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• Mounting ISOs under FreeBSD 5.x
  ...ever, vnconfig is no longer used in FreeBSD 5.x. To mount an image under a FreeBSD 5.x system, you'll need to use [[mdconfig]], like this:
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• RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x
  ...more. And most of the readily google-able documentation on the web covers FreeBSD 4.x's [[vnconfig]] instead, which is useless if you're running a 5.x system Under FreeBSD 6.x (and possibly under 5.x as well), the first three lines of the start se
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• Installing FreeBSD - Standard Installation
  '''Installing FreeBSD (article originally based on i386 [[:Category : Architecture-Specific | arc ...able, and you have 64MB of RAM installed. While you can certainly install FreeBSD without a CD and on a considerably lesser machine than the one described, i
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• Sparc - Installing FreeBSD
  ...FreeBSD on the Sparc architechture is nearly identical to the [[Installing FreeBSD | x86 architecture installation]], although booting from media differs some ...From here on in, the install should be nearly identical to an [[Installing FreeBSD | x86 install]].
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• FreeBSD is Free
  FreeBSD is free—free like speech and free like beer. *'''FreeBSD''' does not cost money. It may be redistributed however one sees fit. More
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• Security (Why FreeBSD?)
  ...formation on securing FreeBSD, see [[:Category: Securing_FreeBSD |Securing FreeBSD]].'' ...-box security—than most Linux distributions. For example, a default FreeBSD installation includes OpenSSH configured to disallow root logins—a po
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• FreeBSD Release Branches
  ==Which version of FreeBSD is right for me?== ...lete list of current supfile tags is available in the handbook [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html appendix].
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• Updating to FreeBSD 6.0
  ...ate using the freebsd-update port as described [http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/ here] The complete FreeBSD Handbook section can be found here: [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html] This article is an a
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• Create RAMdisks under FreeBSD 5.x
  #REDIRECT [[RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x]]
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• Installing FreeBSD on Sparc systems
  #REDIRECT [[Sparc - Installing FreeBSD]]
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• Installing FreeBSD
  #REDIRECT [[Installing FreeBSD - Standard Installation]]
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• FreeBSD is Stable
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• Creating RAMdisks under FreeBSD 5.x
  #REDIRECT [[RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x]]
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• FreeBSD-Distros
  == A list of FreeBSD based distros. == [http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD]® is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium®
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• Installing FreeBSD from a Local FTP Site
  == Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disc == ... be used by other machines on your network when installing FreeBSD. See [[FreeBSD ISO layout]] for more details.
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• Etc/sysctl.conf - FreeBSD 6.2
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• Installing FreeBSD with netboot
  == FreeBSD bootonly == The first step to installing FreeBSD via netboot is to acquire FreeBSD. We'll be using the bootonly-iso, this can be fetched at your nearest ftp.
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• FreeBSD ISO layout
  The directory <tt>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.2</tt> lists the following contents: ./disc1/var/db/freebsd-update
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• AMD64 - Installing FreeBSD
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• GRUB FreeBSD
  == Grub Bootloader on FreeBSD == install, setup and use GNU/Grub bootloader on FreeBSD. If you need
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• DOS to FreeBSD cheat sheet
  ...ble on Microsoft's DOS and Windows platforms and the equivalent command on FreeBSD. This can be considered a 'cheat-sheet' for quick reference. !FreeBSD
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• FreeBSD Platforms
  ...ng system supports a number of processor architectures, or platforms. The FreeBSD development team classifies the level of support as a tier, with Tier-1 bei == FreeBSD architectures ==
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• ZFS, creating datasets for the FreeBSD system
  Some admins may wish to create a customized set of datasets tailored to the FreeBSD system itself; ie configuring compression for the ports directory (but not
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• FreeBSD Install Guide
  ...ion that describes a Step-by-Step How-To Instructional Guide to Installing FreeBSD from scratch.<br> View [http://www.a1poweruser.com/ The FreeBSD Install Guide].
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• Main Page
  <h2>It's been more than a decade now, and I'm not really active in the FreeBSD community any more. Maintaining, updating, and keeping the spammers out of ...aight into simple answers about common needs and problems relating to both FreeBSD servers and their integration into other types of networks.
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• Mounting ISOs under FreeBSD 5.x
  ...ever, vnconfig is no longer used in FreeBSD 5.x. To mount an image under a FreeBSD 5.x system, you'll need to use [[mdconfig]], like this:
  781 B (140 words) - 19:16, 28 April 2007
• RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x
  ...more. And most of the readily google-able documentation on the web covers FreeBSD 4.x's [[vnconfig]] instead, which is useless if you're running a 5.x system Under FreeBSD 6.x (and possibly under 5.x as well), the first three lines of the start se
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• Mdconfig
  ...RAMdisks]] and [[Mounting ISOs under FreeBSD 5.x | mount ISO files]] under FreeBSD 5.x and up. ... was used in 4.x and prior for the same purpose, but is not applicable for FreeBSD versions after 4.x.
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• Installing FreeBSD - Standard Installation
  '''Installing FreeBSD (article originally based on i386 [[:Category : Architecture-Specific | arc ...able, and you have 64MB of RAM installed. While you can certainly install FreeBSD without a CD and on a considerably lesser machine than the one described, i
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• Network Attached Storage
  FreeBSD can support NFS and FTP natively and CIFS through the open source implement ...of zeros in the name, [http://m0n0.ch official homepage]), a stripped down FreeBSD operating system for embedded, dedicated-use projects such as firewalling a
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• Vnconfig
  ...r mount ISOs as filesystems. It has been superseded by [[mdconfig]] as of FreeBSD 5.x.
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• Custom Kernel
  ...do this. It's also a good idea to update the base with the command {{cmd|[[freebsd-update]]}} before compiling the custom kernel. ...d you just press any key OTHER than enter to get into it if you're running FreeBSD 4.x. Now that you're looking at this ominous and unhelpful-seeming command
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• ACPI, enabling
  == Making ACPI work in FreeBSD 5.x == ... to the parts of the ACPI standard they care about and ignore the rest, so FreeBSD's standards-based implementation can have some issues with some motherboard
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• Cvsup
  ...he [[ports tree]] and the system [[source tree]] with the live versions at freebsd.org. '''cvsup''' stands for Concurrent Versioning System ([[cvs|CVS]]) UPd Under FreeBSD, you will generally be using one of two versions of the '''cvsup''' port it
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• Sparc - Installing FreeBSD
  ...FreeBSD on the Sparc architechture is nearly identical to the [[Installing FreeBSD | x86 architecture installation]], although booting from media differs some ...From here on in, the install should be nearly identical to an [[Installing FreeBSD | x86 install]].
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• Samba
  ...n Microsoft Windows 2000 / 2003 Server). When installed and configured on FreeBSD other Windows computers will see it is a Windows file server on the network ...rs regardless of whether the remote system is running Microsoft Windows or FreeBSD operating systems.
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• Samba, Installation
  Installing Samba under FreeBSD is simple and painless. The easiest method is to install from ports, which
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• Ssh
  [[ssh]] (a semi-acronym for Secure SHell), which under FreeBSD is generally the version found under the openssh-portable [[:Category:Ports FreeBSD rlyeh.domain 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005
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• Apache
  ... other webserver in the world. It is available for easy installation from FreeBSD's [[:Category:Ports and Packages|ports tree]] in several different flavors,
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• Boot Manager
  FreeBSD has a built in boot manager which can be installed at the time of system in ...do wish to write your changes, you are then given the option to select the freebsd boot manager or no boot manager at all. Pick whichever you like, the MBR w
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• C shell
  ...e shell]] (/bin/sh) that comes installed by default on a freshly-installed FreeBSD system. FreeBSD actually uses the tcsh variant of the csh. If you run '''ls -i /bin/*csh''
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• Tcsh
  This is the variant of the [[csh]] that is included with FreeBSD.
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• SFTP
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Samba, Configuration
  If you want your users to be able to access the home directories of their FreeBSD user accounts, add a [homes] section. If you do NOT want individual users t ...ration as well. Here is the simplest configuration which shares all of the FreeBSD printers with everyone.
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• Skeleton file
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• Apache2, Installing
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Ports Tree, Updating
  ...u may think of keeping your sources updated as about the first half of the FreeBSD procedure which corresponds to [[Windows Update]]. ...ems there are no longer any [[cvs]] mirrors for updating FreeBSD ports, as FreeBSD no longer supports this method.
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• Windows Update
  ...e [[:Category:Windows Equivalents|equivalent]] to Windows Update?" In the FreeBSD world, the corresponding procedure is a little more complex but a LOT more
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• Ctm
  ...tm.html#MIRRORS-CTM mirrors]) or by subscribing to the right [http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo mailing list]. The trees are: ....freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ctm.html Using CTM] in the FreeBSD handbook. Also see [[updating the system]].
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• Su
  ...] is acronymic for '''switch user''', and is the system command used under FreeBSD and other unix-like operating systems to change your [[user context]] witho ...unix-like operating systems, just having the root password is not enough! FreeBSD's default behavior is to only allow users who are members of the special gr
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• Vi
  Since it is a part of the FreeBSD base system, [[vi]] will be both installed and in your [[path]], so you can
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• Portsnap
  ... system for securely downloading and updating a compressed snapshot of the FreeBSD ports tree, and using this compressed snapshot to extract or update a (unco ...ortsnap is in the FreeBSD base system since FreeBSD 5.5 and 6.1 and in the FreeBSD ports tree as sysutils/portsnap on older versions.
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• Portupgrade
  Note there may be errors when using portupgrade if using FreeBSD > 5.4 related to "missing key: categories: Cannot read the portsdb portupgr ...cover from a broken system. This is *NOT* recommended by any knowledgable FreeBSD user.
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• Root
  ... to or hide from even [[administrator]]-privileged accounts, whereas under FreeBSD there is very literally nothing that system processes are privileged to do [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Administrator
  On FreeBSD and other UNIX and Unix-alike platforms (including Linux) the equivalent to ... privileged than root and there is no restriction on what root can do on a FreeBSD system. If you type '''rm -rf /*''' as root, all files on your system (inc
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• Init
  [[Category: System Commands]] [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Fsck
  ...-y switch to check the filesystem in question and fix any errors it finds. FreeBSD, like most unixes, doesn't immediately write to disk. It first stores any w
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• Users, adding
  There are several methods that are commonly used to add users to a FreeBSD system.
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• Wheel
  '''wheel''' is a special user group. By default, FreeBSD does not allow direct root login from remote locations, and does not allow With FreeBSD's use of the special [[wheel]] group to limit the use of [[su]], security i
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• Drive letters
  Under FreeBSD and other unix-like operating systems, there are no "drive letters" as in M ...se note that all examples referring to files, directories, and paths under FreeBSD (or any other unix-like OS) use the ''forward'' slash, /, not the ''backwar
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• Grep
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] [[Category:System Commands]]
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• DIR
  '''DIR''' is a DOS command for listing files. Under FreeBSD and other unix-like OSes, the equivalent command is [[ls]].
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• COPY
  '''COPY''' is the DOS command for copying files. Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is [[cp]].
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• MOVE
  ...s a DOS command for renaming and/or relocating a file or directory. Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is [[mv]].
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• MD
  '''MD''' is a DOS command alias for the command, '''MKDIR'''. Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is [[mkdir]].
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• RD
  '''RD''' is a DOS command alias for '''RMDIR'''. Under FreeBSD the equivalent command is [[rmdir]]. The difference is that the unix comma
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• DELTREE
  ...T systems has been replaced by ''RMDIR /s /q''. The unix equivalent (under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes) is '''[[rm]] -rf''', meaning "remove recursively a
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• Cd
  ...r ''command.com''), where it means the same thing as it does in a shell on FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes.
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• DEL
  '''DEL''' is a Windows command for deleting files; the equivalent under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes is '''[[rm]]''' (or '''[[unlink]]''', which both do
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• Type
  ...his command is ''not'' built into the [[C shell]], which is the default in FreeBSD (see [[which]] and [[where]]). The DOS command, '''TYPE''', is comparable to the [[cat]] command in FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes.
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• ATTRIB
  ...ve'', ''system'', and ''hidden'' attributes of a file or directory. Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is [[chmod]]. (See also: [
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• FORMAT
  ...kfs</code> in Linux). You may also wish to consider using [[sysinstall]] (FreeBSD only) to serve as a text-mode-GUI front end for formatting and partitioning
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• Chkdsk
  Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is [[fsck]], which is semi-
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• Fdisk
  '''fdisk''' is the system command used in FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes to handle partitioning hard drives. (See also [[di It is worth noting that ''fdisk'', and for that matter FreeBSD in general, does not allow editing of the partition tables on any drives th
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• Man page
  ...clude looking them up on the web, for example at freebsd.org's [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi Hypertext Man Pages], or using the [[man]] command to view [[category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Ports, searching
  * [http://www.freebsdsoftware.org FreeBSD software], the browsable ports online.
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• Shell
  ...endly improvements such as file name completion and command line editing. FreeBSD uses a Bourne shell ([[sh]]) for its default system command interpreter, an ...mpt that ends with <code>$</code>. The version of <code>sh</code> used by FreeBSD as the default command interpreter is similar to (but not the same as) the
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• Linux
  ...-like operating system. Many distributions exist; the closest analogue to FreeBSD being the Gentoo distribution: It has a ports system and places an emphasi ...ty layer that allows it to run Linux binaries (ELF) as if they were native FreeBSD programs; this may be useful if you find yourself needing to run a program
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• Unix
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• BSD
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Cron
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• POSIX time format
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Sysinstall
  Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD Release 8.x and older Releases used as a default. You see it during the ini
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• Rsh
  ... this instance - the r?? services are not running by default on any modern FreeBSD machine and it is HIGHLY recommended that you not enable or attempt to use
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• Black-hat
  Contrast and compare [[white-hat]], [[script kiddie]]. These are not FreeBSD-specific terms, but they're included here because the terms are relevant to [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Pipe
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Redirection
  ...iptors (''fd'') that are preconnected to the shell process running on your FreeBSD machine. Most commands that you would run from the command line expect the On FreeBSD systems it looks like this:
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• SysV
  [[category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• FIFO
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Numeric permissions
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• FreeBSD is Free
  FreeBSD is free&mdash;free like speech and free like beer. *'''FreeBSD''' does not cost money. It may be redistributed however one sees fit. More
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• Stability
  ...stability and reliability are nonetheless legendary and widely documented. FreeBSD is the OS behind many of the world's most high traffic websites. FreeBSD vpn.redacted.tld 5.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Jan 16 22:16:53 GMT 2003
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• Runs on various architectures
  FreeBSD runs steadfastly and without performance worries on a variety of architectu [[Category:Why FreeBSD?]]
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• Customizable
  ...y contains the services absolutely necessary to operate the machine. Then, FreeBSD sysadmins are encouraged to install their own services, whether from the [[ ...ficiency (but without CGI capability) found in the [[thttpd]] family. With FreeBSD it's easy, normal and even expected to pick and choose or even switch, with
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• Security (Why FreeBSD?)
  ...formation on securing FreeBSD, see [[:Category: Securing_FreeBSD |Securing FreeBSD]].'' ...-box security&mdash;than most Linux distributions. For example, a default FreeBSD installation includes OpenSSH configured to disallow root logins&mdash;a po
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• Modern programs
  FreeBSD is updated often, both the programs that make it up and the ports software [[Category:Why FreeBSD?]]
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• Updated
  FreeBSD is updated often. The most current, bleeding-edge software can be found and [[Category:Why FreeBSD?]]
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• MySQL, Simple Installation
  risk to the system. FreeBSD makes no guarantee about the security of
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• Shell users
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• User context
  ...dows NT-based systems (including NT/2K/XP) and unixlike systems (including FreeBSD) share the concept of varying permissions between users. By default, the ' [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• USB storage
  ...ed my own 512MB Lexar JumpDrive (USB keychain storage device) on ph34r (my FreeBSD 5.2.1 amd64 box) for the first time. It was pretty easy! [[Category:Common Tasks]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Perl
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Nano
  See also [[vi]], [[ee]] (commonly aliased under FreeBSD as "[[edit]]"), [[joe]], [[nano]], [[pico]], [[vim]] or [[emacs]].
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• Path
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Eof
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• White-hat
  ... wear white. Contrast with [[black-hat]], [[script kiddie]]. These are not FreeBSD-specific terms, but they're included here because the terms are relevant to [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Script kiddie
  Contrast and compare [[white-hat]], [[black-hat]]. These are not FreeBSD-specific terms, but they're included here because the terms are relevant to [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Rootkit
  (This is not a FreeBSD-specific term, but is included because it is relevant to any security discu [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Chkrootkit
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• ACL
  ...e set: Owner, Group, and World. So let's examine FILE as it might be on a FreeBSD system using standard numeric permissions: ...BSD use [[numeric permissions]] models by default; however all versions of FreeBSD 5.x are capable of [[enabling ACLs]] using the [[tunefs]] command if so des
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• Permissions
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] [[Category:Windows Equivalents]]
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• Umask
  [[Category:System Commands]] [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Sendmail
  '''Sendmail''': the default [[SMTP]] and local mail delivery service on FreeBSD and most other unixlike systems. It is ubiquitous because it is very liter
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• SMTP
  FreeBSD can be used with many different SMTP server applications, such as [[sendmai [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• POP3
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• IMAP
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Visudo
  ...rols which users are allowed to use the [[sudo]] application, and how. On FreeBSD systems, '''visudo''' will use [[vi]] or whatever program is referenced in
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• Maildir
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Mbox
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Granular
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Sudo, configuring
  Maint: mharo@FreeBSD.org ...y:Ports and Packages]] [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]][[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Security
  #REDIRECT [[Security (Why FreeBSD?)]]
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• Kernel
  The FreeBSD kernel is primarily a ''monolithic'' kernel meaning that most of its core s [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Kernels, Custom
  ...ether. This tight integration and coordination is one of the strengths of FreeBSD and contributes to its stability.
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• Coherent
  ==FreeBSD is coherent== FreeBSD is a complete, coherent operating system and this is one of its biggest str
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• Securing servers
  ...p://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=security&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+5.4-stable&format=html the security man page] for ways to keep your system FreeBSD encrypts passwords. Unfortunately, it doesn't do it the strongest way possi
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• Sockstat
  Similar to the linux netstat, but different from the FreeBSD [[netstat]]. Consult the manpage for more info on switches, but right away
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• Regular expressions
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Sed
  freebsd freebsd
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• Encrypted Filesystems
  ...ove commands, and take a look at the "Encrypted Filesystem" example in the FreeBSD Handbook. This is an extension of the example found in the handbook. [[Category: Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Network Configuration (basic)
  ...basic network configuration (such as IP address, subnet mask, etc) on your FreeBSD server, there are two basic routes you can take. You can also do a [[Networ [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• FQDN
  note: this is not a FreeBSD-specific term. [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• WebDAV on Apache 2.x
  ...p://www.tnpi.biz/computing/mac/tips/idisk/ for a how-to on doing this with FreeBSD.) [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Time Zones
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]] [[Category:Common Tasks]]
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• Usr/local/etc/rc.d
  ...ation about the way that [[daemon]]s are started in the newest versions of FreeBSD, see [[rc.subr]].
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• Single-user mode
  The second CD in the FreeBSD set is a FixIt disk that boots you into single-user mode, and you'll need t FreeBSD docs will frequently tell you to "drop to single user mode". The proper wa
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• X windowing system
  FreeBSD includes support for both XFree86 and Xorg via a setting in /etc/make.conf. That said, FreeBSD's use as a desktop OS is certainly made much friendlier by the use of the X
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• Firewall, Configuring
  ...nt firewall_enable="YES" is used. You do not need to compile IPFW into the FreeBSD kernel unless you want NAT function enabled. You'll still need a ruleset to [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Ncurses
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Named.conf
  <nowiki>// $FreeBSD: src/etc/namedb/named.conf,v 1.6.2.4 2001/12/05 22:10:12 cjc Exp $
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• Ipfw
  ...nt firewall_enable="YES" is used. You do not need to compile IPFW into the FreeBSD kernel unless you want NAT function enabled. If you '''do''' plan on NAT'in [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Firewall, Monitoring
  [[Category: Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Default deny
  All FreeBSD systems running [[ipfw]] are automatically '''default deny''' systems unles [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Etc/services
  ... you may very well confuse them into inoperability if you dump tons of non-FreeBSD-related information into this file. I personally figured this out the hard [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Natd
  ...d''' is the system daemon that handles [[Network Address Translation]] for FreeBSD systems acting as [[gateway]]s. Its behavior is controlled both through th
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• Gateway
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Network Address Translation
  Note: All three Freebsd firewall solutions (ipfw), (ipf), and (pf) along with (ppp) have their own ...0 of its WAN to the inside machine's port 80. Many NAT devices (including FreeBSD machines running [[natd]]) can also map to different inside ports than the
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• Firewall
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Routed
  '''routed''' is the routing daemon included with the base FreeBSD system. It's getting a bit long in the tooth, and most people seem to reco
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• Community
  ...he stability, easy install of programs and all the other things which make FreeBSD so much more helpful. [[Category:Why FreeBSD?]]
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• .cshrc
  ... up until the first . (Ex: freebsd.yourdomain.com would show up as simply "freebsd") * %M - The machine's full hostname (Ex: freebsd.yourdomain.com)
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• Resolv.conf
  [[Category:Important_Config_Files]][[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• FTP
  The default FTP client on FreeBSD systems is ''[[ftp]]''. The default FTP server is ''[[ftpd]]''. [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Packet sniffing
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• IPv4
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• IPv6
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Qmail, Mail toaster
  First of all, you're going to need a FreeBSD server - all of the applications we're going to use are free software and a ...your discretion. Once that's done, we'll grab all our files and apply the FreeBSD port's patches before applying our own:
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• Escaped to multi-line format
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Links
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Ln
  Fortunately the web server is running [[FreeBSD]] Unix with [[Apache]]! ...f both hard and symbolic links can be seen on the file system of a running FreeBSD operating system.
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• Root privilege
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Uid
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Gid
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Headless server
  ...m one FreeBSD box to another, check out the FreeBSD Manual page http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/serial.html [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• MySQL, tips
  ... use the '/var' volume (or [[mount]] point) to store the database files on FreeBSD systems. This volume is typically used to store system log files and as su (thanks to [http://www.freebsddiary.org/mysql.php The FreeBSD Diary] for this tip)
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• Java
  ...e FreeBSD 5.x tree, although you can use the older Java 1.3.1 packages for FreeBSD 4.8 (and later,) tree. These are older packages (the latest Java is 1.4.2 ( ...Java, check out the [http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml FreeBSD Foundation's Java pre-built binaries]. They're .tbz's and you'll want to do
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• Ee
  ee - easy editor. The default editor for FreeBSD, not unlike [[nano]] in that it uses a text-menu interface with hotkeys (e.
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• Superuser
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Default allow
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Race condition
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Mount
  ..., CD-ROM or USB memory key, or virtual media, such as file server shares. FreeBSD has support for reading from a large number of file systems and can write b An typical installation of FreeBSD might have the following mount-points:
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• RAMdisk 5.x
  #REDIRECT [[RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x]]
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• Migrating From Windows
  For a basic windows user, after having FreeBSD installed the first thing that comes to mind is: [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Gnome
  http://www.freebsd.org/gnome/docs/faq2.html#q1 [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Xfce
  The default desktop for the Freesbie Live-FreeBSD distribution. [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Windowmaker
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Recommended applications
  Note that to get sound working under FreeBSD, you'll need to enable your [[sound card]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Ports, Installing
  Installing software in FreeBSD is very easy if you use the ports tree. To use the ports tree you will firs Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org
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• Patching
  [[Category:Common Tasks]] [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]][[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]] [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Pkg add
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Package
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Mplayer
  [http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2003-October/023709.html Configuration example] [[Category:FreeBSD Multimedia]]
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• Sound card
  In order to get sound out of your FreeBSD box, you'll need to either load your sound driver module or compile sound s === FreeBSD 7+ Sound ===
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• NFS
  ...w.netapp.com NetApp] appliances but should work on any NFS-enabled server, FreeBSD included. A blog article discussing VMware and NFS is available [http://st [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Nvidia
  '''nvidia''' is the FreeBSD port of the nvidia graphics driver. It is found in /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-dr * https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Tested_hardware_matrix
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• Complete Workstation
  ==Installing FreeBSD== For this particular write-up, we'll be using FreeBSD 5.3 -- the 4.x series might be better for you if you've got old hardware, o
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• External Links
  == Official FreeBSD Sites == * [http://www.freebsd.org/] FreeBSD Project's homepage
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• Escape
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Configuring X
  ...l. FreeBSD 5.3 was the first release to include Xorg, but all versions of FreeBSD since 5.3 include support for both XFree86 and Xorg. and you have 2 options. You can build from ports or use the pre-built FreeBSD Packages.
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• KDE, installing
  Note: A lot of this article has originated from http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11-wm.html [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Sparc - Terminal Emulation
  FreeBSD installation on a Sparc machine can be a frustrating thing for the beginner To install FreeBSD on a Sparc, you will need:
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• Sparc - Gotchas
  ... stub article for different things to be aware of when installing or using FreeBSD on Sparc hardware. ... including a brief essential guide to the OpenBoot firmware (enough to get FreeBSD booted at least).
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• Webmin
  ...lable options are presented (by tab titles, as per Webmin release 1.350 on FreeBSD 6.2): ... following an installation from the [[Ports]] system on recent releases of FreeBSD - notably 6.2, but also others - that presents an error message. The autho
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• Etc/make.conf
  ... options, it will be -- very handy for a [[headless_server]]. Note that in FreeBSD 7 and above the packages that are compiled moved from make.conf to src.conf Following the tip from [[http://simon.nitro.dk/freebsd-tips.html this page]], I added the lines
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• Network, troubleshooting
  * Thanks to those who both ask and help answer relevant questions at FreeBSD related forums. [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• BIOS
  ''This is a non-FreeBSD specific term. It features in this wiki for reference.'' ... serial ports and putting text onto the screen. Modern operating systems, FreeBSD included, now utilise drivers to access the hardware and the BIOS simply ex
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• Upgrading the base system
  Upgrading a FreeBSD system is relatively painless if the proper steps are followed. The standard way to upgrade a FreeBSD system is to update the source code to the new version then recompile the s
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• Updating the system
  ... [http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security-notifications FreeBSD security notifications] and follow the instructions in each advisory. Other In FreeBSD, the base system and ports can be updated independently if desired. Here's
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• Etc/master.passwd
  '''Etc/master.passwd''' is the master password file on FreeBSD. Its Linux equivalent is the shadow password file. Don't ever edit master.p
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• Lsof
  ...f the default base installation of [[FreeBSD]]. The equivalent command on FreeBSD is [[fstat]].
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• Pkg delete
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Pkg info
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Setuid
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]][[Category:System Commands]]
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• Edit
  Easy Editor, commonly aliased in FreeBSD systems as [[ee]]. As close to a GUI as a text console editor is going to g [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Flags
  Note that in FreeBSD, flags are prefixed with "-" or "--" as opposed to Microsoft Windows' "/". [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• IP addresses, multiple
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Script to install common packages
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Proc
  ...o has sysctl, but its usefulness is nowhere near that of FreeBSD's sysctl. FreeBSD versions prior to 5.0 had a working /proc implementation. However, several ...ted. No tools included with FreeBSD actually use it for anything, though. FreeBSD 7.x will probably be the first release without any trace of /proc.
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• Sshd
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:System Commands]]
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• RAID1, Software, How to setup
  ...al on setting up [[gmirror]] software-based RAID1 mirroring on an existing FreeBSD system. The goal is to convert all system partitions - including / and swa ...es. We will be assuming that those drives are /dev/ad0 and /dev/ad2, with FreeBSD installed and working on /dev/ad0, and /dev/ad2 being either blank and bran
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• Services
  ''This is a non-FreeBSD specific term. It features in this wiki for reference.''
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• Named
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Network Configuration (manual)
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• BIND
  ...ndex.pl?/sw/bind/ the ISC's website]] but it is part of ports and the base FreeBSD distribution.
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• BIND, installing
  BIND in FreeBSD is part of the base system -- it's already there and waiting for you. If yo
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• BIND, securing
  ...g. Maybe really wrong. In any case, better safe than sorry: recompile your FreeBSD kernel and include [[ipfw]] in it and set your firewall rules to just what [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• BIND, managing
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• Arp
  Arp - Address Resolution Protocol. This is not a FreeBSD-specific term. [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• PHP
  [[Category: Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• FILO
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Apache, Configuring
  [[Category: Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• Make
  ... says, which is usually installing the port and registering it against the FreeBSD package database, and running Thanks in no small part to the [[makefile]] (and the FreeBSD maintainers who take care of the ports tree) [[make]] is usually "smart" en
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• DNS
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• OpenVPN
  To build it on a FreeBSD machine, just:
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• CUPS
  ...y want to add the above port even if you installed cups when you installed FreeBSD. As well, cups-base (and perhaps cups) does not create a directory for CUPS ==Printing from Windows XP to a FreeBSD CUPs server==
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• OpenOffice.org
  ...SD 5.4 or 6 -RELEASE at [ftp://ooopackages.good-day.net/pub/OpenOffice.org/FreeBSD/ Good Day] for both the older 1.2 or newer 2.0 OOo releases. [[Category: FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Gotchas, Linux
  ==Things you should know if you're coming to FreeBSD from Linux== ...re]] if you would like to know what this means. It seems that [[http://www.freebsd.org/projects/summerofcode.html Google]] might be helping to change this tho
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• Ssh keys, creating
  [[Category: Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category: System Commands]]
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• Ssh-keygen
  [[Category: Securing FreeBSD]]
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• SSH, limiting to SCP or Rsync only
  [[Category:Common Tasks]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]][[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Ssh keys, using
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:System Commands]]
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• Partitioning Tips and Tricks
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Icecast and Musicpd
  ...2 uses) and --disable-ipv6 was necessary to overcome a bug with musicpd on freebsd. After that: # KEYWORD: FreeBSD shutdown
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• High Resolution Console
  If you come to FreeBSD after using Linux, one of the first things you may notice is the lack of hi ==Tell FreeBSD to use the video mode all the time==
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• Hard Disk Partition Sizes
  ...p://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning&format=html man tuning] under FreeBSD 6.0 . By the existence of this page, however, you have also realized that s ... single slice (a FreeBSD slice = a windows or linux partition). This frees FreeBSD from being limited to a rather inconvenient number of 4 or so partitions. R
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• Dig
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• FreeBSD Release Branches
  ==Which version of FreeBSD is right for me?== ...lete list of current supfile tags is available in the handbook [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/cvs-tags.html appendix].
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• Updating the source tree
  ...u may think of keeping your sources updated as about the first half of the FreeBSD procedure which corresponds to [[Windows Update]]. There are two major syst ...he fundamental system programs (collectively known as the 'world') for the FreeBSD operating system.
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• Updating to FreeBSD 6.0
  ...ate using the freebsd-update port as described [http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-upgrade-5.4-to-6.0/ here] The complete FreeBSD Handbook section can be found here: [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/makeworld.html] This article is an a
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• Soft links
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Smb.conf
  By default, '''smb.conf''' can be found at '''/usr/local/etc/smb.conf''' on FreeBSD machines.
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• Ssh, passwordless authentication
  ...gory:Common Tasks]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]][[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• X Windows Terminal
  I've based this document on FreeBSD 6.1. Install FreeBSD 6.1 as per usual.
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• Mounting removable drives without root privilege
  ...rg/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/disks.html Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD: Disks, File Systems, and Boot Loaders] [[Category:Common Tasks]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Blackbox
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]][[Category:Ports and Packages]]
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• Create RAMdisks under FreeBSD 5.x
  #REDIRECT [[RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x]]
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• Installing FreeBSD on Sparc systems
  #REDIRECT [[Sparc - Installing FreeBSD]]
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• Installing FreeBSD
  #REDIRECT [[Installing FreeBSD - Standard Installation]]
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• Free
  #REDIRECT [[FreeBSD is Free]]
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• Ports Tree, Installing
  ...files and information required to properly download and install all of the FreeBSD ports. You can also go to FreeBSD.org and ftp the latest ports.tar.gz (about 200megs or so,) and uncompress i
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• Packages, Installing
  Fetching ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-5.3-release/Latest/xmotd.tbz... Done. ftp://ftp.riken.go.jp/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6.2-release
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• Creating RAMdisks under FreeBSD 5.x
  #REDIRECT [[RAMdisks, creating under FreeBSD 5.x]]
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• Fvwm
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]] [[Category:Ports and Packages]]
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• Joe
  See also [[vi]], [[ee]] (commonly aliased under FreeBSD as "[[edit]]"), [[joe]], [[nano]], [[pico]], [[vim]] or [[emacs]].
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• Vim
  Note that vim is not part of FreeBSD, you will have to install it before running it. Once installed, you are adv See also [[vi]], [[ee]] (commonly aliased under FreeBSD as "[[edit]]"), [[joe]], [[nano]], [[pico]], [[vim]] or [[emacs]].
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• Ports tree
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Eot
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Expiring passwords
  ...rity/epasswd/article.html and this section of the Manual Pages: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=login.conf&sektion=5 [[Category: Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Cvs
  ...d for other mirroring tasks that don't apply to ports or updating sources. FreeBSD repository updates have been replaced by [[subversion]], or [[ctm]]. ...vorite [[text file editor]] such as [[vi]], [[ee]] (commonly aliased under FreeBSD as "edit"), [[joe]], [[nano]], [[pico]], [[vim]] or [[emacs]] to edit the '
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• ARP
  Technically, this is not specific to FreeBSD, but if you're using your FreeBSD box as a gateway, this is something that you'll need know (also how to clea [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• MITM
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Wget
  ... get stuff from the internet via command-line is not installed by default. FreeBSD uses [[fetch]] instead.
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• SRV
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Sound card: checking drivers
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Startx
  [[Category: FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• .xinitrc
  [[Category: FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Ports
  ...an operating system's source-code intended for different types processors, FreeBSD itself can run on Intel x86, AMD x64 and Sun Sparc processors as well as ot ...m, FreeBSD has many thousands of applications available in this way (the [[FreeBSD]] community therefore use this meaning for their 'ports');
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• Apache, Installing with PHP
  ... of the software. This is the recommended way to install software for most FreeBSD servers. It will also register the install with the ports db and will allow [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Megarc
  ==Megarc port for FreeBSD== ...mpanies any boxed LSI Logic RAID storage adapter. It is also found in the FreeBSD ports collection.
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• Gvinum
  ...-written to utilize [[geom]] communication methods, and is included in the FreeBSD core distribution. Many of the ''vinum'' functions are reproduced in ''gvin
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• Block repeated illegal or failed SSH logins
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Ntp
  ...atch for the broadcast client (refer to [http://monkey.org/freebsd/archive/freebsd-questions/200408/msg02738.html this post]), so while [[ports]] or [[package [[Category: FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• NTP, configuring
  ...tpd_enable in older FreeBSD releases (before FreeBSD-5). If you're running FreeBSD-4, replace every instance of ntpd with xntpd (xntpd_enable="YES", for examp http://people.freebsd.org/~phk/dlink/
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• Portaudit
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]][[Category:Ports and Packages]] '''portaudit''' is a small FreeBSD [[ports|port]] that automatically creates and maintains a database of known
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• CPAN
  Many of these modules can be installed using the FreeBSD [[ports tree]]. This is by far to be preferred over installing them using ...d install them yourself using the <code>cpan</code> command interface. On FreeBSD, modules installed with <code>cpan</code> are listed in the package databas
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• Authoritative nameserver
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Sshd config
  # $FreeBSD: src/crypto/openssh/sshd_config,v 1.42.2.1 2005/09/11 16:50:35 # Note that some of FreeBSD's defaults differ from OpenBSD's, and
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• Ftp
  ...s the default client implementation of [[FTP]] (File Transfer Protocol) on FreeBSD systems. ''ftp'' is IPV6 aware, and is capable of creating, deleting, modi
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• Daemon
  ...e ''daemon'' continues to run after the interactive process is closed. In FreeBSD, ''daemons'' are ordinarily started by [[init]] at bootup, and stopped by [ ...us use of other programs, and so on. Be aware of the [[:Category:Securing FreeBSD|security implications]] of your configuration and startup options.
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• CURRENT
  ...posite of ''supported'', and it contrasts sharply with [[STABLE]]. See [[FreeBSD Release Branches]]. [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• STABLE
  ...'STABLE''' tree, where it is prepared for the "next point" RELEASE. See [[FreeBSD Release Branches]]. [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• BIND, dynamic DNS
  Okay, good. But we also need to dig a little further, because FreeBSD systems have a nasty habit of shipping with some elderly BIND8 components h ...us) parent zone, server.net, which is maintained by a statically-addressed FreeBSD server which we have (root) control of, and we already have functional DNS
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• DNS record types
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]][[Category:DNS]]
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• Bloated
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Cruft
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Flat files
  Common examples of flat file databases are FreeBSD's [[rc.conf]], Apache's [[httpd.conf]], and BIND's [[zone files]]. (In the [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Root servers
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Top level domain
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• RBL
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]][[Category:DNS]]
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• Mysql 5.0, installing
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• FTPS
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Rc.subr
  ...tp://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=rc.subr&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html man rc.subr] ...alled services. At the same time, the directory ''/etc/rc.d'' appeared in FreeBSD, where you will find startup scripts for all base-installed services (so th
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• Etc/rc
  ...t thing that ''init'' does when starting multiuser mode, the mode in which FreeBSD is normally run. By reading /etc/rc, you can learn a lot about how the sys
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• Qmail, flushing the queue
  ...try it yet or not. NOTE: do not substitute the [[killall]] command; under FreeBSD (as of 4.0-6.1) the [[killall]] command does not appear to actually pass th
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• Installing fonts
  Under FreeBSD 5.4 I installed my TrueType fonts in: [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• FreeBSD-Distros
  == A list of FreeBSD based distros. == [http://www.freebsd.org FreeBSD]® is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium®
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• Installing FreeBSD from a Local FTP Site
  == Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disc == ... be used by other machines on your network when installing FreeBSD. See [[FreeBSD ISO layout]] for more details.
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• Geom
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Dual Screen
  /etc/X11/xorg.config (Most current FreeBSD versions) /etc/X11/XF86Config (Old FreeBSD versions and PCBSD)
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• Tomcat
  ...//www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installing_FreeBSD_-_Standard_Installation FreeBSD 6.1]
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• Scanner, installing
  To install a scanner make sure that the scanner you are using is supported by FreeBSD. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/scanners.html
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• Flash
  ...r and Adobe Flash 9 for Windows in WINE. This was tested with WINE 0.9.59, FreeBSD 7-Release and Firefox 2.0.0.13. ...h is meant to use windows plugins, through wine emulation, in non-emulated FreeBSD browsers. (I haven't tested this set-up)
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• Samba, SWAT (Samba Web Interface)
  [[Category:Common Tasks]] [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Burncd
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• GnuCash2
  ...s can be found on the [http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FreeBSD GnuCash wiki's FreeBSD page].
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• DHCP
  FreeBSD dhcp-1.one.example.com 6.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE #0: Thu Nov 3 09:36:13 UTC 2005 [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• ISC
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Etc/sysctl.conf
  ...s a documentation project for the sysctl attributes on various versions of FreeBSD, starting with 6.2-RELEASE. [[etc/sysctl.conf - FreeBSD 6.2]]
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• Installing FreeBSD with netboot
  == FreeBSD bootonly == The first step to installing FreeBSD via netboot is to acquire FreeBSD. We'll be using the bootonly-iso, this can be fetched at your nearest ftp.
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• Bash, fixing delete key behavior
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• Jails
  [[Category: Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• RAID0, Software, How to setup
  The following is a practical guide to setting up software RAID0 on FreeBSD using the [[GEOM]] subsystem. This may appear to be written as an aide-mem ...ves since the motherboard has no SATA ports. The RAID0 is provided by the FreeBSD software-based solution documented within this article.
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• FreeBSD ISO layout
  The directory <tt>ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/ISO-IMAGES/8.2</tt> lists the following contents: ./disc1/var/db/freebsd-update
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• Dovecot
  Similar to most other key FreeBSD services Dovecot can be run [[chroot]] in its own directory. ...e a number of alternative services that provide POP3 and IMAP protocols on FreeBSD:
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• Intel - HCL TWAIN
  Note: moused(8) has more information on using pointing devices with FreeBSD. Information on using pointing devices with Xorg can be found at http://www
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• Network Configuration (Advanced)
  Static routing can be configured on FreeBSD by editing [[rc.conf]] and either running /etc/netstart, or rebooting. Sta [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• Filesystem, Missing Space
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Smartctl
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• WINS
  ''This is a non-FreeBSD specific term referring to a Microsoft technology for hostname resolution t ...ctive. The following are based on making the WINS service available using FreeBSD as the host operating system:
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• Installation on Ultra 5
  ...variant of the Ultra 5. The installation is similar to an installation of FreeBSD on regular x86 systems. The following covers the specifics of the Ultra 5 == Initiating the FreeBSD installer ==
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• Thunderbird, link handling preferences
  [[Category: FreeBSD for Workstations]] [[Category: Common Tasks]]
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• Kopete
  [[Category: Ports and Packages]] [[Category: FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Unicode
  == Using UTF-8 in FreeBSD == It could also be necessary to change the font see Unicode support on FreeBSD.
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• RAID
  FreeBSD offers solid and reliable kernel-level software RAID at the [[RAID0]], [[RA [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• SmoothWall
  ...rce and freely available alternative for those not confident enough to use FreeBSD's in-built firewall solutions. It requires an IBM compatible i386 (or bett m0n0wall - this is a stripped-down FreeBSD based firewall that uses PHP for the back-end control and configuration.
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• Postfix
  ... default Sendmail MTA used on many Unix and Unix-like platforms, including FreeBSD. Postfix is considered to be a faster, easier to manage and more secure th ...The following list contains open source implementations available from the FreeBSD ports system:
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• RAID3, Software, How to setup
  ...abytes. (The volume will only ''show'' 2.6T, but that's because of the 8% FreeBSD reserves by default for [[root]]'s use.) [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• RAID0
  FreeBSD supports software based RAID0 through the GEOM disk management subsystem. ...tp://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/geom-striping.html FreeBSD Handbook] has details covering the GEOM RAID0 / Striping subsystem.
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• Uptime
  Note: FreeBSD does not have an "uptime reset" issue, often referred to as the 497 day rol ...uptime.netcraft.com/up/accuracy.html not always accurate]. That said, the FreeBSD (and other BSDs) are frequently topping the chart with regards to [http://u
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• Uname
  FreeBSD hostname.domain.tld 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May 7 04:42:56 UTC 2006 root@opus.cse.buffalo.edu:
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• Stdout
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Cronolog
  [[Category: Ports and Packages]] [[Category: FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Apache, rotating logfiles
  [[Category: Common Tasks]] [[Category: FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• HTTP
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• DNS cache poisoning
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]][[Category:DNS]]
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• Intel (x86) - Quick Install Guide
  This guide, will cover installing FreeBSD 8.2-Release from CD/FTP for the Intel x86, x86-64, and AMD64 platforms. Si ...hapters in [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ The FreeBSD Handbook].
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• WINBIND
  ...ows user who signs in against Active Directory can access a Samba share on FreeBSD and for that share to be secured for access by that user's Windows account [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• NSSwitch
  Name Server Switch, NSSwitch, is a service on FreeBSD (and most other variants, including [[Linux]]) that offers a means to resol ...les in /etc for referencing [[hosts]], [[users]] (now within [[passwd]] on FreeBSD) and [[groups]]. This was acceptable when such servers were run in stand-a
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• Hosts
  ...he hosts file can still be useful for blocking advertising sites from your FreeBSD workstation, as [http://everythingisnt.com/hosts.html this guide] demonstra It is well documented on the internet that Microsoft used FreeBSD's implementation of TCP/IP for network-enabling their operating systems and
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• Simscan
  ....patch from the one provided in /contrib at inter7.com if you're running a FreeBSD box and have selected all the options I normally select when building Qmail
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• RAID, performance tests
  Use of the parity member in read operations is optional with FreeBSD's RAID3 implementation ([[graid3]]), but testing seems to show round-robin ...ther seen nor heard of it in actual use other than with '''graid3''' under FreeBSD. It is similarly rare to see RAID4 outside Linux's implementation.
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• PC-BSD
  PC-BSD is a distribution of FreeBSD that installs a ready to use desktop environment based on KDE. [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• GNU Project
  The GNU Project is a community akin to FreeBSD and other [[open source]] projects. It was founded by [http://en.wikipedia While FreeBSD and its related family of [[OpenBSD]], [[NetBSD]] and others use the [[BSD
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• BSD Licence
  The '''BSD License''' is the license by which FreeBSD is released under much like [[Linux]] being released under the 'GNU General ...something go wrong.". The following is taken from the COPYRIGHT file on a FreeBSD 6.2 installation and features the full license details:
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• Route
  The '''route''' command is used to manually configure the routing on FreeBSD. It differs in usage from the Microsoft command of the same name which can ...display current routing table information. This is not available from the FreeBSD command of the same name. However it is available using '''netstat -r''' c
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• Syslog
  The Syslog service is installed as a core component of FreeBSD and is operational by default. It runs as a listening service on the local ...el of events to log and where to log them to. A default installation from FreeBSD will log anything informative (or higher) from the mail service to a log fi
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• GRUB FreeBSD
  == Grub Bootloader on FreeBSD == install, setup and use GNU/Grub bootloader on FreeBSD. If you need
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• Background, running jobs in
  [[Category: Common Tasks]] [[Category: FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• DOS to FreeBSD cheat sheet
  ...ble on Microsoft's DOS and Windows platforms and the equivalent command on FreeBSD. This can be considered a 'cheat-sheet' for quick reference. !FreeBSD
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• FreeBSD Platforms
  ...ng system supports a number of processor architectures, or platforms. The FreeBSD development team classifies the level of support as a tier, with Tier-1 bei == FreeBSD architectures ==
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• NetBSD
  NetBSD is a form of Unix, similar to FreeBSD in principle, but developed with a view to supporting the widest range of p [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Xen
  Work is in progress to enable FreeBSD to run natively on xen using the 'enlightened' paravirtualisation method. ...ases (this was tested by the [[User:DrModiford|author]] using the official FreeBSD 7.0 current ISO releases).
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• AccessPoint
  FreeBSD is very well suited for use as a wifi access point as it has 'master mode' ...us wireless network cards. Most other sets are fairly similar to those on FreeBSD.
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• Static Routing
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• PPPOE, access point
  *2 Realtech PCI 10/100 cards, on FreeBSD. These cards are recognized as rl0 and rl1. (Perhaps there is the possibili *1 Ralink rt2500 PCI card, on FreeBSD. This card is recognized as ral0.
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• Syslog-NG Installation
  ..., service is an updated version of the default [[Syslog]] service found on FreeBSD and other UNIX and Unix-like operating systems (a paid-for version exists f For further information on the default Syslog service installed on FreeBSD see the main [[Syslog|Syslog article]]. The following is an explanation of
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• DynDns
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Openvpn with fixed ips
  // $FreeBSD: src/etc/namedb/named.conf,v 1.26.4.1 2008/01/13 20:48:23 dougb Exp $
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• Qmail, setting as default mailer
  # freebsd mailwrapper configuration, for qmail ...opriate [[qmail]] executables to their [[sendmail]] aliases. That's it for FreeBSD.
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• IPMI
  Before you can use IPMI on a FreeBSD server, you will need to load the impi kernel module (or compile it in the ...pport for IMPI 1.0 is available using the ERA/O card. But after testing on Freebsd 7.0 STABLE, the BIOS doesn't seems to send information about the IPMI BMC.
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• WPA Supplicant
  ...y=wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant(8)] tool which is distributed as a part of FreeBSD's base helps handle all these networks with ease, so that you won't have to * [http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=wpa_supplicant wpa_supplicant(8)]
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• GEOM Boot Problems, fixing
  ...l bus. Disks 1 and 3 are a gmirror (/dev/mirror/FreeBSD) and hold my whole FreeBSD install. The other 2 are for data and are using setup using a zfs stripe (
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• Sun Microsystems Hardware
  ...day, numerous operating systems can run on the Sun UltraSPARC platform and FreeBSD is one of them. ...386 or AMD64 releases, which are themselves designated Tier-1. That said, FreeBSD is a worthy choice for an alternative operating system to bring a fresh use
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• OpenBoot
  [[Category: FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Installation on XenServer
  ...ource [[Xen]] platform. The installation is similar to an installation of FreeBSD on regular x86 systems. The following covers the specifics of the XenServe ...r purchased through one of the affiliated on-line stores). The standard [[FreeBSD Platforms|i386]] release might also work but the underlying Xen virtualisat
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• GlusterFS
  At the time of this writing, there is no FreeBSD port for gluster, you will first need to install FUSE manually. Freebsd 7: Both client and server were installed successfully
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• Samba, listing users
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]][[Category:Common Tasks]]
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• Porteasy
  setenv CVSROOT :pserver:anoncvs@anoncvs.tw.FreeBSD.org:/home/ncvs
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• SMTP, testing via Telnet
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]] [[Category:Common Tasks]]
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• IMAP, testing via Telnet
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]] [[Category:Common Tasks]]
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• POP3, testing via Telnet
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]] [[Category:Common Tasks]]
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• HTTP, testing via Telnet
  &lt;address>Apache/2.0.52 (FreeBSD) PHP/5.2.1 with Suhosin-Patch Server at testdomain.tld Port 80&lt;/address> [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]] [[Category:Common Tasks]]
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• Postfix, virtual domain setup
  ...ready, but I'll fix any remaining rough patches if and when I do this on a FreeBSD box the first time. --[[User:Jimbo|Jimbo]] 23:42, 6 October 2009 (EDT) ...(italicized text is adapted from Ubuntu setup and needs to be modified for FreeBSD - I haven't set up Postfixadmin on a BSD box yet.)
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• Apache, Digest Authentication
  [[Category:Common Tasks]][[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]][[Category:Apache]]
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• Iotop
  ...d to "iotop" from Linux. iotop does not exist on FreeBSD, but you can use FreeBSD's built-in version of [[top]] to do the same thing.
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• ZFS, booting from (pre 9.0-RELEASE)
  ... guide at [http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror http://wiki.freebsd.org/RootOnZFS/GPTZFSBoot/Mirror]. =Installing FreeBSD Root on ZFS (Mirror) using GPT=
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• ZFS, creating datasets for the FreeBSD system
  Some admins may wish to create a customized set of datasets tailored to the FreeBSD system itself; ie configuring compression for the ports directory (but not
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• ZFS, booting from
  Note: '''THIS ARTICLE IS FOR 9.0-RELEASE AND UP!''' If you're using FreeBSD 7.x or 8.x, please see [[ZFS, booting from (pre 9.0-RELEASE)]]. =Installing FreeBSD Root on ZFS (Mirror) using GPT=
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• List of BSD or similar licensed software
  *[[FreeBSD]] - Monolithic (BSD) === [[FreeBSD]] based ===
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• FreeBSD Install Guide
  ...ion that describes a Step-by-Step How-To Instructional Guide to Installing FreeBSD from scratch.<br> View [http://www.a1poweruser.com/ The FreeBSD Install Guide].
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• Sysctl.conf Security Knobs
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Securing System Files
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Jail Facility
  ...on of a special purpose [[jails|jail]] directory tree containing an entire FreeBSD distribution. Any processes run are confined to the jail directory tree, be The FreeBSD handbook describes the Manual method of creating Jails, but its hard to und
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• Commonly used commands
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Masquerading as a Commercial User
  See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ez-ipupdate&stype=all FreeBSD has a few different specially coded applications in the ports/packages coll
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• Ipfw Configuring
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Securelevel Option in rc.conf
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Secure Kernel Source
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Ipfw natd
  ...is the ipfw system daemon that handles [[Network Address Translation]] for FreeBSD systems acting as [[gateway]]s. Its behavior is controlled both through th [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Firewall Default deny
  All FreeBSD systems running [[ipfw]] are automatically '''default deny''' systems unles [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]]
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• Firewall Default allow
  [[Category:FreeBSD Terminology]] [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• IPFILTER (IPF) Firewall
  ...m dependant. IPFILTER is an open source application and has been ported to FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Sun, HP, and Solaris operating systems. IPFILTER is activ ...t http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipf&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+6.0-RELEASE+and+Ports&format=html
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• IPFIREWALL (IPFW) Firewall
  http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=ipfw&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+9.0-RELEASE&format=html [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Defending Against Attacks
  ... and report the abuse to the ISP owner of the sending IP address using the FreeBSD port ppars-1.0 See Abuse reporting system [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]]
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• Example of configuring OpenSSH
  In this example we have a FreeBSD system which we will call the host. This is the system that remote users wa We have an Remote FreeBSD system which is located some where on the public internet, we will call thi
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• Local Area Network (LAN)
  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/network-nfs.html ping -c 4 freebsd.org
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• User Account Admin
  ... access is controlled by the user account. The FBSD Handbook at http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/users-modifying.html gives a very go [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• File Permissions
  [[Category:Securing FreeBSD]] [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Personal Scripts
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Servers]]
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• Disaster Recovery Scheme
  In MUM (multiple-user-mode) which is the normal way FreeBSD runs, you give the ‘dump command’ the –L flag. This tells dump that i During the normal boot process, it pauses for 10 seconds at the FreeBSD menu.
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• Desktop, light setup
  ...d the [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/x11.html FreeBSD Handbook: The X Window System] for more information. * FreeBSD 6 Unleashed (2006)
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• Csup
  ...n replacement for [[cvsup]]. This program comes with the base system since FreeBSD 6.2, so it does not require bloated dependencies to run. * Network Administration with FreeBSD 7 (2008)
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• Portmaster
  * [http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ports-using.html FreeBSD Handbook: Using the Ports Collection] * Network Administration with FreeBSD 7 (2008)
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• .xsession
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Subversion
  ...grams that use [[subversion]], mainly to [[Updating the source tree|update FreeBSD source files]]. # $FreeBSD$
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• Linux, configuration
  ...f the below is according to messages after compiling ports, or is from the FreeBSD Handbook, these instructions may change over time: .../linuxemu-lbc-install.html Linux® Binary Compatibility], and [https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/filesystems-linux.html Linux® File
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• Ezjail
  ...tps://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/jails-ezjail.html FreeBSD Handbook: Managing Jails with ezjail] * [http://www.freebsddiary.org/ezjail.php The FreeBSD Diary: ezjail - A jail administration framework]
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• Poudriere
  Then it requires a base for each architecture and FreeBSD version you wish to compile for: ...://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=poudriere&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+10.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html Poudriere manpage]
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• BSD alternatives, administration level
  ...ported to GNU/Linux with GNU style dependencies, before they are ported to FreeBSD, so GPL (GNU) licensed programs are generally allowed to be used in pkg an ...d by both compilers. Newer versions of GCC are not license compatible with FreeBSD's base system. Installing it through ports or packages is perfectly compati
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• BSD alternatives, user-end applications
  ...-wm/fluxbox}} is based on {{port|x11-wm/blackbox}} which was developed for FreeBSD * {{port|x11/lumina}} desktop built for FreeBSD, it uses fluxbox and relies on the qt toolkit
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• Hardware Configuration, Audio/Video
  Here is a list of FreeBSD supported video cards, https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Hardware_Support. Check the latest compatibility information b At the time of FreeBSD 11, the VESA driver works with {{man|sc|4}}, and graphics cards which use K
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• Hardware Considerations
  ... a basic list of compatible hardware see "Hardware Notes" under http://www.freebsd.org/releases/ . ...duction ready version of FreeBSD. Other graphics cards are compatible with FreeBSD, but unfortunately without their full abilities. For details of compatible
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• Network, Wireless
  ...n}} depends on your router, so you'll have to test values 0 through 2. For FreeBSD or {{man|wlan|4}}, {{code|ap_scan}} should always be set to 1. [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• Desktop, troubleshooting
  ...are still problems, replace {{file|/etc/ttys}} with {{file|ttys}} from the FreeBSD install cd, then edit it from there. [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]]
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• Driver development, resources
  ...www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/arch-handbook/devicedrivers.html FreeBSD Arch Handbook: Device Drivers] * [https://www.nostarch.com/bsddrivers.htm FreeBSD Device Drivers: A Guide for the Intrepid (2012) - Joseph Kong]
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• Terminal emulator, configuration
  [[Category:Configuring FreeBSD]]
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• PF, quick reference guide
  ... OpenBSD contain more abilities, and some syntax changes compared to PF on FreeBSD. * Network Administration with FreeBSD 7: Network Configuration - Firewalls
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• Desktop, obsolete settings
  This is for those who are familiar with older versions of FreeBSD. The hald option can be replaced with FreeBSD's native program {{man|devd|8}}, if the options were set in {{port|x11-serv
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• Window Managers, BSD
  [[Category:FreeBSD for Workstations]] [[Category:FreeBSD Multimedia]]
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• Printing, about
  About printing on FreeBSD: comparisons of printing protocols; about filters, Page Description Languag LPR is the default with FreeBSD. LPRng is a more advanced implementation of LPR. These two programs use and
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