Re: softupdates in latest build?

On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Brad Knowles wrote: [ -questions removed from CC list ] > And as any lawyer can tell you, this doesn't mean anything. The > sharks are slobbering all over themselves to nail Microsoft over the > recent problems with hotmail, and FreeBSD Inc. could very easily be > s

Re: softupdates in latest build?

> At 10:48 AM -0700 1999/9/6, Tom wrote: > > > Uhh... this isn't true at all. It is far from trivial to get root. > > Show me a rootkit that works on 3.2-stable. > > I don't need to. We're violating rule #1 of Cheswick & Bellovin > -- if you don't need something, don't run it. This f

Re: Caldera? (fwd)

This discussion broke out on another list. Did I miss any major points? As I recall, Chad R. Larson wrote: > As I recall, Hampton Childress wrote: >> On 06-Sep-99 Chad R. Larson wrote: >>> As I recall, James White wrote: Can I get some pros/cons on Caldera OpenLinux 2.2? Ok, I just checked

Re: softupdates in latest build?

> At 11:29 AM -0700 1999/9/6, Mike Smith wrote: > > > I'll say it again; read what has already been said. Most of us are > > heartily sick of your side of the argument, and you're not likely to > > get many useful responses while you continue to display basic ignorance > > of the issues involved

Re: Make buildworld fails

On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Marc Veldman wrote: > I'm still trying to find out what precisely caused this. Any pointers > are very welcome ! The makefile being newer then your system. -- - bill fumerola - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - BF1560 - computer horizons corp - - ph:(800) 252-2421 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - [

Re: Make buildworld fails

Marc Veldman wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Christophe Prevotaux wrote: > > > I get this when trying to make buildworld > > > > I installed 3.2-RELEASE CD then did cvsup . > > > > BS=-lperl" "INSTALLMAN3DIR=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/share/perl/man3" > > Writing Makefile for DynaLoader > > ==> Yo

Re: softupdates in latest build?

At 11:29 AM -0700 1999/9/6, Mike Smith wrote: > I'll say it again; read what has already been said. Most of us are > heartily sick of your side of the argument, and you're not likely to > get many useful responses while you continue to display basic ignorance > of the issues involved. I

Re: Make buildworld fails

On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Christophe Prevotaux wrote: > I get this when trying to make buildworld > > I installed 3.2-RELEASE CD then did cvsup . > > BS=-lperl" "INSTALLMAN3DIR=/usr/obj/usr/src/tmp/usr/share/perl/man3" > Writing Makefile for DynaLoader > ==> Your Makefile has been rebuilt. <== > =

Re: softupdates in latest build?

At 1:21 PM -0500 1999/9/6, David Scheidt wrote: > The cvsupfile that is linked from > http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/stable.html is one that properly tracks > RELENG_3. You must have done something silly. Yup. It wasn't obvious to me that the default supfile would not be the same as

Re: softupdates in latest build?

At 7:56 PM +0200 1999/9/6, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > Please stop spreading such disinformation. It only comes across as an > infantile attempt to cover up the fact that you didn't do your > homework, and it damages the project's reputation as well as your own. I read the web page. It

Re: softupdates in latest build?

> Besides, most ethernets are switched these days, making password > sniffing for anything but connections to or from the machine the sniffer > is running on completely useless. Isn't it possible to spoof arp and compromise a switch? Just wondering. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to [E

Re: softupdates in latest build?

Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Blargh. I followed the instructions on > , but didn't realize > that it was going to create a /etc/cvsupfile that had "." for a > default tag. Now I get to reset that to "RELENG_3" (which is what I

Re: softupdates in latest build?

At 10:41 AM -0700 1999/9/6, Mike Smith wrote: > By the time an attacker has enough access rights on > your system to make use of the packet filter, they have enough access > rights to add it if it's not there. That's certainly true. However, if this feature is disabled

Re: System lockup

Does it lockup when you are connected to the internet also ? Or only when you use Netscape offline ? - |FreeBSD powered| - On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Huidae Cho wrote: > Hmm, i use 3.2-19990815-STABLE and i experienced system lockup a few times. > > What's wrong? I su

Re: finger changed?

On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 10:04:08PM +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote: > Hello, > I have recently cvsupped 3.2-STABLE and after the make world > the finger command was working differently... > When I search for somebody it was not looking at the real name field > only the username field just like if I wa

Re: Linux StarOffice51 runs on -stable

jack wrote: > It Works Here[tm] OOTB (setup requires the LD_LIBRARY_PATH set) > with the following > -current of about Aug 22nd > -stable of Aug 26th > -stable of Sep 2nd > -stable of Sep 4th > > It does not work here with > -current of Jun 26th (the SNAP CD) > The program just recalls the setup

Re: strange zsh + screen + CDPATH bug

On Mon, 06 Sep 1999 00:04:58 -0400, Scott Cotton wrote: > For some strange reason, when $CDPATH has a `~' in it, and screen is > executed, the arrow keys and control keys don't work. If you want ~ > in CDPATH, you can replace it by $HOME. Interesting. :-) > I hope that I may prevent others f

Re: Kernel fails to compile today...

> > > I noticed the same behavior when I compiled the kernel with apm enabled: > > > > > >device apm0at isa? flags 0x0020 # STAT-CLOCK BROKEN > > > > > > however, when I define: > > > > > >device apm0at isa? disable flags 0x31 # Advanced Power Management > > >

Re: Kernel fails to compile today...

> > I noticed the same behavior when I compiled the kernel with apm enabled: > > > >device apm0at isa? flags 0x0020 # STAT-CLOCK BROKEN > > > > however, when I define: > > > >device apm0at isa? disable flags 0x31 # Advanced Power Management > > > > everything w

Re: Kernel fails to compile today...

> I noticed the same behavior when I compiled the kernel with apm enabled: > >device apm0at isa? flags 0x0020 # STAT-CLOCK BROKEN > > however, when I define: > >device apm0at isa? disable flags 0x31 # Advanced Power Management > > everything works fine. I'm usi

Re: ASUS p2b-ds

Greg Lynn wrote: > > I know that question has been around before but > I was thinking about getting a asus p2b-ds with > ecc memory and 2 pii 350mhz cpus and I was > wondering how kernel 3.2 does with smp? I run a P2B-DS with 2 PII-350's (bios 1008). Nice motherboard, but I don't know about EC