I hate to post this question because I'm sure it must be really easy, but I'm coming from an iptables/netfilter background and I've searched all over to no avail. I've got a few FreeBSD 6.1 s...
Hi, new to unix, going through unix problems by the fistful.
Samba is up and running and shows up on the network, but I can't seem to login. I get the following error when I try to login fr...
Everytime I try to mount a windows share on my FreeBSD 6.2 box with the following command:
mount -t smbfs -o username=user@corporate,password=secret //fileserver/novellmain /mnt/test/
I ge...
my latest shot at this: http://www.monkeyview.net/id/965/fsck/fb7/kde/index.vhtml
I tried pkg_add -r kde. Something is seriously wrong with some VisualOS thing, but
I WAS running gnome 2 o...
I just bought a new 160GB HD on sale for $65 and I am wondering if I should
give a shot at running KDE instead of gnome. I like to watch youtube.. but I
am going to start using my server t...
Hello,
My slice partition is not "CLEAN" due to improper shudown, How can I repair it.
Here is the output of "fsck" in my system.
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** /dev/ad4s1d (NO W...
Hello, I have the following problem with FFMPEG: When i convert .avi files to .flv - "ffmpeg -i <input_file> -ar 22050 -ab 32 -s 320x240 -f flv <output_file>" the resulting output video pla...
how to configure nfs server and share a folder using it in freebsd 7 ?
Hi, I'd like to come up with a disaster recovery scheme for our FreeBSD based webmail server, ideally
using a USB drive for backup purposes. I'd like to be able to go from bare metal back to...
I'm trying to use portupgrade-2.4.3 to update out of date packages.
pkg_version -vIL= shows lots of packages that need updating.
When i run sudo portupgrade ORBit2 for example i get noth...
Using FreeBSD 7.0-p2 I try to install nagios from the ports as root.
Everything is installed but the owner and group settings are all set to root:wheel. These should be nagios:nagios. Is ...
I'm a FreeBSD newbie, but jumping in with both feet. I'm trying to set up a FreeNAS box, but since I can't get the system to boot, and FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD, I think this is a FreeBSD qu...
Hello,
while starting samba daemon using #smbd -D
it is complaing that libgcrypt.so.13 is missing, how to find out which package install this file ?
Thank you,
Balbir
Hi X-perts,
I have FreeBSD with ipfw firewall installed. If i want to add a new rule like
ipfw add allow tcp from xx.xx.xx.xx to me setup in keep-state
First, I can see this new rule ...
i am running dual boot with a fried vista and freeBSD gnome werking. i want to get vista data, but
there is serious problem. i want to try to do things with MBR tools of the ultimate boot C...
Hi,
we have 4 ESX 3.5u1-servers with VMotion and DRS activated, on these servers we have a lot of FreeBSD 6.3 amd64 version installed as guests, but when a migration is done from one host t...
I'm on a 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE server and want to install emacs.
If I do a locate, I see emacs directories, but it's not installed. Is there an easy way to get the package and in...
Hello,
My slices of disk are not clean, how can I run "fsck -y" at runlevel 0 in freebsd 7.
when I try "sudo fsck -y" at normal login it checks the slice with NO WRITE option.
Thank you...
my freebsd7 system reports hat my USB hard disk has some inconsistency in the file system and it needs to be checked, so while booting up it is getting me in single user mode with a shell prom...
I'm running Squid on a FreeBSD server using basic configurations. All is well regarding my clients and their Web browsing. The problem is with my ShoreTel ShoreWare clients
(VoIP app that tel...
Hello,
I need to use PPP/SLIP, please let me know how can I install wvdial in freebsd7.
I can't find it in /usr/ports though.
Thank you,
Balbir
Hi
I recently installed samba on my FreeBSD through ports.
I remember setting something like this up, in a file..
auth sufficient pam_winbind.so
account sufficient pam_w...
Hi X-perts,
I need to set up a new dedicated server with the Adobe Flash Media Server. Since it is a fresh server, I have a few choices of OS (the options provided by the hosting company):
...
The steps in /usr/src/Makefile to upgrade freeBSD 6.3 to freeBSD 7.0:
(I goofed doing mergemaster -p now .. is that a goof?)
make buildworld (check)
make kernel (boiled down buildker...
I am migrating a server from FreeBSD to Linux (Debian), and I need convert/move all the users.
I have to convert or use a tool to export the master.passwd and passwd file on freeBSD to a pass...
