From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 24 15:04:37 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id PAA24100 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:04:37 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA24093 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:04:35 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.cdrom.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol Prev-Resent: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:04:35 -0800 Prev-Resent: "questions@freebsd.org " Received: from mail.ucsd.edu (ucsd.edu [132.239.254.201]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA22281 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 14:08:34 -0800 Received: from sceard.UUCP by mail.ucsd.edu; id OAA26798 sendmail 8.6.11/UCSD-2.2-sun via UUCP Fri, 24 Mar 1995 14:08:32 -0800 for freefall.cdrom.com!jkh Received: by Sceard.COM (smail2.5/deliver1.5) id AA06232; 24 Mar 95 14:18:39 PST (Fri) To: jkh@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: remote resets Message-Id: <9503241418.AA06228@Sceard.COM> Date: 24 Mar 95 14:18:38 PST (Fri) From: mrm@sceard.com Resent-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Resent-Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 15:04:35 -0800 Resent-Message-ID: <24092.796086275@freefall.cdrom.com> Resent-From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Didn't come up with a way and still interested! :-) > >> >> Away back in October you were looking for ways to remote reboot a system, >> preferably via network. Did you come up with a way? Are you still >> interested? I have the same need. Though my memory is fuzzy, I remember that NE1000 and other DP8390 boards have a "reset the bus" function. I'll check how to invoke it in the tech manual when I get back to work next Tuesday. And see how bad my memory is :-). I'll also check out the manuals for the EXOS205(E/T) and see if they can do a bus reset. If so, the fact that the 205 has an 80186 and memory might make it reasonable to use one for a more secure remote reboot. The download code for the 205 is easy to come by. I have a box with 20 or so 205's in my garage... if it turns out that either will work, I'll let you know asap. I have to have a remote boot working in two weeks for a system at work. CHOHW. Now for a question: Preliminaries -- I installed FreeBSD 2.0R off CDROM onto two systems at work: Pentium 100 32MB RAM Opti chipset PCI MB (Galaxy V, USA made, no phone number given :-) BT 946C ATI Mach 64 PCI Quantum Maverick 540MB SCSI Seagate 4G SCSI (15230N ?) SMC 8013 Toshiba 3401 (just for the install) Booting the install floppy gives a hang at "changing root device to fd0a". OK, I yank the 540MB and install it in another system and install 2.0R there. Then take the drive back to the Pentium box. Now a hang at "changing root device to sd0a" fixed by removing BT 946C and using a spare Adaptec 1542CF and 1542B :-) Money saved by not buying an Intel chipset MB, not my fault. :-( I'll try an NCR PCI controller when I can get a chance. I was under pressure to get the boxes up and couldn't spend the time to dink around with the BT 946C to see if it was an interrupt or io port address problem. The boxes are for our production folk and were purchased at my whining instead of two equivalently tricked out SGI Indy 2's. After the controller switch, both boxes hum. Really hum, though I'd like faster I/O. Just greedy. The question -- I installed the secrdist from freefall and did a YP startup in /etc/rc.local if [ -d /var/yp/binding -a -f /etc/mydomain ]; then domainname `cat /etc/mydomain` echo -n " ypbind"; ypbind fi with what I thought was an appropriate entry into /etc/passwd for the "+" line. Nuts, I bet that's it. A bad "+" line. Anyhow, the symptom is that any YP user when logging in gets gid and uid both 0. Have you seen anything like this? Any experience with YP? If no is the answer, I'll ask on hackers. Until fixed, no YP, and I'm getting flack. Regards, and thanks, Mike -- Mike Murphy mrm@Sceard.COM ucsd!sceard!mrm +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good