From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 17 14:33:15 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA21772 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 17 May 1996 14:33:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from phaeton.artisoft.com (phaeton.Artisoft.COM [198.17.250.211]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA21767 for ; Fri, 17 May 1996 14:33:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from terry@localhost) by phaeton.artisoft.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA20777; Fri, 17 May 1996 14:30:04 -0700 From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199605172130.OAA20777@phaeton.artisoft.com> Subject: Re: Where are daemons started & books on system adminstration? To: reyes01@ibm.net Date: Fri, 17 May 1996 14:30:04 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <199605170336.DAA110139@pop01.ny.us.ibm.net> from "Francisco Reyes" at May 16, 96 11:35:25 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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. Enable the IP firewall (by default, *NO* packets are allowed in), or disable the servers in /etc/inetd.conf, which is the "superserver" config file. Most network servers are run on request by a fork in the superserver, inetd. Some exceptions are named, and sendmail (see /etc/sysconfig and /etc/rc*). > I would also appreciate suggestions with Unix administration books. FAQ. See www.freebsd.org. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.