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FreeBSD Tweaks

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Git

'git log' output does not show colorized output
- can see the escape sequence
- so, as user, type
```
git config --global core.pager "ls -r"
```

Network Configuration

Note DHCP client is dhclient - simply run dhclient <interface> when booting to console and using something like USB tethering.

Configure (wireless) network interface (in case was not done during installation)

FreeBSD has network interface name - based on the driver name (e.g. sis, re)
- to find this, use pciconf -lv
for normal wired connection (e.g. re0), add to 'rc.conf'
```
ifconfig_re0="DHCP"
```
for a wireless connection (e.g. ath0), add in
```
wlan_ath0="wlan0"
ifconfig_wlan0="DHCP"
```

for a secured wireless connection (e.g. WPA protected), add in

wlan_ath0="wlan0"
  ifconfig_wlan0="WPA SYNCDHCP"

also, append '/ etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'

  network={
      ssid="the_ssid"
      psk="the_psk"
  }

not sure why but wlan0 was not auto-created?
- from official handbook, do ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev ath0
- to start up and scan, do ifconfig wlan0 up scan
- or just scan, do ifconfig wlan0 list scan

Graphics

Driver for ASUS E5450 Graphics Card (based on Radeon 5450?)

install driver
```
pkg install -y xf86-video-ati
```
to load on startup, edit rc.conf:
```
kld_list="radeonkms"
```

For Intel Graphics (Asus H81M-K Motherboard)

install driver
```
pkg install -y xf86-video-intel
```
to load on startup, edit rc.conf:
```
kld_list="i915kms"
```
install something? (for kernel?)
```
pkg install -y drm-kmod
```
- some older ones require drm-fake-kmod instead

Web Server

Web Server (Apache)

find apache package(s)
```
pkg search apache2 | grep -e "^apache2"
```

install apache package(s)

pkg install -y php56 mod_php56 php56-mbstring php56-mcrypt php56-zlib php56-curl php56-gd php56-json

to load on startup, edit rc.conf:
```
apache24_enable="YES"
```
default document path is /usr/local/www/apache24/data/

Server Script (PHP)

find php package(s)
```
pkg search php5 | grep -e "^php5"
```
install php package(s)
```
pkg install -y apache24
```

configure /usr/local/ etc/apache24/Includes/php.conf:

  <IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
    <FilesMatch "\.php$">
      SetHandler application/x-httpd-php
    </FilesMatch>
    <FilesMatch "\.phps$">
      SetHandler application/x-httpd-php-source
    </FilesMatch>
  </IfModule>

copy template configuration file # cp /usr/local/ etc/php .ini-production /usr/local/ etc/php .ini

Data-base (mysql/mariadb)

install package(s)

pkg install mariadb103-server mariadb103-client php56-mysqli

to load on startup, edit rc.conf:
```
mysql_enable="YES"
```
by default, it listens to remote request at port 3306. to check:
```
# lsof -i4 -i6
# sockstat -4 -6
```
to allow local access only, edit rc.conf:
```
mysql_args="--bind-address=127.0.0.1"
```

now, to make sure all is okay:

# lsof -i4 -i6 | grep mysql
# netstat -an | grep 3306
# sockstat -4 -6 | grep 3306

Creating Disk Layout for Bootable USB

Label for Partitions/Slices

This is nice to have in / etc/ fstab when device assignment may change (e.g. usb drive on different machine may be assigned differently)

For ufs,

# tunefs -L <label> /dev/da0p?

To check if assigned,

# ls /dev/ufs

For swap,

# glabel label <label> /dev/da0p?

To check if assigned,

# ls /dev/label

Then, / etc/ fstab entry can be like,

/dev/label/<label>	none	swap	sw	0	0
/dev/ufs/<label>	/		ufs		rw	1	1

Disk Utility ''gpart''

Show partition

# gpart show

Resize partition

# gpart resize -i 3 da0

Not really gpart stuff, but don't forget to grow FS to fit new size

# growfs /dev/da0p3

Azman @UniMAP

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