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Date:      Wed, 30 Sep 1998 09:58:50 +0930
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        hiddink@sipromicro.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IBCS2 module in FreeeBSD 2.1.7.1
Message-ID:  <19980930095850.H15172@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <B0000075115@ns.oit.or.cr>; from Bert Hiddink on Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 02:33:41PM %2B0000
References:  <B0000075115@ns.oit.or.cr>

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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
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