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OpenBSD upgrade question

http://openbsd.org/faq/upgrade-minifaq.html#3.1.1 according to this section you have to 'make build' and similar things a few times after upgrading. have you upgraded to 3.2 yet noc?
- nuttervm
- Post #3
- Dec 3, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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OpenBSD upgrade question

According to the openbsd upgrafe-minifaq you have to do a handful of things in order to upgrade your system, but i feel it is leaving a handful of things out. for example: Do you have to perform the steps in the order they are written? (oldest on the bottom to newest on the top) Do you...
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- Dec 3, 2002
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Which MTA to use on OpenBSD, postfix or qmail?

yeah, I might use disk quotas, but I wont want to have any cpu or ram limits. I have lots of unix boxen so this one should be a dedicated mailserver and/or mail/webserver that won't recieve all that much traffic. It is a good thing to learn, but i have no real use for it.
- nuttervm
- Post #18
- Sep 1, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Which MTA to use on OpenBSD, postfix or qmail?

by limits do you mean account size limits? I thought with qmail you had to use unix's built in file quota system.
- nuttervm
- Post #14
- Aug 31, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Which MTA to use on OpenBSD, postfix or qmail?

theo seems like a really nice guy :) My reservations stem from comments like the one N0c made about how it takes alot of time and expertise to set up and secure qmail properly. I began reading lifewithqmail before posting this thread, and thought to myself, this doesn't seem very simplistic...
- nuttervm
- Post #12
- Aug 30, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Which MTA to use on OpenBSD, postfix or qmail?

I want to install a mail server on one of my machines and have been focusing on qmail and postfix. From what i've read postfix is easier to set up, but qmail is supposedly more secure. One huge bonus in postfix is that it is already in the openbsd ports collection. I'm willing to read plenty...
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- Aug 29, 2002
- Replies: 18
- Forum: Operating Systems
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help, i can't bring myself to get rid of an older machine!

i just got a p2-333 machine for free fom work and will be bringing it home today. i currently have 5 computers at home in addition to the two my girlfriend has, and the two my other roommate has. i know i should get rid of at least one of my computers, but i just can't bring myself to do it...
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- Aug 9, 2002
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Computer Building
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linux ftp server

first: there is no such thing as a secure ftp server now that we have that out of the way, i agree with n0c, that i only really use the one supplied wiht openbsd. another supposedly uber secure one is called publicfile and can be found here: http://cr.yp.to/publicfile.html. I've also breifly...
- nuttervm
- Post #3
- Jul 11, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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All hail Gentoo!

I'm a bsd lover and want to try gentoo but it refuses to boot form either of my two test boxen. redhat, mandrake, freebsd, openbsd all boot and install/compile fine on those machines so don't know whats wrong with gentoo. sooner or later i will get it to work:0 congrats! for the time beign...
- nuttervm
- Post #13
- Jul 11, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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strange problem when tar-ing a file in obsd

yeah i installed the zip port and it works just fine. I think its a problem with winzip cuz my machine can untar the files elsewhere ok (as i knew it would) oh well:)
- nuttervm
- Post #3
- Jul 10, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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OK, *nix scripting afficionados, can you help me out here?

i can tell you a bit of a hackish way to get it done, i use it to create an index of files on my website. http://www.mattvanmater.com/indexgenerator.tar.gz basically i have a header and footer to the file, and then something that runs a pattern matcher to insert what in your case would be the...
- nuttervm
- Post #4
- Jul 10, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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strange problem when tar-ing a file in obsd

I made a script that tars a handful of directories into a tar.gz file. the strange thing is, when i use winzip on windows to unzip that file there are a few files whose path is not preserved. is there a way to ensure that path is strictly enforced when tarring the directories? ie when i tar...
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- Jul 10, 2002
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Best way to copy massive ammounts of data across network? (from Linux sys to OpenBSD sys)

when using scp, make sure you are using the blowfish algorithm. by default ssh uses 3des, which is a higher level of encryption and therefore slower performing. i know with my p133 firewall i can transmit at about 175 kb per sec with 3des on and 500-700 with blowfish. i am running on a...
- nuttervm
- Post #13
- Jul 9, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Best way to copy massive ammounts of data across network? (from Linux sys to OpenBSD sys)

1. The only network filesystem I know anything about is SMBFS, and it doesn't appear to preserve all of the file attributes. Plus I don't even know if OpenBSD includes Samba or not. If you want to share a dir on your openbsd box, you can use samba like any other unix variant. f you want to...
- nuttervm
- Post #2
- Jul 8, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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why I shouldn't use OpenBSD for a firewall?

As an addendum to what n0c said, if you wanted a commercial firewall i'd use sidewinder. Not only have i heard its the best, but i believe it is based off of BSD software :) If you plan on having that many visitors to your site than the machine is not necessarily overkill. You won't need that...
- nuttervm
- Post #11
- Jun 30, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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is there a portupgrade for openbsd?

i tried it tonight on a test box and it didn't work. exited while applying the first patch after saying the patch had apparently already been applied. well it needs work, but i like the idea of it regardless. i tried this on a stock 3.1 install and it didn't work.... i'll have to look into...
- nuttervm
- Post #4
- Jun 30, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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is there a portupgrade for openbsd?

hahahahahaha! i've been looking for a while now on google and monkey.org and couldn't find anything. on a whim i go to deadly.org and there it is! posted only 2 days ago, some software witten by a guy just like me. hopefully this will get some support. auto updater!
- nuttervm
- Post #2
- Jun 29, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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is there a portupgrade for openbsd?

Basically i'm looking for the lazy man's way out of maintaining the ports/packages/updates on my OpenBSD system. FreeBSD has a thing called portupgrade that will keep your ports up-to-date and all spiffy. Does OpenBSD have some sort of equivalent package? If so, I haven't been able to find...
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- Jun 29, 2002
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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OpenSSH 3.3 released! *update! go to 3.4! :(

I wish the openbsd crew would take some inspiration from the gentoo people. I'd love to just type 'emerge update' or something on my obsd box. I'd even settle for putting apache and openssh in the ports collection so you could upgrade it easier. maybe make use of freebsd's portupgrade, which...
- nuttervm
- Post #4
- Jun 25, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Feedback / experiences with Linux users groups

Check this out; it is a list of LUGs all around the US http://www.tux.org/luglist.html
- nuttervm
- Post #6
- May 31, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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adding a disk to openbsd

I want to add a disk to my openbsd box. The faq page definitely explains this, but i want to know why i can't just run the same script that is run during the install? I'm going to install obsd 3.1 soon and will just install the disk then, but its more a matter of principle. The obsd crowd is...
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- May 21, 2002
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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bind 4.9 security / config question

for those of you still using bind 4.9 (lets hear it for openbsd!) How do you secure your nameserver against all the nasty things that people can do? For that matter, do you actively secure it, or just set it up to work and forget about it? basically i have a name server and want only some of...
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- May 7, 2002
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Vulnerabilities in FreeBSD

yeah, maybe i should've mentioned that.
- nuttervm
- Post #5
- May 1, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Vulnerabilities in FreeBSD

nothign new here, just a consolidated resource describing recent security breaches. btw fbsddude.. good call on making your forums cover all bsds. good to have a central place for us bsders.
- nuttervm
- Post #3
- Apr 30, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux Temperature Reading

have you tried gkrellm? i dont know what software libraries it uses under the hood to monitor temps, but i know it has the capability.
- nuttervm
- Post #6
- Apr 29, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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moving an OS install from one hard drive to another

often times hard disk manufacturing companies release free cloning software. for example, i am fairly sure maxtor offers a cloning thing in their maxblast bootdisk. i could be wrong, but check it out.
- nuttervm
- Post #3
- Apr 29, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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I'm going to pull my hair out if I can't perform this BASIC Linux operation!!

to extend what n0c said... i reccomend you run 'locate.updatedb' from cron every hour. that way you will always have a pretty up-to-date list of files on your system. its WAY faster than find as long as the file isn't new to your system. if you use the find command, always use the switch...
- nuttervm
- Post #10
- Apr 27, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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suitable OS for P200mmx?

the real question here is what do you want to do with the box? web browsing and email reading, or a small server? if you want a server OS on it, bsd is your best bet. I prefer openbsd, but freebsd is a little more user-friendly. if you want some web-browsing, just slap win95 on there.
- nuttervm
- Post #11
- Apr 26, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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process won't die in OpenBSD!

thats me! i'm famous!
- nuttervm
- Post #14
- Apr 14, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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NetBSD

n0cmonkey probably has used it before. theo deraadt, the guy in charge of openbsd used to work for this distro, its where openbsd kinda got its start. its supposed to be an ultra-portable bsd system, but i couldnt give a damn about that personally. i think support for x86, ppc, alpha and...
- nuttervm
- Post #4
- Apr 13, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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copying only files that have changed (NT)

xcopy \\drizzt\d\*.* \\wulfgar\g-drive /SVCFHRKYZDE i run this on my win2k server(wulfgar) every 20 minutes to automatically backup files from another shared disk(drizzt\d). it works great and checks file integrity, copies only new files, blah blah... i just put all of the switches that i...
- nuttervm
- Post #8
- Apr 13, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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woo hoo i got on deadly.org!

makes me feel special, i'm not being ignored:) ask obsdj
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- Apr 13, 2002
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Operating Systems
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process won't die in OpenBSD!

I'm just a permanent kind of guy, i'd rather mount the drives and forget about them. For example, i like the idea of being able to sftp into my firewall, and then have instant access to any of the shared drives on my network. I've never really had issues with sftping in and then going to the...
- nuttervm
- Post #10
- Apr 3, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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process won't die in OpenBSD!

yeah, i think it is buggy too. the concept of it is cool, it mounts the windows share in a kind of wrapper to make openbsd think its mounting a nfs share. i think in the long run its more complicated than it need be. what i dont get is why noone has written a decent smbmount for the BSD...
- nuttervm
- Post #6
- Apr 3, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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process won't die in OpenBSD!

I have a few processes that simply will not die on my openbsd machine and i can't figure out how to get rid of it (without rebooting). kill -9 PID will not kill the process(es), what other options do i have? what i was doing: i had apache running and apache would list files on a windows...
- nuttervm
- Thread
- Apr 3, 2002
- Replies: 14
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Women just love my Balzac!!! This is too funny. (FIXED THE LINK)

bump cuz its on my machine :)
- nuttervm
- Post #11
- Mar 25, 2002
- Forum: OT Discussion Club
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removed Linux, how do i get rid of the boot screen...

why are you trying to remove linux? dont give up yet man! fight it out
- nuttervm
- Post #7
- Mar 19, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux specialist..... please help

we still love you n0c, its ok
- nuttervm
- Post #15
- Mar 17, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux specialist..... please help

yeah, it was kinda funny. after i replied to one guy basically saying he was an ass and that he wasn't helping me in the least and that he shouldn't have bothered replying, he became fairly helpful and cooperative. after that we exchanged a few emails. i still didnt get my problem fixed, but i...
- nuttervm
- Post #12
- Mar 17, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Linux specialist..... please help

<< Would have been funny to see this posted on misc@openbsd.org though :D >> i once posted to one of the mailing lists kinda by accident and got flamed by some VIP guys:) I still maintain that my problem is/was legit, but man those guys will jump down your throat fast sometimes. i thought i...
- nuttervm
- Post #10
- Mar 17, 2002
- Forum: Operating Systems

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