Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 12:45:00 -0500 From: "Mike" <mike@sixpak.net> To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Frustrated with FreeBSD Message-ID: <00ea01c086f6$8d611300$020aa8c0@sixpak.net>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E7_01C086CC.A15F4680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have spent the last 48 - 72 hours pounding my head against the wall = attempting to get a few things to work correctly. FreeBSD 4.2 running on a pretty basic hardware setup. It seems to be = running just fine. My problems are when I start trying to configure a = few things Sendmail and Qpopper I've managed to get working. This was a pleasant = surprise :) DNS may NOT be working. It's hard to tell from inside my network but = I'm beginning to suspect that it's my secondary name server which is = resolving the domain for the world. Named is starting up and tells me = things like Zone "name" (file) is using SOA minimum and that named is = ready to answer queries. However, the seconday won't load, my secondary DNS still has the old = entries, and in Linux it used to say "Zone MASTER" now it just says = "Zone". The firewall is a nightmare. I followed the default using client and = simple and both of those lock me out and prevent forwarding. I get = "Failed to write packet back (Permission Denied)". Only "open" works. = I also tried the example from the graveconcern site and I get the same = problems. I've followed the examples straight out of the complete = FreeBSD book and STILL my inside network can't get out. Just when I = leave the firewall wide open. Has anyone experienced similiar problems? Anyone have any = recommendations for me to conduct some last bit of research before I = throw in the towel? I'm not stupid, I've managed to get my linux server = running, but I'm having WAY too many problems with no information here. = Some things are just NOT making sense. Mike ------=_NextPart_000_00E7_01C086CC.A15F4680 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4611.1300" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have spent the last 48 - 72 hours = pounding my=20 head against the wall attempting to get a few things to work=20 correctly.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>FreeBSD 4.2 running on a pretty basic = hardware=20 setup. It seems to be running just fine. My problems are = when I=20 start trying to configure a few things</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Sendmail and Qpopper I've managed to = get=20 working. This was a pleasant surprise :)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>DNS may NOT be working. It's hard = to tell=20 from inside my network but I'm beginning to suspect that it's my = secondary name=20 server which is resolving the domain for the world. Named is = starting up=20 and tells me things like Zone "name" (file) is using SOA minimum and = that named=20 is ready to answer queries.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>However, the seconday won't load, my = secondary DNS=20 still has the old entries, and in Linux it used to say "Zone MASTER" now = it just=20 says "Zone".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The firewall is a nightmare. I = followed the=20 default using client and simple and both of those lock me out and = prevent=20 forwarding. I get "Failed to write packet back (Permission = Denied)". =20 Only "open" works. I also tried the example from the graveconcern = site and=20 I get the same problems. I've followed the examples straight out = of the=20 complete FreeBSD book and STILL my inside network can't get out. = Just when=20 I leave the firewall wide open.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Has anyone experienced similiar = problems? =20 Anyone have any recommendations for me to conduct some last bit of = research=20 before I throw in the towel? I'm not stupid, I've managed to get = my linux=20 server running, but I'm having WAY too many problems with no=20 information here. Some things are just NOT making = sense.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00E7_01C086CC.A15F4680-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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