The kldconfig utility displays or modifies the search path used by the kernel when loading modules using the kldload utility or the kldload syscall. You can also use sysctl command (the sysctl utility retrieves kernel state). Try any one of the following command as a root user: 1) To get PATH (or directories name) type [...]
This is new nifty and long term demanded feature in FreeBSD. A port called portaudit provides a system to check if installed ports are listed in a database of published security vulnerabilities. After installation it will update this security database automatically and include its reports in the output of the daily security run. If you [...]
#!/bin/bash # # Script to notify admin user if Linux,FreeBSD load crossed certain limit # It will send an email notification to admin. # # Copyright 2005 (c) nixCraft project # This is free script under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above. # Support/FeedBack/comment : http://cyberciti.biz/fb/ # Tested os: # * RedHat Linux # * [...]
Shell script to display general FreeBSD and Linux System information such as, Hostname, OS version, Kernel version, Processor/CPU, Total RAM, System load, network interface, total logged in users, Hard disks, Runlevel etc in neat format. How do I use the script? You need to download following two files for FreeBSD operating systems: File # 1 [...]
The chflags utility modifies the file flags of the listed files as specified by the flags operand. FreeBSD offers write protection, you need to to set special bit call immutable. Once this bit is setup no one can delete or modify file including root. And only root can clear the File immutable bit. You must [...]
IP aliasing is the process of assigning more than one IP address to a network interface. This is useful for Apache web server virtual hosting or other network servers such as ftp server. This tutorial explains how to assign one or more IP address to a single network interface under FreeBSD operating system. It is [...]
FreeBSD comes with different utilities, which can be use to gathered the information as per your needs. uname command is use to print system information. dmesg command is use to print kernel ring buffer information. sysctl command is use to configure kernel parameters at runtime as well as to read hardware information. Following list summaries, [...]
FreeBSD init works different ways. In BSD style, it specifies the kernel security level as follows: -1: Permanently insecure mode. 0: Insecure mode 1: Secure mode 2: Highly secure mode 3: Network secure mode You can get current security level (FreeBSD runlevel) using sysctl command: # sysctl –a | grep kern.securelevel You can setup new [...]
You can use utility smbclient (part of samba server) to send a message to windows system from FreeBSD (or even from Linux/Solaris/UNIX OS). This command lets you send messages to windows workstations, display browse lists, and connect to SMB shares. Genral syntax of to send a message is as follows: smbclient -M <WINDOW-SYSTEM-NAME> <<EOF Message [...]
The superuser is a privileged user with unrestricted access to all files and commands. The superuser has the special UID (user ID) 0. You need to become super user (root) only when tasks need root permissions. Here is how to become super user: 1) At shell prompt type su and press enter key, when prompted [...]
