freebsd.md

FreeBSD

• See also:
  • FreeBSD handbook
  • FreeBSD wiki
  • Recommended steps for new FreeBSD servers
  • Swap on FreeBSD
  • Network troubleshooting

Linux command	FreeBSD equivalent
useradd	adduser
userdel	rmuser
chage	chpass
usermod -a -G	pw groupmod
yay (Arch Linux)	portsnap/portmaster

Tips

• See also:
  • Network tuning
  • Sysctl tuning
    
    
• Use sudo -i instead of sudo su to ensure root's environment variables are loaded properly.
• If this is not done, running crontab -e as root won't invoke root's editor set by $EDITOR.

Jails

• Set devfs_ruleset to 2 to give the jail access to all the /dev devices that are on the host.

/etc/rc.conf

• sendmail_enable="NONE" = fully disable sendmail.
• moused_nondefault_enable="NO" = Disable moused daemon.

Useful commands

• bsdconfig = Text-based GUI for general system configuration.

Misc

BSDs compared

• FreeBSD is focused on robustness and stablility
• NetBSD is focused on portability
• OpenBSD is focused on security