Re: Hi
On 08/30/2011 01:06 AM, Daniel Staal wrote: FreeBSD may not be for you at this time. I did not dare, but I agree with you for Spencer's case. -- RMA. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: to come from Linux to FreeBSD
On 08/24/2011 09:34 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: I am from Linux (Debian & Ubuntu) and I will have to intensively use FreeBSD on servers (DNS, Database, Routing...) I would like to install a FreeBSD on my laptop (Dell Inspiron, or some Asus not defined yet) and then virtualize a lot (KVM seems OK) in order to get used. From all the answers I got, the best solution for me is: - run Linux as host - virtualize FreeBSD as far as I intend to use it on Rack servers Installing it directly as host would drive me to overhead. Maybe after mastering "headless" administration I could try it on a laptop. Anyway, thank you all for your advices and see you if I get the job! :-) -- RMA. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: wlan setup
Did you load the drivers about wlancard? Make kernel yourself or edited
/boot/loader.conf to load drivers.
On Aug 30, 2011 9:36 AM, "Warren Block" wrote:
>
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Derek Funk wrote:
>
>> I followed the handbook and searched online but yet still unable to get
>> a wireless connection to an access point.
>>
>> I have in my rc.conf file:
>> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
>> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>>
>> and in the wpa_supplicant.conf:
>> network={
>> ssid="myssid"
>> psk="mypassword"
>> }
>>
>> It associates but does not get an ip.
>
>
> Some cards take a long time to associate, and using synchronous DHCP
helps.
>
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"
>
>
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editors/zim
Hi, I have a problem with Zim which I wrote to the author about he replied and said; "I'm afraid version 0.29 is no longer supported. This was the last version in the Perl branch, since we moved to Python there have been already 10 more releases. So please try the latest version (0.52)." Are there any plans to bump it to Python and a recent release? I emailed the maintainer a while back but got no response. thanks Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
mini pci e wireless card
I am wondering what mini pci express (little tiny card) is the best, highest power and best supported overall For hostap mode. I need to replace my rl3090 in my acer revo cause I don't see it as supported and its Not detected in my dmesg (8.2r) that I can see, I want to use it as an accesspoint/router. Thanks for all your help. George ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: missing ORIGIN
On 8/30/2011 1:26 AM, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On 30/08/2011 06:24, Matthew Seaman wrote: >> On 30/08/2011 06:18, Chris Brennan wrote: > >>> As you could imagine, it's pretty damned annoying, what can I do to make >>> it go away (without uninstalling the HPT utilities?) > >> touch +IGNOREME /var/db/pkg/hptraidconf-3.5 >> touch +IGNOREME /var/db/pkg/hptsvr-3.13 > > Dammit. Too early. Too little coffee > > touch /var/db/pkg/hptraidconf-3.5/+IGNOREME > touch /var/db/pkg/hptsvr-3.13/+IGNOREME > > Matthew > > Thanks, that moved portmaster along. -- > Chris Brennan > -- > A: Yes. > >Q: Are you sure? > >>A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation. > >>>Q: Why is top posting frowned upon? > http://xkcd.com/84/ | http://xkcd.com/149/ | http://xkcd.com/549/ > GPG: D5B20C0C (6741 8EE4 6C7D 11FB 8DA8 9E4A EECD 9A84 D5B2 0C0C) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: mini pci e wireless card
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, George Vagner wrote: I am wondering what mini pci express (little tiny card) is the best, highest power and best supported overall For hostap mode. Atheros b/g only is probably the best supported. Recent post: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2011-August/232723.html ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: wlan setup
On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 19:00 -0500, Derek Funk wrote:
> I followed the handbook and searched online but yet still unable to get
> a wireless connection to an access point.
>
> I have in my rc.conf file:
> wlans_ath0="wlan0"
> ifconfig_wlan0="WPA DHCP"
>
> and in the wpa_supplicant.conf:
> network={
> ssid="myssid"
> psk="mypassword"
> }
>
> It associates but does not get an ip.
>
> I works fine with Windows or with Ubuntu.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Derek
Drivers are loaded and I tried using SYNCDHCP instead of just DHCP in
rc.conf.
I even tried my own entry in devd.conf as shown in a google search.
But still it links to the access point but does not get an IP.
Derek
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random generated password
Hello, When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated password. But is it possible to assign a random password for already existing users? Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with the base system tools? Michael ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
On 8/30/2011 2:16 PM, Michael wrote: > Hello, > > When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated > password. But is it possible to assign a random password for already > existing users? 0(ich10)# pw useradd testuser1 -w random Password for 'testuser1' is: oFPw9BPe 0(ich10)# > > Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with > the base system tools? 0(ich10)# pw usermod testuser1 -w random Password for 'testuser1' is: km.y0LScI3p1 0(ich10)# pw usermod testuser1 -w random Password for 'testuser1' is: P5RrhmUl4Np2 0(ich10)# ---Mike -- --- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Sentex Communications, m...@sentex.net Providing Internet services since 1994 www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada http://www.tancsa.com/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
Presumably you're doing this to prevent direct login? chpass allows root to set the encrypted password directly chpass -p '$1$123456789$your-random-chars-here' On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Michael wrote: > Hello, > > When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated password. > But is it possible to assign a random password for already existing users? > > Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with the > base system tools? > > Michael > > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-a-z0-9A-Za-z' will give you the right kind of characters to use, for example. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > Presumably you're doing this to prevent direct login? > > chpass allows root to set the encrypted password directly > > chpass -p '$1$123456789$your-random-chars-here' > > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Michael wrote: >> Hello, >> >> When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated password. >> But is it possible to assign a random password for already existing users? >> >> Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with the >> base system tools? >> >> Michael >> >> ___ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >> > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
Sorry, typo in cut-and-paste. # dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z' ; echo 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 # I'll leave it to you to pick out 9 chars for the seed and 31 chars for the rest, as in $1$zNvPGEVzC$Z0QQRMUjtzcJJXRlKNPfVFCTEol0pdP On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" > '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-a-z0-9A-Za-z' > > will give you the right kind of characters to use, for example. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Michael Sierchio wrote: >> Presumably you're doing this to prevent direct login? >> >> chpass allows root to set the encrypted password directly >> >> chpass -p '$1$123456789$your-random-chars-here' >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Michael wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated password. >>> But is it possible to assign a random password for already existing users? >>> >>> Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with the >>> base system tools? >>> >>> Michael >>> >>> ___ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" >>> >> > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
> "Michael" == Michael Sierchio writes: Michael> dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" Michael> '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-a-z0-9A-Za-z' Michael> will give you the right kind of characters to use, for example. I prefer "openssl rand -base64 6" to get an 8-char password from a fairly large set of sensible characters. Each multiple of 3 results in 4 characters in the output. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 07:16:00PM +0100, Michael wrote: > Hello, > > When adding a new user it is possible to assign a random generated > password. But is it possible to assign a random password for already > existing users? > > Preferably in a non-interactive and scriptable way. Is it possible with > the base system tools? Generating a random password can be done with the openssl in the base system; openssl rand -base64 9 You'd want to pipe the output of this command through tee(1) and save it in a file. Next you pipe it to a file discriptor leading to a 'pw usermod -h 0'. Something like this: openssl rand -base64 9 | tee -a newpasswords | pw usermod UID -h 0 where UID is the user-id or name of the user in question. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) pgp91FVL1FP8P.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: random generated password
That occurred to me, but it's a smaller alphabet. Probably doesn't matter if the purpose is to make login unusable. On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> "Michael" == Michael Sierchio writes: > > Michael> dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" > Michael> '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-a-z0-9A-Za-z' > > Michael> will give you the right kind of characters to use, for example. > > I prefer "openssl rand -base64 6" to get an 8-char password from a > fairly large set of sensible characters. Each multiple of 3 results in 4 > characters in the output. > > -- > Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 > http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> > Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. > See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: random generated password
If the purpose is to make login unusable, starring the password is the only 100% safe way... On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote: > That occurred to me, but it's a smaller alphabet. Probably doesn't > matter if the purpose is to make login unusable. > > On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Randal L. Schwartz > wrote: >>> "Michael" == Michael Sierchio writes: >> >> Michael> dd if=/dev/random count=1 | tr -c "[:alnum:]" >> Michael> '0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-z0-9A-Za-a-z0-9A-Za-z' >> >> Michael> will give you the right kind of characters to use, for example. >> >> I prefer "openssl rand -base64 6" to get an 8-char password from a >> fairly large set of sensible characters. Each multiple of 3 results in 4 >> characters in the output. >> >> -- >> Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 >> http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> >> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. >> See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion >> > ___ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Tablet Digitizer
On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Gary Dunn wrote: I have studied that and the source to what seems to be a driver, "fujitsu-usb-touchscreen." This may be what you already have: http://spareinfo.blogspot.com/2010/10/linux-on-fujitsu-u810-p1620-t1010.html Whether it's trustworthy, compiles on FreeBSD, or works with xorg 7.5, don't know. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: wlan setup
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Derek Funk wrote: Drivers are loaded and I tried using SYNCDHCP instead of just DHCP in rc.conf. I even tried my own entry in devd.conf as shown in a google search. But still it links to the access point but does not get an IP. Check /var/log/messages for errors reported by wlan_supplicant. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
vpn using pptpclient in FreeBSD
Hi, I'm trying to set up a vpn connection to the university library by using pptpclient. In other OS's this takes around 10 seconds, but in FreeBSD this seems very difficult to do, and I've no idea why. It looks like there is a connection made, but after a minute or two it just disconnects and still unable to access the vpn. My ppp.conf is: EUR: set authname "x...@.xx" set authkey "xxx" set timeout 0 set ifaddr 0 0 add vpn-eur-pptp.eur.nl HISADDR disable ipv6cp The messages log says: Jun 2 22:12:16 yokozuna pptp[40950]: anon log[main:pptp.c:314]: The synchronous pptp option is NOT activated Jun 2 22:12:16 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 1 'Start-Control-Connection-Request' Jun 2 22:12:16 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:739]: Received Start Control Connection Reply Jun 2 22:12:16 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:773]: Client connection established. Jun 2 22:12:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 7 'Outgoing-Call-Request' Jun 2 22:12:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:858]: Received Outgoing Call Reply. Jun 2 22:12:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_disp:pptp_ctrl.c:897]: Outgoing call established (call ID 0, peer's call ID 58282). Jun 2 22:12:17 yokozuna kernel: tun0: link state changed to UP Jun 2 22:13:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[logecho:pptp_ctrl.c:677]: Echo Request received. Jun 2 22:13:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 6 'Echo-Reply' Jun 2 22:15:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[pptp_handle_timer:pptp_ctrl.c:1050]: closing control connection due to missing echo reply Jun 2 22:15:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 12 'Call-Clear-Request' Jun 2 22:15:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[pptp_conn_close:pptp_ctrl.c:430]: Closing PPTP connection Jun 2 22:15:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[ctrlp_rep:pptp_ctrl.c:251]: Sent control packet type is 3 'Stop-Control-Connection-Request' Jun 2 22:15:17 yokozuna pptp[40955]: anon log[call_callback:pptp_callmgr.c:79]: Closing connection (call state) Jun 2 22:15:47 yokozuna pptp[40956]: anon warn[decaps_hdlc:pptp_gre.c:204]: short read (0): No buffer space available Jun 2 22:15:47 yokozuna kernel: tun0: link state changed to DOWN After a lot of searching and googling I never found the answer. Has anyone here succeeded in setting up a working pptp vpn connection? Thanks in advance, Marco -- Kiss me twice. I'm schizophrenic. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
editors/zim
Forwarding to ports@, which seems more likely to yield an answer to this particular inquiry than questions@ Please keep the OP, who is probably not subscribed to ports@, in the Cc: list. Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2011 13:52:12 +0100 From: Chris Whitehouse To: User Questions Subject: editors/zim Hi, I have a problem with Zim which I wrote to the author about he replied and said; "I'm afraid version 0.29 is no longer supported. This was the last version in the Perl branch, since we moved to Python there have been already 10 more releases. So please try the latest version (0.52)." Are there any plans to bump it to Python and a recent release? I emailed the maintainer a while back but got no response. thanks Chris ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Is there way to get filename for specific LBA?
Aug 31 05:13:24 da kernel: ad6: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=107491647 # dd if=/dev/ad6 of=/dev/null bs=1m seek=107491647 count=1 dd: /dev/null: Inappropriate ioctl for device Another question: why does it fail? # dd if=/dev/ad6 of=/var/tmp/ bs=1m seek=107491647 count=1 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 1048576 bytes transferred in 0.026658 secs (39334650 bytes/sec) So no errors. I looked at bsdlabel — it's partition f, /home. But what is the file name? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: wlan setup
On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Derek Funk wrote: On Mon, 2011-08-29 at 19:00 -0500, Derek Funk wrote: [ ... ] Drivers are loaded and I tried using SYNCDHCP instead of just DHCP in rc.conf. I even tried my own entry in devd.conf as shown in a google search. But still it links to the access point but does not get an IP. Not to belabor the obvious, but do you have a working DHCP server available to the WAP? -- Chris Hill ch...@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
Re: Is there way to get filename for specific LBA?
Ross wrote: > Aug 31 05:13:24 da kernel: ad6: WARNING - READ_DMA UDMA ICRC error > (retrying request) LBA=107491647 That message is reporting a problem in communication between the drive and the controller (or, perhaps, between the controller and main memory), not a problem reading the media, so the LBA is likely not all that useful (esp. since, if you got no other messages, the retry succeeded so no data was lost). What does egrep 'ad[0-9]|ata' /var/run/dmesg.boot report? > # dd if=/dev/ad6 of=/dev/null bs=1m seek=107491647 count=1 > dd: /dev/null: Inappropriate ioctl for device > > Another question: why does it fail? seek= applies to the output file, so it tried to do a seek on /dev/null :) You probably wanted skip= (or iseek=). ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
