scanning the smbd port

2002-12-14 Thread Bob Hall
I looked in the archives, but I didn't find anything on this. I've gotten a number of messages like the following: Dec 13 22:37:20 sten inetd[6015]: refused connection from 61-231-96-100.HINET-IP .hinet.net, service smbd (tcp)itten They seem to come from all over. In addition to Taiwan, they

Re: [Fwd: Mail and FreeBSD 4.7]

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-14 13:58, malcolm kay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been installing and running FreeBSD since release 2.0.5 with very few problems. But now with 4.7 I find there is some fundamental difference in the mail structure. I find local mail ends up in /var/spool/clientmqueue instead of

Re: layered file systems ...

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-13 13:39, Gary W. Swearingen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc G. Fournier [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's kinda what I'm wondering ... is it just that nobody has updated the man page since '94 ... from looking at the sources, ther have been mods to it since then: If you're

Re: rewriting with sendmail...

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-13 11:38, Gary D Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody clue me in on how-to tweak /etc/mail/sendmail.cf to change my address from tao.thought.org to simply thought.org? Use the following in your sendmail.mc file and generate a .cf file from it:

Re: CVS

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-13 19:34, Philip M. Gollucci [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to send 1 E-Mail for each commit to my cvs repositories to any number of addresses. I know I can use the freebsd code. What of this do I need to do _only_ this ? I kind of linked syncmail-1.0, but it must be a shell or

Re: Clone FreeBSD Partition

2002-12-14 Thread dick hoogendijk
Jerry McAllister writes: Really, your best bet is dump(8)/restore(8). If you don't need inode-per-inode cloning then try /usr/ports/sysutils/cpdup. What's the (dis)advantage of inode-per-inode cloning? -- dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE ++ Running FreeBSD 4.7 ++

Re: How to truncate a file in the beginning

2002-12-14 Thread ay
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] you wrote: Are there any special features in FreeBSD that I can use to truncate a file in the beginning? Let's assume I have a 50GB file. Only the last 10GB are interesting for me and I have to free the first 40GB for some reason. Of course, I could seek to the

Re: Kernel log messages

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-14 13:28, Jens Rehsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erwan Breton wrote: Hi, Since i have activate the firewall on my Box, I have many kernel log messages in my security check output every night. the problem is, i don't see anymore interessant messages like bad login. athena kernel

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Re: Kernel log messages

2002-12-14 Thread Erwan Breton
On Saturday 14 December 2002 14:23, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2002-12-14 13:28, Jens Rehsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erwan Breton wrote: Hi, Since i have activate the firewall on my Box, I have many kernel log messages in my security check output every night. the problem is, i

Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB

2002-12-14 Thread John Bleichert
On 13 Dec 2002, David Gethings wrote: Date: 13 Dec 2002 17:15:17 + From: David Gethings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: John Bleichert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: fdisk and HD's larger than 2GB On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 14:41, John Bleichert wrote: This can't be a bug

nedit errors after sys/ports CVSup

2002-12-14 Thread John Bleichert
Hello All After CVSup'ing my system and prts tree, I get this mess when I start nedit. Anybody have any idea what it all means? johnnyb:~ nedit translation table syntax error: Unknown keysym name: osfActivate ... found while parsing ':KeyosfActivate: ManagerParentActivate()'

Re: rewriting with sendmail...

2002-12-14 Thread Gary D Kline
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 10:07:56AM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2002-12-13 11:38, Gary D Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anybody clue me in on how-to tweak /etc/mail/sendmail.cf to change my address from tao.thought.org to simply thought.org? Use the following in your

dos emulators

2002-12-14 Thread Asenchi
Hello, I was wondering if any one new of a good DOS Emulator that will run Foxpro 2.6. Thanks. Running: 4.7-release Curt Micol To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Scanners and software

2002-12-14 Thread Mike Jeays
Does anyone know of a combination of scanner and software that works well with FreeBSD (4.7)? The machine has USB ports built into the ASUS P4S533 motherboard. I am looking for a scanner that will handle both 35mm and 2 1/4 inch square black and white negatives with good resolution. To

Re: dos emulators

2002-12-14 Thread Jörg Sonnenberger
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:34:40 -0500 Asenchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I was wondering if any one new of a good DOS Emulator that will run Foxpro 2.6. Thanks. Running: 4.7-release Curt Micol You can try at least bochs (slow) or dosemu (not sure, how it works under FreeBSD, never

Re: dos emulators

2002-12-14 Thread John Bleichert
On Sat, 14 Dec 2002, Jörg Sonnenberger wrote: Subject: Re: dos emulators On Sat, 14 Dec 2002 13:34:40 -0500 Asenchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I was wondering if any one new of a good DOS Emulator that will run Foxpro 2.6. Thanks. Running: 4.7-release Curt Micol

Re: Clone FreeBSD Partition

2002-12-14 Thread Shantanu Mahajan
Someone on the list earlier suggest the following link http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/ Regards, Shantanu +++ Muller Petr [freebsd] [13/12/02 11:44 +0100]: | Hi, | Is there any tool for cloning FreeBSD partiton with support fot FreeBSD file | system, something like Symantec Ghost or

Re: rewriting with sendmail...

2002-12-14 Thread Shantanu Mahajan
Try the .mc file for creating your .cf file. In .mc file there is option MASQUERADE_AS(`') MASQUERADE_DOAMIN(`') Regards, Shantanu +++ Gary D Kline [freebsd] [13/12/02 11:38 -0800]: | Can anybody clue me in on how-to tweak /etc/mail/sendmail.cf | to change my address from

Re: Kernel log messages

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-14 16:04, Erwan Breton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday 14 December 2002 14:23, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: On 2002-12-14 13:28, Jens Rehsack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erwan Breton wrote: Since i have activate the firewall on my Box, I have many kernel log messages in my

Re: Clone FreeBSD Partition

2002-12-14 Thread Gary Jennejohn
dick hoogendijk writes: Jerry McAllister writes: Really, your best bet is dump(8)/restore(8). If you don't need inode-per-inode cloning then try /usr/ports/sysutils/cpdup. What's the (dis)advantage of inode-per-inode cloning? Actually, the cpdup was from me and not Jerry

Re: Clone FreeBSD Partition

2002-12-14 Thread Warren Block
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Shantanu Mahajan wrote: [yoda-posting changed have I] +++ Muller Petr [freebsd] [13/12/02 11:44 +0100]: | Hi, | Is there any tool for cloning FreeBSD partiton with support fot FreeBSD file | system, something like Symantec Ghost or DriveImage? Ghost and DriveImage |

NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Josh Brooks
Hi, I have a firewall that is starting to get a little overworked. I currently have this line in my kernel config: options NMBCLUSTERS=4096 and I am starting to hit that limit: 276/4096/4096 mbuf clusters in use (current/peak/max) So, the obvious response is to increase that NMBCLUSTERS

natd mostly working but not quite...

2002-12-14 Thread Scott R.
[note: please cc me in any replies as I am not currently subscribed to freebsd-questions. Thank you.] I'm using a FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE box as a gateway for my household network (3 machines total). I'm using natd + ipfw + DHCP. It works mostly as it should (i.e. the other two boxes are able

Re: natd mostly working but not quite...

2002-12-14 Thread Joe Gwozdecki
What is the OS you are running on the 3 operating systems? Is it FreeBSD also or something else? Joe Gwozdecki Houston, TX - Original Message - From: Scott R. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 4:43 PM Subject: natd mostly working but not quite...

Re: natd mostly working but not quite...

2002-12-14 Thread Scott R.
The gateway machine is running FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE and the other two are running WinXP and Win2000 respectively. -Scott Joe Gwozdecki wrote: What is the OS you are running on the 3 operating systems? Is it FreeBSD also or something else? Joe Gwozdecki Houston, TX - Original Message

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Re: NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Jack L. Stone
At 02:36 PM 12.14.2002 -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: Hi, I have a firewall that is starting to get a little overworked. I currently have this line in my kernel config: options NMBCLUSTERS=4096 and I am starting to hit that limit: 276/4096/4096 mbuf clusters in use (current/peak/max) So, the

Re: NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Josh Brooks
How much physical memory do you have on the system that you upped to 8192 ? I am trying to find out if there is some correlation between physical memory and what is safe to set NMBCLUSTERS to ... or is NMBCLUSTERS such a small part of physical memory that even if you set it to 128,000 you still

Re: NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 02:36:39PM -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: 1. any comments on raising NMBCLUSTERS to 8192 ? any other values that need to be tuned to support that ? 2. what is the max I could safely raise NMBCLUSTERS to ? Increasing NMBCLUSTERS will increase the use of kernel memory.

Re: NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Josh Brooks
Ok, understood - that answers my question and the one I just posted. So ... in 4.4 KVA space was, by default ... I forget ? So I guess my question has now morphed into: - if the machine is doing nothing but firewalling (so there are no other demands on KVM/KVA) how high can you set NMBCLUSTERS

Re: NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Jack L. Stone
At 02:36 PM 12.14.2002 -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: Hi, I have a firewall that is starting to get a little overworked. I currently have this line in my kernel config: options NMBCLUSTERS=4096 and I am starting to hit that limit: 276/4096/4096 mbuf clusters in use (current/peak/max) So, the

Re: natd mostly working but not quite...

2002-12-14 Thread Joe Gwozdecki
Your TCP/IP settings in the Windows boxes are not configured correctly. FreeBSD gateway box is working as it should but it can't talk 100% to the Windows boxes. There is nothing wrong with the DSL modem, outside connection, long distance carrier, etc, or the FreeBSD gateway box, if it is

Re: NMBCLUSTERS over 4096 dangerous in any way ?

2002-12-14 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 03:24:09PM -0800, Josh Brooks wrote: Ok, understood - that answers my question and the one I just posted. So ... in 4.4 KVA space was, by default ... I forget ? So I guess my question has now morphed into: - if the machine is doing nothing but firewalling (so

Re: natd mostly working but not quite...

2002-12-14 Thread Scott R.
I honestly don't think that is the case. I had this same setup working at my other house and I have this same setup working at work with more than 30 PC's. The differences are: the service providers are different and all are/were running FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE and this one is running

Tape Backup

2002-12-14 Thread Peter Erickson
I am running Freebsd 4.6 and my dds-2 tape backup drive just died on me. I am interested in moving up to a bigger capacity drive so does anyone have any recommendations? I am not interested in anything high end, this is just for my system at home. I was looking at the dds-3 drives, but before i

Re: Hubs and switches (was: uninformed qstn...)

2002-12-14 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 14 December 2002 at 5:43:54 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote: --- Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen little difference. But DONT BUY A HUB! Buy a switch instead. They'll give you better performance, and they hardly cost any more. i have to be the voice of

Ethernet fast Card

2002-12-14 Thread max lizano
Hi, I trying to install Freebsd 4.7 but my linksys Len 10/100TX Version 4.1 it is not recognized by sysinstall.Do I have to buy another Ethernet Card? Max _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*.

Re: Hubs and switches (was: uninformed qstn...)

2002-12-14 Thread David Kelly
On Saturday 14 December 2002 07:25 pm, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: I tried a test here between two machines on my network. In each case, the data went via the Cisco 2900 switch and then either via a hub or a second switch. The remote machine has a 10 Mb/s interface. Here are the results

Re: Hubs and switches (was: uninformed qstn...)

2002-12-14 Thread Bsd Neophyte
--- Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure you meant to write what you did, but I'm not 100% I understand. But yes, latency isn't an issue. Even if it is, switches still win. My point is that generic switches are not faster than hubs, because of the added latency

named.conf - what is forwarders

2002-12-14 Thread Bsd Neophyte
this is what the comment says... // If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter // its IP address here, and enable the line below. This will make you // benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall DNS traffic in the Internet. /* forwarders

Re: named.conf - what is forwarders

2002-12-14 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2002-12-14 18:10, Bsd Neophyte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: this is what the comment says... // If you've got a DNS server around at your upstream provider, enter // its IP address here, and enable the line below. This will make you // benefit from its cache, thus reduce overall

Re: Hubs and switches (was: uninformed qstn...)

2002-12-14 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Saturday, 14 December 2002 at 18:07:33 -0800, Bsd Neophyte wrote: --- Greg 'groggy' Lehey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure you meant to write what you did, but I'm not 100% I understand. But yes, latency isn't an issue. Even if it is, switches still win. My point is that generic

nfs help plz

2002-12-14 Thread RD
hi guys , i'm trying to make one of my boxes a file server, ftp server, and mysql i'm running apache on box #2... now i need to mount my users dir on box 2 from box 1 i can't seem to make it work from freebsd handbook. any step by step links? tx RD To Unsubscribe: send mail

Cannot Install New Kernel

2002-12-14 Thread Michael Whalen
Greetings, Installed 4.7, did a few kernel rebuilds. Downloaded and configured CVSUP-No-GUI and upated STABLE sources. When again trying to rebuild kernel, 'make install' reports that cannot install new kernel, 'permission denied'. Cannot even 'mv' or 'rm -f kernel' as root. 'Operation not

Re: Cannot Install New Kernel

2002-12-14 Thread Franklin Pierce
- Original Message - From: Michael Whalen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 14 Dec 2002 10:10:22 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cannot Install New Kernel Greetings, kernel, 'make install' reports that cannot install new kernel, 'permission denied'. Cannot even 'mv' or 'rm -f kernel' as

Re: nfs help plz

2002-12-14 Thread Gerard Samuel
What exactly are you doing?? Long story short, setup /etc/rc.conf for nfs on client and server. Setup /etc/exports on server for clients that need access. Restart or start nfs Should be good from there. Oh, also make sure kernels are compiled with nfs support. I believe thats it... RD wrote:

unknow chars from dmesg

2002-12-14 Thread ann kok
Hi all I got the following unknown chars from dmesg What is this meaning? Thank you mail# dmesg

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RAID + adaptec 2400A

2002-12-14 Thread mattb
Hello. After our company has been harassed by the B.S.A. for the past year we have decided to move nearly all of our file servers over to FreeBSD. I am having a problem with one machine. The machine has an Adaptec 2400A RAID card. It has 6 maxtor 60 gig hard drives: -4 designated as

Log about named

2002-12-14 Thread 'budsz'
Hi, I've 2 interface xl0 and wi0 in my box with bind9: $ cat /var/log/message | grep named Dec 15 13:42:00 router named[300]: omitting IPv4 interface wi0 from localnets ACL: address mask not contiguous What that's mean?, It's normally or some problem...? anyone can explain? Thx -- budsz

changing from ipf to ipfw...

2002-12-14 Thread Gary D Kline
Looks like it's time that I considered switching from my ipf-style firewall to ipfw. Anyone remember where the article is on making this transition? My ipf.rules are fairly spare :-) tia, gary -- Gary Kline [EMAIL PROTECTED]

permissions trouble

2002-12-14 Thread Kirk Bailey
ok, I have an alias in /etc/mail, called aliases.tinylist; this is able to be read by sendmail since I edited the sendmail.cf file, and it will compile it without error. the /mail dir is owned by root, and is chmod 755. the file aliases.tinylist is owned by nobody currently, although in

Booting FreeBSD Install Floppy with USB Floppy drive?

2002-12-14 Thread Donald Burr of Borg
Hi folks, I'm trying to install 4.7-RELEASE on a VIA Epia Mini-ITX system. This is a new low-cost embedded/thin client type architecture that is becoming increasingly popular (see www.mini-itx.com for more info). Unfortunately, this machine does NOT have a floppy drive controller. It DOES,

sshd: fatal: ssh_msg_send: write

2002-12-14 Thread Philip M. Gollucci
sshd: fatal: ssh_msg_send: write Timeout before authentication for x.x.x.x I just cvusped my dev box again to -current. Someone else on groups.google.com has this problem.