make Errors when Sytem Time is Wrong
If you are getting weird errors when trying to make buildworld or make a port be sure to check your system time. Find more in this post.
buildworld error:
mv -f term.h.new term.h cc -o make_keys -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -I. -I/usr/obj/usr/src/lib/ncurses/ncurses/../ncurses -I/usr/src/lib/ncu…
Installing your first port!
Lets get to installing ports! The very first port you should install is portaudit. It will check for known vulnrabilities in ports as you build them and warn you.
Simply go to the folder for portaudit in the ports collection. /usr/ports/ports-mgmt/portaudit and run
# make install clean # rehash # p…
Getting the Ports Collection
Hello again!
Today I'm going to try and get a copy of the ports collection and later install Apache and PHP.
Copy the ports cvs supfile and make it writable
# cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile . # chmod u+w ports-supfile
Find the line
*default host=CHANGE_THIS.FreeBSD.org
And change it to …
MAN Pages - Instructions for life
Hey all.
So when I did my super minimal install I forgot to get the man pages. Kinda need them as they are very useful when your lost.
To install them now just run sysinstall and go to Configure -> Distributions and select info and man
Hit OK and then the packages will install. You may be asked for…
SSH, su, and the wheel group
So since my box is far far away in another room I'm going to SSH into it. This allows me to access it from my main computer and paste things from my web browser to the command line.
I turned SSH on during install, but if your is off run sysinstall and turn it on. Just go to Configure -> Networking a…
My First BSD Box
I work as a RedHat admin, PHP programmer, MySQL programmer and DBA. I have experience working with Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux. But I have never used real Unix. I have been hearing good things recently about Unix and BSD and thought I'd give it a try. I am going to record on this site my experience …
