Hehehe..Saidimu, what can I say, I'm a beliver in FreeBSD. I've just suggested an answer to a question. lol! :-)
ahem... this doesn't appear to be FreeBSD-specific behavior, but rather very standard in *nix derivatives (of which *BSD is one of them, Linux being another).
<begin_hesitation>Or is that not the case? If not, gimme a moment to don my flame-suit on before I get hosed ;)</end_hesitation>