From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Sep 29 17:29:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA14703 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:29:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA14697 for ; Tue, 29 Sep 1998 17:29:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id JAA14319; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:58:51 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id JAA16430; Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:58:50 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980930095850.H15172@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:58:50 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: hiddink@sipromicro.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBCS2 module in FreeeBSD 2.1.7.1 References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Bert Hiddink on Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 02:33:41PM +0000 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tuesday, 29 September 1998 at 14:33:41 +0000, Bert Hiddink wrote: > Dear Sir/Madam, > > PROBLEM: > I am using a hosted server FreeBSD 2.1.7.1. As it is a hosted > service, I do not have rights in /etc/sysconfig. However, the latter > a need to reconfigure in order to activate a IBCS emulator > (ibcs2="YES") because I want to run a database called CDS/ISIS. > However, as I said before the system administrator does not give me > any rights there. > > QUESTION: > I am not a FreeBSD expert at all but is it possible to alternatively > install the IBCS emulator in for example /usr/home/mydomain/ibcs > and activate it with a setting my .login file? No. You don't need it in /etc/sysconfig, but you do need root privileges to load an LKM. Without your sysadmin's cooperation, there's nothing you can do except, of course, to install your own FreeBSD. Then you could get an up-to-date version as well. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message