From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 6 19:58:06 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2B2016A41C for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:58:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.net) Received: from camomile.cloud9.net (camomile.cloud9.net [168.100.1.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C2E643D46 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 19:58:05 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from leblanc@keyslapper.net) Received: from camomile.cloud9.net (localhost.cloud9.net [127.0.0.1]) by camomile.cloud9.net (Postfix) with SMTP id B4D1455DC for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:58:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from keyslapper.net (250-119.customer.cloud9.net [168.100.250.119]) by camomile.cloud9.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06B5D559C for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:58:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keyslapper.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C632114E6 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:58:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from keyslapper.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (keyslapper.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 63910-06 for ; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:58:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: by keyslapper.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5EFA111478; Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:58:03 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 15:58:03 -0400 From: Louis LeBlanc To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050706195803.GE42229@keyslapper.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <42CC34D9.3070107@dhl.co.cu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42CC34D9.3070107@dhl.co.cu> X-PGP-Key: http://www.keyslapper.net/~leblanc/leblanc-at-keyslapper-net.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at keyslapper.net X-AntiVirus: Checked by Vexira Antivirus v1.5 Subject: Re: Simple question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:58:06 -0000 --MnLPg7ZWsaic7Fhd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 07/06/05 03:45 PM, Efren Bravo sat at the `puter and typed: > Hi again,=20 > =20 > I'm reading a Pdf book downloaded from freeBSD.org called FreeBSD=20 > Handbook and there I always find this references:=20 > =20 > sendmail(8)=20 > sshd(8)=20 > /etc/inetd.conf(5) <-Which is the meaning of those numbers=20 This refers to the manpage section that would describe the utilitiy in question. For instance, the sendmail(8) manpage can be accessed with the following: man 8 sendmail If you omit the '8' you will get the sendmail manpage from section 1 of the manpages, which describes (if you have postfix installed, anyway) the postfix to sendmail compatibility interface. To see what each section focuses on, see: man
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