From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 11 09:28:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E813137B401 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:28:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from webserver.get-linux.org (adsl-64-161-78-226.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.161.78.226]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3A38343F93 for ; Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:28:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from oremanj@webserver.get-linux.org) Received: (qmail 25316 invoked by uid 1000); 11 Aug 2003 16:28:36 -0000 Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:28:36 -0700 From: Joshua Oreman To: amin Message-ID: <20030811162836.GD25247@webserver> References: <001c01c35fde$79fc4460$0100007f@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001c01c35fde$79fc4460$0100007f@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help me on my freebsd machine X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 16:28:17 -0000 On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 12:59:22AM -0700 or thereabouts, amin wrote: > HI > I don't know is that true that they are saying that freebsd is a > perfect machine for your network and acce ok I don't know how to > start but I have been reading freebsd books for about 8 weeks but I > have about tons of problems that I seems it was not a problem for > any body else or maybe I am new I'm not able to see these things... > I want to set up a gateway, with FTP access and mail and I have my > own Static IP and domain so I want to set up a really complete > server at my home. but it seems that if I go like this it will take > for ever and I still in my first place... please help me what > should I do where should I go What should I read As someone already said, start with the Handbook. But really if you want to learn, you can just try it and see how far you get :-) I did this myself, actually, but on Linux. At one point, I had FTP, SSH, SMTP, DNS, HTTP, POP, IMAP, HTTPS, MySQL, VNC, X, and Webmin servers running. Needless to say, this was a *HUGE* security hole. But I learned a lot! :-) -- Josh > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To > unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"