When you can't use SCP…

ncftpput -u username -p password ftpperso.free.fr -R -m /local/path /remote/path

Ocassionally things go bad(tm). This has bit me for the second time in approx 3 years now, but generally one needs to load the old FreeBSD kernel to start debugging and going through a box with a fine toothcomb.

The following snipbit gives you an idea what steps to take when rebooting the server so that you can load the previous working copy of the FreeBSD kernel:
When the boot menu appears hit the spacebar to stop the countdown.
Press "6" for "to escape to loader prompt"
unload
load /boot/kernel.old/kernel
boot

Now the old working FreeBSD kerenl is booting up. It would be recommended to copy the last working version to /boot/kernel.last for example so that you can "load /boot/kernel.last/kernel", especially if you are going to be building your kernel multiple times on a server.

This searches for and destroys the zombie processes that linger (and block I/O for an indefinite amount of time) after cron starts up on a shared server:

for each in `ps jauxww | grep Z | grep -v PID | awk '{print $3}'`; do for every in `ps auxw | grep $each | grep cron | awk '{print $2}'`; do kill -9 $every; done; done

ps ax | grep webmin | kill -9 `awk '{print $1}'`

User the "begin routers" section add:

route_append:
    driver = manualroute
    domains = *
    transport = remote_smtp
    route_data = "smarthost.host.name byname"

Given that this isn't something I do regularly, it's handy to have the commands to hand so I don't have to scroll through man pages trying to remember how to do it.

Clear the disk

# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/ad1 bs=1k count=1

Initialise it

# fdisk -BI ad1

Label it, then edit the labels created

# bsdlabel -B -w ad1s1 auto
# bsdlabel -e ad1s1

Format it with a filesystem

# newfs /dev/ad1s1e

Make directories and mount as appropriate, and you're done!

Using "textdrive" as an example

pw groupadd textdrive
pw useradd textdrive -m -c "Main Textdrive account" -d /home/textdrive -s /bin/tcsh -G textdrive -k /usr/share/skel/

Then set the password:

passwd textdrive

ps axu | grep user | kill -9 `awk �{print $2}�`

ps axu | sort -rn | more