FreeBSD Handbook

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Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE, FreeBSD 12.2-RELEASE and FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE. This book is the result of ongoing work by many individuals. Some sections might be outdated. Those interested in helping to update and expand this document should send email to the FreeBSD documentation project mailing list.

The latest version of this book is available from the FreeBSD web site. Previous versions can be obtained from https://docs.FreeBSD.org/doc/. The book can be downloaded in a variety of formats and compression options from the FreeBSD FTP server or one of the numerous mirror sites. Printed copies can be purchased at the FreeBSD Mall. Searches can be performed on the handbook and other documents on the search page.

Table of Contents

List of Figures

2.1 FreeBSD Boot Loader Menu
2.2 FreeBSD Boot Options Menu
2.3 Welcome Menu
2.4 Keymap Loading
2.5 Keymap Selection Menu
2.6 Keymap Testing Menu
2.7 Setting the Hostname
2.8 Selecting Components to Install
2.9 Installing from the Network
2.10 Partitioning Choices
2.11 Selecting from Multiple Disks
2.12 Selecting Entire Disk or Partition
2.13 Confirmation
2.14 Select Partition Scheme
2.15 Review Created Partitions
2.16 Final Confirmation
2.17 Manually Create Partitions
2.18 Manually Create Partitions
2.19 Manually Create Partitions
2.20 ZFS Partitioning Menu
2.21 ZFS Pool Type
2.22 Disk Selection
2.23 Invalid Selection
2.24 Rescan Devices
2.25 Analyzing a Disk
2.26 Pool Name
2.27 Swap Amount
2.28 Last Chance
2.29 Disk Encryption Password
2.30 Initializing Encryption
2.31 Fetching Distribution Files
2.32 Verifying Distribution Files
2.33 Extracting Distribution Files
2.34 Setting the root Password
2.35 Select a Region
2.36 Select a Country
2.37 Select a Time Zone
2.38 Confirm Time Zone
2.39 Select Date
2.40 Select Time
2.41 Selecting Additional Services to Enable
2.42 Selecting Hardening Security Options
2.43 Add User Accounts
2.44 Enter User Information
2.45 Exit User and Group Management
2.46 Final Configuration
2.47 Manual Configuration
2.48 Complete the Installation
2.49 Choose a Network Interface
2.50 Scanning for Wireless Access Points
2.51 Choosing a Wireless Network
2.52 WPA2 Setup
2.53 Choose IPv4 Networking
2.54 Choose IPv4DHCP Configuration
2.55 IPv4 Static Configuration
2.56 Choose IPv6 Networking
2.57 Choose IPv6 SLAAC Configuration
2.58 IPv6 Static Configuration
2.59 DNS Configuration
2.60 Choosing a Mirror

List of Tables

2.1 Partitioning Schemes
3.1 Utilities for Managing User Accounts
3.2 Disk Device Names
3.3 Common Environment Variables
5.1 XDM Configuration Files
7.1 Common Error Messages
9.1 Output PDLs
13.1 Loader Built-In Commands
13.2 Kernel Interaction During Boot
14.1 Login Class Resource Limits
17.1 Default Audit Event Classes
17.2 Prefixes for Audit Event Classes
23.1 Common Language and Country Codes
23.2 Defined Terminal Types for Character Sets
23.3 Available Console from Ports Collection
23.4 Available Input Methods
24.1 FreeBSD Versions and Repository Branchs
27.1 RS-232C Signal Names
27.2 DB-25 to DB-25 Null-Modem Cable
27.3 DB-9 to DB-9 Null-Modem Cable
27.4 DB-9 to DB-25 Null-Modem Cable
31.1 Useful pfctl Options
32.1 Commonly Seen Routing Table Flags
32.2 Reserved IPv6 Addresses
33.1 FreeBSD Git Repository URL Table

List of Examples

2.1 Creating Traditional Split File System Partitions
3.1 Adding a User on FreeBSD
3.2 Using chpass as Superuser
3.3 Using chpass as Regular User
3.4 Conceptual Model of a Disk
5.1 Select Intel® Video Driver in a File
5.2 Select Radeon Video Driver in a File
5.3 Select VESA Video Driver in a File
5.4 Select scfb Video Driver in a File
12.1 Creating a Swap File
13.1 boot0 Screenshot
13.2 boot2 Screenshot
13.3 Configuring an Insecure Console in /etc/ttys
15.1 mergemaster(8) on Untrusted Jail
15.2 mergemaster(8) on Trusted Jail
15.3 Running BIND in a Jail
24.1 Increasing the Number of Build Jobs
30.1 Reloading the inetd Configuration File
32.1 LACP Aggregation with a Cisco® Switch
32.2 Failover Mode
32.3 Failover Mode Between Ethernet and Wireless Interfaces

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FreeBSD Handbook

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