From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jul 3 17:31:55 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from q.closedsrc.org (ip233.gte15.rb1.bel.nwlink.com [209.20.244.233]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64D7F37B401; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:31:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lplist@closedsrc.org) Received: by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix, from userid 1003) id 2FCE155407; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:16:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by q.closedsrc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FE4151610; Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:16:35 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:16:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Linh Pham To: Michael Lucas Cc: , Subject: Re: Request for tech review: half of FreeBSD book In-Reply-To: <20010703202355.A87390@blackhelicopters.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 2001-07-03, Michael Lucas scribbled: # I'm looking for a couple brave souls who would be willing to be # technical reviewers. I probably have some time on my hands to help out in anyway that I can. I'm no BSD genius... but I'm not a newbie either :) # I have plenty of people who are tracking down "this sentence no verb" # and "what dictionary did you find *this* word in?" errors. What I # need are a couple of experienced sysadmin/developer types who can # comment on the technical accuracy, before I send it to the publisher. # # The target audience is people who have basic UNIX familiarity. I # don't cover cd, ls, chmod, and friends. I do cover FreeBSD-specific # issues, and go into depth on securing your system, providing network # services, tweaking the kernel, and so on. # # The section I have ready for review is about 80,000 words. This is # only a second draft -- there's rough bits here and there, I'm sure. # But there's no point in polishing incorrect text. # # There's another 60,000-70,000 words coming, once I translate my # brained-by-falling-masonry chicken-scratch into English. I'd ask you # to review that as well, hopefully by the end of August. # # I'll be happy to credit the reviewers in the book, of course, and send # you a copy. Since freelance writers make only slightly more than # migrant farm workers, that's about it. :( # # So, if you're a sysadmin who likes to be pendantic, do please drop me # a line! If it covers BIND, Postfix, Python, and Webmin... I think I can be of help. :) So that's what you needed a reference for the netstat(1) bit for, eh? -- Linh Pham [lplist@closedsrc.org] // 404b - Brain not found To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message