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Then... first I don't understand why you wouldn't just put the entries in /usr/local/etc/periodic.conf and get it over with? Using "dump directories" isn't exactly a commonly used practice for user customizations because it can easily turn into an administrative nightmare. I mean... if you need...

Seems you're using Linux, yet ask your questions over here? I don't care either way, but do keep in mind that there might be quite a difference between what you get on Linux, and what dns/bind-tools would provide. I conclude as much from all the config options which are available. ... You're...

The moments I need a file manager I always rely on Midnight Commander (misc/mc). It never lets me down.

You didn't miss anything, and you're correct. See also periodic which emphasizes this. Why not simply use cron instead? Periodic is a rather specific system which is intended to run scripts at specific intervals also with specific settings. This is also the reason why there isn't some kind of...

Fellow Microsoftie here ;) In my opinion FreeBSD can actually provide a much better "Windows server" than Windows itself does. For starters: it doesn't require any expensive licenses! First... fun fact: the .NET infrastructure is actually also an open source project. And one which also found...

Does the dot also move? If so then I wonder if you might be running the moused service.

Well, using 2 different shells like that can have its advantages. One of the reasons I highly favor csh for the root user is because this somewhat forces you to stop and think about the things you're doing. For my regular account I rely on the Korn shell (shells/pdksh, vi mode enabled and all)...

At the risk of moving a little away from the main discussion but... I also can't help mention that when it comes to issues like these then I also often wonder... why this need to (fully?) rely on "the powers that be" to keep you safe? For example... at the time of writing I'm in the middle of...

Well, it's not so much the feature itself which bugs me, but rather the fact that as soon as it comes to ZFS then the FreeBSD system is making a lot of choices for you out of the box; and sometimes without even directly mentioning this. Dataset compression is one example, another being that...

Releases already provide this, right now. For example, at the time of writing you could easily opt to use 13.5 which is an older release, but one which gets maintained until next year. See also the release information.

My Hyper-V VM cycles tell me otherwise. It's not even my main point of concern: we don't get any bloody choice in the matter. The manual pages mention nothing about this nonsense, the installer just "goes right ahead". The ends don't justify the means. (edit) => (copy/paste):

This thread kinda spiraled out of control so to speak, but I don't think OP was wrong. There is no denying the fact that compression gobbles up CPU cycles. And that trying to compress already compressed data is an absolute waste of resources. And the fact that no one bothered to come up with...

Hi gang! So yeah, at the time of writing I am hyped. Playing with the big boys now because I am restoring my personal online presence, powered by FreeBSD; obviously. But I don't get this part: As far as I know this was never the default. Oh, it gets worse: it seems the handbook isn't even...

It's kinda difficult to take any of your comments seriously. No offense. FreeBSD comes with multiple shells. At least for now. As such my previous comments: you acknowledge the fact that FreeBSD comes with multiple shells, yet still insist that there's a default shell somehow? Defaults mean...

Hi gang! Just so we're clear: I'm not mad or anything (all good) but I am obviously "upset" with this major unjustice :mad: More seriously: I don't like the 420 char limit, also because there's no way to tell if you reached it. But today I discovered that links also count towards this and I...

True, but nevertheless this can still be an invaluable risk prevention. On my system I always set up /tmp and /var/tmp with noexec (ZFS) and it has saved my servers many times from "professional PHP developers" which scripts allowed 3rd parties to inject scripts (and programs) into /tmp while...

At the risk of going offtopic... I kinda disagree. Yes, it can be a hassle, but just because some solutions sound easy enough doesn't automagically make them feasible. I can come up with a ton of issues with merely expanding the current IPv4 stack ("you accidentally added a dot behind your IP...

Actually you can use the RC system... as I mentioned above: check /etc/rc.d/tmp, but when in doubt also check /etc/defaults/rc.conf. In this case you're looking for: mfs_type="auto" # "md", "tmpfs", "auto" to prefer tmpfs with md as fallback So no, it's not an MD device per definition...

Bit of a strange problem... I'm definitely not fully familiar with all of FreeBSD's inner workings, but the only thing which the -a parameter does is list available options within the kernel. So if that fails on your end then this could hint at issues within your kernel (or so I assume!)...

There you go. A better mode would be 1777, this allows everyone to access the directory. It's a bit odd to see this, because when I check /etc/rc.d/tmp then it specifically issues chmod 01777 /tmp to cover this. So instead of using /etc/fstab it's probably easier to specifically enable tmpfs...