Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 07:41:40 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/34039: [PATCH] - New Freebsd-Tips for fortune(6) Message-ID: <200201181541.g0IFfeB43214@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 34039
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: [PATCH] - New Freebsd-Tips for fortune(6)
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: wish
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jan 18 07:50:05 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Hiten Pandya
>Release: 5.0-CURRENT
>Organization:
The FreeBSD Project
>Environment:
FreeBSD hpdi.ath.cx 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #1: Fri Jan 4 20:46:33 GMT 2002 root@hpdi.ath.cx:/local1/obj/data/dev/src/sys/CURRENT5 i386
>Description:
I am submitting a few good tips for the fortune(6) freebsd-tips which
are displayed on login. There are 3 new tips I have added, and I
added some information to a tip about changing the BLOCKSIZE environment
variable.
I hope it is useful.
thanks,
regards,
- Hiten
- <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
>How-To-Repeat:
n/a
>Fix:
--- freebsd-tips.old Fri Jan 18 12:06:33 2002
+++ freebsd-tips Fri Jan 18 12:56:18 2002
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@
%
If you want df(1) and other commands to display disk sizes in
kilobytes instead of 512-byte blocks, set BLOCKSIZE in your
-environment to 'K'.
+environment to 'K'. You can also use 'M' for Megabytes, 'G' for
+Gigabytes respectively. A specific block value can also be
+specified, which can be appended by one of the above specified
+suffixes. (All block values should should be 512 bytes and above)
%
To change an environment variable in tcsh you use: setenv NAME "value"
where NAME is the name of the variable and "value" its new value.
@@ -256,6 +259,33 @@
"man firewall" will give advice for building a FreeBSD firewall
-- David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com>
%
+"man security" gives very good advice on how to tune the security of your
+FreeBSD system.
+ -- Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Want to find a specific port, just type the following under your ports directory:
+ "make search key="<port-name or keyword>"
+
+ -- Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Want to see the state of your swap partitions, just type "swapinfo" in your
+shell. This command will show information various important pieces of information
+about your swap partitions.
+
+ -- Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
+%
+Want to specify additional "swap and pagging" devices, just type:
+ swapon <swap_device>
+
+Examples:
+ 1) swapon -a (to turn on all swap devices from /etc/fstab)
+ 2) swapon /dev/ad1s2b
+
+This can be useful if you added a swap partition and do not want to
+reboot.
+
+ -- Hiten Pandya <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
+%
You can often get answers to your questions about FreeBSD by searching in the
FreeBSD mailing list archives at
@@ -306,7 +336,7 @@
"man boot0cfg" for details.
%
Need to see the calendar for this month? Simply type "cal". To see the
-whole year, type "cal 2001".
+whole year, type "cal 2002".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
Need to quickly return to your home directory? Type "cd".
@@ -376,7 +406,7 @@
Need to find the location of a program? Use "locate program_name".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-Forget how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
+Forgot how to spell a word or a variation of a word? Use
look portion_of_word_you_know
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
@@ -430,7 +460,7 @@
Got some time to kill? Try typing "hangman".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
-To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl u".
+To erase a line you've written at the command prompt, use "Ctrl + u".
-- Dru <genesis@istar.ca>
%
To repeat the last command in the C shell, type "!!".
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