Re: FreeBSD version of Linux's passwd -l

2002-10-19 Thread Tom Carrick
That's from the lock(1) man page, not the pw(8) man page. the relevant section from the pw man page is as follows: USER LOCKING Pw supports a simple password locking mechanism for users; it works by prepending the string `*LOCKED*' to the beginning of the password field in master.passwd to

sendmail woe

2002-10-17 Thread Tom Carrick
I've been having this problem for some time, I thought the upgrade to 4.7 might fix it - it didn't. Neither did using a fresh config file from /usr/src/etc/sendmail. The problem is this: while SMTP works fine, and sendmail otherwise works for the receiving of mail, sendmail doesn't seem to send

Re: CVSUP update from 4.6 - 4.7

2002-10-16 Thread Tom Carrick
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:27, BigBrother wrote: I have freebsd 4.6 release and I am interesting to update it to 4.7 via CVSUP The box is located 3000 Kms away and I can only connect via ssh. a) How much space is required in order to make a buildworld (downloading CVSUP, compiling,

Re: CVSUP update from 4.6 - 4.7

2002-10-16 Thread Tom Carrick
Oops. Yes, you're right, I forgot. On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 09:58, Paulius Bulotas wrote: On 02 10 16, Tom Carrick wrote: The box is located 3000 Kms away and I can only connect via ssh. world, compile kernel, drop to single user, install world, install ;) don't drop to single user mode

Re: portupgrade problem

2002-10-08 Thread Tom Carrick
often get you back in business. -Adam (10.07.2002 @ 2115 PST): Tom Carrick said, in 2.0K: I was using portupgrade happily upgrading my ports, when it barfed in the middle of something. I don't remember exactly what, I think it could have been links or libslang. I don't remember

portupgrade problem

2002-10-07 Thread Tom Carrick
I was using portupgrade happily upgrading my ports, when it barfed in the middle of something. I don't remember exactly what, I think it could have been links or libslang. I don't remember the exact error, only that it had something to do with memory. So I assumed there just wasn't enough