Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 https://xw.is/001A/ 001A /001A/ FreeBSD › FreeBSD Post Install Steps Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 Introduction Everything on this page needs to be done as root unless otherwise specified, so su(1) to root. su - Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 Set the hostname echo 'hostname="phoenix.xw.is"' >> /etc/rc.conf Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 Update the software freebsd-update fetch freebsd-update install Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 Install basic software pkg install -y bash sudo rsync tmux Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 ZFS If you don't have ZFS root, for example in a pre-made cloud computing image, you might want to create a separate ZFS pool. echo 'zfs_enable="YES"' >>/etc/rc.conf service zfs start zpool create -m /tank tank xbd1 zfs set compression=on tank Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 Create a user Create a user with a random password that can then do passwordless sudo(8): pw useradd -n aram -c 'Aram Hăvărneanu' -g staff -G wheel -m -s /usr/local/bin/bash -L staff -w random Enable passwordless sudo for the staff group: /usr/local/etc/sudoers.d/91-staff-no-password]]> Aram Hăvărneanu 2018 6 7 2025 7 15 SSH For ssh(1) access, first use su(1) to switch from root to the user:su - aramAnd then populate the ssh keys: mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh cat <<EOF >>$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys EOF chmod 644 $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys sort -u -o $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys References Context Backlinks Related https://xw.is/freebsd/ freebsd /freebsd/ FreeBSD Software https://www.freebsd.org Free-software Unix-like operating system descended from the Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). https://xw.is/ssh.1 ssh.1 /ssh.1 ssh(1) Manual https://man.openbsd.org/ssh.1 OpenSSH remote login client. Aram Hăvărneanu 2025 7 15 https://xw.is/ssh-keys/ ssh-keys /ssh-keys/ OpenSSH › Public SSH Keys Aram Hăvărneanu 2025 7 15 SSH Keys Aram Hăvărneanu 2025 7 15 Authentication These are the public SSH keys that I use for authentication: Aram Hăvărneanu 2025 7 15 Signing These are the public SSH keys (in allowed_signers format) that I use for signing: aram@mgk.ro ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIMRc0UWKrFpCv/EOUo2jpEQt+C/pa0tc1rUWKgjbKTp7 aram@edengate.local Aram Hăvărneanu 2025 7 15 Install Run the following commands to populate ~/.ssh/authorized_keys (see ssh(1)), creating it with necessary permissions if required: mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh cat <<EOF >>$HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys EOF chmod 644 $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys sort -u -o $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys These commands are idempotent and will preserve existing keys. Aram Hăvărneanu 2025 7 15 Macros This page exports the and macros. To use them from other pages import this page with . Contributions