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FreeBSD ?.?.? (UNKNOWN) FreeBSD ?.?.? (UNKNOWN)
Welcome to FreeBSD! Welcome to FreeBSD! Handy technical support resources:
Before seeking technical support, please use the following resources: Security advisories and errata: https://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/
Handbook: https://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/
FAQ: https://www.FreeBSD.org/faq/
Mailing list: https://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions/
Forums: https://forums.FreeBSD.org/
o Security advisories and updated errata information for all releases are Documents installed with the system are in the /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd/
at http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/ - always consult the ERRATA section directory, or can be installed later with: pkg install en-freebsd-doc
for your release first as it's updated frequently. For other languages, replace "en" with a language code like de or fr.
o The Handbook and FAQ documents are at http://www.FreeBSD.org/ and, Show the version of FreeBSD installed: uname -a
along with the mailing lists, can be searched by going to Please include that output and any error messages when posting questions.
http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/. If the doc package has been installed
(or fetched via pkg install lang-freebsd-doc, where lang is the
2-letter language code, e.g. en), they are also available formatted
in /usr/local/share/doc/freebsd.
If you still have a question or problem, please take the output of Introduction to manual pages: man man
`uname -a', along with any relevant error messages, and email it FreeBSD directory layout: man hier
as a question to the questions@FreeBSD.org mailing list. If you are
unfamiliar with FreeBSD's directory layout, please refer to the hier(7)
manual page. If you are not familiar with manual pages, type `man man'.
Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement. Edit /etc/motd to change this login announcement.