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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2001 23:12:59 +0000
From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org>
To: Jamie Walker <jamiew@clear.net.nz>
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Subject: Re: Switching from Linux
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I'm copying this to -newbies, where this has come up again, and -doc,
where I'd like the discussions to continue.

For those new to this, this is the attempt to produce a 'cheat sheet'
for Linux users coming to FreeBSD.

On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 10:12:55PM +1300, Jamie Walker wrote:
> Nik Clayton wrote:
> 
> > Don't worry if you can't fill in the details for more than one Linux
> > distro, you don't have to.  All we need is something we can start with.
> 
> 'kay, see attached. Is this the sort of thing you're looking for?
> 
> -- 
> Email: jamiew@clear.net.nz  ICQ: 5632563  or shout loudly
> To enable NFS:
> --------------
> 
> In either, edit /etc/exports as appropriate. The formats differ between OSs,
> so look at the man page.
> 
> RedHat/Mandrake:
> 
> Type
> 
> chkconfig portmap on
> chkconfig nfs on
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/portmap start
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/nfs start
> 
> FreeBSD:
> 
> Add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
> 
> portmap_enable="YES"
> nfs_server_enable="YES"
> 
> then reboot.
> 
> 
> To enable SSHD:
> --------------
> 
> RedHat/Mandrake:
> 
> chkconfig sshd on
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/sshd start
> 
> FreeBSD:
> 
> Add the following to /etc/rc.conf:
> 
> sshd_enable="YES"
> 
> then reboot.
> 
> 
> To change IP address on the local network:
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> RedHat/Mandrake:
> 
> Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and change the IPADDR line,
> and the NETMASK/NETWORK/BROADCAST lines if these have changed also.
> 
> Then either reboot (recommended) or type
> 
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart
> 
> Not that with the second approach, any services that bind to specific interfaces
> rather than all interfaces won't bind to the new IP address. named is an example
> of one such service.
> 
> FreeBSD:
> 
> Edit /etc/rc.conf and edit the line ifconfig_xxx. Then reboot.

Yep, that's the sort of thing I'm after.  More submissions very welcome.

N
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