can get the keyboard, bluetooth,
802.11g, and ODB II
connectors in without a hub. Most I've seen boot
from compact flash, but
booting from a USB thumb drive or SD ram would also
be useful. Audio would
also be nice, but I can get away with the bluetooth
link.
The form factor should be as small as possible for
under-seat,
behind-dash, or trunk installation.
I've seen the Soekris systems, and they're at a
good price point, but
while they'd support most of what I'd need, they
don't seem to have RCA video
output, which would be a major plus for real time
color displays of status and
information (has anyone played with the USB video
options available? Does
FreeBSD support them?)
Suggestions? Comments? Projects already done?
-Brian
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sorry about the blank one I dropped/catched the
keyboard with the wrong anykey...
http://www.aaeon.com/?TabIndex=ProductsTabID=DetailCate_ID={AEEE87FC-762C-45F1-AC39-54000B62A180}Item_ID={88258D2F-17B8-4FA5-80D3-31E93126D326}Product_ID={EE4FC77D-FCFD-40EE-AA27-3CFCEA592237}
is a PC104 board I found that seems to do what you
want. I've been comtemplating this for a while.
possibly when I finally fix my eldo... This might be a
little pricey I'm not certain. Good luck with the
project and keep us up to date. I am deffinately
interested in seeing one of these come to pass. if you
do opt for compact flash make sure its read-only, you
might want to use some sort of Harddrive. this one
does EIDE.
-brian
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Re: how to apply a patch set
--- Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:32 +0200 Matthew Seaman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 'RELENG_5_5'? Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'release'. Thank you for the other answers! Iv. i think I've read abt this long time ago.. but not pretty sure ( someone correct me if I'm wrong ).. u can try: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5_RELEASE anyway i never tried this! and i never encounter the prob u'va said since 4.x --- 6.1 ( and I'm normally/mostly using -pX than STABLE for my prod server ). Seems your method/tag tag=RELENG_5_5 is correct way to patch to -pX, i can't find any reason why your system patched into STABLE... could u please copy+paste here your stable-supfile config? TQ STABLE is the latest set of patches to the system. It will change the tag from RELEASE from the install to the STABLE set of patches versus the CURRENT set. STABLE is the major ones you want. CURRENT is all of them to date. If you cvsup to RELEASE you will downgrade and end up with what you started with when you installed from CD or whatever was available when the RELEASE cd was created for whatever system your getting. -brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Daniel Gerzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:49:34 +0200 Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello pobox, Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: Hello, could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a single user mode on a remote server. I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to reboot into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It works(tm) for me this way. If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh deamon. Phew... I hear this again and again. Only I am not sure I have the level of boldness to do this on a production machine. Isn't the following sequence of steps similar - 'shutdown -r now' (reboots in multi-user mode), and then immediately 'shutdown now' (drops to single user mode)? Iv. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] dudes, I never tried it, and not dare to try it.. because it's a remote server and single mode maybe ( I'm not sure dude ) cut off all network connections from inside and outside.. anyway for remote servers, i'm prefer make installwold in normal mode.. it's safer TQ -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user.
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Users Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user. Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:57:27 -1000 Aloha Questions list, I have been trying to setup Sendmail on a server box. FreeBSD 6.1 HP Pentium II 300 CPU 686 After many attempts I am down to this one error. Error: Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server mahalo.internetohana.org responded: Password supplied for [EMAIL PROTECTED] is incorrect. I have 2 user accounts for test on this swever. I can ping and telnet into ports 25 and 110 and I get the proper responses from these users. The 2 user accounts are rejected as per the error when I try to connect from a mail agent (Mozilla or Thunderbird) from another box on a different inet. (Also FreeBSD 4.11 running for several years.) The server is setup with send mail SMTP and qpopper for Pop3. There is nothing else on this box. Do I have to create a password file other than the FreeBSD /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd to get this to work. My previous attempts with Postfix and Dovecot did not get this far. Thanks for any help. Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Admin -- http://hawaiidakine.com -- http://hdk5.com -- -- http://internetohana.org -- http://freeBSDinfo.org -- + Supporting open source computing - FreeBSD 6.* + I'm leaving sendmail long ago since I'm migrated to Postfix.. but however as i still remember, default sendmail installation is just listening to localhost. so u need to alter the *.cf file ( in /etc/mail/ ).. # SMTP client options O ClientPortOptions=Family=inet, Address=0.0.0.0 by default this line will be commented out ( with # or dnl ) or just listen to localhost previously I faced this prob with old RedHat 7.x.. anyone who know this, maybe can correct me if I'm wrong TQ -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
php4 no longer has apache module?
So, I upgrade lang/php4. php4-4.4.4 PHP Scripting Language (Apache Module and CLI) And yet, it doesn't seem to contain the apache module. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pkg_info -L php4-4.4.4 | grep '\.so' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ So now my apache setup is broken. I guess I'll look for a separate apache module... Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein pgpgdhcIBhLWa.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: which xorg file??
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:52:54 -0700
Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Which ports file do I build to fill the standard
/usr/X11R6/bin file?
not sure I follow your question...
the xorg-server and xorg-clients ports will your basic standard X files and apps
xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf
the configuration apps to generate xorg.conf are xorgcfg and xorgconfig (one X
based, the other text based)
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/usr/home/betom
$ locate xorgcfg
/usr/X11R6/bin/xorgcfg
/usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgcfg.1.gz
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/usr/home/betom
$ locate xorgconfig
/usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig
/usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgconfig.1.gz
If that's not what you need...let us know :)
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Re: how to apply a patch set
- Original Message - From: backyard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:00:24 -0700 (PDT) --- Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:32 +0200 Matthew Seaman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 'RELENG_5_5'? Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'release'. Thank you for the other answers! Iv. i think I've read abt this long time ago.. but not pretty sure ( someone correct me if I'm wrong ).. u can try: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5_RELEASE anyway i never tried this! and i never encounter the prob u'va said since 4.x --- 6.1 ( and I'm normally/mostly using -pX than STABLE for my prod server ). Seems your method/tag tag=RELENG_5_5 is correct way to patch to -pX, i can't find any reason why your system patched into STABLE... could u please copy+paste here your stable-supfile config? TQ STABLE is the latest set of patches to the system. It will change the tag from RELEASE from the install to the STABLE set of patches versus the CURRENT set. STABLE is the major ones you want. CURRENT is all of them to date. If you cvsup to RELEASE you will downgrade and end up with what you started with when you installed from CD or whatever was available when the RELEASE cd was created for whatever system your getting. -brian ermm.. for me ( and as far as i know ) STABLE is a development patch and it will end up with the next RELEASE version.. such as 5.4-STABLE will be patch gradually until it became 5.5-RELEASE. Anyway 5.4-RELEASE-pX is a security fixes ( and possibly bugfix ) but it still remains as RELEASE and not migrating_into_the_next_version/release. some of the people ( like me ) just prefer to -pX rather than -STABLE. So far i'm not needed -CURRENT yet even RELEASE -pX is powerful enough and suits my needs for my prod servers.. for this case ( back to the topics ), I think this guy do the right method for cvsup-ed to 5.5-RELEASE-pX but it end up with 5.5-STABLE. So i think we better help him and solve it since he maybe not need -STABLE like u said TQ p/s: Correct me if I'm wrong anyone! -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please Help with my kernel
- Original Message - From: [LoN]Kamikaze [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ExTaZyTi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Please Help with my kernel Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 13:41:45 +0200 ExTaZyTi wrote: Hi, I'm new in FreeBSD, I want to conf and re-build my kernel but the directory /usr/src is empty. I'm with FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE, PLEASE HELP :( If you use 6.1 Release you can use sysinstall to install the sources from CD. If you really use 6.1-STABLE you should know what you're doing. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just wondering how u upgrade into -STABLE without compiling yr src and kernel? -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.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, Suse Linux dual booting
- Original Message - From: Jeff Rollin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Dan Bikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Freebsd, Suse Linux dual booting Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 01:59:36 +0100 On 17/09/06, Dan Bikle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: People, this is great info; thanks for taking time to type it up. I'm now convinced that Grub is good. On my FreeBSD box I see this: bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 3 $ cat /etc/fstab # DeviceMountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/ad8s3b noneswapsw 0 0 /dev/ad8s3a / ufs rw 1 1 ##/dev/ad8s4a /u1 ufs rw 1 1 /dev/acd0 /dvd1 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 /dev/acd1 /dvd2 cd9660 ro,noauto 0 0 linprocfs /compat/linux/proc linprocfs rw 0 0 bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 4 $ df Filesystem 1K-blocks UsedAvail Capacity Mounted on /dev/ad8s3a 91913630 37443012 4711752844%/ devfs 110 100%/dev linprocfs 440 100%/usr/compat/linux/proc bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ bash moibsd maco /usr/home/maco 5 $ Comparing that with the information in the mail list and this page: http://www.lemis.com/grog/diary-apr2006.html#21 suggests to me, that this Grub entry would be appropriate: title FreeBSD 5.5 root (hd8,2,a) kernel /boot/loader Dang, I always mix up XP and FBSD syntax. Yes, that looks fine. Good luck! Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For me, booting BSDa and other OS is easier with grub: mine: FreeBSD 6.1 rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 NetBSD 3.0.1 rootnoverify (hd0,2) chainloader +1 gud luck! -- ___ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: php4 no longer has apache module?
On 17/09/06 Michael P. Soulier said: So, I upgrade lang/php4. php4-4.4.4 PHP Scripting Language (Apache Module and CLI) And yet, it doesn't seem to contain the apache module. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pkg_info -L php4-4.4.4 | grep '\.so' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ So now my apache setup is broken. I guess I'll look for a separate apache module... Ah, I see. A make config shows that the apache module isn't selected. I wonder how that happened, since all I did was portupgrade the previous version. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein pgpTnecTQGjRx.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: php4 no longer has apache module?
On Sep 17, 2006, at 10:46 PM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 17/09/06 Michael P. Soulier said: So, I upgrade lang/php4. php4-4.4.4 PHP Scripting Language (Apache Module and CLI) And yet, it doesn't seem to contain the apache module. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ pkg_info -L php4-4.4.4 | grep '\.so' [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ So now my apache setup is broken. I guess I'll look for a separate apache module... Ah, I see. A make config shows that the apache module isn't selected. I wonder how that happened, since all I did was portupgrade the previous version. I don't know exactly when the default behavior was changed, but the Apache module isn't being built by default anymore. I discovered this yesterday, when I upgraded PHP and a bunch of scripts stopped working. make -DWITH_APACHE will get you going... -jav ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which xorg file??
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:18:32PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:52:54 -0700 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which ports file do I build to fill the standard /usr/X11R6/bin file? not sure I follow your question... the xorg-server and xorg-clients ports will your basic standard X files and apps xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf It is in my /etc/X11 directory. the configuration apps to generate xorg.conf are xorgcfg and xorgconfig (one X based, the other text based) Yeah, but there is a way using X -conf[ig]. I've forgotten the exact details; but I have used both f the above configuration tools before. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:46 2006] /usr/home/betom $ locate xorgcfg /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgcfg /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgcfg.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:50 2006] /usr/home/betom $ locate xorgconfig /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgconfig.1.gz If that's not what you need...let us know :) I'm still looking for xdm; possibly startx too. I'm making the wm switch from ctwm to gone-lite ... but first, the basics have to be there. gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server
--- Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Daniel Gerzo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: rebooting into single user mode on a remote server Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 23:49:34 +0200 Daniel Gerzo wrote: Hello pobox, Saturday, September 16, 2006, 8:47:04 PM, you wrote: Hello, could somebody help me to understand the best way to enter into a single user mode on a remote server. I need it for the moment, during rebuilding world, when I have to reboot into single user mode before 'mergemaster -p'. I don't want to persuade you to something that is not officially supported, but I have never booted into single user mode while upgrading my FreeBSD boxes and I have never experienced any problems because of this. Just try to skip the reboot step and go ahead. It works(tm) for me this way. If you are paranoid, try to stop all running services except the ssh deamon. Phew... I hear this again and again. Only I am not sure I have the level of boldness to do this on a production machine. Isn't the following sequence of steps similar - 'shutdown -r now' (reboots in multi-user mode), and then immediately 'shutdown now' (drops to single user mode)? Iv. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] dudes, I never tried it, and not dare to try it.. because it's a remote server and single mode maybe ( I'm not sure dude ) cut off all network connections from inside and outside.. anyway for remote servers, i'm prefer make installwold in normal mode.. it's safer TQ the best possible only way is to use a serial console via a modem, which could drop out during the update, or a network accessable serial multiplexer. Those are expensive, modems are relatively cheap. Both require a serial console enabled kernel on the server. the only other way would be to have a cheap old box that can be connected to over the network with a null modem between it and the server. you would want this box to be UBER secured because it is a console to the system. There are ways of doing this so that a remote trigger is required to boot this system, but such methods require relays, a soldering iron, and some paranoia to complete. The gist of it is you will need a serial console on the server. Then you need a way to connect this serial line to your remote location. the easiest. cheapest, and least likely to fail is an old 486 or p1. p2 whatever you have lieing around that can be remoted connected to via ssh. if security is a concern you should use a key connection with no passwords. the user on that box doesn't have to be root, but he will need to be able to access the serial ports. then via a communications program available in ports take your pick you connect via a null modem to the server. you can then login and shutdown to single user mode on the server and upgrade to your hearts desires. -brian ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Heavy internal network traffic seems to upset other network processes
I have a FreeBSD 6.1 machine with two em nics, one of which is set up as external for the Internet-facing side, the other is internal (100Mbit) and is connected to a small switch with a few other machines. Occasionally I will transfer large files across the internal link and, when doing so, other network related applications seem to grind to a halt and the system seems to be working very hard. In fact, mySQL will actually stop accepting incoming requests during the file transfer, which is the biggest side effect I'm having because of the problem. I'm wondering if it's some kind of tuning option I need to set, but I'm really not sure where to look. I have maxusers set to 256, nmbclusters is 8192 (maybe this should be higher?). Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. -Jim keller ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
freeBSD certified server hardware ?
Does anyone know if any server manufacturer of high regard is currently certifying for freeBSD 6.1? I know the general answer is check the components on the release notes. I also know there are a few integrators on the community list (wow, some of their list pricing is much higher than the big names!!). Doesn't HP, Sun, IBM, Dell have anything they certify for FreeBSD? Is this expected to get better over the next year or so? thanks, ke han ___ 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 apply a patch set
--- Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: backyard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED], Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:00:24 -0700 (PDT) --- Ahmad Arafat Abdullah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Matthew Seaman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: how to apply a patch set Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:48:32 +0200 Matthew Seaman wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am trying to apply a patch set to FreeBSD 5.5 (this letter 'p' followed by a number, after the version in 'uname -a') - but somehow it did not work. I cvsup-ed the src using the standard 'stable-supfile' with '*default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5' - then I rebuild world. Now 'uname -a' reports 'FreeBSD 5.5 STABLE #0'. Before it was 'FreeBSD 5.5 RELEASE #0'. So instead of applying patch set I have moved to 'STABLE'. Could somebody tell me what have I done wrong? Actually - what is the difference between the 'pX' and the '#X' after the version? You've shifted your self onto the RELENG_5 code branch rather than the RELENG_5_5 branch. Yes... but how did it happen after I instructed the supfile to get 'RELENG_5_5'? Actually in the examples/cvsup I did not find any example how to do 'release'. Thank you for the other answers! Iv. i think I've read abt this long time ago.. but not pretty sure ( someone correct me if I'm wrong ).. u can try: *default release=cvs tag=RELENG_5_5_RELEASE anyway i never tried this! and i never encounter the prob u'va said since 4.x --- 6.1 ( and I'm normally/mostly using -pX than STABLE for my prod server ). Seems your method/tag tag=RELENG_5_5 is correct way to patch to -pX, i can't find any reason why your system patched into STABLE... could u please copy+paste here your stable-supfile config? TQ STABLE is the latest set of patches to the system. It will change the tag from RELEASE from the install to the STABLE set of patches versus the CURRENT set. STABLE is the major ones you want. CURRENT is all of them to date. If you cvsup to RELEASE you will downgrade and end up with what you started with when you installed from CD or whatever was available when the RELEASE cd was created for whatever system your getting. -brian ermm.. for me ( and as far as i know ) STABLE is a development patch and it will end up with the next RELEASE version.. such as 5.4-STABLE will be patch gradually until it became 5.5-RELEASE. Anyway 5.4-RELEASE-pX is a security fixes ( and possibly bugfix ) but it still remains as RELEASE and not migrating_into_the_next_version/release. some of the people ( like me ) just prefer to -pX rather than -STABLE. So far i'm not needed -CURRENT yet even RELEASE -pX is powerful enough and suits my needs for my prod servers.. are you running verision 6.1 or 5.5 on those servers? I'm fairly certain -pX only occurs on the latest production Release engines which to date is version 6.1. Release 5.x is no longer actively produced for production and the patches, bug fixes, and security updates are there to make servers built on RELENG_5 more secure, stable, etc. for this case ( back to the topics ), I think this guy do the right method for cvsup-ed to 5.5-RELEASE-pX but it end up with 5.5-STABLE. So i think we better help him and solve it since he maybe not need -STABLE like u said TQ p/s: Correct me if I'm wrong anyone! -- My point was I don't think you can get a RELEASE until you cvsup and STABLE becomes the next RELEASE. STABLE includes the security fixes and major bugfixes. CURRENT is all those plus new features... --- from: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html RELENG_5_5 The release branch for FreeBSD-5.5, used only for security advisories and other critical fixes. RELENG_5_5_0_RELEASE FreeBSD 5.5 RELENG_5 The line of development for FreeBSD-5.X, also known as FreeBSD 5-STABLE. A.7.2 Release Tags These tags refer to a specific point in time when a particular version of FreeBSD was released. The release engineering process is documented in more detail by the Release Engineering Information and Release Process documents. The src tree uses tag names that start with RELENG_ tags. The ports and doc trees use tags whose names begin with RELEASE tags. Finally, the www tree is not tagged with any special name for releases. - there doesn't seem to be a tag that gives you specific patchsets. And I would think a RELEASE like 5.X which is
Re: which xorg file??
On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:26:11 -0700
Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf
It is in my /etc/X11 directory.
I dont remember when was the last time I saw it in /etc/X11... that sounds
somewhat like a Linux layout... maybe you want to link /etc/X11
to /usr/X11/etc ?
the configuration apps to generate xorg.conf are xorgcfg and xorgconfig
(one X based, the other text based)
Yeah, but there is a way using X -conf[ig]. I've forgotten the exact
details; but I have used both f the above configuration tools
before.
Sorry, i dont know, i always used the xorgcfg / xorgconf apps... they work fine,
specially if you have XNest
I'm still looking for xdm; possibly startx too. I'm making the
wm switch from ctwm to gone-lite ... but first, the basics
have to be there.
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/usr/home/betom
$ pkg_info -W /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm
/usr/X11R6/bin/xdm was installed by package xorg-clients-6.9.0_3
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/usr/home/betom
$ pkg_info -W `which startx`
/usr/X11R6/bin/startx was installed by package xorg-clients-6.9.0_3
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jls output incorrect
i'm running FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. i have recently set up some jails and everything seems to be running fine. however when i use: /etc/rc.d/jail stop and then type: jls i still see jails as running, with JID's assigned. I can no longer log into these jails, so it appears they have been halted, but when i start again, the new jail processes get new JID's, and when i stop, they remain. this is obviously not a huge problem, but it means that i can not reliably use jls to see which jails are running. i have seen this discussed earlier: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-April/118133.html later in that discussion chad mentions mounted file systems as calling problems. i'm not mounting any file systems in my jails, should i just wait til i upgrade to 7.0 or is there some way i can fix this? cheers iain ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: jls output incorrect
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:29:05PM +1000, Iain Dooley wrote: i'm running FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE. i have recently set up some jails and everything seems to be running fine. however when i use: /etc/rc.d/jail stop and then type: jls i still see jails as running, with JID's assigned. I can no longer log into these jails, so it appears they have been halted, but when i start again, the new jail processes get new JID's, and when i stop, they remain. this is obviously not a huge problem, but it means that i can not reliably use jls to see which jails are running. i have seen this discussed earlier: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2006-April/118133.html later in that discussion chad mentions mounted file systems as calling problems. i'm not mounting any file systems in my jails, should i just wait til i upgrade to 7.0 or is there some way i can fix this? It's a leak in the stats; it's believed to be fixed in 7.0 if you use the new PTY code. Kris pgp61mgM56zWf.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: which xorg file??
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 09:12:08PM -0700, backyard wrote: --- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 12:18:32PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 17:52:54 -0700 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which ports file do I build to fill the standard /usr/X11R6/bin file? not sure I follow your question... the xorg-server and xorg-clients ports will your basic standard X files and apps xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf It is in my /etc/X11 directory. the configuration apps to generate xorg.conf are xorgcfg and xorgconfig (one X based, the other text based) Yeah, but there is a way using X -conf[ig]. I've forgotten the exact details; but I have used both f the above configuration tools before. I believe its X -configure I've been reading through the complete freebsd in my reading room but admittadly it takes me a couple of stabs to get it right on a new system. Okay; thanks, I think you're right. Also that you may need to cd / or cd /etc. Or else xorg.conf will wind up wherever. (it's been a few years since my last X -configure ... as is evident!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:46 2006] /usr/home/betom $ locate xorgcfg /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgcfg /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgcfg.1.gz [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 12:17:50 2006] /usr/home/betom $ locate xorgconfig /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig /usr/X11R6/man/man1/xorgconfig.1.gz If that's not what you need...let us know :) I'm still looking for xdm; possibly startx too. I'm making the wm switch from ctwm to gone-lite ... but first, the basics have to be there. gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix the only way I know to populate /usr/X11R6/bin is by cd /usr/ports/x11/xorg make make install make clean this will install the clients, libraries, documents, fonts, and basic X11R6 system. it will also clean up after itself. Then I've FINALLY begun installing the right package. About an hour ago. Will see gary Keep in mind NOT ALL X11 apps will be installed in that directory. a good number of the clients end up in /usr/bin or /usr/local/bin depending on if it uses qmake, gmake, make, imake different things can happen, and not much can be done about it. some of those makes just ignore the PREFIX directive. -brian -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which xorg file??
On Mon, Sep 18, 2006 at 02:12:51PM +1000, Norberto Meijome wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:26:11 -0700 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm still looking for xdm; possibly startx too. I'm making the wm switch from ctwm to gone-lite ... but first, the basics have to be there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 14:08:29 2006] /usr/home/betom $ pkg_info -W /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm was installed by package xorg-clients-6.9.0_3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon Sep 18 14:11:32 2006] /usr/home/betom $ pkg_info -W `which startx` /usr/X11R6/bin/startx was installed by package xorg-clients-6.9.0_3 So pkg_info -W tells-where. If xorg-clients is in /usr/ports/x11 then it's on my list. Thanks!1 gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.thought.org Public service Unix ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which xorg file??
Norberto Meijome wrote: On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 20:26:11 -0700 Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: xorg.conf doesn't sit in /usr/X11R6/bin, but /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf It is in my /etc/X11 directory. I dont remember when was the last time I saw it in /etc/X11... that sounds somewhat like a Linux layout... maybe you want to link /etc/X11 to /usr/X11/etc ? Actually X will search for xorg.conf in a very long list of places, all spelled out in the xorg.conf(5) man page. Putting it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf is pretty usual, even though the usual hier(7) rules would lead you to expect it to live in /usr/X11R6/etc/X11/xorg.conf or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xorg.conf -- all of which are on the list of places for X to look for the file, and it's just a matter of taste which one of the available locations you choose. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user.
Ahmad Arafat Abdullah wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Users Questions freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Sendmail on FBSD server wont connect to remote user. Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2006 10:57:27 -1000 Aloha Questions list, I have been trying to setup Sendmail on a server box. FreeBSD 6.1 HP Pentium II 300 CPU 686 After many attempts I am down to this one error. Error: Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server mahalo.internetohana.org responded: Password supplied for [EMAIL PROTECTED] is incorrect. I have 2 user accounts for test on this swever. I can ping and telnet into ports 25 and 110 and I get the proper responses from these users. The 2 user accounts are rejected as per the error when I try to connect from a mail agent (Mozilla or Thunderbird) from another box on a different inet. (Also FreeBSD 4.11 running for several years.) The server is setup with send mail SMTP and qpopper for Pop3. There is nothing else on this box. Do I have to create a password file other than the FreeBSD /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd to get this to work. My previous attempts with Postfix and Dovecot did not get this far. Thanks for any help. Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Admin -- http://hawaiidakine.com -- http://hdk5.com -- -- http://internetohana.org -- http://freeBSDinfo.org -- + Supporting open source computing - FreeBSD 6.* + I'm leaving sendmail long ago since I'm migrated to Postfix.. but however as i still remember, default sendmail installation is just listening to localhost. so u need to alter the *.cf file ( in /etc/mail/ ).. # SMTP client options O ClientPortOptions=Family=inet, Address=0.0.0.0 by default this line will be commented out ( with # or dnl ) or just listen to localhost previously I faced this prob with old RedHat 7.x.. anyone who know this, maybe can correct me if I'm wrong Yep. You are completely in the wrong ballpark there. You are talking about configuring where sendmail listens for *incoming* connections, although the mists of time seem to have clouded your memory of exactly what it is you do... (Hint: look for DAEMON_PORT_OPTIONS and maybe add FEATURE(no_default_msa) in the /etc/mail/$(hostname).mc file) What the original poster is suffering from is not lack of ability to connect at the TCP level. He's needing to configure authentication so that his mail clients can relay through the server. Unfortunately it appears he is using the stock sendmail supplied with FreeBSD which does not have authentication support compiled into it: 250-mahalo.internetohana.org Hello happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.187.76.162], pleased to meet you 250-ENHANCEDSTATUSCODES 250-PIPELINING 250-8BITMIME 250-SIZE 250-DSN 250-ETRN 250-DELIVERBY 250 HELP You should see: 250-AUTH GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN or similar if the authentication capabilities are enabled. To make sendmail do authentication, do the following. i) Install the security/cyrus-sasl2 port. Review the configuration file /usr/local/lib/sasl2/Sendmail.conf to make sure it does what you want -- at a minimum it should contain pwcheck_method: auxprop which should let sendmail auth against the sasldb without needing the intercession of saslauthd. However there are far too many possibilities to go into any great depth here -- Google is your friend. ii) Add the following to /etc/make.conf and then do a standard buildworld cycle to enable the authentication capabilities in the base system sendmail: SENDMAIL_CFLAGS+= -I/usr/local/include -DSASL=2 SENDMAIL_LDFLAGS+= -L/usr/local/lib SENDMAIL_LDADD+=-lsasl2 iii) Add to /etc/mail/$(hostname).mc -- dnl ## Set SASL options TRUST_AUTH_MECH(`GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl define(`confAUTH_REALM', `infracaninophile.co.uk')dnl define(`confAUTH_MECHANISMS', `GSSAPI DIGEST-MD5 CRAM-MD5 LOGIN')dnl define(`confDEF_AUTH_INFO', `/etc/mail/auth-info')dnl define(`confDONT_BLAME_SENDMAIL',`GroupReadableSASLDBFile')dnl and rebuild the sendmail configuration, restart sendmail, etc: # cd /etc/mail # make all install restart iv) Use the saslpasswd2 program to set up login names and passwords for all of the e-mail users permitted to send mail via the system. Et voilà. Well, actually there's another step the OP would be well advised to take. In order to secure 'LOGIN' against password snooping you should turn on sendmail's TLS capabilities, so it has the capability to switch to using an encrypted SMTP session. That (in the best didactic tradition) is left as an exercise for the student. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP:
