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+====== Quick FreeBSD Tricks ======
+In several places, I have simply inserted the code as a script to be downloaded. I tend to keep things like this around so I can just run a simple command instead of copying/pasting an entire line.
+===== Hardware Devices =====
+==== To locate all attached drives, scan dmesg.boot ====
+<code bash findDrives.sh>
+#! /bin/sh
+egrep '(ad|cd|da)[0-9]' /var/run/dmesg.boot | sort
+</code>
+===== Monitoring =====
+==== iotop substitute ====
+iotop is a well known utility under Linux, but not available for FreeBSD. However, the following command will do the same thing (does not apparently work for iSCSI devices)
+<code>top -m io -o total</code>
+===== Package Management =====
+==== setting pkg to not ask permission ====
+I was used to Debian's apt-get, and used the -y (answer "Yes" to all questions) parameter. Looking for something similar for pkg, I ran across [[http://dan.langille.org/2013/12/06/bootstrapping-installing-pkg-on-freebsd-unattended-and-without-answering-yes/]] which showed a possible answer; set an environmental variable as part of the call.
+<code>env ASSUME_ALWAYS_YES=YES pkg install p5-libwww</code>
+will install LWP (p5-libwww) without waiting for you to select "Yes"
+==== clean pkg cache ====
+After a while, your pkg cache will use more and more space on your disk, with copies of packages you have already installed. The following command cleans that cache.
+<code>pkg clean</code>
+===== User Administration =====
+==== Administrative Permission ====
+By default, a new user is **not** able to become root. To do this, you must add them to the //wheel// group. Use the following command
+<code>pw user  mod  username -G wheel</code>
+where //username// is the username of the user who has access
+==== Changing Shell ====
+I just like //bash// for my shell. While it is not the standard for BSD, it is much more powerful than the standard //sh//, so I like to use it for my personal account. Once bash is installed, set it as the default shell for a user.
+<code>chsh -s bash username</code>
+Warning: do not modify the root account's shell. You will break your system. If you want a bash script to run as root, be sure to include
+<code>#! /usr/bin/env bash</code>
+at the head of your scripts.
+===== zfs tricks =====
+  * zfs unshare -a
+  * zfs share -a
+  * showmount -e