Delimiter FreeBSD

Systems

My systems are running these versions:

• FreeBSD 10.1-RELEASE on dogma, a Dell Optiplex 280 system

Involvement & Advocacy

I have been using FreeBSD since 2000 and an active ports maintainer.

From 2004-2006 I helped run the Seattle BSD Users Group (SeaBUG) and maintained their website.

Ports I maintain

I maintain(ed) the following ports (software packages):

• dns/dnswalk
• dns/dnstop
• dns/scavenge

Ports under consideration or working on but not submitted/committed

• security/portsentry

See all ports I maintain and the error logs for the same.

Update process

This is how I update my systems. I always do this in screen since it can take a while.

1. Run freebsd-update fetch
2. Run freebsd-update install
3. Reboot (if prior step installed updates)
4. Run freebsd-update install - once more to fix any dangling issues
5. Run pkg_cutleaves - identify and remove any extraneous ports
6. Run pkg audit -F -or- portaudit -Fa - to check for any security issues with installed ports
7. Run pkg upgrade - upgrade all eligible packages

See Also

• FreeBSD main ConShell page
• FreeBSD Port Tips has a few port maintenance helpful hints
• CFengine shows how to setup a basic CFengine server & client on FreeBSD.
• Cricket - a quick, basic guide to getting cricket up and running on FreeBSD.
• iSCSI details the net/iscsi-target port implementation details, performance benchmarks etc.
• WPAD shows how to setup Web Proxy Auto Discovery using a FreeBSD server.
• Kernel Configs links to different kernel configuration files I maintain
• LinuxBSDPackageManagementTips
• FreeBSD Homepage
• Fresh Ports
• FreeBSD setup article
• Introduction to IPFilter for FreeBSD

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