Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 22:11:59 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: "Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Chapter 14 Security Message-ID: <20040713221159.14e4c8ed.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <10564.64.39.177.89.1089765802.squirrel@64.39.177.89> References: <40F4109E.5070704@fskklaw.com> <2770.209.167.16.15.1089737800.squirrel@209.167.16.15> <20040713173432.5004bcdf.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <10564.64.39.177.89.1089765802.squirrel@64.39.177.89>
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"Steve Bertrand" <iaccounts@ibctech.ca> wrote: > >> > The article requires the use of the command "gifconfig" which does not > >> > exit on my FreeBSD 5.2.1 machine. Is this a typo in the manual, or > >> have > >> > I missed something? > >> > >> Just did a quick google for "no gifconfig freebsd 5", and in the sparc64 > >> relnotes, I found this: > >> > >> "gifconfig(8) is obsolete and has been removed. Its functionality is now > >> handled by the tunnel and deletetunnel commands of ifconfig(8)." > >> > >> Here's the link. If it's taken out of sparc, I'm assuming that it's > >> obsolete for the others as well... > >> > >> http://jamesthornton.com/freebsd/5.0/relnotes-sparc64.html > > > > This should probably be passed on to the doc team. Anyone have time to > > put together a patch to update the handbook? > > > > [doc team CCed] > > Although I've always been intrigued in the arena of actually making a > doc/code patch contribution to any open source project, I feel this a very > good time to look into howto perform this type of task. > > I'll review the FreeBSD developers handbook: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/ > > tomorrow to find out more on how I can do this. It's something I've always > wanted to do, and it seems like a great opportunity for me to get 'right > into' making an actual contribution for what I have so freely taken. > > Any other resources I can be pointed to for making Doc contributions will > be graciously accepted for mine, and hopefully others interest. http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/fdp-primer/index.html You may also want to subscribe to doc@freebsd.org -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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