FreeBSD - help

Hi there:

Im using FreeBSD with kde3 and Gnome, for now..and im having a big problem, I try to connect as my user account and it disconnects quickly. BUT in my root account its connect and log on just fine to my ISP. I wonder whats happening. If someone knows something please let me know..

Thanks!

Maybe permissions have been set for it not to logon or not to connect to the net? I'm not quite sure, seem's kind of weird to me, but I think maybe it's a permissions thing. Login as root and change that user's permissions/edit them. Hope I helped!

Since we already have a FreeBSD post going....

I run FTPD on my FreeBSD 4.6 box and need to change the port # it listens on but how do you do it?

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Originally posted here by Ratman2
Since we already have a FreeBSD post going....

I run FTPD on my FreeBSD 4.6 box and need to change the port # it listens on but how do you do it?

Ok got around that problem (ISP was blocking port 21) but NOW you can connect but users can't get directory listings.... if anybody wants to try and help me connect to 24.151.46.80:2121 with a username and password of mp3

tux : how are you connecting? Standard dial up? PPP? More details on how you are connecting as root would be nice. Is there any software that you are trying to use to aid you in this? I don't work much with dial up, but with more information, I can probably help. As Common_Exploit has stated, yours is likely a permissions issue.

Ratman : You can easily change the port most of your services are running on by modifying /etc/services

typically, you look at it and you will see something along the lines of this :

Code:

# # WELL KNOWN PORT NUMBERS # rtmp 1/ddp #Routing Table Maintenance Protocol tcpmux 1/tcp #TCP Port Service Multiplexer tcpmux 1/udp #TCP Port Service Multiplexer nbp 2/ddp #Name Binding Protocol compressnet 2/tcp #Management Utility compressnet 2/udp #Management Utility compressnet 3/tcp #Compression Process compressnet 3/udp #Compression Process echo 4/ddp #AppleTalk Echo Protocol rje 5/tcp #Remote Job Entry rje 5/udp #Remote Job Entry zip 6/ddp #Zone Information Protocol echo 7/tcp echo 7/udp discard 9/tcp sink null discard 9/udp sink null systat 11/tcp users #Active Users systat 11/udp users #Active Users daytime 13/tcp daytime 13/udp qotd 17/tcp quote #Quote of the Day qotd 17/udp quote #Quote of the Day msp 18/tcp #Message Send Protocol msp 18/udp #Message Send Protocol chargen 19/tcp ttytst source #Character Generator chargen 19/udp ttytst source #Character Generator ftp-data 20/tcp #File Transfer [Default Data] ftp-data 20/udp #File Transfer [Default Data] ftp 21/tcp #File Transfer [Control] ftp 21/udp #File Transfer [Control] ssh 22/tcp #Secure Shell Login ssh 22/udp #Secure Shell Login smtp 25/tcp #Simple Mail Transfer Protocol smtp 25/udp #Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

Change the numerical value next to the service you would like to use and make sure that if you change it to a value that is already in use on this list that you comment out (using # at the beginning of the line) the other service that is bound to that value you are assigning.
for example, moving ftp services to port 25 :

Code:

ftp 25/tcp #File Transfer Protocol ftp 25/udp #File Transfer Protocol ssh 22/tcp #Secure Shell Login ssh 22/udp #secure Shell Login #smtp 25/tcp #Simple Mail Transfer Protocol #smtp 25/udp #Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

I don't recommend moving it to another typically assigned port like this, but you are free to do is you like and if you aren't using the service normally used on that port it's not likely to be harmfull with proper firewalling.

Restart the service and all should be well. If in doubt on how to restart the service, then use the fast boot by using "fastboot" as root. The system will restart the service on boot.

Hope this helps.
Regards.

[edit]
I should let you know right away that you don't want to completely disable the smtp services. You are using them possibly without even knowing it. If you get reporting done to your root account to include disk usage, ipfw or other firewalling stats, file permissions changes, etc, disabling smtp services will disable the reporting and /var/log/maillog will show constant mail delivery failures from localhost to root. You may not care about this, but to keep yourself secure it is wise to leave it alone.

Oh well, i fixed the problemi was using KPPP, but i edited /etc/ppp.conf and add my login and auth key. AT console typed :

# ppp <isp name>
# dial <isp name>

Its connected just fine..Thanks!