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Updating FreeBSD 8.1

Posted on 12 December 2010 by scoker3

After the box that was hosting the old FreeBSD box (version 6.x) finally gave up the ghost and knowing that I wanted to skip 7.x, I just finished a fresh install of 8.1. After setting up my accounts the next … Continue reading →

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Updating FreeBSD 6.2

Posted on 5 December 2007 by scoker3

Ah good old FreeBSD sometimes you forget that you actually have to patch it. While I am fairly good about keeping my release current, this is one of the few times that I have had to update because of an … Continue reading →

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Creating Certificate Authority (CA) for a SSL Certificate

Posted on 26 August 2006 by scoker3

1) Create the certificate authority certificate and key. Make sure you remember the password you use. You will need to use it repeatedly. mkdir /CERTS/ldap-certs/ca cd /CERTS/ldap-certs/ca openssl req -new -x509 -keyout ./ca.key -out ./ca.crt echo 01 > /CERTS/ldap-certs/ca/serial touch … Continue reading →

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Updating FreeBSD 6.0 to FreeBSD 6.1

Posted on 19 May 2006 by scoker3

Preliminary Work 1) First make sure that you have cvsup installed pkg_add -r cvsup-without-gui rehash 2) Setup your standard-supfile to update to the Release English 6.1 Sources cp /usr/src/share/examples/cvsup/standard-supfile ~/ 3) Edit the standard-supfile file: vi standard-supfile Change *default release=cvs … Continue reading →

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Notes on Keeping FreeBSD 6 up to date

Posted on 16 April 2006 by scoker3

Updating FreeBSD 6.x Before you start Setup environment for packages: setenv PACKAGESITE ftp://ftp2.us.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-6-stable/Latest/ Using freebsd-update to update standard kernels 1) Add freebsd update package: pkg_add -r freebsd-update 2) Setup and use freebsd-update: cp /usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf.sample /usr/local/etc/freebsd-update.conf mkdir /usr/local/freebsd-update freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update … Continue reading →

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