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OpenBSD is a free, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system with a focus on security, portability, standardization, code correctness, proactive security and integrated cryptography.

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OpenBSD is an open-source operating system derived from 4.4BSD UNIX and is popular for it's focus on security, portability and code correctness. It was forked from in the mid-1990s.

The project strictly incorporates only source code with ISC or BSD compatible licensing (except the ports tree) with the goal of providing software for any use, including commercial. It is funded by the Canadian non-profit, The OpenBSD Foundation, which also supports related projects such as OpenSSH, LibreSSL, OpenSMTPD, and other popular infrastructure software.

Website: http://www.openbsd.org

OpenBSD Foundation: http://www.openbsdfoundation.org

Distrowatch: http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=openbsd

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD

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How to start postgresql server with the socket at a different place?

Good morning. The title says it, but let me precise it. I am working with openbsd. The web server is chrooted in /var/www. So the good thing would be that postgresgl place its socket (and the lock, I assume) in the chroot, typically…
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Authenticate SMB connections on OpenBSD using Active Directory

I have an OpenBSD box that is being used primarily as an SFTP server. Some users running windows need the ability to map a share from this server using SMB. Rather than setting up individual accounts on the OpenBSD box, I would like to enable the…
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Configure Squid Proxy Server to use TCP for DNS lookups?

Is there a way to configure squid 3.5.1 to use TCP for DNS lookups? I've setup up the proxy server to use TCP for lookups by adding "options tcp" to my /etc/resolv.conf, but squid seems to be doing its own thing.
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ssh-keygen key verification changed in OpenBSD 5.7, how to verify host_key?

OpenBSDs "ssh-keygen -l" output format has changed in 5.7. How to verify the host key when connecting from older ssh versions? Until OpenBSD 5.6 the host_keys fingerprint output format was like this: # ssh-keygen -lf ssh_host_ecdsa_key.pub 256…
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Process separation on an OpenBSD server

I fear this may be a somewhat open-ended question that gets closed: Apologies in advance, but I'll give it a shot! I'm considering operating an OpenBSD VM with a number of services running on the same instance (SSH, IMAP, SMTP, some HTTP server and…
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High latency when enabling secondary BGP server for same networks?

I have two BGP servers on OpenBSD using bgpd that are located in the same DC; I tried to enable multihoming for the same networks on both of the servers, but upon doing so all hosts in that DC started experiencing high latencies; this lasted for…
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How to uninstall default nginx on openBSD

I want to install a custom compiled nginx on OpenBSD, but I'm having problems running it because nginx is already installed in the default OpenBSD (5.6) install. In some way it is like I managed to mix files and configurations from the two, but the…
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Recover data from OpenBSD softraid down to a single disk

I'm currently very desperate: I have a 3TB WD Red disk that I need to extract data from. This was part of a softraid on an OpenBSD 5.6 machine. I was in the process of migrating to a zfs on linux machine, and all hell has broken loose: The original…
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Why is my PHP server redirecting to the wrong address?

I'm setting up a PHP web server on OpenBSD. phpinfo() is up and running. But, every time I try to install Wordpress, it's redirecting the client to the dummy hostname created on OS install (mycomputer.my.domain), which obviously doesn't load. I've…
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OpenBSD chroot for nginx/Apache file permissions

I haven't been able to find a satisfying answer on Goole or the various Stack forums: I noticed that files under /var/www (where nginx and I believe Apache are chrooted by default) have permissions mostly of root:daemon or root:bin. This is true of…
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OpenBSD OpenSSL version after update to -stable

Yesterday I installed OpenBSD 5.5 release and after reading about updating and applying patches to the system (http://www.openbsd.org/errata55.html) I decided to update to the -Stable ("patch branch") following this guide…
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Is there a way to check softraid validity on OpenBSD?

I have more than two very old HDDs in a softraid(4) RAID1 mirroring discipline on OpenBSD. It looks like some of the underlying physical drives may be seeing some I/O errors; but prior to a complete replacement of such physical drives, one at a…
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OpenBSD with LDAP authentication returning invalid user

I am trying to set up an OpenBSD box to use a LDAP server for authentication. I am following the directions at http://www.obfuscurity.com/2009/08/OpenBSD-as-an-LDAP-Client and for the most part they seem to be working. When I run…
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FreeBSD pf Egress Filtering

I am attempting to build a simple pf.conf which includes NAT allowing traffic out of the network from all systems on a select series of ports. In my basic configuration I have an internal server that hosts HTTP/HTTPS which will be accessible from…
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Packet Filter configuration to restrict traffic to the local host

I have been running a pf based filtering router on OpenBSD 4.3 for about a year now. My current task is to set up a new network segment for hosting our external sites. My aim is that machines set up in this network segment should not have any more…
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