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...
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 ...
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.
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?
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 you help me download a FreeBSD OS?
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!
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...
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...
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...
Hi,
I'm superuser and a weird process keeps starting..
How do i list crontab entries of entire systerm including users,root,etc
Thanks!
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
i am working on a web project that runs on freebsd.
currently all the file that created dynamically by the internet user (they upoad file through web browser) has a default file permission ...
We are having this very strange issue on Squid cache server on FreeBSD, the server after few hours hangs up and give this error
2004/08/25 15:42:48| comm_udp_sendto: FD 6, 217.21.5.35, port 5...
Hi everyone, can you help me give me some step by step solution for buliding a proxy server under FREEBSD 6.2. we have w2k server and i want to monitor and filter the site of the users for acc...
Hello everybody,
I have an ADSL connection. Yesterday i've bought a USRobotics ADSL2+Ethernet/USB Router and now i'm using it via Ethernet under Vista. I've configured it through the Web (...
