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FreeBSD Jail with Ruby multiple web deployment
I am looking to offer a free deployment system for ruby web applications (based on rack and not ruby on rails) so essentially I will allow users to upload a file with their app and the app will show ...
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Is it ever good to share a userid?
On Un*x, Is it ever a good idea to have one userid that many different people log into when they do stuff?
Often I'm installing software or something on a Linux or BSD system. I've developed software ...
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Which BSD best suited to run as VMware guest?
I want to deploy a VM to serve DNS and files (via NFS) to other *nix systems in my infrastructure.
Due to reasons beyond my control, I need a very light OS, so I naturally choose the *BSD family.
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What is the OS X / BSD equivalent of the GNU “ps auxf” command?
In the GNU utils, ps auxf gives the process list with forest (tree).
Is there a equivalent for this command at BSD / OS X systems?
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How to check if the hosts in your /etc/hosts file are up or down?
What automated ways are there of checking if the hosts in my /etc/hosts file are up?
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Where could I source the hardware components to create a (commercially viable) embedded Linux / BSD appliance? [closed]
I'm looking to pilot an Enterprise Linux / BSD appliance in the field and would like to have a 'few' options when it comes to hardware, I haven't had much luck finding hardware solutions (but I'm ...
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Networking OSX BSD Book Commands [closed]
I am looking for a good source (book, online) of networking on mac osx or linux.
What commands, how to connect, send data, security (checking for intruders) etc..
Setup server.
Thanks for the time..
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How do I make Dragonfly BSD boot immediately, without waiting for user input?
I have installed Dragonfly BSD, and currently I need to press F1 and 1 to get it to boot. It's in a KVM VM so I'd like it to boot automatically when I boot my real machine. I know how to get KVM to ...
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BSD 50% interrupt utilization in irq0/clock
On OpenBSD on an Atom 450, with HPET configured in the BIOS and not, also with Hyperthreading/ACPI on-off, nothing seems to make a difference.
Here's my vmstat -iz
# vmstat 2
procs memory ...
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How do I securly update a *BSD system?
Security is a major concern. Every major Linux distribution uses signed packages. But the FreeBSD systems in the office downloading unsigned packages/ports via FTP.
Is there a solution that would ...
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Block IP addresses with ipfw
I'm a total noob to ipfw so my apologies in advance if my questions are basic, but I've not found any resources for it that help with the gap between using the GUI and knowing the commandline ipfw ...
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OS Distro benchmarks website?
Im looking for website which contains OS distro benchmarks (comparing in 32 & 64 bit, comparing PHP execution on the distro, etc.)
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Which distro support ReiserFS out of the box?
I need an OS distro (Linux, BSD ,or any other open source) which out of the box give option to use ReiserFS for the file system
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netcat -e: the GAPING_SECURITY_HOLE
Why does the BSD version 1.10 of nc disable the -e option found in other, so-called insecure distributions when the same dangerous feature could be trivially achieved as follows even with the 'secure' ...
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Clone ports from bsd installation to another
I have a production FreeBSD webserver which I would like to "clone" to create a development/preproduction server.
I've installed a clean FreeBSD server and now I would like to know if there's an easy ...
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Limiting network throughput of an already launched process ? (Linux/FreeBSD)
Is there any utility to limit the network throughput of a process after it has been launched? Simple example: you note that a user takes all your upload bandwidth using scp and you'd like to limit the ...
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Critical (Unixlike) Distros for Sysadmin Hopefuls to Have Experience With [closed]
I'm trying to learn to be a Unix/Linux Sysadmin, and am hoping to get some hands-on experience by setting up a few installs (VMs, old comps, and the like) at home and practicing administering them. I ...
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Why pay for UNIX?
I'm fairly new to Unicies. With the advent of GNU/Linux and BSDs, what are the reasons for companies to prefer AIX, Solaris and other commercial systems?
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FreeBSD crash course for a Debian administrator?
Can someone please post a quick FreeBSD administration crash course, targeted at a Debian administrator? The environment is a production web server.
Some things I'd like to know:
package ...
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How will BSD fair in the future for servers? [closed]
How do you think the BSD's like FreeBSD will fair in the future for servers against various distributions of Linux? Considering many servers will be moved to a cloud like environment, how will this ...
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Operating system for optimal performance on x86 (virtualized)
What operating system would achieve the best performance on x86 from within Qemu or Virtualbox?
I only need to use a handful of programs regularly: tmux, vi(m), curl, a package manager (mainly to ...
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Good low power server/pc for firewall?
Does anyone know of a low power server/pc that have 2 NIC's, so it can be used for a (OpenBSD) firewall?
Sandra
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Setting up a NFS Server on FreeBSD
I need to setup an NFS Server on FreeBSD, I have gone through a couple guides to try and get it running but can't quite get it going. I have the server running, but I seem to be having trouble ...
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Does anyone really understand how HFSC scheduling in Linux/BSD works?
I read the original SIGCOMM '97 PostScript paper about HFSC, it is very technically, but I understand the basic concept. Instead of giving a linear service curve (as with pretty much every other ...
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BSD - Remove non-ascii characters from all files in a directory recursively
I'm trying to migrate a bunch (300GB+) of files from a FAT32 drive to my freeNas ZFS filesystem but every command I throw at it (tar,pax,mv,cp) throws an 'invalid argument' when it encounters a ...
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Does PF support divert like IPFW?
I'm currently using IPFW on 3 dedicated firewall servers, and I would like to convert them to PF for some of its functionalities, but I need divert to work.
Specifically I am teeing packets to a ...
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Looking for FTP server recommendations for BSD [closed]
I'm currently deciding on what ftp server we should use for an internal system that we have running FreeBSD 6.2. The requirements that we'll need are the following:
must be able to handle SSL, as ...
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Installing and setting up SVN on FreeBSD Server
Firstly thank you to everyone who responded to my earlier question - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1393827/setting-up-svn-web-based-services-vs-your-own-svn-server
As much as I would prefer to ...
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Ideal Linux/BSD distribution to emulate Mac OS X
I've recently moved to a Mac OS X workstation. I am doing my best to stick to the command line, but am wary of corrupting my system. Is there a BSD distro that I can throw in a VM to experiment with? ...
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Safe to run firewall off single ethernet port?
This is for either Linux/BSD.
I was just wondering if it was safe to run a firewall off a single ethernet port. The firewall machine would have a single ethernet port that is connected to a switch. ...
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What is the alternative to ls --time-style=full-iso in BSD?
command in Linux
$ ls -lt --time-style=full-iso
output
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-rw-r--r-- 1 mduda mduda 1855 2009-08-26 13:07:55.000000000 +0200 screen-configurations.xml
drwxr-xr-x 2 mduda mduda 4096 ...
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Using Free/Open BSD + pf as a DDoS filter
Is using Free/Open BSD + pf a workable option for filtering DDoS? Which of the two would perform better under heavy load? (SYN flood maxing a 1 gbit pipe)
Is this even an option to consider, or is a ...
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How to get windows xp to authenticate against kerberos or heimdal
How do you get windows XP as a client to authenticate against kerberos or heimdal (where the OS is either Ubuntu, FreeBSD or OpenBSD)
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Data recovery options for unix file systems
What popular and tried data recovery options are there?
I know of these (none of which have GUIs afaik):
foremost - Forensics application to recover data
scalpel - A Frugal, High Performance File ...
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Gateway status checking methods on linux/bsd
I'd like to know if there's any reliable tools I could use (integrate with my network config) to monitor the status of the gateway and switch the default gw when it detects that the main gateway is ...
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Fast way of knowing real directory size on linux/bsd
What is the fastest way of computing real directory size? I somehow catch myself needing that a lot.
Simply doing:
# du -hs /dir
Is too slow. Is there any service I could run which would ...
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What's the shortest command to find a volume's BSD device name ( /dev/disk*s* )?
What's the easiest way to find out that, for example, /Volumes/Foo lives in /dev/disk0s2 ?
EDIT: mount is probably a more semantically satisfying answer, but it doesn't get much shorter than df
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How do forward/reverse lookups differ between “nslookup,” “dig,” and “host”?
How are "nslookup," "dig," and "host" different (in terms of looking up hostnames or IP addresses)? Which authorities are queried? I'm trying to figure out when I should use one over the others.
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What's the best ThinkPad regarding Linux support? [closed]
Currently Mac user but will switch to ThinkPad soon, with Arch Linux, Debian or some BSD loaded on it.
Everything except T and SL series is out of the consideration for me. I am leaning towards T500. ...
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Why do you have to create a directory before you can mount a share?
Why do you have to create a directory before you can mount a share to it?
Eg: I've never understood why mkdir is needed here:
mkdir /Volumes/foo
mount -t afp afp://username:pass@pretendco.com/foo ...
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Should I build my own or buy a cheap NAS? [closed]
I've looked at this question and gotten some ideas from it. Assume I want something that runs quietly with raid support. I see the choices as being buy a home NAS solution most of which appear to be ...
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What is good about the BSDs?
I've used Ubuntu on and off since Warty Warthog. I was thinking about installing Jaunty soon; but I noticed that over the weekend NetBSD 5.0, Dragonfly BSD 2.2.1, OpenBSD 4.5, and FreeBSD 7.2 have all ...
