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Berkeley Software Distribution is a UNIX-derived operating system developed at the University of California from 1977 through 1995.

Berkeley Software Distribution is a UNIX-derived operating system developed at the University of California from 1977 through 1995.

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NGINX, Rails & MySQL on Debian or FreeBSD - what's better security & performance-wise?

I'm about to set up a web-server which runs NGINX and MySQL. In FreeBSD I can totally separate the Webserver and the Database Server and run them in separate jails. In Debian I could run them in KVMs or XEN instances but it seems like a lot of…
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What's the shortest command to find a volume's BSD device name ( /dev/disk*s* )?

What's the easiest way to find out that, for example, /Volumes/Foo lives in /dev/disk0s2 ? EDIT: mount is probably a more semantically satisfying answer, but it doesn't get much shorter than df
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How do forward/reverse lookups differ between "nslookup," "dig," and "host"?

How are "nslookup," "dig," and "host" different (in terms of looking up hostnames or IP addresses)? Which authorities are queried? I'm trying to figure out when I should use one over the others.
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Setting up a NFS Server on FreeBSD

I need to setup an NFS Server on FreeBSD, I have gone through a couple guides to try and get it running but can't quite get it going. I have the server running, but I seem to be having trouble setting up the /etc/exports file correctly. I have…
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How to disable opensshd's self-introductory banner

I have opensshd listening on the non-standard tcp port of 2222. In sshd_config I have ... Banner none VersionAddendum none If from a client host I do a telnet ip.of.server 2222 then I see the service displaying a message introducing itself like so…
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accidentially modifying the binary of a file whilst it is running

I have several FreeBSD boxes mix of V10 and V11 that all have some binaries mounted over nfs. unfortunately a situation came about when one was executed whilst it was still being uploaded to the nfs server. I would have expected the processes to…
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pf shortcuts for block quick

Looking at https://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/shortcuts.html it's not clear to me if these are the same- block quick from and- block in quick from to any block out quick from any to similarly, I wonder if this is…
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Default http proxy under FreeBSD

I'd like to set default http proxy for all users under my FreeBSD environment. I modified /etc/login.conf file by adding HTTP_PROXY…
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Configure IPv6 on FreeBSD webserver

Seems I just can't nail the right rc.conf configuration for IPv6 on my FreeBSD 10 VPS. I'd like to go completely IPv6 and tutorials/instructions i followed aren't really working for me somehow. It's just a basic, minimalistic web server VPS with one…
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Recompiling FreeBSD-10 release from SVN source

I run 10.0-RELEASE on my server and I'm wondering something. If I do buildworld with official source from svn, will i be able to use freebsd-update to upgrade in the future or I have to settle with one of those two methods (binary or src) of…
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How to bridge Network interfaces on Debian/kFreeBSD

I have had problems finding a way to bridge network interfaces on Debian/kFreeBSD. My primary goal is to create 2 - 4 tap interfaces and bridge them with two physical Interfaces. The Syntax in /etc/network/interfaces differs a bit from the Linux…
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how to access physical memory in BSD platform from terminal or using any system call ?

i just not know how to use mem command in BSD to access physical memory or virtual memory to get the ACPI tables and their Address ....... $mem Enter mem command not found .... so what can i do ? is any body can give me clarification on this…
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Linux as AD DC or use with 2012 Essentials

We have a network of XP machines, with a 2003 Standard DC running in 2000 mode. We really only need Windows for an app that uses SQL Server. Is it feasible to get a Linux or BSD server going as an AD DC/fileshare/DNS for these XP machines, and get…
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Where could I source the hardware components to create a (commercially viable) embedded Linux / BSD appliance?

I'm looking to pilot an Enterprise Linux / BSD appliance in the field and would like to have a 'few' options when it comes to hardware, I haven't had much luck finding hardware solutions (but I'm guessing I'm not looking in the right place). Any…
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How to check who is logged in on jail?

Is there an easy way to check who is logged in on any jail?
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