Questions tagged [freebsd]
FreeBSD is a free Unix-based operating system descended from AT&T UNIX via BSD UNIX.
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FreeBSD Reverse Shell Command Issue: Ambiguous Output Redirect Error
I’ve been experimenting with penetration testing recently, and I need to use reverse shell techniques for testing. I’ve previously used reverse shell on Ubuntu with the following command:
/bin/bash -i ...
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tar not excluding symlinked directories
Tar version:
root@node: /tmp > tar --version
bsdtar 3.4.2 - libarchive 3.4.2 zlib/1.2.11 liblzma/5.2.5 bz2lib/1.0.8
I have a directory structure which looks like this:
root@node: /tmp > ls -...
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How can I install pip on FreeBSD?
I was trying to install python and pip on my FreeBSD 15.0 server. It seems like I've successfully installed python. Now I have both Python3.9 and Python 3.11. However, I can't find and package called &...
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Host Tor Site with Apache on FreeBSD
How can I host a Tor site with Apache on FreeBSD 13.3-RELEASE-p1? Apache is serving multiple sites from this server, so each one has its own entry in /usr/local/etc/apache24/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
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Issue with ng_ipfw, ng_bpf, ng_tag testing commands
Update my issue with more details provided below :
Summary of the ng_tag Command Issue
Querying BPF Filter Status
When using Berkeley Packet Filter (BPF) filters, you can use the getstats command to ...
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gpart will always say "Invalid argument" when add a new ufs partition
I am using the FreeBSD 14.0.
I follow the instructions at https://www.transip.eu/knowledgebase/entry/138-how-do-create-partition-freebsd/ to create a UFS partition, as below:
But always get "...
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LC_TIME portability (and other locale settings)
It seems that Linux and FreeBSD (at least) have different notions of how presentation of time is implemented in different locales (LC_TIME), notably but not entirely in how the hour of day is ...
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Automate deploying a bunch of thin jails
I'm setting up the *ARR suite apps in jails (using the Bastille manager). I used to do this in debian and docker but this time I moved to freeBSD to try out it's native zfs support.
In setting up I ...
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seatd Issues with Wayland on FreeBSD
When trying to launch Hikari (A wayland compositor) on FreeBSD I get one of two errors. Either seatd tells me that running as root is forbidden (when I'm not root) and when I run seatd-launch hikari I ...
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How to configure DNAT in iptables between host os (FreeBSD) and guest os (Ubuntu 23.10) so that I can use Cloudflare on both the OS
I've just installed the CloudFlare client + GUI on Ubuntu,that I have virtualized with bhyve (the FreeBSD hypervisor). Cloudflare does not work on FreeBSD. The instructions that I have followed are ...
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Difference between +MANIFEST and +COMPACT_MANIFEST in FreeBSD .pkg
I have recently created a FreeBSD .pkg file using a custom script.
A FreeBSD .pkg file is essentially a tar archive (optionally compressed) whose first two entries are manifest files, named +MANIFEST ...
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What Causes PHP Forks to Consolidate on a Single CPU Core in FreeBSD 13.3?
I'm using a PHP 8.x script to process a series of images, performing various conversions and resizing tasks. To make the most of the server's multiple cores, I employ the pcntl_fork() function to ...
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Forgejo pid file (/var/run/forgejo.pid) : not readable in Truenas Core (FreeBSD Jail)
I have been trying to get Forgejo running in a Truenas Core (FreeBSD jail) for over a week. When I manually start Forgejo as the git user it runs as expected, however attempting to get it to run with ...
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Where to install custom software packages on FreeBSD?
In Linux, according to the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, /opt is the designated location for add-on application software packages. Thus, when developing my own software package, which is not a ...
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Recommended and alternate dependencies in FreeBSD .pkg
A FreeBSD package typically specifies dependencies in its manifest as follows:
deps:
# python39, version 3.9 or higher
python39: {origin: lang/python39, version: 3.9}
# bind-tools, any version
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