DragonFly BSD configuration

Post installation in brief

- network configuration

- shell configuration

- syslog, screen, indexing and crontab

- thttpd

Network configuration

Proceed,

cd /etc

vi rc.conf

like,

keymap="fr.iso.acc"

hostname="dfly1.example.net"

ifconfig_lnc0="inet 10.1.1.3 netmask 255.255.255.0"

defaultrouter="10.1.1.254"

sshd_enable="YES"

also,

vi hosts

vi resolv.conf

vi ssh/sshd_config

Shell configuration

Install KSH93, screen, and make KSH93 your default shell,

setenv PKG_PATH ftp://mirror.physik-pool.tu-berlin.de/DragonFlyBSD/dflysnap/packages/DragonFly-2.2.1/stable/All

pkg_radd ast-ksh

cd /bin

ln -s ../usr/pkg/bin/ksh93 ksh

vi /etc/shells  # /bin/ksh

chpass -s /bin/ksh

Add this variable to your KSH profile,

PKG_PATH=ftp://mirror.physik-pool.tu-berlin.de/DragonFlyBSD/dflysnap/packages/DragonFly-2.2.1/stable/All

export PKG_PATH

Syslog, Screen and Crontab

Configure the system logs,

cd /etc

mv syslog.conf syslog.conf.dist

vi syslog.conf

like,

*.*  -/var/log/messages

and secure them,

cd /var/log

chmod 640 messages

apply,

/etc/rc.d/syslogd restart

Install screen and lynx,

pkg_radd screen lynx

configure screen,

cd /usr/local/etc

wget pbraun.nethence.com/code/misc/screenrc

cd /etc

ln -s /usr/pkg/etc/screenrc

vi screenrc

Generate the locate db,

/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb

Disable 'at',

vi /etc/crontab

comment line,

#*/5    *       *       *       *       root    /usr/libexec/atrun

Thttpd

Install thttpd and configure,

pkg_radd thttpd

cd /etc

cp /usr/pkg/share/examples/rc.d/thttpd rc.d/

rm /usr/pkg/share/thttpd/index.html

ln -s ../usr/pkg/etc/thttpd.conf

vi rc.conf

like,

thttpd_enable="YES"

apply,

rc.d/thttpd start

Comparison

Note. dflyBSD supports 'tail -F'

References