From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 14 18:18: 1 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from localhost.cts.COM (cts21612089241.cts.com [216.120.89.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23FB637B50D for ; Sat, 14 Apr 2001 18:17:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from heyjoe@localhost.cts.COM) Received: (from heyjoe@localhost) by localhost.cts.COM (8.11.0/8.11.0) id o3F1IKe22791 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:18:20 -0700 Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:18:20 -0700 From: Joe Heuring To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: post installation: leaf node, nfs, ftp, ... Message-ID: <20100414181820.D21523@Joe H> References: <20100414173347.A21523@Joe H> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20100414173347.A21523@Joe H>; from heyjoe@cts.com on Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:33:47PM -0700 X-Operating-System: Linux heyjoe 2.2.16-22 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I sent that off a little to quick. As far as NFS goes, I know what it is but not if I want it. I would like some kind of easy back up routine -not sure if that applies, and not sure if something like Samba might be more desireable. Mostly I'm just concerned about the leaf node question though. --------------------------------- On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 05:33:47PM -0700, Joe Heuring wrote: > Just completed an ftp-install and am at the "User Confirmation Requested". > > My goal for this box is to make it a hobby webserver at home that does cgi and database stuff. Probably will not be an ftp server. I want it to be lean and secure. > > The first question asks if it will be a leaf node. After searching the FreeBSD site and Google, I still can not say exactly what a leaf node is, let alone if I want it. > > I know from previous installs that I'll be asked about NFS and the same applies. Can anyone point to some good basic reading on these. > > TIA > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message