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• Custom Kernel
  ...e your kernel configurations to disable [[APIC]] so that you can still use the [[ACPI]] features. Or you may choose to [[Disable ACPI]] altogether. Or p ...date the base with the command {{cmd|[[freebsd-update]]}} before compiling the custom kernel.
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• Rsync
  ...PU - ''very'' useful for synchronizing across low-bandwidth networks, like the internet.
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• Boot Manager
  ... on various hard drives or partitions. It's pretty basic, just presenting the user with a (default ten second) chance to press F1 for selection 1, etc. ...he boot manager, but now you want to get ''rid'' of it, you'll need to use the sysinstall method no matter what.
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• Samba, Configuration
  ...a windows machine to have unfettered access to appropriate shares based on the currently logged in user. This article assumes you have a fresh, unconfigur == Setting up your shares on the machine ==
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• Vi
  ...nful for the novice to use, it is well worth expending the effort to learn the basics anyway - you will probably never encounter a unixlike computer that Since it is a part of the FreeBSD base system, [[vi]] will be both installed and in your [[path]], so
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• At
  ... handy use of the '''at''' scheduler is to schedule lengthy jobs to run in the background immediately - that way even if you need to (or are forced to) cl ...commands to be scheduled, you press CTRL-D (aka the [[eof]] character) and the scheduler tells you what your job number is and what shell it will be execu
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• COPY
  ... for copying files. Under FreeBSD and other unixlike OSes, the equivalent command is [[cp]]. -H follow symbolic [[links]] in the command line, if -R is specified
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• Sysinstall
  ...t any time from the command line. The [[man]] page for sysinstall warns of the following bug: ... the mean time sysinstall has been cloned creating sade(4) which gives you the same configuration ability and is available in Release 9.x.
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• Redirection
  ...l redirection operators include: '''>''', '''>>''', '''<''', '''<<''', and the ever popular '''|'''. ...ends output to a program (frequently, a [[:Category:System Commands|system command]] like [[grep]])
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• MySQL, Simple Installation
  ... PHP in a web-database related role, with no direct foreign connections to the MySQL server. All connections will be made internally.) ...alling MySQL Server and Client, version 4.0.20 (current in my ports tree.) The steps listed here will very likely work for newer versions available when y
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• MySQL, setting root password
  ...r putty session or other ssh client, WATCH OUT FOR LINEBREAKS. If you copy the carriage return as well, you really did just set your password to 'new-pass If that happens, you'll have to issue a slightly different command to change a current password.
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• Firewall, Configuring
  ==Don't need NAT? don't rebuild the kernel!== ...ss you want NAT function enabled. You'll still need a ruleset to deal with the traffic your machine gets, of course.
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• Postfix, relay MX
  ...ly many relays which show as the primary MX record for a domain. Ideally, the true destination MX will not show up in DNS at all - to prevent spammers fr ...eters. This will dump the binary in /usr/local/sbin and the manpages into the appropriate places.
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• Apachectl
  '''apachectl''' is a simple tool used to make it easier to start and stop the [[apache]] webserver. ...'' - starts the webserver. Reports whether or not it successfully started the server, but DON'T take its word for it - apachectl often lies through its b
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• Natd
  ... [[gateway]]s. Its behavior is controlled both through the use of command line switches and a configuration file, typically located at /etc/[[natd.conf]].
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• .cshrc
  ...of the first things people do is to change the command line prompt to show the directory name of where you are currently located at.<br> This way you all ways know where you are in the system directory tree.
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• Patching
  One of the blesses and curses of the open source world is that since you can get everything in readable and edit ...h using [[diff]] so that others can take advantage of your fix by patching the original source with it.
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• Mplayer Installation
  This is a quick guide to installing the Mplayer port. ... that restrict them to use with certain programs. We only distribute them, the rest is your responsibility.''
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• Network, troubleshooting
  If you suddenly can't get to the internet, the best thing to do is to find out exactly what's broken first. Makes sense, r ...the state of your interfaces; if a cable's come unplugged, you'll see that the interface isn't connected.
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• Updating the system
  .../freebsd-security-notifications FreeBSD security notifications] and follow the instructions in each advisory. Otherwise, read on. In FreeBSD, the base system and ports can be updated independently if desired. Here's how t
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• BIND, managing
  ...below). But you should at the very least know how to manage it via command line for systems that you cannot set up [[webmin]] on for whatever reason or for ...the record, '''increase your SOA serial number''' (1st parameter on IN SOA line, commonly with comment "; Serial") and reload your server with
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• PHP
  ...ages generation on webservers. It is generally installed side by side with the [[Apache]] web server, and [[MySQL]] or [[PostgreSQL]] as database manageme PHP is available from the port-tree ...
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• OpenVPN
  ...tions. Better yet, it's so simple it can be run entirely from the command line. ...do - but to make our lives a little easier, we'll ''actually'' use command line stuff from a shell script in '''/usr/local/etc/rc.d'''. So place this - or
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• SSH, limiting to SCP or Rsync only
  ...ered custom [[shell]] when they log in that will only allow them access to the commands that you want them to be able to use. ... but is NOT any kind of hardcore lockout, as any files or directories that the user has read permissions on can be [[scp]]'ed or [[rsync]]'ed over to thei
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• Icecast and Musicpd
  ... of it to a remote machine and figure out some way to access it easily via the internet. ...1 . I also changed <user> and <group> to be nobody as I had been starting the server as root.
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• Nslookup
  ...Windows command-line tool called nslookup that does exactly the same thing the unix version does. ... clicking OK. Start the program by typing in "nslookup". This will change the prompt from whatever drive you were in (e.g., "C:\>") to just ">". By defa
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• Cvs
  '''cvs''' stands for Concurrent Versions System. As the name implies, it is a version control system. ''[[csup]]'', which comes with the base system, was useful to update ports from cvs repositories. [[cvsup]], w
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• .xinitrc
  ...trc''. The home file should be edited, as editing the other file can break the configuration setting easily. If you want to start KDE, you'll have to put this line in it:
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• Apache, Installing with PHP
  ... PHP/4.x. I belive this is the better combination, as time tells, they are the most popular and better stability. Anyhow, this is my opinion, so this guid ...on of a particular dependency library installed may break a package, where the same difference would be handled in stride if you were compiling from sourc
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• Sftp
  ...he client part of the [[SFTP]] protocol. It provides a user interface and command set very similar to ''[[ftp]]''.
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• Installing fonts
  Follow the instructions after xfstt is installed Remember to run the "xfstt --sync" command if you
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• RAID0, Software, How to setup
  ... written as an aide-memoir however it is a real-working example written by the author actually configuring a real system. The system is intended to be a file server using Samba.
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• Installation on Ultra 5
  ... of FreeBSD on regular x86 systems. The following covers the specifics of the Ultra 5 system installation. ...dia will not work! If using the [[ports]] system only CD1 is required for the base system installation.
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• Intel (x86) - Quick Install Guide
  ...little, to nothing of how to secure your newly installed BSD system. Only the quickest, and easiest way to do so. Hopefully, someone rather knowledgeabl ...Release from CD/FTP for the Intel x86, x86-64, and AMD64 platforms. Since the variation between 32bit and 64bit is nominal, additional information or ins
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• GRUB FreeBSD
  more detailed information, go read the Grub mannual at Note: UFS2 is supported starting from the verion Grub-0.94_3.
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• AccessPoint
  ...s it has 'master mode' support for a variety of wifi network cards, out of the box. Some of these include ralink and Atheros cards. ...difficulties setting up a wireless network access point on linux. Some of the problems(with non madwifi cards) include:
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• PPPOE, access point
  ...h as router and access point)...unfortunately we want to offer services to the internet such as: ...for how to deactivate the router functions and so be connected directly to the internet...
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• GlusterFS
  ... glusterfsd and the clients use mount command or glusterfs client to mount the exported filesystem. Storage can be kept scaling beyond petabytes as demand To mount GlusterFS file systems, the client computers need FUSE support in the kernel.
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• SMTP, testing via Telnet
  ...l you exactly what the SMTP server is saying. You can easily do this with the [[telnet]] client. ...eouts when trying to connect to port 25, you should try port 587, which is the standard ESMTP port. (Port 587 connections normally require SMTP AUTH, whi
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• Postfix, virtual domain setup
  ...'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) Install postfixadmin from the ports tree in /usr/ports/mail/postfixadmin.
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• Apache, Digest Authentication
  ... the ''transmitted'' username and password as well as the stored copies on the server. ...erver. (It will be by default, if you have built Apache from ports.) The line enabling it in /usr/local/etc/apache22/httpd.conf looks like this:
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• Mysql, backing up
  ...n be seriously inconvenient if you ''do'' need to restore (or just examine the contents of) a single db at a time. The following script was my solution to this problem. It reads host, username,
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• ZFS, booting from
  ..., and src - I'd highly advise you to leave ports selected!) as normal. At the Partitioning stage, select <'''S'''hell>. ===Create the boot, swap and zfs partitions===
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• Email
  ...se of using your FBSD system as a gateway/firewall/email server/web server the built in email client application is more than adequate. == Using The Mail Command ==
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• Masquerading as a Commercial User
  ... take legal action because the legal costs far outweigh the actual cost of the damages, what do you care, just sign up with a different ISP. ...authorized to register the domain name of your choice for a yearly fee. In the USA I use http://www.enom.com/ .
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• Ipfw Configuring
  The system will dynamically load the kernel module when the rc.conf statement firewall_enable="YES" is used. You'll need to define a ru ...cution of the very first line of this script - meaning that you CANNOT run the script from a remote shell session, or it will stop running before it ever
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• Ipfw natd
  ... [[gateway]]s. Its behavior is controlled both through the use of command line switches and a configuration file, typically located at /etc/natd.conf.
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• IPFILTER (IPF) Firewall
  The author of IPFILTER is Darren Reed. IPFILTER is not FBSD operating system de ...gram IPF is used to load the firewall rules. Program IPNAT is used to load the firewall NAT rules. Program IPFSTAT reports on packet filter statistics and
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• IPFIREWALL (IPFW) Firewall
  ...plication authored and maintained by FBSD volunteer staff members. It uses the legacy stateless rules and a legacy rule coding technique to achieve what i ...Providing that level of explanation is out of the scope of this section of the handbook.
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• Defending Against Attacks
  ...resources resulting in a denial of service to legitimate user requests. To the firewall these all look like legitimate packets. ...) You were found by plain bad luck. These attacks most offten only address the know port numbers listened on by those services. You use this knowledge to
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• Example of configuring OpenSSH
  ...twork in an clear, un-encrypted form. Network sniffers anywhere in between the client and server can steal your Login information and/or data transferred In this example we have a FreeBSD system which we will call the host. This is the system that remote users want to have login access to.
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• Local Area Network (LAN)
  ...n run it from their local hard disk. A user can share files with others at the LAN server. ...ing on if you are a non-commercial user or commercial user and how many of the MS/Windows and/or Unix network server sharing facilities you want to enable
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• User Account Admin
  ...unt admin scripts. These scripts are implemented around the pw(8) command. The ‘man pw’ is also good. == Configure the pw Command ==
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• File Permissions
  ...anages has a set of permissions governing who can read, write, and execute the resource. The format of the permission control field, (from left to right) is
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• Personal Scripts
  ...their canned scripts in. The users bin directory is not created as part of the FBSD install so you must make one for root. ...atedly edit the filter rules, load the rules, edit the NAT rules, and load the NAT rules. I simplify these admin functions by creating simple scripts with
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• Disaster Recovery Scheme
  ...lling everything from scratch is much more of a effort than just restoring the backup of your system. Professional users have an even more pressing need f ...red in an emergence caused my hard drive failure or security compromise of the system or just plain stupid administration operator errors. Having a pre-te
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• Desktop, light setup
  After installing and configuring the base system, here are instructions on how to get a light desktop up and run The following input is sufficient to install the programs for a running Desktop system:
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• Csup
  ...oses, csup is a drop-in replacement for [[cvsup]]. This program comes with the base system since FreeBSD 6.2, so it does not require bloated dependencies ...lacks other cvsup mirroring functions. [[Portsnap]] is best used to update the [[ports tree]]. For purposes of last second bleeding edge, non-revised, upd
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• Subversion
  ...o configure and run programs that use [[subversion]], mainly to [[Updating the source tree|update FreeBSD source files]]. Unfortunately, subversion control doesn't come with the base system, but there is a convenient, dependency-less port called {{port|
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• Linux, configuration
  To load the module without rebooting type: Alternatively, [[Kernels, Custom|compile directly into the kernel]] by adding these options to your custom ''{{file|KERNCONF}}'' file
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• Ezjail
  Then create the basejail, manpages, source and ports tree in the basejail: In order to update the basejail through quick binary, and ports:
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• Hardware Configuration, Audio/Video
  ...ted video cards, https://wiki.freebsd.org/Graphics#Hardware_Support. Check the latest compatibility information before purchasing a graphics card. Differe ...rs/xorg-drivers}}. If another driver is specified and configured, removing the VESA driver is optional.
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• Hardware Considerations
  If the CPU is 32-bit, you can upgrade it to a 64-bit CPU if the motherboard is documented according to socket type, and CPU compatibility. ...dia and Radeon graphics cards work with varying advanced capabilities with the production ready version of FreeBSD. Other graphics cards are compatible wi
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• Desktop, obsolete settings
  Manually setting the option in {{file|xorg.conf}} to the next line enabled the mouse and keyboard: ...ld option can be replaced with FreeBSD's native program {{man|devd|8}}, if the options were set in {{port|x11-servers/xorg-server}} before compiling. Some
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• Printing, about
  LPD (Line Printer Daemon) and IPP (Internet Printing Protocol) are printer protocols ... two programs use and can alter {{man|printcap|5}}. LPR and LPRng both use the LPD protocol over service port 515.
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