From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 24 8:48:22 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from webpimps.net (lgb-DSL71-cust207.mpowercom.net [208.57.71.207]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67B1D37B409 for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:48:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from click46@webpimps.net) Received: from WorldClient [127.0.0.1] by webpimps.net [127.0.0.1] with SMTP (MDaemon.v3.1.2.R) for ; Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:46:19 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 08:46:19 -0700 From: "Aaron" To: "Mark Rowlands" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Suggested X-Mailer: WorldClient Standard 3.1.2 X-MDRcpt-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-MDRemoteIP: 127.0.0.1 X-Return-Path: click46@webpimps.net X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-Id: <20010824154820.67B1D37B409@hub.freebsd.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I'm not so concerned with "official" views as with what works. I know there are MANY real-world system administrators out there that dont follow the "official" view for one reason or another. What I'd like to know is what they do and why. I think the hierarchy is the last hurdle for me to true BSD enlightenment. :D - aaron --------------------------------------------- click46[wp] - AIM the click46 - ICQ 43450396 webpimps.net | bsdatwork.com | nerdserve.net moderator - o/c cooling forum @ hardforum.com -----Original Message----- From: Mark Rowlands To: "Aaron" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 17:43:45 +0200 Subject: Re: Suggested > On Friday 24 August 2001 4:57 am, Aaron wrote: > > After months of using FreeBSD, there is only one area in which I am > > still quite fuzzy. There seems to be no real standard place to > > install "stuff". For example, when I installed Samba the other day, I > > decided to use ./configure --prefix=/ --exec-prefix=/usr. Bad idea, I > > realized, since my 88M / slice began to fill up and now nmbd core > dumps > > when stopped. > > the "official" view is contained within man hier To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message