Return-Path missing via sendmail

2007-03-24 Thread David Banning
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

remote printing question

2007-04-04 Thread David Banning
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 | - | | laptop laptop

Re: remote printing question

2007-04-04 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: remote printing question

2007-04-04 Thread David Banning
> >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

Spamcop listed - need help to diagnose why

2006-01-06 Thread David Banning
My server just was listed with Spamcop. Before I exercise my -one time- option to de-list it I need to verify that indeed my server is not sending spam. I have 3 win boxes routing through my FreeBSD box. Also there are a few windows computers in the outside world that send mail through my server

Re: Spamcop listed - need help to diagnose why

2006-01-09 Thread David Banning
Thanks for the response, Robert. I know tmda and such services anger some people. I also find other people who ask me how they can get such a service, only because spam is so difficult to block. I guess it depends on how important email is to you. I would never ask a question on this board and ex

Your gs version doesn't have driver "hpdj"

2006-01-24 Thread David Banning
I recently upgrade apsfilter and all support packages. On install, while attempting to configure for an older HP deskjet printer I get the apsfilter configuration error; Your gs version doesn't have driver "hpdj" While installing ghostscript-gnu, I noticed that -all- print drivers are selected f

spamassassin problem and question

2006-01-26 Thread David Banning
While spamassassin is executing I am getting this error; Can't locate Razor2/Client/Agent.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 ../lib /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.7/BSDPAN /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/mach /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/local/lib/perl5/

Re: spamassassin problem and question

2006-01-28 Thread David Banning
> Having said that, I don't think that's what you want to do. It sounds like > you > upgraded Spamassassin without upgrading Razor2. I don't think Razor2 gets > upgraded automatically when you upgrade Spamassassin because it's optional. I > would try upgrading the Razor2 port to the latest vers

formatting text from within vi

2006-02-11 Thread David Banning
I am familiar with the !}fmt used in vi to reformat a paragraph, but I wondered how, or if it is possible to do more complex formatting. I am thinking specifically of numbering, or creating points. I am familiar with the .AL .LI point 1 .LI point 2 .LE that can be run with "nroff -mm", but I n

sendmail with dovecot with nologin account

2007-04-17 Thread David Banning
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

Re: sendmail with dovecot with nologin account

2007-04-17 Thread David Banning
> >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

procmailrc question

2007-04-20 Thread David Banning
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 ? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org maili

Re: procmailrc question

2007-04-20 Thread David Banning
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

Re: procmailrc question - solution?

2007-04-20 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: procmailrc question

2007-04-20 Thread David Banning
> 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

can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-01 Thread David Banning
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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-01 Thread David Banning
> >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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-01 Thread David Banning
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... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-01 Thread David Banning
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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-02 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-02 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-02 Thread David Banning
> > 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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-02 Thread David Banning
> 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)

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-02 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-02 Thread David Banning
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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-03 Thread David Banning
> > > > 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

missing /usr/local in startup.sh files

2007-05-04 Thread David Banning
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

Re: missing /usr/local in startup.sh files

2007-05-04 Thread David Banning
> > . /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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-04 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-04 Thread David Banning
> 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

Re: can't zip large files 2gb >

2007-05-04 Thread David Banning
> 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

after deleting maillog, sendmail won't log

2007-05-05 Thread David Banning
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?

using mouse via xterm window

2007-06-20 Thread David Banning
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)

web interface for sendmail admin

2006-04-25 Thread David Banning
Wondering if anyone knows of a web-based administration that works with sendmail administration - adding and deleting accounts. I have clients that are always calling and having me add and delete accounts - I was toying with the idea of them do it for themselves. _

"libm.so.4" not found

2006-05-16 Thread David Banning
I have been using portupgrade to update some of my packages. Now I have this error; /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1: Shared object "libm.so.4" not found when attempting to run webalizer and I also get it while attempting to to upgrade parts of the XFree86 system, specifically XFree86-4-clients Lookin

ELF interpreter /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 not found

2006-05-18 Thread David Banning
I am getting this error when attempting to start jboss4. Google doesn't seem to bring up anything on this. My system is 4.11-STABLE. I noticed that ld-elf.so.1 -does- exist in /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 so one thought I had was just symlinking to it. Any direction would be helpful. __

Re: ELF interpreter /libexec/ld-elf.so.1 not found

2006-05-18 Thread David Banning
On Thu, May 18, 2006 at 04:02:45PM -0400, David Banning wrote: > I am getting this error when attempting to start jboss4. > > Google doesn't seem to bring up anything on this. My system is > 4.11-STABLE. I noticed that ld-elf.so.1 -does- exist in > /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1

running jboss4 on FreeBSD 4.11

2006-05-18 Thread David Banning
I have installed jboss4 from the ports and attempted to run jboss4. The only message I get follows. I notice very few posts on FreeBSD about jboss4. Any pointers would be helpful. Unexpected Signal : 11 occurred at PC=0x2A96A42E Function=org.jboss.mx.loading.ClassLoaderUtils.addPackage(Ljava/lang

Re: running jboss4 on FreeBSD 4.11

2006-05-18 Thread David Banning
> What version of java are you using? The output of "java -version" > would be helpful. Please note that if you're using anything other > that the native FreeBSD java, you will not be able to get very far. root# java -version java version "1.3.1-p8" Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition

Re: running jboss4 on FreeBSD 4.11

2006-05-18 Thread David Banning
> root# java -version > java version "1.3.1-p8" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build > 1.3.1-p8-david-030915-12:12) > Classic VM (build 1.3.1-p8-david-030915-12:12, green threads, nojit) > root# I just noticed while doing a "make clean" in the jboss4 port the following; ===

imap "DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE" question

2006-10-15 Thread David Banning
I am using imap-uw and so I am familiar with the "DON'T DELETE THIS MESSAGE" email which stays on the server. In my case, I read my mail -on- the server so I see this email all the time. Since I use imap as well, deleting it only causes it to come back, I observe. I find this annoying, so my qu

dvips conflict with teTeX

2006-10-15 Thread David Banning
I have read a recent thread about the conflict between dvips and teTeX. I get the error; dvips-5.76 conflicts with installed package(s): teTeX-base-3.0_10 teTeX-texmf-3.0_5 I need both packages. I have recently upgrade teTeX and noticed that dvips was not working. Is there another

how to know what DNS server is being used

2006-10-27 Thread David Banning
On my registrars site I have two DNS servers listing. How would I know that 1) both are working. 2) which one is being used. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, sen

compiling php5 with fastcgi

2006-11-04 Thread David Banning
I see that php5 compiles with fastcgi as the default. I am attempting to run lighttpd which gives the error; (mod_fastcgi.c.1048) the fastcgi-backend /usr/local/bin/php failed to start: (mod_fastcgi.c.1052) child exited with status 0 /usr/local/bin/php (mod_fastcgi.c.1055) if you try do run PHP

question on virtusertable - sendmail

2006-11-24 Thread David Banning
I have several times where I have no user setup in virtusertable but the mail is still delivered to the user. If I delete the user then the mail bounces - I want to keep the user and still have the mail bounce - how would I do that? ___ freebsd-questions@

Re: question on virtusertable - sendmail

2006-11-24 Thread David Banning
> @domain.com bounce > > You can define "bounce" in /etc/mail/aliases, or just leave it undefined > (since it will probably bounce anyway). I am looking at my /etc/mail/aliases how would I define bounce? I know I could simple send it to /dev/null, but I want it to bounce back to the

secondary ide drive setup

2006-11-27 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to setup a secondary ide drive. I have configured the entire 305MB drive for storage. I used /stand/sysinstall and -it- issued the command ; /bin/sh -c newfs -b 16384 -f 2048 /dev/ad2s1e which seems very disk intensive and is taking a long time. I am wondering if this is right. I

question on batch email sending

2006-11-30 Thread David Banning
I have a standard mailbox with around 40 messages. I want to be able to just send them all to someone, the same person, not as an attachment but as individual emails. I want to do something like; cat /var/mail/frank | someprogram [EMAIL PROTECTED] So that Frank can just get it into his regular in

setting serial speed higher than 9600

2006-12-05 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to set the serial speed higher than 9600 to use it for a printer. The stty command does not appear to work; root# stty -a -f /dev/cuaa0 speed 9600 baud; 0 rows; 0 columns; ... root# stty -f /dev/cuaa0 57600 root# stty -a -f /dev/cuaa0 speed 9600 baud; 0 rows; 0 columns; lflags:

extra printer card under fbsd 4.9 - how?

2006-12-05 Thread David Banning
I have been attempting to get a lava printer card to run under FreeBSD 4.9 I have the understanding that FreeBSD <4.9 and below only have recognition for isa printer cards and not pci. There -must- have been people out there using an extra printer on a 4.9 machine that has only pci slots. In my

NFS question - which is the server

2006-12-12 Thread David Banning
I have a FBSD box servering several users. We want to mount a stand-alone FBSD box to access the files on it. I am thinking NFS. When installing NFS, the stand-alone box would be the NFS server, correct? And multi-user box would be the NFS client? ___ fr

question on hosts.allow

2006-12-21 Thread David Banning
I have been running denyhosts to stop attacks on my ssh port. The attacks continue after protection is put in place. Here is what I have in the tail of my /etc/hosts.allow as per the installation instructions; - ... sshd : /etc/hosts.deniedssh : deny sshd : ALL : allow --

stopping my server from spamming

2007-01-06 Thread David Banning
I have been blacklisted for spamming and I am attempting to ascertain the source. I have a few networked windows boxes which route through a FBSD server. I also have around ten off-site users who sendmail via port 26 - using smtp password authentication. How do I determine which email going throu

stopping my server from spamming

2007-01-06 Thread David Banning
I have been blacklisted for spamming and I am attempting to ascertain the source. I have a few networked windows boxes which route through a FBSD server. I also have around ten off-site users who send mail via my port 26 - using smtp password authentication. How do I determine which email going t

Re: stopping my server from spamming

2007-01-08 Thread David Banning
This is more of a question geared towards your mail server application than FreeBSD. You should check your mail logs. If you want better advise, you may want to provide more information on what mail server are you running, and what did you do to prevent SMTP relay. I am using sendmail. It wil

Re: stopping my server from spamming

2007-01-08 Thread David Banning
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

question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread David Banning
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

Re: question on smtp AUTH

2007-01-13 Thread David Banning
> 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

running lighttpd with FastCGI

2005-08-02 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to run lighttpd with FastCGI. I understand I must first get FastCGI support into php4. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have tried all types of switches while compiling php4. I have been looking for any switches I can set by scanning through the Makefile of php4 in the

Re: running lighttpd with FastCGI

2005-08-03 Thread David Banning
> PHP has a meta-port for cgi: www/php4-cgi. Use that to start. There are a > few options you have to define, in the Makefile of lang/php4, you will find: Yes, I just found that reference on the lighttpd website. I actually did try it, but ran into access problems. I -did- achieve success by compi

question on hosting and memory

2005-08-03 Thread David Banning
I am running apache 1.3 with php and I find when that for each person who visits the site, an additional 29 meg is consumed of my measly 512M. Searching around, it seems like this is relatively normal. So here is my question. How do big-time servers handle these type of memory requirements? Pres

question about compile options

2005-08-09 Thread David Banning
I am wondering how to know what compile options are available for a given ports package. For instance I want to compile /usr/ports/www/php4-cgi with support for mysql and fastcgi, but looking in the port, all there exists is a Makefile containing little information. There are no subdirectories. Sub

attempting fastcgi with php

2005-08-11 Thread David Banning
I am interested in lowering my memory consumption while using php with apache. I am told by others and by the fastcgi website that fastcgi carries "a smaller memory footprint". I would like to use it to run my php scripts. I seem to have fastcgi installed and operational. At least I have run the

running more than one server with one IP address

2005-08-28 Thread David Banning
Is it possible to run more than one server(machine) with one IP address? I have so many different server-applications running on my machine I would like to divide them up. Maybe using one machine email only, or use one for certain websites, and another for other websites. This would also allow me

best way to copy from one fbsd box to another

2006-08-01 Thread David Banning
I am installing a new server and have to copy many files from old server to new. I have connected a windows box to each via samba, and am dragging from one to the other via the windows box. This might seem like a silly question, but what is the way to copy -directly- from one fbsd box to another?

problems with module under 6.1

2006-08-07 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to install the module svr4 under FreeBSD version 6.1 I initially tried to run my SVR4 binary by compiling svr4 right into the kernel. The kernel compiles, but the svr4 binary will not run. Attempting to run my svr4 binary gives the error; 1250 Abort trap: 6 I know my svr4 binar

question on SPF for spam control

2006-08-21 Thread David Banning
I have just been looking over the SPF Website to list my site as a non-spam site. My understanding is that increasingly mail servers will be listed as spam if they are -not- listed with some credible source. So I thought I would list my site with; http://www.openspf.org I have two questions. 1

php5 module is not created

2006-09-17 Thread David Banning
I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 to work with apache13? ___ freebsd-questions

Re: php5 module is not created

2006-09-17 Thread David Banning
On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:11:58PM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > Hello David, > > Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: > > > I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 > > port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to > > create

Re: php5 module is not created

2006-09-17 Thread David Banning
> > Sunday, September 17, 2006, 11:05:44 PM, you wrote: > > > > > I am attempting to install php with apache13. It seems that the mod_php5 > > > port does not exist in the ports. The main php5 port does not seem to > > > create the module. Without the php5 module, how does what get php5 > > > to

what is needed for realplayer

2007-11-24 Thread David Banning
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

Linux problem? - realplay and acroread die

2007-11-25 Thread David Banning
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

Re: Linux problem? - realplay and acroread die

2007-11-25 Thread David Banning
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/l

looking for online text editor

2007-12-04 Thread David Banning
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

Re: looking for online text editor

2007-12-04 Thread David Banning
> > 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

Re: looking for online text editor

2007-12-04 Thread David Banning
> 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

speed test in ports?

2010-01-11 Thread David Banning
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd

Re: speed test in ports?

2010-01-11 Thread David Banning
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

php5 won't compile

2007-07-21 Thread David Banning
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

updating mysql database

2007-07-27 Thread David Banning
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? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listin

problems with mysql database

2007-07-28 Thread David Banning
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

what triggers "you have mail"

2007-08-01 Thread David Banning
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. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.f

Re: what triggers "you have mail"

2007-08-02 Thread David Banning
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

Re: what triggers "you have mail" (OFFLIST)

2007-08-02 Thread David Banning
> 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

apsfilter setup problem

2007-08-05 Thread David Banning
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

Re: apsfilter setup problem

2007-08-06 Thread David Banning
> 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

ip address location database

2007-08-23 Thread David Banning
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. ___

space char shell script problem

2008-08-23 Thread David Banning
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

client control of sendmail

2009-07-08 Thread David Banning
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. _

question on DSL signal

2008-02-04 Thread David Banning
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

Re: question on DSL signal

2008-02-04 Thread David Banning
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

command df just hangs

2008-02-21 Thread David Banning
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

Re: command df just hangs - answered

2008-02-21 Thread David Banning
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

email pop3 question

2008-03-12 Thread David Banning
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

all mail arriving empty - spamassassin?

2009-02-09 Thread David Banning
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

acroread error with libgobject-2.0.so.0

2009-03-11 Thread David Banning
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

Re: acroread error with libgobject-2.0.so.0

2009-03-11 Thread David Banning
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

Re: acroread error with libgobject-2.0.so.0

2009-03-11 Thread David Banning
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

Re: acroread error with libgobject-2.0.so.0

2009-03-12 Thread David Banning
> 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

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