From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 23 06:11:40 2007 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 A870616A417 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:11:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 340B813C4A7 for ; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:11:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr14.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l9N6BMqv071500; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:11:22 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 43EDCB869; Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:11:22 +0200 (CEST) Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 08:11:22 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: "Donovan R. Palmer" Message-ID: <20071023061122.GA85920@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Mail-Followup-To: "Donovan R. Palmer" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200710221851.48278.mayank@in.niksun.com> <005501c814da$1b9cdc30$6543a8c0@DonovansLaptop> <3997.208.70.104.211.1193104344.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3997.208.70.104.211.1193104344.squirrel@webmail.ibctech.ca> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is it difficult to move from Linux? 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: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 06:11:40 -0000 --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Donovan R. Palmer wrote: > I have been using Linux for over 10 years, but have for a number of > reasons become very interested in learning to use FreeBSD. Are there > any ex or current Linux users here and could you tell me how hard it > is to make the shift from Linux? Is there anything in particular > which has been written which would be useful to read? I have used Linux for almost 10 years before switching to FreeBSD. A lot of the things that I leared while making the switch are documented on my FreeBSD webpage; http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/freebsd/ Some highlights; - services must be enabled in /etc/rc.conf (foo_enable=3D"YES") - devices permissions are set in /etc/devfs.conf and /etc/devfs.rules - build third party applications from ports, it'll save you a lot of trouble - mounting filesystems as a non-root user has certain requirements; * the sysctl(8) vfs.usermount must be set to 1. * the user or a group that he belongs to must have read/write permission on the device * the user must _own_ the mount point HTH, Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHHZCKEnfvsMMhpyURAgbgAKCIuysHByRYhAXKPCixKCBbgRCDWgCfX/FS 6T3rwDGkfFiNmG2j4BszQjk= =DKUo -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --bg08WKrSYDhXBjb5--