Limit User's Disk Space (Setting Quotas)
Written by ShadowBumble and last updated on 10/19/2006 - [ freebsd ]

This guide details how to set up user accounts with disk allocation. Let's say you want to limit each user to a specific size disk usage -- 100 megs each. You will need to set "user quotas." Here we go!!

Secure Installation of Postgresql
Written by Bert JW Regeer and last updated on 10/21/2005 - [ freebsd ]

This guide will help you set up, and start running PostgreSQL using the ports tree. For information of how to use PostgreSQL, try google. This guide will not help you with PostgreSQL past installing it.

Configuring An IPv6 Router And Client
Written by Leigh Renfrow and last updated on 07/14/2005 - [ freebsd ]

This is part 1 of our upcoming series on IPv6. In this article we will explain how to setup and configure a FreeBSD router and client for IPv6. In upcoming articles you will learn how to configure and setup Windows Clients as well as OpenBSD routers and clients.

Hardening FreeBSD
Written by Jon LaBass and last updated on 06/27/2005 - [ freebsd ]

After a fresh install, it is important to harden the security on a server before it hits your network for use. Not only making configuration changes aid in the security of your box, but there are some practical rules to abide by. These are some hardening tips to make your FreeBSD box more secure and will apply to both the 5.x and 4.x branches, but I will assume you are running 5.x. If a 4.x change is different, I will note it. Please do not apply these changes carelessly on a production server. Make sure you test, test, test on a separate box to note the effects of the changes.

FreeBSD Splash Screen
Written by Jared Barneck and last updated on 03/24/2007 - [ freebsd ]

FreeBSD allows for the configuration of a splash screen to replace the text displayed while booting. Often an image is preferred over plain text. Adding a splash screen will not eliminate the text that would have been displayed while booting. This text is always available by running dmesg.

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