From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 16 12:03:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B32337B401 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:03:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from motgate.mot.com (motgate.mot.com [129.188.136.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A98A43F3F for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:03:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Charles.S.Libby@motorola.com) Received: from az33exr03.mot.com (pobox3.mot.com [10.64.251.242]) by motgate.mot.com (Motorola/Motgate) with ESMTP id h6GJ3VWB004272 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 12:03:31 -0700 (MST) Received: from il33exm02.wes.mot.com (il33exm02.wes.mot.com [154.56.3.102]) by az33exr03.mot.com (Motorola/az33exr03) with ESMTP id h6GJ3Tgr006855 for ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:03:29 -0500 Received: by il33exm02.wes.mot.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.2) id ; Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:03:27 -0500 Message-ID: From: Libby Charles-CCL044 To: "'freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org'" Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 14:03:25 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2657.2) Content-Type: text/plain cc: 'Nico Meijer' Subject: RE: Recommended reading: FreeBSD for production server use X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 19:03:33 -0000 Nico wrote ------ I'm currently on the prowl for documentation regarding this matter. Be it online references, off and on line books, magazines: I'm game. I've heard great things about Mr. Lucas' "Absolute BSD", but then again there are "FreeBSD Unleashed" and "The Complete FreeBSD", which are both regarded highly aswell. daemonnews.org, freebsddiary.org and such are bookmarked. I too am looking for a resource which would tell me what the day to day tasks are for administering a system. What logs do I need to look in, what files do I need to clean, etc... I find a lot of books on administration and all talk about tools to be used, but I would also like to know what kind of schedule, files, need to be looked at regularly. That is where administration rubber meets the road. Charles S. Libby Technical Trainer and Still a FreeBSD Newbee.