From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 16 20:36:47 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id UAA05658 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 May 1996 20:36:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: from pop01.ny.us.ibm.net (pop01.ny.us.ibm.net [165.87.194.251]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id UAA05650 for ; Thu, 16 May 1996 20:36:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by pop01.ny.us.ibm.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id DAA110139; Fri, 17 May 1996 03:36:41 GMT Message-Id: <199605170336.DAA110139@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net> From: "Francisco Reyes" To: "FreeBSD questions" Date: Thu, 16 May 96 23:35:25 -0400 Reply-To: "Francisco Reyes" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Francisco Reyes's Registered PMMail 1.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Where are daemons started & books on system adminstration? Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have an opportunity to showcase Freebsd at work. In other words I am suggesting a project to be done with FreeBSD and have got positive signs. One of the concerns though have been security. While I am learning user related topics at home I am going to need a crash course in Unix administration since at work I will have to manage users. The questions: When Freebsd boots I have noticed that it starts certain daemons. I don't recall which ones, but at least the ftp daemon is loaded. I need to dissable ftp, find out other daemons that are loaded and perhaps stop them from loading too. I want to start with a news server ONLY to begin with until I get better acquainted with the other daemons. I would also appreciate suggestions with Unix administration books. I am going to check the handbook for the suggestions there, but what I need is a book that could be easily found in a bookstore. Some of the books suggested in the handbook are not readily available. Last time I stopped by my favorite computer bookstore the only thing I could find related to BSD was a book with the "design" of freebsd. What other Unix, preferably commercial, is close enough to FreeBSD so I could get the admin details from it. Perhaps an O'reilly(?) book (do they mail order?) may do the trick.