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Archives for April 2017

How to synchronize system and network time in FreeBSD

April 26, 2017 by Albert Valbuena

For several applications it is necessary to synchronize your server to the network time. The protocol is called Network Time Protocol (NTP) and is basically giving the correct time to the world nowadays. Reading the Wikipedia entry is very interesting. FreeBSD comes with the ntp client. To set this up you will just add the following line into the /etc/rc.conf … [Read more...]

How to set time and date in FreeBSD

April 26, 2017 by Albert Valbuena

In a FreeBSD system one may need to adjust date and time, specially if one has opened a VPS instance in some hosting provider. The system already provides a list of time zones. Just look around in the /usr/share/zoneinfo folder and subfolders to find the one that fits your needs. Just remember this will have complete effect on the overall behaviour on the server or desktop. Any … [Read more...]

What is GNU/Linux?

April 26, 2017 by Albert Valbuena

To answer this question one must split it. Plus make other questions like: «What is a, so called, Linux distro?». It seems complex and it is in a way. But let´s explain GNU/Linux in simple terms. GNU stands for GNU is Not UNIX. So it´s clear is not UNIX but it´s related to it in some fashion. It was started in 1983 by Richard Stallman who at the time had just left the MIT … [Read more...]

How to install the Clamav antivirus in FreeBSD

April 25, 2017 by Albert Valbuena

Clamav is an antivirus. But don’t think of Clamav as the antivirus you have sitting in your personal computer at home or in your office. It's an antivirus that works under user demand. It is not constantly monitoring the system. So you will have to setup some cronjobs in order to check and monitor the files and directories under your concern. sudo pkg install clamav sudo vi … [Read more...]

SSH keys

April 25, 2017 by Albert Valbuena

SSH or how to remotely control a UNIX system in a secure manner. The SSH keys is a secure method to interact with a UNIX system remotely. They are also used to transfer data between different systems. Using clever cryptography anyone can use them. As their name state it is a pair of keys, one matching the other in a complex mathematical operation. One pair unlocks the other. … [Read more...]

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