Tag Archives: FreeBSD

Remove all packages from a FreeBSD system

Posted on 2010/09/07 by alwinroosen

Today I had to reset a FreeBSD build to start over the installation. I did not feel like re-installing, because the system had not been modified a lot, except for the installation of the wrong software versions. Since you don’t … Continue reading →

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Tripwire on freebsd 6.1

Posted on 2007/07/24 by alwinroosen

I recently started using Tripwire on our FreeBSD servers, and now all policies are working like they should, I can sleep at night knowing Tripwire is checking our servers. I wrote this tutorial from my notes and a few websites … Continue reading →

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FreeBSD 6.1 and Virtual PC 2007: negative runtime error

Posted on 2007/07/22 by alwinroosen

If you want to run FreeBSD 6.1 or 6.2 on Virtual PC 2007, you will most likely receive tons of error messages on the console like this: calcru: negative runtime of The solution is very simple, just add one line … Continue reading →

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Install SNMP on FreeBSD

Posted on 2007/05/30 by alwinroosen

We make heavily use of snmp in our datacenter. Not only for monitoring services but also traffic. We have a monitoring server with 1000+ sensors, where 60% are snmp checks. I only use a minimal configuration for snmp because we have a … Continue reading →

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limitations of rm on FreeBSD

Posted on 2007/05/07 by alwinroosen

Today I had a small problem. I needed to delete a lot of files (tmp dir) but rm gave me an error for the first time: Argument list too long The solution is pretty simple by using piping to remove … Continue reading →

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