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Installing Mysql 5.1 on FreeBSD 7.0

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Mark Sanborn

Well we all love Mysql and a lot of times it is the first things we install on a server. I recently installed it on my FreeBSD 7.0 server and it went pretty smooth. You can install mysql from the … Continue reading →

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Creating Useful Bash Aliases

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Mark Sanborn

Bash can be configured to recognize any word you want and link it to a command. This is called an alias. This is can be used for many reasons. For instance, you could assign a short word like dvdbackupnow to … Continue reading →

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Encrypt a File on Linux or FreeBSD with GnuPG

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Mark Sanborn

If you ever wanted to quickly encrypt a file in Linux or FreeBSD without complicated keyrings and key files this is the post for you. In this guide we will use gnupg to quickly encrypt any file in Linux or … Continue reading →

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Finding Ports to Install in FreeBSD

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Mark Sanborn

FreeBSD is founded on the idea that compiling is faster/better than using pre-made packages. To make compiling easy FreeBSD uses a “package management” system called ports; however, it is difficult to find the port to compile since FreeBSD’s package management … Continue reading →

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First Time Upgrading FreeBSD

Posted on April 17, 2008 by Mark Sanborn

If you remember from my post on my Initial Impression of FreeBSD 7.0 I am fairly new at using FreeBSD. After my recent WordPress SQL Injection Attack I went around updating everything that I could get my hands on. A … Continue reading →

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