Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 22:57:52 -0500 (EST) From: Snob Art Genre <benedict@echonyc.com> To: pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux --> FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980123224957.10888B-100000@echonyc.com> In-Reply-To: <199801240119.UAA19683@oncomdis.on.ca>
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On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca wrote: > Hi there... > > I just joined the list.. hello to all...:) Hello there. > We are in the process as an ISP network provider of switching most if > not all machines from Linux to FreeBSD. As the network admin, I am > now faced with learning FreeBSD. Don't fear, it's pretty painless. I learned a lot of what I know by lurking on the mailing lists. This one in particular has a lot of interesting discussion, though I don't always understand it all. > One thing I am not totally clear on is the way the passwd.master file > is updated. I can run adduser etc. and put a user online but does > that automatically update the passwd.master. Yes. BTW it's master.passwd. > Is there a series of howto & info files available on this stuff such > as there is with Linux? There are of course the man pages, also in /usr/share/doc you can find the FAQ and the handbook, although of course the versions at http://www.freebsd.org are the most current. In terms of paper docs, Greg Lehey's _The Complete FreeBSD_ is quite useful. It's best when it comes to installation and configuration issues, and I would by no means describe it as "complete". :-) > If anyone has a web page devoted to Linux users converting to FreeBSD > I'd love to see it. Currently we have switched our proxy server over > the FreeBSD and it's running much better under Squid than it was > under Linux. I don't know of any such page. Glad to hear FreeBSD is working out for you so far. > Sincerely, > > Paul Stewart > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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