http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/ 2026-05-16T01:47:54-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/ http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/lib/tpl/default/images/favicon.ico text/html 2007-08-09T20:29:04-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:bash?rev=1186705744&do=diff bash Information I like/know bash more than csh, so it's time to install and use bash instead... Proceedure * # cd /usr/ports/shells/bash * # make install clean * to set bash as the default shell for root, execute: # chpass -s /usr/local/bin/bash text/html 2007-09-03T19:41:25-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:dnsbl?rev=1188862885&do=diff DNSBL (DNS Block List) Information Using Spamhaus and Sorbes. Configuration based on my linux dnsbl configuration Procedure * Add the following to your /usr/src/etc/sendmail/custom.mc file: --- shalom.mc.1.00.0.0 Mon Sep 3 14:45:38 2007 +++ shalom.mc.1.01.0.0 Mon Sep 3 16:39:45 2007 @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ # divert(0) -VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: src/etc/sendmail/shalom.mc,v 1.00.0.0 2007/09/02 23:54:00 john Exp $') +VERSIONID(`$FreeBSD: src/etc/sendmail/shalom.mc,v 1.01.0.0 2007/09/03 16:33:… text/html 2007-09-28T03:13:04-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:dos2unix?rev=1190963584&do=diff dos2unix Information A few ways to remove dos-formatted linebreaks (^M) from your code. Procedure * the culprit - ^M - is actually two characters: ^v and ^m * ^v is * ^m is vi * search for ^M and replace it with nothing: :%s/^v^m//g text/html 2007-08-12T04:07:41-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:install_webserver?rev=1186906061&do=diff install webserver How to install a webserver on FreeBSD Information to install: * perl (installed by portupgrade) * ruby (installed by portupgrade) * mysql50 (didn't seem to listen to my WITH_OPENSSL=yes statement in /etc/make.conf) * apache22 text/html 2007-09-02T06:05:45-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:make.conf?rev=1188727545&do=diff make.conf Information Location: /etc/make.conf make.conf is used when building packages directly Proceedure My /etc/make.conf: WITHOUT_X11=yes WITHOUT_GUI=yes WITHOUT_IPV6=yes # add by john for mysql .if ${.CURDIR:M*/database/mysql*} #WITH_CHARSET=charset #WITH_XCHARSET=list #WITH_COLLATION=collate WITH_OPENSSL=yes #WITH_LINUXTHREADS=yes #WITH_PROC_SCOPE_PTH=yes BUILD_OPTIMIZED=yes BUILD_STATIC=yes #WITH_NDB=yes .endif # add by john for apache/mysql .if ${.CURDIR:M*/www/apache*} WITH_FU… text/html 2007-09-03T04:45:16-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:mutt?rev=1188809116&do=diff mutt Information I'm installing mutt-devel I'm basing my options on those used in AcIS's build script. I need to update the mutt configuration with the .mutt/ directory structure FIXME Procedure * edit /etc/make.conf and add: .if ${.CURDIR:M*/mail/mutt*} WITH_MUTT_SLANG2=yes WIHTOUT_NLS=yes WITH_MUTT_IMAP_HEADER_CACHE=yes .endif text/html 2007-09-02T05:34:13-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:ntpd?rev=1188725653&do=diff ntpd Information ntpd will keep your system time current. If your clock has a large offset, consider using ntpdate $HOST before starting to use ntpd Procedure * create /etc/ntp.conf and enter a time server: server time.server.xxx * set ntpd text/html 2007-09-02T19:33:44-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:pine?rev=1188776024&do=diff pine Information Procedure # cd /usr/ports/mail/pine4 # make install clean Make sure you enable the building of pico Reference Links * * freebsd text/html 2007-09-02T06:07:03-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:pkgtools.conf?rev=1188727623&do=diff pkgtools.conf Information Location: /usr/local/etc/pkgtools.conf pkgtools.conf is used when upgrading or installing dependencies Proceedure I've added the following MAKE_ARGS to pkgtools.conf: MAKE_ARGS = { 'databases/mysql*' => [ 'WITH_OPENSSL=yes', 'BUILD_OPTIMIZED=yes', 'BUILD_STATIC=yes', ], 'www/apache*' => [ 'WITH_FULLBUILD=yes', 'WITH_MYSQL=yes', 'WITHOUT_IPV6=yes', 'WITH_PCRE_FROM_PORTS=yes', 'WITH_BERKELEY… text/html 2007-09-03T15:41:46-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:procmail?rev=1188848506&do=diff procmail Information Setup procmail to handle mail filtering. Installation # cd /usr/ports/mail/procmail # make install clean Configuration Sendmail First we have to rebuild sendmail's cf file to include procmail. /usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README text/html 2007-09-03T16:11:36-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:sendmail?rev=1188850296&do=diff sendmail Information FreeBSD's sendmail configuration needs some adjustment. Procedure * Add your server's hostname(s) to /etc/mail/local-host-names - one hostname per line. * Add to /etc/rc.conf (this will enable the ability to accept non-localhost mail): text/html 2007-09-27T03:50:31-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:seq2?rev=1190879431&do=diff seq2 Information seq2 is a clone of the unix program called “seq” with some additional options, such as specifying a delay after each number, or specifying your own text to prepend each number. Features like for, while, and executing programs are in development. text/html 2007-09-03T19:30:51-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:spamassassin?rev=1188862251&do=diff SpamAssassin Information Blugh, very mucky install - installed some xorg stuff for whatever reason... Channel rules are stored here: /usr/local/share/spamassassin and the channel config files are stored here: /var/db/spamassassin/3.002003/ Procedure text/html 2007-09-28T03:05:58-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:start?rev=1190963158&do=diff FreeBSD Information <http://www.freebsd.org> FreeBSD Build Server Tracking for multiple machines * make.conf - global make configuration settings * pkgtools.conf - another global make configuration settings location * updating freebsd - keep your system up to date * install webserver - install a webserver and all associated programs (perl, php, python, mysql?) * text/html 2009-03-01T04:03:30-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:svn?rev=1235898210&do=diff SVN (Subversion) Information SVN, like CVS and RCS, is a revision control application. I want to use this for web developing (for me and Brent), my perl/bash code, and anything else that makes sense to put into SVN... (maybe I'll stick /etc into there or something) text/html 2009-03-29T19:54:15-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:svn_usage?rev=1238370855&do=diff svn usage Information SVN usage Procedure Import a new project <http://svnbook.red-bean.com/nightly/en/svn.tour.importing.html> You should create a basic template for the project (let's call our project “project”): $ mkdir -p project/trunk project/tags project/branches You want to put your first version into text/html 2007-10-05T04:18:28-04:00 http://wiki.thoughtbit.com/freebsd:updating_freebsd?rev=1191572308&do=diff Updating FreeBSD Information How to keep FreeBSD updated (primarily for sparc64) It seems like CVSup is the primary tool to use and porteasy is to keep ports up-to-date On x86 and x86-64 systems, one can use freebsd-update Proceedure Use csup or cvsup