From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 12 18:58:17 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90F2B16A4CE for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 18:58:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net (imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net [205.152.59.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A85FF43D31 for ; Wed, 12 May 2004 18:58:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from btarver@idlemind.net) Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([68.19.170.126]) by imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net ESMTP <20040513015808.CDRN25885.imf20aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[127.0.0.1]>; Wed, 12 May 2004 21:58:08 -0400 Message-ID: <40A2D61D.7090408@idlemind.net> Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 20:57:49 -0500 From: Brad Tarver User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (Windows/20040502) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruce Hunter References: <40A2D243.9050703@solisix.com> In-Reply-To: <40A2D243.9050703@solisix.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: SSH Help / Installing ports / Internet X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: btarver@idlemind.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 May 2004 01:58:17 -0000 Bruce Hunter wrote on 05/12/04 08:41 PM: > I have setup a headless system. I connect to the system from another > machine using a ssh client. I have set the headless machine to allow me > to login at root. I am able to login and edit files , except I can not > ping outside my network or install ports, b/c it won't allow it to > access the internet. The SSHd must be stopping me somehow. I can ping > my other systems in the network. Check /etc/resolv.conf and /etc/rc.conf for your defaultrouter entry. -- Brad Tarver, CCNA btarver[at]idlemind[dot]net