Hello, with freebsd vm images now also deployed as official distribution,
I'd like to share some first-run VMWare tips for beginner to start up quickly.
Preparation:
Steps:
Done. You can now connect to the new vm with ssh and ftp as root/admin or user/user
What does the script do?
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I'd like to share some first-run VMWare tips for beginner to start up quickly.
Preparation:
- Extract freebsd-xxx.vmdk.xz VMWare image: 7z x freebsd-xxx.vmdk.xz.
- Create a new virtual machine with extracted image as disk.
Steps:
- Copy the script block below.
- Run the virtual machine (obviously).
- Click inside the virtual machine's window.
- Press 2 to boot to single-user mode, then just press [ENTER] to login,
or if you missed it, at the initial login prompt, type: root then [ENTER]. - press [CTRL-ALT] to escape focus.
- Paste the script, Press [CTRL-V] or Click Edit->Paste.
What does the script do?
- Create root password: admin and change its shell to sh.
- Create a user which may su, login: user, password: user.
- Setup host for dhcp client, disable some extras (mail,motd,vi/tmp cleanup).
- Setup ftp and ssh services that permit root access.
- Replace more with less as PAGER.
- Some sample profile.
Code:
exec sh
mount -uw /
cd /etc
sed -i "" '/^.ftp/s/^.//' inetd.conf
sed -i "" '/^root/s//#&/' ftpusers
sed -i "" 's/^. *\(PermitRoo.* \).*$/\1yes/' ssh/sshd_config
sed -i "" 's/=more/=less/' ~/.profile
echo admin | pw mod user root -ssh -h0
pw add user ftp -h- -u14 -d/ -s/usr/sbin/nologin
u=user
echo user | pw adduser $u -h0 -G0 -d /home/$u
mkdir -p /usr/home/$u
ln -s usr/home /
chown $u:$u /home/$u
mv motd m
FILTER='sed -n /[[:print:]]/p'
cat << EOF | $FILTER > /boot/loader.conf
autoboot_delay=1
#vesa_load=yes
EOF
cat << EOF | $FILTER > rc.conf
ifconfig_em0=dhcp
inetd_enable=yes
sshd_enable=yes
hostname=aa.freebsd.box
allscreens_kbdflags="-b10.50"
sendmail_enable=NONE
clear_tmp_X=no
cleanvar_enable=no
virecover_enable=no
update_motd=no
EOF
cat << EOF | $FILTER > profile
set -o emacs
alias x=exit
alias vip='${EDITOR:-vi} /etc/profile'
alias soup='. /etc/profile'
alias md=mkdir
alias cls='tput -T $TERM clear'
EOF
reboot
Notes:
- CR/LF pair will ruins HERE<<DOCS on pasted text, hence the FILTER.
- You may freely modify the script (minimize, change user/password etc.)
but remember that upto v10 it can not exceed MAX_INPUT 1024 bytes in size. - You might wanted to install bash later for user, FreeBSD's sh doesn't
have a tab completion, it's not intended for interactive user
(but please don't change the root shell with bash)
- Copy/Paste between Host and FreeBSD Guest only works on VMWare v10+
- If you are using Oracle's VirtualBox make sure Shared Clipboard is on
(Settings -> General -> Advanced: Shared Clipboard = Bidirectional),
I mean, you can try, I never get copy/paste to work on VirtualBox.