count the number of ports
Is there a way to count the number of ports in a FreeBSD release? I guess this boils down to how to parse the file /usr/ports/INDEX easily. Thanks. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: how to ssh as root
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > # [EMAIL PROTECTED] / 2002-11-27 11:58:27 -0500: > > I used to ssh as root to a FreeBSD box and uses the root password. > > don't do it. I only use it for development purpose - it will probably be reinstalled quickly. No important data on it. Anyway, I am curious why ssh can not protect root password. > > Today, I reinstall 4.5-Release and try the same thing: > > don't use 4.5-RELEASE, there are huge holes in it. > > > $ ssh -l root mymachine > > otp-md5 100 pl6491 ext > > S/Key Password: > > hit enter without typing anything, it'll prompt you for your > password. Do not work. Thanks anyway. > > I was expecting something like: > > > > $ ssh -l root mymachine > > root@mymachine's password: > > *IIRC*, the S/Key prompt comes from ChallengeResponseAuthentication, > but I'm not really sure. > > -- > If you cc me or remove the list(s) completely I'll most likely ignore > your message.see http://www.eyrie.org./~eagle/faqs/questions.html > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
how to ssh as root
I used to ssh as root to a FreeBSD box and uses the root password. Today, I reinstall 4.5-Release and try the same thing: $ ssh -l root mymachine otp-md5 100 pl6491 ext S/Key Password: I was expecting something like: $ ssh -l root mymachine root@mymachine's password: I did set PermitRootLogin to yes in file /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Why this change? Thanks. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Using msdos floppy on FreeBSD
You are right. The original short name files will be converted to capital letters. Thanks, -Zhihui On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Nov 05), Zhihui Zhang said: > > I have two FAT floppy that I used to transfer files between FreeBSD > > and Windows. One can show longer file names, the one cannot. What > > format command (on FreeBSD or Windows) does this trick (i.e. choose > > FAT32)? I want to reformat the floppy that does not show longer than > > eight names. Thanks. > > If a floppy has only short names, mount_msdos assumes it's a DOS floppy > and will not generate long names when you create files on it. You can > force it by mounting the floppy with the -l option, or you can put a > long filename on the floppy with a Windows machine, which should cause > BSD to use long filenames the next that floppy is mounted. You don't > need to reformat. > > -- > Dan Nelson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Using msdos floppy on FreeBSD
I have two FAT floppy that I used to transfer files between FreeBSD and Windows. One can show longer file names, the one cannot. What format command (on FreeBSD or Windows) does this trick (i.e. choose FAT32)? I want to reformat the floppy that does not show longer than eight names. Thanks. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Install FreeBSD on a Windows XP box
> > -Original Message- > From: Zhihui Zhang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Jerry McAllister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 14:22:23 -0400 (EDT) > Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD on a Windows XP box > > Jerry: > > Hi, Zhihui. If you care to make the BootItNG > partition smaller (though it looks as if you have > plenty of space), you can uninstall it, resize your > partition(s) to cover the newly opened space, and > reinstall BootItNG. You don't have to create a > dedicated partition for it. It will create its > own 8mb FAT partition if installed to a drive > without one. I tried to let it create its own partition, but failed. I can probably make the partition smaller if I use FAT16 instead of FAT32, which requires some minimum space per partition. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Configure X on FreeBSD 4.6 on Dell
I have a new Dell Dimension 4500 but with an old Dell monitor D1028L. I have installed FreeBSD 4.6 on it, but I have troubles configuring X server. I have chosen NVidia 0172 as the card and IntelliMouse as the mouse (both shown in dmesg). But I think the biggest problem is the frequency. I can not use graphics configurator, it just go blank. I have to use CTRL+ALT+Backspace to bring back the text mode after each failure. What is the right monitor type and frequency should I use? Thanks! -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Install FreeBSD on a Windows XP box
Jerry: Thanks for your long response. I have downloaded bootitng v1.32 from http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/ and it works great. It has nice menu. The only thing to watch is that I should create a dedicated partition for bootitng before trying to install it. I also changed the timeout from 0 to 5. The machine originally has: MBR entry 031MB Dell Utility MBR entry 1 all the rest of the disk space HPFS/NTFS Now it has: MBR entry 031MBDell Utility MBR entry 1 7499MBHPFS/NTFS boot 126MBFAT-32<-- BootItNG FreeBSD 68661MBxBSD Who said four primary partitions is enough? -Zhihui On Thu, 24 Oct 2002, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > > > > I have a machine preinstalled with Windows XP and I do not want to remove > > it or reinstall it. Is there a way to install FreeBSD on the free space? I > > do not have Partition Magic. Any free software out there that can > > repartition without reinstallation? Thanks. > > There is a freeware utility that can do this with Microsloth file systems > up through fat-32 but since it is XP and, probably, an NTFS partition, > invest in a partition managing utility. > > I have used Partition Magic successfully and have seen BootItNG recommended. > I haven't used BootItNG. Partition Magic is generally available in stores > like Best Buy, etc. I would guess that BootItNG is also, but it can be > had from: http://www.terabyteunlimited.com as well. > > Generally you want to squeeze the XP partition down to the front of > the disk enough to give you what space you want for FreeBSD and have > it make you an empty parition (called slice in FreeBSD PARLANCE) out > of the rest of the space above it. > > Then you install FreeBSD in that empty slice. > You will divide that FreeBSD slice up in to the FreeBSD partitions > you will use for mountable filesystems and swap space. Note the > difference in use of the term 'partition' between BreeBSD and MS. > > Choose to install the full boot manager when you do the FreeBSD > install or get one of the other popular ones and install it. > The FreeBSD boot manager will allow you to boot either OS just fine, > but it does not know what to call XP on an NTFS system so it just > labels it ?? in the selection menu. Some of the others are > prettier and let you play with stuff a little more. > > Things to watch: > Some older BIOSes will not boot stuff if the address is too high - > around 8GB in most disks. It has to do with a cylinder counter > not being large enough to count beyond 1024. Partition Magic > warns you of where that point is on the disk when you partition it. > > Microsloth seems to like to have an extra partition or some kind of > space at a high address on the disk that I don't know much about - > seems to be some sort of scratch space. Make sure you don't wipe > that out on a fully running system if it is there. > > Some vendors, such as Dell make their own sort of hidden space on > the disk for their own maintenance utilities. I think that must be > treated as a partition (slice) and protected from tinkering. Someone > else can probably answer better on this. > > If you use Partition Magic and the MS stuff is an NTFS partition, you > must first install Partition Magic, then make the two "rescue disk" > floppies it tells you about (format two floppies ahead of time) and > finally boot to the floppies and do the partition resizing from there. > It doesn't seem to like to do it from the installed version on a running > system - probably due to the scratch space thing I mention above, but it > won't boot the rescue disk without the thing being installed, I guess as > some sort of copy protection. > > I am guessing that BootItNG has to take care of similar housekeeping > issues as the NTFS scratch space as well, but don't know how it goes > about handling them. > > Now, of course, you can just have a complete separate disk for the > FreeBSD installation if you like and you have the disk available. > Then, forget all the Partition Magic or BootItNG stuff. Just > make the second disk one big FreeBSD slice, divide it up in to > appropriate FreeBSD partitions and then install FreeBSD in that. > Still install the boot manager (which will still go in to the > sector 0 MBR area of the first disk) so you can choose to boot > either OS. > > jerry > > > > > -Zhihui > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Re: Connect two machines via plip0
Never mind. I misspell 192 as 129 on one machine. It works now. On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Zhihui Zhang wrote: > > I tried to connect two machines with a parallel cable. Some > configuration files are as follows: > > In file /etc/rc.conf, add following lines: > > inetd_enable="YES" > hostname="pc1.myhome.org" > ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" > > In file /etc/hosts, add the following line: > > 192.168.1.1 pc1.myhome.org pc1 > 192.168.1.2 pc2.myhome.org pc2 > > Of course, I do this on both machines (with necessary changes). > But ping won't work. I have done this with the same machines and cable > many times before. Only this time, I am using 4.6-release. Anything > changes in 4.6-release or am i missing something? Do I have to explicitly > enable ICMP or what? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > -Zhihui > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Connect two machines via plip0
I tried to connect two machines with a parallel cable. Some configuration files are as follows: In file /etc/rc.conf, add following lines: inetd_enable="YES" hostname="pc1.myhome.org" ifconfig_lp0="inet 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0" In file /etc/hosts, add the following line: 192.168.1.1 pc1.myhome.org pc1 192.168.1.2 pc2.myhome.org pc2 Of course, I do this on both machines (with necessary changes). But ping won't work. I have done this with the same machines and cable many times before. Only this time, I am using 4.6-release. Anything changes in 4.6-release or am i missing something? Do I have to explicitly enable ICMP or what? Thanks for any suggestions. -Zhihui To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
