The FreeBSD Diary

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9-Jun	Renaming a jail
12-Feb	Restoring an INOPERABLE 3Ware unit
2011 starts below
9-Aug	grep, sed, and awk for fun and profit
5-Feb	Bacula - copying a job; doing it better
9-Jan	ZFS Benchmark - the initial run; no tuning
2010 starts below
17-Dec	Bacula - copying a job
24-Nov	Bacula: RunBeforeJob on Storage Daemon
16-Nov	Testing the DLT
15-Nov	The new tape labels are in!
4-Nov	DLT drive replacement
3-Nov	Replacing a DLT drive - selecting the right drive
15-Oct	NRPE: Unable to read output - The followup
4-Oct	NRPE: Unable to read output
22-Sep	ZFS: promote
20-Sep	ZFS upgrade
3-Sep	3Ware Nagios plugin
30-Aug	Where is my SCSI card?
4-Aug	ZFS: Resizing your zpool
1-Aug	ZFS: do not give it all your HDD
13-Mar	Monitoring your HDD using SMART and Nagios
26-Jan	cssh - cluster ssh
23-Jan	Problems starting a jail with ezjail
19-Jan	Integrating the Tape Library with an existing Bacula installation
18-Jan	Tape Libraries & Bacula
2009 starts below
21-Dec	Upgrading PostgreSQL
30-Nov	mailwrapper exited on signal 11
29-Nov	logcheck - a log file scanner
24-Nov	spamd-setup gives 404
22-Nov	c partition goes away in FreeBSD 8
13-Nov	Wireless changes under FreeBSD 8.x
26-Oct	Using newsyslog to rotate backups
19-Oct	Removing Firefox 2
2008 starts below
2-Dec	Obscuring smtp auth headers
29-Nov	OpenVPN - creating a routed VPN
27-Nov	OpenVPN - getting it running
27-Nov	Creating your own Certificate Authority
5-Oct	Removing dead mailing lists from Mailman
30-Aug	gmirror - recovering from a failed HDD
6-Jul	ezjail - A jail administration framework
24-Jun	Adding gmirror to an existing installation
20-Mar	ThinkPad x61s
17-Mar	Using two monitors with X.org
2007 starts below
17-Dec	PC-BSD
9-Dec	IMAP - getting Dovecot running
10-Sep	Creating multiple jails
6-Aug	IBM ThinkPad T41: Upgrading RAM and HDD - pictures
1-Aug	IBM ThinkPad T41: Upgrading RAM and HDD
9-Jul	Fighting spam with pf
9-Jul	Virus scanning
8-Mar	Jails under FreeBSD 6
7-Feb	Converting a system to RAID
23-Jan	Bacula - Transport Layer Security (TLS)
12-Jan	Cacti remote injection exploit
2006 starts below
4-Dec	Putting sshd on a higher port
27-Nov	Everything got owned
28-Aug	3Ware - Manage your RAID arrays via http
19-Aug	Dual Opteron - better SATA cables for the Raptors
18-Aug	NetSaint plugin for 3Ware RAID card
14-Aug	CLI for 3Ware 9550SX-8LP
Aug-11	NetSaint - creating a plug-in for RAID monitoring
10-Aug	Dual Opteron - Raptor Installation
25-Jul	RAID-5 drive failure
23-Jul	Donations sought for SATA drives
17-Jul	TRENDnet Print Server
14-Jul	Feedcreator - make your newsfeeds the easy way!
9-Jul	More dual opteron images
4-Jul	Sponsors wanted
26-Jun	IBM ThinkPad T41 - a second battery
22-Jun	Dual Opteron Server - the drives
16-Jun	apcupsd - Configuring a UPS daemon
15-Jun	Dual Opteron server
7-Jun	Postfix - setting up two outgoing mail servers
30-May	Moving the rack
28-May	Freeze during reboot
23-May	Burning CDs on an IDE CD-RW
14-Apr	Mailman - additional virtual domains
10-Apr	Card reader for FreeBSD
8-Mar	IBM ThinkPad T41 - going from ipw(4) to ath(4)
1-Mar	Mailman - a mailing list manager
27-Feb	How I test tapes and tape drives
25-Feb	Bacula - Digital DLT MiniLibrary - TL891
10-Feb	Is your ISP blocking port 25? Here's a Postfix solution.
5-Feb	IPv6 - getting your LAN connected
16-Jan	The Technical BSD Conference
2005 starts below
29-Dec	What RAID-1 setup should I use for FreeBSD 6.0?
28-Dec	FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 - yes, I know this is late
22-Dec	Configuring IPsec on your XP Professional laptop
14-Oct	Cross compiling on AMD64
11-Sep	New York City BSD Conference
8-Sep	Moving your wireless gateway
24-Aug	Get your BSDCan 2005 T-Shirt here!
23-Aug	NYCBSDCon 2005
26-Jul	Bacula fund raising for encryption
12-Apr	BSDCan 2005 - are you going?
26-Jan	Setting up a printer
2004 starts below
9-Dec	Implementing Hardware RAID on FreeBSD
6-Dec	Secure Your Wireless with IPsec
3-Sep	Disk cloning with Acronis True Image
1-Sep	Using a jail as a virtual machine
16-Jul	5.* on an IBM ThinkPad T41
23-Jun	USENIX'04 ATC
15-Jun	IBM ThinkPad T41
4-Jun	Stolen laptop - used on MSN?
1-Jun	Bacula - Sony SDT 10000
25-May	BSDCan - my photos
22-May	Laptop stolen
21-May	Xplanet - improve your background
1-Apr	Building a new box from scratch
1-Feb	Bacula: Cross-Platform Client-Server Backups
24-Jan	Linux World Expo - Day 3
23-Jan	Linux World Expo - Day 2
22-Jan	Linux World Expo - Day 1
21-Jan	Linux World Expo - The drive to NYC
19-Jan	Linux World Expo - my schedule
16-Jan	Linux World Expo 2004 - Part 1
5-Jan	mknod - create the device, then mount
2003 starts below
5-Dec	Someone tried to defraud FreshPorts users
22-Sep	Backups and serial console servers
25-Aug	Phorum Installation
13-Jul	Phorum - installation, upgrade, and conversion from MySQL to PostgreSQL
21-May	Postfix - virtual domains (part II)
10-May	Google blocking searches from unknown browsers
1-May	New FreshPorts release brings interesting challenges
11-Apr	Using foo+bar@ email addresses with Postfix and procmail
1-Apr	FreeBSD/NetBSD to merge
10-Mar	Home networks are everywhere
7-Mar	scp tricks
6-Mar	Already scanned directory - mkisofs problems
1-Mar	PostgreSQL - analyzing a query to improve speed
7-Feb	Oh what a week I've had!
28-Jan	Open Source Weekend - conference report
21-Jan	Amazon, OSW, and my thanks
7-Jan	Tell your story, help others
2002 starts below
6-Dec	PostgreSQL - removing foreign keys
13-Nov	CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) - installation and configuration (by Gerard Samuel)
6-Nov	Postfix - virtual domains
17-Oct	Upgrading to stunnel 4
15-Oct	Adding a new drive via the serial console using dump/restore
4-Oct	Managing an IP address change - part 2
20-Sep	Changing your keyboard mapping
20-Sep	Serial Consoles can be very useful
13-Sep	Samba - updating my old version
3-Sep	Managing an IP address change
19-Aug	Growing your filesystem with growfs (by Will Andrews)
16-Aug	VNC - allowing remote access to graphical desktops
25-Jul	I'm looking for a job
22-Jul	Installing and configuring Phorum using cvs
26-Apr	Creating a VPN using PPTP
8-Apr	There is room to improve
1-Apr	New stuff coming soon
10-Mar	stunnel - encryption and security
23-Feb	PostgreSQL 7.2 upgrade and crypto
16-Feb	ERROR: version of config(8) does not match kernel!
16-Jan	Your Makefile has been rebuilt.
14-Jan	And one port to install them all!
12-Jan	Checklist for a new box
4-Jan	Write protected floppies should be mounted read-only
2001 starts below
31-Dec	Pictures of the Ottawa machines
28-Dec	pkgdb - packages database tool
26-Dec	an ATI XPERT 128 patch for XFree86-4
17-Dec	Make the keyboard work on a headless server (read also about t-shirts!)
11-Dec	Got ports? Here is THE way to upgrade them!
30-Nov	Anonymous FTP server (by Kim Scarborough)
16-Nov	stunnel - another way to avoid plain text passwords (by Mike Miller)
14-Nov	ssh exploit - how to avoid it
2-Nov	My first Linux User Group meeting
21-Sep	cvsup bug fix and upgrading to 4.4
16-Sep	Americans are not alone
10-Sep	NetSaint - a network monitor
23-Aug	View all article feedback
7-Aug	Quick CableNet Connections with FreeBSD (by Leon Dang)
2-Aug	Welcome to the new box
1-Aug	News feeds
30-Jul	Upcoming changes
12-Jul	Client Authentication with SSL
30-Jun	The Diary gets ready for colocation
11-Jun	San Jose bound...
7-Jun	Setting up a FreeBSD IPSec Tunnel (by John J. Rushford Jr)
5-Jun	Specifying alternative port download sites
31-May	Concatenated Disk Configuration
24-May	Dual-homed NFS servers
21-May	Installing via wireless NIC
20-May	Get your name in the kernel!
19-May	New city, new LAN, new Laptop
13-May	The trip north
25-Apr	It is time for a move....
22-Apr	New website goes live
18-Apr	latest changes ready for testing
16-Apr	Massive website changes
7-Apr	Using smtp from remote locations
6-Apr	My travels with a computer
2-Apr	It's all true!
1-Apr	The Linux Diary
30-Mar	qpopper with APOP
28-Mar	installing bind8 from ports
28-Mar	IRC Hints
27-Mar	Customizing Console Fonts
25-Mar	Introduction to C++ API for mySQL (by Murat Balaban)
19-Mar	FrontPage 2000 - installing the extensions
13-Mar	new ipfilter option is really cool!
10-Mar	Creating an NTP server with a cheap clock (by Harald Schmalzbauer)
2-Mar	BSDSearch spam followup
28-Feb	Which BSD site is sending out spam?
27-Feb	NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered - a solution
22-Feb	FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE schedule
19-Feb	Job search
16-Feb	Accessing a cvs repository
10-Feb	NIC blows up
6-Feb	Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box
1-Feb	Diary update
31-Jan	Samba authentication through PAM with MySQL (by Randall S. Ehren)
6-Jan	Setting up an encrypted file system (by Niklas Saers)
5-Jan	Setting up Spam Bouncer
2000 starts below
31-Dec	cdrecord - writing multiple sessions
29-Dec	XEON gets a new cable which should improve disk speed
28-Dec	What do you think are the top 10 articles?
27-Dec	IPsec
26-Dec	PostgreSQL and Perl
24-Dec	Adding procedural language support to PostgreSQL
23-Dec	Setting up FreeBSD as an NIS client (by Eric Anderson)
22-Dec	Two more cat pictures
20-Dec	More dual XEON pics
17-Dec	Creating your own cvsupd server
15-Dec	rsync - synchronizing two file trees
14-Dec	cdrecord - writing your own CDs
13-Dec	The XEON lives!
8-Dec	procmail - a simple example
6-Dec	nice - making things run slower
5-Dec	Helping others
24-Nov	nfs and ipf with IPFILTER_DEFAULT_BLOCK
14-Nov	mindterm - ssh connections via web browsers
13-Nov	webmail - Endymion Mailman
12-Nov	Contributions
11-Nov	Apache with SSL
9-Nov	The XEON assembly story
8-Nov	BSDCon 2000 - the trip home
7-Nov	The dual XEON box takes shape
5-Nov	SMP - using more than one CPU
2-Nov	uptime, w, and who show nobody logged in
22-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - the wrap up
20-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - Friday
19-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - Thursday
18-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - Wednesday
17-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - Tuesday
16-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - Monday
15-Oct	BSDCon 2000 - the arrival
13-Oct	USA certainly doesn't make it easy
7-Oct	I'm away at BSDCon 2000
6-Oct	Adding more swapfiles
3-Oct	Is the Diary or FreshPorts useful to you?
2-Oct	PPPoE (by Daniel Bretoi)
1-Oct	cvsweb - graphical interface to cvs
30-Sep	hardware donations - an update
29-Sep	Do you have any pets?
28-Sep	A backlog of mail
26-Sep	FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE
25-Sep	hardware donations please
24-Sep	The cats - part 2
23-Sep	BSDCon : booked your tickets yet?
19-Sep	.htaccess and symbolic links
14-Sep	So you like FreeBSD?
5-Sep	PostgreSQL - installation and configuration
4-Sep	mounting any image
2-Sep	mounting an ISO image
1-Sept	file system full
26-Aug	Want a list of users on your box?
15-Aug	How long does it take to upgrade via cvsup?
12-Aug	Last Netgear's FA410TX pcmcia ethernet card and FreeBSD 4.x (by Marc Fonvieille)
11-Aug	Changing the shell for existing users and new users
10-Aug	freebsddiary.cx domain no longer used for testing
9-Aug	FreeBSD Diary mailing list is now automated
8-Aug	turning sendmail VRFY off
7-Aug	newbie learning experience
6-Aug	Samba authentication of Windows users (by Rick Oliver)
5-Aug	Keeping up with the ports - pkg_version
2-Aug	4.1-STABLE - fetch now going just fine
30-Jul	The make-world script
30-Jul	Upgrading to 4.1-STABLE - things to watch out for
29-Jul	auth/tcp server failing (looping), service terminated
27-Jul	majordomo and 'hostile' addresses
23-Jul	Quotas - installation and configuration (by James)
20-Jul	Sound for 4.*
17-Jul	Secondary name servers
16-Jul	squid - installation and configuration
15-Jul	True Type fonts and XFree86 (by Jim Weeks)
11-Jul	Crypto problem fixed
7-Jul	VLAN with pipsecd
6-Jul	passphrases are your friend
5-Jul	FreshPorts goes offline
4-Jul	FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users
30-Jun	FreshPorts 1.1
28-Jun	SSI - a quick guide
27-Jun	NFS Portmap: RPC: Program not registered
22-Jun	Adding more swap space
21-Jun	Changing the owner of your ports tree
20-Jun	FreeBSD 3.5-stable is born
10-Jun	Purging ipf from FreeBSD
5-Jun	The Diary Template
22-May	Upgrading Phorum from 3.0.x to 3.1
21-May	Tranferring websites/users from one box to another
14-May	Have you seen FreshPorts yet?
11-May	Letting people know the web server is off line
10-May	Unexpected busfree in Message-out
9-May	Installing IP Filter 3.4.1
8-May	drive to drive backup
7-May	majordomo problems and solutions
6-May	Apache - with DSOs for PHP, FrontPage, and SSL under FreeBSD 4.0-S
6-May	Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.0-Release to FreeBSD 4.0-Stable
6-May	Installing cvsup
6-May	installing FreeBSD 4.0-Release
6-May	New server - installing FreeBSD
4-May	ppp [for Linux users] by a Linux user (by Liz)
2-May	Tips for Linux users (by Liz)
27-Apr	"blank" pages
25-Apr	cvs - create your own repository
24-Apr	FreeBSD Virtual Memory
23-Apr	Epson PhotoPC 650 (by Chris Silva)
22-Apr	Are you good at graphics?
22-Apr	Samba 2.0.6 - shares are printers
21-Apr	Putting the Daemon into NT
20-Apr	Directing mail to a program
19-Apr	Keeping mysql passwords secure
16-Apr	ed0 does not like 0x280
12-Apr	Creating a majordomo mailing list for a virtual domain
9-Apr	Accessing a mysql database from perl
7-Apr	Setting up a printer (by Roy Miller)
6-Apr	Two more methods to restrict bind version
5-Apr	ssh - authorized keys and chmod
4-Apr	More on bind versions
3-Apr	What version of bind are you running?
1-Apr	My computers have been seized
31-Mar	Newsfeeds have been fixed
30-Mar	Some Diary news feeds are behind the times
29-Mar	How to restore from a tape backup if your hard drive dies
28-Mar	man pages - they are searchable
27-Mar	How to copy files around without anyone seeing them
26-Mar	The Polls - oh no! how slashdottish....
23-Mar	Allowing non-member submissions on closed mailing lists
21-Mar	Daemon/Windows screen shots
20-Mar	USB Mouse support under 4.0 Release
15-Mar	BSDCon 2000
9-Mar	How to get the most out of the forum
8-Mar	FreeBSD Diary news feeds
5-Mar	The Hauppauge TV Card (by Chris Silva)
4-Mar	Returned mail: Data format error (Sender domain must exist)
4-Mar	Stripping ^M from your files
1-Mar	Site shutdown
25 Feb	distfile sharing via anonymous FTP
24 Feb	finger and how to supply something different
23 Feb	Installing FreeBSD via PLIP - (the parallel port - good for laptops)
20-Feb	FreeBSD @home -- setting up your cable modem
19-Feb	NFS - sharing file systems across a network
18-Feb	Big Brother is watching you (and your network)
12-Feb	New NIC was causing network problems
1-Feb	IP Filter 3.3.8 released
29-Jan	Apache - rotating log files - ouch, don't compress those logs!
28-Jan	How to refuse stuff using cvsup
27-Jan	FrontPage doesn't like RewriteRule
27-Jan	Creating a chroot ftpd
27-Jan	Getting and Setting Up StarOffice 5.1a (by Chris Silva)
27-Jan	Setting up an ATI Rage Pro 3D (by Chris Silva)
27-Jan	Sound Blaster Vibra16 (by Chris Silva)
27-Jan	Blocking apache access by host
26-Jan	installing an alternative ftp daemon - proftpd - added a bit on non-anonymous users and a common problem.
26-Jan	Apache - rotating log files - a better solution found
25-Jan	Putting the Daemon into Windows
24-Jan	favicon.ico
22-Jan	Welcome to the new website!
22-Jan	A brief history about the site
21-Jan	OK, OK, enough prompting!  I've written something about the cats!
20-Jan	Incoming ssh is being refused
20-Jan	When cvsup'ing your ports, remember the base distribution
20-Jan	DVL Software website now separate
19-Jan	Rewriting URLs within Apache
19-Jan	Redirecting URL requests with Apache
18-Jan	symbolic links which are difficult to remove
18-Jan	Virtual web sites and and older browsers
16-Jan	404 - what to do about missing www documents
14-Jan	Not much new here. What's going on?
14-Jan	Installing a port without installing the ports
14-Jan	Changing your tcsh prompt
12-Jan	FreeBSD on a laptop (by Chris Silva)
11-Jan	Apache - rotating log files
11-Jan	Strange NetScape bug
7-Jan	Perl scripts that appear in your browser
7-Jan	Front Page Extensions - security considerations
7-Jan	My first CGI script (uptime.pl) - an update ==> better, faster, smaller!
3-Jan	Protected Apache directories - added more detail
2-Jan	Installing and configuring mySQL
2-Jan	Apache port - php3/FrontPage/SSL
1-Jan	The new websites - what's going on?
1-Jan	Happy New Year - Y2K
1-Jan	Reader Forum
1-Jan	Phorum - how to install and customize it
1-Jan	PortSentry - a port watcher
1999 starts below
27-Dec	IP Filter 3.3.5 - a patch for ipmon
27-Dec	IP Filter - using rule groups for blocking IP blocks
26-Dec	unwanted email from tcpd
24-Dec	Website changes coming soon
23-Dec	Installing Apache with FrontPage/SSL
23-Dec	Installing a new virtual web with FP2000 extensions
23-Dec	403 Forbidden - You don't have permission to access / on this server.
19-Dec	logcheck - who is checking your logs?
19-Dec	identd problems - patch
7-Dec	proftpd and FreeBSD
6-Dec	Upgrading to 3.3-STABLE
5-Dec	how to start things at boot time
5-Dec	Installing OpenSSH - less restrictive than ssh
4-Dec	Installing IP Filter 3.3.4
3-Dec	FrontPage 2000: What you NEED to know!
3-Dec	installing a news server
29-Nov	installing qmail (by rtroy@springsips.com)
29-Nov	watch - making it work
27-Nov	virtual hosting with sendmail
27-Nov	Backing up FreeBSD - added my script to Chris' article
24-Nov	allowing sendmail to relay mail - a trouble shooting tip
23-Nov	Installing IP Filter 3.3.3
23-Nov	A good start for a gateway box
20-Nov	System tools - toys I have found - the z-tools
20-Nov	Upgrade your DNS server - bind8 security issues
19-Nov	using make to upgrade your ports
18-Nov	Dynamic DNS problems prompt move to cucipop
15-Nov	upload files via http
10-Nov	installing an alternative ftp daemon - proftpd
10-Nov	virtual ftp servers - proftpd
9-Nov	redirecting majordomo mailing lists
9-Nov	periodic - using it to run shell scripts
7-Nov	Quick mounts for floppies
7-Nov	Another boot drive swap method
7-Nov	DSL/Cable modem references
7-Nov	Backing up FreeBSD onto a Windows NT Workstation
7-Nov	hypermail - creating an www interface to a mailing list archive
6-Nov	I added some tips on adding firewall rules with ipfilter.
6-Nov	Creating a digest and archive for a majordomo mailing list
30-Oct	allowing sendmail to relay mail
30-Oct	Adding a new domain - a simple example
29-Oct	Dynamic DNS - detecting and updating - DragonK script update
29-Oct	FreeBSDCon'99 - what happened there?
29-Oct	Installing an ftp server - getting FreeBSD into an NT/Linux house. *
8-Sep	The Diary takes a holiday (continued)
23-Aug	Dynamic DNS - detecting and updating - DragonK script update
22-Aug	Changing the pre-login text - also known as /etc/issue - more info
19-Aug	Service outage - my apologies
19-Aug	Dynamic DNS - detecting and updating - yet another script update
15-Aug	hint - A scalable benchmark for testing CPU and memory
13-Aug	ssh2 - when ssh won't do
13-Aug	Swapping boot drives around
13-Aug	Dynamic DNS - detecting and updating - a script update
13-Aug	Upgrading from 2.2.* to 3.*
10-Aug	vinum - A simple install to improve performance
10-Aug	rawio - testing device performance
10-Aug	Someone else finished Configuring FreeBSD for dial-in service
6-Aug	Installing cvsupd
6-Aug	Books and Magazines
6-Aug	Web Resources
4-Aug	Creating patch files
29-Jul	The Diary takes a holiday
23-Jul	toor - and why you should keep it
22-Jul	DNS Resources
22-Jul	My first CGI script (uptime.pl)
18-Jul	Diary is now reversed
18-Jul	Dynamic DNS - detecting and updating
18-Jul	Things everyone should read
14-Jul	Sound with FreeBSD - A How-To Guide
8-Jul	Private DNS
7-Jul	Secondary name servers - finally finished
5-Jul	How to build a gateway
5-Jul	out of inodes
28-Jun	How to reload your zone files
25-Jun	More progress on Configuring FreeBSD for dial-in service *
20-Jun	Installing 3.2-release [the hard way]
20-Jun	Filesystem is not clean - run fsck
12-Jun	samba - using non-standard host names
10-Jun	Mounting a SCSI CD-ROM
10-Jun	Allowing anonymous FTP
10-Jun	FTP from a CD-ROM
6-Jun	Ports or Packages?
6-Jun	What is installed?
30-May	BSD Advocacy in a Linux-centric Environment (by Lou Rinaldi)
30-May	analog - "The most popular logfile analyser in the world"
16-May	Kernel Configuration Options
16-May	Adding ipnat to FreeBSD 3.*
5-May	Starting stuff at boot time
3-May	Why is Linux Successful? - An Opinion.
1-May	Verifying an email address
30-Apr	Good utilities provided with tcp wrappers
25-Apr	ssh - much more secure than telnet
23-Apr	Creating boot floppies for FreeBSD
17-Apr	screen - how to remove "remote or dead" sessions
9-Apr	PPP filters - stop xntpd from keeping the connection alive
9-Apr	Get your stuff published here
7-Apr	Links should be OK now
4-Apr	Links to FreeBSD Handbook may be broken
3-Apr	Configuring FreeBSD for dial-in service *
3-Apr	majordomo and virtual mailing lists
2-Apr	syslog.conf - putting stuff where you want it
29-Mar	Block the Melissa virus
25-Mar	Who is this guy?
24-Mar	User Friendly - a cartoon strip
24-Mar	Installing PPP - alias
23-Mar	Upgrading from 3.1-Release to 3.1-Stable
20-Mar	Installing FreeBSD to replace Windows 95
20-Mar	Saving and using the kernel change information
19-Mar	Installing the Lynx port from the Internet
19-Mar	fetch: illegal option -- A
19-Mar	Could not find /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.port.mk
19-Mar	Command not found
19-Mar	compiling a kernel on another machine
18-Mar	Making Samba win browser elections
18-Mar	telnet fails - tcp_wrapper is out of date
18-Mar	Shortcut for compiling from CD-ROM
17-Mar	Clearing out your sendmail queue
15-Mar	Installing PPP
14-Mar	Installing FreeBSD on a Windows 95 machine
10-Mar	ADSL - changing the modem
9-Mar	nologin - Refuse a login to a user, and make a note of it in syslog
6-Mar	/etc/rc.conf changes for 3.1
4-Mar	mergemaster - a great tool when upgrading
4-Mar	changing your default editor
3-Mar	the box is up
1-Mar	the box is down
22-Feb	screen - how to detach a session from your window
21-Feb	upgrading to 3.1-Release
21-Feb	Windows time synchronization clients
21-Feb	Responses from readers
20-Feb	New look finished
20-Feb	Linking to other directories with Apache
18-Feb	Installing a new virtual web with FP extensions
18-Feb	Protected Apache directories
18-Feb	Upgrading to sendmail 8.9.3
17-Feb	Setting the default reply-to address in a majordomo mailing list
15-Feb	New look introduced
14-Feb	Creating an FTP Mirror site
14-Feb	Setting up a FreeBSD mirror site has been completed.
11-Feb	sending a HUP to a program (kill, killall)
11-Feb	how to untar/tar
11-Feb	Stuff for newbies
10-Feb	Apache logging has been added to the virtual hosts topic.
10-Feb	allowing sendmail to relay mail
6-Feb	Installing a mailing list server - majordomo
6-Feb	Forwarding mail in one mailbox to another
6-Feb	Join the FreeBSD Diary mailing list
3-Feb	Setting up a FreeBSD mirror site
2-Feb	I was probed!  The security worked.
31-Jan	Installing an IRC Proxy *
31-Jan	Getting DCC to work with natd
31-Jan	Error correction for sendmail.cf template
29-Jan	Restarting cvsup
29-Jan	Added cvsup as an item on the topic page
24-Jan	using sysctl to monitor connections *
21-Jan	Why the ads?
19-Jan	IP Filter won't load - what I did when IP Filter didn't load
17-Jan	Updating the ports collection
16-Jan	Using your floppy
14-Jan	Staying current with FreeBSD - using CVSup to upgrade FreeBSD
14-Jan	Before the disaster
13-Jan	make - and how to use it behind a firewall
13-Jan	hendrix.mc - the template used to create sendmail.cf
12-Jan	NAT rules - for IP Filter
12-Jan	Added a separate topic for IP Filter
11-Jan	lame name servers
11-Jan	upgrading sendmail
10-Jan	sending a HUP to a program (kill)
9-Jan	tcp wrapper - monitoring telnet requests, permit deny connections, etc.
8-Jan	NTFS Driver for FreeBSD
7-Jan	Upgrading FreeBSD - installing a new version
6-Jan	Changing your bash prompt
6-Jan	changing the pre-login text - also known as /etc/issue
4-Jan	fetch - and how to use it behind a firewall
4-Jan	distributed.net - the fastest computer on earth
3-Jan	System tools - toys I have found
1-Jan	Happy New Year - a small thing to remember
1-Jan	httpd/dns - adding new domains to your system
1-Jan	Virtual websites - what non-HTTP/1.1 compatible browsers will see
1-Jan	ndc - how to see lots of DNS information
1-Jan	dnswalk - a useful DNS tool
1998 starts below
31-Dec	"There are stopped jobs" - a follow up
31-Dec	Secondary name servers - how to be a backup DNS for someone else
31-Dec	DNS - restricting zone transfers
18-Nov	Time for a break
12-Nov	unknown priority name - /etc/syslog.conf and syslogd
9-Nov	"There are stopped jobs" - what does this message mean?
4-Nov	IP Filter - second time around
3-Nov	Samba - more on passwords/logon and shares
3-Nov	Sharity-Light - connecting Microsoft to FreeBSD
2-Nov	NFS - sharing file systems across a network
1-Nov	DNS - the dynamic way - client software
1-Nov	swap files - how to get more swap space
29-Oct	Firewalls - converting from IP filter to natd/ipfw
29-Oct	Gateways - installing natd/ipfw
29-Oct	Firewalls - an overview
25-Oct	quickly mounting the CD-ROM - an addenda to the CD-ROM saga.
23-Oct	IP Filter - an alternative firewall and NAT to ipfw/natd
23-Oct	Firewall rules - some more work
22-Oct	httpd: could not bind to port 80 - how not to stop a process
22-Oct	Apache - starting/stopping
22-Oct	Apache - virtual hosts (continued)
22-Oct	FrontPage 98 - publishing problems
20-Oct	Firewalls / ipfw - protect your subnet
18-Oct	Samba - connecting FreeBSD to Microsoft
18-Oct	su - how to become a super user.  avoid using root
16-Oct	dhclient.conf - moving a file to the web server.  changing owners (chown)
14-Oct	Screen savers - and how to load stuff after changing rc.conf`
4-Oct	Building a port - background info on make
4-Oct	Daylight saving time - how time is stored, how to change it
27-Sep	Apache - making a group for it
26-Sep	Apache - virtual hosts
26-Sep	Apache - who can publish what?
18-Sep	Upgrading Apache to 1.3
18-Sep	DNS - the dynamic way - hosting a site from home
17-Sep	Where are my Apache FrontPage extensions?
1-Sep	reinstalled time server
1-Sep	finished Name Server Lint installation
1-Sep	Apache web server (again)
31-Aug	installing qpopper (a POP server)
29-Aug	connecting to the network
29-Aug	Adding a second network card (and compiling a kernel)
29-Aug	getting natd to run again
29-Aug	enabling DNS again
22-Aug	DHCP (again)
22-Aug	All the ports - how to save time if you have the disk space
14-Aug	a new hard drive
11-Aug	improving security *
11-Aug	notes on qpopper
10-Aug	nmap - the port scanner
10-Aug	fetchmail - run your own mailserver *
10-Aug	python - needed for fetchmail *
6-Aug	upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.2.7
2-Aug	installing DES - encryption
2-Aug	installing www server (apache)
2-Aug	Time synchronization - xntpd
29-Jul	resolv.conf is being modified, and not by me  (a DHCP problem)
29-Jul	mounting fd0 without a floppy gives a GPF
28-Jul	notes on rebooting and IP numbers
27-Jul	installing nslint - debug your DNS
26-Jul	sample zone files
26-Jul	Getting local names to resolve (DNS)   (named - the name server)
26-Jul	Changing the shell (bash)
15-Jul	Reading my mail from NT1 (qpopper)
12-Jul	Redirecting port requests
11-Jul	Firewalls, filtering, ipfw, and FTP clients
10-Jul	The DNS problem which was an natd problem
9-Jul	CD-ROM saga (a funny story)
late June	natd Network Address Translation (IP masquerading, IP aliasing)
mid June	The installation
early May 1998	How I found FreeBSD
early 1998	Why I wanted FreeBSD before I knew it existed