Re: really stupid question :D

[Ben Goren <ben@trumpetpower.com>]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 04:58:58PM +0200, J_S wrote:

> Hi all
>
> The subject tells it my question  is quite stupid but my boss is
> watching one of  our firewall running freeBSD  using an intranet
> camera to see if the BSD Daemon is moving or not (really :D)
>
> I saw this option in freebsd/rc.conf :saver="logo"
>
> Does someone know if this option  is available on 3.0 or 3.1 ???
> I don t want to waste time explaining ping to my boss :D

What's there to  explain? Set up a display that pings  the box and
let him point his camera at that.

There are  purty network monitoring programs. Big  Brother springs
to mind,  but I  understand that there  are better  ones now. I've
never found  the need for them,  myself, so I won't  think to tell
you which is best.

To  directly  answer your  question:  no,  OpenBSD does  not  have
FreeBSD's  screen saver,  at least  not for  i386. I have  a vague
recollection of somebody  porting it at some  point. Or, you could
always install X and get a whole heck of a lot of screen savers.

In the long run, you're much better off educating your boss. Spend
the time now;  it'll pay off later. Find out just  what it is that
he wants to know, let him know what needs to happen for him to get
that  information  (and why  something  as  simple as  a  bouncing
picture probably  won't cut it),  and then  give him the  tools he
needs. If your boss  doesn't have a brain or doesn't  give a damn,
then update  your resume. You'll  need it--probably  sooner rather
than later.

b&

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