This is the solution for the error “Can’t locate DBD/mysql.pm” that occurs on Linux or Unix.
How to fix this error:
wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBD/DBD-mysql-4.007.tar.gz
tar zxvf DBD-mysql-4.007.tar.gz
cd DBD*
perl Makefile.PL
makemake install
make clean

 The error “Can’t locate DBI.pm in @INC” on a Linux or UNIX server can be fixed the same way. We have listed the solution below.
How to fix this error:
wget http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/DBI/DBI-1.604.tar.gz
tar zxvf  DBI-1.604.tar.gz
cd DBI*
perl Makefile.PL
make
make install
make clean
This should correct the error while trying to run the perl script. If the next error you receive while trying to run the script is  “Can’t locate DBD/mysql.pm” then […]

PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a computer scripting language, originally designed for producing dynamic web pages. It is mainly used in server-side scripting, but can be used from a command line interface or in standalone graphical applications. -definition taken from Wikipedia

 Installing the PHP Port

cd /usr/ports/lang/php5make configmake install
When you run make config you will be shown a list of options […]

Locking user accounts in FreeBSD is simple. This can come in handy when an account needs suspended

 Locking Account

pw lock <username>

Unlocking Account

pw unlock <username>

Examples

If a user account on the machine is named “john” then the following would lock and unlock the account

  pw lock john
  pw unlock john

This error can be quite a pain when setting up a new server.  It normally is not hard to fix so here are the ways we have used the most:
Can’t connect to local MySQL server through socket ‘/tmp/mysql.sock’

 Your mysql.sock might be located elsewhere use ‘find / -name mysql.sock’
If it is located else where then ln -s [target] [nameoflink] this will link the file and allow it to start.

Permissions

If you didnt find […]

Configuration

Enable the following line in the kernel config
options QUOTA
You will need to enable disk quotas in /etc/rc.conf.
echo ‘enable_quotas=”YES” >> /etc/rc.conf
You will need to edit /etc/fstab to enable disk quotas on a per-file system basis. This is where you can either enable user or group quotas or both for all of your file systems. […]

This tutorial is to show you how to use Portsnap to handle the FreeBSD ports.

Installation

If you are running a previous version of FreeBSD, you will have to install portsnap:

pkg_add -r portsnapportsnap fetch extract

Once this is done the newest version of ports is installed.
To use portsnap to keep your ports up to date follow below:

portsnap fetch […]

Install

We will need to get the src first:
sysinstall

select Configure

select Distributions

select src

select sys [/usr/src/sys (FreeBSD Kernel)]

press Enter

select FTP

select Install
If you are not using this tutorial for a Fiber-Hosting server you may want to install from cd-rom in that case:
select CDROM

select […]