FreeBSD is a free Unix-like operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX.
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ssh port forward to access my home machine from anywhere
http://serverfault.com/questions/303937/how-to-make-freebsd-box-accessible-from-internet
I want to understand this whole process of port forwarding.
I read so many things but failing to understand ...
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How can I use DD to migrate data from an old drive to a new drive?
I am upgrading the internal SATA hard drive on my laptop from a 40G drive to a 160G drive. I have a Linux/Ubuntu desktop which has a SATA card. I would actually like to do the same thing for a couple ...
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Use or convert .ttf font for console use in FreeBSD
I have a monospace .ttf font I really like (UbuntuBeta Mono). Is there any way I can use it (or convert first and then use, if needed) for the console in freeBSD?
I know there is ...
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Where does Mac OS X come from?
Discussing with Mac owners, I got several versions of where Mac OS X comes from. It is known to have some root in BSD, but how much, and where?
Some say that Mac OS X has a FreeBSD kernel, with all ...
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How to debug SSH port forwarding
This is an extension to ssh port forward to access my home machine from anywhere
I tried things mentioned there but I am not able to ssh to my machine.
Netgear router settings for port forwarding:
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FreeNAS grub2 booting ISO
I've got usb-keys setup to multi-boot different Linux images. I wouldn't mind adding FreeNAS, and there's a doc with samples to add to grub.cfg
menuentry "FreeNAS-8.0.4-RELEASE-x64" {
insmod ufs2
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Why does FreeBSD use the GPL-licensed GCC?
Why does FreeBSD use GCC as its default compiler?
I am under the impression that a core pillar of the FreeBSD philosophy is not to use any GNU software and in particular, GPL code.
Yet GCC which is ...
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Host CPU does not scale frequency when KVM guest needs it
I have asked this question on serverfault, but it could also have been posted here. I will synchronise the answers if one is found.
Observation:
I have an HP server with an AMD dual core CPU (Turion ...
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switching from user to root and revers (freebsd)
i want to make some modificaciones with root and then with my user, in fact i want to install sudo and he give me the error in the first step:
cd /usr/ports/security/sudo
make install clean
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Korn Shell: End, pgup, pgdown, and delete key not working
So basically my End, Pageup/Pagedown, and Delete key are not working in ksh93. I'm running FreeBSD by the way.
My arrow keys are working, and so is my home key.
Those keys work when I put this in my ...
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Why root's default shell is configured differently with other normal user account's default shell?
As I know, root's default shell is configured csh and normal user's default shell is sh in FreeBSD. And in Ubuntu, root is dash, normal user is bash. (refer: What's the Ubuntu's default shell?)
Why ...
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FreeBSD and Windows show different times
In a dual-boot system, I usually use FreeBSD 9 but when I boot to Windows 7 my system time in both OS automatically change and show incorrect time. What's the problem and How can I solve it?
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FreeBSD installed package location
I installed Unrealircd on FreeBSD via the sysinstall utility.
I cannot seem to find the location where it was installed.
How can I find the default location of installed packages?
Edit: I found the ...
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OpenSSH, chroot user: Root needs to own the user directory, is there any consequence?
I want to create an account for my friend on my computer, but I don't want my friend to be able to view all my files. I saw that with OpenSSH, there is an option for that.
Inside the SSHD ...
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the right way to synchronise sources on freebsd
Update: I'm happy to report @dartonw 's answer worked and I went and did a checkout and then buildworld and it built successfully in about 6 hours.
So I've been having some issues with jails in ...
