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    passwd and LDAP uid confusion

    Why not check for last UID assigned locally and then specify that number plus one to pw(8) with the -u flag? here is a free one-liner to find the next available local UID: awk -F: '{ print $3 }' < /etc/passwd | sort -un | sed '/^65534$/d' | tail -1 | xargs expr 1 +
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    Question on networking

    How picky are the users? You could configure the servers on the guests to listen on alternate ports and instruct the users to configure their apps accordingly. e.g.: guest1 = pop/1110, imap/1143, smtp/1125 guest2 = pop/2110, imap/2143, smtp/2125 etc.
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    Old 56k

    Do you have a terminal emulator/modem program installed? Another poster mentioned minicom. I would connect to /dev/ttyd4 and try the usual "ate1q0" and see what turns up. From the dmesg output, it looks like the modem is getting moved to ttyd4.
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    Old machines

    Hello, That machine should function pretty good as an X Terminal and indeed the hardware is in the same class as many classic X Terminals. With the cbb slots, did you try turning off "plug and play os" (if present) in the BIOS? There is another settings about comaptibility mode I think but I...
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    Can't let CRT running at 1024x768@85Hz

    Where did you get your sync and refresh rates? It looks like they may be wrong if this is the same monitor: http://prod.it.com.cn/product/2/64/454/15839.htm Did you try without the hardcoded HorizSync and VertRefresh? Xorg is pretty good at reading EDID amd the monitor seems to be happy to...
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    Old 56k

    Do you have a /dev/ttyd0 or /dev/ttyd4?
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    xrdp

    Hello, I have used xrdp pretty successfully on Linux so your post intrigued me. I just set up a working xrdp server on FreeBSD 7.0 after reading this thread. Where are you getting that "Bad protocol error" error message? In the sessman.log? 3350 is private port for sessman. xrdp is happily...
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    Freebsd to dial phone number and

    Do you have a voice modem? With vgetty, modem::vgetty, and a little perl script it is fairly easy. http://www.webreference.com/perl/tutorial/14/2.html If you only have a regular modem, you are limited to good old numeric pages as far as I know. We used to have some complex coded...
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