FreeBSD FAQs

• How I do backup of a FreeBSD partition/system ?

  Short answer:
  man dump
  Long answer: see http://www.freebsdonline.com/content/view/572/517/
  A basic howto on FreeBSD backup and restore can be found here:
  http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/backup-basics.html

   

• How do I Deal With Fork Exploit Issues in FreeBSD ?

  Use login.conf to do resource limiting ( there's also ~/.login_conf).
  
  

• How to Configure FreeBSD to Get IP After Booting Process From a DHCP Server ?

  Edit /etc/rc.conf and add the following line:
  ifconfig_fxp0="DHCP"
  
  

• Is There a Way to Send arp Requests on a LAN ?

  use arping
  cd /usr/ports/net/arping ; make install clean ; rehash
  arping
  
  

• How Can I Configure Build Options for mysql50-server (make config doesnt work) ?

  Use make -D, as in the next example:
  make -D WITH_CHARSET=utf-8 WITHOUT_INNODB=no
  
  

• Is it Possible to Chroot a Standard ftpd Account on FreeBSD to Somewhere Other Than Homedir?

  Yes. Create a file: /etc/ftpchroot with the following content:
  username /dir/to/chroot ./
  then, restart FTPD Server.
  This will force the user username to chroot to /dir/to/chroot.
  
  

• How to Determine the Sound Driver for Your FreeBSD System

  This is a quick way to find your sound driver for your FreeBSD system:
  kldload snd_driver
  cat /dev/sndstat
  
  

• What tag should I use when cvsup FreeBSD sources for -RELEASE ?

   tag=RELENG_7_0
  
  

• I want to display PCI devices from my FreeBSD machine, what command should I use for that (I am looking for a command similar with Linux's lspci) ?

  To list PCI devices under FreeBSD use:
  
  pciconf -lv