RE: What ports need to be open on a firewall to allow cvsup?

Hi For a stateful firewall: check-state allow tcp from my-server to outside-mirror cvsup setup keep-state Non stateful firewall: allow tcp from any to any established allow tcp from my-server to outside-cvsmirrror cvsup setup The port number for cvsup according to /etc/services is 5999(tcp) Hop

RE: firewall

Yes, you can use just and normal file with the ipfw rules in it. E.g: /etc/myipfw.rules > a a a f a t a via lo0 a deny a f a t 127.0.0.1/8 a deny a f 127.0.0.1/8 t a > And in your /etc/rc.conf file you have: firewall_type="/etc/myipfw.rules" You can add and delete rules on th

RE: passwd

Here is a list of libraries and files accessed by passwd from ktrace: Exec: /sbin/passwd /bin/passwd /usr/sbin/passwd Libraries: /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 /usr/lib/libcrypt.so.2 /usr/lib/librpcsvc.so.2 /usr/lib/libutil.so.3 /usr/lib/libc.so.4 Files: /etc/malloc.conf /etc/spwd.db /etc/login.conf /

RE: Can you copy freebsd from one of my present machine and loaditto a new

You can use "dd" to make a copy of your disc to another disc (the easiest way is to slot the other disc into your current machine), then slot that disc back into your backup machine and bootup as always (given your backup server has more or less the same HW configuration, especially the type of NIC