From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 5 18:01:45 2004 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 6907316A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:01:45 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.gmx.net (mail.gmx.de [213.165.64.20]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B061043D31 for ; Mon, 5 Jul 2004 18:01:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ph.schulz@gmx.de) Received: (qmail 24234 invoked by uid 65534); 5 Jul 2004 18:01:43 -0000 Received: from p5090C118.dip0.t-ipconnect.de (EHLO [192.168.1.4]) (80.144.193.24) by mail.gmx.net (mp021) with SMTP; 05 Jul 2004 20:01:43 +0200 X-Authenticated: #1954550 Message-ID: <40E99786.5000005@gmx.de> Date: Mon, 05 Jul 2004 20:01:42 +0200 From: Phil Schulz User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040704 X-Accept-Language: de, en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Jayson Alvarez References: <20040705162320.11141.qmail@web51604.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20040705162320.11141.qmail@web51604.mail.yahoo.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.84.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A few simple questions(...if you don't mind) 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, 05 Jul 2004 18:01:45 -0000 Mark Jayson Alvarez wrote: > Hello, > > Questions: > 1. What is the command for ejecting the cdrom? I don't think there is such a command. I'm not 100% sure though. > 2. Do you know if viruses exist in freebsd, like in > Windows? I believe there used to be some viri for Unix-like OSs, but they are all pretty much harmless since they aren't usually found 'in the wild'. A quick search on www.viruslibrary.com gave me one match [1] - maybe someone else can comment that. > 3. When I issued a netstat command, and i see > something like 192.135.15... connected to > 192.262.33..., what is the command for terminating > such connections? > I don't know. > 4. When I issued a "alias ls ls -FGh" how can I make > this alias for 'ls' permanent? And where are the > individual manpages for those built-in commands > located? Check your shell's man page. Given that you are using csh(1) (which is root's default shell on FreeBSD) you should add such an entry in ~/.cshrc > > 5. Does any version of freebsd supports mounting, > reading, and writing of ext3fs partitions of linux? > No. > 6. Can freebsd turn off my monitor or any other > peripherals of my pc in a given idle time, like the > "stand by" in Windows? How?(just the link) It definitely works w/ my TFT Screen. Depending on your BIOS and how well it is supported, you might be able to use ACPI for power-saving purposes on FreeBSD 5.x > > 7. What is the correct way of rebuilding my ports? In > freebsd sources, I do a make buildworld and then make > installworld. How do I do it in my ports collection? > (e.g; make buildports, make installports??? :-) > Install /usr/ports/sysutils/portupgrade and read portupgrade(1)'s man page. You might also find some other resources on the internet. Use your favourite search engine :-) Regards, Phil. -- [1] http://www.viruslibrary.com/virusinfo/Worm.FreeBSD.Scalper.a.htm