Re: sshd: cannot disable password authentication, users canalwayslogin with password.

Okay, I figured out the problem myself. I should set ChallengeResponseAuthentication no to disable password authentication. Zhang Weiwu wrote: Hello. I'm today following the FreeBSD security how to to secury my FreeBSD server. I config

Sound Blaster 16 on FreeBSD 5.2

Hello everyone I'm trying to use a Sound Blaster 16 ISA card in FreeBSD 5.2.1. When I try recompiling the kernel as the Handbook specifies in order to make it work, config returns "Config:277: Devices with 0 units are not likely to be correct" If I remove the 0 (from sbc0 to sbc), config return

sshd: cannot disable password authentication, users can alwayslogin with password.

Hello. I'm today following the FreeBSD security how to to secury my FreeBSD server. I configured dsa ssh access, now I can use my own computer to login to the server with ssh with dsa no problem, no password authentication is necessary.

speed issues

Sorry about the repost: Hello list I have a freebsd 4.9 on my computer wich is conected to a 100Mbps network. When downloading or uploading files from this freebsd using ftp a have decent transfer rates (above 5 MB/s). But in this network we also use DC for file sharing. And using the DC protocol

Re: ftp server

> Hello, > I've got a 4.9 system and i'm out looking for an ftp server for it as i do > not want to use the base server. I've heard good reviews of pure-ftpd, but > i'm getting errors: can not find the ftp account and it won't authenticate. > I've also tried proftpd, but although i find it capa

PPPoed crashed!!

I'm running pppoed on freebsd-4.9. It is running smoothly. However it crashes sometime with a pppoed.core file dumpped at the root directory. gdb -c pppoed.core shows that it crashed with signal 11 segmentation fault. I'm running the package as it came with the os. I have not upgraded any thing e

Re: Port Hacking

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 00:38:07 -0500, Jason Dusek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Everyone, I would like to edit the code for one of my ports (Inkscape, a graphics tool for GNOME) and then wrap it up in a tarball, dump it into distfiles and reinstall it. However, the ports system hits me with a c

Re: PPP in 5.1

Dear Noir, For me to get kppp working, I did the following: create empty /etc/resolv.conf chmod 640 /etc/resolv.conf create /etc/ppp/options with this content: # Options file for PPPD defaultroute crtscts modem deflate 12,12 predictor1 vj-max-slots 16 user lock idle 600 The

Port Hacking

Hi Everyone, I would like to edit the code for one of my ports (Inkscape, a graphics tool for GNOME) and then wrap it up in a tarball, dump it into distfiles and reinstall it. However, the ports system hits me with a checksum mismatch. What do I do about it? -

Re: ftp server

Dear Dave, Both the BSD ftp and proftp have worked for me in the past, though I've never benchmarked them. The other major contender is wu-ftp. regards, Robert On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 18:45:09 -0400 "dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I've got a 4.9 system and i'm out looking for an ftp se

Re: .htaccess in subdir of /usr/home//public_html

> >there is still no cure at this point since i check the file permissions and > >both .htaccess and .htpasswd are both world readable. I even moved the > >.htpasswd to the same subdirectory with world readable permissions and still > >there is no password prompt from my browser. I go directly to

Re: chkrootkit reports infected date

> Hello, > I just ran chkrootkit -n -q on a 5.2.1 box, and it showed date as being > infected, but nothing else, no worms, and it didn't say with what. Given my > last experience i would appreciate any suggestions as to how to identify > this anomaly and stop it. > Thanks. > Dave. > >

Re: .htaccess in subdir of /usr/home//public_html

Noah said the following on 4/19/2004 12:18 AM: thanks for your response but there are two files that I am using .htaccess and .htpasswd . Might you be getting the .htaccess and .htpasswd file permissions mixed up? Not at all. Both need to be world readable, or at least readable by the user

chkrootkit reports infected date

Hello, I just ran chkrootkit -n -q on a 5.2.1 box, and it showed date as being infected, but nothing else, no worms, and it didn't say with what. Given my last experience i would appreciate any suggestions as to how to identify this anomaly and stop it. Thanks. Dave. __

Re: .htaccess in subdir of /usr/home//public_html

Noah said the following on 4/18/2004 9:15 PM: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:27:04 -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote Heya Noah! Noah said the following on 4/18/2004 7:19 PM: -rw-r- 1 21 Apr 18 16:09 /usr/home//.htpasswd Unless you're running Apache as , then the .htaccess file needs to be

Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

cd /usr/ports/java/jdk14/work/control/build/bsd-i586/gensrc/java/util/ open up CurrencyData.java in vi remove the FIRST LINE from the file by hitting 'dd' go back to /usr/ports/editors/openoffice-1.1 or whatever resume make R. M. Los wrote: Hello, Another good time with OpenOffice. For some reas

Re: Newbie Question

> Hello All, > >How do I uninstall or disable snmpd. I have spent too many days > trying to find this info. > > Thank you. > > Jeff > > ___ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To un

Re: Internet Problem

On Sunday 18 April 2004 08:26 pm, MIchael Alexander wrote: > Quick q. can't seem to get Internet to work in free bsd 5.1. Can ping > to other addresses in intranet, but can't get out to www. Other machines > in intranet work just fine. Also, mouse scroll doesn't work. Mouse is > behind KVM bu

Newbie Question

Hello All, How do I uninstall or disable snmpd. I have spent too many days trying to find this info. Thank you. Jeff ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to

RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

> ::-Original Message- > ::From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:58 PM > ::To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::Cc: Bryan S. Bursey; Ralph M. Los; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::Subject: Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.craps out > :: > :: > ::On Sunday 18 April 2004 05:

Re: Amaya 8.4

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 02:58:32 +0800 "Russell J. Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To whom it may concern; > > Is current Amaya release going to be ported soon? No clue, check the ports on freebsd.org... ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.f

Internet Problem

Quick q. can't seem to get Internet to work in free bsd 5.1. Can ping to other addresses in intranet, but can't get out to www. Other machines in intranet work just fine. Also, mouse scroll doesn't work. Mouse is behind KVM but that may not make a diff. I am immersing myself in Linux / Unix

Re: vinum drives crash in 5.2.1 but work in 4.9

On Sunday, 18 April 2004 at 16:59:59 -0800, Peter A. Giessel wrote: > I have a rather large (ok, I'm insane, its that large) Vinum array, > which works fine in 4.9, but crashes in 5.2.1. I don't think its > vinum's fault, but I could be wrong. > > My question is: any ideas as to why the drives cra

Re: .htaccess in subdir of /usr/home//public_html

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004 19:27:04 -0400, Glenn Sieb wrote > Heya Noah! > > Noah said the following on 4/18/2004 7:19 PM: > > >-rw-r- 1 21 Apr 18 16:09 > >/usr/home//.htpasswd > > > > > Unless you're running Apache as , then the .htaccess file > needs to be world-readable.. > the .htacces

Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

On Sunday 18 April 2004 06:45 pm, Ralph M. Los wrote: > ::-Original Message- > ::From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:58 PM > ::To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::Cc: Bryan S. Bursey; Ralph M. Los; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ::Subject: Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile...

vinum drives crash in 5.2.1 but work in 4.9

I have a rather large (ok, I'm insane, its that large) Vinum array, which works fine in 4.9, but crashes in 5.2.1. I don't think its vinum's fault, but I could be wrong. My question is: any ideas as to why the drives crash when accessed and can't be labeled (other than my boot drive) in 5.2.1, bu

RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

::-Original Message- ::From: Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:58 PM ::To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Cc: Bryan S. Bursey; Ralph M. Los; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.craps out :: :: ::On Sunday 18 April 2004 05:38 pm, Bryan S. Bu

Hey jad !

jad basha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >hey samer how r u ? well its bad 2 hear that u cant continu ur education >and u cant find a job,,its really bad samer, u know i'm facing the same >... I feel better those days, even if i really don't have money anymore. I have a meeting tomorrow

Re: .htaccess in subdir of /usr/home//public_html

Heya Noah! Noah said the following on 4/18/2004 7:19 PM: -rw-r- 1 21 Apr 18 16:09 /usr/home//.htpasswd Unless you're running Apache as , then the .htaccess file needs to be world-readable.. Best, Glenn ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list ht

.htaccess in subdir of /usr/home//public_html

freeBSD 4.9-STABLE apache 1.3.29 okay I cant figure out how to get my .htaccess file working properly here is the configuration in the /usr/local/etc/apache/httpd.conf file: --- snip --- AllowOverride All Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec ExecCGI

Re: Networking problem

Hi! I do have the same problem with my Intel Gigabit onboard NIC. The system detects it, but it doesn't work. Do you also get watchdog timeouts?? I traced it down to a PCI interrupt problem. dmesg: pcib2: could not get PCI interrupt routing table for \\_SB_.PCI0.CSAB - AE_NOT_FOUND

Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

On Sunday 18 April 2004 05:38 pm, Bryan S. Bursey wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Ralph M. Los" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Jorn Argelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:36 PM > Subject: RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.craps out > > :

Re: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

- Original Message - From: "Ralph M. Los" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jorn Argelo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 5:36 PM Subject: RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.craps out ::-Original Message- ::From: Jorn Argelo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Kernel debugging question

On Sunday, 18 April 2004 at 20:01:46 +0200, Jorn Argelo wrote: > Hey folks, > > I've been trying to debug my kernel. I've successfully extracted a kernel dump > as described in the development handbook. However, as soon as I come across > this step, I don't know how to continue: > > # cd /usr/obj/u

ftp server

Hello, I've got a 4.9 system and i'm out looking for an ftp server for it as i do not want to use the base server. I've heard good reviews of pure-ftpd, but i'm getting errors: can not find the ftp account and it won't authenticate. I've also tried proftpd, but although i find it capable i don'

Re: KDE 3.2/Xwindows dying strangely without warning

On Sunday 18 April 2004 03:24 pm, Dragoncrest wrote: > Nobody has any answers for me on this? > I have had my .kde* files get corrupted and do what you describe. I finally did a cd and then rm -rf .kde* I had to resetup kde for that user but my problems went away. You want to back up

Networking problem

Hi all! Installing 5.2 on my new box with an integraded Intel PRO 1000+ NIC. System detects it as em0 but I cant get it to work. I'm trying dhcp and I have added the line: ifconfig_em0="DHCP" in rc.conf but I still get this problem. As far as I know there shouldnt be any problem with this NIC. M

Re: KDE 3.2/Xwindows dying strangely without warning

Nobody has any answers for me on this? At 10:42 AM 4/17/04 -0400, Dragoncrest wrote: Ok, I can't contribute this to anything I've ever encountered or something that I'm doing, but it seems that after about 7-10 days KDE just dies on me. No crash, no errors, no "I'm gonna shut down". Nothi

Re: How do I know if the gnome upgrade script is running properly?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey thanks! If that isn't in any of the copious instructions on doing the upgrade it should be. It was, but given their "copious" nature, it's possible to miss it: From gnome-upgrade.sh: echo "You can watch the upgrade process in real-time by running:" echo "

Re: Interpreting ping response? (the POD lives??)

Stephen Fisher wrote: On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:46:21AM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Vr HL TOS Len ID Flg off TTL Pro cks Src Dst 4 5 00 05dc 07bd 0 3f 01 1677 192.168.0.2 192.168.0.80 The device (router?) is sending a host unreachable message w

PPP connections drop frequently and won't automatically come up again

Hi I am using a small FreeBSD machine as a NAT router (and for a few other purposes) for an ADSL connection for my home network. I am using the user space ppp program with the -ddial and the -nat switch for this. The problem is that, at seemingly random intervals, the connection to the interne

Re: Problems building gtk20

On Sunday 18 April 2004 02:14 pm, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Making all in stock-icons > GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=../../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.loaders > ../../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-csource > --raw --build-list stock_add_16./stock_add_16.png > stock_add_24 ./stock_add_24.png >

Re: KDE crashes for 1 user but not the others?

Malcolm Kay wrote: On Saturday 17 April 2004 04:59, Mike wrote: Greeting: The system: FreeBSD 4.9-stable I have KDE 3.14 installed and all was working well for a number of weeks. Root and one other regular user account had been able to start and use KDE and Gnome. And both GUI environments ope

Problems building gtk20

Making all in stock-icons GDK_PIXBUF_MODULE_FILE=../../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf.loaders ../../gdk-pixbuf/gdk-pixbuf-csource --raw --build-list stock_add_16./stock_add_16.png stock_add_24 ./stock_add_24.png stock_align_center_16 ./stock_align_center_16.png stock_align_center_

Re: Configuring Compaq Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse

On Sunday, April 18, 2004 3:01:17 PM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |>> |>Subject: Configuring Compaq Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse |>> |> |>> |> |>> |>> I am trying to configure a COMPAQ Wirless Optical Mouse to work with |>KDE |>> |>on |>> |>> FreeBSD 5.2.1. so far I have not been very successful. This

RE: How do I know if the gnome upgrade script is running properly?

Hey thanks! If that isn't in any of the copious instructions on doing the upgrade it should be. > Go to a different terminal (ALT+F2, or F3, etc) > Cd /var/tmp > Do a quick ls to see the file name, but it'll look like > gnome_upgrade_log.xxx > Do a tail -f gnome_upgrade_log. > > And w

RE: How do I know if the gnome upgrade script is running properly?

Go to a different terminal (ALT+F2, or F3, etc) Cd /var/tmp Do a quick ls to see the file name, but it'll look like gnome_upgrade_log.xxx Do a tail -f gnome_upgrade_log. And watch that screen ::-Original Message- ::From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent:

How do I know if the gnome upgrade script is running properly?

I am currently on stage 4 of 5 of the gnome upgrade script and the only thing I get is that it will take a long time. No other indications. I check with top and it shows actvity with cc1 and a fiew other items but no output is sent to the terminal session and occasionally the HD LED blinks but

RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

::-Original Message- ::From: Jorn Argelo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 4:39 PM ::To: Ralph M. Los ::Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ::Subject: RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.craps out :: :: :: ::You might want to consider preinstalling the native Java ::version befo

Routing and mpd as pptp client on FeeeBSD 5.2

Hi, I have a problem using mpd as a PPTP client on FreeBSD 5.2. The connection is successfully established but I can't do anything with it. Using tcpdump I can see that GRE packets are sent through the rl0 interface during the connection establishing but later they are sent over the ng0. If I con

RE: OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

You might want to consider preinstalling the native Java version before you begin compiling OpenOffice.org. Due to licences it is a tad difficult to get Sun's version of Java running (this is, I believe, the only version OOo will accept) So get your Java environment up and running first, before y

Re: Lost expat dependency

On Sunday 18 April 2004 01:12 pm, antenneX wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Kent Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "antenneX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Remko Lodder" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 1:17 PM > Subject: Re: Lost expat dependency

Re: lament about freebsd sacrifices

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-15 21:41]: >> My only regret was that I didn't listen to my inner voice that said -- Don't get an >> ATI All In Wonder Pro for watching TV. Get a Hauppauge TVIVO instead, or get a >> standard sort of sound card for sound. >I'm watching TV just fine

OpenOffice-1.1 won't compile.....craps out

Hello, Another good time with OpenOffice. For some reason, it appears as though everything involving JAVA on this FreeBSD machine craps out and crashes for one crazy reason or another...can anyone help me make sense of this crash message while doing a make install? /AtomicLong.java ../../../sr

Re: Lost expat dependency

- Original Message - From: "Kent Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "antenneX" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Remko Lodder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 1:17 PM Subject: Re: Lost expat dependency > On Sunday 18 April 2004 10:22 am, Remko Lodder wrote: >

Re: Fwd: Call For Assistance #4 - slapd won't die gracefully, multiple versions.

On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 07:23:44AM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 11:44:25AM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: > > > In the mean time, you need a work-around. I'm not sure if you can run > > FreeBSD 5.x in 32bit mode on an AMD64 box, but that might be a thing > > to try. > > Yo

Re: Interpreting ping response? (the POD lives??)

On Tue, Apr 13, 2004 at 09:46:21AM -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: > Can anyone help me interpret the following output? I read the ping > manpage, but came to the end before I learned much that helps me > here > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [/home/kdk] [16:25] > #sudo ping -s 2048 app > P

Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky?

* Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-18 06:16]: > > Hi > > I have an old Pentium-1, which I like to configure as a router > for a home network, with a minimal amount of user applications > for system maintenance only. A good idea. Those machines do a great job of that very task. > > My simple

Amaya 8.4

To whom it may concern; Is current Amaya release going to be ported soon? - Russell ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Duplicating songs on a blank cd

* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-17 23:50]: > Greetings! > > My name is Craig and I am having a problem with troubleshooting > with duplicating songs on a blank cd. There are many, many ways you can accomplish this with FreeBSD; first, http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/

Re: bsdpan-DB_File - missing origin

* Kai Grossjohann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-04-17 14:55]: > PS: Is "thereto" correct in this context? It seemed like a cool way Maybe... > to make the sentence shorter ;-) "Note the Berkeley-DB library (/databases/db41) and it's Perl interface (DB_File) are dissimilar." ;) -- Joshua

Re: Lost expat dependency

On Sunday 18 April 2004 10:22 am, Remko Lodder wrote: > antenneX wrote: > > It seems that when I updated to expat-1.95.7, it replaced some > > 1.95.5 dependencies needed for some other programs. For instance > > some daemons will not load (or update) because of this error: > > #Shared object "libin

Kernel debugging question

Hey folks, I've been trying to debug my kernel. I've successfully extracted a kernel dump as described in the development handbook. However, as soon as I come across this step, I don't know how to continue: # cd /usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KERNCONF # gdb -k /boot/kernel/kernel.debug /var/crash/vmcore.

Re: Playing wav sounds

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Mark wrote: > Maybe a stupid question, but on a FreeBSD 4.9R-p4, is it possible to play a > sound, like a wav file, without having installed any graphic shells? I'd > like to play some wav sounds on certain events. If it's wav files you specifically want to play try /usr/port

PPP in 5.1

Hi, I am using PPP from the console mode to connect to my ISP. The command that I use are: Input: >ppp >set device /dev/cuaa0 >set speed 115200 >enable dns >disable ipv6 # tried both with or without this >disable ipv6cp # tried both with or without this >set authname # tried both with or withou

Re: Playing wav sounds

Try this port: /usr/ports/audio/cd-console -Victor Mark wrote: Maybe a stupid question, but on a FreeBSD 4.9R-p4, is it possible to play a sound, like a wav file, without having installed any graphic shells? I'd like to play some wav sounds on certain events. Thanks, - Mark _

Re: Lost expat dependency

antenneX wrote: It seems that when I updated to expat-1.95.7, it replaced some 1.95.5 dependencies needed for some other programs. For instance some daemons will not load (or update) because of this error: #Shared object "libintl.so.4" not found# or then some ".so" module cannot be loaded Did you u

Lost expat dependency

It seems that when I updated to expat-1.95.7, it replaced some 1.95.5 dependencies needed for some other programs. For instance some daemons will not load (or update) because of this error: #Shared object "libintl.so.4" not found# or then some ".so" module cannot be loaded I updated the expat acco

Playing wav sounds

Maybe a stupid question, but on a FreeBSD 4.9R-p4, is it possible to play a sound, like a wav file, without having installed any graphic shells? I'd like to play some wav sounds on certain events. Thanks, - Mark ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http:

Re: Milter Logging

On Sat, 17 Apr 2004, Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 02:00:59PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > Warren Block wrote: > > >What do people do for milter logging? A MAILER-DAEMON message for every > > >virus caught by clamav-milter is a little annoying (both to the intended > > >recipi

Re: run custom script when newsyslog rotates log file.

On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:03:11AM -0400, fbsd_user wrote: > When my firewall log is rotated by newsyslog.conf, I want to run an > custom script. > > Is there a way to auto launch script when newsyslog.conf log rotate > event happens? Not in any simple way. However you can get newsyslog(1) to se

RE: Transparent proxy/nat server using DHCP.

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jesper Wallin > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Transparent proxy/nat server using DHCP. > > Heya.. > > My ISP allow me to have 5 dynamic ip addre

Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky?

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Rob wrote: > For bumping it up to 5-current, would a cvsup of the sources with "tag=." > be sufficient? Or is an install from scratch recommended when moving > from 4-stable to 5-current? Bear in mind that these are going to be my > first steps into 5-current! > Hmm, no. In

Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky?

On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:12:27PM +0900, Rob wrote: > > Hi > > I have an old Pentium-1, which I like to configure as a router > for a home network, with a minimal amount of user applications > for system maintenance only. > > All my other production machines at work and home have much newer > h

Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky?

Olaf Hoyer wrote: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Rob wrote: When I read about problems with early adoption of 5.X, I mainly encounter risks related to extremely large RAM, multi processors, or very new hardware. My simple and old Pentium-1 PC may therefore a very low risk system for installing 5-Current. Is

Re: 5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky?

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Rob wrote: > When I read about problems with early adoption of 5.X, I mainly > encounter risks related to extremely large RAM, multi processors, > or very new hardware. > > My simple and old Pentium-1 PC may therefore a very low risk system for > installing 5-Current. Is that

5-Current on Pentium-I with old hardware: still risky?

Hi I have an old Pentium-1, which I like to configure as a router for a home network, with a minimal amount of user applications for system maintenance only. All my other production machines at work and home have much newer hardware, so I don't take risks and run 4-stable. When I read about proble

run custom script when newsyslog rotates log file.

When my firewall log is rotated by newsyslog.conf, I want to run an custom script. Is there a way to auto launch script when newsyslog.conf log rotate event happens? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qu

Re: base system vs. isc-dhcp : dhclient conflicts?

Matthew Seaman wrote: On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:31:05AM +0900, Rob wrote: I have isc-dhcp3 port installed on my 4.9-Stable PC. I need that as I want to configure this machine as both, a DHCP client and server. Making a machine use itself as a DHCP server is somewhat odd -- there will be a boot

Re: Mail Delivery (failure webmaster@xfree86.org) [MESSAGE TOO LARGE]

--- This is an automatically generated reply --- The message you sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] was too large. Please resend your note without the attachments, and we can contact you about them if we need them. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lis

Re: Configuring Compaz Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse

- Original Message - From: "Gerard Seibert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 12:43 PM Subject: Re: Configuring Compaz Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse > On Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:10:43 AM Markie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

XFCE problem - shared library "libgtk-x11-2.0.so.200" not found

im having a problem with XFCE, well, i successfully did a #portupgrade -r xfce-4.0.4_1 along with reinstalling the newer atk and gtk ports(which caused previous install problems) but now that its been installed it won't run. actually it starts up but then it goes "/libexec/ld-elf-so.1: shared

Re: [SOLVED] Can't *write* to a hard disk, not even a slice using fdisk(8).

>>> do you have your securelevel set in rc.conf to YES and to a higher >>> level (like 3)? >> Yes, this machine had a securevel positionned: it set to '2'. But >> because I can't touch the disk even in Single User Mode, I don't >> think it is related, but... >> >> What is your idea? > Ok. I had

Transparent proxy/nat server using DHCP.

Heya.. My ISP allow me to have 5 dynamic ip addresses. Yet, it's locked to the MAC address (i think) .. currently my network look like this: [ Internet ][ 16-ports Unex Switch ][ my network ] ..and in the local network, I have 3 servers and my two workstations. My idea was to put one se

need BSD

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Re: Configuring Compaz Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse

On Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:10:43 AM Markie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: |>Date: Sun, 18 Apr 2004 00:59:32 +0100 |>From: "Markie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>Subject: Re: Configuring Compaq Wireless Optical Wheel Mouse |>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "FreeBSD Questions" |> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> |>Mess

Re: dhclient and host resolution

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Killermink ! wrote: > > #echo "nameserver 192.168.2.1" > /etc/resolv.conf > > (this is the correct IP for the Mac) > > then > > #ping www.google.com > > And it worked immediately! Thanks very much, I feel pretty stupid with such > an easy answer, but shouldn't this info be pr

speed issues

Hello list I have a freebsd 4.9 on my computer wich is conected to a 100Mbps network. When downloading or uploading files from this freebsd using ftp a have decent transfer rates (above 5 MB/s). But in this network we also use DC for file sharing. And using the DC protocol i only get rates below 1M

Re: Installation on RAID 0 and uninstallation of Boot Mgr

On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 03:48:44AM +0200, Henrik Zagerholm wrote: > Hi all! > Having problem with installing 5.2.1 on a computer with 2 SATA 80G disk > in RAID 0 (Striping) > There is a WinXP installed already which has 4 primary partitions of 5, > 10, 25 and 60G. > My BSD installation went like

Re: installed mysql/php/apache but there's no mysql.sock file

Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: Hi chip, Please wrap your characters at 80 columns of so for some of the people who use text based email. Thanks! Sorry about that. My email client is set to wrap lines at 72 chars. Read on.. mysql.sock is a UNIX socket, created by the mysql process itself.

Re: base system vs. isc-dhcp : dhclient conflicts?

On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 09:31:05AM +0900, Rob wrote: > I have isc-dhcp3 port installed on my 4.9-Stable PC. > I need that as I want to configure this machine as > both, a DHCP client and server. Making a machine use itself as a DHCP server is somewhat odd -- there will be a boot time problem wher

Re: dhclient and host resolution

Thats fantastic it works! I thought it would be something simple... I tried a $more /etc/resolv.conf But the file did not exist. So I su'ed and #echo "nameserver 192.168.2.1" > /etc/resolv.conf (this is the correct IP for the Mac) then #ping www.google.com And it worked immediately! Tha

Re: dhclient and host resolution

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Killermink ! wrote: > Hello, > > I have a Apple PowerBook running Panther and have set it to share my modem > internet connection over the Ethernet port. FreeBSD is connected to this > and should get all config via DHCP. When dhclient runs, it successfully > gets an IP Addre

mp3-player on C or C++

Hello All! Thanks Tim, but I wanted to ask: What mp3-library should I use for creating my mp3-player (on C or C++)? Where can I get more information or sources? Thanks ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-qu

Re: question about SAMBA shared directory and file permissions

i found out a very important thing. one is best off having the top directory owned by the group you want to have access. mine was owned by wheel. no problem for those of us in that particular group! Peter Risdon wrote: Peter Risdon wrote: There's a useful guide to configuring samba at: http

Re: bsdpan-DB_File - missing origin

"Lee Dilkie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>If you do >> >>perl -MCPAN -e shell >>install DB_File >> >>then you get that port. > > Okay, that is good to know. But I, personally, never did this so it > must have been done by one of the ports I have installed. I just > wonder which one, or r

Fw: Mozilla Crash While Attempting to Use eMail

Additional info: Just noticed a message after exiting X window: libgnomefvs-WARNING**: module '/usr/X11R6/lib/gnome-vfs-2.0./modules/libmapping.so' returned a NULL handle I remember upgrading gnome-vfs-2.0 earlier in the day via portupgrade. Bob > I had just finished working with fvwm2 to see

The FreeBSD Diary: 2004-03-28 - 2004-04-17

The FreeBSD Diary contains a large number of practical examples and how-to guides. This message is posted weekly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 arc

Mozilla Crash While Attempting to Use eMail

I had just finished working with fvwm2 to see what value it might have and exited it to check on my mail. I opened Mozilla 1.6 and then selected the Mail & Newsgroups menu selection. Within seconds Mozilla crashed. I tried this 6-7 times and it crashed each time. I run FreeBSD 4.9 p2 and just u