FreeBSD

mail encryption
Hi, is there a ready to use solution in the FreeBSD ports for the following task? 1. User authenticates at the MTA 2. MTA looks up the public and private keys for sender and reciever 3. MTA signs message with the users private key 4. MTA encrypts the message with the recievers public key (when in DB) I kno... 14 Feb 2010 04:08

4-Clause license (BSD License)
Hi, I have been trying to understand the BSD license. It seems that the 4-Clause license is the original license and followed by 3-clause license (New BSD license) And now, a simplified version in the form of 2-clause license (Simplified BSD license). Interesting to know that the BSD License allows proprieta... 7 Feb 2010 09:46

ezjail and freebsd-update
Is it really as simple as "freebsd-update -b /usr/jails/basejail fetch && freebsd-update -b /usr/jails/basejail install"? I'm hosting several jails on some embedded hardware and don't have the resources for "make world". Best wishes, Matthew ... 4 Feb 2010 23:35

Hardwaresuggestions for ZFS Fileserver
Guys, I'm looking to replace my Mac Mini with a nice FreeBSD ZFS file server solution. The server will be housed in a 4U 19" case, 6 SATA drives (mixture of WD, Seagate and Samsung GreenPower disks) as tank + 2 SATA drives to boot and run 24/7. So far, I'm considering an Intel i3 (probably the 540) with an ... 5 Feb 2010 05:01

How To Build The FreeBSD Documentation Tree?
Is it sufficient to do 'make buildworld' or do I have to go to /usr/doc and do a make of some kind there separately? Thanks, -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Daneliuk tundra(a)tundraware.com PGP Key: http://www.tundraware.com/PGP/ ... 6 Feb 2010 11:51

NYC LOCAL: Tuesday 2 February 2010 NYLUG Hack Workshop: Robert Menes on Smalltalk
<blockquote what="official NYLUG Hack Workshop announcement" meeting-was="NYLUG Python Workshop" more="http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alan_Kay [page was last modified on 9 October 2009, at 00:28] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smalltalk [page was last modified on 31 January 2010 at 03:12... 2 Feb 2010 15:46

freebsd media player -- from terminal?
Is anybody using FreeBSD as a media player, where they decode and send video directly to a 2nd video card while leaving the terminal coming out of the other card? Perhaps using mplayer or something similar? No front end. No pause, rewind, etc. Just something command line that says something like "play movie... 8 Feb 2010 17:58

Can Someone please help me with my Computer stuff? 41287
I use the computer and the Net on a regular basis but I don't know a whole lot about it all, especially when it gets technical. I have an Acer Aspire AM5100-U5300A. I would like to speed this computer up, I would like a very good grasphics card without spending a fortune. Once I find out what I need I willo just go t... 27 Jan 2010 14:54

NYC LOCAL: Wednesday 27 January 2010 NYLUG: Edward Capriolo on Hadoop - Computation Clusters at Scale
<blockquote what="official NYLUG announcement" edits=""> From: NYLUG Announcements <info(a)nylug.org> To: NYLUG Announcements <nylug-announce(a)nylug.org> Message-Id: <20100126143002.25FF9E5C55(a)nylug.org> Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:30:02 -0500 (EST) Subject: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! Meeting Jan 27 @ 6:30... 26 Jan 2010 16:39

Cannot shutdown as normal user (X11 / GNOME, FreeBSD 7.2)
Iv'e a problem with X11 / GNOME on FreeBSD 7.2. If this is not the proper group to post this, would you please direct me? I have conigured FreeBSD to start gdm when I boot, and then gdm to log me in as a normal (wheel) user. Everything works out well, except when I want to shutdown the computer, GNOME only give... 2 Feb 2010 15:46