Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 08:51:32 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> To: Graham Bentley <gbentley@uk2.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New user questions :) Message-ID: <20040617085132.2ae49db5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20040617093700.007b1a70@mail.uk2.net> References: <3.0.6.32.20040617093700.007b1a70@mail.uk2.net>
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Graham Bentley <gbentley@uk2.net> wrote: > > Hello to all you FreeBSD guys (and girls:) There are girsl on this mailing list?! ... (fixes hair ...) <snip> > Heres my immediate shortlist :- > > Setting up DHCP for LAN Clients > Synchronising time for LAN Clients > Setting up Samba to Share Files on a Wingroup > Setting up a print server for Winclients > Using Samba as a Virtual CD-ROM Server > Web Services (Apache / FTP) > Admin access over ssh > LAN Mail Hub (Postifx / Fetchmail?) > Checking for security / software updates In addition to what's been said before, install portaudit and use portupgrade when it tells you there are problems ... very nice! > I also wondered if there is a project based on FreeBSD that > achieves similar goals to SME Server (ie all in one LAN server > with Web config) or similar to Trustix (ie minimal config with > series of scripts to configure server services. Not that I know of, but it sure would be a nice project, huh? > I would also welcome comments on FreeBSD security / frequency of updates > and how to keep the installation updated ? Subscribe to FreeBSD-security@ and update when the alerts on that list tell you. Use portaudit for ports. > Also, what is the roadmap / lifespan of FreeBSD ? http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html#adv ... best reference I know of. > Sorry about the length of this post :) The only problem I had was the length of blank space at the end of it ... ;) -- Bill Moran Potential Technologies http://www.potentialtech.com
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