Hi, I am wondering if anybody knows how to include a password in a script. I want to run a backup script as sudo and I need to include the password.
Many thanks.
What Unix command(s) would I use to remove all files within a directory that contain a specified string?
Specifically, I have thousands of files in /var/spool/mqueue/ that are to a junk ad...
I have Squid running and I am looking for a way to block Yahoo and MSN messenger. My search of the Internet has not come up with any working solutions.
Has anybody been able to successfully...
I already have a static IP address. I used DHCP when I first set up the FreeBSD. How do I change that now to static?
Dear Experts,
I am a newbie to this arena. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
1) I have installed FreeBSD on one of our server with Webmin. There are software like Wildfire that I ...
I'm the using a Verio VPS running FreeBSD. I have written the following simple shell script:
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#!/bin/tcsh
cat /dev/null > /var/log/messages
cat /dev/null > /var/mail/spam
/usr/loca...
Can anyone tell me how to resize a partition in FreeBSD. We recently ghosted a 36GB hard drive to a 72GB, and would like to maximize the use of the remaining disk.
Thanks in advance!
Can you help me download a FreeBSD OS?
Hi,
Last step in the add disk instructions is to modify the /etc/fstab file.
I know what Device, Mountpoint, FStype, and Options are but what is Dump and Pass#?
I saw this in man fsta...
I'm trying to increase the amount of memory a process can use (we're running MySQL cluster on a machine with 4GB of memory; FreeBSD 6.0). I added the following values to /boot/loader.conf whic...
Note: I AM Fairly New To Unix And FreeBSD.
I did a minimal install of FreeBSD (at my home) and tommorow I will need to install it at work. I didnt configure anything on the machine at work ...
docs# apachectl restart
httpd not running, trying to start
(48)Address already in use: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:443
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to...
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...
Hi,
I'm superuser and a weird process keeps starting..
How do i list crontab entries of entire systerm including users,root,etc
Thanks!
i've tried to install the DesktopBSD but X server don't work,and this is the error :
using config file : "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
nvrm : rminit adapter failed
nvidia0 : nvrm : rm_init_adapter...
Is it possible to use sed with a script (i.e. the -f switch) and still have it edit the target file(s) in-place (i.e the -i switch). If so, what is the correct order of the switches?
I trie...
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...
Hi all,
We have a T1 with about 30 active users at our office. Attempting to set up a FreeBSD system with IPFW and DummyNet to share the bandwidth evenly among all users. I've been working ...
I have recently set up Squid 2.5 Stable 6 running on FreeBSD box running 4.9
Everything is working, however I have all my client machines using an automatic configuration script, so that ev...
I'm wondering if anyone can give me a good source of rudimentary instructions on how to install Cpanel under FreeBSD? I am configuring a new server and am considering using this product but a...
I need a serial port for development of an embedded system in FreeBSD 5.5. I'm currently running FreeBSD 5.5 in VMware Fusion on OS-X. I have a Keyspan USA-19HS USB to Serial adapter, but if s...
Hi,
I'm having a problem with postfix on my freebsd box. Hopefully someone can help, I'm at my wits end.
Apr 27 23:08:14 cygnus postfix/virtual[21650]: warning: maildir access problem fo...
Hi,
I am running a FreeBSD 6 server. It has been customized and is now running a few websites, mail servers etc. and I am looking into getting a control panel to help out with some day-to-d...
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):
...
have a freebsd box and a postfix mail server, Server works fine and all mail are being delievered expect to yahoo and hotmail address.
here are a few messages I am getting.
Final-Recipi...
