From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 24 18:19:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from helium.singnet.com.sg (helium.singnet.com.sg [165.21.101.212]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C80BF37BE4F for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:19:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from theebh@magix.com.sg) Received: from wingate (ad202.166.41.212.magix.com.sg [202.166.41.212]) by helium.singnet.com.sg (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA11641; Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:19:15 +0800 (SGT) From: "Boon Hoo" To: "mark rowlands" Cc: Subject: RE: Problem installing ports Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 10:23:30 +0800 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, thanks for your reply. Does that mean if i install another mailer daemon such as qmail, i just need to edit the rc.conf file? If that is so, it may be much simpler than linux... P.S: Guess i really had to grab the book - hopefully there's some copies here in Singapore (ordering thru amazon is pretty slow). Regards, Thee Boon Hoo > -----Original Message----- > From: mark rowlands [mailto:mark.rowlands@minmail.net] > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 1:58 AM > To: Boon Hoo > Subject: RE: Problem installing ports > > > get hold of the The Complete FreeBSD (text version is on the 3.4 > cd I think) > as to sendmail - > in rc.conf > > sendmail_enable="NO" > > should do the trick > > if you look at /etc/defaults/rc.conf you will see the options set > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Boon Hoo > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 6:39 PM > To: schwenk@math.udel.edu; Boon Hoo > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Problem installing ports > > > Hi, thanks for your informative reply. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: schwenk@math.udel.edu [mailto:schwenk@math.udel.edu] > > > > The ISO image has none or few of the 'distfiles' needed to build the > > ports. You pretty much need Internet access to build ports for 4.0, > > which isn't considered the beginner's version. You should either buy a > > set of CDs from Walnut Creek CDROM (recommended!) or download the > > 3.4-Release ISO and get Internet access. > > > I checked the cd-rom that i burned from the ISO image, and the "ports" > directory contains a package.tgz file. Perhaps i should unzip it? > Btw, what is the difference between the files in the 'ports/distfiles' > directory and the 'ports/i386/packages' directory (as seen on > ftp.freebsd.org)? > > > FreeBSD (and the other BSD UNIX(TM)es) use simpler startup scripts, > > mostly in the /etc directory. See /etc/rc and /etc/rc.* scripts. > > There's also /etc/defaults/rc.conf (default startup parameters) and > > /etc/rc.conf (local custom startup parameters) config files that the > > startup scripts use to guide startup behaviour. > > > It seems Linux's way of organising startup files is easier(but then again, > i haven't really use freebsd much yet). For e.g., i notice that by default > freebsd starts the sendmail daemon after installation. Where should i look > for to disable sendmail from starting? In linux, it's just changing a 'S' > to 'K'... > > P.S: Coming from linux background, it sure takes some time for me to adapt > to a new OS. Something like "migrating from linux" faq (as seen on OpenBSD > site) > would be excellent:) > > Thanks in advance, > Jonathan > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message