From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 20 23:07:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF5D1065686 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:07:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlists08@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f19.google.com (mail-bw0-f19.google.com [209.85.218.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 552038FC22 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:07:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mlists08@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so4328418bwz.19 for ; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:07:27 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:from:to:cc :references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer :x-mimeole; bh=NyMbBQPLLv0oe7MFerJKAd9yfsKBzyu40nh+NgEbjzc=; b=GS2jssbqEA6NE77Kc0A+Z+6+i/MFF0U475cYooJYsjGvBw//NeiOR/NqWyTVndMuHt 1QyVOIbjDlJWVaTOKVKx1OKAlVIVqhalIn+CC5j6HSagcQje046IAG1pgdue/86RWKUE btluRVuFHil6C5a/BZxCgUgt2sUT8nh6t+nMw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:from:to:cc:references:subject:date:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority :x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=t7GqkpmDy25JMSveeTjb2ZrIhNTTuALoKDOBNR261B6wRtp9Y22Uab6dyjXEsECHxN 2pw13vqzf7U8iXGHStfpKMwgAEQ/RZ8PQ4rIPf0B/63WbD6WsyVkHGkVQdF7BctztHo3 SSx97Mw3PSGtY6jIF8xGl1wMpwdOkMzWk1O7A= Received: by 10.181.159.11 with SMTP id l11mr1644760bko.186.1229813029423; Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:43:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from midnight ([87.120.162.66]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id p9sm7152276fkb.14.2008.12.20.14.43.48 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sat, 20 Dec 2008 14:43:48 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <000d01c962f4$5308d5c0$146ea8c0@midnight> From: "oklahoma" To: "David A. Rogers" References: <8f7da5f40812201123t19c6cabj2d11b62345a27db8@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 00:43:05 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="ISO-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: handbook suggestion X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:07:29 -0000 > First, let me say that I find FreeBSD to be the best of all the free > Unices > -- and it is due to the excellent and practical documentation. > > That said, there is an easy way to make FreeBSD easier for the home user. > There are a number of suggestions/methods of doing things in the handbook > that are appropriate for the business user that are not needed or useful > for > the home user. > > As an example, both the usb drive and scanner sections give instructions > for > allowing others besides root to mount/use the respective hardware. Both > suggestions give advice that restrict the enabling to just one group. For > home use it would be easier to just allow any user to mount/use hardware. > > A sidebar or some such giving alternatives for personal/home users would > be > nice. > > Thanks, > --dr IMHO FreeBSD documentation lack a section in wich are described case studies and recommendations for particular problems.