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Dan Langille

@dvl@bsd.network

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dvl@FreeBSD.org

I've been contributing to open source since 1998.

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Joined January 04, 2018

FreshPorts:

https://freshports.org

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https://langille.org

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PGCon:

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 1mo ago

I have good news / bad news on a #FreeBSD package I use security/pam_ssh_agent_auth is deprecated: This PAM module is abandonware: no code updates for 8+ years, no new releases for 6+ years. See security/pam_rssh or security/pam_ssh_agent for alternatives with very similar functionality. Have any of you switched already and have a recommendation? @mwl@io.mwl.io is responsible for me starting to use security/pam_ssh_agent_auth - perhaps he's already switched.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

For my next trick, running mkjail upgrade -a to get the jails still on #FreeBSD 15.0 onto 15.1

mkjail will be greatly simplified under #pkgbase.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

Replying to

FYI, it takes about this long: pkgbasify: 90 seconds pkg upgrade to 15.1: 60-70s

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

Yes, the #FreeBSD ports tree is frozen. No, it has not been compromised. Please stand by. https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-announce/2026-July/000294.html

lists.freebsd.org

Ports Repository Freeze

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

As of 11:59:45 UTC on Saturday July 18, 2026, all my hosts are running #FreeBSD 15.1 Every. Last. One. Of. Them. #pkgbase Such a fast & easy upgrade. Thank you.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

I ran pkgbasify: https://dan.langille.org/2026/06/29/running-pkgbasify-on-freebsd-15-1/ #FreeBSD

dan.langille.org

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

My VictoriaLogs instance just hit 10 million log entries over the past 7 days. How much space is that on disk? About 450MB [13:36 r730-01 dvl ~] % zfs list data04/victoria-logs NAME USED AVAIL REFER MOUNTPOINT data04/victoria-logs 449M 13.7T 449M /jails/logs/var/db/victoria-logs Or, according to du inside the jail, 426 MB: [13:37 logs dvl ~] % sudo du -ch -d 0 /var/db/victoria-logs 426M /var/db/victoria-logs 426M total

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Good dog.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au and... running one gives you credits. You can use those credits to run your own tests from various areas. How's your DNS doing in Eastern Europe? What about New Zealand?

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

This is Nginx (dev.freshports.org) dumping access logs in JSON format, with syslog-ng sending them to another host (logs.int.unixathome.org) via TLS, and dumping them into Victoria Logs. Both "hosts" are FreeBSD 15.0 jails.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

After about 15 minutes, I have a reverse Nginx proxy giving me access to the Victoria Logs UI. Never mind that 'unsupported path requested' and 'Failed to load logs' - I suspect that's a proxy issue. No data yet. Walking. Not running.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au Very calm and friendly too.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

A better Walter photo. Shows his conference badge.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

The office for the next hour or so.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 4mo ago

Replying to

@mwl@io.mwl.io with Internet you can order new underwear

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 4mo ago

On Sunday, I upgraded from rsync-3.4.1 to rsync-3.4.3 Things broke, everywhere. It was my fault. I had a / where I should not have had one. It's all fixed now though: https://dan.langille.org/2026/05/26/usr-local-sbin-rrsync-error-unsafe-arg-usr-home-rsyncer-backups/

dan.langille.org

/usr/local/sbin/rrsync error: unsafe arg: / [”, ‘/usr/home/rsyncer/backups’] – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@stefano@mastodon.bsd.cafe The API and opcache are new to me. I also like your method for running lnms I'll update the pkg-message for LibreNMS with that.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Let’s put the #FreeBSD patch levels right on the list of supported versions. Don’t force newbie to go looking at security announcements to know what patch level they should have. here’s a starting point courtesy RWP: git ls-remote https://git.freebsd.org/src.git | grep -F refs/tags/release/14.4

git.freebsd.org

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mason I have not heard of this problem on plain-old-rsync. That page is loading for me.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 13mo ago

Replying to

@serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place @leaverou@front-end.social on the first page: "Here’s the thing. Almost all open source is literally one person. What I mean by that is if you look at all the open source projects out there, and there are a lot, we see a pattern of one person no matter how we slice and dice the data."

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@mason That article sadly does not mention much about the feature differences, instead, it says RTFM.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 7mo ago

Have any of you run pkgbasify on a #FreeBSD jail?

Please tell me about it. I have about 80 jails eagerly awaiting your reply.

re: https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pkgbasify

#freebsd - BSD Network

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 2mo ago

Replying to

@xabean@infosec.exchange "If you don't stop that you'll go deaf?" You're testing at home?

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@SilverArrows Have you tried that with my full user id?

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@oxy@social.bsdlab.au @oxyhyxo@mastodon.bsd.cafe The key is remembering that a reserved filesystem exists WHEN the zpool runs out of space.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 8mo ago

Replying to

@amethyst@haunted.computer is this interests you, please send me your resume. You can find my email address by looking for me resume.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

More on #FreshPorts vs restrictions on search, etc.

Last night, I received a CPU alert regarding the database server.

I logged in and restricted search to logged-in users.

[13:15 aws-1 dvl ~] % sudo grep 'joe' /var/log/auth.log.1
May 4 00:57:46 aws-1 sudo[37761]: dvl : TTY=pts/0 ; PWD=/usr/home/dvl ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/local/bin/joe /jails/nginx01/usr/local/etc/freshports/constants.local.php

This change means anyone not logged into FreshPorts with their FreshPorts account will get a 401 for any search.

This morning, the graph for Nginx requests graph looks like this.

Search was enabled again at May 4 13:14:37

#freshports - BSD Network

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@oxyhyxo@mastodon.bsd.cafe this just in: https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/migrating-zfs-filesystems-from-one-zpool-to-another-same-host/

dan.langille.org

Migrating ZFS filesystems from one zpool to another – same host – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

Two hosts came back with bad /etc/resolv.conf

I fixed it with 'resolvconf=NOin /etc/resolvconf.conf andmv /etc/resolvconf.conf.bak /etc/resolvconf.conf `

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

Replying to

Based on the pkg-plist contents, yes, there is a big web service in there. Search for www/ in this pkg-plist: https://www.freshports.org/deskutils/py-paperless-ngx/#pkg-plist Seem promising.

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Search on FreshPorts is again restricted to registered users. Search traffic doubled from 40% to 77% just after 00:00 UTC on May 6.

Details here: https://gist.github.com/dlangille/f7244e592c663a16a8350816ac50a9a5

gist.github.com

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 3mo ago

So. pkgbasify 15.0 then upgrade to 15.1? or upgrade to 15.1 then pkgbasify? #FreeBSD

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

#pgbackrest is dead. What next?

https://mydbanotebook.org/posts/pgbackrest-is-dead.-now-what/

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@oxyhyxo@mastodon.bsd.cafe and another: https://dan.langille.org/2026/04/19/migrating-data02-freshports-dev-ingress01-to-another-zpool/

dan.langille.org

Migrating data02/freshports/dev-ingress01 to another zpool – Dan Langille's Other Diary

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Dan Langille @dvl@bsd.network

· 13mo ago

Replying to

@serapath@mastodon.gamedev.place @leaverou@front-end.social It's not misleading if you read it.

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