hm
how long do suport emails usually take to be answered? :/
I have sent two yesterday with no responce at all.
aem: i sent one yesterday and got a response by evening.
aem: spam filter?
nah, its not in there
hey does anyone know will arp make PTR record for you if requested?
sure
cool thanks coil
now if they will just email me back :)
RandalSchwartz?
what do the admins think about setting up a VPS wiki? I'm sure that'd be beneficial (and ease up the support requests).
wiki wiki
cedwards: Actually I think most people who get a vps here knows what they are doing .P
it would be nice to share discoveries though
thats what you think!
lol
other than by sitting in IRC
I think its a great idea cedwards
dxtr: I think that is the idea, but we've had plenty of support requests and troubleshoot conversations.
dxtr: while it is aimed at skilled users, I think it'd be helpful to share common things we've seen so far.
cedwards: "Today I saw a tree"
you know what i mean
cedwards: i think it's a good idea
RandalSchwartz: i think i found out what was locking me out
what?
on boot, member:openvpn starts after pf; my pf.conf refers to tun0, but pf can't find that interface, so it can't parse its config file, so i get this error: pfctl: Syntax error in config file: pf rules not loaded; which results in me being locked out after boot
-member
eww.  that may be my situation too
so what's the workaround?
yeah - I refer to tun0 in my pf too
RandalSchwartz: just tried rc.conf's cloned_interfaces, that didn't work
i'm going to try /boot/loader.conf
So... How's life guys?
And old man RandalSchwartz ofcourse
hehe
pretty good dxtr
No plans of getting doomsday drunk or something tonight?
Hmm.  I had no problem restarting pf with no tun0 device
RandalSchwartz: maybe it's this pf rule of mine: `pass inet proto $int_proto from { lo, $localnet, $vpn_if } to any`
dmesg says: ,o IP address found for tun0:network, /etc/pf.conf:148: could not parse host specification
hmm.  I don't have one of those
that should be "no"
RandalSchwartz: btw thanks for your help the other day
RandalSchwartz: got it! i wrapped the 'tun' in pf.conf with parentheses : ( tun ), or more specifically: ( $vpn_if )
hey, i'm having trouble sending function keys to my server on VNC. i'm on a macbook. I know I must be messing up the key combos for function keys
anyone have an idea
homosaur: what's your vpn client?
i haven't tried vnc on my mac, sorry.
using chicken of vnc
aha - there ya go
homosaur: i had trouble with chicken too, which i like
try jollysfastvnc
fink: okay, taking a look
fink: i could never figure out how to enter a password
homosaur: a password for what?
jolly allows you to paste as text into the vnc window
fink: the vnc server. there is a box for it on chicken
homosaur: it asks you for a password after you click connect
homosaur: it's ok, i have 'duh' moments too ;)
ok, it's outside time!
fink: i don't know then, it just isn't working
fink: oh i see, you have to activate the software
homosaur: free activation
fink: yep, it sure worked
dang, i really wish i could figure out what is going on with chicken. i sure would like to not have to pay $40 for a vnc client
oh i guess jollysfastvnc is optional pay. i guess i will use it for a couple of weeks and i'll send some cash if i find that i'm using it
broke down and just placed my order for my second machine.
heheh
I was thinmking of getting an openbsd one
"you can't eat just one" :)
aem: I installed openbsd at work in my lab yesterday. Seemed to me like a less user-friendly version of freebsd.
..along with some odd security claims.
theo's paranoia helped me sleep at night for 8 years :)
but having made the jump recently to freebsd, I'm not looking back
cedwards: yeah but for some reason I like it ;-/
I may continue to play with it in my lab, but I don't expect to move any production services to it.
this second one will likely replace my Debian stable Linode, putting all but my home mail server on FreeBSD.
cedwards: but only openbsd has opensmtpd :)
interesting. just read up on that.
up_the_irons: hey, just wanted to know if there is a way to see the status of a new VPS
mick_laptop: not really
a friend that i recommended just bought one today, wanted to know if I could help him set it up today, or tomorrow
i think it takes ~1 day
mick_laptop: yeah i'll most likely do all orders today / tonight; i slept a lot last night (sorry to those two had open support requests that I didn't get to), so I'll be up all night tonight working :)
hey up_the_irons thanks for setting my PTR but I kinda messsed up, meant for it to be rip. in front of it.. whenever ya have a minute :)
aem: just reply to the threat...  or i'll get confused :)
*thread
hehe okey dokey, I shot you an email there as reply
:)
how is ipv6 reverse dns done with arp?
http://support.arpnetworks.com/faqs/main/reverse-dns
yeah I read that
then I googled ipv6 reverse dns and read lots of pages
;-/
noob stylez
cedwards: regarding a wiki; i generally see it as another thing to have to maintain (spam, etc...), although I like the idea of sharing knowledge.  i'm a little partial toward wiki's (in a bad way) b/c I've seen so many that suck.  lots of un-curated information by people that can't write, is kinda worse than no info at all
aem: ipv6 is a big subject :)
hehe I bet
its pretty daunting to me alright :P
i'm still reading RFCs on it...
yeah I read the RFC :-(
will read again heh
up_the_irons: would I be using a tunnel broker? am I on the righ track? hehe
you don't need a tunnel broker
not for the VPS box
okay hmm
back to square one
damn
up_the_irons: we're going to beat you in the playoffs ;)
the vps box has ipv6 already allocated
the allocation is listed on your portal page
if you're running a nameserver, you can have the entire reverse delegated to you, or you can ask for just a few specific reverses.
in that sense it's just like v4.
ah great
thank you
I wonder how many ipv6 reverse is acceptable
I will email and ask :)
cheers RandalSchwartz
ouch!
well - if you're gonna do more than a few, you should just man-up and take the delegation. :)
yes that means learning how to run a DNS server right? (fear)
lol
it's not that hard
the tricky part is finding a willing secondary
someone told me that I can run dns from my own vps for myself, but thats rubbish right? it must be a seperate machine eh?
no & no
amdprophet: :)
:P
aem: no tunnel broker needed on the vps
hey guys, i'm new with dealing with mail and i wanted to know what is the least amount of software i can run to send mails out from the server. i do not need to receive mail at this server
the default sendmail will do that
but I'd put postfix on, just in case
more options, especially for throttling
aem: you can run a dns server on the vps itself, but usually people do it on another box for increased reliability
and you'll still need to find a geographically diverse secondary
up_the_irons, you make it sound as if the vps is not reliable :-)
RandalSchwartz: postfix, gotcha. that's what i figured i should use
ziyourenxiang: i know, i was afraid it might sound that way ;)
ok
cheers for the info guys
homosaur: If you just want outbound email from the server(s) for things like reports I stick with regular, default sendmail.
homosaur: if you're going to allow connections from the outside world, postfix is much better.
postfix wins on security
definitely. but if its just bound to localhost so the machine can report to you, I don't worry about it.