Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 11:21:59 +0100 From: "Roel Kroes" <freebsd@Kroes.com> To: "Shawn Halloran" <SPHalloran2@hotmail.com> Cc: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Question Regarding IENTD Message-ID: <004501c1ab0a$48e95b40$9b00000a@roelxp> References: <OE14vZ60nBsUum1nDS600022592@hotmail.com>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0042_01C1AB12.AA63C1F0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The first time i installed FreeBSD it failed too and I had the same = feeling. So, you are not alone out there. When i finally got it installed (after lots of coffee), i had to find = all the .conf files and find out how everything is configured. Like = Apache, MySQL and the lot. *Sigh* Someone suggested me to start with Webmin, a webbased configuration tool = for all kinds of OS'es.=20 Now THAT was easy. Configuring FreeBSD was a breeze after I installed = webmin. It lets me edit something in my browser and review the changes = in the conf files. So i even learned something from it. Webmin lets you = administer Apache, MySQL, FTP services, users, mailinglists and more all = from your web browser.=20 I can also think of lots of disadvantages for using such a tool but you = say that all you want is to provide web services to small businesses. = Then this is what you want. Have a look at http://www.webmin.com/=20 Good luck. R. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Shawn Halloran=20 To: Matt H ; Christian Nelson=20 Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:58 AM Subject: Re: Question Regarding IENTD Well, I'm a newbie and I'll respond to newbieism. I tried my first install last night and it failed. I'll try again this = week end with a different partition (slice) structure. I don't know = whether I should send out an SOS or sink into the abyss alone. I know = I'll be able to learn this OS, but it's been a long time since I've = experienced such confusion when sitting at a keyboard. Whether anybody = gives a s@$% or not, my motivations to learn FreeBSD include a) a desire = to provide web services 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 restrictions. 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 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 plenty 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 piece of software. Apparently it leaks memory (bad thing) and can = be insecure (badder thing) the alternatives usually recommended are xinetd, tcpwrapeprs or = tcpserver I use tcpserver because that's what gets installed when you replace = sendmail with qmail you might get different and possibly better advice from = freebsd-questions though M To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : = http://explorer.msn.com ------=_NextPart_000_0042_01C1AB12.AA63C1F0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY=20 style=3D"BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; BORDER-TOP: medium none; FONT: 10pt = verdana; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none"=20 bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>The first time i installed FreeBSD it failed too = and I had=20 the same feeling. So, you are not alone out there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>When i finally got it installed (after lots of = coffee), i=20 had to find all the .conf files and find out how everything is = configured. Like=20 Apache, MySQL and the lot. *Sigh*</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Someone suggested me to start with Webmin, a = webbased=20 configuration tool for all kinds of OS'es. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Now THAT was easy. Configuring FreeBSD was a=20 breeze after I installed webmin. It lets me edit something in my = browser=20 and review the changes in the conf files. So i even learned something = from it.=20 </FONT><FONT face=3DArial>Webmin lets you administer Apache, MySQL, = FTP=20 services, users, mailinglists and more all from your web browser.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>I can also think of lots of = disadvantages for=20 using such a tool but you say that all you want is to provide web = services to=20 small businesses. Then this is what you want.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Have a look at <A=20 href=3D"http://www.webmin.com/">http://www.webmin.com/</A> </FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Good luck.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial>R.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3DSPHalloran2@hotmail.com = href=3D"mailto:SPHalloran2@hotmail.com">Shawn=20 Halloran</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dmatt@proweb.co.uk=20 href=3D"mailto:matt@proweb.co.uk">Matt H</A> ; <A = title=3Dfreshzive@charter.net=20 href=3D"mailto:freshzive@charter.net">Christian Nelson</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=3Dfreebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG=20 = href=3D"mailto:freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</= A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 01, 2002 = 10:58=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Question Regarding = IENTD</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Well, I'm a newbie and I'll respond to newbieism.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I tried my first install last night and it failed. I'll try again = this=20 week end with a different partition (slice) structure. I don't know = whether I=20 should send out an SOS or sink into the abyss alone. I know I'll be = able to=20 learn this OS, but it's been a long time since I've experienced such = confusion=20 when sitting at a keyboard. Whether anybody gives a <A=20 href=3D"mailto:s@$%">s@$%</A> or not, my motivations to learn FreeBSD = include a)=20 a desire to provide web services to small businesses b) a free OS = used by=20 60% of the servers on the web, , b) Apache Server (open-source = software) and,=20 c) no licensing restrictions.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any suggestions? I'm getting the feeling I need to approach = this=20 project with a lot of optimism. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Shawn H</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 Matt H</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 01, = 2002 1:44=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> Christian Nelson</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Cc:</B> = freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Question = Regarding=20 IENTD</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>On Thu, 31 Jan 2002 21:46:04 -0800<BR>"Christian = Nelson"=20 <freshzive@charter.net> wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi..I'm new to the = mailing=20 lists.so give me a break here..and let me<BR>> know if I'm doing = this=20 totally wrong.<BR><BR>yeah, you should direct questions to = freebsd-questions=20 and not newbies<BR><BR>newbies is for, well, people to discuss what = it's=20 like being a newbie and I've never seen any traffic in here = regarding=20 newbieism butI do see plenty of mis-directed = questions...<BR><BR><BR>>=20 (http/ssh/ssh2/ftp all work fine) except that for some reason I=20 cannot<BR>> get IDENTD to work. I had it running before it was = behind the=20 router<BR>> fine and it worked great.<BR><BR>Once they dig around = a bit=20 most people dump inetd as it's not a great piece of software. = Apparently it=20 leaks memory (bad thing) and can be insecure (badder = thing)<BR><BR>the=20 alternatives usually recommended are xinetd, tcpwrapeprs or=20 tcpserver<BR><BR>I use tcpserver because that's what gets installed = when you=20 replace sendmail with qmail<BR><BR>you might get different and = possibly=20 better advice from freebsd-questions though<BR><BR>M<BR><BR>To = Unsubscribe:=20 send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org<BR>with "unsubscribe = freebsd-newbies" in=20 the body of the message<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR clear=3Dall> <HR> Get more from the Web. 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