From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 6 13:41:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3CAA816A4CE for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:41:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from usw2.natel.net (2b.bz [209.152.117.190]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 14FD143D53 for ; Tue, 6 Apr 2004 13:41:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from WD@US-Webmasters.com) Received: (qmail 49113 invoked from network); 6 Apr 2004 20:39:50 -0000 Received: from batv-01-046.dialup.netins.net (HELO xyz.US-Webmasters.com) (216.248.109.47) by us-webmasters.com with SMTP; 6 Apr 2004 20:39:50 -0000 Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20040406153744.07911bb0@209.152.117.178> X-Sender: wd@209.152.117.178 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 15:39:17 -0500 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org, Fiore_Mark@emc.com From: "W. D." In-Reply-To: <20040406162117.V29665@calis.blacksun.org> References: <40730B3A.7030203@elvandar.org> <40730B3A.7030203@elvandar.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: Freebsd as a web server X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 20:41:08 -0000 At 15:24 4/6/2004, Don wrote: >> install freebsd >> install the ports >> install the webserver from the ports >You may find it easier to simply install the Apache package (by selecting >Configure -> Packages during the isntall). > >Although the ports tree is more flexible and current, sometimes the >overhead of compiling a package from source code is not worth the trouble. >This depends entirely on what you want to use it for. > >Even if you decide to use packages for now, you must learn to use >the ports tree eventually. Some somftware is only available through ports >and custom configurations are only available by using the ports tree. > >> install the ftp server from the ports >FreeBSD ships with an FTP server in the base system. Also, here are some links: http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/17534/1954?pf=3Dtrue http://www.defcon1.org/html/Software_Articles/software_articles.html http://www.defcon1.org/html/Software_Articles/Webserver/webserver.html http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/ http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ http://forums.aspfree.com/t114/s.html http://tinyurl.com/2ukaj http://geodsoft.com/about/making/freebsd.htm http://cybernut.com/guides/guides.html http://www.unixcities.com/apache/ http://cybernut.com/guides/freebsd.html http://bsdvault.net/sections.php?op=3Dlistarticles&secid=3D1 http://www.devx.com/opensource/Article/17534/0/page/4 http://www.bsdmall.com/lspbasmstofr.html http://www.asti.dost.gov.ph/manual/misc/perf-bsd44.html=09 http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/network.phtml http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/newlinks.shtml Start Here to Find It Fast!=99 -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-pa= ge/