> That doesn't look like a problem with mplayer per se, rather with your
> GTK or XRANDR install.
I wonder if these two versions of gtk could represent a problem;
[root@3s1 ~]# cd /var/db/pkg
[root@3s1 /var/db/pkg]# ls -tld *gtk*
drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 512 Jul 12 17:40 gtk-2.22.1_1
drwxr-xr-
getting this error on compile of mplayer;
/usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to
`XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent'
/usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to `XRRGetOutputPrimary'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
gmake: *** [mplayer] Error 1
*** Error code 1
Stop
I am migrating to a new server location which right now
has no domain name, so the ip address is being used.
The ISP gives an address for the apache directory like so;
http://184.154.230.2/~smartst2/
A simple redirect works, such as this one which directs to another
site;
Options +FollowSymLinks
Lately I have a problem where the ppp connection goes down.
Watching the log I see the following;
Jul 12 09:54:58 3s1 ppp[30841]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected!
Jul 12 09:54:58 3s1 ppp[30841]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
Jul 12 09:54:58 3s1 ppp[30841]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial -> ca
> > It is machines that connect and receive via DHCP 192.168.1.2 and above that
> > can't connect to the internet though the server. I don't know a whole
> > lot about route - I have been attempting a variation of route commands
> > without success.
>
> You need to implement NAT on this box, sinc
I am having a problem getting users who get their dhcp from my
system to be able to connect to the internet. On one network interface
my server can connect to the internet no problem - that's device vr0.
On another, rl0 - I have a connection to the local network - no problem
connecting to local m
while attempting to build and install mplayer under FreeBSD Release 8.2 I get
the error;
/usr/local/bin/ld: warning: libm.so.4, needed by /usr/local/lib/libspeex.so,
may conflict with libm.so.5
/usr/local/lib/libgdk-x11-2.0.so: undefined reference to
`XRRGetScreenResourcesCurrent'
/usr/local/li
As it turns out - my usb adapter was defective. Once I used an
operational adapter all the devices appeared and the disk works like a
charm!
Thanks for your input.
On 6/18/2011 3:48 PM, Bernt Hansson wrote:
2011-06-18 20:53, David Banning skrev:
I am attempting to clone a drive by
I am attempting to clone a drive by connecting the prospective "copy"
drive via usb. I've just recently upgraded to FBSD 8.2
Here is what I get when I insert the drive;
Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun 0
Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0: < > Fixed Direct Acc
I am interested in copying hard drives and would like some feedback.
1. I would like a way to take peoples windows -or- unix systems and
store each on portable hard drive as a single file - so that in the
end I have a large, say 2TB drive with a number of peoples operating
system backed up - that
I have installed wavemaker but while attempting to run wavemaker it is
asking for libjli.so
It appears that library may be installed from the port java - I'm wondering
if this bsd native port can be used or if I must install a Linux version
of java.
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I have an old FreeBSD 4.9 installation that I cannot upgrade.
I wanted to install something from the ports, but I am getting
this error on almost every port;
# make
===> Vulnerability check disabled, database not found
===> License check disabled, port has not defined LICENSE
===> Extracting f
the previous direct X-Win32 ssh connection soon. I'll
look at the -R option that you mentioned which I was not aware of.
On 8/7/2010 8:27 PM, Steven Susbauer wrote:
On 08/07/10 16:23, David Banning wrote:
I presently am using Putty and X-Win32 and I am connecting to a remote
ma
I presently am using Putty and X-Win32 and I am connecting to a remote
machine successfully.
I now need to connect using SSH over the internet -through- one machine,
but have my SSH with a second machine on the same site - something like
so;
ssh-site1 --(internet)---> site2-(also 192.168.1.1)-->
You don't need ports for thatJust use fetch(1) and grab an ISO of
a DVD (or even a CD) from somewhere. Eg, a debian DVD image or freebsd
image or whatever. A lot of ISPs boost the first x MB of a transfer to
give the illusion that you can download faster when doing speed tests
(since speed t
I wonder if there is something in the ports that tests my DSL speed.
I am guessing that if I installed firefox3 and then installed flash
or Java then I could go to speedtest.net, but I wonder if there is
a simpler solution.
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I have several users who are requesting new mail user accounts and
changes to email accounts all the time. I wonder if there is a package
that allows a given virtual domain owner to change their email accounts -
add, delete and change passwords etc - I am presently using sendmail.
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You shoudn't see it with native ktrace.
Seems that you rewrote your linux(?) ldconfig database. It's not so hard
to restore. Remove /compat/linux/etc/ld.so.cache and rebuild it by
"sudo /compat/linux/sbin/ldconfig -r /compat/linux".
That worked. Thanks Boris.
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Tim Judd wrote:
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:18 AM, David Banning
<mailto:david%2bdated%2b1239553110.eb1...@skytracker.ca>> wrote:
I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8;
/compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF fi
Boris Samorodov wrote:
On Tue, 7 Apr 2009 12:18:30 -0400 David Banning wrote:
I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8;
/compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid
I get the impression maybe
I get this error when I attempt to run acroread8;
/compat/linux/bin/sh: error while loading shared libraries:
/usr/local/lib/libc.so.6: ELF file OS ABI invalid
I get the impression maybe acroread is attempting run a linux binary
using a freebsd library - but I am not sure if this is so, or how t
Thank Roger - I am not sure what the difference is between those two.
You solutions worked. Thanks -
David Banning skrev:
I am attempting to route local and external traffic to a second machine
on port 85 to apache.
The redirection works for external traffic coming in but I cannot seem
to
I am attempting to route local and external traffic to a second machine
on port 85 to apache.
The redirection works for external traffic coming in but I cannot seem
to redirect local traffic to the secondary machine.
Here are my ipnat rules;
rdr fxp0 0/0 port 85 -> 192.168.1.10 port 85
rdr tun0
that worked fine. Thanks.
Just a very quick thought (the first that pops into my mind): you could
see which are the western characters that appear in the names, and then
use sed to substitute all non-matching characters with nothing,
something like:
for i in *.jpg; do b="`echo $i | sed 's/[^CHA
I have hundreds of jpg images where each image is named P123.jpg
where the are chinese characters. I can't open the file - it
has to be renamed before I can open it. Evening if I could open it
I don't want the Chinese part as the name.
Each file starts with 3 or four western characters an
As it turns out - following a new installation, named.conf is
in /var/named/etc/namedb with a symlink from /etc/namedb.
To keep all my original DNS records and settings
I had restored a backup to /etc/namedb which destroyed the
symlink - as a result when I altered /etc/namedb/named.conf
named did
I have had my dns server working fine in the past but now it seems
to be down and I can't locate the reason.
Here are some details;
# dig @127.0.0.1 mylocaldomain.com
works, but
# dig @ns1.3s1.com mylocaldomain.com
does not.
I have all IP addresses listed in named.conf;
listen-on
Don't you have control over this web form??? That's the place
you should filter your input... The sooner you do the filtering
the better.
Anyway, you could also use an intermediate variable that replaces
all newlines with spaces.
# a="This
> is
> the
> input
> from the
> web server"
# b=`echo
Nikos Vassiliadis wrote:
David Banning wrote:
Here is the php line that gives the error;
cat start_text | sed "s/--maintext--/$test/" > endtext
give error;
sed: 1: "s/--maintext--/ Comment ...": unescaped newline inside
substitute pattern
where $test contains custom
> Well, it might be because "test" is a command line function.
It actually doesn't matter whether I use the word "test" or any other word as a
variable
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Here is the php line that gives the error;
cat start_text | sed "s/--maintext--/$test/" > endtext
give error;
sed: 1: "s/--maintext--/ Comment ...": unescaped newline inside substitute
pattern
where $test contains customer input from a website form
There is something about the content of the
> A first one is simple but it may not give any guarantee that
> the situation will not appear in the future: install those
> ports by hand.
>
> I'll advice the second one. Write down all linux applications you use
> (i.e. print/acroread8, net/skype, etc.) -- not infrastructure linux
> ports (they
Boris Samorodov wrote:
On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:37:07 -0400 David Banning wrote:
Michael Powell wrote:
David Banning wrote:
I have installed acroread8 with no errors, however on
execution I get the following error;
/usr/local/Adobe/Reader8/ENU/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux
Michael Powell wrote:
David Banning wrote:
I have installed acroread8 with no errors, however on
execution I get the following error;
/usr/local/Adobe/Reader8/ENU/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread:
error while loading shared libraries: libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open
shared
I have installed acroread8 with no errors, however on
execution I get the following error;
/usr/local/Adobe/Reader8/ENU/Adobe/Reader8/Reader/intellinux/bin/acroread:
error while loading shared libraries: libgobject-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared
object file: No such file or directory
the file is
After some upgrades, all mail arriving via sendmail-provmail is
empty - when I actually deinstall spamassassin - the mail starts
arriving again.
I haven't seen posts on this topic - I wonder if anyone has a guess as to
where to look for answers on this.
I am guessing if there is some way of logg
I am running into a problem with the space character in filenames.
For instance, If I want to run the script;
for x in `ls`
do
echo $x
done
then filenames that have a space in them ie: "john smith.jpg"
are processed by my script as two names, "john" and "smith.jpg".
What is the best way to dea
I am using cvsup for backup, so I control both the client and the server.
Works fine everytime stand-alone, but when I execute via crontab it
appears to stall - then restart. Eventually there is so many copies of
cvsup running at the same time it starts to bog down the client.
I noticed in the m
> For backing up purposes, I use a number of tools.
Thanks Frank for your input. I have chosen for now use Chuck's suggestion,
that being cvsup. The only thing I would like to do is omit certain files
that I don't want backed up - large unimportant files - some cache and
log files. I'll look at yo
I wonder if anyone can recommend a good backup utility for FreeBSD.
If it's in the ports, great. I would like to just specify which
directories I would like to backup, how often and have it tar or zip
the files into a directory - if it has off-site ftp, fine, but I can
do that part myself via cro
I am using dovecot email on my server - Users can connect via IMAP or POP3.
I have a user who is using pop3 but not removing the email from the
server - so the email stays on the server, -and- it is collecting on their
computer - as the emails build up, will there be a problem with this?
For IMA
As it turns out, my windows box was already mounted. Since my windows
firewall was turned on - df was hanging probably because it was trying
to read info on the windows drive mounted, but couldn't. Disabling the
win firewall fixed the problem - now I have to open up a port in that
firewall before r
I first noticed that I was not able to access a windows box mounted using
mount_smbfs. While checking the drive status with the 'df' command I noticed
that the command just hangs.
I could probably resolve this by simply rebooting, but I don't like to
use that solution if I don't have to. Any ideas
Thanks Wojciech, for your thoughts.
make sure you don't get a timeout because of high load or simply - the
server you ping doesn't respond.
Check that -
it's not line problem but modem hardware problem or their routing
problem.
But isn't the sync going down a sign of a bad line connection?
T
I run a small FreeBSD server with a standard DSL line. I have it ping
the ISP every five seconds, and when it doesn't ping it logs the
results.
I notice very inconsistent results. Sometimes it's up for a week
without a single drop, while other times it's up for 30 seconds,
down for a minute, up fo
> running the java filemanager - same goes for attempting to run
> mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program
> out there that will allow me to simply login and edit my files in
> plain text - (not a gui html editor) ?
>
>I use putty to ssh to remote servers and
> > mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program
> > out there that will allow me to simply login and edit my files in
> > plain text - (not a gui html editor) ?
> >
>
> ...You can't just SSH into your box and use vim?
Let's say I'm in a library in some remote town. The only SSH I know
Often I have to maintain my fbsd box from outside locations. I have
tried using webmin but sometimes outside computers stop me from
running the java filemanager - same goes for attempting to run
mindterm-ssh. Is there some plain text editor program
out there that will allow me to simply login and e
It appears the problem was not Linux but X. I simply ran portupgrade
on -all- my installed ports and as it turns out once the font ports
were reinstalled all worked fine.
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All of a sudden I have both linux-realplayer -and- acroread7 die.
realplayer ends with a "Segmentation fault: 11 (core dumped)" and
acroread just dies without a message.
I have done redone my ports using portsnap, and used portupgrade
to reinstall both programs. I have also reinstalled linux_b
I have been using realplayer for years and it has worked fine. All of a
sudden I get a Segmentation fault: 11 error and core dump. I
did a portupgrade on both realplayer and linux_base with no
improvement. Presently using 6.2-RELEASE FreeBSD.
I wondered about even just a simple test to see if li
I am looking towards setting up something which will let me know what part
of the world a specific ip address is from.
Anyone know an easy process for this?
Even if the database or text file was available somewhere I could probably
adapt a search script.
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> You should let apsfilter SETUP program to add the entry in printcap (you
> wrote that you added it yourself). It should be marked with something
> like:
>
> # APS1_BEGIN:printer1
> # - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
> # - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABE
I am setting up a new installation of apsfilter to a network printer.
There a re the install options I have set during apsfilter setup.
(D) Available Device Drivers in your gs binary
(R) Read Ghostscript driver documentation(devices.txt)
(1) Printer Dr
> Hrm, when you print out your environment variables, what
> is MAIL or mail ? Do either of those variables exist, and if so
> what are they set to? And if set, does a file exist at that
> location?
I don't know how to print out environment variables, but
echo $MAIL
and
echo $mail
both
On Thu, Aug 02, 2007 at 11:05:47AM +1000, Terry Sposato wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> It is most likely coming to your mailbox setup. You can create an alias for
> it to be delivered appropriately to your maildir.
Do what configuration file is that? The only files I use are ~/.muttrc
and ~/.mailcap
I keep getting the "you have mail" reminder. I am using Maildir
and I have no new mail. I also have looked in /var/mail and
nothing is new. Wondering what is being checked and where it
is set.
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I have recently converted from mysql 4.1 to 5.0 and some of my
tables are not recogized. Using the mysql_upgrade utility is
not effective as -it- does not recognize certain tables.
On closer examination I see that the tables that are -not- recognize
have the following extensions;
-rw-rw 1
I installed mysql 5.1 on a new system and I want to run a 4.1 database. I
notice that
not all tables work. Is there a conversion to take the database from 4.1 to 5.1?
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After a successful running installation, all of a sudden I have
a problem where apache2 will not start. The error;
Syntax error on line 274 of /usr/local/etc/apache2/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /usr/local/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so into server:
/usr/local/libexec/apache2/libphp5.so: Undefined symbol
I presently access FBSD via an xterm window from within Windows using
X-Win32. I would like to be able to run a window manager or file manager,
but this exits with an error because there is no mouse attached to the
FBSD box.
Here is the thing - I -can- run xv (a FBSD image viewer from the ports)
I deleted my maillog files and for some reason sendmail will not
log again. I have tried "touch maillog" to start a new file name
and i have tried all different permissions on the the empty maillog
file. In each case I have restarted sendmail.
Any idea what I need to get logging happening again?
> available. At least some of your utilities in /usr/bin are statically
> linked.
>
> In 5.5 the statically linked utilities are in /stand, while dynamically
> linked versions of the same are in their normal places.
OK.
> -r-xr-xr-x 30 root wheel 2046148 Nov 4 2004 /stand/gzip
>
> I would e
> Try the same operation on a known working system, take that output
> file and do a diff with that and the corrupt one after a 'strings', so
> 'strings new.gz > new-text', 'strings corrupt.gz > corrupt-text',
> 'diff new-text corrupt-text'. I'm just interested in how it's being
> corrupted and ma
> What version of gzip are you using? From www.gzip.org:
>
> gzip 1.2.4 may crash when an input file name is too long (over
> 1020 characters).
not in my case.
> The buffer overflow may be exploited if gzip is
> run by a server such as an ftp server. Some ftp servers allow
> compression and dec
> > . /usr/local/etc/rc.subr
> >
> > there must be a variable or setting for this that went missing for me.
> > Could someone be kind enough to direct me here?
>
> There shouldn't be a file /usr/local/etc/rc.subr. Did you by any chance move
> /etc/rc.subr to /usr/local/etc/?
>
Maybe we are on
All of a sudden I notice that whenever I install a package from the
ports, the startup file in /usr/local/etc/rc.d requires that I
put /usr/local in - for instance, the most recent install of
clamav I had to change
. /etc/rc.subr
to
. /usr/local/etc/rc.subr
there must be a variable or setting
> >
> > gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
> > tar: Child returned status 1
> > tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors
> > root#
>
> Unless you can demonstrate some other systematic effect (e.g. always
> truncated at the same size), it looks like you have some other kind
I have replace my memory. It didn't make any difference.
root# gunzip *ian_mail*
gunzip: 3s1.com-ian_mail-full-20070503-0105AM.1.tgz:
invalid compressed data--format violated
root#
and another way;
root# tar tzf *ian_mail*
lists most files in the tgz, then terminates with;
...
tar: Skipping
> Can't it be that zip just don't have enough space for temporary storage?
Hi Igor. Thanks for the input. While gzipping and gunziping I
watched those directories and they don't change. The new file
is being created in the target directory - when it completes
it deletes the old file in the same di
> I haven't been paying 100% attention. Just how does it fail? What do you
> mean by "corrupt"?
>
> Does the process run to completion?
All programs zip with no errors. On reading;
root# bzip2 -t zippedfile.bz2
bzip2: 3s1.com-smartstage_ftp-full-20070502-0125AM.1b.tar.bz2:
data integrity (CRC)
> > originally my problem was with a dedicated ide (on ide cable in machine)
> > secondary mounted drive - 300G
> >
> > I tried it in /usr with same results.
>
> The disk type isn't really what I asked about. Is your /usr file system
> mounted from UFS (I haven't kept all the messages of the thr
> A lot of the features related to file sizes and other attributes
> of the files stored on a disk depend highly on the type of file
> system used on the disk.
>
> What file system does the destination directory live in?
originally my problem was with a dedicated ide (on ide cable in machine)
sec
> Maybe you have defective RAM in the upper memory area.
> Try running MEMtest86 to see you have some bad memory.
You may have something here. I don't have a floppy on this machine,
and I can't shut down my server to test the memory but I may shut
it down long enough to swap the memory chips so I
On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 11:53:55PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 11:22:28PM -0400, David Banning wrote:
> > Another piece of info - I just complied rzip and it seems I
> > have the same problem there! There must be something in common,
> > that the
Another piece of info - I just complied rzip and it seems I
have the same problem there! There must be something in common,
that these programs are using...
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> >Maybe a file or library that all zip programs depend on that is
> >corrupt?
>
> Your system is not too old, there were plenty of big files around when
> 4.11 was released. Sometimes we had to refill the oil lamps before gzip
> completed, but we made do.
You are right about the age of the sys
I am attempting to zip large files that are 2GB - 3GB.
uname -a;
FreeBSD 3s1.com 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #7
I have tried gzip, bzip2 from the ports and rzip.
All give no errors on zipping, but will not unzip, siting
CRC errors.
Is there a maximum file size for zipping? Is my system too
> You might take a close look at whatever you're putting into your etc/
> procmailrc file.
>
> I've got plenty of rules in my global etc/procmailrc and the
> ~/.procmailrc files are processed as well.
Thanks for that Dan.
After having done some more reading, it seems private procmailrc
files
> It seems that anything that is not processed by the global procmailrc
> file is processed by the local .procmailrc file. What I would like to
> do is flag a few users only and send them to the their users .procmailrc
> file. Kind of the reverse of the normal.
>
> If I had to improvise;
>
> :0
On Fri, Apr 20, 2007 at 11:41:04AM -0400, David Banning wrote:
> It seems that putting anything in my /usr/local/etc/procmailrc file
> causes procmail to ignore ~/.procmailrc files.
>
> Is there a way to get procmail to look at ~/.procmailrc after it
> reads /usr/local/etc/procmai
It seems that putting anything in my /usr/local/etc/procmailrc file
causes procmail to ignore ~/.procmailrc files.
Is there a way to get procmail to look at ~/.procmailrc after it
reads /usr/local/etc/procmailrc ?
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> >For mail-only users with-out a shell, what is the best way to direct
> >mail to them in Maildir format within ~/Maildir - maybe directly from
> >.forward?
> >
> >
> Not an expert but I am just starting to think about moving from mbox to
> mdir on my home server, so Id be interested in how you
I am using dovecot imap and I am having a problem directing mail to
go to users in Maildir format when they do not have a login shell.
It seems that the .procmailrc file is ignored and the mail is put
in mbox format into /var/mail
For mail-only users with-out a shell, what is the best way to di
> >I don't want to use a server. So the router would have to do NAT.
> >Is it possible that way for the outside world to address the
> >printer directly since it has a network address, and not a
> >www IP?
>
> You can probably setup the router to forward the ports used by that
> printer. The por
> Well, if your printer has its own Ethernet card and an IP address
> you can just set things up to go directly to it with no server.
>
> Or, what is that router? If it is something like a FreeBSD box or
> other more full service system, it can probably handle the task of
> serving the printer a
I have a someone who wants to have a remote printer without using a
server at the printing location. Is it possible to do;
DSL Line->Modem -> router -> printer
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laptop laptop
I am getting error on some of my mail processing because there
is no Return-Path line in received emails. I see that the line
H?P?Return-Path: <$g> -does- exist in my sendmail.cf.
Since sendmail is recieving email from the outside world
before delivering it to procmail it should be possible to
ge
> Connect the DSL modem to a switch or hub, and connect several
> machines to that, each configured statically to use the /29 subnet
> which your ISP is making available to you.
>
> This is assuming your DSL modem deals with any PPPoE/PPPoA login
> stuff itself...if not, you might have to ge
I just spoke with my DSL supplier and they said that they could give
me 5 IP addresses with a DSL line.
I am used to only one IP address per phone line - how are the other
IP addresses from the same DSL line utlilized and routed to different
servers?
> P.S. Just tried creating a subfolder with Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1807
> and Apple Mail Version 2.1 (752/752.2) and the previously mentioned
> IMAPs server, and it still works for both of them, so its not just in
> Thunderbird that it works.
OK - I have it working - it seems the problem was s
> You must have been doing something wrong. I have Dovecot in multiple
> places and never had any trouble creating folders/subfolders.
>
> I use Maildir format for my mail store, for multiple reasons that you
> can research via Google if you're curious. Perhaps the Maildir support
> is better th
I have been using imap-uw for some time but now I would like to
have an imap server that can have subfolders. Out with imap-uw..
I tried dovecot but I was unable to get it to create subfolders,
although it seems some say you can, may people are having problems
doing so, and I didn't like the fact
> > I have installed denyhosts from the ports to stop ssh attacks, but
> > I have discovered a vulnerability, that is new to me. Denyhosts
> > does not seem to notice FTP login attempts, so the cracker can
> > attempt to login via FTP, 1000's of times until he finds a
> > login/password combination
> >I have discovered a vulnerability, that is new to me. Denyhosts
> >does not seem to notice FTP login attempts, so the cracker can
> >attempt to login via FTP, 1000's of times until he finds a
> >login/password combination.
> >
>
> Pardon the stupid question, but I'm assuming it's necessary that
I have installed denyhosts from the ports to stop ssh attacks, but
I have discovered a vulnerability, that is new to me. Denyhosts
does not seem to notice FTP login attempts, so the cracker can
attempt to login via FTP, 1000's of times until he finds a
login/password combination.
Once he has a
My problem is not with receiving but seems to be only with sending
to certain locations.
I started by getting this error on startup.
STARTTLS: ServerCertFile missing
Jan 18 13:52:53 3s1 sm-mta[30650]: started as: /usr/sbin/sendmail -L sm-mta -bd
-q30m
I learned that someone's mail was not getti
> That would seem to suggest that the spam is being sent using an authorized
> account, however, is it possible that a host inside your network is
> sending the spam?
Thanks for that test Paul. I do believe that it could have been a virus
infected windows box. I am not convinced now. I -do- know
I am still pouring over logs to check how my server has been spamming.
I am wondering about the possibility of someone using a working login and
password
to send spam through my server. So here is my question;
I look at my maillog and see the following spam;
maillog.0:Jan 11 02:14:17 3s1 sm-mt
I think I located the problem. I discovered through one of the blacklist
hosters when exactly they received the spam and that helped me track
it to a virus infected windows box.
>
> Using nmap / tcpdump / snort to find rogue SMTP hosts is the next step I
> would pursue. Remember though, your host
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