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I'm using 8.0 Current I was trying to enable serial login on one of my server. I did this # echo "-S115200 –Dh" >> /boot.config Now I cannot boot. It just says FreeBSD/i386 boot Default: 0:ad(0,1).Dh What have I done?! I've done this before a few times to access the terminal with...

I'm trying to write a script that counts number of failed logins each day. #get date in format "Month Day" DATE=`date +%b" "%d` #remove whitespace from date DATE=`expr "$DATE" : '[[:space:]]*\(.*\)[[:space:]]*\(.*\)[[:space:]]*$'` #count failed logins for today WC=$(grep -e...

Is a USB DVD Burner worth configuring on FreeBSD? Anybody have experience using one? Any annoying issues you would like to share? Where in the handbook should I read?

@anomie I like it! Everything you need is already in the base install. :) Just makes life simple. Do you trust this method of encryption? (using bf)

Yes I'm certain they're up to date. Do people still use bcrypt?

I just intalled security/gnupg no probelm. I got an error when compiling security/pinetry. Do you have to use security/pinentry? *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/libGL. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/graphics/libGLU. *** Error code 1 Stop in /usr/ports/x11-toolkits/qt33...

I see lots of ways to encrypt entire file systems but how do I encrypt a single file?

Would I need a shell script for this?

From the machine you want connect to # echo “-S115200 –Dh” >> /boot.config # vi /etc/ttys Change this line ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.9600" dialup off secure to this ttyd0 "/usr/libexec/getty std.115200" dialup on secure Reboot Note* Serial cable must be...

I have a problem, occasionally I need to login single user mode and repair a file system on one of my problem servers. Is it possible to use a serial console to login and do this remotly?

It's a Seagate Travan 40. I'm going to give it a second shot with the info Fronclynne provided.

Thanks Someone pointing me to the mt program was the help I needed. I'm new to UNIX but I'm slowly learning my way around. It's my understanding now that IDE tape drives aren't supported for FreeBSD. Am I wrong? Buying a SCSI tape drive isn't a practical solution for me so my only...

I've just installed a tape drive on my FreeBSD 7.1 machine. I'm trying to figure out if it even detected it or not. Could somebody please give me some pointers? :)

Is there a way to automatically choose defaults when compiling? If there is I cannot find it.

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-routing.html I've been reading this document. Should I be reading that? The document you submitted only mentions wireless one time. It says and I quote: "A bridge can also connect a wireless interface running in hostap mode to a...

Anybody have experience with this? Could you offer some tips/advice? Is it even possible?

thanks. I guess my configuration was right. Still can't figure out why I can't connect to my share. I'll figure it out eventually.

I don't really need help with the configuration part. I would just like to know if my network is properly setup.

I forgot to mention I have configured the smb.conf but am not 100% certain it is corrrect.

I tried for hours but I cannot connect to my samba share. I've installed samba server on freebsd 7.0 I connect to a wireless network 192.168.0.3 Then I have a wired network card(192.168.1.5) that connects to a 4 port router. I want to keep the wireless connection completly seperate...