From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jan 24 10:01:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA29573 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 10:01:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from seidata.com (seidata.com [206.160.242.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA29568 for ; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 10:01:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@seidata.com) Received: from localhost (mike@localhost) by seidata.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA02629; Sat, 24 Jan 1998 12:46:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 12:46:31 -0500 (EST) From: Mike To: pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Linux --> FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199801240119.UAA19683@oncomdis.on.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Fri, 23 Jan 1998 pstewart@oncomdis.on.ca wrote: >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. I think you're in for a pleasant learning experience. When I started with my current employer, almost all of my *nix experience was based upon Linux. We are a 99% FreeBSD operation (all FreeBSD except a few Linux workstations). I enjoy working with FreeBSD... it has proved very reliable and secure throughout my time with it. >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. I'm not *totally* clear on this, since I do not know all the system calls, etc. which are involved in this processes, but I do know that when you run adduser, /etc/master.passwd is updated automatically. >Is there a series of howto & info files available on this stuff such >as there is with Linux? Have you checked out the FreeBSD online handbook? It's available from http://www.freebsd.org - a lot of great reading. --- Mike Hoskins Kettering University SEI Data Network Services, Inc. CS/CE Dual-Major Program mike@seidata.com hosk0094@kettering.edu http://www.seidata.com http://www.kettering.edu