sysctl deadmantimer

2005-07-26 Thread scuba
Hi all, In the BSD/OS there is a kernel countdown counter that can be used to reboot the machine in case of lock. It´s called deadmantimer. I used to put a cron entry to preset this counter every 3 min, so if it goes to zero the server is rebooted. In the past it save me

Re: DoS prevention .Sysctl parameters to prevent this?

2005-07-19 Thread Lowell Gilbert
vladone [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Recently i have in gateway freebsd that go down due to an DoS attack. I dont know exactly what is (i dont have experience), but is useful if someone, with more wiyh more experience, can give some parameters for sysctl to prevent Dos an flood problem

Re: DoS prevention .Sysctl parameters to prevent this?

2005-07-19 Thread Hornet
, can give some parameters for sysctl to prevent Dos an flood problem. Or perhaps with ipfw rules. Any help will be apreciated! The question is too general. Every resource that is consumed by incoming traffic is potentially subject to a denial-of-service attack. Furthermore, most

DoS prevention .Sysctl parameters to prevent this?

2005-07-18 Thread vladone
Recently i have in gateway freebsd that go down due to an DoS attack. I dont know exactly what is (i dont have experience), but is useful if someone, with more wiyh more experience, can give some parameters for sysctl to prevent Dos an flood problem. Or perhaps with ipfw rules. Any help

sysctl

2005-06-23 Thread Sadashiv Kulthe
Hello, Sorry! I say syslog is not there but it is there with problems !!! -bash-2.05b# /usr/sbin/syslogd syslogd: child pid 39793 exited with return code 1 My System do not have Sysctl .. how can I bring sysctl to my system. Sadashiv ___ freebsd

Re: sysctl

2005-06-23 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-06-23 20:45, Sadashiv Kulthe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, Sorry! I say syslog is not there but it is there with problems !!! -bash-2.05b# /usr/sbin/syslogd syslogd: child pid 39793 exited with return code 1 My System do not have Sysctl .. how can I bring sysctl to my system

RE: sysctl

2005-06-23 Thread fbsd_user
Please do your home work and read the man sysctl page before just posting messages. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sadashiv Kulthe Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:15 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sysctl Hello, Sorry! I

Re: sysctl

2005-06-23 Thread Tobias Fendin
fbsd_user wrote: Please do your home work and read the man sysctl page before just posting messages. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Sadashiv Kulthe Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 11:15 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: sysctl

about sysctl ip.portrange.x options?

2005-05-26 Thread perikillo
on my client connections, my firewalls are not running any servies only firewall+router, them after checking the sysctl options: test$ sysctl -a I see some options: net.inet.ip.portrange.lowfirst:1023 net.inet.ip.portrange.lowlast:600 net.inet.ip.portrange.first:1024 net.inet.ip.portrange.last:5000

Re: about sysctl ip.portrange.x options?

2005-05-26 Thread Bjoern Koenig
perikillo wrote: A) What is the meaning of fastforwarding, went is the best situation to use this option? B) Iam not running any services, them lowfirst and lowlast i think they never go in action, them i can live with there default values? C) Now the other values, wich values are the recomend

ath(4) sysctl tuneables

2005-04-08 Thread FreeBSD Daemon
dear list, I own a ath(4) card and would be interested in information about the the meaning of these ath sysctl tueables. Which can be changed? Which values can these changeable tuneables take? hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2 hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10 hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0 hw.ath.dwell: 200

ath(4) sysctl tuneables

2005-04-07 Thread FreeBSD Deamon
dear list, I own a ath(4) card and would be interested in information about the the meaning of these ath sysctl tueables. Which can be changed? Which values can these changeable tuneables take? hw.ath.hal.dma_brt: 2 hw.ath.hal.sw_brt: 10 hw.ath.hal.swba_backoff: 0 hw.ath.dwell: 200

sysctl / webalizer package installation

2005-04-05 Thread Sadashiv Kulthe
/ports/graphics/png and give command make it gives following error -bash-2.05b# pwd /usr/ports/graphics/png -bash-2.05b# make /usr/sbin/sysctl: not found /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk, line 1030: warning: /usr/sbin/sysctl -n kern.osreldate returned non-zero status I have virtual server from

dma/sysctl

2005-03-05 Thread Luciano Musacchio
sysctl?) Thanks ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: dma/sysctl

2005-03-05 Thread Subhro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Luciano Musacchio Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2005 3:05 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dma/sysctl Hi, I've a fbsd machine that hangs once in a while, I've this en /var/log

Re: dma/sysctl

2005-03-05 Thread Rob
the kernel to reboot on such cases? (via sysctl?) This is 5.3, right? I bet you would not have such problems with 4.X. My PC instantly crashed at boot with this same message. I solved it by adding following to /boot/loader.conf: hw.ata.ata_dma=0 This will force the harddisk to operate in slow PIO4

Re: dma/sysctl

2005-03-05 Thread Chris Warren
once in a while, I've this en /var/log/messages: ... Mar 5 14:44:58 chiba kernel: ad2: WARNING - WRITE_DMA UDMA ICRC error (retrying request) LBA=2949471 ... So, this means my hd is about to crash? How can I tell the kernel to reboot on such cases? (via sysctl?) This is 5.3, right

List of sysctl variables

2004-12-03 Thread Byte Byte
Hello, I searching for a list of sysctl variables.In handbook says that it's about 5000 of sysctl variables.I can find only 50 in the internet and handbook.Where i can find a full list of sysctl variables? Thanks. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Fwd: List of sysctl variables

2004-12-03 Thread Eric Kjeldergaard
I searching for a list of sysctl variables.In handbook says that it's about 5000 of sysctl variables.I can find only 50 in the internet and handbook.Where i can find a full list of sysctl variables? I don't know of a published magical list of all sysctl variables because they are dependent

Re: Fwd: List of sysctl variables

2004-12-03 Thread DanGer
Hi Eric, Friday, December 3, 2004, 8:55:38 PM, you thoughtfully wrote the following: I searching for a list of sysctl variables.In handbook says that it's about 5000 of sysctl variables.I can find only 50 in the internet and handbook.Where i can find a full list of sysctl variables? I

RE: List of sysctl variables

2004-12-03 Thread Subhro
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-freebsd- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Byte Byte Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 0:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: List of sysctl variables Hello, I searching for a list of sysctl variables.In handbook says that it's

Re: Fwd: List of sysctl variables

2004-12-03 Thread Eric Kjeldergaard
one could include -d option too, then you will get a short description what each sysctl mean... I didn't know about that option. Thanks! -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http

sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.ps_argsopen'

2004-11-17 Thread Zeroke
Dear users, I recently upgraded my FreeBSD 4.10 tot FreeBSD 5.3. But I have a problem with one sysctl, with other words, I can't find the 5.3 one for it. sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.ps_argsopen' Can someone help? Thanks and kind regards, Zeroke [EMAIL PROTECTED

error: sysctl: physmem: Cannot allocate memory

2004-11-12 Thread ann kok
Hi all I am running freebsd5.3 AMD and I got error message from startup when Iadd the snmp snmpd_enable=YES snmpd_flags=-as -p /var/run/snmpd.pid sysctl: physmem: Cannot allocate memory What is the problem? Thank you __ Do you Yahoo

Re: sysctl kern.securelevel=2

2004-10-12 Thread epilogue
On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 01:33:44 -0400 epilogue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:03:32 -0400 Chris Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Alll I was wondering what is the best kern.securelevel to run on a machine that provides general internet services, Web, FTP and Email.

sysctl kern.securelevel=2

2004-10-11 Thread Chris Collins
Hello Alll I was wondering what is the best kern.securelevel to run on a machine that provides general internet services, Web, FTP and Email. I don't want this so tight I cannot use the machine and I have also read in some post that having the secure level set to high can stop a fsck. I am

Re: sysctl kern.securelevel=2

2004-10-11 Thread epilogue
On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:03:32 -0400 Chris Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Alll I was wondering what is the best kern.securelevel to run on a machine that provides general internet services, Web, FTP and Email. I don't want this so tight I cannot use the machine and I have also read in

sysctl meanings.

2004-09-16 Thread Lewis Thompson
Hi, I wonder if there is a comprehensive list of what many of the sysctl values are, both in terms of what the node (by this I mean, say, hw.acpi.verbose) means, and what the values would mean/do? If this doesn't exist would it be worth creating a website with a list of all these? I've got

Re: sysctl meanings.

2004-09-16 Thread Chuck Swiger
Lewis Thompson wrote: I wonder if there is a comprehensive list of what many of the sysctl values are, both in terms of what the node (by this I mean, say, hw.acpi.verbose) means, and what the values would mean/do? 'sysctl -d -a hw' will give a one-line description for many of the sysctls

Re: sysctl meanings.

2004-09-16 Thread Danny Pansters
On Friday 17 September 2004 00:51, Lewis Thompson wrote: Hi, I wonder if there is a comprehensive list of what many of the sysctl values are, both in terms of what the node (by this I mean, say, hw.acpi.verbose) means, and what the values would mean/do? I don't think there is. At the very

IPFIREWALL_FORWARD sysctl variable

2004-07-09 Thread Steve Bertrand
Before I install a new kernel and have to reboot a machine, I thought I'd ask if there was a sysctl variable that can toggle the IPFIREWAL_FORWARD option. Tks. Steve ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd

Re: IPFIREWALL_FORWARD sysctl variable

2004-07-09 Thread Markie
- Original Message - From: Steve Bertrand [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 4:22 PM Subject: IPFIREWALL_FORWARD sysctl variable | Before I install a new kernel and have to reboot a machine, I thought I'd | ask if there was a sysctl variable that can

Re: IPFIREWALL_FORWARD sysctl variable

2004-07-09 Thread Steve Bertrand
| Before I install a new kernel and have to reboot a machine, I thought I'd | ask if there was a sysctl variable that can toggle the IPFIREWAL_FORWARD | option. | There's net.inet.ip.forwarding but i'm not sure if it's read only or even perhaps if it exists/works without

How do I calculate the size and utilization of my VM from sysctl?

2004-06-30 Thread Danny Howard
Phil Schulz wrote: Danny Howard wrote: What's the easiest command to read to get good information on memory usage? I played with /sbin/sysctl -n hw.physmem hw.usermem vm.kvm_size vm.kvm_free yesterday but I have the feeling that these are not the numbers I think they are, because they add up

documentation on sysctl vm.defer_swapspace_pageouts?

2004-05-29 Thread Geert Hendrickx
Hi, where can I find documentation on the vm.defer_swapspace_pageouts sysctl? LINT only mentions it, without explaining, man sysctl doesn't mention it at all, and even Google yields very few useful results... I was looking for a way to tune swap-usage a bit, I heard Linux has a swappiness

Re: documentation on sysctl vm.defer_swapspace_pageouts?

2004-05-29 Thread Bill Moran
Geert Hendrickx wrote: Hi, where can I find documentation on the vm.defer_swapspace_pageouts sysctl? LINT only mentions it, without explaining, man sysctl doesn't mention it at all, and even Google yields very few useful results... All I found in the source was this: Give preference to dirty

kern.shutdown_timeout sysctl

2004-02-23 Thread Dominic Bishop
I just tried setting the value of the kern.shutdown_timeout sysctl and it failed with: sysctl: unknown oid 'kern.shutdown_timeout' I am trying to increase the maximum time allowed for rc.shutdown to run for reasons explained in my previous post Help needed modifying shutdown scripts From

a sysctl machdep.tsc_freq problem

2004-02-21 Thread ouyang kai
hi, i found a strange case, i have tested the three machines(PIII 800 FreeBSD4.9-stable, P4-1.6G FreeBSD4.8-release, P4-2.0G FreeBSD5.2.1). I use sysctl -a | grep machdep.tsc.freq to get the CUP speed. But, I failed on the P4-1.6G machine. Nothing appears. Should I set some additional

Re: a sysctl machdep.tsc_freq problem

2004-02-21 Thread Uwe Doering
ouyang kai wrote: i found a strange case, i have tested the three machines(PIII 800 FreeBSD4.9-stable, P4-1.6G FreeBSD4.8-release, P4-2.0G FreeBSD5.2.1). I use sysctl -a | grep machdep.tsc.freq to get the CUP speed. But, I failed on the P4-1.6G machine. Nothing appears. Should I set some

Re: a sysctl machdep.tsc_freq problem

2004-02-21 Thread ouyang kai
Uwe wrote: Is the P4-1.6G machine a multi-processor system, that is, was the kernel compiled with the SMP option? If so, there is currently no TSC support on multi-processor systems, for technical reasons I understand. So in this case 'machdep.tsc.freq' is omitted from the kernel and

Re: a sysctl machdep.tsc_freq problem

2004-02-21 Thread Uwe Doering
ouyang kai wrote: Uwe wrote: Is the P4-1.6G machine a multi-processor system, that is, was the kernel compiled with the SMP option? If so, there is currently no TSC support on multi-processor systems, for technical reasons I understand. So in this case 'machdep.tsc.freq' is omitted from

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2004-01-26 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 09:53:29PM -0500, Jud wrote: On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:57:38 -0500, nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Basically, the machine is overheating (I believe) because the cpu's aren't cycling down. Previously I was able to cycle the processors down with the following sysctl

Re: FreeBSD IPFW/IPFILTER sysctl MIB's

2003-12-09 Thread Crist J. Clark
parts of ipfw(8) and ipf(8) are code inside of the kernel. The some of the behavior of ipfw(8) and ipf(8) themselves are controlled by sysctl(8) knobs, net.inet.ip.fw.enable net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass net.inet.ip.fw.debug net.inet.ip.fw.verbose ... net.inet.ipf.fr_flags

FreeBSD IPFW/IPFILTER sysctl MIB's

2003-12-07 Thread fbsd_user
rules [ie: keep state] on all allow rules. I am glad to meet you. All the things below which I cut out of your how-to are MIB's in sysctl, enabling them in the kernel source, or the setup rc.conf, or in sysctl really makes no difference. I have asked this question repeatedly over the months

Re: network security sysctl mib's

2003-12-03 Thread Melvyn Sopacua
On Tuesday 02 December 2003 18:29, fbsd_user wrote: Thank you for responding with pointers to where I can find some very limited documented info on the MIB's I asked about. You're welcome. The only conclusion one can draw from the test results is that IPFILTER gets access to the packets

Re: network security sysctl mib's

2003-12-02 Thread Rob
Using apropos sysctl we get a list of several manpages, including blackhole(4), sysctl(3), sysctl(8) and sysctl.conf(5). These refer to several other sources, including ip(4), tcp(4), udp(4) and rc.conf(5) - they also mention sys/sysctl.h, sys/socket.h, netinet/in.h, netinet/icmp_var.h

RE: network security sysctl mib's

2003-12-02 Thread fbsd_user
be enabled (=1) on all systems # man icmp(4) and inet(4) and man ip(4) do not contain info about these MIB. # man sysctl(3) does have info on ip.redirect net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect=1 net.inet.icmp.log_redirect=0 net.inet.ip.redirect=0 # Source routing is another way for an attacker to try

network security sysctl mib's

2003-12-01 Thread fbsd_user
The sysctl.conf file contains MIB's to change the default setting of internal options of the kernel at boot up time. I have found these MIB's when I display all the sysctl's. These deal with how packets entering the FBSD system are handled by default. There are no man info on any MIB's. I an

Re: network security sysctl mib's

2003-12-01 Thread Melvyn Sopacua
On Monday 01 December 2003 20:59, fbsd_user wrote: net.inet.icmp.drop_redirect=1 net.inet.icmp.log_redirect=0 icmp(4) net.inet.ip.redirect=0 net.inet.ip.sourceroute=0 net.inet.ip.accept_sourceroute=0 inet(4) net.inet.icmp.bmcastecho=0 icmp(4) net.inet.tcp.blackhole=2

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable--

2003-11-06 Thread Guy Van Sanden
- From: Paul Mather [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:45 AM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable-- On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 21:07:45 -0700 (MST), Technical Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: = Forgive me

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-06 Thread C. Ulrich
you have is defective by design because it overheats under normal use and I wouldn't complain. You can, of course, lobby the kernel maintainers to put those sysctl variables back into FreeBSD, but chances are they took them out for a good reason. I'm not trying to mindlessly defend FreeBSD, either

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-05 Thread nw1
Page updated-- http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing One (1) question is still outstanding ... Yes=I'm still researching this. - All incoming attachments get deleted. Have a nice day. -

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-04 Thread Jud
--sysctl variables notavailable-- On Mon, 3 Nov 2003 19:57:38 -0500, nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What version of FreeBSD are you using? Did you compile amp into the kernel? I think you're not understanding what I posted @ http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-04 Thread Technical Director
, Win2K is able to manage things so that the system does not become so hot that the shutdown kicks in. So, I'm wondering if there's some sysctl or other knob that can be set in FreeBSD that will ameliorate this problem. (I thought laptop/mobile CPUs generally were able to step down to lower

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-04 Thread nw1
Jud, Annotated below - Original Message - From: Jud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED]; peter lageotakes [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:06 AM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable-- On Mon, 3

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable--

2003-11-04 Thread nw1
Paul mather, Thanks for your response ... See comments below (annotated) - Original Message - From: Paul Mather [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:45 AM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable-- On Mon, 3 Nov

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable--

2003-11-04 Thread nw1
annotated below - Original Message - From: Technical Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Paul Mather [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable-- = I doubt hardware

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-04 Thread Jud
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:05:02 -0500, nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: [snip] I'm interested in those missing sysctl variables I posted @ http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing. Using a Third party application/script to fix something that was natively working

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-04 Thread nw1
Jud, (see below) - Original Message - From: Jud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: freebsd-questions [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 3:17 PM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable-- On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:05:02

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-04 Thread Jud
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:01:00 -0500, nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] Why mother board vendors release their products with such BIOS settings? What's the reason? nothing here Not sure if this is what you were asking, but the reason is explained in the quoted lines just below: Well, there

Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-03 Thread nw1
The problem can be viewed @: http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing Basically, the machine is overheating (I believe) because the cpu's aren't cycling down. Previously I was able to cycle the processors down with the following sysctl variables

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-03 Thread nw1
/installation/sysctl_variables_missing implies; this was a running system with no serious issues; meaning; the sysctl items I'm speaking of were in fact available and working. If i can figure out how to make these sysctl variables available, I can set them like they were before, hence my overheating

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-03 Thread C. Ulrich
with the following sysctl variables: machdep.apm_suspend_delay: machdep.apm_standby_delay: however, for some reason those variables currently, aren't any where to be found by the up_and_running system. Please use the hyperlink above for details. Thanks for reading. All feedback is welcome. Okay

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-03 Thread nw1
PROTECTED] To: nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:10 PM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable-- On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 17:38, nw1 wrote: The problem can be viewed @: http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables not available--

2003-11-03 Thread Jud
running. The entire document @ http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing implies; this was a running system with no serious issues; meaning; the sysctl items I'm speaking of were in fact available and working. If i can figure out how to make these sysctl variables available

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-03 Thread nw1
I'm interested in those missing sysctl variables I posted @ http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing. Using a Third party application/script to fix something that was natively working or under control, I don't think, is the way to go and causes another level of complexity

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-03 Thread nw1
. Details @ http://69.3.136.141/freebsd/installation/sysctl_variables_missing - Original Message - From: jon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nw1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:00 PM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable-- On Mon, 2003-11-03

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable--

2003-11-03 Thread Technical Director
:00 PM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variables notavailable-- On Mon, 2003-11-03 at 19:57, nw1 wrote: What version of FreeBSD are you using? Did you compile amp into the kernel? I think you're not understanding what I posted @ http://69.3.136.141

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable--

2003-11-03 Thread nw1
Annotated below. - Original Message - From: Technical Director [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 11:07 PM Subject: Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable-- Forgive me for saying: No need to ask for forgiveness. I'm

Re: Overheating attributed to Freebsd --sysctl variablesnotavailable--

2003-11-03 Thread Chris Pressey
; Where are those sysctl variables that i was previously able to set? They are no longer available You know, it's a good question - just for kicks, I tried this on my two FreeBSD machines: FreeBSD 4.9-RC #1: Wed Oct 15 08:12:11 PDT 2003: # apm apm: can't open /dev/apm: Device not configured

sysctl variables not showing. -- FreeBSD-4.8-P13

2003-11-02 Thread nw1
FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE-p13 The machine overheats. sysctl variables unable to be seen. Box-1 = NFS-server (the problem machine) Box-2 and above are NFS-clients The short version of the problem: After some overheating issues using: Two (2) AMD 1800+ MP processors In a Tyan Tiger MP (S-2460

buildingworld sysctl -w kern.securelevel=2 help??

2003-10-19 Thread Brent Bailey
After i started my make buildworld while it was building .. i noticed that the kernel sysctl was set to sysctl -w kern.securelevel=2 i tried set it back to 0 or -1 ..but it wouldnt let me. is it safe to reboot the system with the sysctl -w kern.securelevel variable set to -1 ..AFTER the OS has

sysctl variable descriptions

2003-09-02 Thread dave
Hello, Running 5.1-RELEASE, and was wondering is there a list of each sysctl variable with a coresponding description? I know about sysctl -a and i pipe that to a file, get something like 700 hits on it. Thanks. Dave. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED

Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?

2003-08-28 Thread Donald Burr
I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. Can anyone enlighten

Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?

2003-08-28 Thread Mike Hogsett
I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables in the kernel, preferably BEFORE the kernel finishes booting and runs init, etc. (or at the worst case, very shortly after init runs) I thought I remembered that there was a way to do this through the boot loader. Can anyone enlighten

Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?

2003-08-28 Thread Micheal Patterson
- Original Message - From: Donald Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Questions List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? I would like to be able to set certain sysctl variables

Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?

2003-08-28 Thread David Landgren
Micheal Patterson wrote: - Original Message - From: Donald Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Questions List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init? I would like to be able to set certain

Re: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE the kernel boots and runs init?

2003-08-28 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Thu, Aug 28, 2003 at 10:09:06AM +0200, David Landgren wrote: Micheal Patterson wrote: - Original Message - From: Donald Burr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: FreeBSD Questions List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: Setting sysctl variables BEFORE

A queston on default sysctl settings.

2003-08-08 Thread Chris
Hiya folks - Can someone tell me if there is a adverse effect in setting: net.inet.ip.rtexpire from 3600 to say 5 And the same with net.inet.ip.rtminexpire fro 10 to say 2 ? This would be on an ADSL wire. Thanks in advance. -- Best regards, Chris

Re: A queston on default sysctl settings.

2003-08-08 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Can someone tell me if there is a adverse effect in setting: net.inet.ip.rtexpire from 3600 to say 5 And the same with net.inet.ip.rtminexpire fro 10 to say 2 ? This would be on an ADSL wire. You don't want to drop it more than necessary, because

sysctl -a on FreeBSD 5.1 CURRENT == reboot

2003-07-04 Thread Axel S. Gruner
Hi. Yesterday, 03.07.03 i did a cvsup and make world on my machine to FreeBSD 5.1-CURRENT. The strange thing is, when i type sysctl -a now, the system will freeze. After a few second, it will automatically reboot. No logs for that. Is this a know problem? asg

Re: Sysctl uptime

2003-06-30 Thread Shantanu Mahajan
+-- Remington L. [freebsd] [30-06-03 21:17 -0700]: | Is there a sysctl string that can tell me my uptime? | | | | -- you can get the uptime. indirectly. sysctl kern.boottime Regards, Shantanu -- You can look through a file

Sysctl uptime

2003-06-29 Thread Remington L.
Is there a sysctl string that can tell me my uptime? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sysctl uptime

2003-06-29 Thread Joshua Oreman
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 09:17:54PM -0700 or thereabouts, Remington L. wrote: Is there a sysctl string that can tell me my uptime? No, but kern.boottime is the boot time of the kernel, so subtract that from `date +%s` and you have uptime in seconds. Note that sysctl's output for this field

wanted: suggested sysctl variables for heavily used high-capacity file-server

2002-11-21 Thread David Smithson
Hi. I'm seeking suggestions for sysctl variables to use on a highly-taxed mission-critical file-server. This computer exports two 630GB arrays via SAMBA over gigabit on 3ware escalades. Anyone have any tips? The reason I'm asking is because smbd has been dropping processes lately. I recently

Re: wanted: suggested sysctl variables for heavily used high-capacity file-server

2002-11-21 Thread david
[snip] 6 Nov 21 04:20:01 fnord /kernel: Limiting icmp unreach response from 208 to 200 packets per second This is because you have 'options ICMP_BANDLIM' in your kernel config. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: wanted: suggested sysctl variables for heavily used high-capacity file-server

2002-11-21 Thread david
net.inet.icmp.icmplim: 200 using sysctl. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message

Re: wanted: suggested sysctl variables for heavily used high-capacity file-server

2002-11-21 Thread David Smithson
Hi. 6 Nov 21 04:20:01 fnord /kernel: Limiting icmp unreach response from 208 to 200 packets per second This is because you have 'options ICMP_BANDLIM' in your kernel config. Further more you can increase this by setting net.inet.icmp.icmplim: 200 using sysctl. That's what I

Re: wanted: suggested sysctl variables for heavily used high-capacity file-server

2002-11-21 Thread Dan Nelson
In the last episode (Nov 21), David Smithson said: Hi. I'm seeking suggestions for sysctl variables to use on a highly-taxed mission-critical file-server. This computer exports two 630GB arrays via SAMBA over gigabit on 3ware escalades. Anyone have any tips? The reason I'm asking

variable accessible by sysctl

2002-10-06 Thread soheil hassas yeganeh
Hi list How can i write a variable that can be accessed by the sysctl command like the other kernel variable ( i want to have int and char * for ip layer files) thanx _ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail

Parsing route dump received by using sysctl

2002-10-04 Thread yatin chalke
Hi, I am currently trying to get a route dump in freebsd4.4 using sysctl with NET_RT_DUMP. I am running into problems while parsing the returned rt_msghdr structures. The sockaddr structures returned after the rt_msghdr are messed up and it is not giving correct gateway or netmask. For ex

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