OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions Language: [en] [cs] [de] [es] [ja] [ko] Documentation and Frequently Other Documents Asked Questions Upgrade-MiniFAQ Ports and Packages Commonly Encountered Issues Recent updates Port Testing Guide Updating via AnonCVS Stable This FAQ is supplemental documentation to the man pages, available both in the installed CVSup system and online. The FAQ covers the active release of OpenBSD, currently v3.2. Note Manual pages that the development version (-current) of OpenBSD is not covered by this FAQ. Bug Reporting Mail lists The FAQ is available in PDF and plain text form in the pub/OpenBSD/doc directory from the FTP mirrors. PDF files FAQ in PDF form Text files 1 - Introduction to OpenBSD FAQ in Text form ● 1.1 - What is OpenBSD? ● 1.2 - On what systems does OpenBSD run? Back to OpenBSD ● 1.3 - Is OpenBSD really free? ● 1.4 - Why might I want to use OpenBSD? ● 1.5 - How can I help support OpenBSD? ● 1.6 - Who maintains OpenBSD? ● 1.7 - When will be the next release of OpenBSD? 2 - Other OpenBSD Information Resources ● 2.1 - Web Pages ● 2.2 - Mailing Lists ● 2.3 - Manual Pages ● 2.4 - Reporting Bugs 3 - Obtaining OpenBSD ● 3.1 - Buying an OpenBSD CD ● 3.2 - Buying OpenBSD T-Shirts ● 3.3 - Does OpenBSD provide an ISO image for download? ● 3.4 - Downloading via FTP or AFS ● 3.5 - Obtaining Current Source Code 4 - OpenBSD 3.2 Installation Guide http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (1 of 6) [06/04/2003 11:46:48] OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions ● 4.1 - Overview of the OpenBSD Installation Procedure. ● 4.2 - Preinstallation Checklist ● 4.3 - Doing an Install ● 4.4 - What files are needed for Installation? ● 4.5 - How much space do I need for an OpenBSD installation? ● 4.6 - Multibooting OpenBSD ● 4.7 - Sending your dmesg to [email protected] after the install ● 4.8 - Adding a file set after install ● 4.9 - What is 'bsd.rd'? ● 4.10 - Common Installation Problems ● 4.11 - Customizing the Install Process ● 4.12 - How can I load a number of similar systems? ● 4.13 - How can I get a dmesg(8) to report an install problem? 5 - Building the System from Source ● 5.1 - OpenBSD Flavors ● 5.2 - Why do I need a custom kernel? ● 5.3 - Kernel configuration Options ● 5.4 - Building your own kernel ● 5.5 - Boot-time configuration ● 5.6 - Getting more verbose output during boot ● 5.7 - Using config(8) to change your kernel binary 6 - Networking ● 6.0.1 - Before we go any further ● 6.1 - Initial network setup ● 6.2 - Packet Filter (PF) ● 6.3 - Network Address Translation ● 6.4 - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ● 6.5 - Point to Point Protocol ● 6.6 - Tuning networking parameters ● 6.7 - Using NFS ● 6.8 - Domain Name Service - DNS, BIND, and named ● 6.9 - Setting up a PPTP connection in OpenBSD ● 6.10 - Setting up a bridge with OpenBSD 7 - Keyboard and Display Controls ● 7.1 - How do I remap the keyboard? (wscons) ● 7.2 - Is there gpm or the like in OpenBSD? ● 7.3 - How do I clear the console each time a user logs out? ● 7.4 - Accessing the console scrollback buffer. (alpha/macppc/i386) ● 7.5 - How do I switch consoles? (i386) ● 7.6 - How can I use a console resolution of 80x50? (i386) ● 7.7 - How do I use a serial console? ● 7.8 - How do I blank my console? (wscons) http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (2 of 6) [06/04/2003 11:46:48] OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions 8 - General Questions ● 8.2 - How do I change virtual terminals? (i386 ONLY) ● 8.3 - I forgot my root password... What do I do! ● 8.4 - X won't start, I get lots of error messages ● 8.5 - What is CVS, and how do I use it? ● 8.6 - What is the ports tree? ● 8.7 - What are packages? ● 8.8 - Is there any way to use my floppy drive if it's not attached during boot? ● 8.9 - OpenBSD Bootloader (i386 specific) ● 8.10 - Using S/Key on your OpenBSD system ● 8.11 - Why is my Macintosh losing so much time? ● 8.12 - Does OpenBSD support SMP? ● 8.13 - I sometimes get Input/output error when trying to use my tty devices ● 8.14 - What web browsers are available for OpenBSD? ● 8.15 - How do I use the mg editor? ● 8.16 - Ksh does not appear to read my .profile! ● 8.17 - Why does my /etc/motd file get written over when I modified it? ● 8.18 - Why does www.openbsd.org run on Solaris? ● 8.19 - I'm having problems with PCI devices being detected ● 8.20 - Antialiased and TrueType fonts in OpenBSD 2.9/XFree86 ● 8.21 - Does OpenBSD support any journaling filesystems? ● 8.22 - Reverse DNS or Why is it taking so long for me to log in? ● 8.23 - Why do the OpenBSD web pages not conform to HTML4/XHTML? ● 8.24 - Why is my clock off by twenty-some seconds? 9 - Migrating from Linux ● 9.1 - Tips for Linux (and other free Unix-like OS) users ● 9.2 - Dual boot of Linux and OpenBSD ● 9.3 - Converting your Linux (or other System-7 style) password file to BSD- style. ● 9.4 - Getting OpenBSD and Linux to interact 10 - System Management ● 10.1 - When I try to su to root it says that I'm in the wrong group ● 10.2 - How do I duplicate a filesystem? ● 10.3 - How do I start daemons with the system? (Overview of rc(8)) ● 10.4 - Why do users get relaying access denied when they are remotely sending mail through my OpenBSD system? ● 10.5 - I've set up POP, but I get errors when accessing my mail through POP. What can i do? ● 10.6 - Why does Sendmail ignore /etc/hosts file? ● 10.7 - Setting up a Secure HTTP Server using SSL(8) ● 10.8 - I made changes to /etc/passwd with vi(1), but the changes didn't seem to take place. Why? ● 10.9 - How do I add a user? or delete a user? http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (3 of 6) [06/04/2003 11:46:48] OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions ● 10.10 - How do I create a ftp-only account? ● 10.11 - Setting up user disk quotas ● 10.12 - Setting up Kerberos Client/Server ● 10.13 - Setting up an Anonymous FTP Server ● 10.14 - Confining users to their home dir's in ftpd(8). ● 10.15 - Applying patches in OpenBSD. ● 10.16 - Tell me about chroot() Apache? ● 10.17 - I don't like the standard root shell! ● 10.18 - What else can I do with ksh? 11 - Performance Tuning ● 11.1 - Networking ● 11.2 - Disk I/O ● 11.4 - Hardware Choices ● 11.5 - Why aren't we using async mounts? ● 11.6 - Tuning your monitor resolution under XFree86 12 - For Advanced Users ● 12.1 - Forcing DMA access for IDE disks ● 12.2 - Upgrading from various versions of OpenBSD via CVS. 13 - Using IPsec (IP Security Protocol) ● 13.1 - What is IPsec? ● 13.2 - That's nice, but why do I want to use IPsec? ● 13.3 - What are the protocols behind IPsec? ● 13.4 - On the wire format ● 13.5 - Configuring IPsec ● 13.6 - How do I set up IPsec with manual keying? ● 13.7 - How do I set up isakmpd? ● 13.8 - How do I use isakmpd with X.509 certificates? ● 13.9 - What IKE clients are compatible with isakmpd? ● 13.10 - Troubleshooting IPsec/VPN ● 13.11 - Related Documentation 14 - Disk Setup ● 14.1 - Using OpenBSD's disklabel ● 14.2 - Using OpenBSD's fdisk ● 14.3 - Adding extra disks in OpenBSD ● 14.4 - How to swap to a file ● 14.5 - Soft Updates ● 14.6 - When I boot after installation of OpenBSD/i386, it stops at "Using Drive: 0 Partition 3". ● 14.7 - What are the issues regarding large drives with OpenBSD? -i386 specific ● 14.8 - Installing Bootblocks - i386 specific http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (4 of 6) [06/04/2003 11:46:48] OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions ● 14.9 - Preparing for disaster: Backing up and Restoring from tape. ● 14.10 - Mounting disk images in OpenBSD ● 14.11 - Help! I'm getting errors with PCIIDE! ● 14.12 - Forcing DMA access for IDE disks ● 14.13 - RAID options with OpenBSD Commonly Encountered Issues ● Tell me about chroot() Apache? ● How do I upgrade my system? ● How do I update my system? and here ● RAID Options. ● Packet Filter and NAT. ● How do I set up a multi-boot system? ● Issues with Large Drives and OpenBSD ● How do I blank my console? Recent Updates ● FAQ 4, How can I get a dmesg(8) to report an install problem? ● FAQ 4 Customizing the Install Process ● FAQ 4, How can I load a number of similar systems? ● FAQ 10, I don't like the standard root shell! ● FAQ 10, What else can I do with ksh? ● FAQ 4, Common Installation Problems ● FAQ 7, How do I blank my console? The FAQ maintainers are: Nick Holland, Eric Jackson, Wim Vandeputte and Chris Cappuccio. For information about and assisting in the translation of this FAQ and the rest of the OpenBSD website, see the translation page. Questions and comments regarding the FAQ may be directed to [email protected]. General questions about OpenBSD should be directed to the appropriate mail list. Back to OpenBSD OpenBSD FAQ Copyright © 1998-2003 OpenBSD $OpenBSD: index.html,v 1.166 2003/03/17 19:22:51 nick Exp $ http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (5 of 6) [06/04/2003 11:46:48] OpenBSD Frequently Asked Questions "If you don't find it in the index, look very carefully through the entire catalogue." Sears, Roebuck, and Co., Consumer's Guide, 1897 http://www.openbsd.org/faq/index.html (6 of 6) [06/04/2003 11:46:48] 1 - Introduction to OpenBSD [FAQ Index] [To Section 2 - Other OpenBSD Information Resources] 1 - Introduction to OpenBSD Table of Contents ● 1.1 - What is OpenBSD? ● 1.2 - On what systems does OpenBSD run? ● 1.3 - Is OpenBSD really free? ● 1.4 - Why might I want to use OpenBSD? ● 1.5 - How can I help support OpenBSD? ● 1.6 - Who maintains OpenBSD? ● 1.7 - When will be the next release of OpenBSD? 1.1 - What is OpenBSD? The OpenBSD project produces a freely available, multi-platform 4.4BSD-based UNIX-like operating system.