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Date:      Fri, 1 Feb 2002 01:58:46 -0800
From:      "Shawn Halloran" <SPHalloran2@hotmail.com>
To:        "Matt H" <matt@proweb.co.uk>, "Christian Nelson" <freshzive@charter.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Question Regarding IENTD
Message-ID:  <OE14vZ60nBsUum1nDS600022592@hotmail.com>

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Well, I'm a newbie and I'll respond to newbieism.

I tried my first install last night and it failed. I'll try again this we=
ek end with a different partition (slice) structure. I don't know whether=
 I should send out an SOS or sink into the abyss alone. I know I'll be ab=
le to learn this OS, but it's been a long time since I've experienced suc=
h confusion when sitting at a keyboard. Whether anybody gives a s@$% or n=
ot, my motivations to learn FreeBSD include a) a desire to provide web se=
rvices to small businesses b) a free OS used by 60% of the servers on the=
 web, , b) Apache Server (open-source software) and, c) no licensing rest=
rictions.

Any suggestions? I'm getting the feeling I need to approach this project =
with a lot of optimism.  =20

Shawn H
----- Original Message -----
From: Matt H
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 1:44 AM
To: Christian Nelson
Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Question Regarding IENTD
 =20
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:46:04 -0800
"Christian Nelson" <freshzive@charter.net> wrote:

> Hi..I'm new to the mailing lists.so give me a break here..and let me
> know if I'm doing this totally wrong.

yeah, you should direct questions to freebsd-questions and not newbies

newbies is for, well, people to discuss what it's like being a newbie and=
 I've never seen any traffic in here regarding newbieism butI do see plen=
ty of mis-directed questions...


> (http/ssh/ssh2/ftp all work fine) except that for some reason I cannot
> get IDENTD to work. I had it running before it was behind the router
> fine and it worked great.

Once they dig around a bit most people dump inetd as it's not a great pie=
ce of software. Apparently it leaks memory (bad thing) and can be insecur=
e (badder thing)

the alternatives usually recommended are xinetd, tcpwrapeprs or tcpserver

I use tcpserver because that's what gets installed when you replace sendm=
ail with qmail

you might get different and possibly better advice from freebsd-questions=
 though

M

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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Well, I'm a ne=
wbie and I'll respond to newbieism.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>I tried =
my first install last night and it failed. I'll try again this week end w=
ith a different partition (slice) structure. I don't know whether I shoul=
d send out an SOS or sink into the abyss alone. I know I'll be able to le=
arn this OS, but it's been a long time since I've experienced such confus=
ion when sitting at a keyboard. Whether anybody gives a <A href=3D"mailto=
:s@$%">s@$%</A> or not, my motivations to learn FreeBSD include a) a desi=
re to provide web services to small businesses b)&nbsp;a free OS used by =
60% of the servers on the web, , b) Apache Server (open-source software) =
and, c) no licensing restrictions.</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Any sugge=
stions? I'm getting the feeling&nbsp;I need to approach this project&nbsp=
;with a lot of optimism. &nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV> <DIV>Shawn H</DIV=
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arding IENTD</DIV> <DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:46:04 -0800<BR=
>"Christian Nelson" &lt;freshzive@charter.net&gt; wrote:<BR><BR>&gt; Hi..=
I'm new to the mailing lists.so give me a break here..and let me<BR>&gt; =
know if I'm doing this totally wrong.<BR><BR>yeah, you should direct ques=
tions to freebsd-questions and not newbies<BR><BR>newbies is for, well, p=
eople to discuss what it's like being a newbie and I've never seen any tr=
affic in here regarding newbieism butI do see plenty of mis-directed ques=
tions...<BR><BR><BR>&gt; (http/ssh/ssh2/ftp all work fine) except that fo=
r some reason I cannot<BR>&gt; get IDENTD to work. I had it running befor=
e it was behind the router<BR>&gt; fine and it worked great.<BR><BR>Once =
they dig around a bit most people dump inetd as it's not a great piece of=
 software. Apparently it leaks memory (bad thing) and can be insecure (ba=
dder thing)<BR><BR>the alternatives usually recommended are xinetd, tcpwr=
apeprs or tcpserver<BR><BR>I use tcpserver because that's what gets insta=
lled when you replace sendmail with qmail<BR><BR>you might get different =
and possibly better advice from freebsd-questions though<BR><BR>M<BR><BR>=
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org<BR>with "unsubscribe f=
reebsd-newbies" in the body of the message<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>=
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