Questions tagged [openbsd]

OpenBSD is a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system with a focus on security, portability, standardization, code correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

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OpenBSD is an open-source operating system derived from 4.4BSD UNIX and is popular for it's focus on security, portability and code correctness. It was forked from in the mid-1990s.

The project strictly incorporates only source code with ISC or BSD compatible licensing (except the ports tree) with the goal of providing software for any use, including commercial. It is funded by the Canadian non-profit, The OpenBSD Foundation, which also supports related projects such as OpenSSH, LibreSSL, OpenSMTPD, and other popular infrastructure software.

Website: http://www.openbsd.org

OpenBSD Foundation: http://www.openbsdfoundation.org

Distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD

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how to access physical memory in BSD platform from terminal or using any system call ?

i just not know how to use mem command in BSD to access physical memory or virtual memory to get the ACPI tables and their Address ....... $mem Enter mem command not found .... so what can i do ? is any body can give me clarification on this…
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How to run python script which required root privilage for execution in apache with mod_python at openbsd

I am trying to run python script in Apache 2.x with mod_python. I edited httpd.conf with publisher LoadModule python_module /usr/local/apache2/modules/mod_python.so SetHandler…
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Could not resolve host --- no address associated with name

I'm setting up a web server on an old OpenBSD machine, and am getting an error each time I try to start Apache. The server refused to start after I added my virtual host with HTTPS. Error could not resolve host "10.0.1.120:50720" port "https" --- no…
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OpenBSD Apache configuration: NFS mount

I have a NFS mount at /mnt/web/ on OpenBSD 5.2. How can I mount this so it's accessible to the web? Currently I'm soft linking it to /var/www/web ln -s /mnt/web /var/www/web I've added an alias directive in the apache config like so: Alias /web/…
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OpenBSD ftp-proxy behind NAT itself

Is it possible to change the PASV IP ftp-proxy of OpenBSD sends to clients, without changing the listen address of redirection control (-b
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OpenBSD install from CD does not find installation file set

We are installing OpenBSD on one of our machines. After configuring the hostname and directories, there's an error on installing the sets I'm installing from a CD, but the system does not recognize the files on the CD on either: 4.1/i386…
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OpenBsd 5 port forwarding

I'm trying to configure pf port forwarding on OpenBSD 5.0 The firewall machine has two nics: em0: 192.168.200.3 vic0: 192.65.214.136 I would like to forward all packets comming into 192.168.200.3:104 to 192.65.214.131:104. Also I need to still have…
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openbsd carp with multiple external vip's

Is there any way to setup multiple carp vip's without creating a separate hostname.if file for each address? Our colo has provided us with a /25 external network. Three addresses from this range are required for the colo gateway and my redundant…
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OpenBSD 5.0 pf with NAT & Port Forwarding

Port forwarding does not seem to work properly, incoming connections apparently are blocked. Is there something wrong with my pf.conf? # Performance limits set limit states 200000 set limit src-nodes 200000 set limit frags 1000000 set limit tables…
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Force OpenBSD to use internally one IP, but send and receive from network from other IP?

Is it possible to set up OpenBSD such, that it will have IP1 internally (in hosts, in hostname.en0, sockets binds to IP1), but convert it to IP2 when packet goes to ethernet. Also, packets for the IP2 should be received and delivered to services…
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Insecure NFS ports on OpenBSD server

I have a OpenBSD 4.9 server running. Now I am trying to set up NFS shares on that server. I can set it up using secure ports. However it isn't possible to mount the shares from OS X without using the -P flag. Sadly this isn't a valid option for me,…
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M0n0wall won't pass traffic on different LAN subnets unless "Bypass firewall rules" is checked

I have a working configuration, but a question is bugging me. The question centers around having multiple subnets on a single interface. LAN: 10.10.10.1/24 OpenVPN Server LAN IP: 10.10.10.250 OpenVPN Server virtual subnet: 10.11.10.0/24 LAN Static…
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Restricting program access in OpenBSD

I'm hosting a svn+ssh repo on a OpenBSD box and wondered if it is possible to deny access to any other programs despite svnserve? The reason is that I want to restrict access to parts of the repo with path-based authentication, but having access to…
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OpenVPN on OpenBSD 4.8: How do I set up a VPN for road warriors in bridged mode

I'd like to set up an OpenVPN server on my OpenBSD router. I'd like to run it in bridged mode, so the IPs given to the road warriors are from the local network subnet. I'd like to use the DNS server of OpenVPN for those clients. I found some…
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OpenBSD Routing Problem

I am running OpenBSD on a network appliance hardware. It has 5 NICs. I want to give different IP's in same subnet to 3 nics. Eg: em0: 192.168.1.5 em1: 192.168.1.90 em2: 192.168.1.56 I make the necessary configuration with ifconfig, all interfaces…