Absolute FreeBSD the complete guide to FreeBSD

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lucas, Michael W.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco No Starch Press 2019
Edition:3rd edition
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • /Etc/disktab
  • /etc/dma/
  • /etc/freebsd-update.conf
  • /etc/fstab
  • /etc/ftp.*
  • /etc/group
  • /etc/hostid
  • /etc/hosts
  • /etc/hosts.allow
  • /etc/hosts.equiv
  • /etc/hosts.lpd
  • /etc/inetd.conf
  • /etc/libmap.conf
  • /etc/localtime
  • /etc/locate.rc
  • /etc/login.*
  • /etc/mail
  • /etc/mail.rc
  • /etc/mail/mailer.conf
  • /etc/make.conf
  • /etc/master.passwd
  • /etc/motd
  • /etc/mtree
  • /etc/netconfig
  • /etc/netstart
  • /etc/network.subr
  • /etc/newsyslog.conf
  • /etc/nscd.conf
  • /etc/nsmb.conf
  • /etc/nsswitch.conf
  • /etc/ntp/, /etc/ntp.conf
  • /etc/opie*
  • /etc/pam.d/*
  • /etc/passwd
  • /etc/pccard_ether
  • /etc/periodic.conf and /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
  • /etc/pf.conf, /etc/pf.os
  • /etc/phones
  • /etc/portsnap.conf
  • /etc/ppp/
  • /etc/printcap
  • /etc/profile
  • /etc/protocols
  • /etc/pwd.db
  • /etc/rc*
  • /et/regdomain.xml
  • /etc/remote
  • /etc/resolv.conf
  • /etc/rpc
  • /etc/security/
  • /etc/services
  • /etc/shells
  • /etc/skel/
  • /etc/snmpd.config
  • /etc/spwd.db
  • /etc/src.conf
  • /etc/ssh/
  • /etc/ssl/
  • /etc/sysctl.conf
  • /etc/syslog.conf, /etc/syslog.conf.d/
  • /etc/termcap, /etc/termcap.small
  • /etc/ttys
  • /etc/unbound/
  • /etc/wall_cmos_clock
  • /etc/zfs/
  • 15 MAKING YOUR SYSTEM USEFUL
  • Ports and Packages
  • Packages
  • Package Repositories
  • Package Branches
  • Upgrading Packages
  • 16 CUSTOMIZING SOFTWARE WITH PORTS
  • Making Software
  • Source Code and Software
  • The Ports Collection
  • The Ports Index
  • What's In a Port?
  • Private Package Repositories
  • All Poudrieres, Large and Small
  • Updating Poudriere
  • More Poudriere
  • 17 ADVANCED SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT
  • Using Multiple Processors: SMP
  • Threads, Threads, and More Threads
  • Startup and Shutdown Scripts
  • Managing Shared Libraries
  • Remapping Shared Libraries
  • Running Software from the Wrong OS
  • Using Linux Mode
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • About the Author
  • About the Technical Reviewers
  • BRIEF CONTENTS
  • CONTENTS IN DETAIL
  • FOREWORD by Marshall Kirk McKusick
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • What Is FreeBSD?
  • FreeBSD Development
  • Other BSDs
  • Other Unixes
  • FreeBSD's Strengths
  • Who Should Use FreeBSD?
  • Who Should Run Another BSD?
  • Who Should Run a Proprietary Operating System?
  • How to Read This Book
  • What Must You Know?
  • For the New System Administrator
  • Notes on the Third Edition
  • Contents of This Book
  • 1 GETTING MORE HELP
  • Why Not Beg for Help?
  • Man Pages
  • FreeBSD.org
  • Other Websites
  • Using FreeBSD Problem-Solving Resources
  • Asking for Help
  • 2 BEFORE YOU INSTALL
  • Default Files
  • Configuration with UCL
  • FreeBSD Hardware
  • Disks and Filesystems
  • Getting FreeBSD
  • Network Installs
  • 3 INSTALLING
  • Core Settings
  • Distribution Selection
  • Disk Partitioning
  • Network and Service Configuration
  • Finishing the Install
  • 4 START ME UP! THE BOOT PROCESS
  • Power-On
  • The Loader
  • Single-User Mode
  • The Loader Prompt
  • Loader Configuration
  • Boot Options
  • Startup Messages
  • Multiuser Startup
  • The rc.d Startup System
  • Serial Consoles
  • 5 READ THIS BEFORE YOU BREAK SOMETHING ELSE! (BACKUP AND RECOVERY)
  • System Backups
  • Backup Tapes
  • BSD tar(1)
  • Recording What Happened
  • Repairing a Broken System
  • 6 KERNEL GAMES
  • What Is the Kernel?
  • Kernel State: sysctl
  • The Kernel Environment
  • Kernel Modules
  • Build Your Own Kernel
  • Building a Kernel
  • Custom Kernel Configuration
  • Inclusions, Exclusions, and Expanding the Kernel
  • 7 THE NETWORK
  • Network Layers
  • The Network in Practice
  • Getting Bits and Hexes
  • Network Stacks
  • IPv4 Addresses and Netmasks
  • IPv6 Addresses and Subnets
  • TCP/IP Basics
  • Understanding Ethernet
  • 8 CONFIGURING NETWORKING.
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Network Prerequisites
  • The Domain Name Service
  • Network Activity
  • Optimizing Network Performance
  • Network Adapter Teaming
  • Virtual LANs
  • 9 SECURING YOUR SYSTEM
  • Who Is the Enemy?
  • FreeBSD Security Announcements
  • User Security
  • Shells and /etc/shells
  • root, Groups, and Management
  • Tweaking User Security
  • File Flags
  • Securelevels
  • Network Targets
  • Putting It All Together
  • 10 DISKS, PARTITIONING, AND GEOM
  • Disks Lie
  • Device Nodes
  • The Common Access Method
  • The GEOM Storage Architecture
  • Hard Disks, Partitions, and Schemes
  • The Filesystem Table: /etc/fstab
  • What's Mounted Now?
  • Disk Labeling
  • GEOM Withering
  • The gpart(8) Command
  • Scheming Disks
  • The GPT Partitioning Scheme
  • The MBR Partitioning Scheme
  • BSD Labels
  • 11 THE UNIX FILE SYSTEM
  • UFS Components
  • Mounting and Unmounting Filesystems
  • UFS Resiliency
  • Creating and Tuning UFS Filesystems
  • UFS Snapshots
  • UFS Recovery and Repair
  • UFS Space Reservations
  • How Full Is a Partition?
  • Adding New UFS storage
  • 12 THE Z FILE SYSTEM
  • Datasets
  • ZFS Pools
  • Virtual Devices
  • Managing Pools
  • Copy-On-Write
  • Snapshots
  • Compression
  • Pool Integrity and Repair
  • Boot Environments
  • 13 FOREIGN FILESYSTEMS
  • FreeBSD Mount Commands
  • Using Removable Media
  • Memory Filesystems
  • devfs
  • Miscellaneous Filesystems
  • The Network File System
  • The Common Internet File System
  • Serving CIFS Shares
  • 14 EXPLORING /ETC
  • /etc Across Unix Species
  • /etc/adduser.conf
  • /etc/aliases
  • /etc/amd.map
  • /etc/auto_master
  • /etc/blacklistd.conf
  • /etc/bluetooth, /etc/bluetooth.device.conf, and /etc/defaults/bluetooth.device.conf
  • /etc/casper
  • /etc/crontab and /etc/cron.d
  • /etc/csh.*
  • /etc/ddb.conf
  • /etc/devd.conf
  • /etc/devfs.conf, /etc/devfs.rules, and /etc/defaults/devfs.rules
  • /etc/dhclient.conf
  • Running Software from the Wrong Architecture or Release
  • 18 UPGRADING FREEBSD
  • FreeBSD Versions
  • Upgrade Methods
  • Binary Updates
  • Upgrading via Source
  • Building FreeBSD from Source
  • Shrinking FreeBSD
  • Packages and System Upgrades
  • Updating Installed Ports
  • 19 ADVANCED SECURITY FEATURES
  • Unprivileged Users
  • Network Traffic Control
  • Default Accept vs. Default Deny
  • TCP Wrappers
  • Packet Filtering
  • Blacklistd(8)
  • Public-Key Encryption
  • Global Security Settings
  • Preparing for Intrusions with mtree(1)
  • Monitoring System Security
  • Package Security
  • If You're Hacked
  • 20 SMALL SYSTEM SERVICES
  • Secure Shell
  • Email
  • Network Time
  • Name Service Switching
  • inetd
  • DHCP
  • Printing and Print Servers
  • TFTP
  • Scheduling Tasks
  • 21 SYSTEM PERFORMANCE AND MONITORING
  • Computer Resources
  • Checking the Network
  • General Bottleneck Analysis with vmstat(8)
  • Disk I/O
  • CPU, Memory, and I/O with top(1)
  • Following Processes
  • Paging and Swapping
  • Performance Tuning
  • Status Mail
  • Logging with syslogd
  • Log File Management
  • FreeBSD and SNMP
  • 22 JAILS
  • Jail Basics
  • Jail Host Server Setup
  • Jail Setup
  • Managing Jails
  • More Jail Options
  • Jailing Ancient FreeBSD
  • Last Jail Notes
  • 23 THE FRINGE OF FREEBSD
  • Terminals
  • Managing Cloudy FreeBSD
  • Diskless FreeBSD
  • Diskless Farm Configuration
  • Finalizing Setup
  • Storage Encryption
  • 24 PROBLEM REPORTS AND PANICS
  • Bug Reports
  • System Panics
  • Recognizing Panics
  • Responding to a Panic
  • AFTERWORD
  • The FreeBSD Community
  • Why Do We Do It?
  • What Can You Do?
  • If Nothing Else
  • Getting Things Done
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • References
  • Books I've Written
  • INDEX.